Q: CHAPTER V.

MOHUN APPEARS FOR THE LAST TIME IN THIS HISTORY.

Besides my Lord Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, who for family reasons had kindly promised his protection and patronage to Colonel Esmond, he had other great friends in power now, both able and willing to assist him, and he might, with such allies, look forward to as fortunate advancement in civil life at home as he had got rapid promotion abroad. His Grace was magnanimous enough to offer to take Mr. Esmond as secretary on his Paris embassy, but no doubt he intended that proposal should be rejected; at any rate, Esmond could not bear the thoughts of attending his mistress farther than the church-door after her marriage, and so declined that offer which his generous rival made him.

Other gentlemen in power were liberal at least of compliments and promises to Colonel Esmond. Mr. Harley, now become my Lord Oxford and Mortimer, and installed Knight of the Garter on the same day as his Grace of Hamilton had received the same honor, sent to the Colonel to say that a seat in Parliament should be at his disposal presently, and Mr. St. John held out many flattering hopes of advancement to the Colonel when he should enter the House. Esmond's friends were all successful, and the most successful and triumphant of all was his dear old commander, General Webb, who was now appointed Lieutenant-General of the Land Forces, and received with particular honor by the Ministry, by the Queen, and the people out of doors, who huzza'd the brave chief when they used to see him in his chariot going to the House or to the Drawing-room, or hobbling on foot to his coach from St. Stephen's upon his glorious old crutch and stick, and cheered him as loud as they had ever done Marlborough.

Answer the following questions:
1. Where do you think this takes place?
2. Did Colonel Esmond have friends in high places?
3. Who promised to protect Esmond?
4. What position was Esmond offered?
5. Where would that have taken place?
6. Was His Grace certain Esmond would accept the offer?
7. Why did Esmond not accept?
A: 1. y the Ministry, by the Queen, Perhaps the United Kingdom.
2. he had other great friends in power now. Yes.
3. Lord Duke of Hamilton and Brandon. Lord Duke of Hamilton and Brandon.
4. offer to take Mr. Esmond as secretary. Secretary to His Grace.
5. on his Paris. In Paris.
6. no doubt he intended that proposal should be rejected. No.
7. could not bear the thoughts of attending his mistress farther than the church-door after her marriage
Q: It has more than 845 million users worldwide. If it were a country, _ would have the third largest population in the world, behind China and India. This is Facebook, a popular website from the US. It is similar to Renren in China. Mark Zuckerber was born on May 14, 1984. As a little kid, he loved creating little fun computer programs. He set up the network in February of 2004. He was then a second-year student at Harvard University. One day, he had the idea of building a website for Harvard students to get to know each other. He set up the Facebook website. Harvard students could share photos and their personal information there. Soon, the website became very famous. Zuckerberg decided to leave Harvard to run Facebook full time. It was the biggest adventure in his life and later brought him great success. Now, the service is popular around the world. Greetings such as "Have you checked your Facebook page today?" became a part of young people's everyday language in the US. People can exchange message and get the latest information about their friends on Facebook. Zuckerberg's dream is to connect people through the Internet. "Facebook is to make the world more open and connected," he said. What's the young man's secret to success? Zuckerberg believes it's important to have an open mind and be ready to try new things. "The riskiest thing is to take no risks," he once said in an open letter. Sometimes the simplest ideas go furthest. We hope Mar Zuckerberg can go much further, maybe even further than Bill Gates.

Answer the following questions:
1. When was Facebook launched?
2. By who?
3. How many years had he been in college?
4. At which college?
5. Did he stay in school?
6. What did he drop out to do?
7. What is Zuckerberg's goat for the site?
8. What did Zuckerberg say the riskiest thing is?
9. What was the largest adventure he'd ever had?
10. What's his secret to success?
11. How many users are on his site?
12. What site in China is similar?
13. When was Zuckerberg born?
14. What things did he enjoy making when he was a kid?
15. Who did he originally create Facebook for?
16. To do what?
17. What could they share?
18. Is his site popular all over the globe?
19. Where would it fall in order of population if it were a country?
20. Who does the author hope Zuckerberg will go further than, in terms of success?
A: 1. February of 2004
2. Mark Zuckerberg
3. he was in his second-year
4. Harvard University
5. no
6. run Facebook
7. unknown
8. to take no risks
9. leaving Harvard to run Facebook
10. to have an open mind and try new things
11. more than 845 million users
12. Renren
13. May 14, 1984
14. computer programs
15. Harvard students
16. get to know each other
17. photos and personal information
18. yes
19. behind China and India
20. Bill Gates
Q: The term "Great Plains", for the region west of about the 96th or 98th meridian and east of the Rocky Mountains, was not generally used before the early 20th century. Nevin Fenneman's 1916 study, Physiographic Subdivision of the United States, brought the term Great Plains into more widespread usage. Before that the region was almost invariably called the High Plains, in contrast to the lower Prairie Plains of the Midwestern states. Today the term "High Plains" is used for a subregion of the Great Plains.

Much of the Great Plains became open range, or rangeland where cattle roamed free, hosting ranching operations where anyone was theoretically free to run cattle. In the spring and fall, ranchers held roundups where their cowboys branded new calves, treated animals and sorted the cattle for sale. Such ranching began in Texas and gradually moved northward. In 1866-95, cowboys herded 10 million cattle north to rail heads such as Dodge City, Kansas and Ogallala, Nebraska; from there, cattle were shipped eastward.

Answer the following questions:
1. How many cows were sent north?
2. When?
3. Who led them?
4. Where did they go?
5. In which cities?
6. Where did the trains take them?
7. Where were cows allowed to roam freely?
8. Who was allowed to have cows?
9. When did they round them up?
10. What happened to the baby cows?
11. Who did it?
12. Where did this type of ranching begin?
13. Did it move anywhere else?
A:
1. 10 million
2. 1866-95
3. cowboys
4. rail heads
5. Dodge City, Kansas and Ogallala, Nebraska
6. eastward
7. Much of the Great Plains
8. anyone, theoretically
9. In the spring and fall
10. branded
11. the cowboys
12. Texas
13. yes