Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
John "Mad Jack" Mytton (1796--1834) was a carefree English aristocrat who was born into immense wealth. However, he died a poor man after a life that was once described as " _ ". So, what went wrong? 

As a young boy, Jack went to Westminster School, but after only one year he was expelled for fighting with a teacher. He was then sent to Harrow School but only lasted three days before he was also thrown out. He was eventually educated by private tutors. 

After school, Jack went to Cambridge University. He arrived with 2,000 bottles of port, but left without graduating - he found university life boring. Later, he joined the army, enlisting with the 7th Hussars. As a young officer, he spent a year with the regiment in France as part of the occupation force after Napoleon's defeat in 1815. Jack passed the time gambling and drinking before resigning his commission. At the age of 21, he returned to his country house just in time to receive his inheritance. 

With an annual income of over PS800,000 in today's money, Jack was extremely rich... but it didn't take him long to spend it all. In 1819, he became an MP. In order to secure his seat, he offered voters PS10 notes to vote for him, spending more than PS10,000 in total. However, he found politics dull and went to parliament only once. Back at home, he would often drop bank notes in the gardens of his estate, and gave his servants vast amounts of spending money. Once he lost his racetrack winnings (several thousand pounds) when the wind blew all the money away. 

One of Jack's favorite pastimes was hunting. He would go in any kind of weather, occasionally with no clothes on. Sometimes, he would get up in the middle of the night, take off with a gun to look for something to shoot. 

Jack also kept a large number of pets. These included about 2,000 dogs. Some were fed on steak and Champagne and even wore livery. A favorite horse had free range inside Halston Hall and would often lie with Jack in front of the fire. 

Jack was a bit of a practical joker, too. He once left a horse in the bedroom of a guest. Another visitor fell asleep and woke up to find a live bear and two bulldogs in his bed. In 1826, as a result of a bet, Jack rode his horse into the Bedford Hotel, up the grand staircase and onto the balcony. Then, still sitting on the horse, he jumped off the balcony, landing among the diners in the restaurant below. 

Another time, he invited a local doctor to dine at Halston Hall. As soon as the doctor had left, Jack put on a highwayman's costume and raced ahead to rob the unsuspecting man. On another occasion, a passenger in Jack's carriage admitted that he'd never been in an accident, so Jack drove the carriage up a hill and turned it over. He would also slip red-hot coals into people's pockets as a joke. 

Eventually, Jack ran out of money and fell into debt. In 1830, he fled to France to avoid his creditors , but returned a couple of years later, ending up in prison in Southwark, London. Jack died there in 1834, a poor, lonely man. [(<<>> 20119 "Hell Raiser")]
1. Where did Jack go when he finished school?
2. how many bottles of port did he go up with?
3. did he graduate?
4. what was his Surname?
5. and his nickname?
6. how much income did he get a year?
7. was he poor?
8. which reigment of the army did he enlist in?
9. the 8th hussars?
10. where did he serve?
11. what year?
12. what did he do while there?
13. how old was he on his return?
14. how much did he spend to get elected?
15. how much time did he spend in parliament?
16. what was one of his favorite hobbies?
17. did he hunt with clothes on always?

Numbered answers:
1. Cambridge University.
2. 2,000
3. no
4. Mytton
5. "Mad Jack"
6. over PS800,000
7. no
8. army
9. 7th Hussars.
10. in France
11. 1815
12. gambling and drinking
13. 21
14. PS10,000
15. only went once
16. hunting
17. np


Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
Cornwall is a ceremonial county in the United Kingdom. It is also a unitary authority area of England, administered by Cornwall Council. The county is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar which forms most of the border between them. Cornwall has a population of and covers an area of . The ceremonial county of Cornwall also includes the Isles of Scilly, which are administered separately. The administrative centre of Cornwall, and only city in the county, is Truro. 

Cornwall forms the westernmost part of the South West Peninsula of the island of Great Britain. The furthest south-western point of the island is Land's End; the southernmost point is Lizard Point. Cornwall is the homeland of the Cornish people and the cultural and ethnic origin of the Cornish diaspora. It retains a distinct cultural identity that reflects its unique history, and is recognised as one of the Celtic nations. It was formerly a Brythonic kingdom and subsequently a royal duchy. The Cornish nationalist movement contests the present constitutional status of Cornwall and seeks greater autonomy within the United Kingdom in the form of a devolved legislative Cornish Assembly and powers similar to those in Wales and Scotland. Cornwall has been a unitary authority since the 2009 structural changes to local government in England. In 2014, Cornish people were granted minority status under the European Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, giving Cornish people recognition as a distinct ethnic group.
1. what is the article about?
2. is this a nation?
3. what is it then?
4. where?
5. what is the furthest point in the south-west?
6. and what about the southern point?
7. what is the only city in the county called?
8. is this the administrative centre as well?
9. does it have a unique culture?
10. what does it reflect?
11. which sea borders it?
12. where?
13. where is the English channel?
14. does it have any counties next to it?
15. which one?
16. in which direction?
17. any rivers?
18. what forms most of the border between cornwall and devon?
19. what are the people there called?
20. was it ever a kingdom?


Numbered answers:
1. Cornwall
2. no
3. ceremonial county
4. United Kingdom
5. Land's End
6. Lizard Point
7. Truro
8. yes
9. yes
10. unique history
11. Celtic Sea
12. north and west
13. south
14. yes
15. Devon
16. east
17. no
18. River Tamar
19. Cornish
20. yes