Q: A rocket began countdown . It was a common sound in the 1960s. But this was not just another countdown. It was the beginning of a historic event. It was the countdown of Apollo 11 -the space fligh that would carry men to the first landing on the moon.

In the spaceship at the top of the rocket were three American astronauts whose names would soon be known around the world: Neil Armstrong. Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins.

Neil Armstrong was the commander of the spaceship. Edwin Aldrin was the pilot of the moon lander. The astronauts gave it the name the Eagle. Michael Collins was the pilot of the command module , Columbia. He would wait in orbit around the moon while Armstrong and Aldrin landed and explored the surface.

On Earth, all activity seemed to stop. President Richard Nixon gave federal government workers the day off to watch the moon landing on television. Around the world, 500 million people watched the television report. Countless millions more listened on their radios.

Armstrong and Aldrin started the lander rocket engine. It slowed the spacecraft and sent it down toward the landing place. It was in an area known as the "Sea of Tranquility ".

The moon lander, controlled by a computer, dropped toward the airless surface of the moon. 140 meters from the surface, the astronauts look control of the lander from the computer. They moved the Eagle forward, away from a very rocky area that might have caused a difficult landing.

It took the astronauts more than three hours to complete the preparations for leaving the lander. It was difficult - in the Eagle's small space - to get into space suits that would protect them on the moon's surface.

Finally, Armstrong and Aldrin were ready. They opened the door. Armstrong went out first and moved slowly down the ladder. At 2:56 on July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong put his foot on the moon.

"That's one small step for man,"he said, "one giant leap for mankind."

Answer the following questions:
1. Which astronauts were on the spaceship?
2. which spaceship?
3. who was piloting?
4. Who was commander?
5. what was so special about this flight?
6. who was pilot of the command module?
7. did he also explore the moon's surface?
8. what did he do?
9. who did get out and walk on the moon?
10. who got the day off that day?
11. how many watched it on TV?
12. who was president?
13. What area did the spaceship land?
14. how long did they prepare to leave the craft?
15. who went out first?
16. what was the exact time?
17. Did he say something?
18. where was the spacecraft moved from after initial landing?
19. what did they wear to protect them from the moon's atmosphere?
20. was the moon lander being manipulated by a computer?
A: 1. Neil Armstrong. Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins
2. Apollo 11
3. Edwin Aldrin
4. Neil Armstrong
5. It was the space flight that would carry men to the first landing on the moon
6. Michael Collins
7. No
8. He waited in orbit around the moon
9. Armstrong and Aldrin
10. federal government workers
11. 500 million people
12. Richard Nixon
13. in an area known as the "Sea of Tranquility "
14. more than three hours
15. Armstrong
16. 2:56 on July 20th, 1969
17. He said, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
18. It was moved away from a very rocky area that might have caused a difficult landing
19. space suits
20. Yes
Q: Yangon, Myanmar (CNN) -- When Burmese commuters have an accident they don't dial 911 or any ordinary emergency service.

They call the country's version of Marlon Brando, a heartthrob in the 1980s and 90s who turned his back on the film industry to run a fleet of ambulances and bury the nation's dead.

A household name in Myanmar, which is also known as Burma, Kyaw Thu has starred in more than 200 films, and even took home a Myanmar Academy Award in 1994 for best actor in "Da-Byi-Thu Ma Shwe Hta."

He followed it up with best director for "Amay No Bo" in 2003, but by then his head had already been turned by the story of an old woman left to die alone in hospital.

"The doctor warned the patient's family that she was close to death. After that they disappeared. A few days later she passed away -- so this dead body had no owner," Kyaw Thu told CNN at this office on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar's largest city.

He later found out that the woman's family couldn't afford a funeral service. At the time, it wasn't uncommon; poor families would often sneak out in the dead of night to bury their dead, he said.

And so began the Free Funeral Service Society, founded in collaboration with multi-award winning late Burmese writer and director Thukha, which now also provides a free library, education, medical, dental care and disaster relief.

From films to funerals

Kyaw Thu's decision to leave the film industry wasn't entirely his own. In 2007, he was arrested and later banned from the film industry after being accused of supporting the Saffron Revolution.

Answer the following questions:
1. what is Myanmar also known as?
2. who is the Marlon Brandon version there?
3. when was he arrested?
4. what happened to the woman's family?
5. why was he banned from the industry?
6. did the woman die?
7. did he direct movies?
8. did he win an award for it?
9. when?
10. what movie?
11. what award?
A:
1. Burma
2. Kyaw Thu
3. 2007
4. hey disappeared.
5. as he was accused of supporting the Saffron Revolution.
6. yes
7. yes
8. yes
9. 2003
10. Amay No Bo
11. best director