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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The public."
},
"options": [
"The public.",
"Glafira Rosales.",
"Qian Peishen.",
"Mark Rothlo and Jackson Pollock."
],
"question": "Who is amused and satisfied to see the rich buy forged works of art?",
"que... | Art robbery and art forgery are both major themes in crime movies and literature.In the 2012 comedy movie Gambit, British actor Colin Firth plays an art curator who cheats his abusive boss into buying a fake Monet. In reality, art crimes are no less interesting and exciting.
According to The New York Times, over the ... | high16352.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The world's smallest bookstore."
},
"options": [
"The world's smallest bookstore.",
"A strange way of selling books.",
"The popular books nowadays.",
"The popular bookstores in the world."
],
"question": "What's... | Have you ever been to the world's smallest bookstore?
The World's Smallest Bookstore,whose official name is just these three words,sits quietly about 100 miles northeast of Toronto.
The bookstore is about 10 feet by 10 feet,so it is easy to imagine how tiny it really is.The bookstore is open 24 hours a day.Inside the b... | high10723.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To ask for advice from an editor."
},
"options": [
"to advise us to be careful when making friends.",
"To tell others what kind of person Mary is.",
"To tell Mary what she thinks of her.",
"To ask for advice from an edi... | Dear editor,
Mary is my friend and she is a very good-hearted girl. She's always the first to help out others. But her habits make me mad sometimes and she just won't change her ways. For most situations, that's just fine with me, as I know it's what make her who she is. However, sometimes it's just so hard for me to b... | high2264.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "You should stay away from the kitchen."
},
"options": [
"You should stay away from the kitchen.",
"You should drive on a bridge.",
"You should turn off the power.",
"You should listen to the radio frequently."
],
... | Do you know how to prepare for and survive a major earthquake? According to Department of Conservation scientists, it is important to have the right answer to that question.
How to Be Prepared
Electricity, water, gas and telephones may not be working after an earthquake. The police and fire departments are likely to be... | high15883.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a sports announcer"
},
"options": [
"a manager in a station",
"a football player",
"a manager in a sports department in Dixon",
"a sports announcer"
],
"question": "The author dreamt of becoming _ .",
"qu... | "Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. "If you carry on, one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment."
Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. I had decided to t... | high14545.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "To have it replaced."
},
"options": [
"To have it replaced.",
"To have it repaired.",
"To get a refund for it.",
"To get their apology."
],
"question": "What was Ima' s proposed solution for the problem with the... | Dear Mr. Plant,
I am an enthusiastic camper and longtime X-Ports customer, but after being offended for the third time at your Sierra Vista location, I am writing to complain about your impolite employees.
Several months ago ,I bought a tent that leaked the first time I used it and wanted it replaced . When I took it ... | high9331.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "was born with a good memory"
},
"options": [
"could take care of himself",
"was born with a good memory",
"was the student of Dr. David Treffert",
"became brain-damaged at 20 months old"
],
"question": "Accordin... | Most of us have quite good memories, but our memories are limited. For example, we cannot remember everyone we have ever met or what we did on every single day of our lives. However, there are some people who do have _ memories. These people have a rare condition known as savant syndrome . Savants suffer from a develo... | high12652.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "They are similar."
},
"options": [
"They are dying.",
"They are hopeless.",
"They are similar.",
"They are different."
],
"question": "What does the author think of cities all over the world?",
"question_typ... | American cities are similar to other cities around the world.In every country, cities reflect the values of the culture.American cities are changing,just as American society is changing.
After World War II,the population of most large American cities decreased;however, the population in many Sun Belt cities increased.... | high8749.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They can change automatically or by pressing a button."
},
"options": [
"They can help save energy and money.",
"They can change automatically or by pressing a button.",
"They can only produce heat automatically.",
"Som... | A window is more than just an opening that you can see through. It can affect the way a building looks,how much energy a building USES and even
how you feel.
Scientists are now working on ncw technologies to create"smart windows". Unlike normal windows,high-tech smart windows can change from clear to dark and back ... | high22791.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Kyiv, Pyrohovo folk museum."
},
"options": [
"Kyiv, Pyrohovo folk museum.",
"Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet",
"Zatoka village, Odesa Oblast",
"yanets-Podilsky, Khmelnytska Oblast"
],
"question": "Where can peo... | While some music festivals were canceled because the economy isn't good, plenty remain for music lovers. Here's a guide to the best rock and jazz festivals this summer.
Krayina Mriy
When and where: June20-21, Kyiv, Pyrohovo folk museum
Lineup, TNMK, Boombox, Vopli Vidoplyasova, Onuka
Krayina Mriy is an annual rock musi... | high14223.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the time of batteries will be gone forever"
},
"options": [
"batteries should be greatly improved",
"petrol will be used instead of batteries",
"the time of batteries will be gone forever",
"pollution problems caused by... | A Battery's Nightmare
Portable electronics that can be carried about easily are only as good as their batteries and, let's face it, batteries aren't very good, especially when compared with, say, petrol, which packs 100 times a battery's energy into an equal space. That's why a large group of mechanical engineers (ce... | high9457.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "to examine caffeine ' s memory-strengthening effects in detail"
},
"options": [
"to survey how much caffeine people consume a day",
"to write the paper \" Nature Neuroscience\"",
"to prove caffeine has cognitive-enhancing eff... | Caffeine not only gives us a daily jump start, but new research suggests it also can strengthen long-term memory.
According to the US Food and Drug Administration, nearly 90 percent of people worldwide consume about 200 milligrams of caffeine each day. That' s equivalent to about one strong cup of coffee a day. Writing... | high6764.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "First impressions tend to last more often than not."
},
"options": [
"It's unwise to judge a book by its cover.",
"It's better to judge by logic than by instincts.",
"First impressions tend to last more often than not.",
... | THERE is an old saying: "Don't judge a book by its cover." It means that you shouldn't build your first impression of someone on his or her looks alone. But according to a new study, the famous sayingmight not be correct after all. A group of US scientists have found that the first impression we have of someone else is... | high8991.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a coffee house"
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"a hospital",
"a shop",
"a coffee house",
"a restaurant"
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"question": "A young woman lost her necklace in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer":... | Some people were eating and drinking in a coffee house. A young woman was sitting alone at a table. She was wearing a beautiful diamond necklace. There was an ugly man at a table not far from her. He was looking at her necklace all the time.
Suddenly the lights went out. The coffee house was in darkness. The woman star... | high22949.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Helping them form a good habit of reading story."
},
"options": [
"Understanding the other people's feelings and problems",
"Expressing their feelings like anger.",
"Having a strong faith in their own abilities and potential.... | As a parent, you might never guess all the ways a good imagination benefits your child. It helps a preschooler.
Develop social skills
As children play pretend, they explore relationships between family members, friends and co-workers and learn more about how people interact. Playing doctor, they imagine how physicians ... | high10045.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "if certain parts of his brain were hurt"
},
"options": [
"when he got weaker in health",
"if certain parts of his brain were hurt",
"after he did a quite different job",
"when he grew older"
],
"question": "In t... | During the 19th century, scientists found that when certain parts of the brain of a person were hurt, he would lose the power of doing certain things. And so people thought that each part of the brain does a different job. But modern research has discovered that this is not so, for it is not easy to show exactly what e... | high2502.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Mrs Black and her 21-year-old daughter."
},
"options": [
"Mr Johnson and his wife.",
"A couple without children.",
"Mr Black and his 19-year-old son.",
"Mrs Black and her 21-year-old daughter."
],
"question": "W... | Cocoa Beach /Jupiter Surf Camp -- Summer Summer Surf Camp is centrally located on the Best Western seashore in Cocoa Beach & Jupiter at Carlin Beach Park with accommodations at the Holiday Inn Express in Juno Beach. Summer Surf Camp Dates:
* Surf Camp -- Session 1... | high19707.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "after the software are infected with problems"
},
"options": [
"when the hardware is stored some information.",
"until we pull out our hair in the PC",
"when the hardware gets wrong",
"after the software are infected wi... | Every few years, we buy an expensive new PC and love how fast it runs. Unavoidably though, it starts to slow down until eventually we are pulling our hair out waiting for it to do tasks.
Why is this? It turns out the answer is quite simple and you don't even need to be "technical" to understand the causes and solutio... | high21298.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "unlimited source"
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"options": [
"little power use",
"unlimited source",
"proper size",
"high production"
],
"question": "According to the author, the biggest advantage of the machine is its _ .",
"que... | A machine which makes water out of air could become the greatest household invention since the microwave. Using the same technology as a dehumidifier , the Water Mill is able to create a ready supply of drinking water by getting it from a limitless source-the air. The company behind the machine says not only does it o... | high16434.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a kind of glowing fish has been found there."
},
"options": [
"a teen's research is going to light it up.",
"in the deepest part, lives a swimming animal.",
"scientists are looking for a new species to light up.",
"a ki... | The deep sea is one of the most mysterious places on earth. Scientists rarely go there. Those few do discover new species all of the time. Many places of the deepest parts of the ocean, where it's forever dark, can light up. Now, a teen's research has shown new light on how one of these swimming animals behaves in dark... | high10051.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Homeless Teen Graduates as a Speaker of High School Class"
},
"options": [
"So Many Homeless Students in America",
"How Does a Homeless Student Live in Society?",
"The Hardship of Fearce and Her Family in America",
"Hom... | She may have lacked a home, but now this teen has top honors.
A 17-year old student who spent much of high school living around homeless shelters and sometimes sleeping in her car-today graduated and spoke on behalf of her class at Charles Drew High School in Clayton County, Ga.,just outside of Atlanta.
Chelsea Fearce,... | high5279.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Nature is a good source to turn to for improving technology."
},
"options": [
"In America a self-cleaning paint was modeled on the lotus flower.",
"Zimbabwe engineers learned from termites to create highly advanced heating\nsystems... | Directions : Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage
When top engineers in Germany wanted to build a more energy-ef... | high20192.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "software and sensors are vital for self-driving cars"
},
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"self-driving cars can give driving orders to humans",
"software and sensors are vital for self-driving cars",
"self-driving cars are specially designed fo... | Even as Google plans to test its fleet of self-driving cars on public roads this summer, its business model remains a bit of a mystery. By 2025, as many as 250,000 self-driving vehicles could be sold each year globally, according to a study by an industry research firm.
"Vehicles that can take anyone from A to B at t... | high19713.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "they can save more money for their future business"
},
"options": [
"they can save more money for their future business",
"they can give them to charities",
"they may spend them on what they like",
"they can learn to de... | Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance. Parents often give their children an amount of money that they may spend as they wish. The purpose is to let the children learn from experience at an early age when financial mistakes are not very costly.
A child may receive an allowance each week ... | high4167.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a telephone operator"
},
"options": [
"a robot",
"the author's mother",
"a telephone operator",
"the telephone itself"
],
"question": "According to the text, Information Please is actually _ .",
"questi... | When I was quite young, my father had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood. I remember well the polished old case fastened to the wall. The shiny receiver hung on the side of the box. I was too little to reach the telephone, but used to listen with great interest when my mother used to talk to it.
Then I dis... | high16420.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Women Happier Than Men in Old Age."
},
"options": [
"Why Women Are Happier Than Men in Old Age .",
"How to Live Longer.",
"Women Happier Than Men in Old Age.",
"The Difference between Women and Men in Old Age"
],
... | Researchers questioned nearly 9,800 people over the age of 50 about their lives and found women were happier than men and enjoy life more in old age.
Dr Elizabeth Breeze, one of the researchers, said that women could become happier as they get older as they no longer have to worry about looking after their families.
Sh... | high3608.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Confidence"
},
"options": [
"Money",
"Shoes",
"Confidence",
"Chances"
],
"question": "What do the women get besides clothes at Career Closet?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
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"answer": {
... | Patricia was worried.She had a job interview, and she wanted to look good.She decided to get some new clothes.The store owner, Pallas Hansen, helped Patricia find a suit.But when she left the store, she didn't pay for the suit!
How could Patricia do this? She was in a special store called Career Closet in San Jose, Cal... | high12646.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He should telephone to explain his being late."
},
"options": [
"He should find an excuse.",
"He should ask for excuse.",
"He should say \"Sorry\".",
"He should telephone to explain his being late."
],
"question... | Social customs differ from country to country. Does a man walk on the left or the right of a woman in your country? Or doesn't it matter? What about table manners? Should you use both hands when you are eating? Should you leave one in your lap, or on the table?
The Americans and the British not only speak the same lang... | high22785.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "enjoy different sports activities after class"
},
"options": [
"study English in some regular schools.",
"learn how to deal with dangers in the wild",
"enjoy different sports activities after class",
"experience the tra... | Skinner Creek ESL Guest Ranch offers a unique outdoor adventure camp for inter- national students.
Students who come to Skinner Creek have the opportunity to learn English in an environment entirely different from a regular school setting. English classes are designed to meet the academic and spoken levels of each stud... | high15129.txt |
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"answer_text": "similar bills are likely to be passed in the US, Canada and other countries"
},
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"observers are taking a wait-and-see attitude towards the future of euthanasia",
"similar bills are likely to be passed in the US, Canada ... | It was 3: 45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australia's Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure passed by the c... | high9443.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Handsome men have an advantage in their jobs."
},
"options": [
"Male workers pay more attention to their appearance.",
"Handsome men have an advantage in their jobs.",
"Appearance plays an important role at work.",
"The... | A handsome man can earn a fifth more than an average-looking colleague but a beautiful woman is not paid a penny more than her average-looking colleague, new research has shown.
The study by senior economists found that being good-looking meant male workers could earn 22 percent more than average-looking colleagues. Re... | high14237.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "encourages ordinary people to help cut the carbon footprint"
},
"options": [
"has been tested for months",
"aims to reduce the cost of the service",
"employs environmentalists to help with deliveries",
"encourages ordin... | BERLIN (Reuters)--Germany's postal service has announced plans to explore improved service and help protect the environment by getting "fetch friends"--ordinary people traveling across cities--to deliver parcels on their way.
It is hoped that the move, which will be tested in the coming months, might lessen traffic in ... | high6770.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because they wanted to steal something from Oliver."
},
"options": [
"Because they were of the same age.",
"Because they liked Oliver at the first sight.",
"Because they were required to do so.",
"Because they wanted to... | For some reason Dodger did not want to enter London during daylight, so it was nearly eleven o'clock at night when they got near the centre. Oliver had never seen a dirtier or more miserable place. The streets in this district were narrow and muddy, and there were terrible smells everywhere. Children wandered around ev... | high13558.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "her father wanted her to marry a rich man while she didn't"
},
"options": [
"she thought her father didn't love her at all",
"her father thought her boyfriend was too materialistic",
"her father wanted her to marry a rich man... | When I decided to get married, my father decided to share some wisdom. "Lori, it is just as easy to love a rich man as it is to love a poor man, " he said. My boyfriend didn't have much money, but I loved him. "What?" I cried. " How can you say that? I want to marry for love, NOT for money." " But why not marry someone... | high1779.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Taking part-time jobs is permitted by hospitals while moonlighting is-against"
},
"options": [
"Doctors can earn more money by moonlighting than by taking part-time jobs.",
"Doctors pay fewer taxes for the money made by moonlightin... | Doctors' moonlighting is becoming popular in hospitals around China. It has not only raised a lot of heated discussions in the media, but also caught the attention of the central government in Beijing.
On December 26, a spokesman of the Ministry of Health stressed that the ministry was firmly against doctors' moonlight... | high15897.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "They want to enjoy better things in life."
},
"options": [
"They want to show off their wealth.",
"Food can show off their social position.",
"They want to enjoy better things in life.",
"They are wiser than any other p... | People express their personalities in their clothes, their cars, and their homes. Our diets can also show our personalities because we might choose certain food to tell people something about us.
For example, some people mainly enjoy high quality food, such as caviar and lobster , and they eat only in expensive rest... | high9325.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "introduce the topic of the text"
},
"options": [
"show the importance of exercise",
"introduce the topic of the text",
"show the popularity of soccer",
"tell us how to control asthma"
],
"question": "The story o... | Rick Garcia is going to play outside with his friends. He is taking out his reliever inhaler and taking two puffs . Five minutes later, he's on the field with his friends, running after a soccer ball. Rick has asthma , but he knows how to control it.
Asthma is a lung disease. A person with asthma may cough or suffe... | high14551.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The climate there was warmer and wetter."
},
"options": [
"The trees were taller and stronger.",
"The soil was softer for seeds to develop.",
"The climate there was warmer and wetter.",
"The temperature was lower along ... | Redwood trees are the tallest plants on the earth,reaching heights of up to 100 meters.They are also known for their longevity,typically 500 to 1000 years,but sometimes more than 2000 years.A hundred million years ago,in the age of dinosaurs,redwoods were common in the forests of a much more moist and tropical North Am... | high6016.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "intellectual"
},
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"exciting",
"dramatic",
"intellectual",
"violent"
],
"question": "The writer thinks about computer games all of the following except _ .",
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... | Every afternoon hundreds of thousands of youth fill Internet cafes, switch on a game console , or otherwise sit down to enter fantasy worlds. I'm talking about video games. These games can be fun and exciting, but we need to look out when this pastime becomes an addiction.
Games are often quite exciting and dramatic, ... | high7308.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To discuss problems related to designing robots."
},
"options": [
"To introduce the newly-invented robot, Roboy.",
"To discuss problems related to designing robots.",
"To explore the roles robots will play in our future lives... | IMAGINE that your parents have bought you the most advanced robot. He looks like a real person. He talks to you and plays with you. He can even think for himself and figure out what you need.
It may feel as if you have a considerate new brother who keeps you company all the time. But come to think of it, can you really... | high12120.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A rebirth for 33 rescued miners in Chile"
},
"options": [
"Rescued miners speak out",
"Miners' life deep underground",
"A rebirth for 33 rescued miners in Chile",
"Chilean president honors rescued miners"
],
"qu... | IQUIQUE, Chile (Reuters) -- Rescue workers at the San Jose gold and copper mine in northern Chile had reason to sing this week. A small hole drilled into the earth became a passage to freedom for 33 trapped miners, who spent 69 days underground. "Never have people been trapped for so long so deeply," says a doctor at N... | high11429.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Buying used books."
},
"options": [
"Driving your own car.",
"Renting an apartment.",
"Buying used books.",
"Attending activities."
],
"question": "Which of the following ideas can be financially wise?",
"qu... | You put a great deal of effort into reaching the college of your choice. It' s time to get started. But what' s next? Beginning college can be an exciting but awkward time. Follow these tips to adjust to your new life rapidly and make the most of your college experience.
* To save time and money, use the college' s bus... | high19075.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "prove that people could walk out of the desert see"
},
"options": [
"prove that people could walk out of the desert see",
"how far away Bissel was to the edge of the desert",
"tell people not to walk in circles",
"show ... | Bissel is a small village of the West Sahara. It lies next to a l.5-square-kilometer oasis , from where three days and nights are generally required to go out of the desert. However, before Ken Levin discovered it in 1926, none of the Bissel villagers had ever walked out of the desert. Reportedly, they were not unwilli... | high4601.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "embarrassed"
},
"options": [
"excited",
"satisfied",
"embarrassed",
"displeased"
],
"question": "After ordering some salt to put into the coffee, the young man must have felt _ .",
"question_type": "clo... | He met her at the party. She was so outstanding, with many boys around her, while he was so normal, with nobody paying attention to him.
At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee with him. She was surprised, but due to being polite, she agreed.
They sat in a nice coffee shop. He was too nervous to say anyt... | high16346.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "she is ready to have a baby because of her age and body"
},
"options": [
"she should have a baby according to the cultural requirement",
"she needs to have a child because of the family pressure",
"she has to give birth to a ... | British researchers found that men are almost as likely as women to want children, and they feel more lonely, depressed, angry and sad than women if they don't have them.
Childless women were more likely to mention personal wish and biological urge as major influences, compared to men. Men were more likely to mention... | high17058.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They used to come back when spring came."
},
"options": [
"Farmers depend on them to tell the time.",
"They used to come back when spring came.",
"They used to predict the change of weather.",
"They usually migrate when... | Starving polar bears are eating one another in the Arctic. Flowers are blooming too soon and die. The ice caps are melting so fast that rising water levels will threaten coastal towns along Florida within several decades. These are just a few examples of the terrible consequences of climate change supported by a new an... | high10737.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To live a different life from her parents"
},
"options": [
"To go back to school",
"To go to the best university",
"To survive",
"To live a different life from her parents"
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Personal Air Travel
The idea: flying cars
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"To play with it for fun."
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McDonald's Supersize option, which includes a 7-ounce fries cart... | high20184.txt |
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President John Kennedy set up the Peace Corps soon after he took office in 196... | high17728.txt |
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Officials from the university are _ to give interviews..
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"It is a phenomenon that causes us many inconveniences.",
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"They traveled by raft to Fiji and Tonga.",
"They could survive in poor living conditions.",
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"Top English, the best English!",
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"4.",
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"6."
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"orange, blue, or black",
"black, red, or orange"
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Locomotor play refers to the movements animals carry out in their play. Ru... | high9333.txt |
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1.Fly into Alternate Airports
Most major destinations are served by more than one airport.Flying into a less popular one can result in cheaper tickets.Another added _ of quieter airports? Shorter check-in and security lines,and less waiting around.
2.Use Pub... | high6000.txt |
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"some railroad stops remained .",
"land in the west was hard to manage .",
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},
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"She is more tolerant to stress.",
"She can solve problems usually for men."
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},
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"financial concerns",
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"worries about living far away from home"
],
"question": "Mike may give up Notre Dame because of _ .",
"questi... | Mike Maietta was eating lunch when he got a text message from his mom.
"Notre Dame," it said. " _ !"
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"develop a common hobby"
],
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"answer": {
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},
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"Man friendship is far more exciting than ... | It's a Friday night. Your girl friends are out at a bar and your boyfriend is playing soccer with his mates. Two text messages later, you're eating pizza and watching action movies with three guy friends. Perfect.
"Guy friends" have the potential to enrich your life in ways that female friends and boyfriends just can't... | high3178.txt |
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"because of an accident",
"because he met with a serious traffic accident",
"when he was 57 years old"
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"teamwork will be completely replaced by computers",
"the concept... | Are you a team person? Are you at your best as part of a small, tightly united group of dedicated workers? If so, the future may _ for you than you think.
High technology, some predicted, would make team work a thing of the past. That's happening in those areas of business and data processing where one person and a com... | high2272.txt |
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},
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"To keep atomic clocks in time with the world' s computers.",
"To keep atomic clocks in time with ... | On July 1 at exactly 7:59:59, Bejing time, the world' s atomic clocks will pause for a single second, or, more precisely, change to the unusual time of 7:59:60. The addition of a leap second , is to keep our clocks in time with the slowing of Earth' s rotation and astronomical time as measured by the sun.
Just one ... | high19077.txt |
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"Turning to grown-ups for help.",
"Acting bravely and fight back."
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"answer": {
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"Travelling for a long way,",
"A living creature in his brain.",
"Uncooked meat eaten by him."
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26-year-old Luis Ortiz went to a hospital because of a headache and nausea(,). When doctors examined him, they were shocked to find a tapeworm larva in his brain. The story gets stranger. The larva was still alive.
The creature had cause... | high12122.txt |
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"To explain why scientists will create living areas for humans.",
"To argue that no human... | _ Countries would probably pass 'no reproduction' laws to keep population balanced, but obviously not everyone would observe. The world's population would grow very quickly at that. Animals and plants would die out, because humans needed the food.
There would be no room for more people in the world. Scientists would mo... | high8039.txt |
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"Those who want an adventure trip.",
"Those who plan to live in one place for a few days.",
"Those who don't ... | Wouldn't you want to travel more often without breaking the bank? If you are interested, read on to find out how you can do simple things to save money next time you go on vacation.
Airfares
Plan in advance and visit discount websites to see if there are better deals. If you are planning to stay in two countries and an... | high14553.txt |
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"He will leave for a new job.",
"He will get married.",
"He will stay with us forever."
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"q... | Please excuse me if I'm a little sad today because Mark is leaving.You probably don't know Mark,but you might be lucky enough to know someone just like him.He's been the heart and soul of the office for a couple of years combining professional skills with a sweet and gentle nature.He's never been all that interested in... | high6014.txt |
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},
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"One Foundation has set up a hotline for missing children.",
"ACWF promised to offer Ren Fangfang... | Civil Affairs and Public Security Departments have been urged to take comprehensive steps to help children who are begging on the nation's streets and are often abused. Premier Wen Jiabao said during his online chat with netizens, China Daily reported.
Wen said he has paid close attention to the ongoing micro blog camp... | high15895.txt |
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},
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"he thought all that Arcaro needed was a bit of luck",
"he had sympathy for Arcaro for his unfortunate e... | You must know what BYD stands for? Yes, Build Your Dream. Have you built your dream and spare no effort to achieve it? Here is an inspiring story from http//www.naijamotiveation.com
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"answer": {
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"The love from our parents is awkward sometimes... | My friend got married. His mother carried two bags of cotton from the countryside by bus and train to his city. After arriving at the city, there was still a long way to his house without any bus passing by the house. His mother walked to his home breathlessly for 40 minutes without taking a taxi in order to save money... | high589.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"see whether chimps are willing to share food with others",
"find out if chimps are likely to reward... | Chimpanzees, long considered reluctant to share, apparently can display selfless tendencies, revealing one more key way our closest living relatives are like humans, scientists find. These findings could shed light on the evolution of _ in humans.
Previously, a belief was widely held that human altruism evolved only af... | high9441.txt |
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"answer": {
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... | When I decided to quit my job as a wedding photographer, I was in my late twenties, fresh from my divorce from Bob who had left me empty and confused. I decided to leave the US and travel. I had no savings, plus more than $5,000 in debt. What I did have were two sponsored tasks as a travel photographer- and with that a... | high6772.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "4."
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"3",
"4.",
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"answer": {
... | Dear Reader:
I receive many letters from children and can't answer them all -- there wouldn't be time enough in a day.That is why I am sending you this printed reply to your letter.I'll try to answer some of the questions that are commonly asked.
Where did I get the idea for Stuart Little and for Charlotte's Web? Well,... | high12644.txt |
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"not smiling for photographs was the fashion",
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That's because the term"sense of humor" really wasn't in common usage until the eighteen-sixties and seventies. In the eighteen-forties and fifties... | high19711.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "In 1990."
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"In 1991.",
"In 2013.",
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"answer": {
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"answer": {
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"would soon join Brazil in controlling their birth rate",
"neglected the role of TV plays ... | With its 190 million inhabitants, Brazil has the largest population in Latin America and ranks fifth in the world.
However, Brazil's population growth rate has dropped greatly and Brazilian women now have only 2.7 children on average. This achievement really becomes the envy of many other Third World countries. Brazil... | high20190.txt |
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"Kids who intend to make new friends.",
"Kids who expect to find pleasure in art.",
"Kids who mean to become professional... | Welcome to Art Camps
Art classes are generally taught in all public and private schools ,but not all children are considered artists or enjoy art. For those kids who show talent or are interested in furthering their skills, many camps are available to enhance creative talent.
Camp Jam Chicago
Kids learn instrument-spe... | high10053.txt |
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"The violin",
"The trombone",
"The accordion"
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"question_typ... | To learn an instrument such as the violin or accordion takes years. The job opportunities for musicians are scarce and competition is fierce. Then why are more people than ever before paying a lot of good cash to get their children the best music teaching they can afford?
The secret lies in the influence of music on t... | high2514.txt |
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"It was named by some Spanish fishermen.",
"It only happens in South America.",
"It lasts a few weeks or more."
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El Nino... | high13572.txt |
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},
{
"answ... | When he was a boy, Tim was much influenced by the books about the sea, but in fact by the age of fifteen he had decided to become a doctor rather than a sailor. His father was a dentist and as a result, Tim had the opportunity of meeting many doctors either at home or elsewhere. When he was fourteen he was already han... | high1035.txt |
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},
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"Both parents and children.",
"Those who want to make friends.",
"Those who want to make money."
],
"question": "Who is the pas... | If you want to make friends and form strong, lasting friendships, consider these suggestions.
To make friends, you first need to put yourself out there somehow. Friends seldom come knocking on your door while you sit at home watching TV.
Join a club with people who have common interests. You don't necessarily have to h... | high22977.txt |
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"introduce a tiny file in a computer-a single code",
"show how your individual information was let out when you surf the Internet",
... | When you're surfing the Internet on your laptop from your dorm or home, do you know your personal details are being gathered secretly? And would you be surprised to know the information may be sold cheaply to advertisers and marketers?
According to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal, all it takes is a tiny fil... | high9469.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Computer defeats man in chess!"
},
"options": [
"5,000 dollars goes to a computer!",
"New invention:a laughing computer!",
"World's best chess player beaten!",
"Computer defeats man in chess!"
],
"question": "Wh... | Moscow, Russia (Space news)... "The,computer is a better chess player, " insisted Viktor Prozorov, the loser. "It seemed as if it were laughing after every good move, I know I should have beaten it for the sake of mankind , but I just couldn't win," he announced and shook his head sadly.
Prozorov's disappointment was s... | high7444.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "some famous singer, film stars and other music entertainers"
},
"options": [
"some best-known names in the USA",
"some famous singer, film stars and other music entertainers",
"People who tried to save others from the burning... | Some of the best-known names in the entertainment industry have taken part in an unprecedented _ to help victims of the terrorist attacks in the United States.
The benefit , called "America: a Tribute to Heroes," was sponsored by all four major U.S television networks, ABC,CBS, FOIX and NBC. It was broadcast by three-d... | high15103.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "By giving examples."
},
"options": [
"By giving examples.",
"By cause and effect.",
"By following the order of time.",
"By making comparison."
],
"question": "How does the author develop the text?",
"questio... | In recent months, a catchy song, A Little Apple, has become such a hit that it has even inspired square-dancing troupes to mimic its music video.
When Old Boys: The Way of the Dragon, an adventure comedy featuring the song, was released on July 10, the unusual publicity strategy was applauded. Ticket sales of Old Boy... | high8777.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Unhappy."
},
"options": [
"Unhappy.",
"Helpless.",
"Useless.",
"Meaningless."
],
"question": "What does the writer think of their senior high school life?",
"question_type": null
}
] | It was about six years ago.We were at senior high school.Those days in school were gray to most Chinese students because of the college entrance examination pressure.Not our parents and teachers didn't love us,but they loved us too much.Our only happiness was a high grade in the exam.
One afternoon after the final exam... | high6982.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "To advertise some goods."
},
"options": [
"To advertise some goods.",
"To show how fashionable the items are.",
"To teach how to operate the items.",
"To compare some goods."
],
"question": "What's the purpose o... | Item 78431 The Video Camera Pen
$129.95; Available for Immediate Shipment; Order by Phone: 1-800-321-1484
This is the pen that has a built-in video camera, capturing (,) videos or still images with a click of its button.Ideal for use while secured in a pocket, it can capture up to five hours of video. Its battery pro... | high3622.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "get some financial knowledge"
},
"options": [
"cut their living costs",
"learn to plan for the future",
"earn a living when young",
"get some financial knowledge"
],
"question": "Giving children an allowance can... | Children's allowance. Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance . The purpose is to let them learn from experience at an age when financial (;;)mistakes are not very costly.
In any case, parents should make clear what the child is expected to pay for with the money. At first, young children... | high11365.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To add fun to his exercise bike routine*"
},
"options": [
"To invent a new kind of bicycle.",
"To participate in a competition.",
"To satisfy the needs of the public.",
"To add fun to his exercise bike routine*"
],
... | Riding on an exercise bike at home may keep you in physical shape, but it can get pretty boring after a while. Aaron Puzey had been on his exercise bike for half an hour a day for years when he decided to look for a way to make it a bit more fun.
With virtual reality technology widely available nowadays, all be needed... | high19739.txt |
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