question: Palermo (Italian: [palrmo] ( listen), Sicilian: Palermu, Latin: Panormus, from Greek: , Panormos, Arabic: , Balarm; Phoenician: , Ziz) is a city in Insular Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old. Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily, right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

The city was founded in 734 BC by the Phoenicians as Ziz ('flower'). Palermo then became a possession of Carthage, before becoming part of the Roman Republic, the Roman Empire and eventually part of the Byzantine Empire, for over a thousand years. The Greeks named the city Panormus meaning 'complete port'. From 831 to 1072 the city was under Arab rule during the Emirate of Sicily when the city first became a capital. The Arabs shifted the Greek name into Balarm, the root for Palermo's present-day name. Following the Norman reconquest, Palermo became the capital of a new kingdom (from 1130 to 1816), the Kingdom of Sicily and the capital of the Holy Roman Empire under Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor and Conrad IV of Germany, King of the Romans. Eventually Sicily would be united with the Kingdom of Naples to form the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies until the Italian unification of 1860.
1. What is the city being discussed?
2. When was it established?
3. What was the name given to it by the Greeks?
4. How does that translate?
5. Which means?
6. How did the Arabs refer to it
7. When did they rule?
8. What occured in 1860?
9. How did the Phoenicians refer to the city?
10. Which means?
11. Where is it located?
12. Is the city recognized for its cousine?
13. What else?
14. Are there any significant bodies of water nearby?
15. Can you name one?
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answer: 1. Palermo
2. 734 BC
3.
4. Panormos
5.
6. Balarm
7. From 831 to 1072
8. Italian unification
9. Ziz
10. flowe
11. northwest of Sicily
12. Yes
13. history, architecture and gastronomy
14. yes
15. Gulf of Palermo

question: (CNN) -- Those who knew Maya Angelou and others inspired by her life, wisdom and words were remembering her Wednesday.

"Phenomenal Woman" -- the title of Angelou's poem celebrating the strength of women -- quickly trended worldwide on Twitter. Celebrity tweets also included "true inspiration," "hero" and "national treasure."

Others needed more than Twitter's 140 characters to express their personal loss.

Legendary author Maya Angelou dies at age 86

-- Oprah Winfrey called Angelou her "mentor, mother/sister, and friend since my 20's."

"She was there for me always, guiding me through some of the most important years of my life," Winfrey said."The world knows her as a poet butat the heart of her, she was a teacher. 'When you learn, teach. When you get, give' is one of my best lessons from her."

"She won three Grammys, spoke six languages and was the second poet in history to recite a poem at a presidential inauguration.But what stands out to me most about Maya Angelou is not what she has done or written or spoken, it's how she lived her life. She moved through the world with unshakeable calm, confidence and a fierce grace I loved her and I know she loved me. I will profoundlymiss her. She will always be the rainbow in my clouds."

-- President Barack Obama called Angelou "one of the brightest lights of our time -- a brilliant writer, a fierce friend, and a truly phenomenal woman."

"Over the course of her remarkable life, Maya was many things -- an author, poet, civil rights activist, playwright, actress, director, composer, singer and dancer," Obama said. "But above all, she was a storyteller -- and her greatest stories were true. A childhood of suffering and abuse actually drove her to stop speaking -- but the voice she found helped generations of Americans find their rainbow amidst the clouds, and inspired the rest of us to be our best selves. In fact, she inspired my own mother to name my sister Maya."
1. Who died?
2. At what age?
3. Did she win any awards?
4. What was one award?
5. Was she bilingual?
6. In how many languages?
7. Will she be missed?
8. The spoke of her on what social media platform?
9. In how many characters?
10. who called her a mentor?
11. At what age did they become friends?
12. Did many celebrities tweet about her?
13. On what day did they tweet particularly?
14. Did a president tweet?
15. Did Obama say she was a storyteller?
16. What is obama's sister's name?
17. Who named his sister?
18. Was Angelou an author, poet or both?
19. Why did celebrities tweet?
20. How many grammys did she win?
21. How many poet spoke at an inauguration before her?
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answer: 1. Maya Angelou
2. 86
3. Yes
4. Grammy
5. Yes
6. six
7. Yes
8. Twitter
9. 140
10. Oprah Winfrey
11. 20's
12. yes
13. Wednesday
14. unknown
15. yes
16. Maya
17. His own mother
18. both
19. to express their personal loss
20. three
21. one

question: Su Hua is studying at Cambridge, UK. She has bought a bicycle and is worried about security. Her friend, Kate, found this article and sent it to her. www.zxxk.com

Introduction

A lot of crime is against bicycles. About 150,000 bicycles are stolen every year and most are never found. You can prevent this happening by following a few careful steps.

Basic Security

Do not leave your bicycle in out-of-the-way places. Always lock your bicycle when you leave. Secure it to lampposts or trees. Take off smaller parts and take them with you, for example lights and saddles .

Locks

Get a good lock. There are many different types in the shop. Buy one that has been tested against attack. Ask for a recommendation from a bike shop.

Marking

Security marking your bike can act as a deterrent to a thief. It can also help the police find your bicycle. It should be clearly written and include your postcode and your house or flat number. This will provide a simple way to identify your bicycle.

Registration

There are a number of companies who will mark your bicycle for you. They will then put your registration number and personal details on their computer database. Then if your bicycle is found it will be easy to contact you.

Finally

Keep a record of the bicycle yourself: its make, model and registration number. You can even take a photograph of it, this will prove the bicycle belongs to you.
1. where does Su Hua go to school?
2. what did she buy?
3. what worry does she have?
4. who gave her some information?
5. is Kate her friend?
6. where did she find the information?
7. how many bikes are taken every year?
8. are most of them found again?
9. what should you do with little pieces from a bike?
10. like what pieces?
11. what else can you do?
12. what kind should you buy?
13. where can you get help choosing one?
14. how does marking help?
15. who can mark it for you?
16. what else will they do?
17. what else should you record?
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answer:
1. Cambridge.
2. bicycle .
3. Security.
4. \Kate.
5. Yes.
6. www.zxxk.com
7. About 150,000.
8. No.
9. Take them with you.
10. Lights.
11. Get a good lock.
12. One that's been tested against attack.
13. Bike shop.
14. Act as a deterrent to a thief.
15. A number of companies.
16. Put your registration number in their database.
17. Registration number.