Problem: Olympic torch relay planned route Beijing, April 27--The Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay will cover the greatest area and include the largest number of people. The plans were announced on Thursday night. The planned route would last 130 days and travel 137 000 km. First Nobel Prize winner to donate to Hope School Chinanews, Beijing, May 10--Professor Dannel Chee Tsui, in the USA, signed the agreement to donate 350 000yuan to his home town to build a Hope Primary School in China. Bill Gates receives Tsinghua honorary doctorate Beijing,April 20--Bill Gates, chairman of global IT giant Microsoft, received an honorary doctorate when he visited China's famous Tsinghua University on Thursday. Big Shaolin kung fu center to be built in Russia Chinanews, Beijing, April 27--China and Russia have signed a letter of intent ( )on the building of a Shaolin kung fu center in Russia. It will be the first of its kind in Russia,and also the biggest overseas kung fu center when it is completed.
1. What did bill gate recieve
2. Was the plan announced on a weekend?
3. What did China and Russia agreed on to create?
4. How much does the first nobel prize winner donated?
5. For whom did he donate it?
6. Where was the hope school located?
Answer: 1. Tsinghua honorary doctorate.
2. No.
3. A Shaolin kung fu center in Russia
4. 350 000yuan
5. to Hope School
6. China

Problem: (Mental Floss) -- With Mother's Day just around the corner, this week seemed like a great time to give a tip of our caps to stay-at-home moms, including these four who used clever ideas to become business moguls. 

Gerber: Of course only a mother could found such a successful baby food company! In the late 1920s, Michigan mom Dorothy S. Gerber was hand-straining food for her baby daughter, Sally, when she realized there must be some way to avoid the messy task. 

She pointed out to her husband, Daniel, that if his family's business, the Fremont Canning Company, could puree a tomato all day long, its equipment could probably make short work of other fruits and veggies, too. 

Daniel Gerber realized his wife was on to something, and after a year of experimentation -- and an extensive search to find the right drawing for their label's now-iconic "Gerber baby" - the Gerbers introduced their first line of baby foods, a super-yummy menu of strained peas, carrots, prunes, and spinach. 

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Baby Einstein: When Alpharetta, Georgia mom Julie Aigner-Clark went looking for educational materials for her newborn daughter in 1996, she found a disappointing hole in the baby market: there weren't really any educational materials to expose babies to music and the arts. 

Some parents would just accept whatever the market was offering. Not Aigner-Clark. She shot a video for her daughter in her basement then edited it with her husband, Bill, on the family computer. She even doodled a logo for the video at her kitchen table. 
1. When was Gerber founded?
2. who was the founder?
3. How did the idea come to her?
4. Who was her husband?
5. What was his line of work?
6. WHat was his business?
7. How long did it take to find the Gerber baby?
8. Who is Julie Aigner clark?
9. What did she create?
10. Why did she?
Answer: 1. In the late 1920s
2. Dorothy S. Gerber
3. was hand straining food
4. Daniel
5. businessman
6. Fremont Canning Company
7. a year
8. a Georgia mom
9. Baby Einstein
10. she looking for educational materials

Problem: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices (ERED), cosmetics, animal foods & feed and veterinary products. As of 2017, 3/4th of the FDA budget (approximately $700 million) is funded by the pharmaceutical companies due to the Prescription Drug User Fee Act. 

The FDA was empowered by the United States Congress to enforce the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, which serves as the primary focus for the Agency; the FDA also enforces other laws, notably Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act and associated regulations, many of which are not directly related to food or drugs. These include regulating lasers, cellular phones, condoms and control of disease on products ranging from certain household pets to sperm donation for assisted reproduction. 

The FDA is led by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Commissioner reports to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Scott Gottlieb, M.D. is the current commissioner, taking over in May 2017.
1. What does FDA stand for?
2. What is another acronym for the organization?
3. What federal organization is it part of?
4. Is it a legislative department?
5. What is one of its responsiblities?
6. How?
7. What is its budget for 2017?
8. Who funds most of that?
9. Under what government action?
10. What is the title of the FDA's leader?
11. Who appoints the position?
12. Who advises about the appointment?
13. Who does the leader report to?
14. Who is the current head?
15. When did he assume office?
16. What act is the organization given power to enforce?
17. Who grants them this power?
18. Is enforcement of this the organization's main role?
19. What is another noteworthy law they enforce?
Answer: 1. Food and Drug Administration
2. USFDA
3. the United States Department of Health and Human Services
4. no
5. protecting and promoting public health
6. through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices (ERED), cosmetics, animal foods & feed and veterinary products
7. approximately $700 million
8. pharmaceutical companies
9. the Prescription Drug User Fee Act.
10. Commissioner of Food and Drugs
11. the President
12. the Senate.
13. the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
14. Scott Gottlieb, M.D.
15. May 2017.
16. the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
17. the United States Congress
18. yes
19. Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act

Problem: A new Long March Twenty-one people from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland began a new Long March on October 15. They will walk about 8,000 kilometers from Ruijin, Jiangxi to Wuqi, Shanxi. They hope to get 20.2 million Yuan to build 101 schools and help poor children go back to school. They hope to finish the march by August 16, 2012. The football team The Chinese under-17 football team is No. 1 in Asia. They won the Asian U-17 Championship(U-17)in Japan on Saturday. They beat the Democratic People's Republic of Korea by 1:0. After 85 minutes, Wang Weilong got the only goal. They took the cup for the first time in 12 years. Liu leaves China Chinese actor Liu Ye left for the US on Monday to make a film called Meteor(<<>> ). He is going to act with the Hollywood film star Meryl Streep. His former classmate Zhang Ziyi sent Liu a message to encourage him. Liu was worried about his English, and worked hard on it before he left. People know him from films like last year's "Mei Ren Cao".
1. Why are they marching?
2. What for?
3. how many?
4. Who are the schools for?
5. How many people marched?
6. Where did they start?
7. Where are they going?
8. How far is that?
9. When did they start?
10. When do they plan to be done?
11. Where are they from?
12. What rank is the Chinese under-17 team?
13. Where?
14. Who did they play on Saturday?
15. Did they win?
16. What was the score?
17. How long did it take for the first goal to happen?
18. Who is Liu Ye going to work with?
19. Where?
20. What film was he in last year?
Answer:
1. to get 20.2 million Yuan
2. to build schools
3. 101
4. poor children
5. Twenty-one
6. Ruijin, Jiangxi
7. Wuqi, Shanxi.
8. about 8,000 kilometers
9. October 15.
10. by August 16, 2012
11. Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland
12. first
13. Asia
14. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea
15. yes
16. 1:0
17. 85 minutes
18. Meryl Streep.
19. The US
20. Mei Ren Cao