input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER XXVII 

THE ADVENTURESS 

Before the wheat had suffered serious damage, a few thunder showers broke upon the plain, and Harding and his neighbors took courage. The crop was not out of danger; indeed, a week's dry weather would undo the good the scanty rain had done; but ruin, which had seemed imminent, was, at least, delayed. Then Harding got news from his agent that necessitated his return to Winnipeg, and Mrs. Mowbray and Beatrice, who wished to visit the millinery stores, arranged to accompany him. 

It was hot and dry when they reached the city, but Harding was of sanguine temperament and, being relieved from fear of immediate disaster, proceeded with his plans for the consolidation of Allenwood. He could not carry them far, because even if he secured an abundant harvest, which was at present doubtful, he would have some difficulty in raising capital enough to outbid his rival. Acting cautiously with Jackson's help, however, he found two men who had lent Davies money and were now frankly alarmed by the general fall in values. One, indeed, was willing to transfer his interest to Harding on certain terms which the latter could not accept. 

He was thinking over these matters one morning when, to his surprise, he saw Brand crossing the street toward him. They had not met since the evening of their encounter with Davies at the Grange, and Harding was sensible of some constraint. Brand was a reserved man whom he had neither understood nor liked, but he had thought him honorable until he learned the price he had demanded for helping Mowbray.  1. Who was across the road?
2. Was he going away?
3. Then which way?
4. What time of day was it?
5. When did they last meet?
6. Was he out-going?
7. When did he become dishonorable?
8. When they arrived town how was the weather?
9. Who came to assistance?
10. Did anybody lend money?
11. Who?
12. Had the value risen?
13. Would anyone trade their share?
14. Was the trade accepted?
15. What sustained considerable ruin?
16. Why?
17. Where?
18. Who gave Harding info?
19. Where was he forced to go?
20. Who went with him?
numbered_answers: 1. Brand
2. No
3. toward him
4. morning
5. the evening of their encounter with Davies
6. No
7. he learned the price for helping Mowbray.
8. hot and dry
9. Jackson
10. Yes
11. two men
12. No
13. Yes
14. No
15. wheat
16. thunder showers
17. the plain
18. his agent
19. return to Winnipeg
20. Mrs. Mowbray and Beatrice

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. (CNN) -- English Premier League side Liverpool were beaten by two penalties in Lisbon as Benfica came from behind to grasp the advantage in their Europa League quarterfinal. 

The Portuguese club suffered a nightmare start when Daniel Agger put the visitors in front after just nine minutes with a neat back heel from Steven Gerrard's free kick. 

But just after the half hour mark Liverpool were reduced to ten men when Ryan Babel clashed with defender Luisao after he had fouled Spanish striker Fernando Torres. 

Babel appeared to put his hands in Luisao's face and the referee produced a red card. 

It took Benfica less than 30 minutes to press home their advantage when Liverpool defender Emiliano Insua brought down Pablo Aimar inside the box and conceded a penalty. 

Oscar Cardozo converted the spot kick and was given the chance to put his side into the lead when the referee adjudged Jamie Carragher had handled in the area on 79 minutes. Again Cardozo made no mistake from the spot. 

The return leg is at Anfield next Thursday. 

Fulham vanquished seasoned European opponents again as they defeated German champions Wolfsburg 2-1 at Craven Cottage. 

Striker Bobby Zamora gave the English side the lead on 59 minutes with a precise curling shot from the edge of the area. 

Irish winger Damien Duff made it 2-0 just four minutes later as he converted Zamora's pass. 

But in the final minute Wolfsburg scored a vital away goal as Alexander Madlung emphatically headed home Zvjezdan Misimovic's cross.  1. English Premier League side Liverpool were beaten by what?
2. where?
3. who came from behind to grasp the advantage
4. what League ?
5. who suffered a nightmare
6. why?
7. how did Daniel Agger put the visitors in front
8. Liverpool were reduced to what?
9. who clashed with a defender
10. what was the name of the defender
11. why did Ryan Babel clashed with defender Luisao
12. who put his hands in Luisao's face
13. ho did the referee react
14. It took Benfica less than 30 minutes to do what?
15. The return leg is at Anfield when?
16. Fulham vanquished who?
17. who did they defeated
18. what did Striker Bobby Zamora do?
19. how did he give the lead
20. what did Irish winger Damien Duff do
numbered_answers: 1. two penalties
2. Lisbon
3. Benfica
4. Europa League
5. The Portuguese
6. Daniel Agger put the visitors in front after nine minutes
7. with a neat back heel from Steven Gerrard's free kick
8. Ten men
9. Ryan Babel
10. Luisao
11. he fouled Fernando Torres.
12. Babel
13. He produced a red card.
14. press home their advantage
15. Next Thursday.
16. Seasoned European opponents.
17. German champions Wolfsburg.
18. He gave the English side the lead
19. curling shot
20. Made it 2-0

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. ECMAScript (or ES) is a trademarked scripting-language specification standardized by Ecma International in ECMA-262 and ISO/IEC 16262. It was created to standardize JavaScript, so as to foster multiple independent implementations. ECMAScript has remained the best-known implementation of JavaScript since the standard was first published, with other well-known implementations including JScript and ActionScript. Coders commonly use ECMAScript for client-side scripting on the World Wide Web, and it is increasingly being used for writing server applications and services using Node.js. 

The ECMAScript specification is a standardized specification of a scripting language developed by Brendan Eich of Netscape; initially it was named Mocha, later LiveScript, and finally JavaScript. In December 1995, Sun Microsystems and Netscape announced JavaScript in a press release. In March 1996, Netscape Navigator 2.0 was released, featuring support for JavaScript. 

Owing to the widespread success of JavaScript as a client-side scripting language for Web pages, Microsoft developed a compatible dialect of the language, naming it JScript to avoid trademark issues. JScript added new date methods to alleviate the Year 2000 problem caused by the JavaScript methods that were based on the Java "Date" class. JScript was included in Internet Explorer 3.0, released in August 1996. 

Netscape delivered JavaScript to Ecma International for standardization and the work on the specification, ECMA-262, began in November 1996. The first edition of ECMA-262 was adopted by the Ecma General Assembly in June 1997. Several editions of the language standard have been published since then. The name "ECMAScript" was a compromise between the organizations involved in standardizing the language, especially Netscape and Microsoft, whose disputes dominated the early standards sessions. Eich commented that "ECMAScript was always an unwanted trade name that sounds like a skin disease." 1. What is ECMAScript?
2. Who created it?
3. From which company?
4. What was it originally called?
5. When did it become known as Javascript?
6. What browser supported it?
7. What else?
8. What issue did Javascript have?
9. Who tried to fix the problem?
10. What was the name of their effort?
11. Why did they call it that?
12. Why was ECMAScript created?
numbered_answers:
1. a trademarked scripting-language specification
2. Brendan Eich
3. Netscape
4. Mocha,
5. In December 1995
6. Internet Explorer
7. Netscape Navigator 2.0
8. trademark
9. Microsoft
10. JScript
11. t to avoid trademark issues
12. to standardize JavaScript