Q: Jake wanted to eat an orange. He liked fruit, and the only fruits in the house were apples, which he didn't like, oranges, and strawberries, which made him itchy. But his mother had put oranges on top of the refrigerator. Jake couldn't reach the top of the refrigerator. He got the stool that he used to reach things in the cupboards. But the stool wasn't tall enough on its own. He thought if he stood on the edge of the kitchen sink he could reach the oranges. (The kitchen sink was right next to the refrigerator). So he used the stool to get up to the edge of the sink, and then he stood on the edge of the sink to get the oranges. He took one out of the bag and then put the bag back on top of the refrigerator. Then he used the stool to climb back down again with his orange. He sat at the kitchen table, peeled the orange, and ate it. Then he took all of the pieces of orange peel and threw them away in the yard waste.

Answer the following questions:
1. What did Jake want to eat?
2. What made him itchy?
3. Where were the oranges?
4. Was he able to take one down?
5. How?
6. How many oranges did he take?
7. Where did he sit?
8. What did he do with the peels?
9. Where?
A: 1. an orange
2. strawberries
3. on the refrigerator
4. Yes
5. climbing on a stool
6. One
7. at the table
8. Threw them away
9. Yard waste
Q: Coral Polge is a person who has provided comfort to thousands. She has a remarkable talent which may prove the survival of the human spirit after death, for Coral is a medium who draws the portraits of spirits who contact her.

Coral, whose parents were spiritualists, was brought up in Harrow, North London, where she attended a local spiritualist church. She studied art at the local college, where she specialized in textile design. Even though, at the time, she wasn't very good at drawing portraits, she met a medium who told her she would be a psychic artist.

She doesn't actually see the dead nor are her hands controlled by the spirits; instead she 'feels' them coming through. Early in her career she drew the portraits of 'spirit guides' from whom she had received help. These portraits of guides, who included Red Indians, nuns and monks, were remarkable, yet could have been attributed to the working of a strong imagination. She also drew portraits by holding on to letters that had been written by people who had since died.

Coral says, 'I know exactly what to draw without thinking about it. It's involuntary, like breathing or walking.' Not only are her portraits a good likeness but she sketches her subjects in clothes they would have worn in life.

Coral has displayed her talent at public meetings around the world. At one gathering there was a woman whose grandfather had just died. Her name was Phyllis Timms. Coral made a sketch of a man who had a long moustache and Phyllis recognized the man as her grandfather. However, she was reluctant to acknowledge the portrait without extra proof. Coral then said that the colour green was a link with the man whom she had drawn. Mrs Timms, whose maiden name had been Green, understood the significance of the comment and claimed the portrait.

There are some people for whom this is evidence of survival from beyond the grave. Others, who have their reservations, may put it down to an extraordinary kind of extrasensory perception . Whatever the reason, it remains a gift impossible to explain away and we should try to keep an open mind.

Answer the following questions:
1. What does Coral Polge do?
2. by doing what?
3. What is that called?
4. Is she taken over by them?
5. What did she study in school?
6. Did she plan on this path?
7. was she always good at it?
8. How does she do it?
9. Are the dressed randomly?
10. what did she do in beginning?
A: 1. provides comfort
2. she draws the portraits of spirits who contact her
3. a medium
4. No
5. art
6. No
7. Yes
8. It's involuntary
9. Yes
10. unknown
Q: Ted and Susan are good friends. Last Saturday, Ted asked Susan to go with him to watch a movie or take a walk down by the lake. Susan really wanted to go, but she was really busy all Saturday. First, her mom asked her to help clean the house in the morning, and then she had to go to the dentist's at 12:30. Two hours after that, she met Julia to help her with her science. Then she had to go to soccer practice with her brother at 4:30, and her mom asked her to cook dinner for the family at 5:30. Then, she had to do her history homework. Ted knew that Susan was going to have a full day. So he asked her to watch a video at home. Susan thought that was great, but something was wrong with their video player. So they had to just play a game.

Answer the following questions:
1. Did Ted and Susan like each other?
2. What was one thing that Ted wanted Susan to do?
3. what else?
4. Was Susan available?
5. What did she have to do first?
6. then what?
7. at what time?
8. then what?
9. then what?
10. at what time?
11. What did her mother ask her to do?
12. At what time?
13. What was she supposed to do after that?
14. What did he ask her to do since she was so busy?
15. Were they able to?
16. What did they do instead?
17. What day of the week was it?
A:
1. yes
2. go with him to a movie
3. take a walk down by the lake
4. no
5. clean the house
6. dentist appointment
7. at 12:30
8. she met Julia to help her with her science
9. she had to go to soccer practice with her brother
10. at 4:30
11. to cook dinner for the family
12. at 5:30
13. history homework
14. watch a video at home
15. no
16. played a game
17. Saturday