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3m81gab8a0jmd2abdylnodsjorvbqc | cnn | (CNN) -- Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, who embodied a vanishing breed of liberal Republicanism before switching to the Democratic Party at the twilight of his political career, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer, his family announced.
Specter died of complications from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at his home in Philadelphia, his family said. He was 82.
The veteran Pennsylvania politician had overcome numerous serious illnesses over the past two decades, including a brain tumor. He had been in the public eye since serving as a member of the Warren Commission, which investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Specter was elected to the Senate in 1980 and represented Pennsylvania for 30 years, longer than anyone in the state's history. His politically moderate image fit hand-in-glove in the politically blue Northeast, both with its Democratic centrists and its liberal Republicans.
He was also one of America's most prominent Jewish politicians, a rare Republican in a category dominated by Democrats over the decades. And his name is synonymous with Pennsylvania, an idiosyncratic state that pushes and pulls between the two parties, and his home, the staunchly Democratic city of Philadelphia.
In 2006, Philadelphia magazine called him "one of the few true wild cards of Washington politics ... reviled by those on both the right and the left."
"Charming and churlish, brilliant and pedantic, he can be fiercely independent, entertainingly eccentric and simply maddening," the profile read.
Former Gov. Ed Rendell, a Democrat, called Specter "a mentor, colleague and a political institution" who "did more for the people of Pennsylvania over his more than 30-year career with the possible exception of Benjamin Franklin." And Pat Toomey, the Republican who now holds Specter's old Senate seat, praised him as "a man of sharp intelligence and dogged determination." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was Arlen Specter’s profession?
2. What did Arlen Specter do?
3.
Q2:
1. What caused Arlen Specter’s death death?
2. How did Arlan Specter pass away?
3.
Q3:
1. What type of cancer did Arlan Specter have?
2. What kind of illness did Arlan Specter have?
3.
Q4:
1. What was Arlan Specter’s age?
2. How many years old was Arlan Specter?
3.
Q5:
1. Had Arlan Specter always had Republican ideas?
2. Was Arlan Specter always a Republicain?
3.
Q6:
1. What was Arlan Specter’s other occupation besides being a Republican?
2. What else did Arlan Specter spend his time doing other than being a Republicain?
3.
Q7:
1. What other illnesses did Arlan Specter suffer from other than cancer?
2. What other conditions did Arlan Specter have besides cancer?
3.
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3j2uybxqqlcsjxoh09a0yrf9yzf062 | gutenberg | CHAPTER IV.
EXPERIMENTS.
When Jonas had finished nailing down the corner, he said, "Now there are several experiments, which we can perform with the bellows. I will be the professor, and you two shall be my class in philosophy, and I will direct you how to make the experiments.
"First," said Jonas, "you, Rollo, may take hold of the nose of the bellows with your hand, in such a way as to put your thumb over the end of it, to stop it up, and then let Nathan try to blow."
Rollo did so, and Nathan tried to blow. He found that he could open the bellows very easily; but when he attempted to press the sides together again, he could not. He crowded the handle belonging to the upper side down, as hard as he could, but it would not move.
"What makes it do so?" said Nathan.
"The air inside," said Jonas. "We have stopped up all the places, where it could get out. The valve stops itself. Rollo stops the nose with his thumb, and I have nailed the leather down close, about all the sides. And so the air can't get out, and that keeps you from bringing the sides together again."
Nathan tried again with all his strength. The sides came together very slowly.
"They're coming," said he.
"Yes," said Jonas. "They come a little, just as fast as the air can leak out through the little leaks all around."
"I thought you stopped all the leaks," said Nathan. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the name of the person who wants to be a teacher?
2. Who wants to teach a lesson?
3.
Q2:
1. What is being done?
2. What is going on?
3.
Q3:
1. What is the name of the gathering?
2. What is the meeting called?
3.
Q4:
1. What is one of the students called?
2. Who is following the lesson?
3.
Q5:
1. What instrument was being used for the experiment?
2. What equipment was being used for the experiment?
3.
Q6:
1. Who else was following the lesson besides Jonas?
2. Who else participated in the lesson other than Jonas?
3.
Q7:
1. What instrument did Nathan have trouble with?
2. What piece of equipment caused problems to Nathan?
3.
Q8:
1. What made the experiment work?
2. What did Nathan use to make the experiment work?
3.
Q9:
1. What material is the instrument used in the experiment made out of?
2. The instrument used in the experience was composed of which material?
3.
Q10:
1. What did Nathan try to prevent?
2. What did Nathan attempt to solve?
3.
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3xxu1swe8mvt6z0kqmrcewhvucva0g | race | A daughter's duty? Adult daughters are often expected to caregiver for older parents. In 2007, Jorjan Sarich and her dad moved from California to Idaho. It was where he wanted to live his rest time.
"I left my occupation, I left my friends; he did the same thing," said Sarich, who bought a house with her father, George Snyder, in the China Gardens neighborhood of Hailey after his health began to decline. Though a graduate student struggling to finish her dissertation , Sarich chose to be her dad's full-time caregiver.
"It's only now, several years later, that I'm realizing how much work it was. It's the kind of exhaustion that sleep doesn't cure," she said.
About 6 million Americans provide care to elderly relatives or friends living outside of nursing homes. Laurel Kennedy, author of "The Daughter Trap" (Thomas Dunne Books, $25.95), says that women bear a disproportionate share of the burden -- about 70 percent of hands-on care giving such as bathing.
"I want to be clear: Women don't hate this," Kennedy said. "What they hate is that everyone just assumes they'll do it."
Kennedy is calling for _ equal to the rise of affordable child care and day care: Employers should help working caregivers by offering accommodations. Men should step up more often. It's unfair that women are always chosen to provide care for an elderly family member.
Despite the hard work it took on Sarich -- interrupted sleep and the knowledge that his 2009 death was the end game, she would do it again. Since about half a century had gone by, she wasn't the person he remembered, and he wasn't the person she remembered either. Caring for her father changed how each saw the other. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. When did Jorjan move?
2. At what period did Jorjan move?
3.
Q2:
1. Which person did Jorjan take with her?
2. With whom did Jordan move?
3.
Q3:
1. To where did Jorjan and the other person decide move?
2. Where did Jordan and the other person go?
3.
Q4:
1. Where are Jorjan and the other person from originally?
2. Where were Jorjan and the other person before they moved?
3.
Q5:
1. What was Jorjan’s father called?
2. What was the name of Jorjan’s father?
3.
Q6:
1. Who took care of George?
2. Who was George’s custodian?
3.
Q7:
1. What number of Americans are caregivers for elderly friends and relatives?
2. What proportion of Americans are caregivers for elderly friends and relatives?
3.
Q8:
1. Who was the author of The Daughter Trap?
2. By whom was The Daughter Trap written by?
3.
Q9:
1. How big a quantity of the caregiver duties are normally assigned to women?
2. How big a proportion of the caregiver duties are normally assigned to women?
3.
Q10:
1. How was Jorjan and her father’s neighborhood called?
2. By what name did Jordan and her father’s neighborhood go by?
3.
Q11:
1. What area was Jorjan’s neighborhood in?
2. In what town was Jorjan’s neighborhood located?
3.
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3ps7w85z8z2ghpn6wi1m2c8gld9t9b | wikipedia | In grammar, genitive (abbreviated ; also called the possessive case or second case) is the grammatical case that marks a noun as modifying another noun. It often marks a noun as being the possessor of another noun. However, it can also indicate various relationships other than possession: certain verbs may take arguments in the genitive case, and it may have adverbial uses ("see" Adverbial genitive).
Placing the modifying noun in the genitive case is one way to indicate that two nouns are related in a genitive construction. Modern English typically does not morphologically mark nouns for a genitive case in order to indicate a genitive construction; instead, it uses either the "" clitic or a preposition (usually "of"). However, the personal pronouns do have distinct possessive forms. There are various other ways to indicate a genitive construction, as well. For example, many Afroasiatic languages place the head noun (rather than the modifying noun) in the construct state.
Many languages have a genitive case, including Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Basque, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Greek, Icelandic, Irish, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Sanskrit, Scottish Gaelic, Tamil, Telugu, Turkish and all Slavic languages except Bulgarian and Macedonian. English does not have a proper genitive case, but a possessive ending, "’s", although some pronouns have irregular possessive forms which may more commonly be described as genitives; see English possessive. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Are there more than one language that have a genitive case?
2. Is it true more than one languages use a genitive case?
3.
Q2:
1. How big a proportion of languages use a genitive case?
2. What number of languages use a genitive case?
3.
Q3:
1. Does the English language use a genitive case?
2. Is the genitive case used in the English language?
3.
Q4:
1. Is the genitive case used in the Bulgarian language?
2. Does the Bulgarian language also use the genitive case?
3.
Q5:
1. In English, what is used to demonstrate a genitive construction?
2. What is used by the English language to stipulate a genitive construction?
3.
Q6:
1. Is the role of that case to mark a noun as modifying another noun?
2. Is this case supposed to mark a noun as modifying another noun?
3.
Q7:
1. Can it stipulate different relationships other than possession ?
2. Is possession the only relationship it is able to indicate?
3.
Q8:
1. Can this case show that two nouns are related?
2. Can this case demonstrate the relation between two nouns?
3.
Q9:
1. State the different languages that place the head noun in the construct state
2. Which languages place the head noun in the construct state?
3.
Q10:
1. Is a genitive case able to have adverbial uses?
2. Is it possible for a genitive case to have adverbial uses?
3.
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3n1fsuefl5083ulxtx5gg0few0nd4y | gutenberg | CHAPTER XII
Throughout the night reigned an almost sepulchral silence, and when the morning broke, the _City of Boston_, at a scarcely reduced speed, was ploughing her way through great banks of white fog. The decks, the promenade rails, every exposed part of the steamer, were glistening with wet. Up on the bridge, three officers besides the captain stood with eyes fixed in grim concentration upon the dense curtains of mist which seemed to shut them off altogether from the outer world. Jocelyn Thew and Crawshay met in the companionway, a few minutes after breakfast.
"I can see no object in the disuse of the hooter," Crawshay declared querulously. "Nothing at sea could be worse than a collision. We are simply taking our lives in our hands, tearing along like this at sixteen knots an hour."
"Isn't there supposed to be a German raider out?" the other enquired.
"I think it is exceedingly doubtful whether there is really one in the Atlantic at all. The English gunboats patrol these seas. Besides, we are armed ourselves, and she wouldn't be likely to tackle us."
Jocelyn Thew had leaned a little forward. He was listening intently. At the same time, one of the figures upon the bridge, his hand to his ear, turned in the same direction.
"There's some one who doesn't mind letting their whereabouts be known," he whispered, after a moment's pause. "Can't you hear a hooter?"
Crawshay listened but shook his head.
"Can't hear a thing," he declared laconically. "I've a cold in my head coming on, and it always affects my hearing." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What quantity of people were on the bridge?
2. What number of people were standing on the bridge?
3.
Q2:
1. Do they all have the same rank?
2. Are they all from different ranks?
3.
Q3:
1. Who has equal ranking?
2. Who shares the same rank?
3.
Q4:
1. Who are these people?
2. What is their role?
3.
Q5:
1. Who is the other person?
2. What rank does the other person belong to?
3.
Q6:
1. How is the captain staring at what is in front of him?
2. What look does the captain give to what is in front of him?
3.
Q7:
1. What is the captain staring at?
2. What is the captain glancing at?
3.
Q8:
1. Are they on deck?
2.
3.
Q9:
1. Where are they located?
2. What is there position?
3.
Q10:
1. What ocean are they roaming?
2. What seas are they traveling on?
3.
Q11:
1. Does anybody think they are going too fast?
2. Do some fear they are going too rapidly?
3.
Q12:
1. How rapidly are they going?
2. With what speed are they traveling?
3.
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3yhh42uu5bfa2irondg2nax6nhvl0v | race | One day Mrs Black visited her family doctor, Mr Dodd. Mr Dodd was an old funny man with a beard. "What's the problem ?" the doctor asked her. "I am very worried about my son, Jake," Mrs Black said, "I can't stop him from betting. He spends all his money betting on horse races. And even worse he'll bet on everything. It doesn't matter what it is." The doctor said, "I've saved many people from gambling before. Send him to me." The next day Mrs Black sent her son to see the doctor. While they were talking , the boy was looking at the doctor's beard. Suddenly he said, "I bet you $ 50 that your beard is not a real one." "Oh, no, " the doctor said. "Can I pull your beard and find out ?" the boy said. The doctor thought this is a good way to teach him a lesson; so he said, "Ok, if my beard is real , you will have to pay me $ 50." The boy pulled it and soon found out it was real. The doctor laughed. Two days later the doctor telephoned Mrs Black, "I think I've saved your son." He told her the story. But Mrs Black said, "You're wrong. You've made him worse." "How can that be ?" the doctor asked . "Before he went to see you, he bet me $ 100 that you would ask him to pull your beard !" ,. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the doctor called?
2. By what name does the doctor go by?
3.
Q2:
1. What trait defines the doctor the most?
2. What characterizes the doctor the most?
3.
Q3:
1. What color is the doctor’s beard?
2. What is the doctor’s beard particular color?
3.
Q4:
1. What is the patient’s mother called ?
2. By what name does the patient’s mother go by?
3.
Q5:
1. What is the son called?
2. By what name does the son go by?
3.
Q6:
1. What is the son’s problem?
2. What does the son suffer from?
3.
Q7:
1. Why did the mother take her son to the doctor’s?
2. Why was the son taken to the doctor’s by his mother?
3.
Q8:
1. Was the problem cured by the doctor?
2. Did the doctor manage to cure the problem?
3.
Q9:
1. How many days does the story last?
2. How long does the story go on for?
3.
Q10:
1. How much money did the boy make by the end?
2. How much money did the boy earn in the end?
3.
Q11:
1. What did the boy usually bet on?
2. What did the boy often gamble on?
3.
Q12:
1. Did the doctor offer to help with the gambling?
2. Did the doctor step forward to help with the gambling?
3.
Q13:
1. Did the doctor have a fake beard?
2. Was the doctor’s beard fake?
3.
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3e47sobeyqws69eyeqc9qv7ffaaicz | mctest | My brother Ryan is 12 years older than me. He is my best friend, and the coolest human on Earth. Right before I turned 7 one summer, he left home to join the Army. He thought about joining the Marines, the Air-Force, or the Navy, but he liked the Army better. He was away for a long time. I didn't see him again until I was almost 8! He wrote me letters when he was gone, and sent me stripes from his uniform that Mom sewed on my jacket. We hung the flag on our front porch. We missed seeing him, so we talked to him on Skype. We could see the smile on his face when we talked to him. I missed him a lot. When Ryan came home again that Monday, it was the best day of my life! We went to the airport to pick him up. He had a long trip. It took many days for him to travel back home. He left the Army base 4 days before he finally got home. He was glad to sleep in his own room again. He let me camp out in his room. We stayed up late talking in whispers. He told me stories about the Army. Mom let me miss school the next day. I spent the whole day with my brother. He likes to chase me around and tickle me when he catches me. He lets me ride on his shoulders. I like to ride in his truck. I like to watch TV with him. We went on adventures. We laughed a lot. Ryan's visit went by too fast. Soon, it was time for him to go back. He left for the Army on Friday. It was a long way for him to ride in the airplane. He got back on Tuesday. I can't wait to see him again. Next time, we'll visit him on vacation. I want to see the Army trucks and helicopters. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the brother’s age?
2. How many years old is the brother?
3.
Q2:
1. What is the brother’s name?
2. What is the brother called?
3.
Q3:
1. Which person is the coolest on the planet?
2. Who is said to be the coolest human on the planet?
3.
Q4:
1. What was the reason that lead the brother to leave home?
2. What was the cause of the brother’s departure?
3.
Q5:
1. What made him choose the army over other branches?
2. Why didn’t he go for another category?
3.
Q6:
1. How did the brother catch up with his family?
2. In which way did he manage to stay in contact with his family?
3.
Q7:
1. What did the family display on the porch?
2. What did the family put in front of their house?
3.
Q8:
1. By which means did the family talk to him?
2. What did the family use to keep in touch with him?
3.
Q9:
1. What location did they go in order to pick him up ?
2. What place did they go to collect him?
3.
Q10:
1. What day did the brother leave to go back?
2. When did the brother depart?
3.
Q11:
1. When did the brother arrive?
2. What day did the brother return?
3.
Q12:
1. What is the brother keen on seeing when they go to visit his sibling?
2. What would the brother like to see when they go to visit his family?
3.
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3t111ihz5eq31aaestwr2x7ywfu9r5 | gutenberg | CHAPTER IX
Mrs Dale's Little Party
The next day was the day of the party. Not a word more was said on that evening between Bell and her cousin, at least, not a word more of any peculiar note; and when Crosbie suggested to his friend on the following morning that they should both step down and see how the preparations were getting on at the Small House, Bernard declined.
"You forget, my dear fellow, that I'm not in love as you are," said he.
"But I thought you were," said Crosbie.
"No; not at all as you are. You are an accepted lover, and will be allowed to do anything,--whip the creams, and tune the piano, if you know how. I'm only a half sort of lover, meditating a _mariage de convenance_ to oblige an uncle, and by no means required by the terms of my agreement to undergo a very rigid amount of drill. Your position is just the reverse." In saying all which Captain Dale was no doubt very false; but if falseness can be forgiven to a man in any position, it may be forgiven in that which he then filled. So Crosbie went down to the Small House alone.
"Dale wouldn't come," said he, speaking to the three ladies together, "I suppose he's keeping himself up for the dance on the lawn."
"I hope he will be here in the evening," said Mrs Dale. But Bell said never a word. She had determined, that under the existing circumstances, it would be only fair to her cousin that his offer and her answer to it should be kept secret. She knew why Bernard did not come across from the Great House with his friend, but she said nothing of her knowledge. Lily looked at her, but looked without speaking; and as for Mrs Dale, she took no notice of the circumstance. Thus they passed the afternoon together without further mention of Bernard Dale; and it may be said, at any rate of Lily and Crosbie, that his presence was not missed. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was about to go on the next day?
2. What would take place the next day?
3.
Q2:
1. Who remained silent on that evening?
2. Who didn’t say a word that night?
3.
Q3:
1. Who didn’t want to take a look at the Small House?
2. Which person didn’t want to look into the Small House?
3.
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3ijxv6uz1xjwcb3hwn24fq61g6qir9 | wikipedia | The 1973 oil crisis began in October 1973 when the members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC, consisting of the Arab members of OPEC plus Egypt and Syria) proclaimed an oil embargo. By the end of the embargo in March 1974, the price of oil had risen from US$3 per barrel to nearly $12 globally; US prices were significantly higher. The embargo caused an oil crisis, or "shock", with many short- and long-term effects on global politics and the global economy. It was later called the "first oil shock", followed by the 1979 oil crisis, termed the "second oil shock."
The crisis had a major impact on international relations and created a rift within NATO. Some European nations and Japan sought to disassociate themselves from United States foreign policy in the Middle East to avoid being targeted by the boycott. Arab oil producers linked any future policy changes to peace between the belligerents. To address this, the Nixon Administration began multilateral negotiations with the combatants. They arranged for Israel to pull back from the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights. By January 18, 1974, US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had negotiated an Israeli troop withdrawal from parts of the Sinai Peninsula. The promise of a negotiated settlement between Israel and Syria was enough to convince Arab oil producers to lift the embargo in March 1974. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. At what period did the oil crisis begin?
2. At what date did the oil crisis start?
3.
Q2:
1. How many months did the oil crisis last?
2. For how long did the oil crisis last?
3.
Q3:
1. By how much did costs increase?
2. How important was the increase in costs?
3.
Q4:
1. What else is the oil crisis called ?
2. How else is the oil crisis designated?
3.
Q5:
1. How many oil crises occurred ?
2. In what number did the oil crises occur?
3.
Q6:
1. What entity caused the oil crisis?
2. Who was at the origin of the oil crisis?
3.
Q7:
1. Why was the oil crisis triggered?
2. For what reason was the oil crisis caused?
3.
Q8:
1. Who started negotiating to raise the embargo?
2. What organization started negotiating to raise the embargo?
3.
Q9:
1. What choices were made regarding the oil crisis?
2. What decisions were taken regarding the oil crisis?
3.
Q10:
1. Who had to come to an agreement in this situation?
2. Who made peace in this situation?
3.
Q11:
1. Did these accords prove to be an advantage for the members of OPEC ?
2. Did this situation help members of OPEC?
3.
Q12:
1. In which way did these developments benefit members of OPEC?
2. How were OPEC members helped by this situation?
3.
Q13:
1. Who was the principal target of the embargo?
2. Who was targeted by the embargo?
3.
Q14:
1. Who took a step back from the US during this time?
2. Who moved away from the US during this period?
3.
Q15:
1. What triggered the second oil shock?
2. What engendered the second oil shock?
3.
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3x4mxao0bgoed6nml46jghf9ufbwrc | cnn | (CNN) -- A Mexican man who was allegedly killed on orders from his own cartel believed they were hunting for him after he began working as an informant and was fearful for his life, according to court documents.
Police say soldier Michael Jackson Apodaca, 18, acted as the gunman.
Jose Daniel Gonzalez Galeana began to worry after he began working as an informant for immigration officials in the United States.
"The victim was concerned for his own well-being and the safety of his family," the documents said, referencing statements the victim made to a witness.
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials gave Gonzalez a visa so he could live in El Paso, Texas, his fellow Juarez cartel members began to get suspicious, El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen said at a press conference.
Allen said Gonzalez's exit from Mexico, combined with a raid on a cartel warehouse and the arrest of cartel lieutenant Pedro "El Tigre" Aranas Sanchez led cartel members to believe he might be working as an informant, Allen said.
Then, a Mexican newspaper named Gonzalez as an informant in the arrest of the high-ranking cartel member, according to court documents. Police say Gonzales quickly became the target of his own cartel.
Police said Gonzalez knew if his fellow cartel members found him, he would likely be killed, police said.
On May 15, the cartel found him.
He was shot eight times outside his home in El Paso, Texas, police said.
Pfc. Michael Jackson Apodaca, 18, Ruben Rodriguez Dorado, 30, and Christopher Andrew Duran, 17, were each named as suspects Monday and each are facing one count of capital murder. The three men are being held on $1 million bond. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was given to Gonzalez by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement?
2. What did Immigration and Customs Enforcement hand to Gonzales?
3.
Q2:
1. What occurred in El Paso regarding Gonzalez?
2. What was done to Gonzalez in El Paso?
3.
Q3:
1. How many bullets did Gonzalez take?
2. What number of gunshot wounds did Gonzalez receive?
3.
Q4:
1. Who shot Gonzalez?
2. Who fired the shots that harmed Gonzalez?
3.
Q5:
1. What occurred when Gonzalez left Mexico?
2. What took place at the time Gonzalez left Mexico?
3.
Q6:
1. When was Gonzalez shot?
2. On what day was Gonzalez shot?
3.
Q7:
1. What age was Apodaca?
2. How many years old was Apodaca?
3.
Q8:
1. Who goes by the name of El Tigre?
2. Who has been dubbed El Tigre?
3.
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3i0btbyzaxlu2hyn6s5shiz2xzo0yy | wikipedia | Formed in November 1990 by the equal merger of Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, BSkyB became the UK's largest digital subscription television company. Following BSkyB's 2014 acquisition of Sky Italia and a majority 90.04% interest in Sky Deutschland in November 2014, its holding company British Sky Broadcasting Group plc changed its name to Sky plc. The United Kingdom operations also changed the company name from British Sky Broadcasting Limited to Sky UK Limited, still trading as Sky.
Following a lengthy legal battle with the European Commission, which deemed the exclusivity of the rights to be against the interests of competition and the consumer, BSkyB's monopoly came to an end from the 2007–08 season. In May 2006, the Irish broadcaster Setanta Sports was awarded two of the six Premier League packages that the English FA offered to broadcasters. Sky picked up the remaining four for £1.3bn. In February 2015, Sky bid £4.2bn for a package of 120 premier league games across the three seasons from 2016. This represented an increase of 70% on the previous contract and was said to be £1bn more than the company had expected to pay. The move has been followed by staff cuts, increased subscription prices (including 9% in Sky's family package) and the dropping of the 3D channel. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the appellation of British Sky Broadcasting changed to by the United Kingdom Operations?
2. What name did the United Kingdom Operations use to replace the one of British Sky Broadcasting?
3.
Q2:
1. What is the UK’s biggest digital subscription television company?
2. What turned out to be the most important digital subscription television company in the UK?
3.
Q3:
1. At what date did the largest digital subscription happen?
2. When did the largest digital subscription happen?
3.
Q4:
1. What occurred in May 2006?
2. What came about in May 2006?
3.
Q5:
1. What number of remaining packages did Sky pick up?
2. How many remaining packages did Sky collect?
3.
Q6:
1. In which precise date did Sky offer to buy a package of 120 premier league games?
2. In what month of which year did Sky submit to a package of 120 premier league games?
3.
Q7:
1. How big of an increase, proportion wise, was the offer sky made?
2. How much of an expansion , percentage wise, was sky’s offer?
3.
Q8:
1. What was this measure of sky. Using the package followed by?
2. What happened after sky bought the package?
3.
Q9:
1. With what entity did the company have a lengthy battle?
2. With what institution did the company have a long-lasting conflict?
3.
Q10:
1. What was being considered by the Commission?
2. What did the Commission consider doing?
3.
Q11:
1. What became a fact regarding BSkB’s monopoly?
2. What played out regarding BSkyB’s monopoly?
3.
Q12:
1.
2. From what season did the company take that spin?
3.
Q13:
1. What proportion of Sky Deutschland did BSKyB possess?
2. How big a proportion did of Sky Deutschland did BSkyB obtain?
3.
Q14:
1. In what month of what year did this happen?
2. At what time of the year did this happen?
3.
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3dl65mzb8dfgq4cci7mi5g9noftec9 | race | New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle Price: PS28.00 Publication Date: 30/11/2006 Publisher's description: Collect Doyle's fifty-six classic short stories, arranged in the order in which they appeared in late-nineteenth-and-early-twentieth-century book editions, in a set complemented by four novels, editor biographies of Doyle, Holmes, and Watson as well as literary and cultural details about Victorian society. Breaking Ground by Daniel Libeskind Price: PS16.00 Publication Date:11/10/2006 Brief description: This is a book about the adventure life that can offer each of us if we seize it, and about the powerful forces of tragedy, memory and hope. For Daniel Libeskind, life's adventure has been through architecture, which he has found has the power to reshape human experience. Although often relating to the past, his buildings are about the future. This biology of one man's journey brings together history, personal experience, our physical environment and a fresh international vision. In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman Price: PS16.00 Publication Date:02/09/2006 Brief description: On 11th September 2001, Art Spiegelman raced to the world Trade Center, not knowing if his daughter Nadja was alive or dead. Once she was found safe---in her school at the foot of the burning towers---he returned home, to mediate on the trauma , and to work on a comic strip . In the Shadow of No Towers is New Yorker Art Spiegelman's extraordinary account of "the hijacking on 9.11 and the following hijacking of those events" by America. Light on Snow by Anita Shreve Price: PS14.00 Publication Date:07/10/2006 Publisher's description: This is the 11th novel by Anita Shreve, the critically accepted bestseller. A moving story of love and courage and tragedy and of the ways in which the human heart always seeks to heal itself. Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv Price: PS20.99 Publication Date:11/08/2006 Brief description: Camping in the garden, riding bikes through the woods, climbing trees, picking wildflowers, running through piles of autumn leaves... these are the things childhood memories are made of. But for a whole generation of today's children the pleasures of a free-range childhood are missing, and their indoor habits contribute to obesity, attention disorder and childhood depression. This book shows how our children have become increasingly distanced from nature, why this matters and how we can make a difference. Richard Louv is chairman of the Children and Nature Network and co-chair of the National Forum on Children and Nature. He is the author of seven other books and has written for newspapers and magazines including the New York Times and the Washington Post. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. By whom was this book written by?
2. Who was the author of this book?
3.
Q2:
1. How is the book entitled?
2. What is the book’s title?
3.
Q3:
1. At what precise date was the book published?
2. At what precise date was the book printed out?
3.
Q4:
1. What is the book’s price?
2. What is the cost of the book?
3.
Q5:
1. Are the tales placed in a specific order?
2. Are the stories arranged in a certain way?
3.
Q6:
1. What number of stories does the book count?
2. What quantity of stories does the book have?
3.
Q7:
1. Has the book included information regarding Victorian society?
2. Does the book include facts about Victorian society?
3.
Q8:
1. What variety of details can be found in the book about Victorian society?
2. What sort of details can be found in the book about Victorian society?
3.
Q9:
1. Who was the author of Last Child in the woods?
2. By whom was Last Child in the woods written?
3.
Q10:
1. At what date was it published?
2. When was it published?
3.
Q11:
1. What is the price of the book?
2. What is the cost of the book?
3.
Q12:
1. What type of childhood are kids excluded from?
2. What sort of childhood are kids not experiencing?
3.
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3ovr4i9uspj2s3p2yjb0gzmde7a4qb | mctest | Randan's parents surprised her one day by bring home a small bunny. This was the first pet she had, so she started to shout and scream happily right when she saw it. After having keeping it in a cage in the house for a couple hours, she tried to take it outside to play. That was when everything went wrong. After she stepped outside, the cage fell and her thumb accidentally opened the cage, and the bunny ran away. Randan got very sad, but the bunny sounded like it was singing as it ran off. Later that night, Randan was still sad about the bunny as she was lying on her bed. All of a sudden, she heard a loud bang so everybody ran outside. They found the trash can tipped over and a lot of the food ate from it. Her dad wondered who did it, and Randan wondered if it was the bunny that ran away. She said to herself that it could not have done it. The bunny was way too small to even shake a trashcan. Nothing special happened for the rest of the week, until they heard a strange noise on another night. This time, only Randan and her Dad went outside to check out what the noise was. When they made it outside, they saw an animal the size of a bear digging in their yard before it went deep. Before they even knew it, they heard their mama screaming from inside the house. They both looked in the window to see the bunny cornering the mama, but it had grown ten times bigger and looked angry. The dad quickly gave Randan a magical glove that makes her grip one million times stronger. The dad got some glue and made the bunny's butt stuck on the carpet. Randan grabbed the bunny by the leg and threw it to space. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was stunned?
2. Who was amazed ?
3.
Q2:
1. What was being retained in a cage?
2. What did the cage keep?
3.
Q3:
1. What number of pets has the child had?
2. What quantity of pets did has the child had?
3.
Q4:
1. Who screamed from in their house?
2. Who shouted from in their house ?
3.
Q5:
1. What startled the child?
2. What frightened child?
3.
Q6:
1. Was the rabbit being happy?
2. Did the rabbit thrive?
3.
Q7:
1. What decision did the family make regarding the rabbit?
2. What was decided about the rabbit?
3.
Q8:
1. Did the decision made by the parents help in any way?
2. In which way did the decision the parents made help?
3.
Q9:
1. What was the intention of the magic gauntlet?
2. What was the magic gauntlet used for?
3.
Q10:
1. Was it a different rabbit that was brought back to their home?
2. Did the rabbit remain the same after what happened?
3.
Q11:
1. Was the rabbit thrown in the bin?
2. Did the child toss the rabbit in the trash?
3.
Q12:
1. What did the child decide to do with the rabbit?
2. What action was carried out regarding the rabbit?
3.
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3rxpczqmqpbunfy585nmonb8wu21gz | gutenberg | CHAPTER VI.
NEGOTIATIONS.
B.C. 280-279
Effects of the victory.--Public opinion at Rome.--Expectations of Pyrrhus.--His mistake.--Cineas sent an embassador to Rome.--Cineas's plans for bribing the Roman senators.--Speech of Cineas in the Roman senate.--Debate in the senate.--An incident of the discussion.--Appius Claudius is brought on a bed to the senate.--Speech of Appius Claudius.--Effect of his speech on the senate.--Cineas makes report of his mission.--Fabricius sent to Pyrrhus.--His reception.--The elephant concealed in the tent.--Pyrrhus makes great offers to Fabricius.--The Roman armies advance.--The two generals.--The armies encamp in sight of each other.--His military honors.--Story of Decius Mus.--The vision.--Extraordinary alternative proposed.--The two consuls draw lots.--Decius sacrifices himself.--Superstitious fears of the soldiers.--Decius Mus.--Reply of Decius Mus to Pyrrhus.--The Romans afraid of the elephants.--The battle.--The elephants.--War chariots.--Doubtful victory.--Winter-quarters.--Nicias.--Pyrrhus's physician.--His treachery.--A generous exchange of prisoners.--No peace.
The result of the battle on the banks of the Siris, decisive and complete as the victory was on the part of the Greeks, produced, of course, a very profound sensation at Rome. Instead, however, of discouraging and disheartening the Roman senate and people, it only aroused them to fresh energy and determination. The victory was considered as wholly due to the extraordinary military energy and skill of Pyrrhus, and not to any superiority of the Greek troops over those of the Romans in courage, in discipline, or in efficiency in the field. In fact, it was a saying at Rome at the time, that it was Lævinus that had been conquered by Pyrrhus in the battle, and not the Romans by the Greeks. The Roman government, accordingly, began immediately to enlist new recruits, and to make preparations for a new campaign, more ample and complete, and on a far greater scale than before. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. In what year did the battle happen?
2. At what period did the battle occur?
3.
Q2:
1. What took place?
2. What situation occurred?
3.
Q3:
1. Who triumphed in the battle?
2. Who succeeded in the battle ?
3.
Q4:
1. Who was beaten in the battle?
2. Who didn’t win he battle?
3.
Q5:
1. What strategy was used by the winners of the battle?
2. By which means did the winners of the battle succeed?
3.
Q6:
1. For what reason?
2. For what purpose ?
3.
Q7:
1. Did this new situation benefit the winners of the battle in any way?
2. Was this situation of any satisfaction to the winners of the battle?
3.
Q8:
1. In what way was the strategy advantageous?
2. How was the strategy advantageous?
3.
Q9:
1. Was the outcome contending?
2. Was this situation fortunate?
3.
Q10:
1. Who was the victory attributed to?
2. Who was awarded the victory?
3.
Q11:
1. For what reason was this leader credited for the victory?
2. Why was the leader Victorious?
3.
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3a0ex8zrn8ovm41x482h1zvln1eyb6 | gutenberg | CHAPTER II.
When Brant returned to his hotel there was an augmented respect in the voice of the clerk as he handed him a note with the remark that it had been left by Senator Boompointer's coachman. He had no difficulty in recognizing Susy's peculiarly Brobdingnagian school-girl hand.
"Kla'uns, I call it real mean! I believe you just HOPED I wouldn't know you. If you're a bit like your old self you'll come right off here--this very night! I've got a big party on--but we can talk somewhere between the acts! Haven't I growed? Tell me! And my! what a gloomy swell the young brigadier is! The carriage will come for you--so you have no excuse."
The effect of this childish note upon Brant was strangely out of proportion to its triviality. But then it was Susy's very triviality--so expressive of her characteristic irresponsibility--which had always affected him at such moments. Again, as at Robles, he felt it react against his own ethics. Was she not right in her delightful materialism? Was she not happier than if she had been consistently true to Mrs. Peyton, to the convent, to the episode of her theatrical career, to Jim Hooker--even to himself? And did he conscientiously believe that Hooker or himself had suffered from her inconsistency? No! From all that he had heard, she was a suitable helpmate to the senator, in her social attractiveness, her charming ostentations, her engaging vanity that disarmed suspicion, and her lack of responsibility even in her partisanship. Nobody ever dared to hold the senator responsible for her promises, even while enjoying the fellowship of both, and it is said that the worthy man singularly profited by it. Looking upon the invitation as a possible distraction to his gloomy thoughts, Brant resolved to go. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who gave the message to Brant?
2. The message was given to Brant by whom?
3.
Q2:
1. Who handed Brant the message?
2. The message was transmitted to Brant by whom?
3.
Q3:
1. What person was the writer of the message?
2. Who penned the message?
3.
Q4:
1. What was unusual about the clerk when he was handed the message?
2. What changed about the clerk when he was handed the message?
3.
Q5:
1. What made him figure Susy sent the message?
2. What made him find out it was Susy that sent the message?
3.
Q6:
1. In what way did the message personify Susy?
2. In what way did the message encapsulate Susy?
3.
Q7:
1. What was Susy asking the clerk in her message?
2. What was being asked by Susy in her message to the clerk?
3.
Q8:
1. What place would Susy and the clerk meet ?
2. What would be the whereabouts of the meeting?
3.
Q9:
1. By which means would the clerk get there?
2. By which manner would the clerk get to the meeting place?
3.
Q10:
1. Did the clerk intend on going?
2. Was it the clerk’s intention to go?
3.
Q11:
1. What did Susy do for a living?
2. What was Susy’s profession?
3.
Q12:
1. Who did Susy help?
2. Who did Susy attend to?
3.
Q13:
1. What personality traits of Susy’s deflected criticicsm?
2. What characteristic of Susy’s personality diverted criticism?
3.
Q14:
1. Was Susy efficient?
2. Was Susy good at what she did?
3.
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3iuzpwiu1o7sq2arvkxmf5tvzotkwl | gutenberg | CHAPTER II.
CAUGHT BY THE TIDE.
JACK ran home.
"I thought you would have been in by two o'clock, Jack," his mother said reproachfully, "so as to see Lily before she went off to school again."
"So I should have done, mother, but I had to stick at the work until we had finished up to the water-line. Uncle Ben thought it was not worth while knocking off."
Jack's meal of bread and bacon was soon finished, then he waited a little until Lily had returned from school.
"Come on, Lil," he said, "I have been waiting to take you out with me."
"Be in by six," Mrs. Robson said.
"All right, mother! We are only just going down to the shore."
Near the little coast-guard station they came upon Bill Corbett.
"Can you come to-morrow, Jack?"
"Yes; uncle has agreed to do without me. What time are you going to start?"
"We will go out as late as we can, Jack. We can get down the creek till three anyhow, so at three o'clock you be ready down here."
"Joe is going, I suppose?"
"Oh, yes, he does to carry the cockles to the boat while we scrape them out. That is a nice bawley, that new one there; she only came in this tide. That is the boat Tom Parker has had built at Brightlingsea. He expects she is going to beat the fleet. She will want to be a rare good one if she does, and I don't think Tom is the man to get the most out of her anyhow." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which person ran home?
2. Which person hurried home?
3.
Q2:
1. At what time should Jack had been home?
2. By when should Jack had been home?
3.
Q3:
1. For what reason did Jack have to be home?
2. Jack should have been home to see whom?
3.
Q4:
1. What did Jack have to eat?
2. What was Jack’s meal?
3.
Q5:
1. Who was being waited by Jack?
2. Who did Jack wait for?
3.
Q6:
1. What is the name of Jack’s mom?
2. What is Jack’s mom called?
3.
Q7:
1. What place did Jack and his mom go to?
2. To where did Jack and his mom make their way?
3.
Q8:
1. Who did Jack and his mom see?
2. Who did Jack and his mom encounter?
3.
Q9:
1. Which person is going?
2. What person is going?
3.
Q10:
1. What day will Jack come?
2. What day will Jack go?
3.
Q11:
1. What will be done by Joe?
2. What will Joe undertake?
3.
Q12:
1. To whom belongs the boat?
2. Who does the boat belong to?
3.
Q13:
1. What is expected by Tom Parker?
2. What does Tom Parker await?
3.
Q14:
1. At what time are Jack and Joe expected?
2. What time are they supposed to be there?
3.
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3lpw2n6lkt2cgf0jtxefvspghkr5uu | mctest | Bob walked out the door with a huge grin on his face. It was his first day of middle school. His mom, who is a nurse at the high school, waved at him as he entered the bus. The bus driver said "good to see you Bob". Bob said "you too Mr. Smith". Bob was so excited to see his friends that he could barely breathe. As he walked down the school bus, Bob's friends Jill, Jim, Jeff and Chris all waved to him. Instead of sitting next to his best friend Chris, Bob turned left and sat next to Jill. Jeff and Jim started laughing at him and teased "Bob and Jill sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G". Bob's face turned red from embarrassment. Chris felt bad for Bob and reached into his pockets to help his friend. When he reached in, he felt a pencil, a rock and a folded up piece of paper. Chris's eyes twinkled. He had a plan. Without Jim and Jeff seeing, Chris quickly made a paper airplane with the piece of paper he found in his pocket. He threw the paper airplane at Jim. The plane hit Jim in the face. Both Jim and Jeff stopped laughing. Bob looked over to Chris and smiled. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is going to middle school for the first time today?
2. Who is experiencing middle school for the first time today?
3.
Q2:
1. What does Bob mom do for a living?
2. How does Bob’s mom make a living?
3.
Q3:
1. What made Bob so thrilled?
2. For what reason was Bob so excited?
3.
Q4:
1. Who sat next to Bob?
2. Who was next to Bob?
3.
Q5:
1. How many people are Bob’s friends?
2. What number of friends does Bob have?
3.
Q6:
1. Who was bullying Bob and his friends
2. Who was making fun of Bob and his friends?
3.
Q7:
1. Who is Bob closest with?
2. Who is Bob’s best friend?
3.
Q8:
1. Did Chris appreciate what the bullies were doing to his friends?
2. Was Chris enjoying what was being done to his friends?
3.
Q9:
1. What was done by Chris to make them stop?
2. How did Chris make the bullies quit?
3.
Q10:
1. What does Mr. Smith do?
2. What is Mr. Smith’s profession?
3.
Q11:
1. What feeling did Bob have after his friend helped him?
2. How was Bob feeling after being helped by his friend?
3.
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3ps7w85z8z2ghpn6wi1m2c8gkztt92 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXII
He was a fellow in a peasant's garb; Yet one could censure you a woodcock's carving. Like any courtier at the ordinary. --THE ORDINARY.
The person who appeared at the door of the little inn to receive Ganlesse, as we mentioned in our last chapter, sung, as he came forward, this scrap of an old ballad,--
"Good even to you, Diccon; And how have you sped; Bring you the bonny bride To banquet and bed?"
To which Ganlesse answered, in the same tone and tune,--
"Content thee, kind Robin; He need little care, Who brings home a fat buck Instead of a hare."
"You have missed your blow, then?" said the other, in reply.
"I tell you I have not," answered Ganlesse; "but you will think of nought but your own thriving occupation--May the plague that belongs to it stick to it! though it hath been the making of thee."
"A man must live, Diccon Ganlesse," said the other.
"Well, well," said Ganlesse, "bid my friend welcome, for my sake. Hast thou got any supper?"
"Reeking like a sacrifice--Chaubert has done his best. That fellow is a treasure! give him a farthing candle, and he will cook a good supper out of it.--Come in, sir. My friend's friend is welcome, as we say in my country."
"We must have our horses looked to first," said Peveril, who began to be considerably uncertain about the character of his companions--"that done, I am for you."
Ganlesse gave a second whistle; a groom appeared, who took charge of both their horses, and they themselves entered the inn. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which person arrived at the door?
2. Who appeared at the door?
3.
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3lo69w1su3d7dm291f5582kmvepglv | gutenberg | CHAPTER XIV.—LEO MAKES A NEW FRIEND.
Leo found that the specialty company numbered fifteen people. The performers were, for the most part, of very ordinary ability. There were several song and dance men, a number of musicians who drew tunes out of a variety of articles, several lady vocalists, a comical fat man and a magician.
The magician was a young fellow, hardly older than Leo. His name was Carl Ross, and he had such a smiling face and gentlemanly manner that Leo took to him instantly.
“We want a good all-around gymnast and tumbler,” said Carl Ross. “As it is the show is lop-sided—too much singing and dancing.”
Leo was asked to give an exhibition of what he could do, and readily complied, performing at first on the floor of the stage and then on a bar let down from the flies.
“Very good!” said Nathan Wampole, highly pleased, and Carl Ross also smiled his approval.
At the conclusion of the show that evening Leo decided to join the company, and from that moment on he and Carl Ross became warm friends.
From Cokeville the company proceeded to Lumbertown and then to Wimblerun. For the time being Leo lost track of the circus and devoted himself entirely to his new position. His acts on the stage were well received, yet Carl Ross remained, as heretofore, the star of the combination.
“I wish I could do tricks,” said Leo, as he watched the young magician at practice. “But I don’t believe I could learn.” QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which person became the new friend?
2. Who is the new acquaintance?
3.
Q2:
1. What is the name of the new friend?
2. What is the new friend called?
3.
Q3:
1. Who asked to become Carl’s friend?
2. Who made friends with Carl?
3.
Q4:
1. What is Leo capable of?
2. What is Leo able of doing?
3.
Q5:
1. Is there an important number of gymnasts and tumblers?
2. Is there a lot of gymnasts and tumblers?
3.
Q6:
1. What is the most represented in the show?
2. What is the show mostly constituted of?
3.
Q7:
1. Which other people are part of the band?
2. What other person is part of the group?
3.
Q8:
1. Is what Leo does known?
2. Do people know what Leo does?
3.
Q9:
1. What made Leo want to stay?
2. At what moment did Leo decide to stay?
3.
Q10:
1. What did Leo want to gain experience in?
2. What did Leo want to know more about?
3.
Q11:
1. Does Leo think he is capable?
2. Is Leo confident about what he is capable of?
3.
Q12:
1. What was forgotten by Leo?
2. What did Leo omit to think about?
3.
Q13:
1. What areas did Leo go to?
2. Which towns has Leo been to?
3.
Q14:
1. What number of people were in the group?
2. How big a number of people were there in the group?
3.
Q15:
1. How many of these people were extra special?
2. What number of these people were extra special?
3.
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3f6hpjw4jd0x9m616erif971imhw2h | race | One day Mrs Wilson took Trudy and Ben to go shopping. They went to the supermarket in the new shopping mall . "Why do you buy things here, Mum?" Trudy asked. "Because they are cheaper than those at the corner store," Mrs Wilson said. "Help me check the prices." The Wilsons were not wealthy and Mrs Wilson was always careful with her money. She looked carefully at the prices of things. She bought some groceries in the supermarket. When they got home, the children said, "We don't think you saved money by going to the supermarket there." "Of course I did," said Mrs Wilson, "everything was cheap there." "We know," said the children, "but we came home by taxi because we had too much to carry. The cost of the taxi was more than the money you saved!" Mrs Wilson added everything up and found her children were right. "Well done,"she said, "next time we will do shopping near our home." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How many characters does the story count?
2. What number of characters does the story count?
3.
Q2:
1. How are these people called?
2. What names do these people go by?
3.
Q3:
1. Did these people remain in the house?
2. Did these people leave the house?
3.
Q4:
1. Did these people go somewhere?
2. Did these people leave to go somewhere?
3.
Q5:
1. What places did theses people go?
2. What locations did these people decide to visit?
3.
Q6:
1. What did these people go there to do?
2. For what reason did they decide to go there?
3.
Q7:
1. Were the Wilsons wealthy?
2. Did the Wilsons have a lot of money?
3.
Q8:
1. Did the Wilsons buy anything?
2. Was anything bought by the Wilsons?
3.
Q9:
1. What did the Wilsons purchase?
2. What sort of products did the Wilson buy?
3.
Q10:
1. How big a quantity of groceries did the Wilsons buy?
2. Did the Wilsons buy a big deal of groceries?
3.
Q11:
1. How big a quantity of groceries did the Wilsons buy?
2. Were the Wilsons able to carry home all their groceries?
3.
Q12:
1. Were the Wilsons able to walk back to the house?
2. Did the Wilsons decide to head back home on foot?
3.
Q13:
1. By what means did the Wilson mange to go home?
2. What did the Wilsons use to get back home?
3.
Q14:
1. Did the Wilsons spend money on their way home?
2. Did the trip home cost the Wilsons money?
3.
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3gm6g9zbknxvo960lr5r7ye0kxytmx | cnn | (CNN) -- Kanye West wants his listeners to know that he is "a close high" to God.
His latest album, "Yeezus," released Tuesday, offered several controversial track titles, including "New Slaves," "Black Skinhead" and the most audacious, "I Am a God." The track's credit says "featuring God," as if He's just another artist -- a Rick Ross or Pharrell Williams -- stepping into the studio to spit a couple of verses.
The song closes with the verses, "I just talked to Jesus/he said, 'What up, Yeezus?'/I said "S*** I'm chilling/trying to stack these millions'/I know he's the most high, but I am a close high."
Review: 'Yeezus' is Kanye West's darkest, most extreme album yet
So, does Kanye really think he's God's match?
Some say the outspoken West is downright delusional, but Monica Miller, author of "Religion and Hip Hop," thinks otherwise.
The rap star's god-absorbed lyrics are a referral to his high status in the music industry, not a statement of religious beliefs, said Miller, an assistant professor of religious studies at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon.
"I don't think (this Christian theological language) is creating a religion," she said. "He's using God to situate himself at the top of the game."
But Pastor C. Andre Grier of Lithonia, Georgia's Union Missionary Baptist Church, believes West has been wrong from the get-go.
Religious people "should want to be like Christ (in a humble way), follow Him, but any reference to equality means that you are wrong from the very beginning." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is Kanye West’s newest release?
2. What is Kanye West’s last album?
3.
Q2:
1. How does he say he contrasts to God?
2. In what way does Kanye West qualify himself compared to God?
3.
Q3:
1. In what song does Kanye West feature "God"?
2. In what hit does Kanye West feature "God"?
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1. What does God utter at the end of the song?
2. What is God’s speech to Kanye West at the end of the song?
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1. On what day was the album released?
2. At what date was the album delivered?
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1. Is this record said to be one of Kanye’s "lighter" ones yet?
2. Is this album described as Kanye’s purest one yet?
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1. How is the album mentioned?
2. What was said about the album?
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1. Do people assume Kanye is delusional for thinking himself equal to God?
2. Do some think Kanye is out of his mind for comparing himself to God?
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1. What do people say Kanye is simply referring to?
2. Who do some think Kanye is referring to?
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1. How does the pastor envision Kannye West’s lyrics?
2. How does the pastor reflect upon Kanye Wests lyrics?
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3k9fobbf2hjdnejvoji0ymtjvcflnj | gutenberg | CHAPTER XV
THE CASTAWAYS OF THE GULF
"It vos der earthkvake!" yelled Hans, as he scrambled to his feet. "Der oceans vos all busted up alretty! Safe me!" And he ran for the cabin doorway.
"We must have struck something in the fog!" cried Dick, as he, too, arose. "Oh!"
Another crash had come, heavier than the first, and the _Mascotte_ careened far over to port. Then came wild screams from the deck, followed by orders delivered in rapid succession. All in a moment the passengers were in a panic, asking what had been struck and if the steamer was going down.
The Rovers and their friends tried to make their way on deck, but another shock threw Fred and Songbird back into the cabin and partly stunned them. Then Harold Bird ran to his stateroom, to get a pocketbook containing his money.
Out on the deck all was misty, the lights gleaming faintly through the darkness. To one side loomed up another steamer, of the "tramp" variety, heavily laden with a miscellaneous cargo from Central American ports.
"The _Mascotte_ is going down!" was the cry, as the steamer gave a suspicious lurch. Then came another crash, and before he knew it Dick Rover went spinning over the side, into the dark and misty waters of the gulf!
It was certainly a time of extreme peril, and had not poor Dick kept his wits about him he must surely have been drowned. Down he went over his head and it was fully quarter of a minute before he came to the surface once more, spluttering and clashing the water from his eyes. He looked around, felt something hard hit him, and then went under once more. QUESTIONS:
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1. Who fell over board?
2. Which person fell over board?
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1. Was the weather fine?
2. Was the sky unclouded?
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1. What was the state of the air?
2. Did the air feel somewhat saturated?
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1. Was the deck restful?
2. Was the deck peaceful?
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1. What could be heard from the deck?
2. What noises came from the deck?
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1. Was anything sinking?
2. What was going down?
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1. What was sinking?
2. What was going down?
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1. How could the Mascotte be defined?
2. What could the Mascotte be described as being?
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1. Was the water transparent?
2. Was the water limpid?
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1. Were the people on the deck by themselves?
2. Were the people on the deck unescorted?
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379j5ii41og9t86ivkfh8zzaiw5el3 | wikipedia | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (), commonly referred to as Rutgers University, Rutgers, or RU, is an American public research university and the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey.
Rutgers was chartered as Queen's College on November 10, 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. The college was renamed Rutgers College in 1825 in honor of Colonel Henry Rutgers (1745–1830), a New York City landowner, philanthropist and former military officer, whose $5,000 bond donation to the school allowed it to reopen after years of financial difficulty. For most of its existence, Rutgers was a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church.
In 1864, the college expanded its role in research and instruction in agriculture, engineering, and science when it was named as the state's sole land-grant college under the Morrill Act of 1862.
In 1924, it gained university status with the introduction of graduate education and further expansion. However, Rutgers evolved into a coeducational public research university after being designated "The State University of New Jersey" by the New Jersey Legislature in laws enacted in 1945 and 1956. It is one of only two colonial colleges that later became public universities. Rutgers, however, remains something of a public-private hybrid, in particular retaining certain "private rights" against unilateral changes in its governance, name, and structure that the state might otherwise want to impose. QUESTIONS:
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1. How else was Rutgers chartered as?
2. How was Rutgers also named?
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1. What act enlarged the college’s fields?
2. Which act added more to the college fields?
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1. At what period did the act take place?
2. In what year was the act declared?
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1. What is the college’s full denomination?
2. What is the college fully called?
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1. In what year was it charted?
2. At what period was it chartered?
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1. What fields did the college enlarge in 1864?
2. What branches did the college expand in 1864?
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1. In what year did the college become a university?
2. At what period did the college gain university status?
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Q8:
1. What is the college’s acronyms?
2. What are the college’s initials?
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Q9:
1. How does Rutgers differentiate in age to other colleges
2. What is the difference in age of Rutgers college compared to others?
3.
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1. What was added to the college once it became a university?
2. What was introduced to the college when it became a university?
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1. What are is the university in?
2. In what locality is the university in?
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304sm51wa34yqipo52asjd7k6gdsbh | cnn | London, England (CNN) -- Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic finally took the stand Monday at the U.N.'s international tribunal at The Hague to defend himself against genocide charges stemming from the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict.
For CNN's Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson, the 64 year-old was as defiant and unrepentant as the man he recalled meeting outside Sarajevo in 1993-94, as Bosnian-Serb forces shelled the city.
Karadzic, who faces 11 charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide during the war, told the tribunal the Serb cause is "just and holy," and dismissed as myths two of the worst atrocities of a conflict that claimed 100,000 lives -- the three-year siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre in 1995.
He even claimed that the image of the Muslims as victims was untrue and that they were the first to attack. Their fighters "had blood up to their shoulders," he said.
"I will defend that nation of ours and their cause that is just and holy," he said in his defiant opening statement. The aim of the "Muslim plotters," he added, was "100 percent power, as it was in the Ottoman Empire."
"This is reminiscent of those days," said Robertson, who reported from the Bosnian capital during the war. "These were the exact same justifications: 'we're the ones that had been under attack, we're the ones being wronged.'
"It's very telling that he's not trying to address specific issues, such as the Srebrenica massacre and such like, which are going to be the main parts of the prosecution. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is the correspondent?
2. Who is communicating the report?
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1. What is the correspondent entitled?
2. What Is the correspondent’s full name?
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1. For whom does Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson work?
2. Who does Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson operate for?
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Q4:
1. What person is the report about?
2. Who does the report talk about?
3.
Q5:
1. How old is the person of the report?
2. What is the age of there person of the report?
3.
Q6:
1. Did Radovan do something illegal?
2. Does Radovan have unlawful tendencies?
3.
Q7:
1. Where does the trial take place?
2. Where is the trial located?
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1. What is Radovan accused of?
2. What was Radovan guilty for after his trial?
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1. What else was Radovan facing other than charges regarding genocide?
2. What other charges did Radovan face besides being charged with genocide?
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1. Were there many victims of Radovan?
2. Did Radovan make a lot of casualties?
3.
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3m68nm076h7gjr8gumtfingw6cn6ro | cnn | Doha, Qatar (CNN) -- An international donors' conference on Darfur kicked off Sunday in Doha with the hope of raising $7.25 billion to bring aid and sustainable development to the troubled region in Sudan.
"There is an opportunity to assist the people of Darfur through massive generosity," said Ali Al-Zatari, the representative of the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Sudan.
"Darfur still needs stability," Al-Zatari added. He said 3.5 million people need humanitarian assistance, and 1.5 million of them live in camps.
The conference, whose participants include the UN, the governments of Qatar and Sudan, and the World Bank, seeks to "to mobilize financial support for the recovery and development needs in Darfur."
Reactions to the conference, however, are mixed.
"The conference is a strong message to the Darfurian people that they are not forgotten," said Abdullah Adam Khatir, a Darfurian writer. "It will take time, it's a process,."
Al-Baqir Afifi, a civil society activist, on the other hand, disagreed with the conference's approach.
"Those who are going to pledge money want to know if the money is going to reach Darfur or not," he said. "It is still insecure in Darfur; there is chaos," he added.
Protests against the conference took place in some camps in Darfur last week.
"What are they going to do with this money when there is no security?" an activist who preferred not to be named said, according to AFP.
Violence broke out in Darfur in 2003 when non-Arab rebel groups took up arms against the central government in Khartoum, accusing it of neglect and discrimination. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What amount of money does the conference want to collect?
2. How much money does the conference want need alltogether?
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1. True or False: attitudes toward the conference are all optimistic?
2. True or False: viewpoints towards the conference are all positive?
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1. What number of Dafurians require help?
2. What number of Dafurians need assistance?
3.
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1. Do all the Dafurians reside in camps?
2. Are all the Dafurians trapped in camps?
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1. What kind of person is Al-Baqir Afifif?
2. What does Al-Baqir Afifi do?
3.
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1. Did Al-Baqir Afifi accept the conference ’s plan?
2. Did Al-Baqir Afifi consent to the conference’s plan?
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1. What is needed by Darfur regarding Al-Zatari?
2. What do the Darfur require regarding Al-Zatari?
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Q8:
1. What kind of person is Al-Zatari?
2. What does Al-Zatari do?
3.
Q9:
1. True or False: The UN participated in the conference?
2. True or false: The UN played a part in the conference?
3.
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1. Which governments participated in the conference?
2. Which governments played a part in the conference?
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308xblvesi4mp3pbqdant32olmmbrl | cnn | NEW YORK (CNN) -- In the midst of the ongoing culture wars, can it be a good idea to put out a comedy about two Stone Age men who wander into the Bible?
In "Year One," Jack Black stars as an inquisitive Stone Age man, with Michael Cera as his sidekick.
Harold Ramis thinks so.
"Year One," which he directed, concerns two men -- played by Jack Black and Michael Cera -- who leave their home and, in their travels, meet biblical characters such as Cain, Abel, Abraham and Isaac. Among the locales: ancient Sodom, which "didn't seem worse than Las Vegas to me," Ramis told CNN.
"Year One" comes out Friday.
Ramis, whose writing and directing credits include "Groundhog Day" and "Analyze This," said it was time for a new biblical epic -- of sorts.
"No one had done this film for our generation," he told CNN. It's like, you know, when 'Animal House' [which Ramis co-wrote] came out, there were college films. Every generation had college films, but our generation didn't have one yet, and I don't know that our generation - this young, new generation of kids has a, you know, a sandal epic yet, and this is the one. This is for them."
Ramis rounded up a cast of comedians familiar to any watcher of Judd Apatow-produced movies -- no surprise, since Apatow is a producer of "Year One." Christopher Mintz-Plasse ("Superbad"), Horatio Sanz ("Saturday Night Live," "Step Brothers") and Bill Hader ("Tropic Thunder") all have parts. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who supervises the movie that is being described?
2. Who is the leader of the movie being described?
3.
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1. Who plays the main characters?
2. Who is starring as main characters in the movie?
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1. What kind of people are the actor’s characters?
2. What is the role of the actor’s characters?
3.
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1. How is the movie entitled?
2. What is the movie called?
3.
Q5:
1. What era is the movie set in?
2. What time period is the movie located in?
3.
Q6:
1. Who was the movie oriented towards?
2. What type of audience was the movie for?
3.
Q7:
1. Who is the film’s creator?
2. Who is the movie’s director?
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1. What is Sodom juxtaposed with?
2. What is the comparison made with Sodom?
3.
Q9:
1. What type of characters will Jack Black and Michael Cera come across?
2. What type of personalities will Jack Black and Michael Cera come to meet?
3.
Q10:
1. What other movies did Harold Ramis supervise?
2. What other movies were directed by Harold Ramis?
3.
Q11:
1. What type of people was Harold Ramis consider for the cast?
2. What type of actors did Harold Ramis look for to assign roles?
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3u0srxb7cd5oqce8t3fwky2i1a8rnv | mctest | Jack and his uncle went out walking in the woods near the river. They saw many things when they were in the woods. They saw a chipmunk, a butterfly, a squirrel and some birds. Jack heard a wolf howl. All of the sudden Jack heard a train whistle. It scared all of the animals away and that made Jack sad.
After a bit, Jack heard his Auntie calling for them. Jack hoped that it was time for lunch because he was getting very hungry. He hope that there would be cookies to eat, he didn't want for there to be any vegetables. When they got to the house, his auntie was waiting there with a cake for them. Jack was excited and finished the sandwiches that she had made them for lunch.
When they were finished his uncle told him that it was time to go home. It was getting late and Jack was going to be late for his bedtime if they didn't hurry. His bedtime was going to be a little earlier tonight because he had to go visit the doctor tomorrow and so there would be no story time before bed.
Jack told his uncle that he had a great day and hoped that they could do it again soon. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Did Jack feel like eating?
2. Was Jack feeling ravenous?
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3eret4btvm9he6xj29nu1llk2up9kg | cnn | The wife of imprisoned U.S. State Department contractor Alan Gross traveled to Cuba Tuesday as part of her ongoing effort to free her husband.
Judy Gross did not talk to a CNN reporter outside Havana's Jose Marti International Airport, and she and Gross' attorney quickly boarded a bus provided by the Cuban government.
Last week, Gross' mother died after a long fight with cancer, Gross' attorney, Scott Gilbert, said.
The Cuban government refused Gross' request to travel to the United States to say goodbye to Evelyn Gross before she died. Gross had promised that after seeing his mother he would return to his prison cell at a military hospital in Havana.
"We would like to convey our heartfelt condolences to his relatives," Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs official Josefina Vidal said in a statement. "It is necessary to clarify that neither the Cuban penitentiary system nor the U.S. penitentiary system provide the possibility for inmates to travel abroad, no matter the reason. "
Gross, 65, is serving a 15-year sentence for bringing satellite communications equipment to Cuba as part of his work as a subcontractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development. He was convicted in March 2011.
U.S. officials said Gross was merely trying to help Cubans bypass the island's stringent restrictions on Internet access and have said his imprisonment is one of the major obstacles to improved relations with Cuba.
In April, Gross embarked on a hunger strike to protest his continued imprisonment. He later said he was suspending his hunger strike after his mother pleaded with him to begin eating again. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What person was trying to free her husband?
2. What person attempted to set her husband free?
3.
Q2:
1. What is the woman trying to set her husband free called?
2. What is the name of the woman trying to free her husband ?
3.
Q3:
1. Where was the airport the wife was standing outside of while talking to the reporter?
2. At what airport was the wife when she explained her story to a CNN reporter?
3.
Q4:
1. What needed clarification regarding the Cuban Ministry of foreign affairs?
2. What had to be elucidated concerning the Cuban Ministry of foreign affairs?
3.
Q5:
1. How long will Gross be in prison for?
2. How long a sentence does Gross face in prison?
3.
Q6:
1. What did Gross do?
2. What actions lead Gross to go to prison?
3.
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1. Who supplied a bus for Judy Gross and her attorney from the airport?
2. By whom was the bus used by Judy Gross and her attorney furnished?
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Q8:
1. How is the Gross attorney called?
2. What name does the Gross attorney go by?
3.
Q9:
1. What did US officials say about Gross trying to assist Cubans?
2. What is it Gross was trying to assist Cubans in doing, regarding US officials?
3.
Q10:
1. What type of strike did Gross do in April?
2. What type of measures were taken by Gross in April?
3.
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31z0pcvwukfc36zdhl32oghap8q7tn | race | Comets are parts of our solar system. Like the planets, they go around the sun. But comets are not made of solid rocks like planets. A comet is a ball of dust, stones, and ice. Many people call comets dirty snowballs. The "snowball" may be only a few miles across. But when the sun heats the "snowball," much of it is changed to gases. The gases spread out and form the comet's head, which may be thousands of miles across. A comet moves fast in its trip around the sun. But when we see it, the comet does not seem to move. That's because it is so far away. The moon moves fast, but when you look at it, you can't see any motion . That's because the moon is far away. Each year astronomers discover new comets. Some of them are seen only once. They make one trip around the sun and then go away out into space. The sun's gravity cannot hold them. Other comets, like Halley, keep returning. They have been captured by the sun. Halley's earliest visit was probably 3,000 years ago. It may keep returning for another 3,000 years. But every time a comet goes around the sun, the comet loses part of itself. Gases and dust are pulled out of the comet. That's why Halley is now dimmer than it used to be. Next time it visits us, in 2062, it may be even dimmer. Each visit it may get dimmer and dimmer, until it finally disappears. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What does a dirty snowball look like?
2. What is described as a dirty snowball?
3.
Q2:
1. What is a comet made out of?
2. What are the components of a comet?
3.
Q3:
1. What is a comet’s pattern?
2. What do comets orbit around?
3.
Q4:
1. Do other celestial bodies travel around the sun besides comets?
2. Does anything else orbit around the sun other than comets?
3.
Q5:
1. In what way are the other celestial bodies different from comets?
2. To what extent do other celestial bodies differ from comets?
3.
Q6:
1. Do all comets orbit once around the sun?
2. Does the majority of comets travel just once around the sun?
3.
Q7:
1. What is the reason some comets only orbit once around the sun?
2. For what reason do some comets only make one trip around the sun?
3.
Q8:
1. What is named Halley?
2. What is mentioned when talking about Halley?
3.
Q9:
1. How long ago was Halley seen for the first time?
2. How many years ago was Halley first seen?
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Q10:
1. When will Halley come back around?
2. In how many years will Halley be seen again?
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33ooo72ivhlifnu982bd429orv3tcd | wikipedia | Tokyo, officially Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan and one of its 47 prefectures. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world. It is the seat of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government. Tokyo is in the Kantō region on the southeastern side of the main island Honshu and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Formerly known as Edo, it has been the de facto seat of government since 1603 when Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city his headquarters. It officially became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from the old capital of Kyoto in 1868; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo. Tokyo Metropolis was formed in 1943 from the merger of the former and the .
Tokyo is often referred to as a city, but is officially known and governed as a "metropolitan prefecture", which differs from and combines elements of a city and a prefecture, a characteristic unique to Tokyo. The Tokyo metropolitan government administers the 23 Special Wards of Tokyo (each governed as an individual city), which cover the area that was the City of Tokyo before it merged and became the metropolitan prefecture in 1943. The metropolitan government also administers 39 municipalities in the western part of the prefecture and the two outlying island chains. The population of the special wards is over 9 million people, with the total population of the prefecture exceeding 13 million. The prefecture is part of the world's most populous metropolitan area with upwards of 37.8 million people and the world's largest urban agglomeration economy. The city hosts 51 of the Fortune Global 500 companies, the highest number of any city in the world. Tokyo ranked third (twice) in the International Financial Centres Development IndexEdit. The city is also home to various television networks such as Fuji TV, Tokyo MX, TV Tokyo, TV Asahi, Nippon Television, NHK and the Tokyo Broadcasting System. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the main metropolis of Japan?
2. What is the name of the main city in Japan?
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Q2:
1. Is Tokyo the most crowded city in the world?
2. Is Tokyo the city with the highest density worldwide?
3.
Q3:
1. What was Tokyo originally known as?
2. What was Tokyo formally depicted as?
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Q4:
1. In what year did Tokyo become a metropolitan city?
2. At what date did Tokyo become a metropolitan city?
3.
Q5:
1. What number of Fortune 500 Companies does Tokyo host?
2. What proportion of Fortune 500 Companies does Tokyo hold?
3.
Q6:
1. What kind of companies does Tokyo host?
2. What type of companies does Tokyo have?
3.
Q7:
1. Which tv networks are based in Tokyo?
2. What tv networks are centered in Tokyo?
3.
Q8:
1. What region is southeast of the metropolis?
2. What area is located southeast of Tokyo?
3.
Q9:
1. What was Tokyo previously called?
2. Was Tokyo’s original name Edo?
3.
Q10:
1. What took place in 1868?
2. What occurred in 1868?
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3xuhv3nrvky7btuzty7gcd0qobph54 | wikipedia | The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web and other information on the Internet created by the Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization, based in San Francisco, California, United States. It was set up by Brewster Kahle and Bruce Gilliat, and is maintained with content from Alexa Internet. The service enables users to see archived versions of web pages across time, which the archive calls a "three dimensional index."
Since 1996, they have been archiving cached pages of web sites onto their large cluster of Linux nodes. They revisit sites every few weeks or months and archive a new version if the content has changed. Sites can also be captured on the fly by visitors who are offered a link to do so. The intent is to capture and archive content that otherwise would be lost whenever a site is changed or closed down. Their grand vision is to archive the entire Internet. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who put up the Wayback Machine?
2. Who constructed the Wayback Machine?
3.
Q2:
1. Who were the two people who constructed the Wayback Machine?
2. By whom was the Wayback Machine set up?
3.
Q3:
1. At what period did Brewster and Bruce start filing cached pages?
2. In what year did Brewster and Bruce start filing cached pages?
3.
Q4:
1. What is the purpose of the Wayback Machine?
2. What is the aim of the Wayback Machine?
3.
Q5:
1. What does the Wayback Machine do?
2. What is the Wayback Machine’s purpose?
3.
Q6:
1. Which state is the Machine located in?
2. In what area is the Wayback Machine located?
3.
Q7:
1. What does the service permit?
2. What is enabled by the service?
3.
Q8:
1. On what type of hardware are the archives kept?
2. On what kind of equipment are archived the cached pages?
3.
Q9:
1. What is the main goal of the project?
2. What is the ultimate desire of the project?
3.
Q10:
1. How many times are sites re explored?
2. How frequently are sites revisited?
3.
Q11:
1. Who else can access to sites on the fly?
2. Who else can capture sites on the spot?
3.
Q12:
1. What subject matter is the Wayback Machine maintained with?
2. What content is the Wayback Machine kept with?
3.
Q13:
1. What is the use of a "three dimensional index."?
2. What is the purpose of a "three dimensional index."?
3.
Q14:
1. Who is the sister of Brewster Kahle?
2. Which person is Brewster Kahle’s sister?
3.
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3z3zlgnnsiuha76yy56h6uu712p3qr | wikipedia | It is classified as a Beta World City, ranking seventh in Latin America and 73rd in the world. Described as a "vibrant, eclectic place with a rich cultural life", and "a thriving tech center and entrepreneurial culture", Montevideo ranks 8th in Latin America on the 2013 MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index. By 2014, is also regarded as the fifth most gay-friendly major city in the world, first in Latin America. It is the hub of commerce and higher education in Uruguay as well as its chief port. The city is also the financial and cultural hub of a larger metropolitan area, with a population of around 2 million.
A Spanish expedition was sent from Buenos Aires, organized by the Spanish governor of that city, Bruno Mauricio de Zabala. On 22 January 1724, the Spanish forced the Portuguese to abandon the location and started populating the city, initially with six families moving in from Buenos Aires and soon thereafter by families arriving from the Canary Islands who were called by the locals "guanches", "guanchos" or "canarios". There was also one significant early Italian resident by the name of Jorge Burgues. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is Montevideo’s position compared to other latin cities?
2. What is Montevideo’s ranking compared to other latin cities?
3.
Q2:
1. Is Montevideo bordered by land?
2. Is Montevideo land-centered?
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3k3r2qnk8b3vh22vwnrw78ui4jc9uy | race | Short Skirts Are Out!
After decades of skimpy skirts and sleeveless tops on game days, some schools in the US are saying cheerleader uniforms will have to meet stricter dress codes when they are worn in class.
In Lake County, Florida, cheerleaders with uniforms too skimpy for the code are being asked to wear long shorts or trousers under their skirts and a T-shirt under the sleeveless tops, according to a district memo. Principals at two of Lake's eight high schools - Leesburg and Lake Minneola - are not allowing the outfits in school at all.
Michelle Thomas, a cheerleader at Leesburg High School, was disappointed when she learned she couldn't wear her outfit to school on game days.
"It shows that we're a team just like all the other sports," she said.
But the school administrators did not agree. "During the educational portion of the day, they have to meet the dress code just like every other student," said school board chairwoman Debbie Stivender, who ordered the staff to bring the outfits into line with the dress code.
Bare midriffs are banned across the state by the Florida High School Athletic Association, but no state rules mention cheerleader miniskirts. Sheila Noone, a spokeswoman for cheerleading uniform company Varsity Brands, says the outfits haven't become more revealing over the last 10 years. She says that the short skirts are designed to help the girls jump and kick.
"Cheerleading is athletic," Noone said. "There's a lot of jumping, so you won't want a knee-length skirt that might hamper a tie touch."
Most cheerleaders were sad to hear the news, but say they'll follow the rules. Even male cheerleaders, whose pants and tops meet dress codes, chose not to wear their outfits to show unity.
"I understanding, because they are kind of short," said Holly Bishop, 14, a Lake Minneola High School cheerleader, about her miniskirt. "It would have been really, really cool to wear them to school." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What type of clothing has been banned at some schools?
2. What piece of clothing has been prohibited in some schools?
3.
Q2:
1. In which cities were cheerleader’s short uniforms banned?
2. In what are were cheerleader’s short uniforms banned?
3.
Q3:
1. How many high schools does the country count?
2. What number of high schools are located in that area?
3.
Q4:
1. What number of high schools have banned the uniform?
2. How many high schools have prohibited the uniform?
3.
Q5:
1. What school does Michelle Thomas go to?
2. In which school does Michelle Thomas go to?
3.
Q6:
1. What type of sport does Michelle Thomas play?
2. What type of activities does Michelle Thomas do?
3.
Q7:
1. What does Michelle Thomas fancy wearing on a game day?
2. What would Michelle Thomas prefer wearing on game days?
3.
Q8:
1. For what reason are short skirts needed?
2. Why are short skirts required?
3.
Q9:
1. What is the age of Holly Bishop?
2. What is Holly Bishop’s age?
3.
Q10:
1. Where does Holly Bishop practice cheerleading?
2. In what place is Holly Bishop a cheerleader?
3.
Q11:
1. At what time in the day should the cheerleaders be dressed to code?
2. What portion of the day do cheerleaders be dressed according to code?
3.
Q12:
1. Do cheerleaders respect the requirements?
2. Will the cheerleaders approve the rules?
3.
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3wz36bjev3gz5i23u2fiti3694ctb3 | race | "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. "It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress. "I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff. "We've got father and mother and each other," said Beth, contentedly. The four young faces on which the firelight shone brightened at the cheerful words, but darkened again as Jo said sadly: "We haven't got father, and shall not have him for a long time." She didn't say "perhaps never", but each silently added it, thinking of father far away, where the fighting was. Nobody spoke for a minute; then Meg said in an altered tone: "You know the reason mother proposed not having any presents this Christmas was because it is going to be a hard winter for everyone; and she thinks we ought not to spend money for pleasure when our men are suffering so in the army. We can't do much, but we can make our little sacrifices, and ought to do it gladly. But I am afraid I don't"; and Meg shook her head, and she thought regretfully of all the pretty things she wanted. "But I don't think the little we should spend would do any good. We've each got a dollar, and the army wouldn't be much helped by our giving that. I agree not to expect anything from mother or you, but I do want to buy UNDINE AND SINTRAM for myself; I've wanted it so long," said Jo, who was a bookworm. "I planned to spend mine on new music," said Beth, with a little sigh. "I shall get a nice box of Faber's drawing pencils; I really need them," said Amy, decidedly. "Mother didn't say anything about our money, and she won't wish us to give up everything. Let's each buy what we want, and have a little fun; I'm sure we work hard enough to earn it," cried Jo, examining the heels of her shoes in a gentlemanly manner. "I know I do - teaching those tiresome children nearly all day when I am longing to enjoy myself at home," began Meg, in the complaining tone again. "You don't have half such a hard time as I do," said Jo. "How would you like to be shut up for hours with a nervous, fussy old lady, who is never satisfied, and worries you till you're ready to fly out of the window or cry?" "It's naughty to fret; but I do think washing dishes and keeping things tidy is the worst work in the world. _ and my hands get so stiff, I can't practice well at all"; and Beth looked at her rough hands with a sigh that anyone could hear. "I don't believe any of you suffer as I do." cried Amy, "for you don't have to go to school with impertinent girls, who plague you if you don't know your lessons, and laugh at your dresses, and label your father if he isn't rich." "If you mean libel, I'd say so, and not talk about labels, as if papa was a pickle-bottle," advised Jo, laughing. "I know what I mean, and you needn't be satirical about it. It's proper to use good words, and improve your vocabulary," returned Amy, with dignity. "Don't peck at one another, children. Don't you wish we had the money papa lost when we were little, Jo? Dear me! How happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries!" said Meg, who could remember better times. "You once said you thought we were a deal happier than the King children, for they were fighting and fretting all the time, in spite of their money." "So I did. I think we are; for, though we do have to work, we make fun for ourselves, and are a pretty jolly set, as Jo would say." Jo immediately sat up, put her hands in her pockets, and began to whistle. "Don't, Jo; it's so boyish!" "That's why I do it." "I detest rude, unladylike girls!" "I hate affected, niminy-piminy chits!" "Birds in their little nests agree" sang Beth, the peacemaker, with such a funny face that both sharp voices softened to a laugh, and the `pecking' ended for that time. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What makes it feel like Christmas?
2. What makes the Christmas spirit?
3.
Q2:
1. For what reason does Meg think it isn’t fair?
2. What makes Meg think it’s not fair?
3.
Q3:
1. What happened to Meg’s father?
2. Is Meg’s father present?
3.
Q4:
1. For what reason was it suggested Meg and her siblings not have presents?
2. Why was it initiated Meg and her siblings not have gifts?
3.
Q5:
1. What is it that Meg fancies having?
2. What is it that Meg wishes for herself?
3.
Q6:
1. Which person is a teacher?
2. Who teaches children for a living?
3.
Q7:
1. Which person moans about having to sit with an older woman?
2. Who is grumbling at the idea of sitting next to an older woman?
3.
Q8:
1. Which person is moaning about having to attend classes?
2. Who is making a fuss about attending classes?
3.
Q9:
1. Who are Meg and her sibling luckier than?
2. Compared to who are Meg and her sibling happier?
3.
Q10:
1. What action made by Jo is described a s boyish?
2. What does Jo do that is boyish?
3.
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369j354ofdapu1z2ebz3jj2p44cg64 | gutenberg | CHAPTER IX
Montemar was too near the frontier to be a safe abode for the little Duke, and his uncle, Count Hubert of Senlis, agreed with Bernard the Dane that he would be more secure beyond the limits of his own duchy, which was likely soon to be the scene of war; and, sorely against his will, he was sent in secret, under a strong escort, first to the Castle of Coucy, and afterwards to Senlis.
His consolation was, that he was not again separated from his friends; Alberic, Sir Eric, and even Fru Astrida, accompanied him, as well as his constant follower, Osmond. Indeed, the Baron would hardly bear that he should be out of his sight; and he was still so carefully watched, that it was almost like a captivity. Never, even in the summer days, was he allowed to go beyond the Castle walls; and his guardians would fain have had it supposed that the Castle did not contain any such guest.
Osmond did not give him so much of his company as usual, but was always at work in the armourer's forge--a low, vaulted chamber, opening into the Castle court. Richard and Alberic were very curious to know what he did there; but he fastened the door with an iron bar, and they were forced to content themselves with listening to the strokes of the hammer, keeping time to the voice that sang out, loud and cheerily, the song of "Sigurd's sword, and the maiden sleeping within the ring of flame." Fru Astrida said Osmond was quite right--no good weapon-smith ever toiled with open doors; and when the boys asked him questions as to his work, he only smiled, and said that they would see what it was when the call to arms should come. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was too close to the frontier?
2. Was was too near the border?
3.
Q2:
1. Which person thought so?
2. Who assumed so?
3.
Q3:
1. Are these people associated in any way?
2. Are these people from the same family?
3.
Q4:
1. What is their relationship?
2. For what reason are they related?
3.
Q5:
1. Was it assumed Gertrude the Brave was a friendly companion based on those listed?
2. Was Gertrude the Brave presumed to be a friendly companion regarding those listed?
3.
Q6:
1. Who was perceived friendly?
2. Which other people were considered friendly?
3.
Q7:
1. Who else was considered friendly?
2. What other person considered Gertrude friendly?
3.
Q8:
1. Was Montemar allowed to go whenever he wanted?
2. Was Montemar able to roam freely?
3.
Q9:
1. What did Montemar think of being watched?
2. Did Montemar appreciate being surveilled ?
3.
Q10:
1. Was music playing in the courtyard?
2. Could music be listened to in the courtyard?
3.
Q11:
1. What else could be heard?
2. What other sounds could be heard?
3.
Q12:
1. What track was being played?
2. What record was being listened to?
3.
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3nd9uoo81k23a8s9gk9nu56aonvlwk | gutenberg | Chapter XIV
The Return Home
WHILE that parting in the wood was happening, there was a parting in the cottage too, and Lisbeth had stood with Adam at the door, straining her aged eyes to get the last glimpse of Seth and Dinah, as they mounted the opposite slope.
"Eh, I'm loath to see the last on her," she said to Adam, as they turned into the house again. "I'd ha' been willin' t' ha' her about me till I died and went to lie by my old man. She'd make it easier dyin'--she spakes so gentle an' moves about so still. I could be fast sure that pictur' was drawed for her i' thy new Bible--th' angel a-sittin' on the big stone by the grave. Eh, I wouldna mind ha'in a daughter like that; but nobody ne'er marries them as is good for aught."
"Well, Mother, I hope thee WILT have her for a daughter; for Seth's got a liking for her, and I hope she'll get a liking for Seth in time."
"Where's th' use o' talkin' a-that'n? She caresna for Seth. She's goin' away twenty mile aff. How's she to get a likin' for him, I'd like to know? No more nor the cake 'ull come wi'out the leaven. Thy figurin' books might ha' tould thee better nor that, I should think, else thee mightst as well read the commin print, as Seth allays does."
"Nay, Mother," said Adam, laughing, "the figures tell us a fine deal, and we couldn't go far without 'em, but they don't tell us about folks's feelings. It's a nicer job to calculate THEM. But Seth's as good-hearted a lad as ever handled a tool, and plenty o' sense, and good-looking too; and he's got the same way o' thinking as Dinah. He deserves to win her, though there's no denying she's a rare bit o' workmanship. You don't see such women turned off the wheel every day." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. With people were on the slope?
2. Who stood on the slope?
3.
Q2:
1. Who was Lisbeth looking at?
2. Which people was Lisbeth staring at?
3.
Q3:
1. Where are these people located?
2. Where could these people be found?
3.
Q4:
1. Where were these people located?
2. Were these people inside the cottage?
3.
Q5:
1. Who said something first?
2. Which person was the first to speak?
3.
Q6:
1. Who was Lisbeth speaking to?
2. To whom was Lisbeth speaking?
3.
Q7:
1. How is Lisbeth being addressed?
2. How is Lisbeth naming the person she interacts with?
3.
Q8:
1. What person is hoped to be appreciated by Seth?
2. Which person is expected to be liked by Seth?
3.
Q9:
1. Is it assumed Seth is a good person?
2. Is Seth perceived as a good guy?
3.
Q10:
1. Is Seth thought to be attractive?
2. Do people assume Seth is handsome?
3.
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3f6kkywmnb1up2v3b2kcf9lem00ndm | race | What do you see when you look at abstract art? Does it make sense to you? Does it look like anything? Abstract art became popular in the early 20th century. Artists did not want to paint, draw, or sculpt things like they looked. They didn't want their art to be realistic . They were more interested in basic shapes and colours. Picasso is probably the most famous of these artists. He painted and drew in many, many styles. Sometimes he used a lot of blue colours (his "blue period"). Later, he used more red and pink colours (his "rose period"). Many of his other paintings are called "cubist " because they are made of painted squares. After a long time, Picasso's paintings became more and more abstract. He painted people and things using strange shapes. His work was so original, many his fellow artists didn't understand it. Kindinsky, another famous artist, used lines, shapes, and patterns to paint his subjects. His paintings also used strong colours to express feelings. Other artists like the surrealists , they were interested in the subconscious . Painters like Breton and Magritte used many symbols in their work. The meaning or subject of their work wasn't always clear. Dai, another artist, painted pictures that looked like dreams. There are still many abstract artists around the world. It's often hard to say what their art is about. That's the way many artists like better. They want each person to look at art and find their own meaning in it. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What does abstract art resemble?
2. How is abstract art described?
3.
Q2:
1. Around what period did the strange shapes become popular?
2. When were the strange shapes widely appreciated?
3.
Q3:
1. How did the artists want their art to be perceived?
2. What do the artists want their art to resemble?
3.
Q4:
1. Who was the most renowned artist?
2. Which artist became the most famous?
3.
Q5:
1. Which period was one of Picasso’s most renown?
2. Which of Picasso’s periods became the most well-known?
3.
Q6:
1. What other periods os Picasso’s were well-known?
2. Did Picasso have any other well-known periods?
3.
Q7:
1. What term is used to describe Picasso’s other paintings?
2. What style of painting do Picasso’s other paintings belong to?
3.
Q8:
1. Why is this form of art termed as cubist?
2. Why is the term "cubist", used for this style of art?
3.
Q9:
1. What other well-known artist was mentioned beside Picasso?
2. What other famous artist was talked about in the text beside Picasso?
3.
Q10:
1. Which other famous artist was talked about in the text other than Picasso?
2. Which other famous artist was mentioned other than Picasso ?
3.
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30bxrybrp4x1oc9jpzup2dd38jwwhp | wikipedia | Haryana (), is one of the 29 states in India, situated in North India. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1November 1966 on a linguistic basis. It stands 21st in terms of its area, which is spread about . census of India, the state is eighteenth largest by population with 25,353,081 inhabitants. The city of Chandigarh is its capital while the National Capital Region city of Faridabad is the most populous city of the state and the city of Gurugram is financial hub of NCR with major Fortune 500 companies located in it.
Haryana is one of the wealthiest states of India and has the third highest per capita income in the country at in the year 2012–13 and in the year 2013–14, The state is one of the most economically developed regions in South Asia, and its agricultural and manufacturing industries have experienced sustained growth since the 1970s. Since 2000, the state has emerged as the largest recipient of investment per capita in India.
It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south. The river Yamuna defines its eastern border with Uttar Pradesh. Haryana surrounds the country's capital Delhi on three sides, forming the northern, western and southern borders of Delhi. Consequently, a large area of south Haryana is included in the National Capital Region for purposes of planning and development. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What number of subdivisions are in India?
2. How many provinces are currently in India?
3.
Q2:
1. Where is Haryana located in India?
2. In what are is Haryana located in India?
3.
Q3:
1. In what year did Haryana come into being?
2. At what date did Haryana come into being?
3.
Q4:
1. By which piece of land was Haryana formed from?
2. By which geographical area was Haryana formed from?
3.
Q5:
1. Is Haryana one of the biggest states regarding land area?
2. Is Haryana one of the largest states concerning land surface?
3.
Q6:
1. Is Haryana one of the biggest states concerning density?
2. Is Haryana one of the largest states demography wise?
3.
Q7:
1. What is Haryana’s ranking land surface wise?
2. What is Haryana’s rank regarding land area?
3.
Q8:
1. Is the main city the biggest in Haryana?
2. Is the most important city the biggest one in the Haryana state?
3.
Q9:
1. What does the Haryana capital have for a name?
2. What is the name of the capital in Haryana?
3.
Q10:
1. Which of the state’s cities is the biggest?
2. Which of the state’s cities is the most important size wise?
3.
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3dip6yhapcsee1mz1v6d3ud4ypx8eo | race | Buck did not read the newspapers,or he would have known that trouble was coming,not only for himself,but for every big dog,strong of muscle and with long,warm hair in California.Men had found gold in the Yukon,and these men wanted big,strong dogs to work in the cold and snow of the north.
Buck lived at a big house in the sunkissed Santa Clara valley.Judge Miller's place,it was called.There were large gardens and fields of fruit trees around the house,and a river nearby.In a big place like this,of course,there were many dogs.There were house dogs and farm dogs,but they were not important.Over this great land Buck ruled.Here he was born and here he had lived the four years of his life.He was not so large--he weighed only one hundred and forty pounds.But he had saved himself by not becoming a mere housedog.Hunting and outdoor delights had kept down the fat and hardened his muscles.He went swimming with Judge Miller's sons,and walking with his daughters.He carried the grandchildren on his back,and he sat at Judge Miller's feet in front of the warm library fire in winter.During the four years,he had a fine pride in himself which came of good living and universal respect.He was king of Judge Miller's place.
But this was 1897,and Buck did not know that men and dogs were hurrying to northwest Canada to look for gold.And he did not know that Manuel,one of the gardener's helpers,was in bad need of money for his hobby of gambling and for his large family.One day,the Judge was at a meeting and the boys were busy organizing an athletic club.No one saw Manuel and Buck go off on what Buck imagined was merely an evening walk.Only one man saw them arrive at the railway station.This man talked to Manuel,and gave him some money.Then Manuel tied a piece of rope around Buck's neck.
Buck had accepted the rope with quiet dignity .He had learned to trust in men he knew and to give them credit.But when the ends of the rope were placed in the stranger's hands,Buck roared,and was surprised when the rope tightened around his neck,shutting off his breath.In extreme anger,he jumped at the man.The man caught him and suddenly Buck was thrown over on his back.Then the rope tightened cruelly while Buck struggled,his tongue out of his mouth.Never in all his life had he been so badly treated.Never in all his life had he been so angry.For a few moments he was unable to move,and it was easy for the two men to put him into the train.
When Buck woke up,the train was still moving.The man was sitting and watching him,but Buck was too quick for him and he bit the man's hand hard.Then the rope was pulled again and Buck had to let go.
That evening,the man took Buck to the back room of a bar in San Francisco.The barman looked at the man's hand and trousers covered in blood.
"How much are they paying you for this?"he asked.
"Only get fifty dollars."
"And the man who stole him--how much did he get?"asked the barman.
"A hundred.He wouldn't take less."
"That makes a hundred and fifty.It's a good price for a dog like him."
Buck spent that night in a cagelike box.He could not understand what it all meant.What did they want with him,these strange men?And where were Judge Miller and the boys?
The next day Buck was carried in the box to the railway station and put on a train to the north. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where did Buck reside?
2. What did Buck inhabit?
3.
Q2:
1. Was Buck’s house in the mountains?
2. Was the house Buck lived in located in the mountains?
3.
Q3:
1. At what place was Buck’s house located?
2. Where was Buck’s house situated?
3.
Q4:
1. What was coming Buck’s way?
2. What headed towards Buck?
3.
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3luy3gc63z0ebe6604uij6gd0d8p7j | mctest | Once there was a boy named Bill who liked to play at being a cowboy. One day he was playing at chasing Indians in his room when he heard a loud crack of thunder. He got really scared. Bill's parents, Ned and Susan, came into his room. They told him not to be scared. They said they were going to make sure the car windows were shut and they would be back soon. Bill said okay. He climbed under his bed and listened to the wind outside. He had his favorite toy gun to keep him safe, but he was still scared because his parents weren't back yet. His brother Zack had given him the gun. Bill started to think he could hear voices in the wind. It sounded like a strange kind of chanting. He started to shake and hug his toy gun. He said, "I'm not afraid of you. If you try to hurt me I'll shoot you." After that he felt a little better. But then he jumped as his bedroom door slammed shut. He hit his head on the bottom of his bed and it hurt. He looked out from under his blanket and saw a strange orange light in his room. He was worried that it was on fire, but he couldn't smell any smoke. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which person liked to play make believe?
2. Who liked to play pretend?
3.
Q2:
1. what person did Bill fancy being?
2. Who did Bill enjoy being?
3.
Q3:
1. What frightened Bill?
2. What was Bill startled by?
3.
Q4:
1. Which people reassured Bill ?
2. Who told Bill everything was fine?
3.
Q5:
1. What are Bill’s parents called?
2. What names do Bill’s parents go by?
3.
Q6:
1. Did Bill have any brothers and sisters?
2. Was Bill someone’s brother?
3.
Q7:
1. How is Bill’s sibling called?
2. What is the name of Bill’s sibling?
3.
Q8:
1. What present did Zack give to Bill?
2. What did Zack offer to Bill?
3.
Q9:
1. How did Bill get hurt?
2. How did Bill hurt himself?
3.
Q10:
1. Did Bill hide in his closet?
2. Was Bill’s closet a hiding place?
3.
Q11:
1. For what reason was Bill anxious?
2. For what reason was Bill worried?
3.
Q12:
1. Did Bill’s parents return?
2. Did Bills parents come back?
3.
Q13:
1. Where were Bill’s parents gone?
2. Where did Bill’s parent’s go off to?
3.
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3ovhno1ve61o6r9meqv6awsnxlmzd8 | race | Two young artists named Sue and Joanna shared a studio apartment in the Greenwich Village area of New York, trying to realize their dreams. In November pneumonia killed many people. Unluckily, Joanna fell ill, too. One morning, a doctor examined Joanna and then spoke with Sue in another room. "She has decided that she has no chance. All we can do is give her a strong will to live."
Holding back her tears, Sue went to Joanna's room. Joanna lay with her face toward the window, eyes wide open. She was counting something backward. "Twelve," she said, and a little later "eleven" until "five," almost together. Sue looked out of the window. What was there to count? There was a wall covered with an old ivy vine growing half way up it. The cold breath of autumn has stricken the leaves from the vine until it was almost bare.
"Five what, dear?" asked Sue.
"Leaves. On the ivy vine. When the last one falls I must go, too."
"Oh, Don't be silly." Said Sue, "You will get better."
"There goes another one. I want to see the last one fall before it gets dark."
"Try to sleep." said Sue. "I must call Mr. Behrman up to be my model for my drawing of an old miner. Don't try to move until I come back."
Old Behrman was a poor painter who lived in the building. For years he had always been planning to paint a work of art, but had never yet begun it. He earned a little money by serving as a model to artists who could not pay for a professional model.
Sue found Behrman in his room. In one area was a blank canvas that had been waiting twenty-five years for the first line of paint. Sue told him about Joanna and how she feared that her friend would float away like a leaf.
"What!" Old Behrman was angered at such an idea. "How silly! Just take me to her room."
Joanna was sleeping when they went in. A cold rain was falling, mixed with snow.
The next morning, Sue awoke after an hour's sleep. She found Joanna staring at the covered window. "Pull up the shade; I want to see." Sue obeyed.
"It's the last leaf," said Joanna. "It will fall today, and I will go with it."
When night came, the rain began to fall again with a strong wind.
The next morning, Joanna demanded that the window shade be raised. The ivy leaf was still there. Joanna lay for a long time, looking at it. And then she called Sue, "I have been a bad girl. I'm so wrong. Now I want to get well and paint again."
The doctor came to see Joanna in the afternoon. He told Sue "Joanna is improving. Now I must see Behrman. Pneumonia, too, very ill. Little hope for him."
Later that day, Sue came to Joanna, and put one arm around her.
"Mr. Behrman died of pneumonia in the hospital today. He was sick only two days. When someone went into his room, Behrman was lying there with his shoes on. His shoes and clothes were all wet. Nobody knew why."
"Oh, poor Behrman!" Cried Joanna.
"See the last leaf on the wall," said Sue, " It looks like a real leaf, doesn't it? "
"A real leaf ? "
"Ah, darling, it is Behrman's masterpiece -- he painted it there the night when the last leaf fell." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What are the two artists called?
2. What names do the two artists go by?
3.
Q2:
1. What illness killed many people?
2. What disease killed many people?
3.
Q3:
1. Did Joana have a disease?
2. Did Joana incubate an illness?
3.
Q4:
1. What came out to be Joana’s diagnosis?
2. What did Joana’s diagnosis reveal?
3.
Q5:
1. How did Joana behave when she learnt about her diagnosis?
2. How did Joana feel after her diagnosis?
3.
Q6:
1. Who did Joana talk to?
2. Who did Joana speak to?
3.
Q7:
1. Who painted the building?
2. What person was painting the building?
3.
Q8:
1. How did Old Behrman make a living?
2. What was. Old Behrman’s profession?
3.
Q9:
1. How long did the first line of paint last?
2. How long a period of time for the first line of paint?
3.
Q10:
1. Did Joana’s condition ameliorate?
2. Did Joana get better?
3.
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34qn5it0tzrfnb75to7yi5b04x408t | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXIII.
AGAIN AT CROKER'S HALL.
About three o'clock on that day Mr Whittlestaff came home. The pony-carriage had gone to meet him, but Mary remained purposely out of the way. She could not rush out to greet him, as she would have done had his absence been occasioned by any other cause. But he had no sooner taken his place in the library than he sent for her. He had been thinking about it all the way down from London, and had in some sort prepared his words. During the next half hour he did promise himself some pleasure, after that his life was to be altogether a blank to him. He would go. To that only had he made up his mind. He would tell Mary that she should be happy. He would make Mrs Baggett understand that for the sake of his property she must remain at Croker's Hall for some period to which he would decline to name an end. And then he would go.
"Well, Mary," he said, smiling, "so I have got back safe."
"Yes; I see you have got back."
"I saw a friend of yours when I was up in London."
"I have had a letter, you know, from Mr Gordon."
"He has written, has he? Then he has been very sudden."
"He said he had your leave to write."
"That is true. He had. I thought that, perhaps, he would have taken more time to think about it."
"I suppose he knew what he had to say," said Mary. And then she blushed, as though fearing that she had appeared to have been quite sure that her lover would not have been so dull. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. At what time did the man make his appearance?
2. When did the man arrive?
3.
Q2:
1. What was the name of the man?
2. What was the man called?
3.
Q3:
1. Where was Mr. Whittlestaff coming back from?
2. Where had Mr. Whittlestaff gone to?
3.
Q4:
1. Did anyone meet Mr Whittlestaff on his arrival?
2. Did Mr Whittlestaff meet anybody when he arrived?
3.
Q5:
1. Did Mary welcome Mr. Whittlesatff when he returned home?
2. Was Mary welcoming towards Mr. Whittlestaff when he returned home?
3.
Q6:
1. What welcomed Mr. Whittlestaff?
2. What was Mr. Whittlestaff welcomed by?
3.
Q7:
1. Did Mr Whittlstaff ask for Mary?
2. Did Mr. Whittlestaff require Mary’s presence?
3.
Q8:
1. Where was Mr. Whittlestaff located when he called for Mary?
2. What were Mr. Whittlesatff’s whereabouts when he sent for Mary?
3.
Q9:
1. Did Mary receive a letter?
2. Was Mary given a letter?
3.
Q10:
1. Who gave Mary a letter?
2. Who addressed Mary a letter?
3.
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3rgu30dzta81a6av9xrn5srrn9xjm1 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXIV
A WAR OF WORDS
The knowledge that Professor Lemm, Slugger Brown and Nappy Martell were approaching the cabins on the upper end of Snowshoe Island filled the Rover boys with wonder.
"Professor Lemm must have come to see Uncle Barney about those deeds," remarked Randy.
"I wonder if that is Slugger's father with him?" broke in Fred.
"Maybe," answered Jack. "Those men were the only two who were interested in getting possession of this island."
"I'll tell you what I think we ought to do!" exclaimed Andy.
"What?" came from the others quickly.
"I think we ought to go back to our own cabin and arm ourselves."
"That might not be such a bad idea, Andy," returned Jack. "Those men, backed up by Slugger and Nappy, may want to carry things with a high hand."
Acting on Andy's suggestion, the four boys retreated to the cabin which they had just left, and each took possession of his weapon.
"I don't think they'll try much rough-house work when they see how we are armed," remarked Randy grimly.
"Of course, we don't want to do any shooting," cautioned Jack. "We only want to scare them, in case they go too far."
"Jack, you had better be the spokesman for the crowd," remarked Randy. "You go ahead and talk to them, and we'll stand back with our guns."
Still holding his rifle, Jack went forward again, and in a moment more found himself confronted by Asa Lemm and the man who was with him. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who had a clue on what to do?
2. Which person knew what to do?
3.
Q2:
1. What did Andy come up with?
2. What did Andy think of doing?
3.
Q3:
1. What is the professor called?
2. What name does the professor go by?
3.
Q4:
1. How many people were getting close to the cabins?
2. How many people were moving towards the cabins?
3.
Q5:
1. How were these people called?
2. What were these people’s names?
3.
Q6:
1. Who was it that the professor plan to see?
2. Which person had the professor plan to see?
3.
Q7:
1. Did the professor and uncle Barney fancy doing any shooting?
2. Did Uncle Barney and the professor want to shoot?
3.
Q8:
1. What did the professor and Barney fancy doing?
2. What did Barney and the professor wish to do?
3.
Q9:
1. Who ought to be the spokesman?
2. What person should take the spokesman’s role?
3.
Q10:
1. What number of people returned to the cabin?
2. How many boys made their way back to the cabin?
3.
Q11:
1. Did Jack appreciate Andy’s idea?
2. Was Andy’s idea valued by Jack?
3.
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3ejplajkemgpliu743ns4qivg266z0 | cnn | (CNN) -- Marc Marquez barely held off the legendary Valentino Rossi in a nail-biting conclusion to the opening race of the 2014 MotoGP season in Qatar but judging by his performances this weekend the second race won't be as close.
Marquez, the reigning world champion from Spain, finished well ahead of the pack Saturday in qualifying for the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, setting a record lap time and beating Repsol Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa by 0.289 seconds.
He was the fastest rider in practice yesterday, too.
"All weekend it has been going so well, but Sunday is the most important," Marquez told MotoGP's website. "We will have to push very hard the whole race.
"It will be an important start to the race when the tires are new, we can make a difference there before they start to slide. I'm happy with the base we have and we'll try to fight for the victory. I'm sure we'll be fighting with Pedrosa, he is our strongest rival."
Germany's Stefan Bradl starts third for LCR Honda, while two-time MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo and Rossi, his fellow Yamaha racer, begin fifth and sixth, respectively.
"The progression from the first practice on Friday is very big, we were two seconds behind and now half a second," said Lorenzo. "Anyway, as I thought, it's going to be a hard race tomorrow.
"Our goal is to fight for fourth or third position. I think it would be a good result because here our competitors are really strong so we need to make the best result we can. To finish on the podium would be a good thing." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who hardly won in Qatar?
2. Which person barely won in Qatar?
3.
Q2:
1. Which person did Marc Marquez beat?
2. Who was beaten by Marc Marquez?
3.
Q3:
1. When did Marc Marquez win?
2. At what date did Marc Marquez win?
3.
Q4:
1. From which country is Marc Marquez from?
2. What is Marc Marquez’ nationality?
3.
Q5:
1. What was Marc Marquez in Austin fro?
2. What was the reason for Marc Marquez to be in Austin?
3.
Q6:
1. What type of record did Marc Marquez set?
2. What kind of record did Marc Marquez beat?
3.
Q7:
1. What record did Marc Marquez set?
2. What record did Marc Marquez beat?
3.
Q8:
1. What is the best day in the week according to Marc Marquez?
2. What day of the week does Marc Marquez find most important?
3.
Q9:
1. What does Marc Marquez need to carry out on that day?
2. What is it that Marc Marquez undertakes on Sundays?
3.
Q10:
1. Who is the most powerful competitor to Marc Marquez?
2. Who is the most robust competitor to Marc Marquez?
3.
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3oe22wjigio191jhdp2it3k7eo2uq1 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XIV
IN DISTRESS
The clear night was falling when Jimmy leaned on the bridge-rails as the _Shasta_ steamed out of the Inlet beneath a black wall of pines. Over her port quarter the pale lights of the climbing city twinkled tier on tier, with dim forest rolling away behind them into the creeping mist. Beyond that, in turn, a faint blink of snow still gleamed against the dusky blueness of the east. All this was familiar, but he was leaving it behind, and ahead there lay an empty waste of darkening water, into which the _Shasta_ pushed her way with thumping engines and a drowsy gurgle at the bows. It seemed to Jimmy, in one sense, appropriate that it should be so. He had cut himself adrift from all that he had been accustomed to, and where the course he had launched upon would lead him he did not know.
That, however, did not greatly trouble him. His character was by no means a complex one, and it was sufficient for him to do the obvious thing, which, after all, usually saves everybody trouble. It was clear that Tom Wheelock needed him, and he could, at least, look back a little, though this was an occupation to which he was not greatly addicted. He understood now how his father, who had perhaps never been a strong man, had slowly broken down under a load of debt that was too heavy for him, though the nature of the man who had with deliberate intent laid it on his shoulders was incomprehensible. Jimmy, in fact, could scarcely conceive the possibility of any man scheming and plotting to ruin a fellow-being for the value of two old schooners. The apparently insufficient motive made the thing almost devilish. Merril, he felt, was outside the pale of humanity, a noxious creature to be shunned or, on opportunity, crushed by honest men. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the atmosphere like the night Jimmy leaned on the bridge rails?
2. What was the weather like on the night Jimmy leaned on the bridge rails?
3.
Q2:
1. What was the name of the boat that traveled out of the inlet beneath a black wall of pines?
2. What was the boat that traveled out of the inlet beneath a black wall of pines called?
3.
Q3:
1. Was the man’s character a hard to discern one?
2. Was the man’s character hard to discern?
3.
Q4:
1. What did the situation permit Jimmy to do sufficiently?
2. What did the situation make possible for Jimmy to do?
3.
Q5:
1. What type of lights were shimmering over the quarter of the Shasta's port?
2. What lights were glittering over the quarter of the Shasta's port?
3.
Q6:
1. Did Jimmy recognize where he was?
2. Did Jimmy realize where he was?
3.
Q7:
1. Although the place was familiar, what is it he was still going to attempt?
2. Even though the place was familiar, what were Jimmy’s intentions?
3.
Q8:
1. Who collapsed under a load of debt ?
2. Who was crushed by an important amount of debt?
3.
Q9:
1. Who need Jimmy’s help in the story?
2. Who needs assistance from Jimmy in the story?
3.
Q10:
1. What wasn’t Jimmy able of thinking of conceiving?
2. What wasn’t Jimmy able to formulate?
3.
Q11:
1. From what did Jimmy detach himself of?
2. What had Jimmy alienated himself from?
3.
Q12:
1. Did Jimmy know where he was going in life?
2. Was Jimmy aware of what was awaiting him in the future?
3.
Q13:
1. What unfolded away behind the city?
2. What unraveled away behind the city?
3.
Q14:
1. What lay behind the forest?
2. What could be found behind the forest?
3.
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3napmvf0zwfij750y6j6nt8kqal72y | cnn | London, England (CNN) -- UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has ordered a full review of security measures at UK airports following the attempted Detroit plane bombing on December 25.
In a statement published Friday on the prime minister's official Web site, Brown said the UK government will be working with the U.S. to "examine a range of new techniques to enhance airport security systems beyond traditional measures, such as pat-down searches and sniffer dogs."
These new measures might include using "explosive trace technology, full body scanners and advanced x-ray technology."
Writing on the first day of a new decade, Brown issued a reminder of the ongoing threat posed by international terrorism.
"The new decade," he said, "is starting as the last began -- with al Qaeda creating a climate of fear. These enemies of democracy and freedom... are concealing explosives in ways which are more difficult to detect."
The Detroit incident highlighted an "urgent" need to tighten airport security measures, Brown said.
"The UK," Brown said, "will continually explore the most sophisticated devices capable of identifying explosives, guns, knives and other such items anywhere on the body."
The alleged plane bomber, Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab is believed to have concealed explosives in his underwear.
The 23-year-old Nigerian is thought to have linked up with an al Qaeda group based in Yemen after attending the UK's University College London.
Brown said the plot was a reminder of al Qaeda's increasing influence away from "better-known homes of international terror such as Pakistan and Afghanistan." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. At what period did the prime minister write?
2. On the beginning of what did the prime minister write?
3.
Q2:
1. What event was the prime minister responding to?
2. On what occasion was the prime minister writing?
3.
Q3:
1. What did the event show was lacking?
2. What was lacking that was shown by the incident?
3.
Q4:
1. What will devices search for?
2. How many categories of things will devices search for?
3.
Q5:
1. What example of things will be searched by the special devices?
2. What sort of things will be searched by the devices?
3.
Q6:
1. On what day were the prime minister’s comments published?
2. On what date were the prime minister’s comments published?
3.
Q7:
1. On what platform were the prime minister’s comments posted?
2. What platform could the prime minister’s comments be found?
3.
Q8:
1. In what locations will the new devices be searching for explosives?
2. In what type of place will the new devices be searching for explosives?
3.
Q9:
1. Who is the UK going to collaborate with?
2. Who will the UK be cooperating with?
3.
Q10:
1. What traditional search techniques are listed?
2. What traditional search procedures are listed?
3.
Q11:
1. Who is generating something fearful?
2. Who is producing a fearful climate?
3.
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3oonkj5dkcjjsqxvyltjz8xj9qgbo7 | cnn | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- An Emirati blogger who has called for reform in the United Arab Emirates is being held in Al Wathba prison in Abu Dhabi, his wife said Wednesday
Ahmed Mansoor is being treated well, according to wife Nadia, who said she spoke to him Tuesday evening.
Mansoor's attorney, Abdul Hamid Al Kumity, said he is not aware of any charges against his client, but will meet with the prosecutor's office Wednesday.
Dubai police have told Al Kumity that two bottles of whiskey were found in Mansoor's house. Alcohol is available at hotels and select stores in the UAE, but Muslims are not allowed to buy or possess it.
Mansoor's wife acknowledged that here was alcohol in their house, but said they don't drink. The alcohol, in a small unopened box, was probably a gift from friends or family, she said.
About 10 men, including two wearing police uniforms, picked up Mansoor from his apartment Friday afternoon, according to his wife.
The men also took Mansoor's passport and laptop and left without telling her where they were taking him or why.
Fahad Salem al-Shehhi, a friend of Mansoor's who helped him with his website, was detained Saturday evening, said activist Mohammed al-Mansoori. Al-Shehhi was taken from the Emirate of Ajman, where he was living temporarily while his wife studies there, al-Mansoori said. Al-Shehhi has been without a passport for seven years, he said.
The third, Nasser bin Ghaith, an Emirati writer who also maintains a website, was detained Sunday, al-Mansoori said. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where was the blogger detained?
2. In what place was the blogger imprisoned?
3.
Q2:
1. What was the blogger called?
2. What name did the blogger go by?
3.
Q3:
1. What was found in the search?
2. What was found while searching?
3.
Q4:
1. When was the blogger picked up?
2. What say was the blogger picked up?
3.
Q5:
1. What did Mansoor’s wife think about it
2. What was said by Mansoor’s wife?
3.
Q6:
1. Did the blogger’s lawyer bring up any charges?
2. Did the blogger’s lawyer state any charges?
3.
Q7:
1. Was something confiscated from the blogger?
2. Was anything taken from the blogger?
3.
Q8:
1. To what place was the blogger taken?
2. Did the blogger know where he was being taken?
3.
Q9:
1. Were other people kept in detention?
2. Were others detained?
3.
Q10:
1. What other people were imprisoned?
2. Who other than the blogger was detained?
3.
Q11:
1. For what reason was Fahad Salem al-Shehh imprisonned?
2. What did Fahad Salem al-Shehh do to be incarcerated?
3.
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37fmassaycr9w4ms0qgefb1xyqaibv | cnn | (CNN) -- Han Han is China's rebel writer who has become the unofficial voice for his generation.
As a teenager the 27-year-old began writing novels about angst-ridden characters that proved tremendously popular with China's angsty youth.
But it is his blog that has propelled him to celebrity status in China and earned him the accolade as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2009.
He's been touted as mouthpiece for the "post-80's generation"; China's youth who have grown up during the country's economic boom and are often characterized as apolitical and consumer-obsessed.
Blogging about issues such as the Chinese government's handling of the Sichuan earthquake of 2008 and recent spate of school stabbings, Han Han is savvy enough to know the limits of what he can and can't write about.
"Even though the Chinese government has improved on the freedom of speech front in recent years, writing is still rather dangerous, so it's quite difficult to strike this balance," he told CNN.
"But I believe you still need to try despite these difficulties. The situation only improves when there are more people trying; if no one is trying, it only gets more and more difficult."
With boyish good-looks and a rebel's cred (he dropped out of high-school and races rally cars) he's become one of China's more popular and recognizable bloggers, where the Internet is an increasingly popular forum for self-expression.
For Jeremy Goldkorn, a China media commentator, Han's attitude combined with his writing helps strike a chord with millions of China's disaffected youth. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who writes?
2. What person is an author?
3.
Q2:
1. What kind of writer is Han Han?
2. What does Han Han write?
3.
Q3:
1. Is Han Han able to write about anything?
2. Can Han Han write about all the subjects?
3.
Q4:
1. How is Han Han aware of what he cannot mention?
2. How is Han Han able to know what not to write about?
3.
Q5:
1. How is Han Han perceived by society?
2. How does society envision Han Han?
3.
Q6:
1. Is Han Han well known?
2. Is Han Han accepted?
3.
Q7:
1. What kind of people is Han Han aiming to touch?
2. What people constitute Han Han’s target audience?
3.
Q8:
1. At what period of Han Han’s life did he begin writing?
2. How old was he when Han Han’s started to write?
3.
Q9:
1. Did Han Han finish school?
2. Did Han Han accomplish school?
3.
Q10:
1. What are Han Han’s main subjects?
2. What are Han Han’s main themes?
3.
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3oonkj5dkcjjsqxvyltjz8xj9yaobu | mctest | It was a beautiful day. In the morning Tommy and I went to the park to play. We rode our bikes around and went down to the lake. We swam around in the lake and splashed water on other kids. We got back on our bikes and rode back home. Mommy made lunch. It was yummy, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and milk. Then it was time for our nap. We woke up and watched some TV. Mommy gave us some money for candy later. Tommy and I went back to the park to play. Tommy and I played with a baseball with some other kids. Then we played with the football. We went to the store across the street. We bought some candy with the money Mommy gave us. We went back to the park and watched the other kids play as we ate our candy. It was hot, so we went swimming again. It was fun! We like swimming so we go swimming almost every day. We swam all afternoon until Mommy came down to the park at told us to come home. Mommy was very upset because we were gone so long. Mommy was worried that something might have happened to us. Mommy was not paying attention to her kids and what they were doing for hours. Tommy and I told Mommy she needs to pay more attention to us. Mommy started crying, then Tommy and I started crying. Mommy said from now on, I must pay more attention to you two. Daddy came home from work and playing softball for his company team. Daddy wanted to know what was going on. Daddy saw that we were all crying. Daddy started to cry too. We all said that we would pay more attention to each other. We all said that we would do more things together like going to the park. We all said we would eat together more often. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who went bike riding?
2. Who went for a bike ride?
3.
Q2:
1. To what place did Tommy and I ride to?
2. Where did Tommy and I take our bikes?
3.
Q3:
1.
2. Were there any other people other than Tommy and I?
3.
Q4:
1. What was done to the other kids by Tommy?
2. Did Tommy do anything to the other kids?
3.
Q5:
1. Did Tommy and the others go for a walk?
2. Did Tommy and the others go tramping?
3.
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3di28l7yxaew312e2axyokqwjcd1e4 | cnn | Melissa Harris-Lacewell is associate professor of politics and African-American studies at Princeton University. She is the author of the award-winning book "Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought" and writes a daily blog titled The Kitchen Table.
Melissa Harris-Lacewell says African-Americans remain skeptical about racial progress in the U.S.
PRINCETON, New Jersey (CNN) -- America was proud of itself for electing Barack Obama. The pride was not just partisan and ideological; it was also specifically and clearly racial.
The morning after Obama's win, The New York Times declared "Racial Barrier Falls in Decisive Victory." The Los Angeles Times asserted that "for the first time in human history, a largely white nation has elected a black man to be its paramount leader."
Some black commentators openly wept on election night, thrilled with witnessing the election of our first black president. Even Sen. John McCain, conceding defeat, pointed to the greatness of the American promise fulfilled in the election of his opponent. Obama's victory offered the possibility that the scars of America's racial legacy were healed or, at least, that they were less raw.
For many African-American citizens, the election of the first black U.S. president was cause for celebration and open-mouthed wonder about an outcome that seemed so unlikely just two years earlier, when Obama announced his bid.
Despite this joy, many black citizens were dubious that his victory represented the destruction of any particular racial barrier.
African-Americans were both proud of and excited about Obama, but in the 45 years since the passage of the Civil Rights Act, black Americans had seen doors to power, influence and wealth open just enough to admit just a few without fundamentally altering opportunities for the majority. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who shed a tear on election night?
2. Who cried on election night?
3.
Q2:
1. For what reason did some black commentators cry?
2. What made some black commentators shed a tear?
3.
Q3:
1. What president was elected?
2. Who was voted president?
3.
Q4:
1. What candidate lost?
2. Who wasn’t elected president?
3.
Q5:
1. For what reason were some people acting dubious?
2. Why did some people have doubts?
3.
Q6:
1. How long ago was the Civil Rights Act passed?
2. When was the Civil Rights Act passed?
3.
Q7:
1. What was told in the newspaper?
2. What did the newspaper announce?
3.
Q8:
1. What did Obama's victory provide?
2. what was put forward when Obama was elected?
3.
Q9:
1. Which people experience doubts?
2. Who was sceptical?
3.
Q10:
1. Why were some people sceptical
2. For what reason were some people doubtful?
3.
Q11:
1. Which person is the author of the article?
2. Who is the author of the article?
3.
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3tok3khvjtiwqeu5l4h3u6bnrc2o70 | cnn | (CNN) -- [WARNING: The following contains spoilers for the "Doctor Who" season finale.]
Permission to squee?
Saturday night's "Doctor Who" season finale was a roller coaster of feels, with deaths, goodbyes and one incredible James Bond-esque move by the Doctor.
It was the end of the first season of Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor.
Here are five moments that had us cheering or reaching for the tissues:
1. The Master kills Osgood
This one really hurt. UNIT captured the Master and made the Doctor the president of Earth, as they faced a massive invasion by dead-people-turned-Cybermen.
The Master tried the old talking-to-your-captor trick to bowtie-wearing geek Osgood ("Bowties are cool," after all), telling Osgood that she was about to be killed within 60 seconds.
Unfortunately for Osgood, the Master was no longer handcuffed and made good on her promise.
It was part of a terrific nutso performance by Michelle Gomez as the Master, but we'll really miss Osgood, who was like the ultimate "Doctor Who" fan.
2. Windsurfing into the TARDIS
The plane that carried the Doctor and members of UNIT exploded, and the Doctor was sent flying out of it, about to crash to the ground. Was this how it would all end?
Instead, the Doctor spotted the TARDIS and aimed himself to land right inside it. Wow!
The Master's AI interface assistant Seb was quite impressed by this, but the Master destroyed him as he squeed.
3. Clara reunites with Danny
After talking her way out of being killed by the Cybermen by impersonating the Doctor, Clara found herself in a graveyard, and discovered that an approaching Cyberman was her late boyfriend, Danny, who still had emotions, but was begging her to switch them off. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What show ended?
2. What is the name of the show that ended?
3.
Q2:
1. Was the season finale still?
2. Was the season finale tranquil?
3.
Q3:
1. In what way is the season finale mentioned?
2. What is said about the season finale?
3.
Q4:
1. What is the name of the 12th doctor?
2. What is the 12th doctor called?
3.
Q5:
1. What became of the plane?
2. How did the plane end up?
3.
Q6:
1. Was the doctor a casualty of the explosion?
2. Did the doctor pass away in the explosion?
3.
Q7:
1. What was the name of the AI interface assistant?
2. What was the AI interface assistant called?
3.
Q8:
1. What person was elected president of the planet?
2. Who was chosen to become president of the planet?
3.
Q9:
1. Did the master honor his promise?
2. Did the master keep his promise?
3.
Q10:
1. Who was murdered?
2. What person died?
3.
Q11:
1. Who seized the place?
2. Who took over the place?
3.
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3nd9uoo81k23a8s9gk9nu56apskwlv | race | Jack Benny was one of the most famous names in show business.He was born in Chicago,Illinois,on February 14th,1894.His parents,Meyer and Emma Kubelsky,were religious Jews.They had moved to the United States from Eastern Europe.Benny was a quiet boy.For much of the time,his parents were busy working in his father's store.As a child,Benny learned to play the violin.After finishing his school,he joined the Navy.He continued using his violin to perform for sailors.In one show he was chosen more for his funny jokes than for his skill with the violin.That experience made him believe that his future job was a comedian.
Benny developed a show personality that had all the qualities people dislike.He was known for being so _ --he refused to spend any money unless forced to do so.On his shows Benny often spoke of his appearance,especially his baby blue eyes.As he grew older,he always claimed to be 39 years old.Benny rarely made jokes that hurt other people.Instead,he would let the other actors on the show tell jokes about him.
In real life,he was very giving and he was a person people liked having as their employer.Benny entered the new media of television in 1950.Five years later,he dropped his radio programme to spend more time developing his television show.At first his appearances on television were rare.By 1960 the Benny Show was a weekly television programme.It continued until 1965.Benny appeared in about twenty films during his life.A few became popular.But most were not.In 1963 Benny returned to Broadway for the first time since 1931.
Benny received many awards during his lifetime.Perhaps the one honour that pleased him most was that his hometown of Waukeegan named a school for him.This was a special honour for a man who had never finished high school.
Benny continued to perform.He died of cancer in 1974.At his funeral his friend Bob Hope said,"Jack Benny was stingy to the end.He gave us only eighty years." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is the main character?
2. Whose story is told?
3.
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1. What city was Jack Benny born in?
2. What is Jack Benny’s town of birth?
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1. What is Jack Benny’s date of birth?
2. What is Jack Benny’s birthdate?
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1. Where did Jack Benny’s parents come from?
2. Which continent did Jack Benny’s parents move from?
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1. What did Jack Benny do after finishing school?
2. Which military organization did Jack Benny join?
3.
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1. What age did Jack Benny always give when asked?
2. What did Jack Benny always replied when asked how old he was?
3.
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1. Was Jack Benny a generous person?
2. Was Jack Benny described as a giving person?
3.
Q8:
1. Which award pleased Jack Benny the most?
2. Which single award gave Jack Benny the most pleasure?
3.
Q9:
1. How did Jack Benny die?
2. What illness caused Jack Benny’s death?
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1. When did Jack Benny die?
2. Jack Benny’s death occurred in which year?
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3bxqmrhwkzyaomlplwv1cu023amum4 | race | Fred Astaire was born in Nebraska in 1899. Fred and his sister, Adele, learned to dance when they were very young. Their mother took them to New York to study dance. They performed in their first professional show when Fred was ten years old and Adele was twelve. Later, as teenagers, the two danced in many shows throughout the United States. Their first big success was on Broadway in 1917. The Astaires -- as they were known --- became Broadway stars. However, in 1932, Adele Astaire married a British man, and stopped performing. But Fred did not give up his dream. He would go on alone, in the movies. Fred said, "Dancing is a sweaty job. You cannot just sit down and do it. You have to get up on your feet. It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable. I always try to get to know my dance so well that I do not have to think." In 1949, Fred Astaire won a special award for his film work from America's Motion Picture Academy. He also won awards from the television industry for a number of his television programs.[:ZXXK] Fred stopped dancing in 1970. He was more than seventy years old at the time. He said a dancer could not continue dancing forever. He said he did not want to disappoint anyone, even himself. He danced again in public only once after that. It was with another great male dancer, Gene Kelly, in the movie "That's Entertainment, Part Two". Fred Astaire and his first wife, Phyllis, had three children. Phyllis died in 1954. Twenty-five years later, Fred married race horse rider Robyn Smith. Fred Astaire died on June 22, 1987. He was eighty-eight years old. He was called the greatest dancer in the world. His dancing was called perfect. And moviegoers everywhere will remember him as a great performer whose work will live forever in his films. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. When did Fred first perform professionally?
2. How old was Fred for his first professional show?
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1. Which person was Fred’s first dance partner?
2. Fred first performed with whom?
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1. What stopped Adele’s dancing career?
2. Why did Adele stop dancing?
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1. Who did Fred last dance with?
2. Who was the last person he performed with
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1. What was Fred’s last performance?
2. What style of art was Fred’s last performance?
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1. What was the name of Fred’s last performance?
2. What was the title of Fre’s last performance?
3.
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1. Did Fred ever tie the knot?
2. Did Fred get married?
3.
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1. Who did Fred marry?
2. What is the name of Fred’s first wife?
3.
Q9:
1. Did Fred have any children with Phyllis?
2. Were any children born from Fred’s marriage?
3.
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1. What number of children did Fred and Phyllis have?
2. Phyllis gave birth to how many children?
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1. Did Fred marry a second time ?
2. Did Fred marry again?
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3kkg4cdwkiyw048ghh0eu4wo5f3948 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XIV
"Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him."--JOB XL. 9.
A few moments later Licinia came running back into the room.
"Augusta!" she exclaimed excitedly even before she had crossed the threshold. "Augusta! quick! the Cæsar!"
Dea Flavia started, for she had indeed been suddenly awakened from a dream. Slowly, and with eyes still vague and thoughtful, she turned to her slave.
"The Cæsar?" she repeated, whilst a puzzled frown appeared between her brows and the young blood faded from her cheeks. "The Cæsar?"
"Aye," said the old woman hurriedly. "He is in the atrium even now, having just arrived, and his slaves fill the vestibule. He desires speech with thee."
"He does not often come at this hour," said Dea Flavia, whose face had become very white and set at mention of a name which indeed had the power of rousing terror in every heart just now. "Doth he seem angered?" she asked under her breath.
"No, no," said Licinia reassuringly, "how could he be angered against thee, my pet lamb? But come quickly, dear, to thy robing room; what dress wilt put on to greet the Cæsar in?"
"Nay, nay," she said with a tremulous little laugh, "we'll not keep my kinsman waiting. That indeed might anger him. He has been in this room before and hath liked to watch me at my work. Let him come now, an he wills."
Licinia would have protested for she loved to deck her darling out in all the finery that, to her mind, rendered the Augusta more beautiful than a goddess, but there was no time to say anything for even now the Cæsar's voice was heard at the further end of the atrium. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which person was in the atrium?
2. Who could be found in the atrium?
3.
Q2:
1. How did Licinia like to dress Augusta?
2. What kind of garments did Licinia like to dress Augusta in?
3.
Q3:
1. Was the Caesar mad?
2. Was the Caeser in a bad mood?
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Q4:
1. Where could one find Caesar’s slaves?
2. In which location were Caesar’s slaves?
3.
Q5:
1. What did Caesar wish to do?
2. What was Caesar’s desire?
3.
Q6:
1. With which person did Caesar want to talk to?
2. Who did Caesar want to talk to?
3.
Q7:
1. Why was Des Flavia disorientated?
2. What startled Dea Flavia?
3.
Q8:
1. By whom was Dea woken?
2. Who interrupted Dea’s sleep?
3.
Q9:
1. What was Dea Flavia’s reaction to the news?
2. Was Dea Flavia afraid?
3.
Q10:
1. What was the reason for Dea’s fear?
2. What information concerning Caesar made Dea afraid?
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3018q3zvoiqh6tkjkzarysii242ra6 | mctest | Hannah Harvey was a ten year old that had many friends in school. She lived in New York and enjoyed doing gymnastics and playing soccer. One day, Hannah came home from school and her parents greeted her. She knew that something was different by the expressions on their faces. Even Jackson, Hannah's dog, was acting different. Hannah asked why everyone was being so strange. Hannah's father, who was known as Pop, explained to Hannah that his job was forcing him to move. Hannah did not seem to think this was too big of a deal. Then, Hannah's mother explained that they were moving to Kenya. Kenya, she explained, was a place in Africa and life would be very different there. As Hannah began to cry thinking about all of her friends at home, Hannah's mother calmed her with a gentle touch. Jackson began howling as Hannah cried, but was also calmed by Hannah's mother. Hannah spent the next two weeks visiting her friends and saying her goodbyes. She did not know the next time she would be home. She cried very hard when she said goodbye to her best friend, Susan. Susan did not quite understand where Kenya was, but promised to visit Hannah. The next day, Hannah boarded a plane with her family. At first, they thought that Jackson could not come with them. However, Hannah worked hard and helped make sure that he had all of his shots so that he could come. After he had them all, the airport said it was OK for Jackson to come! The Harvey family left and off they went across the ocean to begin their new life in Kenya. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Could you describe Hannah?
2. How can Hannah be described?
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1. Which city did Hannah live in?
2. Where did Hannah reside as a young child?
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1. What extra-curricular activities did Hannah do in New York?
2. What sports did Hannah do?
3.
Q4:
1. What pets did Hannah have?
2. Were there any pets in the family?
3.
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1. What behavior did the dog have?
2. How did the dog act?
3.
Q6:
1. Why did the dog act strangely?
2. Why did the dog act in a peculiar way?
3.
Q7:
1. Which country would Hannah and her family move to?
2. The family and Hannah would leave their home to go where?
3.
Q8:
1. Why did Hannah’s father decide to move?
2. For what reason did the family leave?
3.
Q9:
1. Was Hannah unhappy at the news?
2. Was Hannah upset?
3.
Q10:
1. Who amongst Hannah’s friends was unhappy?
2. How did Hannah’s best friend react to the news?
3.
Q11:
1. Which means of transport did the family take to go to Kenya?
2. How did the family travel to Kenya?
3.
Q12:
1. How did the trip concern the dog?
2. What happened to the dog concerning the trip?
3.
Q13:
1. What did the airport say regarding the dog’s transport?
2. What means of transport was used for the dog?
3.
Q14:
1. Did the dog require injections?
2. Was the dog required to have shots?
3.
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34bbwhlwhab1k7k3vhca2pei8m3wiq | wikipedia | Hunting is the practice of killing or trapping any animal, or pursuing or tracking it with the intent of doing so. Hunting wildlife or feral animals is most commonly done by humans for food, recreation, to remove predators which are dangerous to humans or domestic animals, or for trade. In the 2010s, lawful hunting is distinguished from poaching, which is the illegal killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species. The species that are hunted are referred to as game or prey and are usually mammals and birds.
Furthermore, evidence exists that hunting may have been one of the multiple environmental factors leading to extinctions of the holocene megafauna and their replacement by smaller herbivores. North American megafauna extinction was coincidental with the Younger Dryas impact event, possibly making hunting a less critical factor in prehistoric species loss than had been previously thought. However, in other locations such as Australia, humans are thought to have played a very significant role in the extinction of the Australian megafauna that was widespread prior to human occupation. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Has megafaune dissappered?
2. Did megafauna vanish ?
3.
Q2:
1. What is the difference between poaching and lawful hunting?
2. Is poaching the same as lawful hunting?
3.
Q3:
1. What is done to animals when poaching?
2. How can poaching be described?
3.
Q4:
1. What kind of animals are being targeted?
2. What animals constitute the poacher’s game?
3.
Q5:
1. Can humans be targeted?
2. Can humans be hunted down?
3.
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1. What sort of animals are often targeted?
2. What animals are often hunted down?
3.
Q7:
1. Are the animals that are hunted trapped?
2. Is trapping animals common while hunting?
3.
Q8:
1. What are the different purposes of hunting?
2. What are the main purposes that justify hunting?
3.
Q9:
1. Did human activities have repercussions on extinction in Australia?
2. What were the consequences of human activities regarding extinction in Australia?
3.
Q10:
1. For what reason do people hunt?
2. What is the reason for hunting?
3.
Q11:
1. What occurred at the same time as the North American extinction?
2. What took place et the same time as the North American extinction?
3.
Q12:
1. What was it that replaced megafauna?
2. What replaced megafauna?
3.
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3x3or7wpzz0sk7wrihthgp3o7ucl8i | wikipedia | The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the Lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the Upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chambers of the Sansad Bhavan in New Delhi.
The maximum strength of the House envisaged by the Constitution of India is 552, which is made up by election of up to 530 members to represent the states; up to 20 members to represent the Union Territories and not more than two members of the Anglo-Indian Community to be nominated by the President of India, if, in his/her opinion, that community is not adequately represented in the House. Under the current laws, the strength of Lok Sabha is 545, including the two seats reserved for members of the Anglo-Indian community. The total elective membership is distributed among the states in proportion to their population. A total of 131 seats (18.42%) are reserved for representatives of Scheduled Castes (84) and Scheduled Tribes (47). The quorum for the House is 10% of the total membership. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How many members spoke for the states?
2. What number of members spoke for the states?
3.
Q2:
1. What number of members are there for the union territories?
2. How many members represent the union territories?
3.
Q3:
1. Is there more than one house in Indian parliament?
2. How many houses are there in Indian parliament?
3.
Q4:
1. What number of houses are there in Indian parliament?
2. What amount of houses are there in Indian parliament?
3.
Q5:
1. What is the lowest house called?
2. What name does the lowest house go by?
3.
Q6:
1. Who elects the parliament’s members?
2. Which people get to elect the parliament’s members?
3.
Q7:
1. What is the election system like?
2. How can the election system be described?
3.
Q8:
1. By whom are nominated the anglo-Indian representatives?
2. Which person are the representatives of the anglo-Indian group nominated by?
3.
Q9:
1. Are the representatives of the anglo-Indian group often nominated?
2. In what case are the representatives of the anglo-Indian group nominated?
3.
Q10:
1. For what reason are the representatives of the anglo-Indian group nominated?
2. What is the reason for the representatives of the anglo-Indian group to be nominated?
3.
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3fq5jj512lo2381d3j6zjmg47ovknp | wikipedia | Infantry is the general branch of an army that engages in military combat on foot. As the troops who engage with the enemy in close-ranged combat, infantry units bear the largest brunt of warfare and typically suffer the greatest number of casualties during a military campaign. Historically, as the oldest branch of the combat arms, the infantry are the tip of the spear of a modern army, and continually undergo training that is typically more physically demanding and psychologically stressful than that of any other branch of the combat arms. Common representations of infantry fighting forces include the U.S. Army Infantry Branch, U.S. Marine Corps Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, Infantry of the British Army, and the Royal Australian Corps of Infantry, infantry of the Norwegian Army.
Infantry can enter and maneuver in terrain that is inaccessible to military vehicles and employ crew-served infantry weapons that provide greater and more sustained firepower. The transport and delivery techniques of modern infantrymen to engage in battle include marching, mechanised transport, aerial drop by parachute or by air assault from helicopter and amphibious landing from the sea.
In English, the 16th century term infantry (ca. 1570s) describes soldiers who walk to the battlefield, and there engage, fight, and defeat the enemy in direct combat, usually to take and occupy the terrain. As describing the branch of the combat arms, the term "infantry" derives from the French infanterie, which, in turn, is derived from the Italian fanteria and ultimately from the Latin infantera; the individual-soldier term infantryman (1837) was not coined until the 19th century. Historically, before the invention and the introduction of firearms to warfare, the foot soldiers of previous eras—armed with blunt and edged weapons, and a shield—also are considered and identified as infantrymen. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What number of infantry fighting forces in the story are mentioned?
2. Which infantry fighting forces are mentioned in the story?
3.
Q2:
1. What is the first infantry to be listed?
2. Which infantry is mentioned first?
3.
Q3:
1. What is the last infantry to be listed?
2. Which infantry is mentioned last?
3.
Q4:
1. In how many countries do the forces listed serve?
2. In what number of countries do the forces listed take action?
3.
Q5:
1. What is the country with two units listed?
2. What is the name of the country that has two units listed?
3.
Q6:
1. When did the definition of the term infantry occur?
2. At what date did the definition of the term infantry happen?
3.
Q7:
1. In which year exactly did the definition of the term infantry date from?
2. What was the actual date of the definition of the term infantry?
3.
Q8:
1. What is the definition of the term infantry constituted of?
2. What constitutes the definition of the term infantry?
3.
Q9:
1. What are the people who serve in the definition called?
2. What name are given the people who serve in the definition?
3.
Q10:
1. When was this usage created?
2. Since what year does this usage date from?
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30x31n5d63qt78kwzoawo2nep8wsab | wikipedia | Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, who serves as the focal point of the Christian faith. It is the world's largest religion, with over 2.4 billion followers, or 33% of the global population, known as Christians. Christians make up a majority of the population in 158 countries and territories. They believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming as the Messiah (the Christ) was prophesied in the Old Testament.
Christian theology is summarized in creeds such as the Apostles' Creed and Nicene Creed. These professions of faith state that Jesus suffered, died, was buried, descended into hell, and rose from the dead, in order to grant eternal life to those who believe in him and trust in him for the remission of their sins. The creeds further maintain that Jesus physically ascended into heaven, where he reigns with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, and that he will return to judge the living and the dead and grant eternal life to his followers. His incarnation, earthly ministry, crucifixion and resurrection are often referred to as "the gospel", meaning "good news". The term "gospel" also refers to written accounts of Jesus' life and teaching, four of which—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—are considered canonical and included in the Christian Bible. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What kind of belief structure is Christianity from?
2. How can the belief system of Christianity be described?
3.
Q2:
1. On what is Christianity? founded?
2. On what is Christianity established?
3.
Q3:
1. How many adherents of Christianity are there?
2. How many people worship Christianity?
3.
Q4:
1. Is Christianity a minor religion?
2. Is Christianity an insignificant religion?
3.
Q5:
1. What is Christianity’s position compared to the other global faiths?
2. Where is Christianity ranked in comparison to the other religions?
3.
Q6:
1. In how many countries is Christianity present?
2. In what number of countries is Christianity popular?
3.
Q7:
1. What is the name of the main figure in Christianity?
2. What name does Christianity’s main figure go by?
3.
Q8:
1. Does Jesus have other names?
2. Does Jesus go by other names?
3.
Q9:
1. How else is Jesus called?
2. What is Jesus’ other name?
3.
Q10:
1. What is written about Jesus’ existence?
2. What was written about the life of Jesus?
3.
Q11:
1. Why is it named gospel?
2. Why does Jesus’s life story go by the name gospel?
3.
Q12:
1. Which people wrote the gospel?
2. Who were the gospels written by?
3.
Q13:
1. Is the content of the gospel always positive?
2. Is what the gospels contain always optimistic?
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3piwwx1fjj6b9y4a60evp0zai2fjjj | gutenberg | CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
LINCH-PINS.
"And leave them laughing, Ho! Ho Ho!"--_Robin Goodfellow_.
Notice was sent from the Bishop of the diocese that he was about to hold a Confirmation at Poppleby in six weeks' time. This was matter of rejoicing to Mr Harford, who had mourned over the very few communicants. Before he came the Celebrations had been only three times a year, and were attended by most of the aged paupers. To the joy of the Carbonels, the feast was monthly after his coming; but the first time the aged people were there, and all lingered, George Hewlett, the clerk, said, when the curate looked to him for information--
"The alms, sir. They be waiting for the money in the plate."
"Why, that is to be reserved for sick and distressed."
"Mr Selby, he always give it out to them, and so did Mr Jones afore him, sir. They be all expecting of it."
Mr Harford thought that it might be best not to disappoint the old people suddenly, so he stood at the vestry door counting heads, and numbering among them two whom he had already been somewhat startled to see present themselves, namely, Dame Spurrell, whom he had heard abusing her neighbour with a torrent of foul words, and who pretended to be a witch, and Tom Jarrold, whom Hewlett had described to him as the wickedest old chap in the parish.
He took counsel with the churchwardens, Farmers Goodenough and Rawson, who both agreed that they were a bad lot, who didn't deserve nothing, but it helped to keep down the rates. Then he talked to Captain Carbonel, who, being a reverent man, was dismayed at what he heard. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What does the plate contain?
2. What is held in the plate?
3.
Q2:
1. For whom was the money?
2. Who would the money supposed to be for?
3.
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3pwwm24lhsymjlaj8bbc1t4f1lf28m | race | prefix = st1 /PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7 -- At 26, many people haven't even decided on a career. Luke Ravenstahl, cashing in on his family's political tradition, is already the mayor of Pittsburgh, the youngest mayor of any major city in the country. Although mayors elsewhere have been younger, Jeff Dunkel was 18 in 2001 when he was elected mayor of Mount Carbon, small towns inNew York, and elsewhere have also elected teenagers as mayors. But,Tallahassee, is the only other city with a population over 100,000 that has had a mayor as young as Mr. Ravenstahl. A supporter of Mr. Ravenstahl said concerns about Mr. Ravenstahl's age would _ once the city saw his work ethic. But now comes the hard part. As he strives to be taken seriously and take charge of a city only recently back from the brink of bankruptcy, the baby-faced mayor said that even the smallest decisions felt weighty, even what to wear in the Steelers game matters. And another pressing issue is to strengthen the city's economy. Pittsburghhas lost all its mills, nearly half its population and much of its downtown commercial district in the last several decades. "ButPittsburghhas 50,000 college students, and our challenge is to figure out how to retain them and to increase downtown development." He said. But one of the biggest uncertainties is how long he will remain in office. According to the city charter, Mayor Ravenstahl's term will not expire until November 2009. Some city lawyers, however, have argued that he must face the electorate next year. And residents in Pittsburghare still withholding judgment on him. Deli, Jimmy Cvetic, a sandwich shop owner, said "I call him Cool Hand Luke. He'll be all right, but he's going to need a cool hand to get through this." Mayor Ravenstahl said he was still coming to terms with the challenge he faced. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which person was elected mayor of Pittsburgh?
2. Who became the mayor of Pittsburgh?
3.
Q2:
1. At what age did Luke Ravenstahl become mayor of Pittsburgh?
2. Luke Ravenstahl came to office as mayor at what age?
3.
Q3:
1. Was Luke Ravenstahl the youngest mayor?
2. Was Luke Ravenstahl the only person to be elected mayor at such a young age?
3.
Q4:
1. Who else was elected mayor at a young age other than Luke Ravenstahl?
2. Who held a mayor’s position as a teenager other than Luke Ravenstahl?
3.
Q5:
1. How old was Jeff Dunkel when he became mayor?
2. Who age was Jeff Dunkel when he took the position as mayor?
3.
Q6:
1. Was the job found to be easy by Luke Ravenstahl?
2. Was the position easy for the 26-year old Luke Ravenstahl?
3.
Q7:
1. Pittsburgh counts how many students?
2. What number of students are in Pittsburgh?
3.
Q8:
1. What are Luke Ravenstahl’s aims for the college students?
2. What objectives does Luke Ravenstahl’s have regarding the students?
3.
Q9:
1.
2. Did Pittsburg businesses suffer?
3.
Q10:
1. Pittsburg lost what type of business?
2. What sort of business suffered the most in Pittsburg?
3.
Q11:
1. What year will Luke Ravenstahl’s term end?
2. When will Luke Ravenstahl’s position as mayor be over?
3.
Q12:
1. Was Luke Ravenstahl referred to by another name?
2. Was Luke Ravenstahl dubbed with another name?
3.
Q13:
1. How was Luke Ravenstahl referred to?
2. What was Luke Ravenstahls nickname?
3.
Q14:
1. Who gave Luke Ravenstahl his nickname?
2. Luke Ravenstahl’s nickname was coined by whom?
3.
Q15:
1. Who gave Luke Ravenstahl his nickname?
2. Who originally called Luke Ravenstahl by his nickname?
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33cusnvvnncx50c8oskdbkhinqm88k | wikipedia | Lisbon is the capital and the largest city of Portugal, with a population of 552,700 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km. Its urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits with a population of around 3 million people, being the 11th-most populous urban area in the European Union. About 3 million people live in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (which represents approximately 27% of the country's population). It is continental Europe's westernmost capital city and the only one along the Atlantic coast. Lisbon lies in the western Iberian Peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean and the River Tagus. The westernmost areas of its metro area is the westernmost point of Continental Europe.
Lisbon is recognised as a alpha- level global city by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Study Group because of its importance in finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts, international trade, education and tourism. Lisbon is the only Portuguese city besides Porto to be recognised as a global city. It is one of the major economic centres on the continent, with a growing financial sector and one of the largest container ports on Europe's Atlantic coast. Humberto Delgado Airport serves over 20 million passengers annually, as of 2015, and the motorway network and the high-speed rail system of Alfa Pendular link the main cities of Portugal. The city is the 7th-most-visited city in Southern Europe, after Rome, Barcelona, Madrid, Athens and Milan, with 1,740,000 tourists in 2009. The Lisbon region contributes with a higher GDP PPP per capita than any other region in Portugal. Its GDP amounts to 96.3 billion USD and thus $32,434 per capita .The city occupies 32nd place of highest gross earnings in the world. Most of the headquarters of multinationals in the country are located in the Lisbon area. It is also the political centre of the country, as its seat of Government and residence of the Head of State. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which European capital is situated the farthest to the West?
2. What European captital city is the most to the west?
3.
Q2:
1. Which study group recognizes Lisbon as an alpha-level global city?
2. Lisbon is perceived as an alpha-level global city by which organization?
3.
Q3:
1. What is Lisbon’s Gross Domestic Product?
2. What is the total of Lisbon’s GDP?
3.
Q4:
1. What is Lisbon’s GDP per capita?
2. How much is Lisbon’s GDP per inhabitant?
3.
Q5:
1. How does Lisbon compare to other cities regarding the GDP?
2. What is Lisbon’s ranking on the GDP scale?
3.
Q6:
1. How many people live in Lisbon?
2. How many inhabitants does Lisbon possess?
3.
Q7:
1. Lisbon is close to which river?
2. Lisbon is situated on which river?
3.
Q8:
1. What other centre in Portugal is considered to be a global city?
2.
3. Which other city in Portugal is recognized as being global?
Q9:
1. Is Lisbon a harbor city?
2. Is Lisbon situated on the coast?
3.
Q10:
1. Does Lisbon possess a high-speed rail network?
2. Is there a high-speed train network through Lisbon?
3.
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1. How does Lisbon compare to other Southern European countries regarding tourism?
2. Where does Lisbon rank on tourism in Southern Europe?
3.
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3r9wasfe2zgl4bni5wqwywv88rufzc | race | Joseph really felt very happy. When he arrived at his seat in the classroom that morning, he found an invitation on his desk. It was from several of his classmates asking him to join them on a camping trip. This was the first time he was asked to join in an out-of school activity. Why were they asking him now? Nobody seemed to like him. In fact, he had been so lonely _ . As a result, he had put on a lot of weight, and this gave the kids something more to make fun of him. Celina, who was standing near Joseph when he read the invitation, went out quickly to tell the others that the trick had worked. Everyone was pleased that Joseph thought that was true. But there was no camping trip. The whole thing was made up. At first, Celina thought it was fun. But later, when Joseph told her that he was going to buy a sleeping bag with his savings, Celina had a second idea. She knew that Joseph's family had little money, and she hated to see him spend his savings on something he would never use. Celina also hated to tell Joseph the truth. Her close friends would be angry with her. What could she do now? QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did Joseph find on his desk?
2. What object did Joseph discover on his desk?
3.
Q2:
1. Who was the invitation from?
2. Who left the invitation on Joseph’s desk?
3.
Q3:
1. Was Joseph’s family wealthy?
2. Was Joseph’s family rich?
3.
Q4:
1. The invitation was for where?
2. What activity did the invitation concern?
3.
Q5:
1. Was it common for classmates to invite Joseph to places?
2. Did the classmates often ask Joseph to join them?
3.
Q6:
1. Was Joseph popular?
2. Was Joseph appreciated by the students in his class?
3.
Q7:
1. Was the invitation genuine?
2. Was it an authentic invite?
3.
Q8:
1. Did Celina find the situation humorous?
2. How did Celina consider the situation?
3.
Q9:
1. When did Celina change her mind about the situation?
2. When did the situation no longer amuse Celina?
3.
Q10:
1. Was Joseph often by himself?
2. Was Joseph often on his own?
3.
Q11:
1. Who was near Joseph’s desk when he arrived?
2. When Joseph saw the invitation, who was close to the desk?
3.
Q12:
1. What did Celina do after seeing Joseph?
2. Celina went where?
3.
Q13:
1. Why did Celina leave the class?
2. For what reason did Celina leave?
3.
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3rxpczqmqpbunfy585nmonb8x8lg1q | gutenberg | Chapter 14: The End Of The Persecutor.
Signor Polani was so well known, that upon his arrival at the governor's house the domestics, upon being aroused, did not hesitate to awaken the governor at once. The latter, as soon as he heard that the pirates had landed and were devastating the other side of the island, and that their ship was lying close in to the coast under the charge of a few sailors only, at once despatched a messenger to the commander of the galleys; ordering them to arouse the crews and make ready to put out to sea instantly. He added that he, himself, should follow his messenger on board in a few minutes, and should accompany them. He then issued orders that the bell should toll to summon the inhabitants to arms; and directed an officer to take the command, and to start with them at once across the island, and to fall upon the pirates while engaged in their work of pillage. They were to take a party with them with litters to carry Polani's daughters to the town, and an apartment was to be assigned to them in his palace, until his return.
While he was issuing this order, refreshments had been placed upon the table, and he pressed Polani and his companions to partake of these before starting.
Francis needed no second invitation. He had been too excited, at the news he had heard on board the ship, to think of eating; and he now remembered that it was a good many hours since he had taken his last meal. He was but a few minutes, however, in satisfying his hunger. By the time he had finished, the governor had seen that his orders had been carried out. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who had a child?
2. Who was a father?
3.
Q2:
1. Did Polani have more than one daughter?
2. Was Polani father to more than one child?
3.
Q3:
1. What was Polani’s title and name?
2. What was Polani officially called?
3.
Q4:
1. Was Polani known by many people?
2. Was Polani recognized by a lot of people?
3.
Q5:
1. Whose place did Polani arrive at?
2. Where did Polani come to announce the news?
3.
Q6:
1. Was the governor sleeping?
2. Was the governor in his bed?
3.
Q7:
1. Had pirates been seen?
2. Had pirates arrived?
3.
Q8:
1. Had pirated landed?
2. Had pirates arrived on the island?
3.
Q9:
1. The sailors were in which location?
2. What was the location of the sailors ?
3.
Q10:
1. Where were the sailors located?
2. Near which part of the island were the sailors?
3.
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3fq5jj512lo2381d3j6zjmg46ctkny | gutenberg | CHAPTER V.
A NIGHT IN NEW YORK.
"The description certainly does fit these two men," said Earl, with some hesitation. "And it is queer that Roland should be down here, when only a few days ago he was in Basco. Guardley, I know, is not above cheating--he's been up before Squire Dobson several times for it."
"Let us go and have a talk with them," said Randy, impulsively. "If they stole that money, I want to know it."
"It's not our business to hunt those swindlers up," answered Earl, hesitatingly; yet he followed Randy to the platform of the smoking-car, and they were soon inside, and making their way to where Roland and Guardley sat, pulling away at two black-looking cigars.
"How do you do, Earl?" said Tom Roland, familiarly, as soon as the boys appeared. "It's queer we should be on the same train, isn't it?"
"It is queer," answered Earl, stiffly, taken aback by the greeting. "Where are you bound?"
"Guardley and I are going to try our luck in the West. Say, I heard you boys were bound for Alaska. Is that true?"
"Yes."
"It costs a heap to go there--didn't know you had so much money," put in Guardley, with a smile that neither Earl nor Randy appreciated.
"And I didn't know you had any money for a Western trip," returned the older brother, rather sharply.
"Oh, Tom here is seeing me through," answered Guardley; but both Randy and Earl noted that he appeared somewhat confused for the moment. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What part of the train did Earl follow Randy to?
2. Where did Randy and Earl go?
3.
Q2:
1. What place were Earl and Randy headed for?
2. Where and near who were Earl and Randy going?
3.
Q3:
1. Were the travelers in the bus?
2. Were the passengers traveling in a bus?
3.
Q4:
1. What kind of transport were Earl and Randy taking?
2. What were Earl and Randy traveling in?
3.
Q5:
1. According to Earl and Randy, what had been stolen?
2.
3.
Q6:
1. What was Roland’s full name?
2. What was Roland’s christian name?
3.
Q7:
1. Who had already been accused of cheating?
2. Who had been brought before Squire Dobson for a crime?
3.
Q8:
1. Where were Guardley and Roland headed?
2. Guardley and Roland set off in which direction to try their luck?
3.
Q9:
1. Which destination costs a lot to get to?
2. Where is it supposedly expensive to travel to?
3.
Q10:
1. What town was Roland a few days previously?
2. Where had Roland been several days before?
3.
Q11:
1. Roland and Guardley had been smoking what type of cigarette?
2. What was being smoked by the two men?
3.
Q12:
1. According to Guardley, who was helping him?
2. Who was Guardley state was giving him money?
3.
Q13:
1. What is the title of the chapter?
2. How is the chapter entitled?
3.
Q14:
1. Who said it was not up to them to search for thieves?
2. Who expressed that it wasn’t their job to hunt criminals?
3.
Q15:
1. What was Randy interested in discovering?
2. What fact did Randy want to find out?
3.
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34bbwhlwhab1k7k3vhca2pei7qqiw6 | mctest | It was a cold winter day in John's city. It was December and snowing outside. This made John want a bowl of warm soup. John went to the refrigerator to make soup. He looked for the things needed to make the soup. He did not see some items he needed. John needed to go to the grocery store. John wanted to make a list. He found a pencil and paper to make a list. He needed sugar, lettuce, tomatoes and cheese. John wrote down the items. He put the grocery list in his pocket. He then went to the closet to get dressed. John needed a jacket and gloves for the cold weather. He also put his boots on. He remembered to close the front door to his house. John used a key to lock his front door. Then he put the house key is his pocket. The grocery store was around the corner. John walked to the grocery store. He grabbed a grocery basket to put his items in. What did John need? He pulled out his list of items. John found each item and walked back to his house. On this cold winter day, John can make a bowl of warm soup. He has all the items he needed. John was happy. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What period of the year was it?
2. What time of the year was it?
3.
Q2:
1. How was the weather described?
2. What sort of weather was mentioned?
3.
Q3:
1. What was John keen on eating?
2. What kind of food did John want?
3.
Q4:
1. Did John have all the items required for his recipe?
2. Were all the ingredients at John’s home?
3.
Q5:
1. What number of ingredients did he require?
2. How many ingredients did he require?
3.
Q6:
1. Did John write out a list?
2. Did John write down the ingredients needed?
3.
Q7:
1. Did John turn the key in the lock before heading off to the store?
2. Before going to shop, did John lock up the house?
3.
Q8:
1. What did John use to lock up the house?
2. What object was used to lock the front door?
3.
Q9:
1. Was the store situated at a great distance?
2. Was there a great distance between his house and the store?
3.
Q10:
1. Was John’s grocery list taken to the store?
2. Did John remember to take his list when he went shopping?
3.
Q11:
1. Did he buy everything that was required?
2. Did John find all the required ingredients?
3.
Q12:
1. What state of mind was John in?
2. John was in what kind of mood?
3.
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3l4d84milzsfis9ki0badnjv5h4hjj | mctest | There was once a young bear who lived in a small cave in the woods. His cave was comfy, warm, and dark, and had a bit of a yard in front of it. The bear lived with his mother and father, and spent his days walking around and his nights curled up asleep. He liked to look for berries to eat. His favorite berries were blueberries, but he would eat any berries he found: strawberries, raspberries, cherries, anything.
There was a river near the bear's cave, and he loved to sit on the bank and look at the fish and frogs, and at his own reflection in the water. One sunny afternoon, when he was looking into the river, he saw a family of ducks swimming by. He got up and followed them. They swam along in the river, and he walked along the bank. They traveled like this until they reached a small clearing in the forest. The bear stopped and looked around, and saw that the clearing was completely filled with blueberries -- more than he had ever seen!
The young bear ate his fill of blueberries, then took home as many as he could carry in his paws. He went to bed happy. It was a wonderful day. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who shared the house with the bear?
2. Who lived in the house with the bear?
3.
Q2:
1. What did the bear love eating?
2. What was the bear’s favorite kind of food?
3.
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3cplwgv3mozimcimzmfatd2owjpn9i | wikipedia | Pesticides are substances meant for attracting, seducing, and then destroying any pest. They are a class of biocide. The most common use of pesticides is as plant protection products (also known as crop protection products), which in general protect plants from damaging influences such as weeds, fungi, or insects. This use of pesticides is so common that the term pesticide is often treated as synonymous with plant protection product, although it is in fact a broader term, as pesticides are also used for non-agricultural purposes. The term pesticide includes all of the following: herbicide, insecticide, insect growth regulator, nematicide, termiticide, molluscicide, piscicide, avicide, rodenticide, predacide, bactericide, insect repellent, animal repellent, antimicrobial, fungicide, disinfectant (antimicrobial), and sanitizer.
In general, a pesticide is a chemical or biological agent (such as a virus, bacterium, antimicrobial, or disinfectant) that deters, incapacitates, kills, or otherwise discourages pests. Target pests can include insects, plant pathogens, weeds, mollusks, birds, mammals, fish, nematodes (roundworms), and microbes that destroy property, cause nuisance, or spread disease, or are disease vectors. Although pesticides have benefits, some also have drawbacks, such as potential toxicity to humans and other species. According to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, 9 of the 12 most dangerous and persistent organic chemicals are organochlorine pesticides. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the role of pesticides?
2. What are pesticides used for?
3.
Q2:
1. Are they utilized frequently?
2. Are they often employed?
3.
Q3:
1. Does it resemble a plant protection?
2. Does it have the same effects as a plant protection?
3.
Q4:
1. What number of different pesticides are there?
2. What kinds of pesticides are there?
3.
Q5:
1. Do pesticides have unwanted effects?
2. Do some pesticides have undesirable consequences?
3.
Q6:
1. What are the negative consequences of pesticides?
2. What are the undesirable effect of pesticides?
3.
Q7:
1. What are the most dangerous pesticides?
2. Which pesticides are the most threatening?
3.
Q8:
1. What are plants protected from by the use of pesticides?
2. In what way are plants protected when pesticides are used?
3.
Q9:
1. What is targeted by pesticides?
2. What are the two things pesticides eliminate?
3.
Q10:
1. What consequences do microbes cause?
2. What are the issues caused by microbes?
3.
Q11:
1. How can pesticides be categorized?
2. What classification can be applied to pesticides?
3.
Q12:
1. What is harmful to plants?
2. What is damaging to plants?
3.
Q13:
1. Is pesticide always lethal?
2. Does pesticide always exterminate?
3.
Q14:
1. What other things are done by pesticides?
2. What else can be done by pesticides?
3.
Q15:
1. What else can pesticides do?
2. How else can pesticides be used?
3.
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33lk57mylt5u8gs4bgqv5venywrsz6 | gutenberg | CHAPTER VI.
The Bridge over the Rhine.
"George," said Kate, speaking before she quite got up to them, "will you tell me whether you have been preparing all your things for an open sale by auction?" Then she stole a look at Alice, and having learned from that glance that something had occurred which prevented Alice from joining her in her raillery, she went on with it herself rapidly, as though to cover Alice's confusion, and give her time to rally before they should all move. "Would you believe it? he had three razors laid out on his table--"
"A man must shave,--even at Basle."
"But not with three razors at once; and three hair-brushes, and half a dozen toothbrushes, and a small collection of combs, and four or five little glass bottles, looking as though they contained poison,--all with silver tops. I can only suppose you desired to startle the weak mind of the chambermaid. I have put them all up; but remember this, if they are taken out again you are responsible. And I will not put up your boots, George. What can you have wanted with three pairs of boots at Basle?"
"When you have completed the list of my wardrobe we'll go out upon the bridge. That is, if Alice likes it."
"Oh, yes; I shall like it."
"Come along then," said Kate. And so they moved away. When they got upon the bridge Alice and Kate were together, while George strolled behind them, close to them, but not taking any part in their conversation,--as though he had merely gone with them as an escort. Kate seemed to be perfectly content with this arrangement, chattering to Alice, so that she might show that there was nothing serious on the minds of any of them. It need hardly be said that Alice at this time made no appeal to George to join them. He followed them at their heels, with his hands behind his back, looking down upon the pavement and simply waiting upon their pleasure. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which person was Kate talking to?
2. Who was Kate interacting with?
3.
Q2:
1. What was it Kate wanted to understand?
2. What wanted to be acknowledged by Kate?
3.
Q3:
1. Was George able to answer?
2. Did Kate permit George to answer?
3.
Q4:
1. Was Kate surprised by George’s answer?
2. Did George’s answer shock Kate?
3.
Q5:
1. What was George’s answer?
2. What did George reply?
3.
Q6:
1. What was George’s reason for having three razors?
2. How did George justify having three razors?
3.
Q7:
1. On what were the three razors put?
2. Where were placed the three razors?
3.
Q8:
1. Who stood on the bridge?
2. Which people were standing on the bridge?
3.
Q9:
1. Did George speak to Alice and Kate?
2. Did George interact with Alice and Kate?
3.
Q10:
1. Was kate upset?
2. Was Kate troubled?
3.
Q11:
1. What other things did George possess?
2. What were other of George’s possessions?
3.
Q12:
1. What else did George have?
2. Did George have any other belongings?
3.
Q13:
1. What number of shoes did George own?
2. What amount of boots did George posses?
3.
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33foty3kemlh63i06jr3ywqty0hc13 | race | What will you do if you get five million ? Different people give different answers. Sally If I get five million, I want to do business. I will do a lot of things for my family. For me nothing is more important than my family. I will buy a new house for them and travel around the world. Joe If I have five million, I will use the money to do everything I like. First, I will use two million to open my own shop. And I will use another two million to buy some new houses. In the future, the houses which I buy will become more expensive, and I will sell them to other people. Finally, I will use one million to buy some presents for my family and my best friends. Anna If I have five million, I will put three million in the bank and spend two million. I will visit Paris, London and New York. I will eat delicious food, play games, and build a house with a swimming pool. Jack I will buy an island if I have five million. Then I will be the king of the island. I will invite my friends to my island. ,. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What amount of money will Anna save up of the 5 million?
2. What proportion will Anna save out of the 5 million?
3.
Q2:
1. What amount of money will Anna spend?
2. How big a proportion will Anna spend?
3.
Q3:
1. How does Sally want to use the money?
2. How is Sally envisioning to spend the money?
3.
Q4:
1. What does Sally value the most?
2. What is the most valuable for Sally?
3.
Q5:
1. What is Sally about to buy for her family?
2. What does Sally want to offer her family?
3.
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3mx2nq3yc9u4xjuey2p2fzokcar5xm | wikipedia | The Australian Labor Party (ALP, also Labor, was Labour before 1912) is a political party in Australia. The party has been in opposition at the federal level since the 2013 election. Bill Shorten has been the party's federal parliamentary leader since 13 October 2013. The party is a federal party with branches in each state and territory. Labor is in government in the states of Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, and in both the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory. The party competes against the Liberal/National Coalition for political office at the federal and state (and sometimes local) levels.
Labor's constitution has long stated: "The Australian Labor Party is a democratic socialist party and has the objective of the democratic socialisation of industry, production, distribution and exchange, to the extent necessary to eliminate exploitation and other anti-social features in these fields". This "socialist objective" was introduced in 1921, but was later qualified by two further objectives: "maintenance of and support for a competitive non-monopolistic private sector" and "the right to own private property". Labor governments have not attempted the "democratic socialisation" of any industry since the 1940s, when the Chifley government failed to nationalise the private banks, and in fact have privatised several industries such as aviation and banking. Labor's current National Platform describes the party as "a modern social democratic party", "the party of opportunity and security for working people" and "a party of active government". QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What occurred in 1921?
2. What took place in 1921?
3.
Q2:
1. What does the ALP stand for?
2. What does ALP mean?
3.
Q3:
1. Since what period has the ALP been in opposition of at the federal level?
2. Since what year has the ALP been in opposition of at the federal level?
3.
Q4:
1. In which areas does the party have branches?
2. In what places does the party have branches?
3.
Q5:
1. In what states is the ALP in government?
2. In what localities is the ALP present?
3.
Q6:
1. What does Bill Shorten do?
2. What is Bill Shorten’s role in the party?
3.
Q7:
1. When did Bill Shorten become leader of the party?
2. In what year did Bill Shorten become leader of the party?
3.
Q8:
1. What government didn’t manage to nationalize private banks?
2. Who failed to nationalize the private banks?
3.
Q9:
1. How is the ALP described by the current National Platform?
2. How is the ALP perceived by the current National Platform?
3.
Q10:
1. In what other manner is the ALP perceived?
2. In what other way is the ALP described?
3.
Q11:
1. What haven’t governments tried since the 1940’s?
2. What hasn’t been attempted by the governments since the 1940’s?
3.
Q12:
1. Against whom does the party compete?
2. Who is the ALP opposed to ?
3.
Q13:
1. What has Labor’s constitution stated for a long time?
2. What was stipulated by the Labor’s constitution for a long time?
3.
Q14:
1. What was the word’s Labor other writing before 1912?
2. What was the word’s Labor spelling before 1912?
3.
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32xvdsjfpzx14acn2clv6b5alrrm2j | race | While engineers have made out fantastic products for sitting still--Munchery instead of walking to lunch, Uber instead of walking to the bus stop--services to make you move have been less appealing for consumers.
Fitbit's stock price fell 18% after they announced their latest Apple Watch-like product named Fitbit Force. And new data suggests that, for the first time, death rates for large parts of the American population are rising, with signs pointing to inactivity and weight gain as the reasons. Our digital lifestyles and desk-based workplaces are contributing to serious health problems and could be shortening our lives, wellness firms want us to believe.
Northrup, president and co-founder of the connected exercise device TAO-Wellness, was in Las Vegas to promote TAO's small device that encourages exercises. He lifts the device, about the size of an apple, and says workplaces should start encouraging on-site exercise.
Nick Mokey, the managing editor of Digital Trends, agrees. "I hate to break it to you, a room full of people sitting down, but sitting is killing you," he says to the audience. They shift in their seats.
In the health section of the Sands Exposition Hall, people are selling devices made by LifeSpan Fitness. They say they're the largest seller of treadmill desks in the US. At the center of their exhibition area is a Bike Desk, which looks like three gym bikes attached to a table. That's for people who just want to sit and enjoy conversation.
Treadmill desk-related shame is their biggest obstacle, they say when LifeSpan installs two in opposite ends of the same building, neither tends to get used. If the company installs two next to each other, people will use them. "You don't want to be so noticeable, especially at work," company spokesman James Lowe says. What's more, what if we get sweaty using a treadmill in the office? QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who founded TAO-Wellness?
2. By whom was created TAO-Wellness?
3.
Q2:
1. Which company saw its stock drop by 18%?
2. Which company saw its stock decrease by 18%?
3.
Q3:
1. After what did the company lose stock?
2. What happened before the company lost in stock?
3.
Q4:
1. What did engineers make recently?
2. What type of products were made by the engineers recently?
3.
Q5:
1. What does Nick Mokey assume is killing everyone?
2. What is it Nick Mokey believe is killing everyone?
3.
Q6:
1. What type of services are often mentioned in this article?
2. What kind of services are often written about in this article?
3.
Q7:
1. Who sells the most treadmill desks in the U.S.?
2. What company sells the most treadmill desks in the U.S.?
3.
Q8:
1. What else is Lifespan Fitness known for?
2. What other product does Lifespan Fitness sell?
3.
Q9:
1. Is the death rate increasing?
2. Is the death rate rising?
3.
Q10:
1. For what reason is the death rate rising?
2. Why is the death rate rising?
3.
Q11:
1. What other things make the death rate rise?
2. What are the factors that can make the death rate increase?
3.
Q12:
1. When isolated, do people still utilize Treadmill?
2. Even if alone , do people keep using Treadmill?
3.
Q13:
1. When people gather, or are next to each other, do they keep using Treadmill?
2. Do people keep using Treadmill when together?
3.
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3xm0hyn6nkzzktlgnc8opg8um0xepf | mctest | Benny and his Dad wanted to make a pizza. On Sunday afternoon, they went to the supermarket to buy the ingredients. At the supermarket, they picked up some pizza dough, sauce, cheese, and pepperoni slices. The next day, Benny and his Dad started making the pizza. First, Benny rolled out the dough. Then, his Dad poured the sauce over the dough. Afterwards, Benny put the cheese on the pizza Last, Benny's dad put pepperoni slices on top. "Now, we must put it in the oven", Benny's Dad said. They slid the pizza into the oven and waited for it to finish cooking. After some time, Benny's Dad removed the pizza from the oven. The cheese was bubbly. "It looks great!" Benny shouted. After the cheese stopped bubbling, Benny's Dad cut the pizza into eight slices. Benny got four slices and Benny's Dad got four slices. They were both happy with how the pizza came out. They both enjoyed eating the pizza very much. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was about to cook?
2. Which people were going to cook?
3.
Q2:
1. What is it that Benny and his dad are making?
2. What is it Benny and his dad are preparing?
3.
Q3:
1. At what time were Benny and his dad cooking?
2. On what day were Benny and his dad making food?
3.
Q4:
1. What did Benny and his dad need to do before cooking?
2. Where did Benny and his dad have to go before starting to cook?
3.
Q5:
1. Did Benny and his dad get pineapple from the supermarket?
2. Did the supermarket provide Benny and his dad some pineapple
3.
Q6:
1. What is it Benny and his dad buy?
2. What was bought by Benny and his dad?
3.
Q7:
1. What did Benny and his dad have to do first?
2. What did the recipe say to do first?
3.
Q8:
1. Which person first rolled the dough?
2. By whom was the dough rolled?
3.
Q9:
1. Did Benny go through through the entire recipe?
2. Did Benny manage to go through the entire recipe?
3.
Q10:
1. Was Benny able of doing the majority of the steps?
2. Was Benny able to complete the recipe?
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3uwn2hhpuy50rrel8sf1a87en5msn1 | cnn | My heart went out to Barb Dunn the moment her 16-year-old son, Daniel, answered my question.
Once he gets his license in June, would he text and drive? That's what I asked during a kitchen table conversation in their Roxbury, New Jersey, home.
As you can see in the video above, his answer was not the one his mom expected.
"I'm taking a deep breath," said Dunn, who recently purchased visor clips for Daniel's friends who have already gotten their licenses that say "Stay alive. Don't text and drive."
"I wouldn't even mind if he said, 'I'm at a red light and I picked up the phone for a minute to read something and put it back down,' but that moving and texting freaks me out. It's not acceptable."
Daniel's mom might have wanted to slam her head against the counter but still she told me she appreciated her son's candor and realized in that moment how difficult it is to persuade teens, who text nearly all day long, not to do it while behind the wheel.
"Even a well-meaning teen is going to have trouble saying no when they get that buzz" from an incoming text or status update, said David Teater, senior director for the National Safety Council. "It's almost a Pavlovian response."
Teater sadly knows all too well what can go wrong with distracted driving. Ten years ago, a 20-year-old woman who had been talking on a cell phone ran a red light and killed his then 12-year-old son, Joe. Since then, he's dedicated his life to raising awareness about the dangers of talking on a cell phone while behind the wheel. A newer concern: how to eliminate driving while texting. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who replied to the interviewer?
2. Which person responded to the interviewer?
3.
Q2:
1. With who was Daniel?
2. Who else was with Daniel?
3.
Q3:
1. What is the age of Daniel’s mom?
2. How old is Daniel’s mom?
3.
Q4:
1. When will Daniel drive?
2. In what month will Daniel have his license?
3.
Q5:
1. Does anyone else have their license?
2. What other people have their licenses?
3.
Q6:
1. What was bought by Daniel’s mom?
2. What did Daniel’s mom purchase?
3.
Q7:
1. What do the visor clips have on them?
2. What is written on the visor clips?
3.
Q8:
1. What doesn’t Daniel’s mom want him to do?
2. What is Daniel’s mom scared of?
3.
Q9:
1. Who assumes kids have problems leaving there phones alone while driving?
2. Which person thinks kids have problems leaving there phones alone while driving?
3.
Q10:
1. How does David Teater describe the kids’ actions?
2. What does David Teater say about the kids’ actions?
3.
Q11:
1. In what place does David work?
2. Where is David employed?
3.
Q12:
1. What does David Teater do ?
2. What is David Teater?
3.
Q13:
1. What made David Teater choose this work career?
2. What pushed David Teater to do this job?
3.
Q14:
1. How long ago was David Teater’s son killed?
2. Wow many years ago did David Teater’s son die?
3.
Q15:
1. In what way wasn’t the driver paying attention?
2. What made the accident happen?
3.
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3txd01zld4hukwwjfsv5q0j2ite4uh | cnn | Cairo (CNN) -- Mohamed al-Zawahiri, brother of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, will be freed from prison in Egypt after 13 years, his attorney said Monday.
He was acquitted by an Egyptian military court and will be released Tuesday, said attorney Nizar Ghorab.
Mohamed al-Zawahiri was imprisoned in 1999 after being detained and extradited from the United Arab Emirates on allegations that he was linked to the 1981 assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Al-Zawahiri was acquitted on the assassination charges but later was accused of conspiring against the Egyptian government.
He was sentenced to death, but then appealed the ruling.
Last year, Egypt's interim government released him along with scores of other political prisoners after a general pardon was issued by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which ruled the country after the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. But al-Zawahiri was arrested again shortly after.
Ahmed al-Zawahiri, nephew of Mohamed al-Zawahiri, told CNN that after the release last year, security forces stormed his uncle's home, beat him up and rearrested him for no apparent reason.
"It was a day after my uncle spoke to a local paper and spoke of the torture he endured inside prison for years," Ahmed al-Zawahiri told CNN.
"He paid a high price for being Ayman's brother and he has denounced any sort of violent ideologies now that his main enemy, the Mubarak regime, has been removed," the nephew added.
"Zawahiri has been tortured for years by Mubarak's state security officers because he is the brother of Ayman Zawahiri," Ghorab said. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. When was Mohammed sentenced to jail?
2. When was Mohammed incarcerated?
3.
Q2:
1. How long a time did Mohammed spend in prison?
2. For how long was Mohammed emprisonned ?
3.
Q3:
1. What made Mohammed come out of prison?
2. For what reason did Mohammed come out of prison?
3.
Q4:
1. Who else was set free
2. Did anyone else get released?
3.
Q5:
1. What is Mohammed’’ nephew’s name?
2. How is Mohammed’s nephew called?
3.
Q6:
1. Was Mohammed beaten up in prison?
2. Did anyone torture Mohammed in prison?
3.
Q7:
1. Was Mohammed tortured because of his brother?
2. Did Mohammed’s brother torture him?
3.
Q8:
1. Who was it?
2. Who did what?
3.
Q9:
1. Was was leading Al Qaeda?
2. Who was at the head of Al Qaeda?
3.
Q10:
1. What crime do they want to blame him for?
2. What is Mohammed blamed for by Al Qaeda?
3.
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3vben272mkzuhzxzlo26koyhmtbsg4 | gutenberg | CHAPTER IX--THE WASP
'Whom He hath blessed and called His own, He tries them early, look and tone, Bent brow and throbbing heart, Tries them with pain.'
The next week Lily had the pleasure of fitting out Faith Longley for her place at Mrs. Weston's. She rejoiced at this opportunity of patronising her, because in her secret soul she felt that she might have done her a little injustice in choosing her own favourite Esther in her stead. Esther's popularity at the New Court, however, made Lilias confident in her own judgment; the servants liked her because she was quick and obliging, Mr. Mohun said she looked very neat, Phyllis liked her because a mischance to her frock was not so brave an offence with her as with Rachel, and Ada was growing very fond of her, because she was in the habit of bestowing great admiration on her golden curls as she arranged them, and both little girls were glad not to be compelled to put away the playthings they took out.
Maurice and Reginald had agreed to defer their onslaught on the wasps till Lord Rotherwood's arrival, and the war was now limited to attacks on foraging parties. Reginald most carefully marked every nest about the garden and farm, and, on his cousin's arrival on Saturday evening, began eagerly to give him a list of their localities. Lord Rotherwood was as ardent in the cause as even Reginald could desire, and would have instantly set out with him to reconnoitre had not the evening been rainy. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the current chapter called?
2. How is the current chapter entitled?
3.
Q2:
1. What were Maurice and Reginald waiting for?
2. What was awaiting Maurice and Reginald?
3.
Q3:
1. Who was the most at peril?
2. Which of Maurice and Reginald was the most in danger?
3.
Q4:
1. What stopped Maurice and Reginald from being sent to scout?
2. What happened for Maurice and Reginald from not going to scout?
3.
Q5:
1. What were Maurice and Reginald doing?
2. What were Maurice and Reginald up to?
3.
Q6:
1. What did Maurice and Reginald fight in the war?
2. What were Maurice and Reginald battling against?
3.
Q7:
1. Who was liked by the servants?
2. Who did the servants appreciate?
3.
Q8:
1. Who was preferred by Lily?
2. Who did Lily appreciate more?
3.
Q9:
1. What is Lily’s full name?
2. What is Lily’s real name?
3.
Q10:
1. Why was Esther liked by Ada?
2. What made Ada like Esther?
3.
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3u5nzhp4lr2b43ciddguaj57fblhpl | wikipedia | The Republic of the Congo (French: République du Congo), also known as Congo, Congo Republic, West Congo[citation needed], or Congo-Brazzaville, is a country located in Central Africa. It is bordered by five countries: Gabon to the west; Cameroon to the northwest; the Central African Republic to the northeast; the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the east and south; and the Angolan exclave of Cabinda to the southwest.
The region was dominated by Bantu-speaking tribes, who built trade links leading into the Congo River basin. Congo-Brazzaville was formerly part of the French colony of Equatorial Africa. Upon independence in 1960, the former colony of French Congo became the Republic of the Congo. The People's Republic of the Congo was a Marxist–Leninist one-party state from 1970 to 1991. Multi-party elections have been held since 1992, although a democratically elected government was ousted in the 1997 Republic of the Congo Civil War and President Denis Sassou Nguesso has ruled for 26 of the past 36 years. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who governed for 26 years ?
2. Wha was the leader for 26 years?
3.
Q2:
1. What language is used in the Republic of the Congo?
2. What language is made use of in the Republic of the Congo?
3.
Q3:
1. What was made?
2. What did people create?
3.
Q4:
1. Where were the trade links built?
2. In what locality were trade links built?
3.
Q5:
1. Are the people still part of a colony?
2. Do the people still constitute a colony?
3.
Q6:
1. Where was that colony?
2. In which country was that colony based?
3.
Q7:
1. Who was at the head of the colony?
2. Who lead the colony?
3.
Q8:
1. What people once ruled over the colony?
2. Wha tribes once triumphed over the colony?
3.
Q9:
1. When did the tribes become independent again?
2. When did the French colonial activities stop?
3.
Q10:
1. Was their independence a matter of elections?
2. Did elections take place?
3.
Q11:
1. In what year did the first election take place?
2. What year was the first election?
3.
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37trt2x24qr5rf6yi81ercgxawsbja | race | For many years, Yang Shanzhou was the local party secretary in a remote, mountainous village in southwest China's Yunnan Province. Though he could live a better life in the city, he still decided to move even further into the mountains, and devoted himself to greening the land. He passed away in 2010, but his story lives on. A blanket of green - And it all started with a surprising decision made by Yang Shanzhou back in 1988. The 62 year old decided to return to his hometown in Daliang Mountain, to bring green back to the _ hills. Along with fifteen other people, Yang settled down deep in the mountains and began to work on his plan. It was a life that was harder than most people could ever imagine. Su Jiaxiang, Yang Shanzhou's secretary, said, "I went to visit him several times. He didn't even have decent shoes and it was very cold at night. But you know he was almost seventy!" In 2010, Yang Shanzhou passed away. He was buried in Daliang Mountain, according to his will. More than twenty years has passed since he first began his planting in the mountains.The hills are now covered with kinds of trees. By planting trees, Yang Shanzhou also planted hope. This hidden hero left his local government with a priceless legacy. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did Yang Shanzou do?
2. What kind of person was Yang Shanzou?
3.
Q2:
1. Where Yang end up going?
2. Where did Yang go?
3.
Q3:
1. How did everything come to this point?
2. What was the reason for everything to start?
3.
Q4:
1. Which person was Yang’s secretary?
2. Who was Yang’s assistant?
3.
Q5:
1. When did Yang die?
2. In what year did Yang pass away?
3.
Q6:
1. In what place was yang buried?
2. Where can Yang’s body be found?
3.
Q7:
1. What was planted by Yang as well as trees?
2. What did Yang say he also planted?
3.
Q8:
1. What heritage did Yang leave to his local government?
2. What survived Yang?
3.
Q9:
1. When did Yang decide to go home?
2. How grown was Yang when he decided to go back to his hometown?
3.
Q10:
1. How often did his secretary come to see Yang?
2. Did Yang’s secretary come to visit him often?
3.
Q11:
1. In what year was the surprising decision made?
2. At what period was the surprising decision made?
3.
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3b4yi393v9wx746qgown92hkbgxss5 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXXV
HIS WIFE
Wrayson drew a little breath and looked back at Sydney Barnes.
"You asked me a question," he said. "I believe I have heard of your brother calling himself by some such name."
Barnes grasped him by the arm.
"Look here," he said, "come and repeat that to the young lady over there. She's with me. It won't do you any harm."
Wrayson rose to his feet, but before he could move he felt Heneage's hand fall upon his arm.
"Where are you going, Wrayson?" he asked.
Barnes looked up at him anxiously. His pale face seemed twisted into a scowl.
"Don't you interfere!" he exclaimed. "You've done me enough harm, you have. You let Mr. Wrayson pass. He's coming with me."
Heneage took no more notice of him than he would of a yapping terrier. He looked over his head into Wrayson's eyes.
"Wrayson," he said, "don't have anything more to do with this business. Take my advice. I know more than you do about it. If you go on, I swear to you that there is nothing but misery at the end."
"I know more than you think I do," Wrayson answered quietly. "I know more indeed than you have any idea of. If the end were in hell I should not hold back."
Heneage hesitated for a moment. He stood there with darkening face, an obstinate, almost a threatening figure. Passers-by looked with a gleam of interest at the oddly assorted trio, whose conversation was obviously far removed from the ordinary chatter of the loungers about the place. One or two made an excuse to linger by--it seemed possible that there might be developments. Heneage, however, disappointed them. He turned suddenly upon his heel and left the room. Those who had the curiosity to follow along the corridor saw him, without glancing to the right or to the left, descend the stairs and walk out of the building. He had the air of a man who abandons finally a hopeless task. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who took someone’s arm?
2. Which person grasped someone’s arm?
3.
Q2:
1. Who got up?
2. Who rose to his feet?
3.
Q3:
1. What person’s hand was on Wrayson’s arm?
2. How had his grip on Wrayson?
3.
Q4:
1. Who was feeling scared?
2. Who felt concerned?
3.
Q5:
1. Who inhaled ?
2. Who drew a breath?
3.
Q6:
1. Did Wrayson stare back at someone?
2. Who did Wrayson look back to?
3.
Q7:
1. Who was stared at by Wrayson?
2. Who was being looked at by Wrayson?
3.
Q8:
1. Did anyone talk about a young woman?
2. Was a young woman mentioned?
3.
Q9:
1. Who stared into Wrayson’s eyes?
2. Who glared straight at Wrayson?
3.
Q10:
1. How did people look at Wrayson and the others
2. How was the trio stared at Wrayson and the other?
3.
Q11:
1. Did anyone stick around?
2. Did anyone stay for a bit?
3.
Q12:
1. Who was hanging out?
2. Who decided to hang out?
3.
Q13:
1. Who quit the room?
2. Who pulled out of the room?
3.
Q14:
1. Did Heneage find any stairs?
2. Was the building equipped with stairs?
3.
Q15:
1. What had stopped being done?
2. What task was abandoned?
3.
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3eg49x351uc0gnus3lz7752k71wx6f | mctest | Bobby got a big surprise when he came home from school one day. He found an angel in his room. His grandma had always told him angels were real. Bobby had not believed her when she told him stories. She had also told him stories about mermaids, Bigfoot, leprechauns, and other things. Now, he knew at least one thing she had told him was true. He thought angel wings had to be white. This angel's feathers were many colors. They were red, blue, and green. No white ones that he could see. They looked at each other without speaking. Then, the angel began to talk. He told Bobby he had to listen to his grandma, and believe her stories. Bobby said he would. Bobby asked the angel what it was like to fly. The angel told Bobby it could show him. Bobby would have to beat it at a game. Bobby hoped it would be checkers or chess. His dad had taught him those. He was also good at card games. Instead, the angel wanted to play rock-paper-scissors. Bobby beat the angel two out of three times, so he won. Bobby and the angel then went for a long ride. After they flew, the angel dropped Bobby back at home. It told Bobby he had to promise not to tell anyone. Bobby asked if that included his grandma, mother, brother, and father. The angel said it did. Bobby said he would. The angel left. They met a few more times and became good friends. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was found by Bobby?
2. What did Bobby discover?
3.
Q2:
1. Was Bobby startled?
2. Did Bobby feel scared?
3.
Q3:
1. How did Bobby find himself?
2. How was Bobby feeling?
3.
Q4:
1. Could the Angel fly?
2. Was the Angel able of flying
3.
Q5:
1. Did the Angel have silver wings?
2. Was the Angel silver-winged?
3.
Q6:
1. What tint were the Angel’s wings?
2. What shade were the Angel’s wings?
3.
Q7:
1. Was Bobby told stories about angels?
2. Did Bobby’s dad tell him about angels?
3.
Q8:
1. Who told Bobby about angels?
2. Who spoke to Bobby about angels?
3.
Q9:
1. Did Bobby’s grandmother tell him about something else?
2. What else does Bobby know by his grandmother?
3.
Q10:
1. Was the angel a woman?
2. What was the angel?
3.
Q11:
1. Did Bobby and the Angel play together?
2. What did Bobby and the angel play?
3.
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3137onmdkg5t7gshkti1v7u2l24get | gutenberg | CHAPTER IV
A new tenseness seemed to have crept into the situation. The conversation, never without its emotional tendencies, at once changed its character. Philippa, cold and reserved, with a threat lurking all the time in her tone and manner, became its guiding spirit.
"We may enquire your name?" she asked.
"I am the Baron Maderstrom," was the prompt reply. "For the purpose of my brief residence in this country, however, I fancy that the name of Mr. Hamar Lessingham might provoke less comment."
"Maderstrom," Philippa repeated. "You were at Magdalen with my brother."
"For three terms," he assented.
"You have visited at Wood Norton. It was only an accident, then, that I did not meet you."
"It is true," he answered, with a bow. "I received the most charming hospitality there from your father and mother."
"Why, you are the friend," Helen exclaimed, suddenly seizing his hands, "of whom Dick speaks in his letter!"
"It has been my great privilege to have been of service to Major Felstead," was the grave admission. "He and I, during our college days, were more than ordinarily intimate. I saw his name in one of the lists of prisoners, and I went at once to Wittenberg."
A fresh flood of questions was upon Helen's lips, but Philippa brushed her away.
"Please let me speak," she said. "You have brought us these letters from Richard, for which we offer you our heartfelt thanks, but you did not risk your liberty, perhaps your life, to come here simply as his ambassador. There is something beyond this in your visit to this country. You may be a Swede, but is it not true that at the present moment you are in the service of an enemy?" QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is this chapter’s number?
2. Where does this chapter come from?
3.
Q2:
1. Which person was cold and reserved?
2. Who seemed quite introverted?
3.
Q3:
1. How was Philippa behaving?
2. How was Philippa conducting herself?
3.
Q4:
1. Who did Philippa ask about?
2. Did Philippa ask if anyone was there?
3.
Q5:
1. Was Philippa with anyone?
2. Who was Philippa accompanied by?
3.
Q6:
1. How does Helen feel about seeing Dick?
2. What is Helen’s attitude towards seeing Dick?
3.
Q7:
1. Is Helen being inquisitive?
2. Does Helen need answers?
3.
Q8:
1. Who is Helen asking questions to?
2. Who is Helen being inquisitive with?
3.
Q9:
1. Where did the baron go?
2. Where had the baron been?
3.
Q10:
1. Who did the baron go to Magdalen with?
2. Who was with the baron at Magdalen?
3.
Q11:
1. How long did the baron and his brother stay?
2. For how long were the baron and his brother at Magdalen?
3.
Q12:
1. Where did the baron decide to go after?
2. Where did the baron visit later?
3.
Q13:
1. Did anyone encounter there?
2. Did anyone come across someone there?
3.
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3duzq9u6smodzwnuaj1skp1r9f6vsh | mctest | There was once an old tree. The children from all around the neighborhood loved to climb the tree. The children also liked to sit under the tree, hang on it and play games around it. Animals liked the tree as well. Birds, cats and all kinds of lizards would climb the tree too! Rabbits, dogs, frogs and and many ground animals loved to play around the bottom of the tree.
One day the children learned the tree was going to be cut down. This made the children, and maybe the animals, very sad. Why was it being cut down? Was it too old? Too weak? Maybe it was dying? The children learned it was because the tree was sick.
The children were very sad to hear about this. They wondered where they would play from now on. The tree was their favorite place and they didn't want to see it go. One little boy, named John, went home to tell his parents the story. His parents could tell he was sad so they told him something that made him very happy. What was it? He wondered. Was a jungle gym going to be put in? A mall, maybe a park? In fact, even better than that, a new tree would be planted in its place.
John was so happy he rushed off to tell his friends. "Big news!", he shouted. "My parents told me a new tree is going to be planted here over the old one!" All his friends cheered in excitement, now knowing they wouldn't lose their favorite spot. John and his friends went to celebrate by getting ice cream. His friends liked chocolate and vanilla but John got strawberry. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Was it an old tree?
2. Had the tree been growing there for a long time?
3.
Q2:
1. Did people love the tree?
2. Were children fond of the tree??
3.
Q3:
1. Why were children fond of the tree?
2. Why did children love the tree?
3.
Q4:
1. Was the tree liked by anything else?
2. Did anything else appreciate the tree?
3.
Q5:
1. What else appreciated the tree?
2. Was the tree liked by anything else?
3.
Q6:
1. What sort of animals liked the tree?
2. The tree was appreciated by what types of creatures?
3.
Q7:
1. What was going to happen to the old tree?
2. What was the old tree’s future?
3.
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30iqtzxkak652c8d1wjqy4stv0s0x4 | cnn | (CNN) -- Susie Wolff put the disappointments of Silverstone behind her on Friday with an impressive run in the first free practice session ahead of Sunday's German Grand Prix.
The Williams development driver only managed four laps during practice at the British Grand Prix a fortnight ago before engine problems curtailed her involvement.
But it was a happier story at Hockenheim as the 31-year-old Scot completed 20 laps finishing a highly respectable 15th.
Her best lap time of one minute 20.769 seconds was just 0.227 seconds behind Williams' driver Felipe Massa who finished the session in 11th place.
Things had not looked so promising for Wolff earlier in the day as she crawled round her out lap in first gear before returning to the pits.
Thankfully, it wasn't long before the mechanical problems were resolved and she was back on track -- even briefly clocking the fastest lap of the session.
Wolff has been a development driver for Williams since 2012 and is the first female driver to participate in a F1 race weekend since Italy's Giovanna Amati attempted to qualify for three races during the 1992 season.
Lewis Hamilton, speaking ahead of his recent victory at Silverstone, said Wolff's participation at two practice sessions this season was fully deserved.
"She's very, very talented," said the Mercedes driver, who raced against her in his junior career in karting and Formula Renault. "It's really cool to see her in a Formula One car.
"I didn't race against many girls. Susie was one of the very few, if not the only one, I raced against. We shared a podium together a couple of times." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is Susie Wolff’s profession?
2. What does Susie Wolff do?
3.
Q2:
1. How long has she been employed by Williams
2. Since when has Susie been working for Williams?
3.
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3tr2532vipuzl3p3mhk6gwu5wu36j4 | race | Saturday morning was bright and fresh. There was a song in every heart, cheer on every face, and a _ in every step. Tom appeared with a bucket of white paint in one hand and a brush in the other. His Aunt Polly told him to paint the fence around the garden. It was ninety feet long and nine feet high. He felt very blue. Then he had a wonderful idea. He picked up his brush and started to work. Soon Ben came along the road. He was happily eating an apple. He stopped to look at Tom. Tom went on painting and pretended not to see Ben. "I'm going swimming," said Ben. "Do you want to go swimming, Tom? But I guess you can't. You have to stay and work, don't you?" "Work?" Tom said. "This isn't work. I'm enjoying myself. Does a boy get a chance to paint a fence like this every day?" Ben thought about this. Tom continued painting carefully. Sometimes he stopped, stood back to look at the fence like an artist, and then added a bit more paint in just the right place. Ben was watching Tom paint with great interest. He was getting more and more eager to have a try himself. After a while, Ben asked Tom if he would let him paint a little. Tom thought about it, and said, "No, Ben, I can't. You see. Aunt Polly wants it to be done well. Aunt Polly said that I must paint it with great care." "Oh, please, Tom," begged Ben. "I can do it. I'll be really careful. Just let me try. I'll give you half of my apple. Well, I'll give you all of it!" "Well, all right, Ben," said Tom. "You must be very careful." He gave Ben his brush with worry on his face but joy in his heart. He sat down under the tree, and started to eat Ben's apple. All day, boys came to make fun of Tom, but they ended up staying to paint. When Ben got tired, Billy was waiting. He gave Tom a kite for a chance to paint. Then Johnny offered him a basketball, and so on. By late afternoon Tom had got all kinds of toys, and the fence had got three coats of paint. Later Aunt Polly came to look at the painted fence. She was so pleased with Tom's work that she gave Tom a large cake! QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the reason for Tom painting?
2. What made Tom paint?
3.
Q2:
1. Who did the fence belong to?
2. Who owned the fence?
3.
Q3:
1. What made Ben want to paint the fence?
2. What was the reason for Ben wanting to paint the fence?
3.
Q4:
1. How did Tom get the apple?
2. Where did the apple come from?
3.
Q5:
1. How did Tom get the apple from Ben?
2. Why was Tom given the apple by Ben?
3.
Q6:
1. What occurred when Ben was sick of painting?
2. What happened when Ben was fed up with painting?
3.
Q7:
1. What were Tom’s thoughts on painting?
2. What were Tom’s feelings about painting?
3.
Q8:
1. What were Tom’s thoughts when Ben started to paint?
2. What were Tom’s feeling once Ben starting painting?
3.
Q9:
1. What was the weather like?
2. What kind of day was it?
3.
Q10:
1. What did Ben intend to do?
2. What plans did Ben have?
3.
Q11:
1. What number of coats did the fence get?
2. How many layers of paint did the fence receive?
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3n4bptxio8sfyylm0kilxh8yfc5kui | race | Published in 1896 and one of the most memorable horror stories ever written, Dracula, by Irish writer Bram Stoker,is the story of a vampire ,someone who lives on human blood. Stoker wrote the book after reading stories about Central European vampires and set his novel in Transylvania. Even today,there are readers of the book who believe that Transylvania is a mythical country,a figment of Stoker's imagination. Nothing could be further from the truth. Transylvania is part of modern-day Central European country Romania,and the country does indeed have a history of mythological vampires.
However,Romanians are always puzzled by the description of the novel's central character, Count Dracula,a tall,elegant aristocrat with impeccable manners who also happens to speak very good English. This is a world away from the images of vampires that they have grown up with. Romanian vampires are half-human creatures who live solitary lives in the forests,not aristocrats living in castles with well-stocked libraries.
So where did Stoke get the image for his Dracula? The answer becomes clearer when one learns of his relationship with a man called Henry Irving,the greatest British stage actor of his time.
Stoker was working as a civil servant in his home city of Dublin when he first met Irving. Bored with his tedious life and work, Stoker took every opportunity to visit the theatre and for a while was the drama critic for the Dublin Evening Mail. One of the reviews he wrote was of a performance of Shakespeare's play Hamlet,with Irving in the lead role.
Irving was so pleased with Stoker's review of his performance that he asked to meet him. Stoker couldn't believe his luck when one night,he was invited to a dinner party where Irving was the guest of honour. Irving entertained the assembled dinner guests with some renditions of famous poems and speeches from Shakespeare.
Stoker was already writing the first chapters of Dracula and began to base the central character on Irving,in the vain hope that if it ever became a stage play, Irving would play the central character. Sadly,Irving never did,but the two men became close friends,and in 1878 Stoker left the civil service and became Irving's manager in London. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was the author of Dracula?
2. Dracula was written by whom?
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1. What is the storyline?
2. What does the book talk about?
3.
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1. Where was the story set?
2. In what place does the story take place?
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1. Was the main character a typical vampire?
2. Was Dracular similar to others?
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1. Was Bram inspired by anyone when he came up with the idea of Dracula?
2. Did Bram use traits from anyone he knew to form his character?
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Q6:
1. Who influenced the creation of the character of Dracula?
2. Who was a source of inspiration for the character of Dracula?
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1. Did Stoker and Irving collaborate?
2. Did Stoker and Irving have the opportunity to work together?
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Q8:
1. how did Stoker and Irving meet?
2. Under what circumstanced did Stocker an Irving meet?
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Q9:
1. What made Stoker and Irving want to meet each other?
2. What engendered Stoker and Irving talking together?
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Q10:
1. Under what circumstances did Stoker and Irving finally meet?
2. At what function did Stoker and Irving meet?
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1. Did Stocker and Irving have the occasion to meet again?
2. Did Stocker and Irving get together after the first meeting?
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1. On what occasion did Stocker and Irving meet again?
2. Under what circumstances did Stocker and Irving see each other again?
3.
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3vsolarpkb9bi8pch3vvkz4iq1n394 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XIII.—LEO MAKES A CHANGE.
Leo stared at the circus treasurer in amazement.
“For stealing two thousand circus tickets?” he repeated.
“Exactly, young man.”
“I am innocent.”
“I don’t believe Leo would steal a pin,” put in Natalie Sparks, who had just come up.
“That’s not for you to decide, Miss Sparks.” said Giles sharply. “We found evidence against you in your trunk, young man. You may as well confess.”
“What evidence?” asked Leo, bewildered.
The circus treasurer mentioned the red strips.
“I never placed them there,” declared Leo. “Somebody has been tampering with that trunk.”
“That’s too thin,” sneered Giles.
“Of course it’s too thin,” put in Snipper, who was watching the scene with an ill-concealed smile of triumph on his face.
Leo looked at the gymnast sharply. Then he suddenly bounded toward Snipper and ran him up against a pile of boxes.
“You scoundrel! This is some of your work! I can see it in your face.”
He choked Snipper until the man was red in the face.
“Let—let me go!” gasped the second-rate gymnast finally.
“Let him go, Dunbar,” ordered Giles, and caught Leo by the collar.
The noise of the trouble had spread, and now Barton Reeve appeared on the scene.
“What’s the meaning of all this?” he demanded.
He was quickly told by Natalie Sparks.
“I do not believe Leo is guilty, in spite of the red strips found in the trunk,” he said.
He talked the matter over with Giles, and finally Leo, Giles, and Barton Reeve went off to interview the manager. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which person stared at the circus treasurer in amazement?
2. What was the name of the person who stared at the circus treasurer in amazement?
3.
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1. Who said he wasn’t guilty?
2. Who assumed he was innocent?
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1. What was taken?
2. Was anything stolen?
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1. Who had proof?
2. Was there proof?
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1. What was harmed?
2. What was broken?
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1. Who had been assaulted?
2. Who was ambushed?
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1. Who reappeared afterwards?
2. Who manifested after?
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1. Who trusted the suspect?
2. Was the suspect trusted by anyone?
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Q9:
1. Which person viewed the gymnast harshly?
2. Who perceived the gymnast harshly?
3.
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1. Whose shirt was grabbed?
2. Who was gripped by the shirt?
3.
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33foty3kemlh63i06jr3ywqtzcf1cf | wikipedia | Gamma rays (also called gamma radiation), denoted by the lower-case Greek letter gamma (γ or formula_1 ), are penetrating electromagnetic radiation of a kind arising from the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei. It consists of photons in the highest observed range of photon energy. Paul Villard, a French chemist and physicist, discovered gamma radiation in 1900 while studying radiation emitted by radium. In 1903, Ernest Rutherford named this radiation "gamma rays". Rutherford had previously discovered two other types of radioactive decay, which he named alpha and beta rays.
Gamma rays are able to ionize atoms (ionizing radiation), and are thus biologically hazardous. The decay of an atomic nucleus from a high energy state to a lower energy state, a process called "gamma decay", produces gamma radiation.
Natural sources of gamma rays on Earth are observed in the gamma decay of radionuclides and secondary radiation from atmospheric interactions with cosmic ray particles. There are rare terrestrial natural sources, such as lightning strikes and terrestrial gamma-ray flashes, that produce gamma rays not of a nuclear origin. Additionally, gamma rays are produced by a number of astronomical processes in which very high-energy electrons are produced, that in turn cause secondary gamma rays via bremsstrahlung, inverse Compton scattering, and synchrotron radiation. However, a large fraction of such astronomical gamma rays are screened by Earth's atmosphere and can only be detected by spacecraft. Gamma rays are produced by nuclear fusion in stars including the Sun (such as the CNO cycle), but are absorbed or inelastically scattered by the stellar material, reducing their energy, before escaping and are not observable from Earth as gamma rays. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What topic is mainly expressed?
2. What is the top subject?
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1.
2. What is the meaning of the topic?
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1. What can be done to atoms?
2. What can atoms endure?
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1.
2. What does it mean?
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1. Is modifying the atoms safe?
2.
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1. Where can natural spots of gamma decay be found?
2. What natural phenomenon can illustrate spots of gamma decay?
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1. Is there another phenomenon?
2. What else can be spots of gamma decay?
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Q8:
1. What results in those rays?
2. As a consequence of what do these rays exist?
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Q9:
1. How can gamma rays be described?
2. How to qualify gamma rays?
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Q10:
1. Where can a radioactive decay be found?
2. Where are radioactive decays found?
3.
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1. In what year did gamma rays get their name?
2. At what date did gamma rays get their name?
3.
Q12:
1. Which person named the gamma rays?
2. Who called them gamma rays?
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1. Did Rutherford discover anything else?
2. What else did Rutherford find?
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32ktq2v7rdfc4uxmnl0agydoqrg9m0 | cnn | (CNN) -- Presidential candidates Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain are detailing their plans for solving the country's energy crisis and criticizing each other's proposals this week as they campaign in battleground states.
Here's a look at the candidates' energy proposals:
Overall strategy
McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee, has proposed a national energy strategy that would rely on the technological prowess of American industry and science.
McCain has said he would work to reduce carbon emissions 60 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. He has said he would commit $2 billion annually for 15 years to advance clean coal technology.
He also has pledged to oppose a windfall profits tax on oil companies that, according to his campaign Web site, "will ultimately result in increasing our dependence on foreign oil and hinder investment in domestic exploration."
McCain also believes the U.S. needs to deploy SmartMeter technologies, which collect real-time data on the electricity use of individual homes and businesses.
Meanwhile, Obama laid out his comprehensive energy plan Monday in Lansing, Michigan.
"If I am president, I will immediately direct the full resources of the federal government and the full energy of the private sector to a single, overarching goal -- in 10 years, we will eliminate the need for oil from the entire Middle East and Venezuela," the presumptive Democratic nominee told a crowd.
Obama's plan also would invest $150 billion over the next 10 years and leverage billions more in private capital to build a new energy economy that he said would harness American energy and create 5 million new jobs. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who are the candidates?
2. Which people are the two presidential hopefuls
3.
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3zpbjo59kp12f69s84pzapoi0qjhd3 | cnn | (CNN) -- A Canadian hang-gliding instructor who police say swallowed a memory card possibly containing video of a fatal accident was granted bail Friday, a court spokesman said.
William Jonathan Orders, 50, who was arrested and charged with obstructing justice, appeared in provincial court in Chilliwack, British Columbia. His bail was set at $5,750 (Canadian), said Neil MacKenzie, communications counsel with the province's criminal justice branch.
Orders was instructed to turn over his passport and to not operate a hang glider or paraglider, he said.
Lenami Godinez-Avila had just started a tandem hang-gliding flight with the instructor, when she fell from the glider, plunging hundreds of feet to her death Saturday in a heavily wooded part of western Canada, authorities say.
Investigators say the instructor tried to hide what might be a key piece of evidence about what went wrong -- a possible onboard video recording of the flight -- in his digestive tract.
The recording has since passed and is now in police custody, MacKenzie said. He declined comment on whether anything retrievable could be taken from the card.
Calls on Thursday and Friday seeking comment from Orders' attorney, Laird Cruickshank, were not immediately returned.
The fall happened near Mount Woodside, from which Orders and the 27-year-old Godinez-Avila took off, more than 50 miles east of Vancouver.
A witness, Nicole McLearn, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. that when the glider was in the air, Godinez-Avila appeared to be wearing her harness, but it wasn't attached to the glider. The passenger clung to Orders before she fell, McLearn said. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was swallowed by the man?
2. What did the man eat?
3.
Q2:
1. What was the man called?
2. What was the man’s name?
3.
Q3:
1. Was Orders seized?
2. Was Orders taken away?
3.
Q4:
1. What was Orders sentenced to?
2. What consequences did Orders face?
3.
Q5:
1. Did someone else die?
2. Was anybody killed?
3.
Q6:
1. What was the victim’s name?
2. What was the victim called?
3.
Q7:
1. How did Lenami Godinez-Avila pass away?
2. What caused Lenami Godinez-Avila’s death?
3.
Q8:
1. What was Lenami Godinez-Avila doing when she died?
2. How did Lenami Godinez-Avila die?
3.
Q9:
1. Where was it Lenami Godinez-Avila passed away?
2. In what locality did Lenami Godinez-Avila die?
3.
Q10:
1. What was the age of the person arrested?
2. How old was the suspect when arrested?
3.
Q11:
1. What did the suspect do for a living?
2. What was the suspect’s job?
3.
Q12:
1. What was assumed about the hang gliding instructor?
2. What did the hang gliding instructor try to do?
3.
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32m8bpygatm5nlu3gc8sgmsudtiig7 | race | "Charles Chaplin was horn in London on April 16,1889.His parents were music ball actors. The Chaplin family were very poor,and life was difficult in London. Charlie,as his job was an actor. What he did was to do silly things to make called, used to do his mother's job in the theatre when she was ill. When he was only 17 years old,Chaplin got his first real job as an actor. What he did was to do silly things to make people laugh in the theatre.Seven years later he went to the USA. And over the next four years,he formed his own way of art. He developed the character of a homeless gentleman which became very popular. From the 1920s to the 19S0s.Chaplin made his most famous films. The film Modern Times(1936) shows his care about the modern industry workers. Many of his films describe the poor life and hard time of the working people during that period. Although Charlie Chaplin was British, he lived in the USA until 1953. But he never got US nationality. Then Chaplin ,his wife and his five children had to move to Switzerland where he lived until he died. When he was 83 years old,he won his only Oscar for the music he wrote for the film . He was named Sir Charles Chaplin at the age of 85. Charlie Chaplin died in Switzerland on December 25th,1975. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. In what town was C. Chaplin born?
2. In what locality was Charles Chaplin born?
3.
Q2:
1. When did Chaplin go to the United States?
2. How old was Chaplin when he moved to the United States?
3.
Q3:
1. Did Charlie obtain the United States nationality?
2. Did Chaplin obtain the U.S citizenship?
3.
Q4:
1. Did Chaplin have a family?
2. Did Chaplin have kids?
3.
Q5:
1. What number of kids did Chaplin have?
2. How big a family children wise did Chaplin have?
3.
Q6:
1. Can you name one of Chaplin’s movies?
2. What is one of Chaplin’s movies?
3.
Q7:
1. Did Chaplin remain in the US?
2. Did Chaplin live his entire life in the US?
3.
Q8:
1. Did Chaplin go anywhere else?
2. Did Chaplin move to another country?
3.
Q9:
1. At what period did Chaplin move?
2. In what year did Chaplin move?
3.
Q10:
1. Did Chaplin live in Switzerland for the rest of his life?
2. Did Chaplin remain in Switzerland until his death?
3.
Q11:
1. What year did Chaplin pass away?
2. At what date did Chaplin pass away?
3.
Q12:
1. Did Chaplin have any awards?
2. Did Chaplin obtain any awards?
3.
Q13:
1. What was one of Chaplin’s awards?
2. Can you name one of Chaplin’s awards?
3.
Q14:
1. What age was Chaplin when he died?
2. How old was Chaplin when he passed away?
3.
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3qavnhz3em463vp6ffdvcg9jx9ialz | race | Liu Qian, a magician from Taiwan, cast his spell over an audience of thousands on the CCTV Spring Festival Show. Die-hard fans are still trying to work out the secrets behind many of the tricks he performed.
But Liu, 32, when asked, laughed off the idea that there might be an "answer" to his magic. "The most fascinating things about magic is the puzzling process. People enjoy how magicians make the impossible come true," said Liu.
Few people today believe in the possibility of real magic. They also often fail to consider magicians' devotion to their art. It can take a magician years' of practice to perfect a trick before he performs it on stage.
Part of Liu's star appeal is his astonishing skill. However, when he began in the industry, he was embarrassingly clumsy. "I could practice thousands of times for one single act. It wasn't much fun," he said.
No magician's supernatural powers on stage extend to their life off stage. Liu says his life was no easier or funnier because he was a magician.
He developed an interest in magic at a young age, but didn't consider making a living out of it until he graduated from university. He had studied Japanese language and found himself unable to find a job. "My parents never considered being a magician as a proper job. To begin with, I had little confidence I would be doing this in the long term," he said.
Yet Liu felt a powerful calling to become a magician. "For many people, magic somehow means a miracle, which is something we all secretly wish for no matter how hard-bitten or cynical we become," he said.
Liu may be right. A popular modern dream is of the fairy godmother, who waves her magic wand and makes our dreams come true. But according to Liu, we all have the power to create magic in our lives. As Liu puts it: it's not the magic that makes it work;it's the way we work that makes it magic. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is he called ?
2. What name does he go by?
3.
Q2:
1. What does Liu do for a living?
2. What activity does Liu do?
3.
Q3:
1. How many years old is Liu?
2. What is Liu’s age?
3.
Q4:
1. What nationality is Liu?
2. What country is Liu from?
3.
Q5:
1. Did Liu finish college?
2. Did Liu have a school diploma?
3.
Q6:
1. What did Liu do at college?
2. What subjects did Liu study?
3.
Q7:
1. Why did Liu decide to choose magic?
2. What made Liu want to become a magician?
3.
Q8:
1. Did Liu want to make magic a full time job?
2. Did Liu see himself as a magician full time?
3.
Q9:
1. Can we all do magic?
2. Is everyone capable of doing magic?
3.
Q10:
1. What makes magic what it is?
2. What is the key component to making magic work?
3.
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3atpcq38j8aq3uw5yu2l6obf5klya5 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XX. A SAD HOME-COMING
Mr. Lowrie and Auctherlonnie, the Dumfries bo'sun, both of whom would have died for the captain, assured me of the truth of MacMuir's story, and shook their heads gravely as to the probable outcome. The peculiar water-mark of greatness that is woven into some men is often enough to set their own community bitter against them. Sandie, the plodding peasant, finds it a hard matter to forgive Jamie, who is taken from the plough next to his, and ends in Parliament. The affair of Mungo Maxwell, altered to suit, had already made its way on more than one vessel to Scotland. For according to Lowrie, there was scarce a man or woman in Kirkcudbrightshire who did not know that John Paul was master of the John, and (in their hearts) that he would be master of more in days to come. Human nature is such that they resented it, and cried out aloud against his cruelty.
On the voyage I had many sober thoughts of my own to occupy me of the terrible fate, from which, by Divine inter position, I had been rescued; of the home I had left behind. I was all that remained to Mr. Carvel in the world, and I was sure that he had given me up for dead. How had he sustained the shock? I saw him heavily mounting the stairs upon Scipicks arm when first the news was brought to him. Next Grafton would come hurrying in from Kent to Marlboro Street, disavowing all knowledge of the messenger from New York, and intent only upon comforting his father. And when I pictured my uncle soothing him to his face, and grinning behind his bed-curtains, my anger would scald me, and the realization of my helplessness bring tears of very bitterness. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How was John on his way home?
2. Was John feeling content on his way home?
3.
Q2:
1. Did John escape a bad outcome?
2. Was a bad outcome avoided by John?
3.
Q3:
1. What did John say saved him?
2. What did John thank for being saved?
3.
Q4:
1. Who thought John was dead?
2. Which person thought John dead?
3.
Q5:
1. Who would Mr. Carval seek help towards?
2. Who could Mr. Carval lean on?
3.
Q6:
1. Where would Grafton show up?
2. Where would Grafton appear?
3.
Q7:
1. Whereabout would Grafton be?
2. Where would Grafton appear?
3.
Q8:
1. Where is the message coming from?
2. How was the message transmitted?
3.
Q9:
1. Do pictures of his father’s brother ease him?
2. Does he feel better when he sees pictures of his uncle?
3.
Q10:
1. Why do the pictures make him angry?
2. What angers him when seeing the photos of his uncle?
3.
Q11:
1. How does he feel?
2. How does he react?
3.
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3hpzf4ivnmtew9t3i8yccj13614cyc | gutenberg | CHAPTER VI
"AN ASHEN GREY DELIGHT"
"Mr. de Vaux!"
Paul turned quickly around in his saddle towards the young lady who had addressed him. He looked into a fair, thoughtful face, whose general amiability was discounted, just then, by a decided frown.
"I beg your pardon, Lady May! Didn't you say something just now?"
"Didn't I say something just now!" she repeated, with fine scorn. "Upon my word, Mr. de Vaux, I think that you must have left your wits in London! What is the matter with you?"
"The matter! Why, nothing! I'm sorry----"
"Oh! pray don't apologise!" she interrupted hastily. "I think I'll ride on and catch papa up."
He laid his hand upon her rein. "Please don't, Lady May," he begged. "I know I've been inattentive! I'm very sorry--really I am. Let me try and make up for it!"
She looked into his face, and she was mollified. He was evidently in earnest.
"Oh! very well," she said. "You mustn't think that I complained without due cause, though, for I spoke to you three times before you answered me. Oh, it's all right," she went on, as he commenced to frame another apology. "I don't mind now, but I really should like to know what is the matter with you. You have ridden all day like a man who valued neither his own life nor his horse's. Some of your jumps were simply reckless! I have heard other people say so, too! I like bold riding, but there is a limit; and though I've ridden two hounds since papa gave me my first pony, I've never seen any one try to jump Annisforth brook below the bridge, before,--and don't want to again," she added, with a little shudder. "I know you ride fine horses, but you are not generally foolhardy. I saw your dark bay mare being taken home at Colbourne Spinneys, and I don't think she'll be fit to ride again this season. Old Harrison had tears in his eyes when he saw her!" QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who put his hand somewhere?
2. Which person put his hand somewhere?
3.
Q2:
1. Where did Paul put his hand?
2. Where did Paul place his hand?
3.
Q3:
1. Whose rein did Paul put his hand on?
2. On whom did Paul place his hand?
3.
Q4:
1. What did Paul want to stop Lady May from doing?
2. What was it Paul was impeaching Lady May to do?
3.
Q5:
1. Was Paul’s last name said by May?
2. Did May use Paul’s last name?
3.
Q6:
1. Did Paul gaze at May?
2. Was ¨Paul looking at her?
3.
Q7:
1. What is Paul’s full name?
2. How is Paul fully called?
3.
Q8:
1. Was May scowling?
2. Did May have a frown on her face?
3.
Q9:
1. Is it a habit for May to frown?
2. Does May frown often?
3.
Q10:
1. Where had Paul been in the past?
2. What was Paul’ s past ?
3.
Q11:
1. Did Paul say he was sorry?
2. Did Paul give an apology?
3.
Q12:
1. Had Paul been distracted?
2. Did Paul pay attention?
3.
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3fijly1b6u4rq7lcinsu7ytuyscfpg | race | "Whoosh!" The ball flew into the net and the game was finally over. This game had gone into overtime twice. Until the last goal was scored, no one had any idea which team would win. Dave felt so bad because his team had lost. He liked playing soccer, but he liked winning even more. Now the two teams should have a picnic together. Dave did not want to eat lunch with the other team. The other team would probably brag by talking about how they won the game. Dave went to the locker room to change out of his soccer clothes. There the coach talked to the team about what they had done well. They also talked about how they could improve. Then everybody walked outside towards the picnic table. One of the players from the other team was standing near the picnic table. He handed Dave a paper plate. "Hi, I'm Miguel," he said. "Hi," Dave replied, looking down at the ground. "You played great," Miguel said. "I didn't think we were going to win." Dave was surprised. Miguel was not bragging at all. "Thanks," Dave said to Miguel. "You played great, too." Dave felt happy. Dave promised himself that the next time his team won a game, he would not brag to the other team. It was wonderful to win, but it was even more important to be a good winner. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What made Dave feel bad?
2. Why was Dave feeling bad?
3.
Q2:
1. What did one of the players hand Dave?
2. What was given to Dave by one of the players?
3.
Q3:
1. What was the name of the player who handed Dave the plate?
2. What was the player called?
3.
Q4:
1. Did Dave want to share a meal with the other players?
2. Was Dave fine to have lunch with the other players?
3.
Q5:
1. Why didn’t Dave want to have lunch with the other players?
2. For what reason didn’t Dave want to eat with the other players?
3.
Q6:
1. What did Dave tell himself after what happened?
2. What did this event trigger in Dave?
3.
Q7:
1. What was said by the coach to the team?
2. What was coach’s speech to the team?
3.
Q8:
1. What else did the coach have to say?
2. Hat else was said by the coach?
3.
Q9:
1. Did Miguel boast about it?
2. Was Miguel showing off?
3.
Q10:
1. Did Miguel say something about Dave’s play?
2. Did Miguel criticize Dave’s play?
3.
Q11:
1. What did Miguel say?
2. What did Miguel think of how Dave played?
3.
Q12:
1. In the end, what did Dave treasure the most?
2. What was important to Dave in the end?
3.
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3634bbtx0ouz9ly85s2ay1sidlyfi0 | race | When a tornado touched down in a small town nearby, many families were left completely destroyed. Afterward all the local newspapers carried many human-interest stories featuring some of the families who suffered the hardest.
One Sunday, a particular picture especially touched me. A young woman stood in front of an entirely shattered mobile home, a depressed expression twisting her features. A young boy, seven or eight years old, stood at her side, eyes downcast. Clutching at her skirt was a tiny girl who stared into the camera, eyes wide with confusion and fear.
The article that went with the picture gave the clothing sizes of each family member. With growing interest, I noticed that their sizes closely matched ours. This would be a good opportunity to teach my children to help those less fortunate than themselves. I taped the picture of the young family to our refrigerator, explaining their difficulty to my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Brett, and to three- year-old Meghan.
" We have so much. And these poor people now have nothing," I said."We'll share what we have with them."
I brought three large boxes down from the room upstairs and placed them on the living room floor. Meghan watched seriously, as the boys and I filled one of the boxes with canned goods and foods.
While I sorted through our clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and donate some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched quietly as the boys piled up discarded toys and games.
"I'll help you find something for the little girl when I'm done with this," I said.
The boys placed the toys they had chosen to donate into one of the boxes while I filled the third box with clothes. Meghan walked up with Lucy, her worn, faded, much-loved rag doll hugged tightly to her chest. She paused in front of the box that held the toys, pressed her round little face into Lucy's flat, painted-on-face, gave her a final kiss, then laid her gently on top of the other toys.
"Oh, Honey," I said."You don't have to give Lucy. You love her so much."
Meghan nodded seriously, eyes glistening with held-back tears. '"Lucy makes me happy, Mommy. Maybe she'll make that other little girl happy, too."
_ , I stared at Meghan for a long moment, wondering how I could teach the boys the lesson she had just taught me. For I suddenly realized that anyone can give their cast-offs away. True generosity is giving that which you value most.
Honest benevolence is a three-year-old offering a valuable, though shabby, doll to a little girl she doesn't know with the hope that it will bring this child as much pleasure as it brought her. I, who had wanted to teach, had been taught.
The boys had watched, open-mouthed, as their baby sister placed her favorite doll in the box. Without a word, Brad rose and went to his room. He came back carrying one of his favorite action figures. He hesitated briefly, clutching the toy, then looked over at Meghan and placed it in the box next to Lucy.
A slow smile spread across Brett's face. Then he jumped up, eyes twinkling as he ran to fetch some of his prized Matchbox cars.
Astonished, I realized that the boys had also recognized what little Meghan's gesture meant. Swallowing back tears, I pulled all three of them into my arms.
Taking the cue from my little one, I removed my old jacket from the box of clothes. I replaced it with the new hunter green jacket that I had found on sale last week. I hoped the young woman in the picture would love it as much as I did.
It's easy to give that which we don't want any more, but harder to let go of things we cherish, isn't it? However, _ QUESTIONS:
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1. What natural disaster occurred?
2. What natural phenomenon took place?
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1. Who filmed what happened?
2. Who recorded the natural disaster?
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1. What showed the picture on the fridge?
2. What was illustrated by the picture on the fridge?
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1. Who explained their difficulty?
2. Who talked about their struggle?
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1. Which other person knew the struggle?
2. Who else knew about these difficulties?
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1. How was she called?
2. What name did she go by?
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1. How were the twins called?
2. What were the names of the twins?
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1. What was donated,
2. What help was given?
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1. Was anything else given other than canned goods and foods?
2. Did anything else help other than canned goods and foods?
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1. What was given by the girl?
2. How did the girl help?
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1. What was given by the woman?
2. What did the woman offer to help?
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3txd01zld4hukwwjfsv5q0j2hstu4j | mctest | Steve was excited about the trip he was taking tonight. The family was going out to his favorite place to eat. Steve loved spaghetti and meatballs, and the restaurant made the very best!
When Steve and his parents got to the restaurant, his mother had to tell him to stop running so fast. Steve couldn't help himself, he wanted to be inside and at a table so badly. The restaurant had pictures of all the people that used to work there in the past, it had been around for a long time with a history of such great food. It was not the first time his mother had to tell him to slow down.
When they were taken to their table and went through the curtain to the dining area, Steve had another nice surprise waiting for him. It would not be a table for three, his favorite aunt and uncle were waiting at the table for them! Steve sat down quickly to get some of the bread sticks before they were all gone.
Steve did not even need a menu, he knew what he wanted. Bring on the spaghetti and meatballs, nice and hot! QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What made Steve excited?
2. What made Steve happy?
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1. Where would the trip be?
2. Where was Steve about to go?
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1. Does Steve like eating spaghetti?
2. Does Steve enjoy eating spaghetti?
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1. Does Steve like meatballs?
2. Does Steve like eating meatballs?
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1. How old or how new was the restaurant?
2. Was the restaurant fairly new or old?
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1. What did Steve’ s mother have to say when they arrived?
2. What did Steve’s mother speak about when they got there?
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1. What surprise was waiting for Steve?
2. What was the surprise Steve was about to receive?
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1. Did Steve eat breadsticks?
2. Did Steve try breadsticks?
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1. What was it Steve wanted to eat?
2. What did Steve want to try?
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1. Was Steve’s meal hot or cold?
2. What temperature was it?
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3zsy5x72nxb68xekuif9zn2nrbtor5 | race | Michael Jackson's sudden death really astonished his fans, but soon they are glad to find another younger "King of Pop" has appeared. Wang Yiming, who is known as Xiao Bao, has already been popular across the world with his wonderful dance moves. He once appeared on U.S. television show "Ellen" and performed successfully at the World Expo 2010. About seven years ago, Xiao Bao was born prematurely , which made his mother really worried. He was so weak. What could he do? Doctors suggested that moving his body to music would help make him strong, but soon his parents were surprised by how quickly Xiao Bao fell in love with music! "When he was young, we just started playing music to him and he started moving around like this. But we didn't think that he had such a strong feeling for music. When he was just several months old, we would let him listen to music and he would stop crying and calm down at once," the proud mother once said. So far, Xiao Bao has learned the moonwalk and other Jackson's moves well. His fans are crazy about his wonderful shows. He has drawn more people's attention. He is fast becoming internationally popular. There are lots of problems waiting for him, but Xiao Bao will never give up. He is serious about his dancing career . Where there is a will, there is a way. We are sure that Xiao Bao's dream will come true one day. QUESTIONS:
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1. Who is the new star of pop that recently appeared?
2. Which artist just appeared?
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1. What name does he go by?
2. How is he called?
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1. What made Xiao choose this path?
2. What made Xiao choose this career?
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1. Which person decided Xiao should choose that path?
2. Who made Xiao move himself to song?
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1. What program was Xiao on?
2. What program did Xiao broadcast?
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1. Was Xiao premature?
2. Was Xiao born too early?
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1. How old was Xiao when he discovered his love for music?
2. Was Xiao seven years old when he fell in love with music?
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1. What was Xiao’s age when he discovered he loved music?
2. How many years old was Xiao when he discovered his love for music?
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1. Is Xiao struggling to perform Jackson’s moves?
2. Are Jackson’s dance moves difficult to reproduce of Xiao?
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1. What do Xiao’s followers love about him?
2. What do Xiao’ s followers really enjoy?
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1. Did Xiao execute a performance et the 2010 European Exposition?
2. Has Xiao ever performed at the European Exposition?
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1. Where did Xiao have a performance in 2010?
2. Where did Xiao carry out a show in 2010?
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3cplwgv3mozimcimzmfatd2owkd9nu | wikipedia | Starting in the late 1950s, American computer scientist Paul Baran developed the concept Distributed Adaptive Message Block Switching with the goal to provide a fault-tolerant, efficient routing method for telecommunication messages as part of a research program at the RAND Corporation, funded by the US Department of Defense. This concept contrasted and contradicted the theretofore established principles of pre-allocation of network bandwidth, largely fortified by the development of telecommunications in the Bell System. The new concept found little resonance among network implementers until the independent work of Donald Davies at the National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom) (NPL) in the late 1960s. Davies is credited with coining the modern name packet switching and inspiring numerous packet switching networks in Europe in the decade following, including the incorporation of the concept in the early ARPANET in the United States.
Packet switching contrasts with another principal networking paradigm, circuit switching, a method which pre-allocates dedicated network bandwidth specifically for each communication session, each having a constant bit rate and latency between nodes. In cases of billable services, such as cellular communication services, circuit switching is characterized by a fee per unit of connection time, even when no data is transferred, while packet switching may be characterized by a fee per unit of information transmitted, such as characters, packets, or messages. QUESTIONS:
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1. What is it Davies does?
2. What is Davies known for?
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1. What did Davies cause?
2. What did Davies motivate?
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1. Where did packet switching networks take place?
2. Where did packet switching networks happen?
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1. What was it like compared to previous thought ideals?
2. Did it congrats with previous thought ideals?
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1. What was triggered by it?
2. What did it summon?
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1. What principles did it contrast with?
2. What were the contrasted principles?
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1. Who were those principles developed by?
2. Which person developed these principles?
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1. Was the project immediately successful?
2. Did the concept of the project appeal straight away?
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1. When did the concept become successful?
2. When was the concept triumphant?
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1. Where was Davies working during this time?
2. In what place was Davies working at that time?
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3ydgxnseozuwmzp6cpu0u81dl8a845 | wikipedia | Maryland () is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east. The state's largest city is Baltimore, and its capital is Annapolis. Among its occasional nicknames are "Old Line State", the "Free State", and the "Chesapeake Bay State". The state is named after the English queen Henrietta Maria of France.
One of the original Thirteen Colonies, Maryland is considered to be the birthplace of religious freedom in America, when it was formed by George Calvert in the early 17th century as an intended refuge for persecuted Catholics from England. George Calvert was the first Lord of Baltimore and the first English proprietor of the then-Maryland colonial grant. Maryland was the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution, and played a pivotal role in the founding of Washington, D.C., which was established on land donated by the state.
Maryland is one of the smallest U.S. states in terms of area, as well as one of the most densely populated, with around six million residents. , Maryland had the highest median household income of any state, owing in large part to its close proximity to the nation's capital and a highly diversified economy spanning manufacturing, services, and biotechnology. QUESTIONS:
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1. What state is being mentioned?
2. What state is the subject of the article?
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1. How many localities does the state border?
2. How many states and cities surround this state?
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1. What is on the state’s eastern side?
2. What is located at the east of the state?
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1. Is this state big?
2. Does this state have an important size?
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Q5:
1. Who has the same name?
2. What is it named the same after?
3.
Q6:
1. Who was the founder of the colony?
2. Which person founded the colony?
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1. In what year was the colony founded?
2. At what date was the colony founded?
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1. What did the colony start?
2. What is the colony famous for starting?
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1. What city was located there?
2. What city does it contain?
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1. How important is the demography?
2. How many people are there per area?
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Q11:
1. What is the demography of this area?
2. What is the density of people who live there?
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Q12:
1. How else is the state called other than Old Line sate
2. What are the other names given to the state other than Old Line state?
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3bxqmrhwkzyaomlplwv1cu024qwumb | wikipedia | Wall Street is an eight-block-long street running roughly northwest to southeast from Broadway to South Street, at the East River, in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial services industry (even if financial firms are not physically located there), or New York-based financial interests.
Anchored by Wall Street, New York City has been called both the most economically powerful city and the leading financial center of the world, and the city is home to the world's two largest stock exchanges by total market capitalization, the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. Several other major exchanges have or had headquarters in the Wall Street area, including the New York Mercantile Exchange, the New York Board of Trade, and the former American Stock Exchange.
There are varying accounts about how the Dutch-named "de Waalstraat" got its name. A generally accepted version is that the name of the street was derived from a wall (actually a wooden palisade) on the northern boundary of the New Amsterdam settlement, built to protect against Native Americans, pirates, and the British. A conflicting explanation is that Wall Street was named after "Walloons"— the Dutch name for a "Walloon" is "Waal". Among the first settlers that embarked on the ship "Nieu Nederlandt" in 1624 were 30 Walloon families. While the Dutch word "wal" can be translated as "rampart", it only appeared on maps as "de Walstraat" on English maps of New Amsterdam. However, even some English maps show the name as Waal Straat, and not as Wal Straat. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where is Wall Street located?
2. Which state contains Wall Street?
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Q2:
1. What Dutch name does Wall Street also go by?
2. What name do the Dutch call Wall Street?
3.
Q3:
1. How big block wise is the street?
2. How long block wise is the street?
3.
Q4:
1. Is NASDAQ located in New York?
2. Is the NASDAQ found in New York?
3.
Q5:
1. Is the The New York stock exchange also located in New York?
2. Is the The New York stock exchange in New York?
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Q6:
1. Which locality is the leading financial center of the world?
2. What city is number one leading financial center of the world?
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1. What was the number of Walloon families on the ship?
2. Were there a lot of Walloon families on the ship?
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1. What do Dutch call Walloon?
2. How do Dutch use the term Walloon?
3.
Q9:
1. What was the ship called?
2. What was the name of the ship?
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Q10:
1. How do some maps show the name as?
2. How do some maps rename the place?
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