Question: Chicago ( or ), officially the City of Chicago, is the third-most populous city in the United States. With over 2.7 million residents, it is also the most populous city in both the state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States. It is the county seat of Cook County. The Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10 million people and is the third-largest in the U.S. Chicago has often been called a global architecture capital. Chicago is considered one of the most important business centers in the world. 

Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed, and grew rapidly in the mid-nineteenth century. After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, which razed several square miles and left more than 100,000 homeless, the city made a concerted effort to rebuild on the damage. The construction boom accelerated population growth throughout the following decades, leading Chicago to become among the five largest cities in the world by 1900. During this period Chicago made noted contributions to urban planning and zoning standards, new construction styles (including the Chicago School of architecture), the development of the City Beautiful Movement, and the eventual creation of the steel-framed skyscraper. 1. How many people live in Chicago?
2. What is Chicagoland?
3. How many people live there?
4. What was early Chicago near?
5. What water bodies did the portage connect?
6. How many people had nowhere to live after the fire?
7. How many actual houses were ruined?
8. True or False: The population size never recovered from the disaster.
9. What movement started in Chicago?
10. What tall structure was invented there?
11. True or False: The Baroque school of architecture started there.
12. What School do we know started there?
13. Is Chicago the biggest city in the U.S.?
14. How many are bigger?
15. Which ones?
16. Is there a bigger city in Illinois?
17. What about in the Midwest?
18. Which county has its seat there?
19. What is Chicago formally called?
20. When did the fire happen? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. over 2.7 million
2. The Chicago metropolitan area
3. nearly 10 million
4. a portage
5. the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed
6. over 100,000
7. unknown
8. false
9. the City Beautiful Movement
10. steel-framed skyscraper
11. unknown
12. the Chicago School of architecture
13. no
14. Two
15. unknown
16. no
17. no
18. Cook County.
19. the City of Chicago
20. 1871


Question: Do you know who is the most popular star on the Internet now? Yes, he is "Brother Coat" Zhu Zhiwen! A few months ago, Zhu Zhiwen was an unknown farmer. A video of his show has been watched by more than millions of people,now his videos are the most popular. Zhu Zhiwen attracts Chinese netizens' hearts. And he is called "Brother Coat" by them. In March 2011, he took part in a program called "I'm a Big Star". He walked out onto the stage in a dark green coat. Then he began to sing the song of the TV drama Romance of Three Kingdoms. When the audiences heard rich and powerful voice,all of them stood up and cheered. After that, he became a well-known person. The judges asked him if he had any professional training. Zhu said no. "When he started, I thought someone played the original tape by mistake. But later on, I got it, " said one of them, "we can't _ ." At last, he won the first prize in the program of "I'm a Big Star". Zhu Zhiwen was born in a village of Shandong in 1969. He liked listening to the radio. When the music played, he sang it along. Every morning, he would get up early and practiced singing near a river. He keeps doing it for nearly 30 years. "When I'm working in the fields, "said Zhu Zhiwen, "I often sing for myself, some villagers even think me crazy,but I really love it. I'm not singing for money, I'm singing for ordinary people in China." Mrs. Sun, a 56-year-old engineer, one of his fans said, "I watched his videos without getting tired of it! It is so amazing, and every time I watch it, I am filled with excitement and his voice is perfect! I am crossing my fingers in hope that he has a bright future." 1. who is called brother coat?
2. when was he born?
3. in what village?
4. what does he do for a living?
5. is he popular now?
6. where is he popular?
7. what medium is he a star of?
8. is he popular on the internet?
9. what does he like to listen to?
10. what did he do when music played?
11. where would he practice?
12. what color was his coat?
13. what TV program did he appear on?
14. which drama did he sing the songs of ?
15. how is his voice?
16. was he well known after?
17. who won first prize on the show?
18. does he do it for the money?
19. who is one of his fans?
20. how old is Mr. Sun? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Zhu Zhiwen
2. 1969
3. Shandong
4. He is a farmer.
5. yes
6. China
7. videos
8. yes
9. the radio
10. sang along
11. near a river
12. dark green
13. "I'm a Big Star"
14. Romance of Three Kingdoms
15. rich and powerful
16. yes
17. Zhu
18. no
19. Mrs. Sun
20. 56


Question: CHAPTER III 

PETERS' OFFER 

Wyndham and Flora were married at a small country church. The morning was bright and the sun touched the east window with vivid color and pierced the narrow lancets on the south. Red and green reflections stained the mosaics inside the chancel rails, but shadows lurked behind the arches and pillars, for the old building had no clerestory. 

Mabel was bridesmaid, Marston was groomsman, and as he waited for a few moments by the rails he looked about. Commodore Chisholm had numerous friends, and for the most part Marston knew the faces turned towards the chancel. He had sailed hard races against some of the men and danced with their wives and daughters. They were sober English folk, and he was glad they had come to stamp with their approval his partner's wedding. Some, however, he could not see, because they sat back in the gloom. 

Then he glanced at his companions. He was nervous, but Mabel was marked by her serene calm. Flora's look was rather fixed, and although she had not much color, her pose was resolute and proud. Marston wondered whether she felt she was making something of a plunge; but if she did so, he knew she would not hesitate. Chisholm's face was quiet and perhaps a trifle stern; he looked rather old, and Marston imagined him resigned. The Commodore was frank; one generally knew what he felt. All three looked typically English, but Wyndham did not. Although his eyes were very blue and his hair was touched by red, he was different from the others. His face, as Marston saw it in profile, was thin and in a way ascetic, but it wore a stamp of recklessness. His pose was strangely alert and highly strung. There was something exotic about him.  1. Was Mabel nervous?
2. What about Marston?
3. Who was the groom?
4. Who was the bride?
5. Were they married at night?
6. Where was the wedding?
7. Who else was there?
8. Did he have a lot of friends?
9. Did he wear his heart on his sleeve?
10. What color eyes did Wyndham have?
11. Who was the groomsman?
12. Who was the bridesmaid?
13. What did Marston wonder? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. no
2. He was nervous
3. Marston
4. Flora
5. no
6. at a small country church
7. Commodore Chisholm
8. yes
9. yes
10. blue
11. Marston
12. Mabel
13. wondered if Flora felt she was making something of a plunge