question: CHAPTER XXV

MARCHING ORDERS

A silence followed. To Mike, lying in bed, holding his breath, it seemed a long silence. As a matter of fact it lasted for perhaps ten seconds. Then Mr. Wain spoke.

"You have been out, James?"

It is curious how in the more dramatic moments of life the inane remark is the first that comes to us.

"Yes, sir," said Wyatt.

"I am astonished. Exceedingly astonished."

"I got a bit of a start myself," said Wyatt.

"I shall talk to you in my study. Follow me there."

"Yes, sir."

He left the room, and Wyatt suddenly began to chuckle.

"I say, Wyatt!" said Mike, completely thrown off his balance by the events of the night.

Wyatt continued to giggle helplessly. He flung himself down on his bed, rolling with laughter. Mike began to get alarmed.

"It's all right," said Wyatt at last, speaking with difficulty. "But, I say, how long had he been sitting there?"

"It seemed hours. About an hour, I suppose, really."

"It's the funniest thing I've ever struck. Me sweating to get in quietly, and all the time him camping out on my bed!"

"But look here, what'll happen?"

Wyatt sat up.

"That reminds me. Suppose I'd better go down."

"What'll he do, do you think?"

"Ah, now, what!"

"But, I say, it's awful. What'll happen?"

"That's for him to decide. Speaking at a venture, I should say----"

"You don't think----?"

"The boot. The swift and sudden boot. I shall be sorry to part with you, but I'm afraid it's a case of 'Au revoir, my little Hyacinth.' We shall meet at Philippi. This is my Moscow. To-morrow I shall go out into the night with one long, choking sob. Years hence a white-haired bank-clerk will tap at your door when you're a prosperous professional cricketer with your photograph in _Wisden_. That'll be me. Well, I suppose I'd better go down. We'd better all get to bed _some_ time to-night. Don't go to sleep."
1. Where was Mike lying?
2. What was he doing?
3. What did this seem like?
4. A long or short one?
5. How long did it go on?
6. Who said something after it?
7. Was he surprised by something?
8. By what?
9. Where did he want to talk to Wyatt?
10. What did Wyatt do after he left the room?
11. Did he do this for a while?
12. Where did he plop down?
13. How long did Mike say the man had been sitting there?
14. Where were the guys to meet?
15. What did one of the boys say they would go out in the night with?
16. What kind?
17. Who will knock at the door?
18. What kind?
19. What did one of the guys tell the other not to do?
20. How was Wyatt trying to get in?
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answer: 1. In bed
2. Holding his breath
3. Silence
4. Long
5. Perhaps ten seconds.
6. Mr. Wain
7. Yes
8. That Wyatt said he'd been out
9. In his study
10. Began to chuckle
11. Yes
12. On his bed
13. About an hour
14. Philippi
15. A sob
16. Long, choking
17. Bank-clerk
18. A white-haired one
19. Go to sleep.
20. Quietly

question: (CNN) -- Luis Suarez will have to wait until late October to make his debut for Spanish club Barcelona after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) partially upheld the Uruguay star's ban for biting an opponent on Thursday.

The striker was suspended from all football-related activity for four months -- preventing him from even training -- after he bit Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini on the shoulder during a World Cup group game in Brazil in late June, and banned for nine international matches.

Switzerland-based CAS heard the 27-year-old's case last week as he appealed against the punishment imposed by soccer's world governing body FIFA.

Suarez and his legal team had spent five hours before a three-man CAS appeal panel in Lausanne in an attempt to reduce the suspension, but the ban on playing was upheld along with a fine of $111,000.

However, CAS said he is free to take part in other football-related duties "such as training, promotional activities and administrative matters" and confirmed Suarez would be available to play friendly matches for Barcelona and the Uruguay national team during his suspension.

"The CAS Panel found that the sanctions imposed on the player were generally proportionate to the offense committed," the ruling stated.

"It has however considered that the stadium ban and the ban from 'any football-related activity' were excessive given that such measures are not appropriate to sanction the offense committed by the player and would still have an impact on his activity after the end of the suspension."
1. For how long was the striker not allowed to play?
2. On what day did the incident happen?
3. What did he do to another player?
4. Who was the victim?
5. What is his position of play?
6. Where from?
7. And the accused is from?
8. What country banned him first?
9. Where's he from?
10. Where was the victim bitten?
11. During what event?
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answer: 1. for four months
2. on Thursday
3. bit him
4. Giorgio Chiellini
5. defender
6. Italy
7. Barcelona
8. Switzerland
9. Uruguay
10. on the shoulder
11. a World Cup group game

question: Geophysics is a subject of natural science concerned with the physical processes and physical properties of the Earth and its surrounding space environment, and the use of quantitative methods for their analysis. The term "geophysics" sometimes refers only to the geological applications: Earth's shape; its gravitational and magnetic fields; its internal structure and composition; its dynamics and their surface expression in plate tectonics, the generation of magmas, volcanism and rock formation. However, modern geophysics organizations use a broader definition that includes the water cycle including snow and ice; fluid dynamics of the oceans and the atmosphere; electricity and magnetism in the ionosphere and magnetosphere and solar-terrestrial relations; and analogous problems associated with the Moon and other planets.

Although geophysics was only recognized as a separate discipline in the 19th century, its origins date back to ancient times. The first magnetic compasses were made from lodestones, while more modern magnetic compasses played an important role in the history of navigation. The first seismic instrument was built in 132 AD. Isaac Newton applied his theory of mechanics to the tides and the precession of the equinox; and instruments were developed to measure the Earth's shape, density and gravity field, as well as the components of the water cycle. In the 20th century, geophysical methods were developed for remote exploration of the solid Earth and the ocean, and geophysics played an essential role in the development of the theory of plate tectonics.
1. What is the main topic of this article?
2. When was this term recognized as a separate discipline in the sciences?
3. When was it first studied, though without a name?
4. Do modern geophysics include the water cycle as part of this science?
5. Did earlier ones?
6. What was an important part of earlier versions of the compass?
7. Do modern geophysics include the oceans as part of this science?
8. Do modern geophysics include volcanoes as part of this science?
9. What was one type of scientist that was important in the development of the theory of plate tectonic?
10. Do geophysics include magnetic fields as part of this science?
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answer:
1. Geophysics
2. 19th century
3. unknown
4. Yes
5. No
6. unknown
7. Yes
8. Yes
9. Isaac Newton
10. Yes