question: The seasons in Australia are not like ours. When it is winter in China, it is summer there. Australia is a southern country. It is in the south of the world. June, July and August are the winter months; September, October and November are spring; the summer is in December, January and February; and March, April and May are the autumn months. The north of the country is hotter than the south. A very large part of this country has no rain at all. The east coast has rain all year, and there are no dry months. The southeast winds blow the whole year. They bring rain from the sea. There is not much rain on the west side. The southeastern part of Australia has summer rain from the southeast winds. They only blow here in summer. The southwestern part of Australia has winter rain. The west winds blow over the southwest in winter only. In summer, the southwest of the country has no rain. In the north of Australia, there is no rain in winter. The rain comes in summer. The northwest winds bring it.
1. What is the name of the country that has rain on the east coast all year?
2. What months make up spring there?
3. What season is it in China when it's summer in Australia?
4. Is it located in the north of the world?
5. Is the north of Australia hotter or colder than the south?
6. How often do the southeast winds blow?
7. When does the rain come in the north?
8. What months make up summer?
9. And what months are autumn?
10. Are the seasons there the same as ours?
11. Do the southeast winds blow all year?
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answer: 1. Australia
2. September, October and November
3. winter
4. Australia is a southern country
5. The north is hotter
6. only in the summer.
7. in the summer
8. December, January and February
9. March, April and May
10. no
11. yes

CHAPTER XXVI

A NEW UNDERTAKING

Soon after the rails were laid down the frost returned, and one cold morning Festing sat in his shack, studying a letter from Helen. Norton's cheque had helped him to overcome the worst of his difficulties, things were going better, and Charnock would superintend the workmen until he was ready to go out. Festing felt that he need not hurry, and wanted to think.

Helen had written to him before, without any hint of resentment, and he had told her what he was doing. She knew Bob was his partner, and no doubt understood what this implied. It was obvious that he had been wrong in disliking Bob and half suspecting him; besides Helen knew from the beginning that he had not suspected her, although he had insisted that she had been imprudent. This ground for difference had vanished, but he wondered what she thought, and could not gather much from her letter.

She wrote with apparent good-humor and stated that all was going satisfactorily at the farm, where, indeed, nothing of importance could be done until spring. For all that, there was some reserve. A personal explanation was needed before they could get back to their old relations of intimate confidence, and he was ready to own his mistakes. Unfortunately, the explanation must be put off, because there was one point on which he was still determined, although his resolve no longer altogether sprang from pride. He must, if possible, repair his damaged fortunes before he went home. Farming on a proper scale was expensive work, and Helen's capital was not large. In order to raise a big crop, one must speculate boldly, and he meant to do so with his own money. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who was in a humorous mood?
2. How were things where she was?
3. Was there urgent news?
4. Would she start working in the summer?
5. When would she work?
6. Was all with them?
7. What did he have to fix?
8. Fix them for what?
9. What did he need to do that?
10. What returned after they laid the rails?
11. Had anyone helped finance his endeavors?
12. And who would he have superviser the workers?
13. How many partners did he have?
14. Who was his partner?
15. Had Helen called him?
Answer: 1. Helen
2. satisfactorily
3. No
4. No
5. spring
6. unknown
7. his damaged fortunes
8. In order to raise a big crop
9. Helen's capital was not large
10. the frost
11. Norton
12. Charnock
13. One
14. Bob
15. No

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Although 19-year-old George Dennehy is armless, he isn't letting that stop him from pursuing his dreams and sharing his passion with the world. Born without arms, the young boy's birth parents left him. Luckily, a warm-hearted couple _ him and took good care of him. However, his new parents never allowed him to use his disability as an excuse to be lazy. When George turned eight, they asked him to sign up for cello lessons. The instrument is tough even for people who have the use of both their hands, so it was even more challenging for George, who had to learn to play it with his feet. Thanks to his music teacher, the young boy not only mastered the cello, but also realized that he had a passion and talent for music. During middle school years, he also mastered the piano and guitar. His music talent caught the eye of an American rock band who invited him to perform alongside them at a ten-day-long music festival. The experience has inspired this once shy boy to pursue a career in music. He has also become a motivational speaker who encourages both able and disabled people to pursue their dreams, no matter how impossible these dreams may sound. Geoge Dennehy is armless, he isn't letting that stop him from pursuing his dreams and sharing his passion with the world. 1. What is unique about George?
2. Who made him learn to play Cello?
3. How old was he?
4. How did he play it?
5. Did he also learn the flute?
6. What other instruments did he learn?
7. What grade was he in?
8. Did a British rock band notice him?
9. Who did?
10. Did they go visit him?
11. Did he ever meet them?
12. Where?
13. How did he lose his arms?
14. How old is he now?
15. What happened to his biological parents?
16. When?
17. Did his new parents do everything for him?
numbered_answers:
1. He is armless.
2. His new parents.
3. He was eight
4. He had to learn to play it with his feet.
5. No.
6. The piano and guitar.
7. middle school.
8. No.
9. An American rock band.
10. No.
11. Yes, he performed with them.
12. A music festival.
13. He was born without arms.
14. 19.
15. They left him.
16. When he was born.
17. No, he couldn't be lazy.