Problem: (CNN) -- Barefoot and covered in dirt and sweat, 14-year-old Dante Campilan pulls weeds from orderly rows of sugar cane.

Wearing an oversized red cap to protect him from the scorching Philippine sun, Dante is doing work that should be reserved for men, not children.

Earning 150 pesos ($3.50) for a seven-hour day, Dante has been a child laborer in the Philippine region of Mindanao since he was seven years old. He says he does it to help his parents, but he is just one of many children who are part of an illegal economic system of child labor.

The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates 2.4 million child workers are in the Philippines. Many of them, according to the ILO, are in rural areas working in fields and mines. The organization estimates 60% work in hazardous conditions.

Alongside Dante is 13-year-old Alvic James, who dropped out of school when he was in the first grade. Back then, he explained, his family didn't have enough money to eat. Alvic says he wants to learn to read and write but because he is needed in the fields he has no time to go to school.

When the boys turn 15 or 16, they'll move on to the more hazardous job of cutting sugar cane. That's currently the job of 16-year-old Elmar Paran, who hasn't been to school since he was a young child, sentencing him to a future in the fields.

The use of child laborers in the sugar fields of Northern Mindanao is so common that landowner Angeles Penda shrugs it off as a way of life. "The parents beg us to include their children to work," she said.
1. What country is responsible for exploiting a 14 year old?
2. What are his earnings or a full work day?
3. How many children are estimated to be working in the Philippines?
4. What type of work does he do?
5. Why does he do it?
6. What is expected of them by the time the boys turn 15 or 16?
7. What region of Philippines is responsible for sugar cane work for children?
8. When did Alvic drop out of school?
9. Why did Alvic do it?
10. And what does he want to learn?
11. Why doesn't he know yet?
12. What is the name of sugar landowner in Northern Mindanao?
13. What's her excuse for using children for labor?
14. Who is covering this report?
Answer: 1. the Philippines
2. 150 pesos
3. 2.4 million
4. pulls weeds
5. to help his parents
6. They'll move on to cutting sugar cane
7. Mindanao
8. In the first grade
9. His family didn't have enough money to eat.
10. to read and write
11. he has no time to go to school
12. Angeles Penda
13. The parents beg us to include their children to work
14. CNN

Problem: Morocco, officially known as the Kingdom of Morocco (, lit. "The Western Kingdom"; ), is a sovereign country located in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Geographically, Morocco is characterised by a rugged mountainous interior, large tracts of desert and a lengthy coastline along the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.

Morocco has a population of over 33.8million and an area of . Its capital is Rabat, and the largest city is Casablanca. Other major cities include Marrakesh, Tangier, Sale, Fes, and Meknes. A historically prominent regional power, Morocco has a history of independence not shared by its neighbours. Since the foundation of the first Moroccan state by Idris I in 789, the country has been ruled by a series of independent dynasties, reaching its zenith under the Almoravid and Almohad dynasty, spanning parts of Iberia and Northwestern Africa. Marinid and Saadi dynasties continued the struggle against foreign domination, and Morocco remained the only North African country to avoid Ottoman occupation. The Alaouite dynasty, the current ruling dynasty, seized power in 1666. In 1912 Morocco was divided into French and Spanish protectorates, with an international zone in Tangier, and regained its independence in 1956. Moroccan culture is a blend of Arab, indigenous Berber, Sub-Saharan African, and European influences.
1. what is the population of Morocco?
2. whose occupation has Morocco been able to avoid?
3. who founded it?
4. what is the official name of the country?
5. when was it founded?
6. who is the current ruling dynasty?
7. how long have they been in power?
8. what region of Africa is it located in?
9. which dynasties represent the countries zenith?
10. where was the international zone?
11. who are the indigenous people to Morocco?
12. which countries had protectorates in the region in 1912?
Answer: 1. over 33.8million
2. Ottoman
3. Idris
4. Kingdom of Morocco
5. 789
6. The Alaouite
7. since 1666
8. Maghreb
9. Almoravid and Almohad
10. Tangier
11. Berber
12. France and Spain

Problem: Edmund Halley was an English scientist who lived over 200 years ago. He studied the observations of comets which other scientists had made. The orbit of one particular comet was a very difficult mathematical problem. He could not figure it out. Neither could other scientists who dealt with such problems.

However, Halley had a friend named Isaac Newton, who was a brilliant mathematician. Newton thought he had already worked out that problem, but he could not find the papers on which he had done it. He told Halley that the orbit of a comet had the shape of an ellipse .

Now Halley set to work. He figured out(,)the orbits of some of the comets that had been observed by scientists. He made a surprising discovery. The comets that had appeared in the years 1531, 1607, and 1682 all had the same orbit. Yet their appearance had been 75 to 76 years apart.

This seemed very strange to Halley. Three different comets followed the same orbit. The more Halley thought about it, the more he thought that there had not been three different comets as people thought. He decided that they had simply seen the same comet three times. The comet had gone away and had come back again.

It was an astonishing idea! Halley felt certain to make a prediction of what would happen in the future. He decided that this would appear in the year 1758. There were 53 years to go before Halley's prediction could be tested. In 1758 the comet appeared in the sky. Halley did not see it, for he had died some years before. Ever since then that comet had been called Halley's comet, in his honor.
1. Who is the article about?
2. Was Halley from France?
3. Where was he from?
4. What did he do for a living?
5. Who was Halley's friend?
6. What shape orbit did Newton say comets had?
7. What surprising discovery did Halley make?
8. What prediction did Halley make?
9. Was Halley alive to see it?
10. What was the comet called in his honor?
Answer:
1. Edmund Halley
2. no
3. england
4. Studied comets
5. Newton
6. Ellipse
7. Multiple comets had the same orbit
8. The comet would appear 1758
9. no
10. Halley's comet