Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
CHAPTER ELEVEN 

EXPERIMENTS 

"The first of June! The Kings are off to the seashore tomorrow, and I'm free. Three months' vacation--how I shall enjoy it!" exclaimed Meg, coming home one warm day to find Jo laid upon the sofa in an unusual state of exhaustion, while Beth took off her dusty boots, and Amy made lemonade for the refreshment of the whole party. 

"Aunt March went today, for which, oh, be joyful!" said Jo. "I was mortally afraid she'd ask me to go with her. If she had, I should have felt as if I ought to do it, but Plumfield is about as gay as a churchyard, you know, and I'd rather be excused. We had a flurry getting the old lady off, and I had a fright every time she spoke to me, for I was in such a hurry to be through that I was uncommonly helpful and sweet, and feared she'd find it impossible to part from me. I quaked till she was fairly in the carriage, and had a final fright, for as it drove of, she popped out her head, saying, 'Josyphine, won't you--?' I didn't hear any more, for I basely turned and fled. I did actually run, and whisked round the corner where I felt safe." 

"Poor old Jo! She came in looking as if bears were after her," said Beth, as she cuddled her sister's feet with a motherly air. 

"Aunt March is a regular samphire, is she not?" observed Amy, tasting her mixture critically. 
1. When will the Kings depart?
2. what date?
3. Is Meg happy about it?
4. Who was home when she arrived?
5. Did Jo greet her at the door?
6. what was she doing?
7. Was Beth making lemonade?
8. who did?
9. What was Beth doing?
10. were they clean?
11. Why was Amy making lemonade?
12. What was Jo afraid of?
13. to where?
14. why didn't she want to go?
15. What did Beth say Jo looked like?
16. Are Jo and beth cousins?
17. are they related?
18. how?
19. what did she do to Jo's feet?
20. with what?

Numbered answers:
1. tomorrow
2. "The first of June
3. yes
4. Jo, Beth and Amy
5. no
6. laying upon the sofa
7. no
8. Amy
9. taking her boots off
10. no
11. for the refreshment of the whole party
12. that Aunt March would ask her to go with her
13. Plumfield
14. because she says it's as gay as a churchyard
15. as if bears were after her,
16. no
17. yes
18. they're sisters
19. cuddled them
20. a motherly air


Question:
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(CNN) -- Garth Brooks is still holding out hope he can do shows in Ireland despite the Dublin city council saying no to two of them. 

Brooks told the Irish promoter after the city's approval of just three shows he would wait "to the last second" before sending his crew and gear back the the United States. 

"I cannot begin to tell you how badly my heart is breaking right now," the singer wrote in a note to Aiken Promotions on Tuesday. Brooks' rep on Wednesday provided CNN a copy of the note. 

The Dublin shows had been planned for Croke Park Stadium, a football arena that can hold more than 90,000 fans, on five consecutive nights during the last week of July. The council approved Friday, Saturday and Sunday shows, but rejected licenses for Monday and Tuesday night concerts. 

The promoter, saying Brooks insisted on five shows or none at all, announced Tuesday that all concerts of "The Garth Brooks Comeback Special Event" were canceled and the 400,000 tickets sold would be refunded. 

A measure of the demand to see Brooks perform live is impressive, considering the 400,000 tickets sold represent nearly one of every 10 people in the Republic of Ireland's 4.5 million population. 

"I hope you understand that to play for 400,000 people would be a dream, but to tell 160,000 of those people that they are not welcome would be a nightmare," Brooks wrote. "To do what the city manager suggests (play three shows and not all five) means I agree that is how people should be treated and I just can't agree with that." 
1. who will wait for the last moment ?
2. and the first mane ?
3. why is he holding out hope ?
4. despite what council ?
5. how many did they turn down ?
6. how many tickets were sold ?
7. was it all given back ?
8. where did the send the crew back to ?
9. what else went back ?
10. who did he write a note to ?
11. on what day ?
12. when did cnn get it ?
13. how many shows were spproved ?
14. what days ?
15. what days were no approved ?
16. day or night ?
17. how many could the arena hold ?
18. on hoe many night straight ?
19. when ?
20. of what month ?

Numbered answers:
1. Brooks
2. Garth
3. he can do shows in Ireland
4. Dublin city
5. two
6. 400,000
7. yes
8. United States
9. gear
10. Aiken Promotions
11. Tuesday
12. Wednesday
13. Three
14. Friday, Saturday and Sunday
15. Monday and Tuesday
16. night
17. 90,000
18. five consecutive
19. during the last week
20. July


Question:
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Johnson went to Penquay for the weekend. He arrived there late on Friday evening. The landlady of the guest house, Mrs. Smith, answered the door and showed him to his room. Johnson was very tired and went straight to bed. He slept well and didn't wake up until nine o'clock the next morning. 

Johnson went downstairs for breakfast. Because there were no other guests, Mrs. Smith invited him to have breakfast with her family. Her only daughter, Catherine, about 13, was already sitting in the dining-room. Mrs. Smith went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Johnson noticed there were four places at the table and asked Catherine if there was another guest. Catherine told him that it was an empty place. And it used to be her father's place. Her father had been a fisherman. Three years before he had gone out in his boat, and had never returned. Her mother always kept that place for him and made his breakfast every morning. Catherine showed him his photo on the wall. Johnson said nothing, but looked very puzzled . At that moment Mrs. Smith returned. She served four cups of tea, and put one in the empty place. Looking at the empty chair, Johnson was more puzzled. 

Suddenly, Johnson heard footsteps outside the door and a tall man with a black beard walked into the room. Johnson looked scared. It was the man in the photo. He jumped up and ran out of the room. The man asked, "What's the matter?" Catherine said, "I don't know. He's a guest from London. He's here because a tall man with a black beard tried to kill him." "Catherine," the man said, "have you been telling stories again?" "Stories, father? Me?" the girl laughed.
1. where was the guest house?
2. who was in charge there?
3. who was visiting?
4. when did he get there?
5. for how long?
6. What did he do when he arrived?
7. why?
8. did he have trouble sleeping?
9. how many other guests were staying?
10. who did he have breakfast with?
11. who was the empty plate for?
12. where is he?
13. how did Johnson react when he came in?
14. why was he scared?
15. what was scary about him?
16. who said that?
17. why?
18. was she joking?


Numbered answers:
1. Penquay
2. Mrs. Smith
3. Johnson
4. Friday evening
5. the weekend
6. went straight to bed
7. he was very tired
8. no
9. none
10. Catherine
11. her father
12. outside
13. He jumped up and ran out of the room
14. It was the man in the photo.
15. Three years before he had gone out in his boat, and had never returned.
16. Catherine
17. Johnson noticed there were four places at the table
18. Yes