Problem: Once upon a time there was a cowgirl named Callie. Callie was the most beautiful cowgirl in all the land. She rode a beautiful horse. Her horse was brown. There are plenty of other horses. There are black horses, white horses, and red horses, but Callie's brown horse was the only horse in the world. Callie lived in a beautiful house with her husband. Her husband's name was Henry. Henry was a very good farmer. He grew tomatoes. His neighbor grew corn, potatoes, and bananas. His neighbor's name was David. David had a son named James who played in Henry's field. One day James fell and Henry almost ran him over with his horse. It was very scary. James was very careful when playing in the field. His dad told him never to play in the field again and he listened. Henry was very sorry for scaring him and sent him a basket of tomatoes.
1. Who was the most beautiful cowgirl in the world?
2. Was she married?
3. Oh. Did her husband have a job?
4. What was it?
5. Was he good at it?
6. What did he grow?
7. If Henry only grew tomatoes, did someone else grow other vegetables?
8. What was his name?
9. Did David have a family?
10. Did the two families get along?
11. Did they interact in any way?
12. How did they usually interact?
13. Who was James?
14. What was James doing that put him close enough to the horse to be run over?
15. Where?
16. Why was he there?
17. Did he keep playing after he was nearly run over?
18. Was Henry sorry?
19. Did he do anything to apologize?
Answer: 1. Callie was the most beautiful cowgirl Callie
2. Callie lived in a beautiful house with her husband Yes
3. yes
4. farmer
5. Yes
6. tomatoes
7. His neighbor
8. David
9. yes
10. unknown
11. yes
12. One day James fell and Henry almost ran him over with his horse.
13. David's son
14. James fell
15. in Henry's field.
16. he played
17. No
18. yes
19. a basket of tomatoes.

Q: An artist in Oakland, California is using his skills to help the homeless. Greg Kloehn builds very small shelters that make life on the streets more comfortable. The structures offer the homeless some safety and protection from bad weather. Each little house also has wheels on the bottom so it can go wherever its owner goes.

Greg Kloehn has given away at least 20 tiny houses to the homeless on the street. On a recent day, Mr. Kloehn stops to visit his homeless friends. One of them is Oscar Young. The two men hug when they see each other. Inside his little shelter Mr. Young gets relief from cold nights on the streets. Mr. Kloehn also visits Sweet-Pea, another friend who also lives in one of the little homes the artist built. She says it keeps her safe and protects her belongings.

In the mornings, Mr. Kloehn searches the streets for building materials. He gathers what he can and takes it to his studio. There, he puts the houses together. Empty coffee bags become roof material. A washing machine door and refrigerator part become windows. Nails, screws and the sticky glue hold all the pieces together. The artist also attaches a small electrical device to the house. The device is powered by the sun.

Some of the people living on the streets once had normal houses of their own. But some of the people say they have learned to live with less and they are thankful to that man.

Mr. Kloehn says his work is not a social project. He says he is just someone using his skills to help his homeless neighbors.

Answer the following questions:
1. What is Greg Kloehn doing?
2. how?
3. what do they offer?
4. Does he know any of the homeless?
5. Can you name one?
6. Does he have one of these houses?
7. How many has he given away?
8. Where does he get his materials?
9. Is there any electricity?
10. What are they powered by?
11. Are these people born on the streets?
12. What have they learned to live with?
13. Can the houses be moved?
14. how?
15. What material can be used as a roof?
16. And what holds it together?
17. What is his occupation?
18. where does he live?
19. Does he built for people in other neighborhoods?
20. where do the people live?
A: 1. helping the homeless.
2. by building very small shelters
3. safety and protection from bad weather
4. Yes
5. Oscar Young
6. Yes
7. at least 20
8. the streets
9. Yes
10. sun.
11. No
12. with less
13. Yes
14. Each house has wheels on the bottom
15. Empty coffee bags
16. Nails, screws and the sticky glue
17. An artist
18. Oakland
19. No
20. Oakland, California

Problem: Leave a camera on a mountaintop, and chances are, you'll never see it again. But 24-year-old Paul Bellis, a university student from Wales, believed that most people were better than that, and set up a creative experiment to test out his theory. "I was speaking to a friend who said you can't trust anyone, anywhere these days," Bellis toldthe Daily Mail. "I didn't want to believe _ so I set up this experiment to find out what might happen and prove you can trust people." Billis decided to do an experiment by hiking up a mountain called Snowdonia, taking a photo, and leaving his camera behind. He also attached a note to the camera, asking other hikers to take photos of themselves and then leave the camera there until the roll of film was empty. He also included his address, in case someone would be nice enough to return the camera to his home after the roll of film was finished. Four days later, Bellis got a visit from a Snowdonia park manager, who came to return his camera. After Bellis got the film developed, he saw that his fellow hikers and followed his instructions. Thirty people had each taken photos of themselves at the mountain. From viewing the collection, it was clear that all the hikers had enjoyed the experiment. As for the park manager, Brian, "I found the camera and thought it had been lost until I saw the note," he said. "I was passing his home and just dropped it off. I' m glad that the photos came out very well."
1. What was the experiment about?
2. Who created it?
3. How old is he?
4. What does he do?
5. From where?
6. Did he think people could be trusted?
7. Where did he go?
8. Named what?
9. What country was that in?
10. What did he leave there?
11. Was anything else left?
12. What?
13. What did the letter say?
14. Was it a digital camera?
15. Did he get his camera back?
16. Who returned it?
17. Then what did he do?
18. How many people had taken pictures?
19. What's the park manager's name?
20. Did he think it was a lost camera?
Answer:
1. trust
2. Paul Bellis
3. 24
4. university student
5. Wales
6. yes
7. up a mountain
8. Snowdonia
9. unknown
10. his camera
11. yes
12. a note
13. asked other hikers to take pictures and leave the camera there
14. no
15. yes
16. a Snowdonia park manager
17. got the film developed
18. 30
19. Brian
20. yes