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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 must first thank the writers and editors of Scienlljic American and Scientific American Mind for the excellent articles on which so much of this book is based; they arc acknowledged in detail in the Sources.\nI am most grateful to he famous netunscicutists ( ) and experts who kindly gave their time to help re c son out what might be in the quite near future, and who have contributed much toneuroscience, especially R. Douglas Fields, Joseph l.cl)oux, Richard Davidson, Philip Kennedy, and Hank Greely, an expert on the legal, ethical, and social problems surrounding this brave new world of neuroscience.\nThe captivating concept for this book came from the creative and hard working team at Jossey-Bass. who arc much appreciated. For the second time, I want to give heartfelt thanks to my editor Alan Rinzler and senior editorial assistant Nana Twumasi. who have contributed so much to the shaping and creation of this book; Carol Hartland, production talent; l3ev Miller, much more than a copyeditor;first-rate writer researcher l3rianna Smith; Paula Goldstein. who designed the book's inside; and all the marketing people who put my book in your hands: Jennifer Wenzel. Erin 13carn. P. J. Campbell, Karen Warner. At Scie,rifre American, Diane McGarvey and Lisa Pallatroni were responsible fur finding archived material of so many years. Thank you.\nMy family, good friends, and fellow writers have once again listened to me struggle endlessly and talk wildly about the difficulties of writing about brain. Many thanks to you all, in particular to first readers Kelly A. Dakin (who corrected many of my errors and added valuable content). Ann Crew, Ferris Buck Kelley, Frank Urbanowski, and Andrea llurst (for sending this book my way) and the wonderfully productive and generous writing community of Sacramento.\n\n<question>:\nWay does the author mention his family?\n\n<options>:\nA Because they loved him so much.\nB Because they helped him most in writing.\nC Because they often listened to him read his writing.\nD Because they shared sufferings with him in his writing process.\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>:\nSteve and Yaser first met in their chemistry class at an American university. Yaser was an international student from Jordan. He wanted to learn more about American culture and hoped that he and Steve would become good friends. At first, Steve seemed very friendly. He always greeted Yaser warmly before class. Sometimes he offered to study with Yaser. He even invited Yaser to have lunch with him. But after the term was over, Steve seemed distant. The two former classmates didn't see each other very often at school. One day Yaser decided to call Steve. Steve didn't seem very interested in talking to him. Yaser was hurt by Steve's change of attitude. \"Steve said we were friends,\" Yaser complained, \"and I thought friends were friends forever.\" Yaser was a little confused.\nAs a foreigner, he doesn't understand the way Americans view friendship. Americans use the word \"friend\" in a very general way. They may call both casual acquaintances(;) and close companions \"friends\". These friendships are based on common interests. When the shared activity ends, the friendship may fade . Now as Steve and Yaser are no longer classmates, their \"friendship\" has changed. In some cultures friendship means a strong lifelong bond between two people. In these cultures friendships develop slowly, since they are built to last. American society is one of rapid change. Studies show that one out five American families moves every year. American friendships develop quickly, and _ may change just quickly as well. People from the United States may at first seem friendly. Americans often chat easily with strangers. But American friendliness is not always an offer of true friendship. After an experience like Yaser's , people who've been in this country for only a few months may consider Americans to be fickle . Learning how Americans view friendship can help non-Americans avoid misunderstandings. It can also help them make friends in the American way.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage, _ made Yaser a little confused.\n\n<options>:\nA Steve's inviting him to dinner\nB Steve's cold attitude\nC Steve's studying with him\nD Steve's misunderstanding him\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nSteve and Yaser first met in their chemistry class at an American university. Yaser was an international student from Jordan. He wanted to learn more about American culture and hoped that he and Steve would become good friends. At first, Steve seemed very friendly. He always greeted Yaser warmly before class. Sometimes he offered to study with Yaser. He even invited Yaser to have lunch with him. But after the term was over, Steve seemed distant. The two former classmates didn't see each other very often at school. One day Yaser decided to call Steve. Steve didn't seem very interested in talking to him. Yaser was hurt by Steve's change of attitude. \"Steve said we were friends,\" Yaser complained, \"and I thought friends were friends forever.\" Yaser was a little confused.\nAs a foreigner, he doesn't understand the way Americans view friendship. Americans use the word \"friend\" in a very general way. They may call both casual acquaintances(;) and close companions \"friends\". These friendships are based on common interests. When the shared activity ends, the friendship may fade . Now as Steve and Yaser are no longer classmates, their \"friendship\" has changed. In some cultures friendship means a strong lifelong bond between two people. In these cultures friendships develop slowly, since they are built to last. American society is one of rapid change. Studies show that one out five American families moves every year. American friendships develop quickly, and _ may change just quickly as well. People from the United States may at first seem friendly. Americans often chat easily with strangers. But American friendliness is not always an offer of true friendship. After an experience like Yaser's , people who've been in this country for only a few months may consider Americans to be fickle . Learning how Americans view friendship can help non-Americans avoid misunderstandings. It can also help them make friends in the American way.\n\n<question>:\nWe can learn from the passage that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Americans use the word \"friend\" in a very special way and like to develop a close friendship\nB American friendliness is always an offer of true friendship and is of great value\nC Americans think the friendship will last for ever, even though the shared activity ends\nD Americans always base their friendships with others on common interests\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nSteve and Yaser first met in their chemistry class at an American university. Yaser was an international student from Jordan. He wanted to learn more about American culture and hoped that he and Steve would become good friends. At first, Steve seemed very friendly. He always greeted Yaser warmly before class. Sometimes he offered to study with Yaser. He even invited Yaser to have lunch with him. But after the term was over, Steve seemed distant. The two former classmates didn't see each other very often at school. One day Yaser decided to call Steve. Steve didn't seem very interested in talking to him. Yaser was hurt by Steve's change of attitude. \"Steve said we were friends,\" Yaser complained, \"and I thought friends were friends forever.\" Yaser was a little confused.\nAs a foreigner, he doesn't understand the way Americans view friendship. Americans use the word \"friend\" in a very general way. They may call both casual acquaintances(;) and close companions \"friends\". These friendships are based on common interests. When the shared activity ends, the friendship may fade . Now as Steve and Yaser are no longer classmates, their \"friendship\" has changed. In some cultures friendship means a strong lifelong bond between two people. In these cultures friendships develop slowly, since they are built to last. American society is one of rapid change. Studies show that one out five American families moves every year. American friendships develop quickly, and _ may change just quickly as well. People from the United States may at first seem friendly. Americans often chat easily with strangers. But American friendliness is not always an offer of true friendship. After an experience like Yaser's , people who've been in this country for only a few months may consider Americans to be fickle . Learning how Americans view friendship can help non-Americans avoid misunderstandings. It can also help them make friends in the American way.\n\n<question>:\nThis passage mainly tells us _ .\n\n<options>:\nA that people should not make friends with Americans.\nB that everyone needs friends.\nC the importance of keeping friendships\nD how Americans view friendship\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>:\nTurns out we aren't good at walking and talking at the same time, according to a study of pedestrians on their cell phones.\nNearly one-third of pedestrians (29.8% ) were distracted by their mobile devices while crossing the street, say researchers of a study published online in the journal Injury Prevention.\nJust as drivers who text, talk on cell phones, or adjust MP3 players increase their risk of losing control of their vehicles, pedestrians distracted by their conversations or their devices also put themselves at higher risk of getting into an accident.\nDuring the summer of 2012, scientists in Seattle, Wash. , studied 1,102 pedestrians at 20 crossroads seeing the city * s highest number of pedestrian injuries over the past few years.\nThey watched how pedestrians crossed the street @ whether they looked both ways or obeyed the crossroad signal @ and also recorded how long it took pedestrians to do so.Distractions included listening to music with headphones, using a cell phone or earpiece to talk on a cell phone, text messaging, and talking with another person.\nOverall, researchers found the most common distraction among pedestrians was listening to music (11.2%), followed by text messaging (7.3%), and using a handheld phone(6.2%). But the most absorbing distraction was texting. Compared to pedestrians who were not distracted, those who were texting took 1.87 seconds longer to cross and were four times more likely to not look where they were going, disobey traffic lights, or cross outside of the crosswalk. While the study did not track injuries related to these trends, previous studies have linked such activities to a higher risk of being injured while crossing the street.\nCombined with the rise in the use of mobile devices, especially smart phones, the results raise concerns that multi-tasking while walking may be a rising concern for pedestrians. And that danger may only climb, as the number of wireless devices has already _ the population of the United States. Last year, roughly 1,152 people wound up in the emergency room to treat injuries caused by using a cell phone or electronic device, the Consumer Product Safety Commission told the Associated Press in July. Those numbers may be underestimated, however, because patients may not always admit that they were using their phones along with other activities such as walking or driving when they were hurt.\n\n<question>:\nThe scientists did their study at the 20 crossroads in order to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA attract more attention\nB see more injuries\nC record more samples\nD find more pedestrians\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>:\nTurns out we aren't good at walking and talking at the same time, according to a study of pedestrians on their cell phones.\nNearly one-third of pedestrians (29.8% ) were distracted by their mobile devices while crossing the street, say researchers of a study published online in the journal Injury Prevention.\nJust as drivers who text, talk on cell phones, or adjust MP3 players increase their risk of losing control of their vehicles, pedestrians distracted by their conversations or their devices also put themselves at higher risk of getting into an accident.\nDuring the summer of 2012, scientists in Seattle, Wash. , studied 1,102 pedestrians at 20 crossroads seeing the city * s highest number of pedestrian injuries over the past few years.\nThey watched how pedestrians crossed the street @ whether they looked both ways or obeyed the crossroad signal @ and also recorded how long it took pedestrians to do so.Distractions included listening to music with headphones, using a cell phone or earpiece to talk on a cell phone, text messaging, and talking with another person.\nOverall, researchers found the most common distraction among pedestrians was listening to music (11.2%), followed by text messaging (7.3%), and using a handheld phone(6.2%). But the most absorbing distraction was texting. Compared to pedestrians who were not distracted, those who were texting took 1.87 seconds longer to cross and were four times more likely to not look where they were going, disobey traffic lights, or cross outside of the crosswalk. While the study did not track injuries related to these trends, previous studies have linked such activities to a higher risk of being injured while crossing the street.\nCombined with the rise in the use of mobile devices, especially smart phones, the results raise concerns that multi-tasking while walking may be a rising concern for pedestrians. And that danger may only climb, as the number of wireless devices has already _ the population of the United States. Last year, roughly 1,152 people wound up in the emergency room to treat injuries caused by using a cell phone or electronic device, the Consumer Product Safety Commission told the Associated Press in July. Those numbers may be underestimated, however, because patients may not always admit that they were using their phones along with other activities such as walking or driving when they were hurt.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the research, while crossing the street the most dangerous activity for apedestrian is _ .\n\n<options>:\nA talking on a phone\nB texting messages\nC listening to music\nD disobeying traffic lights\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>:\nTurns out we aren't good at walking and talking at the same time, according to a study of pedestrians on their cell phones.\nNearly one-third of pedestrians (29.8% ) were distracted by their mobile devices while crossing the street, say researchers of a study published online in the journal Injury Prevention.\nJust as drivers who text, talk on cell phones, or adjust MP3 players increase their risk of losing control of their vehicles, pedestrians distracted by their conversations or their devices also put themselves at higher risk of getting into an accident.\nDuring the summer of 2012, scientists in Seattle, Wash. , studied 1,102 pedestrians at 20 crossroads seeing the city * s highest number of pedestrian injuries over the past few years.\nThey watched how pedestrians crossed the street @ whether they looked both ways or obeyed the crossroad signal @ and also recorded how long it took pedestrians to do so.Distractions included listening to music with headphones, using a cell phone or earpiece to talk on a cell phone, text messaging, and talking with another person.\nOverall, researchers found the most common distraction among pedestrians was listening to music (11.2%), followed by text messaging (7.3%), and using a handheld phone(6.2%). But the most absorbing distraction was texting. Compared to pedestrians who were not distracted, those who were texting took 1.87 seconds longer to cross and were four times more likely to not look where they were going, disobey traffic lights, or cross outside of the crosswalk. While the study did not track injuries related to these trends, previous studies have linked such activities to a higher risk of being injured while crossing the street.\nCombined with the rise in the use of mobile devices, especially smart phones, the results raise concerns that multi-tasking while walking may be a rising concern for pedestrians. And that danger may only climb, as the number of wireless devices has already _ the population of the United States. Last year, roughly 1,152 people wound up in the emergency room to treat injuries caused by using a cell phone or electronic device, the Consumer Product Safety Commission told the Associated Press in July. Those numbers may be underestimated, however, because patients may not always admit that they were using their phones along with other activities such as walking or driving when they were hurt.\n\n<question>:\nWhich might be the best title of the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Walk and don't Talk\nB Prevention of Distraction\nC Look both ways while crossing the street\nD Cell phones lead to injuries\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>:\nMichelle Obama has launched her campaign against childhood obesity in the US,saying that it is a problem that concerns her both as the first lady and as a mother.\nMrs.Obama said that the campaign was designed to encourage people to live healthier lives,but admitted that she herself was not immune to the temptations of junk food.\n\"I love burgers and fries.And I love ice cream and cake.And so do most kids,\" she said.But,she added,\"We're not talking about a lifestyle that excludes all that.\"\n\"The question is how we help people balance their diet so that they're not facing lifethreatening,preventable illnesses,but they're enjoying their food,they're eating their vegetables,they're doing their running,walking and playing,and they still have time to get a good,fun meal every once in a while.\"\nOne in three American children are overweight or obese,putting them at the higher risk of developing diabetes ,high blood pressure,high cholesterol and other illnesses.\nBillions of dollars are spent every year treating obesityrelated conditions.\n\"None of us wants this future for our kids,\" Mrs.Obama said at the White House.\n\"We have to act,so let's move.\"\nHer campaign has four parts:helping parents make better food choices,serving healthier food in school vending machines and lunch menus,making healthy food more available and affordable,and encouraging children to exercise more.\nThe campaign,which Mrs.Obama starts,is aimed at solving the childhood obesity problem in a generation,so that children born today can reach adulthood at a healthy weight.\n\"This isn't like a disease where we're still waiting for the cure to be discovered.We know the cure for this,\" she said at the opening ceremony.\nPresident Barack Obama praised his wife for solving what he called one of \"the most urgent health issues facing the country\".\n\"This has enormous promise in improving the health of our children,in giving support to parents to make the kinds of healthy choices that are often very difficult,\" he said.\n\n<question>:\nThe best title of the passage would be \" _ \".\n\n<options>:\nA The first lady begins to fight against childhood obesity\nB The most urgent health issues facing the country\nC The Obamas care about the health of fat children\nD The first lady can't resist the temptations of junk food\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nMichelle Obama has launched her campaign against childhood obesity in the US,saying that it is a problem that concerns her both as the first lady and as a mother.\nMrs.Obama said that the campaign was designed to encourage people to live healthier lives,but admitted that she herself was not immune to the temptations of junk food.\n\"I love burgers and fries.And I love ice cream and cake.And so do most kids,\" she said.But,she added,\"We're not talking about a lifestyle that excludes all that.\"\n\"The question is how we help people balance their diet so that they're not facing lifethreatening,preventable illnesses,but they're enjoying their food,they're eating their vegetables,they're doing their running,walking and playing,and they still have time to get a good,fun meal every once in a while.\"\nOne in three American children are overweight or obese,putting them at the higher risk of developing diabetes ,high blood pressure,high cholesterol and other illnesses.\nBillions of dollars are spent every year treating obesityrelated conditions.\n\"None of us wants this future for our kids,\" Mrs.Obama said at the White House.\n\"We have to act,so let's move.\"\nHer campaign has four parts:helping parents make better food choices,serving healthier food in school vending machines and lunch menus,making healthy food more available and affordable,and encouraging children to exercise more.\nThe campaign,which Mrs.Obama starts,is aimed at solving the childhood obesity problem in a generation,so that children born today can reach adulthood at a healthy weight.\n\"This isn't like a disease where we're still waiting for the cure to be discovered.We know the cure for this,\" she said at the opening ceremony.\nPresident Barack Obama praised his wife for solving what he called one of \"the most urgent health issues facing the country\".\n\"This has enormous promise in improving the health of our children,in giving support to parents to make the kinds of healthy choices that are often very difficult,\" he said.\n\n<question>:\nWhy did Michelle Obama launch the campaign?\n\n<options>:\nA To fight against adulthood obesity.\nB To help children to eat less junk food.\nC To encourage Americans to live more healthily.\nD To call on people to exercise more after 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>:\nMichelle Obama has launched her campaign against childhood obesity in the US,saying that it is a problem that concerns her both as the first lady and as a mother.\nMrs.Obama said that the campaign was designed to encourage people to live healthier lives,but admitted that she herself was not immune to the temptations of junk food.\n\"I love burgers and fries.And I love ice cream and cake.And so do most kids,\" she said.But,she added,\"We're not talking about a lifestyle that excludes all that.\"\n\"The question is how we help people balance their diet so that they're not facing lifethreatening,preventable illnesses,but they're enjoying their food,they're eating their vegetables,they're doing their running,walking and playing,and they still have time to get a good,fun meal every once in a while.\"\nOne in three American children are overweight or obese,putting them at the higher risk of developing diabetes ,high blood pressure,high cholesterol and other illnesses.\nBillions of dollars are spent every year treating obesityrelated conditions.\n\"None of us wants this future for our kids,\" Mrs.Obama said at the White House.\n\"We have to act,so let's move.\"\nHer campaign has four parts:helping parents make better food choices,serving healthier food in school vending machines and lunch menus,making healthy food more available and affordable,and encouraging children to exercise more.\nThe campaign,which Mrs.Obama starts,is aimed at solving the childhood obesity problem in a generation,so that children born today can reach adulthood at a healthy weight.\n\"This isn't like a disease where we're still waiting for the cure to be discovered.We know the cure for this,\" she said at the opening ceremony.\nPresident Barack Obama praised his wife for solving what he called one of \"the most urgent health issues facing the country\".\n\"This has enormous promise in improving the health of our children,in giving support to parents to make the kinds of healthy choices that are often very difficult,\" he said.\n\n<question>:\nWhat do we know about Americans?\n\n<options>:\nA They all enjoy junk food.\nB They don't eat their vegetables.\nC They have some time for exercise.\nD Many have obesityrelated illnesses.\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>:\nMichelle Obama has launched her campaign against childhood obesity in the US,saying that it is a problem that concerns her both as the first lady and as a mother.\nMrs.Obama said that the campaign was designed to encourage people to live healthier lives,but admitted that she herself was not immune to the temptations of junk food.\n\"I love burgers and fries.And I love ice cream and cake.And so do most kids,\" she said.But,she added,\"We're not talking about a lifestyle that excludes all that.\"\n\"The question is how we help people balance their diet so that they're not facing lifethreatening,preventable illnesses,but they're enjoying their food,they're eating their vegetables,they're doing their running,walking and playing,and they still have time to get a good,fun meal every once in a while.\"\nOne in three American children are overweight or obese,putting them at the higher risk of developing diabetes ,high blood pressure,high cholesterol and other illnesses.\nBillions of dollars are spent every year treating obesityrelated conditions.\n\"None of us wants this future for our kids,\" Mrs.Obama said at the White House.\n\"We have to act,so let's move.\"\nHer campaign has four parts:helping parents make better food choices,serving healthier food in school vending machines and lunch menus,making healthy food more available and affordable,and encouraging children to exercise more.\nThe campaign,which Mrs.Obama starts,is aimed at solving the childhood obesity problem in a generation,so that children born today can reach adulthood at a healthy weight.\n\"This isn't like a disease where we're still waiting for the cure to be discovered.We know the cure for this,\" she said at the opening ceremony.\nPresident Barack Obama praised his wife for solving what he called one of \"the most urgent health issues facing the country\".\n\"This has enormous promise in improving the health of our children,in giving support to parents to make the kinds of healthy choices that are often very difficult,\" he said.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following statements is TRUE?\n\n<options>:\nA People don't know the cure for obesity.\nB President Barack Obama supports his wife.\nC The campaign has solved the problem.\nD Obesity is the most urgent problem facing America.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nThe English language is changing fast,thanks to the rapid progress of technology.We all have a rapid choice:We can either bury our heads in the sand and spend the rest of our lives wishing Shakespeare were alive and well.Or we can embrace the new English,enter into the spirit of the Internet age called Weblish.\n\"You can't keep away from it, for the simple reason that whenever a new variety of language comes along,it inevitably influence the language as a whole.\"Says Dr David Crystal,honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Wales in BangoL, whose book \"Language and the Internet\" has just been published.\nThe trouble with keeping up with the new English is not so much that there are so many new words but that the old words no longer mean what we thought they did.In the past, if someone said they did not have Windows,you would have to suppose they lived in a cave.These days, it is probably because they use a Mac(which is a computer,not a rain coat).Spam is as disliked as it ever was,but whereas it once meant an unappetizing canned meat.It now stands for unwanted 'junk\" email.Spellings are changing,too.Not only is text-messaging playing \"hvc with vrbs\" (havoc with verbs),but the conventions of email communication place little emphasis on \"perfect speaking\". \nWeblish loves to see nouns happily become verbs (\"please bookmark this site\"),and verbs become nouns (\"Send me the download\").Verbs and prepositions are regularly thrown together to become new nouns or adjectives(dial--up,logon,print-on,pull--down,upload),while others are created from simply pairing nouns:cyberspace,emit Internet,hyperlink,metatag,netspeak.\n\n<question>:\nThe best title of this passage would be _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Technology and English\nB Newly invented English Words\nC Keep Up with the Latest Weblish\nD Keep Up with the Latest Development in\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nThe English language is changing fast,thanks to the rapid progress of technology.We all have a rapid choice:We can either bury our heads in the sand and spend the rest of our lives wishing Shakespeare were alive and well.Or we can embrace the new English,enter into the spirit of the Internet age called Weblish.\n\"You can't keep away from it, for the simple reason that whenever a new variety of language comes along,it inevitably influence the language as a whole.\"Says Dr David Crystal,honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Wales in BangoL, whose book \"Language and the Internet\" has just been published.\nThe trouble with keeping up with the new English is not so much that there are so many new words but that the old words no longer mean what we thought they did.In the past, if someone said they did not have Windows,you would have to suppose they lived in a cave.These days, it is probably because they use a Mac(which is a computer,not a rain coat).Spam is as disliked as it ever was,but whereas it once meant an unappetizing canned meat.It now stands for unwanted 'junk\" email.Spellings are changing,too.Not only is text-messaging playing \"hvc with vrbs\" (havoc with verbs),but the conventions of email communication place little emphasis on \"perfect speaking\". \nWeblish loves to see nouns happily become verbs (\"please bookmark this site\"),and verbs become nouns (\"Send me the download\").Verbs and prepositions are regularly thrown together to become new nouns or adjectives(dial--up,logon,print-on,pull--down,upload),while others are created from simply pairing nouns:cyberspace,emit Internet,hyperlink,metatag,netspeak.\n\n<question>:\nThe author thinks the main difficulty for people in keeping up with weblish is that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA there are so many new words\nB old words take on new meanings\nC the technology is changing too fast\nD weblish words are full of spelling mistakes\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nThe English language is changing fast,thanks to the rapid progress of technology.We all have a rapid choice:We can either bury our heads in the sand and spend the rest of our lives wishing Shakespeare were alive and well.Or we can embrace the new English,enter into the spirit of the Internet age called Weblish.\n\"You can't keep away from it, for the simple reason that whenever a new variety of language comes along,it inevitably influence the language as a whole.\"Says Dr David Crystal,honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Wales in BangoL, whose book \"Language and the Internet\" has just been published.\nThe trouble with keeping up with the new English is not so much that there are so many new words but that the old words no longer mean what we thought they did.In the past, if someone said they did not have Windows,you would have to suppose they lived in a cave.These days, it is probably because they use a Mac(which is a computer,not a rain coat).Spam is as disliked as it ever was,but whereas it once meant an unappetizing canned meat.It now stands for unwanted 'junk\" email.Spellings are changing,too.Not only is text-messaging playing \"hvc with vrbs\" (havoc with verbs),but the conventions of email communication place little emphasis on \"perfect speaking\". \nWeblish loves to see nouns happily become verbs (\"please bookmark this site\"),and verbs become nouns (\"Send me the download\").Verbs and prepositions are regularly thrown together to become new nouns or adjectives(dial--up,logon,print-on,pull--down,upload),while others are created from simply pairing nouns:cyberspace,emit Internet,hyperlink,metatag,netspeak.\n\n<question>:\nDr.David Crystal would probably agree that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA people should not accept weblish\nB weblish will destroy the English language\nC people should know something about weblish\nD weblish can cause misunderstandings among people\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>:\nBesides entertainment and beautiful lanterns, another important part of the Lantern Festival, or Yuanxiao Festival is eating small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour. We call these balls Yuanxiao or Tangyuan. Obviously, they get the name from the festival itself. It is said that the custom of eating Yuanxiao originated during the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the fourth century, then became popular during the Tang and Song periods.\nThe fillings inside the dumplings or Yuansiao are either sweet or salty. Sweet fillings are made of sugar, Walnuts, sesame , osmanthus flowers , rose petals, sweetened tangerine peel, bean paste, or jujube paste . A single ingredient or any combination can be used as the filling . The salty variety is filled with minced meat , vegetables or a mixture.\nThe way to make Yuanxiao also varies between northern and southern China. The usual method followed in southern provinces is to shape the dough of rice flour into balls, make a hole, insert the filling, then close the hole and smooth out the dumpling by rolling it between your hands. In North China, sweet or nutmeat stuffing is the usual ingredient. The fillings are pressed into hardened cores, dipped lightly in water and rolled in a flat basket containing dry glutinous rice flour. A layer of the flour sticks to the filling, which is then again dipped in water and rolled a second time in the rice flour. And so it goes, like rolling a snowball, until the dumpling is the desired size.\nThe custom of eating Yuanxiao dumplings remains. This tradition encourages both old and new stores to promote their Yuanxiao products. They all try their best to improve the taste and quality of the dumplings to attract more customers.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is NOT true?\n\n<options>:\nA The custom of eating Yuanxiao dates back to the fourth century.\nB Sugar, rose petals and minced meat are all fillings of Yuanxiao.\nC Sweet Yuanxiao are usually made in southern China.\nD People in northern China usually make Yuanxiao by rolling like a snowball.\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>:\nBesides entertainment and beautiful lanterns, another important part of the Lantern Festival, or Yuanxiao Festival is eating small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour. We call these balls Yuanxiao or Tangyuan. Obviously, they get the name from the festival itself. It is said that the custom of eating Yuanxiao originated during the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the fourth century, then became popular during the Tang and Song periods.\nThe fillings inside the dumplings or Yuansiao are either sweet or salty. Sweet fillings are made of sugar, Walnuts, sesame , osmanthus flowers , rose petals, sweetened tangerine peel, bean paste, or jujube paste . A single ingredient or any combination can be used as the filling . The salty variety is filled with minced meat , vegetables or a mixture.\nThe way to make Yuanxiao also varies between northern and southern China. The usual method followed in southern provinces is to shape the dough of rice flour into balls, make a hole, insert the filling, then close the hole and smooth out the dumpling by rolling it between your hands. In North China, sweet or nutmeat stuffing is the usual ingredient. The fillings are pressed into hardened cores, dipped lightly in water and rolled in a flat basket containing dry glutinous rice flour. A layer of the flour sticks to the filling, which is then again dipped in water and rolled a second time in the rice flour. And so it goes, like rolling a snowball, until the dumpling is the desired size.\nThe custom of eating Yuanxiao dumplings remains. This tradition encourages both old and new stores to promote their Yuanxiao products. They all try their best to improve the taste and quality of the dumplings to attract more customers.\n\n<question>:\nWhich country does the Lantern Festival come from?\n\n<options>:\nA China\nB South Korea\nC Jin Dynasty\nD Tang and Song periods.\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>:\nBesides entertainment and beautiful lanterns, another important part of the Lantern Festival, or Yuanxiao Festival is eating small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour. We call these balls Yuanxiao or Tangyuan. Obviously, they get the name from the festival itself. It is said that the custom of eating Yuanxiao originated during the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the fourth century, then became popular during the Tang and Song periods.\nThe fillings inside the dumplings or Yuansiao are either sweet or salty. Sweet fillings are made of sugar, Walnuts, sesame , osmanthus flowers , rose petals, sweetened tangerine peel, bean paste, or jujube paste . A single ingredient or any combination can be used as the filling . The salty variety is filled with minced meat , vegetables or a mixture.\nThe way to make Yuanxiao also varies between northern and southern China. The usual method followed in southern provinces is to shape the dough of rice flour into balls, make a hole, insert the filling, then close the hole and smooth out the dumpling by rolling it between your hands. In North China, sweet or nutmeat stuffing is the usual ingredient. The fillings are pressed into hardened cores, dipped lightly in water and rolled in a flat basket containing dry glutinous rice flour. A layer of the flour sticks to the filling, which is then again dipped in water and rolled a second time in the rice flour. And so it goes, like rolling a snowball, until the dumpling is the desired size.\nThe custom of eating Yuanxiao dumplings remains. This tradition encourages both old and new stores to promote their Yuanxiao products. They all try their best to improve the taste and quality of the dumplings to attract more customers.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the best title of this passage?\n\n<options>:\nA The Lantern Festival\nB The ingredients of Yuanxiao\nC The difference between Yuanxiao and Tangyuan.\nD China's traditional food--Yuanxiao.\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>:\nBesides entertainment and beautiful lanterns, another important part of the Lantern Festival, or Yuanxiao Festival is eating small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour. We call these balls Yuanxiao or Tangyuan. Obviously, they get the name from the festival itself. It is said that the custom of eating Yuanxiao originated during the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the fourth century, then became popular during the Tang and Song periods.\nThe fillings inside the dumplings or Yuansiao are either sweet or salty. Sweet fillings are made of sugar, Walnuts, sesame , osmanthus flowers , rose petals, sweetened tangerine peel, bean paste, or jujube paste . A single ingredient or any combination can be used as the filling . The salty variety is filled with minced meat , vegetables or a mixture.\nThe way to make Yuanxiao also varies between northern and southern China. The usual method followed in southern provinces is to shape the dough of rice flour into balls, make a hole, insert the filling, then close the hole and smooth out the dumpling by rolling it between your hands. In North China, sweet or nutmeat stuffing is the usual ingredient. The fillings are pressed into hardened cores, dipped lightly in water and rolled in a flat basket containing dry glutinous rice flour. A layer of the flour sticks to the filling, which is then again dipped in water and rolled a second time in the rice flour. And so it goes, like rolling a snowball, until the dumpling is the desired size.\nThe custom of eating Yuanxiao dumplings remains. This tradition encourages both old and new stores to promote their Yuanxiao products. They all try their best to improve the taste and quality of the dumplings to attract more customers.\n\n<question>:\nWhy do we eat Yuanxiao today?\n\n<options>:\nA Because it's a tradition.\nB Because it's a tasty food.\nC Because we love our country.\nD Because this food can make money.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nWASHINGTON---At least four more U.S. air-traffic controllers are caught nodding off on the job at three separate airports across the nation, the government said Wednesday.\nThe controller working alone in the tower fell asleep and was out of communication for 16 minutes while a medical flight carrying a patient was trying to land at about 2 A.M. Wednesday at Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Nevada, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement. \nThe FAA announced that it is also investigating a controller who fell asleep Monday at Boeing King County International Airport in Seattle and two controllers who were unresponsive at Preston Smith International Airport in Lubbock, Texas, on March 29.The agency had earlier revealed that an air-traffic supervisor fell asleep March 23 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and a controller slept for five hours at McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville, Tennessee on Feb.19.\n\"I am sick of this,\" Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Chairman Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, said in a statement. \"We can't have an aviation system where some of the people responsible for safety are asleep at the switch.\" \nAs the incidents pile up, sleep experts say it demonstrates that the agency faces a systemic issue with the thousands of people expected to work through the night in safety-critical jobs. Scientific research shows that workers on midnight shifts make more errors because it is so difficult for the body to adapt to sleeping during the day, they say. ks5u\nThe agency will add an extra controller at the 27 towers staffed with one worker on the midnight shift, the FAA statement said. Agency chief Randy Babbitt and the controllers' union president, Paul Rinaldi, will visit facilities around the country next week to reinforce the need for \"the highest professional standards,\" according to the FAA. \nDoug Church, a spokesman for Rinaldi of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, didn't immediately return a telephone call for comment. \nRepresentative John Mica, the Florida Republican who chairs the House transportation committee, criticized the decision to add controllers. \"Only in the federal government would you _ , averaging $161,000 per year in salary and benefits, that aren't doing their job,\" Mica said in a statement. Mica has pushed legislation that would allow as many as 90 smaller airports to switch from federal to private controllers. \n\"People have known these problems with fatigue have existed for years,\" said John Goglia, a Boston-based aviation safety consultant. \"They're now showing up. The FAA is admitting they exist. Now the FAA needs to work on it.\"\nBabbitt said April 6 a controller was in the process of being fired for deliberately sleeping on the job at the McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville, Tennessee, on February 19. \nThe four controllers in Nevada, Seattle and Texas have been suspended pending investigations, the FAA said.\n\n<question>:\n_ controllers since February have been caught sleeping on duty at night or early morning.\n\n<options>:\nA 4\nB 5\nC 6\nD 7\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>:\nWASHINGTON---At least four more U.S. air-traffic controllers are caught nodding off on the job at three separate airports across the nation, the government said Wednesday.\nThe controller working alone in the tower fell asleep and was out of communication for 16 minutes while a medical flight carrying a patient was trying to land at about 2 A.M. Wednesday at Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Nevada, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement. \nThe FAA announced that it is also investigating a controller who fell asleep Monday at Boeing King County International Airport in Seattle and two controllers who were unresponsive at Preston Smith International Airport in Lubbock, Texas, on March 29.The agency had earlier revealed that an air-traffic supervisor fell asleep March 23 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and a controller slept for five hours at McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville, Tennessee on Feb.19.\n\"I am sick of this,\" Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Chairman Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, said in a statement. \"We can't have an aviation system where some of the people responsible for safety are asleep at the switch.\" \nAs the incidents pile up, sleep experts say it demonstrates that the agency faces a systemic issue with the thousands of people expected to work through the night in safety-critical jobs. Scientific research shows that workers on midnight shifts make more errors because it is so difficult for the body to adapt to sleeping during the day, they say. ks5u\nThe agency will add an extra controller at the 27 towers staffed with one worker on the midnight shift, the FAA statement said. Agency chief Randy Babbitt and the controllers' union president, Paul Rinaldi, will visit facilities around the country next week to reinforce the need for \"the highest professional standards,\" according to the FAA. \nDoug Church, a spokesman for Rinaldi of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, didn't immediately return a telephone call for comment. \nRepresentative John Mica, the Florida Republican who chairs the House transportation committee, criticized the decision to add controllers. \"Only in the federal government would you _ , averaging $161,000 per year in salary and benefits, that aren't doing their job,\" Mica said in a statement. Mica has pushed legislation that would allow as many as 90 smaller airports to switch from federal to private controllers. \n\"People have known these problems with fatigue have existed for years,\" said John Goglia, a Boston-based aviation safety consultant. \"They're now showing up. The FAA is admitting they exist. Now the FAA needs to work on it.\"\nBabbitt said April 6 a controller was in the process of being fired for deliberately sleeping on the job at the McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville, Tennessee, on February 19. \nThe four controllers in Nevada, Seattle and Texas have been suspended pending investigations, the FAA said.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to John Goglia, fatigue problem _ .\n\n<options>:\nA is a known potential danger\nB has never appeared before\nC is common for day-time shift workers\nD seldom shows up at night\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>:\nWASHINGTON---At least four more U.S. air-traffic controllers are caught nodding off on the job at three separate airports across the nation, the government said Wednesday.\nThe controller working alone in the tower fell asleep and was out of communication for 16 minutes while a medical flight carrying a patient was trying to land at about 2 A.M. Wednesday at Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Nevada, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement. \nThe FAA announced that it is also investigating a controller who fell asleep Monday at Boeing King County International Airport in Seattle and two controllers who were unresponsive at Preston Smith International Airport in Lubbock, Texas, on March 29.The agency had earlier revealed that an air-traffic supervisor fell asleep March 23 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and a controller slept for five hours at McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville, Tennessee on Feb.19.\n\"I am sick of this,\" Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Chairman Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, said in a statement. \"We can't have an aviation system where some of the people responsible for safety are asleep at the switch.\" \nAs the incidents pile up, sleep experts say it demonstrates that the agency faces a systemic issue with the thousands of people expected to work through the night in safety-critical jobs. Scientific research shows that workers on midnight shifts make more errors because it is so difficult for the body to adapt to sleeping during the day, they say. ks5u\nThe agency will add an extra controller at the 27 towers staffed with one worker on the midnight shift, the FAA statement said. Agency chief Randy Babbitt and the controllers' union president, Paul Rinaldi, will visit facilities around the country next week to reinforce the need for \"the highest professional standards,\" according to the FAA. \nDoug Church, a spokesman for Rinaldi of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, didn't immediately return a telephone call for comment. \nRepresentative John Mica, the Florida Republican who chairs the House transportation committee, criticized the decision to add controllers. \"Only in the federal government would you _ , averaging $161,000 per year in salary and benefits, that aren't doing their job,\" Mica said in a statement. Mica has pushed legislation that would allow as many as 90 smaller airports to switch from federal to private controllers. \n\"People have known these problems with fatigue have existed for years,\" said John Goglia, a Boston-based aviation safety consultant. \"They're now showing up. The FAA is admitting they exist. Now the FAA needs to work on it.\"\nBabbitt said April 6 a controller was in the process of being fired for deliberately sleeping on the job at the McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville, Tennessee, on February 19. \nThe four controllers in Nevada, Seattle and Texas have been suspended pending investigations, the FAA said.\n\n<question>:\nWhich statement is true?\n\n<options>:\nA A controller fell asleep without communication for 16 minutes in Knoxville, Tennessee\nB A medical flight carrying a patient failed to land with the controller asleep.\nC Jay Rockefeller pays little attention to sleeping at the switch\nD Mica refused to support the decision to staff more controllers on the midnight shift.\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>:\nWASHINGTON---At least four more U.S. air-traffic controllers are caught nodding off on the job at three separate airports across the nation, the government said Wednesday.\nThe controller working alone in the tower fell asleep and was out of communication for 16 minutes while a medical flight carrying a patient was trying to land at about 2 A.M. Wednesday at Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Nevada, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement. \nThe FAA announced that it is also investigating a controller who fell asleep Monday at Boeing King County International Airport in Seattle and two controllers who were unresponsive at Preston Smith International Airport in Lubbock, Texas, on March 29.The agency had earlier revealed that an air-traffic supervisor fell asleep March 23 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and a controller slept for five hours at McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville, Tennessee on Feb.19.\n\"I am sick of this,\" Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Chairman Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, said in a statement. \"We can't have an aviation system where some of the people responsible for safety are asleep at the switch.\" \nAs the incidents pile up, sleep experts say it demonstrates that the agency faces a systemic issue with the thousands of people expected to work through the night in safety-critical jobs. Scientific research shows that workers on midnight shifts make more errors because it is so difficult for the body to adapt to sleeping during the day, they say. ks5u\nThe agency will add an extra controller at the 27 towers staffed with one worker on the midnight shift, the FAA statement said. Agency chief Randy Babbitt and the controllers' union president, Paul Rinaldi, will visit facilities around the country next week to reinforce the need for \"the highest professional standards,\" according to the FAA. \nDoug Church, a spokesman for Rinaldi of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, didn't immediately return a telephone call for comment. \nRepresentative John Mica, the Florida Republican who chairs the House transportation committee, criticized the decision to add controllers. \"Only in the federal government would you _ , averaging $161,000 per year in salary and benefits, that aren't doing their job,\" Mica said in a statement. Mica has pushed legislation that would allow as many as 90 smaller airports to switch from federal to private controllers. \n\"People have known these problems with fatigue have existed for years,\" said John Goglia, a Boston-based aviation safety consultant. \"They're now showing up. The FAA is admitting they exist. Now the FAA needs to work on it.\"\nBabbitt said April 6 a controller was in the process of being fired for deliberately sleeping on the job at the McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville, Tennessee, on February 19. \nThe four controllers in Nevada, Seattle and Texas have been suspended pending investigations, the FAA said.\n\n<question>:\nWe can infer from the passage that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA The controllers were working alone while they were on duty\nB The incidents are rooted in fatigue problems and those on midnight shifts need an extra nap\nC In the U.S. , thousands of people expect to work through the night in safety-critical jobs\nD The agency has added an extra controller at the 27 towers\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nIt is a very common thing for a person to have a good friend.My good friend is Diana.She is a rich and proud girl.She often thinks that she is too good for anyone,so nobody wants to be her friend.\nOne day after school,I was waiting for Diana when Vivien came up to me.She gave me a biscuit.I accepted it.We talked and joked,and from then on,I began to spend more time with Vivien than with Diana.I felt a little uneasy.\nAfter a few days,I went to see Diana for some snacks when Vivien came and sat with me.She offered me a sandwich.She also offered one to Diana,but Diana refused it.She walked away.I was angry with Diana for being so rude and thoughtless.\n\"Never mind,\"Vivien said,\"I'm used to it.\"\nAfter school,I tried to catch up with Diana.While walking home,I tried to correct her attitude,but she would not listen to me.She said,\"Go and join your 'dear' Vivien.I know you make new friends and forget the old ones.\"\nFor the next few weeks,we did not talk to each other.Then,one day,Diana came to Vivien and me,saying,\"I'm really sorry about what I did.I'm a spoiled girl,but I also need good friends just like you.Would you please forgive me?\"Vivien and I looked at each other and smiled.From then on,Diana,Vivien and I have been best friends.\"\n\n<question>:\nThe writer was angry with Diana _ .\n\n<options>:\nA because she was too good for anyone\nB when Diana refused Vivien's sandwich\nC though she asked the writer to forgive\nD so Diana walked away\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nIt is a very common thing for a person to have a good friend.My good friend is Diana.She is a rich and proud girl.She often thinks that she is too good for anyone,so nobody wants to be her friend.\nOne day after school,I was waiting for Diana when Vivien came up to me.She gave me a biscuit.I accepted it.We talked and joked,and from then on,I began to spend more time with Vivien than with Diana.I felt a little uneasy.\nAfter a few days,I went to see Diana for some snacks when Vivien came and sat with me.She offered me a sandwich.She also offered one to Diana,but Diana refused it.She walked away.I was angry with Diana for being so rude and thoughtless.\n\"Never mind,\"Vivien said,\"I'm used to it.\"\nAfter school,I tried to catch up with Diana.While walking home,I tried to correct her attitude,but she would not listen to me.She said,\"Go and join your 'dear' Vivien.I know you make new friends and forget the old ones.\"\nFor the next few weeks,we did not talk to each other.Then,one day,Diana came to Vivien and me,saying,\"I'm really sorry about what I did.I'm a spoiled girl,but I also need good friends just like you.Would you please forgive me?\"Vivien and I looked at each other and smiled.From then on,Diana,Vivien and I have been best friends.\"\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage,it is clear that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Diana and the writer had been good friends\nB Diana didn't like sandwiches\nC Vivien didn't want to make new friends at all\nD the writer forgot her old friends after she had new one\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nIt is a very common thing for a person to have a good friend.My good friend is Diana.She is a rich and proud girl.She often thinks that she is too good for anyone,so nobody wants to be her friend.\nOne day after school,I was waiting for Diana when Vivien came up to me.She gave me a biscuit.I accepted it.We talked and joked,and from then on,I began to spend more time with Vivien than with Diana.I felt a little uneasy.\nAfter a few days,I went to see Diana for some snacks when Vivien came and sat with me.She offered me a sandwich.She also offered one to Diana,but Diana refused it.She walked away.I was angry with Diana for being so rude and thoughtless.\n\"Never mind,\"Vivien said,\"I'm used to it.\"\nAfter school,I tried to catch up with Diana.While walking home,I tried to correct her attitude,but she would not listen to me.She said,\"Go and join your 'dear' Vivien.I know you make new friends and forget the old ones.\"\nFor the next few weeks,we did not talk to each other.Then,one day,Diana came to Vivien and me,saying,\"I'm really sorry about what I did.I'm a spoiled girl,but I also need good friends just like you.Would you please forgive me?\"Vivien and I looked at each other and smiled.From then on,Diana,Vivien and I have been best friends.\"\n\n<question>:\nVivien's saying \"I'm used to it\" shows that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA someone refused to give her things\nB Vivien used to be rude to others\nC she liked to be refused\nD some people were rude to her before\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nIt is a very common thing for a person to have a good friend.My good friend is Diana.She is a rich and proud girl.She often thinks that she is too good for anyone,so nobody wants to be her friend.\nOne day after school,I was waiting for Diana when Vivien came up to me.She gave me a biscuit.I accepted it.We talked and joked,and from then on,I began to spend more time with Vivien than with Diana.I felt a little uneasy.\nAfter a few days,I went to see Diana for some snacks when Vivien came and sat with me.She offered me a sandwich.She also offered one to Diana,but Diana refused it.She walked away.I was angry with Diana for being so rude and thoughtless.\n\"Never mind,\"Vivien said,\"I'm used to it.\"\nAfter school,I tried to catch up with Diana.While walking home,I tried to correct her attitude,but she would not listen to me.She said,\"Go and join your 'dear' Vivien.I know you make new friends and forget the old ones.\"\nFor the next few weeks,we did not talk to each other.Then,one day,Diana came to Vivien and me,saying,\"I'm really sorry about what I did.I'm a spoiled girl,but I also need good friends just like you.Would you please forgive me?\"Vivien and I looked at each other and smiled.From then on,Diana,Vivien and I have been best friends.\"\n\n<question>:\nDiana asked Vivien and the writer to forgive because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA they didn't spend much time with her\nB she realized she was wrong\nC Vivien and the writer didn't talk to her\nD she was a rich and proud girl\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nIt is a very common thing for a person to have a good friend.My good friend is Diana.She is a rich and proud girl.She often thinks that she is too good for anyone,so nobody wants to be her friend.\nOne day after school,I was waiting for Diana when Vivien came up to me.She gave me a biscuit.I accepted it.We talked and joked,and from then on,I began to spend more time with Vivien than with Diana.I felt a little uneasy.\nAfter a few days,I went to see Diana for some snacks when Vivien came and sat with me.She offered me a sandwich.She also offered one to Diana,but Diana refused it.She walked away.I was angry with Diana for being so rude and thoughtless.\n\"Never mind,\"Vivien said,\"I'm used to it.\"\nAfter school,I tried to catch up with Diana.While walking home,I tried to correct her attitude,but she would not listen to me.She said,\"Go and join your 'dear' Vivien.I know you make new friends and forget the old ones.\"\nFor the next few weeks,we did not talk to each other.Then,one day,Diana came to Vivien and me,saying,\"I'm really sorry about what I did.I'm a spoiled girl,but I also need good friends just like you.Would you please forgive me?\"Vivien and I looked at each other and smiled.From then on,Diana,Vivien and I have been best friends.\"\n\n<question>:\nThe reading is mainly about _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the mistake among the three friends\nB two best friends at a school\nC three friends at a school\nD the trouble between Diana and Vivien\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nHave you ever considered why you begin yawning too when you see someone yawn? Or how hard it is to be among people laughing and not laugh yourself? Well, apparently it's because we have mirror neurons in our brains.\nPut simply, the existence of mirror neurons suggests that every time we see someone else do something, our brains imitate it whether or not we actually perform the same action. This explains a great deal about how, we learn to smile, talk, walk, dance or play sports. But the idea goes further: mirror neurons not only appear to explain physical actions, they also tell us that there is a biological basis for the way we understand other people.\nMirror neurons can undoubtedly be found all over our brains, but especially in the areas which relate to our ability to use languages, and to understand how other people feel. Researchers have found that mirror neurons relate strongly to language. A group of researchers discovered that if they gave people sentences to listen to ( for example: \"The hand took hold of the ball\" ) , the same mirror neurons were _ as when the action was actually performed (in this example, actually taking hold of a ball).\nAny problems with mirror neurons may well result in problems with behavior. Much research suggests that people with social and behavioral problems have mirror neurons which are not fully functioning. However, it is not yet known exactly how these discoveries might help find treatments for social disorders.\nResearch into mirror neurons seems to provide us with even more information regarding how humans behave and interact. Indeed, it may turn out to be the equivalent for neuroscience of what Einstein's theory of relativity was for physics. And the next time you feel the urge to cough in the cinema when someone else does -- well, perhaps you'll understand why.\n\n<question>:\nMirror neurons can explain _\n\n<options>:\nA why we smile when we see someone else smile\nB why we yawn when we see someone else stay up late\nC why we cry when we are hurt\nD why we cough when we suffer from a cold\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nHave you ever considered why you begin yawning too when you see someone yawn? Or how hard it is to be among people laughing and not laugh yourself? Well, apparently it's because we have mirror neurons in our brains.\nPut simply, the existence of mirror neurons suggests that every time we see someone else do something, our brains imitate it whether or not we actually perform the same action. This explains a great deal about how, we learn to smile, talk, walk, dance or play sports. But the idea goes further: mirror neurons not only appear to explain physical actions, they also tell us that there is a biological basis for the way we understand other people.\nMirror neurons can undoubtedly be found all over our brains, but especially in the areas which relate to our ability to use languages, and to understand how other people feel. Researchers have found that mirror neurons relate strongly to language. A group of researchers discovered that if they gave people sentences to listen to ( for example: \"The hand took hold of the ball\" ) , the same mirror neurons were _ as when the action was actually performed (in this example, actually taking hold of a ball).\nAny problems with mirror neurons may well result in problems with behavior. Much research suggests that people with social and behavioral problems have mirror neurons which are not fully functioning. However, it is not yet known exactly how these discoveries might help find treatments for social disorders.\nResearch into mirror neurons seems to provide us with even more information regarding how humans behave and interact. Indeed, it may turn out to be the equivalent for neuroscience of what Einstein's theory of relativity was for physics. And the next time you feel the urge to cough in the cinema when someone else does -- well, perhaps you'll understand why.\n\n<question>:\nWe can learn from the passage that mirror neurons _ .\n\n<options>:\nA determine our knowledge and language abilities\nB control human physical actions and feelings\nC result in bad behavior and social disorders\nD relate to human behavior and interaction\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nHave you ever considered why you begin yawning too when you see someone yawn? Or how hard it is to be among people laughing and not laugh yourself? Well, apparently it's because we have mirror neurons in our brains.\nPut simply, the existence of mirror neurons suggests that every time we see someone else do something, our brains imitate it whether or not we actually perform the same action. This explains a great deal about how, we learn to smile, talk, walk, dance or play sports. But the idea goes further: mirror neurons not only appear to explain physical actions, they also tell us that there is a biological basis for the way we understand other people.\nMirror neurons can undoubtedly be found all over our brains, but especially in the areas which relate to our ability to use languages, and to understand how other people feel. Researchers have found that mirror neurons relate strongly to language. A group of researchers discovered that if they gave people sentences to listen to ( for example: \"The hand took hold of the ball\" ) , the same mirror neurons were _ as when the action was actually performed (in this example, actually taking hold of a ball).\nAny problems with mirror neurons may well result in problems with behavior. Much research suggests that people with social and behavioral problems have mirror neurons which are not fully functioning. However, it is not yet known exactly how these discoveries might help find treatments for social disorders.\nResearch into mirror neurons seems to provide us with even more information regarding how humans behave and interact. Indeed, it may turn out to be the equivalent for neuroscience of what Einstein's theory of relativity was for physics. And the next time you feel the urge to cough in the cinema when someone else does -- well, perhaps you'll understand why.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the passage mainly about?\n\n<options>:\nA Ways to find mirror neurons.\nB Problems of mirror neurons.\nC Functions of mirror neurons.\nD Existence of mirror neurons.\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>:\nEmpathy is a quality that is essential to most people's lives and yet the modern world makes it easy to lose sight of the feelings of others. But almost everyone can learn to develop this crucial personality trait , says Roman Krznaric. Roman Krznaric used to regularly walk past a homeless man around the corner from where he lived in Oxford and took almost no notice of him. One day he stopped to speak to him.\nIt turned out his name was Alan Human and he had a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford. They afterwards developed a friendship based on their common interest in Aristotle's ethics .\nThis unexpected meeting taught Roman that having conversations with strangers opens up our empathic minds. We can not only meet amazing people but also challenge the prejudices that we have about others based on their appearance, accents or backgrounds.\nFurthermore, it's about recovering the curiosity everyone had as children. Respect the advice of oral historian Studs Terkel, who always spoke to people on the bus, \"Don't be an examiner, be the interested inquirer .\"\nThe world's first Empathy Museum, which is starting in the UK in late 2015 and will then be travelling to Australia and other countries. Amongst the unusual exhibitions will be a human library, where instead of borrowing a book you borrow a person for conversation-maybe an unhappy investment banker or a gay father. In other words, the kind of people you may not get to meet in everyday life.\nAs the psychologist and inventor of emotional intelligence Daniel Goleman puts it, without empathy a person is \"emotionally tone deaf\". It's clear that with a little effort nearly everyone can put more of their empathic potential to use. So try putting on your empathy shoes and make an adventure of looking at the world through the eyes of others.\n\n<question>:\nWhy did Roman and Alan become good friends?\n\n<options>:\nA They helped each other.\nB They felt pity for each other.\nC They shared the same interest.\nD They had to depend on 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>:\nEmpathy is a quality that is essential to most people's lives and yet the modern world makes it easy to lose sight of the feelings of others. But almost everyone can learn to develop this crucial personality trait , says Roman Krznaric. Roman Krznaric used to regularly walk past a homeless man around the corner from where he lived in Oxford and took almost no notice of him. One day he stopped to speak to him.\nIt turned out his name was Alan Human and he had a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford. They afterwards developed a friendship based on their common interest in Aristotle's ethics .\nThis unexpected meeting taught Roman that having conversations with strangers opens up our empathic minds. We can not only meet amazing people but also challenge the prejudices that we have about others based on their appearance, accents or backgrounds.\nFurthermore, it's about recovering the curiosity everyone had as children. Respect the advice of oral historian Studs Terkel, who always spoke to people on the bus, \"Don't be an examiner, be the interested inquirer .\"\nThe world's first Empathy Museum, which is starting in the UK in late 2015 and will then be travelling to Australia and other countries. Amongst the unusual exhibitions will be a human library, where instead of borrowing a book you borrow a person for conversation-maybe an unhappy investment banker or a gay father. In other words, the kind of people you may not get to meet in everyday life.\nAs the psychologist and inventor of emotional intelligence Daniel Goleman puts it, without empathy a person is \"emotionally tone deaf\". It's clear that with a little effort nearly everyone can put more of their empathic potential to use. So try putting on your empathy shoes and make an adventure of looking at the world through the eyes of others.\n\n<question>:\nWhat should adults learn from children?\n\n<options>:\nA Never judge by appearances.\nB Be curious about others.\nC Never talk to strangers.\nD Always be polite.\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>:\nEmpathy is a quality that is essential to most people's lives and yet the modern world makes it easy to lose sight of the feelings of others. But almost everyone can learn to develop this crucial personality trait , says Roman Krznaric. Roman Krznaric used to regularly walk past a homeless man around the corner from where he lived in Oxford and took almost no notice of him. One day he stopped to speak to him.\nIt turned out his name was Alan Human and he had a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford. They afterwards developed a friendship based on their common interest in Aristotle's ethics .\nThis unexpected meeting taught Roman that having conversations with strangers opens up our empathic minds. We can not only meet amazing people but also challenge the prejudices that we have about others based on their appearance, accents or backgrounds.\nFurthermore, it's about recovering the curiosity everyone had as children. Respect the advice of oral historian Studs Terkel, who always spoke to people on the bus, \"Don't be an examiner, be the interested inquirer .\"\nThe world's first Empathy Museum, which is starting in the UK in late 2015 and will then be travelling to Australia and other countries. Amongst the unusual exhibitions will be a human library, where instead of borrowing a book you borrow a person for conversation-maybe an unhappy investment banker or a gay father. In other words, the kind of people you may not get to meet in everyday life.\nAs the psychologist and inventor of emotional intelligence Daniel Goleman puts it, without empathy a person is \"emotionally tone deaf\". It's clear that with a little effort nearly everyone can put more of their empathic potential to use. So try putting on your empathy shoes and make an adventure of looking at the world through the eyes of others.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is TRUE according to Daniel Goleman?\n\n<options>:\nA Emotional intelligence cannot be improved.\nB Most people don't have empathy for others.\nC It is important to develop empathy for others.\nD Deaf people have little emotional intelligence.\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>:\nIf doctors want to test you for something, they'll usually take a blood or urine sample . But wouldn't it be much more convenient if they just asked you to breathe through a special instrument?\nIn fact, your breath can say a lot about you. In traditional Chinese medicine, doctors draw a conclusion about the health state of a patient based on the smell of his or her breath; trained dogs and rats can identify the smells of the breaths of people suffering from certain cancers; traffic police also monitor drivers' alcohol consumption by testing their breaths.\nJust like blood and urine, your breath contains lots of \" metabolites \" --- the waste chemicals that the body produces, which vary from person to person. They are like personal health fingerprints, which is why scientists sometimes call them \" breath prints\", according to Science Daily.\nCompared to blood or urine testing, breath testing takes only seconds instead of hours, and it requires neither a needle nor a container to hold the body fluids . This means the test can be taken frequently to better detect early signs of diseases and monitor the progress of a medical treatment.\nOn the other hand, as an identifier, you might think that breaths are not as reliable as fingerprints since they might change based on what you eat. However, researchers in Zurich, Switzerland mapped 11 healthy volunteers' chemical patterns by having them breathe through a special instrument, and they found that each pattern was unique and the patterns didn't change much throughout the day, reported BBC.\n\"Our goal is to develop breath analysis to the point where it becomes competitive with the established analysis of blood and urine,\" said Malcolm Kohler, professor at the University Hospital Zurich.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the text we know that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA breath varies from person to person based on food\nB your breath may give you away if you are not careful\nC doctors can test one's breath to find about his illness\nD dogs can identify people with certain cancers\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>:\nIf doctors want to test you for something, they'll usually take a blood or urine sample . But wouldn't it be much more convenient if they just asked you to breathe through a special instrument?\nIn fact, your breath can say a lot about you. In traditional Chinese medicine, doctors draw a conclusion about the health state of a patient based on the smell of his or her breath; trained dogs and rats can identify the smells of the breaths of people suffering from certain cancers; traffic police also monitor drivers' alcohol consumption by testing their breaths.\nJust like blood and urine, your breath contains lots of \" metabolites \" --- the waste chemicals that the body produces, which vary from person to person. They are like personal health fingerprints, which is why scientists sometimes call them \" breath prints\", according to Science Daily.\nCompared to blood or urine testing, breath testing takes only seconds instead of hours, and it requires neither a needle nor a container to hold the body fluids . This means the test can be taken frequently to better detect early signs of diseases and monitor the progress of a medical treatment.\nOn the other hand, as an identifier, you might think that breaths are not as reliable as fingerprints since they might change based on what you eat. However, researchers in Zurich, Switzerland mapped 11 healthy volunteers' chemical patterns by having them breathe through a special instrument, and they found that each pattern was unique and the patterns didn't change much throughout the day, reported BBC.\n\"Our goal is to develop breath analysis to the point where it becomes competitive with the established analysis of blood and urine,\" said Malcolm Kohler, professor at the University Hospital Zurich.\n\n<question>:\nIn comparison with blood or urine testing, breath testing is _ .\n\n<options>:\nA comfortable and convincing\nB traditional and reliable\nC accurate and competitive\nD quick and convenient\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>:\nIf doctors want to test you for something, they'll usually take a blood or urine sample . But wouldn't it be much more convenient if they just asked you to breathe through a special instrument?\nIn fact, your breath can say a lot about you. In traditional Chinese medicine, doctors draw a conclusion about the health state of a patient based on the smell of his or her breath; trained dogs and rats can identify the smells of the breaths of people suffering from certain cancers; traffic police also monitor drivers' alcohol consumption by testing their breaths.\nJust like blood and urine, your breath contains lots of \" metabolites \" --- the waste chemicals that the body produces, which vary from person to person. They are like personal health fingerprints, which is why scientists sometimes call them \" breath prints\", according to Science Daily.\nCompared to blood or urine testing, breath testing takes only seconds instead of hours, and it requires neither a needle nor a container to hold the body fluids . This means the test can be taken frequently to better detect early signs of diseases and monitor the progress of a medical treatment.\nOn the other hand, as an identifier, you might think that breaths are not as reliable as fingerprints since they might change based on what you eat. However, researchers in Zurich, Switzerland mapped 11 healthy volunteers' chemical patterns by having them breathe through a special instrument, and they found that each pattern was unique and the patterns didn't change much throughout the day, reported BBC.\n\"Our goal is to develop breath analysis to the point where it becomes competitive with the established analysis of blood and urine,\" said Malcolm Kohler, professor at the University Hospital Zurich.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the author's attitude toward breath testing?\n\n<options>:\nA Doubtful.\nB Approving.\nC Unconcerned.\nD Worried.\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>:\nIf doctors want to test you for something, they'll usually take a blood or urine sample . But wouldn't it be much more convenient if they just asked you to breathe through a special instrument?\nIn fact, your breath can say a lot about you. In traditional Chinese medicine, doctors draw a conclusion about the health state of a patient based on the smell of his or her breath; trained dogs and rats can identify the smells of the breaths of people suffering from certain cancers; traffic police also monitor drivers' alcohol consumption by testing their breaths.\nJust like blood and urine, your breath contains lots of \" metabolites \" --- the waste chemicals that the body produces, which vary from person to person. They are like personal health fingerprints, which is why scientists sometimes call them \" breath prints\", according to Science Daily.\nCompared to blood or urine testing, breath testing takes only seconds instead of hours, and it requires neither a needle nor a container to hold the body fluids . This means the test can be taken frequently to better detect early signs of diseases and monitor the progress of a medical treatment.\nOn the other hand, as an identifier, you might think that breaths are not as reliable as fingerprints since they might change based on what you eat. However, researchers in Zurich, Switzerland mapped 11 healthy volunteers' chemical patterns by having them breathe through a special instrument, and they found that each pattern was unique and the patterns didn't change much throughout the day, reported BBC.\n\"Our goal is to develop breath analysis to the point where it becomes competitive with the established analysis of blood and urine,\" said Malcolm Kohler, professor at the University Hospital Zurich.\n\n<question>:\nWhat can we infer from the text?\n\n<options>:\nA Breath testing is reliable and may have a bright future.\nB Blood or urine testing will be less used in medical treatment.\nC Doctors have found the best way to detect early signs of diseases.\nD Traditional Chinese medicine is becoming more and more popular.\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 felt excited, curious and nervous at the same time. I was excited because I would be skipping two grades. I was curious because I didn't know how high school students were taught. However, I was most nervous at the idea that I would be doing high school homework.\nI had just walked into the class when the bell rang. This wasn't a good start. But the kid in front of me looked very friendly. Luckily, since it was the first day of school, my teacher talked for about half of the period and we just had the rest of the period to start the class. I didn't know what he was saying at first, but when I saw the problems on the paper, I knew what to do.\nThe next day, the kid said hi and I said hi back. We got into a conversation. It seemed that whenever I was talking to my friend, everyone stopped staring at me. Then the class started. It was easy. But I was still uncomfortable because I couldn't look around without meeting others'eyes, so I just kept my eyes on the whiteboard and on my textbook.\nHowever, my friend didn't show up the next day, and the eighth graders just kept on staring at me. I didn't know why.\nThe next day everything changed. My friend was back to school. I was praised for my homework. Everyone stared at me less. Some started to be a little friendlier towards me. I felt at home at last here. My teachers also seemed pretty nice.\n\n<question>:\nIf the author didn't skip, he should study in _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the fourth grade\nB the sixth grade\nC the seventh grade\nD the eighth grade\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 felt excited, curious and nervous at the same time. I was excited because I would be skipping two grades. I was curious because I didn't know how high school students were taught. However, I was most nervous at the idea that I would be doing high school homework.\nI had just walked into the class when the bell rang. This wasn't a good start. But the kid in front of me looked very friendly. Luckily, since it was the first day of school, my teacher talked for about half of the period and we just had the rest of the period to start the class. I didn't know what he was saying at first, but when I saw the problems on the paper, I knew what to do.\nThe next day, the kid said hi and I said hi back. We got into a conversation. It seemed that whenever I was talking to my friend, everyone stopped staring at me. Then the class started. It was easy. But I was still uncomfortable because I couldn't look around without meeting others'eyes, so I just kept my eyes on the whiteboard and on my textbook.\nHowever, my friend didn't show up the next day, and the eighth graders just kept on staring at me. I didn't know why.\nThe next day everything changed. My friend was back to school. I was praised for my homework. Everyone stared at me less. Some started to be a little friendlier towards me. I felt at home at last here. My teachers also seemed pretty nice.\n\n<question>:\nWhat may make the author curious?\n\n<options>:\nA What his old friends are doing.\nB How high school students study.\nC How he will do his high school homework.\nD What the eighth graders' homework is.\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 felt excited, curious and nervous at the same time. I was excited because I would be skipping two grades. I was curious because I didn't know how high school students were taught. However, I was most nervous at the idea that I would be doing high school homework.\nI had just walked into the class when the bell rang. This wasn't a good start. But the kid in front of me looked very friendly. Luckily, since it was the first day of school, my teacher talked for about half of the period and we just had the rest of the period to start the class. I didn't know what he was saying at first, but when I saw the problems on the paper, I knew what to do.\nThe next day, the kid said hi and I said hi back. We got into a conversation. It seemed that whenever I was talking to my friend, everyone stopped staring at me. Then the class started. It was easy. But I was still uncomfortable because I couldn't look around without meeting others'eyes, so I just kept my eyes on the whiteboard and on my textbook.\nHowever, my friend didn't show up the next day, and the eighth graders just kept on staring at me. I didn't know why.\nThe next day everything changed. My friend was back to school. I was praised for my homework. Everyone stared at me less. Some started to be a little friendlier towards me. I felt at home at last here. My teachers also seemed pretty nice.\n\n<question>:\nWhy did the author always keep his eyes on the whiteboard and the textbook?\n\n<options>:\nA To pay attention to his teachers.\nB To attract his teachers' attention.\nC To follow his teachers' teaching.\nD To avoid meeting others' eyes.\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 felt excited, curious and nervous at the same time. I was excited because I would be skipping two grades. I was curious because I didn't know how high school students were taught. However, I was most nervous at the idea that I would be doing high school homework.\nI had just walked into the class when the bell rang. This wasn't a good start. But the kid in front of me looked very friendly. Luckily, since it was the first day of school, my teacher talked for about half of the period and we just had the rest of the period to start the class. I didn't know what he was saying at first, but when I saw the problems on the paper, I knew what to do.\nThe next day, the kid said hi and I said hi back. We got into a conversation. It seemed that whenever I was talking to my friend, everyone stopped staring at me. Then the class started. It was easy. But I was still uncomfortable because I couldn't look around without meeting others'eyes, so I just kept my eyes on the whiteboard and on my textbook.\nHowever, my friend didn't show up the next day, and the eighth graders just kept on staring at me. I didn't know why.\nThe next day everything changed. My friend was back to school. I was praised for my homework. Everyone stared at me less. Some started to be a little friendlier towards me. I felt at home at last here. My teachers also seemed pretty nice.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage, we know that the author _ .\n\n<options>:\nA got along well with his new class very soon\nB felt sorry about having skipped two grades\nC had one friend in his class all the time\nD got used to others' stares in the classroom\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>:\nSuccessful people always have a dream. They dream big dreams and then show great courage to do things that others say cannot be done.\nYour dreams form the foundation of success. Many people have long forgotten the dreams they used to have when they were kids. As they grow older, they are simply too caught up with their work activities that they fail to discover what they really want to pursue in life.\nTo get you back on track to pursue your dreams, follow these steps:\nLearn to dream again; We are born to dream. But we hear of teachers calling in school: \"Stop dreaming and pay attention in class!\" Parents , too, have shouted, \"Stop dreaming and go on with your homework!\" In the end, many do get \"realistic\" and give up their dreams in time.\nDream big dreams; Never set mental boundaries on what you are able to achieve. Dreams are free anyway so as long as you are dreaming, you might as well dream big. Many people cannot realize their dreams and achieve greater success because they limit their own beliefs.\nFlee from dream killers; Dream killers are destructive to your success. Your friends, colleagues and even loved ones can be one of your dream killers. There are people who will try to change, confuse or persuade you to build the life they want, not the life that you want.\nStop listening to the people who tell you why you will not achieve your dreams. You just need to believe you can do whatever it is you want to do.\nYou should stop giving reasons why you cannot achieve your dreams. Many so-called reasons are merely excuse.\nTake action immediately; Once you have big and clear dreams, take immediate action to work toward making them come true.\nWeeks later, the passion will grow cold and months later, that passion may be gone forever. Think about this; Five birds are resting on the fence and minutes later, three birds decide to fly off to search for food. How many birds are left on the fence?\nTwo? Wrong! There should still be five birds on the fence because deciding to fly off is not the same as the actual act of flying off.\n\n<question>:\nWhy have many people forgotten their dreams they had when they were young?\n\n<options>:\nA Because they work too hard\nB Because they have no time to dream again.\nC Because they are stuck in the work\nD Because they have to work hard to make a living\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>:\nSuccessful people always have a dream. They dream big dreams and then show great courage to do things that others say cannot be done.\nYour dreams form the foundation of success. Many people have long forgotten the dreams they used to have when they were kids. As they grow older, they are simply too caught up with their work activities that they fail to discover what they really want to pursue in life.\nTo get you back on track to pursue your dreams, follow these steps:\nLearn to dream again; We are born to dream. But we hear of teachers calling in school: \"Stop dreaming and pay attention in class!\" Parents , too, have shouted, \"Stop dreaming and go on with your homework!\" In the end, many do get \"realistic\" and give up their dreams in time.\nDream big dreams; Never set mental boundaries on what you are able to achieve. Dreams are free anyway so as long as you are dreaming, you might as well dream big. Many people cannot realize their dreams and achieve greater success because they limit their own beliefs.\nFlee from dream killers; Dream killers are destructive to your success. Your friends, colleagues and even loved ones can be one of your dream killers. There are people who will try to change, confuse or persuade you to build the life they want, not the life that you want.\nStop listening to the people who tell you why you will not achieve your dreams. You just need to believe you can do whatever it is you want to do.\nYou should stop giving reasons why you cannot achieve your dreams. Many so-called reasons are merely excuse.\nTake action immediately; Once you have big and clear dreams, take immediate action to work toward making them come true.\nWeeks later, the passion will grow cold and months later, that passion may be gone forever. Think about this; Five birds are resting on the fence and minutes later, three birds decide to fly off to search for food. How many birds are left on the fence?\nTwo? Wrong! There should still be five birds on the fence because deciding to fly off is not the same as the actual act of flying off.\n\n<question>:\nAll the following are the dream killers except _ .\n\n<options>:\nA friends and parents\nB time and age\nC teachers and oneself\nD someone you love\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>:\nSuccessful people always have a dream. They dream big dreams and then show great courage to do things that others say cannot be done.\nYour dreams form the foundation of success. Many people have long forgotten the dreams they used to have when they were kids. As they grow older, they are simply too caught up with their work activities that they fail to discover what they really want to pursue in life.\nTo get you back on track to pursue your dreams, follow these steps:\nLearn to dream again; We are born to dream. But we hear of teachers calling in school: \"Stop dreaming and pay attention in class!\" Parents , too, have shouted, \"Stop dreaming and go on with your homework!\" In the end, many do get \"realistic\" and give up their dreams in time.\nDream big dreams; Never set mental boundaries on what you are able to achieve. Dreams are free anyway so as long as you are dreaming, you might as well dream big. Many people cannot realize their dreams and achieve greater success because they limit their own beliefs.\nFlee from dream killers; Dream killers are destructive to your success. Your friends, colleagues and even loved ones can be one of your dream killers. There are people who will try to change, confuse or persuade you to build the life they want, not the life that you want.\nStop listening to the people who tell you why you will not achieve your dreams. You just need to believe you can do whatever it is you want to do.\nYou should stop giving reasons why you cannot achieve your dreams. Many so-called reasons are merely excuse.\nTake action immediately; Once you have big and clear dreams, take immediate action to work toward making them come true.\nWeeks later, the passion will grow cold and months later, that passion may be gone forever. Think about this; Five birds are resting on the fence and minutes later, three birds decide to fly off to search for food. How many birds are left on the fence?\nTwo? Wrong! There should still be five birds on the fence because deciding to fly off is not the same as the actual act of flying off.\n\n<question>:\nWhat does the bird example mean in the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA It's no use deciding without action.\nB Deciding is less useful than taking action.\nC Deciding is different from taking action.\nD It's easier to decide than take action.\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>:\nSuccessful people always have a dream. They dream big dreams and then show great courage to do things that others say cannot be done.\nYour dreams form the foundation of success. Many people have long forgotten the dreams they used to have when they were kids. As they grow older, they are simply too caught up with their work activities that they fail to discover what they really want to pursue in life.\nTo get you back on track to pursue your dreams, follow these steps:\nLearn to dream again; We are born to dream. But we hear of teachers calling in school: \"Stop dreaming and pay attention in class!\" Parents , too, have shouted, \"Stop dreaming and go on with your homework!\" In the end, many do get \"realistic\" and give up their dreams in time.\nDream big dreams; Never set mental boundaries on what you are able to achieve. Dreams are free anyway so as long as you are dreaming, you might as well dream big. Many people cannot realize their dreams and achieve greater success because they limit their own beliefs.\nFlee from dream killers; Dream killers are destructive to your success. Your friends, colleagues and even loved ones can be one of your dream killers. There are people who will try to change, confuse or persuade you to build the life they want, not the life that you want.\nStop listening to the people who tell you why you will not achieve your dreams. You just need to believe you can do whatever it is you want to do.\nYou should stop giving reasons why you cannot achieve your dreams. Many so-called reasons are merely excuse.\nTake action immediately; Once you have big and clear dreams, take immediate action to work toward making them come true.\nWeeks later, the passion will grow cold and months later, that passion may be gone forever. Think about this; Five birds are resting on the fence and minutes later, three birds decide to fly off to search for food. How many birds are left on the fence?\nTwo? Wrong! There should still be five birds on the fence because deciding to fly off is not the same as the actual act of flying off.\n\n<question>:\nThe best title of this passage probably is _\n\n<options>:\nA Why dream again?\nB How to dream again?\nC Take action immediately!\nD Dare to dream again!\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 recently had dinner with someone who told me that one of his best friends had been killed in a private plane crash, and something happened at the memorial service that he'll never forget. He shared the story with me.\nAt the memorial service, his friend's wife walked to the platform to speak to the gathering. She said a friend had asked her the best memory she had of their life together. At the moment, she had been too sad to answer, but she had thought about it since and wanted to answer the question.\nThey were in their late forties when he died, and she began talking about a time in their life almost twenty years earlier. She had quit her job to obtain her master's degree, and her husband never hesitated in his support.\nHe held down his own job and also did the cooking, cleaning, and other housework while she studied for her degree.\nOne time they both stayed up all night. She was finishing her paper, and he was preparing for an important business meeting. That morning, she walked out of her study, leaned against the door by the stairs, looked at her husband downstairs and just thought about how much she loved him. She knew how important this meeting was to his future, and she was feeling guilty that she didn't even have time to make his breakfast. He took his briefcase and hurried out. She heard the garage door open and close, but much to her surprise, she heard it open again about thirty seconds later. From above, she watched her husband dash into the house and walk over to the forgotten coffee table. Marking the surface of it with his finger through the dust with the words \"I love you\", then he raced back to his car.\nThe new widow then looked out at her audience and said, \"John and I had a wonderful life together. We have been around the world several times. We've had everything money can buy...but nothing comes close to that moment.\"\nHearing this, I was deeply moved. \"Love makes life worthwhile.\"\n\n<question>:\nThe service was held to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA listen to the woman's story\nB feel sad for the death of the woman's husband\nC meet some old friends\nD share the woman's sadness\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 recently had dinner with someone who told me that one of his best friends had been killed in a private plane crash, and something happened at the memorial service that he'll never forget. He shared the story with me.\nAt the memorial service, his friend's wife walked to the platform to speak to the gathering. She said a friend had asked her the best memory she had of their life together. At the moment, she had been too sad to answer, but she had thought about it since and wanted to answer the question.\nThey were in their late forties when he died, and she began talking about a time in their life almost twenty years earlier. She had quit her job to obtain her master's degree, and her husband never hesitated in his support.\nHe held down his own job and also did the cooking, cleaning, and other housework while she studied for her degree.\nOne time they both stayed up all night. She was finishing her paper, and he was preparing for an important business meeting. That morning, she walked out of her study, leaned against the door by the stairs, looked at her husband downstairs and just thought about how much she loved him. She knew how important this meeting was to his future, and she was feeling guilty that she didn't even have time to make his breakfast. He took his briefcase and hurried out. She heard the garage door open and close, but much to her surprise, she heard it open again about thirty seconds later. From above, she watched her husband dash into the house and walk over to the forgotten coffee table. Marking the surface of it with his finger through the dust with the words \"I love you\", then he raced back to his car.\nThe new widow then looked out at her audience and said, \"John and I had a wonderful life together. We have been around the world several times. We've had everything money can buy...but nothing comes close to that moment.\"\nHearing this, I was deeply moved. \"Love makes life worthwhile.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhy did the woman quit her job?\n\n<options>:\nA She had to support her husband\nB She had too much housework to do.\nC She wanted to travel around the world.\nD She needed to concentrate on her studies.\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 recently had dinner with someone who told me that one of his best friends had been killed in a private plane crash, and something happened at the memorial service that he'll never forget. He shared the story with me.\nAt the memorial service, his friend's wife walked to the platform to speak to the gathering. She said a friend had asked her the best memory she had of their life together. At the moment, she had been too sad to answer, but she had thought about it since and wanted to answer the question.\nThey were in their late forties when he died, and she began talking about a time in their life almost twenty years earlier. She had quit her job to obtain her master's degree, and her husband never hesitated in his support.\nHe held down his own job and also did the cooking, cleaning, and other housework while she studied for her degree.\nOne time they both stayed up all night. She was finishing her paper, and he was preparing for an important business meeting. That morning, she walked out of her study, leaned against the door by the stairs, looked at her husband downstairs and just thought about how much she loved him. She knew how important this meeting was to his future, and she was feeling guilty that she didn't even have time to make his breakfast. He took his briefcase and hurried out. She heard the garage door open and close, but much to her surprise, she heard it open again about thirty seconds later. From above, she watched her husband dash into the house and walk over to the forgotten coffee table. Marking the surface of it with his finger through the dust with the words \"I love you\", then he raced back to his car.\nThe new widow then looked out at her audience and said, \"John and I had a wonderful life together. We have been around the world several times. We've had everything money can buy...but nothing comes close to that moment.\"\nHearing this, I was deeply moved. \"Love makes life worthwhile.\"\n\n<question>:\nThe woman mentioned an incident 20 years ago to show _ .\n\n<options>:\nA how busy their life was\nB how her husband loved her\nC how they improved their life\nD how hard her husband worked\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>:\nOver a hundred years ago people in London were surprised to see a very unusual boat come sailing up the Thames River.The boat was eighty feet long flat-bottomed,with big wooden eyes on both sides in the front and was colorfully painted at the back.\nPeople came to know that it was a sailing boat from Fuzhou in distant China.The boat had sailed round the Cape of Good Hope up the western coast of Africa,and finally to England.It had covered fifteen thousand miles--more than half of the distance round the world.\nAlthough it was unexpected,the Chinese were warmly welcomed.The boat carried goods such as silk and tea as well as a number of gifts from the Emperor of China for the Queen of England.\nPeople had always mistakenly thought of the Chinese as a people not used to sea.However,from centuries of trading and sailing in dangerous seas,the Chinese had learned how to build good boats and sailed them well.The coming of this sailing boat to London proved once again that the Chinese could sail to distant countries in the world.\n\n<question>:\nThe boat was considered unusual because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA it was a small wooden boat\nB it carried Chinese silk and tea\nC it had traveled fifteen thousand miles\nD it looked strange in several ways\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>:\nOver a hundred years ago people in London were surprised to see a very unusual boat come sailing up the Thames River.The boat was eighty feet long flat-bottomed,with big wooden eyes on both sides in the front and was colorfully painted at the back.\nPeople came to know that it was a sailing boat from Fuzhou in distant China.The boat had sailed round the Cape of Good Hope up the western coast of Africa,and finally to England.It had covered fifteen thousand miles--more than half of the distance round the world.\nAlthough it was unexpected,the Chinese were warmly welcomed.The boat carried goods such as silk and tea as well as a number of gifts from the Emperor of China for the Queen of England.\nPeople had always mistakenly thought of the Chinese as a people not used to sea.However,from centuries of trading and sailing in dangerous seas,the Chinese had learned how to build good boats and sailed them well.The coming of this sailing boat to London proved once again that the Chinese could sail to distant countries in the world.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to this article,which of the following is TRUE?\n\n<options>:\nA The distance round the earth measures less than thirty thousand miles.\nB The Chinese Emperor gave silk and tea to the English Queen as gifts.\nC The Chinese boat came to London by accident.\nD The Chinese people were not good at sailing in dangerous seas.\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>:\nOver a hundred years ago people in London were surprised to see a very unusual boat come sailing up the Thames River.The boat was eighty feet long flat-bottomed,with big wooden eyes on both sides in the front and was colorfully painted at the back.\nPeople came to know that it was a sailing boat from Fuzhou in distant China.The boat had sailed round the Cape of Good Hope up the western coast of Africa,and finally to England.It had covered fifteen thousand miles--more than half of the distance round the world.\nAlthough it was unexpected,the Chinese were warmly welcomed.The boat carried goods such as silk and tea as well as a number of gifts from the Emperor of China for the Queen of England.\nPeople had always mistakenly thought of the Chinese as a people not used to sea.However,from centuries of trading and sailing in dangerous seas,the Chinese had learned how to build good boats and sailed them well.The coming of this sailing boat to London proved once again that the Chinese could sail to distant countries in the world.\n\n<question>:\nThe boat reached London by sailing _ .\n\n<options>:\nA round the southern end of Africa\nB up the west coast of England\nC through the Arctic Ocean\nD round Asia and Europe\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>:\nHow old is \"old\"? The answer has changed over the years. Two hundred years ago,you were old at 35.At the beginning of the 20 th century,the average life span was 45. In 1950,70-year-olds were really old.Today,a healthy 70-year-old is still thought young.\nSo,how old is old? The answer is one you've heard many times,from all kinds of people.\"You are as old(or young)as you feel.\"Your age simply tells you how many years you have lived.Your body tells you how well you've lived.\n\"Nobody grows old by living a number of years.\" wrote a writer.\"People grow old when they don't have their ideas.\"\nPeople shouldn't have the wrong ideas about _ Sometimes,older minds can be as bright as young minds.Alice Brophy once said,\"It makes me unhappy when people say,'You look young for your age. ' What does that mean?You know you can die old at 30 and live young at 80. \"\n\n<question>:\nIn 1950, the average life span was _\n\n<options>:\nA 35\nB 45\nC 50\nD 70\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>:\nHow old is \"old\"? The answer has changed over the years. Two hundred years ago,you were old at 35.At the beginning of the 20 th century,the average life span was 45. In 1950,70-year-olds were really old.Today,a healthy 70-year-old is still thought young.\nSo,how old is old? The answer is one you've heard many times,from all kinds of people.\"You are as old(or young)as you feel.\"Your age simply tells you how many years you have lived.Your body tells you how well you've lived.\n\"Nobody grows old by living a number of years.\" wrote a writer.\"People grow old when they don't have their ideas.\"\nPeople shouldn't have the wrong ideas about _ Sometimes,older minds can be as bright as young minds.Alice Brophy once said,\"It makes me unhappy when people say,'You look young for your age. ' What does that mean?You know you can die old at 30 and live young at 80. \"\n\n<question>:\nPeople grow old when _ according to a writer.\n\n<options>:\nA they don't have their ideas.\nB they live many years.\nC They can't live longer.\nD they have their ideas.\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>:\nHow old is \"old\"? The answer has changed over the years. Two hundred years ago,you were old at 35.At the beginning of the 20 th century,the average life span was 45. In 1950,70-year-olds were really old.Today,a healthy 70-year-old is still thought young.\nSo,how old is old? The answer is one you've heard many times,from all kinds of people.\"You are as old(or young)as you feel.\"Your age simply tells you how many years you have lived.Your body tells you how well you've lived.\n\"Nobody grows old by living a number of years.\" wrote a writer.\"People grow old when they don't have their ideas.\"\nPeople shouldn't have the wrong ideas about _ Sometimes,older minds can be as bright as young minds.Alice Brophy once said,\"It makes me unhappy when people say,'You look young for your age. ' What does that mean?You know you can die old at 30 and live young at 80. \"\n\n<question>:\nWhich question is NOT answered in the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Can older people be as bright as young people?\nB What's the wrong ideas about aging?\nC How old is \"old\"?\nD what is the average life span today?\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>:\nHow old is \"old\"? The answer has changed over the years. Two hundred years ago,you were old at 35.At the beginning of the 20 th century,the average life span was 45. In 1950,70-year-olds were really old.Today,a healthy 70-year-old is still thought young.\nSo,how old is old? The answer is one you've heard many times,from all kinds of people.\"You are as old(or young)as you feel.\"Your age simply tells you how many years you have lived.Your body tells you how well you've lived.\n\"Nobody grows old by living a number of years.\" wrote a writer.\"People grow old when they don't have their ideas.\"\nPeople shouldn't have the wrong ideas about _ Sometimes,older minds can be as bright as young minds.Alice Brophy once said,\"It makes me unhappy when people say,'You look young for your age. ' What does that mean?You know you can die old at 30 and live young at 80. \"\n\n<question>:\nThe passage is mainly about _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the average life span\nB aging\nC the 20th century\nD older people and young people\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>:\nMa Weidu is the founder and curator of Guanfu Museum, which is the first private museum in China. With mainly Chinese artifacts on exhibition, the museum was founded on Jan. 18,l 997.It was not well-known by the public until 2008.\nOn Jan. l,2008,Ma Weidu was invited to be the guest in the flagship CCTV program \"Lecture Room\". He talked about his museum and more importantly, he introduced Chinese artifacts and their underlying historical, cultural significance.\nIn 2009,Ma Weidu initiated Beijing Guanfu Cultural Foundation. Creating a culture foundation had been Ma's dream for many years. Beijing Guanfu Cultural Foundation is committed to spreading Chinese traditional culture, funding the development of Guanfu Museum, heritage research and conservation projects, building a platform for public culture, promoting and guiding the public in the spirit of \"charity&culture sponsorship \".\nGuanfu Museum is currently located at No.18 Jinnan Road, Zhangwanfen, Dashanzi, Chaoyang district, Beijing. But due to the city planning, it has to move. Guanfu Museum, which has experienced relocation for three times, is now looking for a new place. According to Mr. Ma, it should be around 20,000-30,000 square meters.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to this passage, which of the followings is true?\n\n<options>:\nA Guanfu Museum was built in 2008.\nB Ma Weidu was invited to lecture by Guanfu Museum.\nC The public were attracted by Chinese artifacts on exhibition.\nD Guanfu Museum, the first private museum in China was founded fifteen years ago.\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>:\nMa Weidu is the founder and curator of Guanfu Museum, which is the first private museum in China. With mainly Chinese artifacts on exhibition, the museum was founded on Jan. 18,l 997.It was not well-known by the public until 2008.\nOn Jan. l,2008,Ma Weidu was invited to be the guest in the flagship CCTV program \"Lecture Room\". He talked about his museum and more importantly, he introduced Chinese artifacts and their underlying historical, cultural significance.\nIn 2009,Ma Weidu initiated Beijing Guanfu Cultural Foundation. Creating a culture foundation had been Ma's dream for many years. Beijing Guanfu Cultural Foundation is committed to spreading Chinese traditional culture, funding the development of Guanfu Museum, heritage research and conservation projects, building a platform for public culture, promoting and guiding the public in the spirit of \"charity&culture sponsorship \".\nGuanfu Museum is currently located at No.18 Jinnan Road, Zhangwanfen, Dashanzi, Chaoyang district, Beijing. But due to the city planning, it has to move. Guanfu Museum, which has experienced relocation for three times, is now looking for a new place. According to Mr. Ma, it should be around 20,000-30,000 square meters.\n\n<question>:\nGuanfu Museum, according to the city government, _ .\n\n<options>:\nA will be painted\nB has to hold a new exhibition\nC has to move to a new place\nD has to be enlarged\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>:\nMa Weidu is the founder and curator of Guanfu Museum, which is the first private museum in China. With mainly Chinese artifacts on exhibition, the museum was founded on Jan. 18,l 997.It was not well-known by the public until 2008.\nOn Jan. l,2008,Ma Weidu was invited to be the guest in the flagship CCTV program \"Lecture Room\". He talked about his museum and more importantly, he introduced Chinese artifacts and their underlying historical, cultural significance.\nIn 2009,Ma Weidu initiated Beijing Guanfu Cultural Foundation. Creating a culture foundation had been Ma's dream for many years. Beijing Guanfu Cultural Foundation is committed to spreading Chinese traditional culture, funding the development of Guanfu Museum, heritage research and conservation projects, building a platform for public culture, promoting and guiding the public in the spirit of \"charity&culture sponsorship \".\nGuanfu Museum is currently located at No.18 Jinnan Road, Zhangwanfen, Dashanzi, Chaoyang district, Beijing. But due to the city planning, it has to move. Guanfu Museum, which has experienced relocation for three times, is now looking for a new place. According to Mr. Ma, it should be around 20,000-30,000 square meters.\n\n<question>:\nThe proper title of this passage should be _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Ma and His Museum\nB Museums\nC Culture Relics\nD Chinese Culture\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>:\nAre you carrying too much on your back at school? You're not alone. Back experts in the USA were worried that young students are having back and neck problems because they are carrying too much in their backpacks (schoolbags).\n\"It hurts my back when I run,\" said Eglin Reyes, a student in Virginia. \"It's hard to get up the stairs with my backpack because it's too heavy.\"\nStudents have to carry heavy backpacks on their backs for a whole week's study. Beeline is one of them. They have regular backpacks with two straps to carry them, but a number of students with heavy loads have switched to rolling backpacks. The backpacks have wheels and can roll on the ground.\nShirley Park's backpack weighs 10 kilos, and she said, \"I'll change to a rolling backpack because I am starting to have back pain.\"\nHow much is too much? Experts say that students should carry no more than 10 to 15 percent of their own body weight. A few students have had a good idea to lighten the load: Less homework.\nDoctor's suggestions:\n*Lighten the load. Take home only the books the students need that night.\n*Wide straps are better. They can send out weight over your shoulders and be sure to wear backpacks with two straps.\n*The heaviest things should be packed closest to the back.\n*Bend both knees when you pick up the pack, don't just bend the waist .\n\n<question>:\nThe main idea of the passage is about _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the problems made by rolling backpacks\nB the advantage of backpacks\nC the best backpacks for students\nD how to lighten students' backpacks\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>:\nAre you carrying too much on your back at school? You're not alone. Back experts in the USA were worried that young students are having back and neck problems because they are carrying too much in their backpacks (schoolbags).\n\"It hurts my back when I run,\" said Eglin Reyes, a student in Virginia. \"It's hard to get up the stairs with my backpack because it's too heavy.\"\nStudents have to carry heavy backpacks on their backs for a whole week's study. Beeline is one of them. They have regular backpacks with two straps to carry them, but a number of students with heavy loads have switched to rolling backpacks. The backpacks have wheels and can roll on the ground.\nShirley Park's backpack weighs 10 kilos, and she said, \"I'll change to a rolling backpack because I am starting to have back pain.\"\nHow much is too much? Experts say that students should carry no more than 10 to 15 percent of their own body weight. A few students have had a good idea to lighten the load: Less homework.\nDoctor's suggestions:\n*Lighten the load. Take home only the books the students need that night.\n*Wide straps are better. They can send out weight over your shoulders and be sure to wear backpacks with two straps.\n*The heaviest things should be packed closest to the back.\n*Bend both knees when you pick up the pack, don't just bend the waist .\n\n<question>:\nIf a child carries a heavy school bag , _\n\n<options>:\nA his back and neck will be hurt\nB his head and arms will be hurt\nC his hands will be hurt\nD his feet will be hurt\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>:\nAre you carrying too much on your back at school? You're not alone. Back experts in the USA were worried that young students are having back and neck problems because they are carrying too much in their backpacks (schoolbags).\n\"It hurts my back when I run,\" said Eglin Reyes, a student in Virginia. \"It's hard to get up the stairs with my backpack because it's too heavy.\"\nStudents have to carry heavy backpacks on their backs for a whole week's study. Beeline is one of them. They have regular backpacks with two straps to carry them, but a number of students with heavy loads have switched to rolling backpacks. The backpacks have wheels and can roll on the ground.\nShirley Park's backpack weighs 10 kilos, and she said, \"I'll change to a rolling backpack because I am starting to have back pain.\"\nHow much is too much? Experts say that students should carry no more than 10 to 15 percent of their own body weight. A few students have had a good idea to lighten the load: Less homework.\nDoctor's suggestions:\n*Lighten the load. Take home only the books the students need that night.\n*Wide straps are better. They can send out weight over your shoulders and be sure to wear backpacks with two straps.\n*The heaviest things should be packed closest to the back.\n*Bend both knees when you pick up the pack, don't just bend the waist .\n\n<question>:\nBy the words of the experts, it's better for a student of 40 kilos to carry a backpack of at most _ .\n\n<options>:\nA 7 kilos\nB 8 kilos\nC 6 kilos\nD 10 kilos\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>:\nAre you carrying too much on your back at school? You're not alone. Back experts in the USA were worried that young students are having back and neck problems because they are carrying too much in their backpacks (schoolbags).\n\"It hurts my back when I run,\" said Eglin Reyes, a student in Virginia. \"It's hard to get up the stairs with my backpack because it's too heavy.\"\nStudents have to carry heavy backpacks on their backs for a whole week's study. Beeline is one of them. They have regular backpacks with two straps to carry them, but a number of students with heavy loads have switched to rolling backpacks. The backpacks have wheels and can roll on the ground.\nShirley Park's backpack weighs 10 kilos, and she said, \"I'll change to a rolling backpack because I am starting to have back pain.\"\nHow much is too much? Experts say that students should carry no more than 10 to 15 percent of their own body weight. A few students have had a good idea to lighten the load: Less homework.\nDoctor's suggestions:\n*Lighten the load. Take home only the books the students need that night.\n*Wide straps are better. They can send out weight over your shoulders and be sure to wear backpacks with two straps.\n*The heaviest things should be packed closest to the back.\n*Bend both knees when you pick up the pack, don't just bend the waist .\n\n<question>:\nIf students follow the doctor's suggesting, they _ .\n\n<options>:\nA will know how to use backpacks\nB may feel their backpacks are lighter\nC can learn how to enjoy them\nD may do less homework\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 culture has it own ways to show friendship. On the island of Hawaii, _ aloha spirit\". In the language of the Hawaiians who first settled the islands long ago,alohahad a very special meaning. That is \"to be with happiness\".\nHawaiians believe that once somebody loves the land, they are ready to love their people or community. This is the second most important thing of friendship. It is calledlokahiin the Hawaiian language, which means \"oneness with all people\". To enjoy the land you should not be selfish. The land is for everyone who lives on. Today many different people call Hawaii their home. Indeed, Hawaii is a place where people make one big community from many smaller communities. Each person giveskokua(help) to other people so that all feel stronger. It is believed that the islands can be a paradise when people live in peace. People are told that their actions should be as gentle as the wind that blows from the sea. When problems happen, people are asked to solve them with understanding. So when people of Hawaii talk aboutohana(family), they are really talking about all those who live on the island.\nLiving in peace, Hawaiians have developed a third sign of friendship. This personal friendship is shown by givingleisto one another. Thelei, a string of flowers, is put over a friend's neck. Then the friend is given a kiss on the cheek. Visitors to the islands are also givenleis. When they hearaloha, visitors began to feel at home.Alohaalso means \"goodbye\", so visitors will hear it again when they leave. It can mean \"our hearts singing together\". Perhaps this is how most visitors will remember their new friendship.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following can be the proper title for this text?\n\n<options>:\nA People in Hawaii\nB Visitors to Hawaii\nC Traveling in Hawaii\nD Friendship in Hawaii\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 culture has it own ways to show friendship. On the island of Hawaii, _ aloha spirit\". In the language of the Hawaiians who first settled the islands long ago,alohahad a very special meaning. That is \"to be with happiness\".\nHawaiians believe that once somebody loves the land, they are ready to love their people or community. This is the second most important thing of friendship. It is calledlokahiin the Hawaiian language, which means \"oneness with all people\". To enjoy the land you should not be selfish. The land is for everyone who lives on. Today many different people call Hawaii their home. Indeed, Hawaii is a place where people make one big community from many smaller communities. Each person giveskokua(help) to other people so that all feel stronger. It is believed that the islands can be a paradise when people live in peace. People are told that their actions should be as gentle as the wind that blows from the sea. When problems happen, people are asked to solve them with understanding. So when people of Hawaii talk aboutohana(family), they are really talking about all those who live on the island.\nLiving in peace, Hawaiians have developed a third sign of friendship. This personal friendship is shown by givingleisto one another. Thelei, a string of flowers, is put over a friend's neck. Then the friend is given a kiss on the cheek. Visitors to the islands are also givenleis. When they hearaloha, visitors began to feel at home.Alohaalso means \"goodbye\", so visitors will hear it again when they leave. It can mean \"our hearts singing together\". Perhaps this is how most visitors will remember their new friendship.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following proverb can best express the idea of friendship by Hawaiians?\n\n<options>:\nA Practice makes perfect.\nB Love me, love my dog.\nC A penny saved is a penny gained.\nD An apple a day keeps a doctor away.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nEvery culture has it own ways to show friendship. On the island of Hawaii, _ aloha spirit\". In the language of the Hawaiians who first settled the islands long ago,alohahad a very special meaning. That is \"to be with happiness\".\nHawaiians believe that once somebody loves the land, they are ready to love their people or community. This is the second most important thing of friendship. It is calledlokahiin the Hawaiian language, which means \"oneness with all people\". To enjoy the land you should not be selfish. The land is for everyone who lives on. Today many different people call Hawaii their home. Indeed, Hawaii is a place where people make one big community from many smaller communities. Each person giveskokua(help) to other people so that all feel stronger. It is believed that the islands can be a paradise when people live in peace. People are told that their actions should be as gentle as the wind that blows from the sea. When problems happen, people are asked to solve them with understanding. So when people of Hawaii talk aboutohana(family), they are really talking about all those who live on the island.\nLiving in peace, Hawaiians have developed a third sign of friendship. This personal friendship is shown by givingleisto one another. Thelei, a string of flowers, is put over a friend's neck. Then the friend is given a kiss on the cheek. Visitors to the islands are also givenleis. When they hearaloha, visitors began to feel at home.Alohaalso means \"goodbye\", so visitors will hear it again when they leave. It can mean \"our hearts singing together\". Perhaps this is how most visitors will remember their new friendship.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is a sign to show friendship by Hawaiians?\n\n<options>:\nA A warm handshake.\nB A kiss on the cheek.\nC A string of flowers.\nD A big hug.\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 culture has it own ways to show friendship. On the island of Hawaii, _ aloha spirit\". In the language of the Hawaiians who first settled the islands long ago,alohahad a very special meaning. That is \"to be with happiness\".\nHawaiians believe that once somebody loves the land, they are ready to love their people or community. This is the second most important thing of friendship. It is calledlokahiin the Hawaiian language, which means \"oneness with all people\". To enjoy the land you should not be selfish. The land is for everyone who lives on. Today many different people call Hawaii their home. Indeed, Hawaii is a place where people make one big community from many smaller communities. Each person giveskokua(help) to other people so that all feel stronger. It is believed that the islands can be a paradise when people live in peace. People are told that their actions should be as gentle as the wind that blows from the sea. When problems happen, people are asked to solve them with understanding. So when people of Hawaii talk aboutohana(family), they are really talking about all those who live on the island.\nLiving in peace, Hawaiians have developed a third sign of friendship. This personal friendship is shown by givingleisto one another. Thelei, a string of flowers, is put over a friend's neck. Then the friend is given a kiss on the cheek. Visitors to the islands are also givenleis. When they hearaloha, visitors began to feel at home.Alohaalso means \"goodbye\", so visitors will hear it again when they leave. It can mean \"our hearts singing together\". Perhaps this is how most visitors will remember their new friendship.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the text, which of the following Hawaiian word expresses more good wishes?\n\n<options>:\nA aloha\nB lokahi\nC kokua\nD ohana\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>:\nRooster Morris is an author, entertainer, storyteller, musician, and composer. He has performed for over 4.5 million students in elementary schools, public libraries and museums. Rooster shares with the audience some of the stories in children's books. Kids walk away from his performances, believing they can write, draw, perform, sing, or play a musical instrument. Most importantly, students walk away, believing reading will open the doors to every opportunity in life.\nEveryone knows authors write books, but how many students actually have the opportunity to watch a published author read from their books? When a student has the advantage of meeting an author and has the opportunity to ask questions, they realize authors are people from far-away places. Rooster points out these misunderstandings and explains how he started writing.\nRooster talks of habits being one of the most important things in a person's life. If people develop good habits, they will achieve their goals and be ready for anything. Rooster talks about how he wanted to play the fiddle when he was a young boy. He learns to make a habit of practicing the fundamentals. Rooster shows the kids the pay-off -- he plays a song in front of the audience and brings the excitement to a new level.\nRooster will educate and entertain the audience. Many students begin writing after having seen Rooster's program. When children hear someone they admire say, \"You can do anything if you want to do it,\" it motivates them into action.\nLaid-Back West, Inc. has been booking authors for schools for over 13 years. We know the value of a successful author visit and can invite Rooster and other authors to visit your school.\n\n<question>:\nAfter attending Rooster Morris' performances, kids _ .\n\n<options>:\nA are asked to write an article\nB are able to play an instrument\nC are well prepared to start school\nD become more confident about themselves\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nRooster Morris is an author, entertainer, storyteller, musician, and composer. He has performed for over 4.5 million students in elementary schools, public libraries and museums. Rooster shares with the audience some of the stories in children's books. Kids walk away from his performances, believing they can write, draw, perform, sing, or play a musical instrument. Most importantly, students walk away, believing reading will open the doors to every opportunity in life.\nEveryone knows authors write books, but how many students actually have the opportunity to watch a published author read from their books? When a student has the advantage of meeting an author and has the opportunity to ask questions, they realize authors are people from far-away places. Rooster points out these misunderstandings and explains how he started writing.\nRooster talks of habits being one of the most important things in a person's life. If people develop good habits, they will achieve their goals and be ready for anything. Rooster talks about how he wanted to play the fiddle when he was a young boy. He learns to make a habit of practicing the fundamentals. Rooster shows the kids the pay-off -- he plays a song in front of the audience and brings the excitement to a new level.\nRooster will educate and entertain the audience. Many students begin writing after having seen Rooster's program. When children hear someone they admire say, \"You can do anything if you want to do it,\" it motivates them into action.\nLaid-Back West, Inc. has been booking authors for schools for over 13 years. We know the value of a successful author visit and can invite Rooster and other authors to visit your school.\n\n<question>:\nRooster talks about how he learnt to play the fiddle in order to prove that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA writing needs creativity\nB forming good habits is important\nC learning to play an instrument is not easy\nD people should take action to achieve their goals\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>:\nRooster Morris is an author, entertainer, storyteller, musician, and composer. He has performed for over 4.5 million students in elementary schools, public libraries and museums. Rooster shares with the audience some of the stories in children's books. Kids walk away from his performances, believing they can write, draw, perform, sing, or play a musical instrument. Most importantly, students walk away, believing reading will open the doors to every opportunity in life.\nEveryone knows authors write books, but how many students actually have the opportunity to watch a published author read from their books? When a student has the advantage of meeting an author and has the opportunity to ask questions, they realize authors are people from far-away places. Rooster points out these misunderstandings and explains how he started writing.\nRooster talks of habits being one of the most important things in a person's life. If people develop good habits, they will achieve their goals and be ready for anything. Rooster talks about how he wanted to play the fiddle when he was a young boy. He learns to make a habit of practicing the fundamentals. Rooster shows the kids the pay-off -- he plays a song in front of the audience and brings the excitement to a new level.\nRooster will educate and entertain the audience. Many students begin writing after having seen Rooster's program. When children hear someone they admire say, \"You can do anything if you want to do it,\" it motivates them into action.\nLaid-Back West, Inc. has been booking authors for schools for over 13 years. We know the value of a successful author visit and can invite Rooster and other authors to visit your school.\n\n<question>:\nThe main purpose of the passage is to _\n\n<options>:\nA sell Rooster Morris' children's books\nB persuade kids to attend Rooster Morris' school\nC encourage children to write\nD attract customers for Laid-Back West, Inc.\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 was riding my special motorbike this past weekend and stopped at a convenience store. As I was getting my wheelchair off the back, a man watched me from his car and I noticed a wheelchair in his back seat. We spoke for a moment and I asked him about the wheelchair. He answered that it was for his daughter. \"Well, do you think she would like to go for a ride on my motorbike with me?\" I asked. He seemed shocked that a total stranger would ask him this. He thought about it for a second and said, \"OK, as long as I can follow you.\"\nHe introduced me to Amy and he sat her on my back seat. Her father followed me for a few miles and she talked non-stop about what she wanted for Christmas.\nAs we came back to the convenience store, she said, \"This ride is the best Christmas present I could ever receive. I have been in a wheelchair my whole life and didn't know I could do this.\" I told her about some of the other things I do (ski, travel the world by myself, etc.). As her father was taking her off my bike, she turned to him and said, \"Oh Daddy, I'm going to be OK. Mr. Bryant does all kinds of things, and I will too.\" Her father turned away as a tear of joy rolled down his cheek. He hugged me and said, \"I was sitting here praying for a gift for Amy that would encourage her. She often felt that her life was dull compared to other children. God answered my prayer just now. Now I pray that God will bless you for your gift to Amy today.\" I believed what he said. Being kind and thoughtful to others, we can be an answer to prayer.\n\n<question>:\nHow did the father feel at first when the author invited his daughter for a ride?\n\n<options>:\nA He felt surprised because he didn't know the author.\nB He was happy because his daughter could gain excitement.\nC He was moved because the author was willing to help his daughter.\nD He felt nervous because he was worried about his daughter's safety.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nI was riding my special motorbike this past weekend and stopped at a convenience store. As I was getting my wheelchair off the back, a man watched me from his car and I noticed a wheelchair in his back seat. We spoke for a moment and I asked him about the wheelchair. He answered that it was for his daughter. \"Well, do you think she would like to go for a ride on my motorbike with me?\" I asked. He seemed shocked that a total stranger would ask him this. He thought about it for a second and said, \"OK, as long as I can follow you.\"\nHe introduced me to Amy and he sat her on my back seat. Her father followed me for a few miles and she talked non-stop about what she wanted for Christmas.\nAs we came back to the convenience store, she said, \"This ride is the best Christmas present I could ever receive. I have been in a wheelchair my whole life and didn't know I could do this.\" I told her about some of the other things I do (ski, travel the world by myself, etc.). As her father was taking her off my bike, she turned to him and said, \"Oh Daddy, I'm going to be OK. Mr. Bryant does all kinds of things, and I will too.\" Her father turned away as a tear of joy rolled down his cheek. He hugged me and said, \"I was sitting here praying for a gift for Amy that would encourage her. She often felt that her life was dull compared to other children. God answered my prayer just now. Now I pray that God will bless you for your gift to Amy today.\" I believed what he said. Being kind and thoughtful to others, we can be an answer to prayer.\n\n<question>:\nWhat can we know about the author?\n\n<options>:\nA He was a disabled man.\nB He usually drove too fast.\nC He worked in a convenience store.\nD He often helped people who were in trouble.\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 was riding my special motorbike this past weekend and stopped at a convenience store. As I was getting my wheelchair off the back, a man watched me from his car and I noticed a wheelchair in his back seat. We spoke for a moment and I asked him about the wheelchair. He answered that it was for his daughter. \"Well, do you think she would like to go for a ride on my motorbike with me?\" I asked. He seemed shocked that a total stranger would ask him this. He thought about it for a second and said, \"OK, as long as I can follow you.\"\nHe introduced me to Amy and he sat her on my back seat. Her father followed me for a few miles and she talked non-stop about what she wanted for Christmas.\nAs we came back to the convenience store, she said, \"This ride is the best Christmas present I could ever receive. I have been in a wheelchair my whole life and didn't know I could do this.\" I told her about some of the other things I do (ski, travel the world by myself, etc.). As her father was taking her off my bike, she turned to him and said, \"Oh Daddy, I'm going to be OK. Mr. Bryant does all kinds of things, and I will too.\" Her father turned away as a tear of joy rolled down his cheek. He hugged me and said, \"I was sitting here praying for a gift for Amy that would encourage her. She often felt that her life was dull compared to other children. God answered my prayer just now. Now I pray that God will bless you for your gift to Amy today.\" I believed what he said. Being kind and thoughtful to others, we can be an answer to prayer.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage, the girl _ .\n\n<options>:\nA used to be a completely healthy person\nB was not allowed to do some fierce sports\nC usually felt sad about life due to her disability\nD was unwilling to communicate with a stranger\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 was riding my special motorbike this past weekend and stopped at a convenience store. As I was getting my wheelchair off the back, a man watched me from his car and I noticed a wheelchair in his back seat. We spoke for a moment and I asked him about the wheelchair. He answered that it was for his daughter. \"Well, do you think she would like to go for a ride on my motorbike with me?\" I asked. He seemed shocked that a total stranger would ask him this. He thought about it for a second and said, \"OK, as long as I can follow you.\"\nHe introduced me to Amy and he sat her on my back seat. Her father followed me for a few miles and she talked non-stop about what she wanted for Christmas.\nAs we came back to the convenience store, she said, \"This ride is the best Christmas present I could ever receive. I have been in a wheelchair my whole life and didn't know I could do this.\" I told her about some of the other things I do (ski, travel the world by myself, etc.). As her father was taking her off my bike, she turned to him and said, \"Oh Daddy, I'm going to be OK. Mr. Bryant does all kinds of things, and I will too.\" Her father turned away as a tear of joy rolled down his cheek. He hugged me and said, \"I was sitting here praying for a gift for Amy that would encourage her. She often felt that her life was dull compared to other children. God answered my prayer just now. Now I pray that God will bless you for your gift to Amy today.\" I believed what he said. Being kind and thoughtful to others, we can be an answer to prayer.\n\n<question>:\nWhat did the author's gift refer to according to the girl's father?\n\n<options>:\nA The motorbike.\nB The wheelchair.\nC The blessing.\nD The ride.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nThe concept of personal choice in relation to health behaviors is an important one. An estimated 90 percent of all illnesses may be preventable if individuals would make sound personal health choices based upon current medical knowledge. We all enjoy our freedom of choice and do not like to see it restricted when it is within the legal and moral boundaries of society. The structure of American society allows us to make almost all our own personal decisions that may concern our health. If we do desire, we can smoke, drink much, refuse to wear seat belts, eat whatever foods we want, and _ without any exercise. The freedom to make such personal decisions is a fundamental aspect of our society, although the wisdom of these decisions can be questioned. Personal choices to health often cause a difficulty. As one example, teenager may know the facts to smoking cigarettes and health but may be pressured by friends into believing it is a socially accepted thing to do.\n A majority of factors, both inherited and environmental, influence the development of health-related behaviors, and it is beyond the scope of this text to discuss all these factors as they may affect any given individual. However, the decision to adopt a particular health related behavior is usually one of personal choices. There are healthy choices and there are unhealthy choices. In discussing the morals of personal choice, Fries and Crapo, drew a comparison. They suggest that to knowingly give oneself over to a behavior that has a statistical probability of shortening life is similar to attempting suicide. Thus, for those individuals who are interested in preserving both the quality and quantity of life, personal health choices should reflect those behaviors that are associated with a statistical probability of increased vitality and longevity .\n\n<question>:\nThe concept of personal choice concerning health is important because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA it helps cure most illnesses\nB it helps raise the level of our medical knowledge\nC it is essential to personal freedom in American society\nD wrong decisions could lead to poor health\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nThe concept of personal choice in relation to health behaviors is an important one. An estimated 90 percent of all illnesses may be preventable if individuals would make sound personal health choices based upon current medical knowledge. We all enjoy our freedom of choice and do not like to see it restricted when it is within the legal and moral boundaries of society. The structure of American society allows us to make almost all our own personal decisions that may concern our health. If we do desire, we can smoke, drink much, refuse to wear seat belts, eat whatever foods we want, and _ without any exercise. The freedom to make such personal decisions is a fundamental aspect of our society, although the wisdom of these decisions can be questioned. Personal choices to health often cause a difficulty. As one example, teenager may know the facts to smoking cigarettes and health but may be pressured by friends into believing it is a socially accepted thing to do.\n A majority of factors, both inherited and environmental, influence the development of health-related behaviors, and it is beyond the scope of this text to discuss all these factors as they may affect any given individual. However, the decision to adopt a particular health related behavior is usually one of personal choices. There are healthy choices and there are unhealthy choices. In discussing the morals of personal choice, Fries and Crapo, drew a comparison. They suggest that to knowingly give oneself over to a behavior that has a statistical probability of shortening life is similar to attempting suicide. Thus, for those individuals who are interested in preserving both the quality and quantity of life, personal health choices should reflect those behaviors that are associated with a statistical probability of increased vitality and longevity .\n\n<question>:\nSound personal health choice is often difficult to make because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA current medical knowledge is not enough yet\nB there are many factors influencing our decisions\nC few people are willing to trade the quality of life for the quantity of life\nD people are usually influenced by the behavior of their friends\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nThe concept of personal choice in relation to health behaviors is an important one. An estimated 90 percent of all illnesses may be preventable if individuals would make sound personal health choices based upon current medical knowledge. We all enjoy our freedom of choice and do not like to see it restricted when it is within the legal and moral boundaries of society. The structure of American society allows us to make almost all our own personal decisions that may concern our health. If we do desire, we can smoke, drink much, refuse to wear seat belts, eat whatever foods we want, and _ without any exercise. The freedom to make such personal decisions is a fundamental aspect of our society, although the wisdom of these decisions can be questioned. Personal choices to health often cause a difficulty. As one example, teenager may know the facts to smoking cigarettes and health but may be pressured by friends into believing it is a socially accepted thing to do.\n A majority of factors, both inherited and environmental, influence the development of health-related behaviors, and it is beyond the scope of this text to discuss all these factors as they may affect any given individual. However, the decision to adopt a particular health related behavior is usually one of personal choices. There are healthy choices and there are unhealthy choices. In discussing the morals of personal choice, Fries and Crapo, drew a comparison. They suggest that to knowingly give oneself over to a behavior that has a statistical probability of shortening life is similar to attempting suicide. Thus, for those individuals who are interested in preserving both the quality and quantity of life, personal health choices should reflect those behaviors that are associated with a statistical probability of increased vitality and longevity .\n\n<question>:\nTo knowingly allow oneself to pursue unhealthy habits is compared by Fries and Crapo to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA improving the quality of one's life\nB limiting one's personal health choice\nC ending one's life on purpose\nD breaking the rules of social behavior\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nThe concept of personal choice in relation to health behaviors is an important one. An estimated 90 percent of all illnesses may be preventable if individuals would make sound personal health choices based upon current medical knowledge. We all enjoy our freedom of choice and do not like to see it restricted when it is within the legal and moral boundaries of society. The structure of American society allows us to make almost all our own personal decisions that may concern our health. If we do desire, we can smoke, drink much, refuse to wear seat belts, eat whatever foods we want, and _ without any exercise. The freedom to make such personal decisions is a fundamental aspect of our society, although the wisdom of these decisions can be questioned. Personal choices to health often cause a difficulty. As one example, teenager may know the facts to smoking cigarettes and health but may be pressured by friends into believing it is a socially accepted thing to do.\n A majority of factors, both inherited and environmental, influence the development of health-related behaviors, and it is beyond the scope of this text to discuss all these factors as they may affect any given individual. However, the decision to adopt a particular health related behavior is usually one of personal choices. There are healthy choices and there are unhealthy choices. In discussing the morals of personal choice, Fries and Crapo, drew a comparison. They suggest that to knowingly give oneself over to a behavior that has a statistical probability of shortening life is similar to attempting suicide. Thus, for those individuals who are interested in preserving both the quality and quantity of life, personal health choices should reflect those behaviors that are associated with a statistical probability of increased vitality and longevity .\n\n<question>:\nAccording to Fries and Crapo, sound health choices should be based on _ .\n\n<options>:\nA personal decisions\nB society's laws\nC statistical evidence\nD friends' opinions\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>:\nFive Booming Careers in Health Care\nLoving what you do is great,but knowing your career will be there tomorrow is even better. And when it comes to booming fields,the health care industry is one that's primed for growth.\nWant to prepare to take your place in the health care field?Check out these five indemand health care careers.\nCareer 1 Medical and Health Services Manager\nIf you want to take your leadership skills into the growing health care field,consider pursuing a career as a medical and health services manager.\nAs a medical and health services manager you might plan,direct,and organize health services in an entire health care facility,or a specific department or clinical area,says U.S. Department of Labor. Daily duties could include handling a facility's finances,creating work schedules,and making sure that health care services are delivered efficiently.\nCareer 2 Medical Assistant\nIf you are interested in working in a doctor's office,consider preparing for a career in the indemand field of medical assisting.\nAs a medical assistant,you could play a role in helping patients' visits go smoothly from when they first walk in the door. Your duties might include measuring vital signs,assisting the physician with examinations,recording health information,and scheduling appointments,according to the U.S. Department of Labor.\nCareer 3 Registered Nurse\nReady to put your helpful nature to use in the largest health care field?Look into prepping to pursue a career in registered nursing.\nAs a registered nurse,you could work closely with patients by providing care,education,and emotional support. You might give patients medicines and treatments,observe their conditions,or perform diagnostic tests,says the U.S. Department of Labor.\nCareer 4 Physical Therapist Assistant\nWant to enter an indemand health care field where you could really play a handson role in helping patients restore their physical functionality?If so,a career as a physical therapist assistant could be a good fit.\nUnder the supervision of a physical therapist,you could help patients regain movement as they recover from injuries,illnesses, or surgery. Your role in the rehabilitation process could include assisting patients with techniques(massage[],stretching)and therapeutic methods like electrical stimulation and mechanical traction,says the U.S. Department of Labor.\nCareer 5 Pharmacy Technician \nPrefer a health care career that is less handson?Consider pursuing a career in the growing pharmacy technician field.\nPharmacy technicians can be responsible for counting pills,filling prescriptions,providing customer service,and fulfilling administrative tasks under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist,according to the U.S. Department of Labor.\n\n<question>:\nAs a medical assistant,your duties might NOT include _ .\n\n<options>:\nA scheduling appointments\nB providing customer service\nC assisting the physician with examinations\nD recording health information\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>:\nFive Booming Careers in Health Care\nLoving what you do is great,but knowing your career will be there tomorrow is even better. And when it comes to booming fields,the health care industry is one that's primed for growth.\nWant to prepare to take your place in the health care field?Check out these five indemand health care careers.\nCareer 1 Medical and Health Services Manager\nIf you want to take your leadership skills into the growing health care field,consider pursuing a career as a medical and health services manager.\nAs a medical and health services manager you might plan,direct,and organize health services in an entire health care facility,or a specific department or clinical area,says U.S. Department of Labor. Daily duties could include handling a facility's finances,creating work schedules,and making sure that health care services are delivered efficiently.\nCareer 2 Medical Assistant\nIf you are interested in working in a doctor's office,consider preparing for a career in the indemand field of medical assisting.\nAs a medical assistant,you could play a role in helping patients' visits go smoothly from when they first walk in the door. Your duties might include measuring vital signs,assisting the physician with examinations,recording health information,and scheduling appointments,according to the U.S. Department of Labor.\nCareer 3 Registered Nurse\nReady to put your helpful nature to use in the largest health care field?Look into prepping to pursue a career in registered nursing.\nAs a registered nurse,you could work closely with patients by providing care,education,and emotional support. You might give patients medicines and treatments,observe their conditions,or perform diagnostic tests,says the U.S. Department of Labor.\nCareer 4 Physical Therapist Assistant\nWant to enter an indemand health care field where you could really play a handson role in helping patients restore their physical functionality?If so,a career as a physical therapist assistant could be a good fit.\nUnder the supervision of a physical therapist,you could help patients regain movement as they recover from injuries,illnesses, or surgery. Your role in the rehabilitation process could include assisting patients with techniques(massage[],stretching)and therapeutic methods like electrical stimulation and mechanical traction,says the U.S. Department of Labor.\nCareer 5 Pharmacy Technician \nPrefer a health care career that is less handson?Consider pursuing a career in the growing pharmacy technician field.\nPharmacy technicians can be responsible for counting pills,filling prescriptions,providing customer service,and fulfilling administrative tasks under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist,according to the U.S. Department of Labor.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is TRUE about a physical therapist assistant?\n\n<options>:\nA His/Her duty might include measuring vital signs and recording health information.\nB His/Her function includes assisting patients and providing customer service.\nC He/She could play a practical role in helping patients restore their physical functionality.\nD He/She can help patients gain movement as they are in the illness.\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>:\nFive Booming Careers in Health Care\nLoving what you do is great,but knowing your career will be there tomorrow is even better. And when it comes to booming fields,the health care industry is one that's primed for growth.\nWant to prepare to take your place in the health care field?Check out these five indemand health care careers.\nCareer 1 Medical and Health Services Manager\nIf you want to take your leadership skills into the growing health care field,consider pursuing a career as a medical and health services manager.\nAs a medical and health services manager you might plan,direct,and organize health services in an entire health care facility,or a specific department or clinical area,says U.S. Department of Labor. Daily duties could include handling a facility's finances,creating work schedules,and making sure that health care services are delivered efficiently.\nCareer 2 Medical Assistant\nIf you are interested in working in a doctor's office,consider preparing for a career in the indemand field of medical assisting.\nAs a medical assistant,you could play a role in helping patients' visits go smoothly from when they first walk in the door. Your duties might include measuring vital signs,assisting the physician with examinations,recording health information,and scheduling appointments,according to the U.S. Department of Labor.\nCareer 3 Registered Nurse\nReady to put your helpful nature to use in the largest health care field?Look into prepping to pursue a career in registered nursing.\nAs a registered nurse,you could work closely with patients by providing care,education,and emotional support. You might give patients medicines and treatments,observe their conditions,or perform diagnostic tests,says the U.S. Department of Labor.\nCareer 4 Physical Therapist Assistant\nWant to enter an indemand health care field where you could really play a handson role in helping patients restore their physical functionality?If so,a career as a physical therapist assistant could be a good fit.\nUnder the supervision of a physical therapist,you could help patients regain movement as they recover from injuries,illnesses, or surgery. Your role in the rehabilitation process could include assisting patients with techniques(massage[],stretching)and therapeutic methods like electrical stimulation and mechanical traction,says the U.S. Department of Labor.\nCareer 5 Pharmacy Technician \nPrefer a health care career that is less handson?Consider pursuing a career in the growing pharmacy technician field.\nPharmacy technicians can be responsible for counting pills,filling prescriptions,providing customer service,and fulfilling administrative tasks under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist,according to the U.S. Department of Labor.\n\n<question>:\nThe author writes the passage mainly to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA advocate five booming careers in health care\nB persuade you to go into five booming careers in health care\nC introduce five booming careers in health care\nD classify health care into five careers\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nIt's hard to track the blue whale, which has almost been killed off by commercial whaling. Attaching radio devices to it is difficult and visual sightings are too unreliable to give real insight into its behavior.\nSo biologists were delighted early this year when, with the help of the US Navy, they are able to track a particular blue whale for 43 days recording its sounds. This was possible because of the Navy's former top secret system of underwater listening devices across the oceans.\nTracking whales is but one example of an exciting new world just opening to civilian scientists after the cold war as the Navy starts to share and partly uncover its global network of underwater listening system built over the decades to track the ships of potential enemies.\nEarth scientists announced at a news conference recently that they had used the system for closely observing a deep-sea volcanic eruption for the first time and that they planned similar studies. Other scientists have proposed to use the network for tracking ocean currents and measuring changes in the ocean and global temperatures. Different layers of ocean water can act as channels for sounds focusing them in the same way a stethoscope does when it carries faint noises from a patient's chest to a doctor's ear. This focusing is the main reason that even relatively weak sounds in the ocean, especially low-frequency ones, can often travel thousands of miles.\n\n<question>:\nThe underwater listening system was originally designed _ .\n\n<options>:\nA to trace and locate enemy ships\nB to observe deep sea volcanic eruptions\nC to study the movement of ocean currents\nD to replace the global radio communications network\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nIt's hard to track the blue whale, which has almost been killed off by commercial whaling. Attaching radio devices to it is difficult and visual sightings are too unreliable to give real insight into its behavior.\nSo biologists were delighted early this year when, with the help of the US Navy, they are able to track a particular blue whale for 43 days recording its sounds. This was possible because of the Navy's former top secret system of underwater listening devices across the oceans.\nTracking whales is but one example of an exciting new world just opening to civilian scientists after the cold war as the Navy starts to share and partly uncover its global network of underwater listening system built over the decades to track the ships of potential enemies.\nEarth scientists announced at a news conference recently that they had used the system for closely observing a deep-sea volcanic eruption for the first time and that they planned similar studies. Other scientists have proposed to use the network for tracking ocean currents and measuring changes in the ocean and global temperatures. Different layers of ocean water can act as channels for sounds focusing them in the same way a stethoscope does when it carries faint noises from a patient's chest to a doctor's ear. This focusing is the main reason that even relatively weak sounds in the ocean, especially low-frequency ones, can often travel thousands of miles.\n\n<question>:\nThe deep-sea listening system makes use of _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the ability of sound to travel at high speed\nB the top-level technology of focusing sounds under water\nC the unique characteristic of layers of ocean water in carrying sound\nD low-frequency sounds traveling across different layers of water\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nIt's hard to track the blue whale, which has almost been killed off by commercial whaling. Attaching radio devices to it is difficult and visual sightings are too unreliable to give real insight into its behavior.\nSo biologists were delighted early this year when, with the help of the US Navy, they are able to track a particular blue whale for 43 days recording its sounds. This was possible because of the Navy's former top secret system of underwater listening devices across the oceans.\nTracking whales is but one example of an exciting new world just opening to civilian scientists after the cold war as the Navy starts to share and partly uncover its global network of underwater listening system built over the decades to track the ships of potential enemies.\nEarth scientists announced at a news conference recently that they had used the system for closely observing a deep-sea volcanic eruption for the first time and that they planned similar studies. Other scientists have proposed to use the network for tracking ocean currents and measuring changes in the ocean and global temperatures. Different layers of ocean water can act as channels for sounds focusing them in the same way a stethoscope does when it carries faint noises from a patient's chest to a doctor's ear. This focusing is the main reason that even relatively weak sounds in the ocean, especially low-frequency ones, can often travel thousands of miles.\n\n<question>:\nWhat can we infer from the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA New radio devices are developed for tracking the blue whales.\nB Blue whales are no longer endangered with the new system.\nC Opinions differ on the use of military technology.\nD Military technology has great potential in civilian use.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nIt's hard to track the blue whale, which has almost been killed off by commercial whaling. Attaching radio devices to it is difficult and visual sightings are too unreliable to give real insight into its behavior.\nSo biologists were delighted early this year when, with the help of the US Navy, they are able to track a particular blue whale for 43 days recording its sounds. This was possible because of the Navy's former top secret system of underwater listening devices across the oceans.\nTracking whales is but one example of an exciting new world just opening to civilian scientists after the cold war as the Navy starts to share and partly uncover its global network of underwater listening system built over the decades to track the ships of potential enemies.\nEarth scientists announced at a news conference recently that they had used the system for closely observing a deep-sea volcanic eruption for the first time and that they planned similar studies. Other scientists have proposed to use the network for tracking ocean currents and measuring changes in the ocean and global temperatures. Different layers of ocean water can act as channels for sounds focusing them in the same way a stethoscope does when it carries faint noises from a patient's chest to a doctor's ear. This focusing is the main reason that even relatively weak sounds in the ocean, especially low-frequency ones, can often travel thousands of miles.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the passage chiefly about?\n\n<options>:\nA An effort to protect an endangered marine species.\nB The civilian use of a military detection system.\nC The exposure of a US Navy top-secret weapon.\nD A new way to look into the behavior of blue whales.\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 a middle school student, you are in an age group that is both fascinating and complex. You are no longer a \"baby\", but you are not yet an adult. You are experiencing biological, physical, and behavioral and social changes. Relationships with your friends and family take on new meanings. This time period, called adolescence, can be joyful and painful at the same time. However, it is always a time of growth. You will be dealing with more complex intellectual tasks. You will be expected to behave in a more mature manner and you will be held more responsible for your actions. In other words, you are growing up. Use your curiosity, imagination, energy, and idealism to make your school an exciting place to learn and play.\nAs an adolescent, you now have more control over how you apply yourself to your school work and on the kinds of friends you make. As an intelligent and thinking adolescent, be aware of health risks to avoid such as involvement with drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and sexual activity. This involvement reduces your quality of life. Be kind and gentle to yourself, seek the advice and wisdom of your parents/guardians regularly, and talk with your teachers and school counselor.\nMiddle school students are expected to be respectful and considerate of others. You are responsible for your behavior. Think of ways to improve your behavior\n^in your classroom\n^in the lunchroom\n^on school grounds\n^during school activities\n^on the school bus\n^in your community\nIf you need assistance in working on ways to improve yourself as a person, contact your counselor. The counselor is trained to help students solve personal problems.\n\n<question>:\nA middle school student is considered to be a(n) _ .\n\n<options>:\nA baby\nB adolescent\nC adult\nD wiser\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 a middle school student, you are in an age group that is both fascinating and complex. You are no longer a \"baby\", but you are not yet an adult. You are experiencing biological, physical, and behavioral and social changes. Relationships with your friends and family take on new meanings. This time period, called adolescence, can be joyful and painful at the same time. However, it is always a time of growth. You will be dealing with more complex intellectual tasks. You will be expected to behave in a more mature manner and you will be held more responsible for your actions. In other words, you are growing up. Use your curiosity, imagination, energy, and idealism to make your school an exciting place to learn and play.\nAs an adolescent, you now have more control over how you apply yourself to your school work and on the kinds of friends you make. As an intelligent and thinking adolescent, be aware of health risks to avoid such as involvement with drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and sexual activity. This involvement reduces your quality of life. Be kind and gentle to yourself, seek the advice and wisdom of your parents/guardians regularly, and talk with your teachers and school counselor.\nMiddle school students are expected to be respectful and considerate of others. You are responsible for your behavior. Think of ways to improve your behavior\n^in your classroom\n^in the lunchroom\n^on school grounds\n^during school activities\n^on the school bus\n^in your community\nIf you need assistance in working on ways to improve yourself as a person, contact your counselor. The counselor is trained to help students solve personal problems.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Being a middle school student can be painful and joyful at the same time.\nB Middle school students are expected to behave in a more mature manner.\nC Curiosity and imagination are to be considered part of middle school life.\nD It's hoped that middle school students will improve their behavior after school.\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 a middle school student, you are in an age group that is both fascinating and complex. You are no longer a \"baby\", but you are not yet an adult. You are experiencing biological, physical, and behavioral and social changes. Relationships with your friends and family take on new meanings. This time period, called adolescence, can be joyful and painful at the same time. However, it is always a time of growth. You will be dealing with more complex intellectual tasks. You will be expected to behave in a more mature manner and you will be held more responsible for your actions. In other words, you are growing up. Use your curiosity, imagination, energy, and idealism to make your school an exciting place to learn and play.\nAs an adolescent, you now have more control over how you apply yourself to your school work and on the kinds of friends you make. As an intelligent and thinking adolescent, be aware of health risks to avoid such as involvement with drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and sexual activity. This involvement reduces your quality of life. Be kind and gentle to yourself, seek the advice and wisdom of your parents/guardians regularly, and talk with your teachers and school counselor.\nMiddle school students are expected to be respectful and considerate of others. You are responsible for your behavior. Think of ways to improve your behavior\n^in your classroom\n^in the lunchroom\n^on school grounds\n^during school activities\n^on the school bus\n^in your community\nIf you need assistance in working on ways to improve yourself as a person, contact your counselor. The counselor is trained to help students solve personal problems.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is a school counselor responsible for according to the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Management of everything at work.\nB Assisting students with their problems.\nC Control of students' issues in study.\nD Contact between students and parents.\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 who averaged fewer than seven hours of sleep per night in the weeks before being exposed to the cold virus were nearly three times as likely to get sick as those who averaged eight hours or more, a new study found.\nResearchers used frequent telephone interviews to track the sleep habits of more than 150 men and women aged 21 to 55 over the last few weeks. Then they exposed the _ to the virus, quarantined them for five days and kept track of who got sick.\nBesides sleeping more, sleeping better also seemed to help the body fight illness: Patients who fared better on a measure known as \"sleep efficiency\"--the percentage of time in bed that you're actually sleeping--were also less likely to get sick.\nThe results held true even after researchers adjusted for elements such as body-mass index, age, sex, smoking and pre-existing antibodies to the virus.\nThe researchers aren't exactly sure why sleeping better makes you less likely to develop a cold. But they do try to give an answer: \"Sleep disturbance influences the regulation of symptom mediators that are released in response to infection.\" In plain English, maybe tossing and turning when you're infected with the cold virus contributes to the symptoms that define a cold.\nThe researchers were based at Carnegie Mellon, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Virginia, and the study was funded by the National Institutes of Health.\n\n<question>:\nIt is shown in the passage that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the researchers obtain information about the sleep habits by frequent interviews\nB the researchers do their research in the National Institutes of Health\nC people hope to avoid being infected with a cold by sleeping as much as possible\nD sleeping more and better helps regulate the symptom mediators\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 who averaged fewer than seven hours of sleep per night in the weeks before being exposed to the cold virus were nearly three times as likely to get sick as those who averaged eight hours or more, a new study found.\nResearchers used frequent telephone interviews to track the sleep habits of more than 150 men and women aged 21 to 55 over the last few weeks. Then they exposed the _ to the virus, quarantined them for five days and kept track of who got sick.\nBesides sleeping more, sleeping better also seemed to help the body fight illness: Patients who fared better on a measure known as \"sleep efficiency\"--the percentage of time in bed that you're actually sleeping--were also less likely to get sick.\nThe results held true even after researchers adjusted for elements such as body-mass index, age, sex, smoking and pre-existing antibodies to the virus.\nThe researchers aren't exactly sure why sleeping better makes you less likely to develop a cold. But they do try to give an answer: \"Sleep disturbance influences the regulation of symptom mediators that are released in response to infection.\" In plain English, maybe tossing and turning when you're infected with the cold virus contributes to the symptoms that define a cold.\nThe researchers were based at Carnegie Mellon, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Virginia, and the study was funded by the National Institutes of Health.\n\n<question>:\nWhat's the best title of the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA The Relationship Between Virus and Cold\nB How to Sleep Well\nC Good Sleep Helps Fight a Cold\nD The More the Sleep, the Better Your Body\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>:\nMany people think that the most popular way of communicating with other people is through the mouth. But what they don't know is that actual communication using mouth accounts for only around 10% (or even less) of all the means to communicate a message.\nMoreover, you can never determine the honesty of people by what they say alone. In fact, words expressed through mouth do not reflect what people really think or feel. The only way you can determine their true inner feelings and thoughts is by reading their body language.\nHave you ever wondered what it would be like if you can \"see through\" the emotions of other people? For example, you ask a person if he can do an important task. He says \"OK\". But deep inside, you are questioning yourself, \"Is he really willing to do this job?\" or \"Does he have the confidence to finish this task?\" You can't question him directly because that would be like belittling him. And even if you ask him those questions, his replies will not tell you what he really feels or thinks.\nThen what is the final solution? Here are just a few of the magic tricks you're about to discover:\n*Actions to make someone like or trust you.\n*How to win in a negotiation .\n*How to attract the opposite sex using body language.\n*How to increase your sales using body language.\n*How to help you find out who is telling a lie.\nAnd a lot, lot more!\nBody language is very easy and fun to learn. With this book, you will make body movements to achieve the success you've always longed for. Do yourself a big favor and get a copy of Body Language Magic.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage, people communicate with each other mainly by _ .\n\n<options>:\nA speaking\nB using body language\nC writing letters\nD the passage doesn't tell us\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>:\nMany people think that the most popular way of communicating with other people is through the mouth. But what they don't know is that actual communication using mouth accounts for only around 10% (or even less) of all the means to communicate a message.\nMoreover, you can never determine the honesty of people by what they say alone. In fact, words expressed through mouth do not reflect what people really think or feel. The only way you can determine their true inner feelings and thoughts is by reading their body language.\nHave you ever wondered what it would be like if you can \"see through\" the emotions of other people? For example, you ask a person if he can do an important task. He says \"OK\". But deep inside, you are questioning yourself, \"Is he really willing to do this job?\" or \"Does he have the confidence to finish this task?\" You can't question him directly because that would be like belittling him. And even if you ask him those questions, his replies will not tell you what he really feels or thinks.\nThen what is the final solution? Here are just a few of the magic tricks you're about to discover:\n*Actions to make someone like or trust you.\n*How to win in a negotiation .\n*How to attract the opposite sex using body language.\n*How to increase your sales using body language.\n*How to help you find out who is telling a lie.\nAnd a lot, lot more!\nBody language is very easy and fun to learn. With this book, you will make body movements to achieve the success you've always longed for. Do yourself a big favor and get a copy of Body Language Magic.\n\n<question>:\nWe can learn from the passage that body language is helpful in the following ways EXCEPT _ .\n\n<options>:\nA it makes other people believe you\nB it can decide your success\nC it makes you better understood\nD it shows whether someone is honest\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>:\nMany people think that the most popular way of communicating with other people is through the mouth. But what they don't know is that actual communication using mouth accounts for only around 10% (or even less) of all the means to communicate a message.\nMoreover, you can never determine the honesty of people by what they say alone. In fact, words expressed through mouth do not reflect what people really think or feel. The only way you can determine their true inner feelings and thoughts is by reading their body language.\nHave you ever wondered what it would be like if you can \"see through\" the emotions of other people? For example, you ask a person if he can do an important task. He says \"OK\". But deep inside, you are questioning yourself, \"Is he really willing to do this job?\" or \"Does he have the confidence to finish this task?\" You can't question him directly because that would be like belittling him. And even if you ask him those questions, his replies will not tell you what he really feels or thinks.\nThen what is the final solution? Here are just a few of the magic tricks you're about to discover:\n*Actions to make someone like or trust you.\n*How to win in a negotiation .\n*How to attract the opposite sex using body language.\n*How to increase your sales using body language.\n*How to help you find out who is telling a lie.\nAnd a lot, lot more!\nBody language is very easy and fun to learn. With this book, you will make body movements to achieve the success you've always longed for. Do yourself a big favor and get a copy of Body Language Magic.\n\n<question>:\nThe main purpose of the passage is _ .\n\n<options>:\nA to attract people to buy a book\nB to talk about the writer's experience\nC to describe some interesting body language\nD to tell us something about true inner 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>:\nMost American children eat potatoes every day, but they don't know which part of potato is most nourishing .Take a sharp knife and cut a very thin slice from it and hold it to the light, and you will see that the potato has skin, an outside rim and the inner part. The outside rim which is right under the skin is most nutritious.But this part is often thrown away with the skin. Even the skin itself is better for food than the inside. When eating a cooked potato, if you choose the inside and leave the outside, you are wasting the best part of it. If you can't eat the whole potato, it is better to eat the outside rim and leave the inner part.\n\n<question>:\nA potato has _ .\n\n<options>:\nA one part only\nB two parts\nC three parts\nD four parts\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 American children eat potatoes every day, but they don't know which part of potato is most nourishing .Take a sharp knife and cut a very thin slice from it and hold it to the light, and you will see that the potato has skin, an outside rim and the inner part. The outside rim which is right under the skin is most nutritious.But this part is often thrown away with the skin. Even the skin itself is better for food than the inside. When eating a cooked potato, if you choose the inside and leave the outside, you are wasting the best part of it. If you can't eat the whole potato, it is better to eat the outside rim and leave the inner part.\n\n<question>:\nThe best part of the potato is the _ .\n\n<options>:\nA middle\nB skin\nC outside rim\nD inside\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 American children eat potatoes every day, but they don't know which part of potato is most nourishing .Take a sharp knife and cut a very thin slice from it and hold it to the light, and you will see that the potato has skin, an outside rim and the inner part. The outside rim which is right under the skin is most nutritious.But this part is often thrown away with the skin. Even the skin itself is better for food than the inside. When eating a cooked potato, if you choose the inside and leave the outside, you are wasting the best part of it. If you can't eat the whole potato, it is better to eat the outside rim and leave the inner part.\n\n<question>:\nWhat does this reading tell about potatoes? It tells us _ .\n\n<options>:\nA how to cook them\nB how to cut potatoes\nC what is a potato made up of\nD how to eat them\n\n<answer>:\n",
"assistant": "D"
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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>:\nStockholm's street magazine sellers no longer only take cash -- they now take cards too.\n\"More and more sellers were telling us that people wanted our magazine but weren't carrying cash,\" says Pia Stolt, the magazine's publisher. \"So with the help of a local computer company, we came up with a way to accept payment electronically.\n\"We didn't know how it would turn out, or whether people would be unwilling to give the credit card information to a stranger on the street,\" says Stolt, \"but the results have been great--sales are up 59%.\" \"Swedes are pretty trusting and we're used to taking up new technology so this was the perfect solution,\" adds Stolt. \"The cashless society campaign we're seeing in Sweden is definitely a good move as far as we are concerned--it's unstoppable.\"\nBanks and stores invested heavily in card payment systems in the 1990s and now local consumers are using them in huge numbers. Today, four out of five purchases are made electronically in Sweden and going totally cash-free is the next step.\nSweden's public transport system has already been cashless for several years, after local public transport workers complained that handling cash had become dangerous. \"Bus drivers were getting attacked for their money so Sweden banned cash on public transport,\" says Arn Arvidsson, the president of Cashless, an organization supporting the move to a cash-free society. \"There were also a number of bank robberies, so four years ago, the banks began to move away from cash. Now, all of Sweden's big banks operate cash free wherever possible, and the number of bank robberies is at a 30-year low.\"\nThere is, however, concern about how well Sweden's 1.8 million pensioners--out of a total population of 10 million--will adapt. \"A lot of elderly people feel excluded,\" says Johanna Hallen of the Swedish National Pensioners' Organization. \"Only 50% of older people use cash cards regularly and 7% never use cash cards. So we want the government to take things slowly.\"\nThe digital payment revolution is also a challenge for tourists, who need pre-paid tickets or a Swedish mobile to catch a bus in the capital. \"There's a worry about crime and theft as well,\" says Arvidsson. \"Figures show that computer-related credit card crime has almost doubled in the last decade.\"\n\n<question>:\nThe demand for a cashless public transport system first came from _ .\n\n<options>:\nA transport companies to reduce their costs\nB banks so they could increase their profits\nC transport workers to protect their safety\nD the government to improve transport times\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>:\nStockholm's street magazine sellers no longer only take cash -- they now take cards too.\n\"More and more sellers were telling us that people wanted our magazine but weren't carrying cash,\" says Pia Stolt, the magazine's publisher. \"So with the help of a local computer company, we came up with a way to accept payment electronically.\n\"We didn't know how it would turn out, or whether people would be unwilling to give the credit card information to a stranger on the street,\" says Stolt, \"but the results have been great--sales are up 59%.\" \"Swedes are pretty trusting and we're used to taking up new technology so this was the perfect solution,\" adds Stolt. \"The cashless society campaign we're seeing in Sweden is definitely a good move as far as we are concerned--it's unstoppable.\"\nBanks and stores invested heavily in card payment systems in the 1990s and now local consumers are using them in huge numbers. Today, four out of five purchases are made electronically in Sweden and going totally cash-free is the next step.\nSweden's public transport system has already been cashless for several years, after local public transport workers complained that handling cash had become dangerous. \"Bus drivers were getting attacked for their money so Sweden banned cash on public transport,\" says Arn Arvidsson, the president of Cashless, an organization supporting the move to a cash-free society. \"There were also a number of bank robberies, so four years ago, the banks began to move away from cash. Now, all of Sweden's big banks operate cash free wherever possible, and the number of bank robberies is at a 30-year low.\"\nThere is, however, concern about how well Sweden's 1.8 million pensioners--out of a total population of 10 million--will adapt. \"A lot of elderly people feel excluded,\" says Johanna Hallen of the Swedish National Pensioners' Organization. \"Only 50% of older people use cash cards regularly and 7% never use cash cards. So we want the government to take things slowly.\"\nThe digital payment revolution is also a challenge for tourists, who need pre-paid tickets or a Swedish mobile to catch a bus in the capital. \"There's a worry about crime and theft as well,\" says Arvidsson. \"Figures show that computer-related credit card crime has almost doubled in the last decade.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following about Sweden is true according to the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA No new banknotes will be produced in the future\nB There has been a huge reduction in bank robberies.\nC Local people don't feel comfortable carrying cash.\nD It is the first country to have cash-free buses.\n\n<answer>:\n",
"assistant": "B"
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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>:\nStockholm's street magazine sellers no longer only take cash -- they now take cards too.\n\"More and more sellers were telling us that people wanted our magazine but weren't carrying cash,\" says Pia Stolt, the magazine's publisher. \"So with the help of a local computer company, we came up with a way to accept payment electronically.\n\"We didn't know how it would turn out, or whether people would be unwilling to give the credit card information to a stranger on the street,\" says Stolt, \"but the results have been great--sales are up 59%.\" \"Swedes are pretty trusting and we're used to taking up new technology so this was the perfect solution,\" adds Stolt. \"The cashless society campaign we're seeing in Sweden is definitely a good move as far as we are concerned--it's unstoppable.\"\nBanks and stores invested heavily in card payment systems in the 1990s and now local consumers are using them in huge numbers. Today, four out of five purchases are made electronically in Sweden and going totally cash-free is the next step.\nSweden's public transport system has already been cashless for several years, after local public transport workers complained that handling cash had become dangerous. \"Bus drivers were getting attacked for their money so Sweden banned cash on public transport,\" says Arn Arvidsson, the president of Cashless, an organization supporting the move to a cash-free society. \"There were also a number of bank robberies, so four years ago, the banks began to move away from cash. Now, all of Sweden's big banks operate cash free wherever possible, and the number of bank robberies is at a 30-year low.\"\nThere is, however, concern about how well Sweden's 1.8 million pensioners--out of a total population of 10 million--will adapt. \"A lot of elderly people feel excluded,\" says Johanna Hallen of the Swedish National Pensioners' Organization. \"Only 50% of older people use cash cards regularly and 7% never use cash cards. So we want the government to take things slowly.\"\nThe digital payment revolution is also a challenge for tourists, who need pre-paid tickets or a Swedish mobile to catch a bus in the capital. \"There's a worry about crime and theft as well,\" says Arvidsson. \"Figures show that computer-related credit card crime has almost doubled in the last decade.\"\n\n<question>:\nWhy does Johanna Hallen think the cashless society should be introduced slowly?\n\n<options>:\nA She worries that computer-related crime will increase.\nB She is concerned about the inconvenience to foreign travellers.\nC She believes that it's not easy for older people to get used to it.\nD She feels it is everyone's right to be able to use cash if they wish.\n\n<answer>:\n",
"assistant": "C"
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