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The king, Banton, stood over his men who were tired from fighting. The dragons were not as tired as the men. He could not let any more pain happen to his men. He ordered the men to run away. The men went to the village. "Everyone must run for the hills."

Charlie, the purple dragon let out a roar, and sent fire into the sky from his mouth. "That's right! Run little man! Run!" Luna and Milkyway, the grey and black dragons, cheered and celebrated the win. The dragons went to the river and started eating berries, and fruits. "Now we celebrate! We have what we want! Now we won't be hungry anymore!" Charlie cheered. "Good things are sure to come from this win over the humans!"

Luna, not so sure, watched the humans running for their lives.

The villagers could only watch the dragons take food from their land, afraid. They went to pack their things. They would need to leave with the king, and his men. There would be no soldiers to protect them from the dragons. Men, women, and children all ran around in confusion trying to get away. Before long, the village was vacated. It was okay; the villagers found a new home in the hills.

1. Who was Banton?
2. He stood over who?
3. Who were?
4. Who was not as tired?
5. He could not let any more what happen?
6. to who?
7. He ordered them to??
8. They ran away to where?
9. Who is charlie?
10. What did he send into the sky?
11. From where?
12. Who is Luna?
13. What did Luna and Milkyway do?
14. They then went where?
15. To do what?
16. What kind?
17. Who was not so sure?
18. What did she do?
19. Who watched the dragons?
20. Watched them do what?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. king
2. his men
3. tired from fighting
4. The dragons
5. pain
6. his men
7. run away
8. the hills
9. purple dragon
10. fire
11. his mouth.
12. grey and black dragon
13. cheered and celebrated
14. the river
15. eat
16. berries and fruits
17. Luna
18. watched the humans running for their lives
19. The villagers
20. take food from their land

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Edmund Halley was an English scientist who lived over 200 years ago. He studied the observations of comets which other scientists had made. The orbit of one particular comet was a very difficult mathematical problem. He could not figure it out. Neither could other scientists who dealt with such problems.

However, Halley had a friend named Isaac Newton, who was a brilliant mathematician. Newton thought he had already worked out that problem, but he could not find the papers on which he had done it. He told Halley that the orbit of a comet had the shape of an ellipse .

Now Halley set to work. He figured out(,)the orbits of some of the comets that had been observed by scientists. He made a surprising discovery. The comets that had appeared in the years 1531, 1607, and 1682 all had the same orbit. Yet their appearance had been 75 to 76 years apart.

This seemed very strange to Halley. Three different comets followed the same orbit. The more Halley thought about it, the more he thought that there had not been three different comets as people thought. He decided that they had simply seen the same comet three times. The comet had gone away and had come back again.

It was an astonishing idea! Halley felt certain to make a prediction of what would happen in the future. He decided that this would appear in the year 1758. There were 53 years to go before Halley's prediction could be tested. In 1758 the comet appeared in the sky. Halley did not see it, for he had died some years before. Ever since then that comet had been called Halley's comet, in his honor.

1. Who is the article about?
2. Was Halley from France?
3. Where was he from?
4. What did he do for a living?
5. Who was Halley's friend?
6. What shape orbit did Newton say comets had?
7. What surprising discovery did Halley make?
8. What prediction did Halley make?
9. Was Halley alive to see it?
10. What was the comet called in his honor?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Edmund Halley
2. no
3. england
4. Studied comets
5. Newton
6. Ellipse
7. Multiple comets had the same orbit
8. The comet would appear 1758
9. no
10. Halley's comet

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Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 37th most populous built-up area, with an official population estimate of 196,670 for the city of Aberdeen and for the local authority area.

Nicknames include the "Granite City", the "Grey City" and the "Silver City with the Golden Sands". During the mid-18th to mid-20th centuries, Aberdeen's buildings incorporated locally quarried grey granite, which can sparkle like silver because of its high mica content. Since the discovery of North Sea oil in the 1970s, other nicknames have been the "Oil Capital of the World" or the "Energy Capital of the World". The area around Aberdeen has been settled since at least 8,000 years ago, when prehistoric villages lay around the mouths of the rivers Dee and Don. The city has a long, sandy coastline and a marine climate, the latter resulting in chilly summers and mild winters.

Aberdeen received Royal Burgh status from David I of Scotland (112453), transforming the city economically. The city's two universities, the University of Aberdeen, founded in 1495, and Robert Gordon University, which was awarded university status in 1992, make Aberdeen the educational centre of the north-east of Scotland. The traditional industries of fishing, paper-making, shipbuilding, and textiles have been overtaken by the oil industry and Aberdeen's seaport. Aberdeen Heliport is one of the busiest commercial heliports in the world and the seaport is the largest in the north-east of Scotland.

1. What is Aberdeen's population?
2. Where does it rank in Scotland?
3. And in the UK?
4. Give me one of its nickname?
5. Is there another one?
6. Name one please?
7. What did Aberdeen buildings comprise of in the mid 18 to mid 20 centuries?
8. What did that do?
9. why?
10. What other nicknames were given to it later on?
11. What are the 2 universities there?
12. The University of Aberdeen was founded in what year?
13. Name one of its heliport?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. about 196,670
2. third
3. 37th
4. Granite City
5. yes
6. Grey City
7. grey granite
8. sparkle
9. because of its high mica content
10. Oil Capital of the World
11. the University of Aberdeen and Robert Gordon University
12. 1495
13. Aberdeen Heliport