Q: Yokohama's population of 3.7 million makes it Japan's largest city after the Special Wards of Tokyo. Yokohama developed rapidly as Japan's prominent port city following the end of Japan's relative isolation in the mid-19th century, and is today one of its major ports along with Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, Hakata, Tokyo, and Chiba.

Yokohama was a small fishing village up to the end of the feudal Edo period, when Japan held a policy of national seclusion, having little contact with foreigners. A major turning point in Japanese history happened in 185354, when Commodore Matthew Perry arrived just south of Yokohama with a fleet of American warships, demanding that Japan open several ports for commerce, and the Tokugawa shogunate agreed by signing the Treaty of Peace and Amity.

It was initially agreed that one of the ports to be opened to foreign ships would be the bustling town of Kanagawa-juku (in what is now Kanagawa Ward) on the Tokaido, a strategic highway that linked Edo to Kyoto and Osaka. However, the Tokugawa shogunate decided that Kanagawa-juku was too close to the Tokaido for comfort, and port facilities were instead built across the inlet in the sleepy fishing village of Yokohama. The Port of Yokohama was officially opened on June 2, 1859.

Answer the following questions:
1. What is the largest city in Japan?
2. What's the second?
3. What's the population?
4. Is it landlocked?
5. Does it have any major ports?
6. Like what?
7. When was the Port of Yokohama opened?
8. What peroid signaled the end of the small fishing village status?
9. What did he do?
10. Was this met with resistance?
11. What happened?
12. Where was the port initially meant for?
13. Did it go by another name?
14. What water body would the port have been on?
15. What is that?
16. Why wasn't it built there?
17. When did Japan become less isolated?
18. What other major ports are there?
19. Which is the largest?
20. Tokyo is the largest port or city?
A: 1. the Special Wards of Tokyo
2. Yokohama
3. 3.7 million
4. no
5. yes
6. port facilities were instead built across the inlet in the sleepy fishing village of Yokohama
7. June 2, 1859
8. in 185354, when Commodore Matthew Perry arrived just south of Yokohama with a fleet of American warships
9. demanded that Japan open several ports for commerce
10. no
11. the Tokugawa shogunate agreed by signing the Treaty of Peace and Amity
12. Kanagawa-juku
13. Kanagawa Ward
14. the Tokaido
15. a strategic highway that linked Edo to Kyoto and Osaka
16. the Tokugawa shogunate decided that Kanagawa-juku was too close to the Tokaido for comfort
17. in the mid-19th century
18. Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, Hakata, Tokyo, and Chiba.
19. Tokyo
20. both
Q: On Thursday October 3, Adam Harper decided to stop drinking coffee. Adam is a MBA student at Harvard University. He studies long hours, gets very little sleep and as a result, he drinks a lot of coffee---anywhere from five to six cups a day. Recently, Adam felt that drinking thus much coffee was making it hard for him to sleep at all. He also began having problems with his concentration , and complained of stomachaches. Adam's doctor made this suggestions: stop drinking coffee altogether. When Adam got up on October 3, he began his day without his morning coffee. By 11:00 a.m., Adam was in a terrible mood . He was tired and had a headache. At 11:30, he had a meeting with his student advisor. In the meeting, he found it almost impossible to continue. What was going on? Caffeine, a chemical found in coffee, was most likely the reason for how Adam felt. Caffeine is a stimulant that boosts energy levels and improves concentration- but only for a short time. Lowering caffeine consumption often causes a drop in blood pressure and the result is a "coffee headache", People who stop drinking coffee often say they feel tired and moody, and find it hard to focus. The good news is that these feeling usually pass after four and five days. During this time, doctors suggested taking some aspirin for the headache. So, if Adam can wait, in less than a week, he may be feeling much better.

Answer the following questions:
1. Why did Adam swear off coffee?
2. When did he make the decision?
3. Did he have any problems with his decision initially?
4. What problems?
5. What problems did he first have after he stopped?
6. How long should it take for these feelings to pass?
7. What other remedies do doctors recommend?
8. What does Adam do?
9. Did anyone advise him to stop drinking coffee, or did he decide it himself?
10. Who did he talk to about the problem?
11. How much was he drinking?
12. Was Adam successful in permanently cutting coffee?
13. What substance is responsible for these problems?
14. What effects do cutting it have?
A: 1. hard for him to sleep
2. Recently
3. yes
4. studies long hours, gets very little sleep
5. a terrible mood . tired and had a headache
6. four and five days
7. taking some aspirin
8. MBA student at Harvard University
9. himself
10. doctor
11. five to six cups a day
12. if Adam can wait
13. Caffeine
14. coffee headache
Q: (CNN) -- UK lawmakers have voted in the House of Commons to recognize Palestine as a state "as a contribution to securing a negotiated two state solution."

The motion was backed overwhelmingly Monday by 274 votes to 12. However, fewer than half of the 650 MPs in the House of Commons took part in the debate.

The motion passed was, "That this House believes that the Government should recognise the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel, as a contribution to securing a negotiated two state solution.

The measure is mainly symbolic and is not binding on the government. However, it lends added weight within Europe to calls for Palestinian statehood.

Ten days earlier, the new government in Sweden said it would recognize a Palestinian state.

"A two-state solution requires mutual recognition and a will to coexist peacefully. Therefore, Sweden will recognise the State of Palestine," said Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in his first statement of government policy.

'Not a gift, but a right'

The UK vote came after five hours of debate in the House.

Former Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind, of the Conservative Party, told MPs that during his time in office in the 1990s, the United Kingdom committed "for the first time to a two-state solution with a Palestinian state."

"I have never wavered in that view and I believe that the earlier that state comes about the better, both for the Palestinians and for the Middle East as a whole," he said.

Shadow foreign minister Ian Lucas, of the opposition Labour Party, said the motion would be supported by his party but that the timing and manner of deciding whether to recognize Palestinian statehood was a matter for the current coalition government.

Answer the following questions:
1. In what country is this vote happening?
A:
1. in the UK