Problem: Dolores Huerta has worked hard most of her life to help other people. She has helped change things so that farm workers can have a better life. Dolores grew up in California. She was a good student and liked school. After she finished high school, she went to college and studied to be a teacher. After she became a teacher, Dolores noticed that many of her students were not getting enough food to eat. Some of them wore very old clothes. Dolores wondered how she could help them. Dolores decided to stop teaching so that she could spend more time helping the farm workers and their families. One thing she wanted to do was to get more pay for farm workers so they could buy their children the things they needed. Dolores knew that many farm workers moved often from one place to another to help pick different kinds of fruits and vegetables. She began talking and writing about these workers. Even people who lived far from California read what Dolores wrote. Getting higher pay for the farm workers was not easy. Dolores worked hard to make sure that farm workers got good pay for their work. She knew that nothing would change unless people made new laws to help the workers. Through all her hard work, new laws were made that gave farm workers good pay. Dolores Huerta has worked for more than 30 years in many different ways to make life better for working people. She has shown how much one person can change things.
1. Was getting higher wages for the workers easy?
2. But did someone make it happen?
3. Who?
4. She thought nothing would change unless what new things were made?
5. Were new laws made?
6. How many years did Dolores invest in helping the workers?
7. Where was she raised?
8. Did she do good in school?
9. Did she enjoy going?
10. Did she finish high school?
11. Where did she go after that?
12. What did she study to be?
13. What were many of her students not getting enough of?
14. What were their clothes like?
15. Did Dolores quit her job?
16. Why?
17. Why did she want the workers to make more money?
18. Do farm workers travel from place to place?
19. So they can do what?
20. Did she write about the farm workers?
Answer: 1. No
2. Yes
3. Dolores Huerta
4. New laws to help the workers.
5. Yes
6. More than 30 years
7. California
8. Yes
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. College
12. A teacher
13. Food
14. Very old
15. Yes
16. So she could spend more time helping the farm workers
17. So they could buy their children the things they needed
18. Yes
19. To pick fruits and vegetables
20. Yes

Problem: Youth, friendship and love are the main themes of this year's Chinese movies, such as So Young(<<>> ) and American Dreams in China(<<>> ). Tiny Times(<<>> ), one of the most popular movies this summer, also has the same features. The movie was based on author and director Guo Jingming's novel of the same name. It tells a story about four girls who come from different backgrounds and of different personalities. Since it was shown on June 27, Tiny Times has made 483 million yuan at the box office. The sequel of it was shown on Aug 8 and it has also been a big box office hit. Cao Yuhan, 13, a high school student at Beijing Jianhua Experimental School, is a big fan of the movie. "I'm deeply touched by their friendship," Cao said. "When Nan Xiwang is in trouble, the other three girls try their best to help her, even running barefoot in the snow. However, not everyone has had good things to say. The people's Daily said that the film went too far in encouraging youths to become materialistic . Film commentator Raymond Zhou wrote on his online blog that "Buying luxury goods seems as a way to express love or friendship, and the word 'money' is repeated over and over again. Song Kexin, 14, a high school student at Zhida Middle School in Taiyuan, Shanxi, shows a typical example of a fan's attitude . And that's to look for the positive value. "That movie is a little far from our daily life. My friends and I are not having parties every day," Song said, "But I admire Tang Wanru's optimistic attitude. She's always looking at the bright side of life. I should learn from her."
1. how much did Tiny Times make at the box office ?
2. the sequel was shown on what date ?
3. what high school student is fond of the movie ?
4. how old is he ?
5. at what school ?
6. who thinks the film went to far ?
7. encouraging who ?
8. to do what ?
9. who ran barefoot ?
10. why ?
11. to help who ?
12. did everyone have positive things to say ?
13. who shows a good example of a fan attitude ? ?
14. how old are they ?
15. what school do they attend ?
16. where ?
17. what country ?
18. who looks at the bright side ?
19. how many main themes are there in this years movies ?
20. name one
Answer: 1. 483 million yuan
2. Aug 8
3. Cao Yuhan
4. 13
5. Beijing Jianhua Experimental School
6. The people's Daily
7. youths
8. become materialistic
9. the other three girls
10. to help her
11. Nan Xiwang
12. no
13. Song Kexin
14. 14
15. Zhida Middle School
16. Taiyuan
17. China
18. a typical fan
19. Three
20. Youth

Problem: CHAPTER II.

CAUGHT BY THE TIDE.

JACK ran home.

"I thought you would have been in by two o'clock, Jack," his mother said reproachfully, "so as to see Lily before she went off to school again."

"So I should have done, mother, but I had to stick at the work until we had finished up to the water-line. Uncle Ben thought it was not worth while knocking off."

Jack's meal of bread and bacon was soon finished, then he waited a little until Lily had returned from school.

"Come on, Lil," he said, "I have been waiting to take you out with me."

"Be in by six," Mrs. Robson said.

"All right, mother! We are only just going down to the shore."

Near the little coast-guard station they came upon Bill Corbett.

"Can you come to-morrow, Jack?"

"Yes; uncle has agreed to do without me. What time are you going to start?"

"We will go out as late as we can, Jack. We can get down the creek till three anyhow, so at three o'clock you be ready down here."

"Joe is going, I suppose?"

"Oh, yes, he does to carry the cockles to the boat while we scrape them out. That is a nice bawley, that new one there; she only came in this tide. That is the boat Tom Parker has had built at Brightlingsea. He expects she is going to beat the fleet. She will want to be a rare good one if she does, and I don't think Tom is the man to get the most out of her anyhow."
1. Who ran home?
2. When should he had been home?
3. Why?
4. What did he eat?
5. Who was he waiting for?
6. Who is his mom?
7. Where did they go?
8. Who did they meet?
9. Who is going?
10. When?
11. What will Joe do?
12. Whose boat?
13. What does he expect?
14. How late?
Answer:
1. JACK
2. two o'clock
3. to see Lily
4. bread and bacon
5. Lily
6. Mrs. Robson
7. the shore.
8. Bill Corbett.
9. Joe
10. to-morrow,
11. carry the cockles
12. Tom Parker
13. she is going to beat the fleet.
14. three o'clock