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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because it was a naughty one."
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"options": [
"Because it was a naughty one.",
"Because it was a useful one.",
"Because it was not an allowed one.",
"Because it was a big one done only by the old."
],
"question... | Benjamin Franklin is remembered as an inventor, author, statesman, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. But all great people were kids once and got into naughty. In writing about his life, Franklin recalled a youthful event that he later regretted.
Franklin was born in Boston in 1706. His father, whom Ben adm... | high18742.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Natural gas facilities are far from satisfactory."
},
"options": [
"Gas played a major part in the 20th century.",
"Natural gas facilities are far from satisfactory.",
"Gas reserves are widely spread around the world.",
... | As demand for power and fuel grows steadily in the coming decades, we must consider every possible energy source on hand if we're to meet the world's needs. And because clean natural gas is found in great plenty, there is little doubt that it will play a major role on the world energy stage in this century, much like o... | high5136.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "children's special needs can always be paid special attention to"
},
"options": [
"parents take good care of them both at home and in society",
"the whole society care for children as well as their parents",
"Schools and teac... | A senior United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) official on May 29 praised China for its remarkable achievements in children s welfare.
A. H. M. Farook, UNICEF's operations area officer for China and Mongolia said that China "can be very satisfied to tell the whole world what can be done with limited resources to help... | high17471.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the history of the Eiffel Tower"
},
"options": [
"the history of the Eiffel Tower",
"some information about its design",
"what the Eiffel Tower was used for",
"how it became one of the symbols of Paris"
],
"ques... | The Eiffel Tower was built in 1889, in memory of the 100th birthday of the French Revolution. The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII of England, opened the tower. Of the 700 suggestions that were handed in, Gustave Eiffel's was chosen.
However, at first, it was not well accepted by all and a group of people -- incl... | high2659.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "meeting single people online"
},
"options": [
"getting help from MSN with his computer",
"winning the heart of a love from the web.",
"meeting single people online",
"looking for love in all the wrong places"
],
... | Dear MSN,
I live in San Diego. I'm single and would like to meet people near me. Can I do this on the Internet?
Searching in San Diego
Dear Searching,
On the Internet, you could easily go looking for love in all the wrong places, but here are lots of great ways to meet singles near you.
The Web is a good place to start... | high11000.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "proper body language and behavior"
},
"options": [
"your family background",
"fashionable tight clothes",
"your appearance and your wealth",
"proper body language and behavior"
],
"question": "It is your _ t... | It's not about how much money you make, and it's not about who your daddy is. We're talking about being attractive in general, whether it's on a job interview or just gaining the respect of your colleagues . . .
Ask lots of questions
If you come across as a know-it-all (even if you really do know it all!), it really pu... | high4228.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "19 meters higher"
},
"options": [
"6.8 meters higher",
"19 meters higher",
"34 meters higher",
"68 meters higher"
],
"question": "If the temperature continues to rise at the same rate for ten years, the insects ... | Four decades ago a group of college students visited the mountains of Borneo to examine moth populations. Now a team of British scientists, including a member of the original trip, has returned to the same sites to repeat the survey. They have found that, due to rising temperatures, the insects now live 68 meters hig... | high2881.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "become more imaginative"
},
"options": [
"learn to draw their own pictures",
"understand their own fear",
"develop more quickly",
"become more imaginative"
],
"question": "Teachers and professors like the book W... | Maurice Sendak's children's book,Where the Wild Things Are,published in 1963,has become very successful throughout the years and was made into a movie earlier this year.
The book's main character is a boy named Max who gets into trouble with his mother and is sent to bed without any supper.Before long,Max's room magica... | high8412.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "By its sustainability"
},
"options": [
"By its impact on the environment",
"By its contribution to economic growth",
"By its productivity",
"By its sustainability"
],
"question": "How do people often measure pro... | Sustainable development is applied to just about everything from energy to clean water and economic growth, and as a result it has become difficult to question either the basic assumptions behind it or the way the concept is put to use. This is especially true in agriculture, where sustainable development is often take... | high15266.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Canada has nearly 10 million sq. km.So it is the second largest country on the earth."
},
"options": [
"U.S.A is the second largest country in the world.",
"Canada has nearly 10 million sq. km.So it is the second largest country on... | Canada is a very large country.It is bigger than China.China is the third largest country in the world.Canada is the second largest.It has an area of nearly 10 million sq. km. Canada has a very long coastline.To the west is the Pacific Ocean.To the east is the Atlantic Ocean.The Arctic Ocean is in the north.There are v... | high7721.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "parents and children"
},
"options": [
"teachers and parents",
"children and teachers",
"parents and children",
"parents and babysitters"
],
"question": "\"Baby and me\" classes are held mainly for _ .",
"... | To do for you
Baby and me
St. Benedicts Family Medical Center's "Baby and me" classes, 11 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, at Jerome Public Library, 101 First Ave. E.
This week's topic: story telling. The class is educational support for parents and babies. A baby scale is available each week.
Free; 324-6133
Infant care
Infant ... | high12509.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "it has a real sense of logic"
},
"options": [
"it's a bit smaller",
"it can map abandoned mines",
"it can see in the dark tunnel",
"it has a real sense of logic"
],
"question": "The latest robot is more advanced... | Why do human beings still risk their lives under ground and doing one of the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs in the world? It's an increasingly urgent question, given the recent mining accidents in Sago. W. Va. and Huntington, Utah. A small group of engineers and robotics experts look forward to a day in the not-too-d... | high13617.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "starting relationships"
},
"options": [
"starting relationships",
"rebuilding relationships",
"welcoming close friends",
"celebrating some events"
],
"question": "Pass the Clap is most helpful for _ .",
"... | Team building games can be fun for teenagers. They can also be tools for strengthening the group. There are many levels of team building exercises. Let's look at some activities that can help you build a stronger team.
Pass the Clap
Pass the Clap works well as a beginning activity to help your group get to know each ot... | high14178.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he isn't used to spending a lot of money."
},
"options": [
"he doesn't affect his son.",
"they spent less and less time together.",
"he is no longer a teacher.",
"he isn't used to spending a lot of money."
],
"q... | Tony Hawken, 57, is divorcing his wife Xiu Li, 51, Britain's wealthiest woman entrepreneur , because he says he doesn't like being rich and is 'not in the habit' of spending lots of money.
The pair traded up their semi-detached home in South Norwood, London, and bought a PS1.5million house in Surrey.
Li, who is now wor... | high6359.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "can be a more effective cure for coughs"
},
"options": [
"cannot be as effective as codeine",
"can be harmful to people's health",
"cannot be separated from chocolate",
"can be a more effective cure for coughs"
],
... | Something in chocolate could be used to stop coughs and lead to more effective medicines, say UK researchers.
Their study found that theobromine , found in cocoa, was nearly a third more effective in stopping coughs than codeine, which was considered the best cough medicine at present.
The Imperial College London resea... | high1436.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "lifestyle choices"
},
"options": [
"lifestyle choices",
"current affairs",
"experts' opinions on life",
"how to improve one's self-respect"
],
"question": "The section \"Tempo\" in The Chicago Tribune mainly dis... | Are you single or married? Are you a cat or a dog owner? Do you exercise, or are you a "couch potato" (a person who sits on the sofa all day watching TV, eating and basically doing nothing)? These questions and many others are about your lifestyle.
People in the United States feel that they can choose their lifestyles ... | high8374.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "American High School Life"
},
"options": [
"How American Students Study.",
"American High School Life",
"The Life of American Students.",
"Introduction to American School."
],
"question": "Which is the best titl... | In America, after middle school comes high school, which includes grades 9 through 12. Students are required to take compulsory subjects like English, social studies, math, science, and physical education. In addition, they choose among elective subjects to complete their high school education. Electives include subje... | high15500.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "on the morning of August 29,1988"
},
"options": [
"on the night of August 28, 1988.",
"on the morning of August 28,1988.",
"on the night of August 29, 1988.",
"on the morning of August 29,1988"
],
"question": "T... | Mr. Samson was a newspaper editor in Boston, America. On the night of August 28, 1988, when he was on night duty, he dreamed that a volcano near the Island of Java erupted , and that the local people were buried under lava .
When he woke up from the bad dream with a start, he thought it was very interesting materi... | high7047.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Rain."
},
"options": [
"Poor service.",
"Poor public transport.",
"Rain.",
"Overpriced hotels."
],
"question": "What do tourists complain most?",
"question_type": null
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"answer": {
"answer_... | BRITAIN is a popular tourist place. But tours of the country have pros and cons.
Good news
Free museums: No charge for outstanding collections of art and antiquities .
Pop music: Britain is the only country to rival (......)the US on this score.
Black cabs: London taxi drivers know where they are going even if there ar... | high11766.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "to meet stricter building standards"
},
"options": [
"to be easily reinforced",
"to look smarter in design",
"to meet stricter building standards",
"to be designed in the shape of cubes"
],
"question": "After Hu... | When Hurricane Phailin hit India in late 2013, it became the largest storm to strike the subcontinent in over a decade. The storm affected more than 12 million people in India and neighboring countries, and damaged or destroyed many houses. However, good news is that cleverly-designed beach house created by architect R... | high5888.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "By their sense of smell."
},
"options": [
"By their special sight.",
"By their light weight.",
"By their sense of smell.",
"By their excellent hearing."
],
"question": "How do rats help to find land mines?",
... | Scientists in Colombia have trained a team of rats to help remove land mines from the countryside. Land mines are small bombs hidden in the ground and designed to explode when someone steps on them.
When trained, the rats can smell special metals in the mines and then signal to their human team. Then why use rats for... | high3221.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "competitors"
},
"options": [
"roommates",
"good friends",
"competitors",
"booksellers"
],
"question": "George and Richard were _ at school.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answer": {
... | Even at school there had been an unhealthy competition between George and Richard.
"I'll be the first millionaire in Coleford!" Richard used to boast.
"And you'll be sorry that you knew me," George would reply "because I'll surely be the best lawyer in our town!"
After graduation, George never became a lawyer and Richa... | high10478.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "can find less study material than normal students"
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"options": [
"can't take the national entrance exam to college",
"can find less study material than normal students",
"can never learn a foreign language well",
"can... | One determined student stepped off the traditional job for blind people in China, and now challenges a new life at university in Britain. Being a message therapist is a perfect job for many people with a visual disability, but for Zheng Jianwei, it was far from enough.
The 30-year-old former massage therapist gave up ... | high5650.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "far more exciting and dangerous"
},
"options": [
"much easier and even more interesting",
"far more exciting and dangerous",
"man's final aim",
"man's first step"
],
"question": "According to the passage, travel... | The journey to the moon had been the first step toward future exploration in space. The distance between the Moon and Earth is very short indeed when compared with the distances between Earth and the other planets. Mars, the nearest planet to Earth is millions of miles away. Traveling to the planets will be man's next ... | high20424.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "people built more farmland"
},
"options": [
"many mansions were built there",
"many neighbors sold their houses",
"the houses became more expensive",
"people built more farmland"
],
"question": "The community's ... | I learned my first lesson from my grandparents when I was young. They both grew up in very large families and lived through the Great Depression. Saving for a rainy day was their life philosophy. Rather than seeking fulfillment through material items, they chose to spend really simple life together with their family.
... | high17288.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Guilty"
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"options": [
"Disappointed",
"Nervous",
"Guilty",
"Frightened"
],
"question": "How did Jenny probably feel on the night she was sent home by the police?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},... | Dear Dad,
Today I was at the shopping mall and I spent a lot of time reading the Father's Day cards.They all had a special message that in some way or another reflected how I feel about you.Yet as I selected and read,it occurred to me that not a single card said what I really want to say to you.
You'll soon be 84 years... | high11821.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A discussion about what makes a good student."
},
"options": [
"A discussion about what makes a good student.",
"Two lovely middle school students.",
"How to get high rank in study.",
"Study and personality."
],
... | If you are a TV addict, you can't have missed the popular sitcom Home With Kids. The lead characters, 17-year-old Xiao Xue and 14-year-old Liu Xing can remind us of our own behavior or our classmates. We love the two teenagers, but are they good students? And what makes a good student?
"Being a student is a kind of oc... | high22233.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "people sometimes have no courage to share their stories"
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"options": [
"story-sharing highlights the importance of hard work",
"people are used to exposing their weaknesses",
"people sometimes have no courage to share their... | The stories we share with one another are important. They show wisdom and provide inspiration. They are important to our development. But sometimes people choose not to tell.
Consider the negative effects of not sharing a story in the news: People are wondering if public health officials are holding back too much infor... | high14959.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "to trace and locate enemy ships"
},
"options": [
"to trace and locate enemy ships",
"to observe deep sea volcanic eruptions",
"to study the movement of ocean currents",
"to replace the global radio communications networ... | It's hard to track the blue whale, which has almost been killed off by commercial whaling. Attaching radio devices to it is difficult and visual sightings are too unreliable to give real insight into its behavior.
So biologists were delighted early this year when, with the help of the US Navy, they are able to track a ... | high12496.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the soldier made a mistake in maths about the amount of the explosive"
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"the officer told the soldier to put in a bit more to make sure of the result",
"the soldier made a mistake in maths about the amount of the exp... | A group of soldiers were stationed in the country near the home of a big landowner, called Lord Hunt. As they wanted to stay on good terms with the landowner, they offered to blow up a large tree _ that had remained after part of a tree had been blown down in the storm. But Lord Hunt asked them not to damage the plant... | high23893.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to introduce a recent discovery of ancient relics"
},
"options": [
"to introduce a recent discovery of ancient relics",
"to call on people to protect the ancient relics",
"to warn the researchers not to do further analysis",
... | Archaeologists studying Stonehenge and its surrounding area say they've dug up the relics of an untouched, ancient campsite that dates back to 6,000 years--a find that could rewrite British prehistory.
"This is the most important discovery at Stonehenge in over 60 years," Professor Tim Darvill, a Bournemouth Universit... | high13950.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "back injuries"
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"options": [
"polio",
"back injuries",
"the operations she had",
"her bent spine"
],
"question": "The terrible pain Kahlo suffered was caused by _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},... | When Frida Kahlo's paintings were on show in London, a poet described her paintings as " a ribbon around a bomb". Such comments seem to suggest Kahlo had a big influence on the art world of her time. Sadly, she is actually _ today than she was during her time.
Born in 1907 in a village near Mexico City , Kahlo suffere... | high983.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "strange flying objects"
},
"options": [
"flying high up in the sky",
"strange flying objects",
"difficult to believe",
"very interested"
],
"question": "UFOs are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | It is sometimes said that strange flying objects have been seen high up in the sky. People call these strange objects Unidentified Flying Objects(UFOs). These UFOs caused a lot of interest. Some of the reports about them are difficult to believe. Some have been explained in scientific ways. Others have never been expla... | high22555.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "men's involvement in housework has increased"
},
"options": [
"men's ability to support a family has been improved",
"men's involvement in housework has increased",
"women's leisure time was taken up by heavy housework",
... | Why do people feel so rushed? Part of this is a perception problem. Generally, people in rich countries have more free time than they used to. This is particularly true in Europe, but even in America free time has been inching up. Women's paid work has risen a lot over this period,but their time in unpaid work,like c... | high9693.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They thought of ideas for helping other people."
},
"options": [
"They enjoyed different foods from the world.",
"They expressed thanks to their teachers.",
"They learnt about various Thanksgiving foods.",
"They thought... | For the kids in Matt Marciano's sixth-grade social studies class, Thanks-giving is a time for great ideas. "We look at different foods that people eat around the world," says Marciano. "The lesson," he explains, "teaches students to admit that some people are unlucky. And it also gets them thinking about Thanksgiving, ... | high24124.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To meet strict quality standards."
},
"options": [
"To develop knowledge and skills.",
"To help achieve your best.",
"To meet strict quality standards.",
"To benefit from excellent teaching."
],
"question": "Wha... | UK education is all about giving you inspiration to develop your knowledge and skills, freedom to be creative, and support to help you achieve your best.
On a UK course you will benefit from excellent teaching and facilities. In order to accept students, UK education centres must meet strict quality standards set by th... | high7866.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "attend a meeting"
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"options": [
"attend a meeting",
"meet a friend",
"visit a family member",
"see a doctor"
],
"question": "The author went to Orlando to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | In 2012, I had just recovered from a serious illness when I received an invitation to a writer's conference in Orlando, Florida. My family and friends persuaded me that a holiday might be just what the doctor ordered, so off I went.
Arriving in the Sunshine State was not easy, but I managed to catch a taxi to the hotel... | high13788.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "3D technology takes time to be accepted"
},
"options": [
"Hollywood tends to absorb what is new",
"3D technology takes time to be accepted",
"Hollywood struggles with every new technology",
"high technology helps to mak... | 3D cinema has been around since the early 20th century, but Hollywood brought the technology back in 2007. Many thought it was just a trick to make more money. But then came Avatar, the first must-see movie in 3D.
But since Avatar, 3D cinema has struggled. In 2010, several 3D movies bombed at the box office. And by... | high16828.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "take a boat to get there"
},
"options": [
"take a boat to get there",
"eat steaks at La Huella restaurant",
"find there is a large beautiful airport",
"find it's as developed as Thailand"
],
"question": "When vi... | Our world is full of tourist traps and crowds of people. What if you could get out ahead of the crowded people and visit a place before it started swarming with crowds of people?
Jose lgnacio, Uruguay
Only about 300 people actually live here, but in winter, Latin famous stars like Shakira gather here. A new luxury hote... | high10281.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To relieve the traffic problem in London."
},
"options": [
"To promote the bicycle industry in London.",
"To make London seem more friendly.",
"To reduce the air pollution in London",
"To relieve the traffic problem in ... | London has become a cycle-friendly zone after the launch of a new bike hire scheme. It has been designed to encourage more people to cycle in and around central London.
So how does it work?First you have to sign up to the scheme to be sent a key. The key will unlock one of the bikes, which are kept at docking station... | high18805.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He paid a lot to make his way to offeres from all Ivies."
},
"options": [
"He was born into a Nigerian family in the US.",
"He planted a tree once he moved to the US,",
"He was always welcome and popular in his schools.",
... | ELMONT, N. Y. (AP)---Elmont High School senior Harold Ekeh had a plan--he would apply to 13 colleges , including all eight Ivy League schools, figuring it would help his chances of getting into at least one great school.
It worked, And then some, The teenager from Long Island was accepted at all 13 schools, and now fac... | high10295.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "became famous"
},
"options": [
"became famous",
"liked newspapers",
"became tenacious",
"was relaxed"
],
"question": "After Wang Baoqiang starred \"Soldiers Sortie\", he _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_ques... | As we look back at 2007, there are some faces we cannot forget. Here we present three such people as we wave goodbye to 2007.
Wang Baoqiang
The lead actor of the 28-episode TV drama "Soldiers Sortie," Wang Baoqiang is the TV star with the highest attention in newspapers and magazines. Acting Xu Sanduo, a simple-minde... | high21048.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Amazed; Nervous; Relieved"
},
"options": [
"Relieved; Guilty; Nervous",
"Amazed; Nervous; Relieved",
"Frightened; Moved; Guilty",
"Frightened; Regretful; Relieved"
],
"question": "Which of the following words ca... | We have all heard the expression: "Remember to stop and smell the roses." But, how often do we really take time out of our hectic fast-paced lives to notice the world around us?
I am as guilty as anyone of tuning out the world in this manner, especially when I am driving on California's overcrowded streets. A short tim... | high18811.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It will protect plats to grow on the moon."
},
"options": [
"It is made of wood by scientists.",
"It is open for people who are on the Mars.",
"It can carry different kinds of plants to the moon.",
"It will protect plat... | The food on the moon has come a long way from the freeze - dried bread to half - dried food. They have changed a lot in the past few years. And now US scientists want to grow vegetables in mini - greenhouses on the moon.
Scientists say they are looking forward to a time when people on the moon or even Mars will be able... | high12482.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "He thought his son was doing the right thing."
},
"options": [
"He thought his son was doing the right thing.",
"He advised him to stay at school to complete his education.",
"He did not like the idea, but he helped Ron to fi... | At sixteen Ron Mackie might have stayed at school, but the future called to him excitedly. Get out the classroom into a job." it said, and Ron obeyed .His father ,supporting the decision, found a place for him in a supermarket. "You are lucky, Ron", he said. "For every boy with a job these days, there's a dozen without... | high23887.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They went to their families or friends"
},
"options": [
"They listened to the radio",
"They went to their families or friends",
"They watched TV programmes",
"They made telephone calls"
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"encourage people to go to work by bike",
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For some, that means photographing every dish, but others are taking it one step further. Sophia Hampton... | high9687.txt |
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"tell people how important it is to keep our skin healthy",
"remind people of the importance of tomatoes"... | Tomatoes are necessary in every kitchen, but hardly will you hear their cosmetic function. Not only do tomatoes taste great, but they also keep the skin healthy. It is good to consume tomatoes as they have lycopene , which is an antioxidant and hence works as a sunscreen from within. These antioxidants make the tomato... | high24130.txt |
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"before they become independent"
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"Reading By Lightning."
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By Cory Doctorow, 382 pages, $19.95
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},
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"telling a story to the wild animals",
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"shouting at the animals"
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"follow their own paths",
"tend to shout at people"
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Teenagers learn by closely observing what people around t... | high20418.txt |
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"answer": {
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],
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It is said that a man... | high16814.txt |
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Then , consider this: you might be in a state of sub - health .
Sub - health, also called the third state or gray state, is exp... | high5095.txt |
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},
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Luckily for this biologist, his lifelong passion for ants has led to a career rich in accomplishments and praise.... | high18839.txt |
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Who are qualified: Fulltime college students, above 18 years old
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Universities and exam boards... | high767.txt |
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One day Mr. Hadley told us that we would be required to come to the front of the class and read the reports that we had completed.
When my turn c... | high24118.txt |
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"answer_text": "Cells, tissues and organs of one's own."
},
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"Rejected cells, tissues and organs.",
"Cells, tissues and organs of one's own.",
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There are some special features of poetry, which make it qu... | high13978.txt |
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"He can only use his left hand.",
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},
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"A person who has heavy tax burden.",
"A youth who cannot get parental support.",
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I believe a common problem with Chin... | high8228.txt |
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"You're a real gentleman!",
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Specifically, praise that... | high9136.txt |
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"Smoking",
"High blood pressure.",
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"question_type":... | Common sense would tell us that physically active children may be more likely to become active and healthy adults.
In the United States, elementary and middle schools are advised to give students two and a half hours of physical activity a week. That is what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Americ... | high2063.txt |
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},
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"Because Grandpa was on constant move.",
"Because Dad's death made her lose her mind.",
"Because she thought a ci... | My House
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "be done by the president's order"
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The money making process begins when. a yearly order is sent by the Federal Reserve Board. T... | high4412.txt |
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},
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In the la... | high19500.txt |
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"answer_text": "Doris Lessing wins the Nobel Prize for Literature"
},
"options": [
"Doris Lessing writes \nThe Golden Notebook",
"Doris Lessing is a pioneer of modern feminism",
"Doris Lessing wins the Nobel Prize for Literature",
"Dor... | Doris Lessing was born in 1919 in Persia, moving as a child with her family to southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, where she stayed in school only to the age of 14.
A year after moving to London, she published her first novel in 1950.The Grass is Singingexamines unbridgeable racial conflict in colonial Africa through the... | high2705.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To avoid putting the ponies in danger"
},
"options": [
"To protect the tourists from being bitten",
"To keep the ponies off the petrol station",
"To avoid putting the ponies in danger",
"To prevent the ponies from fight... | "I see you've got a bit of water on your coat," said the man at the petrol station. "Is it raining out there?""No, it's pretty nice," I replied, checking my sleeve. "Oh, right. A pony bit me earlier."
As it happened, the bite was virtually painless: more the kind of small bite you might get from a naughty child. The p... | high10242.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the effect of tobacco tax increase"
},
"options": [
"the price of cigarettes",
"the rate of teen smoking",
"the effect of tobacco tax increase",
"the differences in tobacco tax rate"
],
"question": "The text is ... | Few laws are so effective that you can see results just days after they take effect. But in the nine days since the federal cigarette tax more than doubled----to $1.01 per pack---smokers have jammed telephone 'quit lines' across the country seeking to kick the habit.
This is not a surprise to public health advocates. ... | high20381.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "balance the pain"
},
"options": [
"balance the pain",
"treat snow-blindness",
"clear the vision",
"loosen the muscles"
],
"question": "When the eyes are sore tears are produced to _ .",
"question_type": "... | Many people believe the glare from snow causes snow-blindness. Yet, dark glasses or not , they find themselves suffering from headaches and watering eyes, and even snow-blindness, when exposed to several hours of "snow light". The United States Army has now determined that glare from snow does not cause snow-blindness ... | high6563.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Her cousin asked her to look after the dogs while she was away."
},
"options": [
"Her cousin asked her to look after the dogs while she was away.",
"Adam set traps so that he could meet Whitney frequently",
"She's going to ge... | Kiss of Death is a romantic detective story whose basic theme focuses totally on dogs.
Whitney Marshall had just gone through a divorce, appearing practically penniless while her husband, a promising plastic surgeon, was left with the property and the debts, and his new wife. Whitney seeks help from her cousin, Mirand... | high23688.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "they all have the same amount of fat"
},
"options": [
"one has more fat than the other two",
"they all cost the same amount of money",
"one has less fat than the others",
"they all have the same amount of fat"
],
... | When you enter a supermarket, you see shelves full of food. You walk between the shelves. You carry a shopping basket and your food is in it.
You probably hear soft, slow music as you walk between the shelves. If you hear fast music, you walk quickly. The supermarket plays slow music. You walk slowly and have more time... | high9650.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The style of humor lacked creativity."
},
"options": [
"He represents something with a grassroots feel.",
"The style of humor lacked creativity.",
"He speaks with a northeast accent.",
"He became famous overnight."
... | Even if he is not the most liked comedian in China today, his popularity certainly has risen the fastest within the last two months.
He's "Little Shenyang", who came into national fame overnight after his appearance on CCTV's Spring Festival Gala. With his funny cross-dressing, unique northeastern accent and superb imi... | high12455.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "should be respected by all of us"
},
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"should be respected by all of us",
"have to gather more life experience",
"may be regarded as our heavy burden",
"must change their attitude to the community"
],
... | As life expectancy increases nowadays, the average person lives well beyond the age of retirement. As a result, the elderly make up an ever-increasing percentage of society, which makes it more important than ever for a real effort to be made in improving the lives of senior citizens.
One way to deal with the situation... | high9888.txt |
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