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"answer_text": "there're about 720 Nobel Prizes in the 20th century"
},
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"there're about 720 Nobel Prizes in the 20th century",
"Jeffrey Seinfeld agrees children need pushing to succeed",
"Amy Chua's parenting style is widely acc... | Amy Chua, a professor of law in Yale, nicknamed as Tiger Mother, has started a debate over Chinese-style parenting. Amy sets "10 Rules" for her two daughters. For instance, they've to get As in all subjects and play the piano or violin and practice hours every day.
There has been wide criticism across the US. "It's ki... | high7095.txt |
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"answer_text": "The happiness of the simple life."
},
"options": [
"The natural living schedule.",
"Busy and invaluable experiences.",
"The happiness of the simple life.",
"The very few material possessions."
],
"question": "Wh... | When my students ask me why I live in a tiny house, they ask it in light of all the "sacrifices "I an making. They know that I have moved from a large apartment in the city to a small custom-built home on wheels in the backyard woods. They know I _ running water, Internet connection, sewage , and reliable phone recepti... | high14814.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Math and spelling."
},
"options": [
"Math and reading.",
"Math and spelling.",
"Reading and writing.",
"Reading and thinking."
],
"question": "Which skills suffer the most over the summer holidays?",
"questi... | As summer comes near, many children are really happy to forget about school for a few months. However, they might be taking that goal too seriously. Studies have found that children often forget between one and three months' worth of school learning during the summer months. Spelling and math abilities drop off the mos... | high5682.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a kind feeder"
},
"options": [
"a wise horse",
"a kind feeder",
"the master's son",
"a new plowboy"
],
"question": "According to passage, Daniel is probably _ .",
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] | When I was young, I lived on my mother's milk, as I could not eat grass. In the daytime I ran by her side and at night I lay down close by her. When it was hot, we used to stand by the pond in the shade of the trees and when it was cold, we had a nice warm wooden house. As soon as I was old enough to eat grass, my moth... | high20569.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The British spend more time queuing than looking for lost things."
},
"options": [
"The British spend more time queuing than looking for lost things.",
"The Americans criticized the British for their way of queuing.",
"The Br... | In 1837, the historian Carlyle made the first recorded use of the word " queue" .He
spoke of the French and their "habit of standing in a queue".Forty years later prefix = st1 /Pariswas the best
place to wait in line.
However, queuing became popular in Britain too.The Second World War was the golden age
of queu... | high21677.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "clothes are much cheaper than before"
},
"options": [
"they get tired of themselves more quickly",
"TV shows teach them how to stay in shape",
"they feel much younger now",
"clothes are much cheaper than before"
],
... | They wear the latest fashions with the most up-to-date accessories .Yet these are not girls in their teens or twenties but women in their sixties and seventies.A generation which would once only wear old-fashioned clothes is now favoring the same high street looks worn by those half their age.
Professor Julia Twiggy, a... | high11978.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the wife of Florentine merchant"
},
"options": [
"a woman of poor virtue",
"da Vinci's second wife",
"a woman who was pregnant",
"the wife of Florentine merchant"
],
"question": "According to the latest research... | Mona Lisa, the mysterious woman in Leonardo da Vinci's 16th century masterpiece, had just given birth to her second son when she sat for the painting, a French art expert said on Tuesday. The discovery was made by a team of Canadian scientists who used special infrared and three-dimensional technology to study the pai... | high5696.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "tell the students how to study well"
},
"options": [
"prove that learning is not difficult,",
"make parents interested in study",
"tell the importance of self-teaching",
"tell the students how to study well"
],
... | Knowing the best way to study will help you to be a better student. By using your tin7eproperly, you can do your homework snore quickly. Learning to study is not difficult.
The first thing to remember is that you must be willing to learn It doesn't mean that yep must always like the subject. It does mean, however, that... | high4588.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Hurtful nicknames"
},
"options": [
"Powerful nicknames",
"Hurtful nicknames",
"How to make fun of others?",
"How to give others a nickname?"
],
"question": "What is the best title for the passage?",
"questio... | Sometimes people give us nicknames in order to be mean or make fun of us,which can really hurt.
Four Eyes. Metal Mouth. Dumbo. Slow Poke. Crater Face. We've all heard kids calling nasty nicknames like these. Maybe you've even used similar nicknames on other kids,or been stuck with one yourself.
A playground _ or cut ... | high21663.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "how to stay healthy when you travel"
},
"options": [
"how to stay healthy when you travel",
"how exciting travel is",
"relaxing when you travel",
"what you eat when you travel"
],
"question": "This passage is ab... | Travel is fun and exciting, but it's not if you get sick. You may think, "Not me, I won't get sick in my holiday." But, for many people, that is what happens.
Of course you don't want to spend your holiday sick in bed. So what can you do to stay in good health? There are three things you should remember when you travel... | high7081.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "They are suitable for both long and short trips."
},
"options": [
"They are suitable for both long and short trips.",
"They have to be parked in a trailer park.",
"They are widely used by young people.",
"They are becom... | America's love of cars and being on the open road has led to the creation of the modern travel orcamping trailer . Some trailers are so well equipped that people can comfortably live in them full time.
Almost allcampers are considered as recreational vehicles (RV's). RV's include motor homes, trailers, house trailers... | high164.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The Jonas Brothers is a boy band loved by girls"
},
"options": [
"Camp Rock will come out on June, 20",
"The Jonas Brothers is a boy band loved by girls",
"Shane Gray in the movie has bad boy image all the time",
"Leah ... | GUESS what's making 9 millionprefix = st1 /USteenagers scream at the top of their voices this summer? It's not the Hulk or Iron man hitting someone across a room, but the catchy beat of the music in Disney's latest TV movie Camp Rock, which came out in theUSon June 20. The show attracted more than 8.9 million viewers.
... | high23074.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "leave of many people at one time"
},
"options": [
"return of lots of people",
"leave of many people at one time",
"fight between different people",
"exchange of positions between people"
],
"question": "The word... | About 6,000doctors in theprefix = st1 /Philippinesare studying to become nurses so they can find higher-paying jobs abroad, Health Secretary Francisco Duque says.
This was up from 2,000 doctors who studied to become nurses last year, Duque said.
The exodus of doctors and nurses had created a "threatening situation ... | high23712.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "My dearest friend--Karen"
},
"options": [
"A horrible car accident",
"An unforgettable experience",
"My dearest friend--Karen",
"An unforgettable girl"
],
"question": "What's the best title for the passage?",
... | My friend Karen and I were always together. Karen was only a few months older than I. I always thought she was so beautiful, with long hair and blue eyes. I loved Karen so much because she liked me for being the way I was. I could be myself and share my secrets with her and I never felt like I was being judged.
We had ... | high1396.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "comparison between two different objects with similar features"
},
"options": [
"description of two similar objects in a poetic way",
"literary device specially employed in poetry writing",
"contrast between two different thi... | A metaphor is a poetic device that deals with comparison. It compares similar qualities of two dissimilar objects. With a simple metaphor, one object becomes the other: Love is a rose. Although this does not sound like a particularly rich image, a metaphor can communicate so much about a particular image that poets use... | high602.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because he can request a driver's license."
},
"options": [
"Because he can request a driver's license.",
"Because he became a legal immigrant of California.",
"Because he got his driving license as an illegal immigrant.",
... | People in the western state of California who are in the United States illegally can now request a driver's license. The law went into effect on January l. California is not the first American state with such a law, but it has the largest number of illegal immigrants. More than a million people began to request licens... | high9912.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "be considerate"
},
"options": [
"manage businesses",
"self-control",
"be considerate",
"set the fasion"
],
"question": "People with type O will do the following things except _",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | Some researchers claim that people's personalities can be classified by their blood types
If you have blood type O, you are a leader. When you see something you want , you strive to achieve your goal. You are passionate, loyal, and self-confident, and you are often a trendsetter . Your enthusiasm for projects and goal... | high2847.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because too many bicycles cause the paths to be crowded."
},
"options": [
"Because bike highways are environmentally friendly.",
"Because it's a part of the city's development program.",
"Because the inner-city commuters urge... | Considered one of Europe's two "bicycle capitals" along with Amsterdam, Copenhagen counts more bicycles than people and cycling is so popular that its numerous bike paths can become crowded. Two-wheeler traffic jams are especially regular on the main Noerrebrogade road used by around 36,000 cyclists a day. "You have t... | high21105.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "By accident."
},
"options": [
"By knocking at the door several times.",
"By accident.",
"By learning from the owner of a family.",
"By imitation."
],
"question": "According to experts in Croatia, how did the bea... | Animal experts in Croatia say a bear has learned how to trick people to let him in by knocking at the door.
They believe the 220- kilogram brown bear probably learned the trick while nudging a door to get it to open.
Experts have a guess that the nudging was mistaken by the owners for knocking and that the bear, plea... | high3581.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because there was no electricity due to the thunderstorm."
},
"options": [
"Because she thought of her husband's cousins.",
"Because she wanted to add some fun to her life.",
"Because she wanted to enjoy another kind of lifes... | The weather was terrible that night.The summer thunderstorm had knocked out the power.Luckily,there was enough candlelight flickering on the kitchen table.With the candlelight,I could see the card I was writing to my husband's cousins in Finland.
Dear Heli and Risto,
You are on my mind tonight because we are using the... | high16971.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "8:30"
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"6:45",
"7;30",
"8:00",
"8:30"
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"question": "In Tom's opinion, classes should begin at _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
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... | Dear Mr./Ms,
I would like to suggest that the starting time be changed at our school. Classes at Sebastian Valley Middle School simply start too early in the morning. Getting eight to nine hours of sleep each night is almost impossible when classes begin at 7:30 am. In order to shower, dress, get organized, eat a quick... | high18784.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "keep active"
},
"options": [
"make herself beautiful",
"keep active",
"earn more money",
"become famous"
],
"question": "According to the passage,Grandma Moses began to paint because she wanted to _ .",
"q... | Grandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters of the United States,yet she did not start painting until she was in her late seventies.As she once said to herself:" I would never sit back in a rocking chair,waiting for someone to help me." No one could have had a more productive old age.
She was born... | high14196.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Individual characteristics and social relationship between them"
},
"options": [
"Individual characteristics and social relationship between them",
"Repeated interactions among individuals and social dynamics",
"Telepathy and... | When different species of birds flock together, their flight formations are determined by social dynamics both between and within species.
New research from the Universities of Cambridge and Exeter reveals for the first time that, contrary to current models used to explain the movement of flocks, the differences betw... | high7917.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "513"
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"513",
"1,646",
"2,159",
"3,805"
],
"question": "A Japanese worker works _ more hours a year than a French one.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | Many people say that they are working too many hours. They don't have enough time to relax or to stay with their family.
Work hours are different from one country to another. In France, people spend about 1,646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2,159 hours a year.
Why do people work s... | high24055.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Group mobile games."
},
"options": [
"Group mobile games.",
"Free stickers and emoticons.",
"Free download of the app.",
"Text and group chats."
],
"question": "Compared with the other two apps, which of the fol... | Big messaging apps abroad
While WeChat is China's biggest mobile messaging app , there are many equivalent apps in other countries that offer similar features.
WhatsApp (US)
Users: more than 300 million
Platforms: Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry
Features: text chats, pushtotalk, file sharing, location sharing
... | high13821.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "they help him prevent droughts and floods"
},
"options": [
"they give them wood and other products",
"they give them shade",
"they help him prevent droughts and floods",
"they help him made money"
],
"question":... | Trees are useful to man in three important ways: They provide him with wood and other products; they provide him shade;. and they help to prevent droughts and floods.
Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important.In his eagerness to make money fro... | high15288.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "They seldom spent free time together."
},
"options": [
"They seldom spent free time together.",
"They had only met for two weeks.",
"Their wives didn't know each other.",
"They had many disagreements on work."
],
... | The story I would like to tell happened about a year ago. I accepted a position in a company. John, an acquaintance of mine, told me much about the job and took my curriculum vitae to his supervisor. I did not refer to him as a friend because at the time we did not take part in activities together outside of work, no... | high18974.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "they believed too much in TV ads"
},
"options": [
"he promised them a large profit",
"they were too eager to make money",
"they believed too much in TV ads",
"he was skillful in communicating with people"
],
"qu... | A federal judge sentenced Bruce Jones to 12 years in federal prison for fraud . Over a 10-year period, Jones had managed to cheat thousands of people throughout the state out of almost $10 million.
He advertised his fantastic ideas on TV. "For some reason," Jones said, "TV seems to break the ice. Even though you ar... | high20233.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "describing an interesting scene"
},
"options": [
"raising an interesting question",
"telling a small jokes",
"making comparisons",
"describing an interesting scene"
],
"question": "The author introduces the topi... | You are a new manager at the American branch of your German firm in Chicago. With a few minutes to spare between meetings, you go to get a quick cup of coffee.
"Hey, David, how are you?" one of the senior partners at the firm asks you.
"Good, thank you, Dr. Greer," you reply. You've really been wanting to make a connec... | high11950.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "show the sense of smell can affect the cellular ageing process"
},
"options": [
"show there is the best way to make lifespan longer",
"tell us we should eliminate our smell ability to live long",
"show the sense of smell can ... | Could smells affect your lifespan? Female fruit flies rid of the ability to smell food outlive their peers.The sense of smell may be linked to the cellular ageing process in many other organisms--even people.A link has recently been found between sensory experiences and lifespan in both worms and flies.For example, Sco... | high21893.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "they suffered from a culture shock"
},
"options": [
"they were strangers in America",
"they suffered from a culture shock",
"the local people disliked their family",
"different countries have different lives"
],
... | My parents moved from Mexico to South Texas in the early 90s with the hope for a brighter future for their family of nine---my parents, four boys and three girls. My parents have always wanted the best for us and they have done everything possible to encourage us to get a university degree. Never did they think that by... | high10496.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Talk outside the exit door."
},
"options": [
"Call back after the performance.",
"Answer it near the exit door.",
"Talk outside the exit door.",
"Speak in a low voice."
],
"question": "What should you do when yo... | Do you know how to use a mobile phone without being rude to the people around you?
Talking during a performance irritates people. If you are expecting an emergency call, sit near the exit doors and set your phone to vibrate . When your mobile phone vibrates, you can leave quietly and let the others enjoy the perform... | high5866.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Salem, the City of Peace"
},
"options": [
"Salem, the Industry City",
"Salem, the Witch City",
"Salem, the City with a Big History",
"Salem, the City of Peace"
],
"question": "What would be the best title of thi... | Salem, the "City of Peace", is a small city with a big history. It is the second established city in Massachusetts and the second oldest settlement in New England. While Salem has been long known as the "Witch City" due to the notable witch trials of 1692, Salem also played an important part in Revolutionary times and ... | high11788.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "ways in which birth order may affect how children grow up"
},
"options": [
"why the oldest children in a family usually succeed",
"why some children refuse to follow orders",
"ways in which birth order may affect how children... | Oldest , Youngest , or in the Middle ?
Were you the first or last child in your family? Or were you a middle or the only child? Some people think it matters where you were born in your family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means.
Some people say that oldest children are smart and strong-willed. T... | high12281.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A lot of care and the right soil."
},
"options": [
"Frequent pruning and fertilizing.",
"A lot of care and the right soil.",
"Tomato plants grown alongside.",
"Cages placed around the roots."
],
"question": "Wha... | Soon, you' re going to have to move out!" cried my neighbor upon seeing the largest tomato plant known to mankind, or at least known in my neighborhood.
One tiny 9-inch plant, bought for $1. 25 in the spring, has already taken over much of my rose bed, covering much of other plants, and is well on its way to the front ... | high14828.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "break the balance of nature"
},
"options": [
"cause great fires",
"break the balance of nature",
"destroy the dams",
"do no damage at all"
],
"question": "In Chase's opinion, too many elks in the park will _ ... | Alsten Chase has written a book about Yellowstone National Park. He is worried about the damage the fires can do to the park. He is also concerned about the park rules.
These rules say that nature should decide what happens to the park. Alsten also writes that the elk herd has grown too big. The elks walk on the rive... | high9084.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It has a swaying motion."
},
"options": [
"It has several stomachs",
"The nose of a camel is special.",
"The camel has a hump which can store fat.",
"It has a swaying motion."
],
"question": "Which factor contri... | There is just one four-legged animal that can walk two hundred miles without stopping once to rest. It would take a person two days and two nights to walk this far, and only one man has ever done it without stopping. What amazing animal has such endurance ? The camel! The camel is well known for something else, too. It... | high22356.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To grow more trees"
},
"options": [
"To use both sides of every piece of paper",
"To use fewer paper bags when shopping",
"To use cotton handkerchiefs instead of paper ones",
"To grow more trees"
],
"question": ... | In the 13thcentury, the famous Italian traveler, Marco Polo, traveled a long way to China. During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things. One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people didn't use the paper money until 15thcentury. However, people in China be... | high12295.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They hope that the lecturers can set exams as soon as possible."
},
"options": [
"They think it's wrong that the lecturers ask for the better pay.",
"They think what the vice-presidents have done is reasonable and understandable.",... | This is a tense time for students in America,with the exam season in full swing and the stress and anxiety being felt across the country.At some universities,students are reviewing their lessons,knowing that in a few weeks the stress will be over once they put pen to paper in that exam hall.For others,however,that stre... | high23048.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the cabs are almost full even at 2:30 am"
},
"options": [
"most of the cabs are often full all day long",
"the cabs are often empty",
"the cabs are almost full even at 2:30 am",
"there is no cab in the street at 2:30 am... | In front of a popular restaurant, a line of customers wait for taxis. And wait. Most of the cabs(taxis) are full. That's nothing unusual in this city of 4 million people. But it's 2:30 in the morning.
Visitors to the Olympic Games may leave disappointed if they see Athens only through the eyes of the typical tourist, w... | high9090.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "doubted his seriousness"
},
"options": [
"laughed at his foolishness",
"wasn't sure of the answer",
"doubted his seriousness",
"wasn't interested at all"
],
"question": "On hearing the author's question, Dr. Pap... | "Dr. Papaderos, what is the meaning of life?"
The usual laughter followed, and people stirred to go. Papaderos held up his hand and stilled the room and looked at me for a long time, asking with his eyes if I was serious and seeing from my eyes that I was.
"I will answer your question."
Taking his wallet out of his hi... | high20541.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "help us grow"
},
"options": [
"are always born with friendship",
"help build friendship",
"are never worth attention",
"help us grow"
],
"question": "The writer believes that challenges _ .",
"question_ty... | Life is filled with challenges. As we get older, we come to realize that those challenges are the very things that shape us and make us who we are. It is the same with the challenges that come with friendship. When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two choices. We can try to beat it off, or we can decide t... | high11944.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "keep the color1ed lights in"
},
"options": [
"keep the color1ed lights in",
"sell the color1ed lights out",
"leave the Christmas tree out",
"change all the attractive lights"
],
"question": "This holiday season,... | DOYLESTOWN STATION, Pa.(CBS)--Marie Buonanno has boxes of holiday lights to decorate her house.She already has one tree up in her living room and a nativity scene.But this holiday season, she would not dare decorate outside.
" It is very disappointing that we can' t celebrate the Christmas holiday the way that we relig... | high21887.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Hard."
},
"options": [
"Stable.",
"Dangerous.",
"Hard.",
"Comfortable."
],
"question": "What kind of life does George Brown lead?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer... | America has been experiencing the longest economic increase in its history. Incomes have risen, unemployment has fallen, and cities such as New York are bursting with new office buildings.
But just a short walk from Manhattan's skyscrapers, George Brown sits on the side-walk, cooking a lunch of rice and bits of fish ov... | high10482.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "on foot"
},
"options": [
"on foot",
"by bike",
"in a wheelchair",
"by bus"
],
"question": "Tom passed the shop _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | The day was like any other day in his life. Tom walked past the shop on the street corner. He stopped to look at the front row of shoes, and he felt happy to see that the pair of shoes he wanted very much was still there. Looking down at his old shoes, he felt sorry for himself. He really wanted to have them for his bi... | high21139.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Disappointed."
},
"options": [
"Excited.",
"Interested.",
"Disappointed.",
"Relaxed."
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Use Proper Office Etiquette
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Since April 28, Coles Bay's population of 175 and its tourist shoppers have been using reusable paper or cloth bags to carry their shopping.
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The red ribbon, an international symbol of AIDS awareness, is gaining increasing public recognition as more Chinese, from top leaders to movie stars, wear it today.
Gone were the days when the topic of HIV/A... | high5641.txt |
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However, you'll have to run for at least one hour a week for benefit, according to a new study in Denmark.
Researchers found that jogging was associated with a 44 per cent reduc... | high17306.txt |
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Publisher: The Time Inc. Magazine Company
Cover Price: $211.47
Our Price:$117.00
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By 9:45, everybody was having great fun, but no food had appeared. Jane and David were restless. Other guests began whispe... | high1433.txt |
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King Tutankhamen Artifac... | high8371.txt |
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The database makes it clear that there is not a strong connection... | high15505.txt |
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Dr. Shen Ziyin has been trained in Western medicine. At the same time he studied traditi... | high3224.txt |
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After a few years, things got worse. There was no way for Hellen to speak to other people, She h... | high17312.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer": {
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"show off his great succe... | The policeman moved up the avenue impressively.It was barely 10 o'clock at night,but the chilly wind with rain had kept people out of the streets.
The policeman suddenly slowed his walk.In the doorway of a darkened store a man leaned,with an unlighted cigar in his mouth.As the policeman walked up to him the man spoke u... | high18747.txt |
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"It is impolite to see your parents eye to eye.",
"Be careful when you take your parents' advice.",
"Pare... | Nowadays the problem of the generation gap is becoming more and more serious. Poor relationship between parents and their children are very common.
Whether we like it or not, our parents are responsible for us at least until we're out of high school. So rather than get upset about that fact, maybe we should focus on so... | high5133.txt |
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"surrounded by the town of Davidson",
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People, both tourists and locals, come to the area on weekends, whe... | high2884.txt |
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"He successfully advised farme... | Cotton farmers in some Indian villages are flooding to buy Coca-Cola and Pepsi, believing that the sugar in the fizzy drinks kills pests . Farmers say scientists advised them to mix pesticides with a sugary syrup to control pests, and they found the mixture cheaper and more effective than pure chemicals---- although... | high23909.txt |
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"To remind babies of the changes of numbers.",
"To record the electrical activity of each baby's brain."... | It takes years of school to develop math skills, but learning about numbers starts earlier than you might think. Now according to a new study, at three months, babies have already started acquiring a concept of "how much".
Previous research had suggested that very young babies can tell when the number of objects in... | high819.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "violence, sports, politics, law and agriculture"
},
"options": [
"war, law, violence, culture and agriculture",
"sports, war, violence, politics and climate",
"politics, culture, violence, climate and sports",
"violence... | *Prime Minister Tony Blair faced new allegations on Thursday that he misled Parliament and the public in making the case for the war in Iraq after he disclosed his chief legal adviser's written opinion raising questions about the legality of the war.
*US Forest Service officials are reminding people to stay off For... | high8417.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "be informed if they have not got a place"
},
"options": [
"avoid disappointment",
"be sent a bill",
"have an advantage over people applying in person",
"be informed if they have not got a place"
],
"question": "... | Students must apply for a place before attending any class. Applications whether by post or in person, are dealt with strictly in the order they are received at the Adult Education Office. You can apply:
By post----use the card supplied with the exact fee. You will be accepted on the course unless it is full, in which... | high15263.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "try to seek passion for a job"
},
"options": [
"treat his job as a great deal",
"try to seek passion for a job",
"find the meaning in his job slowly",
"learn to achieve his dream gradually"
],
"question": "Accor... | A new study supports the view that jobs aren't simply a love-at-first-sight deal. Rather, they say that achieving passion for your work is something you can develop over time.
Unlike the main way of thinking that you'Il only achieve passion for your work through finding the right fit with a line of work - what the rese... | high13612.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "People of different ages are interested in different things"
},
"options": [
"People are curious in the same way.",
"People in different countries are interested in different things.",
"Men and women are curious about differe... | As children grow up, they become curious about different kinds of things. When they are babies, they are interested in the parts of their bodies and in the smiles of their mothers. The they become interested in the physical world around them: the plants, the
animals, the sky. Later, they become interested in the things... | high2674.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It stores the energy from the sun."
},
"options": [
"It burns merely plant matter.",
"It keeps producing electricity.",
"It stores the energy from the sun.",
"It produces zero carbon dioxide"
],
"question": "Why... | The oldest and most common source of renewable energy known to man, biomass is one of the most important forms energy production in the United States and elsewhere. Since such a wide variety of biomass materials is everywhere --- from trees and grasses to agricultural and city --- life wastes ---biomass promises to pl... | high10333.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "inform people of the causes of weight gain in the developed countries"
},
"options": [
"warn people of their bad eating habits in the developed countries",
"remind people of the relation between food and weight gain",
"inform... | More and more people are coming under the umbrella of fatness in modern times. Not just adults,but even children are getting overweight. Today some of the newborn babies are also born fat. It has been proved that the people living in the developed Western countries are more likely to become overweight. There are a numb... | high16742.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Boys who were on the CHS basketball team."
},
"options": [
"All the students graduated from CHS.",
"Any audience who is from Bret Harte.",
"Boys who were on the CHS basketball team.",
"Boys who are studying in CHS at pr... | Announcements
Bret Harte vs. Calaveras alumni boys
The annual Bret Harte vs. CHS alumni boys basketball game will be held at 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 30, at Calaveras High. All players must have played at least one year of basketball team. Cost to play is $30. Admission for audience is $ 5 for adults and $ 2 for kids. 6-... | high19471.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "she lost the power of thinking"
},
"options": [
"she felt very annoyed",
"she lost consciousness",
"she felt very much nervous",
"she lost the power of thinking"
],
"question": "When the writer saw the gun point... | My mind went blank when I saw the gun pointing against the car window as we pulled out of the garage. This can't be happening to me. Then I felt the gun, cold, against my head, and I heard my friend Jeremy saying, "What do you want? Take my wallet," but at the time I thought of nothing.
I remember being a little annoye... | high4205.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "created by student actors"
},
"options": [
"given by the director",
"created by student actors",
"thought out by the director during the acting",
"carefully designed by professional people"
],
"question": "The l... | The film stars out as a normal day at a typical American high school. Friends chat in the dining room and boys play football. But there's big surprise when the movie ends with two students going crazy in the school-shooting and killing people.
This is Elephant. It stars real school kids. American director Gus Van Sant ... | high12524.txt |
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