Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

"Ceci, wake up. It's an earthquake!" That's what Cecilia Wallace heard her mother shouting on the early morning of February 27th. 

Cecilia is a 7th-grader. She, her parents and her brother, Sam, were in Chile's capital city, Santiago, the day a big earthquake hit Chile. And like just about everyone else, they were shaken out of their sleep. 

"It was so frightening," Sam wrote. "The shaking was so huge that I will never go on a ride again." Cecilia and Sam wrote about their earthquake experiences. Their reports were later posted on the website. 

Cecilia, Sam and their parents were staying in an apartment on the 15th floor of a building. They were lucky. Their building stayed standing, because it was built to withstand earthquakes. 

Not everyone was as lucky as the Wallace family. More than 800 people died. Many older buildings fell down during the earthquake. 

The damage in Santiago wasn't as bad as in other parts of Chile. So the supermarkets were open for business on the morning of the quake. But it wasn't business as usual. "The supermarkets have been crazy with people rushing to buy their food for the next while," Sam wrote. 

Not everyone was able to get money to buy food that morning. So Cecilia and Sam made food bags to _ to people who were begging outside the supermarket. "We gave some to a kid of my age. I made sure he got cookies and bread." Sam and Cecilia's mother wrote that the kids also collected money for the Red Cross. 

It's certainly an experience Cecilia, Sam and their parents will never forget. Thankfully, they lived to tell their stories.

1. What did Cecilia's mother shout at her?
2. What floor does Cecila's family live on?
3. How many people perished during the event described?
4. What were Sam and Celilia's words used to describe the event?
5. Was everyone able to purchase food that morning?
6. Was the family able to assist?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. "Ceci, wake up. It's an earthquake!"
2. The 15th floor
3. More than 800 people
4. Frightening,
5. No
6. Yes

Question: An American called Simon goes to London to see his friend, Rick. Rick tells him that his flat is on the first floor. When he gets there, Simon goes straight to the first floor of the building. But people there tells him that there is no Rick on that floor. Do you know why? In fact, English people call the first floor of a building the ground floor. The floor above the ground floor is the first floor, but Americans call it the second floor. The story shows that there are a few culture differences between English and America, though they both speak English. English people usually hide their feelings. They seldom start a dialogue with strangers . For example, on the train they often spend their time reading newspapers or books. But Americans are quite different. They're more active and easier to talk with. English people and Americans use different _ for many things. English people usually use football, eraser and mail, but Americans use soccer, rubber and post. 1. Who went to London?
2. Where is he from?
3. Why did he go to London?
4. What is his friend's name?
5. Are their differences betwenn the two cultures?
6. What is one of them? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Simon
2. America
3. to see his friend
4. Rick
5. yes
6. English people call the first floor of a building the ground floor

Q: CHAPTER XIV. FORTEMANI DRINKS WATER 

The thing had begun with the lowering glances that Francesco had observed, and had grown to gibes and insults after he had disappeared. But Lanciotto had preserved an unruffled front, being a man schooled in the Count of Aquila's service to silence and a wondrous patience. This insensibility those hinds translated into cowardice, and emboldened by it--like the mongrels that they were--their offensiveness grew more direct and gradually more threatening. Lanciotto's patience was slowly oozing away, and indeed, it was no longer anything but the fear of provoking his master's anger that restrained him. At length one burly ruffian, who had bidden him remove his head-piece in the company of gentlemen, and whose request had been by Lanciotto as disregarded as the rest, advanced menacingly towards him and caught him by the leg, as Ercole had caught his master. Exasperated at that, Lanciotto had swung his leg free, and caught the rash fellow a vicious kick in the face that had felled him, stunned and bleeding. 

The roar from the man's companions told Lanciotto what to expect. In an instant they were upon him, clamouring for his blood. He sought to draw his master's sword, which together with the Count's other armour was slung across his saddle-bow; but before he could extricate it, he was seized by a dozen hands, and cropped, fighting, from the saddle. On the ground they overpowered him, and a mailed hand was set upon his mouth, crushing back into his throat the cry for help he would have raised. 

1. Count of Aquila'

Numbered questions:
1. Who did Lanciotto work for?

Q: David comes from the train station and he doesn't know where to go. This is the first time he comes to this town. He comes to see his good friend, Peter. Peter is a doctor. He works in a hospital. But David doesn't know where the hospital is. He walks in the street. He passes a bank, a post office, a hotel and at last he goes to a school. Some students are coming out, so he asks one of the students, "Excuse me. Which is the way to People's Hospital?" "Well, I know, you can go along this street, take the second turning on the right, and then take the third turning on your left. It's next to a museum." "I'm sorry I can't follow you." "Well, I just live near there, and my mother works in that hospital, too. I'm going home now. Will you go with me? I'll take you there." "That's great! Thank you very much!" "Then, let's go to the bus stop. And we'll take the No.12 bus there."

1. Peter
2. doctor
3. yes
4. train
5. yes
6. no
7. People's Hospital
8. one of the students
9. the student
10. No.12 bus

Numbered questions:

1. What is David's friend called?
2. What is Peter's profession?
3. Is he employed by a hospital?
4. What form of transportation did David take at the beginning of the story?
5. After getting off the train, did he get lost?
6. Is he a frequent visitor to this city?
7. What is the name of the hospital he is searching for?
8. To whom does he ask for information about the hospital?
9. What does the student tell him the hospital is near?
10. What bus do they take at the conclusion of the story?