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"answer_text": "It is written for people who don't have much time"
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"You can cook all the dishes in it quickly",
"There is over 1,000 recipes in it",
"It is written for people who don't have much time",
"It tells you how... | Many of people like cooking but never have much time for it. Helen Fry's new book Quick Cookinghas been specially written for busy people. It has over 1,000 recipes, from the famous Spanish gazpacho to Swedish smorgasbord. The book is well written and the photographs and drawings are clear. (They are like those in the ... | high20747.txt |
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"answer_text": "they have difficulty finding qualified personnel at home"
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"they find foreign employees are usually more talented",
"they need original ideas from employees hired overseas",
"they want to expand their business ... | Interest in searching for international careers has increased to a high level in recent years, improved by lasting personnel shortages that are causing companies to search beyond their home borders for talent. Professionals seek career experience outside of their home countries for a variety of reasons. They may feel t... | high21459.txt |
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"answer_text": "Tom, an athletic freshman"
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"options": [
"Tom, an athletic freshman",
"Lucy, a second-year student",
"Jack, a second-year student",
"Rose, a first-year student"
],
"question": "Of the following university stud... | The survey by The Harvard Crimson was emailed to incoming first-year undergraduates; 1,600 students responded. Results showed that at least a tenth of the students polled admitted to having cheated on an exam before staring at the university, while almost half admitted to cheating on their homework.
Athletes were appar... | high17855.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "may keep children from further imaginations"
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"options": [
"can attract more attention from children than a cardboard box",
"can work more than a Barbie",
"may become anything else such as a cardboard",
"may keep chil... | Children are losing the ability to play properly because they are being given too many toys and games, according to new research.
The studies show that children, especially those under five, are often overwhelmed and actually play less than those with fewer toys. It may even harm their development. The studies sho... | high20021.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the cost of living there is affordable for them"
},
"options": [
"they offer a multicultural landscape",
"they belong to the world's best ones",
"the students can get their degrees easily",
"the cost of living there is ... | Studying abroad will shape you in various ways. You will learn things you never would have if you study overseas. But college is expensive in the United States. It's cheap or free in other countries even for foreigners, so why not get out of here and come back smarter?
More and more American students are currently stud... | high19878.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They influence the choices their children make."
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"options": [
"Kids like playing with them.",
"They influence the choices their children make.",
"They are the money-makers in their families.",
"Kids like toys bought ... | Perhaps you have seen them on the playground, at preschool drop-off or piano lessons, or even in TV shows like Up All Night. They are the stay-at-home dads, and lately, it seems they're everywhere.
The latest research shows that 32 percent of dads regularly care for their children, and among those with preschool-age ki... | high8836.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Jeremy Lin led New York Knicks to win all the recent games this month"
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"options": [
"Jeremy Lin led New York Knicks to win all the recent games this month",
"David Stern said Lin was the only instant popular player in NBA's hist... | NBA commissioner David Stern was in Orlando on Thursday night, getting ready for Sunday's All-Star Game. Of course, all he could talk about was the only player anyone wants to talk about these days: New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin.
Hours before Lin took the court against the Heat, a few hundred miles South down I-95 i... | high438.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "they wanted Russiato end his fighting against rebelling Chechens"
},
"options": [
"their Chechen families were threatened to blow up",
"the plane was forced to fly from Istanbul to Saudi Arabia",
"they wanted Russiato end his... | MEDINA, Saudi Arabia: 3 people were killed when Saudi special forces stormed a Russian airliner and freed more than 100 passengers from hijackers on Friday. The hijackers admitted to be Chechens and threatened to blow up the plane. They seized the airliner on Thursday after it took off from Istanbul and forced it to ... | high23528.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a passer-by"
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"options": [
"a granny",
"a two-old girl",
"a housewife",
"a passer-by"
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"question": "From the letter we know the author was _ .",
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"answer"... | Dear Guys,
I'd like to talk to you about the two minutes of total embarrassments you put me through last night. You a group of fit, young men, were playing soccer on the field across from my apartment building, I, a beautiful looking young woman, was walking by with my groceries. That's when your ball came flying over ... | high22636.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "750,000,000."
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"options": [
"37,500,000.",
"375,000,000.",
"750,000,000.",
"75,000,000."
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"question": "How many people learn English as a second language?",
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... | English is a language spoken all around the world. There are more than 42 countries where the majority of the people speak English. Most native speakers of English are found in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland and New Zealand. In total, for more than 375 million people, En... | high24253.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "paid little attention to them"
},
"options": [
"kept watering them every morning",
"talked to them to get their attention",
"paid little attention to them",
"beat them to make them grow deep roots"
],
"question"... | When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Doctor Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard, but was always very kind.
When Doctor Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He had some interesting theories about planting trees. He believed in the... | high8822.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Nirvana in Fire shares the same score with Journey to the West on Douban."
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"options": [
"Lin Shu changed his face and name in order to take revenge.",
"Lin Shu and the crown prince were childhood friends and Lin helped him to be... | The hottest TV drama in China - "Nirvana in Fire" or "Langya Bang" has just ended. Millions of people waited every day after midnight for the latest (two) episodes. Are you one of them? What is the story about? Why the show is so popular?
"Nirvana in Fire" is based on an Internet novel by author Hai Yan, who was invite... | high12939.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The visitors must love peace."
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"options": [
"It must be thrilling.",
"It is family-orientated.",
"You are advised to keep calm.",
"The visitors must love peace."
],
"question": "What can we infer about the to... | Great Yarmouth is an English seaside town situated at the mouth of the River Yare, about 120 miles to the northeast of London. Around 5 million people visit Great Yarmouth every year, making it one of Britain's most popular seaside resorts.
Formerly the home of one of the most profitable fishing industries, Great Yarmo... | high14390.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "has decreased"
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"options": [
"has increased greatly",
"has decreased",
"hasn't shown any change",
"has become zero"
],
"question": "The number of students applying to universities _ compared to this time las... | Next autumn, studying for a degree in Britain will become more expensive, and the results are already clear. This week, figures from UCAS(the Universities and College Admissions service)show a 15-percent downturn in applications from this time last year. With fees having reached PS9,000 a year, some students are begin... | high3977.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "was talking with a friend when her son slipped onto the stage"
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"was pleased to see her son playing the piano on the stage",
"admired the master so much that she went to watch his performance",
"encouraged her ... | A mother, who wished to encourage her son's progress in playing the piano, bought tickets for a performance by the great Polish pianist Ignace Paderewski.When the evening arrived, they found their seats near the front of the concert hall and eyed the impressive Steinway waiting on the stage.Not long after they arrived,... | high10690.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "better known"
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"options": [
"taller",
"older",
"better designed",
"better known"
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"question": "The writer believes that the Eiffel Tower is _ than any other famous structure in the world.",
"question_... | Do you know the Eiffel Tower when you see a picture of it? Of course you do! So do a lot of other people. In fact, I believe more people recognize the Eiffel Tower than any other famous structure in the whole world. That long, long capital A is easy to remember.
The Eiffel Tower is the famous symbol of the city of Pari... | high20753.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Something unpleasant."
},
"options": [
"Something fantastic.",
"Something unpleasant.",
"Something valuable.",
"Something useful."
],
"question": "What did Peter remember doing in middle school?",
"question_... | The day before yesterday, when Peter's family were having dinner, Father raised an interesting question, "Was there anything in our past that we feel ashamed of, guilty about, or regretted? Maybe we can find ways to say sorry, or take some action to right any wrong doing." This seemed like a very private matter, but Pe... | high12087.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "chemicals around the Earth"
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"options": [
"the hot sunlight",
"chemicals around the Earth",
"the plastic bag",
"human activities"
],
"question": "According to the text, the greenhouse effect appears mainly bec... | Everyone talks about the greenhouse effect and how our Earth and its climate are being affected. We can do a science experiment designed by some kids to show this effect and what is happening to the Earth.
First prepare the following items:
*2 glass containers that need to be the same size and shape
*1 gallon plast... | high22144.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Set to know more people"
},
"options": [
"get more books to read",
"buy goods for their daily life",
"Set to know more people",
"post their book recommendations"
],
"question": "People who go to the site Twitter... | Many times when people hear the words social networking, their brains automatically go to sites such as Twitter or Facebook.However, there are sites for those into social networking and into reading. Sound crazy? It's really not.
If you' ve ever wanted a site where you can receive book recommendations, follow your favo... | high1806.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "beautiful ocean views"
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"options": [
"a welcome party",
"beautiful ocean views",
"different indoor activities",
"free membership of the golf club"
],
"question": "Choosing the Tropical Paradise Holiday, travel... | The Tropical Paradise Holiday
Welcome to St Anna, our tropical paradise just off the coast of Latin America. You can spend two weeks in our luxury four-star hotel. The cost of your flight is included in the holiday, and you can be picked up from your home by our special airport bus. On your arriving, our coach will be ... | high9282.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Kathryn Sullivan."
},
"options": [
"Valentina Tereshkova.",
"Sally Ride.",
"Kathryn Sullivan.",
"Mae Jemison"
],
"question": "Who collected important information about air pollution?",
"question_type": "fact... | Since 1936, many female space explorers have followed Russian astronaut Valentina Tereshkova. Let's look at the missions of four important female astronauts to find out what astronauts do in space.
In 1983, Sally Ride became the first American women in space. Her team carried out scientific experiments in space and put... | high13399.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Dr No"
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"American Beauty",
"Quantum of Solace",
"Dr No",
"Skyfall"
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"question": "The first film of the 007 series is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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... | The title of next James bond film is Skyfall, which has already started filming. The film will be on in the UK on 26 October 2012 and in the United States on 9 November 2012. It has been 50 years since Sean Connery was announced as the first man to play Bond in the film named Dr No. Do you expect Skyfall which is the 2... | high3976.txt |
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"answer_text": "When the first heavy rain comes in spring."
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"options": [
"Before the ground is warm.",
"When the first heavy rain comes in spring.",
"After it is cool in sunny summer time.",
"When it is early April."
],
"que... | Entire populations of American toads breed within the same few days at the same time each year, usually late April or early May. The toads hop to their breeding ponds after the ground has warmed and the first hard spring rain falls. To get there, many of the toads will cross roads that cut through their habitat. It wil... | high17698.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Needing an answer? --- asking Question Box"
},
"options": [
"Question Box --- taking the place of the Internet",
"Needing an answer? --- asking Question Box",
"Question Box --- a great invention in the world",
"Rose Shu... | When you have a question about something, where do you go? For many people the answer is simple as they can go online to a search engine like Google or Yahoo. But what about people in rural or underdeveloped areas who may have no way to get on the Internet?
A business and international development professor in Calif... | high16586.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He intends to call on people to do exercise."
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"options": [
"He wants to ask people to respect the disabled.",
"He intends to call on people to do exercise.",
"He wants people to know the importance of exercise for the disa... | At the recent O&P Extremity Games, I had the opportunity to observe a new generation of athletes with disabilities who were skateboarding and rock climbing. These young people really showed the promise of how rewarding physical activities are! We disabled can - and should be -- as active as anyone else. When we get and... | high22623.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "find out other reasons why she should talk less"
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"look into the future in order to succeed in practicing the power of quiet",
"try harder to prevent herself from talking too much",
"survey people in other area... | My mom takes pride in the fact that I was talking in three and four word sentences before I was ten months old. Some say it's a gift while others simply think I talk too much.
As my thirties came to a close, I found myself reflecting on my life. I'm very happy and have no significant regrets. However, when I looked bac... | high14391.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "At present, Didi holds the largest market of China's private car hailing business."
},
"options": [
"The users of Didi can pay cab fare in cash.",
"At present, Didi holds the largest market of China's private car hailing business."... | China Merchants Bank Co Ltd has teamed up with ride-hailing major Didi Kuaidi to provide automobile financing and expand its reach in China's booming mobile payment industry.
The two have inked a comprehensive partnership, which includes a strategic investment by the former in the latter. Under the partnership, CMB wil... | high12938.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It cannot dive into water."
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"options": [
"It is capable of diving into water.",
"It cannot dive into water.",
"It can float using its fins.",
"It is difficult to detect."
],
"question": "Which is NOT true abo... | A Robot Fish has been developed by National University of Singapore's researchers from the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering.This robot fish has movements which have been inspired by the movements of the carp .
There are various purposes that it can be used for.It can help in underwater archaeology ( ).F... | high8823.txt |
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"answer_text": "It's the first study to look at all-baby groups."
},
"options": [
"It's the first study to look at all-baby groups.",
"It divides babies according to their personalities.",
"Its aim is to change the way of child care.",
... | It's not just adults who have a thing or two to discuss with other people, babies too have their own social lives and enjoy group interaction, according to a world-first study.
The breakthrough study conducted by psychologist Professor Ben Bradley, at Charles Sturt University, could completely transform the way chi... | high24252.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the stars may share the audience's attention with the story"
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"options": [
"stars usually stick to their own acting styles",
"the stars may not be able to speak the local dialect",
"the stars may share the audience's attent... | Gu Changwei was the first Chinese cinematographer to be nominated for an Oscar, he is regarded by Zhang Yimou as the best cinematographer in China. Gu was behind the camera for many of Zhang Yimou's famous films including the one that rocketed Zhang to fame: "Red Sorghum ". And now this master of the visual has take... | high15931.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Watch TV comfortably at home."
},
"options": [
"Visit Aunt Loretta.",
"Travel with his family.",
"Look after his little brother.",
"Watch TV comfortably at home."
],
"question": "What did the author prefer to do... | If there's one thing I' ve learned from my years of being a kid, it' s that you have ZERO control over your own life.
Ever since school ended, I haven' t had anything I' ve needed to do or anywhere I' ve needed to be. As long as the air-conditioning was working and the TV remote had batteries in it, I was ready for ... | high9283.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Louise"
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"Ann",
"Adolphine",
"Allene",
"Louise"
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"question": "J.Paul Getty's marriage that lasted for the longest time was with _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answ... | As you probably know, J.Paul Getty was one of the richest and moat successful American industrialists in history.Quite ambitious from an early age, Getty made his first million at age 23 in 1916.He later went on to found the Getty oil company, In 1957, Fortune magazine named him the richest living American and in 1966... | high1807.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "had no right to forbid her from using her mobile phone"
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"lacked the knowledge of checkout manners",
"played with a mobile phone while at work",
"had no right to forbid her from using her mobile phone",
"... | A supermarket checkout operator was praised for striking a blow for modern manners and a return to the age of politeness after refusing to serve a shopper who was talking on her mobile phone.
The supermarket manager was forced to apologize to the customer who complained she was told her goods would not be scanned unles... | high12086.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the history of jeans"
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"options": [
"the life story of Levi Strauss",
"jeans and American culture",
"why jeans are popular.",
"the history of jeans"
],
"question": "This passage is mainly about _ .",
"q... | Jeans are trousers made of a kind of clothe called denim. For many people, blue jeans represent American culture.
The history of blue jeans usually begins with a man named Levi Strauss. Although he did not invent the jeans, he is considered the first person to produce and sell this kind of clothing in large amounts.
Le... | high10849.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "be heard by people around"
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"get the sweater at a lower price",
"be heard by people around",
"be praised by other shoppers",
"decide on buying the sweater"
],
"question": "The two attractive young... | You're in a department store and you see a couple of attractive young women looking at a sweater. You listen to their dialogue:
"I can't believe it -- Lorenzo Bertolla! They are almost impossible to find. Isn't it beautiful? And it's a lot cheaper than the one Sara bought in Rome."
They leave and you go over to see thi... | high20752.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "can choose to learn cursive writing"
},
"options": [
"must learn cursive writing",
"are interested in cursive writing",
"can choose to learn cursive writing",
"learn cursive writing every day"
],
"question": "In... | Cursive writing is about to become extinct.Do we raise the red flag? To teach or not to teach cursive writing is a question that several state education departments are meeting with.
Before you read this text, do a simple exercise.Pick a pen and paper and start writing in cursive.Yes, that fancy handwriting that you l... | high10691.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Reactions of some Chinese to the appointments."
},
"options": [
"The appointment of a ChineseAmerican.",
"Trade relations between China and the U.S.",
"ChineseAmericans' recent achievement.",
"Reactions of some Chinese ... | In late February, US President Obama appointed Gary Locke (Luo Jiahui) as the US secretary of commerce. The appointment has caused an excitement in China. The reasons are simple. First, the US and China are two of the world's biggest economies. In recent years they have enjoyed close trade relations. Now, with the glob... | high21458.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because the number of food wasted by us is growing fast."
},
"options": [
"Because there's enough food for Chinese people.",
"Because Chinese consumers like to try delicious food.",
"Because the number of food wasted by us is... | We all waste food, you and me, every day, millions of tons of it.In China, enough food is wasted in restaurants every year to feed 200 million people.And the amount of food wasted by Chinese consumers is increasing fast.So our nation is being encouraged to stop wasting food.
So what should Chinese consumers do to preve... | high10685.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "showing favoritism is common in many families"
},
"options": [
"showing favoritism is common in many families",
"most mothers like their sons better than their daughters",
"only two-thirds of the women interviewed have more t... | In any family with more than one child, chidren seem to naturally compete for their parents' love and attention. Parents say they love every child equally. But is that true?
Susan, founder of a consulting firm in Chicago, interviewed 216 women and found that even though none of her questions asked directly about a pare... | high15925.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "verse 69 & 71"
},
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"verse 248 &69",
"verse 71 & 100",
"verse 69 & 71",
"verse 100& 52"
],
"question": "Which of the verses sing praise for those who are ready to sacrifice themselves without asking ... | Rabindranath Tagore was an Indian writer and poet, who was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. Composed of 326 short verses, Stray Birds is a collection of short verses translated from Bengali into English by the poet himself, where Tagore spiritualizes nature into the experiences of ... | high9297.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "snowfalls are kept in certain patterns"
},
"options": [
"the lowest temperature there is - 40degC",
"the depth of ice is 3,000 meters",
"the ice has existed for 15,000 years",
"snowfalls are kept in certain patterns"
... | The scene in the Hollywood movie The Day After Tomorrow, when global warming could soon turn the global climate into a new ice age, may never occur, according to a new research.
The next ice age could be 15,000 years away, say European scientists who last month announced a continuous record of 740,000 years of climate ... | high8189.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He was happy and smart."
},
"options": [
"He was serious.",
"He was helpful.",
"He was allergic.",
"He was happy and smart."
],
"question": "What kind of person was Jerry?",
"question_type": "factiod_questio... | Jerry was a manager in a restaurant.He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say.This really made me _ so one day I asked him,"It's hard to be a positive person all of the time.How do you do it?'' Jerry replied ,"Each morning I wake up and sayto myself,"Jerry, you can choose to be in a good moo... | high1813.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "By combining letter writing with the Internet."
},
"options": [
"By providing real paper for letter writers.",
"By making room for people to write letters.",
"By supplying writing desks to letter writers.",
"By combinin... | Miss sending letters? Try Lettrs! This new service brings back the art of letter writing by marrying it to the Internet.
Lettrs, a new site, is attempting to bring back the old-fashioned idea of letter writing by providing a space that feels a little bit like a writing desk.
Of course, there'll be purists who say that ... | high12092.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "reliable, independent, responsible and enthusiastic"
},
"options": [
"reliable, independent, responsible and enthusiastic",
"Good - looking, responsible, enthusiastic and reliable",
"independent, reliable, aggressive and resp... | The words "winner" and "loser" have many meanings. When we refer to a person as a winner, we do not mean one makes someone else lose. To us , a winner is one who responds authentically by being credible ,trustworthy, responsive , and genuine, both as an individual and as a member of a society.
Winners are not afraid to... | high22637.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he can't express himself well with American students."
},
"options": [
"he is willing to help Koreans with their English",
"he prefers to stay home rather than meet Americans",
"he can't express himself well with American stu... | Although international students want to dive into American culture, it is easier to stay close to the families.
"Most international students told me that they want to meet and make friends with as many Americans as they can," said Mark Galloway, Institute for International Studies (IIS) student adviser at prefix = st1... | high23529.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "was interested in the tooth fairy"
},
"options": [
"was afraid of the tooth fairy",
"was interested in the tooth fairy",
"knew where the tooth fairy lived",
"doubted if the tooth fairy existed"
],
"question": "A... | Every time I lost a tooth I would put it under my pillow at night. The next morning I would wake up to find two coins replacing my tooth. Then I'd wonder about the tooth fairy all day.
"Mom, where do you think the tooth fairy lives? What does she do with the teeth she collects?"
My mom said she didn't know. She only kn... | high14385.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "people can afford books or get books easily in libraries"
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"options": [
"the educational system has not changed by now",
"people can afford books or get books easily in libraries",
"different economic challenges happen acro... | Why Rent Textbooks?
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"he was too young to sleep with his baby brothers and too ol... | I know now that the man who sat with me on the old wooden stairs that hot summer night over thirty-five years ago was not a tall man. But to a five-year old, he was a giant.
Once again, I was caught in the middle of circumstances. The fourth born of six children, it was not uncommon that I was either too young or to... | high24246.txt |
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"answer": {
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"Creative but undesirable.",
"Random and crazy.",
"Inspiring but unsuccessful."
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"answer_text": "That a new generation of Americans are responsible for their government."
},
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"That a new generation of Americans are responsible for their government.",
"That the United Sta... | We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end as well as a beginning, signifying renewal as well as change for I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forbears (ancestors) prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago.
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"technical groups",
"complex situation",
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],
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"Local Australians could speak English in Cook's time.",
"Some words have very funny origins.",
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"answer": {
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"They have not been updated.",
"They are not equally distributed",
"They have benefited most of the blind"
],
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With existing medical knowledge and skills, two-thir... | high6832.txt |
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"monoamine neurotransmitters might be connected to our emotions",
"peop... | "You get excited about everything because you were born in the summer!" Does that sound like something your grandparents used to say to you?
Of course, you're a learned person who doesn't believe in such things. But scientists now say that it might not all be superstition .
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"Overfishing of native people and increasing population.",
"Water shortage and water quality.",
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"answer": {
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},
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"Its oil ran out.",
"It was out of control.",
"Its tire blew out."
],
"question": "What's the matter with the author's car?",
"question_type": ... | I was in Houston a few weeks ago,and needed to be back home in Austin by midmorning the next day.Though I usually left in the evening,for some reason last time I had to choose to set off after midnight.
I was on my way back to Austin when I realized I left an important file,and knew I had to return to get it.I took the... | high19851.txt |
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"answer": {
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"Melatonin",
"Orange or red light"
],
"question": "What is it that stops users getting a good night's sleep?",
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... | Using tablet computers like Apple's iPad and Samsung's Galaxy Note just before bed can lead to a poor night's sleep, according to research.
More and more people are taking their tablets to bed with them to surf the web, check Facebook or email before switching off the light. But researchers are warning that the blueis... | high18597.txt |
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},
"options": [
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"How Elvis became the king of rock and roll.",
"Famous records that Elvis released in his lifetime.",
"An intr... | The King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Aron Presley was born on 8 January 1935 in Tupelo. His talent in singing did not come up as a surprise, as he had a good voice right from his childhood. When Elvis was ten years old, he participated in a Talent Contest at Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show and won a prize for the s... | high21316.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"A waitress.",
"A cook.",
"A driver."
],
"question": "What did Mary probably do?",
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},
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"answer": {
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Mary had not seen Mark in years,until the other day when he came into the cafe where she worked.His appearance was different from when he was in high school.Now,h... | high19689.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because they want to protect their kids from difficulties."
},
"options": [
"Because they want to protect their kids from difficulties.",
"Because they think they can protect them from being hurt.",
"Because their kids are to... | Most recently, it's very common in students who need a parent present for job interviews.
Naturally, it's easy to blame the students in these situations, but the bigger problem is us. We--as parents--are so eager to protect our kids that we fail to realize that this in itself is harming them. As the mother of two young... | high3792.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
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},
"options": [
"The teacher who was fired.",
"The pupils who were in tears.",
"The parents whose children cried.",
"Santa Claus the teacher talked about."
],
"question": "Who ... | A primary school teacher who left a class of 25 pupils in tears after she told them Santa Claus did not exist has been fired. When excited youngsters became _ as they talked about Santa,the supply teacher said out suddenly,"It's your parents who leave out presents on Christmas Day."
The class of sevenyearolds at Black... | high21470.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Man's Brain"
},
"options": [
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"Man and Ape",
"Brain and language",
"Man's Brain"
],
"question": "The best title for this passage is_.",
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},
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "convenient location"
},
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"Large space",
"Quality facilities",
"convenient location"
],
"question": "Poster 1 mainly focuses on the apartment's _ .",
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
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},
"options": [
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"Selling what you don't want any more is a kind of recycling.",
"To prot... | Our environment isn't as green and beautiful as it should be. There are steel monsters blocking out the sun, blowing out dangerous smoke, and letting out poisonous chemicals into rivers, cars producing harmful waste gas, people throwing out waste in a wrong way and all other kinds of sources that ruin the planet. Facin... | high4943.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "all tricks performed by the cat are not amusing"
},
"options": [
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"all tricks performed by the cat are not amusing",
"Sally has to clean up the house before her mother comes b... | Children's Storybooks and Tales: This site is dedicated to Children's Story Books and how to tell Children's Stories. If you enjoy a child's story or have kids of your own then please browse this site to find some great stories and how to read them.
The Cat in the Hat---Dr. Seuss
In the first book featuring the chara... | high377.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he thought he would not meet any policemen"
},
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"it was too late at night for him to take a taxi",
"he thought he would not meet any policemen",
"he had promised to tak... | In most cases, drivers lose their driving licenses because they drink and drive. I have always promised myself that I will never drive if I have drunk alcohol .
Still, half a year ago, I made a terrible mistake and drove after having drunk two beers at my friend's while watching a football match. I then drove my car ... | high23267.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "By forcing your body to work harder."
},
"options": [
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"By wetting your clothes and shoes.",
"By forcing you to run faster.",
"By forcing your body to work harder."
],
"question": "How ca... | Ways to Burn More Calories
Run through water
Running in water is one of the toughest activities you can perform because the wet stuff is about 12 to 15 times as resistant as air. Try your hardest to run and you can burn about 17 calories per minute.
Start fast
Don't be fooled -- slow and steady won't win the race. A ... | high7292.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "when money is used up, we can make it again, but we can't do it with time"
},
"options": [
"when money is used up, we can make it again, but we can't do it with time",
"when the time is gone, we can get it back, but we can't do it ... | A proverb says "Time is money." But in my opinion , time is even more precious than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can earn it back. However, when time is gone, it will never return. This is the reason why we must value time.
The time we can use is limited . Therefore, even an hour is extremely prec... | high22179.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It is a tiring trip"
},
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"the sights may not be so good.",
"It is a tiring trip",
"you may not be used to the food there",
"it is an expensive trip"
],
"question": "If you take on the Everest Adventu... | In the hit film
, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman meet in hospital in California after they have been diagnosed with cancer. Between them they cook up a "bucket list" - a to-do list of all they want to do before they
. The movie makes you wonder what would be on your bucket list. So let's pack up some and see what it... | high15919.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "earning money directly from the products"
},
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"letting customers know about the products",
"earning money directly from the products",
"helping create brand identities for the products",
"helping the brand h... | A good brand agency can create for you a brand identity of your products. Having the best agency to help with your business, no matter how small, can be one of the biggest steps you can take in letting the world know and get familiar with your products and brands.
Brand agencies work hand in hand with the company i... | high363.txt |
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"answer": {
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"Protecting the Planet",
"Keeping OpenMinded",
"Celebrating Our Green Year"
],
"question": "What might be the best title for the passage?",
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On April 22,2011,we decided to go green every single day for an entire year.This meant doing 365 different green things,and it also meant challengi... | high6198.txt |
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"answer": {
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"negative",
"immediate",
"unobvious"
],
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"question_type... | Elshijh, an Egyptian doctoral candidate at Beijing Language and Cultural University, said he felt fairly excited when he learned that Mo Yan had won the literary prize. "Mo's winning of the prize is pushing Egypt to translate more of his works into Arabic," Elshijh said, adding that there is already an Arabic edition o... | high23273.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the storm would arrive at any time"
},
"options": [
"the motor didn't work well",
"they couldn't catch more herrings",
"the storm would arrive at any time",
"it was too cold for them to stay any longer"
],
"ques... | By the time we finished, herring covered the bottom of the boat as deep as my calves . For the first time in days, my father seemed happy as a herring choker . Then he looked at the western sky, and his smile faded. The storms were sweeping out of Canada hard and fast. No one could predict their arrival. All fishermen ... | high10861.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "on a snowy night"
},
"options": [
"on New-year Day",
"on Christmas",
"on a rainy evening",
"on a snowy night"
],
"question": "The story happened _ .",
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},
{
"answ... | It was terribly cold and nearly dark on the last evening of the old year, and the snow was falling fast. In the cold and the darkness, a poor little girl, with bare head and naked feet, wandered through the streets. It is true she had on a pair of slippers when she left home, but they were not of much use. They were ve... | high5491.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "wrote an email to him"
},
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"gave him some money",
"wrote an email to him",
"went to visit him",
"went for a journey with him"
],
"question": "When the author learnt her friend had lost his mother, sh... | One day I heard that one of my dear friends had lost his mother. This made me sad, for my friend was very close to his mother. He had been by her side as she traveled through her long and hard journey with cancer. At this time, many memories about my loved ones that had passed away came flooding to me. Finally these me... | high2498.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Tang's work is more about the lives of the upper class"
},
"options": [
"Shakespeare's works are much more popular among students than people of other age groups",
"The difference in their writing styles is rooted in their living e... | They lived thousands of miles apart, and both died in 1616. This has led to a lot of studies comparing their works,which are still important to this day.
To mark the 400th anniversary of Tang Xianzu and William Shakespeare's deaths, an exhibition called Dialogue Across Time and Space: Homage to Tang Xianzu and William ... | high19845.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Color of the rock"
},
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"Arches National Park",
"Color of the rock",
"Famous places E.Natural parks in the prefix = st1 /USA"
],
"question": "The rocks in Arches... | . A--E. . 57.More than three hundred fifty national parks can be found in the United States.These parks include huge color1ed rock formations,rivers,waterfalls,beautiful trees,other plants and many different kinds of wild animals. | high18583.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "an ad."
},
"options": [
"an ad.",
"a letter",
"a story",
"a report"
],
"question": "Alan saw _ in a news paper.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Alan worked in an office in the city. He worked very hard and really looked forward to his holiday. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an ad. in a newspaper "Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at William Farm. Good food, fresh air, horse riding, walking, fishing..."
"This sounds like a good idea." h... | high21302.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Life often gives us surprises."
},
"options": [
"Things in life happen for a reason.",
"Life is like a ball game.",
"Life is filled with regrets.",
"Life often gives us surprises."
],
"question": "What does the ... | Please excuse me if I'm a little quiet today. Mark is leaving, and I'm kind of sad. You probably don't know Mark, but you might know someone like him. He has been the heart and soul of the office for years. He has never been interested in getting praise for the wonderful work he does. He just does his job - very well.
... | high17868.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They draw readers' attention and help make self-examination."
},
"options": [
"They set off far less electrical activity in the brain.",
"They light up the mind shorter than the initial electrical spark.",
"They shift physica... | The works of Shakespeare and Wordsworth are "rocket-boosters" to the brain and better therapy than self-help books, researchers will say this week.
Scientists, psychologists and English academics at Liverpool University have found that reading the works of the Bard and other classical writers has a beneficial effect on... | high3786.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "answer their homework questions orally"
},
"options": [
"recite their homework together",
"grade their homework themselves",
"answer their homework questions orally",
"check the answers to their homework questions"
... | In the mid-1950s, I was a somewhat bored early-adolescent male student who believed that _ . One day, this approach threw me into embarrassment
In Mrs. Totten's eighth-grade math class at Central Avenue School in Anderson, Indiana, we were learning to add and subtract decimals .
Our teacher typically assigned daily ho... | high6826.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador"
},
"options": [
"Lang Lang and His Music",
"UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador",
"An Unforgettable Visit to Africa",
"Lang Lang's Fundraising Concerts"
],
"question": "The best title of the p... | He is not just a classical music superstar. He is a global superstar. Only 27 years old, the Chinese pianist Lang Lang has become an inspiration to tens of millions around the world.
Among his dazzling long list of titles, Lang considered UNICEF goodwill ambassador the most special one.
"Being a UNICEF goodwill ambassa... | high12910.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because the country wants to honor Lincolnon his 200th birthday."
},
"options": [
"Because the design is out of date.",
"Because the design doesn't match Lincoln's life.",
"Because the old coin is hard to be released into cir... | The penny is getting a change. The United States Mint revealed four new designs for the 1-cent piece, to celebrate the coming 200th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's birth. United States Mint Director Ed Moy announced the new looks for the penny today in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. "The... | high23515.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "school address"
},
"options": [
"phone number",
"school address",
"English teacher's name",
"time of birth"
],
"question": "All of the following must be submitted EXCEPT _ .",
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For photos, place the information on the back of each envelope: PLEASE DON'T FOLD.
2.This statement MUST BE WRITTEN on each work: "I promise the above work is c... | high405.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "develop their own interests"
},
"options": [
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"be responsible for their life",
"discover subjects outside class",
"develop their own interests"
],
"question": "Open education allows the st... | Roughly speaking, teachers in traditional education may feel that students are too young to know much about the world, and have to be told what to do most of the time. By contrast, open education offers teachers quite different feelings. Students are expected to be responsible for their own education--to discover subje... | high1191.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "it is late to make a friend when you need one"
},
"options": [
"a friend in need is a friend indeed",
"it is never too late to make a friend",
"it is late to make a friend when you need one",
"everyone needs a friend in... | We all long for friendship, but how to make a friend? "The best time to make a friend is before you need one." Joy Steven said. The following are some tips for you.
People equal friends
Friends usually begin with strangers. Getting in touch with other people is the first step to make a friend. Friends can't be made in ... | high9526.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "television"
},
"options": [
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"perfect canvas",
"musical instrument",
"television"
],
"question": "The Kidget probably can't serve as a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"an... | Technology and the present generation of kids go hand in hand. Taking advantage of this factor, Lim Hojoon, the designer from South Korea, has come up with an educational gadget especially for children.
Kidget, as the name suggests, is a combination of two words - kid and gadget. This kid-friendly gadget has various ... | high6615.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "They help visitors see the city by both on land and at sea."
},
"options": [
"They help visitors see the city by both on land and at sea.",
"Visitors can take one of them for free",
"They can carry visitors to the city's attr... | One of the most popular ways to explore Boston is on a Boston Duck Tour or a Super Duck Tour. Every spring, these vehicles take visitors to the streets and waterways of downtown and have proven to be a popular way to visit many of this city's historical sights.
What
Each of the two tours provides history and informat... | high22838.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "School students."
},
"options": [
"School students.",
"Bird lovers.",
"Driving learners.",
"Trouble makers."
],
"question": "Who is this passage mainly intended for?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"ans... | To begin your expedition of wonder, get yourself a driver's license at your local department of motor vehicles, then rent a car and take off for New Hampshire's Crawford Notch State Park. This beautiful park is abundant in wildlife, natural vegetation and running rivers falling from high cliffs. It is a place of specta... | high8638.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Mr. Walker didn't know the author was his student"
},
"options": [
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"the author knew Mr. Walker was right behind him",
"the author decided to invite Mr. Walker to lunch",
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During lunch, I ran into my first snag of the day. At the dining hall, as the checkout lady asked for my money, I realized that I had forgotten my money. When I told her about it... | high19676.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The Characteristics of Cats."
},
"options": [
"The Difference Between Dogs and Cats.",
"The Characteristics of Cats.",
"Loyal Animals.",
"How to Keep Cats?"
],
"question": "What is the best title for this passag... | Cats are very smart. They are one of the smartest animals. The brain of a cat is large. It is highly developed. This may be why cats have good memories. Cats remember kindness and cruelty. It is a good idea to treat a cat well. Cats can "speak" too. They meow for attention. Often they stand by a door. Then they meow. ... | high4002.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Increase Your Brain Power Through Writing"
},
"options": [
"A Way on How to Write",
"Increase Your Brain Power Through Writing",
"Brain Power Helps Improve Your Writing",
"How to Start Your Writing"
],
"question... | Have you ever noticed what happens to an idea once you express it ? Just talking about it or writing it down causes you to make it clear in your own mind. How can you use this to increase your brain power? Start writing.
By putting thoughts into words, you are telling yourself the logic behind what you think, feel,or o... | high17883.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "June 17"
},
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"June 13",
"June 15",
"June 17",
"June 19"
],
"question": "When was the writer's birthday?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | It was June 15, and in two days I would be turning thirty. I was not sure about entering a new decade of my life and feared that my best years were now behind me.
My daily routine included going to the gym for a workout( ) before going to work. Every morning I would see my friend Nicholas at the gym. He was seventy nin... | high2473.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "One."
},
"options": [
"One.",
"None.",
"Six.",
"There."
],
"question": "How many meals did the English traveler eat during his two-day voyage?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | An English traveler spent a few weeks in Sweden. When he was about to return home,he found that he had only enough money left to get a ticket to England. Thinking the matter over, he decided that as it was only a two days' voyage he could get home without eating anything. So he bought a ticket with that little money he... | high18568.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Growth in manufacturing in developing nations."
},
"options": [
"The growth of gold prices.",
"The speculators' seeking higher profits.",
"Growth of demands in developed economics.",
"Growth in manufacturing in developi... | Commodities are basic materials that are used and traded worldwide. The price of commodities helps determine how much a business can charge for a product and the profit it can make. Commodity prices have reached a two-year high since falling sharply during the world financial crisis.
Hard commodities are materials lik... | high20791.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a black school teacher"
},
"options": [
"a European officer",
"an African servant",
"a drugstore assistant",
"a black school teacher"
],
"question": "The writer was ,at the time of the story , _ .",
"quest... | There was one shop in the town of Mufulira which was widely known for its racial discrimination. It was a drugstore .While Europeans were served at the counter ,a long line of Africans queued at the window and often not only were kept waiting but were treated rudely by the shop assistants .One day I was determined to m... | high10652.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Desert"
},
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"Desert",
"Un Long voyage",
"Oradi noir"
],
"question": "Which of Le Clezio's works won him the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature?",
"question_type": "factiod_questi... | French writer Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced Thursday.
The Academy _ Le Clezio as "author of new departures and poetic adventure, explorer of humanity beyond civilization."
Le Clezio, 48, received much attention with his first novel The Interrogationin 1963 and made th... | high20949.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "She couldn't afford her daughter's college fees."
},
"options": [
"She thought highly of community college.",
"She got along very well with her daughter.",
"She couldn't afford her daughter's college fees.",
"She wanted... | Walking home from work with a family friend, I found myself in a discussion about her daughter's going to college.
It started with the mother telling me that she had no money to help her daughter go through college, which led the mother to push community college fiercely. She then started to say how she had been pushin... | high19110.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he was reminded how it was as a stutterer on such occasions"
},
"options": [
"he desired to release his secret to his wife",
"he was reminded how it was as a stutterer on such occasions",
"he thought Colin Firth had a wonderf... | The opening scene of The King's Speech was, in a word, terrifying. The moment King George VI--wonderfully played by Colin Firth--stepped up to the microphone at Wembley Stadium, a rush of nervousness came over me. It took me back to my school days, standing at my desk, having to read aloud to the class. I whispered to ... | high4764.txt |
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