Q: It can be dangerous to travel by sea. Ships sometimes sink far away from land. When this happens, the sailors have to get into small boats. If another ship does not come and help them and they do not have enough food or water, they will die. Most people believe we must not drink sea water. They believe that if we do, we shall be very ill because of all the salt in the water. A doctor called Alain Bombard did not believe this. He thought that people could stay alive by drinking sea water and eating small fish, animals and plants from the sea. On 19 October 1953, he set out in a small boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean . He did not take any food or water with him. Every day Dr. Bombard drank just a little sea water. He also caught fish and they had water in them. He drank this water. He could not cook the fish, so he ate them as they were. He took small plants from the sea, which gave him more food. Dr. Bombard became hot, tired and quite ill, but after 65days at sea he was still alive. He traveled 2,750 miles from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other, and on 24th,December 1953, he reached Barbados. He lost 20 kilos, but he showed that people could live on sea water, the animals and plants in the sea.

Answer the following questions:
1. What can be treacherous?
2. What sometimes happens to boats?
3. What was the doctor's name?
4. Did he think a person could drink sea water?
5. Do others think it's safe?
6. When did he leave?
7. What was one thing he ate?
8. what else did he eat?
9. Did he drink a lot of sea water?
10. how far did he go?
11. How much weight did he lose?
12. Did he cook the fish?
13. Read the instructions again thoroughly before you do your next one. Your answers are way to long. You can use yes or no as answers after you've highlighted your text, you just remove it and type a shorter answer. Thanks & bye.
A: 1. to travel by sea
2. Ships sometimes sin
3. Alain Bombard
4. doctor called Alain Bombard did not believe this
5. They believe that if we do, we shall be very ill because of all the salt in the water.
6. On 19 October 1953, he set out in a small boa
7. caught fish
8. He took small plants from the sea, which gave him more food.
9. drinking sea water
10. He traveled 2,750 miles from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other
11. He lost 20 kilos
12. He could not cook the fish
13. plants
Q: New York (CNN) -- Former New York Mayor Ed Koch has been dead for more than four months, but a mistake on his tombstone likely would have amused him.

Koch was born December 12, 1924, but his tombstone at Trinity Church Cemetery in Upper Manhattan made him appear 18 years younger than he was -- December 12, 1942, was set in stone.

The company responsible for the etchings on the marker became aware of the mistake Monday. The transposed numbers were fixed Tuesday morning using composite granite, according to George Arzt, Koch's former press secretary as mayor and his spokesman until his death.

The birth and death dates were added within the past 10 days, according to an etching company representative.

Koch hired an inscriber after he purchased his tombstone in 2007. He was able to see the engravings were etched as he wished; however, there were no dates at the time, according to Arzt.

"Ed would have loved this attention and called the situation 'ridiculous!' " Arzt told CNN on Tuesday.

Koch was a U.S. congressman from 1968 until he ran for New York mayor in 1977. He served three terms as the city's 105th mayor, from January 1978 to December 1989.

Koch died of congestive heart failure on February 1. He was 88 -- despite what his tombstone temporarily calculated.

Answer the following questions:
1. In what year did Koch become a congressman?
2. In what year did he run for mayor?
3. How many terms did he serve?
4. Was he the 90th mayor of New York?
5. Which one then?
6. What was the final year he was mayor?
7. How old was he at the time of death?
8. What was the cause of death?
9. On what day did he die?
10. In what year was he born?
11. In what month?
12. Was he initially represented as younger or older than his real age on his tombstone?
13. By how much?
14. On what day did the company become aware of this error?
15. Who was Koch's press secretary?
16. In what year did Koch buy his tombstone?
17. What would did Arzt say Koch would've used to describe the error?
18. What news outlet did Arzt speak with?
19. On what day?
20. What kind of granite was used to fix the tombstone error?
A: 1. 1968
2. 1977
3. three
4. no
5. 105th
6. 1989
7. 88
8. congestive heart failure
9. February 1
10. 1924
11. December
12. younger
13. 18 years
14. Monday
15. George Arzt
16. 2007
17. he would've called the situation 'ridiculous!'
18. CNN
19. Tuesday
20. composite granite
Q: Family traditions were important in our house, and one was more appreciated than our annual trip to the woods for the perfect Christmas tree.

"Dad, can we watch when you trim it?" my eldest son ,John ,asked on the way home.

"I won't be cutting this year," my husband said." You and your brother Dan are old enough to measure things, fit the tree to the stand and do it by yourselves. Think you boys can handle it?"

They seemed to _ in their chairs at the thought of such an amazing responsibility. "We can handle it," Dan promised. We won't let you down."

A few days before Christmas, Dan and John rushed in after school. They gathered the tools they'd need and brought them out of yard, where the tree waited. I left the older boys to their work and brought David inside for his early supper. A moment later I heard the happy sounds as the boys carried the trees into the living room. Then I heard the sound become dead silence. I hurried out to them. The tree was too short. John crossed his arm tight across his chest. His eyes were filled with angry tears.

The tree was central to our holiday, but it was not what I worried about. I didn't want the boys to feel ashamed every time they looked at it. We had a terrible problem on our hands. I couldn't lower the ceiling, and I couldn't raise the floor either. There was no way to repair the damage. If I couldn't fix the problem, maybe I could get creative with it. A thought came to my mind, which turned to the solution.

I followed them back into the living room.. "We can't make the tree taller," I said. "But we can put it on a higher position." Dan turned his head sideways, measuring the distance with his eyes . "We can put it on the coffee table and put the lights and decorations on before we lift it up . Thus, we won't need a ladder. It just might work! Let's try it!"

When my husband got home and looked at the big tree on top of the coffee table, Dan and John held their breath.

"What a good idea!" he declared, as if the boys had gone beyond all his expectations. "Why didn't I ever think of such a thing ?"

John broke into a grin. Dan's chest swelled with pride. David squealed.

Answer the following questions:
1. What was one of the traditions?
2. What did they do with the tree after they got it?
3. Who usually trims the tree?
4. Is he going to this year?
5. Who is doing the job this year?
6. Are they the only children?
7. What did the mom do while they were trimming the tree?
8. How did the boys do on the job?
9. What problem did they have?
10. How did they fix the tree being cut too short?
A:
1. annual trip to the woods for the perfect Christmas tree
2. unknown
3. Dad
4. No
5. Jon and Dan
6. Yes
7. unknown
8. Good
9. they couldn't lower the ceiling, and I couldn't raise the floor either
10. they put it on the coffee table and put the lights and decorations on before we lift it up