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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 in Houston a few weeks ago,and needed to be back home in Austin by midmorning the next day.Though I usually left in the evening,for some reason last time I had to choose to set off after midnight.\nI was on my way back to Austin when I realized I left an important file,and knew I had to return to get it.I took the first exit I could,but when I rounded the corner,an 18-wheeler was stopped dead in the exit lane.I swerved to avoid it,and then I realized that there was something wrong with my car.So I pulled into a small parking lot and unsurprisingly found the area deserted at 3:15am.I've lived in urban areas most of my life.I'm fairly street-wise and don't become frightened easily,but I knew I was in a pretty tough neighborhood.\nThere was no one in Houston to pick me up.I immediately locked the doors and picked up my phone to call a tow truck.Soon a young man knocked on my driver's side window and asked if he could help me.Judging from his appearance,he was far from a mad man,but I knew he was far more likely to rob than help me.So I lied to him.After a while,he asked again,but this time I politely refused and told him the tow truck was due any minute.He finally said,\"Madam,you need help.A tow truck in Houston will arrive anywhere between 45minutes and approximately never (which I knew was true),and you aren't going anywhere until you change your flat tire.\"\nAfter considering thoroughly,I got out.He looked surprised,but got right to work.He changed the tire,returned the seat to its place and said,\"Thank you for letting me help you.You gave me a chance when most people would never open the door to someone like me.Would it be okay if I gave you a hug?\"When I recovered,I gave him a giant hug.I left with a new tire and a renewed faith in human nature.\n\n<question>:\nWhy did the author lie to the man and refuse his help in the beginning?\n\n<options>:\nA Because she thought the man was playing jokes.\nB Because she thought the man might be a bad man.\nC Because she thought the man wanted to get a lift.\nD Because she thought the man was a mad man.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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You must pay in humiliation of spirit for everything received at the hands of mercy. So it was better to be a guest of the law.\nSoapy, having decided to go to the Island, at once set about accomplishing his desire. He left his bench and went up Broadway. He stopped at the door of a glittering cafe. He was shaven and his coat was decent. If he could reach a table in the restaurant, the portion of him that would show above the table would raise no doubt in the waiter's mind. A roasted duck, with a bottle of wine, a cigar and a cup of coffee would be enough. Such a dinner would make him happy, for the journey to his winter refuge.\nBut as Soapy entered the restaurant door, the head waiter's eye fell upon his shabby trousers and old shoes. Strong hands pushed him in silence and haste out into the street.\nSome other way of entering the desirable refuge must be found.\nAt a corner of Sixth Avenue Soapy took a stone and sent it through the glass of a glittering shop window. People came running around the corner, a policeman at the head of them. Soapy stood still, with his hands in his pockets, and smiled at the sight of the policeman.\n\"Where is the man that has done that?\" asked the policeman.\n\"Don't you think that I have had something to do with it?\" said Soapy, friendly.\nThe policeman paid no attention to Soapy. Men who break windows don't remain to speak with policemen. They run away. He saw a man running and rushed after him, stick in hand. Soapy, disgusted, walked along, twice unsuccessful.\nOn the opposite side of the street was a restaurant for people with large appetites and modest purses. Soapy entered this place without difficulty. He sat at a table and ate beefsteak and pie. And then he told the waiter he had no money.\n\"Go and call a cop,\" said Soapy. \"And don't keep a gentleman waiting.\"\n\"No cop for you,\" said the waiter. \"Hey!\"\nThen Soapy found himself lying upon his left ear on the pavement. He arose with difficulty, and beat the dust from his clothes. Arrest seemed a rosy dream. The Island seemed far away.\nAfter another unsuccessful attempt to be arrested for harassing a young woman, Soapy went further toward the district of theatres.\nWhen he saw a policeman standing in front of a glittering theatre, he thought of \"disorderly conduct\". On the sidewalk Soapy began to sing drunken songs at the top of his voice. He danced, cried, and otherwise disturbed the peace.\nThe policeman turned his back to Soapy, and said to a citizen, \"It is one of the Yale boys celebrating their football victory. Noisy, but no harm.\"\nSadly, Soapy stopped his useless singing and dancing. The Island seemed unattainable. He buttoned his thin coat against the north wind.\nIn a cigar store he saw a well-dressed man who had set his silk umbrella by the door. Soapy entered the store, took the umbrella, and went out with it slowly. The man with the cigar followed hastily.\n\"My umbrella,\" he said.\n\"Oh, is it?\" said Soapy. \"Well, why don't you call a policeman? I took your umbrella! Why don't you call a cop? There stands one on the corner.\"\nThe umbrella owner slowed his steps. Soapy did likewise. The policeman looked at them curiously.\n\"Of course,\" said the umbrella man, \"well, you know how these mistakes occur...if it's your umbrella I hope you'll excuse me - I picked it up this morning in a restaurant - if it's yours, I hope you'll...\"\n\"Of course it's mine,\" said Soapy.\nThe ex-umbrella man retreated. The policeman hurried to help a well-dressed woman across the street.\nSoapy threw the umbrella angrily. He was angry with the men who wear helmets and carry clubs. They seemed to regard him as a king who could do no wrong.\nAt last Soapy stopped before an old church on a quiet corner. Through one window a soft light glowed, where, the organist played a Sunday anthem. For there came to Soapy's ears sweet music that caught and held him at the iron fence.\nThe moon was shining; cars and pedestrians were few; birds twittered sleepily under the roof. And the anthem that the organist played cemented Soapy to the iron fence, for he had known it well in the days when his life contained such things as mothers and roses and ambitions and friends.\nThe influence of the music and the old church produced a sudden and wonderful change in Soapy's soul. He thought of his degraded days, dead hopes and wrecked faculties.\nAnd also in a moment a strong impulse moved him to battle with his desperate fate. He would pull himself out of this pit; he would make a man of himself again. Those sweet notes had set up a revolution in him. Tomorrow he would be somebody in the world. He would...\nSoapy felt a hand on his arm. He looked quickly around into the broad face of a policeman.\n\"What are you doing here?\"\n\"Nothing.\"\n\"Then come along,\" said the policeman.\n\"Three months on the Island,\" said the Judge the next morning.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is the reason for Soapy's not turning to charity?\n\n<options>:\nA His pride gets in the way.\nB What the institutions of charity offer isn't what Soapy needs.\nC He wants to be a citizen who obeys the law.\nD The institutions of charity are not located on the island.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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You must pay in humiliation of spirit for everything received at the hands of mercy. So it was better to be a guest of the law.\nSoapy, having decided to go to the Island, at once set about accomplishing his desire. He left his bench and went up Broadway. He stopped at the door of a glittering cafe. He was shaven and his coat was decent. If he could reach a table in the restaurant, the portion of him that would show above the table would raise no doubt in the waiter's mind. A roasted duck, with a bottle of wine, a cigar and a cup of coffee would be enough. Such a dinner would make him happy, for the journey to his winter refuge.\nBut as Soapy entered the restaurant door, the head waiter's eye fell upon his shabby trousers and old shoes. Strong hands pushed him in silence and haste out into the street.\nSome other way of entering the desirable refuge must be found.\nAt a corner of Sixth Avenue Soapy took a stone and sent it through the glass of a glittering shop window. People came running around the corner, a policeman at the head of them. Soapy stood still, with his hands in his pockets, and smiled at the sight of the policeman.\n\"Where is the man that has done that?\" asked the policeman.\n\"Don't you think that I have had something to do with it?\" said Soapy, friendly.\nThe policeman paid no attention to Soapy. Men who break windows don't remain to speak with policemen. They run away. He saw a man running and rushed after him, stick in hand. Soapy, disgusted, walked along, twice unsuccessful.\nOn the opposite side of the street was a restaurant for people with large appetites and modest purses. Soapy entered this place without difficulty. He sat at a table and ate beefsteak and pie. And then he told the waiter he had no money.\n\"Go and call a cop,\" said Soapy. \"And don't keep a gentleman waiting.\"\n\"No cop for you,\" said the waiter. \"Hey!\"\nThen Soapy found himself lying upon his left ear on the pavement. He arose with difficulty, and beat the dust from his clothes. Arrest seemed a rosy dream. The Island seemed far away.\nAfter another unsuccessful attempt to be arrested for harassing a young woman, Soapy went further toward the district of theatres.\nWhen he saw a policeman standing in front of a glittering theatre, he thought of \"disorderly conduct\". On the sidewalk Soapy began to sing drunken songs at the top of his voice. He danced, cried, and otherwise disturbed the peace.\nThe policeman turned his back to Soapy, and said to a citizen, \"It is one of the Yale boys celebrating their football victory. Noisy, but no harm.\"\nSadly, Soapy stopped his useless singing and dancing. The Island seemed unattainable. He buttoned his thin coat against the north wind.\nIn a cigar store he saw a well-dressed man who had set his silk umbrella by the door. Soapy entered the store, took the umbrella, and went out with it slowly. The man with the cigar followed hastily.\n\"My umbrella,\" he said.\n\"Oh, is it?\" said Soapy. \"Well, why don't you call a policeman? I took your umbrella! Why don't you call a cop? There stands one on the corner.\"\nThe umbrella owner slowed his steps. Soapy did likewise. The policeman looked at them curiously.\n\"Of course,\" said the umbrella man, \"well, you know how these mistakes occur...if it's your umbrella I hope you'll excuse me - I picked it up this morning in a restaurant - if it's yours, I hope you'll...\"\n\"Of course it's mine,\" said Soapy.\nThe ex-umbrella man retreated. The policeman hurried to help a well-dressed woman across the street.\nSoapy threw the umbrella angrily. He was angry with the men who wear helmets and carry clubs. They seemed to regard him as a king who could do no wrong.\nAt last Soapy stopped before an old church on a quiet corner. Through one window a soft light glowed, where, the organist played a Sunday anthem. For there came to Soapy's ears sweet music that caught and held him at the iron fence.\nThe moon was shining; cars and pedestrians were few; birds twittered sleepily under the roof. And the anthem that the organist played cemented Soapy to the iron fence, for he had known it well in the days when his life contained such things as mothers and roses and ambitions and friends.\nThe influence of the music and the old church produced a sudden and wonderful change in Soapy's soul. He thought of his degraded days, dead hopes and wrecked faculties.\nAnd also in a moment a strong impulse moved him to battle with his desperate fate. He would pull himself out of this pit; he would make a man of himself again. Those sweet notes had set up a revolution in him. Tomorrow he would be somebody in the world. He would...\nSoapy felt a hand on his arm. He looked quickly around into the broad face of a policeman.\n\"What are you doing here?\"\n\"Nothing.\"\n\"Then come along,\" said the policeman.\n\"Three months on the Island,\" said the Judge the next morning.\n\n<question>:\nFrom the passage, we can see what the two restaurants have in common is that _ .\n\n<options>:\nA they are both fancy upper class restaurants\nB neither of them served Soapy\nC they both drove Soapy out of the restaurant after he finished his meal\nD neither of them called cops\n\n<answer>:\n",
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You must pay in humiliation of spirit for everything received at the hands of mercy. So it was better to be a guest of the law.\nSoapy, having decided to go to the Island, at once set about accomplishing his desire. He left his bench and went up Broadway. He stopped at the door of a glittering cafe. He was shaven and his coat was decent. If he could reach a table in the restaurant, the portion of him that would show above the table would raise no doubt in the waiter's mind. A roasted duck, with a bottle of wine, a cigar and a cup of coffee would be enough. Such a dinner would make him happy, for the journey to his winter refuge.\nBut as Soapy entered the restaurant door, the head waiter's eye fell upon his shabby trousers and old shoes. Strong hands pushed him in silence and haste out into the street.\nSome other way of entering the desirable refuge must be found.\nAt a corner of Sixth Avenue Soapy took a stone and sent it through the glass of a glittering shop window. People came running around the corner, a policeman at the head of them. Soapy stood still, with his hands in his pockets, and smiled at the sight of the policeman.\n\"Where is the man that has done that?\" asked the policeman.\n\"Don't you think that I have had something to do with it?\" said Soapy, friendly.\nThe policeman paid no attention to Soapy. Men who break windows don't remain to speak with policemen. They run away. He saw a man running and rushed after him, stick in hand. Soapy, disgusted, walked along, twice unsuccessful.\nOn the opposite side of the street was a restaurant for people with large appetites and modest purses. Soapy entered this place without difficulty. He sat at a table and ate beefsteak and pie. And then he told the waiter he had no money.\n\"Go and call a cop,\" said Soapy. \"And don't keep a gentleman waiting.\"\n\"No cop for you,\" said the waiter. \"Hey!\"\nThen Soapy found himself lying upon his left ear on the pavement. He arose with difficulty, and beat the dust from his clothes. Arrest seemed a rosy dream. The Island seemed far away.\nAfter another unsuccessful attempt to be arrested for harassing a young woman, Soapy went further toward the district of theatres.\nWhen he saw a policeman standing in front of a glittering theatre, he thought of \"disorderly conduct\". On the sidewalk Soapy began to sing drunken songs at the top of his voice. He danced, cried, and otherwise disturbed the peace.\nThe policeman turned his back to Soapy, and said to a citizen, \"It is one of the Yale boys celebrating their football victory. Noisy, but no harm.\"\nSadly, Soapy stopped his useless singing and dancing. The Island seemed unattainable. He buttoned his thin coat against the north wind.\nIn a cigar store he saw a well-dressed man who had set his silk umbrella by the door. Soapy entered the store, took the umbrella, and went out with it slowly. The man with the cigar followed hastily.\n\"My umbrella,\" he said.\n\"Oh, is it?\" said Soapy. \"Well, why don't you call a policeman? I took your umbrella! Why don't you call a cop? There stands one on the corner.\"\nThe umbrella owner slowed his steps. Soapy did likewise. The policeman looked at them curiously.\n\"Of course,\" said the umbrella man, \"well, you know how these mistakes occur...if it's your umbrella I hope you'll excuse me - I picked it up this morning in a restaurant - if it's yours, I hope you'll...\"\n\"Of course it's mine,\" said Soapy.\nThe ex-umbrella man retreated. The policeman hurried to help a well-dressed woman across the street.\nSoapy threw the umbrella angrily. He was angry with the men who wear helmets and carry clubs. They seemed to regard him as a king who could do no wrong.\nAt last Soapy stopped before an old church on a quiet corner. Through one window a soft light glowed, where, the organist played a Sunday anthem. For there came to Soapy's ears sweet music that caught and held him at the iron fence.\nThe moon was shining; cars and pedestrians were few; birds twittered sleepily under the roof. And the anthem that the organist played cemented Soapy to the iron fence, for he had known it well in the days when his life contained such things as mothers and roses and ambitions and friends.\nThe influence of the music and the old church produced a sudden and wonderful change in Soapy's soul. He thought of his degraded days, dead hopes and wrecked faculties.\nAnd also in a moment a strong impulse moved him to battle with his desperate fate. He would pull himself out of this pit; he would make a man of himself again. Those sweet notes had set up a revolution in him. Tomorrow he would be somebody in the world. He would...\nSoapy felt a hand on his arm. He looked quickly around into the broad face of a policeman.\n\"What are you doing here?\"\n\"Nothing.\"\n\"Then come along,\" said the policeman.\n\"Three months on the Island,\" said the Judge the next morning.\n\n<question>:\nHearing the Sunday anthem at the church, Soapy was reminded of _ .\n\n<options>:\nA his good old days and wanted to play the anthem again\nB his unaccomplished ambition and was determined to get to the Island\nC his disgraceful past and determined to transform himself\nD his rosy dream and wished to realize it\n\n<answer>:\n",
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You must pay in humiliation of spirit for everything received at the hands of mercy. So it was better to be a guest of the law.\nSoapy, having decided to go to the Island, at once set about accomplishing his desire. He left his bench and went up Broadway. He stopped at the door of a glittering cafe. He was shaven and his coat was decent. If he could reach a table in the restaurant, the portion of him that would show above the table would raise no doubt in the waiter's mind. A roasted duck, with a bottle of wine, a cigar and a cup of coffee would be enough. Such a dinner would make him happy, for the journey to his winter refuge.\nBut as Soapy entered the restaurant door, the head waiter's eye fell upon his shabby trousers and old shoes. Strong hands pushed him in silence and haste out into the street.\nSome other way of entering the desirable refuge must be found.\nAt a corner of Sixth Avenue Soapy took a stone and sent it through the glass of a glittering shop window. People came running around the corner, a policeman at the head of them. Soapy stood still, with his hands in his pockets, and smiled at the sight of the policeman.\n\"Where is the man that has done that?\" asked the policeman.\n\"Don't you think that I have had something to do with it?\" said Soapy, friendly.\nThe policeman paid no attention to Soapy. Men who break windows don't remain to speak with policemen. They run away. He saw a man running and rushed after him, stick in hand. Soapy, disgusted, walked along, twice unsuccessful.\nOn the opposite side of the street was a restaurant for people with large appetites and modest purses. Soapy entered this place without difficulty. He sat at a table and ate beefsteak and pie. And then he told the waiter he had no money.\n\"Go and call a cop,\" said Soapy. \"And don't keep a gentleman waiting.\"\n\"No cop for you,\" said the waiter. \"Hey!\"\nThen Soapy found himself lying upon his left ear on the pavement. He arose with difficulty, and beat the dust from his clothes. Arrest seemed a rosy dream. The Island seemed far away.\nAfter another unsuccessful attempt to be arrested for harassing a young woman, Soapy went further toward the district of theatres.\nWhen he saw a policeman standing in front of a glittering theatre, he thought of \"disorderly conduct\". On the sidewalk Soapy began to sing drunken songs at the top of his voice. He danced, cried, and otherwise disturbed the peace.\nThe policeman turned his back to Soapy, and said to a citizen, \"It is one of the Yale boys celebrating their football victory. Noisy, but no harm.\"\nSadly, Soapy stopped his useless singing and dancing. The Island seemed unattainable. He buttoned his thin coat against the north wind.\nIn a cigar store he saw a well-dressed man who had set his silk umbrella by the door. Soapy entered the store, took the umbrella, and went out with it slowly. The man with the cigar followed hastily.\n\"My umbrella,\" he said.\n\"Oh, is it?\" said Soapy. \"Well, why don't you call a policeman? I took your umbrella! Why don't you call a cop? There stands one on the corner.\"\nThe umbrella owner slowed his steps. Soapy did likewise. The policeman looked at them curiously.\n\"Of course,\" said the umbrella man, \"well, you know how these mistakes occur...if it's your umbrella I hope you'll excuse me - I picked it up this morning in a restaurant - if it's yours, I hope you'll...\"\n\"Of course it's mine,\" said Soapy.\nThe ex-umbrella man retreated. The policeman hurried to help a well-dressed woman across the street.\nSoapy threw the umbrella angrily. He was angry with the men who wear helmets and carry clubs. They seemed to regard him as a king who could do no wrong.\nAt last Soapy stopped before an old church on a quiet corner. Through one window a soft light glowed, where, the organist played a Sunday anthem. For there came to Soapy's ears sweet music that caught and held him at the iron fence.\nThe moon was shining; cars and pedestrians were few; birds twittered sleepily under the roof. And the anthem that the organist played cemented Soapy to the iron fence, for he had known it well in the days when his life contained such things as mothers and roses and ambitions and friends.\nThe influence of the music and the old church produced a sudden and wonderful change in Soapy's soul. He thought of his degraded days, dead hopes and wrecked faculties.\nAnd also in a moment a strong impulse moved him to battle with his desperate fate. He would pull himself out of this pit; he would make a man of himself again. Those sweet notes had set up a revolution in him. Tomorrow he would be somebody in the world. He would...\nSoapy felt a hand on his arm. He looked quickly around into the broad face of a policeman.\n\"What are you doing here?\"\n\"Nothing.\"\n\"Then come along,\" said the policeman.\n\"Three months on the Island,\" said the Judge the next morning.\n\n<question>:\nBy ending the story this way, the author means to _ .\n\n<options>:\nA show that one always gets what he/she wants with enough efforts\nB make a contrast and criticize the sick society\nC surprise readers by proving justice was done after all\nD put a tragic end to Soapy's life and show his sympathy for Soapy\n\n<answer>:\n",
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