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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 Los Angeles Zoo has many public programs that aim to teach the public about animals and natural protection.\nSafari shuttle \nWhile you're here, take the Safari shuttle for a quick trip from one end of the Zoo to the other.\nAll day long, seven days a week (from 10 am to 5 pm), the Safari Shuttle picks up passengers, circles the Zoo, and returns to the main flamingo exhibit near the front entrance. You can get on and off the shuttle as often as you like.\nFood\nSafari Cafe (at the Zoo entrance) offers Starbucks coffee, fresh-baked cookies, and ice cream. Gorilla Grill is the spot for toasted food, kids' meals, snacks, and ice cream. La Casita serves a variety of Mexican food and refreshments . Silverback's Cafe offers sandwiches, salads, bread bowls, cold beer, and refreshments.\nHour\nThe Zoo is open from 10 am to 5 pm every day of the year except Christmas Day. Special summer long hours are until 6 pm. from July 1 to September 7. Please remember, the Zoo starts putting animals in for the night at 4 pm during regular hours, and at 5 pm. during summer hours.\nAdmission Prices \nAdults (aged 13 and above): $ 9\nSeniors (aged 62 and above): $ 6\nChildren (aged 2 to 12): $ 4\nChildren (under 2): free\nItems Not Allowed on Zoo Grounds\nAlcohol, Glass bottles, Pets, Bicycles, Skateboards, and In-line skate.\nIf you are planning a picnic while visiting the Zoo, please do not bring any glass items or other things that are easy to break. Also for the safety of the animals, no plastic bags are allowed within the Zoo.\n\n<question>:\nPeople can see all the animals at the Los Angeles Zoo at _ .\n\n<options>:\nA 11 am. on Christmas Day\nB 4:30 pm. on May 5\nC 3 pm. on March 5\nD 6 pm. on September 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>:\nThe Los Angeles Zoo has many public programs that aim to teach the public about animals and natural protection.\nSafari shuttle \nWhile you're here, take the Safari shuttle for a quick trip from one end of the Zoo to the other.\nAll day long, seven days a week (from 10 am to 5 pm), the Safari Shuttle picks up passengers, circles the Zoo, and returns to the main flamingo exhibit near the front entrance. You can get on and off the shuttle as often as you like.\nFood\nSafari Cafe (at the Zoo entrance) offers Starbucks coffee, fresh-baked cookies, and ice cream. Gorilla Grill is the spot for toasted food, kids' meals, snacks, and ice cream. La Casita serves a variety of Mexican food and refreshments . Silverback's Cafe offers sandwiches, salads, bread bowls, cold beer, and refreshments.\nHour\nThe Zoo is open from 10 am to 5 pm every day of the year except Christmas Day. Special summer long hours are until 6 pm. from July 1 to September 7. Please remember, the Zoo starts putting animals in for the night at 4 pm during regular hours, and at 5 pm. during summer hours.\nAdmission Prices \nAdults (aged 13 and above): $ 9\nSeniors (aged 62 and above): $ 6\nChildren (aged 2 to 12): $ 4\nChildren (under 2): free\nItems Not Allowed on Zoo Grounds\nAlcohol, Glass bottles, Pets, Bicycles, Skateboards, and In-line skate.\nIf you are planning a picnic while visiting the Zoo, please do not bring any glass items or other things that are easy to break. Also for the safety of the animals, no plastic bags are allowed within the Zoo.\n\n<question>:\nHow much does it cost if a couple with their one-year-old twins visit the Los Angeles Zoo?\n\n<options>:\nA $18.\nB $26.\nC $22.\nD $17.\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 flag, the most common symbol of a nation in the modern world, is also one of the most ancient. With a clear symbolic meaning, the flag in the traditional form is still used today to mark buildings, ships and other vehicles related to a country.\nThe national flag as we know it today is in no way a primitive artifact. It is, rather, the product of thousands of years' development. Historians believe that it had two major ancestors, of which the earlier served to show wind direction.\nEarly human beings used very fragile houses and boats. Often strong winds would tear roofs from houses or cause high waves that endangered travelers. People's food supplies were similarly _ . Even after they had learned how to plant grains, they still needed help from nature to ensure good harvests. Therefore they feared and depended on the power of the wind, which could bring warmth from one direction and cold from another.\nUsing a simple piece of cloth tied to the top of a post to tell the direction of the wind was more dependable than earlier methods, such as watching the rising of smoke from a fire. The connection of the flag with heavenly power was therefore reasonable. Early human societies began to fix long pieces of cloth to the tops of totems before carrying them into battle. They believed that the power of the wind would be added to the good wishes of the gods and ancestors represented by the totems themselves.\nThese flags developed very slowly into modern flags. The first known flag of a nation or a ruler was unmarked. The king of China around 1000 B.C. was known to have a white flag carried ahead of him. This practice might have been learned from Egyptians even further in the past, but it was from China that it spread over trade routes through India, then across Arab lands, and finally to Europe, where it met up with the other ancestor of the national flag.\n\n<question>:\nThe earliest flags were connected with heavenly power because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA they could tell direction\nB they could bring good luck to ancient fighters\nC they were handed down by the ancestors\nD they were believed to stand for natural forces\n\n<answer>:\n",
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