Question: (CNN) -- Obsession often brings joy and sorrow in equal measure.

Inside that thin, shiny packet giving off a mystical glow sits five stickers -- five faces of five men whose very presence can turn lives upside down.

Welcome to the world of World Cup sticker collecting.

"My girlfriend gave me an ultimatum the other day, her or the football stickers? Shame really, I thought she was the one," Daniel Blazer, a British collector, told CNN.

While most relationships survive the sticker phase, Blazer is not alone in his infatuation with the shiny adhesives which smile back at those dreaming of the holy grail -- the full sticker album.

Some are relentless in their pursuit of that holy grail, setting up spreadsheets and even calling in their spouse to increase the odds of successful swapping.

"My husband, Stephen, is obsessed with his sticker album," Emma Conway, who blogs under the name of brummymummyof2, told CNN.

"He has his own spreadsheet so he knows what he needs and what he doesn't. It does get annoying.

"Every time I go near a shop I have to get my three-year-old daughter some stickers and then get some for my 31-year-old husband.

"He's a fantastic dad to our two children but I think the opportunity to collect stickers reminds him and his friends of being kids.

"When I go to work, he gives me his swaps, and I swap them with my colleagues and then bring them back.

"I'm like a drug dealer...but with stickers." 1. What event are the stickers associated with?
2. How many people are quoted in the article?
3. Is one of them a man?
4. Where's he from?
5. What's his name?
6. Who's the other person quoted?
7. Is she single?
8. What is her spouse's name?
9. How old is he?
10. How many children do they have?
11. How many people in their family collect stickers?
12. Who, besides the husband, does?
13. Does Stephen have a method to keep track of his stickers?
14. What is it?
15. Does the wife have a blog?
16. What screen name does she use?
17. Does she help her hubby with his hobby?
18. How?
19. Does she help in another way?
20. How's that? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. the World Cup
2. two
3. yes
4. Britain
5. Daniel Blazer
6. Emma Conway
7. no
8. Stephen
9. 31
10. two
11. two
12. their three-year-old daughter
13. yes
14. a spreadsheet
15. yes
16. brummymummyof2
17. yes
18. she buys them for him in shops
19. yes
20. take them to work and swaps with colleagues

Question: It was Saturday afternoon and Andrew was bored. He had been watching TV all day. He told his dad, "There's nothing to do!" Andrew's dad said, "I think the newspaper is here. Maybe we can find an idea in the newspaper." Andrew looked outside the window and saw the newspaper by the door. On the front was a picture of an elephant. He picked up the newspaper and brought it to his dad. Andrew and his dad read the story. The circus was in town! Andrew had never been to the circus. He asked his dad, "Can we go?" "Yes, we can,' Andrew's dad said, 'but first you need to feed your goldfish." Andrew fed his goldfish some goldfish food. He promised to bring it some peanuts from the circus for later. Andrew and his dad went to the circus. The people and animals at the circus did lots of tricks. The elephant even went down a slide! Andrew and his dad ate lots of peanuts. There weren't any peanuts left to bring home to the goldfish. Andrew and his dad had a lot of fun at the circus. 1. Was andrew excited?
2. Why?
3. What had he been doing all day?
4. Did he see a book when he looked out the window?
5. what did he see?
6. Was a tiger on the front?
7. what was?
8. Did he ask his mom if they could go see it at the crcus?
9. Who did he ask?
10. Did he take him?
11. Did he do anything before he left? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Yes
2. The circus was in town!
3. watching TV
4. No
5. the newspaper
6. no
7. an elephant
8. No
9. his dad
10. Yes
11. Andrew fed his goldfish

Question: Robert and Peter study in the same university. They do everything together and help each other. But they often play jokes on each other. The school year was over last month and they decided to travel through the country in America. They drove a car and could stop wherever they were interested in and started whenever they wanted. Of course they enjoyed themselves. It was very hot one day and they were both hungry and thirsty. They stopped in front of a restaurant by the road. They came in, sat down at a table and ordered some dishes. Robert looked around and found there was a small bowl on the table. He thought there was some ice cream in it and took a spoonful of it and put it into his mouth. Immediately he knew it was mustard ,but it was too late. Tears ran down his face, but he pretended nothing had happened. The other young man, seeing his friend crying, asked, "What are you crying about, Robert?" "I'm thinking of my father who was hanged twenty years ago," was his reply.

After a while, Peter made the same mistake. Tears ran down his cheeks, too. And his friend asked him why.

"I wonder why your father hadn't been hanged before he got married!" 1. Why was Robert crying?
2. Who asked him why?
3. Are they friends?
4. What do they have in common?
5. Are they always serious with each other?
6. What did they do when school ended?
7. Did they do it on foot?
8. How did they do it?
9. Did they have fun?
10. What did Robert think was in the dish?
11. And where was this? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. mustard
2. Peter
3. yes
4. same university
5. no
6. travel
7. no
8. by car
9. yes
10. ice cream
11. a restaurant