Q: Kyle was excited. So excited that he ate and got dressed before his dad even woke up. Today he was going to the store to spend the money his grandma had sent him for his birthday. When Dad was finally ready to go, Kyle hurried to the car. Today was extra special because none of his sisters were going with them. His older sister Sandy was visiting her best friend. His younger sister Sarah was going to a movie with their mom. So today was a special day, only Kyle and Dad being guys together.

Once they reached the store, Kyle walked slowly down each aisle, looking at all the toys and trying to find the best one. Purple superheroes, colorful games, and a bright blue ball all caught his eye, but Kyle kept looking. Finally he saw it, hiding on the bottom shelf. The most perfect toy- a shiny, white jeep. Kyle rushed to pick it up and show it to his dad. His dad thought the jeep was a great toy. And Kyle had enough money to buy it. The clerk took Kyle's money and placed the perfect car into a bag for the boy. As they drove home, Kyle looked into the bag at his dream toy several times, to make sure it was real. And all afternoon he pretended to drive his jeep around the house. This had been the best day ever!

Answer the following questions:
1. What gender is Kyle?
2. Who else is the same gender?
3. What gender is Kyle's older sibling?
4. How about his younger?
5. Who supervised Kyle this day?
6. Who supervised his younger sibling that day?
7. Where did she take his sister?
8. What is Kyle's older sibling named?
9. With whom did that sibling spend the day?
10. How had Kyle obtained his funds?
11. Where were they spent?
12. On what item?
13. How many siblings were in the family?
14. How many kids did the family have?
A: 1. male
2. Dad
3. female
4. female
5. Dad
6. mom
7. the movies'
8. Sandy
9. her best friend.
10. his grandma had sent him it for his birthday
11. the store
12. a jeep
13. Two
14. Three
Q: Doctors say obesity,also known as severe overweight,is a complex condition.A doctor may advise medical interventions in addition to changes in behavior.But experts say the more successful weightloss plans include a wellbalanced diet and exercise.

People who want to avoid weight gain have to balance the number of calories they eat with the number of calories they use.To lose weight,you can reduce the number of calories you take in,or increase the number you use,or both.Experts at the National Institutes of Health say to lose weight,a person should do some moderate or intensive physical exercise most days of the week.This could include fast walking,sports or strength training.

A recent study looked at four of the most popular dieting plans in the United States.Researchers at Stanford University studied more than three hundred overweight women,mostly in their thirties or forties.Each woman went on one of the four plans:Atkins,The Zone,Ornish or LEARN.The women attended diet classes and received written information about the food plans.At the end of a year,the women on the Atkins diet had lost the most,more than four and a half kilograms on average.

Christopher Gardner led the study,reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association. He said the Atkins diet may be more successful because of its simple message to lower the intake of sugar.Also,he said the advice to increase protein in the diet leads to more satisfying meals.

But last week,another report suggested that only a small minority of people have longterm success in dieting.Researchers at the University of California found that most dieters regained their lost weight within five years.And often they gained back even more.But those who kept the weight off generally were the ones who exercised.

Answer the following questions:
1. how many people were in the study?
2. were they both male and female?
3. what gender were they?
4. what was it about?
5. less than 10 of them?
6. exactly how many?
7. were they named?
8. what was one?
9. another?
10. where was it conducted?
11. by who?
12. from where?
13. who was the leader?
14. were the results published?
15. where?
16. was one plan more successful?
17. which one?
18. why?
19. which is?
20. any other reason?
21. what?
A: 1. more than three hundred
2. No
3. female
4. dieting plans
5. Yes
6. four
7. Yes
8. Atkins
9. The Zone
10. the United States
11. Researchers
12. Stanford University
13. Christopher Gardner
14. Yes
15. the Journal of the American Medical Association.
16. Yes
17. the Atkins diet
18. because of its simple message
19. to lower the intake of sugar.
20. Yes
21. to increase protein in the diet leads to more satisfying meals.
Q: Art lovers around the world have thought about this question for so many years: what is the secret behind the Mona Lisa's smile? However, they can ask Mona Lisa herself in the interactive exhibition in Beijing. This exhibition brings the 500-year-old painting to life. Now Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting can move her head and wave her hand in 3D, and even answer questions. She can answer the questions about her life, her age and so on. But when she talks she doesn't speak Italian but Chinese like: "Da jia hao, wo jiao Mengna Lisha. Hen gao xing jian dao ni men." The new, digital picture of Mona Lisa is the center piece of the World Classic Interactive Arts Exhibition in Beijing. You can also see other world-famous paintings such as Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper. Last Supper is another picture that they made alive with 3D. In this picture, Jesus can walk and talk with his believers . It took the organizer Wang Hui and over 400 digital artists in South Korea two years to make the picture, at a cost of around 50 million yuan. He says, "What's special about it is that it's the first time to use computer technology to make her speak and move." So what does the Mona Lisa say if you ask her why she is smiling?

Answer the following questions:
1. What do people wonder about?
2. Who painted it?
3. How long ago?
4. Where is she now?
5. What kind of thing is she in?
6. What is it called?
7. Is it a normal one, or different?
8. How so?
9. What else can it do?
10. Is it in English?
A:
1. the secret behind the Mona Lisa's smile
2. Leonardo da Vinci
3. 500 years
4. in Beijing
5. an interactive exhibition
6. the World Classic Interactive Arts Exhibition
7. different
8. it's in 3D
9. answer questions
10. No