Problem: CHAPTER VIII

AN INFORMAL COURT

One morning, soon after Fuller and his daughter had gone home, Dick stood at a table in the testing house behind the mixing sheds. The small, galvanized iron building shook with the throb of engines and rattle of machinery, and now and then a shower of cinders pattered upon the roof; for the big mill that ground up the concrete was working across the road. The lattice shutters were closed, for the sake of privacy, and kept out the glare, though they could not keep out the heat, which soaked through the thin, iron walls, and Dick's face was wet with perspiration as he arranged a number of small concrete blocks. Some of these were broken, and some partly crushed. Delicate scales and glass measures occupied a neighboring shelf, and a big steel apparatus that looked rather like a lever weighing machine stood in the shadow.

Where the draught that came through the lattices flowed across the room, Bethune lounged in a canvas chair, and another man, with a quiet, sunburned face, sat behind him. This was Stuyvesant, whose authority was only second to Fuller's.

"Brandon seems to have taken a good deal of trouble, but this kind of investigation needs the strictest accuracy, and we haven't the best of testing apparatus," Bethune remarked. "I expect he'll allow that the results he has got may be to some extent misleading, and I doubt if it's worth while to go on with the matter. Are you sure you have made no mistakes, Dick?"
1. How many went home at first?
2. Who was one of them?
3. And the other?
4. Who was in the testing house?
5. What was it behindd?
6. Was it a big building?
7. What was it made out of?
8. What landed on the roof sometimes?
9. Where the blinds open or closed?
10. Why?
11. Who was relaxing in a seat?
12. What type was were she was sitting?
13. Was there anyone else there?
14. Where in relation to Bethune?
15. Who was it?
Answer: 1. Two
2. Fuller
3. his daughter
4. Dick
5. the mixing sheds
6. no
7. galvanized iron
8. cinders
9. closed
10. for the sake of privacy
11. Bethune
12. a canvas chair
13. yes
14. behind him.
15. Stuyvesant,

Problem: The bowling average is one of a number of statistics used to compare bowlers in the sport of cricket. It is the ratio of runs conceded per wickets taken, meaning that the lower the bowling average is, the better the bowler is performing. The bowling average is commonly used alongside the economy rate and the strike rate to judge the overall performance of a bowler. Where a bowler has taken only a small number of wickets, their average can be artificially low, and an increase in wickets taken can result in large changes in their bowling average. Due to this, qualification caveats are generally applied to determine career records for bowling averages. After applying these criteria, George Lohmann holds the record for the lowest average in Test cricket, having claimed 112 wickets at an average of 10.75.

A cricketer's bowling average is calculated by dividing the numbers of runs they have conceded by the number of wickets they have taken. The number of runs conceded by a bowler is determined as the total number of runs that the opposing side have scored while the bowler was bowling, excluding any byes, leg byes, or penalty runs. The bowler receives credit for any wickets taken during their bowling that are either bowled, caught, hit wicket, leg before wicket or stumped.
1. What concept is this article about?
2. Specfically what statistic?
3. Is it a ratio?
4. What's the first thing being compared in the ratio?
5. And the second?
6. Is it good to have a high average?
7. How many other stats are there to measure how good a bowler is?
8. What is one of them?
9. And the other?
10. How many types of runs are not included in the average?
11. Are leg byes one of them?
12. And the others?
13. Who has the record for the smallest average?
14. In which type of cricket?
15. How many wickets did he get?
16. And his average?
17. Can any player hold the record?
18. How many types of wickets are there?
19. Name one of them.
20. What's another?
Answer: 1. the sport of cricket
2. The bowling average
3. yes
4. runs conceded
5. wickets taken
6. no
7. Two
8. the economy rate
9. the strike rate
10. Three
11. yes
12. any byes and penalty runs
13. George Lohmann
14. in Test cricket
15. 112
16. 10.75
17. unknown
18. 5 I believe
19. hit wicket
20. leg before wicket

Problem: Beijing Opera is also called Peking Opera.. It came into being after 1790 when the famous four Anhui opera troupe came to Beijing. Its music and singing came from Xipi and Er-huang in Anhui and Hubei. Its costtumes are all fascinating and artistic.It is the highest expression of the Chinese culture. It's full of famous stories , beautiful facial paintings, and wonderful gestures and fighting. This kind of opera is very popular with Chinese people. There are four main roles in Beijing Opera: Sheng ,Dan, Jing and Chou. Sheng is the leading male actor. For example , a Wusheng is a soldier or fighter .A Xiaosheng is a young man . A Laosheng is the comedy actor or clown.Dan is the female role . Jing,mostly male , is the face-painted role and Chou is the comedy actor or clown. Stories in Beijing Opera are very intetesting . Some of them are from the history book ,but most of them are from the literature , especially famous novels . The people in the story usually have some disagreements. They become angry and uhappy . They are sad and lonely . Sometimes they are nervous and worried. Then they find a way to make peace . The stories usually end with happiness and lunghter and people are all happy in the end.
1. What kind of Opera is popular with Chinese people?
2. how many main roles are there in it?
3. what else is Beijing opera called?
4. what year did it start?
5. which troupe brought it to Beijing?
6. is there fighting in it?
7. what is the name of the leading male actor?
8. what role is the clown?
9. where do the stories mostly come from?
10. did the people in the stories tend to have disagreements?
Answer:
1. Beijing Opera
2. four
3. Peking Opera
4. 1790
5. the famous four Anhui opera troupe
6. yes
7. Sheng
8. A Laosheng
9. from the literature
10. The people in the story usually have some disagreements.