Question:
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CHAPTER XIII. The Delights of Anticipation 

"It's time Anne was in to do her sewing," said Marilla, glancing at the clock and then out into the yellow August afternoon where everything drowsed in the heat. "She stayed playing with Diana more than half an hour more'n I gave her leave to; and now she's perched out there on the woodpile talking to Matthew, nineteen to the dozen, when she knows perfectly well she ought to be at her work. And of course he's listening to her like a perfect ninny. I never saw such an infatuated man. The more she talks and the odder the things she says, the more he's delighted evidently. Anne Shirley, you come right in here this minute, do you hear me!" 

A series of staccato taps on the west window brought Anne flying in from the yard, eyes shining, cheeks faintly flushed with pink, unbraided hair streaming behind her in a torrent of brightness. 

"Oh, Marilla," she exclaimed breathlessly, "there's going to be a Sunday-school picnic next week--in Mr. Harmon Andrews's field, right near the lake of Shining Waters. And Mrs. Superintendent Bell and Mrs. Rachel Lynde are going to make ice cream--think of it, Marilla--ICE CREAM! And, oh, Marilla, can I go to it?" 

"Just look at the clock, if you please, Anne. What time did I tell you to come in?" 

"Two o'clock--but isn't it splendid about the picnic, Marilla? Please can I go? Oh, I've never been to a picnic--I've dreamed of picnics, but I've never--" 
1. Where will the picnic be?
2. Who owns the property?
3. Was anyone excited about the event?
4. Who?
5. Who was she speaking with?
6. Did she ask her anything?
7. What?
8. Was she allowed?
9. Who else would be at the event?
10. Anyone else?
11. Were they doing anything in particular there?
12. What?
13. What activity did Marla want her to do?
14. What did she glance at?
15. Who did the girl play with first?
16. And then?
17. What did she do with him?

Numbered answers:
1. near the lake of Shining Waters
2. Mr. Harmon Andrews
3. Yes
4. Anne
5. Marilla
6. Yes
7. if she could go to the picnic
8. unknown
9. Mrs. Superintendent Bell
10. Mrs. Rachel Lynde
11. Yes
12. making ice cream
13. sewing
14. the clock
15. Diana
16. Matthew
17. talk


Question:
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Have you ever watched the big parade on Tian'anmen Square on October 1? Some students performed in the big parade. In order to get ready for it, this summer, many Beijing middle school students had a different kind of vacation. Instead of hanging out with friends or traveling, they trained hard for the 60th birthday of China this year. Students trained from 7:30 am to around 10:00 am or from 4 pm to 6:30 pm, because it was very hot this summer. They wore white hats, T-shirts and blue trousers. The hats and T-shirts were printed with a red logo, the number "60". The first week of training was PE. Students practiced standing and squatting. Then they moved on to practice the group show. When we watched the parade on TV we saw them making colorful pictures. What did the students think of their unusual summer? "Sometimes we find it a bit tiring." said Lu Wenqi, 13. "But most of us think it's a great _ to take part in such an important show." Li Hui, 15, thought the same as Lu. She said her classmates were hardly late for training. "It's a wonderful chance for us," said Li. "When my parents were in college, they also took part in a national day parade. Now it's my turn!"
1. How old is Li Hui?
2. what were the hats and shirts printed with?
3. in what color
4. what color where the pants?
5. did the studetns like what they were doing?
6. how old is Lu?
7. are they often on time?
8. what had Li's parent's done?
9. what birthday are they celebrating?
10. how old?
11. what could they have been doing instead?
12. what times were they practicing?
13. why not in the middle of the day?

Numbered answers:
1. 15
2. the number 60
3. red
4. blue
5. yes
6. 13
7. yes
8. took part in a national day parade
9. China
10. 60
11. hanging out with friends or traveling
12. 7:30-10:00 am, 4:00-6:30 pm
13. because it was very hot


Question:
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Starting in the late 1950s, American computer scientist Paul Baran developed the concept Distributed Adaptive Message Block Switching with the goal to provide a fault-tolerant, efficient routing method for telecommunication messages as part of a research program at the RAND Corporation, funded by the US Department of Defense. This concept contrasted and contradicted the theretofore established principles of pre-allocation of network bandwidth, largely fortified by the development of telecommunications in the Bell System. The new concept found little resonance among network implementers until the independent work of Donald Davies at the National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom) (NPL) in the late 1960s. Davies is credited with coining the modern name packet switching and inspiring numerous packet switching networks in Europe in the decade following, including the incorporation of the concept in the early ARPANET in the United States. 

Packet switching contrasts with another principal networking paradigm, circuit switching, a method which pre-allocates dedicated network bandwidth specifically for each communication session, each having a constant bit rate and latency between nodes. In cases of billable services, such as cellular communication services, circuit switching is characterized by a fee per unit of connection time, even when no data is transferred, while packet switching may be characterized by a fee per unit of information transmitted, such as characters, packets, or messages.
1. What is davies known for causing?
2. What did he inspire?
3. Where?
4. Did it follow previous thought ideals?
5. What did it challenge?
6. Principles of what system?
7. Who developed those principals?
8. Was the concept an immediate success?
9. When did it find success?
10. Where did davies work curing this time?


Numbered answers:
1. Naming packet switching.
2. packet switching networks.
3. Europe.
4. No.
5. Established principles.
6. Network bandwidth.
7. Paul Baran
8. No.
9. In the late 1960s.
10. National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom) (NPL)