Problem: In a career spanning more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking. In later years, his films began addressing humanistic issues such as the Holocaust (in Schindler's List), the transatlantic slave trade (in Amistad), war (in Empire of the Sun, Saving Private Ryan, War Horse and Bridge of Spies) and terrorism (in Munich). His other films include Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones film series, and A.I. Artificial Intelligence.

Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to an Orthodox Jewish family. His mother, Leah (Adler) Posner (born 1920), was a restaurateur and concert pianist, and his father, Arnold Spielberg (born 1917), was an electrical engineer involved in the development of computers. His paternal grandparents were immigrants from Ukraine who settled in Cincinnati in the first decade of the 1900s. In 1950, his family moved to Haddon Township, New Jersey when his father took a job with RCA. Three years later, the family moved to Phoenix, Arizona.:548 Spielberg attended Hebrew school from 1953 to 1957, in classes taught by Rabbi Albert L. Lewis.
1. who is the article about?
2. where was he born?
3. his religion?
4. what was his mother's occupation?
5. her name?
6. year of birth?
7. did dad's name?
8. profession?
9. year of birth?
10. where were his dad's parents from?
11. did the stay there?
12. where did the go?
13. when?
14. how long has the subject of the article been making movies?
15. is any of his work named?
16. what is the first one listed?
17. it's subject?
18. how many are listed in total?
19. when did he attend a special school for Jewish people?
20. in what years?
21. who taught him?
Answer: 1. Spielberg
2. Cincinnati, Ohio
3. Orthodox Jew
4. a restaurateur and concert pianist
5. Leah (Adler) Posner
6. born 1920
7. Arnold Spielberg
8. electrical engineer
9. 1917
10. Ukraine
11. No
12. Cincinnati
13. first decade of the 1900s
14. four decades
15. Yes
16. in Schindler's List
17. the Holocaust
18. 11
19. Yes
20. 1953 to 1957
21. Rabbi Albert L. Lewis

Q: To unambiguously specify the date, dual dating or Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are sometimes used with dates. Dual dating uses two consecutive years because of differences in the starting date of the year, or includes both the Julian and Gregorian dates. Old Style and New Style (N.S.) indicate either whether the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on 1 January (N.S.) even though documents written at the time use a different start of year (O.S.), or whether a date conforms to the Julian calendar (O.S.) rather than the Gregorian (N.S.).

The Gregorian calendar was a reform of the Julian calendar instituted in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, by papal bull Inter gravissimas dated 24 February 1582. The motivation for the adjustment was to bring the date for the celebration of Easter to the time of year in which it was celebrated when it was introduced by the early Church. Although a recommendation of the First Council of Nicaea in 325 specified that all Christians should celebrate Easter on the same day, it took almost five centuries before virtually all Christians achieved that objective by adopting the rules of the Church of Alexandria (see Easter for the issues which arose).

Answer the following questions:
1. How is Old Style abbreviated?
2. How about new style?
3. Dual dating uses how many years in succession?
4. What dates are included in dual dating?
5. OS and NS dictate the start of what year?
6. When does Julian year begin?
7. The Gregorian calendar modified which version?
8. When was the Julian calendar modified?
A: 1. OS
2. NS
3. two
4. Julian and Gregorian
5. Julian
6. 1 January
7. Julian
8. 1582

Problem: We have heard about people who have special memories. Recently there has been a report about a woman from Australia who can remember almost every detail of all the events in her daily life. Rebecca Sharrock, 25, is one of just 80 people worldwide who have been identified as having Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory ( HSAM,). It means she can remember every small event-which most people would forget with in (......) days-as if it had happened just minutes ago. "I remember my mum putting me in the driver's seat of a car and taking a picture of me when I was 12 days old," she said. "That's my earliest memory. I remember every day since then. I can't tell all the dates exactly because I was too young to understand calendars, but I remember what I did that every day, what the weather was like and so on." Rebecca can also re-experience taste. If she's eating something that she doesn't like, she thinks about Black Forest cake, her favorite food, and the memory will be so strong that she can nearly "taste" it. However, sometimes her memories prove to be painful. Because they're not just events that she remembers. "When I relive memories, the feelings return, too," Rebecca said. "For example, I remember falling over when I was three at my grandparents' house and hurting my left knee. Talking about it now, I feel painful in my left knee. " "At night, I have to sleep with the radio/recorder and a soft light on, she added. "1f it's too dark or quiet, my mind would be filled with all these memories and I can't sleep. "
1. How old is Rebecca Sharrock?
2. Where is she from?
3. What special talent does she have?
4. Which means what?
5. How old was she in the first thing she remembers?
6. Where was she then?
7. What did her mom do after that?
8. What kinds of things does she remember about each day?
9. Which sense of hers has an unusual feature?
10. How is it unusual?
11. What thing does she enjoy eating the most?
12. How many people have incredible memories like her?
13. Are they all in Australia?
14. How old was she during her first memory?
15. What body part did she hurt when she was little?
16. Where was she when that happened?
17. How old was she then?
18. What happened when she talked about it?
19. What does she listen to when she rests?
20. Why?
Answer:
1. 25
2. Australia
3. Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory
4. she can remember almost every detail of all the events in her daily life
5. 12 days old
6. in the driver's seat of a car
7. take a picture
8. what she did and what the weather was like
9. taste
10. she can re-experience taste
11. Black Forest cake
12. 80
13. no
14. 12 days old
15. her left knee
16. her grandparents' house
17. three
18. she felt pain in her left knee
19. radio/recorder
20. if it's too dark or quiet she can't sleep