input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. George had stolen some money, but the police had caught him and he had been put in prison. Now his trial was about to begin, and he felt sure that he would be found guilty and sent to prison for a long time.

Then he discovered that an old friend of his was one of the members of the jury at his trial. Of course, he did not tell anybody, but he managed to see his friend secretly one day. He said to him, "Jim, I know that the jury will find me guilty of having stolen the money. I cannot hope to be found not guilty of taking it ---- that would be too much to expect. But I should be grateful to you for the rest of my life if you could persuade the other members of the jury to add a strong recommendation for mercy to their statement that they consider me guilty."

"Well, George,"answered Jim. "I shall certainly try to do what I can for you as an old friend, but of course I cannot promise anything. The other eleven people on the jury look terribly strong-minded to me."

George said that he would quite understand if Jim was not able to do anything for him, and thanked him warmly for agreeing to help.

The trial went on, and at last the time came for the jury to decide whether George was guilty or not. It took them five hours, but in the end they found George guilty, with a strong recommendation for mercy.

Of course, George was very pleased, but he did not have a chance to see Jim for some time after the trial. At last, however, Jim visited him in prison, and George thanked him warmly and asked him how he had managed to persuade the other members of the jury to recommend mercy.

"Well, George," Jim answered, "as I thought, those eleven men were very difficult to persuade, but I managed it in the end by tiring them out. Do you know, those fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!" 1. Who stole some money?
2. Was he friends with any of the jury members?
3. What was the friend's name?
4. What was George asking Jim for?
5. How many other people were on the jury?
6. Did George react positively to Jim's answer?
7. How many hours did it take the jury to deliberate?
8. What was the verdict?
9. Did George get what he asked Jim for?
10. Did George ever see Jim again?
11. Was guilty the original verdict the jurors were going to give?
numbered_answers: 1. George
2. Yes.
3. Jim
4. mercy
5. eleven
6. Yes
7. five
8. guilty
9. Yes.
10. Yes
11. No

input: (CNN) -- Roger Federer may have given up his No. 1 ranking, but the Swiss tennis star's grip on end-of-season supremacy is showing no signs of loosening.

Federer marched into the semifinals of the $5.5 million ATP World Tour Finals on Thursday, beating in-form Spaniard David Ferrer 6-4 7-6 (7-5) for his second successive straight-sets win in Group B.

The 31-year-old has not lost at the eight-man London showpiece since 2009, and has now won 70 matches this year -- a feat he had not achieved since 2006 when he was at the peak of his powers.

"This is a very special tournament in many ways," said Federer, who has reached the last four in 10 of his 11 appearances.

"It's always been the tournament I wanted to be part of when I started playing at the beginning of the year, many years now. I had breakthrough results at this event. I learned a lot.

"I've loved everywhere I've played over the years at the World Tour Finals. But I think this one is obviously special, because it's in London and The O2 is an amazing venue. I'm happy it's going to stay here for the next few years."

The 17-time grand slam champion relinquished the year-end top spot to Novak Djokovic when he decided not to defend his Paris title last week, having pushed his record tally to 302 weeks at the top.

Fifth-ranked Ferrer took advantage of a weakened field and shock defeats for Djokovic and No. 3 Andy Murray by winning his first Masters level tournament, following up his title in Valencia. 1. How old is Roger Federer?
2. How many matches has he won this year?
3. When did he last lose the London showpiece?
4. When was the last time he achieved 70 wins in one year?
5. Does he typically perform well at the London showpiece?
6. Is he pleased about the venue this year?
7. Where will it be held?
8. How many weeks did Federer spend as number one?
9. Is he ranked number one currently?
10. Who is?
11. What is Federer's current rank?
12. What country is he representing?
13. Which Spaniard did he win against on Thursday? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. 31.
2. 70.
3. 2009.
4. 2006.
5. Yes.
6. Yes.
7. The O2.
8. 302.
9. No.
10. Novak Djokovic.
11. Fifth.
12. Switzerland.
13. David Ferrer.

Q: Luo Zhixiang is a popular singer, an actor and a TV host. His English name is Show. He dances well. He is often called "Dancing King of Asia". He now becomes more and more popular. Show is from Taiwan Island. He is tall and cool. A lot of people love him very much because they love his songs and his wonderful voice. He is handsome now. but he was very fat in high school. So he got a nickname "Pig"at that time. His classmates made fun of him sometimes. But he exercised and lost weight successfully . Now he is glad that people call him "Pig". He likes showing himself to others. The people around him are very happy to see his performance . Show is hard-working. His TV show is successful. Many people like watching _ . He often says, "If you have a chance, just do it!" He does it. Maybe it is why he is so successful.

Answer the following questions:
1. What does the subject of the article often say?
2. Does he follow this motto himself?
3. What's the guy's name?
4. What's his profession?
5. Is he a good dancer?
6. Is he good looking?
7. What was his problem in high school?
8. What did the other kids call him?
9. What did he do to change this?
10. Does he appreciate his high school nickname now?
11. What's a new nickname he got?
12. What's he called in English?
13. He lazy?
14. How's his television program doiing?
15. Is his popularity increasing?
16. Is he short?
17. Is he uncool?
18. Why do folks like him so much?
19. Where's he from?
A:
1. If you have a chance, just do it!
2. Yes.
3. Luo Zhixiang
4. singer, an actor and a TV host
5. YEs.
6. Yes.
7. he was very fat
8. Pig
9. exercised
10. Yes.
11. Dancing King of Asia
12. Show
13. No.
14. successful
15. YEs
16. No.
17. No.
18. they love his songs and his wonderful voice
19. Taiwan Island