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

BAXTER DAWES 

SOON after Paul had been to the theatre with Clara, he was drinking in the Punch Bowl with some friends of his when Dawes came in. Clara's husband was growing stout; his eyelids were getting slack over his brown eyes; he was losing his healthy firmness of flesh. He was very evidently on the downward track. Having quarrelled with his sister, he had gone into cheap lodgings. His mistress had left him for a man who would marry her. He had been in prison one night for fighting when he was drunk, and there was a shady betting episode in which he was concerned. 

Paul and he were confirmed enemies, and yet there was between them that peculiar feeling of intimacy, as if they were secretly near to each other, which sometimes exists between two people, although they never speak to one another. Paul often thought of Baxter Dawes, often wanted to get at him and be friends with him. He knew that Dawes often thought about him, and that the man was drawn to him by some bond or other. And yet the two never looked at each other save in hostility. 

Since he was a superior employee at Jordan's, it was the thing for Paul to offer Dawes a drink. 

"What'll you have?" he asked of him. 

"Nowt wi' a bleeder like you!" replied the man. 

Paul turned away with a slight disdainful movement of the shoulders, very irritating. 

"The aristocracy," he continued, "is really a military institution. Take Germany, now. She's got thousands of aristocrats whose only means of existence is the army. They're deadly poor, and life's deadly slow. So they hope for a war. They look for war as a chance of getting on. Till there's a war they are idle good-for-nothings. When there's a war, they are leaders and commanders. There you are, then--they WANT war!" 
1. Who was drinking in the Punch Bowl?
2. Where had he been before?
3. Was he with anyone at the theatre?
4. Did anyone meet him at the Punch Bowl?
5. And who is Dawes?
6. Did he have a wife?
7. Did Paul offer him a drink?
8. Were Paul and Dawes friends?
9. Did they think of each other often?
10. Where was Dawes staying?
11. Did he go to jail?
12. What for?
13. Was he sober during the fight?
14. Where did Paul work?
15. What did he compare to a military institution?
16. What country did he use as an example for his argument?
17. Does he think they wish for war?
18. Why?
19. Are they wealthy?
20. What do they do when there is no war?

Numbered answers:
1. Paul
2. the theatre
3. Clara
4. Dawes
5. Clara's husband
6. no
7. yes
8. no
9. yes
10. cheap lodgings
11. yes
12. fighting
13. no
14. Jordan's
15. The aristocracy
16. Germany
17. yes
18. as a chance of getting on
19. no
20. they are idle good-for-nothings


Question:
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Houston, Texas (CNN) -- Alexander Reyes' boyhood dream of a military career ended when he was hit by an improvised explosive device during a patrol two years ago in Baghdad. 

"Laying in that hospital bed ... sometimes I felt I'd rather [have] died," Reyes said. "My life came to a complete halt." 

Reyes sustained severe blast injuries that led to his medical discharge; he's on 100 percent medical disability. Like many soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, Reyes, now 24, found the transition to civilian life difficult. 

But he and a handful of other injured veterans are getting help from what may seem an unlikely source: a custom home builder in Houston, Texas. 

Dan Wallrath recently presented Reyes and his wife with an unexpected gift: a home built especially for them, mortgage-free. 

"Thank you. That's all I can say," Elizabeth Reyes said, sobbing and clutching her stunned husband's arm as Wallrath surprised them with the house. 

For Wallrath, giving wounded veterans a place to call home is his way of saying thanks. Since 2005, his organization has built four houses. Five more are under construction, and he's expanding his idea into a national campaign called Operation Finally Home. 

Do you know a hero? Nominations are open for 2010 CNN Heroes 

Wallrath spent 30 years making upscale clients' dream houses a reality. But he found a new mission in 2005 when he met with Steve Schulz about a very different type of project. 

Schulz's 20-year old son, a U.S. Marine, had been gravely injured in Iraq. Schulz desperately needed to remodel his house to accommodate his son's wheelchair. 
1. who was injured by an explosive device?
2. who helped him?
3. how?
4. how long has he been doing that?
5. where does he reside?
6. how did Reyes feel after the injury?
7. where was he injured?
8. is he on medical disablity?
9. how did Elizabeth feel about the gift?
10. who is she?
11. does Wallrath have other plans?
12. what is one of them?
13. any others?
14. did he make different types of projects?
15. what was it?
16. for whom?
17. what happened to him?

Numbered answers:
1. Alexander Reyes
2. Dan Wallrath
3. gave him a free home
4. Since 2005
5. Houston
6. he'd rather have died
7. Baghdad
8. yes
9. thankful
10. Alexander's wife
11. yes
12. Operation Finally Home
13. building five more homes
14. yes
15. making a home wheelchair accessible
16. a 20-year old Marine
17. injured in Iraq


Question:
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It's the end of class.When the bell rings, students of Luohu Foreign Languages School in Shenzhen quickly take out their telephones.They want to log on to their micro blogs to check the interesting things.They want to see what have happened in the last hour. Since several years ago, more and more people have used micro blogs in our country.Recent surveys shows that most students in middle schools have a micro blog and some even update their blogs over five times per day. "We learn many fresh and interesting things on micro blogs and they have become popular topics in class," said Kitty Jiang, 14."If you do not know about them, you are _ ." It is also a great place for students to say something about themselves."My parents always ask me to study hard, and encourage me before exams, but it really gives me pressure ," said Alan Wang, 15."I share these feelings on my micro blog.My friends always give me answers in the same situation.This makes me feel better." But parents worry that micro blogging could be a waste of time.Some unhealthy information may even bring danger to kids, they said. Mr Shen, a professor asks parents not to worry too much as long as kids are not crazy about micro blogging.Maybe it can become a window for parents to understand their children."If parents can read their children's micro blogs, they'll know what they think, they can know more about their children and help them solve their problems," he said.He also gives some advice for kids. -Don't micro blog for more than one hour a day. -Never micro blog in class. -Try to talk face to face with people from time to time. -Don't believe all the information on a micro blog.
1. What school do they go to?
2. Do they call their friends when class is over?
3. What do they do?
4. Who is fourteen years old?
5. Who is 15?
6. How do parents feel about these blogs?
7. What is the professor's name?
8. Does he set a time limit for children blogging?
9. how long is it?
10. Where should they not blog?
11. How do they know class is over?


Numbered answers:
1. Luohu Foreign Languages School
2. No
3. log on to their micro blogs
4. Kitty Jiang
5. Alan Wang
6. parents worry that micro blogging could be a waste of time.
7. Mr Shen
8. Yes
9. less than one hour a day.
10. in class
11. When the bell rings