Question: Jack and Mike are on holiday in France. Mike loves visiting old buildings. Jack likes, too. In the village Jack and Mike see a beautiful old church, but when they come into the church, some people are there. They don't know what the people are doing. "Oh! Just sit quietly, and do like the others!" Mike says. Because they don't really know French, so they stand, kneel, and sit to follow other people. Then the priest says something. The man next to Jack and Mike stands up. "We should stand up, too!" Jack whispers to Mike. So, Jack and Mike stand up with the man. Suddenly, all the people smile! After that, Jack and Mike walk to the priest. "What's so funny?" Jack asks in English. With a smile on his face the priest says, "Boys, there is a new baby born, we ask the father to stand up." Mike smiles and says, "We should understand what people do before we do like them. " 1. what country is mentioned?
2. who is there?
3. are they there for work?
4. why are they there?
5. does they enjoy something?
6. what?
7. did the find one to visit?
8. was it unsightly?
9. what did it house?
10. was it empty?
11. who was there?
12. Is someone addressing the group?
13. who?
14. did everyone stay seated?
15. who stood?
16. anyone else?
17. did they speak the language?
18. why did the other gentleman stand?
19. who's dad was he? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. France
2. Jack and Mike
3. No
4. they are on holiday
5. Yes
6. visiting old buildings
7. Yes
8. No
9. a church
10. No
11. some people
12. Yes
13. a priest
14. No
15. The man next to Jack and Mike
16. Jack and Mike
17. No
18. he was the father
19. the new baby

Question: Stephen Hawking was one of the most famous scientists in this century. He was born in 1942. He's a world well-known on space and time. Stephen is researching some very big questions, such as: How did the universe begin? How will it end? Stephen was a student at Oxford University. He studied math and science. Then, at the age of twenty, he became sick. He was so young, but the doctors said to his family, "He has only two more years to live." As a matter of fact, the doctors were wrong---- he didn't die. He can't walk now but he uses a wheelchair . He can't feed himself and get in or out of bed himself. But he refused to give in to the condition. He talks with the help of a computer. After Oxford, Stephen went to Cambridge University. Three years later, in 1965, he became a doctor of philosophy . Because of his serious health problems, it was difficult for him to draw diagrams or to write. So he started to think in pictures. With this new way of thinking, he became one of the most famous scientists in the world. In 1991, he met the Pope in Rome. They talked about his ideas. Then in 1998, he wrote his first important book, A Brief History of Time. It sold more than 5.5 million copies in 33 different languages. He was once invited to China, he impressed us with his self-confidence, humorous and witty conversation. 1. When was it written?
2. What was it titled?
3. How many sold?
4. In how many languages?
5. How old was he when he got his disease?
6. What was his life expectancy?
7. Were the physicians correct?
8. Where was he educated before Cambridge?
9. Who did he meet in Italy?
10. What did they discuss?
11. What fascinated the Chinese?
12. What year did he being attending Cambridge?
13. How did he think?
14. What year did he travel to Italy?
15. Who was born in 1942?
16. What did he refuse to do?
17. What does a computer assist him with? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. 1998
2. A Brief History of Time
3. 5.5 million
4. 33 different languages
5. 20
6. 2 more years to live.
7. No.
8. Oxford
9. The Pope
10. Hawkin's ideas
11. Hawkin's self-confidence, humorous and witty conversation
12. 1962
13. In pictures
14. 1991
15. Stephen Hawking
16. Refused to get into his disease
17. To talk

Question: Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin and the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States. The county seat of Milwaukee County, it is on Lake Michigan's western shore. Ranked by estimated 2014 population, Milwaukee was the 31st largest city in the United States. The city's estimated population in 2015 was 600,155. Milwaukee is the main cultural and economic center of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. It is also part of the larger Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha combined statistical area, which had an estimated population of 2,026,243 in the 2010 census.

The first Europeans to pass through the area were French Catholic missionaries and fur traders. In 1818, the French Canadian explorer Solomon Juneau settled in the area, and in 1846, Juneau's town combined with two neighboring towns to incorporate as the city of Milwaukee. Large numbers of German immigrants helped increase the city's population during the 1840s, with Poles and other immigrants arriving in the following decades.

Milwaukee is known for its brewing traditions. The city is experiencing its largest construction boom since the 1960s. Major new additions to the city in the past two decades include the Milwaukee Riverwalk, the Wisconsin Center, Miller Park, an expansion to the Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, and Pier Wisconsin, as well as major renovations to the UWMilwaukee Panther Arena. The under-construction Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center is scheduled to open in 2018. 1. What is the name of this town?
2. Where is that?
3. Where is that located?
4. How many people live there?
5. When?
6. What does that rank it at?
7. Who arrived there first?
8. Where they the first Asians to arrive?
9. Where were they from?
10. What nationality were they?
11. Who was the first explorer to stay put?
12. When was this?
13. When did it join other towns?
14. What did they call it then?
15. Who arrived during this time?
16. Which kind?
17. Who else?
18. What is it famous for?
19. What is happening there now?
20. What is opening this year? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Milwaukee
2. Wisconsin
3. United States
4. 600,155.
5. 2015
6. 31st largest
7. missionaries and fur traders.
8. no'
9. europe
10. French
11. Solomon Juneau
12. 1818
13. 1846
14. Milwaukee
15. immigrants
16. German
17. Poles
18. brewing traditions
19. construction boom
20. Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center