Q: Thousands of protesters surrounded Bangkok's Government House on Friday seeking the removal of Thailand's embattled caretaker government amid soaring political tensions following the ouster of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

The People's Democratic Reform Committee, which has been protesting the government since November, is pushing to replace the caretaker administration with an unelected interim government.

Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban told those gathered: "We will sleep here tonight, we will eat here."

The PDRC has been seeking to rid Thai politics of the alleged influence of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Thaksin is Yingluck's brother and a telecommunications tycoon who was overthrown in a 2006 military coup. He has since lived in self-imposed exile to avoid a corruption conviction.

"If the speaker is a slave of Thaksin, there will be one treatment; if not, there will be another treatment for them," Thaugsuban said.

Some 20,000 protesters massed in the capital and split into groups. About 4,000 or 5,000 gathered outside Government House. That is the former prime minister's residence, but Yingluck has already vacated it.

Lt. Gen. Paradon Patthanathabut, security adviser to the government, told CNN the PDRC had mobilized supporters from the countryside to join the protests in the capital.

He said smaller groups also gathered at Bangkok television stations and other locations around the city.

"We are monitoring (the situation) closely," he said, adding that 60,000 security forces were on standby.

At the Royal Thai Police Club, command center of the temporary security task force, the Center for the Administration for Peace and Order, police used tear gas and water cannon on protesters who attempted to enter the complex, said Paradon. Four people were injured.

Answer the following questions:
1. Why did protesters go to Bangkok's Government House?
2. Who is Suthep Thaugsuban?
3. What does PDRC stand for?
4. How many security forces were on standby?
5. In what country was this happening?
6. How many total protesters faced the 60000 security forces?
7. What is the name of the prime minister?
8. And so who is his brother?
9. What job did he used to have?
10. What happened with this old job?
11. Where is he living now?
12. Why is that?
13. And what happened with his brother Yingluck?
14. Who or what is governing Thailand now?
15. Was the interim government elected?
16. W?
17. Who is the security adviser to the government?
18. And what did he tell CNN?
A: 1. Wanted to oust the government
2. former Prime Minister
3. People's Democratic Reform Committee
4. 60,000
5. Thailand
6. Some 20,000
7. Yingluck Shinawatra
8. Thaksin Shinawatra
9. Prime Minister
10. overthrown in a military coup
11. self-imposed exile
12. to avoid a corruption conviction.
13. vacated his house
14. unknown
15. No
16. caretaker government
17. Lt. Gen. Paradon Patthanathabut
18. the PDRC had mobilized supporters from the countryside to join the protests in the capital.

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Wi-Fi or WiFi () is a technology for wireless local area networking with devices based on the IEEE 802.11 standards. "Wi-Fi" is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance, which restricts the use of the term "Wi-Fi Certified" to products that successfully complete interoperability certification testing.

Devices that can use Wi-Fi technology include personal computers, video-game consoles, phones and tablets, digital cameras, smart TVs, digital audio players and modern printers. Wi-Fi compatible devices can connect to the Internet via a WLAN and a wireless access point. Such an access point (or hotspot) has a range of about indoors and a greater range outdoors. Hotspot coverage can be as small as a single room with walls that block radio waves, or as large as many square kilometres achieved by using multiple overlapping access points.

Wi-Fi most commonly uses the UHF and SHF ISM radio bands. Having no physical connections, it is more vulnerable to attack than wired connections, such as twisted pair.

In 1971, ALOHAnet connected the Hawaiian Islands with a UHF wireless packet network. ALOHAnet and the ALOHA protocol were early forerunners to Ethernet, and later the IEEE 802.11 protocols, respectively.

A 1985 ruling by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission released the ISM band for unlicensed use. These frequency bands are the same ones used by equipment such as microwave ovens and are subject to interference.

1. What is one electronic device that can use Wi-Fi?
2. And another?
3. And one more?
4. What is a hotspot?
5. Is this the only thing a device needs to get wireless internet?
6. True or False: A hotspot can cover a wider area indoors than outdoors.
7. How small can a hotspot be?
8. How big can hotspot coverage be if multiple points are used?
9. Do you need a license to use the ISM band?
10. What kitchen device uses the same band?
11. What body decided to release the band for unlicensed use?
12. When?
13. What was ALOHAnet an ancestor of?
14. What kind of protocol did the ALOHA protocol give rise to?
15. What area did ALOHAnet serve?
16. When?
17. What kind of network did it provide?
18. What is a type of wired connections?
19. True or False: Twisted pair is more secure against attacks than Wi-Fi.
20. Why is Wi-Fi less secure?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. personal computers
2. video-game consoles
3. phones and tablets
4. an access point
5. yes
6. false
7. unknown
8. many square kilometres
9. no
10. microwave ovens
11. U.S. Federal Communications Commission
12. 1985
13. Ethernet
14. IEEE 802.11
15. the Hawaiian Islands
16. 1971
17. UHF wireless packet
18. twisted pair.
19. true
20. it has no physical connections

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER XI

A MIDNIGHT SCARE

The Rovers reached Cottonton without catching sight of Dan Baxter again, nor did they locate him while stopping at the town.

"He knows enough to keep out of our way," remarked Dick. "Even now he may be watching every move we make."

They did not remain in Cottonton long, and that night found them once more on a trail leading to another patch of timber. All were in excellent spirits, and Hans enlivened the time by singing a song in his broken English in a manner which convulsed them all.

"Hans would make his fortune on the variety stage," remarked Fred. "His manner is too funny for anything."

"Vot you said apout a stage?" demanded the German youth. "I ton't vos ride on no stage ven I got a goot horse alretty."

"Fred wants you to go on the stage," said Sam,

"He thinks you might play Shakespeare," said Tom.

"Vot kind of a play is dot Shakespeares?"

"It's a farce in 'steen acts and twice as many scenes," said Dick. "You might play the double-tongued mute."

"I like not such a blay. I like dot blay vere da vos all killed off kvick."

"Good gracious! Hans wants to go in for tragedy!" ejaculated Tom. "Who would think he was so bloodthirsty. If you keep on like that, Hansy, dear, I'll be afraid you'll murder us in our sleep."

"I like dem murders. Da vos alvays make dem goose skins mine back town."

At this there was a general roar.

1. What entertainment did Hans provide?
2. What did they think he would be better at?
3. How did he feel about that?
4. What type of play would he be in?
5. By whom?
6. What would he play?
7. Where did their group reach?
8. In what location/village?
9. Who didn't they run into?
10. Who thought he might not be far away though?
11. Who had an accent?
12. What type was it?
13. Who was surprised by the statement Hans made of killing?
14. What did he fear?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. he sang a song
2. the variety stage
3. he didn't like it
4. a trgedy
5. Shakespeare
6. a murderer
7. a trail
8. outside Cottonton
9. Dan Baxter
10. Dick
11. Hans
12. German
13. Tom
14. being murdered