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"answer_text": "get first-hand information and pictures"
},
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"save expense and avoid risks",
"get free and useful pictures",
"get first-hand information and pictures",
"satisfy the greed of the freelance cameramen"
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... | When TV news programs report wars or disasters, the editors rarely use the most horrifying pictures of dead or wounded victims because they don't want to upset their viewers. Even so, viewers are usually warned in advance that they may find some of these scenes disturbing, so they can look away if they choose. But the ... | high2885.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "know about her family's economic situation"
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"learn how to earn and save money",
"understand the importance of saving",
"tell her friends about her money problems",
"know about her family's economic situa... | When I was growing up on a farm in Iowa, we didn't talk about money in my family. My parents valued teaching my brothers, sisters and me about saving, budgeting and earning money, but conversations about our family's economic situation and financial decisions were rare. This was typical at the time - especially in the ... | high19458.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Randfontein High School"
},
"options": [
"its News Centre",
"Randfontein High School",
"Impala Crescent Primary School",
"Parktown High School for Girls"
],
"question": "BBC School Report started its first world... | School Report went international when the BBC News project's first global radio bulletin was made at Randfontein High School in South Africa.
Students from the school were joined by pupils from two other schools--Parktown High School for Girls and Impala Crescent Primary School--and went live at 14:00 local time on 3... | high17475.txt |
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"answer_text": "They are held in the same place."
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"options": [
"They are held in the same place.",
"They are held at the same month.",
"All of them are free of charge.",
"All of them limit the number of participants."
],
"qu... | March Break Leadership Camp
The aim of this FREE program is to develop an awareness of race relations, diversity, an equal issue for students in Grades 6-8.
Place: The Central Library Room
Time: March 16&17, 2009 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Pick up and hand in registration forms at the Central Library. All forms must be h... | high5132.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Super had limited power since he was only a machine."
},
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"the salesman was always cheating customers these days.",
"Super had limited power since he was only a machine.",
"he would forget the salesman's instructi... | We met in a crowded showroom fifteen years ago. As I inched forward I eyed him with suspicion, unsure what to make of this stranger.A salesman made the proper introductions and although we got to know each other, I didn't trust him. I call him Super. I would find myself staring at him, wondering what secrets he held.
I... | high18746.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It uses renewable energy."
},
"options": [
"It is comfortable and fashionable.",
"It uses renewable energy.",
"It has walls of glass.",
"It is home to endangered species."
],
"question": "According to the passag... | With eco-tourism on the rise, eco-hotels are fast becoming the darling of the travel industry. These days, however, staying at an eco-hotel doesn't necessarily mean vacationing in a tree house in the Costa Rican jungle, although that is certainly a choice.
The majority of eco-hotels fall into several categories: hotels... | high3557.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "have less lasting determination in learning"
},
"options": [
"are more active in learning",
"are more hard-working in learning",
"have more difficulties in learning",
"have less lasting determination in learning"
],... | The world is changing so fast that English, perhaps the most worldly of languages, is struggling to keep up.
Learners in the future are likely to be much younger. Young children are often said to be better at language learning than older learners but they also have special challenges. Young children don't usually have ... | high11010.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he often writes to me."
},
"options": [
"he lives near to me.",
"he often calls me",
"I often visit him",
"he often writes to me."
],
"question": "I can know what happens to Carl because _ .",
"question_ty... | Carl studied in our middle school three years ago. Last August his father found a job in another city and his family moved there. He began to study in the new school and we often write to each other. He often tells me something about the city where he lives now and his studies in the school. So I can know what happens ... | high2891.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He doesn't enjoy brotherhood as they do."
},
"options": [
"He has no friends like Sam and Tonio.",
"He has only one brother in his family.",
"He doesn't enjoy brotherhood as they do.",
"He doesn't have a good relation w... | I know it is wrong to envy your children. But when I see my son, Tonio and his younger brother Sam going down a slide together, one's arm around the other, I know I have missed something wonderful.
Not only did I never have a brother, but also I had no friendships like theirs. My sister was old enough to help take care... | high4238.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because they want gum to cure some diseases."
},
"options": [
"Because they want gum to cure some diseases.",
"Because they wish people to become addictive to it.",
"Because they plan to make gum more tasteful.",
"Becau... | Most schools ban chewing gum,but in a few years they might consider changing that rule.Why? Scientists are finding evidence that gum chewing may be good for your health.It may even help boost your test scores.
This exciting research is just beginning.And in the meantime,companies are also experimenting with adding vita... | high17461.txt |
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"answer_text": "They are for it since it's unfair for the employed and unemployed."
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"options": [
"They are against it since the unemployed are poor.",
"They are for it since the unemployed should keep fit.",
"They are for it since it's un... | Britain's longterm unemployed could be forced to carry out manual work or risk losing their welfare benefits under plans being put forward by the government.
The U.S.style scheme would see the longterm jobless ordered to take up fourweek placements in order to get them used to having a fulltime job.
The idea is part o... | high18752.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He was a man working on bodybuilding."
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"options": [
"He worked for a newspaper.",
"He was a man working on bodybuilding.",
"He worked in a small film company.",
"He was a businessman."
],
"question": "What di... | How to Get What I Want?
There's an expression: "What you see is what you get." My grandfather used to say: "If you looked at a tree long enough, it will move." We see what we want to see. Psychologists tell us that nothing controls our lives more than our self-image. We live like the person we see in the mirror. We are... | high5126.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Smoking can affect one's memory."
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"options": [
"Smoking does harm to health.",
"Smokers take a tour to the University's campus.",
"Smoking can affect one's memory.",
"Smokers are compared to non-smokers."
],
... | People who smoke could lose around one third of their daily memory, researchers say.
A study by a team at Northumbria University showed that smokers lost more of their memory when compared to non-smokers.
And the research also found that those who kicked the habit saw their ability to recollect information restored to ... | high2649.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "used to dislike vegetables from Mom's garden"
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"options": [
"had taught her son how to grow food",
"used to dislike vegetables from Mom's garden",
"often has her teens help her with food",
"often got free food from th... | I hated every minute of it, digging in the smelly dirt in spring, planting the tiny seeds in rows, and weeding the plants while sweat poured down my face. I wanted to spend the summer with my friends. But instead, I spent every Saturday and my summer vacations working in my mom's large vegetable garden. My mom was dete... | high13607.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "make more noise than usual"
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"options": [
"make more noise than usual",
"fly in different directions",
"come down from tall trees",
"share a piece of bread"
],
"question": "There will be a storm if birds _ ... | When people want to know about the weather, they usually go to there radios, TVs, newspapers, or to the Internet. However, you can also find many weather signs among wildlife, because of their highly developed senses. Drops in air pressure produce an effect on small animals in many ways. Mice and deer are good weather... | high1340.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It's enough to use language in digital communication."
},
"options": [
"It's enough to use language in digital communication.",
"Instant Message chatters are childish.",
"Men never use emoticons.",
"There must be an emo... | OK, I admit it: emoticons are popular. Some people even think they are fun. Many seem unable to get through an e-mail or Instant Message chat sentence without using one. Some feel that they add feeling and character to otherwise cold digital communications.
Some people, such as a Hollywood scriptwriter John Blumenthal,... | high7731.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "are more likely to stick to driving laws"
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"are more aggressive while driving",
"are more interested in auto knowledge",
"are more likely to stick to driving laws",
"are more familiar with safety equipmen... | Nowadays women appear to have a positive image of themselves as safer drivers than men.
In a survey done for insurer MetLife, 51% of women said they drive more safely. The evidence is on their side: Men are 3.4 times more likely than women to get a ticket for careless driving and 3.1 times as likely to be punished for ... | high8402.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he had thought attending school meant being punished"
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"he loved his father and didn't want to leave his father",
"he had thought attending school meant being punished",
"he was afraid of the punishment given b... | I walked alongside my father, clutching his right hand.All my clothes were new: the black shoes, the green school uniform, and the red cap.They did not make me happy, however, as tins was the day I was to be thrown into school for the first time.I tried in vain lo convince him that I did nothing wrong all the way, but ... | high15276.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Biologists are conducting research where psychologists have given up"
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"options": [
"Results of scientific research fail to support popular belief.",
"Brain differences point to superiority of one sex over the other.",
"Bio... | Do women's minds work the same as men's? Absolutely not. At least, that is what most men are convinced of. Psychologists view the subject either as a matter or frustration or a joke. Now the biologists have moved into this minefield, and some of them have found that there are real differences between the brains of men ... | high12519.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "find out the suitable time to do specific tasks"
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"find out the suitable time to do specific tasks",
"organize our time around work demands",
"do whatever our body feels like doing",
"be sure to be health... | Our body clock,or natural body rhythm,influences our energy and alertness.Paying attention to it can help us choose the suitable time of day when we best perform specific tasks.
The reality,however,is that most of us organize their time around work demands,school deadlines,commuting or social events.Doing whatever your... | high6349.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To show off his good hair in an ad."
},
"options": [
"To invent a new character.",
"To advertise for an action film.",
"To show off his good hair in an ad.",
"To ask his fans to flood his Weibo page."
],
"questi... | The character "duang" is so new that it does not even exist in the Chinese dictionary.
But it has already spread like wildfire online in China, appearing more than 8 million times on China's micro-blog site Weibo, where it spawned a top-trending hashtag that drew 312,000 discussions among 15 ,000 users. On China's big... | high13161.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "overcrowdedness"
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"modern water pipes",
"overcrowdedness",
"lack of water",
"narrow roads"
],
"question": "The main problem of Yosemite Park is its _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"... | Millions of people visit Yosemite National Park every year to see the tall waterfalls and mountains. These mountains are a splendid sight when viewed from the valley floor. Lots of stores, hotels, and restaurants are needed to handle the crowds. Also, water, roads, and other service systems are part of the infrastructu... | high1426.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Busy."
},
"options": [
"Busy.",
"Tiring.",
"Meaningless.",
"Boring."
],
"question": "What kind of life does the writer normally lead?",
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"answer": {
"an... | As I drive about the Sois in rural Thailand I catch little glimpses of things that barely register on the mind as the scenery flies by; strange things, beautiful things, sad things, interesting things. I wish I could hold on to these scenes; explore them in detail. I wish that I had the time to stop and investigate fur... | high10468.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Special events."
},
"options": [
"Culture.",
"History.",
"Special events.",
"Explorations."
],
"question": "Which of the following is NOT exhibited in Children's Museum of Indianapolis?",
"question_type": nu... | Austin Children's Museum
This 7,000-square-foot museum focuses on entertaining and educating children up to age 9. In its World City Exhibit , children can go shopping, order lunch at a restaurant, pretend that they're doctors or workers, and more. In other fun exhibits, they learn about Austin's history, explore the w... | high18034.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They were the only two child stars in the movie, Slum dog Millionaire."
},
"options": [
"They were the only two child stars in the movie, Slum dog Millionaire.",
"They had been having a difficult life in India.",
"They were i... | MUMBAI, India --The children in their party clothes on the stage were very excited when they received the award. And the two of them said, "It's unbelievable!"
Nine-year-old, Rubina Ali, and Azharuddin Ismail, 10, were living a very different life and obviously loving every minute of it. The two, some of the child star... | high5640.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Returned the prize to the organizer."
},
"options": [
"Took photos of Doran.",
"Had a meeting with Doran.",
"Returned the prize to the organizer.",
"Apologized to Woburn High School."
],
"question": "What did Gr... | Fair Way
The Westborough High School golf team had taken the official photos with the state prize. The other teams, disappointed, were on the bus heading home. And then Westborough instructor Greg Rota noticed something wrong on one of the score cards. A 9 had been recorded as A 7. They were not the state prize winner;... | high16019.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "going to a marine association"
},
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"learning about it from books",
"going to a marine association",
"attending marine biologists' meetings",
"taking part-time jobs at marine associations"
],
"questio... | These days, young children can enjoy directly what it is like to be a marine biologist at a marine association. What they discover can lead them to appreciate and protect the ocean and also the animals living in it.
At the present time, learning isn't only limited to the classroom. It's quite common for kids to learn... | high3231.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Determined."
},
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"Proud.",
"Fierce.",
"Determined.",
"Independent"
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"question": "Which word can best describe Jane?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
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] | Fear plays no part in this latest problem."I'm not afraid I'll lose my children.I won't lose my children. We live together, and nothing, nothing," she repeats, her voice rising when speaking to John's lawyer, "will stop me from being with my children. A law? Yeah, right. Don't disturb me when it comes to my children. Y... | high11776.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Health Report"
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"options": [
"Scientific Technology",
"Science Fictions",
"Social News",
"Health Report"
],
"question": "What section of a newspaper is the passage probably taken from?",
"question_type": n... | A new study has found evidence of aggressive behavior in children who drink four or more servings of soft drinks every day. Information for the study came from the mothers of 3,000 5-year-olds. Researchers asked the women to keep a record of how many servings of soft drinks their children drank over a two-month perio... | high5898.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Position in the family"
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"Birth order",
"Position in the family",
"Parents' social rank",
"Educational experience"
],
"question": "According to Norwegain researchers' finding, which of the followi... | Boys at the top of the pecking order either by birth or because their older brothers died score higher on IQ tests than their younger brothers.
Norwegian researchers now report that it's a matter of what they call social rank in the family that gives the first born the highest scores or, if the first born had died you... | high5873.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "who are very fat"
},
"options": [
"with a slim figure",
"with high blood pressure",
"who are very fat",
"who seek for a healthy diet"
],
"question": "The passage is intended for those _ .",
"question_type"... | Welcome to WeKnowDiets.com. We have compiled the most comprehensive database of information for people who are looking for a trimmer body and healthier lifestyle. There are now thousands of Weight-Loss Products and Diet Programs available to choose from-that can be a little confusing. Our goal is to give you a quick sn... | high10483.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "provide the latest information for them"
},
"options": [
"nurse patients at hospitals",
"put out fires in distance",
"clean their houses and streets every day",
"provide the latest information for them"
],
"ques... | Cities could soon be looking after their citizens all by themselves thanks to an operating system(OS) designed for the metropolis.
The Urban OS works just like a PC operating system but keeps buildings 9 traffic and services running smoothly.
The software takes in data from sensors dotted around the city to keep an eye... | high21886.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "obtain more convenient services than other people do"
},
"options": [
"withdraw as much money from the bank as he wishes",
"obtain more convenient services than other people do",
"enjoy greater trust from the storekeeper",
... | One hundred and thirteen million Americans have at least one bank-issued credit card. They give their owners automatic credit in stores, restaurants, and hotels, at home, across the country, and even abroad, and they make many banking services available as well. More and more of these credit cards can be read automatic... | high11945.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "wishes and behavior"
},
"options": [
"psychology and the environment",
"wishes and behavior",
"space and distance",
"views and results"
],
"question": "The experiment with beanbags is done to prove the relations... | We all think that we see things as they really are. But according to a new report in Psychological Science, if we really want something, that strong wish may influence how we view our surroundings .
Psychological scientists Emily Balcetis from New York University and David Dunning from Cornell University did a set of s... | high20540.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "it can kill people"
},
"options": [
"it looks 1ike swords",
"it can kill people",
"it is sent by God",
"it comes naturally"
],
"question": "Electrical lightning is called\"swords from the sky\"to mean _ .",
... | Al Ossinger,an experienced mountain guide,knew it was time to leave Longs Peak in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park,and get off'quickly.The sky had turned threatening dark,and his ice ax at times gave out upset sounds.Suddenly,as Ossinger was crossing a large mass of rock,both hands pressed against it for balanc... | high23049.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It's unsafe to store personal information on computers."
},
"options": [
"It's important to set passwords to your computer.",
"Passwords help keep your personal information.",
"It's unsafe to store personal information on com... | Passwords are no safeguards
Typing your password or credit card number into a computer is a moment's work. But if you think your personal details disappear as soon as you hit the Return key, think again: they can sit on the computer's hard disk for years waiting for a hacker to take them.
As people spend more time on t... | high9091.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "out of their own free will"
},
"options": [
"at the request of the government",
"nearby their house",
"often in return for others' help",
"out of their own free will"
],
"question": "These guerrilla gardeners do... | Many cities in the world are benefiting from the night activities of a group of people who call themselves guerrilla gardeners. Armed with trowels, spades and a van full of flowers and plants, guerrilla gardeners turn abandoned urban land into a blaze of color. In city centre locations where there was mud, weeds and ... | high159.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "artistic value"
},
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"atmosphere",
"mass appeal",
"box-office success",
"artistic value"
],
"question": "Product placement can have a bad effect on the _ of a movie.",
"question_type": "cloze_q... | If you've ever seen a James Bond movie,you'll know that the hero gets around in a smart Aston Martin car. Even if you know full well that you could never afford such an expensive vehicle, you don't forget the name, or the car.
Why? You have been affected by product placement.
Companies pay a film to place their product... | high12294.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the history of London"
},
"options": [
"the history of London",
"the tube of London",
"what London people wore before and what they wear today",
"the famous people in London's development"
],
"question": "From t... | Madame Tussaud's wax Museum, London
Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum was first set up in Paris in 1770, moved to London in 1802 and moved to its present address in 1884. The collection of famous people of the past and present is kept up to date. Visitors will see Henry VIII and his six wives, the present Queen and royal f... | high22357.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Not all of them are free."
},
"options": [
"Not all of them are free.",
"They are bad dreams for teachers.",
"They are popular among high school students.",
"All of them are about computer science and technology."
]... | A class with tens or even hundreds of thousands of students might sound like a teacher's bad dream. But a big idea in higher education these days is the massive open online course, or MOOC.
Some universities offer free, non-credit MOOCs available to anyone in the world. Others charge for courses and provide credits. Th... | high22431.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "parties of the US colleges"
},
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"what to wear at the US college parties",
"how much to drink at the US college parties",
"how to make friends at the US colleges",
"parties of the US colleges"
],
"que... | College is not just about studying, writing essays and burning the midnight oil in the library. Making friends and enjoying yourself is also necessary for the courses. Parties are social events for students to gather and chat with each other.
Drinking and music College parties in the US are always lacking in creativity... | high13834.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The importance of self-discipline."
},
"options": [
"His writing hobby.",
"The best way to lose weight.",
"The importance of self-discipline.",
"How to live a healthy life."
],
"question": "What does the author ... | "In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first." -- Harry S. Truman
That is the quotation that had me thinking yesterday. Discipline , in particular self-discipline, is what will get us through most things in life, from wr... | high7902.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "shortly after his birthday"
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"on his birthday",
"shortly after his birthday",
"at an interview",
"not long before his birthday"
],
"question": "When did the reporter call on the old man?",
"qu... | The oldest man had just celebrated his hundredth birthday and the reporter of a local paper called on him for an interview .Having congratulated the old man, the reporter asked a few questions.
"To what do you owe your long life?"
The old man thought for a moment and then holding up his hand and counting the items on h... | high24040.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In 1925."
},
"options": [
"In 1925.",
"In 1941.",
"In 1962.",
"In 2014."
],
"question": "When did Mark win the National Spelling Bee?",
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"answer": {
"an... | An insect bee stands out on the logo of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, despite "Bee" being unrelated to the name of the insect. "Bee" refers to "a gathering", where people join together in an activity.
The National Spelling Bee was formed in 1925 as a collection of many local spelling bees,organized by Louisville. ... | high14183.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "distribute the work that had to be done"
},
"options": [
"help the writers get to know each other",
"distribute the work that had to be done",
"provide an informal information session",
"entertain important visitors fro... | Writing articles about films for The Front Page was my first proper job. Before then I had done bits of reviewing--novels for other newspapers, films for a magazine and anything I was asked to do for the radio. That was how I met Tom Seaton, the first arts editor of The Front Page, who had also written for television. ... | high20226.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "26th"
},
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"25th",
"26th",
"27th",
"28th"
],
"question": "From the text, we can know the writer spent her _ birthday with the homeless man.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"an... | I live in a big Scandinavian city that unluckily has a lot of homeless people. But there are many ways of helping them even though you may not have a lot of money. One way is to buy their monthly magazines. By doing this one day, I got to know a young homeless man who was often standing at the train station, selling th... | high18961.txt |
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"answer_text": "$92,000"
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The new kind of music began when Joe De George and his brother Paul decided that the characters from Harry Po... | high20232.txt |
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A temperature of 45.8C was recorded at Observatory Hill in the city at 14:55 local time.
Some areas in the wider Sydney region were even hotter, with the town of Penrith, to the west, registering a temperatu... | high24054.txt |
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Fine art treasures from many countries are kept in an art museum called the Louvre in Paris,France.The works of art have been collected by the people of France over many centuries.
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Millions of people have trouble falling asleep each night, which is why Light Sleeper was created.
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Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will hel... | high16970.txt |
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"See thatcafeteria over there?" she asked. "I'm going to get you something to eat and get you out of the cold for a while."
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The wide spread of social media has changed nearly all parts of teenagers' lives.
Changing relationships
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Why Stellinga?
Thank you for your interest in Stellinga International College. As an international student, we are sure you will find our college an exciting place to study, with like-minded and ambitious people.
Preparing and submitting your application
We have tried to make the applicati... | high9907.txt |
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(480)991-3866
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"I was pushed over by Chinese journalists while I was just trying to put my luggage on the bus," said Davis.
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"A professor.",
"An official.",
"A detective."
],
"question": "What is Dupin probably?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer... | "Mister D'Arcy is not a policeman. He is, however, very wise. He knew the police would search his apartment. He also knew how police think. So, he did not hide the letter where he knew they would look for it.
"Do you remember how Germont laughed when I said the mystery was difficult for him to solve because it was so s... | high20568.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "reasons why animals become endangered"
},
"options": [
"ways of protecting animals' habitats",
"effects caused by species endangerment",
"dangers of bringing in non-native species",
"reasons why animals become endangere... | Animals are considered to be endangered if the species is close to extinction throughout all or most of its environment. Animals become endangered for a variety of reasons.
Some animals become endangered when their habitats contain resources for humans. For example, commercial forest cutting in the Amazon Rainforest ha... | high5683.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a person who actually didn't need any sleep was found"
},
"options": [
"large numbers of people do not need sleep",
"a person who actually didn't need any sleep was found",
"everyone needs some sleep to stay alive",
"pe... | It doesn't matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive.That's what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin.Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.
Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors c... | high23061.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It has been planned and is being built."
},
"options": [
"It is being built on an old car park at present.",
"It has been planned and is being built.",
"It will be the world's tallest airport.",
"Acts of kindness can ma... | Singapore is building an airport where indoor trees, waterfalls and a 'rain vortex' sit alongside check-in queues, waiting rooms and baggage carousels .
Where once sat a car park, there will soon be thousands of trees and plants across 22,000 sq metres of landscaped indoor parklands. This will be joined by a 40m-high i... | high14815.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "it had some trouble in finance"
},
"options": [
"it was already out of business",
"it had some trouble in finance",
"Steve didn't submit the application himself",
"it's not designed for people like Steve"
],
"qu... | Several dollars equal nothing for some people, but make a difference for others. Steve has just lost his wife to cancer and everything they had is gone due to the treatment. He now lives in the shelter for the homeless. So we know each other.
Just like other homeless people, he didn't think he needed anything. But once... | high7094.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "animals"
},
"options": [
"animals",
"mountains",
"dust",
"winds"
],
"question": "According to the passage, the planet Mars has no _ on it.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | At first sight the planet Mars does not appear very welcoming to any kind of life. It has very little oxygen and water, the temperature at night is below 50 degrees and winds of 100 miles (161 kilometers)per hour cause severe dust storms. However, the surface of the planet seems to show that water flowed across it at s... | high12733.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Editorials and opinion columns."
},
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"News stories.",
"Some of the informative articles.",
"Jokes and humor."
],
"question": "What articles comment on controversial... | The role of a newspaper is to present and comment on the news. It is vital for keeping people well-informed on current affairs. In most Western countries, journalists try to shape the ideas and opinions of their readers, since in Western countries all newspapers are independent of the government. Some newspaper owners ... | high8628.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To rate the cyclists' attractiveness according to facial appearance."
},
"options": [
"To help collect the headshots of professional cyclists from the Tour de France.",
"To pick out the cyclists whom they are familiar with or appre... | DAVID Beckham. Cristiano Ronaldo and Rnfacl Nadal while you watch sports and admin* the players' skills, do you ever notice how handsome the players are?
Yes, sportsmen tend to be handsome. And they haven't only attracted the interest of the audience even scientists are now studying their good looks.
In a recent study... | high6605.txt |
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