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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Temple of Doom" }, "options": [ "Temple of Doom", "The last Crusade", "Raiders of the lost Ark", "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" ], "question": "If someone is interested in seeing views in Sri Lanka, he / she wou...	Here are some of the movies that inspire you to travel. The Lord of the Rings The story is about Frodo, his friends and their adventurous journey through Middle Earth. Filmed in about 150 locations all over New Zealand, this traveling movie shows its beauty. From the rolling hills of Matamata to the volcanic retrion of...	high18646.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "a senator" }, "options": [ "president", "a nominee for the presidency", "a senator", "a secretary" ], "question": "Obama made the poetic and inspiring speech in 2004 as _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questi...	You might say that one reason why Barack Obama is president of the US is that he knows how to give a good speech. Since 2004, Obama has written and delivered thousands of speeches. These are usually praised for two reasons: he treats the audiences like intelligent adults, and he is able to express _ ideas in an easy, ...	high5032.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Live a real life" }, "options": [ "Love your friends", "Live a real life", "Don't waste time", "Be a good mother and wife" ], "question": "The best title of this passage probably is _ .", "question_type":...	I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent. I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows mean what they say. I am a good friend to my fri...	high2985.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Chinese culture is mainly taught" }, "options": [ "Chinese culture is mainly taught", "only Australian culture is taught", "you can only learn the low level of Chinese", "all businessmen will benefit" ], "questi...	The Confucius Institute is a centre of education excellence for Australian companies wishing to do business in China, the general public who has an interest in Chinese language and culture and for Chinese companies and executives working in Australia. The Institute is a partnership between the University of Melbourn...	high19558.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Alcohol is taken in more quickly when drunk with fruit juice." }, "options": [ "Drinking below the drink driving limit has no effect on driving.", "Alcohol is taken in more quickly when drunk with fruit juice.", "Having a cup...	Driving a car is not just handing controls and judging speed and distance. It requires you to predict what other road users will do and get ready to react to something unexpected. When alcohol is consumed, it enters your bloodstream and acts as a depressant , damaging eyesight, judgement and co-ordination , slowing dow...	high3443.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "people waste energy buying food from other countries" }, "options": [ "UK wastes a lot of money importing food products", "some imported goods cause environmental damage", "growing certain vegetables damages the environment",...	An environment group called the Food Commission is unhappy and disappointed because of the sales of bottled water from Japan. The water, it angrily argues in public, has traveled 10,000 " _ " before it reaches Western customers. "Transporting water half-way across the world is surely the extremely stupid use of fuel wh...	high11104.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "whether it is done behind someone" }, "options": [ "whether it is done behind someone", "whether it is painful or not", "whether it is a kind of bullying", "whether it is spread fast." ], "question": "To tell a ...	Let's say you have a piece of wood, a nail, and a hammer. Pretend the wood is a person, and the nail is a mean rumor about that person. If you hammer in the nail, you're obviously hurting him or her. If you then pull out the nail, there's still a hole in the wood, and the damage has been done. There are many reasons w...	high3325.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "study in a design school" }, "options": [ "look through magazines", "go to New York City", "study in a design school", "graduate from high school" ], "question": "In order to have a career in fashion design, one...	One of the most exciting and attractive fields of work today is the fashion industry. Some of the most well-known people in this industry are the fashion designers with unbelievable financial Kingdoms. But most of the clothes that you wear have been designed by people that the world has never heard of. Although these...	high11662.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Customers would rather complain to people around them." }, "options": [ "Most customers were afraid of complaining to store managers.", "Customers would rather complain to people around them.", "Few customers believe the serv...	High-quality customer service is attached great importance to by many, but actually keeping customers happy is easier said than done. Shoppers seldom complain to the manager or owner of a retail store , but instead will alert their friends, s, co-workers and even strangers. Store managers are often the...	high18120.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "She left it as it was." }, "options": [ "She ended it face to face.", "She left it as it was.", "She turned to her friends for advice.", "She made a direct challenge." ], "question": "How did Angela Thompson dea...	When it comes to relationship, we spend a lot of time discussing their joys, but rarely talk about the pain when they break down. Yet most people have a story about a broken relationship. For Jane Black, a six-year friendship ended when her friend was rude to one of her children. "After quite a few drinks at a party in...	high5754.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "take a trip to the Amazon forest" }, "options": [ "watch the Summer Olympics", "enjoy medieval treasures in museums", "take a trip to the Amazon forest", "cook your own food in a guest house" ], "question": "If ...	Are you a travel lover? If you are, attention then. No matter whether you're looking for big international events, delicious food, natural wonders or simply relaxation on a beach, these places should be on your checklist. Brazil Attractions: Festivities for the 2014 World Cup The world is casting its eye on Brazil for ...	high13075.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "given some changes by the parent" }, "options": [ "repeated without any change", "treated as a joke", "set in the present", "given some changes by the parent" ], "question": "The author considers that a fairy st...	A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almost the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts. It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what , in the actual situation of...	high1532.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "The 13th day of a month falling on a Friday ." }, "options": [ "The 13th Friday of a year .", "The fear of the number 13 on Fridays .", "A fixed date of a year that can bring bad luck .", "The 13th day of a month fallin...	When we talk about superstitious beliefs , the beliefs associated with Friday the 13th , no doubt , deserve a special mention . In fact , such is the fear associated with this date that people just can't seem to stick to their daily routine on this day . The data from Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute sugge...	high7143.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "The author worked hard for people's praise" }, "options": [ "The author had known he was a low achiever since he was a little child", "The author didn't work very hard on writing in his late twenties", "The author owed his dy...	I wished I had known earlier the fact that I was a low achiever because there was a reason beyond my control. Then I needn't have worked so hard in my late twenties and early thirties. But I just didn't know that. I was writing and writing. I was working for no other reason than to hear people praise me. Most people wh...	high8270.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "He listened to readings by some authors." }, "options": [ "He flew for a charity event.", "He drove tiredly back home.", "He listened to readings by some authors.", "He enjoyed the excitement of driving." ], "qu...	In reflecting on the events of my life that have impacted me, I returned to the night of August 1, 2006. I found myself in a hall in New York City sitting by my mother, not at all tired, although we had flown the day before, and driven five hours to the city for "An Evening with Harry, Carrie and Garp," a charity event...	high13061.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Father of modern biology: Charles Darwin" }, "options": [ "Charles Darwin's ideas", "Charles Darwin's works", "Father of modern biology: Charles Darwin", "The greatest scientist: Charles Darwin" ], "question": "...	As a boy, Charles Robert Darwin collected anything that caught his interest: insects, coins and interesting stones. He was not very clever, but Darwin was good at doing the things that interested him. His father was a doctor, so Darwin was sent to Edinburgh to study medicine, and was planned to follow a medical career....	high1526.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "sometimes the same sounds have different spellings." }, "options": [ "English words are too long to remember", "there are many mistakes in English words", "lots of words are spelt in many different ways", "sometimes the...	Many people have tried to simplify the spelling of English words. Unlike other languages , English sometimes spells the same sounds in very different ways . For example , there is "light "but" white", "loan "but "phone" ,and there are at least seven different ways of pronouncing "ough": "though", "through ","bough". "...	high7157.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "list all living things on Earth" }, "options": [ "find out what covers the earth", "list all living things on Earth", "work out the number of birds", "save the existing plants" ], "question": "The Web based EoL ...	The Book of Life So far,scientists have named about 1.8 million living species ,and that's just a small number of what probably exists on Earth.With so many plants,animals,and other living things covering the planet,it can be tough to figure out what type of grass is growing by the roadside or what kind of bird just fl...	high8264.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "He has achieved something unusual for his age." }, "options": [ "He has achieved something unusual for his age.", "His self-published books were well received.", "His manuscripts were favored by the publisher.", "He was...	The television news feature about Ben Heckmann, an eighth grader from Farmington, Minn, was breathless in its praise. "At 14, he has accomplished something many adults can't achieve," the reporter said, "Ben is a twice-published author." But Ben's two "Velvet Black" books, describing a fictional rock band, were not pic...	high3331.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "In 1968.." }, "options": [ "In 1967.", "In 1995.", "In 1968..", "In 1969." ], "question": "When was Erik born?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "...	Erik Weihenmayer was born with an eye disorder. As a child his eyesight became worse and then, at the age of 13, he lost his sight completely. However, he did not lose his determination to lead a full and active life Erik became an adventurer. He took up parachuting, wrestling and scuba diving. He competed in long-...	high11676.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "to first answer the questions which are easier to you." }, "options": [ "to first answer the questions which are easier to you.", "to depend on your first impulse to answer the questions.", "to search the test paper for all t...	Sooner or later, most students are to take some form of English examinations. Often the more successful students are better prepared. However, sometimes students who do well have better test taking skills. These abilities really have nothing to do with understanding English better. They are skills that make taking the ...	high5998.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "over three thousand" }, "options": [ "twenty three hundred", "thirteen hundred", "over three thousand", "less than two thousand" ], "question": "This year _ teen-agers will take part in the exchange progra...	This year some twenty-three hundred teen-agers (young people aged from 13-19)from all over the world will spend about ten months in U. S. homes. They will attend U. S. schools, meet U. S. teen-agers, and form impressions of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teen-agers will go to other ...	high16119.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Suckers." }, "options": [ "Suckers.", "Suckers and bristles.", "Suckers, bristles and a tail.", "Hands, feet, bristles and a tail. Ks5u" ], "question": "What part(s) would be a must if scientists just wanted a r...	Scientists have long had it in their mind to make a robot lizard . They began with finding out why a lizard can hang on a wall. They noticed the lizard's toes were unique: They have suckers , which enable it to hang on walls. They, therefore, made a robot with suckers on its hands and feet. The robot could hang on th...	high17207.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Sometimes an accident can happen to a stuntman." }, "options": [ "Sometimes an accident can happen to a stuntman.", "The percentage of serious accidents is high.", "Parachutes must be of good quality.", "The cliff was t...	You are seeing a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead! Of course he isn't really dead. With any luck he isn't even hurt. Why? Because the men who fa...	high5740.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "devoted herself to the poor all her life" }, "options": [ "had her name Teresa when she was very young", "devoted herself to the poor all her life", "was born in India and lived there for most of her time", "received th...	Mother Teresa, whose name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, was born on August 26th, 1910 in Skopje, Macedonia. She always wrote her birthday as 27th of August because it was the day of her baptism , which was always more important to her than her birthday. For her work with the poor around the world, she received the 1979 N...	high18134.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "soft but tough" }, "options": [ "hard and tough", "hard but brittle", "soft but tough", "soft and brittle" ], "question": "Annealing can make metal _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "a...	Annealing is a way of making metal softer by heating it and then letting it cool very slowly. If metal is heated and then cooled very quickly , for example by dipping it in water , it will be very hard but also very brittle ---that is , It will break easily. Metal that has been annealed is soft but does not break as ea...	high2749.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "it is advertising American culture" }, "options": [ "it has added too many Chinese elements", "it has ruined Chinese image deliberately", "it is an exact copy of Chinese culture", "it is advertising American culture" ...	A Hollywood movie was met with an awkward situation last Saturday in China. While fans are standing in long queues to watch the first show, others are advocating a boycott on the American movie with Chinese story elements. After "Kung Fu Panda", a cartoon movie telling about a panda's Kung Fu master journey, hit China'...	high5026.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "trained hard in memory" }, "options": [ "liked playing cards", "trained hard in memory", "believed he could succeed", "received a good school education" ], "question": "We learn that before setting a new Europea...	(The Daily Mail) David Thomas failed all his maths exams and left school with no qualifications, yet this 30 - year - old fire - fighter has just gone into the Guinness Book of Records by reciting from memory 22,500 digits of the mathematical constant, pi(p). After five months of training, in which he spent ten hours a...	high18652.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Animals would die." }, "options": [ "People would have more crops.", "Animals would die.", "There would be more food.", "There would be less soil." ], "question": "What would happen first without plants?", "...	Nearly all our food comes from the soil. Some of us eat meat, of course, but animals live on plants. If there were no plants, we would have no animals and no meat. So the soil is very necessary for life. The top of the ground is usually covered with grass or other plants. There may be dead leaves and dead plants on the...	high2991.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "by example" }, "options": [ "by appearance", "by example", "by comparison", "by behavior" ], "question": "The author describes his father as reliable mainly _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, ...	When I was younger it seemed that the super hero was Batman or Spiderman. As I grew up, I looked to real people with some of these qualities to be my super hero including being strong, honest, friendly, brave, skilled, hardworking, and reliable. The person I think of when I hear these words is my dad. My dad is one of ...	high3457.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "he has trouble with his memory" }, "options": [ "he has trouble with his memory", "he can't do everyday things on his own", "he often forgets things because he is old", "he can't move about" ], "question": "If o...	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 millions o...	high11110.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "They spend twice as much time on TV as in the classroom." }, "options": [ "They spend twice as much time on TV as in the classroom.", "They spend twice as much time in the classroom as on TV.", "They spend as much time on TV ...	Television has changed our lives in many ways. Many people now spend more time watching TV than doing anything else. Researchers in the USA has estimated that when most students leave school they have spent 11,000 hours in the classroom and 22,000 hours watching television. But what effect does this have? Benefits of ...	high12419.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Understanding." }, "options": [ "Understanding.", "Honesty.", "Reliability.", "A sense of humor." ], "question": "Which of the following qualities the writer thinks is the most important in choosing a friend?( ...	In choosing a friend,one should be very careful.A good friend can help you study.You can have fun together and make each other happy.Sometimes you will meet fair weather friends.They will be with you as long as you have money or luck,but when you are down,they will run away.How do I know when I have found a good friend...	high7631.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "A parrot flew towards his daughter." }, "options": [ "A parrot tried to eat their food.", "His daughter was hurt by a parrot.", "A parrot flew towards his daughter.", "A parrot landed on his daughter's head." ], ...	If I raised the question, "What would be the last thing you would expect to happen while watching your son's flag football game?" you probably still couldn't come up with what happened to me and my family. As we were sitting on the sidelines enjoying the game, a low-flying bird came swooping in attempting to land on my...	high15376.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "20." }, "options": [ "20.", "24.", "28.", "32." ], "question": "How many teeth does a four-year-old boy usually have according to the passage?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "answer_i...	Hi, I'm your tooth. I've been asked to represent the rest of your teeth. We need your help. We like to be clean when you show us off with your big, wide smiles. First, let me tell you a little about us. You weren't born with the baby teeth, they developed when you were about six or seven months old. You went from milk ...	high8502.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "By dialing the telephone number: 919-548-5192" }, "options": [ "By surfing the website:www.mountainfair.org", "By dialing the telephone number: 828-687-1414", "By dialing the telephone number: 919-548-5192", "By surfing...	If you are looking for a day trip with the family, here's a list of festivals and fairs happening within a reasonable drive from Charlotte. Hopscotch Music Festival Where: Downtown Raleigh(various places) When: Today---Saturday Highlights: This music festival features performances by more than 175 national and internat...	high13707.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "understanding" }, "options": [ "tolerance", "1ove", "patience", "understanding" ], "question": "To make a friend,should be the first quality.", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { ...	Friendship is very pleasant and also essential to people's life . A man without friends is an angel without wings, whose life will suffer in the long loneliness and depression, Friendship is the mother of our spirit, who'll warm her kid when hurt occures , We have much to share with our friends in life , confusion, exc...	high1240.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "The three men stayed together in one room." }, "options": [ "The large meeting was held in this hotel.", "The three men stayed together in one room.", "Each of the three men got a small room.", "Room 414 was the office ...	Mr Smith was the manager of a hotel in Springfield. One weekend all of the hotels in the city were full because there was a large meeting. Late in the evening three men came into the hotel and asked for rooms. Mr Smith explained that because of the meeting, there were no rooms ready for use. The men were very unhappy b...	high14083.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "$33.00" }, "options": [ "$33.00", "$11.00", "$54.00", "Nothing." ], "question": "If a family of 3 reserves a full day trip and they have to change it to a half-day with lunch trip, how much will they get back?",...	Going whitewater rafting in North Carolina (N.C.), you are cutting bonds to the every-day troubles and for a short time you are back in the natural world with your co-travelers. Rafting in N.C. has the added benefit of a long, warm rafting season, beautiful scenery, and amazing history. Only twenty minutes from Ashevil...	high24140.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Many undergraduates" }, "options": [ "Most of the undergraduates", "Many undergraduates", "Many students in the driving school", "Most of the students who learn business or international trade" ], "question": "_...	A sixth of undergraduates in Beijing this year have registered at driving school. The students, mostly from majors such as business management or international trade, will finish their driving courses within 20 days or so. Training costs have dropped to 2, 600 yuan for students, according to the Haidian Driving School ...	high7802.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "A supper runner -- Patti Wilson" }, "options": [ "The love between a father and his daughter", "The benefits of running", "The friendship between epileptics", "A supper runner -- Patti Wilson" ], "question": "Wh...	At a young age, Patti Wilson was told that she was an epileptic . Her father, Jim Wilson, is _ . One day she said, "Daddy, I want to run with you every day, But I'm afraid I'll have a seizure . Her father told her, "If you do, I know how to deal with it, so let's start running!" That's just what they did every...	high22531.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Sight problems in South-East Asia." }, "options": [ "Educational achievement in Asia.", "Sight problems in South-East Asia.", "Risk of visual impairment and blindness.", "Massive educational pressures" ], "quest...	The strong emphasis on educational achievement in China, Japan and other parts of South-East Asia may be coming at a heavy price. Researchers say that hard work at school plus the lack of exposure to outdoor light is damaging the eyes of almost nine out of ten students--with one in five at serious risk of visual impair...	high13934.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "movies are usually time limited compared with books" }, "options": [ "movies can easily seize the depths of characters", "books provide more visual stimuli than movies", "books leave readers nothing to interpret and imagine",...	Anyone who reads a book and then goes to see a movie based on that book generally leaves the movie feeling a little disappointed. Why might this be? Both books and movies serve the purpose of entertainment. Both books and movies offer characters and plots. And, both books and movies provide a setting for a story. Books...	high21038.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "their new product will have a good market" }, "options": [ "football fans are angry with referees", "their new product can satisfy football fans", "their new product will have a good market", "they can sell a lot of foo...	While football fans feel strongly angry and shocked about mistakes made by referees because they cannot see clearly what has happened, a small German company is quietly pleased. For Carlos Technologies, mistakes made by referees are the kind of advertising that money cannot buy. The company has developed a tiny chip ...	high18861.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Optimistic." }, "options": [ "Worried.", "Optimistic.", "Annoyed.", "Concerned." ], "question": "What is Michael R. Bloomberg's attitude towards New York city's tourism industry?", "question_type": null },...	Visitors to _ and _ , above, helped make New York City the country's favorite tourist destination last year. (Photo By Henny Ray Abrams/Associated Press) ks5u Associated Press-----The number of visitors to New York City fell last year for the first time since 2001, but falls in tourism elsewhere across the United S...	high20326.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The North Pole is located in the Artic Ocean." }, "options": [ "Greenland is near the Artic Ocean.", "Ellesmere Island is located north of Canada.", "The North Pole is located in the Artic Ocean.", "Greenland's northern...	In 1886 explorer Robert Peary traveled to Greenland for the U.S. Navy. Before his journey, no one knew Greenland's size or shape. On Peary's first trips, he explored Greenland, mapping parts of it. When Peary returned to the United States, he went to a businessman to sell some furs. There he met Matthew Henson, an Afri...	high11845.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "how to avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell you" }, "options": [ "how to avoid mistakes about money and friends", "what to do when you listen to others talking", "how to avoid mistakes in understanding what people...	We can make mistakes at any age.Some mistakes we make are about money.But most mistakes are about people.One might say, "Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?" "When I got that great job, did Jim really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did he envy my luck?" When we look back, doubts like these can make u...	high20440.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "it's said that mobile phones have a lot of side effects" }, "options": [ "they are not sure whether mobile phones can cause memory loss", "it's said that mobile phones have a lot of side effects", "one headline reported \"Mob...	"Mobile phone killed my man," screamed one headline last year. Also came claims that an unpublished study had found that mobile phones could cause memory loss. And a British newspaper devoted its front page to a picture supposedly showing how mobile phones could heat the brain. For anyone who uses a mobile phone, these...	high10583.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Because she wanted her child to feel cherished and loved not just by her but by the world." }, "options": [ "Because she wanted her child to feel cherished and loved not just by her but by the world.", "Because she had a great curi...	Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12, a white gardenia was delivered _ to me at my house. No card or note came with it. Calls to the florist were always in vain ---- it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender's identity. But I never stopped imagining who the anony...	high21986.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "To attract readers to travel to Las Vegas." }, "options": [ "To introduce the present situation of Las Vegas.", "To attract readers to travel to Las Vegas.", "To tell readers how to go to Las Vegas.", "To show his own t...	It's slimbudget time in Las Vegas Las Vegas? It's where halfprice flights are wide open and where reservations are easily booked on a moment's notice. Tourism is down, so rooms are plentiful, as well as inexpensive. Getting there: The best way to get there from McCarran Airport is to exit the baggage claim through Door...	high5973.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "he is to read the books boring and not right for kids" }, "options": [ "he doesn't like reading in summer vacation", "he is to read the books boring and not right for kids", "he hates the English teacher assigning homework", ...	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 love reading. On the firs...	high22257.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Tolkien was quite familiar with Old English." }, "options": [ "\"The Lord of the Rings\" didn't sell well in the last millennium.", "People know better about Tolkien himself than about his works.", "Tolkien was quite familiar...	"The Lord of the Rings", one of the best sellers in the new millennium , was made up of three parts--"The Fellow Ship of the Ring", "Two Towers", and "The Return of the King". Millions upon millions of people have read it in over 25 different languages, but fewer know about the author and the history of the composition...	high12394.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Florentine artist fights pollution by painting with smog." }, "options": [ "Florentine artist fights pollution by painting with smog.", "Ricci invents a unique way to paint buildings in Florence.", "People in Florence gather ...	If you're in Florence, Italy, and see a man on a ladder wiping the dust off statues and buildings, don't worry.It's just Alessandro Ricci gathering material for his famous smog paintings. Ricci is not a common artist, because he used smog as the main medium of his artworks. Unlike other painters seeking fast recognitio...	high23149.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "bodily fluids" }, "options": [ "patients' sweat", "bodily fluids", "people's spit", "your body" ], "question": "According to the passage, Ebola only spreads through _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions...	The virus "Ebola" is named after the Ebola River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. That's where the virus was discovered in 1976. A person can only get Ebola through direct contact with an infected person's bodily fluids, for example, sweat or spit. Additionally, the virus can get into your body thro...	high9191.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "TitanicII will have more space in its lifeboats than the Titanic." }, "options": [ "TitanicII will have more space in its lifeboats than the Titanic.", "TitanicII will be the largest cruise ship in the world.", "TitanicII wil...	NEW YORK--Australian mining enterpriser Clive Palmer on Tuesday unveiled blueprints for Titanic II, a modern copy of the doomed ocean liner, although he didn't call the ship unsinkable any more. The ship will largely recreate the design and decoration of the fabled original, with some modifications to keep it in lin...	high14929.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Computer programmers." }, "options": [ "Taxi drivers.", "Computer programmers.", "Supermarket cashiers.", "Motor mechanics." ], "question": "According to the research, who may have the best memory in old age?", ...	People with mentally taxing jobs, including lawyers and graphic designers, may end up having better memory in old age, research suggests. A study of more than 1,000 Scottish 70-year-olds found that those who had had complex jobs scored better on memory and thinking tests. One theory is that a more stimulating environme...	high9185.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Because he caused an old woman's terror and she died." }, "options": [ "Because he threatened the policemen to kill an old woman.", "Because he caused an old woman's terror and she died.", "Because he beat an old woman and ca...	A Charlotte, N.C., man was charged with first-degree murder of a 79-year-old woman whom police said he scared to death. In an attempt to evade policemen after a bank robbery, the Associated Press reports that 20-year-old Larry Whitfield broke into the home of Mary Parnell. Police say he didn't touch Parnell but that sh...	high11851.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "52." }, "options": [ "52.", "55.", "60.", "62." ], "question": "How old was Bill Gates when he retired from Microsoft in late June of 2008?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { ...	William H. Gates is chairperson and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation.the worldwide leader in software services and internet technologies for personal and business computing. Bill Gates was born on October 28.1 955 in a family having rich business,political and community service background.His ...	high20454.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "enjoy the casual atmosphere" }, "options": [ "have snacks before the movie", "cheer up with young friends", "bring back good old days", "enjoy the casual atmosphere" ], "question": "Most people choose to go to a...	More than half a century ago, there were 4, 000 drive-in movie theaters in the United States, and watching a movie from your car was a popular way to spend an evening. But with the number of drive-ins reduced to just a few hundred, outdoor movie has been popping up across the nation. Going to an open-air theater has be...	high10597.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Talking to hill-walkers in the region." }, "options": [ "Travelling from his birthplace.", "Talking to hill-walkers in the region.", "Going to the nearby village to sell sheep.", "Listening to radio and watching TV." ...	Angus MacLeod was fifty and he had spent his entire life as a shepherd in the remote mountainous region of northwest Scotland. He had never owned a radio or television nor had he travelled further than forty kilometres from his birthplace. His knowledge of the world was gained only from his brief trips to the village t...	high21992.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "benefit much from their appearances" }, "options": [ "have a lot in common with school teachers", "benefit much from their appearances", "become more and more popular in the world", "have much more pressure than in the ...	Meet the "Tutor Kings and Queens" "If you want to be a top tutor, it definitely helps if you are young and attractive. Students look at your appearance," said Kelly Mok, 26, a "tutor queen" at King's Glory, one of Hong Kong's largest tutorial establishments. Richard Eng from Beacon College, a former secondary school te...	high5967.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Things to consider if you want to keep a pet bird." }, "options": [ "The advantages of keeping a pet bird.", "The reasons for keeping a pet bird.", "Things to consider if you want to keep a pet bird.", "Different types ...	Owning pet birds is not just feeding them when necessary. You have to be very responsible if you have decided to keep birds as pets. If you really want to acquire a companion, think in advance whether you are able to handle it. Depending on what pet bird you are going to have and how big it is, the cost is different. F...	high16680.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "It is that the floating ice upon which they survive melts away." }, "options": [ "It is that the floating ice upon which they survive melts away.", "It is that more greenhouse gases have been sent out.", "It is because of the...	The prefix = st1 /USgovernment has announced plans to list polar bears as a threatened species because of concerns that the ice where they live is melting. But as the BBC's Owen Clegg reports, theUSplans are also important for other reasons. It's estimated that there are no more than twenty-five thousand polar bears li...	high16858.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "cyber language in China is popular for it's relation with society" }, "options": [ "cyber language is popular among all people", "cyber language is of great fun", "cyber language needs to be taught at college", "cyber l...	Cyber language is popular among Chinese netizens, who create English words to reflect novel phenomenon in society. "Gelivable", combining pinyin of Chinese characters Geili (giving strength) with the English suffix for adjectives, literally means "giving power" or "cool". Similarly, "Hengelivable" means "very cool", an...	high20332.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "sixth" }, "options": [ "tenth", "sixth", "fifteenth", "eighth" ], "question": "Among the most biologically diverse nations on the planet, China ranks _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { ...	From the jagged peaks of the Himalayas to the powerful Yangtze River that flows into the Pacific, China's vast terrain and varied climate make it the sixth most biologically diverse nation on the planet. Since 1998, The Nature Conservancy has been working in China's northwest Yunnan Province to protect some of the ...	high14097.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "to advertise for qualified translators" }, "options": [ "to give advice on how to be a good translator", "to introduce a translation company", "to encourage native speakers to become translators", "to advertise for qual...	Contact us Email:hywinter@263.net Beijing: Tel:+86-10-82115893 Fax:+86-10-82115893 Add:Room 405,17 Building,Sun Garden,Haidian District,Beijing Post Code:100086 Shanghai: Tel:0086-21-34240860 34240925 Fax:0086-21-34240925 Add:10G of No.38 of Caoxi North Road,Shanghai Post Code:200030 Guangzhou: Tel:0086-20-38981061 Fax...	high7816.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "has decided to go somewhere" }, "options": [ "is going to Hawaii", "will go to Lake Arrowhead", "has decided to go somewhere", "hasn't decided where to go" ], "question": "The writer _ to spend his summer va...	We're trying to decide where to go on our vacation this summer. We usually go to Lake Arrowheads for a few weeks, but we'd like to go somewhere else this year. We're tired of doing the same thing summer after summer. Some friends of ours suggested us go to Hawaii. That would be wonderful. I' m sure we would enjoy a tr...	high24154.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "have an unpleasant taste" }, "options": [ "are lying on the ground", "have an unpleasant taste", "bees don't like", "have an unfamiliar shape" ], "question": "It can be concluded from the passage that caterpilla...	Can trees talk? Yes, but not in words. Scientists have reasons to believe that trees do communicate with each other. Not long ago, researchers learned some surprising things. First a willow tree attacked in the woods by caterpillars changed the chemistry of its leaves and made them taste so terrible that they got tir...	high22525.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "for the kings' tombs" }, "options": [ "in honour of the gods", "for the kings' tombs", "for visitors to see", "as places of interest" ], "question": "In ancient Egypt pyramids were built _ .", "question_ty...	The kings of ancient Egypt planned strong tombs to keep their bodies safe after death and to hold their treasure.The Great Pyramids along the Nile are on its west bank.The ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun to the beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of life.This is why their dead bodie...	high13920.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "have a gift shop for visitors" }, "options": [ "have a gift shop for visitors", "have collections of instruments", "offer large baby changing units", "offer different sight-seeing tours" ], "question": "We can l...	Museum of London At the Museum of London you can experience and discover the hidden treasures in our city's history. From talks, walks and tours to evening classes, there's always something happening at museums. The museum is here for you all year round so you can relax in our cafes, find a gift in our shop or just enj...	high2946.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Fishing ships began using new tools with which they could catch more fish." }, "options": [ "Fishing ships began using new tools with which they could catch more fish.", "There were fewer smaller fish than before.", "There we...	You may have heard the popular saying, "there are always more fish in the sea". But as many new studies show, fish populations are changing, and not necessarily for the better. Consider the case of big, predatory fish. These giants, like sharks and cod , eat other smaller fish. Big fish are an important part of the ...	high21004.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "contribute to lives in developing countries and develop themselves" }, "options": [ "improve their abilities by learning in some developed countries", "travel to many foreign countries to learn more about the world", "have an...	Americans who volunteer for the Peace Corps get a chance to help improve lives in developing countries. They also get a chance to learn more about the world, and about themselves. This week this program is celebrating its 50th anniversary. President John Kennedy established the Peace Corps soon after he took office in ...	high3480.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "He was persuaded to take drugs." }, "options": [ "He wanted to take drugs.", "He was persuaded to take drugs.", "He was forced to take drugs.", "He was influenced by his parents." ], "question": "How did the aut...	"How call I obtain more drugs?" I cried."I can't live without the help of drugs!''.You see,I was only 14 years of age when someone said to me,"Here,smoke this! It will make you feel good." So that is how my habit of d rug-taking began. Soon I felt I could not live without more and more drugs.So I found I needed more an...	high23613.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "American" }, "options": [ "Britain", "American", "Kenya", "Indonesia" ], "question": "Obama was born in _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "an...	In 1961 Obama was born in Hawaii, US. His father was an African and his mother was a white American. He grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii. When Obama was 10 years old, he was one of the only three black students at his school in Hawaii. He felt very different from most other students. White girls wanted to touch his hair...	high1297.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "few industrial scientists would quit to work in a university" }, "options": [ "university researchers know little about the commercial world", "there is little exchange between industry and academia", "few industrial scientis...	It is pretty much a one-way street. While it may be common for university researchers to try their luck in the commercial world, there is very little traffic in the opposite direction. Pay has always been the biggest deterrent, as people with families often feel they cannot afford the drop in salary when moving to a un...	high703.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "advertise a job" }, "options": [ "advertise a job", "introduce a company", "introduce a career", "advertise a course" ], "question": "The main purpose of this passage is to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_qu...	Computer Technician (Part Time Student Helper) * Government Department * Flexible schedule * Good opportunity for the young adults Our client, a Government Department, is now looking for numbers of Part Time Computer Technicians to join their supporting team. Job Responsibilities * Responsible for answering queries to ...	high13908.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "thinks some activities of dogs can reflect senior owners' health" }, "options": [ "led the study and identified 17 activities of dogs", "thinks some activities of dogs can reflect senior owners' health", "studied the relation...	Monitoring the mood of a pet dog could be used as an early warning sign that an elderly owner is struggling to cope, a new report has claimed. Researchers placed movement sensors on dogs to track their behaviour and identified 17 distinct activities, including chewing, barking, sitting and digging. This allowed them ...	high7180.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "tell readers a joke played on Mark Twain" }, "options": [ "tell readers Mark Twain liked playing jokes", "tell readers a joke played on Mark Twain", "tell readers Mark Twain was a great writer", "tell readers how to tel...	Mark Twain, the famous American writer and a great master of humor, liked to play jokes on others. But once a joke was played on him. One day Mark Twain was invited to give a talk in a small town. At lunch he met a young man, one of his friends. The young man said that he had an uncle with him. He told Mark Twain that ...	high14901.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Intelligence and Environment" }, "options": [ "Measuring Your Intelligence", "Intelligence and Environment", "The Case of Peter and Mark", "How the brain Influences Intelligence" ], "question": "This selection c...	There are two factors which determine an individual's intelligence, The first is the sort of brain he is born with , Human brains differ considerably , some being more capable others, But no matter how good a brain he has to begin with , an individual will have a low order of intelligence unless he has opportunities to...	high23175.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "learning English on Internet" }, "options": [ "learning English on Internet", "teaching yourself English", "the history of English", "English broadcast on TV or over the radio" ], "question": "Cyber English prob...	There are new and exciting ways to use the Internet to learn English while you are on - line. The Internet uses a lot of multimedia elements ,like words, sounds, pictures, animations and video. This is perfect for studying a language because you've got to see, hear, and repeat things as much as you like. Learning over...	high11879.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "It's effective to use." }, "options": [ "It's cheap to buy.", "It's effective to use.", "It's convenient to bring.", "It's the latest fashion." ], "question": "Why are ebooks so popular in the world?", "ques...	Ereading and ebooks are slowly conquering the world.Compared to traditional paper books,ebooks in some schools and universities attract more interest because the information flow seems much easier to manage and comes in a greatly higher quantity. Japan is known for the reformminded attitude towards the gadget world an...	high5797.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "not considerate" }, "options": [ "friendly", "warm-hearted", "not considerate", "not helpful" ], "question": "In the writer's opinion, his neighbor was _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { ...	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 friend and I pa...	high21762.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "collect money for those without access to safe water" }, "options": [ "increase their profit", "urge customers to save water", "raise people's awareness of the world water problem", "collect money for those without acce...	March 22, 2011---Most restaurants in the United States offer their customers a glass of tap water at no charge with their meal, but this week many restaurants are asking dinners to pay a dollar, or more, for a glass of water. Cards on their tables explain that this small amount helps bring clean water to children aroun...	high4489.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "explain how nature and nurture impact our friendships" }, "options": [ "offer advice to women on how to form intimate relationships", "explain how nature and nurture impact our friendships", "explain how moves during childhoo...	Many women write to me perplexed about why they can't form close friendships.They try new approaches,put themselves in all the right places,see therapists,and read relevant selfhelp books.They consider themselves interesting,loyal,kind,and friendworthy people.But for reasons unknown to them,they have a tough time form...	high5783.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "babies need warm physical contact" }, "options": [ "monkeys have social relationships", "adults should develop social skills", "caregivers should be healthy adults", "babies need warm physical contact" ], "quest...	Next time a customer comes to your office, offer him a cup of coffee.And when you're doing your holiday shopping online, make sure you're holding a large glass of iced tea.The physical sensation of warmth encourages emotional warmth, while a cold drink in hand prevents you from making unwise decisions--those are the p...	high21776.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "take part in a horse racing" }, "options": [ "take part in a horse racing", "buy Mum a blue ribbon", "join the local riding club", "train his horse there" ], "question": "The writer went to the fairgrounds becau...	It was a Saturday morning,a day I believed would end in victory.For weeks,I had been preparing for the match at the county fairgrounds,sponsored by our local riding club.My horse,Tonka, and I could run faster than any kid in the county, and I hoped to bring home a blue ribbon. My mother usually drove me to the riding e...	high7194.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "kept in close touch with friends and neighbors" }, "options": [ "kept in close touch with friends and neighbors", "just stayed at her home to take care of her house", "forgot her unhappiness completely with busy work", ...	Mail lay scattered across the kitchen table. I couldn't put off sorting through it any longer. I checked the envelopes, putting aside the ones addressed to my husband. It had been over three years since Bob had died. To friends and family it looked like I had moved past the worst of my sorrow. I took care of my house, ...	high14915.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "sugary drinks are allowed to be sold in grocery stores" }, "options": [ "the sales of diet sodas are forbidden in movie theatres", "sugary drinks are allowed to be sold in grocery stores", "large-sized drinks can't be sold in...	New York City plans to put a ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, movie theaters and street carts, in an effort to fight rising obesity. The ban would affect almost all the popular sugary drinks found in fast-food restaurants and even sports centers, from energy drinks to pre-sweetened...	high23161.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Northern Ireland doesn't belong to the Republic Ireland" }, "options": [ "Northern Ireland doesn't belong to the Republic Ireland", "Northern Ireland plans to break away from Ireland", "Northern Ireland intends to become inde...	CNN news-Jan 16,2013 Protests have been going on for about a week now in the northern Irish capital of Belfast. They Started out peacefuily , bus some of them turn violent later on. There is a lot of history behind these protests,and it starts with geography, What's interesting is that Northern Ireland is not part o...	high23607.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "India." }, "options": [ "India.", "Canada.", "Belgium.", "Germany." ], "question": "Which country does the author live in now?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, ...	As a boy growing up in India, I had longed to travel abroad. I used to listen to the stories my father would tell me about his stay in Canada and tours to Europe in the 1970s, with great interest. My big moment finally came in the summer of 1998 when I was able to accompany my parents to Europe, where my father was to ...	high24168.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "16" }, "options": [ "12", "16", "20", "24" ], "question": "If you say \"YES\" to all these questions , you'll get _ points.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_ind...	Questionnaire(,) Read the questions and answer YES or NO, then you will find out how good you are. 1. When you don 't understand something, you ask questions. # 2. You like listening to older people talk about the past. # 3. You think that you can learn something interesting from ...	high717.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Oxford." }, "options": [ "Cambridge.", "Oxford.", "Harvard.", "Yale." ], "question": "Which university had the best work-ready graduates last year?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer...	Cambridge graduates are the most employable in the world,according to a global league table.The ancient university is the best at producing graduates who are'ready to work',a poll of major employers found. Oxford slipped to fourth place in the rankings having taken top spot last year.Harvard and Yale--part of the US'Iv...	high9807.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "affected his future life greatly" }, "options": [ "affected his future life greatly", "made him forget the way back", "was supported by Charles V financially", "was to find the Fountain of Youth" ], "question": ...	One of the sailors who sailed with Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the New World was a man named Juan Ponce de Leon. This voyage changed his life. He decided to stay when Columbus returned. Ponce was named governor of Puerto Rico (then called Boriquien) in 1508. While there, he heard many stories of a magi...	high21010.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Don't Pay Kids for Good Grades" }, "options": [ "Tips on Paying Kids for Good Grades", "New Trends in Paying Kids for Good Grades", "Good Grades Mean Good Rewards", "Don't Pay Kids for Good Grades" ], "question"...	Last year, on report card day, my son and a group of his 13-year-old friends piled into the back seat of my car, ready for the last-day-of-school party at McDonald's. "Jack got a laptop for getting straight A's, and Laurie got a cell-phone," one boy said. "Oh, yeah, and Sarah got an iPod Nano, and she's only in third g...	high2952.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "don't fully understand the pressures of being a teenager now" }, "options": [ "didn't have to overcome difficulties when in their teens.", "don't fully understand the pressures of being a teenager now", "can easily deal with ...	Dear Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul, Most people don't really know what pressures a typical teenager has to go through. Sure, our parents and grandparents were once teens, but things are so different now. It has never been to tougher to a teenager. It had never been more important to be in the "right group" or to h...	high3494.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "it is very important for the students to use good dictionaries properly ." }, "options": [ "Choose a good dictionary, and you will succeed in learning English", "Dictionaries are not necessary to the students who learn English", ...	Students who say they never or hardly ever used dictionaries often speak English well but usually write poorly, because they make many mistakes. The students who use dictionaries most do not learn especially well either. The ones who look up every word do not read fast. Therefore they do not have time to read much .Tho...	high16864.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "the release of artificial or natural substances into the environment" }, "options": [ "our ever-increasing population", "increased amounts of a natural substance", "the release of artificial or natural substances into the env...	People all over the world today are beginning to hear and learn more and more about the problem of pollution.Pollution is caused either by man's release of completely new artificial substances into the environment,or by releasing greatly increased amounts of a natural substance,such as oil from oil tankers into the sea...	high18691.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "explore the connection of Italy and China" }, "options": [ "study Da Vinci's mother", "explore the connection of Italy and China", "find Da Vinci's mother is a slave", "research China and Mona Lisa" ], "question...	Leonardo da Vinci's mother may have been a Chinese slave according to a new research by an Italian historian and novelist-Angelo Paratico, who has spent the last 20 years living and working in Hong Kong,researching the links between his homeland and China over the past half century. Mr. Paratico said the documents he h...	high19410.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "develop impersonal interests with proper activities." }, "options": [ "develop impersonal interests with proper activities.", "tell their children not to make mistakes", "concern themselves with their children", "not gi...	There are two dangers to be guarded against in old age. One of these is undue absorption in the past. It does not do to live in memories, in regrets for the good old days, or in sadness about friends who are dead. One's thoughts must be directed to the future and to things about which there is something to be done. It ...	high4264.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "their batteries and speeds" }, "options": [ "their color1s", "their outside shapes", "their screens", "their batteries and speeds" ], "question": "The difference between 3G and 3GS lies mainly in _ .", "q...	After lots of hype, the new iPhone 3GS has arrived, boasting an improved camera, better battery life, and speedier performance. But is it a must? The iPhone 3GS is available in two versions: 16GB and 32GB. The 16GB version costs $199, while the 32GB version costs $299. From the outside, the iPhone 3GS looks exactly li...	high20291.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Temple of Doom" }, "options": [ "Temple of Doom", "The last Crusade", "Raiders of the lost Ark", "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" ], "question": "If someone is interested in seeing views in Sri Lanka, he / she wou...

Here are some of the movies that inspire you to travel. The Lord of the Rings The story is about Frodo, his friends and their adventurous journey through Middle Earth. Filmed in about 150 locations all over New Zealand, this traveling movie shows its beauty. From the rolling hills of Matamata to the volcanic retrion of...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "a senator" }, "options": [ "president", "a nominee for the presidency", "a senator", "a secretary" ], "question": "Obama made the poetic and inspiring speech in 2004 as _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questi...

You might say that one reason why Barack Obama is president of the US is that he knows how to give a good speech. Since 2004, Obama has written and delivered thousands of speeches. These are usually praised for two reasons: he treats the audiences like intelligent adults, and he is able to express _ ideas in an easy, ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Live a real life" }, "options": [ "Love your friends", "Live a real life", "Don't waste time", "Be a good mother and wife" ], "question": "The best title of this passage probably is _ .", "question_type":...

I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent. I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows mean what they say. I am a good friend to my fri...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Chinese culture is mainly taught" }, "options": [ "Chinese culture is mainly taught", "only Australian culture is taught", "you can only learn the low level of Chinese", "all businessmen will benefit" ], "questi...

The Confucius Institute is a centre of education excellence for Australian companies wishing to do business in China, the general public who has an interest in Chinese language and culture and for Chinese companies and executives working in Australia. The Institute is a partnership between the University of Melbourn...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Alcohol is taken in more quickly when drunk with fruit juice." }, "options": [ "Drinking below the drink driving limit has no effect on driving.", "Alcohol is taken in more quickly when drunk with fruit juice.", "Having a cup...

Driving a car is not just handing controls and judging speed and distance. It requires you to predict what other road users will do and get ready to react to something unexpected. When alcohol is consumed, it enters your bloodstream and acts as a depressant , damaging eyesight, judgement and co-ordination , slowing dow...

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An environment group called the Food Commission is unhappy and disappointed because of the sales of bottled water from Japan. The water, it angrily argues in public, has traveled 10,000 " _ " before it reaches Western customers. "Transporting water half-way across the world is surely the extremely stupid use of fuel wh...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "whether it is done behind someone" }, "options": [ "whether it is done behind someone", "whether it is painful or not", "whether it is a kind of bullying", "whether it is spread fast." ], "question": "To tell a ...

Let's say you have a piece of wood, a nail, and a hammer. Pretend the wood is a person, and the nail is a mean rumor about that person. If you hammer in the nail, you're obviously hurting him or her. If you then pull out the nail, there's still a hole in the wood, and the damage has been done. There are many reasons w...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "study in a design school" }, "options": [ "look through magazines", "go to New York City", "study in a design school", "graduate from high school" ], "question": "In order to have a career in fashion design, one...

One of the most exciting and attractive fields of work today is the fashion industry. Some of the most well-known people in this industry are the fashion designers with unbelievable financial Kingdoms. But most of the clothes that you wear have been designed by people that the world has never heard of. Although these...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Customers would rather complain to people around them." }, "options": [ "Most customers were afraid of complaining to store managers.", "Customers would rather complain to people around them.", "Few customers believe the serv...

High-quality customer service is attached great importance to by many, but actually keeping customers happy is easier said than done. Shoppers seldom complain to the manager or owner of a retail store , but instead will alert their friends, s, co-workers and even strangers. Store managers are often the...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "She left it as it was." }, "options": [ "She ended it face to face.", "She left it as it was.", "She turned to her friends for advice.", "She made a direct challenge." ], "question": "How did Angela Thompson dea...

When it comes to relationship, we spend a lot of time discussing their joys, but rarely talk about the pain when they break down. Yet most people have a story about a broken relationship. For Jane Black, a six-year friendship ended when her friend was rude to one of her children. "After quite a few drinks at a party in...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "take a trip to the Amazon forest" }, "options": [ "watch the Summer Olympics", "enjoy medieval treasures in museums", "take a trip to the Amazon forest", "cook your own food in a guest house" ], "question": "If ...

Are you a travel lover? If you are, attention then. No matter whether you're looking for big international events, delicious food, natural wonders or simply relaxation on a beach, these places should be on your checklist. Brazil Attractions: Festivities for the 2014 World Cup The world is casting its eye on Brazil for ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "given some changes by the parent" }, "options": [ "repeated without any change", "treated as a joke", "set in the present", "given some changes by the parent" ], "question": "The author considers that a fairy st...

A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almost the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts. It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what , in the actual situation of...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "The 13th day of a month falling on a Friday ." }, "options": [ "The 13th Friday of a year .", "The fear of the number 13 on Fridays .", "A fixed date of a year that can bring bad luck .", "The 13th day of a month fallin...

When we talk about superstitious beliefs , the beliefs associated with Friday the 13th , no doubt , deserve a special mention . In fact , such is the fear associated with this date that people just can't seem to stick to their daily routine on this day . The data from Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute sugge...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "The author worked hard for people's praise" }, "options": [ "The author had known he was a low achiever since he was a little child", "The author didn't work very hard on writing in his late twenties", "The author owed his dy...

I wished I had known earlier the fact that I was a low achiever because there was a reason beyond my control. Then I needn't have worked so hard in my late twenties and early thirties. But I just didn't know that. I was writing and writing. I was working for no other reason than to hear people praise me. Most people wh...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "He listened to readings by some authors." }, "options": [ "He flew for a charity event.", "He drove tiredly back home.", "He listened to readings by some authors.", "He enjoyed the excitement of driving." ], "qu...

In reflecting on the events of my life that have impacted me, I returned to the night of August 1, 2006. I found myself in a hall in New York City sitting by my mother, not at all tired, although we had flown the day before, and driven five hours to the city for "An Evening with Harry, Carrie and Garp," a charity event...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Father of modern biology: Charles Darwin" }, "options": [ "Charles Darwin's ideas", "Charles Darwin's works", "Father of modern biology: Charles Darwin", "The greatest scientist: Charles Darwin" ], "question": "...

As a boy, Charles Robert Darwin collected anything that caught his interest: insects, coins and interesting stones. He was not very clever, but Darwin was good at doing the things that interested him. His father was a doctor, so Darwin was sent to Edinburgh to study medicine, and was planned to follow a medical career....

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "sometimes the same sounds have different spellings." }, "options": [ "English words are too long to remember", "there are many mistakes in English words", "lots of words are spelt in many different ways", "sometimes the...

Many people have tried to simplify the spelling of English words. Unlike other languages , English sometimes spells the same sounds in very different ways . For example , there is "light "but" white", "loan "but "phone" ,and there are at least seven different ways of pronouncing "ough": "though", "through ","bough". "...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "list all living things on Earth" }, "options": [ "find out what covers the earth", "list all living things on Earth", "work out the number of birds", "save the existing plants" ], "question": "The Web based EoL ...

The Book of Life So far,scientists have named about 1.8 million living species ,and that's just a small number of what probably exists on Earth.With so many plants,animals,and other living things covering the planet,it can be tough to figure out what type of grass is growing by the roadside or what kind of bird just fl...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "He has achieved something unusual for his age." }, "options": [ "He has achieved something unusual for his age.", "His self-published books were well received.", "His manuscripts were favored by the publisher.", "He was...

The television news feature about Ben Heckmann, an eighth grader from Farmington, Minn, was breathless in its praise. "At 14, he has accomplished something many adults can't achieve," the reporter said, "Ben is a twice-published author." But Ben's two "Velvet Black" books, describing a fictional rock band, were not pic...

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Erik Weihenmayer was born with an eye disorder. As a child his eyesight became worse and then, at the age of 13, he lost his sight completely. However, he did not lose his determination to lead a full and active life Erik became an adventurer. He took up parachuting, wrestling and scuba diving. He competed in long-...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "to first answer the questions which are easier to you." }, "options": [ "to first answer the questions which are easier to you.", "to depend on your first impulse to answer the questions.", "to search the test paper for all t...

Sooner or later, most students are to take some form of English examinations. Often the more successful students are better prepared. However, sometimes students who do well have better test taking skills. These abilities really have nothing to do with understanding English better. They are skills that make taking the ...

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This year some twenty-three hundred teen-agers (young people aged from 13-19)from all over the world will spend about ten months in U. S. homes. They will attend U. S. schools, meet U. S. teen-agers, and form impressions of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teen-agers will go to other ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Suckers." }, "options": [ "Suckers.", "Suckers and bristles.", "Suckers, bristles and a tail.", "Hands, feet, bristles and a tail. Ks5u" ], "question": "What part(s) would be a must if scientists just wanted a r...

Scientists have long had it in their mind to make a robot lizard . They began with finding out why a lizard can hang on a wall. They noticed the lizard's toes were unique: They have suckers , which enable it to hang on walls. They, therefore, made a robot with suckers on its hands and feet. The robot could hang on th...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Sometimes an accident can happen to a stuntman." }, "options": [ "Sometimes an accident can happen to a stuntman.", "The percentage of serious accidents is high.", "Parachutes must be of good quality.", "The cliff was t...

You are seeing a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead! Of course he isn't really dead. With any luck he isn't even hurt. Why? Because the men who fa...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "devoted herself to the poor all her life" }, "options": [ "had her name Teresa when she was very young", "devoted herself to the poor all her life", "was born in India and lived there for most of her time", "received th...

Mother Teresa, whose name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, was born on August 26th, 1910 in Skopje, Macedonia. She always wrote her birthday as 27th of August because it was the day of her baptism , which was always more important to her than her birthday. For her work with the poor around the world, she received the 1979 N...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "soft but tough" }, "options": [ "hard and tough", "hard but brittle", "soft but tough", "soft and brittle" ], "question": "Annealing can make metal _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "a...

Annealing is a way of making metal softer by heating it and then letting it cool very slowly. If metal is heated and then cooled very quickly , for example by dipping it in water , it will be very hard but also very brittle ---that is , It will break easily. Metal that has been annealed is soft but does not break as ea...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "it is advertising American culture" }, "options": [ "it has added too many Chinese elements", "it has ruined Chinese image deliberately", "it is an exact copy of Chinese culture", "it is advertising American culture" ...

A Hollywood movie was met with an awkward situation last Saturday in China. While fans are standing in long queues to watch the first show, others are advocating a boycott on the American movie with Chinese story elements. After "Kung Fu Panda", a cartoon movie telling about a panda's Kung Fu master journey, hit China'...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "trained hard in memory" }, "options": [ "liked playing cards", "trained hard in memory", "believed he could succeed", "received a good school education" ], "question": "We learn that before setting a new Europea...

(The Daily Mail) David Thomas failed all his maths exams and left school with no qualifications, yet this 30 - year - old fire - fighter has just gone into the Guinness Book of Records by reciting from memory 22,500 digits of the mathematical constant, pi(p). After five months of training, in which he spent ten hours a...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Animals would die." }, "options": [ "People would have more crops.", "Animals would die.", "There would be more food.", "There would be less soil." ], "question": "What would happen first without plants?", "...

Nearly all our food comes from the soil. Some of us eat meat, of course, but animals live on plants. If there were no plants, we would have no animals and no meat. So the soil is very necessary for life. The top of the ground is usually covered with grass or other plants. There may be dead leaves and dead plants on the...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "by example" }, "options": [ "by appearance", "by example", "by comparison", "by behavior" ], "question": "The author describes his father as reliable mainly _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, ...

When I was younger it seemed that the super hero was Batman or Spiderman. As I grew up, I looked to real people with some of these qualities to be my super hero including being strong, honest, friendly, brave, skilled, hardworking, and reliable. The person I think of when I hear these words is my dad. My dad is one of ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "he has trouble with his memory" }, "options": [ "he has trouble with his memory", "he can't do everyday things on his own", "he often forgets things because he is old", "he can't move about" ], "question": "If o...

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 millions o...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "They spend twice as much time on TV as in the classroom." }, "options": [ "They spend twice as much time on TV as in the classroom.", "They spend twice as much time in the classroom as on TV.", "They spend as much time on TV ...

Television has changed our lives in many ways. Many people now spend more time watching TV than doing anything else. Researchers in the USA has estimated that when most students leave school they have spent 11,000 hours in the classroom and 22,000 hours watching television. But what effect does this have? Benefits of ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Understanding." }, "options": [ "Understanding.", "Honesty.", "Reliability.", "A sense of humor." ], "question": "Which of the following qualities the writer thinks is the most important in choosing a friend?( ...

In choosing a friend,one should be very careful.A good friend can help you study.You can have fun together and make each other happy.Sometimes you will meet fair weather friends.They will be with you as long as you have money or luck,but when you are down,they will run away.How do I know when I have found a good friend...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "A parrot flew towards his daughter." }, "options": [ "A parrot tried to eat their food.", "His daughter was hurt by a parrot.", "A parrot flew towards his daughter.", "A parrot landed on his daughter's head." ], ...

If I raised the question, "What would be the last thing you would expect to happen while watching your son's flag football game?" you probably still couldn't come up with what happened to me and my family. As we were sitting on the sidelines enjoying the game, a low-flying bird came swooping in attempting to land on my...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "20." }, "options": [ "20.", "24.", "28.", "32." ], "question": "How many teeth does a four-year-old boy usually have according to the passage?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "answer_i...

Hi, I'm your tooth. I've been asked to represent the rest of your teeth. We need your help. We like to be clean when you show us off with your big, wide smiles. First, let me tell you a little about us. You weren't born with the baby teeth, they developed when you were about six or seven months old. You went from milk ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "By dialing the telephone number: 919-548-5192" }, "options": [ "By surfing the website:www.mountainfair.org", "By dialing the telephone number: 828-687-1414", "By dialing the telephone number: 919-548-5192", "By surfing...

If you are looking for a day trip with the family, here's a list of festivals and fairs happening within a reasonable drive from Charlotte. Hopscotch Music Festival Where: Downtown Raleigh(various places) When: Today---Saturday Highlights: This music festival features performances by more than 175 national and internat...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "understanding" }, "options": [ "tolerance", "1ove", "patience", "understanding" ], "question": "To make a friend,should be the first quality.", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { ...

Friendship is very pleasant and also essential to people's life . A man without friends is an angel without wings, whose life will suffer in the long loneliness and depression, Friendship is the mother of our spirit, who'll warm her kid when hurt occures , We have much to share with our friends in life , confusion, exc...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "The three men stayed together in one room." }, "options": [ "The large meeting was held in this hotel.", "The three men stayed together in one room.", "Each of the three men got a small room.", "Room 414 was the office ...

Mr Smith was the manager of a hotel in Springfield. One weekend all of the hotels in the city were full because there was a large meeting. Late in the evening three men came into the hotel and asked for rooms. Mr Smith explained that because of the meeting, there were no rooms ready for use. The men were very unhappy b...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "$33.00" }, "options": [ "$33.00", "$11.00", "$54.00", "Nothing." ], "question": "If a family of 3 reserves a full day trip and they have to change it to a half-day with lunch trip, how much will they get back?",...

Going whitewater rafting in North Carolina (N.C.), you are cutting bonds to the every-day troubles and for a short time you are back in the natural world with your co-travelers. Rafting in N.C. has the added benefit of a long, warm rafting season, beautiful scenery, and amazing history. Only twenty minutes from Ashevil...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Many undergraduates" }, "options": [ "Most of the undergraduates", "Many undergraduates", "Many students in the driving school", "Most of the students who learn business or international trade" ], "question": "_...

A sixth of undergraduates in Beijing this year have registered at driving school. The students, mostly from majors such as business management or international trade, will finish their driving courses within 20 days or so. Training costs have dropped to 2, 600 yuan for students, according to the Haidian Driving School ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "A supper runner -- Patti Wilson" }, "options": [ "The love between a father and his daughter", "The benefits of running", "The friendship between epileptics", "A supper runner -- Patti Wilson" ], "question": "Wh...

At a young age, Patti Wilson was told that she was an epileptic . Her father, Jim Wilson, is _ . One day she said, "Daddy, I want to run with you every day, But I'm afraid I'll have a seizure . Her father told her, "If you do, I know how to deal with it, so let's start running!" That's just what they did every...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Sight problems in South-East Asia." }, "options": [ "Educational achievement in Asia.", "Sight problems in South-East Asia.", "Risk of visual impairment and blindness.", "Massive educational pressures" ], "quest...

The strong emphasis on educational achievement in China, Japan and other parts of South-East Asia may be coming at a heavy price. Researchers say that hard work at school plus the lack of exposure to outdoor light is damaging the eyes of almost nine out of ten students--with one in five at serious risk of visual impair...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "movies are usually time limited compared with books" }, "options": [ "movies can easily seize the depths of characters", "books provide more visual stimuli than movies", "books leave readers nothing to interpret and imagine",...

Anyone who reads a book and then goes to see a movie based on that book generally leaves the movie feeling a little disappointed. Why might this be? Both books and movies serve the purpose of entertainment. Both books and movies offer characters and plots. And, both books and movies provide a setting for a story. Books...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "their new product will have a good market" }, "options": [ "football fans are angry with referees", "their new product can satisfy football fans", "their new product will have a good market", "they can sell a lot of foo...

While football fans feel strongly angry and shocked about mistakes made by referees because they cannot see clearly what has happened, a small German company is quietly pleased. For Carlos Technologies, mistakes made by referees are the kind of advertising that money cannot buy. The company has developed a tiny chip ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Optimistic." }, "options": [ "Worried.", "Optimistic.", "Annoyed.", "Concerned." ], "question": "What is Michael R. Bloomberg's attitude towards New York city's tourism industry?", "question_type": null },...

Visitors to _ and _ , above, helped make New York City the country's favorite tourist destination last year. (Photo By Henny Ray Abrams/Associated Press) ks*5*u Associated Press-----The number of visitors to New York City fell last year for the first time since 2001, but falls in tourism elsewhere across the United S...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The North Pole is located in the Artic Ocean." }, "options": [ "Greenland is near the Artic Ocean.", "Ellesmere Island is located north of Canada.", "The North Pole is located in the Artic Ocean.", "Greenland's northern...

In 1886 explorer Robert Peary traveled to Greenland for the U.S. Navy. Before his journey, no one knew Greenland's size or shape. On Peary's first trips, he explored Greenland, mapping parts of it. When Peary returned to the United States, he went to a businessman to sell some furs. There he met Matthew Henson, an Afri...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "how to avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell you" }, "options": [ "how to avoid mistakes about money and friends", "what to do when you listen to others talking", "how to avoid mistakes in understanding what people...

We can make mistakes at any age.Some mistakes we make are about money.But most mistakes are about people.One might say, "Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?" "When I got that great job, did Jim really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did he envy my luck?" When we look back, doubts like these can make u...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "it's said that mobile phones have a lot of side effects" }, "options": [ "they are not sure whether mobile phones can cause memory loss", "it's said that mobile phones have a lot of side effects", "one headline reported \"Mob...

"Mobile phone killed my man," screamed one headline last year. Also came claims that an unpublished study had found that mobile phones could cause memory loss. And a British newspaper devoted its front page to a picture supposedly showing how mobile phones could heat the brain. For anyone who uses a mobile phone, these...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Because she wanted her child to feel cherished and loved not just by her but by the world." }, "options": [ "Because she wanted her child to feel cherished and loved not just by her but by the world.", "Because she had a great curi...

Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12, a white gardenia was delivered _ to me at my house. No card or note came with it. Calls to the florist were always in vain ---- it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender's identity. But I never stopped imagining who the anony...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "To attract readers to travel to Las Vegas." }, "options": [ "To introduce the present situation of Las Vegas.", "To attract readers to travel to Las Vegas.", "To tell readers how to go to Las Vegas.", "To show his own t...

It's slimbudget time in Las Vegas Las Vegas? It's where halfprice flights are wide open and where reservations are easily booked on a moment's notice. Tourism is down, so rooms are plentiful, as well as inexpensive. Getting there: The best way to get there from McCarran Airport is to exit the baggage claim through Door...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "he is to read the books boring and not right for kids" }, "options": [ "he doesn't like reading in summer vacation", "he is to read the books boring and not right for kids", "he hates the English teacher assigning homework", ...

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 love reading. On the firs...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Tolkien was quite familiar with Old English." }, "options": [ "\"The Lord of the Rings\" didn't sell well in the last millennium.", "People know better about Tolkien himself than about his works.", "Tolkien was quite familiar...

"The Lord of the Rings", one of the best sellers in the new millennium , was made up of three parts--"The Fellow Ship of the Ring", "Two Towers", and "The Return of the King". Millions upon millions of people have read it in over 25 different languages, but fewer know about the author and the history of the composition...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Florentine artist fights pollution by painting with smog." }, "options": [ "Florentine artist fights pollution by painting with smog.", "Ricci invents a unique way to paint buildings in Florence.", "People in Florence gather ...

If you're in Florence, Italy, and see a man on a ladder wiping the dust off statues and buildings, don't worry.It's just Alessandro Ricci gathering material for his famous smog paintings. Ricci is not a common artist, because he used smog as the main medium of his artworks. Unlike other painters seeking fast recognitio...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "bodily fluids" }, "options": [ "patients' sweat", "bodily fluids", "people's spit", "your body" ], "question": "According to the passage, Ebola only spreads through _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions...

The virus "Ebola" is named after the Ebola River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. That's where the virus was discovered in 1976. A person can only get Ebola through direct contact with an infected person's bodily fluids, for example, sweat or spit. Additionally, the virus can get into your body thro...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "TitanicII will have more space in its lifeboats than the Titanic." }, "options": [ "TitanicII will have more space in its lifeboats than the Titanic.", "TitanicII will be the largest cruise ship in the world.", "TitanicII wil...

NEW YORK--Australian mining enterpriser Clive Palmer on Tuesday unveiled blueprints for Titanic II, a modern copy of the doomed ocean liner, although he didn't call the ship unsinkable any more. The ship will largely recreate the design and decoration of the fabled original, with some modifications to keep it in lin...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Computer programmers." }, "options": [ "Taxi drivers.", "Computer programmers.", "Supermarket cashiers.", "Motor mechanics." ], "question": "According to the research, who may have the best memory in old age?", ...

People with mentally taxing jobs, including lawyers and graphic designers, may end up having better memory in old age, research suggests. A study of more than 1,000 Scottish 70-year-olds found that those who had had complex jobs scored better on memory and thinking tests. One theory is that a more stimulating environme...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Because he caused an old woman's terror and she died." }, "options": [ "Because he threatened the policemen to kill an old woman.", "Because he caused an old woman's terror and she died.", "Because he beat an old woman and ca...

A Charlotte, N.C., man was charged with first-degree murder of a 79-year-old woman whom police said he scared to death. In an attempt to evade policemen after a bank robbery, the Associated Press reports that 20-year-old Larry Whitfield broke into the home of Mary Parnell. Police say he didn't touch Parnell but that sh...

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William H. Gates is chairperson and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation.the worldwide leader in software services and internet technologies for personal and business computing. Bill Gates was born on October 28.1 955 in a family having rich business,political and community service background.His ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "enjoy the casual atmosphere" }, "options": [ "have snacks before the movie", "cheer up with young friends", "bring back good old days", "enjoy the casual atmosphere" ], "question": "Most people choose to go to a...

More than half a century ago, there were 4, 000 drive-in movie theaters in the United States, and watching a movie from your car was a popular way to spend an evening. But with the number of drive-ins reduced to just a few hundred, outdoor movie has been popping up across the nation. Going to an open-air theater has be...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Talking to hill-walkers in the region." }, "options": [ "Travelling from his birthplace.", "Talking to hill-walkers in the region.", "Going to the nearby village to sell sheep.", "Listening to radio and watching TV." ...

Angus MacLeod was fifty and he had spent his entire life as a shepherd in the remote mountainous region of northwest Scotland. He had never owned a radio or television nor had he travelled further than forty kilometres from his birthplace. His knowledge of the world was gained only from his brief trips to the village t...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "benefit much from their appearances" }, "options": [ "have a lot in common with school teachers", "benefit much from their appearances", "become more and more popular in the world", "have much more pressure than in the ...

Meet the "Tutor Kings and Queens" "If you want to be a top tutor, it definitely helps if you are young and attractive. Students look at your appearance," said Kelly Mok, 26, a "tutor queen" at King's Glory, one of Hong Kong's largest tutorial establishments. Richard Eng from Beacon College, a former secondary school te...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Things to consider if you want to keep a pet bird." }, "options": [ "The advantages of keeping a pet bird.", "The reasons for keeping a pet bird.", "Things to consider if you want to keep a pet bird.", "Different types ...

Owning pet birds is not just feeding them when necessary. You have to be very responsible if you have decided to keep birds as pets. If you really want to acquire a companion, think in advance whether you are able to handle it. Depending on what pet bird you are going to have and how big it is, the cost is different. F...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "It is that the floating ice upon which they survive melts away." }, "options": [ "It is that the floating ice upon which they survive melts away.", "It is that more greenhouse gases have been sent out.", "It is because of the...

The prefix = st1 /USgovernment has announced plans to list polar bears as a threatened species because of concerns that the ice where they live is melting. But as the BBC's Owen Clegg reports, theUSplans are also important for other reasons. It's estimated that there are no more than twenty-five thousand polar bears li...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "cyber language in China is popular for it's relation with society" }, "options": [ "cyber language is popular among all people", "cyber language is of great fun", "cyber language needs to be taught at college", "cyber l...

Cyber language is popular among Chinese netizens, who create English words to reflect novel phenomenon in society. "Gelivable", combining pinyin of Chinese characters Geili (giving strength) with the English suffix for adjectives, literally means "giving power" or "cool". Similarly, "Hengelivable" means "very cool", an...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "sixth" }, "options": [ "tenth", "sixth", "fifteenth", "eighth" ], "question": "Among the most biologically diverse nations on the planet, China ranks _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { ...

From the jagged peaks of the Himalayas to the powerful Yangtze River that flows into the Pacific, China's vast terrain and varied climate make it the sixth most biologically diverse nation on the planet. Since 1998, The Nature Conservancy has been working in China's northwest Yunnan Province to protect some of the ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "to advertise for qualified translators" }, "options": [ "to give advice on how to be a good translator", "to introduce a translation company", "to encourage native speakers to become translators", "to advertise for qual...

Contact us Email:hywinter@263.net Beijing: Tel:+86-10-82115893 Fax:+86-10-82115893 Add:Room 405,17 Building,Sun Garden,Haidian District,Beijing Post Code:100086 Shanghai: Tel:0086-21-34240860 34240925 Fax:0086-21-34240925 Add:10G of No.38 of Caoxi North Road,Shanghai Post Code:200030 Guangzhou: Tel:0086-20-38981061 Fax...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "has decided to go somewhere" }, "options": [ "is going to Hawaii", "will go to Lake Arrowhead", "has decided to go somewhere", "hasn't decided where to go" ], "question": "The writer _ to spend his summer va...

We're trying to decide where to go on our vacation this summer. We usually go to Lake Arrowheads for a few weeks, but we'd like to go somewhere else this year. We're tired of doing the same thing summer after summer. Some friends of ours suggested us go to Hawaii. That would be wonderful. I' m sure we would enjoy a tr...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "have an unpleasant taste" }, "options": [ "are lying on the ground", "have an unpleasant taste", "bees don't like", "have an unfamiliar shape" ], "question": "It can be concluded from the passage that caterpilla...

Can trees talk? Yes, but not in words. Scientists have reasons to believe that trees do communicate with each other. Not long ago, researchers learned some surprising things. First a willow tree attacked in the woods by caterpillars changed the chemistry of its leaves and made them taste so terrible that they got tir...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "for the kings' tombs" }, "options": [ "in honour of the gods", "for the kings' tombs", "for visitors to see", "as places of interest" ], "question": "In ancient Egypt pyramids were built _ .", "question_ty...

The kings of ancient Egypt planned strong tombs to keep their bodies safe after death and to hold their treasure.The Great Pyramids along the Nile are on its west bank.The ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun to the beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of life.This is why their dead bodie...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "have a gift shop for visitors" }, "options": [ "have a gift shop for visitors", "have collections of instruments", "offer large baby changing units", "offer different sight-seeing tours" ], "question": "We can l...

Museum of London At the Museum of London you can experience and discover the hidden treasures in our city's history. From talks, walks and tours to evening classes, there's always something happening at museums. The museum is here for you all year round so you can relax in our cafes, find a gift in our shop or just enj...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Fishing ships began using new tools with which they could catch more fish." }, "options": [ "Fishing ships began using new tools with which they could catch more fish.", "There were fewer smaller fish than before.", "There we...

You may have heard the popular saying, "there are always more fish in the sea". But as many new studies show, fish populations are changing, and not necessarily for the better. Consider the case of big, predatory fish. These giants, like sharks and cod , eat other smaller fish. Big fish are an important part of the ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "contribute to lives in developing countries and develop themselves" }, "options": [ "improve their abilities by learning in some developed countries", "travel to many foreign countries to learn more about the world", "have an...

Americans who volunteer for the Peace Corps get a chance to help improve lives in developing countries. They also get a chance to learn more about the world, and about themselves. This week this program is celebrating its 50th anniversary. President John Kennedy established the Peace Corps soon after he took office in ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "He was persuaded to take drugs." }, "options": [ "He wanted to take drugs.", "He was persuaded to take drugs.", "He was forced to take drugs.", "He was influenced by his parents." ], "question": "How did the aut...

"How call I obtain more drugs?" I cried."I can't live without the help of drugs!''.You see,I was only 14 years of age when someone said to me,"Here,smoke this! It will make you feel good." So that is how my habit of d rug-taking began. Soon I felt I could not live without more and more drugs.So I found I needed more an...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "American" }, "options": [ "Britain", "American", "Kenya", "Indonesia" ], "question": "Obama was born in _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "an...

In 1961 Obama was born in Hawaii, US. His father was an African and his mother was a white American. He grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii. When Obama was 10 years old, he was one of the only three black students at his school in Hawaii. He felt very different from most other students. White girls wanted to touch his hair...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "few industrial scientists would quit to work in a university" }, "options": [ "university researchers know little about the commercial world", "there is little exchange between industry and academia", "few industrial scientis...

It is pretty much a one-way street. While it may be common for university researchers to try their luck in the commercial world, there is very little traffic in the opposite direction. Pay has always been the biggest deterrent, as people with families often feel they cannot afford the drop in salary when moving to a un...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "advertise a job" }, "options": [ "advertise a job", "introduce a company", "introduce a career", "advertise a course" ], "question": "The main purpose of this passage is to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_qu...

Computer Technician (Part Time Student Helper) * Government Department * Flexible schedule * Good opportunity for the young adults Our client, a Government Department, is now looking for numbers of Part Time Computer Technicians to join their supporting team. Job Responsibilities * Responsible for answering queries to ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "thinks some activities of dogs can reflect senior owners' health" }, "options": [ "led the study and identified 17 activities of dogs", "thinks some activities of dogs can reflect senior owners' health", "studied the relation...

Monitoring the mood of a pet dog could be used as an early warning sign that an elderly owner is struggling to cope, a new report has claimed. Researchers placed movement sensors on dogs to track their behaviour and identified 17 distinct activities, including chewing, barking, sitting and digging. This allowed them ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "tell readers a joke played on Mark Twain" }, "options": [ "tell readers Mark Twain liked playing jokes", "tell readers a joke played on Mark Twain", "tell readers Mark Twain was a great writer", "tell readers how to tel...

Mark Twain, the famous American writer and a great master of humor, liked to play jokes on others. But once a joke was played on him. One day Mark Twain was invited to give a talk in a small town. At lunch he met a young man, one of his friends. The young man said that he had an uncle with him. He told Mark Twain that ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Intelligence and Environment" }, "options": [ "Measuring Your Intelligence", "Intelligence and Environment", "The Case of Peter and Mark", "How the brain Influences Intelligence" ], "question": "This selection c...

There are two factors which determine an individual's intelligence, The first is the sort of brain he is born with , Human brains differ considerably , some being more capable others, But no matter how good a brain he has to begin with , an individual will have a low order of intelligence unless he has opportunities to...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "learning English on Internet" }, "options": [ "learning English on Internet", "teaching yourself English", "the history of English", "English broadcast on TV or over the radio" ], "question": "Cyber English prob...

There are new and exciting ways to use the Internet to learn English while you are on - line. The Internet uses a lot of multimedia elements ,like words, sounds, pictures, animations and video. This is perfect for studying a language because you've got to see, hear, and repeat things as much as you like. Learning over...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "It's effective to use." }, "options": [ "It's cheap to buy.", "It's effective to use.", "It's convenient to bring.", "It's the latest fashion." ], "question": "Why are ebooks so popular in the world?", "ques...

Ereading and ebooks are slowly conquering the world.Compared to traditional paper books,ebooks in some schools and universities attract more interest because the information flow seems much easier to manage and comes in a greatly higher quantity. Japan is known for the reformminded attitude towards the gadget world an...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "not considerate" }, "options": [ "friendly", "warm-hearted", "not considerate", "not helpful" ], "question": "In the writer's opinion, his neighbor was _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { ...

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 friend and I pa...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "collect money for those without access to safe water" }, "options": [ "increase their profit", "urge customers to save water", "raise people's awareness of the world water problem", "collect money for those without acce...

March 22, 2011---Most restaurants in the United States offer their customers a glass of tap water at no charge with their meal, but this week many restaurants are asking dinners to pay a dollar, or more, for a glass of water. Cards on their tables explain that this small amount helps bring clean water to children aroun...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "explain how nature and nurture impact our friendships" }, "options": [ "offer advice to women on how to form intimate relationships", "explain how nature and nurture impact our friendships", "explain how moves during childhoo...

Many women write to me perplexed about why they can't form close friendships.They try new approaches,put themselves in all the right places,see therapists,and read relevant selfhelp books.They consider themselves interesting,loyal,kind,and friendworthy people.But for reasons unknown to them,they have a tough time form...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "babies need warm physical contact" }, "options": [ "monkeys have social relationships", "adults should develop social skills", "caregivers should be healthy adults", "babies need warm physical contact" ], "quest...

Next time a customer comes to your office, offer him a cup of coffee.And when you're doing your holiday shopping online, make sure you're holding a large glass of iced tea.The physical sensation of warmth encourages emotional warmth, while a cold drink in hand prevents you from making unwise decisions--those are the p...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "take part in a horse racing" }, "options": [ "take part in a horse racing", "buy Mum a blue ribbon", "join the local riding club", "train his horse there" ], "question": "The writer went to the fairgrounds becau...

It was a Saturday morning,a day I believed would end in victory.For weeks,I had been preparing for the match at the county fairgrounds,sponsored by our local riding club.My horse,Tonka, and I could run faster than any kid in the county, and I hoped to bring home a blue ribbon. My mother usually drove me to the riding e...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "kept in close touch with friends and neighbors" }, "options": [ "kept in close touch with friends and neighbors", "just stayed at her home to take care of her house", "forgot her unhappiness completely with busy work", ...

Mail lay scattered across the kitchen table. I couldn't put off sorting through it any longer. I checked the envelopes, putting aside the ones addressed to my husband. It had been over three years since Bob had died. To friends and family it looked like I had moved past the worst of my sorrow. I took care of my house, ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "sugary drinks are allowed to be sold in grocery stores" }, "options": [ "the sales of diet sodas are forbidden in movie theatres", "sugary drinks are allowed to be sold in grocery stores", "large-sized drinks can't be sold in...

New York City plans to put a ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, movie theaters and street carts, in an effort to fight rising obesity. The ban would affect almost all the popular sugary drinks found in fast-food restaurants and even sports centers, from energy drinks to pre-sweetened...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Northern Ireland doesn't belong to the Republic Ireland" }, "options": [ "Northern Ireland doesn't belong to the Republic Ireland", "Northern Ireland plans to break away from Ireland", "Northern Ireland intends to become inde...

CNN news-Jan 16,2013 Protests have been going on for about a week now in the northern Irish capital of Belfast. They Started out peacefuily , bus some of them turn violent later on. There is a lot of history behind these protests,and it starts with geography, What's interesting is that Northern Ireland is not part o...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "India." }, "options": [ "India.", "Canada.", "Belgium.", "Germany." ], "question": "Which country does the author live in now?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, ...

As a boy growing up in India, I had longed to travel abroad. I used to listen to the stories my father would tell me about his stay in Canada and tours to Europe in the 1970s, with great interest. My big moment finally came in the summer of 1998 when I was able to accompany my parents to Europe, where my father was to ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "16" }, "options": [ "12", "16", "20", "24" ], "question": "If you say \"YES\" to all these questions , you'll get _ points.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_ind...

Questionnaire(,) Read the questions and answer YES or NO, then you will find out how good you are. 1. When you don 't understand something, you ask questions. # 2. You like listening to older people talk about the past. # 3. You think that you can learn something interesting from ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Oxford." }, "options": [ "Cambridge.", "Oxford.", "Harvard.", "Yale." ], "question": "Which university had the best work-ready graduates last year?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer...

Cambridge graduates are the most employable in the world,according to a global league table.The ancient university is the best at producing graduates who are'ready to work',a poll of major employers found. Oxford slipped to fourth place in the rankings having taken top spot last year.Harvard and Yale--part of the US'Iv...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "affected his future life greatly" }, "options": [ "affected his future life greatly", "made him forget the way back", "was supported by Charles V financially", "was to find the Fountain of Youth" ], "question": ...

One of the sailors who sailed with Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the New World was a man named Juan Ponce de Leon. This voyage changed his life. He decided to stay when Columbus returned. Ponce was named governor of Puerto Rico (then called Boriquien) in 1508. While there, he heard many stories of a magi...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Don't Pay Kids for Good Grades" }, "options": [ "Tips on Paying Kids for Good Grades", "New Trends in Paying Kids for Good Grades", "Good Grades Mean Good Rewards", "Don't Pay Kids for Good Grades" ], "question"...

Last year, on report card day, my son and a group of his 13-year-old friends piled into the back seat of my car, ready for the last-day-of-school party at McDonald's. "Jack got a laptop for getting straight A's, and Laurie got a cell-phone," one boy said. "Oh, yeah, and Sarah got an iPod Nano, and she's only in third g...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "don't fully understand the pressures of being a teenager now" }, "options": [ "didn't have to overcome difficulties when in their teens.", "don't fully understand the pressures of being a teenager now", "can easily deal with ...

Dear Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul, Most people don't really know what pressures a typical teenager has to go through. Sure, our parents and grandparents were once teens, but things are so different now. It has never been to tougher to a teenager. It had never been more important to be in the "right group" or to h...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "it is very important for the students to use good dictionaries properly ." }, "options": [ "Choose a good dictionary, and you will succeed in learning English", "Dictionaries are not necessary to the students who learn English", ...

Students who say they never or hardly ever used dictionaries often speak English well but usually write poorly, because they make many mistakes. The students who use dictionaries most do not learn especially well either. The ones who look up every word do not read fast. Therefore they do not have time to read much .Tho...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "the release of artificial or natural substances into the environment" }, "options": [ "our ever-increasing population", "increased amounts of a natural substance", "the release of artificial or natural substances into the env...

People all over the world today are beginning to hear and learn more and more about the problem of pollution.Pollution is caused either by man's release of completely new artificial substances into the environment,or by releasing greatly increased amounts of a natural substance,such as oil from oil tankers into the sea...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "explore the connection of Italy and China" }, "options": [ "study Da Vinci's mother", "explore the connection of Italy and China", "find Da Vinci's mother is a slave", "research China and Mona Lisa" ], "question...

Leonardo da Vinci's mother may have been a Chinese slave according to a new research by an Italian historian and novelist-Angelo Paratico, who has spent the last 20 years living and working in Hong Kong,researching the links between his homeland and China over the past half century. Mr. Paratico said the documents he h...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "develop impersonal interests with proper activities." }, "options": [ "develop impersonal interests with proper activities.", "tell their children not to make mistakes", "concern themselves with their children", "not gi...

There are two dangers to be guarded against in old age. One of these is undue absorption in the past. It does not do to live in memories, in regrets for the good old days, or in sadness about friends who are dead. One's thoughts must be directed to the future and to things about which there is something to be done. It ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "their batteries and speeds" }, "options": [ "their color1s", "their outside shapes", "their screens", "their batteries and speeds" ], "question": "The difference between 3G and 3GS lies mainly in _ .", "q...

After lots of hype, the new iPhone 3GS has arrived, boasting an improved camera, better battery life, and speedier performance. But is it a must? The iPhone 3GS is available in two versions: 16GB and 32GB. The 16GB version costs $199, while the 32GB version costs $299. From the outside, the iPhone 3GS looks exactly li...

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