Q: Going on a road trip? The St. Louis Arch, Statue of Liberty and Golden Gate Bridge are normal tourist sites. But if you prefer offbeat destinations, check out the following road-side attractions.

World's Largest Ball of Paint

Alexandria, Ind.

In 1977, Michael Carmichael set out to create the biggest ball of paint anywhere. Starting with a baseball as a center, he painted layer after layer of paint day after day, year after year. The ball weighs more than 1,300 pounds, with more than 20,000 coats of paint, which is recognized by Guinness world Records. Visitors can paint the ball themselves and become part of history.

The Museum of Dirt

Boston, Mass.

The museum is the idea of Glenn Johanson. Labeled glass bottles contain such treasures as dirt from the Great Wall of China, as well as sand from a desert in Saudi Arabia and Omaha Beach in France. Best of all, the cost of seeing this museum is dirt cheap: It's free.

Mount Horeb Mustard Museum

Mount Horeb, Wis.

It's heaven for hot dog lovers! This museum claims to have world's largest collection of prepared mustard . Its more than 4,100 bottles of spices come from 60 nations, including Turkey and Tibet. Visitors learn the history of mustard, from how it's made to how it's advertised and sold. The museum's creator, Barry Levenson, loves mustard so much, he even puts it on ice cream!

Paper House

Rockport, Mass.

Swedish immigrant Ellis Stenman was much ahead of his time in 1922, when he started to build a two-room house almost entirely out of newspaper. At the time, people didn't give much--if any --thought to recycling paper. In fact, "recycling" wasn't even a Word yet. The house is framed with wood, but the walls are made of 215 layers of newspaper. In all ,he used about 100,000 newspapers.

1. The Museum of Dirt
2. Boston, Mass.
3. It's free.
4. Alexandria, Ind.
5. Yes
6. more than 1,300 pounds
7. Wis.
8. hot dog lovers
9. Paper House
10. 1922,
11. Ellis Stenman
12. Sweden
13. almost entirely out of newspaper
14. paint the ball themselves
15. more than 20,000
16. Three
17. normal tourist sites
18. offbeat destinations
19. Michael Carmichael
20. 1977

Numbered questions:
1. Which Museum is mentioned?
2. Where is it?
3. how much does it cost?
4. where can patrons paint?
5. is the ball heavy?
6. how heavy?
7. Where is Mount Horeb?
8. who likes it?
9. which other place is in Mass.?
10. when did it start?
11. By who?
12. where was he from?
13. what is it made of?
14. what do patrons do at Alexandria?
15. how many coats does it have?
16. How many other tourist sites are mentioned?
17. what are they known as?
18. what are the others called?
19. who built the ball?
20. when?

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Chinese President Hu Jintao, on his way to talks with President George W. Bush in prefix = st1 /Washington, on Tuesday met with Bill Gates.

After the meeting with Gates, the world's richest man, at Microsoft's headquarters, Hu restated that China would move against software pirates all the time.

At Microsoft Corp.'s campus, Hu said on Tuesday he admired what Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates had achieved. He also sought to reassure Gates that China is serious about protecting intellectual property rights .

"Because you, Mr. Bill Gates, are a friend of China, I'm a friend of Microsoft," Hu said.

"Also, I am dealing with the operating system produced by Microsoft every day," he added, to laughter.

Gates responded: "Thank you, it's a fantastic relationship," and then said: "And if you ever need advice on how to use Windows, I'll be glad to help."

"Chinais focused on and has already accomplished much in creating and enforcing laws to protect intellectual property." he said. "We take our promises very seriously."

Hu also said he would certainly welcome a further increase in Microsoft's investment in China.

"I'd also like to take this opportunity to assure you, Bill Gates, that we will certainly honor our words in protecting intellectual property rights," Hu said.

In his brief visit to the Microsoft campus, Hu, accompanied by Gates and company CEO Steve Ballmer, saw some business technology demonstrations and toured Microsoft's Home of the Future, which features experimental technology that might someday be used in people's living spaces.

Following the visit at Microsoft, about 100 guests, including former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former Gov. Gary Locke, the first Chinese-American governor, were invited to Gates' $100 million lakeside house on Lake Washington for a dinner.

China has recently begun requiring Chinese computer makers to load legal software on their machines.

In Seattle's Chinatown, many stores hung Chinese and U.S.flags to welcome Hu, and many in the crowd outside the stately Fairmont Hotel on Monday night where Hu was staying were there to support the Chinese president. 1. What is China serious about protecting?
2. Who is the Chinese president?
3. On what day of the week did he meet Gates?
4. Was he going to talk with a President as well?
5. Who?
6. In what city?
7. Was Gates referred to with a title regarding his wealth?
8. What is it?
9. Where Jintao and Gates have this meeting?
10. What did Jintao say he used every day?
numbered_answers: 1. intellectual property
2. Hu Jintao
3. Tuesday
4. yes
5. President George W. Bush
6. Washington
7. yes
8. world's richest man
9. at Microsoft's headquarters
10. Microsoft operating system

CHAPTER X

THE YOUNG OFFICER

It was a fine afternoon when the train ran down from the granite wilds round Cairnsmuir into a broad green valley. Behind, the red heath, strewn with boulders and scarred by watercourses, rolled upward into gathering clouds; in front, yellow stubble fields and smooth meadows lay shining in the light, with a river flashing through their midst. Whitney, watching the scene from a window, thought the change was typical of southern Scotland, which he had found a land of contrasts.

They had left the _Rowan_ where the river mouth opened into a sheltered, hill-girt bay, and walked up a dale that was steeped in quiet pastoral beauty. It led them to a wind-swept tableland, in which lonely, ruffled lakes lay among the stones, and granite outcrops ribbed the desolate heath. There they had caught the train; and now it was running down to well-tilled levels, dotted with trim white houses and marked in the distance by the blue smoke of a town. Andrew had chosen the route to show Whitney the country, and he admitted that it had its charm.

The train slowed down as it approached a station, and when it stopped Dick jumped up.

"I may be able to get a paper here," he said, and leaped down on to the station platform, where shepherds with rough collies, cattle-dealers, and quarrymen stood waiting.

Dick vanished among the crowd; but a few moments later he returned hurriedly, without his paper.

"I nearly ran into old Mackellar!" he exclaimed with a chuckle. "But I dodged him!" What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What is the name of the chapter we are discussing?
2. Why did they take the route?
3. Who was showing her?
4. What were they on?
5. Did it slow down?
6. Where?
7. Who got up?
8. Why?
9. Did he leave the train?
10. Where did he go?
11. Was he alone?
12. Who was there?
13. Anyone else?
14. Anyone else?
15. Did he get his paper?
16. Why not?
17. Who?
18. What time of day did they take the train?
19. What country were they in?
20. What body of water did they see?
Answer:
1. THE YOUNG OFFICER
2. To show Whitney the country.
3. Andrew
4. A train
5. Yes
6. As it approached a station
7. Dick
8. To get a paper.
9. Yes
10. The station platform
11. No
12. Shepherds.
13. Cattle-dealers
14. Quarrymen
15. No
16. He was dodging someone.
17. Old Mackellar
18. In the afternoon.
19. Scotland
20. A river