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"answer_text": "a technical failure"
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"a technical failure",
"a technical wonder",
"a good life-saver",
"an effective means to treat heart disease"
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"question": "According to the passage, the Jarvik-7 artificia... | Just seven years ago, the Jarvik-7 artificial heart was being cheered as the model of human creativeness. The sight of Barney Clark----alive and conscious after trading his diseased heart for a metal-and-plastic pump----convinced the press, the public and many doctors that the future had arrived. It hadn't. After monit... | high20542.txt |
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"answer_text": "It's necessary to take your child's opinion into consideration."
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"It's better to decide the college for your child.",
"It's necessary to take your child's opinion into consideration.",
"There is a \"one size f... | Before your child's final exam: and the graduation announcements, you face a significant task together: choosing the right college or university. There is no "one size fits all" approach to selecting a college--it's a very personal process for most teenagers. Consider a wide range of factors to help your child make the... | high11953.txt |
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"answer_text": "can't achieve a balance between school work and happiness"
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"can't put themselves under pressure",
"can't live a stressful life",
"can't achieve a balance between school work and happiness",
"fall behind ... | Parents fear they are putting too much pressure on their daughters to reach their academic potential, the president of a girls' school body has said. Incoming Girls School Association head Jill Berry said parents were worried about achieving a balance between school achievement and happiness.
Mrs. Berry also said that... | high20556.txt |
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"answer_text": "they are centered around the first snowfall of winter"
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"they are intended for older children and adults",
"they are centered around the first snowfall of winter",
"they are short novels and are loved by millio... | It is never too early, or too late, to encourage a child to read. With the chill of winter upon us, the following is a list of wonderful stories with winter and or snow themes.
Waiting for Winter
It was written by Sebastian Meschenmoser. A little squirrel , who has never seen snow, is determined that he will not miss ... | high10495.txt |
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"answer_text": "school model has little influence on women's marriage"
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"school model has little influence on women's marriage",
"education is the main cause of middle age depression",
"boys in single-sex schools are more like... | Research by the Institute of Education (IOE) in London found that men who went to single-sex schools were not only more likely to be separated from a partner or divorced, but also more likely to be depressed by middle age.
The chances of women having successful marriages were not affected by whether they were educated ... | high21890.txt |
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"answer_text": "The skills of modern advertising."
},
"options": [
"The content of modern advertising.",
"The skills of modern advertising.",
"The results of modern advertising.",
"The writing of modern advertising."
],
"questi... | Advertising gives useful information about which products to buy. But modern advertising does more than gives news about products and services. Today's advertisements, or ads, try to get consumers to buy certain brands. Writers of advertising are so skillful that they can, sometimes persuade a consumer to wear a certai... | high5865.txt |
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"answer_text": "Put potted plants in saucers in case the roots rot in damp weather."
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"It would be better to water the plant in the evening than in the morning.",
"It's necessary to water newly-planted trees once a week in the first... | Reader Janet Maynard has a lot of young bushes in her garden and is suffering from " _ . So for Janet and anyone else who doesn't want to waste time, effort and water, here are my top tips for keeping plants refreshed in thirsty times.
Water in the evening if possible, rather than leaving it till you see things suffer.... | high21648.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "program designer"
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"options": [
"company manger",
"program designer",
"college professor",
"family doctor"
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"question": "We can infer from the text that the author is a _ .",
"question_type": "summariz... | As for older people, some of the applications are hard to use because they didn't grow up with them. They don't have simple models of how it should work. They don't know what to do when it doesn't work.
I think there is huge potential, so I have designed some for them. The ability to connect to friends, who remember th... | high8399.txt |
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"answer_text": "the people and the government are paying more attention to the pollution."
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"the water in the lake was very clear",
"the factories are trying their best to protect the water",
"the economy has been developed be... | Effective environmental protection laws and other measures have led to the improvement of water quality in Tai Hu lake in prefix = st1 /JiangsuProvince.
The news was announced by officials from the provincial environmental protection bureau, which has just conducted an inspection of the lake area.
By the end of Septem... | high22341.txt |
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"answer_text": "58 hours"
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"45 hours",
"46 hours",
"57 hours",
"58 hours"
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"question": "Jessica stayed in the well at least _ .",
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"answer... | At a day care center in Texas, children were playing outside. One of the children was Jessica McClure. She was only 18months old. Her mother, worked at the day care center , was watching the children . Suddenly Jessica fell and disappeared. Jessica's mother screamed and ran to her.
A well was in the yard of the center.... | high9087.txt |
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"answer_text": "Therapy dogs help students throw pressure away."
},
"options": [
"Therapy dogs help students face difficulties.",
"Therapy dogs make students happy and relaxed.",
"Therapy dogs help students throw pressure away.",
"Ther... | In your opinion,what is the most effective way to deal with pressure?Do you think the measure taken by Tufts University is useful?
Tufts University has offered extra help around test time to students. Now they're adopting new stress-fighting methods to help the students, who face a tough job market as well as finishing... | high23739.txt |
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"answer_text": "two"
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"one",
"two",
"three",
"four"
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"question": "Among all of the above, there is/ are _ weekly magazine(s).",
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"answer": {
"answer_... | Time out
Cover Price: PS2.35
Save up to 42%
Time out -- London's arts and entertainment weekly. This magazine offers the best listings and reviews of arts, music, films and nightlife, and it is a necessary guide to the entertainment capital of the world. If you're not using Time out, you're losing out on London.
School... | high629.txt |
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"answer_text": "awkward"
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"awesome"
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"question": "The robots' performance of playing the game is _ .",
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... | The end of the World Cup does not mean the end of international competition, in Brazil this year. A major football event will happen in the South American country later this month, but with teams of robots playing the game, which is known as soccer in the United States. The robot teams are guided by teams of humans fro... | high7914.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "have the thought of hating school"
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"options": [
"like school very much",
"are good at reading and writing",
"don't like doing homework",
"have the thought of hating school"
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"question": "Lots of kids_, acco... | Lots of kids hate school, a new study found. Usually this kind of feeling doesn't last long. But what happens if you feel this way too much? School is a fact of life and getting a good education can help you build the kind of future life you want. So let's talk about school and what to do when you don't like it.
If... | high24056.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "always thinks he is more important than others"
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"is down to the earth",
"is easy to deal with",
"always thinks he is more important than others",
"is confident"
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"question": "If a person has hi... | Down-to-earth means being honest,open,and easy to deal with.It is a pleasure to find someone who is down-to-earth.A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to.He or she accepts others as equals.A down-to-earth person may be an important member of society,of course,but they do not let their importance go to their he... | high9939.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "showed great interest in science"
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"had to work with parents on their farm all day long",
"showed great interest in science",
"didn't get along well with his brothers and sisters",
"wanted to become a bus... | Jeffrey Bezos, the founder, president and chairman of the board of Amazon. com, was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His mother's ancestors were early settlers in Texas, and over the generations had acquired a 25,000 acre farm at Cotulla. Jeffrey spent most summers of his youth working with his grandfather on their far... | high22427.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Keep Up with the Latest Weblish"
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"options": [
"Technology and English",
"Newly invented English Words",
"Keep Up with the Latest Weblish",
"Keep Up with the Latest Development in"
],
"question": "The best tit... | The English language is changing fast,thanks to the rapid progress of technology.We all have a rapid choice:We can either bury our heads in the sand and spend the rest of our lives wishing Shakespeare were alive and well.Or we can embrace the new English,enter into the spirit of the Internet age called Weblish.
"You ca... | high16782.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "profitability"
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"options": [
"time saving",
"attentiveness",
"credibility",
"profitability"
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"question": "All of the following advantages of publicity are mentioned EXCEPT _ .",
"question_type": "cloz... | Publicity offers several benefits. There are no costs for message time or space. An ad in prime-time television may cost $250,000 to $5,000,000 or more per minute, whereas a five-minute report on a network newscast would not cost anything. Publicity reaches a mass audience within a short time and new products or compa... | high18977.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "American Indians."
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"Europeans settling in the Americas.",
"People born and living in America.",
"American Indians.",
"Americans."
],
"question": "What does \"Native Americans\" refer to in the pa... | After the coming of Europeans to the Americas, Indians were forced to change their way of life. Yet the influence of Native American culture is still felt throughout the United States.
Many of the foods commonly eaten in the United States today were first grown by American Indians. Among these foods are corn, white and... | high20230.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "show self-centeredness"
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"options": [
"make good decisions",
"have little sense of fear",
"lack care from others",
"show self-centeredness"
],
"question": "Bossy children like Stephen Jackson",
"question_t... | Some children are natural born bosses. They have a strong need to make decisions, manage their environment, and lead rather than follow. Stephen Jackson, a Year One student, "operates under the theory of what's mine and what's yours is mine," says his mother. "The other day I bought two new Star Wars light sabers . L... | high10318.txt |
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"answer_text": "A Glowing Cat"
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"A Glowing Cat",
"Mr Green Genes",
"One Cat's Life",
"An experiment on cats"
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"question": "Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?",
"question_type": ... | Cat has bright future
By day he is just a normal cat but when the lights go out, he glows in the dark.
Scientists have genetically modified a cat as part of an experiment that could lead to treatments for diseases.
Named Mr. Green Genes, he looks like a sixmonthold cat but, under ultraviolet light, his eyes, gums and... | high18744.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Science & Tech."
},
"options": [
"Science & Tech.",
"Entertainment.",
"Life.",
"Tourism."
],
"question": "In which section of a newspaper could you find this article?",
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... | The smartphone has become the centerpiece of many students' digital lives.
Yes, it can be a distraction(,), but it is also an incredible tool that can transform classroom learning and late-night studying.
Professors and students are starting to explore what the smartphone can contribute to learning-and there is a whole... | high5130.txt |
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"answer_text": "Silent fatherly love"
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"My father never loved me",
"I just couldn't understand my father",
"My hard-working father",
"Silent fatherly love"
],
"question": "What would be the best title for the pas... | After Mom died, l began visiting Dad every morning before I went to work. He was frail and moved slowly, but he always had a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice on the kitchen table for me, along with an unsigned note reading," Drink your juice." Such a gesture, l knew, was as far as Dad had ever been able to go in ... | high2887.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "city guide"
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"sports",
"business trade",
"city life",
"city guide"
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"question": "The group of the advertisements are mainly about _ in Guangzhou Morning Post.",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | 1Art exhibition: The 16th Asian International Art exhibition from Dec.18, 2005 to Jan.10, 2006 at the Guangdong Museum of Art.
The exhibition will highlight over 300 works from Japan, Korea, China Mainland, China Hong Kong, China Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippine, Indonesia and Australia.
RMB 70, 90, 100
Booki... | high3541.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "White."
},
"options": [
"Dark blue.",
"Gray.",
"Black.",
"White."
],
"question": "Which color should you NOT wear when meeting a person from the USA?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
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"answ... | China is the biggest market in the world, and many countries such as Germany, the USA, the UK and Russia do a lot of business in China. Let's have a look at some important tips to help you be successful when dealing with these nationalities.
First, you must be punctual with Germans. Even 5 minutes late makes a bad im... | high11006.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Playing sports can decrease teen's unhappiness."
},
"options": [
"Not smoking or drinking guarantees happiness.",
"Teens with flooding hormones can not be happy.",
"Playing sports can decrease teen's unhappiness.",
"Unh... | Teenagers are often a difficult group. With all those hormones flooding their bodies, they can be moody, unpredictable, and tend to make uncertain choices. But however confusing their teenage years are, kids can still be generally happy, depending on their lifestyle choices. According to a new research by British scie... | high7727.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "get away from the burning bus"
},
"options": [
"control the running prisoners",
"put out the fierce forest fire",
"get away from the burning bus",
"save the guards trapped in the fire ."
],
"question": "Some Pri... | MEGADIM, Israel (AP)-The worst forest fire in Israel's history on Thursday destroyed one of the country's few forested areas, killing at least 36 guards on their way to rescue prisoners there, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of thousands. The fire ran through the Carmel forest in Israel's Galilee, reachin... | high15260.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "guide"
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"warn",
"amuse",
"persuade",
"guide"
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"question": "The purpose of this passage is to _ .",
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"answer": {
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... | For kids and many adults, a San Diego vacation means theme parks and other attractions. Before heading to a park, call or check its website for updated hours of operation; many parks have seasonal or holiday hours. Ticket prices listed here are for general admission, single-day use only.
Sea World San Diego
A 6-minute ... | high6439.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Cassia's self-made dollhouse"
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"options": [
"a photo of a house online",
"a house in Zimbabwe",
"Cassia's self-made dollhouse",
"the writer's newly-bought house"
],
"question": "What was the writer's mother lo... | My mother is taking a tour of the new house via Skype. I leaned the laptop so she can see where she's going,pleased that our Internet connection in Zimbabwe is holding. "This is the living room," I say. Then I tell mydaughter,s;Show Grandma the bed for the mummy and the daddy. " From a continent away, Grandma gave hera... | high13611.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "may experience a huge mental change"
},
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"can fully understand their parents' feelings",
"need guidance in every aspect of their life",
"may experience a huge mental change",
"know themselves better than the... | "There's no point in talking with you: you don't understand me. You don't even know me." A teen spits these words at a parent, who is hurt and annoyed. How can her own child say these things? She's worked hard getting to know him, learning to read his feelings from his voice and gestures. How can her own child now say ... | high13177.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "PS64."
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"options": [
"PS32.",
"PS48.",
"PS64.",
"PS80."
],
"question": "If Mr. Brown and his two sons (ages 12 and 14) go to learn windsurfing, how much will they pay?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions... | The Outdoor Centre
Opening times
Water sports: 10 a.m. -- 6 p.m.
Play Park: 10 a.m. -- 5:30 p.m.
Windsurfing -- One-day course
Beginner windsurfing courses are offered on Saturdays and Sundays when the weather is good enough. Learning to windsurf is a lot of fun. The excitement when you sail across the water for the fi... | high1430.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Old friends are as important as new ones."
},
"options": [
"Friendships don't last forever.",
"New friends are more important.",
"Only old friends are important.",
"Old friends are as important as new ones."
],
... | Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver, and the other gold.
This song expresses a nice rule: increasing friends. Sometimes things actually work out that way. I've met adults who've said, "We've been friends since kindergarten!" A friend who has known you forever is a treasure. But friendships don't always la... | high14618.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Put forward his own theory in physics."
},
"options": [
"Get a degree in astronomy.",
"Put forward his own theory in physics.",
"Become an Albert Einstein in the future.",
"Teach his fellow students Theory of Relativity... | (Published March 30, 2011)Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity might have a few mistakes--and Jake Barnett has set out to prove it. Between attending college classes at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and tutoring his fellow students, Jake is also working on a new theory about the creation o... | high8372.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It would be an easy race."
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"options": [
"It would be hard work.",
"It would be an easy race.",
"It would be a test of his strength.",
"It would be a good learning experience."
],
"question": "What did the wri... | It was an early September day, cool and bright and just right for running, and I was in the first few miles of a lO-knownmile race over a course with a few high hills. Still, I felt energetic; despite the hills it was going to be a fine run.
Just ahead of me was Peggy Mimno, a teacher from Mount Kiseo, New York. She to... | high15506.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "garden"
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"business",
"house",
"garden",
"window"
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"question": "The first photo was a picture of Niepce's _ .",
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"answer": {
"answer_in... | In 1826, a French man named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. He invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo.
The next important date in the history of photography was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, anot... | high12269.txt |
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"answer_text": "give parents some healthy eating tips"
},
"options": [
"explain why today's kids are overweight",
"tell us the importance of healthy eating",
"give parents some healthy eating tips",
"teach parents what to cook at home"... | Nutrition influences not only students' grades at school but their growth and development. Improper nutrition is one of the causes of childhood obesity. What can you do to help your child avoid childhood obesity?
My first piece of advice is to look in your fridge. What are you buying at the grocery store? Think about i... | high3227.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "how animals know when an earthquake is coming"
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"options": [
"why animals send a danger signal before an earthquake",
"how animals know when an earthquake is coming",
"why animals not men have good sense of danger",
"... | Scientists who try to predict earthquakes have gotten some new helpers recently--animals.
That's right, animals. Scientists have begun to understand what farmers have known for thousands of years. Animals often seem to know in advance that an earthquake is coming, and they show their fear by acting in strange ways. Bef... | high11760.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "people want to remember the rebellion against the Mongolian rulers"
},
"options": [
"it is a tradition",
"moon cakes are tasty",
"moon cakes look like the moon",
"people want to remember the rebellion against the Mongol... | There is a story about the moon cake.During the Yuan dynasty, China was ruled by the Mongolian people. Leaders from the preceding Song dynasty were unhappy about being ruled by foreigners, so they began to organize a secret rebellion. The leaders of the rebellion, knowing that the Moon Festival was drawing near, ordere... | high8.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The author's experience working as an intern"
},
"options": [
"How good reporting begins with journalism interns.",
"The author's opportunity to work at the Nation's Health.",
"The author's experience working as an intern",
... | From my first day, I was attending press conferences and other media events all over town. I got to attend events at places I had never thought I'd get to: the White House, the Senate and House of Representative buildings at the Capitol , the Department of Health and Human Services, just to name a few. And I was sent ... | high4548.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In the early morning."
},
"options": [
"In the early morning.",
"Late at night.",
"At noon.",
"Late in the morning."
],
"question": "When did the writer arrive at London Airport?",
"question_type": "factiod_... | It was the small hours of the morning when we reached London Airport. I had cabled London from Amsterdam, and there was a hired car to meet, but there was one more unfortunate happening before I reached my flat. In all my travels I have never, but for that once, been required by the British customs to open a single bag... | high18022.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Smoggy Chinese cities to clear the air"
},
"options": [
"AQI for Xi'an reached 500",
"Smog crisis tries the limits of people's patience",
"Smoggy Chinese cities to clear the air",
"Dust masks become hot sellers"
],
... | XI'AN - China has introduced various emergency responses and long-term measures against air pollution in the central and eastern regions.
The air quality index (AQI) for Xi'an reached 500 on Wednesday afternoon, at the top of the AQI scale, according to the national air quality monitoring website. Xi'an weather forecas... | high5656.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "provide a place for Roman gods and goddess"
},
"options": [
"exhibit the terrific design of Marcus Agrippa",
"suggest the power of Emperor Hadrian",
"provide a place for Roman gods and goddess",
"show ancient Rome's uni... | Roman Pantheon is one of the greatest achievements of the ancient Romans. The ancient Romans were good architects and they built many wonderful buildings. Another good example of a Roman architectural style is the Roman Coliseum, which is a large building used for public sports events or entertainment. The Roman arch... | high3233.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Gone with the Wind"
},
"options": [
"Invisible Man",
"Gone with the Wind",
"Black Beauty",
"Juneteeth"
],
"question": "Which novel has been adapted into one of the most successful films?",
"question_type": "... | Writer: Ralph Ellison Novel : Invisible Man
Invisible Man is Ellison's best known work, most likely because it was the only novel he ever published during his lifetime and because it won him the National Book Award in 1953. Ellison, originally from Oklahoma worked hard to match his earlier success but felt that he coul... | high19328.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "On a webpage."
},
"options": [
"In a newspaper.",
"On a webpage.",
"In a magazine.",
"In a textbook"
],
"question": "Where will you probably find this article?",
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{... | BBC Sports program Sunday.
We are currently planning our Volunteer Program, which will ensure volunteers are trained and ready to go for 2012.Up to 70,000 volunteers will be needed to help put on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Our program will aim to encourage a wide range of people to join in. We will p... | high17305.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "because he got a lot of money"
},
"options": [
"before he went to college",
"after he went to Africa",
"because he got a lot of money",
"before he received a report"
],
"question": "John didn't need to look for ... | John Smith,an office worker,lives in Washington.He inherited a million dollars when he was 23,but he wasn't happy at all.When his college friends were looking for their jobs,he didn't have to.Jack decided to living a simple life like everyone else.He gave $l0,000 of his money to a charity to help poor children live... | high5642.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To introduce some American classroom customs."
},
"options": [
"To introduce some American classroom customs.",
"To explain how to communicate with others in America.",
"To introduce some social manners in America.",
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Ashish Khanna :Although many argue that pocket money helps develop children's sense of value , I don't agree . I wouldn't give my child any pocket money . First of all , I never... | high1424.txt |
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"Why there have been more injuries in P.E. classes.",
... | Too much eating. Too many unhealthy foods. Too many ads for food. Too few activities. Different reasons are given for America's weight problem---a problem increasingly shared by other countries. Almost one-fifth of American children and teenagers are overweight.
Schools have been asked to increase physical education, a... | high13605.txt |
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Suddenly an old man appeared before him. "I can see that something is troubling you." ... | high17463.txt |
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"Because he liked hi-tech very much.",
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When the sheep call, it is always bad news for farmer Erard Louw of the Cape Town suburbs, as the phones around their necks are... | high5124.txt |
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"the rope around his neck was pulled tight",
"he was taken away from the Millers",
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Buck lived at a big house in t... | high18750.txt |
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},
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"you will learn how to reach out your hand",
"you can tell the difference of the things",
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},
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"over 2/3 of the students cheat last year",
"even the best students cheat on exams",
"teachers are not aware of the problems"
... | Over the past decade, cheating--an act of academic dishonesty--has become more and more common.
The latest statistics shows more than two thirds of high school students admitted cheating on an exam last year, and--even more surprising--often the best students cheat to get to the top of their class--and they don't think... | high3555.txt |
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"Canada and the US Refuse to Cut Emissions",
"Developed Countries Hesitating to Cut Emissions",
"Developing Countri... | Durban -- Canada Monday became the first country to pull out of the historic Kyoto Protocol , inescapably scarring the global anticlimate change efforts.
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"Hey,David,how are you?"one of the senior partners at the firm asks you.
"Good,thank you,Dr.Greer,"you reply.You've really been wanting to make a connection with ... | high11012.txt |
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},
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"The difficulties from keeping a big family in a hard period of time.",
"Her father's disloyalty to th... | Penelope Leach, a famous British psychologist once said: "Loving a child is a round business. The more you give, the more you get, the more you want to give." Her clever remark about parent-child relationship proves to be true of my blooded family. Born in 1928 and as the youngest of 5 children, I learned to share eve... | high23936.txt |
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],
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],
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I heard from you three days ago. I'm all right.
Good news! We moved to a new flat yesterday! There are more rooms here than in our old one. You know, I shared a room with my sister in the old flat. But now I have my own bedroom! It is small but it's my favorite room! I can be alone in it. I can read books, ... | high8428.txt |
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"She ruled Great Britain for sixty-four years.",
"She enjoyed her marriage to a German prince.",
"She b... | Queen Victoria was monarch of Great Britain from 1837 until her death in 1901. This period is often called the Victorian Age.
Queen Victoria was a stern and serious woman. One reason she was so serious was that she had suffered a great loss. When she was twenty years old, she married a German prince named Albert. Vict... | high9736.txt |
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"about the history of Alcatraz Island.",
"about a military prison.",
"about the s... | While we are on the subject of crime, our listener question this week comes from Mohamad Firouzi in Iran. He wants to know about the history of Alcatraz Island and the prison that once operated there.
Alcatraz Island is in the harbor of San Francisco, California. It is best known for being a federal prison, which was a... | high6405.txt |
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"answer_text": "Parents ."
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"Compassion."
],
"question": "Which of the four gifts matters most according to the author?",
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According to a study, people participating in meaningful activities were happier and felt that their lives had more purpose than people who only engaged in pleasure-seeking behaviors.
Try giving these four things to othe... | high10324.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the sense of smell"
},
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"the sense of touch",
"the sense of sight"
],
"question": "Ants judge whether another one is dead or not depending on _ .",
"... | When an ant dies, other ants move the dead insect out. Sometimes, the dead ant get moved away very soon--within an hour of dying. This behavior is interesting to scientists, who wonder how ants know for sure--and so soon--that another ant is dead.
One scientist recently came up with a way to explain this ant behavior. ... | high2663.txt |
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"options": [
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"how our first impressions are formed",
"how we can favorably impress others",
"how first impressions affect our lives"
... | When we meet another person for the first time, we are actually flooded with new information. Almost at once, we notice his appearance, style of dress, and manner of speech. Furthermore (besides), as we listen to what he has to say and observe the things he does, we begin to form some ideas of what kind of person he is... | high18778.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"A American year figure of",
"A popular American programme",
"A famous American avenue"
],
"question": "What may the ldol probably be?"... | Marry me! During the "Idol" finale, season 5 singer Ace Young proposed live to season 3 runner up Diana DeGarrno. She was genuinely surprised in one sense but the two have bonded closely since they met on Broadway during a production of"Hair." The first true"ldol' couple (though others have dated) have already set a we... | high4212.txt |
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"answer": {
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],
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"question_type": "cloze_que... | The findings , recently published by the researchers from Arizona State University ( ASU ) suggest that angry men appear to gain influence in a group , but angry women lose influence .
The study found that when men expressed their opinion with anger , participants rated them as more believable . But when women expresse... | high19466.txt |
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"the more parti... | There are two major parties in Britain today,the Conservative and the Labour,which have been in power by turns since 1945.The twoparty system of Britain was formed in the course of the development of the capitalist state and the political parties. To strengthen the state machine,the British bourgeosie have let it come ... | high16755.txt |
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"answer_index": 2,
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"the weather on the Channel",
"cross-channel ferries",
"what crossing the Channel by ferry is like"
],
"question": "The passage is mainly concerned w... | The Channel is the name given to the stretch of water which separates England and France. Ferries operate all year round to carry people across the Channel, and they are busy most of the year. January is the only quiet month nowadays. As well as summer holiday-makers, there are day trippers and coach traffic, not to me... | high4574.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
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"lay eggs",
"keep guard"
],
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},
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... | Scientists have always been interested in the high level of organization in ant societies. American researchers have watched ants build life-saving rafts to keep afloat during floods. They also have documented how ant colonies choose their next queen--the female whose job is to produce eggs rather than seek food for ot... | high19300.txt |
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"answer": {
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"her son was playing with a big snake",
"her son in danger of losing his life",
"her son was fighting with a boa"
],
"question": "Whe... | The following is a true story. It happened in the northern end of Queensland, Australia, where all kinds of animals live in the forest.
Lisa, a 33-year-old woman, went to prepare lunch in the kitchen, leaving Barney, her three-year-old son, playing by himself in the back garden.
Suddenly, a sharp cry of Barney came int... | high16033.txt |
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"reduction in carbon dioxide emissions",
"global warming and climate change"
],
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The report said every region of the country will suffer worse health from heat waves and drought. _ It predicts an increase in diseases sp... | high11984.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"Jeans were not popular with all Americans until the late 1950s and ... | Levi Strauss, who was born in 1830 and went to the USA at the age of 17, sat in the saloon and drank his beer slowly. He began to think. Business was not good. Nobody wanted to buy anything. He thought about the canvas and the pots and pans on the wagon. Then he remembered the hole in Hank's trousers. Suddenly, he had ... | high20581.txt |
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"answer": {
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"To let people enjoy the scenery.",
"To introduce an actual trip of his.",
"To compare it to our life's journey."
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"que... | Hidden in our subconsciousness is a perfect mental picture. We see ourselves on a long trip that goes across the continent. We are traveling by train. Out the windows, we think in the passing scene of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at a crossing, of cattle feeding on a distant hillside, of smoke pouring ... | high10442.txt |
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"options": [
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"Un... | When next year's crop of high-school graduates arrive at Oxford University in the fall, they will be joined by a new face: Andrew Hamilton, the 55-year-old provost of Yale, who will become Oxford's vice-chancellor -- a position equal to university president in America.
Hamilton isn't the only educator crossing the At... | high2105.txt |
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"Because he wanted to show off his car.",
"Because he wanted to wipe off his car.",
"Because he wanted to do some shoppin... | Coming my way from across the parking lot was what society would consider a _ .From the looks of him, he had no car, no home, no clean clothes, and no money.There are times when you feel generous but there are other times that you just don't want to be bothered.This was one of those "don't want to be bothered times".
... | high21847.txt |
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"question": "If you want to learn to be independent,what phone number will you dial?",
"question_type": "... | The International School for Earth Studies
It's a private,interdisciplinary institution specializing in earth-based studies.The Programs encourage students to explore the seeds of greatness,with a view to developing tomorrow's environmentally sensitive spokespersons and leaders. The principle goal is to help students d... | high14624.txt |
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"How to earn extra money",
"Getting extra work by taking translating jobs online",
"How to find a friend on the ... | Did you know that many people today are getting extra work by taking translating jobs online?
It's true! And you can do it too. Many companies in the USA need translators now to translate simple documents online from Chinese to English, such as emails, website content, movie subtitles and more.
Companies like Real Tran... | high9050.txt |
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},
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"he missed a dental appointment..",
"he missed a good chance to retire.",
"he missed the opportunity seeing his closed relative."
],
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The wife asked the husband when she was 25. Despondently, the husband replied: 'I missed a new job opportunity.' When she was 35, the husband angrily told her that he had just missed the bus. At 45, the husband sadly said: 'I missed the opportunity seeing my closed relative before his l... | high6363.txt |
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"a pilot",
"a dentist",
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],
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"question_type": "cloze_questi... | The time of year a baby is born can shape what profession they will _ in later life, a new study has suggested. Being born in a certain month appears to indicate the possibility of what job a person will end up with, the study by the Office for National Statistics found.
Researchers have uncovered that the month i... | high22396.txt |
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SHANGHAI---The Huachen Group, which has put 83 million yuan in the development of the commerce market since its official registration late last year, recently held a meeting in Shanghai to show the use of its newly opened tourism business payment network. The network aims ... | high12255.txt |
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"To encourage people to settle in Virginia .",
"To introduce historic sites in Virginia .",
"To give people a general description o... | Rock House Museum
Take a journey through history with a visit to the exciting museum and historic sites of Wytheville . The Rock House Museum offers glimpses into daily life in the 19th century . The museum is part of the 50 structures featured in Wytheville's Historic Walking Tour . 540/233-3330 .
Grand Caverns
Grand ... | high1418.txt |
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"to employ English teachers",
"to provide the latest jobs",
"to help people find a suitable job"
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We are one of the biggest English Teacher agency in China, we refer lots of foreign teacher/employee to university or company daily.We provide this service to teacher for free.
What you need to do is log on our website www.languageteaching.com.cn and register, we will put your resume on Chinese ... | high14630.txt |
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},
"options": [
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"we'll have used up all the resources",
"we will not have enough fi... | Some people are pessimistic when they think about the future. They say that a hundred years from now, we will have used most of the earth's resources. We will have polluted our seas badly, and be unable to eat fish from them. We will have made the air so dirty that we will need to wear masks. The world's population wi... | high22382.txt |
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"makes people treat study as a habit",
"encourages people to learn step by step",
"is not a good inspirational phrase for... | Common phrases like " no pains, no gains" give the impression that we ought to be suffering while we study. It's almost as though the only way to know if we're putting in enough work is the sense of hardship we bear.
When we haven't taken the time to come up with another idea, all we know how to do is shut ourselves in... | high7069.txt |
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"Because it is popular with celebrities.",
"Because it challenges a person's courage.",
"Because it spreads quickly."
],
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"answer": {
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},
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"People suffering sleeping problems.",
"People having access to the Internet.",
"People having bad lifestyles."
],
"question": ... | Few of us make money by losing sleep.But three graduate students at Brown University in Providence built a company around sleep deprivation .
Jason Donahue, Ben Rubin and Eric Shashoua were working late nights in Brown's business and engineering schools.They began thinking about ways to sleep better.They discovered th... | high11748.txt |
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"answer": {
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"Her voiced style.",
"Jazz instrumentalists.",
"Her way of singing."
],
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"qu... | Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner, Lester Young, Holiday was a great influence on jazz and pop singing. Her voiced style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of controlling tempo . Above all, she was admired... | high19314.txt |
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"believes everyone can experience true love",
"doubted the existence of true love at first",
"sometimes left \"shmily\" ar... | My grandparents were married for over half a century, and played their own special game the time they had met each other. The goal of their game was to write the word "shmily" in a surprise place for the other to find. They took turns leaving "shmily" around the house, and as soon as one of them discovered it, it was t... | high4560.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Put on an advertisement in a local newspaper."
},
"options": [
"Put on an advertisement in a local newspaper.",
"Display your goods in front of the garage.",
"Find rare items and fix their prices.",
"Clear your garage a... | On any weekend throughout the year one can spend hours browsing through neighborhood flea markets.These are very popular for those who are in search of bargains and who have a keen eye for picking through what others have
.They hunt and search for something they can reuse.Americans love secondhand merchandise which... | high16027.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "She meant to stay with her aunt's family."
},
"options": [
"She intended to go sightseeing there.",
"She meant to stay with her aunt's family.",
"She was homeless and adopted by her aunt.",
"She wanted to try her luck a... | The thing is,my luck's always been ruineD. Just look at my name: Jean.Not Jean Marie,or Jeanine,or Jeanette,or even Jeanne.Just Jean.Did you know in France,they name boys Jean? It's French for John.And okay,I don't live in France.But still,I'm basically a girl named John.If I lived in France,anyway.
This is the kind of... | high11990.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "not all the games have long history"
},
"options": [
"people began to play about one hundred years ago",
"about 100 years ago people ran or jumped when they played",
"basketball has a longer history than volleyball",
"n... | All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy, happy and help them to live longer.
Sports change with the season. People play different games in winter and summer. Games and sports often grow out of people's work and everyday activities. The Arabs use horses or camels in much of their every... | high20595.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "At the age of 4."
},
"options": [
"At the age of 3.",
"At the age of 4.",
"At the age of 6.",
"At the age of 17."
],
"question": "When did Oprah Winfrey make up her mind that her life would be better?",
"que... | Until she was six, Oprah Winfrey lived on a farm with her grandmother. She remembers, "One day, my grandmother was boiling clothes because at that time we didn't have a washing machine. I was four years old, and I remember thinking, 'My life won't be like this. It will be better.' " It is better-- much better. Winfrey ... | high17339.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "we will appear educated on important occasions"
},
"options": [
"we will offend others",
"we will appear educated on important occasions",
"we needn't pay more attention to grammar rules",
"we can express ourselves more... | Few people realize that there is a big difference between formal English and informal English. Formal English is used for most writing, and often in public speaking and formal meetings. It pays close attention to grammar rules, because if we use proper grammar, our meaning is often more _ . Also, on important occasions... | high2111.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "direct the driver when necessary"
},
"options": [
"look ahead to see where there's a turn",
"direct the driver when necessary",
"move to the back seat if feeling uncomfortable",
"keep looking at the map to find a place ... | It's great fun to explore new places--it feels like an adventure,even when you know you're not the first to have been there. But make sure not to get lost or waste time going round in circles.
* Do the map reading if you're being driven somewhere. It'll be easier if you keep turning the map so it follows the direction ... | high10330.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "They can hardly meet the special demands of education."
},
"options": [
"They can hardly meet the special demands of education.",
"They are quite enough to solve the present problem.",
"They only focused on a major specialism... | All schoolchildren should have "happiness" lessons up to the age of 18 to combat growing levels of depression, according to a senior government adviser.
"Pupils should study subjects such as how to manage feelings, attitudes to work and money, channeling negative emotions and even how to take a critical view of the m... | high16999.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "She was disabled in an accident."
},
"options": [
"She was disabled in an accident.",
"She disliked judo training.",
"She learnt several moves.",
"She won the first two matches hard."
],
"question": "What can we... | One girl decided to study judo although she had lost her left arm in a car accident.
The girl began lessons with an old Japanese judo instructor. The girl was doing well. So she couldn't understand why, after three months of training, the instructor had taught her only one move.
"Instructor," the girl finally said, "S... | high2677.txt |
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