Q: One day an American called Simon went to London to visit his friend, Rick. Rick told him that his flat was on the first floor. When he arrived, Simon went straight to the first floor of the building. But he was told that there was no Rick on that floor. Do you know why? In fact, the British call the first floor of a building the ground floor. The floor above the ground floor is the first floor, while Americans would call it the second floor. The story shows that there are a few culture differences between Britain and America, though the British and Americans both speak English. The British usually hide their feelings. They seldom start a conversation with strangers. For example, on the train the British often spend their time reading newspapers or books. But Americans are quite different. They're more active and easier to talk with. The British and Americans may use different _ for many things. The British usually use "football", "eraser" and "mail" while Americans prefer to use "soccer", "rubber" and "post".

1. Simon
2. to visit his friend
3. the ground floor
4. culture
5. no
6. seldom
7. reading
8. newspapers or books
9. football
10. rubber
11. eraser
12. Rick

Numbered questions:
1. Who went to London?
2. Why?
3. What is the first floor called in London?
4. What type of differences are there between the UK and the USA?
5. Do the Brits express emotions freely?
6. Do they speak to people they don't know?
7. What do Brits do on their commutes?
8. what do they read?
9. What is football called in the UK?
10. What is an eraser called in the US?
11. What is an eraser called in the UK?
12. What is Simon's friend's name?

Q: Mnrk Zuckerberg, born on May 14. 1984, is an American computer programmer and businessman. As a Harvard student. He created the online social website Facebook, a site popular among students worldwide, with fellow computer science major students and his roommates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. He serves as Facebook's CEO. He has been the subject of argument for the origins of his business and his wealth. Time Magazine added Zuckerherg as one of The World's Most Influential people 2008.

Zuckerberg grew up in prefix = st1 /Dobbs Ferry,New York. Early on. Zuckerlrg enjoyed making computer programs, especially communication tools and games. He started programming when he was in middle school. While attending Phillips Exeter Academy in high school, he built a program to help the workers in his dad's office communicate and a version of the game Risk. He also built a music player named Synapse that can learn the user's listening habits. Microsoft and AOL tried to purchase Synapse and employ Zuckerberg, but instead he decided to attend HarvardUniversity.

Zuckerberg started Facebook from his Harvard dorm room on February 4, 2004. it quickly became a success at Harvard and more than two-thirds of the school's studetts signed up in the first two weeks. It started off as just a "Havard-Thing," until Zuckerberg then decided to spread Facebook to other schools and enlisted the help of roommate Dustin Moskovitz. They first spread it to Stanford, Dartmouth, Columbia, Cornell and Yale, and then to other schools with social contacts with Harvard. By the beginning of the summer, Zuckerberg and Moskovitz had made Facebook available at almost forty-five schools and hundreds of thousands of people were using it.

1. an American computer programmer and businessman
2. Facebook
3. with other people
4. Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.
5. making computer programs
6. a music player
7. yes
8. Microsoft and AOL
9. February 4, 2004.
10. yes
11. schools only
12. Harvard, Stanford, Dartmouth, Columbia, Cornell and Yale

Numbered questions:
1. Who was Mark Zuckerberg?
2. What social website did he create?
3. Did he start it by himself or with other people?
4. Who were they?
5. What did Mark enjoy doing when he was younger?
6. What was Synapse?
7. Was it successful?
8. Who tried to purchase Synpase?
9. When did Mark start facebook?
10. Was it an immeadiate success?
11. Was it schools only or open to the general public at the time?
12. What schools?

Q: Once upon a time there was a cute brown puppy. He was a very happy puppy. His name was Rudy. Rudy had a best friend. His name was Thomas. Thomas had a nice dad named Rick. Thomas and Rudy had been friends for almost a year. Rudy and Thomas loved to play in the big back yard. Sometimes, Thomas would ask his friend Jacob to come to the back yard and play with them. Jacob would always bring his puppy too. Jacob's puppy was named Sally. Thomas and Jacob would run around the back yard and Rudy and Sally chased them and barked. They all had so much fun playing together. One day, Thomas told Rudy that tomorrow would be a very special day. It would be Rudy's birthday. Rudy was very excited. The next day came and Thomas threw a birthday party for Rudy. All of Rudy's friends were there and they had presents for him. Jacob brought Rudy a new ball and Sally brought him a bone. There was one more present for Rudy to open. When he opened the gift from Thomas, Rudy was so exited that he jumped and barked. It was a new red collar with a shiny name tag on it. It was the best gift Rudy had ever been given.

1. yard.
2. a year
3. puppy.
4. brown
5. Sally
6. bone
7. birthday
8. Rudy
9. best gift Rudy had ever been given.
10. red collar

Numbered questions:
1. where did Thomas and Rudy like to play?
2. how long were they friends for?
3. what kind of animal was Rudy?
4. and his color?
5. what was the name of Jacob's dog?
6. what did she take to Jacob?
7. what was the occasion?
8. for who?
9. was Rudy pumped?
10. what was the gift?