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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>:\nWhat would be the best title for the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Safe Online Shopping Suggestions\nB Ways of Contacting the Sites\nC Cheaper Online Shopping\nD Rules of Buying the Right Product\n\n<answer>:\n",
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