Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Briana, a student at John Fenwick School in Salem County, US, has a lot of free time. The 13-year-old girl used to hang out on the streets after school. "I know it wasn't good, but I really had nothing else to do," Briana said.

Briana was not alone. Many kids in her city had too much free time and nothing to do. To solve this problem, four school districts in Salem began a program called Big Brothers/Big Sisters. The program helps students make good use of their after-school time. Big Brothers/Big Sisters invites _ to help students in grades 6 to 8 build healthy relationships and take part in productive activities.

The "Littles" and the "Bigs" are nicknames for students and mentors. Most mentors are teachers. The "Bigs" and "Littles" usually meet once a week. They play games, share stories and go on trips.

The program has already helped many Salem students.

Briana's mentor is the school principal , Syeda Woods. Woods took Briana ice-skating, to pizza parties and for a visit to Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania. "When I got out, I saw that Salem is a very small place," Briana said. "The program helps me experience the outside world and see many new things."

Kathy Jennings, 13, said she was very shy before, but now is much more open.

"In the program, I see my mentor as a big sister, not a teacher. I can tell her anything," Jennings said. "And she has taught me a lot about making good decisions. I think it will make a big difference in my life."

1. What is the kids' program called?
2. What does it help kids do?
3. What grades is it for?
4. How often do they meet?
5. What do they do together?
6. Did it help Kathy?
7. How old is she?
8. What about Briana?
9. What school does she go to?
10. Is she typically busy?
11. What did she used to do before the program?
12. Who is her mentor?
13. Where did she take her?
14. What has Kathy learned from her mentor?
15. How does she see her?
16. Does she think this lesson will be impactful in her life?
17. Who started the program?
18. Has it been helpful to many or few Salem students?
19. Which of the two? Many or few?
20. What are the nicknames for the participants?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Big Brothers/Big Sisters
2. make good use of their after-school time
3. 6 to 8
4. once a week
5. play games, share stories and go on trips
6. Yes
7. 13
8. 13
9. John Fenwick School
10. No
11. hang out on the streets
12. Syeda Woods
13. ice-skating, to pizza parties and for a visit to Longwood Gardens
14. making good decisions
15. as a big sister
16. Yes
17. four school districts in Salem
18. Yes
19. many
20. "Bigs" and "Littles"

Question: Qi Baishi (1863~1957) is one of the best-known contemporary Chinese artists. His life shows he achieved success by combining talent with hard work.

He was born in a peasant family. At 11 he was sent to learn carpentry . Through his work he got to know some local scholars. One of them, Hu Shenyuan, offered to teach his painting and poetry. During this period he earned his living by painting portraits and selling his works. Gradually he developed a reputation as an artist as well as a carpenter. In those years he devoted himself to poetry, calligraphy , and seal-carving. Although he admitted he was a versatile artist, his own criteria of his successes placed poetry first, seal-carving second, calligraphy third, and painting last.

From 1902 to 1916, Qi toured the country five times, and he left his footmarks in many cities, such as Beijing and Hongkong. The trips broadened his vision and changed his style. In 1917 he settled down in Beijing, where he met many artists and scholars, and made friends with Chen Shizeng. Chen advised him not to _ early masters and to form his own style.

Through long years of practice, Qi Baishi evolved a distinctive personal style. The subjects of his painting were wide and various, and the flowers, birds, fish, prawns , and insects he painted are most admired by his public. To improve his technique of painting prawns, he raised some at home and frequently observed their movements. He wrote in his diary about how he had changed his method of painting prawns: "At first my prawns owned a reasonable similarity, then they became even more realistic, and finally light and dark color1s became properly contrasted. These are the three changes." Qi Baishi was able to portray the same object in either the xieyior thegongbistyle. When he painted a dragonfly in a detailed manner, he even drew the veins in its wings. When he adopted a , free style, he used only a few dry, expressive strokes to form it. What is fascinating about his work is that in some pictures both methods are used. 1. What is Qi known for?
2. Was he born into wealth?
3. When did he leave to study a trade?
4. Who offered to train him in art?
5. What else was he going to learn from him?
6. How many times did Qi travel the country?
7. When did he move to Beijing?
8. Who was his new bestie there?
9. How long did poor Qi have to practice?
10. What did he end up with, afterwards?
11. What's a subject he painted?
12. Two more?
13. Did he paint bugs?
14. What was the subject of his diary entries?
15. Did he actually get some of his own to watch?
16. How many changes did he have with the prawns?
17. What flying bug did he paint?
18. What did he do to make them look extra realistic?
19. How many stroke did he make?
20. Did he use more than one method? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. contemporary Chinese artists
2. No
3. Age 11
4. Hu Shenyuan,
5. poetry
6. Five
7. 1917
8. Chen Shizeng.
9. long years
10. a distinctive personal style.
11. flowers
12. birds, fish,
13. yes
14. prawns
15. yes
16. Three
17. dragonfly
18. drew the veins in its wings.
19. a few
20. yes

Q: Amy went to the beach one day last summer. She went with her family. Her parents let her and her brother, Brian, each bring one friend. Amy invited Candace. Brian asked David. Their neighbor Eddie also went. The six of them got into Amy's dad's car and began the long trip to the beach. In the car, they sang and played games together. They soon got the beach. Everyone put on sun block and had lunch. They ate on a large, blue blanket. Amy's mother had brought the blanket. After eating, everyone found fun things to do. Amy and Candace made sand castles with Amy's father. Brian, Eddie, and David swam in the sea and played catch. Amy's mother sat in a chair and read a book. When the sun began to set, they packed everything up and began to drive home. Both Brian and Candace slept. David played a game with Amy and Eddie before Eddie fell asleep and started to drool. After they got home, everyone had dinner at Amy's and talked about how much fun they had at the beach.

1. the beach
2. last summer.
3. her family.
4. let her bring one friend
5. brother
6. Brian
7. David
8. Candace.
9. Their neighbor
10. Eddie
11. Six
12. car
13. sang and played games together.
14. put on sun block
15. had lunch
16. made sand castles
17. Candance
18. Amy's father

Numbered questions:
1. Where did Amy go?
2. When?
3. With who?
4. What did her parents do?
5. Who else?
6. What was his name?
7. Who did he invite?
8. How about Amy?
9. Who also went?
10. What was his name?
11. How many were there in total?
12. How did they get to the beach?
13. What did they do in the car?
14. What did they do first when they got to the beach?
15. next?
16. What did Amy do after?
17. with who?
18. Anyone else?