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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>:\nAlmost one in five drivers had dozed off behind the wheel, a shocking news report had showed. Of those who were dozing off, 29% have done so with their cars speeding at 70 miles per hour. The report also found a quarter of men have fallen asleep while driving, making it almost twice as many as women.\nThe Safety on Wheel Report, by Post Office Insurance, also looked at how often tiredness or a lack of concentration caused accidents. Three in ten drivers have experienced an accident, from passing a walker crossing to hitting another vehicle, because of a lack of concentration. Meanwhile, almost half (49%) of UK drivers have driven when they do not concentrate.\nPaul Havenhand, head of insurance at Post Office, said, \" When tiredness strikes, drivers should avoid the roads.\" There is no measurement for tired driving, unlike driving under the influence of alcohol, yet it could result in an equally dangerous accident.\nDrivers are advised to take a 15-minute break from driving every two hours. However, a third (36%) are so eager to reach their destination that they will ignore feelings of tiredness. What's more, almost one in five (18%) will drive for longer than four hours without a break, while 6% carry on for up to 6 hours. Just over a quarter (27%) choose a quick stop to buy a cup of coffee, which is a very popular way for drivers to get rid of tiredness, and only 17% stop to have a rest until they feel energetic again. Mr. Havenhand added, \"Drivers should plan ahead and rest before starting a long journey; besides, they can take regular breaks to _ while on road; in some cases, if they do feel too tired to concentrate on the roads, they could consider an alternative means of transport.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhat's the purpose of the writer in writing this passage?\n\n<options>:\nA To warn people of the danger of tired driving\nB To tell people to be careful when walking on the street\nC To inform people of the importance of a good rest\nD To introduce some dangers while driving on the roads\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>:\nOnce again, I had run away and really did not know why. I walked out of the gate to go to school and then kept walking, and walking, and walking. I was 11years old. It was almost dark; I was tired, cold, and all alone. I had not eaten all day and was afraid to turn myself over the police. I knew I would receive another beating once I returned to the Children's Home Society. There was nothing for me to do, except keep on walking.\nAs darkness fell, I entered the darkened area in a city park sat down on a wooden bench hoping to avoid the police cars. It was cold and I began to tremble uncontrollably. All was quiet except for the passing cars in the distance.\n\"Well, hello young man.\" A voice came from behind me. I jumped, almost falling off the park bench. My heart was beating ninety miles per hour. I gasped and I could hardly catch my breath. I looked up and saw a woman standing behind me in the shadows.\n\"You look cold and hungry,\" she said. She took off her scarf, wrapped it around my shoulders and asked me to follow her. We walked about twenty feet, and then stopped under one of the park streetlights.\nShe held out her hand and said, \"Here, you take this letter.\" Seeing nothing in her hand., I stood still.\n\"Reach out and take the letter from my hand,\" she insisted. Slowly I reached out, acting as though I was taking something from her hand. \"Now hold the paper tightly and take it to any store owner,\" she instructed.\nI closed my thumb and finger as though I were grasping the letter and began walking toward Five Points. Several blocks down the road, I came to a store with a woman sitting behind a counter. I opened the door, walked in, and stopped directly in front of her. Very slowly I held out my hand toward her. I watched her face to see if she might think I was crazy or something.\nShe reached out and as her hand touched mine, I opened my tightly closed fingers and stood there waiting. She pulled back, smiled, and looked down at her hands.\nShe immediately turned and walked to the back of the store. After a while, the woman returned holding a paper plate.\n\"Here is something for you to eat.\" She smiled and signaled to me to eat. Within two or three minutes, I downed the entire plate of food and several Coca Colas.\nBefore I left, she held out her hand and asked me to take the letter. Again seeing nothing, I held out my hand and closed my thumb and finger as though I were taking something from her. Tightly grasping nothing more than air, I walked out into the street and headed back to the park. The old woman was still there.\n\"It is really magic. Can I have the letter so I can be magic too?\" I asked her.\nShe reached out, took my hand, and opened my tightly closed fingers. Whatever was being held between my fingers, she took and placed into her apron pocket. \"Would you help someone if they were hungry?\" she asked me.\n\"Yes Ma'am.\"\n\"Would you help someone if they were hurt, cold or scared?\"\n\"Yes Ma'am. I would be their friend.\"\n\"You are a very lucky little boy. You will never need the magic letter,\" she responded.\n\n<question>:\nWhat can we learn about the boy?\n\n<options>:\nA Though lost in the city, he didn't feel worried or lonely.\nB He had nowhere to go and wandered aimlessly in the street.\nC He avoided the police for the fear that he would be sent to prison.\nD He had to run away because of his bad performance at school.\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>:\nOnce again, I had run away and really did not know why. I walked out of the gate to go to school and then kept walking, and walking, and walking. I was 11years old. It was almost dark; I was tired, cold, and all alone. I had not eaten all day and was afraid to turn myself over the police. I knew I would receive another beating once I returned to the Children's Home Society. There was nothing for me to do, except keep on walking.\nAs darkness fell, I entered the darkened area in a city park sat down on a wooden bench hoping to avoid the police cars. It was cold and I began to tremble uncontrollably. All was quiet except for the passing cars in the distance.\n\"Well, hello young man.\" A voice came from behind me. I jumped, almost falling off the park bench. My heart was beating ninety miles per hour. I gasped and I could hardly catch my breath. I looked up and saw a woman standing behind me in the shadows.\n\"You look cold and hungry,\" she said. She took off her scarf, wrapped it around my shoulders and asked me to follow her. We walked about twenty feet, and then stopped under one of the park streetlights.\nShe held out her hand and said, \"Here, you take this letter.\" Seeing nothing in her hand., I stood still.\n\"Reach out and take the letter from my hand,\" she insisted. Slowly I reached out, acting as though I was taking something from her hand. \"Now hold the paper tightly and take it to any store owner,\" she instructed.\nI closed my thumb and finger as though I were grasping the letter and began walking toward Five Points. Several blocks down the road, I came to a store with a woman sitting behind a counter. I opened the door, walked in, and stopped directly in front of her. Very slowly I held out my hand toward her. I watched her face to see if she might think I was crazy or something.\nShe reached out and as her hand touched mine, I opened my tightly closed fingers and stood there waiting. She pulled back, smiled, and looked down at her hands.\nShe immediately turned and walked to the back of the store. After a while, the woman returned holding a paper plate.\n\"Here is something for you to eat.\" She smiled and signaled to me to eat. Within two or three minutes, I downed the entire plate of food and several Coca Colas.\nBefore I left, she held out her hand and asked me to take the letter. Again seeing nothing, I held out my hand and closed my thumb and finger as though I were taking something from her. Tightly grasping nothing more than air, I walked out into the street and headed back to the park. The old woman was still there.\n\"It is really magic. Can I have the letter so I can be magic too?\" I asked her.\nShe reached out, took my hand, and opened my tightly closed fingers. Whatever was being held between my fingers, she took and placed into her apron pocket. \"Would you help someone if they were hungry?\" she asked me.\n\"Yes Ma'am.\"\n\"Would you help someone if they were hurt, cold or scared?\"\n\"Yes Ma'am. I would be their friend.\"\n\"You are a very lucky little boy. You will never need the magic letter,\" she responded.\n\n<question>:\nWhy does the store owner offer the boy a good dinner?\n\n<options>:\nA Because she had great sympathy for him.\nB Because she knew the boy and his parents.\nC Because he was a kind boy who deserved it.\nD Because the woman in the park had paid for it.\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>:\nOnce again, I had run away and really did not know why. I walked out of the gate to go to school and then kept walking, and walking, and walking. I was 11years old. It was almost dark; I was tired, cold, and all alone. I had not eaten all day and was afraid to turn myself over the police. I knew I would receive another beating once I returned to the Children's Home Society. There was nothing for me to do, except keep on walking.\nAs darkness fell, I entered the darkened area in a city park sat down on a wooden bench hoping to avoid the police cars. It was cold and I began to tremble uncontrollably. All was quiet except for the passing cars in the distance.\n\"Well, hello young man.\" A voice came from behind me. I jumped, almost falling off the park bench. My heart was beating ninety miles per hour. I gasped and I could hardly catch my breath. I looked up and saw a woman standing behind me in the shadows.\n\"You look cold and hungry,\" she said. She took off her scarf, wrapped it around my shoulders and asked me to follow her. We walked about twenty feet, and then stopped under one of the park streetlights.\nShe held out her hand and said, \"Here, you take this letter.\" Seeing nothing in her hand., I stood still.\n\"Reach out and take the letter from my hand,\" she insisted. Slowly I reached out, acting as though I was taking something from her hand. \"Now hold the paper tightly and take it to any store owner,\" she instructed.\nI closed my thumb and finger as though I were grasping the letter and began walking toward Five Points. Several blocks down the road, I came to a store with a woman sitting behind a counter. I opened the door, walked in, and stopped directly in front of her. Very slowly I held out my hand toward her. I watched her face to see if she might think I was crazy or something.\nShe reached out and as her hand touched mine, I opened my tightly closed fingers and stood there waiting. She pulled back, smiled, and looked down at her hands.\nShe immediately turned and walked to the back of the store. After a while, the woman returned holding a paper plate.\n\"Here is something for you to eat.\" She smiled and signaled to me to eat. Within two or three minutes, I downed the entire plate of food and several Coca Colas.\nBefore I left, she held out her hand and asked me to take the letter. Again seeing nothing, I held out my hand and closed my thumb and finger as though I were taking something from her. Tightly grasping nothing more than air, I walked out into the street and headed back to the park. The old woman was still there.\n\"It is really magic. Can I have the letter so I can be magic too?\" I asked her.\nShe reached out, took my hand, and opened my tightly closed fingers. Whatever was being held between my fingers, she took and placed into her apron pocket. \"Would you help someone if they were hungry?\" she asked me.\n\"Yes Ma'am.\"\n\"Would you help someone if they were hurt, cold or scared?\"\n\"Yes Ma'am. I would be their friend.\"\n\"You are a very lucky little boy. You will never need the magic letter,\" she responded.\n\n<question>:\nWhat does the writer want to tell us through the story?\n\n<options>:\nA It's better to give than to take.\nB Kindness is a universal language.\nC Don't cry even if life cheats you.\nD Life is full of the getting over of suffering.\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>:\nOnce again, I had run away and really did not know why. I walked out of the gate to go to school and then kept walking, and walking, and walking. I was 11years old. It was almost dark; I was tired, cold, and all alone. I had not eaten all day and was afraid to turn myself over the police. I knew I would receive another beating once I returned to the Children's Home Society. There was nothing for me to do, except keep on walking.\nAs darkness fell, I entered the darkened area in a city park sat down on a wooden bench hoping to avoid the police cars. It was cold and I began to tremble uncontrollably. All was quiet except for the passing cars in the distance.\n\"Well, hello young man.\" A voice came from behind me. I jumped, almost falling off the park bench. My heart was beating ninety miles per hour. I gasped and I could hardly catch my breath. I looked up and saw a woman standing behind me in the shadows.\n\"You look cold and hungry,\" she said. She took off her scarf, wrapped it around my shoulders and asked me to follow her. We walked about twenty feet, and then stopped under one of the park streetlights.\nShe held out her hand and said, \"Here, you take this letter.\" Seeing nothing in her hand., I stood still.\n\"Reach out and take the letter from my hand,\" she insisted. Slowly I reached out, acting as though I was taking something from her hand. \"Now hold the paper tightly and take it to any store owner,\" she instructed.\nI closed my thumb and finger as though I were grasping the letter and began walking toward Five Points. Several blocks down the road, I came to a store with a woman sitting behind a counter. I opened the door, walked in, and stopped directly in front of her. Very slowly I held out my hand toward her. I watched her face to see if she might think I was crazy or something.\nShe reached out and as her hand touched mine, I opened my tightly closed fingers and stood there waiting. She pulled back, smiled, and looked down at her hands.\nShe immediately turned and walked to the back of the store. After a while, the woman returned holding a paper plate.\n\"Here is something for you to eat.\" She smiled and signaled to me to eat. Within two or three minutes, I downed the entire plate of food and several Coca Colas.\nBefore I left, she held out her hand and asked me to take the letter. Again seeing nothing, I held out my hand and closed my thumb and finger as though I were taking something from her. Tightly grasping nothing more than air, I walked out into the street and headed back to the park. The old woman was still there.\n\"It is really magic. Can I have the letter so I can be magic too?\" I asked her.\nShe reached out, took my hand, and opened my tightly closed fingers. Whatever was being held between my fingers, she took and placed into her apron pocket. \"Would you help someone if they were hungry?\" she asked me.\n\"Yes Ma'am.\"\n\"Would you help someone if they were hurt, cold or scared?\"\n\"Yes Ma'am. I would be their friend.\"\n\"You are a very lucky little boy. You will never need the magic letter,\" she responded.\n\n<question>:\nWhat's the best title of the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA A Kind Woman.\nB A Sleepless Night.\nC A Magic Letter.\nD A Lucky Boy.\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>:\nAnnie slept in the front of the seat with her father drove through the darkness. \"We're almost there!\" Dad announced cheerfully. \"Soon well be observing and counting owls at the state park.\" Yawning, Annie nodded and smiled. The time was 4:30 a.m. Looking out into the darkness, Annie remembered learning in school that most owls are active at night, when they hunt for food. During the day they sleep in hard-to-find spots.\n\"Dad, why do you need to count owls?\" she asked. \"It's important for the scientists to have current information about bird populations,\" he explained. \"We want to know which birds have decreased in number and whether any new kinds of birds are coming into a certain area. You and I will write down the kinds of birds that we see today and keep a record of how many times we see each kind. The we'll send out a report to a scientific organization that is collecting about birds from people all over the county.\"\nDad pulled into the parking lot of the state park. Then, with flashing in hand, they began their hike into the woods. Annie zipped up her coat and tried to keep from trembling. She had not expected the morning to be so frigid. Luckily her gloves were in her pocket.\nSuddenly Annie's father stooped and gestured for her to be still. Obeying, Annie did not take another step. She thought she heard a low crying up head. \"That's certainly a screech owl,\" her father whispered. \"Let's get a look at it.\" After looking more closely, Annie could see that it was a small owl. Sensing danger, the owl narrowed its eyes and pulled its feathers tightly against its body. Annie carefully wrote down in her notebook that they had seen a screech owl.\nWalking a little farther, they came to a tall oak tree. \"This looks like a perfect spot to attract owls,\" Dad said. \"I'm going to play a recording of common call of the barred owl. Maybe we can get one to answer.' Annie could hardly believe her ear. The recorded all sounded as if the bird were asking, \"who cooks for you?\" Moments later Annie thought she heard a return call in distance. She held her breath and waited. Suddenly a huge bird landed very quietly on a branch above them.\nAnnie had long forgotten how cold it was. She stood in wonder, shining her flashlight on the bird and studying it carefully. The barred owl was nearly tow feet tall. Gray feathers surrounded its dark eyes. The bird did not matter. Annie would never forge the image of the powerful barred owl.\n\n<question>:\nAnnie and her father went to the state park to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA catch owls\nB collect information about owls\nC record the call of owls\nD carry out an experiment on owls\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>:\nAnnie slept in the front of the seat with her father drove through the darkness. \"We're almost there!\" Dad announced cheerfully. \"Soon well be observing and counting owls at the state park.\" Yawning, Annie nodded and smiled. The time was 4:30 a.m. Looking out into the darkness, Annie remembered learning in school that most owls are active at night, when they hunt for food. During the day they sleep in hard-to-find spots.\n\"Dad, why do you need to count owls?\" she asked. \"It's important for the scientists to have current information about bird populations,\" he explained. \"We want to know which birds have decreased in number and whether any new kinds of birds are coming into a certain area. You and I will write down the kinds of birds that we see today and keep a record of how many times we see each kind. The we'll send out a report to a scientific organization that is collecting about birds from people all over the county.\"\nDad pulled into the parking lot of the state park. Then, with flashing in hand, they began their hike into the woods. Annie zipped up her coat and tried to keep from trembling. She had not expected the morning to be so frigid. Luckily her gloves were in her pocket.\nSuddenly Annie's father stooped and gestured for her to be still. Obeying, Annie did not take another step. She thought she heard a low crying up head. \"That's certainly a screech owl,\" her father whispered. \"Let's get a look at it.\" After looking more closely, Annie could see that it was a small owl. Sensing danger, the owl narrowed its eyes and pulled its feathers tightly against its body. Annie carefully wrote down in her notebook that they had seen a screech owl.\nWalking a little farther, they came to a tall oak tree. \"This looks like a perfect spot to attract owls,\" Dad said. \"I'm going to play a recording of common call of the barred owl. Maybe we can get one to answer.' Annie could hardly believe her ear. The recorded all sounded as if the bird were asking, \"who cooks for you?\" Moments later Annie thought she heard a return call in distance. She held her breath and waited. Suddenly a huge bird landed very quietly on a branch above them.\nAnnie had long forgotten how cold it was. She stood in wonder, shining her flashlight on the bird and studying it carefully. The barred owl was nearly tow feet tall. Gray feathers surrounded its dark eyes. The bird did not matter. Annie would never forge the image of the powerful barred owl.\n\n<question>:\nWith the help of _ , Annie could study the barren owl carefully.\n\n<options>:\nA scientists\nB moonlight\nC flashlight\nD a recorder\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>:\nAnnie slept in the front of the seat with her father drove through the darkness. \"We're almost there!\" Dad announced cheerfully. \"Soon well be observing and counting owls at the state park.\" Yawning, Annie nodded and smiled. The time was 4:30 a.m. Looking out into the darkness, Annie remembered learning in school that most owls are active at night, when they hunt for food. During the day they sleep in hard-to-find spots.\n\"Dad, why do you need to count owls?\" she asked. \"It's important for the scientists to have current information about bird populations,\" he explained. \"We want to know which birds have decreased in number and whether any new kinds of birds are coming into a certain area. You and I will write down the kinds of birds that we see today and keep a record of how many times we see each kind. The we'll send out a report to a scientific organization that is collecting about birds from people all over the county.\"\nDad pulled into the parking lot of the state park. Then, with flashing in hand, they began their hike into the woods. Annie zipped up her coat and tried to keep from trembling. She had not expected the morning to be so frigid. Luckily her gloves were in her pocket.\nSuddenly Annie's father stooped and gestured for her to be still. Obeying, Annie did not take another step. She thought she heard a low crying up head. \"That's certainly a screech owl,\" her father whispered. \"Let's get a look at it.\" After looking more closely, Annie could see that it was a small owl. Sensing danger, the owl narrowed its eyes and pulled its feathers tightly against its body. Annie carefully wrote down in her notebook that they had seen a screech owl.\nWalking a little farther, they came to a tall oak tree. \"This looks like a perfect spot to attract owls,\" Dad said. \"I'm going to play a recording of common call of the barred owl. Maybe we can get one to answer.' Annie could hardly believe her ear. The recorded all sounded as if the bird were asking, \"who cooks for you?\" Moments later Annie thought she heard a return call in distance. She held her breath and waited. Suddenly a huge bird landed very quietly on a branch above them.\nAnnie had long forgotten how cold it was. She stood in wonder, shining her flashlight on the bird and studying it carefully. The barred owl was nearly tow feet tall. Gray feathers surrounded its dark eyes. The bird did not matter. Annie would never forge the image of the powerful barred owl.\n\n<question>:\nHow did Annie feel when she saw the barren owl?\n\n<options>:\nA Bored\nB Relaxed\nC Frightened\nD Amazed\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>:\nAnnie slept in the front of the seat with her father drove through the darkness. \"We're almost there!\" Dad announced cheerfully. \"Soon well be observing and counting owls at the state park.\" Yawning, Annie nodded and smiled. The time was 4:30 a.m. Looking out into the darkness, Annie remembered learning in school that most owls are active at night, when they hunt for food. During the day they sleep in hard-to-find spots.\n\"Dad, why do you need to count owls?\" she asked. \"It's important for the scientists to have current information about bird populations,\" he explained. \"We want to know which birds have decreased in number and whether any new kinds of birds are coming into a certain area. You and I will write down the kinds of birds that we see today and keep a record of how many times we see each kind. The we'll send out a report to a scientific organization that is collecting about birds from people all over the county.\"\nDad pulled into the parking lot of the state park. Then, with flashing in hand, they began their hike into the woods. Annie zipped up her coat and tried to keep from trembling. She had not expected the morning to be so frigid. Luckily her gloves were in her pocket.\nSuddenly Annie's father stooped and gestured for her to be still. Obeying, Annie did not take another step. She thought she heard a low crying up head. \"That's certainly a screech owl,\" her father whispered. \"Let's get a look at it.\" After looking more closely, Annie could see that it was a small owl. Sensing danger, the owl narrowed its eyes and pulled its feathers tightly against its body. Annie carefully wrote down in her notebook that they had seen a screech owl.\nWalking a little farther, they came to a tall oak tree. \"This looks like a perfect spot to attract owls,\" Dad said. \"I'm going to play a recording of common call of the barred owl. Maybe we can get one to answer.' Annie could hardly believe her ear. The recorded all sounded as if the bird were asking, \"who cooks for you?\" Moments later Annie thought she heard a return call in distance. She held her breath and waited. Suddenly a huge bird landed very quietly on a branch above them.\nAnnie had long forgotten how cold it was. She stood in wonder, shining her flashlight on the bird and studying it carefully. The barred owl was nearly tow feet tall. Gray feathers surrounded its dark eyes. The bird did not matter. Annie would never forge the image of the powerful barred owl.\n\n<question>:\nWhat would be the best title?\n\n<options>:\nA The Owl Count\nB A Study on Owls\nC Observation of Birds\nD A Cheerful Early Morning\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 Beijing Youth Daily on Thursday called attention to the struggles of traditional operas in China.\nThe newspaper said the number of unique traditional Chinese opera styles had decreased to 286 from 368 in 1959, with three disappearing every two years on average. Altogether, 74 opera styles had only one troupe left, and most were at the risk of fading away.\nXie Boliang, a professor at the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, said, \"It is well known that people should be held accountable for soil erosion, but why do we feel at ease when traditional operas fade away?\"\nOverwhelmed by modern culture and entertainment such as movies, TV programs and pop music, traditional Chinese operas have been severely marginalized. Despite being included on the state-level Intangible Cultural Heritage list, some operas still have no place to perform.\nBecause of the market slump and low salaries, more traditional Chinese opera practitioners are finding other work, as are many directors and playwrights. Sun Jiazheng, chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, said traditional operas are important carriers of Chinese culture, and should be preserved.\nThe State Council issued a circular in July calling for the promotion and protection of traditional Chinese operas, saying that it would allocate financial support and extend preferential policies to opera troupes and schools.\n\n<question>:\nMany directors and playwrights find other jobs because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Chinese operas are booming\nB they do not enjoy their work any more\nC the market is not promising and they get paid poorly\nD they are not considered as important inheritors of Chinese culture\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 Beijing Youth Daily on Thursday called attention to the struggles of traditional operas in China.\nThe newspaper said the number of unique traditional Chinese opera styles had decreased to 286 from 368 in 1959, with three disappearing every two years on average. Altogether, 74 opera styles had only one troupe left, and most were at the risk of fading away.\nXie Boliang, a professor at the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, said, \"It is well known that people should be held accountable for soil erosion, but why do we feel at ease when traditional operas fade away?\"\nOverwhelmed by modern culture and entertainment such as movies, TV programs and pop music, traditional Chinese operas have been severely marginalized. Despite being included on the state-level Intangible Cultural Heritage list, some operas still have no place to perform.\nBecause of the market slump and low salaries, more traditional Chinese opera practitioners are finding other work, as are many directors and playwrights. Sun Jiazheng, chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, said traditional operas are important carriers of Chinese culture, and should be preserved.\nThe State Council issued a circular in July calling for the promotion and protection of traditional Chinese operas, saying that it would allocate financial support and extend preferential policies to opera troupes and schools.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the purpose of this passage?\n\n<options>:\nA To call for more people to watch traditional Chinese operas.\nB To tell people traditional Chinese operas are facing danger.\nC To inform us of the notice of the State Council.\nD To criticize the market slump and low salaries.\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 Beijing Youth Daily on Thursday called attention to the struggles of traditional operas in China.\nThe newspaper said the number of unique traditional Chinese opera styles had decreased to 286 from 368 in 1959, with three disappearing every two years on average. Altogether, 74 opera styles had only one troupe left, and most were at the risk of fading away.\nXie Boliang, a professor at the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, said, \"It is well known that people should be held accountable for soil erosion, but why do we feel at ease when traditional operas fade away?\"\nOverwhelmed by modern culture and entertainment such as movies, TV programs and pop music, traditional Chinese operas have been severely marginalized. Despite being included on the state-level Intangible Cultural Heritage list, some operas still have no place to perform.\nBecause of the market slump and low salaries, more traditional Chinese opera practitioners are finding other work, as are many directors and playwrights. Sun Jiazheng, chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, said traditional operas are important carriers of Chinese culture, and should be preserved.\nThe State Council issued a circular in July calling for the promotion and protection of traditional Chinese operas, saying that it would allocate financial support and extend preferential policies to opera troupes and schools.\n\n<question>:\nThe passage might come from _ .\n\n<options>:\nA a science fiction\nB a news website\nC the introduction of an art gallery\nD a brochure about operas\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>:\nWhat I've noticed about some very successful business owners is that they are always learning and growing.\nFor your business to be better you need to be better and, you don't get better by doing nothing!\nYou are the average of the five PEOPLE you hang around with most. Surround yourself with people whom you want to be like.\nTo do this you may have to get right out of your comfort zone and join in a coaching program, go along to seminars where you can meet other like-minded people or those playing at a higher level of business than you.\nThere's no excuse not to _ and learn your way to success. Regardless of where you are located,events are taking place all around the country regularly as well as online. Saying you have \"no money\" or \"no time\" is not a good enough excuse. \nFor many business owners they spend their whole lives using these excuses and going nowhere. Don't focus on where you are now, but where you want to be. You'll find the money and the time if you seriously want to change.\nYour ongoing learning can take you from struggling along to soaring high in all areas of your life.\nIt's been nearly six months since you made those New Year decisions to make changes in your business and your life.\nAre you getting the results you wanted?\nIs your business more profitable?\nDo you have more free time?\nIs the quality of your life improving?\nIs your answer \"yes\", then take a look at why that is. What have you been doing to get these results? And if you're not moving ahead, seriously look at why that is. When's the last time you read a book, listened to a CD, got coached or attended a seminar to learn how to do things better? The people I know who are getting great results in their business and personal lives are always learning and growing.\nYou are the Secret to Your Success, so do everything within your power to invest in yourself.\n\n<question>:\nAll the following ways can contribute to your business EXCEPT _ .\n\n<options>:\nA not dreaming of living a comfortable life\nB avoiding finding unnecessary excuses\nC deciding to change your present life\nD getting in touch with successful people\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>:\nWhat I've noticed about some very successful business owners is that they are always learning and growing.\nFor your business to be better you need to be better and, you don't get better by doing nothing!\nYou are the average of the five PEOPLE you hang around with most. Surround yourself with people whom you want to be like.\nTo do this you may have to get right out of your comfort zone and join in a coaching program, go along to seminars where you can meet other like-minded people or those playing at a higher level of business than you.\nThere's no excuse not to _ and learn your way to success. Regardless of where you are located,events are taking place all around the country regularly as well as online. Saying you have \"no money\" or \"no time\" is not a good enough excuse. \nFor many business owners they spend their whole lives using these excuses and going nowhere. Don't focus on where you are now, but where you want to be. You'll find the money and the time if you seriously want to change.\nYour ongoing learning can take you from struggling along to soaring high in all areas of your life.\nIt's been nearly six months since you made those New Year decisions to make changes in your business and your life.\nAre you getting the results you wanted?\nIs your business more profitable?\nDo you have more free time?\nIs the quality of your life improving?\nIs your answer \"yes\", then take a look at why that is. What have you been doing to get these results? And if you're not moving ahead, seriously look at why that is. When's the last time you read a book, listened to a CD, got coached or attended a seminar to learn how to do things better? The people I know who are getting great results in their business and personal lives are always learning and growing.\nYou are the Secret to Your Success, so do everything within your power to invest in yourself.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage, the most important thing to success is _ .\n\n<options>:\nA attending important meetings often\nB making changes when necessary\nC keeping learning all the time\nD making a plan ahead of time\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>:\nCancer researchers urged people on Wednesday to take more vitamin D to lower risk of cancer, saying studies showed a clear link. \"Our suggestion is for people to increase their intake, through diet or a vitamin supplement,\" Dr. Cedric Garland said in a telephone interview.\nGarland's research team reviewed 63 studies, including several large long-term ones, on the relationship between vitamin D and certain types of cancer worldwide between 1966 and 2004. \"There's nothing that has this ability to prevent cancer,\" he said, urging governments and public health officials to do more to fortify foods with vitamin D.Garland is part of a University of California at San Diego Moores Cancer Center team that published its findings this week online in the American Journal of Public Health. Vitamin D is found in milk, as well as in some fortified orange juice, yogurt and cheeses, usually at around 100 international units (IU) a serving. People might want to consider a vitamin supplement to raise their intake to 1000 IUs per day, Garland said, adding that it was well within the safety guidelines established by the National Academy of Sciences.\nThe authors said that taking more vitamin D could be especially important for people living in northern areas, which receive less vitamin D from sunshine.\nAfrican Americans, who don't produce as much of the vitamin because of their skin colour, could also benefit significantly from a higher intake, the authors said.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage, people are advised to take more Vitamin D because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA it is nutritious\nB it can't harm people's health\nC it is not taken enough every day\nD it can lower cancer risk\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>:\nCancer researchers urged people on Wednesday to take more vitamin D to lower risk of cancer, saying studies showed a clear link. \"Our suggestion is for people to increase their intake, through diet or a vitamin supplement,\" Dr. Cedric Garland said in a telephone interview.\nGarland's research team reviewed 63 studies, including several large long-term ones, on the relationship between vitamin D and certain types of cancer worldwide between 1966 and 2004. \"There's nothing that has this ability to prevent cancer,\" he said, urging governments and public health officials to do more to fortify foods with vitamin D.Garland is part of a University of California at San Diego Moores Cancer Center team that published its findings this week online in the American Journal of Public Health. Vitamin D is found in milk, as well as in some fortified orange juice, yogurt and cheeses, usually at around 100 international units (IU) a serving. People might want to consider a vitamin supplement to raise their intake to 1000 IUs per day, Garland said, adding that it was well within the safety guidelines established by the National Academy of Sciences.\nThe authors said that taking more vitamin D could be especially important for people living in northern areas, which receive less vitamin D from sunshine.\nAfrican Americans, who don't produce as much of the vitamin because of their skin colour, could also benefit significantly from a higher intake, the authors said.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following can not help people get more Vitamin D?\n\n<options>:\nA Have more meat\nB Have some sunshine\nC Have a vitamin supplement\nD Have more fortified cheese\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>:\nCancer researchers urged people on Wednesday to take more vitamin D to lower risk of cancer, saying studies showed a clear link. \"Our suggestion is for people to increase their intake, through diet or a vitamin supplement,\" Dr. Cedric Garland said in a telephone interview.\nGarland's research team reviewed 63 studies, including several large long-term ones, on the relationship between vitamin D and certain types of cancer worldwide between 1966 and 2004. \"There's nothing that has this ability to prevent cancer,\" he said, urging governments and public health officials to do more to fortify foods with vitamin D.Garland is part of a University of California at San Diego Moores Cancer Center team that published its findings this week online in the American Journal of Public Health. Vitamin D is found in milk, as well as in some fortified orange juice, yogurt and cheeses, usually at around 100 international units (IU) a serving. People might want to consider a vitamin supplement to raise their intake to 1000 IUs per day, Garland said, adding that it was well within the safety guidelines established by the National Academy of Sciences.\nThe authors said that taking more vitamin D could be especially important for people living in northern areas, which receive less vitamin D from sunshine.\nAfrican Americans, who don't produce as much of the vitamin because of their skin colour, could also benefit significantly from a higher intake, the authors said.\n\n<question>:\nWho can Garland probably be?\n\n<options>:\nA A scientist\nB A health researcher\nC A doctor\nD A public health official\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>:\nCancer researchers urged people on Wednesday to take more vitamin D to lower risk of cancer, saying studies showed a clear link. \"Our suggestion is for people to increase their intake, through diet or a vitamin supplement,\" Dr. Cedric Garland said in a telephone interview.\nGarland's research team reviewed 63 studies, including several large long-term ones, on the relationship between vitamin D and certain types of cancer worldwide between 1966 and 2004. \"There's nothing that has this ability to prevent cancer,\" he said, urging governments and public health officials to do more to fortify foods with vitamin D.Garland is part of a University of California at San Diego Moores Cancer Center team that published its findings this week online in the American Journal of Public Health. Vitamin D is found in milk, as well as in some fortified orange juice, yogurt and cheeses, usually at around 100 international units (IU) a serving. People might want to consider a vitamin supplement to raise their intake to 1000 IUs per day, Garland said, adding that it was well within the safety guidelines established by the National Academy of Sciences.\nThe authors said that taking more vitamin D could be especially important for people living in northern areas, which receive less vitamin D from sunshine.\nAfrican Americans, who don't produce as much of the vitamin because of their skin colour, could also benefit significantly from a higher intake, the authors said.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following food can lower people's chance of getting cancer?\n\n<options>:\nA Fortified orange juice\nB Milk\nC Fortified yogurt\nD All of the above\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>:\nCancer researchers urged people on Wednesday to take more vitamin D to lower risk of cancer, saying studies showed a clear link. \"Our suggestion is for people to increase their intake, through diet or a vitamin supplement,\" Dr. Cedric Garland said in a telephone interview.\nGarland's research team reviewed 63 studies, including several large long-term ones, on the relationship between vitamin D and certain types of cancer worldwide between 1966 and 2004. \"There's nothing that has this ability to prevent cancer,\" he said, urging governments and public health officials to do more to fortify foods with vitamin D.Garland is part of a University of California at San Diego Moores Cancer Center team that published its findings this week online in the American Journal of Public Health. Vitamin D is found in milk, as well as in some fortified orange juice, yogurt and cheeses, usually at around 100 international units (IU) a serving. People might want to consider a vitamin supplement to raise their intake to 1000 IUs per day, Garland said, adding that it was well within the safety guidelines established by the National Academy of Sciences.\nThe authors said that taking more vitamin D could be especially important for people living in northern areas, which receive less vitamin D from sunshine.\nAfrican Americans, who don't produce as much of the vitamin because of their skin colour, could also benefit significantly from a higher intake, the authors said.\n\n<question>:\nPeople from which area should take more Vitamin D according to the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Asian people\nB American people\nC European people\nD African people\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>:\n1. Mean old ladies\nThere is always a reason why an old lady gives you a serious look - you are being too loud, dressed improperly or not crossing the street in the right place. Sometimes it can be lovely, but if you are already having a bad day, a mean old lady can drive you mad.\nWhat to do about it:\nI've come to realize that when people start conflicts, it is actually an expression of their inner state expressed in an outside way. You, your personality, your looks or your actions have nothing to do with it. It is not personal, so why take it personally?\n2. That person, who cuts in front of everybody in line\nThis is something that gets me angry. Even if I am not in a hurry, I still feel bad for the other people in line who are being treated unjustly. Are you more patient than I am or do you feel annoying too?\nWhat to do about it:\nIf we have negative thoughts then we are wasting our energy on negativity. Situations like this could be a great opportunity to learn to control our first negative responses and practice understanding. After all, the person may just have a quick question or maybe there is an emergency.\nFriends that tell you \"I told you so\"\nIt is one thing to admit that you made a mistake and another to hear it from a friend. Friends should be there to support you and cheer you up when you are feeling down, not make themselves feel better at your expense, right?\nWhat to do about it:\nIt helps to remember that when people say \"I told you so\", they may mean, \"Please listen to my advice to avoid future mistakes.\" If this is not the help you need - voice it out, without getting defensive.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the author, what can you do when meeting with a mean old lady?\n\n<options>:\nA Take it personally.\nB Take it seriously.\nC Don't apologize to her.\nD Don't get upset.\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>:\n1. Mean old ladies\nThere is always a reason why an old lady gives you a serious look - you are being too loud, dressed improperly or not crossing the street in the right place. Sometimes it can be lovely, but if you are already having a bad day, a mean old lady can drive you mad.\nWhat to do about it:\nI've come to realize that when people start conflicts, it is actually an expression of their inner state expressed in an outside way. You, your personality, your looks or your actions have nothing to do with it. It is not personal, so why take it personally?\n2. That person, who cuts in front of everybody in line\nThis is something that gets me angry. Even if I am not in a hurry, I still feel bad for the other people in line who are being treated unjustly. Are you more patient than I am or do you feel annoying too?\nWhat to do about it:\nIf we have negative thoughts then we are wasting our energy on negativity. Situations like this could be a great opportunity to learn to control our first negative responses and practice understanding. After all, the person may just have a quick question or maybe there is an emergency.\nFriends that tell you \"I told you so\"\nIt is one thing to admit that you made a mistake and another to hear it from a friend. Friends should be there to support you and cheer you up when you are feeling down, not make themselves feel better at your expense, right?\nWhat to do about it:\nIt helps to remember that when people say \"I told you so\", they may mean, \"Please listen to my advice to avoid future mistakes.\" If this is not the help you need - voice it out, without getting defensive.\n\n<question>:\nWhen seeing someone cutting in line, we'd better _ .\n\n<options>:\nA stop him immediately\nB treat it with a good state of mind\nC pretend not to see it\nD teach him a good lesson\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>:\n1. Mean old ladies\nThere is always a reason why an old lady gives you a serious look - you are being too loud, dressed improperly or not crossing the street in the right place. Sometimes it can be lovely, but if you are already having a bad day, a mean old lady can drive you mad.\nWhat to do about it:\nI've come to realize that when people start conflicts, it is actually an expression of their inner state expressed in an outside way. You, your personality, your looks or your actions have nothing to do with it. It is not personal, so why take it personally?\n2. That person, who cuts in front of everybody in line\nThis is something that gets me angry. Even if I am not in a hurry, I still feel bad for the other people in line who are being treated unjustly. Are you more patient than I am or do you feel annoying too?\nWhat to do about it:\nIf we have negative thoughts then we are wasting our energy on negativity. Situations like this could be a great opportunity to learn to control our first negative responses and practice understanding. After all, the person may just have a quick question or maybe there is an emergency.\nFriends that tell you \"I told you so\"\nIt is one thing to admit that you made a mistake and another to hear it from a friend. Friends should be there to support you and cheer you up when you are feeling down, not make themselves feel better at your expense, right?\nWhat to do about it:\nIt helps to remember that when people say \"I told you so\", they may mean, \"Please listen to my advice to avoid future mistakes.\" If this is not the help you need - voice it out, without getting defensive.\n\n<question>:\nThe third tip intends to advise you _ .\n\n<options>:\nA not to keep silent at a friend's improper suggestion\nB to tell your friend if they have misunderstood you\nC not to talk to your friend if they feel better at your expense\nD to apologize to your friend when you've done something wrong\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>:\n1. Mean old ladies\nThere is always a reason why an old lady gives you a serious look - you are being too loud, dressed improperly or not crossing the street in the right place. Sometimes it can be lovely, but if you are already having a bad day, a mean old lady can drive you mad.\nWhat to do about it:\nI've come to realize that when people start conflicts, it is actually an expression of their inner state expressed in an outside way. You, your personality, your looks or your actions have nothing to do with it. It is not personal, so why take it personally?\n2. That person, who cuts in front of everybody in line\nThis is something that gets me angry. Even if I am not in a hurry, I still feel bad for the other people in line who are being treated unjustly. Are you more patient than I am or do you feel annoying too?\nWhat to do about it:\nIf we have negative thoughts then we are wasting our energy on negativity. Situations like this could be a great opportunity to learn to control our first negative responses and practice understanding. After all, the person may just have a quick question or maybe there is an emergency.\nFriends that tell you \"I told you so\"\nIt is one thing to admit that you made a mistake and another to hear it from a friend. Friends should be there to support you and cheer you up when you are feeling down, not make themselves feel better at your expense, right?\nWhat to do about it:\nIt helps to remember that when people say \"I told you so\", they may mean, \"Please listen to my advice to avoid future mistakes.\" If this is not the help you need - voice it out, without getting defensive.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the best title for this passage?\n\n<options>:\nA What to do when meeting with these people?\nB How to ask your friends for help when in trouble?\nC How to give advice to your friends when asked to?\nD What to say when faced with different situations?\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>:\nA device that stops drivers from falling asleep at the wheel is about to undergo testing at Department of Transport laboratories and could go on sale within 12 months.\nThe system, called Driver Alert, aims to reduce deadly road accidents by 20% - 40% that are caused by tiredness. Airline pilots can also use it to reduce the 30% of all pilot-error accidents that are related to fatigue.\nDriver Alert is based on a computerized wristband. The device, worn by drivers or pilots, gives out a sound about every four minutes during a car journey. After each sound the driver must respond by squeezing the steering wheel. A sensor in the wristband detects this pressing action and measures the time between the sound the driver's response.\nTiredness is directly related to a driver's response time. Usually, a watchful driver would take about 400 milliseconds to respond, but once that falls to more than 500 milliseconds, it suggests that the driver is getting sleepy.\nIn such cases the device gives out more regular and louder sounds, showing that the driver should open a window or stop for a rest. If the driver's response continues to slow down, the sounds become more frequent until a nonstop alarm warns that the driver must stop as soon as possible.\nThe device has been delivered to the department's laboratories for testing. If these tests, scheduled for six months' time, are successful, the makers will bring the product to market within about a year.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the text, Driver Alert _ .\n\n<options>:\nA aims to reduce tiredness-related accidents\nB has gone through testing at laboratories\nC aims to prevent drivers from sleeping\nD has been on sale for 12 months\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>:\nA device that stops drivers from falling asleep at the wheel is about to undergo testing at Department of Transport laboratories and could go on sale within 12 months.\nThe system, called Driver Alert, aims to reduce deadly road accidents by 20% - 40% that are caused by tiredness. Airline pilots can also use it to reduce the 30% of all pilot-error accidents that are related to fatigue.\nDriver Alert is based on a computerized wristband. The device, worn by drivers or pilots, gives out a sound about every four minutes during a car journey. After each sound the driver must respond by squeezing the steering wheel. A sensor in the wristband detects this pressing action and measures the time between the sound the driver's response.\nTiredness is directly related to a driver's response time. Usually, a watchful driver would take about 400 milliseconds to respond, but once that falls to more than 500 milliseconds, it suggests that the driver is getting sleepy.\nIn such cases the device gives out more regular and louder sounds, showing that the driver should open a window or stop for a rest. If the driver's response continues to slow down, the sounds become more frequent until a nonstop alarm warns that the driver must stop as soon as possible.\nThe device has been delivered to the department's laboratories for testing. If these tests, scheduled for six months' time, are successful, the makers will bring the product to market within about a year.\n\n<question>:\nHow should a driver respond to the sounds from Driver Alert?\n\n<options>:\nA By sounding a warning.\nB By touching the wristband.\nC By checking the driving time.\nD By pressing the steering wheel.\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>:\nA device that stops drivers from falling asleep at the wheel is about to undergo testing at Department of Transport laboratories and could go on sale within 12 months.\nThe system, called Driver Alert, aims to reduce deadly road accidents by 20% - 40% that are caused by tiredness. Airline pilots can also use it to reduce the 30% of all pilot-error accidents that are related to fatigue.\nDriver Alert is based on a computerized wristband. The device, worn by drivers or pilots, gives out a sound about every four minutes during a car journey. After each sound the driver must respond by squeezing the steering wheel. A sensor in the wristband detects this pressing action and measures the time between the sound the driver's response.\nTiredness is directly related to a driver's response time. Usually, a watchful driver would take about 400 milliseconds to respond, but once that falls to more than 500 milliseconds, it suggests that the driver is getting sleepy.\nIn such cases the device gives out more regular and louder sounds, showing that the driver should open a window or stop for a rest. If the driver's response continues to slow down, the sounds become more frequent until a nonstop alarm warns that the driver must stop as soon as possible.\nThe device has been delivered to the department's laboratories for testing. If these tests, scheduled for six months' time, are successful, the makers will bring the product to market within about a year.\n\n<question>:\nWe can learn form the text that the driver needs to stop for a break when his response time is _ .\n\n<options>:\nA about 400 milliseconds\nB below 500 milliseconds\nC over 500 milliseconds\nD about 4 minutes\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>:\nA device that stops drivers from falling asleep at the wheel is about to undergo testing at Department of Transport laboratories and could go on sale within 12 months.\nThe system, called Driver Alert, aims to reduce deadly road accidents by 20% - 40% that are caused by tiredness. Airline pilots can also use it to reduce the 30% of all pilot-error accidents that are related to fatigue.\nDriver Alert is based on a computerized wristband. The device, worn by drivers or pilots, gives out a sound about every four minutes during a car journey. After each sound the driver must respond by squeezing the steering wheel. A sensor in the wristband detects this pressing action and measures the time between the sound the driver's response.\nTiredness is directly related to a driver's response time. Usually, a watchful driver would take about 400 milliseconds to respond, but once that falls to more than 500 milliseconds, it suggests that the driver is getting sleepy.\nIn such cases the device gives out more regular and louder sounds, showing that the driver should open a window or stop for a rest. If the driver's response continues to slow down, the sounds become more frequent until a nonstop alarm warns that the driver must stop as soon as possible.\nThe device has been delivered to the department's laboratories for testing. If these tests, scheduled for six months' time, are successful, the makers will bring the product to market within about a year.\n\n<question>:\nWhen the driver gets sleepy while driving, Driver Alert _ .\n\n<options>:\nA moves more regularly\nB stops working properly\nC opens the window for the driver\nD sounds more frequently and loudly\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 relations between man and wife are changing. A majority of working women remain in full charge of their home; they come back at night to the cleaning, washing, and cooking that constitute their second career. But more and more husbands are sharing the burden and willingly taking on chores that their fathers would have\nrejected as unmanly, and as too mysteriously difficult anyway. In such cases, man and wife become equal partners, both working outside, both pushing the vacuum cleaner, actually, the number of husbands who do help that way is much smaller than the number of those who accept the idea in theory. _ . The marriage can be destroyed when the wife is more\nsuccessful in her profession than her husband in his, particularly when she earns more than he does. Sociologists see in this situation one of the main reasons for the increase in the divorce rate-another reason being the husband's refusal to help with the housework or the care of the children. A third reason could be the growing\nawareness of the professional woman that she doesn't hare to remain married if she is too unhappy.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the housework like in the traditonal husbands' eyes?\n\n<options>:\nA It's a mysterious job.\nB It's a little difficult.\nC It s women's job.\nD It s only man's job.\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 relations between man and wife are changing. A majority of working women remain in full charge of their home; they come back at night to the cleaning, washing, and cooking that constitute their second career. But more and more husbands are sharing the burden and willingly taking on chores that their fathers would have\nrejected as unmanly, and as too mysteriously difficult anyway. In such cases, man and wife become equal partners, both working outside, both pushing the vacuum cleaner, actually, the number of husbands who do help that way is much smaller than the number of those who accept the idea in theory. _ . The marriage can be destroyed when the wife is more\nsuccessful in her profession than her husband in his, particularly when she earns more than he does. Sociologists see in this situation one of the main reasons for the increase in the divorce rate-another reason being the husband's refusal to help with the housework or the care of the children. A third reason could be the growing\nawareness of the professional woman that she doesn't hare to remain married if she is too unhappy.\n\n<question>:\nAll of the following statements are true EXCEPT _ .\n\n<options>:\nA more husbands act in helping housework than those agreeing it without action\nB more and more husbands are helping their, wives io do housework\nC most of the working women take charge of their home\nD it is possible for the marriage to fail if women earn more money than husbands\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 relations between man and wife are changing. A majority of working women remain in full charge of their home; they come back at night to the cleaning, washing, and cooking that constitute their second career. But more and more husbands are sharing the burden and willingly taking on chores that their fathers would have\nrejected as unmanly, and as too mysteriously difficult anyway. In such cases, man and wife become equal partners, both working outside, both pushing the vacuum cleaner, actually, the number of husbands who do help that way is much smaller than the number of those who accept the idea in theory. _ . The marriage can be destroyed when the wife is more\nsuccessful in her profession than her husband in his, particularly when she earns more than he does. Sociologists see in this situation one of the main reasons for the increase in the divorce rate-another reason being the husband's refusal to help with the housework or the care of the children. A third reason could be the growing\nawareness of the professional woman that she doesn't hare to remain married if she is too unhappy.\n\n<question>:\nThe best title of the passage is most likely to be _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Equal Partnership Means Nothing in Modern Family\nB The Changing Relations Between Man and Wife\nC Reasons for Increasing Divorce\nD The Relations Between Husband and Wife\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>:\nIt takes Te'Anne Collins more than an hour to get to school by bus. But for her, it is worth it. Te'Anne is one of many talented students who will attend an interview for a musical theatre program at Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts. \"She is someone with unbelievable talent, \" says her music teacher, Ann Merriam . \"Te'Anne works two jobs, so she can support her studies and living expense.\"\nTe'Anne has come a long way since she first came to Wexford collegiate in 9thgrade. She was new to the school and started going out with the wrong crowd. Her negative lifestyle and attitude caused her scores to decline steadily. It was Ann Merriam who pulled her aside. \"She told me that she didn't even know who I was and that she often heard bad things about me, \" says Te'Anne. \"When I think about it now, I deserved it.\" Now in Grade 12, Te'Anne has fought her way to the front of the stage and has earned her place as an important member of Wexford Gleeks -- a club that Ann Merriam has been running for over 20 years.\nAnn Merriam is the founder of the famous musical theatre program, which has been attracting audiences for years. A bit of a maverick ,she quietly started the program in the 80's on a shoestring budget, despite an important leader's disagreement at the beginning. Wexford Gleeks is now one of the top competitors at the 2013 Show Choir Canada competition. Te'Anne's story began to spread and soon telephone calls came flooding in the school board from kids' parents, because they knew Ann Merriam never gave up on any student.\n\n<question>:\nTe'Anne thinks a long bus journey is worthy, because she _ .\n\n<options>:\nA gets permission to attend Wexford Collegiate.\nB is praised by her music teacher for her talent.\nC gets an opportunity for a musical theatre program.\nD is able to support her studies and living expenses.\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>:\nIt takes Te'Anne Collins more than an hour to get to school by bus. But for her, it is worth it. Te'Anne is one of many talented students who will attend an interview for a musical theatre program at Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts. \"She is someone with unbelievable talent, \" says her music teacher, Ann Merriam . \"Te'Anne works two jobs, so she can support her studies and living expense.\"\nTe'Anne has come a long way since she first came to Wexford collegiate in 9thgrade. She was new to the school and started going out with the wrong crowd. Her negative lifestyle and attitude caused her scores to decline steadily. It was Ann Merriam who pulled her aside. \"She told me that she didn't even know who I was and that she often heard bad things about me, \" says Te'Anne. \"When I think about it now, I deserved it.\" Now in Grade 12, Te'Anne has fought her way to the front of the stage and has earned her place as an important member of Wexford Gleeks -- a club that Ann Merriam has been running for over 20 years.\nAnn Merriam is the founder of the famous musical theatre program, which has been attracting audiences for years. A bit of a maverick ,she quietly started the program in the 80's on a shoestring budget, despite an important leader's disagreement at the beginning. Wexford Gleeks is now one of the top competitors at the 2013 Show Choir Canada competition. Te'Anne's story began to spread and soon telephone calls came flooding in the school board from kids' parents, because they knew Ann Merriam never gave up on any student.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following statements is TRUE?\n\n<options>:\nA Te'Anne often heard of Ann Merriam in Grade 9.\nB Ann Merriam has managed Wexford Collegiate for 20 years.\nC Ann Merriam regretted founding the musical theatre program.\nD Te'Anne stepped on the stage of Wexford Gleeks in Grade 12.\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>:\nLarry Bird was born in 1965 in a small town in the Middle Western State of Indiana. He was tall, and good at playing basketball. He attended Indiana State University. Bird led the team into the College Basketball Championship Game.\nAfter completing his college studies, Larry Bird began playing professional basketball for the Boston Celtics. He remained with the Celtics for all his professional career. During those 13 years, Larry Bird was named the Most Valuable Player of the Year three times. He _ more than 21, 000 points, and he played in 13 of the highest scoring games in his team's history. Once he scored 60 points in just one game.\nDuring his very successful basketball career, Larry Bird suffered a number of injuries. In 1989, he stopped playing because of pain in his feet. He returned in 1990, but the pain in his feet returned too. In the next two years he experienced more medical problems, and he missed many games.\nLarry Bird did play on the Dream Team-the first Olympic Team with professional players. However, after winning the gold medal in Barcelona, he announced that he would retire from professional basketball. Larry Bird said he would have liked to play a little longer, but he could not because of his health problems. He also said it was a good time to leave the game. He wanted to be remembered as a winner.\n\n<question>:\nWhen he returned to his team in 1990, _ .\n\n<options>:\nA he still had a lot of medical problems caused by the previous injuries\nB he played in all the following games for his team\nC he had recovered from a number of injuries\nD He didn't play for his team any more\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>:\nLarry Bird was born in 1965 in a small town in the Middle Western State of Indiana. He was tall, and good at playing basketball. He attended Indiana State University. Bird led the team into the College Basketball Championship Game.\nAfter completing his college studies, Larry Bird began playing professional basketball for the Boston Celtics. He remained with the Celtics for all his professional career. During those 13 years, Larry Bird was named the Most Valuable Player of the Year three times. He _ more than 21, 000 points, and he played in 13 of the highest scoring games in his team's history. Once he scored 60 points in just one game.\nDuring his very successful basketball career, Larry Bird suffered a number of injuries. In 1989, he stopped playing because of pain in his feet. He returned in 1990, but the pain in his feet returned too. In the next two years he experienced more medical problems, and he missed many games.\nLarry Bird did play on the Dream Team-the first Olympic Team with professional players. However, after winning the gold medal in Barcelona, he announced that he would retire from professional basketball. Larry Bird said he would have liked to play a little longer, but he could not because of his health problems. He also said it was a good time to leave the game. He wanted to be remembered as a winner.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following statements is NOT true?\n\n<options>:\nA Larry Bird began his career after his graduation from the college.\nB He lost interest in playing basketball after he retired.\nC Though he left the team, he didn't feel too much regret.\nD He thought it a right decision to leave the team.\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>:\nIn 2013, a report from The Nero England Journal of Medicine showed that increased body weight is related to the death rate for all cancers. This is based on a study involving about 900,000 people, spanning many years.\n The study, started in 1992 by the American Cancer Society, included men and women from all 50 states. The youngest participants were 30 years old, and the '8verage age was 57. By December 2008, 24% of the participants had died, just a quarter of them from cancers. In analyzing the results, researchers attempted to take account of such potential factors as smoking drinking alcohol, taking aspirin and a wide variety of other factors that might otherwise affect the results.\n The results are clear the more you weigh, the greater your risk of dying of cancer will be (up to 52% higher for men and 62% for women). In men as well as women, the only cancers that did not have a strong connection with weight were lung cancer and-brain cancer. For women, the strongest correlation with weight was uterine cancer ,which is 6.5 times higher for women with a BMI(Body Mass Index)of 40 or more. For men, it was liver cancer, which is 4.5 times higher in most obese men.\n Smokers tend to be more successful in keeping weight off than non-smokers ,slightly reducing\nthe risk ,But many of them don't have good lungs .Thus ,in another way ,they also face risks.\n As for why extra weight leads to excess cancer death rate ,there's no clear agreement .But\nthe decrease in vitamin D in obese people seems a likely factor .Vitamin D is known to have a \nrole in preventing cancer .Also, there is a simple fact that obesity makes the management of\n cancer more difficult .Although for now there is no simple answer to why obesity increases a\nperson's cancer risk ,all we know for certain is that the risk is real.\n\n<question>:\nThe passage is mainly concerned with the relationship between _ .\n\n<options>:\nA diet and cancer\nB body weight and cancer\nC sex and cancer\nD smoking and cancer\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>:\nIs early childhood education really necessary? Early childhood education primarily focuses on learning through playing to develop the child's physical, sensory, communicational and social development.Early childhood education has become a concern of the government, who pushes poor children to be formally trained before they are old enough for Kindergarten.\nThere are good reasons for the government to push early childhood education.Studies have shown that orphaned children who did not receive good care and education become developmentally delayed causing failure in school, and even in life.Further studies show that poor children who take part in Head Start programs are more prepared for school, less likely to end up in Special Education classes, and are less likely to receive public help or go to jail.\nThere are also negative parts to putting a child in formal education programs too early.Time Magazine online explains that \"the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work.\" I have personally witnessed many children of my generation who went to Head Start programs become frustrated and bored with school before they finished high school.Yet parents have been sure that the earlier the child starts school, the better off he or she is, so they push to start children earlier.\nActually while early formal education of poor children does show great gains in the early elementary years, studies also show that this head start is really a \"false start\", as the gains are lost in middle and high school years.It seems that environment is a bigger factor on life's success than early education.Head Start programs have not achieved its original goal in closing the achievement gap in poor and middle school children.Perhaps it is time to find other ways to close that gap.\n\n<question>:\nThe purpose of the government valuing the early childhood education is _ .\n\n<options>:\nA to develop the children's communication\nB to give orphaned children good care and education\nC to get the children prepared for the kindergarten\nD to train the children formally and regularly\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>:\nIs early childhood education really necessary? Early childhood education primarily focuses on learning through playing to develop the child's physical, sensory, communicational and social development.Early childhood education has become a concern of the government, who pushes poor children to be formally trained before they are old enough for Kindergarten.\nThere are good reasons for the government to push early childhood education.Studies have shown that orphaned children who did not receive good care and education become developmentally delayed causing failure in school, and even in life.Further studies show that poor children who take part in Head Start programs are more prepared for school, less likely to end up in Special Education classes, and are less likely to receive public help or go to jail.\nThere are also negative parts to putting a child in formal education programs too early.Time Magazine online explains that \"the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work.\" I have personally witnessed many children of my generation who went to Head Start programs become frustrated and bored with school before they finished high school.Yet parents have been sure that the earlier the child starts school, the better off he or she is, so they push to start children earlier.\nActually while early formal education of poor children does show great gains in the early elementary years, studies also show that this head start is really a \"false start\", as the gains are lost in middle and high school years.It seems that environment is a bigger factor on life's success than early education.Head Start programs have not achieved its original goal in closing the achievement gap in poor and middle school children.Perhaps it is time to find other ways to close that gap.\n\n<question>:\n\"the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work.\" suggests that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the early childhood education is helpless to the child's grade\nB it is good for the young children to receive early education\nC the early education can help the children follow the grade\nD the younger the children are, the cleverer they will be\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>:\nIs early childhood education really necessary? Early childhood education primarily focuses on learning through playing to develop the child's physical, sensory, communicational and social development.Early childhood education has become a concern of the government, who pushes poor children to be formally trained before they are old enough for Kindergarten.\nThere are good reasons for the government to push early childhood education.Studies have shown that orphaned children who did not receive good care and education become developmentally delayed causing failure in school, and even in life.Further studies show that poor children who take part in Head Start programs are more prepared for school, less likely to end up in Special Education classes, and are less likely to receive public help or go to jail.\nThere are also negative parts to putting a child in formal education programs too early.Time Magazine online explains that \"the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work.\" I have personally witnessed many children of my generation who went to Head Start programs become frustrated and bored with school before they finished high school.Yet parents have been sure that the earlier the child starts school, the better off he or she is, so they push to start children earlier.\nActually while early formal education of poor children does show great gains in the early elementary years, studies also show that this head start is really a \"false start\", as the gains are lost in middle and high school years.It seems that environment is a bigger factor on life's success than early education.Head Start programs have not achieved its original goal in closing the achievement gap in poor and middle school children.Perhaps it is time to find other ways to close that gap.\n\n<question>:\nThe author's attitude toward the early childhood education is _ .\n\n<options>:\nA puzzling\nB objective\nC indifferent\nD approving\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>:\nWithout Doubt,Miley Cyrus reigns as Hollywood's \"tween\" queen.Her show,Hannah Montana,debuted in 2006 as the number one cable show look kids aged 6--14.Add to that success two chart-topping CDs,a sold-out concert tour and a number one movie.And she's not even 16 years old yet!\nBorn in 1992 in Tennessee,Miley is the daughter of country singer-turned-actor,Billy Ray Cyrus and his wife,Tish,Miley got an early start in acting,beginning with a small role on her father's TV show in 2003.Then at age 12,Miley's cool confidence helped her beat out 1,000 other girls to win the role of Hannah Montana.\nOn the Disney Channel show,Miley plays Miley Stewart,a sometimes-awkward ninth grade girl who moonlights as pop sensation Hannah Montana.Stewart keeps her rock star identity a secret from all but her family and her closest friends.The show emphasizes family,friendship and respect,making it a hit not only with kids but also with adults.Miley's real father plays her dad on the show.\nIn June 2007,Miley released the two-disc album Hannah Montana 3/Meet Miley Cyrus.One disc contains songs from the show.And the other serves as the star's Debut album-with songs about love,teenager life and growing up.In October,Miley set out on a 54-date North American concert tour.The tour were wildly popular-tickets for some venues sold out within minutes and 14 extra performances were added.\nThe tour's success spurred Disney to create a 3-d movie version of the concert.The film hit number one at the box office and earned over $ 31 million in just three days.\nThough Miley is a huge star,she sees herself as a regular girl.She attends church with her family every week and does homework and household chores.\nWith a big-screen version of Hannah Montana coming out next year,this young star is sure to keep rising-but with her feet on the ground.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is NOT true except the fact that\n\n<options>:\nA Miley began to act at the age of 12.\nB Miley's 54-date North American concert tour was very successful.\nC Miley's show,Hannah Montana was popular with not kids but adults.\nD Miley is a regular and grounded girl.\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>:\nWithout Doubt,Miley Cyrus reigns as Hollywood's \"tween\" queen.Her show,Hannah Montana,debuted in 2006 as the number one cable show look kids aged 6--14.Add to that success two chart-topping CDs,a sold-out concert tour and a number one movie.And she's not even 16 years old yet!\nBorn in 1992 in Tennessee,Miley is the daughter of country singer-turned-actor,Billy Ray Cyrus and his wife,Tish,Miley got an early start in acting,beginning with a small role on her father's TV show in 2003.Then at age 12,Miley's cool confidence helped her beat out 1,000 other girls to win the role of Hannah Montana.\nOn the Disney Channel show,Miley plays Miley Stewart,a sometimes-awkward ninth grade girl who moonlights as pop sensation Hannah Montana.Stewart keeps her rock star identity a secret from all but her family and her closest friends.The show emphasizes family,friendship and respect,making it a hit not only with kids but also with adults.Miley's real father plays her dad on the show.\nIn June 2007,Miley released the two-disc album Hannah Montana 3/Meet Miley Cyrus.One disc contains songs from the show.And the other serves as the star's Debut album-with songs about love,teenager life and growing up.In October,Miley set out on a 54-date North American concert tour.The tour were wildly popular-tickets for some venues sold out within minutes and 14 extra performances were added.\nThe tour's success spurred Disney to create a 3-d movie version of the concert.The film hit number one at the box office and earned over $ 31 million in just three days.\nThough Miley is a huge star,she sees herself as a regular girl.She attends church with her family every week and does homework and household chores.\nWith a big-screen version of Hannah Montana coming out next year,this young star is sure to keep rising-but with her feet on the ground.\n\n<question>:\nWhat helped Miley win the role of Hannah Montana?_.\n\n<options>:\nA Her father.\nB Her success.\nC Her closest friends.\nD Her cool confidence\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>:\nOnly about 30 percent of people in the US know how to perform CPR . Recently, a 9-year-old boy showed a Georgia woman how to perform CPR on her newborn baby.\nSusanna Rohm said she had experienced a parent's worst nightmare -- her 2-month-old son, Isiah, was not breathing. \"I noticed he looked pale. I looked at his arms and his legs and they were limp ,\" Rohm told a local newspaper. \"Then I noticed that he looked like he wasn't alive.\" In _ , she dropped and broke her cellphone. Rohm had to run into the street, screaming for help.\n\"I had him in my arms and screamed over and over. Then I ran outside. I saw two boys playing across the street, and I yelled, 'Go and ask your parents to call 911,'\" Rohm said. But the two boys were able to do more than that. Nine-year-old Ethan Wilson took action, showing Rohm how to perform CPR on little Isiah while ten-year-old Rocky Hurt helped as well.\nRocky said he had learned the CPR technique from a poster in a health class at their school, Sedalia Park Elementary. \"I was thinking we'd better give her a helping hand instead of getting scared,\" Ethan said. \"I told her to push on the baby's chest five to ten times a minute with only two fingers, tilt back the baby's head, plug the baby's nose and breathe into the baby's mouth,\" Ethan said in an interview.\nAt last, Isiah began crying and was breathing again. He spent two nights in a local hospital. \"If the little boy hadn't shown me what to do right there, my baby would probably not be alive right now,\" Rohm said.\n\n<question>:\nWhat did Rohm do when she saw the two boys?\n\n<options>:\nA She asked them to call 911 as soon as possible.\nB She asked them to teach her how to perform CPR.\nC She asked them to ask their parents for help.\nD She asked them to help her perform CPR on her baby.\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>:\nGuide to Stockholm University Library\nOur library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.\nZones\nThe library is divided into different zones. The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. The ground floor is the zone where you can talk. Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.\nComputers\nYou can use your own computer to connect to the wi-fi specially prepared for notebook computers; you can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office. They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.\nGroup-study Places\nIf you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor. Some study rooms are for 2-3 people and others can hold up to 6-8 people. All rooms are marked on the library maps.\nThere are 40 group-study rooms that must be booked via the website. To book, you need an active University account and a valid University card. You can use a room three hours per day, nine hours at most per week.\nStorage of study material\nThe library has lockers for students to store course literature. When you have obtained at least 40 credits , you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year's rental period.\nRules to be followed\nMobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library. Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.\nPlease note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library, but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.\n\n<question>:\nThe library's upper floor is mainly for students to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA read in a quiet place\nB have group discussions\nC take comfortable seats\nD get their computers fixed\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>:\nGuide to Stockholm University Library\nOur library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.\nZones\nThe library is divided into different zones. The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. The ground floor is the zone where you can talk. Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.\nComputers\nYou can use your own computer to connect to the wi-fi specially prepared for notebook computers; you can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office. They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.\nGroup-study Places\nIf you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor. Some study rooms are for 2-3 people and others can hold up to 6-8 people. All rooms are marked on the library maps.\nThere are 40 group-study rooms that must be booked via the website. To book, you need an active University account and a valid University card. You can use a room three hours per day, nine hours at most per week.\nStorage of study material\nThe library has lockers for students to store course literature. When you have obtained at least 40 credits , you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year's rental period.\nRules to be followed\nMobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library. Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.\nPlease note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library, but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.\n\n<question>:\nLibrary computers on the ground floor _ .\n\n<options>:\nA help students with their field experiments\nB contain software essential for schoolwork\nC are for those who want to access the wi-fi\nD are mostly used for filling out application forms\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>:\nGuide to Stockholm University Library\nOur library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.\nZones\nThe library is divided into different zones. The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. The ground floor is the zone where you can talk. Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.\nComputers\nYou can use your own computer to connect to the wi-fi specially prepared for notebook computers; you can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office. They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.\nGroup-study Places\nIf you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor. Some study rooms are for 2-3 people and others can hold up to 6-8 people. All rooms are marked on the library maps.\nThere are 40 group-study rooms that must be booked via the website. To book, you need an active University account and a valid University card. You can use a room three hours per day, nine hours at most per week.\nStorage of study material\nThe library has lockers for students to store course literature. When you have obtained at least 40 credits , you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year's rental period.\nRules to be followed\nMobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library. Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.\nPlease note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library, but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.\n\n<question>:\nWhat condition should be met to book a group-study room?\n\n<options>:\nA A group must consist of 8 people.\nB Three-hour use per day is the minimum.\nC One should first register at the university.\nD Applications must mark the room on the map.\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>:\nGuide to Stockholm University Library\nOur library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.\nZones\nThe library is divided into different zones. The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. The ground floor is the zone where you can talk. Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.\nComputers\nYou can use your own computer to connect to the wi-fi specially prepared for notebook computers; you can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office. They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.\nGroup-study Places\nIf you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor. Some study rooms are for 2-3 people and others can hold up to 6-8 people. All rooms are marked on the library maps.\nThere are 40 group-study rooms that must be booked via the website. To book, you need an active University account and a valid University card. You can use a room three hours per day, nine hours at most per week.\nStorage of study material\nThe library has lockers for students to store course literature. When you have obtained at least 40 credits , you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year's rental period.\nRules to be followed\nMobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library. Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.\nPlease note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library, but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.\n\n<question>:\nA student can rent a locker in the library if he _ .\n\n<options>:\nA can afford the rental fee\nB attends certain courses\nC has nowhere to put his books.\nD has earned the required credits\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>:\nGuide to Stockholm University Library\nOur library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.\nZones\nThe library is divided into different zones. The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. The ground floor is the zone where you can talk. Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.\nComputers\nYou can use your own computer to connect to the wi-fi specially prepared for notebook computers; you can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office. They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.\nGroup-study Places\nIf you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor. Some study rooms are for 2-3 people and others can hold up to 6-8 people. All rooms are marked on the library maps.\nThere are 40 group-study rooms that must be booked via the website. To book, you need an active University account and a valid University card. You can use a room three hours per day, nine hours at most per week.\nStorage of study material\nThe library has lockers for students to store course literature. When you have obtained at least 40 credits , you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year's rental period.\nRules to be followed\nMobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library. Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.\nPlease note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library, but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.\n\n<question>:\nWhat should NOT be brought into the library?\n\n<options>:\nA Mobile phones\nB Orange juice\nC Candy\nD Sandwiches\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>:\nOctober 15th is Global Handwashing Day.Activities are planned in more than twenty countries to get millions of people in the developing world to wash their hands with soap.\nExperts say people around the world wash their hands but very few use soap at so-called critical moments.These include after using the toilet, after cleaning a baby and before touching food.\nGlobal Handwashing Day is the idea of the Public-private Partnership for handwashing with soap.The goal, they say, is to create a culture of handwashing with soap.The organizers say all soaps are equally effective at removing disease-causing germs.They say the correct way to wash is to wet your hands with a small amount of water and cover them with soap.Rub it into all areas, including under the fingernails.Then, wash well under running water.Finally, dry your hands with a clean cloth.\nThe Partnership says soap is important because it increases the time that people spend washing.Soap also helps to break up the dirt that holds most of the germs.And it usually leaves a pleasant smell, which increases the chances that people will wash again.\nIt also says that washing hands with soap before eating and after using the toilet could save more lives than any medicine.It could help reduce cases of diarrhea, which is the second leading cause of child deaths, killing more than one and a half million children a year, by almost half.\n\n<question>:\nWhat does the author intend to tell us in the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA To keep healthy by washing hands.\nB To wash hands with soap.\nC To take action to wash hands.\nD To wash hands often.\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>:\nOctober 15th is Global Handwashing Day.Activities are planned in more than twenty countries to get millions of people in the developing world to wash their hands with soap.\nExperts say people around the world wash their hands but very few use soap at so-called critical moments.These include after using the toilet, after cleaning a baby and before touching food.\nGlobal Handwashing Day is the idea of the Public-private Partnership for handwashing with soap.The goal, they say, is to create a culture of handwashing with soap.The organizers say all soaps are equally effective at removing disease-causing germs.They say the correct way to wash is to wet your hands with a small amount of water and cover them with soap.Rub it into all areas, including under the fingernails.Then, wash well under running water.Finally, dry your hands with a clean cloth.\nThe Partnership says soap is important because it increases the time that people spend washing.Soap also helps to break up the dirt that holds most of the germs.And it usually leaves a pleasant smell, which increases the chances that people will wash again.\nIt also says that washing hands with soap before eating and after using the toilet could save more lives than any medicine.It could help reduce cases of diarrhea, which is the second leading cause of child deaths, killing more than one and a half million children a year, by almost half.\n\n<question>:\nWhich fact can NOT explain why soap is important?\n\n<options>:\nA It gives people a longer handwashing time.\nB It helps to remove a lot of germs from hands.\nC It attracts people to do more handwashing.\nD It gets all people into the habit of washing hands.\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>:\nWhite House Tours\n Members of the public can visit the White House now. Requests must be made through one's Member of Congress . These self-guided tours are available from 7:30 am to 11:00 am Tuesday through Thursday, 7:30 am to 12:00 pm Fridays, and 7:30 am to 1:00 pm Saturdays (except for holidays). Requests can be made up to six months in advance and no less than 21 days in advance. All White House tours are free.\n If you wish to visit the White House and are a citizen from a foreign country, please contact your embassy for help in making a tour request.\n All visitors 18 years of age or older will be required to present a valid photo ID. All foreign visitors must present their passport. All other forms of foreign identification will not be accepted.\n All visitors should call the 24-hour Visitors Office information line at 202-456-7041 to determine if any last minute changes have been made in the tour schedule .\n Forbidden Items:\nl Cameras or video recorders\nl Handbags, book bags, backpacks or purses\nl Food, drinks, or cigarettes\nl Any pointed objects\nl Guns, or knives of any size\n The U.S. Secret Service has the right to forbid any other personal items. Umbrellas, car keys, and cell phones (including those with cameras) are permitted. However, guests will not be allowed to use cell phones inside the White House.\n Please note that there is no place to store forbidden items for visitors. Those who arrive with forbidden items will not be allowed to enter the White House.\n Restrooms / Public telephones\n The nearest restrooms and public telephones to the White House are in the Ellipse Visitor Pavilion (the park area south of the White House). Restrooms and public telephones are not available at the White House.\n The Disabled\n Please contact your Member of Congress if you cannot hear or see clearly and need help during your White House tour. Guide animals are permitted in the White House.\n\n<question>:\nWhen can people visit the White House?\n\n<options>:\nA At 9:30 am on Monday.\nB At 10:00 am on Wednesday.\nC At 1:00 pm on Friday.\nD At 11:00 am on Sunday.\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>:\nWhite House Tours\n Members of the public can visit the White House now. Requests must be made through one's Member of Congress . These self-guided tours are available from 7:30 am to 11:00 am Tuesday through Thursday, 7:30 am to 12:00 pm Fridays, and 7:30 am to 1:00 pm Saturdays (except for holidays). Requests can be made up to six months in advance and no less than 21 days in advance. All White House tours are free.\n If you wish to visit the White House and are a citizen from a foreign country, please contact your embassy for help in making a tour request.\n All visitors 18 years of age or older will be required to present a valid photo ID. All foreign visitors must present their passport. All other forms of foreign identification will not be accepted.\n All visitors should call the 24-hour Visitors Office information line at 202-456-7041 to determine if any last minute changes have been made in the tour schedule .\n Forbidden Items:\nl Cameras or video recorders\nl Handbags, book bags, backpacks or purses\nl Food, drinks, or cigarettes\nl Any pointed objects\nl Guns, or knives of any size\n The U.S. Secret Service has the right to forbid any other personal items. Umbrellas, car keys, and cell phones (including those with cameras) are permitted. However, guests will not be allowed to use cell phones inside the White House.\n Please note that there is no place to store forbidden items for visitors. Those who arrive with forbidden items will not be allowed to enter the White House.\n Restrooms / Public telephones\n The nearest restrooms and public telephones to the White House are in the Ellipse Visitor Pavilion (the park area south of the White House). Restrooms and public telephones are not available at the White House.\n The Disabled\n Please contact your Member of Congress if you cannot hear or see clearly and need help during your White House tour. Guide animals are permitted in the White House.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is forbidden to be taken into the White House?\n\n<options>:\nA car keys.\nB cell phones.\nC umbrellas.\nD backpacks.\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>:\nWhite House Tours\n Members of the public can visit the White House now. Requests must be made through one's Member of Congress . These self-guided tours are available from 7:30 am to 11:00 am Tuesday through Thursday, 7:30 am to 12:00 pm Fridays, and 7:30 am to 1:00 pm Saturdays (except for holidays). Requests can be made up to six months in advance and no less than 21 days in advance. All White House tours are free.\n If you wish to visit the White House and are a citizen from a foreign country, please contact your embassy for help in making a tour request.\n All visitors 18 years of age or older will be required to present a valid photo ID. All foreign visitors must present their passport. All other forms of foreign identification will not be accepted.\n All visitors should call the 24-hour Visitors Office information line at 202-456-7041 to determine if any last minute changes have been made in the tour schedule .\n Forbidden Items:\nl Cameras or video recorders\nl Handbags, book bags, backpacks or purses\nl Food, drinks, or cigarettes\nl Any pointed objects\nl Guns, or knives of any size\n The U.S. Secret Service has the right to forbid any other personal items. Umbrellas, car keys, and cell phones (including those with cameras) are permitted. However, guests will not be allowed to use cell phones inside the White House.\n Please note that there is no place to store forbidden items for visitors. Those who arrive with forbidden items will not be allowed to enter the White House.\n Restrooms / Public telephones\n The nearest restrooms and public telephones to the White House are in the Ellipse Visitor Pavilion (the park area south of the White House). Restrooms and public telephones are not available at the White House.\n The Disabled\n Please contact your Member of Congress if you cannot hear or see clearly and need help during your White House tour. Guide animals are permitted in the White House.\n\n<question>:\nWe can learn from the text that in the White House people can _ .\n\n<options>:\nA bring guide animals if necessary\nB make calls using their own cell phones\nC use the restrooms there\nD have a tour guide\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>:\nWhite House Tours\n Members of the public can visit the White House now. Requests must be made through one's Member of Congress . These self-guided tours are available from 7:30 am to 11:00 am Tuesday through Thursday, 7:30 am to 12:00 pm Fridays, and 7:30 am to 1:00 pm Saturdays (except for holidays). Requests can be made up to six months in advance and no less than 21 days in advance. All White House tours are free.\n If you wish to visit the White House and are a citizen from a foreign country, please contact your embassy for help in making a tour request.\n All visitors 18 years of age or older will be required to present a valid photo ID. All foreign visitors must present their passport. All other forms of foreign identification will not be accepted.\n All visitors should call the 24-hour Visitors Office information line at 202-456-7041 to determine if any last minute changes have been made in the tour schedule .\n Forbidden Items:\nl Cameras or video recorders\nl Handbags, book bags, backpacks or purses\nl Food, drinks, or cigarettes\nl Any pointed objects\nl Guns, or knives of any size\n The U.S. Secret Service has the right to forbid any other personal items. Umbrellas, car keys, and cell phones (including those with cameras) are permitted. However, guests will not be allowed to use cell phones inside the White House.\n Please note that there is no place to store forbidden items for visitors. Those who arrive with forbidden items will not be allowed to enter the White House.\n Restrooms / Public telephones\n The nearest restrooms and public telephones to the White House are in the Ellipse Visitor Pavilion (the park area south of the White House). Restrooms and public telephones are not available at the White House.\n The Disabled\n Please contact your Member of Congress if you cannot hear or see clearly and need help during your White House tour. Guide animals are permitted in the White House.\n\n<question>:\nThis passage mainly tells us _ .\n\n<options>:\nA when the White House is open to public\nB things we should know about the White House tour\nC some attractions in the White House\nD what things are forbidden in the White House\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 Board Meeting had come to an end. Bob started to stand up and knocked into the table, spilling his coffee over his notes. \"How embarrassing! I am getting so clumsy in my old age.\"\nEveryone had a good laugh, and soon we were all telling stories of our most embarrassing moments. It came around to Frank, who sat quietly listening to the others. Someone said, \"Come on, Frank. Tell us your most embarrassing moment.\"\nFrank laughed and began to tell us of his childhood. \"I grew up in San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. He had his own boat, but it was hard making a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to feed the family. Not just enough for our family, but also for his Mom and Dad and the other kids that were still at home.\"\nHe looked at us and said, \"I wish you could have met my Dad. He was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch. When you got close to him, he smelled like the ocean. He would wear his old canvas, foul-weather coat and his bibbed overalls. His rain hat would be pulled down over his brow. No matter how much my mother washed them, they would still smell of the sea and of fish.\"\nFrank's voice dropped a bit. \"When the weather was bad he would drive me to school. He had this old truck that he used in his fishing business. That truck was older than he was. It would wheeze and rattle down the road. You could hear it coming for blocks. As he would drive toward the school, I would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear. Half the time, he would slam to a stop and the old truck would belch a cloud of smoke. He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching. Then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. Here, I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!\"\nHe paused and then went on, \"I remember the day I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean toward me, but I put my hand up and said, \"No, Dad.\" It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way, and he had this surprised look on his face. I said, \"Dad, I'm too old for a goodbye kiss. I'm too old for any kind of kiss.\" My Dad looked at me for the longest time, and his eyes started to tear up. Then he turned and looked out of the windshield . \"You're right,\" he said. \" You are a big boy....a man. I won't kiss you anymore.\"\nFrank got a funny look on his face, and the tears began to well up in his eyes, as he spoke. \"It wasn't long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back. It was a day when most of the fleet stayed in, but not Dad. He had a big family to feed. They found his boat adrift with its nets half in and half out. He must have gotten into a strong wind and was trying to save the nets and the floats.\"\nI looked at Frank and saw that tears were running down his cheeks. Frank spoke again. \"Guys, you don't know what I would give to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek...to feel his rough old face... to smell the ocean on him... to feel his arm around my neck. _ . If I had been a man, I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhen his father drove him to the school, Frank would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA he was ashamed of his father's old truck\nB he didn't want his schoolmates to see his father\nC he thought he was old enough to go to school alone\nD he hated the way his schoolmates stared at his father\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 Board Meeting had come to an end. Bob started to stand up and knocked into the table, spilling his coffee over his notes. \"How embarrassing! I am getting so clumsy in my old age.\"\nEveryone had a good laugh, and soon we were all telling stories of our most embarrassing moments. It came around to Frank, who sat quietly listening to the others. Someone said, \"Come on, Frank. Tell us your most embarrassing moment.\"\nFrank laughed and began to tell us of his childhood. \"I grew up in San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. He had his own boat, but it was hard making a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to feed the family. Not just enough for our family, but also for his Mom and Dad and the other kids that were still at home.\"\nHe looked at us and said, \"I wish you could have met my Dad. He was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch. When you got close to him, he smelled like the ocean. He would wear his old canvas, foul-weather coat and his bibbed overalls. His rain hat would be pulled down over his brow. No matter how much my mother washed them, they would still smell of the sea and of fish.\"\nFrank's voice dropped a bit. \"When the weather was bad he would drive me to school. He had this old truck that he used in his fishing business. That truck was older than he was. It would wheeze and rattle down the road. You could hear it coming for blocks. As he would drive toward the school, I would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear. Half the time, he would slam to a stop and the old truck would belch a cloud of smoke. He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching. Then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. Here, I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!\"\nHe paused and then went on, \"I remember the day I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean toward me, but I put my hand up and said, \"No, Dad.\" It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way, and he had this surprised look on his face. I said, \"Dad, I'm too old for a goodbye kiss. I'm too old for any kind of kiss.\" My Dad looked at me for the longest time, and his eyes started to tear up. Then he turned and looked out of the windshield . \"You're right,\" he said. \" You are a big boy....a man. I won't kiss you anymore.\"\nFrank got a funny look on his face, and the tears began to well up in his eyes, as he spoke. \"It wasn't long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back. It was a day when most of the fleet stayed in, but not Dad. He had a big family to feed. They found his boat adrift with its nets half in and half out. He must have gotten into a strong wind and was trying to save the nets and the floats.\"\nI looked at Frank and saw that tears were running down his cheeks. Frank spoke again. \"Guys, you don't know what I would give to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek...to feel his rough old face... to smell the ocean on him... to feel his arm around my neck. _ . If I had been a man, I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss.\"\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the story we can conclude that Frank's father _ .\n\n<options>:\nA was quite confident in his skills in fishing\nB loved his children but hardly expressed it\nC seldom gave up faced with challenges\nD was full of devotion to his family\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 Board Meeting had come to an end. Bob started to stand up and knocked into the table, spilling his coffee over his notes. \"How embarrassing! I am getting so clumsy in my old age.\"\nEveryone had a good laugh, and soon we were all telling stories of our most embarrassing moments. It came around to Frank, who sat quietly listening to the others. Someone said, \"Come on, Frank. Tell us your most embarrassing moment.\"\nFrank laughed and began to tell us of his childhood. \"I grew up in San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. He had his own boat, but it was hard making a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to feed the family. Not just enough for our family, but also for his Mom and Dad and the other kids that were still at home.\"\nHe looked at us and said, \"I wish you could have met my Dad. He was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch. When you got close to him, he smelled like the ocean. He would wear his old canvas, foul-weather coat and his bibbed overalls. His rain hat would be pulled down over his brow. No matter how much my mother washed them, they would still smell of the sea and of fish.\"\nFrank's voice dropped a bit. \"When the weather was bad he would drive me to school. He had this old truck that he used in his fishing business. That truck was older than he was. It would wheeze and rattle down the road. You could hear it coming for blocks. As he would drive toward the school, I would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear. Half the time, he would slam to a stop and the old truck would belch a cloud of smoke. He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching. Then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. Here, I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!\"\nHe paused and then went on, \"I remember the day I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean toward me, but I put my hand up and said, \"No, Dad.\" It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way, and he had this surprised look on his face. I said, \"Dad, I'm too old for a goodbye kiss. I'm too old for any kind of kiss.\" My Dad looked at me for the longest time, and his eyes started to tear up. Then he turned and looked out of the windshield . \"You're right,\" he said. \" You are a big boy....a man. I won't kiss you anymore.\"\nFrank got a funny look on his face, and the tears began to well up in his eyes, as he spoke. \"It wasn't long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back. It was a day when most of the fleet stayed in, but not Dad. He had a big family to feed. They found his boat adrift with its nets half in and half out. He must have gotten into a strong wind and was trying to save the nets and the floats.\"\nI looked at Frank and saw that tears were running down his cheeks. Frank spoke again. \"Guys, you don't know what I would give to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek...to feel his rough old face... to smell the ocean on him... to feel his arm around my neck. _ . If I had been a man, I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss.\"\n\n<question>:\nBy saying the sentence \"I wish I had been a man then...\", Frank meant _ .\n\n<options>:\nA he was tired of his father kissing him goodbye\nB he deeply regretted what he had done to his father\nC he was then too young to refuse a goodbye kiss\nD he hoped that his father would forgive him\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 Board Meeting had come to an end. Bob started to stand up and knocked into the table, spilling his coffee over his notes. \"How embarrassing! I am getting so clumsy in my old age.\"\nEveryone had a good laugh, and soon we were all telling stories of our most embarrassing moments. It came around to Frank, who sat quietly listening to the others. Someone said, \"Come on, Frank. Tell us your most embarrassing moment.\"\nFrank laughed and began to tell us of his childhood. \"I grew up in San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. He had his own boat, but it was hard making a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to feed the family. Not just enough for our family, but also for his Mom and Dad and the other kids that were still at home.\"\nHe looked at us and said, \"I wish you could have met my Dad. He was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch. When you got close to him, he smelled like the ocean. He would wear his old canvas, foul-weather coat and his bibbed overalls. His rain hat would be pulled down over his brow. No matter how much my mother washed them, they would still smell of the sea and of fish.\"\nFrank's voice dropped a bit. \"When the weather was bad he would drive me to school. He had this old truck that he used in his fishing business. That truck was older than he was. It would wheeze and rattle down the road. You could hear it coming for blocks. As he would drive toward the school, I would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear. Half the time, he would slam to a stop and the old truck would belch a cloud of smoke. He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching. Then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. Here, I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!\"\nHe paused and then went on, \"I remember the day I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean toward me, but I put my hand up and said, \"No, Dad.\" It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way, and he had this surprised look on his face. I said, \"Dad, I'm too old for a goodbye kiss. I'm too old for any kind of kiss.\" My Dad looked at me for the longest time, and his eyes started to tear up. Then he turned and looked out of the windshield . \"You're right,\" he said. \" You are a big boy....a man. I won't kiss you anymore.\"\nFrank got a funny look on his face, and the tears began to well up in his eyes, as he spoke. \"It wasn't long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back. It was a day when most of the fleet stayed in, but not Dad. He had a big family to feed. They found his boat adrift with its nets half in and half out. He must have gotten into a strong wind and was trying to save the nets and the floats.\"\nI looked at Frank and saw that tears were running down his cheeks. Frank spoke again. \"Guys, you don't know what I would give to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek...to feel his rough old face... to smell the ocean on him... to feel his arm around my neck. _ . If I had been a man, I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following may be the best title for this passage?\n\n<options>:\nA The Smell of the Ocean\nB We All Need Love\nC A Goodbye Kiss\nD Father's Embarrassment\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>:\nFew students would dream of getting a job as a shoe shiner working along the street. College students, in their own eyes and in the eyes of the public, are expected to get at least a proper job, if not working in a high-income or white-collar position.\nCai Yong's decision to work as a shoe shiner shocked not only his parents, who had high hopes for him, but also his girlfriend.\n\"It is right for young graduates to be ambitious . But they have to start in a solid and down-to-earth way,\" Cai said. Cai is not alone in making such a choice. The company has got 12 college students in all.\n\"I come for the 800yuanmonthly pay,\" said Xiao Ji, who is a student from Nanjing University. \"I have grown up and no longer live on my parents,\" he said.\n\"Working as shoe shiners can mean a bright future,\" Cai said.\nNot everyone can accept this job choice. Cai's girlfriend left him because she felt ashamed to be with a shoe shiner, and Cai accepted the fact. \"This is the price to be paid for a job,\" he said.\nA former shoe shiner, Zhong Haibo, from a medical college, believes it was a good training for the rest of his life. \"There is nothing I can't do after working as a shoe shiner,\" Zhong said, meaning that such kind of experience in early life is helpful in a future job.\n\n<question>:\nCai Yong decided to work as _ .\n\n<options>:\nA a college teacher\nB a company manager\nC a shoe shiner\nD a medicine maker\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>:\nFew students would dream of getting a job as a shoe shiner working along the street. College students, in their own eyes and in the eyes of the public, are expected to get at least a proper job, if not working in a high-income or white-collar position.\nCai Yong's decision to work as a shoe shiner shocked not only his parents, who had high hopes for him, but also his girlfriend.\n\"It is right for young graduates to be ambitious . But they have to start in a solid and down-to-earth way,\" Cai said. Cai is not alone in making such a choice. The company has got 12 college students in all.\n\"I come for the 800yuanmonthly pay,\" said Xiao Ji, who is a student from Nanjing University. \"I have grown up and no longer live on my parents,\" he said.\n\"Working as shoe shiners can mean a bright future,\" Cai said.\nNot everyone can accept this job choice. Cai's girlfriend left him because she felt ashamed to be with a shoe shiner, and Cai accepted the fact. \"This is the price to be paid for a job,\" he said.\nA former shoe shiner, Zhong Haibo, from a medical college, believes it was a good training for the rest of his life. \"There is nothing I can't do after working as a shoe shiner,\" Zhong said, meaning that such kind of experience in early life is helpful in a future job.\n\n<question>:\nWhy did Cai's girlfriend leave him?\n\n<options>:\nA They didn't get along well with each other.\nB Her parents didn't like him.\nC She found it a shame to marry a shoe shiner.\nD Cai had got a new girlfriend.\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>:\nFew students would dream of getting a job as a shoe shiner working along the street. College students, in their own eyes and in the eyes of the public, are expected to get at least a proper job, if not working in a high-income or white-collar position.\nCai Yong's decision to work as a shoe shiner shocked not only his parents, who had high hopes for him, but also his girlfriend.\n\"It is right for young graduates to be ambitious . But they have to start in a solid and down-to-earth way,\" Cai said. Cai is not alone in making such a choice. The company has got 12 college students in all.\n\"I come for the 800yuanmonthly pay,\" said Xiao Ji, who is a student from Nanjing University. \"I have grown up and no longer live on my parents,\" he said.\n\"Working as shoe shiners can mean a bright future,\" Cai said.\nNot everyone can accept this job choice. Cai's girlfriend left him because she felt ashamed to be with a shoe shiner, and Cai accepted the fact. \"This is the price to be paid for a job,\" he said.\nA former shoe shiner, Zhong Haibo, from a medical college, believes it was a good training for the rest of his life. \"There is nothing I can't do after working as a shoe shiner,\" Zhong said, meaning that such kind of experience in early life is helpful in a future job.\n\n<question>:\nMost people think Cai's choice _ .\n\n<options>:\nA unbelievable\nB nice\nC enjoyable\nD wonderful\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>:\nFew students would dream of getting a job as a shoe shiner working along the street. College students, in their own eyes and in the eyes of the public, are expected to get at least a proper job, if not working in a high-income or white-collar position.\nCai Yong's decision to work as a shoe shiner shocked not only his parents, who had high hopes for him, but also his girlfriend.\n\"It is right for young graduates to be ambitious . But they have to start in a solid and down-to-earth way,\" Cai said. Cai is not alone in making such a choice. The company has got 12 college students in all.\n\"I come for the 800yuanmonthly pay,\" said Xiao Ji, who is a student from Nanjing University. \"I have grown up and no longer live on my parents,\" he said.\n\"Working as shoe shiners can mean a bright future,\" Cai said.\nNot everyone can accept this job choice. Cai's girlfriend left him because she felt ashamed to be with a shoe shiner, and Cai accepted the fact. \"This is the price to be paid for a job,\" he said.\nA former shoe shiner, Zhong Haibo, from a medical college, believes it was a good training for the rest of his life. \"There is nothing I can't do after working as a shoe shiner,\" Zhong said, meaning that such kind of experience in early life is helpful in a future job.\n\n<question>:\nFrom the passage we know Zhong Haibo _ .\n\n<options>:\nA doesn't like college life\nB thinks highly of working as shoe shiners\nC is a middle school student\nD is still a shoe shiner at the moment\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>:\nLack of exercise is considered a risk factor for cancer. There is considerable evidence that inactivity is connected with increased risk for lung cancer, breast cancer, etc.\nIn the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study, more than 32,000 people (25,000 men and 7,000 women) were given a preventive medical examination that included a machine exercise test to measure physical fitness. They were given a physical fitness score, with one being the lowest and five being the highest fitness level. Then these people were followed for an average of 8 years. During this time, 179 men and 44 women died of cancer.\nData from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study show people have lower rates of cancer with higher levels of physical fitness. Studies from the Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas suggest that men with high fitness levels are less likely to die of cancer.\nThe Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study also found that fitness level was more important than weight in predicting longevity . While results showed that fitness and normal weight are the ideal combination, researchers found that men who were fat but performed well in the machine performance had just a slightly increased all-cause death rate, including cancer, compared to the more slim men. The fat, but fit, men particularly lived longer than the slim, but flabby , men.\nThese statistics called for a warning to the overweight: The first health goal for the overweight should be to become as fit as possible at their current weight.\n\n<question>:\n67. The text mainly talks about _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the effect of exercise on reducing chances of cancer\nB how to lose weight effectively\nC different ways to keep slim\nD fat men live longer than slim ones\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>:\nLack of exercise is considered a risk factor for cancer. There is considerable evidence that inactivity is connected with increased risk for lung cancer, breast cancer, etc.\nIn the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study, more than 32,000 people (25,000 men and 7,000 women) were given a preventive medical examination that included a machine exercise test to measure physical fitness. They were given a physical fitness score, with one being the lowest and five being the highest fitness level. Then these people were followed for an average of 8 years. During this time, 179 men and 44 women died of cancer.\nData from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study show people have lower rates of cancer with higher levels of physical fitness. Studies from the Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas suggest that men with high fitness levels are less likely to die of cancer.\nThe Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study also found that fitness level was more important than weight in predicting longevity . While results showed that fitness and normal weight are the ideal combination, researchers found that men who were fat but performed well in the machine performance had just a slightly increased all-cause death rate, including cancer, compared to the more slim men. The fat, but fit, men particularly lived longer than the slim, but flabby , men.\nThese statistics called for a warning to the overweight: The first health goal for the overweight should be to become as fit as possible at their current weight.\n\n<question>:\n68. What's Paragraph 2 mainly about?\n\n<options>:\nA The study on the life of the overweight.\nB The study on the relationship between taking exercise and cancer.\nC The study on the ways of losing weight.\nD The study on the effects of machine exercise.\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>:\nLack of exercise is considered a risk factor for cancer. There is considerable evidence that inactivity is connected with increased risk for lung cancer, breast cancer, etc.\nIn the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study, more than 32,000 people (25,000 men and 7,000 women) were given a preventive medical examination that included a machine exercise test to measure physical fitness. They were given a physical fitness score, with one being the lowest and five being the highest fitness level. Then these people were followed for an average of 8 years. During this time, 179 men and 44 women died of cancer.\nData from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study show people have lower rates of cancer with higher levels of physical fitness. Studies from the Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas suggest that men with high fitness levels are less likely to die of cancer.\nThe Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study also found that fitness level was more important than weight in predicting longevity . While results showed that fitness and normal weight are the ideal combination, researchers found that men who were fat but performed well in the machine performance had just a slightly increased all-cause death rate, including cancer, compared to the more slim men. The fat, but fit, men particularly lived longer than the slim, but flabby , men.\nThese statistics called for a warning to the overweight: The first health goal for the overweight should be to become as fit as possible at their current weight.\n\n<question>:\n69. Which of the following is NOT true according to Paragraph 4?\n\n<options>:\nA Fitness levels have more effects than weight on people's longevity.\nB A man who is fit and has normal weight is most likely to live longer.\nC Slim men are more likely to live longer.\nD Fat people who like exercising are also likely to live longer.\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>:\nLack of exercise is considered a risk factor for cancer. There is considerable evidence that inactivity is connected with increased risk for lung cancer, breast cancer, etc.\nIn the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study, more than 32,000 people (25,000 men and 7,000 women) were given a preventive medical examination that included a machine exercise test to measure physical fitness. They were given a physical fitness score, with one being the lowest and five being the highest fitness level. Then these people were followed for an average of 8 years. During this time, 179 men and 44 women died of cancer.\nData from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study show people have lower rates of cancer with higher levels of physical fitness. Studies from the Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas suggest that men with high fitness levels are less likely to die of cancer.\nThe Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study also found that fitness level was more important than weight in predicting longevity . While results showed that fitness and normal weight are the ideal combination, researchers found that men who were fat but performed well in the machine performance had just a slightly increased all-cause death rate, including cancer, compared to the more slim men. The fat, but fit, men particularly lived longer than the slim, but flabby , men.\nThese statistics called for a warning to the overweight: The first health goal for the overweight should be to become as fit as possible at their current weight.\n\n<question>:\n70. The author thinks the most important thing for the overweight is to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA increase their fitness levels\nB choose to eat vegetables\nC be on a diet\nD ask for help from doctors\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>:\nMyth: If you cut your hair, it will grow long faster.\nTruth: That's not true. \"Your hair isn't like a lawn or a rosebush, where cutting can stimulate fresh growth,\" says Phillip Kingsley. The length of your hair is genetically determined. When it reaches a certain length, it stops growing. When you clear up the dead split ends, this make your hair look healthier, but not necessarily longer.\nMyth: If you skip meals, you lose weight fast.\nTruth: There's no truth in this advice. Not only will you lose weight by starving yourself, but according to Carol Ann Rinzler, this may actually cause you to gain weight. Rinzler reasons that missing a meal causes your metabolism to slow down so that you burn food more slowly. This only makes you feel hungrier and by the time you finally do reach the table you will probably eat more food. Strange as it may seem, studies show that eating several small meals and snacks throughout the day is a more healthy way to lose pounds.\nMyth: If you swallow gum,it will stay inside your stomach for seven years.\nTruth: Actually, it takes just a few days for gum to make its exit---not seven years, says NeiIzenberg, M. D., editor of Kids Health Organization. But because gum is made of the same thing as rubber, it cannot be fully digested in your stomach--- so if you gum up the works on a regular basis, you might find yourself in a sticky situation.\nMyth: The best way to stop a nosebleed is to lift your head back.\nTruth: Now that's bad advice. Bloody noses are caused by broken blood vessels, so while lifting your head back might stop the fluid from rushing out of your nose, it won't stop the bleeding; you'll just end up swallowing lots of blood. Your best bet? \"Rest quietly. Don't poke or pick, and the blood will naturally clot within a minute or two\". Suggests Dr. Izenberg.\n\n<question>:\nThe length of your hair is determined by _\n\n<options>:\nA cutting it often\nB your gene\nC the food you eat\nD clearing up the dead split ends\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>:\nMyth: If you cut your hair, it will grow long faster.\nTruth: That's not true. \"Your hair isn't like a lawn or a rosebush, where cutting can stimulate fresh growth,\" says Phillip Kingsley. The length of your hair is genetically determined. When it reaches a certain length, it stops growing. When you clear up the dead split ends, this make your hair look healthier, but not necessarily longer.\nMyth: If you skip meals, you lose weight fast.\nTruth: There's no truth in this advice. Not only will you lose weight by starving yourself, but according to Carol Ann Rinzler, this may actually cause you to gain weight. Rinzler reasons that missing a meal causes your metabolism to slow down so that you burn food more slowly. This only makes you feel hungrier and by the time you finally do reach the table you will probably eat more food. Strange as it may seem, studies show that eating several small meals and snacks throughout the day is a more healthy way to lose pounds.\nMyth: If you swallow gum,it will stay inside your stomach for seven years.\nTruth: Actually, it takes just a few days for gum to make its exit---not seven years, says NeiIzenberg, M. D., editor of Kids Health Organization. But because gum is made of the same thing as rubber, it cannot be fully digested in your stomach--- so if you gum up the works on a regular basis, you might find yourself in a sticky situation.\nMyth: The best way to stop a nosebleed is to lift your head back.\nTruth: Now that's bad advice. Bloody noses are caused by broken blood vessels, so while lifting your head back might stop the fluid from rushing out of your nose, it won't stop the bleeding; you'll just end up swallowing lots of blood. Your best bet? \"Rest quietly. Don't poke or pick, and the blood will naturally clot within a minute or two\". Suggests Dr. Izenberg.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to Carol Ann Rinzler, skipping meals will _ .\n\n<options>:\nA help you lose weight fast\nB help you lose weight slowly\nC cause you to become fatter\nD make you burning food more quickly\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>:\nMyth: If you cut your hair, it will grow long faster.\nTruth: That's not true. \"Your hair isn't like a lawn or a rosebush, where cutting can stimulate fresh growth,\" says Phillip Kingsley. The length of your hair is genetically determined. When it reaches a certain length, it stops growing. When you clear up the dead split ends, this make your hair look healthier, but not necessarily longer.\nMyth: If you skip meals, you lose weight fast.\nTruth: There's no truth in this advice. Not only will you lose weight by starving yourself, but according to Carol Ann Rinzler, this may actually cause you to gain weight. Rinzler reasons that missing a meal causes your metabolism to slow down so that you burn food more slowly. This only makes you feel hungrier and by the time you finally do reach the table you will probably eat more food. Strange as it may seem, studies show that eating several small meals and snacks throughout the day is a more healthy way to lose pounds.\nMyth: If you swallow gum,it will stay inside your stomach for seven years.\nTruth: Actually, it takes just a few days for gum to make its exit---not seven years, says NeiIzenberg, M. D., editor of Kids Health Organization. But because gum is made of the same thing as rubber, it cannot be fully digested in your stomach--- so if you gum up the works on a regular basis, you might find yourself in a sticky situation.\nMyth: The best way to stop a nosebleed is to lift your head back.\nTruth: Now that's bad advice. Bloody noses are caused by broken blood vessels, so while lifting your head back might stop the fluid from rushing out of your nose, it won't stop the bleeding; you'll just end up swallowing lots of blood. Your best bet? \"Rest quietly. Don't poke or pick, and the blood will naturally clot within a minute or two\". Suggests Dr. Izenberg.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Gum cannot be fully digested in the stomach\nB Gum can stay inside your stomach for seven years if you swallow it\nC Gum can leave your stomach after you swallow in a few days later\nD If you often swallow gum, you might find yourself in a sticky situation\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>:\nIn the September of my gap year, I left school to take a semester-long outdoor leadership course run by the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) in the region of South America called Patagonia. The concept of the course is to give students a chance to really develop both outdoor skills and life skills. The NOLS does an amazing job in designing their courses so that students get a full range of experiences from which they can learn many new things.\nWe spent the first part of our semester obtaining our Wilderness First Responder certificates. This involved a 10-day, 80-hour, EMT taught course at the NOLS base camp in Patagonia. We learned many medical skills that all could be applied to everyday environments as well as the wilderness we were about to enter. After the first part of the semester, we set off on a 30-day sea expedition along the coast of the southern tip of Chile. During this expedition we learned a lot of useful skills for our future life. What excited me most was to see a large glacier pouring right out into the sea. It was unlike anything I had ever seen, and the satisfaction of reaching such a remote place all with my own power was amazing.\nThe next part of our semester was another 30-day expedition traveling through the Andes mountain range of southern Chile and Argentina. Again we learned many technical outdoor skills and some great life skills, such as how to be effective leaders and how to function as a single group. The highlight of this part was being able to ice climb on a glacier using anchors and ropes that we set up ourselves.\nThe final part of the NOLS semester was a 10-day small group expedition. This was an opportunity for us to get into small groups of 4 or 5 and put all the skills we had developed over the course. We planned our own routes, prepared our own clothes and equipment, and _ our plans without the help of instructors. It was a great sense of achievement to be out there on our own and ensure safety with our own knowledge. I really enjoyed my first experience of my gap year!\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the outdoor leadership course in the NOLS mainly about?\n\n<options>:\nA Giving students different experiences.\nB Developing students' abilities of leadership.\nC Developing students' outdoor and life skills.\nD Teaching students some skills of sailing.\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>:\nIn the September of my gap year, I left school to take a semester-long outdoor leadership course run by the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) in the region of South America called Patagonia. The concept of the course is to give students a chance to really develop both outdoor skills and life skills. The NOLS does an amazing job in designing their courses so that students get a full range of experiences from which they can learn many new things.\nWe spent the first part of our semester obtaining our Wilderness First Responder certificates. This involved a 10-day, 80-hour, EMT taught course at the NOLS base camp in Patagonia. We learned many medical skills that all could be applied to everyday environments as well as the wilderness we were about to enter. After the first part of the semester, we set off on a 30-day sea expedition along the coast of the southern tip of Chile. During this expedition we learned a lot of useful skills for our future life. What excited me most was to see a large glacier pouring right out into the sea. It was unlike anything I had ever seen, and the satisfaction of reaching such a remote place all with my own power was amazing.\nThe next part of our semester was another 30-day expedition traveling through the Andes mountain range of southern Chile and Argentina. Again we learned many technical outdoor skills and some great life skills, such as how to be effective leaders and how to function as a single group. The highlight of this part was being able to ice climb on a glacier using anchors and ropes that we set up ourselves.\nThe final part of the NOLS semester was a 10-day small group expedition. This was an opportunity for us to get into small groups of 4 or 5 and put all the skills we had developed over the course. We planned our own routes, prepared our own clothes and equipment, and _ our plans without the help of instructors. It was a great sense of achievement to be out there on our own and ensure safety with our own knowledge. I really enjoyed my first experience of my gap year!\n\n<question>:\nWe can learn from the next that the whole NOLS semester lasted _ .\n\n<options>:\nA 40 days\nB 60 days\nC 70 days\nD 80 days\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>:\nBelieve it or not, there is always something nice to do on weekends. If you take some time to think about your weekends and plan them carefully, they may become more exciting, refreshing and as a result more rewarding.\nThroughout weekends, you can join in endless activities. You may attend a weekend course to increase your knowledge, for example, listen to a lecture on ancient Egypt. You may also try various activities, such as short countryside trip, or you may want to go skiing on a cold winter weekend.\nYou may invite your best friend to a picnic, tell each other jokes and enjoy each other's company or you may invite more friends to your weekend party and have one another give a talent show.\nYou can help out in a local library or nursing home and do some voluntary jobs.\nYou can go to a sports ground or amusement centre to play various ball games and others. You may do weekend shopping alone or with somebody. Whatever you do, I hope you have a good weekend.\n\n<question>:\nThe passage mainly tells us _ .\n\n<options>:\nA why to plan weekends well\nB how to have a nice weekend\nC when to attend weekend activities\nD where to have a picnic with friends\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>:\nBelieve it or not, there is always something nice to do on weekends. If you take some time to think about your weekends and plan them carefully, they may become more exciting, refreshing and as a result more rewarding.\nThroughout weekends, you can join in endless activities. You may attend a weekend course to increase your knowledge, for example, listen to a lecture on ancient Egypt. You may also try various activities, such as short countryside trip, or you may want to go skiing on a cold winter weekend.\nYou may invite your best friend to a picnic, tell each other jokes and enjoy each other's company or you may invite more friends to your weekend party and have one another give a talent show.\nYou can help out in a local library or nursing home and do some voluntary jobs.\nYou can go to a sports ground or amusement centre to play various ball games and others. You may do weekend shopping alone or with somebody. Whatever you do, I hope you have a good weekend.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage one can go to _ as a volunteer.\n\n<options>:\nA a nursing home\nB a sports ground\nC a big company\nD a shopping centre\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>:\nIt takes years of school to develop math skills, but learning about numbers starts earlier than you might think. Now according to a new study, at three months, babies have already started acquiring a concept of \"how much\".\nPrevious research had suggested that very young babies can tell when the number of objects in a group has changed. But the babies in these studies were simply reacting generally to the fact that something had changed, they suspected.\nResearchers of Harvard University studied 36 babies, all three months old. During the tests, each baby wore a hat with sensors . The babies watched a series of images on a computer screen. _ showed the same object, such as a cartoon character. For a while, the number of the objects in the pictures didn't change. Then the images began to display a different object, or a different number of one of the objects the babies had previously looked at. As soon as something changed, the babies' brains responded with a specific pattern of electrical signals, which would be recorded by sensors.\nBy analyzing these signals, the researchers discovered that one part of the brain (near the top on the left side) responded when the object in the image changed. A different part of the brain (lower and on the right side) responded when the number of objects in the image changed. This was not the area of the brain that is involved in attention. That suggests that the babies' brains are doing more than just reacting to a change in what they're seeing - they actually seem to be able to tell number changes from other types of changes.\nNumbers and amounts are important concepts in our lives. Even though babies are years away from adding, subtracting , multiplying, and dividing, their brains seem to be preparing for a time when they finally will.\n\n<question>:\nWhy were hats with sensors used in the study?\n\n<options>:\nA To record the images on the computer screen.\nB To remind babies of the changes of numbers.\nC To record the electrical activity of each baby's brain.\nD To help babies concentrate on the computer screen.\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>:\nIt takes years of school to develop math skills, but learning about numbers starts earlier than you might think. Now according to a new study, at three months, babies have already started acquiring a concept of \"how much\".\nPrevious research had suggested that very young babies can tell when the number of objects in a group has changed. But the babies in these studies were simply reacting generally to the fact that something had changed, they suspected.\nResearchers of Harvard University studied 36 babies, all three months old. During the tests, each baby wore a hat with sensors . The babies watched a series of images on a computer screen. _ showed the same object, such as a cartoon character. For a while, the number of the objects in the pictures didn't change. Then the images began to display a different object, or a different number of one of the objects the babies had previously looked at. As soon as something changed, the babies' brains responded with a specific pattern of electrical signals, which would be recorded by sensors.\nBy analyzing these signals, the researchers discovered that one part of the brain (near the top on the left side) responded when the object in the image changed. A different part of the brain (lower and on the right side) responded when the number of objects in the image changed. This was not the area of the brain that is involved in attention. That suggests that the babies' brains are doing more than just reacting to a change in what they're seeing - they actually seem to be able to tell number changes from other types of changes.\nNumbers and amounts are important concepts in our lives. Even though babies are years away from adding, subtracting , multiplying, and dividing, their brains seem to be preparing for a time when they finally will.\n\n<question>:\nWhich part of the brain is responsible for responding to the changes of numbers?\n\n<options>:\nA The top.\nB The left side.\nC The lower and the right side.\nD The upper and the left side.\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>:\nIt takes years of school to develop math skills, but learning about numbers starts earlier than you might think. Now according to a new study, at three months, babies have already started acquiring a concept of \"how much\".\nPrevious research had suggested that very young babies can tell when the number of objects in a group has changed. But the babies in these studies were simply reacting generally to the fact that something had changed, they suspected.\nResearchers of Harvard University studied 36 babies, all three months old. During the tests, each baby wore a hat with sensors . The babies watched a series of images on a computer screen. _ showed the same object, such as a cartoon character. For a while, the number of the objects in the pictures didn't change. Then the images began to display a different object, or a different number of one of the objects the babies had previously looked at. As soon as something changed, the babies' brains responded with a specific pattern of electrical signals, which would be recorded by sensors.\nBy analyzing these signals, the researchers discovered that one part of the brain (near the top on the left side) responded when the object in the image changed. A different part of the brain (lower and on the right side) responded when the number of objects in the image changed. This was not the area of the brain that is involved in attention. That suggests that the babies' brains are doing more than just reacting to a change in what they're seeing - they actually seem to be able to tell number changes from other types of changes.\nNumbers and amounts are important concepts in our lives. Even though babies are years away from adding, subtracting , multiplying, and dividing, their brains seem to be preparing for a time when they finally will.\n\n<question>:\nThe purpose of the study is to prove that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA math skills should be developed as early as possible\nB numbers are easier for babies to judge than images\nC babies really do have some sense of numbers\nD babies can react differently to what they see\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>:\nTo get a chocolate out of a box requires a lot of unpacking: the box has to be taken out of the paper bag in which it arrived, the cellophane wrapper has to be tom off, the lid opened and the paper removed, the chocolate itself then has to be unwrapped from its own piece of paper: But _ . It is now becoming increasingly difficult to buy anything that is not done up in beautiful wrapping.\nThe package itself is of no interest to the shopper, who usually throws it away immediately. Useless wrapping accounts for much of the refuse put out by the average London house-hold each week So why is it done? Some of it, like the cellophane on meat, is necessary, but most of the rest is simply competitive selling. This is absurd.Packaging is using up valuable energy and resources and polluting the environment.\nRecycling is already happening with milk bottles which are returned to the dairies , washed out, and refilled. But both glass and paper are being threatened by the growing use of plastic. More dairies are experimenting with plastic bottles.\nThe trouble with plastic is that it does not rot Some environmentalists argue that the only solution to the problem of ever increasing plastic containers is to throw away plastic altogether in the shops, a suggestion unacceptable to many producers who say there is no alternative to their handy plastic packs.\nIt is evident that more research is needed into the recovery and re-use of various materials and into the cost of collecting and recycling containers rather than producing new ones. Unnecessary packaging, intended to be used just once, and make things look better so more people will buy them, is clearly becoming increasingly absurd But it is.not so much a question of throwing away packaging as using it wisely.What is needed now is a more advanced approach to using scarce resources for what is, after all, a ly unimportant function.\n\n<question>:\nPackaging is important to producers because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA it is easy to use it again\nB they want to attract more shoppers\nC shoppers are all interested in beautiful packaging\nD packaged things will not go rotten\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>:\nTo get a chocolate out of a box requires a lot of unpacking: the box has to be taken out of the paper bag in which it arrived, the cellophane wrapper has to be tom off, the lid opened and the paper removed, the chocolate itself then has to be unwrapped from its own piece of paper: But _ . It is now becoming increasingly difficult to buy anything that is not done up in beautiful wrapping.\nThe package itself is of no interest to the shopper, who usually throws it away immediately. Useless wrapping accounts for much of the refuse put out by the average London house-hold each week So why is it done? Some of it, like the cellophane on meat, is necessary, but most of the rest is simply competitive selling. This is absurd.Packaging is using up valuable energy and resources and polluting the environment.\nRecycling is already happening with milk bottles which are returned to the dairies , washed out, and refilled. But both glass and paper are being threatened by the growing use of plastic. More dairies are experimenting with plastic bottles.\nThe trouble with plastic is that it does not rot Some environmentalists argue that the only solution to the problem of ever increasing plastic containers is to throw away plastic altogether in the shops, a suggestion unacceptable to many producers who say there is no alternative to their handy plastic packs.\nIt is evident that more research is needed into the recovery and re-use of various materials and into the cost of collecting and recycling containers rather than producing new ones. Unnecessary packaging, intended to be used just once, and make things look better so more people will buy them, is clearly becoming increasingly absurd But it is.not so much a question of throwing away packaging as using it wisely.What is needed now is a more advanced approach to using scarce resources for what is, after all, a ly unimportant function.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage, dairies are _ .\n\n<options>:\nA experimenting with the use of paper bottles\nB giving up the use of glass bottles\nC increasing the use of plastic bottles\nD re using their paper containers\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>:\nTo get a chocolate out of a box requires a lot of unpacking: the box has to be taken out of the paper bag in which it arrived, the cellophane wrapper has to be tom off, the lid opened and the paper removed, the chocolate itself then has to be unwrapped from its own piece of paper: But _ . It is now becoming increasingly difficult to buy anything that is not done up in beautiful wrapping.\nThe package itself is of no interest to the shopper, who usually throws it away immediately. Useless wrapping accounts for much of the refuse put out by the average London house-hold each week So why is it done? Some of it, like the cellophane on meat, is necessary, but most of the rest is simply competitive selling. This is absurd.Packaging is using up valuable energy and resources and polluting the environment.\nRecycling is already happening with milk bottles which are returned to the dairies , washed out, and refilled. But both glass and paper are being threatened by the growing use of plastic. More dairies are experimenting with plastic bottles.\nThe trouble with plastic is that it does not rot Some environmentalists argue that the only solution to the problem of ever increasing plastic containers is to throw away plastic altogether in the shops, a suggestion unacceptable to many producers who say there is no alternative to their handy plastic packs.\nIt is evident that more research is needed into the recovery and re-use of various materials and into the cost of collecting and recycling containers rather than producing new ones. Unnecessary packaging, intended to be used just once, and make things look better so more people will buy them, is clearly becoming increasingly absurd But it is.not so much a question of throwing away packaging as using it wisely.What is needed now is a more advanced approach to using scarce resources for what is, after all, a ly unimportant function.\n\n<question>:\nSome environmentalists think that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA plastic packaging should be made more convenient\nB no alternative can be found to plastic packaging\nC too much plastic is wasted\nD shops should stop using plastic containers\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>:\nI still clearly remember that day. I was on the side of the road for close to four hours with my big Jeep. I put signs in the windows that said, \"NEED A JACK \".\nRight as I was about to give up, a truck stopped and a man got off. He sized up the situation and went back to take a jack. After about two hours, we finished the job with sweats. We were both dirty. His wife produced a large water jug for us to wash our hands in.\nI tried to put $20 in the man's hand, but he wouldn't take it, so instead I went up and gave it to his wife as quietly as I could. I thanked them up one side and down the other. I asked the little girl, their daughter, where they lived, thinking maybe I'd send them a gift. She said they lived in Mexico. They were in Oregon now so Mommy and Daddy could pick cherries for the next few weeks. After that, they were going to pick peaches, and then go back home.\nAfter I said my goodbyes and started walking back to the Jeep, the girl called out and asked if I'd had lunch. When I told her no, she ran up and handed me a tamale . I thanked them again and walked back to my car. When I opened the tamale, what did I find inside? My $20 bill! I ran to the van and the guy rolled down his window. He saw the $20 in my hand, started shaking his head smiling, and with what looked like great concentration said in English: \"Today you, tomorrow me.\" Then he rolled up his window and drove away, with his daughter waving to me from the back.\nThis family, working on a seasonal basis where time is money, took a couple of hours to help a stranger while others passed by quietly.\nSince then I've helped many people like the Mexican family. I didn't accept money. But every time I was able to help, I felt as if I was putting something in the bank.\n\n<question>:\nThe Mexican man helped the author because he tended to think that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA it was completely wrong for others to pass by quietly\nB it was quite easy to help the author mend the jeep\nC it was possible that everyone might get into trouble\nD the author was a polite stranger and deserved the help\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>:\nI still clearly remember that day. I was on the side of the road for close to four hours with my big Jeep. I put signs in the windows that said, \"NEED A JACK \".\nRight as I was about to give up, a truck stopped and a man got off. He sized up the situation and went back to take a jack. After about two hours, we finished the job with sweats. We were both dirty. His wife produced a large water jug for us to wash our hands in.\nI tried to put $20 in the man's hand, but he wouldn't take it, so instead I went up and gave it to his wife as quietly as I could. I thanked them up one side and down the other. I asked the little girl, their daughter, where they lived, thinking maybe I'd send them a gift. She said they lived in Mexico. They were in Oregon now so Mommy and Daddy could pick cherries for the next few weeks. After that, they were going to pick peaches, and then go back home.\nAfter I said my goodbyes and started walking back to the Jeep, the girl called out and asked if I'd had lunch. When I told her no, she ran up and handed me a tamale . I thanked them again and walked back to my car. When I opened the tamale, what did I find inside? My $20 bill! I ran to the van and the guy rolled down his window. He saw the $20 in my hand, started shaking his head smiling, and with what looked like great concentration said in English: \"Today you, tomorrow me.\" Then he rolled up his window and drove away, with his daughter waving to me from the back.\nThis family, working on a seasonal basis where time is money, took a couple of hours to help a stranger while others passed by quietly.\nSince then I've helped many people like the Mexican family. I didn't accept money. But every time I was able to help, I felt as if I was putting something in the bank.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is TRUE about the author?\n\n<options>:\nA He hated those who didn't offer help.\nB He would send a present to the family soon.\nC He wondered why they didn't take the money.\nD He considered helping others as saving money in the bank.\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>:\nI still clearly remember that day. I was on the side of the road for close to four hours with my big Jeep. I put signs in the windows that said, \"NEED A JACK \".\nRight as I was about to give up, a truck stopped and a man got off. He sized up the situation and went back to take a jack. After about two hours, we finished the job with sweats. We were both dirty. His wife produced a large water jug for us to wash our hands in.\nI tried to put $20 in the man's hand, but he wouldn't take it, so instead I went up and gave it to his wife as quietly as I could. I thanked them up one side and down the other. I asked the little girl, their daughter, where they lived, thinking maybe I'd send them a gift. She said they lived in Mexico. They were in Oregon now so Mommy and Daddy could pick cherries for the next few weeks. After that, they were going to pick peaches, and then go back home.\nAfter I said my goodbyes and started walking back to the Jeep, the girl called out and asked if I'd had lunch. When I told her no, she ran up and handed me a tamale . I thanked them again and walked back to my car. When I opened the tamale, what did I find inside? My $20 bill! I ran to the van and the guy rolled down his window. He saw the $20 in my hand, started shaking his head smiling, and with what looked like great concentration said in English: \"Today you, tomorrow me.\" Then he rolled up his window and drove away, with his daughter waving to me from the back.\nThis family, working on a seasonal basis where time is money, took a couple of hours to help a stranger while others passed by quietly.\nSince then I've helped many people like the Mexican family. I didn't accept money. But every time I was able to help, I felt as if I was putting something in the bank.\n\n<question>:\nWhat can we infer from the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA The Mexican family lived a richer life than the author.\nB The Mexican family did seasonal work in Oregon each year.\nC The author was inspired to help others by the Mexican family.\nD What made the writer moved was the tamale given by the girl.\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>:\nOne of the most widely accepted, commonly repeated assumptions in our culture is that if you exercise, you will lose weight. I exercise all the time, but I still have gut fat that hangs over my belt when I sit. Why isn't all the exercise getting rid of it?\nIt's a question many of us could ask. More than 45 million Americans now belong to a health club, up from 23 million in 1993. We spend some $19 billion a year on gym memberships. Of course, some people join and never go. Still, as one major study -- the Minnesota Heart Survey -- found, more of us at least say we exercise regularly.\nAnd yet obesity figures have risen sharply in the same period: a third of Americans are obese, and another third count as overweight by the Federal Government's definition. Yes, it's entirely possible that those of us who regularly go to the gym would weigh even more if we exercised less. But like many other people, I get hungry after I exercise, so I often eat more on the days I work out than on the days I don't. Could exercise actually be keeping me from losing weight?\nThe popular belief that exercise is essential for weight control is actually fairly new. As recently as the 1960s, doctors routinely advised against too much exercise, particularly for older adults who could injure themselves. Today doctors encourage even their oldest patients to exercise, which is sound advice for many reasons: People who regularly exercise are at significantly lower risk for all manner of diseases -- those of the heart in particular. They less often develop cancer and many other illnesses. But the past few years of obesity research show that the role of exercise in weight loss has been wildly over-evaluated.\n\"In general, for weight loss, exercise is pretty useless,\" says Eric Ravussin, exercise researcher at Louisiana State University. Many recent studies have found that exercise isn't as important in helping people lose weight as you hear so regularly in gym advertisements or on shows likeThe Biggest Loser -- or, for that matter, from magazines like this one.\nThe basic problem is that while it's true that exercise burns calories and that you must burn calories to lose weight, exercise has another effect: it can make one hungry. That causes us to eat more, which in turn can negate the weight-loss benefits we just gained. Exercise, in other words, isn't necessarily helping us lose weight. It may even be making it harder.\n\n<question>:\nFrom the passage we learn that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA some Americans join a health club but never go there\nB the number of overweight people has doubled since 1993\nC more than 45 million Americans now go to the gym regularly\nD Americans waste too much money each year on sports\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>:\nOne of the most widely accepted, commonly repeated assumptions in our culture is that if you exercise, you will lose weight. I exercise all the time, but I still have gut fat that hangs over my belt when I sit. Why isn't all the exercise getting rid of it?\nIt's a question many of us could ask. More than 45 million Americans now belong to a health club, up from 23 million in 1993. We spend some $19 billion a year on gym memberships. Of course, some people join and never go. Still, as one major study -- the Minnesota Heart Survey -- found, more of us at least say we exercise regularly.\nAnd yet obesity figures have risen sharply in the same period: a third of Americans are obese, and another third count as overweight by the Federal Government's definition. Yes, it's entirely possible that those of us who regularly go to the gym would weigh even more if we exercised less. But like many other people, I get hungry after I exercise, so I often eat more on the days I work out than on the days I don't. Could exercise actually be keeping me from losing weight?\nThe popular belief that exercise is essential for weight control is actually fairly new. As recently as the 1960s, doctors routinely advised against too much exercise, particularly for older adults who could injure themselves. Today doctors encourage even their oldest patients to exercise, which is sound advice for many reasons: People who regularly exercise are at significantly lower risk for all manner of diseases -- those of the heart in particular. They less often develop cancer and many other illnesses. But the past few years of obesity research show that the role of exercise in weight loss has been wildly over-evaluated.\n\"In general, for weight loss, exercise is pretty useless,\" says Eric Ravussin, exercise researcher at Louisiana State University. Many recent studies have found that exercise isn't as important in helping people lose weight as you hear so regularly in gym advertisements or on shows likeThe Biggest Loser -- or, for that matter, from magazines like this one.\nThe basic problem is that while it's true that exercise burns calories and that you must burn calories to lose weight, exercise has another effect: it can make one hungry. That causes us to eat more, which in turn can negate the weight-loss benefits we just gained. Exercise, in other words, isn't necessarily helping us lose weight. It may even be making it harder.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the writer, people might gain weight because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA they have the habit of going to the gym regularly\nB they eat the same food when they do not exercise\nC they exercise less than required by doctors\nD they eat more after they exercise\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>:\nWhich is sillier: denying we ever went to the moon or trying to convince the true non-believers?\nOnce upon a time--July 20, 1969, to be specific - two men got out of their little spaceship and wandered around on the moon for a while. Ten more men walked on the moon over the next three and a half years. The end.\nUnfortunately, not quite. A fair number of Americans think that this whole business of moon landings really is a fairy tale. They believe that the landings were a big hoax staged in the Mojave Desert, to convince everyone that U.S. technology was the \"best\" in the whole wide world.\nWhich is the harder thing to do: Send men to the moon or make believe we did? The fact is that the physics behind sending people to the moon is simple. You can do it with computers whose entire memory capacities can now fit on chips the size of postage stamps and that cost about as much as, well, a postage stamp. I know you can because we did.\nHowever, last fall NASA considered spending $15,000 on a public-relations campaign to convince the unimpressed that Americans had in fact gone to the moon. That idea was mostly a reaction to a Fox television program, first aired in February 2001, that claimed to expose the hoax. The show's creator is a publicity hound who has lived up to the name in more ways than one by hounding Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon. Mr. X (as I will call him, thereby denying him the joyous sight of his name in print) recently followed Buzz Aldrin around and called him \"a thief, liar and coward\" until the 72-year-old astronaut finally lost it and hit the 37-year-old Mr. X in the face.\nAnyway, NASA's publicity campaign began to slow down. The nonbelievers took the campaign as NASA's effort to hide something while the believers said that $15,000 to convince people that the world was round -- I mean, that we had gone to the moon -- was simply a waste of money. (Actually, the $15,000 was supposed to pay for an article by James E. Oberg, an astronomy writer who, with Aldrin, has contributed to Scientific American.)\nIf NASA's not paying Oberg, perhaps it could put the money to good use by hiring two big guys to drag Neil Armstrong out of the house. Armstrong is an extremely private man, but he is also the first man on the moon, so maybe he has a duty to be a bit more outspoken about the experience. Or NASA could just buy Aldrin a commemorate plaque for his recent touch on the face of Mr. X.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the writer, which of the following is to blame for the story about the hoax?\n\n<options>:\nA NASA's publicity campaign.\nB The Fox television program.\nC Buzz Aldrin.\nD James E. Oberg.\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>:\nWhich is sillier: denying we ever went to the moon or trying to convince the true non-believers?\nOnce upon a time--July 20, 1969, to be specific - two men got out of their little spaceship and wandered around on the moon for a while. Ten more men walked on the moon over the next three and a half years. The end.\nUnfortunately, not quite. A fair number of Americans think that this whole business of moon landings really is a fairy tale. They believe that the landings were a big hoax staged in the Mojave Desert, to convince everyone that U.S. technology was the \"best\" in the whole wide world.\nWhich is the harder thing to do: Send men to the moon or make believe we did? The fact is that the physics behind sending people to the moon is simple. You can do it with computers whose entire memory capacities can now fit on chips the size of postage stamps and that cost about as much as, well, a postage stamp. I know you can because we did.\nHowever, last fall NASA considered spending $15,000 on a public-relations campaign to convince the unimpressed that Americans had in fact gone to the moon. That idea was mostly a reaction to a Fox television program, first aired in February 2001, that claimed to expose the hoax. The show's creator is a publicity hound who has lived up to the name in more ways than one by hounding Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon. Mr. X (as I will call him, thereby denying him the joyous sight of his name in print) recently followed Buzz Aldrin around and called him \"a thief, liar and coward\" until the 72-year-old astronaut finally lost it and hit the 37-year-old Mr. X in the face.\nAnyway, NASA's publicity campaign began to slow down. The nonbelievers took the campaign as NASA's effort to hide something while the believers said that $15,000 to convince people that the world was round -- I mean, that we had gone to the moon -- was simply a waste of money. (Actually, the $15,000 was supposed to pay for an article by James E. Oberg, an astronomy writer who, with Aldrin, has contributed to Scientific American.)\nIf NASA's not paying Oberg, perhaps it could put the money to good use by hiring two big guys to drag Neil Armstrong out of the house. Armstrong is an extremely private man, but he is also the first man on the moon, so maybe he has a duty to be a bit more outspoken about the experience. Or NASA could just buy Aldrin a commemorate plaque for his recent touch on the face of Mr. X.\n\n<question>:\nThe believers think that NASA's publicity campaign is _ .\n\n<options>:\nA proof to hide the truth\nB stupid and unnecessary\nC needed to convince the non-believers\nD important to develop space technology\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 unwanted disturbing of a mobile phone ringing at a critical moment has led to some famously strong reactions\nBritish actor Richard Grif-fiths,stopped a performance at the National Theatre and ordered The offending party to leave\nJudge Robert Restaino went considerably further.He was hearing a session of domestic violence offenders in a court when proceedings were interrupted by rings of a phone.\n\"Everyone is going to jail unless I get that instrument now,\" he shouted.\nOver the next two hours,the judge entered a period of \"incredible madness\".He began by ordering the doors of the court locked,and set the officers to searching for the phone.\nWhen that failed to find the offending item he ordered each of the defendants present in the room up to his bench and in turn asked them if they had no idea, he sent each in turn to jail .\nAll 46 of them.\nWhen a defendant protested the judge's actions were not fair to those who didn't possess the phone,Restaino replied:\"I know it isn't.\nJudge's actions caused chaos.Extra officers had to be drafted into the court to control the crowd.and booking officers at the city jail were at full stretch.\" _ \", one said at the time.\nFourteen of the defendants were shackled( )in irons and sent to the county jail.\nThe judge cooled off and later that afternoon released all 46.\nThe \"two hours of viral lunacy \", has probably cost Restaino his job.The commission ruled that he should be removed from his $14,000 job.Restaino now has 30 days to appeal .\nHis lawyer pointed out that until that moment he had served 11 years as a judge without any disciplinary issues.\"With the exception of two hours.his record is spotless.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhy is British actor Richard mentioned?\n\n<options>:\nA To indicate the disadvantage of mobile phone.\nB To scold the misusage of mobile phone.\nC To provide an excuse for Richard's offence.\nD To support the opinion above\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 unwanted disturbing of a mobile phone ringing at a critical moment has led to some famously strong reactions\nBritish actor Richard Grif-fiths,stopped a performance at the National Theatre and ordered The offending party to leave\nJudge Robert Restaino went considerably further.He was hearing a session of domestic violence offenders in a court when proceedings were interrupted by rings of a phone.\n\"Everyone is going to jail unless I get that instrument now,\" he shouted.\nOver the next two hours,the judge entered a period of \"incredible madness\".He began by ordering the doors of the court locked,and set the officers to searching for the phone.\nWhen that failed to find the offending item he ordered each of the defendants present in the room up to his bench and in turn asked them if they had no idea, he sent each in turn to jail .\nAll 46 of them.\nWhen a defendant protested the judge's actions were not fair to those who didn't possess the phone,Restaino replied:\"I know it isn't.\nJudge's actions caused chaos.Extra officers had to be drafted into the court to control the crowd.and booking officers at the city jail were at full stretch.\" _ \", one said at the time.\nFourteen of the defendants were shackled( )in irons and sent to the county jail.\nThe judge cooled off and later that afternoon released all 46.\nThe \"two hours of viral lunacy \", has probably cost Restaino his job.The commission ruled that he should be removed from his $14,000 job.Restaino now has 30 days to appeal .\nHis lawyer pointed out that until that moment he had served 11 years as a judge without any disciplinary issues.\"With the exception of two hours.his record is spotless.\"\n\n<question>:\nTwo hours of viral lunacy will _\n\n<options>:\nA make Robert pay a large sum of money\nB make no difference to Robert\nC most likely make Robert lose his job\nD make him world famous\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 unwanted disturbing of a mobile phone ringing at a critical moment has led to some famously strong reactions\nBritish actor Richard Grif-fiths,stopped a performance at the National Theatre and ordered The offending party to leave\nJudge Robert Restaino went considerably further.He was hearing a session of domestic violence offenders in a court when proceedings were interrupted by rings of a phone.\n\"Everyone is going to jail unless I get that instrument now,\" he shouted.\nOver the next two hours,the judge entered a period of \"incredible madness\".He began by ordering the doors of the court locked,and set the officers to searching for the phone.\nWhen that failed to find the offending item he ordered each of the defendants present in the room up to his bench and in turn asked them if they had no idea, he sent each in turn to jail .\nAll 46 of them.\nWhen a defendant protested the judge's actions were not fair to those who didn't possess the phone,Restaino replied:\"I know it isn't.\nJudge's actions caused chaos.Extra officers had to be drafted into the court to control the crowd.and booking officers at the city jail were at full stretch.\" _ \", one said at the time.\nFourteen of the defendants were shackled( )in irons and sent to the county jail.\nThe judge cooled off and later that afternoon released all 46.\nThe \"two hours of viral lunacy \", has probably cost Restaino his job.The commission ruled that he should be removed from his $14,000 job.Restaino now has 30 days to appeal .\nHis lawyer pointed out that until that moment he had served 11 years as a judge without any disciplinary issues.\"With the exception of two hours.his record is spotless.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhat's the best title of the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Phone-rage judge\nB Judge,prisoner and mobile phone\nC The story in court\nD Mobile phone in court\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 unwanted disturbing of a mobile phone ringing at a critical moment has led to some famously strong reactions\nBritish actor Richard Grif-fiths,stopped a performance at the National Theatre and ordered The offending party to leave\nJudge Robert Restaino went considerably further.He was hearing a session of domestic violence offenders in a court when proceedings were interrupted by rings of a phone.\n\"Everyone is going to jail unless I get that instrument now,\" he shouted.\nOver the next two hours,the judge entered a period of \"incredible madness\".He began by ordering the doors of the court locked,and set the officers to searching for the phone.\nWhen that failed to find the offending item he ordered each of the defendants present in the room up to his bench and in turn asked them if they had no idea, he sent each in turn to jail .\nAll 46 of them.\nWhen a defendant protested the judge's actions were not fair to those who didn't possess the phone,Restaino replied:\"I know it isn't.\nJudge's actions caused chaos.Extra officers had to be drafted into the court to control the crowd.and booking officers at the city jail were at full stretch.\" _ \", one said at the time.\nFourteen of the defendants were shackled( )in irons and sent to the county jail.\nThe judge cooled off and later that afternoon released all 46.\nThe \"two hours of viral lunacy \", has probably cost Restaino his job.The commission ruled that he should be removed from his $14,000 job.Restaino now has 30 days to appeal .\nHis lawyer pointed out that until that moment he had served 11 years as a judge without any disciplinary issues.\"With the exception of two hours.his record is spotless.\"\n\n<question>:\nFrom the passage we can find _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Robert is always challenging the disciplines\nB Robert is now in jail\nC judge is not a well-paid job\nD all the defendants didn't follow Robert's instructions willingly\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>:\nJohn Wesley Powell(1834--1902)Was a famous explorer of the American West.When he Was young,his mother put him under the guidance of George Crookham,a self-taught scientist,from whom he received a wide,but informal,education.Young John learned many things about the natural sciences.But his father preferred him to study religion.The argument continued for three years.Then John decided to leave home to seek further education.He soon discovered that he knew more about science than any teacher he met.He realized that the only good scientific education in the country came from colleges in the east,like Harvard and Yale.But he Was too poor to go to them,SO he got work as a school teacher in Illinois.Whenever possible,he went on scientific trips of his own. \nIn 1861,civil war broke out in the United States.John joined the Union forces of the North.At the battle of Shiloh Powell lost his right arm.Despite his disability, he began his famous exploration of the Colorado River on May 24 1869.\nIt Was one of the greatest trips of discovery in the history of America.Never before had any white men traveled to that area.The trip Was far more dangerous than expected.The rivers were filled with rocky areas and waterfalls.Sometimes,the boats overturned or broke into pieces against big rocks.All along the way, Powell measured distances,temperatures,heights,depths and currents.He examined soils,rocks and plant life.Powell'S explorations led to the creation of US Geological Survey, which became responsible for all mapping and scientific programs of American lands.\nPowell's scientific studies of western lands shaped his ideas of how those lands should be used.He suggested programs to control both crop farming and cattle raising.He Was especially concerned about water supplies.Many of his ideas were rejected at first and were not signed into law until years after his death because they were far ahead of his time.\n\n<question>:\nWho do you think had a major influence on John Wesley Powell'S life?\n\n<options>:\nA His mother.\nB George Crookham.\nC His father.\nD The teachers in Harvard and Yale.\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>:\nJohn Wesley Powell(1834--1902)Was a famous explorer of the American West.When he Was young,his mother put him under the guidance of George Crookham,a self-taught scientist,from whom he received a wide,but informal,education.Young John learned many things about the natural sciences.But his father preferred him to study religion.The argument continued for three years.Then John decided to leave home to seek further education.He soon discovered that he knew more about science than any teacher he met.He realized that the only good scientific education in the country came from colleges in the east,like Harvard and Yale.But he Was too poor to go to them,SO he got work as a school teacher in Illinois.Whenever possible,he went on scientific trips of his own. \nIn 1861,civil war broke out in the United States.John joined the Union forces of the North.At the battle of Shiloh Powell lost his right arm.Despite his disability, he began his famous exploration of the Colorado River on May 24 1869.\nIt Was one of the greatest trips of discovery in the history of America.Never before had any white men traveled to that area.The trip Was far more dangerous than expected.The rivers were filled with rocky areas and waterfalls.Sometimes,the boats overturned or broke into pieces against big rocks.All along the way, Powell measured distances,temperatures,heights,depths and currents.He examined soils,rocks and plant life.Powell'S explorations led to the creation of US Geological Survey, which became responsible for all mapping and scientific programs of American lands.\nPowell's scientific studies of western lands shaped his ideas of how those lands should be used.He suggested programs to control both crop farming and cattle raising.He Was especially concerned about water supplies.Many of his ideas were rejected at first and were not signed into law until years after his death because they were far ahead of his time.\n\n<question>:\nJohn argued with his father because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA his father refused him to leave home\nB he wanted to go to college\nC his father wanted him to study religion\nD he wanted to work instead of study\n\n<answer>:\n",
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