Problem: Kelly Christopher, a student at Lutheran High School in California, US, loves oranges. One day last week, she used a pole to pick oranges off trees and collect them in baskets. It's the first time in her 15 years she's picked fruit from trees. "This is quite different from buying oranges in the supermarket," said Christopher. "Every time I eat an orange, I'll remember this experience." Christopher was one of the 30 student volunteers at Soil Born Farms. She volunteered as part of a project which was set up in 2009 to help homeowners in South Land Park pick oranges and other fruits out of their backyards. Before, the fruit would rot on the ground or get eaten by animals. Now the fruit is donated to those who need it. "It is good for many people", said Randy Stannard, who works for the project. "The homeowner gets fruit picked and more people can have healthy food." "Two harvests ( ) were organized in 2009 and volunteers picked 3,000 pounds (1,360kg) of fruit", Stannard said. In 2010, the number was 20,000. This year, Soil Born Farms hopes to get 40,000 pounds. They will harvest every weekend from January to April. Shannon Galloway, Christopher's science teacher, brought her students into the project this year. "You're making use of a _ that might be wasted," she said. "I think it's meaningful to everyone." Donato Frazier, 15, always climbs up a ladder and gets on the top of the tree. "Standing on the treetop is pretty cool," Frazier said. "I can see clearly that many baskets are filled up, and even see that many people are eating healthy fruit because of our volunteer work."
1. Did Kelly pick apples?
2. Has she done it before?
3. Where did students volunteer?
4. How many volunteered?
5. How many pounds were harvested in 2009?
6. What about 2010?
7. Will they harvest in September this year?
8. When will they?
9. Does Donato get on top of a house?
10. What can he see from there?
11. Are they trying to harvest 30,000 pounds this year?
12. How many pounds are they thinking of?
13. How did the students learn about the project?
14. Does Donato think the treetop is frightening?
15. What does he think about it?
16. Who gets the fruit after it is harvested?
17. What school do the students attend?
18. Where is that?
19. What happens to fruit on the ground?
20. Who is Shannon Galloway?
Answer: 1. she used a pole to pick oranges off trees and collect
2. yes
3. Soil Born Farms.
4. 30
5. 3000
6. 20,000
7. no
8. Every weekend from January to April.
9. Donato Frazier, 15, always climbs up a ladder and gets on the top of the tree.
10. baskets filling up
11. no
12. 40,000 pounds.
13. their teacher
14. no
15. iy
16. those who need it.
17. Lutheran High School
18. California
19. the fruit is donated to those who need it.
20. Christopher's science teacher

Problem: CHAPTER XXIX

THE ARM OF THE LAW

Soon Dick and Sam were on the way to where they had left the chauffeur and the big touring car. They fairly ran down the woodland trail, stumbling over the rocks and tree roots in the darkness. Once Sam went down, and scratched his hand, but he got up without complaining.

They were almost in sight of the machine when they heard a peculiar sound. Dick's heart gave a bound.

"Listen!" he cried. "He's trying to crank up! He must have gotten free of his bonds!"

The oldest Rover boy was right, the chauffeur had worked at the straps and ropes until he had liberated himself. Now he was working at the crank of the touring car, hoping to get away in the machine.

"He won't get started," muttered Sam, remembering what he and Tom had done to the automobile.

They sneaked up behind the man, and before he could resist had thrown him flat on his back. Then, while Dick held him down, Sam ran and got the straps and ropes.

"You let me go!" yelled the man. "Let me go, or it will be the worse for you!" And he tried to get away. But then Dick put a pistol to his head and he collapsed and offered no more resistance.

As soon as the chauffeur was again secured, the boys bundled him into the enclosed portion of the car and tied him fast to the foot rail and the robe rail. Then the youths lost no time in readjusting the machine so it could be used, and lighting all the front lamps.
1. Did Sam cry when he fell?
2. who was the older of the 2 boys?
3. where were they running to?
4. was it daytime or night?
5. who did they sneak up on?
6. was he happy to see them?
7. what did they do after tying him up again?
8. what made Dicks heart jump?
9. what was the sound?
10. what did they tie the chauffeur up with?
Answer: 1. no
2. Dick
3. where they had left the chauffeur
4. darkness.
5. chauffeur
6. no
7. Dick put a pistol to his head
8. they heard a peculiar sound
9. he was working at the crank of the touring car
10. straps and ropes

Problem: Encyclopedia Americana is one of the largest general encyclopedias in the English language. Following the acquisition of Grolier in 2000, the encyclopedia has been produced by Scholastic.

The encyclopedia has more than 45,000 articles, most of them more than 500 words and many running to considerable length (the "United States" article is over 300,000 words). The work's coverage of American and Canadian geography and history has been a traditional strength. Written by 6,500 contributors, the "Encyclopedia Americana" includes over 9,000 bibliographies, 150,000 cross-references, 1,000+ tables, 1,200 maps, and almost 4,500 black-and-white line art and color images. It also has 680 factboxes. Most articles are signed by their contributors.

Long available as a 30-volume print set, the "Encyclopedia Americana" is now marketed as an online encyclopedia requiring a subscription. In March 2008, Scholastic said that print sales remained good but that the company was still deciding on the future of the print edition. The company did not produce an edition in 2007, a change from its previous approach of releasing a revised print edition each year. The most recent print edition of the "Encyclopedia Americana" was published in 2006.

The online version of the "Encyclopedia Americana", first introduced in 1997, continues to be updated and sold. This work, like the print set from which it is derived, is designed for high school and first-year college students along with public library users. It is available to libraries as one of the options in the Grolier Online reference service, which also includes the "Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia", intended for middle and high school students, and "The New Book of Knowledge", an encyclopedia for elementary and middle school students. Grolier Online is not available to individual subscribers.
1. When was the online version of the encyclopedia put out?
2. Is it still updated?
3. What kind of students is it designed for?
4. And who else?
5. What is made for middle and high school kids?
6. What is designed for elementary students?
7. Is the online service available to individuals?
8. What is the biggest encyclopedia in the English language?
9. Who has produced it after the year 2000?
10. After they acquired what?
11. How many articles are in the books?
12. How many words are most?
13. How long is the United States article?
14. Is geography a strength for the encyclopedias?
15. What else is a strong point?
16. How many bibliographies are there?
17. In what year was a print edition published?
18. How many cross-references were there?
19. How many factboxes are there?
20. How many books were in a typical print edition?
Answer:
1. 1997
2. Yes.
3. high school and first-year college
4. public library users
5. Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
6. The New Book of Knowledge
7. No.
8. Encyclopedia Americana
9. Scholastic
10. Grolier
11. 45,000
12. more than 500
13. over 300,000 words
14. YEs
15. history
16. over 9,000
17. 2006
18. 150,000
19. 680
20. 30