Q: CHAPTER XI

VON BEHRLING'S FATE

It seemed to Louise that she had scarcely been in bed an hour when the more confidential of her maids--Annette, the Frenchwoman--woke her with a light touch of the arm. She sat up in bed sleepily.

"What is it, Annette?" she asked. "Surely it is not mid-day yet? Why do you disturb me?"

"It is barely nine o'clock, Mademoiselle, but Monsieur Bellamy--Mademoiselle told me that she wished to receive him whenever he came. He is in the boudoir now, and very impatient."

"Did he send any message?"

"Only that his business was of the most urgent," the maid replied.

Louise sighed,--she was really very sleepy. Then, as the thoughts began to crowd into her brain, she began also to remember. Some part of the excitement of a few hours ago returned.

"My bath, Annette, and a dressing-gown," she ordered. "Tell Monsieur Bellamy that I hurry. I will be with him in twenty minutes."

To Bellamy, the twenty minutes were minutes of purgatory. She came at last, however, fresh and eager; her hair tied up with ribbon, she herself clad in a pink dressing-gown and pink slippers.

"David!" she cried,--"my dear David--!"

Then she broke off.

"What is it?" she asked, in a different tone.

He showed her the headlines of the newspaper he was carrying.

"Tragedy!" he answered hoarsely. "Von Behrling was true, after all,--at least, it seems so."

"What has happened?" she demanded.

Bellamy pointed once more to the newspaper.

"He was murdered last night, within fifty yards of the place of our rendezvous."

Answer the following questions:
1. Whose fate are we likely to learn of?
2. Did someone wake Louise by hitting her over the head?
3. How, then?
4. By who?
5. What country is she from?
6. Was Louise still very sleepy?
7. Had she been excited some hours ago?
8. What did she want Annette to fix for her immediately?
9. And what did she want after that?
10. Who did she want Annette to deliver a message to?
11. Where was he waiting?
12. Did Louise wish to convey she was taking her time, or hurrying?
13. How long did she say she'd be with him in?
14. What's Bellamy's first name?
15. Did the twenty minutes he spent waiting feel very long to him?
16. Was his business urgent?
17. What time in the morning is it?
18. What color gown did Louise end up wearing?
19. What did she wear to match it?
20. What had David brought to show her?
A: 1. VON BEHRLING'S
2. no
3. a touch on the arm
4. Annette
5. France
6. yes
7. yes
8. her bath
9. a dressing-gown
10. Monsieur Bellamy
11. the boudoir
12. hurrying
13. twenty minutes.
14. David
15. yes
16. yes
17. nine o'clock
18. pink
19. slippers
20. a newspaper

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

The corridor windows at the Hangzhou Entel Foreign Language School look a bit different from other schools. They are all decorated with beautiful paper cutting art. But they are not just for decoration. They are also to stop birds from flying into windows. Chen Zitong, 14, a Junior 3 student at the school came up with the idea. In early January, she wrote a letter to the headmaster and suggested this. She often saw birds fly into the clean windows and get hurt. After some online research, she found this solution. "Some people decorated windows with stickers or posters. Then I thought of replacing them with our traditional paper cutting art," Chen said. To Chen's surprise, the headmaster took her advice. The school organized a paper cutting art competition. Students' works that got awards were pasted on the corridor windows. In fact, there have been paper cutting art classes since 2011. "We have classes once a week for a month to teach paper cutting," said Fan Ming, an art teacher. The teaching building even has a display wall to show students' works. Through the class, Shi Jiawei, 14, fell in love with the art of paper cutting. "It's very fun. I can design my own patterns and present interesting things through it," she said. She created many works like bears and magpies . Paper cutting also helps students become more patient. Wang Yiyou, 12, was once an active boy. But now, he can carefully design a delicate paper cutting work with scissors and gravers . "I am so proud that I can make it look perfect," he said. (By Wu Qian, 21st Century Teens Staff)

1. Who came up with the idea for unique windows?
2. How old is she?
3. Who did she send her suggestion to?
4. When?
5. What problem was she trying to solve?
6. Which school uses her method?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Chen Zitong
2. 14
3. the headmaster
4. January
5. birds from flying into windows
6. Hangzhou Entel Foreign Language School

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

"Today is Mom's birthday, Mosh," Nick said. "Let's make her favorite banana bread and surprise her."Nick took out a cookbook. "I'll read the recipe, and you follow it. Get out a bowl and a spoon while I turn on the oven." Nick read from the cookbook. "First, mash the bananas in the bowl." The robot put the bananas into the bowl and was going to mash them with its hands. "Stop!" Nick said. "Let's try this again. Peel the bananas, put them in the bowl, and mash them with the spoon." Nick watched when Mosh peeled the bananas and put the peel into the bowl. Again, Nick told Mosh to stop. Then he showed the robot which part of each banana should go into the bowl. Then Nick read, "Add the eggs. No, wait," he said right away. Nick cracked the eggs into the bananas. "Last, add flour , milk and sugar," Nick said. "Mix everything together. Then pour the batter into the bread pan." Mosh followed Nick's orders while Nick read the cookbook. "I'll put this in the oven," Nick picked up the pan. Just then Kelly came into the room. "What happened in here?" she felt surprised. Nick answered, "Mosh and I are making banana bread for Mom's birthday. It is a lot of work, but I think she will be surprised." "If you want it to be a good surprise for Mom," Kelly laughed, "you need to give Mosh one more order. Clean up!"

1. Who was Mosh?
2. What was the first thing that was supposed to go in the bowl?
3. What was Mosh about to do to them?
4. Who came into the room later?
5. Who was giving Mosh directions?
6. What did he tell him to do with the bananas before putting them in?
7. Where did Mosh put the peels?
8. Was Nick reading from anything?
9. What was it?
10. What came after the bananas?
11. How many other things were added?
12. What were they?
13. What day was today?
14. What were they making for her?
15. Who laughed?
16. What order did she say Nick should give next?
17. Where did they pour the batter into?
18. Was this their mom's favorite?
19. Did someone say the whole thing was much work?
20. How old was their mom?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. a robot
2. bananas
3. mash them
4. Kelly
5. Nick
6. peel them
7. in the bowl
8. yes
9. a cookbook
10. eggs
11. Three
12. flour, milk and sugar
13. Mom's birthday
14. banana bread
15. Kelly
16. clean up
17. the bread pan
18. yes
19. yes
20. unknown