Problem: Have you ever wanted to achieve something really amazing in life? Well, Greg Mortenson wanted to climb a mountain, but he ended up helping thousands of people to have a better life. Greg's story began with failure. In 1993, he set out to climb K2, the world's second highest mountain. But Greg never made it to the top. After five days, he stumbled into the village of Korphe in northern Pakistan, injured and hungry. The kind villagers there looked after him for several days. Greg saw that the villagers were very poor and hungry, and some of them were ill. Also, the village school didn't have a roof and the children wrote on the ground with sticks, Greg knew he wanted to do something to help. "I'll build you a school," he told the villagers. "I promise." Greg went back home to the USA to raise money for the school. He even lived in the car to save money! Finally he went back to Korphe and built the school. But _ was just the beginning of something bigger! Since then, Greg's organization has built around 80 schools and runs many others in Pakistan and other countries, too. Greg hasn't finished yet. He does many other things to help people in poor countries. He has got many prizes, but it's the smiles of the children he has helped that makes him happy! Greg has just written a best-selling book about his story called Three Cups of Tea. It's an interesting and exciting book which tells us what ordinary people can do with courage and determination .
1. What did Greg want to do initially?
2. What mountain?
3. Is it the second highest mountain in the world?
4. Did he make it to the top?
5. So did his story begin with failure?
6. What year was it when he went to climb the mountain?
7. What village did he end up?
8. Where exactly?
9. Was he injured?
10. Were the villagers hungry too?
11. Did they look after him?
12. What did Greg promise them?
13. Where did Greg raise the money?
14. What did he do to save the money?
15. did he build the school?
16. How many schools has his organization built?
17. What is Greg's book called?
Answer: 1. Climb a mountain.
2. K2.
3. Yes.
4. No.
5. Yes.
6. 1993.
7. Korphe.
8. In northern Pakistan.
9. Yes.
10. Yes.
11. Yes.
12. "I'll build you a school,"
13. In the USA.
14. Lived in the car.
15. Yes.
16. Around 80 schools.
17. Three Cups of Tea.

Problem: Hello Sandy, We have just returned form our holiday. We went with our friends,Edward Smith and his wife Tina, to the Yorkshire Moors. It is a beautiful natural park. There are lots of places to walk on the tops of the hills,miles of grassland with no people,just sheep and birds. Edward had just come out of hospital and he could not walk as far as before. However, this meant that we walked in the mornings, and then stopped at a restaurant for lunch each day before returning to the place we lived in. Edward and I slept in front of the fire all afternoon, while the ladies went for another walk. Very pleasant! I took lots of photos from the place we lived in, across the valley below us, of the morning sunrise, and the mist in the valley. Also, in England, the old steam-powered trains are very popular. I took many photos of the train. Yesterday we had the first snow of this winter. It is very early. We usually have snow in January. It rained all day, then snowed in the evening .Today we have bright sunshine! Both Jenny and I are well. I don't know if I told you, in the last e-mail , that Jenny is now working in a hotel. Although she has to work hard, people there are nice, and she is enjoying the work. Please write to us to tell us your news. Yours, Victor
1. Who is this letter addressed to?
2. And who is it from?
3. Where did Victor vacation to?
4. Did he go alone?
5. Who was he with?
6. What is the Yorkshire Moors?
7. What can you do there?
8. Is it crowded?
9. What kinds of animals are there?
10. Did Edward do a lot of walking?
11. Why not?
12. What did they do in the morning?
13. And in the afternoon?
14. Where?
15. Aside from walking, what other hobby did Victor partake in?
16. What did he photograph?
17. Anything else?
18. What kind of train was it?
19. What kind of weather did they have yesterday?
20. What about today?
Answer: 1. Sandy.
2. Victor.
3. The Yorkshire Moors.
4. No.
5. Edward Smith and his wife Tina.
6. A beautiful natural park.
7. There are lots of places to walk.
8. No.
9. Sheep and birds
10. He could not walk as far as before.
11. Edward had just come out of hospital.
12. They walked.
13. They slept.
14. In front of the fire.
15. Took photos
16. The sunrise.
17. The train.
18. Old steam-powered.
19. It snowed.
20. Sunshine!

Problem: Grenada is an island country in the southeastern Caribbean Sea consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. It is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago, northeast of Venezuela and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Its size is , and it had an estimated population of in . Its capital is St. George's. Grenada is also known as the "Island of Spice" due to its production of nutmeg and mace crops, of which it is one of the world's largest exporters. The national bird of Grenada is the critically endangered Grenada dove.

Before the arrival of Europeans to the Americas, Grenada was inhabited by the indigenous Arawaks and later by the Island Caribs. Christopher Columbus sighted Grenada in 1498 during his third voyage to the Americas. Although it was deemed the property of the King of Spain, there are no records to suggest the Spanish ever landed or settled on the island. Following several unsuccessful attempts by Europeans to colonise the island due to resistance from the Island Caribs, French settlement and colonisation began in 1650 and continued for the next century. On 10 February 1763 Grenada was ceded to the British under the Treaty of Paris. British rule continued, except for a period of French rule between 1779 and 1783, until 1974. From 1958 to 1962 Grenada was part of the Federation of the West Indies, a short-lived federation of British West Indian colonies. On 3 March 1967, Grenada was granted full autonomy over its internal affairs as an Associated State. Herbert Blaize was the first Premier of the Associated State of Grenada from March to August 1967. Eric Gairy served as Premier from August 1967 until February 1974.
1. Where is Grenada located?
2. Who inhabited Grenada before the arrival of Europeans?
3. Who was the first premier of the Associated State of Grenada?
4. How many Islands does the country have total?
5. On what voyage did Christoper Columbus sight Grenada?
6. Is there any record of the Spanish ever landing or selling on the island?
7. What is the island known as?
8. Why is that?
9. Did Europeans incounter any resistance to settling the islands?
10. In 1650 who began colinizing it?
11. What is the national bird of Grenada?
12. When was Grenada granted full autonomy over it's internal affairs?
13. What is it's capital?
14. Under what treaty were the islands ceded to the British?
15. What other islands is it located to the northwest of?
16. What shor-lived federation of Bridish West Indian colonies was it a member of?
17. Who was Premier from August 1967 until February 1974?
18. What the islands ever deemed property of the King of Spain?
Answer:
1. southeastern Caribbean Sea
2. Arawaks
3. Herbert Blaize
4. Seven
5. his third
6. No
7. the "Island of Spice"
8. its production of nutmeg and mace crops
9. Yes
10. the French
11. the Grenada dove.
12. 3 March 1967
13. St. George's.
14. the Treaty of Paris
15. Trinidad and Tobago
16. Federation of the West Indies
17. Eric Gairy
18. Yes