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"answer_text": "advertisement"
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"advertisement",
"news story",
"lab report",
"letter of thanks"
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"question": "This passage most probably is a(n) _ .",
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"answ... | Dear Customers,
I love slipping into a comfortable chair for a long read--as I relax into the chair, I also relax into the author's words, stories and ideas. The physical book is so elegant that it disappears into the background, and what remains is the author's world.
Today, we at Amazon are excited to announce Mind... | high573.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "suffers from a disease"
},
"options": [
"enjoys being alone",
"is always upsetting",
"suffers from a disease",
"doesn't like his schoolmates"
],
"question": "Gavin is always alone because he_.",
"question_ty... | Gavin Joseph, a teenager with Asperger's Syndrome, was beaten up by a group of people for just being different. Asperger's Syndrome is a developmental disorder that affects a person's ability to socialize. But instead of putting them into prison for what they did to him, Gavin offered them a chance to become more toler... | high19933.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the call number and time on the timer"
},
"options": [
"the volume level and the AM/FM indicator",
"the AM/FM indicator and the radio station",
"the time remaining on the timer and the date",
"the call number and time o... | Shower Radio --- Warranty and Directions
Introduction
Congratulations! You are now the owner of a So Fine Shower Radio! It is sure to provide entertainment for many hours. In addition, the radio features a timer for those days when you are in a hurry.
Before using the radio, please read all directions, fill out and m... | high3828.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "thought of as part of people's life"
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"options": [
"regarded as eco-friendly exercise",
"thought of as part of people's life",
"looked on as a way to lose weight",
"considered as a way to entertain"
],
"questi... | In the Netherlands,cycling isn't seen as eccrfriendly exercise; it's part of everyday life, as it's people's top choice to school and work. There are more bicycles than residents in the Netherlands. In cities like Amsterdam and The Hague, up to 70 percent of all journeys are made by bike.
So how did cycling become such... | high5281.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "at the workplace"
},
"options": [
"in the Olympic stadium",
"in the hotels of London",
"at the workplace",
"at the staff's homes"
],
"question": "Interxion intends to place the space capsules _ .",
"questi... | With roads and tube lines set to be more crowded than ever this summer, a few people may be tempted to use it as an excuse for a day off.
But for employees at data services provider, Interxion, a chaotic commute during the Olympics will _ . That's because, in an effort to keep things from progressing slowly this summ... | high21274.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "heavy burdens of high school students"
},
"options": [
"Chinese high school students study more",
"high school students need more rest",
"heavy burdens of high school students",
"big headaches of high school students"
... | Chinese high school students have the longest study hours compared to their peers in Japan , the US and South Korea. A survey conducted by the four countries said.
The survey, released by the China Youth and Children Research Center on Monday, was jointly conducted with instructions in the four countries in September-... | high3196.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "offer rental services to others"
},
"options": [
"help others move to a new home",
"offer rental services to others",
"prepare to move to a new home",
"like outside activities"
],
"question": "The passage is mai... | Moving should be an exciting time -- you're off to a new home, maybe moving up to a larger home. But for many people, moving turns into a stressful experience. It doesn't have to be that way. Some planning and a little research can make your next move the best one ever.
Organization is the key to a successful mo... | high21512.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Good health was not there for everyone."
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"options": [
"Good health was not there for everyone.",
"She should take dance lessons.",
"She had to struggle to live a better life.",
"She should wear beautiful dresses."
... | Grandma celebrated her fifty-third birthday just weeks before grandpa died of cancer in 1965. Although his passing was very difficult for her, I think their shared struggle to make his life longer taught grandma that good health was not to be taken for granted, and she made up her mind to live the rest of her own life ... | high10917.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The appearance and living habits of hoatzins."
},
"options": [
"Hoatzins in dry and rainy seasons.",
"The relatives and enemies of hoatzins.",
"Primitive birds and hoatzins of the Amazon.",
"The appearance and living ha... | Along the river banks of the Amazon and the Orinoco there lives a bird that swims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws on its wings when young. They build their homes about 4.6m above the river, an important feature for the safety of the young. It is... | high2288.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "advertisements"
},
"options": [
"members",
"advertisements",
"pictures",
"students"
],
"question": ".Facebook makes money from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answer": {
"ans... | Mark Zukerberg is the founder and CEO of Facebook, an extremely popular social working website that started in the United States.
Now, millions of student users visit Facebook daily and the website is one of the top ten widely visited sites on the Internet worldwide. College and high school students use Facebook to com... | high1781.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "once cloned goats successfully"
},
"options": [
"tried to clone animals",
"cloned many kinds of animals",
"been able to clone pets for people",
"once cloned goats successfully"
],
"question": "From the passage w... | Many people consider their pets members of the family and are very sad when they die, but what if you could clone your dog, cat or bird?
A scientist in New Orleans, who has proved his ability to clone other animals, is now offering the possibility to pet owners here in Wisconsin.
Scientists have not been able to clone ... | high215.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "he is forced to do things"
},
"options": [
"he is forced to do things",
"be cannot work at his best",
"he feels his brain shut down",
"he thinks of his work as too heavy"
],
"question": "An employee may have a f... | When we think of leadership ,we often think of strength and power .But what are these really ,and how do they operate?
Leadership today is not about forcing others to do things ,If this is even possible .it is short-term ,and tends to backfire. If you order someone to do something against their will. they may do it be... | high23305.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Big cities."
},
"options": [
"Big cities.",
"City life.",
"Population.",
"Gross Domestic Product."
],
"question": "The passage mainly discusses _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answe... | However urban life strikes you, cities worldwide have been growing ever more rapidly. Some of this growth has occurred in the developed world, but the most dramatic increase has been in the Third World. Almost all the world's population growth over the next 30 years will take place in the cities of developing countries... | high1959.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Ponce de Leon"
},
"options": [
"Ponce de Leon",
"William Shakespeare.",
"Kathleen Deagan",
"Michelle Reyna"
],
"question": "According to the passage, who searched for a fountain of youth _ ?",
"question_... | American author Mark Twain once noted that "life would be surely happier if we could only be born at the age of 80 and gradually approach 18." Twain's words were only one of many complaints about aging. The ancient Greek poet Homer called old age "hateful", and William Shakespeare termed it "terrible winter".
Alexander... | high16396.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To make them feel less sad."
},
"options": [
"To show his generosity.",
"To make them feel less sad.",
"To show his thanks to them.",
"To encourage them to work hard."
],
"question": "Why did the author decide t... | The rumors had been spreading for months but it still came as a shock when the hospital would be closing. It had served this poor neighborhood for nearly 100 years but it would close because of the health care crisis.
The day after the announcement co-workers found out that pretzels had been _ . Soft pretzels are th... | high20624.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "lived in so many underground cities"
},
"options": [
"lived in so many underground cities",
"knew so much about the earth",
"understood their language",
"were ahead of them in space technology"
],
"question": "T... | In 1901, H.G. Wells, an English writer, wrote a book describing a trip to the moon. When the explorers landed on the moon, they discovered that the moon was full of underground cities. They expressed their surprise to the "moon people" they met. In turn, the "moon people" expressed their surprise. "Why," they asked, "a... | high17088.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Digging sand to find something."
},
"options": [
"Sleeping in your tent.",
"Digging sand to find something.",
"Setting camp fires far away from the beach.",
"Driving at the speed of 30 mph along the beach."
],
"... | Long Beach, a 28-mile area of beach, lies in southwestern Washington, and is generally called Long Beach Peninsula. Communities there take you back to old days of a simple life. Here, visitors can relax and enjoy the good of a total rest.
Bird watching
There are different kinds of birds on Long Beach. It's best if you ... | high14581.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "help farmers"
},
"options": [
"help farmers",
"support traditions",
"understand farmers",
"represent farmers"
],
"question": "Jerry Miller startedsinglesinag.orgin order to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_qu... | The website FarmersOnly.com calls itself an online dating and friendship finder. The idea started in the mind of a man, Jerry Miller in Ohio. He wondered how farmers could meet new people who understand the life of a farmer. Jerry Miller is not a farmer but he represents a lot of farmers.
As he tells it, the idea for t... | high1971.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "infectious diseases have declined"
},
"options": [
"people have become less depressed",
"people have been exercising more",
"physical illnesses have increased",
"infectious diseases have declined"
],
"question":... | There can be no doubt about the positive changes that have taken place in the last hundred yeas. In Western countries we eat more nutritiously, we are wealthier, we are healthier and there are more opportunities. But then, why, in the midst of so much excitement and opportunity, has life satisfaction declined so much? ... | high22033.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "4"
},
"options": [
"2",
"3",
"4",
"5"
],
"question": "Traveling benefits people in _ ways",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "People... | The fast development of modern technology has not only provided people with more income, but also enable them to enjoy long weekends and holidays. Never before have so many people traveled to so many different parts of the world and, with the help of fast, comfortable forms of modern transport, more and more people are... | high12696.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "she was curious about people and things there"
},
"options": [
"they often bought her some gifts",
"she was curious about people and things there",
"she could have tea parties and eat sandwiches",
"she could learn to se... | My grandmother was from a town in Michigan. Summer after summer, I enjoyed staying with my grandparents as a young child. I was from the city and loved the small town they lived in. People knew everyone, their kids, their pets, their ancestors. The bond with them continued to grow as I grew and they got older. Grandma ... | high6978.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Charlie"
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"options": [
"Arsenal",
"Charlie",
"Tiaamii",
"Noah"
],
"question": "Which of the following names is best accepted according to the passage?",
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"answer": {
... | Recently a couple in New Zealand were forbidden from naming their baby son 4 Real. Even though New Zealand has quite generous rules about naming children, names beginning with a number are not allowed. They decided to call him Superman instead.
In many countries around the world, unusual names for children are becoming... | high22755.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Progress in fighting snakebite deaths."
},
"options": [
"Snakebite deaths around the world.",
"Progress in fighting snakebite deaths.",
"Snakebite treatment around the world.",
"The chances of surviving a poisonous snak... | Researchers are finding new ways to save snakebite victims.Experts discussed the latest findings during a recent conference.
Scientists in Australia have shown that a chemical called nitric oxide could increase the chances of surviving a poisonous snakebite.The scientists injected rats with a deadly amount of snake ven... | high9493.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "those who consider work the center of their life"
},
"options": [
"those who are hardworking",
"those who consider work the center of their life",
"those who keep themselves healthy and alive",
"those who live a busy, s... | Here are a few tips to help you, the workaholic, re-focus and get the best out of life.
EIGHT HOURS OF SLEEP! Make it a point to get at least eight hours of sleep and plenty of rest. Don't believe that you can always "catch some sleep or rest later." Your body cannot make up for lost sleep or rest time because it is no... | high8955.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "takes in foreign students, from beginners to the advanced"
},
"options": [
"is at the centre of London",
"lies far away from London",
"takes in foreign students, from beginners to the advanced",
"accepts students only a... | Classes for foreign students at all levels
3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year course Open all year
Small class (maximum 12 students)
Library, language laboratory and listening center
Accommodation with selected families 25 minutes from London
Course fees for English for one year are PS1, 380, with reduction fo... | high10081.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "cannot accurately reflect the reality in the United States"
},
"options": [
"is an accurate way to describe the United States",
"is a place where people from different cultures should assimilate completely",
"cannot accuratel... | The United States has always been a country of many cultures. Before Europeans came to North America, many groups of Native Americans lived here. Different Native American groups had different cultures. The first Europeans in the United States were from England and Holland, but immigrants came from all European countri... | high20142.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "excited"
},
"options": [
"excited",
"confused",
"depressed",
"disappointed"
],
"question": "Mr.Pontellier comes back home from his night out in a/an _ state of mind.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | It was eleven o'clock that night when Mr. Pontellier returned from his night out. He was in an excellent humor, in high spirits, and very talkative. His entrance awoke his wife, who was in bed and fast asleep when he came in. He talked to her while he undressed, telling her anecdotes and bits of news and gossip that he... | high3800.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the reform may accomplish the very opposite"
},
"options": [
"the new exam and admission system will make no difference",
"English shouldn't be removed from China's college entrance exam",
"the reform may accomplish the very ... | The English test will be removed from China's college entrance exam by 2020, according to the Ministry of Education. The national college entrance exam, known as the "Gaokao" has been used to evaluate Chinese students for three decades. The Ministry of Education has worked out a plan for reforming exams and enrollment.... | high10095.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "What his father would do with an ax."
},
"options": [
"Why her father refused to eat breakfast.",
"If the hoghouse was big enough for many pigs.",
"How pigs were born at night.",
"What his father would do with an ax."
... | "Where is Papa going with that ax ?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.
"Out to the hoghouse," replied Mrs. Arable. "Some pigs were born last night."
"I don't see why he needs an ax," continued Fern, who was only eight.
"Well," said her mother, "one of the pigs is a runt . It's very... | high3814.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "couldn't accept the government's decision to join in the coming war in Iraq"
},
"options": [
"couldn't accept the government's decision to join in the coming war in Iraq",
"wanted to have more time to keep his diary",
"was no... | On 17 March 2003, Robin Cook, Leader of the House of Commons and former Foreign Secretary, resigned from the Cabinet in protest against the coming war in Iraq. His resignation speech inspired the first long applause in the history of the House and marked the end of the ministerial career of one of Labor's most brillian... | high20156.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "are defeated in an important match"
},
"options": [
"are defeated in an important match",
"win 1,000 yuan in a lottery",
"finally give up some bad habits",
"meet old friends by chance"
],
"question": "You may me... | Stephen Hawking was born on January 8, 1942. He is known for his contributions to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity , especially in the context of black holes. He experienced extreme difficulties and obstacles in his life, which only made him stronger. Finally he contributed much to the careers he devoted t... | high21248.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "question a social practice"
},
"options": [
"praise some customs in China",
"question a social practice",
"show how to regift",
"tell an embarrassing story"
],
"question": "This article is written to_.",
"qu... | Last week at a friend's birthday party, there was a mooncake eating contest and I persuaded my good friend Jonathan to take part in it. Even though he had just finished a big dinner, he managed to win the contest. Not only did he win a bottle of nice whiskey, but also a big box of expensive Hong Kong mooncakes. A few d... | high17922.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Over two-thirds of parents turned to their teenagers on tech matters."
},
"options": [
"Few parents trust their children to give them advice.",
"About half of the parents have no idea how to use a computer.",
"Most teenagers ... | A recent report found 46% of parents agreed that their child knew more about the Internet than they did. And now new research shows parents are turning to their children for lessons in technology.
The new study of around 1,000 parents showed that 67% of parents have asked their teenager children for technology-related ... | high12682.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "17"
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"17",
"15",
"14",
"13"
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"question": "Kids can have full-time jobs at the age of _ in the USA.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | If you live in the United States, you can't have a full-time job until you are 16 years old. At 14 or 15, you work part-time after school or on weekends, and during summer vacation you can work 40 hours each week. Does all that mean that if you are younger than 14, you can't make your own money? Of course not! Kids fro... | high8799.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "some bits about pocket money inBritain"
},
"options": [
"how to get pocket money",
"some bits about pocket money inBritain",
"how to spend pocket money",
"teenagers everywhere get pocket money"
],
"question": "T... | Pocket money
Most British parents give their teenagers pocker money. Teenagers get between PS7 and PS20 a week. They spend it on fast food, designer clothes, the cinema, concert, magazines and mobile phones.
Lazy parents?
37% of parents pay teenagers to clean the lounge, 66% of parents pay teenagers to take the rubb... | high22741.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "activities to make the ties between the Chinese and American students stronger"
},
"options": [
"visits to the Nixon Library",
"the Chinese students' visit to the U.S.",
"a meeting discussing relations between China and the U... | 'As I stood in front of the grave of President Richard Nixon, I was thinking about the time 25 years ago when this president helped bring the United States and China closer together. Young people of our two countries should help this relationship grow.'
This remark was made by a Shanghai student when speaking to hi... | high9487.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "make children watch TV less"
},
"options": [
"make children watch TV less",
"make children play outside more",
"make children do more homework",
"make parents watch more TV programmes"
],
"question": "The purpos... | WASHINGTON--There are more than 222 million TVs in American homes. And it would make Frank Vespe very happy this week if every one was turned off.
Vespe is head of the TV--Turnoff Network, the Washington organization behind TV Turnoff Week. For TV Turnoff week, American kids are encouraged to go one week withou... | high22999.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The BBC has the largest network of foreign correspondents in the world"
},
"options": [
"The number of the people working for the BBC news service is the largest in the world",
"The percentage of the BBC's budget spent on news coll... | Many people think that the BBC news programs are better than those on other channels because the BBC is not a commercial company. It pays for its programs from the television license money which everyone must pay if they have a television.
The BBC, which is often known as "Auntie", is the biggest news collecting operat... | high15853.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "To find the reasons for myopia."
},
"options": [
"To find the reasons for myopia.",
"To find the ways to treat myopia.",
"To prove the bad effects of myopia.",
"To prove the prevalence of myopia."
],
"question":... | For better eyesight, doctors advise limiting the hours of screen time and encourage having enough eye resting time.
However, another study shows that sitting in front of computer or TV screens for long hours is not the only reason formyopia . An Australian research team studied young children in Sydney and Singapore to... | high229.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "private car"
},
"options": [
"licensed taxi",
"unlicensed taxi",
"private car",
"specially-trained"
],
"question": "The ride-share cars were driven by _ drivers.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},... | Mistrust _ Zhengzhou Ride-share Effort
More than 300 private car owners from a central Chinese city volunteered to offer free rides to citizens to ease crowded public transportation, but many local people didn't accept the offer for fear of being cheated.
The ride-share program was begun in October in Zhengzhou, capit... | high23339.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Britain"
},
"options": [
"France",
"Britain",
"Spain",
"The North"
],
"question": "The battle of New Orleans was fought by Jackson against _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | New Orleans, Louisiana, was established as part of the French Empire in 1718.
Its location on the east bank of the Mississippi River gave it control of the American hinerland and it became strategically important to many nations. It was transferred from France to Spain, returned to France, and finally sold by Napoleon ... | high14595.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He was not an enthusiastic reader"
},
"options": [
"He enjoyed reading magazines",
"He could hardly read",
"He found no time to read",
"He was not an enthusiastic reader"
],
"question": "What was the writer's at... | "Take your time," Mr. Ballou encouraged."Read, borrow, and keep.Find something you like.What do you read?"
"Pick for me, then." I said.
He looked up and down at me as though measuring me for a suit.After a moment, he nodded, and handed me a dark red book, fairly thick.
"The Last of the Just," I read."By Andre Schwarz-B... | high22027.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "hunting"
},
"options": [
"hunting",
"shooting",
"eating",
"fighting with their enemies"
],
"question": "Pygmies are small in size, but they are brave in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | In the Ituri forest of America live many tribes,one of which is Pygmy. Most of the Pygmies in the tribe are not taller than four feet. They weigh only about eighty pounds each.
In spite of their small size, they are the best hunters among all the jungle people. Even the great elephant can be caught by them.
Since they ... | high1965.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "signaling a change in personal beliefs"
},
"options": [
"satisfying an interest in novelty",
"signaling a change in personal beliefs",
"displaying membership in a social group",
"following traditional rules"
],
... | One's style of the dress reveals the human obsession with both novelty and tradition. People use clothing to declare their membership in a particular social group; however, the rules for what is acceptable dress for that group may change. In affluent societies, this changing of the rules is the driving force behind fas... | high16382.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "are not so free"
},
"options": [
"find nowhere",
"are not so free",
"have no rights",
"have to travel a long way"
],
"question": "Smokers in the U.S. _ to light a cigarette now.",
"question_type": "cloze... | The U.S. government may issue stronger regulations about the use of tobacco.
Many governments and private buildings have "No Smoking" regulations. In airplanes, on trains and at cinemas, Golf courses are seriously thinking of keeping out smokers, so are schools, shopping malls and even football fields.
So where do p... | high20630.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "They were introduced there by sailors accidently."
},
"options": [
"They were attracted there by wildlife.",
"They escaped there from Campbell Island.",
"They were introduced there by sailors accidently.",
"They were br... | The largest campaign of killing rats in history is set to poison millions of rats on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. Scientists say the campaign planned for 2013 and 2014 will restore beautiful South Georgia to the position it once held as the world's most important nesting sites for seabirds.
It was sailors... | high5054.txt |
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},
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"Because my sisters are the same age as I.",
"Because my sisters will always be there for me.",
"Because... | I'm telling Mother about a new girl in school,and she suddenly looks up and says,"Who're your two best friends?" I'm not sure what to say.I've been friends with Jill since I was three or so,and I really like Jaime,a friend in kindergarten."Well,what about Karen and Cindy?" She seems upset,like I hurt her feelings."But ... | high18620.txt |
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},
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"Vancouver is a city located on water.",
"Vancouver is not far from the Coast Range.",
"The largest industrial cen... | Vancouver is located in the southwest corner of Canada in the province of British Columbia. Vancouver is the largest city in the province and the third largest in Canada. It covers an area of 113 sq km. It is surrounded by water on three sides and overlooked by the Coast Range. Its climate is one of the mildest in Cana... | high17513.txt |
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},
"options": [
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"Whether students are allowed to answer calls in class.",
"Whether students deserve high marks jus... | Would you want a doctor who got high marks in medical school just for trying hard? Apparently many college students would have no problem with that. They believe students are owed a good grade simply because they put a lot of effort into a class.
The researchers asked more than 800 undergraduates if they agreed or disa... | high3425.txt |
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"answer": {
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"catch up the present fashion",
"become more attractive",
"have more confidence"
],
"question": "A girl wants to have a tattoo in order to _ ... | Every girl wants to have a great-looking tattoo design that makes them more attractive. Small and lovely tattoo designs are the path to go for girls planning to get tattooed for the first time.
Nowadays, more and more females are getting a tattoo inked on their body. In the last fifteen years, tattoos have grown from... | high15304.txt |
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"the schools",
"big cities",
"the countryside"
],
"question": "From the passage we know that square dancing came from _ .",
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... | In America, square dancing has been the most popular form of folk dancing since the early days. In early times, when men and women worked in groups to build a barn or harvest crops, they danced when the work was done. The music came from the violin for the most part, but if there was no one to play a musical instrume... | high8570.txt |
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},
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"their leader Li Qin asked them to do so",
"it was a way to show their culture to attract visitors",
"it was ... | The Baima is a minority group of about 1,400 people. They have lived in Northern Sichuan and Southern Gansu Provinces for centuries. They have long depended on the forests as their main source of income. But since a ban on cutting down forests was introduced in the late 1990s to fight yearly flooding, the villagers hav... | high7643.txt |
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"answer": {
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"hear birds' singing",
"buy all kinds of presents for your friends",
"see amusing movies you like"
],
"question": "Whe... | Sherwood Forest Farm Park
Lamb Pens Farm
Edwinstowe, Mansfield
Tel: 01623 823558
_
Lovely traditional breeds of farm animals, horses, wallabies, fallow deer, water buffalo and Kune pigs are waiting to greet everyone. Play areas, pets' corner, bird garden, a tearoom and a gift shop make this the ideal venue for the wh... | high1232.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"Its hero is a soldier.",
"It describes horrors of war.",
"It is an Oscar-winning film."
],
"question": "What can we know about Miy... | NOWADAYS, most animated films rely heavily on computer technology. But his magical world - where witches cast spells and castles float in the sky - is brought to life by hand. Nevertheless, Hayao Miyazaki is referred to as Japan's Walt Disney and considered by many to be the world's greatest living animator.
This m... | high13775.txt |
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"answer": {
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"stay away from the animals",
"stand close",
"use tools"
],
"question": "When travelers feed the animals, they should _ .",
"question_ty... | A safari park is a park in which wild animals are kept. They are mainly located in east or central Africa. They often occupy a very wild area, with mountains and rivers. To visit the park and look at the animals, people have to drive around in a car for a few of hours because the park is huge.
In south Africa there is ... | high9108.txt |
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"answer": {
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"are not satisfied with their food",
"choose food in similar ways",
"depend on one sense in choosing food"
],
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"answer": {
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},
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"they work in large groups",
"they can work on computer",
"the teachers are interesting",
"math questions are easy there"
],
"question": "Students in Yet Sen Middle Sch... | Most middle school students find it boring to learn math. But students in Yet Sen Middle School in New York, US, don't think so. Why? Because they are in the school of One Program, which asks students to work on their own or in small groups on computers to have math lessons.
"The program gives the students a new learni... | high8216.txt |
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"answer": {
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"in a school magazine",
"in a store window",
"on a company notice-board"
],
"question": "You may find the above advertisements _ .",
"question_type": "clo... | If you're travelling in the following cities, these exciting events may drag you out of the house.
CONCERTS
Mayday Noah's Ark World Tour
Info: Jul 13, Xiamen; Jul 19/20, Shanghai; Aug 3, Shenzhen; Aug 17, Beijing
The rock band Mayday is about to bring their attractive tour to an end -- and, as usual, it's going to happ... | high7125.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "developing their social skills by having some online conversations."
},
"options": [
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"developing their social skills by having some online conversat... | Children are hooked on computers. Some spend up to six hours a day on their gadgets. They can be playing games live with others elsewhere in the world, updating their status on social media, texting friends or looking for the latest app to download to their tablets or smart phones.
This worried Martin Strott, headmaste... | high19258.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
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},
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"To offer people information.",
"To heal the wounds from the war.",
"To turn down uninteresting stories."
],
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In the U.S. and Europe, you will see men usually open doors for women and women generally walk ahead of men into a room or a restaura... | high3343.txt |
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An animal living in an envir... | high5732.txt |
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"answer_text": "How we perceive the food we eat."
},
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"When we eat our meals.",
"How fast we eat our meals."
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Studies have shown. for instance. that eating in front of the T... | high18146.txt |
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"answer_text": "To warn people of emergencies via messages."
},
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"To popularize the use of cell phones.",
"To estimate the monthly number of messages.",
"To promote the wireles... | Federal regulators Wednesday approved a plan to create a nationwide emergence alert system using text messages delivered to cell phones.
Text messages have exploded in popularity in recent years, particularly among young people. The wireless industry's trade association, CTIA, estimates more than 48 billion text messag... | high17275.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Safety problems caused by wearing headphones."
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"Safety problems caused by wearing headphones.",
"The advantages and disadvantages of headphones",
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "it can help meet the need for more water after the crew is expanded"
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"with it NASA won't need to ship any water up the space station",
"it can ... | Astronauts aboard the space station celebrated a space first on Wednesday by drinking water that had been recycled from their urine , sweat and water got from air. They said "cheers," clicked drinking bags and toasted NASA workers on the ground.
The urine recycling system is needed for astronaut stations on the moon an... | high11610.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Now more British people say sorry because of the British class system."
},
"options": [
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"Now more British people say sorry because of the British class system.",
"British peop... | The hit movieNotting Hillbegins with a famous scene. Hugh Grant bumps into Julia Roberts and spills orange juice all over her. After the _ , Grant repeatedly says: " I am so sorry. I am so sorry."
His actions in this scene are very British. If Roberts' character were from Britain then she would probably apologize r... | high3357.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "she was being followed by someone"
},
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"there was a killer in the city",
"she was being followed by someone",
"the streets were dark and empty"
],
"question": "T... | As the sound of footsteps behind her grew louder, she quickened her pace. She didn't want to turn around as the memory of that morning's newspaper headline made her afraid of what she would see: "City Killer Claims Fourth Victim."
"Why did I stop for a few drinks in the bar after work?" she thought to herself. Now it w... | high2049.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"how fiber optics works",
"how light travels in a glass of water",
"how fiber optics helps mankind"
],
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Put a drop or two of milk into the glass of water. Turn off the lights. Shine the light from your flashlight through the top of the glass at an angle of about 45 degrees. Pu... | high18152.txt |
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"answer": {
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"6",
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Early in February, the Ministry of Education issue... | high5726.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The lost generation."
},
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"The lost generation.",
"The boomerang kids.",
"The delayed adults."
],
"question": "Which of the following terms is NOT used to describe today's 20-som... | Today's 20-somethings are often called" millennials . " They grew up around the time of the millennium in the year 2000
Are these adults? The law says yes. But societies have their expectations for what being an adult means. Some say today's 20-sometbings are having a" delayed adulthood. " The term "boomerang ... | high17261.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "$ 40"
},
"options": [
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"$ 40",
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"question": "A secondhand jacket will probably cost you _ .",
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... | Below are some classified ads from an English newspaper.
*FOR SALE
Come to our moving sale -- Plants, pottery, books,clothes, etc. Sat, Dec. 14th -- 9a. m.---5p. m. 1612 Ferndale, Apt. 1. Call 800 4696.
Used fur coats and jackets. Good condition. $ 30 -- $ 50. Call 800 0436
Moving: Must sell. TV21, $ 50; AM/FM radio A... | high1540.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "English is becoming increasingly acceptable in France."
},
"options": [
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"English is becoming increasingly acceptable in France.",
"Great changes take place in France be... | A recent survey found that the French are the second-most insecure people in Europe after Italy about their proficiency in English. Only 13 percent of the French respondents believed they are proficient in the language, according to the European data agency Eurostat.
The situation is no better in business circles, wher... | high13007.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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... | In October, Ubayd Steed, a sixth grader in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was taking a math test when he noticed a classmate looking at his paper. " I quickly turned my paper over," he said. Later that day, Ubayd met the cheater and told him not to do it again.
Unfortunately, Ubayd' s experience is not unusual. Whether it... | high12319.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he didn't have a father to teach and love him"
},
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"he couldn't get good school education",
"his brothers or sisters didn't teach him",
"he was living in the ... | My life began much like most children before my father left us. I grew up without knowing what a father was and no one was there to teach me how to behave and how to tell right from wrong. Because of this, I developed problems with alcohol and spent seven years as a boy in the street, before ending up in a rehab clinic... | high8202.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Excited."
},
"options": [
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"Moved.",
"Excited.",
"Astonished."
],
"question": "What's the audience's response to ASIMO's performance?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answ... | The lights dimmed,the musical hall grew quiet and out walked the conductor shiny and white and 4 feet and 3 inches tall.
ASIMO, a robot designed by Honda Motor Co., met its latest challenge Tuesday evening: Conducting the Detroit Symphony , in a performance of "The Impossible Dream" from "Man of La Mancha".
"Hello,... | high15476.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "She was hit and got angry"
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"She wanted to be a lawyer",
"She was hit and got angry",
"She had to take care of her sister"
],
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For nearly 30 years Mumbet served the Ashley family. One day, Ashley's wi... | high7131.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "fishermen"
},
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"fishermen",
"King Charles and his family",
"The families of king and queens"
],
"question": "The first English people living in the \"green village\" were _ .",
"que... | Greenwich is on the River, five miles from the middle of London, and its history is two thousand years old. The first English people were fishermen there, and they named the place Greenwich, meaning "green village". Later the English kings and queens lived at Greenwich in their beautiful places.
The name of the earli... | high8564.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To spend his holiday"
},
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"To work as an engineer",
"To spend his holiday",
"To visit the Andersons."
],
"question": "Why was Duret in New York?",
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(NEW YORK) A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two-year-old girl in Manhattan said he didn't think twice before diving into the freezing East River.
Tuesday's Daily News said 29-year who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday.
He lifted the little... | high15310.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
"options": [
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"People rarely tell the truth.",
"If you defend yourself, people will believe you.",
"You can't a... | The host poured the tea into the cup and placed it on the small table in front of his guests, who were a father and daughter, and the cover on the cup. Apparently thinking of something, he hurried into the inner room, leaving the thermos on the table. His two guests heard a cupboard opening.
They remained sitting in t... | high7657.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "aims to help poor children throughout the world"
},
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"is a platform to find out children who have a gift for painting",
"is held once every four years like th... | The 2ndWorld Cup Live Painting Competition
Brief Introduction
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"answer": {
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"she needed much money",
"he loved her very much"
],
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"answer": {
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"a battle field to fight enemies from the outside"
],
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"that the workers haven't mastered enough modern science and technology",
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"answer": {
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"Men and women",
"Short stature and short life",
"Long life and short life"
],
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Now, researchers report that short people--at least in the past--were also more likely to die at a younger age than their taller peers.
Their study, published in the Journa... | high3431.txt |
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"answer": {
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"Those between 15 and 59",
"People between the age of 16 and 44."
],
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According to nationwide surveys o... | high16619.txt |
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"answer": {
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"he received little care at school",
"he had a bad childhood"
],
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I met my best friend about three years ago.After knowing me for six months,he told ... | high13991.txt |
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"To earn money for her family.",
"To get self-confidence.",
"To become a typist."
],
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"Sea water quality is improved.",
"Less productivity of ecosystem."
],
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},
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"Because she intended to help."
],
"question": "Why did the autho... | It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows had stopped giving milk. The streams were long gone back into the earth. If we didn't see some rain soon we would lose everything.
I was in the kitchen making lunch for my husband and his brothers when I... | high13749.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "She was trying to do homework when it got dark."
},
"options": [
"She was trying to do homework when it got dark.",
"She was having trouble with math problems.",
"She was trying to earn some money.",
"She was working on... | A person has to be sixteen to drive, seventeen to see certain movies, and eighteen to vote. People can get terrific discounts on all sorts of stuff-provided they're over sixty-five. Everywhere we look there are age limits that define what people can and can't do. But creativity has no boundaries, no limitations. Anyone... | high6561.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he couldn't afford both the time and the money"
},
"options": [
"he had already been on the seas to Ilfracombe",
"he was too busy to go too far away from home",
"he couldn't afford both the time and the money",
"he beli... | Britain's oldest man made his first visit to London yesterday at the age of 101. Mr. John Evans had never found the time or money to make the trip from his home in Forest Fach, near Swansea. But, when British Rail offered him an all-expenses-paid birthday trip to the capital he just could not refuse.
He arrived at Padd... | high14026.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "introduce the topic of the passage"
},
"options": [
"tell us the history of telescopes",
"introduce the topic of the passage",
"show people his contributions",
"tell us about the craters on the moon"
],
"questio... | Four hundred years ago, an Italian scientist named Galileo Galilei became the first person to see the craters on the moon. Galileo was one of the first people to use a telescope to study the sky. Since then, telescopes have become the most important tool used by astronomers. Scientists never stop finding new ways to m... | high20383.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To learn a low-carbon lifestyle - a promising but difficult purpose"
},
"options": [
"To purchase a cheap bulb - your wise alternative.",
"To choose an energy-saving residence - a must of your life",
"To learn a low-carbon li... | One of my China Dialogue colleagues in Beijing recently bought a Philips energy-saving light bulb to replace a standard one.He was happy with his choice.It may have cost 30 yuan (just under US$4.50) - ten times the price of a filament bulb - but he wanted to save energy as part of his low-carbon lifestyle.And accordi... | high5068.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the Internet"
},
"options": [
"a TV programme",
"a teacher's lecture",
"a newspaper",
"the Internet"
],
"question": "This passage is most probably from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Teaching materials for learning Chinese are provided here. There are sites where you may find interesting instructions suitable for you. Here are some sites to begin your surfing.
You may start with these pages from this website -- just to get a little taste of it without working too hard.
* A Is For Love
Flash cards f... | high2707.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "more than explicit meanings"
},
"options": [
"images through words",
"more than explicit meanings",
"more about images than words",
"little about people's psychology"
],
"question": "By watching TV, children lea... | Daniel Anderson, a famous psychologist, believes it's important to distinguish television's influences on children from those of the family. We tend to blame TV, he says, for problems it doesn't really cause, overlooking our own roles in shaping children's minds.
One traditional belief about television is that it reduc... | high10240.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Their body temperature becomes lower"
},
"options": [
"They eat too much for lunch.",
"The weather becomes a lot warmer.",
"Their body temperature becomes lower",
"They sleep too little at night."
],
"question":... | Are you sometimes a little tired and sleepy in the early afternoon? Many people feel this way after lunch.They may think eating lunch is the cause of the sleepiness.Or,in summer, they may think it is the heat.However, the real reason lies inside their bodies.At that time--about eight hours after you wake up--your body ... | high16631.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "wonderful experiences"
},
"options": [
"unbearable hardships",
"various adventures",
"funny events",
"wonderful experiences"
],
"question": "The writer's trip to the two seas was full of _ .",
"question_ty... | Two European Summer Must 'Seas'
When you think of summer,the beach,clear water, sunny skies, and relaxing days are a few things that come to mind, and two of the best places to experience these summer feels are two gorgeous European bodies of water: the Mediterranean Sea and the Adriatic Sea! These two incredible Seas ... | high19502.txt |
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