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"answer_text": "2005"
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"2005",
"2006",
"2007",
"2008"
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"question": "In which did she start writing the book Walking onto the Edge of Life ?",
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... | Chinese writer and translator Yang Jiang died early on May 25, 2016 in Beijing at age 104. The longest-living Chinese woman writer, she was known for her modest, subtle and witty writing style.
Yang became a household name in China for her novels, essays, plays and translated works. Her most popular novel, Baptism, des... | high14733.txt |
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"answer_text": "They can understand your strange behavior perfectly."
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"They grow old with you.",
"They are on the same diet with you.",
"They can understand your strange behavior perfectly.",
"They stand by you when oth... | I am one of seven children. My three sisters and I grew up in a small bedroom with two sets of beds. We shared a closet, a dresser, and just about everything else.
I had friends who were only children. I looked longingly at their perfect dolls and toys placed carefully on their perfect shelves in their perfect little g... | high9147.txt |
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"answer_text": "the atmosphere of the interviews was very serious"
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"the atmosphere of the interviews was very serious",
"the author always did his best in doing everything",
"the author and Admiral Rickover were good friends"... | I had applied for the nuclear submarine program, and Admiral Rickover was interviewing me for the job. It was the first time I met Admiral Rickover, and we sat in a large room by ourselves for more than two hours, and he let me choose any subjects I wished to discuss. Very carefully, I chose those about which I knew m... | high2012.txt |
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"answer_text": "Nowadays everyone thinks it's all right to make noise."
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"Nowadays everyone thinks it's all right to make noise.",
"British law protects people from their neighbors' music at night.",
"The level of noise produc... | We show an amazing tolerance for a form of pollution that is a growing problem: noise. Airplane traffic is increasing by five percent a year. Urban noise is doubling every ten years. By air, land and sea, we are facing an onslaught of noise that is threatening our ability to live in this world. We have granted ourselve... | high21950.txt |
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"answer_text": "fear"
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"joy and happiness",
"amusement",
"embarrassment",
"fear"
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"question": "We can use smile to express all of the following feelings except _ ,",
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... | People smile at times. However, the meaning of a smile in different cultures may be different. Depending on different cultures, smiling can express joy and amusement, but it can also show embarrassment .
People in the United States smile a lot. Every one smiles at each other in order to show they are open and friendly.... | high10555.txt |
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"answer_text": "Book review."
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"Research paper.",
"Book review.",
"Biography.",
"Short story."
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"question": "What type of literature does this passage belong to?",
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"answer... | "Benjamin Franklin," Walter Isaacson tells us at the beginning of his long (but never boring) new biography, "is the founding father who winks at us." By that, Isaacson explains, he means Franklin is the most human--and most modern--of the men who shaped the American republic. We admire Washington, Jefferson and Adams,... | high20496.txt |
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"answer_text": "The author hates being late from the bottom of heart."
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"The author is always late for work or any activities.",
"The author dislikes making friends with unpunctual persons.",
"The author hates being late from ... | My transportation was unexpectedly smooth and I arrived at the meeting half an hour earlier. I kept my eyes on the restaurant door. Several customers entered, but not my friend. At 6:00 pm, she sent me a text message: "Urgent work to finish. Will be 20 minutes late."
I had left my book in the office, so I spent the tim... | high11893.txt |
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"answer_text": "isn't very special from other children"
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"is famous but a little proud",
"isn't very special from other children",
"isn't worth praising at all",
"is hard to get along with"
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"question": "In Kie... | Kieron Williamson, a seven-year-old British boy, is being recognized as an art genius after selling 16 paintings for 18,000 pounds in just 14 minutes. This boy has artistic skills that would be the envy of any serious painter and drawn comparisons to Pablo Picasso, a child prodigy who became one of the most recognized... | high18109.txt |
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"answer_text": "King Momo takes over the key of the city."
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"the mayor announces officially",
"King Momo appears",
"King Momo takes over the key of the city.",
"the mayor comes with the King Momo."
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"question":... | Carnival is an explosion of joy. It is a festival that mixes creativity, color1s, sounds, costumes and so on.
The carnival in Rio starts on Saturday, and ends on Tuesday.
Little need to be said about the carnival in Rio. Every year, Rio hosts the world's largest carnival. The samba school parades are world-famo... | high21788.txt |
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"answer_text": "At a gathering"
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"At home",
"At a grocery",
"At a gathering",
"In a restaurant"
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"question": "Where was Douglas talking about Lincoln's low position in life?",
"question_type": "factiod_ques... | One day, President Lincoln went to a party. At the gathering, a man called Douglas was repeatedly talking about Lincoln's low position in life and saying that he first met Lincoln when he was a shop assistant at a village shop. Finally he said, "And Mr. Lincoln was a very good waiter too."
People burst into laughter, b... | high4463.txt |
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"answer_text": "Molten rock flowing into the continental gap."
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"A series of earthquakes.",
"Molten rock flowing into the continental gap.",
"The cracking of the crust.",
"The pressure under the ground."
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"ques... | The Red Sea is parting again, but this time no one can help. Satellite pictures show that the Arabian plate and the African plate are moving away from each other, stretching the Earth's crust and widening the southern end of the Red Sea.
Last September, series of earthquakes started splitting the planet's surface in Et... | high19217.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "always discover the unpleasant side of certain things"
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"always consider things differently from others",
"usually are affected by the results of certain things",
"usually misunderstand what others think or say... | There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other forts of life, one bees happy and the other bees unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.
People who are to be happy f... | high16642.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "express ideas based on what one has read"
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"gain knowledge and expand one's view",
"understand the meaning between the lines",
"express ideas based on what one has read",
"get information and keep it aliv... | This brief book is aimed at high school students, but speaks to anyone learning at any stage of life.
Its formal, serious style closely matches its content, a school-masterly book on schooling.The author, W.H.Armstrong, starts with the basics: reading and writing.In his opinion, reading doesn't just mean recognizing ea... | high4305.txt |
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"answer_text": "To introduce the topic of the passage."
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"To show his success in architecture.",
"To introduce the topic of the passage.",
"To show his talent for communication skills.",
"To tell readers how to deal with... | Once architect Frank Lloyd Wright built a house for businessman Hibbard Johnson. One rainy evening Johnson was entertaining guests for dinner when the roof began to leak. The water leaked through directly above Johnson, dropping steadily onto his bald head. Angry, he called Wright."Frank,"he said,"you built this beauti... | high19571.txt |
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"answer_text": "A flight should meet any passenger's need despite others' benefit"
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"Any religious passenger has the right to ask the pilot to take off",
"The airline has the right to cancel the flight without any reason",
"A ... | My husband and son took a New York-to-Milwaukee flight that was supposed to leave Friday at 11:29 am. The flight boarded after 4 pm and didn't leave the gate until 4:40, and half an hour later the pilot announced it would be another hour until takeoff. At that point a Jewish family, worried about violating the Sabbath ... | high2774.txt |
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"answer_text": "China is a country with a long history in sports."
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"China is the original country of football.",
"China is a country with a long history in sports.",
"People in China used to play football well.",
"Women... | (part of Yanglan's speech in Beijing's bid for the 2008 Olympic games)
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen. Good afternoon!
Before I introduce our cultural programs, I want to tell you one thing first about 2008. You're going to have a great time in Beijing.
Many people are fascinated by China's sport legends in histor... | high10233.txt |
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"answer_text": "He didn't mean to pay the gratuity at all."
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"He was bargaining with the waiter.",
"He didn't mean to pay the gratuity at all.",
"God gave him the privilege not to pay a gratuity.",
"The gratuity had alre... | A man claiming to be a pastor apparently tried to stiff a waiter on a tip, explaining that his work for God allowed him not to leave one.
A photo of the receipt, posted to Reddit.com, shows a bill for $34.93 with an automatic 18 percent gratuity (or $6.29) added above a blank space for an additional tip.
"I give Go... | high24196.txt |
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"answer_text": "early Chinese sailors"
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"restaurant workers",
"early Chinese sailors",
"Hong Kong farmers",
"visitors to London"
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"question": "From the passage, we can learn that the first members of \"China to... | London's Chinese community dates back to the 18th century, when a small number of Chinese sailors moved to the city to work in Lime house, east London. As time went on, other Chinese people came to this area and Lime house began to be known as "Chinatown". At the start of the 20th century, there were just 545 Chine... | high14055.txt |
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"answer_text": "A love poem which has been kept secret from others."
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"A war poem published in a book.",
"A great poem which has won many prizes.",
"A fine poem downloaded from the Internet.",
"A love poem which has been... | Calling all poets! TIME For Kids(TFK) has a challenge for you.
WHO: The contest is open to students who are 8 to 13 years old.
WHAT: Write a funny, rhyming poem and enter it in the TFK Poetry Contest. By entering, the entrant should promise that the poem is an original one that does not copy another poet's work, has n... | high9621.txt |
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"answer_text": "wants to be a businessman like his father."
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"got the disease at the age of 12.",
"was proud of his exam results.",
"has no interest in any sports.",
"wants to be a businessman like his father."
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... | Afraid that her son would be too tired, Ms. Wendy would sometimes tell the boy to skip school, but each time, Fabian would insist on going to school.
"I don't like _ because when I return to school, I don't know what's going on," the 12-year-old boy explained. He suffers for SMA-a neuromuscular disease that leads to we... | high931.txt |
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"answer_text": "the father was advised to get rid of grasshoppers with insecticide"
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"the tomatoes in the garden were badly damaged by grasshoppers",
"the father was advised to get rid of grasshoppers with insecticide",
"the f... | They were just grasshoppers . But there were millions of them, which was why dad was so anxious to get rid of them.
"They're totally destroying our beans," he told Mom over lunchtime one Saturday. "I've been trying to keep them out of the tomatoes, but I don't know if I can make it."
"Isn't there something you can do a... | high23821.txt |
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"answer_text": "they couldn't go on enjoying their walk"
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"they had to do the heavy housework again",
"they had no way to earn their living",
"they couldn't go on enjoying their walk",
"they had experienced too many diff... | A husband-and-wife team from California reached the Pacific Ocean after a 4,900-mile cross-country walk, becoming the first to backpack the American Discovery Trail in one continuous walk.
Marcia and Ken Powers,of Pleasanton,started the travel across 13 states,through 14 national parks and 16 national forests on Feb.2... | high24182.txt |
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"answer_text": "The BBC has to cut down its cost."
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"The BBC wants to earn more money.",
"The BBC would like to support British football sport.",
"The BBC is planning to save money for new programs.",
"The BBC has to cut... | Mark Thompson, the BBC's director general, is expected to announce on Thursday that the BBC will quit its entire west London home -- possibly selling the land to Chelsea football club -- as part of main plans that will see more staff moved out of the capital to Salford and elsewhere.
The move is at the heart of the BBC... | high6506.txt |
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"answer_text": "Combining art with science is really vital in making Apple's products noticeable"
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"Steve Jobs is the first one who founded the Silicon Valley",
"Steve Jobs is only memorized for the popular device iPhone",
"Co... | The man behind the Apple empire died at 56 last year. He was one of the people who made Silicon Valley the capital of technological invention. Author and business consultant Jim Collins once called Jobs the "Beethoven of business". When asked what Steve Jobs will be best remembered for, many of us would name a particu... | high9635.txt |
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"answer_text": "Smokers Have Much Worse Everyday Memory"
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"The Effects That Smoking Has on Health",
"New Research on Third-Hand Smoking",
"Smokers Have Much Worse Everyday Memory",
"Anti-Smoking Campaigns Are Active Arou... | People who smoke could lose around one third of their everyday memory, researchers say.
A study by a team at the University of Northumbria has shown that smokers lose more of their memory when compared to non-smokers. And the research also found that those who _ saw their ability to recollect information restored to al... | high14041.txt |
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"answer_text": "To discuss how much the media affects the role models UK's young people choose."
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"To analyze what influences UK's youth culture.",
"To criticize the media's influence on UK's youth culture.",
"To figure out wh... | EVERY so often, a sensational story hits the media about the kind of role models influencing UK teenagers. Youth culture celebrates too many bad examples, the reports say, and the finger of blame is often pointed at celebrities who drink or take drugs, or who are seen as sexually casual. Yet according to parents an... | high7618.txt |
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"answer_text": "Both good habits and bad habits"
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"Good habits",
"Bad habits",
"Both good habits and bad habits",
"Either good habits or bad habits"
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"question": "_ are formed litde by little.",
"question... | Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. When a person does a certain thing again, he is driven by some unseen force to do the same thing repeatedly, then a habit is formed. Once a habit is formed, it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to get rid of. It is therefore very important that we should pay grea... | high925.txt |
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"answer_text": "Mt. Everest."
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"Mt. Vinson.",
"Mt. Everest.",
"Mt. Kilimajaro.",
"Mt. Elbrus."
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"question": "Which mountain stands in Asia?",
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... | A 15-year-old American has become the youngest person to climb the highest mountains on each of the seven continents, completing the feat by summiting Antarctica's Mount Vinson over the weekend.
Jordan Romero, who last year at age 13 became the youngest person to climb the world's tallest peak Mt Everest, was desce... | high23835.txt |
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"answer_text": "probably lived a poor life"
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"probably lived a poor life",
"tried to steal money from the writer",
"always followed close behind the writer",
"often went to the store to buy a few things."
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"que... | My father and I started our morning by moving quickly into the local store. I waited in the line a the Starbucks counter while he shopped around to pick up a few things.
As I was starting there I become aware of an elderly women, with untidy hair,wearing layers upon layers of old clothing, hunchbacked behind me in lin... | high11139.txt |
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"answer_text": "She became famous for she was much like Teng in terms of music and image."
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"She could perform at the gala thanks to her school's strong recommendation.",
"She became famous for she was much like Teng in terms of mus... | Vanatsaya Viseskul, a sweet-voiced, round-faced 16-year-old Thai singer, whose name, at the moment, is inextricably linked with the late Teresa Teng, a singer from Taiwan whose love songs gained her wide fame across Asia, sat on a chair in a dressing room of a theater in Beijing.
Viseskul was preparing for her performa... | high19565.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "praying for a heart would be a cruel thing"
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"she was in despair after finding out about her son's heart disease.",
"she was angry at God's unfairness to her son",
"she was afraid that nobody would donate a hea... | Eight years ago, my 13-year-old son, Dustin, became very ill with a heart enlarged. For several months, he lived on life support as we were forced to stand by and watch him wither away. ks5u
While his friends were out playing baseball, and sleeping in their own beds, my son was in a hospital bed, attached to a mach... | high17548.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "are short of the spirit of exploration"
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"are likely to like adventures",
"are short of the spirit of exploration",
"are not full of potentials",
"always fall behind others"
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"question": "When y... | Are you unsure of the future? Do you feel as if you have put in a lot of effort, yet you still haven't gotten anywhere? Are your relationships getting sour? If the answer to all these questions is yes, then you're in for some serious reflection.ks5u
A negative perspective on life will definitely not do you any... | high21944.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Have a good breakfast."
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"options": [
"Eat less and take more exercise.",
"Have less for lunch.",
"Have more for supper.",
"Have a good breakfast."
],
"question": "What should adults do in order to keep good h... | One of the most important meals of the day is breakfast. In order for children to build strong bodies and for adults to keep well, they should always eat a good breakfast. Eating the right food is necessary for good health. You should eat different kinds of food in order to keep a good health.
It is understood that a g... | high2006.txt |
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"answer_text": "From dissolved limestone and the ground settling."
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"By the Seminole Indians.",
"By the Florida Park Service.",
"From dissolved limestone and the ground settling.",
"From lots of flooding and wet prairie ... | Have you ever heard of Paynes Prairie? It is one of the most important natural and historical areas in Florida. Paynes Prairie is located near Gainesville. It is large, 21,000 acres. This protected land is called a preserve. The Florida Park Service manages the preserve.
The Paynes Prairie basin was formed when limesto... | high10541.txt |
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"answer_text": "Social science books."
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"options": [
"Medicine dictionaries.",
"Social science books.",
"Kids' comic books.",
"Science text books."
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"question": "Where can you find this passage?",
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... | We all know what it is like to be unable to turn your head because of a cold in the muscles of your neck, or because an unexpected twist has made your neck ache and stiff. Your whole body feels tight. The slightest move makes you jump with pain.Nothing could be worse than a pain in the neck. That is why we use the phra... | high20482.txt |
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"answer_text": "They are acutually ordinary people."
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"They always treat others rudely.",
"They always talk about something dull.",
"They are acutually ordinary people.",
"They are usually honest and polite,"
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... | People think what I do is so wonderful because I interview stars. And I have to admit that when I first started working at Sassy in 1987 I was excited about that part of my job for the first couple of months,anyway. Then I noticed how stars would fool me around for months. I could never get enough time with a star to f... | high5769.txt |
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"answer_text": "Missing children."
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"options": [
"Criminals.",
"The drivers who have caused accidents.",
"News reports.",
"Missing children."
],
"question": "Who do they look for?",
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... | The first ting we do is to put an APB and this goes to all the police stations in the country.
Next we telephone the hospitals. Often the person we are looking for has been in an accident.
Then we might try parents, friends or relatives they might be with. We try to follow their movements and to find the last person th... | high11887.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "She hated it because it couldn't be straightened."
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"options": [
"Her parents considered it was bird's nest.",
"Teens at school laughed at it as Medusa hair.",
"She hated it because it couldn't be straightened.",
"Nor... | For years I fought with the bird's nest that sat on top of my head-my Medusa hair.No matter what I did and how hard I tried, in no way could I make my unruly hair to my satisfaction.
Growing up in a Russian-Jewish home with parents who thought North American styling products were something illegal such as drugs, I wa... | high19203.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because he wants to improve sanitation for many people."
},
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"Because he wants to test people's sense of creativity.",
"Because he thinks the traditional ones are out of fashion",
"Because he wants to improve sani... | One of the world's richest men has taken a close interest in one of man's most basic functions: visiting the toilet.Bill Gates's charitable organization, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is looking for inventors to design the loo of the future, which, they hope, would improve sanitation for millions of people aro... | high4477.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "getting better exam results"
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"escaping from reality",
"getting better exam results",
"curing their narcolepsy",
"leading an active life"
],
"question": "According to the author, his mates took Mo... | Ever tried taking smart drugs to perform better in exams? They certainly work. Before last summer's exam, a few of my mates, merely out of curiosity, took a considerable amount of Modafinil, a drug normally used for narcolepsy . Guess what? While I was feeling sleepy, bored by revision, my mates were more focused.
Moda... | high3318.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Reading."
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"options": [
"Reading.",
"Helping others.",
"Resting.",
"Sleeping."
],
"question": "What had the author planned to do during the flight?",
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"a... | I was going on vacation to meet up with family for a week of fun in Denver. I got to the airport, ready to leave my work behind for a few days.
I was comfortably awaiting my flight with a good book to read, when an elderly lady was wheeled to our waiting area. I couldn't help but notice the trouble she was having... | high22295.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "By reading their eye movements."
},
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"By speaking to them directly.",
"By reading their eye movements.",
"By following their facial expressions.",
"By asking the dog trainer questions."
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"question"... | Dogs may not know exactly what you are doing especially when you're trying to figure out a square root or diagram a sentence. But according to a new study, dogs can understand what we're thinking and feeling by reading our facial expressions and body language and following our eyes.
Researchers studied 29 dogs. The dog... | high15439.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "wait for online retailers' discounts"
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"feel tired because of Thanksgiving",
"prepare for the coming Black Friday",
"spend their holidays in the stores",
"wait for online retailers' discounts"
],
... | Some good news for online holiday shoppers: bargain-hunting binges will drive prices down as web-based retailers compete to offer bigger discounts, marketing researchers predict.
A recent survey by Shopzilla found that nearly 84 percent of online retailers would offer Cyber Monday discounts, up 12 percent from last y... | high9153.txt |
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"answer_text": "Ford aimed to build cars for the general public."
},
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"Henry Ford was born in the city of Detroit.",
"Doctor Pfenning developed the first car.",
"The Ford Motor Company was founded in 1905.",
"Ford aimed to ... | Henry Ford was born on a farm on July 30th, 1863. The farm was near the city of Detroit.
Henry was always interested in machines. He enjoyed fixing clocks.And he helped repair farm equipment. When Henry was sixteen years old, he left the family farm and went to Detroit to learn more about machines. Henry used what he l... | high12801.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he wanted to turn his sister's Christmas wish into reality"
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"he had always been eager for such a doll",
"Santa Claus didn't give him any Christmas gift",
"he would give it to his mother as a birthday surprise"... | The Doll and the White Rose
I was walking around in a mall, when I saw a cashier hand this little boy some money back.The cashier said, "I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy this doll."The little boy seemed very disappointed.
I walked toward him and asked him who he wished to give this doll to."It'... | high23404.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Don't Hope. Decide"
},
"options": [
"Long Loving Hugs",
"My Future",
"Don't Hope. Decide",
"Love Is Everywhere"
],
"question": "The best title of the passage may be _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions... | While waiting to pick up a friend at the airport in Portland, Oregon, I had an experience which occurred merely two feet away from me.
Trying to locate my friend among the passengers coming through the jet way, I noticed a man walking toward me carrying two light bags. He stopped right next to me to greet his family.
F... | high514.txt |
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Instead, he spoke in a faint, weak voice and ... | high6937.txt |
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New Australian research shows that half-an-hour in the gym will not make up for the waist-expanding damage caused by spending the rest of the day sitting.
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With some terrific computer-generated effects, a great cast and a fun-packed storyline, Robots is the best animated film since The Incredibles. Yep, it really is that good.
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They couldn't always tell him what he wanted to know.
When they couldn't tell him, Ben tried to find out for himself.
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"Who's that soldier called Speaking?" I asked one day.
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In just minutes a day, plug in and charge your iPhone quickly!
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A CV is the only way to get a job.
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How glad I am -
I hoped for you before ...
Who knocks? That April -
Lock the Door -
I will not be pursued -
He stayed away a year to call -
When I am occupied -
But trifles look so trivial -
As soon as you have come ...
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By Liz Kennedy and Janice Lieberman
Your family's life story in print? Priceless. An appetizer plate that holds a wine glass?Genius. Read on to see our picks for the best holiday gifts on the Web--all available at bargain prices.
For Your Family
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"answer_text": "Make written communication."
},
"options": [
"Make written communication.",
"Make a dialogue with each other.",
"Learn skills from them.",
"Read a catalogue together."
],
"question": "How does the author advise ... | Finding time to read is an important part of developing reading and writing skills for all kids. And there are many easy and convenient ways to make reading a part of each day -- even when it's tough to find time to sit down with a book.
Car trips, waits in checkout lines and the doctor's office are all opportunities f... | high14280.txt |
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"answer_text": "The rising temperature."
},
"options": [
"The rising temperature.",
"The shrinking of northern tundra.",
"The fierce and cold wind.",
"The abundant resources in the north."
],
"question": "What is the main cause... | Even if trees cannot walk, they are still on the move.
In parts of the Arctic, entire forests are moving northward. Across the Arctic, temperatures are rising faster than anywhere else in the world. As that happens, the tree line that marks where forests stop and the treeless tundra starts has been shifting northward.... | high12829.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "broke the law and ended up in prison"
},
"options": [
"broke the law and ended up in prison",
"was fond of shooting and hurt his mom",
"often laughed at people on the streets",
"often caught butterflies and took them ho... | If you were to walk up to Arthur Bonner and say, "Hey, Butterfly Man," his face would break into a smile. The title suits him.,and he loves it.
Arthur Bonner works with the Palos Verdes blue butterfly, once thought to have died out. Today the butterfly is coming back -- thanks to him. But years ago if you'd told him th... | high8932.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "roses were more expensive than carnations"
},
"options": [
"carnations were nicer than roses",
"roses were saved for John",
"roses were more expensive than carnations",
"carnations were special flowers for Mother's Day"... | It was Mother's Day. John was so busy with his work that he couldn't go back home. When he passed by a flower shop in the evening, an idea came to his mind. "I'll send Mum some roses . "
While John was picking his flowers, a young man went inside. "How many roses can I get for only five dollars, Madam?" he asked... | high22732.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Clever"
},
"options": [
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"Clever",
"Brave",
"Funny"
],
"question": "What does the author think of the students at Shanti Bhavan?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | I have always loved kids. However, the children here at Shanti Bhavan are unlike any that I have ever met. They have a strong drive and determination and are thankful for the wonderful opportunity they have been given. While at Shanti Bhavan, I taught 3
graders writing, language, and literature, 8
, 9
, and 10
graders ... | high16497.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He had mixed feelings."
},
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"He didn't believe it.",
"He was very unhappy.",
"He was delighted.",
"He had mixed feelings."
],
"question": "How did the author react to the idea of going to Eton?",
... | My father had returned from his business visit to London when I came in, rather late, to supper. I could tell at once that he and my mother had been discussing something. In that half- playful, half-serious way I knew so well, he said, "How would you like to go to Eton?"
" You bet, " I cried quickly catching the ... | high17951.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "what caused the deaths of Diana and her boyfriend"
},
"options": [
"what caused the deaths of Diana and her boyfriend",
"who were the paparazzi",
"how much British taxpayers paid for the case",
"whether the driver was d... | Was Princess Diana murdered? The verdict is no. according to an inquiry held into the cause of her death over the last six months.
The big question was whether the deaths of Diana and her boyfriend Dodi A1 Fayed in a deadly car crash in 1997 had been accidental, or whether there was some kind of conspiracy to have t... | high20125.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "learn to play it himself"
},
"options": [
"teach his students instrumental music",
"better equip the village school",
"learn to play it himself",
"let students appreciate elegant art of music"
],
"question": "Th... | The teacher was leaving the village, and everybody seemed sorry. The miller lent him the small cart and horse to carry his goods to Christminster, the city of his destination. Such a vehicle proved of quite enough size of the teacher's belongings, for his only article, in addition to the packing-case of books, was a pi... | high3867.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "make calls and text messages"
},
"options": [
"play online games",
"do calculating work",
"check social network sites",
"make calls and text messages"
],
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