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Question: The Italian island of Sardinia recently lost its oldest citizen. Family members say Antonio Todde died in his sleep early this month. Mr. Todde was 112 years old. It was less than three weeks away from his 113thbirthday. Record-keeping experts say he was the world's oldest man. His long life and that...
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Question: Tom walked into a shop. It had a sign outside: " Second-hand clothes bought and sold. " He was carrying an old pair of trousers and asked the owner of the shop, " How much will you give me for these? " The owner looked at them and said " Two dollars. " " What? " Tom said, " I had guessed they were worth at le...
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Question: The skeletal system Choices: A. is made up of tissue and organs B. is made up of the lungs and heart C. is made up of white blood cells D. is made up of calcified material
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Question: A teenager who is preparing to go to high school has probably heard all kinds of different things about high school freshmen from his parents , fiends , or old brothers and sisters. The change from middle school to high school can seem like a frightening experience for teens going into high school , but it is...
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Question: I had five hours in the company of First Great Western(FGW) last weekend, on a train full of passengers, all the way from Cornwall to London. I got to know some of my fellow passengers rather well. Not through talking to them, you understand. There was the youth who was explaining to his friend exactly how he...
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Question: What process joins two haploid gametes into a diploid zygote? Choices: A. fusion B. fertilization C. migration D. embryo
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Question: What has traditionally been defined as a force of attraction between two masses? Choices: A. gravity B. motion C. volume D. mass
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Question: How can you tell if someone's lying? The answer is, they're probably not. Traditional economics says that people are rational beings who will lie if it's to their advantage. A recent university study has shown that, actually, we're pretty honest --especially when we're at home. Researchers in Germany phone...
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Question: Chinese people are now living happier and longer than before. According to the latest study, the number of people over 60 years old is 130 million, making up 10 percent of the whole population, and increases at a rate of 3 percent per year. This marks that China has stepped into the aged society. It is the Ch...
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Question: The high school diploma is losing its value quickly, as a growing number of students graduate from school without the math and reading skills that colleges and companies require, according to a new report. The high school graduation exams that most states require students to pass before they graduate re...
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Question: In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh treated the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off Shades of that spirit spread over today's conversations. Once a frien...
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Question: Once there were two crows whose opinions were always opposite. One day, one of the crows said to the other, " You should realize, of course, that I can fly much higher than you." " Don't be ridiculous ." the other crow said. " Everyone knows that I can fly much higher than you." "No, you can't" the first c...
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Question: Which absorbs more sunlight? Choices: A. palm frond B. a mirror C. maple syrup D. Wednesday
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Question: One Sunday morning Mr Green and his child , Bill ,are in a big shop . Mr Green wants to buy a new blouse for Mrs Green . Bill likes oranges , so his father buys two kilos of oranges for him , too . Bill wants to buy some picture--books and colour pencils , too . There are many people in the shop . They are me...
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Question: Peng Liyuan, China's first lady, who has accompanied her husband to the United States, is no stranger to being in the spotlight. She has been praised by both mainland and international media for her sense of fashion on earlier state visits. Following her arrival in the U.S., she is set for a much-anticipated ...
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Question: A student stands on a scale, and the scale reads 85 pounds. What is being measured by the scale? Choices: A. the force of gravity acting on the student B. the air pressure surrounding the student C. the mass of the student D. the volume of the student
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Question: Many people hurt their backs when they try to lift heavy things from the floor. It is easy to hurt your back muscle when you try to pick up a heavy thing. However, there is a correct way to lift things from the floor. If you pick up heavy things correctly, you probably will not hurt your back. To lift someth...
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Question: The first Ml choir rehearsal of the school year took place in the school hall. All the students joined together to sing. I watched as my elder sister and her grade came in and took their places next to us on the stage. Meanwhile, I could hear laughing. Some students were pointing at a girl standing next to my...
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Question: Of all the students of Grade Four, Bill is the tallest. He's thirteen, and of course, he's the oldest, too. But he's the worst student. He can't answer the easiest questions in class. And he never passes the exam. But the boy is the strongest in his school. Even the boys in higher grades are afraid of him. So...
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Question: In the southern part of America, when somebody has a birthday, often family or friends, or both, will arrange a party. The party could be elaborate and include a meal or may be simple with a birthday cake and drinks. One does not plan, nor give, one's own birthday as is the custom in some cultures. At a party...
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Question: If you are not comfortable with school learning, there is another option for you--cyberschool. Cyberschool can also provide a comprehensive teaching service that offers academic guidance and assistance. This is in order to promote the learning process and create a formal, wellstructured environment for learni...
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Question: Genes are located on chromosomes which are composed of Choices: A. DNA. B. RNA. C. ATP. D. ADP.
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Question: What forms the small holes found in bread? Choices: A. oxygen B. carbon dioxide gas C. yeast D. carbon monoxide gas
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Question: Which term describes an organism's ability to maintain a stable internal environment? Choices: A. reproduction B. extinction C. locomotion D. regulation
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Question: The silent young woman in bed number six is called Jasmine. So am I, but names are only superficial things, floats on the surface of the water, and we share deeper connections than that. That is why she fascinates me--why I spend my off-duty time sitting beside her. Today is difficult. The ward is fu...
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Question: Perhaps drawing inspiration from Spiderman, beachgoers in China' s eastern city of Qingdao have come up with a new way of protecting their skin from the sun. They call it the "face-kini". It was first sported by middle-aged women as a practical addition to their swimsuits, but now the face-kini has gone globa...
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Question: Not all bodies of water are so evidently alive as the Atlantic Ocean, an S-shaped body of water covering 33 million square miles. The Atlantic has, in a sense, replaced the Mediterranean as the inland sea of Western civilization. Unlike real inland seas, which seem strangely still, the Atlantic is rich in oce...
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Question: Manhattan Island is surrounded on the east by the East and Harlem Rivers and on the west by the North and Hudson Rivers.It links with the other four towns which make up New York City and with New Jersey are by means of subways,underground tunnels and bridges which lead into Manhanttan from the surrounding are...
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Question: This is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Year's Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne (<<>> ). It is the traditional music played during the New Year's celebration. Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends. The words "auld lang syne" mean "old long sinc...
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Question: If a person forgets names, places or facts --and has trouble with everyday things like reading or shopping --it may not mean you are getting old. It could be Alzheimer's disease. So it's important to see a doctor as soon as you can. There is no cure for Alzheimer's. But a drug called ARICEPT has been used by ...
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Question: My grandfather was a teacher. He was the headmaster of a school for boys between thirteen and eighteen. I know that he was a kind and gentle man at heart, because when I was young, he gave me presents, and seated me on his knee, and told me stories. But I believe the boys at his school were afraid of him. At ...
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Question: Uncle Wang works in a book shop in the middle of the city. The shop is not far from his home. It is about one kilometer away. So Uncle Wang seldom goes to work by bus. He usually goes bike there by bike, sometimes on foot .It takes him twenty minutes to get there by bike and forty minutes on foot. Today his...
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Question: It is Jim's birthday today. He is five years old. He gets many nice birthday presents from his family and one of them is a big drum . "Who gives him the drum?" his father asks. "His grandfather does." answers Jim's mother. Jim likes his drum very much. He makes a noise with it, but his mother doesn't say anyt...
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Question: Interested in soccer? Join us now! King's School is organizing a soccer camp for children aged 12-15. Join us for 5 days of fun when you learn to play this exciting sport! When 13-17 January, 2014 (Monday to Friday) 3:00 p.m --5:00 p.m Where City Sports Hall 267 State Street Cost $ 10 each Our special servi...
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Question: Since my retirement from teaching music in 2001, I have spent a good deal of time painting as an artist, I actually began drawing again in the summer of 1995 when my father died. so perhaps I was trying to recover from the loss of my father, or maybe it was just that it brought back memories of him. In any ca...
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Question: Spiderman is one of the most famous comic book characters. He was created by Stan Lee in 1963 and was first introduced to the world in the page of Marvel comic books. Spiderman's story is the story of Peter Parker, a child who lost his parents and lives with his aunt and uncle. Peter is a shy, quiet boy weari...
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Question: In early summer, one of the most popular fruit is strawberry . It is said strawberry is the "Queen of fruit" as it has many nutritious elements. But many people feel that the strawberry in the current market tastes different as many strawberries are artificially grown and some even have a scent of pesticides...
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Question: Motorists who used to listen to the radio or their favorite tunes on CDs may have a new way to entertain themselves, after engineers in Japan developed a musical road surface. A team from the Hokkaido Industrial Research Institute has built a number of"melody roads,"which use cars as tuning forks to play musi...
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Question: Vacation spots in Ohio The Boon shoft Museum of Discovery The museum is based on the understanding that science is the process through which we come to understand our world, and that play is the way children do science. Visitors of all ages can explore the wonders of the world. The museum includes many plac...
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Question: The name sounds funny but the idea is no joke: it's a personal toilet called the pee-pool, Anders Wilhelmson, a Swedish architect, is the inventor of the pee-pool. He became interested in the idea of sanitation after taking part in a research project on the social and political development of cities, One of ...
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Question: Teachers spend countless years trying to make history come alive for their students. But, prefix = st1 /USDirector Shawn Levy attempts to do this on film in the recently released Night at the Museum. The film is adapted from Milan Trenc's book of the same name. It brings to life a world where dinosaurs wande...
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Question: The first time I saw Carlos I would never have believed he was going to change my life.I had my arms full of books and I was rushing into the classroom when 1 ran into something solid. It was Carlos. "My... you're tall," he said. The whole class burst out laughing . "Take that seat," Mr. McCarthy told the coc...
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Question: Bill Javis took over our village news-agency at a time of life when most of us only want to relax. He just thought he would like something but not too much to do, and the news-agency was ready-made. The business produced little enough for him, but Bill was a man who only wanted the simplicity and order and re...
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Question: Some caterpillars' warning signals may have evolved from walking. A team, writing in the journal Nature Communications, reported that the hair-like structures the creatures use to make sounds evolved from legs. The team studied caterpillars which use these structures to communicate their ownership o...
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Question: Uranus is one of the outer planets of the solar system. The average distance of Uranus from the Sun is 2.87 billion kilometers. Which best explains why Uranus revolves in its orbit instead of moving out into space? Choices: A. The orbit of Neptune limits Uranus. B. Gravity pulls Uranus toward the Sun. C. Elec...
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Question: My life plan is to visit all the states in the US. Several years ago, my husband and I were traveling in the northwest. One day, when we were having our breakfast, I lost my wallet that had over $300 in it. There was no way for us to be able to find it, but we went on with our trip. We went off to drive aroun...
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Question: When ice cream is left out of a freezer, the ice cream changes from a ___. Choices: A. solid to a gas B. gas to a liquid C. solid to a liquid D. liquid to a gas
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Question: My problems started after I went to a boarding school. I was only 14, and at first I misses my family a lot. I often called them and cried on the phone. But after two weeks, I found I enjoyed being with my classmates at school. I had many friends who were boys. I thought of them as my best friends - but only...
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Question: Before summer ends, you might want to consider reading The Shaping of A Christian Home by Elizabeth Elliot. She writes beautifully of her family summer cottage in Franconia, Maine. She mentions that every family should have a place to get away together. The summer of my fourteenth year, Dad and Mom pla...
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Question: A ship leaks a large amount of oil near a coastal area. Which statement describes how the oil most likely will affect the coastal habitat? Choices: A. Fish reproduction rates will increase. B. Water birds will be unable to use their wings. C. Water plants will be exposed to more sunlight. D. Coastal plants wi...
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Question: My dad gave me Choices: A. my head windows B. a building C. air D. the sun
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Question: BEIJING Nov. 28 (Xinhuanet) - Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday pledged central and local government funds to provide and improve school bus services in the wake of the traffic accident that killed 19 preschool children and sparked national outrage . He urged relevant departments of the State Council to "rapidly"...
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Question: What is the most common form of dwarfism in humans? Choices: A. malnutrition B. anemia C. alopecia D. achondroplasia
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Question: A scale is used to measure what? Choices: A. location B. heaviness C. length D. height
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Question: "The Boxtrolls" From Laika Entertainment, the animation house behind "Coraline" and "ParaNorman" comes, "The Boxtrolls," adapted from the children's book "Here Be Monsters!" by Alan Snow. The movie, about a boy who is raised by unusual creatures, features the voices of Ben Kingsley, Simon Pegg and Elle Fannin...
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Question: Every day, Daisy wakes up next to a man, who has to convince her they are married. When she expresses doubt, he takes out a photo album and shows her pictures of their wedding 13 years ago. Only then does _ Daisy accept that she has been married, and that everything he has told her is true. The lady's conditi...
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Question: I am a middle school student. I like fashionable clothes. I like wearing a scarf . I like red shirts and I have curly hair. They all look cool. My parents and teachers sometimes ask me not to do so, but I don't mind. These are my own( )things. Don't you think so? ---------Sally My uncle is 40 years old He wo...
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Question: Paying a higher price than usual for a ticket to see a film in 3D is the annoyance of many a cinema-goer's life. But there may be a benefit to doing so, as a study has found that 3D films exercise the brain and improve short-term functioning in a similar way to brain-training tests. The research found that pe...
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Question: What model describes the structure of the plasma membrane as a mosaic of components? Choices: A. fluid mosaic model B. sensors mosaic model C. solid mosaic model D. coolant mosaic model
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Question: Children whose parents live well into their 80s seem to have healthier hearts in middle age compared with children whose parents did not live this long. Moreover, the heart advantage continues over time, which should help them follow in their parents' footsteps. The findings come from the Framingham Heart Stu...
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Question: Mrs. Smith liked to deliver her pies with her big hot air balloon. Mrs. Smith like baking pies of all shapes and sizes. She baked for her neighbors of all ages. She would bake them up all on Sunday and pile them high in her balloon. Then she would take off into the sky! Mr. Jones down the street loved str...
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Question: Which sense can be used to determine an object's ability to reflect light? Choices: A. sight B. hearing C. smell D. taste
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Question: American farmers are raising five percent more goats for meat these days. Goat meat is high in protein and lower in unhealthy fat than many other meats.Even so,the industry is small compared to chicken,beef and pork. But immigration has brought more of a taste for goat to America from all over the world. Expe...
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Question: In my life, I have received many gifts from my mother. The most important was my life. However, there's another special gift I will never forget. When I grew up, I left home and got a job in South America. One day , a call came from my brother, "Something is wrong with Mom. She's forgetful . She thinks we're...
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Question: Life is like a train ride. We get on. We ride. We get off. We get back on and ride some more. There are accidents and there are delays .At certain stops, there are surprises. Some of these will change into great moments of joy; some will result in bad results. When we are born and we first get on the train, w...
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Question: Tony Hawken, 57, is divorcing his wife Xiu Li, 51, Britain's wealthiest woman entrepreneur , because he says he doesn't like being rich and is 'not in the habit' of spending lots of money. The pair traded up their semi-detached home in South Norwood, London, and bought a PS1.5million house in Surrey. Li, who ...
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Question: There was once a young man called Paul in a village in the USA. Paul was very lazy because his father was a rich farmer and he didn't have to work. Mr Smith, a neighbour of his, was a blacksmith . He used to work in his shop all day. Paul spent hours and hours watching how the blacksmith worked every day. "Y...
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Question: The year was 1932. Amelia Earhart was flying alone from North America to England in a small single-engined aeroplane. At midnight, several hours after she had left Newfoundland, she ran into bad weather. To make things worse, her altimeter failed and she didn't know how high she was flying. At night, and in ...
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Question: City administrators can encourage energy conservation by Choices: A. lowering parking fees B. building larger parking lots C. decreasing the cost of gasoline D. lowering the cost of bus and subway fares
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Question: I used to watch her from my kitchen window. She seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during break. I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball. I watched in w...
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Question: Eco City Farms are becoming more popular in cities and towns around the United States. Eco City Farms in Edmonston,Maryland, is located near shopping centers, car repair shops and homes. The neighborhood is a workingclass community. People do not have very much money, and they have limited access to fresh foo...
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Question: When you feel sad, tears will come down from your eyes. When you are happy, especially when you laugh hard, tears will also come down from your eyes. But tears have a more important job than showing your feelings. Tears keep your eyes clean and healthy. They wash away dirt and germs just like bath. Your eyes...
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Question: Somepeoplethinkthatsingingcanliftourspirits ,whilesomeotherpeople don'tthinkso.Theydon'tlikesingingandtheythinksingingcannevermakethemhappy.Ido thinksingingcanmakeusfeelgood,anditcanliftourspirits.Letmetellyoumoreaboutthat. Someresearchers oncedidsomesurveysandprovedit.Thesurveysshow thatsingingcanbringalot...
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Question: Students these days often have a lot of worries. Sometimes they have problems with their schoolwork, and sometimes with their friends. _ Some people think the worst thing is to do nothing. Laura Mills, a teenager from Washington, agrees. "Problems and worries are normal in life," says Laura. "But I think talk...
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Question: For a commuter rushing to catch a train, a minute can mean the difference between dinner with the family and leftovers in the microwave. What most passengers don't realize is that their minute is already there. Every commuter train that departs from New York City -- about 900 a day -- leaves a minute later ...
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Question: Falling and rising air and water molecules inside of clouds are believed to be factors in the formation of lightning. Which kind of energy transfer is taking place to cause this weather phenomenon? Choices: A. electrical to thermal B. thermal to mechanical C. chemical to mechanical D. mechanical to electrical
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Question: What is the smallest unit of an element that still has the properties of that element? Choices: A. an atom B. a compound C. an electron D. a molecule
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Question: As a boy, Mark Twain caused much trouble for his parents. He used to play practical jokes on all his friends and neighbors. The nature of his jokes often led to violence . He hated to go to school and he constantly ran away from home. He always went in the direction of the nearby Mississippi. He liked to sit...
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Question: Once there lived an old man. He liked gold better than anything else in the world. He often said, "If I have enough gold, I will be the happiest man in the world." One day when he was traveling in the desert , the old man lost his way. He was very hungry and thirsty, but there were only rocks and sand around ...
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Question: Being outgoing is good for your life. Those who are more outgoing like to meet lots of people and have more fun in life. In fact, being outgoing is not as hard as you think. Even shy people can be outgoing. You can start becoming outgoing with your best friend or a group of friends. But the real challenge com...
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Question: Notting hill is a small town west of London. Here lives shy William, a divorced man, who owns a little travel-book store. It was a Wednesday, when the poor shop keeper happened to meet Anna Scott ,a movie star who walked into his shop. They ran across each other in the street again. And they found themselv...
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Question: Don't be surprised when strangers talk to you in Canada! You will find that many Canadians will smile at you as they pass in the street, or say something to you like "Hi!" or "How's it going?" Just reply with something similar. In the UK the reply would be "I'm fine", but in Canada they say "I'm good". In com...
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Question: The Grand Canyon is an example of Choices: A. erosion. B. deposition. C. an earthquake. D. volcanic activity.
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Question: I came to the USA because I needed to study English here. I went to an English language school. I was not a beginner, but I was not good at English. At the end of the first term, I could read, write and speak, and I thought I was good at them. However, I was not good at understanding when people spoke to me...
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Question: Using a computer or smartphone at night can cause us to pile on the pounds,new research has revealed. The study found a link between blue light exposure(blue light is produced by smartphones and computers)and increased hunger.It found that exposure to blue light increases hunger levels for several hours and e...
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Question: Letters to the next president Dear Mr. President: I would like to personally thank you for your time and concern for our great country. I would like to take a few minutes to address a few concerns that I have with the United States. First of all, I would like to address the war. In my opinion, we should have ...
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Question: Snippet 2: one of the reasons the periodic table is so useful is because its structure allows us to qualitatively determine how some properties of the elements vary versus their position on the periodic table. the variation of properties versus position on the periodic table is called what? Choices: A. gravit...
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Question: Whenever there's a terrible storm, there are many sad stories. Many people lost their houses, their cars and their pets. But sometimes these stories have happy endings, too. A family in New Jersey, US, had a cat named Vivian. She was very smart. She could even draw with her wet paws on the floor. They all lo...
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Question: Do you know how important it is to have breakfast? A study of 2,000 teenagers in the US showed that eating breakfast daily is helpful to young people. According to the study, teenagers who eat breakfast weigh around 5 pounds less than teenagers who do not. Although they take in more calories in the morning, t...
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Question: My name is Paul Miller. Sometimes I am too fat, but lately I do not have this problem. My doctor tells me to jog. So early every morning I run for two miles. I do not run fast, but I do not stop to rest. I jog before breakfast. People call me a jogger. There are many joggers on my street. We often run toget...
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Question: When scientists publish papers describing the results and conclusions of their experiments, members of the scientific community should Choices: A. collect their own data and rewrite the paper. B. evaluate the evidence in the paper. C. accept the paper as fact. D. ask the writer to write an alternate paper.
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Question: After the film is developed, any unexposed silver bromide must be removed by a process called what? Choices: A. sweeping B. washing C. watering D. fixing
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Question: Albert was an ordinary worker in an oil company in America. His workmates gave a nickname "Four dollars a bucket " to him, for he was always used to leaving an advertisement of his company "Four dollars a bucket of oil" below his name whenever and wherever he wrote down his name. As time went by, people for...
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Question: Fatimah Bamun dropped out of Balizenda Primary School in the first grade, when her father refused to buy her pencils and paper. Only after her teachers said to him that his daughter showed unusual promise did he change his mind. Today, Fatimah, 14, tall and slender, studies math in a dirt-floored fourth-grad...
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Question: When Chato's barking didn't stir Jerrica Seals, the recently adopted dog tried nibbling on the teenager's leg, to get the girl out of her burning house. No one was hurt. prefix = st1 /Fort Myersfirefighters responded at about 7 a.m. Five people lived in the Garcia home. That was neighbor Janice Hamilton's mai...
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Question: Talking on a mobile phone is expensive, so a lot of people send text messages. Text messages are much cheaper than talking on a mobile phone, and you can make it cheaper by making the words shorter. You can do this by taking out "unimportant" letters in the words and using numbers instead of words (2 =" to," ...
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Question: A city has an outbreak of a disease that affects an unusually large portion of its population at the same time. Which term best describes the outbreak? Choices: A. pandemic B. plague C. epidemic D. infection
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Question: Over thousands of years, human beings have been learning about more and more about this world, and have figured out many ways to avoid risks and make our lives easier. Even in ancient times, we used fire to frighten away animals, built simple boats to cross waters, and armed ourselves with sharpening stones a...
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Question: Data on British buying habits in 2015 reveals a move away from products such as sausages and bacon in favour of fish and poultry . The move may be because high-end consumers are noticing growing warnings about their impact on health. That was reinforced by an assessment by the World Health Organization in Oct...
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Question: Dear Mr. Plant, I am an enthusiastic camper and longtime X-Ports customer, but after being offended for the third time at your Sierra Vista location, I am writing to complain about your impolite employees. Several months ago ,I bought a tent that leaked the first time I used it and wanted it replaced . When ...
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