Problem: Louie was _ chocolate. He loved having chocolate biscuits for breakfast. He asked his dad to buy all kinds of chocolate cookies for him. One morning, Louie's big brother, Ben, said to Louie, "You can't live without chocolate, can you?" "Of course I can," said Louie. "But I don't want to." "I bet you anything that you can't live without chocolate for one whole week," said Ben. Louie stopped eating his chocolate cookies and looked at Ben, "You bet anything? Even your new skateboard?" "Why not?" said Ben. "I'm sure you can't last seven whole days." "That's what you think," said Louie. And then he put his chocolate cookies into a box. Monday was easy for Louie. He had porridge for breakfast. On Tuesday he didn't exchange his yogurt for Anna's chocolate pudding at lunch. On Wednesday he went to Franco's birthday party and didn't eat the chocolate cake. On Thursday, Aunt Irene came to visit with chocolate-chip cookies. "I'm not really hungry," said Louie. On Friday and Saturday Louie didn't exchange his apple juice for Josh's chocolate milk. Then came Sunday. Louie woke up and found a glass of milk and a pile of chocolate cookies beside his bed. "Go ahead. Enjoy yourself," said Ben. Louie picked up a piece of chocolate cookie, but then he stopped, "I'm thinking how delicious it will taste tomorrow after I ride my new skateboard," said Louie. "Oh, no!" cried Ben. "I was so close!" ,.
1. What did he ride?
2. What was it's age?
3. Who owned it?
4. Who has his brother?
5. Was he younger or older?
6. What did he prefer for his first meal of the day?
7. Who was asked to buy them?
8. Who challenged him?
9. What was their relationship?
10. What would he "die" without?
11. What was the bet?
12. What was bet?
13. What was boxed up?
14. Who was celebrating a birthday?
15. When was it?
16. Who dropped in on Thursday?
17. How were they related?
18. Who wanted to trade yogurt?
19. For what?
20. Did he win the bet?
Answer: 1. skateboard
2. new
3. Louie
4. Ben
5. big brother
6. chocolate biscuits
7. dad
8. Ben
9. brother
10. chocolate
11. bet you anything that you can't live without chocolate for one whole week,
12. skateboard
13. cookies
14. Franco
15. Wednesday
16. Irene
17. Aunt
18. Anna
19. chocolate puddin
20. Yes

Problem: (CNN)John Isner could not keep the United States in the Davis Cup on Sunday, so it was likely small consolation that his incredible tennis milestone remained unbeaten.

While the American lost to Andy Murray in Scotland, putting Great Britain into the quarterfinals of the prestigious teams event, halfway across the world an absorbing battle was playing out between two of South America's most bitter rivals.

In the end it didn't come close to matching Isner's 11-hour marathon against Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon in 2010, but the fourth rubber in the clash between Argentina and Brazil made its own piece of history.

For six hour and 43 minutes, Leonardo Mayer and Joao Souza contested the second-longest singles match in tennis history -- and third longest of any format after a seven-hour doubles clash between Switzerland and the Czech Republic in 2013.

Mayer eventually triumphed, after his 11th match point, winning 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-5) 5-7 5-7 15-13 in front of a delirious home crowd in Buenos Aires to send the tie to a deciding rubber.

It set the scene for Federico Delbonis to take on Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci in the decider -- with the winner to earn a clash with Novak Djokovic's Serbia, a 5-0 victor over Balkan rival Croatia.

Delbonis had won the first set 6-3 when play was halted for the day due to bad light. The match will resume on Monday.

Meanwhile, back in Glasgow, the British team celebrated after earning a home quarterfinal clash with France on July 17-19, the weekend after the completion of Wimbledon.
1. Who didn't keep the Davis cup on the Sunday of the report?
2. Who did he lose to?
3. Whee was the match?
4. And what country does Andy Murry represent?
5. Who played in the second-longest singles match in history?
6. How long was the match?
7. What coutries did those competitors represent?
8. Who had an 11 hour match at Wiblteton in 2010?
9. What did the British team celebrate in Glasgow?
10. Who won their first set 6-3 which match will resume as of this report?
Answer: 1. John Isner
2. Andy Murray
3. Scotland
4. Britian
5. Leonardo Mayer and Joao Souza
6. six hour and 43 minutes
7. Switzerland and the Czech Republic
8. Nicolas Mahut
9. home quarterfinal clash
10. Delbonis

Problem: If you ask Americans whether or not they think their former president George W. Bush is smart, most of them will probably tell you they don't think so. However, Bush's IQ score is estimated to be above 120, which puts him in the top ten percent of the population.

It doesn't seem to make sense. How come someone with such an IQ score is not considered smart? Researchers say: IQ does not tell the whole story. Some people have high IQ scores, but still they can be poor thinkers and decision-makers.

Keith Stanovich, a Canadian professor of human development and applied psychology, has been looking into the "clever fools" phenomenon for 15 years. He says IQ tests are very good at measuring certain mental faculties , including logic, learning ability, working-memory capacity (how much information you can hold in mind), etc. Those faculties play a part in one's academic success, but rational thinking is more important for us to make good judgments in real-life situations.

IQ tests fail to work when it comes to rational thinking. That's because they are unable to assess things such as a person's ability to weigh up information, or whether an individual can set aside the cognitive biases that may be misleading.

"A high IQ is like height in a basketball player," says David Perkins, who studies thinking and reasoning skills at Harvard University. "It is very important, all other things being equal. But all other things aren't equal. It takes a lot more to be a good basketball player than being tall, and it takes a lot more to be a good thinker than having a high IQ."
1. What anomaly has someone been checking out for many years?
2. Is there a nickname for it?
3. Who was doing the research?
4. Is he American?
5. What is he?
6. How long has be been researching it?
7. Are the evaluations good for testing rationale?
8. What are they good at testing?
9. Does anyone make an analogy?
10. What does he compare it to?
Answer:
1. How come someone with such an IQ score is not considered smart?
2. clever fools
3. Keith Stanovich
4. no
5. Canadian
6. 15 years
7. No
8. mental faculties , including logic, learning ability, working-memory capacity (how much information you can hold in mind), etc
9. David Perkins
10. IQ is like height in a basketball player