Q: One year ago Bertha and Grace became close friends at a college in Dartmouth. One day, Bertha said that her aunt Margaret had invited her to spend the summer holiday with her. And they would have picnics and parties as well. But Grace told Bertha that she planned to stay in Clarkman's bookstore until the new term began. Grace had to do something to feed herself because her parents died many years ago. Bertha watched her friend's pale face. Just then she got a good idea. The next day when Grace came back, Bertha showed her an invitation letter from her aunt Margaret. "Grace, would you like to spend your holiday with us? I will help you find a part-time job in our town." Grace cried after reading it. "Grace, please spend the holiday with me, or Margaret will be disappointed . I want you to be happy," Bertha said. The holiday quickly passed by, and finally one letter from Margaret came to Bertha. "Bertha, Grace is the sweetest girl in the world, and I am very grateful to you for sending her here."

1. at college
2. Dartmouth
3. Grace did
4. Clarkman's bookstore
5. stay with her Aunt Margaret
6. Have picnics and parties
7. yes
8. Yes
9. Found a job.
10. Aunt Margaret
11. Yes
12. Yes

Numbered questions:
1. Where did Grace and Bertha meet?
2. which college?
3. Did either of them have a job for the summer?
4. Where did she work?
5. What was Bertha going ot do over the summer?
6. What was she going to do there?
7. Was Grace invited too?
8. Did she want to go?
9. How was she able to go?
10. who helped her find a job?
11. Did Aunt Margaret enjoy the visit from Grace?
12. Did Aunt Margaret stay in touch after the holiday?

Q: Consumer electronics once again topped the list of the most wanted gifts this holiday season. "Seventy-six percent of consumers who plan to buy holiday gifts say that they will spend money or buy at least one technology product; definitely a solid vote of confidence for technology." Steve Koenig is with the Consumer Electronics Association. He says the group's latest research also shows that Americans this year are spending more on technology products. " " From tablet computers to smart phones, American shoppers have been lining up to get the newest and coolest electronic devices on the market. There are more choices today than ever before. "It's kind of hard to make a decision." Tablet computers are one of the best-selling products this year. Brian Tong is Senior Editor of CNET.com. The website reports on tech news and examines the latest electronic products. He says the Apple iPad Mini is one of the most popular tablets. Its starting price is $329. One of Apple's biggest competitors is the Google Nexus 7. It starts at $199. " is more powerful than what's in the iPad Mini, but also it offers you a lot of things like maps that work better than Apple's maps. But Brian Tong says there is one reason why people may like the iPad Mini more than the Nexus 7. "If you just want to read books and surf the Internet, you don't really need to get an iPad Mini, but if you want the largest robust group of apps that's where the iPad and Apple's ecosystem shines the most." Elman Chacon is with the electronics store Best Buy. He says another hot product this season is smart cameras. They connect to the Internet through WiFi. This makes it easy for users to email or upload photographs directly from the camera. "You can literally take a picture and upload it into your Facebook in a matter of seconds. These things are pretty cool because they do a lot of things." Streaming media boxes also connect to the Internet. People are able to watch web content such as movies and YouTube videos on their televisions. Another popular item is wireless speaker systems. The newest ones work with any device that has Bluetooth technology, including smart phones, laptops and tablets.

1. Consumer electronics
2. Seventy-six
3. Steve Koenig
4. Brian Tong
5. unknown
6. Google Nexus 7
7. Google Nexus 7
8. Best Buy
9. Internet
10. through WiFi

Numbered questions:
1. What topped the holiday list once again?
2. What percentage of shoppers voted for it?
3. Who claims US people are spending more on tech products?
4. Who is Senior Editor of CNET.com?
5. What starts at $7.99?
6. It works better than which maps?
7. What starts at $199?
8. Who is Elman Chacon with?
9. What do streaming media boxes attache to?
10. How do they connect to the internet?

Q: Microsoft Word is a word processor developed by Microsoft. It was first released on October 25, 1983 under the name "Multi-Tool Word" for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS (1983), Apple Macintosh running Classic Mac OS (1985), AT&T Unix PC (1985), Atari ST (1988), OS/2 (1989), Microsoft Windows (1989), SCO Unix (1994), and macOS (2001). Commercial versions of Word are licensed as a standalone product or as a component of Microsoft Office, Windows RT or the discontinued Microsoft Works suite. Microsoft Word Viewer and Office Online are freeware editions of Word with limited features.

In 1981, Microsoft hired Charles Simonyi, the primary developer of Bravo, the first GUI word processor, which was developed at Xerox PARC. Simonyi started work on a word processor called "Multi-Tool Word" and soon hired Richard Brodie, a former Xerox intern, who became the primary software engineer.

Microsoft announced Multi-Tool Word for Xenix and MS-DOS in 1983. Its name was soon simplified to "Microsoft Word". Free demonstration copies of the application were bundled with the November 1983 issue of "PC World", making it the first to be distributed on-disk with a magazine. That year Microsoft demonstrated Word running on Windows.

1. Charles Simony
2. developer
3. Bravo
4. first GUI word processor
5. a word processor
6. PC World
7. November 1983
8. IBM PCs running DOS (1983), Apple Macintosh running Classic Mac OS (1985),
9. 1983
10. Microsoft Word is a word processor developed by Microsoft. It was first released on October 25, 1983 under the name "Multi-Tool Word" for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS (1983), Apple Macintosh running Classic Mac OS (1985), AT&T Unix PC (1985), Atari ST (1988), OS/2 (1989), Microsoft Windows (1989), SCO Unix (1994), and macOS (2001). Commercial versions of Word are licensed as a standalone product or as a component of Microsoft Office, Windows RT or the discontinued Microsoft Works suite. Microsoft Word Viewer and Office Online are freeware editions of Word with limited features.
11. Multi-Tool Word
12. Richard Brodie
13. Xerox
14. primary software engineer
15. Multi-Tool Word for Xenix and MS-DOS
16. Microsoft Office, Windows RT or the discontinued Microsoft Works suite
17. Microsoft Word Viewer and Office Online
18. No
19. macOS
20. Microsoft Windows

Numbered questions:
1. Who did they hire in 1981?
2. What did he do?
3. what did he develope?
4. what is that?
5. What is Microsoft word?
6. What magazine were distributed demo copies?
7. when?
8. Name a few other platforms that it was written for later.
9. when was it first released?
10. what month?
11. what was it called?
12. who did Simonyi hire?
13. where was he from?
14. what was he there?
15. what did Microsof announce in 1983?
16. what versions are licensed?
17. which ones are freeware editions?
18. do they have unlimited features?
19. what platform was it released on in 2001?
20. and what year did it demonstrate word on windows?