Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Jack had gone to the university to study history, but he kept playing all the time and at the end of his first year, his history professor failed him in his exams. He was so poor at his subject that he would have to leave the university. However, his father made up his mind that he would go to see the professor to ask him to let Jack go on his studies the next year. "He's a good boy," said the father, "and if you let him pass this time, I'm sure he'll improve a lot next year and pass the exam at the end of it really well." "No, no, that's quite impossible." said the professor at once, "Do you know, last month I asked him when Napoleon had died, and he didn't know!" "Please, sir, give him another chance." said Jack's father. "You see, I'm afraid we don't take any newspapers in our house, so none of us even know that Napoleon was ill."

1. What was Jack studying?
2. Was he in high school?
3. Where was he studying?
4. Did he pass his tests?
5. Who decided to plead for Jack to be allowed to stay in school?
6. Did the professor agree to let him stay?
7. Did the professor ask Jack a question?
8. What was it?
9. Did he know the answer?
10. Why did Jack's dad say his son didn't know the answer?
11. What does Jack do instead of studying history?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. history
2. No
3. the university
4. No
5. his father
6. No
7. Yes
8. when Napoleon had died
9. No
10. we don't take any newspapers in our house
11. playing all the time

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Do you like doing sports every day? A lot of people like doing sports because they can help them to keep fit. Today Yoga is women's favorite kind of sports. But many people like to watch others to play ball games. They like Yao Ming and David Beckham very much. Yao Ming plays basketball very well. David Beckham is good at playing football. People often watch their favorite players or teams on TV. When they watch them on TV, they feel excited. Sports change with the seasons. People play different games in different seasons. They will swim in summer and skate in winter. In autumn, they enjoy playing volleyball and tennis. They love going on a trip in spring. Doing sports is good for people's health. Swimming is suitable for the hot weather but skating is great for the cold weather. Swimming in some places is popular. People living near the sea or lakes or rivers often swim in summer. Many American families do some sports at the weekend. They are happy and healthy.

1. What do many families in the USA do on weekends?
2. are they unhappy about this?
3. what are they?
4. what is the favorite sport of women?
5. do some folks like to observe sports?
6. what kinds?
7. are there particular people they like watching?
8. who is one?
9. what does he play?
10. is he good at it?
11. who else do they like watching?
12. what does he play?
13. is he good at it?
14. what sport do people do in summer?
15. and winter?
16. what about in the fall?
17. where do people live who swim a lot?
18. do folks watch sports on the tele?
19. how does this make them feel?
20. what do folks like doing in spring?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. some sports
2. No
3. happy and healthy
4. Yoga
5. yes
6. ball games
7. yes
8. Yao Ming
9. basketball
10. yes
11. David Beckham
12. football
13. yes
14. swim
15. skate
16. volleyball and tennis
17. near the sea or lakes or rivers
18. yes
19. excited
20. going on a trip

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

(CNN) -- All big ideas start small, and Calle 13 -- a wildly popular alternative urban band from Puerto Rico -- is no exception.

Its members, Rene Perez, who goes by "Residente," and Eduardo Cabra, "Visitante," are stepbrothers. When their parents divorced, Cabra would visit Perez at his father's house on 13th Street, or Calle 13.

He was required to identify himself to enter, as either a resident, "residente" or visitor, "visitante," in Spanish.

The names stuck.

"Later, it took on another meaning, with the question of whether immigrants are residents or visitors," said Perez, who along with Cabra, recently sat down to talk with CNN en Espanol's Claudia Palacios. "But that was how it started."

Neither brother could have imagined then what Calle 13 would become -- one of the most highly praised and talked-about groups to come out of Latin America in years. It has won more than 20 Grammys and moved beyond its reggaeton roots to include instruments and sounds from all over the region, winning critical and popular praise in the process.

Though raunchy, the group's lyrics are often hard-hitting on social issues, and Perez is particularly well-known for being outspoken about poverty, Puerto Rican independence and education.

Asked how he views his career now, Perez said he's matured and made some adjustments so that people can better hear and understand his message.

"I liked to use bad words," said Perez, who raps and writes the group's lyrics. "Because it seemed to me it gave a reality that's missing in music."

1. Where is Calle 13 from?
2. How do all big ideas start?
3. Are the members cousins?
4. What is their relationship?
5. Who was required to identify himself as a visitor or resident?
6. Who does Claudia Palacios work for?
7. How many grammy's has the group won?
8. Does the group always have wholesome lyrics?
9. Where was this article published?
10. What type of band is Calle 13?
11. What does Residente mean in English?
12. What does Visitante mean in English?
13. Is the group well known in Latin America?
14. What kind of issues does the band address?
15. How does Perez describe his career now?
16. Why did the band make adjustments?
17. Who writes the groups lyrics?
18. Does he rap also?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Puerto Rico
2. small
3. no
4. They are stepbrothers
5. Cabra
6. CNN en Espanol
7. More than 20
8. no
9. (CNN)
10. Alternative
11. Resident
12. Visitor
13. yes
14. social issues
15. It has matured
16. so that people can better hear and understand his message.
17. Perez
18. yes