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"answer_text": "Diet: a tricky path to weight loss"
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"Diet: a tricky path to weight loss",
"Important things for successful diet",
"Four in ten women gain weight on diets",
"Obesity: problem for 61.4% adults in UK"
]... | Four out of ten women who diet end up heavier than when they started watching their waistline, a study revealed today. The research also showed that a large percentage of women start noticing the pounds creeping back on just 21 days after reaching their ideal weight.
Yesterday, Dr Ian Campbell of the Jenny Craig weight... | high2129.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "was too much to finish"
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"options": [
"was too difficult",
"was too much to finish",
"was done more carefully than other students'",
"could be done as long as she helped her daughter"
],
"question": "The autho... | When my daughter was in the fifth grade, she came home from school almost every night with three or more hours of homework. It was my duty to help her get it done. One night she worked until midnight doing her homework.
I felt annoyed, but I didn't want the teacher to think I was lazy. So I never complained. I wasn't s... | high3237.txt |
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"answer_text": "All the people should have a good knowledge of how to make career choices and manage their career."
},
"options": [
"In the process of making career decisions, people should consider interests, abilities, values, personal needs and reali... | Understanding the process of making career choices and managing your career is a basic life skill that everyone should understand.
Your career decisions have such a profound effect on all aspects of your life. It's important to have the knowledge and resources needed to make smart, informed decisions. Whether you are l... | high4558.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a Canadian"
},
"options": [
"a Canadian",
"an Englishman",
"Nancy's schoolmate",
"Nancy's father"
],
"question": "It can be learned from the passage that the writer is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questio... | Thank you for trusting me. I enjoy exchanging my ideas with yours
The first thing I want to tell you is that if the boys are calling you names it is their fault, not yours. Boys, at your age, are different from girls. They are trying to prove that they are manly and then often do this by picking on someone who can't re... | high5652.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "it was the most popular thing happening"
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"options": [
"it was in the newspaper",
"people spread mean rumors about it",
"it was the most popular thing happening",
"it was discussed in a city meeting"
],
"quest... | When Charles Stratton was five, he stopped growing. His mother took him to see the famous showman, P.T.Barmum. Mr Barmum thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his show. He hired Charles' parents along with him, and they traveled the world together.
He gave the two-foot-tall Charles a name, General Tom... | high18026.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "more and more honors went to Einstein"
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"options": [
"Einstein's theory was soon accepted even by ordinary people",
"more and more honors went to Einstein",
"Einstein almost had no chances for his research",
"Einstein... | Albert Einstein had a great effect on science and history. An American university president once said that Einstein had made a new outlook, a new view of the universe. It may be some time before the average mind understands fully the identity of time and space and so on--but even ordinary man now understand that the un... | high17315.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "ride elephants"
},
"options": [
"have barbeques with natives",
"ride elephants",
"play with wild animals",
"race in canoes"
],
"question": "In the forest, tourists will be able to _ .",
"question_type": "c... | 6-Day Trek in the Highland National Parks
Destinations: Saigon -- Cat Tien National Park --Buon Ma Thuot --Lak Lake -- YokDon National Park
Estimated trekking time: Average 4-5 hours/day
Summary: This trip is ideal for those who love trekking in natural forests. From the southern part of Vietnam up to the central highl... | high3223.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "man quite agrees with nature"
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"options": [
"man is the master of nature",
"man quite agrees with nature",
"nature is a helping hand to man",
"China has a long history of gardening"
],
"question": "Visitors to... | The subject of this year's Kunming International Expo is "man and nature walking hand in hand into the 21stCentury". When theprefix = st1 /UKwas asked to take part, it seemed natural to build a garden. Now theBritishGardenwill be a central part when Expo opens on May 1.
David Patterson , the Curator of the Department... | high19338.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to teach us how to face life and death"
},
"options": [
"to memorize his friend Veronica",
"to talk about the significance of life and death",
"to teach us how to face life and death",
"to compare his friend and the Hol... | The word "death" is a word many Chinese friends tell me I should not say aloud. They advise me to avoid the word because only speaking of it may bring ill fortune. I deeply believe, however, that to know how to live, we must also know how to die. The problem is how we talk about death.
Like everyone in Taiwan this week... | high15502.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "products saving energy"
},
"options": [
"products made of wood",
"products saving energy",
"products releasing much CO\n2",
"products made by the EU"
],
"question": "The \"EU Ecolabel\" is probably awarded to _... | Surfing for hours on the Internet consumes a lot of electricity and is harmful to the environment. However, a new ecological PC saves energy as it operates:it produces about 70 percent less CO2than conventional computers.
As a work tool, a leisure activity resource, and a personal assistant, computers seem to be ... | high8376.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "immediately after the child wakes up"
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"options": [
"before the child wakes up",
"immediately after the child wakes up",
"as soon as the child gets up",
"during the birthday party"
],
"question": "In England, ... | In England, we look forward to our birthdays for 364 days a year!
We invite special people to celebrate it with us.
The Presents
Presents are opened as soon as the children are awake. They can't wait for the birthday cake later in the day!
The Cards
Friends and family send birthday cards. Sending birthday cards is a cu... | high7045.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "is one of the most successful businessmen"
},
"options": [
"is more successful than Bill Gates",
"has given readers some tips about success",
"has never dealt with unpleasant situations",
"is one of the most successful ... | We have all heard the old phrase "attitude is everything", and that phrase is certainly true.Your attitude can have a great impact on your personal motivation, so it is important to keep a positive attitude no matter what challenges you face.
As a matter of fact, keeping your attitude positive in the face of difficulti... | high1434.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Regrowth."
},
"options": [
"Peace.",
"Friendship.",
"Regrowth.",
"Health."
],
"question": "What should be the theme of the poems in the competition?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
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"answe... | Regrowth Poetry Competition is open to all published and unpublished, UK and non-UK based male and female writers over 16 years of age. This competition is open to poetry submissions. Poems must be based around the theme of "regrowth, birth, survival, and new life" and in any genre. The poem should be between 5 and 30 ... | high13173.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Punishment or Reward: Which Works Better on Behavior?"
},
"options": [
"Punishment",
"The Best Way to Influence Behavior.",
"Punishment or Reward: Which Works Better on Behavior?",
"Two Recent Studies."
],
"ques... | Two recent studies have found that punishment is not the best way to influence behavior.
One showed that adults are much more cooperative if they work in a system based on rewards. Researchers at Harvard University in the United States and the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden did the study.
They had about two hu... | high9068.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "your work efficiency will decrease once you exceed a certain point of work"
},
"options": [
"the longer you study every day, the more you will learn",
"you'll achieve better learning results if you work three hours every day",
... | There is a lot of misunderstanding about studying. Most students have not been taught the principles behind really effective working. Imagine a graph showing the amount a person learns against the number of hours he works in a day. If he doesn't do any work, he learns nothing (point 0). If he does an hour's work he lea... | high1352.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because cleaning the comb could make her happy."
},
"options": [
"Because her father forced her to do.",
"Because others things were dull.",
"Because cleaning the comb could make her happy.",
"Because she knew her fathe... | Dad had a green comb .He bought it when he married Mum. Every night,he would hand me his comb and say. "Good girl, help Daddy clean it, OK?"
I was pleased to do it. At age five, this dull task brought me such joy. I would excitedly turn the tap on and brush the comb carefully. Satisfied that I'd done a good job. I w... | high13615.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Americans All"
},
"options": [
"Americans All",
"A Mother in My Head",
"One of Our Clowns Is Missing",
"My Fed Ex Christmas Request"
],
"question": "To encourage their children to stay in school, parents should ... | Americans All
Type: Musical Running Time: 50 Minutes
This is a musical play set in a high school classroom that will teach you the importance of staying in school. This fun and entertaining musical experience will appeal to anyone. It has a positive message that will be well received by students as well as their teache... | high15264.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "She was too young to sail alone."
},
"options": [
"She was too old to take care of herself",
"She was too young to sail alone.",
"She was not well prepared",
"It would cause trouble to the government."
],
"quest... | After a year of being prepared, Laura Dekker can't wait to set sail .Last August ,the Dutch government decided that Laura Dekker was too young to take on the challenge of sailing around the world alone. But after a year of preparing herself , Laura has been allowed to sail.
"I was so happy I almost jump into the water,... | high8410.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Bon Stewart"
},
"options": [
"Kew Gardens",
"Harlow Carr",
"Bon Stewart",
"Wentworth Castle Gardens"
],
"question": "To enjoy pleasant-smelling flowers, you might visit _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_quest... | It took some time for spring to arrive but now it's here that UK's gardens are enjoying it. Many flowers that would usually be over by now are still at their best. Here are some of the best gardens right now.
Kew Gardens, London
The rock garden is one of the places to head for at Kew right now. It will be at its peak i... | high7723.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "help people control their use of mobile phones"
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"research how people use their mobile phones",
"help people control their use of mobile phones",
"make people better use mobile phones",
"increase the fun ... | You get anxious if there's no wi-fi in the hotel or mobile phone signal up the mountain. You feel upset if your phone is getting low on power, and you secretly worry things will go wrong at work if you're not there. All these can be called "always on" stress caused by smart phone addiction.
For some people, smart phone... | high18998.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "exciting"
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"options": [
"dangerous",
"exciting",
"boring",
"hard"
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"question": "If all goes well,visiting relatives far away can be _ for kids.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answe... | Some families live quite far in the UK.Visiting them can either be an adventure or a chore .It depends on how much family members like each other.
If all goes well,kids have an exciting time.Your relatives will plan different fun activities and make you happy.Taking you to visit relatives gives your parents a chance to... | high11002.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "An Introduction to Newspapers"
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"options": [
"Production of Newspapers",
"Functions of Newspapers",
"Publication of Newspapers",
"An Introduction to Newspapers"
],
"question": "Which is the best title for the ... | The earliest newspapers started in ancient Rome. They were handwritten news sheets. The first printed newspapers appeared in China during the Tang dynasty, which were printed from carved wooden blocks. Modern papers first appeared in Venice, Italy in the middle of the 14th century. The newspapers of today, with advert... | high3545.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a mathematician couldn't earn a lot of money"
},
"options": [
"a mathematician couldn't earn a lot of money",
"a mathematician needed a good memory",
"von Neumann had the ability to learn two subjects at the same time",
... | John von Neumann was the oldest of 3 children of an banker, and his speed of learning new ideas and solving problems stood out early. At 17, his father tired to persuade him not to become a mathematician because he may lead a poor life being a mathematician, and so von Neumann agreed to study chemistry as well. In 1926... | high5134.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Reminding girls not to roll up their skirts again and again."
},
"options": [
"Asking parents not to buy skirts for their daughters any more.",
"Keeping girls wearing inappropriate skirts out of school.",
"Reminding girls not... | A group of British schools are banning skirts after helplessly watching the fashion of "hemline _ creep" when girls roll up skirts to show more of their legs.Rising hemlines among girls in their midtolate teens have long been a headache for schools.Now,it seems,girls who are leaving homes with perfectly proper skirt l... | high18740.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "trainers"
},
"options": [
"patients",
"merchants",
"trainers",
"communicators"
],
"question": "What kind of people who are in trouble are not mentioned in this passage?",
"question_type": null
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"... | Don't Allow Your Weaknesses to Limit You
We all have weaknesses and strengths-no matter who we are. Sometimes the weaknesses seem to outweigh the strengths and sometimes it's the other way around. Some people get sick easily. Some struggle to manage their finances properly. Some people are hopeless communicators and st... | high17473.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "show readers the American idea on good customer service"
},
"options": [
"suggest that customers believe what commercials say deeply",
"show readers the American idea on good customer service",
"express all the stores pay muc... | Would you like to be a king or queen? To have people waiting on you hand and foot? Many Americans experience this royal treatment every day. How? By being customers. The American idea of customer service is to make each customer the center of attention. Need proof? Just listen to the commercials. Most of them sound lik... | high6415.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "trees"
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"options": [
"smokers",
"non-smokers",
"pets",
"trees"
],
"question": "From the passage,we can see secondhand smoke maybe not harmful to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"an... | Secondhand smoke isn't just a health threat to people.It can also hurt dogs and cats,veterinarians say.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,more than 126 million Americans who don't smoke are exposed to secondhand smoke in their homes,vehicles,workplaces,and public places.This exposure causes th... | high76.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The practice of adding caffeine to foods."
},
"options": [
"The fact that coffee contains caffeine.",
"The measures of avoiding caffeine's effects.",
"The practice of adding caffeine to foods.",
"The practice of using c... | You may have heard adults say they are uncomfortable in the morning without a cup of coffee. One reason they may feel that way is that coffee contains caffeine . Caffeine occurs naturally in coffee, tea, and cocoa beans, which are used to make chocolate. But now food makers are adding it to many products, from potato c... | high14152.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "there was a slight wind"
},
"options": [
"it was played loudly",
"there was a slight wind",
"the piano was old",
"he stopped walking"
],
"question": "Beethoven heard the music because _ .",
"question_type... | One summer night Ludwig Beethoven took a walk in the suburb of Bonn. Suddenly a gentle wind came. He heard some music. He listened carefully and found it was his F sonata. He followed the music and came to a small house. There through the window, he saw a girl playing a very old piano and a young man was making shoes... | high9726.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Children need to develop the virtue which will show them the right way."
},
"options": [
"Children need to develop the virtue which will show them the right way.",
"Only well-behaved children will have a bright future.",
"Chi... | One of my longest-running battles with my kids is about manners specifically,about whether it's necessary to send hand-written thank-you notes for gifts.I say yes,and my children have continued throughout their teens to write the notes.But they grumble that I'm out of step with the times.
If a new BabyCenter poll is an... | high24091.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The Michauxs."
},
"options": [
"The Michauxs.",
"Macmillan.",
"Comte Mede de Sivac.",
"Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun."
],
"question": "Who is recognized as the inventor of the bicycle?",
"question_type":... | The Celerifere, an early version of the bicycle, was built around 1791 by a French man, Comte Mede de Sivrac. It was basically a scooter with a high seat. There were no pedals---you had to push with your feet like you do with a skateboard or a scooter.
Around 1816 Baron Karl Drais de Sauerbrun in Germany added a moveab... | high12523.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Compost our home waste at the landfill site."
},
"options": [
"Share cars with other people if possible.",
"Make sure our car tires are well inflated.",
"Compost our home waste at the landfill site.",
"Buy less products... | There are many things we can do in our daily life to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas sent out. Probably the most important is to share what you have learned with your family and friends.
Use the family car less. Walk or cycle whenever possible. Take a bus. Try ride sharing.
Use less energy in the hous... | high23926.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Exercise ---- Learn faster"
},
"options": [
"Exercise ---- Refresh you",
"Exercise ---- Look slim",
"Exercise ---- Live longer",
"Exercise ---- Learn faster"
],
"question": "What is the best title of this passag... | It is common sense that children who walk or cycle to school have a lower risk of obesity than those by car. But driving your youngsters to the gates could also cause their academic work to suffer.
Researchers found children who were driven to school, or who took public transport, had poorer concentration levels than t... | high16745.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "dealing with a housing problem"
},
"options": [
"working on a poor trailer",
"helping a poor family",
"donating beds and bedding",
"dealing with a housing problem"
],
"question": "The author's first volunteer pr... | At the age of sixteen, I joined a volunteer group with my dad.I went on my first volunteer project in West Virginia.On the night we arrived, we discovered that "our family" was living in a trailer that was in poor conditions.A crew had been wolfing on it for two weeks, but every time they finished one problem, another... | high4202.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The overgrowing plants in this area have become a big danger of fire."
},
"options": [
"Fires destroyed thirty homes in a neighborhood four years ago.",
"The speed of rebuilding the houses is really too slow.",
"The overgrowi... | Goats are being hired to do the work of men in a neighborhood just outside of San Diego. The fires that occurred in Hillborough four years ago destroyed thirty homes, most of which have been rebuilt. While the home were rebuilt, the grasses, bushes, and shrubs were re-growing. The area is now so overgrown in brush that... | high19476.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Back pain"
},
"options": [
"Cancer.",
"Depression.",
"Back pain",
"Heart disease."
],
"question": "According to the passage, which of the following ranks NO. 1 among the causes of disability?",
"question_typ... | Depression is the second most common cause of disability worldwide after back pain, according to a review of research. The disease must be treated as a global public health priority , experts report in the journal PLOS Medicine. The study compared depression with more than 200 other diseases and injuries as a cause of... | high10334.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Action."
},
"options": [
"Knowledge.",
"Action.",
"Green living.",
"Psychological distance."
],
"question": "What is especially important for environment protection in Mr. Hempel's opinion?",
"question_type"... | Monty Hempel is a professor of environmental sciences at Redlands University in California. He studies ecological literacy--or ecoliteracy, for short. Ecoliteracy is the ability to think about and understand the natural processes that make life possible.
Monty Hempel says ecoliteracy gives people knowledge about enviro... | high18768.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They are various small,but valuable things."
},
"options": [
"They are nothing useful.",
"They are various small,but valuable things.",
"They are the main things that factories produce.",
"They are odd moments students ... | There is no doubt that much of the profit of a business--sometimes the whole of its success--depends upon the use of the odds and ends.The odds and ends are various small things,which are left over when the main things are produced.But they possess a real value of their own.
If a business,big or small,looked down upon ... | high11994.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "so interesting"
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"options": [
"so small",
"so quiet",
"so interesting",
"such interesting"
],
"question": "Mr. David's house was _ that many visitors came to see it.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | When Mr. David retired , he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it. But to his surprise, many visitors came to see his house in summer holidays, for _ was the most interesting building in the village. From morning to night, there were visitors outside the house.... | high2115.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It helps the underside of plants grow faster than the topside."
},
"options": [
"It helps the plant to bend at the right places while growing.",
"It prevents the roots of plants from growing faster.",
"It is no use when the s... | Have you ever wondered why stems grow upwards and roots downwards? Why plants always seem to turn, towards the light and climbing plants run up rather than down? The answer is simple:auxin,a chemical substance that controls growth in plants.
Auxin gives away its secrets
Auxin is a plant hormone . Darwin was alrea... | high21857.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Education."
},
"options": [
"Opinions.",
"Politics.",
"Education.",
"Lifestyles."
],
"question": "In which section can readers probably read the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
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"answer": {
... | Life comes in a package. This package includes happiness and sorrow, failure and success, hope and despair. Life is a learning process. Experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us a better person. With each passing day we learn to handle various situations.
Love
Love plays a pivotal role on out life. Love make... | high10452.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They grew germs from the scrapings on dishes."
},
"options": [
"They visited many top scientists.",
"They consulted the hospital's nurses.",
"They collected experimental samples at a school.",
"They grew germs from the ... | Ashleigh Fraser and Leah Guskjolen, both 18, wondered why they would not be allowed to wear nail polish or artificial nails during their training to become certified nursing assistants. But when they asked, the only response which they got was that "rules are rules." Not satisfied, the teens decided to explore the is... | high19310.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He became a soldier in Navy."
},
"options": [
"He bought many for Julie.",
"He became a soldier in Navy.",
"He kept writing to his son.",
"He got many masters degrees."
],
"question": "What did Rowan's dad do to... | A young boy recently received an unexpected message in the mail from his father Joseph, who died two years ago.
Rowan's dad was a hardworking man who wanted to give his son the best life he could. It was why Rowan's mother, Julie Van Stone, said Joseph joined the Navy and went to MIT to get two masters degrees.
While a... | high12245.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He expected too much of her."
},
"options": [
"He was silent most of the time.",
"He was too proud of himself.",
"He did not love his children.",
"He expected too much of her."
],
"question": "Why did the writer... | Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home in Tucson, Arizona. He moved there a few years ago, and I was eager to see his new place and meet his friends.
My earliest memories of my father are a tall, handsome, successful man devoted to his work and his family, but uncomfortable with his children.... | high188.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "probably impress participants deeply"
},
"options": [
"probably impress participants deeply",
"provide a few competitions",
"help the participants set their life goals",
"check the records of personal growth"
],
... | Teen Climbing Camp 2010
This 5-day climbing camp is suitable for teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 who have an interest in rock climbing. The climbing days are designed for beginners and those who have some basic experience in a gym or outdoors. Participants will find themselves challenged physically and mentally... | high6373.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To remember her grandmother."
},
"options": [
"To show her good baking skills.",
"To remember her grandmother.",
"To talk about her happy family life.",
"To describe her childhood memories."
],
"question": "What... | Both of my parents worked full-time when I was a little girl, so my grandmother would stay at our house during the day. We would watch game shows in the living room. Our favorite was The Price is Right. We would call out our answers along with the contestants.
When I got older and started going to school, we couldn't w... | high14634.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "were the largest bird population in the Us"
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Jane Addams (1860 - 1935)
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"It describes how hard the actual life is.",
"It implies it ... | Product Description
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3800 W. Commercial, Ft. Lauderdale, FL33309
Lowest Prices 110% Guaranteed .
Room Information:
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"They think he suffers from an illness.",
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The 57-year-old said that his poor timekeeping is down to a medical condition that he was diagnosed with at an appointment at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, whi... | high19304.txt |
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This year's annual moustache-growing campaign in London will surpass 2014 fundraising numbers.
Last year, London men grew enough facial hair to raise S 200,000. As of Thursday, 2015 fundraisi... | high19462.txt |
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"They are popular with high-achieving students.",
"They are mostly small in size.",
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My host mom had already decorated my room for me. There was a doll on one side of the room,and a bookcase full of books on the other -- they had heard I loved read... | high16989.txt |
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"They have no specialized skills."
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"The Fair is Famous.",
"Fairs Attract the World Wide Attention.",
"Xiamenis a Trade Zone."
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"The safe of studying abroad.",
"Which country is better to choose for overseas study.",
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Whether i... | high18797.txt |
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"tried his best to save his father",
"managed to take control of the car"
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That morning, Patrick's father was dri... | high2854.txt |
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"Our ancient ancestors had no better survi... | Are we getting more stupid? According to Gerald Crabtree, a scientist at Stanford University in the US, we are.
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"answer": {
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"politeness.",
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],
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... | What image does the word "Britain" conjure up in your mind? Big Ben,the frequently changing weather, fish and chips... But have you ever wondered what British people think means "Britain"?
English playwright William Shakespeare and pop group The Beatles are the icons which inspire a sense of national pride in British p... | high177.txt |
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"the importance of science and math"
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"question": "In ... | Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died on Monday after a 17-month battle with cancer, her company said. She was 61.
"Sally lived her life to the fullest, with boundless energy, curiosity, intelligence, passion, commitment and love. Her integrity was ; her spirit was immeasurable; her approach ... | high23067.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Brown who is 22 years old"
},
"options": [
"Tom who is 17 years old",
"Jenny who is 19 years old",
"Mike who is 20 years old",
"Brown who is 22 years old"
],
"question": "Who is allowed to rent a car in Spain?",... | Spain is a country that lies in southwestern Europe. It's surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea on the south and the east, while to the north of Spain lie France, Andorra and the Bay of Biscay. The west and northwest of Spain are surrounded by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean.
The official name of the state is the Kingdom... | high14813.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He had an autopilot impvoved."
},
"options": [
"He made the balloon's capsule bigger.",
"He had an autopilot impvoved.",
"He formed a team to fly with him.",
"He improved the balloon's engine."
],
"question": "W... | Steve Fossett did not really look like an adventurer, but he reached some of the most difficult goals in sailing and flying.
Fossett was most proud of being the first person to fly around the world alone in a hot-air balloon. To make a trip around the world alone, it was necessary to have an improvedautopilot device.... | high163.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "their privacy has been violated"
},
"options": [
"their privacy has been violated",
"they are afraid of being assessed",
"their evaluations are unfair",
"the results are not satisfying"
],
"question": "Many teac... | There were times when it was only schoolchildren who felt sick before they got their grades.But now teachers in prefix = st1 /Germanyare scared, too, as they are being graded by their students.
Many teachers are opposed to it.They don't mind being evaluated.But they are upset because the results are then being posted o... | high23073.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In a popular magazine"
},
"options": [
"In a popular magazine",
"In a tourist guidebook",
"In a physics textbook",
"In an official report"
],
"question": "Where can you probably find the text?",
"question_ty... | People say, you can not change the environment, but can change their own; you can not change the facts, but can change attitudes; you can not change the past, but can be changed now; you can not control other people, but can be masters of our own; you can not do everything well, but can be conscientious in everything; ... | high6398.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "don't believe they can be"
},
"options": [
"don't have great ideas",
"don't want to develop their ideas",
"are too shy to talk about their ideas",
"don't believe they can be"
],
"question": "Most people can't be... | You have some great ideas. But they don't come out because of what your friends say or because you think that only a few people can be creative geniuses . And, you, of course, think that you couldn't be one of them. But actually, this is not true at all.
Anyone who is a creative genius will tell you that creativity is ... | high5849.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "dull"
},
"options": [
"adventurous",
"pleasant",
"exciting",
"dull"
],
"question": "The author expected the train trip to be _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer... | There were smiling children all the way. Clearly they knew at what time the train passed their homes and they made it their business to stand along the railway, wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang. Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on ... | high21664.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Rose."
},
"options": [
"Sally.",
"Michael.",
"Jim.",
"Rose."
],
"question": "Many people are mentioned in this passage. Who is the writer's true friend?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
... | My grandmother often said to me, "You can count the number of your true friends on the fingers of one hand." For a long time I thought this was true. However, I've now discovered my grandmother was only half right. Maybe we do only make a few "best" friends in our lifetime, but those aren't the only people that we can ... | high5691.txt |
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