Q: Jeb Bush name-checked Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein and Mark Zuckerberg on Monday while telling University of South Carolina graduates that "young people and newcomers are often the great discoverers."

The former Florida Republican governor's commencement speech -- short, optimistic and apolitical -- came the day after he'd said he planned to release 250,000 emails from his days in office. He will also write an accompanying eBook that he'll release next year.

Bush's preemptive approach is one of the clearest signs yet of how seriously he is considering a run for president and allows him to address potential areas of criticism before opposition researchers dig in.

On Monday, Bush made no references to his own political future, but did sound a number of optimistic notes -- and he told the new graduates not to fear failure.

He said graduates shouldn't "be afraid to shake things up," and that they should embrace a rapidly changing economy even when doing so is daunting.

"Most of America feels that way -- you're not alone. And in many ways, that's OK. Because that anxiety can be positive," he said. "When you're thrown into new situations, you don't just challenge yourself. You see things that other people might not see."

The point of his speech, Bush said, was to tell graduates to "dream big, don't be afraid of change and find joy everywhere you can."

And they shouldn't see their ages as impediments, he said.

"Darwin was 29 when he developed the theory of natural selection. Einstein was 26 when he developed the theory of relativity. And Mark Zuckerberg, for crying out loud, was 19 years old when he developed Facebook," Bush said.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who said graduates shouldn't be afraid to shake things up?
2. Is he South Dakota's former governor?
3. What state was he the head of?
4. What school was he speaking at?
5. Who did he name-check?
6. Anyone else?
7. Did he talk about his next steps?
8. What wast the moral of the talk he gave?
9. How many adjectives was the talk described as?
10. Was the talk after releasing 250,000 electronic mails?
A: 1. Bush
2. no
3. Florida
4. University of South Carolina
5. Charles Darwin
6. Albert Einstein and Mark Zuckerberg
7. no
8. "dream big, don't be afraid of change and find joy everywhere you can."
9. three
10. no

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Kuwait (; ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in Western Asia. Situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, it shares borders with Iraq and Saudi Arabia. , Kuwait has a population of 4.2 million people; 1.3 million are Kuwaitis and 2.9 million are expatriates. Expatriates account for 70% of the population.

Oil reserves were discovered in 1938. From 1946 to 1982, the country underwent large-scale modernization. In the 1980s, Kuwait experienced a period of geopolitical instability and an economic crisis following the stock market crash. In 1990, Kuwait was invaded by Iraq. The Iraqi occupation came to an end in 1991 after military intervention by coalition forces. At the end of the war, there were extensive efforts to revive the economy and rebuild national infrastructure.

Kuwait is a constitutional state with a semi-democratic political system. It has a high income economy backed by the world's sixth largest oil reserves. The Kuwaiti dinar is the highest valued currency in the world. According to the World Bank, the country has the fourth highest per capita income in the world. The Constitution was promulgated in 1962. The Kuwait National Cultural District is a member of the Global Cultural Districts Network.

1. what percent of Kuwait's population are expats?
2. how many people is that?
3. what is the total population?
4. is it a democratic country?
5. when was oil discovered there?
6. what did it experience in the 1980s?
7. how big are its oil reserves?
8. when did Kuwait undergo modernization?
9. when was the constitution promulgated?
10. where is kuwait situated?
11. who does it share borders with?
12. when was it invaded by Iraq?
13. who intervened?
14. when did the occupation come to an end?
15. did they have to rebuild their infrastructure?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. 70%
2. 2.9 million
3. 4.2 million
4. semi-democratic
5. 1938
6. a period of geopolitical instability and an economic crisis
7. very
8. From 1946 to 1982
9. 1962.
10. northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf,
11. Iraq and Saudi Arabia
12. 1990
13. coalition forces
14. 1991
15. yes

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Can you write down a Chinese word being read to you? Sometimes it can be difficult when you find the word is not included in most dictionaries. Lu Jialei, 14, from Hangzhou Foreign Language School, won the CCTV Chinese Character Spelling Contest on Oct 18th, 2013. About 160 people competed. The host read a word to the contestant, explained its meaning and gave sample sentences. The contestant was required to write down the word. Winning the contest was a "surprise" to Lu. "I was not the smartest one," she said. "But I paid attention to details." To prepare for the contest, she and her teammates studied the Modern Chinese Dictionary for 10 days. There are more than 56,000 entries including characters, words and phrases in it. She also had a secret weapon. She studied how Chinese characters were formed. "When others paid attention to the plot of a story, she looked at how authors use words and sentences to express themselves," said Su Yunsheng, Lu's Chinese teacher. Su is happy to see students like Lu find the beauty of Chinese language. "Besides using something Chinese and having Chinese traditional festivals, learning to write Chinese characters is also an important part of inheriting Chinese culture," said Su.

1. Who won the spelling contest?
2. Was she surprised?
3. How many people entered?
4. Was she the smartest one?
5. What was her secret weapon?
6. Who is Su Yunsheng?
7. What does she say is important to her culture?
8. How many words and phrases were in the contest?
9. Was Lu required to spell the word?
10. What did she need to do to win?
11. What school did she attend?
12. Did she study alone?
13. Who was she with?
14. What did they study?
15. for how long?
16. When did the contest take place?
17. Was her teacher pleased?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Lu Jialei
2. Yes
3. About 160
4. No
5. she looked at how authors use words and sentences to express themselves
6. Lu's Chinese teacher
7. Several things
8. more than 56,000
9. No
10. write down the word
11. Hangzhou Foreign Language School
12. No
13. her teammates
14. the Modern Chinese Dictionary
15. 10 days
16. Oct 18th, 2013
17. Yes