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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>:\nIf you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise--and as a result, we are aging unnecessarily soon.\nProfessor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of aging could be slowed down.\nWith a team of colleagues at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and varying occupations.\nComputer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise measurements of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain, which relate to intellect and emotion, and determine the human character. (The rear section of the brain, which controls functions like eating and breathing, does not contract with age, and one can continue living without intellectual or emotional faculties.)\nContraction of front and side parts--as cells die off--was observed in some subjects in their thirties, but it was still not evident in some sixty- and seventy-year-olds.\nMatsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple remedy to the contraction normally associated with age--using the head. The findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns. Those least at risk, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White collar workers doing routine work in government offices are, however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm worker, bus driver and shop assistant. Matsuzawa's findings show that thinking can prevent the brain from shrinking. Blood must circulate properly in the head to supply the fresh oxygen the brain cells need. \"The best way to maintain good blood circulation is through using the brain,\" he says, \"Think hard and engage in conversation. Don't rely on pocket calculators.\"\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage, which people seem to age slower than the others?\n\n<options>:\nA Lawyers.\nB Farmers.\nC Clerks.\nD Shop assistants.\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>:\nOur cat has a sweet nature, and she can let us know what she wants. When we fail to meet her needs, she gently leads us in the proper direction. When I forget to fill her water bowl early in the morning, she runs after my legs, and then pushes me in the direction of her bowl. She doesn't get irritated ; instead, she expresses her wishes in the best way. And I always understand what she is telling me.\nOne day I found myself envying her simple expression. How many times had I expected my husband or my children to know my wants without my ever giving voice to them? How many times had I been disappointed that they couldn't understand when I needed a hug, a compliment or a chocolate bar?\nAfter a pleasant afternoon with my husband, I wanted to stop somewhere nice and have dinner, but he didn't understand my hints . \"Couldn't you see that I wanted to go out to dinner?\" I complained when he pulled into our driveway.\n\"Why didn't you say so? I can't read your mind,\" he answered in impatience. _ . Had I expected him to read my mind? Why hadn't I expressed my desire more clearly? I realized I had fallen into the female trap of \"If you love me, you can read my mind.\"\nNow, I state my needs clearly and directly. I look at my cat and know she agrees.\n\n<question>:\nWhy was the author disappointed in her husband or her children?\n\n<options>:\nA Her husband didn't give her a hug.\nB Her children didn't give her a chocolate bar.\nC They didn't give her a compliment.\nD They didn't understand her mind.\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>:\nOur cat has a sweet nature, and she can let us know what she wants. When we fail to meet her needs, she gently leads us in the proper direction. When I forget to fill her water bowl early in the morning, she runs after my legs, and then pushes me in the direction of her bowl. She doesn't get irritated ; instead, she expresses her wishes in the best way. And I always understand what she is telling me.\nOne day I found myself envying her simple expression. How many times had I expected my husband or my children to know my wants without my ever giving voice to them? How many times had I been disappointed that they couldn't understand when I needed a hug, a compliment or a chocolate bar?\nAfter a pleasant afternoon with my husband, I wanted to stop somewhere nice and have dinner, but he didn't understand my hints . \"Couldn't you see that I wanted to go out to dinner?\" I complained when he pulled into our driveway.\n\"Why didn't you say so? I can't read your mind,\" he answered in impatience. _ . Had I expected him to read my mind? Why hadn't I expressed my desire more clearly? I realized I had fallen into the female trap of \"If you love me, you can read my mind.\"\nNow, I state my needs clearly and directly. I look at my cat and know she agrees.\n\n<question>:\nWhat will the author do if she wants something from her husband now?\n\n<options>:\nA She will give him her hints.\nB She lets him guess what she wants.\nC She tells him her needs directly.\nD She buys what she wants herself.\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 is it that makes people laugh? More than two thousand years ago the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle defined jokes as the pleasure that results from a feeling of triumph by showing we're better than someone else in a certain way. According to Aristotle and many other philosophers, all jokes depend mainly on showing inferiority in another person or group of persons--that is, putting it clearly, on showing that they are worse off than ourselves. Jokes raise our good opinion of ourselves at someone else's expense.\nShowing how much better than other people we are is only one reason we like jokes. Someone may also use a joke to express their anger or their cruelty or any other kind of action that is not acceptable to us. We feel free to laugh when we hear about someone sliding on a banana skin. The joke lets us express those attitudes which are usually unacceptable to society. This is probably the reason why some of the jokes, especially those involving cruelty, are so popular with certain people.\nBesides, all jokes depend on our enjoyment of laughing at something that is strange and out of place because it's different from things which are happening around it. The same situation can be either sad or pleasant, depending entirely on how strange and out of place it is. If a girl in a bathing suit falls into a swimming pool, we don't laugh because nothing unusual has happened. But if a man in a smart suit falls in, the situation is at once unusual in a pleasant way and we laugh. A good joketeller will always try to build up a situation in which one thing is expected until something unexpected suddenly happens, and so we laugh.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to Aristotle, all jokes depend mainly on _ .\n\n<options>:\nA showing inferiority in another person or group\nB resulting in a sense of success\nC having a good opinion of other people\nD making people laugh unexpectedly\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 is it that makes people laugh? More than two thousand years ago the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle defined jokes as the pleasure that results from a feeling of triumph by showing we're better than someone else in a certain way. According to Aristotle and many other philosophers, all jokes depend mainly on showing inferiority in another person or group of persons--that is, putting it clearly, on showing that they are worse off than ourselves. Jokes raise our good opinion of ourselves at someone else's expense.\nShowing how much better than other people we are is only one reason we like jokes. Someone may also use a joke to express their anger or their cruelty or any other kind of action that is not acceptable to us. We feel free to laugh when we hear about someone sliding on a banana skin. The joke lets us express those attitudes which are usually unacceptable to society. This is probably the reason why some of the jokes, especially those involving cruelty, are so popular with certain people.\nBesides, all jokes depend on our enjoyment of laughing at something that is strange and out of place because it's different from things which are happening around it. The same situation can be either sad or pleasant, depending entirely on how strange and out of place it is. If a girl in a bathing suit falls into a swimming pool, we don't laugh because nothing unusual has happened. But if a man in a smart suit falls in, the situation is at once unusual in a pleasant way and we laugh. A good joketeller will always try to build up a situation in which one thing is expected until something unexpected suddenly happens, and so we laugh.\n\n<question>:\nWhat will a good joketeller always try to do?\n\n<options>:\nA Make a sad situation into a pleasant one.\nB Make different things happen at the same time.\nC Make an unexpected thing happen in an expected situation.\nD Make people laugh at something unusual and out of place.\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>:\nYou might not know it, but there is something wonderful at your fingertips. You can make people happier, healthier and more hard-working just by touching their arms or holding their hands.\nDoctors say that body contact is a kind of medicine that can work wonders. When people are touched, the quantity of hemoglobin -a type of matter that produces the red color in blood increases greatly. This results in more oxygen reaching every part of the body and the whole body benefits. In experiments, bottle-fed baby monkeys were separated from their mothers for the first ten days of life. They became sad and negative. Studies showed the monkeys were more probable to become ill than other babies that were allowed to stay with their mothers.\nHuman babies react in much the same way. Some years ago, a scientist noticed that some well-fed babies in a clean nursery became weak. Yet babies in another nursery were growing healthily, even though they ate less well and were not kept as clean. The reason, he concluded, was that they often had touches from nurses.\nExperiments show that most people like being touched. And nearly all doctors believe touch helps to reduce patients' fear of treatment. Of course there is time when a touch is not welcome. But even if we don't like being touched, a smile can make us feel better. Smiling increases blood flow and starts the production of \"happy brain\" chemicals. So let's have a big smile and don't forget to keep in touch.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is NOT true?\n\n<options>:\nA Everyone knows that body contact can make people happier.\nB People may work harder because of body contact.\nC Your fingertips can do something.\nD People may not understand the importance of touching.\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>:\nYou might not know it, but there is something wonderful at your fingertips. You can make people happier, healthier and more hard-working just by touching their arms or holding their hands.\nDoctors say that body contact is a kind of medicine that can work wonders. When people are touched, the quantity of hemoglobin -a type of matter that produces the red color in blood increases greatly. This results in more oxygen reaching every part of the body and the whole body benefits. In experiments, bottle-fed baby monkeys were separated from their mothers for the first ten days of life. They became sad and negative. Studies showed the monkeys were more probable to become ill than other babies that were allowed to stay with their mothers.\nHuman babies react in much the same way. Some years ago, a scientist noticed that some well-fed babies in a clean nursery became weak. Yet babies in another nursery were growing healthily, even though they ate less well and were not kept as clean. The reason, he concluded, was that they often had touches from nurses.\nExperiments show that most people like being touched. And nearly all doctors believe touch helps to reduce patients' fear of treatment. Of course there is time when a touch is not welcome. But even if we don't like being touched, a smile can make us feel better. Smiling increases blood flow and starts the production of \"happy brain\" chemicals. So let's have a big smile and don't forget to keep in touch.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage _ .\n\n<options>:\nA human brains need oxygen and blood supply now and then\nB touches from doctors and nurses have nothing to do with treatment\nC new-born baby monkeys should stay away from their mothers\nD not all the people like being touched\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>:\nYou might not know it, but there is something wonderful at your fingertips. You can make people happier, healthier and more hard-working just by touching their arms or holding their hands.\nDoctors say that body contact is a kind of medicine that can work wonders. When people are touched, the quantity of hemoglobin -a type of matter that produces the red color in blood increases greatly. This results in more oxygen reaching every part of the body and the whole body benefits. In experiments, bottle-fed baby monkeys were separated from their mothers for the first ten days of life. They became sad and negative. Studies showed the monkeys were more probable to become ill than other babies that were allowed to stay with their mothers.\nHuman babies react in much the same way. Some years ago, a scientist noticed that some well-fed babies in a clean nursery became weak. Yet babies in another nursery were growing healthily, even though they ate less well and were not kept as clean. The reason, he concluded, was that they often had touches from nurses.\nExperiments show that most people like being touched. And nearly all doctors believe touch helps to reduce patients' fear of treatment. Of course there is time when a touch is not welcome. But even if we don't like being touched, a smile can make us feel better. Smiling increases blood flow and starts the production of \"happy brain\" chemicals. So let's have a big smile and don't forget to keep in touch.\n\n<question>:\nThe best title for the passage might be _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Why People Touch\nB Smile and Touch\nC Wonders of Touch\nD Touch or Not\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>:\nBack in freshman year, I found myself wondering whether it should really be called \"volunteering\" if students only do it because they have to.\nI ended up volunteering at Weyrich Health Center, helping elderly patients with daily tasks. The more I did these tasks, the more disconnected I felt from the seniors. Though I felt bad for them, I did not want to interact with them.\nThen one rainy day, I met Colonel Hemsworth. He invited me to his table and asked for some company. I regarded this as another boring task. However, when I listened to his stories, I learned that he was a brilliant war veteran ,and I found his tales interesting.\nAfter my brief talk with the Colonel, I realized that I shared common characters with all the seniors. I felt like an oxygen molecule ---ready to form a relationship--rather than an isolated gas.\nI met with many learned senior citizens who shared their experiences and wisdom. No longer did I walk aimlessly down the hallways. I found myself enjoying talking with these people as I learned their histories. Why hadn't I realized sooner that volunteer work could enlighten me?\nSome people argue that volunteering and working for change does not help. However, they fail to realize that the world is constantly changing and humans must adapt My experience at Weyrich Health Center has taught me that refusing to change one's views and accept new ones leads to short-term goals that finally disappear. Communication with others is an important part of life. Volunteering is not just a requirement or a way to improve your resume, it is a time for service and personal growth.\nNow I enjoy volunteering my time surrounded by seniors who bring history alive for me. By communicating with them, I have developed into a more dynamic person.\n\n<question>:\nWhat's the author's initial attitude towards volunteering?\n\n<options>:\nA Positive\nB Satisfied.\nC Doubtful.\nD Unwilling.\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>:\nBack in freshman year, I found myself wondering whether it should really be called \"volunteering\" if students only do it because they have to.\nI ended up volunteering at Weyrich Health Center, helping elderly patients with daily tasks. The more I did these tasks, the more disconnected I felt from the seniors. Though I felt bad for them, I did not want to interact with them.\nThen one rainy day, I met Colonel Hemsworth. He invited me to his table and asked for some company. I regarded this as another boring task. However, when I listened to his stories, I learned that he was a brilliant war veteran ,and I found his tales interesting.\nAfter my brief talk with the Colonel, I realized that I shared common characters with all the seniors. I felt like an oxygen molecule ---ready to form a relationship--rather than an isolated gas.\nI met with many learned senior citizens who shared their experiences and wisdom. No longer did I walk aimlessly down the hallways. I found myself enjoying talking with these people as I learned their histories. Why hadn't I realized sooner that volunteer work could enlighten me?\nSome people argue that volunteering and working for change does not help. However, they fail to realize that the world is constantly changing and humans must adapt My experience at Weyrich Health Center has taught me that refusing to change one's views and accept new ones leads to short-term goals that finally disappear. Communication with others is an important part of life. Volunteering is not just a requirement or a way to improve your resume, it is a time for service and personal growth.\nNow I enjoy volunteering my time surrounded by seniors who bring history alive for me. By communicating with them, I have developed into a more dynamic person.\n\n<question>:\nWhy did Colonel Hems worth invite the author to his table?\n\n<options>:\nA He liked the author very much.\nB He wanted the author to accompany him.\nC He wanted to work with the author.\nD He planned to teach the author 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>:\nWhether you're eating at a fancy restaurant or dining in someone's home. Proper table manners are likely to help you make a good impression. According to a US expert, Emily Post, \"All rules of table manners are made to avoid ugliness.\"\nWhile Henry Hitchings of the Los Angeles Times admits that good manners can reduce social conflict, he points out that mostly their purpose is protective - they turn our natural warrior-like selves into more elegant ones.\nSo where did table manners come from?\nIn medieval England, a writer named Petrus Alfonsi took the lead to urge people not to speak with their mouths full. And King David I of Scotland also proposed that any of his people who learned to eat more neatly be given a tax deduction .\nDisappointingly, that idea never _ . It was during the Renaissance, when there were real technical developments, opinions of correct behavior changed for good. \"None of these was more significant than the introduction of the table fork,\" wrote Hitchings. \"Gradually, as forks became popular, they brought the new way of eating, making it possible, for instance, to consume berries without making one's fingers dirty.\"\nForks were introduced to Britain in 1608 and 25 years later, the first table fork reached America. Yet while most of the essentials are the same on both sides of the Atlantic, there are a few clear differences between what's normal in the US and what holds true in the UK. For example, in the US, when food needs cutting with a knife, people generally cut a bite, then lay aside the knife and switch the fork to their right hand. Then they pick up one bite at a time. By contrast, Britons keep the fork in the left hand and don't lay the knife down.\nThough globalization has developed a new, simpler international standard of table manners, some people still stick with the American cut-and-switch method.The Los Angeles Times noted, \"They are hanging on to a form of behavior that favors manners above efficiency.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhat does the story mainly talk about?\n\n<options>:\nA The importance of proper table manners .\nB The development of table manners in Western countries.\nC Some unwritten rules of table manners in the US and UK.\nD Differences between American and British table manners.\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>:\nWhether you're eating at a fancy restaurant or dining in someone's home. Proper table manners are likely to help you make a good impression. According to a US expert, Emily Post, \"All rules of table manners are made to avoid ugliness.\"\nWhile Henry Hitchings of the Los Angeles Times admits that good manners can reduce social conflict, he points out that mostly their purpose is protective - they turn our natural warrior-like selves into more elegant ones.\nSo where did table manners come from?\nIn medieval England, a writer named Petrus Alfonsi took the lead to urge people not to speak with their mouths full. And King David I of Scotland also proposed that any of his people who learned to eat more neatly be given a tax deduction .\nDisappointingly, that idea never _ . It was during the Renaissance, when there were real technical developments, opinions of correct behavior changed for good. \"None of these was more significant than the introduction of the table fork,\" wrote Hitchings. \"Gradually, as forks became popular, they brought the new way of eating, making it possible, for instance, to consume berries without making one's fingers dirty.\"\nForks were introduced to Britain in 1608 and 25 years later, the first table fork reached America. Yet while most of the essentials are the same on both sides of the Atlantic, there are a few clear differences between what's normal in the US and what holds true in the UK. For example, in the US, when food needs cutting with a knife, people generally cut a bite, then lay aside the knife and switch the fork to their right hand. Then they pick up one bite at a time. By contrast, Britons keep the fork in the left hand and don't lay the knife down.\nThough globalization has developed a new, simpler international standard of table manners, some people still stick with the American cut-and-switch method.The Los Angeles Times noted, \"They are hanging on to a form of behavior that favors manners above efficiency.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following events influenced people's table manners most according to the article?\n\n<options>:\nA The introduction of forks.\nB The tax deduction policy.\nC The rise of the Renaissance.\nD Petrus Alfonsi's efforts in promoting table manners.\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>:\nWhether you're eating at a fancy restaurant or dining in someone's home. Proper table manners are likely to help you make a good impression. According to a US expert, Emily Post, \"All rules of table manners are made to avoid ugliness.\"\nWhile Henry Hitchings of the Los Angeles Times admits that good manners can reduce social conflict, he points out that mostly their purpose is protective - they turn our natural warrior-like selves into more elegant ones.\nSo where did table manners come from?\nIn medieval England, a writer named Petrus Alfonsi took the lead to urge people not to speak with their mouths full. And King David I of Scotland also proposed that any of his people who learned to eat more neatly be given a tax deduction .\nDisappointingly, that idea never _ . It was during the Renaissance, when there were real technical developments, opinions of correct behavior changed for good. \"None of these was more significant than the introduction of the table fork,\" wrote Hitchings. \"Gradually, as forks became popular, they brought the new way of eating, making it possible, for instance, to consume berries without making one's fingers dirty.\"\nForks were introduced to Britain in 1608 and 25 years later, the first table fork reached America. Yet while most of the essentials are the same on both sides of the Atlantic, there are a few clear differences between what's normal in the US and what holds true in the UK. For example, in the US, when food needs cutting with a knife, people generally cut a bite, then lay aside the knife and switch the fork to their right hand. Then they pick up one bite at a time. By contrast, Britons keep the fork in the left hand and don't lay the knife down.\nThough globalization has developed a new, simpler international standard of table manners, some people still stick with the American cut-and-switch method.The Los Angeles Times noted, \"They are hanging on to a form of behavior that favors manners above efficiency.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhat can we conclude from the article?\n\n<options>:\nA British and American table manners are completely different from each other.\nB American people pay more attention to their table manners than British people do.\nC With globalization, the American cut-and-switch method has been abandoned in the US.\nD British people's way of using a knife and fork may be more efficient than American people's.\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>:\nConsumers will be digging deeper into their pockets to buy flowers, gift cards and choco lates on Valentine's Day with average spending expected to rise eight percent over last year to nearly $200.\nAnd along with their expanding wallets,4 million Americans are expected to propose marriage or receive a proposal on Feb 14.\n\"We've seen a consistent trend of consumers saying they will spend more,from holiday shopping to 2012 travel plans,and spending plans for Feb 14 are no exception,\"said Sonali Chakravorti,vice president at American Express.\nIn its latest spending and savings tracker,American Express questioned 2,000 adults across the United States to gauge(,)how much and on what consumers will be spending their money on Cupid's big day.\nNearly half of people said they intend to celebrate at a favori te restaurant, seven percent more than last year.Flowers are still the most popular gift for a Valentine,followed hy gift cards,jewelry and electronics.\nAmong couples getting betrothed ,30 percent said they wou]d propose during a weekend getaway or vacation.To seal the deal,48 percent of people think an engagement ring costing between $1,000 to $5,000 would be appropriatc but 22 percent said up to $2,000 for jewelry would be more realistic,while five percent thought nothing of spending$10,000 or more on a ring.\nAlthough nearly 40 percent of women think whoever asked for the date should pay for it,14 Dercent said the bill should be split,but most unmarried men said they would cover the cost of the date.\nFinances can be a delieate subject,so half of people don't talk about money until they have been together six months and 20 percent of married coupies did not refer to the subject until after they have tied the knot.\nAfter marriage money matters can be a cause of disagreements,although the poll showed arguments over household budgets,spending on the children and everyday purchases have declined since last year.\n\n<question>:\nWhich is the most popular place for people to celebrate Valentine's Day?\n\n<options>:\nA A super market.\nB A beautiful park.\nC A favourite restaurant.\nD A proposal party.\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>:\nConsumers will be digging deeper into their pockets to buy flowers, gift cards and choco lates on Valentine's Day with average spending expected to rise eight percent over last year to nearly $200.\nAnd along with their expanding wallets,4 million Americans are expected to propose marriage or receive a proposal on Feb 14.\n\"We've seen a consistent trend of consumers saying they will spend more,from holiday shopping to 2012 travel plans,and spending plans for Feb 14 are no exception,\"said Sonali Chakravorti,vice president at American Express.\nIn its latest spending and savings tracker,American Express questioned 2,000 adults across the United States to gauge(,)how much and on what consumers will be spending their money on Cupid's big day.\nNearly half of people said they intend to celebrate at a favori te restaurant, seven percent more than last year.Flowers are still the most popular gift for a Valentine,followed hy gift cards,jewelry and electronics.\nAmong couples getting betrothed ,30 percent said they wou]d propose during a weekend getaway or vacation.To seal the deal,48 percent of people think an engagement ring costing between $1,000 to $5,000 would be appropriatc but 22 percent said up to $2,000 for jewelry would be more realistic,while five percent thought nothing of spending$10,000 or more on a ring.\nAlthough nearly 40 percent of women think whoever asked for the date should pay for it,14 Dercent said the bill should be split,but most unmarried men said they would cover the cost of the date.\nFinances can be a delieate subject,so half of people don't talk about money until they have been together six months and 20 percent of married coupies did not refer to the subject until after they have tied the knot.\nAfter marriage money matters can be a cause of disagreements,although the poll showed arguments over household budgets,spending on the children and everyday purchases have declined since last year.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage,on Valentine's Day consumers will not be spending their money _ .\n\n<options>:\nA having a date\nB buying flowers as a present\nC holding a party to propose marriage\nD celebrating Valentine's Day in restaurants\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>:\nConsumers will be digging deeper into their pockets to buy flowers, gift cards and choco lates on Valentine's Day with average spending expected to rise eight percent over last year to nearly $200.\nAnd along with their expanding wallets,4 million Americans are expected to propose marriage or receive a proposal on Feb 14.\n\"We've seen a consistent trend of consumers saying they will spend more,from holiday shopping to 2012 travel plans,and spending plans for Feb 14 are no exception,\"said Sonali Chakravorti,vice president at American Express.\nIn its latest spending and savings tracker,American Express questioned 2,000 adults across the United States to gauge(,)how much and on what consumers will be spending their money on Cupid's big day.\nNearly half of people said they intend to celebrate at a favori te restaurant, seven percent more than last year.Flowers are still the most popular gift for a Valentine,followed hy gift cards,jewelry and electronics.\nAmong couples getting betrothed ,30 percent said they wou]d propose during a weekend getaway or vacation.To seal the deal,48 percent of people think an engagement ring costing between $1,000 to $5,000 would be appropriatc but 22 percent said up to $2,000 for jewelry would be more realistic,while five percent thought nothing of spending$10,000 or more on a ring.\nAlthough nearly 40 percent of women think whoever asked for the date should pay for it,14 Dercent said the bill should be split,but most unmarried men said they would cover the cost of the date.\nFinances can be a delieate subject,so half of people don't talk about money until they have been together six months and 20 percent of married coupies did not refer to the subject until after they have tied the knot.\nAfter marriage money matters can be a cause of disagreements,although the poll showed arguments over household budgets,spending on the children and everyday purchases have declined since last year.\n\n<question>:\nFinances are a delicate subject,which can result in _ .\n\n<options>:\nA arguments in a marriage\nB most unmarried men covering the cost of the date\nC consumers digging deeper into their pockets for household budgets\nD couples not talking about the subject after they have been very close\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>:\nConsumers will be digging deeper into their pockets to buy flowers, gift cards and choco lates on Valentine's Day with average spending expected to rise eight percent over last year to nearly $200.\nAnd along with their expanding wallets,4 million Americans are expected to propose marriage or receive a proposal on Feb 14.\n\"We've seen a consistent trend of consumers saying they will spend more,from holiday shopping to 2012 travel plans,and spending plans for Feb 14 are no exception,\"said Sonali Chakravorti,vice president at American Express.\nIn its latest spending and savings tracker,American Express questioned 2,000 adults across the United States to gauge(,)how much and on what consumers will be spending their money on Cupid's big day.\nNearly half of people said they intend to celebrate at a favori te restaurant, seven percent more than last year.Flowers are still the most popular gift for a Valentine,followed hy gift cards,jewelry and electronics.\nAmong couples getting betrothed ,30 percent said they wou]d propose during a weekend getaway or vacation.To seal the deal,48 percent of people think an engagement ring costing between $1,000 to $5,000 would be appropriatc but 22 percent said up to $2,000 for jewelry would be more realistic,while five percent thought nothing of spending$10,000 or more on a ring.\nAlthough nearly 40 percent of women think whoever asked for the date should pay for it,14 Dercent said the bill should be split,but most unmarried men said they would cover the cost of the date.\nFinances can be a delieate subject,so half of people don't talk about money until they have been together six months and 20 percent of married coupies did not refer to the subject until after they have tied the knot.\nAfter marriage money matters can be a cause of disagreements,although the poll showed arguments over household budgets,spending on the children and everyday purchases have declined since last year.\n\n<question>:\nThe passage mainly tells us that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA many people intend to celebrate Valentine's Day in a way they like\nB people are expected to spend 8%more money on Valentine's Day than last year\nC arguments over family spending have declined since last year\nD people have different opinions about spending on Valentine's Day\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 story tells that a senior villager led some other villagers carrying salt day and night to a town in order to trade rice as food the winter.One night they camped in a wilderness with a starry sky above.The senior villager,obeying the tradition passed down from forefathers,took out three blocks of salt and threw them into the campfire,probably to predict the changes of weather in the mountains.\n All eagerly waited for the old man's\"weather report\":if the salt in the fire produced crackling sound,they would have good weather in store;if no sound was produced,it then meant the good weather would soon end and a storm would come at any moment.\n The senior villager looked serious.The salt in the campfire made no sound at all.Convinced by this bad sign,he urged the whole team to set out immediately after daybreak.A young man in the group,however,insisted that they should not start in such a hurry,considering it superstitious to\"forecast weather by using salt.\n It was not until the next afternoon that the young man caught up on the wisdom of the old man when the weather suddenly changed,with cold winds blowing and a snowstorm raging.In fact,the method used by the clan head could be well explained by modem science:whether or not salt produces sound in campfire depends on air humidity .That is to say,when a storm approaches,due to high humidity,the dampened salt blocks will not produce any sound in fire.\n\n<question>:\nThe senior villager predicted the changes of the weather _ while camping in a wilderness that night.\n\n<options>:\nA by taking out salt\nB by burning salt in fire\nC in a superstitious way\nD depending on his wisdom\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 story tells that a senior villager led some other villagers carrying salt day and night to a town in order to trade rice as food the winter.One night they camped in a wilderness with a starry sky above.The senior villager,obeying the tradition passed down from forefathers,took out three blocks of salt and threw them into the campfire,probably to predict the changes of weather in the mountains.\n All eagerly waited for the old man's\"weather report\":if the salt in the fire produced crackling sound,they would have good weather in store;if no sound was produced,it then meant the good weather would soon end and a storm would come at any moment.\n The senior villager looked serious.The salt in the campfire made no sound at all.Convinced by this bad sign,he urged the whole team to set out immediately after daybreak.A young man in the group,however,insisted that they should not start in such a hurry,considering it superstitious to\"forecast weather by using salt.\n It was not until the next afternoon that the young man caught up on the wisdom of the old man when the weather suddenly changed,with cold winds blowing and a snowstorm raging.In fact,the method used by the clan head could be well explained by modem science:whether or not salt produces sound in campfire depends on air humidity .That is to say,when a storm approaches,due to high humidity,the dampened salt blocks will not produce any sound in fire.\n\n<question>:\n\"The weather report\"they got that night _ .\n\n<options>:\nA had a bad sign\nB gave wrong information\nC was superstitious at that time\nD was scientific according to modem science\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 story tells that a senior villager led some other villagers carrying salt day and night to a town in order to trade rice as food the winter.One night they camped in a wilderness with a starry sky above.The senior villager,obeying the tradition passed down from forefathers,took out three blocks of salt and threw them into the campfire,probably to predict the changes of weather in the mountains.\n All eagerly waited for the old man's\"weather report\":if the salt in the fire produced crackling sound,they would have good weather in store;if no sound was produced,it then meant the good weather would soon end and a storm would come at any moment.\n The senior villager looked serious.The salt in the campfire made no sound at all.Convinced by this bad sign,he urged the whole team to set out immediately after daybreak.A young man in the group,however,insisted that they should not start in such a hurry,considering it superstitious to\"forecast weather by using salt.\n It was not until the next afternoon that the young man caught up on the wisdom of the old man when the weather suddenly changed,with cold winds blowing and a snowstorm raging.In fact,the method used by the clan head could be well explained by modem science:whether or not salt produces sound in campfire depends on air humidity .That is to say,when a storm approaches,due to high humidity,the dampened salt blocks will not produce any sound in fire.\n\n<question>:\nAfter reading the passage,we can know _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the lower humidity is,the bigger sound salt will produce in fire\nB the higher humidity is,the bigger sound salt will produce in fire\nC dampened salt blocks will result in winds and storms\nD the young man never wanted to understand the old man\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 story tells that a senior villager led some other villagers carrying salt day and night to a town in order to trade rice as food the winter.One night they camped in a wilderness with a starry sky above.The senior villager,obeying the tradition passed down from forefathers,took out three blocks of salt and threw them into the campfire,probably to predict the changes of weather in the mountains.\n All eagerly waited for the old man's\"weather report\":if the salt in the fire produced crackling sound,they would have good weather in store;if no sound was produced,it then meant the good weather would soon end and a storm would come at any moment.\n The senior villager looked serious.The salt in the campfire made no sound at all.Convinced by this bad sign,he urged the whole team to set out immediately after daybreak.A young man in the group,however,insisted that they should not start in such a hurry,considering it superstitious to\"forecast weather by using salt.\n It was not until the next afternoon that the young man caught up on the wisdom of the old man when the weather suddenly changed,with cold winds blowing and a snowstorm raging.In fact,the method used by the clan head could be well explained by modem science:whether or not salt produces sound in campfire depends on air humidity .That is to say,when a storm approaches,due to high humidity,the dampened salt blocks will not produce any sound in fire.\n\n<question>:\nFrom the passage,it can be concluded that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA old people are always right\nB old people are wiser than the young\nC young people shouldn't regard old ideas as useless or out of date sometimes\nD young people usually have different opinions from the old\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>:\nMy friends, Emma Daniels, spent the summer of 1974 traveling in Israel. During her monthlong stay in Jerusalem she often went to a cafe called Chocolate Soup. It was run by two men, one of whom - Alex - used to live in Montreal. One morning when Emma went in for coffee, while chatting with her new friend Alex, she mentioned that she had just finished the book she was reading and had nothing else to read. Alex said he had a wonderful book she might like, and that he'd be happy to lend it to her. As he lived just above the cafe, he quickly ran up to get it. The book he handed to Emma just minutes later was Markings, a book by a former Secrcetary-General of the United Nations (UN).\nEmma had never read it, nor had she ever bought a copy. But, when she opened it up, she was floored to see her own name and address inside the cover in her own handwriting.It turned out that the summer before, at a concert back in Montreal, Emma had met a Californian who was in town visiting friends. They decided to exchange addresses, but neither of them had any paper. The man opened up a book he was carrying in his backpack and asked Emma to write her name and address inside. When he returned to California, he left the book behind in Montreal, and his friend Alex kept it. When Alex later moved to Jerusalcm, he took the book along.\n\n<question>:\nAlex lent Emma the book, Markings, _ .\n\n<options>:\nA to show his friendliness to her\nB to show his interest in reading\nC to tell her about the importance of UN\nD to let her write her name and address inside\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>:\nMy friends, Emma Daniels, spent the summer of 1974 traveling in Israel. During her monthlong stay in Jerusalem she often went to a cafe called Chocolate Soup. It was run by two men, one of whom - Alex - used to live in Montreal. One morning when Emma went in for coffee, while chatting with her new friend Alex, she mentioned that she had just finished the book she was reading and had nothing else to read. Alex said he had a wonderful book she might like, and that he'd be happy to lend it to her. As he lived just above the cafe, he quickly ran up to get it. The book he handed to Emma just minutes later was Markings, a book by a former Secrcetary-General of the United Nations (UN).\nEmma had never read it, nor had she ever bought a copy. But, when she opened it up, she was floored to see her own name and address inside the cover in her own handwriting.It turned out that the summer before, at a concert back in Montreal, Emma had met a Californian who was in town visiting friends. They decided to exchange addresses, but neither of them had any paper. The man opened up a book he was carrying in his backpack and asked Emma to write her name and address inside. When he returned to California, he left the book behind in Montreal, and his friend Alex kept it. When Alex later moved to Jerusalcm, he took the book along.\n\n<question>:\nHow did Emma feel the moment she opened the book?\n\n<options>:\nA Pleased.\nB Satisfied.\nC Worried.\nD Surprised.\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>:\nMy friends, Emma Daniels, spent the summer of 1974 traveling in Israel. During her monthlong stay in Jerusalem she often went to a cafe called Chocolate Soup. It was run by two men, one of whom - Alex - used to live in Montreal. One morning when Emma went in for coffee, while chatting with her new friend Alex, she mentioned that she had just finished the book she was reading and had nothing else to read. Alex said he had a wonderful book she might like, and that he'd be happy to lend it to her. As he lived just above the cafe, he quickly ran up to get it. The book he handed to Emma just minutes later was Markings, a book by a former Secrcetary-General of the United Nations (UN).\nEmma had never read it, nor had she ever bought a copy. But, when she opened it up, she was floored to see her own name and address inside the cover in her own handwriting.It turned out that the summer before, at a concert back in Montreal, Emma had met a Californian who was in town visiting friends. They decided to exchange addresses, but neither of them had any paper. The man opened up a book he was carrying in his backpack and asked Emma to write her name and address inside. When he returned to California, he left the book behind in Montreal, and his friend Alex kept it. When Alex later moved to Jerusalcm, he took the book along.\n\n<question>:\nWe can learn from the text the Californian _ .\n\n<options>:\nA met Emma at a concert\nB invited Emma to a concert\nC introduced Emma to his friend\nD left Emma his backpack\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>:\nMy friends, Emma Daniels, spent the summer of 1974 traveling in Israel. During her monthlong stay in Jerusalem she often went to a cafe called Chocolate Soup. It was run by two men, one of whom - Alex - used to live in Montreal. One morning when Emma went in for coffee, while chatting with her new friend Alex, she mentioned that she had just finished the book she was reading and had nothing else to read. Alex said he had a wonderful book she might like, and that he'd be happy to lend it to her. As he lived just above the cafe, he quickly ran up to get it. The book he handed to Emma just minutes later was Markings, a book by a former Secrcetary-General of the United Nations (UN).\nEmma had never read it, nor had she ever bought a copy. But, when she opened it up, she was floored to see her own name and address inside the cover in her own handwriting.It turned out that the summer before, at a concert back in Montreal, Emma had met a Californian who was in town visiting friends. They decided to exchange addresses, but neither of them had any paper. The man opened up a book he was carrying in his backpack and asked Emma to write her name and address inside. When he returned to California, he left the book behind in Montreal, and his friend Alex kept it. When Alex later moved to Jerusalcm, he took the book along.\n\n<question>:\nWho was supposed to be the first owner of the book?\n\n<options>:\nA An official of the UN.\nB A coffee shop owner.\nC A friend of the author's.\nD Alex's friend from California.\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>:\nAs children begin to head back to school, there are several things that you can do to make sure that your child stays healthy and performs at their peak potential during the school year.\n1. Make sure your child is up to date on their immunizations . The summer is a good time to schedule visits to the doctor's as your child is not in school, and the visit won't require that your child miss school days.\n2. Encourage proper nutrition. America faces childhood obesity . This means that the percentage of overweight children is increasing each year, and this will place your child at risk of developing a variety of diseases when they are middle age or even young adults. You can start helping your child to become healthier by offering fruits and vegetables at home instead of calorie heavy potato chips and candy.\n3. Get your child involved in sports activities. Activities in high school such as track and cross-country are important for socialization for your child, as well as helping to improve their health. You can get your child interested in wholesome activities by discussing with them how you enjoyed similar activities in high school.\n4. _ . Many children become sexually active in junior school and senior high school, and the sooner you discuss sex with your child the sooner they will be prepared. Tell your child that there is always the possibility of infecting a sexual disease when two people have sex; and discuss with your child the use of condoms. The sooner you start having this embarrassing situation the better.\n5. Know your child's friends. You can do this by inviting your child to bring their friends over to your house for a pizza night, or by chatting with them when they stop by your house. If you find your child's friend has a bad reputation, then you could consider introducing your child to a different network of people, such as through the girl/boy scouts. Forbidding your child from seeing a certain person may only lead them to rebel and become closer to that person.\n6. Discuss with your child the seriousness of drug use and abuse. Your child may not realize that using drugs can have serious consequences. Your child may get the false impression that drug use is his right. Explain to a child that saying no to drugs is their right, and that anybody offering them drugs is not their friend.\n7. Help your child to avoid a life long smoking addiction by discussing with them the consequences of smoking. The sad fact is that most smokers became addicted when they were in their teenage years, and are unable to quit for long periods of time and often die many years earlier due to their smoking habit which increases the risk of lung cancer, heart disease, and a variety of medical conditions. Even if you are a smoker yourself, you can discuss with your child about how damaging smoking can be on a person's health.\n8. Impress upon your child the importance of traffic rules. Tell them that it is OK to wear a seat belt in anyone's car, because it may save their life one day. If your child rides a bicycle or a skateboard, then discuss with them the importance of always wearing a helmet. As you child becomes qualified for driver's permit, you should discuss with them the importance of prevention from drinking and driving.\n9. Be cautious about signs of depression in childhood. A surprisingly large number of children may become depressed, and a small number of teenagers and children commit suicide each year. Realize that any signs of unusual depressed mood, angry outbursts, suicidal comments, feelings of hopelessness, and loss of enjoyment of activities with friends may be signs of depression.\n\n<question>:\nWhat topic is NOT discussed in this passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Traffic\nB Smoking\nC Depression\nD Study\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>:\nAs children begin to head back to school, there are several things that you can do to make sure that your child stays healthy and performs at their peak potential during the school year.\n1. Make sure your child is up to date on their immunizations . The summer is a good time to schedule visits to the doctor's as your child is not in school, and the visit won't require that your child miss school days.\n2. Encourage proper nutrition. America faces childhood obesity . This means that the percentage of overweight children is increasing each year, and this will place your child at risk of developing a variety of diseases when they are middle age or even young adults. You can start helping your child to become healthier by offering fruits and vegetables at home instead of calorie heavy potato chips and candy.\n3. Get your child involved in sports activities. Activities in high school such as track and cross-country are important for socialization for your child, as well as helping to improve their health. You can get your child interested in wholesome activities by discussing with them how you enjoyed similar activities in high school.\n4. _ . Many children become sexually active in junior school and senior high school, and the sooner you discuss sex with your child the sooner they will be prepared. Tell your child that there is always the possibility of infecting a sexual disease when two people have sex; and discuss with your child the use of condoms. The sooner you start having this embarrassing situation the better.\n5. Know your child's friends. You can do this by inviting your child to bring their friends over to your house for a pizza night, or by chatting with them when they stop by your house. If you find your child's friend has a bad reputation, then you could consider introducing your child to a different network of people, such as through the girl/boy scouts. Forbidding your child from seeing a certain person may only lead them to rebel and become closer to that person.\n6. Discuss with your child the seriousness of drug use and abuse. Your child may not realize that using drugs can have serious consequences. Your child may get the false impression that drug use is his right. Explain to a child that saying no to drugs is their right, and that anybody offering them drugs is not their friend.\n7. Help your child to avoid a life long smoking addiction by discussing with them the consequences of smoking. The sad fact is that most smokers became addicted when they were in their teenage years, and are unable to quit for long periods of time and often die many years earlier due to their smoking habit which increases the risk of lung cancer, heart disease, and a variety of medical conditions. Even if you are a smoker yourself, you can discuss with your child about how damaging smoking can be on a person's health.\n8. Impress upon your child the importance of traffic rules. Tell them that it is OK to wear a seat belt in anyone's car, because it may save their life one day. If your child rides a bicycle or a skateboard, then discuss with them the importance of always wearing a helmet. As you child becomes qualified for driver's permit, you should discuss with them the importance of prevention from drinking and driving.\n9. Be cautious about signs of depression in childhood. A surprisingly large number of children may become depressed, and a small number of teenagers and children commit suicide each year. Realize that any signs of unusual depressed mood, angry outbursts, suicidal comments, feelings of hopelessness, and loss of enjoyment of activities with friends may be signs of depression.\n\n<question>:\nThe first three tips focus on children's _ .\n\n<options>:\nA medical care\nB nutritious food\nC physical health\nD sports activities\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>:\nMany birds migrate. This means that every year they fly somewhere warm in the winter and then return to the place they came from in the spring. One mystery is how birds know how to travel such long distances without getting lost. Scientists have wondered for years whether they are born with the knowledge of where to go or whether they learn it after they are born. Now, researchers have found evidence that shows that one type of bird, at least, learns how to migrate.\nThe bird is the whooping crane , a tall, white bird that lives in the United States. In the 1940s, the number of these birds decreased to fewer than 25 individuals, and many people feared that they would die out. Thanks to efforts to save them, they have now increased to about 600. However, the birds are not very good at taking care of their young. Because of this, eggs are brought to a site in Maryland. There, scientists from the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership raise the baby birds.\nLater, the young birds are taken from Maryland to Wisconsin, where the scientists teach them how to fly. From there, they fly about 2,200 kilometers south to Florida to spend the winter. The first time, scientists lead the way in a small airplane. From the second year, though, the birds travel by themselves. For 14 years, the scientists have kept a careful record of every flight the birds have taken between Wisconsin and Florida. They have also recorded which birds fly together, the relationships between the birds, and the gender of each bird.\nWhen scientists analyzed the data, they were surprised by the results. These showed that each bird took a very different route. However, as they got older, they flew more and more directly between Wisconsin and Florida. This continued until they were five years old. This indicates that the birds gradually learned the best route to take. Moreover, when an older bird was in a group, the whole group flew more directly. This suggests that the older birds taught the younger ones a quicker route. Scientists say that this evidence marks a big step toward solving the mystery of bird migration.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is one thing that scientists want to know about birds?\n\n<options>:\nA How they manage to migrate successfully.\nB Why they migrate to warmer places.\nC When they start migrating each year.\nD Whether some birds fly faster than others.\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>:\nMany birds migrate. This means that every year they fly somewhere warm in the winter and then return to the place they came from in the spring. One mystery is how birds know how to travel such long distances without getting lost. Scientists have wondered for years whether they are born with the knowledge of where to go or whether they learn it after they are born. Now, researchers have found evidence that shows that one type of bird, at least, learns how to migrate.\nThe bird is the whooping crane , a tall, white bird that lives in the United States. In the 1940s, the number of these birds decreased to fewer than 25 individuals, and many people feared that they would die out. Thanks to efforts to save them, they have now increased to about 600. However, the birds are not very good at taking care of their young. Because of this, eggs are brought to a site in Maryland. There, scientists from the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership raise the baby birds.\nLater, the young birds are taken from Maryland to Wisconsin, where the scientists teach them how to fly. From there, they fly about 2,200 kilometers south to Florida to spend the winter. The first time, scientists lead the way in a small airplane. From the second year, though, the birds travel by themselves. For 14 years, the scientists have kept a careful record of every flight the birds have taken between Wisconsin and Florida. They have also recorded which birds fly together, the relationships between the birds, and the gender of each bird.\nWhen scientists analyzed the data, they were surprised by the results. These showed that each bird took a very different route. However, as they got older, they flew more and more directly between Wisconsin and Florida. This continued until they were five years old. This indicates that the birds gradually learned the best route to take. Moreover, when an older bird was in a group, the whole group flew more directly. This suggests that the older birds taught the younger ones a quicker route. Scientists say that this evidence marks a big step toward solving the mystery of bird migration.\n\n<question>:\nWhy do scientists raise whooping cranes?\n\n<options>:\nA They want to observe how the mothers take care of their young.\nB They are worried that the birds will fall down many times.\nC Whooping cranes' eggs need to be watched constantly.\nD Whooping cranes are bad at raising their own young.\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>:\nMany birds migrate. This means that every year they fly somewhere warm in the winter and then return to the place they came from in the spring. One mystery is how birds know how to travel such long distances without getting lost. Scientists have wondered for years whether they are born with the knowledge of where to go or whether they learn it after they are born. Now, researchers have found evidence that shows that one type of bird, at least, learns how to migrate.\nThe bird is the whooping crane , a tall, white bird that lives in the United States. In the 1940s, the number of these birds decreased to fewer than 25 individuals, and many people feared that they would die out. Thanks to efforts to save them, they have now increased to about 600. However, the birds are not very good at taking care of their young. Because of this, eggs are brought to a site in Maryland. There, scientists from the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership raise the baby birds.\nLater, the young birds are taken from Maryland to Wisconsin, where the scientists teach them how to fly. From there, they fly about 2,200 kilometers south to Florida to spend the winter. The first time, scientists lead the way in a small airplane. From the second year, though, the birds travel by themselves. For 14 years, the scientists have kept a careful record of every flight the birds have taken between Wisconsin and Florida. They have also recorded which birds fly together, the relationships between the birds, and the gender of each bird.\nWhen scientists analyzed the data, they were surprised by the results. These showed that each bird took a very different route. However, as they got older, they flew more and more directly between Wisconsin and Florida. This continued until they were five years old. This indicates that the birds gradually learned the best route to take. Moreover, when an older bird was in a group, the whole group flew more directly. This suggests that the older birds taught the younger ones a quicker route. Scientists say that this evidence marks a big step toward solving the mystery of bird migration.\n\n<question>:\nHow do scientists from the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership support young whooping cranes?\n\n<options>:\nA They help the birds learn how to survive in Wisconsin's winter.\nB They fly together with a group of birds that are the same gender.\nC They show the birds how to fly to Florida in their first winter.\nD They provide food for the cranes on their journey south.\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>:\nMany birds migrate. This means that every year they fly somewhere warm in the winter and then return to the place they came from in the spring. One mystery is how birds know how to travel such long distances without getting lost. Scientists have wondered for years whether they are born with the knowledge of where to go or whether they learn it after they are born. Now, researchers have found evidence that shows that one type of bird, at least, learns how to migrate.\nThe bird is the whooping crane , a tall, white bird that lives in the United States. In the 1940s, the number of these birds decreased to fewer than 25 individuals, and many people feared that they would die out. Thanks to efforts to save them, they have now increased to about 600. However, the birds are not very good at taking care of their young. Because of this, eggs are brought to a site in Maryland. There, scientists from the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership raise the baby birds.\nLater, the young birds are taken from Maryland to Wisconsin, where the scientists teach them how to fly. From there, they fly about 2,200 kilometers south to Florida to spend the winter. The first time, scientists lead the way in a small airplane. From the second year, though, the birds travel by themselves. For 14 years, the scientists have kept a careful record of every flight the birds have taken between Wisconsin and Florida. They have also recorded which birds fly together, the relationships between the birds, and the gender of each bird.\nWhen scientists analyzed the data, they were surprised by the results. These showed that each bird took a very different route. However, as they got older, they flew more and more directly between Wisconsin and Florida. This continued until they were five years old. This indicates that the birds gradually learned the best route to take. Moreover, when an older bird was in a group, the whole group flew more directly. This suggests that the older birds taught the younger ones a quicker route. Scientists say that this evidence marks a big step toward solving the mystery of bird migration.\n\n<question>:\nWhat do we learn from the data?\n\n<options>:\nA Most birds like to visit new places when migrating.\nB Most birds stop flying to Florida when they are five years old.\nC Younger birds prefer not to fly together with older birds.\nD Younger birds are able to gain an important skill from older 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>:\nFestival Activities Programme\n TIME AND PLACE\n October 24~30\n Oct. 24,30:9:00 am~4:00 pm\n Oct. 25~29:12:00 pm~9:00 pm\n at Kerry Center Hotel\nClassroom area\n (1) English Taster l,esson\n (2) Food health-keeping method presentation\nComputer area\n (3)E-photography and Techno-Music\n (4) Education Software Demonstration\nInternet Training area\n SINA and Capital On-Line will provide Internet training for the public. The focus will be on browsing the Internet; how to find useful information on the web; and how to design an elementary Web page.\nFoyer Activity area\n (5) The students from Beijing TV University for the aged will provide a calligraphy (handwriting) demonstration\n (6)Children activities\nLectures\n 21st Century, the educational weekly of China Daily, will invite experts from English-speaking countries to hold lectures from 18:30 on October 27 to 29 and in the daytime on October 30.\n\n<question>:\nA person who is interested in Internet can go to _\n\n<options>:\nA Computer area at 9 pm Oct. 30\nB Internet Training area at 11 am Oct. 24\nC Classroom area at 8:00 pm Oct. g6\nD I.ectures at 9:00 pm Oct. 29\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>:\nFestival Activities Programme\n TIME AND PLACE\n October 24~30\n Oct. 24,30:9:00 am~4:00 pm\n Oct. 25~29:12:00 pm~9:00 pm\n at Kerry Center Hotel\nClassroom area\n (1) English Taster l,esson\n (2) Food health-keeping method presentation\nComputer area\n (3)E-photography and Techno-Music\n (4) Education Software Demonstration\nInternet Training area\n SINA and Capital On-Line will provide Internet training for the public. The focus will be on browsing the Internet; how to find useful information on the web; and how to design an elementary Web page.\nFoyer Activity area\n (5) The students from Beijing TV University for the aged will provide a calligraphy (handwriting) demonstration\n (6)Children activities\nLectures\n 21st Century, the educational weekly of China Daily, will invite experts from English-speaking countries to hold lectures from 18:30 on October 27 to 29 and in the daytime on October 30.\n\n<question>:\nThe students of English Department have a chance to learn English at _\n\n<options>:\nA 9:00~9:45 am Oct. 27\nB 15:00~15:45 Oct. 30\nC 17:15~18:00 Oct. 28\nD 12:00~12:45 Oct. 25\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>:\nThis is not a typical summer camp. Michelle Pawlaw and eight other teenage girls are participating in the three--day camp offered by the Arlington County Fire Department located just outside Washington. Firefighter Clare Burley is in charge of the program,who said the purpose is to try to get young women interested in considering the fire service as a career.\nThe free-of-charge,overnight camp is designed to let the girls experience what firefighters do to protect the community. That includes some rigorous activities such as moving a fire victim. \"I dindn't think I could pull that 170 pound body with a friend, but I was actually able to do it.\" she said.\nThey take classes and learn how to climb the ladder on a fire truck, operate emergency tools and rescue an injured person. They also do their share of cleaning the firehouse and the equipment.\n\"Every week without fail on a Saturday,the job is to wash all the equipment. And we wanted the girls to see this is what we do. This is a typical day in a firehouse,\"she said.\nFirefighting is still a male-dominated service,but Burley says with 22 women on its force of 320 the Arlington County Fire Department is above the national average of 4.5 percent. She joined the department seven years ago.\n\"We do everything that the guys do to the same standard. We are tested to the same standard. We are expected to operate at the same standard,\"she said.\nMost of the girls say they had never thought about becoming a firefighter. but the camp was a great learning experience. \"I think it is definitely not a job that only men can do. Women can do it just as well as men can,\"said Michelle Pawlaw.\n\n<question>:\nWhat's the purpose of the summer camp?\n\n<options>:\nA To tell the girls how to put firefighting knowledge into practice.\nB To teach the girls what to do when caught in fire.\nC To provide the girls with a typical summer camp.\nD To attract more girls to take firefighting as a career.\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>:\nThis is not a typical summer camp. Michelle Pawlaw and eight other teenage girls are participating in the three--day camp offered by the Arlington County Fire Department located just outside Washington. Firefighter Clare Burley is in charge of the program,who said the purpose is to try to get young women interested in considering the fire service as a career.\nThe free-of-charge,overnight camp is designed to let the girls experience what firefighters do to protect the community. That includes some rigorous activities such as moving a fire victim. \"I dindn't think I could pull that 170 pound body with a friend, but I was actually able to do it.\" she said.\nThey take classes and learn how to climb the ladder on a fire truck, operate emergency tools and rescue an injured person. They also do their share of cleaning the firehouse and the equipment.\n\"Every week without fail on a Saturday,the job is to wash all the equipment. And we wanted the girls to see this is what we do. This is a typical day in a firehouse,\"she said.\nFirefighting is still a male-dominated service,but Burley says with 22 women on its force of 320 the Arlington County Fire Department is above the national average of 4.5 percent. She joined the department seven years ago.\n\"We do everything that the guys do to the same standard. We are tested to the same standard. We are expected to operate at the same standard,\"she said.\nMost of the girls say they had never thought about becoming a firefighter. but the camp was a great learning experience. \"I think it is definitely not a job that only men can do. Women can do it just as well as men can,\"said Michelle Pawlaw.\n\n<question>:\nWhat can we learn about the summer camp according to the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA American fire departments often hold such events.\nB It is sponsored by Arlington County Fire Department.\nC The girls spent their night in the summer camp,which lasted 3 days.\nD It is very popular among American girl students.\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 Special Opportunity for Customers of Producers Choice\nDear music producers,\nIf you LOVE producing music, then you are going to LOVE our new monthly sample pack club. With Producers Choice Monthly, you'll get every single sample pack we'll ever make at theproducerschoice.com. You'll get every new pack we put on the website -- sent directly to your email inbox even before they go on our website! Also, you'll get a new sample pack (worth $36) to get started immediately.\nOther Benefits:\nOnly $29.95 per month.\nCancel the order anytime you like.\nGet sample packs that NO ONE else will get.\nKeep your inspiration flowing with new samples each month.\nI'm excited to be able to offer this subscription service to both new and existing customers. I hope you are looking forward to taking your music to the next level with our award-winning samples being sent to you each month -- good for keeping your inspiration flowing.\n3 (8 )\nFrequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Producers Choice Monthly:\nQ -- How many sample packs will I get with my subscription?\nA -- You'll usually get 1--3 new sample packs per month. The sample packs are different in size, each of which is usually from 300MB to 2GB+, so you will get great value for money!\nQ -- How will my samples be delivered to me?\nA -- We send our members an email with a download link, so you can download your sample packs quickly and easily.\nQ -- How does the payment/billing work?\nA -- If you join our monthly plan, your credit card will be billed once a month. You can stop at any time.\n\n<question>:\nThe website the producers choice.com. is most probably for _ .\n\n<options>:\nA music producers\nB email writers\nC credit card users\nD web designers\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 Special Opportunity for Customers of Producers Choice\nDear music producers,\nIf you LOVE producing music, then you are going to LOVE our new monthly sample pack club. With Producers Choice Monthly, you'll get every single sample pack we'll ever make at theproducerschoice.com. You'll get every new pack we put on the website -- sent directly to your email inbox even before they go on our website! Also, you'll get a new sample pack (worth $36) to get started immediately.\nOther Benefits:\nOnly $29.95 per month.\nCancel the order anytime you like.\nGet sample packs that NO ONE else will get.\nKeep your inspiration flowing with new samples each month.\nI'm excited to be able to offer this subscription service to both new and existing customers. I hope you are looking forward to taking your music to the next level with our award-winning samples being sent to you each month -- good for keeping your inspiration flowing.\n3 (8 )\nFrequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Producers Choice Monthly:\nQ -- How many sample packs will I get with my subscription?\nA -- You'll usually get 1--3 new sample packs per month. The sample packs are different in size, each of which is usually from 300MB to 2GB+, so you will get great value for money!\nQ -- How will my samples be delivered to me?\nA -- We send our members an email with a download link, so you can download your sample packs quickly and easily.\nQ -- How does the payment/billing work?\nA -- If you join our monthly plan, your credit card will be billed once a month. You can stop at any time.\n\n<question>:\nHow much will you pay if you subscribe to Producers Choice Monthly for half a year?\n\n<options>:\nA $29.95.\nB $36.\nC $179.70.\nD $149.75.\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 Special Opportunity for Customers of Producers Choice\nDear music producers,\nIf you LOVE producing music, then you are going to LOVE our new monthly sample pack club. With Producers Choice Monthly, you'll get every single sample pack we'll ever make at theproducerschoice.com. You'll get every new pack we put on the website -- sent directly to your email inbox even before they go on our website! Also, you'll get a new sample pack (worth $36) to get started immediately.\nOther Benefits:\nOnly $29.95 per month.\nCancel the order anytime you like.\nGet sample packs that NO ONE else will get.\nKeep your inspiration flowing with new samples each month.\nI'm excited to be able to offer this subscription service to both new and existing customers. I hope you are looking forward to taking your music to the next level with our award-winning samples being sent to you each month -- good for keeping your inspiration flowing.\n3 (8 )\nFrequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Producers Choice Monthly:\nQ -- How many sample packs will I get with my subscription?\nA -- You'll usually get 1--3 new sample packs per month. The sample packs are different in size, each of which is usually from 300MB to 2GB+, so you will get great value for money!\nQ -- How will my samples be delivered to me?\nA -- We send our members an email with a download link, so you can download your sample packs quickly and easily.\nQ -- How does the payment/billing work?\nA -- If you join our monthly plan, your credit card will be billed once a month. You can stop at any time.\n\n<question>:\nHow will you pay if you subscribe to Producers Choice Monthly?\n\n<options>:\nA By bank card.\nB By credit card.\nC In cash.\nD By check.\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 supermarket checkout operator was praised for striking a blow for modern manners and a return to the age of politeness after refusing to serve a shopper who was talking on her mobile phone.\nThe supermarket manager was forced to apologize to the customer who complained she was told her goods would not be scanned unless she hung up her phone. Jo Clark, 46, said, \"I don't know what she was playing at. I couldn't believe how rude she was. When did she have the right to give me a lecture on checkout manners? I won't be shopping there again!\"\nBut users of social media sites and Internet forums were very angry that store gave in and the public appeared to be supporting the angry checkout worker. \"Perhaps this is a turning point for mobile phone users everywhere. When chatting, keep your eyes on people around you. That includes people trying to serve you, other road users and especially people behind you in the stairs,\" said a typical post.\n\"It's time checkout staff fought back against these people constantly chatting on their phones. They can drive anyone crazy. It's rude and annoying. I often want to grab someone's phone and throw it as far as I can, even though I am not a checkout girl, just a passer-by,\" said another.\nSiobhan Freegard, founder of parenting site www. Netmums.com said, \"While this checkout operator doesn't have the authority to order customers to switch off their phones, you can see clearly how frustrated and angry she felt. No matter how busy you are, life is nicer when you and those around you have good manners.\"\n\n<question>:\nAccording to Jo Clark, the checkout operator _ .\n\n<options>:\nA lacked the knowledge of checkout manners\nB played with a mobile phone while at work\nC had no right to forbid her from using her mobile phone\nD deserved praise for her modern manners\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's great fun to explore new places--it feels like an adventure,even when you know you're not the first to have been there. But make sure not to get lost or waste time going round in circles.\n* Do the map reading if you're being driven somewhere. It'll be easier if you keep turning the map so it follows the direction you're traveling in. Keep looking ahead so that you can give the driver lots of warning before having to make a turn or you'll have to move to the back seat.\n* Get a group of friends together and go exploring. You'll need a good map, a compass , a raincoat, a cell phone to call for help in case you get lost, and a bit of spare cash for emergencies . Tell someone where you're going before you set out and let them know what time you expect to be back. The test is in not getting lost, not in seeing how fast you can go, so always stick together, waiting for slower friends to catch up.\n* See if your school or a club organizes orienteering activities, in which you need a map and a compass to find your way. This can be done as a sport, with teams trying to find the way from A to B (and B to C, etc.)in the fastest time, or simply as a spare-time activity. Either way, its not only good fun, but a great way to keep fit.\n\n<question>:\nSitting beside the driver, you should _ .\n\n<options>:\nA look ahead to see where there's a turn\nB direct the driver when necessary\nC move to the back seat if feeling uncomfortable\nD keep looking at the map to find a place to go to\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's great fun to explore new places--it feels like an adventure,even when you know you're not the first to have been there. But make sure not to get lost or waste time going round in circles.\n* Do the map reading if you're being driven somewhere. It'll be easier if you keep turning the map so it follows the direction you're traveling in. Keep looking ahead so that you can give the driver lots of warning before having to make a turn or you'll have to move to the back seat.\n* Get a group of friends together and go exploring. You'll need a good map, a compass , a raincoat, a cell phone to call for help in case you get lost, and a bit of spare cash for emergencies . Tell someone where you're going before you set out and let them know what time you expect to be back. The test is in not getting lost, not in seeing how fast you can go, so always stick together, waiting for slower friends to catch up.\n* See if your school or a club organizes orienteering activities, in which you need a map and a compass to find your way. This can be done as a sport, with teams trying to find the way from A to B (and B to C, etc.)in the fastest time, or simply as a spare-time activity. Either way, its not only good fun, but a great way to keep fit.\n\n<question>:\nThe text mainly talks about _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the fun of exploration\nB what to bring for exploration\nC the way to use a map in exploration\nD how to prevent getting lost in exploration\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>:\nTeaching and research are supported by the University's extensive collections--the Yale University Art Gallery, the Yale Center for British Art, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and the Collection of Musical Instruments. All the collections are open to the public.\nYale University Art Gallery\nThe Yale University Art Gallery, founded in 1832, today houses a collection that has grown to rank with those of the major public art museums in the United States. Its two connected buildings house ancient, medieval, and Renaissance art, Near and Far Eastern art, archaeological material from the University's excavations , Pre-Columbian and African art, works of European and American masters from actually every period, and a rich collection of modern art. Across the street, the Yale Center for British Art, which was opened in 1977, holds the largest collection of British art and illustrated books anywhere outside the United Kingdom.\nPeabody Museum of Natural History\nYale's Peabody Museum of Natural History, founded in 1866, contains one of the great scientific collections in North America. Among its holdings are the University's comprehensive mineralogical and ornithological collections, the second-largest repository of dinosaur artifacts in the United States, and the largest undamaged Apatosaurus (Brontosaurus ) in the world. The Peabody is truly a working museum, where public exhibition, research, conservation, teaching, and learning intersect .\nYale Center for British Art\nInstitutions like the Art Gallery, the Center for British Art, and the Peabody Museum hold only a portion of the treasures in the University's collections. From paintings by Picasso, to pterodactyl remains, to a 1689 tenor viol in the Collection of Musical Instruments, Yale's possessions are meant to be accessible to the communities they enrich.\nCollection of Musical Instruments\nExhibitions are also frequently mounted at the following venues on campus: Art + Architecture Gallery (School of Architecture), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Green Hall Gallery (School of Art), and Sterling Memorial Library, including the Arts of the Book Collection.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following cannot be found in the Yale University Art Gallery?\n\n<options>:\nA Near and Far Eastern art.\nB Pre-Columbian and African art\nC British art and illustrated books.\nD Works of European and American masters.\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>:\nTeaching and research are supported by the University's extensive collections--the Yale University Art Gallery, the Yale Center for British Art, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and the Collection of Musical Instruments. All the collections are open to the public.\nYale University Art Gallery\nThe Yale University Art Gallery, founded in 1832, today houses a collection that has grown to rank with those of the major public art museums in the United States. Its two connected buildings house ancient, medieval, and Renaissance art, Near and Far Eastern art, archaeological material from the University's excavations , Pre-Columbian and African art, works of European and American masters from actually every period, and a rich collection of modern art. Across the street, the Yale Center for British Art, which was opened in 1977, holds the largest collection of British art and illustrated books anywhere outside the United Kingdom.\nPeabody Museum of Natural History\nYale's Peabody Museum of Natural History, founded in 1866, contains one of the great scientific collections in North America. Among its holdings are the University's comprehensive mineralogical and ornithological collections, the second-largest repository of dinosaur artifacts in the United States, and the largest undamaged Apatosaurus (Brontosaurus ) in the world. The Peabody is truly a working museum, where public exhibition, research, conservation, teaching, and learning intersect .\nYale Center for British Art\nInstitutions like the Art Gallery, the Center for British Art, and the Peabody Museum hold only a portion of the treasures in the University's collections. From paintings by Picasso, to pterodactyl remains, to a 1689 tenor viol in the Collection of Musical Instruments, Yale's possessions are meant to be accessible to the communities they enrich.\nCollection of Musical Instruments\nExhibitions are also frequently mounted at the following venues on campus: Art + Architecture Gallery (School of Architecture), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Green Hall Gallery (School of Art), and Sterling Memorial Library, including the Arts of the Book Collection.\n\n<question>:\nWhere will you go if you want to enjoy dinosaur artifacts?\n\n<options>:\nA Peabody Museum of Natural History.\nB Collection of Musical Instruments.\nC Yale University Art Gallery.\nD Yale Center for British Art.\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>:\nTeaching and research are supported by the University's extensive collections--the Yale University Art Gallery, the Yale Center for British Art, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and the Collection of Musical Instruments. All the collections are open to the public.\nYale University Art Gallery\nThe Yale University Art Gallery, founded in 1832, today houses a collection that has grown to rank with those of the major public art museums in the United States. Its two connected buildings house ancient, medieval, and Renaissance art, Near and Far Eastern art, archaeological material from the University's excavations , Pre-Columbian and African art, works of European and American masters from actually every period, and a rich collection of modern art. Across the street, the Yale Center for British Art, which was opened in 1977, holds the largest collection of British art and illustrated books anywhere outside the United Kingdom.\nPeabody Museum of Natural History\nYale's Peabody Museum of Natural History, founded in 1866, contains one of the great scientific collections in North America. Among its holdings are the University's comprehensive mineralogical and ornithological collections, the second-largest repository of dinosaur artifacts in the United States, and the largest undamaged Apatosaurus (Brontosaurus ) in the world. The Peabody is truly a working museum, where public exhibition, research, conservation, teaching, and learning intersect .\nYale Center for British Art\nInstitutions like the Art Gallery, the Center for British Art, and the Peabody Museum hold only a portion of the treasures in the University's collections. From paintings by Picasso, to pterodactyl remains, to a 1689 tenor viol in the Collection of Musical Instruments, Yale's possessions are meant to be accessible to the communities they enrich.\nCollection of Musical Instruments\nExhibitions are also frequently mounted at the following venues on campus: Art + Architecture Gallery (School of Architecture), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Green Hall Gallery (School of Art), and Sterling Memorial Library, including the Arts of the Book Collection.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following has the longest history according to the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Yale Center for British Art.\nB Yale University Art Gallery.\nC Peabody Museum of Natural History.\nD A musical instrument named tenor viol.\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>:\nTeaching and research are supported by the University's extensive collections--the Yale University Art Gallery, the Yale Center for British Art, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and the Collection of Musical Instruments. All the collections are open to the public.\nYale University Art Gallery\nThe Yale University Art Gallery, founded in 1832, today houses a collection that has grown to rank with those of the major public art museums in the United States. Its two connected buildings house ancient, medieval, and Renaissance art, Near and Far Eastern art, archaeological material from the University's excavations , Pre-Columbian and African art, works of European and American masters from actually every period, and a rich collection of modern art. Across the street, the Yale Center for British Art, which was opened in 1977, holds the largest collection of British art and illustrated books anywhere outside the United Kingdom.\nPeabody Museum of Natural History\nYale's Peabody Museum of Natural History, founded in 1866, contains one of the great scientific collections in North America. Among its holdings are the University's comprehensive mineralogical and ornithological collections, the second-largest repository of dinosaur artifacts in the United States, and the largest undamaged Apatosaurus (Brontosaurus ) in the world. The Peabody is truly a working museum, where public exhibition, research, conservation, teaching, and learning intersect .\nYale Center for British Art\nInstitutions like the Art Gallery, the Center for British Art, and the Peabody Museum hold only a portion of the treasures in the University's collections. From paintings by Picasso, to pterodactyl remains, to a 1689 tenor viol in the Collection of Musical Instruments, Yale's possessions are meant to be accessible to the communities they enrich.\nCollection of Musical Instruments\nExhibitions are also frequently mounted at the following venues on campus: Art + Architecture Gallery (School of Architecture), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Green Hall Gallery (School of Art), and Sterling Memorial Library, including the Arts of the Book Collection.\n\n<question>:\nWe can learn from the passage that in Yale, _ .\n\n<options>:\nA collections are partly open to the public\nB there are many venues just for exhibitions\nC collections are from art museums in the US\nD exhibitions are frequently mounted on campus\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>:\nTeaching and research are supported by the University's extensive collections--the Yale University Art Gallery, the Yale Center for British Art, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and the Collection of Musical Instruments. All the collections are open to the public.\nYale University Art Gallery\nThe Yale University Art Gallery, founded in 1832, today houses a collection that has grown to rank with those of the major public art museums in the United States. Its two connected buildings house ancient, medieval, and Renaissance art, Near and Far Eastern art, archaeological material from the University's excavations , Pre-Columbian and African art, works of European and American masters from actually every period, and a rich collection of modern art. Across the street, the Yale Center for British Art, which was opened in 1977, holds the largest collection of British art and illustrated books anywhere outside the United Kingdom.\nPeabody Museum of Natural History\nYale's Peabody Museum of Natural History, founded in 1866, contains one of the great scientific collections in North America. Among its holdings are the University's comprehensive mineralogical and ornithological collections, the second-largest repository of dinosaur artifacts in the United States, and the largest undamaged Apatosaurus (Brontosaurus ) in the world. The Peabody is truly a working museum, where public exhibition, research, conservation, teaching, and learning intersect .\nYale Center for British Art\nInstitutions like the Art Gallery, the Center for British Art, and the Peabody Museum hold only a portion of the treasures in the University's collections. From paintings by Picasso, to pterodactyl remains, to a 1689 tenor viol in the Collection of Musical Instruments, Yale's possessions are meant to be accessible to the communities they enrich.\nCollection of Musical Instruments\nExhibitions are also frequently mounted at the following venues on campus: Art + Architecture Gallery (School of Architecture), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Green Hall Gallery (School of Art), and Sterling Memorial Library, including the Arts of the Book Collection.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the text mainly about?\n\n<options>:\nA Introduction to Yale University.\nB Introduction to collections in Yale.\nC Introduction to venues in Yale.\nD Introduction to art works in 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>:\nFor thousands of years, man has enjoyed the taste of apples. Apples, which are about 85 percent water, grow almost everywhere in the world but the hottest and coldest areas.Among the leading countries in apple production are China, France and the United States.\n There are various kinds of apples but a very few make up the majority of those grown for sale.The three most common kinds grown in the United States are Delicious, golden Delicious and McIntosh.\n Apples are different in color1, size and taste.The color1 of the skin may be red, green or yellow.They have various sizes with Delicious apples being among the largest.The taste may be sweet or tart .Generally sweet apples are eaten fresh while tart apples are used to make applesauce.Apples can also be found in many foods (especially desserts) and drinks. Many beneficial health effects have been found from eating apples. However, the seeds are slightly poisonous.\n Apple trees may grow as tall as twelve meters.They do best in areas that have very cold winters.Although no fruit is _ during the winter this cold period is good for the tree.\n At least 55 million tons of apples were grown worldwide in 2010, with a value of about $ 10 billion. China produced about 35% of this total. The United States was the second-leading producer, with more than 7.5% of world production. Iran was third, followed by Turkey, Russia, Italy and India.\n\n<question>:\nIt can be learned from the text that Delicious apples are _ .\n\n<options>:\nA grown in France\nB sold everywhere\nC very huge\nD quite sweet\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>:\nFor thousands of years, man has enjoyed the taste of apples. Apples, which are about 85 percent water, grow almost everywhere in the world but the hottest and coldest areas.Among the leading countries in apple production are China, France and the United States.\n There are various kinds of apples but a very few make up the majority of those grown for sale.The three most common kinds grown in the United States are Delicious, golden Delicious and McIntosh.\n Apples are different in color1, size and taste.The color1 of the skin may be red, green or yellow.They have various sizes with Delicious apples being among the largest.The taste may be sweet or tart .Generally sweet apples are eaten fresh while tart apples are used to make applesauce.Apples can also be found in many foods (especially desserts) and drinks. Many beneficial health effects have been found from eating apples. However, the seeds are slightly poisonous.\n Apple trees may grow as tall as twelve meters.They do best in areas that have very cold winters.Although no fruit is _ during the winter this cold period is good for the tree.\n At least 55 million tons of apples were grown worldwide in 2010, with a value of about $ 10 billion. China produced about 35% of this total. The United States was the second-leading producer, with more than 7.5% of world production. Iran was third, followed by Turkey, Russia, Italy and India.\n\n<question>:\nCold winter weather is good for _ .\n\n<options>:\nA improving the taste of apples\nB the increase of water in apples\nC the growth of apple trees\nD producing large apples\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>:\nFor thousands of years, man has enjoyed the taste of apples. Apples, which are about 85 percent water, grow almost everywhere in the world but the hottest and coldest areas.Among the leading countries in apple production are China, France and the United States.\n There are various kinds of apples but a very few make up the majority of those grown for sale.The three most common kinds grown in the United States are Delicious, golden Delicious and McIntosh.\n Apples are different in color1, size and taste.The color1 of the skin may be red, green or yellow.They have various sizes with Delicious apples being among the largest.The taste may be sweet or tart .Generally sweet apples are eaten fresh while tart apples are used to make applesauce.Apples can also be found in many foods (especially desserts) and drinks. Many beneficial health effects have been found from eating apples. However, the seeds are slightly poisonous.\n Apple trees may grow as tall as twelve meters.They do best in areas that have very cold winters.Although no fruit is _ during the winter this cold period is good for the tree.\n At least 55 million tons of apples were grown worldwide in 2010, with a value of about $ 10 billion. China produced about 35% of this total. The United States was the second-leading producer, with more than 7.5% of world production. Iran was third, followed by Turkey, Russia, Italy and India.\n\n<question>:\nChina, France and the United States are considered to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA have the coldest winter among apple producing countries\nB be large producers of applesauce\nC have the longest history in apple production\nD be large producers of apples\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 old man walked with a cane slowly into the restaurant. His poor jacket, patched trousers, and worn-out shoes made him stand out from the usual Saturday morning breakfast crowd.\nHe walked toward a table by the window. A young waitress watched him and ran over to him, saying, \"Here, Sir. Let me give you a hand with that chair.\"\nWithout a word, he smiled and nodded a thank you. She pulled the chair away from the table. Supporting him with one arm, she helped him move in front of the chair, and get comfortably seated. Then she pushed the table up close to him, and leaned his cane against the table where he could reach it.\nIn a soft, clear voice he said, \"Thank you, Miss.\"\n\"You're welcome, Sir.\" She replied. \"My name is Mary. I'll be back in a moment. If you need anything, just wave at me.\"\nAfter he had finished a hearty meal of pancakes, bacon, and hot lemon tea, Mary brought him the change, helping him up from his chair and out from behind the table. She handed him his cane, and walked with him to the front door. Holding the door open for him, she said, \"Come back and see us, Sir!\"\nHe nodded a thank you and said softly with a smile, \"You are very kind!\"\nWhen Mary went to clean his table, she was shocked. Under his plate she found a business card and a note written on the napkin, under which was a $ 100 bill.\nThe note on the napkin read, \"Dear Mary, I respect you very much, and you respect yourself, too. It shows by the way you treat others. You have found the secret of happiness. Your kind gestures will shine through those who meet you.\"\nThe man she had served was the owner of the restaurant. This was the first time that she, or any of his employees, had seen him in person.\n\n<question>:\nMary ran over to the old man because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the old man was the boss of the restaurant\nB she was worried that the old man might cause trouble to the restaurant\nC she saw the old man had some difficulty moving and taking a seat\nD the old man had asked her to wait on 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>:\nIt's our hope that the calculator will promote action, awareness and empowerment by showing you that one person can make a difference and help stop global warming.\nThere are many simple things you can do in your daily life--what you eat, what you drive, how you build your home--that can have an effect on your immediate surroundings, and on places as far away as Antarctica. Here is a list of things that you can do to make a difference.\nUse Compact Fluorescent Bulbs\nReplace 3 frequently used light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs. Save 300lbs (pounds) of carbon dioxide and $60 per year.\nUse Recycled Paper\nMake sure your printer paper is 100% post consumer recycled paper. Save 5lbs of carbon dioxide per ream of paper.\nTake Shorter Showers\nShowers account for 2/3 of all water heating costs. Save 350 lbs of carbon dioxide and $99 per year.\nBuy Products Locally\nBuy locally and reduce the amount of energy required to drive your products to your home.\nCarpool When You Can\nOwn a big vehicle? _ with friends and co-workers saves fuel. Save 790 lbs of carbon dioxide and hundreds of dollars per year.\nDon't Idle in Your Car\nIdling wastes money and gas, and generates pollution and global warming causing emissions. Except when in traffic, turn your engine off in you must wait for more than 30 seconds.\nBuy Organic food\nThe chemicals used in modern agriculture pollute the water supply, and require energy to produce.\nTurn Off Your Computer\nShut off your computer when not in use, and save 200 lbs of carbon dioxide. Conserve energy by using your computer's \"sleep mode\" instead of a screensaver.\nWith a Stop Global Warming calculator which costs you only $50 in hand, you will find what you do does count.\n\n<question>:\nThe Stop Global Warming calculator can serve the following purposes EXCEPT _ .\n\n<options>:\nA introducing the ways of saving carbon dioxide\nB Telling how to save money in your daily life\nC promoting action, awareness and empowerment and helping stop global warming\nD introducing how global warming is formed\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's our hope that the calculator will promote action, awareness and empowerment by showing you that one person can make a difference and help stop global warming.\nThere are many simple things you can do in your daily life--what you eat, what you drive, how you build your home--that can have an effect on your immediate surroundings, and on places as far away as Antarctica. Here is a list of things that you can do to make a difference.\nUse Compact Fluorescent Bulbs\nReplace 3 frequently used light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs. Save 300lbs (pounds) of carbon dioxide and $60 per year.\nUse Recycled Paper\nMake sure your printer paper is 100% post consumer recycled paper. Save 5lbs of carbon dioxide per ream of paper.\nTake Shorter Showers\nShowers account for 2/3 of all water heating costs. Save 350 lbs of carbon dioxide and $99 per year.\nBuy Products Locally\nBuy locally and reduce the amount of energy required to drive your products to your home.\nCarpool When You Can\nOwn a big vehicle? _ with friends and co-workers saves fuel. Save 790 lbs of carbon dioxide and hundreds of dollars per year.\nDon't Idle in Your Car\nIdling wastes money and gas, and generates pollution and global warming causing emissions. Except when in traffic, turn your engine off in you must wait for more than 30 seconds.\nBuy Organic food\nThe chemicals used in modern agriculture pollute the water supply, and require energy to produce.\nTurn Off Your Computer\nShut off your computer when not in use, and save 200 lbs of carbon dioxide. Conserve energy by using your computer's \"sleep mode\" instead of a screensaver.\nWith a Stop Global Warming calculator which costs you only $50 in hand, you will find what you do does count.\n\n<question>:\nHow many tips are related to cars? _ .\n\n<options>:\nA 1\nB 2\nC 3\nD 4\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's our hope that the calculator will promote action, awareness and empowerment by showing you that one person can make a difference and help stop global warming.\nThere are many simple things you can do in your daily life--what you eat, what you drive, how you build your home--that can have an effect on your immediate surroundings, and on places as far away as Antarctica. Here is a list of things that you can do to make a difference.\nUse Compact Fluorescent Bulbs\nReplace 3 frequently used light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs. Save 300lbs (pounds) of carbon dioxide and $60 per year.\nUse Recycled Paper\nMake sure your printer paper is 100% post consumer recycled paper. Save 5lbs of carbon dioxide per ream of paper.\nTake Shorter Showers\nShowers account for 2/3 of all water heating costs. Save 350 lbs of carbon dioxide and $99 per year.\nBuy Products Locally\nBuy locally and reduce the amount of energy required to drive your products to your home.\nCarpool When You Can\nOwn a big vehicle? _ with friends and co-workers saves fuel. Save 790 lbs of carbon dioxide and hundreds of dollars per year.\nDon't Idle in Your Car\nIdling wastes money and gas, and generates pollution and global warming causing emissions. Except when in traffic, turn your engine off in you must wait for more than 30 seconds.\nBuy Organic food\nThe chemicals used in modern agriculture pollute the water supply, and require energy to produce.\nTurn Off Your Computer\nShut off your computer when not in use, and save 200 lbs of carbon dioxide. Conserve energy by using your computer's \"sleep mode\" instead of a screensaver.\nWith a Stop Global Warming calculator which costs you only $50 in hand, you will find what you do does count.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is NOT true according to the list of tips? _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Using a screensaver instead of the computer's \"sleep mode\"\nB Buying products in the neighborhood\nC Using recycled printer paper\nD Replacing frequently used light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs\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's our hope that the calculator will promote action, awareness and empowerment by showing you that one person can make a difference and help stop global warming.\nThere are many simple things you can do in your daily life--what you eat, what you drive, how you build your home--that can have an effect on your immediate surroundings, and on places as far away as Antarctica. Here is a list of things that you can do to make a difference.\nUse Compact Fluorescent Bulbs\nReplace 3 frequently used light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs. Save 300lbs (pounds) of carbon dioxide and $60 per year.\nUse Recycled Paper\nMake sure your printer paper is 100% post consumer recycled paper. Save 5lbs of carbon dioxide per ream of paper.\nTake Shorter Showers\nShowers account for 2/3 of all water heating costs. Save 350 lbs of carbon dioxide and $99 per year.\nBuy Products Locally\nBuy locally and reduce the amount of energy required to drive your products to your home.\nCarpool When You Can\nOwn a big vehicle? _ with friends and co-workers saves fuel. Save 790 lbs of carbon dioxide and hundreds of dollars per year.\nDon't Idle in Your Car\nIdling wastes money and gas, and generates pollution and global warming causing emissions. Except when in traffic, turn your engine off in you must wait for more than 30 seconds.\nBuy Organic food\nThe chemicals used in modern agriculture pollute the water supply, and require energy to produce.\nTurn Off Your Computer\nShut off your computer when not in use, and save 200 lbs of carbon dioxide. Conserve energy by using your computer's \"sleep mode\" instead of a screensaver.\nWith a Stop Global Warming calculator which costs you only $50 in hand, you will find what you do does count.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the purpose of the author writing this passage? _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Giving people tips on how to save money in life\nB Telling people how to be environment-friendly\nC Promoting the product \"Stop Global Warming calculator\"\nD Telling people how to prevent carbon dioxide from being released\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>:\nLots of folks don't think about what they eat over the holiday season until January, when they stare sadly at the number on the scale and then hurry off to hit the gym, join Weight Watchers or pick up the latest diet book.\nIt doesn't have to be that way. Health experts say you can still enjoy the holidays.\n\"It's OK to indulge , but it doesn't mean you have to gain weight,\" said Karen Ansel, a New York-based registered dietitian and a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association (ADA). Jessica Crandall, a registered dietitian from Denver who's also an ADA spokeswoman, added that gaining weight during the holidays and then working hard to lose it again is not good for a person's body.\nFor starters, people interested in maintaining their weight during the holidays should keep eating on a regular schedule, the two dietitians said. Research has shown that people who skip meals -- particularly breakfast -- end up eating more throughout the day. \"Try and stick to consistent meal times so you can avoid being overly hungry,\" Crandall said. \"When you're overly hungry, you can make some bad decisions regarding what you eat. Don't starve yourself during the day waiting for that party at night -- because you'll eat too much or overeat.\"\nAnsel suggests that you think now about the foods you really enjoy and plan to focus on those while eating less of more common fare.\nBe careful, too, about alcohol intake, for a couple of reasons. Alcoholic drinks, particularly the fancy ones handed out at holiday time, tend to come loaded with calories. \"It's usually what you're adding to a drink that contains the calories,\" Crandall said. Also, if you're drunk, you might forget to watch what you're eating. \"It totally lowers your inhibitions ,\" Ansel said.\nOther holiday eating tips, suggested by Crandall and Ansel, include:\n*Eat lots of vegetables, and eat them first before moving on to the other items on your plate.\n*Recognize that many holiday extras, like cheese or cranberry sauce, come loaded with calories. \"If those aren't your favorite foods, don't put them on your plate,\" Crandall said.\n*If your favorite food has a lot of calories, be sure to minimize your portion. \"Two bites cure the craving,\" Crandall said. \"After that, you're just really feeding your old habits.\n*After a big holiday meal, don't sink into a chair or couch. Go for a walk outdoors or participate in some other activities that help burn off some of the calories you've just eaten.\n\n<question>:\nBoth Karen Ansel and Jessica Crandall _ .\n\n<options>:\nA think highly of the latest popular diet book\nB like going to the gym often\nC think trying to lose weight isn't good for a person's body\nD are registered dietitians and work for ADA\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>:\nLots of folks don't think about what they eat over the holiday season until January, when they stare sadly at the number on the scale and then hurry off to hit the gym, join Weight Watchers or pick up the latest diet book.\nIt doesn't have to be that way. Health experts say you can still enjoy the holidays.\n\"It's OK to indulge , but it doesn't mean you have to gain weight,\" said Karen Ansel, a New York-based registered dietitian and a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association (ADA). Jessica Crandall, a registered dietitian from Denver who's also an ADA spokeswoman, added that gaining weight during the holidays and then working hard to lose it again is not good for a person's body.\nFor starters, people interested in maintaining their weight during the holidays should keep eating on a regular schedule, the two dietitians said. Research has shown that people who skip meals -- particularly breakfast -- end up eating more throughout the day. \"Try and stick to consistent meal times so you can avoid being overly hungry,\" Crandall said. \"When you're overly hungry, you can make some bad decisions regarding what you eat. Don't starve yourself during the day waiting for that party at night -- because you'll eat too much or overeat.\"\nAnsel suggests that you think now about the foods you really enjoy and plan to focus on those while eating less of more common fare.\nBe careful, too, about alcohol intake, for a couple of reasons. Alcoholic drinks, particularly the fancy ones handed out at holiday time, tend to come loaded with calories. \"It's usually what you're adding to a drink that contains the calories,\" Crandall said. Also, if you're drunk, you might forget to watch what you're eating. \"It totally lowers your inhibitions ,\" Ansel said.\nOther holiday eating tips, suggested by Crandall and Ansel, include:\n*Eat lots of vegetables, and eat them first before moving on to the other items on your plate.\n*Recognize that many holiday extras, like cheese or cranberry sauce, come loaded with calories. \"If those aren't your favorite foods, don't put them on your plate,\" Crandall said.\n*If your favorite food has a lot of calories, be sure to minimize your portion. \"Two bites cure the craving,\" Crandall said. \"After that, you're just really feeding your old habits.\n*After a big holiday meal, don't sink into a chair or couch. Go for a walk outdoors or participate in some other activities that help burn off some of the calories you've just eaten.\n\n<question>:\nAnsel asks people wishing to keep slim not to skip meals because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA it will do harm to their stomachs.\nB being overly hungry will make them feel not well\nC it may make them eat more\nD it might let them make bad decisions on important occasion\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>:\nLots of folks don't think about what they eat over the holiday season until January, when they stare sadly at the number on the scale and then hurry off to hit the gym, join Weight Watchers or pick up the latest diet book.\nIt doesn't have to be that way. Health experts say you can still enjoy the holidays.\n\"It's OK to indulge , but it doesn't mean you have to gain weight,\" said Karen Ansel, a New York-based registered dietitian and a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association (ADA). Jessica Crandall, a registered dietitian from Denver who's also an ADA spokeswoman, added that gaining weight during the holidays and then working hard to lose it again is not good for a person's body.\nFor starters, people interested in maintaining their weight during the holidays should keep eating on a regular schedule, the two dietitians said. Research has shown that people who skip meals -- particularly breakfast -- end up eating more throughout the day. \"Try and stick to consistent meal times so you can avoid being overly hungry,\" Crandall said. \"When you're overly hungry, you can make some bad decisions regarding what you eat. Don't starve yourself during the day waiting for that party at night -- because you'll eat too much or overeat.\"\nAnsel suggests that you think now about the foods you really enjoy and plan to focus on those while eating less of more common fare.\nBe careful, too, about alcohol intake, for a couple of reasons. Alcoholic drinks, particularly the fancy ones handed out at holiday time, tend to come loaded with calories. \"It's usually what you're adding to a drink that contains the calories,\" Crandall said. Also, if you're drunk, you might forget to watch what you're eating. \"It totally lowers your inhibitions ,\" Ansel said.\nOther holiday eating tips, suggested by Crandall and Ansel, include:\n*Eat lots of vegetables, and eat them first before moving on to the other items on your plate.\n*Recognize that many holiday extras, like cheese or cranberry sauce, come loaded with calories. \"If those aren't your favorite foods, don't put them on your plate,\" Crandall said.\n*If your favorite food has a lot of calories, be sure to minimize your portion. \"Two bites cure the craving,\" Crandall said. \"After that, you're just really feeding your old habits.\n*After a big holiday meal, don't sink into a chair or couch. Go for a walk outdoors or participate in some other activities that help burn off some of the calories you've just eaten.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is the proper way to keep slim according to the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Eating more vegetables than rice and other food.\nB Eating more cheese or cranberry sauce.\nC Never eat food with a lot of calories.\nD Sitting less and walking more after meals.\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>:\nLots of folks don't think about what they eat over the holiday season until January, when they stare sadly at the number on the scale and then hurry off to hit the gym, join Weight Watchers or pick up the latest diet book.\nIt doesn't have to be that way. Health experts say you can still enjoy the holidays.\n\"It's OK to indulge , but it doesn't mean you have to gain weight,\" said Karen Ansel, a New York-based registered dietitian and a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association (ADA). Jessica Crandall, a registered dietitian from Denver who's also an ADA spokeswoman, added that gaining weight during the holidays and then working hard to lose it again is not good for a person's body.\nFor starters, people interested in maintaining their weight during the holidays should keep eating on a regular schedule, the two dietitians said. Research has shown that people who skip meals -- particularly breakfast -- end up eating more throughout the day. \"Try and stick to consistent meal times so you can avoid being overly hungry,\" Crandall said. \"When you're overly hungry, you can make some bad decisions regarding what you eat. Don't starve yourself during the day waiting for that party at night -- because you'll eat too much or overeat.\"\nAnsel suggests that you think now about the foods you really enjoy and plan to focus on those while eating less of more common fare.\nBe careful, too, about alcohol intake, for a couple of reasons. Alcoholic drinks, particularly the fancy ones handed out at holiday time, tend to come loaded with calories. \"It's usually what you're adding to a drink that contains the calories,\" Crandall said. Also, if you're drunk, you might forget to watch what you're eating. \"It totally lowers your inhibitions ,\" Ansel said.\nOther holiday eating tips, suggested by Crandall and Ansel, include:\n*Eat lots of vegetables, and eat them first before moving on to the other items on your plate.\n*Recognize that many holiday extras, like cheese or cranberry sauce, come loaded with calories. \"If those aren't your favorite foods, don't put them on your plate,\" Crandall said.\n*If your favorite food has a lot of calories, be sure to minimize your portion. \"Two bites cure the craving,\" Crandall said. \"After that, you're just really feeding your old habits.\n*After a big holiday meal, don't sink into a chair or couch. Go for a walk outdoors or participate in some other activities that help burn off some of the calories you've just eaten.\n\n<question>:\nThe passage mainly talks about _ .\n\n<options>:\nA some advice on holiday eating\nB how to keep slim\nC the problems of fat people\nD what to do in holidays\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 oil from palms has a wide variety of uses and is found in food, soaps and shampoos. An international team found a gene that made some of the trees produce more oil than others.\nDr Rajinder Singh, from government agency the Malaysian Palm Oil Board, said, \"The oil palm has three fruit forms: a thick-shelled type --the Dura; those that don't have any shell--the Pisifera; a third form produced as a cross between the thick shell and the one without the shell--the Tenera, which are more of the fleshy fruit to produce the oil,\" and the researchers identified the gene producing this trait.\nWhile oil palm growers attempt to grow only the thin-shelled Tenera variety, up to 10% of the seeds can be contaminated , and turn out to be the other less oily plants. Prof. Martienssen, from the Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory, said, \"We can now use that gene in genetic testing, which will allow growers as well as producers to know exactly what sort of tree they are planting before it produces fruit. It takes a long time for these trees to produce fruit, but by being able to predict exactly what sort of fruit that trees will produce, it will greatly assist growers.\"\nThe researchers say this could offer a more sustainable form of agriculture. Prof. Martienssen said, \"This finding gives us huge hope. We hope to maximize land usage and produce a lot more on the same amount of land, because we do not want to destroy the rainforest any more.\"\nHowever, the environmental group WWF-UK said that the global demand for oil palm was growing rapidly, making the expansion of plantations inevitable.\nAdam Harrison, the organization's food and agriculture policy officer, said, \"In a sense it does not matter if a 'good' variety replaces forest or a 'bad' one, the wildlife and communities that need access to that land will suffer. So for palm oil to be sustainable, the process of allocating land needs to be controlled. There is an abundance of low-carbon, low-wildlife and conflict-free land available and there is no more need for forest areas to be changed.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhat can we infer from the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA The plantation of oil palms has decreased in recent years.\nB The Dura produces less oil than other two types of palm fruit.\nC It takes less time to produce fruit, Pisifera, than other two types of fruit.\nD The researchers are trying to produce more palms with the fruit, Tenera.\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 oil from palms has a wide variety of uses and is found in food, soaps and shampoos. An international team found a gene that made some of the trees produce more oil than others.\nDr Rajinder Singh, from government agency the Malaysian Palm Oil Board, said, \"The oil palm has three fruit forms: a thick-shelled type --the Dura; those that don't have any shell--the Pisifera; a third form produced as a cross between the thick shell and the one without the shell--the Tenera, which are more of the fleshy fruit to produce the oil,\" and the researchers identified the gene producing this trait.\nWhile oil palm growers attempt to grow only the thin-shelled Tenera variety, up to 10% of the seeds can be contaminated , and turn out to be the other less oily plants. Prof. Martienssen, from the Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory, said, \"We can now use that gene in genetic testing, which will allow growers as well as producers to know exactly what sort of tree they are planting before it produces fruit. It takes a long time for these trees to produce fruit, but by being able to predict exactly what sort of fruit that trees will produce, it will greatly assist growers.\"\nThe researchers say this could offer a more sustainable form of agriculture. Prof. Martienssen said, \"This finding gives us huge hope. We hope to maximize land usage and produce a lot more on the same amount of land, because we do not want to destroy the rainforest any more.\"\nHowever, the environmental group WWF-UK said that the global demand for oil palm was growing rapidly, making the expansion of plantations inevitable.\nAdam Harrison, the organization's food and agriculture policy officer, said, \"In a sense it does not matter if a 'good' variety replaces forest or a 'bad' one, the wildlife and communities that need access to that land will suffer. So for palm oil to be sustainable, the process of allocating land needs to be controlled. There is an abundance of low-carbon, low-wildlife and conflict-free land available and there is no more need for forest areas to be changed.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhat difficulty are the oil palm growers faced with?\n\n<options>:\nA The more oily palms easily died of bad weather.\nB The more oily palms can change to the less oily ones.\nC They don't have enough land to grow oil palms.\nD They are unable to predict exactly what sort of fruit the trees they are planting will produce.\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 oil from palms has a wide variety of uses and is found in food, soaps and shampoos. An international team found a gene that made some of the trees produce more oil than others.\nDr Rajinder Singh, from government agency the Malaysian Palm Oil Board, said, \"The oil palm has three fruit forms: a thick-shelled type --the Dura; those that don't have any shell--the Pisifera; a third form produced as a cross between the thick shell and the one without the shell--the Tenera, which are more of the fleshy fruit to produce the oil,\" and the researchers identified the gene producing this trait.\nWhile oil palm growers attempt to grow only the thin-shelled Tenera variety, up to 10% of the seeds can be contaminated , and turn out to be the other less oily plants. Prof. Martienssen, from the Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory, said, \"We can now use that gene in genetic testing, which will allow growers as well as producers to know exactly what sort of tree they are planting before it produces fruit. It takes a long time for these trees to produce fruit, but by being able to predict exactly what sort of fruit that trees will produce, it will greatly assist growers.\"\nThe researchers say this could offer a more sustainable form of agriculture. Prof. Martienssen said, \"This finding gives us huge hope. We hope to maximize land usage and produce a lot more on the same amount of land, because we do not want to destroy the rainforest any more.\"\nHowever, the environmental group WWF-UK said that the global demand for oil palm was growing rapidly, making the expansion of plantations inevitable.\nAdam Harrison, the organization's food and agriculture policy officer, said, \"In a sense it does not matter if a 'good' variety replaces forest or a 'bad' one, the wildlife and communities that need access to that land will suffer. So for palm oil to be sustainable, the process of allocating land needs to be controlled. There is an abundance of low-carbon, low-wildlife and conflict-free land available and there is no more need for forest areas to be changed.\"\n\n<question>:\nOver which issue Adam Harrison showed his concern?\n\n<options>:\nA The oil palm is not a good replacement of the forest.\nB The palm oil the researchers are testing is unsustainable.\nC There is not enough land for the plantation of oil palms.\nD The plantation of oil palms will affect the native environment.\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>:\nEnglish is fast becoming the language of science around the world, but what is its future among everyday speakers? One expert points out that the percentage of native English speakers is declining while the languages of other rapidly growing regions are being spoken by increasing numbers of people. But English will continue to remain widespread and important.\nHowever,British language scholar David Graddol says English will probably drop in dominance by the middle of this century to rank,after Chinese,about equally with Arabic,Hindi,and Urdu. \"The number of people speaking English as a first language continues to rise,but it isn't rising nearly as fast as the numbers of many other languages around the world,simply because the main population group has been largely in the less developed countries where languages other than English have been spoken,\" he says. \nIn a recent article in the journal Science,Mr. Graddol noted that three languages that are not near the top of the list of the most widely spoken now might be there soon. These are Bengali,Tamil,and Malay,spoken in south and southeast Asia. \nDavid Crystal,the author of The Cambridge Encycloredia of the English Laeguage, says about 1. 5 billion of the world's six billion people speak it as a second tongue compared to the 400 million native speakers. But another expert on the English language says Mr. Graddol underestimates the future of its dominance. _ but nobody quite knows what's going to happen because no language has been in this position before. \" he said.\n\n<question>:\nIn David Graddol' s opinion,English will _ .\n\n<options>:\nA remain widespread and important\nB be more important than any other language\nC lose its dominant position\nD die away in the near future\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEnglish is fast becoming the language of science around the world, but what is its future among everyday speakers? One expert points out that the percentage of native English speakers is declining while the languages of other rapidly growing regions are being spoken by increasing numbers of people. But English will continue to remain widespread and important.\nHowever,British language scholar David Graddol says English will probably drop in dominance by the middle of this century to rank,after Chinese,about equally with Arabic,Hindi,and Urdu. \"The number of people speaking English as a first language continues to rise,but it isn't rising nearly as fast as the numbers of many other languages around the world,simply because the main population group has been largely in the less developed countries where languages other than English have been spoken,\" he says. \nIn a recent article in the journal Science,Mr. Graddol noted that three languages that are not near the top of the list of the most widely spoken now might be there soon. These are Bengali,Tamil,and Malay,spoken in south and southeast Asia. \nDavid Crystal,the author of The Cambridge Encycloredia of the English Laeguage, says about 1. 5 billion of the world's six billion people speak it as a second tongue compared to the 400 million native speakers. But another expert on the English language says Mr. Graddol underestimates the future of its dominance. _ but nobody quite knows what's going to happen because no language has been in this position before. \" he said.\n\n<question>:\nHow many experts express their ideas about the future of English in the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA 2.\nB 3.\nC 4.\nD 5\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>:\nEnglish is fast becoming the language of science around the world, but what is its future among everyday speakers? One expert points out that the percentage of native English speakers is declining while the languages of other rapidly growing regions are being spoken by increasing numbers of people. But English will continue to remain widespread and important.\nHowever,British language scholar David Graddol says English will probably drop in dominance by the middle of this century to rank,after Chinese,about equally with Arabic,Hindi,and Urdu. \"The number of people speaking English as a first language continues to rise,but it isn't rising nearly as fast as the numbers of many other languages around the world,simply because the main population group has been largely in the less developed countries where languages other than English have been spoken,\" he says. \nIn a recent article in the journal Science,Mr. Graddol noted that three languages that are not near the top of the list of the most widely spoken now might be there soon. These are Bengali,Tamil,and Malay,spoken in south and southeast Asia. \nDavid Crystal,the author of The Cambridge Encycloredia of the English Laeguage, says about 1. 5 billion of the world's six billion people speak it as a second tongue compared to the 400 million native speakers. But another expert on the English language says Mr. Graddol underestimates the future of its dominance. _ but nobody quite knows what's going to happen because no language has been in this position before. \" he said.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to David Graddol,which of the folowing will possibly be one of the languages that will be most widely spoken?\n\n<options>:\nA Malay.\nB Arabic.\nC Urdu.\nD German.\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>:\nEnglish is fast becoming the language of science around the world, but what is its future among everyday speakers? One expert points out that the percentage of native English speakers is declining while the languages of other rapidly growing regions are being spoken by increasing numbers of people. But English will continue to remain widespread and important.\nHowever,British language scholar David Graddol says English will probably drop in dominance by the middle of this century to rank,after Chinese,about equally with Arabic,Hindi,and Urdu. \"The number of people speaking English as a first language continues to rise,but it isn't rising nearly as fast as the numbers of many other languages around the world,simply because the main population group has been largely in the less developed countries where languages other than English have been spoken,\" he says. \nIn a recent article in the journal Science,Mr. Graddol noted that three languages that are not near the top of the list of the most widely spoken now might be there soon. These are Bengali,Tamil,and Malay,spoken in south and southeast Asia. \nDavid Crystal,the author of The Cambridge Encycloredia of the English Laeguage, says about 1. 5 billion of the world's six billion people speak it as a second tongue compared to the 400 million native speakers. But another expert on the English language says Mr. Graddol underestimates the future of its dominance. _ but nobody quite knows what's going to happen because no language has been in this position before. \" he said.\n\n<question>:\nWhat should be the best title for the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA English Remaining the Dominant Position\nB The Future of English? Who Knows?\nC Opinions from Different Experts\nD The English Language Snowball Rolling Down\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>:\nEasy Steam Mop \nPS29.99\nWASPS79.99\nSavePS50\nBuy 2 or more and get an extra 5% off\nProduct Description\nUse the power of steam to clean and disinfect your home in minutes without using expensive and harmful detergents .\nPerfect for use throughout the home, this steam mop heats up almost instantly and takes just eight seconds to kill bacteria from any area it targets.\nIt works by changing water into steam using a microfiber cloth to enhance the ability to absorb liquid, and features a clever triangular mop head and swivel joint to allow it to reach into comers and other spaces that many similar cleaning tools cannot. The 1,300W motor helps the mop reach temperatures of between 90-100degC, making it suitable for all heat-resistant floors including hardwood, tiles and stone.\nComes apart for easy storage. 2 x microfiber cloths included.\nAdditional pack if three spare mop heads are also available\nEasy Steam Mop White/Green: D6430\nEasy Steam Mop White/Blue: D7149\nSpare Pads~3 packs: D6431\nStandard Delivery--Only PS 3. 95 \nPlease note standard delivery on all items is only PS 3.95;delivery charge applies per order\nregardless of number of items purchased. Delivery to Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Scottish Highlands and Islands is PS 6.95. Delivery to the Channel Islands and Scilly Isles is PS 14.95. Delivery to Eire is PS 9.95 and deliveries to BFWO postal addresses are PS 6.95.\nSatisfaction Guaranteed\nFor your complete piece of mind, our Home and Garden products may be returned to us within 30 days of purchase for a refund of the purchase price. Items must be returned unused.\n\n<question>:\nHow much should you pay for a mop delivered to Isle of Man?\n\n<options>:\nA PS33.94.\nB PS36.94.\nC PS39.94.\nD PS44.94.\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>:\nEasy Steam Mop \nPS29.99\nWASPS79.99\nSavePS50\nBuy 2 or more and get an extra 5% off\nProduct Description\nUse the power of steam to clean and disinfect your home in minutes without using expensive and harmful detergents .\nPerfect for use throughout the home, this steam mop heats up almost instantly and takes just eight seconds to kill bacteria from any area it targets.\nIt works by changing water into steam using a microfiber cloth to enhance the ability to absorb liquid, and features a clever triangular mop head and swivel joint to allow it to reach into comers and other spaces that many similar cleaning tools cannot. The 1,300W motor helps the mop reach temperatures of between 90-100degC, making it suitable for all heat-resistant floors including hardwood, tiles and stone.\nComes apart for easy storage. 2 x microfiber cloths included.\nAdditional pack if three spare mop heads are also available\nEasy Steam Mop White/Green: D6430\nEasy Steam Mop White/Blue: D7149\nSpare Pads~3 packs: D6431\nStandard Delivery--Only PS 3. 95 \nPlease note standard delivery on all items is only PS 3.95;delivery charge applies per order\nregardless of number of items purchased. Delivery to Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Scottish Highlands and Islands is PS 6.95. Delivery to the Channel Islands and Scilly Isles is PS 14.95. Delivery to Eire is PS 9.95 and deliveries to BFWO postal addresses are PS 6.95.\nSatisfaction Guaranteed\nFor your complete piece of mind, our Home and Garden products may be returned to us within 30 days of purchase for a refund of the purchase price. Items must be returned unused.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the right description of the mop mentioned above?\n\n<options>:\nA It uses the power of steam to work.\nB It isn't suitable for a hardwood floor.\nC It can reach the temperature of 130X1.\nD It needs five seconds to kill bacteria.\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>:\nEasy Steam Mop \nPS29.99\nWASPS79.99\nSavePS50\nBuy 2 or more and get an extra 5% off\nProduct Description\nUse the power of steam to clean and disinfect your home in minutes without using expensive and harmful detergents .\nPerfect for use throughout the home, this steam mop heats up almost instantly and takes just eight seconds to kill bacteria from any area it targets.\nIt works by changing water into steam using a microfiber cloth to enhance the ability to absorb liquid, and features a clever triangular mop head and swivel joint to allow it to reach into comers and other spaces that many similar cleaning tools cannot. The 1,300W motor helps the mop reach temperatures of between 90-100degC, making it suitable for all heat-resistant floors including hardwood, tiles and stone.\nComes apart for easy storage. 2 x microfiber cloths included.\nAdditional pack if three spare mop heads are also available\nEasy Steam Mop White/Green: D6430\nEasy Steam Mop White/Blue: D7149\nSpare Pads~3 packs: D6431\nStandard Delivery--Only PS 3. 95 \nPlease note standard delivery on all items is only PS 3.95;delivery charge applies per order\nregardless of number of items purchased. Delivery to Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Scottish Highlands and Islands is PS 6.95. Delivery to the Channel Islands and Scilly Isles is PS 14.95. Delivery to Eire is PS 9.95 and deliveries to BFWO postal addresses are PS 6.95.\nSatisfaction Guaranteed\nFor your complete piece of mind, our Home and Garden products may be returned to us within 30 days of purchase for a refund of the purchase price. Items must be returned unused.\n\n<question>:\nIn which two places is delivery charge the same?\n\n<options>:\nA Northern Ireland and Scilly Isles.\nB Scottish Highlands and Islands and Eire.\nC Isle of Man and Northern Ireland.\nD The Channel Islands and Eire.\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>:\nEasy Steam Mop \nPS29.99\nWASPS79.99\nSavePS50\nBuy 2 or more and get an extra 5% off\nProduct Description\nUse the power of steam to clean and disinfect your home in minutes without using expensive and harmful detergents .\nPerfect for use throughout the home, this steam mop heats up almost instantly and takes just eight seconds to kill bacteria from any area it targets.\nIt works by changing water into steam using a microfiber cloth to enhance the ability to absorb liquid, and features a clever triangular mop head and swivel joint to allow it to reach into comers and other spaces that many similar cleaning tools cannot. The 1,300W motor helps the mop reach temperatures of between 90-100degC, making it suitable for all heat-resistant floors including hardwood, tiles and stone.\nComes apart for easy storage. 2 x microfiber cloths included.\nAdditional pack if three spare mop heads are also available\nEasy Steam Mop White/Green: D6430\nEasy Steam Mop White/Blue: D7149\nSpare Pads~3 packs: D6431\nStandard Delivery--Only PS 3. 95 \nPlease note standard delivery on all items is only PS 3.95;delivery charge applies per order\nregardless of number of items purchased. Delivery to Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Scottish Highlands and Islands is PS 6.95. Delivery to the Channel Islands and Scilly Isles is PS 14.95. Delivery to Eire is PS 9.95 and deliveries to BFWO postal addresses are PS 6.95.\nSatisfaction Guaranteed\nFor your complete piece of mind, our Home and Garden products may be returned to us within 30 days of purchase for a refund of the purchase price. Items must be returned unused.\n\n<question>:\nWhere can you probably find this passage?\n\n<options>:\nA In a business magazine.\nB On an e-shopping website.\nC On a teenage website.\nD In an exhibition 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>:\nWomen wearing skirt suits are viewed as more successful than those wearing trouser suits, scientists have found. They are seen as the uniform of the high-flying career businesswoman, but it seems trouser suits are not the best way to make a good first impression .\nResearch has shown women who wear skirts and jackets are considered as more confident, higher-earning and easier to adjust to society than those wearing a trouser suit.\nScientists also found that opinions of others, based just on the clothes they are wearing, are formed within seconds of first meeting. So while trouser suits are linked with strong will and success, a skirt suit gives a better first impression.Professor Karen Pine, who co-led the research at the department of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, said, \"We make very rapid judgments about people within the first few seconds of meeting based on their clothing. \"\n\"It was surprising that studies have suggested that women who dress in a more mannish style were seen as having greater professional status .The skirt suit seems to balance professionalism with attractiveness,\" added Pine.\nResearchers showed 306 volunteers a series of pictures of a man or a woman wearing suits before asking them to rate them on a number of personality traits . The facial features of the man and woman in the pictures had been covered so the volunteers were only making judgments about what they were wearing.\nThe woman was rated more confident and: having a higher salary and easy to adjust to society when she was wearing skirt suits.\n\n<question>:\nThe text mainly talks about _\n\n<options>:\nA women wearing skirt suits seem to be more successful in society\nB trouser suits are not suitable for career businesswomen\nC mannish style suits are viewed as having greater professional status\nD we can make rapid judgments about people just based on their clothing\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>:\nWomen wearing skirt suits are viewed as more successful than those wearing trouser suits, scientists have found. They are seen as the uniform of the high-flying career businesswoman, but it seems trouser suits are not the best way to make a good first impression .\nResearch has shown women who wear skirts and jackets are considered as more confident, higher-earning and easier to adjust to society than those wearing a trouser suit.\nScientists also found that opinions of others, based just on the clothes they are wearing, are formed within seconds of first meeting. So while trouser suits are linked with strong will and success, a skirt suit gives a better first impression.Professor Karen Pine, who co-led the research at the department of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, said, \"We make very rapid judgments about people within the first few seconds of meeting based on their clothing. \"\n\"It was surprising that studies have suggested that women who dress in a more mannish style were seen as having greater professional status .The skirt suit seems to balance professionalism with attractiveness,\" added Pine.\nResearchers showed 306 volunteers a series of pictures of a man or a woman wearing suits before asking them to rate them on a number of personality traits . The facial features of the man and woman in the pictures had been covered so the volunteers were only making judgments about what they were wearing.\nThe woman was rated more confident and: having a higher salary and easy to adjust to society when she was wearing skirt suits.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the text, women wearing skirt suits seem to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA be more attractive and confident\nB be more beautiful and professional\nC have a higher salary and position\nD have stronger will and competence\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>:\nWomen wearing skirt suits are viewed as more successful than those wearing trouser suits, scientists have found. They are seen as the uniform of the high-flying career businesswoman, but it seems trouser suits are not the best way to make a good first impression .\nResearch has shown women who wear skirts and jackets are considered as more confident, higher-earning and easier to adjust to society than those wearing a trouser suit.\nScientists also found that opinions of others, based just on the clothes they are wearing, are formed within seconds of first meeting. So while trouser suits are linked with strong will and success, a skirt suit gives a better first impression.Professor Karen Pine, who co-led the research at the department of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, said, \"We make very rapid judgments about people within the first few seconds of meeting based on their clothing. \"\n\"It was surprising that studies have suggested that women who dress in a more mannish style were seen as having greater professional status .The skirt suit seems to balance professionalism with attractiveness,\" added Pine.\nResearchers showed 306 volunteers a series of pictures of a man or a woman wearing suits before asking them to rate them on a number of personality traits . The facial features of the man and woman in the pictures had been covered so the volunteers were only making judgments about what they were wearing.\nThe woman was rated more confident and: having a higher salary and easy to adjust to society when she was wearing skirt suits.\n\n<question>:\nResearchers showed volunteers pictures of men or women in order to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA make judgment about the difference between their looks\nB make judgment about who looks more attractive\nC distinguish the different personality traits\nD offer evidence to their research\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>:\nWomen wearing skirt suits are viewed as more successful than those wearing trouser suits, scientists have found. They are seen as the uniform of the high-flying career businesswoman, but it seems trouser suits are not the best way to make a good first impression .\nResearch has shown women who wear skirts and jackets are considered as more confident, higher-earning and easier to adjust to society than those wearing a trouser suit.\nScientists also found that opinions of others, based just on the clothes they are wearing, are formed within seconds of first meeting. So while trouser suits are linked with strong will and success, a skirt suit gives a better first impression.Professor Karen Pine, who co-led the research at the department of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, said, \"We make very rapid judgments about people within the first few seconds of meeting based on their clothing. \"\n\"It was surprising that studies have suggested that women who dress in a more mannish style were seen as having greater professional status .The skirt suit seems to balance professionalism with attractiveness,\" added Pine.\nResearchers showed 306 volunteers a series of pictures of a man or a woman wearing suits before asking them to rate them on a number of personality traits . The facial features of the man and woman in the pictures had been covered so the volunteers were only making judgments about what they were wearing.\nThe woman was rated more confident and: having a higher salary and easy to adjust to society when she was wearing skirt suits.\n\n<question>:\nWe can infer from the text that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA women wearing skirt suits will be more successful than men\nB women wearing trouser suits won't be successful\nC skirt suits will help women make it in hunting a job\nD suits bring people more good luck.\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>:\nVitamins are complex chemical substances found in many foods. The human body needs them for health and growth. The body makes some vitamins, but usually in amounts too small to meet its needs. Other vitamins are not made in the body. These must be supplied. No one knows exactly how all vitamins work. Doctors do know that vitamins have very special uses. One vitamin therefore cannot take the place of another. The steady absence of one vitamin in an otherwise complete diet causes a deficiency disease. Rickets, scurvy, and pellagra are examples of deficiency diseases. \nIt is best to obtain vitamins by eating the foods in which they occur. There are also pills that contain a single vitamin or a combination of vitamins people should consult their doctors before they take any vitamin pills.\nScientists have discovered about 25 vitamins and their different forms that are very important to human beings and other forms of life. Experts believe that there are many more vitamins to be discovered.\nThere are two basic groups of vitamins. One group of vitamins dissolves in fat and is therefore called the \"fat-soluble\" group. Vitamins A, D, E and K are in this group. The other group is known as \"water-soluble\" vitamins. These vitamins, understandably, dissolve in water. Among this group are Vitamin C and the B group of vitamins.\nVitamin A aids the building and growth of body cells. This vitamin is therefore vital for the growth of children and for good development of babies before birth. Vitamin A is also important for good vision at night. Vitamin B1 is also called thiamine. This vitamin prevents and cures disease. Vitamin B2, called riboflavin, is needed for growth, healthy skin, and for the eyes. Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, prevents and cures scurvy.\nVitamin D is a group of 10 vitamins that prevents rickets. Scientist believe that Vitamin D3 forms in the skin when the body is exposed to sunlight. Because of this, it is called the \"sunshine vitamin\". A lack of Vitamin D may lead to bone damage; too much may cause kidney disease. \nAll of the functions of Vitamin E, also called tocopherol, are not known. It is necessary for reproduction in animals. Vitamin K is necessary for making the blood clot.\nThe more that is learned about vitamins, the more it is realized how these chemical substances play a part in all aspects of human activity.\n\n<question>:\nWhich disease is caused because of the steady absence of one vitamin in the diet?\n\n<options>:\nA Scurvy\nB Pellagra\nC Rickets\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>:\nVitamins are complex chemical substances found in many foods. The human body needs them for health and growth. The body makes some vitamins, but usually in amounts too small to meet its needs. Other vitamins are not made in the body. These must be supplied. No one knows exactly how all vitamins work. Doctors do know that vitamins have very special uses. One vitamin therefore cannot take the place of another. The steady absence of one vitamin in an otherwise complete diet causes a deficiency disease. Rickets, scurvy, and pellagra are examples of deficiency diseases. \nIt is best to obtain vitamins by eating the foods in which they occur. There are also pills that contain a single vitamin or a combination of vitamins people should consult their doctors before they take any vitamin pills.\nScientists have discovered about 25 vitamins and their different forms that are very important to human beings and other forms of life. Experts believe that there are many more vitamins to be discovered.\nThere are two basic groups of vitamins. One group of vitamins dissolves in fat and is therefore called the \"fat-soluble\" group. Vitamins A, D, E and K are in this group. The other group is known as \"water-soluble\" vitamins. These vitamins, understandably, dissolve in water. Among this group are Vitamin C and the B group of vitamins.\nVitamin A aids the building and growth of body cells. This vitamin is therefore vital for the growth of children and for good development of babies before birth. Vitamin A is also important for good vision at night. Vitamin B1 is also called thiamine. This vitamin prevents and cures disease. Vitamin B2, called riboflavin, is needed for growth, healthy skin, and for the eyes. Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, prevents and cures scurvy.\nVitamin D is a group of 10 vitamins that prevents rickets. Scientist believe that Vitamin D3 forms in the skin when the body is exposed to sunlight. Because of this, it is called the \"sunshine vitamin\". A lack of Vitamin D may lead to bone damage; too much may cause kidney disease. \nAll of the functions of Vitamin E, also called tocopherol, are not known. It is necessary for reproduction in animals. Vitamin K is necessary for making the blood clot.\nThe more that is learned about vitamins, the more it is realized how these chemical substances play a part in all aspects of human activity.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following ways is the best to obtain vitamins needed?\n\n<options>:\nA Eating the foods that contain vitamins.\nB Taking fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins.\nC Taking the pills that contains vitamins.\nD Eating the meat that contains vitamins.\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>:\nVitamins are complex chemical substances found in many foods. The human body needs them for health and growth. The body makes some vitamins, but usually in amounts too small to meet its needs. Other vitamins are not made in the body. These must be supplied. No one knows exactly how all vitamins work. Doctors do know that vitamins have very special uses. One vitamin therefore cannot take the place of another. The steady absence of one vitamin in an otherwise complete diet causes a deficiency disease. Rickets, scurvy, and pellagra are examples of deficiency diseases. \nIt is best to obtain vitamins by eating the foods in which they occur. There are also pills that contain a single vitamin or a combination of vitamins people should consult their doctors before they take any vitamin pills.\nScientists have discovered about 25 vitamins and their different forms that are very important to human beings and other forms of life. Experts believe that there are many more vitamins to be discovered.\nThere are two basic groups of vitamins. One group of vitamins dissolves in fat and is therefore called the \"fat-soluble\" group. Vitamins A, D, E and K are in this group. The other group is known as \"water-soluble\" vitamins. These vitamins, understandably, dissolve in water. Among this group are Vitamin C and the B group of vitamins.\nVitamin A aids the building and growth of body cells. This vitamin is therefore vital for the growth of children and for good development of babies before birth. Vitamin A is also important for good vision at night. Vitamin B1 is also called thiamine. This vitamin prevents and cures disease. Vitamin B2, called riboflavin, is needed for growth, healthy skin, and for the eyes. Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, prevents and cures scurvy.\nVitamin D is a group of 10 vitamins that prevents rickets. Scientist believe that Vitamin D3 forms in the skin when the body is exposed to sunlight. Because of this, it is called the \"sunshine vitamin\". A lack of Vitamin D may lead to bone damage; too much may cause kidney disease. \nAll of the functions of Vitamin E, also called tocopherol, are not known. It is necessary for reproduction in animals. Vitamin K is necessary for making the blood clot.\nThe more that is learned about vitamins, the more it is realized how these chemical substances play a part in all aspects of human activity.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following statements is true?\n\n<options>:\nA The human body can produce enough vitamins for itself.\nB Until now, scientists have discovered all the vitamins we need.\nC People should take more vitamins.\nD Each kind of vitamin plays a special role in human body.\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>:\nVitamins are complex chemical substances found in many foods. The human body needs them for health and growth. The body makes some vitamins, but usually in amounts too small to meet its needs. Other vitamins are not made in the body. These must be supplied. No one knows exactly how all vitamins work. Doctors do know that vitamins have very special uses. One vitamin therefore cannot take the place of another. The steady absence of one vitamin in an otherwise complete diet causes a deficiency disease. Rickets, scurvy, and pellagra are examples of deficiency diseases. \nIt is best to obtain vitamins by eating the foods in which they occur. There are also pills that contain a single vitamin or a combination of vitamins people should consult their doctors before they take any vitamin pills.\nScientists have discovered about 25 vitamins and their different forms that are very important to human beings and other forms of life. Experts believe that there are many more vitamins to be discovered.\nThere are two basic groups of vitamins. One group of vitamins dissolves in fat and is therefore called the \"fat-soluble\" group. Vitamins A, D, E and K are in this group. The other group is known as \"water-soluble\" vitamins. These vitamins, understandably, dissolve in water. Among this group are Vitamin C and the B group of vitamins.\nVitamin A aids the building and growth of body cells. This vitamin is therefore vital for the growth of children and for good development of babies before birth. Vitamin A is also important for good vision at night. Vitamin B1 is also called thiamine. This vitamin prevents and cures disease. Vitamin B2, called riboflavin, is needed for growth, healthy skin, and for the eyes. Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, prevents and cures scurvy.\nVitamin D is a group of 10 vitamins that prevents rickets. Scientist believe that Vitamin D3 forms in the skin when the body is exposed to sunlight. Because of this, it is called the \"sunshine vitamin\". A lack of Vitamin D may lead to bone damage; too much may cause kidney disease. \nAll of the functions of Vitamin E, also called tocopherol, are not known. It is necessary for reproduction in animals. Vitamin K is necessary for making the blood clot.\nThe more that is learned about vitamins, the more it is realized how these chemical substances play a part in all aspects of human activity.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is important for good sight at night?\n\n<options>:\nA Vitamin A\nB Vitamin B1\nC Vitamin B2\nD Vitamin D\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>:\nVitamins are complex chemical substances found in many foods. The human body needs them for health and growth. The body makes some vitamins, but usually in amounts too small to meet its needs. Other vitamins are not made in the body. These must be supplied. No one knows exactly how all vitamins work. Doctors do know that vitamins have very special uses. One vitamin therefore cannot take the place of another. The steady absence of one vitamin in an otherwise complete diet causes a deficiency disease. Rickets, scurvy, and pellagra are examples of deficiency diseases. \nIt is best to obtain vitamins by eating the foods in which they occur. There are also pills that contain a single vitamin or a combination of vitamins people should consult their doctors before they take any vitamin pills.\nScientists have discovered about 25 vitamins and their different forms that are very important to human beings and other forms of life. Experts believe that there are many more vitamins to be discovered.\nThere are two basic groups of vitamins. One group of vitamins dissolves in fat and is therefore called the \"fat-soluble\" group. Vitamins A, D, E and K are in this group. The other group is known as \"water-soluble\" vitamins. These vitamins, understandably, dissolve in water. Among this group are Vitamin C and the B group of vitamins.\nVitamin A aids the building and growth of body cells. This vitamin is therefore vital for the growth of children and for good development of babies before birth. Vitamin A is also important for good vision at night. Vitamin B1 is also called thiamine. This vitamin prevents and cures disease. Vitamin B2, called riboflavin, is needed for growth, healthy skin, and for the eyes. Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, prevents and cures scurvy.\nVitamin D is a group of 10 vitamins that prevents rickets. Scientist believe that Vitamin D3 forms in the skin when the body is exposed to sunlight. Because of this, it is called the \"sunshine vitamin\". A lack of Vitamin D may lead to bone damage; too much may cause kidney disease. \nAll of the functions of Vitamin E, also called tocopherol, are not known. It is necessary for reproduction in animals. Vitamin K is necessary for making the blood clot.\nThe more that is learned about vitamins, the more it is realized how these chemical substances play a part in all aspects of human activity.\n\n<question>:\nWhat can be inferred from the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA People can not live happily without vitamins.\nB A reasonable amount of vitamins of each kind are essential for human body.\nC People will not fall ill when they have enough vitamins.\nD Vitamins are more important for children than for adults.\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>:\nImagine being bald and walking into class at school. You escape to the back row but see other students pointing at you and talking about you. You feel embarrassed. After school, you run home to avoid talking to anyone.\nSome medical problems cause people to lose their hair. This can be embarrassing for adults, but for children it is even worse. They often feel bad about themselves, and other children laugh at them.\nIn her 20s, Madonna Coffman developed alopecia, a skin disease that causes hair loss. She recovered after a few years, but 15 years later, her 4-year-old daughter developed alopecia. Her daughter's feelings encouraged Coffman to make Locks of Love a non-profit organization.\nLocks of Love provides hairpieces for children who lose their hair for medical reasons. Children from poor families receive hairpieces for free or at prices their families can afford. The organization hopes to increase the children's confidence and help them enjoy a more normal life.\nThe hairpieces are made of hair donated by ordinary people. They grow their hair long, cut off at least 10 inches of it and mail it to Locks of Love. Locks of Love then sends the hair to the company that makes hairpieces. The organization says that 80% of those who give their hair are children who want to help other children.\nThe hairpieces are easy to wear and fit the wearer's head very well. No one except the children who wear the hairpieces can take them off. This lets the children run, play and swim without worrying about the hairpiece falling off. And other children won't be able to pull the hairpiece off either.\nThese hairpieces do more than change how the children look. They help kids to enjoy their childhood. The children can join in activities, make friends and face each day with confidence. Locks of Love allows kids to be kids again.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the text, the hairpieces are _ .\n\n<options>:\nA comfortable and safe\nB made of children's hair\nC made by Locks of Love\nD offered to children for free\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>:\nImagine being bald and walking into class at school. You escape to the back row but see other students pointing at you and talking about you. You feel embarrassed. After school, you run home to avoid talking to anyone.\nSome medical problems cause people to lose their hair. This can be embarrassing for adults, but for children it is even worse. They often feel bad about themselves, and other children laugh at them.\nIn her 20s, Madonna Coffman developed alopecia, a skin disease that causes hair loss. She recovered after a few years, but 15 years later, her 4-year-old daughter developed alopecia. Her daughter's feelings encouraged Coffman to make Locks of Love a non-profit organization.\nLocks of Love provides hairpieces for children who lose their hair for medical reasons. Children from poor families receive hairpieces for free or at prices their families can afford. The organization hopes to increase the children's confidence and help them enjoy a more normal life.\nThe hairpieces are made of hair donated by ordinary people. They grow their hair long, cut off at least 10 inches of it and mail it to Locks of Love. Locks of Love then sends the hair to the company that makes hairpieces. The organization says that 80% of those who give their hair are children who want to help other children.\nThe hairpieces are easy to wear and fit the wearer's head very well. No one except the children who wear the hairpieces can take them off. This lets the children run, play and swim without worrying about the hairpiece falling off. And other children won't be able to pull the hairpiece off either.\nThese hairpieces do more than change how the children look. They help kids to enjoy their childhood. The children can join in activities, make friends and face each day with confidence. Locks of Love allows kids to be kids again.\n\n<question>:\nWe learn from the text that Madonna Coffman _ .\n\n<options>:\nA lives a difficult life\nB has often been laughed at\nC is a warm-hearted woman\nD is still suffering from alopecia\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 main challenges facing many countries is how to maintain their identity in the face of globalization and the growing multi-language trend. \"One of the main reasons for economic failure in many African countries is the fact that, with a few important exceptions, mother-tongue education is not practiced in any of the independent African states.\" said Neville Alexander, Director of the Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa at the University of Cape Town.\nIn response to the spread of English and the increased multi-language trends arising from immigration, many countries have introduced language laws in the laws in the last decade. In some, the use of languages other than the national language is banned in public spaces such as advertising posters. One of the first such legal provisions was the 1994 \"Toubon law\" in France, but the idea has been copied in many countries since then. Such efforts to govern language use are often dismissed as _ by language experts, who are well aware of the difficulty in controlling fashions in speech and know from research that language switching among bilinguals is a natural process.\nIt is especially difficult for native speakers of English to understand the desire to maintain the \"purity\" of a language by law. Since the time of Shakespeare, English has continually absorbed foreign words into its own language. English is one of the most mixed and rapidly changing languages in the world, but there has not been a barrier to acquiring prestige and power. Another reason for the failure of many native English speakers to understand the role of state regulation is that it has never been the Anglo-Saxon way of doing things. English has never had a state-controlled authority for the language, similar, for example, to the Academic Francaise in France.\nThe need to protect national languages is, for most western Europeans, a recent phenomenon--especially the need to ensure that English does not unnecessarily take over too many fields. Public communication, education and new modes of communication promoted by technology, may be key fields to defend.\n\n<question>:\nNeville Alexander believes that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA mother-tongue education is not practiced in all African countries\nB lack of mother-tongue education can lead to economic failure\nC globalization has led to the rise of multi-language trends\nD globalization has resulted in the economic failure of Africa\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 main challenges facing many countries is how to maintain their identity in the face of globalization and the growing multi-language trend. \"One of the main reasons for economic failure in many African countries is the fact that, with a few important exceptions, mother-tongue education is not practiced in any of the independent African states.\" said Neville Alexander, Director of the Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa at the University of Cape Town.\nIn response to the spread of English and the increased multi-language trends arising from immigration, many countries have introduced language laws in the laws in the last decade. In some, the use of languages other than the national language is banned in public spaces such as advertising posters. One of the first such legal provisions was the 1994 \"Toubon law\" in France, but the idea has been copied in many countries since then. Such efforts to govern language use are often dismissed as _ by language experts, who are well aware of the difficulty in controlling fashions in speech and know from research that language switching among bilinguals is a natural process.\nIt is especially difficult for native speakers of English to understand the desire to maintain the \"purity\" of a language by law. Since the time of Shakespeare, English has continually absorbed foreign words into its own language. English is one of the most mixed and rapidly changing languages in the world, but there has not been a barrier to acquiring prestige and power. Another reason for the failure of many native English speakers to understand the role of state regulation is that it has never been the Anglo-Saxon way of doing things. English has never had a state-controlled authority for the language, similar, for example, to the Academic Francaise in France.\nThe need to protect national languages is, for most western Europeans, a recent phenomenon--especially the need to ensure that English does not unnecessarily take over too many fields. Public communication, education and new modes of communication promoted by technology, may be key fields to defend.\n\n<question>:\nWhy do many English-speaking countries not support the language protection efforts described in the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA They think language protection laws are ineffective.\nB They want their language to spread to other countries.\nC They have a long history of taking words from other languages.\nD It reduces a language's ability to acquire international importance.\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 main challenges facing many countries is how to maintain their identity in the face of globalization and the growing multi-language trend. \"One of the main reasons for economic failure in many African countries is the fact that, with a few important exceptions, mother-tongue education is not practiced in any of the independent African states.\" said Neville Alexander, Director of the Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa at the University of Cape Town.\nIn response to the spread of English and the increased multi-language trends arising from immigration, many countries have introduced language laws in the laws in the last decade. In some, the use of languages other than the national language is banned in public spaces such as advertising posters. One of the first such legal provisions was the 1994 \"Toubon law\" in France, but the idea has been copied in many countries since then. Such efforts to govern language use are often dismissed as _ by language experts, who are well aware of the difficulty in controlling fashions in speech and know from research that language switching among bilinguals is a natural process.\nIt is especially difficult for native speakers of English to understand the desire to maintain the \"purity\" of a language by law. Since the time of Shakespeare, English has continually absorbed foreign words into its own language. English is one of the most mixed and rapidly changing languages in the world, but there has not been a barrier to acquiring prestige and power. Another reason for the failure of many native English speakers to understand the role of state regulation is that it has never been the Anglo-Saxon way of doing things. English has never had a state-controlled authority for the language, similar, for example, to the Academic Francaise in France.\nThe need to protect national languages is, for most western Europeans, a recent phenomenon--especially the need to ensure that English does not unnecessarily take over too many fields. Public communication, education and new modes of communication promoted by technology, may be key fields to defend.\n\n<question>:\nThe main idea of the passage is _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Fighting against the rule of English\nB Globalization and multi-language trends\nC Protecting local languages and identities\nD To maintain the purity of language by law\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 all my classmates seen to be crazy about a one-way ticket to Mars , I'd rather say Mars is totally unsuitable for human existence. People won't have enough food supplies there, and the terrible environment would make it impossible for them to live a long life. Besides, the journey won't be safe. Can anybody explain to me just why people would go to Mars, never to return?\nSteve Minear, UK\nHere are the things you can think of: the desire to explore a foreign and unique environment, the excitement of being the first humans to open up a new world, the expectation of fame and glory...For scientists there is another reason. Their observations and research will probably lead to great scientific achievements.\nDonal Trollop, Canada\nThere are already too many people on the Earth. I think that sometime before the end of the century, there will be a human colony on Mars. It will happen when people finally realize that tow-way trips to the red planet Mars are unnecessary. Most of the danger of space Flight is in the launches and landings. Cutting the trip home would therefore reduce the danger of accidents, save a lot of money, and open the way to building an everlasting human settlement on another world.\nEnough supplies can be sent on ahead. And every two years more supplies and more people will needs, and Mars is far more pleasant than the other planets in the outer space.\nPaul Davies. USA\n\n<question>:\nThe main purpose of Steve Minear's writing is _ .\n\n<options>:\nA to report his classmates' discussion\nB to invite an answer to his question\nC to explain the natural state of Mars\nD to show his agreement on going to Mars\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 all my classmates seen to be crazy about a one-way ticket to Mars , I'd rather say Mars is totally unsuitable for human existence. People won't have enough food supplies there, and the terrible environment would make it impossible for them to live a long life. Besides, the journey won't be safe. Can anybody explain to me just why people would go to Mars, never to return?\nSteve Minear, UK\nHere are the things you can think of: the desire to explore a foreign and unique environment, the excitement of being the first humans to open up a new world, the expectation of fame and glory...For scientists there is another reason. Their observations and research will probably lead to great scientific achievements.\nDonal Trollop, Canada\nThere are already too many people on the Earth. I think that sometime before the end of the century, there will be a human colony on Mars. It will happen when people finally realize that tow-way trips to the red planet Mars are unnecessary. Most of the danger of space Flight is in the launches and landings. Cutting the trip home would therefore reduce the danger of accidents, save a lot of money, and open the way to building an everlasting human settlement on another world.\nEnough supplies can be sent on ahead. And every two years more supplies and more people will needs, and Mars is far more pleasant than the other planets in the outer space.\nPaul Davies. USA\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following best states Donal Trollop's idea?\n\n<options>:\nA There is a plan to send humans to Mars.\nB There are many reasons for going to Mars.\nC Scientists become famous by doing research on Mars.\nD It is possible to build an Earth-like environment on Mars.\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 all my classmates seen to be crazy about a one-way ticket to Mars , I'd rather say Mars is totally unsuitable for human existence. People won't have enough food supplies there, and the terrible environment would make it impossible for them to live a long life. Besides, the journey won't be safe. Can anybody explain to me just why people would go to Mars, never to return?\nSteve Minear, UK\nHere are the things you can think of: the desire to explore a foreign and unique environment, the excitement of being the first humans to open up a new world, the expectation of fame and glory...For scientists there is another reason. Their observations and research will probably lead to great scientific achievements.\nDonal Trollop, Canada\nThere are already too many people on the Earth. I think that sometime before the end of the century, there will be a human colony on Mars. It will happen when people finally realize that tow-way trips to the red planet Mars are unnecessary. Most of the danger of space Flight is in the launches and landings. Cutting the trip home would therefore reduce the danger of accidents, save a lot of money, and open the way to building an everlasting human settlement on another world.\nEnough supplies can be sent on ahead. And every two years more supplies and more people will needs, and Mars is far more pleasant than the other planets in the outer space.\nPaul Davies. USA\n\n<question>:\nPaul Davies points out that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA humans need only a one-way ticket to Mars.\nB two-way trips to Mars will be made safe soon\nC it is easy to reduce the danger and cost of flights to Mars\nD it is cheap to build an everlasting human settlement on Mars\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 all my classmates seen to be crazy about a one-way ticket to Mars , I'd rather say Mars is totally unsuitable for human existence. People won't have enough food supplies there, and the terrible environment would make it impossible for them to live a long life. Besides, the journey won't be safe. Can anybody explain to me just why people would go to Mars, never to return?\nSteve Minear, UK\nHere are the things you can think of: the desire to explore a foreign and unique environment, the excitement of being the first humans to open up a new world, the expectation of fame and glory...For scientists there is another reason. Their observations and research will probably lead to great scientific achievements.\nDonal Trollop, Canada\nThere are already too many people on the Earth. I think that sometime before the end of the century, there will be a human colony on Mars. It will happen when people finally realize that tow-way trips to the red planet Mars are unnecessary. Most of the danger of space Flight is in the launches and landings. Cutting the trip home would therefore reduce the danger of accidents, save a lot of money, and open the way to building an everlasting human settlement on another world.\nEnough supplies can be sent on ahead. And every two years more supplies and more people will needs, and Mars is far more pleasant than the other planets in the outer space.\nPaul Davies. USA\n\n<question>:\nWhat does Paul Davies think of human existence on Mars?\n\n<options>:\nA Humans will have to bring all they need from the Earth.\nB Humans will find Mars totally unsuitable for living.\nC Humans can produce everything they need.\nD Humans can live longer in the colony on Mars\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 be able to motivate oneself, or self-motivate, occurs when a person has the willingness to do something and is internally motivated to do it.\nSometimes it's very difficult to get ourselves moving.The natural tendency is to postpone.Life just seems to get in the way! There is a job to go to, groceries to do, television to watch--whoops! I guess we get pretty good at finding excuses to escape getting started on goals like an exercise routine or reading a new book.The fact is that we are creatures of routine and habit.So what can we do to motivate ourselves to accomplish our goals?\nHere are some tips on how to get moving:\nDecide what you want.It's hard to motivate an aimless mind.Set a goal and decide how you are going to go about it.Then break it down into smaller sections so it's easier to handle and less overwhelming. \nKeep track of your progress.Keep a log or journal where you can measure how much you have accomplished.Looking at it can also motivate you to keep pushing ahead.\nPost motivating pictures or slogans within your sight.It is always inspiring to see pictures of people who have accomplished what you're going for.It makes it attainable and realistic.Likewise, little slogans like \"go for it\" or \"just do it\" can give you the little support you need.\n _ .If you remind yourself to go for the desired promotion, it will re-establish why you are doing what you're doing.\nMake it a habit.Once you have accomplished your objective, e.g.becoming an early riser, keep it up so that it's second nature to you and you don't have to think about it anymore.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the author, some people fail to achieve their goals because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA they don't have enough desire\nB their life is filled with routine work\nC they benefit from the force of habit\nD they naturally put off forming new habits\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 be able to motivate oneself, or self-motivate, occurs when a person has the willingness to do something and is internally motivated to do it.\nSometimes it's very difficult to get ourselves moving.The natural tendency is to postpone.Life just seems to get in the way! There is a job to go to, groceries to do, television to watch--whoops! I guess we get pretty good at finding excuses to escape getting started on goals like an exercise routine or reading a new book.The fact is that we are creatures of routine and habit.So what can we do to motivate ourselves to accomplish our goals?\nHere are some tips on how to get moving:\nDecide what you want.It's hard to motivate an aimless mind.Set a goal and decide how you are going to go about it.Then break it down into smaller sections so it's easier to handle and less overwhelming. \nKeep track of your progress.Keep a log or journal where you can measure how much you have accomplished.Looking at it can also motivate you to keep pushing ahead.\nPost motivating pictures or slogans within your sight.It is always inspiring to see pictures of people who have accomplished what you're going for.It makes it attainable and realistic.Likewise, little slogans like \"go for it\" or \"just do it\" can give you the little support you need.\n _ .If you remind yourself to go for the desired promotion, it will re-establish why you are doing what you're doing.\nMake it a habit.Once you have accomplished your objective, e.g.becoming an early riser, keep it up so that it's second nature to you and you don't have to think about it anymore.\n\n<question>:\nTo get moving on your goal, you can do the following EXCEPT _ .\n\n<options>:\nA keep a diary to clearly judge your distance to your goal\nB make self-improvement your second nature\nC forget your aim and revitalize yourself with slogans\nD support yourself by hanging inspiring pictures in your house\n\n<answer>:\n",
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