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"answer_text": "was thankful for his brother Nick's support"
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"joined the Backstreet Boys at the age of seven",
"fell in love with music after Nick became famous",
"was not allowed to sing by his family",
"was thankful f... | Not long ago, a rock band called the Backstreet Boys _ on the music scene. Young people everywhere loved their songs. One of the band's biggest fans was a young boy named Aaron Carter. Aaron had a special reason for taking such an interest in the band. Nick Carter, one of the Backstreet Boys, was Aaron's big brother.
E... | high5131.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "reported news by taking pictures"
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"options": [
"did very well in writing news",
"reported news by taking pictures",
"focused on industrial news as a reporter",
"began her career by working for Fortune"
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"qu... | Margaret Bourke-White was one of the leading news reporters of the 20th century. But she did not write news. She told her stories with a camera. Margaret Bourke-White began her career as an industrial photographer in the early 1930s. In 1936, she accepted the American publisher Henry Luce's invitation and went to his m... | high17476.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a computer connect to the museum by telephone line"
},
"options": [
"floppy discs",
"a computer and a printer",
"pictures and drawings on paper",
"a computer connect to the museum by telephone line"
],
"question... | There are many famous museums throughout the world where people can enjoy art. Washington, D.C. has the National Gallery of Art; Paris has the Luvre; London, the British Museum. Florida International University (FIU) in Miami also shows art for people to see. And it does so without building, or even a wall for its dr... | high2138.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "they move around too much"
},
"options": [
"they move around too much",
"new bees soon replace all the bees studied by researchers",
"they are too tiny",
"they never return to hives"
],
"question": "Bees are har... | All across California, honeybees are flying away from their hives and dying. Empty hives are causing a lot of worry about some important food crops.
Bees give us a lot more than delicious honey. They are pollinators --they enable plants to produce the fruits and nuts we enjoy by carrying pollen from one plant or flowe... | high5657.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "is advocated by California state governor"
},
"options": [
"will probably take effect in six years",
"covers all the high school subjects",
"has been approved by all states",
"is advocated by California state governor"
... | California has a new program called the Digital Textbook Initiative. "Starting this fall with high school math and science, we will be the first state in the nation to provide schools with a state-approved list of digital textbooks." That was Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in June, talking about his effort to get schoo... | high18023.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Women overtake men in IQ testing"
},
"options": [
"The history of IQ testing",
"The modernity of the world",
"Women are becoming stronger than men",
"Women overtake men in IQ testing"
],
"question": "What would ... | It is a finding which is certain to be hotly discussed. According to the latest research, women are brighter than men. For the first time in IQ testing, psychologists have found that female scores have risen above those of men.
Since IQ testing began a century ago, women have been as much as five points behind. But tha... | high17310.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "What do you do when you suddenly feel lonely in a crowd?"
},
"options": [
"What is the character of the introvert?",
"Why do people feel lonely in a crowd?",
"How can we make ourselves calm down in a crowd?",
"What do y... | People are different. Some are _ . These people are outgoing, confident, and know the "gift of the gab". They also feel very comfortable when in groups of people.
Unfortunately we have the other extreme. This is the introvert. The introvert feels sick in crowds, and does not like them. These people feel awkward in the ... | high4549.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "lasting appeal"
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"options": [
"lasting appeal",
"long history",
"exciting records",
"great success"
],
"question": "The passage is written here to show that Lennon has _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_ques... | On December 8, 1980, John Lennon -an English musician who rose to fame as one of the founding members of Liverpool pop band The Beatles - was shot dead outside his New York apartment.
In the 1960s and 70s, Lennon was one of the most iconic men on the planet. Some 30 years ago on from his death, he is still respected by... | high11761.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "children have less exercise and eat unhealthily"
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"options": [
"parents also have weight problem as their children",
"children drink too many Cokes",
"schools are more interested in sports teams",
"children have less ... | Children of America are getting fatter every time. 13% of the children at the age of 6 to 11 are overweight(too fat).
When we look at children's lives today in the USA, we can see the root(origin)of the problem--sports and foods. Young children like sports but they don't have enough around the start of high school. Tha... | high9.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a memorial building"
},
"options": [
"a prison",
"a gift to Mumtaz",
"a memorial building",
"a tourist attraction"
],
"question": "The Taj Mahal was first built as _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questio... | Say you are a 17th century construction worker who's worked long and hard to build a splendid tower for the dead wife of your emperor.
Now say that the emperor orders your fingertips cut off so you can never build another one. Yes, that is the Taj Mahal,one of the most famous buildings in the world. And the tale behind... | high15507.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "people eating more red meat have a higher risk of death"
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"options": [
"big meat eaters eat a 6oz steak per day",
"big meat eaters have heart disease ten years earlier",
"people eating more meat will suffer from a heart att... | Scientists have produced new evidence suggesting eating lots of red and processed meat damages health. They found big meat eaters had a raised risk of death from all causes over a 10-year period. In contrast, a higher intake of white meat was associated with a slightly reduced risk of death over the same period.
The US... | high8373.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "choose the best people in the country"
},
"options": [
"test people's luck",
"focus more on writing",
"choose the best people in the country",
"write an article explaining ideas from those books"
],
"question": ... | How did people in ancient China change their luck? Most of them would take the exam, Keju, which began during the Sui Dynasty and lasted for 1,300 years before it was ended in the Qing Dynasty.
Keju, the early "gaokao", played a very important role in choosing qualified persons to work for the king.
The Keju exams were... | high14619.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "VLC might solve the spectum crisis."
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"options": [
"mobile devices will consume more data",
"radio-frequency bandwidth needs to be freed up.",
"VLC might solve the spectum crisis.",
"the world has a complete lighting ... | Flickering lights are annoying but they may have an advantage. Visible light communication (VLC) uses rapid pluses of light to transmit information wirelessly. Now it may be ready to compete with conventional Wi-fi.
In a recent TED talk, Harald Hasas from the University of Edinburge,UK demonstrated one VLC prototype ,"... | high13176.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To prove early musical training affects the function of the brain."
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"options": [
"To suggest how new roles for musical training work.",
"To prove early musical training affects the function of the brain.",
"To explain how ... | New findings show that musical training affects the structure and function of different brain areas, how those areas communicate during the creation of music, and how the brain interprets and combines sensory information. The findings were presented at Neuroscience 2013, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscie... | high9086.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "In a way they please."
},
"options": [
"In a way they please.",
"In a scientific way.",
"In a careless way.",
"In a common way"
],
"question": "How did American parents usually name their children?",
"questi... | American parents generally can choose any name they want for their children. They may choose a name because it honors a family member. Or they may choose a name just because they like it.
A website called Baby Center lists some unusual names given to American babies born last year. Some were named for characters in old... | high12283.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "People can download and read lots of newspapers on it"
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"options": [
"It looks like a table mat",
"It's as light as a magazine.",
"People can download and read lots of newspapers on it",
"People can receive the BBC re... | A British-designed electronic newspaper which is made of plastic and no larger than a table mat is to enter the market next year. The new newspaper was conceived by Cambridge University scientists. They came up with the idea of replacing silicon chips with plastic ones. it is being developed by Plastic Logic... | high8398.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "87 out of 140 volunteers developed pancreatic cancer"
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"the healthcare in Singapore should be greatly improved",
"2 soft drinks a day are considered harmful to health",
"sugar might not be the only cause of pan... | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer , an unusual but deadly cancer, researchers reported on Monday.
People who drank mostly fruit juice instead of sodas did not have the same risk, the study of 60,000 people in Singapore found.
S... | high21649.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "stressful"
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"easy",
"stressful",
"attractive",
"useless"
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"question": "According to the passage, learning music in college will be quite _ .",
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... | Many people don't realize the importance of music education in the schools today.A new study showed, however, music education is extremely important.
In college, music education is one of the largest programs.Teachers have to learn general education materials and techniques. They must learn to play every instrument; th... | high5864.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the measurements of heats in ocean may not be exact"
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"the measurements of heats in ocean may not be exact",
"the global temperture rise has dropped down",
"it still needs higher technical tools for measuring m... | Something's not quite right with the climate.While global CO2emissions have continued to swell, the global temperature rise has leveled off.Meanwhile, satellites and other observational tools indicate that the net heat retained by the planet has continued to increase, and that excess energy should be pushing up surface... | high21891.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The nervous system in the nose can repair itself."
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"options": [
"The nervous system in the nose can repair itself.",
"Cells from the nose can be easily transplanted.",
"The nervous system in the nose has more cells.",
... | Darek Fidyka, a 38-year-old Bulgarian, had been paralyzed from the chest down for four years after a knife attack. Scientists from Britain and Poland took cells from his nose, transplanted them into his back and re-grew his spinal cord . Now he can walk and even drive a car. The doctors were delighted but said it ... | high10494.txt |
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"answer_text": "Low-price is Xiaomi's advantage over Apple's iPhones."
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"options": [
"Xiaomi sold more cellphones than SaM:ung in 2010 in China.",
"Compared to Xiaomi, Apple's iPhone 6 is thinner and lighter.",
"Low-price is Xiaomi's advan... | BEIJING -- Rising smartphone star Xiaomi is moving upmarket and taking aim at Apple's iPhone. The Chinese maker known for low-priced phones on Thursday unveiled a new model that Chairman J un Lei said is comparable to Apple's iPhone 6 but thinner, lighter and much cheaper. The phone starts at 2, 299 yuan ($375), less... | high11952.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "some people just sampled pudding but didn't buy them"
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"options": [
"many shoppers would sample pudding before buying them",
"some people just sampled pudding but didn't buy them",
"the Christmas season was the time to prom... | In a certain store where they sell puddings, a number of these delicious things are laid out in a row during the Christmas season. Here you may select the one which is most to your taste, and you are even allowed to sample them before coming to a decision.
I have often wondered whether some people, who had no intention... | high18976.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It came from Danish words meaning \"play\" and \"well.\""
},
"options": [
"It is a combination of Greek and Latin words.",
"It was created by Ole Kirk Christiansen's son.",
"It was created in 1947 for naming the plastic toys.... | The Lego Group had a very low beginning in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen,a carpenter from Denmark.Christiansen began creating wooden toys in 1932.Two years later, he came upon the Lego name by putting together the first two letters of the Danish words Leg and Godt,which mean "play well."The name could be interp... | high16783.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The music of Mozart."
},
"options": [
"The music of Justin Bieber.",
"The music of Mozart.",
"The music of David Guetta.",
"The music of David Lewis."
],
"question": "Whose music can help you do maths homework a... | Whether it is Mozart or Miley, your choice of music could determine whether you will perform well at your job. A new study suggests that listening to music in the office improves the speed and accuracy of tasks such as data entry, proofreading and problem solving. In an officebased experiment, 88 per cent of participan... | high13823.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "native speakers' English is hard to understand"
},
"options": [
"non-native speakers speak English even better",
"the author's English is hard to understand",
"native speakers' English is hard to understand",
"it is eas... | It is an issue I have realized ever since I heard about an Austrian banker who said,"I always find it easier to do business with partners from Greece or Russia or Denmark. But when the lrish call, it gets complex and difficult." ks5u
As I wrote recently, those speaking English as a second language frequently say they f... | high22426.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Its sales and income have dropped."
},
"options": [
"Its share goes down to $21.",
"Shake Shack has taken its place.",
"It' s not popular with Americans.",
"Its sales and income have dropped."
],
"question": "Wh... | Shake Shack is a new kind of restaurant becoming more popular in the U.S. The restaurants are not"fast food" . They are known as"fast casual" .
Observers say Americans want more choices and fresh food when choosing where and what to eat. This trend is one reason why the fast food restaurant McDonald' s has struggled fi... | high9938.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because their bag was overweight."
},
"options": [
"Because they got up late.",
"Because they didn't wait in line.",
"Because they came to the airport late.",
"Because their bag was overweight."
],
"question": "... | Last July, my parents and I went to visit my aunt and uncle in Seattle, a city on the northwest American coast. Dad did some research and had no difficulty in finding us cheap tickets online.
On the day of our flight, we had to wake up very early. When we checked our bags in, we found that one bag weighed too much, so ... | high24057.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "attach importance to hearing"
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"present the mental decline",
"attach importance to hearing",
"compare hearing with other senses",
"exaggerate the damaging effects"
],
"question": "Mass does the re... | Older people with hearing loss may suffer faster rates of mental decline. People who have hearing trouble suffered meaningful impairments in memory, attention and learning about three years earlier than people with normal hearing, a study published online January 21 in JAMA Internal Medicine reveals.
The finding suppor... | high7915.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "believes fears protect us negatively"
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"options": [
"thinks it difficult to control our fear",
"believes fears protect us negatively",
"thinks it's good to criticize ourselves",
"values the advantages of feeling fear"... | Fear can be a wonderful feeling in our lives, protecting us from dangerous situations and keeping us safe. But fear can also limit our lives significantly. While it may not be conscious, fear may make us think we are unacceptable or that what we have to offer isn't valuable. Fear may make us feel that we are not safe b... | high628.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the earthquake struck Ya'an about 12 kilometers in depth"
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"options": [
"the earthquake's strength is 7.0 according to the USGS's information",
"the earthquake is 115 miles away from the provincial capital, Chengdu",
"the e... | A strong earthquake struck the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan on Saturday, killing more than 30 people and injuring hundreds of others, local authorities said on April 20th 2013.
The quake struck Ya'an just after 8 a.m. local time about 115 kilometers (70 miles) away from the provincial capital, Chengdu, at a... | high23738.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the most active economy group in today's world"
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"the most active economy group in today's world",
"the most powerful economies in western world",
"leading countries with fast development of humanity",
"t... | South Africa hosted the fifth BRICS Summit in March 2013,which completed the first cycle of BRICS summits,BRICS is an acronym for the powerful grouping of the world's leading up-and-coming economies,namely Brazil,Russia,India,China and South Africa.The BRICS aims to achieve peace,security,development and cooperation.It... | high14194.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "friend and neighbor"
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"options": [
"friend and colleague",
"neighbor and leader",
"neighbor and worker",
"friend and neighbor"
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"question": "Linda is Elizabeth's _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_question... | Dear Mr. Wolfson,
The purpose of this letter is to inform you of one of our citizens who I believe should receive some special recognition for dedicated community service. The person I recommend is Elizabeth Samuelson. I believe you know her in your position as volunteer coordinator .
I have known Elizabeth for more... | high13837.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "better at controlling their attention"
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"options": [
"smarter than others",
"better at all skills",
"better at controlling their attention",
"higher in intelligence"
],
"question": "Being bilingual can make pe... | In the early nineteen fifties, researchers found that people scored lower on intelligence tests if they spoke more than one language. Research in the sixties found the opposite. So which is it?
Researchers presented their newest studies last month at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.... | high22432.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To keep competitive."
},
"options": [
"To be a bridge between the two big countries.",
"To keep competitive.",
"Because they are always interested in it.",
"To gain advantage in trade."
],
"question": "Why do mo... | China is having such a huge influence on the United States that many Americans are struggling to learn the Chinese language in a bid to keep competitive.
"Interest in learning Chinese among American youth and their parents has grown quickly in the past five years," said Vivien Stewart, vice president at the Asia Societ... | high7901.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "introduce some books about astronomy"
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"tell us something important about space",
"introduce some books about astronomy",
"show some planets discovered recently",
"explain something secret in the universe... | If You Decide to Go to the Moon
By Faith Mcnulty, Steven Kellogg(illustrator)---This book is written in the second person and tells you the most important information you need to know if you go to the moon. I especially appreciate the information on how to get home. You know, just in case...
Discover Space
By Cynthia P... | high24043.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a Nobel Prize winner and his literary achievement"
},
"options": [
"a literary figure's personal affairs",
"a famous novelist's family background",
"a Nobel Prize winner and his literary achievement",
"European people's... | The 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature went to the French novelist "for the art of memory" with which he has "uncovered the lifeworld of the occupation".
Although the 69yearold writer is a very popular literary figure in France, he is little known elsewhere.
So who is this Patrick Modiano, why does his memory have such an ... | high14180.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "love cooking at home"
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"have s in Europe",
"love cooking at home",
"often hold parties",
"own a restaurant"
],
"question": "We can learn from the text that Lieberman's family _ .",
"questi... | Growing in Philadelphia, Lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was seven. His food-loving family had two kitchens, and quickly learned what was the best way to bake his cakes. Lieberman improved his kitchen skills greatly during a year abroad before college, learning from a cook in Italy and study... | high20225.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "they don't want to spend time and energy on them"
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"they don't want to spend time and energy on them",
"they never have a chance to question them",
"they think they deserve tickets for their mistakes",
"t... | Few things can get normally calm people angry like finding a parking ticket attached to the windshield of their cars,especially when they seem undeserved.But most people don't want to invest the time and energy to beat them.
Now a new iPhone app,Fixed,will take on the task of beating a ticket:suggesting reasons it migh... | high17489.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Quack was quite sure of his success"
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"Quick had been well prepared for it",
"Quack was quite sure of his success",
"Quick decided to teach Quack a lesson",
"Quick and Quack planned a trick for each other... | Quick and Quack were two brave little ducks who lived with their mother. Both were really fast and were always competing against each other.
One day, after visiting their uncle Ducklass, Quack shouted, "Last one home is a goose!" and both ducks swam quickly down the river. They both knew the way well, but ... | high18962.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "keeping patients healthy"
},
"options": [
"curing a disease",
"herbal treatment",
"continuous development",
"keeping patients healthy"
],
"question": "Modern holistic medicine centers upon _ .",
"question... | The oldest forms of medicine are enjoying a comeback. Modern holistic medicine is an approach that treats the whole patient, not just the disease. It is a way to maintain good health rather than cure illness. The most important influences on today's holistic medicine are ancient Chinese medicine and Indian Ayurvedic m... | high16797.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "another person's parachute stopped his from opening"
},
"options": [
"his feet hit the ground too hard",
"his parachute was under another person's",
"another person's parachute stopped his from opening",
"he was trainin... | In 1986, when Monty Reed was a member of the Army Rangers ( ), he had an accident. "It was a night jump, and we were jumping low," he recalls. "We were training. Somebody got too close to my parachute ."The parachute below blocked Reed's air and his parachute failed to open. Reed crashed a hundred feet to the ground, ... | high2879.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he was too nervous to express himself well"
},
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"he was not familiar with the topic",
"the audience didn' t understand him",
"he was shy and miss the key points",
"he was too nervous to express himself well"... | SPEAKING in front of groups may not be a big deal for some people, and there are those who probably sail through their careers without ever having to do so.When I was studying for my C.P.A., I was sure that I d be safe.But life isn't predictable.I ended up in a career that depends on public speaking.
I ran my own accou... | high21885.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A couple who learn how to climb."
},
"options": [
"A family who love rock climbing.",
"A couple who learn how to climb.",
"A woman who is brave to climb.",
"A story about a pregnant woman."
],
"question": "What ... | Erica and Steve Lineberry have been rock climbing since 2005. They were first introduced to it while visiting a family in Montana. Now they are at climbing centers, like Inner Peaks in Charlotte, three times a week, and on weekends they climb outdoors.
Steve said they first started climbing as part of their exercise. Y... | high10480.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It will cause plants to have some kind of disease."
},
"options": [
"We can still see an object clearly covered with the liquid.",
"It will cause plants to have some kind of disease.",
"Plants still have access to oxygen when... | Invented in Turkey and patented by Nanopool, a German company, the spray-on liquid glass might become one of the most useful inventions in the field of nanotechnology. The product was tested at the Saarbrucken Institute for New Materials.
It is worth mentioning that the invention is transparent and non-poisonous. The ... | high20543.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To read effectively in an active way."
},
"options": [
"To get the students out of the classrooms.",
"To make the students more active in sports.",
"To read effectively in an active way.",
"To help the overweight studen... | Sitting at a desk in a classroom all day can be pretty boring.
The teachers at Ward Elementary in Winston -Salem,North Carolina ,picked up on that and traded in their students' desks for exercise bikes as a part of their Read and Ride program!
The Read and Ride program began five years ago.One classroom has enough bike... | high9092.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Men have learnt to use language."
},
"options": [
"Men have learnt to use language.",
"Men can learn.",
"Men can understand things quickly.",
"Men have brains."
],
"question": "In what way are men different from... | Man has a big brain. He can think, learn and speak. Scientists once thought that men are different from animals because they can think and learn. They know that animals can learn--dogs, rats, birds can learn. So scientists are beginning to understand that men are different from animals because they can speak. Animals c... | high13189.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "get people to sing and improve their health"
},
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"encourage people to sing for God at Christmas",
"study the effects of singing on people",
"get people to sing and improve their health",
"bring happiness to ... | Whether it's a carol service or an evening of karaoke in the pub, many people will enjoy a good old singsong this Christmas. Singing aloud will not just lift the spirits---it's good for your physical health as well. Filling the lungs with air, increasing the heart rate and getting blood pumping round the body faster ca... | high12297.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a way of warning"
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],
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},
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"praise people for their good performances",
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],
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commands respect and, most important, encourages achievement.Unlike vitamin C, leadership
skills can't be easily swallowed down.They must be carefully cultivated.
Different from popular belief, most good leaders are made, n... | high21675.txt |
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},
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"Private clinic .",
"Small hospital ."
],
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},
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"motorcycling has become one of prefix = st1 /America's most popular sports",
"only wild,irresponsible... | In the U.S.,the public has tended to believe that all motorcycles are ridden by wild,irresponsible lawless young men.
There are several things about motorcycling that the average citizen dislikes.A cyclist's appearance has something to do with this dislike.Motorcyclists frequency look dirty;in fact,they are dirty.0n th... | high23062.txt |
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],
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But nothing in his family history explains where Haimovitz got his extraordinary talent. And that's typical, Ellen Winner, a professor says.
"P... | high6389.txt |
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"in her late twenties",
"in her late teens"
],
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"question_t... | Jane Austen, a famous English writer, was born in Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16, 1775, and died on July 18,1817. She began writing early in life, although the prejudices of her times forced her to have her books published anonymously. .
But Jane Austen is perhaps the best known and best loved of Bath's many famo... | high172.txt |
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},
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"American students who intend to apply for college admission in China",
"students who plan to appl... | You may complain that there are too many tests on the way to college entrance, but an increasing number of students want to take one more. That is the Scholastic Aptitude Test, or SAT, an American test for students who intend to apply for college admission.
Chen Huanlu, aged 18, from Shandong Province took part in the ... | high14816.txt |
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"its bad management",
"its previous images",
"its poor service"
],
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"saw some healthy people moving around in wheelchairs"
],
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Then I fainted at Euro Disney due to low blood pressure. This was th... | high9904.txt |
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},
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"To make new friends with the local people.",
"To enjoy the beauty of the Mississippi River",
"To make her husband ... | In our old neighborhood, neighbors chatted over fences. Newcomers were welcomed with chocolate and bread. It had been easy to find friends there. Our new community was different. It seemed that family roots grew deep. Deep as the Mississippi river that flowed past the tiny river town.
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"Some suggestions of dealing with exam stress.",
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Whether you are planning your week or planning your day of study, a revision timetable... | high18792.txt |
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"the stores are often overcrowded in this month",
"she cannot buy what she needs in stores",
"people may ... | For 11 months of every year, I am without doubt, a dedicated lover of shopping. During my lunch breaks, you'll often find me wandering through a nearby department store, sandwich in hand. On the weekends, I'll likely be searching the stores of my local markets and fairs.
Come December however, it's an entirely differen... | high16967.txt |
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"answer_text": "You can easily rent a car to explore its most beautiful touring routes."
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"You can easily rent a car to explore its most beautiful touring rou... | You know Australia is a big country, but you may not know how easy it is to get around. The _ beaches that go for miles and deserts that touch the horizon are just there, waiting to be reached and explored. The following are the different ways you can explore our vast country.
Getting around Australia
Air
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},
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"complaint"
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... | To: "The Shoe People" <inquiries@shoepeople.com>
From: "John Trimbald" <jtconstruction@img.com>
Subject: Customer Complaint
To Whom it May Concern,
I have trusted the Shoe People to protect the feet of my employees for over ten years now. I recently purchased a few pairs of boots from your company for my crew. Though m... | high2851.txt |
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".they have to spend more time taking care of their home than men",
".they are expected to ensure... | Men have always believed that they are smarter than women. Now, a study has found that
while this is certainly true, men also have to deal with the fact that they are also more stupid than the fairer sex.
In the study, scientists measured the IQ of 2500 brothers and sisters and they found an
uneven number of men no... | high21113.txt |
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},
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"The relationship between dolphins and humans.",
"Different types of dolphins.",
"The habitual behavior of dolp... | Many people say dolphins are very intelligent. They seem to be able think, understand, and learn things quickly. But they are smart like humans or more like cats or dogs? Dolphins use their brains differently from people. But scientists say dolphin intelligence and human intelligence are alike in some ways. How?
FACT 1... | high18786.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"have himself photographed",
"make a speech about Illinois",
"convince voters to support him"
],
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The presidential election of 1860 was coming, and Lincoln, as a possible Republican candidate , wanted to increase his popularity.... | high16973.txt |
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"only in rural areas",
"only in urban locations",
"both in rural and urban communities"
],
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Community gardens are not limited to urban locations. Many rural communities share garden space as well . Some communities will divide thei... | high2845.txt |
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},
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"Alaska and Cape Canaveral.",
"Cape Canaveral and the Canadian Rockies.",
"New York city and Cape Canaveral."
],
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Alaska
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"answer_text": "Today there are about 13,000 RO plants in the Persian Gulf, Israel, Australia and China."
},
"options": [
"This technology is not widely used in its birthplace.",
"Today there are about 13,000 RO plants in the Persian Gulf, Israel,... | If California were not already so famous for Sillicon Valley and Hollywood, it might be well-known for the groups of water-technology firms in its San Diego County. The reverse-osmosis (RO) spiral module, the technique that supports turning seawater and waste-water into drinkable stuff, began in San Diego in 1964. Tod... | high600.txt |
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"going without food",
"quickness",
"certain kind of food"
],
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"questio... | Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It is also the most neglect . Common reasons for not eating breakfast include having no time, not feeling hungry, traditional dislike and dieting.
Breakfast simply means "break the fast''. Your body spends at least 6 to 12 hours each night in a fasting state. In the mor... | high1394.txt |
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},
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"the details of the crime should not be shown on the screen",
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"answer_text": "A number of celebrations to welcome the New Year in London."
},
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"A number of celebrations to welcome the New Year in London.",
"The grand parade of London.",
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},
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"Other parents.",
"The firemen.",
"No one."
],
"question": "Who came to help the father when he was digging?",
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},
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"The comfort of the sofa.",
"The shortness of money.",
"The security of the product."
],
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},
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"It was not yet certain he was dead. Ks5u",
"She had no one there to support her.",
"It was feared that the sho... | Knowing that Louise Mallard had heart trouble, care was taken to tell her the news of her husband's death.
It was her sister, Josephine, who told her. Her husband Richard had been in the newspaper office when the news of the railway accident was received, with Brent Mallard's name leading the list of "killed".
... | high22368.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"It does harm to have \"self-talk\" when we are alone.",
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We all talk to our... | high21661.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"It had an accident.",
"It stopped and wouldn't start again.",
"They exchanged it for another one."
],
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Before they set off, they looked around in the car for useful things to take with them. One of the men took a bottle of whisky. Another took an umbrella. The third unscrewed a door from t... | high5694.txt |
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},
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"Whoever cares to learn will always find a teacher.",
"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.",
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"answer_text": "encourages you to list your personal information"
},
"options": [
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"is very careful about people's privacy",
"encourages you to list your personal information",
"lists the telephone num... | MySpace, the social networking website, is different from other websites which only provide stories about other people. MySpace is a place that allows you to broadcast your own stories and personal information to as many people as you like. Started two years ago, it is a big source of information for and about American... | high2474.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"over 16,000",
"over 470,000",
"more than 2,500"
],
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More than 16,000 people died in the disaster and more than 470,000 were removed from their homes, says the Japanese Red Cross Society. Over 2,500 people are still missing and predicted dead. After pressure from survivors, the Japan... | high19671.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
"options": [
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"an artist",
"a novelist",
"a playwright"
],
"question": "Cummings was chiefly famous as _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "His small foot."
},
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"His small foot.",
"His light weight.",
"His big lungs."
],
"question": "What makes it possible for Nick to swim in the water?",
"question_type": "factiod_... | Nick Vujicic was born with no arms or legs, but the brave 32-year-old man, plays football and golf, swims, and surfs. Nick has a small foot on his left side, which helps him balance and enables him to kick. He uses his one foot to type, write with a pen and pick things up between his toes.
"I call it my chicken drumsti... | high12724.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "She started to practice songs at a bar."
},
"options": [
"She found the perfect singer.",
"She started a project with her partner.",
"She started to practice songs at a bar.",
"She was able to sing all of her songs."
... | Back in the days when I wrote my first songs, I hated my voice. I saw myself as a songwriter and guitarist but never a singer! I continued to write songs, and to search for the perfect singer. After a few years I did discover a singer, so we started a project together. We held a few concerts, and put a lot of work into... | high14355.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "parents had to make food and necessity themselves for their daily-life"
},
"options": [
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"parents had to make food and necessity themselves for their daily-life",
"many families produ... | Parents have to do much less for their children today than they used to do, and home has become much less of a workshop. Clothes can be bought ready made; washing can go to the laundry; food can be bought-cooked, canned or preserved; bread is baked and delivered by the baker; milk arrives on the doorstep; meats can be ... | high9521.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Tom is her dog"
},
"options": [
"Tom follows her everywhere",
"Tom is her child",
"Tom is her dog",
"Tom often falls ill"
],
"question": "Catherine pays taxes for Tom because _ .",
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In her old neighborhood church."
},
"options": [
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"In her old neighborhood church.",
"In the nursing home.",
"In the hospital."
],
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This year, a very sweet old lady that I cared for,Alice, had gone through a difficult time .She got _ and so she had been in the hospital twice .In November I was finally able to get her back to her"home".
Alice had thought her daughter was coming to v... | high9247.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "constant exercise"
},
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"strict coaches",
"constant exercise",
"good techniques"
],
"question": "According to the text confidence comes from _ .",
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He was angry with his agent."
},
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"He was angry with his agent.",
"He was anxious about his wife.",
"He was impatient with the secretary?"
],
"question": "Why did the ... | I was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left at message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours p... | high8159.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The field mice were eating up the farmers' corn."
},
"options": [
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"The number of the field mice became too large.",
"The number of the field mice became small.",
"The field... | Not many years ago, some American farmers began to complain about hawks . The hawks were killing chickens. The farmers did not know what to do. They went to the government officials and asked for help.
The officials said, " We'll pay you for each hawk you kill." The farmers began to kill the hawks. Many hawks were kill... | high22181.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"had achieved great success",
"often looked down upon his brother",
"was well-educated at school"
],
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When the boys grew up, they were asked to manage the father's business. The elder son was absorbed in the business. From morning till late in the evening, he... | high12042.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The effect of high heels on health."
},
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"Women who wear high heels.",
"The function of high heels.",
"The effect of high heels on health."
],
"question": "What is the pas... | High heels were first worn in the 1500s, and were popular with both women and men. Today, high heels are strictly a female fashion that is easily found in stores. High heels are the hit items featured on the runway and are widely worn by celebrities. For instance, in the popular TV drama, Sex and the City, the main cha... | high19117.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"Watching captions on TV.",
"Enjoying films about nature.",
"Watching shows for homework."
],
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Probably the most famili... | high16224.txt |
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"answer": {
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"Five",
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"answer": {
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"answer": {
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"lose its dominant position",
"die away in the near future"
],
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},
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"He liked the island."
],
"question": "Why did Napoleon live on St. Helena?",
"questio... | Napoleon Bonaparte died on May 5, 1821, on the island of St. Helena off the coast of Africa. He was 51 years old at the time. When doctors examined Napoleon's body, they said that the former emperor of France had died from cancer of the stomach. That was the cause of death recorded in the official report. However, othe... | high10655.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "people should be careful when receiving e-mails"
},
"options": [
"computer viruses are not so as destructive as mobile phone viruses",
"people should be careful when receiving e-mails",
"people find it difficult to use electr... | When people talk of a virus these days, chances are that they are talking about computer virus that have the power wipe out all the valuable work people may have stored in their computers. Imagine, the virus has the power to make military systems, giant banks, airports, hospitals and traffic system come to stop!
What d... | high2312.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In Malaysia"
},
"options": [
"In Pulau Ta Ngah",
"In Malaysia",
"In the Atlantic Ocean",
"In The Arctic"
],
"question": "Where is Langkawi?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | How could I turn down an opportunity for a weeklong cruise on a luxury motorsailer in the Andaman Sea? Without a second thought, I packed my bags and jumped on a plane to Singapore, and the following day I found myself looking out the airplane window at the beautiful waters surrounding the island of Langkawi off the co... | high3018.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Agriculture"
},
"options": [
"International Affairs",
"Entertainment",
"Agriculture",
"Culture"
],
"question": "On which section of a newspaper will this passage appear?",
"question_type": null
},
{
... | American farmers are raising five percent more goats for meat these days.
Goat meat is high in protein and lower in unhealthy fat than many other meats.Even so,the industry is small compared to chicken,beef and pork. But immigration has brought more of a taste for goat to America from all over the world.
Experts from t... | high10899.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The uniformity of facial expressions in revealing emotions."
},
"options": [
"The techniques for comparing facial expressions across cultures.",
"The photography of faces.",
"Cultural variations in mask.",
"The uniformi... | Face masks are commonly used in ceremonies and performances. They not only hide the real face of the mask wearer but they often evoke powerful emotions in the audience--danger, fear, sadness, joy. You might think, because so many things vary cross-culturally, that the ways in which emotions are displayed and recognized... | high4777.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "what they have learned on the mainland will bring them a bright future"
},
"options": [
"Taiwan will reunite with the mainland sooner or later",
"the fees asked for are lower than those of Taiwan",
"what they have learned on ... | TAIBEI - Increasing numbers of Taiwanese students are joining the island's "China rush", seeking education on the Chinese mainland.
According to official Chinese figures, the number of Taiwanese students admitted into college and postgraduate programs on the mainland totaled 461 in 1996, 928 in 1997 and 839 in 1998.Alt... | high5469.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "performing experiments in anechoic rooms can be a frightening experience"
},
"options": [
"performing experiments in anechoic rooms can be a frightening experience",
"architects make practical use of the information gathered by sci... | Complete silence is found only in laboratories called anechoic rooms. The walls and ceilings, made of blocks of special sound-sucking materials, are more than three feet thick, while floor coverings are six-foot layers of feathers or cotton wool. Silence here can be as painful to the ears as the din(continuous loud no... | high20782.txt |
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