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Shanghai is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of China and the most populous city proper in the world with a population of more than 24 million . It is a global financial centre and transport hub, with the world's busiest container port. Located in the Yangtze River Delta, it sits on the south edge of the estuary of the Yangtze in the middle portion of the East China coast. The municipality borders the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the north, south and west, and is bounded to the east by the East China Sea.

As a major administrative, shipping and trading city, Shanghai grew in importance in the 19th century due to trade and recognition of its favourable port location and economic potential. The city was one of five treaty ports forced open to foreign trade following the British victory over China in the First Opium War. The subsequent 1842 Treaty of Nanking and 1844 Treaty of Whampoa allowed the establishment of the Shanghai International Settlement and the French Concession. The city then flourished as a centre of commerce between China and other parts of the world (predominantly Western countries), and became the primary financial hub of the Asia-Pacific region in the 1930s. However, with the Communist Party takeover of the mainland in 1949, trade was limited to other socialist countries, and the city's global influence declined. In the 1990s, the economic reforms introduced by Deng Xiaoping resulted in an intense re-development of the city, aiding the return of finance and foreign investment to the city.

1. What is next to Shanghai on the east?
2. And one of the provinces on the the other sides?
3. And another?
4. What is its population?
5. What river is close to it?
6. After what event was it open to foreign trade?
7. Were there some treaties after that?
8. What was one of them?
9. And another?
10. When did the Communist Party come in?
11. What happened to international trade then?
12. Did it ever have a resurgence?
13. When?
14. Who was in charge then?
15. In the first place, what was one of the reasons for its growht?
16. How many ports had to open after the Opium War?
17. What did Deng Xiaoping do that let to better trade?
18. Can you name one thing that those two treaties we mentioned allowed?
19. Name another?
20. When did Shanghai become the most important financial center in its area?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. East China Sea.
2. Jiangsu
3. Zhejiang
4. more than 24 million
5. Yangtze
6. The British defeated China in the First Opium War
7. yes
8. the 1842 Treaty of Nanking
9. 1844 Treaty of Whampoa
10. 1949
11. it was limited
12. yes
13. in the 1990s
14. Deng Xiaoping
15. it had a favorable port location and economic potential
16. Five
17. economic reforms
18. the establishment of the Shanghai International Settlement
19. the French Concession
20. the 1930s

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An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 600 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably "Lithocarpus" (stone oaks), as well as in those of unrelated species such as "Grevillea robusta" (silky oaks) and the Casuarinaceae (she-oaks). The genus "Quercus" is native to the Northern Hemisphere, and includes deciduous and evergreen species extending from cool temperate to tropical latitudes in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and North Africa. North America contains the largest number of oak species, with approximately 90 occurring in the United States, while Mexico has 160 species of which 109 are endemic. The second greatest center of oak diversity is China, which contains approximately 100 species.

Oaks have spirally arranged leaves, with lobate margins in many species; some have serrated leaves or entire leaf with smooth margins. Also, the acorns contain tannic acid, as do the leaves, which helps to guard from fungi and insects. Many deciduous species are marcescent, not dropping dead leaves until spring. In spring, a single oak tree produces both male flowers (in the form of catkins) and small female flowers. The fruit is a nut called an acorn or oak nut borne in a cup-like structure known as a cupule; each acorn contains one seed (rarely two or three) and takes 618 months to mature, depending on their species. The live oaks are distinguished for being evergreen, but are not actually a distinct group and instead are dispersed across the genus.

1. What family is the oak in?
2. How many species are there?
3. How are their leaves arranged?
4. What is their "fruit"?
5. Called what
6. How many seeds are usually in an acorn?
7. Can there be more than one?
8. What chemical is in an acorn?
9. How does that help the tree?
10. Are all oaks deciduous?
11. Which species isn't?
12. Are they a distinct group?
13. Are there oaks in Australia?
14. How many types of oaks are in the US?
15. And in Mexico?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. beech family
2. 600
3. spirally arranged
4. a nut
5. acorn
6. One
7. Yes
8. tannic acid
9. helps to guard from fungi and insects
10. No
11. evergreen species
12. No
13. unknown
14. approximately 90
15. 160

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The University of Southern California (USC or SC) is a private research university located in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1880, it is the oldest private research university in California. USC has historically educated a large number of the region's business leaders and professionals. In recent decades, the university has also leveraged its location in Los Angeles to establish relationships with research and cultural institutions throughout Asia and the Pacific Rim. An engine for economic activity, USC contributes $8 billion annually to the economy of the Los Angeles metropolitan area and California.

For the 201415 academic year, there were 18,740 students enrolled in four-year undergraduate programs. USC also has 23,729 graduate and professional students in a number of different programs, including business, law, engineering, social work, and medicine. The university is one of the top fundraising institutions in the world, consistently ranking among the top 3 in external contributions and alumni giving rates. Multiple academic rankings list the University of Southern California as being among the top 25 universities in the United States. With an acceptance rate of 16 percent, USC is also among the most selective academic institutions in the nation.

USC maintains a strong tradition of innovation and entrepreneurship, with alumni having founded companies such as Lucasfilm, Myspace, Salesforce.com, Intuit, Qualcomm, Box, Tinder, and Riot Games. As of 2014, the university has produced the fourth largest number of billionaire alumni out of all undergraduate institutions in the world.

1. what is it's acceptance rate?
2. what is the abbreviation used for it?
3. how many graduate and professional students do they have?
4. are they all in the same program?
5. how many programs are mentioned?
6. what are they?
7. when was it founded?
8. what is it's tradition?
9. how many companies have alumni created?
10. name a few.
11. has it creaed millionaires or billionaires?
12. since when?
13. where is it located?
14. is it a public school?
15. what kind of relationships has it built in LA?
16. are these in the US?
17. where then?
18. how much does it contribute to the economy?
19. is this to the nation?
20. what is it top for in the world?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. 16 percent
2. USC or SC
3. 23,729
4. no
5. Five
6. business, law, engineering, social work, and medicine.
7. 1880
8. innovation and entrepreneurship
9. Eight
10. Lucasfilm, Myspace, Salesforce.com, Intuit, Qualcomm
11. billionaires
12. 2014,
13. Los Angeles, California.
14. no
15. with research and cultural institutions
16. NO
17. Asia and the Pacific Rim
18. $8 billion
19. no
20. fundraising