question: CHAPTER XIV

LOUIS EXPLAINS

Louis returned of his own accord before long.

"Monsieur has been well served?" he asked genially.

"Excellently, Louis," I answered, "so far as the mere question of food goes. You have not, however, managed to satisfy my curiosity."

"Monsieur?" he asked interrogatively.

"Concerning the Deloras," I answered.

Louis shrugged his shoulders.

"But what should I know?" he asked. "Mr. Delora, he has come here last year and the year before. He has stayed for a month or so. He understands what he eats. That is all. Mademoiselle comes for the first time. I know her not at all."

"What do you think of his disappearance, Louis?" I asked.

"What should I think of it, monsieur? I know nothing."

"Mr. Delora, I am told," I continued, "is a coffee planter in South America."

"I, too," Louis admitted, "have heard so much."

"How came he to have the _entree_ to the Cafe des Deux Epingles?" I asked.

Louis smiled.

"I myself," he remarked, "am but a rare visitor there. How should I tell?"

"Louis," said I, "why not be honest with me? I am certainly not a person to be afraid of. I am very largely in your hands over the Tapilow affair, and, as you know, I have seen too much of the world to consider trifles. I do not believe that Mr. Delora came to London to sell his crop of coffee. I do not believe that you are ignorant of his affairs. I do not believe that his disappearance is so much a mystery to you as it is to the rest of us--say to me and to mademoiselle his niece."
1. Who arrives?
2. Was he forced?
3. What did he ask when he got back?
4. Did he say this nicely?
5. Had they been?
6. What was he actually wanting to hear about?
7. Did he know much?
8. When was he there?
9. How long does he stay?
10. How is he with food?
11. Who else arrives?
12. Does he know her?
13. What is he asked about?
14. What did the other man say?
15. Where is he from?
16. What does he do there?
17. What does he have that is peculiar?
18. To what?
19. Does the man explain why?
20. Does the other man think he knows?
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answer: 1. Louis
2. no
3. Monsieur has been well served
4. yes
5. as far as food
6. the Deloras
7. no
8. last year
9. a month or so
10. He understands it
11. Mademoiselle
12. no
13. his disappearance
14. "What should I think of it, monsieur? I know nothing."
15. South America
16. he's a coffee planter
17. the entree
18. the Cafe des Deux Epingles
19. no
20. yes

Alex Rawlings, from Oxford University, Has been named the UK's most multilingual person. The 21-year-old British student can speak 11 language and is learning a 12th, He knows English, Greek, German, French, Dutch, Afrikaans, Spanish,Catalan,ltalian, Russian and Hebrew.Rawlings' mother, who is half Greek, spoke to him in English, Greek and some French when he was growing up. Rawlings is studying German and Russian at university now. He taught himself other languages like Dutch because he wanted to talk to people on his travels or simply because he thought the language was interesting or beautiful."When I was a kid, I always wanted to speak different languages," Rawlings said. "My parents often took me to my mom's family in Greece. My dad worked in Japan for four years. I was always frustrated that I couldn't talk to other kids in those countries because of the language. " Thanks to his talent for languages, Rawliings has made many friends. He also thinks that picking up new languages getseasier over time.Rawlings plans to perfect his Russian while studying in the small Russian city of Yaroslavi and the next language he plans to learn is Arabic."No matter how many languages I Iearn, my favorite language is always Greek because I have spoken it since childhood," he said. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who is this article about?
2. What is unique about him?
3. How old is he?
4. Does he go to school?
5. Where?
6. Which one?
7. How many languages does he speak?
8. Does he have a favorite?
9. Why?
10. What languages does he know?
11. Do his parents speak other languages as well?
12. Which ones?
13. Does he have family in those countries?
14. Which?
15. Why does he like knowing so many languages?
16. Was he always interested in different dialects?
17. Is it harder to learn new ones?
18. What advantages has this given him?
19. Is he planning to learn any new ones?
20. Which?
Answer: 1. Alex Rawlings
2. UK's most multilingual person
3. 21-year-old
4. Yes
5. university
6. Oxford University
7. 11 language
8. Greek
9. spoken it since childhood
10. English, Greek, German, French, Dutch, Afrikaans, Spanish,Catalan,ltalian, Russian and Hebrew
11. Yes
12. English, Greek and some French
13. Yes
14. Greek
15. he thought the language was interesting or beautiful
16. Yes
17. unknown
18. Rawliings has made many friends
19. Yes
20. Arabic

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. One month before the Winter Olympics begin in the Russian resort town of Sochi -- and in the shadow of last month's deadly bombings in Volgograd -- a huge security operation has swung into gear.

A special exclusion zone went into force Tuesday under which only Sochi-marked vehicles, emergency or specially accredited intelligence service cars will be allowed into the wider Sochi area.

Air traffic and sea access will be restricted, and everyone going into the zone will have to go through heavy security and identity checks.

Russia is pouring huge resources into ensuring that the Games, seen as a flagship project of President Vladimir Putin, go off without incident.

Two bombings in 24 hours last month in Volgograd, one targeting the city's main train station and the second a trolley bus, raised concerns of a potential threat to the Sochi event.

No group has to date claimed responsibility for the attacks, but suspicion has fallen on Chechen separatist groups.

A bitter battle for an independent Chechnya, lasting almost two decades, spawned an insurgency that has spilled into neighboring republics in the North Caucasus region, including Dagestan.

Chechen warlord Doku Umarov, leader of the Islamist Caucasus Emirate group, last summer called on his followers to do what they can to disrupt the Games. He claims they will be held on the graves of Muslim occupants of Sochi, who he says were driven out by Russian imperial forces in the 19th century.

Despite the shockwaves of the Volgograd attack, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said he was confident that Russia would keep the Winter Olympics safe. 1. What event is upcoming?
2. Which organization runs it?
3. Who is in charge of that group?
4. What's his position?
5. Where are the Olympics being held?
6. Which is in what country?
7. Is it an urban location?
8. Who is the leader of Russia?
9. How many bombings were there?
10. How much time passed between them?
11. Where were the explosions?
12. In what city?
13. Has anyone been arrested?
14. Who is thought to have done it?
15. How long has the struggle in Chechnya gone on?
16. What region are they in?
17. Who is a leader in the struggle?
18. What organization is he in?
19. Is he in charge of that?
20. Who used to live in Sochi?
numbered_answers:
1. the Winter Olympics
2. International Olympic Committee
3. Thomas Bach
4. Committee President
5. Sochi
6. Russia
7. no
8. Vladimir Putin
9. Two bombings
10. 24 hours
11. one targeting the city's main train station and the second a trolley bus
12. in Volgograd
13. No
14. Chechen separatist groups
15. almost two decades
16. the North Caucasus region
17. Doku Umarov
18. the Islamist Caucasus Emirate group
19. yes
20. Muslim occupants