Problem: CHAPTER VII

THE STATEMENT OF TIBBIE BIRSE

On a Thursday Pete Lownie was buried, and when Hendry returned from the funeral Jess asked if Davit Lunan had been there.

"Na," said Hendry, who was shut up in the closet-bed, taking off his blacks, "I heard tell he wasna bidden."

"Yea, yea," said Jess, nodding to me significantly. "Ay, weel," she added, "we'll be hae'n Tibbie ower here on Saturday to deave's (weary us) to death aboot it."

Tibbie, Davit's wife, was sister to Marget, Pete's widow, and she generally did visit Jess on Saturday night to talk about Marget, who was fast becoming one of the most fashionable persons in Thrums. Tibbie was hopelessly plebeian. She was none of your proud kind, and if I entered the kitchen when she was there she pretended not to see me, so that, if I chose, I might escape without speaking to the like of her. I always grabbed her hand, however, in a frank way.

On Saturday Tibbie made her appearance. From the rapidity of her walk, and the way she was sucking in her mouth, I knew that she had strange things to unfold. She had pinned a grey shawl about her shoulders, and wore a black mutch over her dangling grey curls.

"It's you, Tibbie," I heard Jess say, as the door opened.

Tibbie did not knock, not considering herself grand enough for ceremony, and indeed Jess would have resented her knocking. On the other hand, when Leeby visited Tibbie, she knocked as politely as if she were collecting for the precentor's present. All this showed that we were superior socially to Tibbie.
1. When was the funeral?
2. Who is Davit's wife related to?
3. Who was she married to?
4. Who was fashionable?
5. Where do they live?
6. Who lived shabbily?
7. When did she show up?
8. Did she seem nervous?
9. Does she knock upon entering?
10. Who is better than Tibbie?
Answer: 1. Thursday
2. Marget
3. Pete
4. Marget
5. Thrums
6. Tibbie
7. Saturday
8. yes
9. no
10. Leeby

Problem: CHAPTER XXXIV

THE CONSUMMATION

It was hot outside in the noisy streets, but the Somasco Consolidated offices were quiet and cool when Alton entertained two of his friends there one afternoon. There is no special sanctity attached to a place of business in the West, and nobody who knew Alton would have been astonished to find plates of fruit upon the papers which littered his table, and a spirit lamp burning on the big empty stove. A very winsome young lady also sat in a lounge-chair, and Forel close by glanced at her with a most unbusinesslike twinkle in his eyes. Seaforth had been married recently, and his wife had called in to see, so she told Alton, that he was not working him too hard.

"You will give Mrs. Charley some tea," said Alton. "Your husband, madam, has been brought up well, but there was a time when I had real trouble in teaching him. Forel, you'll find some ice and soda yonder as well as the other things."

Nellie Seaforth laughed a little as she thrust the cup away. "No," she said; "I know where that tea comes from, and I would sooner have some ice and soda with out the other things. Have the strawberries gone up, Harry?"

Alton nodded. "That's a fact, and I am very glad," he said. "You see, we are sending out about a ton of them every day, and there are none to equal ours in the Dominion. Still, if Charley wasn't so lazy he'd give you some. Can't you find that ice, Forel? There was a big lump yesterday."
1. Whose wife stopped by the office?
2. Why is she there?
3. Who is his boss?
4. Where do they work?
5. Where is it located?
6. Is Alton a messy guy?
7. What time of day is it?
8. How's the weather?
9. How many people are at the office?
10. Does Nellie accept the drink she was offered?
11. What is it?
12. What does she want instead?
13. Who's looking for the ice?
14. Do they sell something at this business?
15. What?
16. Who does he feel he has better strawberries than?
17. Do they sell a lot?
18. How many daily?
19. How long ago was Seaforth's wedding?
20. How much do the berries cost?
Answer: 1. Seaforth's
2. To see that he wasn't working too hard.
3. Alton
4. Somasco Consolidated
5. In the west
6. Yes
7. Afternoon
8. Hot
9. Alton, his two friends, and Forel.
10. No
11. Tea
12. Ice and soda
13. Forel
14. Yes
15. Strawberries
16. Anyone in the Dominion
17. Yes
18. About a ton
19. Recently
20. Unknown but they had gone up.

Problem: 1. The family planning policy ("") was introduced in 1979 to solve the population problems. Most couples could have only one child except some special families and those in some special areas. 2. Usually, all around good student, which was called "thricegood", was given to the students who were virtuous , talented and good at PE. It was firstly used in to 1950s by Mao to encourage young people to keep fit, study well and work hard. 3. During the early 1990s, state owned company reforms were getting tough. The workers were more than the jobs in most of the cities. Many workers were losing their jobs. "Jobless" was a hot topic at that time, so the leaders hoped the laid off workers could find new jobs or start up their own business. 4. One of Deng's clever ideas, "one country, two systems", was first performed in 1997. It described Hong Kong and Macao's situation after they returned to China. This policy would also be suitable for Taiwan. There would be one China, but Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan could have their own economies and political systems. 5. Lei Feng was a soldier who was happy to help others. He died in an accident in 1962. On March 5th,1963, Mao wrote a piece, "Learn from comrade Lei Feng", to say the Chinese should help others when necessary. After that, March 5th became a Volunteer Day. 6. The phrase "harmonious society" appeared in 2004, referring to a peaceful society where all people would work together to make the life better. This idea has become the main goal of the Chinese Communist Party now.
1. What was introduced in 1979?
2. Why?
3. Could you have more than three children?
4. Can everyone?
5. What do you call a good learner?
6. What about them made them good learners?
7. Anything else?
8. When did this ideology first originate?
9. By whom?
10. Why?
11. What was a hot debate in the 1990's?
Answer:
1. The family planning policy
2. to solve the population problems.
3. Yes
4. No
5. "thricegood"
6. They were virtuous
7. talented and good at PE
8. 1950s
9. Mao
10. encourage young people to keep fit, study well and work hard
11. "Jobless"