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3x65qveqi0nuwam4zt9mibz7w82clt | gutenberg | CHAPTER SIX
We said no more about Heyst on that occasion, and it so happened that I did not meet Davidson again for some three months. When we did come together, almost the first thing he said to me was:
"I've seen him."
Before I could exclaim, he assured me that he had taken no liberty, that he had not intruded. He was called in. Otherwise he would not have dreamed of breaking in upon Heyst's privacy.
"I am certain you wouldn't," I assured him, concealing my amusement at his wonderful delicacy. He was the most delicate man that ever took a small steamer to and fro among the islands. But his humanity, which was not less strong and praiseworthy, had induced him to take his steamer past Samburan wharf (at an average distance of a mile) every twenty-three days--exactly. Davidson was delicate, humane, and regular.
"Heyst called you in?" I asked, interested.
Yes, Heyst had called him in as he was going by on his usual date. Davidson was examining the shore through his glasses with his unwearied and punctual humanity as he steamed past Samburan.
I saw a man in white. It could only have been Heyst. He had fastened some sort of enormous flag to a bamboo pole, and was waving it at the end of the old wharf.
Davidson didn't like to take his steamer alongside--for fear of being indiscreet, I suppose; but he steered close inshore, stopped his engines, and lowered a boat. He went himself in that boat, which was manned, of course, by his Malay seamen. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who had something white on?
2. Who donned white?
3.
Q2:
1. What was the object being waved?
2. What was shaken around?
3.
Q3:
1. Who was asked to arrive?
2. Whose presence was requested?
3.
Q4:
1. How much time had passed since the narrator and Davidson last spoke?
2. How long did the narrator and Davidson go without contact?
3.
Q5:
1. Who was spotted?
2. What was the name of the person that was noticed?
3.
Q6:
1. What was brought about all over the place?
2. What had gone on a great number of journeys?
3.
Q7:
1. Who was the steamer's conductor?
2. Who manned the steamer?
3.
Q8:
1. What was Davidson's persona?
2. How could Davidson be described?
3.
Q9:
1. Was Davidson quick to frighten?
2. Did Davidson scare easily?
3.
Q10:
1. At what frequency did the steamer go out?
2. How often was the steamer manned?
3.
Q11:
1. What was the steamer taken out past?
2. What did the steamer go further than?
3.
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3qfufysy9yf51eztk30640iz83af4y | race | Probably no other musical instrument is as popular as the guitar around the world. Musicians use the guitar for almost all kinds of music. Country and western music would not be the same without a guitar. The traditional Spanish folk music called Flamenco could not exist without a guitar. The sound of American blues music would not be the same without the sad cry of the guitar. And rock and roll music would almost be impossible without this instrument.
Music experts do not agree about where the guitar was first played. Most agree it is ancient. Some experts say an instrument very much like a guitar was played in Egypt more than 1,000 years ago. Most experts say that the ancestor of the modern guitar was brought to Spain from Persia sometime in the 12thcentury. The guitar continued to develop in Spain. In the 1700s it became similar to the instrument we know today.
Many famous musicians played the instrument. The famous Italian violins Niccole Paganism played and wrote music for the guitar in the early 1800s. Franz Schubert used the guitar to write some of his famous works. In modern times Spanish guitarist Andres Segovia helped make the instrument extremely popular.
In the 1930s, Les Paul began experimenting to make an electric guitar. He invented the solid-bodied electric guitar in 1946. The Gibson Guitar Company began producing its famous Les Paul Guitar in 1952. It became a powerful influence on popular music. The instrument has the same shape and the same six strings as the traditional guitar, but it sounds very different. Les Paul produced a series of extremely popular recordings that introduced the public to this music. Listen to this Les Paul recording. It was the fifth most popular song in the United States in 1952. It is called "Meet Mister Callaghan." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What instrument surpasses all others in popularity?
2. What instrument is more utilized than all the others?
3.
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3u8ycdagxpgltf71fioy4ww0yz9q05 | wikipedia | Billboard (stylized as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style. It is also known for its music charts, including the "Billboard" Hot 100 and "Billboard" 200, tracking the most popular singles and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows. "Billboard" was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegen's interest in 1900 for $500.
In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs, and burlesque shows. It also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. "Billboard" began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox, phonograph, and radio became commonplace. Many topics it covered were spun-off into different magazines, including "Amusement Business" in 1961 to cover outdoor entertainment, so that it could focus on music. After Donaldson died in 1925, "Billboard" was passed down to his children and Hennegan's children, until it was sold to private investors in 1985, and has since been owned by various parties. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. When did Billboard come about?
2. What was the year of Billboard's founding?
3.
Q2:
1. Who created Billboard?
2. What was the name of Billboard's founder?
3.
Q3:
1. What occurred in 1900?
2. What was an event from 1900?
3.
Q4:
1. How much did Donaldson pay for Hennegan's interest?
2. What was the price of Hennegan's interest?
3.
Q5:
1. What kind of company is Billboard?
2. What can Billboard be described as?
3.
Q6:
1. What are Billboard known for?
2. What has brought Billboard recognition?
3.
Q7:
1. What is the function of the Billboard Hot 100?
2. What can be found on the Billboard Hot 100?
3.
Q8:
1. What took place in 1925?
2. What event occurred in 1925?
3.
Q9:
1. Who was put in charge of Billboard after Donaldson's death?
2. After Donaldson's passing, who took the reigns at Billboard?
3.
Q10:
1. When did private investors purchase Billboard?
2. In what year was Billboard sold to private investors?
3.
Q11:
1. Who is the current owner of Billboard?
2. Who does Billboard belong to at present?
3.
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3u8ycdagxpgltf71fioy4ww0ywnq0d | cnn | (CNN) -- Last week, we clued you in to all the annoying things that couples must cease doing on Facebook.
This week, we're taking a look at the other side of the coin. What should you do about all the digital remnants of a relationship when you're no longer flitting through fields, holding hands and weaving flowers Lady Chatterley's Lover-like into one another's various expanses of hair? (i.e., after you've broken up.)
A quick story that's not specifically true but is likely true for many a person: Suzie has a new beau, Johnny, and they are, oh, so in love. Like, two straws, one milkshake in love. And Suzie detests sharing because she's an only child, so you know that's big.
Naturally, the two become Facebook friends, because, well, the site has 900 million users and based on Lord Zuckerberg's official decree, you don't actually KNOW anyone until you click "friend." Suzie is happily clicking through Johnny's pictures and scrolling through his timeline when she notices a girl named Sally has commented on quite a few snaps and left wall posts with some quite explicit descriptions of what she wants to do to his sloped-shoulder physique.
Suzie is thrown into a rage that only the most only of only children can make manifest, then she realizes that the posts are from two years back.
The next time she and Johnny are slurping some frozen milk she asks for the story, and Johnny reveals that Sally was his old flame, a college sweetheart who has long since lost the sweetness and acquired a whip (the accessory of choice for anyone in her rather dominating profession). QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What platform does the article say they discussed last week?
2. What social media network was the subject of last week's article?
3.
Q2:
1. Who is Suzy's boyfriend?
2. Who is Suzy in a relationship with?
3.
Q3:
1. What doesn't Suzy like?
2. What does Suzy hate?
3.
Q4:
1. Why doesn't Suzy like sharing?
2. What's the reason that Suzy isn't a fan of sharing?
3.
Q5:
1. Are Suzy and Johnny enamored with one another?
2. Are Johnny and Suzy in love?
3.
Q6:
1. Do Johnny and Suzy become Facebook friends?
2. Do Suzy and Johnny friend each other on Facebook?
3.
Q7:
1. How many users does Facebook have?
2. How many people have a Facebook account?
3.
Q8:
1. Who created Facebook?
2. What was the name of the person that came up with Facebook?
3.
Q9:
1. What does Suzy notice that Sally has done?
2. What did Sally do that Suzy has taken note of?
3.
Q10:
1. How does Suzy react to seeing Sally's Facebook posts?
2. What does Suzy do when she sees what Sally wrote on Facebook?
3.
Q11:
1. How long ago did Sally post on Johnny's wall?
2. How much time has passed since Sally's Facebook posts?
3.
Q12:
1. What are Johnny and Suzy up to when she confronts him?
2. What are the lovers up to when Suzy confronts Johnny about the Facebook posts?
3.
Q13:
1. What are Johnny's words regarding Sally?
2. How does Johnny speak about Sally?
3.
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3xcc1odxdlb9t9r09v7dosxn7trqru | gutenberg | Chapter 2: A Valiant Band.
The permission was not attended with the result that the young prince's counsellors had hoped. For a time, James showed a lively pleasure when Desmond rode over to Saint Germain, walked with him in the gardens, and talked to him alone in his private apartments, and professed a warm friendship for him; but Desmond was not long in discovering that his first estimate of the prince's character had been wholly erroneous, and that his outburst at their first meeting had been the result of pique and irritation, rather than any real desire to lead a more active life. Upon the contrary, he was constitutionally indolent and lethargic. There were horses at his command, but it was seldom, indeed, that he would take the trouble to cross the saddle, although walking was distasteful to him. Even when speaking of his hopes of ascending the throne of England, he spoke without enthusiasm, and said one day:
"It is a pity that it cannot be managed without fuss and trouble. I hate trouble."
"Nothing can be done worth doing, without trouble, Your Majesty," Desmond said sturdily. "It almost seems to me that, if everything could be had without trouble, it would not be worth having."
"How do you mean, Mr. Kennedy?"
"I may illustrate it by saying, Sire, that no true fisherman would care about angling in a pond, close to his house, and so full of fish, that he had but to drop a baited hook into the water to bring up one immediately. The pleasure of fishing consists largely in the hard work that it demands. It is, perhaps, miles to a stream across the hills, and a long day's work may produce but a half dozen fish; but these the angler prizes in proportion to the trouble he has had to get them. I think that, were I born heir to a throne, I would rather that it should cost me hardship, toil, and danger to obtain it, than walk into a cathedral, a few days after my father's death, and there be crowned." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who passed away?
2. Who lost their life?
3.
Q2:
1. How was Desmond born?
2. What was Desmond at the time of birth?
3.
Q3:
1. Who went for a ride?
2. Who went riding?
3.
Q4:
1. Where did Desmond ride to?
2. What location did Desmond reach on his ride?
3.
Q5:
1. Who was pleased with Desmond's preesence?
2. Who was happy to see Desmond?
3.
Q6:
1. What did Desmond and James do?
2. What was Desmond and James activity together?
3.
Q7:
1. Where did Desmond and James go for a stroll?
2. In what location did James and Desmond take a walk?
3.
Q8:
1. What did Desmond and James do as they walked?
2. What else did Desmond and James do besides their stroll?
3.
Q9:
1. Did Desmond and James meet in public?
2. Were James and Desmond in a public space at the time of their meeting?
3.
Q10:
1. Where were Desmond and James if not in public?
2. What was James and Desmond's non-public location?
3.
Q11:
1. Would a real fisherman go fishing by his house?
2. Would someone who actually cares about fishing do so close by his home?
3.
Q12:
1. How far should a fisherman travel to fish?
2. What is an appropriate distance to travel to fish?
3.
Q13:
1. Where would Desmond go fishing?
2. Where does Desmond think it appropriate to fish?
3.
Q14:
1. How many fish would Desmond catch?
2. What would be the number of fish caught by Desmond?
3.
Q15:
1. What land would James rule over?
2. What land would James soon be prince of?
3.
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3vhp9mdgrnk8wic8di6onyunzincf7 | mctest | Once upon a time a driver was taking some meat to the store. But he hit a turtle. Then he hit another turtle. The driver was sad. So he put the turtles in the trash. Then he felt better. The driver told his mommy that he needed to look in the mirror, so she said he could. The driver wanted to go back to work. On the way to work he saw a man with a firework. He watched the man light the firework. It was fun, but the driver needed to get back to work. This time he took a chair to the store. It was a fun job. The driver was very busy all day long. He wanted to go home and have fun, but he was busy working. The driver was a good worker and worked all day so he didn't go home and have fun. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the cause of a turtle's injury?
2. How was one turtle wounded?
3.
Q2:
1. Did the driver only hit one turtle?
2. Was only one turtle struck by the driver?
3.
Q3:
1. Where was the driver going?
2. What location was the driver headed towards?
3.
Q4:
1. What was the driver's reason for going to the store?
2. Why was the driver headed to the grocery?
3.
Q5:
1. What did the driver do with the turtles?
2. How did the driver cover up what he'd done to the turtles?
3.
Q6:
1. Was the driver happy?
2. Did the driver feel relieved?
3.
Q7:
1. What was the second thing the driver took to the store?
2. What did the driver take to a store after the meat delivery?
3.
Q8:
1. Was it easy taking the chair to the store?
2. Was delivering the chair a simple task?
3.
Q9:
1. Did the driver get a lot of breaks?
2. Was the driver able to rest often?
3.
Q10:
1. Why didn't the driver get a lot of breaks?
2. What prevented the driver from getting much rest?
3.
Q11:
1. Did the driver get the opportunity to go home ever?
2. Was the driver ever able to return to his house?
3.
Q12:
1. Why couldn't the driver go home?
2. What prevented the driver from going home?
3.
Q13:
1. Did the driver wish to go home?
2. Did the driver want to return to his house?
3.
Q14:
1. Why did the driver want to go home?
2. What made the driver desire to return to his house?
3.
Q15:
1. What did the driver say to his mother?
2. What did the driver tell his mommy?
3.
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37xitheisw95z8hh4d6i4n863cmcr3 | gutenberg | Chapter I. Retirement From Leadership. (1874-1875)
“ἐγὼ μὲν, ὧναξ, πρεσβύτερός τε ἤδη εἰμὶ καὶ βαρὺς ἀείρεσθαι; σὺ δέ τινα τῶνδε τῶν νεωτέρων κέλευε ταῦτα ποιέειν.”—HERODOTUS iv. 150.
“I am too old, O king, and slow to stir; so bid thou one of the younger men here do these things.”
A member of the great government of 1868, in a letter to one of his family, gave an account of the final meeting of the cabinet:—
_Feb. 17, 1874._—I doubt—he says—whether I ever passed a more eventful evening than yesterday. The whole cabinet was assembled. We resolved after full discussion of pros and cons, and some slight difference of opinion, to resign at once. After which came the startling announcement that Gladstone would no longer retain the leadership of the liberal party, nor resume it, unless the party had settled its differences. He will not expose himself to the insults and outrages of 1866-8, and he has a keen sense of the disloyalty of the party during the last three years. He will sit as a private member and occasionally speak for himself, but he will not attend the House regularly, nor assume any one of the functions of leader. He does this not from anger, but because he says that it is absolutely necessary to party action to learn that all the duties and responsibilities do not rest on the leaders, but that followers have their obligations too. As a consequence of this Cardwell retires to the House of Lords. He will not take the leadership, nor will he consent to serve under any one but Gladstone. He is too old, he says. Lowe protests against the anarchical experiment, and talks of Hartington as leader. As neither Lowe, nor Bright, nor Goschen, nor Forster is in a position to act as leader, it may come to this, so that the liberal front benches of the two Houses will be entirely remodelled.(309) QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What body did people participate in?
2. What were certain people a member of?
3.
Q2:
1. What did a government actor write?
2. What was penned by someone in the government?
3.
Q3:
1. Who was the recepient of a letter?
2. To whom was a missive addressed?
3.
Q4:
1. What were the contents of the letter?
2. What did the letter discuss?
3.
Q5:
1. What date appeared on the missive?
2. What was the letter dated?
3.
Q6:
1. Was the whole cabinet in the same room together?
2. Was everyone from the cabinet in each other's company?
3.
Q7:
1. What was the subject of the cabinet's discussion?
2. What did the cabinet talk about?
3.
Q8:
1. Who was not going to be in charge of the Liberal Party?
2. Who would step down as chief of the Liberal Party?
3.
Q9:
1. How long has Gladstone had feelings about disloyalty?
2. For how much time has Gladstone been suspicious regarding others' loyalty?
3.
Q10:
1. What did Lowe speak out against?
2. What was the subject of Lowe's protest?
3.
Q11:
1. Who is discussed to take over leadership of the Liberal Party?
2. Who does the cabinet talk about taking charge of the party?
3.
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3a1cohj8njvqybd1rwejoxahq408hd | race | In modern society, receiving systematic college education seems a necessary way for success as a graduate from first-class university may always get more opportunities than others. However, if it is gold, it will shine one day. In this article, we will get to know three most successful people in U.S. who never finished their college education. Following experiences of these successful _ s may give you some inspiration. 1. Bill Gates Harvard's campus paper "Harvard Crimson" called Bill Gates "Harvard's most successful dropout," while the rest of the world preferred to name him "the world's richest man" for more than a decade. Now, even not on the top, he is still among the list of the world's wealthiest people.Gates entered Harvard in the fall of 1973. Two years later, he dropped out to found Microsoft with friend Paul Allen. And in 2007, he finally received an honorary doctorate from Harvard. 2. Steve Jobs The iPad, even Buzz Lightyear probably wouldn't have existed if Steve Jobs stayed in school. Because his family couldn't afford his college education, Jobs had to drop out of Reed College just after entering for 6 months. Then he found Apple, NeXT Computer and Pixar, which had made great influences on development of modern technique and culture. However, this wizard thought that his brief college education was not worthless. 3. Frank Lloyd Wright As the America's most celebrated architect, Wright spent more time on designing colleges rather than attending classes in them. Once spent one year in the University of Wisconsin-Madison, then he left for Chicago and started to learn from Louis Sullivan, the "father of modernism." Wright' s splendid resume included more than 500 works, most famous of which are Fallingwater and New York City's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is somebody that the article discusses?
2. Name one of the subjects of the article.
3.
Q2:
1. What company did Steve Jobs found?
2. Which company was created by Steve Jobs?
3.
Q3:
1. Did Bill Gates drop out of school?
2. Did Bill Gates leave college prematurely?
3.
Q4:
1. What was the name of Apple's founder?
2. Who created Apple?
3.
Q5:
1. What famous architect left college prematurely?
2. Who was a famous architect that was also a college dropout?
3.
Q6:
1. How long was Frank Lloyd Wright in college?
2. For how long did Frank Lloyd Wright attend university?
3.
Q7:
1. Where did Frank Lloyd Wright go to college?
2. What university did Frank Lloyd Wright attend?
3.
Q8:
1. How many works has Frank Lloyd Wright designed over his career?
2. What's the number of things Frank Lloyd Wright has created?
3.
Q9:
1. How many people who have done well does the article talk about?
2. What is the number of successful people that the article mentions?
3.
Q10:
1. After what amount of time did Bill Gates drop out of college?
2. How long did it take Bill Gates to abandon his university studies?
3.
Q11:
1. After what amount of time did Steve Jobs drop out of college?
2. How long did it take Steve Jobs to abandon his university studies?
3.
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340ugxu9dy1te9fyzowszqjfuceuvj | mctest | Jim rode his bike quickly. It was Friday and he wanted to get to the lake. The path to the lake was long and winding. It was wetter on Tuesday. Jim had to wash his boot. His boot had once been frozen. It was frozen because he left it outside on Sunday. He had to leave his boot outside for a long time. The lake was facing the tree. Jim had to go home. He wanted food very badly. Jim went home. He got inside and looked up at the ceiling. He walked to the refrigerator. Jim took the yogurt out of the refrigerator. Some milk was on the table and he grabbed a cup so he could pour himself some of the milk. Jim also had a candy bar. Jim sat down and rested. He was tired from the long bike ride. He finished his yogurt and began planning his next trip to the lake. It would not be long before he returned. He and his boots were ready for more fun outdoors Monday. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the first thing Jim lifted from the refrigerator?
2. Name the first item Jim got from the fridge.
3.
Q2:
1. What did Jim have to drink with his yogurt?
2. What beverage did Jim pair with his yogurt?
3.
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3h8dhmccw9bthwa0epswnh4at9mkde | wikipedia | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Japanese: ゼルダの伝説 トワイライトプリンセス, Hepburn: Zeruda no Densetsu: Towairaito Purinsesu?) is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube and Wii home video game consoles. It is the thirteenth installment in the The Legend of Zelda series. Originally planned for release on the GameCube in November 2005, Twilight Princess was delayed by Nintendo to allow its developers to refine the game, add more content, and port it to the Wii. The Wii version was released alongside the console in North America in November 2006, and in Japan, Europe, and Australia the following month. The GameCube version was released worldwide in December 2006.[b]
The story focuses on series protagonist Link, who tries to prevent Hyrule from being engulfed by a corrupted parallel dimension known as the Twilight Realm. To do so, he takes the form of both a Hylian and a wolf, and is assisted by a mysterious creature named Midna. The game takes place hundreds of years after Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, in an alternate timeline from The Wind Waker. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the name of Legend of Zelda's main character?
2. Who is the protagonist of Legend of Zelda?
3.
Q2:
1. How many previous games were there in the Legend of Zelda series?
2. What was the number of games in the Legend of Zelda before the current one?
3.
Q3:
1. Which system was Twilight Princess created for?
2. What system was Twilight Princess meant to be compatible with?
3.
Q4:
1. What was the original release date of Twilight Princess?
2. When was Twilight Princess supposed to come out?
3.
Q5:
1. Why didn't Twilight Princess come out on time?
2. What caused Twilight Princess to be pushed back?
3.
Q6:
1. When was Twilight Princess finally available for GameCube?
2. When could one at last access Twilight Princess on GameCube?
3.
Q7:
1. Was Twilight Princess released worldwide in December 2006?
2. Was Twilight Princess' December 2006 release for everywhere across the globe?
3.
Q8:
1. How can the Twilight Realm be described?
2. What is meant by the Twilight Realm?
3.
Q9:
1. How is the Twilight Realm a threat?
2. How could the Twilight Realm cause problems?
3.
Q10:
1. How does Link try and fight the Twilight Realm?
2. What does Link do to combat the Twilight Realm?
3.
Q11:
1. Does Twilight Princess take place before or after Ocarina of Time?
2. Is Twilight Princess set prior to or after Ocarina of Time?
3.
Q12:
1. Who helps Link?
2. Who does Link receive assistance from?
3.
Q13:
1. Is Twilight Princess on the same timeline as Wind Waker?
2. Do Twilight Princess and Wind Waker share a timeline?
3.
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3ngms9vztlifzuwi4kwpv4fqwv2ff8 | mctest | One morning, Becca was putting on her shoes when she heard a knock at the door. When she opened it, she saw her friend Faith standing on the porch. "Bill is going to build a fort in my backyard today, and I get to help," Faith said. "Would you like to come over and help too?"
Becca thought about what she had to do that day. Her mother had told her she needed to get her chores done before she could play at Faith's house. "First, I have to clean my room," Becca told Faith.
"Maybe I can help you," Faith said. "I helped Sam clean his room once."
"Sure!" Becca answered.
The girls went to Becca's room and started to pick up toys and clothes. "Maybe I need to clean under the bed," Becca said. Under the bed, she found a library book she had been missing. Faith finished putting all of the clothes into the hamper.
"Thanks for the help!" Becca said. "Now I can go with you."
"I hope we don't have to clean my room, too!" said Faith. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. When was it in the day?
2. What moment in the day does the story take place at?
3.
Q2:
1. Who heard something in the morning?
2. Who noticed a noise early in the day?
3.
Q3:
1. What did Becca hear?
2. What noise drew Becca's attention?
3.
Q4:
1. How did Becca respond to the knock at the door?
2. What did Becca do after hearing the knock at the door?
3.
Q5:
1. What did Becca see when she opened the door?
2. What appeared before Becca once she had opened the door?
3.
Q6:
1. Where did Becca's friend invite her to go?
2. What invitation did Becca's friend extend to her?
3.
Q7:
1. What did Becca have to do before going to her friend's house?
2. What was it necessary for Becca to complete before travelling to her friends?
3.
Q8:
1. Could anyone help Becca clean her room?
2. Was there anyone that could lend Becca a hand in picking up her room?
3.
Q9:
1. Where did Becca and Faith go?
2. What location did Becca travel to with Faith?
3.
Q10:
1. What did Becca and Faith do in the former's room?
2. What did Faith and Becca get up to in the latter's bedroom?
3.
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3cn4lgxd5xob15goptsutlpfefyy4e | race | "Ceci, wake up. It's an earthquake!" That's what Cecilia Wallace heard her mother shouting on the early morning of February 27th.
Cecilia is a 7th-grader. She, her parents and her brother, Sam, were in Chile's capital city, Santiago, the day a big earthquake hit Chile. And like just about everyone else, they were shaken out of their sleep.
"It was so frightening," Sam wrote. "The shaking was so huge that I will never go on a ride again." Cecilia and Sam wrote about their earthquake experiences. Their reports were later posted on the website.
Cecilia, Sam and their parents were staying in an apartment on the 15th floor of a building. They were lucky. Their building stayed standing, because it was built to withstand earthquakes.
Not everyone was as lucky as the Wallace family. More than 800 people died. Many older buildings fell down during the earthquake.
The damage in Santiago wasn't as bad as in other parts of Chile. So the supermarkets were open for business on the morning of the quake. But it wasn't business as usual. "The supermarkets have been crazy with people rushing to buy their food for the next while," Sam wrote.
Not everyone was able to get money to buy food that morning. So Cecilia and Sam made food bags to _ to people who were begging outside the supermarket. "We gave some to a kid of my age. I made sure he got cookies and bread." Sam and Cecilia's mother wrote that the kids also collected money for the Red Cross.
It's certainly an experience Cecilia, Sam and their parents will never forget. Thankfully, they lived to tell their stories. QUESTIONS:
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1. What occurred on the 27th of February?
2. What did February 27th bring?
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1. What was the location of an earthquake?
2. What country was hit by an earthquake?
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1. Who experienced the earthquake?
2. Who was present for the earthquake?
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1. Were there zero casualities during the earthquake?
2. Did everybody survive the earthquake?
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1. How many people died in the earthquake?
2. What was the number of deaths the earthquake caused?
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1. Was Cecilia's family able to help others?
2. Did Cecelia's family manage to lend a hand to other poeple?
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1. What did Cecelia's family do to help their community?
2. How did Cecelia and her family help other people out?
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1. Where in Chile did the Wallace family live?
2. What Chilean city did the Wallaces live in?
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1. Did Cecilia's family have a house?
2. Did the Wallace family live in a single family home?
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1. What kind of building did the Wallaces live in?
2. What was the Wallace's place of residence like?
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1. Was there anything special about the Wallace family's apartment building?
2. Was there anything notable about the building Cecilia's family lived in?
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30og32w0subzh8937xvwlr3zns2ned | wikipedia | The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is often ranked as one of the world's most prestigious universities.
Founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States, MIT adopted a European polytechnic university model and stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering. Researchers worked on computers, radar and inertial guidance during World War II and the Cold War. Post-war defense research contributed to the rapid expansion of the faculty and campus under James Killian. The current campus opened in 1916 and extends over along the northern bank of the Charles River basin.
The Institute is traditionally known for its research and education in the physical sciences and engineering, but more recently in biology, economics, linguistics and management as well. MIT is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU). For several years, MIT's School of Engineering has been ranked first in various international and national university rankings, while MIT is also often ranked among the world's top universities overall. The MIT Engineers compete in 31 sports, most teams of which compete in the NCAA Division III's New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference, whereas the Division I rowing programs compete as part of the EARC and EAWRC. QUESTIONS:
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1. What is MIT's location?
2. Where can the Massachusetts Institute of Technology be found?
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1. In what year was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology founded?
2. What year was MIT started?
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1. What was the reason for MIT's creation?
2. Why was MIT founded?
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1. What subjects were taught at MIT when it opened?
2. What subjects could come learn at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology when it was founded?
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1. What was the first thing that MIT researchers worked on?
2. What was the first research focus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology?
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1. When did Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers work on computers and radar?
2. What was going on while MIT was researching computers and radar?
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1. Who led defense research at MIT after the war?
2. Who was in charge of defense research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after the war?
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1. In what year was MIT's current campus opened up?
2. When did the current campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology open its doors?
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1. What body of water is near the Massachusetts Institute of Technology?
2. What is MIT on the banks of?
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1. What is MIT known for recently?
2. What has recently become a subject of study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology?
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1. What program is MIT a member of?
2. What organization does the Massachusetts Institute of Technology belong to?
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1. Is MIT a top ranked university?
2. Does the Massachusetts Institute of Technology rank amongst the most prestigious schools?
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1. How many sports does MIT compete in?
2. What's the number of sports that one can compete in at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology?
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1. What's a conference that MIT competes in?
2. What is one of MIT's athletic conferences?
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3zppdn2slvwes6596ncr3q8fiune9p | race | Many Americans have been leaving their cars at home and riding to work on bicycles. Andy Clark is the leader of the League of American Bicyclists. His group supports bicycling for fun, fitness and transportation.
Clark says this is good news for the environment. He says riding a bicycle to work does not burn fossil fuel or creates dangerous pollutions. Experts say the effects are the most important on short trips. The Department of Transportation says fifty percent of Americans drive eight kilometers or fewer to work. Shorter car trips set out more pollution into the air for each kilometer drive. This is because the car engine will set out the harmful air when it warms up before it can work well.
James, a members of Congress , is a strong supporter of bicycle use. He says cities, counties, state governments and state highway transportation agencies are planning the roadways of the future. They are creating roads and paths for bicycles in cities and between communities.
Last year, Portland, the Pacific Northwest city in the state of Oregon, had the highest percentage of bicycle users in the United States. Portland has been doing progressive city planning for many years to create special paths for bike riders. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What are many replacing their cars with?
2. How are a lot of people getting around instead of by car?
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1. What does Andy Clark do?
2. What is Andy Clark in charge of?
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1. What percent of Americans go less than eight kilometers by car to get to work?
2. What percentage of Americans have a work commute that is smaller than 8 kilometers?
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1. What does riding a bike do for the environment?
2. What effect does riding one's bike have on the environment?
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1. Is Congress in favor of bicycle use?
2. Does Congress think bicycle use is a good thing?
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1. What city has the largest amount of bike users in the United States?
2. Which city has the biggest population of bicyclists in the US?
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1. Are transportation agencies attempting to increase bicycle use?
2. Are transportation authorities making an effort to create more bicycle users?
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1. What does the League of American Bicyclists support bicycle use for, besides transportation?
2. According to the League of American Bicyclists, what benefits does biking have other than transportation?
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1. How much time did Portland need to create space for bicyclists?
2. How long did it take Portland to become bike friendly?
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1. What kind of fuel is no longer needed when one bikes?
2. What fuel becomes obsolete when one uses their bike?
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3wygz5xf3wfzjltibfnligqathgks1 | mctest | Santa Claus makes sure that every year at Christmas time that his reindeer are ready to deliver gifts to girls and boys all over the world. Without the reindeer, how would Santa fly from home to home? The most important thing that Santa has to do for the reindeer is to make sure they have their coffee on Christmas Eve. Without the coffee, they won't stay awake for very long. Sleeping reindeer are not very helpful. Santa also gives the reindeer candy to keep up their energy. In the North Pole, the main candy is candy canes in red and white. Reindeer love the candy canes that are different colors best and Santa says that helps them fly faster. Next, Santa has to make sure that the reindeer have a good meal before they go. Santa wants to make sure he doesn't have to share the cookies kids leave for him. The last thing Santa has to do is make sure the reindeer know where they are going. Santa has only been lost one time on Christmas Eve and he does not want that to happen again. QUESTIONS:
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1. What does Santa give the reindeer so they don't fall asleep?
2. What do the reindeer get from Santa Claus so they keep their energy up?
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1. What is the most common sweet treat that Santa feeds the reindeer?
2. What candy do the reindeer get from Santa most often?
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1. How many times has Santa gotten lost?
2. WHats the number of times that Santa didn't know where he was going?
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1. Why does Santa make sure all the reindeer are well fed?
2. For what reason does Santa ensure all the reindeer have enough to eat?
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1. What causes the reindeers' speed to increase?
2. What makes the reindeer go faster?
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1. Does Santa tell the reindeer where they are going?
2. Does Santa inform the reindeer of their destination?
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1. Where do the reindeer travel to?
2. To what location do the reindeer head?
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1. How important are the reindeer to Santa?
2. How vital are the reindeer to Santa's mission?
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1. Where do the reindeer reside?
2. What is the reindeers' place of residence?
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1. What is Santa's food?
2. What does Santa Claus gobble up?
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1. What is Santa's most important preparation?
2. What's the most important thing Santa does to get ready?
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1. What candy is most frequently found in the North Pole?
2. Which is the North Pole's most common sugary treat?
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1. Does Santa feed the reindeer anything besides coffee and sweets?
2. Is there anything other than coffee and sweets that the reindeer get from Santa?
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3atpcq38j8aq3uw5yu2l6obf6tpyas | wikipedia | Long Beach is a city on the Pacific Coast of the United States, within the Greater Los Angeles area of Southern California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257. It is the 36th most populous city in the United States and the 7th most populous in California. Long Beach is the second largest city in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, and the third largest in Southern California behind Los Angeles and San Diego.
The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest container port in the United States and is among the world's largest shipping ports. The city also maintains a progressively declining oil industry with minor wells located both directly beneath the city as well as offshore. Manufacturing sectors include those in aircraft, automotive parts, electronic equipment, audiovisual equipment, petrochemicals, precision metals and home furnishings.
Long Beach lies in the southeastern corner of Los Angeles County and borders Orange County. Downtown Long Beach is approximately south of downtown Los Angeles, though the two cities share an official border for several miles.
Indigenous people have lived in coastal Southern California for over 10,000 years, and several successive cultures have inhabited the present-day area of Long Beach. By the 16th-century arrival of Spanish explorers, the dominant group were the Tongva people. They had at least three major settlements within the present-day city. "Tevaaxa'anga" was an inland settlement near the Los Angeles River, while "Ahwaanga" and "Povuu'nga" were coastal villages. Along with other Tongva villages, they were forced to relocate in the mid-19th century due to missionization, political change, and a drastic drop in population from exposure to European diseases. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. At what point in time did Spanish explorers arrive at Long Beach?
2. When did the Spanish reach Long Beach?
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1. Who were the main residents of Long Beach when the Spanish got there?
2. When Spanish explorers arrived at Long Beach, who were the principal inhabitants?
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1. How many major settlements did the Tongva have in Long Beach?
2. How many main settlements belonged to the Tongva around Long Beach?
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1. What was the name of the Tongva's inland settlement?
2. Which of the Tongva's settlements was located inland?
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1. What became of the Tongva?
2. What was the Tongva tribe's fate?
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1. What was one reason that the Tongva were forced to relocate?
2. Why, in part, did the Tongva have to leave Long Beach?
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1. Which reason for Tongva relocation was due to the Spanish?
2. What did the Spanish do to force the Tongva out of Long Beach?
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1. What coast does Long Beach brush up on?
2. Which coastal boarder is affiliated with Long Beach?
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1. Which state is Long Beach in?
2. In what state can Long Beach be found?
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1. Where does Long Beach's population rank in California?
2. What is Long Beach's rank in population within the state of California?
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1. Where does Long Beach's size rank within the LA area?
2. How does the area of Long Beach rank in the Los Angeles area?
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3ojsz2atdswai4ongpl4l0bw94x75n | race | Connie Talbot was born on November 20th, 2000. She is an English child singer from Streetly, West Midlands. She is best known for being on "Britain's Got Talent"(<<>> )when she was just six. She has been singing since she was 19 months old. The song she is most known for is Somewhere over the Rainbow. And now she is touring the country with the UK's biggest children's choir--Young Voices. Do you know what the Young Voices Tour is? Well, it's a great event for children. It is great for them to sing on a big stage with thousands of other children. Everyone waits for the parents to arrive in the evening to watch the children put on a great show. There is so much fun. When the lights turn on, everyone sings together at the same time as one. It's so loud and powerful . Connie loves looking around at the choir and seeing everyone so happy when she was performing. "We've heard you got a new Guinness world record!" I asked her. "Yes! I am very proud. It was amazing to get the Guinness world record for the biggest choir at the back of a singer. I am glad to share that world record with more than 6000 other children present that day," she answered. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. At what age did Connie Talbot perform on Britain's Got Talent?
2. What was Connie Talbot's age when she was featured on Britain's Got Talent?
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1. Who got a World Record with Connie Talbot?
2. With whom does Connie Talbot share her World Record?
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1. When was Connie Talbot born?
2. What was the date of Connie Talbot's birth?
3.
Q4:
1. What does the Young Voices Tour refer to?
2. What happens during the Young Voice tour?
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Q5:
1. What song is Connie Talbot best known for?
2. What is Connie Talbot's most well known tune?
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1. Did Connie Talbot begin singing at the age of two?
2. Was Connie Talbot two years old when she started singing?
3.
Q7:
1. Do parents attend the Young Voices Tour?
2. Are children who perform at the Young Voices Tour accompanied by their parents?
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1. What is Connie Talbot's hometown?
2. What city does Connie Talbot come from?
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1. Who asked Connie Talbot about her World Record?
2. Who interviewed Connie Talbot regarding her World Record?
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1. What were Connie Talbot's emotions towards receiving a World Record?
2. How did it make Connie Talbot feel to have gotten a World Record?
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3l4pim1gqtgi2bim05o71e0p5lxryo | race | "Tom? Are you in bed yet?" called Mrs White. There was no answer. Mrs White put down her book and went to her 14-year-old son's room. Tom was sitting in front of a bright computer screen on which a colourful dragon jumped and shouted. "Oh, Tom! You're still playing on that computer. You must stop now. It's half past eleven. If you don't go to bed soon, you'll be very tired tomorrow," said Mrs White. "But I've nearly beaten the dragon," said Tom. Mrs White could see the excitement on her son's face. She sat down beside him. "You are always playing on that computer. You spend more time with this machine than with your family," she said with a smile. "What's special about it? Show me what it can do!" "I think this is a great computer, Mum!" he said happily. "The hardware is good. There's so much memory and it has some wonderful software programs. This game, 'Dragon Player', is my favourite, but I sometimes borrow games from Daniel and other friends. I don't have to worry about any infected disks because I have a virus detector which can go over any disk and check it for viruses. Let me show you!" Tom began tapping. The screen changed in answer to his orders. "Oh, Tom," laughed Mrs White. "I'm sure it's a wonderful computer, but I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about." QUESTIONS:
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1. What boy is Mrs. White the mother of?
2. Who is Mrs. White's son?
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1. How old is Tom?
2. What is Tom's age?
3.
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1. Was Tom using the computer?
2. Was Tom on his electronic device?
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1. Was Tom close to winning?
2. Was Tom nearing victory?
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1. What was the time?
2. When in the evening was it?
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Q6:
1. Who lends games to Tom?
2. Who gives Tom games to use for a certain period of time?
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1. Was Tom located in his bed?
2. Was Tom in the place where he slept?
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1. What did Mrs. White set down?
2. What object was let go of by Mrs. White?
3.
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1. What was on Tom's screen?
2. What appeared on Tom's monitor?
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Q10:
1. Was Tom's dragon dull or colorful?
2. Did the dragon on screen appear dull or colorful?
3.
Q11:
1. Where did Mrs. White take a seat?
2. What location was Mrs. White seated in?
3.
Q12:
1. Did Tom think his computer had quality hardware?
2. Was Tom of the opinion that he had a computer with good hardware?
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Q13:
1. What game did Tom like best?
2. Which was Tom's favorite game?
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3ixqg4fa2tygl3tpwwa12i2uf36b9u | wikipedia | Rabbi Moses ben Maimon ( "Mōšeh bēn-Maymōn"; "Mūsā bin Maymūn"), commonly known as Maimonides (; "Maïmōnídēs"; ), and also referred to by the acronym Rambam (, for "Rabbeinu Mōšeh bēn Maimon", "Our Rabbi Moses son of Maimon"), was a medieval Sephardic Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. In his time, he was also a preeminent astronomer and physician. Born in Cordova, Almoravid Empire (present-day Spain) on Passover Eve, 1135 or 1138, he worked as a rabbi, physician, and philosopher in Morocco and Egypt. He died in Egypt on December 12, 1204, whence his body was taken to the lower Galilee and buried in Tiberias.
During his lifetime, most Jews greeted Maimonides' writings on Jewish law and ethics with acclaim and gratitude, even as far away as Iraq and Yemen, and although Maimonides rose to become the revered head of the Jewish community in Egypt, there were also vociferous critics of some of his writings, particularly in Spain. Nonetheless, he was posthumously acknowledged as among the foremost rabbinical arbiters and philosophers in Jewish history, and his copious work comprises a cornerstone of Jewish scholarship. His fourteen-volume "Mishneh Torah" still carries significant canonical authority as a codification of Talmudic law. He is sometimes known as "ha Nesher ha Gadol" (the great eagle) in recognition of his outstanding status as a "bona fide" exponent of the Oral Torah. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How is Rabbi Moses ben Mairmon's name shortened?
2. What's the acronym for Rabbi Moses ben Mairmon?
3.
Q2:
1. What was Rabbi Moses ben Mairmon one of the most prolific and influential scholars of?
2. In what discipline was Rabbi Moses ben Mairmon an influential scholar who wrote a lot?
3.
Q3:
1. When did Rabbi Moses ben Mairmon live?
2. What was the age of Rabbi Moses ben Mairmon's lifetime?
3.
Q4:
1. Were there any critics of Rabbi Moses ben Mairmon's writings?
2. Did Rabbi Moses ben Mairmon have any detractors of his scripture?
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Q5:
1. Where did Rabbi Moses ben Mairmon's detractors come from?
2. Where were the people that criticized Rabbi Moses ben Mairmon from?
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Q6:
1. Where was Rabbi Moses ben Mairmon born?
2. What was the birthplace of Rabbi Moses ben Mairmon?
3.
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1. Rabbi Moses ben Mairmon was born on the eve of what holiday?
2. On what day was Rabbi Moses ben Mairmon born?
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1. What 14 volume work written by Rabbi Moses ben Mairmon is still considered a canonical authority of codification of Talmudic law?
2. What did Rabbi Moses ben Mairmon write 14 volumes of on Talmudic law that remains a canonical text?
3.
Q9:
1. What did Rabbi Moses ben Mairmon work as in Morocco and Egypt?
2. What did Rabbi Moses ben Mairmon do for work in Morocco and Egypt?
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1. Why is Rabbi Moses ben Mairmon sometimes called "ha Nesher ha Gadol" (the great eagle)?
2. How did Rabbi Moses ben Mairmon get the nickname "ha Nesher ha Gadol" (the great eagle)?
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3tk8ojtym1lgm472i2xypkwgnu1vp2 | race | I have a good memory of my grandfather,Jack. He was sitting in his armchair in the front room.
I sat next to him. We were reading aloud,our heads bent over the page in front of us,a finger marking the words;separated by seven decades,brought together by words. It's a common scene in British families;however,in our case,the usual order of things is reversed .Granddad had been blind since I was tiny,so I was reading to him.When reading aloud,people usually read something that's of interest to the listener. So I didn't read children's books;I read the sorts of things Granddad liked to hear about. Much of the vocabulary in Granddad's reading material was far beyond me. When I met unfamiliar words,I'd spell them out.
Granddad would help me. It must have been painful for him to hear news;but he never hurried me along or complained. Our reading wasn't really about getting knowledge. It was a way for us to spend time together.
My grandfather wasn't always blind. He had been a good carpenter .The first Christmas of my parents' marriage,he built my mother a bookcase,which now belongs to my son Jonah,providing a link between four generations.
I was a fortunate child;I spent a lot of time with my grandfather,and he opened the world to me in a particular way. Reading was our way of building a relationship that has had a lasting effect on me. In the school holidays,I sometimes accompanied him on trips to the seaside with the local association for the blind. This might seem strange,but I felt that my personal value was realized because I could finally do something for Granddad.
A decade later,I found a position in a nursing home,which reminded me of my early experiences;reading to senior citizens was a connection back to Granddad. More than simple conversation,reading aloud is a connection between two individuals and it can have a big emotional effect on elderly people. QUESTIONS:
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1. Was the narrator's grandfather a sighted person?
2. Was the author's granddad able to make use of his eyes?
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1. Was the author's grandfather blind from birth?
2. Had the narrator's granddad always been blind?
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Q3:
1. What was the previous profession of the narrator's grandfather?
2. How had the narrator's granddad nonce been employed?
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Q4:
1. Who is the narrator's grandfather?
2. What is the name of the narrator's granddad?
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Q5:
1. Where does the narrator work later in his life?
2. What place employs the narrator later in life?
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1. Are there benefits to reading to senior citizens?
2. Can reading with the elderly make people feel good?
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Q7:
1. What piece of furniture has gone through multiple generations of the author's family?
2. What piece of furniture has more than one generation of the narrator's fmaily used?
3.
Q8:
1. How many generations of the author's family have used the bookcase?
2. For how many generations has the bookcase been in the narrator's family?
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Q9:
1. Who currently owns the bookcase?
2. Who is in possession of the bookcase at present?
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Q10:
1. Where did the author sometimes take trips with his granddad?
2. Where would the narrator and his grandfather sometimes vacation?
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1. What group accompanied the narrator and his grandfather to the seaside?
2. Who would the author and Jack go to the sea with?
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Q12:
1. Do many British households read together?
2. Is it normal for British families to read together?
3.
Q13:
1. Did the narrator read childrens books with his granddad?
2. Would the author read books for kids with his grandfather?
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Q14:
1. Did Jack get annoyed with his grandson?
2. Did the narrator get on his grandfather's nerves?
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Q15:
1. What makes the narrator think of his grandpa?
2. What reminds the narrator of Jack?
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3nkqq8o39y57ksfc83wyt4d8vcwdu4 | wikipedia | The Armenian language (classical: ; reformed: "") occupies an independent branch of the Indo-European language tree. It is the official language of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Artsakh. It has historically been spoken throughout the Armenian Highlands and today is widely spoken in the Armenian diaspora. Armenian is written using the Armenian alphabet, introduced in 405 AD by Mesrop Mashtots.
Armenian has developed since the separation from Indo-European mother tongue in the third millennium BCE to at least the time of the first Armenian dynasty (the Yervanduni dynasty, founded in the 6th century BCE). Hellenistic influences during the Artashesian Dynasty (2nd century BCE to 1st century CE) led to word borrowings from Greek and Latin. As the state language of the Arshakuni dynasty of Armenia (1st to 5th century CE) was Parthian, a large portion of Armenian vocabulary has been formed from Parthian borrowings. The earliest extant form of written Armenian is from the 5th century and is known as Classical Armenian (5th to 11th century); translations of the Bible and other religious texts during this period led to extensive word borrowings from Hebrew and Syriac. Middle Armenian (12th to 15th century) began with the establishment of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia in the 12th century and is marked by an increased influence of European languages on Armenian, particularly Old French (which had become the secondary language of the Cilician nobility) and Italian (which had become the secondary language of Cilician commerce). Middle Armenian is the first written form of Armenian to display Western-type voicing qualities. Early Modern Armenian (16th to 18th centuries) is a mix of Middle Armenian and an evolving, non-standardized literary Modern Armenian (in Constantinople, Venice, the Ararat plain, and the Persian Armenian communities, particularly New Julfa). As Armenian communities were spread across a large geographic area during this period, early Modern Armenian was influenced by the languages of host societies, with loan words being borrowed from Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Georgian, Latin, Greek, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, and Russian. QUESTIONS:
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1. At what point were words from Greek and Latin lifted by the Armenian Language?
2. During what century did the Armenian language borrow from Greek and Latin?
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1. What dynasty reigned during the 2nd century BCE?
2. Who was in power in the 2nd century BCE?
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1. What was the state language of the Artashesian Dynasty?
2. What was the Artashesian Dynasty's official language?
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Q4:
1. What did Parthian inject into the Armenian vocabulary?
2. What influence did Parthian's presence in the Artashesian Dynasty have on Armenian?
3.
Q5:
1. Where is Armenian the official language?
2. What state uses Armenian as an official language?
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Q6:
1. Does Armenian belong to a language family?
2. Is Armenian a part of any language families?
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Q7:
1. What language did Armenian come out of?
2. What are the origins of the Armenian language?
3.
Q8:
1. When did Armenian separate from Indo-European languages?
2. At what point did Armenian become distinct from Indo-European languages?
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Q9:
1. Who was the creator of the Armenian alphabet?
2. What was the name of the Armenian Alphabet's inventor?
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1. In what year did Mesrop Mashtots invent the Armenian alphabet?
2. When did Mesrop Mashtots think up the Armenian Alphabet?
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1. Which extant form of written Armenian came first?
2. What was the first existing kind of written Armenian?
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1. When does Classical Armenian date back to?
2. What period is Classical Armenian from?
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1. What did translations of religious works cuase Armenian to take words from?
2. What languages has Armenian borrowed from due to translations of holy books?
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1. During what period did Middle Armenian come about?
2. When did Middle Armenian appear?
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1. When does Middle Armenian disappear?
2. During what century does Middle Armenian fizzle out?
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3dy4fpooa1o1yhnhvu1nufwvoeyvr7 | cnn | (CNN) -- Sachin Tendulkar extended his world record to 48 Test centuries as India battled to avoid the follow-on in the second match of the series against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Wednesday.
The 37-year-old "Little Master" was unbeaten on 108 at the end of the third day, with the tourists on 382-4 -- still 60 runs away from making Sri Lanka have to bat again.
He had added 141 with debutant Suresh Raina, who also reached stumps with a patient 66 off 131 balls.
Tendulkar came to the crease with India having lost two quick wickets following an opening stand of 165 by Virender Sehwag and Murali Vijay.
India had resumed on 95-0 in reply to Sri Lanka's 642-4 declared, and Sehwag raced from his overnight 64 to 99 before being denied his 21st Test century when he was stumped by wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene off the bowling of Suraj Randiv.
The offspinner is making his debut following the retirement of world record-holder Muttiah Muralitharan after Sri Lanka's win in the opening match of three in Galle.
Ajantha Mendis then trapped Vijay for 58 before Randiv dismissed Rahul Dravid in similar fashion for three.
Tendulkar survived a dropped catch by Jayawardene off Dilhara Fernando when on 29 as he added 68 with V.V.S. Laxman, who became the second lbw victim of Mendis at 241-4 just before the end of the middle session.
He smashed Randiv down the ground for six to bring up his 56th Test half-century, which took 115 deliveries, and he then accelerated as he swept the same bowler to the boundary for his ninth ton against Sri Lanka. QUESTIONS:
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1. What outlet reported on the story?
2. What media group put out this article?
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1. What is Sachin Tendulkar a world record holder in?
2. What does Sachin Tendulkar have a world record for?
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1. Who went head to head?
2. Which players faced each other?
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1. What teams played a match at Columbo?
2. Which teams went head to head at Columbo?
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1. When did India and Sri Lanka play each other?
2. What was the day of the India Sri Lanka match?
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1. What was Sachin Tendulkar's age?
2. State the age of Sachin Tendulkar.
3.
Q7:
1. What was Sachin Tendulkar's nickname?
2. How did some people refer to Sachin Tendulkar?
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1. When is the offspinner's first match?
2. When is the first time that the offspinner is going to play?
3.
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1. Where will the first of three matches take place?
2. What will be the location of the first game out of three?
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1. What move did Ajantha Mendis make?
2. What was Ajantha Mendis able to do?
3.
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1. In what way did Randiv dismiss Rahul Dravid?
2. How was Rahul Dravid dropped by Randiv?
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1. What did Muttiah Muralitharan achieve?
2. What was Muttiah Muralitharan able to do?
3.
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39ghhavomfrl6glp3trrjyar1gp4j0 | gutenberg | Chapter 4: Among The Islands.
"Now, let us go through our calculations again," the captain said when they entered his cabin.
"How long will you be, Captain?" the first mate asked.
"Half an hour, Standing."
"Then I will come again or, if you want me before that, send for me," and the first mate went out on deck again, for though well skilled to handle a ship in all weathers, and as brave and hardy a seaman as sailed out of Plymouth, James Standing could neither read nor write; and though in a rough sort of way he could reckon the course a ship should lie, and make allowance for leeway and currents and baffling winds, and could bring a ship into any port in England or the Low Countries, he was of no use in a matter of this kind.
Pengarvan was a good scholar, and Reuben had taught him what he knew of navigation, and always made him keep a log from the time when he first became a mate; at first comparing their calculations every day, and then but once a week; arguing over the allowances each had made for tide and leeway; and sometimes finding to his surprise, on arriving in port, that Pengarvan's calculations were even nearer to the truth than his own.
This was a great satisfaction to him, for he felt that, if aught should happen to himself when on a voyage, Pengarvan could be trusted to bring the Swan home, as safely and surely as he could himself. Roger had, for the last two years, been going through the same schooling; but as yet he was very far from attaining accuracy, being unwilling to make sufficient allowance for the great leeway that a vessel, in those days, made with the wind abeam. QUESTIONS:
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1. What is Chapter 4's called?
2. What is Chapter IV referred to as?
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1. What did the Captain want to redo?
2. What did the Captain wish to perform again?
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1. What was the group's location when the captain talked about calculations?
2. Where was everyone when the captain requested a redo of calculations?
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1. How inquired about the length of his employment?
2. Who had a question about how long he'd be working?
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3mb8lzr5bftcf8ysr6qk6ucf1jxlk5 | mctest | Tim had always a red bike. His birthday party was coming up and he hoped that his parents would finally get him the bike. When his friends came over for the party, Tim was very worried that he wouldn't get the bike. He looked at all the presents and none of them seemed big enough to have a bike in them. Tim was sad. When it was time to open the presents he opened them one at a time. The first present was not a bike. The second present was not a bike. The third present was the biggest one. Tim knew if the bike was going to be in any of the presents it was going to be in this box. Tim opened it and there was no bike inside. Just as Tim tried not to look too upset, his Dad brought in the biggest present of them all. His Dad had been hiding the present all along. Tim opened it and his new bike was inside the box. Tim put the bike together with his Dad's help. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What birthday present is Tim hoping to receive?
2. What birthday gift would make Tim happy?
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1. What color of bike does Tim want?
2. What shade would Tim like his bike in?
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1. Who was invited to Tim's birthday?
2. Who got an invite to Tim's party?
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1. Was Tim's first present a bike?
2. Was the first thing Tim was gifted a bike?
3.
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1. Was Tim's second present a bike?
2. Did Tim's second gift contain a bike?
3.
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1. What made Tim think that his third present could be a bike?
2. How did Tim get a notion that a bike may be in his third gift?
3.
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1. Was Tim right about his third present?
2. Was Tim correct and his third gift was a bike?
3.
Q8:
1. How did Tim feel upon opening his third gift?
2. What were Tim's emotions after opening his third present?
3.
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1. Who did Tim get a fourth present from?
2. Who gave Tim his fourth gift?
3.
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1. What was inside Tim's fourth gift?
2. What was the fourth thing Tim got for a present?
3.
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1. Where had the fourth present been?
2. Where was Tim's dad keeping his fourth gift?
3.
Q12:
1. What did Tim do after receiving the bike?
2. Once he had the bike what did Tim do next?
3.
Q13:
1. Who helped Tim put the bike together?
2. Who lent Tim a hand in assembling the bike?
3.
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3irik4hm3akcdpjxcp3ktsha7pxc6u | wikipedia | Navassa Island (; ; also "La Navasse") is a small, uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea. The island is subject to an ongoing territorial dispute and is claimed as an unorganized unincorporated territory of the United States, which administers it through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; and Haiti which claimed sovereignty over Navassa since 1801 through its constitution, as the basis of its objection over the later 1850s' U.S. claim.
Navassa Island is about in area. It is located west of Haiti's southwest peninsula, south of the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and about one-quarter of the way from mainland Haiti to Jamaica in the Jamaica Channel.
Navassa reaches an elevation of at Dunning Hill south of the lighthouse, Navassa Island Light. This location is from the southwestern coast or east of Lulu Bay.
The terrain of Navassa Island consists mostly of exposed coral and limestone, the island being ringed by vertical white cliffs high, but with enough grassland to support goat herds. The island is covered in a forest of just four tree species: short-leaf fig ("Ficus populnea" var. "brevifolia"), pigeon plum ("Coccoloba diversifolia"), mastic ("Sideroxylon foetidissimum"), and poisonwood ("Metopium brownei").
Navassa Island's topography, ecology, and modern history are similar to that of Mona Island, a small limestone island located in the Mona Passage between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, which were once centers of guano mining, and are nature reserves for the United States. Transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island but the island is otherwise uninhabited. It has no ports or harbors, only offshore anchorages, and its only natural resource is guano; economic activity consists of subsistence fishing and commercial trawling activities. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where can Navassa Island be found?
2. What is the location of Navassa Island?
3.
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1. Who owns Navassa Island?
2. Who does Navassa Island belong to?
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1. Is Navassa Island inhabited?
2. Does anybody live on Navassa Island?
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1. What is the terrain of Navassa Island like?
2. What kind of geography does Navassa Island have?
3.
Q5:
1. Does Navassa Island have a forest?
2. Are there woods on Navassa Island?
3.
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1. What trees are indigenous to Navassa Island?
2. What are the native trees on Navassa Island?
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1. Is Navassa Island similar to any others?
2. Does Navassa Island resemble any other isalnds?
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1. Which island does Navassa Island resemble?
2. What is Navassa Island similar to?
3.
Q9:
1. Where is Mona located?
2. Where can Mona be found?
3.
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1. Where is the Mona Passage located?
2. What is the location of the Mona passage?
3.
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3pm8nzgv8ygtq5dciud5dajb8amxq7 | race | Christopher Reeve was born in September, 1952. He was in his first school play when he was eight and he started to act in TV shows and films while he was still in college. He made many successful films and TV shows but he is most famous for his Superman films. Unfortunately, disaster came in 1995 when he fell from his horse and broke his back. The doctors did not expect him to live. However, he made amazing progress. At first, he couldn't breathe without a machine, but he learnt to breathe on his own. He would never walk again but he started a new life with great courage. The second year after his accident, Christopher returned to film making. He also raised a lot of money to promote medical research into back injuries. He made speeches all over the USA about his experiences. This not only drew public attention to research into back injuries but also encouraged a lot of people living with all kinds of problems. From their home, Christopher and his wife Dana spoke about their life after the accident. Could you say something about your life after the accident? "Four days after the accident, I came to understand my situation. The doctors said I was not going to pull through. Those days were terrible. But my wife Dana said, "You are still you and I love you. Be confident in yourself." And that saved my life. Since that moment I have never thought of giving up." What do you think of your family? "Great! Dana is so wonderful.We have always got on really well.My parents often quarreled with each other when I was young.But they've got closer since the accident." How do you spend your time? "I spend most of my time on charity work to improve the life for all disabled people.I think they need my help. With the progress of new medical research, I'm confident that people like me would be able to walk again one day. So you can see _ !" Christopher Reeve died on October 10, 2004. But people all over the world will always remember him as a superhero. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who does the passage discuss?
2. Who is at the center of the article?
3.
Q2:
1. When was Christopher Reeves born?
2. What was the year of Christopher Reeves' birth?
3.
Q3:
1. When did Christopher Reeves die?
2. What was the date of Christopher Reeves' passing?
3.
Q4:
1. How old was Christopher Reeves when he began acting?
2. At what age did Christopher Reeves start to act?
3.
Q5:
1. What took place in 1995?
2. What happened in the live of Christopher Reeves in 2005?
3.
Q6:
1. What disaster struck Christopher Reeves?
2. What tragic event befell Christopher Reeves?
3.
Q7:
1. What is Christopher Reeves famously known for?
2. What brought Christopher Reeves fame?
3.
Q8:
1. Did the doctors expect Christopher Reeves to survive his accident?
2. Did the medical community think that Christopher Reeves would live?
3.
Q9:
1. Did Christopher Reeves return to film making after his accident?
2. Did Christopher Reeves go back to making movies post-accident?
3.
Q10:
1. What did Christopher Reeves raise money for?
2. For what cause did Christopher Reeves raise funds?
3.
Q11:
1. Did Christopher Reeves give speeches?
2. Did Christopher Reeves give talks concerning medical research?
3.
Q12:
1. What is the name of Christopher Reeves' wife?
2. Who is Christopher Reeves married to?
3.
Q13:
1. Was Christopher Reeves' wife quite supportive of him?
2. Did Christopher Reeves receive the support of his wife?
3.
Q14:
1. Did Christopher Reeves do a lot of charity work?
2. Did Christopher Reeves often work with charities?
3.
Q15:
1. Is Christopher Reeves remembered as a superhero?
2. Has Christopher Reeves entered into the national consciousness as a superhero?
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3m68nm076h7gjr8gumtfingw7msr6z | cnn | (CNN) -- Federal prosecutors revealed a photograph Thursday that they say show an Amish man attacking another Amish man by attempting to forcibly cut his beard.
The photo was submitted as evidence in the trial of 16 Amish men and women charged with federal hate crimes in connection with last year's beard-cutting attacks in rural eastern Ohio. The trial started Monday at federal court in Cleveland with jury selection.
To the Amish, a beard is a significant symbol of faith and manhood.
The photo was recovered from a disposable camera that was used to document the attacks, which prosecutors say were ordered by Samuel Mullet Sr., the Amish leader of a breakaway sect and one of the 16 defendants. Prosecutors did not identify the attacker or the victim in the photo in their court filings.
If convicted, Mullet faces 20 years in prison, according to CNN affiliate WOIO in Cleveland.
According to witnesses cited in a federal affidavit, Mullet "forced extreme punishments" on anyone in his community who defied him, "including forcing members to sleep for days at a time in a chicken coop on his property." In addition, the affidavit alleges that, as the bishop of his Amish clan in Bergholz, Ohio, Mullet had "acts of sexual intimacy" with married women as part of "counseling" to "cleanse them of the devil."
CNN has sought a response from Mullet's attorney, Edward Bryan. Bryan has disputed the prosecution's characterization of his client, according to The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"They're trying to create this perception he's something he's not," Bryan told the newspaper. "He's not a wacky cult leader. He's a decent, hardworking, caring man." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is there photographic evidence of?
2. What does the photo depict?
3.
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1. What kind of attack was carried out?
2. What was the nature of the attack?
3.
Q3:
1. Where was the attack carried out?
2. In what location was there an attack?
3.
Q4:
1. What kind of device took the photograph?
2. How was the phototaken?
3.
Q5:
1. Who demanded that the attack be carried out?
2. Who ordered the act of agression?
3.
Q6:
1. What is Samuel Mullet's occupation?
2. What does Samuel Mullet do for a living?
3.
Q7:
1. How many years in prison will Samuel Mullet get if convicted?
2. If Samuel Mullet is found guilty, how much time will he spend in jail?
3.
Q8:
1. Who is Samuel Mullet's lawyer?
2. Who has Samuel Mullet retained as legal counsel?
3.
Q9:
1. What significance does a beard have in the Amish community?
2. What about beards carry importance amongst the Amish?
3.
Q10:
1. What is the total number of people being charged?
2. How many people in all are there charges against?
3.
Q11:
1. How did Samuel Mullet treat those who went against him?
2. What happened to people who didn't go along with Samuel Mullet?
3.
Q12:
1. What city is Samuel Mullet a bishop in?
2. Where does Samuel Mullet serve as a faith leader?
3.
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3r6p78pk7kbvwzaeao7wutu3odqtgx | wikipedia | Ibn Sina created an extensive corpus of works during what is commonly known as the Islamic Golden Age, in which the translations of Greco-Roman, Persian, and Indian texts were studied extensively. Greco-Roman (Mid- and Neo-Platonic, and Aristotelian) texts translated by the Kindi school were commented, redacted and developed substantially by Islamic intellectuals, who also built upon Persian and Indian mathematical systems, astronomy, algebra, trigonometry and medicine. The Samanid dynasty in the eastern part of Persia, Greater Khorasan and Central Asia as well as the Buyid dynasty in the western part of Persia and Iraq provided a thriving atmosphere for scholarly and cultural development. Under the Samanids, Bukhara rivaled Baghdad as a cultural capital of the Islamic world.
The study of the Quran and the Hadith thrived in such a scholarly atmosphere. Philosophy, Fiqh and theology (kalaam) were further developed, most noticeably by Avicenna and his opponents. Al-Razi and Al-Farabi had provided methodology and knowledge in medicine and philosophy. Avicenna had access to the great libraries of Balkh, Khwarezm, Gorgan, Rey, Isfahan and Hamadan. Various texts (such as the 'Ahd with Bahmanyar) show that he debated philosophical points with the greatest scholars of the time. Aruzi Samarqandi describes how before Avicenna left Khwarezm he had met Al-Biruni (a famous scientist and astronomer), Abu Nasr Iraqi (a renowned mathematician), Abu Sahl Masihi (a respected philosopher) and Abu al-Khayr Khammar (a great physician). QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What field of science did Al-Biruni work in?
2. What discipline was Al-Biruni a star in?
3.
Q2:
1. What field of science did Nasr Iraqi work in?
2. What discipline was Nasr Iraqi a star in?
3.
Q3:
1. What respected philosopher definitely met with Avicenna?
2. What renowned philosopher is certain to have had a meeting with Avicenna?
3.
Q4:
1. What renowned physician definitely met with Avicenna?
2. What extremely skilled physician is certain to have had a meeting with Avicenna?
3.
Q5:
1. Name the dynasty located to the East of Persia, Greater Khorasan and Central Asia.
2. Which dynasty could be found in the eastern direction of Persia, Greater Khorasan and Central Asia?
3.
Q6:
1. Which dynasty could be found in the western regions of Persia and Iraq?
2. Name the dynasty located to the west of Persia and Iraq.
3.
Q7:
1. What was a cultural hub that had importance within the Islamic community during the Islamic Golden Age?
2. At the time of the Islamic Golden Age, what was a vital cultural center for the Islamic World?
3.
Q8:
1. What was a cultural hub that had importance within the Islamic community during the Islamic Golden Age, besides Bukhara?
2. At the time of the Islamic Golden Age, what was a vital cultural center for the Islamic World, other than Bukhara?
3.
Q9:
1. Did people study the Quran during the Islamic Golden Age?
2. Was the Quran examined in a scholarly context during the Islamic Golden Age?
3.
Q10:
1. Did people study the Hadith during the Islamic Golden Age?
2. Was the Quran examined in a scholarly context during the Islamic Golden Age?
3.
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3ea3qwiz4iv9sqg90c7zf57j3qdtik | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXIII
DOWN THE STATEN ISLAND SHORE TO SANDY HOOK
"Dick! Dick! What ails you?"
"My head, Sam! Arnold Baxter struck me down," came with a groan.
"Can you get up? We want to follow them," cried Tom, as he caught his brother by the arm. He had just reached the factory on a dead run, lantern in hand, to find Dick.
"I guess I can stand, Tom. But I can't run yet."
"Here, take the lantern and I'll carry you," came quickly, and in a moment more Tom Rover had Dick on his back and was running for the _Searchlight_ as rapidly as the nature of the meadow land permitted, Dick holding the light over his head so that both might see.
The alarm had now become general, and by the time the yacht was gained two police officers, who had been on the hunt for harbor thieves, appeared.
"What's the row about?" demanded one of the officers of the law, as he came into view.
"Is that an officer?" questioned Dick feebly,
"I am an officer--yes."
"We are after some thieves and some parties who have abducted a girl. Will you help us?"
"Certainly, if what you say is true. Where is the crowd?"
"They ran off in that direction," came from Sam, as he loomed up out of the darkness. "They have a yacht out there somewhere."
"Then we can't catch them--unless we get a boat," answered Sergeant Brown.
"We have a boat, out this way," and Sam pointed with his hand. "But I guess we had better make certain that they go out first." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the number of police officers that arrived?
2. How many police officers got to the location?
3.
Q2:
1. What brought the cops?
2. Why did the police show up?
3.
Q3:
1. What were the police officers looking for?
2. What were the cops on the hunt for?
3.
Q4:
1. Who do the cops come across?
2. Who do the police locate?
3.
Q5:
1. Do Tom and Dick run away from the cops?
2. Do Tom and Dick flee from the police?
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3nl0rfnu0fngh0r7ler3kda4gzqk44 | race | Bum rate is the speed at which a startup business consumes money. My rate would be $ 50,000 a month when my new media company started. So, I began looking around for individuals who would be my first investors. "Angel money" it was called. But when I reviewed my list of acquaintances to find those who might be able to help, I found the number got small.
With no other choices, I began meeting with the venture-capital companies. But I was warned they took a huge share of your company for the money they put in. And if you struggled, they could drop you cold.
As I was searching for "angel money", I started to build a team who trusted me even though I didn't have money for paychecks yet.
Bill Becker was an expert in computer programming and image processing at a very famous Media Lab at M. I.T. With his arrival, my company suddenly had a major technology "guy" in-house.
Katherine Henderson, a filmmaker and a former real-estate dealer, joined us as our director of market research. Steve White came on as operating officer. He had worked for the developer of a home-finance software, Quicken. We grabbed him.
We had some really good people, but we still didn't have enough money. One night, my neighbor, Louise Johnson, came for a visit. She and I were only nodding acquaintances, but her boys and ours were constant companions. She ran a very good business at the time.
Louise was brilliant and missed nothing. She had been watching my progress closely. She knew I was dying for money and I had prospects but could offer no guarantees of success.
She told me that her attorney had talked to mine and the terms had been agreed upon. She handed me an envelope. Inside was a check for $ 500,000.
I almost fell down. I heard her voice as if from heaven.
"I have confidence in your plan," she said. "You' 11 do well. You're going to work hard for it, but it' s satisfying when you build your own company."
Who would have thought I'd find an angel so close to home? There were no words sufficient for the moment. We just said good night. She left and I just stood there, completely humbled and completely committed. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How much would the narrator's media company charge?
2. What were the rates of the author's media company?
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3zpbjo59kp12f69s84pzapoi0rcdhu | gutenberg | Chapter 16: A Treasure Room.
"'Tis infamous," Cacama said, as he paced up and down the room; "but what is to be done? They hold him in their hands as a hostage, in the heart of his own capital, and among his own people; and are capable of hanging him from the walls, should a hostile movement be made against them.
"You were right, Roger Hawkshaw, in warning us against these men. They are without faith and honor, thus to seize a host who has loaded them with presents, who has emptied his treasuries to appease their greed, and who has treated them with the most extraordinary condescension. It is a crime unheard of, an act of base ingratitude, without a parallel. What is to be done?"
Roger was silent. Such a situation, so strange and unlooked for, confounded him.
"I should say," Cuitcatl burst out passionately, "that every Mexican should take up arms, and annihilate this handful of invaders. What though Montezuma fall? Better that a monarch should perish than a nation. Besides, Montezuma has shown himself unfit to govern. It is his weakness that has brought things to this pass. Think you that the white men could ever have advanced beyond the plateau of Tlascala, had all the forces of Mexico barred the way? Think you that they could ever have entered the capital, had it been defended with resolution? One moment he flattered the strangers and loaded them with gifts; the next he was ready to send his forces against them. The Cholulans had good reason for believing that he designed the annihilation of the Whites, if he did not actually order the attack upon them. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the hostage's name?
2. Who has been kidnapped?
3.
Q2:
1. Where is the hostage being held?
2. In what location is the kidnap victim being kept?
3.
Q3:
1. Who is holding the person hostage?
2. Who has kidnapped someone?
3.
Q4:
1. What do the invaders plan to do with the hostage?
2. What are the invaders intentions regarding their victim?
3.
Q5:
1. Who shouldn't be in charge?
2. Who is not in a good state to lead?
3.
Q6:
1. Why isn't Montezuma fit to rule?
2. Why shouldn't Montezuma be in charge?
3.
Q7:
1. What is an example of Montezuma's weakness?
2. What's one way in which Montezuma demonstrates a lack of strength?
3.
Q8:
1. What did the Cholulans think of Montezuma?
2. What was the Cholulans' opinion of Montezuma?
3.
Q9:
1. Was Montezuma consistent in his treatment of outsiders?
2. Did Montezuma treat all outsiders in the same way?
3.
Q10:
1. In what way was Montezuma inconsistent in his treatment of outsiders?
2. How didn't Montezuma treat all invaders in the same manner?
3.
Q11:
1. What does Roger think of Montezuma's behavior?
2. What is Roger's opinion of the way that Montezuma acts?
3.
Q12:
1. Who is ungrateful?
2. Who does not demonstrate a proper amount of thanks?
3.
Q13:
1. What should be done in Cuitcatl's opinion?
2. What solution does Cuitcatl propose?
3.
Q14:
1. Who asks Cuitcatl what he thinks?
2. Who wants Cuitcatl to give his opinion?
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37fmassaycr9w4ms0qgefb1xxjiibo | wikipedia | Armenians constitute the main population of Armenia and the de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. There is a wide-ranging diaspora of around 5 million people of full or partial Armenian ancestry living outside of modern Armenia. The largest Armenian populations today exist in Russia, the United States, France, Georgia, Iran, Ukraine, Lebanon, and Syria. With the exceptions of Iran and the former Soviet states, the present-day Armenian diaspora was formed mainly as a result of the Armenian Genocide.
Historically, the name Armenian has come to internationally designate this group of people. It was first used by neighbouring countries of ancient Armenia. The earliest attestations of the exonym Armenia date around the 6th century BC. In his trilingual Behistun Inscription dated to 517 BC, Darius I the Great of Persia refers to Urashtu (in Babylonian) as Armina (in Old Persian; Armina ( ) and Harminuya (in Elamite). In Greek, Αρμένιοι "Armenians" is attested from about the same time, perhaps the earliest reference being a fragment attributed to Hecataeus of Miletus (476 BC). Xenophon, a Greek general serving in some of the Persian expeditions, describes many aspects of Armenian village life and hospitality in around 401 BC. He relates that the people spoke a language that to his ear sounded like the language of the Persians. QUESTIONS:
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1. Who used the term Armenian before anyone else?
2. When does the word Armenian first appear?
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1. How many people were a part of the Armenian diaspora?
2. What was the size of the Armenian diaspora?
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1. Where do those affected by the Armenian diaspora live now?
2. What countries are currently home to Armenians?
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1. In what year did Darius I speak about Armenians?
2. When did Darius I the Great give a description of Armenians?
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1. What are some alternate names for Armenians?
2. How else are Armenians referred to?
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1. What was Xenophon's title?
2. What did Xenophon do?
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1. Where was Xenophon a general?
2. In what location did Xenophon serve as a general?
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1. What did Xenophon describe?
2. What did Xenophon give a description of?
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1. What did Xenophon think the Armenian language sounded like?
2. What similarity did Xenophon remark with the Armenian language?
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1. What caused the Armenian diaspora?
2. What forced Armenians to disperse?
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2. Where didn't the Armenian genocide extend to?
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3oxv7eaxleqo0pnejwsj0pdg0yj63w | race | Presents For Children's Day Charles M. Schulz was born in 1922 in Minneapolis, the only child of a housewife and a barber. His interest in comics was encouraged by his father, who loved the funny pages. Charles M. Schulz sold seventeen cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post from 1948 to 1950 and Li'l Folks to the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Peanuts debuted on October 2, 1950, and ran without interruption for the next fifty years. Charles M. Schulz died in 2000. *IT'S A DOG'S LIFE SNOOPY It's a Dog's Life, Snoopy brings all your familiar friends together for great times and fun. *IT'S A BIG WORLD CHARLIE BROWN Charlie Brown faces some of life's little challenges with the help of Snoopy, Lucy, Peppermint Patty, Linus, and the rest of the gang in It's a Big World, Charlie Brown. *PEANUTS 2000 The last one is the special edition Peanuts 2000, which includes all the last year's Peanuts comic strip and Charles M. Schulz's famous farewell strip. Come and visit our website at www.ballantinebooks.com or come to Ballantine Bookshop, you'll have a big surprise. QUESTIONS:
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2. Who made children's comics?
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2. What was the birthplace of Charles Schulz?
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1. When was Charles Schulz born?
2. What was the year of Charles Schulz' birth?
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1. What did Charles Schulz' dad do?
2. How was Charles Schulz' father employed?
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1. Did Charles Schulz' father like his son's art?
2. Did Charles Schulz' dad support him making art?
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1. Who did Charles Schulz sell his art to?
2. Who purchased the cartoons that Charles Schulz made?
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1. How many cartoons did Charles Schulz sell to the Saturday Evening Post?
2. What was the number of cartoons purchased from Charles Schulz by the Saturday Evening Post?
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1. When did Charles Schulz sell his cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post?
2. Over the course of what years did the Saturday Evening Post purchase cartoons from Charles Schulz?
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1. Did anyone besides the Saturday Evening Post buy Charles Schulz' cartoons?
2. Were there other buyers of Charles Schulz' art besides the Saturday Evening Post?
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1. What did the St. Paul Pioneer Press purchase from Charles Schulz?
2. What did Charles Schulz sell to the St. Paul Pioneer Press?
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1. When did Peanuts debut?
2. When did Charles Schulz come out with his main comic?
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35k3o9huabdntgwm99cjdmuqlvlefq | cnn | (CNN) -- Sherlock Holmes is back, and it's more than elementary my dear Watson.
Eighty-one years after the death of his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and more than 100 years since the last original story, the world's greatest detective returns in a new novel, "The House of Silk."
The novel may be the peak of what's been recent Holmes renaissance, including "Sherlock," a successful, modern adaptation for the BBC. There's also a Hollywood film starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law which re-imagines Holmes and Watson as steampunk action heroes, it was a hit with movie-goers, even spawning a sequel this holiday.
Bookstore shelves are loaded with tributes, pastiches, spinoffs and repackaged versions of the "sacred 60," Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 56 original short stories and 4 novels, but "The House of Silk" stands apart.
It's the first new Holmes novel authorized and written with the endorsement of the Conan Doyle estate.
Picking up the Meerschaum pipe is Anthony Horowitz, a bestselling novelist and television producer from Britain. Horowitz penned the extremely popular, Alex Rider series, about a teenage super-spy.
He's also written and produced several popular television dramas, including "Foyle's War," and "Midsomer Murders" both seen on PBS. Horowitz says he didn't tinker much with Conan Doyle's creation, hoping to preserve the flavor and tone of the original stories while giving the new novel a modern sensibility and pace.
"The House of Silk" is set in 1890, a London shrouded in fog and shadow, where Hansom cabs still roam the streets. Watson now lives in a retirement home, Holmes is dead a year. Watson recounts one of their earlier cases, so shocking; the pages of its telling have stayed in his solicitor's safe for 100 years. QUESTIONS:
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1. How many years have passed since the original Sherlock Holmes series?
2. How many years has it been since the original Sherlock Holmes books?
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1. What's the new Sherlock Holmes book called?
2. What is the title of the Sherlock Holmes volume that has just come out?
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1. What is the name of the new Sherlock Holmes author?
2. Who is writing new Sherlock Holmes books?
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1. Has Anthony Horowitz written other things besides the Sherlock Holmes books?
2. Has Anthony Horowitz authored anything other than the new Sherlock Holmes volumes?
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1. What has a safe containted for one hundred years?
2. What has been locked away for a period of a hundred years?
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1. Why were the pages of a case locked up?
2. What was the reason for storing the case in a safe?
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1. Who was the original author of Sherlock Holmes?
2. Who penned the first Sherlock Holmes volumes?
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1. What did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle write?
2. What was authored by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
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1. How many volumes did the Sherlock Holmes series contain?
2. What was the number of stories in the Sherlock Holmes series?
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1. What does Alex Rider do?
2. How can Alex Rider be described?
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1. What did BBC show?
2. What was featured on BBC?
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3wyp994k17rpgsk28hl9qj9ta676ya | race | For many years,machines have been doing work that people once did,including some dit- ficutt jobs. Search and rescue operations in dangerous environments are often seen as the first areas that will employ high technology robots. But there is another area where they may soon take jobs traditionally held by human beings: the restaurant industry.
Teams from around the world competed in early June at the DARPA Robotic Challenge Finals in California. A team from South Korea and its robot,called DRC-Hubo,won the first place in the competition. The second and third place winners were from the United States. The robots were required to drive a vehicle,climb up steps and do mechanical work. Such activities are easy for humans to perform,but more difficult for machines. Not all of the competitor were successful. The failures showed how difficult it is to design effective walking
machines.
Akihiro Suzuki works at Yaskawa Electric,a company that develops robots. He says robots cannot do everything a human can,but they are able to work without becoming tired. He says robots cannot taste food,change heating levels or seasonings to get the best flavor .But he says if a food can be easily prepared,a robot can repeat the same movement to reproduce the same meal.
One Japanese woman who saw the robots working wanted to bring them home. Masayo Mori says she would like to have a husband who could work like a robot. Suzumo Machinery showed its sushi maker robot. It performs the often difficult work of wrapping the popular Japanese food. Hiroshi Monden is an official with the company. He says people all over the world now eat sushi,but there are not enough skilled workers to prepare it. He says his machine can help anyone make sushi. QUESTIONS:
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1. What is Akihiro Suzuki's place of employment?
2. Where is Akihiro Suzuki employed?
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1. What does Akihiro Suzuki do for a living?
2. How is Akihiro Suzuki employed?
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1. Is it a new thing to have machines that can do what humans can?
2. Are robots just now starting to do the work of humans?
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1. How long have machines been able to perform the work of humans?
2. For how long have there been machines capable of doing the job of a person?
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1. Are there new fields where machines are doing the jobs of humans?
2. Are robots starting to replace humans in new domains?
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1. What is a domain where robots are just starting to replace people?
2. What is a novel field where humans are being replaced by machines?
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1. What is a domain where robots are just starting to replace people, other than the restaurant industry?
2. What is a novel field where humans are being replaced by machines, in addition to the restaurant industry?
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1. Does Suzuki believe robots to be wholly superior to robots?
2. Is it Akihiro Suzuki's opinion that machines work better than people on all levels?
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1. What are some advantages that Akihiro Suzuki lists of robots working?
2. What are the benefits of machine work that Akihiro Suzuki cites?
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1. What disadvantage does Akihiro Suzuki cite with respect to robot work?
2. What does Akihiro Suzuki say that robots don't do as well as humans?
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1. Does the fact that robots can't taste food prevent them from being used for cooking?
2. Does robots not being able to taste food keep them out of the kitchen?
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1. Can robots help make easy recipes?
2. Can robots be used to cook non-complicated recipes?
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37wlf8u1wpquwnvl42kihbuibkck6s | race | Sing the Language You're Learning How can you remember a song from your childhood to this day? Why do your teachers use songs to teach you English? It seems there is a scientific reason for this. Researchers are now studying the relationship between music and remembering a foreign language. They find that remembering words in a song is the best way to remember even the most difficult language. "Singing could be a new way of learning a foreign language. The brain likes to remember things when they are used in a _ and meaningful way", said Dr, Karen Ludke. The findings may help those who have difficulties learning foreign languages. On his blog, Dr. Ludke writes, "A listen-and-repeat singing method can support foreign language learning, and opens the door for future research in this area." Many language teachers know the value of using music and singing. Hua Zhuying, a teacher at a Chinese language school in Washington, D.C. depends heavily on songs in teaching Chinese. She says, "I use music all the time to teach children Chinese. For little kids usually we use the music. Not only does it work, but it is fun for kids." "Sometimes, I think if I were taught English that way, maybe I could speak much better English than now," Hua Zhuying adds. Our brain likes music, especially for remembering. So, if you're still struggling in learning a language, why not try singing it out ? QUESTIONS:
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1. What are researchers looking into?
2. What is the subject of some scholars' research?
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1. What could singing be a novel way of doing?
2. What field could singing be an innovation for?
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1. Which doctor is cited in the article?
2. Who in the article has a doctorate?
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1. Does Karen Ludke write a column for a newspaper?
2. Does Karen Ludke's writing appear in a newspaper column?
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1. Where does Karen Ludke write?
2. On what medium does Karen Ludke publish his writing?
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1. What city has a Chinese language school?
2. Where can the Chinese language school be found?
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1. What is the name of a teacher at the Chinese language school?
2. Who teaches at the Chinese language school?
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1. Does Hua Zhuying work with adult learners?
2. Are Hua Zhuying's students adults?
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1. What does Hua Zhuying use to teach language?
2. What is a part of Hua Zhuying's language pedagogy?
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1. What does Hua Zhuying suggest everyone use to learn a language?
2. What does Hua Zhuying think would help all with learning a new tongue?
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3tesa3pj31arbeggcu4flkj8r4pmm7 | wikipedia | The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.
The league currently consists of 18 teams spread over five of Australia's six states (Tasmania being the exception). Matches have been played in all mainland states and territories of Australia, as well as in New Zealand and China. The AFL season currently consists of a pre-season competition (currently branded as the "JLT Community Series"), followed by a 23-round regular (or "home-and-away") season, which runs during the Australian winter (March to September). The top eight teams then play off in a four-round finals series, culminating in the AFL Grand Final, which is held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground each year. The winning team in the Grand Final is termed the "premiers", and is awarded the premiership cup. The current premiers are the Richmond Football Club. QUESTIONS:
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1. What does AFL stand for?
2. What is AFL an acronym for?
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1. When was AFL founded?
2. What was the year of AFL's creation?
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1. What was AFL formally called when it was created?
2. What used to be the official name of the Australian Football League?
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1. Why did the AFL used to be called the Victorian Football League?
2. For what reason did the Australian Football League formerly bear the name Victorian Football League?
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1. What are the AFL's current "premiers"?
2. What are the "premiers" of the Australian Football League at present?
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1. What is the definition of "premiers"?
2. What does the term "premiers" make reference to?
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1. What happens during a season of the Australian Football League?
2. What do the AFL's seasons consist of?
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3mb8lzr5bftcf8ysr6qk6ucf2ufkl9 | cnn | (CNN) -- It's the super yacht with a super model and her billionaire tycoon husband as its joint owners and the 100ft supermaxi Comanche lived up to expectations with a blazing start to the Rolex Sydney-Hobart race Friday.
The 'Bluewater Classic' in its 70th staging is the first real competitive test for Comanche, which has been specially built for distance racing and speed record attempts, the brainchild of Netscape co-founder Jim Clark and his wife, Kristy Hinze-Clark, who was born in Australia.
Comanche, skippered by American Ken Read and with a strong international crew, is expected to battle it out for line honors with seven-time winner Wild Oats XI in the 628-nautical miles race, one of the highlights of the international yachting calendar.
The traditional Boxing Day start from Sydney Harbor saw an early glimpse of Comanche's speed with the skipper of Wild Oats XI, Mark Richards, moved to exclaim: "She's smoking -- look at that thing go!"
Out to sea and past the first mark in an unofficial record time, Comanche led from Wild Oats XI with the other supermaxis Ragamuffin and Perpetual Loyal giving chase.
The race, which runs down the east coast of Australia and across the Bass Strait to the Tasmanian capital Hobart, has drawn a 117-strong entry, the biggest since 1994.
But pre-race attention has centered on Comanche -- with its wide-bodied and cutting edge design, and two years in the building in Maine in the United States.
Clark watched from a supporting boat as his wife was part of the crew when Comanche took part in the Big Boat Challenge in Sydney Harbor on December 9, won by Wild Oats XI. QUESTIONS:
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1. What race does the article discussed?
2. What is the name of the race?
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1. How many competitors does the race have?
2. What's the number of boats competing in the race?
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1. Are there a record amount of competitors in the race?
2. Is 117 the highest amount of competitors the race has ever had?
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1. What marks the beginning of the Rolex Sydney-Hobart race?
2. What day does the Rolex Sydney-Hobart race start on?
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1. Who won the last Rolex Sydney-Hobart race?
2. Who was the most recent winner of the Rolex Sydney-Hobart race?
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1. How many times did Wild Oats win the Rolex Sydney-Hobart race?
2. What is the number of wins that Wild Oats has in the Rolex Sydney-Hobart race?
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1. Who is the driver of Wild Oats?
2. What is the name of Wild Oats' captain?
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1. How long is the Rolex Sydney-Hobart race?
2. What is the length of Rolex Sydney-Hobart race?
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1. What is the geographic starting point of the Rolex Sydney-Hobart race?
2. Where does the Rolex Sydney-Hobart race begin in geographic terms?
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1. What body of water does the Rolex Sydney-Hobart race cross?
2. What water source do boats go over during the Rolex Sydney-Hobart race?
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3kibxj1wd5uklt1p4y6cybg9xqkko8 | race | Beloved teacher Michael Landsberry, a former Marine, died a hero at Sparks Middle School in Nevada on Monday in another tragic campus shooting.
The 45-year-old was killed while trying to talk to the unidentified 12-year-old gunman, who later killed himself.
"He was telling him to stop and put the gun down," student Jose Cazares told Today on Tuesday. "Then the kid, he yelled out, 'No!' Like, he was yelling at him, and he shot him. The teacher was calm, he was holding out his hand like, 'Put the gun in my hand.' "
Students, parents and fellow teachers are calling Landsberry's actions heroic. Tom Robinson, vice chief with the Reno Police Department, also praised him, saying, "In my estimation, he is a hero. We do know he was trying to intervene (,)."
Landsberry, who went by the nickname Batman, and coached sports teams at the middle school and neighboring high school, was remembered fondly on social media by many students.
"It's just so sad knowing he left because he protected his students," one of the posts said, followed by another that read, "The sad part is this week it's his and his wife's anniversary and his daughter graduates from the military tomorrow."
CNN reports that two students who were wounded by the shooter - who used a Ruger 9 mm semi-automatic handgun - are currently in stable condition in hospital.
Authorities will not be releasing the identity of the shooter out of respect for his parents, but schoolmate Amaya Newton was shocked by his actions, calling the gunman "a really nice kid," adding, "He would make you smile when you were having a bad day."
"Everybody wants to know why the shooter opened fire," Sparks vice chief Tom Miller said at a news conference. "That's the big question. The answer is we don't know right now, but we are trying to determine why." QUESTIONS:
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1. What was Michael Landsberry like when he was killed?
2. What was Michael Landsberry's state when he died?
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1. How was Michael Landsberry killed?
2. What was Michael Landsberry's cause of death?
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1. Where was Michael Landsberry killed?'
2. What was the site of the shooting?
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1. Was the shooting carried out by a student?
2. Was the attack done by a student?
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1. What sort of gun did the shooter have?
2. What was the attacker armed with?
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1. What was Michael Landsberry doing when he was killed?
2. What was Michael Landsberry doing at the time of his murder?
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1. How was Michael Landsberry attempting to intervene?
2. What was Michael Landsberry doing to try and calm the shooter?
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1. Was anyone else killed besides Michael Landsberry?
2. Were there other lives lost besides that of Michael Landsberry?
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1. Is it known why the shooter carried out the attack?
2. Are the shooter's motives understood?
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1. How old was the slain teacher?
2. What was Michael Landsberry's age?
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1. Did Michael Landsberry work at the school?
2. Was Michael Landsberry employed by the school?
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1. What was Michael Landsberry's job at the school?
2. In what capacity did the school employ Michael Landsberry?
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33m4ia01qg1t26scv925i0tg3fyxrj | race | One day Peng Xianzhe learned he would go to the Mashan School in Guizhou. The 16-year-old boy tried to imagine how serious the drought was for the students at that school. However, he realized it was more serious than he had imagined when he saw the sign "DON'T wash clothes with water,or you will be punished . " Because of drought, the school has been short of water for a long time. Each student has only one bottle of water every day for washing and drinking. The drought has made the poor students much poorer. Peng is a student from Beijing Chaoyang Foreign Language School. He took part in the school's Rain & Bow Project from April 2 to 10. The project idea came from Peng's principal . One day, she heard a sad story about Li Guoxian, a poor girl in the Mashan School,who stopped going to school because of drought. The principal started this project to help the school. In one day, 3,000 students made over 10,000 donations of water,books and clothes. Peng and other four students went to the Mashan School and gave the donations with five teachers. They visited poor families, made surveys and had classes at the school. Ding Zhentao,16,was worried about the school's poor learning environment. "The blackboards and playground are too _ to use,"Ding said. "Besides, there really aren't enough teachers. A teacher has to teach both history and English, and even the cook is a class teacher. " Although life isn't easy, students at the school have a positive attitude towards life and they are quite willing to learn. That's what moved 16-year-old Chen Shi most. "They sang their songs together as usual before class every afternoon. After class, the students asked us to tell them things about Beijing and our studies," Chen said. "You can see the passion in them. I believe it will make a difference. Their futures will be bright. " ,. QUESTIONS:
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1. What was donated?
2. What was taken up to be given away for free?
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1. How many things were collected?
2. What was the amount of donations taken in?
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1. Who made all of the donations?
2. Who gave up their stuff to charity?
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1. Why did the students start collecting donations?
2. What pushed the students to begin amassing things to donate?
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1. Who pushed the students to give to charity?
2. Who encouraged the students' donation project?
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1. What school did the students take the donations to?
2. Which school received charity contributions from the students?
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1. What other issues were there at the Mashan School, besides lack of resources?
2. What in addition to the lack of resources was troubling the Mashan School?
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1. Why was the Mashan School's learning environment poor?
2. What was the cause of the Mashan School's shoddy learning environment?
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1. What was the source of the student's donations?
2. Where did the students find things to donate to the Mashan School?
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1. Did the students who donated speak to those who received the donations?
2. Did the Mashan School students talk to those who made donations?
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34j10vatjfyw0aohj8d4a0wwkkkqic | wikipedia | Red is the color at the end of the spectrum of visible light next to orange and opposite violet. Red color has a predominant light wavelength of roughly 620–740 nanometres. Red is one of the additive primary colors of visible light, along with green and blue, which in Red Green Blue (RGB) color systems are combined to create all the colors on a computer monitor or television screen. Red is also one of the subtractive primary colors, along with yellow and blue, of the RYB color space and traditional color wheel used by painters and artists.
In nature, the red color of blood comes from hemoglobin, the iron-containing protein found in the red blood cells of all vertebrates. The red color of the Grand Canyon and other geological features is caused by hematite or red ochre, both forms of iron oxide. It also causes the red color of the planet Mars. The red sky at sunset and sunrise is caused by an optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering, which, when the sun is low or below the horizon, increases the red-wavelength light that reaches the eye. The color of autumn leaves is caused by pigments called anthocyanins, which are produced towards the end of summer, when the green chlorophyll is no longer produced. One to two percent of the human population has red hair; the color is produced by high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin (which also accounts for the red color of the lips) and relatively low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin. QUESTIONS:
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2. What made the sun go down?
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1. What percent of humans are redheads?
2. What percentage of people have red hair?
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1. Do the primary colors include red?
2. State if red is one of the primary colors?
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1. What are the other primary colors besides red?
2. What colors make up the primary colors with red?
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1. Who made use of the color chart?
2. Who was the color chart useful for?
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1. Does the sun set above the horizon?
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3nql1cs15r8aviz39pth2bpsqrtyv7 | race | My summer hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd 2 go 2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr3:-@ kids FTF. ILNY, it's gr8. Can you understand this sentence? If you can't, don't feel too bad; neither could the middle school teacher in England who received this as homework. This is Netspeak: the language of computerized communication found on Internet or cell phones. To new comers, it can look like a completely foreign language. So, what is the translation of the sentence above? My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend, and their three screaming kids face to face. I love New York. It's great. School teachers and parents say this new form of writing is harming the English language. Increasing spelling and grammatical mistakes can be seen in students' writing. They fear the language could become corrupted . "Everyone should just relax", say linguists . They believe Netspeak is in fact more of a good thing. David Crystal, from the University of Wales, argues that Netspeak and Internet create a new language use and the almost lost art of diary writing, has been picked up again. Geoffrey Nurberg, from Stanford University, agrees. "People get better at writing by writing," he says. "kids who are now doing text messaging, e-mails, and instant messages will write at least as well as, and possibly better than their parents." Linguist James says, for centuries, it is believed without exception that young people are harming the language. And you can _ that when today's teenagers become tomorrow's parents. They too will think this way. James argues that languages do not and cannot become corrupted. They simply change to meet the new needs. However, Netspeakers do agree that it is important to teach young people how to speak and write standard English. Cynthia McVey says, "I can understand Netspeak worries teachers and it's important that they get across to their pupils that text messaging is for fun, but learning to write proper English is a must for their future." Perhaps we should give teenagers a little more trust anyway. Erin, aged 12, says, "I wouldn't use text language in my homework. Texting is just for fun. " QUESTIONS:
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1. What is hard for some to understand?
2. What can't adults comprehend?
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1. Who does the University of Wales employ?
2. Who works at the University of Wales?
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1. Who works at Stanford University?
2. Who does Stanford University employ?
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1. What did Geoffrey Nurberg confirm?
2. What did Geoffrey Nurberg agree on?
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1. Did the linguist named James comment?
2. Was there anything added by the linguist James?
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1. How old is Erin?
2. State Erin's age.
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1. What does Netspeak look like to newcomers?
2. How does the language of the internet seem to people who aren't familiar with it?
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3z7efshgn9epw43tdccat5uu4ruxc3 | wikipedia | The Atlantic–Congo languages are a major division constituting the core of the Niger–Congo language family of Africa, characterised by the noun class systems typical of the family. They comprise all of Niger–Congo except Mande, Dogon, Ijoid and the Katla and Rashad languages (previously classified as Kordofanian). Mukarovsky's West-Nigritic corresponded roughly to modern Atlantic–Congo.
In the infobox at the right, the languages which appear to be the most divergent (Senufo, Kru) are placed at the top, whereas those closer to the core (the similar "Benue–Kwa" branches of Kwa, Volta–Niger and Benue–Congo) are near the bottom. The erstwhile Atlantic branch has been broken up into Senegambian, Bak, Mel, Gola and Limba, which are left next to each other merely because there is no published evidence to move them; Volta–Congo (Savannas through Benue–Congo) is intact apart from Kru and Senufo. If Kwa or Savannas prove to be invalid, the tree will be even more crowded.
There are a few poorly attested languages, such as Bayot and Bung, which may prove to be additional branches.
"Glottolog" (2013) does not accept that the Kordofanian branches (Lafofa, Talodi and Heiban) or the difficult-to-classify Laal language have been demonstrated to be Atlantic–Congo languages. It otherwise accepts the family, but not its inclusion within a broader Niger–Congo. QUESTIONS:
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1. which languages come from the Kordofanian branches?
2. What do the Kordofanian branches contain?
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1. Who believes that Lafofa, Talodi and Heiban aren't Atlantic-Congo in origin?
2. Who disagrees that Lafofa, Talodi and Heiban have Atlantic-Congo roots?
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1. When did Glottolog state their disagreement regarding Lafofa, Talodi and Heiban?
2. When did Glottolog voice opposition to beliefs about Lafofa, Talodi and Heiban?
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1. What contains the Atlantic-Congo languages?
2. What do the Atlantic-Congo language belong to?
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1. What is indicative that something is an Atlantic-Congo language?
2. What are the Atlantic-Congo languages defined by?
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1. What's a language that doesn't belong to the Atlantic-Congo family?
2. What's a language that the Atlantic-Congo family does not contain?
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1. What's a language that doesn't belong to the Atlantic-Congo family, besides Mande?
2. What's a language that the Atlantic-Congo family does not contain, in addition to Mande?
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1. What's a language that doesn't belong to the Atlantic-Congo family, besides Mande and Dogon?
2. What's a language that the Atlantic-Congo family does not contain, in addition to Mande and Dogon?
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1. What got put in the basket of being Kordofanian?
2. What was classified as a part of the Kordofanian branch?
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1. Which languages are the least similar?
2. What are the languages with the highest amount of divergence?
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1. What are the sub-groups of the Atlantic branch of languages?
2. What are the three smaller ways of classifying the Atlantic Branch?
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1. Is there a lot of research on Gola and Limba?
2. Have researchers spent much time studying Gola and Limba?
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3r8yzbnq9hizbq7l0h97jb6n6guq7q | wikipedia | Scientific American (informally abbreviated SciAm) is an American popular science magazine. Many famous scientists, including Albert Einstein, have contributed articles in the past 170 years. It is the oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the United States(though it only became monthly in 1921).
"Scientific American" was founded by inventor and publisher Rufus M. Porter in 1845 as a four-page weekly newspaper. Throughout its early years, much emphasis was placed on reports of what was going on at the U.S. Patent Office. It also reported on a broad range of inventions including perpetual motion machines, an 1860 device for buoying vessels by Abraham Lincoln, and the universal joint which now can be found in nearly every automobile manufactured. Current issues include a "this date in history" section, featuring excerpts from articles originally published 50, 100, and 150 years earlier. Topics include humorous incidents, wrong-headed theories, and noteworthy advances in the history of science and technology.
Porter sold the publication to Alfred Ely Beach and Orson Desaix Munn a mere ten months after founding it. Until 1948, it remained owned by Munn & Company. Under Munn's grandson, Orson Desaix Munn III, it had evolved into something of a "workbench" publication, similar to the twentieth-century incarnation of "Popular Science". QUESTIONS:
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1. When did Scientific American begin to get published every month?
2. When did the publication of SciAm start happening once per month?
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1. Who was a famous contributor to Scientific American?
2. What renowed contributions has SciAm received?
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1. Who was a renowed contributor to Scientific American?
2. What famous scientist in particular contributed to SciAm?
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1. Who was Scientific American founded by?
2. What was the name of the founder of SciAm?
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1. When did Rufus M. Porter found Scientific American?
2. In what year did Rufus M. Porter start SciAm?
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1. Was Scientific American sold soon after it was founded?
2. Did SciAm get bought not long after it was founded?
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1. Who bought SciAm from its founder?
2. Who did Rufus M. Porter sell Scientific American to?
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1. How long after the founding of Scientific American was it sold?
2. What amount of time passed between the creation of SciAm and it being purchased?
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1. What did Scientific American emphasize early on?
2. What was an early focus of SciAm?
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1. What section is included in current issues of Scientific American?
2. What do present-day issues of SciAm include?
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1. What kinds of articles appear in the "this date in history" section of SciAm?
2. What is the content of the articles published in the "this date in history" section of Scientific American?
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3uouji6mtdeliyktz3xanbg0bpzux4 | cnn | (CNN) -- It was a case of déjà vu at Cheltenham on Wednesday as Ruby Walsh and Willie Mullins took the opening race for a second day in a row.
Favorite Faugheen proved too classy for rivals in the Novices' Hurdle, powering away from Ballyalton and Rathvinden to land another win for flamboyant American owner Rich Ricci.
"Gosh, that was magic wasn't it?" former banker Ricci told reporters. "He was just brilliant. He's been a very hard horse to keep right but Willie and Ruby have done a fantastic job with him."
Sprinter Sacre, one of the brightest stars of National Hunt racing, is sadly absent from this year's Festival as vets continue to ponder his irregular heartbeat, but the magnificent Selle Francais did have a representative in the winners' enclosure in the shape of jockey Nico de Boinville.
Sprinter Sacre's regular work rider got up on Whisper to deny AP McCoy on Get Me Out of Here in a photo finish in the day's main handicap.
Beating perennial Champion jockey McCoy added to the pleasure for amateur De Boinville, who said:"I was very, very worried when I could see him coming up to me, but it's such a great feeling when they jump and travel as well as my horse did. I didn't have a clue that I'd won -- you don't dream this sort of thing happens."
In the day's feature race, the Queen Mother Champion Chase, Sire de Grugy produced the fairytale ending that connections and neutrals were hoping for by running away with the title by six lengths from Somersby and Module. QUESTIONS:
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1. What sort of race does the article discuss?
2. What is the nature of the race that appears in the article?
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1. What was the location of the opening race?
2. Where did the opening race take place?
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1. When was the opening race?
2. On what day of the week did the race at Cheltenham occur?
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1. Which two horses competed in the opening race?
2. Which duo of horses did the opening race feature?
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1. Who is everyone fawning over at the National Hunt race?
2. Which horse is the National Hunt race's biggest star?
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1. Was Sprinter Sacre participating in the opening race?
2. Did the opening race feature Sprinter Sacre?
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1. Why wasn't Sprinter Sacre in the opening race?
2. What was the reason that the opening race did not feature Sprinter Sacre?
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1. What does Nico de Boinville do?
2. What is Nico de Boinville's job?
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1. Who was bested by Nico de Boinville?
2. Who did Nico de Boinville beat?
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1. What is the name of the Queen Mother Champion?
2. Which horse serves as the Queen Mother Champion?
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31lvtdxbl7ay2cbnhqzh76ytxd7rlp | race | Chuck was thirteen when he came home from the hospital. He came home not because he was getting better but because he wanted to be with people he knew and loved when he died. I came by the house to visit him and his family several times a week during his treatment. On most of my visits, Chuck was very weak. But the last time I saw him alive, he was awake. "I have got something for you." He pulled out a piece of crumpled paper from under his pillow. "I want you to give this to my mom and dad after I die. You'll know when it's right, I guess, won't you?"
"What is it?" I asked. "It's a list of all the fun we had, and all the happy time when we laughed." I almost gasped in great surprise.
"Like what?" I asked quietly, trying to regain my calmness.
"Like the time when Mom, Dad, Chrissie, Linda and me were dressed up as fruits and Dad was driving us to a costume party. Dad was a bunch of grapes and I was an apple, and the others were different things like bananas and pears."
And a policewoman _ for speeding. When the policewoman came up to the car, she looked and started laughing so hard that she could hardly stand up. And we all started laughing and she said, "Where are you all heading -- a salad bar?" Dad said he was sorry to be speeding, but his kids were getting so ripe that they were starting to draw flies. And she laughed till she had to take off her dark glasses and wiped tears from her eyes."
Chuck laughed and so did I. The list was full of laughing and fun. What a wonderful gift, I thought. QUESTIONS:
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1. How old was Chuck upon his return home from the hospital?
2. What was Chuck's age at the time of being discharged from the hospital to go home?
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1. Why did Chuck want to come home?
2. What was Chuck's reason for desiring to return home?
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1. What did Chuck give the author of the story?
2. What did teh narrator receive from Chuck?
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1. What did the paper Chuck gave the narrator have on it?
2. What was the inscription on the paper that Chuck gave the narrator?
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1. What was on the list the narrator received from Chuck?
2. What did Chuck make a list of?
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1. What was one of the fun times Chuck had with his family?
2. What was one time Chuck had a nice outing with his family?
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1. Why did Chuck's family get pulled over?
2. Why did a policewoman stop Chuck's family?
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1. What did the cop think of the way Chuck and his family were dressed?
2. How did the policewoman react to the costumes that Chuck's family was wearing?
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1. What did the cop say as a joke?
2. What joke did the policewoman tell?
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1. Why did Chuck's dad say they were speeding?
2. What excuse did Chuck's dad give for going over the speed limit?
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3zwfc4w1uu7c2k1rvfwjctt9zdtfr7 | wikipedia | The priesthoods of public religion were held by members of the elite classes. There was no principle analogous to separation of church and state in ancient Rome. During the Roman Republic (509–27 BC), the same men who were elected public officials might also serve as augurs and pontiffs. Priests married, raised families, and led politically active lives. Julius Caesar became pontifex maximus before he was elected consul. The augurs read the will of the gods and supervised the marking of boundaries as a reflection of universal order, thus sanctioning Roman expansionism as a matter of divine destiny. The Roman triumph was at its core a religious procession in which the victorious general displayed his piety and his willingness to serve the public good by dedicating a portion of his spoils to the gods, especially Jupiter, who embodied just rule. As a result of the Punic Wars (264–146 BC), when Rome struggled to establish itself as a dominant power, many new temples were built by magistrates in fulfillment of a vow to a deity for assuring their military success. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What were the years of the Roman Republic?
2. During what year was the Roman Republic active?
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1. What did priests do during the Roman Republic?
2. What was the role of priests under the Roman Republic?
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1. What level of society were priests?
2. What was the social caste of priests?
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1. What was the role of an augur?
2. What task did an augur perform?
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1. To what end did augurs read the will of the gods?
2. Why did augurs try and find what the gods wanted?
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1. Which deity represented just rule?
2. Who was the god of just rule?
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1. Which war began in 264?
2. What conflict had a starting year of 264?
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1. When did the Punic Wars end?
2. What year saw the end of the Punic Wars?
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1. Were the Punic Wars easy for Rome?
2. Did Rome have an easy go at the Punic Wars?
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1. What was difficult for Rome during the Punic Wars?
2. What was Rome not great at during the time of the Punic Wars?
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1. What was Caesar established as?
2. What title did Caesar take on?
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1. What was Caesar's first name?
2. Which Caesar became Pontifex Maximus?
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1. What did Caesar become after pontifex?
2. What was Caesar elected to be after pontifex maximus?
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1. Did the Roman Republic have an official separation between church and state?
2. Was there a division between church and state during the Roman Republic?
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36w0ob37hwe5i7eo0mew1h7lo9rzhk | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXV
"I would do it now"
Though it was rumoured all over London that the Duke of Omnium was dying, his Grace had been dressed and taken out of his bed-chamber into a sitting-room, when Madame Goesler was brought into his presence by Lady Glencora Palliser. He was reclining in a great arm-chair, with his legs propped up on cushions, and a respectable old lady in a black silk gown and a very smart cap was attending to his wants. The respectable old lady took her departure when the younger ladies entered the room, whispering a word of instruction to Lady Glencora as she went. "His Grace should have his broth at half-past four, my lady, and a glass and a half of champagne. His Grace won't drink his wine out of a tumbler, so perhaps your ladyship won't mind giving it him at twice."
"Marie has come," said Lady Glencora.
"I knew she would come," said the old man, turning his head round slowly on the back of his chair. "I knew she would be good to me to the last." And he laid his withered hand on the arm of his chair, so that the woman whose presence gratified him might take it within hers and comfort him.
"Of course I have come," said Madame Goesler, standing close by him and putting her left arm very lightly on his shoulder. It was all that she could do for him, but it was in order that she might do this that she had been summoned from London to his side. He was wan and worn and pale,--a man evidently dying, the oil of whose lamp was all burned out; but still as he turned his eyes up to the woman's face there was a remnant of that look of graceful fainéant nobility which had always distinguished him. He had never done any good, but he had always carried himself like a duke, and like a duke he carried himself to the end. QUESTIONS:
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1. Who isn't feeling well?
2. Who is under the weather?
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1. Who went to see the Duke of Omnium?
2. Who visited the Duke of Omnium?
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1. Who was Madame Goesler introduced by?
2. From whom did Madame Goesler receive an introduction?
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1. State the first name of Madame Goesler.
2. What first name does Madame Goesler go by?
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1. Where did Marie Goesler come from?
2. Where had Madame Goesler just been?
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1. Did the Duke of Omnium aske Madame Goesler to come?
2. Was Marie Goesler's presence requested by the Duke of Omnium?
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1. What physical description is given of the Duke?
2. How is the Duke of Omnium doing physically?
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1. Was the Duke of Omnium expecting Marie Goesler?
2. Did the Duke of Omnium know that Madame Goesler would visit?
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1. Was the Duke of Omnium nice?
2. Did the Duke of Omnium have a good temperament?
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1. Has the Duke of Omnium eaten already?
2. Has the Duke of Omnium already had some food?
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304sm51wa34yqipo52asjd7k7lybsw | race | One evening last fall, while Marcos Ugarte did his homework and his father, Eduardo, a teacher, prepared lesson plans, they heard shouting outside. Eduardo, 47, and Marcos, 15, stepped onto the balcony of their two-story home. Immediately, Marcos' s eye was caught by a flame from one of their neighbors' houses. "Dad, the house is on fire!" Marcos cried. Dressed only in shorts, the barefoot teen dashed towards the Mas' home with his dad. Grandmother Yim Ma, mother Suzanne Ma, and son Nathan Ma were gathered on the front grassland shouting for help. When the Ugartes got there, they saw through the open front door that father Alex Ma was falling down the stairs, coughing, his face black with dirt. "Is anyone else in the house?" Eduardo asked. "My son!" Alex managed to say, pointing to the second floor. Eduardo started up the stairs, but thick, black smoke, swirling ash, and extreme heatforced him to his knees. He inched upstairs and down the hall where Alex said he would find Cody, eight, who had locked himself in a bedroom. "I'd never seen smoke like that," says Eduardo. "My glasses immediately turned black from the ash." As the fire spread across the hall, Eduardo banged on the bedroom door and tried to turn the handle. But Cody didn't respond, and Eduardo made his way back downstairs. At the same time, Marcos saw Yim and Suzanne pulling an aluminum ladder out of the garage. "Cody was standing at the window, screaming for help," says Marcos. "I knew I had to do something." He grabbed the ladder, positioned it near the window, and climbed towards the boy. When Marcos reached the window, he pushed the screen into the room and persuaded Cody out. "It's OK," Marcos told him. "I've got you." Holding Cody with one arm, Marcos moved down the ladder. Halfway down, he handed the boy to a neighbor. The day after the fire, Alex visited Marcos. "Thank you for saving my son," Alex said. "You are his hero forever." QUESTIONS:
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1. What does Marco's father do for a living?
2. How is Marco's dad employed?
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1. What did Marco have on his feet when he rushed outside?
2. What did Marco don as footwear as he ran to the exterior?
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1. What was Marco wearing?
2. What clothing did Marco have on?
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1. What was the teacher doing when he noticed Marco?
2. What was the teacher in the middle of when Marco caught his eye?
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1. What was on fire?
2. What was in flames?
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1. Whose house was burning?
2. Who had a home that was on fire?
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1. How many members of the Ma family sat outside waiting for help?
2. What was the amount of Ma's that were outside waiting for assistance?
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1. Who was still inside the burning house?
2. Who remained inside the burning home?
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1. who was still inside the burning house with Alex Ma?
2. Who remained inside the burning home alongside Alex Ma?
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1. How old was Alex Ma's son?
2. What was the age of Alex Ma's son?
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1. Where was Alex Ma's son?
2. What was the location of Alex Ma's son?
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3p1l2b7ad1pv5zj7pyiddbtomqelo1 | race | Which is sillier: denying we ever went to the moon or trying to convince the true nonbelievers?
Once upon a time - July 20, 1969, to be specific - two men got out of their little spaceship and wandered around on the moon for a while.Ten more men walked on the moon over the next three and a half years.
Unfortunately, not quite.A fair number of Americans think that this whole business of moon landings really isa fairy tale.They believe that the landings were a big hoax staged in the Mojave Desert, to convince everyone that U.S.technology was the "best" in the whole wide world.
Which is the harder thing to do: Send men to the moon or make believe we did? The fact is the physics behind sending people to the moon is simple.You can do it with computers whose entire memory capacities can now fit on chips the size of postage stamps and that cost about as much as, well, a postage stamp.I know you can because we did.
However, last fall NASA considered spending $15,000 on a public-relations campaign to convince the unimpressed that Americans had in fact gone to the moon.That idea was mostly a reaction to a Fox television program, first aired in February 2001, that claimed to expose the hoax.The show's creator is a publicity hound who has lived up to the name in more ways than one by hounding Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon.Mr.X (as I will call him, thereby denying him the joyous sight of his name in print) recently followed Buzz Aldrin around and called him "a thief, liar and coward" until the 72-year-old astronaut finally lost it and hit the 37-year-old Mr.X in the face.
Anyway, NASA's publicity campaign began to slow down.The nonbelievers took the campaign as NASA's effort to hide something while the believers said that $15,000 to convince people that the world was round -- I mean, that we had gone to the moon -- was simply a waste of money.(Actually, the $15,000 was supposed to pay for an article by James E.Oberg, an astronomy writer who, with Aldrin, has contributed to Scientific American.)
If NASA not paying Oberg, perhaps it could put the money to good use by hiring two big guys to drag Neil Armstrong out of the house.Armstrong is an extremely private man, but he is also the first man on the moon, so maybe he has a duty to be a bit more outspoken about the experience.Or NASA could just buy Aldrin a commemorate plaque for his recent touch on the face of Mr.X. QUESTIONS:
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1. Is the article describing a manned mission to the planet Mars?
2. Does the article discuss astronauts travelling to Mars?
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1. What does the article discuss?
2. What is the subject of the article?
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Q3:
1. Who runs the US space program?
2. What organization is in charge of the United States' space program?
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Q4:
1. What channel aired a story denying that we landed on the moon?
2. What media outlet featured a story saying that man did not land on the moon?
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1. When did astronauts first go to the moon?
2. When was the first time that astronauts landed ont he moon?
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1. Who was the second American to set foot on the moon?
2. Which American walked on the moon second?
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1. Where do moon-landing deniers believe that the landing was staged?
2. In what location do conspiracy theorists thing that the moon landing was faked?
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1. Who was the first person to set foot on the moon?
2. Who walked on the moon before any other human?
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1. Is Neil Armstrong an extrovert?
2. Is Neil Armstrong a social butterfly?
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1. How many people eventually walked on the moon?
2. What was the total number of people to have walked on the moon?
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3z9wi9eozzoatcf20lbme2j8ky9hk7 | cnn | (CNN) -- Thomas Aiken will take a two-shot lead heading into Sunday's final round of the Spanish Open at the El Prat Golf Club near Barcelona.
The South African who led at the halfway stage shot an even-par round of 72 on a day that was inevitably overshadowed by the death of Seve Ballesteros, who lost his three-year battle with cancer in the early hours of Saturday morning.
With flags at half-mast and players donning black ribbons, the European Tour marked the five-time major winner's passing with a minute's silence followed by a round of applause.
Among the many players paying their respects to Ballesteros were his long-standing friends and Ryder Cup allies Jose Maria Olazabal and Miguel Angel Jimenez.
Colin Montgomerie, who played alongside Olazabal on Saturday said the Spaniard had been in tears for much of the third round.
"He has lost an older brother almost," Montgomerie said, EuropeanTour.com reported.
After his round, Olazabal reflected on the career of his great golfing companion.
"I don't think there will ever be another player like him. There can be others that are very good, but none will have his charisma," Olazabal said, EuropeanTour.com reported.
Spain's golfing maestro remembered
Pablo Larrazabal is currently tied for second place on six-under par and the highest placed Spaniard in an event which Ballesteros won three times during his career.
"Since I heard the news this morning I couldn't get it out of my head," Larrazabal said, EuropeanTour.com reported.
"It has been a tough day. I was on the eighth during the minute of silence. It was the saddest minute of my career," he added. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the name of the person that passed?
2. Who lost their life?
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1. When did Seve Ballesteros pass?
2. At what point did Seve Ballesteros' death occur?
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Q3:
1. Was something else going on the day Seve Ballesteros died?
2. Was there an event happening on the day of Seve Ballesteros' passing?
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Q4:
1. Who was leading at the Spanish Open?
2. Who was in first place at the Spanish Open?
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1. Was Seve Ballesteros' death sudden?
2. Did Seve Ballesteros die unexpectedly?
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Q6:
1. How long had Seve Ballesteros been ill?
2. For how long had Seve Ballesteros had a terminal illness?
3.
Q7:
1. How was Seve Ballesteros honored?
2. What was done to recognize Seve Ballesteros' life?
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1. Were any of Seve Ballesteros' friends at the ceremony?
2. Did any of Seve Ballesteros' buddies go to the ceremony for him?
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Q9:
1. Who of Seve Ballesteros' friends went to the ceremony for him?
2. What friends of Seve Ballesteros' attended the event honoring his life?
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1. When was a moment of silence taken?
2. During what event was there a pause for silence?
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Q11:
1. How long did the moment of silence last?
2. For how much time did the European Tour pause for silence?
3.
Q12:
1. Had Seve Ballesteros ever won the European Tour?
2. Was Seve Ballesteros a former European Tour winner?
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1. How many times had Seve Ballesteros won the European Tour?
2. What was the number of times that Seve Ballesteros had been a European Tour champion?
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3n1fsuefl5083ulxtx5gg0fewwmd4p | wikipedia | Gibraltar ( , or other permutations; ) is a British Overseas Territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula. It has an area of and shares its northern border with Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region. At its foot is a densely populated city area, home to over 30,000 Gibraltarians and other nationalities.
An Anglo-Dutch force captured Gibraltar from Spain in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession on behalf of the Habsburg claim to the Spanish throne. The territory was subsequently ceded to Great Britain "in perpetuity" under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. During World War II it was an important base for the Royal Navy as it controlled the entrance and exit to the Mediterranean Sea, which is only eight miles (13 km) wide at this naval "choke point" and remains strategically important to this day with half the world's seaborne trade passing through the strait. Today Gibraltar's economy is based largely on tourism, online gambling, financial services, and cargo ship refuelling services.
The sovereignty of Gibraltar is a major point of contention in Anglo-Spanish relations as Spain asserts a claim to the territory. Gibraltarians overwhelmingly rejected proposals for Spanish sovereignty in a 1967 referendum and again in 2002. Under the Gibraltar constitution of 2006, Gibraltar governs its own affairs, though some powers, such as defence and foreign relations, remain the responsibility of the British government. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What territory appears in the article?
2. What place does the article discuss?
3.
Q2:
1. Where is Gibralter?
2. What is the location of Gibralter?
3.
Q3:
1. What is Gibralters' major landmark?
2. What landmark is a key feature of Gibralter?
3.
Q4:
1. What is the population of Gibralter?
2. How many people reside in Gibralter?
3.
Q5:
1. What does Gibralter share its border with?
2. What country does Gibralter border?
3.
Q6:
1. Does Gibralter have a dense population?
2. Is the population of Gibralter all packed into one area?
3.
Q7:
1. When was Gibralter an important base?
2. During what time period was Gibralter a key base?
3.
Q8:
1. Who used Gibralter as a key base during WWII?
2. Gibralter served as a base for whom during the Second World War?
3.
Q9:
1. Why was Gibralter a Royal Navy Base?
2. What made Gibralter so useful to the Royal Navy?
3.
Q10:
1. What is Gibralter's economy famous for today?
2. What are the important features of Gibralter's present day economy?
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32n49tqg3gi9z010tjf1zp7ln91av2 | mctest | One day, a boy named Sam went to the doctor because he fell and hurt his knee. He was riding his green tricycle in the yard when it happened. He played with yellow and red blocks in the waiting room before his visit with the doctor. His mother was sitting in a chair, reading a magazine and talking to other mothers sitting around her. The friendly nurse called Sam from the waiting room to finally visit the doctor. The nurse weighed Sam, measured his height, and asked him questions about the foods he had eaten that day. The nurse also took his temperature to make sure that he did not have a fever. After the nurse left the room, the doctor came in and asked Sam about his knee. Sam told the doctor all about his fall off the tricycle and the doctor wrote a lot of notes down. Doctors write a lot of notes so they can tell people like Sam more about their accidents. The doctor said, "Wow Sam! It sounds like you had quite a fall." The doctor put a bandage on his knee and gave him some medicine to take once he got home. On the way out of the doctor's office, Sam took a purple lollipop to eat on the car ride home. Sam's mom drove him back home, telling him to be careful for the next time that he plays outside. Sam's mom really cared about him and didn't like to see him get hurt. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who visited the doctor?
2. Who had a doctor's appointment?
3.
Q2:
1. Why did Sam go to the doctor?
2. What brought Sam to the doctor?
3.
Q3:
1. What was the source of Sam's injury?
2. How did Sam hurt himself?
3.
Q4:
1. Where was Sam riding?
2. Where was Sam when he fell?
3.
Q5:
1. What did Sam play with in the doctor's office waiting room?
2. What did Sam amuse himself with as he waited for the doctor?
3.
Q6:
1. Where in the waiting room was Sam's mother seated?
2. Where did Sam's mom sit in the waiting room?
3.
Q7:
1. What was Sam's mom doing in the waiting room?
2. How did Sam's mother pass the time in the waiting room?
3.
Q8:
1. What was Sam's mom doing in the waiting room, besides reading a magazine?
2. How did Sam's mother pass the time in the waiting room, other than read a magazine?
3.
Q9:
1. Were the other moms sitting like Sam's?
2. Did the other mothers in the waiting room take a seat like Sam's mom?
3.
Q10:
1. Who called Sam from the waiting room?
2. Who fetched Sam to see the doctor?
3.
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31n2ww6r9rqkjigpkpvnuvqtuc13f6 | wikipedia | The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol Building, is the home of the United States Congress, and the seat of the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. It sits atop Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Though not at the geographic center of the Federal District, the Capitol forms the origin point for the District's street-numbering system and the District's four quadrants.
The original building was completed in 1800 and was subsequently expanded, particularly with the addition of the massive dome, and expanded chambers for the bicameral legislature, the House of Representatives in the south wing and the Senate in the north wing. Like the principal buildings of the executive and judicial branches, the Capitol is built in a distinctive neoclassical style and has a white exterior. Both its east and west elevations are formally referred to as "fronts", though only the east front was intended for the reception of visitors and dignitaries.
Prior to establishing the nation's capital in Washington, D.C., the United States Congress and its predecessors had met in Philadelphia (Independence Hall and Congress Hall), New York City (Federal Hall), and a number of other locations (York, Pennsylvania; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland; and Nassau Hall in Princeton, New Jersey). In September 1774, the First Continental Congress brought together delegates from the colonies in Philadelphia, followed by the Second Continental Congress, which met from May 1775 to March 1781. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the location of the US Capitol Building?
2. Where can the Capitol Building of the United States be found?
3.
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33f859i566d909b8u8ytfz0ix5rhbg | cnn | (CNN) -- Despite the ribbing he took from President Barack Obama and comedian Seth Meyers, media mogul Donald Trump proclaimed Saturday night's White House Correspondents Dinner "an entertaining evening."
Trump, who has indicated that he is considering a run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, was the focus of many of the barbs thrown by Obama and head "Saturday Night Live" writer Meyers.
In Washington, Trump still talk of town
"They were pretty personal, but I expected that I was going to be zinged," Trump told CNN's Don Lemon on Sunday night.
At one point in the presentation, Obama singled out an unsmiling Trump and credited him with making hard decisions -- such as firing Gary Busey over Meat Loaf on an episode of "The Celebrity Apprentice" -- and succeeding in his push for the president to release his long-form birth certificate.
"Now, he can focus on more important matters like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?" Obama said, referring to Neil Armstrong's 1969 walk on the moon, the alleged UFO crash in New Mexico and the deaths of rappers Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur.
But appearances aside, Trump had nothing but good things to say about Obama's comedic timing, telling CNN that "some of what the president did was pretty good."
"It's my honor," he added, referring to the amount of jokes directed at him. "It was a lion's pit, I was walking into it, I've been there before, and you know, I thought it was an entertaining evening." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where is everyone still discussing Donald Trump?
2. Where is Donald Trump the subject du jour?
3.
Q2:
1. What did Donald Trump say he was thinking about doing in 2012?
2. What idea was Donald Trump toying with for 2012?
3.
Q3:
1. What did Donald Trump label an entertaining evening?
2. What soiree did Donald Trump say was fun?
3.
Q4:
1. Which SNL writer attended the White House Correspondents Dinner?
2. Who from Saturday Night Live was at the White House Correspondents Dinner?
3.
Q5:
1. Who did Donald Trump speak with about being the butt of jokes?
2. Who did Donald Trump discuss the jokes made at his expense with?
3.
Q6:
1. Which president was at the White House Correspondents Dinner?
2. Who was the president that attended the White House Correspondents Dinner?
3.
Q7:
1. Who did Donald Trump fire instead of Meat Loaf on Celebrity Apprentice?
2. Who did Donald Trump let go from his company and kept Meat Loaf on the Celebrity Apprentice?
3.
Q8:
1. Did Donald Trump badmouth Barack Obama?
2. Did Donald Trump have anything negative to say about the president?
3.
Q9:
1. What sort of pit did Donald Trump say he was walking into?
2. What metaphor did Donald Trump make regarding a kind of pit?
3.
Q10:
1. Did Donald Trump call the evening boring?
2. Did Donald Trump state that the White House Correspondents Dinner wasn't very enjoyable?
3.
Q11:
1. Who was Barack Obama's target?
2. At whose expense in particular did Barack Obama make jokes?
3.
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326o153bmiyqvwiqi3htpmr59pgde3 | gutenberg | CHAPTER 7
Mr and Mrs Squeers at Home
Mr Squeers, being safely landed, left Nicholas and the boys standing with the luggage in the road, to amuse themselves by looking at the coach as it changed horses, while he ran into the tavern and went through the leg-stretching process at the bar. After some minutes, he returned, with his legs thoroughly stretched, if the hue of his nose and a short hiccup afforded any criterion; and at the same time there came out of the yard a rusty pony-chaise, and a cart, driven by two labouring men.
'Put the boys and the boxes into the cart,' said Squeers, rubbing his hands; 'and this young man and me will go on in the chaise. Get in, Nickleby.'
Nicholas obeyed. Mr. Squeers with some difficulty inducing the pony to obey also, they started off, leaving the cart-load of infant misery to follow at leisure.
'Are you cold, Nickleby?' inquired Squeers, after they had travelled some distance in silence.
'Rather, sir, I must say.'
'Well, I don't find fault with that,' said Squeers; 'it's a long journey this weather.'
'Is it much farther to Dotheboys Hall, sir?' asked Nicholas.
'About three mile from here,' replied Squeers. 'But you needn't call it a Hall down here.'
Nicholas coughed, as if he would like to know why.
'The fact is, it ain't a Hall,' observed Squeers drily.
'Oh, indeed!' said Nicholas, whom this piece of intelligence much astonished.
'No,' replied Squeers. 'We call it a Hall up in London, because it sounds better, but they don't know it by that name in these parts. A man may call his house an island if he likes; there's no act of Parliament against that, I believe?' QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What are Nicholas and the boys waiting on?
2. Whose presence are Nicholas and co. waiting for?
3.
Q2:
1. Where did Mr. Squeers and the group stop for a moment?
2. What was the site of the group's pit stop?
3.
Q3:
1. What business did Mr. Squeers have in the tavern?
2. What was Mr. Squeers doing in the tavern?
3.
Q4:
1. How long did Mr. Squeers spend in the tavern?
2. For what length of time was Mr. Squeers in the pub?
3.
Q5:
1. Where did the group put their belongings?
2. Where did the boys place their luggage?
3.
Q6:
1. What did the boys climb into?
2. What did the boys get into?
3.
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3wokgm4l71gi83ul05wufr10it80od | mctest | One day, a boy named Jack wanted take a trip on his red tricycle. He was not sure where he wanted to go, but he knew he wanted to go somewhere far away. It was a cloudy and chilly day, so Jack wore a warm shirt. Jack worried that he might get lonely on his trip. He borrowed his mother's phone and taped it to the handle bars of his tricycle so he could call home. He also put his music player in his pocket. Jack put some left over pizza in his backpack in case he got hungry. Jack pedaled down his driveway, heading out on his big trip. When he got to the end of his driveway, Mrs. Jones, his teacher from school, was walking by on the sidewalk. "Hello Jack", said Mrs. Jones, "Where are you going on that nice red tricycle?" "I'm going on a trip to someplace far away" said Jack. Mrs. Jones smiled, and thought for a second. "Make sure you are back by morning, we have a field trip tomorrow", said Mrs. Jones. Jack had been waiting for the field trip for weeks. He looked at Mrs. Jones and said, "I think I'll wait to take a trip until I can fly. I don't want to miss the field trip and this tricycle is not very fast." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What color of tricycle did Jack have?
2. What was the shade of Jack's trike?
3.
Q2:
1. What sort of shirt did Jack have on?
2. What kind of top was Jack wearing?
3.
Q3:
1. What made Jack nervous regarding his trip?
2. What worried Jack about hsi trip?
3.
Q4:
1. What did Jack borrow from his mom?
2. What did Jack take from his mother that he intended to give back?
3.
Q5:
1. What did Jack do with the phone?
2. Where did Jack store the phone?
3.
Q6:
1. What did Jack store in a pocket?
2. What did Jack put in his pocket?
3.
Q7:
1. What did Jack put in his backpack?
2. What did Jack store in his knapsack?
3.
Q8:
1. Was the pizza fresh?
2. Did Jack have freshly baked pizza?
3.
Q9:
1. Who strolled on the sidewalk?
2. Which person was taking a walk on the sidewalk?
3.
Q10:
1. Who was Mrs. Jones to Jack?
2. How did Jack know Mrs. Jones?
3.
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35gcefq6i5oqoz7pl1puxn6b6gpz3i | gutenberg | CHAPTER III.
'And you walked here!' said Lady Everingham to Coningsby, when the stir of arranging themselves at dinner had subsided. 'Only think, papa, Mr. Coningsby walked here! I also am a great walker.'
'I had heard much of the forest,' said Coningsby.
'Which I am sure did not disappoint you,' said the Duke.
'But forests without adventures!' said Lady Everingham, a little shrugging her pretty shoulders.
'But I had an adventure,' said Coningsby.
'Oh! tell it us by all means!' said the Lady, with great animation. 'Adventures are my weakness. I have had more adventures than any one. Have I not had, Augustus?' she added, addressing her husband.
'But you make everything out to be an adventure, Isabel,' said Lord Everingham. I dare say that Mr. Coningsby's was more substantial.' And looking at our young friend, he invited him to inform them.
'I met a most extraordinary man,' said Coningsby.
'It should have been a heroine,' exclaimed Lady Everingham.
'Do you know anybody in this neighbourhood who rides the finest Arab in the world?' asked Coningsby. 'She is called "the Daughter of the Star," and was given to her rider by the Pacha of Egypt.'
'This is really an adventure,' said Lady Everingham, interested.
'The Daughter of the Star!' said Lady Theresa. 'What a pretty name! Percy has a horse called "Sunbeam."'
'A fine Arab, the finest in the world!' said the Duke, who was fond of horse. 'Who can it be?'
'Can you throw any light on this, Mr. Lyle?' asked the Duchess of a young man who sat next her. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was taken aback?
2. Who was having trouble believing something?
3.
Q2:
1. Was Lady Everingham astonished at the size of someone's feet?
2. Did the largness of a person's feet put Lady Everingham into a state of shock?
3.
Q3:
1. What had Mr. Coningsby done?
2. What was Mr. Coningsby's accomplishment?
3.
Q4:
1. Who had done the amazing thing of walking?
2. Who impressed everybody by strolling?
3.
Q5:
1. Did Mr. Coning impress Lady Everingham?
2. Did Lady Everingham feel admiration?
3.
Q6:
1. Is Lady Everingham a great walker like Coningsby?
2. Do Lady Everingham and Coningsby share the trait of walking well?
3.
Q7:
1. Did Coningsby notice any sounds in the woods?
2. Did any noises in the forest reach Coningsby's ears?
3.
Q8:
1. Did Coningsby have an adventure?
2. Did Coningsby have a thrilling trip?
3.
Q9:
1. Who just can't resist an adventure?
2. Who gets weak in the knees at the prospect of adventure?
3.
Q10:
1. Has Lady Everingham had an adventure of her own?
2. Has Lady Everingham been on an adventure before?
3.
Q11:
1. What is Lady Everingham's first name?
2. State the first name of Lady Everingham.
3.
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3vhp9mdgrnk8wic8di6onyunzixcfh | mctest | It was finally summer vacation, and Josh was excited to go to his favorite place. He was heading to Florida, to visit his Grandma and Grandpa. Josh spends every summer there, and this summer would be no different! In the mornings, Josh and Grandma would plant cucumbers, tomatoes, and carrots in the ground. After they would be planted, they would water and weed the garden every day. In the afternoons, Grandpa would take Josh out on the ocean in his sailboat which was named "Sea girl." Josh loved "Sea girl" and his favorite part was smelling the salty ocean air. Sometimes Josh and Grandpa would go to a beach and make sandcastles, or start digging until they found buried sea shells or other treasures. At night, Grandma and Grandpa would make dinner and they would eat outside by the pool. On special nights, Josh got to get ice cream for dessert. A lot of times, Grandma made dinner dishes that included the vegetables Josh and Grandma were growing. It was his favorite time of year. Josh couldn't wait to leave tomorrow morning! QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which place did Josh like to visit most?
2. What was Josh's preferred vacation spot?
3.
Q2:
1. Why was Florida Josh's favorite place to go?
2. Why did Josh enjoy visiting Florida most?
3.
Q3:
1. When did Josh usually go to Florida?
2. When did Josh's Florida visits normally happen?
3.
Q4:
1. Did Josh and his grandma do anything together?
2. Were there any activities that Josh would do with his grandmother?
3.
Q5:
1. What would Josh do with his grandma?
2. What was Josh and his grandmother's activity?
3.
Q6:
1. What did Josh and his grandma do after planting things?
2. Once everything was planted in the ground, what would Josh and his grandmother do next?
3.
Q7:
1. What did "sea girl" refer to?
2. What sort of object was "sea girl"?
3.
Q8:
1. When would Josh and his grandpa take the boat out?
2. At what point in the day would Josh and his grandfather go out on "sea girl"?
3.
Q9:
1. Where would Josh and his grandpa take "sea girl"?
2. Where would the sailboat take Josh and his grandfather?
3.
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3pptzcwalqkiv0drjc1qavzmfttzqg | race | A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shining car. "Is this your car, sir?" he asked. Paul answered, "Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas." The boy was surprised, "You mean your brother gave it to you and it did cost you nothing? Sir, I wish..." He hesitated . Paul thought of course he knew what the boy wanted, but what the boy said surprised him greatly. "I wish, " the boy went on, "that I could be a brother like that. " Paul looked at the boy in surprise, and then he said again, "Would you like to take a ride in my car?" "Oh yes, I'd love to." The boy answered. After a short ride, the boy turned with his eyes shining and said, "Sir, would you mind driving in front of my house?" Paul smiled a little. He thought he know what the boy wanted, He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. "Will you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked. He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He Was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat down on the step and pointed to the car. "There he is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent . And some day I'm going to give you one just like it... then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window- that I've been trying to tell you about." Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed elder brother climbed in beside him and the three began an unforgettable holiday ride.[:Zxxk.Com] QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was handicapped?
2. Who had a disability?
3.
Q2:
1. What was the price of the car?
2. How much money was the car worth?
3.
Q3:
1. How much did Paul spend to acquire the car?
2. How much did Paul pay for the car?
3.
Q4:
1. How did Paul acquire the car for zero dollars?
2. Why didn't Paul pay for his car?
3.
Q5:
1. Who is the poor boy's brother?
2. What is the name of the beggar's brother?
3.
Q6:
1. Where did Paul put the beggar boy?
2. Where did Paul leave the boy from the street?
3.
Q7:
1. Where in the car did Paul put Buddy?
2. Where did Paul place Buddy in his vehicle?
3.
Q8:
1. How many people rode in the car?
2. What was the number of people in the vehicle?
3.
Q9:
1. What sort of window did the beggar boy describe?
2. What kind of window was referenced by the poor boy?
3.
Q10:
1. What question did the young beggar ask?
2. What did the poor boy want to know from Paul?
3.
Q11:
1. What was the number of steps mentioned?
2. How many steps did the poor boys house have?
3.
Q12:
1. At what point is Buddy going to receive a car?
2. When is Buddy going to be gifted with a vehicle?
3.
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3wq3b2kge8gywyqusjv8nckbhul1bk | wikipedia | The Suez Crisis, also named the Tripartite Aggression (in the Arab world) and Operation Kadesh or Sinai War (in Israel), was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by the United Kingdom and France. The aims were to regain Western control of the Suez Canal and to remove Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser from power. After the fighting had started, political pressure from the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Nations led to a withdrawal by the three invaders. The episode humiliated Great Britain and France and strengthened Nasser.
On 29 October, Israel invaded the Egyptian Sinai. Britain and France issued a joint ultimatum to cease fire, which was ignored. On 5 November, Britain and France landed paratroopers along the Suez Canal. The Egyptian forces were defeated, but they did block the canal to all shipping. It later became clear that the Israeli invasion and the subsequent Anglo-French attack had been planned beforehand by the three countries.
The three allies had attained a number of their military objectives, but the Canal was now useless. Heavy political pressure from the United States and the USSR led to a withdrawal. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower had strongly warned Britain not to invade; he now threatened serious damage to the British financial system by selling the US government's pound sterling bonds. Historians conclude the crisis "signified the end of Great Britain's role as one of the world's major powers". The Suez Canal was closed from October 1956 until March 1957. Israel fulfilled some of its objectives, such as attaining freedom of navigation through the Straits of Tiran, which Egypt had blocked to Israeli shipping since 1950. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the name of the invasion of Egypt in 1956?
2. How was the military occupation of Egypt in 1956 referred to?
3.
Q2:
1. What was another name for the Suez Crisis?
2. How else was the Suez Crisis referred to?
3.
Q3:
1. What was another name for the Suez Crisis, other than the Tripartite Aggression?
2. How else was the Suez Crisis referred to, in addition to the Tripartite Aggression?
3.
Q4:
1. Whose troops landed in Egypt?
2. Who invaded Egypt?
3.
Q5:
1. Who invaded Egypt after Israel?
2. Whose troops arrived in Egypt after those of Israel?
3.
Q6:
1. Why did Israel and the UK invade Egypt?
2. What was the reason of the United Kingdom and Israel for sending troops to Egypt?
3.
Q7:
1. Why did Israel and the UK invade Egypt, besides to gain control over the Suez Canal?
2. What was the reason of the United Kingdom and Israel for sending troops to Egypt, in addition to taking over the Suez Canal?
3.
Q8:
1. Who attempted to shut the Tripartite Aggression down?
2. Who tried putting a stop to the Suez Crisis?
3.
Q9:
1. Who did the Suez Crisis put in a bad light?
2. Who didn't look great due to their involvement in the Suez Crisis?
3.
Q10:
1. Who was strengthened by the Suez Crisis?
2. Whose image did the Suez Crisis actually improve?
3.
Q11:
1. Why was the Suez Canal important to the Tripartite Aggression?
2. What was the reason that everyone was fighting over the Suez Canal?
3.
Q12:
1. Why was the Suez Canal important to the Tripartite Aggression?
2. What was the reason that everyone was fighting over the Suez Canal?
3.
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3ob0cao74hp5dh4j40cdnayjifjhy7 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXI
THE PICTURE IN THE CARDCASE
"Who is it?" questioned Hans, trying to gain possession of the photograph, but instead of answering Sam started from the cabin.
"I must show this to Dick and Tom!" he cried. "Come along."
"Yah, put--" began the German boy, and then stopped, for there was nobody to talk to, Sam being already out of sight.
"Dick, look what I found," cried the youngest Rover, as he dashed into the pilot house.
"A fortune?" asked Dick, with a smile.
"No, a picture. Just look!"
Dick did as requested and gave a start.
"You found this on the yacht?" he cried. "Yes. In the pocket of a big coat hanging in one of the lockers. It was in a cardcase."
"This is certainly queer. It looks exactly like Harold Bird, doesn't it?"
"It certainly is Harold. I wonder--Oh, look!"
Sam had turned the picture over. On the back were these words, written in a strong, masculine hand:
To father, from Harold. Merry Xmas!
"Why, Harold must have given this to his father," said Dick, thoughtfully.--"And if so--"
"Do you think the coat belonged to Mr. Bird?" broke in Sam.
"Perhaps. Did you find anything else?"
"Ve titn't look," came from Hans, who stood in the doorway. "So dot vos a picture of Harold Pird, alretty! Dot vos kveer!"
"It is astonishing," said Dick. "Sam, see if you can find anything else."
Sam went back and Hans with him, and while they were gone Dick, through the speaking tube, acquainted Tom with the discovery made. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did the boys gaze upon?
2. What was the focus of the boys' attention?
3.
Q2:
1. Did Sam respond to Hans' query?
2. Did Sam give Hans a response?
3.
Q3:
1. Who did Sam want to show the photograph?
2. To whom was Sam hoping to give the photo?
3.
Q4:
1. What was Dick hoping had been located?
2. What did Dick desire to have been found?
3.
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1. Where was the photograph located?
2. In what location was the photo found?
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1. What was the photo inside?
2. What object housed the photograph?
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1. Was the coat with the photo inside something?
2. Was the picture in a storage space?
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1. Was there anything on the back of the photograph?
2. If one turned over the photo, could anything be found?
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1. Did the message on the photo speak of a birthday?
2. Was there mention of a birthday on the back of the picture?
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1. What holiday did the message reference?
2. For what occasion was the photograph given?
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1. Who was the recipient of the photo?
2. To whom was the photograph's message addressed?
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1. Who was the person giving away the photograph?
2. Who sent the picture to their father?
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3s3amizx3u5byyycmcbyzyr2o9zdcy | wikipedia | The Gaza Strip, or simply Gaza"', is a small self-governing Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, that borders Egypt on the southwest for and Israel on the east and north along a border. Gaza, together with the West Bank, constitute the Palestinian territories claimed by the Palestinians as the State of Palestine. The territories of Gaza and the West Bank are separated from each other by Israeli territory. Both fall under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority, but Gaza has since June 2007 been governed by Hamas, a Palestinian Islamic organization which came to power in free elections in 2006. It has been placed under an Israeli and U.S.-led international economic and political boycott from that time onwards.
The territory is long, and from wide, with a total area of . With around 1.85 million Palestinians on some 362 square kilometers, Gaza ranks as the 3rd most densely populated polity in the world. An extensive Israeli buffer zone within the Strip renders much land off-limits to Gaza's Palestinians. Gaza has an annual population growth rate of 2.91% (2014 est.), the 13th highest in the world, and is often referred to as overcrowded. The population is expected to increase to 2.1 million in 2020. By that time, Gaza may be rendered unliveable, if present trends continue. Due to the Israeli and Egyptian border closures and the Israeli sea and air blockade, the population is not free to leave or enter the Gaza Strip, nor allowed to freely import or export goods. Sunni Muslims make up the predominant part of the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip. QUESTIONS:
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1. What does the article discuss?
2. What is the subject of the article?
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1. When is the Gaza Strip set to become inhabitable?
2. By when will it be virtually impossible to live on the Gaza Strip?
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1. What is set to make the Gaza Strip uninhabitable?
2. Why will it become impossible to live on the Gaza Strip?
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1. What will the population of the Gaza Strip increase to by 2020?
2. How many people are set to be living on the Gaza Strip by 2020?
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1. What is the current population of the Gaza Strip?
2. How many people currently live on the Gaza Strip?
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1. Is the Gaza Strip long?
2. Is the Gaza Strip of a significant length?
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1. What is the population of Palestinians on the Gaza Strip?
2. How many Palestinians reside on the Gaza Strip?
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1. How many square kilometers make up the Gaza Strip?
2. What is the area of the Gaza Strip in square kilometers?
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1. Who governs the Gaza Strip?
2. Who is in charge of the Gaza Strip's government/
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1. What can Hamas be described as?
2. What does Hamas refer to?
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1. How did Hamas come into power?
2. What brought Hamas to power in Palestine?
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1. When did Hamas come into power in Palestine?
2. In what year did Hamas gain control of the Palestinian government?
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1. Since when has Palestine been governed by Hamas?
2. When did Hamas take charge of the Palestinian government?
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35k3o9huabdntgwm99cjdmuqlydefo | wikipedia | The National Science Foundation (NSF) is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health. With an annual budget of about US$7.0 billion (fiscal year 2012), the NSF funds approximately 24% of all federally supported basic research conducted by the United States' colleges and universities. In some fields, such as mathematics, computer science, economics, and the social sciences, the NSF is the major source of federal backing.
The NSF's director and deputy director are appointed by the President of the United States, and confirmed by the United States Senate, whereas the 24 presidentially appointed members of the National Science Board (NSB) do not require Senate confirmation. The director and deputy director are responsible for administration, planning, budgeting and day-to-day operations of the foundation, while the NSB meets six times a year to establish its overall policies. The current NSF director, confirmed in March 2014, is astronomer France A. Córdova, former president of Purdue University.
The NSF seeks to fulfill its mission chiefly by issuing competitive, limited-term grants in response to specific proposals from the research community. The NSF also makes some contracts. Some proposals are solicited, and some are not; the NSF funds both kinds. The NSF does not operate its own laboratories, unlike other federal research agencies, notable examples being the NASA and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). QUESTIONS:
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1. How much is the National Science Foundation's yearly budget?
2. What is the NSF's annual budget?
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1. What is NSF short for?
2. What is NSF an acronym for?
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1. How does the National Science Foundation fulfill its mission?
2. What does the NSF do to realize its goals?
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1. Are there labs that belong to the National Science Foundation?
2. Does the NSF run its own labs?
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1. What percent of research does the National Science Foundation fund?
2. What percentage of federal research receives the financial backing of the NSF?
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1. Who is the medical counterpart of the National Science Foundation?
2. What organization is the medical verison of the NSF?
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1. Who chooses the people in charge of the NSF?
2. Who picks the directors of the National Science Foundation?
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1. What does NSB stand for/
2. What is NSB an acronym for?
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1. How often does the National Science Board meet to discuss policies?
2. How many policy meetings per year does the NSB hold?
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1. Who is the current director of the National Science Foundation?
2. Who serves as director of NSF at present?
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1. In what year did France A. Córdova take on the role of NSF director?
2. When did France A. Córdova begin his position as NSF director?
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1. What was France A. Córdova's former job?
2. What did France A. Córdova do before becoming NSF director?
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1. What university did France A. Córdova serve as president for?
2. What did France A. Córdova used to be president of?
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1. What fields are majorly funded by NSF?
2. Which fields receive the majority of their money from the National Science Foundation?
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32at8r96gl9dmhyu5trno3z8watuss | cnn | (CNN) -- In Pennsylvania, Tyler Dix, a 16-year-old movie buff, is wide awake by 7 a.m. to cook breakfast for his younger siblings.
Moranda Hern and Kaylei Deakin started Sisterhood of the Traveling BDUs, or battle dress uniforms.
In Georgia, Tucker Simmons, a 14-year old novice guitarist, prepares ice packs for his mother whenever her chronic lower back pain kicks in.
In California, Kaylei Deakin, an avid 17-year old rock climber, disciplines her little sisters when they act out.
Tyler, Tucker and Kaylei are three teenagers from across the country who have very different interests, but one experience that bonds them: They grew up fast -- sometimes too quickly -- to fill the shoes of mom or dad when their parent was shipped off to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
As the death toll from the two wars has risen over the last eight years, the fight has also affected a growing number of children left at home to cope without a parent.
Whether it's raising their siblings or getting an after-school job, teens with parents in the military feel pressure to step up.
"These teens are expected to take on the responsibility the deployed parent used to take care of," said Mary Carolyn Voght, director of programs for Our Military Kids, a nonprofit organization that provides support to children with a deployed parent in the National Guard. "There's usually the expectation that they will pitch in and help out more."
More than 30,000 teens between 12 and 18 have at least one parent in the National Guard deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, according to the Department of Defense. QUESTIONS:
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1. Who has a passion for film?
2. Who is movie obsessed?
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1. How did Tyler Dix grow up?
2. What was life like for Tyler Dix growing up?
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1. What is Tyler Dix's age?
2. How old is Tyler Dix?
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1. Does Tyler Dix reside in the United States?
2. Does Tyler Dix live in the US?
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1. What state does Tyler Dix live in?
2. Where in the US does Tyler Dix reside?
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1. What time does Tyler Dix wake up?
2. What is Tyler Dix's wake up time in the morning?
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1. Does Tyler Dix have tasks when he gets up for the day?
2. Does Tyler Dix do anything when he gets up?
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1. Who feels pressure to help out around the house?
2. Who knows it is their job to step up?
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1. How do the children of deployed parents step up?
2. What do the kids of soldiers abroad do to help out around the hosue?
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1. Are there teens other than Tyler Dix that help out?
2. Do teens besides Tyler Dix lend their parents a hand?
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1. Who does the article mention that helps out around the house?
2. Who are the teens in the article that are stepping up?
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1. What does Tucker do to help out around the house?
2. What is Tucker doing to step up?
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3dqq64tanglt1t778c2ubmfuu8lpwy | wikipedia | Case is a special grammatical category of a noun, pronoun, adjective, participle or numeral whose value reflects the grammatical function performed by that word in a phrase, clause, or sentence. In some languages, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, determiners, participles, prepositions, numerals, articles and their modifiers take different inflected forms depending on what case they are in. As a language evolves, cases can merge (for instance, in Ancient Greek, the locative case merged with the dative), a phenomenon formally called syncretism.
English has largely lost its case system, although personal pronouns still have three cases that are simplified forms of the nominative, accusative and genitive cases: subjective case (I, you, he, she, it, we, they, who, whoever), objective case (me, you, him, her, it, us, them, whom, whomever) and possessive case (my, mine; your, yours; his; her, hers; its; our, ours; their, theirs; whose; whosever). Forms such as "I", "he" and "we" are used for the subject ("I kicked the ball"), whereas forms such as "me", "him" and "us" are used for the object ("John kicked me").
Languages such as Sanskrit, Ancient Greek, Latin, Armenian, Hungarian, Tibetan, Czech, Slovak, Turkish, Tamil, Romanian, Russian, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Estonian, Finnish, Icelandic, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Basque, Esperanto and the majority of Caucasian languages have extensive case systems, with nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and determiners all inflecting (usually by means of different suffixes) to indicate their case. The number of cases differs between languages: German and Icelandic have four; Turkish, Latin and Russian each have at least six; Armenian, Czech, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Ukrainian, and Lithuanian have seven; Sanskrit has eight; Estonian and Finnish have fifteen, Hungarian has eighteen and Tsez has sixty-four. QUESTIONS:
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1. How can case be defined?
2. What is meant by the term case?
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1. Does English use the case system?
2. Does there exist a case system in the English language?
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1. Is there a vast system of cases in Esperanto?
2. Does Esperanto make extensive use of the case system?
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1. Do all languages use the same number of cases?
2. Is case use consistent from language to language?
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1. What is the number of cases contained in the German and Icelandic languages?
2. How many cases can be found in German and Icelandic tongues?
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1. What is the number of cases contained in the Turkish, Latin and Russianc languages?
2. How many cases can be found in Turkish, Latin and Russian tongues?
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1. What is the number of cases contained in the Tzez language?
2. How many cases can be found in Tzez?
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1. What case are the words me, him and us affiliated with?
2. What is the purpose of linguistic forms like me, him and us?
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1. What purpose do the terms I, he, and we serve?
2. What case are words like I, he, and we grouped under?
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1. How many cases of personal pronouns does English continue to use?
2. What is the number of cases of personal pronouns that appear in modern day English?
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3n2bf7y2vqu5j0f5lxo2tfbc9bvmho | mctest | The chipmunks were busy getting ready for the winter. Little Chip had never seen everyone so busy. Chipmunks were running this way and that way. Even his Granddaddy was helping out, stuffing melons up into the holes in the tree. Aunt Chippa was clapping at everyone to hurry them up. Little Chip wasn't sure what they were all doing. His mom had told him, "Getting ready for winter" but Little Chip didn't know what that meant. He sat on the seesaw trying to guess. He knew that people were gathering things. Now that he thought about it, they were gathering food! Little Chip thought for a second...could they be gathering food for a party? That couldn't be it, everyone was gathering so much food that not every chipmunk in the town could come close to eating all the food for a single party. Little Chip looked at his big toe and thought. He saw another chipmunk digging in the ground and stuffing more food there. Was the guy trying to plant seeds to grow? Seeds wouldn't grow in the winter, it's too cold! Little Chip sat up and knew why everyone was so busy! Winter is coming! QUESTIONS:
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1. What did Aunt Chippa do to get everyone moving?
2. What did Aunt Chippa do in an attempt to speed things up?
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1. Did Little Chip understand what was happening?
2. Was it clear to Little Chip what was going on?
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1. What were the chipmunks preparing for?
2. What was the reason for the chipmunks' preparations?
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1. Did Granddaddy attempt to lend a hand?
2. Did Granddaddy get in on helping out?
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1. What did the grandfather do to help?
2. How did Granddaddy lend a hand?
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1. What did Chip figure out that everyone was getting together?
2. What did Chip realize everyone was amassing?
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1. Was everyone gathering food for a party?
2. Was food being amassed in preparation for a party?
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1. Could the chipmunks eat the food in just one sitting?
2. Would it be possible for the chipmunks to gobble up the food in one go?
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1. What did Little Chip see another chipmunk doing?
2. What was another chipmunk's task that Little Chip took note of?
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1. Was the other chipmunk planting something?
2. Was the chipmunk digging in order to plant something?
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1. Did Little Chip discover the reason the other chipmunk was digging?
2. Did it become clear to Little Chip why the other chipmunk dug?
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1. What did Little Chip realize?
2. What became clear to Little Chip?
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1. Did Little Chip's mom mention the winter?
2. Did Chip's mother talk about the cold season?
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1. Did little chip stand or sit on a see saw?
2. When little Chip was on the see saw, was he standing or sitting?
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3b1nlc6ugzwx47h7t7ycpjt60b7pgt | wikipedia | The city of Bern or Berne (German: Bern, pronounced [bɛrn] ( listen); French: Berne [bɛʁn]; Italian: Berna [ˈbɛrna]; Romansh: Berna [ˈbɛrnɐ] (help·info); Bernese German: Bärn [b̥æːrn]) is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their (e.g. in German) Bundesstadt, or "federal city".[note 1] With a population of 140,634 (November 2015), Bern is the fifth most populous city in Switzerland. The Bern agglomeration, which includes 36 municipalities, had a population of 406,900 in 2014. The metropolitan area had a population of 660,000 in 2000. Bern is also the capital of the Canton of Bern, the second most populous of Switzerland's cantons.
The official language of Bern is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the Alemannic Swiss German dialect called Bernese German.
In 1983 the historic old town in the centre of Bern became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Bern is ranked among the world’s top ten cities for the best quality of life (2010). QUESTIONS:
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1. Which city serves as Switzerland's de facto capital?
2. What do people refer to as the Capital of Switzerland?
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1. How else is Bern spelled?
2. What are the alternative spellings of Berne?
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1. What is the population of the Berne agglomeration?
2. How many people live in the area surrounding Bern?
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1. How many cities are in the Bern agglomeration?
2. What is the number of municipalities in the Bern agglomeration?
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1. What is the official language of Bern?
2. Which tongue is officially spoken in Bern?
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1. Is the German spoken in Bern the same as what is spoken in Germany?
2. Is Bern's German identical to German from Germany?
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1. What is the main dialect in Bern?
2. What do most people in Bern speak?
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1. Is Bern a bad city to live in?
2. Is life in Bern disagreeable?
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1. How good of a place to live is Bern?
2. How does Bern rank in terms of quality of life?
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1. Is Bern in the top ten cities in the country?
2. Does Bern rank amongst the top ten cities just in Switzerland?
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1. How many people live in Bern?
2. What is the population of the city of Bern?
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1. Is Bern the biggest city in Switzerland?
2. Is Bern larger than all other cities in Switzerland?
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1. What is Bern's rank in population within Switzerland?
2. Where does Bern's population rank against other Swiss cities?
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1. What do people who live in Bern call the city?
2. What is Bern nicknamed by its residents?
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3e7tuj2egcm900r9as17x8quij7d9i | race | When I was 11, I threw a glance into Dad's lunch box and made the unexpected discovery that my mother still showed her love towards my father. The evidence, a napkin resting on top of the sandwiches packed in wax paper, was certain "Love you!" she had written on the napkin. " Meat loaf for supper!"
Mom penned all kinds of messages to Dad on those paper napkins, and he saved a whole pile of them. What embarrassed me as a kid has become a precious memory of my parents.
It also started my own brand of lunch box notes. When my kids were young, I'd glue little drawings on their lunches. Lots of sketches of our dog, Max, along with smiling flowers. When they were teenagers, I'd copy words of wisdom from great people, Einstein, for example, or Bruce Springsteen. Then, my kids grew up making their own handwritten notes. And my husband writes me love notes on recycled paper, because he's all about being green.
Friends who know about my lunch box notes eagerly share stories of their own family traditions. So many focus on food. Maura's mom always drew hearts on the shells of hard-boiled eggs. Melinda wrote messages on her kids' bananas.
We're into the third generation of lunch box notes in our home. Whenever my 3-year-old grandson, Clayton, spends the night, he knows his lunch is going to have a napkin note from Grandma in the morning. Last week, I drew a picture of me, waving widely and shouting his name. He took one look at it and screamed, " Where's Grandpa?" I added a man in a clean shirt. " You forgot his tie," he said. I quickly drew a line of stripes down the front of the shirt. Clayton smiled. "Grandpa," he whispered, running his fingers across the napkin. "It's you!" QUESTIONS:
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1. How old was the narrator when they discovered something unexpected?
2. What was the narrator's age when he made a surprise discovery?
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1. What did the narrator's mom use to write notes to his dad?
2. What material did the author's mom write messages to his father on?
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1. Did the narrator begin at some point to write lunchbox notes?
2. Did the narrator take up writing notes in their kids lunch?
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1. What would I make sketches of?
2. What would my lunchbox art depict?
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1. What is the name of the narrator's grandson?
2. Who is the author the grandfather of?
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1. How old is Clayton?
2. What is Clayton's age?
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1. Whose words of wisdom would the narrator include in his notes?
2. Who was one person the narrator would quote in his notes?
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1. What was a sustainable material used to write notes on?
2. What did someone write notes on that was good for the environment?
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1. What did the narrator forget to include in a picture of himself, causing his grandson to think the drawing was not of him?
2. What was lacking in a drawing of the narrator, leading Clayton to think it wasn't of his grandpa?
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1. What meal did the narrator's mom inform his dad of via note?
2. What did the narrator's mother tell his father they were having for dinner in a note?
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3igi0vl647kltzms1bysq3xdrm7on1 | race | Time:2017-01-24 From:kekenet.com Editor: clover
The head of China's largest online seller Alibaba does not think China and the United States will have a trade war despite comments from the Trump administration.
Jack Ma is the chairman of the Alibaba Group. At the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, he said, "China and (the) U.S. will never have a trade war. Give Trump some time. He's open-minded, he's listening."
_ said he would do all he could to prevent trade relations between the countries from getting worse.
Last week, Ma met with Trump at the Trump Tower in New York City. The Chinese billionaire is said to have discussed a plan to permit one million small U.S. businesses to sell goods on Alibaba's online shopping platform.
During the campaign and after winning the presidential election, Trump strongly criticized the Chinese government's support for its businesses. He blamed unfair trade policies for taking away U.S. jobs. And he said that China unfairly controls the exchange value of its currency, the yuan.
Trump also has threatened to place import taxes on goods from China and other countries in response to their trade policies.
According to theSouth China Morning Post, Ma said, "American international companies made millions and millions of dollars from globalization." He added that the U.S. should not blame the loss of jobs and companies on globalization.
However, a new study by an American business group says many U.S. businesses feel unwelcome in China. The companies say the cost of doing business in China is increasing. They add that rules and regulations are unclear or not enforced in a consistent way.
The American Chamber of Commerce in China led the study, which looked at responses from 462 companies.
William Zarit is chairman of the chamber. He says trade policies in China make it difficult for American companies. He says, "we feel that over the last few years that we've been taken advantage of to some extent, with our open market and the lack of open areas in the Chinese market."
Another major concern for U.S. companies in China is fake products. Fake products are copies of the originals that cost businesses with the legal right to sell them millions of dollars each year.
Ma defended Alibaba's efforts to fight fake products on its shopping platform. He said his company is doing all it can to fight the problem.
"Fighting against fake products is a war against human greediness," Ma said.
I'm Mario Ritter. QUESTIONS:
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1. What description does Jack Ma give of Donald Trump?
2. What does Jack Ma have to say regarding Donald Trump?
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Q2:
1. What company does Jack Ma work for?
2. Who does Jack Ma serve as chairman of?
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1. What is notable about the Alibaba Group in China?
2. What is a distinguishable feature of the Alibaba Group in China?
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Q4:
1. Where did Jack Ma meet Donald Trump?
2. What was the location of Jack Ma's meeting with Donald Trump?
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Q5:
1. What city was Jack Ma's meeting with Donald Trump held in?
2. Which city was the site of Jack Ma's meeting with Donald Trump?
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1. What city was the World Economic Forum held in?
2. Which city was the site of the World Economic Forum?
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1. What country is Davos in?
2. Which country held the World Economic Forum?
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1. What criticism did Donald Trump have of China?
2. What didn't Donald Trump like about China?
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Q9:
1. Are American businesses interested in working with China?
2. Do American companies wish to do business with China?
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1. Are fake products common in China?
2. Does China have a large counterfeit market?
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1. Is Alibaba making an attempt to remove counterfeits from its site?
2. Is Alibaba trying to get fake products off of its website?
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3fprzhyepy79ff2fk40rchtfiy6v3n | race | Peter Fern was mad on mountains. Climbing was the love of his life. Church towers, seaside cliffs, rock faces, ice mountains, anything --- "If it's there," he used to say, "then I want to climb it." so the news of his marriage gave me surprise. I'd never known him to take much interest in girls. Well, well, Peter Fern, a married man! I couldn't get over it. I wondered whether his wife would try to stop some of his risky adventures.
She was French perhaps --- from that place where he usually spent his holidays. Chamonix, wasn't it? From Chamonix he's climbed Mont. Blanc on his seventeenth birthday, and one of the Aifuilles the day after! That was it, then; she was French, from a family, most of whom liked climbing. No doubt --- No other explanation.
A month later I met them both in town. Anna surprised me because she was English. She was a dancer in the theatre. "never climbed more than sixty steps in my life." she told me. "Peter has his interests, and I've got mine. No problem." "None at all, " Peter said, smiling. "Where did you spend your honeymoon?" I asked. "Somewhere far from theater and mountains, was it?" "We had a week's holiday," Anna said, "I flew toprefix = st1 /New Yorkto see the drake Dancers on Broadway. a wonderful show!" Peter said, "Didn't want to miss the good weather. So I went toSwitzerlandand climbed the north face of the Eiger with Allen Dunlop. Great fun, the Eiger. Grand place for a honeymoon! I'll show you the photographs we took one day." QUESTIONS:
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1. What was Peter Fern enamored with?
2. What was extremely close to Peter Fern's heart?
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1. What was a shock to the narrator?
2. What took the narrator aback?
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Q3:
1. Where was Peter Fern's wife from?
2. What was Anna's nationality?
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Q4:
1. Where did the narrator assume Anna was from?
2. Where did the author think Peter Fern's wife would come from?
3.
Q5:
1. What town did the narrator assume Anna came from?
2. What did the author figure was Anna's hometown?
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Q6:
1. What is the name of Peter Fern's wife?
2. Who is Peter Fern married to?
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Q7:
1. At what age did Peter Fern climb Mont Blanc?
2. How old was Peter Fern when he completed a massive climb?
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1. What is Anna interested in?
2. What is Anna's passion?
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Q9:
1. Where did Anna dance?
2. In what milieu was Anna a dancer?
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Q10:
1. How did Anna and Peter Fern spend their honeymoon?
2. What did Peter Fern and his wife do after their wedding?
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3ohyz19ugc5e9gs3s7tn4xddsb7aou | wikipedia | The word "animal" comes from the Latin animalis, meaning having breath, having soul or living being. In everyday non-scientific usage the word excludes humans – that is, "animal" is often used to refer only to non-human members of the kingdom Animalia; often, only closer relatives of humans such as mammals, or mammals and other vertebrates, are meant. The biological definition of the word refers to all members of the kingdom Animalia, encompassing creatures as diverse as sponges, jellyfish, insects, and humans.
All animals have eukaryotic cells, surrounded by a characteristic extracellular matrix composed of collagen and elastic glycoproteins. This may be calcified to form structures like shells, bones, and spicules. During development, it forms a relatively flexible framework upon which cells can move about and be reorganized, making complex structures possible. In contrast, other multicellular organisms, like plants and fungi, have cells held in place by cell walls, and so develop by progressive growth. Also, unique to animal cells are the following intercellular junctions: tight junctions, gap junctions, and desmosomes. QUESTIONS:
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1. What language does the word animal come from?
2. What are the origins of the term animal?
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1. What species is excluded from the term animal in non scientific usage?
2. What isn't considered an animal in every day use of the term?
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1. What kingdom does animal refer to?
2. Which kingdom are animals members of?
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1. What is the nature of animals' cells?
2. What sort of cells do all animals have?
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1. What makes up the matrix of eukaryotic cells?
2. What are eukaryotic cells composed of?
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1. What does the calcification of collagen and elastic glycoproteins create?
2. What structures are formed if collagen and elastic glycoproteins calcify?
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1. Do plants have the same cell characteristics as animals?
2. Are plant cells structurally similar to animal cells?
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1. How are plant cells held in place?
2. What keeps the structure of plant cells solid?
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1. What is the devleopment of plant cells like?
2. In what manner do plant cells grow?
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1. What characteristics are unique to the cells of animals?
2. What facet do only animals cells have?
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3owepkl089ce8tutkphqfhbi0pu7na | race | Lemuel Gulliver enjoyed travelling. He was a ship's doctor. On May 4, 1699, they were going to the Far East in the ship called the Antelope. One night, his ship crashed against the rocks, Gulliver was washed to the land. He found himself a prisoner of tiny people. They were less than 6 inches tall and lived in the island country of Lilliput. After he promised to behave well, they set him free and he could visit the city. The people of Blefuscu wanted to attack Lilliput. The king of Lilliput turned to Gulliver. He stopped Blefuscu attacking Lilliput by pulling its ships to Lilliput. The king was happy. _ wanted to make the people of Blefuscu his slaves , so he asked Gulliver to bring some more ships. Gulliver did not like this plan. The king got angry. Some bad men in Lilliput wanted to kill Gulliver. Gulliver had to run away from Lilliput to Blefuscu. He was welcomed by the king of Blefuscu. They soon became good friends. Three days after that , he asked king to send him twenty of his largest ships and two thousand men to pull the boat to the shore. In this boat, he set sail for England. On the third day he saw a big ship to the southeast. He called out to the ship. The ship was moving very slowly. They raised a flag .His heart was full of happiness when he saw the English flag . QUESTIONS:
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1. How was Lemuel Gulliver employed?
2. What did Lemuel Gulliver do for a living?
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1. What did Lemuel Gulliver like doing?
2. What was Lemuel Gulliver's preferred past time?
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1. What happened to Lemuel Gulliver's ship one evening?
2. One night, what occurred upon Lemuel Gulliver's boat?
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1. Did Lemuel Gulliver manage to reach the shore?
2. Was Lemuel Gulliver able to get to the land?
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1. What did the kingdom of Blefuscu wish to invade?
2. Who did the inhabitants of Blefuscu wish to destroy?
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1. Were the people of Lilliput small?
2. Did Lilliput have minuscule residents?
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1. How tall were the people of Lilliput?
2. What was the height of the residents of Lilliput?
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1. What did the king of Lilliput want to do with the inhabitants of Blefusco?
2. What did Lilliput's king want to turn the people of Blefusco into?
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1. Did the Lilliputian king get mad at Lemuel Gulliver?
2. Was the king of Lilliput ever cross with Lemuel Gulliver?
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1. Where did Lemuel Gulliver travel to upon escaping Lilliput?
2. When Lemuel Gulliver fled Lilliput, where did he go?
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1. How many men did Lemuel Gulliver need to help him push the boat to land?
2. What was the number of men that Lemuel Gulliver required in order to get his boat to shore?
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1. How many ships did Lemuel Gulliver need?
2. What was the number of boats requested by Lemuel Gulliver?
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1. Did Lemuel Gulliver receive small boats?
2. Were the ships given to Lemuel Gulliver minuscule?
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1. What flag did Lemuel Gulliver see on a ship?
2. Which flag was the ship that Lemuel Gulliver saw flying?
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3mrnmeiqw56412sizp4x2hhpik3dl8 | wikipedia | The Six-Day War (Hebrew: , "Milhemet Sheshet Ha Yamim"; Arabic: , "an-Naksah", "The Setback" or , "Ḥarb 1967", "War of 1967"), also known as the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War, or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between June 5 and 10, 1967 by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt (known at the time as the United Arab Republic), Jordan, and Syria.
Relations between Israel and its neighbours had never fully normalised following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. In 1956 Israel invaded the Egyptian Sinai, with one of its objectives being the reopening of the Straits of Tiran which Egypt had blocked to Israeli shipping since 1950. Israel was subsequently forced to withdraw, but won a guarantee that the Straits of Tiran would remain open. Whilst the United Nations Emergency Force was deployed along the border, there was no demilitarisation agreement.
In the period leading up to June 1967, tensions became dangerously heightened. Israel reiterated its post-1956 position that the closure of the straits of Tiran to its shipping would be a "casus belli" and in late May Nasser announced the straits would be closed to Israeli vessels. Egypt then mobilised its forces along its border with Israel, and on 5 June Israel launched what it claimed were a series of preemptive airstrikes against Egyptian airfields. Claims and counterclaims relating to this series of events are one of a number of controversies relating to the conflict. QUESTIONS:
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2. When was there a war?
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3j88r45b2gy8qtcxihygd5t12zrpx4 | cnn | Washington (CNN) -- When Paul Ryan struggled to explain a budget-balancing timeline under Mitt Romney, he highlighted the difficulty of trying to run a substantive campaign without being too specific.
While Ryan's interview Tuesday with Fox News' Brit Hume was no Sarah Palin-Katie Couric moment, the Republican vice presidential candidate's discomfort in answering when Romney's proposal would balance the budget was evident.
Ryan, a seven-term congressman from Wisconsin and chairman of the House Budget Committee, said he was unsure when Romney's proposals would balance the federal budget. Romney's plans say he would "put the federal government on a course toward a balanced budget" but does not say when.
Mitt Romney's 5-point plan for the economy
Hume repeatedly pressed Ryan on the question of "when" Romney's budget would balance.
Hume: "The budget plan you're now supporting would get to balance when?"
Ryan: "Well, there are different -- the budget plan that Mitt Romney is supporting gets us down to 20% of GDP (gross domestic product) government spending by 2016. That means get the size of government back to where it historically has been. What President Obama has done is he brought the size of government to as high as it hasn't been since World War II. We want to reduce the size of government to have more economic freedom."
Hume: "I get that. What about balance?"
Ryan: "I don't know exactly what the balance is. I don't want to get wonky on you, but we haven't run the numbers on that specific plan. The plan we offer in the House balances the budget. I'd put a contrast. President Obama, never once, ever, has offered a plan to ever balance the budget. The United States Senate, they haven't even balanced, they haven't passed a budget in three years." QUESTIONS:
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1. Who interviewed the vice-presidential candidate?
2. Who did Paul Ryan grant an interview to?
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1. Who does Brit Hume work for?
2. What is Brit Hume's job?
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1. How is Paul Ryan employed?
2. What does Paul Ryan do for a living?
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1. How many terms has Paul Ryan served?
2. How many times has Paul Ryan been elected to Congress?
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1. Was Paul Ryan sure that Mitt Romney's plan would balance the budget?
2. Did Paul Ryan feel confident that Mitt Romney's plan would fix the budget?
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1. How many elements does Mitt Romney's plan have?
2. How many parts does the Republican presidential candidate's budget plan have?
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1. Did Brit Hume only ask Paul Ryan once about when the budget would be balanced?
2. Did Brit Hume ask Paul Ryan a single time regarding the equilibrium of the budget?
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1. What percentage does Romney's plan decrease the GDP by?
2. How much does Mitt Romney's plan make the GDP go down?
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1. Who is the president at the time of the article?
2. Which current president appears in the article?
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1. How much time has passed since the senate last passed a budget?
2. How long ago did the senate last make a decision about the budget?
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1. What did Paul Ryan say about the size of Obama's government?
2. What characterization did Paul Ryan give about the size of the Obama government?
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3jnqlm5ft4mhysu220kg6yqllrel23 | cnn | Boston (CNN) -- Government prosecutors have released a series of new photographs showing cash, weapons and even a grenade recovered from the Santa Monica, California, apartment where fugitive James "Whitey" Bulger and his long-time companion, Catherine Greig, apparently lived for 15 years while he was being hunted by the FBI.
The photographs were introduced as evidence Monday during a detention hearing for Greig, whose court-appointed attorney is seeking to have her released on bail. FBI Agent Michael Carazza testified that agents found 30 weapons inside the apartment, some of them hidden behind living room and bathroom walls.
The evidence photographs show several handguns, one automatic rifle and a hand grenade the FBI says was recovered after it arrested Bulger in late June at the small apartment only a few blocks from the beach.
The government also released a brief security camera video of Greig walking in and out of a local drugstore, picking up a prescription, prosecutors said, that was under an assumed name. Bulger and Greig were known in Santa Monica as Charles and Carol Gasko.
One neighbor, 88-year-old Catalina Schlank, told CNN that the couple was always friendly to her. But, she added, they refused to be listed as an emergency contact in the event Schlank became ill, and the only phone number they provided was one that was directed to an answering service.
The detention hearing was to determine whether Greig will be granted bail on charges of harboring a fugitive. During the hearing, her attorney, Kevin Reddington, told the judge that his client was a "kind, gentle person" who had a "loving personality." For his part, Bulger had entered a plea of not guilty to 19 counts of murder. QUESTIONS:
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1. Who didn't want the FBI to find them?
2. Who was attempting to keep the FBI from locating them?
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1. What was James "Whitey" Bulger and Catherine Greig's hideout?
2. Where were James "Whitey" Bulger and Catherine Greig hiding?
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1. What city were James "Whitey" Bulger and Catherine Greig living in?
2. Which city did James "Whitey" Bulger and Catherine Greig hide out in?
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1. Did James "Whitey" Bulger and Catherine Greig's neighbors describe them as violent?
2. Were James "Whitey" Bulger and Catherine Greig's neighbors scared of them?
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1. What were the assumed identities of James "Whitey" Bulger and Catherine Greig?
2. What names did James "Whitey" Bulger and Catherine Greig use with their neighbors?
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1. How long had James "Whitey" Bulger and Catherine Greig lived in Santa Monica?
2. For how many years did James "Whitey" Bulger and Catherine Greig hide out in California?
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1. When was Whitey Bulger detained?
2. At what point did police take Whitey Bulger into custody?
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1. How many weapons were found at the residence of James "Whitey" Bulger and Catherine Greig?
2. What was the number of residents being stored at Whitey Bugler's home?
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1. Were the weapons hidden?
2. Did Bulger make an attempt to conceal the weapons in his home?
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1. What are some of the weapons that police discovered?
2. What kinds of guns did authorities locate in Whitey Bulger's home?
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1. How many murder charges does Whitey Bulger have against him?
2. How many times has Whitey Bulger been charged with murder?
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1. Does Whitey Bulger admit guilt for his crimes?
2. Is Whitey Bulger forthcoming about his role in murders?
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1. What are the charges against Catherine Greig?
2. What is Catherine Greig being charged with?
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1. Where had Catherine Greig been spotted and filmed locally?
2. In what local spot was Catherine Greig caught on video?
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1. Is Catherine Greig seeking bail?
2. Is Catherine Greig attempting to get out on bail?
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3018q3zvoiqh6tkjkzarysii3bfray | race | Clothes are very important in our life. Different people wear different clothes. Now let's listen to some people in France talking about clothes. Hello, I'm Betty. I started working this year, so I'm able to get new clothes more often than before. I think what I look like is really important to me, so I spent much money on clothes. I like to wear bright colors and always dress up when I go to parties. I often buy all kinds of clothes and try to follow the latest fashion. Hi, I'm Jack. I don't have much to say about clothes. _ aren't the thing I'm interested in. I know little about the way of dressing. In summer, I always wear a T-shirt or something else. My name is Alice. I would like to say that clothes must be comfortable and feel easy to put on. Sometimes I buy clothes in some small street markets -- they are cheap there. I change the look of my clothes quite often -- put some flowers on them or use different buttons, just for a change. They'll look good all the time. I go shopping for clothes about once a month. I see something comfortable and fashionable and it fits me well, I would go for it and then... QUESTIONS:
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1. When did Betty get a job?
2. At what point did Betty become employed?
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1. What kind of colors does Betty like to wear?
2. In what sort of colors does Betty enjoy dressing?
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1. Is fashion important to Jack?
2. Does Jack think a lot about the way he dresses?
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1. What does Jack wear in the summer?
2. How does Jack dress during the hot season?
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1. Where does Alice purchase clothes?
2. Where does Alice go to buy new clothing?
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1. Why does Alice buy clothes at street markets?
2. What is Alice's reason for purchasing clothes from outdoor markets?
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1. What does Alice often put on her clothes?
2. How does Alice tend to decorate her clothing?
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1. Does Alice wear T-shirts as well?
2. Are T-shirts a part of Alice's wardrobe?
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1. Who puts on a diverse amount of buttons?
2. Who decorates their clothes with a variety of buttons?
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1. Has Betty been decreasing the amount of clothes she buys?
2. Is Betty buying less and less clothes than she once did?
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1. At what frequency does Alice shop for clothes?
2. How often is it that Alice goes clothes shopping?
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1. Does Alice tend to wear the same things often?
2. Does Alice often dress the same?
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1. Where do the interviewees live?
2. What is the home country of the interview subjects?
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3wjeqkoxa82tdol2m5vcs105zdf1a6 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XI.
Mr. Barbecue-Smith was gone. The motor had whirled him away to the station; a faint smell of burning oil commemorated his recent departure. A considerable detachment had come into the courtyard to speed him on his way; and now they were walking back, round the side of the house, towards the terrace and the garden. They walked in silence; nobody had yet ventured to comment on the departed guest.
"Well?" said Anne at last, turning with raised inquiring eyebrows to Denis.
"Well?" It was time for someone to begin.
Denis declined the invitation; he passed it on to Mr Scogan. "Well?" he said.
Mr. Scogan did not respond; he only repeated the question, "Well?"
It was left for Henry Wimbush to make a pronouncement. "A very agreeable adjunct to the week-end," he said. His tone was obituary.
They had descended, without paying much attention where they were going, the steep yew-walk that went down, under the flank of the terrace, to the pool. The house towered above them, immensely tall, with the whole height of the built-up terrace added to its own seventy feet of brick facade. The perpendicular lines of the three towers soared up, uninterrupted, enhancing the impression of height until it became overwhelming. They paused at the edge of the pool to look back.
"The man who built this house knew his business," said Denis. "He was an architect."
"Was he?" said Henry Wimbush reflectively. "I doubt it. The builder of this house was Sir Ferdinando Lapith, who flourished during the reign of Elizabeth. He inherited the estate from his father, to whom it had been granted at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries; for Crome was originally a cloister of monks and this swimming-pool their fish-pond. Sir Ferdinando was not content merely to adapt the old monastic buildings to his own purposes; but using them as a stone quarry for his barns and byres and outhouses, he built for himself a grand new house of brick--the house you see now." QUESTIONS:
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1. Who was gone?
2. Who had departed?
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1. Did Mr. Barbecue-Smith's departure please everyone?
2. Were all glad that Mr. Barbecue-Smith was gone?
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1. Where did everyone go?
2. What location did the group travel to?
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1. What is the height of the home?
2. How far up does the home go?
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1. Was the house made of wood?
2. Was it a wooden house?
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1. What was the home made up?
2. What material comprised the house?
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1. What was the group standing by?
2. What was near the group?
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1. What had been transformed into the swimming pool?
2. What did the swimming pool used to be?
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1. Who had the fish pond?
2. Whose fish pond did the swimming pool used to be?
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1. Who was the home's builder?
2. Who constructed the house?
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1. What was the lifetime of Sir Ferdinando Lapith?
2. When was Sir Ferdinando Lapith alive?
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1. Did the group discuss Mr. Barbecue-Smith?
2. Did everyone talk about Mr. Barbecue-Smith?
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31euonyn2v3y14v132kj0krqcj4vo7 | cnn | (CNN) -- "I killed that lady," the 10-year-old boy told a Pennsylvania state trooper, after a 90-year-old woman was found dead in the home of the boy's grandfather.
Tristen Kurilla, a fifth grader, made the chilling confession Saturday, police said, after his mother brought him to the Pennsylvania State Police Barracks in Honesdale, about 140 miles north of Philadelphia.
Now, Kurilla is being held at the Wayne County Correctional Facility and charged as an adult with criminal homicide, the Wayne County district attorney's office said. The boy is separated from adult offenders and is being constantly supervised, CNN affiliate WBRE reported.
The boy admitted to grabbing a wooden cane, holding it against 90-year-old Helen Novak's throat for several seconds and punching her in the throat and stomach, according to the police affidavit.
Kurilla told police he was angry at Novak because she had yelled at him when he entered her room. He said he wanted to ask her a question.
Were you trying to kill her? the trooper asked the boy.
"No, I was only trying to hurt her," Kurilla replied, according to the affidavit.
The boy was ordered to be held without bail after his arraignment and is set to appear in court October 22.
Bernie Brown, his lawyer, said he was petitioning the court to get the fifth-grade Damascus Elementary School student out of jail, WBRE reported.
"Tristen really kind of doesn't have an idea of what is going on," Brown told the station.
Brown added, "Jail is still jail, no matter what part of the facility you are in." QUESTIONS:
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1. What did Tristen Kurilla admit to doing?
2. What did Tristen Kurilla speak truthfully about having done?
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1. Who did Tristen Kurilla kill?
2. Who was Tristen Kurilla's murder victim?
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1. Was Helen Novak related to Tristen Kurilla?
2. Were Helen Novak and Tristen Kurilla from the same family?
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1. How did Tristen Kurilla kill Helen Novak?
2. What did Tristen Kurilla use to end Helen Novak's life?
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1. Did Tristen Kurilla intentionally murder Helen Novak?
2. Did Tristen Kurilla mean to kill Helen Novak?
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1. How did Tristen Kurilla murder Helen Novak?
2. What did Tristen Kurilla do to end the woman's life?
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3io1lgzlk9xa1mtkvdnfr6lrgmz68g | gutenberg | CHAPTER XV.
ON TO LAKE BENNETT.
The face of Tom Roland wore a smile, but in his eyes was an anxious look which Earl did not fail to notice as he surveyed the two acquaintances from Basco. The young prospector was much taken aback by this sudden appearance, for he had not dreamed of meeting Roland and Guardley in this out-of-the-way spot.
"Ain't you glad to see a feller from Maine?" went on Roland, as Earl did not speak; and he held out his hand, which the youth took rather coldly. Guardley had come up to shake hands too, but now he did not risk making the offer.
"Are you two bound for the Klondike?" at length asked Earl.
"Of course," was Roland's sharp reply. "What else would we be doing up here?"
"What started you--the fact that we were going?"
"Well, I allow as that had a little to do with it, Earl; but Guardley got a letter from a friend of his who is up there now--a man named Stephens. He said Guardley ought to come up at once, and as he didn't want to go alone, I came along. How are you making out?"
"We are doing very well."
"You and your brother came on with your uncle, didn't you?"
"Yes."
"Any others in the party?"
"Yes; two men."
Tom Roland's eyes dropped for a moment. "Me and Guardley have been havin' rather a hard road of it, all alone," he went on. "We've been thinking of joining forces with somebody." QUESTIONS:
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1. How is everyone in the excerpt aquainted with each other?
2. How are the story's subjects known to each other?
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1. Was the group in a bustling spot?
2. Were there a lot of people with the group?
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Q3:
1. Where are Roland and the other guy headed?
2. What location are Roland and the other man travelling to?
3.
Q4:
1. Who invited Roland and the other to Klondike?
2. Who extended an invitation to Klondike to the two men?
3.
Q5:
1. Did Guardley wish to travel on his own?
2. Was Guardley in favor of a solo trip?
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Q6:
1. Did Stevens prefer for his husband to lie low?
2. Did Stevens think it best for his friend to arrive at a later date?
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Q7:
1. Was Tom Roland happy to encounter someone else?
2. Did it please Tom Roland to come across Earl?
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Q8:
1. Who are together?
2. Which men work together?
3.
Q9:
1. Who was Earl's partner?
2. Who was in the company of Earl?
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Q10:
1. What was the total number of people in Earl's group?
2. How many people were in Earl's party including him?
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Q11:
1. Does Earl say that he is doing well?
2. Is Earl reaping success by his own claims?
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Q12:
1. Are Guardley and Roland doing well?
2. Are things going swimmingly for Guardley and Roland?
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Q13:
1. How do Guardley and Roland think they can improve their situation?
2. What do Roland and Guardley feel can be done to make things go better for them?
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36nemu28xfdngqaugwa2uilzpxzwmm | race | The nation's largest group of pediatricians on Monday urged its members to "firmly oppose boxing for any child or adolescent."
In a statement, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) said thousands of boys and girls take part in the sport in North America, despite risks of serious brain and facial injuries. The group's position was approved by some experts.
"There is very little one can do in order to increase the chance of having a healthy brain when you get old," said Dr. Hans Forstl, who has studied boxing injuries.
" One of the best things you can do is avoid boxing." He said.
According to the new statement, published in the journal Pediatrics, information from Canada shows a rise in boxing injuries over the past decade.
Pat Russo, a retired police officer who runs a boxing gym in Brooklyn, New York, said injuries are rare in amateur boxing. After 26 years and training thousands of kids, he has seen just one split lip among his students.
" If the gym is run properly, injuries are at an absolute minimum," Russo said. "Football is ten times more dangerous. While tennis or football might also help kids gain confidence, boxing holds a special attraction for children in poor neighborhoods, because it allows them to act tough while in trouble."
Dr. Robert Cantu, a surgeon at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts, said AAP's attitude makes sense for upper-class and middle-class kids.
" Clearly boxing is safer today than it was 20 or 30 years ago, but it is still a very risky activity," he said.
"For kids in poor areas, however, the situation is different," said Cantu. " The most dangerous thing for the majority of people in boxing is just where they live. They are far safer in the ring , even taking blows to the head, than they are out in the neighborhood." QUESTIONS:
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1. What sport is the AAP trying to stop children from participating in?
2. What sport is the AAP trying to put an end to participation in for children?
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Q2:
1. Why doesn't the AAP want kids boxing?
2. Why is the AAP attempting to stop children from boxing?
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Q3:
1. What states that injuries have increased over the decade?
2. What talks about problems that have become more prevalent over the past 10 years?
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Q4:
1. Who published the statement on children's boxing?
2. Where was the recommendation against boxing published?
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Q5:
1. Does Pat Russo think children's boxing should be banned?
2. Does Pat Russo agree that kids shouldn't be allowed to box?
3.
Q6:
1. Why isn't Pat Russo in favor of the ban on children boxing?
2. For what reason does Pat Russo not support the ban on kids in the ring?
3.
Q7:
1. Who agrees with Pat Russo?
2. Who thinks Pat Russo has the right idea?
3.
Q8:
1. What is more dangerous than kids boxing?
2. What poses more of a threat than child boxing?
3.
Q9:
1. Why is the danger of boxing dependant on where one lives?
2. Why is it more dangerous to not be boxing for kids in certain areas?
3.
Q10:
1. What doctor gives a statement?
2. Which doctor is mentioned in the article?
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3s4aw7t80bir169p6e34zdnj4uv4lg | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXX
THE INHERITANCE
The rain lasted several days and saved the crops: the wheat, although somewhat damaged, was ripening fast.
As Lance drove home from one of his mysterious absences from the Grange, he looked out over the rippling fields with a sense of thankfulness in his boyish heart. Harding was not to be ruined after all! The rain had saved his fortune; and in Lance's pocket there was a paper that would clear his name.
Beatrice met him on the steps, but he brushed past her with a smile and hurried to his father's study, where he knew he would find the Colonel.
"I've been away several times, and now I must tell you why, sir," he said. "You will remember that I've declared my belief in Harding all along."
"I've no doubt he feels properly grateful," Mowbray remarked.
"I'm grateful to him. And now I have some satisfaction in being able to prove his innocence. Read this."
He gave his father a note, and Mowbray read it aloud:
"'_I hereby declare that Craig Harding of Allenwood is a stranger to me. I met him for the first and only time at the Rideau Hotel, Winnipeg, and I regret that I then claimed his acquaintance._'"
"It sounds conclusive. I see it's signed 'Coral Stanton, clairvoyante.' May I ask how you came to meet this lady and get the document?"
"Both things needed some tact, sir," Lance answered with a grin.
"So I should imagine. Rather a delicate business for one so young. You must have seen that your motives were liable to be misunderstood." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What number is associated with the chapter Inheritance?
2. What number is the chapter at hand?
3.
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1. What was Lance thankful for?
2. For what did Lance feel gracious?
3.
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1. What spared Harding?
2. How was Harding saved?
3.
Q4:
1. What was the paper in Lance's pocket?
2. What did Lance have in his pocket?
3.
Q5:
1. Who was the note from?
2. Who was the author of the missive?
3.
Q6:
1. What did Coral Stanton's note attest?
2. What did Coral Stanton's note talk about?
3.
Q7:
1. How many times did Coral Stanton meet Harding?
2. What number of meetings occurred between Harding and Coral Stanton?
3.
Q8:
1. Where did Coral Stanton meet Harding?
2. What was the location of Coral Stanton and Harding's meeting?
3.
Q9:
1. Did Coral Stanton enjoy Harding's company?
2. Did Coral Stanton like being around Harding?
3.
Q10:
1. Did Lance say how he obtained the note?
2. Did Lance reveal how the note came into his possession?
3.
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1. Who did Lance give the note to?
2. Who received the missive from Lance?
3.
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3dbqwde4y6yzlpgaww2thxxmar05nb | race | For Lee Ann Laraway, polio has made almost everything in life just out of reach. But what her hands can't retrieve, her assistant can. Meet Jeannie, a three-year-old help, has become Lee Ann's arms and legs.
Jeannie understands no fewer than 72 commands. To get a feel for what that means, Lee Ann takes us on a shopping trip in San Jose. First stop: The bank, where she got cash from the teller. From the bank, it's on to the drug store, where Jeannie got a candy bar for Lee Ann. Then Jeannie helped pay the cashier, and got change hack.
"When you have a really good working animal, they come and interact with you all the time," Lee Ann said. While there's no argument that Jeannie is an ordinary animal, she wasn't born that way. She was tutored and trained here at a facility that has become the final legacy of one of the Bay Area's most beloved figures.
Canine Companions for Independence sits on twelve acres of land in Santa Rosa donated by late Peanuts cartoonist Charles Shultz, Here, handlers work with specially selected labs for hours a day-- but not every dog will make the cut.
The work is serious Business. In the case of hearing dogs, the animals alert their disabled owners to everything from ringing telephones to doorbells.
Other dogs will work with severely disabled patients like eight-year-old Noah Habib of Mountain View who communicates with a special computer. "I like it when new people come up to ask me about my dog," he says. "People are really interested in the dog and will come over and ask to pet her and ask to play with her, and ask about what she does, and these are people that normally might not approach us and want to talk to Noah," says his Dad.
And back in San Jose Lee Ann is arriving home with Jeannie and her groceries. With just one chore left--opening her own door. "You can train a dog to do a lot of things," said Lee Ann. "You cannot give them the heart to do the job, and that is what a good working dog has." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the name of a polio patient?
2. Who was afflicted with polio?
3.
Q2:
1. Who was Lee Ann Laraway's assistant?
2. Who lent Lee Ann Laraway a hand?
3.
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1. How many commands does Jeannie know?
2. How many instructions can Jeannie respond to?
3.
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1. How old is Jeannie?
2. What is Jeannie's age?
3.
Q5:
1. Is Jeannie a working animal?
2. Is Jeannie a dog with a job?
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1. What is the level of a quality working animal's interaction?
2. What does a skilled working animal do?
3.
Q7:
1. Was Jeannie born a skilled working animal?
2. Was Jeannie a good assistant form birth?
3.
Q8:
1. Was Jeannie trained to be a good assistant?
2. Did Jeannie learn how to be a working animal?
3.
Q9:
1. Where did Jeannie learn to work?
2. Where was Jeannie trained?
3.
Q10:
1. Who left the land for Canine Companions for Independence?
2. Who established Canine Companions for Independence?
3.
Q11:
1. Who was Charles Schulz?
2. What did Charles Schulz do?
3.
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3pw9opu9pqk48lqy9q2xmjh7m9a12p | race | Dear Jenny, I am in Beijing, China now, but my parents are in the USA. I live with my brother Peter. Beijing is big and great. There are many beautiful places and much delicious food here. I like Beijing very much. Peter and I are in the same grade, but we are in different classes. We live far from the school and it takes us a long time to go to school. We have to get up at 6:20 in the morning, and then at 6:30 we ride bikes to the bus stop. It takes us about 20 minutes. At about 7:00, we take the bus to school. We get to school at about 7:30. We have four classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. I think Chinese is too difficult, but Peter thinks it is easy. He can speak Chinese very well and he often helps me with it. How is everything going with you in the USA? Write to me soon. Love, Kate ,. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is the letter's receipient?
2. Who is the girl that gets a missive?
3.
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1. In what country does Kate reside?
2. What nation is Kate's home?
3.
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1. Where do Kate's parents live?
2. In what country do Kate's parents reside?
3.
Q4:
1. Who does Kate live with?
2. Who resides in Kate's home with her?
3.
Q5:
1. Is Beijing a miniscule metropolis?
2. Is Beijing a tiny city?
3.
Q6:
1. Does Kate like Beijing?
2. Is Beijing pleasing to Kate?
3.
Q7:
1. What does Kate like about Beijing?
2. What aspects of Beijing are pleasing to Kate?
3.
Q8:
1. Do Kate and Peter have the same classes at school?
2. Are Kate and Peter always together during the school day?
3.
Q9:
1. Does Kate have a long journey to school?
2. Does it take Kate a large amount of time to arrive at school?
3.
Q10:
1. How long does it take Kate to get to school?
2. How much time does Kate need in order to arrive at school?
3.
Q11:
1. How many modes of transportation are used to get Kate to school?
2. How many vehicles does Kate take to get to school?
3.
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1. How many classes does Kate have?
2. What is the number of classes on Kate's schedule?
3.
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3x0h8uuit1oqelnz0t6o6rk5hpqsw9 | cnn | New York (CNN) -- Miss USA Rima Fakih is a Muslim with Lebanese heritage, but her family is "not defined by religion," Fakih said.
"I'm an American girl," Fakih said. "And just to be clear, my family comes from many different backgrounds and religions."
The newest Miss USA, crowned last weekend, was interviewed Wednesday for HLN's "The Joy Behar Show."
Fakih downplayed the significance of photographs that emerged online this week showing her dancing against a stripper's pole.
"Everyone took them as if I was stripping, which to be honest with you was just a competition," she said. "It was more of an event held by a radio station."
THIS JUST IN: Is Miss USA a Muslim trailblazer?
The Detroit, Michigan, radio station promotion held three years ago was like a class to help women "learn how to dance and feel sexy," she told Behar.
The photos show her dancing in short pants.
"To be extra funny, because I'm known to be silly, I put money in my bra," she said.
The controversy, however, has made her name a top search term on the internet, she said.
"Yeah, I'm the number one person on Yahoo or Google, I heard," she said.
Cheesecake photos helped last year's Miss USA runner-up, Carrie Prejean, become well known, but she was eventually stripped of her Miss California crown when racier images emerged.
Behar asked Fakih if there were any such photos of her that might eventually surface.
"Nothing at all," she said. "I've always been known to be very respectful to my family and my reputation." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who just became Miss USA?
2. What is the name of the current Miss USA?
3.
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1. Does Rima Fakih follow a faith?
2. Is there a religion that Rima Fakih practices?
3.
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1. What is Rima Fakih's ethnic background?
2. What is Rima Fakih's ethnicity?
3.
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3lrkmwokb5h13hb6h1bped1jzq92z5 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XIX
SAMMY JAY IS MODEST
As soon as the angry hunter with the terrible gun had disappeared among the trees of the Green Forest, and Lightfoot was sure that he had gone for good, Lightfoot came out from his hiding-place on top of the ridge and walked down to the pond of Paddy the Beaver for a drink. He knew that it was quite safe to do so, for Sammy Jay had followed the hunter, all the time screaming, "Thief! thief! thief!" Every one within hearing could tell just where that hunter was by Sammy's voice. It kept growing fainter and fainter, and by that Lightfoot knew that the hunter was getting farther and farther away.
Paddy the Beaver swam out from his hiding-place and climbed out on the bank near Lightfoot. There was a twinkle in his eyes. "That blue-coated mischief-maker isn't such a bad fellow at heart, after all, is he?" said he.
Lightfoot lifted his beautiful head and set his ears forward to catch the sound of Sammy's voice in the distance.
"Sammy Jay may be a mischief-maker, as some people say," said he, "but you can always count on him to prove a true friend in time of danger. He brought me warning of the coming of the hunter the other morning. You saw him save Mr. and Mrs. Quack a little while ago, and then he actually drove that hunter away. I suppose Sammy Jay has saved more lives than any one I know of. I wish he would come back here and let me thank him." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who received news in advance of the hunter?
2. Who did someone let know about the hunter?
3.
Q2:
1. Who did Sammy Jay save in addition to Lightfoot?
2. Whose rescue did Sammy Jay come to besides Lightfoot?
3.
Q3:
1. How did Sammy Jay come to Mr. and Mrs. Quack's aid?
2. What did Sammy Jay do to help Mr. and Mrs. Quack?
3.
Q4:
1. Who was in a foul mood?
2. Who wasn't feeling very happy?
3.
Q5:
1. Did the hunter have a weapon?
2. Was the hunter armed?
3.
Q6:
1. Where was the hunter when everyone saw him?
2. When the hunter was spotted, what was his location?
3.
Q7:
1. Was anybody trying to conceal their location from the hunter?
2. Was there someone who did not want to be found by the hunter?
3.
Q8:
1. Who didn't want the hunter to find them?
2. Who was attempting to conceal their location from the hunter?
3.
Q9:
1. Who was making a raucus?
2. Who was going about very noisily?
3.
Q10:
1. What noise was Sammy Jay making?
2. What sound was Sammy Jay producing?
3.
Q11:
1. What was Sammy Jay screeching?
2. What was Sammy Jay saying at the top of his lungs?
3.
Q12:
1. Who was Sammy Jay accusing of stealing?
2. Whow as being called a thief by Sammy Jay?
3.
Q13:
1. Who gave Sammy Jay a compliment?
2. Who said something nice about Sammy Jay?
3.
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3hwrjooet52wxl18ftcikld5aqesew | gutenberg | Chapter XLVI
The Hours of Suspense
ON Sunday morning, when the church bells in Stoniton were ringing for morning service, Bartle Massey re-entered Adam's room, after a short absence, and said, "Adam, here's a visitor wants to see you."
Adam was seated with is back towards the door, but he started up and turned round instantly, with a flushed face and an eager look. His face was even thinner and more worn than we have seen it before, but he was washed and shaven this Sunday morning.
"Is it any news?" he said.
"Keep yourself quiet, my lad," said Bartle; "keep quiet. It's not what you're thinking of. It's the young Methodist woman come from the prison. She's at the bottom o' the stairs, and wants to know if you think well to see her, for she has something to say to you about that poor castaway; but she wouldn't come in without your leave, she said. She thought you'd perhaps like to go out and speak to her. These preaching women are not so back'ard commonly," Bartle muttered to himself.
"Ask her to come in," said Adam.
He was standing with his face towards the door, and as Dinah entered, lifting up her mild grey eyes towards him, she saw at once the great change that had come since the day when she had looked up at the tall man in the cottage. There was a trembling in her clear voice as she put her hand into his and said, "Be comforted, Adam Bede, the Lord has not forsaken her." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Whose eyes were grey?
2. Who had peepers that were nearly black?
3.
Q2:
1. Who said not to make noise?
2. Who instructed someone to be silent?
3.
Q3:
1. Who was Bartle speaking to?
2. Who did Bartle instruct to be quiet?
3.
Q4:
1. Where did Bartle go back into?
2. What place did Bartle retreat to?
3.
Q5:
1. What was the day of the week?
2. What point in the week was it?
3.
Q6:
1. Did the events take place in the evening?
2. Was it towards the end of the day?
3.
Q7:
1. Who desired to see Adam?
2. Who was interested in meeting up with Adam?
3.
Q8:
1. What was the identity of the visitor?
2. Who was the visitor revealed to be?
3.
Q9:
1. What did Dinah have something to say regarding?
2. On what subject did Dinah wish to speak?
3.
Q10:
1. What faith did Dinah follow?
2. What denomination was Dinah?
3.
Q11:
1. Could Adam be found standing up in his room?
2. Was Adam located in his room and was not seated?
3.
Q12:
1. Was Adam facing the door?
2. Did Adam have his face towards the door?
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3tdxmtx3cbu3qs5x4zz64vf5kmmi6r | race | When, after a year of being alone on his island, Robinson Crusoe sees a footprint in the sand, the reader of Robinson Crusoe trembles. Will Crusoe find another human being to end his loneliness? Is the footprint the sign of an enemy? Since 1719, when Daniel Defoe wrote Robinson Crusoe, thousands of people who enjoy English novels have thrilled to this great adventure story. But few know how the story came to be written. Robinson Crusoe was the first English novel. Its birth brought together the misadventures of a Scotch "failure" and the untapped imagination of an aging English scribbler. Near the end of the Seventeenth Century, the hot-tempered Alexander Selkirk was charged with bad conduct while in church. Rather than face this charge, he ran away to sea. Several years later, Selkirk found himself on the ship of an English privateer. The privateer was preying on Spanish shipping. But Selkirk quarreled bitterly with the Captain. So, when the ship came to the island of Juan Femandez in the South Seas, Selkirk asked to be put ashore. When he saw that there were no people on the island, he begged to be taken back on board. But the Captain refused--Selkirk had gone too far. Over four years later, Selkirk was rescued by another ship. When Selkirk got back to England, the story of his life on the island fired the imagination of Daniel Defoe. Defoe had been earning a living by his pen since he was thirty. He was amazingly hard-working. He wrote a whole newspaper three times a week. He also made part of his living from politics. He supported both political parties. He told each party that it had his sole support. Defoe's morals were weak. But he was a fine writer. He was almost sixty when, in the midst of his work in politics, he wrote Robinson Crusoe. In it, Defoe--said one critic--"forged a story, and forced it on the world for truth." The detail of Crusoe's battle for survival on a lonely island is so vivid that the reader of Robinson Crusoe accepts the product of the author's imagination for reality. Robinson Crusoe became the first of a long line of heroes and heroines that have peopled English novels since Defoe's time. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What novel preceded all others in English?
2. What was the inaugural novel of England?
3.
Q2:
1. Who was Robinson Crusoe based on?
2. Who served as the inspiration for Robinson Crusoe?
3.
Q3:
1. Who was charged with bad conduct while in church?
2. Who was guilty of acting poorly while in church?
3.
Q4:
1. When was Alexander Selkirk charged?
2. At what point in time did Alexander Selkirk's legal worries manifest?
3.
Q5:
1. Did Alexander Selkirk accept his charges?
2. Was Alexander Selkirk okay with facing the consequences of his poor conduct?
3.
Q6:
1. What were the charges against Alexander Selkirk?
2. What was Alexander Selkirk accused of doing?
3.
Q7:
1. At what age did Daniel Defoe begin earning income by writing?
2. How old was Daniel Defoe when he first started to earn a living with his writing?
3.
Q8:
1. What political party did Daniel Defoe support?
2. Which political party had the backing of Daniel Defoe?
3.
Q9:
1. Was Daniel Defoe considered a man with morals?
2. Did people see Daniel Defoe as a very prinicipled man?
3.
Q10:
1. What did Daniel Defoe do three times a week?
2. What did Daniel Defoe complete three times each week?
3.
Q11:
1. At what age did Daniel Defoe author Robinson Crusoe?
2. What was Daniel Defoe's age when he wrote Robinson Crusoe?
3.
Q12:
1. What was the year when Daniel Defoe wrote Robinson Crusoe?
2. In what year did Daniel Defoe pen Robinson Crusoe?
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3uj1cz6izhpw128f4sjfgr7sxpe5sr | race | My mother, Marisol Torres, came with her family to Australia in the early 1960s. Then my parents' marriage ended and Mum began the study of precious stones. Her interest in opals took her to the New South Wales remote town of Lightning Ridge. There were no luxuries , but she was closer to nature and had a chance to find black opals and make some money. My mother was beautiful with dark hair and brown eyes, but she was also quiet and shy. Early in the Ridge years, she kept to herself, but later, she started going to the neighbourhood centre to make friends. It was her dream to mine, but her get-rich-quick thinking was unrealistic. She was cheated and she was never very successful. But she kept a sense of humour and a charming smile. Then, just as friendships began to blossom, she was diagnosed with cancer and had to return south for treatment. She had the intention of cooking Spanish food as special treat for her Ridge friends, but died too soon. In her honour, my aunt, Marisa, and I fulfilled her desire when we visited the Ridge in March last year. People who mine the Ridge come from a cross section of society, from lawyers to travels. Looks don't mean much: it can be hard to tell who is millionaire and who is poor. Opals attracted Sebastian and Hanna Deisenberger to Lightning Ridge. They planned a two-year stay, but became permanent residents. Then there's Neil Schellnegger, 45, who moved to the area with his parents when he was a child. He lives with his son, Luke. Luke is a shy 19-year-old boy who enjoys helping his dad. They haven't had much luck over the past couple of years, but their passion for opals conquers disappointment. They love the peaceful lifestyle. Danny Hatcher, 38, is a second-generation miner and president of the Lightning Ridge Miners' Association. He is an optimistic man, driven by the desire to find the perfect opal. "It's magic," he explains. "Once you start opal mining you don't want to do anything else... There is always the potential for finding a million dollars. Nothing beats it." It's a place where dreams --- spiritual or material --- can be fulfilled; a place, for one last bet in life. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the name of the author's mother?
2. Who is the narrator's female parent?
3.
Q2:
1. What did the narrator's mom study?
2. What did Marisol Torres study?
3.
Q3:
1. Where did Marisol Torres study precious stones?
2. In what town did Marisol Torres look into precious stones?
3.
Q4:
1. What gem was Marisol Torres looking for in Lightning Ridge?
2. What stone was Marison Torres on the hunt for in Lightning Ridge?
3.
Q5:
1. Are opals valuable?
2. Are opals worth a lot of money?
3.
Q6:
1. Was Marisol Torres successful in her search for opals?
2. Did Marisol Torres successfully locate opals?
3.
Q7:
1. What illness did Marisol Torres end up getting?
2. What did Marisol Torres eventually fall sick with?
3.
Q8:
1. Did Marisol Torres remain in Lightning Ridge?
2. Did Marisol Torres live out the end of her days in Lightning Ridge?
3.
Q9:
1. What was Marisol Torres planning to cook?
2. What dish did Marisol Torres intend to whip up?
3.
Q10:
1. Did Marisol Torres get to cook Spanish food?
2. Was Marisol Torres ever able to make her Spanish feast?
3.
Q11:
1. Who made Spanish food?
2. Who was able to cook a Spanish meal?
3.
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3jjvg1ybebxxkgrdt6xkq2xssv9b50 | cnn | (CNN) -- Do not go backstage at Cirque Du Soleil. It will only hurt your self-esteem.
Anthony Gatto says he's been in training since he was 3 years old and performing since he was 8.
In the performers' tent for the touring show "Kooza," there are the chiseled men catapulting their partners onto each other's shoulders from a giant see-saw and the woman doing contortions on children's-sized blocks.
You can only take so much of this before your ego needs normal.
Normal might be that man in the corner, wearing a T-shirt, shorts and sneakers throwing balls in the air. How hard can that be?
Your self-worth will be quickly dashed again when the man picks up a soccer ball, bounces it on his head and jumps rope at the same time. Moments later, he's juggling six or seven orange rings (they move so fast, it looks like a blur) and then does a pirouette -- while all the rings are in the air -- and then catches them on his arm. Watch the juggler in action »
You could say Anthony Gatto went into the family business. But his stepfather wasn't a farmer or a doctor. He was a juggler.
"By the time I was 8, I was entered into a juggling competition, and incidentally, that was the same competition that Patrick Dempsey, the actor, was in," Gatto said. "He used to be a juggler. We competed against each other. I took first, he took second. Now he's a big actor and here I am, juggling." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Why should you avoid backstage?
2. Why is it not a good idea for you to go behind the staege?
3.
Q2:
1. Since what age has Anthony Gatto been training?
2. When did Anthony Gatto start training?
3.
Q3:
1. How long has Anthony Gatto been performing?
2. When did Anthony Gatto begin performing?
3.
Q4:
1. What is the name of the Cirque du Soleil performance?
2. What show is Cirque du Soleil putting on?
3.
Q5:
1. How many things was the man balancing?
2. What was the number of objects being juggled by the man?
3.
Q6:
1. Was Anthony Gatto's dad a farmer?
2. Did Anthony Gatto have a farmer as a father?
3.
Q7:
1. Was Anthony Gatto's dad a doctor?
2. Did Anthony Gatto have a physician for a father?
3.
Q8:
1. How old was Anthony Gatto when he competed for the first time?
2. At what age did Anthony Gatto participate in his first competition?
3.
Q9:
1. Who got first place at Anthony Gatto's competition?
2. Who was the first place winner when Anthony Gatto competed?
3.
Q10:
1. Who got second place at Anthony Gatto's competition?
2. Who was the second place winner when Anthony Gatto competed?
3.
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3pj71z61r42f85bxuzhcw6plsnq193 | mctest | Luke was starting his first day of day care. He was a little nervous about meeting his new teacher and all of his new friends. When his mother dropped him off, he kissed her goodbye and sat down in the green seat that his teacher showed him. He looked around the room. There were a lot of other kids there. A baby sat in a high chair sucking on a blue pacifier. A kid about Luke's age named George was drawing and tracing his hand on paper. A little girl named Mary raised her hand and asked the teacher if she could go to the toilet. The teacher walked her into the bathroom and then returned to the class. She started helping Luke get to know the other kids in the class. A little girl named Jessica tapped Luke on the shoulder and gave him some candy. He took the pink candy from her and thanked her. Luke smiled and thought, "I'm going to like it here." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was beginning daycare?
2. Who had never been to daycare before and was there today?
3.
Q2:
1. Was Luke nervous?
2. Did Luke feel anxious about daycare?
3.
Q3:
1. What was Luke nervous about?
2. What was the source of Luke's anxiety?
3.
Q4:
1. Who dropped Luke off?
2. Who transported Luke to daycare?
3.
Q5:
1. Where did Luke sit down?
2. In what location did Luke take a seat?
3.
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3x0h8uuit1oqelnz0t6o6rk5hstswi | wikipedia | Cladistics (from Greek , "klados", i.e., "branch") is an approach to biological classification in which organisms are categorized based on shared derived characteristics that can be traced to a group's most recent common ancestor and are not present in more distant ancestors. Therefore, members of a group are assumed to share a common history and are considered to be closely related.
The techniques and nomenclature of cladistics have been applied to other disciplines. (See phylogenetic nomenclature.)
The original methods used in cladistic analysis and the school of taxonomy derived from the work of the German entomologist Willi Hennig, who referred to it as phylogenetic systematics (also the title of his 1966 book); the terms "cladistics" and "clade" were popularized by other researchers. Cladistics in the original sense refers to a particular set of methods used in phylogenetic analysis, although it is now sometimes used to refer to the whole field.
What is now called the cladistic method appeared as early as 1901 with a work by Peter Chalmers Mitchell for birds and subsequently by Robert John Tillyard (for insects) in 1921, and W. Zimmermann (for plants) in 1943. The term "clade" was introduced in 1958 by Julian Huxley after having been coined by Lucien Cuénot in 1940, "cladogenesis" in 1958, "cladistic" by Cain and Harrison in 1960, "cladist" (for an adherent of Hennig's school) by Mayr in 1965, and "cladistics" in 1966. Hennig referred to his own approach as "phylogenetic systematics". From the time of his original formulation until the end of the 1970s, cladistics competed as an analytical and philosophical approach to phylogenetic inference with phenetics and so-called evolutionary taxonomy. Phenetics was championed at this time by the numerical taxonomists Peter Sneath and Robert Sokal and the evolutionary taxonomist Ernst Mayr. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the article about?
2. What subject does the article focus on?
3.
Q2:
1. What country is the word Cladistics from?
2. What language is at the base of the term cladistics?
3.
Q3:
1. What is cladistics?
2. How can cladistics be defined?
3.
Q4:
1. How long ago did Cladistics come about?
2. When did cladistics start to appear as a field?
3.
Q5:
1. Who invented the cladistic method?
2. Who was one of the first to come out with the cladistic method?
3.
Q6:
1. How did Peter Chalmers Mitchell first introduce cladistics?
2. What work by Peter Chalmers Mitchell did cladistics first appear in?
3.
Q7:
1. Did cladistics appear in the work of people other than Peter Chalmers Mitchell?
2. Did anybody besides Peter Chalmers Mitchell write about cladistics?
3.
Q8:
1. Who was the next person to write about cladistics after Peter Chalmers Mitchell?
2. Who followed Peter Chalmers Mitchell in writing on cladistics?
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1. How many years separated Peter Chalmers Mitchell's work on cladistics and that of Robert John Tillyard?
2. How many years after Peter Chalmers Mitchell did Robert John Tillyard write about Cladistics?
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1. What was the focus of Robert John Tillyard's work?
2. What did Roberty John Tillyard mostly work on?
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1. Who was the next person to write about cladistics after Robert John Tillyard?
2. Who followed Robert John Tillyard in writing on cladistics?
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1. What was the focus of W. Zimmerman's work?
2. What did W. Zimmerman mostly work on?
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1. When was W. Zimmerman active?
2. In what year did W. Zimmerman publish?
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1. How are organisms classified under cladistics?
2. What classification does cladistics give of organisms?
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1. Who came up with "clade"?
2. Who was the first to use the term "clade"?
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3ovhno1ve61o6r9meqv6awsnwf5dzs | race | Amy was looking for a gift for her little daughter. Suddenly she stopped before a store of dolls. "Girls like dolls," she thought as she was walking into it. Looking around, she saw a grandma doll - one with gray hair and a pair of glasses. In her mind appeared Joyce, her mother. When Amy was a little girl, she got her first doll from Joyce for her birthday. Then the second, the third...A doll a year from Joyce never arrived late. "Why always a doll?" This question had been in Amy's mind until one day her father gave the answer, Little Joyce dreamed to have a doll. Her parents promised one for her fifth birthday. Sadly, they both died in a traffic accident before it arrived. The never-received gift was the most _ in her eyes. Her mother's story being recalled , Amy got an idea. It was Joyce's 60th birthday. A package was delivered to her, with a card that read: Dear Joyce, I forget to send you the package that you should have received on May 20, 1956, your fifth birthday. The gift inside has aged, but I felt that you might still wish to have it. Angel of Joy Joyce opened the package and saw a lovely grandma doll. She held the doll that she had waited for so many years, with tears running down her face. The doll, given by "Angel of Joy", made her the happiest "child" in the world. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was off to find a present?
2. Who was trying to locate a nice gift?
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Q2:
1. Whose daughter was going to receive a present?
2. Whose child was set to get a gift?
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1. What kind of present was Amy thinking of getting?
2. What sort of gift did Amy consider purchasing?
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1. Does Amy's mother appear in the story?
2. Does the story mention Amy's female parent?
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Q5:
1. What was the name of Amy's mother?
2. What was Amy's mom called?
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1. When Joyce turned 5 was she told she would receive something?
2. Was Joyce supposed to get something specific at the age of 5?
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1. What was Joyce supposed to receive for her 5th birthday?
2. What was Joyce's intended 5th birthday present?
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1. Who was going to give Joyce a doll?
2. From whom was Joyce supposed to receive the doll?
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1. Did Joyce get her doll?
2. Did Joyce's doll ever arrive?
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1. Why didn't Joyce get her doll?
2. What prevented Joyce form receiving her doll?
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1. Did Joyce's parents die of natural causes?
2. Did natural causes bring about the deaths of Joyce's parents?
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1. How did Joyce's parents die?
2. What was the cause of death of Joyce's parents?
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3txwc2nhnzqf2par7iwws7cuihks9j | gutenberg | Chapter XXIX.
"O, Time and Death! with certain pace, Though still unequal, hurrying on, O'erturning, in your awful race, The cot, the palace, and the throne!"
Sands.
Maud had little leisure for reflection. The yells and shrieks were followed by the cries of combatants, and the crack of the rifle. Nick hurried her along at a rate so rapid that she had not breath to question or remonstrate, until she found herself at the door of a small store-room, in which her mother was accustomed to keep articles of domestic economy that required but little space. Into this room Nick thrust her, and then she heard the key turn on her egress. For a single moment, Wyandotté stood hesitating whether he should endeavour to get Mrs. Willoughby and her other daughter into the same place of security; then, judging of the futility of the attempt, by the approach of the sounds within, among which he heard the full, manly voice of Robert Willoughby, calling on the garrison to be firm, he raised an answering yell to those of the Mohawks, the war-whoop of his tribe, and plunged into the fray with the desperation of one who ran a muck, and with the delight of a demon.
In order to understand the cause of this sudden change, it will be necessary to return a little, in the order of time. While Willoughby was with his mother and sisters, Mike had charge of the gate. The rest of the garrison was either at the loops, or was stationed on the roofs. As the darkness increased, Joel mustered sufficient courage to crawl through the hole, and actually reached the gate. Without him, it was found impossible to spring his mine, and he had been prevailed on to risk this much, on condition it should not be asked of him to do such violence to his feelings as to enter the court of a house in which he had seen so many happy days. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was Maud free to do?
2. What was there place in Maud's schedule to do?
3.
Q2:
1. Why did Maud have such little time?
2. What was the reason that Maud didn't have time for much?
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1. Was Maud with anyone?
2. Was there anybody in Maud's company?
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Q4:
1. Who was with Maud?
2. Who was Maud in the company of?
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Q5:
1. What did Nick do?
2. What was Nick up to?
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1. Where did Nick rush off to with Maud?
2. Where did Nick hurry Maud?
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Q7:
1. Why did Nick take Maud to a store-room?
2. What was Nick's reason for taking Maud to a store room?
3.
Q8:
1. Was there anyone around besides Nick and Maud?
2. Was anybody in the company of Maud and Nick?
3.
Q9:
1. Who was with Nick and Maud?
2. Who was in Maud and Nick's company?
3.
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1.
2.
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1. Did Wyandotté say anything?
2. Did Wyandotté speak?
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1. Was everyone able to escape?
2. Did everybody get away?
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1. Where were the remaining members of the garrison?
2. What was the location of the rest of the garrison?
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Q14:
1. Was someone manning the gate?
2. Did the gate fall under anybody's purview?
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3zdad0o1t1d6il54zy70ifuys4ptxv | wikipedia | Armenia is a unitary, multi-party, democratic nation-state with an ancient cultural heritage. Urartu was established in 860 BC and by the 6th century BC it was replaced by the Satrapy of Armenia. In the 1st century BC the Kingdom of Armenia reached its height under Tigranes the Great. Armenia became the first state in the world to adopt Christianity as its official religion. In between the late 3rd century to early years of the 4th century, the state became the first Christian nation. The official date of state adoption of Christianity is 301 AD. The ancient Armenian kingdom was split between the Byzantine and Sasanian Empires around the early 5th century.
Between the 16th century and 19th century, the traditional Armenian homeland composed of Eastern Armenia and Western Armenia came under the rule of the Ottoman and successive Iranian empires, repeatedly ruled by either of the two over the centuries. By the 19th century, Eastern Armenia had been conquered by the Russian Empire, while most of the western parts of the traditional Armenian homeland remained under Ottoman rule. During World War I, Armenians living in their ancestral lands in the Ottoman Empire were systematically exterminated in the Armenian Genocide. In 1918, after the Russian Revolution, all non-Russian countries declared their independence from the Russian empire, leading to the establishment of the First Republic of Armenia. By 1920, the state was incorporated into the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, and in 1922 became a founding member of the Soviet Union. In 1936, the Transcaucasian state was dissolved, transforming its constituent states, including the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, into full Union republics. The modern Republic of Armenia became independent in 1991 during the dissolution of the Soviet Union. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How old is Armenia?
2. Since what times has Armenia been around?
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1. What was the year of Armenia's establishment?
2. When was Armenia founded?
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1. What was the first religion that Armenia adopted?
2. What was the first faith of Armenia?
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Q4:
1. When did Armenia adopt Christianity?
2. When did Armenia become Christian?
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Q5:
1. When did Armenia become free in current times?
2. When did Armenia gain its independence in the modern day?
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Q6:
1. When did the Republic of Armenia break off from the Soviet Union?
2. In what year did Armenia become independent from the Soviet Union?
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1. Did Armenia join the Soviet Union late in the game?
2. Did Armenia take its time joining the Soviet Union?
3.
Q8:
1. What happened just before Armenia joining the Soviet Union?
2. What occurred just prior to Armenia becoming a part of the Soviet Union?
3.
Q9:
1. What happened before Armenia was incorporated into the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
2. What occurred prior to Armenia's incorporation into the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic?
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Q10:
1. Who oversaw Armenia in the Middle Ages?
2. Who was in charge of Armenia during the Medieval period?
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3spj033421314nz9s0fyzneyv7kyjq | gutenberg | Chapter IX.
Joe went to bed that night with a promise to himself to rise early next morning, for he had been invited to take part in a "raising," which term meant that a new cabin was to be erected, and such task was ever an event in the lives of the settlers.
The following morning Joe rose early, dressing himself in a complete buckskin suit, for which he had exchanged his good garments of cloth. Never before had he felt so comfortable. He wanted to hop, skip and jump. The soft, undressed buckskin was as warm and smooth as silk-plush; the weight so light, the moccasins so well-fitting and springy, that he had to put himself under considerable restraint to keep from capering about like a frolicsome colt.
The possession of this buckskin outfit, and the rifle and accouterments which went with the bargain, marked the last stage in Joe's surrender to the border fever. The silent, shaded glens, the mystery of the woods, the breath of this wild, free life claimed him from this moment entirely and forever.
He met the others, however, with a serene face, showing no trace of the emotion which welled up strongly from his heart. Nell glanced shyly at him; Kate playfully voiced her admiration; Jim met him with a brotherly ridicule which bespoke his affection as well as his amusement; but Colonel Zane, having once yielded to the same burning, riotous craving for freedom which now stirred in the boy's heart, understood, and felt warmly drawn toward the lad. He said nothing, though as he watched Joe his eyes were grave and kind. In his long frontier life, where many a day measured the life and fire of ordinary years, he had seen lad after lad go down before this forest fever. It was well, he thought, because the freedom of the soil depended on these wild, light-footed boys; yet it always made him sad. How many youths, his brother among them, lay under the fragrant pine-needle carpet of the forest, in their last earthly sleep! QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What took place?
2. What occurred?
3.
Q2:
1. What does a "raising," mean?
2. What is the definition of a "raising,"?
3.
Q3:
1. What is the setting of the story?
2. Where does the story happen?
3.
Q4:
1. Who woke up?
2. Who got out of bed?
3.
Q5:
1. What was Joe wearing?
2. What did Joe have on?
3.
Q6:
1. How did Joe procure his buckskin suit?
2. What was the provenance of Joe's buckskin suit?
3.
Q7:
1. Was Joe's suit comfortable?
2. Did Joe feel good in his buckskin suit?
3.
Q8:
1. What is the number of ladies in the passage?
2. How many women does the passage contain?
3.
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1. Who was the lady in the story?
2. What woman appeared in the passage?
3.
Q10:
1. Did the story take place on a prairie?
2. Were the characters in the story on a prairie?
3.
Q11:
1. What was the nature of the terrain?
2. What was the land like?
3.
Q12:
1. Who took a nap in the forest?
2. Who slept in the woods?
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39loel67os5b4362cbphk39775e83e | cnn | (CNN) -- On the basis of the evidence currently in the public record, one likely outcome of the case against George Zimmerman is a mixed one: There may be sufficient evidence for a reasonable prosecutor to indict him for manslaughter, but there may also be doubt sufficient for a reasonable jury to acquit him.
Any such predictions should be accepted with an abundance of caution, however, because the evidence known to the special prosecutor, but not to the public, may paint a different picture. It may be stronger or weaker.
Media reports suggest that police found Zimmerman with grass stains on the back of his shirt, bloody bruises on the back of his head and other indicia that may support his contention that Trayvon Martin was banging his head against the ground when Zimmerman shot him.
We don't know what Martin's body or clothing show, other than the fatal bullet wound. If there are no comparable bruises or grass stains and if the bullet wound and powder residue establish that the gun was fired at very close range, this too might support a claim of self-defense.
Then there is a recorded cry for help, which, if it turns out to be the voice of Martin, would undercut the defense -- if the voice analysis passes scientific muster and is deemed admissible into evidence.
There may be additional forensic evidence -- or witnesses -- of which we are now unaware, though it is unlikely there is a "smoking gun."
Finally, there is the overarching and historically painful reality that an unarmed black teenager lies dead at the hand of an armed Hispanic man who ignored a dispatcher's advice not to follow and engage the "suspect," and who may have -- and this too is forensically unclear -- uttered a racial epithet while chasing him. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Was George Zimmerman's shirt stained by the grass?
2. Were there marks from the grass on George Zimmerman's clothing?
3.
Q2:
1. Did someone fire on Trayvon Martin?
2. Was Trayvon Martin pierced by bullets?
3.
Q3:
1. Did Trayvon Martin have a gun?
2. Was there a weapon in Trayvon Martin's possession?
3.
Q4:
1. Is there evidence from what Trayvon Martin was wearing?
2. Is it clear what proof lies on the clothing of Trayvon Martin?
3.
Q5:
1. Did George Zimmerman have bruises?
2. Was George Zimmerman's body roughed up?
3.
Q6:
1. Was someone recorded calling out for help?
2. Is there audio evidence of someone trying to get help?
3.
Q7:
1. Is it clear who is calling out for help?
2. Do we know who is trying to get help?
3.
Q8:
1. Was George Zimmerman told it was a good idea to engage with Trayvon Martin?
2. Did someone suggest that George Zimmerman should go after Trayvon Martin?
3.
Q9:
1. Who told George Zimmerman not to go after Trayvon Martin?
2. Who advised George Zimmerman against pursuing Trayvon Martin?
3.
Q10:
1. Is the George Zimmerman case probably going to go in one way or another?
2. Is it clear how the George Zimmerman verdict is going to turn out?
3.
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3s3amizx3u5byyycmcbyzyr2o4ecd2 | race | George had stolen some money, but the police had caught him and he had been put in prison. Now his trial was about to begin, and he felt sure that he would be found guilty and sent to prison for a long time.
Then he discovered that an old friend of his was one of the members of the jury at his trial. Of course, he did not tell anybody, but he managed to see his friend secretly one day. He said to him, "Jim, I know that the jury will find me guilty of having stolen the money. I cannot hope to be found not guilty of taking it ---- that would be too much to expect. But I should be grateful to you for the rest of my life if you could persuade the other members of the jury to add a strong recommendation for mercy to their statement that they consider me guilty."
"Well, George,"answered Jim. "I shall certainly try to do what I can for you as an old friend, but of course I cannot promise anything. The other eleven people on the jury look terribly strong-minded to me."
George said that he would quite understand if Jim was not able to do anything for him, and thanked him warmly for agreeing to help.
The trial went on, and at last the time came for the jury to decide whether George was guilty or not. It took them five hours, but in the end they found George guilty, with a strong recommendation for mercy.
Of course, George was very pleased, but he did not have a chance to see Jim for some time after the trial. At last, however, Jim visited him in prison, and George thanked him warmly and asked him how he had managed to persuade the other members of the jury to recommend mercy.
"Well, George," Jim answered, "as I thought, those eleven men were very difficult to persuade, but I managed it in the end by tiring them out. Do you know, those fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!" QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How much time did the jury spend deliberating?
2. How much time did it take the jury to make a decision?
3.
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3vw6495tlj0rzcu8e0g19atm9ftyyt | race | Lisa: My best teacher is my geography teacher in 10th grade. Why? Because we did school projects! Back then I wrote about India and never forgot what I had learned. He brought the culture to life by letting me become part of it. He also listened to us and was always ready with a kind word.
David: My best teacher is my high school social studies and history teacher, Thomas Ladenburg. He respected us, though we were just teenagers. His class was never boring because he often asked us to discuss in class. He used his own materials which made the class very interesting.
Henry: My best ever teacher is my biology teacher in high school. I really liked her class. She explained everything very clearly. She also checked our notebooks to make sure we had written down what she said. Now, many years later, I can still remember a large part of the things she taught!
Susan: The best teacher I have ever had is my 10th grade social studies teacher. She was always in a good mood and kept us laughing. She was really young, so she acted like us teenagers, which made learning fun. If we needed to talk to an adult about a problem, we would always come to her because we knew she could help us.
Tom: My favourite teacher is Mr. Yelle. He taught us math, science and music. He spoke to us "at eye level", and was very patient and kind. We did great projects for the science fairs. Forty years later, I still remember his lessons very well. By the way, though he was called Mr Yelle, he didn't yell . QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who liked their geography teacher best?
2. Whose preferred teacher was their geography teacher?
3.
Q2:
1. In what grade did Lisa have her geography teacher?
2. What year in school was Lisa when she had geography class?
3.
Q3:
1. Why was Lisa such a big fan of her geography teacher?
2. What made Lisa so interested in geography?
3.
Q4:
1. What country did Lisa study?
2. Which nation did Lisa learn about?
3.
Q5:
1. Who is Lisa talking to?
2. With whom does Lisa speak?
3.
Q6:
1. Who was Dave's favorite teacher?
2. Which teacher was Dave most ineterested in?
3.
Q7:
1. Who taught Dave social studies and history?
2. Who was Dave's social studies and history teacher?
3.
Q8:
1. Which teacher did Henry like best?
2. Who was Henry's favorite teacher?
3.
Q9:
1. What did Henry's biology teacher look at?
2. What was verified by Henry's biology instructor?
3.
Q10:
1. What teacher did Susan like best?
2. What did Susan's favorite teacher teach?
3.
Q11:
1. What grade did Susan take social studies classes in?
2. What was Susan's year in school when she had social studies?
3.
Q12:
1. Was Susan's social studies teacher old?
2. Did Susan have an elderly social studies teacher?
3.
Q13:
1. Who was Tom's favorite teacher?
2. Which instructor did Tom like best?
3.
Q14:
1. What subject did Mr. Yelle teach?
2. What class did Tom have Mr. Yelle for?
3.
Q15:
1. Did Mr. Yelle like to scream at students?
2. Did Mr. Yelle enjoy yelling at his kids?
3.
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3olf68ytn91k33fat4axh34z0gsfa1 | cnn | (CNN) -- Egypt moved closer to a first World Cup finals appearance since 1990 after reaching the African qualification playoffs on Sunday.
The Pharaohs, coached by American Bob Bradley, notched a fifth successive victory in Group G, beating Mozambique 1-0 in Maputo thanks to a 40th-minute goal from young striker Mohamed Salah.
Salah, who turned 21 on Saturday and plays for Swiss club Basel, scored a hat-trick last weekend against Zimbabwe -- and also netted last year against Guinea.
It marks a big turnaround in fortunes for the continent's seven-time champion, which failed to qualify for the last two Africa Cup of Nations and suspended its domestic league for a year after more than 70 fans died in the Port Said tragedy in February 2012.
Guinea's hopes of a World Cup debut were ended despite winning 2-0 against Zimbabwe, with striker Mohamed Yattara scoring both goals.
The Ivory Coast also went through to the playoffs, winning 4-2 away to Tanzania to be sure of topping Group C.
Two-time African player of the year Yaya Toure scored two first-half goals to help his team come from behind, and substitute Wilfried Bony sealed victory in time added on.
It meant Morocco missed out, despite winning 2-0 against Gambia on Saturday.
South Africa, the 2010 World Cup host, also failed to make the playoffs after losing 2-1 to Group A winner Ethiopia thanks to a 70th-minute headed own-goal by Bernard Parker.
Parker had put his side ahead in the first half but Getaneh Kebede equalized before the break to join Salah and Algeria's Islam Slimani on a leading five goals in the qualifiers. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is the subject of the article?
2. Who does the article discuss?
3.
Q2:
1. Who is the coach of the Pharaohs?
2. What's the name of the Pharaohs; coach?
3.
Q3:
1. How many victories did Bob Bradley have?
2. What was the number of times that Bob Bradley won?
3.
Q4:
1. Who was bested by Bob Bradley?
2. Who did Bob Bradeley beat?
3.
Q5:
1. Who led the Pharaohs to victory?
2. Who do the Pharaohs have to thank for their win?
3.
Q6:
1. How old is Mohamed Salah?
2. What is Mohamed Salah's age?
3.
Q7:
1. Why did the Pharaohs suspend their domestic league for the last two years?
2. What was the Pharaohs reason for stopping their domestic league for the past two years?
3.
Q8:
1. Who lost to Guinea?
2. Over whom did Guinea declare victory?
3.
Q9:
1. Who lost to Ivory Coast?
2. Over whom did Ivory Coast declare victory?
3.
Q10:
1. Who was victorious over South Africa?
2. By whom was South Africa defeated?
3.
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