1. Which of these statements is true?

a) B. Greenhouse was a founding member of a chamber music quartet.

b) His cello is one of the 50 remaining Stradivarius cellos in the world.
c) The cello is expected to be sold for six million dollars or more.
d) B. Greenhouse died last year at the age of ninety one years old.

2. Which of these statements is true?

a) China’s city dwellers account for more than half of the population.
b) An economic slowdown is not expected in the coming months.
c) China’s growth in 2011 was below the government’s target.
d) China’s population is moving back to the countryside.

3. What do we learn from this article?

a) Osteoporosis can affect women before menopause.

b) It’s not necessary to do bone scans every two years.
c) Bone scans were promoted by a famous doctor.
d) Bone scans are not necessary to diagnose osteoporosis.

4. Which of these statements is true?

a) Kodak’s bankruptcy was not expected.

b) Kodak was one of the largest employers in Rochester in 1982.
c) The role industry used to play has shifted to universities.
d) Medical research used to be funded by Kodak.

5. Which of these statements is true?

a) Rene LeBouvier still believes in God.

b) Rene LeBouvier wants to stop being Catholic.
c) Rene LeBouvier wants to be a priest.
d) Rene LeBouvier wants to be baptized again.
1. Stradivarius Cello

The family of famed cellist Bernard Greenhouse is preparing for another emotional
goodbye. Last year, Greenhouse passed away at the age of 95. He had a long career as a
master cellist and founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio. Now, his family is getting
ready to part with the instrument that Greenhouse called his voice.

(Music playing in the background)That’s Bernard Greenhouse playing his legendary

Stradivarius cello, the 300-year-old instrument is known as The Countess of Stanlein
and it's one of only 60 Stradivarius cellos in existence today. Now, this celebrated
instrument is up for sale and it's expected to match or exceed the previous record sale
for a cello, six million dollars.

2. China

China says that more of its people are living in cities than in the countryside for the first
time in its history, the national bureau of statistics said that city dwellers accounted for
more than 51 percent of its people at the end of last year.

China’s economy grew by 9.2% in 2011, a slower pace than previously, but well above
the government’s target, officials said they expect a continued economic slowdown in
the coming months.

3. Osteoporosis

Here's another story about a common medical test that may not need to be so common.
To diagnose osteoporosis, doctors often do bone scans every two years on older women.
Osteoporosis causes painf ul spine fractures and broken hips that are often fatal. And it's
a big problem for women past menopause. Now a new study shows many women can
wait as long as 15 years between bone scans.

Richard Knox, Byline: Around 15 years ago, many doctors started doing bone scans to
see if older women should start taking a drug to prevent bone loss. The test was heavily
promoted by a drug manufacturer.

In 1997, Congress passed a law requiring Medicare to pay for bone scans every two
years. Now research at the University of North Carolina shows for a substantial fraction
of older women, perhaps as many as half, such frequent bone scans are not necessary.
The study shows that women, who get a bone scan at 67 that's normal, or shows just a
little bone-thinning, can safely wait 15 years before they get another one.
4. Kodak

Adam Frank: Like many winter days in upstate New York, it's cold and gray in
Rochester. But today feels darker than usual because when we woke up this morning,
we learned that Eastman Kodak was filing for bankruptcy. We could all feel it coming,
but it was still a shock. There is no conversation in Rochester today that won't include
the decline of Kodak. Even in line at the coffee shop, everyone was talking about it.

But behind the headlines, there's something else going on in this town. And it's going on
in small cities all over the country. Much of the role that industry used to play in
innovation has shifted to the universities.

Kodak used to be the largest employer in this town, with more than 60,000 workers in
1982. Today, that title goes to the University of Rochester, with more than 20,000
employees. In the past 10 years, the school and its medical research center have grown
remarkably. It's come not only from new students, but from a dramatic expansion of
funded research. Some of that research has found its way into new patents, new
companies and new economic activity.

5. Baptism

In France, an elderly man is fighting to leave the Catholic Church. But he doesn’t just
want to just stop going to church, he wants to make a formal break by nullifying his
baptism, and he has sued the Catholic Church to make that happen.

Seventy-one-year-old Rene LeBouvier opens the gate of the churchyard in the tiny
village of Fleury in La Manche region; his parents and brother are buried here. He
himself was baptized in the Romanesque stone church and attended mass here as a boy.

He says his views began to change in the 1970s, when he was introduced to free
thinkers. As he didn't believe in God anymore, he thought it would be more honest to
leave the church. So he wrote to his diocese and asked to be un-baptized.

Rene LeBouvier: "And they sent me a copy of my records, and in the margins next to
my name, they wrote that I had chosen to leave the church."

That was in the year 2000. A decade later, LeBouvier wanted to go further. Again, he
asked the church to strike him from baptismal records. When the priest told him it
wasn't possible, he took the church to court.

Last October, a judge in Normandy ruled in his favor. The diocese has since appealed,
and the case is pending.
ANSWERS

1. C.
2. A.
3. B.
4. C.
5. B.