Q: CHAPTER XXIII

ON THE EAST SIDE

If Royce began to cry there must have been something radically wrong with him," declared Tom. "Dora, do you think he had been drinking? Sometimes when men drink they break down and cry, you know."

"I don't know anything about that, Tom; but I do know that he acted the strangest. I asked him if he was working, and he said no-- that he had been unable to get a job of any kind. Then I questioned him about why he had left Hope, and he said it was because he could not get along with some of the hired help and with Miss Harrow."

"Say!" cried Sam. "Did he say anything about that four-hundred-dollar diamond ring that was missing?"

"Why, no, Sam. I didn't mention it, and he didn't say anything about it either. Perhaps he didn't know it was missing."

"Oh, he must know about it," broke in Tom. "It was talked about all over the place."

"Well, what happened next?" questioned Dick.

"I talked to him for awhile, and I found out that he was out of work and also out of money. I felt sorry for him, and I offered to lend him ten dollars," answered Dora. "I hope you don't think I did wrong," she went on, anxiously.

"You meant well, Dora, I'm sure of that," was Dick's quick reply, "but whether the money will do this fellow Royce any good or not, is a question. If he is a drinking man, he'll drink it up very quickly and that will be the end of it."

1. yes
2. four-hundred-dollar diamond ring
3. Sam
4. unknown
5. that he must know about it
6. Royce
7. Dora
8. yes
9. Dick
10. Royce
11. ten dollars
12. She felt sorry for him
13. Dora
14. no
15. He was crying
16. no
17. It was talked about all over the place
18. no
19. yes
20. he had been drinknig

Numbered questions:
1. Was someone missing something?
2. What was it?
3. Who asked about it?
4. Whom did he ask?
5. What did Tom think?
6. Who should have?
7. Who spoke with him for a bit?
8. Did anyone comlement her?
9. Whom?
10. Who was unemployed?
11. How much did someone offer to let him borrow?
12. Why?
13. Who was it that offered?
14. Did they think it would help him?
15. How did they know something wasn't right with him?
16. Was the missing jewelry a big secret?
17. Why not?
18. Did Royce say anything about it?
19. Did anyone suggest why he may have been upset?
20. What reason was suggested?

Q: On the bus, on the subway, every head is lowered to a cell phone, iPad, or other digital device. But does this mean more and more people are getting into reading the digital way? According to the National Reading Survey, before the 17thWorld Reading Day on April 23, only 1.2 percent of Chinese people said they read a lot. But 38.6 percent said they read on digital devices like cell phone and e-books. This is a 17.7 percent increase from 2010. Many experts are talking about a trend toward fragmented reading --reading many short messages or items on a digital device like a cell phone instead of one long text in a book. Zhao jianmin, a professor at Shanghai University, said fragmented reading was part of modern life. "The fast _ of life leaves many people no time to sit and read a whole book," he said. "So making use of fragmented time to read is sure to be a trend" Fragmented reading has its advantages. People can enjoy large amounts of information, knowledge and entertainment in a short time. Digital reading is faster than traditional deep reading. However, some experts fear the trend of digital reading will lead people to read in a simple way. Xu Guosheng, at a Chinese Academy of Press and Publication, says fragmented reading makes it harder for people to think more about what they read. He also warned fragmented reading could make people lazy about remembering facts because they know they can always just search for answers online. "Fragmented reading is sometimes good, but don't let it take all your time," suggested Tian Zhilng, an editor. He said it was important to read quality books in a deeper way, and we should read for knowledge, for practical use and for pleasure. He suggested people choose easy books first, then move onto more difficult ones.

1. Tian Zhilng
2. Easy books
3. More difficult ones.
4. 1.2 percent.
5. 38.6 percent
6. 17.7 percent
7. reading short messages or items on a digital device
8. Zhao jianmin
9. Shanghai University
10. at a Chinese Academy of Press and Publication,
11. the 17th World Reading Day

Numbered questions:
1. Who was the editor?
2. What does he suggest reading first?
3. And then what?
4. How many Chinese people read a lot of books?
5. How many on digital devices?
6. How much did this percentage grow since 2010?
7. What is fragmented?
8. Who is the professor?
9. Where?
10. Where does Xu work?
11. What happened on April 23rd?

Q: A planet is an astronomical body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that The term "planet" is ancient, with ties to history, astrology, science, mythology, and religion. Several planets in the Solar System can be seen with the naked eye. These were regarded by many early cultures as divine, or as emissaries of deities. As scientific knowledge advanced, human perception of the planets changed, incorporating a number of disparate objects. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially adopted a resolution defining planets within the Solar System. This definition is controversial because it excludes many objects of planetary mass based on where or what they orbit. Although eight of the planetary bodies discovered before 1950 remain "planets" under the modern definition, some celestial bodies, such as Ceres, Pallas, Juno and Vesta (each an object in the solar asteroid belt), and Pluto (the first trans-Neptunian object discovered), that were once considered planets by the scientific community, are no longer viewed as such.

The planets were thought by Ptolemy to orbit Earth in deferent and epicycle motions. Although the idea that the planets orbited the Sun had been suggested many times, it was not until the 17th century that this view was supported by evidence from the first telescopic astronomical observations, performed by Galileo Galilei. At about the same time, by careful analysis of pre-telescopic observation data collected by Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler found the planets' orbits were not circular but elliptical. As observational tools improved, astronomers saw that, like Earth, the planets rotated around tilted axes, and some shared such features as ice caps and seasons. Since the dawn of the Space Age, close observation by space probes has found that Earth and the other planets share characteristics such as volcanism, hurricanes, tectonics, and even hydrology.

1. No
2. Ptolemy
3. deferent and epicycle motions
4. Yes
5. many times
6. No.
7. That the planets orbited the sun
8. 17th century
9. telescopic astronomical observations
10. Galileo Galilei
11. Yes
12. Johannes Kepler
13. Tycho Brahe
14. No.
15. elliptical
16. tilted
17. Yes.
18. Volcanism
19. 2006
20. International Astronomical Union

Numbered questions:
1. Is the term planet new?
2. Who thought planets orbited the Earth?
3. In what type of motions?
4. Was there another idea that had been suggested before?
5. Once or many times?
6. Did that idea say the Earth orbited a black hole?
7. What, then?
8. When was that view supported by some actual evidence?
9. What type of observations was the evidence from?
10. Who obtained the evidence?
11. Was anyone else making analysis at the same time?
12. Who?
13. Who collected the data Kepler was looking at?
14. Did he find that the planets' orbits were circular?
15. What type of orbits did they have, then?
16. What type of axis do planets rotate around?
17. Do many planets share features with the Earth?
18. What's an example of one?
19. When was a resolution adopted defining planets within the solar system?
20. By who?