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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>:\n\"Earthquake!\"The word flashed in my brain.A roaring sound filled my ears.I tried to slide beneath my desk.The desk did a wild tap dance,slipping and sliding towards the centre of the room.I twisted my body and grabbed at the windowsill behind me,somehow kicking free of my dancing chair.I tried to stand.My legs skated away as if on a bucking escalator.\nMy fingers shook,grasped and held the windowsill tightly.Somewhere through the roar sounded the terrified scream of some wounded animal.I looked behind me and tried to steady my gaze on the other kids but the scene was a dizzy nightmare.Some of the class were sitting in the middle of the room,surrounded by chairs and desks.One girl was screaming.A boy was trying to claw his way across the floor to the door in a crazy overarm crawl.\nMy grip froze me to the windowsill.\nI cried aloud,\"I'm going to die.I'm going to die.Save me,I'm not ready to die,I'm not ready!\"\nI hunched forward on my knees and pressed my face against my clenched fingers.I looked at the backs of my fingers and stupidly noticed the fragile pale hairs growing out of the pores.The fingers would soon cease to exist.Somehow the impending horror of my death was too terrible to even cry about.\nSuddenly,I became aware that the rocking had ceased.Perhaps I wasn't going to die.\n\n<question>:\nAt the end of the passage there is a feeling of _ .\n\n<options>:\nA panic\nB hope\nC sorrow\nD excitement\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>:\nOne form of social prejudice against older people is the belief that they cannot understand or use modern technology. Activities like playing computer games, going on the Net and downloading MP3s are only for the youngsters. Isn't it unfair that older people enjoying a computer game should be frowned upon by their children and grandchildren?\nNowadays older people have more control over their lives and they play a full part in society. Moreover, better health care has left more people in their sixties and seventies feeling fit and active after retirement. Mental activity, as well as physical exercise, can contribute to better health. Playing computer games is a very effective way of exercising the brain.\nWhen personal computers were first introduced, most older people didn't believe they would ever familiarize themselves with it. Now computers have been around for a few generations and retired people have gradually become more relaxed about using them for fun. Gamers over 65 prefer playing puzzle games and card games. Kate Stevens, aged 72, says: \"I find it very relaxing. It's not very demanding, but you still need to concentrate.\"\nAnother development that has favored \"grey games\" is a change in the type of videogames available on the market. There's a greater variety of games to choose from, including more intellectual and complex strategy and simulation games. Internet Chess and Train Simulator are among the most popular of these. Train Simulator is based on real-world rail activities. Players can choose from a variety of challenges, such as keeping to a strict-timetable and using helper engines during a winter storm.\nSome people argue that \"grey gamers\" simply don't have the skills required for computer games, and that teenagers are better. _ . Most computer games require the kind of analytical thinking that improves with practice, which means that the \"grey gamers\" may well be far better than gamers half a century younger than them. In games where speed is the main consideration, older people would be at a disadvantage because they may have slower reaction times. On the other hand, \"grey gamers\" have a preference for slower paced, mind challenging games.\n\n<question>:\nWhat was older people's attitude towards personal computers at first?\n\n<options>:\nA Doubtful.\nB Concerned.\nC Enthusiastic.\nD Supportive.\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>:\nRam-raiders armed with hammers smashed their way into an exclusive jewellery store in central Sydney. The thieves used a white four-wheel drive (4WD) to smash through the back window of the Mondial Neuman store in the historic Queen Victoria Building just before 9 a.m. on January 19.\nDetective Sergeant Paul Dunstan said three or four people were believed to have been in the 4WD. He said two or three people armed with what were thought to be hammers entered the shop through the smashed window, which fronts York St, before taking jewellery and driving away in a red Audi car. It's too early to say how much was taken, police said, but luckily, none of the store's workers was injured in the attack.\nA woman was working next door to the jewellery store. She saw the drama unfold and called the police.\n\"I was just going to go upstairs when I saw the car stop,\" she said, \"It mounted the kerb and at first Ijust thought it was a bad driver. Then I saw a person who was masked jump out of the back seat and move a cafe table out of the way.The truck just rammed into the window.\"\nShe said the man then went back to the car and got a bag out of the back seat before going into the store. \"I was shaking. I was scared they would see me. I heard screaming from the next door,\" she said, \"you know, this is the second time in several months the store has been robbed.\" A police spokesman said detectives were still talking to witnesses and the owners of the store.\n\n<question>:\nFrom the passage we learn the robbers _ .\n\n<options>:\nA used hammers to fight the police\nB used a red car to get into the jewellery store\nC robbed the same shop for the second time in a year\nD went into the store through the broken window\n\n<answer>:\n",
"assistant": "D"
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