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[ { "content": "Sydney Australia--Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones during school hours. Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as C...
[ { "content": "Hi, I'm Sandy. I come from America. I have long hair. I like listening to music and singing. I don't like sports. I often call my friends at the weekend. My name is Jack. My Chinese name is Chen Tao. My eyes are not very good, so I often wear a pair of glasses. I enjoy playing computer games and s...
[ { "content": "Which is a problem with using wind turbines to produce energy?\n\nChoices:\nA. Wind turbines are efficient only in certain areas.\nB. Wind turbines occupy a small area of land.\nC. Wind turbines produce a large amount of energy.\nD. Wind turbines create a large amount of pollution.", "role": "...
[ { "content": "two women have a baby, it is unlikely to be\n\nChoices:\nA. their biological child\nB. a human\nC. formula fed\nD. an adopted child", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A. their biological child", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "A mountain top heats and lava flows, resulting in\n\nChoices:\nA. a hot golden leaf\nB. a cold deep sea\nC. a raised portion of land\nD. a sunken valley of ice", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C. a raised portion of land", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Young people and older people do not always agree.They sometimes have different ideas about living,working and playing.But in one special programme in New York State,adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way. Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as membe...
[ { "content": "To begin your expedition of wonder, get yourself a driver's license at your local department of motor vehicles, then rent a car and take off for New Hampshire's Crawford Notch State Park. This beautiful park is abundant in wildlife, natural vegetation and running rivers falling from high cliffs. I...
[ { "content": "We've heard about radiation from the damaged nuclear reactors in Japan reaching American shores. Experts say so far there is no reason to worry, and point out that we meet radiation every day. Where and how? NPR's Renee Montagne posed that question to Peter Caracappa, a radiation safety officer an...
[ { "content": "Taylor Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. Swift's family ran a farm. \"I had her sitting on a small horse when she was nine months old,\" said Swift's mother. \"If my dream had gone well, she'd be in a horse show right now.\" The only obvious forerunner of Swift's ...
[ { "content": "Mary Webb, a physician called as a witness by the defendant in the case of Parr v. Doan, was asked to testify to statements made by Michael Zadok, her patient, for the purpose of obtaining treatment from Dr. Webb. Which of the following is the best basis for excluding evidence of Zadok's statement...
[ { "content": "Bobby got a big surprise when he came home from school one day. He found an angel in his room. His grandma had always told him angels were real. Bobby had not believed her when she told him stories. She had also told him stories about mermaids, Bigfoot, leprechauns, and other things. Now, he knew ...
[ { "content": "News One: The first quantum communications satellite developed by China is expected to launch in July of this year. It means that a quantum communications network will be formed, and quantum communication between the satellite and the ground will be achieved for the first time anywhere in the wo...
[ { "content": "Blind people are unable to see what the shapes of things are, but they can still sense it thanks contacting it via their\n\nChoices:\nA. flying\nB. singing\nC. smiling\nD. hands", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D. hands", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "My English teacher is very funny. He has really long hair and wears an earring on one ear. He likes to wear purple shirts and orange pants. He also uses all kinds of slang words from the 1970s. When he likes something, he'll say it's really \"groovy\" . I think he played the guitar in a rock ba...
[ { "content": "On July 15, in a writing signed by both parties, Fixtures, Inc., agreed to deliver to Druggist on August 15 five storage cabinets from inventory for a total price of $5,000 to be paid on delivery. On August 1, the two parties orally agreed to postpone the delivery date to August 20. On August 20, ...
[ { "content": "Why are first ladies so important in the United States? They are unpaid and have no official work? There are several reasons, but the most important reason is that they are role models for other women in the United States. Jacqueline Kennedy was the best first lady in the US. Although she wasn't a...
[ { "content": "Which step will most likely ensure that the results of an investigation are valid?\n\nChoices:\nA. using a computer to graph results\nB. verifying that results match the original hypothesis\nC. comparing the results with those of other scientists\nD. eliminating any results that appear to be abnor...
[ { "content": "Bright red post boxes, the Queen and queuing--what do they all have in common? They are all important parts of British life. At least I thought so. However, the ability to queue for long periods of time, once believed to be a traditional characteristic of the British, is no longer tolerated by peo...
[ { "content": "Can people change their skin colour without suffering like pop king Michael Jackson? Perhaps yes. Scientists have found the gene that determines skin colour. The gene comes in two versions, one of which is found in 99 per cent of Europeans. The other is found in 93 to 100 per cent of Africans, res...
[ { "content": "Roger Federer and Serena Williams have been named as 2009' s world champions by the International Tennis Federation(ITF) after topping the year-end rankings. Federer, who wins the honour for the fifth time, completed a career Grand Slam at Roland Garros before winning his 15th Grand Slam ride at W...
[ { "content": "Scientists can determine someone's favorite food from their shape. They have discovered that the arrangement of taste buds on the tongue varies for different body types. The scientist team examined 1,000 British adults and divided them into three physiologically recognized body types--ectomorph...
[ { "content": "August has always been difficult for me. It is the time when I realize that the books my English teacher assigned to me are not going to read themselves and that I have a difficult month in front of me. You might think that I don't want to spend my summer reading, but that's not the problem: I lov...
[ { "content": "A person wants to get better acquainted with dogs, since they have a serious fear of them. This fear was probably\n\nChoices:\nA. scared\nB. inherited\nC. rare\nD. learned", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D. learned", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "To the Editor, I have been reading your newspaper, theHometown Gazette, for the past two years, ever since I moved to Smithville. We moved here from New York City, so I am accustomed to reading excellent newspapers such asThe New York Times. In fact, we still have theTimesdelivered on Sundays. The...
[ { "content": "I have always been interested in making things. When I was a child, I enjoyed drawing, but I also liked making things out of clay . I won a prize for one of my paintings when I was fourteen. That may be why I went to art school four years later. But I studied painting at first, not pottery . I lik...
[ { "content": "USA Today Subscription Options: 2 months (43 issues)$50. 00 6 months (130 issues)$152. 00 1 year (260 issues)$275. 00 Shipping is always free. Giving a gift? Add the magazine to your cart, and on the next page check the box marked \"this will be a gift\". You can also find this option if you ente...
[ { "content": "A student states that plants grow taller when grown in natural light than they do in artificial light. Which method is the best way to determine if the statement is fact or opinion?\n\nChoices:\nA. conduct a controlled experiment\nB. discuss the statement with other students\nC. ask several teache...
[ { "content": "In the 1500s, Nicolaus Copernicus proposed a new theory on the heliocentric structure of the solar system. Which of these statements best describes this new theory?\n\nChoices:\nA. Earth is at the center of the solar system.\nB. There are eight planets in the solar system.\nC. The Sun is at the ce...
[ { "content": "When people have money, they have the freedom to choose how to use it. Some people have more money than others, but no one has all the money in the world. The amount of money we have is limited. The supply of goods, land, and resources is limited. Because of this, people can not have or buy everyt...
[ { "content": "Bedazzling with their bright colors and eye-catching displays, fireworks light up our night skies during the holidays. However, these crowd-pleasers can have some damaging side effects. Once a firework is set off, it only takes a couple of seconds before smoke, dust and harmful chemicals are let...
[ { "content": "To get cash out in the 21st century, you won't need a bank card, a PIN or even have to move a finger. You will simply have to look the cash machine straight in the eye, declares National Cash Registers, a multinational company that makes automated teller machines, or ATMs. NCR has shown its first...
[ { "content": "Once upon a time, there was a man who was so famous that everyone in his country knew him. One day, the famous man was sitting in a restaurant with his sister. \"It must be great to be famous. Everyone tries to please you, and you can do whatever you want to,\" said his sister. \"It's quite the op...
[ { "content": "Good morning. My name is Eric. This is my schoolbag. What color is it? It's blue and white. And what's this in English? It's a pen. It is a black pen. This is a ruler. It's yellow. The pen is _ .\n\nChoices:\nA. red\nB. black\nC. white\nD. yellow", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B....
[ { "content": "Do you suppose Darwin, one of the greatest scientists of all time, really did fools' experiments? Or did he do experiments that were so simple and basic that other people just thought they were foolish? Sometimes, people think they already know the answer to a question or the solution to a problem...
[ { "content": "At exactly eleven Sir Percival knocked and entered, with anxiety and worry in every line of his face. This meeting would decide his future life, and he obviously knew it. \"You may wonder, Sir Percival,\" said Laura calmly, \"if I am going to ask to be released from ray promise to marry yo...
[ { "content": "Hobbs was an orphan . He worked in a factory and every day he got a little money. Hard work changed him thin and weak. He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn to paint pictures, but he did not think he could pay off the debts.One day the lawyer said to him, \"One thousand dollars, and here is ...
[ { "content": "When something is condensed\n\nChoices:\nA. it is made into a wetter form\nB. it is a liquid lake\nC. it becomes molten liquid\nD. it is damp inside", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A. it is made into a wetter form", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "How to deal successfully with a child showing outstanding musical ability? It's not always clear how best to develop and encourage his gift. Many parents may even fail to recognize and respond to their children's need until discouragement explodes into uncooperative behavior. And while most schoo...
[ { "content": "If an animals starts eating fewer calories than its used to, its body will eventually\n\nChoices:\nA. float\nB. fly\nC. shrink\nD. get bigger", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C. shrink", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Helen Keller was a US author and public speaker who became blind and deaf at the age of 19 months. Anne Sullivan became her teacher in 1887 and taught her to read, write, use sign language and speak. Keller received degree from Radcliffe College in 1904 and spent the rest of her life encouraging o...
[ { "content": "Many great basketball players had clever nicknames , usually describing the player's overall style on the court . Below are some of the colorful nicknames among popular NBA players. \"Tiny\" Nate Archibald, at six feet one inch tall, was small for a basketball player. Still, Archibald used spee...
[ { "content": "Antarctica is in the most southern part of the world. It is like nowhere else on the earth. It is much larger than Europe, and nearly twice the size of Australia. Antarctica is the coldest and windiest place in the world, even colder and windier than the North Pole. In summer, the sun shines for t...
[ { "content": "Today, nearly 400 animals are listed as threatened or endangered animals in the United States. Many are at risk of becoming extinct or disappearing permanently. Unless efforts to save these vulnerable animals succeed, many of the country's greatest creatures will be lost forever. From the facts l...
[ { "content": "What is your favorite color1? Do you like yellow, orange or red? If you do, you must be an optimist, a leader, and an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement. Do you prefer gray and blue? Then you are probably quiet, shy and you would rather follow than lead. If you love green, you ar...
[ { "content": "As a school teacher, Inderjit Khurana used to take the train to work. And one day, at the station, she saw dozens of children who spent their days begging from train passengers rather than going to school. She learned that it was not a rare problem and that millions of children in India lived on t...
[ { "content": "Twenty years seems like a long time to remember the name of a mere acquaintance.I have forgotten the name of an old lady,who was a customer on the paper route in my hometown when I was a twelve-year-old boy.Yet it exists in my memory that she taught me a lesson in forgiveness which I shall never ...
[ { "content": "Top lists are lecturing people on everything from \"100 places to visit\" to \"100 books to read \". Aren't you just tired of being told what to do with your time? Now you have a list to end all lists! Take a look at the following two examples from the list of \"101 things not to do\": Swim with D...
[ { "content": "An American woman Anna Jervis was the first person to decide that mothers should have a holiday in their honor each year. Miss Jarvis started her campaign in 1906 in her home city Philadelphia. She wrote thousands of letters to congressmen ,city officials, teachers and newspaper publishers, propos...
[ { "content": "Senior citizens are permitted to travel cheaply on a bus if they have a special card. Women may get cards when they are sixty. Mrs. Matthews lived in the country but she went into town once a week to buy food and other things for the house, and she usually went by bus. She always had to pay the fu...
[ { "content": "When you are visiting New York City with kids,there are numerous things to do which will entertain their spirits and feed their minds. *The Whispering Gallery Make your way to the Whispering Gallery. The Whispering Room's architecture allows for a phenomenon that usually sparks a lot of giggles. O...
[ { "content": "Teary Joe was a boy with a special ability: he could make himself cry in less than a second. If he disliked something, or things became difficult, Teary Joe would not hesitate to put on a pitiful face and set great big tears running down his cheeks. In this way he managed to get practically everyt...
[ { "content": "While I will explain a bit about the science of stress and relaxation a little later simple way to think about it is that our body 's stress response works like a car alarm. Keep us safe by warning us of the presence of danger in our immediate environment. But instead of warning us with a loud and...
[ { "content": "I'm Sam. My hobby is playing chess --one of the greatest games in the world. My mom taught me how to play when I was 7. She beat me every time for the first year. But then on my eighth birthday, I won for the first time. I nearly always beat her from then on. It takes about a day to learn the rul...
[ { "content": "The current Ebola outbreak in western and central Africa has infected at least 3,069 people, including 1,552 dead, making it the largest outbreak in history. Ebola is a deadly virus --about 60 percent of people infected with it have died. How is Ebola doing its harm? When a person becomes infect...
[ { "content": "The Peales were a famous family of American artists. Charles Willson Peale is best remembered for his portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution. He painted portraits of Franklin and Jefferson and over a dozen of George Washington. His life-size portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titi...
[ { "content": "From the health point of view we are living in an amazing age. We are free from many of the most dangerous diseases. A large number of once deadly illnesses can now be cured by modern medicine. It is almost certain that one day medicines will be found for the most stubborn remaining diseases. The ...
[ { "content": "We are naturally drawn to friends and colleagues with familiar voices, scientists have found.People prefer those who have a similar accent,intonation and tone of voice to themselves , they discovered. Previous research has focused on how masculine or feminine a voice sounds.Men with deeper voices ...
[ { "content": "A green container with white arrows in a circle indicate it's a receptacle for\n\nChoices:\nA. trash that can be used for a new purpose\nB. excess and unused portions of soylent green\nC. radioactive nuclear waste materials\nD. hazardous biological materials and waste", "role": "user" }, {...
[ { "content": "Mom and dad are the most important people in your life. They have been looking after you since you were born, so you should always love them. You should also get on well with them. But some children don't know how to do this. Here are some ways to help you. Spend more time with your parents. Don't...
[ { "content": "Most artists have a favorite material they like to work with.For 28-year-old Kristen Alice, it happens to be garbage.The eco-friendly designer uses her incredible talent to transform garbage like empty drink bottles and candy wrappers into charming dresses that sell for thousands of dollars. Krist...
[ { "content": "Which likely most relies on its looks to reproduce?\n\nChoices:\nA. the shark\nB. the horse\nC. the spider\nD. the peacock", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D. the peacock", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Most people want to be happy, but few know how to find happiness. Money and success alone do not bring lasting happiness. Aristotle, a Greek thinker, said, \"Happiness depends upon ourselves.\" In other words, we make our own happiness. Here are a few suggestions to help you be happier. The first ...
[ { "content": "During the past Spring Festival, many children may have received red packets from their families. But Xing Pu, a 40-year-old economist, is asking the government to give red packets to every Chinese citizen. Xing suggested the government give out 1,000 Yuan to each Chinese since the government inco...
[ { "content": "A young lady was driving alone through the street. It was dark and rainy. Suddenly she saw an old woman by the side of the road, holding up her hands as if she wanted a lift . \"I can't leave her out in this weather,\" the young lady said to herself. She stopped her car and opened the door. \"Do y...
[ { "content": "Putting in water fountains at schools, and teaching children about the health benefits of water, could reduce their risk of getting extra pounds, reports a new study that is published in the latest issue of the journal Pediatrics. The findings are based on a survey in 32 elementary schools of tw...
[ { "content": "Pollution is reducing the fragrance of plants and thus preventing bees from pollinating them--endangering one of the most essential cycles of nature, a new study suggests. The potentially hugely significant research, funded by US National Science Foundation, has found that gases mainly formed fr...
[ { "content": "Do you know that many clowns go to school to learn how to be funny? How would you like to go to that school? You could learn how to walk and talk like a clown. Then you could make people laugh. Clowns may go to school for a year. There they learn to move in funny ways. They learn to run and jump l...
[ { "content": "My husband is a born shopper. He loves to look at things and to touch them. He likes to compare prices between the same items in different shops. He would never think of buying anything without looking around in several different shops. On the other hand, I'm not a shopper. I think shopping is bor...
[ { "content": "Next autumn when you see wild geese heading south for the winter flying in a V formation you might think about what scientists have discovered as to why they fly that way. As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird immediately following. By flying in a V formation the wh...
[ { "content": "\"There are no real friends or enemies in the business world\". This saying may have been on the minds of bosses at China's main online video providers, Youku.com Inc and Tudou Holdings Ltd, when the one-time rivals agreed to merge on March 12. The deal will create the country's largest company ...
[ { "content": "When women sit together to watch a movie on TV, they usually talk simultaneously about a variety of subjects, including children, men, careers and what's happening in their lives. When groups of men and women watch a movie together, the men usually end up telling the women to shut up. Men can eit...
[ { "content": "On August18,2012,the White House staff prepared for a special group of guests. The First Lady was hosting an important lunch. At 10 o'clock, her guests arrived. Fifty-four children, each with a parent or grandparent, walked into the White House. The lucky guests were the winners of the Healthy Lun...
[ { "content": "On March 17 there will be an explosion of green colour across the world in celebration of St Patrick's Day. The Irish traditionally wear something coloured green on this day as the colour is connected with Ireland. Another St Patrick's Day tradition is for the non-Irish to make jokes about the Iri...
[ { "content": "To positively impact the environment\n\nChoices:\nA. toss plastic bottles in trash receptacles\nB. use plastic knives and forks for every meal\nC. scrap metal from old buildings is processed to be used for new construction\nD. buy a less fuel efficient car", "role": "user" }, { "conten...
[ { "content": "Repeated exposure to extremely loud sounds can reduce hearing ability by direct damage to which structures?\n\nChoices:\nA. the sensory neurons in the ears\nB. interneurons between the ears and the brain\nC. the sound-processing center in the brain\nD. motor neurons applying commands from the brai...
[ { "content": "Where could you find organic matter?\n\nChoices:\nA. plastic items\nB. carbon dioxide\nC. a rabbit\nD. table salt", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C. a rabbit", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Every year landslides {} cause 25 to 50 deaths and $1.5 billion in damage in the United States.They account for 15 percent of the deaths from natural disasters in Europe.And in December, a single event killed more than 200 people in the Philippines.Sending workers to stabilize mountainsides usin...
[ { "content": "Traffic lights are very important for us. I think you know this. But do you know how they were born? Garrett A. Morgan was the father of traffic lights. He was an American. His family was very poor. He left school at the age of 14. He was clever. He always looked for better ways to do things. And ...
[ { "content": "Drinking wine in moderation improves the IQ and may boost mental agility in old people,according to Japanese researchers. A study of the effects of alcohol on the middle aged and elderly found the average IQ of men who drink wine (whether made from grapes or rice) was 3.3 points higher than that o...
[ { "content": "Once, there was a woman who had so many problems, so many worries, so many troubles... that at times she felt she had more troubles than anyone else in the world! She was depressed. She thought she could never overcome her troubles, so she decided to end her life. That night she went to sleep earl...
[ { "content": "We have known for a long time that flowers of different plants open and close at different time of day. Yet no one really understands why flowers open and close like this at particular times. It is not as simple as we might think, as new experiments have shown. In one experiment, flowers were kept...
[ { "content": "Last week the manager of an old jeweler's shop received a letter marked \"personal\", so of course his secretary gave it to him unopened. As he was very busy, the letter lay on his desk till tea-time. Then he opened it and aPS10 note fell out onto his desk. With the note was a short letter. This i...
[ { "content": "When I spent Christmas away from home in Europe for the first time, I was only 14 and it was absolutely terrible. I am now married and live in the US. So there is little possibility for me to go home for Christmas. Now I am able to get through Christmas with some moments of joy: First, you are adv...
[ { "content": "An old man, too old to live on his own, went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and a four-year-old grandson. The old man's hands trembled , and he couldn't see clearly. The family ate together at the dinner table every night. But the grandfather's trembling hands and poor sight made eating r...
[ { "content": "The way to teach the kids to take good care of pets The best way to teach your child how to be responsible pet caregivers is to be on yourself. This should start before you even get a pet--make sure you have realistic expectations about pet ownership. And take steps to select the right animal at t...
[ { "content": "Is gun play good or bad for children? For many years I emphasized its harmlessness. When concerned parents expressed doubt about letting their children have toy guns, because they didn't want to encourage them in the slightest degree to become criminals, I would explain how little connection there...
[ { "content": "Everything that humans hear is in the form of waves. Just as the eye sees light waves in the form of color1s, the ear hears sound waves in the form of noises. The ear and the eye turn these different waves into signals that the brain can make sense of. The ears and brain have an amazing ability to...
[ { "content": "Nowadays with the development of agriculture, farmers use more technology. However, they are being told more needs to be done to stop them injuring at work. One in five British workplace deaths happens in agriculture even though farmers are only a small part of the working population. During the y...
[ { "content": "Few of us haven't read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone's heart--we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity . Mary Santiago...
[ { "content": "The New York Philharmonic came to an unexpected stop on Tuesday night when an audience member's cell phone started ringing and wouldn't stop. Conductor Alan Gilbert was nearing the end of Mahler's Ninth Symphony when the interruption began. As eh New York Times writes, the symphony, \"contains s...
[ { "content": "It's summer movie time again. Check out our list of four films. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Release Date: November 4 Story: It's the summer before Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A dangerous murderer, Sirius Black, has escaped from the Wizards'...
[ { "content": "Computer programmer David Jones earned $ 150,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a check card . Instead, he has been told to wait another two years until he is 18. He works for a small firm in Liverpool, where most young people of his age are...
[ { "content": "Ten Chinese PhD students are demanding that Beijing Normal University Professor Yu Dan be away from her television show on CCTV10. They argue that her on-air explanations of Confucius's Analects (<<>> ) are \"incorrect and misleading\". Yu is known for explaining Confucius's Analects to a TV audie...
[ { "content": "No one really knows how the ancient Egyptians build the pyramids. But Maureen Clemmons has a theory . She thinks the Egyptians may have used kites. \"If you look at ht top center of every monument , you see wings,\" Clemons said. \"I think the Egyptians have been trying to tell us in pictures fo...
[ { "content": "Daniel Hillel developed drip irrigation techniques. The techniques make farming possible in places where there is not enough water. Because of this, he won this year's World Food Prize. Hillel is using the techniques in his orchards near his home in Israel. Irrigating drop by drop -- called dr...
[ { "content": "Jamie Wardley is a special kind of artist - an ice sculptor. He first trained as a sand sculptor. Later, he learned about ice sculpture. Now he does sand sculpture in the summer. And in the winter, he sculpts ice. When sculpting ice, Wardley has to work in cold temperatures. If the weather is cold...
[ { "content": "Rules for the University Entrance Examination *You must be at the examination center ten minutes before the examination starts. If you are more than ten minutes late, you may not enter the examination center. The examination takes place at the same time in different states. *You must have proof of...
[ { "content": "It looks like a scene from the thriller movieJaws,but these photos of a huge shark swimming with swimmers were in fact taken in Britain. The amazing pictures,which showed that the basking shark was swimming friendly with swimmers,were taken at Porthcurno beach,Cornwall,where the basking shark wa...
[ { "content": "What is formed when a neutral atom gains an electron?\n\nChoices:\nA. A mixture\nB. An iron\nC. A molecule\nD. A metal", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B. An iron", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "I never saw my father home from work late or ill, nor did I ever see my father take a \"night out with the boys\". He had no bobbies but just took care of his family. For 22 years, since I left home for college, my father called me every Sunday at 9:00 am. He was always interested in my life-how m...