Q: Three Boys and a Dad

Brad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother.Expecting a whole day to relax,he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favourite TV talk show on his first day off in months."This will be like a walk in the park,"he'd told his wife."I'll look after the kids,and you can go visit your mom."

Things started well,but just after eight o'clock,his three little "good kids"--Mike,Randy,and Alex--came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted "breakfast,daddy."When food had not appeared within thirty seconds,Randy began using his spoon on Alex's head as if it were a drum.Alex started to shout loudly in time to the beat .Mike chanted "Where's my toast,where's my toast" in the background.Brad realised his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds.

Life became worse after breakfast.Mike wore Randy's underwear on his head.Randy locked himself in the bathroom,while Alex shouted again because he was going to wet his pants.Nobody could find clean socks,although they were before their very eyes.Someone named "Not Me" had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes.Brad knew the talk show had already started.

By ten o'clock,things were out of control.Alex was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter.Mike was trying to show off his talent by decorating the kitchen wall with his colour pencils.Randy,thankfully,appeared to be reading quietly in the family room,but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands.Brad realised that the talk show was over and reading would be impossible.

At exactly 11:17,Brad called the daycare centre ."I suddenly have to go into work and my wife's away.Can I bring the boys over in a few minutes?"The answer was obviously "yes" because Brad was smiling.(2012*,B)

Answer the following questions:
1. Who closed the door?
2. why?
3. to go where?
4. how many kids did he have?
5. name?
6. what did they shout?
7. what did Mike say?
8. like better or worse after breakfast?
9. why?
10. anything else?
11. what?
12. who spilled oj?
13. what happened at 10?
14. what happened?
15. anything else?
16. what else?
17. what happened at 11:17?
18. what happened?
19. what was the answer?
20. what was brad doing after the answer?
A: 1. Brad
2. because Sue left
3. to visit her mother
4. three
5. Mike,Randy,and Alex
6. "breakfast,daddy."
7. "Where's my toast,where's my toast"
8. worse
9. Mike wore Randy's underwear on his head.
10. yes
11. Randy locked himself in the bathroom
12. "Not Me"
13. things were out of control.
14. Alex was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter
15. yes
16. Mike was trying to show off his talent by decorating the kitchen wall with his colour pencils
17. Brad called the daycare centre
18. He asked if he could bring the boys over
19. yes
20. smiling.

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Soon it would be the holidays. But before that, there was the end of year exams. All the students worked hard for some time. If they didn't pass, they would have to take the exams in September again. Some students failed, but Kate decided not to be one of them. She worked hard all day, but just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister was worried about her. She was staying up too late . The night before the first exam, Barbala insisted that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She promised to wake her in the morning. As she was falling asleep, Kate was worried in case she over-slept. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of the pill, she fell asleep. she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper. She couldn't answer any of the questions. Everyone round her was writing pages and pages. However hard she thought, she couldn't find anything to write about. She kept looking at her watch. Time was running out. There was only one hour left. She started one question, wrote two sentences, gave up and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started crying. Her whole body shook(,). It shook so much that it woke her up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible dream. A minute later, Barbala called her name.

1. What was before the holidays?
2. What did Barbala insist?
3. Why was Kate worried trying to fall asleep?
4. Did she think she was doing well while working on the exam?
5. What happens if the students don't pass?
6. Could she think of anything to write about on her exam?
7. Did it seem like the other students were having problems?
8. What was Barbala in relation to Kate?
9. Was her exams real?
10. Did she work hard the day before the exams?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. exams
2. that Kate have an early night and take a sleeping pill
3. in case she over-slept
4. no
5. they have to take the exams in September again
6. no
7. no
8. her sister
9. no
10. yes

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

(CNN) -- Alexis Murphy was last seen at a gas station earlier this month, and though police have arrested a suspect in her abduction, his attorney tells a CNN affiliate his client split ways with the 17-year-old after a drug deal.

Her disappearance set off a search that extended for 30 miles outside of Lovingston, Virginia, and involved helicopters, search parties with canine units, the Nelson County Sheriff's Office, Virginia State Police and FBI.

Alexis left her Shipman, Virginia, home to visit Lynchburg on August 3, and police have surveillance video showing her at a Lovingston gas station, according to affiliate WVIR-TV in Charlottesville.

Randy Taylor, 48, was seen on the video and was arrested in her abduction Sunday, police told CNN affiliate WRC-TV, but Taylor's attorney, Michael Hallahan, told WVIR that Taylor was arrested because they found one of Alexis' hairs in his camper.

The attorney also told WVIR his client wasn't the last person to see Alexis and that police need to be looking for a "black male, mid- to late-20s, cornrows and a 20-year-old burgundy Caprice with 22-inch wheels."

Taylor saw the girl the night she disappeared, the lawyer said. They were both parked at the gas pumps, and Alexis made a reference to smoking marijuana, Hallahan said. Taylor told her he'd like some marijuana, the attorney said.

"She said, 'I know a guy.' She told him to meet at another location in Lovingston and they rode up there in both cars," the lawyer told the station.

That "guy," Alexis and Taylor all took separate cars to Taylor's camper in Lovingston, where Taylor bought $60 worth of marijuana. The men smoked and drank together, but Murphy did not, the attorney said.

1. Who disappeared?
2. In which city did she disappear?
3. Where was the last place she was spotted?
4. Who was arrested as a suspect?
5. Did he admit to having anything to do with her disappearance?
6. Did he describe another potential suspect?
7. Was she under the influence of drugs when this event occurred?
8. Did she assist him in purchasing drugs?
9. How much money did the suspect spend on drugs that night?
10. Where does the victim live?
11. How old was she?
12. Which news outlet published the story?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Alexis Murphy
2. Lovingston
3. at a gas station
4. Randy Taylor
5. no
6. yes
7. no
8. yes
9. $60
10. Shipman, Virginia
11. 17
12. (CNN)