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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nMost children, even the youngest of children, are delighted to be around cats and dogs. But these pets carry plenty of germs and allergens , prompting researchers to ask: Are cats and dogs really safe for children?\nA study finds that, contrary to many parents' fears, owning cats or dogs does not increase a child's risk of developing allergies, and in fact, may actually protect them. The study's lead author, Dr. Dennic Ownby of the Medical College of Georgia, says that even he was \"very surprised\" by the results. Ownby and colleagues followed more than 470 children from birth to age 6 or 7, comparing those exposed to cats and dogs during their first year of life to those who were not.\nBy using skin-prick tests for detecting common allergies, the researchers found that, contrary to what many doctors had been taught for years, children who had lived with a pet were not at greater risk.\nEven more remarkable, children who had two or more dogs or cats had an even greater reduction, up to 77 percent, in risk of allergies. Researchers suggest this protective effect may be the result of early exposure to lots of bacteria that are carried by dogs and cats. Exposing young children to these bacteria helps\" exercise\" their immune systems early in life so that they're better able to resist allergic diseases later.\nThere's something very important in that first year of life when the immune system is developing that we can retrain _ away from an allergic response, said Dr. William Davis.\nAnd while researchers are not encouraging parents to buy dogs or cats just to reduce a child's allergy risk, they say if a family already has one or more animals, there's no need to get rid of them.\n\n<question>:\nWhy do the researchers feel \"very surprised\" by the results of the study?\n\n<options>:\nA Because the results are contrary to their expectation.\nB Because so many children are playing with cats and dogs.\nC Because parents are so much worried about their children.\nD Because children with animals may develop allergies easily.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nMost children, even the youngest of children, are delighted to be around cats and dogs. But these pets carry plenty of germs and allergens , prompting researchers to ask: Are cats and dogs really safe for children?\nA study finds that, contrary to many parents' fears, owning cats or dogs does not increase a child's risk of developing allergies, and in fact, may actually protect them. The study's lead author, Dr. Dennic Ownby of the Medical College of Georgia, says that even he was \"very surprised\" by the results. Ownby and colleagues followed more than 470 children from birth to age 6 or 7, comparing those exposed to cats and dogs during their first year of life to those who were not.\nBy using skin-prick tests for detecting common allergies, the researchers found that, contrary to what many doctors had been taught for years, children who had lived with a pet were not at greater risk.\nEven more remarkable, children who had two or more dogs or cats had an even greater reduction, up to 77 percent, in risk of allergies. Researchers suggest this protective effect may be the result of early exposure to lots of bacteria that are carried by dogs and cats. Exposing young children to these bacteria helps\" exercise\" their immune systems early in life so that they're better able to resist allergic diseases later.\nThere's something very important in that first year of life when the immune system is developing that we can retrain _ away from an allergic response, said Dr. William Davis.\nAnd while researchers are not encouraging parents to buy dogs or cats just to reduce a child's allergy risk, they say if a family already has one or more animals, there's no need to get rid of them.\n\n<question>:\nCompared with children who have pets,those who haven't _ .\n\n<options>:\nA will lose the chance to develop immune system\nB may suffer allergic diseases more often\nC will reduce the harm from bacteria\nD can keep doctors 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>:\nMost children, even the youngest of children, are delighted to be around cats and dogs. But these pets carry plenty of germs and allergens , prompting researchers to ask: Are cats and dogs really safe for children?\nA study finds that, contrary to many parents' fears, owning cats or dogs does not increase a child's risk of developing allergies, and in fact, may actually protect them. The study's lead author, Dr. Dennic Ownby of the Medical College of Georgia, says that even he was \"very surprised\" by the results. Ownby and colleagues followed more than 470 children from birth to age 6 or 7, comparing those exposed to cats and dogs during their first year of life to those who were not.\nBy using skin-prick tests for detecting common allergies, the researchers found that, contrary to what many doctors had been taught for years, children who had lived with a pet were not at greater risk.\nEven more remarkable, children who had two or more dogs or cats had an even greater reduction, up to 77 percent, in risk of allergies. Researchers suggest this protective effect may be the result of early exposure to lots of bacteria that are carried by dogs and cats. Exposing young children to these bacteria helps\" exercise\" their immune systems early in life so that they're better able to resist allergic diseases later.\nThere's something very important in that first year of life when the immune system is developing that we can retrain _ away from an allergic response, said Dr. William Davis.\nAnd while researchers are not encouraging parents to buy dogs or cats just to reduce a child's allergy risk, they say if a family already has one or more animals, there's no need to get rid of them.\n\n<question>:\nIt can be inferred from the passage that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA pets are ill-treated by their owners\nB less families would like to own cats and dogs\nC keeping pets is a good way to keep children healthy\nD the results of the study can make families with pets feel at ease\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nMost children, even the youngest of children, are delighted to be around cats and dogs. But these pets carry plenty of germs and allergens , prompting researchers to ask: Are cats and dogs really safe for children?\nA study finds that, contrary to many parents' fears, owning cats or dogs does not increase a child's risk of developing allergies, and in fact, may actually protect them. The study's lead author, Dr. Dennic Ownby of the Medical College of Georgia, says that even he was \"very surprised\" by the results. Ownby and colleagues followed more than 470 children from birth to age 6 or 7, comparing those exposed to cats and dogs during their first year of life to those who were not.\nBy using skin-prick tests for detecting common allergies, the researchers found that, contrary to what many doctors had been taught for years, children who had lived with a pet were not at greater risk.\nEven more remarkable, children who had two or more dogs or cats had an even greater reduction, up to 77 percent, in risk of allergies. Researchers suggest this protective effect may be the result of early exposure to lots of bacteria that are carried by dogs and cats. Exposing young children to these bacteria helps\" exercise\" their immune systems early in life so that they're better able to resist allergic diseases later.\nThere's something very important in that first year of life when the immune system is developing that we can retrain _ away from an allergic response, said Dr. William Davis.\nAnd while researchers are not encouraging parents to buy dogs or cats just to reduce a child's allergy risk, they say if a family already has one or more animals, there's no need to get rid of them.\n\n<question>:\nWhat may be the best title of the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA How to protect your kids from allergies\nB Your pets may be helping your kids\nC Bacteria do good to your kids\nD Advantages of owning pets\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 was 8:35 am. My girls and I were rushing through the front door of the school as I yelled, \"Hurry up! The bell was about to...\" RIIIIIIIING! The girls froze and their eyes widened. My shoulders sagged . We were too late.\nWe were often late for school last year, and every time we ran breathlessly into the attendance I heard myself making silly excuses to Beth, the long-suffering secretary: our alarm didn't go off; there was so much traffic; it was my husband's fault; the dog...I didn't know-something about the dog!\nAs time passed by, my lying became a habit, and it raised a red flag for me. Lying - even in the form of \"harmless\" excuses - means we're ashamed. Shame is different from guilt. Healthy guilt is fair and helpful. But shame can be dangerous. Nothing ruins the connection between two people more quickly than shame and lies do. Anyone trying to live a healthy and honest life must avoid shame at any cost. I was trying to live a healthy and honest life, but my excuses were keeping me from reaching my goal. So I vowed to do something different .\nThe next time we were late, I went to the attendance office. When Beth asked me to fill in a form with the reason for being late, I told the truth. \"These days, we are very tired and disorganized,\" I wrote. Beth looked down at that form, and the slowly looked up at me. She gave us a warm and big smile and her blue eyes twinkled. She started laughing. So did my kids and I.\nWe're all imperfect human beings. We make mistakes. Everyone does make mistakes. However, it's OK to tell the truth about them. It's OK to forgive ourselves and promise to try again.\n\n<question>:\nWe learn that as time went by, the author _ .\n\n<options>:\nA found that other people liked lying to her\nB realized the harm of lying and wanted to change\nC found that shame had a positive effect on her life\nD realized that she could no longer live a healthy life\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nSitting by her Pinocchio lamp, she smiled at me as her tiny hands' shadow danced on the bedroom wall.\"A rabbit!\" she laughed with all the delight of a four-year old.Her blue eyes shone with pride as she showed me the animated image she had created.\"Daddy, will you show me how to make a tiger?\" she asked.\"Sure,\" I said, \"and then we'll read a story and tell your angels goodnight.\"To my youngest daughter, that meant her bedtime prayer.\nToday my daughter is seven, and I no longer get to read the story.She reads it to me, complete with expressive accents for the story characters.\nTo say I'm proud of our relationship would be an understatement.We have shared days of joy as well as tragedy.Our time together has strengthened the relationship of love and special \" _ \" that is all our own.\nI am richer for having planted the spirit of trust in this gentle little person; we have grown together spiritually, learning much from each other.The special times we spend together, like nights by a Pinocchio lamp, create memories that we will treasure for the rest of our lives.\nSo it is with all of our relationships.The trust factor is vital for relationships to develop.Think of one of your fondest memories, and you will no doubt find a remarkable relationship at its center--one with a spiritual quality that shines outward from the heart.\nTime together, caring acts, and unconditional love build trust.I suggest that we each spend plenty of time with our personal \"Pinoechio lamps\"--those special ways that we choose to strengthen our relationships.\nRelationships take time to develop and maintain.It is not always easy, but the results are priceless.\"Nights by a Pinoechio lamp\", wherever those might be for you, will create enduring relationships of golden \"life stuff\", spiritual gifts that no one can take away.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is TRUE according to the text?\n\n<options>:\nA The author thinks the relationship with his daughter is so simple that he can't describe with plenty of words.\nB If you take time to attempt to build relationship, you will find it easy to get the satisfactory results.\nC Plant the spirit of trust into others and you will create valuable memories for each other.\nD It's not worth spending time developing relationship if you meet the failure at last.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nSitting by her Pinocchio lamp, she smiled at me as her tiny hands' shadow danced on the bedroom wall.\"A rabbit!\" she laughed with all the delight of a four-year old.Her blue eyes shone with pride as she showed me the animated image she had created.\"Daddy, will you show me how to make a tiger?\" she asked.\"Sure,\" I said, \"and then we'll read a story and tell your angels goodnight.\"To my youngest daughter, that meant her bedtime prayer.\nToday my daughter is seven, and I no longer get to read the story.She reads it to me, complete with expressive accents for the story characters.\nTo say I'm proud of our relationship would be an understatement.We have shared days of joy as well as tragedy.Our time together has strengthened the relationship of love and special \" _ \" that is all our own.\nI am richer for having planted the spirit of trust in this gentle little person; we have grown together spiritually, learning much from each other.The special times we spend together, like nights by a Pinocchio lamp, create memories that we will treasure for the rest of our lives.\nSo it is with all of our relationships.The trust factor is vital for relationships to develop.Think of one of your fondest memories, and you will no doubt find a remarkable relationship at its center--one with a spiritual quality that shines outward from the heart.\nTime together, caring acts, and unconditional love build trust.I suggest that we each spend plenty of time with our personal \"Pinoechio lamps\"--those special ways that we choose to strengthen our relationships.\nRelationships take time to develop and maintain.It is not always easy, but the results are priceless.\"Nights by a Pinoechio lamp\", wherever those might be for you, will create enduring relationships of golden \"life stuff\", spiritual gifts that no one can take away.\n\n<question>:\nWhy does the author write the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA To recall his fondest memories.\nB To stress the importance of trust in building relationships.\nC To explain how to create valuable memories.\nD To tell the readers how to educate children.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nSitting by her Pinocchio lamp, she smiled at me as her tiny hands' shadow danced on the bedroom wall.\"A rabbit!\" she laughed with all the delight of a four-year old.Her blue eyes shone with pride as she showed me the animated image she had created.\"Daddy, will you show me how to make a tiger?\" she asked.\"Sure,\" I said, \"and then we'll read a story and tell your angels goodnight.\"To my youngest daughter, that meant her bedtime prayer.\nToday my daughter is seven, and I no longer get to read the story.She reads it to me, complete with expressive accents for the story characters.\nTo say I'm proud of our relationship would be an understatement.We have shared days of joy as well as tragedy.Our time together has strengthened the relationship of love and special \" _ \" that is all our own.\nI am richer for having planted the spirit of trust in this gentle little person; we have grown together spiritually, learning much from each other.The special times we spend together, like nights by a Pinocchio lamp, create memories that we will treasure for the rest of our lives.\nSo it is with all of our relationships.The trust factor is vital for relationships to develop.Think of one of your fondest memories, and you will no doubt find a remarkable relationship at its center--one with a spiritual quality that shines outward from the heart.\nTime together, caring acts, and unconditional love build trust.I suggest that we each spend plenty of time with our personal \"Pinoechio lamps\"--those special ways that we choose to strengthen our relationships.\nRelationships take time to develop and maintain.It is not always easy, but the results are priceless.\"Nights by a Pinoechio lamp\", wherever those might be for you, will create enduring relationships of golden \"life stuff\", spiritual gifts that no one can take away.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following can be the best title of this passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Life Stuff Of Your Own\nB Nights by a Pinocchio Lamp\nC Unconditional gifts---Love\nD A spiritual quality shining outward from the heart\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nRecently, some concerns have been raised about the health of the world's banana plants. Many media reports have said that bananas may completely disappear in the coming ten years.\nBananas are one of the world's most important food crops. They are also the fourth most valuable export. Bananas do not grow from seeds. Instead, they grow from existing plants. Bananas are threatened by disease because all the plants on a farm are copies of each other. They all share the same genetic weaknesses.\nFor example, the Cavendish banana is most popular in American markets. It is an important export crop. However, some kinds of fungus organisms easily infect the Cavendish. Black Sigatoka disease affects the leaves of Cavendish banana plants. The disease is controlled on large farms by putting chemicals on the plant's leaves. Farmers put anti-fungal chemicals on their crops up to once a week.\nAnother fungal disease is more serious. Panama disease attacks the roots of the banana plant. There is no chemical treatment for this disease. Infected plants must be destroyed. Panama disease has affected crops in Southeast Asia, Australia and South Africa. There is concern that it may spread to bananas grown in the Americas. This could threaten an important export product for Central and South America.\nThe International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain, whose headquarter lies in France, supports research on bananas. The group says that more research must be done to develop improved kinds of bananas.\nThe group says that fungal diseases mainly affect only one kind of banana. In fact, there are five-hundred different kinds of bananas. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says the Cavendish banana represents only ten percent of world production.\nThe UN agency says farmers should grow different kinds of bananas. This protects against diseases that affect only one kind. Experts warn that disease may cause the Cavendish banana to disappear. This has already happened to one popular banana because of its genetic weakness against disease. (words: 335)\n\n<question>:\nWhat does the passage mainly tell us?\n\n<options>:\nA Bananas are the world's most important food crops.\nB There are five hundred different kinds of bananas.\nC The risk to a popular banana shows need to grow other kinds.\nD How to grow bananas in different countries.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nRecently, some concerns have been raised about the health of the world's banana plants. Many media reports have said that bananas may completely disappear in the coming ten years.\nBananas are one of the world's most important food crops. They are also the fourth most valuable export. Bananas do not grow from seeds. Instead, they grow from existing plants. Bananas are threatened by disease because all the plants on a farm are copies of each other. They all share the same genetic weaknesses.\nFor example, the Cavendish banana is most popular in American markets. It is an important export crop. However, some kinds of fungus organisms easily infect the Cavendish. Black Sigatoka disease affects the leaves of Cavendish banana plants. The disease is controlled on large farms by putting chemicals on the plant's leaves. Farmers put anti-fungal chemicals on their crops up to once a week.\nAnother fungal disease is more serious. Panama disease attacks the roots of the banana plant. There is no chemical treatment for this disease. Infected plants must be destroyed. Panama disease has affected crops in Southeast Asia, Australia and South Africa. There is concern that it may spread to bananas grown in the Americas. This could threaten an important export product for Central and South America.\nThe International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain, whose headquarter lies in France, supports research on bananas. The group says that more research must be done to develop improved kinds of bananas.\nThe group says that fungal diseases mainly affect only one kind of banana. In fact, there are five-hundred different kinds of bananas. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says the Cavendish banana represents only ten percent of world production.\nThe UN agency says farmers should grow different kinds of bananas. This protects against diseases that affect only one kind. Experts warn that disease may cause the Cavendish banana to disappear. This has already happened to one popular banana because of its genetic weakness against disease. (words: 335)\n\n<question>:\nBananas are threatened by diseases because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA they have genetic weaknesses against disease.\nB they are one of the most valuable exports.\nC the only way to prevent it is to put chemicals on their leaves.\nD they grow from the seed\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nRecently, some concerns have been raised about the health of the world's banana plants. Many media reports have said that bananas may completely disappear in the coming ten years.\nBananas are one of the world's most important food crops. They are also the fourth most valuable export. Bananas do not grow from seeds. Instead, they grow from existing plants. Bananas are threatened by disease because all the plants on a farm are copies of each other. They all share the same genetic weaknesses.\nFor example, the Cavendish banana is most popular in American markets. It is an important export crop. However, some kinds of fungus organisms easily infect the Cavendish. Black Sigatoka disease affects the leaves of Cavendish banana plants. The disease is controlled on large farms by putting chemicals on the plant's leaves. Farmers put anti-fungal chemicals on their crops up to once a week.\nAnother fungal disease is more serious. Panama disease attacks the roots of the banana plant. There is no chemical treatment for this disease. Infected plants must be destroyed. Panama disease has affected crops in Southeast Asia, Australia and South Africa. There is concern that it may spread to bananas grown in the Americas. This could threaten an important export product for Central and South America.\nThe International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain, whose headquarter lies in France, supports research on bananas. The group says that more research must be done to develop improved kinds of bananas.\nThe group says that fungal diseases mainly affect only one kind of banana. In fact, there are five-hundred different kinds of bananas. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says the Cavendish banana represents only ten percent of world production.\nThe UN agency says farmers should grow different kinds of bananas. This protects against diseases that affect only one kind. Experts warn that disease may cause the Cavendish banana to disappear. This has already happened to one popular banana because of its genetic weakness against disease. (words: 335)\n\n<question>:\nPanama disease _ .\n\n<options>:\nA doesn't belong to fungal disease.\nB has spread to bananas in the world.\nC affects the leaves of banana plants.\nD destroys the bananas more seriously than Black Sigatoka 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>:\nRecently, some concerns have been raised about the health of the world's banana plants. Many media reports have said that bananas may completely disappear in the coming ten years.\nBananas are one of the world's most important food crops. They are also the fourth most valuable export. Bananas do not grow from seeds. Instead, they grow from existing plants. Bananas are threatened by disease because all the plants on a farm are copies of each other. They all share the same genetic weaknesses.\nFor example, the Cavendish banana is most popular in American markets. It is an important export crop. However, some kinds of fungus organisms easily infect the Cavendish. Black Sigatoka disease affects the leaves of Cavendish banana plants. The disease is controlled on large farms by putting chemicals on the plant's leaves. Farmers put anti-fungal chemicals on their crops up to once a week.\nAnother fungal disease is more serious. Panama disease attacks the roots of the banana plant. There is no chemical treatment for this disease. Infected plants must be destroyed. Panama disease has affected crops in Southeast Asia, Australia and South Africa. There is concern that it may spread to bananas grown in the Americas. This could threaten an important export product for Central and South America.\nThe International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain, whose headquarter lies in France, supports research on bananas. The group says that more research must be done to develop improved kinds of bananas.\nThe group says that fungal diseases mainly affect only one kind of banana. In fact, there are five-hundred different kinds of bananas. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says the Cavendish banana represents only ten percent of world production.\nThe UN agency says farmers should grow different kinds of bananas. This protects against diseases that affect only one kind. Experts warn that disease may cause the Cavendish banana to disappear. This has already happened to one popular banana because of its genetic weakness against disease. (words: 335)\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage, which information is right?\n\n<options>:\nA The Cavendish banana can be mainly imported from North America and Europe.\nB Fungal diseases mainly affect the Cavendish banana.\nC The Cavendish banana won't die out in the future.\nD Panama disease affects the leaves of banana plants.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 Aunty,\nI work at a supermarket, and another girl and I share tasks we must finish before leaving. But she takes half an hour to do something I can do in ten minutes. She always has a story to tell me and stops working when she does. My boss is angry at both of us, but It's not my fault. I don't want to rat on her, but what else can I do?\n Flustered\nDear Flustered,\n Let me propose a better way. Make a log of all the tasks you share, then suggest to your boss that for efficiency your duties could be divided into two separate checklists. If he's reluctant, go to plan B: the next time this girl starts telling you a story, stop working to listen and call your boss over to hear what a great storyteller she is. I'm sure he'll take it from here.\n Aunty\nDear Aunty,\n I'm a college student in the Philippines who wants to be wise with money. I'm not an economics or business major student and I don't know anything about stocks. But I really want to buy assets and invest. I receive about 15,000 pesos every school term from my education plan. I don't have any idea how I should spend it. I don't want to just buy new clothes, or hang out with my friends because it would not be wise. I want my money to grow. Please enlighten me.\n Fastbreakplay\nDear Fastbreakplay,\n Being wise with money is the No. 1 thing to learn. Start with a disciplined and systematic savings plan. When your savings reach a sizeable amount, then you may start investing. In the meantime, invest in yourself by reading up on stock markets and capital markets. Follow the news. Before I started investing during my senior high school years, I had already studied stock market data of the past century as I believe markets tend to repeat themselves. If you master this skill, you will master your reading of the markets.\n Aunty\n\n<question>:\nWhen Flustered's boss isn't willing to separate their work, Flustered can _ .\n\n<options>:\nA follow the second advice\nB invite the boss to listen to the girl\nC stop working or do other things\nD report to the boss on 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>:\nDear Aunty,\nI work at a supermarket, and another girl and I share tasks we must finish before leaving. But she takes half an hour to do something I can do in ten minutes. She always has a story to tell me and stops working when she does. My boss is angry at both of us, but It's not my fault. I don't want to rat on her, but what else can I do?\n Flustered\nDear Flustered,\n Let me propose a better way. Make a log of all the tasks you share, then suggest to your boss that for efficiency your duties could be divided into two separate checklists. If he's reluctant, go to plan B: the next time this girl starts telling you a story, stop working to listen and call your boss over to hear what a great storyteller she is. I'm sure he'll take it from here.\n Aunty\nDear Aunty,\n I'm a college student in the Philippines who wants to be wise with money. I'm not an economics or business major student and I don't know anything about stocks. But I really want to buy assets and invest. I receive about 15,000 pesos every school term from my education plan. I don't have any idea how I should spend it. I don't want to just buy new clothes, or hang out with my friends because it would not be wise. I want my money to grow. Please enlighten me.\n Fastbreakplay\nDear Fastbreakplay,\n Being wise with money is the No. 1 thing to learn. Start with a disciplined and systematic savings plan. When your savings reach a sizeable amount, then you may start investing. In the meantime, invest in yourself by reading up on stock markets and capital markets. Follow the news. Before I started investing during my senior high school years, I had already studied stock market data of the past century as I believe markets tend to repeat themselves. If you master this skill, you will master your reading of the markets.\n Aunty\n\n<question>:\nFastbreakplay writes a letter to Aunty in order to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA buy some pesos\nB become an expert on stocks\nC get ways to grow money\nD study economics as his major\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 Aunty,\nI work at a supermarket, and another girl and I share tasks we must finish before leaving. But she takes half an hour to do something I can do in ten minutes. She always has a story to tell me and stops working when she does. My boss is angry at both of us, but It's not my fault. I don't want to rat on her, but what else can I do?\n Flustered\nDear Flustered,\n Let me propose a better way. Make a log of all the tasks you share, then suggest to your boss that for efficiency your duties could be divided into two separate checklists. If he's reluctant, go to plan B: the next time this girl starts telling you a story, stop working to listen and call your boss over to hear what a great storyteller she is. I'm sure he'll take it from here.\n Aunty\nDear Aunty,\n I'm a college student in the Philippines who wants to be wise with money. I'm not an economics or business major student and I don't know anything about stocks. But I really want to buy assets and invest. I receive about 15,000 pesos every school term from my education plan. I don't have any idea how I should spend it. I don't want to just buy new clothes, or hang out with my friends because it would not be wise. I want my money to grow. Please enlighten me.\n Fastbreakplay\nDear Fastbreakplay,\n Being wise with money is the No. 1 thing to learn. Start with a disciplined and systematic savings plan. When your savings reach a sizeable amount, then you may start investing. In the meantime, invest in yourself by reading up on stock markets and capital markets. Follow the news. Before I started investing during my senior high school years, I had already studied stock market data of the past century as I believe markets tend to repeat themselves. If you master this skill, you will master your reading of the markets.\n Aunty\n\n<question>:\nFrom letters above, we know Aunty should be _ .\n\n<options>:\nA an elder kind woman\nB a lady in the community\nC a famous singer\nD a name of a columnist\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nSocial change is more likely to occur in societies where there is a mixture of different kinds of people than in societies where people are similar in many ways. The simple reason for this is that there are more different ways of looking at things present in the first kind of society. There are more ideas, more disagreements in interest, and more groups and organizations with different beliefs. In addition, there is usually a greater worldly interest and greater tolerance in mixed societies. All these factors tend to promote social change by opening more areas of life to decision. In a society where people are quite similar in many ways, there are fewer occasions for people to see the need or the opportunity for change because everything seems to be the same. And although conditions may not be satisfactory, they are at least socially accepted customs.\nWithin a society, social change is also likely to occur more frequently and more readily in the material aspects of the culture than in the non-material, for example, in technology rather than in values; in what has been learned later in life rather than what was learned early; in the less basic and less emotional aspects of society than in their opposites; in the simple elements rather than in the complex ones; in form rather than in substance ; and in elements that are acceptable to the culture rather than in strange elements.\nFurthermore, social change is easier if it is gradual. For example, it comes more readily in human relations on a continuous scale rather than on a sharp _ . This is one reason why change has not come more quickly to Black Americans as compared to other American minorities, because of the sharp difference in appearance between them and white counterparts.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following factors tends to promote social change?\n\n<options>:\nA Different points of view\nB Less emotional people\nC Advanced technology\nD Similar interests\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nAttention STARBUCKS\nOwners of Stainless Steel Travel Mug\nMug lid Recall---16 oz Stainless Steel Travel Mug\nWe've recognized a fault at the cup. The fault might cause some lids to lift slightly from the body of the mug, and could possibly result in injury from hot liquid leaking. So, we have given a lid recall notice immediately. The notice is only related to STARBUCKS 16 oz Stainless Steel Travel Mugs which were sold between November 2012 and February 2013. The bottom of the mug is stamped with \"ThermoSServ\", the distributor's name. There is not any printing on the mug handle.\nAt STARBUCKS, customers' safety is valued above anything else. Therefore, no matter whether your lid is leaking , in the interest of your safety, we request you bring your mug to your nearest STARBUCKS (excluding Esso STARBUCKS), where they are sure exchange the lid for a new lid that fits well and safely. The new lids are going to be available March 1, 2013.\nDon't use your mug until you exchange the lid, please.\nHere's what you do:\n* Please do not use your mug until you have exchanged the lid for a new one.\n* New lids will be available March 1, 2013.\n* Return your travel mug to a STARBUCKS store.\n* Your lid will be exchanged for a new lid.\nIf you'd like to return the entire mug, bring it back at any time for a full repayment.\nIf you have any questions regarding this recall, please don't hesitate to us at:\nToll Free Number: 1-999-701-1717\n9:30 am - 6:00 pm Eastern Standard Time STARBUCKS\n\n<question>:\nThe passage is written in order to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA warn against the danger of using the mugs\nB inform people of exchanging a lid\nC persuade people to buy a new lid\nD introduce a new type of mugs\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nAttention STARBUCKS\nOwners of Stainless Steel Travel Mug\nMug lid Recall---16 oz Stainless Steel Travel Mug\nWe've recognized a fault at the cup. The fault might cause some lids to lift slightly from the body of the mug, and could possibly result in injury from hot liquid leaking. So, we have given a lid recall notice immediately. The notice is only related to STARBUCKS 16 oz Stainless Steel Travel Mugs which were sold between November 2012 and February 2013. The bottom of the mug is stamped with \"ThermoSServ\", the distributor's name. There is not any printing on the mug handle.\nAt STARBUCKS, customers' safety is valued above anything else. Therefore, no matter whether your lid is leaking , in the interest of your safety, we request you bring your mug to your nearest STARBUCKS (excluding Esso STARBUCKS), where they are sure exchange the lid for a new lid that fits well and safely. The new lids are going to be available March 1, 2013.\nDon't use your mug until you exchange the lid, please.\nHere's what you do:\n* Please do not use your mug until you have exchanged the lid for a new one.\n* New lids will be available March 1, 2013.\n* Return your travel mug to a STARBUCKS store.\n* Your lid will be exchanged for a new lid.\nIf you'd like to return the entire mug, bring it back at any time for a full repayment.\nIf you have any questions regarding this recall, please don't hesitate to us at:\nToll Free Number: 1-999-701-1717\n9:30 am - 6:00 pm Eastern Standard Time STARBUCKS\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the advertisement, which of the following statements is NOT true?\n\n<options>:\nA People should stop using the mug immediately.\nB People can get the money back if they return the mug.\nC People with questions can call the company free of charge.\nD People can return the lid between October 2012 and January 2013.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nAttention STARBUCKS\nOwners of Stainless Steel Travel Mug\nMug lid Recall---16 oz Stainless Steel Travel Mug\nWe've recognized a fault at the cup. The fault might cause some lids to lift slightly from the body of the mug, and could possibly result in injury from hot liquid leaking. So, we have given a lid recall notice immediately. The notice is only related to STARBUCKS 16 oz Stainless Steel Travel Mugs which were sold between November 2012 and February 2013. The bottom of the mug is stamped with \"ThermoSServ\", the distributor's name. There is not any printing on the mug handle.\nAt STARBUCKS, customers' safety is valued above anything else. Therefore, no matter whether your lid is leaking , in the interest of your safety, we request you bring your mug to your nearest STARBUCKS (excluding Esso STARBUCKS), where they are sure exchange the lid for a new lid that fits well and safely. The new lids are going to be available March 1, 2013.\nDon't use your mug until you exchange the lid, please.\nHere's what you do:\n* Please do not use your mug until you have exchanged the lid for a new one.\n* New lids will be available March 1, 2013.\n* Return your travel mug to a STARBUCKS store.\n* Your lid will be exchanged for a new lid.\nIf you'd like to return the entire mug, bring it back at any time for a full repayment.\nIf you have any questions regarding this recall, please don't hesitate to us at:\nToll Free Number: 1-999-701-1717\n9:30 am - 6:00 pm Eastern Standard Time STARBUCKS\n\n<question>:\nWe can learn that STARBUCKS from the passage _ .\n\n<options>:\nA is a club for travelers\nB wants to make more money\nC is an organization helping customers\nD cares about the customers' safety\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nAttention STARBUCKS\nOwners of Stainless Steel Travel Mug\nMug lid Recall---16 oz Stainless Steel Travel Mug\nWe've recognized a fault at the cup. The fault might cause some lids to lift slightly from the body of the mug, and could possibly result in injury from hot liquid leaking. So, we have given a lid recall notice immediately. The notice is only related to STARBUCKS 16 oz Stainless Steel Travel Mugs which were sold between November 2012 and February 2013. The bottom of the mug is stamped with \"ThermoSServ\", the distributor's name. There is not any printing on the mug handle.\nAt STARBUCKS, customers' safety is valued above anything else. Therefore, no matter whether your lid is leaking , in the interest of your safety, we request you bring your mug to your nearest STARBUCKS (excluding Esso STARBUCKS), where they are sure exchange the lid for a new lid that fits well and safely. The new lids are going to be available March 1, 2013.\nDon't use your mug until you exchange the lid, please.\nHere's what you do:\n* Please do not use your mug until you have exchanged the lid for a new one.\n* New lids will be available March 1, 2013.\n* Return your travel mug to a STARBUCKS store.\n* Your lid will be exchanged for a new lid.\nIf you'd like to return the entire mug, bring it back at any time for a full repayment.\nIf you have any questions regarding this recall, please don't hesitate to us at:\nToll Free Number: 1-999-701-1717\n9:30 am - 6:00 pm Eastern Standard Time STARBUCKS\n\n<question>:\nThe passage is most likely taken from a(n) _ .\n\n<options>:\nA news report\nB advertisement\nC tour-guide book\nD novel\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nLONDON (AP) -- England joins on Sunday the growing list of places that ban smoking in public buildings, taxis and other places including even Buckingham Palace with a tough law.\nPubs, clubs and restaurants will all be smoke-free. Taxi and delivery drivers have been warned that they too could be fined 50 pounds, or about $100, if caught lighting up inside work vehicles.\nExperts say the bans have become an irreversible tread because of greatly rising health costs and public uneasiness over second-hand smoke. Some of the strictest smoking bans are in the United States, even though there is no federal anti-smoking policy. New York and Florida have strict bans, while California has certain outdoor smoking bans.\nSpain, Italy, Iran, Norway, Sweden, Singapore, South Africa, Uruguay and new Zealand have passed legislation to restrict smoking. France banned smoking in many public places in February and plans to extend the ban to cafes and restaurants next year. Finland is introducing a ban in 2009.\nDespite the spread of bans, the World Health Organization predicts a steady rise in tobacco sales. In its Tobacco Atlas, the WHO said that by 2030 there will be \"at least another two billion smokers in the world\" and an expected decrease in male smokers \"will be _ by an increase in female smoking rates, especially in developing countries.\"\nIn advance of the English ban, anti-smoking ads have coated bus stops and the British government has subsidized programs to help people quit. The rest of Britain--Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland --already have smoking bans in place.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following places may still be smoking areas in England?\n\n<options>:\nA Private houses\nB Taxis.\nC Restaurants.\nD London clubs\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nThe number of accidents involving pedestrians wearing headphones is on the rise , a report suggests, causing fresh warning from road safety groups in Britain .\nA US-based study found a total of 116 reports of death or injury to pedestrians wearing headphones between 2004 and 2011 , jumping from 16 in 2005 to 47 in 2011 .\nMost victims were men (68%) and under the age of 30 (67%) , with around one in ten of all cases (9%) under the age of 18 .Some 89% of the cases occurred in urban areas and more than half (55%) of the victims were struck by trains .\nEighty-one of the 116 accidents (70%) resulted in the person's death--- even though a warning was sounded in around a third of the cases .\nThe study concluded , \" The use of headphone may be a safety risk to pedestrians , especially in environments with moving vehicles(cars) . Further research is needed to determine if and how headphone use threatens pedestrian safety .\" British road safety groups warned pedestrians to be careful.\nFloor Lieshout , director of Youth For Road Safety , said, \" This study shows once more the importance of using all of our senses while we are near traffic . It is important that we find an attractive way to make youth learn about the risks of wearing headphones in traffic .\"\nAndrew Howard , who is the head of road safety at the Automobile Association , added that some pedestrians can be \"so focused in their own little world they forget the world going on around them\".That can include headphone wearers , Howard said, but also people talking on phones.\nHowever , Howard said that more researches needed to be done.\nEarlier studies have shown that people wearing headphones or talking on phones can suffer \"inattentional blindness\" which makes them isolated from the world around them .\nIan Harvey , at the charity Civic Voice , said that \" to defeat isolation and to help build a civic society , people need to interact with each other .\nHe said , \" A basis for any civilized society is communication--- Surfing the web , listening to MP3s , reading blogs or sending e-mail is not interacting with a person; it's interacting with a machine.\n\"If people feel socially isolated , they need to have more face-to-face interactions with other human beings and in time , will begin to feel happier and more connected to the world and place they live in .\"\n\n<question>:\nWhat does the text mainly discuss ?\n\n<options>:\nA Recent research on the risks to pedestrians\nB Safety problems caused by wearing headphones.\nC The advantages and disadvantages of headphones\nD Traffic accidents in the United States\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nFour American college students learned last week that free music downloads can carry a hidden price tag --- US $ 12,000 to $ 17,500, to be exact.\nMajor record companies accused the students of fueling music piracy by running file-sharing networks on campus allowing hundreds of songs to be downloaded for free.\nLast Thursday, the four promised not to violate the companies' copyrights. Although they did not admit any wrongdoing, they each agreed to pay thousands of dollars to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).\n\"I don't believe that I did anything wrong,\" said Daniel Peng at prefix = st1 /PrincetonUniversity, one of the four. \"I hope that for the sake of artists, the larger issues can soon be resolved.\" None appears to have made any money off the file-sharing systems they operated, which were confined to their campus's computer networks.\nThe payments mark the first time record companies have recovered money from individuals in the USaccused of piracy on file-sharing networks. This may be a sign of things to come, as the industry starts taking its battle against online piracy directly to users.\nMany record-company executives blame the long slump in CD sales on file-sharing networks, which let users copy songs from each other's computers for free.\nMatt Oppenheim, senior vice president of business and legal affairs for the RIAA, said the settlements, although well below what the companies could have asked for, were \"the right amount\" given the situation.\nHe also noted that since the four lawsuits were filed, at least 18 campus file-sharing networks have been taken down by their operators.\n\n<question>:\nWhat's the main idea of the whole passage?\n\n<options>:\nA The students should be responsible for their behavior.\nB It's too late for record companies to protect their rights.\nC Record companies have taken action to protect their copyrights by accusing individuals of piracy on file-sharing networks.\nD Some record companies wanted to earn money by accusing people of pirating music.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 picked a job based on the fact that you were good at it but later found it made you feel very uncomfortable over time? When you select your career, there's whole lot more to it than assessing your skills and matching them with a particular position. If you ignore your personality, it will hurt you long-term regardless of your skills or the job's pay. There are several areas of your personality that you need to consider to help you find a good job. Here are a few of those main areas:\n1) Do you prefer working alone or with other people?\nThere are isolating jobs that will drive an outgoing person crazy and also interactive jobs that will make a shy person uneasy. Most people are not extremes in either direction but do have a tendency that they prefer. There are also positions that are sometimes a combination of the two, which may be best for someone in the middle who adapts easily to either situation.\n2) How do you handle change?\nMost jobs these days have some elements of change to them, but some are more than others. If you need stability in your life, you may need a job where the changes don't happen so often. Other people would be bored of the same daily routine.\n3) Do you enjoy working with computers?\nI do see this as a kind of personality characteristic. There are people who are happy to spend more than 40 hours a week on a computer, while there are others who need a lot of human interaction throughout the day. Again, these are extremes and you'll likely find a lot of positions somewhere in the middle as well.\n4) What type of work environment do you enjoy?\nThis can range from being in a large building with a lot of people you won't know immediately to a smaller setting where you'll get to know almost all the people there fairly quickly.\n5) How do you like to get paid?\nSome people are motivated by the pay they get, while others feel too stressed to be like that. The variety of payment designs in the sales industry is a typical example for this.\nAnyway, these are a great starting point for you. I've seen it over and over again with people that they make more money over time when they do something they love. It may take you a little longer, but making a move to do what you have a passion for can change the course of your life for the better.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is TRUE according to the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Isolating jobs usually drive people mad.\nB Interactive jobs make people shy easily.\nC Extreme people tend to work with others.\nD Almost everyone has a tendency in jobs.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nSchool children are using mobile phone applications to do their homework, which seem to beincreasing during summer vacations. But instead of blaming students for their behavior, we should say noto too much homework. This is important because by using mobile phone applications to do theirhomework, students don't add much to their knowledge, says an article in Guangzhou-based YangchengEvening News. Excerpts :\nUsing mobile phone applications to do homework is no different from copying from someone else'swork. This is the opinion of a vast majority of teachers. Students who seek cell phone apps help to do theirhomework will pay dearly during major exams when they cannot seek the help of such applications, theteachers say.\nThe heavy load of homework Chinese students are burdened with, said to be the heaviest in the world,has led to the popularity of these applications.\nSenior high school students in China rarely go to bed before 11 pm. A report in Shanghai published in2013 showed that students in the city on average spend 28.2 hours in class every week, the 9th highestamong 65 countries and regions surveyed. Also, they spend an average of 13.8 hours a week doinghomework, most in the world.\nThere is no association between the amount of homework one does and the amount of knowledge onegathers. In fact, a research by Australian experts shows that the result is exactly the opposite: the morehours students spend doing homework, the less effective they will be in gaining knowledge.\nThe United States is one of the countries where students do little homework, but that has not damagedthe country's academic status in the world.\nSo, it's time Chinese schools understood this fact and freed students of the unnecessary burden ofhomework.\n\n<question>:\nWhat's the writer's attitude toward the students' using mobile phone applications to do theirhomework?\n\n<options>:\nA Supporting\nB Understanding\nC Scolding\nD Praising\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 way we cook is important. In many countries, the two sources of heat used for cooking are natural gas or electric stoves. The World Health Organization(WHO) warns that millions of people are dying every year from indoor air pollution. The WHO finds that poor cooking, heating and lighting technologies are killing millions of people each year.\nIndoor air pollution results from the use of dangerous fuels and cook stoves in the home. WHO officials say nearly three billion people are unable to use clean fuels and technologies for cooking, heating and lighting. And they say more than seven million people die from exposure to indoor or outdoor air pollution each year. Of that number, the WHO says about 4.3 million people die from household air pollution given off by simple biomass and coal stoves.\nThese findings show that the home use of poisonous fuels is to blame for many of these deaths. These fuels include wood, coal, animal waste and so on. Carlos Dora is Coordinator in the WHO' s Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health. He says people should not use unprocessed coal and kerosene fuel indoors. He says opening a window or door to let out the harmful air will not correct the situation. It will only pollute the outdoors. \"New technologies and clean fuels can rid people of this problem.\"\nThe United Nations found that more than 95 percent of families in sub-Saharan Africa depend on solid fuels for cooking. It says huge populations in India, China and Latin American countries, such as Guatemala and Peru, are also at risk.\nNigel Bruce is a professor of Public Health at the University of Liverpool. He says researchers are developing good stoves and other equipment to burn fuels in a more efficient way.\"There are already many technologies for clean fuels available now. An effective and reasonably low-cost ethanol stove that is made by Dometic (a Sweden-based company)is now being tested out. Another interesting development is electric induction stoves.\" In India, you can buy an induction stove for about $8. And in Africa you can buy a solar lamp for less than $1.\n\n<question>:\nWhich would be the best title for the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA The way we cook is changing.\nB Cause of indoor air pollution.\nC The development of electric stoves.\nD Indoor air pollution kills millions each year.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 had an experience some years ago, which taught me something about the ways in which people make a bad situation worse by blaming themselves.One January, I had to hold two funerals on successive days for two elderly women in my community.Both had died \"full of years\", as the Bible would say.Their homes happened to be near each other, so I paid condolence calls on the two families on the same afternoon.\nAt the first home, the son of the deceased woman said to me, \"If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today.It's my fault that she died.\" At the second home, the son of the other deceased woman said, \"If only I hadn't insisted on my mother's going to Florida, she would be alive today.That long airplane ride, the sudden change of climate, was more than she could take.It's my fault that she's dead.\"\nYou see that any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty.Because the course of action they took turned out badly, they believe that the opposite course -- keeping Mother at home, putting off the operation -- would have turned out better.After all, how could it have turned out any worse?\nThere seem to be two elements involved in our willingness to feel guilty. _ .That leads us to find patterns and connections both where they really exist and where they exist only in our minds.\nThe second element is the view that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen.It seems to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause to believing that every disaster is our fault.The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood.\nA baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it.He wakes up in the morning and summons the rest of the world to its tasks.He cries, and someone comes to attend to him.When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him.Very often, we do not completely outgrow that childish view that our wishes cause things to happen.\n\n<question>:\nWhat's the main idea of the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Life and death is an unsolved mystery.\nB Every story should have a happy ending.\nC Never feel guilty all the time because not every disaster is our fault.\nD In general, the survivors will feel guilty about the people who passed 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>:\nSeven Chinese sailors are missing after a Chinese cargo ship sank in Russian waters near Japan on Saturday, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday.\"Some of the 10 Chinese sailors on board were saved but seven are still missing after the ship sank off the waters of Vladivostok,\" said a statement on its website.The ministry didn't mention the cause of the incident, saying rescue efforts and an investigation into the incident are ongoing.\nBut the Global Times, a Chinese language newspaper based in Beijing, said yesterday the ship was fired on by the Russian navy before it sank.The news is first reported in a Russian newspaper.New Star, the cargo ship was sequestered at the Russian port of Nakhodka earlier this month for alleged(,)smuggling.It left the port not far from the Sino-Russian border without permission from Russian authorities last Thursday and was chased by a cruiser,the newspaper said.Later, the warship shot at least 500 rounds onto the ship and forced it to sail back toward the port in force 6 winds.However, the Chinese ship started to sink on the way According to the report,in a period of almost 24 hours,Russian navy officers and soldiers onboard the cruiser watched the sinking boat and did not make any response to the cries for help from the crewmen.In the end, 16 sailors onboard New Star got on two lifeboats. The Russian sailors managed to save one boat carrying eight people,while the other was engulfed in the waves.Of all the sailors onboard 6 came from Indonesia.\nThe Russian News Agency reported the incident yesterday and said the coast guard just found an empty boat in a three-day search.It also said that bad weather was the reason behind the accident.\nAccording to the International Maritime Organization, the owner of New Star is a shipping company of Zhejiang, while the operator is a company based in prefix = st1 /Guangzhou.\n\n<question>:\nThe passage may be found in\n\n<options>:\nA magazines\nB newspapers\nC scientific fictions\nD biographies\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nJapanese students work very hard but many are unhappy. They feel heavy pressures from their parents. Most students are always told by their parents to study harder and better so that they can have a wonderful life in the future. Though this may be a good idea for those very bright students, it can have terrible results for many students who are not gifted enough. Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the exams and have their parents lose hope. Such students felt that they are hated by everyone else they meet and they don't want to go to school any longer. They become dropouts.\nIt is surprising that though most Japanese parents are worried about their children, they do not help them in any way. Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and that it is the teachers' work to help their children. To make matters worse, a lot of parents serif their children to those schools opening in the evenings and on weekends -- they only help the students to pass the exams and never teach them any real sense of the world.\nMany Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from the students' hair to their clothes and things in their school bags. Child psychologists now think that such strict rules are harmful to the feelings of the students. Almost 40% of the students said that no one had taught them how to get on with others, how to tell right from wrong and how to show love and care for others, even for their parents.\n\n<question>:\n\"Dropouts\" are those who _ .\n\n<options>:\nA make troubles in and out of schools\nB go about or stay home instead of being at school\nC try hard but always fails in the exams\nD lose hope and give up some of their subjects\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nWhat's Keeping You up at Night?\nWhich film would you like to see on the spookiest day of the year?\nWell, it's that time of the year again; witches, ghosts, wizards and skeletons are supposed to come out in full force. Yes, Halloween --31st October, the spookiest day of the year is almost here.\nThere are so many things we can do to enjoy this supernatural day--sweets, fancy dress and of course watching scary films.\nIt's the perfect time for family and friends to watch horror films on the TV in the dark and maybe they are so frightened that they may try to find safety behind a sofa!\nThere are thousands of such films to choose from that it's hard for us to make choices. One of the most famous is 1970's release Carrie which may meet your needs perfectly. It's a tale of a girl being bullied at school by young women who live to regret it.\nIf you want to see films showing violence, blood and killing, then The Night of the Ling Dead and Evil Dead will provide more horrorable sights than one person can possibly manage.\nFor Hitchcock fans out there, Halloween is the perfect time to watch two of his best-known movies from the 1960's, Psycho and The Birds. Both have aged unbelievably well and still can keep the viewers on the edge of their seats with their very frightening effects.\nHowever, not everyone wants to be frightened on Halloween night. Monsters Inc. is an animation film, set in a land where monsters exist and the strange characters are sure to bring a smile to the kids in the family.\nMeanwhile, if you want to stay up all night, film series such as The Saw, Nightmare on prefix = st1 /Elm Streetand maybe Harry Potter are sure to keep you seated in the box for hours.\nSo turn off the lights, sit back and enjoy the movies that you have chosen, whether it is unpleasant or spooky.\nBut remember, don't have nightmares!\n\n<question>:\nOn Halloween, _ .\n\n<options>:\nA witches, ghosts, wizards and skeletons will come back to life.\nB you have many choices about which horror films to see.\nC you'd better sit behind a sofa.\nD it's not a time for you to have nightmares.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nWhat's Keeping You up at Night?\nWhich film would you like to see on the spookiest day of the year?\nWell, it's that time of the year again; witches, ghosts, wizards and skeletons are supposed to come out in full force. Yes, Halloween --31st October, the spookiest day of the year is almost here.\nThere are so many things we can do to enjoy this supernatural day--sweets, fancy dress and of course watching scary films.\nIt's the perfect time for family and friends to watch horror films on the TV in the dark and maybe they are so frightened that they may try to find safety behind a sofa!\nThere are thousands of such films to choose from that it's hard for us to make choices. One of the most famous is 1970's release Carrie which may meet your needs perfectly. It's a tale of a girl being bullied at school by young women who live to regret it.\nIf you want to see films showing violence, blood and killing, then The Night of the Ling Dead and Evil Dead will provide more horrorable sights than one person can possibly manage.\nFor Hitchcock fans out there, Halloween is the perfect time to watch two of his best-known movies from the 1960's, Psycho and The Birds. Both have aged unbelievably well and still can keep the viewers on the edge of their seats with their very frightening effects.\nHowever, not everyone wants to be frightened on Halloween night. Monsters Inc. is an animation film, set in a land where monsters exist and the strange characters are sure to bring a smile to the kids in the family.\nMeanwhile, if you want to stay up all night, film series such as The Saw, Nightmare on prefix = st1 /Elm Streetand maybe Harry Potter are sure to keep you seated in the box for hours.\nSo turn off the lights, sit back and enjoy the movies that you have chosen, whether it is unpleasant or spooky.\nBut remember, don't have nightmares!\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is TRUE about Psycho and The Birds?\n\n<options>:\nA They're tales of a girl being bullied at school by young women who live to regret it.\nB They can provide more horroable sights.\nC They are new movies telling about stories that happened in the 1960s.\nD They were filmed by Hitchcock.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nPerhaps you have heard a lot about the Internet, but what is it, do you know? The Internet is a network. It uses the telephone to join millions of computers together around the world.\nMaybe that doesn't sound very interesting. But when you're joined to the Internet, there are lots and lots of things you can do. You can send E-mails to your friends, and they can get them in a few seconds. You can also do with all kinds of information on the World Wide Web (www).\nThere are many different kinds of computers now. They all can be joined to the Internet. Most of them are small machines sitting on people's desks at home, but there are still many others in schools, offices or large companies. These computers are owned by people and companies, but no one really owns the Internet itself.\nThere are lots of places for you to go into the Internet. For example, your school may have the Internet. You can use it during lessons or free time. Libraries often have computers joined to the Internet. You are welcome to use it at any time.\nThanks to the Internet, the world is becoming smaller and smaller. It is possible for you to work at home with a computer in front, getting and sending the information you need. You can buy or sell whatever you want on the Internet. But do you know 98% of the information on the Internet is in English? So what will English be like tomorrow?\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the passage mainly about?\n\n<options>:\nA Internet.\nB Information.\nC Computers.\nD E-mails.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nPerhaps you have heard a lot about the Internet, but what is it, do you know? The Internet is a network. It uses the telephone to join millions of computers together around the world.\nMaybe that doesn't sound very interesting. But when you're joined to the Internet, there are lots and lots of things you can do. You can send E-mails to your friends, and they can get them in a few seconds. You can also do with all kinds of information on the World Wide Web (www).\nThere are many different kinds of computers now. They all can be joined to the Internet. Most of them are small machines sitting on people's desks at home, but there are still many others in schools, offices or large companies. These computers are owned by people and companies, but no one really owns the Internet itself.\nThere are lots of places for you to go into the Internet. For example, your school may have the Internet. You can use it during lessons or free time. Libraries often have computers joined to the Internet. You are welcome to use it at any time.\nThanks to the Internet, the world is becoming smaller and smaller. It is possible for you to work at home with a computer in front, getting and sending the information you need. You can buy or sell whatever you want on the Internet. But do you know 98% of the information on the Internet is in English? So what will English be like tomorrow?\n\n<question>:\nWhich is the quickest and cheapest way to send messages to your friends?\n\n<options>:\nA By post.\nB By E-mail.\nC By telephone.\nD By satellite.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nPerhaps you have heard a lot about the Internet, but what is it, do you know? The Internet is a network. It uses the telephone to join millions of computers together around the world.\nMaybe that doesn't sound very interesting. But when you're joined to the Internet, there are lots and lots of things you can do. You can send E-mails to your friends, and they can get them in a few seconds. You can also do with all kinds of information on the World Wide Web (www).\nThere are many different kinds of computers now. They all can be joined to the Internet. Most of them are small machines sitting on people's desks at home, but there are still many others in schools, offices or large companies. These computers are owned by people and companies, but no one really owns the Internet itself.\nThere are lots of places for you to go into the Internet. For example, your school may have the Internet. You can use it during lessons or free time. Libraries often have computers joined to the Internet. You are welcome to use it at any time.\nThanks to the Internet, the world is becoming smaller and smaller. It is possible for you to work at home with a computer in front, getting and sending the information you need. You can buy or sell whatever you want on the Internet. But do you know 98% of the information on the Internet is in English? So what will English be like tomorrow?\n\n<question>:\nWho is the owner of the Internet?\n\n<options>:\nA The headmaster.\nB The officer.\nC The user.\nD No one.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nPerhaps you have heard a lot about the Internet, but what is it, do you know? The Internet is a network. It uses the telephone to join millions of computers together around the world.\nMaybe that doesn't sound very interesting. But when you're joined to the Internet, there are lots and lots of things you can do. You can send E-mails to your friends, and they can get them in a few seconds. You can also do with all kinds of information on the World Wide Web (www).\nThere are many different kinds of computers now. They all can be joined to the Internet. Most of them are small machines sitting on people's desks at home, but there are still many others in schools, offices or large companies. These computers are owned by people and companies, but no one really owns the Internet itself.\nThere are lots of places for you to go into the Internet. For example, your school may have the Internet. You can use it during lessons or free time. Libraries often have computers joined to the Internet. You are welcome to use it at any time.\nThanks to the Internet, the world is becoming smaller and smaller. It is possible for you to work at home with a computer in front, getting and sending the information you need. You can buy or sell whatever you want on the Internet. But do you know 98% of the information on the Internet is in English? So what will English be like tomorrow?\n\n<question>:\nWhat does the writer try to tell us in the last two sentences?\n\n<options>:\nA English is important in using the Internet.\nB The Internet is more and more popular.\nC Most of the information is in English.\nD Every computer must have the Internet.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nResearchers in the United States have developed the first wirelessly controlled device that can supply a drug directly into the body. A small chip is implanted under the skin. It contains the medicine, which it releases at preset times. The developers say the device could improve the lives of millions of people who take medicine for long-term illnesses. A company calledMicrochips began developing the device about fifteen years ago. Last month, the company _ the results of its first successful tests in humans. The tests took place in Denmark with seven women with osteoporosis .\nOsteoporosis causes bones to become weak and break easily. The disorder is common among older people especially women. Many patients have to give themselves daily injection of medicine. One type of treatment requires injections for two years. The patients stop taking the medicine because of the pain and stress of the injections. As a result, only twenty-five percent of the patients will go through the entire twenty-four months of treatment.\nThe microchip is a few centimeters long. It has small sections and each section holds a single dose of medicine. The device has to be programmed with the times to release the drug. Doctors will be able to reprogram the device from a computer or even a cell phone.\nFor osteoporosis, the physician will program the device, and the device has the ability to release a dose at a given time, every single day. For other diseases, where the physician may want to change the dosing schedule, they will have the ability to wirelessly reprogram that dosing schedule.\nThe seven women in the study were ages of sixty-five to seventy. The researchers say the implants were just as effective as daily injections. And they say the medicine amounts were more exact than patients often give themselves.\n\n<question>:\nThe best title for the passage should be _ .\n\n<options>:\nA A New Company Called Microchips\nB A New Way to Take Medicine Every Day\nC Good News for Women with Osteoporosis\nD Taking Medicine, with Microchip under 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>:\nResearchers in the United States have developed the first wirelessly controlled device that can supply a drug directly into the body. A small chip is implanted under the skin. It contains the medicine, which it releases at preset times. The developers say the device could improve the lives of millions of people who take medicine for long-term illnesses. A company calledMicrochips began developing the device about fifteen years ago. Last month, the company _ the results of its first successful tests in humans. The tests took place in Denmark with seven women with osteoporosis .\nOsteoporosis causes bones to become weak and break easily. The disorder is common among older people especially women. Many patients have to give themselves daily injection of medicine. One type of treatment requires injections for two years. The patients stop taking the medicine because of the pain and stress of the injections. As a result, only twenty-five percent of the patients will go through the entire twenty-four months of treatment.\nThe microchip is a few centimeters long. It has small sections and each section holds a single dose of medicine. The device has to be programmed with the times to release the drug. Doctors will be able to reprogram the device from a computer or even a cell phone.\nFor osteoporosis, the physician will program the device, and the device has the ability to release a dose at a given time, every single day. For other diseases, where the physician may want to change the dosing schedule, they will have the ability to wirelessly reprogram that dosing schedule.\nThe seven women in the study were ages of sixty-five to seventy. The researchers say the implants were just as effective as daily injections. And they say the medicine amounts were more exact than patients often give themselves.\n\n<question>:\nIn which column of a newspaper could we find this passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Arts.\nB Jobs.\nC Sports.\nD Medicine.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 heard of Paynes Prairie ? It is one of the most important natural and historical areas in Florida. Paynes Prairie is located near Gainesville. It is large, 21,000 acres. This protected land is called a reserve, which is managed by the Florida Park Service.\nThe Paynes Prairie basin was formed when limestone broke down and the ground settled. It is covered by wet prairie plants. There are areas of open water. During brief periods it was flooded enough to be considered a lake. Except for that, the basin has changed little through time.\nMan has lived on Paynes Prairie a very long time. He lived there as far back as 10,000 B.C.. At one time, the Seminoles lived there. The prairie is thought to have been named after King Payne, a Seminole chief. During the late 1600s, the largest farm where cattle are fed in Florida was on Paynes.\nWilliam Bartram who lived 200 years ago visited Paynes Praire in 1774. Bartram was the first person who described nature through personal experiences as well as scientific observations. At that time he called Paynes Prairie the \"great Alachua Savannah\". Most of the animal life, which Bartram described, is still here. A large number of animals live here in winter. The variety of animals is increased by the presence of pine flat woods, wetlands and ponds.\nThe Paynes Prairie Reserve State Park is open all year round. The Florida Park Service works hard so that the park will appear as it did in the past. It offers many opportunities for entertainment. In the park you can camp and picnic. You can hike and bike. You can boat and fish. You can ride on horses. And you can see Florida as it was in the early days.\n\n<question>:\nAll of the following statements are true EXCEPT that _\n\n<options>:\nA the Florida Park Service manages Paynes Prairie\nB you can have fun in the Paynes Prairie Reserve State Park\nC there used to be a big cattle farm on Paynes Prairie\nD William Bartram was the first person to visit Paynes prairie\n\n<answer>:\n",
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