Q: Sarah looked up high. She could see the scissors up on top of the cabinet. If she could only reach them, she could cut the gum out of her baby sister's hair and her mom would never know. Her mom was still busy helping her brother take out the trash. Sarah quickly pushed a chair over to the cabinet. She climbed up on the chair and got the scissors. Then she hopped down and put the chair back at the table. Sarah ran to the bathroom and shut the door. While her sister sat on the floor, Sarah cut the gum and a big piece of Sally's hair, and then threw it into the trash.

Sarah put on her dress, then she and Sally headed back to the kitchen for breakfast. Sarah had taken a drink of her chocolate milk when she heard her brother Kyle start to laugh and point at Sally's head. Their mother heard the laugh and turned around to see what was so funny. Sarah began to turn red before their mother even asked what had happened. "I did it," Sarah said in a quiet voice, "I'm sorry, Mom."

1. scissors
2. on top of the cabinet
3. to cut gum out of her sister's hair
4. helping her brother take out the trash
5. a chair
6. yes
7. put the chair back at the table
8. bathroom
9. on the floor
10. Sally
11. threw it into the trash
12. the kitchen
13. for breakfast
14. chocolate milk
15. Kyle
16. brother
17. yes
18. yes

Numbered questions:
1. What did Sarah need to reach?
2. where were they?
3. why did she need them?
4. what was her mother doing while she was contemplating how to reach?
5. what did Sarah stand on?
6. was she able to get them then?
7. what did she do with it after got down?
8. where did the sisters go to remove the gum?
9. where did her sister sit?
10. What is her name?
11. what did she do with the wad after she cut it out?
12. where did the girls go when they were done?
13. why?
14. what beverage did Sarah have?
15. who started laughing?
16. what was the relation to the girls
17. did Sarah confess to giving Sally a haircut?
18. did she she apologize?

Q: Anne Sanders was practicing soccer moves, which was not normal. Usually, Anne only plays basketball. She wins every basketball game she plays, and she loses at any other game. "Anne", I waved to her. "Why are you playing soccer?"

"Well, the gym teacher is doing something different," she said. "There are teams of four and partners of two.We get to pick our partners, and I want someone to pick me. "Anne held up a list.

"It looks like I'm on a team with you, Stacey, and Paul," I said. "Stacey is my best friend.Maybe we can be together: " Just then, Stacey and Paul came over. They had heard of the teams.

"Do you want to be partners, Stacey?" I asked.

"Well, I was going to be partners with Paul," she claimed. I didn't blame her. Paul was as fast as a rocket, and my nickname was "Snail". "But we are best friends," said Stacey. "So I guess I'II be with you. "

It was our first game. Stacey went to talk to some other friends afterwards, and Paul and Anne were talking about winning their game. I was sipping on my water, when I overheard Stacey, "She's worse than I thought; if I played the team alone,, I would have won easily. She's worse than a snail. She's more like a statue. "

That night, I felt terrible for losing and mad at Stacey for calling me a statue. After all, she was my best friend and my only friend. Anyway, the phone rang, and it was Stacey. At first, I thought she might apologize, but no such luck.

"Allison, the game tomorrow is canceled, " she said.

"Okay," I replied. "Sorry about the game today", Stacey hung up on me.

The next day, I went over to the soccer field. I knew the game was canceled, but maybe I could help clean up.But instead of a mess, I saw a soccer game in progress. Stacey and were playing, and Anne was hiding in the corner. "Paul made me pretend to be sick, " she whispered. "He wants to play with Stacey because she's so fast. "

So Anne and I went to get ice cream. Even if I lost Stacey ,I just created a lifelong friendship.

1. Paul
2. Stacey
3. a statue
4. yes
5. no
6. That it was canceled.
7. Stacey
8. To the soccer field.
9. She thought she could help clean up.
10. no
11. She saw a soccer game in progress
12. She was hiding in the corner.
13. Paul
14. Because he wanted to play with Stacey
15. because she is so fast
16. Ice cream
17. Basketball
18. Every one she plays
19. She loses at any other game.
20. the gym teacher

Numbered questions:
1. Who was as fast as a spacecraft?
2. Who complained that Anne is worse than a snail?
3. What else did Stacey call her?
4. Did she call that night?
5. Did she say she was sorry?
6. What did she call to tell her about the upcoming game?
7. Who hung up the phone?
8. Where did Allison go the next day?
9. What for?
10. Was there anything there to clean?
11. What did she see going on?
12. Where was Anne?
13. Who told her to fake feeling bad?
14. Why?
15. What for?
16. What did Anne and Allison go eat?
17. What game was Anne good at?
18. How many games did she usually win?
19. What about other games?
20. What teacher was changing things up?

Q: 16:9 (1.7:1) (16:9 = 4:3) is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2010 it has become the most common aspect ratio for televisions and computer monitors, and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television. This has replaced the old .

Dr. Kerns H. Powers, a member of the SMPTE Working Group on High-Definition Electronic Production, first proposed the 16:9 (1.7:1) aspect ratio at a time when nobody was creating 16:9 videos. The popular choices in 1980 were: 1.3:1 (based on television standard's ratio at the time), 1.6:1 (the European "flat" ratio), 1.85:1 (the American "flat" ratio), 2.20:1 (the ratio of 70mm films and Panavision) and 2.39:1 (the CinemaScope ratio for anamorphic widescreen films).

Powers cut out rectangles with equal areas, shaped to match each of the popular aspect ratios. When overlapped with their center points aligned, he found that all of those aspect ratio rectangles fit within an outer rectangle with an aspect ratio of 1.7:1 and all of them also covered a smaller common inner rectangle with the same aspect ratio 1.7:1. The value found by Powers is exactly the geometric mean of the extreme aspect ratios, 4:3 (1.3:1) and 2.35:1 (or 64:27, see also for more information), 1.770 which is coincidentally close to 16:9 (1.7:1). Applying the same geometric mean technique to 16:9 and 4:3 yields the aspect ratio, which is likewise used as a compromise between these ratios.

1. 16:9 = 4:3) is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2010 it has become the most common aspect ratio for televisions and computer monitors
2. yes
3. HDTV
4. Full HD
5. non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television
6. Kerns H. Powers
7. yes
8. yes
9. SMPTE Working Group on High-Definition Electronic Production
10. 1980s
11. 1.3:1
12. yes
13. 1.6:1
14. yes
15. yes
16. 1.85:1
17. 2.20:1
18. yes
19. Panavision
20. no

Numbered questions:
1. What is the most common aspect ratio for TVs?
2. Is this the international standard?
3. For which types of TV?
4. And?
5. Anything else?
6. Who proposed this ratio?
7. Is he a doctor?
8. Was he a member of any professional organizations at the time?
9. Which one?
10. What decade did he make this proposal?
11. Were there other choices then?
12. Was that considered standard?
13. What about in Europe?
14. Was that considered flat?
15. Did America have a flat ratio?
16. What was it?
17. What was used for 70mm movies?
18. Was that used for anything else?
19. What?
20. Did Powers use rectangles with different areas?