Q: Jay Kohl, an American student, posted an online advertisement two weeks ago searching for a Chinese family to stay with so that he can learn the language and culture. "I'm a clean, non-smoking, and warm-hearted American man looking for a homestay in the Wudaokou area to improve my Chinese language skills," he wrote. "I'm willing to offer help with English tutoring and even can help you with applying for foreign universities." He still hasn't found a suitable home. "Most of the families that contacted me seem to be interested in doing business instead of cultural exchange," he said. "I think I might have to rent an apartment in the end." Kohl isn't the only foreigner finding it difficult to find a homestay in Beijing. Michael Benson, who wants to come to Beijing in September, has also faced the same problem. Why is finding a homestay family so difficult? Beijing Today _ a Chinese teacher, Jessie Xi, who has been teaching foreign students at the University of International Business and Economics for more than six years. Xi has accepted many homestays, and from her own experience and what she's been told, she said there were four major problems visitors may meet when applying for homestays. Problem 1:Having too high expectation for language improvement. Problem 2: Considering oneself as a guest instead of a family member. Problem 3: Not making clear what a family's rules are beforehand. Problem 4; Overly high demands for the living environment.

1. America
2. Chinese
3. No
4. No
5. Kohl
6. two weeks ago
7. online
8. the Wudaokou area
9. no
10. his Chinese language skills
11. foreign universities.
12. doing business
13. Having too high expectation for language improvement, Considering themselves as guests instead of a family member, not making clear what a family's rules are beforehand and overly high demands for the living environment.
14. English tutoring
15. a Chinese teacher
16. more than six years
17. at the University of International Business and Economics
18. language improvement
19. a suitable home.

Numbered questions:
1. Where was Jay from?
2. What type of family did he want to stay with?
3. Is he dirty?
4. Does he smoke?
5. What's Jay's last name?
6. How long ago did he post an ad?
7. Where did he post it?
8. What area did he want to find a family in?
9. Is Jay a woman?
10. What type of skills does he want to improve?
11. What type of universities is he willing to help the family apply for?
12. What have the families that contacted him seemed more interested in?
13. What do many foreigners apparently find it difficult to find in Beijing?
14. What type of tutoring is Jay willing to offer help with?
15. What type of teacher is Jessie?
16. How many years has she been teaching?
17. At which university?
18. What type of expectation might be too high?
19. What has Jay yet to find suitable?

Q: The Ohio River, which streams westward from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River in the United States. At the confluence, the Ohio is considerably bigger than the Mississippi (Ohio at Cairo: 281,500cuft/s (7,960m/s); Mississippi at Thebes: 208,200cuft/s (5,897m/s)) and, thus, is hydrologically the main stream of the whole river system.

The river flows through or along the border of six states, and its drainage basin includes parts of 15states. Through its largest tributary, the Tennessee River, the basin includes many of the states of the southeastern U.S. It is the source of drinking water for three million people.

It is named in Iroquoian or , "GoodRiver" or and "Spelewathiipi". The river had great significance in the history of the Native Americans, as numerous civilizations formed along its valley. For thousands of years, Native Americans used the river as a major transportation and trading route. Its waters connected communities. In the five centuries before European conquest, the Mississippian culture built numerous regional chiefdoms and major earthwork mounds in the Ohio Valley, such as Angel Mounds near Evansville, Indiana, as well as in the Mississippi Valley and the Southeast. The Osage, Omaha, Ponca and Kaw lived in the Ohio Valley, but under pressure from the Iroquois to the northeast, migrated west of the Mississippi River to Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma in the 17th century.

1. six
2. 15
3. three million
4. Tennessee River
5. The largest
6. Mississippi
7. cuft/s
8. westward
9. Pittsburgh
10. Pennsylvania
11. Cairo
12. No
13. Illinois
14. Native Americans,
15. civilizations
16. communities
17. yes
18. transportation
19. yes
20. trading

Numbered questions:
1. How many state doe the Ohio River go through or by?
2. How many are included in it's drainage basin?
3. How many people use it for drinking water?
4. What is one of its tributaries?
5. Where does that rank in size among all its tributaries?
6. What river is the Ohio River a tributary of?
7. How is that measured?
8. Which way does it flow?
9. Beginning where?
10. Where is that?
11. Where does it end up?
12. Is that that in Egypt?
13. Where?
14. For what group is the river a big part of history?
15. What did they make along it?
16. What did it connect?
17. Did they use it for anything?
18. For what?
19. Anything else?
20. What?

Q: ELMONT, N. Y. (AP)---Elmont High School senior Harold Ekeh had a plan--he would apply to 13 colleges , including all eight Ivy League schools, figuring it would help his chances of getting into at least one great school.

It worked, And then some, The teenager from Long Island was accepted at all 13 schools, and now faces his next big test: deciding where to go.

"I was stunned, I was really shocked, "Ekeh told The Associated Press during an interview Tuesday at his home near the Belmont Park racetrack, his four younger brothers running around.

He found out last week he had been accepted to Princeton University. That made him eight for eight in the Ivy League--he had already been accepted to Yale University , Brown University, Columbia University , Cornell University , Dartmouth College, Harvard University and University of Pennsylvania. His other acceptances came from Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University, Stony Brook University and Vanderbilt University.

"We are so proud of him, " said his mother , Roseline Ekeh."Hard work, dedication, prayer brought him to where he is today. "

Born in Nigeria, Harold was eight years old when his parents brought the family to the United States.

"It was kind of difficult adjusting to the new environment and the new culture, " he said. But he saw his parents working hard, "and I took their example and decides to _

He referenced that effort in his college essay, writing, "Like a tree, uprooted and replanted, I could have withered in a new country surrounded by people and languages I did not understand. Yet, I witnessed my parents persevere despite the potential to give in. I faced my challenges with newfound zeal; I risked insults, spending my break talking to unfamiliar faces, ignoring their sarcastic remarks. "

Harold "is tremendously focused in everything he does." said John Capozzi, the school's principal, "He's a great role model. All the students and faculty are so proud of him. "

Harold is the second Long Island student in as many years to get into all eight Ivies. Last year, William Floyd High School's Kwasi Enim chose to go to Yale.

Harold, who has a 100. 51 grade-point average and wants to be a neurosurgeon, said he was leaning toward Yale, and had heard from Enin, offering congratulations. Like Enin, he's likely to announce his college choice at a press conference later this month. The deadline to decide is May 1.

1. Harold Ekeh
2. 13 colleges
3. eight
4. 13 schools
5. deciding where to go
6. Yes
7. near the Belmont Park racetrack
8. Yes
9. four
10. brothers
11. Princeton University
12. Roseline Ekeh
13. Nigeria
14. eight years
15. Like a tree, uprooted and replanted
16. one
17. Yale
18. neurosurgeon
19. press conference later this month

Numbered questions:
1. who was the senior
2. how many places was he going to apply to
3. how many were Ivy
4. how many did he get accepted to
5. now what does he have to do
6. was he surprised
7. where did he live
8. did he have siblings
9. how many
10. brothers or sisters
11. what was the eighth ivy school he was accepted to
12. what was his mothers name
13. where was he born
14. how old was he when he moved
15. what did he compare his move to in his essay
16. how many students before him got accepted into all eight ivy
17. where did the other student choose to go
18. what does Harold want to be
19. when does he have to choose by