Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
For their nick-of-time acts, Toby, a 2-year-old dog, and Winnie, a cute cat, were named Dog and Cat of the Year by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

As Amy Paul choked on a piece of apple at her home, her dog jumped up, landing hard on her chest and forcing the piece in her throat out. When the Keesling family of Indiana was about to be killed by carbon monoxide, their cat clawed at the wife Cathy's hair until she woke up and called for help.

No one could explain their timely heroics.

Both pets were rescued by their owners in _ -----Toby as a 4-week-old thrown into a garbage bin to die, and Winnie as a week-old orphan hiding under a barn, so helpless that Cathy's husband, Eric, had to feed her milk with an eyedropper.

As the Keeslings recalled it, a gas-driven pump being used broke down, spreading carbon monoxide through the house. By the time Winnie went to rescue, the couple's 14-year-old son was already unconscious. "Winnie jumped on the bed and was clawing at me, with a kind of angry sound," Cathy Keesling said. The state police responding to her 911 call said the family was only minutes from death, judging by the amount of poisonous gas in the house.

Amy Paul's husband was at his job when she took a midday break from making jewelry and bit into an apple. "Normally I peel them, but I read in Good Housekeeping Magazine that the skin has all the nutrients, so I ate the skin, and that's what caused me to choke," she recalled. "I couldn't breathe and I was in panic when Toby jumped on me. He never does that, but he did, and saved my life."

Both Toby and Winnie accompanied their owners to the awards luncheon.
1. What animals are being honored?
2. What is it that they are being honored for?
3. How old is the male?
4. What did the owner have lodged in her airway?
5. Where were they from?
6. Was he bought at a pet store?
7. Where did he come from?
8. how old was he?
9. What did the male owner do for a living?
10. What was the cause of the obstruction? What was different this time?
11. The other animal's living saving act was what?
12. What was the danger she faced?
13. Was that animal bought at a store?
14. Where did she come from?
15. What organization was awarding the heroic two?
16. Was anyone else in danger when the feline came to their aid?
17. What was his age?
18. How close were they to dying?
19. According to who>
20. Who attended the award ceremony?

Numbered answers:
1. a Dog and Cat
2. nick-of-time acts
3. two
4. apple
5. Indiana
6. no
7. a garbage bin
8. 4-week-old
9. unknown
10. the skin
11. woke up Cathy
12. carbon monoxide
13. no
14. under a barn
15. the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
16. their son
17. 14
18. minutes
19. The state police
20. Toby and Winnie

Question:
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Hi, I'm Harry. I'm fourteen years old. I live in Taipei, Taiwan. I am a second grader in a junior high school. I'm interested in playing computer games and watching TV. My favorite food is pizza. Hello, my name is Dolly. I was born on January 12th. There are four people in my family -- my mother, my father, my sister and me. My favorite food is green tea. Now, I am a junior high school student. My hobbies are watching TV and climbing mountains. My best friend Tom lives in Canada. Maybe some day, you will be her friends, too! My name is Eric. My hobbies are fishing, reading books and playing computer games. My favorite subject is History, because my dad is a History teacher and I read a lot of books about history. I'm very bad at English, because it's hard for me. My favorite sport is ping-pong. I play ping-pong with my dad and my cousins every weekend.
1. How old is Harry?
2. What does he like to eat?
3. What are his hobbies?
4. What kind of school does he attend?
5. What grade?
6. Where is he from?
7. What subject does Eric like?
8. Why?
9. What kind of books does he like?
10. What are his hobbies?
11. Any others?
12. What does he find difficult?
13. Who does he play ping pong with?
14. What food does Dolly like?
15. What are her hobbies?
16. How many sisters does she have?
17. Any brothers?
18. Who is her best friend?
19. Where is he from?
20. When was she born?

Numbered answers:
1. fourteen
2. pizza
3. playing computer games and watching TV.
4. junior high
5. second
6. Taiwan
7. History
8. his dad is a History teacher
9. ones about history
10. ping-pong
11. fishing, reading books and playing computer games
12. English
13. his dad and cousins
14. green tea
15. watching TV and climbing mountains
16. one
17. no
18. Tom
19. Canada
20. January 12th.

Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
CHAPTER IX

FOILED

"We seem to be just in time, Mr. Hurd," Wilhelmina said. "Do you mind coming back for a moment into your study? Mr. Macheson and I have something to say to you."

He glanced at his watch. He was wholly unable to conceal his annoyance at their appearance.

"I am afraid," he said, with strained civility, "that I can only spare a couple of minutes."

"You are going to town?" she asked, as he reluctantly followed her.

"Yes!" he answered. "Mr. White wished to see me early to-morrow morning about the new leases, and I have to go before the committee about this Loughborough water scheme."

"These are my affairs," she said, "so if you should miss your train, the responsibility will be mine."

"I can spare five minutes," he answered, "but I cannot miss that train. I have some private engagements. And, madam," he continued, struggling with his anger, "I beg that you will not forget that even if I am in your employ, this is my house, and I will not have that man in it!"

He pointed to Macheson, who was standing upon the threshold. Wilhelmina stood between the two.

"Mr. Hurd," she said, "please control yourself. There is no reason why we should any of us quarrel. Mr. Macheson and I are here to speak to you of a matter in which he has become concerned. I asked him to come here with me. We have come to see you about Letty!"

"What about her?" he demanded, with some attempt at bravado.
1. Who asked Mr. Macheson to come with her?
2. Who had they come to see Mr. Hurd about?
3. Was Mr. Hurd very patient?
4. What was he attempting to show?
5. Was he able to conceal his annoyance at Wilhelmina and Macheson?
6. How many minutes did he declare he could spare?
7. With what type of civility did he say it?
8. Where was Mr. Hurd trying to go?
9. Who wanted to see him there?
10. When?
11. Regarding what?
12. Was he expected to speak before a group of people?
13. About what?
14. What did Mr. Hurd insist he didn't want to miss?
15. Is Mr. Hurd in Wilhelmina's employ?
16. Is it her house?
17. What man doesn't he want in it?
18. Where was he standing?
19. And Wilhelmina?
20. Is there any reason for any of them to quarrel?
Numbered answers:
1. Wilhelmina
2. Letty
3. no
4. bravado
5. no
6. five
7. strained civility
8. to town
9. Mr. White
10. early to-morrow morning
11. the new leases
12. yes
13. the Loughborough water scheme
14. the train
15. yes
16. no
17. Macheson
18. upon the threshold
19. between the two
20. no