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"answer_text": "His wife was not well."
},
"options": [
"it was his turn.",
"His wife was not well.",
"His wife was not at home.",
"He always looked after it."
],
"question": "Why did the man take care of the baby?",
"quest... | "You'll have to take care of the baby today," a woman told her husband . " I'm not feeling well."
"Then you must stay in bed and rest, dear. " her husband said. "I'll be pleased to look after our baby. "
"Thank you. I'll have a quiet day and I'll soon get better. " his wife told him.
"Shall I do the shopping for you as... | high11834.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Gold"
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"options": [
"Thread",
"Gold",
"Comb",
"Yarn"
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"question": "_ isn't a kind of dry goods.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer_text... | The Man behind Blue Jeans
Levi Strauss was born in 1829 in Bavaria,Germany. He was the fifth of six children. His father sold dry goods from door to door. (Dry goods include many different things; fabric , thread,scissors,combs,buttons,yarn,etc.)
In 1845, his father died. All six children decided to go to the U... | high20431.txt |
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"answer_text": "it will take quite a period of time for people to accept the APIEL"
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"options": [
"the TOEFL is more popular with the Chinese than the IELTS",
"it will take quite a period of time for people to accept the APIEL",
"Chinese s... | The United States will introduce a new exam system for students who seek to study in the USA and other English-speaking countries, Xinhua News Agency reported from New York.
The exam, which means a great change from the
English level test, was introduced by Theresa Jen, associate director of the International Service o... | high16183.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The study condition"
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"options": [
"The climate",
"The scenery",
"The study condition",
"The living condition"
],
"question": "_ should be considered first if you want to study in the USA.",
"question_typ... | If you planning to study in the United States, you need to consider several factors . Everyone has different opinions about where is the best place to live in. Also, the best places to live in are not always home to the best schools. What's more, many schools specialize in different areas of study. They Massachusetts ... | high5902.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Children of about 15 drinking in a pub with adults."
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"options": [
"Children under 14 entering a pub with their parents.",
"Young men over 14 eating in a pub by themselves.",
"Children of about 15 drinking in a pub with adu... | Visiting a pub is one of Britain's oldest forms of entertainment. The idea for the first public houses was brought to Britain thousands of years ago by the conquering Roman army. The first pubs served only wine, but after the discovery of hops in the fourteenth century, pubs began to serve mainly beer, as they do tod... | high22226.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Facing it bravely with a positive mind."
},
"options": [
"Trying to find an escape from it.",
"Facing it bravely with a positive mind.",
"Asking for help from your s.",
"Ignoring it and living a normal life."
],
... | If you choose only to complain and escape from a misfortune, it will always follow you wherever you go.But if you decide to be strong, the hardship will turn out to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise.
In an accident, a boy lost.both his arms and his father-who was the main source of support for the famil... | high23138.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a great success and very influential in economy"
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"the number one of the 2001 global future leaders",
"a great success and very influential in economy",
"the chairman of the Students' Union of Hangzhou Teachers... | Jack Ma is the founder and CEO of Alibaba Group. He was one of the 100 global "future leaders" of the 2001 World Economic Forum and the "commercial leader" of 2001 elected by US Commercial Association of Asia.
Born in the city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, Ma graduated from Hangzhou Teachers Institute in 1988 (he fai... | high14794.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "doubtful"
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"options": [
"worried",
"proud",
"doubtful",
"terrified"
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"question": "Hearing the author's daughter exploring the new neighborhood alone, his American friends feel _ .",
"question_type": "... | On her first morning in America last summer, my daughter went out to explore her new neighborhood alone, without even telling my wife or me. Of course we were worried; we had just moved from Berlin, and she was just 8. But when she came home, we realized we had no reason to panic. Beaming with pride, she told us how sh... | high14958.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "introduce to you a newly released comedy"
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"point out the positive sides of being a yes man.",
"introduce to you a newly released comedy",
"tell you it is important to learn to say no sometimes",
"teach y... | What do you think life would be like if whenever you were asked to do something you had to answer "yes"?Would it be more exciting?Dangerous?A little crazy?
Well,that's the premise of a new American comedy called Yes Manthat stars Jim Carry.
In the film,Carry plays a divorced loser named Carl,whose ide... | high22232.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The human influence on the native plants."
},
"options": [
"The human influence on the native plants.",
"The development of native plants.",
"The discovery of new plants.",
"The promising future of tourism."
],
... | In the frozen continent of Antarctica scientists fear an alien invasion -- not from outer space, but carried in people's pockets and bags.
Seeds and plants accidentally brought to Antarctica by tourists and scientists may introduce alien plant species which could threaten the survival of native plants in the finely bal... | high14780.txt |
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"answer_text": "More than one party is responsible for a child's future"
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"All the people in a village should give food to a child",
"More than one party is responsible for a child's future",
"Children should be brought up in ... | It is widely acknowledged that it is by no means an easy task to bring up a child well.And our ancestors already understood it well."It takes an entire village to raise a child."That's an old proverb that is being quoted more and more often these days.And I'm pleased about that.
Today,more and more schools are reaching... | high11820.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Tomatle"
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"Batata",
"Chocolate",
"Tomatle",
"Rockahominy"
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"question": "Which of the following has been changed for easier pronunciation?",
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"answer": {
... | Americans have taken over from the Indians many things besides their continent! Where did corn, potatoes, tomatoes, chocolate and maple sugar come from? The Indians. Who invented moccasins, snowshoes and hammocks? The Indians!
A list of the tools, plants, materials and designs we owe to the Indians would include hundre... | high20425.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "doesn't burn up oxygen"
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"options": [
"runs without any noise",
"doesn't burn up oxygen",
"makes people get sleepy fast",
"is unsuitable for children and pets"
],
"question": "From the passage, we can learn th... | We all know that the cost of heating our homes will continue to be a significant burden on the family budget. Now millions of people are saving on their heating bills with the EP portable heater. With over one million satisfied customers around d the world, the new EP heats better and faster, saves more on heating bi... | high17289.txt |
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"answer_text": "There are so many cars in the street that the traffic police can't be seen."
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"Traffic police are not very necessary because few cars break traffic rules.",
"The traffic is very clear and there are few traffic jams a... | There are many differences between America and China. The biggest difference is traffic rules. In America there are too much more cars than in China. But there are much fewer traffic jams and accidents in America than in China. We hardly see traffic police in the street, but all cars obey strictly traffic rules, and pe... | high5916.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Why earthquakes seem to be more serious this year."
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"options": [
"The number of earthquakes is increasing this year.",
"The reasons why earthquakes are so devastating.",
"The reasons why recent earthquakes have struck larg... | First the ground shook in Haiti, then Chile and Turkey. The earthquakes keep coming hard and fast this year, causing people to wonder if something evil is happening underfoot. It's not.
While it may seem as if there are more earthquakes occurring, there really aren't. The problem is what's happening above ground, not... | high20343.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "guide her daughter to drink coffee properly"
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"options": [
"offer some good advice to coffee shops",
"guide her daughter to drink coffee properly",
"stop her daughter hanging out in coffee shops",
"let her daughter be... | If you walk around any large city, you'll find a coffee shop on every corner. Many shops offer comfortable sofas, large screen televisions and sometimes even live music. More and more teenagers are hanging out there. My pre-teen has already done so after school once a month, but she always orders fruit juice. I think s... | high10280.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "doesn't mean he or she doesn't like you"
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"options": [
"means he or she doesn't like you",
"means he or she likes you",
"doesn't mean he or she likes you",
"doesn't mean he or she doesn't like you"
],
"questio... | Some British and American people like to invite friends for a meal at home. You should not be upset if your English friends don't invite you home. It doesn't mean they don't like you!
Dinner parties usually start between 7 p. m. and 8 p. m. and end at about 11 p. m. Ask your host what time you should arrive. It's... | high16829.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a beginner"
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"a beginner",
"an instructor",
"a refresher",
"a skilled cyclist"
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"question": "You would like to have three lessons as _ .",
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"... | We are now able to offer those adults who live, work or study in the Bristol City Council area cycle lessons for free up to 3 hours long.
Beginner? Can't you ride a bike? You're not alone. We can help you get on a bike and go cycling. Beginners are called Level 1.
Need a refresher? If you need a refresher or you haven'... | high7867.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the orange lights are space animals according to a theory"
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"options": [
"Captain Nash saw twelve orange lights traveling with great speedks5u",
"Captain Nash may have been the first to see lights in space",
"the orange lig... | On the night of July 6, 1943, a plane took off from an Air Force base in England to stop German fighters over the English Channel. Piloting the plane was Captain Thomas Nash. Looking westward, Nash saw twelve orange lights in a row, moving at a very high rate of speed. Thinking they might be a new German weapon, he swu... | high24125.txt |
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"answer_text": "To help their kids form good spending habits."
},
"options": [
"To leave their kids financially independent.",
"To help their kids form good spending habits.",
"To teach their kids' how to save pocket money.",
"To stren... | Personal money-management website Mint.com suggests recently that responsible parents should give their kids credit cards--possibly starting as young as middle school. The website says a credit card will help children master responsible spending habits and give parents the chance to teach them some valuable lessons.
It... | high9692.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "different theories of the formation of human behavior"
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"relation between personality and behavior",
"relation between behavior and environment",
"different accounts of patterns of human behavior",
"diffe... | People have wondered for a long time how their personalities and behaviors are formed.It is not easy to explain why one person is intelligent and another is not, or why one is cooperative and another is competitive.
Social scientists are, of course, extremely interested in these types of questions.They want to explain... | high982.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "People thought she was too old to work."
},
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"Nursing clinics were hard to find.",
"She found it difficult to trust others.",
"People thought she was too old to work.",
"People didn't think she had enough wo... | A job is more than a job, especially to the old. "It's not the money that matters, but the sense of self-worth," 56-year-old Cheng Wonlan said. So, every day Ms Cheng carries a bag of parcels, letters and documents and does her rounds in North Point. She's a courier .
Five years ago, Ms Cheng was a nurse at a private c... | high13951.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He seemed to be wearing too much."
},
"options": [
"He seemed to be wearing too much.",
"He was out on such a hot day.",
"He walked quickly behind.",
"He was a tall young man."
],
"question": "What is strange ab... | I was walking along prefix = st1 /Orchard Roadwhen I realized a tall young man wearing a jacket and tie was following me. I noticed him because not many people wear a jacket and tie in the middle of a hot summer day, and I had already seen this man four times that afternoon.
To make sure he was following me, I walked o... | high23892.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "it can provide them with valuable experiences"
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"it can help them learn more about society",
"it teaches them how to set realistic goals for themselves",
"it enables them to find flaws in themselves",
"it... | Sports is not only physically challenging, but it can also mentally challenging. Criticism from coaches(trainers), parents, and other teammates, as well as pressure to win can create too much anxiety or stress for young athletes. Stress can be physical, emotional, or psychological, and research has showed that it can l... | high12497.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "apply for a mailbox"
},
"options": [
"write to the ISPs",
"fill in a form",
"apply for a mailbox",
"go to the post office"
],
"question": "If you want to send or receive an email, you should first _ .",
"... | What is the E-mail
The e-mail, which is also called email, stands for "electronic mail". You can send messages in only a few seconds by e-mail.
On the Internet there are many powerful computers called "servers" to help people send and receive emails. The sending and receiving servers are just like post offices. If you ... | high14179.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They care a lot about what their peers think of them."
},
"options": [
"They are too young to tell right from wrong.",
"They are eager to challenge themselves.",
"They care a lot about what their peers think of them.",
... | Sometimes having a teenager at home can be a real headache. Many teenagers smoke, drink, wear strange hairdos and even fight. Basically, they are often taking risks.
Earlier studies have shown that teenagers are more likely to make _ decisions than people from any other age group, including children and adults. Is it t... | high13616.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "is busy with his work"
},
"options": [
"is busy with his work",
"has a weak body now",
"has two children in all",
"is a manager in a film"
],
"question": "We can learn from the passage that the author _ .",
... | I had about 10 minutes to exercise before I had to pick up my two older daughters from school yesterday. It was a busier day than usual for me with a couple of meetings besides my regular work.
Years ago, I would have put off my workout and would have left things for the next day. But since it was a busy day as well, I... | high12508.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "an earthquake"
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"options": [
"a wounded animal",
"people screaming",
"children running",
"an earthquake"
],
"question": "The roaring sound was made by _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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... | "Earthquake!"The word flashed in my brain.A roaring sound filled my ears.I tried to slide beneath my desk.The desk did a wild tap dance,slipping and sliding towards the centre of the room.I twisted my body and grabbed at the windowsill behind me,somehow kicking free of my dancing chair.I tried to stand.My legs skated a... | high7720.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The Old Man and the Sea."
},
"options": [
"The Old Man and the Sea.",
"The Ugly Duckling.",
"The Daughter of the Sea.",
"The Gifts."
],
"question": "Which of the following was written by Hemingway?",
"questi... | Hemingway(1898~1961) was born in Illinois. His family took him, as a boy, hunting and fishing trips and so made him know early the kinds of virtues, such as courage and endurance , which were later shown in his stories. After high school, he worked as a newspaper reporter and then went abroad to take part in World War... | high15267.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The Pigman."
},
"options": [
"The Pigman.",
"The Doom Stone.",
"The Pigman and Me.",
"The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds."
],
"question": "Which of Paul Zindel's books was the most popular wit... | A Paul Zindel's death on March 27,2003 ended the brilliant life of a famous writer.
Not only did Paul Zindel win a Pulitzer Prize as well as an Obie Prize for his 1970 play The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, but he was one of the earliest writers in the field of contemporary literature for young a... | high8413.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "can be academically weak or strong"
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"options": [
"have poor academic records",
"use the information in late years",
"can be academically weak or strong",
"are more likely to be punished than before"
],
"quest... | Cheating is nothing new. But today, education and administrations are finding that examples of academic dishonesty on the part of students have become more frequent--- and are less likely to be punished---than in the
past. Cheating appears to have gained acceptance among good and poor students alike.
Why is student che... | high4229.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "might have died but for her pet's help"
},
"options": [
"works in a Wilmington, Del.,chemical firm",
"was making jewelry when she had the accident",
"might have died but for her pet's help",
"was unconscious when her pe... | When Debbie Parkhurst choked on a piece of apple at her Maryland home, her dog jumped in, landing hard on her chest and forcing the piece of apple to pop out of her throat. Debbie Parkhurst's husband, Kevin, was at his job at a Wilmington, Del., chemical firm when she took a midday break from jewelry and bit into an ap... | high3546.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They will be delighted."
},
"options": [
"They will be moved.",
"They will be upset.",
"They will be delighted.",
"They will be discouraged."
],
"question": "How will most people feel when you try hard to rememb... | Remembering names is an important social skill. Here are some ways to master it.
Recite and repeat in conversation.
When you hear a person's name, repeat it. Immediately say it to yourself several times without moving your lips. You could also repeat the name in a way that does not sound forced or artificial.
Ask the o... | high2658.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A news report."
},
"options": [
"A story book.",
"A cartoon film.",
"A news report.",
"A research report."
],
"question": "Where is this passage probably taken from?",
"question_type": null
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"ans... | With the average home in the capital selling for 19,548 yuan a square meter in November, a tiny mobile home built by a 24-year-old office worker is creating a stir online.
Dai Haifei built the 6-square-meter pad because he could not afford to buy or rent in the capital. Dai's new home costs him 6,400 yuan and he... | high17470.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They were both simple creations."
},
"options": [
"They were both simple creations.",
"The artists of both focused on family life.",
"The artists of both came from the lower class.",
"They were both gifted creations by ... | Although in the 17th century in the United States fine art and folk art had similar qualities, a difference between them began to appear as time went on in the 18th and 19th centuries artists with ambition studied abroad and came back to paint portraits of upper-class families in American society. The less ambitious o... | high5137.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "their family is very poor"
},
"options": [
"they want to hang around with the local toughs",
"their mother watches TV all day",
"their father is only a cleaner",
"their family is very poor"
],
"question": "The m... | An unemployed man is desperate to support his family. His wife watches TV all day and his three teenage kids have dropped out of high school to hang around with the local toughs. He applies for a cleaner's job at a large firm and easily passes an aptitude test. The human resources manager tells him, "You will be hired ... | high17316.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "workers were cleaning the spill"
},
"options": [
"workers were cleaning the spill",
"valves of the oil warehouse were shut",
"the oil spill flowed into the city's water network",
"crude oil began to leak from an undergr... | QINGDAO--Water and power supplies have been _ in the East Chinese city of Qingdao, the site of an oil pipeline explosion on Friday, the local government said on Monday.
Crude oil began leaking from the pipeline at 3:00 an Friday in Qingdao in Shandong province. The valves of the Huangdao oil warehouse were shut about 1... | high5651.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To find a chance to enjoy their time alone."
},
"options": [
"To find a chance to enjoy their time alone.",
"To realize what they said on their wedding day.",
"To allow in-laws time to enjoy themselves after the wedding.",
... | In the Western world in-laws usually don't get along well with each other or with a new spouse . Perhaps they have a problem in understanding that their wonderful child has now grown up and got married. Maybe they don't like the spouse their child picked. Or maybe they just don't think that anyone will ever be good eno... | high18025.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the foods the freshmen had at home may be healthier than those in the dorm cafeteria"
},
"options": [
"the foods the freshmen had at home may be healthier than those in the dorm cafeteria",
"to break the monotony, the students shou... | Many college-bound freshmen are worrying about more than just who their roommates will be this fall. They may also be nervous about the well-known fact that they are likely to gain weight this school year. Or will they? While many of us remember the extra weight that showed up right around the start of our college care... | high11767.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The terrible feeling of being without their mobiles."
},
"options": [
"The history of mobiles.",
"The story of meeting an old university friend.",
"The addiction of playing mobile phone.",
"The terrible feeling of being... | It was a comfortable sunny Sunday. I was going to meet an old university friend I hadn't seen for years, and was really excited to hear all his news.
My train was running a little late, but that was no big problem - I could text him to say I would be delayed. He would understand. But... where was my mobile phone? I had... | high5889.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "loves her job"
},
"options": [
"has a poor memory",
"is a teacher of Chinese",
"loves her job",
"is angry with the headmaster"
],
"question": "Miss Wu _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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... | Miss Wu is a young teacher of English in China. She loves teaching very much. One day when she was giving an English lesson, she found the headmaster sitting at the back of the classroom. After class, the headmaster told her that he came to her class to find out how much English and how much Chinese she was using. The ... | high7046.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "More than 10% of pilots allowed to fly armed"
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"options": [
"More than 10% of pilots allowed to fly armed",
"Less than 10% of pilots allowed to fly armed",
"More than 16.5% of pilots allowed to fly armed",
"No chances... | WASHINGTON--More than one in 10 of the nation's airline pilots are cleared to carry a handgun while flying, and the number will continue to grow, according to a Transportation Security Administration projection.
The Federal Air Marshal Service, a TSA agency that runs the armed-pilots program, reports that 85,000 to 90,... | high15501.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "give their children little time to develop freely"
},
"options": [
"treat their children as sports players",
"give their children little time to develop freely",
"bring up their children in a simple way",
"pay no attent... | Recently Cathy Hagner sadly finds that life for her and her three children is set to permanent fast-forward.
Their full school day and her job as a lawyer's assistant are busy enough. But Hanger also has to take the two boys to soccer or hockey or basketball while dropping off her daughter at piano lessons or Girl Scou... | high8375.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "admires what the wildlife rescues do"
},
"options": [
"admires what the wildlife rescues do",
"has designed the first nest pattern in the world",
"knits nests which are only intended for injured baby birds",
"keeps a re... | Known as the "crazy nest lady", Katie Deline-Ray isn't quite sure how many mini handmade harbors she's knitted for injured baby animals. But she's certain it's a lot.
Deline-Ray is founder of Wildlife Rescue Nests. She designs and makes strong, soft nests, which she donates to wildlife rescue groups to use as little re... | high13170.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He can do the job at home."
},
"options": [
"He will lead a stress-free life.",
"He can have their fingers and toes washed.",
"He can do the job at home.",
"He can do the job comfortably."
],
"question": "what i... | More than 50 people have responded to an advertise for "one of the most relaxing jobs on the market" - a bathtub TESTER.
Bathstore is seeking a Bathroom Executive Officer (BEO) to test their range of products.
It is sure to give the perfect candidate a stress-free life and possibly some pruned fingers and toes.
And 12 ... | high6358.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "some new ways for people to communicate or have fun on the Internet"
},
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"the most popular Internet technology in 2006",
"some new ways for people to communicate or have fun on the Internet",
"one online game call... | In 2006, a large number of new Internet sites became popular around the world. Some of these are for communication, others for entertainment .
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If you're a parent who spends long hours on the job, you probably feel sorry for spending so
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INSTANT COLOUR TV
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Many people would not like the idea of eating insects distasteful, eve... | high10323.txt |
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],
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Mark Galeassi of Kansas City, Missouri
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You too can take our first-class EIS courses to learn, and live English in London @ STCL.
1. Our experience
We have provided English for International Students E... | high12534.txt |
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T... | high8349.txt |
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The snake, called a floodplain death adder , eats two types of frogs that are hard to stomach. The frogs produce chemicals to defend them from predators .
One of t... | high22391.txt |
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The solution just might be in-office interval training.
Recent studies show that very short but intense exercise rapidly builds and maintains fitness and health, even when the workout is only a few minutes long.
Work the stairs
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Ms. Runkle enjoys getting to know more about students, so I have many chances to talk with her after class. I have always wanted to become a journalist . Since Ms. Runkle used to be a journali... | high11997.txt |
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"beards will come out soon when they are shaved",
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The team collected ice samples and data on temperatures, which are necessary for research on global warmin... | high10451.txt |
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"buying things online"
],
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I am a college student. Nowadays games on the net are very popular with college students. Some of my roommates are very interested in them. They not only play games in their free time, but also keep talking about them at night when lights are off, and they regard games as part of life. I've begged them to... | high2116.txt |
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"are promoting social consolidation"
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"questio... | WHY do we sometimes struggle with moral dilemmas? Why is it a crime to take certain drugs but it's acceptable to take others? Why is it wrong to create human embryos to cure diseases suffered by millions? Often, we follow rules that bring little benefit and can even be positively harmful. But the rules are not set in... | high21854.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "children are ready to follow their parents' directions"
},
"options": [
"kids turn a deaf ear to their parents' requests",
"parents' directions sound like a broken record",
"children are ready to follow their parents' directi... | Kids will often ignore your requests for them to shut off the TV, start their chores , or do their homework as a way to avoid following your directions. Before you know it, you've started to sound like a broken record as you repeatedly ask them to do their assignments, clean their room, or take out the trash. Rather t... | high3208.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Wife and husband."
},
"options": [
"Mother and son.",
"Wife and husband.",
"Sister and brother.",
"Teacher and student."
],
"question": "What's the relationship between Melissa and Roman?",
"question_type": ... | Melissa and Roman McCoy were looking forward to the Christmas. But on December 5th, Roman got a phone call that changed everything. Melissa had been in a terrible car accident, and the doctor had little hope she would make it.
"He said the next six to eight hours were critical in determining whether she would live or n... | high19313.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The increasing uncertainty about directions."
},
"options": [
"The invisible sun or moon.",
"The increasing uncertainty about directions.",
"Differences in leg length or strength.",
"Wrong signals providing information ... | Scientists from the Max Plank Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tubingen, Germany, have presented the first experimental evidence that people do end up walking in circles if lost in unfamiliar areas.The study, published in the journal Current Biology, examined the tracks of people who walked for several hours in ... | high16020.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "John needed more education and he could go to high school there"
},
"options": [
"John's father died in his hometown when John was very young",
"life was too hard for them to stay on in their hometown , while life in Chicago would ... | John H. Johnson was born in a black family in Arkansas City in 1918. His father died in an accident when John was six . He was reaching high school age , but his hometown offered no high school for blacks .
Fortunately he had a strong -- willed , caring mother . John remembers that his mother told him many times , "S... | high22385.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A person born during January 1---January 31."
},
"options": [
"A person born during April 1---April 30.",
"A person born during August 1---August 31.",
"A person born during January 1---January 31.",
"A person born duri... | January 1 -- January 31
You are charming and intelligent. You are actually quite ambitious. You like to go to parties and chat with your friends. On the other hand, you are friendly, but you are also a very private person.
February 1 -- February 28
You are determined and hard working.You are born under the sign of loya... | high12246.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "seven."
},
"options": [
"six.",
"seven.",
"eight.",
"nine."
],
"question": "How many successful people are mentioned as examples in the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer... | Did you know that Albert Einstein could not speak until he was four years old, and did not read until he was seven? His parents and teachers worried about his rnenta1ability.
Beethoven's music teacher said about him,"As a composer he is hopeless." What if this young boy believed it?
When Thomas Edison was a young boy,h... | high13158.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "help and care about each other"
},
"options": [
"live in a large family",
"are wealthy but unhappy",
"are isolated and don't have connections",
"help and care about each other"
],
"question": "In traditional com... | "Community" is not a concept that is easy to define . In this essay I will examine what turns individuals into a community, and discuss some different types. I will also look at what all communities have in common, the benefits they offer and draw conclusions about their increasing importance.
The word "community" may ... | high14637.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Parents choose reading materials for their children."
},
"options": [
"What TV programs children can watch during reading.",
"Advice is given to control their children.",
"Parents choose reading materials for their children."... | Children who spend more time reading with their parents have a greater chance of becoming better readers than those who don't. With help from their parents, children can learn techniques to improve their reading skills.
"A lot of parents think after their child learns to read, they should stop reading to them," Donna ... | high6370.txt |
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