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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>:\nFrom hitting the mall with your girl friends on a Saturday afternoon, to holiday spending on gifts that go under the tree, shopping could be called one of America's favorite pastimes. For most people, it means some new clothes for work or a small trinket for a friend. For others, however, shopping is much more than an enjoyable pastime, and in some cases, it is a real and destructive addiction that can turn into a financial disaster. Compulsive shopping and spending are defined as inappropriate, excessive, and out of control. Like other addictions, it basically has something to do with impulsiveness and lack of control over one's impulses. In America, shopping is embedded in our culture; so often, the impulsiveness comes out as excessive shopping. Sometimes this is referred to as \"shopholism\". Shopping addiction can damage a person's life, family, and finances. \"No one knows what causes addictive behaviors, like shopping, alcoholism, drug abuse, and gambling\", says a professor of applied health science. Some of the new evidence suggests that some people, maybe 10%-15%, may have a genetic predisposition to an addictive behavior, coupled with an environment in which the particular behavior is triggered, but no one really knows why.\" Individuals will get some kind of high from an addictive behavior like shopping.\nWhat are the telltale signs that shopping has crossed the line and become and addiction? What should a concerned family member or friend look out for when they think shopping has become a problem? The behaviors can signal a serious problem:\n*Shopping or spending money as a result of feeling angry, depressed, anxious, or lonely\n*Having arguments with others about one's shopping habits\n*Feeling lost without credit cards -- actually going into withdrawal without them\n*Buying items on credit, rather than with cash\n*Describing a rush or a feeling of euphoria with spending\n*Feeling guilty, ashamed, or embarrassed after a spending spree \n*Thinking obsessively about money\n*Spending a lot time juggling accounts or bills to accommodate spending\n\"If someone identifies four or more of any of these behaviors, there may be a problem\", experts say. Treating a shopping addiction requires a multifaceted approach. There are no standard treatments for shopping addiction. Medications have been used, but with mixed results. Therapists also focus on cognitive-behavioral treatment programs. There is no quick and easy answer that will immediately cure a shopping addiction, and while treatment is a necessary part of solving the problem, so is behavior change on the part of the addict.\nSome basic changes in behavior that will have a big impact on breaking a shopping addiction are recommended:\n*Admit that you are a compulsive spender, which is half the battle.\n*Get rid of checkbooks and credit cards, which fuel the problem.\n*Don't shop by yourself because most compulsive shoppers shop alone and if you are with someone you are much less likely to append more.\n*Find other meaningful ways to spend time.\nAnd keep in mind that while behavior change is clearly important to recovery, so is reaching out for professional help.(509)\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following statement is not true? _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Medication will not help to cure a shopping addiction\nB No one really knows why people get addicted to doing something which is no good to them\nC By the word shopholism, we refers to the impulsive and excessive shopping behavior\nD Shopping addiction can turn into a real disaster in one's life\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nFrom hitting the mall with your girl friends on a Saturday afternoon, to holiday spending on gifts that go under the tree, shopping could be called one of America's favorite pastimes. For most people, it means some new clothes for work or a small trinket for a friend. For others, however, shopping is much more than an enjoyable pastime, and in some cases, it is a real and destructive addiction that can turn into a financial disaster. Compulsive shopping and spending are defined as inappropriate, excessive, and out of control. Like other addictions, it basically has something to do with impulsiveness and lack of control over one's impulses. In America, shopping is embedded in our culture; so often, the impulsiveness comes out as excessive shopping. Sometimes this is referred to as \"shopholism\". Shopping addiction can damage a person's life, family, and finances. \"No one knows what causes addictive behaviors, like shopping, alcoholism, drug abuse, and gambling\", says a professor of applied health science. Some of the new evidence suggests that some people, maybe 10%-15%, may have a genetic predisposition to an addictive behavior, coupled with an environment in which the particular behavior is triggered, but no one really knows why.\" Individuals will get some kind of high from an addictive behavior like shopping.\nWhat are the telltale signs that shopping has crossed the line and become and addiction? What should a concerned family member or friend look out for when they think shopping has become a problem? The behaviors can signal a serious problem:\n*Shopping or spending money as a result of feeling angry, depressed, anxious, or lonely\n*Having arguments with others about one's shopping habits\n*Feeling lost without credit cards -- actually going into withdrawal without them\n*Buying items on credit, rather than with cash\n*Describing a rush or a feeling of euphoria with spending\n*Feeling guilty, ashamed, or embarrassed after a spending spree \n*Thinking obsessively about money\n*Spending a lot time juggling accounts or bills to accommodate spending\n\"If someone identifies four or more of any of these behaviors, there may be a problem\", experts say. Treating a shopping addiction requires a multifaceted approach. There are no standard treatments for shopping addiction. Medications have been used, but with mixed results. Therapists also focus on cognitive-behavioral treatment programs. There is no quick and easy answer that will immediately cure a shopping addiction, and while treatment is a necessary part of solving the problem, so is behavior change on the part of the addict.\nSome basic changes in behavior that will have a big impact on breaking a shopping addiction are recommended:\n*Admit that you are a compulsive spender, which is half the battle.\n*Get rid of checkbooks and credit cards, which fuel the problem.\n*Don't shop by yourself because most compulsive shoppers shop alone and if you are with someone you are much less likely to append more.\n*Find other meaningful ways to spend time.\nAnd keep in mind that while behavior change is clearly important to recovery, so is reaching out for professional help.(509)\n\n<question>:\nThe most important way to get rid of the addiction is _ .\n\n<options>:\nA use credit card instead of checkbooks\nB change one's behavior as well as seek professional advice\nC find somebody else to shopfor you\nD go to a doctor for a standard treatment\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nI have a friend named Monty Roberts. He has let me use his horse ranch to put on events to raise money for Youth-at-Risk Programs. \nLast time I was there he introduced me by saying, \"I want to tell you why I let you use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of a horse trainer. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be when he grew up.\"\n\"That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of owning a horse ranch someday. He put all his heart into the project and wrote about his dream in great detail. He even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of the buildings, stables and the track, and even a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house on it.\"\n\"The next day, he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later, he received a large red 'F' on his paper with a note, 'See me after class.' The boy went to see the teacher and asked why. The teacher told him there was no way for a young boy like him to do that because owning a horse ranch required much money and resources, and then added 'If you'll rewrite his paper with another goal, I will reconsider your grade.'\"\n\"The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father what to do. His father said, 'Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it's a very important decision for you.'\"\n\"Finally, a week later, the boy turned in the same paper without any change and stated, 'You can keep the F, and I will never .'\"\n\"I tell you this story because you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper over the fireplace.\"\n\"Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.\"\n\n<question>:\nThe teacher gave the boy an \"F\" because the teacher thought _ .\n\n<options>:\nA he didn't do a good job in his studies\nB he came from a horse trainer's family\nC he described an unpractical goal in his paper\nD no young boys desired to possess a horse ranch\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nI have a friend named Monty Roberts. He has let me use his horse ranch to put on events to raise money for Youth-at-Risk Programs. \nLast time I was there he introduced me by saying, \"I want to tell you why I let you use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of a horse trainer. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be when he grew up.\"\n\"That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of owning a horse ranch someday. He put all his heart into the project and wrote about his dream in great detail. He even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of the buildings, stables and the track, and even a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house on it.\"\n\"The next day, he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later, he received a large red 'F' on his paper with a note, 'See me after class.' The boy went to see the teacher and asked why. The teacher told him there was no way for a young boy like him to do that because owning a horse ranch required much money and resources, and then added 'If you'll rewrite his paper with another goal, I will reconsider your grade.'\"\n\"The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father what to do. His father said, 'Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it's a very important decision for you.'\"\n\"Finally, a week later, the boy turned in the same paper without any change and stated, 'You can keep the F, and I will never .'\"\n\"I tell you this story because you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper over the fireplace.\"\n\"Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.\"\n\n<question>:\nWe can infer from the passage that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the boy was very interested in training horses\nB the boy attached great importance to his grade\nC the boy's father was not in favor of his decision\nD the boy succeeded in turning his dream into reality\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nI have a friend named Monty Roberts. He has let me use his horse ranch to put on events to raise money for Youth-at-Risk Programs. \nLast time I was there he introduced me by saying, \"I want to tell you why I let you use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of a horse trainer. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be when he grew up.\"\n\"That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of owning a horse ranch someday. He put all his heart into the project and wrote about his dream in great detail. He even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of the buildings, stables and the track, and even a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house on it.\"\n\"The next day, he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later, he received a large red 'F' on his paper with a note, 'See me after class.' The boy went to see the teacher and asked why. The teacher told him there was no way for a young boy like him to do that because owning a horse ranch required much money and resources, and then added 'If you'll rewrite his paper with another goal, I will reconsider your grade.'\"\n\"The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father what to do. His father said, 'Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it's a very important decision for you.'\"\n\"Finally, a week later, the boy turned in the same paper without any change and stated, 'You can keep the F, and I will never .'\"\n\"I tell you this story because you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper over the fireplace.\"\n\"Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.\"\n\n<question>:\nMonty Roberts told the story mainly to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA show people how to own a horse ranch\nB tell people how to describe their goals\nC encourage people to stick to their dreams\nD help the writer raise money for the program\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nJohn Nash, a Nobel Prize winner and a mathematical genius whose struggle with mental illness was documented in the Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind, was killed in a car accident on May 24th, 2015.\nBorn in West Virginia, Nash displayed a keenness for mathematics early in life,independently proving Femret's little theorem before graduating from high school. By the time he turned 30 in 1958,he was an unquestionable academic celebrity. At Princeton, Nash published a 27-page thesis that led to applications to economics, international politics, and evolutionary biology.\nHis signature solution-known as a \"Nash Equilibrium \"-found that competition among two opponents,not necessarily governed by zero-sum logic. Two opponents can, for instance,each achieve their maximum objectives through cooperating with the other, or gain nothing at all by refusing to cooperate. It is now regarded e, one of the most important social science ideas in the 20th century.\nIn the late 1950s, Nash began a slide into mental illness. By the time Nash was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994, he hadn't published a paper in 36 years. But like a child cured of a nightmare by the switch of a light, Nash recovered from his illness seemingly by choosing not to be sick anymore. He continued to work, travel,and speak at conferences for the rest of his life.\nIn 2001, the release of the film A Beautiful Mind,based an Sylvia Nasar's 1998 book of the same name, introduced Nash's unusual life story to an international audience.\n\n<question>:\nJohn Nash passed away because of _\n\n<options>:\nA a mental illness\nB overwork\nC a traffic accident\nD starvation\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nJohn Nash, a Nobel Prize winner and a mathematical genius whose struggle with mental illness was documented in the Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind, was killed in a car accident on May 24th, 2015.\nBorn in West Virginia, Nash displayed a keenness for mathematics early in life,independently proving Femret's little theorem before graduating from high school. By the time he turned 30 in 1958,he was an unquestionable academic celebrity. At Princeton, Nash published a 27-page thesis that led to applications to economics, international politics, and evolutionary biology.\nHis signature solution-known as a \"Nash Equilibrium \"-found that competition among two opponents,not necessarily governed by zero-sum logic. Two opponents can, for instance,each achieve their maximum objectives through cooperating with the other, or gain nothing at all by refusing to cooperate. It is now regarded e, one of the most important social science ideas in the 20th century.\nIn the late 1950s, Nash began a slide into mental illness. By the time Nash was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994, he hadn't published a paper in 36 years. But like a child cured of a nightmare by the switch of a light, Nash recovered from his illness seemingly by choosing not to be sick anymore. He continued to work, travel,and speak at conferences for the rest of his life.\nIn 2001, the release of the film A Beautiful Mind,based an Sylvia Nasar's 1998 book of the same name, introduced Nash's unusual life story to an international audience.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to\"Nash Equilibrium\", what will happen if two opponents refuse to cooperate?\n\n<options>:\nA They will get nothing at all.\nB They will get what they really want\nC 'They will lose the support from each other\nD They will achieve their maximum objectives.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nJohn Nash, a Nobel Prize winner and a mathematical genius whose struggle with mental illness was documented in the Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind, was killed in a car accident on May 24th, 2015.\nBorn in West Virginia, Nash displayed a keenness for mathematics early in life,independently proving Femret's little theorem before graduating from high school. By the time he turned 30 in 1958,he was an unquestionable academic celebrity. At Princeton, Nash published a 27-page thesis that led to applications to economics, international politics, and evolutionary biology.\nHis signature solution-known as a \"Nash Equilibrium \"-found that competition among two opponents,not necessarily governed by zero-sum logic. Two opponents can, for instance,each achieve their maximum objectives through cooperating with the other, or gain nothing at all by refusing to cooperate. It is now regarded e, one of the most important social science ideas in the 20th century.\nIn the late 1950s, Nash began a slide into mental illness. By the time Nash was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994, he hadn't published a paper in 36 years. But like a child cured of a nightmare by the switch of a light, Nash recovered from his illness seemingly by choosing not to be sick anymore. He continued to work, travel,and speak at conferences for the rest of his life.\nIn 2001, the release of the film A Beautiful Mind,based an Sylvia Nasar's 1998 book of the same name, introduced Nash's unusual life story to an international audience.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following can be the best title for the text?\n\n<options>:\nA John Nash's Sudden Death\nB John Nash's Extraordinary life\nC John Nash's Equilibrium\nD John Nash's Mental illness.\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>:\nEvery night, N-Dia Layne would set the alarm clock on her mother's cellphone for 4:45a.m. If the two of them were not on the subway platform at 103rdStreet and Broadway by 6:20 a. m., there was no way N-Dia would be on time for school.\nEven so, N-Dia was often late. By the end of October, she was just one lateness away from the six allowed a student for the entire term.\nMs. Layne and N-Dia, 9, live at the Regent Family Residence for the Homeless. They moved here last summer from their original family shelter in Brownsville, Brooklyin.\nOn a recent schoolday, N-Dia waited on the subway station at East 103rdStreet. N-Dia and her mother boarded the No. 1 train, and then changed to the No. 3 at 96thStreet.\nAfter 96thStreet, N-Dia napped on her mother's shoulder when Ms. Layne was listening to music. N-Dia often does her homework on the ride home. A few stops before Sutter Avenue, where N-Dia's school is, Ms. Layne woke her up. Then she hurried her daughter to school before the first bell.\n\"It's unfair, and it makes me feel upset,\" N-Dia said. \n\"I don't want her to grow up and have to go through what I went through,\" said Ms. Layne, who transferred to different schools many times. \"It affected my grade greatly.\"\nIn N-Dia's case, the efforts to keep her at her charter school, which received a C on its last city progress report, failed. It was agreed that N-Dia should attend school closer to the shelter. \" I cried during the meeting,\" Ms. Layne said. \"I really wanted to keep her in that school where she had some type of stability.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhy doesn't Ms. Layne want N-Dia to attend a school near their home?\n\n<options>:\nA There're too many students in the nearby schools.\nB N-Dia doesn't want to leave her present classmates\nC She feared N-Dia's grade would be affected\nD There is no good school near their home\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>:\nEvery night, N-Dia Layne would set the alarm clock on her mother's cellphone for 4:45a.m. If the two of them were not on the subway platform at 103rdStreet and Broadway by 6:20 a. m., there was no way N-Dia would be on time for school.\nEven so, N-Dia was often late. By the end of October, she was just one lateness away from the six allowed a student for the entire term.\nMs. Layne and N-Dia, 9, live at the Regent Family Residence for the Homeless. They moved here last summer from their original family shelter in Brownsville, Brooklyin.\nOn a recent schoolday, N-Dia waited on the subway station at East 103rdStreet. N-Dia and her mother boarded the No. 1 train, and then changed to the No. 3 at 96thStreet.\nAfter 96thStreet, N-Dia napped on her mother's shoulder when Ms. Layne was listening to music. N-Dia often does her homework on the ride home. A few stops before Sutter Avenue, where N-Dia's school is, Ms. Layne woke her up. Then she hurried her daughter to school before the first bell.\n\"It's unfair, and it makes me feel upset,\" N-Dia said. \n\"I don't want her to grow up and have to go through what I went through,\" said Ms. Layne, who transferred to different schools many times. \"It affected my grade greatly.\"\nIn N-Dia's case, the efforts to keep her at her charter school, which received a C on its last city progress report, failed. It was agreed that N-Dia should attend school closer to the shelter. \" I cried during the meeting,\" Ms. Layne said. \"I really wanted to keep her in that school where she had some type of stability.\"\n\n<question>:\nThe author mentioned one of N-Dia's journeys to school to prove _ .\n\n<options>:\nA N-Dia doesn't feel lonely on her way to school\nB N-Dia knows how to make good use of time\nC N-Dia is eager to receive education\nD N-Dia suffers a lot in going to school\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEvery night, N-Dia Layne would set the alarm clock on her mother's cellphone for 4:45a.m. If the two of them were not on the subway platform at 103rdStreet and Broadway by 6:20 a. m., there was no way N-Dia would be on time for school.\nEven so, N-Dia was often late. By the end of October, she was just one lateness away from the six allowed a student for the entire term.\nMs. Layne and N-Dia, 9, live at the Regent Family Residence for the Homeless. They moved here last summer from their original family shelter in Brownsville, Brooklyin.\nOn a recent schoolday, N-Dia waited on the subway station at East 103rdStreet. N-Dia and her mother boarded the No. 1 train, and then changed to the No. 3 at 96thStreet.\nAfter 96thStreet, N-Dia napped on her mother's shoulder when Ms. Layne was listening to music. N-Dia often does her homework on the ride home. A few stops before Sutter Avenue, where N-Dia's school is, Ms. Layne woke her up. Then she hurried her daughter to school before the first bell.\n\"It's unfair, and it makes me feel upset,\" N-Dia said. \n\"I don't want her to grow up and have to go through what I went through,\" said Ms. Layne, who transferred to different schools many times. \"It affected my grade greatly.\"\nIn N-Dia's case, the efforts to keep her at her charter school, which received a C on its last city progress report, failed. It was agreed that N-Dia should attend school closer to the shelter. \" I cried during the meeting,\" Ms. Layne said. \"I really wanted to keep her in that school where she had some type of stability.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhat made Ms. Layne cry?\n\n<options>:\nA N-Dia had to move to a school near her house\nB N-Dia had to move to a shelter near her school\nC N-Dia made no progress\nD N-Dia felt too tired.\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>:\nVisiting Joshua Tree National Park, California\nJoshua Tree National Park is nearly 800,000 acres large and surrounds parts of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts in South-central California. Although _ at first glance, the park is full of wildlife and provides a variety of entertainment activities from hiking to climbing. Within a 3-hour drive, Joshua Tree National Park takes at least a full day to visit.\nThings to do Hiking opportunities within the park include several choices, from 12 self-guided nature trails to all-day back-country hikes.\nJoshua Tree National Park has nine camping grounds, and back-country camping is also allowed.\nRock-climbing is a popular activity in the park, which has 10 mountains greater than 5,000 feet in height.\nWhen to visit\nJoshua Tree National Park is open 365 days a year, although the best time to visit is October through April, when temperature is milder. The peak season is when the wild flowers bloom, and summer months are the least crowded.\nWhat to bring\nIn addition to your camera and telescope, be sure to carry lots of water. Park and trail maps can be picked up at any of the three visitor centres.\nFees\nParking fees: You can buy a 7-day vehicle permit for $15, a single entry permit for $5, or Joshua Tree National Park annual pass for $60.\nCamping fees: They vary by camping ground.\n\n<question>:\nWhen is the best time to visit Joshua Tree National Park?\n\n<options>:\nA March\nB May\nC June\nD September\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>:\nVisiting Joshua Tree National Park, California\nJoshua Tree National Park is nearly 800,000 acres large and surrounds parts of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts in South-central California. Although _ at first glance, the park is full of wildlife and provides a variety of entertainment activities from hiking to climbing. Within a 3-hour drive, Joshua Tree National Park takes at least a full day to visit.\nThings to do Hiking opportunities within the park include several choices, from 12 self-guided nature trails to all-day back-country hikes.\nJoshua Tree National Park has nine camping grounds, and back-country camping is also allowed.\nRock-climbing is a popular activity in the park, which has 10 mountains greater than 5,000 feet in height.\nWhen to visit\nJoshua Tree National Park is open 365 days a year, although the best time to visit is October through April, when temperature is milder. The peak season is when the wild flowers bloom, and summer months are the least crowded.\nWhat to bring\nIn addition to your camera and telescope, be sure to carry lots of water. Park and trail maps can be picked up at any of the three visitor centres.\nFees\nParking fees: You can buy a 7-day vehicle permit for $15, a single entry permit for $5, or Joshua Tree National Park annual pass for $60.\nCamping fees: They vary by camping ground.\n\n<question>:\nIf one goes to Joshua Tree National Park by car and stay there for 9 days, how much at least he should pay for the parking fees?\n\n<options>:\nA $60\nB $15\nC $25\nD $30\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nWe have designed all our bank cards to make your life easier.\nHow to use your NatWest Servicecard .\nAs a Switch card, it lets you pay for all sorts of goods and services, wherever you see the Switch logo. The money comes straight out of your account, so you can spend as much as you like as long as you have enough money ( or an agreed overdraft to cover it. It is also a cheque guarantee for up to the amount shown on the card. And it gives you free access to your money from over 31,000 cash machines across the UK.\nHow to use your NatWest Cashcard\nYou can use your Cashcard as a Solo card to pay for goods and services wherever you see the Solo logo. It can also give you access to your account and your cash from over 31,000 cash machines nationwide. You can spend or withdraw what you have in your account, or as much as your agreed overdraft limit.\nUsing your cards abroad\nYou can also use your Servicecard and Cashcard when you're abroad. You can withdraw cash at cash machines and pay for goods and services wherever you see the Cirrus or Maestro logo displayed.\nWe take a commission charge of 2.25% of each cash withdrawal you make. . We also apply a foreign-exchange transaction fee of 2.65%.\nHow to use your Nat West Credit Card\nWith your credit card you can do the following:\n* Pay for goods and services and enjoy up to 56 days interest-free credit.\n* Pay in over 24 million shops worldwide that display the Mastercard or Visa logos.\n* Collect one AIR MILE for everyPS20 of spending that appears on your statement .\n(This does not include foreign currency or traveller's cheques bought,interest and other charges.)\n\n<question>:\nIf you carry the Servicecard or the Cashcard , _ .\n\n<options>:\nA you can use it to guarantee things as you wish\nB you can draw your money from cash machines conveniently\nC you can spend as much money as you like without a limit\nD you have to pay some extra money when you pay for services in the UK\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nWe have designed all our bank cards to make your life easier.\nHow to use your NatWest Servicecard .\nAs a Switch card, it lets you pay for all sorts of goods and services, wherever you see the Switch logo. The money comes straight out of your account, so you can spend as much as you like as long as you have enough money ( or an agreed overdraft to cover it. It is also a cheque guarantee for up to the amount shown on the card. And it gives you free access to your money from over 31,000 cash machines across the UK.\nHow to use your NatWest Cashcard\nYou can use your Cashcard as a Solo card to pay for goods and services wherever you see the Solo logo. It can also give you access to your account and your cash from over 31,000 cash machines nationwide. You can spend or withdraw what you have in your account, or as much as your agreed overdraft limit.\nUsing your cards abroad\nYou can also use your Servicecard and Cashcard when you're abroad. You can withdraw cash at cash machines and pay for goods and services wherever you see the Cirrus or Maestro logo displayed.\nWe take a commission charge of 2.25% of each cash withdrawal you make. . We also apply a foreign-exchange transaction fee of 2.65%.\nHow to use your Nat West Credit Card\nWith your credit card you can do the following:\n* Pay for goods and services and enjoy up to 56 days interest-free credit.\n* Pay in over 24 million shops worldwide that display the Mastercard or Visa logos.\n* Collect one AIR MILE for everyPS20 of spending that appears on your statement .\n(This does not include foreign currency or traveller's cheques bought,interest and other charges.)\n\n<question>:\nIf you withdrawPS200 from a cash machine abroad, you will be charged _ .\n\n<options>:\nA PS4.90\nB PS4.5\nC PS5.25\nD PS5.3\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nWe have designed all our bank cards to make your life easier.\nHow to use your NatWest Servicecard .\nAs a Switch card, it lets you pay for all sorts of goods and services, wherever you see the Switch logo. The money comes straight out of your account, so you can spend as much as you like as long as you have enough money ( or an agreed overdraft to cover it. It is also a cheque guarantee for up to the amount shown on the card. And it gives you free access to your money from over 31,000 cash machines across the UK.\nHow to use your NatWest Cashcard\nYou can use your Cashcard as a Solo card to pay for goods and services wherever you see the Solo logo. It can also give you access to your account and your cash from over 31,000 cash machines nationwide. You can spend or withdraw what you have in your account, or as much as your agreed overdraft limit.\nUsing your cards abroad\nYou can also use your Servicecard and Cashcard when you're abroad. You can withdraw cash at cash machines and pay for goods and services wherever you see the Cirrus or Maestro logo displayed.\nWe take a commission charge of 2.25% of each cash withdrawal you make. . We also apply a foreign-exchange transaction fee of 2.65%.\nHow to use your Nat West Credit Card\nWith your credit card you can do the following:\n* Pay for goods and services and enjoy up to 56 days interest-free credit.\n* Pay in over 24 million shops worldwide that display the Mastercard or Visa logos.\n* Collect one AIR MILE for everyPS20 of spending that appears on your statement .\n(This does not include foreign currency or traveller's cheques bought,interest and other charges.)\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is TRUE about using your NatWest Credit Card?\n\n<options>:\nA You have to pay back with interest within 56 days.\nB You will be charged some interest beyond 56 days.\nC You can use the card in any shop across the world.\nD You will gain one air mile if you spend PS20 on traveller's cheques.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nWe have designed all our bank cards to make your life easier.\nHow to use your NatWest Servicecard .\nAs a Switch card, it lets you pay for all sorts of goods and services, wherever you see the Switch logo. The money comes straight out of your account, so you can spend as much as you like as long as you have enough money ( or an agreed overdraft to cover it. It is also a cheque guarantee for up to the amount shown on the card. And it gives you free access to your money from over 31,000 cash machines across the UK.\nHow to use your NatWest Cashcard\nYou can use your Cashcard as a Solo card to pay for goods and services wherever you see the Solo logo. It can also give you access to your account and your cash from over 31,000 cash machines nationwide. You can spend or withdraw what you have in your account, or as much as your agreed overdraft limit.\nUsing your cards abroad\nYou can also use your Servicecard and Cashcard when you're abroad. You can withdraw cash at cash machines and pay for goods and services wherever you see the Cirrus or Maestro logo displayed.\nWe take a commission charge of 2.25% of each cash withdrawal you make. . We also apply a foreign-exchange transaction fee of 2.65%.\nHow to use your Nat West Credit Card\nWith your credit card you can do the following:\n* Pay for goods and services and enjoy up to 56 days interest-free credit.\n* Pay in over 24 million shops worldwide that display the Mastercard or Visa logos.\n* Collect one AIR MILE for everyPS20 of spending that appears on your statement .\n(This does not include foreign currency or traveller's cheques bought,interest and other charges.)\n\n<question>:\nThe purpose of the passage is to show you how to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA play your cards right\nB use your cards abroad\nC draw cash with your cards\nD pay for goods with your cards\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>:\nOn a wet Wednesday evening in Seoul, six government employees gathered at the office to prepare for a late-night patrol . The mission is to find children who are studying after 10 p. m. and stop them.\nIn South Korea, it has come to this. To reduce the country's addiction to private, after-hours tutoring academies(called hagwons), the authorities have begun enforcing a curfew --even rewarding citizens for turning in violators.\nBut cramming is deeply anchored in Asia, where top grades have long been prized as essential for professional success. Before toothbrushes or printing presses, there were civil service exams that could make or break you. Chinese families have been hiring test preparation tutors since the 7th century. Nowadays South Korea has taken this competition to new extremes. In 2010, 74% of all students engaged in some kind of private after-school instruction, sometimes called shadow education, at an average cost of KRW 2, 600 per student for a year. There are more private instructors in South Korea than school teachers, and the most popular of them make millions of dollars a year from online and in-person classes. When Singapore's Education Minister was asked last year about his nation's reliance on private tutoring, he found one reason for hope, \"We are not as bad as the Koreas. \"\nIn Seoul, legions of students who failed to get into top universities spend the entire year after high school attending hagwons to improve their scores on university admission tests. And they must compete even to do this. At the prestigious Daesung Institute, admission is based on students' test scores. Only 14% of applicants are accepted. After a year of 14-hour days, about 70% gain entry to one of the nation's top three universities.\nSouth Koreans are not alone in their discontent. Across Asia, reformers are pushing to make schools more \"American\"--even as some U. S. reformers make their own schools more \"Asian\". In China, universities have begun fashioning new entry tests to target students with talents beyond book learning. And Taiwanese officials recently announced that kids will no longer have to take high-stress exams to get into high school. In South Korea, the apogee of extreme education, gets its reforms right, it could be a model for other societies.\nThe problem is not that South Korea kids aren't learning enough or working hard enough, but that they aren't working smart. When I visited some schools, I saw classrooms in which a third of the students slept while the teacher continued lecturing, seemingly undisturbed.\nThe government has repeatedly tried to humanize the education system, but after each attempt, the hagwons come back stronger. But this time, its reforms are targeting not just the dysfunctional symptom but also the causes. It is working to improve normal public schools by putting teachers and principals through rigorous evaluations--which include opinion surveys by students, parents and peer teachers--and requiring additional training for low-scoring teachers. At the same time, the government hopes to reduce the pressure on students. Admissions tests for high schools have been abolished. Middle schoolers are now judged on the basis of their regular grades and an interview. And 500 admissions officers have been appointed to the country's universities, to judge applicants not only on their test scores and grades but also other abilities.\n\n<question>:\nThe six government employees were asked to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA arrest the students who work late at night\nB reward citizens who turn in violators\nC conduct a survey among students\nD prevent students from studying too late\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>:\nFirst it was jogging. Then aerobics . Not too long ago, Americans discovered race walking.\n Now Americans are into a newfitnesscraze. They'retaking up bicycling. Over hills and down mountainsides and across quiet country roads, Americans are busily rolling along.\n The number of adults who ride for fitness is around 17 million, an increase of 70 percent over four years ago. Twice as many women as men are coming to the sport. Americans arefalling in love withbiking because it has speed, the benefitsofjoggingand beautiful scenery.\n Bicycling is a very appropriate sport, which is important to people who injured their knees while jogging or whosejointsareachingfrom aerobics. And biking is a real awakening for people who have been into race walking in the past. Race walking isas dull as watching paint dry.\n The most popular kind of bicycle for people who are new to the sport is the mountain bike, which has afixed framewith wide tires andupright handles. Mountain bikes also have manygears to make it easier to climb hills. About 5 million Americans ride mountain bikes, compared with 200,000 who rode them only five years ago.\n Costsrangefrom about $130 for abottom-of-the-linebicycle to more than $2,700 for an expensive bicycle.\n Mountain biking has attracted somepeoplewho race down the sides of mountainslike a bat out of hell. But most riders ride slowly and theyrarelyventurefar from home.\n The biking craze has brought an unexpected profit to clothing and bicycle accessory makers. Last year, bikers paid $ 630 million for biking clothes and accessories.\n Bicycling seems likely to continue its fantastic growth.\n\n<question>:\nRace walking is about as dull as watching paint dry because _\n\n<options>:\nA race walking is a slow-moving sport\nB the number of adults who ride for fitness has grown 70 percent in four years.\nC it has speed, the benefits of jogging and beautiful scenery.\nD Americans are taking up bicycling.\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>:\nFirst it was jogging. Then aerobics . Not too long ago, Americans discovered race walking.\n Now Americans are into a newfitnesscraze. They'retaking up bicycling. Over hills and down mountainsides and across quiet country roads, Americans are busily rolling along.\n The number of adults who ride for fitness is around 17 million, an increase of 70 percent over four years ago. Twice as many women as men are coming to the sport. Americans arefalling in love withbiking because it has speed, the benefitsofjoggingand beautiful scenery.\n Bicycling is a very appropriate sport, which is important to people who injured their knees while jogging or whosejointsareachingfrom aerobics. And biking is a real awakening for people who have been into race walking in the past. Race walking isas dull as watching paint dry.\n The most popular kind of bicycle for people who are new to the sport is the mountain bike, which has afixed framewith wide tires andupright handles. Mountain bikes also have manygears to make it easier to climb hills. About 5 million Americans ride mountain bikes, compared with 200,000 who rode them only five years ago.\n Costsrangefrom about $130 for abottom-of-the-linebicycle to more than $2,700 for an expensive bicycle.\n Mountain biking has attracted somepeoplewho race down the sides of mountainslike a bat out of hell. But most riders ride slowly and theyrarelyventurefar from home.\n The biking craze has brought an unexpected profit to clothing and bicycle accessory makers. Last year, bikers paid $ 630 million for biking clothes and accessories.\n Bicycling seems likely to continue its fantastic growth.\n\n<question>:\nThe bicycling craze has been a profit for _ .\n\n<options>:\nA people who want to ride like a bat out of hell\nB bicycle accessory makers\nC race walkers\nD twice as many women as men\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>:\nFirst it was jogging. Then aerobics . Not too long ago, Americans discovered race walking.\n Now Americans are into a newfitnesscraze. They'retaking up bicycling. Over hills and down mountainsides and across quiet country roads, Americans are busily rolling along.\n The number of adults who ride for fitness is around 17 million, an increase of 70 percent over four years ago. Twice as many women as men are coming to the sport. Americans arefalling in love withbiking because it has speed, the benefitsofjoggingand beautiful scenery.\n Bicycling is a very appropriate sport, which is important to people who injured their knees while jogging or whosejointsareachingfrom aerobics. And biking is a real awakening for people who have been into race walking in the past. Race walking isas dull as watching paint dry.\n The most popular kind of bicycle for people who are new to the sport is the mountain bike, which has afixed framewith wide tires andupright handles. Mountain bikes also have manygears to make it easier to climb hills. About 5 million Americans ride mountain bikes, compared with 200,000 who rode them only five years ago.\n Costsrangefrom about $130 for abottom-of-the-linebicycle to more than $2,700 for an expensive bicycle.\n Mountain biking has attracted somepeoplewho race down the sides of mountainslike a bat out of hell. But most riders ride slowly and theyrarelyventurefar from home.\n The biking craze has brought an unexpected profit to clothing and bicycle accessory makers. Last year, bikers paid $ 630 million for biking clothes and accessories.\n Bicycling seems likely to continue its fantastic growth.\n\n<question>:\nThe main idea of the article is _\n\n<options>:\nA riding a bicycle is one of the most dangerous sports in prefix = st1 /America.\nB Americans are rolling along.\nC bicycling is the latest fitness craze to hit America.\nD most people in Americawant to own a hand-made bicycle that can cost more than $ 2,700.\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>:\nCarrying a passenger on a bicycle is an offence punishable by law. Everyone knows that but still some of us do it.\nI had done it many times before until something happened to teach me never to do it again. It was not the police. Rather it was an unforgettable, and unpleasant, experience.\nIt happened one evening when my friend Segaran and I wanted to go and visit another friend who lived some distance away. I had a bicycle. Segaran did not. So, as usual, he sat side-saddle on the horizontal bar of the bicycle while I pedalled. We had done it many times before, so it should not be any problem.\nNear my friend's house, we got onto a gravel path made slippery by the recent rain. Still we managed to move along, thoroughly enjoying the rough ride.\nAs we passed by a stream, I made the mistake of going too near the bank. The rain had softened the soil and it could not hold our combined weight. One moment we were going along merrily, the next we were tumbling head over heels into the stream.\nSplash! Splash! Splash! We plunged into the river bicycle first, followed by Segaran, then me. Normally the stream is only a few centimetres deep with clear water. When we fell in, it was a metre deep with smelly black water. The water prevented us from getting badly injured but we also had to pay the price of swallowing some of it. It tasted horrible. Segaran got the worst of it for being sandwiched between the bicycle and me. Our pride was far more hurt.\nWe walked all the way home. I had to push the bicycle because its front wheel was bent out of shape. From that moment I promised never to carry anyone on a bicycle again.\n\n<question>:\n_ taught the author never to carry a passenger on a bicycle again.\n\n<options>:\nA The police\nB The experience\nC Segaran\nD The visited friend\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>:\nCarrying a passenger on a bicycle is an offence punishable by law. Everyone knows that but still some of us do it.\nI had done it many times before until something happened to teach me never to do it again. It was not the police. Rather it was an unforgettable, and unpleasant, experience.\nIt happened one evening when my friend Segaran and I wanted to go and visit another friend who lived some distance away. I had a bicycle. Segaran did not. So, as usual, he sat side-saddle on the horizontal bar of the bicycle while I pedalled. We had done it many times before, so it should not be any problem.\nNear my friend's house, we got onto a gravel path made slippery by the recent rain. Still we managed to move along, thoroughly enjoying the rough ride.\nAs we passed by a stream, I made the mistake of going too near the bank. The rain had softened the soil and it could not hold our combined weight. One moment we were going along merrily, the next we were tumbling head over heels into the stream.\nSplash! Splash! Splash! We plunged into the river bicycle first, followed by Segaran, then me. Normally the stream is only a few centimetres deep with clear water. When we fell in, it was a metre deep with smelly black water. The water prevented us from getting badly injured but we also had to pay the price of swallowing some of it. It tasted horrible. Segaran got the worst of it for being sandwiched between the bicycle and me. Our pride was far more hurt.\nWe walked all the way home. I had to push the bicycle because its front wheel was bent out of shape. From that moment I promised never to carry anyone on a bicycle again.\n\n<question>:\nThe author felt hurt mainly because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA he swallowed some dirty water\nB he got badly injured in the water\nC he made Segaran sandwiched and hurt\nD he failed in a thing he had thought was easy\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 month went by in this manner , but a month was all I could bear .\nThe memory of Marguerite accompanied me wherever I went . I had loved that woman --- still loved her --- too much for her suddenly to mean nothing to me . Whatever feelings I might have for her now , I had to see her again . At once .\n...\nI knew Marguerite . Meeting me so unexpectedly must have thrown her into a state of great confusion . Probably , she had heard of my departure which had set her mind at rest as to the consequences of our sudden parting . But , seeing me back and coming face to face with me , pale as I was , she had sensed that my return had a purpose , and must have wondered what was going to happen .\nIf , when I saw her again , Marguerite had been unhappy ; if , in taking my revenge , there had also been some way of helping her , then I might well have forgiven her , and would certainly never have dreamed of doing her any harm . But when I saw her again , she was happy , at least on the surface . Another man had ensured her the luxury in which I had been unable to keep her . She brought shame both to my pride and my love ; she was going to have to pay for what I had suffered .\nI could not remain indifferent to what she did now . It followed that the thing that would hurt her most would be exactly for me to show indifference . Indifference , therefore , was the feeling which I now needed to pretend , not only in her presence but in the eyes of others .\nI tried to put a smile on my face , and I went to call on Prudence with whom Marguerite was staying .\nPrudence saw me to the door , and I returned to my apartment with tears of anger in my eyes and thirst for revenge in my heart and thought only of finding a way to make the poor creature suffer .\n\n<question>:\nThis passage is most probably _ of a love story .\n\n<options>:\nA the beginning\nB the introduction\nC a summary\nD a chapter\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 month went by in this manner , but a month was all I could bear .\nThe memory of Marguerite accompanied me wherever I went . I had loved that woman --- still loved her --- too much for her suddenly to mean nothing to me . Whatever feelings I might have for her now , I had to see her again . At once .\n...\nI knew Marguerite . Meeting me so unexpectedly must have thrown her into a state of great confusion . Probably , she had heard of my departure which had set her mind at rest as to the consequences of our sudden parting . But , seeing me back and coming face to face with me , pale as I was , she had sensed that my return had a purpose , and must have wondered what was going to happen .\nIf , when I saw her again , Marguerite had been unhappy ; if , in taking my revenge , there had also been some way of helping her , then I might well have forgiven her , and would certainly never have dreamed of doing her any harm . But when I saw her again , she was happy , at least on the surface . Another man had ensured her the luxury in which I had been unable to keep her . She brought shame both to my pride and my love ; she was going to have to pay for what I had suffered .\nI could not remain indifferent to what she did now . It followed that the thing that would hurt her most would be exactly for me to show indifference . Indifference , therefore , was the feeling which I now needed to pretend , not only in her presence but in the eyes of others .\nI tried to put a smile on my face , and I went to call on Prudence with whom Marguerite was staying .\nPrudence saw me to the door , and I returned to my apartment with tears of anger in my eyes and thirst for revenge in my heart and thought only of finding a way to make the poor creature suffer .\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage , the hero wanted to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA forgive Marguerite because he found her unhappy\nB stop the relationship with Marguerite because he couldn't keep her in the luxury\nC make up the relationship with Marguerite because he still loved her\nD give Marguerite sufferings because his pride and his love were hurt\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 month went by in this manner , but a month was all I could bear .\nThe memory of Marguerite accompanied me wherever I went . I had loved that woman --- still loved her --- too much for her suddenly to mean nothing to me . Whatever feelings I might have for her now , I had to see her again . At once .\n...\nI knew Marguerite . Meeting me so unexpectedly must have thrown her into a state of great confusion . Probably , she had heard of my departure which had set her mind at rest as to the consequences of our sudden parting . But , seeing me back and coming face to face with me , pale as I was , she had sensed that my return had a purpose , and must have wondered what was going to happen .\nIf , when I saw her again , Marguerite had been unhappy ; if , in taking my revenge , there had also been some way of helping her , then I might well have forgiven her , and would certainly never have dreamed of doing her any harm . But when I saw her again , she was happy , at least on the surface . Another man had ensured her the luxury in which I had been unable to keep her . She brought shame both to my pride and my love ; she was going to have to pay for what I had suffered .\nI could not remain indifferent to what she did now . It followed that the thing that would hurt her most would be exactly for me to show indifference . Indifference , therefore , was the feeling which I now needed to pretend , not only in her presence but in the eyes of others .\nI tried to put a smile on my face , and I went to call on Prudence with whom Marguerite was staying .\nPrudence saw me to the door , and I returned to my apartment with tears of anger in my eyes and thirst for revenge in my heart and thought only of finding a way to make the poor creature suffer .\n\n<question>:\nWhat kind of feelings did the hero most probably have ?\n\n<options>:\nA Indifference and love .\nB Indifference and hate .\nC Love and hate .\nD Hate and sadness .\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 month went by in this manner , but a month was all I could bear .\nThe memory of Marguerite accompanied me wherever I went . I had loved that woman --- still loved her --- too much for her suddenly to mean nothing to me . Whatever feelings I might have for her now , I had to see her again . At once .\n...\nI knew Marguerite . Meeting me so unexpectedly must have thrown her into a state of great confusion . Probably , she had heard of my departure which had set her mind at rest as to the consequences of our sudden parting . But , seeing me back and coming face to face with me , pale as I was , she had sensed that my return had a purpose , and must have wondered what was going to happen .\nIf , when I saw her again , Marguerite had been unhappy ; if , in taking my revenge , there had also been some way of helping her , then I might well have forgiven her , and would certainly never have dreamed of doing her any harm . But when I saw her again , she was happy , at least on the surface . Another man had ensured her the luxury in which I had been unable to keep her . She brought shame both to my pride and my love ; she was going to have to pay for what I had suffered .\nI could not remain indifferent to what she did now . It followed that the thing that would hurt her most would be exactly for me to show indifference . Indifference , therefore , was the feeling which I now needed to pretend , not only in her presence but in the eyes of others .\nI tried to put a smile on my face , and I went to call on Prudence with whom Marguerite was staying .\nPrudence saw me to the door , and I returned to my apartment with tears of anger in my eyes and thirst for revenge in my heart and thought only of finding a way to make the poor creature suffer .\n\n<question>:\nWhat would the author most probably write about next ?\n\n<options>:\nA Why he changed his mind suddenly .\nB How he made up his relationship with Marguerite .\nC How he made Marguerite suffer.\nD Why he wanted Marguerite to pay for what he had suffered .\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nIn 1837, the historian Carlyle made the first recorded use of the word \" queue\" .He\nspoke of the French and their \"habit of standing in a queue\".Forty years later prefix = st1 /Pariswas the best\nplace to wait in line.\n However, queuing became popular in Britain too.The Second World War was the golden age\nof queuing, and people joined any line in the hope that it was a queue for something to buy.This\nwas the source of many Second World War jokes:\n Shopkeeper to customer: Excuse me, miss, are you pregnant ?\n Customer: Well, I wasn't when I joined the queue.\n Today, according to research inAmerica, we (inBritain) can spend up to 5 years of our lives\nqueuing - as compared to twelve months looking for things we have lost.But things may be changing.\n Many people no longer have the patience to stand in a queue.The law of the jungle has begun to operate at bus stops, with people using their arms to push others out of the way.\n One way to make life easier is to introduce \"queue management\".Customers at supermarket\ncheese counters can now take a ticket with a number which appears on a screen when it is their\nturn.And while they wait for their number, they can do a bit of shopping.\n In some booking offices there is also a system telling customers how long they may have to wait before they are served.\n One of the latest technical progress is the use of an electronic scanner which\ncan read all the contents of your shopping basket or trolley in just a few seconds.If these become\npopular, queuing in supermarkets may become a thing of the past.\n But some people just like queuing.One man queued all night for Harrods famous January sale, and then returned home for breakfast at nine o' clock the next morning without going into the shop.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage, which of the following is true?\n\n<options>:\nA The British spend more time queuing than looking for lost things.\nB The Americans criticized the British for their way of queuing.\nC The British are always patient when they wait in line.\nD People queue only when they want to buy 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>:\nIn 1837, the historian Carlyle made the first recorded use of the word \" queue\" .He\nspoke of the French and their \"habit of standing in a queue\".Forty years later prefix = st1 /Pariswas the best\nplace to wait in line.\n However, queuing became popular in Britain too.The Second World War was the golden age\nof queuing, and people joined any line in the hope that it was a queue for something to buy.This\nwas the source of many Second World War jokes:\n Shopkeeper to customer: Excuse me, miss, are you pregnant ?\n Customer: Well, I wasn't when I joined the queue.\n Today, according to research inAmerica, we (inBritain) can spend up to 5 years of our lives\nqueuing - as compared to twelve months looking for things we have lost.But things may be changing.\n Many people no longer have the patience to stand in a queue.The law of the jungle has begun to operate at bus stops, with people using their arms to push others out of the way.\n One way to make life easier is to introduce \"queue management\".Customers at supermarket\ncheese counters can now take a ticket with a number which appears on a screen when it is their\nturn.And while they wait for their number, they can do a bit of shopping.\n In some booking offices there is also a system telling customers how long they may have to wait before they are served.\n One of the latest technical progress is the use of an electronic scanner which\ncan read all the contents of your shopping basket or trolley in just a few seconds.If these become\npopular, queuing in supermarkets may become a thing of the past.\n But some people just like queuing.One man queued all night for Harrods famous January sale, and then returned home for breakfast at nine o' clock the next morning without going into the shop.\n\n<question>:\nThe British try to solve the problem of queuing by all the following EXCEPT _ .\n\n<options>:\nA making a law to prevent queuing\nB telling the customers the waiting time\nC using numbered tickets to put the customers in order\nD checking the price of the goods customers buy with a scanner\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nIn 1837, the historian Carlyle made the first recorded use of the word \" queue\" .He\nspoke of the French and their \"habit of standing in a queue\".Forty years later prefix = st1 /Pariswas the best\nplace to wait in line.\n However, queuing became popular in Britain too.The Second World War was the golden age\nof queuing, and people joined any line in the hope that it was a queue for something to buy.This\nwas the source of many Second World War jokes:\n Shopkeeper to customer: Excuse me, miss, are you pregnant ?\n Customer: Well, I wasn't when I joined the queue.\n Today, according to research inAmerica, we (inBritain) can spend up to 5 years of our lives\nqueuing - as compared to twelve months looking for things we have lost.But things may be changing.\n Many people no longer have the patience to stand in a queue.The law of the jungle has begun to operate at bus stops, with people using their arms to push others out of the way.\n One way to make life easier is to introduce \"queue management\".Customers at supermarket\ncheese counters can now take a ticket with a number which appears on a screen when it is their\nturn.And while they wait for their number, they can do a bit of shopping.\n In some booking offices there is also a system telling customers how long they may have to wait before they are served.\n One of the latest technical progress is the use of an electronic scanner which\ncan read all the contents of your shopping basket or trolley in just a few seconds.If these become\npopular, queuing in supermarkets may become a thing of the past.\n But some people just like queuing.One man queued all night for Harrods famous January sale, and then returned home for breakfast at nine o' clock the next morning without going into the shop.\n\n<question>:\nWe can infer from the passage that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA queue management doesn't work well\nB there is still queuing in England\nC we don't see much queuing in Paris\nD the French like queuing more than the British\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>:\nNight after night, she came to tuck me in , even long after my childhood years. Following her longstanding custom, she'd lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead.\nI don't remember when it first started annoying me -- her hands pushing my hair that way. But it did annoy me, for they felt work-worn and rough against my young skin. Finally, one night, I shouted at her: \"Don't do that anymore -- your hands are too rough!\" She didn't say anything in reply. But never again did my mother close out my day with that familiar expression of her love. Lying awake long afterward, my words rang in my mind. But pride overwhelmed my conscience, and I didn't tell her I was sorry.\nTime after time, with the passing years, my thoughts returned to that night. I missed my mother's hands, missed her goodnight kiss upon my forehead. Sometimes the incident seemed very close, sometimes far away. But always it appeared in the back of my mind.\nWell, the years have passed, and I'm not a little girl any more. Mom is in her mid-seventies, and those hands I once thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family. She's been our doctor, reaching for medicine to calm a young girl's stomach or ease the pain of a boy's injured knee. She cooks the best fried chicken in the world...gets stains out of blue jeans like I never could...and still insists on dishing out ice cream at any hour of the day or night.\nThrough the years, my mother's hands have put in countless hours of toil, and most of hers were before automatic washers!\nNow, my own children are grown and gone. Mom no longer has Dad, and on special occasions, I find myself drawn next door to spend the night with her. So it was that late on Thanksgiving Eve, as I drifted into sleep in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly stole across my face to brush the hair from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so gently, touched my brow.\nIn my memory, for the thousandth time, I recalled the night my surly young voice complained: \"Don't do that any more --your hands are too rough!\" Catching Mom's hand in hand, I blurted out how sorry I was for that night. I thought she'd remember, as I did. But Mom didn't know what I was talking about. She had forgotten --and forgiven --long ago.\nThat night, I fell asleep with a new appreciation for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the guilt I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.\n\n<question>:\nWhy was the author annoyed with her mother?\n\n<options>:\nA Her mother disturbed her rest by tucking her in.\nB She felt uncomfortable with her mother's non-smooth hands.\nC Her mother leant down and kissed her forehead.\nD She was not accustomed to her mother's action.\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>:\nNight after night, she came to tuck me in , even long after my childhood years. Following her longstanding custom, she'd lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead.\nI don't remember when it first started annoying me -- her hands pushing my hair that way. But it did annoy me, for they felt work-worn and rough against my young skin. Finally, one night, I shouted at her: \"Don't do that anymore -- your hands are too rough!\" She didn't say anything in reply. But never again did my mother close out my day with that familiar expression of her love. Lying awake long afterward, my words rang in my mind. But pride overwhelmed my conscience, and I didn't tell her I was sorry.\nTime after time, with the passing years, my thoughts returned to that night. I missed my mother's hands, missed her goodnight kiss upon my forehead. Sometimes the incident seemed very close, sometimes far away. But always it appeared in the back of my mind.\nWell, the years have passed, and I'm not a little girl any more. Mom is in her mid-seventies, and those hands I once thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family. She's been our doctor, reaching for medicine to calm a young girl's stomach or ease the pain of a boy's injured knee. She cooks the best fried chicken in the world...gets stains out of blue jeans like I never could...and still insists on dishing out ice cream at any hour of the day or night.\nThrough the years, my mother's hands have put in countless hours of toil, and most of hers were before automatic washers!\nNow, my own children are grown and gone. Mom no longer has Dad, and on special occasions, I find myself drawn next door to spend the night with her. So it was that late on Thanksgiving Eve, as I drifted into sleep in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly stole across my face to brush the hair from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so gently, touched my brow.\nIn my memory, for the thousandth time, I recalled the night my surly young voice complained: \"Don't do that any more --your hands are too rough!\" Catching Mom's hand in hand, I blurted out how sorry I was for that night. I thought she'd remember, as I did. But Mom didn't know what I was talking about. She had forgotten --and forgiven --long ago.\nThat night, I fell asleep with a new appreciation for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the guilt I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following best describes the author's mother?\n\n<options>:\nA devoted and hardworking\nB caring and intelligent\nC thoughtful but stubborn\nD optimistic but careless\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>:\nNight after night, she came to tuck me in , even long after my childhood years. Following her longstanding custom, she'd lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead.\nI don't remember when it first started annoying me -- her hands pushing my hair that way. But it did annoy me, for they felt work-worn and rough against my young skin. Finally, one night, I shouted at her: \"Don't do that anymore -- your hands are too rough!\" She didn't say anything in reply. But never again did my mother close out my day with that familiar expression of her love. Lying awake long afterward, my words rang in my mind. But pride overwhelmed my conscience, and I didn't tell her I was sorry.\nTime after time, with the passing years, my thoughts returned to that night. I missed my mother's hands, missed her goodnight kiss upon my forehead. Sometimes the incident seemed very close, sometimes far away. But always it appeared in the back of my mind.\nWell, the years have passed, and I'm not a little girl any more. Mom is in her mid-seventies, and those hands I once thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family. She's been our doctor, reaching for medicine to calm a young girl's stomach or ease the pain of a boy's injured knee. She cooks the best fried chicken in the world...gets stains out of blue jeans like I never could...and still insists on dishing out ice cream at any hour of the day or night.\nThrough the years, my mother's hands have put in countless hours of toil, and most of hers were before automatic washers!\nNow, my own children are grown and gone. Mom no longer has Dad, and on special occasions, I find myself drawn next door to spend the night with her. So it was that late on Thanksgiving Eve, as I drifted into sleep in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly stole across my face to brush the hair from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so gently, touched my brow.\nIn my memory, for the thousandth time, I recalled the night my surly young voice complained: \"Don't do that any more --your hands are too rough!\" Catching Mom's hand in hand, I blurted out how sorry I was for that night. I thought she'd remember, as I did. But Mom didn't know what I was talking about. She had forgotten --and forgiven --long ago.\nThat night, I fell asleep with a new appreciation for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the guilt I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.\n\n<question>:\nWe can learn from the passage that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA The author lived separately from her mother\nB The author's father has passed away\nC The author alone took care of her children\nD The author's mother never kissed her again since that night\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nNight after night, she came to tuck me in , even long after my childhood years. Following her longstanding custom, she'd lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead.\nI don't remember when it first started annoying me -- her hands pushing my hair that way. But it did annoy me, for they felt work-worn and rough against my young skin. Finally, one night, I shouted at her: \"Don't do that anymore -- your hands are too rough!\" She didn't say anything in reply. But never again did my mother close out my day with that familiar expression of her love. Lying awake long afterward, my words rang in my mind. But pride overwhelmed my conscience, and I didn't tell her I was sorry.\nTime after time, with the passing years, my thoughts returned to that night. I missed my mother's hands, missed her goodnight kiss upon my forehead. Sometimes the incident seemed very close, sometimes far away. But always it appeared in the back of my mind.\nWell, the years have passed, and I'm not a little girl any more. Mom is in her mid-seventies, and those hands I once thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family. She's been our doctor, reaching for medicine to calm a young girl's stomach or ease the pain of a boy's injured knee. She cooks the best fried chicken in the world...gets stains out of blue jeans like I never could...and still insists on dishing out ice cream at any hour of the day or night.\nThrough the years, my mother's hands have put in countless hours of toil, and most of hers were before automatic washers!\nNow, my own children are grown and gone. Mom no longer has Dad, and on special occasions, I find myself drawn next door to spend the night with her. So it was that late on Thanksgiving Eve, as I drifted into sleep in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly stole across my face to brush the hair from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so gently, touched my brow.\nIn my memory, for the thousandth time, I recalled the night my surly young voice complained: \"Don't do that any more --your hands are too rough!\" Catching Mom's hand in hand, I blurted out how sorry I was for that night. I thought she'd remember, as I did. But Mom didn't know what I was talking about. She had forgotten --and forgiven --long ago.\nThat night, I fell asleep with a new appreciation for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the guilt I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.\n\n<question>:\nWhat's the author's main purpose of writing the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA To thank her mother's help\nB To express her regret\nC To appreciate her mother's love\nD To call up memories of her childhood.\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 boy and a girl were a couple of lovers. The girl liked feeling rain, so the boy was always holding the umbrella when it rained and most part of the umbrella was over the girl. Rain showered the boy every time but he said nothing except looked at the gift's face, which was full of silent satisfaction. He felt very happy, so did the girl.\nOne day they went out for a walk. They were walking hand in hand passing a building which was under construction. The girl jumped with excitement and said something. The boy seldom talked only feeling excited as she felt looking at her silently. When the girl was talking, a not big or small stone fell down from the building toward the girl's head! At that moment the boy took the girl in his arms so suddenly and so strongly that the girl let out a scream. He meant to protect the gift with his body. But the boy turned over to make his own body downward before they dropped on the ground. As a result, only the girl's hand was smashed by the stone and _ \nThe girl came back to earth and cried with pain, tears weeping up. She thought the saying that \"The husband and the wife are birds in the same forest essentially, but when serious tragedy comes, they will fly separately\" was really not wrong! With this, she straggled and stood up from. the boy's body keeping from the pains and slowly ran away without glancing at the boy.\nAt the time, the boy was calling the girl's name in a weak voice, his lips were already white. He took out his mobile phone and dialed the girl's number, but the girl didn't answer. He dialed again she didn't answer again. For several times, he gave up. But his fingers pressed something on the mobile. At that time, beside the boy, the blood spread slowly, his hand hung and the mobile phone lay in the blood, he had no strength to press the \"SENT\" key yet.\nThe next day, when the girl heard of the news that the boy was being rescued, she ran to the hospital without considering her anger. When she hurried to the hospital, the doctor had already declared his death; the cause of his death was that his lung had lost too much blood.\nIt was because, when the boy meant to protect the girl with his body he found that there was a steel stick under them, so he turned over to make it inset(=\"put\" into) his own body.\nThe boy's mother passed the boy's mobile phone on to the gift.\nThe girl read the message that hadn't been sent: \"Honey, I'm sorry, I still couldn't protect you and made you wound... \"Upon this, the girl couldn't help crying...\nPlease treasure the one you love and believe his or her LOVE!\n\n<question>:\nThe girl didn't want to answer the boy's' call because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA she didn't hear it\nB she was seriously hurt\nC she was angry with him\nD she had her phone broken\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 boy and a girl were a couple of lovers. The girl liked feeling rain, so the boy was always holding the umbrella when it rained and most part of the umbrella was over the girl. Rain showered the boy every time but he said nothing except looked at the gift's face, which was full of silent satisfaction. He felt very happy, so did the girl.\nOne day they went out for a walk. They were walking hand in hand passing a building which was under construction. The girl jumped with excitement and said something. The boy seldom talked only feeling excited as she felt looking at her silently. When the girl was talking, a not big or small stone fell down from the building toward the girl's head! At that moment the boy took the girl in his arms so suddenly and so strongly that the girl let out a scream. He meant to protect the gift with his body. But the boy turned over to make his own body downward before they dropped on the ground. As a result, only the girl's hand was smashed by the stone and _ \nThe girl came back to earth and cried with pain, tears weeping up. She thought the saying that \"The husband and the wife are birds in the same forest essentially, but when serious tragedy comes, they will fly separately\" was really not wrong! With this, she straggled and stood up from. the boy's body keeping from the pains and slowly ran away without glancing at the boy.\nAt the time, the boy was calling the girl's name in a weak voice, his lips were already white. He took out his mobile phone and dialed the girl's number, but the girl didn't answer. He dialed again she didn't answer again. For several times, he gave up. But his fingers pressed something on the mobile. At that time, beside the boy, the blood spread slowly, his hand hung and the mobile phone lay in the blood, he had no strength to press the \"SENT\" key yet.\nThe next day, when the girl heard of the news that the boy was being rescued, she ran to the hospital without considering her anger. When she hurried to the hospital, the doctor had already declared his death; the cause of his death was that his lung had lost too much blood.\nIt was because, when the boy meant to protect the girl with his body he found that there was a steel stick under them, so he turned over to make it inset(=\"put\" into) his own body.\nThe boy's mother passed the boy's mobile phone on to the gift.\nThe girl read the message that hadn't been sent: \"Honey, I'm sorry, I still couldn't protect you and made you wound... \"Upon this, the girl couldn't help crying...\nPlease treasure the one you love and believe his or her LOVE!\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following words may best describe the boy's behavior?\n\n<options>:\nA gentle and devoted\nB brave and handsome\nC rough and selfish\nD intelligent but silly\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 boy and a girl were a couple of lovers. The girl liked feeling rain, so the boy was always holding the umbrella when it rained and most part of the umbrella was over the girl. Rain showered the boy every time but he said nothing except looked at the gift's face, which was full of silent satisfaction. He felt very happy, so did the girl.\nOne day they went out for a walk. They were walking hand in hand passing a building which was under construction. The girl jumped with excitement and said something. The boy seldom talked only feeling excited as she felt looking at her silently. When the girl was talking, a not big or small stone fell down from the building toward the girl's head! At that moment the boy took the girl in his arms so suddenly and so strongly that the girl let out a scream. He meant to protect the gift with his body. But the boy turned over to make his own body downward before they dropped on the ground. As a result, only the girl's hand was smashed by the stone and _ \nThe girl came back to earth and cried with pain, tears weeping up. She thought the saying that \"The husband and the wife are birds in the same forest essentially, but when serious tragedy comes, they will fly separately\" was really not wrong! With this, she straggled and stood up from. the boy's body keeping from the pains and slowly ran away without glancing at the boy.\nAt the time, the boy was calling the girl's name in a weak voice, his lips were already white. He took out his mobile phone and dialed the girl's number, but the girl didn't answer. He dialed again she didn't answer again. For several times, he gave up. But his fingers pressed something on the mobile. At that time, beside the boy, the blood spread slowly, his hand hung and the mobile phone lay in the blood, he had no strength to press the \"SENT\" key yet.\nThe next day, when the girl heard of the news that the boy was being rescued, she ran to the hospital without considering her anger. When she hurried to the hospital, the doctor had already declared his death; the cause of his death was that his lung had lost too much blood.\nIt was because, when the boy meant to protect the girl with his body he found that there was a steel stick under them, so he turned over to make it inset(=\"put\" into) his own body.\nThe boy's mother passed the boy's mobile phone on to the gift.\nThe girl read the message that hadn't been sent: \"Honey, I'm sorry, I still couldn't protect you and made you wound... \"Upon this, the girl couldn't help crying...\nPlease treasure the one you love and believe his or her LOVE!\n\n<question>:\nFrom this passage we can conclude that _\n\n<options>:\nA love is happy and love is pain\nB trust is important between lovers\nC one should express his love in time\nD one should love a person who is brave\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>:\nAvalanches are one of those natural disasters that can cause great damage and only Mother Nature knows when and where they are going to occur. Even with modern technology it is still impossible to know exactly when or where one is going to occur. Mountain climbers are wise to be careful, as avalanches kill many of them each year. \nThe physics of how and why an avalanche occurs is complex. There are times of higher probability. During the year, the transition( from winter to spring will cause some snow and ice to melt, which may trigger avalanches. Also at daybreak there is a higher probability due to the temperature change .\nWhile climbers hike up slopes, some distance between the climbers should be kept. If an avalanche occurs, then there will be fewer lives lost and a higher probability that someone will be able to seek help. Since an accident is more likely to happen when a top layer of snow is loose, avoid areas where heavy snow or rain has recently occurred. \nTry to choose areas that you are familiar with and stay in areas with rocks, bushes and trees. Trees and bushes allow snow to pile up and keep the layers stable. If an avalanche occurs, trees will take the impact of the snow, so there is a better chance of being safe. \nClimbers must pay attention to the degree of the slope. Avalanches won't occur on level ground and there is little snowfall on very steep areas. The greatest danger is in areas where the slope is between 25 and 40 degrees. \nRemember that, if you get stuck in an avalanche, there is no car hire available to take you to the nearest airport.\n\n<question>:\nWhy is there a higher probability that an avalanche occurs at daybreak?\n\n<options>:\nA Because daybreak is the coldest time of the day in the mountain.\nB Because it often snows heavily in the mountains at daybreak.\nC Because temperature changes at daybreak.\nD Because the top layer snow is loose at daybreak.\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 trip to London\nMy family had dreamed of a trip to London for a long time.Luckily it was possible for us to realize our dream because all of us were free on the weekend.\nWe planned to drive into Cambridge and caught the 7:34train to Liverpool Street Station.Then my wife and I would separate from Joan,my wife's sister,to do different things and finally meet again for lunch.And after lunch,we would go to the concert.\nBut we were late because of a thick London fog.The train had to move along so slowly that it was not until 10:30that it got there.In spite of our late arrival,Joan decided that she would go to see the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London while we went shopping.It was only after her sister had disappeared into the fog that my wife realized that we hadn't decided where we should meet for lunch.Since I had our three tickets for the concert in my pocket,this was indeed a problem.We didn't have any mobile phones at that time.There seemed to be nothing we could do except taking a taxi to the Tower of London,and try to find her there.Needless to say,we didn't find her.\nIt was now one o'clock,and the concert began at 2:30.\"Perhaps she will think of waiting outside the concert hall,\"said my wife hopefully.By this time the fog was so thick that road traffic had to stop,and the only way to get there was by subway.Hand in hand we felt our way along the road to where we thought the nearest station should be.An hour later we were still trying to find it.Just when I was about to become angry,we met a blind man tapping his way confidently through the fog.With his help we found the subway station which was just fifty meters down the road.\nBy now it was far too late to get to the concert hall before the performance began at 2:30,so we decided to return to Cambridge.It took seven hours instead of the usual two to make that journey.Nor were we able to get any food and drink on the train.We were tired and hungry.\nWe finally reached home at ten.Opening the door we were amazed to find Joan at home; she had seen the Crown Jewels,had managed to get another ticket for concert,and had had a wonderful dinner at a restaurant.Of course,she managed to get home,too.Oh my god!\n\n<question>:\nThe writer and his wife separated from Joan because .\n\n<options>:\nA they were late for the concert\nB Joan didn't want to go to the concert\nC there was a thick fog\nD they planned to do different things until lunch time\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nA trip to London\nMy family had dreamed of a trip to London for a long time.Luckily it was possible for us to realize our dream because all of us were free on the weekend.\nWe planned to drive into Cambridge and caught the 7:34train to Liverpool Street Station.Then my wife and I would separate from Joan,my wife's sister,to do different things and finally meet again for lunch.And after lunch,we would go to the concert.\nBut we were late because of a thick London fog.The train had to move along so slowly that it was not until 10:30that it got there.In spite of our late arrival,Joan decided that she would go to see the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London while we went shopping.It was only after her sister had disappeared into the fog that my wife realized that we hadn't decided where we should meet for lunch.Since I had our three tickets for the concert in my pocket,this was indeed a problem.We didn't have any mobile phones at that time.There seemed to be nothing we could do except taking a taxi to the Tower of London,and try to find her there.Needless to say,we didn't find her.\nIt was now one o'clock,and the concert began at 2:30.\"Perhaps she will think of waiting outside the concert hall,\"said my wife hopefully.By this time the fog was so thick that road traffic had to stop,and the only way to get there was by subway.Hand in hand we felt our way along the road to where we thought the nearest station should be.An hour later we were still trying to find it.Just when I was about to become angry,we met a blind man tapping his way confidently through the fog.With his help we found the subway station which was just fifty meters down the road.\nBy now it was far too late to get to the concert hall before the performance began at 2:30,so we decided to return to Cambridge.It took seven hours instead of the usual two to make that journey.Nor were we able to get any food and drink on the train.We were tired and hungry.\nWe finally reached home at ten.Opening the door we were amazed to find Joan at home; she had seen the Crown Jewels,had managed to get another ticket for concert,and had had a wonderful dinner at a restaurant.Of course,she managed to get home,too.Oh my god!\n\n<question>:\nWho helped the writer find the subway station?\n\n<options>:\nA A taxi driver.\nB A blind man.\nC His wife.\nD Joan.\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 trip to London\nMy family had dreamed of a trip to London for a long time.Luckily it was possible for us to realize our dream because all of us were free on the weekend.\nWe planned to drive into Cambridge and caught the 7:34train to Liverpool Street Station.Then my wife and I would separate from Joan,my wife's sister,to do different things and finally meet again for lunch.And after lunch,we would go to the concert.\nBut we were late because of a thick London fog.The train had to move along so slowly that it was not until 10:30that it got there.In spite of our late arrival,Joan decided that she would go to see the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London while we went shopping.It was only after her sister had disappeared into the fog that my wife realized that we hadn't decided where we should meet for lunch.Since I had our three tickets for the concert in my pocket,this was indeed a problem.We didn't have any mobile phones at that time.There seemed to be nothing we could do except taking a taxi to the Tower of London,and try to find her there.Needless to say,we didn't find her.\nIt was now one o'clock,and the concert began at 2:30.\"Perhaps she will think of waiting outside the concert hall,\"said my wife hopefully.By this time the fog was so thick that road traffic had to stop,and the only way to get there was by subway.Hand in hand we felt our way along the road to where we thought the nearest station should be.An hour later we were still trying to find it.Just when I was about to become angry,we met a blind man tapping his way confidently through the fog.With his help we found the subway station which was just fifty meters down the road.\nBy now it was far too late to get to the concert hall before the performance began at 2:30,so we decided to return to Cambridge.It took seven hours instead of the usual two to make that journey.Nor were we able to get any food and drink on the train.We were tired and hungry.\nWe finally reached home at ten.Opening the door we were amazed to find Joan at home; she had seen the Crown Jewels,had managed to get another ticket for concert,and had had a wonderful dinner at a restaurant.Of course,she managed to get home,too.Oh my god!\n\n<question>:\nThe writer and his wife felt on the train back home.\n\n<options>:\nA quite interested\nB rather disappointed\nC tired and hungry\nD very enjoyable.\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>:\nBody language has always been a hot topic of interesting dinner conversations. It is perhaps one of the most powerful forms of human expression or human communication!\nBody language is a very important part of communication which can constitute 50% or more of what we are communicating to other persons. If you wish to communicate effectively, besides the words, you can use your body to say what you mean.\nBody language can be used to discover all sorts of things such as, knowing when someone is attracted to you, finding truth or lies, showing confidence, winning respect in any situation, and you can use body language to make people less nervous, make friends quickly, persuade and influence.\nSo what is body language? Body language is a term used to describe the method of communication using body movements or gestures instead of, or besides, spoken language or other communication. Body language also includes many movements that most people are not aware of, such as winking and slight movements of the eyebrows and other facial expressions.\nBody language is one of the easiest ways for you to tell what's really going on in a conversation with another person. The body language that you observe from other people will tell you whether or not those people are telling you the truth, or whether there is something more that's not being said. Watch, look and observe. Sometimes you can tell more by a person's body language than the words he speaks.\n\n<question>:\nWe are advised to observe the body language of other people to_.\n\n<options>:\nA to remember everything they say\nB understand the hidden meaning\nC draw their attention to them\nD show respect for them\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>:\nBody language has always been a hot topic of interesting dinner conversations. It is perhaps one of the most powerful forms of human expression or human communication!\nBody language is a very important part of communication which can constitute 50% or more of what we are communicating to other persons. If you wish to communicate effectively, besides the words, you can use your body to say what you mean.\nBody language can be used to discover all sorts of things such as, knowing when someone is attracted to you, finding truth or lies, showing confidence, winning respect in any situation, and you can use body language to make people less nervous, make friends quickly, persuade and influence.\nSo what is body language? Body language is a term used to describe the method of communication using body movements or gestures instead of, or besides, spoken language or other communication. Body language also includes many movements that most people are not aware of, such as winking and slight movements of the eyebrows and other facial expressions.\nBody language is one of the easiest ways for you to tell what's really going on in a conversation with another person. The body language that you observe from other people will tell you whether or not those people are telling you the truth, or whether there is something more that's not being said. Watch, look and observe. Sometimes you can tell more by a person's body language than the words he speaks.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is NOT true about body language?\n\n<options>:\nA It is a part of communication.\nB It helps us communicate more effectively.\nC It sometimes tells more than spoken language.\nD It's only needed when we have nothing to say.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\n\"Some of the worst human tragedies happening in the world today go on because we don't really see them.We rarely make eye communication with people who are suffering,so we act sometimes as if the people don't exist.\"\n The speaker is Bill Gates,the world's richest man.At a gathering in Seattle,he is talking not as the Microsoft chairman but as a partner in a strong personal duty.For Gates and his wife,Melinda,making less inequality in global health and domestic education has become a life's goal.\n Having set up their foundation with close to $29 billion,the Gateses are on track to become history's greatest philanthropists .But they do more than just give money out.Experts praise the couple for their wisdom and their ability to gather others:\"Even with this great contribution,\"says Susan Schwab,president and CEO of the University System of Maryland Foundation,\"they know they can't solve these problems alone.\"\n Their devotion came from different sources.For Melinda,it was a vacation to Zaire.Where she was struck by meeting women in being extremely poor.For Bill,it was reading that millions of children die every year from preventable diseases.\"Melinda and I had assumed that if there were medicines and treatments that could save lives,government would be doing everything they could to get them to...people,\"Bill said at the World Health Assembly in Geneva.\"We couldn't escape the cruel conclusion that...some lives are seen as worth saving and others are not.\"\n From shock came action.They focused on the simple message that one life is worth no more or less than another.Frances Hesselbein,chairman of the non-profit Leader to Leader Institute, says:\"Sometimes people give in a very fair way,but there is something about what they are doing...that is the opposite of that.It is very difficult to understand and very personal.\"\n Both Gateses read scientific books and travel extensively in developing countries.So far, the Gateses have devoted $9 billion to global health.They share a sense of urgency.\"We're not doing enough in developing countries to give out the treatments and practices we know are effective in fighting diseases such as malaria,tuberculosis and HIV,\"the couple told U.S.News.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following does Bill Gates think is not correct?\n\n<options>:\nA We act sometimes as if the people suffering don't exist.\nB They can't solve these problems alone.\nC Some lives are worth saving and others are not.\nD Government would be doing everything to help people.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\n\"Some of the worst human tragedies happening in the world today go on because we don't really see them.We rarely make eye communication with people who are suffering,so we act sometimes as if the people don't exist.\"\n The speaker is Bill Gates,the world's richest man.At a gathering in Seattle,he is talking not as the Microsoft chairman but as a partner in a strong personal duty.For Gates and his wife,Melinda,making less inequality in global health and domestic education has become a life's goal.\n Having set up their foundation with close to $29 billion,the Gateses are on track to become history's greatest philanthropists .But they do more than just give money out.Experts praise the couple for their wisdom and their ability to gather others:\"Even with this great contribution,\"says Susan Schwab,president and CEO of the University System of Maryland Foundation,\"they know they can't solve these problems alone.\"\n Their devotion came from different sources.For Melinda,it was a vacation to Zaire.Where she was struck by meeting women in being extremely poor.For Bill,it was reading that millions of children die every year from preventable diseases.\"Melinda and I had assumed that if there were medicines and treatments that could save lives,government would be doing everything they could to get them to...people,\"Bill said at the World Health Assembly in Geneva.\"We couldn't escape the cruel conclusion that...some lives are seen as worth saving and others are not.\"\n From shock came action.They focused on the simple message that one life is worth no more or less than another.Frances Hesselbein,chairman of the non-profit Leader to Leader Institute, says:\"Sometimes people give in a very fair way,but there is something about what they are doing...that is the opposite of that.It is very difficult to understand and very personal.\"\n Both Gateses read scientific books and travel extensively in developing countries.So far, the Gateses have devoted $9 billion to global health.They share a sense of urgency.\"We're not doing enough in developing countries to give out the treatments and practices we know are effective in fighting diseases such as malaria,tuberculosis and HIV,\"the couple told U.S.News.\n\n<question>:\nWhat made Gates' wife also a philanthropist according to the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA She was attacked and was saved while traveling to prefix = st1 /Zaire.\nB She was impressed with the poverty of people in Zaire.\nC She read that millions of children die every year from preventable diseases.\nD She and her husband have set up their foundation with close to $29 billion.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\n\"Some of the worst human tragedies happening in the world today go on because we don't really see them.We rarely make eye communication with people who are suffering,so we act sometimes as if the people don't exist.\"\n The speaker is Bill Gates,the world's richest man.At a gathering in Seattle,he is talking not as the Microsoft chairman but as a partner in a strong personal duty.For Gates and his wife,Melinda,making less inequality in global health and domestic education has become a life's goal.\n Having set up their foundation with close to $29 billion,the Gateses are on track to become history's greatest philanthropists .But they do more than just give money out.Experts praise the couple for their wisdom and their ability to gather others:\"Even with this great contribution,\"says Susan Schwab,president and CEO of the University System of Maryland Foundation,\"they know they can't solve these problems alone.\"\n Their devotion came from different sources.For Melinda,it was a vacation to Zaire.Where she was struck by meeting women in being extremely poor.For Bill,it was reading that millions of children die every year from preventable diseases.\"Melinda and I had assumed that if there were medicines and treatments that could save lives,government would be doing everything they could to get them to...people,\"Bill said at the World Health Assembly in Geneva.\"We couldn't escape the cruel conclusion that...some lives are seen as worth saving and others are not.\"\n From shock came action.They focused on the simple message that one life is worth no more or less than another.Frances Hesselbein,chairman of the non-profit Leader to Leader Institute, says:\"Sometimes people give in a very fair way,but there is something about what they are doing...that is the opposite of that.It is very difficult to understand and very personal.\"\n Both Gateses read scientific books and travel extensively in developing countries.So far, the Gateses have devoted $9 billion to global health.They share a sense of urgency.\"We're not doing enough in developing countries to give out the treatments and practices we know are effective in fighting diseases such as malaria,tuberculosis and HIV,\"the couple told U.S.News.\n\n<question>:\nWhat do we know about the projects supported by Gates' Foundation?\n\n<options>:\nA They have had great influence on global health.\nB They are limited to the areas in Africa.\nC They only focus on medical treatment.\nD They are carried out without government's support.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\n\"Some of the worst human tragedies happening in the world today go on because we don't really see them.We rarely make eye communication with people who are suffering,so we act sometimes as if the people don't exist.\"\n The speaker is Bill Gates,the world's richest man.At a gathering in Seattle,he is talking not as the Microsoft chairman but as a partner in a strong personal duty.For Gates and his wife,Melinda,making less inequality in global health and domestic education has become a life's goal.\n Having set up their foundation with close to $29 billion,the Gateses are on track to become history's greatest philanthropists .But they do more than just give money out.Experts praise the couple for their wisdom and their ability to gather others:\"Even with this great contribution,\"says Susan Schwab,president and CEO of the University System of Maryland Foundation,\"they know they can't solve these problems alone.\"\n Their devotion came from different sources.For Melinda,it was a vacation to Zaire.Where she was struck by meeting women in being extremely poor.For Bill,it was reading that millions of children die every year from preventable diseases.\"Melinda and I had assumed that if there were medicines and treatments that could save lives,government would be doing everything they could to get them to...people,\"Bill said at the World Health Assembly in Geneva.\"We couldn't escape the cruel conclusion that...some lives are seen as worth saving and others are not.\"\n From shock came action.They focused on the simple message that one life is worth no more or less than another.Frances Hesselbein,chairman of the non-profit Leader to Leader Institute, says:\"Sometimes people give in a very fair way,but there is something about what they are doing...that is the opposite of that.It is very difficult to understand and very personal.\"\n Both Gateses read scientific books and travel extensively in developing countries.So far, the Gateses have devoted $9 billion to global health.They share a sense of urgency.\"We're not doing enough in developing countries to give out the treatments and practices we know are effective in fighting diseases such as malaria,tuberculosis and HIV,\"the couple told U.S.News.\n\n<question>:\nThe passage is intended to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA praise Bill and Melinda Gates for their kindness\nB raise more money for the foundation\nC explain to people how the projects work\nD convince more people of helping 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>:\nNo matter what he is doing,every human being gives body heat.The usual problem is how to _ it.But the designers of the Johnstown campus of the university of Pittsburg set themselves the opposite problem--how to collect body heat.They have designed a collection system which uses not only body heat but also the heat given off by such objects as light bulbs and refrigerators as well.The system works so well that no conventional fuel is needed to make the campus's six buildings comfortable.\nSome parts of most modern buildings--theatres and offices as well as classrooms-are more than heated by people and lights and sometimes must be air-conditioned even in the winter.The technique of saving and redistributing it is called \"heat recovery\".A few modern buildings recover heat,but the university's system is the first to recover heat from some buildings and reuse it in others.\nAlong the way,Pitt has learned a great deal about some of its heat producers.The harder a student studies,the more heat his body gives off.Male students emit more heat than female students,and the larger a student,the more heat he produces.It is tempting to conclude that the hottest prospect for the Johnstown campus would be a hard-working,overweight male genius.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage,the following statements are true EXCEPT_.\n\n<options>:\nA fat,male and hard-working students give off more heat\nB six buildings are heated by the heat system on the prefix = st1 /Johnstowncampus\nC the heat is supplied by human bodies,other heat-omitting objects\nD the heat from human bodies,other heat-omitting objects is only used in cold winter\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>:\nNo matter what he is doing,every human being gives body heat.The usual problem is how to _ it.But the designers of the Johnstown campus of the university of Pittsburg set themselves the opposite problem--how to collect body heat.They have designed a collection system which uses not only body heat but also the heat given off by such objects as light bulbs and refrigerators as well.The system works so well that no conventional fuel is needed to make the campus's six buildings comfortable.\nSome parts of most modern buildings--theatres and offices as well as classrooms-are more than heated by people and lights and sometimes must be air-conditioned even in the winter.The technique of saving and redistributing it is called \"heat recovery\".A few modern buildings recover heat,but the university's system is the first to recover heat from some buildings and reuse it in others.\nAlong the way,Pitt has learned a great deal about some of its heat producers.The harder a student studies,the more heat his body gives off.Male students emit more heat than female students,and the larger a student,the more heat he produces.It is tempting to conclude that the hottest prospect for the Johnstown campus would be a hard-working,overweight male genius.\n\n<question>:\nFrom the passage,we can infer that_would produce the LEAST heat.\n\n<options>:\nA a large female who does not study hard\nB a thin male who studies hard\nC a thin female who does not study hard\nD a large male who studies hard\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>:\nDo you enjoy seeing the stars twinkling at night? Or do you love the ocean and sea, diving and racing with lovely dolphins? With heavy burdens on their shoulders, teenagers find it hard to pull out. Even if they are free, they prefer to occupy themselves with computer games or watching TV. How to get children away from screens is a great concern for parents. Now there is some good news for those concerned parents and teachers.\nA campaign is being launched to encourage children to surrender 30 minutes of screen time a day to head for the great outdoors.\nThe newly formed Wild Network, a collaboration of nearly 400 organizations, is attempting to attract youngsters away from television and computer screens and into fields, woods and parks.\nOrganizers say it is the UK's biggest ever campaign to reconnect children with nature and outdoor play, and claim it could help improve fitness, mental alertness and general well-being.\nA documentary film, Project Wild Thing, will herald the launch at more than 50 cinemas across the UK from Friday. It looks at the increasingly fragile link between children and nature.\nMembers of the network include the National Trust, RSPB, Play England and the NHS Sustainable Development Unit.\nAndy Simpson, chairman of Wild Network, said, \"The tragic truth is that kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors in just one generation.\" Time spent outdoors is down, roaming ranges have fallen drastically, activity levels are declining and the ability to identify common species has been lost.\nSuggestions of how to get more time in nature include collecting conkers , camping, snail racing, and observing autumn colors on trees.\nFrom January, the network will aim to make suggestions to politicians on how government can do more _ \nThis is not the first time the message of fewer screens, more play has been brought up. Children in the 1980s were entreated to do the same by the BBC TV series Why Don't You, which somewhat confusingly called on its viewers to \"switch off your TV set, and go to do something less boring instead\".\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the main purpose of the campaign in the UK?\n\n<options>:\nA To save 30 minutes for watching TV programs each day.\nB To encourage children to play outdoors.\nC To see the documentary film Project Wild Thing.\nD To teach students how to learn more efficiently in schools.\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>:\nDo you enjoy seeing the stars twinkling at night? Or do you love the ocean and sea, diving and racing with lovely dolphins? With heavy burdens on their shoulders, teenagers find it hard to pull out. Even if they are free, they prefer to occupy themselves with computer games or watching TV. How to get children away from screens is a great concern for parents. Now there is some good news for those concerned parents and teachers.\nA campaign is being launched to encourage children to surrender 30 minutes of screen time a day to head for the great outdoors.\nThe newly formed Wild Network, a collaboration of nearly 400 organizations, is attempting to attract youngsters away from television and computer screens and into fields, woods and parks.\nOrganizers say it is the UK's biggest ever campaign to reconnect children with nature and outdoor play, and claim it could help improve fitness, mental alertness and general well-being.\nA documentary film, Project Wild Thing, will herald the launch at more than 50 cinemas across the UK from Friday. It looks at the increasingly fragile link between children and nature.\nMembers of the network include the National Trust, RSPB, Play England and the NHS Sustainable Development Unit.\nAndy Simpson, chairman of Wild Network, said, \"The tragic truth is that kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors in just one generation.\" Time spent outdoors is down, roaming ranges have fallen drastically, activity levels are declining and the ability to identify common species has been lost.\nSuggestions of how to get more time in nature include collecting conkers , camping, snail racing, and observing autumn colors on trees.\nFrom January, the network will aim to make suggestions to politicians on how government can do more _ \nThis is not the first time the message of fewer screens, more play has been brought up. Children in the 1980s were entreated to do the same by the BBC TV series Why Don't You, which somewhat confusingly called on its viewers to \"switch off your TV set, and go to do something less boring instead\".\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the organizers of Wild Network, there will be many advantages from the campaign EXCEPT _ .\n\n<options>:\nA improving health conditions\nB keeping touch with nature\nC learning more about wildlife\nD teaching children how to make full use of their spare time\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nDo you enjoy seeing the stars twinkling at night? Or do you love the ocean and sea, diving and racing with lovely dolphins? With heavy burdens on their shoulders, teenagers find it hard to pull out. Even if they are free, they prefer to occupy themselves with computer games or watching TV. How to get children away from screens is a great concern for parents. Now there is some good news for those concerned parents and teachers.\nA campaign is being launched to encourage children to surrender 30 minutes of screen time a day to head for the great outdoors.\nThe newly formed Wild Network, a collaboration of nearly 400 organizations, is attempting to attract youngsters away from television and computer screens and into fields, woods and parks.\nOrganizers say it is the UK's biggest ever campaign to reconnect children with nature and outdoor play, and claim it could help improve fitness, mental alertness and general well-being.\nA documentary film, Project Wild Thing, will herald the launch at more than 50 cinemas across the UK from Friday. It looks at the increasingly fragile link between children and nature.\nMembers of the network include the National Trust, RSPB, Play England and the NHS Sustainable Development Unit.\nAndy Simpson, chairman of Wild Network, said, \"The tragic truth is that kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors in just one generation.\" Time spent outdoors is down, roaming ranges have fallen drastically, activity levels are declining and the ability to identify common species has been lost.\nSuggestions of how to get more time in nature include collecting conkers , camping, snail racing, and observing autumn colors on trees.\nFrom January, the network will aim to make suggestions to politicians on how government can do more _ \nThis is not the first time the message of fewer screens, more play has been brought up. Children in the 1980s were entreated to do the same by the BBC TV series Why Don't You, which somewhat confusingly called on its viewers to \"switch off your TV set, and go to do something less boring instead\".\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following could be the best title for the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA A new campaign\nB Fewer screens, more play outdoors\nC A newly formed Wild Network\nD Children get to know wild things\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 fierce earthquake struck HaitionJanuary 12, 2010, causing a crowded hospital to fall down and countless houses and buildings were destroyed.\nThe earthquake, the worst in the region in more than 200 years, with a magnitude estimated at 7.0, struck just before 5 p.m. about 10 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, leaving the region nearly in ruins. As night fell in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, fires burned near the shoreline downtown, but otherwise the city fell into darkness. The electricity was out, telephones were not working and relief workers struggled to make their way through blocked streets.\nIn this earthquake, it was not possible for officials to determine how many people had been killed and injured. It was reported that the headquarters of the United Nations mission was seriously damaged and many employees were missing. Part of the national palace had fallen to the ground. A hospital was totally ruined in Petionville, which is home to many diplomats and wealthy Haitians. A New York reporter said that a wall at the front of the Hotel Oloffson had fallen, killing a passer-by. A number of nearby buildings was badly damaged, trapping people. People were screaming, calling for help from every corner.\nHaiti sits on a large fault between the much larger North American plate to the north and the Caribbean plate to the south. The earthquake on Tuesday happened when what appears to be part of the southern fault zone broke. With many poor people living in tin-roof shacks and with many of the buildings in Port-au-Prince and elsewhere in the country of questionable quality, it was expected that the quake caused major damage to buildings and great loss of life.\n\n<question>:\nWhat was the damage of the earthquake?\n\n<options>:\nA The headquarters of the UN mission was totally destroyed.\nB Some of the national palace had fallen to the ground.\nC A hospital was partly ruined in Petionville.\nD All the walls of the Hotel Oloffson had fallen.\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 fierce earthquake struck HaitionJanuary 12, 2010, causing a crowded hospital to fall down and countless houses and buildings were destroyed.\nThe earthquake, the worst in the region in more than 200 years, with a magnitude estimated at 7.0, struck just before 5 p.m. about 10 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, leaving the region nearly in ruins. As night fell in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, fires burned near the shoreline downtown, but otherwise the city fell into darkness. The electricity was out, telephones were not working and relief workers struggled to make their way through blocked streets.\nIn this earthquake, it was not possible for officials to determine how many people had been killed and injured. It was reported that the headquarters of the United Nations mission was seriously damaged and many employees were missing. Part of the national palace had fallen to the ground. A hospital was totally ruined in Petionville, which is home to many diplomats and wealthy Haitians. A New York reporter said that a wall at the front of the Hotel Oloffson had fallen, killing a passer-by. A number of nearby buildings was badly damaged, trapping people. People were screaming, calling for help from every corner.\nHaiti sits on a large fault between the much larger North American plate to the north and the Caribbean plate to the south. The earthquake on Tuesday happened when what appears to be part of the southern fault zone broke. With many poor people living in tin-roof shacks and with many of the buildings in Port-au-Prince and elsewhere in the country of questionable quality, it was expected that the quake caused major damage to buildings and great loss of life.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?\n\n<options>:\nA All the hospitals in Haiti were destroyed in the earthquake.\nB The earthquake was the worst in Haiti in less than two centuries.\nC After dark the city fell into darkness because of the earthquake.\nD Communication, electricity and transportation were all affected.\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 fierce earthquake struck HaitionJanuary 12, 2010, causing a crowded hospital to fall down and countless houses and buildings were destroyed.\nThe earthquake, the worst in the region in more than 200 years, with a magnitude estimated at 7.0, struck just before 5 p.m. about 10 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, leaving the region nearly in ruins. As night fell in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, fires burned near the shoreline downtown, but otherwise the city fell into darkness. The electricity was out, telephones were not working and relief workers struggled to make their way through blocked streets.\nIn this earthquake, it was not possible for officials to determine how many people had been killed and injured. It was reported that the headquarters of the United Nations mission was seriously damaged and many employees were missing. Part of the national palace had fallen to the ground. A hospital was totally ruined in Petionville, which is home to many diplomats and wealthy Haitians. A New York reporter said that a wall at the front of the Hotel Oloffson had fallen, killing a passer-by. A number of nearby buildings was badly damaged, trapping people. People were screaming, calling for help from every corner.\nHaiti sits on a large fault between the much larger North American plate to the north and the Caribbean plate to the south. The earthquake on Tuesday happened when what appears to be part of the southern fault zone broke. With many poor people living in tin-roof shacks and with many of the buildings in Port-au-Prince and elsewhere in the country of questionable quality, it was expected that the quake caused major damage to buildings and great loss of life.\n\n<question>:\nIt can be learned from the text that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA fires broke out in the capital city due to the earthquake\nB Haiti covers the entire geographic plates of the earth\nC the earthquake caused the southern fault zone to break\nD a grand hotel was completely ruined in Petionville\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 fierce earthquake struck HaitionJanuary 12, 2010, causing a crowded hospital to fall down and countless houses and buildings were destroyed.\nThe earthquake, the worst in the region in more than 200 years, with a magnitude estimated at 7.0, struck just before 5 p.m. about 10 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, leaving the region nearly in ruins. As night fell in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, fires burned near the shoreline downtown, but otherwise the city fell into darkness. The electricity was out, telephones were not working and relief workers struggled to make their way through blocked streets.\nIn this earthquake, it was not possible for officials to determine how many people had been killed and injured. It was reported that the headquarters of the United Nations mission was seriously damaged and many employees were missing. Part of the national palace had fallen to the ground. A hospital was totally ruined in Petionville, which is home to many diplomats and wealthy Haitians. A New York reporter said that a wall at the front of the Hotel Oloffson had fallen, killing a passer-by. A number of nearby buildings was badly damaged, trapping people. People were screaming, calling for help from every corner.\nHaiti sits on a large fault between the much larger North American plate to the north and the Caribbean plate to the south. The earthquake on Tuesday happened when what appears to be part of the southern fault zone broke. With many poor people living in tin-roof shacks and with many of the buildings in Port-au-Prince and elsewhere in the country of questionable quality, it was expected that the quake caused major damage to buildings and great loss of life.\n\n<question>:\nIn Haiti, one way to reduce losses in earthquakes is probably to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA repair the Southern fault zone\nB move to the seaside\nC improve the quality of the buildings\nD live in tin-roof buildings\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>:\nInterviews can be quite frightening but our tips can help you. Don't worry--relax! Remember these things and you'll be fine.\nBe on time. Find out exactly where the interview is and how to get there. Remember that buses and trains can often be late so allow plenty of time. It's better to be early than late.\nBe prepared. Think about what the interviewer will ask you. He or she will probably ask about your qualifications and your experience but they'll also ask you why you want the job. Think of some possible questions and prepare your answers before you go.\nWear comfortable clothes. If you wear something new it will make you feel uncomfortable. It's best to wear something smart but something you like and feel happy in.\nMake eye contact . In the interview, don't sit looking at your feet. Make sure you sit up and look the interviewer in the eye. This makes you look honest and more confident .\nAsk a question. It's a good idea to ask questions at the interview. Ask about the company or the job. Prepare some questions before the interview. It makes you look more interested if you do this.\n\n<question>:\nHow many tips does the writer give in this passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Three.\nB Four.\nC Five.\nD Six.\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>:\nInterviews can be quite frightening but our tips can help you. Don't worry--relax! Remember these things and you'll be fine.\nBe on time. Find out exactly where the interview is and how to get there. Remember that buses and trains can often be late so allow plenty of time. It's better to be early than late.\nBe prepared. Think about what the interviewer will ask you. He or she will probably ask about your qualifications and your experience but they'll also ask you why you want the job. Think of some possible questions and prepare your answers before you go.\nWear comfortable clothes. If you wear something new it will make you feel uncomfortable. It's best to wear something smart but something you like and feel happy in.\nMake eye contact . In the interview, don't sit looking at your feet. Make sure you sit up and look the interviewer in the eye. This makes you look honest and more confident .\nAsk a question. It's a good idea to ask questions at the interview. Ask about the company or the job. Prepare some questions before the interview. It makes you look more interested if you do this.\n\n<question>:\nFinding out exactly where the interview is and how to get there will help you to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA receive some advice\nB be on time\nC prepare your answers\nD remember the timetable\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>:\nInterviews can be quite frightening but our tips can help you. Don't worry--relax! Remember these things and you'll be fine.\nBe on time. Find out exactly where the interview is and how to get there. Remember that buses and trains can often be late so allow plenty of time. It's better to be early than late.\nBe prepared. Think about what the interviewer will ask you. He or she will probably ask about your qualifications and your experience but they'll also ask you why you want the job. Think of some possible questions and prepare your answers before you go.\nWear comfortable clothes. If you wear something new it will make you feel uncomfortable. It's best to wear something smart but something you like and feel happy in.\nMake eye contact . In the interview, don't sit looking at your feet. Make sure you sit up and look the interviewer in the eye. This makes you look honest and more confident .\nAsk a question. It's a good idea to ask questions at the interview. Ask about the company or the job. Prepare some questions before the interview. It makes you look more interested if you do this.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to this passage, the interviewer will probably ask you about _ .\n\n<options>:\nA your family members\nB your health condition\nC your demand of payment\nD your working experience\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>:\nInterviews can be quite frightening but our tips can help you. Don't worry--relax! Remember these things and you'll be fine.\nBe on time. Find out exactly where the interview is and how to get there. Remember that buses and trains can often be late so allow plenty of time. It's better to be early than late.\nBe prepared. Think about what the interviewer will ask you. He or she will probably ask about your qualifications and your experience but they'll also ask you why you want the job. Think of some possible questions and prepare your answers before you go.\nWear comfortable clothes. If you wear something new it will make you feel uncomfortable. It's best to wear something smart but something you like and feel happy in.\nMake eye contact . In the interview, don't sit looking at your feet. Make sure you sit up and look the interviewer in the eye. This makes you look honest and more confident .\nAsk a question. It's a good idea to ask questions at the interview. Ask about the company or the job. Prepare some questions before the interview. It makes you look more interested if you do this.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following does the writer say is a sign of honesty?\n\n<options>:\nA Making eye contact.\nB Travelling by bus or train.\nC Wearing something smart.\nD Showing your qualifications.\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>:\nCellphone feels like a part of your body? A global survey has found that most people can't live without their mobiles, never leave home without them and, if given a choice, would rather lose their wallet.[: _ ]\nCalling mobile phones the \"remote control\" for life, market research firm Synovate's poll said cell phones are so ubiquitous that by last year more humans owned one than did not.\nThree-quarters of the more than 8,000 respondents polled online in 11 countries said they take their phone with them everywhere, which Russians and Singaporeans the most attached.\nMore than a third also said they couldn't live without their phone, topped by Taiwanese and again Singaporeans, while one in four would find it harder to replace the mobile than their purse.\nSome two thirds of respondents go to bed with their phones nearby and can't switch them off, even though they want to, because they're afraid they'll miss something.\nMobiles have changed the nature of relationships, with the survey finding a fifth of all respondents set up first dates via text and almost the same number use the same method to end a love affair.\nApart from the obvious calling and SMS-ing, the top three features people use regularly on their mobile phones globally are the alarm clock, the camera and the games.\nAs for email and Internet access, 17 percent of respondents said they checked their inboxes or surfed the Web on their phones, led by those in the United States and Britain.\nOne in 10 respondents log onto social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace regularly via mobile, again led by Britain and the United States.[:Zxxk.Com]\nNot everyone is tech savvy , however,37 percent of respondents said they don't know how to use all the functions on their phone.\n\n<question>:\nHow many people of all respondents end a love affair via text?\n\n<options>:\nA About 4,800.\nB About 3,600\nC About 2,400.\nD About 1,600.\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>:\nCellphone feels like a part of your body? A global survey has found that most people can't live without their mobiles, never leave home without them and, if given a choice, would rather lose their wallet.[: _ ]\nCalling mobile phones the \"remote control\" for life, market research firm Synovate's poll said cell phones are so ubiquitous that by last year more humans owned one than did not.\nThree-quarters of the more than 8,000 respondents polled online in 11 countries said they take their phone with them everywhere, which Russians and Singaporeans the most attached.\nMore than a third also said they couldn't live without their phone, topped by Taiwanese and again Singaporeans, while one in four would find it harder to replace the mobile than their purse.\nSome two thirds of respondents go to bed with their phones nearby and can't switch them off, even though they want to, because they're afraid they'll miss something.\nMobiles have changed the nature of relationships, with the survey finding a fifth of all respondents set up first dates via text and almost the same number use the same method to end a love affair.\nApart from the obvious calling and SMS-ing, the top three features people use regularly on their mobile phones globally are the alarm clock, the camera and the games.\nAs for email and Internet access, 17 percent of respondents said they checked their inboxes or surfed the Web on their phones, led by those in the United States and Britain.\nOne in 10 respondents log onto social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace regularly via mobile, again led by Britain and the United States.[:Zxxk.Com]\nNot everyone is tech savvy , however,37 percent of respondents said they don't know how to use all the functions on their phone.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the survey, _ like surfing the Internet with a cellphone most.\n\n<options>:\nA Singaporeans\nB Russians\nC Americans\nD Chinese\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>:\nCellphone feels like a part of your body? A global survey has found that most people can't live without their mobiles, never leave home without them and, if given a choice, would rather lose their wallet.[: _ ]\nCalling mobile phones the \"remote control\" for life, market research firm Synovate's poll said cell phones are so ubiquitous that by last year more humans owned one than did not.\nThree-quarters of the more than 8,000 respondents polled online in 11 countries said they take their phone with them everywhere, which Russians and Singaporeans the most attached.\nMore than a third also said they couldn't live without their phone, topped by Taiwanese and again Singaporeans, while one in four would find it harder to replace the mobile than their purse.\nSome two thirds of respondents go to bed with their phones nearby and can't switch them off, even though they want to, because they're afraid they'll miss something.\nMobiles have changed the nature of relationships, with the survey finding a fifth of all respondents set up first dates via text and almost the same number use the same method to end a love affair.\nApart from the obvious calling and SMS-ing, the top three features people use regularly on their mobile phones globally are the alarm clock, the camera and the games.\nAs for email and Internet access, 17 percent of respondents said they checked their inboxes or surfed the Web on their phones, led by those in the United States and Britain.\nOne in 10 respondents log onto social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace regularly via mobile, again led by Britain and the United States.[:Zxxk.Com]\nNot everyone is tech savvy , however,37 percent of respondents said they don't know how to use all the functions on their phone.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following functions of cellphones is the least used?\n\n<options>:\nA Calling.\nB Playing games.\nC Taking photos.\nD Surfing the Internet.\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>:\nCellphone feels like a part of your body? A global survey has found that most people can't live without their mobiles, never leave home without them and, if given a choice, would rather lose their wallet.[: _ ]\nCalling mobile phones the \"remote control\" for life, market research firm Synovate's poll said cell phones are so ubiquitous that by last year more humans owned one than did not.\nThree-quarters of the more than 8,000 respondents polled online in 11 countries said they take their phone with them everywhere, which Russians and Singaporeans the most attached.\nMore than a third also said they couldn't live without their phone, topped by Taiwanese and again Singaporeans, while one in four would find it harder to replace the mobile than their purse.\nSome two thirds of respondents go to bed with their phones nearby and can't switch them off, even though they want to, because they're afraid they'll miss something.\nMobiles have changed the nature of relationships, with the survey finding a fifth of all respondents set up first dates via text and almost the same number use the same method to end a love affair.\nApart from the obvious calling and SMS-ing, the top three features people use regularly on their mobile phones globally are the alarm clock, the camera and the games.\nAs for email and Internet access, 17 percent of respondents said they checked their inboxes or surfed the Web on their phones, led by those in the United States and Britain.\nOne in 10 respondents log onto social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace regularly via mobile, again led by Britain and the United States.[:Zxxk.Com]\nNot everyone is tech savvy , however,37 percent of respondents said they don't know how to use all the functions on their phone.\n\n<question>:\nWhich would be the best title of the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA People can live better without the cellphone.\nB People would rather lose their wallet than their cellphone.\nC Different uses of the cellphone.\nD New functions of the cellphone.\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>:\nTwo thirds of women prefer working for male bosses because they are better managers and less likely to lose their temper, a study has suggested.\nMany female employees also like having a man in charge because they can \"more authoritative \" and \"more straight-forward\" than _ .\nWomen consider men \"tougher\", \"better at delegation \" and also more likely to regularly dish out praise.\nAnd men were also rated as being better decision-makers and having more grasp of the business overall than women do.\nIt also shows that four out of ten women who have female bosses believe they could do a better job than their immediate superior.\nThe study of 2,000 women in full or part-time employment asked whether they would prefer to have a man or woman as their immediate line manager.\nAbout 63 percent expressed a male preference, while only 37 percent choose a woman.\nThe results also revealed one in six women who currently work under a woman is experiencing \"underlying tension\" between themselves and their boss.\nThere are a number of reasons for the male preference including a feeling that female managers felt threatened by other women at work. A failure to leave personal problems at home was also cited . Other issues included a lack of flexibility over leaving early or starting late.\nBut despite the worries, female bosses did score highly on the more personal side of the manager-employee relationship. They were thought of as being approachable, more trustworthy and more compassionate in a member of staff's time of need.\n\n<question>:\nCompared to female employers, male bosses _\n\n<options>:\nA generally have a poor sense of business\nB are not good at managing their company\nC seldom praise their staff members openly\nD are more likely to keep their temper under control\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>:\nTwo thirds of women prefer working for male bosses because they are better managers and less likely to lose their temper, a study has suggested.\nMany female employees also like having a man in charge because they can \"more authoritative \" and \"more straight-forward\" than _ .\nWomen consider men \"tougher\", \"better at delegation \" and also more likely to regularly dish out praise.\nAnd men were also rated as being better decision-makers and having more grasp of the business overall than women do.\nIt also shows that four out of ten women who have female bosses believe they could do a better job than their immediate superior.\nThe study of 2,000 women in full or part-time employment asked whether they would prefer to have a man or woman as their immediate line manager.\nAbout 63 percent expressed a male preference, while only 37 percent choose a woman.\nThe results also revealed one in six women who currently work under a woman is experiencing \"underlying tension\" between themselves and their boss.\nThere are a number of reasons for the male preference including a feeling that female managers felt threatened by other women at work. A failure to leave personal problems at home was also cited . Other issues included a lack of flexibility over leaving early or starting late.\nBut despite the worries, female bosses did score highly on the more personal side of the manager-employee relationship. They were thought of as being approachable, more trustworthy and more compassionate in a member of staff's time of need.\n\n<question>:\nIn which aspect did female bosses score more points?\n\n<options>:\nA They were more flexible in working hours.\nB They didn't feel a tension from other women at work.\nC They were more considerate towards their employees.\nD They didn't allow personal problems to affect their mood.\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 night out in Tokyo is much the same as a night out in Milan these days, according to a survey about socialising, conducted amongst 16 to 34-year-olds around the world. Wherever you live, a typical night out is spent eating burgers, seeing American films or listening to English-language music in clubs and bars. Individual differences do survive but American culture is everywhere. \nDifferences in the social behavior of the two sexes are also disappearing. Most people surveyed felt that it was 'perfectly normal' for groups of young women to go out alone, that it was 'equally acceptable' for young women to smoke and drink, and that a couple should split the bill when they go out together. For most young people these were the biggest differences between their own generation and their parents'.\nInterestingly, however, most young people interviewed said that parents are still stricter with daughters than sons about where they go and who they go with. Overall, only 10 per cent thought that parents treat their sons and daughters equally, and almost no one thought parents were stricter with their sons!\nImportant national differences appear, however, when it comes to time-keeping. In the Far East and Eastern Europe a night out starts --- and finishes --- much earlier: there seven o'clock was the average time for meeting up with friends. For many Southern European and South Americans, on the other hand, an evening out doesn't even start until ten or eleven o'clock, by which time many of their South Korean or Japanese counterparts are safely home in bed! \nParents' rules reflect this. Most Japanese parents expect their teenagers home by ten o'clock or even earlier, whereas in Europe it is more likely to be eleven or twelve o'clock. The most surprising findings came from Argentina, however, where it is apparently quite normal for 15 and 16-year-olds to stay out all night. But then perhaps this is because their parents have less to worry about --- 80 percent of Argentine youngsters claimed that they rarely or never drink alcohol!\n\n<question>:\nNight out in Tokyo is similar to it in Milan because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA English-language activities are highly welcomed\nB they are experiencing the different globalized-culture\nC American culture is very popular all around the world\nD all the young people have the same habits and hobbies\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 night out in Tokyo is much the same as a night out in Milan these days, according to a survey about socialising, conducted amongst 16 to 34-year-olds around the world. Wherever you live, a typical night out is spent eating burgers, seeing American films or listening to English-language music in clubs and bars. Individual differences do survive but American culture is everywhere. \nDifferences in the social behavior of the two sexes are also disappearing. Most people surveyed felt that it was 'perfectly normal' for groups of young women to go out alone, that it was 'equally acceptable' for young women to smoke and drink, and that a couple should split the bill when they go out together. For most young people these were the biggest differences between their own generation and their parents'.\nInterestingly, however, most young people interviewed said that parents are still stricter with daughters than sons about where they go and who they go with. Overall, only 10 per cent thought that parents treat their sons and daughters equally, and almost no one thought parents were stricter with their sons!\nImportant national differences appear, however, when it comes to time-keeping. In the Far East and Eastern Europe a night out starts --- and finishes --- much earlier: there seven o'clock was the average time for meeting up with friends. For many Southern European and South Americans, on the other hand, an evening out doesn't even start until ten or eleven o'clock, by which time many of their South Korean or Japanese counterparts are safely home in bed! \nParents' rules reflect this. Most Japanese parents expect their teenagers home by ten o'clock or even earlier, whereas in Europe it is more likely to be eleven or twelve o'clock. The most surprising findings came from Argentina, however, where it is apparently quite normal for 15 and 16-year-olds to stay out all night. But then perhaps this is because their parents have less to worry about --- 80 percent of Argentine youngsters claimed that they rarely or never drink alcohol!\n\n<question>:\nOne of the biggest differences between young people and their parents lies in _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the music style and stars they loved\nB their attitude towards paying money for dinner\nC the decreasing number of young women smoking\nD the time they meet up with people and have evening out\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 night out in Tokyo is much the same as a night out in Milan these days, according to a survey about socialising, conducted amongst 16 to 34-year-olds around the world. Wherever you live, a typical night out is spent eating burgers, seeing American films or listening to English-language music in clubs and bars. Individual differences do survive but American culture is everywhere. \nDifferences in the social behavior of the two sexes are also disappearing. Most people surveyed felt that it was 'perfectly normal' for groups of young women to go out alone, that it was 'equally acceptable' for young women to smoke and drink, and that a couple should split the bill when they go out together. For most young people these were the biggest differences between their own generation and their parents'.\nInterestingly, however, most young people interviewed said that parents are still stricter with daughters than sons about where they go and who they go with. Overall, only 10 per cent thought that parents treat their sons and daughters equally, and almost no one thought parents were stricter with their sons!\nImportant national differences appear, however, when it comes to time-keeping. In the Far East and Eastern Europe a night out starts --- and finishes --- much earlier: there seven o'clock was the average time for meeting up with friends. For many Southern European and South Americans, on the other hand, an evening out doesn't even start until ten or eleven o'clock, by which time many of their South Korean or Japanese counterparts are safely home in bed! \nParents' rules reflect this. Most Japanese parents expect their teenagers home by ten o'clock or even earlier, whereas in Europe it is more likely to be eleven or twelve o'clock. The most surprising findings came from Argentina, however, where it is apparently quite normal for 15 and 16-year-olds to stay out all night. But then perhaps this is because their parents have less to worry about --- 80 percent of Argentine youngsters claimed that they rarely or never drink alcohol!\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the passage mainly talking about?\n\n<options>:\nA The same night-out life in all the modern cities.\nB The similarities and differences in social behaviors.\nC Comparing night life between the east and the west.\nD Parents' different rules between their sons and daughters.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nI sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in a neighboring town of Venice. As we enjoyed our coffee, a man called the waiter and placed his order, \"Two cups of coffee, one on the wall.\" We got interested and observed that he was served with one cup of coffee but he paid for two. As soon as he left, the waiter attached a piece of paper to the wall saying \"A Cup of Coffee.\" Similar occasions took place twice while we were there. It seemed that this gesture was quite normal at this place. However, it was something unique and confusing for us.\nAfter a few days, when we again enjoyed coffee there, a man entered. The way this man was dressed did not match the standard or the atmosphere of this coffee shop. Poverty was evident from his looks. As he seated himself, he looked at the wall and said, \"One cup of coffee from the wall.\" The waiter served coffee to this man with respect and dignity. The man had his coffee and left without paying. We were amazed to watch all this when the waiter took off a piece of paper from the wall and threw it in the dustbin.\nNow it was no surprise for us; the matter was very clear. The great respect for the needy shown by people in this town moved us to tears.\nCoffee is not a necessity. However, the point is that when we take pleasure in any blessing, maybe we also need to think about those people who also appreciate that specific blessing but cannot afford.\nNote the waiter, who gets the communication going between the affording and the needy with a smile on his face. Think about the man in need: he enters the coffee shop without having to lower his self-dignity; he has a free cup of coffee without asking or knowing about who has given this cup of coffee to him; he only looked at the wall, placed an order for himself, enjoyed his coffee and left. Besides, we need to remember the role played by the wall that reflects the generosity and care of people in this town.\n\n<question>:\nWhat made the author interested as well as confused?\n\n<options>:\nA The waiter's making normal gestures.\nB Customers' buying coffee for the needy.\nC The waiter's attaching coffee orders on the wall.\nD Customers' paying for coffee and having it put on the wall.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nI sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in a neighboring town of Venice. As we enjoyed our coffee, a man called the waiter and placed his order, \"Two cups of coffee, one on the wall.\" We got interested and observed that he was served with one cup of coffee but he paid for two. As soon as he left, the waiter attached a piece of paper to the wall saying \"A Cup of Coffee.\" Similar occasions took place twice while we were there. It seemed that this gesture was quite normal at this place. However, it was something unique and confusing for us.\nAfter a few days, when we again enjoyed coffee there, a man entered. The way this man was dressed did not match the standard or the atmosphere of this coffee shop. Poverty was evident from his looks. As he seated himself, he looked at the wall and said, \"One cup of coffee from the wall.\" The waiter served coffee to this man with respect and dignity. The man had his coffee and left without paying. We were amazed to watch all this when the waiter took off a piece of paper from the wall and threw it in the dustbin.\nNow it was no surprise for us; the matter was very clear. The great respect for the needy shown by people in this town moved us to tears.\nCoffee is not a necessity. However, the point is that when we take pleasure in any blessing, maybe we also need to think about those people who also appreciate that specific blessing but cannot afford.\nNote the waiter, who gets the communication going between the affording and the needy with a smile on his face. Think about the man in need: he enters the coffee shop without having to lower his self-dignity; he has a free cup of coffee without asking or knowing about who has given this cup of coffee to him; he only looked at the wall, placed an order for himself, enjoyed his coffee and left. Besides, we need to remember the role played by the wall that reflects the generosity and care of people in this town.\n\n<question>:\nThe author thought the man in need was _ .\n\n<options>:\nA obviously poor\nB not properly dressed\nC not right to leave without paying\nD strange to order coffee from the wall\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nI sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in a neighboring town of Venice. As we enjoyed our coffee, a man called the waiter and placed his order, \"Two cups of coffee, one on the wall.\" We got interested and observed that he was served with one cup of coffee but he paid for two. As soon as he left, the waiter attached a piece of paper to the wall saying \"A Cup of Coffee.\" Similar occasions took place twice while we were there. It seemed that this gesture was quite normal at this place. However, it was something unique and confusing for us.\nAfter a few days, when we again enjoyed coffee there, a man entered. The way this man was dressed did not match the standard or the atmosphere of this coffee shop. Poverty was evident from his looks. As he seated himself, he looked at the wall and said, \"One cup of coffee from the wall.\" The waiter served coffee to this man with respect and dignity. The man had his coffee and left without paying. We were amazed to watch all this when the waiter took off a piece of paper from the wall and threw it in the dustbin.\nNow it was no surprise for us; the matter was very clear. The great respect for the needy shown by people in this town moved us to tears.\nCoffee is not a necessity. However, the point is that when we take pleasure in any blessing, maybe we also need to think about those people who also appreciate that specific blessing but cannot afford.\nNote the waiter, who gets the communication going between the affording and the needy with a smile on his face. Think about the man in need: he enters the coffee shop without having to lower his self-dignity; he has a free cup of coffee without asking or knowing about who has given this cup of coffee to him; he only looked at the wall, placed an order for himself, enjoyed his coffee and left. Besides, we need to remember the role played by the wall that reflects the generosity and care of people in this town.\n\n<question>:\nIn the author's opinion, coffee is _ .\n\n<options>:\nA necessary in our life\nB a blessing some can't afford\nC respect shown for the needy\nD a blessing everyone should have\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nI sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in a neighboring town of Venice. As we enjoyed our coffee, a man called the waiter and placed his order, \"Two cups of coffee, one on the wall.\" We got interested and observed that he was served with one cup of coffee but he paid for two. As soon as he left, the waiter attached a piece of paper to the wall saying \"A Cup of Coffee.\" Similar occasions took place twice while we were there. It seemed that this gesture was quite normal at this place. However, it was something unique and confusing for us.\nAfter a few days, when we again enjoyed coffee there, a man entered. The way this man was dressed did not match the standard or the atmosphere of this coffee shop. Poverty was evident from his looks. As he seated himself, he looked at the wall and said, \"One cup of coffee from the wall.\" The waiter served coffee to this man with respect and dignity. The man had his coffee and left without paying. We were amazed to watch all this when the waiter took off a piece of paper from the wall and threw it in the dustbin.\nNow it was no surprise for us; the matter was very clear. The great respect for the needy shown by people in this town moved us to tears.\nCoffee is not a necessity. However, the point is that when we take pleasure in any blessing, maybe we also need to think about those people who also appreciate that specific blessing but cannot afford.\nNote the waiter, who gets the communication going between the affording and the needy with a smile on his face. Think about the man in need: he enters the coffee shop without having to lower his self-dignity; he has a free cup of coffee without asking or knowing about who has given this cup of coffee to him; he only looked at the wall, placed an order for himself, enjoyed his coffee and left. Besides, we need to remember the role played by the wall that reflects the generosity and care of people in this town.\n\n<question>:\nThe passage is mainly concerned about _ .\n\n<options>:\nA learning from the waiter\nB buying coffee for others\nC caring more about the people in need\nD analyzing the characters in the coffee shop\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>:\nWhen Christopher Columbus landed on a land without name in 1502, he saw many Indians wearing gold earrings. So he thought the land must be rich in gold. He named the place Costa Rica, which means \"rich coast\" in Spanish.\nThough little gold was found, Costa Rica today is indeed rich with coffee and bananas. Coffee is the most important product in Costa Rica and most of it is exported to other countries like America and West Germany. Bananas are the country's second most important export.\nCosta Ricans also grow many other crops such as fruits, corn and beans for their own use. Costa Ricans love colors and their houses are painted in bright colors.\nEducation is very important to the Costa Ricans. Almost every village has a school and education is a must for children between seven and fourteen years of age. Boys and girls go to separate schools. Classes begin in March and end in November. The other three months of the year are harvest time and the children have to help their parents to pick coffee beans.\n\n<question>:\nThe Costa Ricans may NOT paint their houses _ .\n\n<options>:\nA pink and red\nB grey and black\nC blue and green\nD yellow and orange\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>:\nWhen Christopher Columbus landed on a land without name in 1502, he saw many Indians wearing gold earrings. So he thought the land must be rich in gold. He named the place Costa Rica, which means \"rich coast\" in Spanish.\nThough little gold was found, Costa Rica today is indeed rich with coffee and bananas. Coffee is the most important product in Costa Rica and most of it is exported to other countries like America and West Germany. Bananas are the country's second most important export.\nCosta Ricans also grow many other crops such as fruits, corn and beans for their own use. Costa Ricans love colors and their houses are painted in bright colors.\nEducation is very important to the Costa Ricans. Almost every village has a school and education is a must for children between seven and fourteen years of age. Boys and girls go to separate schools. Classes begin in March and end in November. The other three months of the year are harvest time and the children have to help their parents to pick coffee beans.\n\n<question>:\nIn Costa Rica, boys and girls between seven and fourteen _ .\n\n<options>:\nA must go to school\nB study in the same school\nC do not have to go to school at all\nD can choose to stop schooling at any time\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nWhen Christopher Columbus landed on a land without name in 1502, he saw many Indians wearing gold earrings. So he thought the land must be rich in gold. He named the place Costa Rica, which means \"rich coast\" in Spanish.\nThough little gold was found, Costa Rica today is indeed rich with coffee and bananas. Coffee is the most important product in Costa Rica and most of it is exported to other countries like America and West Germany. Bananas are the country's second most important export.\nCosta Ricans also grow many other crops such as fruits, corn and beans for their own use. Costa Ricans love colors and their houses are painted in bright colors.\nEducation is very important to the Costa Ricans. Almost every village has a school and education is a must for children between seven and fourteen years of age. Boys and girls go to separate schools. Classes begin in March and end in November. The other three months of the year are harvest time and the children have to help their parents to pick coffee beans.\n\n<question>:\nFrom December to February, school children in Costa Rica _ .\n\n<options>:\nA have lessons every day\nB have their examinations\nC help their parents pick coffee beans\nD help their parents decorate their houses\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>:\nWhen Christopher Columbus landed on a land without name in 1502, he saw many Indians wearing gold earrings. So he thought the land must be rich in gold. He named the place Costa Rica, which means \"rich coast\" in Spanish.\nThough little gold was found, Costa Rica today is indeed rich with coffee and bananas. Coffee is the most important product in Costa Rica and most of it is exported to other countries like America and West Germany. Bananas are the country's second most important export.\nCosta Ricans also grow many other crops such as fruits, corn and beans for their own use. Costa Ricans love colors and their houses are painted in bright colors.\nEducation is very important to the Costa Ricans. Almost every village has a school and education is a must for children between seven and fourteen years of age. Boys and girls go to separate schools. Classes begin in March and end in November. The other three months of the year are harvest time and the children have to help their parents to pick coffee beans.\n\n<question>:\nThis passage is mainly about _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Christopher Columbus\nB Costa Rica\nC some products from Costa Rica\nD the education of Costa Rica\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>:\nKeep in the air:The Chaoyang Theater is one of Beijing Theaters to present acrobatic programs all year round.\n Top acrobatic artists invited from all over the country perform for Chinese and foreign tourists.The program features trick cycling,leaping through hoops and Chinese magic tricks.Some of the artists have won prizes in international competitions.\n Time:7:15p.m.Daily\n Place:36,Dongsanhuan Belu.Chaoyang District\n Tel:6507---2421 6507---1818\nUse your head:Green head is a new drama given by a group of young Chinese actors.It's a reworking of American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne's famous novel The Scarlet Letter .It describes the heroine's great courage in finding the true love against a backdrop of disapproval.\n Time:7:15p.m. until March 5th,except Mondays\n Place:China Children's Theater\n Tel:6603---7255 6603---7265\n Mix and match:Story of Puppets tells a fairy.Zixia,who looks for true love in the human world.After watching a puppet play Peony Pavdion ,she thinks it must be true love in reality,so she uses magic to turn the puppet characters into the humans,wanting to fall in love with the puppet hero.But things don't go as she planned.\n Li Liuyi,the director of the play has made several successful attempts to join different traditional operas together in one play.This time he combines Peking Opera,Kunqu Opera,Pingju Opera and an orchestral accompaniment,using the structure of modern drama.\n Time:7:30 p.m until March 10th,except Mondays\n Place:Small Playhouse of Beijing People's Art Theater\n Peking Opera:The Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances at the Chang'an Grand Theater.\n Each performance consists of two classical plays. One is Wenxi(a play focus on singing and dancing);the other is Wuxi(a play full of acrobatic dancing).\n The first night will be The crossroad and Presenting a pearl of the Rainbow Bridge.And the second night will see the performance of The Godess of Heaven Scatters Flowers and Havoc in Heaven.\n Time:7:30p.m. February 27th,28th\n Place:Chang'an Grand Theater\n Tel:86531043\n\n<question>:\nFrom the ads we can learn that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Story of Puppets is played held in China Children's Theater\nB all the artists who have won prizes will perform magic tricks\nC on March 5ththere will be two plays for us to choose\nD the artists in the Peking Opera Troupe are from all over the country\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>:\nKeep in the air:The Chaoyang Theater is one of Beijing Theaters to present acrobatic programs all year round.\n Top acrobatic artists invited from all over the country perform for Chinese and foreign tourists.The program features trick cycling,leaping through hoops and Chinese magic tricks.Some of the artists have won prizes in international competitions.\n Time:7:15p.m.Daily\n Place:36,Dongsanhuan Belu.Chaoyang District\n Tel:6507---2421 6507---1818\nUse your head:Green head is a new drama given by a group of young Chinese actors.It's a reworking of American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne's famous novel The Scarlet Letter .It describes the heroine's great courage in finding the true love against a backdrop of disapproval.\n Time:7:15p.m. until March 5th,except Mondays\n Place:China Children's Theater\n Tel:6603---7255 6603---7265\n Mix and match:Story of Puppets tells a fairy.Zixia,who looks for true love in the human world.After watching a puppet play Peony Pavdion ,she thinks it must be true love in reality,so she uses magic to turn the puppet characters into the humans,wanting to fall in love with the puppet hero.But things don't go as she planned.\n Li Liuyi,the director of the play has made several successful attempts to join different traditional operas together in one play.This time he combines Peking Opera,Kunqu Opera,Pingju Opera and an orchestral accompaniment,using the structure of modern drama.\n Time:7:30 p.m until March 10th,except Mondays\n Place:Small Playhouse of Beijing People's Art Theater\n Peking Opera:The Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances at the Chang'an Grand Theater.\n Each performance consists of two classical plays. One is Wenxi(a play focus on singing and dancing);the other is Wuxi(a play full of acrobatic dancing).\n The first night will be The crossroad and Presenting a pearl of the Rainbow Bridge.And the second night will see the performance of The Godess of Heaven Scatters Flowers and Havoc in Heaven.\n Time:7:30p.m. February 27th,28th\n Place:Chang'an Grand Theater\n Tel:86531043\n\n<question>:\nIf a tourist wants to see a performance on March 15th,he can call _ to book a ticket.\n\n<options>:\nA 8653--1043\nB 6525--0123\nC 6603--7255\nD 6507--1818\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>:\nKeep in the air:The Chaoyang Theater is one of Beijing Theaters to present acrobatic programs all year round.\n Top acrobatic artists invited from all over the country perform for Chinese and foreign tourists.The program features trick cycling,leaping through hoops and Chinese magic tricks.Some of the artists have won prizes in international competitions.\n Time:7:15p.m.Daily\n Place:36,Dongsanhuan Belu.Chaoyang District\n Tel:6507---2421 6507---1818\nUse your head:Green head is a new drama given by a group of young Chinese actors.It's a reworking of American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne's famous novel The Scarlet Letter .It describes the heroine's great courage in finding the true love against a backdrop of disapproval.\n Time:7:15p.m. until March 5th,except Mondays\n Place:China Children's Theater\n Tel:6603---7255 6603---7265\n Mix and match:Story of Puppets tells a fairy.Zixia,who looks for true love in the human world.After watching a puppet play Peony Pavdion ,she thinks it must be true love in reality,so she uses magic to turn the puppet characters into the humans,wanting to fall in love with the puppet hero.But things don't go as she planned.\n Li Liuyi,the director of the play has made several successful attempts to join different traditional operas together in one play.This time he combines Peking Opera,Kunqu Opera,Pingju Opera and an orchestral accompaniment,using the structure of modern drama.\n Time:7:30 p.m until March 10th,except Mondays\n Place:Small Playhouse of Beijing People's Art Theater\n Peking Opera:The Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances at the Chang'an Grand Theater.\n Each performance consists of two classical plays. One is Wenxi(a play focus on singing and dancing);the other is Wuxi(a play full of acrobatic dancing).\n The first night will be The crossroad and Presenting a pearl of the Rainbow Bridge.And the second night will see the performance of The Godess of Heaven Scatters Flowers and Havoc in Heaven.\n Time:7:30p.m. February 27th,28th\n Place:Chang'an Grand Theater\n Tel:86531043\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following statements is true according to the ads?\n\n<options>:\nA The director of the Story of Puppets combines different operas in it.\nB Green Hat is based on a famous novel acted by some American artists.\nC Top Acrobatic artists will present their performances around our country.\nD The Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances with the same plays.\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>:\nRecently, the TV show Where Are We Going, Dad? has become one of China's most popular TV shows, attracting more than 600 million viewers each week.\nIn this program, five celebrity fathers traveled to six countryside locations across China, including some villages in Beijing, Yunnan, Shandong, Hunan, Heilongjiang and a desert in Ningxia. They took care of their kids without the help of the kid's mothers. At the same time, they also took part in different kinds of activities with their kids together, such as cooking, fishing and selling goods.\nWhy is the show so popular? \"It reflects social reality. In big cities, fathers are always busy earning money and making achievements in their career. They don't spare more time with their kids.\" said Xie Dikui, general director of the show. As the father of a 3-year-old daughter, Xie said that he found his own heart being touched as he made it. \"Although these fathers are busy, they are able to spare time for their kids. We can do better than them.\"\n _ also happens in some rural areas in China. More and more men from rural areas are now working in big cities, leaving their kids at home under the Grandparents' care.\n\"I have a son and a daughter in my hometown.\" said Xu Canyong, a 33-year-old man working in Shantou, Guangdong Province. \"They come to live with me only during summer and winter vacations. I miss them very much. I want to have them live with us in Shantou, but the cost of living here is too high.\" said Xu.\n\n<question>:\nFive celebrity fathers have ever traveled to _ with their kids.\n\n<options>:\nA Beijing, Hunan and Heilongjiang\nB Hunan, Heilongjiang and Tibet\nC Yunnan, Ningxia and Hong Kong\nD Yunnan, Shandong and Gansu\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>:\nRecently, the TV show Where Are We Going, Dad? has become one of China's most popular TV shows, attracting more than 600 million viewers each week.\nIn this program, five celebrity fathers traveled to six countryside locations across China, including some villages in Beijing, Yunnan, Shandong, Hunan, Heilongjiang and a desert in Ningxia. They took care of their kids without the help of the kid's mothers. At the same time, they also took part in different kinds of activities with their kids together, such as cooking, fishing and selling goods.\nWhy is the show so popular? \"It reflects social reality. In big cities, fathers are always busy earning money and making achievements in their career. They don't spare more time with their kids.\" said Xie Dikui, general director of the show. As the father of a 3-year-old daughter, Xie said that he found his own heart being touched as he made it. \"Although these fathers are busy, they are able to spare time for their kids. We can do better than them.\"\n _ also happens in some rural areas in China. More and more men from rural areas are now working in big cities, leaving their kids at home under the Grandparents' care.\n\"I have a son and a daughter in my hometown.\" said Xu Canyong, a 33-year-old man working in Shantou, Guangdong Province. \"They come to live with me only during summer and winter vacations. I miss them very much. I want to have them live with us in Shantou, but the cost of living here is too high.\" said Xu.\n\n<question>:\nThe TV show Where Are We Going, Dad? is popular mainly because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the five fathers are all famous stars\nB there are many beautiful sights in it\nC Xie Dikui is a popular director in China\nD it reflects the problems about family education\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>:\nRecently, the TV show Where Are We Going, Dad? has become one of China's most popular TV shows, attracting more than 600 million viewers each week.\nIn this program, five celebrity fathers traveled to six countryside locations across China, including some villages in Beijing, Yunnan, Shandong, Hunan, Heilongjiang and a desert in Ningxia. They took care of their kids without the help of the kid's mothers. At the same time, they also took part in different kinds of activities with their kids together, such as cooking, fishing and selling goods.\nWhy is the show so popular? \"It reflects social reality. In big cities, fathers are always busy earning money and making achievements in their career. They don't spare more time with their kids.\" said Xie Dikui, general director of the show. As the father of a 3-year-old daughter, Xie said that he found his own heart being touched as he made it. \"Although these fathers are busy, they are able to spare time for their kids. We can do better than them.\"\n _ also happens in some rural areas in China. More and more men from rural areas are now working in big cities, leaving their kids at home under the Grandparents' care.\n\"I have a son and a daughter in my hometown.\" said Xu Canyong, a 33-year-old man working in Shantou, Guangdong Province. \"They come to live with me only during summer and winter vacations. I miss them very much. I want to have them live with us in Shantou, but the cost of living here is too high.\" said Xu.\n\n<question>:\nXu Canyong can't live with his two kids in Shantou because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA he can't afford to live there together\nB he has no time to look after his kids\nC Shantou is too far from his hometown\nD his kids are used to living with their grandparents\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>:\nRecently, the TV show Where Are We Going, Dad? has become one of China's most popular TV shows, attracting more than 600 million viewers each week.\nIn this program, five celebrity fathers traveled to six countryside locations across China, including some villages in Beijing, Yunnan, Shandong, Hunan, Heilongjiang and a desert in Ningxia. They took care of their kids without the help of the kid's mothers. At the same time, they also took part in different kinds of activities with their kids together, such as cooking, fishing and selling goods.\nWhy is the show so popular? \"It reflects social reality. In big cities, fathers are always busy earning money and making achievements in their career. They don't spare more time with their kids.\" said Xie Dikui, general director of the show. As the father of a 3-year-old daughter, Xie said that he found his own heart being touched as he made it. \"Although these fathers are busy, they are able to spare time for their kids. We can do better than them.\"\n _ also happens in some rural areas in China. More and more men from rural areas are now working in big cities, leaving their kids at home under the Grandparents' care.\n\"I have a son and a daughter in my hometown.\" said Xu Canyong, a 33-year-old man working in Shantou, Guangdong Province. \"They come to live with me only during summer and winter vacations. I miss them very much. I want to have them live with us in Shantou, but the cost of living here is too high.\" said Xu.\n\n<question>:\nFrom this passage, we may infer _ .\n\n<options>:\nA fathers will raise the kids instead of mothers\nB the five celebrity fathers will give up their own jobs\nC in some rural areas, more and more kids live with their grandparents\nD Mr. Xu often goes back to his hometown during summer and winter vacations\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>:\nMarch 22, 2011---Most restaurants in the United States offer their customers a glass of tap water at no charge with their meal, but this week many restaurants are asking dinners to pay a dollar, or more, for a glass of water. Cards on their tables explain that this small amount helps bring clean water to children around the world. It's called the UNICEF Tap Project.\n\"UNICEF's Tap Project is really all about bringing attention to the fact that over 900 million people around the globe do not have access to good, clean, healthy drinking water,\" says Cary Stem, who heads the US Fund for UNICEF. She adds that water-borne illness is the second-highest cause of preventable childhood death in the world.\n\"Each and every day approximately 4,100 children die just because they don't have that access - 4,100 every single day.\"\nThe public service campaign encourages people to help change that statistic with a simple, affordable action: paying a dollar to get a glass of tap water at a restaurant.\n\"One dollar buys enough good, clean water for a child for 40 days,\" Stem says.\n\"The tap project has expanded since it began five years ago with 300 restaurants in New York City. This year, Stem says, about 3,000 restaurants across the country are participating in the campaign. We raised about $2.5 million over the last five years of this campaign,\" says Stem. \"Last year, we raised over $1 million for the first time. This year we're hoping to top that.\"\nStem credits the continued success of the campaign to an army of volunteers who support the tap project and raise money in their communities.\nThe UNICEF Tap Project is promoting its efforts with a simple motto: when you take water, give water. Currently, UNICEF works in more than 100 countries around the world to improve access to safe water and sanitation facilities in schools and communities.\nStem hopes that, by participating in the project, more Americans will realize that what they often take for granted is a precious and scarce resource in many other parts of the world.\n\n<question>:\nRestaurants began to charge for tap water to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA increase their profit\nB urge customers to save water\nC raise people's awareness of the world water problem\nD collect money for those without access to safe water\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>:\nMarch 22, 2011---Most restaurants in the United States offer their customers a glass of tap water at no charge with their meal, but this week many restaurants are asking dinners to pay a dollar, or more, for a glass of water. Cards on their tables explain that this small amount helps bring clean water to children around the world. It's called the UNICEF Tap Project.\n\"UNICEF's Tap Project is really all about bringing attention to the fact that over 900 million people around the globe do not have access to good, clean, healthy drinking water,\" says Cary Stem, who heads the US Fund for UNICEF. She adds that water-borne illness is the second-highest cause of preventable childhood death in the world.\n\"Each and every day approximately 4,100 children die just because they don't have that access - 4,100 every single day.\"\nThe public service campaign encourages people to help change that statistic with a simple, affordable action: paying a dollar to get a glass of tap water at a restaurant.\n\"One dollar buys enough good, clean water for a child for 40 days,\" Stem says.\n\"The tap project has expanded since it began five years ago with 300 restaurants in New York City. This year, Stem says, about 3,000 restaurants across the country are participating in the campaign. We raised about $2.5 million over the last five years of this campaign,\" says Stem. \"Last year, we raised over $1 million for the first time. This year we're hoping to top that.\"\nStem credits the continued success of the campaign to an army of volunteers who support the tap project and raise money in their communities.\nThe UNICEF Tap Project is promoting its efforts with a simple motto: when you take water, give water. Currently, UNICEF works in more than 100 countries around the world to improve access to safe water and sanitation facilities in schools and communities.\nStem hopes that, by participating in the project, more Americans will realize that what they often take for granted is a precious and scarce resource in many other parts of the world.\n\n<question>:\nWe can learn from the text that the Tap Project _ .\n\n<options>:\nA began in New York City\nB was started by volunteers\nC is hoping to collect $2.5 million this year\nD provides help for 1,000 countries in the world\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>:\nMarch 22, 2011---Most restaurants in the United States offer their customers a glass of tap water at no charge with their meal, but this week many restaurants are asking dinners to pay a dollar, or more, for a glass of water. Cards on their tables explain that this small amount helps bring clean water to children around the world. It's called the UNICEF Tap Project.\n\"UNICEF's Tap Project is really all about bringing attention to the fact that over 900 million people around the globe do not have access to good, clean, healthy drinking water,\" says Cary Stem, who heads the US Fund for UNICEF. She adds that water-borne illness is the second-highest cause of preventable childhood death in the world.\n\"Each and every day approximately 4,100 children die just because they don't have that access - 4,100 every single day.\"\nThe public service campaign encourages people to help change that statistic with a simple, affordable action: paying a dollar to get a glass of tap water at a restaurant.\n\"One dollar buys enough good, clean water for a child for 40 days,\" Stem says.\n\"The tap project has expanded since it began five years ago with 300 restaurants in New York City. This year, Stem says, about 3,000 restaurants across the country are participating in the campaign. We raised about $2.5 million over the last five years of this campaign,\" says Stem. \"Last year, we raised over $1 million for the first time. This year we're hoping to top that.\"\nStem credits the continued success of the campaign to an army of volunteers who support the tap project and raise money in their communities.\nThe UNICEF Tap Project is promoting its efforts with a simple motto: when you take water, give water. Currently, UNICEF works in more than 100 countries around the world to improve access to safe water and sanitation facilities in schools and communities.\nStem hopes that, by participating in the project, more Americans will realize that what they often take for granted is a precious and scarce resource in many other parts of the world.\n\n<question>:\nIt can be learned that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the Tap Project began in 2006\nB America suffers a serious problem\nC 4,100 children die of water pollution every year\nD water-borne illnesses are the biggest killer of children\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>:\nMarch 22, 2011---Most restaurants in the United States offer their customers a glass of tap water at no charge with their meal, but this week many restaurants are asking dinners to pay a dollar, or more, for a glass of water. Cards on their tables explain that this small amount helps bring clean water to children around the world. It's called the UNICEF Tap Project.\n\"UNICEF's Tap Project is really all about bringing attention to the fact that over 900 million people around the globe do not have access to good, clean, healthy drinking water,\" says Cary Stem, who heads the US Fund for UNICEF. She adds that water-borne illness is the second-highest cause of preventable childhood death in the world.\n\"Each and every day approximately 4,100 children die just because they don't have that access - 4,100 every single day.\"\nThe public service campaign encourages people to help change that statistic with a simple, affordable action: paying a dollar to get a glass of tap water at a restaurant.\n\"One dollar buys enough good, clean water for a child for 40 days,\" Stem says.\n\"The tap project has expanded since it began five years ago with 300 restaurants in New York City. This year, Stem says, about 3,000 restaurants across the country are participating in the campaign. We raised about $2.5 million over the last five years of this campaign,\" says Stem. \"Last year, we raised over $1 million for the first time. This year we're hoping to top that.\"\nStem credits the continued success of the campaign to an army of volunteers who support the tap project and raise money in their communities.\nThe UNICEF Tap Project is promoting its efforts with a simple motto: when you take water, give water. Currently, UNICEF works in more than 100 countries around the world to improve access to safe water and sanitation facilities in schools and communities.\nStem hopes that, by participating in the project, more Americans will realize that what they often take for granted is a precious and scarce resource in many other parts of the world.\n\n<question>:\nHow does Cary Stem feel about the work of the Tap Project?\n\n<options>:\nA Concerned\nB Hopeful\nC Disappointed\nD Angry\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>:\nLONDON, England(CNN)-- The youngest person to sail solo around the world returned home Thursday from his 30,000-mile, 282-day ocean journey.\nMike Perham, 17, sailed into Lizard Point in Cornwall, the southernmost point in Britain, at 9:47 a.m., his race team said.\n\"It feels ly brilliant,\" Mike told CNN by phone hours before crossing the finish line. \"I'm really, really excited to be going across the line at last. It doesn't feel like long since I crossed it first.\"\nMike set off on his round-the-world trip on November 18, 2008. He has been sailing his yacht, TotallyMoney.com, single-handedly, though a support team has been sailing next to him along the way. ks5u\nThe teen has now achieved the title of Youngest Sailor to Circumnavigate the Globe Solo, according to the Guinness World Records.\nMike learned how to sail when he was seven years old from his father, Peter and at age 14, he sailed across the Atlantic alone.\nThe teenager's school -- which Mike describes as \"highly supportive\" of his trip -- has redesigned his coursework to fit in with his trip. It also gave him some coursework to do during \"quiet moments,\" according to Mike's Website.\nThere haven't been many of those quiet moments. Repeated autopilot failures forced him to stop for repairs in Portugal, the Canary Islands, South Africa, and twice in Australia, according to his Web site.\nBad weather in the Southern Ocean -- between Australia and Antarctica -- forced Mike to battle 50ft waves and 57 mph winds. He said at one point, a \"freak wave\" picked up the boat and turned it on its side. \"My feet were on the ceiling at the time,\" he told CNN. \"That was a really hairy moment, and I was certainly thinking, 'Why am I here?' But we took the sails off and the day after I thought, 'This is brilliant!'\"\nMike describes his father as his biggest hero, always supportive of what he wanted to achieve. Peter Perham said he wasn't too worried about his son facing dangerous situations at sea, as long as he knew what to do and stayed safe.\n\n<question>:\nMike Perham returned to Britain in _ .\n\n<options>:\nA September\nB August\nC October\nD November\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>:\nLONDON, England(CNN)-- The youngest person to sail solo around the world returned home Thursday from his 30,000-mile, 282-day ocean journey.\nMike Perham, 17, sailed into Lizard Point in Cornwall, the southernmost point in Britain, at 9:47 a.m., his race team said.\n\"It feels ly brilliant,\" Mike told CNN by phone hours before crossing the finish line. \"I'm really, really excited to be going across the line at last. It doesn't feel like long since I crossed it first.\"\nMike set off on his round-the-world trip on November 18, 2008. He has been sailing his yacht, TotallyMoney.com, single-handedly, though a support team has been sailing next to him along the way. ks5u\nThe teen has now achieved the title of Youngest Sailor to Circumnavigate the Globe Solo, according to the Guinness World Records.\nMike learned how to sail when he was seven years old from his father, Peter and at age 14, he sailed across the Atlantic alone.\nThe teenager's school -- which Mike describes as \"highly supportive\" of his trip -- has redesigned his coursework to fit in with his trip. It also gave him some coursework to do during \"quiet moments,\" according to Mike's Website.\nThere haven't been many of those quiet moments. Repeated autopilot failures forced him to stop for repairs in Portugal, the Canary Islands, South Africa, and twice in Australia, according to his Web site.\nBad weather in the Southern Ocean -- between Australia and Antarctica -- forced Mike to battle 50ft waves and 57 mph winds. He said at one point, a \"freak wave\" picked up the boat and turned it on its side. \"My feet were on the ceiling at the time,\" he told CNN. \"That was a really hairy moment, and I was certainly thinking, 'Why am I here?' But we took the sails off and the day after I thought, 'This is brilliant!'\"\nMike describes his father as his biggest hero, always supportive of what he wanted to achieve. Peter Perham said he wasn't too worried about his son facing dangerous situations at sea, as long as he knew what to do and stayed safe.\n\n<question>:\nMike Perham is _ to have gone on the round-the-world trip in the world up till now.\n\n<options>:\nA the first\nB the bravest\nC the luckiest\nD the youngest\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>:\nLONDON, England(CNN)-- The youngest person to sail solo around the world returned home Thursday from his 30,000-mile, 282-day ocean journey.\nMike Perham, 17, sailed into Lizard Point in Cornwall, the southernmost point in Britain, at 9:47 a.m., his race team said.\n\"It feels ly brilliant,\" Mike told CNN by phone hours before crossing the finish line. \"I'm really, really excited to be going across the line at last. It doesn't feel like long since I crossed it first.\"\nMike set off on his round-the-world trip on November 18, 2008. He has been sailing his yacht, TotallyMoney.com, single-handedly, though a support team has been sailing next to him along the way. ks5u\nThe teen has now achieved the title of Youngest Sailor to Circumnavigate the Globe Solo, according to the Guinness World Records.\nMike learned how to sail when he was seven years old from his father, Peter and at age 14, he sailed across the Atlantic alone.\nThe teenager's school -- which Mike describes as \"highly supportive\" of his trip -- has redesigned his coursework to fit in with his trip. It also gave him some coursework to do during \"quiet moments,\" according to Mike's Website.\nThere haven't been many of those quiet moments. Repeated autopilot failures forced him to stop for repairs in Portugal, the Canary Islands, South Africa, and twice in Australia, according to his Web site.\nBad weather in the Southern Ocean -- between Australia and Antarctica -- forced Mike to battle 50ft waves and 57 mph winds. He said at one point, a \"freak wave\" picked up the boat and turned it on its side. \"My feet were on the ceiling at the time,\" he told CNN. \"That was a really hairy moment, and I was certainly thinking, 'Why am I here?' But we took the sails off and the day after I thought, 'This is brilliant!'\"\nMike describes his father as his biggest hero, always supportive of what he wanted to achieve. Peter Perham said he wasn't too worried about his son facing dangerous situations at sea, as long as he knew what to do and stayed safe.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage, Mike did anything EXCEPT _ on his trip.\n\n<options>:\nA regret\nB worry\nC abandon\nD fear\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>:\nLONDON, England(CNN)-- The youngest person to sail solo around the world returned home Thursday from his 30,000-mile, 282-day ocean journey.\nMike Perham, 17, sailed into Lizard Point in Cornwall, the southernmost point in Britain, at 9:47 a.m., his race team said.\n\"It feels ly brilliant,\" Mike told CNN by phone hours before crossing the finish line. \"I'm really, really excited to be going across the line at last. It doesn't feel like long since I crossed it first.\"\nMike set off on his round-the-world trip on November 18, 2008. He has been sailing his yacht, TotallyMoney.com, single-handedly, though a support team has been sailing next to him along the way. ks5u\nThe teen has now achieved the title of Youngest Sailor to Circumnavigate the Globe Solo, according to the Guinness World Records.\nMike learned how to sail when he was seven years old from his father, Peter and at age 14, he sailed across the Atlantic alone.\nThe teenager's school -- which Mike describes as \"highly supportive\" of his trip -- has redesigned his coursework to fit in with his trip. It also gave him some coursework to do during \"quiet moments,\" according to Mike's Website.\nThere haven't been many of those quiet moments. Repeated autopilot failures forced him to stop for repairs in Portugal, the Canary Islands, South Africa, and twice in Australia, according to his Web site.\nBad weather in the Southern Ocean -- between Australia and Antarctica -- forced Mike to battle 50ft waves and 57 mph winds. He said at one point, a \"freak wave\" picked up the boat and turned it on its side. \"My feet were on the ceiling at the time,\" he told CNN. \"That was a really hairy moment, and I was certainly thinking, 'Why am I here?' But we took the sails off and the day after I thought, 'This is brilliant!'\"\nMike describes his father as his biggest hero, always supportive of what he wanted to achieve. Peter Perham said he wasn't too worried about his son facing dangerous situations at sea, as long as he knew what to do and stayed safe.\n\n<question>:\nThe passage mainly tells us _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Mike's exciting sail trip around the globe\nB how Mike's father taught him to sail a boat\nC why CNN wanted to report the news to the public\nD the introduction of the Guinness World Records\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>:\nLONDON, England(CNN)-- The youngest person to sail solo around the world returned home Thursday from his 30,000-mile, 282-day ocean journey.\nMike Perham, 17, sailed into Lizard Point in Cornwall, the southernmost point in Britain, at 9:47 a.m., his race team said.\n\"It feels ly brilliant,\" Mike told CNN by phone hours before crossing the finish line. \"I'm really, really excited to be going across the line at last. It doesn't feel like long since I crossed it first.\"\nMike set off on his round-the-world trip on November 18, 2008. He has been sailing his yacht, TotallyMoney.com, single-handedly, though a support team has been sailing next to him along the way. ks5u\nThe teen has now achieved the title of Youngest Sailor to Circumnavigate the Globe Solo, according to the Guinness World Records.\nMike learned how to sail when he was seven years old from his father, Peter and at age 14, he sailed across the Atlantic alone.\nThe teenager's school -- which Mike describes as \"highly supportive\" of his trip -- has redesigned his coursework to fit in with his trip. It also gave him some coursework to do during \"quiet moments,\" according to Mike's Website.\nThere haven't been many of those quiet moments. Repeated autopilot failures forced him to stop for repairs in Portugal, the Canary Islands, South Africa, and twice in Australia, according to his Web site.\nBad weather in the Southern Ocean -- between Australia and Antarctica -- forced Mike to battle 50ft waves and 57 mph winds. He said at one point, a \"freak wave\" picked up the boat and turned it on its side. \"My feet were on the ceiling at the time,\" he told CNN. \"That was a really hairy moment, and I was certainly thinking, 'Why am I here?' But we took the sails off and the day after I thought, 'This is brilliant!'\"\nMike describes his father as his biggest hero, always supportive of what he wanted to achieve. Peter Perham said he wasn't too worried about his son facing dangerous situations at sea, as long as he knew what to do and stayed safe.\n\n<question>:\nWe can infer from the passage that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the English school is the same as ours\nB the English school doesn't care for students\nC the English school has a humane management\nD the English school gives students a lot of course work\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>:\nWhen I was a child, our dining room had two kinds of chairs--two large ones with arm rests and four small ones without. The larger ones stood at the ends of the table, the smaller ones on the sides. Mom and Dad sat in the big chairs, except when one of us was away; then Mom would sit in one of the smaller chairs. Dad always sat at the end, at the \"head\" of the table. Sitting where he did, Dad was framed by the window through which the yard could be seen with its trees and grass. His chair was not just a place for him at the table; it was a place in which he was situated against the yard and trees. It was the holy and protected place that was his, and ours through him.\nAfter Dad retired, he and Mom moved out into a small flat. When they came to visit me at their old house. Dad still sat at the end of the table though the table was no longer his but mine. Only with my marriage to Barbara, did I hear a voice questioning the arrangement. She requested, gently but firmly, that I sit at the head of the table in our home. I realized then that I was head of the family, but I also felt unwilling to introduce such a change. How would I feel sitting in that \"head\" place in my Dad's presence? And how would he handle it? I was to find out on the occasion of our youngest child's first birthday. \nMom and Dad arrived for lunch, and went into the dining room. Dad moved toward his usual seat in front of the window. Before he could get around the side of the table, I took a deep breath and said, \"Dad, this is going to be your place, next to Mom, on the side.\" He stopped, looked at me and then sat down. I felt sad, and angry at Barbara for pushing me to do this. It would have been easy to say, \"My mistake, Dad. Sit where you always sit.\" But I didn't.\nWhen he and Mom were seated, Barbara and I took our places. I don't know how Dad felt. I do know that, though removed from his usual place, he continued to share his best self with us, telling stories of his childhood and youth to the delight of his grandchildren. As I served the food, our lives experienced a change, which we continue to live with.\nIt wasn't easy, but I sense that there is also something good in the change which has occurred. I am beginning to learn that \"honoring one's father\" is more than the question of which place to occupy at the dining table. It also means listening, wherever we sit and whatever positions we own, to the stories Dad longs to tell. We may then, during these magical moments, even be able to forget about whose chair is whose.\n\n<question>:\nWhere did the writer's mother sit when one of the children was away?\n\n<options>:\nA She didn't change her chair.\nB She moved her own chair next Dad's.\nC She moved to an empty chair on the side.\nD She sat opposite to Dad.\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>:\nWhen I was a child, our dining room had two kinds of chairs--two large ones with arm rests and four small ones without. The larger ones stood at the ends of the table, the smaller ones on the sides. Mom and Dad sat in the big chairs, except when one of us was away; then Mom would sit in one of the smaller chairs. Dad always sat at the end, at the \"head\" of the table. Sitting where he did, Dad was framed by the window through which the yard could be seen with its trees and grass. His chair was not just a place for him at the table; it was a place in which he was situated against the yard and trees. It was the holy and protected place that was his, and ours through him.\nAfter Dad retired, he and Mom moved out into a small flat. When they came to visit me at their old house. Dad still sat at the end of the table though the table was no longer his but mine. Only with my marriage to Barbara, did I hear a voice questioning the arrangement. She requested, gently but firmly, that I sit at the head of the table in our home. I realized then that I was head of the family, but I also felt unwilling to introduce such a change. How would I feel sitting in that \"head\" place in my Dad's presence? And how would he handle it? I was to find out on the occasion of our youngest child's first birthday. \nMom and Dad arrived for lunch, and went into the dining room. Dad moved toward his usual seat in front of the window. Before he could get around the side of the table, I took a deep breath and said, \"Dad, this is going to be your place, next to Mom, on the side.\" He stopped, looked at me and then sat down. I felt sad, and angry at Barbara for pushing me to do this. It would have been easy to say, \"My mistake, Dad. Sit where you always sit.\" But I didn't.\nWhen he and Mom were seated, Barbara and I took our places. I don't know how Dad felt. I do know that, though removed from his usual place, he continued to share his best self with us, telling stories of his childhood and youth to the delight of his grandchildren. As I served the food, our lives experienced a change, which we continue to live with.\nIt wasn't easy, but I sense that there is also something good in the change which has occurred. I am beginning to learn that \"honoring one's father\" is more than the question of which place to occupy at the dining table. It also means listening, wherever we sit and whatever positions we own, to the stories Dad longs to tell. We may then, during these magical moments, even be able to forget about whose chair is whose.\n\n<question>:\nHow did the writer feel when he told his father to sit on the side?\n\n<options>:\nA He didn't feel bad because his father was going to sit there anyway.\nB He felt happy at having carded out the difficult task.\nC He was thoroughly satisfied with the new seating arrangement.\nD He regretted what he had done and wanted to blame his wife.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nWhen I was a child, our dining room had two kinds of chairs--two large ones with arm rests and four small ones without. The larger ones stood at the ends of the table, the smaller ones on the sides. Mom and Dad sat in the big chairs, except when one of us was away; then Mom would sit in one of the smaller chairs. Dad always sat at the end, at the \"head\" of the table. Sitting where he did, Dad was framed by the window through which the yard could be seen with its trees and grass. His chair was not just a place for him at the table; it was a place in which he was situated against the yard and trees. It was the holy and protected place that was his, and ours through him.\nAfter Dad retired, he and Mom moved out into a small flat. When they came to visit me at their old house. Dad still sat at the end of the table though the table was no longer his but mine. Only with my marriage to Barbara, did I hear a voice questioning the arrangement. She requested, gently but firmly, that I sit at the head of the table in our home. I realized then that I was head of the family, but I also felt unwilling to introduce such a change. How would I feel sitting in that \"head\" place in my Dad's presence? And how would he handle it? I was to find out on the occasion of our youngest child's first birthday. \nMom and Dad arrived for lunch, and went into the dining room. Dad moved toward his usual seat in front of the window. Before he could get around the side of the table, I took a deep breath and said, \"Dad, this is going to be your place, next to Mom, on the side.\" He stopped, looked at me and then sat down. I felt sad, and angry at Barbara for pushing me to do this. It would have been easy to say, \"My mistake, Dad. Sit where you always sit.\" But I didn't.\nWhen he and Mom were seated, Barbara and I took our places. I don't know how Dad felt. I do know that, though removed from his usual place, he continued to share his best self with us, telling stories of his childhood and youth to the delight of his grandchildren. As I served the food, our lives experienced a change, which we continue to live with.\nIt wasn't easy, but I sense that there is also something good in the change which has occurred. I am beginning to learn that \"honoring one's father\" is more than the question of which place to occupy at the dining table. It also means listening, wherever we sit and whatever positions we own, to the stories Dad longs to tell. We may then, during these magical moments, even be able to forget about whose chair is whose.\n\n<question>:\nWhat happened during the meal after the family had all taken their new seats?\n\n<options>:\nA The writer's children removed their grandfather from his usual place.\nB The writer's father didn't appear to mind where he sat.\nC The writer's father shared his favorite dishes with the grandchildren.\nD They became tense and nervous about their future as a family.\n\n<answer>:\n",
"assistant": "B"
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