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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>:\nGuilin is my favorite city in China because of its beauty, its waterways, its cafes, and most of all because I met my wife there. It is her hometown and we will both retire there in a few years.\nNot only is Guilin a fascinating city, but there are many interesting places to visit within a short drive from there.\nThe Ling Canal is the oldest canal in the world. It was built about 2,200 years ago and connects two major river systems, the Yangtze and the Pearl River.\nThe Longsheng Rice Terraces is another manmade wonder that was built around 650 years ago.I have some photos of both of these places in my China Daily homepage Albums.\nThe Gudong Waterfall Park is another attraction that is worth visiting. The hike to the top of all these waterfalls isn't very difficult and if you want, you can take a ride to the bottom on a personal rail car that you control the speed with a _ \nIf you want, you can also climb up some of the waterfalls with the help of chains that are placed for the convenience of amateur climbers .\nI have only been in Guilin during the winter and spring, but my wife tells me it gets pretty hot in the summer time. That's OK because I grew up in the Midwest of the US where it gets very hot and humid during the summer months.\nBut in Guilin almost everything is within walking distance and if you need to go further the buses come by every 5 minutes on the busy streets and every 10-15 minutes just about everywhere else. There are plenty of taxis, too, and most trips are only 6 yuan. It's a perfect place to retire.\n\n<question>:\nWhat's the weather like in summer in Guilin?\n\n<options>:\nA Very hot.\nB Quite humid.\nC Rather hot.\nD A little cool\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>:\nAmos Dudley, a 24-year-old boy who studies digital design at New Jersey University of Technology, felt ashamed about his teeth. But being a student, Dudley didn't have the money to get braces . So, he decided to\n3-D print his own and marked down the DIY project in a recent blog post. His braces totaled less than $60, and after wearing them for 16 weeks, his teeth are also getting straighter.\nMonths ago, he mentioned on his blog that he avoided smiling for a while because he was unhappy with his teeth.\nHowever, clear braces can get pricey, costing up to $8,000. But after studying some images of these expensive clear braces, something comes up on him--they looked like that one which can come from a 3-D printer.\nSo he decided to hit up his school's 3-D printing equipment and scanned and printed models of his teeth. He\nthen made non-harmful plastic molds around them to make 12 sets of braces.\nDudley, who does not recommend attempting any of this at home said that he didn't ask a dentist for his project. But the student did get information from journal articles and textbooks. And though this was a perfectly\nfriendly choice to buy braces. He didn't accept the project just to save money--he was also up for the challenge. \"When I realized that I could do something that was a little bit special, while proving my skills as a designer\nand a maker, and fixing something that was making me self-conscious for actually free, I felt it was more than worth the risk.\" he said.\n\n<question>:\nWhy did Dudley choose a 3-D printer braces over-buying them?\n\n<options>:\nA He didn't have enough money.\nB He felt ashamed about his teeth.\nC He studies digital design at school.\nD He wanted to be a famous person.\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>:\nHalloween is a festival on October 31. The name of the holiday means \"hallowed\" because it happens the day before All Saints Day.\nBefore the festival, people paint homes, shops and classrooms in the traditional Halloween colours, orange and black. Some people make costumes and masks at home. Some people buy them in shops. People also make decorations for the festival. These decorations look like witches, black cats, ghosts, skeletons and jack-o-lanterns. Jack-o-lanterns are pumpkins that are cut to look like faces.\nPeople think that Halloween is the children's New Year's Eve. They dress up in special costumes and masks. They eat too much, and go to bed too late celebrating. They go from one door to another saying \"trick or treat\". People give them candies, cookies, fruit or money.\nAdults and older children also celebrate Halloween with parades , festivals and costumes parties. One kind of the parties welcomed by children is dunking for apples. Apples are put in tubs full of water. People try to get the apples using only their months; they cannot use their hands.\n\n<question>:\nWhen is Halloween?\n\n<options>:\nA It's on the day before All Saints Day.\nB It's on the children's New Year's Eve.\nC It's on October 30.\nD It's before Children's Day.\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>:\nJapanese people work very hard at studying English. They start studying English at the age of 12. Most young Japanese people spend a lot of time and work hard at studying English, but Japanese people are not good at English. Here are the reasons:\nThere are few people from English-speaking countries in Japan. They don't have enough chances to speak with them.\nJapan is an island country and they feel that other countries are far away. So they don't use English very often. And the Japanese feel that it is strange to talk to each other in English.\nThe Japanese education doesn't always follow the educational trends in the world. It puts a lot of importance on grammar and vocabulary, and less on speaking, listening and reading skills.\nMany Japanese students' English becomes worse after they go to university .They have to learn English again if they work in English-speaking countries.\nSometimes the Japanese feel shy about speaking wrong or broken English.\n\n<question>:\nMost young Japanese people _ English.\n\n<options>:\nA are good at\nB work hard at\nC don't like\nD spend little time on\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>:\nJapanese people work very hard at studying English. They start studying English at the age of 12. Most young Japanese people spend a lot of time and work hard at studying English, but Japanese people are not good at English. Here are the reasons:\nThere are few people from English-speaking countries in Japan. They don't have enough chances to speak with them.\nJapan is an island country and they feel that other countries are far away. So they don't use English very often. And the Japanese feel that it is strange to talk to each other in English.\nThe Japanese education doesn't always follow the educational trends in the world. It puts a lot of importance on grammar and vocabulary, and less on speaking, listening and reading skills.\nMany Japanese students' English becomes worse after they go to university .They have to learn English again if they work in English-speaking countries.\nSometimes the Japanese feel shy about speaking wrong or broken English.\n\n<question>:\nIn fact, _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the Japanese education needs to put a lot of importance on speaking\nB all the Japanese people hate English\nC Japanese people use English very often\nD the Japanese like to talk with others in English\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>:\nThere are many unusual hotels around the world .In Greenland ,there is a hotel made out of ice ,open between December and April every year .In Turkey ,there is a cave hotel with a television ,furniture ,and a bathroom in each room .And in Bolivia ,there is the Salt Palace Hotel .\nThousands of years ago ,the area has the Salt Palace Hotel was a large lake . But over time ,all the water disappeared . Today ,the area has only two small lakes and two salt deserts .\nThe larger of the two deserts the Uyuni salt desert ,is 12000 square kilometers .During the day ,the desert is bright white because of the salt .There are no roads across the Uyuni desert ,so local people must show guests the way to the hotel .\nIn the early 1900s ,a man named Juan Quesada built the hotel .He cut big blocks of salt from the desert and used the blocks to build it. Everything in the hotel is made out of salt ;the walls , the roof , the chairs , the tables ,the beds ,and the hotels bar .\nThe Sun heats the walls and the roof during the day . At night is very cold , but the rooms stay warm . The hotel has twelve rooms . A single room costs 40 dollars a night .and a double room costs 60 dollars .\nA sign on the hotels wall tells guests ,Please do not lick the walls.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is unique about the Salt palace hotel ?\n\n<options>:\nA Its long history\nB The price of the rooms.\nC The guests that stay there\nD What it is made of\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>:\nDid you see snow in your hometown last winter? Did you feel it was warmer than before?\n\"There have been 21 warm winters in China since 1986,\" said scientists. They also said that in the past 100 years, as the global temperatures went up by 0.74 degC , the temperature in North China has climbed 1.4 degC in only 50 years.\nChina needs to take quick action to cut carbon dioxide emission \nbecause it's the main reason for global warming. The good news is that China has seen the importance of going green. China set the goal of cutting energy use by 20% and pollution emission by 10% in the 11th Five-Year Plan.\nCan you slow down global warming? Sure! You and your family can take steps to cut the amount of carbon dioxide that is sent out into the air.\nHere are some pieces of advice to help you save the earth..\nWear used clothes. Wearing your brother's, sister's or dad's old T-shirt means you save the energy.\nChange your light bulbs . Use energy-saving light bulbs. And don't forget to turn off the lights when you leave a room and turn off your television and computer when they are not in use!\nRide the bus. Taking a bus saves a lot of oil every year.\nSay no to plastic bags. The next time your parents go to the market, ask them to use baskets\nOpen a window. Don't use the air conditioner, and let some fresh air in. When you have to use the conditioner, set the temperature higher in the summer and lower in the winter to save energy.\nMake small changes in your daily life. Don't use paper cups, bags and boxes.\nIt's time for all of us to do something to save the earth.\n\n<question>:\nThe passage is mainly about the ways to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA slow down global warming\nB make energy\nC change our daily life\nD change the world weather\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>:\nDo you know the late leader of China, Deng Xiaoping? He was called the\"chief architect of China's reform and opening-up \". August 22 is the 110 anniversary of his birth. President Xi Jinping held an important meeting for the event on August 20 , 2014 in Beijing. Senior leaders Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan and Zhang Gaoli also attended the event.\nDeng was born on Aug, 22, 1904 in the southwest China's Sichuan Province. He also had the name Deng Xiaosheng. His father , Deng Wenming , was a middle-level landowner . His mother died early in Deng's life. He has three brothers and three sisters. Deng's first wife , one of his schoolmates from Moscow , died when she was 24, a few days after giving birth to Deng's first child, a baby girl, who also died. His second wife left him in 1933. His third wife, Zhuo Lin, was the daughter of an industrialist in Yunnan Province. She married him in 1939 in Yan'an. They had five children:three daughters and two sons.\nDeng was sent to private primary school at the age of five. In the summer of 1919, Deng Xiaoping graduated from the Chongqing School. Then he went to study and work in France in the 1920s. His father strongly supported him, the night before going to France, Deng's father took his son aside and asked him what he hoped to learn there. He repeated the words he had learned from his teachers:\"To learn knowledge and truth from the West in order to save China.\"He joined the Communist Party of China in 1924. In late 1927 , Deng left Moscow to return to China. He joined the army to save China. He died on February 19 , 1997.\n\n<question>:\nDeng went to school _ .\n\n<options>:\nA in 1909\nB in 1919\nC in 1911\nD in 1933\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>:\nDo you know the late leader of China, Deng Xiaoping? He was called the\"chief architect of China's reform and opening-up \". August 22 is the 110 anniversary of his birth. President Xi Jinping held an important meeting for the event on August 20 , 2014 in Beijing. Senior leaders Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan and Zhang Gaoli also attended the event.\nDeng was born on Aug, 22, 1904 in the southwest China's Sichuan Province. He also had the name Deng Xiaosheng. His father , Deng Wenming , was a middle-level landowner . His mother died early in Deng's life. He has three brothers and three sisters. Deng's first wife , one of his schoolmates from Moscow , died when she was 24, a few days after giving birth to Deng's first child, a baby girl, who also died. His second wife left him in 1933. His third wife, Zhuo Lin, was the daughter of an industrialist in Yunnan Province. She married him in 1939 in Yan'an. They had five children:three daughters and two sons.\nDeng was sent to private primary school at the age of five. In the summer of 1919, Deng Xiaoping graduated from the Chongqing School. Then he went to study and work in France in the 1920s. His father strongly supported him, the night before going to France, Deng's father took his son aside and asked him what he hoped to learn there. He repeated the words he had learned from his teachers:\"To learn knowledge and truth from the West in order to save China.\"He joined the Communist Party of China in 1924. In late 1927 , Deng left Moscow to return to China. He joined the army to save China. He died on February 19 , 1997.\n\n<question>:\nHow old was Deng when he died?\n\n<options>:\nA Eighty-three years old\nB Ninety-three years old\nC Twenty-three years old\nD Thirty-five years old\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>:\nDo you know the late leader of China, Deng Xiaoping? He was called the\"chief architect of China's reform and opening-up \". August 22 is the 110 anniversary of his birth. President Xi Jinping held an important meeting for the event on August 20 , 2014 in Beijing. Senior leaders Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan and Zhang Gaoli also attended the event.\nDeng was born on Aug, 22, 1904 in the southwest China's Sichuan Province. He also had the name Deng Xiaosheng. His father , Deng Wenming , was a middle-level landowner . His mother died early in Deng's life. He has three brothers and three sisters. Deng's first wife , one of his schoolmates from Moscow , died when she was 24, a few days after giving birth to Deng's first child, a baby girl, who also died. His second wife left him in 1933. His third wife, Zhuo Lin, was the daughter of an industrialist in Yunnan Province. She married him in 1939 in Yan'an. They had five children:three daughters and two sons.\nDeng was sent to private primary school at the age of five. In the summer of 1919, Deng Xiaoping graduated from the Chongqing School. Then he went to study and work in France in the 1920s. His father strongly supported him, the night before going to France, Deng's father took his son aside and asked him what he hoped to learn there. He repeated the words he had learned from his teachers:\"To learn knowledge and truth from the West in order to save China.\"He joined the Communist Party of China in 1924. In late 1927 , Deng left Moscow to return to China. He joined the army to save China. He died on February 19 , 1997.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?\n\n<options>:\nA Deng's first daughter was alive\nB Deng's father was poor at that time\nC Zhuo Lin was Deng's schoolmate\nD Deng left school in1919.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nIn order to make students become more interested in English studies,21 elementary schools in southeastern Korea have started to use robot teachers.\nThe robot teacher is called Engkey. She was developed by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology. She is about one meter high and is white,egg-shaped. She takes a display panel\n as her face. She can move around the classroom while she speaks to students. She can also read books to students and dance to music by moving her head and arms.\nNow,21 robot teachers have been used to teach English. They are controlled by English teachers in the Philippines. There is a camera in each of the robot teachers. With the help of the cameras,English teachers in the Philippines can see and hear the students. At the same time,the facial expressions of these English teachers. This is very interesting.\nBesides helping students to become more interested in English,the robot teachers can also help children in poor areas without English teachers.\nRobot teachers have many good points. For example,they needn't have a rest because they don't get ill.\n\n<question>:\nWhy have schools in southeastern Korea stared to use robot teachers?\n\n<options>:\nA Because Korea is rich.\nB Because Korea wants to make students become more interested in English studies.\nC Because robot teachers are more beautiful than the real teachers.\nD Because Korea Institute of Science and Technology wants students to use them.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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