question: There once was a spider name Thomas. Thomas lived in North Carolina. Thomas was traveling to see his grandmother. His grandmother did not live in North Carolina. She lived in Georgia. Georgia was far from Thomas's house, so he had to take a train. He bought a ticket for the train ride. The ticket was five dollars. Before he got on the train, Thomas the spider packed his bag. He packed his blanket, two shirts, and two pairs of pants. He did not pack any books or toys. His grandmother had toys for him to play with. She also had books for him to read. Thomas likes to read and play with toys. Thomas used the phone to call his grandmother to tell her he was coming to visit. She was very excited. Thomas took his bag and went to the train. At the train Thomas looked at the snacks. He wanted vanilla pudding. They did not have vanilla or chocolate, so Thomas got strawberry. He took his bag and strawberry pudding and got on the train.
1. what was Thomas
2. Where did he live?
3. who was he visiting?
4. Did she live in the same state?
5. Where did she live?
6. Could he walk there?
7. How did he get there?
8. how much did it cost?
9. how many items did he pack?
10. did he pack toys?
11. why not?
12. what else did she have?
13. Did he like reading?
14. How did he contact his grandma?
15. How did she feel?
16. What snacks were available?
17. was that hius first choice?
18. what flavour did he want?
19. Did he buy the snack on the train?
20. Did he have a suitcase?
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answer: 1. a spider
2. North Carolina
3. His grandma
4. no
5. Georgia
6. no
7. ,by train
8. Five
9. Five
10. no
11. She had some already he could play with
12. books
13. Yes
14. by phone
15. very excited
16. strawberry pudding
17. no
18. vanilla
19. no
20. no


question: WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The director of Federal Emergency Management Agency on Sunday defended giving away an estimated $85 million in hurricane relief supplies, blaming Louisiana officials for turning down the stockpiles. 

A New Orleans charity keeps goods in trash bags in an empty church. FEMA never told it about the free items. 

"We still have quite a few left if Louisiana needs those," David Paulison said. "But we did find out, we did ask Louisiana, 'Do you want these?' They said, 'No, we don't need them.' So we offered them to the other states." 

A CNN investigation revealed last week that FEMA gave away 121 truckloads of material the agency amassed after 2005's Hurricane Katrina. The material was declared surplus property and offered to federal and state agencies -- including Louisiana, where groups working to resettle hurricane victims say the supplies are still needed. 

Paulison told CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer" his agency distributed more than 90,000 "living kits" to people in Louisiana whose homes were destroyed or damaged by Katrina. The kits included cleaning supplies, mops, brooms, pots and pans. 

After CNN reported on the giveaway, Louisiana officials asked that the supplies be redirected to the state, which originally passed on them. John Medica, director of the Louisiana's Federal Property Assistance Agency, told CNN he was unaware Katrina victims still needed the items because no agency had contacted his office. 

Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, an outspoken critic of FEMA's response to the hurricane, told CNN the supply giveaway was "just a shame." 
1. how many truckloads of materials did FEMA give away?
2. how many living kits were distributed?
3. in total how much was the estimated dollar value of what was given away?
4. who did the director of FEMA blame?
5. when did he defend giving it away?
6. which news agency investigated?
7. what did Sen. Mary Landrieu say about the situation?
8. what year did Hurricane Katrina hit?
9. who said they asked Louisiana if they wanted the supplies?
10. did he talk to wolf blitzer later?
11. on what program?
12. what was included in the kits?
13. who is the director of Lousiana's Federal Property Assistance agency?
14. did he know that victims still needed the items?
15. had anyone contacted him?
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answer: 1. 121
2. more than 90,000
3. $85 million
4. Louisiana officials
5. Sunday
6. CNN
7. supply giveaway was "just a shame."
8. 2005
9. David Paulison
10. yes
11. Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer
12. cleaning supplies, mops, brooms, pots and pans.
13. John Medica
14. no
15. no


question: "People should have one meat-free day a week if they want to make a personal and effective sacrifice that would help deal with climate change," the world's leading authority on global warming has told The Observer. 

Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said that people should then go on to reduce their meat consumption even further. 

Pachauri, who was re-elected the panel's chairman for a second six-year term last week, said diet change was important because of the huge greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental problems associated with raising cattle and other animals. "It was relatively easy to change eating habits compared to changing means of transport," he said. 

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation has estimated that meat production accounts for nearly a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions. These are produced during the production. For example, ruminants , particularly cows, give off a gas called methane, which is 23 times more effective as a global warming agent than CO2. 

Pachauri can expect some opposite responses from the food industry to his advice, though last night he was given unexpected support by Masterchef presenter and restaurateur John Torode. "I have a little bit and enjoy it," said Torode. "Too much for any person is bad. But there's a bigger issue here: where the meat comes from. If we all bought British and stopped buying imported food, we'd save a huge amount of carbon emissions." 

Professor Robert Watson, the chief scientific adviser for the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, said government could help educate people about the benefits of eating less meat, but it should not regulate. "Eating less meat would help, there's no question about that," Watson said. 

However, Chris Lamb, head of marketing for pig industry group BPEX, said the meat industry had been unfairly targeted and was working hard to find out which activities had the biggest environmental impact and reduce them. "Some ideas were contradictory," he said. "For example, one solution to emissions from cattle and other animals was to keep them indoors, but this would damage animal welfare. Climate change is a very young science and our view is there are a lot of simple solutions being proposed."
1. What is the suggestion that Dr Rajendra Pachauri makes about meat consumption?
2. Does he feel this will be difficult to do?
3. How much of the world's greenhouse emissions does the meat industry produce?
4. What type of gas do cows release?
5. Is it contribute to global warming?
6. By how much?
7. What does John Torode feel is a great way reduce carbon emissions?
8. What is his profession?
9. What position does Dr Pachauri have on the Panel on Climate Change?
10. How many terms has he served in that role?
11. How long does the term last?
12. Why does Chris Lamb feel the meat industry has been unfairly targeted?
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answer:
1. it should be reduced
2. no
3. nearly a fifth
4. methane
5. yes
6. 23 times more
7. buy British
8. restaurateur
9. chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel
10. two
11. six years
12. unknown