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"answer_text": "its support for anti-global warming moves"
},
"options": [
"its booming economy",
"its support for anti-global warming moves",
"its development in key industries",
"its efficiency in energy use"
],
"question": "... | BALl, Indonesia-China, a booming economy known for its air pollution and rising greenhouse gas emissions , is winning praise at an international climate confernce for its efforts to clean up and support anti-global warming moves.
Some experts believe prefix = st1 /Chinahas surpassed theUnited Statesas the world's emit... | high18352.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "learn the value of money"
},
"options": [
"show off their wealth",
"let them make more money",
"let children manage family finance",
"learn the value of money"
],
"question": "Parents give their children allowan... | Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance. The purpose is to let children learn from experience at an age when financial mistakes are not very costly.
The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to family. Timing is another consideration... | high14568.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "fake cell phones"
},
"options": [
"fake cell phones",
"electronic products",
"Spring Festival Gala",
"Olympics buildings"
],
"question": "The Chinese word \"Shanzhai\" may have its origin in _ .",
"questio... | The Chinese word"Shanzhai" means a small mountain village, but now it becomes an accepted name for fakes after" Shanzhai cell phones " produced by small workshops in southern China ,became popular in the mainland market over the past few years.
Besides" Shanzhai" electronic products, there are "Shanzhai" movies, "Shan... | high1740.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "rose from a low social class"
},
"options": [
"rose from a low social class",
"had an unhappy marriage",
"lived with a dog alone on a farm",
"won the championship in the Britain's Got Talent show"
],
"question":... | When 47yearold volunteer Susan Boyle stepped onto the stage of Britain's Got Talent and announced she was unemployed, had never been married and "never been kissed, actually", few in the audience would have wondered why. This Ms Boyle, looking unfashionable, from a village in Scotland, shocked the three judges and the ... | high12119.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Watching TV can make children violent."
},
"options": [
"Children should choose positive programs.",
"Watching TV can make children violent.",
"Children should keep away from TV.",
"Parents should watch less TV."
],... | Watching television makes it easier for toddlers to kick and scream, according to a US study.Children under two should not watch any TV.The longer they sit in front of TV,the worse their behavior becomes.
Just having the TV on in the background, even if the child wasn't watching it,was also connected to troublemaking... | high7331.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Patients."
},
"options": [
"Patients.",
"Visitors.",
"Doctors",
"Nurses"
],
"question": "Who do you think the listeners might be?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer... | Hello, Listeners. Welcome to Henton Hospital Radio. Before our music programme at four, I'm going to repeat some of our hospital rules.
The hospital can sleep 800 patients. There're 8 beds in each ward . The visiting hours are in the afternoon from 2:30 to 3:30 and in the evening from 7:00 to 8:00. But remember only t... | high8002.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "On August 29, 2012."
},
"options": [
"On July 15, 2012.",
"On August 29, 2012.",
"On August 31, 2012.",
"On September 2, 2012."
],
"question": "When did Nicola and her daughter come across the message-in-bottle?... | A romantic message-in-a-bottle discovered by a mother and daughter at a Scottish beach has sparked a mystery about whether it could have travelled 5,000 miles across the seas from China.
Nicola MacFarlane, 41, and daughter Lucy, four, from Portobello, near Edinburgh, were looking for driftwood on Portobello Beach whe... | high7457.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a rock music camp for music lovers"
},
"options": [
"a music course for the elderly people",
"a pop club for professional musicians",
"a rock music camp for music lovers",
"a studio for wealthy businessmen"
],
"... | Long before they became doctors, lawyers, CEO's or real estate developers, they played in garage bands and maybe even dreamed of becoming rock stars. That's why they signed up for Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp.
For nearly a week, the mostly middle-aged "campers" had practiced in the West 54th Street studios. They came fro... | high15110.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "its gold coast and the surfing condition"
},
"options": [
"miles and miles of beautiful beaches",
"its gold coast and the surfing condition",
"wild animals and the botanical gardens",
"the quiet and beautiful environmen... | Even though Brisbane is all about sun and surfing during the summer, spring time still brings a nice change to the place. That entire region is known as the gold coast, and it extends miles and miles of beaches with some of the best surfing condition in the world. In fact, you would be more pressed for time if you are ... | high8764.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "get money from any LEA when he has finished his course"
},
"options": [
"get money if he is taking a first degree course",
"be unable to get money from any LEA",
"get money from any LEA when he has finished his course",
... | Money Matters for Students
GETTING A GRANT
Who pays?
The local education authority (LEA) for the area in which the student is living.
Who can get this money?
Anyone who gets a place on a first degree course,although a student who has already attended a course of advanced further education may not.Students must also ha... | high6991.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "experiencing Chilean life as an exchange student"
},
"options": [
"paying a visit to Chile as a tourist",
"working as a volunteer of the American Field Service",
"studying Chilean culture as a college student",
"experie... | Last year I lived in Chile for half a year as an exchange student with the American Field Service. Compared to most visitors, I didn't travel much. I lived with a Chilean family and had the responsibilities of any Chilean teenager. I went to school every day, in uniform. I had good days and bad days and days that I did... | high13561.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He considered reading part of his life."
},
"options": [
"He never watched TV.",
"He read what he had to.",
"He found reading unbelievable.",
"He considered reading part of his life."
],
"question": "What can be... | I grew up in a house where the TV was seldom turned on and with one wall in my bedroom entirely lined with bookshelves, most of my childhood was spent on books I could get hold of. In fact, I grew up thinking of reading as natural as breathing and books unbelievably powerful in shaping perspectives by creating worlds w... | high1026.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "he loves dogs and pets"
},
"options": [
"he loves dogs and pets",
"it was too cold outside",
"he wanted to buy a dog",
"he wanted to see the boy"
],
"question": "The author entered the animal shelter because _... | Six years ago, I walked into a local animal shelter on a cold, rainy day. Although my house was already full of cats and dogs, I still couldn't resist an occasional visit to the shelter. This time as I was walking down the row of pens full of barking dogs I noticed a small boy looking into one of them.
He had a malnou... | high22964.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "they released a lot of methane"
},
"options": [
"they ate everything they found",
"they usually had a good appetite",
"they released a lot of methane",
"there were too many dinosaurs on earth"
],
"question": "Sc... | Around 200 million years ago, the earth was 18 degrees warmer than it is now. That might be a bit hot for humans, but it was just right for the giant dinosaurs that wandered about the earth during the Mesozoic era. A new study found that planteating dinosaurs may have contributed to the warming of the earthby releas... | high6749.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a popular newspaper"
},
"options": [
"a serious newspaper",
"foreign newspaper",
"any independent paper",
"a popular newspaper"
],
"question": "If you want to get pleasure, please buy yourself _ .",
"quest... | Newspapers in Great Britain _ greatly in their ways of carrying the news. There are serious papers for those who want to know about important happenings everywhere, both at home and abroad. There are popular newspapers for those who prefer entertainment to information.
The London newspaper that is best known outside Gr... | high5240.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "telling when they need to take medicine"
},
"options": [
"telling when they need to take medicine",
"finding what is he best medicine for them",
"remembering the names of their medicine",
"knowing how to keep healthy an... | One in 400 children in the United States has diabetes . And the most difficult thing for the young diabetic patients is that many of them don't have a clear idea when they need to take insulin(a drug used in treating diabetes).The parents of one Long Island boy found the perfect solution--Hero, a specially trained dog ... | high3631.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Between para.3 and para.4"
},
"options": [
"Between para.1 and para.2",
"Between para.2 and para.3",
"Between para.3 and para.4",
"Between para.4 and para.5"
],
"question": "According to the context, where do yo... | Why do 33% of the households in the USA have cats? And how do you explain why there are 16 million more pet cats than dogs? Yes, kittens are adorable .Yes, they can grow up to be good mousers and are very entertaining to watch.And yes, cats are independent and don't require as much care as dogs.But research shows cats... | high11376.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Urban Sprawl"
},
"options": [
"Weekend Fun",
"Urban Sprawl",
"New Automobiles",
"Isolated Villages"
],
"question": "What is mainly discussed in the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
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"answer": {
... | When did you last visit a shopping mall? In many places, the answer would be "last weekend." Some people go even more often. Why? For one thing, malls offer goods and services that people need all in one place: food, clothing, things for their houses, entertainment, even medical services. So, are malls one of the highl... | high16419.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "you had to stay in a low-grade hotel"
},
"options": [
"you could pay $400 for a basic room",
"you had to stay in a low-grade hotel",
"you could take a suite into account",
"you would have no comfortable place to live in... | Not willing to pay $400 for a basic room or upwards of $1,200 for a suite at a luxury hotel? We hear you. In the past, this meant having to put up with cheap hotels. Essentially, you got what you paid for. But all that's changed, as mid-level hotels have begun competing for a population that travels more then ever. Eve... | high13559.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "suits different conditions"
},
"options": [
"helps save sea water a lot",
"suits different conditions",
"is completely different from greenhouse agriculture",
"suits the production of corn"
],
"question": "It ca... | Farming is moving indoors, where the sun never shines, where rainfall is irrelevant and where the climate is always right. The perfect crop field could be inside a windowless building with controlled light, temperature, wetness, air quality and nutrition. It could be in a New York high-rise or a sprawling complex in ... | high8984.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "many people died during the war in vain"
},
"options": [
"he tried to get involved in politics",
"the nuclear bomb could be built by German scientists",
"many people died during the war in vain",
"President Franklin per... | Einstein's connection with the politics of the nuclear bomb is well known: He signed the letter to President Franklin Roosevelt that persuaded the United States to take the idea seriously, and he engaged in postwar efforts to prevent nuclear war. But these were not just the isolated actions of a scientist dragged into ... | high6771.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "People should cut down on sugar intake for the sake of their health."
},
"options": [
"The production of candies should be forbidden.",
"There is a connection between sugar intake and bad teeth.",
"Fruit and vegetables contai... | While sweet treats can be hard to resist, the World Health Organization(WHO) has set new guidelines for people around the world. The guidelines, released on Wednesday, advise that both adults and children cut back on their sugar intake to stay healthy.
In a statement, Francesco Branca, director of the WHO's nutrition ... | high14236.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Stevie was mentally disabled"
},
"options": [
"Stevie was not that reliable.",
"Stevie was mentally disabled",
"Stevie was too short and fat.",
"Stevie was bad-tempered"
],
"question": "Why did the author have d... | I try not to be biased but I had my doubts about hiring Stevie. His social worker assured me that he would be a good, reliable busboy. But I had never had a mentally handicapped employee. He was short, a little fat, with the smooth facial features and thick-togued speech of Down's Syndrome . I thought most of my custom... | high15128.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "people can have birthday parties"
},
"options": [
"children are not allowed to swim alone",
"lifeguards are on duty 24 hours a day",
"people can have birthday parties",
"special lessons in diving are offered to adults"
... | Sunshine Sports Center One of the most modern sports centers in town, the Sunshine Sports Center is not just a sports club but much more!
With a swimming pool for adults and teens, and a smaller one for children, our center has something for all the members of the family.Parents can relax while children play in the ... | high12647.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "banning all the people from entering the Internet after 10 p.m."
},
"options": [
"demanding the Internet Cafes to be far away from schools",
"telling the students about the dangers of game addiction",
"training counselors to ... | In South Korea, children get used to the Internet at an early age. A survey last year by the Ministry of information and Communication showed that nearly half of children between the age of 3 and 5 use the internet.
"In south Korea, _ , said Lee Kyong Ko, a professor at Duksing, Women's University in Seoul.
Online role... | high3609.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "5"
},
"options": [
"2",
"3",
"4",
"5"
],
"question": "We can put the sentence \"But the biggest change was still to come\" at the beginning of Paragraph _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{... | For many students in the UK today, deciding whether or not to go to university can be as much about affordability as it is about ambition and aspiration.
In the past, students in the UK could apply to a university or college. They were sure that even if they came from a low income family, their tuition fees and some of... | high16421.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "after he had listened to a famous piece of music"
},
"options": [
"because he was blind since birth",
"after he had listened to a famous piece of music",
"when he got a scholarship to study in America",
"since he was bo... | A Tchaikovsky concerto is what made Romel Joseph fall in love with the violin.
He learned how to play in Haiti, where he was born, but a Fulbright scholarship brought him to the United States, and he finally earned a master's degree, reports CBS News reporter Katie Couric. Music had changed his life. He wanted to do th... | high4166.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a medical magazine"
},
"options": [
"a medical magazine",
"a travel journal",
"a doctor's diary",
"a physics textbook"
],
"question": "You would most likely find the article in _ .",
"question_type": "clo... | Scientists have found that human eyes are more likely to be damaged by UV rays while skiing in the snow-covered areas than sitting on the beach, according to a report by the UK newspaper The Telegraph.
The researchers at Kanazawa Medical University, Japan and American company Johnson conducted the study together. They... | high19712.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They gave him some money"
},
"options": [
"They didn't care for him",
"They gave him some money",
"They refused to let him work with them",
"They laughed at him"
],
"question": "How did the men working on the ro... | On a cold winter morning in the late 1930s, Bobby awoke early. It was a day that Bobby would never forget. Bobby, his brother and his mother were once again abandoned by his father. When times got hard, the man left home. Bobby wasn't surprised. He must take the responsibility for caring for his family.
He put on the... | high20193.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "prevent the spread of rumors on the Internet"
},
"options": [
"limit the number of microblogs",
"advance the development of microblogs",
"prevent the spread of rumors on the Internet",
"urge the government to react quic... | With only a click of the mouse, rumors can be forwarded between microblogs very quickly. As an example, recently, perceptive netizens discovered that some photos displayed on microblogs depicting Beijing's June rainstorm had actually been _ .
Sina.com is one of the major internet portals in China with hundreds and tho... | high5278.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "encouraging us to do some voluntary work."
},
"options": [
"explaining different projects for volunteers",
"calling in volunteers for sightseeing projects",
"showing us the advantages of volunteers",
"encouraging us to ... | As a volunteer, you will discover the unique opportunity of visiting the real world beyond the tourist window and became immersed in the culture you visit. For most travelers, this time spent working on meaningful projects, and getting to know the local area and its people, is often cited as their most memorable, enjoy... | high10050.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "to feel whether y our lips move or not"
},
"options": [
"to hold a piece of paper between them",
"to stop yourself talking to others",
"to tell others to be silent",
"to feel whether y our lips move or not"
],
"... | Perhaps you have been told about some habits which stop a person reading fast, and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have.
Do you still have any of these bad habits7 Check yourself by answering "yes" or "no" to
these questions:
1. Do you move your lips when reading silently?
2. Do you poi... | high2271.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "heard about a crime involving a cell phone"
},
"options": [
"got her cell phone lost by chance",
"found a cell phone with blood on it",
"heard about a crime involving a cell phone",
"did research on cell phones"
],
... | Your cell phone holds secrets about you. Besides the names and numbers that you've programmed into it, traces of your DNA remain on it, according to a new study.
DNA is genetic material that appears in every cell. Like your fingerprint, your DNA is unique to you --- unless you have an identical twin. Scientists today u... | high10736.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "My First Impressions ofQatar"
},
"options": [
"The New Life with My Employers",
"General Observation of Qataris",
"My Adventure in the CzechRepublic",
"My First Impressions ofQatar"
],
"question": "The best titl... | Hoorah!I have escaped the Czech Republic! I am now wearing light clothing and sunglasses, although the _ today,as it is cool and overcast with cloud and it has rained slightly.
The city of Qatar is flat and sandy with few trees -- mostly palms. You can see construction everywhere, new streets with hotels and apart... | high17059.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because she didn't want to be left out."
},
"options": [
"Because she wanted to win in all games.",
"Because she didn't want to be left out.",
"Because she intended to be a normal student.",
"Because she hoped to do som... | Anne Sanders was practicing soccer moves, which was not normal. Usually, Anne only plays basketball. She wins every basketball game she plays, and she loses at any other game. "Anne", I waved to her. "Why are you playing soccer?"
"Well, the gym teacher is doing something different," she said. "There are teams of four ... | high16347.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "reflect the great changes in the American literary world"
},
"options": [
"show his talent and heroic life to us",
"draw us into a fascinating universe",
"provide insight into his family",
"reflect the great changes in ... | We considered a list of the best American books. Here are five that may help accurately show the national character. Most from a century or so ago, they still entertain, teach, and inspire:
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
First published in 1851, the adventure stories of Captain Ahab and his monomaniacal pursuit of the w... | high4600.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A woman in good figure."
},
"options": [
"An experienced climber.",
"A strong-minded woman.",
"A woman in good figure.",
"An enthusiastic woman."
],
"question": "Which of the following is not a must for the inte... | Would you like to join an all-women' s expedition to Annapurna? You must be an experienced high altitude climber, strong, enthusiastic and a hard worker! If you think this is for YOU, please contact: Arlene Blum, Berkeley, California, USA.
Many women wrote to them from all over the world, but they could only choose ten... | high19074.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It was the social practice."
},
"options": [
"It was a very easy job.",
"She had no work to do.",
"It was the social practice.",
"She lived with her father."
],
"question": "Why did Jorjan Sarich caregiver for h... | A daughter's duty? Adult daughters are often expected to caregiver for older parents. In 2007, Jorjan Sarich and her dad moved from California to Idaho. It was where he wanted to live his rest time.
"I left my occupation, I left my friends; he did the same thing," said Sarich, who bought a house with her father, George... | high11428.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "By paying close attention to the local rugby team."
},
"options": [
"By taking part in the local rugby team.",
"By watching the rugby matches in Limoges,",
"By playing often with the people in Limoges.",
"By paying clos... | I have been in Limoges for a month now. since living here, I have tried to integrate into the local community and one way I have found to do this is by following the local rugby team.
I decided to look for information on the local rugby team after the tourism office could not help me. I searched for the club office on... | high12121.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "More mothers wasn't working outside and was able to afford to look after children ."
},
"options": [
"More mothers wasn't working outside and was able to afford to look after children .",
"American school systems were better than n... | WASHINGTON--Laura Straub is a very worried woman. Her job is to find families for French teenagers who expect to live with American families in the summer.
It is not easy, even hopeless.
"We have many children left to place--40 out of 75," said Straub, who works for a Paris-based foreigner-exchange program started 50 y... | high7309.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "emphasize the sharp contrast between now and then"
},
"options": [
"support the fact that more women are working now",
"show that few graduates started working right after graduation",
"demonstrate that there were much fewer ... | "I'm a little worried about my future."said Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate.He should be so lucky.All he had to worry about was whether to have an affair with Mrs. Robinson.In the sixties,that was the total sum of post-graduation anxiety.
Hoffman's modem peers are not so fortunate.The Mrs. Robinsons aren't sitting aroun... | high6017.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "He was bored with his life there."
},
"options": [
"He was bored with his life there.",
"To attract people's attention.",
"To help advertise the songs.",
"His friend asked him to do so."
],
"question": "Why did ... | "I would say, no matter what people tell you, anything can happen." That's the message Internet singer Austin Mahone says at We Day, an event for young people in Canada.
When he was 14,Austin and a friend began uploading pop songs to musical websites."I was just doing it because we had nothing to do, living in a small ... | high14550.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "e-mail"
},
"options": [
"e-mail",
"a letter",
"a newspaper",
"a report"
],
"question": "The Smiths send their message to Cassy by _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | Dear Cassy,
Thanks for reminding me by e-mail that you want to baby-sit our children. Although you are only 12 years old, my wife and I would be willing to consider your application if you can meet a few requirements:
1)Send us three letters from teachers who will prove that you have never failed to follow instruction... | high9324.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the more difficulties you may have abroad"
},
"options": [
"the fewer difficulties you may have abroad",
"the more difficulties you may have abroad",
"the more money you will earn abroad",
"the less homesick you will fe... | Experts say it is not easy to get used to life in a new culture. " Culture shock" is the term these experts use when talking about the feelings that people have in a new environment. There are three stages of culture shock, say the experts. In the first stage, the newcomers like their new environment. Then, when the fr... | high1778.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "On a winter Sunday."
},
"options": [
"On a dull Sunday.",
"On a warm Sunday.",
"On a summer Sunday.",
"On a winter Sunday."
],
"question": "When did the trip most probably happen?",
"question_type": "factiod... | One Sunday a few of us decided to take advantage of the first sunny day we'd have for ages to take a trip down to the coast to visit the penguins again. Last time I went down there was a couple of months ago and it was a dull cold day. Sunday couldn't have been more different -- clear skies and sunshine made it feel li... | high15896.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "save a man's life"
},
"options": [
"meet his father for the last time",
"put out a really big fire",
"save a man's life",
"do a scientific experiment"
],
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"sit on the ground"
],
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"question": "If the writer were short of money, he would prefer _ .",
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"Remind drivers to drive slowly.",
"Frighten them away from the road.",
"Advise drivers to choose another way."
],
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"they consider it wrong to complain",
"they don't want to waste their time",
"they don't want to become unpopular"
],
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People like different kinds of vacations. Some go camping. They swim, fish, cook over a fire and sleep outside. Others like to stay at a hotel in an exciting city. They go shopping all day and go dancing all night. Or maybe they go sightseeing to places such as Disneyland, the Tai Mahan or the Louve... | high2265.txt |
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"True love lasts forever.",
"Be matched for marriage.",
"Love waits for no man."
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"There is little we can do to prevent global warming.",
"Global warming can incr... | We sometimes think global warming or climate change is a problem very far away from our lives, and that only the government needs to worry about it. But it's hardly possible to completely stay out of it scientists are now 95 percent sure that humans have been the "
cause" of global warming trends since the 1950s.
One ... | high16353.txt |
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"They can be applied to medical practice.",
"They are potentially beneficial ... | A firm handshake could be a sign of a longer life expectancy , according to British researchers. Scientists at the Medical Research Council found that elderly people who could still give a firm handshake and walk at a quick pace were likely to outlive their slower peers.
They found simple measures of physical capabili... | high19060.txt |
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"Exceptional diligence.",
"Intellectual maturity.",
"Higher ambition."
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "needs alone lead to insatiable demands"
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"needs come from our sense of superiority",
"needs alone lead to insatiable demands",
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"He understood Sonora's story.",
"He wanted to encourage the public.",
"He knew dads in the US are hard working."
],
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"the superiority of football",
"the different tastes of people for sports",
"the different characteristics of sports"
],
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"Income",
"Age",
"Marriage"
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Chinese people do not have the same concept of privacy as Americans do. They talk about topics ... | high19706.txt |
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"pollen is active below freezing point",
"the weather is too cold for viru... | An allergy is a strong reaction to a substance. Many things can cause allergies. The most common cause is pollen , which is usually produced by trees in the spring, grasses in the summer and weeds in the fall, as part of their reproductive process.
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"why rainy days are boring",
"the children never like rainy days",
"the ways to play games with children"
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"It is a day to wear carnations",
"It is a day for people to visit the cemetery",
"It is a day for many people to atte... | People in the United States honor their parents with two special days: Mother's Day, on the second Sunday in May, and Father's Day, on the third Sunday in June.
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"unhappy",
"responsible"
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To show us how he designed his book."
},
"options": [
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"To introduce his famous work.",
"To make up a sentence with \"what if\".",
"To show us how he designed his book."
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"answer_text": "A young man saved a baby after car crash"
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"A traffic accident in Springvale",
"A young man saved a baby after car crash",
"A young man did what he should do"
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But the child's 33-year-old mother, from End... | high22948.txt |
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"They are more convenient to read.",
"You can choose the kind of voice you want to hear.",
"You can easily ... | Sometime in the next century, the familiar early-newspaper on the front porch will disappear. And instead of reading your newspaper, it will read to you. You'll get up and turn on the computer newspaper just like switching on the TV An electronic voice will distribute stories about the latest events, guided by a p... | high6765.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Our ankles are stronger than our wrists."
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"Crawling is an efficient way to work out.",
"The city of Zhengzhou is the origin of crawling.",
"Crawling can burn m... | Every few years comes a fitness trend that has people scratching their heads in amazement. "Crunning" will probably be one of them. The "c" stands for "crawling" . This new sport needs two-legged humans running on all fours!
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},
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"is angry with his parents",
"keeps himself away from his parents",
"begins to dislike his parents"
],
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Tina and Mark noticed similar changes in their 1... | high8748.txt |
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"fame and honor",
"character and spirit",
"persons and things"
],
"question": "The valuable thing to Marie Curie was _ .",
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"Both are on the banks of the Thames.",
"Both have vast spaces and special shapes.",
"Both exhibit modern and contemporary art."
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British Museum... | high12653.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Soil that is not very deep."
},
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"Epiphytes that grow on trees' trunks.",
"Soil that is not very deep.",
"The worsening of the natural environment."
],
"qu... | Plants that live in the rainforest have adapted in amazing ways to several very difficult conditions. This means that the plant has changed something in its "body" or "habits" to make it easier to survive in difficult conditions. There are several conditions they have had to adapted to. First, the soil of the forest fl... | high18430.txt |
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},
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"They should copy others' ideas.",
"They should change some facts to make them interesting.",
"They should desc... | Write a winning story!
You could win PS1,000 in this year's Fiction Prize and have your story printed in Keep Writing magazine. Ten other lucky people will win a cheque for PS100.
Once again, we need people who can write good stories. The judges, who include Mary Littlejohn, the novelist, Michael Brown, the television ... | high5244.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "dog owners have trouble renting"
},
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"many people treat their pets badly",
"keeping a dog is easy",
"dogs are too much trouble"
],
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"answer": {
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},
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"they wanted to help the children out of trouble",
"they couldn't have children of their own",
"they couldn't be... | Sally Donovan is cooking when a paper plane flies across the kitchen and lands at her feet. She picks it up, unfolds it and finds a child's sketch of a tear-stained face with a speech bubble saying: "I'm sorry I was naughty--I'm a bad person."
Sally, 42, draws a big smiley face on the back of the paper with "I love y... | high13565.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"be honest and always tell the whole truth even if it hurts",
"look friendly and... | Have you ever wondered when people will make up their minds to become friends? Dr. Leon answered the question in his book, "During their first four minutes together! Whenever you meet someone in a social situation, remember to focus your undivided attention on him for four minutes. That would change a lot of people's w... | high8760.txt |
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"a company developing computer games",
"a computer game on climate change",
"a player in charge of computer games"
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A British-made computer game on trial release on Monday creates different ways of doing just that.
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"answer_text": "Jessica didn't really like working as a lawyer."
},
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"Jessica didn't know what she truly loved for ten years.",
"Jessica wasn't satisfied with the pay she got as ... | Both of Jessica's parents were lawyers and expected her to follow suit. So she went to law school, got a job at a great firm in Washington, DC, and worked as a lawyer for a decade. But her heart was never in it. "I had a big salary but no personal satisfaction," she says.
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Chinese has become popular among foreign kids."
},
"options": [
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"Chinese can be more difficult to learn.",
"In America, Chinese is the second most popular foreign language aft... | While English is getting more important in our schools, Chinese has become popular among foreign kids. But Chinese can be more difficult to learn. At least 16-year-old Piao Chenglong thinks so. "English is easier for me. Chinese characters have too many strokes ," said Piao. "But I want to learn it. I want to study at... | high8006.txt |
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"answer_text": "a good writer may not be a good speaker"
},
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"a good writer is always a good speaker",
"a speechless person always writes well",
"a good writer will find himself sp... | Have you ever heard the old saying ,"Never judge a book by its cover" ?This is a good rule to follow when trying to judge the intelligence of others. Some people have minds that shine only in certain situations. A young people with an unusual gift in writing may find himself speechless in the presence of a pretty girl ... | high15672.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The dying soldier was filled with love."
},
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"Lincoln only signed his name in the letter instead of the soldier's.",
"The soldier was the only child in his family.",
... | President Abraham Lincoln often visited hospitals to talk with wounded soldiers during the Civil War.Once,Lincoln went over to the bedside of a young dying soldier.
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "night owls may earn more money than morning people"
},
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"morning people show higher intelligence from an early age",
"night owls may earn more money th... | Early risers are most likely to be healthy, wealthy and wise, according to the old saying. But those who are early to bed and early to rise do not always have advantages, researchers say. They have found that night owls are generally brighter and wealthier than those who are able to get up early in the morning.
Expert... | high9318.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Hopeless."
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"Confused.",
"Energetic."
],
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},
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"practiced skills on Chinese expression",
"his cleverness",
"special humour with a Peking accent"
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"answer": {
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},
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"It is extremely beautiful.",
"It is used to make water clean.",
"It is made of eco-friendly materials."
],
"question": "What is special... | President Barack Obama rode a bicycle at the White House Science Fair on April 22. But it wasn't an ordinary bike. As he pedaled, the President stayed in place, while the energy from his pedaling powered a water filtration system. He was testing an invention created by a team of 14 students from Northeast High School... | high5522.txt |
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"answer": {
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"the pilot's qualification",
"the air traffic controller",
"the airline company"
],
"question": "According to the passage, it was _ that ma... | Has anyone been prepared for the possibility that unexpected poor visibility will stop the pilot from landing? If your pilot is forced to turn back only for his lack of passing a certain test, you will be certainly shocked. This very thing happened to the passengers on Flight BE1431 on Thursday. Just minutes before l... | high17065.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "his mother left home for an operation"
},
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"his mother told them all she wanted was for them to be happy",
"his mother left home for an operation",
"his mother died"
],
"questi... | People say that a mother's love knows no boundaries. This is true when it comes to my mother. She has given up many things so that my sisters and I could live a better life.
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"answer": {
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"answer": {
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"China's childbirth"
],
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
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"criminal",
"harmful",
"costly"
],
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Some choices for monitoring and controlling kid's internet use"
},
"options": [
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"Some choices for monitoring and controlling kid's internet use",
"It is difficult to monitor a... | If your child has mobile internet access, it will be more difficult to monitor and control his or her internet use. Kids are turning to the internet for everything from hanging out with friends to shopping, which makes it harder for parents to keep track of their online activities. Fortunately, there are many choices ... | high5536.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Book lovers."
},
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"Educators.",
"Book lovers.",
"Parents."
],
"question": "Who is the potential readers of the passage ?",
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},
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "People's music preferences have deep connections with their social lives"
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"options": [
"People's music preferences have deep connections with their social lives",
"Children don't like the songs that their parents like because th... | Our lives and our songs
Do you ever listen to the songs that your parents like? Chances are that you don't. You probably think the music that they like is old and dull and that the songs on your playlist are much cooler.
But here is what scientists found recently : People's music tastes change as they age, accor... | high17071.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "learn squirrels' influence on black walnut trees"
},
"options": [
"find out the living conditions for squirrels",
"learn squirrels' influence on black walnut trees",
"do something to get rid of squirrels",
"save the for... | Winter begins in the north on December 22nd. People and animals have been doing what they always do to prepare for the colder months. Squirrels , for example, have been busy gathering nuts from trees. Well, scientists have been busy gathering information about what the squirrels do with the food they collect.
They exa... | high4628.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To buy some books from a bookstore."
},
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"To prepare for a meal.",
"To arrange the furniture in a special way.",
"To buy some books from a bookstore.",
"To \"write\" a letter with the computer."
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"... | If you look up the word "create" in the dictionary , you will find it means "to bring into being, to cause something each of us does daily to exist".
We are creative whenever we look at or think about something in a new way. First, this includes an awareness of our surroundings.It means using all of our senses to becom... | high11400.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "In a movie poster"
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"In a biology report.",
"In a student's textbook.",
"In a movie poster"
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"question": "Where can we most probably find this text?",
"question_typ... | The Ant Bully
Actor: Julia Roberts -- Hova(voice) Nicolas Cage--Zoc (voice)
Language: English
Run Time: 1Hour 25 Minutes
Price: Mon--Fri$30(VIP:18) $ 15 (Children under 7)
Sat.--Sun.--$40 (VIP:28) $ 20 (Children under 7)
Lucas Nickel is often bullied by the big boy in his neighborhood. Because he cannot fight b... | high20805.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "had trouble walking and talking"
},
"options": [
"was unconscious of everything",
"had trouble walking and talking",
"got over injuries completely",
"went back to her work"
],
"question": "Within five years afte... | Ginny Ruffner is one of the best-known glass artists in the United States. Her one-of-a-kind pieces are colorful, detailed and often humorous. Over the years, she became famous for a method called lamp working, also known as flame working. It involves using a torch to melt and shape the glass instead of blowing on it.
... | high15666.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To advise the readers to learn a local language when abroad."
},
"options": [
"To share his or her experience of learning a foreign language.",
"To tell the readers the advantages of knowing a foreign language.",
"To give the... | When I started a degree in English language, I hadn't intended to study abroad, not to mention starting learning German. But having recently returned from my year abroad in Germany, I can say that making the effort to learn the language really enriched my experience.
With language translation technology advancing all t... | high8012.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They are willing to take difficult tasks."
},
"options": [
"They should be given top jobs.",
"They are willing to take difficult tasks.",
"They are better than those who are competent and intelligent.",
"They must have ... | Today, when there are many top graduates looking for top jobs, graduates can differentiate themselves by obtaining a double major or even a double degree. Increasingly, employers are looking for individuals who are not only competent and intelligent, but who have different skill sets and who are knowledgeable in many ... | high1988.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "How to beat test anxiety."
},
"options": [
"How to beat test anxiety.",
"What is test anxiety.",
"The effects of test anxiety.",
"Experience test anxiety will help you."
],
"question": "The best title of the pas... | Do you blank out or feel so nervous in exams that you have trouble writing answers to questions that you knew just last night? If so, you likely have a case of test anxiety.
But, don't be afraid. By recognizing the problem, you are taking the first step towards overcoming it.
Believe it or not, a touch of nervousness c... | high7321.txt |
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