question: CHAPTER VI. 

THE WATER-SOLDIER. 

'Presumptuous maid, with looks intent, Again she stretched, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between.'--GRAY. 

It all seemed like a dream to Ursula, perhaps likewise to her mother, when they rose to the routine of daily life with the ordinary interests of the day before them. There was a latent unwillingness in Mrs. Egremont's mind to discuss the subject with either aunt or daughter; and when the post brought no letter, Ursula, after a moment's sense of flatness, was relieved, and returned to her eager desire to hurry after the water-soldier. It was feasible that very afternoon. Mary Nugent came in with the intelligence. 

'And can Gerard come? or we shall only look at it.' 

'Yes, Gerard can come, and so will Mr. Dutton,' said Mary, who, standing about half-way between Mrs. Egremont and her daughter, did not think herself quite a sufficient chaperon. 

'He will look on like a hen at her ducklings,' said Nuttie. 'It is cruel to take him, poor man!' 

'Meantime, Nuttie, do you like an hour of "Marie Stuart?"' 

'Oh, thank you!' But she whispered, 'Aunt Ursel, may I tell her?' 

'Ask your mother, my dear.' 

Leave was given, half reluctantly, and with a prohibition against mentioning the subject to any one else, but both mother and aunt had confidence in Mary Nugent's wisdom and discretion, so the two friends sat on the wall together, and Ursula poured out her heart. Poor little girl! she was greatly discomfited at the vanishing of her noble vision of the heroic self-devoted father, and ready on the other hand to believe him a villain, like Bertram Risingham, or 'the Pirate,' being possessed by this idea on account of his West Indian voyages. At any rate, she was determined not to be accepted or acknowledged without her mother, and was already rehearsing magnanimous letters of refusal. 
1. did someone come in?
2. who?
3. with?
4. was she wise?
5. how do you know?
6. did she speak?
7. what did she say?
8. where was she when she spoke?
9. what roman numeral is shown?
10. did someone have a difficulty with their mind?
11. who?
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answer: 1. Yes
2. Mary Nugent
3. with the intelligence.
4. yes
5. both mother and aunt had confidence in Mary Nugent's wisdom
6. Yes
7. 'Yes, Gerard can come, and so will Mr. Dutton,'
8. standing about half-way between Mrs. Egremont and her daughter
9. VI
10. Yes
11. Mrs. Egremont


question: Do you want to make friends with a special man? Here is some information about him. He is quiet and shy. He likes to hide his eyes behind his hair. He doesn't smile very often. However, if you talk to him about music, he'll have a lot to say. This is Jay Chou, the 34-year-old Taiwanese pop king . His fans are so excited because he will have a singing party next month. Many pop stars will come, too. Chou grew up just with his mother. He did not talk much and did badly in many school subjects. His mother noticed the boy's special interest in music and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing. Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak clearly when he sings or talks. But the singer has a lot of fans. "He is really good at music. It makes him attractive to me, " said Liu Jiajun, a Junior 2 student in No. 101 Middle School in Beijing. "He is true to himself. _ , "said Zhang Yujie, a Junior 1 girl at No.23 Middle School in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.
1. some information about who ?
2. how old is he ?
3. what natianality ?
4. what kind of kind is he ?
5. who is excited ?
6. why ?
7. when ?
8. did he grow up with his dad ?
9. who noticed his music intrest ?
10. when did he learn piano ?
11. did he like it ?
12. who thinks that he is good in music
13. what is she ?
14. what school ?
15. where ?
16. who is a jr #1 student ?
17. what school ?
18. where ?
19. what providence ?
20. is Chou cute ?
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answer: 1. Jay Chou
2. 34
3. Taiwanese
4. pop
5. His fans
6. he will have a singing party
7. next month
8. no
9. His mother
10. three years old
11. yes
12. Liu Jiajun,
13. student
14. No. 101 Middle School
15. Beijing
16. Zhang Yujie
17. No.23 Middle School
18. Nanjing
19. Jiangsu
20. no


question: Walter owns three Italian restaurants which are running very well in Rhode Island in America. Every day his restaurants welcome crowds of customers all over the world. He studied to be a cook, but he sees now that his success is the result of a lifetime education. When he opened his first restaurant, all of a sudden his schooling knowledge , the history of his family and his ethics of his father _ . It made him a person who studied and explored the secrets in the food business. Walter's learning never stops. He says " The food business is one where you need to stay on top. Cooks should be trained. You have to keep on studying or you will be left behind." So he spent more time in reading. Every time he gets new ideas from the book, he brings them into his work. Walter also has a clear understanding about success. That is he would like to be remembered as a person who is creative, who believes in the Italian cooking culture in America. Food is like a bridge connecting to the past, to the family and to the country. He says "Success to me is not how much money I make, but if at the end of the day I am able to make fifteen or twenty customers happy, I'm a happy man."
1. what kind of restaurants does walter own?
2. how many customers does he want to make happy?
3. where does he get new ideas?
4. what did he study for?\
5. where are his restaurants located?
6. are they running well?
7. when does learning stop?
8. who should be trained?
9. who wants to be remembered as a creative?
10. what does he believe in?
11. what does food connect to?
12. what else?
13. what happens if you don't study?
14. what did he study and explore?
15. where do you need to stay in that business?
16. where does he bring his new ideas?
17. what does he welcome crowds of everyday?
18. where?
19. what does he have a clear understanding about?
20. how many restaurants does he have?
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answer:
1. Italian
2. 15 or 20
3. from the book
4. to be a cook
5. Rhode Island in America.
6. Yes
7. Never
8. Cooks
9. Walter
10. the Italian cooking culture in America
11. the past
12. The family
13. You will be left behind
14. The secrets in the food business
15. on top
16. Into his work.
17. customers
18. All over the world.
19. success.
20. Three