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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nZoos have been around for centuries -- and they've changed a lot over the years. In the Middle Ages, wealthy people kept animals in their gardens. Public animal parks appeared in European cities in the late 1700s and early 1800s. The Philadelphia Zoo, the first in the United States, opened in 1874.\nUntil a few decades ago, most zoos were organized by creatures -- monkeys in one area, cats in another, birds somewhere else, just like museum collections. In recent years, zoos have instead begun grouping animals that would normally interact in the wild. Moreover, instead of closing animals behind bars, designers are creating landscapes like the environments in which these creatures would naturally be found. Nearby signs provide information about the animals and their habitats in parts of the world where they normally live.\nThe Denver Zoo's new Predator Ridge exhibit, for example, aims to teach visitors about Africa. Eight acres of land provide homes for 14 animal species, including lions, porcupines, cranes, and wild dogs. Plants from _ grow alongside African-like landform. Ten-foot-tall mounds give lions a place from which to survey their surroundings, just as they would do in the wild.\nLandscape design makes visitors to the Denver Zoo's Predator Ridge exhibit feel like they're really in Africa.\nAnimals in Predator Ridge can't actually be mixed with one another, for safety reasons. But hidden deep channels and other smart features allow visitors to see all the animals at once. Different species can see each other too.\n\n<question>:\nWe can learn from the passage that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the earliest zoos were probably rich people's gardens\nB the Philadelphia Zoo is the first zoo in the world\nC the new Predator Ridge exhibit is held in Africa\nD more animals will be kept in zoos in the future\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nThe bus driver and his passengers were being hailed as heroes last night after rescuing a woman from her burning car following a crash on the Bluff Highway. The 60-year-old woman was taken by ambulance to Southland Hospital after firefighters battled for 30 minutes to cut her from her car.\nActing Senior Sergeant Brock Davis of Invercargill, said emergency services were called to the scene of the crash at the crossroads of Motorimu Rd and State Highway I shortly before 5:00 p.m. yesterday.\nMr. Davis said a Mitsubishi car driven by a 30-year-old man traveling north on the highway and the woman's southbound Suzuki Alto collided . The man suffered slight injuries in the crash, he said.\nInvercargill Passenger Transport Ltd driver Bill McDermott and his passengers--New Zealand Aluminum Smelters Ltd workers were first on the scene and alerted emergency services. The scene at the spot was disordered, Mr. McDermott said.\n\"There was a car on its side and a guy wandering around who was quite excited,\" he said. \"We stopped, got out and found a lady trapped in her car ...... then we noticed flames in the engine bay and the smell of petrol.\" Mr. McDermott took a fire extinguisher from the bus, doused the flames, and several other workers controlled traffic.\nHowever, he said his actions were \"no big deal\". He was not willing to take any credit for helping the woman.\n\"The praise goes to all the guys that jumped off that bus.\" Invercargill Senior Station officer Alan Goldsworthy, who was an officer in charge at the scene, said there was a possibility the car could have burst into flames if Mr. McDermott and the smelter workers had not helped. \"They should acquire a good pat on the back.\" he said.\n\n<question>:\nIt can be known from the passage that the car accident happened _ .\n\n<options>:\nA at noon\nB in the afternoon\nC in the morning\nD at night\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nBlind photography sounds strange.But a striking exhibition of photographs in California argues that it develops as a result of the contemporary art.The show \"Sight Unseen\", at the California Museum of Photography until Aug.29, includes everything: underwater scenes, landscapes, abstracts and everything else you might expect from a \"sighted\" photographer.\nHow do the blind take their photographs? Some rely on assistants to set up and then describe the shots , and others just point and shoot in the right place.\"Just like any good artists,\" says McCulloh.\"They have their unique ways of operating.\" One participating photographer is Pete Eckert, an artist with multiple degrees in design and sculpture who only turned to photography after losing his vision in the mid-1990s.He opens the shutter on his camera and then uses flashlights, lights, and candles to paint his scene on film.A former fashion photographer in Chicago, Weston, lost his vision due to AIDS in 1996 and focuses on images of destruction and disability.His photos are also a star of the show.\nWhat do gallery-goers say? \"I was very impressed by it.The technique and experience was amazingly different,\" says John Hesketh, a printmaker in Anaheim.\"You never have a sense of feeling sorry for these people because they've worked very hard to prove their value.\"\nBeyond the praise, however, the exhibition also makes a great example for disabled people everywhere.That point was explained in early May during a discussion on the TV show.At the very end of the talk, one attendee expressed his opinion.\"This exhibition is extraordinary and revolutionary for many reasons.I think that by being an artist with a disability, you are continuing the work of those people who fought for basic civil rights to gain access and to have a voice.In that way, it's so wonderful that your photographs say it all.\"\n\n<question>:\nFrom the passage we know that some blind people take photos by _ .\n\n<options>:\nA describing the things to their assistants.\nB holding the camera and shooting randomly.\nC opening the shutter with the help of others.\nD using special equipment designed for them.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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