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"answer_text": "they were frightened by what they had heard in the house"
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"they were found out",
"they were frightened by what they had heard in the house",
"they didn't work together well with each other",
"mice stoppe... | Two thieves came to a house to steal something. They dug a hole in the wall of the house. There lived many mice in the house. The woman in the moonlight saw a mouse crawl into the house."Look!In comes one,"she said to the man in the house. The thief was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said ... | high14578.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They can tell whether people are lying."
},
"options": [
"They can fool other people.",
"They can find out the hidden drugs.",
"They can tell whether people are lying.",
"They can understand language better."
],
... | People who have lost the ability to understand or use words due to brain damage are called aphasics . Such patients can be extremely good at something else. From the changing expressions on speakers' faces and the tones of their voices, they can tell lies from truths.
Doctors studying the human brain have given a numbe... | high1750.txt |
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"answer_text": "Where the Wild Things Are and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"
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"Charlotte's Web and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz",
"Where the Wild Things Are and Winnie-the-Pooh",
"Where the Wild Things Are and The Wonderful Wizard ... | Winnie-the-Pooh
By A. A. Milne
Winnie-the-Pooh has been introduced and reintroduced to generation after generation as a model of a child's best friend. However, not everyone has found Pooh is lovely. This classic has been banned in a variety of countries at one point. So why would anyone ever want to keep children from... | high13217.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he was full of different ideas and dreams"
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"options": [
"he slept and dreamed a lot",
"he was full of different ideas and dreams",
"he invented the first roller skates",
"he always made people's dreams come true"
... | At present time, roller skating is easy and fun. But many years ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, people never tried skating on wheels. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin's work was making instruments . In his free time he liked to play the violin. Merlin was a man with many ideas and m... | high1036.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "organizations"
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"options": [
"branch offices",
"churches",
"hospitals",
"organizations"
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"question": "Hungry for Change and Oxfam are two_.",
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... | Hungry for Change is part of a growing movement of people who want to stop _ throughout the world . They want to make certain that people in famine areas can protect themselves from the effects of future droughts . They also want to make certain that enough help is quickly available for emergencies in all parts of the... | high22974.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a person who plays music"
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"options": [
"sounds floating on water",
"a paintbrush painting sounds in the sky",
"one friend of nature",
"a person who plays music"
],
"question": "The writer associates music wit... | Music notes fly through my ears.
Soft sounds float in the air,
as if they are floating on water.
Music is like a paintbrush,
painting sounds in the sky.
A warm sun shining bright,
clouds drifting far away in the night,
to the sounds of music.
Music is nature's friend,
as one paints our earth,
and the other fills our he... | high13571.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the admission to Palace of Versailles"
},
"options": [
"the continental breakfast",
"the tour of Montmartre",
"the admission to Palace of Versailles",
"the services of an experienced tour guide"
],
"question": "... | Paris in springtime was, is and always will be, something rather special. Why not experience it for yourself with this excellent break for four days? This attractive city has something to offer everyone with prices at just PS 129. It's of great value too.
Your break begins with executive coach transfer from a regional ... | high6759.txt |
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"answer_text": "Environmentally-friendly"
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"options": [
"Tiny",
"Round",
"Exotic",
"Environmentally-friendly"
],
"question": "Which of the following words can be used to describe the China Pavilion?",
"question_type": nul... | World Expo 2010 Shanghai China is to be staged in Shanghai from May1 to October 31, 2010. If you plan to visit the Shanghai Expo this summer, China Pavilion is a must-see area for you.
China Pavilion, which is called Oriental Crown , is located at the center of the Expo site. Standing 63 meters tall, the China Pavilion... | high15100.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "strongly against boxing for children"
},
"options": [
"approved by Pat Russo",
"focused on professional boxing",
"based on Dr. Hans Forstl's research",
"strongly against boxing for children"
],
"question": "The ... | The nation's largest group of pediatricians on Monday urged its members to "firmly oppose boxing for any child or adolescent."
In a statement, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) said thousands of boys and girls take part in the sport in North America, despite risks of serious brain and facial injuries. The group... | high8774.txt |
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"answer_text": "illustrate possible reactions when pets meet a newborn baby"
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"options": [
"illustrate possible reactions when pets meet a newborn baby",
"show that pets don't like a newborn baby",
"prove how friendly a pet is when it meet... | When your pet meets your infant ,it might not be love at first sniff. When Jennifer brought her baby home from the hospital, her cherished dogs had very different reactions. Her Boxer, Sonya, was immediately gentle and protective. But Tiger, the Pomeranian, was less welcoming. "If any diapers or toys were on the floor,... | high7447.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "something had happened to him"
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"options": [
"there were no baseball matches",
"the club didn't pay him enough money",
"other players had accidents",
"something had happened to him"
],
"question": "Hank Snydde... | It's baseball season again,and Hank Snydder is back on the field.He has been back from the accident that kept him out of the game for the season last year,and that cost the Muggers last year's championship.Baseball fans in the city of Midvale are happy and George Brenner,the Muggers' owner,is happy too, because when Ha... | high6981.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "told in order not to hurt someone's feelings"
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"that other people believew.w.^w.k.&s.5*u.c.#om....",
"that other people don't believe",
"told in order not to hurt someone's feelings",
"told in order to ta... | What exactly is a lie ?Is it anything we say which we know is untrue ?Or is it something more than that ?For example, suppose a friend wants to borrow some money from you. You say "I wish I could help you, but I am short of money myself." In fact , you are not short of money but your friend is in the habit of not payin... | high11366.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A story-writer."
},
"options": [
"A journalist.",
"A story-writer.",
"An interviewer.",
"An interviewee."
],
"question": "Based on the questions in this interview, what do you think Ms Tan' s profession is?",
... | *Ms Tan, you've referred to your new novel as your eighth book.
That's because it took me six or seven attempts at a second novel before I started and completed this one.
*Why do you think you had so many false starts?
I would say that my reasons were wrong. I was trying to prove that I wasn't just a mother-daughter st... | high3621.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "expressing your thanks to the host before you eat"
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"eating heartily and enjoying your time there",
"expressing your thanks to the host before you eat",
"taking some flowers or something else to the host",
... | Iceland is a popular European tourist destination. Before you go there, it is good to learn some of the basic Iceland customs first.
Just like other countries in Europe, it is one of the customs in Iceland to shake hands and say "Hello". Kissing each other's cheeks is acceptable along with wishing each other a happy da... | high5250.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a great love showed to mothers"
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"options": [
"a large family get-together",
"a big annual holiday purchase",
"a great love showed to mothers",
"a celebration among Americans"
],
"question": "According to the ... | Los Angeles: Love for Mom is necessary, but buying flowers on her big day may not be.
A slump in flower sales since late last year was likely to continue through Mother's Day, another example of Americans cutting back on spending due to recession fears, which is a period of reduced trade and business activity, and incr... | high18424.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "it offers kids chances to learn through working"
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"options": [
"it has no entertainment facilities",
"it includes lots of localized activities",
"it offers kids chances to learn through working",
"it employs many seni... | Parents all struggle to get children to understand that money doesn't grow on trees, wanting them to be responsible, work hard and learn to save a few bucks. But these lessons are among the most difficult to teach.
Enter KidZania, an internationally praised and truly unique children's theme park, that makes life a litt... | high17717.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To fight common misunderstandings about the UK."
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"options": [
"To list common stereotypes about the UK.",
"To fight common misunderstandings about the UK.",
"To analyze what makes British people grumpy and negative.",
... | BAD weather, bad food and grumpy people - that's what some people think of first when they think about Britain. Many online commentators even joke that Britons are so grumpy precisely because it constantly rains and they are always hungry.
In fact, many believe that Britons are inherently negative, in contrast to their... | high10078.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Parents share more interests with their children."
},
"options": [
"Parents help their children develop interests in more activities.",
"Parents put more trust in their children's abilities.",
"Parents and children talk more ... | Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests they both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his paren... | high3812.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Migrant workers in Shanghai."
},
"options": [
"Chongqing clothing company.",
"Migrant workers in Jiangsu.",
"Guangdong workers' union.",
"Migrant workers in Shanghai."
],
"question": "Who or what does Zhu Xueqin... | Zhu Xueqin is from Jiangsu Province, Kang Houming from the Municipality of Chongqing and Hu Xiaoyan from Guangdong Province. They are the first migrant workers to have been elected deputies to the National People's Congress. And they will be the focus of almost 3,000 deputies.
31-year-old Zhu works in a clothing compa... | high20150.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "they concentrate more on their job at hand"
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"options": [
"it completely controls people's mind",
"it directly explains people's behavior",
"they concentrate more on their job at hand",
"they reduce their pressure fro... | Most of us have gone away from "mad men" in the street, only to realize that they are in fact using a Bluetooth headset. Now a new University of Pennsylvania study shows that muttering can actually help people find lost objects--in other words, saying the name of an object helps you find it more quickly.
Previous work ... | high19909.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "financial situation is the first to consider"
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"financial situation is the first to consider",
"students are unwilling to leave their home",
"students will become homesick",
"students are eager to attend ... | Many people in high school cannot wait to go to college and leave their hometown behind. Questions arise, though, when it comes to all of the decisions involved in choosing a college.
One of the first considerations may be finance. State and public colleges are often the least expensive. Often, though, the better colle... | high10093.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "share poems and stories with her friend"
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"options": [
"become serious about her study",
"go to her friend's house regularly",
"learn from her classmates at school",
"share poems and stories with her friend"
],
... | When discussing about friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. I seek friends whose qualities illuminate me and train me up for love. It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share.
When I was in the eighth grade... | high17924.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Water would be used as a kind of weapon."
},
"options": [
"People would suffer from more floods.",
"Water would be used as a kind of weapon.",
"Water problems would lead to war in the future.",
"Floods would make water ... | A new American report says water-related problems will likely increase tensions around the world in the next ten years. These problems include water shortages, poor water quality and floods. The problems will increase the risk of failure of governments. However, countries are unlikely to go to war over water. But the ... | high22747.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "In the southwest of Beijing."
},
"options": [
"In the south of Beijing.",
"To the east of Beijing.",
"In the southwest of Changxindian.",
"In the southwest of Beijing."
],
"question": "Where is the hospital the ... | The following is the story of a SARS patient named Wang and his fight with the disease.
I woke up around 6 : 30 this morning, on my ninth day in hospital since I caught SARS. Glancing over at my roommate, Xiao Huang, a 27-year-old employee of a Beijing software company, I saw he was also awake.
After a light breakfast,... | high12684.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The children took the test at four."
},
"options": [
"The test was devised in the 1920's.",
"7,752 identical and non-identical twins took part in it.",
"The test was set to assess children's intelligence.",
"The childre... | LONDON, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- A four-year-old child's ability to draw could be an indicator of intelligence at age 14, according to a study published on Tuesday in the British journal Psychological Science.
The researchers from King's College London (KCL) studied 7,752 pairs of identical and non-identical twins, and foun... | high8947.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "friends"
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"friends",
"teachers",
"brothers and sisters",
"classmates"
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"question": "Many teenagers think their _ know them better than their parents do.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions... | Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends.They believe that their family members, especially their parents.Don't know them as well as their friends do.In large families.it is often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for ... | high549.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "clothing fashion"
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"teenagers",
"clothing fashion",
"famous singers",
"campus life"
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"question": "This passage is mainly about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer... | My nephew, Adam, turned 19 on Monday. He's a good kid and makes the whole family laugh. He wears his baseball cap backward, his shorts baggy and his T-shirts loose. In short, I hate the way he looks. To me, it seems as if everything is about to fall off at any moment. He makes me nervous.
But he's still a teenager. I t... | high23459.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Train her body to the fullest."
},
"options": [
"Build up her confidence.",
". Keep encouraged and cheerful.",
"Train her body to the fullest.",
"Understand the music."
],
"question": "What does the author's dan... | "Now stretch over your right leg!" my dance teacher yells over the music. "If it doesn't hurt, you're not trying hard enough. Hold that stretch for 30 seconds!" My dance teacher works hard to form us into the dancers we desire to be. In order for this to occur, we stretch hard a lot!
Dancing is a real passion of many ... | high14593.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a book for language learners"
},
"options": [
"a newspaper for general readers",
"a magazine for language teachers",
"a book for language learners",
"an advertisement for a new book"
],
"question": "This passage... | Good readers know that reading isn't just about knowing words--it's a way of thinking. Some readers think before, during and after reading. Here are some suggestions that may be of some help.
Think before you read. Before you read the text, ask yourself the questions that why you are reading it and what you want to get... | high15855.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "her heart beat very fast."
},
"options": [
"she could see nothing but her own shaking hands.",
"her parents encouraged her, saying, \"Good job!\"",
"she missed up the whole piece.",
"her heart beat very fast."
],
... | My first performance in front of an audience was coming up soon.
I tried as hard as I could to keep calm, but my heart was racing. I stared down at my sweat-covered, shaking hands.
I looked up again at the audience, realizing that these were real people. They were not just my mum and dad, who would say, "Good job!" eve... | high22021.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "About a century ago."
},
"options": [
"About 20 years ago",
"About 50 years ago.",
"About 70 years ago",
"About a century ago."
],
"question": "How long ago was Machu Picchu discovered?",
"question_type": "f... | We are going to see the ruins of Machu Picchu in the mountains of the Andes.Machu Picchu was forgotten for centuries but discovered in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, a professor from Yale.It is said to be one of the most beautiful ancient sites in the world.
The Incas built the ancient civilization of Machu Picchu between the ... | high1963.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "good health"
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"options": [
"time",
"work",
"friendship",
"good health"
],
"question": "In the writer's view, the most precious thing in the world is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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... | Good health is the most precious thing in the world .When you have got it, you never think about it. When you haven't got it , you think about it all the time. Our biggest enemies are not terrible diseases. We are our own biggest enemies because we sometimes destroy our own good health. Some of us eat too much, drink t... | high21528.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "encourage young people to care about the environment"
},
"options": [
"help the Houston Rockets win the NBA championship",
"ask the United Nations to protect sharks in China",
"encourage young people to care about the environ... | Going green is something that affects every single one of us. Whether by recycling those plastic water bottles, or by cutting down on electricity in your home, the importance of going green on a personal level is extremely important. But, when you're a millionaire NBA basketball star, how do you help out the environmen... | high16384.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "working women who must travel on their own"
},
"options": [
"working women who have no time for cooking",
"husbands and children of working women",
"working women who must travel on their own",
"hotel managers who shoul... | As more women in the United States move up the professional ladder, more are finding it necessary to made business trips alone. If you are married, it is a good idea to encourage your husband and children to learn to cook a few simple meals while you are away. They will be much happier and probably they will enjoy the ... | high20636.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "missed her friend although they lost contact"
},
"options": [
"lived next door to Rose in her childhood",
"was Rose's maid of honor when she was married",
"lost touch of Rose since she moved to Alaska",
"missed her frie... | I grew up in Jamaica Plain. My best friend Rose and I used to dream about raising a family of our own someday and living next door to one another.
Our dream remained alive through school and beyond. Rose was my maid of honor when I married Dick. Later, Dick was stationed in Alaska and we moved. Rose was sad to see me l... | high16390.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Parents and pupils are under too much pressure."
},
"options": [
"Pupils are not well protected in school.",
"Parents can't help their children in learning.",
"Parents and pupils are under too much pressure.",
"The rela... | School Counseling
In our grandparents' time, it was unthinkable.In our parents' time, it was unusual and nobody spoke openly about counseling.These days, more and more schools are asking for this service and it is considered a necessity for most.Why is it? What has changed in the last fifty years to have made counseli... | high10939.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Imagination."
},
"options": [
"Imagination.",
"Intelligence.",
"Background.",
"Communication ability."
],
"question": "In which category did Obama win his best place?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
... | President Obama ranks 15th out of 44 in a poll of the best and worst Presidents while former President George W. Bush earns a place in the bottom five, according to the Siena College Research Institute's recent survey released Thursday
Obama won a top ten place in two skill set categories, communication ability (7th) a... | high20622.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "lived a hard life as a child"
},
"options": [
"lived a hard life as a child",
"often went hunting with her family",
"joined the army during World War One",
"trained women soldiers during the war"
],
"question": ... | Annie Oakley was born in 1860 in Darke County, Ohio. Her family was very poor. She decided to help her family even when she was very young, so she learned to use a gun, and began hunting animals for food. She could shoot them without losing the important parts of the meat.
Soon her shooting ability became well known.... | high14587.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a homeless dog"
},
"options": [
"a lucky dog",
"a homeless dog",
"a clever dog",
"a tamed dog"
],
"question": "The correct statement about the dog in the expression\"to 1ead a dog's life\"is _ .",
"que... | Americans use many expressions with the word dog.People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well.They take their dogs for walks,let them play outside and give them good food and medical care.However, dogs without owners to care for them lead a different kind of 1ife.The expression,to lead a dog's life,d... | high15841.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Women were believed too weak to finish it."
},
"options": [
"Training was only provided for men .",
"Women could not work as messengers.",
"Women were believed too weak to finish it.",
"It was a race held only for profe... | In 490 B.C. the Greek messenger, Pheidippides , ran about 40 kilometers from the town of "Marathon"to Athens to announce the victory of Athens over Macedon . Since then ,the 42-kilometer "Marathon"race has become a great test for athletes. However, for many years , only men were allowed to run this race , becaus... | high1977.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "getting enough sleep"
},
"options": [
"dieting to lose weight",
"releasing emotions",
"getting enough sleep",
"exercising the mind"
],
"question": "Playing outside is just as important as _ .",
"question... | Let Children Roam Free
Everyone agrees that playing outside keeps children thinner. The loss of opportunities for outdoor play is one of the main causes of childhood obesity. What is more remarkable is the growing evidence that children's mental health and emotional well-being are enhanced by contact with the outdoors... | high22035.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Agassi began to play tennis before he was fifteen"
},
"options": [
"after 1997 Agassi began to take up marathon besides tennis",
"Agassi began to play tennis before he was fifteen",
"Agassi decided to quit his sports career",... | Twenty years are just a blink in time. But 20 years is also long enough for a man to grow up. It is always painful. For Andre Agassi, maturing in the spotlight of international tennis competition was even harder.
On September 3, the American tennis player said a tearful goodbye to his 21-year career after a third-ro... | high22753.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a child feel nervous continuously"
},
"options": [
"no scientist",
"a well-behaved child",
"a bad parent-child relationship",
"a child feel nervous continuously"
],
"question": "From the passage we can know that... | Children who are spanked have lower IQs worldwide, including in the United States. All parents want smart children. Avoiding spanking and correcting misbehavior in other ways can help that happen.
A new research by Professor Murray Straus found that children in the United States who were spanked had lower IQs four ye... | high12690.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It could make people relax a lot."
},
"options": [
"It featured the traditional style of Korean music.",
"It was difficult for people to follow.",
"It was named after a new virus.",
"It could make people relax a lot."
... | Move over Psy. There's a new viral music video on the Internet that's getting millions of people dancing and laughing. Psy is a singer who created Gagnam Style, a music video which featured a catchy tune and interesting dance.
The new music video called The Fox (What does the fox say?) has recently gone viral. At 1... | high12848.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the owner of a chocolate factory."
},
"options": [
"the workers in the chocolate factory",
"the Spaniards",
"the people in England",
"the owner of a chocolate factory."
],
"question": "It was _ that discovere... | We now think of chocolate as sweet, but once it was bitter. We think of it as a candy, but once it was a medicine. Today, chocolate can be a hot drink, a frozen dessert, or just a snack. Sometimes it is an ingredient in the main course of a meal. Mexicans make a hot chocolate sauce called mole and pour it over chicken.... | high20144.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "went through an obvious effect of music on his recovery"
},
"options": [
"went through an obvious effect of music on his recovery",
"was asked to play the piano with the background music",
"felt no pain in his surgery because... | Throughout time, people have loved music for its ability to transport them into a world of rhythm and melody. Recently more and more hospitals and clinics have been _ the power of music -not only to comfort patients, but to help cure them as well. Welcome to the world of music therapy .
After each of the two world wars... | high3806.txt |
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But then she started texting. Distracted , Amanda turned left and right, then crashed into another car.
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"the postal service has over the years become slower",
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"buy what he wants in the airport"
],
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Plan to get to the airport at least an hour early,or two during holidays and other busy times;this will reduce the stress of the flight,If all goes well, you will have time to relax,shop for last-minute items,or have a meal before the flight.
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"it is easy to locate a place",
"it is too expensive for people to buy"
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"The demand of the protesters of the \"Occupy Wall Street\" movement.",
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A new book by Mike Berners Lee, an expert, might be able to help. The carbon footprint looks at the different things we do and... | high213.txt |
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"built a kind of machine which never flew",
"drew many beautiful pictures of the birds",
"made designs of flying machines"
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Throughout history, other less famous men have w... | high207.txt |
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"the success of many non-MBAs",
"the criticism from the scientists of purer disciplines",
"the poor performance of MBAs at work"
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The MBA, a 20thcentury product, always has borne the mark of lowly commerce and gre... | high1793.txt |
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A growing number of Chinese Internet users like Shi have discovered the joys of online shopping.The China Internet Network In... | high22009.txt |
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"answer_text": "Tom"
},
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"Old Ed.",
"The author.",
"The driver's grandchild."
],
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"He is the producer of the\"Ice Age\"films.",
"He is one character in the\"lce Age\"series.",
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"The Battle of the Brains",
"The Difficult Competition",
"Courage and Wisdom Needed"
],
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The students first listed the problems in order of... | high3184.txt |
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"he wanted to save money",
"he wanted to keep in good health",
"he could do some work on the way"
],
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One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger stopped him and said to him, "You may not rem... | high4833.txt |
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"Alaska Dog Sledding",
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Alaska Dog Sledding
It offers two dog sledding tours in Alaska, the Golsovia Dog Trip and the Iditarod Dog Tri... | high18381.txt |
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"Fable",
"science fiction",
"news report"
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Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse declared the warning, "There is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house."
The chick... | high5293.txt |
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"24,000.",
"100,000.",
"92,000."
],
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The result: thirteen percent fewer heart attacks. Eight percent fewer strokes. Four percent fewer deaths. Eleven percen... | high20178.txt |
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"show pity to the woman expecting a baby",
"bring love forward by helping those in need",
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But he never quit looking. Since the factory closed, he'd been unemployed. And with winter approaching, the cold days had finally hit home. It was a lonely road. Very few people had a reason to be on it... | high19921.txt |
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"Her last film Sparkle was released before her death.",
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"tell us the disadvantages of the GPS",
"introduce a new positioning system Locata",
"tell us that Locata will replace GPS... | A ground-based system that uses much stronger signals than GPS can find your location in cities and indoors. It is a new positioning system that could compete with GPS to make sure you never lose your directions again.
Instead of satellites, Locata uses ground-based equipment to send a radio signal over a localized are... | high12874.txt |
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},
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"Removing the destructive species for ever.",
"Having changed genes in their next generations.",
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"answer": {
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},
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"Quick action.",
"Great ambition.",
"Great investment."
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"To teach his son to ride in traffic.",
"To tell his son the way to school.",
"To communicate more with his son."
],
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"they were waiting for a victim",
"they were guarding the shop"
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"Southward.",
"Eastward.",
"Westward."
],
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},
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"is held in the same place on the same day.",
"is attended mainly by the people in the Sahara.",
"is celebrate... | The Sahara Festival is a celebration of the very recent past. The three-day event is not fixed to the same dates each year, but generally takes place in November or December. It is well attended by tourists, but even better attended by locals.
During the opening ceremonies , after the official greetings from the govern... | high18168.txt |
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"answer": {
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"find differences between books and travels",
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"The colour of its package.",
"The brand name of the product."
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Colouring, for example, varies according to what the producers are trying to sell. Health foods are packaged in greens, yellows or browns because we think of thes... | high2073.txt |
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"She was worried that the old man might cause trouble to the restaurant",
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He walked tow... | high21931.txt |
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We talked ab... | high2715.txt |
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"she has experienced such conditions a lot",
"she is a mental patient",
"she has no sense of fear"
],
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"answer": {
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"hands",
"legs",
"feet"
],
"question": "Which part of the body is difficult to hide?",
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The snacks in the tool shed smell like the seaside.
They'll never find you in the salty dark,
But be careful that your feet aren't sticking out.
Wisher not to risk another shout.
The floor is cold. They'll probably be searching
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Soft drinks may not to be blame for eating problems."
},
"options": [
"Soft drink remains a problem in schools.",
"Girls tend to consume less soda at school.",
"Soft drinks may not to be blame for eating problems.",
"Ve... | Schools have been blamed for giving kids access to soda in vending machines . But new data suggest that school soft drink sales may not be an important factor in how much soda kids drink.
In the current issue of The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, researchers compared soda consumption among nearly 500 stu... | high16623.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Micro Blogger Strikes Gold"
},
"options": [
"Micro Blogger Strikes Gold",
"The powerful Micro Blog",
"Zhao Cheng--- a Post-90s",
"How to Run a Popular Micro Blog"
],
"question": "The best title of the passage is... | Zhao Cheng is a typical member of the post-90s generation. And like many of his peers, he spends a lot of time staring at his computer screen, looking for amusing passages to share on his micro blog. He also writes his own amusing comments and observations.
It may seem that Zhao,19, a fresh high school grade, is simpl... | high23840.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "for reasons unknown from this passage"
},
"options": [
"because he had lost interest in music",
"because he thought medicine was more important than music",
"to find out new use of music in hospital",
"for reasons unkno... | Eddie liked music very much when he was at school, but when he went to the university he decided to study medicine instead of music. When he passed his examinations and became a doctor, he had to work in a hospital for some time. There he discovered that a lot of patients were happier and caused less trouble if pleasan... | high9898.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "an advertisement"
},
"options": [
"a warning",
"a notice",
"an advertisement",
"an announcement"
],
"question": "The passage is most probably _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | How many coins have you got in your pocket right now? Three? Two? or One?
With a phonecard you can make up to 200 calls without any change at all.
1. _
Go to a telephone box marked "Phonecard". Put in your card to start, make your call and when you have finished, a screen tells you how much is left on your card.
It co... | high12445.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "30 years."
},
"options": [
"9 years.",
"10 years.",
"20 years.",
"30 years."
],
"question": "How long did Johnson work in the company?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | For thirty years, Johnson arrived at work at 9A.M. exactly. He never missed a day and was never late.
However, on one particular day, 9A.M. passed without Johnson's arrival, it caused a sensation . All workers stopped and wait, and the boss himself looked at his watch and complained.
Finally, exactly at ten, Johnson t... | high950.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "could speak five kinds of languages"
},
"options": [
"was working in a multi-community",
"could speak five kinds of languages",
"was learning some different languages",
"could talk with many people at the same time"
... | You cannot say that it's entirely true that kids learn a second language easily, but it's still the best time to learn. Babies are basically equipped to hear and distinguish every possible language and dialect, but once they reach 6 months old, they begin to focus on the particular sounds that exist in the languages th... | high22586.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The brake couldn't work because of the lost bolt."
},
"options": [
"The car hit a rock and its tires were broken.",
"The car pulled over because of the steep road.",
"The brake couldn't work because of the lost bolt.",
... | We started out in a great morning and were heading over the mountain range to Ellensburg. We stopped at Snoqualmie summit for a quick rest. About a mile from there, we heard a loud sound and thought we might hit a rock. However, we were wrong.
As we were turning into the rest area, we heard a loud banging sound again, ... | high13983.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the speaker was too moved to say anything to the mother"
},
"options": [
"the speaker was too moved to say anything to the mother",
"the speaker waited for the mother to finish speaking",
"the speaker didn't want the mother t... | My teenage son Karl became withdrawn after his father died . As a single parent . I tried to do my best to talk to him . But the more I tried , the more he pulled away . When his report card arrived during his junior year , it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six falling grades for the year .... | high23698.txt |
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