Problem: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (; ; 28 June 1712 2 July 1778) was a Francophone Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century. His political philosophy influenced the Enlightenment in France and across Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the overall development of modern political and educational thought.

Rousseau's novel "Emile, or On Education" is a treatise on the education of the whole person for citizenship. His sentimental novel "Julie, or the New Heloise" was of importance to the development of pre-romanticism and romanticism in fiction. Rousseau's autobiographical writingshis "Confessions", which initiated the modern autobiography, and his "Reveries of a Solitary Walker"exemplified the late 18th-century movement known as the "Age of Sensibility", and featured an increased focus on subjectivity and introspection that later characterized modern writing. His "Discourse on Inequality" and "The Social Contract" are cornerstones in modern political and social thought.

During the period of the French Revolution, Rousseau was the most popular of the philosophes among members of the Jacobin Club. He was interred as a national hero in the Pantheon in Paris, in 1794, 16 years after his death.

Rousseau was born in Geneva, which was at the time a city-state and a Protestant associate of the Swiss Confederacy. Since 1536, Geneva had been a Huguenot republic and the seat of Calvinism. Five generations before Rousseau, his ancestor Didier, a bookseller who may have published Protestant tracts, had escaped persecution from French Catholics by fleeing to Geneva in 1549, where he became a wine merchant.
1. Who was Rousseau?
2. Did he write a book?
3. What was one of them called?
4. What was the other one called?
5. Is there a sentimental novel?
6. What's it called?
7. Is one autobiographical?
8. What's it called?
9. What movement is discussed in Reveries?
10. Was he a national herO/
11. in what country?
12. what city?
13. what year?
14. how long after his death?
15. where was he born?
16. what was it an associate of?
17. who is Didier?
18. what was his occupation?
19. was he persecujted?
20. When did he flee?
Answer: 1. a philosopher, writer, and composer
2. yes
3. "Emile, or On Education"
4. "Reveries of a Solitary Walker"
5. yes
6. "Julie, or the New Heloise"
7. yes
8. "Confessions"
9. subjectivity and introspection
10. yes
11. France
12. Paris
13. 1794
14. 16 years
15. Geneva
16. the Swiss Confederacy
17. an ancestor of Rousseau
18. a bookseller
19. yes
20. 1549

Problem: Perfect Presents David is going to American to stay with his penfriend, Chris.David wants to take some presents with him. Chris lives in New York with his parents and his two sisters.We both love sports, especially (,)football and basketball. My mum thinks it is a good idea to take presents for all the family.So here I am on a shopping trip with my mum. I know what I want for Chris.I am buying him a football shirt.He is a big Chelsea fan .It's expensive but it's the perfect present.Mum has good ideas about what to buy for Chris's parents.She suggests some typical English foods like tea and marmalade .We find a great shop.It has just what we want.Mum also buys them a photo of London. That just leaves Chris's sisters.We go to a toy shop and I see some beautiful teddy bears.They are all in different colours and say "Greetings from London." They are perfect.Now I'm ready for my holiday.
1. Who is going to America?
2. did he want to take something?
3. What was it?
4. Who does his friend live with?
5. What is he doing with his mom?
6. Who is a big admirer?
7. what does he wish to get for his friend?
8. Do they locate a store?
9. What does his mother purchase?
10. For who?
11. What did they purchase for the girls?
12. What did they say?
13. Were they happy with them?
14. What's he ready for?
15. what kind of store did they purchase from for the girls?
Answer: 1. David
2. Yes
3. Presents
4. His parents
5. Shopping
6. unknown
7. a football shirt
8. Yes
9. a photo of London.
10. Chris's parents
11. Teddy bears
12. Greetings from London
13. Yes
14. His holiday
15. A toy shop

Problem: What would you do if you found a snake in your house? Many people might be afraid or try to kill it. However, if you live in North Carolina in the USA, one thing you can do is to call the Snake Catchers. The Snake Catchers are four men who love snakes, even poisonous ones. Their newspaper advertisement says, "Snake Catchers: free snake removal Please do not kill them -- Call us. " The Snake Catchers, who started their service in 1998, don't charge anything for helping people. "We do this as a hobby," explained Fred Johnson, one of the Snake Catchers. Because of their love of snakes, the Snake Catchers try to keep them alive. "One man asked us to kill a python , so he could make a pair of boots from the skin. We refused, because we like snakes, and we don't want to see them killed, " said Fred. Some of the snakes that they catch are kept as pets; some are given to the North Carolina State University. Most, including the poisonous snakes, are set free in the wild, usually in a national park. Fred suggests that people should treat snakes with care. "Actually snakes are very shy and gentle creatures. They only attack if they are frightened. However, you have to know how to treat a snake properly!" According to one happy family, the Snake Catchers are good. One day, the Greenwood family found a snake skin in the kitchen. They looked very carefully and saw a snake sleeping behind a cupboard. They thought about what to do. Then Steve Greenwood remembered the advertisement for the Snake Catchers. He called them. "The Snake Catchers arrived within an hour and they finished the job quickly too," said Steve Greenwood. "One of them went into the kitchen, found the snake and took it out alive. The Snake Catchers did a very good job." Last year, the Snake Catchers removed more than seventy snakes from houses in North Carolina.
1. Where are the Snake Catchers located?
2. How many people are in the group?
3. When did they start?
4. Where do they place ads?
5. What is the name of one of the families that contacted them?
6. Where did they find a creature?
7. What was it doing?
8. When did the Snake Catcher arrive?
9. What did they do?
10. How many did they remove last year?
11. All in North Carolina?
12. Do they ever kill the snakes?
13. Why not?
Answer:
1. North Carolina
2. four
3. 1998
4. North Carolina State University
5. the Greenwood family
6. kitchen
7. sleeping
8. within an hour
9. found the snake and took it out alive
10. seventy
11. Yes
12. No
13. they like snakes