Q: Marjorie Gestring

Marjorie Gestring was a springboard diver from the United States who won the gold medal in 3-meter springboard diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany at the age of 13 years. With the cancellation of the Olympics in 1940 and 1944 because of World War II, Gestring did not get a chance to defend her title, and her comeback attempt for the 1948 Summer Olympics failed.

Bob Mathias

17-year-old American Bob Mathias won the decathlon only four months after taking up the sport. He is the youngest athlete in Olympic history to win a men's track and field event. By the time Mathias retired from decathlon competition in 1952, he had nine victories in nine competitions. He had won two gold medals separately in 1948 and 1952. In 1954 a film about his early life called The Bob Mathias Story was made, in which he and his wife played themselves.

Fu Mingxia

Fu Mingxia was born on August 16, 1978 in Wuhan, Hubei Province. At an early age, her father taught her to swim at a nearby river. She started exercising gymnastics at age 5, soon turning to diving. Fu Mingxia left home at age 9 to train in Beijing. In the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Fu Mingxia became China's youngest Olympic champion ever when she won the 10-meter platform gold at the age of 13.

Ian Thorpe

Ian Thorpe was born on 13 October, 1982. He is a former Australian freestyle swimmer. At the age of 14, he became the youngest male ever to represent Australia. Ian Thorpe, 17 years old, won the gold medal in the 400m freestyle by breaking his own world record in Sydney 2000. He has won five Olympic gold medals.

Answer the following questions:
1. What event was Marjorie Gestring compete in?
2. What olympics did she win a gold metal in?
3. Why didn't she compete in the Olympics in 1940 and 1944?
4. When was Iam Thrope born?
5. What did he do at age 14 that was so impressive?
6. How many gold medals did Bob Mathias win?
7. What years did he win them in?
8. What Did Iam thrope medal in?
9. How many Olympic medals has he one total?
10. Who's world record did he break in the year 2000 at Sydney?
A: 1. springboard diving
2. 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin
3. World War II,
4. 13 October, 1982
5. youngest male to represent Australia in the Olympics
6. two
7. 1948 and 1952
8. 400m freestyle
9. five
10. his own
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: Somerset is a rural county of rolling hills such as the Blackdown Hills, Mendip Hills, Quantock Hills and Exmoor National Park, and large flat expanses of land including the Somerset Levels. There is evidence of human occupation from Paleolithic times, and of subsequent settlement in the Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. The county played a significant part in the consolidation of power and rise of King Alfred the Great, and later in the English Civil War and the Monmouth Rebellion. The city of Bath is famous for its substantial Georgian architecture and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The people of Somerset are mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle's entry for AD 845, in the inflected form "Sumurstum", and the county is recorded in the entry for 1015 using the same name. The archaic name Somersetshire was mentioned in the Chronicle's entry for 878. Although "Somersetshire" was in common use as an alternative name for the county, it went out of fashion in the late 19th century, and is no longer used possibly due to the adoption of "Somerset" as the county's official name after the establishment of the county council in 1889. As with other counties not ending in "shire," the suffix was superfluous, as there was no need to differentiate between the county and a town within it.

Answer the following questions:
1. What is one of famous cities in this area?
2. What is it known for?
3. Since when has this area been populated?
4. What is the oldest way it was spelled?
5. When was it written?
6. When else?
7. When did it change to the current way?
8. What are some features of the area?
9. What else?
10. What ruler did it support?
11. And acted in what other events?
A:
1. Bath
2. its architecture
3. Paleolithic times
4. Sumursaetum
5. 845
6. 1015
7. 1889
8. rolling hills
9. large flat expanses
10. Alfred the Great
11. Engliush Civil War and Monmouth Rebellion