Problem: Last month we reported about a study that showed eating even a little less salt could greatly help the heart. The study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The scientists used a computer model to predict how just three grams less salt a day would affect heart disease in the United States.

The scientists said the results would be thirteen percent fewer heart attacks, eight percent fewer strokes , four percent fewer deaths and eleven percent fewer new cases of heart disease And two hundred forty billion dollars in health care savings. Researchers said it could prevent one hundred thousand heart attacks and ninety-two thousand deaths every year.

They and public health professionals in the United States are interested in a national campaign to persuade people to eat less salt. Such campaigns are already in place in Britain, Japan and Finland.

Michael Alderman is among the critics. He is a high blood pressure expert and professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Doctor Alderman says that eating less salt results in lower blood pressure. But he says studies have not clearly shown that lowering salt means fewer heart attacks or strokes. And he says salt has other biological effects. He says calling for reduction in the national diet could have good effects, but it could also have harmful results. He says there is not enough evidence _ .

Another critic is David McCarron, a nutrition and kidney disease expert at the University of California, Davis. He and his team looked at large studies of diets in thirty-three countries. They found that most people around the world eat about the same amount of salt. Most of them eat more salt than American health officials advise. Doctor McCarron says the worldwide similarity suggests that a person's brain might decide how much salt to eat.

Both Doctor McCarron and Doctor Alderman have connections to the Salt Institute, a trade group for the salt industry. Doctor Alderman is a member of an advisory committee. But he says he receives no money from the group. Doctor McCarron is paid for offering advice to the Salt Institute.
1. What is the name of the salt trade's group?
2. Who is on the advisory committee?
3. Who gets money for the advice he gives them?
4. Where was a study printed?
5. What food was it about?
6. Should we eat less according to the study?
7. How much less?
8. What do they claim this will help with?
9. Does everyone agree?
10. Who is one of the critics?
11. What does he specialize in?
12. What does he claim is the benefit of less salt?
13. What does he think may not be a benefit?
14. What does David specialize in?
15. Where does he work?
16. Did he do his own research?
17. Did he review other people's research?
18. How many countries had their diets studied?
19. How did their salt intake compare?
20. Was it more than Americans are advised to eat?
Answer: 1. Salt Institute
2. Doctor Alderman
3. Doctor McCarron i
4. The sthe New England Journal of Medicine
5. salt
6. yes
7. a little less
8. less heart attacks, strokes, deaths and heart disease
9. no
10. Michael Alderman
11. high blood pressure
12. lower blood pressure
13. fewer heart attacks or strokes.
14. nutrition and kidney disease
15. University of California, Davis
16. no
17. yes
18. thirty-three
19. about the same
20. yes

Q: Saint Helena (/sent hlin/ SAYNT-h-LEE-n) is a volcanic tropical island in the South Atlantic Ocean, 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) east of Rio de Janeiro and 1,950 kilometres (1,210 mi) west of the Cunene River, which marks the border between Namibia and Angola in southwestern Africa. It is part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Saint Helena measures about 16 by 8 kilometres (10 by 5 mi) and has a population of 4,255 (2008 census). It was named after Saint Helena of Constantinople.

The island was uninhabited when discovered by the Portuguese in 1502. One of the most remote islands in the world, it was for centuries an important stopover for ships sailing to Europe from Asia and South Africa. Napoleon was imprisoned there in exile by the British, as were Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (for leading a Zulu army against British rule) and more than 5,000 Boers taken prisoner during the Second Boer War.

Answer the following questions:
1. Was there anyone on the island when it was discovered?
2. Who discovered it?
3. When?
4. What ships would stop there?
5. Who was imprisoned on it for awhile?
6. Who exiled Napolean there?
7. How many Boers were taken prisoner?
8. During which war?
9. What type of island is Saint Helena?
10. Where's it located?
11. What's it 4k km east of?
12. How far west of the Cunene River is it?
13. What does that river mark the border between?
14. Where are they located?
15. Whose territory is it?
16. How many people live there?
17. According to what?
18. Is it more or less remote than other islands?
19. Who was it named after?
20. How big is it?
A: 1. No.
2. the Portuguese
3. in 1502
4. ships sailing to Europe from Asia and South Africa
5. Napoleon, Dinzulu kaCetshwayo, and more than 5000s Boers.
6. the British
7. more than 5,000
8. The Second Boer War.
9. a volcanic tropical island
10. in the South Atlantic Ocean
11. 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) east of Rio de Janeiro
12. 1,950 kilometres (1,210 mi)
13. Namibia and Angola in southwestern Africa
14. in southwestern Africa
15. The British
16. 4,255
17. 2008 census
18. More
19. Saint Helena of Constantinople
20. about 16 by 8 kilometres (10 by 5 mi)

Problem: Lucy Li is only an 11-year-old girl, but she's the youngest person to qualify for a US Women's Open Golf Tournament . She qualified for the US Women's Open in May 2014. And today she is playing with some of the best female golfers in the world. Earlier this week Li said that she wasn't nervous . "I just want to have fun and play the best I can and I really don't care about the result. I can learn a lot from these great players." Li doesn't spend all her time golfing. Her favourite subjects are Maths, History, and Science and she loves to read. She also loves medicine, diving, badminton, dancing and table tennis. But golf is her favourite sport. "I like golf because it's different from other sports. Anybody can play it," she said. Some golfers are worried that Li isn't quite ready. "When I found out she qualified, I said, where does she go from here? You qualify for an Open at 11, and what do you do next? If it was my daughter, I wouldn't let her play in the US Open at 11, but that's just me," said world champion Stacy Lewis.
1. How old is the main character?
2. What is her name?
3. What is she going to play in?
4. Does something think she shouldn't compete?
5. Who?
6. Specifically?
7. Has she won any golfing championships?
8. Has anyone younger than Lucy competed in the US Open?
9. When did she qualify?
10. What month?
11. Is she scared about the competition?
12. How many school subjects does she like?
13. What else does she enjoy doing?
14. And how many other things?
15. Does she think that not everyone can play golf?
16. What does she want to do at the competition?
17. Is she going to study her competitors?
18. Does she want to win?
19. How does she compare her sport to others?
20. Is it the same as others?
Answer:
1. 11
2. Lucy
3. he US Women's Open
4. Yes
5. golfers
6. Stacy Lewis
7. Yes
8. No
9. 2014
10. May
11. No
12. Maths, History, and Science
13. to read
14. Five
15. No
16. have fun
17. Yes
18. No
19. is her favourite sport
20. No