Problem: CHAPTER VII.

As soon as dinner was over, Elizabeth went up to her own room, and was followed in a few moments by Anne, who found her putting on her bonnet and cloak. 'Can you be going out in such weather as this?' exclaimed she.

'Yes,' said Elizabeth; 'I must

"Let content with my fortunes fit, Though the rain it raineth every day."'

'But what are the fortunes which oblige you to go out?' said Anne.

'The fortunes of an old woman to whom Kate or I read every Friday,' said Elizabeth, 'and the fortunes of various young school-children, who must be prepared for Papa or Mr. Walker to catechize in Church on Sunday.'

'Why do not you send Kate or Helen, instead of murdering yourself in the wet?' said Anne.

'Miss Kitty is three inches deep in the mysteries of a spencer, (I do not mean Edmund,)' said Elizabeth, 'and it will not be out of her head these three days, at least not till she has made Mamma's old black satin gown into one after Harriet's pattern; I heard her asking for it as I came up-stairs.'

'And would not Helen go?' said Anne; 'she does not catch cold as easily as you do.'

'Helen has contrived, somehow or other,' said Elizabeth, 'to know no more about the school-children than if they were so many Esquimaux; besides, anyone with any experience of Helen's ways, had rather walk ninety miles in the rain, than be at the pains of routing her out of the corner of the sofa to do anything useful.'
1. what was the weather like
2. who is deep in the mysteries of spencer
3. what happened after dinner
4. who followed
5. how long had it been raining
6. who did kate and anne read to
7. who was going out in the weather
8. who did not catch cold easily
9. why was elizabeth going out
10. did she have a bonnet
11. what about a cloak
12. who was elizabeth speaking to
13. who did she suggest go instead of Elizabeth
Answer: 1. rainy
2. Miss Kitty
3. Elizabeth went to her room
4. Anne
5. unknown
6. an old woman
7. Elizabeth
8. Helen
9. to read to the woman
10. yes
11. yes
12. Anne
13. Kate or Helen

Q: (CNN) -- In the middle of the Idaho wilderness, a man on horseback had a brief conversation with two campers. The rider's realization later that he may have been talking to California Amber Alert suspect James DiMaggio and his alleged teenage captive has now focused a nationwide manhunt for the pair on the rugged mountain area in central Idaho.

The horseback rider saw the man and girl Wednesday and struck up a brief conversation with them, Andrea Dearden, spokeswoman for the Ada County Sheriff's Office, said Friday.

He was not aware of the manhunt at the time, but he called the Amber Alert tip line after he saw a news account that night and realized the pair matched the description of DiMaggio and 16-year-old Hannah Anderson, she said.

The rider's impression of the pair was "it seemed odd but nothing as alarming," Dearden said.

"They did speak and exchange pleasantries. I don't think there was a lot of information exchanged," she said. "He left the conversation believing they were camping in the area."

The rider said the man and girl were on foot, hiking with camping gear, Dearden said.

Dearden appeared to be correcting authorities' earlier reports that the suspect and girl were spotted by more than one horseback rider.

Investigators set up checkpoints where DiMaggio and Hannah were believed to be traveling in the River of No Return Wilderness area, about 15 miles outside Cascade, Dearden said.

Authorities haven't yet evacuated any homes or businesses, she said, adding, "We have those access points secured."

Answer the following questions:
1. What is the name of the teenage captive?
2. How old is she?
3. Who is the captor?
4. When did they talk to a man on a horse?
5. Who is Andrea Dearden?
6. Of what county?
7. What tip line did the man call?
8. Did he watch the news that night?
9. Did the man think it seemed odd?
10. Was he alarmed?
11. Did they exchange a lot of information?
12. Were the man and girl on bikes?
13. What area were they travelling in?
14. What is the nearest town?
15. How far away is it?
16. What state was this in?
17. Did they make access points?
A: 1. Hannah Anderson
2. 16
3. James DiMaggio
4. yes
5. spokeswoman for the Sheriff's Office
6. Ada
7. Amber Alert
8. yes
9. yes
10. no
11. no
12. no
13. the River of No Return Wilderness area
14. Cascade
15. about 15 miles
16. Idaho
17. yes

Problem: One day Peng Xianzhe learned he would go to the Mashan School in Guizhou. The 16-year-old boy tried to imagine how serious the drought was for the students at that school. However, he realized it was more serious than he had imagined when he saw the sign "DON'T wash clothes with water,or you will be punished . " Because of drought, the school has been short of water for a long time. Each student has only one bottle of water every day for washing and drinking. The drought has made the poor students much poorer. Peng is a student from Beijing Chaoyang Foreign Language School. He took part in the school's Rain & Bow Project from April 2 to 10. The project idea came from Peng's principal . One day, she heard a sad story about Li Guoxian, a poor girl in the Mashan School,who stopped going to school because of drought. The principal started this project to help the school. In one day, 3,000 students made over 10,000 donations of water,books and clothes. Peng and other four students went to the Mashan School and gave the donations with five teachers. They visited poor families, made surveys and had classes at the school. Ding Zhentao,16,was worried about the school's poor learning environment. "The blackboards and playground are too _ to use,"Ding said. "Besides, there really aren't enough teachers. A teacher has to teach both history and English, and even the cook is a class teacher. " Although life isn't easy, students at the school have a positive attitude towards life and they are quite willing to learn. That's what moved 16-year-old Chen Shi most. "They sang their songs together as usual before class every afternoon. After class, the students asked us to tell them things about Beijing and our studies," Chen said. "You can see the passion in them. I believe it will make a difference. Their futures will be bright. " ,.
1. What was collected as donations?
2. How many were collected?
3. Who donated that much?
4. Why did they start collecting these donations?
5. Who started the students donating?
6. What school did they take the donations to?
7. What other problems did they have?
8. Why was it like that?
9. Where did they bring the donations from?
10. Did they speak to the students afterward?
Answer:
1. water,books and clothes
2. 10,000
3. 3,000 students
4. a poor girl in the Mashan School stopped going to school because of drought
5. Peng's principal
6. the Mashan School
7. poor learning environment
8. there really aren't enough teachers
9. Beijing Chaoyang Foreign Language School
10. yes