input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER XVIII

I

THOUGH he saw them twice daily, though he knew and amply discussed every detail of their expenditures, yet for weeks together Babbitt was no more conscious of his children than of the buttons on his coat-sleeves.

The admiration of Kenneth Escott made him aware of Verona.

She had become secretary to Mr. Gruensberg of the Gruensberg Leather Company; she did her work with the thoroughness of a mind which reveres details and never quite understands them; but she was one of the people who give an agitating impression of being on the point of doing something desperate--of leaving a job or a husband--without ever doing it. Babbitt was so hopeful about Escott's hesitant ardors that he became the playful parent. When he returned from the Elks he peered coyly into the living-room and gurgled, "Has our Kenny been here to-night?" He never credited Verona's protest, "Why, Ken and I are just good friends, and we only talk about Ideas. I won't have all this sentimental nonsense, that would spoil everything."

It was Ted who most worried Babbitt.

With conditions in Latin and English but with a triumphant record in manual training, basket-ball, and the organization of dances, Ted was struggling through his Senior year in the East Side High School. At home he was interested only when he was asked to trace some subtle ill in the ignition system of the car. He repeated to his tut-tutting father that he did not wish to go to college or law-school, and Babbitt was equally disturbed by this "shiftlessness" and by Ted's relations with Eunice Littlefield, next door. 1. How many children does Babbitt have?
2. How often does he see them?
3. Does he have a son?
4. What is his name?
5. How old is he?
6. Is he an adult?
7. Is he still in high school?
8. Which year?
9. Is he doing well?
10. What does he like to work on?
11. Is he good at basketball?
12. Is he planning to continue school after high school?
13. Who's his girlfriend?
14. Does Babbitt have a daughter?
15. What is her name?
16. Is she an adult?
17. Who does she work for?
18. Who is her boss?
19. What is her job?
20. Who is her friend?
numbered_answers: 1. unknown
2. twice daily
3. yes
4. Ted
5. unknown
6. yes
7. yes
8. Senior
9. no
10. cars
11. yes
12. no
13. Eunice Littlefield
14. yes
15. Verona
16. yes
17. Gruensberg Leather Company
18. Mr. Gruensberg
19. secretary
20. Ken

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. 7 January, 2014 A new report says more and more international students are attending colleges and universities in the United States. It also notes a large increase in the number of international students from China. These findings are from the latest Open Doors Report. The report documents the record number of international students in the United States during 2012, 2013 school year. It says more than seven hundred sixty-four thousand four-hundred such students were attending American colleges and universities during the last two years. That represents an increase of almost six percent than one year earlier. On the other hand, the number of Americans studying overseas increased by one percent, which reached nineteen thousand this year. The report says one hundred ninety-four thousand students at American colleges and universities were from China .That is an increase of more than twenty-three percent over the year before. Peggy Blumenthal, an expert of international education, described the effect of the increase in Chinesestudents. "Now they have been coming for some time. But this year was the highest level ever." She says many Chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their children. The children mainly choose to study in America. "We know many of them have enough income to be able to afford to send them anywhere in the world if they want to go. And for the most part, looking around the world, Chinese students still prefer to come to the United States as their choice." Chinese students are not the only ones who want to attend American colleges and universities. After China, India sends the second largest number of students to the United States for higher education. India has about one hundred thousand students in American schools. South Korea is third with about seventy-two thousand students. Why do so many foreign students study in the United States? Peggy Blumenthal provides one reason. "The advantage America has is that we have a huge system and a very perfect system. So there are over four thousand universities and colleges in the United States. Among them are some top ones in the world, and what that tells us is there is still a lot of room to host international students. Foreign students represent less than four percent of the total student population in American higher education. And from Learning English, that's the VOA Special English Education Report. I'm Bob Doughty. Thanks for listening. 1. international students are doing what ?
2. where ?
3. when did the report come out ?
4. what year ?
5. was this a new report ?
6. The report documents the record number of what ?
7. where ?
8. what school year ?
9. how many students ?
10. was it a decreace ?
11. who described the effect of the increase in Chinesestudents?
12. what is she ?
13. of what ?
14. who sends sends the second largest number of students ?
15. who is 1st ?
numbered_answers:
1. attending colleges and universities
2. United States
3. 7 January
4. 2014
5. yes
6. international students
7. United States
8. 2012, 2013 s
9. seven hundred sixty-four thousand four-hundred
10. no
11. Peggy Blumenthal,
12. an expert
13. international education
14. India
15. China