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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nI was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left at message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more and impatient. I was certain that my agent didn't care about my work, and he didn't care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, \"Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?\"\nAt that time I didn't realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, \"Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone!\" And she swept it into the wastebasket.\nI stood watching her, speechless. What on earth...?\nShe stepped to the doorway and shouted at the test of the house, \"Now hear this! All objects in this room----if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go!\"\nThen she turned to me. Kissed me and said calmly, \"Honey, you just have to learn how to take control.\" With that, she left the room.\nAfter watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight , I noticed that something in my mood had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone? Her aunties helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him and talk to him calmly.\n\n<question>:\nWhy did the author shout at the telephone?,\n\n<options>:\nA He was mad at the telephone.\nB He was angry with his agent.\nC He was anxious about his wife.\nD He was impatient with the secretary?\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nI was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left at message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more and impatient. I was certain that my agent didn't care about my work, and he didn't care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, \"Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?\"\nAt that time I didn't realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, \"Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone!\" And she swept it into the wastebasket.\nI stood watching her, speechless. What on earth...?\nShe stepped to the doorway and shouted at the test of the house, \"Now hear this! All objects in this room----if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go!\"\nThen she turned to me. Kissed me and said calmly, \"Honey, you just have to learn how to take control.\" With that, she left the room.\nAfter watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight , I noticed that something in my mood had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone? Her aunties helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him and talk to him calmly.\n\n<question>:\nWhat did the author's wife do after she heard his shouting?\n\n<options>:\nA She said nothing.\nB She shouted at him.\nC She called the agent.\nD She threw the phone away.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nI was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left at message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more and impatient. I was certain that my agent didn't care about my work, and he didn't care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, \"Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?\"\nAt that time I didn't realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, \"Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone!\" And she swept it into the wastebasket.\nI stood watching her, speechless. What on earth...?\nShe stepped to the doorway and shouted at the test of the house, \"Now hear this! All objects in this room----if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go!\"\nThen she turned to me. Kissed me and said calmly, \"Honey, you just have to learn how to take control.\" With that, she left the room.\nAfter watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight , I noticed that something in my mood had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone? Her aunties helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him and talk to him calmly.\n\n<question>:\nWhat made the author laugh?\n\n<options>:\nA His own behavior\nB His wife's suggestion\nC His changeable feelings.\nD His wife's sweet kiss.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nA book review tells not only what a book is about, but also how successful it is at what it is trying to do. Professors often assign book reviews as practice in careful analytical reading.\nAs a reviewer, you bring together the two parts of accurate, analytical reading and strong, personal response when you indicate what the book is about and what it might mean to a reader. In other words, reviewers answer not only the WHAT but the SO WHAT question about a book. Thus, in writing a review, you combine the skills of describing what is on the page,analyzing how the book tried to achieve its purpose, and expressing your own reactions.\nMost book reviews start with a heading that includes all the basic information about the book, like:\nTitle.\nAuthor.\nPlace of publication, publisher, date of publication.\nNumber of pages.\nThe review usually begins with an introduction that lets your readers know what the review will say. The first paragraph usually includes the author and title again, so your readers don't have to look up to find this information. You should also include a very brief description of the contents of the book, the purpose or audience for the book, and your reaction and evaluation.\nThen you move into a section of background information that helps place the book in context and discusses how to judge the book. Next, you should give a summary of the main points, quoting and explaining key phrases from the author. Finally, you get to the heart of your review -- your evaluation of the book. In this section, you might discuss some of the following issues:\n*How well the book has achieved its goal.\n*What possibilities are suggested by the book.\n*What the book has left out.\n*How the book compares with others on the subject.\n*What personal experiences you've had related to the subject.\nIt is important to use labels to carefully distinguish your views from the author's, so that you don't confuse your readers.\nThen, like other essays, you can end with a direct comment on the book, and tie together issues raised in the review in a conclusion.\nThere is, of course, no set form, but a general rule is that the first one-half to two-thirds of the review should summarize the author's main ideas and at least one-third should evaluate the book.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the text, personal response of a book reviewer refers to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA accurate and analytical reading\nB the reviewer's understanding about the background of the book\nC the reviewer's indication of what the book is about and what it means to a reader\nD skills of describing what is on the page\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nA book review tells not only what a book is about, but also how successful it is at what it is trying to do. Professors often assign book reviews as practice in careful analytical reading.\nAs a reviewer, you bring together the two parts of accurate, analytical reading and strong, personal response when you indicate what the book is about and what it might mean to a reader. In other words, reviewers answer not only the WHAT but the SO WHAT question about a book. Thus, in writing a review, you combine the skills of describing what is on the page,analyzing how the book tried to achieve its purpose, and expressing your own reactions.\nMost book reviews start with a heading that includes all the basic information about the book, like:\nTitle.\nAuthor.\nPlace of publication, publisher, date of publication.\nNumber of pages.\nThe review usually begins with an introduction that lets your readers know what the review will say. The first paragraph usually includes the author and title again, so your readers don't have to look up to find this information. You should also include a very brief description of the contents of the book, the purpose or audience for the book, and your reaction and evaluation.\nThen you move into a section of background information that helps place the book in context and discusses how to judge the book. Next, you should give a summary of the main points, quoting and explaining key phrases from the author. Finally, you get to the heart of your review -- your evaluation of the book. In this section, you might discuss some of the following issues:\n*How well the book has achieved its goal.\n*What possibilities are suggested by the book.\n*What the book has left out.\n*How the book compares with others on the subject.\n*What personal experiences you've had related to the subject.\nIt is important to use labels to carefully distinguish your views from the author's, so that you don't confuse your readers.\nThen, like other essays, you can end with a direct comment on the book, and tie together issues raised in the review in a conclusion.\nThere is, of course, no set form, but a general rule is that the first one-half to two-thirds of the review should summarize the author's main ideas and at least one-third should evaluate the book.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the most important part of a book review?\n\n<options>:\nA The heading.\nB The evaluation.\nC The conclusion.\nD The introduction.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nA book review tells not only what a book is about, but also how successful it is at what it is trying to do. Professors often assign book reviews as practice in careful analytical reading.\nAs a reviewer, you bring together the two parts of accurate, analytical reading and strong, personal response when you indicate what the book is about and what it might mean to a reader. In other words, reviewers answer not only the WHAT but the SO WHAT question about a book. Thus, in writing a review, you combine the skills of describing what is on the page,analyzing how the book tried to achieve its purpose, and expressing your own reactions.\nMost book reviews start with a heading that includes all the basic information about the book, like:\nTitle.\nAuthor.\nPlace of publication, publisher, date of publication.\nNumber of pages.\nThe review usually begins with an introduction that lets your readers know what the review will say. The first paragraph usually includes the author and title again, so your readers don't have to look up to find this information. You should also include a very brief description of the contents of the book, the purpose or audience for the book, and your reaction and evaluation.\nThen you move into a section of background information that helps place the book in context and discusses how to judge the book. Next, you should give a summary of the main points, quoting and explaining key phrases from the author. Finally, you get to the heart of your review -- your evaluation of the book. In this section, you might discuss some of the following issues:\n*How well the book has achieved its goal.\n*What possibilities are suggested by the book.\n*What the book has left out.\n*How the book compares with others on the subject.\n*What personal experiences you've had related to the subject.\nIt is important to use labels to carefully distinguish your views from the author's, so that you don't confuse your readers.\nThen, like other essays, you can end with a direct comment on the book, and tie together issues raised in the review in a conclusion.\nThere is, of course, no set form, but a general rule is that the first one-half to two-thirds of the review should summarize the author's main ideas and at least one-third should evaluate the book.\n\n<question>:\nReaders will get puzzled if _ .\n\n<options>:\nA there is no heading in a book review\nB the book review is not complex enough\nC the reviewer's point of view is mixed with the author's\nD there are some different issues listed in the book review\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nA book review tells not only what a book is about, but also how successful it is at what it is trying to do. Professors often assign book reviews as practice in careful analytical reading.\nAs a reviewer, you bring together the two parts of accurate, analytical reading and strong, personal response when you indicate what the book is about and what it might mean to a reader. In other words, reviewers answer not only the WHAT but the SO WHAT question about a book. Thus, in writing a review, you combine the skills of describing what is on the page,analyzing how the book tried to achieve its purpose, and expressing your own reactions.\nMost book reviews start with a heading that includes all the basic information about the book, like:\nTitle.\nAuthor.\nPlace of publication, publisher, date of publication.\nNumber of pages.\nThe review usually begins with an introduction that lets your readers know what the review will say. The first paragraph usually includes the author and title again, so your readers don't have to look up to find this information. You should also include a very brief description of the contents of the book, the purpose or audience for the book, and your reaction and evaluation.\nThen you move into a section of background information that helps place the book in context and discusses how to judge the book. Next, you should give a summary of the main points, quoting and explaining key phrases from the author. Finally, you get to the heart of your review -- your evaluation of the book. In this section, you might discuss some of the following issues:\n*How well the book has achieved its goal.\n*What possibilities are suggested by the book.\n*What the book has left out.\n*How the book compares with others on the subject.\n*What personal experiences you've had related to the subject.\nIt is important to use labels to carefully distinguish your views from the author's, so that you don't confuse your readers.\nThen, like other essays, you can end with a direct comment on the book, and tie together issues raised in the review in a conclusion.\nThere is, of course, no set form, but a general rule is that the first one-half to two-thirds of the review should summarize the author's main ideas and at least one-third should evaluate the book.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is suggested for a book review in this text?\n\n<options>:\nA Quoting from other similar books.\nB Commenting on the book in a fixed form.\nC Analyzing the author's writing experience in the past.\nD Comparing the book with others on a similar subject.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nKids will often ignore your requests for them to shut off the TV, start their chores , or do their homework as a way to avoid following your directions. Before you know it, you've started to sound like a broken record as you repeatedly ask them to do their assignments, clean their room, or take out the trash. Rather than saying, \"Do your chores now\", you'll be more effective if you set a target time for when the chores have to be completed. So instead of arguing about starting chores,just say, \"If chores are't done by 4 p.m, here are the consequences.\" Then it's up to your child to complete the chores. Put the ball back in their court. Don't argue or fight with them,just say, \"That's the way it's going to be.\" It shouldn't be punitive as much as it should be persuasive. \"If your chores aren't done by 4 p.m, then no video game time until chores are done. And if finishing those chores runs into homework time, that's going to be your loss.\" On the other hand, when dealing with homework, keep it very simple. Have a time when homework starts, and at that time, all electronics go off and do not go back on until you see that their homework is done. If your child says they have no homework, then they should use that time to study or read. Either way, there should be a time set aside when the electronics are off.\nWhen a kid wears his iPod or headphones when you're trying to talk to him, make no bones about it; he is not ignoring you, he is disrespecting you. At that point, everything else should stop until he takes the earplugs out of his ears. Don't try to communicate with him when he's wearing headphones--even if he tells you he can hear you. Wearing them while you're talking to him is a sign of disrespect. Parents should be very tough about this kind of thing. Remember, mutual respect becomes more important as children mature .\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage,it seldom happens that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA kids turn a deaf ear to their parents' requests\nB parents' directions sound like a broken record\nC children are ready to follow their parents' directions\nD parents are unaware of what they are repeating to their kids\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nKids will often ignore your requests for them to shut off the TV, start their chores , or do their homework as a way to avoid following your directions. Before you know it, you've started to sound like a broken record as you repeatedly ask them to do their assignments, clean their room, or take out the trash. Rather than saying, \"Do your chores now\", you'll be more effective if you set a target time for when the chores have to be completed. So instead of arguing about starting chores,just say, \"If chores are't done by 4 p.m, here are the consequences.\" Then it's up to your child to complete the chores. Put the ball back in their court. Don't argue or fight with them,just say, \"That's the way it's going to be.\" It shouldn't be punitive as much as it should be persuasive. \"If your chores aren't done by 4 p.m, then no video game time until chores are done. And if finishing those chores runs into homework time, that's going to be your loss.\" On the other hand, when dealing with homework, keep it very simple. Have a time when homework starts, and at that time, all electronics go off and do not go back on until you see that their homework is done. If your child says they have no homework, then they should use that time to study or read. Either way, there should be a time set aside when the electronics are off.\nWhen a kid wears his iPod or headphones when you're trying to talk to him, make no bones about it; he is not ignoring you, he is disrespecting you. At that point, everything else should stop until he takes the earplugs out of his ears. Don't try to communicate with him when he's wearing headphones--even if he tells you he can hear you. Wearing them while you're talking to him is a sign of disrespect. Parents should be very tough about this kind of thing. Remember, mutual respect becomes more important as children mature .\n\n<question>:\nParents will be able to deal with their child more effectively if they _ .\n\n<options>:\nA avoid direct ways of punishment\nB make him do things at their request\nC argue and fight with their child\nD allow their child to behave in his own way\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nKids will often ignore your requests for them to shut off the TV, start their chores , or do their homework as a way to avoid following your directions. Before you know it, you've started to sound like a broken record as you repeatedly ask them to do their assignments, clean their room, or take out the trash. Rather than saying, \"Do your chores now\", you'll be more effective if you set a target time for when the chores have to be completed. So instead of arguing about starting chores,just say, \"If chores are't done by 4 p.m, here are the consequences.\" Then it's up to your child to complete the chores. Put the ball back in their court. Don't argue or fight with them,just say, \"That's the way it's going to be.\" It shouldn't be punitive as much as it should be persuasive. \"If your chores aren't done by 4 p.m, then no video game time until chores are done. And if finishing those chores runs into homework time, that's going to be your loss.\" On the other hand, when dealing with homework, keep it very simple. Have a time when homework starts, and at that time, all electronics go off and do not go back on until you see that their homework is done. If your child says they have no homework, then they should use that time to study or read. Either way, there should be a time set aside when the electronics are off.\nWhen a kid wears his iPod or headphones when you're trying to talk to him, make no bones about it; he is not ignoring you, he is disrespecting you. At that point, everything else should stop until he takes the earplugs out of his ears. Don't try to communicate with him when he's wearing headphones--even if he tells you he can hear you. Wearing them while you're talking to him is a sign of disrespect. Parents should be very tough about this kind of thing. Remember, mutual respect becomes more important as children mature .\n\n<question>:\nWhen the kid is doing his homework,parents _ .\n\n<options>:\nA should provide him with a good learning environment\nB can do whatever they like\nC can stay aside watching TV\nD must switch off the power\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nKids will often ignore your requests for them to shut off the TV, start their chores , or do their homework as a way to avoid following your directions. Before you know it, you've started to sound like a broken record as you repeatedly ask them to do their assignments, clean their room, or take out the trash. Rather than saying, \"Do your chores now\", you'll be more effective if you set a target time for when the chores have to be completed. So instead of arguing about starting chores,just say, \"If chores are't done by 4 p.m, here are the consequences.\" Then it's up to your child to complete the chores. Put the ball back in their court. Don't argue or fight with them,just say, \"That's the way it's going to be.\" It shouldn't be punitive as much as it should be persuasive. \"If your chores aren't done by 4 p.m, then no video game time until chores are done. And if finishing those chores runs into homework time, that's going to be your loss.\" On the other hand, when dealing with homework, keep it very simple. Have a time when homework starts, and at that time, all electronics go off and do not go back on until you see that their homework is done. If your child says they have no homework, then they should use that time to study or read. Either way, there should be a time set aside when the electronics are off.\nWhen a kid wears his iPod or headphones when you're trying to talk to him, make no bones about it; he is not ignoring you, he is disrespecting you. At that point, everything else should stop until he takes the earplugs out of his ears. Don't try to communicate with him when he's wearing headphones--even if he tells you he can hear you. Wearing them while you're talking to him is a sign of disrespect. Parents should be very tough about this kind of thing. Remember, mutual respect becomes more important as children mature .\n\n<question>:\nIt can be inferred from the passage that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA parents should take off his headphones when trying to have a talk with their child\nB it will make no difference that a kid is wearing his earplugs while talking to his parents\nC parents shouldn't give in to their kid when he shows no sign of respect\nD kids' purposely talking to their parents with iPod gives them a sense of power and control\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nKids will often ignore your requests for them to shut off the TV, start their chores , or do their homework as a way to avoid following your directions. Before you know it, you've started to sound like a broken record as you repeatedly ask them to do their assignments, clean their room, or take out the trash. Rather than saying, \"Do your chores now\", you'll be more effective if you set a target time for when the chores have to be completed. So instead of arguing about starting chores,just say, \"If chores are't done by 4 p.m, here are the consequences.\" Then it's up to your child to complete the chores. Put the ball back in their court. Don't argue or fight with them,just say, \"That's the way it's going to be.\" It shouldn't be punitive as much as it should be persuasive. \"If your chores aren't done by 4 p.m, then no video game time until chores are done. And if finishing those chores runs into homework time, that's going to be your loss.\" On the other hand, when dealing with homework, keep it very simple. Have a time when homework starts, and at that time, all electronics go off and do not go back on until you see that their homework is done. If your child says they have no homework, then they should use that time to study or read. Either way, there should be a time set aside when the electronics are off.\nWhen a kid wears his iPod or headphones when you're trying to talk to him, make no bones about it; he is not ignoring you, he is disrespecting you. At that point, everything else should stop until he takes the earplugs out of his ears. Don't try to communicate with him when he's wearing headphones--even if he tells you he can hear you. Wearing them while you're talking to him is a sign of disrespect. Parents should be very tough about this kind of thing. Remember, mutual respect becomes more important as children mature .\n\n<question>:\nThe main idea of the passage is _ .\n\n<options>:\nA that respecting each other is more important than anything else\nB how kids behave to ignore and disrespect their parents\nC that children should make choices and decisions on their own\nD how parents can deal with their kid's behavior without losing their control\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEveryone needs friends.We all like to feel close to someone.It is nice to have a friend to talk,laugh and do things with.Surely,there are times when we need to be alone.We don't always want people around.But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.\nNo two people are just the same.Sometimes friends don't get along well.That doesn't mean that they no longer like each other.Most of the time they will make up and go on being friends.\nSometimes friends move away.Then we feel very sad.We miss them very much.But we call them and write to them.It could be that we would neven see them again.And we can make new friends.It is surprising to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them.\nFamilies sometimes name their children after a close friend.Many people are named after men or women who have been friendly to people in a town.Some libraries are named this way.So are some schools.We think of these people when we go to these places.\nThere is more good news for people who have friends.They live longer than people who don't.Why?It could be that they are happier.Being happy helps you stay well.Or it could be just knowing that someone cares.If someone cares about you,you take better care of yourself.\n\n<question>:\nThe main idea of this passage is _ .\n\n<options>:\nA that people are all friends\nB that people need friends\nC how to get to know friends\nD how to name a place\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEveryone needs friends.We all like to feel close to someone.It is nice to have a friend to talk,laugh and do things with.Surely,there are times when we need to be alone.We don't always want people around.But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.\nNo two people are just the same.Sometimes friends don't get along well.That doesn't mean that they no longer like each other.Most of the time they will make up and go on being friends.\nSometimes friends move away.Then we feel very sad.We miss them very much.But we call them and write to them.It could be that we would neven see them again.And we can make new friends.It is surprising to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them.\nFamilies sometimes name their children after a close friend.Many people are named after men or women who have been friendly to people in a town.Some libraries are named this way.So are some schools.We think of these people when we go to these places.\nThere is more good news for people who have friends.They live longer than people who don't.Why?It could be that they are happier.Being happy helps you stay well.Or it could be just knowing that someone cares.If someone cares about you,you take better care of yourself.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is not true according to the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA People are not happy when their friends leave them.\nB People can know their friends in different ways.\nC People will never see their friends after their friends move away.\nD People like their friends very much if they get to know them.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nDearest Clare,\nAs I write this, I am sitting at my desk in the back bedroom looking out at your studio across the backyard full of blue evening snow, everything is smooth and crusty with ice, and it is very still. It's one of those winter evenings when the coldness of every single thing seems to slow down time, like the narrow center of an hourglass which time itself flows through, but slowly, slowly. I had a sudden urge, tonight, here in the house by myself to write you a letter. I suddenly wanted to leave something, for after. I think that time is short, now. I feel as though all my reserves, of energy, of pleasure, of duration, are thin, small. I don't feel capable of continuing very much longer. I know you know.\nIf you are reading this, I am probably dead. But you know: you know that if I could have stayed, if I could have gone on, that I would have seized every second: whatever it was, this death, you know that it came and took me, like a child carried away by goblins .\nClare, I want to tell you, again, I love you. But I hate to think of you waiting. I know that you have been waiting for me all your life, always uncertain of how long this patch of waiting would be. Ten minutes, ten days. A month. What an uncertain husband I have been, Clare, like a sailor. Please, Clare. When I am dead, stop waiting and be free. Of me--put me deep inside you and then go out in the world and live. Love the world and yourself in it, move through it as though the world is your natural element. \nAfter my mom died she ate my father up completely. She would have hated it. Every minute of his life since then has been marked by her absence, every action has lacked dimension because she is not there to measure against. And when I was young I didn't understand, but now, I know, how absence can be present. \nIf I had to live on without you I know I could not do it. But I hope, I have this vision of you walking, with your shining hair in the sun. I have not seen this with my eyes, but only with my imagination, that makes pictures, that always wanted to paint you, shining; but I hope that this vision will be true, anyway. \nClare, there is one last thing, and I have hesitated to tell you, because I'm afraid that telling might cause it to not happen and also because I have just been going on about not waiting and this might cause you to wait longer than you have ever waited before. But I will tell you in case you need something, after. \nLast summer, I was sitting in Kendrick's waiting room when I suddenly found myself in a dark hallway in a house I don't know. At the end of the hall I could see a rim of light around a door, and so I went very slowly and very quietly to the door and looked in. The room was white, and lit with morning sun. At the window, with her back to me, sat a woman, wearing a coral-color1ed cardigan sweater, with long white hair all down her back. She had a cup of tea beside her, on a table. I must have made some little noise, or she sensed me behind her...she turned and saw me, and I saw her, and it was you, Clare, this was you as an old woman, in the future. It was sweet, Clare, it was sweet beyond telling. I won't tell you any more, so you can imagine it. We will see each other again, Clare. Until then, live, fully, present in the world, which is so beautiful. \nIt's dark, now, and I am very tired. I love you, always. Time is nothing. \nHenry\n\n<question>:\nBy describing what he found in Kendrick's waiting room, Henry intended to tell Clare that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA he hoped she would wait for him forever\nB his health was worsening step by step\nC she should stop waiting and be free to live\nD she would be more beautiful when she was old\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nToday, the Eiffel Tower, which serves an important role in television and radio broadcasts, is considered an architectural wonder. It attracts more visitors than any other paid tourist attraction in the world. The Eiffel Tower was designed by the French engineer and bridge builder Alexandre Gustave Eiffel for the Paris Exposition of 1889. The tower is 300 m high and consists of an open iron framework making it the highest manmade structure in the world at the time. \nIt was almost not built. After being awarded the contract to build the tower, Eiffel discovered that the Exposition Committee would only provide about a quarter of the money needed to construct it. Eiffel himself would have to finance the balance. He thought of a deal that would make him a very rich man. He agreed to independently find the people to fund his tower but he wanted to be the only one to control of the tower and he wanted the profits for twenty years. They agreed. To everyone's surprise, including Eiffel, the tower was paid off in the first year. \nThe deal that Eiffel came up with was probably what saved the tower from destruction. A Committee of Three Hundred was formed and they demanded an end to its building. Many members of the committee said, \"They have only put up the framework of this monument, It has no skin.\" Many sculptors and architects protested , in the name of threatened French art and history, about the useless Eiffel Tower, in the heart of their capital.\n It is built of iron, which is an inferior material, and a single beam of it is unable to support large stresses. That is why the tower appears over-engineered by today's standards. Though, from this very weakness, its simple beauty can be found. If you look at the tower, the structure of it sort of copies the biological cellular structure of a plant.\n\n<question>:\nWhat was the Eiffel Tower originally designed for?\n\n<options>:\nA Television and radio broadcasting industries.\nB A Paris Exposition.\nC Promoting the tourism industry.\nD Displaying a special framework structure.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 Mom and Dad,\nI'm afraid I have some very bad news for you. I have been very naughty and the school master is very angry with me. She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here. She does not want me in the school any longer. The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette in bed. As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room .I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away. Unfortunately, the cigarette fell into the waste--paper basket. It caught fire.\nThere was a curtain near the waste --paper basket. It caught fire too. Soon the whole room was burning. The master phoned the fire brigade . The school is a long way from the town and before the fire brigade arrived, the whole school was on fire. The master said that the fire was all my fault and I must pay for the damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.\nI'm very sorry for this.\nMuch love\nSarah\n\n<question>:\nWhere did Sarah smoke?\n\n<options>:\nA In the dormitory\nB In the Dinning hall\nC In the street\nD In the classroom\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 Mom and Dad,\nI'm afraid I have some very bad news for you. I have been very naughty and the school master is very angry with me. She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here. She does not want me in the school any longer. The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette in bed. As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room .I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away. Unfortunately, the cigarette fell into the waste--paper basket. It caught fire.\nThere was a curtain near the waste --paper basket. It caught fire too. Soon the whole room was burning. The master phoned the fire brigade . The school is a long way from the town and before the fire brigade arrived, the whole school was on fire. The master said that the fire was all my fault and I must pay for the damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.\nI'm very sorry for this.\nMuch love\nSarah\n\n<question>:\nWhen did the trouble start?\n\n<options>:\nA In the morning\nB In the afternoon\nC last night\nD At noon\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 Mom and Dad,\nI'm afraid I have some very bad news for you. I have been very naughty and the school master is very angry with me. She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here. She does not want me in the school any longer. The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette in bed. As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room .I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away. Unfortunately, the cigarette fell into the waste--paper basket. It caught fire.\nThere was a curtain near the waste --paper basket. It caught fire too. Soon the whole room was burning. The master phoned the fire brigade . The school is a long way from the town and before the fire brigade arrived, the whole school was on fire. The master said that the fire was all my fault and I must pay for the damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.\nI'm very sorry for this.\nMuch love\nSarah\n\n<question>:\nWhy was the school master angry with him?\n\n<options>:\nA Because he was too naughty to study.\nB Because he caused a big fire.\nC Because he was too lazy.\nD Because he stole something from the school.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEvery country has its traditional festivals. The Chinese New Year is now known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the beginning of spring. Though there are some sayings about its origin, all agree that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese means \"year\", was originally the name of a beast that started to eat people the night before the beginning of a new year.\nOne story goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would take in a great many people at one time. People were very afraid. One day, an old man came to their help and said he would stop all this. He said to Nian, \"I hear that you are very strong, but can you eat up all the beasts on earth instead of people who are too weak to be your enemies?\" \"Yes,\" Nian agreed with him and went to kill many of the beasts on earth. People were very happy because those beasts also did bad things to people and killed their farm animals from time to time.\nAfter that, the old man, who was a god, rode on the beast Nian and left. Nian was gone, and other beasts also went into forests; people began to enjoy their happy life. Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper-cuts on their windows and doors at each year's end to drive Nian away, because red is the color the beast felt most afraid of.\nFrom then on, every year at the beginning of spring, people prepare to \"Guo Nian\". The word \"Guo Nian\" means \"go through the Nian safely\". Putting up red paper-cuts to drive Nian away and making dumplings for a better new year are still an every-year doing by the Chinese people. However, people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, they just feel the color and the food make the New Year very enjoyable.\n\n<question>:\nHow did the old man stop Nian from eating people?\n\n<options>:\nA By putting red paper-cuts on windows.\nB By eating up beasts.\nC By talking to him.\nD By riding on him.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEvery country has its traditional festivals. The Chinese New Year is now known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the beginning of spring. Though there are some sayings about its origin, all agree that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese means \"year\", was originally the name of a beast that started to eat people the night before the beginning of a new year.\nOne story goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would take in a great many people at one time. People were very afraid. One day, an old man came to their help and said he would stop all this. He said to Nian, \"I hear that you are very strong, but can you eat up all the beasts on earth instead of people who are too weak to be your enemies?\" \"Yes,\" Nian agreed with him and went to kill many of the beasts on earth. People were very happy because those beasts also did bad things to people and killed their farm animals from time to time.\nAfter that, the old man, who was a god, rode on the beast Nian and left. Nian was gone, and other beasts also went into forests; people began to enjoy their happy life. Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper-cuts on their windows and doors at each year's end to drive Nian away, because red is the color the beast felt most afraid of.\nFrom then on, every year at the beginning of spring, people prepare to \"Guo Nian\". The word \"Guo Nian\" means \"go through the Nian safely\". Putting up red paper-cuts to drive Nian away and making dumplings for a better new year are still an every-year doing by the Chinese people. However, people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, they just feel the color and the food make the New Year very enjoyable.\n\n<question>:\nWhy did people put on red paper-cuts instead of those of any other color?\n\n<options>:\nA Because Nian liked the color red.\nB Because the color red could kill Nian.\nC Because the old man like the color red.\nD Because Nian was afraid of the color red.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nTo discipline means to teach. To be well disciplined is to have learned to live in accordance with the sensible rules and regulations that society has set up for the behavior of its members.\nUnless the child learns from each disciplinary situation how better to govern his conduct, effective discipline has not been developed. Parents must accept for themselves the idea that successful discipline results in learning. When they approach situations in which a child must adapt themselves to demands made upon them as learning situations, many problems usually thought of in connection with discipline disappear.\nUnfortunately, the word discipline has come to have other less constructive meanings. Far too often discipline is thought of as punishment. To many people, to discipline a child means to spank him or use some other method of punishment. Such people consider discipline a way of either keeping a child from doing something or of forcing him to do something.\nIt is the task of parents to build within themselves and within the children with whom they live this capacity for self-direction, based upon an understanding of what is required of individuals in a democratic society. This means learning to act in those ways known to be necessary for the \"good life\", not for one's self alone but also for others.\nDeveloping the capacity for self-discipline in a child is a long, slow process. Much patience is required on the part of the parents. During this development, it is important that the child's self- confidence and comfortable acceptance of himself should never be sacrificed in a disciplinary battle; instead it should be increased through the ways in which his parents meet disciplinary situations. Many parents show a good deal of impatience if the little child does not rapidly learn how to keep clean, eat well, be orderly, and do what he is told. They are so eager for him to achieve these things that they seem to try to push him rapidly through his baby period. They seem also to think that learning to do these things at the earliest possible age will place the child one jump ahead in the competitive race foe success. But expecting too much too early is a common mistake and results in many battles.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage, the well-disciplined people are those _ .\n\n<options>:\nA behaving and considering what their parents require\nB obeying what is required on some special occasions\nC obeying the reasonable rules and social regulations\nD having self-direction capacity in a democratic society\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 average American child spends three to five hours a day watching TV. In 1961, the average child began to watch television at age three; however, today it is nine months. Yet, most parents think that television has bad influence on their children. For example, in the early 1970s, my parents believed that my bad eyesight was the result of sitting too close to the screen, and they therefore made my stay at least six feet from it. Today, most people have no such worry, but many new ridiculous sayings have appeared:\n*TV makes kids stupid. Many children watch more educational programs when they are pre-schoolers. When they grow up, they can read more books and have much better ideas to solve difficult problems than other children.\n*TV makes kids violent. The real story is not so simple. Hundreds of studies show that watching violence on TV makes children more aggressive . But a study of over 5,000 children also finds that some positive programs make children kinder. The problem is that kids are increasingly watching shows with violence instead of those suitable for their age.\n*Sitting around watching TV makes kids overweight. An experiment finds that when children watch less television, they do lose extra weight; however, reducing their television time does not make them more active. The real problem lies in snacking . A widespread habit for kids, and junk-food advertisements.\n*TV helps kids get to sleep. The opposite is true. The more television children watch, the more likely they are to have irregular sleep and nap patterns. Allowing kids to watch television is part of the problem, not the solution.\n\n<question>:\nWhich one is the advantage of educational TV programs?\n\n<options>:\nA They will make children solve difficult problems better than others.\nB they will improve children's ability to get along with others.\nC They are likely to make children more aggressive.\nD They will make sure of children's success in the future.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\n(1) Secretary. Part time. 20 hours a week. Busy doctor's office. Experience preferred. Good typing. Call 555-2438.\n(2) BABY SITTER. 3 to 6 weekday afternoons. I will take you home. $5 an hour, call 555-5593.\n(3) Guitar lessons. Your home or mine. Experienced musician. Master's degree in music. Call Louise 555-6131.\n(4) TENTH STREET BLOCK PAKTY. Sunday. July 15. Noon to 8. Food, games, prizes, live band. Tenth Street between Main and North.\n(5) APARTMENT FOR RENT. 3 sunny rooms on high floor, great view. Separate kitchen. Wall-to-wall carpeting. The living room can be used as dining room. Email: SDGT@163.com.net\n(6) TAXI DRIVER WANTED. Full or part time. Experience necessary. A good knowledge of the city is required. Call 555-8860 between 9am and 5pm weekdays.\n(7) A stereo system for sale. It has two speakers. The system has an AM/FM radio. It also has a tape deck and turntable. It is in good condition. The stereo was owned for only one year. The price is $ 200 including the speakers. The owner will also take the highest price offered if the asking price is not met. Call Bill after 6pm at 555-9834.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is true?\n\n<options>:\nA Those who have some experience in office work will have a better chance to get the job of secretary.\nB The owner of the stereo will never sell his stereo at a price less than $ 200.\nC The taxi driver is not necessarily familiar with the city.\nD The tenth street block party will last until after 8.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\n(1) Secretary. Part time. 20 hours a week. Busy doctor's office. Experience preferred. Good typing. Call 555-2438.\n(2) BABY SITTER. 3 to 6 weekday afternoons. I will take you home. $5 an hour, call 555-5593.\n(3) Guitar lessons. Your home or mine. Experienced musician. Master's degree in music. Call Louise 555-6131.\n(4) TENTH STREET BLOCK PAKTY. Sunday. July 15. Noon to 8. Food, games, prizes, live band. Tenth Street between Main and North.\n(5) APARTMENT FOR RENT. 3 sunny rooms on high floor, great view. Separate kitchen. Wall-to-wall carpeting. The living room can be used as dining room. Email: SDGT@163.com.net\n(6) TAXI DRIVER WANTED. Full or part time. Experience necessary. A good knowledge of the city is required. Call 555-8860 between 9am and 5pm weekdays.\n(7) A stereo system for sale. It has two speakers. The system has an AM/FM radio. It also has a tape deck and turntable. It is in good condition. The stereo was owned for only one year. The price is $ 200 including the speakers. The owner will also take the highest price offered if the asking price is not met. Call Bill after 6pm at 555-9834.\n\n<question>:\nWe may learn from the ads above that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA a baby-sitter is paid by the hour\nB the party will be held without any music\nC the rooms for rent cannot get good sunlight\nD people can get guitar lessons at any place they like\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nAre you trying to learn a new language in a foreign land? You might be better off if you stopped looking at that picture of your family and friends.\nNew research from Columbia University found that prompting someone who is learning a new language with images and reminders of their own culture could temporarily ruin everything that the brain was trying to build.\nWhen native Chinese students were asked to talk with a Caucasian avatar and a Chinese avatar, their English skills were so different. Simply exposing students to a Chinese person affected their ability to speak English. Subjects who talked with the Chinese version felt more comfortable in their speech, but they produced 11% fewer words per minute. They actually became less fluent speakers.\nTo make sure it wasn't just the avatar, researchers also showed people random images of China while the participants told a story. When pictures of their homeland appeared, fluency dropped 16% and volunteers were 85% more likely to use a literal translation, for example, calling _ \"happy nuts\", because that's literally what the Chinese word for pistachio means.\nWhen the students were shown pictures of fish with one swimming ahead of the others, their culture would change how they look at the photo. With Chinese prompt, like photos of the Great Wall or Chinese Dragon, etc. they saw more students thinking that the fish was being chased, while an American prompt, like pictures of Marilyn Monroe or Superman, saw those students believing that it was a leader fish.\nThe bottom line is: when attempting to learn a new culture it is far better to surround yourself with that culture than create an island of the old one.\n\n<question>:\nFrom the passage we can infer that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA different images would change with different people\nB different cultures would affect how students look at the photo\nC with Chinese prompts, more students thought that it was a leader fish\nD with an American prompt, more students thought that the fish was being chased\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nAre you trying to learn a new language in a foreign land? You might be better off if you stopped looking at that picture of your family and friends.\nNew research from Columbia University found that prompting someone who is learning a new language with images and reminders of their own culture could temporarily ruin everything that the brain was trying to build.\nWhen native Chinese students were asked to talk with a Caucasian avatar and a Chinese avatar, their English skills were so different. Simply exposing students to a Chinese person affected their ability to speak English. Subjects who talked with the Chinese version felt more comfortable in their speech, but they produced 11% fewer words per minute. They actually became less fluent speakers.\nTo make sure it wasn't just the avatar, researchers also showed people random images of China while the participants told a story. When pictures of their homeland appeared, fluency dropped 16% and volunteers were 85% more likely to use a literal translation, for example, calling _ \"happy nuts\", because that's literally what the Chinese word for pistachio means.\nWhen the students were shown pictures of fish with one swimming ahead of the others, their culture would change how they look at the photo. With Chinese prompt, like photos of the Great Wall or Chinese Dragon, etc. they saw more students thinking that the fish was being chased, while an American prompt, like pictures of Marilyn Monroe or Superman, saw those students believing that it was a leader fish.\nThe bottom line is: when attempting to learn a new culture it is far better to surround yourself with that culture than create an island of the old one.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the research, which is a better way for a student in a foreign land to learn a new culture?\n\n<options>:\nA To surround himself with that culture.\nB To create an island of the old one.\nC To see random images of China.\nD To talk with a Caucasian avatar.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nA Korean wave is sweeping across China, with many Chinese women worshiping South Korean actors Kin Soo-hyun and Lee Min-ho as demigods . Chinese netizens always have different opinions. Over South Korean TV dramas, but there is no doubt that programs from the neighboring country are now enjoying a new round of popularity in China, And a big part of the credit for that goes to You Who Came From The Star, the South Korean TV series which is on the air now.\nYou Who Came From The Star and The Heirs have been subjects of hot online discussions throughout Asia. Besides, the book, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, read by the hero You Who Came From The Star was a hard-to-get item on Amazon for a while.\nThe two TV programs have several common elements :a tall, handsome, and rich hero who loves the heroine blindly and always protects her, and an equally handsome man madly in love with the same woman. Both programs describe the purity of love, which is expressed through a kiss or a warm hug. Perhaps that's the secret of their success; perhaps people still like Cinderella-type stories.\nThe widening wealth gap is a matter of social concern both in South Korea and China, and the challenges that young people face in their hope for a better life might have caused many ordinary girls to dream of marrying rich, caring men. This is precisely what the popular South Korean TV drams describe. _ \nMany netizens even said at an earlier time that South Korean TV dramas had become popular because of their stereotyped themes: traffic accidents, cancer and other incurable diseases. But all that has changed with the success of You Who Came From The Star and The Heirs, which Chinese directors can use as examples, as well as inspiration, to improve their productions.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the main reason for a new round of popularity in China?\n\n<options>:\nA The dramas are from the neighboring country North Korea.\nB Most of the Chinese netizens have voted for them.\nC The actors in the dramas are all gods.\nD It is because of You Who Came From The Star.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nMr.Black was having a lot of trouble with her skin, so she went to her doctor about it. He could not find anything wrong with her, however. So he sent her to the local hospital for some tests. The hospital , of course, sent the results of the tests direct to Mrs. Black's doctor, and the next morning he telephoned her to give her a list of the things that he thought she could not eat, as any of them might the cause of her skin trouble.\nMrs. Black carefully wrote all the things down on a piece of paper, which she then left beside the telephone while she went out to a ladies' meeting.\nWhen she got back home two hours later, she found her husband waiting for her .He had a big basket full of packages beside him, and when he saw her, he said , \"Hello, dear. I have done all your shopping for you.\"\n\"Done all my shopping?\"she asked in surprise. \"But how did you know what I wanted?\"\n\"Well, when I got home , I found your shopping list beside the telephone,\" answered her husband. \"So I went down to the shops and bought everything you had written down.\"\nOf course, Mrs. Black had to tell him that what he had bought were all the things the doctor did not allow her to eat.\n\n<question>:\nMrs Black went to her doctor _ .\n\n<options>:\nA for a diet of healthy foods\nB for her skin disease\nC to invite him to give a talk at a ladies' meeting\nD to get the results of some tests.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nMr.Black was having a lot of trouble with her skin, so she went to her doctor about it. He could not find anything wrong with her, however. So he sent her to the local hospital for some tests. The hospital , of course, sent the results of the tests direct to Mrs. Black's doctor, and the next morning he telephoned her to give her a list of the things that he thought she could not eat, as any of them might the cause of her skin trouble.\nMrs. Black carefully wrote all the things down on a piece of paper, which she then left beside the telephone while she went out to a ladies' meeting.\nWhen she got back home two hours later, she found her husband waiting for her .He had a big basket full of packages beside him, and when he saw her, he said , \"Hello, dear. I have done all your shopping for you.\"\n\"Done all my shopping?\"she asked in surprise. \"But how did you know what I wanted?\"\n\"Well, when I got home , I found your shopping list beside the telephone,\" answered her husband. \"So I went down to the shops and bought everything you had written down.\"\nOf course, Mrs. Black had to tell him that what he had bought were all the things the doctor did not allow her to eat.\n\n<question>:\nThe doctor telephoned her the next morning because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Mrs. Black left the list of foods at the doctor's\nB he wanted her to come to his office again\nC he didn't receive the results of the tests\nD he thought she should stop eating some foods, any of which might cause her disease.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nMr.Black was having a lot of trouble with her skin, so she went to her doctor about it. He could not find anything wrong with her, however. So he sent her to the local hospital for some tests. The hospital , of course, sent the results of the tests direct to Mrs. Black's doctor, and the next morning he telephoned her to give her a list of the things that he thought she could not eat, as any of them might the cause of her skin trouble.\nMrs. Black carefully wrote all the things down on a piece of paper, which she then left beside the telephone while she went out to a ladies' meeting.\nWhen she got back home two hours later, she found her husband waiting for her .He had a big basket full of packages beside him, and when he saw her, he said , \"Hello, dear. I have done all your shopping for you.\"\n\"Done all my shopping?\"she asked in surprise. \"But how did you know what I wanted?\"\n\"Well, when I got home , I found your shopping list beside the telephone,\" answered her husband. \"So I went down to the shops and bought everything you had written down.\"\nOf course, Mrs. Black had to tell him that what he had bought were all the things the doctor did not allow her to eat.\n\n<question>:\nFrom the passage ,we can tell Mr. Black was _ .\n\n<options>:\nA a careful man\nB an honest husband\nC at home when his wife answered the telephone\nD about to leave for meeting\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 is men's nature to live together in families and tribes , and cities and nations, and therefore men have learned to prize those qualities in each other which make social life the happiest and best.\nOf these qualities one of the most important is sympathy-fellow-feeling. If a man had no fellow-feeling, we should call him \"inhuman\"; he would be no true man. We think so much of this quality that we call a kind man \"human\"-that is, man-like in his conduct, first to other men, and afterwards to all living things.\nIf you are cruel to animals, you are not likely to be kind or thoughtfull to men; and if you are thoughtful towards men, you are not likely to be cruel and thoughtful towards animals. This is why the wise man of old wrote, \"The merciful man is merciful to his beast.\"\nWhat a pleasure it is also to be loved by our pets or domestic animals; and to feel that we are caring for them and are deserving of their love; or to watch the ways of wild creatures, and gradually to make friends with them!\nTreating animals kindly does not mean that we must never inflict any pain on them. We ourselves are trained by pains as well as by pleasures; so too, punishment is sometimes needed to train our dogs and horses to obey us. We endure pains at the hands of the surgeon, to cure some wound or to heal some disease; so too, animals must submit to being doctored.\nWe send out our bravest men to face wounds, sickness and death, for the good of the nation; so too, we let our horses share the risk of battle. For similar reasons, we cannot hesitate to destroy dangerous creatures like wolves and show senseless ferocity . It is no excuse to say that these animals deserve to be treated cruelly on account of their own cruelty. They are not really cruel, for they tear and kill not from love of unkindness, but because they must do so in order to live.\n\n<question>:\nOne of the most important qualities of men is fellow-feeling because_.\n\n<options>:\nA you are likely to be cruel and thoughtful without it\nB a man would be inhuman without it\nC men can't bear any pain on themselves and animals\nD only sympathy makes a man man-like in his conduct\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 Cat in the Hat takes place on a cold, wet day with two kids awaiting their mother's return. Instead of their mother, a strange cat enters the house. He begins balancing a fish bowl on the tip of his umbrella while balancing himself on a beach ball! The two kids and their pet fish worry and worry. But readers around the world laughed and laughed over the Cat and the Hat.\nTheodore Seuss Geisel, known to fans as Dr. Seuss, wrote the book. It was first published in 1957. Geisel liked to have fun and make people laugh, but he had a serious reason for writing the book. In 1954, a Life magazine article argued that kids couldn't read because the books used to teach them how to read were too boring. John Hersey, the Pulitzer-prize winning author of the article, suggested Geisel write a story that \"first graders wouldn't be able to put down\".\nTo write the book, Geisel had to have a good knowledge of a beginning reader's word list. Geisel says that he came up with the title by looking for the first two words on the list that rhymed . And so The Cat in the Hat was born! But it wasn't an easy book to write. It took Geisel one and a half years to complete.\nTo celebrate The Cat in the Hat's birthday, Random House, the book's publisher, created Project 236. The number 236 represents the number of words Geisel used to write the book. As a part of Project 236, there will be a nationwide read-aloud of The Cat in the Hat at 2:36 on March 2, Dr. Seuss's birthday.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is Dr. Seuss's purpose in writing The Cat in the Hat?\n\n<options>:\nA To improve children's reading.\nB To support John Hersey.\nC To develop educational system.\nD To make readers laugh.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nAs people slowly learn to cure diseases, control floods, prevent hunger, and stop wars, fewer people die every year. As a result, the population of the world is becoming larger. In 1925 there were about 2 billion people in the world; today there are over 6 billion.\nWhen the number rises, extra mouths must be fed. New lands must be brought under development, or land already farmed must be made to produce more crops. In some areas the land is so over-developed that it will be difficult to make it provide more crops. In some areas the population is so large that the land is divided into too tiny units to make improvement possible with farming methods. If a large part of this farming population went into industrial work, the land might be farmed much more productively with modern methods.\nThere is now a race for science, technology, and industry to keep the output of food rising faster than the number of people to be fed. New types of crops, which will grow well in bad weather, are being developed, so there are now farms beyond the Arctic Circle in Siberia and North America. Irrigation and dry-farming methods bring poor lands under the plough. Dams hold back the waters of great rivers, which can provide water for the fields in all seasons and provide electric power for new industries. Industrial chemistry provides fertilizer to suit different soils. Every year, some new methods are made to increase or to protect the food of the world.\n\n<question>:\nThe author says that the world population is increasing because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA there are many rich valleys and large fields\nB farmers are producing more crops than before\nC people are living longer due to better living conditions\nD new lands are being made into farmlands\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nGoing to outer space is a little like going camping. You have to carry with you all the food and equipment you need for your trip, so your food can't be too heavy or hard to prepare. Plus, there are no refrigerators to keep food cold and fresh.\n Food with all the water dried out is lightweight and doesn't spoil. So, many space foods are dried on Earth and stored in special packets. Some taste good right out of the packet.\n On earth, gravity is the force that keeps your feet on the ground and your sandwich on your plate. But there's no gravity in space. To keep food from floating away, astronauts on the Space Shuttle attach the packets to a special tray. The tray can be fixed to a wall or to the astronaut's lap. To prepare their food, astronauts use liquid forms of salt and pepper. The liquid sticks to the food better. Regular salt and pepper would float away, maybe up an astronaut's nose.\nLiquids float right out of cups and glasses, though. So astronauts drink everything from a small bag with a straw that can be closed. Astronauts say that most space foods taste pretty good. Some, such as apples and pudding, are the same as the foods you eat on Earth.\nAstronauts eat tortillas instead of bread because they make fewer crumbs . Floating crumbs could get stuck in equipment or an astronaut's eye.\nYour body used food in space the same way it does on Earth. Your body must deal with waste in space too. During takeoff the landing, astronauts can't leave their seats to go to the bathroom. They wear diapers under their spacesuits instead.\nThe Space Shuttle has a bathroom the size of a small closet. The toilet has bars that keep astronauts from floating away. A strong flow of air is used instead of water to flush waste down the toilet. Back on Earth it's flushed away-or sometimes studied by scientists.\n\n<question>:\nWhy do astronauts use liquid forms of salt and pepper to prepare food?\n\n<options>:\nA Liquid doesn't spoil.\nB Liquid is convenient to use in space.\nC Liquid is lightweight.\nD Astronauts are in great need of water.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nGoing to outer space is a little like going camping. You have to carry with you all the food and equipment you need for your trip, so your food can't be too heavy or hard to prepare. Plus, there are no refrigerators to keep food cold and fresh.\n Food with all the water dried out is lightweight and doesn't spoil. So, many space foods are dried on Earth and stored in special packets. Some taste good right out of the packet.\n On earth, gravity is the force that keeps your feet on the ground and your sandwich on your plate. But there's no gravity in space. To keep food from floating away, astronauts on the Space Shuttle attach the packets to a special tray. The tray can be fixed to a wall or to the astronaut's lap. To prepare their food, astronauts use liquid forms of salt and pepper. The liquid sticks to the food better. Regular salt and pepper would float away, maybe up an astronaut's nose.\nLiquids float right out of cups and glasses, though. So astronauts drink everything from a small bag with a straw that can be closed. Astronauts say that most space foods taste pretty good. Some, such as apples and pudding, are the same as the foods you eat on Earth.\nAstronauts eat tortillas instead of bread because they make fewer crumbs . Floating crumbs could get stuck in equipment or an astronaut's eye.\nYour body used food in space the same way it does on Earth. Your body must deal with waste in space too. During takeoff the landing, astronauts can't leave their seats to go to the bathroom. They wear diapers under their spacesuits instead.\nThe Space Shuttle has a bathroom the size of a small closet. The toilet has bars that keep astronauts from floating away. A strong flow of air is used instead of water to flush waste down the toilet. Back on Earth it's flushed away-or sometimes studied by scientists.\n\n<question>:\nWe can infer from the passage that astronauts _ .\n\n<options>:\nA drink from cups and glasses\nB always wear diapers in space\nC can move freely during landing\nD must pay attention to the crumbs in space\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nGoing to outer space is a little like going camping. You have to carry with you all the food and equipment you need for your trip, so your food can't be too heavy or hard to prepare. Plus, there are no refrigerators to keep food cold and fresh.\n Food with all the water dried out is lightweight and doesn't spoil. So, many space foods are dried on Earth and stored in special packets. Some taste good right out of the packet.\n On earth, gravity is the force that keeps your feet on the ground and your sandwich on your plate. But there's no gravity in space. To keep food from floating away, astronauts on the Space Shuttle attach the packets to a special tray. The tray can be fixed to a wall or to the astronaut's lap. To prepare their food, astronauts use liquid forms of salt and pepper. The liquid sticks to the food better. Regular salt and pepper would float away, maybe up an astronaut's nose.\nLiquids float right out of cups and glasses, though. So astronauts drink everything from a small bag with a straw that can be closed. Astronauts say that most space foods taste pretty good. Some, such as apples and pudding, are the same as the foods you eat on Earth.\nAstronauts eat tortillas instead of bread because they make fewer crumbs . Floating crumbs could get stuck in equipment or an astronaut's eye.\nYour body used food in space the same way it does on Earth. Your body must deal with waste in space too. During takeoff the landing, astronauts can't leave their seats to go to the bathroom. They wear diapers under their spacesuits instead.\nThe Space Shuttle has a bathroom the size of a small closet. The toilet has bars that keep astronauts from floating away. A strong flow of air is used instead of water to flush waste down the toilet. Back on Earth it's flushed away-or sometimes studied by scientists.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the passage mainly about?\n\n<options>:\nA Astronauts' hard life in space.\nB How astronauts go to the bathroom.\nC The various foods astronauts eat in space.\nD How astronauts eat and deal with waste in space.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nUS track star Marion Jones owned a trophy case filled with medals. She had worldwide fame. She held the high honor of being the first female track and field athlete to win five medals at an Olympics -- the 2000 Sydney Games.\nBut last Friday, the 31-year-old track star tearfully confessed that she had lied to fans, sports official and US federal agents about taking steroids.\nThe five Olympic medals in her trophy case? Gone. Meaningless. The worldwide fame? Exchanged for infamy. The honor of being the first female track and field athlete to win five medals at an Olympics? Forgotten, wiped off the record books.\n\"It is with a great amount of shame that I stand before you and tell you that I have betrayed your trust.\" Jones confessed.\nShe'd posed for pictures with fans. She'd attended parties and talked about her accomplishments. But for years she'd slept --- or tried to sleep -- knowing that much of what she had done was built on a lie.\nNow, finally, she'd decided to tell the truth.\n\"If she had trusted her own natural gifts and allied them to self-sacrifice and hard work, I sincerely believe that she could have been an honest champion at the Sydney Games.\" IAAF President Lamine Diack said over the weekend. \"Instead, Mario Jones will be remembered as one of the biggest frauds in sporting history.\"\nSadly, she won't be the last. There are still others lurking behind their trophies. They too appear to have everything. They're superstars, the envy of every young person who has played a sport. But for how long? And at what cost? Every time they look at their trophies and medals they remember that the awards really belong to someone else.\n\n<question>:\nThe main character in this passage is _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the writer himself\nB Marion Jones\nC IAAF president\nD US federal agents\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nMy house is made of wood, glass and stone. It is also made of software.\nIf you come to visit, you'll probably be surprised when you come in: Someone will give you an electronic PIN to wear. The PIN tells the house who you are and where you are. The house uses this information to give you what you need. When it's dark outside, the PIN turns on the lights near you, and then turns them off as you walk away from them. Music moves with you, too. If the house knows your favorite music, it plays it for you. The music seems to be everywhere, but in fact other people in the house hear different music or no music. If you get a telephone call, only the nearest telephone rings.\nOf course, you are also able to want something. There is a home control console which is a small machine that turns things on and off around you.\nThe PIN and the console are new ideas, but they are in fact like many things we have today. If you want to go to a movie, you need a ticket. If I give you the key to my car, you can use my car. The car works for you because you have the key. My house works for you because you wear the PIN or hold the console.\nI believe that in ten years from now, most new houses will have the systems that I've put in my house. The systems will probably be even bigger and better than the ones I've got.\nI like to try new ideas. I know that some of my ideas will work better than others'. But I hope that one day I will stop thinking of these systems as new, and ask myself instead, \"How did I live without them?\"\n\n<question>:\nThe writer's house is made of the following EXCEPT _ .\n\n<options>:\nA bamboo\nB wood\nC glass\nD software\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nMy house is made of wood, glass and stone. It is also made of software.\nIf you come to visit, you'll probably be surprised when you come in: Someone will give you an electronic PIN to wear. The PIN tells the house who you are and where you are. The house uses this information to give you what you need. When it's dark outside, the PIN turns on the lights near you, and then turns them off as you walk away from them. Music moves with you, too. If the house knows your favorite music, it plays it for you. The music seems to be everywhere, but in fact other people in the house hear different music or no music. If you get a telephone call, only the nearest telephone rings.\nOf course, you are also able to want something. There is a home control console which is a small machine that turns things on and off around you.\nThe PIN and the console are new ideas, but they are in fact like many things we have today. If you want to go to a movie, you need a ticket. If I give you the key to my car, you can use my car. The car works for you because you have the key. My house works for you because you wear the PIN or hold the console.\nI believe that in ten years from now, most new houses will have the systems that I've put in my house. The systems will probably be even bigger and better than the ones I've got.\nI like to try new ideas. I know that some of my ideas will work better than others'. But I hope that one day I will stop thinking of these systems as new, and ask myself instead, \"How did I live without them?\"\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the writer most likely to be according to the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA An IT expert.\nB A famous doctor.\nC A sportsman.\nD An experienced teacher.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nMy house is made of wood, glass and stone. It is also made of software.\nIf you come to visit, you'll probably be surprised when you come in: Someone will give you an electronic PIN to wear. The PIN tells the house who you are and where you are. The house uses this information to give you what you need. When it's dark outside, the PIN turns on the lights near you, and then turns them off as you walk away from them. Music moves with you, too. If the house knows your favorite music, it plays it for you. The music seems to be everywhere, but in fact other people in the house hear different music or no music. If you get a telephone call, only the nearest telephone rings.\nOf course, you are also able to want something. There is a home control console which is a small machine that turns things on and off around you.\nThe PIN and the console are new ideas, but they are in fact like many things we have today. If you want to go to a movie, you need a ticket. If I give you the key to my car, you can use my car. The car works for you because you have the key. My house works for you because you wear the PIN or hold the console.\nI believe that in ten years from now, most new houses will have the systems that I've put in my house. The systems will probably be even bigger and better than the ones I've got.\nI like to try new ideas. I know that some of my ideas will work better than others'. But I hope that one day I will stop thinking of these systems as new, and ask myself instead, \"How did I live without them?\"\n\n<question>:\nThe writer's new house is different from ordinary ones mainly because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA it has your favorite music following you\nB you can make a telephone call anywhere\nC the writer is able to change his new idea into practice\nD it is controlled by 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>:\nMy house is made of wood, glass and stone. It is also made of software.\nIf you come to visit, you'll probably be surprised when you come in: Someone will give you an electronic PIN to wear. The PIN tells the house who you are and where you are. The house uses this information to give you what you need. When it's dark outside, the PIN turns on the lights near you, and then turns them off as you walk away from them. Music moves with you, too. If the house knows your favorite music, it plays it for you. The music seems to be everywhere, but in fact other people in the house hear different music or no music. If you get a telephone call, only the nearest telephone rings.\nOf course, you are also able to want something. There is a home control console which is a small machine that turns things on and off around you.\nThe PIN and the console are new ideas, but they are in fact like many things we have today. If you want to go to a movie, you need a ticket. If I give you the key to my car, you can use my car. The car works for you because you have the key. My house works for you because you wear the PIN or hold the console.\nI believe that in ten years from now, most new houses will have the systems that I've put in my house. The systems will probably be even bigger and better than the ones I've got.\nI like to try new ideas. I know that some of my ideas will work better than others'. But I hope that one day I will stop thinking of these systems as new, and ask myself instead, \"How did I live without them?\"\n\n<question>:\nWhat does the passage mainly discuss?\n\n<options>:\nA How to develop a new system.\nB The function of the PIN.\nC How great the computers are.\nD Easy life in the future.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nHave you ever wondered what you would look like if you were an Asian, Middle Eastern, black, white or Indian person? By stepping into the Human Race Machine, you can find out. When you sit inside it, the machine creates a digital image of your face. After pushing certain buttons, the machine uses various photos of people of a certain ethnic group mixed with your own facial features. From this, it can _ an image showing how you would look as a member of a different race.\n The machine is part of a traveling retrospective called \" Seeing and Believing: The Art of Nancy Burson.\" Burson is a famous American photographer and inventor. The show of 100 photos and multimedia works was on view at the Grey Art Gallery in New York on April 20.\n \" It is a strange feeling, just like stepping into someone else's skin.\" said Hathy Zajchenko, a museum visitor from Pennsylvania, US. As soon as she sat down, she tried out a range of ethnic groups. \" The Middle Eastern image worked pretty well for me,\" she said with a smile.\n According to Burson, _ It is about seeing through differences to find the things we all share in common. Burson added the database of Middle Eastern faces, both Arab and Jewish, after the terrorist attacks on September 11. \"I have always wanted to allow people to see differently. I am a photographer. I am recording the unseen, because what we can not see is so much more interesting than what we can see,\" Burson said.\nFor those who missed the show, the Human Race machine will be on view at the New York Hall of Science in the Queens district full-time as of June.\n\n<question>:\nThe Human Race Machine can _ .\n\n<options>:\nA tell you what you would look like if you were a member of another ethnic group\nB create a digital image of your face and change it\nC turn your pray into reality\nD let people step into someone else's skin\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nHave you ever wondered what you would look like if you were an Asian, Middle Eastern, black, white or Indian person? By stepping into the Human Race Machine, you can find out. When you sit inside it, the machine creates a digital image of your face. After pushing certain buttons, the machine uses various photos of people of a certain ethnic group mixed with your own facial features. From this, it can _ an image showing how you would look as a member of a different race.\n The machine is part of a traveling retrospective called \" Seeing and Believing: The Art of Nancy Burson.\" Burson is a famous American photographer and inventor. The show of 100 photos and multimedia works was on view at the Grey Art Gallery in New York on April 20.\n \" It is a strange feeling, just like stepping into someone else's skin.\" said Hathy Zajchenko, a museum visitor from Pennsylvania, US. As soon as she sat down, she tried out a range of ethnic groups. \" The Middle Eastern image worked pretty well for me,\" she said with a smile.\n According to Burson, _ It is about seeing through differences to find the things we all share in common. Burson added the database of Middle Eastern faces, both Arab and Jewish, after the terrorist attacks on September 11. \"I have always wanted to allow people to see differently. I am a photographer. I am recording the unseen, because what we can not see is so much more interesting than what we can see,\" Burson said.\nFor those who missed the show, the Human Race machine will be on view at the New York Hall of Science in the Queens district full-time as of June.\n\n<question>:\nWhen Kathy Zajchenko said that the Middle Eastern image worked well for her, she meant that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA she would like to change her face\nB she had a strange feeling\nC she was satisfied with what she looked like as a Middle Eastern person\nD she could buy the Human Race machine\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nHave you ever wondered what you would look like if you were an Asian, Middle Eastern, black, white or Indian person? By stepping into the Human Race Machine, you can find out. When you sit inside it, the machine creates a digital image of your face. After pushing certain buttons, the machine uses various photos of people of a certain ethnic group mixed with your own facial features. From this, it can _ an image showing how you would look as a member of a different race.\n The machine is part of a traveling retrospective called \" Seeing and Believing: The Art of Nancy Burson.\" Burson is a famous American photographer and inventor. The show of 100 photos and multimedia works was on view at the Grey Art Gallery in New York on April 20.\n \" It is a strange feeling, just like stepping into someone else's skin.\" said Hathy Zajchenko, a museum visitor from Pennsylvania, US. As soon as she sat down, she tried out a range of ethnic groups. \" The Middle Eastern image worked pretty well for me,\" she said with a smile.\n According to Burson, _ It is about seeing through differences to find the things we all share in common. Burson added the database of Middle Eastern faces, both Arab and Jewish, after the terrorist attacks on September 11. \"I have always wanted to allow people to see differently. I am a photographer. I am recording the unseen, because what we can not see is so much more interesting than what we can see,\" Burson said.\nFor those who missed the show, the Human Race machine will be on view at the New York Hall of Science in the Queens district full-time as of June.\n\n<question>:\nBurson added the database of Middle Eastern faces after the September 11 attack because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA she wanted to show people what terrorists look like\nB she wanted to record what people cannot see\nC she wanted to be famous as a photographer\nD she wanted to let people see the foreign 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>:\nSeveral recent studies have found that being randomly assigned to a roommate of another race can lead to increased tolerance but also to a greater likelihood of conflict.\nRecent reports found that lodging with a student of a different race may decrease prejudice and compel students to engage in more ethnically diverse friendships.\nAn Ohio State University study also found that black students living with a white roommate saw higher academic success throughout their college careers. Researchers believe this may be caused by social pressure.\nIn a New York Times article, Sam Boakye - the only black student on his freshman year floor -said that \"if you're surrounded by whites, you have something to prove.\"\nResearchers also observed problems resulting from pairing interracial students in residences.\nAccording to two recent studies, randomly assigned roommates of different races are more likely to experience conflicts so strained that one roommate will move out.\nAn Indiana University study found that interracial roommates were three times as likely as two white roommates to no longer live together by the end of the semester.\nGrace Kao, a professor at Penn said she was not surprised by the findings. \"This may be the first time that some of these students have interacted, and lived, with someone of a different race,\" she said.\nAt Penn, students are not asked to indicate race when applying for housing.\n\"One of the great things about freshman housing is that, with some exceptions, the process throws you together randomly,\" said Undergraduate Assembly chairman Alec Webley. \"This is the definition of integration.\"\n\"I've experienced roommate conflicts between interracial students that have both broken down stereotypes and reinforced stereotypes,\" said one Penn resident advisor (RA). The RA of two years added that while some conflicts \"provided more multicultural acceptance and melding ,\" there were also \"jarring cultural confrontations.\"\nThe RA said that these conflicts have also occurred among roommates of the same race.\nKao said she cautions against forming any generalizations based on any one of the studies, noting that more background characteristics of the students need to be studied and explained.\n\n<question>:\nWhat can we learn from some recent studies?\n\n<options>:\nA Conflicts between students of different races are unavoidable.\nB Students of different races are prejudiced against each other.\nC Interracial lodging does more harm than good.\nD Interracial lodging may have diverse outcomes.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nSeveral recent studies have found that being randomly assigned to a roommate of another race can lead to increased tolerance but also to a greater likelihood of conflict.\nRecent reports found that lodging with a student of a different race may decrease prejudice and compel students to engage in more ethnically diverse friendships.\nAn Ohio State University study also found that black students living with a white roommate saw higher academic success throughout their college careers. Researchers believe this may be caused by social pressure.\nIn a New York Times article, Sam Boakye - the only black student on his freshman year floor -said that \"if you're surrounded by whites, you have something to prove.\"\nResearchers also observed problems resulting from pairing interracial students in residences.\nAccording to two recent studies, randomly assigned roommates of different races are more likely to experience conflicts so strained that one roommate will move out.\nAn Indiana University study found that interracial roommates were three times as likely as two white roommates to no longer live together by the end of the semester.\nGrace Kao, a professor at Penn said she was not surprised by the findings. \"This may be the first time that some of these students have interacted, and lived, with someone of a different race,\" she said.\nAt Penn, students are not asked to indicate race when applying for housing.\n\"One of the great things about freshman housing is that, with some exceptions, the process throws you together randomly,\" said Undergraduate Assembly chairman Alec Webley. \"This is the definition of integration.\"\n\"I've experienced roommate conflicts between interracial students that have both broken down stereotypes and reinforced stereotypes,\" said one Penn resident advisor (RA). The RA of two years added that while some conflicts \"provided more multicultural acceptance and melding ,\" there were also \"jarring cultural confrontations.\"\nThe RA said that these conflicts have also occurred among roommates of the same race.\nKao said she cautions against forming any generalizations based on any one of the studies, noting that more background characteristics of the students need to be studied and explained.\n\n<question>:\nWhat does Sam Boakye's remark mean?\n\n<options>:\nA White students tend to look down upon their black peers.\nB Black students can compete with their white peers academically.\nC Black students feel somewhat embarrassed among white peers during the freshman year.\nD Being surrounded by white peers motivates a black student to work harder to succeed.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nSeveral recent studies have found that being randomly assigned to a roommate of another race can lead to increased tolerance but also to a greater likelihood of conflict.\nRecent reports found that lodging with a student of a different race may decrease prejudice and compel students to engage in more ethnically diverse friendships.\nAn Ohio State University study also found that black students living with a white roommate saw higher academic success throughout their college careers. Researchers believe this may be caused by social pressure.\nIn a New York Times article, Sam Boakye - the only black student on his freshman year floor -said that \"if you're surrounded by whites, you have something to prove.\"\nResearchers also observed problems resulting from pairing interracial students in residences.\nAccording to two recent studies, randomly assigned roommates of different races are more likely to experience conflicts so strained that one roommate will move out.\nAn Indiana University study found that interracial roommates were three times as likely as two white roommates to no longer live together by the end of the semester.\nGrace Kao, a professor at Penn said she was not surprised by the findings. \"This may be the first time that some of these students have interacted, and lived, with someone of a different race,\" she said.\nAt Penn, students are not asked to indicate race when applying for housing.\n\"One of the great things about freshman housing is that, with some exceptions, the process throws you together randomly,\" said Undergraduate Assembly chairman Alec Webley. \"This is the definition of integration.\"\n\"I've experienced roommate conflicts between interracial students that have both broken down stereotypes and reinforced stereotypes,\" said one Penn resident advisor (RA). The RA of two years added that while some conflicts \"provided more multicultural acceptance and melding ,\" there were also \"jarring cultural confrontations.\"\nThe RA said that these conflicts have also occurred among roommates of the same race.\nKao said she cautions against forming any generalizations based on any one of the studies, noting that more background characteristics of the students need to be studied and explained.\n\n<question>:\nWhat does Alec Webley consider to be the \"definition of integration\"?\n\n<options>:\nA The school randomly assigns roommates without regard to race.\nB Students of different races are required to share a room.\nC Interracial lodging is arranged by the school for freshmen.\nD Lodging is assigned to students of different races without exception.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nLife can be difficult, particularly for adolescents. Many young people get through the troubled years of adolescence and emerge into adulthood reasonably safe and sound. Too many youngsters, however, feel confused and ignored. Unable to climb out of the dilemma, these youngsters are socially and emotionally \"at-risk\". They may suffer from such painful symptoms as anxiety, depression or anger.\nMany parents, in an honest attempt to help their adolescent from emotionally drowning, seek professional treatment. They put a great deal of faith in professional clinicians to find a way out for their child. However, many of these parents begin to recognize that solving the problem is more complex than they had initially realized. It has been my clinical experience that some parents who bring their resistant youngster for treatment see their child as being solely responsible for the problem. In many cases, the adolescent feels angry and defective for being pushed into treatment. \nWe can gain some insight if we look at things through the eyes of the adolescent. The child is usually reluctantly brought by the parents to clinicians as what I call the \"identified patient\". The youngster waits anxiously as the parents lay out the problem with the clinicians with remarks such as, \"I don't know what's happening to my child lately, but he's not his old self. He doesn't listen to me anymore, has been getting failing grades, acts out at school, and stays in his room all the time.'' Such descriptions at the beginning of treatment by the parents may strengthen feelings of incompetence on the part of the child. Such a pattern at the beginning sets up an intention of resistance and leaves the potential for a positive outcome at risk.\nWhat many parents fail to realize is that the adolescent's problem serves as a symbol for what is happening within the family system. Unknowingly, a youngster may become rebellious or depressed as a way of attempting to calm the psychic pain experienced by his family. To some degree, the child's behavioral problems represent an effort to distract attention away from the unstable state within his family. In such cases it represents a courageous attempt by the teen to minimize home-related problems. Eventually the problems become too troublesome for the child and he continues to sacrifice himself for the sake of the family. Many times youngsters go to clinicians in the hope that treatment will aid in healing the entire family system.\nIn my clinical experience, I have found that the troubled adolescent is more likely to find emotional healing if the parents are actively involved in the treatment process. In such cases where family members are involved in treatment, the adolescent's expectation for change tends to improve. With parental involvement, the teen begins to feel more competent, as other family members take the risk to explore difficult family issues.\n\n<question>:\nWhat causes a child to resist treatment when brought to clinicians?\n\n<options>:\nA The child's increased feelings of incompetence.\nB Parents' reluctantly bringing a child to clinicians.\nC The parents' initial descriptions of the child's problems.\nD The parents' looking at things through the child's eyes.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nLife can be difficult, particularly for adolescents. Many young people get through the troubled years of adolescence and emerge into adulthood reasonably safe and sound. Too many youngsters, however, feel confused and ignored. Unable to climb out of the dilemma, these youngsters are socially and emotionally \"at-risk\". They may suffer from such painful symptoms as anxiety, depression or anger.\nMany parents, in an honest attempt to help their adolescent from emotionally drowning, seek professional treatment. They put a great deal of faith in professional clinicians to find a way out for their child. However, many of these parents begin to recognize that solving the problem is more complex than they had initially realized. It has been my clinical experience that some parents who bring their resistant youngster for treatment see their child as being solely responsible for the problem. In many cases, the adolescent feels angry and defective for being pushed into treatment. \nWe can gain some insight if we look at things through the eyes of the adolescent. The child is usually reluctantly brought by the parents to clinicians as what I call the \"identified patient\". The youngster waits anxiously as the parents lay out the problem with the clinicians with remarks such as, \"I don't know what's happening to my child lately, but he's not his old self. He doesn't listen to me anymore, has been getting failing grades, acts out at school, and stays in his room all the time.'' Such descriptions at the beginning of treatment by the parents may strengthen feelings of incompetence on the part of the child. Such a pattern at the beginning sets up an intention of resistance and leaves the potential for a positive outcome at risk.\nWhat many parents fail to realize is that the adolescent's problem serves as a symbol for what is happening within the family system. Unknowingly, a youngster may become rebellious or depressed as a way of attempting to calm the psychic pain experienced by his family. To some degree, the child's behavioral problems represent an effort to distract attention away from the unstable state within his family. In such cases it represents a courageous attempt by the teen to minimize home-related problems. Eventually the problems become too troublesome for the child and he continues to sacrifice himself for the sake of the family. Many times youngsters go to clinicians in the hope that treatment will aid in healing the entire family system.\nIn my clinical experience, I have found that the troubled adolescent is more likely to find emotional healing if the parents are actively involved in the treatment process. In such cases where family members are involved in treatment, the adolescent's expectation for change tends to improve. With parental involvement, the teen begins to feel more competent, as other family members take the risk to explore difficult family issues.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is NOT parents' misunderstanding?\n\n<options>:\nA Only their child is to blame for the problem.\nB Their child is concerned about family harmony\nC Their troubled adolescent is a \"identified patient\"\nD Solely pushing their child into treatment is the best way out\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nLife can be difficult, particularly for adolescents. Many young people get through the troubled years of adolescence and emerge into adulthood reasonably safe and sound. Too many youngsters, however, feel confused and ignored. Unable to climb out of the dilemma, these youngsters are socially and emotionally \"at-risk\". They may suffer from such painful symptoms as anxiety, depression or anger.\nMany parents, in an honest attempt to help their adolescent from emotionally drowning, seek professional treatment. They put a great deal of faith in professional clinicians to find a way out for their child. However, many of these parents begin to recognize that solving the problem is more complex than they had initially realized. It has been my clinical experience that some parents who bring their resistant youngster for treatment see their child as being solely responsible for the problem. In many cases, the adolescent feels angry and defective for being pushed into treatment. \nWe can gain some insight if we look at things through the eyes of the adolescent. The child is usually reluctantly brought by the parents to clinicians as what I call the \"identified patient\". The youngster waits anxiously as the parents lay out the problem with the clinicians with remarks such as, \"I don't know what's happening to my child lately, but he's not his old self. He doesn't listen to me anymore, has been getting failing grades, acts out at school, and stays in his room all the time.'' Such descriptions at the beginning of treatment by the parents may strengthen feelings of incompetence on the part of the child. Such a pattern at the beginning sets up an intention of resistance and leaves the potential for a positive outcome at risk.\nWhat many parents fail to realize is that the adolescent's problem serves as a symbol for what is happening within the family system. Unknowingly, a youngster may become rebellious or depressed as a way of attempting to calm the psychic pain experienced by his family. To some degree, the child's behavioral problems represent an effort to distract attention away from the unstable state within his family. In such cases it represents a courageous attempt by the teen to minimize home-related problems. Eventually the problems become too troublesome for the child and he continues to sacrifice himself for the sake of the family. Many times youngsters go to clinicians in the hope that treatment will aid in healing the entire family system.\nIn my clinical experience, I have found that the troubled adolescent is more likely to find emotional healing if the parents are actively involved in the treatment process. In such cases where family members are involved in treatment, the adolescent's expectation for change tends to improve. With parental involvement, the teen begins to feel more competent, as other family members take the risk to explore difficult family issues.\n\n<question>:\nYoung people will feel competent when_.\n\n<options>:\nA recognizing their problems\nB finding short cuts to treat their problems\nC brought to a more experienced clinician\nD supported by their parents in treatment\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nA private sixth grade is set to start its lessons at 1.30 pm every day because the school's teacher thinks his students will study better after a morning lie-in .\nInstead of rising early for a 9 am start, students at the PS15,000-a-year Hampton Court House, in East Molesey, Surrey, will get to enjoy a lie-in and work from 1.30 pm until 7pm. Head teacher Guy Holloway says the move for all sixth grade students, set to begin from September, has been made according to research by scientists. He predicts that not only will his students aged 16 and upwards get great night's sleep, but their productivity will also be improved.\nThe co-educational school will have the latest start time in the UK, and will be the only one to begin lessons in the afternoon.\nExperts say young people are programmed to get up later, and that rather than laziness it is simply a shift in their body clocks.\n'There are 168 hours in a week and how productive they are depends on how they choose to use those hours,' said Mr Holloway. 'At Hampton Court House we don't think we have the answer for everybody; it's about what works in our school. We want to get them into a condition where they can get great sleep and study well.' He said students would also benefit from reduced journey times as they travel to and from school after rush hour .\nYear 10 student Gabriel Purcell-Davis will be one of the first of 30 A-level students to start at the later time. 'I want to wake up in my bed, not in my maths lesson,' said the 15-year-old. Lessons for all other students at the school will still begin at 9 am as usual.\n\n<question>:\nWhy did the school decide to start the class at 1.30 pm?\n\n<options>:\nA It may be good for students' study.\nB Students wanted a morning lie-in.\nC Students were often late for school.\nD Teachers wanted to have a good sleep in the morning.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nA private sixth grade is set to start its lessons at 1.30 pm every day because the school's teacher thinks his students will study better after a morning lie-in .\nInstead of rising early for a 9 am start, students at the PS15,000-a-year Hampton Court House, in East Molesey, Surrey, will get to enjoy a lie-in and work from 1.30 pm until 7pm. Head teacher Guy Holloway says the move for all sixth grade students, set to begin from September, has been made according to research by scientists. He predicts that not only will his students aged 16 and upwards get great night's sleep, but their productivity will also be improved.\nThe co-educational school will have the latest start time in the UK, and will be the only one to begin lessons in the afternoon.\nExperts say young people are programmed to get up later, and that rather than laziness it is simply a shift in their body clocks.\n'There are 168 hours in a week and how productive they are depends on how they choose to use those hours,' said Mr Holloway. 'At Hampton Court House we don't think we have the answer for everybody; it's about what works in our school. We want to get them into a condition where they can get great sleep and study well.' He said students would also benefit from reduced journey times as they travel to and from school after rush hour .\nYear 10 student Gabriel Purcell-Davis will be one of the first of 30 A-level students to start at the later time. 'I want to wake up in my bed, not in my maths lesson,' said the 15-year-old. Lessons for all other students at the school will still begin at 9 am as usual.\n\n<question>:\nWhat can we learn about the new start time?\n\n<options>:\nA It's suitable for every student.\nB It was based on scientific research.\nC Students are following the new school time now.\nD Only the sixth grade students will use the new school time.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nA private sixth grade is set to start its lessons at 1.30 pm every day because the school's teacher thinks his students will study better after a morning lie-in .\nInstead of rising early for a 9 am start, students at the PS15,000-a-year Hampton Court House, in East Molesey, Surrey, will get to enjoy a lie-in and work from 1.30 pm until 7pm. Head teacher Guy Holloway says the move for all sixth grade students, set to begin from September, has been made according to research by scientists. He predicts that not only will his students aged 16 and upwards get great night's sleep, but their productivity will also be improved.\nThe co-educational school will have the latest start time in the UK, and will be the only one to begin lessons in the afternoon.\nExperts say young people are programmed to get up later, and that rather than laziness it is simply a shift in their body clocks.\n'There are 168 hours in a week and how productive they are depends on how they choose to use those hours,' said Mr Holloway. 'At Hampton Court House we don't think we have the answer for everybody; it's about what works in our school. We want to get them into a condition where they can get great sleep and study well.' He said students would also benefit from reduced journey times as they travel to and from school after rush hour .\nYear 10 student Gabriel Purcell-Davis will be one of the first of 30 A-level students to start at the later time. 'I want to wake up in my bed, not in my maths lesson,' said the 15-year-old. Lessons for all other students at the school will still begin at 9 am as usual.\n\n<question>:\nExperts think young people's getting up later _ .\n\n<options>:\nA is a bad habit\nB is a natural thing\nC is because of laziness\nD is helpful to their study\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nA private sixth grade is set to start its lessons at 1.30 pm every day because the school's teacher thinks his students will study better after a morning lie-in .\nInstead of rising early for a 9 am start, students at the PS15,000-a-year Hampton Court House, in East Molesey, Surrey, will get to enjoy a lie-in and work from 1.30 pm until 7pm. Head teacher Guy Holloway says the move for all sixth grade students, set to begin from September, has been made according to research by scientists. He predicts that not only will his students aged 16 and upwards get great night's sleep, but their productivity will also be improved.\nThe co-educational school will have the latest start time in the UK, and will be the only one to begin lessons in the afternoon.\nExperts say young people are programmed to get up later, and that rather than laziness it is simply a shift in their body clocks.\n'There are 168 hours in a week and how productive they are depends on how they choose to use those hours,' said Mr Holloway. 'At Hampton Court House we don't think we have the answer for everybody; it's about what works in our school. We want to get them into a condition where they can get great sleep and study well.' He said students would also benefit from reduced journey times as they travel to and from school after rush hour .\nYear 10 student Gabriel Purcell-Davis will be one of the first of 30 A-level students to start at the later time. 'I want to wake up in my bed, not in my maths lesson,' said the 15-year-old. Lessons for all other students at the school will still begin at 9 am as usual.\n\n<question>:\nIn Mr. Holloway's eyes, students can improve their productivity by _ .\n\n<options>:\nA working harder\nB not wasting time\nC using time wisely\nD learning new study 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>:\nA private sixth grade is set to start its lessons at 1.30 pm every day because the school's teacher thinks his students will study better after a morning lie-in .\nInstead of rising early for a 9 am start, students at the PS15,000-a-year Hampton Court House, in East Molesey, Surrey, will get to enjoy a lie-in and work from 1.30 pm until 7pm. Head teacher Guy Holloway says the move for all sixth grade students, set to begin from September, has been made according to research by scientists. He predicts that not only will his students aged 16 and upwards get great night's sleep, but their productivity will also be improved.\nThe co-educational school will have the latest start time in the UK, and will be the only one to begin lessons in the afternoon.\nExperts say young people are programmed to get up later, and that rather than laziness it is simply a shift in their body clocks.\n'There are 168 hours in a week and how productive they are depends on how they choose to use those hours,' said Mr Holloway. 'At Hampton Court House we don't think we have the answer for everybody; it's about what works in our school. We want to get them into a condition where they can get great sleep and study well.' He said students would also benefit from reduced journey times as they travel to and from school after rush hour .\nYear 10 student Gabriel Purcell-Davis will be one of the first of 30 A-level students to start at the later time. 'I want to wake up in my bed, not in my maths lesson,' said the 15-year-old. Lessons for all other students at the school will still begin at 9 am as usual.\n\n<question>:\nWhat's Gabriel Purcell-Davis' attitude towards the new school time?\n\n<options>:\nA Doubtful.\nB Supportive.\nC Worried.\nD Objective.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 a storm is coming, most people leave the area as quickly as possible and head for safety. But there are a few people who will get into their cars and go straight for the center of the storm. These people are willing to risk being killed by floods or 100-kilometer-an-hour winds for the excitement of watching the storm close up.\n \"Storm chasing \" is becoming an increasing popular hobby, especially in the Midwest of the United States, where there are frequent storms between March and July. A storm chaser begins the day by checking the Internet for the latest weather report, and then drives up to 1000 kilometers to where the storm will be and waits for it to develop.\n Although anyone can do it, storm chasing is extremely dangerous. The power of a big storm can throw a cow into the air or destroy a whole house in seconds. Storm chasers are also often hurt in accidents caused by driving in a heavy rain. If you are a beginner, it is much safer to join a group for storm-chasing vacations during the storm season.\n Even then, storm chasing is not all adventure and excitement. \"Storm chasing is 95% driving,\" says Daniel Lynch, who spends most of his summer storm-chasing. \"Sometimes you can sit around for hours waiting for something to happen, and all you get is blue sky and a few light showers.\"\n However, for storm chasers, it is all worth it. \"When you get close to a storm, it is the most exciting sight you will ever see in your life,\" says Jasper Morley. \"Every storm is an example of the power of nature. It is the greatest show on earth.\"\n\n<question>:\nFor storm chasing, the first thing storm chasers do is to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA head straight for the center of the storm\nB get into the car for safety\nC wait patiently for the storm to develop\nD collect information about a coming storm\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 a storm is coming, most people leave the area as quickly as possible and head for safety. But there are a few people who will get into their cars and go straight for the center of the storm. These people are willing to risk being killed by floods or 100-kilometer-an-hour winds for the excitement of watching the storm close up.\n \"Storm chasing \" is becoming an increasing popular hobby, especially in the Midwest of the United States, where there are frequent storms between March and July. A storm chaser begins the day by checking the Internet for the latest weather report, and then drives up to 1000 kilometers to where the storm will be and waits for it to develop.\n Although anyone can do it, storm chasing is extremely dangerous. The power of a big storm can throw a cow into the air or destroy a whole house in seconds. Storm chasers are also often hurt in accidents caused by driving in a heavy rain. If you are a beginner, it is much safer to join a group for storm-chasing vacations during the storm season.\n Even then, storm chasing is not all adventure and excitement. \"Storm chasing is 95% driving,\" says Daniel Lynch, who spends most of his summer storm-chasing. \"Sometimes you can sit around for hours waiting for something to happen, and all you get is blue sky and a few light showers.\"\n However, for storm chasers, it is all worth it. \"When you get close to a storm, it is the most exciting sight you will ever see in your life,\" says Jasper Morley. \"Every storm is an example of the power of nature. It is the greatest show on earth.\"\n\n<question>:\nBeginners of storm chasing are advised _ .\n\n<options>:\nA not to drive in a heavy rain\nB to do it in an organized way\nC not to get too close to a storm\nD to spend more time on it in summer\n\n<answer>:\n",
"assistant": "B"
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