1.  Once upon a time I went to Sctoland

P. I found my fiesh creep as I walked down its sinister corridor.

Q. There, in a castle in the dark, misty highlands, actually a modest  hotel in Edinburgh,

R. and the next morning he’d been found with his throat slit.

S. We’d had dinner with jock Mc. Arthur only the previous night.

6. The chill finger of suspicion pointed at all of us.

1. Nalanda became India’s famous centre of education.

P. Ten thousand Buddhist monks used to live there.

Q. It is situated near the town of Bihar Sharif.

R. The ruins of Nalanda can still be seen.

S. It was visited by the Chinese Pilgrim Hiuen Tsang.

6. He stayed there for several years.

 1. The heart is the pump of life.

P. They have even succeeded in heart transplants.

Q. Now-a-days surgeons are able to stop a patient’s heart and carry out complicated operations.

R. A few years ago, it was impossible to operate on a patient whose heart was not working properly.

S. If the heart stops we die in about five minutes.

6. All this was made possible by the invention  of the heart lung machine

1. Researchers say that jogging alone is

P. It was found that communal joggers have double the number of brain cells as solo runners.

Q. These positive effects are suppressed when running occurs in isolation.

R. Experiments indicated that running alone stifles brain cell regeneration.

S. Experienced in a group, running stimulates brain cell growth.

6. However, joggers around the world should remember that jogging is healthier than the rat race.

1.Rola Sleiman parked her car in the only empty spot outside Tripoli’s evangelical church.

P. But that’s not the only thing makes her unique.

Q. She’s a pastor, and at 37, she’s younger than most of her colleagues.

R. It is a small sand-coloured  building with a simple façade and large wooden doors in the middle of the city.

S. It was Sunday morning and, like every Sunday at around this time, Rola was headed to work.

6. Rola is also, as far as she knows, the only female pastor in Lebanon – and perhaps even in the entire Middle East.

 1. Children like to celebrate their birthday.

P. In addition to birthday presents, they also receive greetings.

Q. It provides an opportunity for them to enjoy themselves with their friends.

R. The birthday presents also add to their joy.

S. Nobody can deny that company of friends is joyful.

6. All these factors make birthday worth celebrating.