Q: CHAPTER XXIV

The voyage is doomed to disaster and death. I know Mr. Pike, now, and if ever he discovers the identity of Mr. Mellaire, murder will be done. Mr. Mellaire is not Mr. Mellaire. He is not from Georgia. He is from Virginia. His name is Waltham--Sidney Waltham. He is one of the Walthams of Virginia, a black sheep, true, but a Waltham. Of this I am convinced, just as utterly as I am convinced that Mr. Pike will kill him if he learns who he is.

Let me tell how I have discovered all this. It was last night, shortly before midnight, when I came up on the poop to enjoy a whiff of the south- east trades in which we are now bowling along, close-hauled in order to weather Cape San Roque. Mr. Pike had the watch, and I paced up and down with him while he told me old pages of his life. He has often done this, when not "sea-grouched," and often he has mentioned with pride--yes, with reverence--a master with whom he sailed five years. "Old Captain Somers," he called him--"the finest, squarest, noblest man I ever sailed under, sir."

Well, last night our talk turned on lugubrious subjects, and Mr. Pike, wicked old man that he is, descanted on the wickedness of the world and on the wickedness of the man who had murdered Captain Somers.

"He was an old man, over seventy years old," Mr. Pike went on. "And they say he'd got a touch of palsy--I hadn't seen him for years. You see, I'd had to clear out from the coast because of trouble. And that devil of a second mate caught him in bed late at night and beat him to death. It was terrible. They told me about it. Right in San Francisco, on board the _Jason Harrison_, it happened, eleven years ago.

Answer the following questions:
1. Is the voyage doomed?
2. To how many things?
3. What is the first mentioned?
4. And the second?
5. Whose identity is hidden?
6. What is his alias?
7. Is he from Maine?
8. What state then?
9. What crime will happen if his identity is revealed?
10. Who will kill him?
11. Was Pike described as old?
12. How old?
13. What sort of ailment did he have?
14. How long ago did something happen on the Jason Harrison?
15. What chapter is this from?
16. Who had the watch?
17. Who was the master he sailed with some time ago?
18. How many years ago?
19. What adjectives were used to describe Somers?
20. Where had Pike had to clear out from?
A: 1. yes
2. Two
3. disaster
4. death
5. Sidney Waltham
6. Mr. Mellaire
7. no
8. Virginia
9. murder
10. Mr. Pike
11. yes
12. over seventy
13. palsy
14. eleven years ago
15. XXIV
16. Mr. Pike
17. Old Captain Somers
18. eleven years ago
19. finest, squarest, noblest
20. the coast

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

The economy of Australia is developed and one of the largest mixed market economies in the world, with a GDP of AUD$1.69 trillion as of 2017. Australia is the second wealthiest nation in terms of wealth per adult, after Switzerland. Australia's total wealth was AUD$8.9 trillion as of June 2016. In 2016, Australia was the 14th largest national economy by nominal GDP, 20th largest by PPP-adjusted GDP, and was the 25th-largest goods exporter and 20th-largest goods importer. Australia took the record for the longest run of uninterrupted GDP growth in the developed world with the March 2017 financial quarter, the 103rd quarter and 26 years since Australia had a technical recession (two consecutive quarters of negative growth).

The Australian economy is dominated by its service sector, comprising 61.1% of the GDP and employing 79.2% of the labour force in 2016. East Asia (including ASEAN and other Northeast Asia countries) is a top export destination, accounting for about 64% of exports in 2016. Australia has the eighth highest total estimated value of natural resources, valued at US$19.9 trillion in 2016. At the height of the mining boom in 2009-10, the total value-added of the mining industry was 8.4% of GDP. Despite the recent decline in the mining sector, the Australian economy has remained resilient and stable and has not experienced a recession since July 1991.

1. What GDP does Australia hold?
2. Is it the largest mixed market?
3. Which one is the first wealthiest nation?
4. In what year and month id has a wealth of $8.9 trillion?
5. Did it ever take a record of uninterrupted GDP growth?
6. When did Australia undergo recession?
7. Has it seen recession again?
8. What rank does it stand when its natural resources are accounted for?
9. Valued at what amount?
10. and in what year?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. $1.69 trillion
2. unknown
3. Switzerland
4. June 2016
5. Yes.
6. July 1991.
7. No.
8. eighth
9. US$19.9 trillion
10. 2016

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

London (CNN) -- If your mother is one of the world's best-loved children's authors who has written more than 70 books and sold well in excess of 11.5 million copies, you might think about taking a different career path.

Not Clara Vulliamy.

Undaunted by the success of her mother Shirley Hughes, whose creations include Dogger and the Alfie series, Vulliamy has followed her lead.

She has written and illustrated 25 children's books and -- like her mother -- wrote her first book soon after having children of her own.

Now the mother-daughter team have collaborated for the first time on a new series called "Dixie O'Day", written by Hughes and illustrated by Vulliamy, with the first book to be published in September 2013.

It will be the first time in a career spanning 53 years that Hughes, 85, has had her words illustrated by someone else.

She said it was "absolutely marvelous" to work with her daughter.

"I loved it," said Hughes. "Clara's illustrations surprised as well as delighted me. She put things into the book I would never have dreamed of doing myself."

Vulliamy's influence is immediately apparent: Hughes's books are known for their realistic portrayal of everyday family dramas, from lost toys to days at the seaside.

But, at Vulliamy's suggestion, the heroes of Dixie O'Day are two dogs in suits. She is used to writing about animals, while her mother never before has.

"I just can't put into words how much I have enjoyed it," said Vulliamy, 50, of working with her mother.

1. Who was Clara influenced by?
2. What's her mother's name?
3. Give me the name of one of her creations?
4. How many children's books has Clara written?
5. Did she start writing after having her own kids?
6. Is it the very first time that both are teaming up together?
7. What's the name of the book?
8. When's the first book going to come out?
9. How old is Shirley?
10. And what about Clara?
11. What was Hughes reaction towards working with her daughter?
12. What are Hughes books representing mostly?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Her mother.
2. Shirley Hughes.
3. Dogger.
4. 25
5. Yes.
6. Yes.
7. Dixie O'Day.
8. September.
9. 85.
10. 50.
11. She loved it.
12. Everyday family dramas.