Problem: Among a group of middle-aged men and women,who were discussing bringing about quality education ,was a young man dressed in a white shirt.Within minutes, he was called onto the dais .Twenty-two-year-old Babar Ali was surrounded by educators from across India.He was popularly known as the world's youngest head teacher.

The school that Babar started in poor Bhabta village has completely changed.When he was nine years old, he had only eight students in his school.Now the school has 300 students and 10 teachers. The school is called Ananda Siksha Niketan. It is recognized by the West Bengal government.

Today Babar is a student in the morning.He is learning English literature at Berhampore Krishanath College.But he comes home in the afternoon to teach his students.

Baber was discussing education at the National Summit on Quality in Education(NSQE).The meeting was held in Bangalore,capital of Karnataka State in southern India.

"It all started as a game when I used to teach my sister, my first student, in my backyard.Later, some children from the village often came to my classes and that was how the school was born," he said.

His biggest achievement is that six of his students have now started teaching in his school after their college hours.

In another month, Babar's dream of a school building will soon come true.Many people, a large part of whom are from Karnataka,have helped him realize the dream.They have given his school a lot of money.

Although he has received so much attention and recognition ,he is still not _ ."There are people in my village who do not go to schoo1.And there is a long way to go as so many children still need to receive an education,"he says.
1. Who is the passage about?
2. What was Babar doing in the passage?
3. How old is Babar?
4. How many students are in Babar's school?
5. How many teachers?
6. What was Babar famous for?
7. How many students was in Babar's school when he was 9?
8. What is the name of Babar's school?
9. Is the school recognized by the West Bengal government?
10. What was Babar discussing in his speech?
11. Where was the speech held?
12. In what city?
13. What state is that the capital of?
14. Who was Babar's first student?
15. Where did he teach her?
16. Did some children come from the village to his classes?
17. What was Babar's biggest achievement?
18. What happens in a month?
19. Is Babar's mission complete?
20. Why not?
Answer: 1. Babar Ali
2. giving a speech
3. Twenty-two
4. 300
5. 10
6. He was the world's youngest head teacher
7. eight
8. Ananda Siksha Niketan
9. yes
10. education
11. at the National Summit on Quality in Education
12. Bangalore, India
13. Karnataka
14. his sister
15. in his backyard
16. yes
17. six of his students have now started teaching in his school
18. Babar will open a school building
19. no
20. many children still need to receive an education

Problem: CHAPTER IX

A silence ensued, fraught with poignant fear for Helen, as she gazed into Bo's whitening face. She read her sister's mind. Bo was remembering tales of lost people who never were found.

"Me an' Milt get lost every day," said Roy. "You don't suppose any man can know all this big country. It's nothin' for us to be lost."

"Oh!... I was lost when I was little," said Bo.

"Wal, I reckon it'd been better not to tell you so offhand like," replied Roy, contritely. "Don't feel bad, now. All I need is a peek at Old Baldy. Then I'll have my bearin'. Come on."

Helen's confidence returned as Roy led off at a fast trot. He rode toward the westering sun, keeping to the ridge they had ascended, until once more he came out upon a promontory. Old Baldy loomed there, blacker and higher and closer. The dark forest showed round, yellow, bare spots like parks.

"Not so far off the track," said Roy, as he wheeled his horse. "We'll make camp in Milt's senaca to-night."

He led down off the ridge into a valley and then up to higher altitude, where the character of the forest changed. The trees were no longer pines, but firs and spruce, growing thin and exceedingly tall, with few branches below the topmost foliage. So dense was this forest that twilight seemed to have come.

Travel was arduous. Everywhere were windfalls that had to be avoided, and not a rod was there without a fallen tree. The horses, laboring slowly, sometimes sank knee-deep into the brown duff. Gray moss festooned the tree-trunks and an amber-green moss grew thick on the rotting logs.
1. Who was Helen looking at?
2. Was it turning red?
3. What was Bo remembering?
4. About what?
5. Who was talking about getting lost?
6. Who did he say got lost with him?
7. What did Roy say he wanted a peek at?
8. What did Roy ride toward?
9. Did this make Helen feel confident?
10. What was Roy keeping to?
11. Were they ascending it?
12. Where were they going to set up camp?
13. Where exactly?
14. What did the horses do in the duff?
15. What was on the tree trunks?
16. What was on the logs?
17. Were the logs healthy-looking?
18. What kind of logs were they described as?
19. Was the moss growing thick or thin on those logs?
20. What time of day did the denseness of the forest make it seem like?
Answer: 1. Bo's face
2. No
3. Some tales
4. Lost people who never were found
5. Roy initially.
6. Milt
7. Old Baldy.
8. The westering sun,
9. Yes
10. The ridge
11. Yes
12. Yes
13. Milt's senaca
14. They sometimes sank knee-deep
15. Gray moss
16. Amber-green moss
17. No
18. Rotting logs
19. Thick
20. Twilight

Problem: Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is the eldest child and heir apparent of Queen Elizabeth II. Known alternatively in Cornwall as Duke of Cornwall and in Scotland as Duke of Rothesay, he is the longest-serving heir apparent in British history, having held the position since 1952. He is also the oldest person to be next in line to the throne since Sophia of Hanover (the heir presumptive to Queen Anne), who died in 1714 at the age of 83.

Charles was born at Buckingham Palace as the first grandchild of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. He was educated at Cheam and Gordonstoun Schools, which his father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, had attended as a child, as well as the Timbertop campus of Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, Australia. After earning a bachelor of arts degree from Trinity College, Cambridge, Charles served in the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1976.

In 1981, he married Lady Diana Spencer and they had two sons: Prince William (born 1982), later to become Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Harry (born 1984). In 1996, the couple divorced, following well-publicised extramarital affairs. Diana died in a car crash in Paris the following year. In 2005, Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles.
1. What famous person is the article about?
2. Why is he famous?
3. Where was he born?
4. When?
5. Who is his mother?
6. Who are his grandparents?
7. Who was his father?
8. What is the title Prince Philip had before he married?
9. How is Prince Charles known in Cornwall?
10. And in Scotland?
Answer:
1. Charles Philip Arthur George
2. He is the Prince of Wales
3. Buckingham Palace
4. 14 November 1948
5. Queen Elizabeth II
6. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
7. Prince Philip
8. Duke of Edinburgh
9. Duke of Cornwall
10. Duke of Rothesay