A large book NBA star Yao Ming's English autography will come out in New York, US , this month. It is called "Yao: A Life in Two Worlds." It talks about his first year in the NBA. Yao wrote it with a US report. Alicia's Coming American singer Alicia Keys,23, will be in the "Wall of Hope" concert with other stars, on the Great Wall, in Beijing, on September 25. The R& B singer is a five-time Grammy winner. Top singing award Taiwanese singer Jay Chou, 25, won Best Male singer at the Fourth Chinese Music Billboard Awards , in Taipei, on Saturday. Football winners the Chinese under-17 football team is No. 1 in Asia. They won the Asian U-17 Championship in Japan on Saturday. They beat the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1-0. After 85 minutes, Wang Weilong shot the only goal. They took the cup for the first time in 12 years. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Whose autography is coming out?
2. In what city?
3. Is Ming with the NFL?
4. What then?
5. What is the title of the book?
6. How old was Alicia Keys?
7. What's the name of the concert?
8. Where will it be held?
9. In what city?
10. On what date?
11. How many Grammys has Keys won?
12. What kind of singer is she?
13. Will she join other singers at this concert?
14. What nationality is she?
15. How old is Chou?
16. What is his first name?
17. What award did he win?
18. At what ceremony?
19. Where was it held?
20. On what day?
Answer: 1. Yao Ming
2. New York
3. No
4. NBA
5. Yao: A Life in Two Worlds
6. 23
7. Wall of Hope
8. Great Wall
9. Beijing
10. September 25
11. five
12. R& B
13. yes
14. American
15. 25
16. Jay
17. Best Male singer
18. Chinese Music Billboard Awards
19. Taipei
20. Saturday

Soon after the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, London merchants presented a petition to Queen Elizabeth I for permission to sail to the Indian Ocean. The permission was granted, and despite the defeat of the English Armada in 1589, on 10 April 1591 three ships sailed from Torbay around the Cape of Good Hope to the Arabian Sea on one of the earliest English overseas Indian expeditions. One of them, Edward Bonventure, then sailed around Cape Comorin and on to the Malay Peninsula and subsequently returned to England in 1594.

This time they succeeded, and on 31 December 1600, the Queen granted a Royal Charter to "George, Earl of Cumberland, and 215 Knights, Aldermen, and Burgesses" under the name, Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading with the East Indies. For a period of fifteen years the charter awarded the newly formed company a monopoly on trade with all countries east of the Cape of Good Hope and west of the Straits of Magellan. Sir James Lancaster commanded the first East India Company voyage in 1601 and returned in 1603. and in March 1604 Sir Henry Middleton commanded the second voyage. General William Keeling, a captain during the second voyage, led the third voyage from 1607 to 1610. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who did business people in London bring a petition to?
2. Did the petition involve an ocean?
3. Which one?
4. Did the petition involved sailing?
5. Was the petition approved?
6. How many ships set sail from Torbay?
7. In what year?
8. In what month?
9. On what day of the month?
10. When was the English Armada defeated?
11. Did the ships from Torbay travel around something?
12. What?
13. To where?
14. Who took a trip around Cape Comorin?
15. And what was his next stop?
16. Did he then go back to England?
17. In what year?
18. What year was a Royal Charter given?
19. Who granted it?
20. Who was in charge of the first trip of East India Company?
Answer: 1. Queen Elizabeth I
2. yes
3. the Indian Ocean
4. yes
5. yes
6. three
7. 1591
8. April
9. the tenth
10. 1589
11. yes
12. the Cape of Good Hope
13. the Arabian Sea
14. Edward Bonventure
15. the Malay Peninsula
16. yes
17. 1594
18. 1600
19. the Queen
20. Sir James Lancaster

CHAPTER XIII: Lightfoot And Paddy Become Partners

The instant Lightfoot saw Paddy the Beaver he knew that for the time being, at least, there was no danger. He knew that Paddy is one of the shyest of all the little people of the Green Forest and that when he is found working in the daytime it means that he has been undisturbed for a long time; otherwise he would work only at night.

Paddy saw Lightfoot almost as soon as he stepped out on the bank. He kept right on swimming with the branch of a poplar-tree until he reached his food pile, which, you know, is in the water. There he forced the branch down until it was held by other branches already sunken in the pond. This done, he swam over to where Lightfoot was watching. "Hello, Lightfoot!" he exclaimed. "You are looking handsomer than ever. How are you feeling these fine autumn days?"

"Anxious," replied Lightfoot. "I am feeling terribly anxious. Do you know what day this is?"

"No," replied Paddy, "I don't know what day it is, and I don't particularly care. It is enough for me that it is one of the finest days we've had for a long time."

"I wish I could feel that way," said Lightfoot wistfully. "I wish I could feel that way, Paddy, but I can't. No, Sir, I can't. You see, this is the first of the most dreadful days in all the year for me. The hunters started looking for me before Mr. Sun was really out of bed. At least one hunter did, and I don't doubt there are others. I fooled that one, but from now to the end of the hunting season there will not be a single moment of daylight when I will feel absolutely safe." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What kind of animal is Paddy?
2. How many characters are speaking in this passage?
3. Who is the other?
4. Is Lightfoot excited about the day?
5. How does he feel?
6. Is Paddy an extrovert?
7. Where does he live?
8. Does Lightfoot feel safe when he sees paddy?
9. What was Paddy doing?
10. Does he usually work during the day?
11. What kind of tree branch was Paddy carrying?
12. Where is his food pile?
13. Who approached who at that point?
14. Is it springtime?
15. What is it?
16. What does Paddy think of his friend's appearance?
Answer:
1. Beaver
2. Two
3. Lightfoot
4. No
5. Anxious
6. No
7. Green Forest
8. Yes
9. working in the daytime
10. No
11. poplar
12. in the water
13. Paddy approached Lightfoot
14. No
15. autumn
16. That he looked handsomer than ever