Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals. Only a few invertebrates such as sponges, jellyfish, adult sea squirts and starfish do not have a brain; diffuse or localised nerve nets are present instead. The brain is located in the head, usually close to the primary sensory organs for such senses as vision, hearing, balance, taste, and smell. The brain is the most complex organ in a vertebrate's body. In a typical human, the cerebral cortex (the largest part) is estimated to contain 1533 billion neurons, each connected by synapses to several thousand other neurons. These neurons communicate with one another by means of long protoplasmic fibers called axons, which carry trains of signal pulses called action potentials to distant parts of the brain or body targeting specific recipient cells.

Physiologically, the function of the brain is to exert centralized control over the other organs of the body. The brain acts on the rest of the body both by generating patterns of muscle activity and by driving the secretion of chemicals called hormones. This centralized control allows rapid and coordinated responses to changes in the environment. Some basic types of responsiveness such as reflexes can be mediated by the spinal cord or peripheral ganglia, but sophisticated purposeful control of behavior based on complex sensory input requires the information integrating capabilities of a centralized brain.

1. What body part is the main focus?
2. What does it primarily do?
3. What is one thing it does to the overall system?
4. Does it help secrete something?
5. What?
6. What does that assist in?
7. Can other things help with this?
8. Like what?
9. What can they help with specifically?
10. Do all living things have brains?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. The brain
2. it controls the other organs of the body
3. serves as the center of the nervous system
4. Yes
5. hormones
6. This centralized control allows rapid and coordinated responses to changes in the environment
7. Yes
8. the spinal cord or peripheral ganglia
9. control of behavior
10. No

Question: London (CNN) -- Last night Britain's fashion elite gathered at the London Coliseum for the 2013 British Fashion Awards. Nominees for the prestigious industry awards included models Cara Delevingne and Edie Campbell, and designers Anya Hindmarch and Sarah Burton.

Trends may come and go, but even among this fashion-conscious crowd there was one certainty: all eyes would be on Kate Moss.

The British Fashion Council honored the 39-year-old model with a Special Recognition Award for her 25 years in the industry.

During her glittering career she has appeared on 34 covers of British Vogue. She's fronted campaigns for Burberry and Chanel. And she's remained one of the world's best-paid models, even as twenty-somethings like Hilary Rhoda, Lara Stone and Joan Smalls have stomped onto the catwalk.

Despite all of those achievements, Moss seemed starstruck as she accepted her trophy from Marc Jacobs. "Oh my god. It's so weird, very very surreal," she said on stage. "Thank you everyone who has worked with and kept booking me. I am really very grateful."

Born to a barmaid and a travel agent in Croydon, south London, modeling was not an obvious career move. But in 1988 Sarah Doukas, the founder of Storm Model Management, spotted Moss at New York's JFK Airport, where Moss was catching a connecting flight home after a family holiday to the Bahamas.

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Standing just 5'7, her waifish look contrasted sharply with the likes of Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford, two of the leggy Glamazons who dominated the runways at the time. 1. Who received the Special Recognition Award?
2. Was she starstruck?
3. Where was she born?
4. Were her parents famous?
5. What did her mother do?
6. Who spotted her at the airport and launched her career?
7. What company did she represent?
8. What year did this happen?
9. Since then, how many years has she been a model?
10. How old is she?
11. Which organization gave her the award?
12. During which ceremony?
13. Where was it held?
14. Who were some other models that were nominated?
15. What about designers?
16. Moss has been on 34 covers of which magazine?
17. Is she well-paid?
18. What are the names of some of her younger competition?
19. Who directly presented her with the trophy?
20. Does Moss look similar to other models?
21. Why not? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Kate Moss
2. yes
3. Croydon
4. no
5. barmaid
6. Sarah Doukas
7. Storm Model Management
8. 1988
9. 25 years
10. 39
11. The British Fashion Council
12. 2013 British Fashion Awards
13. London Coliseum
14. Cara Delevingne and Edie Campbell
15. Anya Hindmarch and Sarah Burton
16. British Vogue
17. yes
18. Hilary Rhoda, Lara Stone and Joan Smalls
19. Marc Jacobs
20. no
21. She is just 5'7

Q: CHAPTER II

THE CHURCH PARADE

It was raining hard when I climbed into the dog-cart and rattled away into the darkness, while somewhat to my surprise Robert the Devil, or Devilish Bob, as those who had the care of him called the bay horse, played no antics on the outward journey, which was safely accomplished. So leaving him at the venerable "Swan," I hurried through the miry streets toward the church. They were thronged with pale-faced men and women who had sweated out their vigor in the glare of red furnace, dye-shop, and humming mill, but there was no lack of enthusiasm. I do not think there are any cities in the world with the same public spirit and pride in local customs that one may find in the grimy towns of Lancashire. The enthusiasm is, however, part of their inhabitants' nature, and has nothing to do with the dismal surroundings.

A haze of smoke had mingled with the rain; yellow gas jets blinked through it, though it would not be dark for an hour or so yet; and the grim, smoke-blackened houses seemed trickling with water. Still every one laughed and chattered with good-humored expectancy, even the many who had no umbrellas. It was hard work to reach the church, though I opined that all the multitude did not intend to venture within, and when once I saw my uncle with a wand in his hand I carefully avoided him. Martin Lorimer was a power and well liked in that town, but I had not driven ten miles to assist him. Then I waited among the jostling crowd in a fever of impatience, wondering whether Miss Carrington had yet gone in, until at last I saw the Colonel marching through the throng, which--and knowing the temperament of our people I wondered at it--made way for him. There were others of the party behind, and my heart leaped at the sight of Grace. She was walking beside Captain Ormond, who smiled down at her.

1. no
2. no
3. Robert the Devil
4. Devilish Bob
5. pale
6. no
7. church
8. church
9. no
10. no
11. rain
12. no
13. yes
14. good-humored
15. no
16. no
17. uncle
18. no
19. Miss Carrington
20. Colonel

Numbered questions:
1. Does this town have a cheerful appearance?
2. Does that make the inhabitants unhappy?
3. Who is pulling the cart?
4. Does he have another name?
5. What color is he?
6. Does he act devilish on the trip out?
7. Where doe the narrator drop him off?
8. Where does the narrator continue to after dropping him off at the Swan?
9. Does he proceed slowly?
10. Are the streets clean and dry?
11. What's the weather like?
12. Is the precipitation light?
13. Are there lots of folks in the street when he arrives at his destination?
14. What is their mood?
15. Are they all protected from the downpour?
16. Are they all planning to go into the building?
17. Who does the narrator see?
18. Does he greet him?
19. Who is he looking for?
20. Who does the crowd move aside for?