Problem: Paul had just left college and was offered an interview for a position in a company in New York. As he needed to move from Texas to New York if he got the job, he wanted to talk about the decision with someone before accepting it. But his parents had died. He remembered that his father had suggested he should turn to an old friend of his family if he needed advice. The older man said, "Go to New York and have the interview. But I want you to go on a train and I want you to get a private compartment . Don't take anything to write with, anything to listen to or anything to read, and don't talk to anybody except when you order the meal. Call me when you get to New York and I will tell you what to do next." At first, Paul followed the advice closely. The trip took two days. As he had brought along nothing to do, he quickly became bored. He realized he was being forced into quite time - he could do nothing but think. About three hours outside New York City he broke the rules, asked for a pencil and paper and kept writing down the thoughts until the train arrived in New York. Paul called the family friend from the train station. "Thank you, Uncle I know what you wanted. You wanted me to think. And now I know what to do.""I guessed you could understand my idea, Paul," came the reply, "Good luck." Now, years later, Paul runs a company in New York. And he always spends a couple of days being alone with no phone, no television and no people to think quietly.
1. How long has Paul worked in New York?
2. Where did he live before?
3. What was he offered after college?
4. Where was the job?
5. Would he have to move there?
6. Who did he talk to about it?
7. Why not his parents/
8. So did the friend think he should go?
9. How did he tell him to get there?
10. Where should he sit?
11. What should he take?
12. Nothing to read even?
13. What about some music?
14. How long was the trip?
15. Did he talk to anyone?
16. Was he bored?
17. How much of the trip was left when he requested something?
18. What was it?
19. What did he tell the friend?
20. What did the friend tell him?
Answer: 1. years
2. Texas
3. an interview
4. New York
5. yes
6. an old friend of his family
7. his parents had died.
8. yes
9. on a train
10. a private compartment .
11. nothing
12. no
13. no
14. two days.
15. no
16. yes
17. three hours
18. a pencil and paper
19. Thank you
20. Good luck

Problem: I'm here to tell you the story of a robot named Carl. He came from a far away land known as Factory. Carl was sad because he was missing a part called a tire. He also needed a sun gatherer. But, the tire was more important. Once Carl got all these parts he could travel to his new home in the nation of Lab and the city of Office. It was a tricky thing to get there with missing parts. Just as he had given up hope Carl got a message from Mr. X saying the new parts were ready to be delivered. This made the robot very happy. The parts arrived a few days later and Carl put them in with 2 days of work. After this Carl began to travel the last bit of his goal to get to his new job. After this Carl took 10 days to get to Lab.
1. What part did the robot need?
2. What part was more important than that?
3. Why did he want that?
4. where did he come from?
5. what was his name?
6. What city was his new home in?
7. in what country?
8. was he worried that he wasn't going to receive the parts?
9. who phoned to say the parts were ready?
10. how did this make him feel?
11. how long did it take for the parts to be received after he was notified of their arrival?
12. who installed them?
13. how long did it take?
14. what did he do after he was finished?
15. where was the new job?
16. how long did it take to get there?
Answer: 1. a sun gatherer
2. the tire
3. so he could travel to his new home
4. a far away land known as Factory
5. Carl
6. Office
7. Lab
8. no
9. Mr. X
10. very happy
11. a few days later
12. Carl
13. 2 days
14. traveled to get to his new job.
15. Lab
16. 10 days

Problem: Hero

Carl West is an unassuming all-American 24 year old . You might think that because he works in a convenience store that he's not the brightest guy you're likely to meet. Yet this slightly scruffy young man in his Nike sneakers , was smart enough to break a fake story that successfully fooled the world for 35 years . "I guess I just got lucky," West smiles. " It just goes to show you don't have to finish high school to be smart."

Forty Years' Study

"I've spent 40 years in astronomical study, and 20 years of that specifically in Satellite Systems study. I have a University chair in three major Universities and sat on 5 different governmental committees on Space Exploration. Hell, I wrote a research paper on the Lunar Landings that took 18 months to research, then a further 3 months just to correct it." Steven pauses to scratch his head. "Yet not once did it occur to me to wonder who filmed Armstrong as he stepped onto the moon. How could I have been so stupid? "

The Evidence

* If Armstrong was the first to walk on the moon, then who filmed him walking down the ladder?

* There's no gravity on the moon, so why didn't the astronauts just float away?

* It's really hot on the moon, so Armstrong should have died of thirst.

* The deadly radiation belts around the Earth turn everyone radioactive and make your eyes boil unless you are wearing 18 inches of lead . So how did they get through it?
1. Who spend many decades studying space?
2. How long?
3. How many years studying satellite-related things?
4. Does he have prestige at colleges?
5. How many different schools?
6. Has he written papers on outer space-related things?
7. How long did he take to write one?
8. What did he never question?
9. Who was the one who thought of it?
10. How old is he?
11. Does he have prestige at colleges?
12. Where does he work?
13. Is he clean shaven?
14. How old was the false information he was responsible for breaking?
15. Did he believe it was hard work that caused this result?
16. What then?
17. How many pieces of proof are cited?
18. What doesn't the moon's environment have?
19. What would be the result of that?
20. Is it cold on the moon's surface?
Answer:
1. Steven
2. 40 years
3. 20
4. Yes
5. three
6. Yes
7. 21 months
8. who filmed Armstrong
9. Carl West
10. 24
11. No
12. in a convenience store
13. No
14. 35 years old
15. No
16. he just got lucky
17. four
18. gravity
19. the astronauts would just float away
20. No