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"answer_text": "notice small changes"
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"options": [
"expect small changes",
"notice small changes",
"welcome small changes",
"exaggerate small changes"
],
"question": "After a short overseas holiday, people tend to _ ."... | You've just come home, after living abroad for a few years. Since you've been away, has this country changed for the better or for the worse?
If you've just arrived back in the UK after a fortnight's holiday, small changes have probably surprised you--anything from a local greengrocer suddenly being replaced by a m... | high17276.txt |
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"answer_text": "Skiing and skating."
},
"options": [
"Soccer and golf.",
"Skiing and skating.",
"Cycling and hockey.",
"Mountaineering."
],
"question": "What sports are popular among people in winter in the passage?",
"ques... | Most young people enjoy some forms of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling, swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It may be a game of some forms--football, basketball, hockey, golf or tennis. It may be mountaineering.
Those who have a _ for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with ... | high5731.txt |
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"answer_text": "clear"
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"question": "According to the author, your job-hunting plan had better be as _ as possible.",
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... | If' you are finding it tough to land a job, try expanding your job-hunting plan to include thefollowing strategies:
Set your target
While you should always keep your opinions open to compromise, you should also be sure to target exactly what you want in a job. A specific job hunt will be more efficient than a random on... | high18145.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he told the conductor to wake him up no matter how loudly he might protest"
},
"options": [
"he protested loudly to the conductor",
"he did not sleep before he arrived at Dijon",
"he told the conductor to wake him up no matte... | Mark Twain, the famous American writer, was once traveling in France .He went by train to Dijon. He was very tired and wanted to sleep. He therefore asked the conductor to wake him up when the train came to Dijon
But first he explained he was a very heavy sleeper,"I may bossibly protest loudly when you try to wake me u... | high17510.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Cloudy."
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"options": [
"Rainy.",
"Cloudy.",
"Windy.",
"Sunny."
],
"question": "How was the weather when the author got up?",
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"answer": {
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"a... | This is a true story of how my car got stuck in water and how a stranger helped me during the worst rain storm.
Last Sunday, the sky was grey when I woke up. The weather report said rain was coming, but I couldn't stay home just because of rain.
Around 8:00 am I had a doctor's appointment. It wasn't raining then. At 9:... | high5057.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "some people receive friendship but don't give friendship back"
},
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"there are too many people who want to make friends",
"some people receive friendship but don't give friendship back",
"those who give others frie... | Too many people want others to be their friends,but they don't give friendship back.That is why some friendships don't last long.To have a friend,you must learn to be one.You must learn to treat your friend the way you want your friend to treat you.Learning to be a good friend means learning three rules:be honest;be ge... | high18623.txt |
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"answer_text": "Competition in America's business."
},
"options": [
"Competition in America's business.",
"Freedom in America's business.",
"Americans' different values.",
"Business against government."
],
"question": "Which of... | President Coolidge's statement, "The business of America is business," still points to a very important truth today -- that business organizations have more prestige in American society than any other kind of organization, including the government. Why do business institutions still possess this great prestige?
One r... | high2738.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "parents' relationships may suffer once their young grow up and move out"
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"options": [
"marriages improve after children leave home",
"an \"empty nest\" is always a happy thing",
"parents' relationships may suffer once thei... | Marriages improve after children grow up and move out,according to an academic study, which suggests an "empty nest" is not always a bad thing.
Popular wisdom has it that parents' relationships may suffer once their young fly the coop, because they feel they have lost their purpose in life.However, a new study by resea... | high3426.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "ShehadanunexpectedappointmentonTuesday."
},
"options": [
"ShehadtoseethedoctoronFriday.",
"Shewantedtocelebrateherdaughter'sbirthday.",
"ShehadanunexpectedappointmentonTuesday.",
"Sheneededtoprepareforherdaughter'sbirth... | Recently I fully understood that a little favor could really make a big difference. My daughter and I were, accidentally, in time to catch a falling heart just before it hit the ground.
It all started when Charlene, one of my co-volunteers at the library, asked if I could do her duty on Tuesday since her doctor appoint... | high4349.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Pubs in Britain"
},
"options": [
"Pubs' history",
"Pubs in Britain",
"Changes of pubs",
"Features of a good pub"
],
"question": "Which of the following can be the best title?",
"question_type": null
},
{... | There are 70,000 pubs in England and Wales have several thousand more in Scotland.
Every country has its drinking shop, but none has an institution quite like the British pub. The most important feature of a good pub (which modern buildings hardly ever achieve) is a feeling of something private. It must have nooks and ... | high15307.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "guide readers to improve their quality of sleep"
},
"options": [
"share some ways to slow down and relax before sleeping",
"guide readers to improve their quality of sleep",
"tell readers the importance of getting a good nigh... | About 45 percent of Americans don't get enough sleep, according to a recent survey. However, the benefits of getting enough sleep far outweigh the thrill of watching TV for one more hour or surfing the web. Getting a better night's sleep will help you lose or keep your weight more effectively. Try these simple steps to... | high12468.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Surprised and honest"
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"options": [
"Disappointed and panicked",
"Surprised and honest",
"Comforting and encouraging",
"Hesitant and weak."
],
"question": "What was the pilot's attitude toward the situation?",... | A few years ago, I was on a plane with my friend, waiting for it to take off. The pilot's voice was heard throughout the plane: "Sorry for the delay, ladies and gentlemen. Our engines don't work. We are going to jump-start them. Once we get them going, we'll get up in the air and see what happens."
That was all he said... | high13776.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he still had a lot of medical problems caused by the previous injuries"
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"options": [
"he still had a lot of medical problems caused by the previous injuries",
"he played in all the following games for his team",
"he had re... | Larry Bird was born in 1965 in a small town in the Middle Western State of Indiana. He was tall, and good at playing basketball. He attended Indiana State University. Bird led the team into the College Basketball Championship Game.
After completing his college studies, Larry Bird began playing professional basketball f... | high7898.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "that people need friends"
},
"options": [
"that people are all friends",
"that people need friends",
"how to get to know friends",
"how to name a place"
],
"question": "The main idea of this passage is _ .",
... | Everyone needs friends.We all like to feel close to someone.It is nice to have a friend to talk,laugh and do things with.Surely,there are times when we need to be alone.We don't always want people around.But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.
No two people are just the same.Sometimes friends don't get along... | high1231.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Having at Least 10 Good Friends Makes People Happy"
},
"options": [
"The Secret to Happiness Is to Make New Friends",
"Having at Least 10 Good Friends Makes People Happy",
"Why Most People Like to Make Friends Regularly",
... | Being able to count at least ten people as friends makes us happy, but those with five or fewer are likely to be miserable, researchers say. Their study of hundreds of men and women also found t hat people who feel satisfied with their lives always have lots of close friends and regularly make new ones. While it is not... | high14019.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "cars."
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"options": [
"cars.",
"privacy",
"respect of self",
"information about their body"
],
"question": "According to the passage, parents owe their children the following things except _",
"question_t... | Do parents owe their children anything? Yes, they owe them a great deal.
One of their chief duties is to give their children a sense of personal worth, for self-esteem is the basis of a good mental health. A youngster who is often made to feel stupid, often compared to brighter brothers, sisters, or cousins, will n... | high20394.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "some parts of Polynesia"
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"options": [
"Mongolia",
"an East African town",
"some parts of Polynesia",
"Arabia"
],
"question": "People turn their backs on others while they eat in _ .",
"question_type": ... | All over the world mothers and fathers teach their children manners. Other children may have manners that are not like yours. There are all kinds of manners.
Many years ago, children who had good manners were seen and not heard. They kept quite quiet if grown-ups were talking. Today, well-mannered children have more... | high17538.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Fear prevented him from trying."
},
"options": [
"He faced huge risks.",
"He lacked mighty forces.",
"Fear prevented him from trying.",
"Failure blocked his way to success."
],
"question": "Why was the author so... | Once when I was facing a decision that involved high risk, I went to a friend. He looked at me for a moment, and then wrote a sentence containing the best advice I've ever had: Be bold and brave -- and mighty forces will come to your aid.
Those words made me see clearly that when I had fallen short in the past, it wa... | high10257.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Colin Mcphee actually acquired much beauty of Balinese music"
},
"options": [
"Colin Mcphee set foot on the island of Bali in late winter",
"The book \nA House in Bali detailed how Colin Mcphee understood the life of the island",
... | At the onset of a northern winter, many dream of warmer climates.In 1934 the Canadian-born composer Colin Mcphee did more than dream. He set out for the island of Bali.
In his bookA House in Bali,Colin Mcphee described how he first gained insight into the essence of Balinese music.For about a month he had been working ... | high2710.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "started acting and modeling when she was a little girl"
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"options": [
"started acting and modeling when she was a little girl",
"has been acting for about 30 years",
"is the daughter of a famous actor",
"started singi... | I wasn't surprised when I read that actress Helen Hunt recently stated that she would never allow her young daughter to become a child star. Ms Hunt is the daughter of a Hollywood technical director, and grew up in Hollywood. Now in her late 40s, she started acting and modeling when she was eight and has probably seen ... | high4361.txt |
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"answer_text": "The earth will be destroyed by worldwide wars before long."
},
"options": [
"Lots of great dangers for humans have been seen.",
"It will be hard for humans to avoid disasters on the earth in the future.",
"The earth will be d... | Humans: It's time to give up the earth or face extinction .
It could be the plot of a summer blockbuster , but this prediction isn't science fiction. It's a glimpse of the future, according to famous British scientist Stephen Hawking. "I see great dangers for the human race," he said in an interview with global forum ... | high19515.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A professor."
},
"options": [
"A poet.",
"A professor.",
"A fisherman.",
"An ice-cream man."
],
"question": "What was probably the author's father?",
"question_type": null
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"answer": {
"ans... | In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. These things come to represent, in fact, what I call joy and love.
I don't remember my father ever getting into a swimming pool. But he did love the water. Any kind of boat ride seemed to give him pleasure. And he loved to fish; sometimes he took... | high16626.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It makes the earth neither too hot nor too cold."
},
"options": [
"It only traps the heat of the sun.",
"It makes the earth neither too hot nor too cold.",
"It works the same way as greenhouse gases.",
"It prevents all ... | Global warming is when the earth heats up, the temperature rises. It happens when greenhouse gases ---carbon dioxide, water vapor, nitrous oxide , and methane trap heat and light from the sun in the earth's atmosphere, which increases the temperature. This is like when heat is trapped in a car. On a very hot day, the ... | high22583.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Doubtful."
},
"options": [
"Curious.",
"Disgusted.",
"Frightened.",
"Doubtful."
],
"question": "What is the writer's attitude towards \"urban legends\"?",
"question_type": null
},
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"answer": {
... | Urban legends are stories that are told and believed in many places.Too many places,in fact.It simply isn't credible that the same unlikely events take place in so many different towns.For some reason,though,that particular set of events appeals to the imagination and the tale spreads.
A very common North American urba... | high955.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "bike"
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"options": [
"motorbike",
"car",
"taxi",
"bike"
],
"question": "To a foreigner, the most economical way to get around Thailand is renting a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"... | When you are travelling in Thailand, which means of transport is the best choice?
You can rent a variety of motorbikes or bikes in Thailand. It seems to be very popular in most of the beaches and islands along the places in the north. The most popular bikes are the little 125 cc Honda Dream which you can get for about ... | high13986.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "regretful"
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"options": [
"regretful",
"cheerful",
"peaceful",
"meaningful"
],
"question": "Mark Kelly must have been_when he announced his decision.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answe... | Astronaut Mark Kelly announced today that he is retiring from NASA in order to focus on the recovery of his wife, Gabrielle Giffords.
Kelly, who is 47, began his NASA career in 1996. He has traveled to the International Space Station four times and served aboard space shuttles Endeavour and Discovery. Most recently... | high23845.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "night"
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"both day and night",
"day",
"neither day nor night",
"night"
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"question": "When the Western Hemisphere is having day, the Eastern Hemisphere is having _ .",
"question_type": "clo... | The word "day" has two meanings. When we talk about the number of days in a year, we are using "day" to mean 24 hours. But when we talk about day and night, we are using "day" to mean the time between sunrise and sunset. Since the earth looks like a ball, the sun can shine on only half of it at a time. Always one half ... | high12440.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Jobhunting people"
},
"options": [
"Interviewers",
"Jobhunting people",
"Employers",
"Layoff workers"
],
"question": "What kind of people is the text mainly meant for?",
"question_type": null
},
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"a... | The principles about applying for jobs have altered greatly lately. In the past, people preferred a handwritten application letter. However, nowadays it is becoming more and more common to apply for a job through the Internet. You can find information on the Internet about how to apply for jobs. Information can be foun... | high14031.txt |
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"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Ethanol can remove some harmful pollutants from gas."
},
"options": [
"Ethanol products are known to cause cancer.",
"Ethanol can remove some harmful pollutants from gas.",
"The production of ethanol is protected by law.",
... | Many Americans concerned about pollution are demanding cleaner supplies of energy. The demand has resulted in increased research about ethanol fuel. Ethanol is an alcohol that can be mixed with gas. It burns up most of the pollutants in gas. It replaces some of the chemicals that are known to cause cancer, and it can b... | high9645.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 ve... | The English test will be removed from China's college entrance exam by 2020, according to details of exam and admission reform revealed by the Ministry of Education. The national college exam, known as the "Gaokao" has been used to evaluate Chinese students for three decades. The Ministry of Education has worked out a ... | high6576.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The individuals can recognize each other."
},
"options": [
"All the individuals cooperate to hunt.",
"The individuals can communicate with each other.",
"The individuals can recognize each other.",
"The individuals form... | When it comes to social behaviour,mammals are in a league of their own.Some birds may form pairs,or even cooperate to hunt,but the complexity of their relationships can hardly compare to those within a school of dolphins,a herd of elephants or a group of humans.What makes mammalian social groups different from a floc... | high6210.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "None of the waste was separated as it is now."
},
"options": [
"None of the waste was separated as it is now.",
"Solid waste was compressed and stored on board.",
"The toilet units used water to remove the waste through the s... | Zero gravity looks cool. But what about the thing no one likes to talk about? Yes, that is right: going to bathroom. Zero gravity makes this everyday task quite a challenge. Astronauts have to be toilet-trained all over again.
The Apollo astronauts raised themselves off the seat of their chairs and stuck a clear plasti... | high13038.txt |
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"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He had a great influence on Maupassant's writing.."
},
"options": [
"He often went out for a walk with Maupassant.",
"He was a journalist and novelist working for church.",
"He had a great influence on Maupassant's writing.."... | Maupassant(*)was born in 1850 in northern France. His early life was not happy. His parents separated when he was 11. Most of his education came informally from Gustave Flaubert--his mother's friend and his godfather, a journalist and novelist. Often Flaubert would let him take a walk and then ask him to write 100 line... | high12326.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "was encouraged a lot by his biology teacher"
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"always studied hard in school",
"lived in the same foster home with his brother",
"hated his parents very much",
"was encouraged a lot by his biology teacher... | Derrius Quarles, 19, had an unhappy childhood. But the Chicago teen didn't give up. He tried his best and won $1 million in college scholarships ! Now Derrius is a successful college student with a bright future.
When Derrius was 4, his father was killed. His mother couldn't take care of him because of taking drugs. D... | high15449.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "students deeply fascinated by the computer"
},
"options": [
"students working on a program",
"students using computers to amuse themselves",
"hard-working computer science majors",
"students deeply fascinated by the com... | It is 4 o'clock in the early morning. Everything but the computing room on the campus of the university appears as quiet and misty as the mysterious hell. In the computing room, 30 students with sleepy eyes, sit still at their desk, beating the dirty and worn keys. Staring at the colorful screen, they tap continuously ... | high4407.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "But for the mother do"
},
"options": [
"It's hard for the infant to recover soon.",
"The puppies were running here and there all the time",
"The temperature was very high at that time.",
"But for the mother do"
],
... | A dog
a newborn baby abandoned by its 14-year-old mother in a field in rural Argentina until the boy was rescued, a doctor said on August 22 (Friday).
A resident of a rural area outside La Plata called police late Wednesday night to say that he had heard the baby crying in a field behind his house.
The man went outside... | high16140.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he helped his team to regain its glory"
},
"options": [
"he liked to take on challenges",
"he helped his team to regain its glory",
"he was faithful to his hometown city",
"he fought hard against failure at a young age"... | He is a lesson to every boy who ever picked up a basketball and dreamed that it would change his life.
The lights were never brighter and the crowds were never bigger for a homegrown sports hero than they were a quarter-century ago for Ray Hall. But his athletic achievements, as impressive as they are, are to my mind n... | high3368.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "name of a writer of modern times"
},
"options": [
"name of a place in China",
"name of a writer of ancient China",
"name of a writer of modern times",
"name of a book"
],
"question": "\"Ha Jin\", is probably a ... | "Jin's new collection of short stories...shows he could teach some native-born writers a few things about the beauty of spare prose and the power of a few well-chosen words."
-- USA Today
"Amusing...Realistic...Rarely has China seemed less exotic and more accessible...The stories have the air of fable ."
--Los Angeles ... | high10531.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "are trying to settle the problem of air pollution"
},
"options": [
"are keeping practicing for health",
"have no cars of their own",
"are complaining there are not enough buses",
"are trying to settle the problem of air... | In a great many cities, hundreds of people ride bikes to work every day. In New York, some bike riders have even formed a group called Bike for a Better City. They declare that if more people rode bikes to work, there would be fewer automobiles in the downtown part of the city and so less dirty air from car engines.
Fo... | high2076.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "want to get a job"
},
"options": [
"want to get a job",
"want to travel abroad",
"prefer working abroad",
"no longer love their country"
],
"question": "Some people are leaving Italy mainly because they _ ."... | More and more Italians are leaving their country because they can not get a job. One in every three Italians say they are willing to go abroad, sometimes even to other continents to get work. Currently, about 300,000 young Italians may be living abroad.
Although emigration has always been a choice for Italians, especia... | high5719.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Cars with wings may be just around the corner"
},
"options": [
"Cars with wings may be just around the corner",
"Which to choose:a Ferrari or a carplane?",
"A more convenient and cheaper way to fly",
"Cars with wings ca... | If cars had wings , they could fly and that just might happen, beginning in 2011. The company Terrafugia, based in Woburn, Massachusetts, says it plans to deliver its carplane, the Transition, so customers by the end of 2011.
"It's the next'wow'vehicle,"said Terrafugia vice president Richard Gersh."Anybody can buy a Fe... | high19267.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "use non-traditional devices in class"
},
"options": [
"study modern science and technology",
"pass all knowledge to their students",
"use non-traditional devices in class",
"meet the needs of intelligent student first"
... | Education has an important effect on the mind or physical ability of an individual. It is the process by which society passes its accumulated knowledge, skills, and values from one generation to another.
Various non-traditional education options are now available and continue to flourish . One of the most important use... | high4413.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Her books normally sell well."
},
"options": [
"She is an adventurous writer.",
"She doesn't care about fortune.",
"Her books normally sell well.",
"She can help you achieve writing skills."
],
"question": "Whic... | Do you ever run out of great books to read? So what should I read next? Is fast-paced crime fiction your thing?
Try the new Patricia Cornwell book,
(Putnam). She is such an able writer and handles complex forensic intelligence with ease. You need to be prepared, though, for the world you're entering--
, let's say.
If ... | high16154.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "an increasing number of animals are killed in road accidents"
},
"options": [
"wild animals have become more dangerous",
"the driving conditions have improved greatly",
"the measure for protecting wildlife fails to work",
... | Special Bridges Help Animals Cross the Road
----Reported by Sheila Carrick
Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side.
Most people know this joke.But recently, some people have been much more worried about how the grizzly bear and mountain lion can cross the road.
"Millions of animals die... | high21920.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In a news report."
},
"options": [
"In a science report.",
"In a news report.",
"In a guidebook.",
"In an advertisement."
],
"question": "Where can you most probably read the passage?",
"question_type": null... | President Obama: I want to welcome Vice President Xi to the Oval Office and welcome him to the United States. This is obviously a great opportunity for us to build on the U. S.-China relationship, but also an opportunity to return the extraordinary hospitality that Vice President Xi showed Vice President Biden during h... | high2062.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "How Valentine's Day came about/"
},
"options": [
"What Valentine's Day means.",
"How Valentine's Day came about/",
"Why Valentine's Day is so popular.",
"When people created Valentine's Day."
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"question": "Wha... | A lot of people these days believe Valentine's Day is a made-up holiday designed to promote the sale of greeting cards and gifts. And while there may be some Arguments for that, there is a mysterious story as to why February 14th has become known today as "Valentine's Day."
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Red or white?
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Most of us feel bad when we make mistakes, beat ourselves up about it, feel like failures, get mad at ourselves.
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"answer_text": "it included Hawking's four life lessons on how to become a genius"
},
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"it explained the origin of the universe",
"it has sold 10 million copies up to now",
"it spent 147 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller Li... | As we all know, Stephen Hawking writes the book A Brief History of Time that explains the origin of the universe. The book spent 147 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List and has sold 10 million copies. He is, most agree, very smart.
In his recently published autobiography My Brief History,Hawking offers four li... | high7873.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Age"
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"Age",
"Relationship",
"Pace"
],
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"answer": {
... | The average British 22 year-old has more than 1,000 online friends on sites like Facebook, compared to those in their fifties who have fewer than 20, according to a new study.
The "Facebookgeneration gap" has been highlighted in a new piece of research which shows that the average 22 year-old claims to have 1,000 or mo... | high9686.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "is good for health"
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"stands for energy",
"is good for health",
"is popular with young people",
"makes the wearer be taken seriously"
],
"question": "Turquoise is a color that _ .",
"questi... | You might think that whether you choose a blue shirt or a yellow one to wear to work or college makes no difference to your day and those around you. However, an increasing number of experts argue that the colors we choose affect our mood , our career and even our health. Color affects us to a greater degree than most... | high8598.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "you don't feel as good as your siblings"
},
"options": [
"you are in your early childhood",
"you consider things in a positive way",
"you don't feel as good as your siblings",
"you have regular fights and arguments with... | Harry, 13, wrote to us to say that even though he's older, he finds himself jealous of his brother Jonathan because he's a better skateboarder. Harry hates that he and Jonathan argue constantly about stupid things, like who gets to hold the TV remote or use the computer.
Maybe Emily's situation will sound familiar to ... | high22540.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "began to be poplar with American people in the 1960s"
},
"options": [
"were once a sign of being against their parents",
"were popular with people of different ages in the 1950s",
"began to be poplar with American people in t... | Jeans are very popular especially with teenagers. It's said that the material came originally from Nimes, a city in France. These jeans were particularly created for the sailors, who loved wearing jeans very much. These jeans could be worn when wet and it could even be rolled over with ease. This was particularly usefu... | high12483.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "raise people' s awareness of wildlife protection"
},
"options": [
"raise people' s awareness of wildlife protection",
"develop a new website",
"add fun to the new year",
"develop the cellphone industry"
],
"ques... | With the new year coming, a new website was set up to offer ringtones of the sounds of dozens of rare and endangered species from around the globe.
The Center for Biological Diversity started offering free wildlife ringtones for cellphones a year ago to educate people about the _ of the animals, and the campaign en... | high21049.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Strict."
},
"options": [
"Cruel.",
"Serious.",
"Strict.",
"Cold."
],
"question": "Which of the following expressions can be used most suitably to describe Mom's attitude when she made the child peel potatoes?",
... | Even before my father left us, my mother had to go back to work to support our family.Once I came out of the kitchen, complaining, "Mom, I can't peel potatoes.I have only one hand."
Mom never looked up from sewing."You get yourself into the kitchen and peel those potatoes," she told me."And don't ever use that as an ex... | high20357.txt |
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"answer_text": "The study of knots is a branch of mathematics."
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"The study of knots is a branch of mathematics.",
"Knots led to the discovery of atom structure.",
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