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"answer_text": "Those who just walk around the shopping malls."
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"Those who cannot control the amount of credit they use.",
"Those who feel sorry for their shopping.",
"Those who are occupied in too much shopping.",
"Tho... | Are you a problem shopper? The answer is "Yes", if you or someone else thinks that you sometimes get carried away with shopping. In other words, do you or does someone else think you are occupied in extreme shopping? If people have regrets later about their shopping, or have an "out-of-control" feeling about the quanti... | high3735.txt |
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"answer_text": "no laws were made to protect the environment against pollution"
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"he had decided never to leave his hometown",
"the economy of Utah depended wholly on the copper smelter",
"no laws were made to protect the envi... | 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 insid... | high6895.txt |
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"answer_text": "Fresh concepts help build good business."
},
"options": [
"E-tailers are more creative businesses.",
"Fresh concepts help build good business.",
"Fewer consumers will visit physical stores.",
"Physical stores can't stan... | There is no doubt eCommerce is growing, and it will continue to grow. However, physical stores would not die as a result of the rise of eCommerce, at least not in the near future. The idea that eCommerce is taking over physical stores has already misguided many people. Physical stores are far from vanishing, and there ... | high15014.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the army releasing water upriver"
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"options": [
"the army releasing water upriver",
"the effects of global warming",
"the increasing level of carbon dioxide",
"the dam at Omaha's riverfront breaking"
],
"quest... | Overlooking the swollen banks of the Missouri River at Omaha's riverfront landing, one scientist has an important explanation for the past three months of flooding .While many consider the flood to be man-made, a result of water released by the US. Army Corps of Engineers upriver, his theory aims to look deeper into th... | high8660.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "will relieve traffic pressure and improve public transport"
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"can help improve the parking conditions for the staff",
"should be applied to ail commuters driving to work",
"is certain to be carried out despite ... | Commuters who drive to work will face a parking charge of up to PS350 a year.Ministers are backing a workplace parking charge which will come into force in Nottingham in 2013 and is likely to be adopted across the country.The scheme will see firms with more than ten parking places for staff charged PS350 a year for e... | high7553.txt |
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"answer_text": "To help prove his opinion about raising a child."
},
"options": [
"To help prove his opinion about raising a child.",
"To list different ways that parents may take.",
"To criticize some parents' foolish action.",
"To pr... | Honestly, since my daughter was born, I have thought a lot about how to raise a child. I once heard a story that told about when a baby was born. The story said that when a baby was born, a new master was born. The parents of that baby would become the servants. The question is: Why? Based on my observation, this pheno... | high1122.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "always did things in a fixed order"
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"was very busy with her work",
"died a very happy person",
"always did things in a fixed order",
"was the wisest woman in the world"
],
"question": "The passag... | She must be the wisest woman on this planet, for she has lived up to the three words "Seize the moment". Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because they haven't thought about it, or because they are unwilling to try something new.
My sister died a few years ago. We never did have lunch together... | high22860.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It has a caring environment."
},
"options": [
"It has a caring environment.",
"It is decorated like Disneyland.",
"It uses the most advanced equipment.",
"It provides service for both kids and old people."
],
"q... | New Way to Experience Dentistry
Have you ever had your hand held during a dental procedure you feel uneasy about? What about a dental office that mimics the spirit of Disneyland? If you're looking for a dental office that provides the best care and the best environment, you're looking for Dr.Licking's office in Sunnyv... | high13465.txt |
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"answer_text": "the letter \"r\" is sounded after a vowel"
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"the letter \"r\" is silent in any positions",
"the letter \"r\" is sounded after a vowel",
"the ending syllable of a word is stressed",
"the ending syllable of... | Originally, both the British and the American spoke with a rhotic accent. Rhotic essentially means an accent where the letter "r" is pronounced strongly after a vowel . Rhotic accents are strong in both the US and Scotland, but seem to have disappeared from British English and its _ , such as Australian English and Ne... | high6881.txt |
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"answer_text": "The Top Gear Guide to Britain"
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"options": [
"The Top Gear Guide to Britain",
"I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue: The Best of Forty Years",
"Mrs Brown's Family Handbook",
"Still Open All Hours"
],
"question": "If you... | The following are books sold on our website, perhaps some of them you'll be interested in.
The Top Gear Guide to Britain (Hardback)
Our price: PS9.99
For over ten years, Top Gear has been travelling all over Britain in the course of making the world's best programme about cars, driving.
This book is not only a guide fo... | high8674.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "are bombarded with excessive amounts of child-care literature."
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"are bombarded with excessive amounts of child-care literature.",
"draw a distinction between permissiveness and carelessness.",
"are only toward... | Few people would defend the Victorian attitude on children, but if you were a parent in those days, at least you knew where you stood: children were to be seen and not heard. Freud and his colleagues did away with all that and parents have been puzzled ever since. The child's happiness is all- important, they say, but ... | high7547.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "no modern world"
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"options": [
"no modern world",
"no recorded history",
"no animals",
"no dangers"
],
"question": "According to the author, without the development of man's memory there would be _",
"que... | We often hear people say, "I have a good memory for things like that" or "I can remember names". But do you know memory is the single most important thing and it has played a very important part?
For early men, there were dangerous all around them--bad weather, wild animals. The key to keep on living lay in man's abili... | high6659.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Being Happy Is A Duty"
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"options": [
"Pretending To Be Happy",
"Being Happy Is A Duty",
"Staying Away From Unhappiness",
"Keeping Happy Is Easy"
],
"question": "The best title of the passage is_.",
"questi... | Happiness is like a stone dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples . As Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty.
There is no exact definition of the world happiness. Happy people are happy for all sorts of reasons. They key is not wealth or physical well--being, since we find beggars, p... | high22874.txt |
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"answer_text": "It is an example of a search engine that sells information to companies."
},
"options": [
"It is an example of a search engine that sells information to companies.",
"It is better than other search engines in gathering information.... | Have you ever felt you were being watched? Some new technologies might make you feel that way. Digital billboards are being created with ability to recognize certain characteristics. These high-tech devices have cameras pointed at the people on the street, and software that tries to recognize people by age and gender. ... | high13471.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "show people really care about the result of competition"
},
"options": [
"make excuses for his failure",
"express his concern about the airport",
"imply his neighbor cheated in the competition",
"show people really care... | It does not matter who wins. We are told that from day one. Usually, that statement is followed by some remark about being a loser. If we do not care who wins, then why do we compete? Fun, experience, the chance to meet new people --- these are the reasons we try to outdo each other.
People will compete over anything. ... | high10178.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "His wife."
},
"options": [
"A boy named Harrison.",
"His wife.",
"Zachary J. Lewis. .",
"Jeffrey Keith"
],
"question": "Who inspires Tim Green to write the novel Unstoppable?",
"question_type": "factiod_ques... | Former National Football League player and children's author Tim Green has added another book to his list of accomplishments: Unstoppable. The book tells the story of a 12-year -old boy named Harrison, who survives life in a cruel foster home before he finally finds a loving family. Once he settles in and realizes his ... | high5350.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Around two years"
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"options": [
"Thirty six months",
"Thirty months",
"Half a year",
"Around two years"
],
"question": "How long did it take to put back the stolen Mona Lisa in Louver ? _",
"question_typ... | Art theft is an ancient and complicated crime. When you look at some of the most famous cases of art thefts in history, you see thoroughly planned operations that involve art dealers, art fakers, mobsters, ransoms, and millions of dollars. Here you can read about some of the most famous cases of art theft in the histor... | high16509.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "46"
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"42",
"34",
"46",
"143"
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"question": "According to the passage, the total number of the A/H1N1 infection in Japan now is _ .",
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"answer... | TOKYO -- The number of domestic infections cases of influenza A/H1N1 in Japan hits 42 on Sunday after a total of 34 people in Osaka and Hyogo counties were confirmed to have been infected, local media reported.
The total number of the infection in the country now stands at 46, including the first four cases contracted ... | high11266.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "need more career advice from their schools"
},
"options": [
"have enough career-related courses",
"need more career advice from their schools",
"perform better in exams than German students",
"can get higher earnings in... | For high school leavers starting out in the working world,it is very important to learn particular skills and practice how to behave in an interview or how to find all internship .In some countries,schools have programs to help students onto the path to work.In the Unites States,however,such programs are still few and ... | high3721.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "health service and welfare"
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"options": [
"health service and welfare",
"education and training",
"the student service organizations",
"the daily life of students"
],
"question": "The passage is mainly about ... | The University of Wales, Bangor has been rated the top university in the UK for the help and support provided for students by theTimes Higher Education Supplement.We want to make sure all our students are happy and that they enjoy their time here in Bangor. We realize that you may need some support during your time her... | high11500.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "good manners are disappearing little by little"
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"options": [
"good manners will never go out of style",
"her grandmother is right",
"good manners are disappearing little by little",
"it never rains, but it pours"
... | My grandmother seems to be wrong when she says that good manners will never go out of style.
Several days ago, I tried entering a lift with one of my arms fixed in a bandage while carrying a computer bag in the other. Not being fast enough, I was passed by two young people who managed to get into the lift before me. T... | high3047.txt |
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"answer_text": "hadgreatinfluenceovertheboywhenshewasalive"
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"hadgreatinfluenceovertheboywhenshewasalive",
"likeddogsverymucheveniftheyoftenattackedher",
"couldseeeverythingaroundherthoughshewasold",
"wasaweakwomanliving... | People say teenagers are no good. They make too much noise in shopping malls; they drive carelessly up and down America's main streets. And at least some of the time those things are true.
But we shouldn't forget that there are hard moments in the life of a teenager too.
I watched such a moment not long ago at a woman'... | high4728.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "learn to be thankful for little things"
},
"options": [
"wish to run like normal person",
"lose courage to stand up to walk",
"learn to be thankful for little things",
"dream of developing artificial legs"
],
"q... | Scout Bassett is often asked if she hopes to have normal legs. Bassett answers, "No. When you lost a leg, it teaches you to appreciate little things - like being able to walk and run."
Born in England, Bassett was left at an orphanage due to terrible burns. Her right leg was cut off above the knee. She felt hungr... | high18242.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Energy from the Sun."
},
"options": [
"Energy from lake waters.",
"Energy from fuel resources which have taken millions of years to accumulate.",
"Energy from forests.",
"Energy from the Sun."
],
"question": "Ac... | Treat with Respect
The speed with which Man is changing the face of Earth has outstripped all the mighty processes of nature put together. In his haste to supply himself with increasing quantities of Earth's treasures he risks destroying one he greatly needs, his natural surroundings. Some countries set aside unspoiled... | high17171.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Surprised"
},
"options": [
"Satisfied.",
"Sad",
"Surprised",
"Concerned."
],
"question": "Which word can best describe the man's initial reaction as soon as he was diagnosed with cancer?",
"question_type": ... | I once had a friend that was diagnosed with terminal cancer , and the news that he might only live up to six months was a great shock to him, his family, and his friends.However, in spite of the serious illness, he was initially determined to look into all available treatments that might cure or extend his life.I think... | high2359.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "her backpack was stuck in the closed door"
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"she stood too close to the bus when getting off",
"the bus driver stopped the bus suddenly",
"something was wrong with the bus door",
"her backpack was stuck i... | An 8-year-old girl was dragged about 900 feet by a school bus today in Livingston County.
According to State Police, the incident occurred about 2:40 pm on State Route 436 in the town of Ossian after three sisters were dropped off the bus.
As the last sister was leaving the bus, driver John Coley, 62 , of Wayland, Steu... | high1650.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They failed to destroy the dam repeatedly built by the beavers."
},
"options": [
"They failed to destroy the dam repeatedly built by the beavers.",
"They didn't know who to send to deal with the dam trouble.",
"The beavers we... | They don't quite know how to cope with all the dam trouble they've got down in Hampden, Maine. And according to town manager Leslie Stanley, it doesn't look as if things will improve any in the immediate future. "We've got a real annoying problem on our hands," he says.
The annoyance began in late May. About three mile... | high13317.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "do some exercise for weeks or months"
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"options": [
"do some exercise for weeks or months",
"learn more about sports",
"watch many sports games",
"buy a car"
],
"question": "If you do lots of sports while trav... | Traveling is one of the most important activities and people have been interested in it for many years. Modern traffics develops fast, so traveling to different places has become much easier than before.
Staying healthy:while traveling can make your trip happier. But do you know how to keep healthy during a trip? The f... | high14478.txt |
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"answer_text": "A founder of a cosmetics company in America."
},
"options": [
"A successful cosmetics saleswoman.",
"A beautiful shop owner in London.",
"A popular cosmetics producer in France.",
"A founder of a cosmetics company in Am... | In fine department stores everywhere, you'll see the light-blue boxes of Estee Lauder. These popular cosmetics are sold in more than 130 countries. Who's the woman behind this worldwide cosmetics empire ? Estee Lauder herself, of course. This businesswoman became, for a time, the world's richest self-made woman. Her... | high8112.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "if an adult watches TV for six hours every day, he will die five years earlier"
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"whether you watch TV or not has nothing to do with how long you will live",
"if an adult watches TV for six hours every day, he will d... | Every hour spent in watching TV, DVDs and videos as an adult reduces life expectancy by almost 22 minutes, a study suggests. And viewing TV for an average of six hours a day can cut short your life by five years.
The research claims that a sedentary lifestyle is as bad for health as smoking and obesity, because of the... | high1888.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he was the same as other kids"
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"he could get high marks",
"he was the same as other kids",
"he could become famous speaker",
"he was liked by his classmates"
],
"question": ".At the age of seven,... | Born in 1982 in Australia, Nick came into the world with neither arms nor legs. Through his childhood Nick dealt with the challenges of studies as well as sadness as he was questioned why he was different from all the other kids. But soon he realized that even with them, he was still unlike his classmates.
As Nick grew... | high7221.txt |
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"answer_text": "They analyze the speeches given by former US Presidents."
},
"options": [
"They always seek advice from the ordinary people.",
"They analyze the speeches given by former US Presidents.",
"They usually have to finish writing a... | You might say that Barack Obama was elected President of the US because he knows how to give a speech. In 2004, the little-known Obama gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention . It was a great speech -- poetic, and inspiring. The people who heard it would remember it for a long time.
Since 2004, Obama has w... | high1863.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To use a tone of voice that can match their children's feelings."
},
"options": [
"To hide their feelings with different tones of voice.",
"To use a tone of voice that can match their children's feelings.",
"Not to speak to t... | Tone of voice is very important in human conversation. A person might use words that communicate one message and a tone that shows something very different. This possibility for confusion is one reason that businessmen encourage discussing things in person, rather than through email, as tone cannot be determined in the... | high14493.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "What an Internet addict usually does."
},
"options": [
"How to become an Internet addict.",
"What an Internet addict usually does.",
"Where to find an Internet addict.",
"Why to write this passage."
],
"question... | Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction called Internet addiction.Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week.The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug use.People lose control of the time they spend on the Internet.
For example,one college student was ... | high20736.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To guide tourists around the British Museum."
},
"options": [
"To introduce some places of interest in Britain.",
"To show the glorious eastern cultures to western people.",
"To give some advice to the visitors traveling in B... | Welcome to the British Museum, the grandest and the most spectacular in the human history.The admission is free and we open every day from 10:00 to 15:30.You can explore 10 departments including:
The Department of Africa, Oceania and America.
The collection of the Department of Africa, Oceania and America includes arou... | high21428.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "you may sometimes lose money"
},
"options": [
"you can always make money",
"you can tell exactly when the stock goes up or down",
"you may sometimes lose money",
"your gambling is always safe"
],
"question": "If... | There are stock markets in large cities in many countries. Stock markets in Paris,
London, Tokyo, Shanghai and New York are among the largest and most well-known. The stock, also called stock exchange, is a place where people can buy or sell shares of a factory or company. And each share means certain ownership of... | high16284.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It has stood at the same place for 20years."
},
"options": [
"It was founded by Dave Rodenborn.",
"It has stood at the same place for 20years.",
"Its students range from kindergarten to primary.",
"Half of its staff hav... | For over 30years,Rainbow Montessori in Addison has given children a place to grow and explore the world around them,and they're still going strong today.With 20years in the same location,the school is"not going anywhere,"says Dave Rodenborn,a son of the school's founders.As general director,Dave has overseen many impro... | high19809.txt |
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"answer_text": "may not require making actual contact"
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"is important to everyday tasks",
"may not require making actual contact",
"is a problem of life and death",
"may be a challenge for designers of artificial limbs."... | An electric signal can trick a monkey's brain into believing the animal's finger has been touched.
Touch something, and your brain knows. The hand sends signals to the brain to announce contact was made. But that feeling of touch may not require making actual contact, tests on monkeys now show. Zapping brain cells can ... | high10193.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because he wanted to thank the great farmer for saving his child."
},
"options": [
"Because they were close s.",
"Because they were good friends.",
"Because the nobleman knew the farmer had a promising son.",
"Because ... | His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, tapped to his waist in black mud, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Flemin... | high20050.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "performing your regular duties well is important"
},
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"one should be willing to do some small things",
"being a salesman is not as important as being a journalist",
"performing your regular duties well is importan... | When you need a job very much, you may end up taking one for which you are over qualified. Although you were initially grateful just to have the work, you now feel bored and depressed. Is there any way to change that?
Start by changing your opinion, says Caitlin Kelly, the author of Malled, a book based on her experien... | high3912.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the water-use of their swimming pool"
},
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"being a typical water waster",
"the water-use of their swimming pool",
"her control over her kids' showers at home",
"the construction of the drought-tolerant lands... | The Sieferts are the kind of environmentally conscious family who has solar panels atop their home. They use timers on their kids' showers and have planted drought-tolerant landscaping. But they feel kind of guilt. "I haven't thought about the pool as much as I probably should," said Annette Siefert.
As California's dr... | high9581.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "climbing Mount Everest has already lost its true meaning"
},
"options": [
"it's impossible to climb up Mountain Everest without help",
"Mount Everest is now covered with a lot of rubbish",
"climbing Mount Everest has already ... | Today's amazing newspaper headline!
First family of four to walk to the South Pole wearing Mickey Mouse ears and clown's shoes.
No, not really. It isn't true. I invented it. But I wouldn't be surprised to see it one day soon. It seems that every week someone becomes 'the first' or 'the youngest' or 'the oldest' or ... | high24236.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "tell us how people celebrate Christmas in Africa"
},
"options": [
"persuade us to have a holiday in Africa",
"introduce to us when Christmas came into being",
"tell us how people celebrate Christmas in Africa",
"describ... | In Africa, Christmas day begins with groups of carolers walking to and fro through the village, along the roadway, by the houses of the churchmen, singing the lovely carols known the world around. Often people may be awakened by a group of carolers beginning to gather at the church. They return home to make final pre... | high8847.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "angry"
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"angry",
"nervous",
"worried",
"regretful"
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"question": "According to the text, when the author got in the taxi, the driver was _ .",
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},
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... | On a cold evening I was waiting for a taxi in New York. About 5 minutes later, I was picked up by a driver, and he said how terrible some people were. I knew there was a part of me that wanted to be silent, but I had to listen out of kindness.
The man told me that he had just come from JFK Airport without a customer. D... | high449.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "58."
},
"options": [
"50.",
"52.",
"58.",
"60."
],
"question": "In 2012, if 50 girls were born, how many boys were probably born?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
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"answer": {
"answer... | Singles' Day ---- the Chinese opposite of Valentine's Day has turned into a massive online shopping event. It is a day when single people are supposed to buy themselves presents. But there are sociological reasons behind China's "celebration" of single life. And the imbalance could have big consequences for the country... | high12784.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "satisfy their own needs"
},
"options": [
"treat guests",
"make money",
"satisfy their own needs",
"attract tourists"
],
"question": "Residents in Cinderland grow fruit trees and vegetables to _ .",
"quest... | Our village, Cinderland, was founded in 2000. It is a fully-sustainable eco-village on the Big Island of Hawaii located about 29 miles southeast of Hilo and 9 miles east of Pahoa. And it is within easy walking distance of the coastline--one mile north of Hwy 132, just off Hwy 137.
Solar power supplies our electrical ne... | high22647.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The contrast between her devotion to others and her being ignored."
},
"options": [
"The lack of helpful books.",
"The blow of her father's death.",
"The contrast between her devotion to others and her being ignored.",
... | Dear Textual Healing,
I would be very interested in your recommendations for any books to help me through a difficult time of my life. At 57, I am feeling a bit lost. I have a wonderful, loving husband and bright, caring teenage daughter but I am lonely and have lost my spark for life.
I have always taken care of every... | high12948.txt |
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"He was wealthy enough to buy new toys.",
"He wanted to make full use of those toys.",
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"The tuition in a Hong Kong university is not high.",
"The high qu... | More and more mainland high school graduates are considering attending universities in Hong Kong. They feel that attractive scholarships, the high quality of education and a chance to experience a different culture present a good opportunity.
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"question_type": "cloze_quest... | A deal has been signed to turn by-products from a Scottish distillery into fuel for cars.
In what is declared to be a world first, the Tullibardine distillery in Perthshire has linked up with a spin-out company from Napier University in Edinburgh. They plan to use bacteria to feed on the "leftovers" from the whisky mak... | high12790.txt |
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Scientists k... | high22653.txt |
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These were the words that Carolyn Bourne e-mailed to her son's fiancee , Heidi Withers. The couple had just visited the Bourne family home in England.
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"they could enjoy the luxury of space hotels",
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Using a calligraphy brush to write the single character on a wooden platform as tourists looked on, Seihan Mori, chief mon... | high20722.txt |
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"aren't active in catching food"
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Its strange skin is shaped by its habitat. It lives 800 meters below the ocean's surface, a depth where very few other creatures can survive.
Most fishes have a swim bladder , which is filled with gas... | high10839.txt |
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You can jump alone or with your classmate. You can also help turn a long rope for many others to jump over, one at a time. If you jump alone, you will need a short rope and it will be just enough for your height. Try ropes of different lengths until you find a right one for your si... | high22135.txt |
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"Because their parents have to work in a big city.",
"Because they enjoy living by themselves.",
"Because thei... | She is only 12 years old but lives only with her younger sister. Her parents are far away from home, and she has to take care of her younger sister. She is He Can, a student at Anqing Jianzhen Middle School in Anhui, one of the "stay-at home children" in her town. To make money, these kids' parents go to big cities to ... | high15799.txt |
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"as large as Shanghai .",
"not as large as China .",
"the largest island in the north of the earth ."
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The government has made enough laws to fight pollution . T... | high15941.txt |
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"to accompany his sick wife",
"to save money for his family"
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"Some students would steal others' phones.",
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"a couple of students had promised to help them",
"they liked this little town",
"his wife had found a job"
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After suffering through many months of unemployment, my wife and I had to move this week from Colorado to Ohio, where she would work as a sales assistant. Not knowing a person ther... | high4927.txt |
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"some bags are expensive",
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The airlines collect the items and, for 90 days, attempt to find their own... | high3090.txt |
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"Because she didn't express her thanks to Shari",
"Because she didn't pay for the strawberries",
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By the end of the day and I were exhausted. Shari ... | high21414.txt |
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"People on a bus are more likely to stop a crime.",
"Religious people are more likely to look on.",
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(1) women are helped more th... | high15969.txt |
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"He wished to set a new world record",
"He didn't have enough money to buy a boat",
"He had a hobby of making thi... | DIY sailor Owen Warboys has finally launched his homemade boat -- after spending nearly 30 years building it in his mum's garden.
Owen, 66, a retired engineer from Hordle, New Milton, Hants, first started work on the 40ft--long boat in 1982 because he could not afford to buy his own. He told mum Edith that it would onl... | high1687.txt |
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],
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* Plant Manager: Excellent Senior Engineer with experience in this field ... | high23203.txt |
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"About 4.3 billion tons.",
"About 5.6 billion tons."
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},
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"He got a Christmas gift",
"He became four years old.",
"He received a doll."
],
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On September 11th ,1958,Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying, "I promised you a gift , and here it is." What an honor!I turned four a month earlier and none o... | high475.txt |
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"answer": {
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"avoid watching TV at night",
"be always around skinny friends"
],
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1.Use a smaller plate
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"Computer can be used to play games"
],
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"answer": {
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],
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Our library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.
Zones
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"Spain will change the time zone to allow families more free time together.",
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"answer": {
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},
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"Immigrants have endured more sufferings than those in other countries.",
"Immi... | Every immigrant leads a double life. Every immigrant has a double identity and a double vision, being suspended between an old and a new home, an old and new self. The very notion of a new home, of course, is in a sense as impossible as the notion of new parents. Parents are who they are; home is what it is.
Yet home,... | high19835.txt |
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"answer": {
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"A Question Without Answer"
],
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The programme... | high5387.txt |
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"answer": {
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The best way to teach your child how to be responsible pet caregivers is to be on yourself. This should start before you even get a pet--make sure you have realistic expectations about pet ownership. And take steps to select the right animal at the right time.
As soon... | high21366.txt |
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"answer": {
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The University of Michigan Exhibit Museum is located on central campus in the historic Alexander B.Ruthven Museums Building.With over 300displays on four floors,the museum offers unlimited opportunities for discovery.Exhibits,artifacts and habitat scenes help you expand your kn... | high19821.txt |
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"She taught English in exchange for piano lessons.",
"She was admitted to a university for a second degree cou... | Our bedroom has no full-length mirror. There is one at the canteen entrance. I always cherish a secret desire to take a glance before it at myself in a beautiful new dress. However, each time when it comes to the fulfillment, I get seized with such an uneasiness that I literally stagger away--backing out at the critic... | high5393.txt |
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"answer": {
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"Portable.",
"Available."
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Over the past 10 years, developments in technology have moved the dream of personal flying vehicles closer to reality. Now, two groups of inventors say such ve... | high12974.txt |
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"dangerous",
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},
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Looking thinner and darker, 30-year-old Blaine was taken out of his box ... | high461.txt |
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},
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"Aiming high even when doing small things.",
"Putting aside a lit... | Wealth starts with a goal saving a dollar at a time. Call it the piggy bank strategy . There are lessons in that time-honored coin-saving container.
Any huge task seems easier when reduced to baby steps. I f you wished to climb a 12,000-foot mountain, and could do it a day at a time, you would only have to climb 33 fee... | high6842.txt |
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"answer": {
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The March sisters tried to be good but had their share of faults. Pretty Meg was often displeased with t... | high7584.txt |
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"answer": {
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Do you think it impossible? Well,it is true.And this is how it happened.
The mistake was made more than a hundred years ago in the former British c... | high23217.txt |
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},
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"To encourage the locals to use wheelchairs properly.",
"To help the disabled with wheelc... | The Taxi & Limousine Committee agreed Wednesday to carry out a 30-cent extra charge on every city taxi fare -- part of a historic plan to make half the city's yellow cabs wheelchair-accessible.
The 30-cent extra charge will be assessed starting next January on all metered
yellow and green cab fares. The money will be... | high18281.txt |
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},
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"his mother loved him more than she loved the younger brother",
"elder brother should of course have the ... | Here is a true story about a famous man who worked in the White House and a criminal. They once faced the same thing: their mother gave them apples when they were young.
The criminal said: one day, my mother brought some apples and asked my brother and me: "Which do you want?" "The reddest and biggest one," my little b... | high4933.txt |
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},
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"They can be used whe... | The practice of magic includes special words, actions, and objects. Most magic involves a person called a magician, who claims to have supernatural powers. Magic words.
To work most magic, the magician sings or speaks special words in a certain order. These words are called incantations or spells. Some spells form pray... | high3084.txt |
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},
"options": [
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"Preparing food is really difficult for robots.",
"Their robots can just repeat the same movement.",
"They fail... | For many years,machines have been doing work that people once did,including some dit- ficutt jobs. Search and rescue operations in dangerous environments are often seen as the first areas that will employ high technology robots. But there is another area where they may soon take jobs traditionally held by human beings:... | high10805.txt |
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"To persuade parents to spend more time with their kids.",
"To advise parents how to help their k... | How can you help kids cope with stress? Proper rest and good nutrition can improve coping skills, so can good parenting. Make time for your kids each day. Whether they need to talk with you or just be in the same room with you, make yourself available.
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"To explain the relationship between victims and creators.",
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"The varieties of online item",
"The price and the way to play"
],
"question": "What influences Asia-Pacific consumers m... | Asia-Pacific consumers are the world's largest group of online shopping lovers and many rely on Internet reviews when making purchases, research firm Nielsen said this week.
The firm said 35% of consumers in Asia-Pacific used over 11% of their monthly spending to make online purchases, compared to a global average of 2... | high12975.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Three."
},
"options": [
"Two.",
"Three.",
"Four.",
"Five"
],
"question": "How many kinds of food are mentioned in the passage?",
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},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Thousands of years ago, people only ate food that was grown near their homes. Some kinds of food were only grown in one place, so people from other places didn't know about them. When Europeans first traveled to Central and South America in the 1500s, they discovered strange kinds of food that they had never seen befor... | high23570.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the government planned to forbid over 1 million cars to run on the roads during the Olympics."
},
"options": [
"the government planned to forbid over 1 million cars to run on the roads during the Olympics.",
"banning private cars i... | Limit the use of private cars, improve public transport and encourage the use of bicycles to control traffic congestion during the 2008 Olympics, experts from foreign countries advised Beijing on Friday.
Professor Nigel Wilson, of the civil and environmental engineering department of Massachusetts Institute of Techno... | high20079.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "all-nighters hurt students' grades"
},
"options": [
"the bad effects of pulling an all-nighter",
"pulling an all-nighter leads to sleep problems",
"Thacher' s doubt about all-nighters",
"all-nighters hurt students' grad... | There is a discovery that students who rely on working at night to improve their grades might want to sleep on that strategy: a new survey in the US says those who never study all night have slightly higher grades than those who do.
A survey of 120 students at St. Lawrence University found that students who have never... | high21367.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "lost money as its young customer did not have the money to pay his debts"
},
"options": [
"received a telephone order to buy shares for a twenty-one year old",
"lost a lot of money because the shares they bought fell in value",
... | There were red faces at one of Britain's biggest banks recently. They had accepted a telephone order to buy PS 100,000 worth of shares from a fifteen-year-old schoolboy (they thought he was twenty-one). The shares fell in value and the schoolboy was unable to pay up. The bank lost PS 20,000 on the deal which it cannot... | high21401.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "was the only daughter of the Scotts"
},
"options": [
"couldn't walk until she was four",
"was the only daughter of the Scotts",
"held her first lemonade stand in 2001",
"was born with cancer"
],
"question": "It ... | Alexandra Scott was born to Liz and Jay Scott in Manchester,Connecticut on January 18, 1996,the second of four children. Shortly before her first birthday,Alex was diagnosed with neuroblastoma,a type of childhood cancer.
On her first birthday, the doctors informed Alex's parents that if she beat her cancer it was doubt... | high10804.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "four people's thoughts after reading Martha's article"
},
"options": [
"comments on a book about a girl who has no father",
"comments on Martha's opinion about parents' love",
"four people's thoughts after reading Martha's ar... | Kasey Kaczmarek: When I read "Would my dad love me?" by Martha, I related to how Martha felt about her father. I always wondered if my dad cared about me, or if he even loved me. All the kids would be with their dads and they would ask me where my dad was, and I would tell them that he was out of town. For all you kids... | high3085.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because the weather can be changeable unexpectedly."
},
"options": [
"Because the more plans there are, the more successful the harvest will be.",
"Because the author no longer believes in weather forecast.",
"Because gardene... | It will soon be time to set out to plant tomatoes, an act one performs when the weather has settled. That means warm soil, proper night temperatures and no risk of a sudden reversion to winter.
I no longer believe in settled weather. In the current age of climate confusion, a backup plan is always an essential part of ... | high18280.txt |
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