Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
One day at a park, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground. "That's my son over there," she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater. "He's a lovely boy," the man said. "That's my daughter on the bike in the white dress." Then, looking at his watch, he called to his daughter, "We have to leave for home now, Rosa." "Just five minutes, Dad," Rosa said, "Please, just five more minutes." The man agreed and Rosa went to ride his bike happily. Five minutes later, the father stood and called again to his daughter, "Time to go now?" "Five more minutes, Dad," Rosa said again, "Just five more minutes." The man smiled and said, "OK." "Oh, you are really a patient father," said the woman. The man smiled and then said, "Her elder brother Tommy died in a traffic accident last year when he was riding his bike near here," the man said, "I never spent much time with Tommy and now I'd like to give anything for just five more minutes with him. I vowed not to make the same mistake with Rosa. She thinks she has five more minutes to ride her bike. In fact, I get five more minutes to watch her play."
1. Was a man sitting down?
2. Where?
3. What was it near?
4. Did someone sit next to him?
5. Who?
6. Did she point at her son?
7. What color was his sweater?
8. Was there a little girl?
9. What was she on?
10. What color was her dress?
11. What was her name?
12. Whose daughter was she?
13. Did he tell her to stop riding immediately?
14. How many more minutes did she want?
15. Was she enjoying her riding?
16. Did he smile?
17. Did she once have a brother?
18. What was his name?
19. Did he spend much time with his father?
20. Is Rosa appreciated by her father?

Numbered answers:
1. yes
2. on a bench
3. a playground
4. yes
5. a woman
6. yes
7. red
8. yes
9. a bike
10. white
11. Rosa
12. the man's
13. no
14. five
15. yes
16. yes
17. yes
18. Tommy
19. no
20. yes

Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

TENDER TROUBLES

"Jo, I'm anxious about Beth."

"Why, Mother, she has seemed unusually well since the babies came."

"It's not her health that troubles me now, it's her spirits. I'm sure there is something on her mind, and I want you to discover what it is."

"What makes you think so, Mother?"

"She sits alone a good deal, and doesn't talk to her father as much as she used. I found her crying over the babies the other day. When she sings, the songs are always sad ones, and now and then I see a look in her face that I don't understand. This isn't like Beth, and it worries me."

"Have you asked her about it?"

"I have tried once or twice, but she either evaded my questions or looked so distressed that I stopped. I never force my children's confidence, and I seldom have to wait for long."

Mrs. March glanced at Jo as she spoke, but the face opposite seemed quite unconscious of any secret disquietude but Beth's, and after sewing thoughtfully for a minute, Jo said, "I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able to explain them. Why, Mother, Beth's eighteen, but we don't realize it, and treat her like a child, forgetting she's a woman."

"So she is. Dear heart, how fast you do grow up," returned her mother with a sigh and a smile.

"Can't be helped, Marmee, so you must resign yourself to all sorts of worries, and let your birds hop out of the nest, one by one. I promise never to hop very far, if that is any comfort to you."
1. Who had something bothering her?
2. Who was worried about her?
3. Who did she tell?
4. Why was she worried?
5. Was she laughing with her babies?
6. How old is she?
7. Who is Mrs. March?
8. Does she sing happy songs?
9. Is she ill?
10. Did she chat with her?

Numbered answers:
1. Beth
2. Her mother
3. Jo
4. She sits alone and doesn't talk to her father
5. no
6. eighteen
7. mother
8. No
9. no
10. no

Question:
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The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team located on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a members of the National League (NL) Central division; the team plays its home baseball games at Wrigley Field. The Cubs are also one of two active major league teams based in Chicago; the other is the Chicago White Sox, who are a member of the American League (AL) Central division. The team is currently owned by Thomas S. Ricketts, son of TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts.

The team played its first games in 1876 as a founding member of the National League (NL), eventually becoming known officially as the Chicago Cubs for the 1903 season. Officially, the Cubs are tied for the distinction of being the oldest currently active U.S. professional sports club, along with the Atlanta Braves, which also began play in the NL in 1876 as the Boston Red Stockings (Major League Baseball does not officially recognize the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players as a major league.)
1. When did the Chicago Cubs play their first game?
2. In which league?
3. Were they one of the original members?
4. Which team also began playing in 1876?
5. Were they known as anything else?
6. What?
7. What are they tied with the Cubs for?
8. In what division did the Cubs participate while in the National League?
9. Where are home games played?
10. Where in Chicago are they located?
11. Does Chicago have any other baseball teams?
12. How many?
13. Which team is it?
14. And in which league do they play?
15. And in which division?
16. Who owns the team?
17. What business did his father build?
18. In what year did the team officially become the Chicago Cubs?
Numbered answers:
1. 1876
2. National League (NL)
3. yes
4. the Atlanta Braves
5. yes
6. the Boston Red Stockings
7. being the oldest currently active U.S. professional sports club
8. Central
9. Wrigley Field
10. the North Side
11. yes
12. one other
13. the Chicago White Sox
14. the American League (AL)
15. Central
16. Thomas S. Ricketts
17. TD Ameritrade
18. 1903