question: Tucson (/tusn/ /tusn/) is a city and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, and home to the University of Arizona. The 2010 United States Census put the population at 520,116, while the 2013 estimated population of the entire Tucson metropolitan statistical area (MSA) was 996,544. The Tucson MSA forms part of the larger Tucson-Nogales combined statistical area (CSA), with a total population of 980,263 as of the 2010 Census. Tucson is the second-largest populated city in Arizona behind Phoenix, both of which anchor the Arizona Sun Corridor. The city is located 108 miles (174 km) southeast of Phoenix and 60 mi (97 km) north of the U.S.-Mexico border. Tucson is the 33rd largest city and the 59th largest metropolitan area in the United States. Roughly 150 Tucson companies are involved in the design and manufacture of optics and optoelectronics systems, earning Tucson the nickname Optics Valley.

Tucson was probably first visited by Paleo-Indians, known to have been in southern Arizona about 12,000 years ago. Recent archaeological excavations near the Santa Cruz River have located a village site dating from 2100 BC.[citation needed] The floodplain of the Santa Cruz River was extensively farmed during the Early Agricultural period, circa 1200 BC to AD 150. These people constructed irrigation canals and grew corn, beans, and other crops while gathering wild plants and hunting. The Early Ceramic period occupation of Tucson saw the first extensive use of pottery vessels for cooking and storage. The groups designated as the Hohokam lived in the area from AD 600 to 1450 and are known for their vast irrigation canal systems and their red-on-brown pottery.[citation needed]
1. what is the second largest city in Arizona by population?
2. what is its nickname?
3. how many companies manufacture or design optics there?
4. what county is Tucson in?
5. what are the Hohokam known for?
6. do they also make pottery?
7. what kind of crops did early agricultural people grow?
8. where is the university of arizona?
9. how far is it from Phoenix?
10. how close is it to Mexico?
11. who visited Tucson first?
12. what is the 2010 population estimated to be?
13. how far back is the date of the village that archaeologists found?
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answer: 1. Tucson
2. Optics Valley
3. 150
4. Pima County,
5. vast irrigation canal systems
6. yes
7. corn and beans
8. Tucson
9. 108 miles (174 km) southeast of Phoenix
10. 60 mi (97 km) north of the U.S.-Mexico border.
11. Paleo-Indians,
12. 520,116
13. 2100 BC

question: It was three o'clock. A man was walking down a high street in the north of England. He was wearing a dark suit and carrying a suitcase. His name was Terry and he and he had lived away from home for twenty years. In fact he was in prison , Terry was feeling totally depressed because everything in his hometown had changed. The park where he used to play was now a car park. The house where he was born had dis appeared and in its place, ironically , was a bank. Terry wanted to have a cup of coffee in the old small restaurant where he used to go with his friend after school, but it had become a fast food restaurant. He entered it, sat down, and asked for a cup of coffee. Then he felt sadder when he thought of what he had seen. While paying for the coffee he found an old ticket in his wallet. It was for a pair of shoes he had taken to be repaired the day before the bank robbery 20 years ago. The shoe repairer was an old man then, so Terry was sure that he must be dead. But when he turned the cor ner of the steet, he couldn't believe his eyes. The shop was still there! And it was the same shoe repairer! He looked about a hundred years old. Terry was so happy! Terry told him that he had lived in Australia for the past twenty years and that he forgot to pick up the shoes before he left England. The shoe repairer disappeared into the back of the shop. After ten minutes he came back. "Were they dark brown, Italian shoes, size 42?"he asked slowly. "Yes!nsaid Terry, excitedly. "I haven't repaired them,"the shoe repairer said slowly. "You can take them tomorrow afternoon. "
1. Isn't it ironic, don't you think? Maybe a little too ironic?
2. Had the shoe repairer fixed Terry's shoes?
3. How many years had it been since he'd left them there?
4. How old did the shoe repairer look to be now?
5. Where did he disappear into?
6. How long was he back there?
7. What color were the shoes?
8. What style?
9. Were they dark or light brown?
10. What size?
11. Where did Terry say he'd been living?
12. When did the shoe repairer tell him he could pick them up?
13. What time does this story take place?
14. Where does it take place?
15. Was Terry carrying anything with him?
16. What?
17. Where had he lived the last 20 years?
18. What was in place of his house?
19. What had the old small restaurant he used to eat with a friend after school become?
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answer: 1. sure
2. no
3. 20 years ago
4. a hundred years old
5. the back of the shop
6. ten minutes
7. brown,
8. Italian
9. dark
10. 42
11. Australia
12. tomorrow afternoon
13. three o'clock.
14. England.
15. Yes
16. a suitcase
17. in prison
18. a car park.
19. a fast food restaurant

question: William was sitting in his room working on his homework. It was something he did since he went to kindergarten. William could see outside from where he was sitting. He had a view of a beautiful sunset this time of year. It was late spring, and he sometimes found his mind wandering as he looked outside, and hated losing time like that. The sooner he finished his homework, the sooner he could go to his friend Jacob's house, where he was spending the night. William loved sleepovers with Jacob. They would do fun stuff like tell jokes, watch TV, play board games, and eat lots of junk food. Jacob also had a cool RC car that William liked to play with. But William's parents wouldn't allow him to go to Jacob's house until he finished his homework first.
1. Where was William?
2. Doing what?
3. Did he do it often?
4. since when?
5. What did he see outside?
6. What time of year was it?
7. What happened when he looked outside?
8. did he like that?
9. why?
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answer:
1. His room.
2. Working on his homework.
3. Yes.
4. Kindergarten.
5. A beautiful sunset.
6. Late spring.
7. He sometimes found his mind wandering.
8. No.
9. Because the sooner he finished his homework, the sooner he could go to his friend Jacob's house.