CHAPTER XXIII

LOVERS

Bernard Maddison kept his engagement that evening, and dined alone with Lady Thurwell and Helen. There had been some talk of going to the opera afterwards, but no one seemed to care about it, and so it dropped through.

"For my part," Lady Thurwell said, as they sat lingering over their dessert, "I shall quite enjoy an evening's rest. You literary men, Mr. Maddison, talk a good deal about being overworked, but you know nothing of the life of a chaperon in the season. I tell Helen that she is sadly wanting in gratitude. We do everything worth doing--picture galleries, matinées, shopping, afternoon calls, dinners, dances, receptions--why, there's no slavery like it."

Helen laughed softly.

"We do a great deal too much, aunt," she said. "I am almost coming round to my father's opinion. You know, Mr. Maddison, he very seldom comes to London, and then only when he wants to pay a visit to his gunmaker, or to renew his hunting kit, or something of that sort. London life does not suit him at all."

"I think your father a very wise man," he answered. "He seeks his pleasures in a more wholesome manner."

She looked thoughtful.

"Yes, I suppose, ethically, the life of a man about town is on a very low level. That is why one meets so few who interest one, as a rule. Don't you think all this society life very frivolous, Mr. Maddison?"

"I am not willing to be its judge," he answered. "Yet it is a moral axiom that the higher we seek for our pleasures the greater happiness we attain to. I am an uncompromising enemy to what is known as fashionable society, so I will draw no conclusions."

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. Who does city life not favor?
2. Does he visit there often?
3. Why does he come then?
4. Any other reason?
5. Who thinks that's a smart move?
6. Why's that?
7. Did she immediately dismiss the thought?
8. How many interesting people does she feel one tends to meet?
9. Does Maddison find it all shallow?
10. Is he a fan then?
11. How many people are eating together?
12. What are their names?
13. Are they heading out to a performance soon?
14. What part of the meal are they on?
15. What kind of a man is he?
16. Is Thurwell looking forward to an active night?
17. In what capacity is she acting for the dinner?
18. For whom?
19. Is Helen grateful?
20. What kind of things do they do together?

1. Helen's father
2. no
3. when he wants to pay a visit to his gunmaker
4. or to renew his hunting kit
5. Mr. Maddison
6. He seeks his pleasures in a more wholesome manner
7. no
8. few
9. he draws no conclusions
10. unknown
11. Three
12. Bernard Maddison, Lady Thurwell, and Helen
13. no
14. dessert
15. a literary man
16. no
17. chaperon
18. Helen
19. no
20. picture galleries, matinées, shopping


(CNN) -- Marathon man John Isner survived another epic on his return to competitive tennis after his record-breaking 11-hour Wimbledon match.

The American saved two match points before beating Gilles Muller, from Luxembourg, 4-6 7-6 7-6 to seal his place in the quarterfinals of the Atlanta Tennis Championships.

It is Isner's first tournament since Wimbledon back in June when his opening round victory over Frenchman Nicolas Mahut in London clocked in as the longest match in tennis history.

Isner's battle with Mahut stretched over three days and 183 games before he finally triumphed, 6-4 3-6 6-7 7-6 70-68. He later told CNN: "I really didn't think it was going to end."

Isner reflects on 'crazy' Wimbledon match

The match turned Isner into a household name in the sport, and after his straight sets defeat to Thiemo de Bakker in the second round the 25-year-old targeted a prolonged period of rest.

But on his return to the court he was made to work hard by Muller, saving two match points and firing 33 aces as he won in two-and-a-half hours to delight the 5,000 strong crowd.

"I didn't want to let [the fans] down," Isner told the ATP tour website. "I didn't want to lose my first match here. Also, I had a lot of friends and family here, so I didn't want to go out early.

"I hadn't seen a live ball in quite some time and Gilles was never going to give me rhythm with his lefty serve. I felt I was shedding the rust off in the second and third sets. I will only keep getting better.

1. who did not want to let down fans ?
2. was it his 2nd match since Wimbledon ?
3. what is the correct answer ?
4. who has a house hold name ?
5. what sport is this about ?
6. who was firing 33 aces ?
7. how long did it take ?
8. how many people were there ?
9. he had a lot of what there ?
10. iiiiiiiiiiis that why he did not want to go down ?
11. the Tennis games were held where ?
12. whos from Luxembourg ?

Provide a numbered list of answers.

1. Isner
2. no
3. first tournamentck
4. Isner
5. competitive tennis
6. Isner
7. two-and-a-half hours
8. 5,000
9. friends and family
10. yes
11. Atlanta
12. Gilles Muller


CHAPTER VI: A Game Of Hide And Seek

There was a game of hide and seek that Danny Meadow Mouse once played with Buster Bear. It was a very dreadful game for Danny. But hard as it was for Danny, it didn't begin to be as hard as the game Lightfoot the Deer was playing with the hunter in the Green Forest.

In the case of Buster Bear and Danny, the latter had simply to keep out of reach of Buster. As long as Buster didn't get his great paws on Danny, the latter was safe. Then, too, Danny is a very small person. He is so small that he can hide under two or three leaves. Wherever he is, he is pretty sure to find a hiding-place of some sort. His small size gives him advantages in a game of hide and seek. It certainly does. But Lightfoot the Deer is big. He is one of the largest of the people who live in the Green Forest. Being so big, it is not easy to hide.

Moreover, a hunter with a terrible gun does not have to get close in order to kill. Lightfoot knew all this as he waited for the coming of the hunter of whom Sammy Jay had warned him. He had learned many lessons in the hunting season of the year before and he remembered every one of them. He knew that to forget even one of them might cost him his life. So, standing motionless behind a tangle of fallen trees, Lightfoot listened and watched.

Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:

1. How many leaves does it take to conceal Danny?
2. What kind of animal was Danny?
3. What was his full name?
4. What was he playing?
5. With whom?
6. lWas it easy for Danny?
7. What word did he use to describe it?
8. Was someone else involved in a game?
9. What was his name?
10. What kind of animal was he?
11. Who else was ini that game?
12. Where?
13. What did Danny have to do to win?
14. What did Buster have to do to win?
15. So what is Danny's advantage?'
16. Because of what?
17. Does Lightfoot have the same good point?
18. Why?
19. What does the hunter have?
20. Who told Lightfoot about the hunter?

1. two or three
2. a Meadow Mouse
3. Danny Meadow Mouse
4. hide and seek
5. Buster Bear
6. no
7. dreadful
8. yes
9. Lightfoot
10. a Deer
11. the hunter
12. in the Green Forest.
13. keep out of reach of Buster.
14. he had to his great paws on Danny,
15. Wherever he is, he is pretty sure to find a hiding-place of some sort.
16. His small size
17. no
18. he is big
19. a terrible gun
20. Sammy Jay


CHAPTER XII

The crowd fell back, leaving a lane down which Walter walked, carrying the apple. There was dead silence as he passed. Then the people began to whisper excitedly to one another.

"Shall this be done before our eyes?" said Arnold of Melchthal to Werner Stauffacher. "Of what use was it that we swore an oath to rebel if we permit this? Let us rise and slay the tyrant."

Werner Stauffacher, prudent man, scratched his chin thoughtfully.

"We-e-ll," he said, "you see, the difficulty is that we are not armed and the soldiers _are_. There is nothing I should enjoy more than slaying the tyrant, only I have an idea that the tyrant would slay us. You see my point?"

"Why were we so slow!" groaned Arnold. "We should have risen before, and then this would never have happened. Who was it that advised us to delay?"

"We-e-ll," said Stauffacher (who had himself advised delay), "I can't quite remember at the moment, but I dare say you could find out by looking up the minutes of our last meeting. I know the motion was carried by a majority of two votes. See! Gessler grows impatient."

Gessler, who had been fidgeting on his horse for some time, now spoke again, urging Tell to hurry.

"Begin!" he cried--"begin!"

"Immediately," replied Tell, fitting the arrow to the string.

Gessler began to mock him once more.

"You see now," he said, "the danger of carrying arms. I don't know if you have ever noticed it, but arrows very often recoil on the man who carries them. The only man who has any business to possess a weapon is the ruler of a country--myself, for instance. A low, common fellow--if you will excuse the description--like yourself only grows proud through being armed, and so offends those above him. But, of course, it's no business of mine. I am only telling you what I think about it. Personally, I like to encourage my subjects to shoot; that is why I am giving you such a splendid mark to shoot at. You see, Tell?"

Answer this series of questions:

1. who itched their chin?
2. who is armed?
3. was there an animal present?
4. what animal?
5. was Walter holding anything?
6. what?
7. who was going to be slayed?
8. who recommended the delay?
9. how many voted for it?
10. where was it voted upon?
11. who held the arrow
12. did they ever shoot it?

1. Werner Stauffacher,
2. the soldiers
3. yes
4. his horse
5. yes
6. the apple
7. the tyrant."
8. Stauffacher
9. it was carried by a majority of two votes
10. at the last meeting.
11. Tell
12. No


Three little kids lived in a great big house with a great big cat and many places for a great big cat to hide. Their great big cat was named Cowboy. And Cowboy was not a very nice cat. Cowboy liked to bite and chew and scratch a great many things. When Cowboy was happy, which was not very often, Cowboy liked to bite in to a blanket or soft toy and carry it around in his mouth. When Cowboy was hungry he liked to bite bright red tomatoes and suck out all the juice and seeds. And when Cowboy was feeling mean he liked to hide. Cowboy would hide, curled up tight in a ball under a blanket or behind a corner and wait for one of the little kids to pass by. When they did pass by Cowboy would jump at their feet and try to bite and scratch them. He did not know that what he was doing was not very nice. Cowboy was only a cat. A great big cat that did not know any better.

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. What kind of pet did the kids have?
2. What type of food the did cat like to eat?
3. What was the cat's name?
4. What did Cowboy do with the juice of the tomatoes?
5. And what about the seed?
6. Where did Cowboy hide?
7. Why was he hiding?
8. Whose feet the the animal jump at?
9. Why did he do that?
10. Why did he want to bite and scratch them?
11. Did he realize he was being mean?
12. Why not?
13. What did he want to chew on?
14. What else?
15. How did he transport the toy?

1. cat
2. tomatoes
3. Cowboy.
4. sucked it
5. yes
6. under a blanket or behind a corner
7. to wait for one of the little kids to pass by
8. little kids
9. to try to bite and scratch them
10. he was feeling mean
11. no
12. he was only a cat
13. a blanket
14. a soft toy
15. in his mouth


Read the text and answer the questions.

A German taxi-driver, Franz Bussman, recently found his brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years ago.

While on a walking tour with his wife, he stopped to talk to a workman. After they had gone on, Mrs. Bussman said that the workman was closely like her husband and even suggested that he might be his brother. Franz laughed at the idea, pointing out that his brother had been killed in action during the war. Though Mrs. Busman knew this story quite well, she thought there was a chance in a million that she might be right.

A few days later, she sent a boy to the workman to ask him if his name was Hans Bussman. Needless to say, the man's name was Hans Bussman. And he really was Franz's long-lost brother.

When the brothers were reunited, Hans explained how it was that he was still alive.

After having been wondered towards the end of the war, he had been sent to hospital and was separated from his unit . The hospital had been bombed and Hans had made his way back into Western Germany on foot. Meanwhile, his unit was lost and all records of him had been destroyed. Hans returned to his home, but the house had been bombed up. Guessing that his family had all been killed during an air-raid , Hans settled down in a village fifty miles away where he had remained ever since.

1. What happened to the hospital where Hans was?
2. Was he with his unit at the time?
3. What country was he in?
4. Was he in the Eastern or Western part?
5. And which part did he need to get to?
6. Did he drive there?
7. Was the war nearly over by this time?
8. Was his house still standing?
9. Did he know what happened to his family?
10. What did he decide to do?
11. Did he stay there long?
12. What kind of job did he do?
13. Does he have a living brother?
14. What's his name?
15. Does he drive a car for a living?
16. Did the two brothers keep in contact the past twenty years?
17. Why didn't Franz stay in touch?
18. Who noticed the resemblance between the two men?
19. What did Franz think of that?
20. Did she give up at that point?

1. The hospital had been bombed.
2. No.
3. Germany
4. Eastern Germany at the time of his hospital stay.
5. Western Germany
6. No
7. Yes
8. No
9. No, just guessed.
10. Hans settled down in a village fifty miles away.
11. Yes, for twenty years
12. a workman
13. Yes
14. Hans Bussman
15. Yes, Franz does.
16. No
17. He assumed Hans was dead.
18. Mrs. Bussman
19. Franz laughed at the idea
20. No


A man sailed out to sea in a small boat. The sun was only rising, but this man liked spending all day fishing. A long way away from the shore, he stopped his boat. He pulled out his fishing pole and put some worms on the hook. He held it in the deep water and waited for a long time. After three hours there was still not a bite. The sun moved slowly across the sky. Morning turned into afternoon, and afternoon to evening. It was a slow day of fishing and he had to pack up. A fisherman does not give up so easy, even after many hours. It takes time to catch fish and fishing is not for people who give up quickly. The fisherman went home empty handed. He went home to his log cabin and sat by the fire. His stomach growled because there wasn't any dinner to eat tonight, but tomorrow would be a better day.

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. who sailed?
2. What was he in/
3. What was the sun doing?
4. What did he like  to do?
5. Where did he stop the boat?
6. What did he put on the hook?
7. Did he get a bite?
8. Did he fish for a long time?
9. How did the sun move?
10. What did he live in?
11. Did he sit by a fire?
12. How long did he fih for?
13. Did he stop fishing easily?
14. Was he hungry?
15. What did he say about the next day?

1. A man
2. a small boat.
3. rising
4. fishing
5. A long way away from the shore
6. some worms
7. no
8. yes
9. slowly
10. log cabin
11. yes
12. all day
13. no
14. yes
15. would be a better day


Make use of the article to answer the questions.

David and Sue went to their Auntie's house to visit on Saturday morning. She had some new ducklings in the pond that they wanted to see. They went out to the pond and on the way they saw a frog. They also saw a boat in the water. They saw a water lily. They looked in the water until they saw the mother duck and her ducklings. They were different colors. Six of them were brown and yellow. Four of them were only yellow. Two ducklings were brown. There was one that was white. They were all very fuzzy. They went back to the house to tell Auntie Beth about the ducklings. She was cooking on the stove. She asked Sue to get some eggs. She asked David to get some butter. Auntie Beth poured some milk into a bowl of flour. She made them a cake. "I'm so glad you've come to visit me," Auntie Beth said. Sue told her about the things they saw at the pond. David said, "We saw a frog. Don't forget the frog. It was my favorite." It was a good visit.

1. When did they go to visit their Aunt?
2. SHe had some new what?
3. What did they see when they went to see them?
4. Who did they go to the home to tell about them?
5. what was she doing when they got there?
6. what did she ask Sue to get?
7. and she wanted David to get what
8. what was she making?
9. what did David tell her they saw at the pond?
10. he said it was his what?

1. Saturday morning
2. ducklings
3. the mother duck and ducklings
4. Auntie Beth
5. cooking
6. eggs
7. butter
8. a cake
9. a grog
10. favorite


Read the text and answer the questions.

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe. It includes 16 constituent states, covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With about 82 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous member state of the European Union. After the United States, it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world. Germany's capital and largest metropolis is Berlin, while its largest conurbation is the Ruhr, with its main centres of Dortmund and Essen. The country's other major cities are Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Leipzig, Bremen, Dresden, Hannover and Nuremberg.

Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before 100 AD. During the Migration Period, the Germanic tribes expanded southward. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation. After the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire, the German Confederation was formed in 1815. The German revolutions of 1848–49 resulted in the Frankfurt Parliament establishing major democratic rights.

In 1871, Germany became a nation state when most of the German states unified into the Prussian-dominated German Empire. After World War I and the German Revolution of 1918–19, the Empire was replaced by the parliamentary Weimar Republic. In 1933 the Nazi seizure of power quickly led to the establishment of Nazi Germany which was built upon a dictatorship and consequently led to World War II and the Holocaust. After the end of World War II in Europe and a period of Allied occupation, two German states were founded: the democratic West Germany and the socialist East Germany. Following the Revolutions of 1989 that ended communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe, the country was reunified on 3 October 1990.

1. When did Germany become a nation state?
2. What years were the German Revolution?
3. After that event, What was the Empire replaced by?
4. When did the Nazi seizure of power happen?
5. Did this lead to the establishment of Nazi Germany?
6. What was that built upon?
7. How many events did that cause?
8. What was the first one?
9. And the second?
10. How many states were established after World War II?
11. What were they?
12. Which one was democratic?
13. What year did communism end?
14. When was the country brought back together?
15. Since what time period have Germanic tribes been in parts of Germany?
16. Was there a recorded region before 100 AD?
17. What was it called?
18. Where did the tribes branch out to in the migration period?
19. What is the official name of Germany?
20. What is Germany's capital?

1. In 1871
2. 1918–19.
3. Weimar Republic.
4. In 1933
5. Yes
6. A dictatorship
7. Two.
8. World War II
9. The Holocaust.
10. Two
11. West Germany and East Germany.
12. West Germany
13. 1989
14. 3 October 1990.
15. Since classical antiquity.
16. Yes
17. Germania
18. Southward.
19. Federal Republic of Germany,
20. Berlin


CHAPTER XXX

FERN Mullins rushed into the house on a Saturday morning early in September and shrieked at Carol, "School starts next Tuesday. I've got to have one more spree before I'm arrested. Let's get up a picnic down the lake for this afternoon. Won't you come, Mrs. Kennicott, and the doctor? Cy Bogart wants to go--he's a brat but he's lively."

"I don't think the doctor can go," sedately. "He said something about having to make a country call this afternoon. But I'd love to."

"That's dandy! Who can we get?"

"Mrs. Dyer might be chaperon. She's been so nice. And maybe Dave, if he could get away from the store."

"How about Erik Valborg? I think he's got lots more style than these town boys. You like him all right, don't you?"

So the picnic of Carol, Fern, Erik, Cy Bogart, and the Dyers was not only moral but inevitable.

They drove to the birch grove on the south shore of Lake Minniemashie. Dave Dyer was his most clownish self. He yelped, jigged, wore Carol's hat, dropped an ant down Fern's back, and when they went swimming (the women modestly changing in the car with the side curtains up, the men undressing behind the bushes, constantly repeating, "Gee, hope we don't run into poison ivy"), Dave splashed water on them and dived to clutch his wife's ankle. He infected the others. Erik gave an imitation of the Greek dancers he had seen in vaudeville, and when they sat down to picnic supper spread on a lap-robe on the grass, Cy climbed a tree to throw acorns at them.

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. what was being planned?
2. who all was invited?
3. what did Cy climb?
4. what did he throw from it?
5. whose idea was the picnic?
6. who was invited first?
7. what day was it?
8. who chaperoned?
9. what time of day did they have the picnic?
10. when was school scheduled to start?
11. in what month?
12. was Erik a slob?
13. how did Dave act?
14. were they on the north shore or the south shore?
15. of what?
16. where did they drive to specifically?
17. where did the men dress?
18. and the women?
19. what did Dave put down Fern's back?
20. who did Erik imitate?

1. a picnic
2. Carol, Fern, Erik, Cy Bogart, and the Dyers
3. a tree
4. acorns
5. Fern Mullins
6. Mrs. Kennicott
7. Saturday
8. Mrs. Dyer
9. the afternoon
10. the following Tuesday
11. September
12. no
13. like a clown
14. the south shore
15. Lake Minniemashie
16. the birch grove on the south shore of Lake Minniemashie
17. behind the bushes
18. in the car
19. an ant
20. the Greek dancers he had seen in vaudeville


Bill Gates was born on October 28th, 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington. Bill Gates was named William Henry after his father and grandfather. He was a very clever boy. His favourite subject at school were science and maths. When he was 13 years old, Bill started to play with computers. At that time, computers were very large machines. Once he was interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software programme with the old machine. Bill sold it for 4, 200 dollars when he was only 17. In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University. At Harvard, he developed the BASIC language for the first microcomputer . In his third year, he left Harvard to work for a company called Microsoft. Bill began this company in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought that the computer would be a very important tool in every office and in every home, so they began developing software for personal computers. They improved the software to make it easier for people to use computer.

Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.

1. Bill Gates
2. October 28th, 1955
3. Seattle, Washington
4. William Henry
5. No
6. science and maths
7. 13 years old
8. No
9. No
10. some of his friends
11. worked out a software programme
12. No
13. Bill sold it
14. 4, 200 dollars
15. 17.
16. 1973
17. Harvard University
18. BASIC language for the first microcomputer .
19. In his third year
20. work for a company called Microsoft.

1. Who is the story about?
2. When was he born?
3. Where?
4. Who was he named after?
5. Was he a stupid boy?
6. What were his favorite subjects?
7. What age did he start to play with computers?
8. Were they small machines?
9. Did he work with it on his own?
10. Who helped him?
11. What types of things did they do with it?
12. Did he keep it for himself?
13. What did he do with it?
14. For how much?
15. How old was he?
16. When did he go to college?
17. Which college?
18. What did he develop there?
19. When did he leave Harvard?
20. Where did he go?


ChiChi weighs only 13 pounds. "He's so tiny,I can carry him with one hand," says Mary Lane."Most people see him and think he's useless."

But last October,ChiChi proved to be more than just a pretty face. Mary and her husband,Rick,were relaxing on the beach one afternoon while on vacation in North Carolina's Outer Banks.As usual,ChiChi was lying on his blanket in his own little beach chair.

"We had our noses buried in books,"recalls Rick,"when suddenly the dog became extremely uneasy. His bark was different from anything we had heard before.And he would not let us ignore him."

ChiChi ran back and forth in front of his chair as if to run down the beach.The Lanes sat up to see two elderly women in the ocean,about 100 yards down the beach and 10 feet off shore.One was on her back,her head under the waves.The other was struggling hard to keep her friend's head above the surface.

The Lanes rushed across the sand and into the surf. Rick went to the woman in danger of drowning,while Mary held fast on to the other one and pulled her up on the beach."Then I went back to help Rick," Mary says."The sand dropped off steeply,and a riptide was beating the woman under. She was completely helpless."

Not getting well from recent knee surgery,the woman had been unable to turn over or push herself up."Her friend had been in danger too," Mary says."The waves were pushing her around. There's no way she could have held on much longer."

The women hadn't called out for help. "They were struggling so hard that there was no time for screaming," Mary recalls."But ChiChi had sensed their danger."

Duty done,ChiChi was back in his chair,asleep,by the time the two women were on dry ground and the Lanes had returned to their blankets.Luckily,the women were fine,though shaken.They thanked the Lanes for saving their lives.

Back home in Greensboro,North Carolina,the Lanes ordered a special collar with the words "Hero Dog" on it.

Answer this series of questions:

1. Is ChiChi a person?
2. What is he?
3. Is he large?
4. Where was he visiting?
5. With who?
6. Was he on a blanket?
7. On the ground?
8. Where?
9. What were his owners doing?
10. Did the animal do something heroic?
11. What?
12. Was it an emergency?
13. Was it life-threatening?
14. Who did the animal alert?
15. Was more than one person at risk?
16. Who?
17. Were they strangers to the animal?
18. Did they have health concerns?
19. What?
20. Did the animal succeed in the attempt to rescue them?

1. no
2. a dog
3. no
4. North Carolina's Outer Banks
5. Mary and her husband Rick
6. yes
7. no
8. in a beach chair.
9. relaxing on the beach
10. yes
11. alerted danger
12. yes
13. yes
14. The Lanes
15. yes
16. two elderly women
17. yes
18. yes
19. recent knee surgery,
20. yes


Lisa has a pet cat named Whiskers. Whiskers is black with a white spot on her chest. Whiskers also has white paws that look like little white mittens.

Whiskers likes to sleep in the sun on her favorite chair. Whiskers also likes to drink creamy milk.

Lisa is excited because on Saturday, Whiskers turns two years old.

After school on Friday, Lisa rushes to the pet store. She wants to buy Whiskers' birthday presents. Last year, she gave Whiskers a play mouse and a blue feather.

For this birthday, Lisa is going to give Whiskers a red ball of yarn and a bowl with a picture of a cat on the side. The picture is of a black cat. It looks a lot like Whiskers.

Answer the following questions:
1. Why is Lisa excited?
2. Who is Whiskers?
3. What does it look like?
4. Where did she rush on Friday?
5. For what?
6. What did she get last year?
7. anything else?
8. What about this birthday?
9. What else?
10. whats on the bowl?
11. of what?
12. Does it match Whiskers?
13. Where does this cat sleep?

1. Saturday, Whiskers turns two
2. a cat
3. black with a white spot
4. the pet store
5. to buy presents
6. a play mouse
7. a blue feather
8. a ball of yarn
9. a bowl
10. a picture
11. a black cat
12. definitely
13. on her favorite chair


Guam (i/ˈɡwɑːm/ or /ˈɡwɒm/; Chamorro: Guåhån;[needs IPA] formally the Territory of Guam) is an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States. Located in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, Guam is one of five American territories with an established civilian government. The capital city is Hagåtña, and the most populous city is Dededo. In 2015, 161,785 people resided on Guam. Guamanians are American citizens by birth. Guam has an area of 544 km2 (210 sq mi) and a density of 297/km² (770/sq mi). It is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands, and the largest island in Micronesia. Among its municipalities, Mongmong-Toto-Maite has the highest density at 1,425/km² (3,691/sq mi), whereas Inarajan and Umatac have the lowest density at 47/km² (119/sq mi). The highest point is Mount Lamlam at 406 meters (1,332 ft) above sea level.

The Chamorros, Guam's indigenous people, settled the island approximately 4,000 years ago. Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was the first European to visit the island on March 6, 1521. Guam was colonized in 1668 with settlers, like Diego Luis de San Vitores, a Catholic missionary. Between the 1500s and the 1700s, Guam was an important stopover for the Spanish Manila Galleons. During the Spanish–American War, the United States captured Guam on June 21, 1898. Under the Treaty of Paris, Spain ceded Guam to the United States on December 10, 1898. Guam is amongst the seventeen Non-Self-Governing Territories of the United Nations.

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. Who is this place a part of?
2. What sea is it in?
3. Which part?
4. Is it the smallest of it's group of islands?
5. Is it the highest?
6. What are the people there called?
7. Are they recently established there?
8. When did they arrive?
9. Who was the first person from Europe to see it?
10. What year?
11. When did more people start living there?
12. What was it a good stop for?
13. Between which years?
14. When did the US officially own it?
15. Under which pact?
16. What kind of territory is it for the US?
17. What is the tallest part of it?
18. How tall is it?
19. Do the people have US rights?
20. What is the city with the most inhabitants?

1. United States.
2. Pacific Ocean
3. northwestern
4. No
5. unknown
6. Chamorros
7. No
8. 4,000 years ago
9. Ferdinand Magellan
10. 1521
11. 1668
12. the Spanish Manila Galleons.
13. 1500s and the 1700s
14. December 10, 1898
15. The Treaty of Paris
16. unincorporated and organized territory
17. Mount Lamlam
18. 406 meters
19. Yes
20. Dededo


The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR, Russian: СССР), was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991. Nominally a union of multiple equal national Soviet republics, its government and economy were highly centralized. The country was a one-party state, governed by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital in its largest republic, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The Russian nation had constitutionally equal status among the many nations of the union but exerted de facto dominance in various respects. Other major urban centres were Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk, Alma-Ata and Novosibirsk. The Soviet Union was one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possessed the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. It was a founding permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, as well as a member of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and the leading member of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) and the Warsaw Pact.

The Soviet Union had its roots in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government which had replaced Tsar Nicholas II during World War I. In 1922, the Soviet Union was formed with the unification of the Russian, Transcaucasian, Ukrainian, and Byelorussian republics. Following Lenin's death in 1924 and a brief power struggle, Joseph Stalin came to power in the mid-1920s. Stalin committed the state's ideology to Marxism–Leninism (which he created), and initiated a centrally planned economy which led to a period of rapid industrialization and collectivization. During this period of totalitarian rule, Stalin imposed political paranoia; the mid-1930s Great Purge removed his opponents within and outside of the party via arbitrary arrests and persecutions of many people. Suppression of political critics, forced labor, and famines were perpetrated by Stalin; in 1933, a major famine struck Soviet Ukraine, causing the deaths of over 7 million people.

Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.

1. Vladimir Lenin,
2. Russian Provisional Government
3. Tsar Nicholas II
4. 1917,
5. Joseph Stalin
6. the mid-1920s.
7. the mid-1930s
8. false
9. a major famine
10. Soviet Ukraine,
11. f over 7 million people.
12. yes
13. four others
14. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
15. СССР
16. false
17. governed by the Communist Party
18. Moscow
19. Minsk
20. Leningrad

1. Who led the Bolsheviks?
2. What did they overthrow?
3. Which had replaced the rule of whom?
4. When did the overthrow occur?
5. Who succeeded Lenin?
6. When?
7. When was the Great Purge?
8. True or False: Stalin tolerated political criticism.
9. What did he cause in 1933?
10. Where?
11. For how many deaths there was he basically responsible?
12. Did the Soviet Union have nuclear weapons?
13. How many other states had them?
14. What does USSR stand for?
15. What was the Russian version of this acronym?
16. True or False: The USSR was a two-party state.
17. What party did they have?
18. What was the capital of the USSR?
19. Name another major city of the USSR.
20. And another?


CHAPTER XXIV

A NEW ARRIVAL

After the disappearance of Jarley Bangs the Rover boys and their chums continued their trip on horseback.

"Let's move over the hill in the direction of the Bimbel ranch," suggested Spouter. "I'd like to get a bird's-eye view of that outfit."

"Perhaps we had better not go too close," advised Fred. "Bimbel may be getting out a shotgun for us."

"I guess it isn't as bad as all that, Fred. Those things might have happened years ago when the country was more sparsely settled and when there were more bad men around. I don't take much stock in what Bangs said. Probably he and Bimbel have quarreled. He struck me as being a man who could get into a dispute very easily."

"Oh, I was only fooling," answered Fred. "I wouldn't be afraid to ride right up to his door. That is, in the daytime. Of course, if we did it at night he might become suspicious."

"Say, do you fellows know that it's five minutes to twelve?" questioned Andy, after consulting his watch. "I move that we keep our eyes open for some place where we can take it easy and have lunch."

"And I second the commotion," returned his brother, joking in a way their father had made familiar to them.

The boys rode on for half an hour longer, and then reached the top of the hill they were ascending. Here they could look a long distance in all directions.

"Some view, I'll say," declared Jack, as he surveyed the panorama. "What a picture for an artist to paint!" and he pointed to the majestic mountains to the westward.

Answer this series of questions:

1. Who thought they shouldn't get too close to the Bimbel ranch?
2. What was he worried about?
3. What time was it?
4. What did Andy want them to watch for?
5. Who agreed with him?
6. How much longer before they reach the top of a hill?
7. What could they do there?
8. Who thought it was a view worth painting?
9. Which direction did he point?
10. Towards what?
11. Who had disappeared?
12. Who wanted to get a better look at the Bimbel place?
13. When would there have been a better chance of someone pulling a gun on them?
14. Were there more or less people in the region back then?
15. More or less dangerous men?
16. Was Bangs a believable guy?
17. What may have happened between him and Bimbel?
18. Who seem like someone who could get into an argument easily?
19. Was Fred really afraid of Bimbel?
20. Who has a way about him that was like his father?

1. Fred
2. that he may be getting out a shotgun
3. five minutes to twelve
4. a place to take it easy and have lunch
5. his brother
6. half an hour
7. look a long distance in all directions
8. Jack
9. westward
10. the majestic mountains
11. Jarley Bangs
12. Spouter
13. years ago
14. less
15. more
16. no
17. Probably quarreled
18. Bangs
19. no
20. Andy's brother


CHAPTER XXXI.

NELLIE ARDELL'S TROUBLES.

On the following morning Jerry went to work at the bindery as if nothing had happened. When he went in, Dick Lanning glared at our hero and stopped as if to speak, but changed his mind and walked off without saying a word.

During the day the young oarsman became much better acquainted with his work and began to like it.

That night, on leaving the bindery by the side entrance, which opened on a narrow lane, our hero saw Dick Lanning and several of his friends waiting for him.

He attempted to pass but Lenning put out his foot, and had Jerry not stopped he would have been tripped up.

"Let me pass," said he, sharply, but instead of complying, Lenning took a stand in front of him and hit the youth on the shoulder.

"I said I'd git square," he hissed, savagely. "If yer ain't afraid, stand up and fight."

"I'm not afraid," replied Jerry, and pushed him up against the wall.

Without delay a rough-and-tumble fight ensued.

"Give it to him, Dick!"

"Do the hayseed up!"

"Knock him into the middle of next week!"

These and a dozen other cries arose on the air, and the crowd kept increasing until fully a hundred spectators surrounded the pair.

Dick Lanning had caught Jerry unfairly, but the youth soon managed to shake him off, and, hauling back, gave him a clean blow on the end of his unusually long nose, which caused the blood to spurt from that organ in a stream.

Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:

1. Are the two men in this passage friends?
2. Who is the 'villain' in this scenario?
3. And the hero?
4. Where do they work at?
5. Did the two men go dancing after work?
6. What happened then?
7. Is Dick Lanning alone?
8. Who is with him?
9. Where were they waiting at?
10. Was the conflict witnessed by anyone?
11. How many people saw this?
12. Was Dick a fair fighter?
13. Did the hero hold his own ground though?

1. no
2. Dick Lanning
3. Jerry
4. the bindery
5. no
6. they fight
7. no
8. several of his friends
9. outside work
10. yes
11. a hundred
12. no
13. yes


Jessica went to sit in her rocking chair. Today was her birthday and she was turning 80. Her granddaughter Annie was coming over in the afternoon and Jessica was very excited to see her. Her daughter Melanie and Melanie's husband Josh were coming as well. Jessica had a lot to do before they got here, but she was very tired. After taking a nap for half an hour Jessica got up and walked to the drier. She moved the dry clothes into a basket. Next, she took the clothes out of the washer and put them into the drier. She pressed the button on the drier to get it started then walked back out of the room. She also needed to feed her duck. The chickens in her backyard did not need to be fed as they belonged to her neighbor. Jack the dog had been fed earlier that morning and Becky the cat always had food in her bowl. After Jessica finished feeding the duck she came inside and heard the telephone ringing. She answered the phone to hear Annie's excited voice say "Happy birthday grandma!" Annie said they would be over very soon. Jessica smiled because she loved her family more than anything. She was very excited. She sat back on her rocking chair and waited until her family arrived.

1. Who had a birthday?
2. How old would she be?
3. Did she plan to have any visitors?
4. How many?
5. Who?
6. How is Annie related?
7. Did Jessica do anything before guests arrived?
8. What did she do first?
9. Where?
10. And after that?
11. Was the drier full?
12. Was the washer also full?
13. Did she have any animals?
14. How many?
15. Did she feed the chickens?
16. Why not?
17. Which animal did she feed?
18. Why didn't she feed the dog?

Provide a numbered list of answers.

1. Jessica
2. 80
3. yes
4. Three
5. Annie
6. her granddaughter
7. yes
8. she took a nap
9. in her rocking chair
10. she walked to the drier
11. yes
12. yes
13. yes
14. Three
15. no
16. they belonged to her neighbor
17. the duck
18. he had been fed earlier


Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

You are going to high school, aren't you? Maybe you don't know what to do. Well, here's a list of the top six things to do when you are in high school. These things will give you ideas of what your high school life could be like. Here you go! 1 Find your passion and what kind of person you are: Whether it's dance, basketball, or drawing, the important thing is that you have found something you are interested in. 2 Talk to people you wouldn't usually talk to: meet new people, find new friends and even talk to people you don't like. It will show what a great person you are. You never know what will happen after high school. 3 Take part in at least one contest : This will give you tears of laughter, happiness and memories. 4 Get a job: This will help you see what it's like to have responsibility . It can also help you make a little money to spend on yourself. 5 Take a trip with your friends: It doesn't matter where you go or what you do, the memories will happen on the way and go on till the final place. 6 Do your best at school: Don't ever get lazy; working hard now will help you in the future.

1. What is this a list of?
2. Why do you need it?
3. Where?
4. How many contests should you participate in?
5. Why?
6. What kind of tears will you get?
7. Should you get a job?
8. What will that show you?
9. What can you use the money for?
10. What should you find out about yourself?
11. What are some examples of passions?
12. Who should you talk to?
13. What about ones you don't like?
14. Why?
15. What kind of people should you meet?
16. Is it a good idea to take a trip?
17. With who?
18. Any particular destination?
19. What about a certain agenda?
20. What's the trip for?

1. things to do in high school
2. Because you don't know what to do.
3. high school
4. one contest
5. to get laughter, happiness and memories
6. tears of laughter
7. yes
8. what it's like to have responsibility
9. to spend on yourself
10. your passion
11. dance, basketball, or drawing
12. to people you wouldn't usually talk to
13. talk to people you don't like too
14. It will show what a great person you are.
15. new friends and people you don't like
16. yes
17. with friends
18. no
19. no
20. memories


Harry is a boy with a learning disability. On his fourth birthday, he was given a pug called Millie. Two weeks after the dog's arrival, he was happier and calmer and said his first words, "dog" and "mummy". Just two months later, thieves stole the dog, and now the heartbroken little boy is back to where he started. He has refused to talk since losing his best friend. His mother was worried and gave him another dog, but he just "pushed it away". Mrs Hainsworth, his mother, says, "My son is very sad. He'll go over to her cage and just beat on the bars. There is no word coming out, but you just know he's screaming 'Where is Millie' inside. Millie was really his best friend. They would play together happily for hours. None of his toys has ever held his attention that long. Now he has just completely turned quiet again. "Harry suffers from a condition which affects his ability to speak and move. But the dog's being with him achieved more in days than months of speech therapy and physiotherapy had. Mrs Hainsworth says, "My son was so happy when he saw Millie. Being with Millie changed him, and within two weeks he had said his first words and was working on saying 'dad'. Just last week, his teachers and I were saying how much Millie had helped him. And now this!" Mrs Hainsworth is considering buying another pug in the hope that her son will accept it. Maureen Hennis of the charity, Pets as Therapy, says she has seen many cases of dogs helping people with speech problems. "People may talk to a dog when they wouldn't like to talk to another human," she says. "A dog doesn't care if words come out wrong."

1. when did the boy first talk?
2. how old was he?
3. and what did he say?
4. and?
5. What was the boys name?
6. Who was his best friend?
7. Was this a boy?
8. what happened to the dog?
9. What did the mom do?
10. Did he love it?
11. what did he do to it?
12. who is his mother?
13. how does she describe her son's feelings about millie?
14. does he continue to speak?
15. Does he have any medical issues?
16. do any of his toys help?
17. has he had therapy?
18. what kinds?
19. have they done more than the dog?
20. how long has he been in them?

Provide a numbered list of answers.

1. Two weeks after the dog's arrival
2. four
3. "dog"
4. "mummy"
5. Harry
6. Millie
7. unknown
8. thieves stole the dog
9. gave him another dog,
10. no
11. "pushed it away"
12. Mrs Hainsworth
13. My son is very sad
14. no
15. a condition which affects his ability to speak and move.
16. no
17. yes
18. speech therapy and physiotherapy
19. no
20. months


Make use of the article to answer the questions.

John sent for a doctor because his wife was ill. He called the doctor and made sure they would meet at five. He arrived at the doctor's at twenty to five. He thought, "It's a little bit earlier. I'll wait for a moment. It's good to keep the time." Then he stopped his car in front of the doctor's. He looked around and saw a noisy square not far from here. He went there and sat down on a chair to enjoy the last light of afternoon sun and make himself quiet. He saw some children playing and some women talking to each other happily. Suddenly he heard a girl crying. He came up to her and asked some questions. Then he knew she got lost. John tried to find out her address and took her home. The girl's parents were very thankful. Then John hurried to the doctor's. The doctor said angrily when he saw him, "You're late. Why did you keep me waiting for twenty minutes? " John said nothing but one word--"Sorry! "

1. Why was John late for his appointment?
2. Was the square quiet?
3. Was the square close to the doctor's office?
4. How early was he for the appointment with the doctor?
5. What time was his appointment scheduled for?
6. How did he get to the doctor's office?
7. How did he know the little girl was lost?
8. Why did he question her?
9. What did he say to the doctor to apologize for being late?
10. Who else was at the square besides children?
11. What were the women doing?

1. He found a lost child and took her home.
2. no
3. yes
4. twenty minutes
5. five
6. in his car
7. He asked some questions.
8. He heard the girl crying.
9. "Sorry!"
10. some women
11. talking to each other


Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Mao Zedong or Mao Tse-tung (; December 26, 1893September 9, 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary, poet, political theorist and founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he governed as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. His Marxist–Leninist theories, military strategies and political policies are collectively known as Maoism or Marxism–Leninism–Maoism.

Born the son of a wealthy farmer in Shaoshan, Hunan, Mao adopted a Chinese nationalist and anti-imperialist outlook in early life, particularly influenced by the events of the Xinhai Revolution of 1911 and May Fourth Movement of 1919. Mao adopted Marxism–Leninism while working at Peking University and became a founding member of the Communist Party of China (CPC), leading the Autumn Harvest Uprising in 1927. During the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang (KMT) and the CPC, Mao helped to found the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, led the Jiangxi Soviet's radical land policies and ultimately became head of the CPC during the Long March. Although the CPC temporarily allied with the KMT under the United Front during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945), after Japan's defeat China's civil war resumed and in 1949 Mao's forces defeated the Nationalists who withdrew to Taiwan.

1. Who was the founder of Communist China?
2. By what other title was he referred to?
3. Where was he born?
4. In what region?
5. What was his dad's occupation?
6. Was his family poor?
7. What historical occurrences had influence on his beliefs?
8. And the other?
9. What years did those things happen?
10. And the second?
11. Where did have a job when he turned to Communism?
12. What group did he join there?
13. What revolt did he lead after that?
14. What year?
15. Who did he fight during the Chinese Civil War?
16. During what event did he become leader of the organization?
17. What was the next military conflict he was involved with?
18. Did the Japanese win that struggle?
19. When did he finally beat the Nationalist army?
20. Where did they flee after they lost?

1. Mao Zedong
2. Chairman Mao
3. China
4. Shaoshan
5. farmer
6. No
7. one was the Xinhai Revolution
8. May Fourth Movement
9. The first happened in 1911
10. 1919
11. Peking University
12. CPC
13. the Autumn Harvest Uprising
14. 1927
15. the Kuomintang
16. the Long March
17. the Second Sino-Japanese War
18. No
19. in 1949
20. Taiwan


CHAPTER XXVII

WAITING

Ingleside, 1st November 1917

"It is November--and the Glen is all grey and brown, except where the Lombardy poplars stand up here and there like great golden torches in the sombre landscape, although every other tree has shed its leaves. It has been very hard to keep our courage alight of late. The Caporetto disaster is a dreadful thing and not even Susan can extract much consolation out of the present state of affairs. The rest of us don't try. Gertrude keeps saying desperately, 'They must not get Venice--they must not get Venice,' as if by saying it often enough she can prevent them. But what is to prevent them from getting Venice I cannot see. Yet, as Susan fails not to point out, there was seemingly nothing to prevent them from getting to Paris in 1914, yet they did not get it, and she affirms they shall not get Venice either. Oh, how I hope and pray they will not--Venice the beautiful Queen of the Adriatic. Although I've never seen it I feel about it just as Byron did--I've always loved it--it has always been to me 'a fairy city of the heart.' Perhaps I caught my love of it from Walter, who worshipped it. It was always one of his dreams to see Venice. I remember we planned once--down in Rainbow Valley one evening just before the war broke out--that some time we would go together to see it and float in a gondola through its moonlit streets.

1. Which literary giant wrote about Venice?
2. Did the the narrator ever visit the city?
3. But did he feel close to it?
4. How did he describe it in his own words?
5. Who else was in love with the city?
6. Did he visit it?
7. Did he plan to visit it?
8. With whom?
9. Was there a specific place when they planned about it?
10. Which place?
11. When?
12. What they would wanted to see there?
13. What disaster they were talking about?
14. Did they feel hopeless?
15. Was someone trying to conquer Venice?
16. Were they successful yet?
17. How about Paris?
18. When it seemed they would conquer Paris?
19. What sea is by Venice?
20. What the city is called in reference to the sea?

1. Byron
2. no
3. yes
4. "a fairy city of the heart"
5. Walter
6. no
7. yes
8. the author
9. yes
10. Rainbow Valley
11. just before the war broke out
12. gondolas
13. The Caporetto disaster
14. no
15. yes
16. no
17. no
18. 1914
19. Adriatic
20. Queen of the Adriatic


Make use of the article to answer the questions.

CHAPTER II

Serge went to Moscow. He entered the Teknik. He became a student. He learned geography from Stoj, the professor, astrography from Fudj, the assistant, together with giliodesy, orgastrophy and other native Russian studies.

All day he worked. His industry was unflagging. His instructors were enthusiastic. "If he goes on like this," they said, "he will some day know something."

"It is marvellous," said one. "If he continues thus, he will be a professor."

"He is too young," said Stoj, shaking his head. "He has too much hair."

"He sees too well," said Fudj. "Let him wait till his eyes are weaker."

But all day as Serge worked he thought. And his thoughts were of Olga Ileyitch, the girl that he had seen with Kwartz, inspector of police. He wondered why she had killed Popoff, the inspector. He wondered if she was dead. There seemed no justice in it.

One day he questioned his professor.

"Is the law just?" he said. "Is it right to kill?"

But Stoj shook his head, and would not answer.

"Let us go on with our orgastrophy," he said. And he trembled so that the chalk shook in his hand.

So Serge questioned no further, but he thought more deeply still. All the way from the Teknik to the house where he lodged he was thinking. As he climbed the stair to his attic room he was still thinking.

The house in which Serge lived was the house of Madame Vasselitch. It was a tall dark house in a sombre street. There were no trees upon the street and no children played there. And opposite to the house of Madame Vasselitch was a building of stone, with windows barred, that was always silent. In it were no lights, and no one went in or out.

1. How long did Sarge work?
2. Were his teachers boring?
3. Were they hopeful for him?
4. Where did Serge go?
5. What did he go into?
6. What was he?
7. Who was Stoj?
8. What did he learn from him?
9. What did he learn from Fudj?
10. Did one teacher think he would become a professor?
11. Did Stoj think he was too old?
12. What did Stoj say about his hair?
13. What did Fudj say aout his vision?
14. what did Serge do all day?
15. about whom?
16. who had she been with?
17. What is his job?
18. Did she kill someone?
19. who?
20. What is his job?

1. all day
2. no
3. yes
4. Moscow
5. Teknik
6. a student
7. the professor
8. geography
9. astrography
10. yes
11. no
12. he has too much hair
13. that he sees too well
14. he thought
15. Olga Ileyitch
16. Kwartz
17. he was the inspector of police
18. yes
19. Popoff
20. an inspector


London, England (CNN) -- "Some people believe football is a matter of life and death... I assure you it is much, much more important than that."

As Bill Shankly, the legendary former manager of English club Liverpool, pointed out shortly before he passed away in 1981, the significance of the beautiful game can never be underestimated -- and that doesn't just apply to fans of the sport, either.

Soccer can affect lives on a national and international scale, inspiring revolutions and causing wars as well as having the capability to create peace and lift entire nations.

The "Football War" between Honduras and El Salvador in 1969 is perhaps the most famous example of the sport's wider implications. The two Central American nations famously came to blows following their qualification match for the 1970 World Cup.

Pedro Pinto's World Cup predictions

But this wasn't the first time, and definitely won't be the last, that the worlds of football and politics collide with remarkable results.

1. Mussolini manipulates the "man in black," 1934

"Il Duce" was determined to use this World Cup on home soil to showcase his fascist Italy. Mussolini had his own trophy created for the event -- the Coppa Del Duce -- which was six times the size of the Jules Rimet, and to this day allegations remain the tournament was fixed so that only Italy would collect it.

According to the BBC's "World Cup Stories" book by Chris Hunt, there were suggestions that the Italian dictator himself picked the referees. In the semifinal against Austria, Mussolini's Azzurri team won 2-1, but after the game their opponents complained the game was fixed.

1. What sport do people believe is very important?
2. Who thinks so?
3. Who died in 1981?
4. Who was he?
5. Was he well known?
6. What happened in 1969?
7. Who was a part of it?
8. Are those European nations?
9. What sparked the conflict?
10. When was that?
11. Was this the only time this happened?
12. Will it be the last?
13. What other year did it happen?
14. Who was manipulated?
15. By whom?
16. What did he have made?
17. What was it called?
18. How big was it?
19. Was the game rigged?
20. Which team won?

1. Football.
2. Some people.
3. Bill Shankly.
4. Former manager of English club Liverpool,
5. Legendary.
6. The "Football War".
7. Honduras and El Salvador
8. No.
9. They came to blows after qualification.
10. 1970.
11. no.
12. It definitely won't be the last
13. 1934
14. The "man in black,"
15. Mussolini.
16. His own trophy
17. the Coppa Del Duce
18. Six times the size of the Jules Rimet
19. Allegations remain that it was.
20. Italy.


CHAPTER VI

About five o'clock that afternoon Ephraim was sitting in his shirt-sleeves by the window of his room, and Cynthia was reading aloud to him an article (about the war, of course) from a Washington paper, which his friend, Mr. Beard, had sent him. There was a knock at the door, and Cynthia opened it to discover a colored hall-boy with a roll in his hand.

"Mistah Ephum Prescott?" he said.

"Yes," answered Ephraim, "that's me."

Cynthia shut the door and gave him the roll, but Ephraim took it as though he were afraid of its contents.

"Guess it's some of them war records from Amasy," he said.

"Oh, Cousin Eph," exclaimed Cynthia, excitedly, "why don't you open it? If you don't I will."

"Guess you'd better, Cynthy," and he held it out to her with a trembling hand.

Cynthia did open it, and drew out a large document with seals and printing and signatures.

"Cousin Eph," she cried, holding it under his nose, "Cousin Eph, you're postmaster of Brampton!"

Ephraim looked at the paper, but his eyes swam, and he could only make out a dancing, bronze seal.

"I want to know!" he exclaimed. "Fetch Jethro."

But Cynthia had already flown on that errand. Curiously enough, she ran into Jethro in the hall immediately outside of Ephraim's door. Ephraim got to his feet; it was very difficult for him to realize that his troubles were ended, that he was to earn his living at last. He looked at Jethro, and his eyes filled with tears. "I guess I can't thank you as I'd ought to, Jethro," he said, "leastways, not now."

1. What did Cynthia;s name get shortened to?
2. who did she go to find?
3. did she walk sedately?
4. Did Ephram have a jacket on?
5. what time was it?
6. and where was he sat?
7. who waws reading?
8. silently?
9. was it a book?
10. what was it?
11. from what sort of publication?
12. was it about the economy?
13. what about?
14. how did they come to have it?
15. what happened?
16. who opened it?
17. who or what was there?
18. with?
19. who for?
20. did he open it?

Provide a numbered list of answers.

1. Cynthy
2. Jethro
3. no
4. no
5. About five o'clock
6. by the window
7. Cynthia
8. no
9. no
10. an article
11. a Washington paper
12. no
13. the war
14. Mr. Beard sent it
15. There was a knock at the door
16. Cynthia
17. a colored hall-boy
18. a roll
19. Ephraim
20. no


Make use of the article to answer the questions.

The Kingdom of Yugoslavia (, , "Kingdom of South Slavia") was a state in Southeast Europe and Central Europe, that existed during the interwar period (1918–1939) and first half of World War II (1939–1943).

It was formed in 1918 by the merger of the provisional State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (itself formed from territories of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire) with the formerly independent Kingdom of Serbia. The Kingdom of Montenegro had united with Serbia five days previously, while the regions of Kosovo, Vojvodina and Vardar Macedonia were parts of Serbia prior to the unification.

For its first eleven years of existence, the Kingdom was officially called the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, but the term "Yugoslavia" was its colloquial name from its origins. The official name of the state was changed to "Kingdom of Yugoslavia" by King Alexander I on 3 October 1929.

The state was ruled by the Serbian dynasty of Karađorđević, which previously ruled the Kingdom of Serbia under Peter I from 1903 (after the May Overthrow) onwards. Peter I became the first king of Yugoslavia until his death in 1921. He was succeeded by his son Alexander I, who had been regent for his father. He was known as "Alexander the Unifier" and he renamed the kingdom "Yugoslavia" in 1929. He was assassinated in Marseille by Vlado Chernozemski, a member of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO), during his visit to France in 1934. The crown passed to his then-still under-aged son Peter. His cousin Paul ruled as Prince regent until 1941, when Peter II would come of age. The royal family flew to London the same year, prior to the country being invaded by the Axis powers.

1. What is this about?
2. During which time period?
3. Was this a peaceful time?
4. Where was this located?
5. When was it started?
6. By which groups?
7. What was it called at first?
8. For how long?
9. What year was it changed?
10. Which date?
11. By who?
12. To what?

1. Yugoslavia
2. 1918–1943
3. No
4. Southeast Europe and Central Europe
5. 1918
6. the merger of the provisional State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
7. Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
8. eleven years
9. 1929
10. 3 October 1929
11. King Alexander I
12. Kingdom of Yugoslavia


Read the text and answer the questions.

Douglas loves to play soccer. He plays for the Dolphins. He is very good. He was excited about the big game with the Lions. The night before the game, he went to bed late. He was watching three TV shows that night. First, was Muffins the Cat. The second show was Ernie the Talking Donkey. The third was Laughing with Herman Hamster. His Mom told him to go to bed, but Douglas didn't listen. He fell asleep on the couch. He dreamed all night. First about sheep jumping fences. Second about playing fetch the ball with Ruffles. Third about Ernie the talking Donkey kicking a soccer ball over the moon. Fourth about his favorite soccer player, Pele, head the ball in the goal.

Finally, the next morning, Douglas got up late because he was so tired. His Mom called him and the alarm went off, but he did not hear. To get Douglas up, his Mom got Ruffles the dog to lick him in the face. Douglas got up but had to eat breakfast fast. Then he quickly dressed into his uniform. He was yawning.

His Mom drove him to the soccer field. The game had started. Douglas had to sit out the first quarter. His team was losing one to nothing when Howard scored for the Lions. Douglas started the second quarter. He was tired and could not keep up with the rest of his team. The coach was surprised that Douglas was so slow. Usually he was fast. After the second quarter, the Dolphins were losing two to one after Howard scored again for the Lions and Toby scored a goal for the Dolphins. While the coach gave energy drinks to the team, Douglas fell asleep. The third quarter started.

Douglas was snoring when the coach told him to go in. When he saw Douglas was sleeping, he sent Billy into the game. Billy scored one goal and the Dolphins had tied the game two to two. Ruffles the dog started barking and then licking Douglas in the face. Douglas got up and stretched. He was finally well rested. The coach saw Douglas and sent him into the game. Douglas remembered his dream. In the last second, he headed the ball in the goal like Pele. He won the game. The team cheered.

Since that time, Douglas goes to bed on time. He always wants to be well rested. His Mom was right. He gave her a hug.

1. DId the boy have a pet?
2. What kind?
3. What was it called?
4. What did the mother make him do?
5. Why?
6. Did he do the same thing to wake him up another time?
7. Where?
8. And where were they?
9. What kind of game?
10. Who took them there?
11. And who won it?
12. Which player helped them do that?

1. yes
2. a dog
3. Ruffles
4. lick Douglas
5. To get Douglas up
6. yes
7. the face
8. The game
9. soccer
10. His Mom
11. the Dolphins
12. Douglas


CHAPTER XXV

WINNING THE CONTESTS

Powell was again the first to throw the hammer and this time it went two feet beyond his first mark.

"Good for you, Songbird!" said Tom. "I wish you had made it a yard."

Jackson came up with a scowling face. He did his best, but this time fell behind Powell by four inches.

"You ought to have stuck to the other hammer, Jackson," laughed the youth who composed songs.

"Don't you throw that up to me!" whispered Jackson fiercely. "If you do I'll hammer you for it."

"Is that meant for a pun, Jackson?"

"No, it ain't. I won't stand being slurred. I'll pound you good."

"With the hammer?"

"No, with my fists."

"Really? Well, you'll have to spell able first." Tom came next, as before, and now the hammer flew out four feet and nine inches beyond his first mark.

"That shows what the other hammer can do," said Major Larry.

Larson was as much out of sorts as Jackson, but nevertheless he resolved to do his best to win the contest. Up went the hammer with a mighty swing and circled through the air. But the throw was behind that of Tom by fourteen inches.

"Hurrah! Tom Rover wins!" was the cry, and many rushed forward to congratulate him, while Larson and Jackson retired as quickly as they could and in great disgust.

The next contest was a dash of two hundred yards and was won by a boy named Bird.

"He's a bird!" sang out Tom loudly, and at this the crowd laughed heartily.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who fell behind Powell by four inches?
2. Who threw the hammer first?
3. Who came next?
4. What is the name of the chapter?
5. Whose throw was behind Tom's by 14 inches?
6. Was he in a good mood?
7. Who won the 200 yard dash?
8. What did the crowd laugh at?
9. How far did Powell's hammer throw go?
10. What name did Tom call Powell?
11. Who told Jackson he should've stuck with other hammer?
12. What did Jacskson say he wouldn't stand for?
13. Who said that shows what the hammer can do?
14. And who won the hammer throw?
15. What did Larson and Jackson do then?
16. What was the next event?

1. Jackson
2. Powell
3. Jackson
4. WINNING THE CONTESTS
5. Larson
6. No
7. Bird
8. Tom singing, "He's a bird!"
9. Two feet beyond his first mark.
10. Songbird
11. The youth who composed songs.
12. Being slurred.
13. Major Larry
14. Tom
15. Retired as quickly as they could and in great disgust.
16. A dash of two hundred yards.


Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo find themselves fighting it out for FIFA's Ballon d'Or award once again -- but the contest between the world's two highest-profile footballers isn't only being played out on the pitch.

Bayern Munich's German international goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was the other player on the three-man shortlist revealed Monday, with Ronaldo the overwhelming favorite to take the award.

Which means there is no sign of Barcelona's Messi and Real Madrid poster boy Ronaldo's domination of the back pages ending any time soon.

Both are so globally known that that their every Facebook posting is worth thousands of dollars for brands associated with the two players, while the allure of their names helps shift any and every product with which they are associated.

But who is the most marketable?

Is it Messi, the newly-crowned all-time La Liga top scorer? Or is it Ronaldo, the current Ballon d'Or holder and a man seemingly able to score goals at will, no matter what the competition?

Sports marketing research company Repucom examined 15 different markets, ranging from Spain to the U.S., and found that Portugal skipper Ronaldo is the better-known of the two: 92% know of him, while 87% have heard of Messi.

The figures also show that the same number of men know about Messi as women know about Ronaldo -- 91%.

They reveal that Ronaldo sells more effectively, with 86% of those questioned regarding the ex-Manchester United man as "an influential brand spokesman."

"Cristiano Ronaldo dominates in terms of his overall marketability -- largely because of the consistently high levels of awareness people have of him around the world, whilst Messi has a greater proportion of people that do know of him saying they like him," said Repucom's global head of research Mike Wragg.

Answer the following questions:
1. Name the two players who are famous?
2. Which one is better known of the two?
3. What award are they talking about?
4. Who is the other player who is on the three man shortlist?
5. Who is more likely to take the award?
6. Are both of them very famously known and globally too?
7. What's the worth of their every facebook posting?
8. Name the research company that examined 15 different markets?
9. What percentage of people know Ronaldo?
10. and Messi?

1. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo
2. Ronaldo
3. FIFA's Ballon d'Or award
4. Manuel Neuer
5. Ronaldo
6. yes
7. thousands of dollars
8. Repucom
9. 92%
10. 87%


Read the text and answer the questions.

Molecular biology concerns the molecular basis of biological activity between biomolecules in the various systems of a cell, including the interactions between DNA, RNA, and proteins and their biosynthesis, as well as the regulation of these interactions. Writing in "Nature" in 1961, William Astbury described molecular biology as:

Researchers in molecular biology use specific techniques native to molecular biology but increasingly combine these with techniques and ideas from genetics and biochemistry. There is not a defined line between these disciplines. The figure to the right is a schematic that depicts one possible view of the relationships between the fields:

Much of molecular biology is quantitative, and recently much work has been done at its interface with computer science in bioinformatics and computational biology. In the early 2000s, the study of gene structure and function, molecular genetics, has been among the most prominent sub-fields of molecular biology. Increasingly many other areas of biology focus on molecules, either directly studying interactions in their own right such as in cell biology and developmental biology, or indirectly, where molecular techniques are used to infer historical attributes of populations or species, as in fields in evolutionary biology such as population genetics and phylogenetics. There is also a long tradition of studying biomolecules "from the ground up" in biophysics.

1. what is the article about?
2. is it quantitative?
3. what is molecular biology?
4. who is mentioned as describing it?
5. when?
6. in?
7. do the researchers use general techniques or specific?
8. what do they combine them with?
9. when was the study of gene carried out?
10. what does biology focus on?
11. how?
12. or?
13. what happens indirectly?
14. has there been a tradition used?
15. and has it been used for long?
16. what does the tradition study?
17. in what way?
18. was the 2000 study prominent?
19. as what?
20. has computer science been used?

1. Molecular biology
2. yes
3. concerns the molecular basis of biological activity between biomolecules in the various systems of a cel
4. William Astbury
5. 1961
6. "Nature
7. specific
8. techniques and ideas from genetics and biochemistry.
9. . In the early 2000s
10. molecules
11. either directly studying interactions in their own right
12. indirectly
13. molecular techniques are used
14. yes
15. yes
16. biomolecules
17. from the ground up
18. yes
19. sub-fields of molecular biology
20. yes


A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, usually 50. The Cricket World Cup is played in this format. One Day International matches are also called Limited Overs Internationals (LOI), although this generic term may also refer to Twenty20 International matches. They are major matches and considered the highest standard of List A, limited overs competition.

The international one-day game is a late twentieth-century development. The first ODI was played on 5 January 1971 between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. When the first three days of the third Test were washed out officials decided to abandon the match and, instead, play a one-off one day game consisting of 40 eight-ball overs per side. Australia won the game by 5 wickets. ODIs were played in white kits with a red ball.

In the late 1970s, Kerry Packer established the rival World Series Cricket competition, and it introduced many of the features of One Day International cricket that are now commonplace, including coloured uniforms, matches played at night under floodlights with a white ball and dark sight screens, and, for television broadcasts, multiple camera angles, effects microphones to capture sounds from the players on the pitch, and on-screen graphics. The first of the matches with coloured uniforms was the WSC Australians in wattle gold versus WSC West Indians in coral pink, played at VFL Park in Melbourne on 17 January 1979. This led not only to Kerry Packer's Channel 9 getting the TV rights to cricket in Australia but also led to players worldwide being paid to play, and becoming international professionals, no longer needing jobs outside cricket. Matches played with coloured kits and a white ball became more commonplace over time, and the use of white flannels and a red ball in ODIs was finally abandoned in 2001.

Answer the following questions:
1. How long is an ODI?
2. What does ODI stand for?
3. What are they also called?
4. What does that also refer to?
5. What is played in this format?
6. When was the ODI developed?
7. When was the first time it was played
8. Where?
9. Was France one of the countries that played?
10. Who played?
11. Who won?
12. Who else played?
13. By how much did Australia win?
14. What are ODI played with?
15. What did Kerry Packer establish?
16. What did it introduce?
17. What became more commonplace over time?
18. What led to Kerry getting TV rights?
19. What else did it lead to?
20. When were the red balls abandoned?

1. One Day
2. One Day International
3. Limited Overs Internationals
4. Twenty20 International matches
5. Cricket World Cup
6. late twentieth-century
7. 5 January 1971
8. Melbourne Cricket Ground.
9. No
10. Australia
11. Australia
12. England
13. 5 wickets
14. white kits with a red ball.
15. rival World Series Cricket competition
16. many of the features of One Day International cricket
17. coloured uniforms, matches played at night under floodlights
18. The first of the matches with coloured uniforms was the WSC Australians in wattle gold
19. players worldwide being paid to play
20. 2001


A young mother had a child that was in kindergarten. One day, the class took a trip to the zoo. This was the start of a very good day. The child had a lot of fun. The animals were very friendly, and the friendliest of all was a baby tiger, which the child called 'kitty'. The mother laughed when her child asked to see a unicorn. Instead, she gave her daughter a cookie and they had some ham sandwiches for lunch. They had lunch by the stone benches in the park area. There was a trashcan nearby. The mother threw their trash in the trashcan when they were done. Then they went to go see the pigs. The pigs made a noise like 'oink'. There were also cows. There was also a slide. The slide was a water slide, and the child begged her mother to let her go down it. At the end of the day, the child was dirty and tired, but she had a lot of fun.

1. Was the mother old?
2. What did she have?
3. What grade were they in?
4. Where was the school outing to?
5. What did they name the friendly animal?
6. Did they want to play with an elephant?
7. Did they eat while there?
8. Did they eat three things?
9. What did they sit on to eat?
10. Where were those?
11. What did they do when they were done?
12. What did they visit next?
13. Were they quiet?
14. What else did they visit?
15. Did they play on any rides?
16. How did they feel after the visit?
17. Was their dessert a cake?

1. no
2. a child
3. kindergarten
4. the zoo
5. kitty
6. unknown
7. They had lunch
8. no
9. by the stone benches
10. in the park
11. threw away their trash
12. the pigs
13. no
14. cows
15. yes
16. dirty and tired
17. no


Read the text and answer the questions.

As we drove along, my spirits went up again, and I turned, with pleasure, to the thought of the new life which I was entering. But though it was not far past the middle of September, the heavy clouds and strong north-easterly wind combined to make the day extremely cold; and the journey seemed a very long one, so that it was nearly one o'clock before we reached the place of our destination. Yet when we entered the gateway, my heart failed me, and I wished it were a mile or two farther off. For the first time in my life I must stand alone: there was no retreating now. I must enter that house, and introduce myself among its strange people. But how was it to be done? True, I was near nineteen; but, thanks to the protecting care of my mother and sister, I well knew that many a girl of fifteen, or under, was gifted with a more womanly address, and greater ease and self-possession, than I was. Yet, anyway. I would do very well, after all; and the children, of course, I should soon be at ease with them.

"Be calm, be calm, whatever happens," I said within myself; and truly I was so fully occupied in steadying my nerves and keeping down the rebellious beat of my heart that when I was admitted into the hall and into the presence of Mrs. Bloomfield, I almost forgot to answer her polite greeting; and it afterwards struck me that the little I did say was spoken in the tone of one half-dead or half-asleep.

With due politeness, however, she showed me my bedroom, and left me there to take a little refreshment for a little while and led me into the dining-room. Some beefsteaks and potatoes were set before me; and while I dined upon these, she sat opposite, watching me (as I thought) and trying to keep something like a conversation-- consisting chiefly of commonplace remarks. In fact, my attention was almost wholly absorbed in my dinner: not from appetite, but from the toughness of the beefsteaks, and the numbness of my hands.

"I have had so little time to attend to their education myself, but I think they are clever children, and very willing to learn, especially the little boy; he is, I think, the flower of the flock-- a generous, noble-spirited boy, one to be led, but not driven, and remarkable for always speaking the truth." "His sister Mary Ann will require watching," continued she, "but she is a very good girl on the whole, though I wish her to be kept out of the nursery as much as possible, as she is now almost six years old, and might acquire bad habits from the nurses. I have ordered her bed to be placed in your room, and if you will be so kind as to look after her washing and dressing, and take charge of her clothes, she needs to have nothing further to do with the nursery maid."

I replied I was quite willing to do so; and at that moment the children entered the room. Tom Bloomfield was a well-grown boy of seven. Mary was a tall girl, for her age of six, somewhat dark like her mother. The second sister was Fanny, a very pretty little girl, looking little younger than Mary. The remaining one was Harriet, a little broad, fat, merry, playful thing of scarcely two, whom I had more desire for than all the rest -- but with her I had nothing to do.

1. What time of year was it?
2. how was the weather?
3. What time did they reach the destination?
4. What did she need to do first?
5. and then?
6. What was she doing there?
7. Who's children?
8. How many?
9. Which was known for speaking the truth?
10. Does the story tell you who the youngest was?
11. who?
12. Who is six?
13. and seven?
14. Whos bed is going to be in her room?
15. How old was this teacher?
16. What held her attention on the meal?
17. Where did they dine?
18. Who dined together?
19. HAs Mrs. Bloomfield been putting in a lot of time teaching the children?
20. Does she think they are unwilling to learn?

1. not far past the middle of September
2. extremely cold
3. nearly one o'clock
4. enter the house
5. introduce herself
6. to teach her children
7. Mrs. Bloomfield's
8. four
9. Tom
10. Yes
11. Harriet
12. Mary Ann
13. Tom
14. Mary Ann
15. near nineteen
16. the toughness of the beefsteaks
17. the dining-room
18. the girl, while Mrs. Bloomfield watched
19. no
20. no


Make use of the article to answer the questions.

CHAPTER V--CLIPSTONE FRIENDS

"What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle's speed, Or urge the flying ball."--GRAY.

The afternoon at Clipstone was a success. Gillian was at home, and every one found congeners. Lady Merrifield's sister, Miss Mohun, pounced upon Miss Prescott as a coadjutor in the alphabet of good works needed in the neglected district of Arnscombe, where Mr. Earl was wifeless, and the farm ladies heedless; but they were interrupted by Mysie running up to claim Miss Prescott for a game at croquet. "Uncle Redgie was so glad to see the hoops come into fashion again," and Vera and Paula hardly knew the game, they had always played at lawn tennis; but they were delighted to learn, for Uncle Redgie proved to be a very fine-looking retired General, and there was a lad besides, grown to manly height; and one boy, at home for Easter, who, caring not for croquet, went with Primrose to exhibit to Thekla the tame menagerie, where a mungoose, called of course Raki raki, was the last acquisition. She was also shown the kittens of the beloved Begum, and presented with Phoebus, a tabby with a wise face and a head marked like a Greek lyre, to be transplanted to the Goyle in due time.

"If Sister will let me have it," said Thekla.

"Of course she will," said Primrose. "Mysie says she is so jolly."

"Dear me! all the girls at our school said she was a regular Old Maid."

"What shocking bad form!" exclaimed Primrose. "Just like cads of girls," muttered Fergus, unheard; for Thekla continued--"Why, they said she must be our maiden aunt, instead of our sister."

1. Who is Lady Merrifield's sibling?
2. What place needs some attention?
3. Who want's to take Miss Prescott from the conversation?
4. To do what?
5. Is Mr. Earl married?
6. What are the farm ladies like?
7. Who was happy to see the hoops?
8. Did Vera and Paula know how to play?
9. How did they feel about learning?
10. What were they used to playing?
11. Is there a lot of animals?
12. What was the last one the got?
13. Did it have a name?
14. What?
15. Who had given birth?
16. to what?
17. Who is showing off the animals?
18. To who?
19. What does Thekla want to keep?
20. What is that?

1. Miss Mohun
2. Arnscombe
3. Mysie
4. game of croquet
5. no
6. heedless
7. Uncle Redgie
8. no
9. delighted
10. lawn tennis
11. yes
12. a mungoose
13. yes
14. Raki raki
15. Begum
16. kittens
17. a boy
18. Thekla
19. Phoebus
20. a tabby


CHAPTER XX

WITH THE MAYOS

The news that Terence brought to the regiment gave great and general satisfaction. Herrara was delighted to hear that he was to be made a lieutenant-colonel in his army. Bull and Macwitty were overjoyed on hearing that they had both been recommended for commissions, and Herrara's troopers were equally pleased. The rank and file felt no less gratification, both at the honour of being attached to the British army, and at the substantial improvement in their condition that this would entail.

On the following day Herrara's friends and Mary O'Connor left for Lisbon, and the latter astonished Terence by bursting into tears as she said good-bye to him.

"I have said nothing yet of the gratitude that I feel to you, Terence, for all that you have done for me, for you have always stopped me whenever I have tried to, but I shall always feel it, always; and shall think of you and love you dearly."

"It has been just as fortunate for me as it has been good for you, Mary," he said. "I have never had a sister, and I seem to have found one now."

The girl looked up, pouting. "I don't think," she said, "I should particularly care about being a sister; I think that I would rather remain a cousin."

Terence looked surprised and a little hurt.

"You are only a silly boy," she laughed, "but will understand better some day. Well, good-bye, Terence," and the smile faded from her face.

1. Who had some information for the group?
2. Where they happy with it?
3. What is Herrara getting?
4. In the Navy?
5. In what?
6. Who is getting commissions?
7. Anyone else?
8. Who?
9. Did everyone leave Terence?
10. Who started crying?
11. What does she feel for him?
12. What does he think of her as?
13. Does he have a real one/
14. How does she feel about this title?
15. What does she want to be?
16. Does he understand this?
17. How does it make him feel?
18. Anything else?
19. What?
20. What does she call him?

Provide a numbered list of answers.

1. Terence
2. yes
3. lieutenant-colonel
4. No
5. in his army
6. Bull
7. yes
8. Macwitty
9. Yes
10. Mary O'Connor
11. loves him dearly."
12. a sister
13. No
14. Doesnt care about being a sister
15. a cousin
16. No
17. surprised
18. yes
19. a little hurt.
20. a silly boy


Pope Benedict XVI (; ; ; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger; ; born 16 April 1927) served as Pope from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. Benedict's election occurred in the 2005 papal conclave that followed the death of Pope John Paul II. Since his resignation, Benedict holds the title Pope Emeritus.

Ordained as a priest in 1951 in his native Bavaria, Ratzinger established himself as a highly regarded university theologian by the late 1950s and was appointed a full professor in 1958. After a long career as an academic and professor of theology at several German universities, he was appointed Archbishop of Munich and Freising and Cardinal by Pope Paul VI in 1977, an unusual promotion for someone with little pastoral experience. In 1981, he was appointed Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, one of the most important dicasteries of the Roman Curia. From 2002 until his election as Pope, he was also Dean of the College of Cardinals. Prior to becoming Pope, he was "a major figure on the Vatican stage for a quarter of a century"; he had an influence "second to none when it came to setting church priorities and directions" as one of John Paul II's closest confidants.

1. When did he resign?
2. What title does he hold?
3. What day of April was he born on?
4. What it his birthgiven middle name?
5. Who confided in him?
6. What was his first occupation outside of university?
7. Did he have a lot of experience as a pastor?
8. What was his occupation immediately preceding his papacy?
9. How many years did he serve as pope?
10. What is his native land?
11. Who was the pope prior to his papacy?
12. What year was he born?
13. And his last name?

1. in 2013
2. Pope
3. the 16th
4. Aloisius
5. John Paul II
6. Archbishop of Munich and Freising and Cardinal
7. no
8. theologian
9. Eight
10. Bavaria
11. Pope John Paul II
12. 1927
13. Ratzinger


Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

My trip with my sister and my daughter to Manhattan wedding gown(,) shop, cannot be understood without further focusing on Marina, my 14-year-old daughter Ive asked to try on dresses.

This was the girl I took to Kleinfeld, the fancy store featured on the television program Say Yes to the Dress. As the trip approached, I asked Marina if she was excited. Sure, Mom. shed say, shrugging. Marina was more excited about getting a tattoo on her ankle to represent my fight with ALS than trying on $ 10,000 wedding gowns.

My sister, Stephanie, had arranged for a car with a wheelchair lift to drive us from the hotel to Kleinfeld. The car driver wheeled me in.

At Kleinfeld with flower arrangements ten feet high, I felt like rolling into a dream. "Wow!" I said. I was wearing a new black outfit. Marina wore jean shorts, a sleeveless shirt, and sneakers. _ . The kind Kleinfeld ladies pointed out rooms like tour guides, naming the designers one by one on display: Alita Grham, Pnina Tornai... With Marina walking beside me, Stephanie pushed my chair up and down rows and rows of dresses that made Princess Diana's dress look modest.

Marina didn't say a word. We turned a corner into the storage room, where hundreds of dresses hung in plastic protector sleeves. Marina and I were overwhelmed.

"Want to try one on ?" I said, touching Marina's hand.

"OK," Marina said in her sharp, unsure voice.

"Tell them the style you'd like."

Marina stood silent. I felt bad for bringing her, for forcing such an adult experience on a child.

Marina picked an A-line dress. Or, more precisely, the ladies of Kleinfeld picked it for her. Marina was too shocked to do more than nod. As she took the gown into the dressing room, I tried not to think of my little girl on her wedding day or of her as a baby in my arms. I tried not to think of her with her own baby in her arms one day.

I tried not to think of Marina right now, embarrassed by her mother's plans, by things she could not and should not yet understand.

I am leaving money in my will for Marina's wedding dress. Stephanie has promised to bring her back to Kleinfeld to purchase it.

"No pure white!" I said to Stephanie. "Ivory. Not too much tulle . Think lace."

"Think royalty when picking a dress," I advised Steph as we waited outside the dressing room. "Think Princes Kate. Elegant. Think long sleeves. They make dresses more formal."

Marina came out, sleeveless, flared . She looked like a 14-year-old girl in the middle of a giant cupcake.

"I don't like the loose gown." she said.

That's my girl!

"How about trying on one with long sleeves?" I asked her.

The ladies brought out a dress with long lace sleeves, an Empire collar, a ruched fitted waist, and a long, smooth silk skirt.

Marina disappeared into the dressing room. When the door opened, she looked a foot taller and a decade older. I could clearly see the beautiful woman she will be one day. I simply stared.

What do you do when you glimpse a moment you will not live to see?

I dipped my head. Breathe, I told myself. I looked up. I smiled. Marina smiled back.

I worked my tongue into position to speak. "I like it," I said.

In that dress, Marina stood straight, shining brightly, and tall.

"You are beautiful," I whispered, my tongue barely cooperating. I don't know if she heard me. We took some photos. And moved on. A memory made.

1. who had ALS?
2. who did she take to Kleinfeld?
3. how old is she?
4. was she excited?
5. what was she more excited about?
6. about what?
7. how much were the dresses that were going to be tried?
8. how high were the flower arrangements?
9. did marina where jorts?
10. what else did she wear?
11. what is the name of the sister?
12. what different designers were mentioned?
13. who pushed the chair?
14. what style did Marina pick?
15. who really picked it?
16. was marina dumbstruck?
17. who promised to take Marina back to kleinfelds?
18. what did marina look like when she tried the dress?
19. was the next dress better?
20. how did she look?

1. I do
2. Marina
3. 14
4. No
5. getting a tattoo
6. to represent my fight with ALS
7. $10000
8. ten feet high
9. Yes
10. a sleeveless shirt, and sneakers.
11. Stephanie
12. Alita Grham, Pnina Tornai
13. Stephanie
14. an A-line dress
15. the ladies of Kleinfeld
16. Yes
17. Stephanie
18. like a 14-year-old girl in the middle of a giant cupcake.
19. yes
20. beautiful


"If I rest, I _ "----would be an excellent motto for those who are troubled by the slightest bit of idleness.Even the most hard-working person might adopt it with advantage to serve as a reminder that, if one allows his abilities to rest, like the iron in the unused key, they will soon show signs of rust and, eventually, cannot do the work required of them.

Those who would attain the heights reached and kept by great men must- keep their ability polished by constant use, so that they may unlock the doors of knowledge, the gate that guard the entrances to the professions, to science, art, literature, agriculture--every department of human endeavor.

Industry keeps the key bright that opens the treasury of achievement.If Hugh Miller, after toiling all day in a quarry, had devoted his evenings to rest and recreation, he would never have become a famous geologist.The celebrated mathematician, Edmund Stone, would never have published a mathematical dictionary, never have found the key to science of mathematics, if he had given his spare moments to idleness, had the little Scotch lad, Ferguson, allowed the busy brain to go to sleep while he tended sheep on the hillside instead of calculating the position of the stars by a string of beads, he would never have become a famous astronomer.

Labor defeats all--not inconstant, or ill-directed labor; but faithful, persistent, daily effort toward a well-directed purpose.So industry is the price of noble and enduring success.

1. What defeats all?
2. What kind of labor?
3. Towards what?
4. What's the cost of this royal and long lasting win?
5. How do men keep their skills shiny?
6. For what?
7. What's one thing locked in there?
8. Like what?
9. And?
10. Not math?
11. What happens to a key you never use?
12. Will it continue to work?
13. Who worked all day in a rock pit?
14. What did he publish?
15. Who was small Scottish boy?
16. What was he doing on side of a hill?
17. Did he also do something sky related?
18. Did he become well known for something?
19. What do you think the last word of the motto is at the beginning?
20. Is it a good motto for lazy folks?

Provide a numbered list of answers.

1. Labor
2. faithful, persistent labor
3. a well-directed purpose
4. industry
5. by constant use
6. so that they may unlock the doors of knowledge
7. the professions
8. science
9. literature
10. every department of human endeavor
11. it will show signs of rust
12. no
13. Hugh Miller
14. unknown
15. Ferguson
16. tended sheep
17. calculated the position of the stars by a string of beads
18. astronomer
19. die
20. no


Sarah's New Kitty

"Meow."

Sarah eyes opened wide when she heard that sound coming from the basket her mother was holding.

"Mama, what's that sound? It sounds like a kitty!" she said to her mother as she tried to reach the basket. Her mother was holding it up too high for Sarah to reach.

"Sarah," her mother said, "remember I told you that maybe we can get a pet if you could take good care of it? Well, you're seven years old now and I think you're ready for a special present."

Sarah's mother set the basket on the floor. Sarah fell on her knees with a big grin on her face. She slowly lifted the yellow kitty and held its soft little body next to hers.

Sarah gave the kitty a little kiss. Then she rubbed its head and neck. Soon it started making gentle sounds. "Why is the kitty making those funny sounds?" she asked her mother. "Oh, that's called purring. It's the sound kittens make when they're happy," her mother said.

"Can I give it a name?" Sarah asked.

"Sure. It's a girl kitty, but choose any name you like." her mother said.

Sarah thought about it as her mother got two small bowls and placed them on the floor. Then she put water in one bowl and kitten food in the other bowl. "Okay, Sarah. Let's see if the kitty is hungry."

Sarah put the kitty on the floor and it walked over to the food bowl. It quickly started to eat the food.

Sarah laughed at the kitten and said, "I know. I'm going to name you Kitty."

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. what did the mother get Sarah?
2. what color?
3. how old is sarah?
4. did she kiss the cat?
5. what sound did the cat make?
6. what did she name the cat?
7. was it hungry?
8. how many bowls were on the floor?
9. were they both filled with food?
10. were they both filled with water?
11. where did sarah put the cat?
12. did it eat?
13. how fast?

1. a kitty
2. yellow
3. seven
4. yes
5. gentle sounds
6. Kitty
7. yes
8. two
9. no
10. no
11. on the floor
12. yes
13. quickly