Q: Matt is an adult. He is looking for a job. He hopes to become a clown someday. He wants to be a clown because he loves making people laugh. In order to be a clown, Matt must go to clown school.

One day, Matt's friend tells him about a clown school in St. Louis. Matt becomes excited!

The next day, Matt goes to the clown school in St. Louis. Matt's friend does not go with him. Matt's friend does not want to be a clown because he doesn't like to look weird.

When Matt arrives at clown school, he sees a clown riding on a blue tricycle. The clown asks, "What are you doing here?"

Matt says, "I want to become a clown."

"Well, can you ride this blue tricycle?" the clown asked.

"Yes," Matt said. He rode the blue tricycle all around the clown school. In the classrooms, in the gym, and in the lunchroom.

"You have what it takes to be a clown," the clown said, "you are accepted to clown school."

Answer the following questions:
1. What is Matt?
2. What is he looking for?
3. Of what?
4. why?
5. What does he have to do?
6. Does he know of one?
7. how?
8. Where?
9. How does he feel?
10. What happens the next day?
11. with who?
12. what does he see there?
13. What does the clown say?
14. How does he respond?
15. And the clown's response?
16. What did Matt do?
17. where?
18. Did he get accepted?
A: 1. an adult
2. a job.
3. a clown
4. he loves making people laugh
5. go to clown school.
6. yes
7. HIs friend tells him.
8. St. Louis
9. excited!
10. he goes to the clown school
11. no one
12. a clown riding on a blue tricycle.
13. What are you doing here?
14. I want to become a clown
15. can you ride this blue tricycle?
16. He rode it
17. around the clown school
18. yes
Q: Seedy the watermelon was a very special type of watermelon. He didn't have any seeds. He was green and he had stripes. All of his cousins had seeds, but he didn't have any. He felt very left out. He couldn't thing of why he was different. His mom told him it was because he was a very special watermelon. She also tells him she loves him the way he is. But Seedy didn't think it was a good thing. He wished he could be like everyone else and have seeds. One day, he rolled out to the lawn and looked at all of his new cousins growing in the garden. He rolled around until he found a little baby watermelon that didn't have any seeds either. He sat next to him and talked to him. He told him that he was very special, and was excited for him to be picked off the vine and be his special best friend. He would name him Seedy, Jr.

Answer the following questions:
1. How was Seedy different?
2. What color was he?
3. What did his parent believe?
4. Did he believe that?
5. What did he think about another melon not having seeds?
6. What did he call this one?
7. Did they become friends then?
8. Were they family members?
9. Did Seedy accept himself?
10. What was his mother's name?
A: 1. He didn't have any seeds.
2. Green with stripes.
3. He was special.
4. But Seedy didn't think it was a good thing
5. He told him that he was very special.
6. Seedy Jr.
7. No.
8. Yes.
9. No.
10. unknown
Q: The Voice of China was hot during the summer of 2012! The Voice of China is the large music show in China. This show is also the only one which regards the Voice as the only ruler. It premiered at 21:15 on July 13, 2012, on the Zhejiang Television. It has attracted great attention. _ . The first season used "Real voice, real music" as its slogan. As a mentor , singers like Liu Huan, Na Ying, Yu Chengqing and Yang Kun will be responsible for seeking world-shaking voices of China in the following three and a half months, through four stages, namely, "blind choosing", "selecting", "team PK" and "yearly grand ceremony". It is really a miracle that The Voice of China can stand out in the flood of today's talent shows in China and attracts the audience. A great many of audience said this will be the best television show in this summer. They were all proud for these good voices of China. The students' beautiful voices moved everyone. Xu Haixing, a girl from Chengdu, sang "Self" to realize her father's dream and Liu Huan was moved to tears by her song. Huang Yong sang "In Spring" showing his persistence on his dream and Yang Kun cried for this. The blind girl Zhang Yuxia, a busker from Taiwan, played while singing. She was praised as "Deng Lijun No.2" for her unique voice, and her sincere feelings touched everybody. Na Ying went to the stage to sing with the students together for two times. The Voice of China casts off magnificent clothes and wonderful dancing. It regards "inspiration" and "professionalism" as the ruler of music. The singer uses their songs to tell their real stories and the happiness of life.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who sang "self"?
2. Why?
3. Did it make someone cry?
4. Who?
5. What show did she sing on?
6. When did it premiere?
7. What is its slogan?
8. Which channel does it air on?
9. What does it regard as the ruler of music?
10. Who judges the show?
11. Like who?
12. Who else?
13. How do they choose?
14. What is the third stage?
15. The fourth?
16. What season does the show air in?
17. Have any disabled people been on?
18. Who?
19. What was their disability?
20. What title did she receive?
A:
1. Xu Haixing
2. it was her father's dream
3. yes
4. Liu Huan
5. The Voice of China
6. 2012
7. "Real voice, real music"
8. Zhejiang Television.
9. professionalism and inspiration
10. singers
11. Liu Huan
12. Na Ying
13. through four stages of competition
14. team PK
15. the yearly grand ceremony
16. summewr
17. yes
18. Zhang Yuxia
19. she is blind
20. "Deng Lijun No.2"