question: 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 crowded 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 Great Barrier Reef,which came into the public eye in 2002,is his latest interest. Signed copies of his color1ful book,which was p ublished just last month,will be on sale after his talk.
1. Does the Information Highway connect to a tiny amount of services?
2. How many families are connected to it?
3. Are traffic jams bad?
4. Does Mr. Cool go fast?
5. How is he speeding?
6. Does he get it for free?
7. Has the highway been around since the Stone Age?
8. Who is a knowledgeable person on global warming?
9. Is he speaking soon?
10. Where?
11. How many colleges did he study at?
12. What does he do now?
13. Does he do anything else?
14. What is he talking about?
15. Can people get him to sign the new work?
16. Does it have pictures?
17. When did it come out?
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answer: 1. No, large
2. over 30 million
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. new broad-band connection
6. No
7. No
8. Doctor Herman Friedman
9. Yes
10. Grayson Hall
11. three
12. professor
13. author
14. Great Barrier Reef
15. Yes
16. Yes
17. last month


question: (CNN) -- Steve Landesberg, best known for his role as a cerebral detective on the TV sitcom "Barney Miller," has died of cancer, his agent said. He was 65. 

"Steve was a true 'Gentleman,' " Landesberg's agent Jeffrey Leavitt said late Monday, shortly after the actor's death. "Working with Steve was an honor both personally and professionally. ... He will be missed." 

Landesberg played with deadpan delivery Detective Arthur Dietrich on "Barney Miller," an often infuriatingly intellectual member of a New York City police station in Greenwich Village, who toyed with those who crossed his path in the precinct. The series ran from 1975 to 1982. 

In addition to his stint on the sitcom, Landesberg made guest appearances on a number of shows, including "Saturday Night Live," "The Golden Girls" and "Law & Order." He also appeared in the 2008 movie "Forgetting Sarah Marshall." 

He is credited with the quote "Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense," according to WorldofQuotes.com. 

CNN's Matthew Carey contributed to this report. 


1. Who died?
2. What is he credited with?
3. What was he famous for?
4. How old was he?
5. What did he die from?
6. Was he famous for anything else?
7. For what?
8. How long did his show last for?
9. Was people honored to work with him?
10. Who stated they was?
11. When?
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answer: 1. Steve Landesberg
2. A quote
3. His role as a detective on "Barney Miller."
4. 65
5. Cancer
6. Yes
7. Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
8. From 1975 to 1982.
9. Yes
10. Jeffrey Leavitt
11. Late Monday, shortly after the actor's death


question: London, England (CNN) -- Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic finally took the stand Monday at the U.N.'s international tribunal at The Hague to defend himself against genocide charges stemming from the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict. 

For CNN's Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson, the 64 year-old was as defiant and unrepentant as the man he recalled meeting outside Sarajevo in 1993-94, as Bosnian-Serb forces shelled the city. 

Karadzic, who faces 11 charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide during the war, told the tribunal the Serb cause is "just and holy," and dismissed as myths two of the worst atrocities of a conflict that claimed 100,000 lives -- the three-year siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre in 1995. 

He even claimed that the image of the Muslims as victims was untrue and that they were the first to attack. Their fighters "had blood up to their shoulders," he said. 

"I will defend that nation of ours and their cause that is just and holy," he said in his defiant opening statement. The aim of the "Muslim plotters," he added, was "100 percent power, as it was in the Ottoman Empire." 

"This is reminiscent of those days," said Robertson, who reported from the Bosnian capital during the war. "These were the exact same justifications: 'we're the ones that had been under attack, we're the ones being wronged.' 

"It's very telling that he's not trying to address specific issues, such as the Srebrenica massacre and such like, which are going to be the main parts of the prosecution. 
1. what media outlet ran this story?
2. in what city?
3. who is Radovan Karadzic?
4. how old is he?
5. how many charges is he facing?
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answer:
1. CNN
2. London
3. Former Bosnian Serb leader
4. 64
5. 11