Q: Robert is eleven years old. He loves to watch TV. But for one full year, he did not watch TV at all. What was the reason? Robert's parents said they would give him $500 if he didn't watch TV for a year. Robert's parents thought he watched too much TV. One day his mother saw a newspaper story about a boy who didn't watch TV for a year. She showed the story to Robert. "It was a joke," his mother said, "I didn't think he would do it." But Robert liked the idea. He turned off the TV right away. He said, "It doesn't matter to me whether to watch TV or not. I just want the money." At first, Robert's parents were very happy. Robert read the newspaper, played outside, played computer games, and played cards with his mother. But after a while, he got bored. Every evening, he asked his parents, "What are we doing tonight?" Sometimes his mother and father wished he would watch TV, just for one evening. Robert always said, "No, it would cost me money!" Finally the year was over. Then Robert started watching his favourite TV shows all day long again. Robert got the money from his parents. What does he plan to do with the $500? "I want to buy myself a TV set!" he said.

1. watch TV
2. one full year
3. $500
4. yes5. eleven years old
6. a TV set
7. from a newspaper story
8. cards
9. yes
10. yes
11. newspaper
12. What are we doing tonight

Numbered questions:
1. What does Robert love to do?
2. For how long did he not watch it?
3. How much money did his parents give him for this?
4. Did the boy get bored eventually?
5. How old is he?
6. What did he plan to buy with his money?
7. Where did his mom get this idea of him not watching tv for a year?
8. What did the boy play with his mom?
9. Did he play games on the computer?
10. Did the boy say the money was more important than TV?
11. What did Robert read?
12. What did he start asking his parents a lot?

Q: CHAPTER FORTY FOUR.

THE VISIBLE MADONNA.

The crowd had no sooner passed onward than Romola descended to the street, and hastened to the steps of San Stefano. Cecco had been attracted with the rest towards the Piazza, and she found Baldassarre standing alone against the church-door, with the horn-cup in his hand, waiting for her. There was a striking change in him: the blank, dreamy glance of a half-returned consciousness had given place to a fierceness which, as she advanced and spoke to him, flashed upon her as if she had been its object. It was the glance of caged fury that sees its prey passing safe beyond the bars.

Romola started as the glance was turned on her, but her immediate thought was that he had seen Tito. And as she felt the look of hatred grating on her, something like a hope arose that this man might be the criminal, and that her husband might not have been guilty towards him. If she could learn that now, by bringing Tito face to face with him, and have her mind set at rest!

"If you will come with me," she said, "I can give you shelter and food until you are quite rested and strong. Will you come?"

"Yes," said Baldassarre, "I shall be glad to get my strength. I want to get my strength," he repeated, as if he were muttering to himself, rather than speaking to her.

"Come!" she said, inviting him to walk by her side, and taking the way by the Arno towards the Ponte Rubaconte as the more private road.

1. alone against the church-door
2. Romola
3. No, but talked as if he was
4. Romola
5. Tito
6. shelter and food
7. quickly
8. towards the Piazza
9. A horned-cup
10. the criminal
11. yes
12. caged fury
13. She felt a look of hatred

Numbered questions:
1. Where was Baldassarre standing?
2. who moved towards him?
3. was Baldassare muttering to himself?
4. who was he talking to?
5. who did she want him to see?
6. what did she offer him?
7. did she move slowly or quickly to San Stefano?
8. where did Cecco go?
9. what was Baldassare holding?
10. who did she think he was?
11. was he waiting for her?
12. what was his expression like?
13. did she feel hated?

Q: Would you like to go to Beijing, our capital? It's far away from Guangdong. It's 2313 kilometers from Beijing to Guangdong. The city of Kunming is 2216 kilometers away from Guangdong. It's always very warm there. But it's very hot in summer in Wuhan. It's 1084 kilometers from Guangdong to Wuhan. Changsha is near Guangdong. It's 726 kilometers from Changsha to Guangdong. Do you know which city is the biggest in China? It's Shanghai. It's 1811 kilometers from Guangdong to Shanghai. If you travel by air, you'll find it very interesting and fast enough to fly from Guangdong to Beijing. It only takes you about four hours and you'll get there easily, safely and unhurriedly .But traveling by train is quite different. You have to stay on the train for over thirty hours to arrive in Beijing. More and more people like to travel by air. You can see why, can't you?

1. yes
2. Beijing
3. warm
4. Changsha
5. Shanghai
6. fly
7. more
8. less
9. China
10. increasing
11. unknown

Numbered questions:
1. Is Beijing a capital?
2. Which place is further from Guangdong, Beijing or Kunming?
3. What temperature is Kunming usually?
4. Which place is closer to Guangdong, Wuhan or Changsha?
5. Which place is closer to Guangdong, it is Beijing, Kunming or Shanghai
6. What is the most time efficient way to get between Guangdong and Beijing?
7. Does it take more or less than a day to get between Guangdong to Beijing by train?
8. Does it take more or less than a day to go between Guangdong and Beijing by plane?
9. What country is Shanghai in?
10. Is air travel increasing or decreasing in China?
11. Is Guangdong generally a cool or warm place?

Q: Ivory Coast () or Cote d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire (), is a country located in West Africa. Ivory Coast's political capital is Yamoussoukro, and its economic capital and largest city is the port city of Abidjan. Its bordering countries are Guinea and Liberia in the west, Burkina Faso and Mali in the north, and Ghana in the east. The Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean) is located south of Ivory Coast.

Prior to its colonization by Europeans, Ivory Coast was home to several states, including Gyaaman, the Kong Empire, and Baoule. Two Anyi kingdoms, "Indenie" and "Sanwi", attempted to retain their separate identity through the French colonial period and after independence. Ivory Coast became a protectorate of France in 18431844 and was later formed into a French colony in 1893 amid the European scramble for Africa. Ivory Coast achieved independence in 1960, led by Felix Houphouet-Boigny, who ruled the country until 1993. The country maintained close political and economic association with its West African neighbors while at the same time maintaining close ties to the West, especially France. Since the end of Houphouet-Boigny's rule in 1993, Ivory Coast has experienced one "coup d'etat", in 1999, and two religion-grounded civil wars. The first took place between 2002 and 2007 and the second during 20102011. In 2000, the country adopted a new Constitution.

1. Europeans
2. Felix Houphouet-Boigny
3. France
4. Yes
5. Ivory Coast
6. 1960
7. from 1960 until 1993
8. they achieved independence
9. political capital is Yamoussoukro
10. West Africa

Numbered questions:
1. Who colonized the Ivory coast?
2. Who ended up controlling it?
3. Which European power ended up controlling it?
4. Did anyone try to maintain independence during that time?
5. Who?
6. When did the become independent from France?
7. How long was Felix Houphouet-Boigny head of state?
8. What ended his reign?
9. What is the country's capital?
10. Where is the country located?