Q: On Saturday, millions of people around the world will celebrate Saint Patrick's Day, which honors Patron Saint(a main religious figure)of Ireland. Communities across the United States will host parades , parties, and other festivities to mark the occasion.

This year, cities like Boston, New York, and Chicago have organized big events celebrating Saint Patrick's Day. In New York City, hundreds of thousands of people will gather to watch the Saint Patrick's Day parade-the nation's largest. It is one of the most watched parades in the world. Last year, almost 2 million watched it , more than 150,000 took part in it and they filled the streets. The parade, first held in 1776, is also one of the oldest.

Chicago also throws a big celebration. Every year, the Chicago River, which crosses the city, shines green as event organizers pour about 40 pounds of fluorescence, a powerful dye , into the water.

Boston keeps its parade rolling for three hours or more. It is the nation's second-largest parade. The city will also show respect to one of its most famous former residents, President John F. Kennedy, by opening the exhibit "A Journey Home:John F. Kennedy and Ireland", at his official library.

Patron Saint lived in Britain in the early fifth century, when it was still part of the Roman Empire. He was caught and sold into slavery in Ireland when he was only 16. He finally escaped slavery and turned to a life of religious devotion. He trained to become a minister and set out to spread Christianity throughout Ireland. After 30 years as a religious leader, Patrick died on March 17, 1461. Saint Patrick's Day is always celebrated on March 17. In Ireland, it is an official holiday.

Answer the following questions:
1. What cities are planning special events?
2. What holiday are they celebrating?
3. Who does that holiday honor?
4. What are they having in NY?
5. How many people saw it last year?
6. How many were in it?
7. When was the first one held there?
8. How long does Boston's parade last?
9. Who will they honor?
10. What is the exhibit called?
11. Where is it?
12. What does Chicago put in the river?
13. Whre did the Patron Saint live?
14. When?
15. When did he die?
16. Was he a free man?
17. How old was he when he was a slave?
18. How long was he a religious leader?
19. Did he escape from slavery?
20. What day is St. Patrick's day celebrated?
A: 1. Boston, new York and Chicago
2. Saint Patrick's Day,
3. St Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland
4. . A big Parade
5. almost 2 million watched it
6. more than 150,000 took part
7. 1776,
8. for three hours or more.
9. John F. Kennedy,
10. "A Journey Home:John F. Kennedy and Ireland"
11. at his official library.
12. 40lb green dye
13. Britain
14. in the early fifth century,
15. March 17, 1461.
16. not always
17. 16
18. 30 years
19. yes
20. March 17

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Between 7 September 1940 and 21 May 1941, 16 British cities suffered aerial raids with at least 100 long tons of high explosives. Over a period of 267 days, London was attacked 71 times, Birmingham, Liverpool and Plymouth eight times, Bristol six, Glasgow five, Southampton four, Portsmouth and Hull three and a minimum of one large raid on eight other cities. This was a result of a rapid escalation starting on 24 August 1940, when night bombers aiming for RAF airfields drifted off course and accidentally destroyed several London homes, killing civilians, combined with the UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill's retaliatory bombing of Berlin on the following night.[clarification needed]

From 7 September 1940, one year into the war, London was bombed by the Luftwaffe for 57 consecutive nights. More than one million London houses were destroyed or damaged and more than 40,000 civilians were killed, almost half of them in London. Ports and industrial centres outside London were also attacked. The main Atlantic sea port of Liverpool was bombed, causing nearly 4,000 deaths within the Merseyside area during the war. The North Sea port of Hull, a convenient and easily found target or secondary target for bombers unable to locate their primary targets, was subjected to 86 raids in the Hull Blitz during the war, with a conservative estimate of 1,200 civilians killed and 95 percent of its housing stock destroyed or damaged. Other ports including Bristol, Cardiff, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Southampton and Swansea were also bombed, as were the industrial cities of Birmingham, Belfast, Coventry, Glasgow, Manchester and Sheffield. Birmingham and Coventry were chosen because of the Spitfire and tank factories in Birmingham and the many munitions factories in Coventry. The city centre of Coventry was almost destroyed, as was Coventry Cathedral.

1. How many times was London attacked?
2. What were the fighters aiming at?
3. Did they hit anything else?
4. What?
5. How many nights in a row was London sieged in 1940?
6. Was the cathedral in Coventry left unharmed?
7. How many innocent people were killed in London?
8. Who was the UK Prime Minister at the time?
9. How many tonnes of explosives were used to attack Britain?
10. How many deaths were there in Merseyside?
11. What was the name of the German air core that attaacked London?
12. How many ports were bombed?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. 71 times
2. for RAF airfields
3. Yes
4. several London homes
5. 57 consecutive nights
6. No
7. 1,200
8. Prime Minister Winston Churchill
9. Atleast 100 tons
10. 4000
11. Luftwaffe
12. Seven

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

David (; ; "Dawid"; ; ; Gz: Dawit; possibly meaning "beloved one") was the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah, according to the Hebrew Bible.

In the biblical narrative, David is a young shepherd who first gains fame as a musician and later by killing Goliath. He becomes a favorite of King Saul and a close friend of Saul's son Jonathan. Worried that David is trying to take his throne, Saul turns on David. After Saul and Jonathan are killed in battle, David is anointed as King. David conquers Jerusalem, taking the Ark of the Covenant into the city, and establishing the kingdom founded by Saul. As king, David arranges the death of Uriah the Hittite to cover his adultery with Bathsheba. The text does not state whether she consented to sex. According to the same biblical text, God denies David the opportunity to build the temple and his son, Absalom, tries to overthrow him. David flees Jerusalem during Absalom's rebellion, but after Absalom's death he returns to the city to rule Israel. Before his peaceful death, he chooses his son Solomon as his successor. He is mentioned in the prophetic literature as an ideal king and an ancestor of a future Messiah, and many psalms are ascribed to him.

1. What Gz: Dawit means?
2. Who was David?
3. Did he do music?
4. He was the second king according to which scripture?
5. Did he kill anyone?
6. Whom?
7. Was he famous for that?
8. Who did he befriend with?
9. Who is he?
10. Who is Saul then?
11. What happened to him afterwards?
12. How about his son then?
13. Who became king then?
14. Did he conquer any place?
15. Which place?
16. Did he bring something there?
17. What?
18. Did anyone rebel against him there?
19. Who?
20. Who became David's successor eventually?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. beloved one
2. second king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah
3. yes
4. Hebrew Bible
5. yes
6. Goliath
7. yes
8. Jonathan
9. Saul's son
10. The first King
11. Saul is killed in battle
12. killed also
13. David
14. yes
15. Jerusalem
16. yes
17. Ark of the Covenant
18. yes
19. Absalom
20. Solomon