question: Rudy Saldia is a 25-year-old postman from America. Every day he rides to deliver parcels across his hometown of Philadelphia with his six-month-old cat called MJ always sitting on his shoulders. MJ, short for Mary Jane, is different from other cats. She was born in a drawer in Rudy's bedroom on April Fool's day. When she got older, Rudi noticed that her favorite place to rest was his shoulders, so he decided to train her to work with him. "The first day we crossed one block. The next day we tried two blocks and now we can ride about 25 miles every day. MJ enjoys moving around on my shoulders," Rudi said. However, Rudy hopes to be able to ride 100 miles with MJ in the coming day. "People are always surprised and excited to watch us. I often hear someone shout, 'Oh, my God, he has a cat on his shoulder! How lovely that is!' MJ is so comfortable on my shoulder and she never hurts me with her claws. We always get on well with each other and have a great time during the work." Rudy smiled. MJ loves noisy streets of Philadelphia, the only problem is that she is scared of the siren . However, her owner Rudi is always there for her. One day, if you go to Philadelphia and see a postman with a cat on his shoulder, don't be surprised!
1. What does the person do?
2. How old is he?
3. Where are they from?
4. What does he transport?
5. Where?
6. Does he go alone?
7. Who goes with him?
8. What is it's name?
9. Is it short for anything?
10. What is she like?
11. Why is that?
12. How did that happen?
13. Does she walk with him?
14. How does she travel with him?
15. How far do they go?
16. Do they do this every day?
17. Do people enjoy seeing this?
18. What does she think of it?
19. What about him?
20. Is she afraid of anything?
21. What of?
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answer: 1. They're a postman
2. 25
3. America
4. Parcels
5. Philadelphia
6. No
7. his cat
8. MJ
9. Mary Jane
10. Different from other cats
11. She works with him
12. He trained her
13. No
14. On his shoulders
15. about 25 miles
16. Yes
17. Yes
18. MJ is comfortable
19. He has great time
20. Yes
21. The siren.

question: Kuwait (; ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in Western Asia. Situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, it shares borders with Iraq and Saudi Arabia. , Kuwait has a population of 4.2 million people; 1.3 million are Kuwaitis and 2.9 million are expatriates. Expatriates account for 70% of the population.

Oil reserves were discovered in 1938. From 1946 to 1982, the country underwent large-scale modernization. In the 1980s, Kuwait experienced a period of geopolitical instability and an economic crisis following the stock market crash. In 1990, Kuwait was invaded by Iraq. The Iraqi occupation came to an end in 1991 after military intervention by coalition forces. At the end of the war, there were extensive efforts to revive the economy and rebuild national infrastructure.

Kuwait is a constitutional state with a semi-democratic political system. It has a high income economy backed by the world's sixth largest oil reserves. The Kuwaiti dinar is the highest valued currency in the world. According to the World Bank, the country has the fourth highest per capita income in the world. The Constitution was promulgated in 1962. The Kuwait National Cultural District is a member of the Global Cultural Districts Network.
1. what percent of Kuwait's population are expats?
2. how many people is that?
3. what is the total population?
4. is it a democratic country?
5. when was oil discovered there?
6. what did it experience in the 1980s?
7. how big are its oil reserves?
8. when did Kuwait undergo modernization?
9. when was the constitution promulgated?
10. where is kuwait situated?
11. who does it share borders with?
12. when was it invaded by Iraq?
13. who intervened?
14. when did the occupation come to an end?
15. did they have to rebuild their infrastructure?
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answer: 1. 70%
2. 2.9 million
3. 4.2 million
4. semi-democratic
5. 1938
6. a period of geopolitical instability and an economic crisis
7. very
8. From 1946 to 1982
9. 1962.
10. northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf,
11. Iraq and Saudi Arabia
12. 1990
13. coalition forces
14. 1991
15. yes

question: Wonder is the story of a ten-year-old boy who lives with his parents and sister in New York. August, or Auggie, is an ordinary boy in many ways. He rides a bike and likes playing with his Xbox. But Auggie has deformities of the face and looks very different from other children. At the start of the book, he tells us "My name is August. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse." In the street, people look at Auggie and his appearance shocks them. Auggie has never been to school because he has spent a lot of time in hospital. His mother teaches him at home. But now he's ten, she thinks he should go to school. At first, Auggie doesn't want to go. He worries that other students will look at him and say bad things. But then he visits a school with his mum. He likes the head teacher and decides to go. Auggie's first year at school has good times and bad times. Auggie makes some good friends but other children are unfriendly to him. At the end of the year, Auggie goes on a school trip and a frightening event there changes things completely.
1. Who has never gone to school before?
2. Where does he live?
3. Why hasn't he gone to school?
4. How did he learn?
5. Does he want to go school?
6. What happens after a year?
7. Is it fun?
8. What happened?
9. What does he do for fun?
10. What else?
11. What is he afraid of?
12. What happens when he's on the street?
13. Do the kids like him?
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answer:
1. Auggie
2. New York
3. because he has spent a lot of time in hospital
4. His mother taught him.
5. Not at first.
6. Auggie goes on a school trip
7. no
8. a frightening event
9. plays with his Xbox
10. rides a bike
11. Other students looking at him and saying bad things.
12. People look at him.
13. Some of them do.