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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nUK education is all about giving you inspiration to develop your knowledge and skills, freedom to be creative, and support to help you achieve your best.\nOn a UK course you will benefit from excellent teaching and facilities. In order to accept students, UK education centres must meet strict quality standards set by the UK government and education bodies.\nWith such a good reputation for research and education, universities and colleges in the UK attract some of the world's leading academics and professionals. You will be encouraged to express your own ideas and think for yourself.\nThe attention to quality is reflected in the UK's excellent results:\nFour of the top six universities in the world are in the UK.\nThe UK is a world-leading research nation. 54% of the research conducted by UK universities and colleges is classed as either \"world-leading\" or \"internationally excellent\".\nAt the most recent inspection, 97% of further education colleges were judged satisfactory or better, for their overall effectiveness.\nIn the recent BIS Tracking International Graduate Outcomes survey, more than 88% of international higher education graduates said they were satisfied with their UK learning experience.\nLikewise, in the Higher Education Academy Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey of UK postgraduate students, 93% rated the quality of teaching positively.\nFor English language students, you'll find the UK has long been at the forefront of language teaching, and pioneered many of the techniques now used around the world. The emphasis is on learning the language through fun and participation: Instead of just listening to your teacher, your classes will involve games, problem-solving and discussions. You might also listen to songs, watch television or read magazines to practise your comprehension skills.\nThe UK's boarding schools also offer excellent teaching, facilities and support. At UK independent schools (most boarding schools are independent), a teacher has just 9.4 pupils on average, so teachers have more time to give you individual support. This is reflected in the results: 91% of students from UK independent schools go on to higher education.\n\n<question>:\nWhat do the education centres do to accept students?\n\n<options>:\nA To develop knowledge and skills.\nB To help achieve your best.\nC To meet strict quality standards.\nD To benefit from excellent teaching.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nUK education is all about giving you inspiration to develop your knowledge and skills, freedom to be creative, and support to help you achieve your best.\nOn a UK course you will benefit from excellent teaching and facilities. In order to accept students, UK education centres must meet strict quality standards set by the UK government and education bodies.\nWith such a good reputation for research and education, universities and colleges in the UK attract some of the world's leading academics and professionals. You will be encouraged to express your own ideas and think for yourself.\nThe attention to quality is reflected in the UK's excellent results:\nFour of the top six universities in the world are in the UK.\nThe UK is a world-leading research nation. 54% of the research conducted by UK universities and colleges is classed as either \"world-leading\" or \"internationally excellent\".\nAt the most recent inspection, 97% of further education colleges were judged satisfactory or better, for their overall effectiveness.\nIn the recent BIS Tracking International Graduate Outcomes survey, more than 88% of international higher education graduates said they were satisfied with their UK learning experience.\nLikewise, in the Higher Education Academy Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey of UK postgraduate students, 93% rated the quality of teaching positively.\nFor English language students, you'll find the UK has long been at the forefront of language teaching, and pioneered many of the techniques now used around the world. The emphasis is on learning the language through fun and participation: Instead of just listening to your teacher, your classes will involve games, problem-solving and discussions. You might also listen to songs, watch television or read magazines to practise your comprehension skills.\nThe UK's boarding schools also offer excellent teaching, facilities and support. At UK independent schools (most boarding schools are independent), a teacher has just 9.4 pupils on average, so teachers have more time to give you individual support. This is reflected in the results: 91% of students from UK independent schools go on to higher education.\n\n<question>:\nHow many foreign students are said to be satisfied with their learning in the UK?\n\n<options>:\nA About 97%.\nB Below 54%.\nC 93% or so.\nD Over 88%.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nUK education is all about giving you inspiration to develop your knowledge and skills, freedom to be creative, and support to help you achieve your best.\nOn a UK course you will benefit from excellent teaching and facilities. In order to accept students, UK education centres must meet strict quality standards set by the UK government and education bodies.\nWith such a good reputation for research and education, universities and colleges in the UK attract some of the world's leading academics and professionals. You will be encouraged to express your own ideas and think for yourself.\nThe attention to quality is reflected in the UK's excellent results:\nFour of the top six universities in the world are in the UK.\nThe UK is a world-leading research nation. 54% of the research conducted by UK universities and colleges is classed as either \"world-leading\" or \"internationally excellent\".\nAt the most recent inspection, 97% of further education colleges were judged satisfactory or better, for their overall effectiveness.\nIn the recent BIS Tracking International Graduate Outcomes survey, more than 88% of international higher education graduates said they were satisfied with their UK learning experience.\nLikewise, in the Higher Education Academy Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey of UK postgraduate students, 93% rated the quality of teaching positively.\nFor English language students, you'll find the UK has long been at the forefront of language teaching, and pioneered many of the techniques now used around the world. The emphasis is on learning the language through fun and participation: Instead of just listening to your teacher, your classes will involve games, problem-solving and discussions. You might also listen to songs, watch television or read magazines to practise your comprehension skills.\nThe UK's boarding schools also offer excellent teaching, facilities and support. At UK independent schools (most boarding schools are independent), a teacher has just 9.4 pupils on average, so teachers have more time to give you individual support. This is reflected in the results: 91% of students from UK independent schools go on to higher education.\n\n<question>:\nHow do the students learn English in the UK?\n\n<options>:\nA By listening to the teacher.\nB By working in the class.\nC By teacher's support.\nD By playing and discussing.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nUK education is all about giving you inspiration to develop your knowledge and skills, freedom to be creative, and support to help you achieve your best.\nOn a UK course you will benefit from excellent teaching and facilities. In order to accept students, UK education centres must meet strict quality standards set by the UK government and education bodies.\nWith such a good reputation for research and education, universities and colleges in the UK attract some of the world's leading academics and professionals. You will be encouraged to express your own ideas and think for yourself.\nThe attention to quality is reflected in the UK's excellent results:\nFour of the top six universities in the world are in the UK.\nThe UK is a world-leading research nation. 54% of the research conducted by UK universities and colleges is classed as either \"world-leading\" or \"internationally excellent\".\nAt the most recent inspection, 97% of further education colleges were judged satisfactory or better, for their overall effectiveness.\nIn the recent BIS Tracking International Graduate Outcomes survey, more than 88% of international higher education graduates said they were satisfied with their UK learning experience.\nLikewise, in the Higher Education Academy Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey of UK postgraduate students, 93% rated the quality of teaching positively.\nFor English language students, you'll find the UK has long been at the forefront of language teaching, and pioneered many of the techniques now used around the world. The emphasis is on learning the language through fun and participation: Instead of just listening to your teacher, your classes will involve games, problem-solving and discussions. You might also listen to songs, watch television or read magazines to practise your comprehension skills.\nThe UK's boarding schools also offer excellent teaching, facilities and support. At UK independent schools (most boarding schools are independent), a teacher has just 9.4 pupils on average, so teachers have more time to give you individual support. This is reflected in the results: 91% of students from UK independent schools go on to higher education.\n\n<question>:\nWhat's the purpose of the author to write this passage?\n\n<options>:\nA To introduce the education in the UK.\nB To make their students love the UK.\nC To attract foreign students.\nD To show his pride in the UK.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nIt's hard when a best friend isn't around--maybe because he or she moved to a different school or a different class. 51 . You want to have new friends, but how do you make them? Maybe it seems like everybody else already has his or her friends. 52 .\nStart by looking around your classroom--think about which kids you'd like to play with at break. Look for chances to say hi to them, smile, and be friendly. 53 . Invite someone to play with you or say \"Do you want to sit here?\" in the lunchroom. When you're at break, walk over to kids you want to play with, act friendly, and say \"Hi, can I play, too?\" or just join in.\n If you have trouble doing this or if you're feeling shy, ask your teacher to help you make new friends. Teachers are usually pretty good at matching up friends. 54 . Be kind, be friendly, share, say nice things, offer to help--and pretty soon, you'll have one, or two, or even more new friends.\n\n<question>:\nBut when you see each other, you can share something you didn't have before he or she left: You can introduce him or her to your new friends!\n\n<options>:\nA What's right for me?\nB But remember, there's always room for more friends.\nC You may feel lonely at break or lunchtime.\nD The best way to make friends is to be a friend.\nE. Offer to share something or offer greetings.\nF. Make a choice in your life.\nG. You might still miss that special best friend.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nIt was six or seyen years ago that I first witnessed a ginger cat break into my house.His name was Samson and, while\"cat''was one description you might have applied to him, another more accurate one was\"ginger beach ball that just happened to have a cat's head on top\".He belonged to Ruby,a lady in her 80s living across the road.Soon the two of us became friends:me allowing him to steal my cat's biscuits,him allowing me to stroke him while staring up at me in a relaxed way.If he had been able to speak,the maj ority of his sentences would have ended in the word\"dude\" .\n When Ruby died in 2009,a friend who lived several miles away adopted Samson.A strict diet foilowed,which,left Samson looking less like a beach ball and more like a smaller cat wearing a baggy ginger sweater.While he had been around,I had complained a little about mv extra cat food bills and feared for my armchairs and sofa which were often violently scratched. but in the year or two after he'd gone I missed him a lot.\n In the past two and a half years,I've been visited by a succession of ginger cats,all of whom have been lovable,and all of whom have proved costly in either an emotional or financial sense.\n I'm moving out soon and facing up to the fact that I might never see them again.I've told the buver of my house about the essential information of it,especially the visiting cats.The chances are that one day if a cat,whether it is from one of the neighbours or just a stray one,turns up by his doorway,he can at least feed it.\n\n<question>:\nWhen the author first saw the ginger cat, .\n\n<options>:\nA she named it Samson immediately\nB she thought Samson was troublesome\nC she asked Ruby to adopt it\nD she found the cat looked very fat\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 six or seyen years ago that I first witnessed a ginger cat break into my house.His name was Samson and, while\"cat''was one description you might have applied to him, another more accurate one was\"ginger beach ball that just happened to have a cat's head on top\".He belonged to Ruby,a lady in her 80s living across the road.Soon the two of us became friends:me allowing him to steal my cat's biscuits,him allowing me to stroke him while staring up at me in a relaxed way.If he had been able to speak,the maj ority of his sentences would have ended in the word\"dude\" .\n When Ruby died in 2009,a friend who lived several miles away adopted Samson.A strict diet foilowed,which,left Samson looking less like a beach ball and more like a smaller cat wearing a baggy ginger sweater.While he had been around,I had complained a little about mv extra cat food bills and feared for my armchairs and sofa which were often violently scratched. but in the year or two after he'd gone I missed him a lot.\n In the past two and a half years,I've been visited by a succession of ginger cats,all of whom have been lovable,and all of whom have proved costly in either an emotional or financial sense.\n I'm moving out soon and facing up to the fact that I might never see them again.I've told the buver of my house about the essential information of it,especially the visiting cats.The chances are that one day if a cat,whether it is from one of the neighbours or just a stray one,turns up by his doorway,he can at least feed it.\n\n<question>:\nWhy did the author occasionally complain about the ginger cat?\n\n<options>:\nA The cat stole bills from her house.\nB The strict diet made the cat too weak.\nC He had to spend more on cat food.\nD The price of cat food kept rising.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 six or seyen years ago that I first witnessed a ginger cat break into my house.His name was Samson and, while\"cat''was one description you might have applied to him, another more accurate one was\"ginger beach ball that just happened to have a cat's head on top\".He belonged to Ruby,a lady in her 80s living across the road.Soon the two of us became friends:me allowing him to steal my cat's biscuits,him allowing me to stroke him while staring up at me in a relaxed way.If he had been able to speak,the maj ority of his sentences would have ended in the word\"dude\" .\n When Ruby died in 2009,a friend who lived several miles away adopted Samson.A strict diet foilowed,which,left Samson looking less like a beach ball and more like a smaller cat wearing a baggy ginger sweater.While he had been around,I had complained a little about mv extra cat food bills and feared for my armchairs and sofa which were often violently scratched. but in the year or two after he'd gone I missed him a lot.\n In the past two and a half years,I've been visited by a succession of ginger cats,all of whom have been lovable,and all of whom have proved costly in either an emotional or financial sense.\n I'm moving out soon and facing up to the fact that I might never see them again.I've told the buver of my house about the essential information of it,especially the visiting cats.The chances are that one day if a cat,whether it is from one of the neighbours or just a stray one,turns up by his doorway,he can at least feed it.\n\n<question>:\nWe can infer from the story that the author\n\n<options>:\nA missed the days spent with those cats\nB regretted what she had done for the cats\nC had many encounters with strange cats\nD had to avoid conflicts with his neighbours\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEco City Farms are becoming more popular in cities and towns around the Unites States.\nEco City Farms in Edmonton, Maryland, is located near shopping centers, car repair shops and homes. The neighborhood is a working-class community . People do not have very much money. And they have limited access to fresh food in markets.\nOver the past two years, the farm has attracted volunteers from the community like Marcy Clark. She schools her four children at home. On a recent day she brought them to Eco City Farms for a lesson. Her son Alston Clark thinks his experience is very valuable.\"I like coming out here,\"he says,\"You know, you connect with the earth, where your food comes from. You appreciate the food a little bit more.\"\nMargaret Morgan started Eco City Farms. She thinks of it as a place where people can learn to live healthier lives. \"Growing food in a community brings people together,\"she continues,\"Every piece of what we do here is a demonstration to show people everything about how to have an eco-friendly community.\"she says. From the Eco City Farms people come to know that they are not only growing food and raising chickens and bees, but improving the soil with compost made from food waste.\nEco City Farms is an experimental operation. The farm gets its power not from the local electricity networks, but from the sun with solar panels. In winter, the green house use a geothermal system.\nVegetables can be grown all year. So once a week, all winter long, neighbors like Chris Moss and her three children bike to the farm to pick up a share of the harvest.\n\"I like eating the vegetables \"say five-year-old Owen Moss.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is mainly talked about in the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Eco City Farms save a lot of energy.\nB Eco City Farms are gaining popularity.\nC Eco City Farms are influencing community life.\nD Eco City Farms helps the working-class live better.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEco City Farms are becoming more popular in cities and towns around the Unites States.\nEco City Farms in Edmonton, Maryland, is located near shopping centers, car repair shops and homes. The neighborhood is a working-class community . People do not have very much money. And they have limited access to fresh food in markets.\nOver the past two years, the farm has attracted volunteers from the community like Marcy Clark. She schools her four children at home. On a recent day she brought them to Eco City Farms for a lesson. Her son Alston Clark thinks his experience is very valuable.\"I like coming out here,\"he says,\"You know, you connect with the earth, where your food comes from. You appreciate the food a little bit more.\"\nMargaret Morgan started Eco City Farms. She thinks of it as a place where people can learn to live healthier lives. \"Growing food in a community brings people together,\"she continues,\"Every piece of what we do here is a demonstration to show people everything about how to have an eco-friendly community.\"she says. From the Eco City Farms people come to know that they are not only growing food and raising chickens and bees, but improving the soil with compost made from food waste.\nEco City Farms is an experimental operation. The farm gets its power not from the local electricity networks, but from the sun with solar panels. In winter, the green house use a geothermal system.\nVegetables can be grown all year. So once a week, all winter long, neighbors like Chris Moss and her three children bike to the farm to pick up a share of the harvest.\n\"I like eating the vegetables \"say five-year-old Owen Moss.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage, Eco City Farms are close to the following places EXCEPT _ .\n\n<options>:\nA shopping centers\nB car repair shops\nC fast-food restaurants\nD working-class community\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEco City Farms are becoming more popular in cities and towns around the Unites States.\nEco City Farms in Edmonton, Maryland, is located near shopping centers, car repair shops and homes. The neighborhood is a working-class community . People do not have very much money. And they have limited access to fresh food in markets.\nOver the past two years, the farm has attracted volunteers from the community like Marcy Clark. She schools her four children at home. On a recent day she brought them to Eco City Farms for a lesson. Her son Alston Clark thinks his experience is very valuable.\"I like coming out here,\"he says,\"You know, you connect with the earth, where your food comes from. You appreciate the food a little bit more.\"\nMargaret Morgan started Eco City Farms. She thinks of it as a place where people can learn to live healthier lives. \"Growing food in a community brings people together,\"she continues,\"Every piece of what we do here is a demonstration to show people everything about how to have an eco-friendly community.\"she says. From the Eco City Farms people come to know that they are not only growing food and raising chickens and bees, but improving the soil with compost made from food waste.\nEco City Farms is an experimental operation. The farm gets its power not from the local electricity networks, but from the sun with solar panels. In winter, the green house use a geothermal system.\nVegetables can be grown all year. So once a week, all winter long, neighbors like Chris Moss and her three children bike to the farm to pick up a share of the harvest.\n\"I like eating the vegetables \"say five-year-old Owen Moss.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the author's attitude toward Eco City Farms?\n\n<options>:\nA Enthusiastic .\nB Disappointed.\nC Surprised.\nD Doubtful.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEco City Farms are becoming more popular in cities and towns around the Unites States.\nEco City Farms in Edmonton, Maryland, is located near shopping centers, car repair shops and homes. The neighborhood is a working-class community . People do not have very much money. And they have limited access to fresh food in markets.\nOver the past two years, the farm has attracted volunteers from the community like Marcy Clark. She schools her four children at home. On a recent day she brought them to Eco City Farms for a lesson. Her son Alston Clark thinks his experience is very valuable.\"I like coming out here,\"he says,\"You know, you connect with the earth, where your food comes from. You appreciate the food a little bit more.\"\nMargaret Morgan started Eco City Farms. She thinks of it as a place where people can learn to live healthier lives. \"Growing food in a community brings people together,\"she continues,\"Every piece of what we do here is a demonstration to show people everything about how to have an eco-friendly community.\"she says. From the Eco City Farms people come to know that they are not only growing food and raising chickens and bees, but improving the soil with compost made from food waste.\nEco City Farms is an experimental operation. The farm gets its power not from the local electricity networks, but from the sun with solar panels. In winter, the green house use a geothermal system.\nVegetables can be grown all year. So once a week, all winter long, neighbors like Chris Moss and her three children bike to the farm to pick up a share of the harvest.\n\"I like eating the vegetables \"say five-year-old Owen Moss.\n\n<question>:\nIn which column of a newspaper can you most probably read this article?\n\n<options>:\nA People.\nB Travel.\nC Environment.\nD Education.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nScientists in Argentina have created the world's first cow to own two human genes that will enable it to produce human-like milk, which is matchless up to now. It is a breakthrough in the area of clone.\nGenetic engineering was used to introduce the \"mothers' milk\" genes into the animal before birth, according to the National Institute of Agribusiness Technology in Buenos Aires.\nAs an adult, the cloned cow \"will produce milk that is similar to humans\" in what will prove \"a development of great importance for the nutrition of infants\", it said in a statement.\n\"The cloned cow, named Rosita ISA, is the first one born in the world that owns two human genes that contain the proteins present in human milk,\" the statement said.\nIn April, scientists in China published details of research showing that they had created GM Holstein dairy cows which produced milk containing proteins found in human breast milk.\nBut the Argentine team says the Chinese only introduced one human gene, whereas their research involved two genes meaning the milk will more closely resemble that of humans.\nRosita ISA was born on April 6 and was delivered by Caesarean section because she weighed around 100 pounds, roughly twice the normal weight of Jersey cows.\nAdrian Mutto, from the National University of San Martin said \"Our goal was to raise nutritional value of cows' milk by adding two human genes, the protein lactoferrin and lysozyme, which can provide newly-born babies with anti-bacterial and anti-viral protection.\"\nCristina Kirchner, President of Argentina, said that the scientific institute \"makes all proud.\" She also revealed that she had rejected the \"honor\" of having the cow named after her. \"They came to tell me that the name is Cristina, but what woman would like to have a cow named after her? It appeared to me to be more appropriate to call it Rosita.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhat can we know about Rosita ISA according to the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA It is as heavy as Jersey cows.\nB It is the first cow with a human gene.\nC Its milk has the same proteins as human breast milk.\nD Its milk has larger nutritional value than others'.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nScientists in Argentina have created the world's first cow to own two human genes that will enable it to produce human-like milk, which is matchless up to now. It is a breakthrough in the area of clone.\nGenetic engineering was used to introduce the \"mothers' milk\" genes into the animal before birth, according to the National Institute of Agribusiness Technology in Buenos Aires.\nAs an adult, the cloned cow \"will produce milk that is similar to humans\" in what will prove \"a development of great importance for the nutrition of infants\", it said in a statement.\n\"The cloned cow, named Rosita ISA, is the first one born in the world that owns two human genes that contain the proteins present in human milk,\" the statement said.\nIn April, scientists in China published details of research showing that they had created GM Holstein dairy cows which produced milk containing proteins found in human breast milk.\nBut the Argentine team says the Chinese only introduced one human gene, whereas their research involved two genes meaning the milk will more closely resemble that of humans.\nRosita ISA was born on April 6 and was delivered by Caesarean section because she weighed around 100 pounds, roughly twice the normal weight of Jersey cows.\nAdrian Mutto, from the National University of San Martin said \"Our goal was to raise nutritional value of cows' milk by adding two human genes, the protein lactoferrin and lysozyme, which can provide newly-born babies with anti-bacterial and anti-viral protection.\"\nCristina Kirchner, President of Argentina, said that the scientific institute \"makes all proud.\" She also revealed that she had rejected the \"honor\" of having the cow named after her. \"They came to tell me that the name is Cristina, but what woman would like to have a cow named after her? It appeared to me to be more appropriate to call it Rosita.\"\n\n<question>:\nLactoferrin and lysozyme in milk _ .\n\n<options>:\nA are good for babies' health\nB help provide more milk from cow\nC can increase the production of milk\nD can offer more proteins in cow milk\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nScientists in Argentina have created the world's first cow to own two human genes that will enable it to produce human-like milk, which is matchless up to now. It is a breakthrough in the area of clone.\nGenetic engineering was used to introduce the \"mothers' milk\" genes into the animal before birth, according to the National Institute of Agribusiness Technology in Buenos Aires.\nAs an adult, the cloned cow \"will produce milk that is similar to humans\" in what will prove \"a development of great importance for the nutrition of infants\", it said in a statement.\n\"The cloned cow, named Rosita ISA, is the first one born in the world that owns two human genes that contain the proteins present in human milk,\" the statement said.\nIn April, scientists in China published details of research showing that they had created GM Holstein dairy cows which produced milk containing proteins found in human breast milk.\nBut the Argentine team says the Chinese only introduced one human gene, whereas their research involved two genes meaning the milk will more closely resemble that of humans.\nRosita ISA was born on April 6 and was delivered by Caesarean section because she weighed around 100 pounds, roughly twice the normal weight of Jersey cows.\nAdrian Mutto, from the National University of San Martin said \"Our goal was to raise nutritional value of cows' milk by adding two human genes, the protein lactoferrin and lysozyme, which can provide newly-born babies with anti-bacterial and anti-viral protection.\"\nCristina Kirchner, President of Argentina, said that the scientific institute \"makes all proud.\" She also revealed that she had rejected the \"honor\" of having the cow named after her. \"They came to tell me that the name is Cristina, but what woman would like to have a cow named after her? It appeared to me to be more appropriate to call it Rosita.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhat would be the best title of the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Scientists in Argentina could produce human milk\nB The cloned cow would bring about benefits\nC Scientists create cow that produces \"human\" milk\nD How was the cloned cow born?\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEmotional eating is when people use food as a way to deal with feelings instead of to satisfy hunger. We've all been there, finishing a whole bag of chips out of boredom or eating cookie after cookie while _ for a big test. But when done a lot -- especially without realizing it -- emotional eating can affect weight, health, and overall well-being.\nNot many of us make the connection between eating and our feelings. But understanding what drives emotional eating can help people take steps to change it.\nOne of the biggest myths about emotional eating is that it's prompted by negative feelings. Yes, people often turn to food when they're stressed out, lonely, sad, anxious, or bored. But emotional eating can be linked to positive feelings too, like the romance of sharing dessert on Valentine's Day or the celebration of a holiday feast.\nSometimes emotional eating is tied to major life events, like a death or a divorce. More often, though, it's the countless little daily stresses that cause someone to seek comfort or distraction in food.\nEmotional eating patterns can be learned: A child who is given candy after a big achievement may grow up using candy as a reward for a job well done. A kid who is given cookies as a way to stop crying may learn to link cookies with comfort.\nWe're all emotional eaters to some extent. But for some people, emotional eating can be a real problem, causing serious weight gain or cycles of binging and purging.\nThe trouble with emotional eating (apart from the health issues) is that once the pleasure of eating is gone, the feelings that cause it remain. And you often may feel worse about eating the amount or type of food you did. That's why it helps to know the differences between physical hunger and emotional hunger.\nNext time you reach for a snack, check in and see which type of hunger is driving it.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is NOT true about emotional eating?\n\n<options>:\nA It is usually linked to positive or negative feelings.\nB It is sometimes linked to major life events.\nC It is caused by physical hunger.\nD It can cause health problems.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEmotional eating is when people use food as a way to deal with feelings instead of to satisfy hunger. We've all been there, finishing a whole bag of chips out of boredom or eating cookie after cookie while _ for a big test. But when done a lot -- especially without realizing it -- emotional eating can affect weight, health, and overall well-being.\nNot many of us make the connection between eating and our feelings. But understanding what drives emotional eating can help people take steps to change it.\nOne of the biggest myths about emotional eating is that it's prompted by negative feelings. Yes, people often turn to food when they're stressed out, lonely, sad, anxious, or bored. But emotional eating can be linked to positive feelings too, like the romance of sharing dessert on Valentine's Day or the celebration of a holiday feast.\nSometimes emotional eating is tied to major life events, like a death or a divorce. More often, though, it's the countless little daily stresses that cause someone to seek comfort or distraction in food.\nEmotional eating patterns can be learned: A child who is given candy after a big achievement may grow up using candy as a reward for a job well done. A kid who is given cookies as a way to stop crying may learn to link cookies with comfort.\nWe're all emotional eaters to some extent. But for some people, emotional eating can be a real problem, causing serious weight gain or cycles of binging and purging.\nThe trouble with emotional eating (apart from the health issues) is that once the pleasure of eating is gone, the feelings that cause it remain. And you often may feel worse about eating the amount or type of food you did. That's why it helps to know the differences between physical hunger and emotional hunger.\nNext time you reach for a snack, check in and see which type of hunger is driving it.\n\n<question>:\nThe author of the passage would agree that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA we can do nothing to change emotional eating\nB we should only eat when we are hungry\nC we should be careful with emotional eating\nD we should not seek for comfort in food\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nThere were two interesting pieces of news items in the paper a few years ago. One was about a man who received a bill from the telephone company for $ 2,000 a month for doing nothing.\nThe connection between the two news items is simple; computers-the best invention of the 20th century. The telephone bill came from a computer which made a terrifying mistake; that man's bill was only $ 23.26. The other item was not as amusing. A man walked into the unguarded computer room of a large packaged food company and expertly programmed the computer to pay him $ 2,000 a month for raw meat which he \"supplied \" to the company. Of course he never sent the meat, but he certainly received the money . The computer wrote out a bill, and even \"signed \" it. It was only a random check that uncovered the trick. It could be happening in thousands of other companies all over the world.\nComputers are not the magical workers that some people say they are. They make mistakes, they're sometimes slower than human beings and they're easily fooled.\nThe US used to conscript people with the help of a computer. The army sent out a card, which had to be filled in and sent back. It was easy to avoid being called up simply by spreading candle-wax on the card. The computer couldn't read the card, and did nothing with it.\nIt's in our everyday life that computers cause many problems. Let's get back to using people instead of computers, before a mistake that we can't put right.\n\n<question>:\nComputers _ .\n\n<options>:\nA were used to conscript people\nB are usually faster than human beings\nC are not so magical as people expect\nD were not easily controlled and always fooled human beings\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 Harbourside Development is one of the world's most exciting places to shop. It is right on the edge of Sydney Harbour, and there are over 200 shops, selling everything from home-made sweets to the latest clothes in fashion; from Australian souvenirs to Swiss watches and Japanese cameras. \nThe Australian Wildlife Park has been specially built to give people an extra close look at Australia's native animals. Have your photo taken with a kangaroo, touch and feed koala bears. There are talks every afternoon about these animals, which are only found in this part of the world. There is also an excellent souvenir shop. \nA visit to the Australian Museum is like an adventure across Australia. There are shows on the people and their way of life, and the whole continent. Talks and guided tours help to make your visit unforgettable. There is also a cafe and a good book shop, selling excellent maps. \nTaronga Zoo has Australia's finest collection of rainforest birds and sea-life centre which has many of the fish that can be found off the coasts of Australia and New Zealand. Taronga is also famous for its large group of South East Asian monkeys. Fast food can be got at cafes.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the text, where can a tourist get souvenirs in Sydney?\n\n<options>:\nA The Harbourside Development and the Australian Wildlife Park.\nB The Harbourside Development and Taronga zoo.\nC The Australian Wildlife Park and Taronga zoo.\nD The Australian Museum and Taronga Zoo.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 Harbourside Development is one of the world's most exciting places to shop. It is right on the edge of Sydney Harbour, and there are over 200 shops, selling everything from home-made sweets to the latest clothes in fashion; from Australian souvenirs to Swiss watches and Japanese cameras. \nThe Australian Wildlife Park has been specially built to give people an extra close look at Australia's native animals. Have your photo taken with a kangaroo, touch and feed koala bears. There are talks every afternoon about these animals, which are only found in this part of the world. There is also an excellent souvenir shop. \nA visit to the Australian Museum is like an adventure across Australia. There are shows on the people and their way of life, and the whole continent. Talks and guided tours help to make your visit unforgettable. There is also a cafe and a good book shop, selling excellent maps. \nTaronga Zoo has Australia's finest collection of rainforest birds and sea-life centre which has many of the fish that can be found off the coasts of Australia and New Zealand. Taronga is also famous for its large group of South East Asian monkeys. Fast food can be got at cafes.\n\n<question>:\nWhat animals can you see in these four places?\n\n<options>:\nA Kangaroos, kola bears and rainforest birds.\nB Kangaroos, rainforest birds and monkeys.\nC Kangaroos, kola bears, rainforest birds, East Asian monkeys and snakes.\nD Kangaroos, kola bears, rainforest birds, East Asian monkeys and sea-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>:\nTeenagers who spend hours in front of the television may have a poorer diet as young adults.\nA study,which included nearly 1,400 high school students,found those who watched TV for five hours or more per day had less healthy diets than peers five years later. Why does this happen? Should the parents take any measures?\nOn the one hand,people who spend a lot of time in front of the TV, especially teenagers,may snack more,and that may affect their long-term diet quality.\nOn the other hand,TV ads for fast food,sweets and snacks tempt teenagers to eat more of those foods. And TV time might also replace exercise time for some kids.\nLead researcher Dr. Daheia J. Barr-Anderson,of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis,told Reuters Health a clear correlation between TV time during high school and diet quality in young adulthood. While the heaviest TV viewers were eating the most junk food , those who'd watched less than two hours per day had the highest intake of fruits,vegetables, whole grains and high-calcium food. In her opinion,parents should limit and monitor TV viewing.\nAs far as I am concerned,children should watch no more than two hours of television per day. And parents should set a good example by eating right,being physically active and\ntheir own TV time.\n\n<question>:\nWhat's the best title for this passage?\n\n<options>:\nA People should keep away from TV to keep healthy.\nB Teenagers' TV time may affect their diets later.\nC Why do teenagers like TV\"\nD Parents' own habits may affect children later.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 miss my father. My father died more than twenty years ago. I was fifteen. He was kind, strong, fair, and very funny. When I was a young musician, he was my biggest fan. I played my violin for him when he visited, and he loved everything, but each time he had one request. \"Could you play 'Amazing Grace'?\" he asked, full of hope and with a twinkle in his eyes, because he knew my answer was always, \"I don't know that one!\" We went through this routine at every major holiday, and I always figured I'd have time to learn it for him later.\nAbout the time I entered high school and started guitar, Dad got cancer. The last time I saw him alive was Thanksgiving weekend in 1985. My mom warned us that Dad didn't look the same anymore and that we should prepare ourselves. For a moment I didn't recognize him. He looked so small among all the white sheets. We had all gathered in Ohio for the holiday, and I'm sure we all knew we were there to say good-bye. I can see now that Dad held on long enough to see us each one more time. I remember how we ate in the dining room and laughed and talked while Dad rested in his hospital bed. I wonder if it was sad for him to be alone with our voices and laughter. Knowing Dad, he was probably content.\nThe next morning I found my moment alone with him. I pulled out my guitar, tuned to his appreciative gaze, and finally played for him \"Amazing Grace.\" I had worked on it for weeks, knowing it never mattered whether I actually played it well and choosing not to believe as I played that it was my last concert for my biggest fan. The cancer had stolen his smile, but I saw joy in his eyes. He held my hand afterwards, and I knew I had done something important.\nI argued with people all through college about my music major. I was told by strangers that music wouldn't make me any money and it wasn't useful like being a doctor. But I know firsthand that with music I was able to give my Dad something at a point when no one else could.\n\n<question>:\nWhen the author finally played \"Amazing Grace\" for Dad, _ .\n\n<options>:\nA she made him smile joyfully\nB she brought him love and comfort\nC she knew she must play it well\nD she believed she could play it many times for 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>:\nI miss my father. My father died more than twenty years ago. I was fifteen. He was kind, strong, fair, and very funny. When I was a young musician, he was my biggest fan. I played my violin for him when he visited, and he loved everything, but each time he had one request. \"Could you play 'Amazing Grace'?\" he asked, full of hope and with a twinkle in his eyes, because he knew my answer was always, \"I don't know that one!\" We went through this routine at every major holiday, and I always figured I'd have time to learn it for him later.\nAbout the time I entered high school and started guitar, Dad got cancer. The last time I saw him alive was Thanksgiving weekend in 1985. My mom warned us that Dad didn't look the same anymore and that we should prepare ourselves. For a moment I didn't recognize him. He looked so small among all the white sheets. We had all gathered in Ohio for the holiday, and I'm sure we all knew we were there to say good-bye. I can see now that Dad held on long enough to see us each one more time. I remember how we ate in the dining room and laughed and talked while Dad rested in his hospital bed. I wonder if it was sad for him to be alone with our voices and laughter. Knowing Dad, he was probably content.\nThe next morning I found my moment alone with him. I pulled out my guitar, tuned to his appreciative gaze, and finally played for him \"Amazing Grace.\" I had worked on it for weeks, knowing it never mattered whether I actually played it well and choosing not to believe as I played that it was my last concert for my biggest fan. The cancer had stolen his smile, but I saw joy in his eyes. He held my hand afterwards, and I knew I had done something important.\nI argued with people all through college about my music major. I was told by strangers that music wouldn't make me any money and it wasn't useful like being a doctor. But I know firsthand that with music I was able to give my Dad something at a point when no one else could.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following was true according to the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA The author was 15 when she wrote the article.\nB The author prefers to be a doctor rather than a musician.\nC The author has a great affection for her father.\nD The author is confident that music will make her much money.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nThere are many differences between America and China. The biggest difference is traffic rules. In America there are too much more cars than in China. But there are much fewer traffic jams and accidents in America than in China. We hardly see traffic police in the street, but all cars obey strictly traffic rules, and people hardly find that a car does not obey traffic rules in the street.\nAbout American traffic rules, there are many better terms, such as:\n1. Stop line: There are stop lines in all crossing without traffic light (some have two stop lines and others have four stop lines). All cars must stop while meeting the stop line.\n2. Traffic light: There is traffic light in the crossing of the road. Cars may almost turn every direction. The traffic light can give signal step by step including u-turn. There is a kind of middle lane of turning left. When a car wants to turn left in the road, he may enter into the middle lane of turning left and give a signal of turning left. When he thinks being safe, he may turn left. In many conditions the order of passing is also given very specifically. If people want to change lane or turn, they must look behind and think being safe. Only so, they may do it.\n3. Specific item: Such as parking, there are three kinds of lines (their colors are white, blue or red) in the roadside. Every line may park different kinds of cars. There are many streets in some residential areas , and there is a kind of rule that any car cannot park at any time or any period time. In every parking, there are some special positions for invalid people.\n4. About the priority of passenger and car: At any case, passengers have the priority to cars. And only after passengers have passed the road and got the top of sidestep, cars may go ahead.\nIn general, traffic rules of America are very specific, convenient, safe and humanizing.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is NOT the reason why we can hardly see traffic police in the street in America?\n\n<options>:\nA Traffic police are not very necessary because few cars break traffic rules.\nB The traffic is very clear and there are few traffic jams and accidents in the street.\nC There are so many cars in the street that the traffic police can't be seen.\nD The effective traffic rules play an important part in the road 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>:\nThere are many differences between America and China. The biggest difference is traffic rules. In America there are too much more cars than in China. But there are much fewer traffic jams and accidents in America than in China. We hardly see traffic police in the street, but all cars obey strictly traffic rules, and people hardly find that a car does not obey traffic rules in the street.\nAbout American traffic rules, there are many better terms, such as:\n1. Stop line: There are stop lines in all crossing without traffic light (some have two stop lines and others have four stop lines). All cars must stop while meeting the stop line.\n2. Traffic light: There is traffic light in the crossing of the road. Cars may almost turn every direction. The traffic light can give signal step by step including u-turn. There is a kind of middle lane of turning left. When a car wants to turn left in the road, he may enter into the middle lane of turning left and give a signal of turning left. When he thinks being safe, he may turn left. In many conditions the order of passing is also given very specifically. If people want to change lane or turn, they must look behind and think being safe. Only so, they may do it.\n3. Specific item: Such as parking, there are three kinds of lines (their colors are white, blue or red) in the roadside. Every line may park different kinds of cars. There are many streets in some residential areas , and there is a kind of rule that any car cannot park at any time or any period time. In every parking, there are some special positions for invalid people.\n4. About the priority of passenger and car: At any case, passengers have the priority to cars. And only after passengers have passed the road and got the top of sidestep, cars may go ahead.\nIn general, traffic rules of America are very specific, convenient, safe and humanizing.\n\n<question>:\nWhy is there a middle lane of turning left on the road?\n\n<options>:\nA It is designed for the cars that want to turn left.\nB It is very safe to drive there.\nC It is very convenient for the traffic police to find the cars that break the rules.\nD The cars that want to turn left can easily give a signal of turning left.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nThere are many differences between America and China. The biggest difference is traffic rules. In America there are too much more cars than in China. But there are much fewer traffic jams and accidents in America than in China. We hardly see traffic police in the street, but all cars obey strictly traffic rules, and people hardly find that a car does not obey traffic rules in the street.\nAbout American traffic rules, there are many better terms, such as:\n1. Stop line: There are stop lines in all crossing without traffic light (some have two stop lines and others have four stop lines). All cars must stop while meeting the stop line.\n2. Traffic light: There is traffic light in the crossing of the road. Cars may almost turn every direction. The traffic light can give signal step by step including u-turn. There is a kind of middle lane of turning left. When a car wants to turn left in the road, he may enter into the middle lane of turning left and give a signal of turning left. When he thinks being safe, he may turn left. In many conditions the order of passing is also given very specifically. If people want to change lane or turn, they must look behind and think being safe. Only so, they may do it.\n3. Specific item: Such as parking, there are three kinds of lines (their colors are white, blue or red) in the roadside. Every line may park different kinds of cars. There are many streets in some residential areas , and there is a kind of rule that any car cannot park at any time or any period time. In every parking, there are some special positions for invalid people.\n4. About the priority of passenger and car: At any case, passengers have the priority to cars. And only after passengers have passed the road and got the top of sidestep, cars may go ahead.\nIn general, traffic rules of America are very specific, convenient, safe and humanizing.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA In America, all cars in the crossing must stop when they meet the stop line.\nB In America, any car cannot park in the streets in some residential areas.\nC If people want to turn, they can obey the guide of the traffic police.\nD There are more traffic jams in China.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 new mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan, is a man of the people, ready to listen to their problems, but only until 6 p.m. Then he has to do his homework. Michael Sessions, 18, beat former mayor Douglas Ingles, 51, by just two votes and became the new mayor of Hillsdale. He is America's youngest mayor.\nAs Sessions was too young to enter the election in the spring of 2005, he registered- to vote on Sept. 22, one day after his 18-year-old birthday. The day after that he started his write-in campaign, which means he should persuade voters to remember his name and write it by hand on the voting ballots .\nTo help get his name known, Sessions earned$700 by selling apples over the summer. He spent the money on posters and put them on the Hillsdale's lawns.\nSessions' month-long campaign included going door to door, explaining his ideas of the town's future in the kitchens of his neighbors. \"They'd look at me, and say'How old are you again? How much experience do you have?'And I say'I'm still in high school', \"he said. Sessions promised Hillsdale's voters he would renew local economy. \"I was hopeful the whole time, \"he explained. One day he spent so long out on the streets knocking on the doors that he ended up in a hospital emergency room.\nSessions said that his schoolwork will not get in the way of his job as a mayor. \"From 7:50 a.m. to 2:30p.m., I'11 be a student. From 3 to 6, I'11 be the mayor of Hillsdale,\" he said.\n\"He did a very brave thing that couldn't have been easy for him to do, \"said Jack Vettel, a councilman in Hillsdale, a city of 8,200 about 75 miles southwest of Detroit. \"He does care about this town. He's been here all his life. \"\nSessions will receive$3, 600 a year during his four-year term, and will work out of his bedroom since the town does not provide the mayor with an office.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is TRUE of Sessions' election campaign according to the text?\n\n<options>:\nA Sessions launched his election campaign on Sept. 22.\nB Sessions worked so hard that he once tried to persuade people in a hospital.\nC Sessions won the election campaign by a very close outcome.\nD Sessions felt disappointed when asked about his age and experience.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nThe new mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan, is a man of the people, ready to listen to their problems, but only until 6 p.m. Then he has to do his homework. Michael Sessions, 18, beat former mayor Douglas Ingles, 51, by just two votes and became the new mayor of Hillsdale. He is America's youngest mayor.\nAs Sessions was too young to enter the election in the spring of 2005, he registered- to vote on Sept. 22, one day after his 18-year-old birthday. The day after that he started his write-in campaign, which means he should persuade voters to remember his name and write it by hand on the voting ballots .\nTo help get his name known, Sessions earned$700 by selling apples over the summer. He spent the money on posters and put them on the Hillsdale's lawns.\nSessions' month-long campaign included going door to door, explaining his ideas of the town's future in the kitchens of his neighbors. \"They'd look at me, and say'How old are you again? How much experience do you have?'And I say'I'm still in high school', \"he said. Sessions promised Hillsdale's voters he would renew local economy. \"I was hopeful the whole time, \"he explained. One day he spent so long out on the streets knocking on the doors that he ended up in a hospital emergency room.\nSessions said that his schoolwork will not get in the way of his job as a mayor. \"From 7:50 a.m. to 2:30p.m., I'11 be a student. From 3 to 6, I'11 be the mayor of Hillsdale,\" he said.\n\"He did a very brave thing that couldn't have been easy for him to do, \"said Jack Vettel, a councilman in Hillsdale, a city of 8,200 about 75 miles southwest of Detroit. \"He does care about this town. He's been here all his life. \"\nSessions will receive$3, 600 a year during his four-year term, and will work out of his bedroom since the town does not provide the mayor with an office.\n\n<question>:\nIn order to gain more support from the voters Sessions had to do all these things EXCEPT _ .\n\n<options>:\nA put up posters'\nB renew the economy\nC sell apples\nD talk to neighbors in kitchens\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 new mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan, is a man of the people, ready to listen to their problems, but only until 6 p.m. Then he has to do his homework. Michael Sessions, 18, beat former mayor Douglas Ingles, 51, by just two votes and became the new mayor of Hillsdale. He is America's youngest mayor.\nAs Sessions was too young to enter the election in the spring of 2005, he registered- to vote on Sept. 22, one day after his 18-year-old birthday. The day after that he started his write-in campaign, which means he should persuade voters to remember his name and write it by hand on the voting ballots .\nTo help get his name known, Sessions earned$700 by selling apples over the summer. He spent the money on posters and put them on the Hillsdale's lawns.\nSessions' month-long campaign included going door to door, explaining his ideas of the town's future in the kitchens of his neighbors. \"They'd look at me, and say'How old are you again? How much experience do you have?'And I say'I'm still in high school', \"he said. Sessions promised Hillsdale's voters he would renew local economy. \"I was hopeful the whole time, \"he explained. One day he spent so long out on the streets knocking on the doors that he ended up in a hospital emergency room.\nSessions said that his schoolwork will not get in the way of his job as a mayor. \"From 7:50 a.m. to 2:30p.m., I'11 be a student. From 3 to 6, I'11 be the mayor of Hillsdale,\" he said.\n\"He did a very brave thing that couldn't have been easy for him to do, \"said Jack Vettel, a councilman in Hillsdale, a city of 8,200 about 75 miles southwest of Detroit. \"He does care about this town. He's been here all his life. \"\nSessions will receive$3, 600 a year during his four-year term, and will work out of his bedroom since the town does not provide the mayor with an office.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following would best summarize the text?\n\n<options>:\nA Schoolboy becomes American's youngest mayor.\nB How to become a teenage mayor.\nC Hard work is the ticket to success.\nD Never too young to shake the world.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nScientists have not come close to understanding all the different kinds of life on the planet, but US researcher Craig Venter is already working on creating the first artificial life.\nVenter and his researchers made a breakthrough this August. They successfully moved the DNA of one type of bacteria to a yeast cell, changed it, then put it into another bacterial cell.\n\"Bacteria have systems that protect them from foreign DNA,\" Venter explained to the BBC. In the experiment, the team managed to block this system.\nThe experiment was performed on a simple type of bacteria called Mycoplasma mycoides. The team took the bacteria's genes and put them into a yeast cell.\nPutting the DNA in a yeast cell allowed the team to change the genes----in this case, taking out a gene that was not necessary for the bacteria to live.\nThey then put the gene into a host bacteria cell. The cell went on to divide normally, producing new healthy bacteria.\nIn January, the team created artificial genes of a new type of bacteria. Their next goal is to put the artificial DNA into a host cell to create a new species, according to a report inSciencemagazine.\n\"If we don't make any errors, I think it should work and we should have the first artificial species by the end of the year,\" Venter said in the report.\nThe first artificial life from is likely to be a simple man-made bacteria, to prove that the technology can work. But that form will be followed by more complex bacteria that turn coal into cleaner natural gas, or algae that can take in carbon dioxide and change it into fuel.\nMany scientists think it's good news to have this artificial life, but others are worried that the technology to create new organisms might end up in the wrong hands, with dangerous results.\n\n<question>:\nCraig Venter and his team are working to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA create a new animal\nB clone a new species\nC produce the first artificial bacteria\nD develop a new system\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 grandmother seems to be wrong when she says that good manners will never go out of style.\nSeveral days ago, I tried entering a lift with one of my arms fixed in a bandage while carrying a computer bag in the other. Not being fast enough, I was passed by two young people who managed to get into the lift before me. The lift door closed only after I entered. Having already pressed their wanted floor button, the young people waited impatiently for me to press the button for where I was going. If they had decided to help, we could have moved much faster. But they had not. So I did my best and pressed the button with my arm. The two young people looked very angry with me. I was losing heart.\nThe memory of this incident has stayed with me because it followed shortly after my building's watchman refused to help me carry a heavy box full of books. His answer was that he could not carry the books a few meters because it was not his job. However, I remembered myself helping people for so many years carrying boxes, shopping bags, or pushing wheelchairs upon the request of a stranger in need or when my conscience called on me. \"Oh, this young generation, they have no manners, \"my grandmother would say. The idea of good manners refers to the considering of other people's feelings. We need more and more people to have good manners. Good manners should be-come part of our lives.\n\n<question>:\nThe author believes that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA good manners will never go out of style\nB her grandmother is right\nC good manners are disappearing little by little\nD it never rains, but it pours\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 HOPE IS A GAME--CHANGER PROJECT will deliver unbreakable soccer balls to kids who, all too often, see things horrible, broken and not survive the simplest of circumstances. The project started taking form well before anyone knew where it would lead -which is to test the power of like-minded people working together to turn inspiration into action.\nFour years ago Bobby was in Rwanda offering help to the people there and taking photos of a child soldier named Moise with his \"soccer ball\",which was a pile of rubbish tied together with a string. This \"ball\" was the only thing Moise could call his own --- no family, no home, no place to go. Forced to fight in the Congo and having killed three people at the unbearably young age of seven, the boy's spirit was broken. And Bobby knew, as he took one photo after the next, that he'd never forget him. In fact, he returned the following year to tell Moise he had stayed deep within his heart ---but he was gone.\nI recently helped Bobby launch his new bookThe Power of the Invisible Sunwhich features a photo of Moise, his ball, and kids from war-torn areas around the world. All of his earnings go towards the HOPE IS A GAME-CHANGER PROJECT for the kids he visited over the past decade. They caught the emotional landscape from heartbreak to joy, but share the undeniable longing for recovery and hope.\nBobby and I share the unchangeable belief that delivering hope is really a game-changer, especially to a child. We believe that each indestructible ball will come to represent a lasting symbol of hope. A light no matter how small---The Power of the Invisible Sun.\nThis holiday season, I ask you to think about whether you are doing enough to help someone else in the world. Or as Bobby likes to put it, consider _ , which added together, can create transformational change. It's my great hope that the HOPE IS A GAME-CHANGER PROJECT will change the lives of children the world over --- one book, one ball at a time.\n\n<question>:\nIn the first sentence of the passage, the writer implies that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA kids live an unsafe life in parts of the world\nB the balls sent to kids should be of good quality\nC young kids can not overcome the difficulties\nD kids intend to break their toys into pieces\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 HOPE IS A GAME--CHANGER PROJECT will deliver unbreakable soccer balls to kids who, all too often, see things horrible, broken and not survive the simplest of circumstances. The project started taking form well before anyone knew where it would lead -which is to test the power of like-minded people working together to turn inspiration into action.\nFour years ago Bobby was in Rwanda offering help to the people there and taking photos of a child soldier named Moise with his \"soccer ball\",which was a pile of rubbish tied together with a string. This \"ball\" was the only thing Moise could call his own --- no family, no home, no place to go. Forced to fight in the Congo and having killed three people at the unbearably young age of seven, the boy's spirit was broken. And Bobby knew, as he took one photo after the next, that he'd never forget him. In fact, he returned the following year to tell Moise he had stayed deep within his heart ---but he was gone.\nI recently helped Bobby launch his new bookThe Power of the Invisible Sunwhich features a photo of Moise, his ball, and kids from war-torn areas around the world. All of his earnings go towards the HOPE IS A GAME-CHANGER PROJECT for the kids he visited over the past decade. They caught the emotional landscape from heartbreak to joy, but share the undeniable longing for recovery and hope.\nBobby and I share the unchangeable belief that delivering hope is really a game-changer, especially to a child. We believe that each indestructible ball will come to represent a lasting symbol of hope. A light no matter how small---The Power of the Invisible Sun.\nThis holiday season, I ask you to think about whether you are doing enough to help someone else in the world. Or as Bobby likes to put it, consider _ , which added together, can create transformational change. It's my great hope that the HOPE IS A GAME-CHANGER PROJECT will change the lives of children the world over --- one book, one ball at a time.\n\n<question>:\nHow may Bobby feel about Mosie?\n\n<options>:\nA He was very proud of Mosie's bravery.\nB He felt sorry for Mosie's ruined childhood.\nC He thought money could solve Mosie's problem.\nD He felt happy to tell him what was in his 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>:\nThe HOPE IS A GAME--CHANGER PROJECT will deliver unbreakable soccer balls to kids who, all too often, see things horrible, broken and not survive the simplest of circumstances. The project started taking form well before anyone knew where it would lead -which is to test the power of like-minded people working together to turn inspiration into action.\nFour years ago Bobby was in Rwanda offering help to the people there and taking photos of a child soldier named Moise with his \"soccer ball\",which was a pile of rubbish tied together with a string. This \"ball\" was the only thing Moise could call his own --- no family, no home, no place to go. Forced to fight in the Congo and having killed three people at the unbearably young age of seven, the boy's spirit was broken. And Bobby knew, as he took one photo after the next, that he'd never forget him. In fact, he returned the following year to tell Moise he had stayed deep within his heart ---but he was gone.\nI recently helped Bobby launch his new bookThe Power of the Invisible Sunwhich features a photo of Moise, his ball, and kids from war-torn areas around the world. All of his earnings go towards the HOPE IS A GAME-CHANGER PROJECT for the kids he visited over the past decade. They caught the emotional landscape from heartbreak to joy, but share the undeniable longing for recovery and hope.\nBobby and I share the unchangeable belief that delivering hope is really a game-changer, especially to a child. We believe that each indestructible ball will come to represent a lasting symbol of hope. A light no matter how small---The Power of the Invisible Sun.\nThis holiday season, I ask you to think about whether you are doing enough to help someone else in the world. Or as Bobby likes to put it, consider _ , which added together, can create transformational change. It's my great hope that the HOPE IS A GAME-CHANGER PROJECT will change the lives of children the world over --- one book, one ball at a time.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following about Bobby's new book is TRUE?\n\n<options>:\nA It earned a lot of money to help kids like Mosie.\nB The photos inside reflected the kids' hopeless life.\nC Its title shows the author's belief to change the world.\nD It changed the life of the kids recorded in the book.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEllen Parker was worried about her health. She could not walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stairs . She was soon out of breath. \n\"I think I had better go to the doctor, \" she thought.\nShe went to the doctor and told him her problem.\n\"I'm not at all surprised, \"he said. \"It's obvious what your problem is.\"\nHe examined her and then gave her some advice.\"If you don't do what I say, Mrs. Parker,\" he said. \"You will have a heart attack . It could kill you.\"\nEllen was very worried as she left the doctor's. She knew that she had to take his advice but that would not be easy and it would take time.\nThe next day she went shopping. The first shop she went into was a butcher's shop .\n\"I'd like ten pounds of steak , please,\" she said.\n\"Certainly, madam,\" the butcher answered and went into the cold room and found a large piece of steak. He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and placed it on the scale .\n\"That's just ten pounds,\" he said.\n\"That's big enough,\" Mrs. Parker said.\nThe butcher worked out the price.\n\"At $ 4.99 a pound that will be $ 49.90, please. Would you like me to cut it into small pieces for you?\"\n\"Oh, I don't want to buy the meat,\" Mrs. Parker said.\n\"If you don't want to buy it,\" the butcher said angrily, \"Why did you ask me to get it for you?\"\n\"My doctor told me that I am overweight and have to lose ten pounds. I wanted to see what ten pounds of flesh looked liked.\"\n\n<question>:\n. Why did Ellen Parker visit the doctor?\n\n<options>:\nA She had a heart attack.\nB She had a problem with her health.\nC She was unhappy about her weight.\nD She could not sleep well.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 relationship between exercise and cancer has long both intrigued and puzzled oncologists and exercise physiologists.\nExercise is strongly associated with lowered risks for many types of cancer. At the same time, exercise involves biological stress, which typically leads to a short-term increase in inflammation which can contribute to higher risks for many cancers.\nNow, a new study in mice may offer some clues into the exercise-cancer paradox. It suggests that exercise may change how the immune system deals with cancer by boosting adrenaline , certain immune cells and other chemicals that, together, can reduce the severity of cancer or fight it off altogether.\nTo try to better understand how exercise can both elevate inflammation and simultaneously protect the body against cancer, scientists at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and other institutions decided to closely examine what happens inside mice at high risk for the disease.\nSo, for the new study, they began by gathering a group of adult lab mice. These animals generally like to run.\nThe scientists then implanted melanoma skin cancer cells into the mice before providing half of them with running wheels in their cages while the other animals remained sedentary. After four weeks, far fewer of the runners had developed full-blown melanoma than the sedentary mice and those that had been diagnosed with the disease showed fewer and smaller lesions.\nThey drew blood from both the exercising and sedentary animals and cells from any tumors in both groups. As expected, they found much higher levels of the hormone adrenaline in the blood of the exercising animals, especially right after they had been working out on the wheels but also at other times of the day. The body releases adrenaline in response to almost any type of stressful experience, including exercise.\nThey also found higher levels of interleukin-6 in the blood of the runners. This is a substance that is released by working muscles and is believed to both increase and decrease inflammation in the body, depending on where and how it goes to work.\nPerhaps most important, they found much higher numbers in the bloodstreams of runners than in the sedentary mice of a type of immune cell named natural killer cells that are known to be strong cancer fighters.\nSo the scientists repeated their original experiment multiple times, inducing cancer while allowing some mice to run and others to sit. In some of these follow-up experiments, the scientists injected the runners with a substance that blocked the production of adrenaline and gave sedentary animals large doses of added adrenaline.\nWhat they now found was that when running mice could not produce adrenaline, they developed cancer at the same rate as the sedentary animals, while the sedentary animals that had been injected with extra adrenaline fought off their tumors better than other sitting mice.\nMore remarkably, the scientists determined that adrenaline seemed to be sending biochemical signals to some of the animals' IL-6 cells, making them physiologically more alert, so that when a tumor began to develop in the affected animal, those IL-6 cells in turn activated the natural killer cells in the bloodstream and actually directed them to the tumors, like minute guide fish.\nWith these results, \"we show that voluntary wheel running in mice can reduce the growth of tumors, and we have identified an exercise-dependent mobilization of natural killer cells as the underlying cause of this protection,\" said Pernille Hojman, a researcher at the University of Copenhagen who oversaw the new study. It perhaps provides one more incentive for us to get up and move.\n\n<question>:\nIn the first experiment, which one is the most important result the scientists found?\n\n<options>:\nA Natural killer cells are much more in the bloodstreams of runners than in the sedentary mice.\nB Levels of interleukin-6 are higher in the blood of the runners than in the sedentary mice.\nC Exercise such as running seemed to help the mice fight against the cancer.\nD Adrenaline can reduce the severity of cancer or fight it off.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 relationship between exercise and cancer has long both intrigued and puzzled oncologists and exercise physiologists.\nExercise is strongly associated with lowered risks for many types of cancer. At the same time, exercise involves biological stress, which typically leads to a short-term increase in inflammation which can contribute to higher risks for many cancers.\nNow, a new study in mice may offer some clues into the exercise-cancer paradox. It suggests that exercise may change how the immune system deals with cancer by boosting adrenaline , certain immune cells and other chemicals that, together, can reduce the severity of cancer or fight it off altogether.\nTo try to better understand how exercise can both elevate inflammation and simultaneously protect the body against cancer, scientists at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and other institutions decided to closely examine what happens inside mice at high risk for the disease.\nSo, for the new study, they began by gathering a group of adult lab mice. These animals generally like to run.\nThe scientists then implanted melanoma skin cancer cells into the mice before providing half of them with running wheels in their cages while the other animals remained sedentary. After four weeks, far fewer of the runners had developed full-blown melanoma than the sedentary mice and those that had been diagnosed with the disease showed fewer and smaller lesions.\nThey drew blood from both the exercising and sedentary animals and cells from any tumors in both groups. As expected, they found much higher levels of the hormone adrenaline in the blood of the exercising animals, especially right after they had been working out on the wheels but also at other times of the day. The body releases adrenaline in response to almost any type of stressful experience, including exercise.\nThey also found higher levels of interleukin-6 in the blood of the runners. This is a substance that is released by working muscles and is believed to both increase and decrease inflammation in the body, depending on where and how it goes to work.\nPerhaps most important, they found much higher numbers in the bloodstreams of runners than in the sedentary mice of a type of immune cell named natural killer cells that are known to be strong cancer fighters.\nSo the scientists repeated their original experiment multiple times, inducing cancer while allowing some mice to run and others to sit. In some of these follow-up experiments, the scientists injected the runners with a substance that blocked the production of adrenaline and gave sedentary animals large doses of added adrenaline.\nWhat they now found was that when running mice could not produce adrenaline, they developed cancer at the same rate as the sedentary animals, while the sedentary animals that had been injected with extra adrenaline fought off their tumors better than other sitting mice.\nMore remarkably, the scientists determined that adrenaline seemed to be sending biochemical signals to some of the animals' IL-6 cells, making them physiologically more alert, so that when a tumor began to develop in the affected animal, those IL-6 cells in turn activated the natural killer cells in the bloodstream and actually directed them to the tumors, like minute guide fish.\nWith these results, \"we show that voluntary wheel running in mice can reduce the growth of tumors, and we have identified an exercise-dependent mobilization of natural killer cells as the underlying cause of this protection,\" said Pernille Hojman, a researcher at the University of Copenhagen who oversaw the new study. It perhaps provides one more incentive for us to get up and move.\n\n<question>:\nIn the follow-up experiments, the scientists found _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the hormone adrenaline has much higher levels in the blood of the exercising animals\nB how these elements in the runners -- their increased adrenaline, IL-6, and natural killer immune cells fight against tumor\nC interleukin-6 can both increase and decrease inflammation in the body, depending on where and how it goes to work\nD what happens inside mice at high risk for the 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>:\nThe relationship between exercise and cancer has long both intrigued and puzzled oncologists and exercise physiologists.\nExercise is strongly associated with lowered risks for many types of cancer. At the same time, exercise involves biological stress, which typically leads to a short-term increase in inflammation which can contribute to higher risks for many cancers.\nNow, a new study in mice may offer some clues into the exercise-cancer paradox. It suggests that exercise may change how the immune system deals with cancer by boosting adrenaline , certain immune cells and other chemicals that, together, can reduce the severity of cancer or fight it off altogether.\nTo try to better understand how exercise can both elevate inflammation and simultaneously protect the body against cancer, scientists at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and other institutions decided to closely examine what happens inside mice at high risk for the disease.\nSo, for the new study, they began by gathering a group of adult lab mice. These animals generally like to run.\nThe scientists then implanted melanoma skin cancer cells into the mice before providing half of them with running wheels in their cages while the other animals remained sedentary. After four weeks, far fewer of the runners had developed full-blown melanoma than the sedentary mice and those that had been diagnosed with the disease showed fewer and smaller lesions.\nThey drew blood from both the exercising and sedentary animals and cells from any tumors in both groups. As expected, they found much higher levels of the hormone adrenaline in the blood of the exercising animals, especially right after they had been working out on the wheels but also at other times of the day. The body releases adrenaline in response to almost any type of stressful experience, including exercise.\nThey also found higher levels of interleukin-6 in the blood of the runners. This is a substance that is released by working muscles and is believed to both increase and decrease inflammation in the body, depending on where and how it goes to work.\nPerhaps most important, they found much higher numbers in the bloodstreams of runners than in the sedentary mice of a type of immune cell named natural killer cells that are known to be strong cancer fighters.\nSo the scientists repeated their original experiment multiple times, inducing cancer while allowing some mice to run and others to sit. In some of these follow-up experiments, the scientists injected the runners with a substance that blocked the production of adrenaline and gave sedentary animals large doses of added adrenaline.\nWhat they now found was that when running mice could not produce adrenaline, they developed cancer at the same rate as the sedentary animals, while the sedentary animals that had been injected with extra adrenaline fought off their tumors better than other sitting mice.\nMore remarkably, the scientists determined that adrenaline seemed to be sending biochemical signals to some of the animals' IL-6 cells, making them physiologically more alert, so that when a tumor began to develop in the affected animal, those IL-6 cells in turn activated the natural killer cells in the bloodstream and actually directed them to the tumors, like minute guide fish.\nWith these results, \"we show that voluntary wheel running in mice can reduce the growth of tumors, and we have identified an exercise-dependent mobilization of natural killer cells as the underlying cause of this protection,\" said Pernille Hojman, a researcher at the University of Copenhagen who oversaw the new study. It perhaps provides one more incentive for us to get up and move.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the study, we can infer the fundamental substance to fight the cancer off is _ .\n\n<options>:\nA adrenaline\nB interleukin-6\nC natural killer cells\nD genes\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 people heard of Shakespeare and probably know something of his plays. However, not everybody knows much about the life of this world - famous man, except perhaps that he was born in the market town of Stratford - upon - Avon and that he married a woman called Anne Hathaway. We know nothing of his school life.\nNothing certain is known of what he did between the time he left school and his leaving home for London. It is said that he was beaten and even put in prison for stealing rabbits and deer from a neighboring landowner, and because of this he was forced to leave his native place.\nWhatever caused him to leave his hometown, the world can be thankful about it. When he arrived in London, he set his foot on the road to farm. It is said that he was without money or friends there at first, but that he made a little money by taking care of the horses of the gentlemen who attended the plays at the theatre. In time, he came to know the doctors in the theatre, and they found him clever. Finally he was invited to join their company. By 1592, he had become one of the three members of a famous company.\nFrom what we know of his later life, it is clear that Shakespeare' s connection with theatre had made him a wealthy man since he wrote the plays, which attracted a good many people. Towards the end of the 16th century he bought a large property in Stratford. No less than eleven of his plays were produced after he went back there. These include the great tragedies Othello, Macbeth and King Lear.\nShakespeare died in 1616. Some years earlier he chose it gravestone . He wrote on the stone that if anyone might remove his body from his grave, he would bring bad luck on him.\nIt seems strange that he should have had this fear. He might have known how deeply he was respected for the genius he showed in his plays and poems.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is NOT true?\n\n<options>:\nA Shakespeare wrote as many as eleven plays in his life.\nB Shakespeare wrote not only plays but also poems.\nC Shakespeare was a play writer.\nD In the late 1590s Shakespeare bought a large property for himself.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 name England comes from the words \"Angle land\".The Angles were people who came from northern Germany in the 5th and 6th centuries,after the Romans had left.The French name for England is Angleterre,which also means \"Angle land\".There were also invasions of southern England by Saxons and Jutes (people from another part of northern Germany).English people are sometimes called AngloSaxons.The Celts who used to live in this area were forced to move back into Scotland,Ireland,Cornwall and into Western France (the area known as Brittany).\nEngland at first became a series of kingdoms,the strongest of which was Wessex (the name comes from WestSaxon).The names of many of the areas in England come from this period--for example,the name Sussex comes from SouthSaxon,Essex from EastSaxon,and East Anglia from EastAngle.The Vikings then came from Denmark,and later the Normans invaded from France. Eventually England,Wales,Scotland and Northern Ireland were united,forming the United Kingdom.\nThe English language is the main language spoken throughout England,although there are many different accents.It can be difficult to know how to spell or to pronounce some English words,because the language has been influenced by Latin and Greek (languages used at the time of the Romans,and used in religion and education until recent times),German (the language of the Angles,Saxons and Jutes),French(the language of the Normans),Gaelic/Scots (Celtic languages) and Danish (the language of the Vikings).\nThere are now many people throughout the United Kingdom who speak a foreign language either as their first or second language;mainly due to immigration from Europe or the Commonwealth (countries which used to be part of the British Empire).\n\n<question>:\nWhy do many people in the UK speak a foreign language nowadays?\n\n<options>:\nA Because they are required to learn a foreign language at school.\nB Because they plan to live outside the UK in the future.\nC Because they have moved from other countries.\nD Because they have worked in other 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>:\nThe name England comes from the words \"Angle land\".The Angles were people who came from northern Germany in the 5th and 6th centuries,after the Romans had left.The French name for England is Angleterre,which also means \"Angle land\".There were also invasions of southern England by Saxons and Jutes (people from another part of northern Germany).English people are sometimes called AngloSaxons.The Celts who used to live in this area were forced to move back into Scotland,Ireland,Cornwall and into Western France (the area known as Brittany).\nEngland at first became a series of kingdoms,the strongest of which was Wessex (the name comes from WestSaxon).The names of many of the areas in England come from this period--for example,the name Sussex comes from SouthSaxon,Essex from EastSaxon,and East Anglia from EastAngle.The Vikings then came from Denmark,and later the Normans invaded from France. Eventually England,Wales,Scotland and Northern Ireland were united,forming the United Kingdom.\nThe English language is the main language spoken throughout England,although there are many different accents.It can be difficult to know how to spell or to pronounce some English words,because the language has been influenced by Latin and Greek (languages used at the time of the Romans,and used in religion and education until recent times),German (the language of the Angles,Saxons and Jutes),French(the language of the Normans),Gaelic/Scots (Celtic languages) and Danish (the language of the Vikings).\nThere are now many people throughout the United Kingdom who speak a foreign language either as their first or second language;mainly due to immigration from Europe or the Commonwealth (countries which used to be part of the British Empire).\n\n<question>:\nThe author writes this passage to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA tell the history of England\nB tell how the United Kingdom was formed\nC introduce the main spoken language throughout England\nD tell the origin of the name of England\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEducation is another area where the presence of arts and crafts is more than welcome. If children realize the importance of art and creativity from a young age, they can grow up to be more confident, more creative, and definitely more mature. Schools are the breeding grounds for future painters and movie makers, and these arts should be encouraged wholesomely in such an environment.\nSadly, many parents do not understand why art is important for children, and subconsciously force them to follow career paths that are common and conformist in nature. This is fair enough in its own way, because the world does need some standard blue collar and white collar jobs to continue its existence; but this is a choice that children should be allowed to make for themselves. The doors to creativity and expression must not be shut in their faces, even if it comes at a cost of making more money.\nTo put it more scientifically, here are some benefits of kids' art activities that give a suitable answer to the question \"Why is art important in schools?\"\n1.Exposure to art, music and drawings at an early age improves the amount of brain activity in children.\n2.It increases the span of knowledge in the minds of children, thus making them sharper and more educated.\n3.It builds up the levels of self-confidence, self-esteem , motivation, cooperation and communication in children.\n4.It helps children understand other people's opinions and points of view as well.\n5.It helps them sharpen their problem-solving skills, decision-making and gives them the possibility of really exploring their imaginations.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage, it is generally accepted that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA art plays a very important role in education of children\nB children are expected to be blue-collar or white-collar workers\nC schools should encourage children to learn arts and crafts\nD children should be allowed to make choices for themselves\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEducation is another area where the presence of arts and crafts is more than welcome. If children realize the importance of art and creativity from a young age, they can grow up to be more confident, more creative, and definitely more mature. Schools are the breeding grounds for future painters and movie makers, and these arts should be encouraged wholesomely in such an environment.\nSadly, many parents do not understand why art is important for children, and subconsciously force them to follow career paths that are common and conformist in nature. This is fair enough in its own way, because the world does need some standard blue collar and white collar jobs to continue its existence; but this is a choice that children should be allowed to make for themselves. The doors to creativity and expression must not be shut in their faces, even if it comes at a cost of making more money.\nTo put it more scientifically, here are some benefits of kids' art activities that give a suitable answer to the question \"Why is art important in schools?\"\n1.Exposure to art, music and drawings at an early age improves the amount of brain activity in children.\n2.It increases the span of knowledge in the minds of children, thus making them sharper and more educated.\n3.It builds up the levels of self-confidence, self-esteem , motivation, cooperation and communication in children.\n4.It helps children understand other people's opinions and points of view as well.\n5.It helps them sharpen their problem-solving skills, decision-making and gives them the possibility of really exploring their imaginations.\n\n<question>:\nThe writer holds the view that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA schools should only bring up future painters and movie makers\nB children grow up to be more confident and more creative in schools\nC children should be encouraged to learn art to develop their creativity\nD art activities can help children solve all the problems they meet with\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEducation is another area where the presence of arts and crafts is more than welcome. If children realize the importance of art and creativity from a young age, they can grow up to be more confident, more creative, and definitely more mature. Schools are the breeding grounds for future painters and movie makers, and these arts should be encouraged wholesomely in such an environment.\nSadly, many parents do not understand why art is important for children, and subconsciously force them to follow career paths that are common and conformist in nature. This is fair enough in its own way, because the world does need some standard blue collar and white collar jobs to continue its existence; but this is a choice that children should be allowed to make for themselves. The doors to creativity and expression must not be shut in their faces, even if it comes at a cost of making more money.\nTo put it more scientifically, here are some benefits of kids' art activities that give a suitable answer to the question \"Why is art important in schools?\"\n1.Exposure to art, music and drawings at an early age improves the amount of brain activity in children.\n2.It increases the span of knowledge in the minds of children, thus making them sharper and more educated.\n3.It builds up the levels of self-confidence, self-esteem , motivation, cooperation and communication in children.\n4.It helps children understand other people's opinions and points of view as well.\n5.It helps them sharpen their problem-solving skills, decision-making and gives them the possibility of really exploring their imaginations.\n\n<question>:\nWhat can be inferred from the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Arts and crafts lessons are very popular in schools.\nB Art is not paid enough attention to in schools now.\nC Art activities improve the amount of brain activity.\nD Art education builds up the levels of self-confidence.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEducation is another area where the presence of arts and crafts is more than welcome. If children realize the importance of art and creativity from a young age, they can grow up to be more confident, more creative, and definitely more mature. Schools are the breeding grounds for future painters and movie makers, and these arts should be encouraged wholesomely in such an environment.\nSadly, many parents do not understand why art is important for children, and subconsciously force them to follow career paths that are common and conformist in nature. This is fair enough in its own way, because the world does need some standard blue collar and white collar jobs to continue its existence; but this is a choice that children should be allowed to make for themselves. The doors to creativity and expression must not be shut in their faces, even if it comes at a cost of making more money.\nTo put it more scientifically, here are some benefits of kids' art activities that give a suitable answer to the question \"Why is art important in schools?\"\n1.Exposure to art, music and drawings at an early age improves the amount of brain activity in children.\n2.It increases the span of knowledge in the minds of children, thus making them sharper and more educated.\n3.It builds up the levels of self-confidence, self-esteem , motivation, cooperation and communication in children.\n4.It helps children understand other people's opinions and points of view as well.\n5.It helps them sharpen their problem-solving skills, decision-making and gives them the possibility of really exploring their imaginations.\n\n<question>:\nWhat would be the best title for the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Importance of Art in Schools.\nB Relation between Art and Creativity.\nC Importance of Education.\nD Future of Children.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nNo trip to Chicago is complete without a visit to the Art Institute, which is the second largest art museum in the nation.\nOpening hours:\nMon - Wed & Fri - Sun, 10:30 am - 5 pm; Thu, 10:30 am- 8 pm; closed on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.\nHighlights:\n* The Modern Wing contains contemporary masterpieces by Dali, Matisse, Miro, Picasso, Pollock, and Warhol.\n* View one of the world's finest Impressionist collections, including masterpieces by Monet, Degas, Renoir, Seurat, Gauguin, and Van Gogh.\n* Thorne Miniature Rooms offer a detailed view of European homes from the 16th century through the 1930s and American homes from the 17th century to 1940.\n* The past returns as over 550 works from 4,000 years of art come together in Of Gods and Glamour, located in the beautiful new Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art.\nAdvice for visitors:\n* Free guided tours are available daily at noon.\n* Free art-making activities are available for children each weekend from 11 am to 2 pm.\n* Visit the Family Room in the Ryan Education Center, open daily from 10:30 am - 5 pm, and introduce your child to the museum's collections with a variety of hands-on activities. Assemble puzzles based on masterpieces you'll see in the galleries, build architectural wonders with colorful blocks, and learn about art through stories and games at Curious Corner.\n* Check out the Lion's Trial tour for children ages 5-10. This tour is especially designed for the young people in your group! Don't miss it!\nGetting there:\nYou can take the follow buses: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 14, 26, 28, 126, 143.\n\n<question>:\nThe Art Institute of Chicago can be visited on _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Christmas Day\nB New Year's Day\nC Independence Day\nD Thanksgiving Day\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nNo trip to Chicago is complete without a visit to the Art Institute, which is the second largest art museum in the nation.\nOpening hours:\nMon - Wed & Fri - Sun, 10:30 am - 5 pm; Thu, 10:30 am- 8 pm; closed on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.\nHighlights:\n* The Modern Wing contains contemporary masterpieces by Dali, Matisse, Miro, Picasso, Pollock, and Warhol.\n* View one of the world's finest Impressionist collections, including masterpieces by Monet, Degas, Renoir, Seurat, Gauguin, and Van Gogh.\n* Thorne Miniature Rooms offer a detailed view of European homes from the 16th century through the 1930s and American homes from the 17th century to 1940.\n* The past returns as over 550 works from 4,000 years of art come together in Of Gods and Glamour, located in the beautiful new Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art.\nAdvice for visitors:\n* Free guided tours are available daily at noon.\n* Free art-making activities are available for children each weekend from 11 am to 2 pm.\n* Visit the Family Room in the Ryan Education Center, open daily from 10:30 am - 5 pm, and introduce your child to the museum's collections with a variety of hands-on activities. Assemble puzzles based on masterpieces you'll see in the galleries, build architectural wonders with colorful blocks, and learn about art through stories and games at Curious Corner.\n* Check out the Lion's Trial tour for children ages 5-10. This tour is especially designed for the young people in your group! Don't miss it!\nGetting there:\nYou can take the follow buses: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 14, 26, 28, 126, 143.\n\n<question>:\nWhose works can you see in the Impressionist collections?\n\n<options>:\nA Picasso's\nB Monet's\nC Pollock's\nD Warhol's\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nNo trip to Chicago is complete without a visit to the Art Institute, which is the second largest art museum in the nation.\nOpening hours:\nMon - Wed & Fri - Sun, 10:30 am - 5 pm; Thu, 10:30 am- 8 pm; closed on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.\nHighlights:\n* The Modern Wing contains contemporary masterpieces by Dali, Matisse, Miro, Picasso, Pollock, and Warhol.\n* View one of the world's finest Impressionist collections, including masterpieces by Monet, Degas, Renoir, Seurat, Gauguin, and Van Gogh.\n* Thorne Miniature Rooms offer a detailed view of European homes from the 16th century through the 1930s and American homes from the 17th century to 1940.\n* The past returns as over 550 works from 4,000 years of art come together in Of Gods and Glamour, located in the beautiful new Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art.\nAdvice for visitors:\n* Free guided tours are available daily at noon.\n* Free art-making activities are available for children each weekend from 11 am to 2 pm.\n* Visit the Family Room in the Ryan Education Center, open daily from 10:30 am - 5 pm, and introduce your child to the museum's collections with a variety of hands-on activities. Assemble puzzles based on masterpieces you'll see in the galleries, build architectural wonders with colorful blocks, and learn about art through stories and games at Curious Corner.\n* Check out the Lion's Trial tour for children ages 5-10. This tour is especially designed for the young people in your group! Don't miss it!\nGetting there:\nYou can take the follow buses: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 14, 26, 28, 126, 143.\n\n<question>:\nAt Curious Corner, children can _ .\n\n<options>:\nA take part in many hands-on activities\nB join the Lion's Trail tour\nC enjoy free art-making activities\nD get free guidance\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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. and Mrs. Gordon were sitting on the sand, reading their magazines. Mr. Gordon was too stingy to rent a chair. Their twelve-year-old daughter,Sandra, was playing at the water's edge. Suddenly a huge wave lifted Sandra up and carried her out to sea. Fortunately, a lifeguard was on duty and he saw the wave carry Sandra away. He ran along the beach and dived into the sea. He swam quickly to where the girl, with her head only just above the water, was shouting for help. She was very frightened. When the lifeguard reached her, she struggled with him, as drowning people often do. However, he was a skilful lifeguard and quickly took hold of her and swam with her back to the beach. By the time he reached it, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon had realized what had happened. They had run down to the water's edge. Neither of them could swim. They just stood in the shallow water, and worried about their daughter. Had the lifeguard reached her in time? Fortunately, he had. \"That was quick work,young man,\"Mr. Gordon said. He turned to his wife, \"Give the lifeguard a dollar.\" \"A dollar!\" Sandra cried. \"Dad,how can you give him a dollar! He saved my life. I was half dead.\" \"Quite right, girl\" Mr. Gordon said, pleased by his daughter's awareness of the value of money. He turned to his wife again and said, \"She's right. She was only half dead. Give him fifty cents. \"\n\n<question>:\nWhat happened to Sandra?\n\n<options>:\nA She ran into the sea.\nB Her life was saved by a lifeguard.\nC She was drowned.\nD She died.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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. and Mrs. Gordon were sitting on the sand, reading their magazines. Mr. Gordon was too stingy to rent a chair. Their twelve-year-old daughter,Sandra, was playing at the water's edge. Suddenly a huge wave lifted Sandra up and carried her out to sea. Fortunately, a lifeguard was on duty and he saw the wave carry Sandra away. He ran along the beach and dived into the sea. He swam quickly to where the girl, with her head only just above the water, was shouting for help. She was very frightened. When the lifeguard reached her, she struggled with him, as drowning people often do. However, he was a skilful lifeguard and quickly took hold of her and swam with her back to the beach. By the time he reached it, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon had realized what had happened. They had run down to the water's edge. Neither of them could swim. They just stood in the shallow water, and worried about their daughter. Had the lifeguard reached her in time? Fortunately, he had. \"That was quick work,young man,\"Mr. Gordon said. He turned to his wife, \"Give the lifeguard a dollar.\" \"A dollar!\" Sandra cried. \"Dad,how can you give him a dollar! He saved my life. I was half dead.\" \"Quite right, girl\" Mr. Gordon said, pleased by his daughter's awareness of the value of money. He turned to his wife again and said, \"She's right. She was only half dead. Give him fifty cents. \"\n\n<question>:\nWhat did Mr. and Mrs. Gordon do when Sandra was carried out to sea by the wave?\n\n<options>:\nA They shouted to the lifeguard.\nB They dived into the water.\nC Perhaps they were reading magazines.\nD They offered the lifeguard money to save Sandra.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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. and Mrs. Gordon were sitting on the sand, reading their magazines. Mr. Gordon was too stingy to rent a chair. Their twelve-year-old daughter,Sandra, was playing at the water's edge. Suddenly a huge wave lifted Sandra up and carried her out to sea. Fortunately, a lifeguard was on duty and he saw the wave carry Sandra away. He ran along the beach and dived into the sea. He swam quickly to where the girl, with her head only just above the water, was shouting for help. She was very frightened. When the lifeguard reached her, she struggled with him, as drowning people often do. However, he was a skilful lifeguard and quickly took hold of her and swam with her back to the beach. By the time he reached it, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon had realized what had happened. They had run down to the water's edge. Neither of them could swim. They just stood in the shallow water, and worried about their daughter. Had the lifeguard reached her in time? Fortunately, he had. \"That was quick work,young man,\"Mr. Gordon said. He turned to his wife, \"Give the lifeguard a dollar.\" \"A dollar!\" Sandra cried. \"Dad,how can you give him a dollar! He saved my life. I was half dead.\" \"Quite right, girl\" Mr. Gordon said, pleased by his daughter's awareness of the value of money. He turned to his wife again and said, \"She's right. She was only half dead. Give him fifty cents. \"\n\n<question>:\nWhy was Sandra angry with her father?\n\n<options>:\nA He did not give the lifeguard any money.\nB He did not swim out to save her.\nC He did not show the lifeguard hearty thankfulness.\nD He gave the lifeguard too much money.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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. and Mrs. Gordon were sitting on the sand, reading their magazines. Mr. Gordon was too stingy to rent a chair. Their twelve-year-old daughter,Sandra, was playing at the water's edge. Suddenly a huge wave lifted Sandra up and carried her out to sea. Fortunately, a lifeguard was on duty and he saw the wave carry Sandra away. He ran along the beach and dived into the sea. He swam quickly to where the girl, with her head only just above the water, was shouting for help. She was very frightened. When the lifeguard reached her, she struggled with him, as drowning people often do. However, he was a skilful lifeguard and quickly took hold of her and swam with her back to the beach. By the time he reached it, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon had realized what had happened. They had run down to the water's edge. Neither of them could swim. They just stood in the shallow water, and worried about their daughter. Had the lifeguard reached her in time? Fortunately, he had. \"That was quick work,young man,\"Mr. Gordon said. He turned to his wife, \"Give the lifeguard a dollar.\" \"A dollar!\" Sandra cried. \"Dad,how can you give him a dollar! He saved my life. I was half dead.\" \"Quite right, girl\" Mr. Gordon said, pleased by his daughter's awareness of the value of money. He turned to his wife again and said, \"She's right. She was only half dead. Give him fifty cents. \"\n\n<question>:\nWhy was Mr. Gordon pleased with her daughter?\n\n<options>:\nA She was safe again.\nB She was polite to the lifeguard.\nC He thought she did not want him to give the life-guard too much money.\nD She gave the lifeguard fifty cents.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 U.S. dad quit his job, giving up a massive salary, after his 10-year-old daughter gave him a 22-point list outlining all the events he missed so far during the year. As the CEO of the $2 trillion global investment fund PIMCO, Mohamed El-Erian shocked the finance industry when he quit in January.\nEl-Erian said it was about a year ago when he was repeatedly asking his daughter to brush her teeth, but she wasn't listening. When he asked her why, she responded with a list of 22 milestones he had missed: like the first day of school and the first soccer game of the season.\n\"And the school year wasn't yet over,\" El-Erian wrote. \"I felt awful and got defensive: I had a good excuse for each missed event! Travel, important meetings, and urgent phone call, sudden to-dos. But it dawned on me that I was missing an infinitely more important point. My work-life balance had gotten out of whack, and the imbalance was hurting my very special relationship with my daughter. I was not making enough time for her.\" El-Erian explained he was struggling with the same thing so many parents do--work-life balance.\nDads who are quitting their profit-making jobs to improve work-life balance is a subject that is getting more traction as some high-profile executive have recently written about their experiences.\nLast month, former MongoDB CEO Max Schireson wrote a blog post for Time about his decision to step down from the company's top job. He wrote that he struggled to make time for his three children because he was flying around half a million kilometres a year for work.\n\"I was not with my kids when our puppy was hit by a car, or when my son had an emergency surgery,\" Schireson wrote.\nOn an overnight flight to Texas he woke up in Arizona to discover the plane made an emergency landing and some traumatized crew members had to be replaced. He decided it was time to address his work-life balance.\nQuitting is something El-Erian and Schireson were financially able to do, but El-Erian recognizes most people don't have this luxury. He hopes companies will pay attention to improving work-life balance for their employees.\nEl-Erian now manages \"a portfolio of part-time jobs\" that don't require as much travel. He alternates mornings with his wife taking their daughter to school and he often picks her up from school.\n\"So far, it's been the right decision for me,\" he wrote. \"I'm so grateful that this is providing me greater opportunity to experience key moments in my daughter's life before they're all too quickly gone.\"\n\n<question>:\nEl-Erian resigned from PIMCO mainly because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA his daughter has been missing him badly\nB he was getting bored with the endless flights\nC he hoped to get his daughter to listen to her\nD he wanted to experience his daughter's milestones\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 U.S. dad quit his job, giving up a massive salary, after his 10-year-old daughter gave him a 22-point list outlining all the events he missed so far during the year. As the CEO of the $2 trillion global investment fund PIMCO, Mohamed El-Erian shocked the finance industry when he quit in January.\nEl-Erian said it was about a year ago when he was repeatedly asking his daughter to brush her teeth, but she wasn't listening. When he asked her why, she responded with a list of 22 milestones he had missed: like the first day of school and the first soccer game of the season.\n\"And the school year wasn't yet over,\" El-Erian wrote. \"I felt awful and got defensive: I had a good excuse for each missed event! Travel, important meetings, and urgent phone call, sudden to-dos. But it dawned on me that I was missing an infinitely more important point. My work-life balance had gotten out of whack, and the imbalance was hurting my very special relationship with my daughter. I was not making enough time for her.\" El-Erian explained he was struggling with the same thing so many parents do--work-life balance.\nDads who are quitting their profit-making jobs to improve work-life balance is a subject that is getting more traction as some high-profile executive have recently written about their experiences.\nLast month, former MongoDB CEO Max Schireson wrote a blog post for Time about his decision to step down from the company's top job. He wrote that he struggled to make time for his three children because he was flying around half a million kilometres a year for work.\n\"I was not with my kids when our puppy was hit by a car, or when my son had an emergency surgery,\" Schireson wrote.\nOn an overnight flight to Texas he woke up in Arizona to discover the plane made an emergency landing and some traumatized crew members had to be replaced. He decided it was time to address his work-life balance.\nQuitting is something El-Erian and Schireson were financially able to do, but El-Erian recognizes most people don't have this luxury. He hopes companies will pay attention to improving work-life balance for their employees.\nEl-Erian now manages \"a portfolio of part-time jobs\" that don't require as much travel. He alternates mornings with his wife taking their daughter to school and he often picks her up from school.\n\"So far, it's been the right decision for me,\" he wrote. \"I'm so grateful that this is providing me greater opportunity to experience key moments in my daughter's life before they're all too quickly gone.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhat do we know about El-Erian's life now?\n\n<options>:\nA He now takes part-time jobs, which don't involve any business travels.\nB He spends most of his day with his daughter.\nC He manages to take his responsibilities as a father.\nD He is now living an easy and relaxed life because he needn't go to work.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nA U.S. dad quit his job, giving up a massive salary, after his 10-year-old daughter gave him a 22-point list outlining all the events he missed so far during the year. As the CEO of the $2 trillion global investment fund PIMCO, Mohamed El-Erian shocked the finance industry when he quit in January.\nEl-Erian said it was about a year ago when he was repeatedly asking his daughter to brush her teeth, but she wasn't listening. When he asked her why, she responded with a list of 22 milestones he had missed: like the first day of school and the first soccer game of the season.\n\"And the school year wasn't yet over,\" El-Erian wrote. \"I felt awful and got defensive: I had a good excuse for each missed event! Travel, important meetings, and urgent phone call, sudden to-dos. But it dawned on me that I was missing an infinitely more important point. My work-life balance had gotten out of whack, and the imbalance was hurting my very special relationship with my daughter. I was not making enough time for her.\" El-Erian explained he was struggling with the same thing so many parents do--work-life balance.\nDads who are quitting their profit-making jobs to improve work-life balance is a subject that is getting more traction as some high-profile executive have recently written about their experiences.\nLast month, former MongoDB CEO Max Schireson wrote a blog post for Time about his decision to step down from the company's top job. He wrote that he struggled to make time for his three children because he was flying around half a million kilometres a year for work.\n\"I was not with my kids when our puppy was hit by a car, or when my son had an emergency surgery,\" Schireson wrote.\nOn an overnight flight to Texas he woke up in Arizona to discover the plane made an emergency landing and some traumatized crew members had to be replaced. He decided it was time to address his work-life balance.\nQuitting is something El-Erian and Schireson were financially able to do, but El-Erian recognizes most people don't have this luxury. He hopes companies will pay attention to improving work-life balance for their employees.\nEl-Erian now manages \"a portfolio of part-time jobs\" that don't require as much travel. He alternates mornings with his wife taking their daughter to school and he often picks her up from school.\n\"So far, it's been the right decision for me,\" he wrote. \"I'm so grateful that this is providing me greater opportunity to experience key moments in my daughter's life before they're all too quickly gone.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhat can be inferred from the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA It's never too late to see children grow up healthily.\nB Many working parents can balance their career and family life well.\nC CEOs are occupied with work and have no time for their family.\nD Parents' love can not be replaced by money or 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>:\nKong Zi , also called Confucius (551-479 B.C) , and Socrates (469-399 B. C) lived only a hundred years apart , and during their lifetimes there was no contact between China and Greece, but it is interesting to look at how the world that each of these great philosophers came from shaped their ideas , and how these ideas in turn ,shaped their societies.\nConfucius suggested the Golden Rule as a principle for the conduct of life:\" Do not do to others what you would not want others to do to you.\" He assumed that all men were equal at birth, though some bad more potential than others, and that it was knowledge that set men apart. Socrates focused on the individual, and thought that the greatest purpose of man was to seek wisdom. He believed that the superior class should rule the inferior classes.\nFor Socrates, the family was of no importance, and the community of little concern. For Confucius, however, the family was the centre of the society, with family relations considered much more important than political relations.\nBoth men are respected much more today than they were in their lifetimes.\n\n<question>:\nSocrates shared with Confucius the idea that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA all men were equal when they were born\nB the lower classes should be ruled by the upper class\nC the purpose of man was to seek freedom and wisdom\nD people should not ask others to do what they did not want to\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nKong Zi , also called Confucius (551-479 B.C) , and Socrates (469-399 B. C) lived only a hundred years apart , and during their lifetimes there was no contact between China and Greece, but it is interesting to look at how the world that each of these great philosophers came from shaped their ideas , and how these ideas in turn ,shaped their societies.\nConfucius suggested the Golden Rule as a principle for the conduct of life:\" Do not do to others what you would not want others to do to you.\" He assumed that all men were equal at birth, though some bad more potential than others, and that it was knowledge that set men apart. Socrates focused on the individual, and thought that the greatest purpose of man was to seek wisdom. He believed that the superior class should rule the inferior classes.\nFor Socrates, the family was of no importance, and the community of little concern. For Confucius, however, the family was the centre of the society, with family relations considered much more important than political relations.\nBoth men are respected much more today than they were in their lifetimes.\n\n<question>:\nWhat made some people different from others according to Confucius?\n\n<options>:\nA Family.\nB Potential .\nC Knowledge.\nD Community.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nWhen I was a boy I always wanted to be a cowboy. I remember my Mom worrying about me getting sick from the heat in the summer, because I wore a thick blue sweater all the time. No respectable cowboy, however, would wear short sleeves so I sweated while I played.\nOne day my parents gave me a bb gun. It looked just like a gun that all the cowboys used in the movies. I spent hours each day during those summer months shooting at stumps and pretending to be John Wayne (film actor who played tough heroes). As I was coming into the house one afternoon, though, I tried it one time too many. The gun that I thought was empty let out a soft pop and a bullet flew across the room and parted the hair of my Dad who was asleep on the couch. My Dad took one look at the bb hole a half inch above his head, walked over to me, took my gun, walked outside, and calmly broke it in half.\nI didn't cry too much over this. I knew how close I had come to hurting my Dad with my stupidity. I didn't expect to ever get another bb gun either. That is why I was so surprised when my Dad bought me another one the next year. I guess he thought I had wised up enough to know how to use it this time. I never put a single bb in the new gun, but in my imagination John Wayne rode again.\nI eventually outgrew my cowboy stage, but I never did outgrow my appreciation for my Father's forgiveness. He showed me that even when I messed up in the worse way I was still loved. He gave me another chance and let me know that I was forgiven whether I deserved it or not. He shared with me some of the unconditional love and forgiveness. May we always embrace and share that love and forgiveness as well.\n\n<question>:\nThe author wore a thick blue sweater because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA he was easy to get sick\nB he wanted to be like a cowboy\nC he hoped to be respected by cowboys\nD he didn't want his mother to worry about 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>:\nWhen I was a boy I always wanted to be a cowboy. I remember my Mom worrying about me getting sick from the heat in the summer, because I wore a thick blue sweater all the time. No respectable cowboy, however, would wear short sleeves so I sweated while I played.\nOne day my parents gave me a bb gun. It looked just like a gun that all the cowboys used in the movies. I spent hours each day during those summer months shooting at stumps and pretending to be John Wayne (film actor who played tough heroes). As I was coming into the house one afternoon, though, I tried it one time too many. The gun that I thought was empty let out a soft pop and a bullet flew across the room and parted the hair of my Dad who was asleep on the couch. My Dad took one look at the bb hole a half inch above his head, walked over to me, took my gun, walked outside, and calmly broke it in half.\nI didn't cry too much over this. I knew how close I had come to hurting my Dad with my stupidity. I didn't expect to ever get another bb gun either. That is why I was so surprised when my Dad bought me another one the next year. I guess he thought I had wised up enough to know how to use it this time. I never put a single bb in the new gun, but in my imagination John Wayne rode again.\nI eventually outgrew my cowboy stage, but I never did outgrow my appreciation for my Father's forgiveness. He showed me that even when I messed up in the worse way I was still loved. He gave me another chance and let me know that I was forgiven whether I deserved it or not. He shared with me some of the unconditional love and forgiveness. May we always embrace and share that love and forgiveness as well.\n\n<question>:\nHow did the author feel when he received the first bb gun?\n\n<options>:\nA Doubtful.\nB Surprised.\nC Regretful.\nD Overjoyed.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nWhen I was a boy I always wanted to be a cowboy. I remember my Mom worrying about me getting sick from the heat in the summer, because I wore a thick blue sweater all the time. No respectable cowboy, however, would wear short sleeves so I sweated while I played.\nOne day my parents gave me a bb gun. It looked just like a gun that all the cowboys used in the movies. I spent hours each day during those summer months shooting at stumps and pretending to be John Wayne (film actor who played tough heroes). As I was coming into the house one afternoon, though, I tried it one time too many. The gun that I thought was empty let out a soft pop and a bullet flew across the room and parted the hair of my Dad who was asleep on the couch. My Dad took one look at the bb hole a half inch above his head, walked over to me, took my gun, walked outside, and calmly broke it in half.\nI didn't cry too much over this. I knew how close I had come to hurting my Dad with my stupidity. I didn't expect to ever get another bb gun either. That is why I was so surprised when my Dad bought me another one the next year. I guess he thought I had wised up enough to know how to use it this time. I never put a single bb in the new gun, but in my imagination John Wayne rode again.\nI eventually outgrew my cowboy stage, but I never did outgrow my appreciation for my Father's forgiveness. He showed me that even when I messed up in the worse way I was still loved. He gave me another chance and let me know that I was forgiven whether I deserved it or not. He shared with me some of the unconditional love and forgiveness. May we always embrace and share that love and forgiveness as well.\n\n<question>:\nThe author didn't cry because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA he understood his mistake\nB his father didn't scold him\nC his father was not hurt after all\nD he didn't expect to get another bb gun\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nWhen I was a boy I always wanted to be a cowboy. I remember my Mom worrying about me getting sick from the heat in the summer, because I wore a thick blue sweater all the time. No respectable cowboy, however, would wear short sleeves so I sweated while I played.\nOne day my parents gave me a bb gun. It looked just like a gun that all the cowboys used in the movies. I spent hours each day during those summer months shooting at stumps and pretending to be John Wayne (film actor who played tough heroes). As I was coming into the house one afternoon, though, I tried it one time too many. The gun that I thought was empty let out a soft pop and a bullet flew across the room and parted the hair of my Dad who was asleep on the couch. My Dad took one look at the bb hole a half inch above his head, walked over to me, took my gun, walked outside, and calmly broke it in half.\nI didn't cry too much over this. I knew how close I had come to hurting my Dad with my stupidity. I didn't expect to ever get another bb gun either. That is why I was so surprised when my Dad bought me another one the next year. I guess he thought I had wised up enough to know how to use it this time. I never put a single bb in the new gun, but in my imagination John Wayne rode again.\nI eventually outgrew my cowboy stage, but I never did outgrow my appreciation for my Father's forgiveness. He showed me that even when I messed up in the worse way I was still loved. He gave me another chance and let me know that I was forgiven whether I deserved it or not. He shared with me some of the unconditional love and forgiveness. May we always embrace and share that love and forgiveness as well.\n\n<question>:\nAfter Dad bought him another bb gun, the author _ .\n\n<options>:\nA forgot how to use it\nB was excited to use it\nC felt thankful for his father\nD had lost interest in cowboys\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nWhen I was a boy I always wanted to be a cowboy. I remember my Mom worrying about me getting sick from the heat in the summer, because I wore a thick blue sweater all the time. No respectable cowboy, however, would wear short sleeves so I sweated while I played.\nOne day my parents gave me a bb gun. It looked just like a gun that all the cowboys used in the movies. I spent hours each day during those summer months shooting at stumps and pretending to be John Wayne (film actor who played tough heroes). As I was coming into the house one afternoon, though, I tried it one time too many. The gun that I thought was empty let out a soft pop and a bullet flew across the room and parted the hair of my Dad who was asleep on the couch. My Dad took one look at the bb hole a half inch above his head, walked over to me, took my gun, walked outside, and calmly broke it in half.\nI didn't cry too much over this. I knew how close I had come to hurting my Dad with my stupidity. I didn't expect to ever get another bb gun either. That is why I was so surprised when my Dad bought me another one the next year. I guess he thought I had wised up enough to know how to use it this time. I never put a single bb in the new gun, but in my imagination John Wayne rode again.\nI eventually outgrew my cowboy stage, but I never did outgrow my appreciation for my Father's forgiveness. He showed me that even when I messed up in the worse way I was still loved. He gave me another chance and let me know that I was forgiven whether I deserved it or not. He shared with me some of the unconditional love and forgiveness. May we always embrace and share that love and forgiveness as well.\n\n<question>:\nWhat might be the most suitable title for the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA A New BB Gun\nB A Father's forgiveness\nC A Cowboy's Experience\nD The Mistake of a Naughty Boy\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nBetty and Harold have been married for years. But one thing still puzzles old Harold. How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa, talking, go out to a ball game, come back three and a half hours later, and they're still sitting on the sofa, talking?\nWhat in the world, Harold wonders, do they have to talk about?\nBetty shrugs . Talk? We're friends.\nResearching this matter called friendship, psychologist Lilian Rubin spent two hundred women and men. No matter what their age, their jobs, their sex, the results were completely clear: women have more friendships than men, and the difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is \"marked and unmistakable\".\nMore than two-thirds of the single men Rubin interviewed could not name a best friend. Those who could were likely to name a woman. Yet three-quarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend, most trusted person, or the one they would turn to in time of emotional distress . \"Most women,\" says Rubin, \"identified at least one, usually more, trusted friends to whom they could turn in a troubled moment, and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives.\"\n\"In general,\" writes Rubin in her new book, \"women's friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support, but men's relationships are marked by shared activities. \"For the most part, Rubin says, interactions between men are emotionally controlled - a good fit with the social requirements of \"manly behavior\".\n\"Even when a man is said to be a best friend,\" Rubin writes, \"the two share little about their innermost feelings. Whereas a woman's closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage, it wasn't unusual to hear a man say he didn't know his friend's marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared on night asking if he could sleep on the sofa.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhat old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband\nB women have so much to share\nC women show little interest in ball games\nD he finds his wife difficult to talk to\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nBetty and Harold have been married for years. But one thing still puzzles old Harold. How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa, talking, go out to a ball game, come back three and a half hours later, and they're still sitting on the sofa, talking?\nWhat in the world, Harold wonders, do they have to talk about?\nBetty shrugs . Talk? We're friends.\nResearching this matter called friendship, psychologist Lilian Rubin spent two hundred women and men. No matter what their age, their jobs, their sex, the results were completely clear: women have more friendships than men, and the difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is \"marked and unmistakable\".\nMore than two-thirds of the single men Rubin interviewed could not name a best friend. Those who could were likely to name a woman. Yet three-quarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend, most trusted person, or the one they would turn to in time of emotional distress . \"Most women,\" says Rubin, \"identified at least one, usually more, trusted friends to whom they could turn in a troubled moment, and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives.\"\n\"In general,\" writes Rubin in her new book, \"women's friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support, but men's relationships are marked by shared activities. \"For the most part, Rubin says, interactions between men are emotionally controlled - a good fit with the social requirements of \"manly behavior\".\n\"Even when a man is said to be a best friend,\" Rubin writes, \"the two share little about their innermost feelings. Whereas a woman's closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage, it wasn't unusual to hear a man say he didn't know his friend's marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared on night asking if he could sleep on the sofa.\"\n\n<question>:\nRubin's study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA a male friend\nB a female friend\nC her parents\nD her husband\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nBetty and Harold have been married for years. But one thing still puzzles old Harold. How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa, talking, go out to a ball game, come back three and a half hours later, and they're still sitting on the sofa, talking?\nWhat in the world, Harold wonders, do they have to talk about?\nBetty shrugs . Talk? We're friends.\nResearching this matter called friendship, psychologist Lilian Rubin spent two hundred women and men. No matter what their age, their jobs, their sex, the results were completely clear: women have more friendships than men, and the difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is \"marked and unmistakable\".\nMore than two-thirds of the single men Rubin interviewed could not name a best friend. Those who could were likely to name a woman. Yet three-quarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend, most trusted person, or the one they would turn to in time of emotional distress . \"Most women,\" says Rubin, \"identified at least one, usually more, trusted friends to whom they could turn in a troubled moment, and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives.\"\n\"In general,\" writes Rubin in her new book, \"women's friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support, but men's relationships are marked by shared activities. \"For the most part, Rubin says, interactions between men are emotionally controlled - a good fit with the social requirements of \"manly behavior\".\n\"Even when a man is said to be a best friend,\" Rubin writes, \"the two share little about their innermost feelings. Whereas a woman's closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage, it wasn't unusual to hear a man say he didn't know his friend's marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared on night asking if he could sleep on the sofa.\"\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the text, which type of behavior is NOT expected of a man by society?\n\n<options>:\nA Ending his marriage without good reason.\nB Spending too much time with his friends.\nC Complaining about his marriage trouble.\nD Going out to ball games too often.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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