Q: Moscow, Russia (CNN) -- The mortality rate in Moscow, Russia, has "doubled recently" because of an extended streak of heat and smog, Andrei Seltsovsky, the head of the city health department, told Russian news agencies Monday.

Seltsovsky said that the average daily mortality rate in Moscow is 360 to 380 cases, but "today the rate is around 700."

Out of 1,500 slots in city morgues, 1,300 were occupied, he added.

The death toll directly attributed to the country's recent spate of wildfires remained at 52, the Russian Health and Social Development Ministry said on its website Monday. Another 62 people across Russia were in hospitals with wildfire-related ailments, and in all, 741 people had sought wildfire-related medical assistance, it said.

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The ministry said 22 out of the country's 83 regions, mostly in central Russia, are affected by wildfires. And no relief is in sight, with temperatures forecast to remain high in central and northwestern Russia through August 20.

The Russian meteorological service Roshydromet said on its website Monday that the level of air pollution will remain high in and around Moscow in the coming days.

"The air will remain filled with products burning in forest and peat fires, and with toxic emission coming from motor vehicles and industrial enterprises," Roshydromet said.

It asked Moscow's industrial businesses to start cutting emissions by 20 to 40 percent from 3 p.m. Monday until 3 p.m. Wednesday to help reduce air pollution.

Alexander Frolov, who heads Roshydromet, appeared live on Russian state TV on Monday. He said high levels of pollutants in the Moscow air pose a serious danger to Muscovites' health.

1. Russia
2. heat and smog
3. no
4. The mortality rate has doubled
5. 360 to 380
6. 700
7. Yes
8. Wildfires
9. 52
10. 741
11. No
12. 22
13. Mostly in central Russia
14. No
15. No
16. Roshydromet
17. to start cutting emissions
18. 20 to 40 percent
19. from 3 p.m. Monday until 3 p.m. Wednesday
20. Alexander Frolov

Numbered questions:
1. In what country does the article take place?
2. What is causing health problems?
3. Is it a brief period of these?
4. What negative effects have the population felt?
5. Was is the normal number of people dying in a day in Moscow?
6. But what was it increased to?
7. Does the article mention another way people are dying in Russia?
8. What is the cause of these other deaths?
9. How many people have been killed in this way?
10. How many people needed attention from doctors due to the fires?
11. Is the entire country affected by the fires?
12. How many regions?
13. What part of the country are those regions in?
14. Are temperatures thought to drop soon?
15. What about pollution levels?
16. What is the country's weather service called?
17. What has Roshydromet asked of businesses in Moscow?
18. By what percent?
19. When?
20. Who's the leader of that agency?

Q: Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed a boy ahead of him. He had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with some clothes, a baseball bat and a glove. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the things. Since they were going the same way, he offered to carry some things for the boy. As they walked, Mark discovered the boy's name was Bill. He loved video games, baseball and history, but he was having trouble with some of his subjects. They arrived at Bill's home first. Mark was invited in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with some laughs and talk. Then Mark went home. They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then both graduated from junior school. Three days before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk. Bill reminded Mark of the day years ago when they had first met. "Did you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I took away all my things from school. I had stored away some of my mother's sleeping pills . I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time talking and laughing, I realized that if I had died, I would have missed so many good time. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. "

1. Bill
2. yes
3. yes
4. he tripped
5. Bill

Numbered questions:
1. what was the name of the boy that mark met?
2. did Bill like video games?
3. did mark offer to carry some of his things?
4. how did everything get on the ground?
5. who tripped?

Q: Officials of the Chicago Transit Authority said they were investigating. The child, Nicole Hobson, was being taken by her mother to Children's Memorial Hospital about 11 P. M., Wednesday to check her recently inserted pacemaker.

The child was stricken about a mile from the hospital. Her mother, May Hobson, 40, said, "I told the bus driver that my baby had just had heart operation and that she was having a heart failure. He said he couldn't go through the traffic."

Ted Garretson, 28, a passenger who had tried to bring back Nicole's life, said the driver did nothing to help and stopped once to pick up more passengers.

When the driver reached a corner where he was to make a turn, a block from the hospital, he told Mrs. Hobson to get off, she said.

A transit spokesman said the driver should have made radio call to the control center for help.

1. Nicole Hobson
2. made radio call to the control center
3. a block from the hospital
4. no
5. Ted Garretson
6. 28
7. yes
8. Officials of the Chicago Transit Authority
9. Children's Memorial Hospital
10. Wednesday
11. a pacemaker.
12. about 11 P. M.
13. May Hobson
14. 40

Numbered questions:
1. who recently had heart surgery?
2. what should the driver have done?
3. where did he leave them off?
4. did the driver help?
5. who tried to bring Nicole back to life?
6. how old is Ted?
7. did the driver try to pick more people up?
8. who is looking into the situation?
9. where was May heading with Nicole?
10. what day?
11. what had recently been put into nicole?
12. what time were they going to the hospital?
13. what is the mother's name?
14. how old is she?