Problem: I'm Lucy. I'm 14 years old. I come to China this year. Now I'm in Beijing International Middle School. I like animals . I think they're my good friends. When I go to school this morning, I meet a man with a cage . Five birds are in it . " How do you get these birds?" I ask . " I give them some food . When they come to eat it , I get them ." The man says . " They are too poor . Why do you get them ?" I ask the man . " It's very interesting !" The man says . " I need to do something ." I think . I want to help the birds . " Can I buy them ?" I ask . " Well ," he says , "Give me 50 yuan and your jacket ." I don't want to give my jacket to him because I like it very much . But for these birds I do it . The man gives me the cage. Then I let the birds fly out of the cage . I am happy to do that .
1. How old is Lucy?
2. Where is she?
3. Where does she go to school?
4. What did she see on the way to school?
5. What was in the cage?
6. What did she do then?
7. What did she want to do ?
8. For how much?
9. Did she buy them?
10. Then what did she do?
11. Was she sad?
12. Did she want to lose her jacket?
Answer: 1. 14 years old.
2. China
3. Beijing International Middle School.
4. A man with a cage .
5. Five birds
6. Asked him how he got the birds.
7. Buy them.
8. 50 yuan and her jacket .
9. Yes.
10. Let the birds fly out of the cage
11. No.
12. No.

Problem: (CNN) -- Three radio DJs in Kenya are going six days without food while broadcasting non-stop to promote peaceful voting in a country that was nearly torn apart after its last election five years ago.

Ghetto Radio presenters Mbusii, Solloo and Essie have been locked inside a "glass house" in central Nairobi since Wednesday, as part of the station's annual Serious Request Kenya event.

This year's theme is "Vote4Peace Vote4Kenya," ahead of the East African country's elections on March 4 2013. The vote will be the first since ethnic violence engulfed the country after disputed elections in December 2007, leaving more than 1,000 people dead and 350,000 displaced, according to the Kenya Red Cross.

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Three days into the challenge, DJ Solloo is in good spirits -- despite the lack of food.

"I'm a bit hungry," he laughingly admits, "but we have to do this -- it's a pretty good feeling."

Solloo, whose real name is Solomon Njoroge, says Kenya cannot afford a return to post-election violence. Last time around, he says, he was a victim of the bloody unrest that swept his town of Eldoret, one of the fighting hotspots in Kenya's Rift Valley province.

Solloo says that back then he had to spend more than two weeks with limited food supplies while camping at a police station for safety.

"This country cannot afford to go back to that time," says Solloo from the glass house, a few moments before going on air. "I decided to come here because we have to push for this message to be a part of every Kenyan. It has to be every Kenyan's initiative to know that peace is more than just the absence of war."
1. Who are fasting ?
2. Are they american?
Answer: 1. Three DJs
2. No

Problem: Becky was really smart. She knew how to spell really well. She won every spelling prize from her teacher. Her teacher told her that soon the whole school would have a spelling test. Becky wanted to get the highest grade. Her two best friends were going take it too. She dreamed that they would all get prizes. Every day she practiced spelling new words. Her family always laughed. "Is that a spelling word Becky?" they would ask. Then they would all practice it together. Becky walked with her dog to school each day excited. Soon the day of the test arrived. Becky was not nervous. She had eaten a big breakfast. She had worn her lucky socks. She had spelled every single word she knew out loud. When Becky got her test, she picked up her sharpened pencil and happily started writing her name. The spelling test was going to be hard, but she could do it!
1. Was Becky intelligent?
2. And what could she do well?
3. And what did she win?
4. From whom?
5. What was coming up soon?
6. And who would participate?
7. What did Becky want to get?
8. Who was she taking the test with?
9. Who did Becky walk to school with?
10. Was Becky nervous on the day of the test?
11. And what had she eaten?
12. And what was she wearing?
13. What did Becky pick up?
14. And what did she write?
15. Would the test be easy?
Answer: 1. Yes
2. spell
3. every spelling prize
4. her teacher
5. a spelling test
6. the whole school
7. the highest grade
8. Her two best friends
9. her dog
10. No
11. a big breakfast
12. her lucky socks
13. her sharpened pencil
14. her name
15. No

Problem: Short Skirts Are Out!

After decades of skimpy skirts and sleeveless tops on game days, some schools in the US are saying cheerleader uniforms will have to meet stricter dress codes when they are worn in class.

In Lake County, Florida, cheerleaders with uniforms too skimpy for the code are being asked to wear long shorts or trousers under their skirts and a T-shirt under the sleeveless tops, according to a district memo. Principals at two of Lake's eight high schools - Leesburg and Lake Minneola - are not allowing the outfits in school at all.

Michelle Thomas, a cheerleader at Leesburg High School, was disappointed when she learned she couldn't wear her outfit to school on game days.

"It shows that we're a team just like all the other sports," she said.

But the school administrators did not agree. "During the educational portion of the day, they have to meet the dress code just like every other student," said school board chairwoman Debbie Stivender, who ordered the staff to bring the outfits into line with the dress code.

Bare midriffs are banned across the state by the Florida High School Athletic Association, but no state rules mention cheerleader miniskirts. Sheila Noone, a spokeswoman for cheerleading uniform company Varsity Brands, says the outfits haven't become more revealing over the last 10 years. She says that the short skirts are designed to help the girls jump and kick.

"Cheerleading is athletic," Noone said. "There's a lot of jumping, so you won't want a knee-length skirt that might hamper a tie touch."

Most cheerleaders were sad to hear the news, but say they'll follow the rules. Even male cheerleaders, whose pants and tops meet dress codes, chose not to wear their outfits to show unity.

"I understanding, because they are kind of short," said Holly Bishop, 14, a Lake Minneola High School cheerleader, about her miniskirt. "It would have been really, really cool to wear them to school."
1. What outfit has been banned at some schools?
2. Where?
3. How many high schools are in that county?
4. How many have banned the uniform?
5. Where does Michelle Thomas go to school?
6. What sport is she in?
7. What does she want to wear on game days?
8. Why do they need short skirts?
9. How old is Holly Bishop?
10. Where is she a cheerleader?
11. What portion of the day should they be dressed to code?
12. Will the cheerleaders go by the rules?
Answer:
1. cheerleader uniforms will have to meet stricter dress codes
2. Lake County, Florida
3. two of Lake's eight high schools
4. two of Lake's eight high schools - Leesburg and Lake Minneola - are not allowing the outfits in school at all.
5. Michelle Thomas, a cheerleader at Leesburg High Schoo
6. a cheerleader at Leesburg High Schoo
7. couldn't wear her outfit
8. short skirts are designed to help the girls jump and kick.
9. Holly Bishop, 14
10. Holly Bishop, 14, a Lake Minneola
11. the educational portion of the day, they have to meet the dress code
12. but say they'll follow the rules.