Question:
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Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of US technology giant Apple, has died at the age of 56. Mr Jobs had announced he was suffering from cancer in 2004. Apple said he had been "the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives" and had made the world "immeasurably better". Tributes have been made by technology company bosses and world leaders, with US President Barack Obama saying the world had "lost a visionary ". "Steve was among the greatest of American innovators ---- brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it," said Mr Obama. A statement from Mr Jobs's family said they were with him when he died peacefully on Wednesday. "In his public life, Steve was known as a visionary; in his private life, he loved his family deeply," they said, requesting privacy and thanking those who had "shared their wishes and prayers" during his final year. Apple said the company had "lost a visionary and creative genius and the world have lost an amazing human being". Tim Cook, who was made Apple's CEO after Mr Jobs stood down in August, said his predecessor had left behind "a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple". Flags are being flown at half mast outside the Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, while fans of the company have left tributes outside Apple shops around the world. The heads of other leading technology companies have also paid tribute, including Microsoft boss Bill Gates, who said "For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been a great honour. I will miss Steve very much." Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg thanks Mr Jobs for "showing that what you build can change the world" while Sony Corp president and CEO Howard Stringer said: "The digital age has lost its leading light." South Korea's Samsung, which is involved in a case with Apple over patents , admired Mr Jobs for his "Completely new and different changes to the IT industry".
1. Who has died?
2. What company did he work for?
3. What was his role within Apple?
4. Was his death caused by accident or disease?
5. Which type?
6. Which President referred to Jobs as a visionary?
7. Was Jobs alone at the time of his death?
8. Whom was he with?
9. Who was his predecessor?
10. Where is Apple headquartered?

Numbered answers:
1. Steve Jobs
2. Apple
3. co-founder and former CEO
4. disease
5. cancer
6. Barack Obama
7. No
8. his family
9. unknown
10. Cupertino, California


Question:
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Steve was excited about the trip he was taking tonight. The family was going out to his favorite place to eat. Steve loved spaghetti and meatballs, and the restaurant made the very best! 

When Steve and his parents got to the restaurant, his mother had to tell him to stop running so fast. Steve couldn't help himself, he wanted to be inside and at a table so badly. The restaurant had pictures of all the people that used to work there in the past, it had been around for a long time with a history of such great food. It was not the first time his mother had to tell him to slow down. 

When they were taken to their table and went through the curtain to the dining area, Steve had another nice surprise waiting for him. It would not be a table for three, his favorite aunt and uncle were waiting at the table for them! Steve sat down quickly to get some of the bread sticks before they were all gone. 

Steve did not even need a menu, he knew what he wanted. Bring on the spaghetti and meatballs, nice and hot!
1. why was steve excited?
2. where was he going?
3. did he like spaghetti?
4. and also meat balls?
5. was the restaurant old or new?
6. what did his mother have to tell him when they got there?
7. what was the other surprise for steven?
8. did Steven have bread sticks?
9. what did he want to eat?
10. hot or cold?

Numbered answers:
1. taking a trip
2. his favorite restaurant
3. yes
4. yes
5. old
6. to slow down
7. his aunt and uncle were there
8. yes
9. spaghetti and meatballs
10. hot


Question:
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Some years ago, Wang Baoqiang was a nobody to most Chinese people. However, he is now a household film star in China. 

Wang is the youngest child of a poor family in Hebei Province. Dreaming of becoming an actor, he left home at the age of 8 to study kung fu at Shaolin Temple, since kung-fu actors seemed to appear most often on the big screen. 

At 14, he moved to Beijing for his acting career for the first time, with little money in his pocket. He worked at a construction site for 20 to 25 yuan per day, and spent his free time standing in front of the Beijing Film Studio, eager to be chosen as temporary actors. This was the hardest time for the boy. His opportunity finally came one day after he went for a role in the movie "Blind Shaft" . He was chosen to play a young coal miner. The movie won him three prizes in Thailand, France and Taiwan. But his success didn`t make any difference to his life. 

That year, he went home for the Spring Festival. He gave his family his earnings from the movie, around $ 250 and then returned to Beijing with 500 yuan, the same amount he had when he first came to the city. His life was as simple as before. 

Thanks to his natural performance in "Blind Shaft", he was invited by the famous director Feng Xiaogang to act in the film "A World Without Thieves" in 2004, which made him famous immediately. People called him "Shagen", the name of his character in the movie. 

Wang's work, "Soldiers Sortie" has made him the most popular actor on the Chinese mainland. For the actor, it's a dream coming true. 

"Dreams come true. I think my life is exactly a course of pursuing dreams. No matter how tough one thing is,I can make it as long as I put great effort into it. "he said.
1. Where was Wang born?
2. To a weathly family?
3. Is he a nobody?
4. How about now?
5. what is he?
6. where?
7. is he an only child?
8. Where did he go at 8?
9. why?
10. Where?
11. When was the hardest time for him?
12. why?
13. doing what?
14. was he?
15. for what?
16. Did he do well in themovie?
17. how?
18. What made him famous?
19. How did he feel about dreams?
20. how?


Numbered answers:
1. Hebei Province.
2. no
3. Some years ago
4. no
5. a household film star
6. China.
7. no
8. he left home
9. to study kung fu
10. at Shaolin Temple
11. when he was 14
12. spent his free time standing in front of the Beijing Film Studio,
13. eager to be chosen as temporary actors
14. yes
15. He was chosen to play a young coal miner
16. yes
17. The movie won him three prizes in Thailand, France and Taiwan.
18. Soldiers Sortie
19. Dreams come true
20. put great effort into it