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"human": "Read the 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 did the writer learn about \"honoring one's father\"?\n\n<options>:\nA Fathers always long to tell stories about their early years.\nB Providing the fight chair is the only way to honor one's father.\nC Respect for one's father doesn't depend only on where he sits.\nD The family should dine together at the same table as often as possible.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nMore than ever, kids today have given up reading for activities like watching TV, playing video games and surfing the Internet, but recently a new trend has been _ that will hopefully change that.\n In fact, book clubs are becoming more popular among American kids. 11-year-old Kenya Debarros read about singer Lena Horne. \"It was just amazing to see a black woman as the star and not just a mammy or a maid,\" she says. But did all these kids come enthusiastically ? No, not exactly.\n \"I like book club, uh, I don't know, but I am just trying it out. My mom didn't make me, but I just tried it out,\" says 16-year-old Antonio Nash.\n And if they'll try it, the experts say, there are ways to get them to come back. Make it fun, serve pizza, serve chocolate cakes and have door prizes . It also helps to connect books to the real world. They talk about things that are happening in the community, so they can relate whatever they've read in the book to what's happening now.\n Here they have long talks about the books they have selected, which most kids don't get to do when they're in school, and these kids say, in book clubs they're learning to love books and love reading.\n \"I feel like I'm actually in the book and doing what the actual main character is doing,\" says 13-year-\n-old Justin Woodard.\n 16-year-old Antonia McManus says reading gives her a nice break from the day, \"Sitting down and reading a book gives me some time to get away from the world, and get my mind straight.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the main idea of the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Book clubs develop very fast in America.\nB Book clubs are popular among American kids.\nC American kids' habits are changing towards reading.\nD A new trend helps change children in America.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nMore than ever, kids today have given up reading for activities like watching TV, playing video games and surfing the Internet, but recently a new trend has been _ that will hopefully change that.\n In fact, book clubs are becoming more popular among American kids. 11-year-old Kenya Debarros read about singer Lena Horne. \"It was just amazing to see a black woman as the star and not just a mammy or a maid,\" she says. But did all these kids come enthusiastically ? No, not exactly.\n \"I like book club, uh, I don't know, but I am just trying it out. My mom didn't make me, but I just tried it out,\" says 16-year-old Antonio Nash.\n And if they'll try it, the experts say, there are ways to get them to come back. Make it fun, serve pizza, serve chocolate cakes and have door prizes . It also helps to connect books to the real world. They talk about things that are happening in the community, so they can relate whatever they've read in the book to what's happening now.\n Here they have long talks about the books they have selected, which most kids don't get to do when they're in school, and these kids say, in book clubs they're learning to love books and love reading.\n \"I feel like I'm actually in the book and doing what the actual main character is doing,\" says 13-year-\n-old Justin Woodard.\n 16-year-old Antonia McManus says reading gives her a nice break from the day, \"Sitting down and reading a book gives me some time to get away from the world, and get my mind straight.\"\n\n<question>:\nIt can be known from the passage that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA book clubs are designed to improve kids' study\nB book clubs are mainly to help kids forget the reality\nC kids like to go there for the silent surroundings\nD kids may get unexpected rewards in book clubs\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nMore than ever, kids today have given up reading for activities like watching TV, playing video games and surfing the Internet, but recently a new trend has been _ that will hopefully change that.\n In fact, book clubs are becoming more popular among American kids. 11-year-old Kenya Debarros read about singer Lena Horne. \"It was just amazing to see a black woman as the star and not just a mammy or a maid,\" she says. But did all these kids come enthusiastically ? No, not exactly.\n \"I like book club, uh, I don't know, but I am just trying it out. My mom didn't make me, but I just tried it out,\" says 16-year-old Antonio Nash.\n And if they'll try it, the experts say, there are ways to get them to come back. Make it fun, serve pizza, serve chocolate cakes and have door prizes . It also helps to connect books to the real world. They talk about things that are happening in the community, so they can relate whatever they've read in the book to what's happening now.\n Here they have long talks about the books they have selected, which most kids don't get to do when they're in school, and these kids say, in book clubs they're learning to love books and love reading.\n \"I feel like I'm actually in the book and doing what the actual main character is doing,\" says 13-year-\n-old Justin Woodard.\n 16-year-old Antonia McManus says reading gives her a nice break from the day, \"Sitting down and reading a book gives me some time to get away from the world, and get my mind straight.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhy does Antonia McManus like going to the book club?\n\n<options>:\nA She finds reading restful.\nB She could get some sound sleep.\nC She likes the noisy conditions there.\nD She can deal with her problems there.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nNonverbal Communication\nWhen you are in another country, it is important to know the language, but it is equally important to know how to communicate nonverbally. Before saying anything, people communicate nonverbally by making gestures. According to an investigation ,only 30 to 35 percent of our communication is verbal. When people don't know the language, the most common way to communicate is through gestures. However, many gestures have different meanings, or no meaning at all, in different parts of the world.\nIn the United States, for example, nodding your head up and down means \"yes\". In some parts of Greece and Turkey, however, this motion can mean \"no\". In Southeast Asia, nodding your head is a polite way of saying \"I've heard you.\"\nIn ancient Rome, when the emperor wanted to spare someone's life, he would put his thumb up. Today in the United States, when someone puts his/her thumb up, it means \"Everything is all right.\" However, in Sardinia and Greece, the gesture is insulting and should not be used there.\nIn the United States, raising your clasped hands above your head means \"I'm the champion\" or \"I'm the winner\". It is the sign that prizefighters make when they win a fight. When a leading Russian statesman made this gesture after a White House meeting, Americans misunderstood and thought he meant he was a winner. In Russia, however, it is a sign of friendship.\nThere are other nonverbal signals that people should be aware of when they go to another country, such as the distance to maintain between speakers. Americans stand closer to each other than English people. English people don't like touching somebody or being touched. Now in America, touch is important. For example friends touch each other on the arm. They often put an arm around a friend when they say \"hello\" or \"goodbye\".\n\n<question>:\nIt is very important to know how to communicate nonverbally when you are in another country because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA most people speak different languages\nB much of our communication is nonverbal on many occasions\nC people usually make gestures before saying anything\nD it's easy to learn how to express oneself through gestures\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nNonverbal Communication\nWhen you are in another country, it is important to know the language, but it is equally important to know how to communicate nonverbally. Before saying anything, people communicate nonverbally by making gestures. According to an investigation ,only 30 to 35 percent of our communication is verbal. When people don't know the language, the most common way to communicate is through gestures. However, many gestures have different meanings, or no meaning at all, in different parts of the world.\nIn the United States, for example, nodding your head up and down means \"yes\". In some parts of Greece and Turkey, however, this motion can mean \"no\". In Southeast Asia, nodding your head is a polite way of saying \"I've heard you.\"\nIn ancient Rome, when the emperor wanted to spare someone's life, he would put his thumb up. Today in the United States, when someone puts his/her thumb up, it means \"Everything is all right.\" However, in Sardinia and Greece, the gesture is insulting and should not be used there.\nIn the United States, raising your clasped hands above your head means \"I'm the champion\" or \"I'm the winner\". It is the sign that prizefighters make when they win a fight. When a leading Russian statesman made this gesture after a White House meeting, Americans misunderstood and thought he meant he was a winner. In Russia, however, it is a sign of friendship.\nThere are other nonverbal signals that people should be aware of when they go to another country, such as the distance to maintain between speakers. Americans stand closer to each other than English people. English people don't like touching somebody or being touched. Now in America, touch is important. For example friends touch each other on the arm. They often put an arm around a friend when they say \"hello\" or \"goodbye\".\n\n<question>:\nIf a native in Singapore nods his head up and down when you talk to him, his motion means _ .\n\n<options>:\nA yes\nB no\nC that's all right\nD I've heard you\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nNonverbal Communication\nWhen you are in another country, it is important to know the language, but it is equally important to know how to communicate nonverbally. Before saying anything, people communicate nonverbally by making gestures. According to an investigation ,only 30 to 35 percent of our communication is verbal. When people don't know the language, the most common way to communicate is through gestures. However, many gestures have different meanings, or no meaning at all, in different parts of the world.\nIn the United States, for example, nodding your head up and down means \"yes\". In some parts of Greece and Turkey, however, this motion can mean \"no\". In Southeast Asia, nodding your head is a polite way of saying \"I've heard you.\"\nIn ancient Rome, when the emperor wanted to spare someone's life, he would put his thumb up. Today in the United States, when someone puts his/her thumb up, it means \"Everything is all right.\" However, in Sardinia and Greece, the gesture is insulting and should not be used there.\nIn the United States, raising your clasped hands above your head means \"I'm the champion\" or \"I'm the winner\". It is the sign that prizefighters make when they win a fight. When a leading Russian statesman made this gesture after a White House meeting, Americans misunderstood and thought he meant he was a winner. In Russia, however, it is a sign of friendship.\nThere are other nonverbal signals that people should be aware of when they go to another country, such as the distance to maintain between speakers. Americans stand closer to each other than English people. English people don't like touching somebody or being touched. Now in America, touch is important. For example friends touch each other on the arm. They often put an arm around a friend when they say \"hello\" or \"goodbye\".\n\n<question>:\nWhen the Russian leader put up his clasped hands after the meeting at the White House _ .\n\n<options>:\nA he meant Russia was the winner\nB he was insulting America\nC he made a show of friendship to America\nD he in fact meant nothing at all\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nNonverbal Communication\nWhen you are in another country, it is important to know the language, but it is equally important to know how to communicate nonverbally. Before saying anything, people communicate nonverbally by making gestures. According to an investigation ,only 30 to 35 percent of our communication is verbal. When people don't know the language, the most common way to communicate is through gestures. However, many gestures have different meanings, or no meaning at all, in different parts of the world.\nIn the United States, for example, nodding your head up and down means \"yes\". In some parts of Greece and Turkey, however, this motion can mean \"no\". In Southeast Asia, nodding your head is a polite way of saying \"I've heard you.\"\nIn ancient Rome, when the emperor wanted to spare someone's life, he would put his thumb up. Today in the United States, when someone puts his/her thumb up, it means \"Everything is all right.\" However, in Sardinia and Greece, the gesture is insulting and should not be used there.\nIn the United States, raising your clasped hands above your head means \"I'm the champion\" or \"I'm the winner\". It is the sign that prizefighters make when they win a fight. When a leading Russian statesman made this gesture after a White House meeting, Americans misunderstood and thought he meant he was a winner. In Russia, however, it is a sign of friendship.\nThere are other nonverbal signals that people should be aware of when they go to another country, such as the distance to maintain between speakers. Americans stand closer to each other than English people. English people don't like touching somebody or being touched. Now in America, touch is important. For example friends touch each other on the arm. They often put an arm around a friend when they say \"hello\" or \"goodbye\".\n\n<question>:\nThe gesture of putting one's thumb up should not be used when you are travelling in _ .\n\n<options>:\nA China\nB the United States\nC Greece\nD Southeast Asia\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nResearch shows that humans switch from selfish to unselfish behavior when they are watched. Do you?\nA picture of a set of eyes on a computer screen can cause a change in the way people act. Even images of eyes on a charity donation, collection box encourage people to be unselfish, because people put more money in a collection box that has a picture of eyes on it than they do when a flower symbol is on the box.\nManfred Milinski from the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Germany and Bettina Rockenbach of the University of Berlin, the authors of a new study, found that people act better when they are being watched because they feel they will be rewarded for good behavior. Their report also referred to other research showing that this response of behaving well when watched is somehow _ into humans and people respond this way unconsciously, or without realizing it.\nIt is not just humans that act unselfishly when they are being watched. A fish called the grooming fish cleans other fish. When other fish are around, it is gentler. When no other fish are around, however, the grooming fish bites chunks from the fish it is supposed to be cleaning. The researchers suggest that the best way to get people to behave in the correct way is to make them feel watched. This could be the reason for the success of a famous American army poster. On it was a picture of an elderly man staring fiercely and pointing, it appeared, to the person who was looking at the poster. Under the picture was the caption 'I Want You' It encouraged hundreds of thousands of young American men to join the army during the Second World War to fight the Germans and Japanese.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the report, why does a person behave better when he feels he is being watched?\n\n<options>:\nA He does not want to be shamed by others.\nB He needs to show he is a good person.\nC He desires others to like him more.\nD He feels he will receive some social reward.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nResearch shows that humans switch from selfish to unselfish behavior when they are watched. Do you?\nA picture of a set of eyes on a computer screen can cause a change in the way people act. Even images of eyes on a charity donation, collection box encourage people to be unselfish, because people put more money in a collection box that has a picture of eyes on it than they do when a flower symbol is on the box.\nManfred Milinski from the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Germany and Bettina Rockenbach of the University of Berlin, the authors of a new study, found that people act better when they are being watched because they feel they will be rewarded for good behavior. Their report also referred to other research showing that this response of behaving well when watched is somehow _ into humans and people respond this way unconsciously, or without realizing it.\nIt is not just humans that act unselfishly when they are being watched. A fish called the grooming fish cleans other fish. When other fish are around, it is gentler. When no other fish are around, however, the grooming fish bites chunks from the fish it is supposed to be cleaning. The researchers suggest that the best way to get people to behave in the correct way is to make them feel watched. This could be the reason for the success of a famous American army poster. On it was a picture of an elderly man staring fiercely and pointing, it appeared, to the person who was looking at the poster. Under the picture was the caption 'I Want You' It encouraged hundreds of thousands of young American men to join the army during the Second World War to fight the Germans and Japanese.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the text mainly about?\n\n<options>:\nA It describes changed behavior when observed.\nB It details ways to control people's behavior.\nC It tells how to make people work harder.\nD It discusses different advertising methods.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nResearch shows that humans switch from selfish to unselfish behavior when they are watched. Do you?\nA picture of a set of eyes on a computer screen can cause a change in the way people act. Even images of eyes on a charity donation, collection box encourage people to be unselfish, because people put more money in a collection box that has a picture of eyes on it than they do when a flower symbol is on the box.\nManfred Milinski from the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Germany and Bettina Rockenbach of the University of Berlin, the authors of a new study, found that people act better when they are being watched because they feel they will be rewarded for good behavior. Their report also referred to other research showing that this response of behaving well when watched is somehow _ into humans and people respond this way unconsciously, or without realizing it.\nIt is not just humans that act unselfishly when they are being watched. A fish called the grooming fish cleans other fish. When other fish are around, it is gentler. When no other fish are around, however, the grooming fish bites chunks from the fish it is supposed to be cleaning. The researchers suggest that the best way to get people to behave in the correct way is to make them feel watched. This could be the reason for the success of a famous American army poster. On it was a picture of an elderly man staring fiercely and pointing, it appeared, to the person who was looking at the poster. Under the picture was the caption 'I Want You' It encouraged hundreds of thousands of young American men to join the army during the Second World War to fight the Germans and Japanese.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the text, which of the following statements is true?\n\n<options>:\nA People pretend to behave worse when they are watched.\nB Fish bite other fish in a fish tank when they are alone.\nC People donatemore money when they feel they are watched.\nD Soldiers fought better during World War II because of a poster.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nResearch shows that humans switch from selfish to unselfish behavior when they are watched. Do you?\nA picture of a set of eyes on a computer screen can cause a change in the way people act. Even images of eyes on a charity donation, collection box encourage people to be unselfish, because people put more money in a collection box that has a picture of eyes on it than they do when a flower symbol is on the box.\nManfred Milinski from the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Germany and Bettina Rockenbach of the University of Berlin, the authors of a new study, found that people act better when they are being watched because they feel they will be rewarded for good behavior. Their report also referred to other research showing that this response of behaving well when watched is somehow _ into humans and people respond this way unconsciously, or without realizing it.\nIt is not just humans that act unselfishly when they are being watched. A fish called the grooming fish cleans other fish. When other fish are around, it is gentler. When no other fish are around, however, the grooming fish bites chunks from the fish it is supposed to be cleaning. The researchers suggest that the best way to get people to behave in the correct way is to make them feel watched. This could be the reason for the success of a famous American army poster. On it was a picture of an elderly man staring fiercely and pointing, it appeared, to the person who was looking at the poster. Under the picture was the caption 'I Want You' It encouraged hundreds of thousands of young American men to join the army during the Second World War to fight the Germans and Japanese.\n\n<question>:\nWhere would the study described in the text most likely be found?\n\n<options>:\nA In a newspaper.\nB In a scientific journal.\nC In an advertising magazine.\nD In a science textbook.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nDear College Dean\nIt is my understanding that this college has received a large donation to be used to enhance (improve) the quality of life for students: expand the bookstore or add computers to the computer lab. It is the tradition of this school to promote education and to be at the vanguard of new technology. That is why I strongly argue in favor of the addition of more computers to the computer lab.\nAlthough expanding the campus bookstore to include CDs, gifts, and a snack bar will give a nicer look to the college, we have to think about a greater goal and a more practical way to enhance the quality of life for students. What do we want for our students and our college? Do we want our college to be known as a place with a great bookstore where you can find CDs and gifts, or as a place where the students can explore and research in their field using the best tools provided by technology? In addition, there are already several snack bars on campus, and there are music stores nearby, so students do not depend on the college bookstore for these things.\nWe live in a highly technological world and computers play an increasingly important role in how we live. As a learning institution, this college has the responsibility to offer its students the best technology to help them prepare for their future. Many students will be expected to be familiar with the latest software and other tools when they go on to work or to graduate school.\nWhile they are in college, students find they are expected to use computers. Many professors expect students to use computers to do homework or to complete projects. Students are asked to create PowerPoint presentations and use spreadsheets and database programs, as well as to research many topics on the Internet. Since students are competing for good grades, those who have limited access to computers are at a great disadvantage. Furthermore, being able to do projects using the computer enhances the process of learning, giving students the opportunity to find information that without a computer would be much more difficult to find.\nIf there are more computers, students will also be able to complete their work more efficiently. No more will they have to wait in line, paper and disk in hand, while scanning the room for an empty chair and computer. No longer will they have to sit and wait while an outdated computer struggles to follow their commands. Having more new and faster computers available will enable students to finish their work more quickly.\nThe more computers are used in society the more colleges will depend on them as a tool of teaching and learning. Making computers more available to students facilitates their learning process by making the process easier, more interesting, more engaging, and in the process enhancing their quality of life\n\n<question>:\nThe purpose of the author in writing the passage is _ .\n\n<options>:\nA to describe the problems caused by lack of computers\nB to explain why students are in great need of computers\nC to tell us what benefits students can gain from computers\nD to persuade the Dean to purchase more advanced computers\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nDear College Dean\nIt is my understanding that this college has received a large donation to be used to enhance (improve) the quality of life for students: expand the bookstore or add computers to the computer lab. It is the tradition of this school to promote education and to be at the vanguard of new technology. That is why I strongly argue in favor of the addition of more computers to the computer lab.\nAlthough expanding the campus bookstore to include CDs, gifts, and a snack bar will give a nicer look to the college, we have to think about a greater goal and a more practical way to enhance the quality of life for students. What do we want for our students and our college? Do we want our college to be known as a place with a great bookstore where you can find CDs and gifts, or as a place where the students can explore and research in their field using the best tools provided by technology? In addition, there are already several snack bars on campus, and there are music stores nearby, so students do not depend on the college bookstore for these things.\nWe live in a highly technological world and computers play an increasingly important role in how we live. As a learning institution, this college has the responsibility to offer its students the best technology to help them prepare for their future. Many students will be expected to be familiar with the latest software and other tools when they go on to work or to graduate school.\nWhile they are in college, students find they are expected to use computers. Many professors expect students to use computers to do homework or to complete projects. Students are asked to create PowerPoint presentations and use spreadsheets and database programs, as well as to research many topics on the Internet. Since students are competing for good grades, those who have limited access to computers are at a great disadvantage. Furthermore, being able to do projects using the computer enhances the process of learning, giving students the opportunity to find information that without a computer would be much more difficult to find.\nIf there are more computers, students will also be able to complete their work more efficiently. No more will they have to wait in line, paper and disk in hand, while scanning the room for an empty chair and computer. No longer will they have to sit and wait while an outdated computer struggles to follow their commands. Having more new and faster computers available will enable students to finish their work more quickly.\nThe more computers are used in society the more colleges will depend on them as a tool of teaching and learning. Making computers more available to students facilitates their learning process by making the process easier, more interesting, more engaging, and in the process enhancing their quality of life\n\n<question>:\nFrom the passage we can infer that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA present computers in the college cannot meet the demands of the students\nB computers in the college will be updated to meet the student's demands soon\nC the college has the responsibility to help the students to prepare for their future\nD it is also necessary to expand the college bookstore by using part of the donation\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nOne Sunday a few of us decided to take advantage of the first sunny day we'd have for ages to take a trip down to the coast to visit the penguins again. Last time I went down there was a couple of months ago and it was a dull cold day. Sunday couldn't have been more different -- clear skies and sunshine made it feel like summer, although it was still -25degC.\nSix of us drove to the coast. It was the first time we'd been off the base on our own without our field assistant, so it had a slightly different feeling -- more like a few friends going to the seaside than an Antarctic field trip! When we reached Windy Creek, we luckily caught sight of quite a few small flying seabirds, which are seldom seen there.\nOnce on the sea ice we found that some of the more curious penguins had wandered over from the main group to come and check us out. We'd been told that then they were nursing their chicks and they would be more careful and nervous than last time,\nWe walked across to the main group which were stretched for a couple of miles along the coast. We sat down for some sandwiches and soon found ourselves surrounded by many curious observers. Without any attackers on land, they were very brave and came within a meter of us to pose for photos.\nBefore heading back, we spent a few hours on the sea ice watching the penguins and their chicks, which had grown dramatically since our last visit. It was such a nice day.\n\n<question>:\nWhen did the trip most probably happen?\n\n<options>:\nA On a dull Sunday.\nB On a warm Sunday.\nC On a summer Sunday.\nD On a winter Sunday.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nThe phone ID flashed, \"Emergency Vet\". \"Oh no\" I whispered. I could not lose Merlin now.\nRon and I had tried to have children for a long time with depressing results. I threw myself into my work. Any maternal feelings I had were spent on Merlin.\nI couldn't wait to get home from work each night. I wanted to pick up that warm bundle of loving fur and nestle him. I wanted to sing \"Rock-a-bye Merlin\", as I did every night as he would put his paws around my neck.\nMerlin was my comfort especially at times when I wondered if God was listening. But last night something had changed. Not only did I sing \"Rock-a-Bye Merlin\", but I asked, \"What will I do after you're gone?\"\nAlthough Merlin was 19 years old, a senior in the age of a cat, he didn't look or act that way. I didn't want to accept the fact that he was nearing the end of his lifetime. My job at the law firm was so demanding and stressful that I couldn't imagine getting through the day without Merlin waiting to greet me at home.\nI dialed the vet's number. I asked for my husband but he already left. Then I took a breath and asked the question that no one wants to ask, \"Is my Merlin still alive?\" The nurse said \"yes.\"\nRon came home and said that Merlin had almost no red blood cells left. White blood cells were replacing them. Merlin would need expensive transfusions most likely on a monthly basis. We both knew Merlin was running out of time. I asked Ron to drive me to the vet so I could say goodbye to my little boy cat but he was beat tired and it was late. Ron said if Merlin was still alive the next morning then he would take me to the vet.\n _ Merlin had survived the night.\nAfter driving to the vet, I went into the examining room. The nurse brought Merlin and placed him on an examining table on his side. His eyes were tightly shut. I thought he died already. I carefully edged my hand to reach his body. His body felt warm, but when I spoke his name there was no response. No response to his name or that I was there and that I loved him. I was extremely sad.\nIn that examining room I felt helpless. I wondered how many people in an examining room felt as helpless as I did.\nFeeling driven to prayer I yelled, \"God this isn't good enough. I need to see my Merlin the way I remember him, I need a miracle and I need it now!\"\nAt that moment, God granted a miracle. Merlin's favorite compliment entered my mind. I said, \"Merlin, You are Beautiful and You are Gorgeous, do you hear me?\"\nOne eye opened.\nI said \"Gotcha\". I kept repeating those words.\nMerlin opened the other eye and, one limb at a time, got up. He was waiting for that phrase. He wanted to hear that he was beautiful and gorgeous again.\nThen I experienced another miracle.\nThere was no sound in that examining room until Merlin started walking to me. From out of nowhere, or maybe from heaven, I clearly heard a song we sung in church often: \"It Is Well With My Soul.\" I remembered thinking, \"Yes, it is well with my Soul. I got to see my little boy cat one more time.\"\nMerlin walked to me. He put his face in mine, which he had never done before. He rubbed a circle around my face twice. Merlin said goodbye with his face and marked me for life.\nRon appeared shocked that Merlin was up and had walked to me. I said to Merlin, \"Tell God you are a good boy and how much we love you\" and then handed him back to the nurse.\nTears of gratitude poured forth in memory of a miracle. You see for nineteen years God spoke to me through a special cat named \"Merlin.\" On Merlin's last day, God proved he heard me when he granted a miracle. That miracle gave me time to say goodbye.\n\n<question>:\nRon's wife couldn't lose Merlin because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Merlin was her adopted child for nineteen years\nB Merlin could supply her with comfort and warmth\nC she failed to give birth to her own biological child\nD she would sing her usual song to no one later in life\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nThe phone ID flashed, \"Emergency Vet\". \"Oh no\" I whispered. I could not lose Merlin now.\nRon and I had tried to have children for a long time with depressing results. I threw myself into my work. Any maternal feelings I had were spent on Merlin.\nI couldn't wait to get home from work each night. I wanted to pick up that warm bundle of loving fur and nestle him. I wanted to sing \"Rock-a-bye Merlin\", as I did every night as he would put his paws around my neck.\nMerlin was my comfort especially at times when I wondered if God was listening. But last night something had changed. Not only did I sing \"Rock-a-Bye Merlin\", but I asked, \"What will I do after you're gone?\"\nAlthough Merlin was 19 years old, a senior in the age of a cat, he didn't look or act that way. I didn't want to accept the fact that he was nearing the end of his lifetime. My job at the law firm was so demanding and stressful that I couldn't imagine getting through the day without Merlin waiting to greet me at home.\nI dialed the vet's number. I asked for my husband but he already left. Then I took a breath and asked the question that no one wants to ask, \"Is my Merlin still alive?\" The nurse said \"yes.\"\nRon came home and said that Merlin had almost no red blood cells left. White blood cells were replacing them. Merlin would need expensive transfusions most likely on a monthly basis. We both knew Merlin was running out of time. I asked Ron to drive me to the vet so I could say goodbye to my little boy cat but he was beat tired and it was late. Ron said if Merlin was still alive the next morning then he would take me to the vet.\n _ Merlin had survived the night.\nAfter driving to the vet, I went into the examining room. The nurse brought Merlin and placed him on an examining table on his side. His eyes were tightly shut. I thought he died already. I carefully edged my hand to reach his body. His body felt warm, but when I spoke his name there was no response. No response to his name or that I was there and that I loved him. I was extremely sad.\nIn that examining room I felt helpless. I wondered how many people in an examining room felt as helpless as I did.\nFeeling driven to prayer I yelled, \"God this isn't good enough. I need to see my Merlin the way I remember him, I need a miracle and I need it now!\"\nAt that moment, God granted a miracle. Merlin's favorite compliment entered my mind. I said, \"Merlin, You are Beautiful and You are Gorgeous, do you hear me?\"\nOne eye opened.\nI said \"Gotcha\". I kept repeating those words.\nMerlin opened the other eye and, one limb at a time, got up. He was waiting for that phrase. He wanted to hear that he was beautiful and gorgeous again.\nThen I experienced another miracle.\nThere was no sound in that examining room until Merlin started walking to me. From out of nowhere, or maybe from heaven, I clearly heard a song we sung in church often: \"It Is Well With My Soul.\" I remembered thinking, \"Yes, it is well with my Soul. I got to see my little boy cat one more time.\"\nMerlin walked to me. He put his face in mine, which he had never done before. He rubbed a circle around my face twice. Merlin said goodbye with his face and marked me for life.\nRon appeared shocked that Merlin was up and had walked to me. I said to Merlin, \"Tell God you are a good boy and how much we love you\" and then handed him back to the nurse.\nTears of gratitude poured forth in memory of a miracle. You see for nineteen years God spoke to me through a special cat named \"Merlin.\" On Merlin's last day, God proved he heard me when he granted a miracle. That miracle gave me time to say goodbye.\n\n<question>:\nWhen Merlin reached the examining room, _ .\n\n<options>:\nA he shut his eyes tightly and was obviously dead\nB his body felt warm because the writer rubbed him hard\nC the writer chanted prayers to him trying to waking him up\nD the writer felt helpless to have no timely surgical operation\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nThe phone ID flashed, \"Emergency Vet\". \"Oh no\" I whispered. I could not lose Merlin now.\nRon and I had tried to have children for a long time with depressing results. I threw myself into my work. Any maternal feelings I had were spent on Merlin.\nI couldn't wait to get home from work each night. I wanted to pick up that warm bundle of loving fur and nestle him. I wanted to sing \"Rock-a-bye Merlin\", as I did every night as he would put his paws around my neck.\nMerlin was my comfort especially at times when I wondered if God was listening. But last night something had changed. Not only did I sing \"Rock-a-Bye Merlin\", but I asked, \"What will I do after you're gone?\"\nAlthough Merlin was 19 years old, a senior in the age of a cat, he didn't look or act that way. I didn't want to accept the fact that he was nearing the end of his lifetime. My job at the law firm was so demanding and stressful that I couldn't imagine getting through the day without Merlin waiting to greet me at home.\nI dialed the vet's number. I asked for my husband but he already left. Then I took a breath and asked the question that no one wants to ask, \"Is my Merlin still alive?\" The nurse said \"yes.\"\nRon came home and said that Merlin had almost no red blood cells left. White blood cells were replacing them. Merlin would need expensive transfusions most likely on a monthly basis. We both knew Merlin was running out of time. I asked Ron to drive me to the vet so I could say goodbye to my little boy cat but he was beat tired and it was late. Ron said if Merlin was still alive the next morning then he would take me to the vet.\n _ Merlin had survived the night.\nAfter driving to the vet, I went into the examining room. The nurse brought Merlin and placed him on an examining table on his side. His eyes were tightly shut. I thought he died already. I carefully edged my hand to reach his body. His body felt warm, but when I spoke his name there was no response. No response to his name or that I was there and that I loved him. I was extremely sad.\nIn that examining room I felt helpless. I wondered how many people in an examining room felt as helpless as I did.\nFeeling driven to prayer I yelled, \"God this isn't good enough. I need to see my Merlin the way I remember him, I need a miracle and I need it now!\"\nAt that moment, God granted a miracle. Merlin's favorite compliment entered my mind. I said, \"Merlin, You are Beautiful and You are Gorgeous, do you hear me?\"\nOne eye opened.\nI said \"Gotcha\". I kept repeating those words.\nMerlin opened the other eye and, one limb at a time, got up. He was waiting for that phrase. He wanted to hear that he was beautiful and gorgeous again.\nThen I experienced another miracle.\nThere was no sound in that examining room until Merlin started walking to me. From out of nowhere, or maybe from heaven, I clearly heard a song we sung in church often: \"It Is Well With My Soul.\" I remembered thinking, \"Yes, it is well with my Soul. I got to see my little boy cat one more time.\"\nMerlin walked to me. He put his face in mine, which he had never done before. He rubbed a circle around my face twice. Merlin said goodbye with his face and marked me for life.\nRon appeared shocked that Merlin was up and had walked to me. I said to Merlin, \"Tell God you are a good boy and how much we love you\" and then handed him back to the nurse.\nTears of gratitude poured forth in memory of a miracle. You see for nineteen years God spoke to me through a special cat named \"Merlin.\" On Merlin's last day, God proved he heard me when he granted a miracle. That miracle gave me time to say goodbye.\n\n<question>:\nWe can infer from the passage that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA we have to have faith in the church to get miracles in future life\nB God will not disappoint us if we are devoted to our loved ones\nC couples should have a child or something to fill in their free time\nD doctors may not always be reliable when our loved ones need their help\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nThe phone ID flashed, \"Emergency Vet\". \"Oh no\" I whispered. I could not lose Merlin now.\nRon and I had tried to have children for a long time with depressing results. I threw myself into my work. Any maternal feelings I had were spent on Merlin.\nI couldn't wait to get home from work each night. I wanted to pick up that warm bundle of loving fur and nestle him. I wanted to sing \"Rock-a-bye Merlin\", as I did every night as he would put his paws around my neck.\nMerlin was my comfort especially at times when I wondered if God was listening. But last night something had changed. Not only did I sing \"Rock-a-Bye Merlin\", but I asked, \"What will I do after you're gone?\"\nAlthough Merlin was 19 years old, a senior in the age of a cat, he didn't look or act that way. I didn't want to accept the fact that he was nearing the end of his lifetime. My job at the law firm was so demanding and stressful that I couldn't imagine getting through the day without Merlin waiting to greet me at home.\nI dialed the vet's number. I asked for my husband but he already left. Then I took a breath and asked the question that no one wants to ask, \"Is my Merlin still alive?\" The nurse said \"yes.\"\nRon came home and said that Merlin had almost no red blood cells left. White blood cells were replacing them. Merlin would need expensive transfusions most likely on a monthly basis. We both knew Merlin was running out of time. I asked Ron to drive me to the vet so I could say goodbye to my little boy cat but he was beat tired and it was late. Ron said if Merlin was still alive the next morning then he would take me to the vet.\n _ Merlin had survived the night.\nAfter driving to the vet, I went into the examining room. The nurse brought Merlin and placed him on an examining table on his side. His eyes were tightly shut. I thought he died already. I carefully edged my hand to reach his body. His body felt warm, but when I spoke his name there was no response. No response to his name or that I was there and that I loved him. I was extremely sad.\nIn that examining room I felt helpless. I wondered how many people in an examining room felt as helpless as I did.\nFeeling driven to prayer I yelled, \"God this isn't good enough. I need to see my Merlin the way I remember him, I need a miracle and I need it now!\"\nAt that moment, God granted a miracle. Merlin's favorite compliment entered my mind. I said, \"Merlin, You are Beautiful and You are Gorgeous, do you hear me?\"\nOne eye opened.\nI said \"Gotcha\". I kept repeating those words.\nMerlin opened the other eye and, one limb at a time, got up. He was waiting for that phrase. He wanted to hear that he was beautiful and gorgeous again.\nThen I experienced another miracle.\nThere was no sound in that examining room until Merlin started walking to me. From out of nowhere, or maybe from heaven, I clearly heard a song we sung in church often: \"It Is Well With My Soul.\" I remembered thinking, \"Yes, it is well with my Soul. I got to see my little boy cat one more time.\"\nMerlin walked to me. He put his face in mine, which he had never done before. He rubbed a circle around my face twice. Merlin said goodbye with his face and marked me for life.\nRon appeared shocked that Merlin was up and had walked to me. I said to Merlin, \"Tell God you are a good boy and how much we love you\" and then handed him back to the nurse.\nTears of gratitude poured forth in memory of a miracle. You see for nineteen years God spoke to me through a special cat named \"Merlin.\" On Merlin's last day, God proved he heard me when he granted a miracle. That miracle gave me time to say goodbye.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following can be the proper title?\n\n<options>:\nA The Miracle Granted\nB A Dying Cat\nC God Accompanying Us\nD Gratitude Out Of Miracle\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nIt's easy to observe an athlete like Tiger Woods and feel like he's from another planet. He has won 14 major tournament titles and about $122 million in prize money and ads. He also has a happy family. It seems that he is too perfect to be one of us. But Woods has more in common with you than you might think.\nWoods' parents -- particularly his father -- set high expectations for him when he was a child. Before Earl Woods' death in 2006, he told Golf magazine, \"My purpose in raising Tiger was not to raise a golfer. I wanted to raise a good person.\"\nBy age two, Woods was already swinging a golf club. But once he entered school, Woods' father was careful to send the message that school work came first. Woods wasn't allowed to practice until his homework was done.\nWhen Woods finally reached the professional tour, his father continued to expect a lot of him. \"Tiger will do more than any other man in history to change the course of human. The world is just getting a taste of his power,\" he said in 1996. Clearly, Earl Woods had great expectations of his son.\nIn this way, Tiger Woods is actually like a lot of us. Many of us feel a similar pressure to make our parents proud. When this happens, it's easy to let that pressure overwhelm us.\nIn a perfect world, we would all grow up to be Tiger Woods-like successes in our own fields. But that isn't possible. There are many things that we can't control in this life, despite our best efforts.\nThere is, however, one thing that we can do: we can try to be a \"good person\", as Earl Woods asked his son to do.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage, which of the following statements about Tiger Woods is TRUE?\n\n<options>:\nA Tiger Woods is too perfect to be one of us.\nB Tiger Woods wasn't allowed to play golf after class.\nC Tiger Woods did very well in golf as a child.\nD Tiger Woods didn't like playing golf when he was a child.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nClimate change could affect food supplies, water resources, human health and homes.\nIf greenhouse gas emissions keep increasing at the current rate, global temperature is expected to rise between 2degC and 6degC by 2100. This doesn't sound much, but a 5degC change is the difference between the current warm period and an ice age.\nGlobal warming leads to other changes in the climate: melting ice, more evaporation , changes in geographical patterns of rainfall, heavier downpours separated by longer dry spells, more frequent heat waves, more intense hurricanes, and sea level rise.\nThese changes could affect crop growth as drought, increased evaporation and shrinking glaciers disrupt water supply. Some crops could suffer heat stress. While there may be benefits in some regions, overall climate change is likely to have a negative impact on global food supplies. The impacts of climate change on agriculture will vary widely around the world. A global temperature rise of 1-2 degC is expected to increase food production in some regions, particularly mid-latitude areas. But in tropical regions even a small amount of warming could reduce crop yields. A temperature rise of 3 degC or more could threaten global food resources, as all regions are likely to experience negative impacts overall.\nFreshwater resources could also diminish, especially in tropical regions, as rain patterns change and evaporation speeds up. Some communities could lose essential melt water as glaciers disappear, while more intense rainfall and hurricanes could cause more flooding, leading to water pollution and bacterial diseases such as cholera becoming more widespread.\nClimate change could lead to a variety of health impacts - both positive and negative. On the negative side, scientists anticipate more cases of malnutrition, heatstroke and waterborne diseases such as cholera. Although some populations will benefit from a reduced risk of cold-related illnesses such as _ , overall a warming world is likely to have negative effects on human health.\nScientists also expect damage to homes and buildings from more intense hurricanes, heavier rainfall and rising sea levels. Climate change is likely to affect infrastructure by increasing the risk of both coastal and inland flooding around the world, owing to a combination of heavier rainfall, rising sea levels and increased storm damage. Homes and buildings could also be affected by the thawing of frozen ground and greater risk of forest fires.\nThe consequences of climate change will have an impact on people around the world.\n\n<question>:\nWith global temperature increased by 1-2 degC, _ .\n\n<options>:\nA crops yields could be increased in tropical regions\nB food production could rise throughout the world\nC chances are that food resources would be threatened overall\nD mid-latitude areas are likely to experience positive impacts\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nClimate change could affect food supplies, water resources, human health and homes.\nIf greenhouse gas emissions keep increasing at the current rate, global temperature is expected to rise between 2degC and 6degC by 2100. This doesn't sound much, but a 5degC change is the difference between the current warm period and an ice age.\nGlobal warming leads to other changes in the climate: melting ice, more evaporation , changes in geographical patterns of rainfall, heavier downpours separated by longer dry spells, more frequent heat waves, more intense hurricanes, and sea level rise.\nThese changes could affect crop growth as drought, increased evaporation and shrinking glaciers disrupt water supply. Some crops could suffer heat stress. While there may be benefits in some regions, overall climate change is likely to have a negative impact on global food supplies. The impacts of climate change on agriculture will vary widely around the world. A global temperature rise of 1-2 degC is expected to increase food production in some regions, particularly mid-latitude areas. But in tropical regions even a small amount of warming could reduce crop yields. A temperature rise of 3 degC or more could threaten global food resources, as all regions are likely to experience negative impacts overall.\nFreshwater resources could also diminish, especially in tropical regions, as rain patterns change and evaporation speeds up. Some communities could lose essential melt water as glaciers disappear, while more intense rainfall and hurricanes could cause more flooding, leading to water pollution and bacterial diseases such as cholera becoming more widespread.\nClimate change could lead to a variety of health impacts - both positive and negative. On the negative side, scientists anticipate more cases of malnutrition, heatstroke and waterborne diseases such as cholera. Although some populations will benefit from a reduced risk of cold-related illnesses such as _ , overall a warming world is likely to have negative effects on human health.\nScientists also expect damage to homes and buildings from more intense hurricanes, heavier rainfall and rising sea levels. Climate change is likely to affect infrastructure by increasing the risk of both coastal and inland flooding around the world, owing to a combination of heavier rainfall, rising sea levels and increased storm damage. Homes and buildings could also be affected by the thawing of frozen ground and greater risk of forest fires.\nThe consequences of climate change will have an impact on people around the world.\n\n<question>:\nThe passage is mainly meant to tell us _ .\n\n<options>:\nA how global warming leads to changes in the climate\nB how climate change affects people worldwide\nC why climate change affects our crop growth\nD why climate change contributes to all bad results\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nWhat would you think if someone suggested knocking down St Paul's cathedral to widen the road,or pulling down Big Ben to make way for a car park? It'd be ridiculous,right? But when it comes to devastation of the natural world,we aren't so easily shocked.But we should be...or we'll be in a lot of trouble!\n _ Ancient forests are destroyed.Wetlands are becoming dry.Woodland is disappearing,all in the name of progress.This is bad in itself,but it's devastating for biodiversity.\nBiodiversity refers to the variety of plants,animals and other living things which are all inter-connected.The ecological services provided by biodiversity are vital to everyday life.The air we breathe is a product of photosynthesis by green plants.In fact,all life on earth exists thanks to the benefit of biodiversity.More than 90 percent of the calories consumed by people worldwide are produced from 80 plant species.And 30 percent of medicines are developed from plants and animals.Maintaining a wide diversity of species in each ecosystem is necessary to preserve all living things.\nThe loss of biodiversity could be devastating.\"It is wrong to think that biodiversity can be reduced indefinitely without threatening humans,\" said Harvard University biologist Edward O Wilson,known as \"the father of biodiversity\".He warned,\"We are about to reach a critical point beyond which biodiversity loss will be unavoidable.\"\nBut what can we do? The problem is that the concept of biodiversity is so vague.People might care about giant pandas,but it is much harder to excite them about the fate of tiny sea creatures which are being boiled to death in the cooling systems of power stations along coastlines.The Guardian newspaper is trying to help.It has started the Biodiversity 100 campaign to try to convince governments around the world to take action to deal with the widespread concerns about biodiversity.This includes persuading the UK government to create a series of marine reserves to change the decrease in the sea-life caused by industrial fishing,stopping fishing sharks by the Japanese fishermen and banning the killing of dingoes in Australia,among many other things.\nThere is a lot to do.And we'd better act quickly if we don't want to end up with a planet that can't support life!\n\n<question>:\nWhat does the author think of pulling down Big Ben to make way for a car park?\n\n<options>:\nA Unreasonable.\nB Necessary.\nC Difficult.\nD Urgent.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nWhat would you think if someone suggested knocking down St Paul's cathedral to widen the road,or pulling down Big Ben to make way for a car park? It'd be ridiculous,right? But when it comes to devastation of the natural world,we aren't so easily shocked.But we should be...or we'll be in a lot of trouble!\n _ Ancient forests are destroyed.Wetlands are becoming dry.Woodland is disappearing,all in the name of progress.This is bad in itself,but it's devastating for biodiversity.\nBiodiversity refers to the variety of plants,animals and other living things which are all inter-connected.The ecological services provided by biodiversity are vital to everyday life.The air we breathe is a product of photosynthesis by green plants.In fact,all life on earth exists thanks to the benefit of biodiversity.More than 90 percent of the calories consumed by people worldwide are produced from 80 plant species.And 30 percent of medicines are developed from plants and animals.Maintaining a wide diversity of species in each ecosystem is necessary to preserve all living things.\nThe loss of biodiversity could be devastating.\"It is wrong to think that biodiversity can be reduced indefinitely without threatening humans,\" said Harvard University biologist Edward O Wilson,known as \"the father of biodiversity\".He warned,\"We are about to reach a critical point beyond which biodiversity loss will be unavoidable.\"\nBut what can we do? The problem is that the concept of biodiversity is so vague.People might care about giant pandas,but it is much harder to excite them about the fate of tiny sea creatures which are being boiled to death in the cooling systems of power stations along coastlines.The Guardian newspaper is trying to help.It has started the Biodiversity 100 campaign to try to convince governments around the world to take action to deal with the widespread concerns about biodiversity.This includes persuading the UK government to create a series of marine reserves to change the decrease in the sea-life caused by industrial fishing,stopping fishing sharks by the Japanese fishermen and banning the killing of dingoes in Australia,among many other things.\nThere is a lot to do.And we'd better act quickly if we don't want to end up with a planet that can't support life!\n\n<question>:\nEdward O Wilson believes that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA it doesn't matter to decrease the biodiversity\nB people have done enough to preserve biodiversity\nC the situation of biodiversity is very serious\nD biodiversity loss has been unavoidable\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nWhat would you think if someone suggested knocking down St Paul's cathedral to widen the road,or pulling down Big Ben to make way for a car park? It'd be ridiculous,right? But when it comes to devastation of the natural world,we aren't so easily shocked.But we should be...or we'll be in a lot of trouble!\n _ Ancient forests are destroyed.Wetlands are becoming dry.Woodland is disappearing,all in the name of progress.This is bad in itself,but it's devastating for biodiversity.\nBiodiversity refers to the variety of plants,animals and other living things which are all inter-connected.The ecological services provided by biodiversity are vital to everyday life.The air we breathe is a product of photosynthesis by green plants.In fact,all life on earth exists thanks to the benefit of biodiversity.More than 90 percent of the calories consumed by people worldwide are produced from 80 plant species.And 30 percent of medicines are developed from plants and animals.Maintaining a wide diversity of species in each ecosystem is necessary to preserve all living things.\nThe loss of biodiversity could be devastating.\"It is wrong to think that biodiversity can be reduced indefinitely without threatening humans,\" said Harvard University biologist Edward O Wilson,known as \"the father of biodiversity\".He warned,\"We are about to reach a critical point beyond which biodiversity loss will be unavoidable.\"\nBut what can we do? The problem is that the concept of biodiversity is so vague.People might care about giant pandas,but it is much harder to excite them about the fate of tiny sea creatures which are being boiled to death in the cooling systems of power stations along coastlines.The Guardian newspaper is trying to help.It has started the Biodiversity 100 campaign to try to convince governments around the world to take action to deal with the widespread concerns about biodiversity.This includes persuading the UK government to create a series of marine reserves to change the decrease in the sea-life caused by industrial fishing,stopping fishing sharks by the Japanese fishermen and banning the killing of dingoes in Australia,among many other things.\nThere is a lot to do.And we'd better act quickly if we don't want to end up with a planet that can't support life!\n\n<question>:\nWhat can we infer from the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Plenty of marine reserves have been set up in the world.\nB Fishing sharks is illegal around the world.\nC It's harmful to catch tiny organisms in the river.\nD The Guardian newspaper has done a lot for biodiversity.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nThere's a case to be made, from things like Google search figures, that Robert Frost's poem The Road Not Taken - you know, the one about two paths diverging in a wood - is the most popular in modern history. Yet people still can't agree what it means. On the surface, it's a fridge-magnet cliche on the importance of taking risks and choosing the road less travelled. But many argue it slyly mocks that American belief in the individual's power to determine his or her future. After all, the poet admits that both paths look roughly similarly well-travelled. And how could he be sure he took the right one? He'll never know where the other leads. Looking back at our life histories, we tell ourselves we faced important dilemmas and chose wisely. But maybe only because it's too awful to admit we're stumbling mapless among the trees, or that our choices don't make much difference.\nTwo psychologists, Karalyn Enz and Jennifer Talarico, throw light on these matters in a new study with a title that nods to Frost: Forks In The Road. They sought to clarify how people think about \"turning points\" versus \"transitions\" in life. A turning point, by their definition, is a moment that changes your future - deciding to leave a job or marriage, say - but often isn't visible from the outside, at least at first. \"Transitions\" involve big external changes: going to university, marrying, emigrating . Sometimes the two go together, as when you move to a new place and realize it's where you belong. (\"New Yorkers are born all over the country,\" Delia Ephron said, \"and then they come to New York and it hits them: oh, that's who I am.\") But it's turning points we remember as most significant, Enz and Talarico conclude, whether or not they also involve transitions.\nThe distinction is useful: it underlines how the most outwardly obvious life changes aren't always those with the biggest impact. Hence the famous \"focusing illusion\", which describes how we exaggerate the importance of a single factor on happiness: you switch jobs, or spouses, only to discover you brought the same troublesome old you to the new situation. Before it became a joke, \"midlife crisis\" referred to a turning point that happens because your circumstances don't change, when your old life stops feeling meaningful. Turning points can be caused by mundane things - the offhand remark that makes you realize you're in the wrong life - or by nothing at all.\n\n<question>:\nWhy do some people think the poem makes fun of the American belief?\n\n<options>:\nA Because the two roads are more or less similar in the poet's view.\nB Because Americans believe they can decide their future themselves.\nC Because Americans can find their way easily in a forest just with a map.\nD Because Americans surely know which road to take without consideration.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nThere's a case to be made, from things like Google search figures, that Robert Frost's poem The Road Not Taken - you know, the one about two paths diverging in a wood - is the most popular in modern history. Yet people still can't agree what it means. On the surface, it's a fridge-magnet cliche on the importance of taking risks and choosing the road less travelled. But many argue it slyly mocks that American belief in the individual's power to determine his or her future. After all, the poet admits that both paths look roughly similarly well-travelled. And how could he be sure he took the right one? He'll never know where the other leads. Looking back at our life histories, we tell ourselves we faced important dilemmas and chose wisely. But maybe only because it's too awful to admit we're stumbling mapless among the trees, or that our choices don't make much difference.\nTwo psychologists, Karalyn Enz and Jennifer Talarico, throw light on these matters in a new study with a title that nods to Frost: Forks In The Road. They sought to clarify how people think about \"turning points\" versus \"transitions\" in life. A turning point, by their definition, is a moment that changes your future - deciding to leave a job or marriage, say - but often isn't visible from the outside, at least at first. \"Transitions\" involve big external changes: going to university, marrying, emigrating . Sometimes the two go together, as when you move to a new place and realize it's where you belong. (\"New Yorkers are born all over the country,\" Delia Ephron said, \"and then they come to New York and it hits them: oh, that's who I am.\") But it's turning points we remember as most significant, Enz and Talarico conclude, whether or not they also involve transitions.\nThe distinction is useful: it underlines how the most outwardly obvious life changes aren't always those with the biggest impact. Hence the famous \"focusing illusion\", which describes how we exaggerate the importance of a single factor on happiness: you switch jobs, or spouses, only to discover you brought the same troublesome old you to the new situation. Before it became a joke, \"midlife crisis\" referred to a turning point that happens because your circumstances don't change, when your old life stops feeling meaningful. Turning points can be caused by mundane things - the offhand remark that makes you realize you're in the wrong life - or by nothing at all.\n\n<question>:\nWhat's the best title of the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Is our fate in our own hands?\nB Must people make changes in life?\nC Should we choose the road less travelled?\nD Are turning points connected with transitions?\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 know how much tropical rainforest is being destroyed each day around the world, and for what purpose(s)? Putting down exact numbers is nearly impossible, but most experts agree that we are losing upwards of 80,000 acres of rainforests daily. Along with this loss and degradation , we are losing some 135 plant, animal and insect species every day-- or some 50,000 species a year-- with the forests'fall.\n According to researcher and writer Rhett Butler, tropical rainforests play a key role in the basic functioning of the planet. They help keep the climate normal by regulating atmospheric gases and rainfall.\n Rainforests are also home to some 50 percent of the world's species, making them an outdoor biology library. Environmentalists also point out that a quarter of our modern _ are got from the rainforest, but only less than one percent of the trees and plants in the tropics have been tested for curing diseases. Sadly, then, we don't really know the true value of what we're losing as we cut down and burn them.\n Overall tropical degradation rates during the past 10 years are 8.5 percent higher than those during the 1990s. This figure is for all forests in the world's tropics, but researchers believe the loss of ancient rainforests has increased by as much as 25 percent.\n Although the public is paying more attention to the importance of tropical rainforests, deforestation rates are actually on the rise, mostly due to activities such as cutting, developing agriculture, animal raising, construction and mining. Indeed, as long as money-seekers are allowed to enter these areas, and as long as the population of poor people continues to increase, tropical rainforests will continue to be destroyed. We can not make the poor rich quickly, but we can at least stop businessmen setting foot on these areas through laws.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage, what can we do to solve the problem of deforestation now?\n\n<options>:\nA We should move populations away from these areas\nB We should let most of the people in these areas become rich.\nC We should limit the increase of the population of country people\nD We should make laws to forbid businessmen to destroy these areas.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nOnce upon a time there was a wise man that used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.\nOne day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought that someone would dance on the beach. So he began to walk faster to catch up.\nAs he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn't dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean.\nAs he got closer he called out, \"Good morning! What are you doing?\"\nThe young man paused, looked up and replied, \"Throwing starfish in the ocean.\"\"I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?\"\"The sun is up and the tide is going out, and if I don't throw them in they'll die.\"\n\"But, young man, don't you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it. You can't possibly make a difference!\"\nThe young man listened politely, then he bent down, picked another starfish and threw it into the sea, past the breaking waves and said, \"It made a difference for that one.\"\nThere is\nin each and every one of us. We have all been gifted with the ability to make a difference. And if we can know that gift, we will gain through the strength of our visions the power to shape the future.\nWe must each find our starfish. And if we throw our starfish wisely and well, the world will be better.\n\n<question>:\nOne day, the wise man saw the young man _ .\n\n<options>:\nA dancing along the beach\nB walking with a dancer\nC picking up starfish for sale\nD trying to save as many starfish as possible\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nOnce upon a time there was a wise man that used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.\nOne day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought that someone would dance on the beach. So he began to walk faster to catch up.\nAs he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn't dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean.\nAs he got closer he called out, \"Good morning! What are you doing?\"\nThe young man paused, looked up and replied, \"Throwing starfish in the ocean.\"\"I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?\"\"The sun is up and the tide is going out, and if I don't throw them in they'll die.\"\n\"But, young man, don't you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it. You can't possibly make a difference!\"\nThe young man listened politely, then he bent down, picked another starfish and threw it into the sea, past the breaking waves and said, \"It made a difference for that one.\"\nThere is\nin each and every one of us. We have all been gifted with the ability to make a difference. And if we can know that gift, we will gain through the strength of our visions the power to shape the future.\nWe must each find our starfish. And if we throw our starfish wisely and well, the world will be better.\n\n<question>:\nThe writer told this story in order to show us _ .\n\n<options>:\nA how and where we can write a good article\nB everyone can do something for the future\nC wise men are sometimes stupid\nD young people are actually wiser than old 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>:\nEnrique Iglesias is a most successful singer! Born in 1975 in Madrid, Spain, Enrique is the child of the famous singer Julio Iglesias. Enrique's mother is a journalist. His parents divorced in 1978. Although Enrique lived with his mother, she sent him to live with his father because of concerns about her son's safety. Enrique wanted to be a singer secretly, he didn't wish his father to know that and didn't want to live under his shelter. He sought his dream on his own.\nEnrique released his first album \"Enrique Iglesias\" in 1995. This album had a collection of rock ballads and five singles from it went straight to the top spots in Latin music. This album was followed by another \"Vivir\" in 1997. Three singles from this album occupied the top spots on the Latin charts yet again! Enrique also found himself nominated for the \"Favorite Latin Artist\" at the American Music Awards. By 1998, he had released his 3rdalbum, \"Cosas Del Amor\". This year Enrique won the \"Favorite Latin Artist\". \"Bailamos\" got him great fame. One of the songs in this album was also used in a movie. With the success of \"Bailamos\", Enrique now already had many loyal fans. The album, \"Enrique\", was released in 1999.\nThe year 2001 brought more success for him. His album, \"Escape\" had a few singles that reached the top spots. Enrique became a household name. This album is his biggest successful album so far. \"Hero\" and \"Don't Turn Off the Lights\" soon turned Enrique into a super star. His next release in 2002 was a Spanish album \"Quizas\". This album brought Enrique a \"Latin Grammy Award\" for the Best Pop Vocal Album. In 2007, he released another album \"Insomniac\" and the song \"Do You Know\" became an instantly popular song.\n\n<question>:\nAfter his parents divorced, Enrique was sent to his father's because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA he could be protected from some dangers\nB he could learn singing from his talented father\nC his mother would be able to focus on her career\nD his father could teach him how to behave correctly\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEnrique Iglesias is a most successful singer! Born in 1975 in Madrid, Spain, Enrique is the child of the famous singer Julio Iglesias. Enrique's mother is a journalist. His parents divorced in 1978. Although Enrique lived with his mother, she sent him to live with his father because of concerns about her son's safety. Enrique wanted to be a singer secretly, he didn't wish his father to know that and didn't want to live under his shelter. He sought his dream on his own.\nEnrique released his first album \"Enrique Iglesias\" in 1995. This album had a collection of rock ballads and five singles from it went straight to the top spots in Latin music. This album was followed by another \"Vivir\" in 1997. Three singles from this album occupied the top spots on the Latin charts yet again! Enrique also found himself nominated for the \"Favorite Latin Artist\" at the American Music Awards. By 1998, he had released his 3rdalbum, \"Cosas Del Amor\". This year Enrique won the \"Favorite Latin Artist\". \"Bailamos\" got him great fame. One of the songs in this album was also used in a movie. With the success of \"Bailamos\", Enrique now already had many loyal fans. The album, \"Enrique\", was released in 1999.\nThe year 2001 brought more success for him. His album, \"Escape\" had a few singles that reached the top spots. Enrique became a household name. This album is his biggest successful album so far. \"Hero\" and \"Don't Turn Off the Lights\" soon turned Enrique into a super star. His next release in 2002 was a Spanish album \"Quizas\". This album brought Enrique a \"Latin Grammy Award\" for the Best Pop Vocal Album. In 2007, he released another album \"Insomniac\" and the song \"Do You Know\" became an instantly popular song.\n\n<question>:\nEnrique didn't tell his father about his dreaming of becoming a singer because he _ .\n\n<options>:\nA wanted to try a new singing style\nB hated his father for his carelessness\nC didn't want to benefit from his father's fame\nD planned to give his father a surprise when he succeeded\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEnrique Iglesias is a most successful singer! Born in 1975 in Madrid, Spain, Enrique is the child of the famous singer Julio Iglesias. Enrique's mother is a journalist. His parents divorced in 1978. Although Enrique lived with his mother, she sent him to live with his father because of concerns about her son's safety. Enrique wanted to be a singer secretly, he didn't wish his father to know that and didn't want to live under his shelter. He sought his dream on his own.\nEnrique released his first album \"Enrique Iglesias\" in 1995. This album had a collection of rock ballads and five singles from it went straight to the top spots in Latin music. This album was followed by another \"Vivir\" in 1997. Three singles from this album occupied the top spots on the Latin charts yet again! Enrique also found himself nominated for the \"Favorite Latin Artist\" at the American Music Awards. By 1998, he had released his 3rdalbum, \"Cosas Del Amor\". This year Enrique won the \"Favorite Latin Artist\". \"Bailamos\" got him great fame. One of the songs in this album was also used in a movie. With the success of \"Bailamos\", Enrique now already had many loyal fans. The album, \"Enrique\", was released in 1999.\nThe year 2001 brought more success for him. His album, \"Escape\" had a few singles that reached the top spots. Enrique became a household name. This album is his biggest successful album so far. \"Hero\" and \"Don't Turn Off the Lights\" soon turned Enrique into a super star. His next release in 2002 was a Spanish album \"Quizas\". This album brought Enrique a \"Latin Grammy Award\" for the Best Pop Vocal Album. In 2007, he released another album \"Insomniac\" and the song \"Do You Know\" became an instantly popular song.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following albums has a song adopted in a movie?\n\n<options>:\nA \"Vivir\".\nB \"Bailamos\" .\nC \"Enrique Iglesias\".\nD \"Cosas Del Amor\".\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEnrique Iglesias is a most successful singer! Born in 1975 in Madrid, Spain, Enrique is the child of the famous singer Julio Iglesias. Enrique's mother is a journalist. His parents divorced in 1978. Although Enrique lived with his mother, she sent him to live with his father because of concerns about her son's safety. Enrique wanted to be a singer secretly, he didn't wish his father to know that and didn't want to live under his shelter. He sought his dream on his own.\nEnrique released his first album \"Enrique Iglesias\" in 1995. This album had a collection of rock ballads and five singles from it went straight to the top spots in Latin music. This album was followed by another \"Vivir\" in 1997. Three singles from this album occupied the top spots on the Latin charts yet again! Enrique also found himself nominated for the \"Favorite Latin Artist\" at the American Music Awards. By 1998, he had released his 3rdalbum, \"Cosas Del Amor\". This year Enrique won the \"Favorite Latin Artist\". \"Bailamos\" got him great fame. One of the songs in this album was also used in a movie. With the success of \"Bailamos\", Enrique now already had many loyal fans. The album, \"Enrique\", was released in 1999.\nThe year 2001 brought more success for him. His album, \"Escape\" had a few singles that reached the top spots. Enrique became a household name. This album is his biggest successful album so far. \"Hero\" and \"Don't Turn Off the Lights\" soon turned Enrique into a super star. His next release in 2002 was a Spanish album \"Quizas\". This album brought Enrique a \"Latin Grammy Award\" for the Best Pop Vocal Album. In 2007, he released another album \"Insomniac\" and the song \"Do You Know\" became an instantly popular song.\n\n<question>:\nWhat would be the best title for the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Enrique Iglesias' lucky life\nB Biography of Enrique Iglesias\nC Enrique Iglesias' secret to success\nD Enrique Iglesias' wonderful singing skills\n\n<answer>:\n",
"assistant": "B"
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nPeople use their mouths for many things.They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In English language ,there are many expressions using the word \"mouth\".Foe example, If you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say \" Don't bad mouth me.\" Sometimes ,people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person's feelings.Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. The speaker might say: \"I really put my foot in my mouth this time.\" If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth. In other words , he might fell sad for saying the wrong thing.\n Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something.The other person might protest: \"I did not say that .Non't put words in my mouth.\"\nSome people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this, too. Ypu might say such a person, \" was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.\" This rich person is the opposite who lives from hand to mouth. This person is verry poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life ,like food.\nParents might sometimes withold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things.For example,if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as a mouthy child.The parents might even tell the child to \"stop mouthing off.\"\nBut enough of all this talk.I have been \"running my mouth long enough.\"\n\n<question>:\nIn what kind situation will a person say, \"Do not bad mouth me.\"?\n\n<options>:\nA When he feels down\nB When he regretful\nC When he is spoken ill of\nD When he feels innocent.\n\n<answer>:\n",
"assistant": "C"
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nPeople use their mouths for many things.They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In English language ,there are many expressions using the word \"mouth\".Foe example, If you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say \" Don't bad mouth me.\" Sometimes ,people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person's feelings.Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. The speaker might say: \"I really put my foot in my mouth this time.\" If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth. In other words , he might fell sad for saying the wrong thing.\n Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something.The other person might protest: \"I did not say that .Non't put words in my mouth.\"\nSome people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this, too. Ypu might say such a person, \" was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.\" This rich person is the opposite who lives from hand to mouth. This person is verry poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life ,like food.\nParents might sometimes withold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things.For example,if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as a mouthy child.The parents might even tell the child to \"stop mouthing off.\"\nBut enough of all this talk.I have been \"running my mouth long enough.\"\n\n<question>:\nIf a person lives from hand to mouth, it implies _ .\n\n<options>:\nA he is badly-off\nB he is hard -working\nC he is well-off\nD he has enough to eat\n\n<answer>:\n",
"assistant": "A"
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nPeople use their mouths for many things.They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In English language ,there are many expressions using the word \"mouth\".Foe example, If you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say \" Don't bad mouth me.\" Sometimes ,people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person's feelings.Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. The speaker might say: \"I really put my foot in my mouth this time.\" If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth. In other words , he might fell sad for saying the wrong thing.\n Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something.The other person might protest: \"I did not say that .Non't put words in my mouth.\"\nSome people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this, too. Ypu might say such a person, \" was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.\" This rich person is the opposite who lives from hand to mouth. This person is verry poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life ,like food.\nParents might sometimes withold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things.For example,if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as a mouthy child.The parents might even tell the child to \"stop mouthing off.\"\nBut enough of all this talk.I have been \"running my mouth long enough.\"\n\n<question>:\nBy saying, \"I have been running my mouth long enough.\" The speaker means, \" _ \"\n\n<options>:\nA I have run a long away\nB I have been a mouthy person\nC I have learned a lot\nD I have talked too much.\n\n<answer>:\n",
"assistant": "D"
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nFido was now his master's constant companion in his walks, playing and skipping round him, and amusing him by a thousand sportive tricks . He took care, however, not to be troublesome by leaping on him with dirty paws, nor would he follow him into the parlor , unless invited. He also attempted to make himself useful by a number of little services. He would drive away the sparrows as they were stealing the chickens' meat; and would run and bark with the utmost fury at any strange pigs or other animals that offered to come into the yard. He kept the poultry, geese, and pigs from straying beyond their bounds and particularly from doing mischief in the garden. He was always ready to alarm Towzer if there was any suspicious noise about the house, day or night. If his master pulled off his coat in the field to help his workman, as he would sometimes do, Fido always sat by it, and would not suffer either man or beast to touch it. By this means he came to be considered as a very trusty protector of his master's property.\nHis master was once confined to his bed with a dangerous illness. Fido planted himself at the chamber-door, and could not be persuaded to leave it even to take food; and as soon as his master was so far recovered as to sit up, Fido, being admitted into the room, ran up to him with such marks of excessive joy and affection, as would have melted any heart to behold.\nOne hot day, after dinner, his master was sleeping in a summer-house , with Fido by his side. The building was old and crazy; the dog comprehended the danger, and began barking to awaken his master; and this not sufficing, he jumped up, and gently bit his finger. The master upon this started up, and had just time to get out of the door before the whole building fell down. Fido, who was behind, got hurt by some rubbish which fell upon him. Thus his love and fidelity had their full reward.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following description is NOT mentioned in the text?\n\n<options>:\nA Fido didn't leave its sick master's chamber-door even refused to take food until its master recovery.\nB Fido saved its master when his master was sleeping in an old house\nC Fido drove away the wolf to protect its master's sheep.\nD Fido drove away the sparrows as they were stealing the chickens'meat.\n\n<answer>:\n",
"assistant": "C"
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nFido was now his master's constant companion in his walks, playing and skipping round him, and amusing him by a thousand sportive tricks . He took care, however, not to be troublesome by leaping on him with dirty paws, nor would he follow him into the parlor , unless invited. He also attempted to make himself useful by a number of little services. He would drive away the sparrows as they were stealing the chickens' meat; and would run and bark with the utmost fury at any strange pigs or other animals that offered to come into the yard. He kept the poultry, geese, and pigs from straying beyond their bounds and particularly from doing mischief in the garden. He was always ready to alarm Towzer if there was any suspicious noise about the house, day or night. If his master pulled off his coat in the field to help his workman, as he would sometimes do, Fido always sat by it, and would not suffer either man or beast to touch it. By this means he came to be considered as a very trusty protector of his master's property.\nHis master was once confined to his bed with a dangerous illness. Fido planted himself at the chamber-door, and could not be persuaded to leave it even to take food; and as soon as his master was so far recovered as to sit up, Fido, being admitted into the room, ran up to him with such marks of excessive joy and affection, as would have melted any heart to behold.\nOne hot day, after dinner, his master was sleeping in a summer-house , with Fido by his side. The building was old and crazy; the dog comprehended the danger, and began barking to awaken his master; and this not sufficing, he jumped up, and gently bit his finger. The master upon this started up, and had just time to get out of the door before the whole building fell down. Fido, who was behind, got hurt by some rubbish which fell upon him. Thus his love and fidelity had their full reward.\n\n<question>:\nThe text is developed _ .\n\n<options>:\nA by inference\nB by examples\nC by comparison\nD by figures\n\n<answer>:\n",
"assistant": "B"
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