question: This story takes place in a faraway land. One day, in this magical kingdom a happy little kitten, named Lucy, was walking down the road. As she turned the corner, she came upon a frog who had badly hurt his leg trying to jump over a puddle. The kitten looked down at the frog and asked him if he needed any help. The frog said, "Oh, yes. My name is Sammy. I'm late for a very important meeting with my father, Ralph. I was trying to jump over this puddle and caught my leg on that rock." The kitten bent down and helped the frog climb on to her back. She carried the frog all the way in to the city, to the place where he was to meet his father. When the kitten entered the great room with the frog on her back, all of the frogs that were inside looked on in fear. The frog quickly explained to them how kind and brave the young kitten had been in helping him make it to his meeting. As it turned out, the frog was actually a prince and today was the day that his father was to pass rule on to him. In reward for helping him, the new frog king made the kitten a princess, and they lived happily ever after as the best of friends.
1. Where does this story take place?
2. Where was the kitten walking?
3. What did she find when she turned a corner?
4. Was the frog injured?
5. Where did she carry the frog?
6. Who was he suppose to meet there?
7. Was there something special about the frog?
8. What kind of injury did he have?
9. What was his name?
10. Who did he make a princess?
11. What was Sammy's fathers name?
12. How did Sammy hurt his leg?
13. When The kitten and Sammy walked in the great room of the palace were the other frogs scared?
14. What did Sammy do then?
15. What was special about today?
16. Did they Sammy and the kitten stay friends?
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answer: 1. a faraway lan
2. down the road
3. a frog
4. yes
5. To the city
6. his fathe
7. the frog was actually a prince
8. he hurt his leg
9. Sammy
10. the kitten
11. Ralph
12. he was trying to jump a puddle and caught his leg on that rock
13. yes
14. quickly explained to them how kind and brave the young kitten had been in helping him make it to his meeting.
15. today was the day that his father was to pass rule on to him
16. yes

question: James was a nice old man who lived by himself. Every day he would walk down the road by his house and say hello to everyone. It was fun saying hello to everyone but he felt lonely sometimes. He wanted a pet to take care of. One day as he was walking down the road a little brown and spotted puppy came up to him and wanted James to pet him. James reached down and petted the puppy and smiled. James hoped to see the puppy again. Many days later James went for a walk again. He thought to himself, "I guess I won't ever see the brown puppy again. I hoped to see him again." A nice young lady said to James, "Would you like a puppy?" James said, "I would like a puppy that was like the one I petted before." The lady smiled. She was holding the little brown and spotted puppy. She told James that she found the little puppy in the woods. She said that the little puppy did not have a family. James said happily, "I would love to give the puppy a home!" So James grabbed the little brown and spotted puppy and took him home. James and the little brown puppy became great friends. James named him Spotty.
1. Who was James?
2. How did he feel?
3. What did he want?
4. for what?
5. What did he do everyday?
6. Why?
7. What did he see one day?
8. What did he look like?
9. What did the puppy want?
10. Did he?
11. What did James want?
12. Did he?
13. How did he feel?
14. Who did he meet?
15. What did she want?
16. Was she able to?
17. with who?
18. Was it the same puppy?
19. How did James feel?
20. Did he name him?
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answer: 1. a nice old man
2. lonely
3. A pet
4. to take care of
5. walk down the road by his house and say hello to everyone
6. It was fun saying hello to everyone
7. a puppy
8. little, brown and spotted
9. it wanted James to pet him
10. Yes
11. to see the puppy again
12. Yes
13. Happy
14. A lady
15. To find a home for the puppy
16. Yes
17. With James
18. Yes
19. He felt happy
20. Yes

question: Should universities focus on training workers for the next decade or curing diseases for the next century? A group of governors, educators, and CEOs weighed in on the best way universities can prepare for the future. They debated how the U.S. can take the responsibility for research while still preparing students for real jobs. Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin said that the first thing she thinks about as governor is educating Oklahoma students and strengthening the workforce. So she's carrying out a program called "America Works: Education and Training for Tomorrow's Jobs" that aims to "reorganize our education system with the current needs of our employers". The state governor added that this new educational approach doesn't just benefit students and companies, but also improves the state economy. "We've been able to attract new companies to our state because of what we're doing with our universities, because our students are a pipeline for the workforce," she said. "General Electric Company (one of the world's biggest companies) is coming to Oklahoma." Other group members were more focused on the long-term goals of a research university. Amy Gutmann pointed out that "basic research is the foundation for everything else that happens at a university. And if we don't do it, nobody else will." "And if nobody does that research, we'll pay the price in health care bills," argued Vagelos, who is a former CEO of Merck & Co., Inc, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. "The jobs of universities are basic research, which is what is needed for attacks on disease," he said. "There has been a reduction in coronary heart disease by 60% in the last forty years because of this research, and that reduces health care costs." James Hunt, former North Carolina governor, argued for a happy medium. Effective communication, he said, would help the public see that the research conducted at universities actually serves a practical purpose. Eli Broad, founder of the Broad Foundations, agreed. "We have to show the public what research has achieved," he said. "We have to show how it actually goes from basic research to something they can understand."
1. who was involved in the best way universities can prepare?
2. what program is she working on?
3. what does it do?
4. how has it helped?
5. who is Vagelos?
6. what is that?
7. What did he say the job of universities is?
8. What is reduced?
9. and what else?
10. by how much?
11. Who argued for a happy medium?
12. who is he?
13. what did he say will help?
14. how will it help?
15. what are other members more focused on?
16. who agreed with James Hunt?
17. who is he?
18. who do they want to show?
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answer:
1. Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin
2. America Works: Education and Training for Tomorrow's Jobs
3. reorganize our education system with the current needs of our employers
4. attract new companies
5. former CEO of Merck & Co
6. one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world
7. basic research
8. health care costs.
9. coronary heart disease
10. 60%
11. James Hunt
12. former North Carolina governor,
13. Effective communication
14. public see that the research conducted at universities actually serves a practical purpose
15. what research has achieved
16. Eli Broad
17. founder of the Broad Foundations
18. the public