question: Long ago, there was a rich man who had two sons. The older brother, who was called Nolbu, was greedy and lazy. However, his younger brother Hungbu was hard-working and kind-hearted. When their father died, Nolbu inherited his house and land, but Hungbu received nothing. One day when Hungbu was working in the fields, he found a bird which had broken its leg. He took the bird home and looked after it carefully. The bird gradually became stronger, and when summer came, it flew away to a warm place. A year later the bird flew back and gave Hungbu a seed . Hungbu sowed the seed and it soon grew into a plant which produced many gourds . When Hungbu opened one of the gourds, he was amazed to see that it was full of treasure. He wanted to use the treasure to do something useful. The next day he bought a big house and moved there with his family. When Nolbu heard about his brother's good luck, he was very jealous and decided to do the same as his brother. He also found a bird, but he broke its leg and looked after it until it became strong. The bird also gave him a seed, which produced several gourds. However, when Nolbu opened one of the gourds, goblins ( ) quickly came out of it and stole all his money. After that Nolbu went to his brother to ask for help. Hungbu was sorry for him and so he invited him to share his house. Both brothers and their families lived happily ever after.
1. How many sons are in the story?
2. Was their father poor?
3. What was the name of the son with positive character traits?
4. What were those traits?
5. Was he the older or younger brother?
6. What was the other brother's name?
7. How is he described?
8. What did Hungbu come across while working?
9. Was the bird healthy?
10. Did it ever get better?
11. Where did it go in the summer?
12. Did Hungbu see the bird again?
13. When?
14. What did the bird give him?
15. What did he do with it?
16. What grew from it?
17. Did he eat it?
18. What did he do instead?
19. Did he brother also buy a house?
20. Why not?
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answer: 1. two
2. No
3. Hungbu
4. he was hard-working and kind-hearted.
5. younger
6. Nolbu
7. greedy and lazy
8. a bird
9. No
10. Yes
11. to a warm place.
12. Yes
13. A year later
14. a seed
15. Hungbu sowed the seed
16. a plant
17. No
18. he bought a big house
19. No
20. he invited him to share his house

question: When an NBA player is young he thinks he can win the championship by himself. It is only later when he has aged and been through many battles that he learns an important lesson: there is no "I " in "team".

There is no better example of the value of teamwork than the Boston Celtics. Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett were all superstars on three different teams. Yet, none of them had any titles to show for it. Then, last season, they decided to sacrifice money and individual statistics to play together. Garnett and Allen joined Pierce on the Celtics and changed the NBA in the process.

It started in simple ways. Garnett and Allen are two of the most intense athletes in the world. They treat every second of every practice like it is the NBA championship. If you want to play alongside them then you will have to do the same. So, the young guys on the Celtics started giving their full effort too.

Pierce had been the star of the Celtics for many years. He used to shoot the ball many times a game. But with the addition of Allen and Garnett he shot less and focused on defense. His selflessness showed the young players that doing what made the team better was the only thing that mattered.

When the Celtics were winning and the game was almost over, Garnett, Pierce and Allen would come out of the game. But they wouldn't just sit on the bench. Instead, they stood and cheered and screamed for their teammates. They wanted to support their friends and teammates.

Now, the guys who don't play know they can still affect the game by cheering so they scream and cheer when Garnett, Allen and Pierce are playing. The Celtics have developed a strong relationship. They are more than just teammates. They are brothers.

The result: the Boston Celtics won the championship and are considered the favorites to win the Eastern Conference championship again this year.

There is a saying that goes, "A successful team beats with one heart." If that is the case, the Celtics may have the biggest heart in the NBA.
1. What is the important thing to learn?
2. Which one?
3. Who doesn't know this?
4. how so?
5. Does he ever learn this lesson?
6. When?
7. Who are Paul, Ray, and Kevin?
8. Are they on the same team?
9. What did they do?
10. how did they do that?
11. Was Pierce soon to follow?
12. Why not?
13. Was he a bench player?
14. Did he get the ball as much when the others joined the team?
15. What did he do then?
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answer: 1. A lesson
2. There is no "I " in "team".
3. A young NBA player
4. he thinks he can win the championship by himself
5. Yes
6. Later, when he has aged
7. NBA players.
8. Three different teams.
9. Sacrificed their records and money to play together.
10. Garnet and Allen left their teams to go to the Celtics.
11. No
12. He already played for the Celtics.
13. No, a star player.
14. No
15. Shot less and focused on defense.

question: Aristotle (; , , "Aristoteles"; 384322BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidice, on the northern periphery of Classical Greece. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, whereafter Proxenus of Atarneus became his guardian. At seventeen or eighteen years of age, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of thirty-seven (c.347BC). His writings cover many subjects including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government and constitute the first comprehensive system of Western philosophy. Shortly after Plato died, Aristotle left Athens and, at the request of Philip II of Macedon, tutored Alexander the Great beginning in 343BC.

Teaching Alexander the Great gave Aristotle many opportunities and an abundance of supplies. He established a library in the Lyceum which aided in the production of many of his hundreds of books, which were written on papyrus scrolls. The fact that Aristotle was a pupil of Plato contributed to his former views of Platonism, but, following Plato's death, Aristotle immersed himself in empirical studies and shifted from Platonism to empiricism. He believed all peoples' concepts and all of their knowledge was ultimately based on perception. Aristotle's views on natural sciences represent the groundwork underlying many of his works.
1. Who is the article about?
2. Who did he teach?
3. Which school did Aristotle go to?
4. Where was his library?
5. What are Plato's views called?
6. Did Aristotle follow Platonism all his life?
7. then what?
8. Upto what age was he at the school?
9. Who was his father?
10. Who was Aristotle?
11. What did he write his books on?
12. What age did he start school?
13. Who was his guardian?
14. What made him start studying empiricism?
15. Who requested he teach Alexander?
16. What are some subjects that he wrote about?
17. Where was he born?
18. where is that?
19. What does he believe knowledge is based on?
20. was his father alive when he was an adult?
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answer:
1. Aristotle
2. Alexander the Great
3. Plato's Academy
4. Lyceum
5. Platonism
6. No
7. empiricism
8. thirty-seven
9. Nicomachus
10. ancient Greek philosopher and scientist
11. papyrus scrolls
12. seventeen or eighteen
13. Proxenus of Atarneus
14. Plato's death
15. Philip II of Macedon
16. physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government
17. Stagira
18. Greece
19. perception
20. No