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"answer_text": "regretful"
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"happy",
"regretful",
"1ucky",
"satisfied"
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"question": "When Charlie heard that he would be given the house he must have felt _",
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... | Charlie,a master carpenter ,was very well respected in his community.Everyone knew that if they wanted the best,they would call on him.Of course that meant that Charlie would never be rich.His fellow carpenters always told him that if you used inferior materials and cheap labor then you could make a lot of money.Charli... | high23216.txt |
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"answer_text": "They know it by experimenting on rats."
},
"options": [
"Some researchers have told them.",
"Many women say so.",
"They know it by experimenting on rats.",
"They know it through their own experience."
],
"questi... | Motherhood may make women smarter and may help prevent dementia in old age by bathing the brain in protective hormones , U.S.researchers reported on Thursday.
Tests on rats show that those who raise two or more litters of pups do considerably better in tests of memory and skills than rats who have no babies, and thei... | high1692.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "How to teach a child about money management."
},
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"How to develop a child's initiative.",
"How to work up an amount of pocket money.",
"How to teach a child to make money.",
"How to teach a child about money... | An allowance is an important tool for teaching kids how to budget,save and make their own decisions.Children remember and learn from mistakes when their own dollars are lost or spent foolishly.
How large an allowance is suitable? Experts say there is not right amount.Actual amounts differ from place to place,and from ... | high22108.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Opportunities for street children"
},
"options": [
"Lovemore's life",
"The programs of the PCC",
"The situation of street children",
"Opportunities for street children"
],
"question": "What would be the best tit... | At the Presbyterian Church in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe, 15-year-old Lovemore and other children crowd around tables in a small room, answering questions in their workbooks. Their uniforms are clean and worn with pride, and in many ways it would be difficult to distinguish this classroom from any other.
These children,... | high23202.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "everything can reflect in it"
},
"options": [
"everything can reflect in it",
"it's large with plenty of space",
"there is a large mirror wall in it",
"it has limited effect on local wildlife"
],
"question": "Ac... | BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhuanet)--- A new hotel concept has been realized in a village in Northern Sweden, which aims to make the simple treehouse become a world-class destination for travellers. The Treehotel, located in a place called Harads, will consist of four rooms when it opens on July 17th: the Cabin, the Blue Cone,... | high1686.txt |
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"answer_text": "She is very active in her high school."
},
"options": [
"She is applying for a master's degree.",
"She is very active in her high school.",
"Her disability prevents her studying well.",
"She has difficulty overcoming he... | Q My daughter is a junior in high school and has been on an individualized education program since fourth grade. She plans to go to college and intends to finish with a master's degree. Her performance is fairly good, but test scores are very low. She has held many leadership and volunteer positions. We have been advis... | high312.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "brought them great trouble"
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"options": [
"brought them great trouble",
"gained their mother's praise",
"made their father very angry",
"failed to meet their mother's demands"
],
"question": "The children's dr... | In our home it was natural to fear our father . Even our mother was afraid of him. As children, my sister and I thought every family was like that. Every family had an unpredictable dad who was impossible to please and a praying mom who was there to protect the children.
We were good children. Mom was always telling us... | high21415.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He missed the trip at the beginning of school."
},
"options": [
"He was late for school.",
"He missed the trip at the beginning of school.",
"He didn't know anyone.",
"American students looked down upon him."
],
... | What are American high schools like? Well, I'm happy to tell you what I know.
When I started school here, it had already been a week since the school opened. At this school, freshmen usually go on a trip for about three days at the beginning of school. Unfortunately I missed that wonderful trip, which would have been t... | high10810.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Some information was overlooked."
},
"options": [
"Some information was overlooked.",
"Some information needed to be united.",
"Some had grammatical mistakes.",
"Industry terminology didn't meet the standard."
],
... | When you're an employee of a company, no matter the size, it's common to see co-workers promoted, or transferred to a different department. But there is another way to move around--by creating a new position for yourself. I did this several years ago, though I wasn't actively looking for a different job.
In 2007, I was... | high3091.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The Roman Empire intruded into Britannia Island over 2,100 years ago."
},
"options": [
"London lies in the southeast plain of England.",
"The British first lived in London thousands of years ago.",
"People can enjoy a walk al... | London is the capital of Britain. It is located in the southeast plain of England. The Thames River goes through this city.
The British have lived there for about 3,000 years. The Roman Empire intruded into Britannia Island in 54 BC. The Romans built the first wooden bridge over the Thames River.
London is a world-fam... | high4926.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "how to have a smooth journey abroad"
},
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"what to take with you while travelling",
"the importance of learning about foreign culture",
"what to do in an emergency",
"how to have a smooth journey abroad"
... | Tips for planning a trip abroad
You may be going on a well deserved vacation with your family or planning a honeymoon trip to a foreign country. While discovering a new destination may seem exciting, keep in a mind a little bit of preparation can make your getaway all the more special.
Here are some travel tips that ca... | high18294.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "decreased their value of protection"
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"options": [
"were polluted by micro-organisms.",
"were resistant to high temperature.",
"decreased their value of protection",
"were still effective"
],
"question": "Acco... | Hundreds of Chinese officials are to be sacked or demoted for their part in a vaccine scandal that has added to discontent at poor oversight of food and drug safety, especially relating to children.
Xinhua, the state news agency, said late on Wednesday that 357 officials are to face punishment, with 192 criminal cases... | high19834.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "She had donated blood the night before."
},
"options": [
"She had run a long way.",
"She felt hot in the subway.",
"She had done a lot of work.",
"She had donated blood the night before."
],
"question": "What wa... | Lisa was running late. Lisa, 25, had a lot to do at work,plus visitors on the way: her parents were coming in for Thanksgiving from her hometown. But as she hurried down the subway stairs, she started to feel uncomfortably warm. By the time she got to the platform, Lisa felt weak and tired-maybe it hadn't been a good ... | high17819.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he didn't want to lose face before his wife"
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"options": [
"his wife didn't hate his breaking wind",
"it was difficult to find good ones",
"his wife asked him to",
"he didn't want to lose face before his wife"
],
... | One day, a man who liked baked beans very much met a girl and fell in love with her. In order to avoid breaking wind in front of his newly-married wife, he gave up baked beans. They were married shortly thereafter.
Months later, he smelled baked beans in a cafe on his way home. They were the best beans he had ever sme... | high21373.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he was fully occupied with observing nature"
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"options": [
"he didn't live very long with them",
"the family was extremely large",
"he was too young when he lived with them",
"he was fully occupied with observing natu... | Looking back on my childhood,I am convinced that naturalists are born and not made.Although we were all brought up in the same way,my brothers and sisters soon abandoned their pressed flowers and insects.Unlike them,I had no ear for music and languages.I was not an early reader and I could not do mental arithmetic.
Bef... | high7591.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "you are unfamiliar with your destination"
},
"options": [
"you are busy in the morning",
"you have to take your breakfast",
"you have lots of things to do",
"you are unfamiliar with your destination"
],
"questio... | To be punctual is important for us because people rather expect us to be on time for appointments. But it seems not easy to be on time every time. Here are some useful methods to help you be punctual.
Plan your route. If your destination is unfamiliar, go online the night before to map out your route and see how long ... | high6857.txt |
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"answer_text": "What to wear is not a matter of personal choice for companies."
},
"options": [
"Candidates have to wear what companies prefer for an interview.",
"What to wear is not a matter of personal choice for companies.",
"Companies s... | Spring is coming, and it is time for those about to graduate to look for jobs. Competition is tough, so job seekers must carefully consider their personal choices. Whatever we are wearing,our family and friends may accept us, but the workplace may not.
A high school newspaper editor said it is unfair for companies to d... | high474.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Snacking between the meals."
},
"options": [
"Having a big meal with family and friends.",
"Drinking a lot.",
"Having fattening takeaways",
"Snacking between the meals."
],
"question": "Which kind of weekend die... | For many workers trying to lose weight, the weekend is a chance to do some exercise and eat something healthier than a supermarket sandwich at their desk. But some slimmers take a slightly different approach -- consuming more than half their weekly calorie intake from Friday night to Sunday.
Away from the daily routine... | high12961.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "teenagers"
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"options": [
"parents",
"teenagers",
"winners",
"adults"
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"question": "The Winners Club is a bank account intended for _ .",
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"answer": {
... | Winners Club
You choose to be a winner!
The Winners Club is a bank account specially designed for teenagers.It has been made to help you better manage your money. The Winners Club is a transaction account where you receive a key-card so you can get to your money 24/7--that' s 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!
It' s a club... | high20045.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "often perform seemingly dangerous actions"
},
"options": [
"Often dress up as actors",
"prefer to lead dangerous lives",
"often perform seemingly dangerous actions",
"often fight each other for their lives"
],
"... | You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists .But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead... | high3907.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Citizens shared them."
},
"options": [
"Citizens shared them.",
"Tod Bol donated them.",
"US government provided them.",
"The communities bought them."
],
"question": "How do Little Free Libraries get their book... | The sharing economy has grown in recent years to include everything from apartment' sharing to car sharing to community tool sharing. Since 2009, a new form of sharing economy has been emerging in neighborhoods throughout the US and around the world-Little Free Library. The libraries are boxes placed in neighborhoods f... | high10186.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "offer some suggestions on how to spend the time after retirement"
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"offer some suggestions on how to spend the time after retirement",
"advise couples to develop their separate hobbies",
"warn couples not to be... | Some couples spend every waking minute together. Others fill their hours with personal hobbies,outside interests and even part-time jobs, just to keep their distance from each other! "There should be private time and couple time," suggests Dr. Stephen Treat at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia."You don't want y... | high11298.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Freedom."
},
"options": [
"Money.",
"Freedom.",
"Love.",
"Clothes."
],
"question": "What would children like to get from their parents according to the passage?",
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},
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"answer":... | Each of us would like to be trusted by parents, because we all want to get freedom. Parents are more likely to give us our freedom if they trust us. If you want your parents to trust you more, you have to show them through your actions.
Let your parents know what's going on at school and with your friends. If you tr... | high22652.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "can strengthen the relationship between illustrators and publishers"
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"will last five days in all",
"is intended to pick out works for story-books",
"can strengthen the relationship between illustrators and pub... | The aims of the Illustrators Exhibition, staged as part of the Bologna Children's Book Fair, organized by BolognaFiere and held from 23 to 26 December, are to bring illustrators and publishers together and to promote illustrators and their works among publishers.
QUALIFICATIONS
*Individual illustrators or groups of il... | high12791.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "brighten strangers' day with kind words"
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"share her sad feelings with strangers",
"tell strangers how outstanding she was",
"express her wish to have a bright day",
"brighten strangers' day with kind wor... | When 24-year-old Hannah Brencher moved to New York after college, she was hit by depression and loneliness. One day she felt so lonely that she wanted to reach out to someone. So she put pen to paper and started writing letters--letters to complete strangers.
But these weren't sad letters about how she was feeling. The... | high8852.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "introduce a modern way to follow the bees to readers"
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"call on people to protect the bees for the environment",
"explain why the bees fly far away in search of flowers",
"introduce a modern way to follow the b... | Tiny transmitters fixed on the backs of the blue-green bees have allowed scientists to follow the insects as they fly for miles in search of rare flowers.
Working in Panama, scientists caught 17 bees of the common species and fixed a 300 milligram radio light onto the back of each. The signals they sent out were used ... | high9594.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They used it for work and daily life."
},
"options": [
"The man's job was bike racing.",
"It was their only possession.",
"It was a nice Kona 18 speed.",
"They used it for work and daily life."
],
"question": "W... | It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005.While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work.On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does.After putting in 10 hours of labor, ... | high12949.txt |
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"answer_text": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel"
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"Stick Dog",
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel",
"Ivy and Bean Make the Rules",
"White Fun Flying"
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"question": "There are interesting drawings in ... | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third WheelBy Jeff Kinney
A dance at Greg Heffley's middle school is going to be held, but he can't find someone to go with him. Finally he finds a girl from his class to go with him. That is when The Third Wheel story begins.
The Third Wheel is full of jokes and interesting drawings.
Ivy and ... | high14486.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "decline his request and motivate him"
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"options": [
"show his concern for him",
"recommend him to save money",
"decline his request and motivate him",
"introduce him a new job"
],
"question": "Abraham Lincoln ... | Dec. 24, 1848
Dear Johnston,
Your request for eighty dollars, I do not think it best to satisfy now. At the various times when I have helped you a little, you have said to me, "We can get along very well again," but in a very short time I find you in the same difficulty again. Now this can only happen by some fault in ... | high15940.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "70"
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"35",
"45",
"50",
"70"
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"question": "In 1950, the average life span was _",
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "t... | How old is "old"? The answer has changed over the years. Two hundred years ago,you were old at 35.At the beginning of the 20 th century,the average life span was 45. In 1950,70-year-olds were really old.Today,a healthy 70-year-old is still thought young.
So,how old is old? The answer is one you've heard many times,fro... | high1876.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To put one's whole life on a schedule ."
},
"options": [
"To make an income from selling clocks.",
"To put one's whole life on a schedule .",
"To behave according to the rules of books.",
"To work very quickly in order... | Tom Hanks ranks as one of Hollywood's most popular actors. Moviegoers eagerly anticipate in the opening of his new pictures. If you're a Hank fan, you don't have to wait much longer. Hank's newest film, Cast Away, opens this winter.
Tom Hanks plays Chunk Noland, a FedEx executive who lives by the clock. He carefull... | high22134.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "all of the above"
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"there is no air, no water, no life, no scenery",
"the sun and stars shine in the sky",
"temperature breaks rock away",
"all of the above"
],
"question": "The moon is an unfrien... | Science has told us too much about the moon that it is fairly easy to imagine what it would be like to get there. It is certainly not a friendly place. Since there is no air or water, there can be no life of any kind. There is not much variety of scenery either. For mile after mile there are only flat plains of dust wi... | high15798.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Humorous."
},
"options": [
"Polite.",
"Foolish.",
"Humorous.",
"Serious."
],
"question": "Which word best describes the language style of the passage?",
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"answer": {
"... | A bargain is something offered at a low and advantageous price. A more recent definition is: a bargain is a dirty trick to force money out of the pockets of silly and innocent people.
The cost of producing a new - for example - toothpaste would make 80p the proper price for it, so we will market it at PS1.20. It is not... | high10838.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "many different meanings"
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"only one meaning",
"no meanings",
"many different meanings",
"the same meaning"
],
"question": "We know that the word \"cool\" has had _",
"question_type": "cloze... | "Cool" is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to expressa temperature that is a little bit cold.As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings. "Cool" can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything. When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say, "It's coo... | high16285.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "find the position of people alive who are trapped in buildings"
},
"options": [
"take the place of man's rescue jobs",
"find the position of people alive who are trapped in buildings",
"serve as food for people alive who are ... | Everybody hates rats. But in the earthquake capitals of the world - Japan, Los Angeles, Turkey - rats will soon be man's new best friends.
What happens after an earthquake? We send in rescue dogs. Why? Because they can smell people. Dogs save lives. They help rescuers to find living people. But dogs are big and they ca... | high20737.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The bridegroom's parents were not that joyful."
},
"options": [
"The bride's mother shared their joy.",
"The bride's father felt uncomfortable about the wedding.",
"The bridegroom's parents were not that joyful.",
"The ... | The wedding took place in a Birmingham hotel. The bride and her father arrived in a new black American sport car. Her father looked nervous and uncomfortable in front of the cameras. The bride wore a silk wedding dress. She smiled nervously at the waiting photographers and went to a room on the first floor where she me... | high14492.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They have no interest in anything"
},
"options": [
"They have to continue to stay at office after work",
"They feel more and more difficult to think up a good idea",
"They have no interest in anything",
"They have littl... | According to a report by the China News Weekly,
They pursue many of their activities in the office building, eating, doing exercise, resting, playing games or even dating.
In large cities such as Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing, where economy is developing at a fast speed, office workers face an increasing work pressure... | high15954.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "track and field"
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"basketball",
"football",
"track and field",
"tennis"
],
"question": "Liu Xiang is famous as a _ player.",
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{
"answer": {
... | Great young stars make Chinese people proud, like Yao Ming in the NBA, and Liu Xiang in track and field . Now maybe we can add one more name: Ding Junhui.
The teenage player has become China's hero at snooker .
Two days after his 18th birthday, Ding reached the top of the 2005 World Snooker China Open on Sunday. He's t... | high22120.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "she could have the money of her own"
},
"options": [
"she liked to go there",
"she wanted to buy nice clothes",
"she could have the money of her own",
"she wanted to buy some eggs"
],
"question": "Molly was happ... | Molly was a peasant girl. Her parents did not have much money and Molly did not have many nice clothes.
One day Molly's father said to her, "Molly, take this pot of milk to market and sell it. You may keep the money."
Molly was very happy. She put the pot of milk on her head and started her journey to market. While she... | high1862.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "She wanted to find a clear aim for her higher education."
},
"options": [
"She wanted to make enough money for her higher education.",
"She wanted to change her personality before going to university.",
"She wanted to get som... | I could fill a book with embarrassing situations I've been in over the years. These moments used to haunt me and my face would turn as red as a big tomato.
It wasn't until I was in my late teens, working at a hotel that things changed for me. I took a year off in between high school and university, because like man... | high22646.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Pose."
},
"options": [
"Closet.",
"Pose.",
"Stylitics.",
"Walk in My Closet."
],
"question": "Which of the following is designed for people who often hesitate when buying clothes?",
"question_type": null
}... | Below are the best four applications(,app) to help you organize your closet--and trust us, there really is something for everyone.
Closet
If you're looking to create your own digital closet, then this app is for you. Closet helps you categorize your outfits and keeps you uptodate on what you've already worn.
PROS : Ver... | high12785.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "To improve children's reading."
},
"options": [
"To improve children's reading.",
"To support John Hersey.",
"To develop educational system.",
"To make readers laugh."
],
"question": "What is Dr. Seuss's purpose... | The Cat in the Hat takes place on a cold, wet day with two kids awaiting their mother's return. Instead of their mother, a strange cat enters the house. He begins balancing a fish bowl on the tip of his umbrella while balancing himself on a beach ball! The two kids and their pet fish worry and worry. But readers around... | high8846.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "do not really help civilization forward"
},
"options": [
"only appear glorious in history books",
"are greater than any other people",
"are not as great as described in history books",
"do not really help civilization f... | Many of the people who appear most often and most gloriously in history books are great conquerors and generals and soldiers, whereas the people who really helped civilization forward are often never mentioned at all.
We do not know who first set a broken leg, or launched a seaworthy boat, or calculated the length of t... | high448.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he was old and weak"
},
"options": [
"his son and daughter-in-law didn't like him",
"there wasn't enough food for him",
"life was hard for the poor family",
"he was old and weak"
],
"question": "Eating was diffi... | An old man lived with his family. The family would eat together nightly at the dinner table. But the elderly grandfather's shaky hands and failing sight made eating rather difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon, dropping to the floor. When he grasped his glass of milk, it often spilled clumsily at the tablecloth.
With t... | high24237.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "regretful"
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"options": [
"disappointed",
"satisfied",
"regretful",
"relieved"
],
"question": "Not having built anything together with his first son, the author felt _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questio... | While growing up in Jersey in the 1960s, I always seemed to be building things. One summer I build a model car with my father. It was a simple affair, and as a capable 12-year-old, I could have easily done it alone. But my father spent the time together with me, and before I knew it, we were both out in the garage, wor... | high9580.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "turn to others"
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"turn to others",
"work even harder",
"feel more frustrated",
"learn from upper-class people"
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At the Arts you ca... | high20051.txt |
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Podcasting does require some technical knowledge, but not very much.
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Recently,a 100-year-old Japanese woman became the world's first _ to complete a 1,500-meter freestyle swimming competition in a 25-meter poo1.
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"Because the girl didn't care much for the doll.",
"Because her parents would give the doll a name.",
"Becau... | When I was seven, my parents gave me a doll, a doll's house and a book. The Arabian Nights, came wrapped in red paper. I was just ready to read when my mother walked into my room.
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The Camp Invention Program, created by Invent Now Kids, was founded in 1990. Now it has grown to include... | high18243.txt |
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},
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Black snow cam... | high19149.txt |
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"answer": {
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"A demanding mother"
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"question": "We can learn that Amy Chua is _ .",
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Many weight-conscious people also mistakenly believe that changing our bodies will fix _ . Perhaps our mistake is believing that being thin equals be... | high7234.txt |
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"Our findings show that if the virus continues ... | high8107.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer": {
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"He didn't like it actually."
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"que... | When I was ten my dad helped me buy my first ten-speed bicycle from Allen. I put up $60 of my grass cutting and snow shoveling money and my dad put up the other half I would pay him back over the next six months. Although it was not in the latest style, it was my ticket to the adult world.
I spent that summer and aut... | high9219.txt |
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"he didn't know what he really wanted",
"he didn't appreciate things around him"
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I started to think about other things as I stared at the night sky. It hit me clearly that these beautiful stars were always there but I had spent very little time i... | high13302.txt |
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"Because they... | With the new school year quickly coming near (or perhaps, for your early-starters, already under way), it's time to get ready for a successful term . And while you may be cleaning your wardrobe , it's equally important to freshen up your study skills, too.
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I am seeking an opportunity to work with World Destiny as a Computer Systems Manager. My professional experience and my awareness of your high reputation and great achievements have led me to want to work for World Destiny.
Since 1998 I have focused on computer-system design and training. As Systems Adm... | high15015.txt |
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"older parents can better balance their resources against children... | Psychiatrists who work with older parents say that maturity can be an advantage in child raising--older parents are more thoughtful, use less physical discipline and spend more time with their children. But raising kids takes money and energy. Many older parents find themselves balancing their limited financial resour... | high6894.txt |
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"They can always get a better price somewhere else.",
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},
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Beijing audience can view five South Korean films,all with Chinese subtitles ,until April 19 at the Tuixin Cinema on Being National Library grounds.
Location:Tuixin Cinema,Being National Library,39 Baishiqiao Road,Haidian Distict.
Telephone:86415566
"The King and the Clown" April 15: ... | high18531.txt |
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"To support that the first China Golden Rice Tasting is safe.",
"To rid public of fears and... | Public caught up in argument over safety of genetically modified or simply GM products, report Zhang Lei and Zhong Nan in Beijing.
More than 300 people gathered to enjoy a bowl of porridge made from genetically modified food on Saturday, an attempt to quell public fears about the safety of the product.
The first China ... | high5345.txt |
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"answer_text": "The positive relationship between music and efficiency."
},
"options": [
"The positive relationship between music and efficiency.",
"The speed and accuracy of problem-solving tasks.",
"The comparison of different kinds of mus... | Whether it is Mozart or Miley,your choice of music could determine whether you will perform well al your work.
A new study suggests that listening to music in the office improves the speed and accuracy of tasks such as data entry,proof reading and problem solving.
In an office-based experiment,88 pet cent of participan... | high8891.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "be careful about making decisions"
},
"options": [
"care about people around them",
"do something for the prisoners",
"be careful about making decisions",
"improve awareness of personal safety"
],
"question": "P... | A program in the United States invites young people to visit a prison. The goal is to teach them to avoid bad choices and bad influences that could put them behind bars for life.
Students can take a tour of the prison, in school groups or by themselves.At the end, the young people sit down for a discussion with some ... | high22849.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "keep nodding like a woodpecker"
},
"options": [
"keep one's eyes open all the time",
"move head back and forth",
"raise one's head in upright position",
"keep nodding like a woodpecker"
],
"question": "After a b... | If you are a sleep deprived teacher, you may not be aware of the term woodpeckering , but you've probably done it. It happens the day following a bad night's sleep. You're sitting in a long meeting and you can barely keep your eyes open, so you support your head up with your hand. Next thing you know, you are moving y... | high9557.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He pushed Miss Havisham in the wheel chair."
},
"options": [
"He placed the garden chair on the broad landing.",
"He walked with Estella's hand upon his shoulder.",
"He learned knowledge from Miss Havisham.",
"He pushed... | On the broad landing between Miss Havisham's own room and that other room in which the long table was laid out, I saw a garden chair -- a light chair on wheels that you pushed from behind. It had been placed there since my last visit, and that same day I pushed Miss Havisham in this chair (when she was tired of walking... | high14323.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "predict the applications of RFID technology"
},
"options": [
"warn people of the possible risks in adopting RFID technology",
"explain the benefits brought about by RFID technology",
"convince people of the uses of RFID techn... | Imagine you're at a party full of strangers. You're nervous. Who are these people? How do you start a conversation? Fortunately, you've got a thing that sends out energy at tiny chips in everyone's name tag . The chips send back name, job, hobbies, and the time available for meeting-whatever. Making new friends become... | high8649.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Some drivers weren't patient when she backed out."
},
"options": [
"The writer's car prevented her from driving out.",
"There were too many cars parked on her way.",
"Other drivers wouldn' t let her car back out.",
"Som... | Recently we've had a popular department store open in our area. It's been the talk of the town for months. On about the third day of the grand opening, I thought I'd stop by to check it out. I noticed right away that the parking area was very busy.
As I was about to exit my car, a lady was about to enter her car to lea... | high22691.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The bid's result of the Canal will be announced soon"
},
"options": [
"The bid's result of the Canal will be announced soon",
"the Canal is the UNESCO's newest world heritage site",
"the Canal is to connect Tongzhou with Zhej... | When it comes to cultural heritage protection, the Grand Canal of China is probably the world's greatest project of its kind. The big inland waterway system in the north-eastern and central eastern plains passes through eight of the country's present-day provinces.
The Canal runs from Beijing in the north to Zhejiang ... | high12752.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Its name may come from its appearance."
},
"options": [
"It doesn't provide food for visitors.",
"Visitors can take their pets to it.",
"Its name may come from its appearance.",
"Visitors can't make phone calls there."
... | It's always good to experience something new in life. Traveling gives plenty of such opportunities and when you choose a hotel to stay in next time, here, on this website, is a list of 4 most weird hotels in the world.
Dog Bark Park Inn
If you keep a dog and love animals, then you will definitely become a fan of this... | high19607.txt |
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