Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Manganese is a chemical element with symbol Mn and atomic number 25. It is not found as a free element in nature; it is often found in minerals in combination with iron. Manganese is a metal with important industrial metal alloy uses, particularly in stainless steels. 

Historically, manganese is named for pyrolusite and other black minerals from the region of Magnesia in Greece, which also gave its name to magnesium and the iron ore magnetite. By the mid-18th century, Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele had used pyrolusite to produce chlorine. Scheele and others were aware that pyrolusite (now known to be manganese dioxide) contained a new element, but they were unable to isolate it. Johan Gottlieb Gahn was the first to isolate an impure sample of manganese metal in 1774, which he did by reducing the dioxide with carbon. 

Manganese phosphating is used for rust and corrosion prevention on steel. Ionized manganese is used industrially as pigments of various colors, which depend on the oxidation state of the ions. The permanganates of alkali and alkaline earth metals are powerful oxidizers. Manganese dioxide is used as the cathode (electron acceptor) material in zinc-carbon and alkaline batteries. 

In biology, manganese(II) ions function as cofactors for a large variety of enzymes with many functions. Manganese enzymes are particularly essential in detoxification of superoxide free radicals in organisms that must deal with elemental oxygen. Manganese also functions in the oxygen-evolving complex of photosynthetic plants. While the element is a required trace mineral for all known living organisms, it also acts as a neurotoxin in larger amounts. Especially through inhalation, it can cause manganism, a condition in mammals leading to neurological damage that is sometimes irreversible.

1. What is the article about?
2. What is it used for?
3. How about in natural science?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Manganese element
2. rust and corrosion prevention on steel
3. stainless steels.

Question: Alexia Sloane is from Cambridge. She was told by the doctor she had a brain tumor when she was on holiday "with her parents in France. After that the two-year-old girl became blind. Though the little girl can't see anything, she has great talent for languages and at the age of 10 she is already fluent in English, French, Spanish and Chinese-and is learning German. Now her dream of working as an interpreter has come true. East of England MEP Robert Sturdy invited her to the European Parliament . "Usually a person who enters the European Parliament should be 14 at least. So it was amazing for Alexia to work there at the age of 10. " said Alexia's mother Isabelle. Alexia can speak three languages since birth. As her mum is hah" French and half Spanish and her dad Richard is English. " She has always been very good at languages and shown an interest from a very young age. " added Isabelle, who also has a four-year-old daughter Melissa. Alexia has dreamed of becoming an interpreter since she was six and chose to go to the European Parliament as her prize when she won the Young Achiever Community Award of the Year . She asked if she could learn from the interpreters and HEP Robert Sturdy agreed to take her along as his guest. " It was fantastic and I decided to become an interpreter, "said Alexia. "Nothing can stop me. " 1. When did Alexia Sloane become blind?
2. Where was she when she was told she had a tumor?
3. What dream did she have?
4. What languages is she fluent in?
5. What award did she win?
6. How many languages did she speak since birth?
7. Is her dad Irish?
8. Where is he from?
9. What did Robert Sturdy invite her to?
10. What age do you usually have to be to join?
11. Since what had has Alexia dreamed of being an interpreter?
12. What nationalities is her mom?
13. What is her name?
14. What is Alexia's sister's name?
15. Is she older?
16. How old is she?
17. What did Robert Sturdy agree to?
18. What does Alexia say will stop her?
19. What did she choose as her prize?
20. What language is she learning? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. two
2. France
3. working as an interpreter
4. English, French, Spanish and Chinese
5. Young Achiever Community Award of the Year
6. three
7. No
8. English
9. European Parliament
10. 14 at least
11. she was six
12. hah" French and half Spanish
13. Isabelle
14. Melissa
15. No
16. four
17. take her along as his guest
18. Nothing
19. to go to the European Parliament
20. German

Q: Grandma was always forgetting things." What's wrong with her?" Anna asked. "We think she's getting old, and she may be ill. We may have to send her to a nursing home so that she can be taken good care of. But we can go to see her and bring her presents, like strawberry ice cream." Mother said. One day, they went to see Grandma at the nursing home. Anna hugged Grandma. "Look," she said, "we've brought you strawberry ice cream!" Grandma didn't say anything. She just took it and began eating. "Do you know who I am?" Anna asked. "You're the girl who brings me ice cream." Grandma said. "Yes, but I'm Anna, your granddaughter. Don't you remember me?" she asked, throwing her arms around the old lady. Grandma smiled, "Remember? Sure. You're the girl who brings me ice cream." Suddenly Anna realized that Grandma would never remember her. "Oh, how I love you, Grandma!" she said. Just then she saw a tear roll down Grandma's cheeks . "Love," she said, "I remember love. n "You see, dear, that's what she wants--love!" Mother said. It's more important to remember love than someone's name.

1. Grandma
2. Anna
3. strawberry
4. Grandma
5. love
6. Grandma
7. Mother
8. she's getting old, and she may be ill.
9. love
10. Anna
11. Grandma
12. No
13. a nursing home
14. so that she can be taken good care of.
15. No
16. a tear
17. Grandma
18. No
19. No
20. No

Numbered questions:

1. Who was always forgetting things?
2. Who thought something was wrong with her?
3. What kind of ice cream did Anna's mom mention?
4. Who would the ice cream be a present for?
5. What's more important to remember than someone/s name?
6. Who remembered it?
7. Who thought she knew why Grandma was forgetting things?
8. What was her thought on the reason for Grandma's memory loss?
9. What did Anna's mom say Grandma wanted more than ice cream?
10. Who's the girl who brings grandma ice cream?
11. Who did she throw her arms around?
12. Was Grandma young?
13. Where was grandma sent?
14. Why was she sent there?
15. Is grandma in good health?
16. What was on Grandma's cheeks?
17. Who does Anna love?
18. Did they visit Grandma at night?
19. Did Grandma thank Anna for the ice cream?
20. Does a boy bring Grandma ice cream?