Question: What would you do if you found a snake in your house? Many people might be afraid or try to kill it. However, if you live in North Carolina in the USA, one thing you can do is to call the Snake Catchers. The Snake Catchers are four men who love snakes, even poisonous ones. Their newspaper advertisement says, "Snake Catchers: free snake removal Please do not kill them -- Call us. " The Snake Catchers, who started their service in 1998, don't charge anything for helping people. "We do this as a hobby," explained Fred Johnson, one of the Snake Catchers. Because of their love of snakes, the Snake Catchers try to keep them alive. "One man asked us to kill a python , so he could make a pair of boots from the skin. We refused, because we like snakes, and we don't want to see them killed, " said Fred. Some of the snakes that they catch are kept as pets; some are given to the North Carolina State University. Most, including the poisonous snakes, are set free in the wild, usually in a national park. Fred suggests that people should treat snakes with care. "Actually snakes are very shy and gentle creatures. They only attack if they are frightened. However, you have to know how to treat a snake properly!" According to one happy family, the Snake Catchers are good. One day, the Greenwood family found a snake skin in the kitchen. They looked very carefully and saw a snake sleeping behind a cupboard. They thought about what to do. Then Steve Greenwood remembered the advertisement for the Snake Catchers. He called them. "The Snake Catchers arrived within an hour and they finished the job quickly too," said Steve Greenwood. "One of them went into the kitchen, found the snake and took it out alive. The Snake Catchers did a very good job." Last year, the Snake Catchers removed more than seventy snakes from houses in North Carolina. 1. Where are the Snake Catchers located?
2. How many people are in the group?
3. When did they start?
4. Where do they place ads?
5. What is the name of one of the families that contacted them?
6. Where did they find a creature?
7. What was it doing?
8. When did the Snake Catcher arrive?
9. What did they do?
10. How many did they remove last year?
11. All in North Carolina?
12. Do they ever kill the snakes?
13. Why not? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. North Carolina
2. four
3. 1998
4. North Carolina State University
5. the Greenwood family
6. kitchen
7. sleeping
8. within an hour
9. found the snake and took it out alive
10. seventy
11. Yes
12. No
13. they like snakes

Question: Although Tokyo is one of the most expensive cities in the world , you will be surprised that there are still some free activities in Tokyo. Free temples ( ) There are many temples in Tokyo.The most famous one is Meiji Jingu.This is the most important temple in Tokyo. If you visit it , you can know more about Japanese history .Of course , it's free. Free museums If you go to Kanto Earthquake Museum , you can see the exhibitions and the memorial for the people who died in the 1923 earthquake _ Free parks There are two famous parks in Japan. They are Yoyogi Park and Ueno Park .Yoyogi Park is one of the largest parks in Tokyo .It is now a great place to see street performers.Ueno Park is popular with many Japanses people and foreign visitors. Free snacks Janpanese food is delicious and healthy . You can try different kinds of snacks , before spending money on them. You don't need to pay for them when you try them. ,, . (1,5) 1. Can you try food in Japan?
2. Is it free?
3. Is it bad for you?
4. How many free parks are there?
5. Are they famous?
6. What are their names?
7. Which one is bigger?
8. What is the most well known temple in Tokyo?
9. What can you do there?
10. What is a free museum?
11. What can you see there?
12. Is Tokyo expensive? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. yes
2. yes
3. no
4. two
5. yes
6. Yoyogi Park and Ueno Park
7. Yoyogi Park
8. Meiji Jingu.
9. know more about Japanese history
10. Kanto Earthquake Museum
11. the exhibitions and the memorial for the people who died in the 1923 earthquake
12. yes

Question: Asphalt/bitumen also occurs in unconsolidated sandstones known as "oil sands" in Alberta, Canada, and the similar "tar sands" in Utah, US. The Canadian province of Alberta has most of the world's reserves of natural bitumen, in three huge deposits covering 142,000 square kilometres (55,000 sq mi), an area larger than England or New York state. These bituminous sands contain 166 billion barrels (26.410^9 m3) of commercially established oil reserves, giving Canada the third largest oil reserves in the world. and produce over 2.3 million barrels per day (37010^3 m3/d) of heavy crude oil and synthetic crude oil. Although historically it was used without refining to pave roads, nearly all of the bitumen is now used as raw material for oil refineries in Canada and the United States.

The first use of asphalt/bitumen in the New World was by indigenous peoples. On the west coast, as early as the 13th century, the Tongva, Luiseno and Chumash peoples collected the naturally occurring asphalt/bitumen that seeped to the surface above underlying petroleum deposits. All three used the substance as an adhesive. It is found on many different artifacts of tools and ceremonial items. For example, it was used on rattles to adhere gourds or turtle shells to rattle handles. It was also used in decorations. Small round shell beads were often set in asphaltum to provide decorations. It was used as a sealant on baskets to make them watertight for carrying water. Asphaltum was used also to seal the planks on ocean-going canoes. 1. who first used asphalt?
2. was it used one boats?
3. was it used in decorations?
4. does it seal things?
5. can it be used in placed of glue?
6. where does it come from?
7. does it come from anywhere in the US?
8. is it refined in north america?
9. who has most of the bitumen?
10. how early was it used?
11. which country has the 3rd largest oil reserves?
12. how many indigenous peoples are mentioned? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. indigenous peoples
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. Yes
6. Alberta, Canada
7. the "tar sands" in Utah
8. Yes
9. Alberta does
10. as early as the 13th century
11. Canada
12. Three