It was Sally's birthday. She was very excited. She was going to have a sleepover at her house for her birthday. She invited all of her best friends. The party was at 1 on Saturday. Jessica, Erin, and Cathy all arrived at 1, but Jennifer was late. She did not come until 2, because she could not find her other shoe. The first thing they all did was go swimming in her pool. They had so much fun. They played with the foam noodles in the pool. Erin accidentally kicked Jennifer's leg in the pool. After they swam, everyone rinsed off and went inside. They ate cake, opened presents, and watched TV. After it got dark, they ran up and down the stairway, played telephone, and told spooky stories. Sally tripped going down the stairs and hurt her foot, but it felt better soon after. Cathy got scared when they were telling stories, and wanted to call her mom to go home. The other girls told her that it is only a story. She felt better. They all fell asleep at 11. Sally was the first to wake up at 8 in the morning. She made pancakes for her and her friends. They all loved the pancakes, except Erin. She ate some fruit instead. At 10, all the girls went back home. Sally was happy that she had such a great birthday party. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who's birthday was it?
2. Which of her friends came to the party?
3. which friends arrived at 1 on Saturday?
4. Which friend was late and arrived at 2?
5. What is the first thing they all did?
6. did they have fun?
7. Did Erin accidentally kick Jennifer's leg?
8. What did they do after it got dark?
9. Who tripped going down the stairs and hurt her foot?
10. Was anyone scared of the ghost stories?
11. What time did they fall asleep?
12. Who woke up first?
13. What did she make for breakfast?
14. Did Erin like them?
15. What did she eat instead?
16. What time did the girls go home?
17. Did Sally enjoy her party?
Answer: 1. Sally's
2. Jessica, Erin, Cathy and Jennifer
3. Jessica, Erin, and Cathy
4. Jennifer
5. go swimming
6. yes
7. yes
8. they ran
9. Sally
10. Cathy
11. 11
12. Sally
13. pancakes
14. no
15. fruit
16. At 10
17. yes

Problem: The Crimean War was a military conflict fought between October 1853 March 1856 in which Russia lost to an alliance of France, the United Kingdom, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia. The immediate cause involved the rights of Christian minorities in the Holy Land, which was controlled by the Ottoman Empire. The French promoted the rights of Catholics, while Russia promoted those of the Eastern Orthodox Christians. The longer-term causes involved the decline of the Ottoman Empire and the unwillingness of the United Kingdom and France to allow Russia to gain territory and power at Ottoman expense. It has widely been noted that the causes, in one case involving an argument over a key, have never revealed a "greater confusion of purpose", yet led to a war noted for its "notoriously incompetent international butchery."

While the churches eventually worked out their differences and came to an initial agreement, both Nicholas I of Russia and Napoleon III refused to back down. Nicholas issued an ultimatum that the Orthodox subjects of the Empire be placed under his protection. Britain attempted to mediate, and arranged a compromise that Nicholas agreed to. When the Ottomans demanded changes, Nicholas refused and prepared for war. Having obtained promises of support from France and Britain, the Ottomans officially declared war on Russia in October 1853.
1. Did the churches finally work out their differences?
2. What two people didn't?
3. What did Nicholas do?
4. What was Britain's response?
5. What did they propose?
6. What did Nicolas do in response to the Ottomans?
7. Who agreed to help the Ottomans?
8. who declared war?
9. on which country?
10. When did the crimean War begin?
11. till when?
Answer: 1. yes
2. Nicholas I of Russia and Napoleon III
3. issued an ultimatum
4. Britain attempted to mediate
5. a compromise
6. Nicholas prepared for war
7. France and Britain
8. the Ottomans
9. Russia
10. October 1853
11. March 1856

question: Soaping up your hands may do more than just get rid of germs. It may wash away the inner confusion you feel right after being forced to make a choice between two appealing choices, according to a new study. The study builds on the past research into a phenomenon known as "the Macbeth effect" . It turns out that Shakespeare was really onto something when he imagined Lady Macbeth trying to clean her conscience by rubbing invisible bloodstains from her hands. A few years ago, scientists asked people to describe a past wrong act. If people were then given a chance to clean their hands, they later expressed less guilt than people who hadn't cleaned. This finding interested W. S. Lee, a researcher. "Anything from the past, any kind of negative emotional experiences, might be washed away," says Lee. He decided to test hand washing's effect on one kind of bad feeling:the tension we feel after being forced to choose between two attractive choices, because picking one choice makes us feel that we've lost the other. People usually try to calm this inner conflict by later exaggerating the positive aspects of their choice. He had students rank 10 different music CDs. Then he offered students two of the CDs and told them to select one as a gift. Some students then used liquid soap. Others only looked at the soap or sniffed it. "Actually, you do not need water and soap," says Lee. Later, the students again had to rank all the music CDs. People who didn't wash their hands had the normal response -- they scored their take-home CD higher, suggesting that they now saw it as an even more attractive one than before. But this wasn't true for the hand washers. They ranked the music about the same. "They feel no need at all to justify (...)the choice," says Lee. But the effects of it just aren't clear. Schwarz says it's too soon to know whether people should head for a sink after making a tough choice. He says washing may help decision-makers by cleaning away mental disorder. But perhaps if they don't go through the usual post-decision process of justifying their choice, they might feel more sorrow in the long run.
1. Who expressed less of something when they had washed up first.
2. What did they express less of?
3. What might get rid of more of a thing?
4. What might that get rid of more of?
5. What is the phenomenon mentioned?
6. Who was onto a thing?
7. What was he onto?
8. What did Shakespeare imagine?
9. What might be washed away?
10. anything else?
11. What was offered to pupils?
12. What were theyinstructed to do with them?
13. What did some kids do with the soap?
14. anything else?
15. Who was the third President of the Galactic Federation?
16. What might a person feel a greater amount of in the long run?
17. What kind of soap did some kids use?
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answer:
1. people who were given a chance to clean their hands.
2. guilt
3. Soaping up your hands
4. germs.
5. the Macbeth effect
6. Shakespeare
7. If people were then given a chance to clean their hands, they later expressed less guilt than people who hadn't cleaned.
8. Lady Macbeth trying to clean her conscience by rubbing invisible bloodstains from her hands.
9. Anything from the past
10. any kind of negative emotional experiences
11. CDs
12. to select one as a gift.
13. looked at the soap
14. sniffed it.
15. unknown
16. sorrow
17. liquid soap