Q: When Daniel woke up yesterday morning, he found he was a bit late for school, so he started running to catch the bus. Moments later, he saw a dog, but not its lead. He tripped over the lead and fell down. He jumped up quickly, went on running and got on the bus. After a while an old coach broke down in the middle of the road, and the driver couldn't move it. It was eight o'clock, the middle of the rush hour, so it soon created a terrible traffic jam. The bus driver tried to go round the coach. Unfortunately a taxi was coming in the opposite direction. The driver tried to stop the taxi, but he couldn't prevent the accident-- the taxi crashed into the front of the bus! Luckily nobody was hurt. When Daniel finally got to school out of breath, the Science lesson had been on for five minutes. Daniel said sorry to the teacher and sat at his desk. He reached out for his school bag-- no, it was nowhere to be found. "Where is my school bag?" Daniel was puzzled. Suddenly he realized that he had left it on the bus. Bad luck!

Answer the following questions:
1. Who woke up late?
2. What did he do right away?
3. What animal did he see on the way?
4. Was it on a leash?
5. Did he trip over the animal?
6. What did he trip over?
7. Did this slow him down long?
8. What was his reaction to the fall?
9. Did he miss the bus?
10. What kind of vehicle caused a delay?
11. What happened to it?
12. What time was it when this happened?
13. What did the driver try to do?
14. Did he do that safely?
15. What hit the bus?
16. Was anyone inured?
17. How much of his lessons did Dan miss?
18. What did he say to the instructor?
19. What did he forget to bring?
A: 1. Daniel
2. ran to catch the bus
3. a dog
4. No
5. No
6. the lead
7. No
8. He jumped up quickly
9. No
10. an old coach
11. it broke down
12. eight o'clock
13. go round the coach
14. No
15. taxi
16. No
17. five minutes
18. sorry
19. school bag
Q: Earth was initially molten due to extreme volcanism and frequent collisions with other bodies. Eventually, the outer layer of the planet cooled to form a solid crust when water began accumulating in the atmosphere. The Moon formed soon afterwards, possibly as the result of a Mars-sized object with about 10% of the Earth's mass impacting the planet in a glancing blow. Some of this object's mass merged with the Earth, significantly altering its internal composition, and a portion was ejected into space. Some of the material survived to form an orbiting moon. Outgassing and volcanic activity produced the primordial atmosphere. Condensing water vapor, augmented by ice delivered from comets, produced the oceans.

Earth was initially molten due to extreme volcanism and frequent collisions with other bodies. Eventually, the outer layer of the planet cooled to form a solid crust when water began accumulating in the atmosphere. The Moon formed soon afterwards, possibly as the result of a Mars-sized object with about 10% of the Earth's mass impacting the planet in a glancing blow. Some of this object's mass merged with the Earth, significantly altering its internal composition, and a portion was ejected into space. Some of the material survived to form an orbiting moon. Outgassing and volcanic activity produced the primordial atmosphere. Condensing water vapor, augmented by ice delivered from comets, produced the oceans.

Answer the following questions:
1. Was Earth always solid?
2. Why not?
3. Any other reason?
4. Did the collisions occur frequently?
5. What formed on the outside?
6. Did the Moon form before or after the crust?
7. What became plentiful in the atmosphere?
8. What caused the Moon to be created?
9. What size object?
10. Did some of the object stay on Earth?
11. Where did the rest go?
12. What are the seas made of?
13. Anything else?
14. How many things created the atmosphere?
15. What was one?
16. And the other?
17. How big was the object that hit the Earth?
18. Did it hit directly
19. Did the collision affect Earth?
20. How?
A: 1. no
2. extreme volcanism
3. collisions with other bodies.
4. fno
5. a solid crust
6. after
7. water
8. The Earth was hit by an object
9. the size of Mars
10. yes
11. into space
12. water vapor
13. comet ice
14. two
15. Outgassing
16. volcanic activity
17. 10% of the Earth's mass
18. ino
19. yes
20. it altered its internal composition
Q: Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children.In spite of the hopeless condition, two of the children, Albrecht Durer and Albert, had a dream.They both wanted to pursue their talent for art.After many long discussions, the two boys finally worked out an agreement.They would toss a coin.The loser would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings, support his brother who attended the academy.Then, when that brother who won the toss completed his studies, in four years, he would support the other brother at the academy.

Tossing a coin, Albrecht Durer won and went off to Nuremberg.Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, supported his brother, _ work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation .By the time he graduated, he had earned considerable fees for his outstanding works.

When the young artist returned to his village, the Durer family held a festive dinner to celebrate Albrecht's triumphant homecoming.Albrecht drank a toast to his beloved brother for the years of sacrifice that had enabled him to complete his dream."And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is your turn.Now you can go to Nuremberg to look for your dream, and I will take care of you."

Tears streaming down his pale face, Albert sobbed, "No...no...It is too late for me.Look...look at what four years in the mines have done to my hands!The bones in every finger have been broken at least once, and lately I have been suffering from arthritis so badly in my right hand that I cannot even hold a glass to return your toast, much less draw delicate lines with a pen or a brush."

To show thanks to Albert for all that he had sacrificed, Albrecht Durer painstakingly drew his brother's injured hands with palms together and thin fingers stretched skyward.He called his powerful drawing simply "Hands", but the entire world almost immediately opened their hearts to his great masterpiece and renamed it "The Praying Hands".The next time you see a copy of that touching creation, let it be your reminder--no one ever makes any success alone!

Answer the following questions:
1. What era is the article about?
2. Where?
3. How many kids did the family have?
4. How many of the kids worked together?
5. Which ones?
6. What was their deal?
7. To decide what?
8. Who went to college?
9. Was he successful?
10. What happened when he came home?
11. Did the other brother go to college?
A:
1. fifteenth century
2. tiny village near Nuremberg
3. eighteen
4. two
5. Albrecht Durer and Albert
6. would toss a coin
7. loser would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings, support his brother who attended the academy.Then, when that brother who won the toss completed his studies, in four years, he would support the other brother at the academy.
8. Albrecht Durer
9. yes
10. a festive dinner
11. no