Q: John and Jack met at the old bench every afternoon. Then they played football. But they didn't have enough money to buy a real football. So Jack made a ball out of old socks covered with a piece of plastic. Every time, the two friends didn't stop kicking and running until very late. On Monday afternoon, John and Jack met again at the old bench. Soon the home-made ball was running across the grass. The boys laughed and shouted happily. The ball was stopped by a boy wearing a nice pair of sports shoes. John was upset when he saw it was Steven. The next morning, John's mother gave him a bill. "Your uncle sent you a birthday present." She smiled. John's eyes grew big when he saw the $100 bill. Later that day, his mother bought a pair of new sports shoes and a real football. That afternoon Steven invited John to play football. Steven did not want Jack to join them only because Jack's sports shoes were dirty. When the game was over, John and Steven walked past the old bench where Jack was sitting. Steven picked up a stone and threw it at him. John, holding his new football in his hands, walked on and did not look back. Several days later, as John walked past the old bench, he saw something lying under it. He looked closer and saw it was the home-made ball. John was full of sadness when he saw the ball. As his sadness turned to anger, he picked up his new football and kicked it into the air. Then he walked to the beach, sat down and waited.

Answer the following questions:
1. who met at the old bench?
2. When?
3. Did they meet there on Monday?
4. what time?
5. what did they play with?
6. What was it made of?
7. Who made it?
8. What kind of ball?
9. Did it work?
10. Did anyone else come?
11. Who?
12. What did he do?
13. Who sent John money?
14. how much?
15. for what?
16. What did his mom buy?
17. Who played that afternoon?
18. Why not Jack?
19. Why not?
20. What did Steven do after?
21. What did John see under the bench later?
A: 1. John and Jack
2. every afternoon
3. yes
4. afternoon
5. a home-made ball
6. old socks
7. Jack
8. football
9. yes
10. yes
11. Steven
12. he stopped the ball
13. his uncle
14. $100
15. his birthday
16. new sports shoes and a real football
17. Steven and John
18. Steven did not want Jack to join
19. Jack's sports shoes were dirty.
20. Steven threw a stone at Jack
21. the home-made ball

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

London, England (CNN) -- Prince William's younger brother Prince Harry will be his best man when he marries Kate Middleton in London in April, Clarence House announced Monday. Middleton's sister Philippa will be her maid of honor.

William, who is second in line to the throne, is due to marry his long-time girlfriend April 29 at Westminster Abbey. Prince Harry is currently third in line of succession.

Royal protocol states that the groom should have a "supporter" rather than a Best Man and speculation was rife that Prince Harry would be named supporter, and another friend of Prince William announced as his best man.

Prince Charles elected his brother Prince Andrew to be his "supporter" when he married Diana, Princess of Wales in 1981.

Naming Harry best man is a break with protocol, and is being taken as an indication of William and Kate's more modern approach to their upcoming wedding, which is taking place at Westminster Abbey on April 29.

Harry will be organizing the Prince's "stag" or bachelor party. Meanwhile Philippa, or "Pippa," will be expected to pull together Kate's "hen" or bachelorette party.

William's office at Clarence House also announced that there will be four bridesmaids and two page boys, including two of William's godchildren.

They are Grace van Cutsem, 3, and Tom Pettifer, 8. Pettifer is the son of Tiggy Pettifer, William and Harry's former nanny -- an important figure in the young Princes' lives, especially following the death of their mother in 1997.

Lady Louise Windsor, 7, the Hon. Margarita Armstrong-Jones, 8, and Eliza Lopes, 3, will be the other bridesmaids.

1. Who is the best man in Prince William's wedding?
2. Who is he marrying?
3. When is it ?
4. What is the supporter?
5. Who was second in line to the throne?
6. Who did Prince Charles choose as his supporter?
7. What did it mean when Prince William broke protocol?
8. Where was the wedding to be?
9. Who was expected to put together Kate's hen party?
10. What is a hen party?
11. How many bridesmaids are there?
12. Was there any other notable parties?
13. When did Prince Charles marry Diana?
14. What was royal protocol?
15. What is another word for bachelor party?
16. When did Diana pass away?
17. Who is 3rd in line of succession for the throne?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Prince Harry
2. Kate Middleton
3. April 29
4. the groom should have a "supporter" rather than a Best Man
5. William
6. Prince Andrew
7. a more modern approach to their wedding,
8. Westminster Abbey
9. Pippa
10. a bachelorette party.
11. four
12. William and Harry's former nanny
13. in 1981.
14. the groom should have a "supporter" rather than a Best Man
15. stag
16. 1997.
17. Prince Harry

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER ONE.

TREATS OF OUR HERO'S EARLY LIFE, AND TOUCHES ON DOMESTIC MATTERS.

William Osten was a wanderer by nature. He was born with a thirst for adventure that nothing could quench, and with a desire to rove that nothing could subdue.

Even in babyhood, when his limbs were fat and feeble, and his visage was round and red, he displayed his tendency to wander in ways and under circumstances that other babies never dreamt of. He kept his poor mother in a chronic fever of alarm, and all but broke the heart of his nurse, long before he could walk, by making his escape from the nursery over and over again, on his hands and knees; which latter bore constant marks of being compelled to do the duty of feet in dirty places.

Baby Will never cried. To have heard him yell would have rejoiced the hearts of mother and nurse, for that would have assured them of his being near at hand and out of mischief--at least not engaged in more than ordinary mischief. But Baby Will was a natural philosopher from his birth. He displayed his wisdom by holding his peace at all times, except when very hard pressed by hunger or pain, and appeared to regard life in general in a grave, earnest, inquiring spirit. Nevertheless, we would not have it understood that Will was a slow, phlegmatic baby. By no means. His silence was deep, his gravity profound, and his earnestness intense, so that, as a rule, his existence was unobtrusive. But his energy was tremendous. What he undertook to do he usually did with all his might and main--whether it was the rending of his pinafore or the smashing of his drum!

1. where would he escape from as a baby?
2. did he do this just once?
3. what was he by nature?
4. was he skinny as a baby?
5. how was his body?
6. what about his limbs?
7. did he cry a lot?
8. would it make everyone happy if he did?
9. why?
10. did his mother worry about him?
11. what was he from the time he was born?
12. when would he not have peace?
13. did he have a lot of energy?
14. what would he do with his drum?
15. what was he thirsty for?
16. could he walk when escaping from the nursery?
17. how would he do it?
18. what is said about his silence?
19. what did he display by being peaceful?
20. what did he regard life in?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. the nursery
2. no
3. wanderer
4. no
5. round and red
6. fat and feeble
7. no
8. yes
9. that would have assured them of his being near at hand
10. yes
11. philosopher
12. when very hard pressed by hunger or pain
13. yes
14. smash it
15. adventure
16. no
17. on his hands and knees
18. it was deep
19. his wisdom
20. a grave, earnest, inquiring spirit.