Problem: CHAPTER VI.

THE PRIEST'S CHAMBER.

I was very glad that Polly had left school and come home for good. It was far more cheerful and pleasant than it had been at all since I left school. Polly made the place so cheerful with her bright happy smile, and was so full of life and fun, that I never found time to sit and muse, and wonder and fret over the future, as I had done before she came home. She never left me long alone for any time, but every day would make me go out for long walks with her, and indeed devoted herself entirely to cheering and amusing me. Papa too very much recovered his spirits under her genial influence; and altogether she made our home much brighter and more cheerful than before.

So our life went on for nearly three months, and then one Friday evening I was told that Sarah was below waiting to speak to me. I was rather surprised, for she had been to the house very seldom before, and then always on Sunday evenings.

However, the moment she came in, I saw that she had something very important to tell. Her bright face was quite pale with excitement, and her whole figure was in a nervous tremble.

"Oh, miss," she burst out directly the door was closed behind her, "Oh, miss, I have found the secret door!"

Although I had tried all along to hope that she would some day do so, that hope had been so long deferred that it had almost died away; and now at the sudden news, I felt all the blood rush to my heart, the room swam round with me, and I sat on a chair quite overwhelmed by the sudden shock.
1. Had Polly left school?
2. Was she planning on going back?
3. Was she generally a happy person?
4. When did Sarah show up?
5. What day of the week was it?
6. What day of the week was it?
7. When did she usually come?
8. What was so important that she had to tell?
9. Was she nervous about it?
10. Was the narrator surprised?
11. What did Polly do every day?
12. What did she devote herself to?
13. How was Papa doing?
Answer: 1. Yes
2. No
3. Yes
4. Nearly three months later
5. Nearly three months later
6. Friday
7. Sunday
8. She found the secret door
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. Make the narrator go out with her
12. To cheering and amusing her
13. Much better

Problem: The famous car Rolls-Royce has been largely hand-made and always one of the most expensive cars on the market.

In fact, Rolls-Royce is made up of two men's names, Charles S. Rolls and Henry Royce. They came from very different backgrounds, received very different educations and when they met; their careers were going in very different directions.

In 1903, Royce bought a second-hand France Decauville car. He found the car unreliable, difficult to start and overheated. Royce decided he could do better himself and set about building two-cylinder car of his own design. The first of these, built almost completely by Royce himself, was a success in almost every way: it started easily, ran smoothly and was very reliable. It never failed to impress everyone who saw it rode in the car, including Rolls.

While he was a university student at Cambridge, Rolls acquired a French Peugeot. It was the first automobile seen at Cambridge and by the time Rolls finished his studies, he was probably the most skilled driver in Britain. In 1902, Rolls went into the business of selling cars and became a leading automobile

. He was looking for a British car to market when he was told that Henry Royce had designed and built a two-cylinder automobile.

In 1904, Royce and Rolls joined together to build and sell motor car. They combined their talents--Royce the engineer and Rolls the salesman and businessman.

And, just two years later, the partnership produced the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, a milestone car acclaimed by many by the time as the " best in the world". Over the years the automaker built a legendary reputation.
1. what is the famous car?
Answer: 1. Rolls-Royce

Problem: In a generous display of maturity and sympathy, one Jewish boy made his first deed as a man in his faith a great act of charity. Joshua Neidorf, a 13-year-old boy from Los Angeles, donated most of his birthday money to Operation Mend, a program that reconstructs the faces of severely burned U. S. veterans . The young man decided to donate his money after getting to know Army Sgt. Louis Dahlman, who was undergoing a series of reconstruction surgeries at UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles) thanks to Operation Mend. The Neidorfs had signed up to be Dahlman's "buddy family", spending time with him whenever he visited Los Angeles for a surgery. "I just love knowing that it's going somewhere...to help the people who save our lives and keep us safe every day," said Neidorf. His mother added, "It makes me feel like our world is going in a good direction with this next generation." In all, Neidorf gave $13,000 to Operation Mend. He also encouraged his friends to donate to the cause. He is the organization's youngest donor so far. Operation Mend is a privately funded program that works in partnership with the UCLA Medical Center. Ron Katz, a board member at the hospital, started the program in 2006 after seeing a TV programme about Aaron Mankin, a veteran who had gone through dozens of surgeries after a fight in Iraq which completely burned off his face. Mankin ended up being Operation Mend's first patient, starting the first of 20 reconstructive facial surgeries at UCLA in Sept. 2007. In a 2011 interview, Katz shared how his experience of helping Mankin made him realize the need to establish a more permanent program. "My wife and I soon realized that there were dozens of Aarons out there," Katz said. "They deserve the best that we offer them."
1. What charity did Joshue Neidorf donate to?
2. What's it for?
3. How much did he give?
4. What made him donate?
5. What were the Neidorfs to Dahlman?
6. Neidorf gave thirteen thousand to who?
7. Is it publicly funded?
8. Who started the program?
9. When?
10. Who was the first patient?
11. How many surgiest happened in Sept 2007?
Answer: 1. Operation Mend
2. a program that reconstructs the faces of severely burned U. S. veterans
3. most of his birthday money
4. after getting to know Army Sgt. Louis Dahlman
5. buddy family
6. Operation Mend
7. No
8. Ron Katz
9. 2006
10. Mankin
11. 20

Problem: Sally wants to learn how to cook. She has only made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before. Today she is going to try to make some spaghetti with meat sauce. First she goes to the store down the street to buy the food. She buys six tomatoes, some beef, seasoning, one box of pasta and ten pieces of fruit. When she gets home she goes to the kitchen and starts boiling some water. The water takes four hundred seconds to boil. Next, she cuts up the beef and puts it in a pan to fry it. When the beef is cooked she starts to cut the tomatoes. When she is finished with the tomatoes she puts them in the pan and puts a lid on top. Once the tomatoes get hot she adds the seasoning and mixes the sauce. Finally she adds the cooked pasta to the sauce. Sally thinks that her spaghetti with meat sauce smells really good! She takes some to the table and starts eating her dinner. Her table is in the dining room. Sally wants to cook more foods tomorrow, maybe she'll make some fried rice!
1. What two meals does Sally want to cook?
2. How many tomatoes does she buy for the meat sauce?
3. How does she cook the beef?
4. What was the last step in preparing the meal?
5. Did Sally think her meal smelled good?
6. How many dishes does Sally know how to make now?
7. Is she going to keep cooking?
8. What is she thinking about doing tomorrow?
9. Where did she eat her dinner?
10. Did she slice the tomatoes or the beef first?
Answer:
1. spaghetti with meat sauce
2. six
3. she fries it
4. adding the cooked pasta to the sauce
5. yes
6. two
7. yes
8. fried rice
9. the table
10. the beef