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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nThe World Health Organization reports a number of people have died of the Ebola virus in central Africa during the last few months. Ebola, also known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever or Ebola viral disease, is a rare and deadly illness with high death rates in humans and primates. The natural source of Ebola virus remains unknown, although bats seem to be the most likely source.\nThe Ebola virus began spreading after victims were discovered in northeastern Gabon. So far, it is the third time Ebola has spread through Gabon since 1994. Health officials believe people moving across the border spread the disease from Gabon to Congo. Ebola is highly infectious and kills up to 80% of its victims. Researchers do not know the method with which the virus first appears in humans, but they believe it is through infected animals. The disease then spreads from person to person through blood and other body liquids.\nEbola victims treated early have the base chance of survival. Signs of Ebola include a high temperature, diarrhea, muscle pains and bleeding inside the body, in severe cases, victims experience chest pains and death. There is no known cure for the disease and no way yet to prevent it.\nScientists at the American National institutes of Health are working to develop a vaccine to prevent Ebola. Doctor Cary Nobel is leading the research effort at N-l-H testing center in the eastern state of Maryland. He says that during the past two years, the vaccine has been tested on small animals and monkeys for safety and effectiveness.\nIn the most recent study, four monkeys who had been given the vaccine were completely protected from a deadly injection of the Ebola virus. The study was described in November in Nature magazine. Doctor Nobel says the tests appear to have moved scientists one step closer to a vaccine for humans.\n\n<question>:\nWhere does the Ebola virus come from?\n\n<options>:\nA Bats.\nB Monkeys.\nC Infected humans.\nD Something unknown.\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 love online shopping, but for years I did all my shopping offline since I wasn't sure if it is really safe to buy online. In the last few years I started buying almost everything online after I understood that buying online can be safer than buying offline as long as you follow a few safety rules.\n Check for delivery times--If you need your product on a certain time--you'll have to make sure if the site you are referring to is committed to your schedule.\n Compare prices before you buy--There are many comparison sites and tools (such as PriceGong) that compare prices--this can save you a lot of money.\n Don't leave the computer unsupervised while shopping online--You don't want that someone else will touch anything by mistake and will make the purchase.\n Make sure you can contact the store if something goes wrong--You want to make sure that you will have someone to talk with if something goes wrong.\n Always print out your order details and confirmation--Just in case that you'd need to contact the site, it is always better to give them detailed information about your order.\n Make sure you buy from a well-known merchant--or check how others rated this merchant, there are some rubbish sites and you don't want to buy from them.\n If you use _ --use the merchant ratings, product ratings and product description to know that you are buying the right product at the right store.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is included in the writer's suggestions?\n\n<options>:\nA Don't buy things from those rated low.\nB Print what you want before shopping online.\nC Contact the store as often as possible when shopping online.\nD Shut off computers after you have finished shopping online.\n\n<answer>:\n",
"assistant": "A"
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