Q: It was just three degrees above zero."That's cold", thought Jane as she got ready to deliver her morning papers . Jane had 50 customers ,and on cold mornings when she couldn't ride her bicycle , it took her more than an hour to make her rounds. As she collected her papers and put them into a big canvas bag , Jane regretted that she hadn't finished her maths homework the night before . There was still time . She would hurry with the papers and finish the maths before breakfast. Less than an hour later Jane nearly finished. She had only five customers to go. She could then go home to finish her maths homework while her Mom cooked breakfast . As she rounded the corner , she saw a car in the middle of the street . It was Mr Zimmerman , the elderly man who walked with a walking stick . His car was out of gas . "I'd like to help Mr Zimmerman," thought Jane ,"but if I do , I won't have time to do my homework." She hated to think what Mr Robert would say if she didn't finish papers. "It's his own fault for running out of gas," Jane talked to herself. "The station is only a half mile down the street . Surely Mr Zimmerman can walk that far, even on a cold morning like this...can't he?" As she walked down the street , Jane still wondered what to do.

1. Do homework or help the man
2. No
3. three degrees above zero
4. deliver morning papers
5. 50 customers
6. No
7. more than an hour
8. Mr Zimmerman
9. His car was out of gas
10. homework
11. math
12. half mile

Numbered questions:
1. What dilemma does she face?
2. Is it hot outside?
3. How cold is it?
4. How does she earn money?
5. How many does she have to do?
6. Does she use her bike today?
7. How long will her route take?
8. Who does she see?
9. What happened to him?
10. What did she want to do at home?
11. What kind?
12. Was the gas station close?

Q: I'm here to tell you the story of a robot named Carl. He came from a far away land known as Factory. Carl was sad because he was missing a part called a tire. He also needed a sun gatherer. But, the tire was more important. Once Carl got all these parts he could travel to his new home in the nation of Lab and the city of Office. It was a tricky thing to get there with missing parts. Just as he had given up hope Carl got a message from Mr. X saying the new parts were ready to be delivered. This made the robot very happy. The parts arrived a few days later and Carl put them in with 2 days of work. After this Carl began to travel the last bit of his goal to get to his new job. After this Carl took 10 days to get to Lab.

1. a sun gatherer
2. the tire
3. so he could travel to his new home
4. a far away land known as Factory
5. Carl
6. Office
7. Lab
8. no
9. Mr. X
10. very happy
11. a few days later
12. Carl
13. 2 days
14. traveled to get to his new job.
15. Lab
16. 10 days

Numbered questions:
1. What part did the robot need?
2. What part was more important than that?
3. Why did he want that?
4. where did he come from?
5. what was his name?
6. What city was his new home in?
7. in what country?
8. was he worried that he wasn't going to receive the parts?
9. who phoned to say the parts were ready?
10. how did this make him feel?
11. how long did it take for the parts to be received after he was notified of their arrival?
12. who installed them?
13. how long did it take?
14. what did he do after he was finished?
15. where was the new job?
16. how long did it take to get there?

Q: Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A Pakistani court Monday gave police two weeks to prepare their case for charging five Americans whom police suspect of planning terrorist attacks.

Authorities have said they plan to prosecute the five men -- who are being held in jail -- under the country's anti-terrorism act.

A court hearing was set for January 18.

Police have said they are confident that the Americans were planning terrorist acts, according to Tahir Gujjrar, deputy superintendent of police in Sargodha, where the men were arrested December 9.

Gujjrar told CNN a preliminary investigation suggests that the men came to Pakistan to wage jihad and had sought to link up with Jaish-e-Mohammed and Jamaat-ud-Dawa militant organizations, neither of which showed interest, he said. The men wanted to martyr themselves, he said.

Jaish-e-Mohammed is the group believed to be responsible for the murder of journalist Daniel Pearl.

But Mohammed Ameer Khan Rokhri, an attorney representing the men, said they testified on the Quran, the Muslim holy book, "that they have no connection with any banned organization," including Jaish-e-Mohammed or al Qaeda.

They told the court, "We are going to Afghanistan to help the Muslims who have been injured by the NATO forces and other Afghan forces," the attorney said. And they said the didn't intend to commit any crime in Pakistan, he said.

The five young men are identified as Ahmed Abdullah Minni, Umar Farooq, Aman Hassan Yemer, Waqar Hussain Khan and Ramy Zamzam. All are in their early 20s except Yemer, who, according to the interrogation report from Pakistani police, is 18 years old. Two of the suspects are Pakistani-American, two are Yemeni-American, and one is Egyptian-American.

1. five
2. Daniel Pearl
3. Jaish-e-Mohammed
4. Mohammed Ameer Khan Rokhri
5. the Quran
6. yes
7. two weeks
8. January 18

Numbered questions:
1. How many Americans were charged?
2. What was the name of the journalist murdered?
3. What group is responsible?
4. Who is his attorney?
5. What did he testify on?
6. Were all the victims in their 20's?
7. How long was the court given to prepare their case?
8. When was the hearing set for?

Q: Have you ever watched the big parade on Tian'anmen Square on October 1? Some students performed in the big parade. In order to get ready for it, this summer, many Beijing middle school students had a different kind of vacation. Instead of hanging out with friends or traveling, they trained hard for the 60th birthday of China this year. Students trained from 7:30 am to around 10:00 am or from 4 pm to 6:30 pm, because it was very hot this summer. They wore white hats, T-shirts and blue trousers. The hats and T-shirts were printed with a red logo, the number "60". The first week of training was PE. Students practiced standing and squatting. Then they moved on to practice the group show. When we watched the parade on TV we saw them making colorful pictures. What did the students think of their unusual summer? "Sometimes we find it a bit tiring." said Lu Wenqi, 13. "But most of us think it's a great _ to take part in such an important show." Li Hui, 15, thought the same as Lu. She said her classmates were hardly late for training. "It's a wonderful chance for us," said Li. "When my parents were in college, they also took part in a national day parade. Now it's my turn!"

1. 15
2. the number 60
3. red
4. blue
5. yes
6. 13
7. yes
8. took part in a national day parade
9. China
10. 60
11. hanging out with friends or traveling
12. 7:30-10:00 am, 4:00-6:30 pm
13. because it was very hot

Numbered questions:
1. How old is Li Hui?
2. what were the hats and shirts printed with?
3. in what color
4. what color where the pants?
5. did the studetns like what they were doing?
6. how old is Lu?
7. are they often on time?
8. what had Li's parent's done?
9. what birthday are they celebrating?
10. how old?
11. what could they have been doing instead?
12. what times were they practicing?
13. why not in the middle of the day?