input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER XIV. 

HARRY'S GRAND SCHEME. 

This wholesale appropriation of horses caused, of course, a great commotion in the vicinity of Akeville, and half the male population turned out the next day in search of George Mason and the five horses. 

Even Harry was infected with the general excitement, and, mounted on old Selim, he rode away after dinner (there was no school that afternoon) to see if he could find any one who had heard anything. There ought to be news, for the men had been away all the morning. 

About two miles from the village, the road on which Harry was riding forked, and not knowing that the party which had started off in that direction had taken the road which ran to the northeast, as being the direction in which a man would probably go, if he wanted to get away safely with five stolen horses, Harry kept straight on. 

The road was lonely and uninteresting. On one side was a wood of "old-field pines"--pines of recent growth and little value, that spring up on the old abandoned tobacco fields--and on the other a stretch of underbrush, with here and there a tree of tolerable size, but from which almost all the valuable timber had been cut. 

Selim was inclined to take things leisurely, and Harry gradually allowed him to slacken his pace into a walk, and even occasionally to stop and lower his head to take a bite from some particularly tempting bunch of grass by the side of the road.  1. Which horse did Harry ride?
2. What he excited?
3. When he begin to ride?
4. Was there school that afternoon?
5. What caused a big stir?
6. Near what town?
7. How many people showed up?
8. What were they looking for?
9. How far was Harry from the village before the road split?
10. Did he know which way the others went?
11. Which way did he go?
12. Was the road interesting?
13. What was on one side of him?
14. What was on the other?
15. Were the pines on the one side valuable?
16. Where did they tend to grow?
17. Was Selim in a hurry?
18. What did Harry eventually let him do?
19. Did he let him stop and eat?
20. What did he eat?
numbered_answers: 1. old Selim
2. yes
3. after dinner
4. no
5. wholesale appropriation of horses
6. Akeville
7. half the male population
8. George Mason and the five horses
9. About two miles
10. no
11. straight on
12. no
13. a wood of "old-field pines"
14. a stretch of underbrush
15. no
16. on the old abandoned tobacco fields
17. no
18. allowed him to slacken his pace into a walk
19. yes
20. grass

input: Passage 1 

The information Highway is the road that links computer users to a large number of on-line services; the Web, e-mail, and software, to mention just a few. Not long ago, the information Highway was a new road, with not many users. Now, everyone seems to want to take a drive, with over 30 million families connected worldwide. Not surprisingly, this well-traveled highway is starting to look like a well-traveled highway. Traffic jams can cause many serious problems, forcing the system to close down for repair. Naturally, accidents will happen on such a crowed road, and usually victims are some files, gone forever. Then, of course, there's Mr. Cool, with his new broad-band connection, who speeds down the highway faster than most of us can go. But don't trick yourself; he pays for that speeding. 

Passage 2 

Want to know more about global warming and how you can help prevent it? Doctor Herman Friedman, who is considered a leading expert on the subject, will speak at Grayson Hall next Friday. Friedman studied environmental science at three well-known universities around the world before becoming a professor in the subject. He has also traveled around the world observing environmental concerns. The gradual bleaching of the Grate Barrier Reef, which came into the public eye in 2002, in his latest interest. Signed copies of his colorful book, which was published just last month, will be on sale after his talk. 1. Who is Doctor Friedman?
2. What is his first name?
3. Where is he speaking?
4. When?
5. Where has he studied? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. a leading expert on global warming
2. Herman
3. Grayson Hall
4. next Friday
5. three universities

question: (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. 
1. What is the race called?
2. How many are racing?
3. Is this a record?
4. What day does the race begin?
5. Who won the last race?
6. How many times did Wild Oats win?
7. Who is the boat's driver?
8. How long is the race?
9. Where does it start from geographically?
10. What body of water does it cross?
****
answer: 1. Rolex Sydney-Hobart
2. 117
3. no
4. Boxing Day
5. unknown
6. seven
7. Mark Richards
8. 628-nautical miles
9. Sydney Harbor
10. e Bass Strait

Q: John was stuck in the middle of the ocean after his boat crashed and sank. He was worried about his friend who'd been in the boat with him. He knew that his friend has his life jacket on, so he tried not to worry too much about him. John was in a small box that fell out of the boat and kept him out of the water, floating. John had never been to sea before and one would wonder if he would ever after such a scary thing that happened to him. He sat in the box for days with no food or water, in and out of sleep. Three days later he woke up and saw land. Finally a beach was in sight, John could go home.

Answer the following questions:
1. Where was Joe?
2. Why?
3. Was he alone?
4. Who was he with?
5. What did his friend have?
6. Where was JOhn?
7. Where did it come from?
8. Did it help him?
9. how?
10. Was he ever there before?
11. HOw long was he there?
12. What did he not have?
13. Did he sleep?
14. What did he see?
15. when?
16. What was in sight?
17. What could he do?
18. Did he worry about his friend?
A:
1. in the middle of the ocean
2. his boat crashed and sank
3. no
4. his friend
5. life jacket
6. in  a small box
7. the boat
8. yes
9. by floating
10. no
11. days
12. food or water
13. In and out
14. land
15. Three days
16. a beach
17. go home
18. tried not to