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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>:\n\"It's So Good\" in French, was one of Eartha Mae Kitt's first hit songs. But her childhood wasn't so good. She was born into a poor family in South Carolina in nineteen twenty-seven. When Eartha was eight, her mother remarried. Her stepfather did not like her so she was sent to New York City to live with an aunt, who helped pay for her piano and dance lessons.\nEartha Kitt worked in a factory as a young teenager. But she kept up her dance lessons. One day she tried out for a famous African-American dance company. Soon, Eartha was performing in shows around the world with the Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe.\nIn Paris, Eartha left the dance company to sing in a nightclub. Her voice was very attracting. She learned French quickly and gained French fans. Soon the film director Orson Welles discovered Eartha Kitt singing in Paris. Welles asked her to play a lead part in a play he was directing. The play made her find her acting talent for the first time.\nAfter that Eartha Kitt returned to New York and appeared in the Broadway show with \"Monotonous\", a song about a bored woman, and it became famous. She soon signed with a record company.\nThen Eartha Kitt acted her first role in a film in nineteen fifty-seven in \"Mark of the Hawk\". Kitt was very careful about choosing her roles in films. She refused parts that were not respectful to black people. In nineteen sixty-seven, Eartha Kitt got the part of Catwoman on the popular television series \"Batman\". Fans loved the special way she said her \"r\"s to create a sound like a cat, which made her an unforgettable Catwoman.\nShe was strongly against the Vietnam War and in nineteen sixty-eight she became blacklisted in America. For about ten years, she could only find work in other countries. But that brought her a greater international achievement.\n\n<question>:\nWhat did Eartha Kitt do when she first performed around the world? _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Sing\nB Dance\nC Direct\nD Act\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>:\n\"It's So Good\" in French, was one of Eartha Mae Kitt's first hit songs. But her childhood wasn't so good. She was born into a poor family in South Carolina in nineteen twenty-seven. When Eartha was eight, her mother remarried. Her stepfather did not like her so she was sent to New York City to live with an aunt, who helped pay for her piano and dance lessons.\nEartha Kitt worked in a factory as a young teenager. But she kept up her dance lessons. One day she tried out for a famous African-American dance company. Soon, Eartha was performing in shows around the world with the Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe.\nIn Paris, Eartha left the dance company to sing in a nightclub. Her voice was very attracting. She learned French quickly and gained French fans. Soon the film director Orson Welles discovered Eartha Kitt singing in Paris. Welles asked her to play a lead part in a play he was directing. The play made her find her acting talent for the first time.\nAfter that Eartha Kitt returned to New York and appeared in the Broadway show with \"Monotonous\", a song about a bored woman, and it became famous. She soon signed with a record company.\nThen Eartha Kitt acted her first role in a film in nineteen fifty-seven in \"Mark of the Hawk\". Kitt was very careful about choosing her roles in films. She refused parts that were not respectful to black people. In nineteen sixty-seven, Eartha Kitt got the part of Catwoman on the popular television series \"Batman\". Fans loved the special way she said her \"r\"s to create a sound like a cat, which made her an unforgettable Catwoman.\nShe was strongly against the Vietnam War and in nineteen sixty-eight she became blacklisted in America. For about ten years, she could only find work in other countries. But that brought her a greater international achievement.\n\n<question>:\nWho helped Eartha Kitt find her acting talent? _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Her mother\nB Her aunt\nC Her stepfather\nD Orson Welles.\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>:\n\"It's So Good\" in French, was one of Eartha Mae Kitt's first hit songs. But her childhood wasn't so good. She was born into a poor family in South Carolina in nineteen twenty-seven. When Eartha was eight, her mother remarried. Her stepfather did not like her so she was sent to New York City to live with an aunt, who helped pay for her piano and dance lessons.\nEartha Kitt worked in a factory as a young teenager. But she kept up her dance lessons. One day she tried out for a famous African-American dance company. Soon, Eartha was performing in shows around the world with the Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe.\nIn Paris, Eartha left the dance company to sing in a nightclub. Her voice was very attracting. She learned French quickly and gained French fans. Soon the film director Orson Welles discovered Eartha Kitt singing in Paris. Welles asked her to play a lead part in a play he was directing. The play made her find her acting talent for the first time.\nAfter that Eartha Kitt returned to New York and appeared in the Broadway show with \"Monotonous\", a song about a bored woman, and it became famous. She soon signed with a record company.\nThen Eartha Kitt acted her first role in a film in nineteen fifty-seven in \"Mark of the Hawk\". Kitt was very careful about choosing her roles in films. She refused parts that were not respectful to black people. In nineteen sixty-seven, Eartha Kitt got the part of Catwoman on the popular television series \"Batman\". Fans loved the special way she said her \"r\"s to create a sound like a cat, which made her an unforgettable Catwoman.\nShe was strongly against the Vietnam War and in nineteen sixty-eight she became blacklisted in America. For about ten years, she could only find work in other countries. But that brought her a greater international achievement.\n\n<question>:\nWhat made Eartha Kitt an unforgettable Catwoman in \"Batman\"? _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Her walking steps.\nB The looks on her face.\nC Her way of speaking \"r\".\nD Her good singing skills.\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>:\nToday about 70 countries use Daylight Saving Time (DST). Daylight Saving was first introduced during World War I in Australia. During the world wars, DST was used for the late summers beginning January 1917 and 1942, and the full summers beginning September 1942 and 1943.\nIn 1967, Tasmania experienced a drought . The State Government introduced one hour of daylight saving that summer as a way of saving power and water. Tasmanians liked the idea of daylight saving and the Tasmanian Government has declared daylight saving each summer since 1968. Persuaded by the Tasmanian Government, all states except two passed a law in 1971, for a test use of daylight saving. In 1972, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria joined Tasmania for regular daylight saving, but Queensland did not do so until 1989.\nTasmania, Queensland and South Australia have had irregular plans, often changing their dates due to politics or festivals . For example, in 1992, Tasmania extended daylight saving by an extra month while South Australia began extending daylight saving by two weeks for the Adelaide Festival. Special daylight saving plans were made during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.\nThe differences in daylight saving in Australia continue to cause serious problems in transport and many other social activities. It also reduces the number of hours in the working day that are common to all centers in the country. In particular, time differences along the east coast cause major differences, especially for the broadcasters of national radio and television.\n\n<question>:\nDaylight Saving Time was introduced in Tasmania _ .\n\n<options>:\nA to stop the drought in 1967\nB to support government officials\nC to pass a special law in the state\nD to save water and electricity\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>:\nToday about 70 countries use Daylight Saving Time (DST). Daylight Saving was first introduced during World War I in Australia. During the world wars, DST was used for the late summers beginning January 1917 and 1942, and the full summers beginning September 1942 and 1943.\nIn 1967, Tasmania experienced a drought . The State Government introduced one hour of daylight saving that summer as a way of saving power and water. Tasmanians liked the idea of daylight saving and the Tasmanian Government has declared daylight saving each summer since 1968. Persuaded by the Tasmanian Government, all states except two passed a law in 1971, for a test use of daylight saving. In 1972, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria joined Tasmania for regular daylight saving, but Queensland did not do so until 1989.\nTasmania, Queensland and South Australia have had irregular plans, often changing their dates due to politics or festivals . For example, in 1992, Tasmania extended daylight saving by an extra month while South Australia began extending daylight saving by two weeks for the Adelaide Festival. Special daylight saving plans were made during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.\nThe differences in daylight saving in Australia continue to cause serious problems in transport and many other social activities. It also reduces the number of hours in the working day that are common to all centers in the country. In particular, time differences along the east coast cause major differences, especially for the broadcasters of national radio and television.\n\n<question>:\nWhat can we learn about DST in some Australian states?\n\n<options>:\nA It doesn't have fixed dates.\nB It is not used in festivals.\nC Its plan was changed in 2000.\nD It lasts for two weeks\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>:\nAnyone who ever wondered why a dying plant, say, a freshly-cut red rose may appeal to a lady friend, might take some comfort in science, which once again offers us a reasonable answer to one of the world' s great mysteries.\nBeyond a common preference in people for blue, \"the long history of color preference studies has been described as 'confusing and contradictory ',\" write scientists Anya Hurlbert and Yazhu Ling of England' s Newcastle University, authors of a new study in the journal Current Biology. \"This fact is perhaps surprising,\" they said, \"though the popularity of the concept that little girls differ from boys in preferring pink.\"\nBut the scientists believe they have an answer to this scientific mystery, discovering women's preference for red, hidden above the average liking for blue.\nIn their study, the pair quickly flashed color cards, displaying many different aspects, at 208 volunteers, mostly Britishers but with a number of Han Chinese, who moved to the United Kingdom recently. Tested in three different experiments, the researchers found out a small but significant preference for reddish colors in the female volunteers.\nPuzzled, the authors realized that most of the difference between men and women came in the form of a preference for green VS red in the color cards, regardless of the other slight differences such as the slightly blue ones that everyone liked. Why might this be?\nEvolution might offer an answer, they reason. Human color perception , the assessment of three separate color types -- red -- green -- blue-- in our vision is a relatively recent addition to our line of mammals \nAdding weight to their argument, they found the women who are most typically feminine on a psychological survey also had the biggest preference for reddish colors. \"My love is like a red, red rose,\" wrote the Scottish poet Rober Burns in 1794.\n\n<question>:\nThe word \"pair\" in Para.4 refers to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA boy and girl\nB the two authors\nC research and result\nD pink and blue\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>:\nAnyone who ever wondered why a dying plant, say, a freshly-cut red rose may appeal to a lady friend, might take some comfort in science, which once again offers us a reasonable answer to one of the world' s great mysteries.\nBeyond a common preference in people for blue, \"the long history of color preference studies has been described as 'confusing and contradictory ',\" write scientists Anya Hurlbert and Yazhu Ling of England' s Newcastle University, authors of a new study in the journal Current Biology. \"This fact is perhaps surprising,\" they said, \"though the popularity of the concept that little girls differ from boys in preferring pink.\"\nBut the scientists believe they have an answer to this scientific mystery, discovering women's preference for red, hidden above the average liking for blue.\nIn their study, the pair quickly flashed color cards, displaying many different aspects, at 208 volunteers, mostly Britishers but with a number of Han Chinese, who moved to the United Kingdom recently. Tested in three different experiments, the researchers found out a small but significant preference for reddish colors in the female volunteers.\nPuzzled, the authors realized that most of the difference between men and women came in the form of a preference for green VS red in the color cards, regardless of the other slight differences such as the slightly blue ones that everyone liked. Why might this be?\nEvolution might offer an answer, they reason. Human color perception , the assessment of three separate color types -- red -- green -- blue-- in our vision is a relatively recent addition to our line of mammals \nAdding weight to their argument, they found the women who are most typically feminine on a psychological survey also had the biggest preference for reddish colors. \"My love is like a red, red rose,\" wrote the Scottish poet Rober Burns in 1794.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage, _ .\n\n<options>:\nA boys like blue better than girls\nB girls like pink better than boys\nC men like red better than women\nD men and women both like green\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>:\nAnyone who ever wondered why a dying plant, say, a freshly-cut red rose may appeal to a lady friend, might take some comfort in science, which once again offers us a reasonable answer to one of the world' s great mysteries.\nBeyond a common preference in people for blue, \"the long history of color preference studies has been described as 'confusing and contradictory ',\" write scientists Anya Hurlbert and Yazhu Ling of England' s Newcastle University, authors of a new study in the journal Current Biology. \"This fact is perhaps surprising,\" they said, \"though the popularity of the concept that little girls differ from boys in preferring pink.\"\nBut the scientists believe they have an answer to this scientific mystery, discovering women's preference for red, hidden above the average liking for blue.\nIn their study, the pair quickly flashed color cards, displaying many different aspects, at 208 volunteers, mostly Britishers but with a number of Han Chinese, who moved to the United Kingdom recently. Tested in three different experiments, the researchers found out a small but significant preference for reddish colors in the female volunteers.\nPuzzled, the authors realized that most of the difference between men and women came in the form of a preference for green VS red in the color cards, regardless of the other slight differences such as the slightly blue ones that everyone liked. Why might this be?\nEvolution might offer an answer, they reason. Human color perception , the assessment of three separate color types -- red -- green -- blue-- in our vision is a relatively recent addition to our line of mammals \nAdding weight to their argument, they found the women who are most typically feminine on a psychological survey also had the biggest preference for reddish colors. \"My love is like a red, red rose,\" wrote the Scottish poet Rober Burns in 1794.\n\n<question>:\nHow did the scientist do the research?\n\n<options>:\nA By asking questions\nB By telephoning the interviewees\nC By adding numbers\nD By doing experiments\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>:\nAnyone who ever wondered why a dying plant, say, a freshly-cut red rose may appeal to a lady friend, might take some comfort in science, which once again offers us a reasonable answer to one of the world' s great mysteries.\nBeyond a common preference in people for blue, \"the long history of color preference studies has been described as 'confusing and contradictory ',\" write scientists Anya Hurlbert and Yazhu Ling of England' s Newcastle University, authors of a new study in the journal Current Biology. \"This fact is perhaps surprising,\" they said, \"though the popularity of the concept that little girls differ from boys in preferring pink.\"\nBut the scientists believe they have an answer to this scientific mystery, discovering women's preference for red, hidden above the average liking for blue.\nIn their study, the pair quickly flashed color cards, displaying many different aspects, at 208 volunteers, mostly Britishers but with a number of Han Chinese, who moved to the United Kingdom recently. Tested in three different experiments, the researchers found out a small but significant preference for reddish colors in the female volunteers.\nPuzzled, the authors realized that most of the difference between men and women came in the form of a preference for green VS red in the color cards, regardless of the other slight differences such as the slightly blue ones that everyone liked. Why might this be?\nEvolution might offer an answer, they reason. Human color perception , the assessment of three separate color types -- red -- green -- blue-- in our vision is a relatively recent addition to our line of mammals \nAdding weight to their argument, they found the women who are most typically feminine on a psychological survey also had the biggest preference for reddish colors. \"My love is like a red, red rose,\" wrote the Scottish poet Rober Burns in 1794.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the purpose of writing this article?\n\n<options>:\nA To sell products packed in red\nB To introduce the history of color\nC To inform us of a research finding\nD To analyze men's taste for color\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>:\nSnow falls in the Earth's extreme North and South throughout the year. However, the heaviest snowfalls have been reported in the mountains of other areas during winter. Snow is even known to fall near the Equator ,but only on the highest mountains.\nSnow contains much less water than rain, but much of the water the world uses comes from snow. Melting snow provides water for rivers, electric power stations and agricultural crops. In the western United States, mountain snow provides up to seventy-five percent of all surface water supplies.\nSnowfall helps to protect plants and some wild animals from winter weather. Fresh snow is made largely of air trapped among the snow crystals . Because the air has trouble moving, the movement of heat is limited. Snow also influences the movement of sound waves. The surface of the snow takes in, or absorbs, sound waves. As snow grows older or if there have been strong winds, it can become hard and flat. Then, the snow,s surface will help to send back sound waves.\nSnow may be beautiful, but it can be deadly. It is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people. Many people die in traffic accidents on roads covered with snow and ice or from being seriously stuck in the winter storm. Others die from heart attacks caused by too much physical activity out in the cold.\nPeople may not be able to avoid living in areas where it snows often. However, they can avoid becoming victims of snowstorms. People should stop driving and stay at home until the storm has passed. People living in these areas should carry emergency supplies in their vehicle. These include food,emergency medical supplies,and extra clothing to stay warm and dry.\n\n<question>:\nMountain snowfall _ .\n\n<options>:\nA is heavier than that in the South and the North Poles\nB has never occurred near the Equator of the earth\nC brings less of the water the world uses than rain does\nD provides up to seventy--five percent of water supplies worldwide\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>:\nSnow falls in the Earth's extreme North and South throughout the year. However, the heaviest snowfalls have been reported in the mountains of other areas during winter. Snow is even known to fall near the Equator ,but only on the highest mountains.\nSnow contains much less water than rain, but much of the water the world uses comes from snow. Melting snow provides water for rivers, electric power stations and agricultural crops. In the western United States, mountain snow provides up to seventy-five percent of all surface water supplies.\nSnowfall helps to protect plants and some wild animals from winter weather. Fresh snow is made largely of air trapped among the snow crystals . Because the air has trouble moving, the movement of heat is limited. Snow also influences the movement of sound waves. The surface of the snow takes in, or absorbs, sound waves. As snow grows older or if there have been strong winds, it can become hard and flat. Then, the snow,s surface will help to send back sound waves.\nSnow may be beautiful, but it can be deadly. It is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people. Many people die in traffic accidents on roads covered with snow and ice or from being seriously stuck in the winter storm. Others die from heart attacks caused by too much physical activity out in the cold.\nPeople may not be able to avoid living in areas where it snows often. However, they can avoid becoming victims of snowstorms. People should stop driving and stay at home until the storm has passed. People living in these areas should carry emergency supplies in their vehicle. These include food,emergency medical supplies,and extra clothing to stay warm and dry.\n\n<question>:\nSnow protects plants and wild animals from cold weather by _ .\n\n<options>:\nA supplying much more air\nB limiting heat movement\nC absorbing strong winds\nD sending back sound waves\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>:\nSnow falls in the Earth's extreme North and South throughout the year. However, the heaviest snowfalls have been reported in the mountains of other areas during winter. Snow is even known to fall near the Equator ,but only on the highest mountains.\nSnow contains much less water than rain, but much of the water the world uses comes from snow. Melting snow provides water for rivers, electric power stations and agricultural crops. In the western United States, mountain snow provides up to seventy-five percent of all surface water supplies.\nSnowfall helps to protect plants and some wild animals from winter weather. Fresh snow is made largely of air trapped among the snow crystals . Because the air has trouble moving, the movement of heat is limited. Snow also influences the movement of sound waves. The surface of the snow takes in, or absorbs, sound waves. As snow grows older or if there have been strong winds, it can become hard and flat. Then, the snow,s surface will help to send back sound waves.\nSnow may be beautiful, but it can be deadly. It is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people. Many people die in traffic accidents on roads covered with snow and ice or from being seriously stuck in the winter storm. Others die from heart attacks caused by too much physical activity out in the cold.\nPeople may not be able to avoid living in areas where it snows often. However, they can avoid becoming victims of snowstorms. People should stop driving and stay at home until the storm has passed. People living in these areas should carry emergency supplies in their vehicle. These include food,emergency medical supplies,and extra clothing to stay warm and dry.\n\n<question>:\nSnow can be deadly mainly because it can _ .\n\n<options>:\nA cause road accidents\nB make people stuck in winter storms\nC lead to heart attacks\nD make people victims of snowstorms\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>:\nWe are not born doubting ourselves. We learn to do it. In fact, we are usually taught to doubt ourselves. We can learn some ways that allow us to become more accepting of ourselves. Following are two behaviors that might explain the reasons why you can't move towards greater self-acceptance.\nOne thing that might cause you not to accept yourself is over-generalizing about something you've done that you don't like.For example, if you fail a test you might generalize and say, \"I'm really a stupid person.\" When you do this you are making a statement about all of you all of the time and not just about this one situation at this time. Instead, you might decide that your grade on this test in this subject at this time was indeed poor, and then go on to decide what you want to do about your poor grade, if anything. Getting stuck in over-generalizing discourages you from taking steps that might allow you to do better on the next exam and to build an expectation of future failure. \nHaving standards that are impossibly high is a second way you can not accept yourself. It may not come as a surprise to you that most of us are more demanding of ourselves than we are of others. Somehow we can tolerate the fact that other people fail, that they aren't always kind, that they've done things they aren't proud of, but we have difficulty accepting those very human aspects of ourselves. The need to be perfect is another way to set yourself up for failure and enhance the feeling that you are not acceptable. We all make mistakes. Accepting less than perfection simply means recognizing the limitations natural in being born a human being. Learn to value who you are rather than who you could become. Wouldn't it be overpowering if we always had to do what we imagine we could do? Nobody has the time and energy to do all of that. We must make choices about what we will pursue and do them the best we can under the circumstances, which aren't always ideal, by the way.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is true according to the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA We can feel that we are perfect when we set ourselves up for success.\nB We can tolerate the fact that we've done things we aren't proud of.\nC Over-generalizing might encourage you to expect the future.\nD Over-generalizing might cause you not to accept yourself.\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>:\nWe are not born doubting ourselves. We learn to do it. In fact, we are usually taught to doubt ourselves. We can learn some ways that allow us to become more accepting of ourselves. Following are two behaviors that might explain the reasons why you can't move towards greater self-acceptance.\nOne thing that might cause you not to accept yourself is over-generalizing about something you've done that you don't like.For example, if you fail a test you might generalize and say, \"I'm really a stupid person.\" When you do this you are making a statement about all of you all of the time and not just about this one situation at this time. Instead, you might decide that your grade on this test in this subject at this time was indeed poor, and then go on to decide what you want to do about your poor grade, if anything. Getting stuck in over-generalizing discourages you from taking steps that might allow you to do better on the next exam and to build an expectation of future failure. \nHaving standards that are impossibly high is a second way you can not accept yourself. It may not come as a surprise to you that most of us are more demanding of ourselves than we are of others. Somehow we can tolerate the fact that other people fail, that they aren't always kind, that they've done things they aren't proud of, but we have difficulty accepting those very human aspects of ourselves. The need to be perfect is another way to set yourself up for failure and enhance the feeling that you are not acceptable. We all make mistakes. Accepting less than perfection simply means recognizing the limitations natural in being born a human being. Learn to value who you are rather than who you could become. Wouldn't it be overpowering if we always had to do what we imagine we could do? Nobody has the time and energy to do all of that. We must make choices about what we will pursue and do them the best we can under the circumstances, which aren't always ideal, by the way.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the author's attitude according to the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA It's necessary for people to be perfect.\nB It's acceptable for people to be imperfect.\nC It's strange for people to be born with limitation.\nD It's possible for people to do what they imagine.\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>:\nWe are not born doubting ourselves. We learn to do it. In fact, we are usually taught to doubt ourselves. We can learn some ways that allow us to become more accepting of ourselves. Following are two behaviors that might explain the reasons why you can't move towards greater self-acceptance.\nOne thing that might cause you not to accept yourself is over-generalizing about something you've done that you don't like.For example, if you fail a test you might generalize and say, \"I'm really a stupid person.\" When you do this you are making a statement about all of you all of the time and not just about this one situation at this time. Instead, you might decide that your grade on this test in this subject at this time was indeed poor, and then go on to decide what you want to do about your poor grade, if anything. Getting stuck in over-generalizing discourages you from taking steps that might allow you to do better on the next exam and to build an expectation of future failure. \nHaving standards that are impossibly high is a second way you can not accept yourself. It may not come as a surprise to you that most of us are more demanding of ourselves than we are of others. Somehow we can tolerate the fact that other people fail, that they aren't always kind, that they've done things they aren't proud of, but we have difficulty accepting those very human aspects of ourselves. The need to be perfect is another way to set yourself up for failure and enhance the feeling that you are not acceptable. We all make mistakes. Accepting less than perfection simply means recognizing the limitations natural in being born a human being. Learn to value who you are rather than who you could become. Wouldn't it be overpowering if we always had to do what we imagine we could do? Nobody has the time and energy to do all of that. We must make choices about what we will pursue and do them the best we can under the circumstances, which aren't always ideal, by the way.\n\n<question>:\nWhat has caused the lack of self-acceptance?\n\n<options>:\nA Tolerance and high-level.\nB Limitation and expectation.\nC Over-generalization and high-standard.\nD Extreme difficulty and complete failure.\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>:\nWhile researchers have long shown that tall people earn more than their shorter counterparts, it's not only social discrimination that accounts for this inequality but tall people are just smarter than their height-challenged peers, a new study finds.\n \"As early as age three, before schooling a child has had a chance to play a role, and throughout childhood, taller children perform significantly better on cognitive tests,\" wrote Anne Case and Christina Paxson ofprefix = st1 /PrincetonUniversityin a paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.\n The findings were based primarily on two British studies that followed children born in 1958 and 1970, respectively, through adulthood and aU.S.study on height and occupational choice.\n Other studies have pointed to low self-esteem, better health that accompanies greater height, and social discrimination as criminals for lower pay for shorter people.\n But researchers Case and Paxson believe the height advantage in the job world is more than just a question of image.\n \"As adults, taller individuals are more likely to be selected into higher paying occupations that require more advanced verbal and numerical skills and greater intelligence, for which they earn handsome returns,\" they wrote.\n But the researchers said the differences in performance _ long before the tall people enter the job force. Prenatal care and the time between birth and the age of 3 are critical periods for determining future cognitive ability and height.\n \"Prenatal care and prenatal nutrition are just incredibly important, even more so than we already knew,\" Case said in an interview.\n\n<question>:\nIf you are among the taller individuals, you are likely to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA get higher paying occupations\nB have higher self-esteem\nC be unhealthy\nD be the height of 5 feet 4 inches\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 man who served 11 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of murdering his wife was officially _ yesterday, walking free from Jingshan County People's Court--the same body that sentenced him to a 15year jail term in 1998--as over 2000 local residents cheered.\n\"Police and other law enforcers made the errors,\"39yearold She Xianglin told China Daily, \"I believe the law will punish them and give me a just result.\"\nThe original conviction came based on a confession which She said was extracted under police torture and the misidentification of a still-unknown woman's body.\n\"The provincial Hubei government has sent a team of police, procurators and high people's court officials to investigate the case,\" a spokesperson for the Jingmen government, which administrates Jingshan County, said yesterday.\nThe miscarriage of justice only came to light when Shen's wife, Zhang Zaiyu, resurfaced late last month after being thought missing for 11 years.\nThis was despite at least five letters from Zhang to her brother over the last two years, which he said he didn't report to police because he thought they were a hoax.\nZhang disappeared in January 1994 from Yanmenkou Township, and 3 months later a body was found in a pond that her relatives positively identified.\nLocal police arrested Shen for murder in April 1994,although questions had been raised about discrepancies between the features and clothes of the body and Zhang. Confirmation through DNA testing had not been attempted.\nZhang Chengmao, Shen's lawyer, said yesterday he would seek State compensation \"but we have not reached a figure yet\".\nWhen asked about compensation, Shen said, \"My mother, who died from the stress of continually appealing, cannot be bought. Eleven years of freedom cannot be bought. Schooling of my daughter that was stopped because of poverty cannot be bought.\"\nAs for his wife, the man said he did not hate her at all. \"If she had not reappeared, maybe I would have been wronged for life,\" he said.\nHe also said he did not plan to sue Zhang for bigamy, though she had remarried in Shandong Province without divorcing him.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is NOT true?\n\n<options>:\nA The miscarriage of justice only came to light when Shen's wife reappeared.\nB The man said he did not hate her at all.\nC Zhang Zaiyu wrote at least five letters to her brother over the last two years to hoax him.\nD She Xianglin's mother died from the stress of continually appealing.\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 man who served 11 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of murdering his wife was officially _ yesterday, walking free from Jingshan County People's Court--the same body that sentenced him to a 15year jail term in 1998--as over 2000 local residents cheered.\n\"Police and other law enforcers made the errors,\"39yearold She Xianglin told China Daily, \"I believe the law will punish them and give me a just result.\"\nThe original conviction came based on a confession which She said was extracted under police torture and the misidentification of a still-unknown woman's body.\n\"The provincial Hubei government has sent a team of police, procurators and high people's court officials to investigate the case,\" a spokesperson for the Jingmen government, which administrates Jingshan County, said yesterday.\nThe miscarriage of justice only came to light when Shen's wife, Zhang Zaiyu, resurfaced late last month after being thought missing for 11 years.\nThis was despite at least five letters from Zhang to her brother over the last two years, which he said he didn't report to police because he thought they were a hoax.\nZhang disappeared in January 1994 from Yanmenkou Township, and 3 months later a body was found in a pond that her relatives positively identified.\nLocal police arrested Shen for murder in April 1994,although questions had been raised about discrepancies between the features and clothes of the body and Zhang. Confirmation through DNA testing had not been attempted.\nZhang Chengmao, Shen's lawyer, said yesterday he would seek State compensation \"but we have not reached a figure yet\".\nWhen asked about compensation, Shen said, \"My mother, who died from the stress of continually appealing, cannot be bought. Eleven years of freedom cannot be bought. Schooling of my daughter that was stopped because of poverty cannot be bought.\"\nAs for his wife, the man said he did not hate her at all. \"If she had not reappeared, maybe I would have been wronged for life,\" he said.\nHe also said he did not plan to sue Zhang for bigamy, though she had remarried in Shandong Province without divorcing him.\n\n<question>:\nWe can infer from the passage _ .\n\n<options>:\nA She Xianglin will get State compensation\nB She Xianglin's daughter dropped out of school because of poverty\nC She Xianglin stayed in prison for 11 years\nD who murdered the woman is known to all\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>:\nJune came and the hay was almost ready for cutting.On Midsummer's Eve, which was aSaturday, Mr.Jones went to Willington and got so drunk at the Red Lion that he did not comeback till midday on Sunday.The men had milked the cows in the early morning and then hadgone out rabbiting, without bothering to feed the animals.When Mr.Jones got back, heimmediately went to sleep on the living-room sofa with the \"News of the world\" over his face,so that when evening came, the animals were still not fed.At last, they could stand no longer.\nOne of the cows broke into the door of the store-house with her horns and all the animalsbegan to help themselves to the grains.It was just then that Mr.Jones woke up.The nextmoment he and his four men were in the store-house with whips in their hands,whipping in all directions.This was more than the hungry animals would bear.Together,though nothing of the kind had been planned beforehand, they jumped upon their masters.\nJones and his men suddenly found themselves being struck with horns and kicked from allsides.The situation was quite out of their control.They had never seen animals act like thisbefore, and this sudden uprising of creatures whom they were used to beating andwhipping just as they chose frightened them.After only a moment or two, they gave up tryingto defend themselves.A minute later all five of them were in full fright down the road, with theanimals running after them joyfully.\n\n<question>:\nThe cows jumped upon their masters because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA they were not fed\nB they were so hungry\nC they were whipped so hard\nD they were so happy\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>:\nNorman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his work and traveling.\nThen, after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics( USSR),Mr. Cousins got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the limit of its strength on the trip, a chemical change began to take place inside him. The material between his bones became weak.\nIn less than one week after his return, he could not stand. Every move that he made was painful. He was not able to sleep at night.\nThe doctore told him that they did not know how to cure Mr. Cousins ' problem and he might never get over the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up hope.\nMr. Cousins thought that unhappy thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. Instead,he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness. .'\nHe began to experiment on himself while still in hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that 10 minutes of real laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain -free sleep at night.\nDeciding that the doctors could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could continue his experiments with laughter. For eight days,Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television,reading funny books,and sleeping whenever he felt tired. Within three weeks,he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto . Rico where he began running on the beach for exercise.\nAfter a few months,Mr. Cousins returned to work. He has laughed himself back to health.\n\n<question>:\nWhy did Norman Cousins get sick?\n\n<options>:\nA He did not rest enough.\nB He traveled too much.\nC His body chemistry changed.\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>:\nThe use of the word imitation reminds me that we ought to make some more comments on the risk of people imitating what they see on the screen in the way of crime or violence. First there was always a risk of children acting out scenes which could be dangerous. For example, I remember a woman who was head of a middle school telling me that she had happened to look out of her window when the children were on the playground and had seen them putting a small boy on a chair with a rope round his neck and the rope over the branch of a tree; fortunately she was in time to get there before the child was hanged. I remember a film in particular in which the hero who was imprisoned had escaped by electrocuting his guard, the technique of doing this being shown in detail. This was the kind of scene which we could cut for these reasons.\nIn films for young people and adults we always tried to keep off the screen the details of criminal techniques, such as how to open a locked door with a piece of hard plastic or how to open a safe; if we were consulted before production, I used to advise that the details should not be shown. When I gave talks in prisons about film checking I had full support for this, since fathers who were in prison for criminal offences did not want their children to get on crime.\nEvery time I gave a talk in a prison someone used to mention the French film Rififi. made by Jules Dassin in 1954. This remarkable film showed in great detail a robbery of a jeweler's shop, the robbery lasting about half an hour and being backed by only natural sound...one of the most brilliant film sequences of all time. I remember our discussion at the time. We thought that the robbery was finished only with the use of advanced and obviously expensive equipment and that only the most experienced and skilled criminals could possibly imitate it; we believed therefore that it was ly safe. When talking in prisons some years later I learned that there had been several robberies in which the techniques had been copied, so perhaps we were wrong.\n\n<question>:\nThe writer thinks that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the details of the criminal technique should be kept\nB the details of the crime should not be shown on the screen\nC children should not imitate what they see on the screen\nD it is dangerous to imitate what they see on the 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>:\nThe use of the word imitation reminds me that we ought to make some more comments on the risk of people imitating what they see on the screen in the way of crime or violence. First there was always a risk of children acting out scenes which could be dangerous. For example, I remember a woman who was head of a middle school telling me that she had happened to look out of her window when the children were on the playground and had seen them putting a small boy on a chair with a rope round his neck and the rope over the branch of a tree; fortunately she was in time to get there before the child was hanged. I remember a film in particular in which the hero who was imprisoned had escaped by electrocuting his guard, the technique of doing this being shown in detail. This was the kind of scene which we could cut for these reasons.\nIn films for young people and adults we always tried to keep off the screen the details of criminal techniques, such as how to open a locked door with a piece of hard plastic or how to open a safe; if we were consulted before production, I used to advise that the details should not be shown. When I gave talks in prisons about film checking I had full support for this, since fathers who were in prison for criminal offences did not want their children to get on crime.\nEvery time I gave a talk in a prison someone used to mention the French film Rififi. made by Jules Dassin in 1954. This remarkable film showed in great detail a robbery of a jeweler's shop, the robbery lasting about half an hour and being backed by only natural sound...one of the most brilliant film sequences of all time. I remember our discussion at the time. We thought that the robbery was finished only with the use of advanced and obviously expensive equipment and that only the most experienced and skilled criminals could possibly imitate it; we believed therefore that it was ly safe. When talking in prisons some years later I learned that there had been several robberies in which the techniques had been copied, so perhaps we were wrong.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the writer's attitude towards the film in which the hero had escaped by electrocuting the guard?\n\n<options>:\nA The writer likes it very much.\nB The writer is strongly against it.\nC The writer thinks the film has some value.\nD The writer does not show his/her attitude.\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 use of the word imitation reminds me that we ought to make some more comments on the risk of people imitating what they see on the screen in the way of crime or violence. First there was always a risk of children acting out scenes which could be dangerous. For example, I remember a woman who was head of a middle school telling me that she had happened to look out of her window when the children were on the playground and had seen them putting a small boy on a chair with a rope round his neck and the rope over the branch of a tree; fortunately she was in time to get there before the child was hanged. I remember a film in particular in which the hero who was imprisoned had escaped by electrocuting his guard, the technique of doing this being shown in detail. This was the kind of scene which we could cut for these reasons.\nIn films for young people and adults we always tried to keep off the screen the details of criminal techniques, such as how to open a locked door with a piece of hard plastic or how to open a safe; if we were consulted before production, I used to advise that the details should not be shown. When I gave talks in prisons about film checking I had full support for this, since fathers who were in prison for criminal offences did not want their children to get on crime.\nEvery time I gave a talk in a prison someone used to mention the French film Rififi. made by Jules Dassin in 1954. This remarkable film showed in great detail a robbery of a jeweler's shop, the robbery lasting about half an hour and being backed by only natural sound...one of the most brilliant film sequences of all time. I remember our discussion at the time. We thought that the robbery was finished only with the use of advanced and obviously expensive equipment and that only the most experienced and skilled criminals could possibly imitate it; we believed therefore that it was ly safe. When talking in prisons some years later I learned that there had been several robberies in which the techniques had been copied, so perhaps we were wrong.\n\n<question>:\nParents in prison agreed to film checking because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA they did not want their children to follow them\nB the crime on screen could be imitated without difficulty\nC they had given a talk on it\nD they had made mistakes\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 use of the word imitation reminds me that we ought to make some more comments on the risk of people imitating what they see on the screen in the way of crime or violence. First there was always a risk of children acting out scenes which could be dangerous. For example, I remember a woman who was head of a middle school telling me that she had happened to look out of her window when the children were on the playground and had seen them putting a small boy on a chair with a rope round his neck and the rope over the branch of a tree; fortunately she was in time to get there before the child was hanged. I remember a film in particular in which the hero who was imprisoned had escaped by electrocuting his guard, the technique of doing this being shown in detail. This was the kind of scene which we could cut for these reasons.\nIn films for young people and adults we always tried to keep off the screen the details of criminal techniques, such as how to open a locked door with a piece of hard plastic or how to open a safe; if we were consulted before production, I used to advise that the details should not be shown. When I gave talks in prisons about film checking I had full support for this, since fathers who were in prison for criminal offences did not want their children to get on crime.\nEvery time I gave a talk in a prison someone used to mention the French film Rififi. made by Jules Dassin in 1954. This remarkable film showed in great detail a robbery of a jeweler's shop, the robbery lasting about half an hour and being backed by only natural sound...one of the most brilliant film sequences of all time. I remember our discussion at the time. We thought that the robbery was finished only with the use of advanced and obviously expensive equipment and that only the most experienced and skilled criminals could possibly imitate it; we believed therefore that it was ly safe. When talking in prisons some years later I learned that there had been several robberies in which the techniques had been copied, so perhaps we were wrong.\n\n<question>:\nAll the following statements about \"Rififi\" are true EXCEPT _ .\n\n<options>:\nA that the robbery shown needs experience and skills\nB that some very good tools were used in the robbery\nC that the film showed the technique in detail\nD that the technique of the robbery was not imitated\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 use of the word imitation reminds me that we ought to make some more comments on the risk of people imitating what they see on the screen in the way of crime or violence. First there was always a risk of children acting out scenes which could be dangerous. For example, I remember a woman who was head of a middle school telling me that she had happened to look out of her window when the children were on the playground and had seen them putting a small boy on a chair with a rope round his neck and the rope over the branch of a tree; fortunately she was in time to get there before the child was hanged. I remember a film in particular in which the hero who was imprisoned had escaped by electrocuting his guard, the technique of doing this being shown in detail. This was the kind of scene which we could cut for these reasons.\nIn films for young people and adults we always tried to keep off the screen the details of criminal techniques, such as how to open a locked door with a piece of hard plastic or how to open a safe; if we were consulted before production, I used to advise that the details should not be shown. When I gave talks in prisons about film checking I had full support for this, since fathers who were in prison for criminal offences did not want their children to get on crime.\nEvery time I gave a talk in a prison someone used to mention the French film Rififi. made by Jules Dassin in 1954. This remarkable film showed in great detail a robbery of a jeweler's shop, the robbery lasting about half an hour and being backed by only natural sound...one of the most brilliant film sequences of all time. I remember our discussion at the time. We thought that the robbery was finished only with the use of advanced and obviously expensive equipment and that only the most experienced and skilled criminals could possibly imitate it; we believed therefore that it was ly safe. When talking in prisons some years later I learned that there had been several robberies in which the techniques had been copied, so perhaps we were wrong.\n\n<question>:\nIt can be inferred from the passage that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA it is hard for children to tell the differences between real life and the imaginary\nB only people in prison support film checking\nC only children imitate what they have seen on the screen\nD the writer used to advise the details of crime should be shown\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>:\nWhere was I? The room was dark and quiet. My head hurt really badly. I shouted, \"Help! Help! Can anybody help me?\"\nAfter a while somebody came in. The room was so dark that I couldn't see his face clearly. The man turned on the light and said with a sharp voice, \"Ah! Sweetie, do you still remember who I am?\" I was shocked. Oh, my God! I cried, \"You are Michael Zey, the man I charged with murder! Why are you here? You should be in prison!\"\n\"You never thought about the result of charging a gang leader, did you? Because of you, I was in prison for 15 years. You ruined my life!\" His voice was very cold. My face was pale with fear. He was here to take revenge !\n\"Please, let me go! Don't hurt me! Please!\" I asked him. \"Dr. Calment, you are smart enough to know it is impossible. Now, I give you two choices. One is shooting your head. It is the quickest way. The other is cremation . Your husband and you will be together forever. It's quite romantic. Don't you think?\" He spoke angrily. \"What? My husband? He is innocent!\" I shouted at him.\nSuddenly, he took hold of my head and said, \"You will pay for what you have done to me.\" He took out a gun from his bag. \n\"Help! Help! Can anybody help me?\"\n\n<question>:\nWhat might have happened to the writer before the man came in?\n\n<options>:\nA She had taken his place and become a gang leader.\nB She had come to this place to see her husband.\nC She wanted to pay for what she had done to Michael Zey.\nD She had been beaten terribly.\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>:\nAre extraverts really better leaders? Can an introvert be a good leader?\nResearch has shown a consistent positive relationship between extraversion and leadership. In groups of strangers,such as a jury , extraversion predicts who will be selected foreperson of the jury. It's actually likely to be the person who talks the most,and that person is probably an extravert. So, extraverts are more likely to be chosen for leadership positions (what we call leader \"emergence\").\nThere is also a positive relationship (although a weaker one) between extraversion and leader effectiveness, particularly evaluated effectiveness of leaders. So it appears that extraverts have _ an _ edge, _ but does this mean that introverts can't be good leaders? Of course not !\nMany successful leaders are introverted, for example Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi, and in business, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. One of the best company presidents that I've known was easily the most introverted person among his executive team, but he was very successful and his colleagues admired his \"quiet reserve and confidence\". So what is the critical factor that both extraverts and introverts need to emerge as a leader and to be effective?\nOur research has suggested that the key element is good interpersonal, or social, skills. In one study,we looked at the relationship of extraversion to leadership emergence and effectiveness and found that the advantage that extraverts had disappeared when we put social skills into the equation . In other words,only extraverts who possessed social skills were effective leaders. Good interpersonal skills are critical whether the leader is an extravert or an introvert.\nIn addition,we know that we are more likely to choose leaders who look like their prototypes of leaders--they speak well, interact well with others, and just look \"leader-like\". Extraverts just naturally look more like a prototypical leader, particularly political leaders, than do introverts. Think of the U.S. presidential campaign where presidential hopefuls were evaluated for how much each looked like he or she could be the Commander-in-Chief.\nThe key to leadership success then is to develop the people skills needed to look like a leader, but to also develop the good leader-follower relationships that are necessary for success. If you possess these skills,introversion and extraversion don't matter very much.\n\n<question>:\nThe author writes the passage mainly to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA compare the differences of introversion and extroversion\nB encourage its readers to be more introverted\nC argue that introverts can also be good leaders\nD inform readers how to become a good leader\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>:\nMost people think that the capital of the movie world is Hollywood, in the United States. However, the real movie capital is Mumbai, in India. Mumbai used to be known as Bombay, and so the film industry there is called \"Bollywood\". Each year, Bollywood makes twice as many movies as Hollywood.\nThe movies from Bollywood are very different from Hollywood movies. For one thing, Bollywood movies are longer than most Hollywood movies. Most Bollywood movies are more than three hours long, and contain singing, dancing, adventure, mystery and romance. Because Bollywood films has so many different characters, this style of film is called a \"masala\" film. Masala is an Indian word for a mixture of spices .\nAnother big difference is the way the movies are made. It takes longer to make a movie in Hollywood than in Bollywood. In fact, filming may begin on a Bollywood movie before the script is finished. The director and writers can make up the story while the filming is being made. Sometimes they even write the script by hand instead of typing it.\nBollywood actors are so popular that some of them may even work on several movies at the same time. They may even make several different films on the same day using the same costumes and scenery. Since most Bollywood movies follow the same kind of story, shooting scenes for several films at the same time is not a big problem for actors or directors. This also helps to keep the cost of Bollywood movies lower than the cost of Hollywood movies.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is Not True about Mumbai?\n\n<options>:\nA It is the movie capital of India.\nB The new name is Bombay.\nC More movies are made there than in Hollywood.\nD It is less expensive to make films there than in Hollywood.\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>:\nMost people think that the capital of the movie world is Hollywood, in the United States. However, the real movie capital is Mumbai, in India. Mumbai used to be known as Bombay, and so the film industry there is called \"Bollywood\". Each year, Bollywood makes twice as many movies as Hollywood.\nThe movies from Bollywood are very different from Hollywood movies. For one thing, Bollywood movies are longer than most Hollywood movies. Most Bollywood movies are more than three hours long, and contain singing, dancing, adventure, mystery and romance. Because Bollywood films has so many different characters, this style of film is called a \"masala\" film. Masala is an Indian word for a mixture of spices .\nAnother big difference is the way the movies are made. It takes longer to make a movie in Hollywood than in Bollywood. In fact, filming may begin on a Bollywood movie before the script is finished. The director and writers can make up the story while the filming is being made. Sometimes they even write the script by hand instead of typing it.\nBollywood actors are so popular that some of them may even work on several movies at the same time. They may even make several different films on the same day using the same costumes and scenery. Since most Bollywood movies follow the same kind of story, shooting scenes for several films at the same time is not a big problem for actors or directors. This also helps to keep the cost of Bollywood movies lower than the cost of Hollywood movies.\n\n<question>:\nBollywood movies are cheap to make because _\n\n<options>:\nA the scripts are written by hand.\nB they are shorter than Hollywood films.\nC the movies do not use any special effects .\nD some movie reuses things from other movies.\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 personal computer has overtaken the family dog as man's best friend.according to a study.\nResearchers found that just 6 per cent of us believe that\" most people rely more on their dog than they do on their PC\",while 67 per cent think the opposite to be true.\nEven 38 per cent of dog owners admitted to relying more on their PC than on their dog, although 36 per cent disagreed.\nAnd 71 per cent of 18 to 24-year-old dog owners said they relied more on their computer.\nPaul Allen,editor of Computeractive magazine said:\"These days you can even you're your PC for fl walk,provided you have a laptop or tablet.\"\n\"It's only a matter of time until the first PC that fetches your slippers.\"\nResearchers questioned 2,000 British adults to find out the change modern technology has brought to their home life.\nThey found that male dog owners are almost twice as likely as female owners to rely on their computer than a _ companion.\nMr.Allen said:\"With broadband bringing them global news and newspaper sales falling,the family dog even misses out on the pleasure of taking the paper to his owner.\"\nBut it's not all bad news for obedient dogs.\n\"The family PC has given dog owners access to a wealth of resources and information that can help with the long-term care that a dog needs,\"Mr.Allen said.\n\n<question>:\nWho are most likely to rely on computers?\n\n<options>:\nA Teens.\nB People in their early twenties.\nC People in their early thirties.\nD People in their early forties.\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 personal computer has overtaken the family dog as man's best friend.according to a study.\nResearchers found that just 6 per cent of us believe that\" most people rely more on their dog than they do on their PC\",while 67 per cent think the opposite to be true.\nEven 38 per cent of dog owners admitted to relying more on their PC than on their dog, although 36 per cent disagreed.\nAnd 71 per cent of 18 to 24-year-old dog owners said they relied more on their computer.\nPaul Allen,editor of Computeractive magazine said:\"These days you can even you're your PC for fl walk,provided you have a laptop or tablet.\"\n\"It's only a matter of time until the first PC that fetches your slippers.\"\nResearchers questioned 2,000 British adults to find out the change modern technology has brought to their home life.\nThey found that male dog owners are almost twice as likely as female owners to rely on their computer than a _ companion.\nMr.Allen said:\"With broadband bringing them global news and newspaper sales falling,the family dog even misses out on the pleasure of taking the paper to his owner.\"\nBut it's not all bad news for obedient dogs.\n\"The family PC has given dog owners access to a wealth of resources and information that can help with the long-term care that a dog needs,\"Mr.Allen said.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the general idea of the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA The personal computer has replaced the dog as man's best friends.\nB The computer and the dog as man's best friends.\nC Modern technology has brought changes to people's home life.\nD The dog as a pet will disappear completely from people's life.\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 personal computer has overtaken the family dog as man's best friend.according to a study.\nResearchers found that just 6 per cent of us believe that\" most people rely more on their dog than they do on their PC\",while 67 per cent think the opposite to be true.\nEven 38 per cent of dog owners admitted to relying more on their PC than on their dog, although 36 per cent disagreed.\nAnd 71 per cent of 18 to 24-year-old dog owners said they relied more on their computer.\nPaul Allen,editor of Computeractive magazine said:\"These days you can even you're your PC for fl walk,provided you have a laptop or tablet.\"\n\"It's only a matter of time until the first PC that fetches your slippers.\"\nResearchers questioned 2,000 British adults to find out the change modern technology has brought to their home life.\nThey found that male dog owners are almost twice as likely as female owners to rely on their computer than a _ companion.\nMr.Allen said:\"With broadband bringing them global news and newspaper sales falling,the family dog even misses out on the pleasure of taking the paper to his owner.\"\nBut it's not all bad news for obedient dogs.\n\"The family PC has given dog owners access to a wealth of resources and information that can help with the long-term care that a dog needs,\"Mr.Allen said.\n\n<question>:\nThe advantage of dogs as pets over the personal computer now is that\n\n<options>:\nA the dog can go out for a walk with people\nB the dog can help people fetch something\nC the dog can bring people more pleasure\nD the dog is more likely to follow its owner's orders\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 personal computer has overtaken the family dog as man's best friend.according to a study.\nResearchers found that just 6 per cent of us believe that\" most people rely more on their dog than they do on their PC\",while 67 per cent think the opposite to be true.\nEven 38 per cent of dog owners admitted to relying more on their PC than on their dog, although 36 per cent disagreed.\nAnd 71 per cent of 18 to 24-year-old dog owners said they relied more on their computer.\nPaul Allen,editor of Computeractive magazine said:\"These days you can even you're your PC for fl walk,provided you have a laptop or tablet.\"\n\"It's only a matter of time until the first PC that fetches your slippers.\"\nResearchers questioned 2,000 British adults to find out the change modern technology has brought to their home life.\nThey found that male dog owners are almost twice as likely as female owners to rely on their computer than a _ companion.\nMr.Allen said:\"With broadband bringing them global news and newspaper sales falling,the family dog even misses out on the pleasure of taking the paper to his owner.\"\nBut it's not all bad news for obedient dogs.\n\"The family PC has given dog owners access to a wealth of resources and information that can help with the long-term care that a dog needs,\"Mr.Allen said.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to Mr. Allen,the personal computer\n\n<options>:\nA won't have effect on newspaper sales\nB can't help people take better care of the dog\nC will drive the dog as a pet out completely\nD will be able to help people fetch something\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>:\nTsunami is a natural disaster, which is a Japanese word that means \"sea wave\". A tsunami is a huge sea wave that forms mainly in the Pacific Ocean area. People die and property is destroyed when a tsunami hits land. What causes these dangerous sea waves? Sometimes, tsunamis are caused when earthquakes take place underwater. Then, water begins to move up and down from the top of the ocean right down to the bottom. Waves begin to form, and each wave is called a tsunami.\nA tsunami is less than one meter high and can move at a speed of almost 800 kilometers per hour while it is far out in the ocean. But the tsunami rises much higher and moves more slowly as it comes closer to land.\nThe weather bureau warns people over the radio and television when a tsunami is heading for land. These warnings have helped save many lives.\n\n<question>:\nThe Japanese word tsunami means _ .\n\n<options>:\nA earthquake\nB sea wave\nC ocean water\nD tornado\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>:\nTsunami is a natural disaster, which is a Japanese word that means \"sea wave\". A tsunami is a huge sea wave that forms mainly in the Pacific Ocean area. People die and property is destroyed when a tsunami hits land. What causes these dangerous sea waves? Sometimes, tsunamis are caused when earthquakes take place underwater. Then, water begins to move up and down from the top of the ocean right down to the bottom. Waves begin to form, and each wave is called a tsunami.\nA tsunami is less than one meter high and can move at a speed of almost 800 kilometers per hour while it is far out in the ocean. But the tsunami rises much higher and moves more slowly as it comes closer to land.\nThe weather bureau warns people over the radio and television when a tsunami is heading for land. These warnings have helped save many lives.\n\n<question>:\nAs the tsunami moves toward land, it _ .\n\n<options>:\nA picks up more speed\nB becomes far less dangerous\nC rises higher and higher\nD rises lower and lower\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>:\nLove is a telephone which always keeps silent when you are longing for a call, but rings when you are not ready for it. As a result, we often miss the sweetness from the other end.\nLove is a telephone which is seldom program-controlled or directly dialed. You cannot get an immediate answer by a mere \"hello\", let alone go deep into your lover's heart by one call. Usually it had to be relayed by an operator, and you have to be patient in waiting. _ \nLove is a telephone which is always busy, When you are ready to die for love, you only find, to your disappointment, the line is already occupied by someone else, and you are greeted only by a busy line. This is an eternal regret handed down from generation to generation and you are only one of those who languish for(...) followers.\nLove is telephone, but it is difficult to seize the center time for dialing, and you will let the opportunity slip if your call is either too early or too late.\nLove is a telephone which is not always associated with happiness. Honeyed words are transmitted by sound waves, but when the lovers are brought together, the phone serves no purpose that many lovers observe that marriage is the _ of love.\nLove is a telephone which, when you use it for the first time, makes you so nervous and excited that you either hold the receiver upside down or dial the wrong number. By the time you've calmed down, you will beat a loss to whom you should make the call.\nLove is a telephone which often has crossed lines. And this usually happens to you unexpectedly. Your time will either cross or be crossed. Both cases are referred to as \"triangle\". Fortunately, all such occurrences are transient .\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the best title of the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Love is transient\nB Love is permanent\nC Love is a telephone\nD What's love in life\n\n<answer>:\n",
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