Q: Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer. One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room. Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was proud of his invention and dreamed of arrived at the party on wheels while playing the violin. On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down, breaking into pieces. Merlin's idea was so good that nobody forgot his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a way to stop his roller skates?

Answer the following questions:
1. When roller-skating became known to people?
2. Is it fun?
3. Is it easy now?
4. What about in earlier times?
5. Who made it easier?
6. What he used to do in his free time?
7. And?
8. What others used to call him?
9. When he made roller-skate what problem he had initially?
10. When he tried what happened?
11. What happened to the mirror?
12. But did his idea caught people's attention?
A: 1. 1750
2. yes
3. yes
4. no
5. Joseph Merlin
6. make things
7. play the violin
8. dreamer
9. no way to stop
10. ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall
11. it broke
12. yes
Q: It was Saturday and it was nice outside. I did not have school and my mom did not have work. When I woke up we ate breakfast and got ready for the day. My mom started to clean up the house so I went up to my room to play with my toys. My mom came upstairs and told me, "If you clean up your room there is a great surprise in it for you." I was very excited about what the surprise was but not very excited to clean my room. My mom left and closed the door. I looked around and saw how messy my room was. And I really did not want to clean it. So what I did was pick up all my stuff in my room and put it all in my closet. It did not take me very long so I hung out in my room for a little bit longer before heading downstairs to the basement to tell my mom I was ready for my surprise. She came upstairs to see how I did and immediately saw what I did. She was not happy about it. She said, "You either do it right, or Ill do it right and you won't get a surprise." That was enough to make me clean my room right. Finally, my mom told me the surprise when I was all finished. She told me we were going out to the park! But by the time we got there, I could only play for a little bit before it started getting dark. I wished I would have cleaned my room right the first time so I had more time at the park.

Answer the following questions:
1. What day was it?
2. How was it outside?
3. Didhe have school?
4. How about his mom?
5. What did they do in the morning?
6. what else?
7. What did mom do?
8. What did you do?
9. why?
10. Where did mom go?
11. Why?
12. What?
13. How did you feel?
14. about what?
15. Where did mom go?
16. Where did you put your stuff?
17. Did it take long?
18. Did mom see the room?
19. Was she happy?
20. What did she say?
A: 1. Saturday
2. nice
3. no
4. no
5. ate breakfast
6. got ready for the day
7. clean
8. went to my room
9. to play with my toys
10. upstairs
11. to tell me something
12. "If you clean up your room there is a great surprise in it for you
13. excited
14. the surprise
15. she left
16. In the closet
17. no
18. yes
19. no
20. You either do it right, or Ill do it right and you won't get a surprise
Q: (CNN) -- Saudi Arabia's quest for a fourth Asian Cup title, and first since 1996, is over after they slumped to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Jordan in Doha on Thursday.

A mistake from goalkeeper Waleed Abdullah sealed Saudi Arabia's fate, as the kingdom slumped to their second successive defeat following their surprise 2-1 loss to Syria on Sunday.

Last weekend's defeat saw the instant dismissal of Portuguese coach Jose Peseiro, but his replacement Nasser Al Johar failed to get the victory the Saudi's needed to keep their tournament alive, despite making four changes to his side.

An ominous sign for the 2022 World Cup?

The only goal of the game came three minutes before half-time against the run of play.

There looked no danger when Baha Abdelrahman floated in a cross from the right hand side, but Abdullah completely misjudged the flight of the ball and could only watch on in horror as it looped into the net.

Despite the shock nature of their exit, Al Johar was philosophical about the defeat. "We played very well and we created opportunities to score, especially in the second half," he told reporters.

"But we were not lucky and this is football. Maybe we'll do better in the future," he added.

The result means Saudi Arabia become the first team to bow out of the competition and puts Jordan level on points with Japan at the top of the group.

Meanwhile, Group B favorites Japan claimed a hard fought 2-1 win over Syria in the day's other match to move onto four points after their two matches.

Answer the following questions:
1. what is story about
2. what year is world cup
3. who was the first teanm to bough out
4. did Saudi Arabia win the cup
5. who were group b favorites
6. how many minutes beefore half time
7. what day was the match played
8. who failed to get victory
9. who floated in a cross from the right hand side
10. who was Portuguese coach
A:
1. quest for a fourth Asian Cup title
2. 2022 World Cup
3. Saudi Arabia
4. no
5. Japan
6. three minutes
7. Thursday.
8. Nasser Al Johar failed to get the victory
9. Baha Abdelrahman
10. Jose Peseiro