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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\"I don't think I can do this any more.\" \"Yes, you can. You only have five more radiation treatments to go. \" I held my wife Becky close.\nEver since the breast cancer diagnosis , she had tried hard to be strong for the kids and for me. When her diagnosis came, my first thought was there was no way I could lose my wife. The doctors assured us the cancer was discovered early so we were feeling positive.\nBecky had received an operation and was recovering from it. After six weeks of radiation therapy , she was facing her final five treatments. She was weak and tired, in low spirits. Seeing her suffering, I felt so helpless and powerless.\nAs soon as I was outside, long-held frustration and anger erupted in me like a volcano. I took a hammer and suddenly was swinging as hard as I could, beating heavily on the front porch . While doing so, I imagined I was beating my wife's cancer. With all my strength, I destroyed the porch.\nDuring the treatment, my wife had been very brave. She said she had it easy, but I don't think it was easy for her.\nSeeing the porch gone, Becky shook her head at the window. I came into the room, not knowing how she would react to what I had done.\n\"Becky, are you mad at me?\" She looked at me in surprise. \"For what?\" I pointed at the gate. \"For tearing down the porch.\" She laughed. \"Look how sunny this room is now. I love that it's bright in here.\"\n\"You comforted me in my darker hour, Vince. You've found a way to deal with your own frustration. By destroying the porch, you let the sunshine in.\"\nAs I looked around the brightened room, I realized the light that filled the space was the light of hope that shone so bright after the darkness. We never did re-build the porch.\n\n<question>:\nHow did the author's wife feel about him seeing the porch gone?\n\n<options>:\nA Sympathetic\nB Angry\nC Understanding\nD Happy\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\"I don't think I can do this any more.\" \"Yes, you can. You only have five more radiation treatments to go. \" I held my wife Becky close.\nEver since the breast cancer diagnosis , she had tried hard to be strong for the kids and for me. When her diagnosis came, my first thought was there was no way I could lose my wife. The doctors assured us the cancer was discovered early so we were feeling positive.\nBecky had received an operation and was recovering from it. After six weeks of radiation therapy , she was facing her final five treatments. She was weak and tired, in low spirits. Seeing her suffering, I felt so helpless and powerless.\nAs soon as I was outside, long-held frustration and anger erupted in me like a volcano. I took a hammer and suddenly was swinging as hard as I could, beating heavily on the front porch . While doing so, I imagined I was beating my wife's cancer. With all my strength, I destroyed the porch.\nDuring the treatment, my wife had been very brave. She said she had it easy, but I don't think it was easy for her.\nSeeing the porch gone, Becky shook her head at the window. I came into the room, not knowing how she would react to what I had done.\n\"Becky, are you mad at me?\" She looked at me in surprise. \"For what?\" I pointed at the gate. \"For tearing down the porch.\" She laughed. \"Look how sunny this room is now. I love that it's bright in here.\"\n\"You comforted me in my darker hour, Vince. You've found a way to deal with your own frustration. By destroying the porch, you let the sunshine in.\"\nAs I looked around the brightened room, I realized the light that filled the space was the light of hope that shone so bright after the darkness. We never did re-build the porch.\n\n<question>:\nWhat lesson can we learn from the passage?\n\n<options>:\nA Tragedy cannot separate loving couple\nB A day without sunshine is like night\nC True love is based on understanding\nD Nothing is impossible for a willing heart\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>:\nThese days it's cheaper to throw that broken DVD player, cell-phone or TV out and buy a new one. This \" replace-rather-than-repair\" mentality is polluting the planet with electronic waste. According to the UN Environment Program, we are throwing away an estimated 50 million metric tonnes of electronics waste (e-waste) per year. But this is not ordinary garbage. Our electronics leak harmful heavy metals -- such as mercury and arsenic -- along with equally poisonous chemicals that end up in our soil and eventually our water.\nYou've probably participated in a community recycling event and left feeling good about shipping off that old computer to be recycled. Chances are it was shipped overseas where it's polluting someone else'community.\nGuiyu city in Southeastern China has become known as the e-waste city where low-paid workers use whatever means available to remove electronics in hopes of recovering the copper, microchips, aluminum, gold and silver and plastic that can be resold. Any leftover waste is simply thrown into the nearby river or piled up high in the streets, poisoning the children growing up here.\nSo what can you do with your e-waste? Robert Houghton, President and founder of Redemtech, an asset management and recovery firm, recommends you vote with your dollar. Buy from companies who have a take-back program that guarantees your discarde electronics are handled proper.\n\" Consumers want to do business with companies who are demonstrably good with corporate responsibility and dealing with e-waste, \" said Houghton.\nThere are plenty of charitable organizations that will take your used electronics and donate them for charitable causes:\n* Electronic Recycling Association (Canada) (ERA) collects old computers for donation to libraries and other organizations across Canada.\n* eBay's Rethink Initiative pairs up consumers with businesses that refurbish old computers for donation.\n* TechSoup has a thorough listing of resources for those who would like to donate or recycle hardware,buy recycled hardware or find a refurbisher.\n* The Charitable Recycling Program accepts all cell-phones and has a listing of charities it helps with its program.\n* Call2 Recycle has set up drop off points across Canada in a number of stores. You can drop off your cell-phone and also your rechargeable batteries from handheld electronic products.\n\n<question>:\nWhen there is something wrong with electronics, what is a popular trend among people nowadays?\n\n<options>:\nA To keep a DIY way.\nB To put them away themselves.\nC To purchase what they like.\nD To donate them to charities.\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 first day of school always goes wrong. For many students in the United States, however, this year it was even more so. It was all due to one extra school policy - they are now required to follow a new standardized dress code.\nAccording to the handbooks of all high schools in Allentown, Pennsylvania, students must wear short- or long-sleeve polo shirts and khaki or black pants. Skinny jeans, leggings and open-toe shoes are not allowed.\nAllentown schools are not alone. At Edgewater High School in Florida, shirts must have collars or sleeves, and pants must not sag and reach at least mid-thigh . No see-through shirts or T- shirts with references to sex on them are allowed.\nOverall, more than half of US public schools now enforce dress codes, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. About 57 percent of schools now have a \"strict dress code\", up from more than 47 percent a decade earlier, USA Today said.\nAmong young people, there are mixed emotions. Some don't mind wearing similar clothes every day while others aren't happy. Despite dress codes in many school districts, some students still come to school - even on their first day - in skirts that are too short, necklines that are too low and sagging pants that don't stay up on their hips.\nBut there are punishments. If they are out of dress code, students can be removed from the classroom until they fix the problem. In Florida, wearing sagging pants is illegal for youths according to a state law issued in 2011. Breaking the rule results in not being able to do after-school activities, and even being forbidden to attend class.\nSome US schools go further and require students to wear uniforms. Many say that they simplify their jobs, saving teachers from having to punish students for wearing skirts or shorts that are too short, for instance. They can also prevent feelings of competition and envy among students.\n\"It takes away the daily fashion show and helps level the playing field a little bit with the haves and have-nots,\" longtime school safety consultant Ken Trump told USA Today.\nCritics of uniforms say they rob students of individuality. But for some people, that's a lazy argument.\n\"Clothing isn't the only form of self-expression. Students should know that it's what they do that counts,\" commented a parent named Beth Kassab in The Orlando Sentinel in Florida.\n\n<question>:\nWhat is the main idea of Para 5?\n\n<options>:\nA What the new dress code is.\nB How students dressed themselves.\nC What punishments students may receive.\nD How students responded to the code.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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