Problem: Madonna Louise Ciccone (/tkoni/; Italian: [tikkone]; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. She achieved popularity by pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music and imagery in her music videos, which became a fixture on MTV. Madonna is known for reinventing both her music and image, and for maintaining her autonomy within the recording industry. Music critics have acclaimed her musical productions, which have generated some controversy. Often referred to as the "Queen of Pop", she is often cited as an influence by other artists.

Born in Bay City, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she signed with Sire Records (an auxiliary label of Warner Bros. Records) in 1982 and released her self-titled debut album the following year. She followed it with a series of commercially and critcally successful albums, including the Grammy Award winners Ray of Light (1998) and Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005). Throughout her career, Madonna has written and produced most of her songs, with many of them reaching number one on the record charts, including "Like a Virgin", "Into the Groove", "Papa Don't Preach", "Like a Prayer", "Vogue", "Frozen", "Music", "Hung Up", and "4 Minutes".
1. Who is Madonna?
2. Does she have different careers?
3. What are those?
4. What other title she has?
5. What lyrics she has written?
6. Was she a producer?
7. What happened in 1982?
8. What top song people recognized her with?
9. Where she came from?
10. When did she release her first song?
Answer: 1. An American singer.
2. Yes.
3. Songwriter, actress, and businesswoman.
4. Queen of Pop
5. Most of her songs.
6. Yes.
7. Signed with Sire Records.
8. Like a Virgin.
9. Bay City, Michigan.
10. 1983.

Problem: There are three photos of my good friends on my desk. In the first photo you can see Jerry. He is a tall and cool boy with short and straight hair. He is the captain of our basketball team. He is very popular. All my classmates like him very much. In the second photo, you can see the boy with glasses. His name is Jack. He is short and a little bit heavy. But he is very smart and funny. He often tells us funny stories and makes us happy. In the third photo, you can see two girls. They are drinking water. The girl on the left is Lucy. She is a beautiful girl from London. She has long blond hair and big eyes. She can sing very well, and she can also speak a little Chinese. The girl on the right is Li Yun. She is a Chinese girl with beautiful black hair. She studies very hard. She says she wants to be a scientist when she grows up.
1. Do the girls have the same color hair?
2. Are they both attractive?
3. Which boy definitely plays a sport?
4. Is he tall?
5. Is the other boy tall?
6. Does Jack have naturally good vision?
7. Is he thin?
8. Are the boys about the same height?
9. Is Li Yun studious?
10. What is her desired future occupation?
11. What gender is Jerry?
12. How about Li Yun?
Answer: 1. No.
2. Yes.
3. Jerry
4. Yes.
5. No
6. No.
7. No
8. No
9. Yes
10. Scientist
11. Male
12. Female

Problem: CHAPTER IX

On Sunday morning under the bright, warm sun, the little hamlet of Fort Henry lay peacefully quiet, as if no storms had ever rolled and thundered overhead, no roistering ever disturbed its stillness, and no Indian's yell ever horribly broke the quiet.

"'Tis a fine morning," said Colonel Zane, joining his sister on the porch. "Well, how nice you look! All in white for the first time since--well, you do look charming. You're going to church, of course."

"Yes, I invited Helen and her cousin to go. I've persuaded her to teach my Sunday-school class, and I'll take another of older children," replied Betty.

"That's well. The youngsters don't have much chance to learn out here. But we've made one great stride. A church and a preacher means very much to young people. Next shall come the village school."

"Helen and I might teach our classes an hour or two every afternoon."

"It would be a grand thing if you did! Fancy these tots growing up unable to read or write. I hate to think of it; but the Lord knows I've done my best. I've had my troubles in keeping them alive."

"Helen suggested the day school. She takes the greatest interest in everything and everybody. Her energy is remarkable. She simply must move, must do something. She overflows with kindness and sympathy. Yesterday she cried with happiness when Mabel told her Alex was eager to be married very soon. I tell you, Eb, Helen is a fine character."
1. Who was the first person to speak?
2. Who was he talking to?
3. Where?
4. How did she appear?
5. What was she wearing?
6. Was she going somewhere?
7. Where?
8. With who?
9. Was she teaching?
10. What?
11. What is his sister's name?
12. Is Helen a good person?
13. What did she suggest?
14. Is she lazy?
15. What was she going to do?
16. What will Betty do instead?
Answer: 1. Colonel Zane
2. His sister
3. On the porch
4. Nice
5. All in white
6. Yes
7. Church
8. Helen and her cousin
9. Yes
10. Sunday-school class
11. Betty
12. Yes
13. The day school
14. No
15. Teach Betty's Sunday-school class
16. Teach older children

Problem: Auckland is a city in New Zealand's North Island. Auckland is the largest urban area in the country, with an urban population of around . It is located in the Auckland Regionthe area governed by Auckland Councilwhich includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, resulting in a total population of . A diverse and multicultural city, Auckland is home to the largest Polynesian population in the world. The Maori language name for Auckland is ' or ', meaning "Tamaki with a hundred lovers", in reference to the desirability of its fertile land at the hub of waterways in all directions. It has also been called "Akarana", the Maori pronunciation of the English name.

The Auckland urban area (as defined by Statistics New Zealand) ranges to Waiwera in the north, Kumeu in the northwest, and Runciman in the south. Auckland lies between the Hauraki Gulf of the Pacific Ocean to the east, the low Hunua Ranges to the south-east, the Manukau Harbour to the south-west, and the Waitakere Ranges and smaller ranges to the west and north-west. The surrounding hills are covered in rainforest and the landscape is dotted with dozens of dormant volcanic cones. The central part of the urban area occupies a narrow isthmus between the Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea and the Waitemata Harbour on the Pacific Ocean. Auckland is one of the few cities in the world to have a harbour on each of two separate major bodies of water.
1. What is Auckland?
2. In what country?
3. Which island?
4. What region is it located in?
5. Who is it run by?
6. Is Auckland the smallest urban area in the country?
7. Is it the largest?
8. What does the Auckland region include?
9. What is Auckland home to?
10. In what language does Auckland mean 'or'?
11. What does 'or' mean?
12. What does that make reference to?
13. Has it been called anything else?
14. What is that?
15. What is in the north of the Auckland urban area?
16. What about the south?
17. Northwest?
18. What harbor is to the southwest?
19. And the East?
20. What are the surrounding hills covered in?
Answer:
1. a city
2. New Zealand
3. North
4. Auckland Region
5. Auckland Council
6. no
7. yes
8. outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf,
9. largest Polynesian population in the world.
10. Maori
11. Tamaki with a hundred lovers
12. desirability of its fertile land
13. Akarana
14. Maori pronunciation of the English name.
15. Waiwera
16. Runciman
17. Kumeu
18. Manukau
19. Hauraki Gulf of the Pacific Ocean
20. rainforest