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Since I was a child, I called my father my Kong, after King Kong. I believed that he was just as strong as the giant ape . As he faced death, _ .

Two months after he passed away, my sister called to ask if I would like to go see Lisa Williams, a well-known witch . I was familiar with Lisa from her show on Lifetime, and since I was eager to get a sign from my father, I agreed to go.

I took my father's gold watch and listened as Lisa helped audience members communicate with their loved ones. "I have a grandfather-like figure with me and he is speaking about his granddaughter Jilly," she announced. The audience was quiet; no one raised a hand. I nudged my sister and whispered to her that this was Dad ,for my third child and my father had a deep bond(,) and he called her Jilly.

Although I sensed his presence, I wasn't confident enough to raise my hand. I needed something a bit more concrete, something undoubted.

"This man is letting me know he had cancer," she continued. I nudged my sister harder and assured her this was our father. Lisa went on to say that this person died in June (my father had died June 8th). There was swelling of the legs.

"Important information," she called out. My heart beat fast . I jumped up when she asked, "Who is holding his watch?" I waved the watch in the air.

"He wishes you congratulations." My fourth child was born three weeks after my father died. I was in shock and could not believe I was getting a chance to hear from him, yet I knew our bond was strong enough that he could come to the world. She banged on her chest like an ape and apologized, saying, "I don't know why but he wants me to do this like Tarzan." It didn't resonate with me until my sister called out "King Kong!" I was convinced. No way could this woman have ever known a detail unless Dad was communicating through her.

Each bit of information she gave us was just as meaningful. She ended our session by informing us that he would send us coins. The very next day I found six coins in various places; they seemed to have come out of nowhere. Even in death he is my Kong, and he remains important in my life.
1. How did I call my dad?

Numbered answers:
1. my Kong

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I Don't Have to Be Like Them All students have to face their own problems when they are growing up. You may not think that having a good family is a problem. But for me , it was. I had to face the problem of being the youngest of the Smith girls. We live in a small town in Pennsylvania, US. There are three girls in the Smith family, Amanda, Theresa and me . People often say things to me , like " Oh, the three of you , you're such nice girls. Your sisters are so pretty and so thin! You're really nothing like them . " That made me sad. At school , all of my teachers had taught my sisters . On the first day of school , they said , "Oh , the youngest of the three! I hope you're just like your sisters. They're such wonderful students." People always compared me with my sisters . So I couldn't help comparing myself with them , too. Theresa was smarter , Amanda was prettier . I began to work hard to be more like them . What my sisters did , I did , too. At last , I became drum major of our school 's marching band . Both Amanda and Theresa had been drum majors . I became editor of the school's newspaper . Theresa had been the editor two years before. But last year, Amanda went to college , and Theresa went to high school . Now I'm by myself at junior high . Everyone knows me , because I'm the drum major and the newspaper's editor . Now I don't feel like a Smith girl any more , I feel like myself . I'm proud of doing all of the same great things that my sisters did . But the best thing I did was to learn to stop comparing myself with them .
1. Who is this story about?
2. Who is in the Smith family?
3. Where do they live?
4. Is the writer a male or female?
5. Are her sisters older or younger?
6. Was it nice having older sisters?
7. What is wrong with it?
8. Is the author like her siblings?
9. What was different?
10. Is the protagonist smarter than them?
11. Who was the more intelligent one?
12. Who was better looking?
13. How did the writer feel about that?
14. How did she cope?
15. To do what?
16. How?
17. Where at?
18. What else did she do?
19. Do they all go to school together?

Numbered answers:
1. the Smith family
2. Amanda, Theresa and the writer
3. in a small town in Pennsylvania, US
4. female
5. older
6. it is a problem
7. People always compared me with my sisters
8. no
9. sisters are so pretty
10. no
11. Theresa
12. Amanda
13. compared myself with them
14. began to work hard
15. to be more like them
16. became drum major
17. school
18. became editor of the school's newspaper
19. yes

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The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is an external intelligence service of the United States federal government specializing in defense and military intelligence.

A component of the Department of Defense (DoD) and the United States Intelligence Community (IC), DIA informs national civilian and defense policymakers about the military intentions and capabilities of foreign governments and non-state actors. It also provides intelligence assistance, integration and coordination across uniformed military service intelligence components, which remain structurally separate from DIA. The agency's role encompasses the collection and analysis of military-related foreign political, economic, industrial, geographic, and medical and health intelligence. DIA produces approximately one-fourth of all intelligence content that goes into the President's Daily Brief.

DIA's intelligence operations extend beyond the zones of combat, and approximately half of its employees serve overseas at hundreds of locations and U.S. Embassies in 140 countries. The agency specializes in collection and analysis of human-source intelligence (HUMINT), both overt and clandestine, while also handling American military-diplomatic relations abroad. DIA concurrently serves as the national manager for the highly technical measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT) and the Defense Department manager for counterintelligence programs. The agency has no law enforcement authority, but it is sometimes portrayed so in American popular culture.
1. Are the Defense Intelligence Agencies operations limited to zones of combat?
2. What is the Defense Intelligence Agency?
3. of what goverment?
4. Specializing in what?
5. Does it have any law inforcement authority?
6. What department is it a component of?
7. How much of the U.S. Presiden'ts Daily intelligence content does it produce?
8. What does the Defencse Intelligence Agency speclalize in collecting and analysis of?
9. What does inform civilain and defencse policy makers of?
10. and what else?
11. of who?
12. Where are half of it's employes located?
13. In how may different countries?
Numbered answers:
1. Yes
2. an external intelligence service
3. the United States
4. in defense and military intelligence
5. no
6. Department of Defense
7. one-fourth
8. human-source intelligence
9. the military intentions
10. capabilities
11. foreign governments and non-state actors
12. overseas
13. 140