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

A fortnight afterwards Trent rode into Attra, pale, gaunt, and hollow-eyed. The whole history of those days would never be known by another man! Upon Trent they had left their mark for ever. Every hour of his time in this country he reckoned of great value--yet he had devoted fourteen days to saving the life of John Francis. Such days too--and such nights! They had carried him sometimes in a dead stupor, sometimes a raving madman, along a wild bush-track across rivers and swamps into the town of Garba, where years ago a Congo trader, who had made a fortune, had built a little white-washed hospital! He was safe now, but surely never a man before had walked so near the "Valley of the Shadow of Death." A single moment's vigilance relaxed, a blanket displaced, a dose of brandy forgotten, and Trent might have walked this life a multi-millionaire, a peer, a little god amongst his fellows, freed for ever from all anxiety. But Francis was tended as never a man was tended before. Trent himself had done his share of the carrying, ever keeping his eyes fixed upon the death-lit face of their burden, every ready to fight off the progress of the fever and ague, as the twitching lips or shivering limbs gave warning of a change. For fourteen days he had not slept; until they had reached Garba his clothes had never been changed since they had started upon their perilous journey. As he rode into Attra he reeled a little in his saddle, and he walked into the office of the Agent more like a ghost than a man. 
1. Where Trent went?
2. Was he in good shape?
3. Would other people know about all these?
4. Who did he try to save?
5. For how long?
6. Did he think highly of his time there?
7. Which town Francis was carried into?
8. Who made fortune in Garba?
9. How long ago?
10. Did he build something useful there?
11. Was Francis very close to dying?
12. Is he safe now?
13. Could Trent have a better life that this?
14. Was Francis too important for him to forgo that?
15. Did Trent carry him too?
16. Was he ever watchful?
17. How long he didn't sleep well?
18. Could he change his clothes in the journey?
19. Was he riding horse on the way to Attra?
20. Who did he meet there?

Numbered answers:
1. into Attra
2. no
3. no
4. John Francis
5. A fortnight
6. yes
7. Attra
8. a Congo trader
9. years ago
10. yes
11. yes
12. yes
13. yes
14. yes
15. yes
16. yes
17. For fourteen days
18. no
19. yes
20. the Agent


Question:
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On the Origin of Species, published on 24 November 1859, is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. It presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution. Darwin included evidence that he had gathered on the Beagle expedition in the 1830s and his subsequent findings from research, correspondence, and experimentation. 

Various evolutionary ideas had already been proposed to explain new findings in biology. There was growing support for such ideas among dissident anatomists and the general public, but during the first half of the 19th century the English scientific establishment was closely tied to the Church of England, while science was part of natural theology. Ideas about the transmutation of species were controversial as they conflicted with the beliefs that species were unchanging parts of a designed hierarchy and that humans were unique, unrelated to other animals. The political and theological implications were intensely debated, but transmutation was not accepted by the scientific mainstream.
1. Was there thinking about evolution before Darwin?
2. Why were these ideas controversial?
3. Who was supportive of these ideas?
4. anyone else?
5. Who did not support it?
6. How did the scientific mainstream think about the idea?
7. What was the name of Darwin's book?
8. When was it in print?
9. what month
10. Is it considered literature?
11. What kind?
12. What do people this this is the foundation for?
13. What did the book talk about?
14. About what?
15. Does all life come from one place?
16. What kind of pattern does evolution have?
17. Do populations change overnight?
18. how long does it take?
19. Where did he get his evidence?
20. When?

Numbered answers:
1. yes
2. people thought humans were unique
3. dissident anatomists
4. the general public
5. the Church of England
6. they did not accept it
7. On the Origin of Species
8. 1859
9. November
10. yes
11. scientific literature
12. evolutionary biology
13. a scientific theory
14. evolution
15. yes
16. a branching one
17. no
18. generations
19. his beagle expedition
20. the 1830s


Question:
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Mark and his brother Jason both were looking at the shining new computer enviously. Jason was determined not to go against their father's wishes but Mark was more adventurous than his brother. He loved experimenting and his aim was to become a scientist like his father. 

"Dad will be really mad if he finds out you've been playing with his new computer." Jason said, "He told us not to touch it." 

"He won't find out." Mark said, "I'll just have a quick look and shut it down." 

Mark had been scolded before for touching his father's equipment. But his curiosity was difficult to control and this new computer really puzzled him. 

It was a strange-looking machine -one his dad had brought home from the laboratory where he worked. "It's an experimental model," his father had explained, "so don't touch it under any circumstances." But his warning only served to make Mark more curious. Without any further thought, Mark turned on the power switch. The computer burst into life and seconds later, the screen turned into color1s, shifting and changing and then two big white words appeared in the center of the screen: "SPACE TRANSPORTER." 

"Yes!" Mark cried excitedly, "It's a computer game. I knew it! Dad's only been pretending to work. He's really been playing games instead." A new message appeared on the screen: 

ENTER NAMES 

VOYAGER 1: ... VOYAGER 2: ... 

Mark's fingers flew across the keyboard as he typed in both of their names. 

INPUT ACCEPTED. START TRANSPORT PROGRAM. AUTO-RETRIEVE INITIATED 

The screen turned even brighter and a noise suddenly rose in volume. 

"I think we'd better shut it off, Mark," Jason yelled, reaching for the power switch. He was really frightened. 

But his hand never reached the switch. A single beam of dazzling white light burst out of the computer screen, wrapping the boys in its glow , until they themselves seemed to be glowing. Then it died down just as suddenly as it had burst into life. And the boys were no longer there. On the screen, the letters changed. 

TRANSPORT SUCCESSFUL. DESTINATION: MARS. RETRIEVE DATE: 2025.
1. Who was going to be upset about something?
2. About what?
3. Did Jason encourage Mark to play with it?
4. What did he tell his brother?
5. Had Mark ever disobeyed before?
6. So why was he doing so again?
7. Did Dad buy the Computer at Best Buy?
8. Where did he get it?
9. What was on the screen when he turned it on?
10. Did the computer ask for any information?
11. What did it request?
12. Did Jason think it was a game?
13. Who did?
14. Did anything happen when the names were entered?
15. Did the room grow dark and quiet?
16. Was it loud?
17. Did this scare anyone?
18. Who?
19. What did he want to do?
20. WAs he able to do that?


Numbered answers:
1. Dad
2. About the children playing with the computer
3. No
4. His dad told them not to touch it
5. Yes
6. His curiosity was difficult to control
7. No
8. From the laboratory where he worked
9. The words "SPACE TRANSPORTER."
10. Yes
11. Enter Names
12. No
13. Mark
14. A message of "INPUT ACCEPTED. START TRANSPORT PROGRAM. AUTO-RETRIEVE INITIATED" came on screen
15. No
16. Yes
17. Yes
18. Jason
19. To shut it off
20. No