Problem: New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmassesthe North Island (or "Te Ika-a-Maui"), and the South Island (or "Te Waipounamu")and around 600 smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. Because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans. During its long period of isolation, New Zealand developed a distinct biodiversity of animal, fungal and plant life. The country's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks, such as the Southern Alps, owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, while its most populous city is Auckland.

Sometime between 1250 and 1300 CE, Polynesians settled in the islands that later were named New Zealand and developed a distinctive Maori culture. In 1642, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of Britain and Maori chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, which declared British sovereignty over the islands. In 1841, New Zealand became a colony within the British Empire and in 1907 it became a Dominion. Today, the majority of New Zealand's population of 4.7 million is of European descent; the indigenous Maori are the largest minority, followed by Asians and Pacific Islanders. Reflecting this, New Zealand's culture is mainly derived from Maori and early British settlers, with recent broadening arising from increased immigration. The official languages are English, Maori and New Zealand Sign Language, with English predominant.
1. What ocean is New Zealand in?
2. Which part?
3. What are the two parts of NZ?
4. What is the North Island also known as?
5. And the South Island?
6. How many small islands are there?
7. Where is it in relation to Australia?
8. across which body of water?
9. and south of what?
10. Was it setetled early by humans?
11. Is the topography all the same?
12. Does it have mountains?
13. which ones?
14. What is its capital?
15. What is the most populous city?
16. What happened between 1250 and 1300?
17. what kind of culture did they have?
18. Who is Tasman?
19. What happened in 1840?
20. and in 1841?
Answer: 1. Pacific Ocean
2. southwestern
3. the North Island and the South Island
4. Te Ika-a-Maui
5. Te Waipounamu
6. around 600
7. east of Australia
8. Tasman Sea
9. Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga
10. no
11. no
12. yes
13. Southern Alps
14. Wellington
15. Auckland
16. Polynesians settled in the islands
17. Maori culture
18. first European to sight New Zealand
19. representatives of Britain and Maori chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, which declared British sovereignty over the islands
20. New Zealand became a colony

Problem: The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity. Special relativity applies to elementary particles and their interactions, describing all their physical phenomena except gravity. General relativity explains the law of gravitation and its relation to other forces of nature. It applies to the cosmological and astrophysical realm, including astronomy.

The theory transformed theoretical physics and astronomy during the 20th century, superseding a 200-year-old theory of mechanics created primarily by Isaac Newton. It introduced concepts including spacetime as a unified entity of space and time, relativity of simultaneity, kinematic and gravitational time dilation, and length contraction. In the field of physics, relativity improved the science of elementary particles and their fundamental interactions, along with ushering in the nuclear age. With relativity, cosmology and astrophysics predicted extraordinary astronomical phenomena such as neutron stars, black holes, and gravitational waves.

Albert Einstein published the theory of special relativity in 1905, building on many theoretical results and empirical findings obtained by Albert A. Michelson, Hendrik Lorentz, Henri Poincare and others. Max Planck, Hermann Minkowski and others did subsequent work.

Einstein developed general relativity between 1907 and 1915, with contributions by many others after 1915. The final form of general relativity was published in 1916.
1. Whose theory did Einstein's replace?
2. How old was Newton's theory?
3. What is one phenomenon predicted with relativity in the field of astronomy?
4. Did the theory predict black holes?
5. Neutron stars?
6. Supernovae?
7. Was Einstein's theory based entirely on his own findings?
8. What is the name of one man whose findings Einstein drew from?
9. And another?
10. And one more?
11. Did Max Planck continue in Einstein's line of work?
12. Who else did?
13. What age did Einstein's theories bring about?
14. What two theories are included in the theory of relativity?
15. True or False: Special relativity describes how gravity works.
16. Does general relativity apply to the study of space?
17. What century does Einstein's theory belong to?
18. In what year did he begin to develop general relativity?
19. When did he publish its final form?
20. When did others begin to add to it?
Answer: 1. Isaac Newton
2. 200
3. cosmological
4. yes
5. yes
6. no
7. no
8. Albert A. Michelson
9. Hendrik Lorentz
10. Henri Poincare
11. yes
12. Hermann Minkowsk
13. nuclear age
14. special relativity and general relativity
15. false
16. yes
17. 20th century
18. 1907
19. 1916
20. 1915

Problem: SHANGHAI, China (CNN) -- If it weren't for the Internet, Murong Xuecun might still be working as a sales manager at a car company in the southern Chinese city of Chengdu. That is what he was doing when he started writing his first novel on his office's online bulletin board system back in 2001.

The Internet is increasingly being seen in China as a tool for literary empowerment, analysts say.

Week by week when he got home from work, Murong would post new pieces to a story that painted a bleak yet honest picture of modern urban life in the city where he lived. It contained tales about sex, love, gambling and drugs and became so popular that it soon appeared on numerous other online forums.

Today the 35-year-old is considered one of the most famous authors to have emerged in contemporary China. His debut work, "Leave Me Alone: A novel of Chengdu," has been read by millions of Chinese "netizens" -- steady Internet users -- and adapted for film and television and translated into German, French and English.

He also is viewed as a pioneer of what has become nothing short of a literary renaissance online in the country, particularly among young Chinese writers. This is a constituency that has struggled to find a platform for their work in a publishing industry that is viewed as conservative as it often faces state censorship. Instead of remaining silent, a new generation of authors has found its voice on the Web.

"It is a very big revolution," said Yang Hengjun, a political espionage novelist who published his first work online. "When you write something on the Internet that you can't do in reality and you cause a change, that is revolutionary."
1. who is the article mainly about
2. how old is he?
3. was he doing anything before he started writing?
4. what?
5. what saved him?
6. what would he write his story on?
7. when?
8. who is the political espionage mentioned?
9. who said it is a big revolution?
10. what was Murong's first work?
11. is he seen as a pioneer?
12. amongst who?
13. how many chinese have read is first work?
14. what would he do when he got home?
15. what has the internet become for the chinese?
16. for?
17. has his story been televised?
18. what about for movies?
19. how many languages has it been translated to?
20. which ones?
Answer:
1. Murong Xuecun
2. 35
3. yes
4. working as a sales manager
5. the Internet
6. an online bulletin board system
7. 2001
8. unknown
9. Yang Hengjun
10. Leave Me Alone: A novel of Chengdu
11. yes
12. young Chinese writers
13. millions
14. post new pieces
15. a tool
16. literary empowerment
17. yes
18. yes
19. three
20. German, French and English