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"answer_text": "The city's La Scala opera house will offer additional performances in 2015."
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"It is the largest city in Italy and has the longest history.",
"It is hosting the world's largest Fashion Week in 2015.",
"Football... | Food,football and fashion--Milan has it a11.The city is perhaps most famous for its annual Milan Fashion Week and its world-class soccer teams AC Milan and Inter Milan.And May will see it host the six-month Milan Expo,the theme of which is food and nutrition.
Milan may not the first place tourists think of when they th... | high10352.txt |
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"answer_text": "To spread his love and encouragement."
},
"options": [
"To remind people to keep traffic rules.",
"To make himself famous and beloved.",
"To spread his love and encouragement.",
"To act in Matt Morris's documentary."
... | He has breakfast at 2 a.m.because Johnny Barnes, Mr.Happy Man, has work to do.From 4 to 10 a.m.,he greets commuters as they drive by on their way to work.
For years he worked as an electrician on the Bermuda railway and drove buses.When he retired, he still wanted to feel useful.So he positions himself on a patch of ... | high23798.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Around 40"
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"Around 30000",
"Forty",
"Around 29960",
"Around 40"
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"question": "How many diseases are known to attack wheat?",
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... | Plants, like animals, are subject to diseases of various kinds.It has been estimated that some 30,000 different diseases attack our economic plants; forty are known to attack corn, and about as many attack wheat.The results of unchecked plant disease are all too obvious in countries which have marginal food supplies.Th... | high9740.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because success was a strong habit for him."
},
"options": [
"Because he didn't work hard enough.",
"Because he was not careful enough.",
"Because he was too tired.",
"Because success was a strong habit for him."
],... | Michael Jordon is the greatest basketball player of all time. Once he was making a television commercial . All Michael needed to do in the advertisement was to miss a shot.
For Michael, this was difficult. He had conditioned himself to succeed whenever he was throwing the ball. Every time he threw a basketball, it wen... | high14134.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Tea reached Britain from Holland."
},
"options": [
"The Britons got expensive tea from India.",
"Tea reached Britain from Holland.",
"The Britons were the first people in Europe who drank tea.",
"It was not until the 17... | Tea drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe had ever heard about tea.People in Britain were much slower in finding out what tea was like, mainly because tea was very expensive. It could not be bought in shops and even those people who could afford to have it sent from Holland ... | high10.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Claire Danes"
},
"options": [
"Juliet",
"Hamlet",
"Claire Danes",
"Romeo"
],
"question": "Shakespeare created the following characters EXCEPT _ .",
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"answer"... | William Shakespeare is the most famous playwright . Although he died in 1616, people still go to see his plays. Among the most popular are Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Hamlet -- the story of a prince who struggles to respond to the crimes around him.
Shakespeare, who was born in 1564, was an actor a... | high850.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the places associated with celebrities"
},
"options": [
"the places associated with celebrities",
"the families of celebrities",
"the contributions of celebrities",
"the daily life of celebrities"
],
"question":... | Liverpool is famed for many things -- most especially The Beatles and its football team. But few would associate the city with one of the most famous political speeches in history. Yet tourism officials in the city have published the claim that Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" was written at a city centre hotel. T... | high13883.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The Celts."
},
"options": [
"The Celts.",
"The Jutes",
"The Saxons.",
"The Vikings"
],
"question": "Which of the following tribes lived in the Iron Ages?",
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"answer": {
... | England became England, the land of English-speaking people, at the beginning of the Middle Ages. Before that it had been the home of Iron Age tribes known as Celts, and for a time, part of the Roman Empire. Then beginning in the 400s AD, tribes from the north, known as the Engles, the Saxons, and the Jutes, moved in.
... | high23940.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "doesn't exactly reflect one's real life"
},
"options": [
"leads to misunderstandings",
"is used in memory of Shakespeare",
"doesn't exactly reflect one's real life",
"hasn't enough stages to clarify life changes"
],... | If you were given a chance to choose your favorite life metaphor , what would it be? Do you agree with Forrest Gump's mother that life is "a box of chocolates" because "you never know what you're going to get"? Or do you prefer the phrase from the 1930's song that "life is just a bowl of cherries "? Though simply state... | high9998.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "get a new tooth"
},
"options": [
"get money",
"feed magpies",
"get candies",
"get a new tooth"
],
"question": "Koreans throw a tooth onto the roof of a house in order to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_ques... | Many countries follow special customs when a child's baby teeth fall out. Many of these customs tell stories about animals taking the teeth.
For example, Koreans have the custom of throwing the fallen tooth onto the roof of a house so that a magpie can take the tooth away and bring a new tooth for the child. This cu... | high12545.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "it can make the most use of water"
},
"options": [
"it can make the most use of water",
"it can be used all around the world",
"it can provide plants with what is needed",
"it is more advanced than channel irrigation"
... | Daniel Hillel developed drip irrigation techniques. The techniques make farming possible in places where there is not enough water. Because of this, he won this year's World Food Prize.
Hillel is using the techniques in his orchards near his home in Israel.
Irrigating drop by drop -- called drip irrigation -- has c... | high8338.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the items of a culture should be taken for granted by people"
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"options": [
"a culture should be accepted and maintained universally",
"a culture should be free from falsehood and evils",
"the items of a culture should be t... | The concept of culture has been defined many times, and although no definition has achieved universal acceptance, most of the definitions include three central ideas: that culture is passed on from generation to generation, that a culture represents a ready-made principle for living and for making day-to-day decisions,... | high14652.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Jenny's pearl necklace can turn green when it is wet."
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"options": [
"Jenny loves her father very much.",
"Jenny's pearl necklace can turn green when it is wet.",
"Jenny has other toys she loves very much besides the neckla... | Jenny was a bright-eyed, pretty five-year-old girl.
One day when she and her mother were checking out at the grocery store, Jenny saw a plastic pearl necklace priced at $2.50. How she wanted that necklace, and when she asked her mother if she would buy it for her, her mother said, "Well, it is a pretty necklace, but i... | high10434.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "On the mountain."
},
"options": [
"On the beach",
"On the mountain.",
"In the rice fields.",
"At his family home."
],
"question": "Where was Yuuki when the earthquake struck?",
"question_type": "factiod_ques... | For hundreds of years, Japan has been hit, from time to time, by enormous tsunamis. These awful sudden risings of the sea are caused by earthquakes or underwater volcanic action. The story of the boy Yuuki is the story of such a disaster.
Yuuki lived with his family in a sea-side village, below a small mountain. On... | high21831.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he wanted to be a writer"
},
"options": [
"he likes reading",
"he learned much at school",
"he wanted to be a writer",
"he wanted to help others"
],
"question": "Lao Yang wrote a lot of stories because _ .",
... | Lao Yang was born in a small town. He liked reading when he studied at school. He thought the writers were respected and could get a lot of money. He wrote a lot of stories and posted them to the editorial departments but didn't receive any answers.
Now he works in a factory. He's busy at work. When he's free, he alway... | high2173.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "meat production consumes too much water and land"
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"options": [
"meat production consumes too much water and land",
"crop production is better than meat production",
"growing tomatoes has the highest production",
"far... | Is Your Diet Destroying the Environment?
A vegetarian diet is often praised for its health benefits. Studies have shown that vegetarians usually have lower levels of heart disease and a lower risk of diabetes than people who eat meat. What most people are less aware of, however, are the effects that a vegetarian ... | high18068.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "couldn't be improved"
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"options": [
"Doesn't need improving",
"couldn't be improved",
"will be better some day",
"Will be worse in the future"
],
"question": "According to the woman mentioned in Para.3, her li... | How to improve my life? Many people think that they have to accept whatever life throws at them. They'll say, "This is my fate, my destiny. I cannot change it."
Of course not! You don't have to suffer needlessly. Your destiny depends on you, not on any other external factors.
I know someone who says she just accepts wh... | high4502.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "taking photos at the lake"
},
"options": [
"skating on the ice",
"taking photos at the lake",
"having a picnic",
"walking along the lake"
],
"question": "When the three students fell into water, the university s... | When many people are worried that there are no more heroes in the modern times, two university students who lost their lives to rescue drowning children have shown that heroes still exist.
According to the Inner Mongolia Morning Post, the tragedy
on the afternoon of December 14, 2002 when three school students skatin... | high16045.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The user's eating speed."
},
"options": [
"A healthy rate of eating.",
"Too much food is left.",
"The user's eating speed.",
"The user is full."
],
"question": "What does the red line on the screen show?",
"... | Doctors have a new weapon in the battle against obesity -- a talking plate that tells people not to eat too quickly. The Mandometer monitors the amount of food leaving the plate, and tells users, "Please eat more slowly."
The PS1,500 Swedish device is to be used in a National Health Service plan to help hundreds of o... | high10420.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "show the importance of social experience, besides schooling, in education"
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"explain why it's difficult for college graduates to find jobs",
"show the importance of social experience, besides schooling, in education"... | With many college graduates struggling to find jobs, one of the most important for you to understand is that you're in school all your life. In fact, your real education is just beginning.
I'd like to pass on a few lessons that you didn't necessarily get in school. If you've been out of school for a few years or a lot ... | high21825.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because she didn't want to sit next to a black man."
},
"options": [
"Because she didn't want to sit in economy.",
"Because she would like a seat in first class.",
"Because she didn't want to sit next to a black man.",
... | On a flight from Johannesburg, a middle-aged rich white South African lady had found herself sitting next to a black man. She called the cabin crew attendant over to complain about her seat. "What seems to be the problem, Madam?" asked the attendant.
"Can't you see?" She said, "You have seated me next to a black perso... | high5608.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "before the writer's family moved away"
},
"options": [
"at the age of 13",
"before she got married",
"before the writer's family moved away",
"after they moved to new homes"
],
"question": "The writer went to pi... | Linda Evans was my best friend -like the sister I never had ,We did everything to-- gether :piano lessons ,movies, swimming , horseback riding.
When I was 13, my family moved away , Linda and I kept in touch through letters ,and we saw each other on special times - like my wedding and Linda's. Soon we were busy with ch... | high4516.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the understanding of science"
},
"options": [
"the understanding of science",
"the security of his nation",
"the global competitiveness",
"the present social system"
],
"question": "The author believes that they... | We have a real crisis in this country in the basic understanding of science. It affects our global competitiveness as a country, our national security, and the effectiveness of our social system. The misunderstanding about science is blinding our eyes.
We know that an awful lot of teachers who are teaching science to... | high19362.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "not eat much food in high-fat"
},
"options": [
"drink much water and have vegetables only",
"not eat much food in high-fat",
"not accept invitations to feasts",
"turn away from delicious foods"
],
"question": "I... | Do you love holidays but hate the increase weight that follows? You are not alone.
Holidays are happy days with pleasure and delicious foods . Many people , however , are worried about the weight that comes along with the delicious foods . With proper planning , though , it is possible to control your weight . The idea... | high16051.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Food and Health"
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"options": [
"Drug and Food",
"Cancer and Health",
"Food and Health",
"Health and Drug"
],
"question": "What is the best possible title of the passage?",
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... | Nowadays, the food we eat seems to have great effects on our health. Although science has made enormous steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and forty percent of cancer... | high3279.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Livescribe Echo Smartpen"
},
"options": [
"Livescribe Echo Smartpen",
"Logitech Bluetooth Keyboard",
"ILUV Syren Pro",
"Cobra JumPak"
],
"question": "Which device will a high school student choose to use in the ... | Livescribe Echo Smartpen, $79.99
This pen not only records audio, but also records whatever the user writes and even draws. This translates to almost two hours of full audio, or 32000 pages of written text. When using a Livescribe notebook, a college or high school student can easily edit notes without the disturbance ... | high14646.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Three."
},
"options": [
"One.",
"Two.",
"Three.",
"Four."
],
"question": "How many companies are mentioned in the passage?",
"question_type": null
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"ans... | News that Microsoft made a $44.6 billion bid to buy Yahoo resulted in heated discussions made by many Internet users. Here are some responses:
Diane Burke of Weeks bury, Kentucky
I think it would definitely be an interesting combination. Everyone recognizes the names Yahoo and Microsoft, but everyone also says, "Did yo... | high6301.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "in homeroom classrooms"
},
"options": [
"in restaurants",
"in school cafeterias",
"at home",
"in homeroom classrooms"
],
"question": "Most Japanese high school students often have their lunch _ .",
"questi... | Japanese high school students either walk or ride bicycles if the distance is not too great. In other cases, students must take public buses and trains. After junior high school, students attend schools based on their high school entrance examination scores. So some students travel a great distance to attend the school... | high13129.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To call for action to protect circus animals."
},
"options": [
"To show pity for the performing animals.",
"To express worries about animal trainers' safety.",
"To deal with the difficult situations of the circus.",
"To... | Tragedy at the Circus
In yesterday's circus show, a tiger suddenly attacked its trainer and had to be shot dead. As the circus packed up and left, circus officials said the show would go on, even without tigers.
However, the officials cann't simply turn a blind eye to the ethical problems left behind. Even before this... | high1308.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "flowers"
},
"options": [
"money",
"flowers",
"seeds",
"beans"
],
"question": "The program has been supported by many farmers, journalists and people in different fields for many years. They usually donate many t... | It was a cold night in Washington, D. C., and I was heading back to the hotel when a man approached me. He asked if l would give him some money so he could get something to eat. I'd read the signs "Don't give money to beggars." So I shook my head and kept walking.
I wasn't prepared for a reply, but he said, "I really a... | high14120.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Many countries in the world actively applied to seek membership."
},
"options": [
"The bank proposed by China aims to finance needed infrastructureprojects in the world.",
"There is no time limit for joining as a founding member.",... | More than 40 countries, including Russia and Taiwan, have agreed to be founding members of China's proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. However, two of the world's largest economies, the United States and Japan, have _ at this time.
China proposed the bank last October as a way to finance roads, bridges, port... | high9754.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Advice on fashion."
},
"options": [
"Teen gossip.",
"Advice on fashion.",
"Sports and friendship.",
"Self-respect building."
],
"question": "According to the passage, what content do J-14, Twist and Discovery Gi... | Below is an introduction to Top 5 Teen Magazines from the US and the UK.
J-14
Marked to preteen and teenage girls ages 11-19, J-14 --a shortened name of "Just For Teens" --is packed with features like teen gossip, quizzes, fashion advice, posters, and celebrity interviews in every issue.
Some of the magazine's most po... | high6467.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Clapp was not sure that he had found Ubar"
},
"options": [
"Clapp made this discovery with the help of caravan routes on the maps",
"Clapp made this discovery with the help of some high technology",
"Clapp was not sure that h... | Before Nicholas Clapp got there, he had half hoped that he might run into some of Ubar's ruins sticking out of the sand. But finding the city wasn't that easy. During the summer, he and his 40 helpers dug at 35 different spots. The only things they found were ground spiders, giant ticks, and deadly snakes.
Just before... | high844.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in different environments"
},
"options": [
"of different age groups",
"with different habits",
"in different environments",
"from different areas"
],
"question": "The scientists at California University studied ... | The high noise of modern life may affect speech and language development in the very young, according to a study that found the auditory parts of the brains of young mice are slower to organize properly in the presence of continuous sounds.
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, reared a group of... | high7779.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "considered it a good chance to escape cellphone"
},
"options": [
"didn't really want to go",
"wanted to take his cellphone",
"didn't think life would be any different",
"considered it a good chance to escape cellphone"
... | I was living a life in my screen and hardly noticed what was around me. So when my friends invited me to go camping for a long weekend without the cell service, I thought this was exactly what I needed. Here's how keeping away from my phone for 48 hours changed me.
I realized my bedtime routine was usually centered on ... | high13897.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a quarter of the Italians have a wrong posture."
},
"options": [
"back pain can be removed easily.",
"25% of the Romans suffer from back pain.",
"all of the children have sight problems.",
"a quarter of the Italians hav... | Do you have back pain or difficulty with your eyesight? If you do, you are likely to have a problem of posture, which can be solved if you ask a help from a doctor promptly. The conference on posture held in Rome this year has brought out the fact that an Italian out of four have posture problems. Back pain is certainl... | high23954.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "After he played Mr Darcy."
},
"options": [
"In the early 1990s.",
"After he played Mr Darcy.",
"When he was 54 years old.",
"During his childhood."
],
"question": "When did Firth come to be famous?",
"questi... | When asked to list typical English gentlemen,for many,Colin Firth immediately comes to mind.
In his recent film,Kingsman:The Secret Service,the 54-year-old actor appears as elegant and violent super spy Harry Hart.One minute he's calm and polite,and then in the next he's skillfully violent and aggressive.For example,in... | high11058.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "What we wear could help shape who we are inside."
},
"options": [
"We should not judge people by their appearance.",
"Life is full of possibilities when we are young.",
"It's beneficial to try different things in our lives.",... | My l4-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat at the same time in a second-hand clothing store. It stood out among big and old coats. It had beautiful tailoring and an unbelievable price: $28. I looked at my son and we both said nothing, but John's eyes shone. Dark, woolen topcoats were popular with teenage boys, bu... | high4270.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "remember her and share her story"
},
"options": [
"bring her mother what she wanted",
"show she would be loved till the end",
"celebrate her last Mother's Day",
"remember her and share her story"
],
"question": ... | Mother's Day is coming up. Maybe your gift is wrapped and your dinner plans booked for mom, step-mom, grandmother - whoever the person is who fed, cared for, taught and loved you.
But there are other people who said their most special Mother's Day memories rarely dealt with beautifully wrapped objects, but rather, the ... | high19404.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "He worked as a deliveryman."
},
"options": [
"He worked as a deliveryman.",
"He was as a cashier.",
"He was the boss of the shop.",
"He was a local reporter."
],
"question": "What did Steve Flaig do in the Lowe'... | Steve Flaig of Grand Rapids, Michigan, knew he'd been adopted as a baby, and when he turned 18, in 2003, he decided he'd try to track down his birth mother. The agency from which he'd been adopted gave him his mother's name: Christine Tallady. But online searches didn't turn up any results, and Flaig let it go.
In 2007... | high10346.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "maps"
},
"options": [
"geography",
"maps",
"Chinese names",
"the opening of the country"
],
"question": "The writer is mainly talking about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | It helps us understand the world better if we know a little geography and have some maps at hand. But with maps in Chinese only, misunderstanding is possible in studying world events. Chinese names are long, hard to pronounce and without meaning to a foreigner. For the opening of the country maps are important and help... | high2601.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "is a trend that formed recently"
},
"options": [
"has attracted a large number of talents",
"is a trend that formed recently",
"has existed for scores of years",
"is well received by employees"
],
"question": "U... | As the labor market becomes more attractive, more companies are sending their employees to school. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is the latest company to use tuition assistance for employees - which for decades has been a part of many business' benefits packages - as part of a renewed effort to bring in and cultivate talen... | high13667.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "mend their relations"
},
"options": [
"win their hearts",
"offer them advice",
"tell them her news",
"mend their relations"
],
"question": "The mother gave her daughters incomplete letters mainly to _ .",
... | A mother had two daughters. She loved them very much, but two girls would fight with each other from their earliest years. As they grew older, they became total strangers. They had no contact with each other when they were adults.
This caused the mother great pain. Then, later, she had an idea. She decided to write a l... | high7989.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To discover new things and different ways of life."
},
"options": [
"To find the advantages and the disadvantages of travelling.",
"To listen to different music and take pictures.",
"To discover new things and different ways ... | Millions of people all over the world spend their holidays travelling. They travel to visit other countries, modern cities and ancient towns. They travel to enjoy these special places, or just to relax. It is always interesting to discover new things and different ways of life, such as by meeting different people, tryi... | high14108.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Handwriting should not be ignored at present."
},
"options": [
"Handwriting is not very important to children.",
"Handwriting has nothing to do with education.",
"Handwriting should not be ignored at present.",
"Handwri... | Does handwriting matter? Not very much, according to many educators. However, scientists say it is far too soon to declare handwriting is not important. New evidence suggests that the link between handwriting and educational development is deep.
Children not only learn to read more quickly when they first learn to writ... | high7751.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In a hole"
},
"options": [
"On the bank of a pond",
"In a hole",
"In a tall tree",
"Behind a room"
],
"question": "Where is Peter Rabbit hiding?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
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"answer": ... | "As sure as you're alive now, Peter Rabbit, some day I will catch you," shouted Reddy Fox, as he put his black nose in the hole between the roots of the Big Hickory-tree which grows close to the Smiling Pool. "It is lucky for you that you were not one jump farther away from this hole."
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},
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"She works as an official in the United Nations.",
"She's created a... | In Shanghai's Grand Theater, a fashionable, mainly young audience applauds enthusiastically as Guo Yong takes center stage.He holds a large bushy tree branch with leaves.Blowing on one of the leaves, he produces a sound like the singing of birds as he plays a traditional Buyi folk song.Some other musicians are also pla... | high12579.txt |
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},
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"the economy of Utah depended on the copper smelter",
"he had determined to stop the copper smelte... | When Paul was a boy growing up in Utah, he happened to live near a copper smelter , and the chemicals that poured out had made a wasteland out of what used to be a beautiful forest. One day a young visitor looked at this wasteland and called it an awful area. Paul knocked him down. From then on, something happened insi... | high3537.txt |
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"120.",
"210."
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Mr. Leibovitz and writer Matthew Miller joined forces to tell the story of the students in their book, "Fortunate Sons." The book says Chin... | high11070.txt |
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"sometimes we have to face the fate",
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"the deaths of his parents",
"Edmund Spenser's poetry",
"the criticism of a magazine"
],
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[
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},
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"To offer advice on giving complaints in English.",
"To give suggestions on how to learn English.",
"To offer ... | The airline lost your baggage. The hotel laundry ruined your favorite shirt. The taxi driver asked for more money. When you're abroad, sometimes things go wrong. Now you can do something about it! Use these tips when you want to express an effective complaint in English.
No matter how unfair the situation is, it's best... | high18732.txt |
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"the difficulties with applications"
],
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Data from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas... | high2629.txt |
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"answer_text": "was set up by the Treaty of Rome ."
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"started with three countries .",
"was started by France and Germany ."
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},
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"many fear that traditional Chinese festivals will disappear soon",
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"brave"
],
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There was no answer.
"Tom!"
Still no answer.
"Where's that boy gone? Tom!"
The old lady looked all around the room. She looked under the bed, but found only the cat.
"If I catch that boy, ..." she murmured to herself.
She opened the door and looked out into the garden.
"Tom!" she shouted.
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},
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"Clothes not in perfect condition.",
"Clothes bought in specially for the sales.",
"Clothes for winter."
],
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I could never understand why there were so many things in the sales, where did they all come from? Now... | high16079.txt |
[
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"answer_text": "they can't afford a house of their own until then"
},
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"they can't find jobs to support themselves",
"they can't afford a house of their own until then",
"they enjoy ... | The British aren't having as many children as they used to. One reason is that people are having children much older than before, meaning they have fewer years in which they can have them. After years at university, they need a few years of work experience before they can get the job they want. They might then get marr... | high3251.txt |
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},
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"Devra Davis thinks that there ... | Holding a cell phone against your ear or stalling it in your pocket may be hazardous to your health.
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"meeting the loan officer",
"finding a place to park his car",
"showing how rich he is"
],
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[
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"answer_text": "earn an amount of money to cover her medical expenses"
},
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"help her mother support their family and keep more lambs",
"show her lamb was a famous one and r... | Jayne Fisher watched anxiously as her 17-year-old daughter Katie pulled her lamb into the Madison County Junior Livestock for sale.
Katie was battling cancer. This was her first chance in months to be outdoors having fun, away from hospitals and treatments, and she had come with high hopes for earning some money for h... | high6329.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"He caught a cold.",
"He got lost.",
"He broke his skis."
],
"question": "What happened to Gavin one Sunday afternoon?",
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One Sunday, Gavin, a teenager, went skiing at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine. In the early afternoon, when he was planning to go home, a fierce snowstorm swept into the area. Unable to see far, he accidentally turned off the path. Before he knew it, Gavin was lost, all alone! He didn't have food, water, a phon... | high13101.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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},
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"a TV programme",
"the Internet",
"a magazine"
],
"question": "According to the passage, we know the article probably comes from _ .",
"question_type": "... | Over 500 dogs being delivered to a butcher house were saved by a Chinese animal protection organization. The incident then resulted in a debate among Chinese netizens about the necessity of pouring so much money and efforts into saving dogs.
On Friday, a truck loaded with over 500 dogs was stopped by volunteers from an... | high7023.txt |
[
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},
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"Stomach and Mind",
"Feed your Mind by reading",
"Reading or Watching TV"
],
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"question_ty... | If you are hungry, what will you do? Grab a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet after that? Just like stomach, even your mind will be hungry. But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such absurd things. So it silently begins to hide your needs a... | high8310.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "She waited for a special occasion to wear it on."
},
"options": [
"She waited for a special occasion to wear it on.",
"She wanted to keep it for someone else.",
"She saved it till she grew up.",
"She would give it to he... | Everybody has had at least one experience from which he knows the meaning of life.This time, which took place several years ago, but seems as if it just happened.
On an afternoon several years ago, my brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sister's dress and picked out a beautiful skirt."Jan bought this the firs... | high15564.txt |
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"answer": {
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"three",
"four",
"five"
],
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},
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When you are happy, the world feels like a better place. As the say... | high13115.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"The importance of small talk",
"An interesting topic",
"Talking about weather with strangers"
],
"question": "What would be the b... | It's what people who don't know each other talk about on elevators. And not about the weather at all. Chatting about the weather with strangers is about emotional comfort (,).
When someone says "Beautiful day today, isn't it?" as you settle into that narrow elevator space, or at the bus stop, or waiting in line at the ... | high17373.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a newspaper report"
},
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"a scientific artcle",
"a newspaper report",
"an official document"
],
"question": "The passage is probably _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | Two Chinese living in South Africa were killed in a robbery on February 5, bringing the total number of Chinese killed in the country to four in less than a month.
Chen Jianqing, 35, from Southeast China's Fujian Province who ran a shop with her husband in a small town 45 kilometers away from South African capital pre... | high18040.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "inform people of exchanging a lid"
},
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"inform people of exchanging a lid",
"persuade people to buy a new lid",
"introduce a new type of mugs"
],
"questio... | Attention STARBUCKS
Owners of Stainless Steel Travel Mug
Mug lid Recall---16 oz Stainless Steel Travel Mug
We've recognized a fault at the cup. The fault might cause some lids to lift slightly from the body of the mug, and could possibly result in injury from hot liquid leaking. So, we have given a lid recall notice i... | high5634.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They are similar."
},
"options": [
"They are alive.",
"They are hopeless.",
"They are similar.",
"They are different."
],
"question": "What does the author think of cities all over the world?",
"question_typ... | American cities are similar to other cities around the world. In every country, cities reflect the values of the culture. American cities are changing, just as American society is changing.
After World War II, the population of most large American cities decreased; however, the population in many Sun Belt cities increa... | high3245.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "People should use new technologies and clean fuels."
},
"options": [
"People should use an effective air cleaner.",
"People should use new technologies and clean fuels.",
"People should open a window or door to let out the ha... | The way we cook is important. In many countries, the two sources of heat used for cooking are natural gas or electric stoves. The World Health Organization(WHO) warns that millions of people are dying every year from indoor air pollution. The WHO finds that poor cooking, heating and lighting technologies are killing mi... | high11702.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "total personality"
},
"options": [
"total personality",
"intellectual ability",
"personal qualities",
"communicative skills"
],
"question": "The author argues that a teacher's chief concern should be the develop... | We find that bright children are rarely _ by mix-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the brigh... | high3523.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The iris scan"
},
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"The fingerprint scan",
"The iris scan",
"The facial scan"
],
"question": "Which is the most accurate form of biometrics?",
"question_type": "factiod_question... | "Iris scan , please," the bank's computer voice tells you. You step up and the computer reads your eye, comparing it to the stored file it has of your iris. The images had better match---otherwise, you won't be able to get your money.
Iris scanning and other technologies, such as fingerprint and voice scanning, have a... | high11064.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because the pollution is too serious."
},
"options": [
"Because the weather in Beijing is very hot.",
"Because they think air corridors are a good idea.",
"Because Beijing is surrounded by mountains.",
"Because the poll... | When Beijing is hit by smog, residents often joke that the Chinese capital needs to build giant fans to clear out the polluted air.Mountains to the north and west help trap smog in the city, and a strong wind from Mongolia is the surest way to ensure cleaner air.
Beijing officials are now considering ways to help that ... | high19438.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Getting teens hard to take others into consideration."
},
"options": [
"Making teens easy to get along with.",
"Helping teens make more good friends.",
"Causing teens easier to tell right from wrong.",
"Getting teens ha... | Spending hours playing violent video games prevents teenagers from their moral growth,
a study has found.It is thought that regular touch to violence and lack of contact with the
outside world makes it harder for them to tell right from wrong.They also struggle to trust
other people,and see the world from their viewpoi... | high17415.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It is more comfortable and convenient."
},
"options": [
"It saves them a lot of money and time.",
"It is more comfortable and convenient.",
"It offers them a lot more options and bargains.",
"It gives them more time to ... | Recently, many shoppers chose to avoid the crazy crowds and do their holiday shopping from the comfort of their computer.Sales at online stores gained by more than 15%, making it the biggest season ever.But people are also returning those purchases at record rates, up 8% from last year.
What went wrong? Is the shadow o... | high18726.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "her parents and children are still alive"
},
"options": [
"her sons don't live far away from her home",
"her parents and children are still alive",
"her parents are coming to her house to spend Mother's Day",
"her sons ... | Every year, I tell my sons what I'd like for Mother's Day: a letter. Something written from the heart and offered freely rather than bought from a store and wrapped neatly. I don't always get my wish, nor do I always take the time to write to my own mother.
This year, my boys will be in two different states on Mother's... | high5152.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "she loved it and went all out for it"
},
"options": [
"she was sure to be promoted",
"she loved it and went all out for it",
"she tried her best to convince her husband",
"she received immediate recognition from colleag... | Climbing the corporate ladder during my 32 years at Southern Bell (now AT&T) never appealed much to me. But climbing telephone poles? Now that's a whole different story.
In 1978, I became the first female lineman in Columbus, Georgia. I really enjoyed the work, and most of the men accepted me because I worked hard a... | high13673.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a good command of computer skills"
},
"options": [
"positions available",
"working duties",
"a good command of computer skills",
"the degrees needed of the applicants"
],
"question": "Both of the recruiting ads ... | Beijing City International School
Position: IT manager
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Prepares and carries out the annual budget of the department.
Builds and develops the whole school IT system
Provides excellent IT services with IT team for teaching and business.
Requirements/Qualifications:
Bachelor or above, m... | high38.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "What pets bring to their owners."
},
"options": [
"What pets bring to their owners.",
"How pets help people calm down.",
"People's opinions of keeping pets.",
"Pet's value in medical research."
],
"question": "W... | Science can't explain the power of pets,but many studies have shown that the company of pets can help lower blood pressure and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack,reduce loneliness and spread all-round good cheer.
Any owner will tell you how much joy a pet brings.For some.an animal provides more comfort th... | high878.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "their misunderstanding of facial emotions of others"
},
"options": [
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"their lack in knowledge of emotion recognition",
"their inborn tendency toward violence or aggressio... | Studies have documented that smiling is a universal and effective way to lift mood. But in the latest research on the power of the smile, researchers led by Marcus Munafo of the University of Bristol in England found that even seeing smiles on the faces of others can have a profound effect on a person's tendency toward... | high8476.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
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},
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"They wanted to build the tallest tower in Tower",
"They needed a bell tower.",
"They wanted to build a leaning tower."
],
"question": "why ... | Why does the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy lean? It leans because of a mistake. It has leaned almost since the day the tower was built.
In 1173, the people of Pisa, Italy, wanted to build a bell tower. They wanted the tower to be the most beautiful bell tower in all of Italy. The city also needed a bell tower because ... | high15202.txt |
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"answer": {
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"he thought he was the better father",
"their son liked him a little bit better",
"he was earning more than his wife ... | Mother Knows Best?
Once while being prepared for a television interview, I was chatting with the host about stay-at-home fathers. I made the point that one reason we're seeing more stay-at-home dads may be that it's no longer a given (a known fact) that a man makes more money than his wife. Many families now take earni... | high23968.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The inclusion of cultural content."
},
"options": [
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"The new approach to defining words.",
"The inclusion of cultural content.",
"The increase in the number of entries."
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
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},
"options": [
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"show any understanding of consumers' feelings",
"persuade the public to buy certain products",
"meet the needs of ... | Until recently, women in advertisements wore one of three things -- an apron, an attractive dress or a frown. Although that is now changing, many women still feel angry about offending advertisements. "This ad degrades women." they protested .Why does this sort of advertising exist? How can advertisers and ad agencies ... | high893.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
"options": [
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"The culture and tradition of the company.",
"The strict rules in the company.",
"Her low position in the company.... | My friend BJ Gallagher told me a great story recently, about her own experience with resentment . She once worked as the training manager for a large newspaper, where she found the corporate culture extremely frustrating. The company was a hundred years old and their past success had blinded them to the need for chang... | high13840.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
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},
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"squirming and wigging",
"slow running",
"moving one's body nervously"
],
"question": "Which of the following can be used to explain the m... | Have you eaten too much over the holidays? You should try fidgeting for a while. Those around you might not like it, but scratching (moving your nails against a part of your body) and twitching (moving suddenly and quickly when you don't want to) is an important way of burning up calories .
American researchers have f... | high23983.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "pays close attention to her children's experiences"
},
"options": [
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"speaks her children's everyday language",
"places reasonable expectations on her children",
"pays close att... | Being Authoritative Parents
Phrases like "tiger mom" and ''helicopter parent" have made their way into everyday language.Many of us find ourselves drawn to the idea that with just a bit more parental hard work and effort, we might turn out children with bright futures.But is there anything wrong with a kind of "overp... | high12586.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "4:00 pm to 6:00 pm"
},
"options": [
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"11:30 am to 1:30 pm",
"2:30 pm to 4:30 pm",
"4:00 pm to 6:00 pm"
],
"question": "If it is 2: 45pm now and Mike's plane is going to take off at 8:35pm, ... | Singapore is a dynamic city-state where you will find a harmonious mixture of culture, cuisine, arts, people and architecture. If you have at least 5 hours to spare in transit before your next flight, join us in one of our free two-hour guided tours, which runs daily at regular times. Registration for the tour must be ... | high7976.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
"options": [
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"The woman made most of decisions.",
"The woman stayed at home to care the children.",
"The man paid the bills."
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "where people's chief concern is how to make money"
},
"options": [
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"where people's chief concern is how to make money",
"where all businesses are managed scientifically",
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Few would argue with Ford's statement. A brief glimpse at a daily newspaper vividly shows how much people in the United St... | high13698.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"she was afraid of the strangers on her account",
"she was tired of exposing her life to co!workers",
"she tho... | One of those big social networking sites, Facebook, has attracted over 58 million members. Commentator Melody Cramer is no longer one of them. Here is what she shares with us about her story.
I deleted all 1,281 of my co!workers, second!grade classmates and people who I don't know at all. I shut down my account, comple... | high9783.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because it is lower in cost."
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"Because it is lower in cost.",
"Because it is required by their teachers.",
"Because it can help them gain the latest knowledge.",
"Because it can do less harm to the envir... | The cost of college textbooks has risen sharply from 2002 to 2014. As a result, students have to look for other less expensive options , such as renting books. Now, they find another way, that is, using textbooks on the Internet, uploaded by other students. It is hard to know how popular this practice will be, but man... | high10391.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "have no jobs without accepting education and work training"
},
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"often miss classes from school",
"refuse to take any kind of part-time jobs after school",
"depend on their parents to find jobs after they graduate... | Thousands of teenagers will be able to transfer to a new wave of "studio schools" at the age of 14 to improve their chances of finding a job in UK. A dozen new-style schools are designed to act as a bridge to the workplace and cut the number of NEETs--young people not in education, employment or training.
Under plans, ... | high16938.txt |
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},
"options": [
"Its battery has a longer life than any other battery.",
"It is the most affordable light for the poor.",
"It is a kind of solar energy-saving light.",
"It has... | WASHINGTON (October 10, 2014) -- This year's Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to inventors of LEDs, now being used around the world. However, according to the International Energy Agency and the World Bank, more than a billion people in the world still do not have access to electricity. After sunset, most of them us... | high18915.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "3."
},
"options": [
"1.",
"2.",
"3.",
"4."
],
"question": "How many factors which may influence one's career are mentioned in the passage?",
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"answer": {
"answer_index... | Being able to call on the old boy's network helps you get your foot in the door,but has little impact on your later success.Having good connections does change your possibility of being offered a higher wage when you start working,but has no impact on your eventual wage.Coming from a wealthy background has little impac... | high5807.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Nanjing Road E. Station"
},
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"Nanjing Road E. Station",
"Shandong Road N. Station",
"Fuzhou Road E. Station",
"Nanjing Road N. Station"
],
"question": "If you want to buy CDs of computer games, you c... | Fuzhou Road is famous for its book stores.
Shanghai's City of Books (Nandong)
Address: No. 345, Nanjing Road. E. near Shandong Road N.
Tel: 6322-1557
Opening Hour: 9:30--21:30
It is a branch of Shanghai's City of Books. It doesn't sell any foreign language books, but you can buy CDs of computer games and software.
Traf... | high11931.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Each walk should start with the pace of doing shopping."
},
"options": [
"Walking five days a week, 30 minutes altogether, is the goal.",
"Increase at least 10% of the amount of each previous week.",
"Each walk should start w... | Walking is so simple and convenient that it couldn't possibly count as exercise, right? Wrong. Study after study shows that regular walking can help you lose weight and reduce your risk of heart disease.
The study published in Diabetes Research in Clinical Practice shows that the blood pressure of the overweight men b... | high20534.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "British people's preference for personal space."
},
"options": [
"How to make friends with British people.",
"Some tips on British table manners.",
"Ways in which British people show affection.",
"British people's prefe... | You get on an almost-empty bus, but the next passenger decides to ignore all the empty seats to sit right next to you. While you are waiting in line at the supermarket, the next
customer stands just behind you shouting into his phone.
These are attacks of the personal space invaders . Though preferences for personal sp... | high14691.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He hoped to learn Spanish better."
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"He was there on a business trip.",
"He hoped to learn Spanish better.",
"He liked to visit places of interest in Spain.",
"He was visiting friends there"
],
"q... | Andy was still traveling in Spain when he realized he had to confirm his flight home with the airline company . He was visiting Spain in order to improve his Spanish. When he was speaking to people face to face, he had no difficulty understanding what they said. However, when he was speaking on the phone, he still h... | high14849.txt |
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