Q: The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from March 24 until August 8, 2008, prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, with the theme of "one world, one dream". Plans for the relay were announced on April 26, 2007, in Beijing, China. The relay, also called by the organizers as the "Journey of Harmony", lasted 129 days and carried the torch 137,000 km (85,000 mi) – the longest distance of any Olympic torch relay since the tradition was started ahead of the 1936 Summer Olympics. 

After being lit at the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece on March 24, the torch traveled to the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, and then to Beijing, arriving on March 31. From Beijing, the torch was following a route passing through six continents. The torch has visited cities along the Silk Road, symbolizing ancient links between China and the rest of the world. The relay also included an ascent with the flame to the top of Mount Everest on the border of Nepal and Tibet, China from the Chinese side, which was closed specially for the event.

1. in Olympia, Greece
2. the torch
3. on March 24
4. to the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens
5. Yes
6. to Beijing
7. on March 31
8. six
9. Yes
10. the top of Mount Everest
11. 2008
12. from March 24 until August 8, 2008
13. one world, one dream
14. Yes
15. the Journey of Harmony
16. 137,000 km
17. 85,000 mi
18. No
19. ahead of the 1936 Summer Olympics.
20. along the Silk Road

Numbered questions:
1. Where were the games born?
2. What did they light there?
3. When?
4. Where did it go after that?
5. Did it go anywhere else?
6. Where?
7. When did it get there?
8. How many large places did it pass through?
9. Did it go really high at any point?
10. Where was that?
11. What year was all this?
12. How long did the running last?
13. What was the sponsor phrase?
14. Did the running have a nickname?
15. What was it?
16. How far did it go?
17. How far is that in miles?
18. Is that the shortest ever?
19. When was the first running?
20. Where did it act as a link symbol?

Q: One day, my dog woke up early and wouldn't go back to sleep. Why did the dog wake up early? I tried really hard to find out. "Are you sick, dog?" I asked. He didn't say anything, so I took his temperature. It said he wasn't sick! "Are you hungry, dog?" He didn't say anything, so I feed him some dog food. He didn't eat it! "Are you thirsty, dog?" He didn't say anything, so I gave him some water. He didn't drink it! "What's wrong, dog?" He wagged and wagged his tail, and then went over to a bag of balloons that I had. He poked them with his nose. "Oh!" I said. I went over to the balloons and took one out of the bag. I blew it up. He wagged his tail harder. "Is it your birthday, dog?" He wagged and wagged. It must be his birthday! I baked him a bright yellow cake and blew up more balloons. I played his favorite music. We had a party. It was so much fun!

1. a dog
2. no
3. yes
4. no
5. took his temperature

Numbered questions:
1. Who awoke too early?
2. Did he return to sleep?
3. Did you try to figure out why?
4. Was your dog ill?
5. How do you know he wasn't ill?

Q: Charlie Bell became chief executive of McDonald's in April. Within a month doctors told him that he had color1ectal cancer. After stock market hours on November 22nd, the fast-food firm said he had resigned; it would need a third boss in under a year. Yet when the market opened, its share price barely dipped then edged higher. After all, McDonald's had, again, shown how to act swiftly and decisively in appointing a new boss. 

Mr. Bell himself got the top job when Jim Cantalupo died of a heart attack hours before he was due to address a convention of McDonald's franchisees . Mr. Cantalupo was a McDonald's veteran brought out of retirement in January 2003 to help remodel the firm after sales began falling because of dirty restaurants, indifferent service and growing concern about junk food. He devised a recovery plan, backed by massive marketing, and promoted Mr. Bell to chief operating officer. When Mr. Cantalupo died, a rapidly convened board confirmed Mr. Bell, a 44-year-old Australian already widely seen as his heir apparent, in the top job. The convention got its promised chief executive's address, from the firm's first non-American leader. 

Yet within weeks executives had to think about what to do if Mr. Bell became too ill to continue. Perhaps Mr. Bell had the same thing on his mind: he usually introduced Jim Skinner, the 60-year-old vice-chairman, to visitors as the "steady hand at the wheel". Now Mr. Skinner, an expert on the firm's overseas operations, becomes chief executive, and Mike Roberts, head of its American operations, joins the board as chief operating officer. 

Is Mr. Roberts now the new heir apparent? Maybe. McDonald's has brought in supposedly healthier choices such as salads and toasted sandwiches worldwide and, instead of relying for most of its growth on opening new restaurants, has turned to upgrading its 31,000 existing ones. America has done best at this; under Mr. Roberts, like-for-like sales there were up by 7. 5% in October on a year earlier. 

The new team's task is to keep the revitalization plan on course, especially overseas, where some American brands are said to face political hostility from consumers. This is a big challenge. Is an in-house succession(, ) the best way to tackle it? Mr. Skinner and Mr. Roberts are both company veterans, having joined in the 1970s. Some recent academic studies find that the planned succession of a new boss from within, such as Mr. Bell and now (arguably) Mr. Roberts, produces better results than looking hastily, or outside, for one. McDonald's smooth handling of its serial misfortunes at the top certainly seems to prove the point. Even so, everyone at McDonald's must be hoping that it will be a long time before the firm faces yet another such emergency.

1. McDonald's
2. .Jim Cantalupo and Charlie Bell
3. unknown
4. Jim Cantalupo
5. Charlie Bell
6. Mr. Skinner and Mr. Roberts
7. unknown
8. 44
9. Mike Roberts
10. yes

Numbered questions:

1. What fast food chain is the article in reference to?
2. Who are veterans of the company?
3. Who was the first non american CEO?
4. Who died while being CEO?
5. and his successor was?
6. Who joined the team in the 70's?
7. Who resigned from the company in November?
8. How old was he when he became CEO
9. Who is assumed to be the new lead of the corporation?
10. Has the company been doing well under his guidance?