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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "don't realize the value of art and music" }, "options": [ "don't realize the value of art and music", "don't know the history of art and music at all", "never benefit from artists and musicians", "know little about the ...	No one doubts that students should study languages, maths and science in high school, but some may be against the idea that they should study art and music as well. To them, these subjects are useless for students' future and are not worth the time and effort. In my opinion, however, it is necessary for middle school s...	high16223.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "reduce the effect of heat from the sun on the earth" }, "options": [ "reflect more heat into the atmosphere", "bring about high rainfall throughout the world", "rarely cause the temperature to drop lower than 16degC", ...	A rainfores is an area covered by tall trees with the total high rainfall spreading quite equally through the year and the temperature rarely dipping below 16degC.Rainforests have a great effect on the world environment because they can take in heat from the sun and adjust the climate. Without the forest cover, thes...	high12045.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "He died during a struggle with a bear." }, "options": [ "He died of hunger several years ago.", "He died when he tried to save a bear.", "He died in a fight with other warriors.", "He died during a struggle with a bear....	Keesh lived at the North Pole a long time ago. He lived near the edge of the polar sea. He was a bright thirteen-year-old boy with a strong, healthy body. His father was a brave man who had died during a food shortage in the village. His father tried to save the lives of his people by fighting a giant polar bear. Keesh...	high23298.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "he wanted to have a change" }, "options": [ "he had a successful career", "he loved to be a soldier", "he wanted to have a change", "he expected to work in a shipping company" ], "question": "Karl Fleming joined...	Karl Fleming joined the military because he needed a change in his life. He had a successful career with a shipping company but he wanted to do something more. He found that something in the U.S. army. Fleming began his service in 2009 and never looked back. A few years later, Fleming volunteered to go to Afghanistan. ...	high9240.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "To train kids as early as possible." }, "options": [ "To train kids as early as possible.", "To try as many means as possible.", "To help kids develop as fully as possible.", "To use as many available resources as possi...	Parents will do anything for their children. Whether it would be the food, clothes, or the place they live in, parents will always make sure their children have the best of everything. One of the biggest concerns that parents currently have is educating their children. They are faced with lots of difficulties when it c...	high14434.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "can strengthen the relationship between illustrators and publishers" }, "options": [ "will last five days in all in July every other year", "is intended for college students who are good at painting", "is held by the Bologna ...	The aims of the Illustrators' Exhibition,staged as part of the Bologna Children's Book Fair,organized by BolognaFiere and held from 23 to 26 December,are to bring illustrators and publishers together and to promote illustrators and their works among publishers. QUALIFICATIONS *Individual illustrators or groups of illu...	high6173.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Five" }, "options": [ "Six", "Five", "Four", "Three" ], "question": "How many ways does the author give us to save money when traveling by train?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "answe...	Want to save money when traveling by train? Here are some ways. Day Returns This ticket can save you up to 45% on the standard fare. You have to travel after the rush hour period Mon.--Fri . but can travel at any time on Sat. or Sun. Big City Savers These are special low-priced tickets on certain trains. You have t...	high22192.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "about 23" }, "options": [ "about 8", "about 18", "about 23", "about 15" ], "question": "The author was _ when he wrote this article.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "a...	One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit one's mistakes. It is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like "I was wrong about that, "and it is even harder to say, "I was wrong, and you were right about that. " I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me th...	high7279.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "naughty children" }, "options": [ "different languages", "naughty children", "different customs", "small houses" ], "question": ".", "question_type": "factiod_questions" } ]	In the United States, friendships can be close, constant, intense, generous, and real, yet fade away in a short time if things change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greeting for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while--then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, ev...	high12051.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "hesitated to do so" }, "options": [ "was unwilling to do so", "was glad to do so", "hesitated to do so", "hurried to do so" ], "question": "When Billy asked the author to hold him, at first the author _ .", ...	A few years ago, I had the opportunity to play the character of Ronald McDonald for the McDonald's Corporation. One day each month,we visited hospitals bringing a little happiness to the children there. But there were two rules placed on me during a visit. First, I could not go anywhere in the hospital without permiss...	high1608.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "To promote the hotel's green concept." }, "options": [ "To promote the hotel's green concept.", "To make the city known to the world.", "To attract people to the hotel restaurant.", "To get guests to stay longer at the ...	The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Copenhagen is offering a free meal to any guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bike linked to a generator ,The idea is to get people fit and reduce their carbon footprint. Guests will have to produce at least 10 watt hours of electricity -- roughly 15 minutes ...	high14420.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Lack of enough sleep can make you slower in mind." }, "options": [ "Sleep has nothing to do with test anxiety.", "Less sleep can actually save you more time to study.", "Lack of enough sleep can make you slower in mind.", ...	Tests can be stressful even for the most prepared students,and,unfortunately,test anxiety can actually have a negative impact on your performance.(Just having that knowledge adds to the stress,doesn't it?)Well,the following tips can help you get through your next test with much greater ease--and likely more success! Ge...	high9254.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "One was trying to help the other to escape together." }, "options": [ "They didn't know about the danger.", "One was trying to bite the tail of the other.", "They couldn't find the right direction to run away.", "One wa...	The following story took place long ago in Israel. One day when government officials were rebuilding an office, they found a mouse hole in a corner and used smoke to force the mice inside the hole to come out. A while later they indeed saw mice running out, one after another. Then, everyone thought that all the mice ha...	high17129.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "a worker" }, "options": [ "a conductor", "a thief", "a worker", "an umbrella maker" ], "question": "We can learn from the passage that Mr. Brown was _ .", "question_type": "summarization_questions" }, ...	Mr. Brown worked in a factory of a small town. He had been there for twenty years before one day he was sent to the capital for important business. He was quite excited because he had never been there before. Before he set off, he asked his wife and three daughters if they wanted him to buy something for them in London...	high10646.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "When he realized that Cao Cao took some bad measures to beat his enemies." }, "options": [ "When he read the history story about Cao Cao.", "When he saw Cao Cao was watching a game of Cuju,", "When he realized that Cao Cao to...	With its budget of $80 million , John Woo as director, and an all-star cast ,Red Cliffis the most expensive and ambitious Asian-financed film ever. Last week I saw the release of the second part, and _ does it shows. But watching the film as a foreigner I felt I was missing out on something. Not knowing my Cao Cao's fr...	high11558.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "What to do to help save wildlife" }, "options": [ "How animals go to extinction", "The importance of protecting wildlife", "What to do to help save wildlife", "How to protect wildlife habitat" ], "question": "Wh...	Can we give a hand to those endangered animals? Yes, we may only do a little bit, but together our small actions add up to a lot. 1. Protect wildlife habitat. Perhaps the greatest threat that faces many species is the widespread destruction of habitat. Cutting down forests, farming, and development all result in loss o...	high4770.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Birdman." }, "options": [ "the Theory of Everything.", "Birdman.", "Boyhood.", "Whiplash" ], "question": "Which film's content is mentioned in the passage?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { ...	The Oscars ceremony at the 87th Academy Awards took place in Hollywood's 3,300-seat Dolby Theatre in California on Sunday evening(Feb.23, 2015). The night concluded with the biggest award of the evening, Best Picture. After already securing the Best Screenplay and Best Director Award for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Bi...	high19104.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "sing praise of the college students helping the victims selflessly" }, "options": [ "tell us nine of the college students suffered from a fire", "sing praise of the college students helping the victims selflessly", "describe ...	Our Community One Tuesday evening in the beginning of the fall 1996 semester at Shippensburg University, sirens sounded. These sirens were not in celebration; they were a cry to the university that something was wrong. A house, only one block away, was on fire. Nine of the university's students lived there. From the ...	high16237.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Studies find plants can recognize, communicate with relatives." }, "options": [ "Studies find plants can recognize, communicate with relatives.", "Kin selection is important for plants.", "Animals can recognize and memorize t...	Plants have family values, too; it seems, with new research suggesting they can recognize close relatives in order to work together. An ability to tell family from strangers is well known in animals, allowing them to cooperate and share resources, but plants may possess similar social skills, scientists believe. Susan ...	high4016.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "doing some sightseeing" }, "options": [ "visiting their parents", "learning how to swim", "doing some sightseeing", "living with Native Americans" ], "question": "Emily and Zach will spend their summer vacation ...	Emily and Zach are confused! Their parents told them they could choose between Massachusetts and Arizona for their vacation this summer. Emily has always wanted to visit Boston, the capital of Massachusetts. Zach and she both agree that walking along the Freedom Trail would enable them to see Boston's most famous plac...	high19662.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The contemptuous college students will receive nothing from craftsmen" }, "options": [ "The college students have trouble separating good plants from wild grass", "Craftsman's experience is usually unscientific", "The conte...	Reading is not the only way to gain knowledge of the work in the past. There is another large reservoir which may be called experience, and the college students will find that every craftsman has something he can teach and will generally teach gladly to any college student who does not look down upon them. The info...	high3779.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "a stranger" }, "options": [ "a close friend", "a stranger", "a classmate", "a" ], "question": "Jennie gave her bone marrow to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answe...	My friend Jennie gave her bone marrow( )to a 50-year-old woman, a woman she has never met. At the end of March, the Red Cross called back. Six different blood elements were tested ; Jennie matched five completely and was about a 3/4 match of the six. So she was the best match. In April, Jennie went for a complete ph...	high17897.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "demonstrating interactions among all of Earth's parts" }, "options": [ "conducting scientific studies of life on the ocean floor", "predicting future climate changes", "providing data to determine Earth's age", "demonst...	A rapidly advancing contemporary science that is highly dependent on new tools is Earth system science. Earth system science involves observation and measurements on the Earth at all scales from the largest to the smallest. The huge amounts of data that are gathered come from many different locations and require specia...	high10120.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "is likely to create a troubled generation" }, "options": [ "makes their children become independent", "may lead to a tense parent - child relationship", "is harmful to their children's health", "is likely to create a tr...	Today's children are the "result" of the modern society. Our parents have jobs that keep them busy almost all day long. They only have a free day in a week. This doesn't allow them to keep an eye on their children. On the other hand, the modern society gives more freedom to the children than they could "handle". As a c...	high2467.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "with the help of scientists" }, "options": [ "from a very early age", "by copying photographs", "with the help of scientists", "in order to make a living" ], "question": "Bonestell made his space drawings _ ....	When the Apollo astronauts landed on the Moon in 1969, millions of people were rather sad. The person to blame for this was an artist named Chesley Bonestell. For many years, Bonestell had been creating beautifully detailed paintings of the Moon and planets. Viewers of his artwork were unhappy because the real Moon d...	high14346.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "insurance against injury to the driver" }, "options": [ "insurance against damage to the car", "insurance against injury to the driver", "the cost of maintenance of the car", "the cost of repairs to the car" ], ...	Hire charges What's included: 1)Unlimited mileage . 2)Expenses on oil , maintenance and repairs, which will be repaired on production of invoices . 3)Full insurance except personal accident (see below) and contents. What's not included: 1)Personal accident insurance. 2)Garaging, petrol, parking and traffic fines Cond...	high9532.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "the Las Vegas Trip" }, "options": [ "Route l", "Route 6", "the Las Vegas Trip", "the California coast" ], "question": "If you are going to the USA for the man-made attractions, you can drive along _ .", "q...	Plan on traveling around the USA this summer. If you need help in arranging the trip, or want ideas about where to go and what to do, there are a number of outstanding websites that can make your American dream come true. http://byways. org The National Scenic Byways Program covers l50 memorable roads. Some are natural...	high6601.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "his information can be read by a machine" }, "options": [ "he is not required to show his passport", "he doesn't need a passport in that airport", "his information can be read by a machine", "only a man from foreign cou...	The Future of Technology William, a businessman, arrives in a foreign airport. He doesn't show his passport. Instead, a machine in the wall reads the computer chip in his arm. This contains information about him: his name, age, and I.D number. He exits the airport, and a car door opens when it "sees" him. The car takes...	high13429.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Buy something in the general store." }, "options": [ "Make lists for her shopping.", "Buy something in the general store.", "Send lists to the lady in the general store.", "Go to see the lady in a store." ], "qu...	When I spent the summer with my grandmother, she always set me down to the general store with a list. Behind the counter was a lady like no one I'd ever seen. "Excuse me," I said. She looked up and said, "I'm Miss Bee." "I need to get these." I said, holding up my list. "So? Go get them. " Miss Bee pointed to a sign. "...	high12737.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "a medical magazine" }, "options": [ "a literature book", "a travel journal", "an old directory", "a medical magazine" ], "question": "This passage is probably taken from _", "question_type": "cloze_questio...	Coffee is one of the world's most widely-enjoyed drinks. Now, a new research suggests that if you drink enough coffee, it might help you avoid certain kinds of cancer. Dr. Mia Hashibe of the University of Utah School of Medicine was interested in the connection between coffee drinking and certain cancers of the head an...	high15058.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "he had already gained enough knowledge" }, "options": [ "he should be diligent in order to succeed", "he had already gained enough knowledge", "he ought to pay attention to details", "he should keep learning every day" ...	Long long ago, there was a scholar who always wanted to gain more knowledge each day even though he had already gained enough knowledge. One day, he came to visit a saint and asked to be his student. The saint offered some tea. He slowly filled the scholar's cup: the cup was full, yet he kept pouring. The scholar coul...	high16579.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "She wanted them not to spend extra money" }, "options": [ "She wanted them not to spend extra money", "She was too sad to say anything else", "She told them a truth on money", "she just played a joke with them" ], ...	For years I wanted a flower garden.But then we had Matthew.And Marvin.And the twins, Alisa and Alan.And then Helen.Five children.I was too busy raising them to grow a garden. Money was tight, as well as time.Often when my children were little, one of them would want something that cost too much, and I' d have to say, "...	high3751.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "transform its economic pattern" }, "options": [ "top the world", "transform its economic pattern", "solve its population problem", "respond to pressure from developed countries" ], "question": "China is self-mot...	China is showing the world its great resolve in the global climate campaign with concrete and self-motivated efforts as well as serious commitment. At the opening ceremony of the Paris climate summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping restated China's plan made in June to cut its carbon emissions per unit of GDP by 60-65 p...	high19892.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "It is a good place in which to discuss business matters." }, "options": [ "It is the most convenient way for them to get regular exercise.", "It is a good place in which to discuss business matters.", "It is a great way to es...	Over the last 30 years, Bangkok, once a small fishing village, has transformed into a rich, concrete, high-rise city that it is today. The spreading metropolis and its population of 12 million now produces 35 per cent of Thailand's economic wealth. As a magnet for foreign companies, Bangkok attracts many overseas manag...	high10108.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Uncle Lan liked the stuffed monkey as much as the writer." }, "options": [ "Bedtime used to be the writer's favourite part of the day because of the stuffed monkey.", "Uncle Lan liked the stuffed monkey as much as the writer.", ...	When I was younger, bedtime was always my favourite part of the day. Wearing soft pajamas and with Lan, my stuffed monkey, in my arms, I felt no pressure at all. I named Lan after my uncle when I compared Lan's long arms and legs to his. One night I ran up to Uncle Lan at a family party and told him I had named my mon...	high17667.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "excited" }, "options": [ "excited", "surprised", "unhappy", "uninterested" ], "question": "When the author was asked to try the standing desk out, he was _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { ...	I got interested in the idea of standing desks about a year ago. The health advantages of standing instead of sitting for eight hours a day are clear, so when the company Ergotron invited me to review their WorkFit C-Mod Dual Desk, I jumped out of my chair---really. After several hours putting the desk together, I fina...	high3989.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "so that they could return before dark" }, "options": [ "because they could return in 24 hours", "because the sea was calm then", "when the sun was not strong", "so that they could return before dark" ], "questio...	The journey two naval officers made some time ago to the very deepest point on the earth makes us realize how much of the world still remains to be explored. The two men went down seven miles to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean inside a small steel ball called a "bathyscaphe" to find out if there are any ocean curre...	high18554.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the activity is a chance for anyone" }, "options": [ "the friends I shall meet in the activity", "the activity is a chance for anyone", "the place where the activity is to be held", "the time that I shall spend in the a...	I was an extremely verbal child, and growing up with my dad was an experiment in linguistics . My father was a man of few words. Whenever I wanted his permission for a certain activity, I planned a speech that included who would be there, where it would take place, how long it would last, and why it was an incredibly w...	high6629.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "make the butterfly come out easily" }, "options": [ "kill the butterfly", "play with the butterfly", "make the butterfly come out easily", "have the butterfly" ], "question": "The old man cut the cocoon in order...	Once upon a time, there was a wonderful old man who loved everything on the land ---- animals and plants. One day while walking through the woods, the old man found a cocoon of a butterfly. He took it home. A few days later, a small opening appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to...	high13401.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Because they go shopping on the lnternet." }, "options": [ "Because they don't have enough time.", "Because Christmas is two weeks away.", "Because they go shopping on the lnternet.", "Because it isn't convenient for th...	With only two weeks to go before Christmas, buying presents is a lug priority for a lot of people. However, this year not so many people are leaving their homes to browse around the shops. These days lots of people do their shopping in the comfort of their own home with the help of the Internet. Online shopping is ...	high22804.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "attend a stage school" }, "options": [ "attend a stage school", "are going to the theatre", "have got some work to do", "love singing and dancing" ], "question": "People would stop feeling uneasy when realizing ...	When a group of children politely stop a conversation with you, saying: "We have to go to work now," you're left feeling surprised and certainly uneasy. After all, this is the 1990s and the idea of children working is just unthinkable. That is, until you are told that they are all pupils of stage schools, and that the ...	high7537.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "used proverbs to teach Tsholofelo" }, "options": [ "quoted proverbs when she was talking with others", "asked Tsholofelo to read more proverbs", "collected proverbs in her spare time", "used proverbs to teach Tsholofelo...	I recall my mother's voice which called me to order, and often ended with some strong proverb to express the gravity of the wrong done. It was common practice for my mother to send me off soul-searching with a proverb. Of the many interactions I had with my mother those many years ago, one stands out with clarity. I re...	high15070.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Karsts." }, "options": [ "Karsts.", "Kha-nyou.", "rock rats.", "Laonastes aenigmamus." ], "question": "Which of the following is not the name for this new creature?", "question_type": null }, { "answ...	It's not quite a rat. Nor is it a squirrel, or a mouse. It's definitely a rodent , and it's also a brand-new family of mammals. The locals of the Southeast Asian country of Laos call the creature a kha-nyou (ga-nyou). The kha-nyou have long body hair, short legs, and a hairy tail less thick than a squirrel's. They're ...	high7251.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "find out how people explain their dreams and what impact that has" }, "options": [ "determine when people tend to remember their dreams", "research whether dreams have anything to do with real life", "find out how people expl...	Dreaming is believing, claim researchers of a new study, who found that dreams have an effect on people's behavior, judgment and they might contain important hidden truths as well. "Psychologists' explanations of the meaning of dreams vary widely. But our findings show that people believe their dreams provide meaningfu...	high12079.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the slow speed of the checkout line" }, "options": [ "the look of the old cashier", "the slow speed of the checkout line", "the smile on the cashier's face", "the long line of customers" ], "question": "The auth...	One day I was waiting in line to check out at Wal-Mart. Like a lot of people who want to get through a checkout line, my thoughts were on speed, nothing more. The line I was standing in wasn't moving as quickly as I wanted, and I glanced toward the cashier. There stood a man in his seventies. Of average build, he wore ...	high13367.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "the police" }, "options": [ "science", "children", "the future", "the police" ], "question": "Detective stories are stories about _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "an...	John Smith was a writer, who wrote detective stories for magazines , though he never dealt with criminals . One evening he could not finish an end for a story. He sat in his study , but he had no ideas. So he decided to go to the cinema. When he came back, he found that he had had a visitor. Someone had broken into his...	high1620.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "normal" }, "options": [ "upset", "strange", "normal", "different" ], "question": "When the Thais give the author surprised looks, she feels _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": ...	I was born in Thailand, where I feel at home. I am used to jumping on to a song taow (red taxi), and squeezing in between two strangers. I am used to bargaining at the market to get a shirt that I like. I love telling bilingual jokes and I am used to the surprised looks I get from the Thais when I can speak their l...	high14408.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "How to teach a child about money" }, "options": [ "How to develop a child's early habits.", "How to work up an amount of pocket money", "How to teach a child to save money", "How to teach a child about money" ], ...	An allowance is an important tool for teaching children how to make plans for the use of money, save and make their own decisions. Children remember and learn from mistakes when their own dollars are lost or spent foolishly. How large is an allowance is suitable? Experts say there is no right amount. Actually amounts ...	high17101.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "they lacked food" }, "options": [ "they lacked food", "they were overhunted", "a disease attacked them", "their habitat was destroyed" ], "question": "Black-footed ferrets once became extinct mainly because _ ...	On a cool summer night in Wyoming, Dean Biggins waits patiently in his truck. Suddenly, Biggins, a wildlife biologist, spots a pair of eyes in the distance. Baggins can't believe his luck: He's just caught sight of a black-footed ferret --one of the world's rarest animals. Just over a century ago, hundreds of thousand...	high18232.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "You may get lost when passing through." }, "options": [ "Airboats may make a very big noise.", "You may get lost when passing through.", "Paperbark trees soak up too much water there.", "Many different kinds of animals ...	The huge Florida wetland known as the Everglades is a slow-moving river 80 kilometres wide but only a few centimeters deep. People call the Everglades a "river of grass" because sawgrass covers most of it. Sawgrass is not really grass. It is a plant that has leaves edged with tiny sharp teeth that can easily cut throug...	high2329.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The woman standing on the corner didn't like the compliment" }, "options": [ "The first man the author praised accepted his compliment.", "The first man the author praised worked at a radio station.", "The woman standing on t...	About seven years ago, whenever I notice someone looked nice, I started telling them they looked nice. Shortly afterwards, I came up with an observation: If you tell five people during the day that they look nice, at the end of the day, six people feel great. Here are some fruitful experiences I have with this. One day...	high4980.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "You never seem to get old." }, "options": [ "You enjoy the right to name your children.", "You still need to learn.", "You never seem to get old.", "You get admiration as a parent." ], "question": "Which of the ...	The cost of raising a child from birth to age 18 is about $ 160,140! That doesn't even touch college tuition. For those with kids, this figure might lead them thinking how much they could have banked. For others, that number might confirmthe decision to remain childless. But $ 160,140 isn't so bad if you break it down....	high20975.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "The price of the ticket ordered via cell phone will be lower." }, "options": [ "The price of the ticket ordered via cell phone will be lower.", "Ordering tickets through the net can get good seats.", "Few people would like to...	Long queues at cinemas buying hot tickets for blockbusters will become rare as Beijing residents will be able to order film tickets via cell phone networks in a month. Film ticket circulation service on cell phone, also called the "Green channel of film tickets ordering", is aiming at lowing the cost of ticket circula...	high11570.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Impressive." }, "options": [ "Creative.", "Impressive.", "Persuasive.", "Imaginative." ], "question": "What did Russell Lyons think of his first volunteering?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": {...	When Russell Lyons volunteered for the first time, he read Goodnight Moon to a class of San Diego preschoolers. And it wasn't reading-he'd memorized the book and was reciting it out loud. He was 4. Still, he said it felt good up there, in front of the other kids, lending a hand. He wanted more of that feeling. Thirteen...	high4758.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "of a reason that was not mentioned" }, "options": [ "he had earned enough money", "Google threatened Microsoft's leading place", "PCs were out of fashion", "of a reason that was not mentioned" ], "question": "Bi...	Last week,Bill Gates retired from full-time work at the world's biggest computer software company, Microsoft.He will remain chairman of the company he established with Paul Allen in nineteen seventy-five. Mister Gates leaves Microsoft at a time of change in the computing industry.Microsoft grew at a time when personal ...	high17115.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "To make money is the root of developers working on new games." }, "options": [ "Ten percent of online games users are over 30.", "To make money is the root of developers working on new games.", "In the past, games were not en...	A recent survey shows the number of online game users in China reached 40 million last year. That's over a 20 percent increase from the year before. At 22:00 p.m. in a Beijing Internet cafe, many people inside,especially the young, playing online games. An industry report says that over 90% of online game users are und...	high18226.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "The Consequences of modern Technology" }, "options": [ "The Advance of Communications Technology", "The Consequences of modern Technology", "The Story of Communications Revolution", "The Automation of Modern Communicati...	A funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another. I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and... I became invisible, absent from the conversat...	high5452.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "start a global campaign against early marriages" }, "options": [ "urge parents to treat girls equally as boy", "call on people to pay more attention to girls' education", "call on people to pay more attention to girls in poor...	At age 11, Ghulam was married off to 40-year-old Jaiz in a rural Afghan village, making her only one of more than 10 million young girls who are being forced to wed men old enough to be their fathers of grandfather every year. In an effort to start a global conversation about the devastating effects of early marriages,...	high4994.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "twelve years" }, "options": [ "four years", "eight years", "twelve years", "twenty years" ], "question": "How long is it since Mrs. Blake graduated from middle school?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" ...	Mrs. Blake teaches English in a large school in the inner area of a big city on the west coast. Even since she was a young girl, she has wanted to become a teacher. She has taught eight years now and hasn't changed her mind. After she graduated from high school, she went on to college. Four years later, she received he...	high3023.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Suggestions on becoming a confident speaker." }, "options": [ "Good ways of studying English well.", "Suggestions on becoming a confident speaker.", "Things to pay attention to when learning English.", "How to correct y...	How do you improve your English speaking skills, so that you can communicate more easily and effectively? These tips will help you to become a more confident speaker. Practice where you can and when you can. Any practice is good--- whether you speak to someone who is a native English speaker or not. It's important to b...	high20961.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "she was lucky to have a job working with Helen" }, "options": [ "Helen was full of complaint about her work", "it was easy for Helen to make everyone happy and comfortable", "she was lucky to have a job working with Helen", ...	I had my first job at a local diner called the Buttercup Bakery when I was 22. I worked there for seven years and learned so many lessons, especially from a fellow waitress Helen who had incredible self-respect and did what she loved--serving people. She made everyone smile and feel good, customers and co-workers alike...	high11564.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "some pedestrians are a threat to road safety" }, "options": [ "drivers should be polite to cyclists", "road accidents can actually be avoided", "some pedestrians are a threat to road safety", "walking while using phones...	Forget Cyclists, Pedestrians are Real Danger We are having a debate about this topic. Here are some letters from our readers. #Yes, many cyclists behave dangerously. Many drivers are disrespectful of cyclists. But pedestrians are probably the worse offenders. People of all ages happily walk along the pavemen...	high19138.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "http://a4esl.org/" }, "options": [ "http://a4esl.org/", "http://www.manythings.org/voa/", "http://www.world-english.org/listening.html", "http://eleaston.com/listen, html" ], "question": "If you want to test how...	This column is part of a series on websites that are useful for English language learning.Activities for ESL Students Includes various types of tests, exercises and puzzles designed to help people studying English as a second language (ESL).The activities include grammar, vocabulary and idiom tests at easy, medium and ...	high7245.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "She asked them to ask their parents for help." }, "options": [ "She asked them to call 911 as soon as possible.", "She asked them to teach her how to perform CPR.", "She asked them to ask their parents for help.", "She ...	Only about 30 percent of people in the US know how to perform CPR . Recently, a 9-year-old boy showed a Georgia woman how to perform CPR on her newborn baby. Susanna Rohm said she had experienced a parent's worst nightmare -- her 2-month-old son, Isiah, was not breathing. "I noticed he looked pale. I looked at his a...	high8176.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "They all want people in the proper position." }, "options": [ "Each of them is commented by their manager.", "They are located in the south of the same city.", "Their companies are introduced in detail.", "They all want...	City College Union Inc Secretary/Typist The Union is a student-run organization with a permanent staff of 20.Typing speed:at least 60 wpm. The ability to take shorthand dictation and a working knowledge of filling procedures are essential requirements. The basic salary for the position is $ 18,500 per year. Enquires t...	high13373.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "their answers seldom satisfied him" }, "options": [ "they often angered and disappointed him", "their answers often astonished him", "their answers seldom satisfied him", "he often misunderstood them and gave them bad m...	There was once a professor of medicine, who was very strict with his students. Whenever he took the chair on the exam committee, the students would be in fear, because he was seldom pleased with the answers they gave. A student would be lucky enough if he or she could receive a good mark from him. At the end of the ter...	high9268.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the degree of changes of people's opinions" }, "options": [ "the changes in the attitudes of the people", "the degree of changes of people's opinions", "the result of the experiment", "the difference in people's charact...	It is well-known that when an individual joins a group, he tends to accept the group's standards of behavior and thinking. Many illustrations could be given of this from everyday life, but what is of particular interest to psychologists is the extent to which people's judgments and opinions can be changed as a result o...	high22810.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "9 years" }, "options": [ "40 years", "21 years", "10 years", "9 years" ], "question": "The first games for the disabled were held _ after Sir Ludwig Guttmann arrived in England.", "question_type": "cloze...	40 years ago the idea of disabled people doing sport was never heard of. But when the yearly games for the disabled were started at Stoke Mandeville, England in 1948 by Sir Ludwig Guttmann, the situation began to change. Sir Ludwig Guttmann, who had been driven to England in 1939 from Nazi Germany, had been asked by th...	high1152.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "the news broadcast on the air" }, "options": [ "an official visit to Africa", "the improvement of relationship between China and the U.S.", "the news broadcast on the air", "the strike led by the teachers' union" ],...	This is news on the Hour. Ed Wilson is reporting. The President and First Lady will visit Africa on a goodwill tour in May. They plan to visit eight African countries. Reports from China say the Chinese want closer ties between China and the U.S. and Western Europe. A group of top China scientists starts its ten-nation...	high7523.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "the knowledge gained from failure lasts longer" }, "options": [ "what we learn from failure is more powerful", "what we learn from success does no good to us", "the knowledge gained from failure is important for a company", ...	No one likes to make mistakes. But a new study says organizations learn more from their failures than from their successes, and keep that knowledge longer. One of the researchers was Vinit Desai, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. He worked with Peter Madsen from the Marriott S...	high8610.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The young man had just got off a train." }, "options": [ "The young man went past the railway station.", "The young man was working in the railway station", "The young man had just got off a train.", "The you man was wa...	It was a dark and cold night. The car driver didn't have even one passenger all day. When he went by the railway station, he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he quickly opened the door of the car and asked, "Where do you want to go, sir?" "To the Star Hotel," the young man answered. When the ca...	high15064.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Behind the Scene." }, "options": [ "Behind the Scene.", "Hard Life of Musicians.", "My Part-time Job.", "How to Make Musicians Happy." ], "question": "Which might be the best title for the passage?", "questi...	Once you've tasted the joy and freedom of an all-access backstage pass, sitting in the balcony far from the stage has little attraction. In March of 2008, I had the opportunity to tour with a band. The experience was eye-opening. I hadn't realized how many misconceptions I had about the lifestyle of a world-class musi...	high3745.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "law" }, "options": [ "law", "rubbish", "advice", "warning" ], "question": "To the writer, what her mother said was _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1...	"Mom, can I bake some bread?" We were 15, my best friend, Hanna, and I, determined to try our hands at creating some beautiful bread. "It's not worth the trouble," my mother said. "It takes lots of time and makes a big mess. Our bakery bread is delicious without all that effort." Begging was useless. Mom's "no" meant "...	high11202.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "is more common in business circles" }, "options": [ "is practiced exclusively by the FBI", "is more common in business circles", "has been intensified with the help of the IRS", "is mainly carried out by means of secret...	When we worry about who might be spying on our private lives, we usually think about the Federal agents. But the private sector outdoes the government every time. It's Linda Tripp, not the FBI, who is facing charges under Maryland's laws against secret telephone taping. It's our banks, not the Internal Revenue Service ...	high19886.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "something we talk about to start a conversation." }, "options": [ "a kind of conversation with short words.", "a greeting used when people meet each other.", "something we talk about to start a conversation.", "to let p...	As we all know , the language is a very important tool for people to communicate with each other. In most of the languages , people usually begin their conversations by a kind of small talk -a casual form of conversation that "breaks the ice" or fills an awkward silence between people . That is to say , small talk mean...	high17673.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "when she arrived at the airport" }, "options": [ "when she was leaving America", "on her way back to Santo Domingo", "before she left the USA", "when she arrived at the airport" ], "question": "Maria's story hap...	Sixteen-year-old Maria was waiting in line at the airport in Santo Domingo. She was leaving her native country to join her sister in the United States. She spoke English very well. Though she was very happy she could go abroad, she was feeling sad at leaving her family and friends. As she was thinking all about this, s...	high18540.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "try to give them a helping hand" }, "options": [ "try to give them a helping hand", "do housework for them when they are sick", "give them a good job if they're out of work", "lend them money when their parents are ill"...	Neighbors play an important role in our lives. Their lifestyle, friends, and social habits can have a strong influence on our lives. So it's a good idea to get along well with neighbors and build a better relationship that will last for many years to come. But how should you get along with your neighbors? When you hear...	high5334.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "It was built by middle school students." }, "options": [ "It was built by middle school students.", "It has an' attractive design.", "It was made in 1971.", "It won the fourth prize." ], "question": "What is spe...	It's not the flashiest car in the world. Not even close. But the 1971 Volkswagen named Helios can do something most cars can't: nm on solar energy - energy from the sun's light and heat! Joshua Bechtold, 14, and the other students at the Riverside School in Lyndonville, Vermont, worked many months to getHeliosready...	high21896.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "popular culture influences people" }, "options": [ "new films and shows replace the old", "movie stars are changing over time", "popular culture influences people", "advertisements change rapidly" ], "question":...	Fashion refers to the styles of dress that are currently popular. Fashion goes beyond just clothes, though. It's important for some people to wear only the latest fashions and styles. For others, though, keeping up with trends isn't that important. The one thing that stays the same with fashion is this: it always cha...	high10493.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Three." }, "options": [ "Two.", "Three.", "Four.", "Five." ], "question": "How many ways are mentioned to fight insects in the passage?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "answer_index": ...	Home gardens are very common in America. They can provide people with fresh vegetables, but hard work should be done. For example, you have to fight against insects and animals in home gardens, because they like the fresh vegetables as much as us. Maybe you will surround a small garden with a wire fence, but this may n...	high20550.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "6 million" }, "options": [ "4.3 million", "6 million", "8 million", "3.7 million" ], "question": "It is judged that there are _ people hit by AIDS in Asia or so.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" },...	AIDS' Threat to Asia Grows NEW DELHI----Just a few years ago, Mala was a typical middle-class Indian housewife. She cooked, cleaned and looked after her two small children. Last year, her life took a tragic turn. Her husband died of AIDS; she was found out HIV-positive and her mother-in-law took her children away from ...	high11955.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Giving her classmates advice before tests." }, "options": [ "Working as a newspaper deliverer.", "Feeling proud of her intelligence.", "Working hard to be honored and awarded.", "Giving her classmates advice before test...	Like a backward tape, time returns to my mom's teens.She is waiting for admission results from a famous high school.She has studied for the test but with joy, since she feels no suffering in learning.Suddenly I spy her jumping and laughing, waving a paper in her hand while her family stands nearby, more shocked than ha...	high5863.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "they are in great need" }, "options": [ "they are too common", "they look very beautiful", "there are more restaurants", "they are in great need" ], "question": "Many people are beginning to plant mushrooms prob...	Growing mushrooms is probably the easiest thing you can do if you are new to mushroom growing. Mushroom growing is becoming more and more common as restaurants are creating more dishes that include mushrooms. Mushroom growing is easy. To start with you need to have a growing space where you are going to grow these mus...	high12284.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Poison Toads Leap Across Australia" }, "options": [ "Poison Toads Leap Across Australia", "Strategies To Keep the Toads Under Control", "The Main Threat the Cane Toads Cause", "Climate Favours the Spread of Cane Toads."...	Native to America, the cane toad was introduced to northern Queensland 70 years ago to control sugarcane beetles . The toads failed in that duty but spread across prefix = st1 /Queenslandand into neighboring northern area. Now it calmly invades the states of Western Australia and New South Wales (NSW). NSW wildlife ...	high22347.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "stress that a person has a very good memory" }, "options": [ "prove that everyone can have a good memory", "stress that a person has a very good memory", "show what matters much to a good memory", "tell us a good memory...	Have you ever known someone with a "photographic memory"? It's easy to assume that people with super memories are super intelligent, but the key to their ability is in the methods that they use to remember information. By learning and mastering some basic techniques, you can also boost your memory. Here are some tips t...	high23059.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "The ant was small but clever." }, "options": [ "The ant was hurt by the lion.", "The ant was small but clever.", "The white pigeon was as brave as the ant.", "The lion wanted to play a joke on the rabbit couple." ],...	One day while walking along the bank of a river, a rabbit couple saw a wounded ant lying unconsciously on the grass. The rabbit couple gently put the ant on the leaf of a nearby plant. She soon recovered and saw the rabbit couple sitting beside her. The ant remembered that she had found herself under the foot of a c...	high9081.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Jones encouraged him to" }, "options": [ "his father told him to", "he wanted to learn a skill", "Jones encouraged him to", "he just wanted to pass his time" ], "question": "The young man learnt to make shoe tac...	The hardworking businessman Jones used to work all day in his shop and so hard-working was he that at times he would make the sparks fly from his hammer. The son of Mr. Smith, a rich neighbor, used to come to see him every day and for hours and hours he would enjoy himself watching how the man worked. " Young man, why...	high149.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "For animals, cleanliness is a survival skill." }, "options": [ "Animals enjoy living in a clean environment.", "Animals fight against parasites in different ways.", "Unlike people, animals hate staying in water.", "For ...	How would you like to brush a crocodile's teeth? Or give a shark a bath? Cats are well-known for the way they keep themselves clean by licking , but other animals have their own ways to stay clean as well. And tidiness can be important for their survival. Even cockroaches have to keep their feelers clean to help them ...	high24050.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "book beforehand" }, "options": [ "attend talks on the local wildlife", "have suvival training", "walk the final five miles", "book beforehand" ], "question": "If you want to go on the camp,you will first have to...	Every year holidays Broughton teams up with Sopraviva Trekking to offer twelve days of unforgettable adventure in a tropical rain forest.Depending on where this year's rain forest adventure is located,you may be going to Borneo, Malaysia,Indonesia,or even to the greatest rain forest of them all,the mighty Amazonian for...	high22421.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "become more confident in themselves" }, "options": [ "invent something useful", "imagine anything they like", "become more confident in themselves", "develop an interest in doing experiments" ], "question": "Per...	Drama and the performing arts are excellent methods of building confidence in children and adults alike. Learning through drama allows children to explore their creativity and have fun while leaving their shyness and worries behind. Drama also works by supporting the growth of imagination and other skills. Entertainmet...	high21128.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "it is healthy and protective for people to be very overweight" }, "options": [ "it is healthy and protective for people to be very overweight", "people with a BMI of 27 or more are classified as overweight", "senior adults wi...	Is carrying a few extra pounds into your senior years healthy? Advice has been mixed. Now, two studies published this month attempt to better define the ideal weight for fitness and longevity for adults over age 60. The main point is that you don't need to worry about being slightly overweight, as long as...	high16784.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "China has more newspapers and magazines." }, "options": [ "Digital books take the place of common ones in China.", "China has more newspapers and magazines.", "More information sources are developing with the economy.", ...	BEIJING, June. 30(Xinhua)----There are ten times as many Chinese newspapers and magazines than there were 30 years ago. That's when the country adopted the reform and opening-up policy. Figures from the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP)show there were 186 newspapers and 930 magazines in Chin...	high20236.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Hopeless." }, "options": [ "Promising.", "Miserable.", "Optimistic.", "Hopeless." ], "question": "What did the men think of their fate after climbing into the lifeboat\"?", "question_type": null }, { ...	Crane was traveling from the United States to Cuba as a newspaper reporter. One night, his ship hit a rock. It sank m the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Florida. Most of the people on board got into lifeboats. Crane was among the last to leave. There were three others with him: the ship's captain, the cook, and a sai...	high18965.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "four or five children died when they were five" }, "options": [ "many children died before they were five", "the youngest child would be fifteen", "seven of eight children lived to be more than five", "four or five chil...	The greatest recent changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there was an unusual shortening of the time of a woman's life spent in caring for children. A woman marrying at the end of the 19th century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eigh...	high16790.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "why there are many stone walls in New England" }, "options": [ "how to make a stone wall in New England", "why there are many stone walls in New England", "which parts of New England first used stone walls", "how many f...	In some parts of the United States, farming is easy. But farming has always been difficult in the northeastern corner of the country, which is called New England. New England has many trees and thin, rocky soil. Anyone who has wanted to start a new farm there has had to work very hard. The first job has been cuttin...	high20222.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Because he got himself hurt." }, "options": [ "Because he had no chance to take part in it.", "Because he was too old to beat his opposite.", "Because he got himself hurt.", "Because he was too busy to well prepare it."...	Good evening,ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this of the Box Bill Tennis Club. It's good to see so many of you here this evening. I'm sure you're all enjoyed the fine food,and that you are ready to hear our guest speaker. Ladies and gentlemen,we're pleased to welcome our most famous club champion,Billy Rogers,to o...	high16948.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "who you want to talk to" }, "options": [ "who is friendly to you", "who is active at the party", "who you want to talk to", "who you are speaking with" ], "question": "Generally speaking you would like to focus ...	Have you ever been talking to somebody at the party? Do you focus entirely on the person you are speaking with or does your attention keep jumping around the room to all the other people there? Generally speaking, if the person is someone you really want to talk to you will focus on them. Most other people will only ge...	high24044.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Her mother died" }, "options": [ "She was born", "She got her nickname", "She got married", "Her mother died" ], "question": "What happened to Claudia in 1917?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, {...	Lady Bird Johnson was born Claudia Alta Taylor in nineteen twelve. The Taylor family lived in the small town of Karnack, Texas. Claudia's father, Thomas Jefferson Taylor, owned two stores as well as thousands of hectares for cotton production. Her mother, Minnie Taylor, died when Claudia was only five years old. A wom...	high7906.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "you can realize your goal on Jan. 19,2014" }, "options": [ "you can make a call to Kraig Clifton", "you can visit friendsofrrfschool.org", "you can realize your goal on Jan. 19,2014", "you can buy a Tshirt with the girl...	Announcements Bret Harte vs. Calaveras alumni boys The annual Bret Harte vs. CHS alumni boy basketball game will be held at 7 p.m.,Saturday, Nov. 30,at Calaveras High. All players must have played at least one year of varsity basketball. Cost to play is $30. Admission for audience is $5 for adults and $2 for kids. Ki...	high14187.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "driverless cars will come soon" }, "options": [ "traditional cars are harmful for kids", "his son is not good at driving", "his son is a slow learner in driving", "driverless cars will come soon" ], "question": ...	I passed my driving test at the fourth attempt. You might think that means I'm not as safe as someone who passed on their first attempt. But would you feel safer with no driver at all? Maybe not, and that's why automotive firms have included driverassist functions in their driverless cars. This allows the human driver ...	high13830.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "don't realize the value of art and music" }, "options": [ "don't realize the value of art and music", "don't know the history of art and music at all", "never benefit from artists and musicians", "know little about the ...

No one doubts that students should study languages, maths and science in high school, but some may be against the idea that they should study art and music as well. To them, these subjects are useless for students' future and are not worth the time and effort. In my opinion, however, it is necessary for middle school s...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "reduce the effect of heat from the sun on the earth" }, "options": [ "reflect more heat into the atmosphere", "bring about high rainfall throughout the world", "rarely cause the temperature to drop lower than 16degC", ...

A rainfores is an area covered by tall trees with the total high rainfall spreading quite equally through the year and the temperature rarely dipping below 16degC.Rainforests have a great effect on the world environment because they can take in heat from the sun and adjust the climate. Without the forest cover, thes...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "He died during a struggle with a bear." }, "options": [ "He died of hunger several years ago.", "He died when he tried to save a bear.", "He died in a fight with other warriors.", "He died during a struggle with a bear....

Keesh lived at the North Pole a long time ago. He lived near the edge of the polar sea. He was a bright thirteen-year-old boy with a strong, healthy body. His father was a brave man who had died during a food shortage in the village. His father tried to save the lives of his people by fighting a giant polar bear. Keesh...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "he wanted to have a change" }, "options": [ "he had a successful career", "he loved to be a soldier", "he wanted to have a change", "he expected to work in a shipping company" ], "question": "Karl Fleming joined...

Karl Fleming joined the military because he needed a change in his life. He had a successful career with a shipping company but he wanted to do something more. He found that something in the U.S. army. Fleming began his service in 2009 and never looked back. A few years later, Fleming volunteered to go to Afghanistan. ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "To train kids as early as possible." }, "options": [ "To train kids as early as possible.", "To try as many means as possible.", "To help kids develop as fully as possible.", "To use as many available resources as possi...

Parents will do anything for their children. Whether it would be the food, clothes, or the place they live in, parents will always make sure their children have the best of everything. One of the biggest concerns that parents currently have is educating their children. They are faced with lots of difficulties when it c...

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The aims of the Illustrators' Exhibition,staged as part of the Bologna Children's Book Fair,organized by BolognaFiere and held from 23 to 26 December,are to bring illustrators and publishers together and to promote illustrators and their works among publishers. QUALIFICATIONS *Individual illustrators or groups of illu...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Five" }, "options": [ "Six", "Five", "Four", "Three" ], "question": "How many ways does the author give us to save money when traveling by train?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "answe...

Want to save money when traveling by train? Here are some ways. Day Returns This ticket can save you up to 45% on the standard fare. You have to travel after the rush hour period Mon.--Fri . but can travel at any time on Sat. or Sun. Big City Savers These are special low-priced tickets on certain trains. You have t...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "about 23" }, "options": [ "about 8", "about 18", "about 23", "about 15" ], "question": "The author was _ when he wrote this article.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "a...

One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit one's mistakes. It is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like "I was wrong about that, "and it is even harder to say, "I was wrong, and you were right about that. " I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me th...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "naughty children" }, "options": [ "different languages", "naughty children", "different customs", "small houses" ], "question": ".", "question_type": "factiod_questions" } ]

In the United States, friendships can be close, constant, intense, generous, and real, yet fade away in a short time if things change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greeting for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while--then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, ev...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "hesitated to do so" }, "options": [ "was unwilling to do so", "was glad to do so", "hesitated to do so", "hurried to do so" ], "question": "When Billy asked the author to hold him, at first the author _ .", ...

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to play the character of Ronald McDonald for the McDonald's Corporation. One day each month,we visited hospitals bringing a little happiness to the children there. But there were two rules placed on me during a visit. First, I could not go anywhere in the hospital without permiss...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "To promote the hotel's green concept." }, "options": [ "To promote the hotel's green concept.", "To make the city known to the world.", "To attract people to the hotel restaurant.", "To get guests to stay longer at the ...

The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Copenhagen is offering a free meal to any guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bike linked to a generator ,The idea is to get people fit and reduce their carbon footprint. Guests will have to produce at least 10 watt hours of electricity -- roughly 15 minutes ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Lack of enough sleep can make you slower in mind." }, "options": [ "Sleep has nothing to do with test anxiety.", "Less sleep can actually save you more time to study.", "Lack of enough sleep can make you slower in mind.", ...

Tests can be stressful even for the most prepared students,and,unfortunately,test anxiety can actually have a negative impact on your performance.(Just having that knowledge adds to the stress,doesn't it?)Well,the following tips can help you get through your next test with much greater ease--and likely more success! Ge...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "One was trying to help the other to escape together." }, "options": [ "They didn't know about the danger.", "One was trying to bite the tail of the other.", "They couldn't find the right direction to run away.", "One wa...

The following story took place long ago in Israel. One day when government officials were rebuilding an office, they found a mouse hole in a corner and used smoke to force the mice inside the hole to come out. A while later they indeed saw mice running out, one after another. Then, everyone thought that all the mice ha...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "a worker" }, "options": [ "a conductor", "a thief", "a worker", "an umbrella maker" ], "question": "We can learn from the passage that Mr. Brown was _ .", "question_type": "summarization_questions" }, ...

Mr. Brown worked in a factory of a small town. He had been there for twenty years before one day he was sent to the capital for important business. He was quite excited because he had never been there before. Before he set off, he asked his wife and three daughters if they wanted him to buy something for them in London...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "When he realized that Cao Cao took some bad measures to beat his enemies." }, "options": [ "When he read the history story about Cao Cao.", "When he saw Cao Cao was watching a game of Cuju,", "When he realized that Cao Cao to...

With its budget of $80 million , John Woo as director, and an all-star cast ,Red Cliffis the most expensive and ambitious Asian-financed film ever. Last week I saw the release of the second part, and _ does it shows. But watching the film as a foreigner I felt I was missing out on something. Not knowing my Cao Cao's fr...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "What to do to help save wildlife" }, "options": [ "How animals go to extinction", "The importance of protecting wildlife", "What to do to help save wildlife", "How to protect wildlife habitat" ], "question": "Wh...

Can we give a hand to those endangered animals? Yes, we may only do a little bit, but together our small actions add up to a lot. 1. Protect wildlife habitat. Perhaps the greatest threat that faces many species is the widespread destruction of habitat. Cutting down forests, farming, and development all result in loss o...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Birdman." }, "options": [ "the Theory of Everything.", "Birdman.", "Boyhood.", "Whiplash" ], "question": "Which film's content is mentioned in the passage?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { ...

The Oscars ceremony at the 87th Academy Awards took place in Hollywood's 3,300-seat Dolby Theatre in California on Sunday evening(Feb.23, 2015). The night concluded with the biggest award of the evening, Best Picture. After already securing the Best Screenplay and Best Director Award for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Bi...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "sing praise of the college students helping the victims selflessly" }, "options": [ "tell us nine of the college students suffered from a fire", "sing praise of the college students helping the victims selflessly", "describe ...

Our Community One Tuesday evening in the beginning of the fall 1996 semester at Shippensburg University, sirens sounded. These sirens were not in celebration; they were a cry to the university that something was wrong. A house, only one block away, was on fire. Nine of the university's students lived there. From the ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Studies find plants can recognize, communicate with relatives." }, "options": [ "Studies find plants can recognize, communicate with relatives.", "Kin selection is important for plants.", "Animals can recognize and memorize t...

Plants have family values, too; it seems, with new research suggesting they can recognize close relatives in order to work together. An ability to tell family from strangers is well known in animals, allowing them to cooperate and share resources, but plants may possess similar social skills, scientists believe. Susan ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "doing some sightseeing" }, "options": [ "visiting their parents", "learning how to swim", "doing some sightseeing", "living with Native Americans" ], "question": "Emily and Zach will spend their summer vacation ...

Emily and Zach are confused! Their parents told them they could choose between Massachusetts and Arizona for their vacation this summer. Emily has always wanted to visit Boston, the capital of Massachusetts. Zach and she both agree that walking along the Freedom Trail would enable them to see Boston's most famous plac...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The contemptuous college students will receive nothing from craftsmen" }, "options": [ "The college students have trouble separating good plants from wild grass", "Craftsman's experience is usually unscientific", "The conte...

Reading is not the only way to gain knowledge of the work in the past. There is another large reservoir which may be called experience, and the college students will find that every craftsman has something he can teach and will generally teach gladly to any college student who does not look down upon them. The info...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "a stranger" }, "options": [ "a close friend", "a stranger", "a classmate", "a" ], "question": "Jennie gave her bone marrow to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answe...

My friend Jennie gave her bone marrow( )to a 50-year-old woman, a woman she has never met. At the end of March, the Red Cross called back. Six different blood elements were tested ; Jennie matched five completely and was about a 3/4 match of the six. So she was the best match. In April, Jennie went for a complete ph...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "demonstrating interactions among all of Earth's parts" }, "options": [ "conducting scientific studies of life on the ocean floor", "predicting future climate changes", "providing data to determine Earth's age", "demonst...

A rapidly advancing contemporary science that is highly dependent on new tools is Earth system science. Earth system science involves observation and measurements on the Earth at all scales from the largest to the smallest. The huge amounts of data that are gathered come from many different locations and require specia...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "is likely to create a troubled generation" }, "options": [ "makes their children become independent", "may lead to a tense parent - child relationship", "is harmful to their children's health", "is likely to create a tr...

Today's children are the "result" of the modern society. Our parents have jobs that keep them busy almost all day long. They only have a free day in a week. This doesn't allow them to keep an eye on their children. On the other hand, the modern society gives more freedom to the children than they could "handle". As a c...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "with the help of scientists" }, "options": [ "from a very early age", "by copying photographs", "with the help of scientists", "in order to make a living" ], "question": "Bonestell made his space drawings _ ....

When the Apollo astronauts landed on the Moon in 1969, millions of people were rather sad. The person to blame for this was an artist named Chesley Bonestell. For many years, Bonestell had been creating beautifully detailed paintings of the Moon and planets. Viewers of his artwork were unhappy because the real Moon d...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "insurance against injury to the driver" }, "options": [ "insurance against damage to the car", "insurance against injury to the driver", "the cost of maintenance of the car", "the cost of repairs to the car" ], ...

Hire charges What's included: 1)Unlimited mileage . 2)Expenses on oil , maintenance and repairs, which will be repaired on production of invoices . 3)Full insurance except personal accident (see below) and contents. What's not included: 1)Personal accident insurance. 2)Garaging, petrol, parking and traffic fines Cond...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "the Las Vegas Trip" }, "options": [ "Route l", "Route 6", "the Las Vegas Trip", "the California coast" ], "question": "If you are going to the USA for the man-made attractions, you can drive along _ .", "q...

Plan on traveling around the USA this summer. If you need help in arranging the trip, or want ideas about where to go and what to do, there are a number of outstanding websites that can make your American dream come true. http://byways. org The National Scenic Byways Program covers l50 memorable roads. Some are natural...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "his information can be read by a machine" }, "options": [ "he is not required to show his passport", "he doesn't need a passport in that airport", "his information can be read by a machine", "only a man from foreign cou...

The Future of Technology William, a businessman, arrives in a foreign airport. He doesn't show his passport. Instead, a machine in the wall reads the computer chip in his arm. This contains information about him: his name, age, and I.D number. He exits the airport, and a car door opens when it "sees" him. The car takes...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Buy something in the general store." }, "options": [ "Make lists for her shopping.", "Buy something in the general store.", "Send lists to the lady in the general store.", "Go to see the lady in a store." ], "qu...

When I spent the summer with my grandmother, she always set me down to the general store with a list. Behind the counter was a lady like no one I'd ever seen. "Excuse me," I said. She looked up and said, "I'm Miss Bee." "I need to get these." I said, holding up my list. "So? Go get them. " Miss Bee pointed to a sign. "...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "a medical magazine" }, "options": [ "a literature book", "a travel journal", "an old directory", "a medical magazine" ], "question": "This passage is probably taken from _", "question_type": "cloze_questio...

Coffee is one of the world's most widely-enjoyed drinks. Now, a new research suggests that if you drink enough coffee, it might help you avoid certain kinds of cancer. Dr. Mia Hashibe of the University of Utah School of Medicine was interested in the connection between coffee drinking and certain cancers of the head an...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "he had already gained enough knowledge" }, "options": [ "he should be diligent in order to succeed", "he had already gained enough knowledge", "he ought to pay attention to details", "he should keep learning every day" ...

Long long ago, there was a scholar who always wanted to gain more knowledge each day even though he had already gained enough knowledge. One day, he came to visit a saint and asked to be his student. The saint offered some tea. He slowly filled the scholar's cup: the cup was full, yet he kept pouring. The scholar coul...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "She wanted them not to spend extra money" }, "options": [ "She wanted them not to spend extra money", "She was too sad to say anything else", "She told them a truth on money", "she just played a joke with them" ], ...

For years I wanted a flower garden.But then we had Matthew.And Marvin.And the twins, Alisa and Alan.And then Helen.Five children.I was too busy raising them to grow a garden. Money was tight, as well as time.Often when my children were little, one of them would want something that cost too much, and I' d have to say, "...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "transform its economic pattern" }, "options": [ "top the world", "transform its economic pattern", "solve its population problem", "respond to pressure from developed countries" ], "question": "China is self-mot...

China is showing the world its great resolve in the global climate campaign with concrete and self-motivated efforts as well as serious commitment. At the opening ceremony of the Paris climate summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping restated China's plan made in June to cut its carbon emissions per unit of GDP by 60-65 p...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "It is a good place in which to discuss business matters." }, "options": [ "It is the most convenient way for them to get regular exercise.", "It is a good place in which to discuss business matters.", "It is a great way to es...

Over the last 30 years, Bangkok, once a small fishing village, has transformed into a rich, concrete, high-rise city that it is today. The spreading metropolis and its population of 12 million now produces 35 per cent of Thailand's economic wealth. As a magnet for foreign companies, Bangkok attracts many overseas manag...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Uncle Lan liked the stuffed monkey as much as the writer." }, "options": [ "Bedtime used to be the writer's favourite part of the day because of the stuffed monkey.", "Uncle Lan liked the stuffed monkey as much as the writer.", ...

When I was younger, bedtime was always my favourite part of the day. Wearing soft pajamas and with Lan, my stuffed monkey, in my arms, I felt no pressure at all. I named Lan after my uncle when I compared Lan's long arms and legs to his. One night I ran up to Uncle Lan at a family party and told him I had named my mon...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "excited" }, "options": [ "excited", "surprised", "unhappy", "uninterested" ], "question": "When the author was asked to try the standing desk out, he was _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { ...

I got interested in the idea of standing desks about a year ago. The health advantages of standing instead of sitting for eight hours a day are clear, so when the company Ergotron invited me to review their WorkFit C-Mod Dual Desk, I jumped out of my chair---really. After several hours putting the desk together, I fina...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "so that they could return before dark" }, "options": [ "because they could return in 24 hours", "because the sea was calm then", "when the sun was not strong", "so that they could return before dark" ], "questio...

The journey two naval officers made some time ago to the very deepest point on the earth makes us realize how much of the world still remains to be explored. The two men went down seven miles to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean inside a small steel ball called a "bathyscaphe" to find out if there are any ocean curre...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the activity is a chance for anyone" }, "options": [ "the friends I shall meet in the activity", "the activity is a chance for anyone", "the place where the activity is to be held", "the time that I shall spend in the a...

I was an extremely verbal child, and growing up with my dad was an experiment in linguistics . My father was a man of few words. Whenever I wanted his permission for a certain activity, I planned a speech that included who would be there, where it would take place, how long it would last, and why it was an incredibly w...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "make the butterfly come out easily" }, "options": [ "kill the butterfly", "play with the butterfly", "make the butterfly come out easily", "have the butterfly" ], "question": "The old man cut the cocoon in order...

Once upon a time, there was a wonderful old man who loved everything on the land ---- animals and plants. One day while walking through the woods, the old man found a cocoon of a butterfly. He took it home. A few days later, a small opening appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Because they go shopping on the lnternet." }, "options": [ "Because they don't have enough time.", "Because Christmas is two weeks away.", "Because they go shopping on the lnternet.", "Because it isn't convenient for th...

With only two weeks to go before Christmas, buying presents is a lug priority for a lot of people. However, this year not so many people are leaving their homes to browse around the shops. These days lots of people do their shopping in the comfort of their own home with the help of the Internet. Online shopping is ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "attend a stage school" }, "options": [ "attend a stage school", "are going to the theatre", "have got some work to do", "love singing and dancing" ], "question": "People would stop feeling uneasy when realizing ...

When a group of children politely stop a conversation with you, saying: "We have to go to work now," you're left feeling surprised and certainly uneasy. After all, this is the 1990s and the idea of children working is just unthinkable. That is, until you are told that they are all pupils of stage schools, and that the ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "used proverbs to teach Tsholofelo" }, "options": [ "quoted proverbs when she was talking with others", "asked Tsholofelo to read more proverbs", "collected proverbs in her spare time", "used proverbs to teach Tsholofelo...

I recall my mother's voice which called me to order, and often ended with some strong proverb to express the gravity of the wrong done. It was common practice for my mother to send me off soul-searching with a proverb. Of the many interactions I had with my mother those many years ago, one stands out with clarity. I re...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Karsts." }, "options": [ "Karsts.", "Kha-nyou.", "rock rats.", "Laonastes aenigmamus." ], "question": "Which of the following is not the name for this new creature?", "question_type": null }, { "answ...

It's not quite a rat. Nor is it a squirrel, or a mouse. It's definitely a rodent , and it's also a brand-new family of mammals. The locals of the Southeast Asian country of Laos call the creature a kha-nyou (ga-nyou). The kha-nyou have long body hair, short legs, and a hairy tail less thick than a squirrel's. They're ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "find out how people explain their dreams and what impact that has" }, "options": [ "determine when people tend to remember their dreams", "research whether dreams have anything to do with real life", "find out how people expl...

Dreaming is believing, claim researchers of a new study, who found that dreams have an effect on people's behavior, judgment and they might contain important hidden truths as well. "Psychologists' explanations of the meaning of dreams vary widely. But our findings show that people believe their dreams provide meaningfu...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the slow speed of the checkout line" }, "options": [ "the look of the old cashier", "the slow speed of the checkout line", "the smile on the cashier's face", "the long line of customers" ], "question": "The auth...

One day I was waiting in line to check out at Wal-Mart. Like a lot of people who want to get through a checkout line, my thoughts were on speed, nothing more. The line I was standing in wasn't moving as quickly as I wanted, and I glanced toward the cashier. There stood a man in his seventies. Of average build, he wore ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "the police" }, "options": [ "science", "children", "the future", "the police" ], "question": "Detective stories are stories about _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "an...

John Smith was a writer, who wrote detective stories for magazines , though he never dealt with criminals . One evening he could not finish an end for a story. He sat in his study , but he had no ideas. So he decided to go to the cinema. When he came back, he found that he had had a visitor. Someone had broken into his...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "normal" }, "options": [ "upset", "strange", "normal", "different" ], "question": "When the Thais give the author surprised looks, she feels _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": ...

I was born in Thailand, where I feel at home. I am used to jumping on to a song taow (red taxi), and squeezing in between two strangers. I am used to bargaining at the market to get a shirt that I like. I love telling bilingual jokes and I am used to the surprised looks I get from the Thais when I can speak their l...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "How to teach a child about money" }, "options": [ "How to develop a child's early habits.", "How to work up an amount of pocket money", "How to teach a child to save money", "How to teach a child about money" ], ...

An allowance is an important tool for teaching children how to make plans for the use of money, save and make their own decisions. Children remember and learn from mistakes when their own dollars are lost or spent foolishly. How large is an allowance is suitable? Experts say there is no right amount. Actually amounts ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "they lacked food" }, "options": [ "they lacked food", "they were overhunted", "a disease attacked them", "their habitat was destroyed" ], "question": "Black-footed ferrets once became extinct mainly because _ ...

On a cool summer night in Wyoming, Dean Biggins waits patiently in his truck. Suddenly, Biggins, a wildlife biologist, spots a pair of eyes in the distance. Baggins can't believe his luck: He's just caught sight of a black-footed ferret --one of the world's rarest animals. Just over a century ago, hundreds of thousand...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "You may get lost when passing through." }, "options": [ "Airboats may make a very big noise.", "You may get lost when passing through.", "Paperbark trees soak up too much water there.", "Many different kinds of animals ...

The huge Florida wetland known as the Everglades is a slow-moving river 80 kilometres wide but only a few centimeters deep. People call the Everglades a "river of grass" because sawgrass covers most of it. Sawgrass is not really grass. It is a plant that has leaves edged with tiny sharp teeth that can easily cut throug...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The woman standing on the corner didn't like the compliment" }, "options": [ "The first man the author praised accepted his compliment.", "The first man the author praised worked at a radio station.", "The woman standing on t...

About seven years ago, whenever I notice someone looked nice, I started telling them they looked nice. Shortly afterwards, I came up with an observation: If you tell five people during the day that they look nice, at the end of the day, six people feel great. Here are some fruitful experiences I have with this. One day...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "You never seem to get old." }, "options": [ "You enjoy the right to name your children.", "You still need to learn.", "You never seem to get old.", "You get admiration as a parent." ], "question": "Which of the ...

The cost of raising a child from birth to age 18 is about $ 160,140! That doesn't even touch college tuition. For those with kids, this figure might lead them thinking how much they could have banked. For others, that number might confirmthe decision to remain childless. But $ 160,140 isn't so bad if you break it down....

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "The price of the ticket ordered via cell phone will be lower." }, "options": [ "The price of the ticket ordered via cell phone will be lower.", "Ordering tickets through the net can get good seats.", "Few people would like to...

Long queues at cinemas buying hot tickets for blockbusters will become rare as Beijing residents will be able to order film tickets via cell phone networks in a month. Film ticket circulation service on cell phone, also called the "Green channel of film tickets ordering", is aiming at lowing the cost of ticket circula...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Impressive." }, "options": [ "Creative.", "Impressive.", "Persuasive.", "Imaginative." ], "question": "What did Russell Lyons think of his first volunteering?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": {...

When Russell Lyons volunteered for the first time, he read Goodnight Moon to a class of San Diego preschoolers. And it wasn't reading-he'd memorized the book and was reciting it out loud. He was 4. Still, he said it felt good up there, in front of the other kids, lending a hand. He wanted more of that feeling. Thirteen...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "of a reason that was not mentioned" }, "options": [ "he had earned enough money", "Google threatened Microsoft's leading place", "PCs were out of fashion", "of a reason that was not mentioned" ], "question": "Bi...

Last week,Bill Gates retired from full-time work at the world's biggest computer software company, Microsoft.He will remain chairman of the company he established with Paul Allen in nineteen seventy-five. Mister Gates leaves Microsoft at a time of change in the computing industry.Microsoft grew at a time when personal ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "To make money is the root of developers working on new games." }, "options": [ "Ten percent of online games users are over 30.", "To make money is the root of developers working on new games.", "In the past, games were not en...

A recent survey shows the number of online game users in China reached 40 million last year. That's over a 20 percent increase from the year before. At 22:00 p.m. in a Beijing Internet cafe, many people inside,especially the young, playing online games. An industry report says that over 90% of online game users are und...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "The Consequences of modern Technology" }, "options": [ "The Advance of Communications Technology", "The Consequences of modern Technology", "The Story of Communications Revolution", "The Automation of Modern Communicati...

A funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another. I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and... I became invisible, absent from the conversat...

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At age 11, Ghulam was married off to 40-year-old Jaiz in a rural Afghan village, making her only one of more than 10 million young girls who are being forced to wed men old enough to be their fathers of grandfather every year. In an effort to start a global conversation about the devastating effects of early marriages,...

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Mrs. Blake teaches English in a large school in the inner area of a big city on the west coast. Even since she was a young girl, she has wanted to become a teacher. She has taught eight years now and hasn't changed her mind. After she graduated from high school, she went on to college. Four years later, she received he...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Suggestions on becoming a confident speaker." }, "options": [ "Good ways of studying English well.", "Suggestions on becoming a confident speaker.", "Things to pay attention to when learning English.", "How to correct y...

How do you improve your English speaking skills, so that you can communicate more easily and effectively? These tips will help you to become a more confident speaker. Practice where you can and when you can. Any practice is good--- whether you speak to someone who is a native English speaker or not. It's important to b...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "she was lucky to have a job working with Helen" }, "options": [ "Helen was full of complaint about her work", "it was easy for Helen to make everyone happy and comfortable", "she was lucky to have a job working with Helen", ...

I had my first job at a local diner called the Buttercup Bakery when I was 22. I worked there for seven years and learned so many lessons, especially from a fellow waitress Helen who had incredible self-respect and did what she loved--serving people. She made everyone smile and feel good, customers and co-workers alike...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "some pedestrians are a threat to road safety" }, "options": [ "drivers should be polite to cyclists", "road accidents can actually be avoided", "some pedestrians are a threat to road safety", "walking while using phones...

Forget Cyclists, Pedestrians are Real Danger We are having a debate about this topic. Here are some letters from our readers. #Yes, many cyclists behave dangerously. Many drivers are disrespectful of cyclists. But pedestrians are probably the worse offenders. People of all ages happily walk along the pavemen...

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This column is part of a series on websites that are useful for English language learning.Activities for ESL Students Includes various types of tests, exercises and puzzles designed to help people studying English as a second language (ESL).The activities include grammar, vocabulary and idiom tests at easy, medium and ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "She asked them to ask their parents for help." }, "options": [ "She asked them to call 911 as soon as possible.", "She asked them to teach her how to perform CPR.", "She asked them to ask their parents for help.", "She ...

Only about 30 percent of people in the US know how to perform CPR . Recently, a 9-year-old boy showed a Georgia woman how to perform CPR on her newborn baby. Susanna Rohm said she had experienced a parent's worst nightmare -- her 2-month-old son, Isiah, was not breathing. "I noticed he looked pale. I looked at his a...

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City College Union Inc Secretary/Typist The Union is a student-run organization with a permanent staff of 20.Typing speed:at least 60 wpm. The ability to take shorthand dictation and a working knowledge of filling procedures are essential requirements. The basic salary for the position is $ 18,500 per year. Enquires t...

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There was once a professor of medicine, who was very strict with his students. Whenever he took the chair on the exam committee, the students would be in fear, because he was seldom pleased with the answers they gave. A student would be lucky enough if he or she could receive a good mark from him. At the end of the ter...

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It is well-known that when an individual joins a group, he tends to accept the group's standards of behavior and thinking. Many illustrations could be given of this from everyday life, but what is of particular interest to psychologists is the extent to which people's judgments and opinions can be changed as a result o...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "9 years" }, "options": [ "40 years", "21 years", "10 years", "9 years" ], "question": "The first games for the disabled were held _ after Sir Ludwig Guttmann arrived in England.", "question_type": "cloze...

40 years ago the idea of disabled people doing sport was never heard of. But when the yearly games for the disabled were started at Stoke Mandeville, England in 1948 by Sir Ludwig Guttmann, the situation began to change. Sir Ludwig Guttmann, who had been driven to England in 1939 from Nazi Germany, had been asked by th...

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This is news on the Hour. Ed Wilson is reporting. The President and First Lady will visit Africa on a goodwill tour in May. They plan to visit eight African countries. Reports from China say the Chinese want closer ties between China and the U.S. and Western Europe. A group of top China scientists starts its ten-nation...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "the knowledge gained from failure lasts longer" }, "options": [ "what we learn from failure is more powerful", "what we learn from success does no good to us", "the knowledge gained from failure is important for a company", ...

No one likes to make mistakes. But a new study says organizations learn more from their failures than from their successes, and keep that knowledge longer. One of the researchers was Vinit Desai, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. He worked with Peter Madsen from the Marriott S...

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It was a dark and cold night. The car driver didn't have even one passenger all day. When he went by the railway station, he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he quickly opened the door of the car and asked, "Where do you want to go, sir?" "To the Star Hotel," the young man answered. When the ca...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Behind the Scene." }, "options": [ "Behind the Scene.", "Hard Life of Musicians.", "My Part-time Job.", "How to Make Musicians Happy." ], "question": "Which might be the best title for the passage?", "questi...

Once you've tasted the joy and freedom of an all-access backstage pass, sitting in the balcony far from the stage has little attraction. In March of 2008, I had the opportunity to tour with a band. The experience was eye-opening. I hadn't realized how many misconceptions I had about the lifestyle of a world-class musi...

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"Mom, can I bake some bread?" We were 15, my best friend, Hanna, and I, determined to try our hands at creating some beautiful bread. "It's not worth the trouble," my mother said. "It takes lots of time and makes a big mess. Our bakery bread is delicious without all that effort." Begging was useless. Mom's "no" meant "...

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When we worry about who might be spying on our private lives, we usually think about the Federal agents. But the private sector outdoes the government every time. It's Linda Tripp, not the FBI, who is facing charges under Maryland's laws against secret telephone taping. It's our banks, not the Internal Revenue Service ...

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As we all know , the language is a very important tool for people to communicate with each other. In most of the languages , people usually begin their conversations by a kind of small talk -a casual form of conversation that "breaks the ice" or fills an awkward silence between people . That is to say , small talk mean...

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Sixteen-year-old Maria was waiting in line at the airport in Santo Domingo. She was leaving her native country to join her sister in the United States. She spoke English very well. Though she was very happy she could go abroad, she was feeling sad at leaving her family and friends. As she was thinking all about this, s...

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Neighbors play an important role in our lives. Their lifestyle, friends, and social habits can have a strong influence on our lives. So it's a good idea to get along well with neighbors and build a better relationship that will last for many years to come. But how should you get along with your neighbors? When you hear...

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It's not the flashiest car in the world. Not even close. But the 1971 Volkswagen named Helios can do something most cars can't: nm on solar energy - energy from the sun's light and heat! Joshua Bechtold, 14, and the other students at the Riverside School in Lyndonville, Vermont, worked many months to getHeliosready...

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Fashion refers to the styles of dress that are currently popular. Fashion goes beyond just clothes, though. It's important for some people to wear only the latest fashions and styles. For others, though, keeping up with trends isn't that important. The one thing that stays the same with fashion is this: it always cha...

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Home gardens are very common in America. They can provide people with fresh vegetables, but hard work should be done. For example, you have to fight against insects and animals in home gardens, because they like the fresh vegetables as much as us. Maybe you will surround a small garden with a wire fence, but this may n...

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AIDS' Threat to Asia Grows NEW DELHI----Just a few years ago, Mala was a typical middle-class Indian housewife. She cooked, cleaned and looked after her two small children. Last year, her life took a tragic turn. Her husband died of AIDS; she was found out HIV-positive and her mother-in-law took her children away from ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Giving her classmates advice before tests." }, "options": [ "Working as a newspaper deliverer.", "Feeling proud of her intelligence.", "Working hard to be honored and awarded.", "Giving her classmates advice before test...

Like a backward tape, time returns to my mom's teens.She is waiting for admission results from a famous high school.She has studied for the test but with joy, since she feels no suffering in learning.Suddenly I spy her jumping and laughing, waving a paper in her hand while her family stands nearby, more shocked than ha...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "they are in great need" }, "options": [ "they are too common", "they look very beautiful", "there are more restaurants", "they are in great need" ], "question": "Many people are beginning to plant mushrooms prob...

Growing mushrooms is probably the easiest thing you can do if you are new to mushroom growing. Mushroom growing is becoming more and more common as restaurants are creating more dishes that include mushrooms. Mushroom growing is easy. To start with you need to have a growing space where you are going to grow these mus...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Poison Toads Leap Across Australia" }, "options": [ "Poison Toads Leap Across Australia", "Strategies To Keep the Toads Under Control", "The Main Threat the Cane Toads Cause", "Climate Favours the Spread of Cane Toads."...

Native to America, the cane toad was introduced to northern Queensland 70 years ago to control sugarcane beetles . The toads failed in that duty but spread across prefix = st1 /Queenslandand into neighboring northern area. Now it calmly invades the states of Western Australia and New South Wales (NSW). NSW wildlife ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "stress that a person has a very good memory" }, "options": [ "prove that everyone can have a good memory", "stress that a person has a very good memory", "show what matters much to a good memory", "tell us a good memory...

Have you ever known someone with a "photographic memory"? It's easy to assume that people with super memories are super intelligent, but the key to their ability is in the methods that they use to remember information. By learning and mastering some basic techniques, you can also boost your memory. Here are some tips t...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "The ant was small but clever." }, "options": [ "The ant was hurt by the lion.", "The ant was small but clever.", "The white pigeon was as brave as the ant.", "The lion wanted to play a joke on the rabbit couple." ],...

One day while walking along the bank of a river, a rabbit couple saw a wounded ant lying unconsciously on the grass. The rabbit couple gently put the ant on the leaf of a nearby plant. She soon recovered and saw the rabbit couple sitting beside her. The ant remembered that she had found herself under the foot of a c...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Jones encouraged him to" }, "options": [ "his father told him to", "he wanted to learn a skill", "Jones encouraged him to", "he just wanted to pass his time" ], "question": "The young man learnt to make shoe tac...

The hardworking businessman Jones used to work all day in his shop and so hard-working was he that at times he would make the sparks fly from his hammer. The son of Mr. Smith, a rich neighbor, used to come to see him every day and for hours and hours he would enjoy himself watching how the man worked. " Young man, why...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "For animals, cleanliness is a survival skill." }, "options": [ "Animals enjoy living in a clean environment.", "Animals fight against parasites in different ways.", "Unlike people, animals hate staying in water.", "For ...

How would you like to brush a crocodile's teeth? Or give a shark a bath? Cats are well-known for the way they keep themselves clean by licking , but other animals have their own ways to stay clean as well. And tidiness can be important for their survival. Even cockroaches have to keep their feelers clean to help them ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "book beforehand" }, "options": [ "attend talks on the local wildlife", "have suvival training", "walk the final five miles", "book beforehand" ], "question": "If you want to go on the camp,you will first have to...

Every year holidays Broughton teams up with Sopraviva Trekking to offer twelve days of unforgettable adventure in a tropical rain forest.Depending on where this year's rain forest adventure is located,you may be going to Borneo, Malaysia,Indonesia,or even to the greatest rain forest of them all,the mighty Amazonian for...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "become more confident in themselves" }, "options": [ "invent something useful", "imagine anything they like", "become more confident in themselves", "develop an interest in doing experiments" ], "question": "Per...

Drama and the performing arts are excellent methods of building confidence in children and adults alike. Learning through drama allows children to explore their creativity and have fun while leaving their shyness and worries behind. Drama also works by supporting the growth of imagination and other skills. Entertainmet...

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Is carrying a few extra pounds into your senior years healthy? Advice has been mixed. Now, two studies published this month attempt to better define the ideal weight for fitness and longevity for adults over age 60. The main point is that you don't need to worry about being slightly overweight, as long as...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "China has more newspapers and magazines." }, "options": [ "Digital books take the place of common ones in China.", "China has more newspapers and magazines.", "More information sources are developing with the economy.", ...

BEIJING, June. 30(Xinhua)----There are ten times as many Chinese newspapers and magazines than there were 30 years ago. That's when the country adopted the reform and opening-up policy. Figures from the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP)show there were 186 newspapers and 930 magazines in Chin...

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Crane was traveling from the United States to Cuba as a newspaper reporter. One night, his ship hit a rock. It sank m the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Florida. Most of the people on board got into lifeboats. Crane was among the last to leave. There were three others with him: the ship's captain, the cook, and a sai...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "four or five children died when they were five" }, "options": [ "many children died before they were five", "the youngest child would be fifteen", "seven of eight children lived to be more than five", "four or five chil...

The greatest recent changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there was an unusual shortening of the time of a woman's life spent in caring for children. A woman marrying at the end of the 19th century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eigh...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "why there are many stone walls in New England" }, "options": [ "how to make a stone wall in New England", "why there are many stone walls in New England", "which parts of New England first used stone walls", "how many f...

In some parts of the United States, farming is easy. But farming has always been difficult in the northeastern corner of the country, which is called New England. New England has many trees and thin, rocky soil. Anyone who has wanted to start a new farm there has had to work very hard. The first job has been cuttin...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Because he got himself hurt." }, "options": [ "Because he had no chance to take part in it.", "Because he was too old to beat his opposite.", "Because he got himself hurt.", "Because he was too busy to well prepare it."...

Good evening,ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this of the Box Bill Tennis Club. It's good to see so many of you here this evening. I'm sure you're all enjoyed the fine food,and that you are ready to hear our guest speaker. Ladies and gentlemen,we're pleased to welcome our most famous club champion,Billy Rogers,to o...

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Have you ever been talking to somebody at the party? Do you focus entirely on the person you are speaking with or does your attention keep jumping around the room to all the other people there? Generally speaking, if the person is someone you really want to talk to you will focus on them. Most other people will only ge...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Her mother died" }, "options": [ "She was born", "She got her nickname", "She got married", "Her mother died" ], "question": "What happened to Claudia in 1917?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, {...

Lady Bird Johnson was born Claudia Alta Taylor in nineteen twelve. The Taylor family lived in the small town of Karnack, Texas. Claudia's father, Thomas Jefferson Taylor, owned two stores as well as thousands of hectares for cotton production. Her mother, Minnie Taylor, died when Claudia was only five years old. A wom...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "you can realize your goal on Jan. 19,2014" }, "options": [ "you can make a call to Kraig Clifton", "you can visit friendsofrrfschool.org", "you can realize your goal on Jan. 19,2014", "you can buy a Tshirt with the girl...

Announcements Bret Harte vs. Calaveras alumni boys The annual Bret Harte vs. CHS alumni boy basketball game will be held at 7 p.m.,Saturday, Nov. 30,at Calaveras High. All players must have played at least one year of varsity basketball. Cost to play is $30. Admission for audience is $5 for adults and $2 for kids. Ki...

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I passed my driving test at the fourth attempt. You might think that means I'm not as safe as someone who passed on their first attempt. But would you feel safer with no driver at all? Maybe not, and that's why automotive firms have included driverassist functions in their driverless cars. This allows the human driver ...

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