Jack Johnson is one of the most popular singer-songwriters in the world. Jack was born on May 18, 1975 in Hawaii. Being the son of a famous surfer, Jack naturally has an interest in surfing. Most of his life lessons were learned in the water. At the age of 17, Jack entered the finals of the Pineline Masters---the world's most famous surfing competition. Everyone thought Jack would become a professional surfer like his father. Unluckily, one month later, he had a deadly accident while surfing and was seriously hurt. Life is like a revolving door. When it closes, it also opens. Jack started to practice playing the guitar and write songs when he was staying in hospital. At first, his father thought Jack only did it for fun, but soon he was surprised at the great progress his son had made. When studying in the university, Jack didn't stop practicing his guitar skills. He played the guitar for school parties. He wrote songs and sang for his teachers and friends. They liked his songs. His first music album Brushfire Fairytalescame out in 2001. It was a great success. His second album,On and On, was much like his first one. They were filled with sweet, easy-going songs that everybody liked listening to. Later, Jack had lots of concerts in and out of America. He became popular all over the world. Jack had five albums by 2010 and more than 15 million copies of them were sold. His music doesn't fit into any of the popular music styles like pop, rock, R&B or hip-hop. It is more like fold music, played with a guitar and beautiful voice. When listening to his songs, you feel like lying on the beach enjoying the warm sunshine. Jack is a talent, though he himself says he is only a surfer who loves music. In his songs we can find his secret of success: Whatever happens in our lives, we have to accept it and do the best we can. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What did Jack's dad do for a living?
2. Did he surf also?
3. Did he do it competitively?
4. What competition did he enter?
5. At waht age?
6. What did he practice in college?
7. Did he play for others?
8. Were his pieces liked?
9. By who?
10. Is college where he first started playing?
11. Where did he start?
12. Why was he there?
13. Did he do anything else while there?
14. What?
15. When was his first album released?
16. What was its title?
17. What type of music does he play?
18. What does he think of himself as?
19. What is his secret?
20. Where is it found?
Answer: 1. professional surfer
2. yes
3. yes
4. the Pineline Masters
5. 17
6. guitar
7. yes
8. yes
9. his teachers and friends
10. no
11. in the hospital
12. he had a accident
13. yes
14. he wrote songs
15. 2001
16. Brushfire Fairytales
17. fold music
18. a surfer who loves music
19. accepting whatever happens and doing the best we can
20. In his songs

CHAPTER XXIII

I

WHEN America entered the Great European War, Vida sent Raymie off to an officers' training-camp--less than a year after her wedding. Raymie was diligent and rather strong. He came out a first lieutenant of infantry, and was one of the earliest sent abroad.

Carol grew definitely afraid of Vida as Vida transferred the passion which had been released in marriage to the cause of the war; as she lost all tolerance. When Carol was touched by the desire for heroism in Raymie and tried tactfully to express it, Vida made her feel like an impertinent child.

By enlistment and draft, the sons of Lyman Cass, Nat Hicks, Sam Clark joined the army. But most of the soldiers were the sons of German and Swedish farmers unknown to Carol. Dr. Terry Gould and Dr. McGanum became captains in the medical corps, and were stationed at camps in Iowa and Georgia. They were the only officers, besides Raymie, from the Gopher Prairie district. Kennicott wanted to go with them, but the several doctors of the town forgot medical rivalry and, meeting in council, decided that he would do better to wait and keep the town well till he should be needed. Kennicott was forty-two now; the only youngish doctor left in a radius of eighteen miles. Old Dr. Westlake, who loved comfort like a cat, protestingly rolled out at night for country calls, and hunted through his collar-box for his G. A. R. button.

Carol did not quite know what she thought about Kennicott's going. Certainly she was no Spartan wife. She knew that he wanted to go; she knew that this longing was always in him, behind his unchanged trudging and remarks about the weather. She felt for him an admiring affection--and she was sorry that she had nothing more than affection. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. When did Raymie go to training camp?
2. Who was he married to?
3. What was his military rank?
4. Who was scared of Vida?
5. Why?
6. How did Lyman Cass' kids get into the military?
7. Where were the majority of soldiers from?
8. Where were the two medeical professionals stationed?
9. Who was the lone young medical professional?
10. How did Carol feel about him?
Answer: 1. during the Great European War
2. Vida
3. a first lieutenant of infantry,
4. Carol
5. Carol was touched by Raymies heroism
6. By enlistment and draft,
7. Germany and Sweden
8. at camps in Iowa and Georgia.
9. Kennicott
10. Carol did not quite know what she thought about Kennicott

While there is some international commonality in the way political parties are recognized, and in how they operate, there are often many differences, and some are significant. Many political parties have an ideological core, but some do not, and many represent very different ideologies than they did when first founded. In democracies, political parties are elected by the electorate to run a government. Many countries have numerous powerful political parties, such as Germany and India and some nations have one-party systems, such as China. The United States is a two-party system, with its two most powerful parties being the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.

The first political factions, cohering around a basic, if fluid, set of principles emerged from the Exclusion Crisis and Glorious Revolution in late-17th-century England. The Whigs supported Protestant constitutional monarchy against absolute rule and the Tories, originating in the Royalist (or "Cavalier") faction of the English Civil War, were conservative royalist supporters of a strong monarchy as a counterbalance to the republican tendencies of Whigs, who were the dominant political faction for most of the first half of the 18th century; they supported the Hanoverian succession of 1715 against the Jacobite supporters of the deposed Roman Catholic Stuart dynasty and were able to purge Tory politicians from important government positions after the failed Jacobite rising of 1715. The leader of the Whigs was Robert Walpole, who maintained control of the government in the period 17211742; his protege was Henry Pelham (17431754). What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. who was the Whigs leader?
2. who was Walpole's protege?
3. when were the first factions created?
4. what faction was in control during the 18th century?
5. how many US parties are mentioned?
6. do countries have only 1 party systems?
7. when was the Jacobite rising?
8. who was numerous political parties?
9. is the US a 3-party system?
10. what is the name of one of the US parties
11. what is the name of the other US party
Answer:
1. Robert Walpole
2. Henry Pelham
3. late-17th-century
4. Whigs
5. Two
6. Some do, such as China
7. 1715
8. Germany and India
9. No
10. the Republican Party
11. the Democratic Party