Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Aviation is the practical aspect or art of aeronautics, being the design, development, production, operation and use of aircraft, especially heavier than air aircraft. The word "aviation" was coined by French writer and former naval officer Gabriel La Landelle in 1863, from the verb "avier" (synonymous flying), itself derived from the Latin word "avis" ("bird") and the suffix "-ation".

There are early legends of human flight such as the story of Icarus in Greek myth and Jamshid in Persian myth, and later, somewhat more credible claims of short-distance human flights appear, such as the flying automaton of Archytas of Tarentum (428347 BC), the winged flights of Abbas Ibn Firnas (810887), Eilmer of Malmesbury (11th century), and the hot-air Passarola of Bartholomeu Lourenco de Gusmao (16851724).

The modern age of aviation began with the first untethered human lighter-than-air flight on November 21, 1783, of a hot air balloon designed by the Montgolfier brothers. The practicality of balloons was limited because they could only travel downwind. It was immediately recognized that a steerable, or dirigible, balloon was required. Jean-Pierre Blanchard flew the first human-powered dirigible in 1784 and crossed the English Channel in one in 1785.

Rigid airships became the first aircraft to transport passengers and cargo over great distances. The best known aircraft of this type were manufactured by the German Zeppelin company.

1. when did the modern age of aviation begin?
2. was this an aircraft?
3. then what?
4. was it heavy?
5. could it be steered?
6. who created it?
7. are there any myths mentioned?
8. how many?
9. please name one
10. where is this myth from?
11. is there a persian myth?
12. who is mentioned in this?
13. who created the word aviation?
14. what did he do for a living?
15. anything else?
16. when did he create the word?
17. which company made aircrafts able to transport people?
18. who crossed the english channel?
19. when?
20. was this the first time he was flying?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. November 21, 1783
2. not exactly.
3. a hot air balloon
4. Described as lighter-than-air
5. This one, no.
6. the Montgolfier brothers.
7. Yes.
8. Two
9. the story of Icarus
10. Greece
11. Yes
12. Jamshid
13. Gabriel La Landelle
14. French writer
15. He was once a naval officer
16. 1863
17. the German Zeppelin company.
18. Jean-Pierre Blanchard
19. 1785.
20. No

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Coordinated Universal Time abbreviated to UTC, is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time. It is within about 1 second of mean solar time at 0 longitude; it does not observe daylight saving time. For most purposes, UTC is considered interchangeable with Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), but GMT is no longer precisely defined by the scientific community.

The first Coordinated Universal Time was informally adopted on 1 January 1960, but the official abbreviation of UTC and the official English name of Coordinated Universal Time (along with the French equivalent), was not adopted until 1967.

The system was adjusted several times, including a brief period where time coordination radio signals broadcast both UTC and "Stepped Atomic Time (SAT)" until a new UTC was adopted in 1970 and implemented in 1972. This change also adopted leap seconds to simplify future adjustments. This CCIR Recommendation 460 "stated that (a) carrier frequencies and time intervals should be maintained constant and should correspond to the definition of the SI second; (b) step adjustments, when necessary, should be exactly 1 s to maintain approximate agreement with Universal Time (UT); and (c) standard signals should contain information on the difference between UTC and UT."

1. When was UTC adopted?
2. When was the official abbreviation adopted?
3. What does it stand for?
4. What is it?
5. Who uses it?
6. How close to is it to mean solar time?
7. IS it interchangeable with anything?
8. What?
9. Is GMT still defined?
10. Does UTC recognize daylight savings time?
11. Have their ever been any adjustments?
12. What was it once coordinated with?
13. Until what happened?
14. When?
15. When was its implementation?
16. What did it also adopt?
17. For what reason?
18. It is stated that carrier frequencies should be what?
19. What should be exactly 1 s?
20. Why?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. 1 January 1960
2. 1967
3. Coordinated Universal Time
4. the primary time standard
5. the world
6. 1 second
7. yes
8. Greenwich Mean Time
9. no
10. no
11. yes
12. both UTC and "Stepped Atomic Time
13. a new UTC was adopted
14. 1970
15. 1972
16. leap seconds
17. simplify future adjustments.
18. maintained constant and should correspond to the definition of the SI second
19. step adjustments,
20. to maintain approximate agreement with Universal Time

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

London (CNN) -- Prince George will be christened on October 23 at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, announced Friday.

The christening will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby.

Prince George was born July 22 in London.

His parents, Prince William and Catherine, have kept him out of the public eye since he left the hospital a day later.

Media crews from around the world had spent days camped outside the hospital waiting to see the royal baby, who is the great-grandson of Queen Elizabeth II.

The world got its first glimpse of George since then in family photographs released last month. They were taken by Catherine's father, Michael Middleton, in the garden of his Berkshire home.

The baby is third in line for the throne now occupied by the queen. Her son, Charles, would succeed her, followed by his oldest son, William.

Catherine makes first public appearance since royal baby was born

1. When was the subject of this story born?
2. Where?
3. What's his name?
4. Who is his dad?
5. His mom?
6. Have they taken their child out much in public?
7. Who has been trying to spot him?
8. Who is the current Queen of England?
9. What is the baby's relationship to her?
10. When were the first photos of the infant revealed?
11. Who took them?
12. Where?
13. What's the photographer's name?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. July 22
2. London
3. Prince George
4. Prince William
5. Catherine
6. No
7. Media crews
8. Queen Elizabeth II
9. great-grandson
10. last month
11. Catherine's father
12. garden
13. Michael Middleton