input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. "Football, tennis, cricket -- anything with a round ball, I was useless," he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England. It was a mountain bike he received for his 15thbirthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set up his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon. The following year he met John Ridgway and started to work as a teacher at Ridgway's school of adventure in Scotland, where he learnt about Ridgway's cold--waterexploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures; he decided that this would be his future. In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long--distance expedition towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite, ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his sled up and over the rocky mountains. Saunders has become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he's skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change. 1. Was Bill always good at sports?
2. Was he usually picked last for teams?
3. What changed him?
4. how old was he?
5. where did he start cycling?
6. with friends?
7. Did he start exercising with a friend?
8. when did he run a marathon?
9. where did he start teaching?
10. at what kind of school?
11. what did he become most interested in there?
12. when did he first go on a North POle trip?
13. did he see a polar bear?
14. Was he the oldest person to ski ot the north pole?
15. the youngest?
16. how did he get up the mountains?
17. which British citizen has skied more of the North Pole than him?
numbered_answers: 1. no
2. yes
3. a mountain bike
4. 15
5. in a nearby fores
6. no
7. yes
8. At the age of 18
9. in Scotland
10. adventure
11. North Pole explorers and adventures
12. In 2001
13. yes
14. no
15. yes
16. pulling his sled
17. unknown

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE

IN WHICH TOM PINCH AND HIS SISTER TAKE A LITTLE PLEASURE; BUT QUITE IN A DOMESTIC WAY, AND WITH NO CEREMONY ABOUT IT

Tom Pinch and his sister having to part, for the dispatch of the morning's business, immediately after the dispersion of the other actors in the scene upon the wharf with which the reader has been already made acquainted, had no opportunity of discussing the subject at that time. But Tom, in his solitary office, and Ruth, in the triangular parlour, thought about nothing else all day; and, when their hour of meeting in the afternoon approached, they were very full of it, to be sure.

There was a little plot between them, that Tom should always come out of the Temple by one way; and that was past the fountain. Coming through Fountain Court, he was just to glance down the steps leading into Garden Court, and to look once all round him; and if Ruth had come to meet him, there he would see her; not sauntering, you understand (on account of the clerks), but coming briskly up, with the best little laugh upon her face that ever played in opposition to the fountain, and beat it all to nothing. For, fifty to one, Tom had been looking for her in the wrong direction, and had quite given her up, while she had been tripping towards him from the first; jingling that little reticule of hers (with all the keys in it) to attract his wandering observation. 1. Did two people have a small scheme?
2. Who?
3. Where was he to exit by?
4. What is he exiting?
5. Where is he when he's to peer down the stairs?
6. Where do they lead?
7. Is she supposed to casually stroll?
8. Why not?
9. What is she to do instead?
10. Will she appear somber or happy?
11. When did they leave one another earlier?
12. Of whom?
13. Where?
14. Which is on what?
15. Does he have a social work space?
16. What shape is her room?
17. Did they think about a bunch of different things all day?
18. What are the odds that he looked for her in the wrong spot?
19. What did she use to make noise?
20. For what purpose?
numbered_answers: 1. Yes
2. TOM PINCH AND HIS SISTER
3. past the fountain
4. the Temple
5. Coming through Fountain Court
6. into Garden Court
7. No
8. on account of the clerks
9. briskly
10. Yes
11. immediately after the dispersion
12. the other actors
13. in the scene
14. the wharf
15. No
16. triangular
17. No
18. fifty to one
19. that little reticule of hers
20. to attract his wandering observation

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. The bird by the river chirped twice before breaking into song, to tell all the other animals to sing along. The dog barked, the other birds sang, the squirrel squeaked, and the rabbit clapped its ears together. The cat did not because his mouth was hot from some very strong mustard. He thought to himself that he wouldn't have eaten that hot dog if he knew it was on it. He tried to look for water, but that mustard drove his nose crazy and he couldn't smell anything. Not even water.

Luckily for the cat, cats have very good eyes, and he saw a puddle out of the corner of his eye. He ran to it. He wondered why the water was kind of yellow, and thought it must be from the leaves floating in the puddle. The cat took a big drink. It made his tongue felt so much better that it made him want to sing, but the others were done and the bird had flown away. 1. What is the main character in this story?
2. What was bothering the cat?
3. From where?
4. What negative effects was the mustard having on him?
5. Since he couldn't do that, what senses was he relying on?
6. What did this sense help him accomplish?
7. What was strange about the water?
8. Why?
9. Did he drink it anyway?
10. Did it solve the problem with his mouth?
11. What did he desire to do after he felt normal again?
12. So did he?
13. How many different animals were singing at the beginning of the story?
14. Did they all use their voices only?
15. What else did they use besides their voices?
16. What sound did the squirrel make?
17. What was the bird's cue for all the others?
numbered_answers:
1. The cat
2. his mouth was hot from strong mustard
3. a hot dog
4. couldn't smell
5. sight
6. find water
7. it was yellow
8. maybe the floating leaves
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. sing
12. no
13. Four
14. No.
15. ears
16. a squeak
17. two chirps