Q: World War II lasted from 1939 to 1945. Life changed for everybody, including women and children because of the war. Millions of people lost their lives during the war. The Diary of a Young Girl was a record of that time. The book was written by a girl named Anne Frank. Anne Frank was born in Germany in June 1929. Because the German Nazi hated the Jews and warned to kill them, her family had to move to another country. In July 1942, they went into hiding in a secret place in her father's office. During that difficult time, Anne kept writing diaries until she and her family were discovered by the Nazis in August 1944. They were caught and sent to a Nazi camp. The next year, her mother died. In the same year, she and her elder sister died of illness, before the war ended. After the war, her father collected her diaries and the book The Diary of a Young Girl came out in 1947. It has been put into over 30 languages since then. The book has been read by people all over the world. In her diary, Anne wrote down her thoughts, her feelings, her hopes and her dreams for the future, "I want the diary to be my friend, and I'm going to call this friend Kitty." "I can't spend all day complaining because it's impossible to have any fun! ... Every day, I feel the beauty of nature and the goodness of the people around me. With all that, why should 1 be sad?" The Diary of a Young Girl has also become a symbol of the greatness of the human spirit. It is called one of the wisest and most moving records on war.

Answer the following questions:
1. Which war is the story taking place during?
2. What book is the story about?
3. What's the author's name?
4. Where was she from?
5. Why did she leave Germany?
6. Did her family survive the war?
7. None of the family members?
8. When were her diaries published?
9. Where did people read the book?
10. Was it translated into another language?
11. How many?
12. When did the family start hiding?
13. Where?
14. What does the book represent today?
15. What did Anne call her diary?
16. Was she sad?
17. Why not?
18. How many people died during the war?
19. How long did it last?
20. Did Anne have siblings?
A: 1. World War II
2. The Diary of a Young Girl
3. Anne Frank
4. Germany
5. Because the German Nazi hated the Jews and warned to kill them
6. No
7. Only her father
8. 1947
9. All over the world
10. Yes
11. over 30
12. In July 1942
13. a secret place in her father's office.
14. the greatness of the human spirit.
15. Kitty
16. No
17. She saw the beauty of nature and goodness of people around her
18. Millions
19. 6 years
20. Yes
Q: CHAPTER XXIII

THE CLAMP

When work began next morning, Jake asked Dick if he should order the peons to search for the clamps that had held the guard-rail.

"I think not," said Dick. "It would be better if you looked for the things yourself."

"Very well. Perhaps you're right."

Dick wondered how much Jake suspected, particularly as he did not appear to be searching for anything when he moved up and down among the broken concrete. Half an hour later, when none of the peons were immediately about, he came up with his hand in his pocket and indicated a corner beside a block where there was a little shade and they were not likely to be overlooked.

"I've got one," he remarked.

When they sat down Jake took out a piece of thick iron about six inches long, forged into something like the shape of a U, though the curve was different and one arm was shorter than the other. Much depended on the curve, for the thing was made on the model of an old-fashioned but efficient clamp that carpenters sometimes use for fastening work to a bench. A blow or pressure on one part wedged it fast, but a sharp tap on the other enabled it to be lifted off. This was convenient, because as the work progressed, the track along the dam had to be lengthened and the guard fixed across a fresh pair of rails.

Taking the object from Jake, Dick examined it carefully. He thought he recognized the dint where he had struck the iron, and then, turning it over, noted another mark. This had been made recently, because the surface of the iron was bright where the hammer had fallen, and a blow there would loosen the clamp. He glanced at Jake, who nodded.

Answer the following questions:
1. what did Jake take out when they sat down?
2. what was it shaped in?
3. who examined it?
4. what did he notice on it?
5. what had Jake asked Dick that morning?
6. did dick agree?
7. what did he want Jake to do?
8. who came up to dick about a half an hour later?
9. where was his hand?
10. how long was the piece of iron?
11. what was it designed similar to?
A: 1. a piece of thick iron
2. something like the shape of a U
3. Dick
4. the dint where he had struck the iron
5. if he should order the peons to search for the clamps that had held the guard-rail
6. no
7. look for the clamps himself
8. Jake
9. in his pocket
10. about six inches long
11. an old-fashioned but efficient clamp that carpenters sometimes use for fastening work to a bench.
Q: The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register and became The Times on 1 January 1788. The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, itself wholly owned by the News Corp group headed by Rupert Murdoch. The Times and The Sunday Times do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1967.

The Times is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, including The Times of India (founded in 1838), The Straits Times (Singapore) (1845), The New York Times (1851), The Irish Times (1859), Le Temps (France) (1861-1942), the Cape Times (South Africa) (1872), the Los Angeles Times (1881), The Seattle Times (1891), The Manila Times (1898), The Daily Times (Malawi) (1900), El Tiempo (Colombia) (1911), The Canberra Times (1926), and The Times (Malta) (1935). In these countries, the newspaper is often referred to as The London Times or The Times of London.

Answer the following questions:
1. What was The Times' original title?
2. What year was that?
3. What name did it adopt on January 1, 1788?
4. Was it the first to use that name?
5. Since then, how many others have used it?
6. Where is the original Times based?
7. How often is it published?
8. Does it have a sister paper?
9. Named?
10. Was it founded before or after The Times?
11. In what year?
12. Do they share staff?
13. What do they share?
14. How long have they had the same owner?
15. Who is their publisher?
16. and the owner's name?
17. Who is the overall head of the parent company?
18. What is the Times equivalent in France?
19. What about Columbia?
20. Which is the most recent country to adopt usage of "The Times"?
21. in what year?
A:
1. The Daily Universal Register
2. 1785
3. The Times
4. yes
5. at least 14
6. London
7. daily
8. yes
9. The Sunday Times
10. after
11. 1821
12. no
13. publisher and owner
14. since 1967
15. Times Newspapers
16. News UK
17. Rupert Murdoch
18. Le Temps
19. El Tiempo
20. Malta
21. 1935