Q: CHAPTER XV. A Tempest in the School Teapot

"What a splendid day!" said Anne, drawing a long breath. "Isn't it good just to be alive on a day like this? I pity the people who aren't born yet for missing it. They may have good days, of course, but they can never have this one. And it's splendider still to have such a lovely way to go to school by, isn't it?"

"It's a lot nicer than going round by the road; that is so dusty and hot," said Diana practically, peeping into her dinner basket and mentally calculating if the three juicy, toothsome, raspberry tarts reposing there were divided among ten girls how many bites each girl would have.

The little girls of Avonlea school always pooled their lunches, and to eat three raspberry tarts all alone or even to share them only with one's best chum would have forever and ever branded as "awful mean" the girl who did it. And yet, when the tarts were divided among ten girls you just got enough to tantalize you.

The way Anne and Diana went to school WAS a pretty one. Anne thought those walks to and from school with Diana couldn't be improved upon even by imagination. Going around by the main road would have been so unromantic; but to go by Lover's Lane and Willowmere and Violet Vale and the Birch Path was romantic, if ever anything was.

Lover's Lane opened out below the orchard at Green Gables and stretched far up into the woods to the end of the Cuthbert farm. It was the way by which the cows were taken to the back pasture and the wood hauled home in winter. Anne had named it Lover's Lane before she had been a month at Green Gables.

Answer the following questions:
1. how is the day going?
2. Who does she feel bad for?
3. why?
4. where are they going?
5. how do they feel about the walk?
6. How could it be worse?
7. who is carrying food?
8. what food is she carrying?
9. how many?
10. for how many to consume?
11. was this common, to bring food?
12. what was the name of the place they got educated at?
13. where is somewhere they pass on their walk?
14. and?
15. Where else?
16. Where are the livestock?
A: 1. splendid
2. people who aren't born yet
3. for missing it
4. school
5. It's lovely
6. by going round by the road
7. Diana
8. raspberry tarts
9. three
10. ten
11. yes
12. Avonlea
13. Lover's Lane
14. Willowmere
15. Violet Vale
16. the Cuthbert farm
Q: Stephen Hawking was born on January 8, 1942. He is known for his contributions to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity , especially in the context of black holes. He experienced extreme difficulties and obstacles in his life, which only made him stronger. Finally he contributed much to the careers he devoted to and became one of the most famous scientists in the world.

Hawking was outstanding in his school life. After a successful period of education at St. Albans School, the entrance of Oxford opened to him. In March 1959, at the age of 17, Hawking took the scholarship examination with the aim of studying natural sciences at Oxford. Then Hawking went to Cambridge to do research in cosmology.

When Stephen Hawking was dreaming about his future, he faced extreme difficulties and obstacles. Symptoms of disorder first appeared while he was enrolled at Cambridge; he lost his balance and fell down a flight of stairs, hitting his head. The diagnosis of motor neuron disease came when Hawking was 21, shortly before his first marriage, and doctors said he would not survive more than two or three years. Hawking gradually lost the use of his arms, legs, and voice, and is now almost completely paralyzed .

Despite his disease, he describes himself as "lucky" --- not only has time to make influential discoveries, but also has, in his own words, "a very attractive family".

As someone has said, when we meet frustration, someone fights, someone cries, someone escapes, someone tries. Hawking succeeds because he tries.

Answer the following questions:
1. when did Hawkins take the exam at Oxford?
2. where did he go after that?
3. what started happening while there?
4. what was his prognosis?
5. did they give him a time?
6. was he married at that time?
7. was his diagnosis before his first marriage?
8. did he feel unlucky?
9. how did he do in school?
10. did he do well or poorly in school?
11. what is he known for?
12. is he famous?
13. why does he succeed?
14. what season was he born in?
15. did he immediatly lose the use of his limbs?
16. what was wrong with him?
17. /what happened when he fell
A: 1. In March 1959
2. Cambridge
3. Symptoms
4. he would not survive
5. two or three years
6. unknown
7. yes
8. no
9. on a scholarship
10. outstanding
11. cosmology and quantum gravity
12. yes
13. because he tries
14. Winter
15. no
16. motor neuron disease
17. he hit his head.
Q: Michael Jackson's sudden death really astonished his fans, but soon they are glad to find another younger "King of Pop" has appeared. Wang Yiming, who is known as Xiao Bao, has already been popular across the world with his wonderful dance moves. He once appeared on U.S. television show "Ellen" and performed successfully at the World Expo 2010. About seven years ago, Xiao Bao was born prematurely , which made his mother really worried. He was so weak. What could he do? Doctors suggested that moving his body to music would help make him strong, but soon his parents were surprised by how quickly Xiao Bao fell in love with music! "When he was young, we just started playing music to him and he started moving around like this. But we didn't think that he had such a strong feeling for music. When he was just several months old, we would let him listen to music and he would stop crying and calm down at once," the proud mother once said. So far, Xiao Bao has learned the moonwalk and other Jackson's moves well. His fans are crazy about his wonderful shows. He has drawn more people's attention. He is fast becoming internationally popular. There are lots of problems waiting for him, but Xiao Bao will never give up. He is serious about his dancing career . Where there is a will, there is a way. We are sure that Xiao Bao's dream will come true one day.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who is the younger King of Pop that's recently appeared?
2. What is he also called?
3. Why did he learn to move himself to song?
4. Who decided he should move himself to song?
5. What daytime program was he on?
6. Was he delivered later than expected as a baby?
7. Was he seven years old when he found his affection for song?
8. How old was he?
9. Does he struggle with Jackson's dances?
10. What are his followers crazy about?
11. Did he once perform at the European Exposition in 2010?
12. Where he did perform in 2010?
A:
1. Wang Yiming
2. Xiao Bao
3. unknown
4. Doctors
5. Ellen
6. No
7. No
8. Several months old
9. No
10. His shows
11. No
12. At the World Expo