input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER XXI

MARJORY THE FRANK

At the door of the senior block Burgess, going out, met Bob coming in, hurrying, as he was rather late.

"Congratulate you, Bob," he said; and passed on.

Bob stared after him. As he stared, Trevor came out of the block.

"Congratulate you, Bob."

"What's the matter now?"

"Haven't you seen?"

"Seen what?"

"Why the list. You've got your first."

"My--what? you're rotting."

"No, I'm not. Go and look."

The thing seemed incredible. Had he dreamed that conversation between Spence and Burgess on the pavilion steps? Had he mixed up the names? He was certain that he had heard Spence give his verdict for Mike, and Burgess agree with him.

Just then, Mike, feeling very ill, came down the steps. He caught sight of Bob and was passing with a feeble grin, when something told him that this was one of those occasions on which one has to show a Red Indian fortitude and stifle one's private feelings.

"Congratulate you, Bob," he said awkwardly.

"Thanks awfully," said Bob, with equal awkwardness. Trevor moved on, delicately. This was no place for him. Bob's face was looking like a stuffed frog's, which was Bob's way of trying to appear unconcerned and at his ease, while Mike seemed as if at any moment he might burst into tears. Spectators are not wanted at these awkward interviews.

There was a short silence.

"Jolly glad you've got it," said Mike.

"I believe there's a mistake. I swear I heard Burgess say to Spence----" 1. Who was the first person to meet Bob?
2. What was everyone saying to him?
3. Was Bob surprised?
4. Why was everyone congratulating him?
5. Was he dreaming?
6. What did he think he heard?
7. Who did he come in contact with that he was uncomfortable with?
8. Was Mike crying?
9. Did Mike respond to him?
10. Where did Spence and Burgess speak at?
11. Who told Bob he got first?
12. Who was running late?
13. What did he think when he heard the news?
14. Where did this take place?
15. Did Mike show his real feelings to him?
16. What did Bob's face look like when talking to Mike?
numbered_answers: 1. Burgess
2. Congratulate you, Bob
3. Yes
4. He got first
5. No
6. Spence give his verdict for Mike
7. Mike
8. No
9. Yes
10. pavilion steps
11. Trevor
12. Bob
13. He was in disbelief
14. At the door of the senior block
15. no
16. a feeble grin

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. On June 26, 2000, two scientists, called Francis Collins and Craig Venter, told the world that they could read the whole "map" of the human body: DNA. DNA is something that everybody has, and it tells the body what to do. DNA is the reason that we look like our mother and father, because we get some of their DNA to make our own. People have been trying to understand the human body for a long time. In 1860, Gregor Mendel discovered a special reason why we look the same as other people in our family. It is because of small things named "genes" in our body. In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick made another discovery and found out that those small parts are real messages written in the DNA with a special language. In 1961, Marshall Nirenberg and Johann Matthaci found a message in DNA showing how DNA tells the cell to build its parts. Scientists have now found all the words in the DNA map, but we still do not understand what they all do. By understanding what just one "word" means, we can help save more people from several illnesses. Most people hope that this will help make better medicine and help sick people. Other people worry that when people begin to know more words and find out lots of other information, we might use it in a wrong way, just to make people more attractive, or stop sick people from getting jobs. Man would have to meet a lot of trouble if DNA technic wasn't limited in use. 1. What is a map of the human body called?
2. Who said they could read this map?
3. Is RNA why we resemble our parents?
4. Is the study of it new?
5. Who studied it first?
6. What year was that?
7. Did he discover chromosomes?
8. What did he discover?
9. When was the next epiphany on this topic?
10. Who unearthed it?
11. When was the next breakthrough?
12. Are researchers now fully experts in this science?
numbered_answers: 1. DNA.
2. Francis Collins and Craig Venter.
3. No, genes are.
4. No.
5. Gregor Mendel
6. In 1860.
7. No.
8. The reason we look like others.
9. In 1953,.
10. James Watson and Francis Crick.
11. In 1961.
12. No.

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. War is a state of armed conflict between societies. It is generally characterized by extreme aggression, destruction, and mortality, using regular or irregular military forces. An absence of war is usually called "peace". Warfare refers to the common activities and characteristics of types of war, or of wars in general. Total war is warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate military targets, and can result in massive civilian or other non-combatant suffering and casualties.

While some scholars see war as a universal and ancestral aspect of human nature, others argue it is a result of specific socio-cultural or ecological circumstances.

The deadliest war in history, in terms of the cumulative number of deaths since its start, is the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with 6085 million deaths, followed by the Mongol conquests at up to 60 million. As concerns a belligerent's losses in proportion to its prewar population, the most destructive war in modern history may have been the Paraguayan War (see Paraguayan War casualties). In 2013 war resulted in 31,000 deaths, down from 72,000 deaths in 1990. In 2003, Richard Smalley identified war as the sixth (of ten) biggest problem facing humanity for the next fifty years. War usually results in significant deterioration of infrastructure and the ecosystem, a decrease in social spending, famine, large-scale emigration from the war zone, and often the mistreatment of prisoners of war or civilians. For instance, of the nine million people who were on the territory of Soviet Belarus in 1941, some 1.6 million were killed by the Germans in actions away from battlefields, including about 700,000 prisoners of war, 500,000 Jews, and 320,000 people counted as partisans (the vast majority of whom were unarmed civilians). Another byproduct of some wars is the prevalence of propaganda by some or all parties in the conflict, and increased revenues by weapons manufacturers. 1. what is the deadliest war in history?
2. how many died?
3. over what time period?
4. how many belarussians were killed by germans away from the battlefield?
5. what is the second deadliest war in history?
6. how many deaths did that result in?
7. do some scholars see war as a part of human nature?
8. what do other argue it is a result of?
9. what is war
10. what is warfare?
11. what is the opposite of war?
12. how is total war defined?
13. how is war characterized?
14. what do some consider the most destructive war in modern history?
15. who identified war as the 6th greatest problem facing humanity?
16. in what year did he say that?
17. over what time period does he expect humanity to face the problem?
18. is war good for the ecosystem?
19. does it increase social spending?
20. does it create famine?
numbered_answers:
1. the Second World War
2. 6085 million
3. from 1939 to 1945
4. unknown
5. the Mongol conquests
6. up to 60 million
7. Yes
8. specific socio-cultural or ecological circumstances.
9. a state of armed conflict between societies
10. the common activities and characteristics of types of war
11. peace
12. warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate military targets
13. by extreme aggression
14. the Paraguayan War
15. Richard Smalley
16. 2003,
17. the next fifty years
18. No
19. No
20. Yes