question: Yu Qiuyu is a famous writer. Once, he went to Germany to learn more about the life there. He found a room for renting . The owner was an old man. Yu looked around the room and found it very nice, so he decided to rent it. The old man smiled, saying, "Don't worry, young man. You haven't lived here. I think you can try living here for a few days. Then you can decide whether to live for a long time or not." Yu thought it fair enough, and finally signed a contract of five days. The room was quite comfortable. The cleaners took away the trash every day. The hallway was always tidy and clean. On the fifth day, when Yu wanted to talk with the old man about the long-time rent, he broke a glass carelessly. He was very nervous, feeling that the glass was expensive. However, when he told the old man on the phone, the old man said , "Don't worry. It's not a big deal. I'll bring one later." Yu swept the glass pieces into the trash bag together with other things, and put them outside of the door. A moment later, the old man came. After entering the room, he asked before Yu said anything, "Then where are the glass pieces?" Yu answered quickly, "I put them outside." The old man went out at once. After looking at the trash bag, he came back to the room with a _ face. He said to Yu, "You can move out tomorrow, because I won't rent the room to you." Yu couldn't believe his ears and asked, "Is it because I broke your favorite glass that you are upset?" "No, it's because you didn't think of others." Just then, the old man went out of the room with a pen and another trash bag. He poured out the trash that Yu had put in the bag. Then the old man picked up every piece of glass very carefully. After a long time, he put all the glass pieces into a trash bag, and wrote with the pen on the bag: "Dangerous! Glass pieces inside". And other trash was put into another bag, with "Safe" written on it. Yu was looking at it. He didn't know what to say. His face burned with shame.
1. What did Yu break?
2. At first, was the old man angry about it?
3. What did Yu want to talk to the man about when the glass got broken?
4. Did he think the glass cost a lot?
5. What did he put the glass pieces in?
6. Where did he put that bag?
7. What did the old man write on his trash bag?
8. Did the old man offer the room to Yu after he placed the broken glass in the garbage bag?
9. What was Yu's profession?
10. Was he well-known?
11. Where did Yu find this room for rent?
12. How long was his initial contract for the room?
13. How often did the cleaners remove trash?
14. On what day of the contract did he break the glass?
15. Did Yu feel shame after the old man reprimanded him?
16. What did the old man write on his second bag?
17. What was the real reason the old man decided not to rent Yu the room?
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answer: 1. a glass
2. no
3. the long-time rent
4. yes
5. a trash bag
6. outside
7. "Dangerous! Glass pieces inside"
8. no
9. writer
10. yes
11. Germany to learn more about the life there. He found a room for renting .
12. five days.
13. every day
14. On the fifth day
15. yes
16. "Safe"
17. because Yu didn't think of others

question: The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A), London, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The V&A is located in the Brompton district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in an area that has become known as "Albertopolis" because of its association with Prince Albert, the Albert Memorial and the major cultural institutions with which he was associated. These include the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum and the Royal Albert Hall. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Like other national British museums, entrance to the museum has been free since 2001.

The V&A covers 12.5 acres (51,000 m2) and 145 galleries. Its collection spans 5,000 years of art, from ancient times to the present day, from the cultures of Europe, North America, Asia and North Africa. The holdings of ceramics, glass, textiles, costumes, silver, ironwork, jewellery, furniture, medieval objects, sculpture, prints and printmaking, drawings and photographs are among the largest and most comprehensive in the world. The museum owns the world's largest collection of post-classical sculpture, with the holdings of Italian Renaissance items being the largest outside Italy. The departments of Asia include art from South Asia, China, Japan, Korea and the Islamic world. The East Asian collections are among the best in Europe, with particular strengths in ceramics and metalwork, while the Islamic collection is amongst the largest in the Western world. Overall, it is one of the largest museums in the world.
1. Where is the V&A?
2. What's it stand for?
3. Is it big?
4. Who founded it?
5. When?
6. Who was it named after?
7. How many acres does it cover?
8. How many galleries does it have?
9. And how many years of art does it cover?
10. Does it contain any artwork from ancient times?
11. Which department has stuff from the Islamic world?
12. Are the East Asian collections any good?
13. Which collection is amongst the largest in the Western World?
14. Who sponsors the museum as a whole?
15. Does it cost money to enter the museum?
16. How long as it been free?
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answer:
1. London
2. The Victoria and Albert Museum
3. Yes
4. unknown
5. 1852
6. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
7. 12.5
8. 145
9. 5000
10. Yes
11. Asia
12. Yes
13. Islamic
14. Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
15. No
16. 2001