Q: Linda and Lucy were best friends. They graduated from high school and went to the same college for further studies.

After some days Linda found that her friend was behaving strangely. She would remain quiet, sleep too much and turn wild, very often. At first, Linda thought it was just because of the problems she had met in her studies. However, Lucy became even stranger over time. Finally, Linda couldn't take it any longer and asked Lucy about her strange behavior. Lucy broke into tears and said that she was going around with a boy, who was taking drugs and forcing her to take them, too.

Linda was shocked by her story. She then advised her friend to leave the boy. She reminded Lucy of her dreams of becoming a successful doctor and encouraged her to set an example for others. She also reminded her of how her parents would feel if they found out what their daughter was up to. Through her efforts, Lucy was finally able to leave the boy and drugs. During this time, her friend always stood by her.

Finally, the two friends graduated and their friendship grew stronger. They both became successful doctors, but never let each other down by getting into bad habits. They lived happily as close friends.

From the story we can know that true friends are those who encourage you to become the best you can ever be. They believe in you and will never leave you.

Answer the following questions:
1. what was lucy taking?
2. who was lucy to linda?
3. why did she think she was on drugs?
4. did she become less strange or more strange?
5. was she taking drugs voluntarily?
6. was linda suprised?
7. who was making Lucy take drugs?
8. did he take them as well?
9. do true friends ever leave you according to the story?
10. what did both Lucy and Linda become after graduating?
11. was this one of Lucy's dreams?
12. who reminded her of it?
13. what did Linda tell Lucy to do?
A: 1. drugs
2. best friend
3. she was behaving strangely
4. Lucy became even stranger over time
5. no
6. yes
7. her boyfriend
8. yes
9. no
10. successful doctors
11. yes
12. Linda
13. leave the boy and drugs
Q: (CNN) -- All big ideas start small, and Calle 13 -- a wildly popular alternative urban band from Puerto Rico -- is no exception.

Its members, Rene Perez, who goes by "Residente," and Eduardo Cabra, "Visitante," are stepbrothers. When their parents divorced, Cabra would visit Perez at his father's house on 13th Street, or Calle 13.

He was required to identify himself to enter, as either a resident, "residente" or visitor, "visitante," in Spanish.

The names stuck.

"Later, it took on another meaning, with the question of whether immigrants are residents or visitors," said Perez, who along with Cabra, recently sat down to talk with CNN en Espanol's Claudia Palacios. "But that was how it started."

Neither brother could have imagined then what Calle 13 would become -- one of the most highly praised and talked-about groups to come out of Latin America in years. It has won more than 20 Grammys and moved beyond its reggaeton roots to include instruments and sounds from all over the region, winning critical and popular praise in the process.

Though raunchy, the group's lyrics are often hard-hitting on social issues, and Perez is particularly well-known for being outspoken about poverty, Puerto Rican independence and education.

Asked how he views his career now, Perez said he's matured and made some adjustments so that people can better hear and understand his message.

"I liked to use bad words," said Perez, who raps and writes the group's lyrics. "Because it seemed to me it gave a reality that's missing in music."

Answer the following questions:
1. Where is Calle 13 from?
2. How do all big ideas start?
3. Are the members cousins?
4. What is their relationship?
5. Who was required to identify himself as a visitor or resident?
6. Who does Claudia Palacios work for?
7. How many grammy's has the group won?
8. Does the group always have wholesome lyrics?
9. Where was this article published?
10. What type of band is Calle 13?
11. What does Residente mean in English?
12. What does Visitante mean in English?
13. Is the group well known in Latin America?
14. What kind of issues does the band address?
15. How does Perez describe his career now?
16. Why did the band make adjustments?
17. Who writes the groups lyrics?
18. Does he rap also?
A: 1. Puerto Rico
2. small
3. no
4. They are stepbrothers
5. Cabra
6. CNN en Espanol
7. More than 20
8. no
9. (CNN)
10. Alternative
11. Resident
12. Visitor
13. yes
14. social issues
15. It has matured
16. so that people can better hear and understand his message.
17. Perez
18. yes
Q: Reggie Hilaire was a rookie cop on September 11, 2001. He worked at ground zero for 11 days beside his colleagues -- many of them, including Hilaire, not wearing a mask. He was later assigned to a landfill in Staten Island, where debris from the World Trade Center was dumped.

For about 60 days between 2001 and 2002, the New York police officer was surrounded by dust.

In 2005, Hilaire was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. He underwent surgery and radiation. Just months later his doctor told him he also had multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that multiplies the body's plasma cells to dangerous levels.

It's a cancer that usually strikes much later in life. Hilaire was 34.

More than 1,100 people who worked or lived near the World Trade Center on 9/11 have been diagnosed with cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A few months ago Hilaire received a letter from the CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, officially offering him medical insurance under the World Trade Center Health Program. About 1,140 people have been certified to receive cancer treatment under the WTC Health Program, a representative told CNN.

These are the first numbers released since the program was expanded a year ago.

In September 2012, federal health authorities added 58 types of cancer to the list of covered illnesses for people who were exposed to toxins at the site of the World Trade Center in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.

Dr. John Howard, administrator of the WTC Health Program, had said the year before that cancer treatments would not be covered by the compensation fund. At the time, he said there was inadequate "published scientific and medical findings" to link 9/11 exposures to cancer.

Answer the following questions:
1. What was HIlaire's occupation?
2. Where did he work?
3. Did he wear a mask?
4. Where did he work after ground zero?
5. How many days?
6. What was all around him?
A:
1. rookie cop
2. worked at ground zero for 11 days
3. no
4. a landfill in Staten Island
5. 60 days between 2001 and 2002
6. dust