question: Taking part in charity is not just for adult people. Kids can do it too! Melvin Sheppard, 14, an American student, has done charity work for 8 years. He has also encouraged his classmates to join him. Melvin studies at William Allen Middle School in Philadelphia. Recently, he collected $ 1,500 by himself and $487 from his classmates to donate to Cooper University Hospital. Melvin was born nine weeks premature in Cooper University Hospital, weighing 2.6kg. His father told him how Cooper saved his life, so he feels thankful to the hospital. Melvin's classmates joined him once they found out about his kind behavior. Their teacher, Michael Bemer, also held a class with them about helping others. "It wasn't really about the money," Bemer said. "It was about the fact that they were doing something good." "It feels great, helping someone that I know." said Jordan, Melvin' s classmate. Melvin's neighbors also helped out. Since Melvin was 6, he and his parents have given money to Cooper University Hospital every year. This year, Gray E. Stahl, the head of Cooper's division of neonatology , went to Melvin's school to accept the money. The money goes to a part of the hospital that helps about 500 young patients every year. "When they leave, we call them graduates," Stahl said, "my co - workers and I are pleased when our graduates and their families do well, like Melvin and his family."
1. Who can take part in charity?
2. Did Melvin take part in one?
3. Which one?
4. Did that one have meaning to him?
5. How come?
6. Was he born healthy?
7. What was wrong?
8. What did he weigh?
9. Did he raise money?
10. how much?
11. Did anyone else?
12. who?
13. What did they raise?
14. Did his teachers help out too?
15. Which one?
16. What did he do?
17. How long has Melvin been helping?
18. What does the money go to?
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answer: 1. adults and Kids
2. Yes
3. Cooper University Hospital
4. Yes
5. he was born there
6. No
7. he was born nine weeks premature
8. 2.6kg
9. Yes
10. he collected $ 1,500 by himself
11. Yes
12. his classmates
13. $487
14. Yes
15. Michael Bemer
16. held a class with them about helping others.
17. 8 years.
18. a part of the hospital that helps about 500 young patients every year

question: One day, a boy named Sam went to the doctor because he fell and hurt his knee. He was riding his green tricycle in the yard when it happened. He played with yellow and red blocks in the waiting room before his visit with the doctor. His mother was sitting in a chair, reading a magazine and talking to other mothers sitting around her. The friendly nurse called Sam from the waiting room to finally visit the doctor. The nurse weighed Sam, measured his height, and asked him questions about the foods he had eaten that day. The nurse also took his temperature to make sure that he did not have a fever. After the nurse left the room, the doctor came in and asked Sam about his knee. Sam told the doctor all about his fall off the tricycle and the doctor wrote a lot of notes down. Doctors write a lot of notes so they can tell people like Sam more about their accidents. The doctor said, "Wow Sam! It sounds like you had quite a fall." The doctor put a bandage on his knee and gave him some medicine to take once he got home. On the way out of the doctor's office, Sam took a purple lollipop to eat on the car ride home. Sam's mom drove him back home, telling him to be careful for the next time that he plays outside. Sam's mom really cared about him and didn't like to see him get hurt.
1. Who went to the doctor?
2. Why?
3. How did he do it?
4. Where?
5. What did he play with in the waiting room?
6. Where was his mother sitting?
7. What was she doing?
8. Anything else?
9. Were the other mothers sitting?
10. Who called him from the waiting room?
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answer: 1. Sam
2. he fell and hurt his knee
3. He was riding his green tricycle
4. in the yard
5. yellow and red blocks
6. a chair
7. reading a magazine
8. talking to other mothers
9. around her
10. The friendly nurse

question: Jimmy swam around the pond. He was a duck. He was wet, but he was a duck and didn't care. He ate some bugs. He saw some worms on the bottom, but wasn't interested in them, or in the bread crumbs, or the hot dog the boy had dropped. He kept on swimming and swimming. He was a mess. After he had eaten his food, it was afternoon. The sun was setting, and Jimmy wanted to rest in the sun, and sleep. He found a nice place to sit, and began to rest. Falling asleep quickly, he slept for a few hours. When he woke up it was dark outside. He had missed dinnertime, but there were always those worms at the bottom of the pond. Jimmy ate quickly, and was soon ready to swim more. The pond was small, not a lake, or a river or a stream. He swam around for a little longer, and soon it was ready for bed in the nest, where he slept with his family Billy, Susie, and Doug. The other animals were sleeping as well, the dog and the cat on the porch. The cow was sleeping in the barn. And last the kittens in their box. Jimmy was ready for bed, it had been a long day, and the next day was going to be the same. But Jimmy did not care. He loved being a duck. Jimmy was one happy duck.
1. Was Jimmy happy?
2. Where did Jimmy swim?
3. What was Jimmy?
4. What did he eat?
5. Did he eat any worms?
6. When was it after he'd eaten his food?
7. What did he want to do in the sun?
8. For how long?
9. Was it morning when he woke?
10. Did he get home for dinner?
11. What did he eat instead?
12. Was the pond huge?
13. What were the names of his family?
14. Who slept on the porch?
15. Did the cow sleep on the porch too?
16. Where were the kittens?
17. What would the next day be like?
18. What did he love?
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answer:
1. yes
2. the pond
3. a duck
4. some bugs
5. no
6. afternoon
7. rest and sleep
8. a few hours
9. no
10. no
11. worms
12. no
13. Billy, Susie and Doug
14. the dog and cat
15. no
16. in their box
17. the same
18. being a duck