Passage 1: Nodding disease Uganda

Question1: What are the symptoms of the nodding disease?

Answer: Since the seizures are often brought on by food, duffers find it difficult to eat;?they become malnourished and mentally and physically stunted. The disease can also lead to blindness.

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Question2: How much do experts know about the disease despite the fact that they have no idea how to cure it so far?

Answer:?In particular, they think nodding disease may be linked to the black fly-borne parasite that causes onchocerciasis, known as river blindness. And they also noted a serve deficiency of vitamin B6 among populations where the disease is prevalent.

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Passage 2: North Korea satellite

Question 1: How does North Korea defend its launch of satellites?

Answer: The KCNA statement asserted that its test launch did not violate the terms of North Korea’s February agreement with the U.S., nor was such an act a violation of UN resolutions. And the KCST said that the use of peaceful purposes shall be the right of all countries, other countries are not entitled to interfere in the DPRK’s satellite launch for peaceful purpose, and satellites will be put into space one after another.

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Question 2: How does the international community respond to North Korea’s launch?

Answer:?South Korea, Japan, the United Nation and the U.S. believe that North Korea intends to develop ballistic missile?tests and have roundly condemned Pyongyang’s Program. The UN Security Council said it will tighten sanctions against North Korea, while the U.S. has cancelled a prior agreement to provide food aid to the poverty-stricken isolated country in exchange for Pyongyang agreeing to suspend its uranium?enrichment program and place a moratorium on nuclear and long-range tests.

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Passage 3: Obama tests his way to North Korea

Question 1: What are consequences of North Korea launching the rocket according to Obama?

Answer: President Obama warns the North Korea that it faced further isolation and the possible end to an aid deal if it engaged in “threats or provocations”, and would deepen the country’s isolation in the international community.

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Question 2:?How does Obama evaluate China’s role in the North Korea rocket launch incident?

Answer: Rewarding bad behavior, turning a blind eye to deliberate provocations, trying to paper over these not just provocative words but extraordinarily provocative?acts that violate international norms, that that’s not obviously working.

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Question 3:?According to Professor Shin Jong Dae, how does North Korea often cope with challenges?

Answer: The planned launch is a sign the regime would continue its longstanding diplomatic tactic of provocation and concession-making.

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Question 4: What makes it impossible for the US to solve the North Korean nuclear crisis by forces?

Answer: With all these changes in the Northeast Asian security environment, I think it would be almost impossible for the United States to use military tools to deal with North Korea.

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Passage 4: Penguin theft

Question 1: What may have caused the three Welsh men to steal Dirk from the theme Park?

Answer: They might have been under the influence of alcohol or any other intoxicating substances.

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Question 2: What has helped police capture the three Welsh men?

Answer: By getting on to iPhone and googled ‘lost penguin’.

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Passage 5: Student loan a threat to USA

Question 1: Who will pay the student loans when student borrowers fail to pay off?

Answer: Taxpayers.

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Question 2: How will massive students’?loan debt affect economy in the US?

Answer: A lack of confidence in an already slow economic recovery could hinder any progress that is being made after the recession.

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Question 3: According to the article, is there a viable solution to the student loan debt problem?

Answer:?The way to fix the issue is to have the borrowers get well-paid jobs out of college, which would enable them to start paying down the student loan debt. Fix the unemployment picture and everything will be great.

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Passage 6: Sudan and South Sudan

Question 1: What measure could have been taken to prevent the wars between Sudan and South Sudan? Why weren’t thy not taken?

Answer:?A peacekeeping force should have been deployed, by the United Nations and the African Union;?a demilitarized zone should have been established along the border to prevent the buildup of troops and weaponry that we see today. Possibly even?a no-fly zone should have been imposed?over the border area.

????????Most likely because these measures would have cost a lot of money. Neither the UN nor the African Union had adequate funds in their budgets. Nor did the United States, which was instrumental in guiding the six-year peace process to South Sudan’s independence.

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Question 2: What will have a determining impact on the peace maintenance between Sudan and South Sudan?

Answer:?China announced Wednesday that it will work with the US to try to bring both Sudans to the negotiating table.

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Passage 7: Titanic

Question 1: According to the writer, why has Titanic incident attracted the public’s attention for a hundred years?

Answer: 1. The?injustice/ avoidableness of the tragedy.

????????2. The grandeur of the ship.

????????3. The implied arrogance of the ship’s owners, and by extension, of humans, when they exhibit the preferred stance.

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Question 2: What would have been done to prevent the Titanic disaster from happening?

Answer: A combination of mind-numbing mistakes –?from operating?the ocean liner at too fast a speed for iceberg-laden waters, to an inadequate number of lifeboats, to delays in deploying the lifeboats, to a totally inadequate and poorly managed evacuation system, among other errors and acts of irresponsibility –?caused a far greater loss of life.

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Question?3: What are the differences between Titanic and other ocean liners of her age?

Answer: In short, the Titanic was the grandest ship of its age and a happening for those with the means to travel first class.

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Question 4: What makes Titanic not “unsinkable”?as claimed by her designers and owners?

Answer:?Titanic’s designer concluded that the ship was nearly unsinkable because of its 16 bulkheads –?upright partitions that divided the ship into 16 compartments.

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Passage 8: Italian Consumer Confidence Hits 15-Year Low

Question?1: What are the factors behind the fourth recession in Italy?

Answer: 20 billion ($26.26 billion) euros in cuts and tax hikes,?high gas prices, a revamped unemployment benefits system, as well as new rules that allow employers more leeway in firing workers, among other deregulations.

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Passage 9: Pakistan Passenger Plane Crashes With 127 Onboard, No Chance of Survivors

Question 1: What may have caused the tragedy?

Answer: The bad weather has caused the tragedy.

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Question 2: Has it been confirmed that the black box has been found?

Answer: No.

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