Question: John wanted to have a birthday party for his son, Mike. John and his wife Sara knew that their son loved clowns, as did their daughter Jane. So they looked up a place to have a clown come to his birthday party. When the clown arrived, ten of Mikes friends showed up to watch the show. His parents had sent out 12 invites, thinking 6 or 8 kids would come. The clown started the show by squirting some water from a flower into John's face. This caused John's face to turn red. After the show, when everyone had left, it was up to John and Sara to clean up after the party. There was food everywhere; they had had salad and there was lettuce on the ground. Later that evening it was dinnertime and the family had to choose what to eat. The choices were order a pizza, make hamburgers, go get fried chicken or make noodles. Since it was Mike's birthday they let him choose. He really wanted pizza so they called up Pizza Palace to place their order. When the pizza arrived it did not come in a square box like most pizzas. Instead it was in a round box that no one had ever seen. John gave everybody a slice and then placed Mike in his lap to eat dinner. 1. Who wanted to throw a party?
2. for who?
3. what is his name?
4. what is mike's mother's name?
5. What does Mike love?
6. and who else did?
7. Who was she to Mike?
8. How many friends came over to the celebration?
9. How many were invited?
10. how many did they think would make it?
11. what did the clown do first?
12. then what happened?
13. where did the water come from?
14. Who had to tidy up afterwards?
15. What did John ask for for dinner?
16. What were there other options?
17. would they have had to make the friend chicken?
18. What shape was the container for the pizza?
19. where did Mike sit to have his meal? Provide a numbered list of answers.
****
A numbered of answers: 1. John
2. his son
3. Mike
4. Sara
5. clowns
6. Jane.
7. his sister
8. ten
9. 12
10. 6 or 8 kids
11. squirted water into John's face
12. his face turned red
13. a flower
14. John and Sara
15. pizza
16. hamburgers, fried chicken, or noodles
17. no
18. unknown
19. In John's lap

Question: The voice of China was not hot during the summer of 2012. The voice of China is a 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 show became an overnight sensation. 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 were responsible for seeking world-shaking voices of China in the following three and a half months, through four steps ,namely "blind choosing" "blind selecting" "team PK" "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 number of audience said this was the best television show last summer. They were all proud of 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 sticking to his dream and Yang Kun cried for this. The blind girl Zhang Yuxia, a busker from Taiwan, played while singing. She was called "Deng Lijun No.2" for her unique voice, and her sincere feeling touched everybody. Na Ying went to the stage to sing with the students together twice. The voice of China doesn't care about magnificent clothes and wonderful dancing. It regards "inspiration" and "professionalism" as the ruler of music. The singer uses their songs to tell real stories and the happiness of life. 1. where is the show?
2. when did it first air?
3. what time?
4. was it a hit?
5. what did the show do?
6. how long did it go on for?
7. did it have a slogan?
8. what was it?
9. did the show have mentors?
10. were they music producers?
11. what were they?
12. Do they name any?
13. can you name one?
14. how many steps were involved in the show?
15. what was the last one?
16. Who was from Chengdu?
17. what did she sing?
18. for who?
19. who was blind?
20. where was she from? Provide a numbered list of answers.
****
A numbered of answers: 1. China
2. July 13,2012,o
3. 21:15
4. yes
5. talent show focusing on the voice
6. three and a half months,
7. yes
8. "Real voice, real music "
9. yes
10. no
11. singers
12. yes
13. Liu Huan,
14. Four
15. yearly grand ceremony
16. Xu Haixing
17. Self
18. her father
19. Zhang Yuxia,
20. Taiwan,

Question: Gaul (Latin: Gallia) was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age that was inhabited by Celtic tribes, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine. It covered an area of . According to the testimony of Julius Caesar, Gaul was divided into three parts: Gallia Celtica, Belgica and Aquitania. Archaeologically, the Gauls were bearers of the La Tene culture, which extended across all of Gaul, as well as east to Raetia, Noricum, Pannonia and southwestern Germania during the 5th to 1st centuries BC. During the 2nd and 1st centuries BC, Gaul fell under Roman rule: Gallia Cisalpina was conquered in 203 BC and Gallia Narbonensis in 123 BC. Gaul was invaded after 120BC by the Cimbri and the Teutons, who were in turn defeated by the Romans by 103BC. Julius Caesar finally subdued the remaining parts of Gaul in his campaigns of 58 to 51BC.

Roman control of Gaul lasted for five centuries, until the last Roman rump state, the Domain of Soissons, fell to the Franks in AD 486. While the Celtic Gauls had lost their original identities and language during Late Antiquity, becoming amalgamated into a Gallo-Roman culture, "Gallia" remained the conventional name of the territory throughout the Early Middle Ages, until it acquired a new identity as the Capetian Kingdom of France in the high medieval period. "Gallia" remains a name of France in modern Greek () and modern Latin (besides the alternatives "Francia" and "Francogallia"). 1. according to a Roman Emperor how many parts in Gaul?
2. are they named?
3. what was the emperor called?
4. what is the latin translation for it?
5. who lived there in an era named after metal?
6. how many countries did it cover?
7. can you list three of them?
8. in what year AD was is conquered?
9. by who?
10. when did Caesar complete his conquest? Provide a numbered list of answers.
****
A numbered of answers:
1. three
2. Gallia Celtica, Belgica and Aquitania
3. Julius Caesar
4. Gallia
5. Celtic tribes
6. Seven
7. France, Luxembourg, and Belgium
8. 486
9. the Franks
10. 51BC