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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nCHICAGO (Reuters) - Smoking not only can wrinkle the face and turn it yellow -- it can do the same to the whole body, researchers reported on Monday.\nThe study, published in the Archives of Dermatology, shows that smoking affects the skin all over the body -- even skin protected from the sun.\n\"We examined non-facial skin that was protected from the sun, and found that the total number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day and the total years a person has smoked were linked with the amount of skin damage a person experienced,\" Dr. Yolanda Helfrich of the University of Michigan, who led the study, said in a statement.\n\"In participants older than 65 years, smokers had significantly more fine wrinkling than nonsmokers. Similar findings were seen in participants aged 45 to 65 years,\" Helfrich's team added in their report.\nThe researchers tested 82 people, smokers and nonsmokers, taking pictures of the inner right arms. They ranged in age from 22 to 91 and half were smokers. Independent judges decided how wrinkled each person's skin was.\nWhen skin is exposed to sunlight, notably the face, it becomes coarse, wrinkled and discolored with a pale yellow tint, Helfrich's team wrote.\nSeveral previous studies have found that cigarette smoking contributes to premature skin aging as measured by facial wrinkles, the study said, but little has been done to measure the aging of skin not exposed to light.\nThe report did not discuss the mechanism involved but previous research has found that cigarette smoke, among other things, causes blood vessels beneath the skin to constrict , reducing blood supply to the skin.\nSmoking can also damage the connective tissue that supports both the skin and the internal organs.\n\n<question>:\nThe best title for this passage would be _ .\n\n<options>:\nA The danger of smoking\nB Smoking causes skin aging\nC Quit smoking for health\nD A survey of smokers\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nCHICAGO (Reuters) - Smoking not only can wrinkle the face and turn it yellow -- it can do the same to the whole body, researchers reported on Monday.\nThe study, published in the Archives of Dermatology, shows that smoking affects the skin all over the body -- even skin protected from the sun.\n\"We examined non-facial skin that was protected from the sun, and found that the total number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day and the total years a person has smoked were linked with the amount of skin damage a person experienced,\" Dr. Yolanda Helfrich of the University of Michigan, who led the study, said in a statement.\n\"In participants older than 65 years, smokers had significantly more fine wrinkling than nonsmokers. Similar findings were seen in participants aged 45 to 65 years,\" Helfrich's team added in their report.\nThe researchers tested 82 people, smokers and nonsmokers, taking pictures of the inner right arms. They ranged in age from 22 to 91 and half were smokers. Independent judges decided how wrinkled each person's skin was.\nWhen skin is exposed to sunlight, notably the face, it becomes coarse, wrinkled and discolored with a pale yellow tint, Helfrich's team wrote.\nSeveral previous studies have found that cigarette smoking contributes to premature skin aging as measured by facial wrinkles, the study said, but little has been done to measure the aging of skin not exposed to light.\nThe report did not discuss the mechanism involved but previous research has found that cigarette smoke, among other things, causes blood vessels beneath the skin to constrict , reducing blood supply to the skin.\nSmoking can also damage the connective tissue that supports both the skin and the internal organs.\n\n<question>:\nIt can be inferred from the study _ .\n\n<options>:\nA smoking won't make skin protected from the sun\nB smoking will do damage to skin rather than other organs\nC smokers over 65 usually won't worry about their skin\nD the age of smokers is not connected with the result of the test\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nCHICAGO (Reuters) - Smoking not only can wrinkle the face and turn it yellow -- it can do the same to the whole body, researchers reported on Monday.\nThe study, published in the Archives of Dermatology, shows that smoking affects the skin all over the body -- even skin protected from the sun.\n\"We examined non-facial skin that was protected from the sun, and found that the total number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day and the total years a person has smoked were linked with the amount of skin damage a person experienced,\" Dr. Yolanda Helfrich of the University of Michigan, who led the study, said in a statement.\n\"In participants older than 65 years, smokers had significantly more fine wrinkling than nonsmokers. Similar findings were seen in participants aged 45 to 65 years,\" Helfrich's team added in their report.\nThe researchers tested 82 people, smokers and nonsmokers, taking pictures of the inner right arms. They ranged in age from 22 to 91 and half were smokers. Independent judges decided how wrinkled each person's skin was.\nWhen skin is exposed to sunlight, notably the face, it becomes coarse, wrinkled and discolored with a pale yellow tint, Helfrich's team wrote.\nSeveral previous studies have found that cigarette smoking contributes to premature skin aging as measured by facial wrinkles, the study said, but little has been done to measure the aging of skin not exposed to light.\nThe report did not discuss the mechanism involved but previous research has found that cigarette smoke, among other things, causes blood vessels beneath the skin to constrict , reducing blood supply to the skin.\nSmoking can also damage the connective tissue that supports both the skin and the internal organs.\n\n<question>:\nFrom the passage smoking results in skin aging mainly because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA it will lower blood supply to skin\nB it can make you feel tired\nC it can make skin come off\nD it can make blood run faster\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nCHICAGO (Reuters) - Smoking not only can wrinkle the face and turn it yellow -- it can do the same to the whole body, researchers reported on Monday.\nThe study, published in the Archives of Dermatology, shows that smoking affects the skin all over the body -- even skin protected from the sun.\n\"We examined non-facial skin that was protected from the sun, and found that the total number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day and the total years a person has smoked were linked with the amount of skin damage a person experienced,\" Dr. Yolanda Helfrich of the University of Michigan, who led the study, said in a statement.\n\"In participants older than 65 years, smokers had significantly more fine wrinkling than nonsmokers. Similar findings were seen in participants aged 45 to 65 years,\" Helfrich's team added in their report.\nThe researchers tested 82 people, smokers and nonsmokers, taking pictures of the inner right arms. They ranged in age from 22 to 91 and half were smokers. Independent judges decided how wrinkled each person's skin was.\nWhen skin is exposed to sunlight, notably the face, it becomes coarse, wrinkled and discolored with a pale yellow tint, Helfrich's team wrote.\nSeveral previous studies have found that cigarette smoking contributes to premature skin aging as measured by facial wrinkles, the study said, but little has been done to measure the aging of skin not exposed to light.\nThe report did not discuss the mechanism involved but previous research has found that cigarette smoke, among other things, causes blood vessels beneath the skin to constrict , reducing blood supply to the skin.\nSmoking can also damage the connective tissue that supports both the skin and the internal organs.\n\n<question>:\nThe main purpose of the passage is to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA inform people about the result of the study\nB advise people how to protect skin\nC warn people not to smoke again\nD introduce a new way of avoiding skin aging\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nIn the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about aggression in other animal. This sometimes happens with humans also. But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people. I see it every day when people hold doors for me, pour cream into my coffee, or help me to put on my coat. And I have discovered that it makes them happy.\nFrom my wheelchair experience, I see the best in people, bur sometimes I feel sad because those who appear independent miss the kindness I see daily. They don't get to see this soft side of others often. We try every way possible to avoid showing our weakness, which includes a lot of pretending. But only when we stop pretending we're brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness that's in them.\nLast month, when I was driving home on a busy highway, I began to feel unwell and drove more slowly than usual. People behind me began to get impatient and angry, with some speeding up alongside me, horning or even shouting at me. At the moment I decided to do something I had never done in twenty four years of driving. I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low speed.\nNo more angry shouts and no more horns!\nWhen I put on my flashlights, I was saying to other drivers, \"I have a problem here. I am weak and doing the best I can.\" And everyone understood. Several times, I saw drivers who wanted to pass. They couldn't get around me because of the stream of passing traffic. But instead of getting impatient and angry, they waited, knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak.\nSometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we don't feel that way. But those are few and far between. More often, it would be better if we don't pretend we feel strong when we feel weak or pretend that we are brave when we are scared.\n\n<question>:\nThe author has discovered that people will feel happy when _ .\n\n<options>:\nA they offer their help\nB they receive others' help\nC they feel others' kindness\nD they show their weakness\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nIn the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about aggression in other animal. This sometimes happens with humans also. But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people. I see it every day when people hold doors for me, pour cream into my coffee, or help me to put on my coat. And I have discovered that it makes them happy.\nFrom my wheelchair experience, I see the best in people, bur sometimes I feel sad because those who appear independent miss the kindness I see daily. They don't get to see this soft side of others often. We try every way possible to avoid showing our weakness, which includes a lot of pretending. But only when we stop pretending we're brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness that's in them.\nLast month, when I was driving home on a busy highway, I began to feel unwell and drove more slowly than usual. People behind me began to get impatient and angry, with some speeding up alongside me, horning or even shouting at me. At the moment I decided to do something I had never done in twenty four years of driving. I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low speed.\nNo more angry shouts and no more horns!\nWhen I put on my flashlights, I was saying to other drivers, \"I have a problem here. I am weak and doing the best I can.\" And everyone understood. Several times, I saw drivers who wanted to pass. They couldn't get around me because of the stream of passing traffic. But instead of getting impatient and angry, they waited, knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak.\nSometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we don't feel that way. But those are few and far between. More often, it would be better if we don't pretend we feel strong when we feel weak or pretend that we are brave when we are scared.\n\n<question>:\nThe author feels sad sometimes because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA he has a soft heart\nB he relies much on others\nC some people pretend to be kind\nD some people fail to see the kindness in 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>:\nIn the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about aggression in other animal. This sometimes happens with humans also. But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people. I see it every day when people hold doors for me, pour cream into my coffee, or help me to put on my coat. And I have discovered that it makes them happy.\nFrom my wheelchair experience, I see the best in people, bur sometimes I feel sad because those who appear independent miss the kindness I see daily. They don't get to see this soft side of others often. We try every way possible to avoid showing our weakness, which includes a lot of pretending. But only when we stop pretending we're brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness that's in them.\nLast month, when I was driving home on a busy highway, I began to feel unwell and drove more slowly than usual. People behind me began to get impatient and angry, with some speeding up alongside me, horning or even shouting at me. At the moment I decided to do something I had never done in twenty four years of driving. I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low speed.\nNo more angry shouts and no more horns!\nWhen I put on my flashlights, I was saying to other drivers, \"I have a problem here. I am weak and doing the best I can.\" And everyone understood. Several times, I saw drivers who wanted to pass. They couldn't get around me because of the stream of passing traffic. But instead of getting impatient and angry, they waited, knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak.\nSometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we don't feel that way. But those are few and far between. More often, it would be better if we don't pretend we feel strong when we feel weak or pretend that we are brave when we are scared.\n\n<question>:\nWhat did the other drivers do when they saw the flashlights?\n\n<options>:\nA They speed up to pass.\nB They waited with patience.\nC They tried their best to help.\nD They put on their flashlights too.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nIn the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about aggression in other animal. This sometimes happens with humans also. But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people. I see it every day when people hold doors for me, pour cream into my coffee, or help me to put on my coat. And I have discovered that it makes them happy.\nFrom my wheelchair experience, I see the best in people, bur sometimes I feel sad because those who appear independent miss the kindness I see daily. They don't get to see this soft side of others often. We try every way possible to avoid showing our weakness, which includes a lot of pretending. But only when we stop pretending we're brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness that's in them.\nLast month, when I was driving home on a busy highway, I began to feel unwell and drove more slowly than usual. People behind me began to get impatient and angry, with some speeding up alongside me, horning or even shouting at me. At the moment I decided to do something I had never done in twenty four years of driving. I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low speed.\nNo more angry shouts and no more horns!\nWhen I put on my flashlights, I was saying to other drivers, \"I have a problem here. I am weak and doing the best I can.\" And everyone understood. Several times, I saw drivers who wanted to pass. They couldn't get around me because of the stream of passing traffic. But instead of getting impatient and angry, they waited, knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak.\nSometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we don't feel that way. But those are few and far between. More often, it would be better if we don't pretend we feel strong when we feel weak or pretend that we are brave when we are scared.\n\n<question>:\nIn this passage, the author advises us to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA handle problems by ourselves\nB accept help from others\nC admit our weakness\nD show our bravery\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nIn the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about aggression in other animal. This sometimes happens with humans also. But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people. I see it every day when people hold doors for me, pour cream into my coffee, or help me to put on my coat. And I have discovered that it makes them happy.\nFrom my wheelchair experience, I see the best in people, bur sometimes I feel sad because those who appear independent miss the kindness I see daily. They don't get to see this soft side of others often. We try every way possible to avoid showing our weakness, which includes a lot of pretending. But only when we stop pretending we're brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness that's in them.\nLast month, when I was driving home on a busy highway, I began to feel unwell and drove more slowly than usual. People behind me began to get impatient and angry, with some speeding up alongside me, horning or even shouting at me. At the moment I decided to do something I had never done in twenty four years of driving. I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low speed.\nNo more angry shouts and no more horns!\nWhen I put on my flashlights, I was saying to other drivers, \"I have a problem here. I am weak and doing the best I can.\" And everyone understood. Several times, I saw drivers who wanted to pass. They couldn't get around me because of the stream of passing traffic. But instead of getting impatient and angry, they waited, knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak.\nSometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we don't feel that way. But those are few and far between. More often, it would be better if we don't pretend we feel strong when we feel weak or pretend that we are brave when we are scared.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is the best title for the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA A Wheelchair Experience.\nB Weakness and Kindness.\nC Weakness and Strength\nD A Driving 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>:\nMr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape route -- through the boot .\nMr. Johnson's car had finished up in a ditch at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank.\"Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly\", he said. \"I couldn't force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.\"\nMr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other drivers by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape.\nLater he said, \"It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to open the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately trying to make someone hear, but no help came.\"\nIt took ten minutes to open the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a tool and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by.\"It was the only chance I had. _ , but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and climbed out of my car as it filled up.\"\nHis hands and arm cut and bruised, Mr.Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer's wife, Mrs.Lucy Bates. Covered with a blanket, he said,\"That thirty minutes seemed like hours.\"\"Only the tips of the car wheels were visible,\"police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.\"\n\n<question>:\nIt can be inferred from the passage that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditch\nB the accident happened on a clear warm day\nC the ditch was along a remote country road\nD Mr. Johnson had a tender wife and was well attended\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape route -- through the boot .\nMr. Johnson's car had finished up in a ditch at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank.\"Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly\", he said. \"I couldn't force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.\"\nMr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other drivers by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape.\nLater he said, \"It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to open the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately trying to make someone hear, but no help came.\"\nIt took ten minutes to open the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a tool and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by.\"It was the only chance I had. _ , but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and climbed out of my car as it filled up.\"\nHis hands and arm cut and bruised, Mr.Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer's wife, Mrs.Lucy Bates. Covered with a blanket, he said,\"That thirty minutes seemed like hours.\"\"Only the tips of the car wheels were visible,\"police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following statements is True according to the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Mr. Johnson's car stood on its boot as it fell down.\nB Mr. Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam.\nC Mr. Johnson struggled in the mud as he opened the back seat.\nD Mr. Johnson's car accident was partly due to the icy road.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape route -- through the boot .\nMr. Johnson's car had finished up in a ditch at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank.\"Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly\", he said. \"I couldn't force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.\"\nMr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other drivers by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape.\nLater he said, \"It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to open the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately trying to make someone hear, but no help came.\"\nIt took ten minutes to open the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a tool and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by.\"It was the only chance I had. _ , but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and climbed out of my car as it filled up.\"\nHis hands and arm cut and bruised, Mr.Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer's wife, Mrs.Lucy Bates. Covered with a blanket, he said,\"That thirty minutes seemed like hours.\"\"Only the tips of the car wheels were visible,\"police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhat would be the best title for this passage?\n\n<options>:\nA The story of Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman\nB Car boot can serve as the best escape route\nC The driver survived a terrible car accident\nD The driver escaped through the car boot\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nGU Zhaodi, 60, had taken water for granted for years. In fact, no one in the beautiful lake city of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province had bothered to spare a thought on water.\nBut all that changed dramatically overnight last month when taps in the city ran dry. Due to a blue-green algae outbreak in Taihu Lake, China's third largest freshwater lake and the source of drinking water for 4 million Wuxi residents ,water from the city's taps became dark and smelly.\n\"I can't believe there is no water for drinking, let alone cooking and washing,\"said Gu.\nThe lake was blanketed with the algae, giving off a strong smell of rotting meat. A stone thrown into it took a long time to sink. Experts said that algae usually boom because of hot water and rich chemicals like phosphor in the water.\n\"High temperature and a lack of rain in the past few months helped the growth of algae,\"said Zhang Lijun, an official from the State Environment Protection Administration. \"However, pollution from human activity should be most blamed for the disaster.\"\nTaihu Lake is surrounded by many small factories, which _ in the 1980s.Inthe 1990s,many foreign-funded companies joined in. The industries prospered ,Wuxi has grown into one of the wealthiest cities in East China.\nBut that came at the price of pollution. The lake was treated like a waste dump ,with factories emptying industrial waste and untreated sewage into it.\nAlthough, after the government's effort, life in the city has gone back to normal, the one-week crisis rang a bell for the government and local people.\"It's time to rebuild the beauty of nature, or our lives will be at risk,\"said Gu.\n\"A safe environment comes first. Economic growth will be nothing without fresh water to drink and clean air to breathe.\" said China Daily.\n\n<question>:\nThe following can not help the blue green algae grow _\n\n<options>:\nA high water temperature\nB rich chemicals in the water\nC a lack of rain\nD plentiful water and sunshine\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nGU Zhaodi, 60, had taken water for granted for years. In fact, no one in the beautiful lake city of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province had bothered to spare a thought on water.\nBut all that changed dramatically overnight last month when taps in the city ran dry. Due to a blue-green algae outbreak in Taihu Lake, China's third largest freshwater lake and the source of drinking water for 4 million Wuxi residents ,water from the city's taps became dark and smelly.\n\"I can't believe there is no water for drinking, let alone cooking and washing,\"said Gu.\nThe lake was blanketed with the algae, giving off a strong smell of rotting meat. A stone thrown into it took a long time to sink. Experts said that algae usually boom because of hot water and rich chemicals like phosphor in the water.\n\"High temperature and a lack of rain in the past few months helped the growth of algae,\"said Zhang Lijun, an official from the State Environment Protection Administration. \"However, pollution from human activity should be most blamed for the disaster.\"\nTaihu Lake is surrounded by many small factories, which _ in the 1980s.Inthe 1990s,many foreign-funded companies joined in. The industries prospered ,Wuxi has grown into one of the wealthiest cities in East China.\nBut that came at the price of pollution. The lake was treated like a waste dump ,with factories emptying industrial waste and untreated sewage into it.\nAlthough, after the government's effort, life in the city has gone back to normal, the one-week crisis rang a bell for the government and local people.\"It's time to rebuild the beauty of nature, or our lives will be at risk,\"said Gu.\n\"A safe environment comes first. Economic growth will be nothing without fresh water to drink and clean air to breathe.\" said China Daily.\n\n<question>:\nWhat can we learn from the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA The one-week disaster has made the local people realize the importance of building a beautiful city.\nB It is human activity rather than the algae that is to blame for the water pollution.\nC Only when the environment is safe and friendly can man live a better and healthier life.\nD Environment should be taken into consideration first if a city plans to develop its economic.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nGU Zhaodi, 60, had taken water for granted for years. In fact, no one in the beautiful lake city of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province had bothered to spare a thought on water.\nBut all that changed dramatically overnight last month when taps in the city ran dry. Due to a blue-green algae outbreak in Taihu Lake, China's third largest freshwater lake and the source of drinking water for 4 million Wuxi residents ,water from the city's taps became dark and smelly.\n\"I can't believe there is no water for drinking, let alone cooking and washing,\"said Gu.\nThe lake was blanketed with the algae, giving off a strong smell of rotting meat. A stone thrown into it took a long time to sink. Experts said that algae usually boom because of hot water and rich chemicals like phosphor in the water.\n\"High temperature and a lack of rain in the past few months helped the growth of algae,\"said Zhang Lijun, an official from the State Environment Protection Administration. \"However, pollution from human activity should be most blamed for the disaster.\"\nTaihu Lake is surrounded by many small factories, which _ in the 1980s.Inthe 1990s,many foreign-funded companies joined in. The industries prospered ,Wuxi has grown into one of the wealthiest cities in East China.\nBut that came at the price of pollution. The lake was treated like a waste dump ,with factories emptying industrial waste and untreated sewage into it.\nAlthough, after the government's effort, life in the city has gone back to normal, the one-week crisis rang a bell for the government and local people.\"It's time to rebuild the beauty of nature, or our lives will be at risk,\"said Gu.\n\"A safe environment comes first. Economic growth will be nothing without fresh water to drink and clean air to breathe.\" said China Daily.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage ,Taihu Lake _\n\n<options>:\nA is the third largest lake in China.\nB is surrounded by many foreign-funded factories and companies.\nC used to be a waste dump.\nD suffered from industrial waste,untreated sewage and algae.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nConflict is on the menu tonight at the cafe La Chope. This evening, as on every Thursday night, psychologist Maud Lehanne is leading two of France's favorite pastimes, coffee drinking and the \"talking cure\". Here they are learning to get in touch with their true feelings. It isn't always easy. They customers-some thirty Parisians who pay just under $2 (plus drinks) per session-care quick to intellectualize ,slow to open up and connect. \"You are forbidden to say 'one feels,' or 'people think',\"Lehane told them. \"Say 'I think,' 'Think me'.\"\nA cafe society where no intellectualizing is allowed? It couldn't seem more un-French. But Lehanne's psychology cafe is about more than knowing oneself: It's trying to help the city's troubled neighborhood cafes. Over the years, Parisian cafes have fallen victim to changes in the French lifestyle-longer working hours, a fast food boom and a younger generation's desire to spend more time at home. Dozens of new theme cafes appear to change the situation. Cafes focused around psychology, history, and engineering are catching on, filling tables well into the evening.\nThe city's \"psychology cafes\",which offer great comfort,are among the most popular places.Middle-aged homemakers,retirees,and the unemployed come to such cafes to talk about love,anger,and dreams with a psychologist.And they come to Lehanne's group just to learn to say what they feel.\"There's a strong need in Paris for communication,\"says Maurice Frisch,a cafe La Chope regular who works as a religious instructor in a nearby church.\"People have few real friends.And they need to open up.\"Lehanne says she'd like to see psychology cafes all over France.\"If people had normal lives,these cafes wouldn't exist,\"she says.\"If life weren't a battle,people wouldn't need a special place just to speak.\"But then,it wouldn't be France.\n\n<question>:\nWhat are people encouraged to do at the cafe La Chope?\n\n<options>:\nA Learn a new subject\nB Keep in touch with friends.\nC Show off their knowledge.\nD Express their true feelings.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nAmerican researchers have discovered that human brains and sleep patterns are confused by devices that give out bright lights. Electronics, such as laptops, mislead our minds into thinking that it is still daytime, preventing sleep and increasing the risk of _ .\nSleep experts say human's natural body clock begins to rest and relax from the day between 9 and 10 pm but the use of computers confuses it.\nA person's brain biologically becomes awake when the sun is out because bright light after dark causes the brain to stop producing the hormone called melatonin that makes us sleepy.\nResearchers say blue light from devices such as iPads, which is expected to become a popular reading tool when it comes out later this month, is particularly disruptive during the night when the brain thinks it should be dark.\nExperts say a good book is a far better way of resting the brain and ensuring a good night's sleep because the bedside lamp light doesn't affect the brain as it does not look straight into a person's eyes.\n\"Potentially, yes, if you're using an iPad or a laptop close to bedtime... that light can be stimulating to the brain to make it more awake and delay your ability to sleep,\" Phyllis Zee, a professor at Northwestern University and director of the school's Centre for Sleep & Circadian Biology, told CNN.\n\"And I think more importantly, it could also be enough to affect your circadian rhythm. This is the clock in your brain that determines when you sleep and when you wake up. \"\nAlon Avidan, associate director of the Sleep Disorders Center at the University of California Los Angeles, added, \"I wish people would just take a boring book -- an oldfashioned book -- and read by a lamp.\"\n\n<question>:\nThe bedside lamp light doesn't affect the brain because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA it doesn't give out blue light\nB it's not as bright as your laptop\nC it doesn't enter your eyes directly\nD it is adjustable\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nAmerican researchers have discovered that human brains and sleep patterns are confused by devices that give out bright lights. Electronics, such as laptops, mislead our minds into thinking that it is still daytime, preventing sleep and increasing the risk of _ .\nSleep experts say human's natural body clock begins to rest and relax from the day between 9 and 10 pm but the use of computers confuses it.\nA person's brain biologically becomes awake when the sun is out because bright light after dark causes the brain to stop producing the hormone called melatonin that makes us sleepy.\nResearchers say blue light from devices such as iPads, which is expected to become a popular reading tool when it comes out later this month, is particularly disruptive during the night when the brain thinks it should be dark.\nExperts say a good book is a far better way of resting the brain and ensuring a good night's sleep because the bedside lamp light doesn't affect the brain as it does not look straight into a person's eyes.\n\"Potentially, yes, if you're using an iPad or a laptop close to bedtime... that light can be stimulating to the brain to make it more awake and delay your ability to sleep,\" Phyllis Zee, a professor at Northwestern University and director of the school's Centre for Sleep & Circadian Biology, told CNN.\n\"And I think more importantly, it could also be enough to affect your circadian rhythm. This is the clock in your brain that determines when you sleep and when you wake up. \"\nAlon Avidan, associate director of the Sleep Disorders Center at the University of California Los Angeles, added, \"I wish people would just take a boring book -- an oldfashioned book -- and read by a lamp.\"\n\n<question>:\nWe can conclude from the passage that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA one who uses his laptop often before bedtime can have his body clock disturbed\nB using a laptop before bedtime is more harmful than using an iPad\nC we'd better not do anything before going to bed\nD the best time to go to bed is before 9 pm\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nSpeaking and Reading\n In learning a foreign language, one should first pay attention to speaking. It is the groundwork of reading and writing. You'd better try your best to speak. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. While you are doing this, a good exercise is to write --keep a diary, write notes or letters and so on. Many mistakes in your speaking will be easily found when you write. Through correcting the mistakes, you can do better in learning a language.\n If you are slow in speaking, don't worry. One of the helpful ways is to improve your English by reading, either aloud or low to yourself. The important thing is to choose something interesting to read. It mustn't be too difficult for. When you are reading in this way, don't stop to look up the words if you can guess their meaning of if they are not important to the sentence. You can do that some other time.\n\n<question>:\nWhich is the groundwork while you are learning a foreign language?\n\n<options>:\nA Spelling\nB Speaking\nC Reading\nD Writing\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nSpeaking and Reading\n In learning a foreign language, one should first pay attention to speaking. It is the groundwork of reading and writing. You'd better try your best to speak. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. While you are doing this, a good exercise is to write --keep a diary, write notes or letters and so on. Many mistakes in your speaking will be easily found when you write. Through correcting the mistakes, you can do better in learning a language.\n If you are slow in speaking, don't worry. One of the helpful ways is to improve your English by reading, either aloud or low to yourself. The important thing is to choose something interesting to read. It mustn't be too difficult for. When you are reading in this way, don't stop to look up the words if you can guess their meaning of if they are not important to the sentence. You can do that some other time.\n\n<question>:\nThe best way to learn through mistakes is _ .\n\n<options>:\nA to keep a diary and write notes or letters and so on\nB to try your best to speak\nC to pay attention to speaking\nD to keep on correcting mistakes in speaking\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nSpeaking and Reading\n In learning a foreign language, one should first pay attention to speaking. It is the groundwork of reading and writing. You'd better try your best to speak. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. While you are doing this, a good exercise is to write --keep a diary, write notes or letters and so on. Many mistakes in your speaking will be easily found when you write. Through correcting the mistakes, you can do better in learning a language.\n If you are slow in speaking, don't worry. One of the helpful ways is to improve your English by reading, either aloud or low to yourself. The important thing is to choose something interesting to read. It mustn't be too difficult for. When you are reading in this way, don't stop to look up the words if you can guess their meaning of if they are not important to the sentence. You can do that some other time.\n\n<question>:\nWhen you write, you will _ .\n\n<options>:\nA learn how to speak\nB do better in your pronunciation\nC remember what you have said\nD easily find the mistakes in your speaking\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nSpeaking and Reading\n In learning a foreign language, one should first pay attention to speaking. It is the groundwork of reading and writing. You'd better try your best to speak. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. While you are doing this, a good exercise is to write --keep a diary, write notes or letters and so on. Many mistakes in your speaking will be easily found when you write. Through correcting the mistakes, you can do better in learning a language.\n If you are slow in speaking, don't worry. One of the helpful ways is to improve your English by reading, either aloud or low to yourself. The important thing is to choose something interesting to read. It mustn't be too difficult for. When you are reading in this way, don't stop to look up the words if you can guess their meaning of if they are not important to the sentence. You can do that some other time.\n\n<question>:\nWhen you find some new words in reading, you'd better not _ .\n\n<options>:\nA guess their meaning first\nB go on reading if they are not important\nC stop to look them up in the dictionary\nD keep on reading if you can't guess their meanings\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 Paul was a boy growing up in Utah, he happened to live near a copper smelter ,and the chemicals that poured out had made a wasteland out of what used to be a beautiful forest. One day a young visitor looked at this wasteland and called it an awful area. Paul knocked him down. From then on, something happened inside him.\nYears later Paul was back in the area, and he went to the smelter office. He asked if they had any plans or if they would let him try to bring the trees back. The answer from that big industry was \"No\".\nPaul then went to college to study the science of plants. Unfortunately, his teachers said there weren't any birds or squirrels to spread the seeds. It would be a waste of his life to try to do it. Everyone knew that, he was told. Even if he was knowledgeable as he had expected, he wouldn't get his idea accepted.\nPaul later got married and had some kids. But his dream would not die. And then one night he did what he could with what he had. As Samuel Johnson wrote, \"It is common to overlook what is near by keeping the eye fixed on something remote. Attainable good is often ignored by minds busied in wide ranges.\" Under the cover of darkness, he went secretly into the wasteland and started planting.\nAnd every week, he made his secret journey into the wasteland and planted trees and grass. For fifteen years he did this against _ . Slowly rabbits appeared. Later, as there was legal pressure to clean up the environment, the company actually hired Paul to do what he was already doing.\nNow the place is fourteen thousand acres of trees and grass and bushes, and Paul has received almost every environmental award Utah has. It took him until his hair turned white, but he managed to keep that impossible vow he made to himself as a child.\n\n<question>:\nWhen Paul was a boy, _ .\n\n<options>:\nA he had decided never to leave his hometown\nB the economy of Utah depended wholly on the copper smelter\nC no laws were made to protect the environment against pollution\nD he had determined to stop the copper smelter polluting the area\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 Paul was a boy growing up in Utah, he happened to live near a copper smelter ,and the chemicals that poured out had made a wasteland out of what used to be a beautiful forest. One day a young visitor looked at this wasteland and called it an awful area. Paul knocked him down. From then on, something happened inside him.\nYears later Paul was back in the area, and he went to the smelter office. He asked if they had any plans or if they would let him try to bring the trees back. The answer from that big industry was \"No\".\nPaul then went to college to study the science of plants. Unfortunately, his teachers said there weren't any birds or squirrels to spread the seeds. It would be a waste of his life to try to do it. Everyone knew that, he was told. Even if he was knowledgeable as he had expected, he wouldn't get his idea accepted.\nPaul later got married and had some kids. But his dream would not die. And then one night he did what he could with what he had. As Samuel Johnson wrote, \"It is common to overlook what is near by keeping the eye fixed on something remote. Attainable good is often ignored by minds busied in wide ranges.\" Under the cover of darkness, he went secretly into the wasteland and started planting.\nAnd every week, he made his secret journey into the wasteland and planted trees and grass. For fifteen years he did this against _ . Slowly rabbits appeared. Later, as there was legal pressure to clean up the environment, the company actually hired Paul to do what he was already doing.\nNow the place is fourteen thousand acres of trees and grass and bushes, and Paul has received almost every environmental award Utah has. It took him until his hair turned white, but he managed to keep that impossible vow he made to himself as a child.\n\n<question>:\nWhy did Paul go to college to study the science of plants?\n\n<options>:\nA Because he wanted to find out the best way to save the area himself.\nB Because he was interested in planting trees since he was young.\nC Because he wanted to get more knowledgeable people to help him.\nD Because he thought his knowledge would make his advice more persuasive.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 Paul was a boy growing up in Utah, he happened to live near a copper smelter ,and the chemicals that poured out had made a wasteland out of what used to be a beautiful forest. One day a young visitor looked at this wasteland and called it an awful area. Paul knocked him down. From then on, something happened inside him.\nYears later Paul was back in the area, and he went to the smelter office. He asked if they had any plans or if they would let him try to bring the trees back. The answer from that big industry was \"No\".\nPaul then went to college to study the science of plants. Unfortunately, his teachers said there weren't any birds or squirrels to spread the seeds. It would be a waste of his life to try to do it. Everyone knew that, he was told. Even if he was knowledgeable as he had expected, he wouldn't get his idea accepted.\nPaul later got married and had some kids. But his dream would not die. And then one night he did what he could with what he had. As Samuel Johnson wrote, \"It is common to overlook what is near by keeping the eye fixed on something remote. Attainable good is often ignored by minds busied in wide ranges.\" Under the cover of darkness, he went secretly into the wasteland and started planting.\nAnd every week, he made his secret journey into the wasteland and planted trees and grass. For fifteen years he did this against _ . Slowly rabbits appeared. Later, as there was legal pressure to clean up the environment, the company actually hired Paul to do what he was already doing.\nNow the place is fourteen thousand acres of trees and grass and bushes, and Paul has received almost every environmental award Utah has. It took him until his hair turned white, but he managed to keep that impossible vow he made to himself as a child.\n\n<question>:\nThe message of the passage is that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA action speaks louder than words\nB perseverance will work wonders\nC God helps those who help themselves\nD many hands make light 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>:\nI'm a blind teenager girl, but I am ashamed of it if it is known. I refuse to use a white stick and hate asking for help, and I couldn't bear people to look at me and think I am not like them. I must be a terrible danger on the roads. Coming across me wandering through the traffic, motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there are all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work.\nOne evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something. \"I'm awfully sorry,\" I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn't stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived.\nGenerally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.\nBut on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; it seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.\n\n<question>:\nThe girl is unwilling to use a stick or ask for help because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA she thinks she might be cheated\nB asking for help will cost her money\nC she is normal and independent\nD she can't stand being found different from 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>:\nI'm a blind teenager girl, but I am ashamed of it if it is known. I refuse to use a white stick and hate asking for help, and I couldn't bear people to look at me and think I am not like them. I must be a terrible danger on the roads. Coming across me wandering through the traffic, motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there are all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work.\nOne evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something. \"I'm awfully sorry,\" I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn't stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived.\nGenerally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.\nBut on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; it seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage, after the girl got off the bus that evening, she _ .\n\n<options>:\nA began to run away\nB knocked down a person as usual\nC hit a lamppost by accident\nD made several apologies to an old man\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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'm a blind teenager girl, but I am ashamed of it if it is known. I refuse to use a white stick and hate asking for help, and I couldn't bear people to look at me and think I am not like them. I must be a terrible danger on the roads. Coming across me wandering through the traffic, motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there are all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work.\nOne evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something. \"I'm awfully sorry,\" I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn't stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived.\nGenerally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.\nBut on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; it seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.\n\n<question>:\nWhat was the problem with guessing at the sound to stop a bus?\n\n<options>:\nA All cars have exactly the same sound.\nB No bus would stop to pick up a blind girl.\nC Some lorries may have the same sound as that of the bus.\nD It took long for the girl to recognize the sound of a bus.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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'm a blind teenager girl, but I am ashamed of it if it is known. I refuse to use a white stick and hate asking for help, and I couldn't bear people to look at me and think I am not like them. I must be a terrible danger on the roads. Coming across me wandering through the traffic, motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there are all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work.\nOne evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something. \"I'm awfully sorry,\" I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn't stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived.\nGenerally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.\nBut on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; it seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.\n\n<question>:\nAt last the girl decided to walk to the next stop, hoping _\n\n<options>:\nA to find people there\nB to hear more buses there\nC to find the bus by herself there\nD to hear his parents waiting for her\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nGet a reward for every bug you bring to live in new science museum exhibit.\nIn a city with trillions of American cockroaches , the Houston Museum of Natural Science has agreed to pay a quarter per bug-up to 1,000-as it seeks to populate a new insect exhibit alongside its Cockrell Butterfly Center.\nNancy Greig, the museum's director insists the public payday for roaches isn't just a marketing ploy .\n\"Absolutely, this wasn't devised as a joke,\" Greig said. \"We needed more roaches for the exhibit, so I sent this message out to everyone in the museum asking people to bring them in. Well, someone decided to tell the press, and all hell has broken loose.\"\n\"But we really do need cockroaches.\"\n\"One might be forgiven for never considering how to catch a live cockroach. But it's simple enough to fool them,\" Greig said, \"and even easier to catch them.\" American cockroaches are the most common kind in Texas, measuring up to 2 inches long and invading homes.\nDespite their less-than-attractive reputation, cockroaches actually aren't that dirty. Greig even went so far as to call them \"fastidious\" saying they don't enjoy rooting in waste. They're only dirty if, say, they used a sewer line to gain access into a home.\nThe roaches collected by the museum will become part of a display in a new exhibit that showcases insects such as cockroaches, dung beetles and termites.\nThere's more to like about roaches, too. They don't bite, and they don't carry diseases like a mosquito, so they're generally safe to handle.\n\n<question>:\nFor what does the museum pay for cockroaches?\n\n<options>:\nA For a marketing ploy.\nB It's devised to make fun.\nC People really need them.\nD For a new exhibit.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nGet a reward for every bug you bring to live in new science museum exhibit.\nIn a city with trillions of American cockroaches , the Houston Museum of Natural Science has agreed to pay a quarter per bug-up to 1,000-as it seeks to populate a new insect exhibit alongside its Cockrell Butterfly Center.\nNancy Greig, the museum's director insists the public payday for roaches isn't just a marketing ploy .\n\"Absolutely, this wasn't devised as a joke,\" Greig said. \"We needed more roaches for the exhibit, so I sent this message out to everyone in the museum asking people to bring them in. Well, someone decided to tell the press, and all hell has broken loose.\"\n\"But we really do need cockroaches.\"\n\"One might be forgiven for never considering how to catch a live cockroach. But it's simple enough to fool them,\" Greig said, \"and even easier to catch them.\" American cockroaches are the most common kind in Texas, measuring up to 2 inches long and invading homes.\nDespite their less-than-attractive reputation, cockroaches actually aren't that dirty. Greig even went so far as to call them \"fastidious\" saying they don't enjoy rooting in waste. They're only dirty if, say, they used a sewer line to gain access into a home.\nThe roaches collected by the museum will become part of a display in a new exhibit that showcases insects such as cockroaches, dung beetles and termites.\nThere's more to like about roaches, too. They don't bite, and they don't carry diseases like a mosquito, so they're generally safe to handle.\n\n<question>:\nWhat do we know about American roaches?\n\n<options>:\nA It's not easy for people in Houston to collect roaches.\nB They all measure 2 inches and are often found in homes\nC They don't bite and they are free of disease.\nD We have reasons to like them.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nGet a reward for every bug you bring to live in new science museum exhibit.\nIn a city with trillions of American cockroaches , the Houston Museum of Natural Science has agreed to pay a quarter per bug-up to 1,000-as it seeks to populate a new insect exhibit alongside its Cockrell Butterfly Center.\nNancy Greig, the museum's director insists the public payday for roaches isn't just a marketing ploy .\n\"Absolutely, this wasn't devised as a joke,\" Greig said. \"We needed more roaches for the exhibit, so I sent this message out to everyone in the museum asking people to bring them in. Well, someone decided to tell the press, and all hell has broken loose.\"\n\"But we really do need cockroaches.\"\n\"One might be forgiven for never considering how to catch a live cockroach. But it's simple enough to fool them,\" Greig said, \"and even easier to catch them.\" American cockroaches are the most common kind in Texas, measuring up to 2 inches long and invading homes.\nDespite their less-than-attractive reputation, cockroaches actually aren't that dirty. Greig even went so far as to call them \"fastidious\" saying they don't enjoy rooting in waste. They're only dirty if, say, they used a sewer line to gain access into a home.\nThe roaches collected by the museum will become part of a display in a new exhibit that showcases insects such as cockroaches, dung beetles and termites.\nThere's more to like about roaches, too. They don't bite, and they don't carry diseases like a mosquito, so they're generally safe to handle.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following can serve as the best title for the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA The Houston Museum of Natural Science\nB A new exhibit\nC Quarters for cockroaches\nD A cockroach is lovely\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\n\" Culture consists of all shared products of human society\" ( Robertson, 1981). This means not only such material things as cities, organizations and schools, but also non-material things such as ideas, customs, family patterns, languages. Putting it simply, culture refers to the entire way of life of a society, \"the ways of a people\".\n Language is a part of culture and plays a very important role in it. Some social scientists consider it the keystone of culture. Without language, the maintaining of culture would not be possible. On the other hand, language is influenced and shaped by culture, it reflects culture. In the broadest sense, language is the symbolic representation of a people, and it comprises their historical and cultural backgrounds, as well as their approach to life and their ways of living and thinking.\n We should not go further into the relationship between language and culture. What needs to be stressed here is that the two interact, and that understanding of one requires understanding of the other.\n Social scientists tell us that cultures differ from one another, that each culture is unique. As cultures are diverse, so languages are diverse. It is only natural then that with differences in cultures and differences in languages, difficulties often arise in communicating between cultures and across cultures. Understanding is not always easy.\n Learning a foreign language well means more than merely mastering the pronunciation, grammar, words and idioms. It means learning also to see the world as native speakers of that language see it, learning the ways in which their language reflects the ideas, customs, and behaviors of their society, learning to understand their \"language of the mind\". Learning a language, in fact, is inseparable from learning its culture.\n\n<question>:\nThere will be no difficulty in communication if _ .\n\n<options>:\nA .people from different countries can speak each other ' s languages\nB people from different countries can know each other ' s cultures\nC people from different countries can know each other ' s languages and cultures\nD there were no difference between the two cultures\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nYou hear a rumor from a friend,who heard it from another friend,who read it on a note passed in math class,which was written by somebody who probably just made it up.Chances are rumors are always spreading around your school.Sometimes it can be very hurtful.But why do people still do so?\nWhen people are feeling bad about themselves,they sometimes think they'll feel better if there were someone worse off than they are.It's okey being near the bottom,as long as they're not actually on the bottom.The easiest way for them to make sure someone else is on the bottom is to make up a rumor that puts him or her there.\nIf everybody else is spreading rumors,you might feel you have to do the same thing in order to fit in.Unfortunately,the person who the gossip or rumor is about is usually let out of the group for the same reason that you're let into it.\nWhen you know a secret that nobody knows,or are the first person in your group to hear a rumor,it can make you the center of attention.A rumor or piece of gossip is sometimes like money;telling it to people is like buying their attention. _ You probably know at least one person who wishes to be the leader,and make all the decisions.One way they do this is by reducing the status of another person.Spreading rumors and gossip is one way people reduce another person's status.\nSometimes a period when everyone is happy and getting along just seems kind of dull.Spreading rumors might get two people to start a fight,and that would make life a little more exciting.All those newspapers and TV shows full of gossip about famous people are proving that rumors are a popular form of entertainment.\n\n<question>:\nThe passage is mainly about _ .\n\n<options>:\nA what rumors mean\nB how hurtful a rumor is\nC how people spread rumors\nD why people spread rumors\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 respected scientists agree that we need to find another source of energy- and quickly. If we continue to burn oil and pump carbon into the atmosphere, then the effects on global climate will lead to global disasters even before the oil disappear.\nThe British government has set a target of a 20 percent reduction in carbon emission by 2010. Central to this policy is the search for alternative, renewable forms of energy production---and this is where the serious disagreement among scientists begins.\nHere, two people active in the debate about wind farms give their points of view.\nSimon Shearman\n\"First, a few facts about wind power. Wind is one of the cheapest of the new, renewable forms of energy. It is extremely safe---no member of the public has ever been injured at a wind farm. The shallow waters around Britain are the windiest in Europe---ideal locations for wind farms and, by 2010, up to ten percent of the electricity used in the UK could be produced by wind power. I find it annoying and frustrating that the biggest objection that opponents of wind farms can come up with is that the crisis of global warming is real and something must be done urgently.\"\nAlice Evans\n\"The simple, obvious fact is that wind turbines cannot generate electricity if the wind is too light or too strong and it often is. Many scientists estimate that wind turbines generally produce only 30 percent of their capacity . This is not a reliable enough supply to enable us to close down conventional power stations. In fact, wind power can't keep up with the growth of the demand for electricity, let alone replace other sources of power.\"\nIt's a topic that is causing heated debate around the country---but one we must address before it's too late---before the oil runs out.\n\n<question>:\nMany scientists have different opinions on the search for a renewable energy because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA they think fossil fuels are everlasting.\nB British government's target is not realistic.\nC they are not sure in finding the clean and renewable energy.\nD the technology is not advanced enough.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 respected scientists agree that we need to find another source of energy- and quickly. If we continue to burn oil and pump carbon into the atmosphere, then the effects on global climate will lead to global disasters even before the oil disappear.\nThe British government has set a target of a 20 percent reduction in carbon emission by 2010. Central to this policy is the search for alternative, renewable forms of energy production---and this is where the serious disagreement among scientists begins.\nHere, two people active in the debate about wind farms give their points of view.\nSimon Shearman\n\"First, a few facts about wind power. Wind is one of the cheapest of the new, renewable forms of energy. It is extremely safe---no member of the public has ever been injured at a wind farm. The shallow waters around Britain are the windiest in Europe---ideal locations for wind farms and, by 2010, up to ten percent of the electricity used in the UK could be produced by wind power. I find it annoying and frustrating that the biggest objection that opponents of wind farms can come up with is that the crisis of global warming is real and something must be done urgently.\"\nAlice Evans\n\"The simple, obvious fact is that wind turbines cannot generate electricity if the wind is too light or too strong and it often is. Many scientists estimate that wind turbines generally produce only 30 percent of their capacity . This is not a reliable enough supply to enable us to close down conventional power stations. In fact, wind power can't keep up with the growth of the demand for electricity, let alone replace other sources of power.\"\nIt's a topic that is causing heated debate around the country---but one we must address before it's too late---before the oil runs out.\n\n<question>:\nWe can learn from the passage that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA there won't be a global disaster before the world runs out of oil.\nB the British government wants people to use 20 percent less oil by 2010.\nC Alice Evans supports the idea of wind power.\nD Simon Shearman thinks Britain a particularly suitable place for wind farms.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nAn extinct mountain goat that was once common in the Pyrenees became the first animal to be brought back from extinction. Researchers used frozen DNA to produce a clone, but the newborn kid died within minutes of birth due to breathing difficulties.\nThe Pyrenean ibex is a type of mountain goat,which is believed to have died out completely in 2000. Before the death of the last known individual(a13-year-old female known as Celia), biologists took cells from her skin and ears. An earlier cloning attempt to use the skin cells failed. But the latest attempt involved the creation of 439 cloned embryos. Of these cloned embryos, 57 were put into the female domestic goats, but only one goat gave birth and the newborn cloned kid died after seven minutes as a result of lung disease.\nResearchers say that other cloned animals, including sheep, have been born with similar lung disease, but they say that overall the experiment was a major step forward in the effort to bring the ibex back to its mountain home. The leading researcher Jose Folch says, \"the cloned kid was genetically like the ibex;in species such as the ibex,cloning is the only possibility to avoid its complete disappearance.\"\nThe failure to produce a living clone from DNA that was frozen only a decade ago shows the difficulty researchers would face in trying to bring back species that have been extinct for decades or centuries. Researchers have had the idea of bringing back the Tasmanian tiger, which went extinct in 1936. There are, however, other species that have been seriously suggested for cloning,such as the giant panda, the African bongo antelope, the Sumatran tiger and the pygmy hippo. Supporters believe cloning provides hope of keeping these endangered animals alive before they die out.\n\n<question>:\nWhat do we know about the cloned ibex?\n\n<options>:\nA It died of lung disease.\nB It was the first cloned animal in the world.\nC It lived for thirteen years.\nD It was born in 2000.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 very strict officer was talking to some new soldiers whom he had to train. He had never seen them before, so began, \"My name is Stone, and I'm even harder than stone, so do what I tell you or there'll be trouble. Don't try any tricks with me, and then we'll get on well together.\"\nThen he went to each soldier one after the other and asked him his name, \"Speak loudly so that everyone can hear you clearly,\" he said, \"and don't forget to call me 'sir'.\"\nEach soldier told him name, until he came to the last one. This man remained silent, and so Captain Stone shouted at him, \" when I ask you a question, answer it! I'll ask you again: What's your name, soldier?\"\nThe soldier was very unhappy, but at last he replied, \"My name's Stonebreaker, sir,\" he said nervously .\n\n<question>:\n51. The officer was strict _ .\n\n<options>:\nA because the soldiers were new.\nB with any of his soldiers, new or old.\nC because he was named Stone.\nD only when he was before soldiers.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 very strict officer was talking to some new soldiers whom he had to train. He had never seen them before, so began, \"My name is Stone, and I'm even harder than stone, so do what I tell you or there'll be trouble. Don't try any tricks with me, and then we'll get on well together.\"\nThen he went to each soldier one after the other and asked him his name, \"Speak loudly so that everyone can hear you clearly,\" he said, \"and don't forget to call me 'sir'.\"\nEach soldier told him name, until he came to the last one. This man remained silent, and so Captain Stone shouted at him, \" when I ask you a question, answer it! I'll ask you again: What's your name, soldier?\"\nThe soldier was very unhappy, but at last he replied, \"My name's Stonebreaker, sir,\" he said nervously .\n\n<question>:\n53. The last soldier remained silent because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA he didn't like the way the officer spoke to them.\nB he wanted to see what would happen if he disobeyed his order.\nC the question was difficult for him to answer.\nD he was afraid the officer would be angry when he heard his name.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nIn English everything is the other way round. On Sundays, on the Continent even the poorest person puts on his best suit, tries to look respectable, and at the same time the life of the country becomes gay and cheerful; in England even the richest lord or motor-manufacturer dresses in some peculiar rags, does not shave, and the country becomes dull and sad. On the Continent there is one subject which should be avoided---the weather; in England, if you do not repeat the sentence \"Lovely day, isn't it?\" at least two hundred times a day, you are considered a bit dull. On the Continent people use a fork as though a fork were a shovel; in England they turn it upside down and push everything---including peas---on top it.\n On a Continental bus approaching a request stop, the conductor rings the bell if he wants his bus to go on without stopping; in England you ring the bell if you want the bus to stop; On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table.\n On the continent almost every nation whether little or great has openly declared at one time or another that it is superior to all other nations; the English fight heroic wars to combat these dangerous ideas without ever mentioning which is really the most superior race in the world. Continental people are sensitive and touchy; The English take everything with a sense of humor---they are only offended if you tell them that they have no sense of humor. On the Continent the population consists of a small percentage of criminals, a small percentage of honest people and the rest are a vague transition between the two; in England you find a small percentage of criminals and the rest are honest people. On the other hand, people on the Continent either tell you the truth or lie; in England they hardly ever lie, but they would not dream of telling you the truth.\n Many continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.\n\n<question>:\nThe first sentence \"In England everything is the other way round\" means that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the English intend to live a life quite different from that of the Continentals.\nB the social customs of the English are quite different from those of the Continentals.\nC nothing in England is different from things on the Continent.\nD in England all the things are round, not flat.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nIn English everything is the other way round. On Sundays, on the Continent even the poorest person puts on his best suit, tries to look respectable, and at the same time the life of the country becomes gay and cheerful; in England even the richest lord or motor-manufacturer dresses in some peculiar rags, does not shave, and the country becomes dull and sad. On the Continent there is one subject which should be avoided---the weather; in England, if you do not repeat the sentence \"Lovely day, isn't it?\" at least two hundred times a day, you are considered a bit dull. On the Continent people use a fork as though a fork were a shovel; in England they turn it upside down and push everything---including peas---on top it.\n On a Continental bus approaching a request stop, the conductor rings the bell if he wants his bus to go on without stopping; in England you ring the bell if you want the bus to stop; On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table.\n On the continent almost every nation whether little or great has openly declared at one time or another that it is superior to all other nations; the English fight heroic wars to combat these dangerous ideas without ever mentioning which is really the most superior race in the world. Continental people are sensitive and touchy; The English take everything with a sense of humor---they are only offended if you tell them that they have no sense of humor. On the Continent the population consists of a small percentage of criminals, a small percentage of honest people and the rest are a vague transition between the two; in England you find a small percentage of criminals and the rest are honest people. On the other hand, people on the Continent either tell you the truth or lie; in England they hardly ever lie, but they would not dream of telling you the truth.\n Many continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.\n\n<question>:\nWhich is NOT the characteristic of the English?\n\n<options>:\nA They often talk about the weather when they meet.\nB They wear rags on Sundays.\nC They have a strong sense of humor.\nD They pay more attention to food than to table manners.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nAnimals are more like us than we ever imagined. They feel pain, they experience stress, they show affection, excitement and love. All these findings have been made by scientists in recent years and such results are beginning to change how we view animals.\nStrangely enough, some of this research was sponsored by fast food companies like McDonald's and KFC. Pressured by animal rights groups, these companies felt they had to fund scientists researching the emotional and mental states of animals.\nMcDonald's, for instance, funded studies on pig behavior at Purdue University, Indiana. This research found that pigs seek affection and easily become depressed if left alone or prevented from playing with each other. If they become depressed, they soon become physically ill. Because of this, and other similar studies, the European Union has banned the use of isolating pig stalls from 2010. In Germany, the government is encouraging pig farmers to give each pig 20 seconds of human contact a day, and to provide them with toys to prevent them from fighting.\nOther scientists have shown that animals think and behave like humans. Koko, the 300-pound gorilla at the Gorilla Foundation in Northern California, for instance, has been taught sign language. Koko can now understand several thousand English words, more than many humans who speak English as a second language. On human IQ tests, she scores between 70and 95.\nBefore such experiments, humans thought language skills were absent from the animal kingdom. Other myths are also being overturned, like the belief that animals lack self-awareness. Studies have also shown that animals mourn their dead, and that they play for pleasure.\nThese striking similarities between animal and human behavior have led some to ask a question:\" If you believe in evolution, how can't you believe that animals have feelings that human beings have?\"\nUntil recently, scientists believed that animals behaved by instinct and that what appeared to be learned behavior was merely genetically-programmed activity. But as Koko, the gorilla shows, this is not the case. In fact, learning is passed from parents to offspring far more often than not in the animal kingdom.\nSo what implications does this knowledge have for humans? Because of this, should we ban hunting and animal testing? Should we close zoos? Such questions are being raised by many academics and politicians. Harvard and 25 other American law schools have introduced courses on animal rights. Germany, meanwhile, recently guaranteed animal rights in its constitution-the first country to do so.\n\n<question>:\nThe research on pigs at Purdue University shows that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA pigs love being alone\nB pigs easily become physically ill\nC pigs need affection\nD pigs don't like to play with each other\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEvery pet owner loves his pet .There is no argument here.\nBut when we asked our readers whether they would clone their beloved animals , the responses were split almost down the middle . Of the 228 readers who answered it ,108 would clone, 111 would not and nine weighed each side without offering an opinion .\nClearly, from readers' response, this is an issue that reaches deeply into both the joy and eventual sadness of owning a pet. It speaks, as well, to people's widely differing expectations over the developing scientific procedure \nMost of the readers who favored the idea strongly believed it would produce at least a close copy of the original; many felt the process would actually return an exact copy. Those on the other side, however, held little hope that clone could truly recreate a pet; many simply did not wish to go against the natural law of life and death.\nBoth sides expressed equal love for their animals. More of them owned \"the best dog/cat in the world\". They thought of their pets as their \"best friend\" or \"a member of the family\". They told moving stories of pets' heroism, intelligence and selfless devotion.\nNo wonder the loss is so disturbing---and the cloning so attractive. \"People become very close to their animals, and the loss can be just as hard to bear as when a friend or family member dies,\" says Gary Kowalski, author of goodbye, Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet. \"For me, cloning feels like an attempt to turn death away...It's understandable. Death is always painful. It's difficult to deal with. It's hard to accept.\"\nBut would cloning reduce the blow? This question seems to be at the heart of this problem.\n\n<question>:\nAs far as the cloning of pets is concerned, a recent survey shows that, of all pet owners, _ .\n\n<options>:\nA a lot more of them are for it\nB a lot more of them are against it\nC very few of them are willing to tell their opinions\nD about half of them are for it and the other half against it\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEvery pet owner loves his pet .There is no argument here.\nBut when we asked our readers whether they would clone their beloved animals , the responses were split almost down the middle . Of the 228 readers who answered it ,108 would clone, 111 would not and nine weighed each side without offering an opinion .\nClearly, from readers' response, this is an issue that reaches deeply into both the joy and eventual sadness of owning a pet. It speaks, as well, to people's widely differing expectations over the developing scientific procedure \nMost of the readers who favored the idea strongly believed it would produce at least a close copy of the original; many felt the process would actually return an exact copy. Those on the other side, however, held little hope that clone could truly recreate a pet; many simply did not wish to go against the natural law of life and death.\nBoth sides expressed equal love for their animals. More of them owned \"the best dog/cat in the world\". They thought of their pets as their \"best friend\" or \"a member of the family\". They told moving stories of pets' heroism, intelligence and selfless devotion.\nNo wonder the loss is so disturbing---and the cloning so attractive. \"People become very close to their animals, and the loss can be just as hard to bear as when a friend or family member dies,\" says Gary Kowalski, author of goodbye, Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet. \"For me, cloning feels like an attempt to turn death away...It's understandable. Death is always painful. It's difficult to deal with. It's hard to accept.\"\nBut would cloning reduce the blow? This question seems to be at the heart of this problem.\n\n<question>:\nIn spite of their differences on the problem of cloning, it seems that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA all pet owners love their pets very much\nB all pet owners try to go against the natural law of life and death\nC people who support cloning love their pets more\nD people who dislike cloning love their pets more\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEvery pet owner loves his pet .There is no argument here.\nBut when we asked our readers whether they would clone their beloved animals , the responses were split almost down the middle . Of the 228 readers who answered it ,108 would clone, 111 would not and nine weighed each side without offering an opinion .\nClearly, from readers' response, this is an issue that reaches deeply into both the joy and eventual sadness of owning a pet. It speaks, as well, to people's widely differing expectations over the developing scientific procedure \nMost of the readers who favored the idea strongly believed it would produce at least a close copy of the original; many felt the process would actually return an exact copy. Those on the other side, however, held little hope that clone could truly recreate a pet; many simply did not wish to go against the natural law of life and death.\nBoth sides expressed equal love for their animals. More of them owned \"the best dog/cat in the world\". They thought of their pets as their \"best friend\" or \"a member of the family\". They told moving stories of pets' heroism, intelligence and selfless devotion.\nNo wonder the loss is so disturbing---and the cloning so attractive. \"People become very close to their animals, and the loss can be just as hard to bear as when a friend or family member dies,\" says Gary Kowalski, author of goodbye, Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet. \"For me, cloning feels like an attempt to turn death away...It's understandable. Death is always painful. It's difficult to deal with. It's hard to accept.\"\nBut would cloning reduce the blow? This question seems to be at the heart of this problem.\n\n<question>:\nFrom what Gary Kowalski says, we can know that he _ .\n\n<options>:\nA has never thought about the problem of cloning\nB thinks it hard to accept the idea of cloning pets\nC is in favor of the idea of cloning pets\nD is all against the cloning of pets\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nRemember those big, colorful books with large pictures of balls or apples when you were a little kid? Those have proven to be helpful, according to a number of studies. Between 1 and 5 years old, introducing books to Children can help greatly because this is usually the age when intellectual capabilities form.\nAt age 1 to 5, a child can decide whether he wants to learn or wants to be a good learner. The road to learning starts here. Their curiosity and imagination are fed with the many pictures, sounds and colors in the books.\nChildren normally began school at 5 years old. But today, they go to school when they are as young as one and a half years old. This is because many parents have recognized that influencing the child's formative years is very important. The fight influence can make the child want to read in the future.\nParents should play a part in encouraging children to read. Even just reading them bedtime stories can help children feel the joy and amazement connected to reading. This can help them become better readers and better learners as they grow older.\nIf children are interested in reading books rather than watching television, they can improve many skills besides reading and learning. Books can act as stepping stones to intelligence. However, parents must be very careful not to overpower their children. If they force children to read books that are too hard to understand, they might think reading is boring and lose interest in it.\n\n<question>:\n. This passage mainly _ .\n\n<options>:\nA advises kids to spend less time watching TV\nB explains why reading is good for us\nC tells us that reading is good for children\nD suggests that parents spend more time with their kids\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nRemember those big, colorful books with large pictures of balls or apples when you were a little kid? Those have proven to be helpful, according to a number of studies. Between 1 and 5 years old, introducing books to Children can help greatly because this is usually the age when intellectual capabilities form.\nAt age 1 to 5, a child can decide whether he wants to learn or wants to be a good learner. The road to learning starts here. Their curiosity and imagination are fed with the many pictures, sounds and colors in the books.\nChildren normally began school at 5 years old. But today, they go to school when they are as young as one and a half years old. This is because many parents have recognized that influencing the child's formative years is very important. The fight influence can make the child want to read in the future.\nParents should play a part in encouraging children to read. Even just reading them bedtime stories can help children feel the joy and amazement connected to reading. This can help them become better readers and better learners as they grow older.\nIf children are interested in reading books rather than watching television, they can improve many skills besides reading and learning. Books can act as stepping stones to intelligence. However, parents must be very careful not to overpower their children. If they force children to read books that are too hard to understand, they might think reading is boring and lose interest in it.\n\n<question>:\n.Why does introducing books to kids between 1 and 5 years old help them greatly?\n\n<options>:\nA Because this is a good way to keep them away from television.\nB Because it makes them become interested in going to school.\nC Because it helps them learn much faster when they are older.\nD Because it is usually the age when intellectual capabilities form.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 might be letting my young son watch too much television. I am certainly watching too much many of his programs. They can really be puzzling as they force you to _ .\nFor example, when Franklin (the turtle) wanted a pet, his parents did not want it to be a frog. They felt that frogs belong in a pond. Isn't that where turtles belong? And why is it that Little Bear's animal friends can all talk and behave like people, but his friend Emily has a dog that can only bark and fetch? Tell me that isn't a mystery!\nDog lovers can be reassured (less worried or frightened) by Kipper and his friends. These dogs are very human. However, the only time they wear clothes is when they put on bathing suits to go swimming. I am confused! Speaking of dogs, could Pluto ever be Goofy's pet? I don't get it! What did the great Mr. Disney have in mind?\nAnd this is unfair! The other day we watched a very nice little pig setting up a picnic. One of the foods was a big ham. Could it have been a soybeam ham? Is there such a thing? I hope so! Another thing that really bothers me: what if Elmo(one of my son's favorite cartoon stars) isn't real? He can't be a mere puppet ! He's got a better attitude than most people. I just keep wondering.\nI think we will turn off the TV and go out for a walk. Maybe we will run into that mouse who dresses well but certainly doesn't speak as clearly as the average bear.\n\n<question>:\nThe author thinks it is \"unfair\" when _ .\n\n<options>:\nA a pig has a picnic because pigs are dirty animals\nB a pig eats soy beans because soy beans give pigs gas\nC a pig eats ham because ham is too expensive for farmer animals\nD a pig eats ham because ham is made from pigs.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 might be letting my young son watch too much television. I am certainly watching too much many of his programs. They can really be puzzling as they force you to _ .\nFor example, when Franklin (the turtle) wanted a pet, his parents did not want it to be a frog. They felt that frogs belong in a pond. Isn't that where turtles belong? And why is it that Little Bear's animal friends can all talk and behave like people, but his friend Emily has a dog that can only bark and fetch? Tell me that isn't a mystery!\nDog lovers can be reassured (less worried or frightened) by Kipper and his friends. These dogs are very human. However, the only time they wear clothes is when they put on bathing suits to go swimming. I am confused! Speaking of dogs, could Pluto ever be Goofy's pet? I don't get it! What did the great Mr. Disney have in mind?\nAnd this is unfair! The other day we watched a very nice little pig setting up a picnic. One of the foods was a big ham. Could it have been a soybeam ham? Is there such a thing? I hope so! Another thing that really bothers me: what if Elmo(one of my son's favorite cartoon stars) isn't real? He can't be a mere puppet ! He's got a better attitude than most people. I just keep wondering.\nI think we will turn off the TV and go out for a walk. Maybe we will run into that mouse who dresses well but certainly doesn't speak as clearly as the average bear.\n\n<question>:\nThe author probably _ .\n\n<options>:\nA believes that Elmo is a real creature\nB wishes that Elmo were a real live creature\nC feels that Elmo is very annoying creature\nD won't let is son watch Sesame Street\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 might be letting my young son watch too much television. I am certainly watching too much many of his programs. They can really be puzzling as they force you to _ .\nFor example, when Franklin (the turtle) wanted a pet, his parents did not want it to be a frog. They felt that frogs belong in a pond. Isn't that where turtles belong? And why is it that Little Bear's animal friends can all talk and behave like people, but his friend Emily has a dog that can only bark and fetch? Tell me that isn't a mystery!\nDog lovers can be reassured (less worried or frightened) by Kipper and his friends. These dogs are very human. However, the only time they wear clothes is when they put on bathing suits to go swimming. I am confused! Speaking of dogs, could Pluto ever be Goofy's pet? I don't get it! What did the great Mr. Disney have in mind?\nAnd this is unfair! The other day we watched a very nice little pig setting up a picnic. One of the foods was a big ham. Could it have been a soybeam ham? Is there such a thing? I hope so! Another thing that really bothers me: what if Elmo(one of my son's favorite cartoon stars) isn't real? He can't be a mere puppet ! He's got a better attitude than most people. I just keep wondering.\nI think we will turn off the TV and go out for a walk. Maybe we will run into that mouse who dresses well but certainly doesn't speak as clearly as the average bear.\n\n<question>:\nThe author is implying that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA there is a TV mouse that should speak more clearly\nB TV mice should not wear good clothes\nC bears can really speak more clearly than mice\nD watching television isn't better than playing outdoors\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 18-month-old son, Adam, called from the front door. \"Look, Mama! Doggie!\" I dropped what I was doing and stuck my head out the door. Brandy, our next-door neighbor's 11-year-old dog, was over again. \"Go away!\" I shouted.\nBrandy's owner had died about a month earlier. The woman's family had emptied the house and stuck a \"For Sale\" sign in the front yard, but the family had left old Brandy behind. For weeks, she'd been wandering around the neighborhood.\nIt wasn't that I disliked dogs or anything like that. I just didn't think about them very much. I never had a dog growing up and had never thought to get one.\nBrandy went away and I stayed outside with Adam. Then the phone rang. I went inside to take the call. When I came back, Adam was gone. I searched the yard, front and back, then the basketball court and public pool. No trace of him. I was so nervous that I ran home and called the police, then my husband.\nPolice searched the neighborhood. Suddenly I heard another sound: a dog barking. \"It's coming from the woods,\" one of my neighbors said. We followed the barking to a wooded cliff . There we found my son, and he was just inches away from the edges of the cliff, fast asleep. Brandy was beside him, leaning against him to keep him away from the edge. When I picked Adam up, Brandy sank down on her side, breathing quickly. She must have been holding Adam there for hours!\nI thanked the police and brought Adam and Brandy back to our house. She hesitated a moment on our doorstep, no doubt remembering the time I'd driven her away.\n\"Come on, girl,\" I said. \"This is your home now.\" Brandy stepped in, and once she saw she was really welcome, she relaxed and lay down on the floor just inside the door. She'd done a great thing, and I wondered if she knew it . She'd certainly touched me in a way that no animal ever had. What a pity a dog like Brandy had been left behind!\n\n<question>:\nWhat did the woman do when she first saw Brandy?\n\n<options>:\nA She gave her some food.\nB She drove her away.\nC She took her home.\nD She said thank you to her.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the 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 18-month-old son, Adam, called from the front door. \"Look, Mama! Doggie!\" I dropped what I was doing and stuck my head out the door. Brandy, our next-door neighbor's 11-year-old dog, was over again. \"Go away!\" I shouted.\nBrandy's owner had died about a month earlier. The woman's family had emptied the house and stuck a \"For Sale\" sign in the front yard, but the family had left old Brandy behind. For weeks, she'd been wandering around the neighborhood.\nIt wasn't that I disliked dogs or anything like that. I just didn't think about them very much. I never had a dog growing up and had never thought to get one.\nBrandy went away and I stayed outside with Adam. Then the phone rang. I went inside to take the call. When I came back, Adam was gone. I searched the yard, front and back, then the basketball court and public pool. No trace of him. I was so nervous that I ran home and called the police, then my husband.\nPolice searched the neighborhood. Suddenly I heard another sound: a dog barking. \"It's coming from the woods,\" one of my neighbors said. We followed the barking to a wooded cliff . There we found my son, and he was just inches away from the edges of the cliff, fast asleep. Brandy was beside him, leaning against him to keep him away from the edge. When I picked Adam up, Brandy sank down on her side, breathing quickly. She must have been holding Adam there for hours!\nI thanked the police and brought Adam and Brandy back to our house. She hesitated a moment on our doorstep, no doubt remembering the time I'd driven her away.\n\"Come on, girl,\" I said. \"This is your home now.\" Brandy stepped in, and once she saw she was really welcome, she relaxed and lay down on the floor just inside the door. She'd done a great thing, and I wondered if she knew it . She'd certainly touched me in a way that no animal ever had. What a pity a dog like Brandy had been left behind!\n\n<question>:\nWhy did the woman call the police?\n\n<options>:\nA Her son was lost\nB Brandy was gone.\nC Brandy appeared in her yard.\nD She got a scary call.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nPeople are always talking about \"the problem of youth\". If there is one--which I take leave to doubt--then it is older people who create it, not the young themselves. Let us get down to something basic and agree that the young are after all human beings--people just like their elders. There is only one difference between an old man and a young one: the young man has a beautiful future before him and the old one has a splendid future behind him and maybe that is where the _ is.\nWhen I was a teenager, I felt that I was just young and unknown--that I was a new boy in a huge school, and I would have been very pleased to be regarded as something so interesting as a problem. For one thing, being a problem gives you a certain identity, and that is one of the things the young are busily engaged in seeking.\nI find young people exciting. They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dull promise to mean ambitions or love of comfort. They are not anxious social climbers, and they have no devotion to important things. All these seem to me to link them with life, and the origins of things. It is as if they were in some sense from outside space and lovely contrast with us suburban people. All that is in my mind when I meet a young person. He may be ill-mannered, self-confident, but I do not turn for protection to boring cliches about respect for elders as if the age is a reason for respect. I accept that we are equals, and I will argue with him, as an equal, if I think he is wrong.\n\n<question>:\nFrom the text we can see the writer's attitude towards the young is _ .\n\n<options>:\nA kind and satisfied\nB considerate and understanding\nC angry and unpleased\nD hopeless and boring\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nShake Shack is a new kind of restaurant becoming more popular in the U.S. The restaurants are not\"fast food\" . They are known as\"fast casual\" .\nObservers say Americans want more choices and fresh food when choosing where and what to eat. This trend is one reason why the fast food restaurant McDonald' s has struggled financially. In the last quarter of 2014, McDonald' s net income dropped by about $300 million. The January earnings report brought more bad news. Worldwide sales dropped for the eighth month in a row and even more than expected. While McDonald' s is struggling to get their customers back, Shake\nShack, is doing well in making money. The New York-based burger chain had a very successful IPO, or initial public offering, of shares at the end of January. On its first day of trading, Shake Shack went from $21 a share to just under $46 a share. Being part of the \"fast casual \"trend has helped Shake Shack. Other fast casual restaurants in the U.S. include Chipotle and Panera.\nBonnie Riggs, a restaurant expert with NPD has studied Americans' restaurant habits for almost 30 years. She says one reason why Americans like fast casual food is that it' s new. It' s creative, it' s something different and people like to try new things. Her study shows Americans made 61 billion visits to restaurants last year. Three out of four visits were to fast food restaurants, like McDonald' s. Fast casual is still a small percentage of restaurant visits, but it has developed fast. Just as Ms. Riggs says,\"It' s growing _ because they meet consumers' needs. They know it' s being prepared while they wait, it' s fresh, quality food, good tasting food at what they say are reasonable and affordable prices.\"\nMany Americans still like their fast food. They just are not going as often. They are finding other ways to have a meal.\n\n<question>:\nWhat' s the trouble with McDonald' s?\n\n<options>:\nA Its share goes down to $21.\nB Shake Shack has taken its place.\nC It' s not popular with Americans.\nD Its sales and income have dropped.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nShake Shack is a new kind of restaurant becoming more popular in the U.S. The restaurants are not\"fast food\" . They are known as\"fast casual\" .\nObservers say Americans want more choices and fresh food when choosing where and what to eat. This trend is one reason why the fast food restaurant McDonald' s has struggled financially. In the last quarter of 2014, McDonald' s net income dropped by about $300 million. The January earnings report brought more bad news. Worldwide sales dropped for the eighth month in a row and even more than expected. While McDonald' s is struggling to get their customers back, Shake\nShack, is doing well in making money. The New York-based burger chain had a very successful IPO, or initial public offering, of shares at the end of January. On its first day of trading, Shake Shack went from $21 a share to just under $46 a share. Being part of the \"fast casual \"trend has helped Shake Shack. Other fast casual restaurants in the U.S. include Chipotle and Panera.\nBonnie Riggs, a restaurant expert with NPD has studied Americans' restaurant habits for almost 30 years. She says one reason why Americans like fast casual food is that it' s new. It' s creative, it' s something different and people like to try new things. Her study shows Americans made 61 billion visits to restaurants last year. Three out of four visits were to fast food restaurants, like McDonald' s. Fast casual is still a small percentage of restaurant visits, but it has developed fast. Just as Ms. Riggs says,\"It' s growing _ because they meet consumers' needs. They know it' s being prepared while they wait, it' s fresh, quality food, good tasting food at what they say are reasonable and affordable prices.\"\nMany Americans still like their fast food. They just are not going as often. They are finding other ways to have a meal.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following best describes fast casual?\n\n<options>:\nA Fresh-made and tasty.\nB High-quality and expensive.\nC Farm-to-table and traditional.\nD Time-consuming and special.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nLONDON----\"Everyone else has one!\" Lucy declared to her parents, trying to get a mobile phone as a gift for her 14th birthday. Her parents gave in.\n Curious to know her daughter would use the phone, Jane Bidder, the mother, followed Lucy to the school bus in the morning. The bus seats 20, of whom half have a mobile phone. One rings and several adolescent owners fumble in their bags.\n Many parents have just come to realize that the mobile phone is no longer for traveling businessmen ----it is as likely to be found in school bags.\n The mobile phone seems to have become something essential for today's teens in Britain, according to a survey published last week, by NOP, a leading market research company in Britain. Research found that 66 percent of 16-year-olds now have access to a mobile phone.\n The mobile phone has been turned into a secret messaging service by teen users. When they are talking on the mobile, their parents are not able to _ on the second line.\n The interview with 2,019 young people aged 7 to 16 found that they favour the text messaging services because they offer a secret way of keeping in touch. The days of secret notes in the classroom are dying out.\n For example, \"cul\"means \"see you later\"; \"lol\" means \"laugh out loud\"; and 2nite is the abbreviation of \"tonight\". All these are based on shorthand phrases on the Internet.\n Many schools have banned students using mobile phones. But they are not very successful. Still phones ring in the class and disturb study. Besides, people are worried about the health risk to kids using mobile phone.\n Scientists believe children are especially vulnerable to mobile radiation.\n\n<question>:\nThe story of Lucy is told to show us _ .\n\n<options>:\nA how British parents accept the truth of teenagers owning a mobile phone\nB British kids have good relationship with their parents\nC British parents always meet their children's need\nD why every child gets a mobile phone as a birthday present in 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>:\nLONDON----\"Everyone else has one!\" Lucy declared to her parents, trying to get a mobile phone as a gift for her 14th birthday. Her parents gave in.\n Curious to know her daughter would use the phone, Jane Bidder, the mother, followed Lucy to the school bus in the morning. The bus seats 20, of whom half have a mobile phone. One rings and several adolescent owners fumble in their bags.\n Many parents have just come to realize that the mobile phone is no longer for traveling businessmen ----it is as likely to be found in school bags.\n The mobile phone seems to have become something essential for today's teens in Britain, according to a survey published last week, by NOP, a leading market research company in Britain. Research found that 66 percent of 16-year-olds now have access to a mobile phone.\n The mobile phone has been turned into a secret messaging service by teen users. When they are talking on the mobile, their parents are not able to _ on the second line.\n The interview with 2,019 young people aged 7 to 16 found that they favour the text messaging services because they offer a secret way of keeping in touch. The days of secret notes in the classroom are dying out.\n For example, \"cul\"means \"see you later\"; \"lol\" means \"laugh out loud\"; and 2nite is the abbreviation of \"tonight\". All these are based on shorthand phrases on the Internet.\n Many schools have banned students using mobile phones. But they are not very successful. Still phones ring in the class and disturb study. Besides, people are worried about the health risk to kids using mobile phone.\n Scientists believe children are especially vulnerable to mobile radiation.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following statement is NOT true according to the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA People worry about the harm to the kids' health by using mobile phone.\nB Teenagers want to have their own secret.\nC Lucy does not get the mobile phone she wants.\nD Teenagers like to send messages to each other.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\n*A swimming coach from Moldova is looking for a job in Beijing. Qualifications as: Coach/Judge at National Standard; Olympian (Ranking 12th in the world in 1995), World Cup Silver Medalist. Experienced children's coach at all levels; Qualified driver (B, C, D, E categories); Bodybuilding instructor; Fluent in Russian, English, French, Ukrainian.\nContact Max Cazmirciuc at: 13126711168 or email:mcazmirciuc@yahoo.com\n*A retired president and CEO of two Canadian companies, interested in teaching English or French in China. \nCellphone: 13520559132, email: Jeanguyfurois@aol.com\n*Web design graduates are available. For details visit: www.inhb.com, or call Liu or Tang at: 0311-3160000. Email: luogq@beinfo.net\n*Female Beijinger, 39, has a decade's experience in import-export business, human resources management, interpretation and secretarial work. I have a good command of computer skills and am good at English, both writing and speaking.\nMobile: 13611163663\n*Laid-off workers are providing PC maintenance services such as system upgrade, virus detection and removal, data copying and recovering, system utilization and security. \nCall: 67327317\n\n<question>:\nThe purpose of the advertisements is to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA teach at a school\nB start a business\nC seek employment\nD work as web designers\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\n*A swimming coach from Moldova is looking for a job in Beijing. Qualifications as: Coach/Judge at National Standard; Olympian (Ranking 12th in the world in 1995), World Cup Silver Medalist. Experienced children's coach at all levels; Qualified driver (B, C, D, E categories); Bodybuilding instructor; Fluent in Russian, English, French, Ukrainian.\nContact Max Cazmirciuc at: 13126711168 or email:mcazmirciuc@yahoo.com\n*A retired president and CEO of two Canadian companies, interested in teaching English or French in China. \nCellphone: 13520559132, email: Jeanguyfurois@aol.com\n*Web design graduates are available. For details visit: www.inhb.com, or call Liu or Tang at: 0311-3160000. Email: luogq@beinfo.net\n*Female Beijinger, 39, has a decade's experience in import-export business, human resources management, interpretation and secretarial work. I have a good command of computer skills and am good at English, both writing and speaking.\nMobile: 13611163663\n*Laid-off workers are providing PC maintenance services such as system upgrade, virus detection and removal, data copying and recovering, system utilization and security. \nCall: 67327317\n\n<question>:\nWe can learn from the advertisements that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA some foreigners are interested in working in China\nB it's not easy for web design graduates to get a job\nC female Beijingers would like to advertise in a newspaper\nD all the laid-off workers have applied for a job in a newspaper\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\n*A swimming coach from Moldova is looking for a job in Beijing. Qualifications as: Coach/Judge at National Standard; Olympian (Ranking 12th in the world in 1995), World Cup Silver Medalist. Experienced children's coach at all levels; Qualified driver (B, C, D, E categories); Bodybuilding instructor; Fluent in Russian, English, French, Ukrainian.\nContact Max Cazmirciuc at: 13126711168 or email:mcazmirciuc@yahoo.com\n*A retired president and CEO of two Canadian companies, interested in teaching English or French in China. \nCellphone: 13520559132, email: Jeanguyfurois@aol.com\n*Web design graduates are available. For details visit: www.inhb.com, or call Liu or Tang at: 0311-3160000. Email: luogq@beinfo.net\n*Female Beijinger, 39, has a decade's experience in import-export business, human resources management, interpretation and secretarial work. I have a good command of computer skills and am good at English, both writing and speaking.\nMobile: 13611163663\n*Laid-off workers are providing PC maintenance services such as system upgrade, virus detection and removal, data copying and recovering, system utilization and security. \nCall: 67327317\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following statements is NOT TRUE?\n\n<options>:\nA A retired CEO would like to teach in China.\nB A bodybuilding instructor has to speak 4 foreign languages.\nC A Beijinger has rich experience in human resource management.\nD If a company wants a web designer it can call at 0311-3160000.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nAir conditioning, watermelons, ice cream-we have all kinds of gadgets and food to get us through the summer. But what could be better during the hot months? The following are a few special and well-known water parks around the world. Take a good look, and know what the real water parks look like.\nNoah's Ark\nLocation: Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, US\nNoah's Ark offers many water slides. The most notable ride is the Black Anaconda. At more than 400 meters in length, it is the US' most thrilling water coaster and sends riders spiraling down at speeds of up to 48 kilometers per hour. Plus, with 18 indoor water parks, Wisconsin Dells offers plenty of splashes for water lovers.\nTropical Islands Resort\nLocation: Brandenburg, Germany\nThis resort offers the largest indoor water park in the world-at 65,961 square meters. And its indoor pool can hold 6,000 visitors at a time. As Europe's largest tropical holiday world, Tropical Islands is more than a water park. It's a fully functional resort, featuring a theme park, an artificial rainforest, a lagoon, a beach, steam baths, saunas and many shops and restaurants. There are also several water slides and other activities that people of all ages can enjoy.\nLas Cascada Water Park\nLocation: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico\nLas Cascada is well known for its unbelievable beauty. It is surrounded by tropical mountain forests and situated close to the ocean.\nThe water ride, E1 Rio Pasivo, carries riders through the whole water park. They can see the mountains and waterfalls around it.\nChimelong Water Park\nLocation: Guangzhou, China\nIt is one of the largest water parks in Asia. With its advanced technology, it also has many new aquatic facilities in the industry. One of the park's rides offers a tube conveyor that transports riders up a 19-meter-tall tower. The park has implemented a special water treatment system that ensures safe PH levels and removes harmful germs.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following water parks sounds the cleanest?\n\n<options>:\nA Noah's Ark\nB Tropical Islands Resort.\nC Las Cascada Water Park.\nD Chimelong Water Park.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nAir conditioning, watermelons, ice cream-we have all kinds of gadgets and food to get us through the summer. But what could be better during the hot months? The following are a few special and well-known water parks around the world. Take a good look, and know what the real water parks look like.\nNoah's Ark\nLocation: Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, US\nNoah's Ark offers many water slides. The most notable ride is the Black Anaconda. At more than 400 meters in length, it is the US' most thrilling water coaster and sends riders spiraling down at speeds of up to 48 kilometers per hour. Plus, with 18 indoor water parks, Wisconsin Dells offers plenty of splashes for water lovers.\nTropical Islands Resort\nLocation: Brandenburg, Germany\nThis resort offers the largest indoor water park in the world-at 65,961 square meters. And its indoor pool can hold 6,000 visitors at a time. As Europe's largest tropical holiday world, Tropical Islands is more than a water park. It's a fully functional resort, featuring a theme park, an artificial rainforest, a lagoon, a beach, steam baths, saunas and many shops and restaurants. There are also several water slides and other activities that people of all ages can enjoy.\nLas Cascada Water Park\nLocation: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico\nLas Cascada is well known for its unbelievable beauty. It is surrounded by tropical mountain forests and situated close to the ocean.\nThe water ride, E1 Rio Pasivo, carries riders through the whole water park. They can see the mountains and waterfalls around it.\nChimelong Water Park\nLocation: Guangzhou, China\nIt is one of the largest water parks in Asia. With its advanced technology, it also has many new aquatic facilities in the industry. One of the park's rides offers a tube conveyor that transports riders up a 19-meter-tall tower. The park has implemented a special water treatment system that ensures safe PH levels and removes harmful germs.\n\n<question>:\nWhere is the article most likely to have been taken from?\n\n<options>:\nA A science magazine.\nB A research paper.\nC A travel magazine.\nD An advertisement.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nAs is often the case, when your teacher asks a question, there is only one correct answer. But there is one question that has millions of current answers. That question is \"What's your name?\" Everyone gives a different answer, but everyone is correct.\nHave you ever thought about people's names? Where do they come from? What do they mean?\nPeople's first names, or given names, are chosen by their parents. Sometimes the name of a grandparent or other member of the family is used. Some parents choose the name of a well-known person. A boy could be named George Washington Smith; a girl could be named Helen Keller Jones.\nSome people give their children names that mean good things. Clara means \"bright\"; Beatrice means \"one who gives happiness\"; Donald means \"world ruler\"; Leonard means \"as brave as a lion\".\nThe earliest last names, or surnames, were taken from place names. A family with the name Brook or Brooks probably lived near brook ; someone who was called Longstreet probably lived on a long, paved road. The Greenwood family lived in or near a leafy forest.\nOther early surnames came from people's occupations. The most common occupational name is Smith, which means a person who makes things with iron or other metals. In the past, smiths were very important workers in every town and village. Some other occupational names are: Carter -- a person who owned or drove a cart; Potter -- a person who made pots and pans.\nThe ancestors of the Baker family probably baked bread for their neighbors in their native village. The Carpenter's great-great-great-grandfather probably built houses and furniture.\nSometimes people were known for the color of their hair or skin, or their size, or their special abilities. When there were two men who were named John in the same village, the John with the gray hair probably became John Gray. Or the John was very tall could call himself John Tallman. John Fish was probably an excellent swimmer and John Lightfoot was probably a fast runner or a good dancer.\nSome family names were made by adding something to the father's name. English-speaking people added -s or -son. The Johnsons are descendants of John; the Roberts family's ancestor was Robert. Irish and Scottish people added Mac or Mc or O. Perhaps all of the MacDonnell's and the McDonnell's and the O'Donnell's are _ of the same Donnell.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following aspects do the surnames in the passage NOT cover?\n\n<options>:\nA People's characters.\nB Talents that people possessed.\nC People's occupations.\nD Places where people lived.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nAs is often the case, when your teacher asks a question, there is only one correct answer. But there is one question that has millions of current answers. That question is \"What's your name?\" Everyone gives a different answer, but everyone is correct.\nHave you ever thought about people's names? Where do they come from? What do they mean?\nPeople's first names, or given names, are chosen by their parents. Sometimes the name of a grandparent or other member of the family is used. Some parents choose the name of a well-known person. A boy could be named George Washington Smith; a girl could be named Helen Keller Jones.\nSome people give their children names that mean good things. Clara means \"bright\"; Beatrice means \"one who gives happiness\"; Donald means \"world ruler\"; Leonard means \"as brave as a lion\".\nThe earliest last names, or surnames, were taken from place names. A family with the name Brook or Brooks probably lived near brook ; someone who was called Longstreet probably lived on a long, paved road. The Greenwood family lived in or near a leafy forest.\nOther early surnames came from people's occupations. The most common occupational name is Smith, which means a person who makes things with iron or other metals. In the past, smiths were very important workers in every town and village. Some other occupational names are: Carter -- a person who owned or drove a cart; Potter -- a person who made pots and pans.\nThe ancestors of the Baker family probably baked bread for their neighbors in their native village. The Carpenter's great-great-great-grandfather probably built houses and furniture.\nSometimes people were known for the color of their hair or skin, or their size, or their special abilities. When there were two men who were named John in the same village, the John with the gray hair probably became John Gray. Or the John was very tall could call himself John Tallman. John Fish was probably an excellent swimmer and John Lightfoot was probably a fast runner or a good dancer.\nSome family names were made by adding something to the father's name. English-speaking people added -s or -son. The Johnsons are descendants of John; the Roberts family's ancestor was Robert. Irish and Scottish people added Mac or Mc or O. Perhaps all of the MacDonnell's and the McDonnell's and the O'Donnell's are _ of the same Donnell.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage, the ancestors of the Potter family most probably _ .\n\n<options>:\nA made things with metals\nB made kitchen tools or contains\nC built houses and furniture\nD owned or drove a cart\n\n<answer>:\n",
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