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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 last five pounds. The vanity pounds. The dream weight. The fantasy weight. The high school weight. Yes, many names are given to the weight - the five pounds - that seems just out of reach no matter how much we exercise and improve our eating habits.\nBut why is it out of reach? Is it all in our heads? Or is it because the body has a set-point or ideal weight - a weight to which it doesn't want to give in?\n\"There is no such thing as ideal body weight,\" says James, author of \"Weight Loss That Lasts.\" \"But your body does resist you when you are trying to lose weight. It gets used to a certain weight over a long period of time and then will defend that weight.\"\nIn other words, the body's \"set point\" can be lowered - or raised, he says, but it takes time to reset that new weight. That period of time is at least six months. \"I often ask patients, 'What is the lowest stable weight of your adult life?' to get an idea of what is realistic\" in terms of weight loss and maintenance , James says.\nHe refers to the body's refusal to change, weight-wise, as an \"biological control system that prevents us from going hungry and dying - part of our primitive biology.\"\nSome people might get down to their dream weight for a short period but then can't keep it long because the calorie limits are too strict once the body starts defending itself against weight loss.\n\"That's why it's important to set realistic goals,\" he says. \"The idea of the 'ideal weight' or 'dream weight' is really just a useless exercise.\"\nBut let's say your goal is realistic and has been set by a nutritionist or other weight-loss professionals and _ . What could be going on? The reason is that you need fewer calories the less you weigh. So if you want to continue to drop weight, you have to drop calories and increase calorie-burn.\nJames encourages people to tell the difference between weight loss goals for health reasons and those to do with vanity. \"They are different issues,\" James says. \"One is where important health benefits are seen and the other is about vanity - wanting to look good in a bathing suit.\"\n\n<question>:\nPeople can't keep their dream weight for a long time because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA the body system stops us from hunger\nB the calorie limits are extremely strict\nC we haven't turned to nutritionists for advice\nD we can't keep the habits of dieting for six months\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 last five pounds. The vanity pounds. The dream weight. The fantasy weight. The high school weight. Yes, many names are given to the weight - the five pounds - that seems just out of reach no matter how much we exercise and improve our eating habits.\nBut why is it out of reach? Is it all in our heads? Or is it because the body has a set-point or ideal weight - a weight to which it doesn't want to give in?\n\"There is no such thing as ideal body weight,\" says James, author of \"Weight Loss That Lasts.\" \"But your body does resist you when you are trying to lose weight. It gets used to a certain weight over a long period of time and then will defend that weight.\"\nIn other words, the body's \"set point\" can be lowered - or raised, he says, but it takes time to reset that new weight. That period of time is at least six months. \"I often ask patients, 'What is the lowest stable weight of your adult life?' to get an idea of what is realistic\" in terms of weight loss and maintenance , James says.\nHe refers to the body's refusal to change, weight-wise, as an \"biological control system that prevents us from going hungry and dying - part of our primitive biology.\"\nSome people might get down to their dream weight for a short period but then can't keep it long because the calorie limits are too strict once the body starts defending itself against weight loss.\n\"That's why it's important to set realistic goals,\" he says. \"The idea of the 'ideal weight' or 'dream weight' is really just a useless exercise.\"\nBut let's say your goal is realistic and has been set by a nutritionist or other weight-loss professionals and _ . What could be going on? The reason is that you need fewer calories the less you weigh. So if you want to continue to drop weight, you have to drop calories and increase calorie-burn.\nJames encourages people to tell the difference between weight loss goals for health reasons and those to do with vanity. \"They are different issues,\" James says. \"One is where important health benefits are seen and the other is about vanity - wanting to look good in a bathing suit.\"\n\n<question>:\nAccording to the passage, what is James' most possible attitude towards t weight loss for vanity?\n\n<options>:\nA Encouraging.\nB Critical .\nC Supportive.\nD Neutral .\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>:\nA MILLION people on Mars within 100 years. This is the brave vision of Elon Musk, the founder of the space technology company SpaceX.\n\"We need to be laser-focused on becoming a multi-planet civilization. That's the next step,\" he said in a recent interview with Aeon magazine. Musk expects to see about 80,000 people living on Mars by 2040.\nIt's all about protecting the human race from extinction, according to Musk.\nThe Earth has always been a ticking time bomb. As the sun begins to die, it will grow bigger, becoming what is known as a Red Giant. In 500 million years, the sun will have become large enough to kill off any plant and animal life on Earth, according to US scientist Edward Guinan. In a billion years, the Earth will have become a hot planet with little or no water.\nThe brave dream of getting the human race to Mars is not only Musk's; others have made plans, too.\nA Dutch entrepreneur set up the Mars One foundation in 2011, hoping to be the first project to put humans on Mars. It received over 200,000 applications to become part of the first group of astronauts to go there.\nAccording to Mars One, \"human settlement on Mars is possible with existing technologies.\"\nWater, food, energy, and oxygen are needed for life anywhere. According to Mars One, water that was still in the Martian soil would be boiled and taken out.\nBy using a process called \"electrolysis\", astronauts could split water into hydrogen and oxygen for breathing. Astronauts on the International Space Station have already done similar things.\nFood can also be grown in space. Certain plants such as lettuce and onions can be grown using LED light for different color spectrums and much less heat. NASA has been researching this to prepare for visiting Mars.\nBut how will people get there? The Mars One project plans to use SpaceX's Dragon capsule as part of its mission. But it is rumored that Musk already has a design in mind for a giant spaceship. He calls it the Mars Colonial Transporter.\n\n<question>:\nAccording to Elon Musk, the trip to Mars is significant because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Earth is not the only planet that is suitable for human beings\nB settlement on Mars could save the human race from extinction\nC the environment on Earth will be too harsh for human beings in a few hundred years\nD a large amount of water has just been discovered on Mars\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 \"one of the few bright spots in the Chinese economy,\" says Zeng Ming. He is talking about e-commerce. Mr Zeng, the chief strategy officer for Alibaba, a giant Chinese Internet firm, predicts that digital transactions on his firm's platforms will top l trillion yuan ($159 billion) this year-more than Amazon's and eBay's combined. That is a bold claim, but consider what happened on Singles Sunday.\nInvented a few years ago by students and seized upon by digital marketers, this festival for lonely hearts falls annually on the llth day of the llth month (since l is the loneliest number).It is like St Valentine's Day, only worse. Singletons shower each other with tender gifts: a barrage of pearls; a storm of sweets.\nThis November llth they spent a surprising 19 billion yuan on Alibaba's online platforms-a fourfold increase on a year ago, and more than double what Americans spent online last Cyber Monday (the Monday after Thanksgiving, when retailers urge Americans to shop online). About 100m purchases were logged, accounting for 80% of the packages shipped that day. Couriers were buried in parcels.\nSo life is good for China's e-tailers, then? Not exactly. The number of digital marketers is increasing and online sales are booming. Consumers are enjoying lower prices, better service and more variety. The problem? The pressure on profits in Chinese e-commerce is worse than in America, reckons Elinor Leung of CLSA, a broker. \"Almost no one makes money,\" she says.\nThe fiercest battles are being fought between online retailers and their bricks-and-mortar rivals.Dangdang, a firm. that resembles Amazon,.and 360buy, another online retailer, have cut prices fiercely. Tencent, a cash-rich online giant known for its instant-messaging software, is splashing out to win market share. 360buy has also just raised $400m from investors to do the same. But it is unclear how much longer such firms can burn through capital.\n\n<question>:\nWhat's the best title of this passage?\n\n<options>:\nA The Ambition of Alibaba\nB Fierce Competition between Retailers\nC A Newly Sprung Festival for the Singles\nD Chinese Booming and Developing E-commerce\n\n<answer>:\n",
"assistant": "D"
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