CHAPTER VIII.

HOSTAGE.

The revolution of Todos Santos had to all appearances been effected as peacefully as the gentle Liberator of Quinquinambo could have wished. Two pronunciamientos, rudely printed and posted in the Plaza, and saluted by the fickle garrison of one hundred men, who had, however, immediately reappointed their old commander as Generalissimo under the new regime, seemed to leave nothing to be desired. A surging mob of vacant and wondering peons, bearing a singular resemblance to the wild cattle and horses which intermingled with them in blind and unceasing movement across the Plaza and up the hilly street, and seemingly as incapable of self-government, were alternately dispersed and stampeded or allowed to gather again as occasion required. Some of these heterogeneous bands were afterwards found--the revolution accomplished--gazing stupidly on the sea, or ruminating in bovine wantonness on the glacis before the Presidio.

Eleanor Keene, who with her countrywomen had been hurried to the refuge of the Mission, was more disturbed and excited at the prospect of meeting Hurlstone again than by any terror of the insurrection. But Hurlstone was not there, and Father Esteban received her with a coldness she could not attribute entirely to her countrymen's supposed sympathy with the insurgents. When Richard Keene, who would not leave his sister until he had seen her safe under the Mission walls, ventured at her suggestion to ask after the American recluse, Father Esteban replied dryly that, being a Christian gentleman, Hurlstone was the only one who had the boldness to seek out the American filibuster Perkins, on his own ship, and remonstrate with him for his unholy crusade. For the old priest had already become aware of Hurlstone's blunder, and he hated Eleanor as the primary cause of the trouble. But for her, Diego would be still with him in this emergency.

1. What was the revolution
2. What did the mob resemble>
3. Where did Eleanor go?
4. How was she received?
5. Who did Richard refuse to leave?
6. where did he take her?
7. What kind of person was Father Esteban?
8. Who is looking for Perkins?
9. Who had a blunder?
10. Who caused the problem?

1. Todos Santos
2. wild cattle and horses
3. refuge of the Mission
4. with a coldness
5. his sister
6. Mission walls
7. American recluse
8. Hurlstone
9. Hurlstone's
10. Eleanor


Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Dhaka (, ; or ) is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. The name of the city was spelled as "Dacca", which was an anglicisation name until the current spelling was adopted in 1983 to match with Bengali pronunciation. Located in an eponymous district and division, it lies along the east bank of the Buriganga River in the heart of the Bengal delta. The city is a microcosm of the entire country, with diverse religious and ethnic communities. Dhaka is the economic, cultural and political center of Bangladesh. It is a major financial center of South Asia. It is one of the world's most populated cities and within OIC countries, with a population of 17 million people in the Greater Dhaka Area. It is also the 4th most densely populated city in the world.

At the height of its medieval glory, Dhaka was regarded as one of the wealthiest and most prosperous cities in the world. It served as the capital of the Bengal province of the Mughal Empire twice (1608–39 and 1660–1704). The city's name was Jahangir Nagar ("City of Jahangir") in the 17th century. It was central to the economy of Mughal Bengal, which generated 50% of Mughal GDP. It was a cosmopolitan commercial center and the hub of the worldwide muslin and silk trade.

1. What is the capital of Bangladesh?
2. Is it also the largest city?
3. How was it originally spelled?
4. When was it changed?
5. Why was it changed?
6. What type of district is it in?
7. Is it close to the Buriganga River?
8. Which side of the river is it on?
9. What delta is it in the center of?
10. Are a range of different religions practiced there?
11. What economic status does it hold in South Asia?
12. What is it's population?
13. Where does it rank in the world's most populated cities?
14. Was it ever one of the wealthiest cities in the world?
15. and when was that?
16. How many times was it the capital of the Bengal province?
17. When was the 1st time?
18. and the last?
19. What was it's name in the 17th century?
20. It was known to be a hub of the worldwide trade in what?

1. Dhaka
2. yes
3. Dacca
4. 1983
5. to match with Bengali pronunciation
6. eponymous
7. yes
8. the east
9. the Bengal delta.
10. yes
11. major financial center
12. 17 million
13. 4th
14. yes
15. At the height of its medieval glory
16. twice
17. 1608–39
18. 1660–1704
19. . Jahangir Nagar
20. muslin and silk


Las Vegas (CNN)Tammy Meyers and Erich Nowsch were neighbors. Their homes are walking distance from each other and from a park.

It was in that park where, according to Meyers' husband, she used to talk to the young man, where she implored him to act like an adult.

On Thursday, Nowsch was arrested, accused of killing Meyers in what has been described as a road rage incident that ended a week ago with a shooting in front of Meyers' home.

"We know this boy. I couldn't tell you this before," Robert Meyers told reporters after the arrest. "He knew where I lived. We knew how bad he was, but we didn't know it was this bad. That he'd gotten to this point, and his friends."

Nowsch, 19, faces three felony charges: murder, attempted murder and unlawful discharge of a gun from a vehicle. A Monday morning court hearing has been scheduled.

Robert Meyers said his wife tried to help Nowsch.

"My wife spent countless hours at that park consoling this boy," he said. "She was really good to him. She fed him, she gave him money. She told him to pull his pants up and to be a man. More times than I can count."

Police said they are looking for at least one more suspect, but they believe Nowsch was the shooter. Homicide Capt. Chris Tomaino told reporters that he owned registered firearms but wouldn't say how many guns or what type of weapons they were.

It was unclear Thursday night whether Nowsch had an attorney; court documents detailing his charges didn't list a lawyer.

1. Who were neighbors?
2. Who was arrested?
3. When?
4. Who did he kill?
5. How?
6. After what?
7. How old is Nowsch?
8. What does he face?
9. What are they?
10. Who tried to help Nowsch
11. Did the wife console the boy?
12. When is the court hearing?
13. Did she give him money?
14. What are police looking for?
15. Who is Chris Tomaino
16. Did Nowsch own guns?
17. Did he have an attorney?
18. Did the court documents list one?
19. Did they detail his charges?
20. What news agency reported this?

1. Tammy Meyers and Erich Nowsch
2. Nowsch
3. Thursday
4. Meyers
5. a shooting
6. a road rage incident
7. 19
8. three felony charges:
9. murder, attempted murder and unlawful discharge of a gun from a vehicle
10. Tammy Meyers
11. yes
12. Monday morning
13. yes
14. other suspects
15. Homicide Captain
16. yes
17. unclear
18. no
19. yes
20. CNN


CHAPTER FIFTY FIVE.

WAITING.

The lengthening sunny days went on without bringing either what Romola most desired or what she most dreaded. They brought no sign from Baldassarre, and, in spite of special watch on the part of the Government, no revelation of the suspected conspiracy. But they brought other things which touched her closely, and bridged the phantom-crowded space of anxiety with active sympathy in immediate trial. They brought the spreading Plague and the Excommunication of Savonarola.

Both these events tended to arrest her incipient alienation from the Frate, and to rivet again her attachment to the man who had opened to her the new life of duty, and who seemed now to be worsted in the fight for principle against profligacy. For Romola could not carry from day to day into the abodes of pestilence and misery the sublime excitement of a gladness that, since such anguish existed, she too existed to make some of the anguish less bitter, without remembering that she owed this transcendent moral life to Fra Girolamo. She could not witness the silencing and excommunication of a man whose distinction from the great mass of the clergy lay, not in any heretical belief, not in his superstitions, but in the energy with which he sought to make the Christian life a reality, without feeling herself drawn strongly to his side.

Far on in the hot days of June the Excommunication, for some weeks arrived from Rome, was solemnly published in the Duomo. Romola went to witness the scene, that the resistance it inspired might invigorate that sympathy with Savonarola which was one source of her strength. It was in memorable contrast with the scene she had been accustomed to witness there.

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

1. Fra Girolamo
2. no
3. no
4. unknown
5. Romola
6. in the Duomo
7. June
8. for some weeks
9. a sign from Baldassarre
10. sympathy with Savonarola
11. Plague
12. the Frate
13. no

1. Who was excommunicated?
2. Was he a heretic?
3. Was he superstitious?
4. Why was he excommunicated then?
5. Who was inspired by this man?
6. Where was the Excommunication published?
7. When?
8. How long was it published?
9. What was Romola looking for?
10. What else was she looking for?
11. What did the summer days bring?
12. Who was she alienated from?
13. Did Romola fight the plague?


Running Man is a variety show which is aired in SBS, a famous South Korean TV channel. The show broadcasts on Sunday every week. The translation can be watched on the Internet every Monday. It's very interesting and funny. In the program, everyone should keep running. Here are some information of its hosts and hostess. Liu Zaishi, the main host of the show, is known as National Moderator(,). His friendly, witty and lovely hosting style makes him become one of the most popular hosts and comedians in South Korean. Jin Zhongguo, the strongest man on the show, is known as Sparta-kooks . During the race, he can capture others quickly. But sometimes, he can be very cute. Song Zhixiao, the beautiful actress who is also called Mong Zhi, where "mong" means "confused", because of her facial expressions which makes her seem confused. During the race mission, she is ace because of her superior ability to capture. Young people in Korea love the program very much. Why? Because some South Korean stars will be invited to take part in the race every week . They are divided into several teams with MCs. Many stars have participated in the program, for example, Li Minhao, Girls'Generation , Jin Xiuxian etc. What's more, the program is not only relaxing but also educational--- It teaches people the importance of team spirit.

Answer the following questions:
1. What's the name of the show the story is about?
2. What channel is it on?
3. Where is that channel based?
4. What day is the show aired?
5. And what day is it translated for the Internet?
6. What kind of show is it?
7. Who hosts it?
8. What kind of style does he have?
9. Do people like him?
10. Who's the strongest man?
11. Does he have a nickname?
12. What's the meaning of "mong"?
13. Who is given that nickname?
14. Is Song Zhixiao a man or woman?
15. Why is she good at the mission?
16. Why do Koreans like the show so much?
17. Are they all on the same team?
18. What are some stars who have been on?
19. What can you learn from the show?

1. Running Man
2. SBS
3. South Korea
4. Sunday
5. Monday
6. variety show
7. Liu Zaishi
8. friendly, witty and lovely
9. yes
10. Jin Zhongguo
11. Sparta-kooks
12. confused
13. Song Zhixiao
14. woman
15. superior ability to capture
16. South Korean stars
17. no
18. Li Minhao, Girls'Generation, Jin Xiuxian
19. team spirit


(CNN) -- Brad Pitt clearly has a great deal going on.

Between being dad to six children, a fiancÃ©, an activist and a perfume pitchman, he still manages to squeeze in some time acting. The movie star recently sat down with "Showbiz Tonight's" A.J. Hammer to talk about his latest project, the mob film "Killing Them Softly," and that nagging question of when he plans to marry partner Angelina Jolie.

A.J. Hammer: Brad, we've got a mob movie and I believe the first one we've seen that has political campaign speeches throughout it.

Brad Pitt: I like to mix it up.

Hammer: Was this -- for you -- as much about making a mob movie as it was about sending a political message?

Pitt: This is a good friend of mine, the writer and director, Andrew Dominik, he's from Australia, and his view of America was very interesting to me. His feeling in some way oppressed and that we get caught up in trying to sell the idea that the image is more important than the actual substance. This is what he was trying to tell with this story. He finds this book about a crime syndicate, and he makes these comparisons to -- not politics, per se, or not just politics, but ... the financial crisis itself, and it was a good subject matter.

Hammer: I know, and timely! The idea of the mob dealing with corporate concerns or falling off a fiscal cliff. How timely is that coming off this political season?

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. How many children does he have?
2. Who is he talking to?
3. What show were they on?
4. What were they talking about?
5. Who is his partner?
6. What kind of show is it going to be?
7. Who is directing?
8. Where is he from?
9. What is intriguing about it?
10. What speeches are throughout ?
11. What else does he do besides act?
12. What is the nagging question?
13. What are the comparisons to?
14. What else does he pitch?

1. Six.
2. A.J. Hammer.
3. Showbiz Tonight.
4. The film "Killing Them Softly,"
5. Angelina Jolie.
6. A mob movie.
7. Andrew Dominik.
8. Australia,
9. The image is more important than the actual substance in America.
10. Political
11. An activist.
12. When he plans to marry Angelina Jolie.
13. The financial crisis.
14. Perfume.


(CNN) -- For Heather Neroy, it used to be a tedious process: Whenever she came across an interesting arts-and-crafts project or recipe on the Internet, she would save it for later by copying the link, pasting it into an e-mail and sending it to herself.

After that Neroy, a stay-at-home mom from Southern California, would file the e-mail in a folder for future reference. It wasn't exactly the most efficient system.

Then last year, during one of her browsing sessions, she read a blog post that gushed about a new website called Pinterest. The virtual pinboard, where users can pin and organize images onto individual "boards," didn't pique Neroy's interest at first, but she quickly changed her mind.

"Someone described it as an online filing system, and I thought, 'That's exactly what I need,' " she said.

Soon Neroy was pinning away and, like many Pinterest users, got quickly hooked. She first started with a Halloween board where she pinned costume ideas. Next, Neroy created a shared color board for redecorating her daughter's bedroom that she and her husband could add to.

Pinterest also allows other users to follow each other's boards and "re-pin" another person's images. In no time Neroy was sharing other people's pins and following users with similar tastes.

"It's been really neat to see what other moms are pinning," she said. "Some days you run out of ideas and you don't know what to do to fill the time before bedtime. I thought it was going to be just me organizing, but it's really a community sharing all these different ideas that I didn't even know existed."

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

1. arts-and-crafts
2. recipes
3. Heather Neroy
4. Southern California
5. she's a stay-at-home mom
6. by copying the link
7. emailing it to herself.
8. no
9. Pinterest
10. no
11. yes
12. the filing system
13. a Halloween board
14. a shared color board
15. redecorating her daughter's bedroom
16. follow other's boards
17. "re-pin" another person's images
18. yes
19. as neat
20. yes

1. What is the main character interested in?
2. What else?
3. What's her name?
4. Where's she from?
5. What's she do?
6. How did she previously save recipes and stuff she liked?
7. And then what?
8. Was this an efficient process?
9. What site did she discover last year?
10. Did she like it immediately?
11. Did she change her opinion?
12. What about the site does she find useful?
13. What was her first creation on the site?
14. After that?
15. What did she use that for?
16. What else does the site allow members to do?
17. Anything else?
18. Did Heather do these things?
19. How does she describe other mothers' pins?
20. Does she feel the site is a community?


Anna loved the beach and went as often as she could. She liked the birds and the waves. Jason did not like the beach. He did not like how warm the sand was. He didn't like the salt in the water. Jason wanted to stay home. Jason went to the beach with his mother and father and met Anna. She had a red kite that Jason liked very much. Anna was having trouble getting the kite in the air and was sad. Jason went over to help her and together they got the kite into the air and watched it go higher and higher. Anna let Jason fly the kite for a little bit. After that Jason was hungry. Anna showed him that she had brought a green Picnic basket from her house. Inside the picnic basket there were cakes and sandwiches and salad and some fruit. Jason had brought lemonade in a blue bottle and shared it with Anna. It was the most fun Jason had at the beach.

1. Who loved to ocean?
2. what did she like about it?
3. Did Jason like it?
4. what was his problem with the sand?
5. What about the water?
6. what did he want to do instead?
7. Who did he accompany to the ocean?
8. Who did they meet there?
9. what did Anna have that Jason admired?
10. how did Anna feel about being unable to use it properly?
11. Who assisted her to get it up?
12. why did Anna show him her picnic basket?
13. What was inside?
14. what did jason bring?
15. what was it in?
16. did he share it?
17. What color was Anna's basket?
18. How did Jason feel about his trip to the ocean?

1. Anna
2. birds and the waves
3. Jason did not like the beach.
4. warm
5. salt
6. stay home
7. mother and father
8. Anna
9. red kite
10. sad.
11. Jason
12. Jason was hungry.
13. cakes and sandwiches and salad and some fruit
14. lemonade
15. blue bottle
16. shared it with Anna
17. green
18. fun


Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Jack and James were good friends .One day,they were walking through the desert .During the journey they had a big fight,and Jack hit james in the face.James felt hurt,but he didn't say anything.Instead( ),he wrote in the sand:Today my best friend hit me in the face. They kept on walking until they found an oasis .They decided to get some water there .Suddenly James had trouble in the water,he fell into the mire and was in danger.Jack saved him at once.When he felt Ok,he wrote on a stone:Today my best friend saved my life. "After I hurt you ,you wrote in the sand, and now you wrote on the stone.Why?"asked Jack."When someone hurts us,we should write it down in the sand so that the wind of forgiveness can blow it away.But when someone does anything good for us,we must write it down on the stone,so no wind can blow it away." Since then ,the two friends have never fought with each other again. Hatred can bring you nothing but unhappiness .If you don't forgive others,you are making trouble for yourself.Keep a peaceful heart all the time and remember to be always thankful to those who ahve helped you!

1. What type of friends were they?
2. Who got hit in the face?
3. Will where he wrote about it last a long time?
4. Where were they walking?
5. Who did something heroic?
6. Whose life was saved by his best friend?
7. Where can you write something so the wind won't blow it away?
8. What have James and Jack never done with each other again?
9. Can hatred bring you something other than unhappiness?
10. What should you be towards those who've helped you?
11. Were the friends walking during the day or the night?
12. Did James fall into lava?
13. What did James write in the first time?
14. How did James feel when he got hit in the face?
15. How many people are in this story?
16. What do you make for yourself if you don't forgive others?
17. What did they want to get in the oasis?
18. Were they enemies?
19. What type of heart should you keep?
20. Have they ever fought again?

1. good
2. james
3. no
4. through the desert
5. Jack
6. James
7. on a stone
8. fought
9. no
10. thankful
11. day
12. no
13. Today my best friend hit me in the face.
14. hurt
15. two
16. trouble
17. water
18. no
19. peaceful
20. no


CHAPTER II

THE APARTMENT-HOUSE MYSTERY

1.

"This habit of becoming late for breakfast," Lady Ashleigh remarked, as she set down the coffee-pot, "is growing upon your father."

Ella glanced up from a pile of correspondence through which she had been looking a little negligently.

"When he comes," she said, "I shall tell him what Clyde says in his new play--that unpunctuality for breakfast and overpunctuality for dinner are two of the signs of advancing age."

"I shouldn't," her mother advised. "He hates anything that sounds like an epigram, and I noticed that he avoided any allusion to his birthday last month. Any news, dear?"

"None at all, mother. My correspondence is just the usual sort of rubbish--invitations and gossip. Such a lot of invitations, by-the-bye."

"At your age," Lady Ashleigh declared, "that is the sort of correspondence which you should find interesting."

Ella shook her head. She was a very beautiful young woman, but her expression was a little more serious than her twenty-two years warranted.

"You know I am not like that, mother," she protested. "I have found one thing in life which interests me more than all this frivolous business of amusing oneself. I shall never be happy--not really happy--until I have settled down to study hard. My music is really the only part of life which absolutely appeals to me."

Lady Ashleigh sighed.

"It seems so unnecessary," she murmured. "Since Esther was married you are practically an only daughter, you are quite well off, and there are so many young men who want to marry you."

Answer the following questions:
1. WHat is this passage talking about?
2. Who has a habit of becoming late for breakfast?
3. How old was Ella?
4. Does she have an older sibling?
5. What was the name?
6. Who is the mother?
7. What amused Ella?
8. Did the mother think it was unneccessary?
9. What are the two signs of advancing age as mentioned in Clyde's play?
10. Are there many men who want to marry Ella?

1. unknown
2. the father
3. twenty-two years
4. unknown
5. Esther
6. Lady Ashleigh
7. her music
8. Yes
9. unpunctuality for breakfast and overpunctuality for dinner
10. Yes


CHAPTER VIII

A SCENE IN THE GYMNASIUM

Lew Flapp spoke in such a loud, overbearing voice that a crowd began to collect in the corner where the punching apparatus was located.

"What's up?" asked more than one cadet.

"Lew Flapp and Dick Rover are going to try to beat each other at punching the bag," was the report.

"Rover will have to do his best then. Flapp is a prime one at bag punching. It's about the only thing he can do real well."

"This isn't a fair contest," put in another student. "Flapp took lessons from a man who used to do bag-punching on the vaudeville stage."

"If that's so I wouldn't try to beat him, if I was Dick Rover."

Dick heard some of this talk but said nothing. He was soon ready for the trial, and stepping up to the punching bag he began to undo the top strap.

"That bag is all right," blustered Lew Flapp.

"Yes--for you," answered Dick. "But you must remember, I am not quite so tall. I must have it an inch lower."

"It seems to me you are mighty particular."

"I have a right to be. When you do your punching you can raise the bag as high as you please."

"That's the talk," came from several standing near.

By this time Larry was on the floor again, and he came up to learn what Dick was doing.

"Dick, they tell me he is the best bag-puncher here," whispered Larry.

"I can't help it."

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

1. What is the title?
2. Who was being overly vocal?
3. What did it cause to form
4. What was about to happen?
5. What was the competition?
6. Who was considered a pro at this?
7. Who did he take lessons from?
8. What did Dick do upon listening to this?
9. What did he do after walking up to the bag
10. What was Flapp's opinion on the bag?
11. Why did Dick want to lower it?

1. A SCENE IN THE GYMNASIUM
2. Lew Flapp
3. a crowd
4. "Lew Flapp and Dick Rover are competing
5. punching the bag
6. Flapp is
7. a vaudeville man
8. he heard them but didn't say anything
9. un did the top strap
10. He thought the bag was fine
11. he is not so tall


Make use of the article to answer the questions.

Online with Linda Sheila Posted 18-12-18.25 I'm very worried about my friend,Joleen.She's thin but she thinks she is fat.She is always on a diet.She thinks it's necessary for her to lose more weight.She wants to be model.She has photographs of thin models on her bedroom walls.I think she's getting too thin,but if I talk to her about this,she get worried .How can I help her? Simon Posted 18-12-19.00 Sometimes ,I'm concerned about the pressure I get from my frinds.For example,yesterday I was with a group of frinds.We saw a woman lying on the street.She looked very sick.My friends made some jokes about her and laughed,but I wanted to help her.However,my friends told me not to,and I listened to them.Now I feel ashamed.It was cruel of my friends to laugh at her but I wasn't strong enough to say anything. Dear Sheila, You are right to be worried about friend,Joleen.This is a serious problem.She should not continue to be on a diet if she is very thin,she may have an illness called "anorexia".Anorexia people are afraid of eating food.You must advise her to see a doctor soon. If she won't do that,you should talk to her parents or to a teacher. Dear Simon, You feel ashamed because you should have helped the woman.You are right.Your friends were cruel to that woman.We all want our friend to like us.But we don't have to follow our friends all the time.You're a good boy.You should be strong enough to make up your own mind next time.

1. Who may have an eating problem?
2. What condition might she have?
3. Who should she meet with?
4. What does she think about her body?
5. Is she?
6. Does she control her eating?
7. What career does she desire?
8. Does she look at photographs often?
9. Of what?
10. Are they overweight?
11. Who does Simon see in the road?
12. What was she doing in the road?
13. Did Simon help her?
14. Why not?
15. Did they help her?
16. What did they do instead?
17. Was Simon ashamed?
18. Did Linda still think he was a good person?
19. What should he do next time?

1. Joleen
2. anorexia
3. a doctor
4. thinks she is fat
5. No
6. Yes
7. A model.
8. Yes
9. models
10. No
11. A woman.
12. She was sick,
13. No
14. His friends told him not to.
15. No.
16. made some jokes
17. Yes
18. Yes
19. make up his own mind


Jamie and his friends love playing baseball. They play in the park every morning. One summer morning they lost the baseball. Jamie and his friend Joe went to the store. They bought two baseballs. They also bought colas for the other kids. They spent ten dollars. Jamie and Joe went back to the park. His friend Mike drank his cola and went to bat. Mike hit a home run and rounded the bases. All of Jamie's friends cheered very loudly. The sun was very bright and Jamie had an idea. Jamie and his friends went to the pool in town and swam that afternoon. They met Sally and Jessica at the pool. They also met Jenny at the pool. The lifeguard made them put their sandals, watches and hats by the fence. Jamie went home after swimming. He was very tired. He went to sleep but had a lot of fun that day.

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

1. where does Jamie play every morning?
2. is he with anyone?
3. what do they like to play?
4. where did they go after they lost their ball?
5. what did they buy?
6. how many?
7. did they buy anything else?
8. how much did they spend?
9. where did they go after they were done at the store?
10. who hit a home run?
11. Did his friends cheer?
12. Did Jamie go to the pool after?
13. who did he meet there?
14. Was he tired after swimming?

1. the park
2. yes
3. baseball
4. the store
5. baseballs
6. two
7. colas
8. ten dollars
9. the park
10. Mike
11. yes
12. yes
13. Sally, Jessica, and Jenny
14. yes


Since 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature () has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction" (original Swedish: "den som inom litteraturen har producerat det mest framstående verket i en idealisk riktning"). Though individual works are sometimes cited as being particularly noteworthy, here "work" refers to an author's work as a whole. The Swedish Academy decides who, if anyone, will receive the prize in any given year. The academy announces the name of the chosen laureate in early October. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895; the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Peace Prize, and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Although the Nobel Prize in Literature has become the world's most prestigious literature prize, the Swedish Academy has attracted significant criticism for its handling of the award. Many authors who have won the prize have fallen into obscurity, while others rejected by the jury remain widely studied and read, like Ruben Darío. The prize has "become widely seen as a political one - a peace prize in literary disguise", whose judges are prejudiced against authors with different political tastes to them. Tim Parks has expressed skepticism that it is possible for "Swedish professors ... [to] compar[e] a poet from Indonesia, perhaps translated into English with a novelist from Cameroon, perhaps available only in French, and another who writes in Afrikaans but is published in German and Dutch...". As of 2016, 16 of the 113 recipients have been of Scandinavian origin. The Academy has often been alleged to be biased towards European, and in particular Swedish, authors. Some, such as Indian academic Sabaree Mitra, have noted that, though the Nobel Prize in Literature is significant and tends to overshadow other awards, it is "not the only benchmark of literary excellence."

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

1. What is the most esteemed award for writing?
2. Who bestows it?
3. When was it first given?
4. Who started it?
5. When are the winners announced each year?
6. Are there other categories?
7. How many?
8. Name one?
9. And another?
10. And?
11. And one more
12. Do they receive any flak for the winners chosen?
13. Who was rejected?
14. Was he well-known?
15. Do they show favoritism?
16. How many winner were from Scandinavia?
17. Out of how many?
18. Up to what date?
19. Who was from India?
20. Is anyone skeptical?

1. the Nobel Prize
2. the Swedish Academy
3. 1901
4. Alfred Nobel
5. in early October
6. yes
7. Four
8. the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
9. Nobel Prize in Physics
10. the Nobel Peace Prize
11. the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
12. yes
13. Ruben Darío
14. yes
15. yes, according to some
16. 16
17. 113
18. 2016
19. Sabaree Mitra
20. yes


Scott Alan woke up very early that morning in his bedroom in his house. He felt something licking his face and he wasn't sure what it was. As he opened his green eyes slowly, he saw a bit of fur. Then he saw a tongue. After that, some more fur and then slurp! He was licked again!

"Oh, Boscoe!" the little boy said with joy as he kissed his furry little brown dog. The dog had been Scott's friend for as long as could remember. They went on many adventures together. The two of them really never left each other's side and Scott woke up many times this way.

One of the most memorable adventures that Scott and Boscoe had happened when Scott was 12. Scott wanted to have a little fun. He also wanted to adventure with Boscoe. Scott had got done eating breakfast and wanted to ride his bicycle. Boscoe was walking and Scott was riding his bicycle down by the park very close to the river near Scott's house. He wanted to do a little adventuring. Boscoe was walking next to the shore and started barking his head off! Scott wasn't sure what he was barking at, so he got off his bicycle and ran down into the river to see what all the noise was about.

All of the sudden, Boscoe fell in the water and was taken down stream with the fast water. Scott yelled, "Boscoe!" and he was off. He jumped into the water and began swimming after Boscoe. Boscoe's little legs were doggy paddling as fast as they could, but had no hope! Finally, Scott caught up to him, but he couldn't get back to the side of the river!

As Scott was thinking this was the last of him and Boscoe, a large stick from a fallen log was well in reach and Scott grabbed it and using all of this might, he pulled him and Boscoe out of the river.

"Boy, was that close!" Scott yelled out loud!

That was the best adventure ever!

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

1. Scott Alan
2. morning
3. No
4. in his bedroom
5. a dog
6. licking
7. Boscoe
8. brown
9. as long as he could remember
10. 12
11. ride his bicycle
12. by the park
13. the river
14. barking
15. yes
16. it fell in the water
17. down stream
18. "Boscoe!"
19. jumped into the water
20. "Boy, was that close!"

1. Who awoke?
2. what time of day?
3. late?
4. where was he?
5. what was touching him that made him awake?
6. what was it doing?
7. What was the dog's name?
8. what color was he?
9. how long had they known each other?
10. How old was the child for most of his adventures?
11. what did scott want to do after he ate?
12. where at?
13. what was it near?
14. What did the animal start doing?
15. did scott get off his bike?
16. what happened to the animal all of a sudden?
17. where did it take him?
18. what did the child yell?
19. what did he do after that?
20. what did he say after he got the animal out?


CHAPTER I.

"Nerei repandirostrum incurvicervicum pecus."

A dingy, swashy, splashy afternoon in October; a school-yard filled with a mob of riotous boys. A lot of us standing outside.

Suddenly came a dull, crashing sound from the school-room. At the ominous interruption I shuddered involuntarily, and called to Smithsye:--

"What's up, Smithums?"

"Guy's cleaning out the fourth form," he replied.

At the same moment George de Coverly passed me, holding his nose, from whence the bright Norman blood streamed redly. To him the plebeian Smithsye laughingly:--

"Cully! how's his nibs?"

I pushed the door of the school-room open. There are some spectacles which a man never forgets. The burning of Troy probably seemed a large-sized conflagration to the pious Aeneas, and made an impression on him which he carried away with the feeble Anchises.

In the centre of the room, lightly brandishing the piston-rod of a steam-engine, stood Guy Heavystone alone. I say alone, for the pile of small boys on the floor in the corner could hardly be called company.

I will try and sketch him for the reader. Guy Heavystone was then only fifteen. His broad, deep chest, his sinewy and quivering flank, his straight pastern, showed him to be a thoroughbred. Perhaps he was a trifle heavy in the fetlock, but he held his head haughtily erect. His eyes were glittering but pitiless. There was a sternness about the lower part of his face,--the old Heavystone look,--a sternness, heightened, perhaps, by the snaffle-bit which, in one of his strange freaks, he wore in his mouth to curb his occasional ferocity. His dress was well adapted to his square-set and herculean frame. A striped knit undershirt, close-fitting striped tights, and a few spangles set off his figure; a neat Glengarry cap adorned his head. On it was displayed the Heavystone crest, a cock regardant on a dunghill or, and the motto, "Devil a better!"

1. What sound came from the school room?
2. Did the author react to it?
3. What did he do?
4. Did he ask anyone about the ruckus?
5. Who?
6. How old was Guy Heavystone at the time?
7. Did he have a small, shallow chest?
8. How was it described?
9. What about his flank?
10. And pastern?
11. Did Smithums reply to the author?
12. How did he explain the noise?
13. Did someone come by during this?
14. Who
15. Was he holding something?
16. What?
17. Was there anything in the middle of the school room?
18. Who?
19. What about in the corner?
20. What was Guy wearing on his head?

1. A dull, crashing sound.
2. Yes.
3. Shuddered involuntarily.
4. Yes.
5. Smithums.
6. Fifteen.
7. No.
8. Broad, deep chest.
9. Sinewy and quivering.
10. Straight.
11. Yes.
12. Guy's cleaning out the fourth form.
13. Yes.
14. George de Coverly.
15. Yes.
16. His nose,
17. Yes.
18. Guy Heavystone.
19. A pile of small boys.
20. A neat Glengarry cap.


I never wanted a dog, but now I'm so glad I have one. About two years ago, my wife, Cathy, got a little dog with a face only a mother could love. We named her Gertie. Gertie is the kind of dog that has to grow on you. So I dicided that the dog would be trained. This didn't quite go as planned. At 15 weeks old, she was nearly made to leave the Petsmart Training School. She spent every night lying in our bed-snoring so loudly that I hardly got a good night's sleep. Then, about six months after she arrived, I felt that something in my heart was taking place, and I was unable to stop it. My behaviour began to change. I began to smile at people when passing them in a street. I returned from neighbours. I started calling my kids, and to my surprise, they started calling me. I even tried to speak to my grandchildren over the phone once. I even was glad to listen to laughter from a 10-month-old granddaughter. The point is that I was changing. My wife and I both agree that it is Gertie who has changed my behaviour. Gertie is now nearly two years old and almost fully grown.I have come to like the pet little by little, though she is my wife's dog.

Answer this series of questions:

1. What is my dog's name?
2. What does she look like?
3. Is she obedient?
4. Did she go to training?
5. Where?
6. What changed in my life after getting Gertie?
7. What did I do differently?
8. Did I do anything else differently?
9. Did they return my calls?
10. how old is Gertie now?
11. Did I want a dog?
12. Is Gertie my dog?
13. Who does Gertie belong to?

1. Gertie
2. little dog with a face only a mother could love.
3. no
4. yes
5. Petsmart Training School
6. behaviour
7. I would smile at people
8. started calling my kids
9. yes
10. nearly two
11. no
12. no
13. my wife


Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. Educational methods include storytelling, discussion, teaching, training, and directed research. Education frequently takes place under the guidance of educators, but learners may also educate themselves. Education can take place in formal or informal settings and any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts may be considered educational. The methodology of teaching is called pedagogy.

After the Fall of Rome, the Catholic Church became the sole preserver of literate scholarship in Western Europe. The church established cathedral schools in the Early Middle Ages as centers of advanced education. Some of these establishments ultimately evolved into medieval universities and forebears of many of Europe's modern universities. During the High Middle Ages, Chartres Cathedral operated the famous and influential Chartres Cathedral School. The medieval universities of Western Christendom were well-integrated across all of Western Europe, encouraged freedom of inquiry, and produced a great variety of fine scholars and natural philosophers, including Thomas Aquinas of the University of Naples, Robert Grosseteste of the University of Oxford, an early expositor of a systematic method of scientific experimentation, and Saint Albert the Great, a pioneer of biological field research. Founded in 1088, the University of Bologne is considered the first, and the oldest continually operating university.

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

1. What is considered the 1st and oldest university?
2. What year was it founded?
3. After Rome fell, who was the only preserver of literate scholarship in Western Europe?
4. What is the methodology of teaching called?
5. What is education?
6. When did the church make cathedral schools?
7. What school did Thomas Aquinas come from?
8. Which well known philosopher came from the University of Oxford?
9. Who was Saint Albert the Great?
10. What are some educational methods?
11. During what time did Chartres Cathedral operate the Chartres Cathedral School?
12. Can education also be self taught?
13. What did the medieval universities of Western Europe encourage??
14. Who was an early expositor of a systematic method of scientific experimentation?
15. What can any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels or acts be called?

1. University of Bologne,
2. 1088,
3. the Catholic Church
4. pedagogy.
5. the process of facilitating learning
6. in the Early Middle Ages
7. the University of Naples
8. Robert Grosseteste
9. a pioneer of biological field research
10. storytelling, discussion, teaching, training, and directed research.
11. During the High Middle Ages
12. yes
13. freedom of inquiry,
14. Robert Grosseteste
15. education


CHAPTER XVI. THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

THROUGH the balance of the day and all during the long night Billy Byrne swung along his lonely way, retracing the familiar steps of the journey that had brought Barbara Harding and himself to the little island in the turbulent river.

Just before dawn he came to the edge of the clearing behind the dwelling of the late Oda Yorimoto. Somewhere within the silent village he was sure that the two prisoners lay.

During the long march he had thrashed over again and again all that the success of his rash venture would mean to him. Of all those who might conceivably stand between him and the woman he loved--the woman who had just acknowledged that she loved him--these two men were the most to be feared.

Billy Byrne did not for a moment believe that Anthony Harding would look with favor upon the Grand Avenue mucker as a prospective son-in-law. And then there was Mallory! He was sure that Barbara had loved this man, and now should he be restored to her as from the grave there seemed little doubt but that the old love would be aroused in the girl's breast. The truth of the matter was that Billy Byrne could not conceive the truth of the testimony of his own ears--even now he scarce dared believe that the wonderful Miss Harding loved him--him, the despised mucker!

But the depth of the man's love for the girl, and the genuineness of his new-found character were proven beyond question by the relentless severity with which he put away every thought of himself and the consequences to him in the matter he had undertaken.

Answer the following questions:
1. how long did the main character travel?
2. what is the main character's first name?
3. what is his last name?
4. what was his profession?
5. would his prospective father and law care for that profession?
6. who was his prospective father in law?
7. and what is his daughter's name?
8. what is her first name?
9. who was the other guy he feared?
10. why is that?

1. THROUGH the balance of the day and all during the long night
2. Billy
3. Byrne
4. Grand Avenue mucker
5. no
6. Anthony Harding
7. Miss Harding
8. Barbara
9. Mallory
10. Barbara had loved this man


This year the US will honour one of the country's most famous writers--Mark Twain (1835-1910). Most readers know that his real name was Samuel Longhome Clemens, but how many know where the pen name "Mark Twain" came from? The answer shows Clemens' colorful early life before he became a writer. "Mark Twain" was the cry shouted on a ship when the ship entered a part of a river that was two fathoms (6 feet) deep. "Twain" is an old-fashioned way of saying "two". Twain trained as a ship pilot on the Mississippi river for two years, a time that he wrote about in the humourousLife on the Mississippi (1883). The famous river would become an important theme in many of his works--who could forget the journey of the Huck and Jim along it in his most famous book. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884)? With little education, he had to teach himself how to write stories. Whenever possible, he would go to public libraries. There he spent much time reading and thinking, which greatly helped him with his writing. On the other hand, his life experiences gave him wonderful material to write about and attract readers. Twain wrote in a style that has been called "local colour" because it shows great knowledge of local people and their customs. This _ is very clear in the two books for which Twain is still celebrated today. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its follow-up The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which many people call "The Great American Novel". The most amazing invention in the book is the voice of Huck himself. Huck did not enjoy schooling. It shows in the way he uses language, in a spoken style. Only a master like Twain could copy the way a young southern boy talked so well.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who is the writer?
2. What was his name at birth?
3. What did he do for a couple of years?
4. Did he create anything during that time?
5. What was it?
6. What is another book he wrote?
7. What was another one?
8. did he have a lot of schooling?
9. where did he go to learn?
10. When was Life on the Mississippi written?
11. and Huckleberry Finn?
12. What does the word twain mean?

1. Mark Twain
2. Samuel Longhorne Clemens
3. trained as a ship pilot
4. yes
5. Life on the Mississippi.
6. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
7. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
8. no
9. public libraries
10. 1883
11. 1884
12. Two.


Most people know precious gemstones by their appearances. An emerald flashes deep green, a ruby seems to hold a red fire inside, and a diamond shines like a star. It's more difficult to tell where the gem was mined, since a diamond from Australia or Arkansas may appear the same to one from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. However, recently, a team of scientists has found a way to identify a gemstone's origin.

Beneath the surface of a gemstone, on the tiny level of atoms and molecules , lie clues to its origin. At this year's meeting of the Geological Society of America in Minneapolis, Catherine McManus reported on a technique that uses lasers to clarify these clues and identify a stone's homeland. McManus directs scientific research at Materialytics, in Killeen, Texas. The company is developing the technique. "With enough data, we could identify which country, which mining place, even the individual mine a gemstone comes from," McManus told Science News.

Some gemstones, including many diamonds, come from war-torn countries. Sales of those "blood minerals" may encourage violent civil wars where innocent people are injured or killed. In an effort to reduce the trade in blood minerals, the U.S. government passed law in July 2010 that requires companies that sell gemstones to determine the origins of their stones.

To figure out where gemstones come from, McManus and her team focus a powerful laser on a small sample of the gemstone. The technique is called laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. Just as heat can turn ice into water or water into steam, energy from the laser changes the state of matter of the stone. The laser changes a miniscule part of the gemstone into plasma, a gas state of matter in which tiny particles called electrons separate from atoms.

The plasma, which is superhot, produces a light pattern. (The science of analyzing this kind of light pattern is called spectroscopy.) Different elements produce different patterns, but McManus and her team say that gemstones from the same area produce similar patterns. Materialytics has already collected patterns from thousands of gemstones, including more than 200 from diamonds. They can compare the light pattern from an unknown gemstone to patterns they do know and look for a match. The light pattern acts like a signature, telling the researchers the origin of the gemstone.

In a small test, the laser technique correctly identified the origins of 95 out of every 100 diamonds. For gemstones like emeralds and rubies, the technique proved successful for 98 out of every 100 stones. The scientists need to collect and analyze more samples, including those from war-torn countries, before the tool is ready for commercial use.

Scientists like Barbara Dutrow, a mineralogist from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, find the technique exciting. "This is a basic new tool that could provide a better fingerprint of a material from a particular locality," she told Science News.

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

1. Has a team of scientists found a way to identify a gemstone's origin?
2. Where  lie clues to a gemstone's origin?
3. Who reported on a technique that uses lasers to clarify these clues?
4. Where?
5. in what city?
6. What is McManus' job?
7. for which company?
8. located where?
9. in which state?
10. Do many diamonds come from war-torn countries?
11. What happens to innocent people in those countries?
12. What else?
13. What did the US government do to stop this?
14. What did the law do?
15. How does McManus determine where a gemstone came from?
16. What is the process called?
17. What does the laser change a part of the gemstone to?
18. What is that?
19. Is the plasma supercold?
20. What does the plasma produce?

1. Yes
2. Beneath the surface of a gemstone
3. Catherine McManus
4. At the Geological Society of America
5. Minneapolis
6. Director of Scientific Research
7. Materialytics
8. in Killeen
9. Texas
10. Yes
11. injured
12. killed
13. Passed a law
14. Requires companies that sell gemstones to determine the origins of their stones
15. With a laser
16. spectroscopy
17. plasma
18. a gas state of matter
19. No
20. a light pattern


CHAPTER XVII

A QUEER CAPTAIN

"You saw Dan Baxter, here in Pittsburg?" ejaculated Dick.

"Dat's it."

"You are sure you were not mistaken, Aleck? I thought that rascal was miles and miles away."

"Dat's jess wot I dun been thinkin' too. But it was Dan Baxter, suah. I knows him too well to make any mistake about his ugly face."

"Where was he?"

"Dat's de alarmin' part ob it, Massah Dick. Yo' know yo' tole me to find de houseboat."

"Yes."

"Well, I found de boat wid dat dar Cap'n Starr on board, an' we made all dem 'rangements wot you spoke about. Den I started to leave de boat. Dar was an eleckric light on de dock an' a man standing near it, a-watchin' de houseboat. I almost run into him, an' den I discobered it was dat good-fo'-nuffin Dan Baxter."

"He was watching the houseboat?"

"Dat's it."

"Did he recognize you, Aleck?"

"Not till I spoke to him. I said, `Wot yo' doin' heah, Dan Baxter?' When he heard dat he 'most jumped a foot. Den he mutters sumthing wot I couldn't make out an' runs away."

"Did you go after him?"

"Yes, but I couldn't cotch him nohow. Dar was big piles ob boxes an' barrels on de dock and he got away befo' I know wot I was at. I hunted an' hunted, but I couldn't git on his track."

"This is certainly unpleasant, to say the least," mused Dick, biting his lip. "If he is watching us he is doing it for no good purpose."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who was talking with Dick in this chapter?
2. Where were they?
3. Who were they talking about?
4. Had Aleck seen him?
5. In which city?
6. Where had Dick thought he was?
7. Was Aleck sure it was him?
8. What was he doing when Aleck saw him?
9. Standing near what?
10. What was the light on?
11. Did Aleck run into him?
12. Did he recognize Aleck?
13. When?
14. What did Aleck ask him?
15. And then what did Baxter do?
16. Did he say anything?
17. Could Aleck understand it?
18. Did Aleck go after him?
19. Did he catch him?
20. What did Dick think of this news?

1. Aleck.
2. Pittsburg
3. Dan Baxter
4. Yes
5. Pittsburg
6. Miles and miles away.
7. Yes
8. Watching the houseboat.
9. An electric light
10. a dock
11. Almost.
12. Not at first.
13. When he spoke to him.
14. `Wot yo' doin' heah, Dan Baxter?
15. Jumped
16. He muttered something.
17. No
18. Yes
19. No
20. He did not like it.


Read the text and answer the questions.

Liverpool () is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 478,580 in 2015. With its surrounding areas, it is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the UK, with over 2.24 million people in 2011. The local authority is Liverpool City Council, the most populous local government district within the metropolitan county of Merseyside and the largest within the Liverpool City Region.

Liverpool is located on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, and historically lay within the ancient hundred of West Derby in the south west of the county of Lancashire. It became a borough in 1207 and a city in 1880. In 1889, it became a county borough independent of Lancashire. Its growth as a major port was paralleled by the expansion of the city throughout the Industrial Revolution. Along with handling general cargo, freight, raw materials such as coal and cotton, the city merchants were involved in the Atlantic slave trade. In the 19th century, it was a major port of departure for Irish and English emigrants to the United States. Liverpool was home to both the Cunard and White Star Line, and was the port of registry of the ocean liner RMS "Titanic", the RMS "Lusitania", "Queen Mary" and "Olympic".

1. Which port was home to the Titanic?
2. Was the Queen Mary registered there as well?
3. What other famous ships have called it home?
4. What estuary lies to its west?
5. Before 1889, what county was it a part of?
6. What ancient hundred does it lie in?
7. Did it become a borough and a city at the same time?
8. Which occurred first?
9. When was that?
10. When did it gain city status?
11. What happened that sped up the growth of the city?
12. What was going on that caused that?
13. Did any raw materials go through the port?
14. Name one of the materials.
15. What would be another example?
16. If I were Irish in the 1800s and going to America, what port would I likely leave from?
17. What part of England is it in?
18. Does the city itself have over a million inhabitants?
19. What about the metropolitan area?
20. How many metropolitan areas in the UK are larger?

1. Liverpool
2. Yes.
3. Lusitania and Olympic
4. Mersey Estuary
5. Lancashire
6. West Derby
7. No.
8. It became a borough first.
9. 1207
10. 1880
11. Its growth as a major port .
12. The Atlantic slave trade.
13. Yes.
14. Coal.
15. Cotton
16. Liverpool
17. North West
18. No.
19. Yes.
20. Four.


There once was a big black and white dog named Forrest. His owner's name was Jeff. Jeff thought he was the best dog in the whole world.

One night, when Forrest and Jeff were taking a walk in the park, they saw two men walking down the path. Both men were dressed in very nice suits.

Jeff waved at the men.

"Good evening," he said. "How are you tonight?"

"Hello," one of the men said. "It is such a great night for walking."

Jeff and Forrest kept walking down the path. It was a very dark night, but the moon was shining bright. When Jeff turned around to look for the two men, he could not see them at all. They were nowhere to be seen.

Later that night, when their walk was over, Jeff and Forrest were lying on the bed. They were watching a television show about ghosts.

"Do you think maybe those two men were ghosts?" Jeff said out loud. "They did not leave a trace."

Forrest was a dog, but he acted like he understood. He barked.

Jeff smiled. He liked that his dog always saw things the same way he did.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who is Forrest?
2. and Jeff?
3. what did Jeff think of Forrest?
4. Did they do anything together?
5. was it day or night?
6. what kind of night?
7. did they notice anything?
8. did they say anything?
9. what did Jeff do then?
10. did strange happenanything
11. what did Jeff and forrest do next?
12. Did Jeff mention the men at all?
13. what did he think?
14. why did he think that?
15. Did Forrest have any reaction?
16. What did Jeff think of that?
17. did they watch any television?
18. about what?

1. dog
2. His owner
3. best dog in the world
4. walked in the park
5. night
6. very dark
7. two men
8. hello and it was a great night for walking
9. kept walking
10. The men disappeared
11. went to bed
12. yes
13. the two men were ghosts
14. They didn't leave a trace
15. He barked.
16. He liked that they always saw things the same
17. yes
18. ghosts


Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

One day Mary took a walk to the park. The park was very close to her house. One her way to the park she passed her friend Kim's house. Mary stopped by and asked if Kim wanted to play. Kim said yes. Mary and Kim walked together to the park. John's house was three houses down. Mary and Kim stopped by to ask John if he wanted to play at the park. John said no. He was afraid of being chased by a squirrel. Mary worried that John didn't like her, but John thought she was a good friend. So Mary and Kim went to the park to play. They loved the park. They loved the flowers, and the swings! Soon it was dinnertime and the girls went home. What a lovely day at the park.

1. Who took a walk to the park?
2. Was it close to her house?
3. Whose house did she pass on her way there?
4. Did she stop?
5. Why?
6. What did she say?
7. Did they walk or ride to the park?
8. Whose house was nearby?
9. How many houses down was it?
10. Did they ask him if he wanted to play?
11. What did he say?
12. Why?
13. What was Mary worried about?
14. Did he?
15. Did the girls continue to the park?
16. What did they love about the park?
17. When did they go home?
18. What kind of day did they have?

1. Mary
2. yes
3. Kim's
4. yes
5. She asked her if she wanted to play
6. yes
7. walked
8. John's
9. Three
10. yes
11. no
12. He was afraid of being chased by a squirre
13. that he didn't like her
14. yes
15. Yes
16. the flowers and the swings
17. Dinnertime.
18. a lovely one


Writing articles about films for The Front Page was my first proper job. Before then I had done bits of reviewing--novels for other newspapers, films for a magazine and anything I was asked to do for the radio. That was how I met Tom Seaton, the first arts editor of The Front Page, who had also written for television. He hired me, but Tom was not primarily a journalist, or he would certainly have been more careful in choosing his staff.

At first, his idea was that a team of critics should take care of the art forms that didn't require specialized knowledge: books, TV, theatre, film and radio. There would be a weekly lunch at which we would make our choices from the artistic material that Tom had decided we should cover, though there would also be guests to make the atmosphere sociable.

It all felt like a bit of dream at that time: a new newspaper and I was one of the team. It seemed so unlikely that a paper could be introduced into a crowded market. It seemed just as likely that a millionaire wanted to help me personally, and was pretending to employ me. Such was my lack of self-confidence.

Tom's original scheme for a team of critics for the arts never took off. It was a good idea, but we didn't get together as planned and so everything was done by phone. It turned out, too, that the general public out there preferred to associate a reviewer with a single subject area, and so I chose film. Without Tom's initial push, though, we would hardly have come up with the present arrangement, by which I write an extended weekly piece, usually on one film.

The space I am given allows me to broaden my argument--or forces me, in an uninteresting week, to make something out of nothing. But what is my role in the public arena? I assume that people choose what films to go to on the basis of the stars, the publicity or the director. So if a film review isn't really a consumer guide, what is it? I certainly don't feel I have a responsibility to be 'right' about a movie. Nor do I think there should be a certain number of 'great' and 'bad' films each year. All I have to do is put forward an argument. I'm not a judge, and nor would I want to be.

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. What was their first job?
2. Who did they meet?
3. Did he hire them?
4. Who hired them?
5. Who was he?
6. What else had he done
7. Was he first and foremost a journalist?
8. Would there be a weekly lunch?
9. Would there be guests there?
10. Why?

1. Writing articles about films for The Front Page
2. editing for the front page
3. yes
4. Tom Seaton
5. the first arts editor of The Front Page
6. he had also written for television.
7. no
8. yes
9. yes
10. to make the atmosphere sociable.


Make use of the article to answer the questions.

Mrs. Smith liked to deliver her pies with her big hot air balloon.

Mrs. Smith like baking pies of all shapes and sizes. She baked for her neighbors of all ages.

She would bake them up all on Sunday and pile them high in her balloon. Then she would take off into the sky!

Mr. Jones down the street loved strawberry pie. He would stand on his roof and catch the pie as the balloon flew by.

Mrs. Kenner liked apple pie. She would run after the balloon and catch her pie in a big basket.

Bobby and Sue were brother and sister. They loved chocolate pie. They would ride their bicycles to the top of a hill. Mrs. Smith would hand them their pies as she floated by.

Mrs. Smith would throw peach pies down Mr. Tevo's chimney, where they would all land in a big box.

Josh had his dog Rex chase after the pies for him. Rex would jump high in the air and catch the pie like frisbee!

Everyone would clap as Mrs. Smith rode by and delivered her pies. Then they would eat and be happy. Mrs. Smith loved riding her balloon and making her neighbors so happy!

1. What did Mrs. Smith deliver?
2. how did she travel to do it?
3. who made them?
4. who did she make them for?
5. how old were they?
6. on what day did she do this?
7. where did Mr.s Jones live?
8. what did he like?
9. where did he pick his up from?
10. what did Mrs. Kenner like?
11. what would she gather hers in?
12. who enjoyed the chocolate kind?
13. were they siblings?
14. where were they when they received theirs?
15. how did they get there?
16. Who wanted the peach kind?
17. how would he get his?
18. How did Josh get his?
19. what was it's name?
20. what did the whole neighborhood do as this happened?

1. pies
2. in a hot air balloon
3. Mrs. Smith
4. her neighbors
5. all ages
6. Sunday
7. down the street
8. strawberry pie.
9. the roof
10. apple pie
11. a big basket
12. Bobby and Sue
13. yes
14. the top of a hill
15. on their bicycles
16. Mr. Tevo
17. in a big box
18. his dog chased after them
19. Rex
20. clap


The Italian National Institute of Statistics (Italian: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica; Istat) is the main producer of official statistics in Italy. Its activities include the census of population, economic censuses and a number of social, economic and environmental surveys and analyses. Istat is by far the largest producer of statistical information in Italy, and is an active member of the European Statistical System, coordinated by Eurostat.

Its publications are released under creative commons "Attribution" (CC BY) license.

Istat was created in 1926 as "Central Institute of Statistics" (Istituto Centrale di Statistica), to collect and organize essential data about the nation. It took its current denomination with the reform of 1989. This also gave Istat statutory responsibility for the coordination and standardization of official statistics collected or published under the aegis of the national statistical system SISTAN, whose membership includes the statistical offices of ministries, national agencies, regions, provinces, communes, chambers of commerce, and similar bodies. Since 4 August 2009, Enrico Giovannini, former Chief statistician of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), has been the President of the institute. "Istituto Centrale di Statistica": "Istituto Nazionale di Statistica":

Istat has 18 regional offices which host public access points named "Centri di informazione statistica", Statistical information centers. The center in Rome also offers data from Eurostat.

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. What does Istat stand for in English?
2. What does Istat stand for in Italian?
3. What country does it operate for?
4. Is it a member of the European Statistical System?
5. Who coordinates the European Statistical System?
6. When was the first version of Istat created?
7. What was it called then?
8. When did it have a name change?
9. Who is the person who is in charge of it now?
10. What is his official title?
11. When did he begin this role?
12. How many regional offices does it have?
13. Does this agency deal with the population  census?
14. Does this agency deal with the economic census?

1. Italian National Institute of Statistics
2. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica
3. Italy
4. Yes
5. Eurostat
6. 1926
7. "Central Institute of Statistics"
8. 1989
9. Enrico Giovannini
10. the President of the institute
11. 4 August 2009
12. 18
13. Yes
14. Yes


CHAPTER III

TOM'S JOKE

"What did you do to him?" asked Sam, quickly.

"Put an advertisement of pills on his back and some other ads. in his text books," answered Tom. "Say, he looks some mad; doesn't he?"

"I should say yes," came from Stanley.

William Philander was approaching with long strides. In one hand he held the poster Tom had fastened on his back, and he was shaking his other fist wrathfully.

"Tom Rover, you've--er--insulted me!" he gasped as he came up. "You've humiliated me before the whole class! I'll--I'll----" The dudish student was so full of wrath he could not speak.

"Take a cough drop and clear your throat Billy," suggested Tom, coolly. "Don't get so excited, you might drop dead from heart disease."

"How dare you put that--er--that advertisement of Gumley's Red Pills on my back?" stormed the stylishly-dressed one.

"'Gumley's Red Pills for Red-Blooded People,'" quoted Spud, from the poster. "Say, they are fine, Willie. Didn't you ever take 'em?"

"No, and I don't want to. I want Tom Ro----"

"Say, if you haven't taken any of Gumley's pills you don't know what you've missed," went on Spud, with a wink at the others. "Why, there was a man over in Rottenberg who was flat on his back with half a dozen fatal diseases. The doctors gave him just three days to live,--three days, think of it! His wife nearly cried her eyes out. Then along came this Gumley man with a trunk full of his Red Pills for Red-Blooded People. He didn't exactly know if the dying man was red-blooded or not, but he took a chance and gave the fellow sixteen pills, four after breakfast, four after dinner, four after supper and four on retiring, and the next day, what do you think happened? That man got up and went to work, and he's been at his Job ever since."

1. who played a prank?
2. on who?
3. who asks him about it?
4. what did Sam ask?
5. What did Tom do?
6. what else?
7. did William notice?
8. did he look angry when he was approaching?
9. what was he doing?
10. and what else?
11. did he know who did it?
12. why couldn't he speak well?
13. what did he say?
14. what else?
15. what was Tom's reply?
16. what was the advertisement for?
17. what did the advertisement say about them?
18. what happened to the guy in Rottenberg?
19. How long was he to live?
20. did the Gumley's pills save him?

1. Tom
2. William
3. Sam
4. What did you do to him?
5. Put an advertisement of pills on his back
6. and some other ads in his text books
7. yes
8. yes
9. approaching with long strides
10. he was shaking his other fist wrathfully
11. yes
12. he was so full of wrath he could not speak
13. Tom Rover, you've--er--insulted me!
14. "You've humiliated me before the whole class! I'll--I'll----"
15. Take a cough drop and clear your throat Billy,
16. Gumley's Red Pills
17. "'Gumley's Red Pills for Red-Blooded People,'"
18. he was flat on his back with half a dozen fatal diseases
19. three days,
20. yes


Read the text and answer the questions.

Timmy had the best grandmother ever. She was very nice because she would always help Timmy when he needed help with his homework. She would sit down with Timmy in the kitchen and help him with his spelling every night. Then she would go back to the living room and watch television when he worked on his math. After that she would cook Timmy a big dinner, and they would both eat it together before Timmy's mom and dad came to pick him up. When Timmy went home he would sometimes call his grandmother to say hello. Even when she was sleepy she would talk with him and tell him a bedtime story. One time she even told him a story about his grandfather who had been a farmer. Timmy loved this story because he never got to meet his grandfather. One day he wanted to be like him and be a farmer.

1. Who had the best grandparent?
2. Why was she the best ever?
3. Was she mean?
4. Were would they do homework?
5. Would she help with spelling?
6. Who watched tv?
7. Did he work on his adding and subtraction?
8. Was the meal small?
9. Would they eat together?
10. Who picked him up?
11. Would he speak to his grandma later on that night?
12. what did she say to him?
13. Did she tell him stories?
14. About who?
15. What did his grandpa do?
16. Did he enjoy these stories about his grandpa?
17. Did he know his grandpa?
18. What does he want to be someday?
19. what else does he want to be?

1. Timmy
2. She would help with his homework
3. no
4. the kitchen
5. yes
6. his grandmother
7. unknown
8. no
9. yes
10. his mom and dad
11. sometimes
12. hello
13. yes
14. his grandfather
15. a farmer.
16. yes
17. no
18. be like him
19. a farmer.


Make use of the article to answer the questions.

My doorbell rings. On the step, I find the elderly Chinese lady, small and slight, holding the hand of a little boy. In her other hand, she holds a paper carrier bag.

I know this lady. It is not her first visit. She is the boy's grandmother, and her daughter bought the house next door last October.

Her daughter, Nicole, speaks fluent English. But she is now in Shanghai, and her parents are here with the little boy. Nicole has obviously told her mother that I am having heart surgery soon, so her mother has decided I need more nutrients.

I know what is inside the bag--a thermos with hot soup and a stainless-steel container with rice, vegetables and either chicken, meat or shrimp, sometimes with a kind of pancake. This has become an almost-daily practice.

Communication between us is somewhat affected by the fact that she doesn't speak English and all I can say in Chinese is hello. Once, she brought an iPad as well as the food. She pointed to the screen, which displayed a message from her daughter telling me that her mother wanted to know if the food was all right and whether it was too salty. I am not used to iPads, so she indicated I should go with her to her house. Then, she handed the iPad to her husband and almost immediately I found myself looking at Nicole in Shanghai and discussing her mother's cooking and salt intake. Instantly, tears welled in my eyes.

"Your mother just can't be bringing me meals like this all the time," I insisted. "I can hardly do dishes in return."

"Oh, no, Lucy." Nicole said. "Mum doesn't like western food. Don't worry about it; she has to cook for the three of them anyway, and she wants to do it."

The doorbell keeps ringing and there is the familiar brown paper carrier bag, handed smilingly to me.

I am now working on some more Chinese words--it's the least I can do after such display of kindness.

"Thank you" is, of course, the first one. Somehow, it seems inadequate.

1. Who is at the door?
2. Is she carrying something?
3. What?
4. Do I know her?
5. Who is her daughter?
6. Where does Nicole live?
7. How is she related to the boy?
8. What is in the bag?
9. Has she done this before?
10. Why?
11. What has helped us communicate?
12. What kind of dishes does she bring?
13. What do I do to help communicate with her?
14. Do she continue bringing the bag?
15. What is the first phrase I learn?

1. An elderly Chinese lady and a little boy
2. Yes
3. a paper carrier bag
4. Yes
5. Nicole
6. Shanghai
7. mother
8. food
9. Yes
10. I am having heart surgery soon, so her mother has decided I need more nutrients
11. an iPad
12. hot soup and a container with rice, vegetables and either chicken, meat or shrimp, sometimes with a kind of pancake
13. I am now working on some more Chinese words
14. Yes
15. "Thank you"


Super Bowl 50 was an American football game to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2015 season. The American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos defeated the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Carolina Panthers 24–10 to earn their third Super Bowl title. The game was played on February 7, 2016, at Levi's Stadium in the San Francisco Bay Area at Santa Clara, California. As this was the 50th Super Bowl, the league emphasized the "golden anniversary" with various gold-themed initiatives, as well as temporarily suspending the tradition of naming each Super Bowl game with Roman numerals (under which the game would have been known as "Super Bowl L"), so that the logo could prominently feature the Arabic numerals 50.

The Panthers finished the regular season with a 15–1 record, and quarterback Cam Newton was named the NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP). They defeated the Arizona Cardinals 49–15 in the NFC Championship Game and advanced to their second Super Bowl appearance since the franchise was founded in 1995. The Broncos finished the regular season with a 12–4 record, and denied the New England Patriots a chance to defend their title from Super Bowl XLIX by defeating them 20–18 in the AFC Championship Game. They joined the Patriots, Dallas Cowboys, and Pittsburgh Steelers as one of four teams that have made eight appearances in the Super Bowl.

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

1. what was an American football game to determine the champion ?
2. what is the nfl ?
3. for what season whs it ?
4. what is the afc ?
5. who did denver play ?
6. did they win ?
7. what was the score ?
8. did they win the 4th super bowl ?
9. what was it ?
10. when was that game ?
11. what year ?
12. was it at miller park ?
13. who finished with a 15-1 ?
14. what does mvp mean ?
15. who was it ?
16. who did they beat ?
17. who had a 12-4 ?
18. how many teams that have made eight appearances ?
19. was the bears one of them ?
20. who was denied a chance ?

1. Super Bowl 50
2. National Football League
3. 2015
4. The American Football Conference
5. Carolina Panthers
6. yes
7. 24–10
8. no
9. third
10. February 7
11. 2016
12. no
13. The Panthers
14. Most Valuable Player
15. Cam Newton
16. Arizona Cardinals
17. Broncos
18. four
19. no
20. New England Patriots


The first police officer at the scene of Tupac Shakur's 1996 drive-by murder has revealed the last words spoken by the late rap legend. And they're not exactly peaceful.

"He looked at me, and he took a breath to get the words out, and he opened his mouth," says Chris Carroll, a retired sergeant with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, in a new feature with Vegas Seven. "And then the words came out: 'F**k you.'"

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Shakur was shot multiple times on September 7th, 1996. After leaving a boxing match with former Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight, the rapper and his bodyguards got into a scuffle with 21-year-old Crips gang member Orlando Anderson in the lobby of the MGM Grand casino. Carroll, who worked with the city's bike patrol unit, had also been watching the same Mike Tyson fight, but was unaware of the brawl taking place in the lobby.

Later, a white Cadillac pulled up beside Knight and Shakur while they were stopped at a traffic light and one man began shooting out of the back window. Carroll was the first officer to respond to the grisly scene.

"I grab the car door and I'm trying to open it, but I can't get it open," he says. "[Knight] keeps coming up on my back, so I'm pointing my gun at him. I'm pointing it at the car. I'm yelling, 'You guys lay down! And you, get the f**k away from me!' And every time I'd point the gun at him, he'd back off and even lift his hands up, like 'All right! All right!' So I'd go back to the car, and here he comes again. I'm like, 'F**ker, back off!' This guy is huge, and the whole time he's running around at the scene, he's gushing blood from his head. Gushing blood! I mean the guy had clearly been hit in the head, but he had all his faculties. I couldn't believe he was running around and doing what he was doing, yelling back and forth."

1. What were the last words mentioned in the story?
2. Who said them?
3. At what scene?
4. Who was the witness to these words?
5. What was his occupation?
6. With which department?
7. The crime occurred after what kind of event?
8. On what date?
9. Who went to the event with the hip-hop artist?
10. Did they get into an altercation afterwards?
11. With whom?
12. What organization did he belong to?
13. Where did the altercation occur?
14. Who else related to the incident, was watching the boxing match?
15. Did he know about the trouble in the lobby?
16. Where did the hip-hoppers stop after they left?
17. Did a black Lincoln pull up next to them?
18. What kind of vehicle did?
19. What color?
20. What happened then?

Provide a numbered list of answers.

1. 'F**k you.
2. Tupac Shakur
3. the scene his  murder
4. Chris Carroll
5. police officer
6. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
7. a boxing match
8. September 7th, 1996
9. Suge Knight
10. yes
11. Orlando Anderson
12. the Crips
13. the MGM Grand casino
14. Carroll
15. no
16. at a traffic light
17. no
18. a Cadillac
19. white
20. one man began shooting


Asuncion, Paraguay (CNN) -- Paraguay installed new top military commanders, but President Fernando Lugo, who had ordered the change in leadership, was not present for the ceremony.

Lugo's absence Thursday morning attracted attention given his administration's silence on the sudden change in the leadership of the country's army, air force and navy.

The president's decision to replace the top brass came a day after he publicly dismissed rumors about a military coup.

Brig. Gen. Bartolome Ramon Pineda Ortiz was named as the new army commander. Brig. Gen. Hugo Gilberto Aranda Chamorro and Rear Adm. Egberto Emerito Orie Benegas took over the top posts at the air force and navy, respectively.

The announcement came from the armed forces, not the president's office.

Cibar Benitez, commander of the armed forces, was the only top leader to retain his post.

Other changes would be forthcoming in the lower ranks, said Benitez at the swearing-in ceremony, but he denied there was any truth to talk of a coup.

Paraguay's history is filled with unstable transitions of power since it emerged from dictatorship in 1989. Although there hasn't been a coup since that year, there were attempted coups in 1996 and 2000, and President Raul Cubas resigned amid controversy in 1999.

The military shakeup is the third since Lugo took office. The former Catholic bishop was elected to a five-year term last year. His victory brought an end to six decades of one-party rule in Paraguay, but the honeymoon did not last long.

In April, Lugo admitted that he fathered a child while he was still a priest and that he may have fathered more. The revelation, which came as a shock to most, hurt his political image. Calls for his resignation began, and have continued as Lugo has struggled to push reforms through a majority-opposition legislature.

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

1. the armed forces
2. Paraguay
3. yes
4. the President
5. military commanders
6. Brig. Gen. Bartolome Ramon Pineda Ortiz
7. yes
8. Cibar Benitez
9. Rear Adm. Egberto Emerito Orie Benegas
10. yes
11. Benitez
12. 1989
13. yes
14. in 1996 and 2000
15. three
16. Catholic bishop
17. yes
18. yes
19. shocking
20. struggled

1. who made the announcement, the office of the president OR the the armed forces?
2. of what country?
3. do they have a history of unstable transitions?
4. who was absent Thursday morning?
5. what leadership had been changed?
6. who was the new commander of the Army?
7. were any commanders retained?
8. who?
9. who took over the Navy?
10. were other changes forthcoming?
11. who denied coup rumors?
12. when was the last coup?
13. were there other attempts?
14. when?
15. how many shakeups have there been since Lugo took office?
16. what was Lugo's job previously
17. does he have any children?
18. was he a priest when he became a father?
19. was it considered normal, or shocking?
20. how has he fared working with the legislature?


Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli, such as stubbing a toe, burning a finger, putting alcohol on a cut, and bumping the "funny bone". Because it is a complex, subjective phenomenon, defining pain has been a challenge. The International Association for the Study of Pain's widely used definition states: "Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage." In medical diagnosis, pain is a symptom.

Pain is the most common reason for physician consultation in most developed countries. It is a major symptom in many medical conditions, and can interfere with a person's quality of life and general functioning. Psychological factors such as social support, hypnotic suggestion, excitement, or distraction can significantly affect pain's intensity or unpleasantness. In some arguments put forth in physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia debates, pain has been used as an argument to permit terminally ill patients to end their lives.

Answer the following questions:
1. What type of feeling is caused by pain?
2. What is one type of stimuli that can trigger pain?
3. What is another example of a stimuli?
4. Any more?
5. What types of stimuli cause these examples?
6. What is the reason for most doctor visits?
7. What can pain interfere with?
8. Where is pain the biggest reason to see a doctor?
9. What is one psychological factor affecting pain intensity?
10. Can you name another?
11. What else?
12. Any more?
13. Aside from pain intensity what do they affect?
14. What is pain considered in medical diagnosis?
15. What is the Study of Pain's definition?
16. Has it been easy to come up with a definition?
17. Can pain be used to end someone's life?

1. a distressing feeling
2. stubbing a toe
3. putting alcohol on a cut
4. bumping the "funny bone
5. intense or damaging stimuli
6. Pain
7. a person's quality of life and general functioning
8. in most developed countries
9. Social Support
10. hypnotic suggestion
11. excitement
12. distraction
13. unpleasantness
14. a symptom
15. "Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience
16. no
17. Yes


A new study suggests that early exposure to germs strengthens the immune system. That means letting children get a little dirty might be good for their health later in life.

The study involved laboratory mice. It found that adult mice raised in a germ-free environment were more likely to develop allergies, asthma and other autoimmune disorders. There are more than eighty disorders where cells that normally defend the body instead attack tissues and organs.

Richard Blumberg,who led the study,is a professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston,Massachusetts. He says,in 1989,medical researchers who sought to explain these diseases, first discovered that the increasing use of antibacterial soaps and other products, especially early in life, could weaken immune systems.

Now, Dr. Blumberg and his team have what is the first biological evidence to link early exposure to germs to stronger adult immune systems. They say this exposure could prevent the development of some autoimmune diseases.

In the adult germ-free mice, they found that inflammation in the lungs and colon was caused by so-called killer T cells. These normally fight infection. But they became overactive and targeted healthy tissue--an autoimmune condition seen in asthma and a disease called ulcerative colitis .

Dr. Blumberg says the mice raised in a normal environment did not have the same reaction. He says their immune systems had been "educated" by early exposure to germs.

Rates of autoimmune disorders are rising worldwide, but mostly in wealthier, industrialized countries. According to Dr. Blumberg, it might be high time that people were warned to be more careful with the early use of antibiotics and the prescription from their doctors.

Rob Dunn is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. He says the new study does not mean people should stop washing. "Wash your hands , but don't do it with antibacterial soap. Let your kids play in a reasonable amount of dirt and get outside and get exposed to a diversity of things", says Rob Dunn.

1. Are kids getting dirty a good thing?
2. why?
3. Where kids tested in the study?
4. What was?
5. What was found?
6. Who led the study?
7. From where?
8. At what school?
9. Early exposure to what makes a stronger adult immune system?
10. What type of enviornment were the mice raised in?
11. Did they raise others in a germ envirnment?
12. Was there a difference in the two?
13. Was it the same reaction?
14. What caused inflammation in the lungs?
15. So, should we stop washing our kids?
16. Who says?
17. What should we do?
18. and what else?
19. So they are exposed to what?
20. What could weaken the immune system?

1. yes
2. early exposure to germs strengthens the immune system
3. no
4. laboratory mice
5. adult mice raised in a germ-free environment were more likely to develop allergies, asthma and other autoimmune disorders
6. Richard Blumberg
7. Boston
8. Harvard Medical School
9. germs
10. germ-free
11. yes
12. yes
13. no
14. killer T cells
15. no
16. Rob Dunn
17. Wash your hands , but don't do it with antibacterial soap
18. Let kids play in a reasonable amount of dirt
19. a diversity of things
20. increasing use of antibacterial soaps


Read the text and answer the questions.

The kitty did not want to freeze, so it found a place to stay warm in a trashcan near a bush. The kitty had been left outside in the rain, but some friendly people thought that they would let it in when they found it in the trashcan outside. They gave the kitty some water to sip, and food to eat. When the phone would ring, the kitty would run and hide. The kitty would hide in the bathroom. Sometimes, the kitty would take its food into the bedroom and eat it there. The kitty's claws were so sharp that they ended up cutting everything that it scratched. The kitty also scratched the finger of one of the nice people. When the rain stopped, the nice people put the kitty back outside. They put it outside because it was making them sneeze. The kitty left their home happy and with a full stomach. All of its kitty friends were waiting for it.

1. Who was left outside in the rain?
2. Where did it find a place to stay warm?
3. Who found it?
4. Did they give it milk?
5. What did they give it to drink?
6. When did the kitty run and hide?
7. Did it hide in the closet?
8. Where did it hide?
9. Where did it take its food sometimes?
10. What happened to one of the people's fingers?
11. What happened when the rain stopped?
12. Why?
13. Was the kitty sad when it left?
14. Was it hungry?
15. Who was waiting for it?
16. Why did the kitty find a place to stay warm at first?
17. Why did the kitty's claws cut everything?

1. The kitty
2. in a trashcan near a bush
3. people
4. no
5. water
6. When the phone would ring
7. no
8. in the bathroom
9. the bedroom
10. it got scratched
11. they put the kitty outside
12. because it was making them sneeze
13. no
14. no
15. its kitty friends
16. It didn't want to freeze
17. The kitty's claws were so sharp


(CNN) -- The man labeled the most powerful vice president in American history remains resolute in his steadfast defense of his time in the White House in a new documentary that begins airing Friday.

"I did what I did. It's all on the public record, and I feel very good about it. If I had to do it over again, I'd do it in a minute," Dick Cheney says in "The World According to Dick Cheney," which debuts at 9 p.m. ET on Showtime.

The two-hour documentary tells the story of Cheney's life through his own comments, supplemented by a narrator and interviews with journalists, biographers, former aides and his longtime friend and mentor Donald Rumsfeld, the former secretary of Defense.

While the film covers Cheney's unprecedented and controversial role as vice president, the first half of the film explores the surprising tale of his rise from a two-time Yale dropout with two drunk-driving arrests to the man who once stood behind the leader of the free world.

In "The World According to Dick Cheney," produced by R.J. Cutler — also known for "The War Room" and "The September Issue" -- the former Washington powerhouse gets personal, but he still maintains his ever-steady, matter-of-fact tone.

"When you came in at night after work, you'd go to the bar and down large quantities of Coors beer," he stated coolly, referring to the two times he was arrested for drinking and driving in his home state of Wyoming.

Noticeably absent from the documentary are details about Cheney's post-White House life. The 72-year-old gives little to no insight about his heart transplant last year or his decision to support same-sex marriage. His younger daughter Mary wed her longtime partner Heather Poe in June.

1. Who is starring in the documentary?
2. What position did he hold?
3. What did he have on his criminal record?
4. What had he been drinking?
5. Where was he?
6. How old is he at the time of the documentary?
7. What's the name of his daughter-in-law?
8. How long is the movie?
9. Will the whole movie be narrated by Cheney himself?
10. What will the title of it be?
11. What major surgery has he undergone?
12. What school did he leave?
13. How many times?
14. Who helped coach him throughout his career?
15. What position had he held?
16. Will he speak in the movie?
17. Does Cheney regret his past?
18. What network aired the documentary?

1. Dick Cheney
2. vice president
3. drunk-driving arrests
4. Coors beer
5. Wyoming
6. 72
7. Heather Poe
8. two-hours
9. no
10. "The World According to Dick Cheney"
11. heart transplant
12. Yale
13. two
14. Donald Rumsfeld
15. secretary of Defense
16. yes
17. no
18. Showtime


Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER VIII

ABOUT SOME NEW STUDENTS

"Hi! hi! what's the meaning of this outrage!" roared the individual in the buggy, as he brought his horse to a standstill. "Do you want to kill me?"

"Who is it? Is he hurt?" questioned Dave, quickly.

"I don't know," answered Ben. "The rod took off his hat, but whether it struck his head or not remains to be seen."

"Wot's the trouble back there?" demanded Jackson Lemond, as he succeeded in bringing his team to a halt.

"Trouble is, we hit that man with the rod," answered Buster.

"Humph! I told you to be careful," grumbled the carryall driver. "It don't pay to act like a passel o' wildcats, nohow!"

"It's too bad it happened," said Dave, and leaped to the ground and ran back to where the buggy stood, with the driver glaring at them savagely. The other students followed.

"Are you hurt?" asked Dave, anxiously. The man in the buggy was a total stranger to him.

"Hurt? I don't know whether I am or not. What do you mean by knocking off my hat with that stick?"

"It was an accident, sir. We had our school colors on the fishing rod and were waving them in the air. We didn't expect to hit anybody."

"Bah! you are a lot of rowdies!" growled the man. "Give me my hat!" And he pointed to where the head covering rested on some bushes.

"There you are," said Ben, restoring the hat to its owner. "But we are not rowdies--it was purely an accident," he added, with a little flash out of his clear eyes.

1. Was someone killed?
2. What happened to the man in the buggy?
3. Who did that to him?
4. Did they do it on purpose?
5. Where did his hat end up?
6. Did he pick it up himself?
7. Who got it for him?
8. Are the boys trouble makers?
9. What were they doing?
10. On what?
11. How many boys are there?
12. Who brought the boys to a halt?
13. Did they know whether or not they hurt the man?
14. Did their driver warn them to be careful?
15. Who was the first boy to talk to the man?
16. What did he say to him?
17. Did he know the man?
18. What did the man answer?
19. Did the man realize it was an accident?
20. What did he call the group of boys?

1. no
2. His hat was knocked off
3. a group of boys
4. no
5. on some bushes.
6. no
7. Ben
8. no
9. Waving their school colors
10. on the fishing rod
11. four
12. Jackson Lemond
13. no
14. yes
15. Dave
16. "Are you hurt?
17. no
18. "Hurt? I don't know whether I am or not.
19. no
20. a lot of rowdies!"


(CNN) -- A 16-year-old Pennsylvania boy is facing murder charges, accused of fatally shooting a cab driver who he believed was intentionally taking a longer route to his destination.

Aazis Richardson is accused of shooting the cab driver, Vincent Darbenzio, 47, twice in the back of his head while still in the cab, according to Lackawanna County Assistant District Attorney Gene Talerico.

Richardson believed Darbenzio had ignored his route suggestions in attempt to increase the fare, according to Talerico.

"I just told him, 'take this way;' he didn't want to listen -- he got his (expletive) shot," Richardson told CNN affiliate WNEP.

Calls and e-mails to the Lackawanna County public defender's office, which is representing Richardson, were not immediately returned.

As Richardson was being taken away, he showed no remorse for the driver or his family telling WNEP, "my homies died, everybody gotta die."

Richardson was charged as an adult with multiple counts of murder in the first, second and third degrees, as well as robbery and firearms-related offenses, according Talerico.

On Sunday, more than 50 of Darbenzio's friends and family members held a vigil near the spot where Darbenzio was killed, according to the victim's brother, Chris Darbenzio.

Richardson is currently being held without bail at the Lackawanna County Prison, according to the district attorney's office.

Answer the following questions:
1. HOW OLD IS THE PERSPECTIVE?
2. WHERE IS HE FROM?
3. WHAT CHARGES IS HE FACING.
4. WHAT IS THE 16 YEAR OLDS NAME?
5. WHO DID HE SHOOT?
6. WHAT DID HE DO FOR A LIVING
7. HOW OLD WAS HE?
8. WHERE DID HE SHOOT HIM>'
9. AND THE LOCATION?
10. FOR WHAT REASON?
11. WHAT DID HE BELIEVE WAS THE INTENTION?
12. WHAT COUNTY IS HOLDING THE CASE?
13. DOES THE BOY SHOW REMORSE?
14. WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT?
15. WHO IS TALERICO?

1. 16
2. Pennsylvania
3. multiple counts of murder in the first, second and third degrees, as well as robbery and firearms-related offenses
4. Aazis Richardson
5. Vincent Darbenzio
6. cab driver
7. 47
8. back of his head
9. in the cab
10. He ignored his route suggestions.
11. To attempt to increase the fare.
12. Lackawanna County
13. No
14. He said "my homies died, everybody gotta die."
15. Lackawanna County Assistant District Attorney


Read the text and answer the questions.

(CNN) -- Pablo Sandoval's record-tying three home runs led the San Francisco Giants to an 8-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game 1 of the World Series.

Barry Zito gave up just one run in 5 2/3 innings to earn the win for San Francisco. He also had a run-scoring single in the fourth inning.

Tigers pitching ace Justin Verlander only managed to go four innings, allowing five runs on six hits.

Sandoval, who had 12 home runs during the regular season, hit a solo home run in the first and a two-run shot in the third off Verlander. In the fifth, he added another home run off Al Alburquerque. He has six home runs in the postseason.

"In this situation you're going to face the best. For me I just go in there and don't thinking too much or try to do too much, get a pitch you can hit, take advantage of the mistakes he be making. That's a part of my game." Sandoval said.

His manager said Sandoval has been swinging the bat well for weeks.

"He's been locked in for a while, and the home runs, really where he hit them, too, it's not easy to hit them where he hit them," Giants skipper Bruce Bochy said.

Three other players have homered three times in one World Series game.

Babe Ruth did it twice, and Reggie Jackson also achieved the feat. Last year, St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols had three home runs in Game 3.

1. who had 3 home runs ?
2. for what team ?
3. was this the super bowl ?
4. what was it ?
5. Barry Zito gave up what ?
6. who is Justin Verlander ?
7. what did Babe Ruth do ?
8. who else did this ?
9. who has been swinging the bat well
10. who said that ?
11. what happened in the 5th ?

1. Pablo Sandoval
2. San Francisco Giants
3. no
4. the World Series
5. just one run
6. Tigers pitching ace
7. Homered three times in one World Series game, twice
8. Reggie Jackson
9. Sandoval
10. His manager
11. Sandoval added another home run off Al Alburquerque