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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 London Pass is the final sightseeing package that has been specially tailor-made for visitors to the city. It allows holders to make the most out of their trip ,saving them both time and money .With the London Pass you will get the following :\n*Free entry to your choice of over 60 popular attractions, tours, sights and museums\n*A useful 160' page Guidebook about the attractions plus helpful tips about the city\n*Ability to skip the lines at the selected attractions to save time\n*Optional Travel card to cover all of your transport needs\nThe London Pass Saves You Money\nLondon can be an expensive city , and its tourist attractions are no exception .However, go sightseeing with a London Pass you could make some great savings. Take a look at the normal gate price for some popular London attractions: Tower of London x19.00; Thames River Cruise x19.00; Windsor Castle x17.00; London Bridge Experience x23.00 ; St Paul's Cathedralx15.00. Visiting those five attractions will cost well overx89. With a London Pass , these and many more attractions won't cost you a penny .\nThe London Pass Saves You Time \nLondon is a popular destination, therefore ,attractions and sights do get very busy . Waiting in line can sometimes take hours from your sightseeing experience--that's why London Pass holders get to skip the queue at key attractions such as Tower of London, Windsor Castle and London Bridge Experience . Also, the map of London and the information about the city's public transportation system available in our Guidebook help plan the perfect sightseeing itinerary to maximize your time in the city.\nPractical Information\nAdult ticket: From x43.00\nAddress: Charing Crous Road, London ,WC2H OEP\nTHL ; 01664 485020\n\n<question>:\nYou will most probably find the passage in_.\n\n<options>:\nA an English textbook\nB . a newspaper\nC a travel brochure\nD an encyclopaedia\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>:\nCentral Sports Centre. City Road.\nAll Stars vs Rockets, Saturday 8: 30 p.m. $12\nNortherners vs Tigers, Sunday noon $14\nBUSHWALKING :\nMeet at Wanda Station, Saturday 9:00 a.m. sharp for 3-hour walk to Canary Mountains. $7, ph 341-5432 Meet at Westley Station, Sunday 9:00 a.m. sharp for a full day walk to Wombak Valley. $5, ph 341-8643. Bring your own lunch.\nFOOTBALL:\nSt Martins Sports Centre\nSt Martins vs Doonsberg, Saturday 2:00 p.m. $8\nEastside Central vs Light Hill, Sunday 2:00 p.m. $8\nNeill Park Recreation Centre\nNeill Park vs Robinson, Saturday 2:00 p.m. $11\nEssen vs Springwood, Sunday 2:00 p.m. $11\nLAWN BOWLS :\nTans Town B.C\nTans Town vs White Vale, Saturday 9:00 p.m. $10\nWake Hill B.C.\nWake Hill vs Colls, Saturday 2: 00 p.m. $9\n\n<question>:\nThe purpose of the passage is to let people _ .\n\n<options>:\nA compare the prices of the matches\nB find the nearest place to watch a match\nC know the sport matches and come to watch them\nD spend their money on these matches wisely\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>:\nCentral Sports Centre. City Road.\nAll Stars vs Rockets, Saturday 8: 30 p.m. $12\nNortherners vs Tigers, Sunday noon $14\nBUSHWALKING :\nMeet at Wanda Station, Saturday 9:00 a.m. sharp for 3-hour walk to Canary Mountains. $7, ph 341-5432 Meet at Westley Station, Sunday 9:00 a.m. sharp for a full day walk to Wombak Valley. $5, ph 341-8643. Bring your own lunch.\nFOOTBALL:\nSt Martins Sports Centre\nSt Martins vs Doonsberg, Saturday 2:00 p.m. $8\nEastside Central vs Light Hill, Sunday 2:00 p.m. $8\nNeill Park Recreation Centre\nNeill Park vs Robinson, Saturday 2:00 p.m. $11\nEssen vs Springwood, Sunday 2:00 p.m. $11\nLAWN BOWLS :\nTans Town B.C\nTans Town vs White Vale, Saturday 9:00 p.m. $10\nWake Hill B.C.\nWake Hill vs Colls, Saturday 2: 00 p.m. $9\n\n<question>:\nYou may find the passage most probably in a _ .\n\n<options>:\nA handbook\nB newspaper about match reviews\nC magazine about ball matches\nD notice\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>:\nCentral Sports Centre. City Road.\nAll Stars vs Rockets, Saturday 8: 30 p.m. $12\nNortherners vs Tigers, Sunday noon $14\nBUSHWALKING :\nMeet at Wanda Station, Saturday 9:00 a.m. sharp for 3-hour walk to Canary Mountains. $7, ph 341-5432 Meet at Westley Station, Sunday 9:00 a.m. sharp for a full day walk to Wombak Valley. $5, ph 341-8643. Bring your own lunch.\nFOOTBALL:\nSt Martins Sports Centre\nSt Martins vs Doonsberg, Saturday 2:00 p.m. $8\nEastside Central vs Light Hill, Sunday 2:00 p.m. $8\nNeill Park Recreation Centre\nNeill Park vs Robinson, Saturday 2:00 p.m. $11\nEssen vs Springwood, Sunday 2:00 p.m. $11\nLAWN BOWLS :\nTans Town B.C\nTans Town vs White Vale, Saturday 9:00 p.m. $10\nWake Hill B.C.\nWake Hill vs Colls, Saturday 2: 00 p.m. $9\n\n<question>:\nIf you have $18, you can go to watch both _ .\n\n<options>:\nA Walk Hill vs Colls and Essen vs Springwood\nB All Stars vs Rockets and the bushwalking at Westley Station\nC Neill Park vs Robinson and Eastside Central vs Light Hill\nD St Matins vs Doonsberg and Northerners vs Tigers\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>:\n\"All I could see was two sets of red eyes below me,\" said Dave Gatty, an Australian farmer who spent seven days up a tree in remote bush land to escape crocodiles. Gatty, 52, said he was forced to take such drastic action after he accidentally went into a crocodile-infested area of Queensland. He only had two meat sandwiches to keep him going, as crocodiles moved beneath his tree each night until his rescue. Gatty said he decided it was safer to hold out for a rescue team than try to make a run for it. His problems began after he fell off his horse while out in the northern Australia outback. Dazed and bleeding, he climbed back on his horse and hoped it would lead him home. It was only when he regained his senses he realized that he had been taken into crocodile-infested area. \"I had to get off the horse and I fell straight into a crocodile nest,\" he told reporters.\n\"That frightened me. I couldn't go back, it was too far and too dangerous, so I headed to the nearest high ground and stayed there, hoping someone would come and find me before the crocs did.\"\nGatty explained how each night two crocodiles would sit at the bottom of the tree staring at him. Although Gatty's two sandwiches ran out after three days, he was able to get running water during the day and knew rescuers were looking for him as he could see helicopters in the air above his tree.\n\"If I hadn't seen the crocs circling me, and if I hadn't fallen into the croc nest, I would have made a push for it. But I knew the safest thing was for me to sit and wait,\" he said. A chocolate bar, given to him by rescuers after being moved to safety by using a winch , \"was like a gourmet (delicious)meal,\" he said.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following did not help Gatty survive the accident?\n\n<options>:\nA Sandwiches\nB Running water\nC Chocolates\nD Staying up in a tree\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>:\n\"If you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!\" That may seem a strange thing to say. But touching things can help you to see them better. Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round. But by holding it in your hands, you can feel how smooth and cool the ball is. You can feel how heavy the glass is. When you feel all these about the ball, you really see it. With your skin, you can feel better. For example, your fingers can tell the difference between two coins in your pocket. You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand, too.\nAll children soon learn what \"Don't touch!\" means. They hear it often. Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up. In shops, we touch things as we might buy: food, clothes. To see something well, we have to touch it.\nThere are ways of learning to see well by feeling. One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that is touching your skin. Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, the air on your skin. At first, it is not easy to feel these things. You are too used to them!\nMost museums are just for looking. But today some museums have some things to touch. There you can feel everything on show. If we want to see better, reach out and touch. Then you will really see.\n\n<question>:\nBy touching things, _ .\n\n<options>:\nA you will have a strange feeling\nB you will learn how to reach out your hand\nC you can tell the difference of the things\nD you can tell what colors they are\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>:\n\"If you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!\" That may seem a strange thing to say. But touching things can help you to see them better. Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round. But by holding it in your hands, you can feel how smooth and cool the ball is. You can feel how heavy the glass is. When you feel all these about the ball, you really see it. With your skin, you can feel better. For example, your fingers can tell the difference between two coins in your pocket. You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand, too.\nAll children soon learn what \"Don't touch!\" means. They hear it often. Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up. In shops, we touch things as we might buy: food, clothes. To see something well, we have to touch it.\nThere are ways of learning to see well by feeling. One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that is touching your skin. Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, the air on your skin. At first, it is not easy to feel these things. You are too used to them!\nMost museums are just for looking. But today some museums have some things to touch. There you can feel everything on show. If we want to see better, reach out and touch. Then you will really see.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following can be the best title of the story?\n\n<options>:\nA Touching by Feeling\nB To See or to Feel?\nC To See Better---Feel\nD Ways of Feeling\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>:\nLike many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.\nWhen Mary was hospitalized with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, was eager to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her demanding job.\nThey started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry. \"We knew it had to be a specialty store because we couldn't match the big chains dollar for dollar,\" says Mary. One figure caught her attention: She'd read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries , and many buyers spent more $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.\nOn Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Cafe near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family's money to start a shop. To cover the $100,000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from an bank.\nThe store merely broke even in its first year, with only $120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.\nToday Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.\n\"The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,\" says Richard. \"This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.\"\n\n<question>:\nAccording to Richard, the main purpose of running the bookstore is _ .\n\n<options>:\nA to pay for their children's education\nB to get to know more writers\nC to set up more bookstores\nD to do what they like to do\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>:\nCoal mines claim (...) more lives\nA COAL mine blast in Jixi, Helongjiang, left more than 100 miners dead on Thursday .Ten mines in Jixi were ordered to stop production. The government has tried to shut down thousands of small, illegal mines in the country that do not meet safety standards.\nMIDDLE EAST\nBombers continues to kill\nPALESTINIANS killed 32 Israelis in three major attacks between Tuesday and Thursday. There were two suicide bombing and a militant attack on Jewish settlement . They yielded one of the highest Israeli death tolls ( ) in such a short period over the last two years.\nCHINA\nYoung people stand tall\nTHE average height of Chinese young people has risen by 6 centimeters compared to that of 20 years ago. This year far exceeds the word's average growth speed. A survey on health conducted by a panel of Chinese students found the results. According to the world average level, youths get taller by 1 cm every 10 years.\nCANADA\nTalking about world issue \nThe Group of Eight (G8)--the US, Japan , Germany, Britain, France, Italy , Canada and Russia ---- will hold a summit on June26 and 27 in Kananaskis , Canada. The G8 are the richest and most powerful countries in the world. G8 leaders and some African presidents will discuss strengthening global economic growth and helping Africa. Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General, will also attend.\n\n<question>:\nThousands of mines have been shut because _ .\n\n<options>:\nA they have blast\nB they produced less coal\nC they are very small and illegal\nD they don't meet the safety standards\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>:\nCoal mines claim (...) more lives\nA COAL mine blast in Jixi, Helongjiang, left more than 100 miners dead on Thursday .Ten mines in Jixi were ordered to stop production. The government has tried to shut down thousands of small, illegal mines in the country that do not meet safety standards.\nMIDDLE EAST\nBombers continues to kill\nPALESTINIANS killed 32 Israelis in three major attacks between Tuesday and Thursday. There were two suicide bombing and a militant attack on Jewish settlement . They yielded one of the highest Israeli death tolls ( ) in such a short period over the last two years.\nCHINA\nYoung people stand tall\nTHE average height of Chinese young people has risen by 6 centimeters compared to that of 20 years ago. This year far exceeds the word's average growth speed. A survey on health conducted by a panel of Chinese students found the results. According to the world average level, youths get taller by 1 cm every 10 years.\nCANADA\nTalking about world issue \nThe Group of Eight (G8)--the US, Japan , Germany, Britain, France, Italy , Canada and Russia ---- will hold a summit on June26 and 27 in Kananaskis , Canada. The G8 are the richest and most powerful countries in the world. G8 leaders and some African presidents will discuss strengthening global economic growth and helping Africa. Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General, will also attend.\n\n<question>:\nHow many Israelis died in the three major attacks by Palestinians?\n\n<options>:\nA 23\nB 32\nC 100\nD We don't know.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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