question: Susan, the US My best friend is Fanny. She is clever and interesting. We always look after each other. The first week we met, I got sick and she looked after me every day. Betty, England My best friend's Ana. She is honest and serious. We were born in the same city in England. Then I moved to America with my family. I thought I would never see Ana again. When I went to college in New York,, Ana and I shared the same room! Ken, Japan I love to spend time with Daisuke because he is funny and smart. We enjoy talking about the funny things we did when we were children , and tell the same stupid jokes over and over again. Lily , Australia Linda is very confident girl and she is really kind. Some people may wonder why Linda and I are best friends because we are totally different, but I think this is why we are such good friends.
1. Who is Susan's best friend in the US?
2. Is she slow witted?
3. What is she?
4. and?
5. What happened the first week they met?
6. Who is Betty's best friend?
7. Is she serious?
8. What do Betty and Ana have in common?
9. Where did they go to college?
10. Who does Daisuke spend time with?
11. What do they enjoy?
12. about?
13. Who is totally different?
14. Do Susan and Fanny look after each other?
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answer: 1. Fanny
2. no
3. clever
4. interesting
5. I got sick and she looked after me
6. Ana
7. yes
8. they were born in the same city in England.
9. New York
10. I do
11. talking
12. funny things
13. Linda
14. yes


question: I'm Lucy. I'm 14 years old. I come to China this year. Now I'm in Beijing International Middle School. I like animals . I think they're my good friends. When I go to school this morning, I meet a man with a cage . Five birds are in it . " How do you get these birds?" I ask . " I give them some food . When they come to eat it , I get them ." The man says . " They are too poor . Why do you get them ?" I ask the man . " It's very interesting !" The man says . " I need to do something ." I think . I want to help the birds . " Can I buy them ?" I ask . " Well ," he says , "Give me 50 yuan and your jacket ." I don't want to give my jacket to him because I like it very much . But for these birds I do it . The man gives me the cage. Then I let the birds fly out of the cage . I am happy to do that .
1. How old is Lucy?
2. Where is she?
3. Where does she go to school?
4. What did she see on the way to school?
5. What was in the cage?
6. What did she do then?
7. What did she want to do ?
8. For how much?
9. Did she buy them?
10. Then what did she do?
11. Was she sad?
12. Did she want to lose her jacket?
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answer: 1. 14 years old.
2. China
3. Beijing International Middle School.
4. A man with a cage .
5. Five birds
6. Asked him how he got the birds.
7. Buy them.
8. 50 yuan and her jacket .
9. Yes.
10. Let the birds fly out of the cage
11. No.
12. No.


question: The world's oldest person, Ms. Baines, died. She celebrated her 115th birthday with congratulations from Barack Obama, President of the United States. Over her life she lived through the terms of 21 US presidents. Gertrude Baines passed away peacefully in her sleep at the Western Convalescent Hospital in Los Angeles, where she had lived for her last ten years. Emma Camanag , the hospital's leader ,said she was a respectable lady. "It is really an honor for the hospital to take care of her over the last 10 years and we will greatly miss her. It is just like we have lost a relative ," said Emma. Ms. Baines, who was born in Shellman, Georgia, in 1894, had no living relatives. She grew up in the southern US during difficult times. During that time, African American people were required to use separate, often poor, public services. She married young and later divorced . Her only child, a daughter, was born in 1909 and died of a terrible disease at the age of 18. Ms. Baines worked as a maid in Ohio before moving to Los Angeles where she lived on her own until she was well over 100. She once told an interviewer , "As for the secrets of long life, I do not have any disappointments in my own life." She gained some fame when she voted for Mr. Obama in the US presidential election , saying she supported him "because he's for the colored people". It was only the second time in her life she had voted, the first time being for John F. Kennedy. Ms. Baines became the world's oldest person in January. Japanese woman, Kama Chien, 114, has now taken over the title.
1. What was the age of the world's oldest person?
2. Who celebrated with her?
3. How many presidential elections did she survive?
4. Was she at peace?
5. What was her name?
6. Where did she live?
7. What city?
8. Was she liked?
9. Did she have children?
10. Is she alive?
11. What was Baines' occupation?
12. Where?
13. Where is her birthplace?
14. How long did she live on her own?
15. Why did she vote for the previous predient?
16. Did she always vote?
17. When did she earn her status?
18. Who now holds that status?
19. What is her nationality?
20. How old is she?
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answer:
1. 115
2. Barack Obama
3. 21
4. Yes
5. Gertrude Baines
6. Western Convalescent Hospital
7. Los Angeles
8. Yes
9. Yes
10. No
11. Maid
12. Ohio
13. Shellman, Georgia
14. Until she was well over 100
15. Because he's for the colored people
16. No
17. January
18. Kama Chien
19. Japanese
20. 114