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"answer_text": "Katherine of Aragon"
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"Two stone crosses in Ampthill",
"Stevenson's Treasure Island",
"Katherine of Aragon",
"Williams' hometown"
],
"question": "What is the most important clue in the story to he... | Treasure hunts have excited people's imagination for hundreds of years both in real life and in books such as Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island .Kit Williams ,a modern writer ,had the idea of combining the real excitement of a treasure hunt with clues found in a book when he wrote a children's story Masquerade... | high10085.txt |
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"answer_text": "they lost their land after European settlers' arrival"
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"they lost their vote right after European settlers' arrival",
"they lost their land after European settlers' arrival",
"they were driven out of their cou... | ABORIGINAL is a term used to describe the people and animals that lived in a place from the earliest known times or before Europeans arrived. Examples are the Maori in New Zealand, the Aborigines in Australia and the Indians in America. They all share the fact that they were pushed off their land by European settlers.
... | high3804.txt |
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"answer_text": "a school trip to another country"
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"schools in another country",
"getting a job in another country",
"people studying in another country",
"a school trip to another country"
],
"question": "The ke... | Hello, children and parents. Thank you all for coming to this meeting. I'd like to start by confirming that we will receive some money from the government for our school trip to Indonesia.
We will receive approximately $1,300 per child, which will reduce the overall cost to you.
Now that we are sure to get the money, ... | high20146.txt |
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"answer_text": "a girl musical group"
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"a girl musical group",
"the name of a cute girl",
"a Singaporean twin",
"the name of a dancing group"
],
"question": "We can learn from the text that S. H. E is _ .",
... | Following the success of S. H. E and Twins, another girl band . has arrived on the music scene. Eighteen-year-old Singaporean twin sisters Yumi and Miko Bai create the magic in the band BY2.
The pair recently released their second album, Twins.
With great voices and dance moves to match, the cute sisters have won the... | high9497.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "inform the readers of Apple Store"
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"recommend a new product of Apple",
"inform the readers of Apple Store",
"describe the function of Apple Store",
"offer additional services to the customers of Apple St... | Description
Tap the Apple Store app on your iPhone or iPod touch, and you can do all things Apple. Buy Apple products and accessories and read customer reviews. Add free laser engraving and choose signature gift wrap on select products to make your items even more special. Find Apple Retail Stores, reserve select App... | high8951.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "all the above"
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"size",
"taste",
"color1",
"all the above"
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"question": "Apples are different in _",
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... | For thousands of years, man has enjoyed the taste of apples. Apples, which are about 35 percent water, grow almost everywhere in the world but the hottest and coldest areas. The leading countries in apple production are China, France and the United States.
There are various kinds of apples, but a very few make up the m... | high22989.txt |
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"answer_text": "73"
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"82",
"73",
"91",
"71"
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"question": "Darwin died at the age of _ .",
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They m... | Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) was a great naturalist, famous for his theory of evolution .
One day two boys decided to play a trick on the great man. They took the body of a centipede , the head of a beetle , the leg of a grasshopper , and the wings of a butterfly, and glued them together. Putting the strange creatu... | high22751.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to see her children"
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"options": [
"to do business",
"to see her children",
"to visit places of interest",
"to see her old friends"
],
"question": "According to the passage,the purpose of the author's train ri... | Have you ever thought of taking a train and having an adventure ?Riding the train can be a real adventure. That is how I feel every time I take Amtrak. I often take a four-hour trip to visit my children. Every time I take this trip I never know what will happen.
Last week when I was on the train and over an hour into t... | high1975.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "one with a black square design."
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"options": [
"a blue one.",
"one with a black square design.",
"one with an action hero.",
"a small one."
],
"question": "The backpack that Jack bought is _ .",
"quest... | Jack was so excited about getting a new backpack because his old one had a broken zipper and a hole in the bottom.
Jack's elder brother took him to buy a new backpack. There were so many cool ones. How would he ever decide? He saw blue ones--his favorite color. He saw ones with his favorite action hero on the front. A... | high15843.txt |
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"answer_text": "A great number of pets died during Hurricane Katrina."
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"A great number of pets died during Hurricane Katrina.",
"San Francisco's \"no-pets-left-behind\" policy had been made before Hurricane Katrina.",
"The pe... | Located along California's San Andreas Fault, the city of San Francisco is likely to take precautions(,) in the event of the next big earthquake.
According to aNew York Timesreport, emergency planners in San Francisco are not only thinking of human evacuation(,) plans in the event of an earthquake, but also of how to c... | high239.txt |
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"answer_text": "when the coast of Southern California was polluted"
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"when 20 million Americans to clean the ocean",
"when the US government realized the importance of environmental protection",
"when a great many marine life ... | Earth Day is day that is meat to inspire awareness for the Earth's natural environment. It is the day to highlight the fact that we all have a responsibility to the environment and need to change our behavior to improve the quality of our air, earth and water.
Global awareness of the need to protect the environment... | high23329.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Thunderstorms."
},
"options": [
"Hurricanes.",
"Great heat.",
"Thunderstorms.",
"Sandstorms."
],
"question": "From the passage, where may tornadoes come from?",
"question_type": null
},
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"answer": {... | Tornadoes are nature's most violent storms, which can cause deaths and destroy a neighborhood in seconds. A tornado appears as a funnel-shaped cloud from a thunderstorm to the ground with whirling winds that can reach 300 miles per hour. Damage paths can be over one mile wide and 50 miles long. Every state is at so... | high14585.txt |
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"answer_text": "The government of Copenhagen does encourage people to ride bicycles."
},
"options": [
"Copenhagen is a city with lots of places of interest.",
"Stoget is the biggest pedestrian mall in the world.",
"The government of Copenhag... | As a child, I remember listening to a song called "Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen." When I visited the city last year, that song kept running through my head. It got me wondering: Just what is wonderful about Copenhagen?
It's not a place filled with world-famous tourist sites. But it does have a charm that makes you ... | high20620.txt |
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"answer_text": "Neither Superman nor Holmes was a real character."
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"options": [
"Neither Superman nor Holmes was a real character.",
"Both Superman and Holmes used super intellect to solve problems.",
"Superman was a comic book figure, wh... | Sherlock Holmes was the greatest detective in history. His astonishing power of observation and analysis meant that he was able to solve cases which left the real police completely
. As a problem solver in the law forced business, he was a knowledgeable person equal to Superman, the comic book hero.
Like Superman, of c... | high16392.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "often goes out on business"
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"options": [
"often goes out on business",
"didn't get along well with his/her family",
"has not grown into an adult",
"comes from a rich family"
],
"question": "We can infer from ... | I stepped into my hotel room to a pleasant surprise. Lots of room surrounded an inviting king-size bed, with armchairs nearby resting against sliding glass doors that opened onto a private yard. A small dining table sat next to a kitchen with a refrigerator and coffee machine. "Wow," I thought to myself. "Nice place."
... | high11416.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he had sympathy for the beautiful butterfly"
},
"options": [
"he liked it very much",
"he had sympathy for the beautiful butterfly",
"he couldn't bear a butterfly dying in his favorite bushes",
"its wing broke off"
... | There was a time in my life when beauty meant something special to me. I guess that would have been when I was about six or seven years old, just several weeks or maybe a month before the orphanage turned me into an old man.
I would get up every morning at the orphanage, make my bed just like the little soldier ... | high20813.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To tell us a few tips to help us learn a new language well."
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"To tell us the importance of practicing speaking as often as we can.",
"To tell us a few tips to help us learn a new language well.",
"To tell us t... | Speak, speak, speak!
Practise speaking as often as you can. Speaking to yourself is good practice.
Try recording yourself whenever you can.
Compare your pronunciation with the master version to see how you can do better and _ . If you do this several times, you will find that each time is better than last.
Why not lear... | high3151.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because he was afraid of being cheated."
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"Because he failed to notice this man.",
"Because he was driving too fast.",
"Because he was afraid of being cheated.",
"Because he thought the young man didn't n... | One summer I was driving from my hometown of Tahoe City, California, to New Orleans. In the middle of the desert, I came upon a young man standing by the roadside. He had his thumb out and held a gas can in his other hand. I drove right by him. There was a time in the country when you'd be considered a stupid person if... | high16379.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "suffered a lot from the accident"
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"was born with disability",
"suffered a lot from the accident",
"chose to live because of a TV programme",
"was fond of swimming since he was young"
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"question... | Imagine someone has crossed the seas joining five continents by swimming. It is a major success for anyone. But it is an even greater success for Philippe Croizon, who has no arms, and no legs! His achievements show that we can all achieve great things--no matter who we are.
Philippe Croizon was 26 years old when he ha... | high5520.txt |
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"answer_text": "animals"
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"plants",
"animals",
"places",
"people"
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"question": "Wombats and the Tasmanian devil are the names of_.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer... | The Australian continent is a land like no other. Its animals, plants and landscapes have evolved over one thousand years, and there are about a million different natural species in Australia. More than 80 per cent of the country's plants and animals are unique to prefix = st1 /Australia, along with most of the fish... | high18354.txt |
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"answer_text": "By analyzing 173 studies on influences of media sources."
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"By examining health problems including overweight and smoking.",
"By analyzing 173 studies on influences of media sources.",
"By watching TV, playing ... | Spending a lot of time watching TV, playing video games and surfing the Web causes a lot of healthy problems to children such as overweight and smoking, US researchers said yesterday.
U.S. experts analyzed 173 studies on how media sources influence the physical health of children and adolescents . The studies, mostly... | high17067.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Human's killing."
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"options": [
"Human's killing.",
"Global warming.",
"Habitat loss.",
"Lack of food."
],
"question": "Which is NOT the threat to the survival of polar bears according to the passage?",
"q... | Many people may not believe it, but this is what is happening: polar bears are dying out! They are dying because they are losing a great deal of habitat due to human incursion and global warming. They are dying because of starvation as well. With the sea ice they depend on for survival shrinking, it is becoming incre... | high10708.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to seek temporary protection"
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"to seek temporary protection",
"to visit the Duke of Bedford",
"to enjoy the beauty of nature",
"to escape from the bad weather"
],
"question": "The kings of Englan... | Bedfordshire had its fair share of royal visits from the early stages of the 10th Century onwards and the importance that the county placed on this is evident in the monuments, country houses, churches and any number of other structures that are still present there to this day. Bedford Castle is one of those structures... | high1746.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he did his duty better than his workmates."
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"he had been in the army.",
"he was young.",
"he had worked there for five years.",
"he did his duty better than his workmates."
],
"question": "Mr. Sc... | Mr. Scott has worked at a police station since he left army five years ago. He's brave and has already caught many thieves. He was promoted to the rank of officer last month. Now he works harder.
It was Mrs. Scott's birthday yesterday. The woman thought her husband was very busy, and she decided to hold a small party... | high15670.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "just listen unless asked"
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"give him or her some advice",
"just listen unless asked",
"calm him or her down",
"share your feelings as well"
],
"question": "While your friend is talking to you abou... | One of the most important things in the world is friendship. In order to have friends, you have to be a friend. But how can you be a good friend at school?
Listen----Listen when they are talking. Don't say anything unless they ask you a question. Sometimes it's not necessary for you to have anything to say; they just n... | high8004.txt |
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"answer_text": "It has translated into 18 languages."
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"It is the first book about psychoanalysis.",
"It has a successful beginning and ending.",
"It has translated into 18 languages.",
"It remains the complete book abou... | Women, Race & Class
Angela Y Davis
PS7.99
Analysing the differences and similarities between the experiences of black and white women, Davis casts new light on the struggle for human rights.
The Words to Say it
(an autobiographical novel)
Marie Cardinal
translated by Pat Goodheart
PS7.99
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "dreams can be useful in producing creative solutions to one's problems"
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"very little is really known about the meaning of dreams",
"it is possible to \"catch\" one's dreams by planning before going to sleep",
... | History is full of cases where dreams have been a pathway to creativity and discovery.A striking example is provided by Dr.Otto Loewi,a pharmacologist and winner of a Nobel Prize.Loewi had spent years studying the chemical transmission of nerve impulses .A tremendous breakthrough in his research came when he dreamed o... | high6997.txt |
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"answer_text": "Food Day Campaign"
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"Food Day Campaign",
"Eat Real and Keep fit",
"How to Observe Food Day",
"Food Problems in the USA"
],
"question": "What is the best title of the text?",
"question_type": n... | A growing number of health, hunger, and sustainable agriculture groups today announced plans for Food Day-a nationwide campaign to change the way Americans eat and think about food.Food Day will encourage people around the country to sponsor or participate in activities that encourage Americans to "eat real" and suppo... | high15116.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "never completely said \"thank you\" to their mothers"
},
"options": [
"could tell them their appreciation",
"never completely said \"thank you\" to their mothers",
"lived to their mother",
"were very thankful"
],
... | Dear God,
Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers until it was too late to tell them.
I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive. I appreciate her more each day. My mother does not change... | high8762.txt |
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"answer_text": "their parents"
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"options": [
"the children themselves",
"other students",
"their parents",
"Nobody else"
],
"question": "Some homework is given by their teachers, and some by _ .",
"question_type": "clo... | In China, more and more middle school students are getting shorter sleeping time than before. Most students sleep less than nine hours every night, because they have much homework to do. Some homework is given by their teachers, and some by their parents. Also, some students don't know how to save time. They are not ca... | high14208.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "depression"
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"depression",
"sunshine",
"blue music",
"cold winds"
],
"question": "Autumn blues is also called autumn _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
"... | Autumn blues? Let the sunshine in falling leaves, flowers, and cold winds. For many people late autumn can be a season of depression.
Those who suffer from " the autumn blue" are often extremely tired, lack energy, need more sleep, feel increased appetite and gain weight. "The exact cause of this condition, often calle... | high1020.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Fifty five"
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"options": [
"Forty three",
"Forty five",
"Fifty five",
"Fifty six"
],
"question": "How old is the writer now? _",
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"answer": {
"answer_i... | Forty-three years seems like a long time to remember the name of a mere acquaintance. I have forgotten the name of an old lady, who was a customer on the paper route in my home town when I was a twelve-year-old boy. Yet it stays in my memory, for she taught me a lesson of forgiveness that I shall never forget.
On a win... | high22962.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To provide faster and safer transportation than boats."
},
"options": [
"To replace an old bridge.",
"To set up a model for bridge construction.",
"To build a longspan bridge for the Civil War.",
"To provide faster and ... | Opened in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first longspan bridge to carry motor traffic, and it quickly became the model for the great suspension bridges of the following century. Spanning New York's East River, it provided the first traffic artery between Manhattan Island and Brooklyn. Before that, the only transpor... | high13567.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It enjoyed the bath very much."
},
"options": [
"It enjoyed the bath very much.",
"The author decided to adopt it.",
"It had black fur with white spots.",
"Yukie could be sold at a high price."
],
"question": "W... | The barks of dogs surrounded me as I got off the bus. They ran around their cages jumping up and down. My heart became soft at the sight of these poor creatures. I entered the building and discovered more unwanted animals. A white rabbit jumped around in its cage. I walked around the shelter,screaming "oh" and "ah" at ... | high18432.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The Sun"
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"Enjoy the Sun",
"Warning",
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"question": "What is the best title of the third part of the passage?",
"question_type": null
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"answer": {
... | Welcome to Australia
The Great Outdoors
Australia is the world's oldest continent and indigenous Australians have one of the world's oldest culture.
In Australia you will see unique plants and animals and some of the most beautiful scenery in the world.Many parks have information centres offering advice on where to go,... | high17701.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "it's dangerous to play near the waterways"
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"options": [
"they could play throwing games",
"they couldstay close to the animals",
"the zoo animals have been well-trained",
"it's dangerous to play near the waterways"
... | To help make the most of your experience at Auckland Zoo we suggest:
Plan Your Day:
Plan your day to learn more about your favorite zoo animals.
Don't forget your camera - the best way to capture your visit forever.
Keep Safe at the Zoo:
Children aged 12 years and under need to be accompanied by a caregiver.
To keep ... | high4158.txt |
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"answer_text": "they think it can strengthen blood circulation and improve their resistance"
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"options": [
"they want to make themselves handsome or pretty",
"they know it is the best way to kill flu bacteria",
"they think it can strengthe... | With winter fast approaching, flu season is here. People can easily catch the flu bug and they try to fight it with western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine or some homemade secret recipes. Yet some of these strategies are ineffective or even harmful, the best way to counter the flu is to protect us from contract... | high11370.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Study links smoking to millions of TB deaths."
},
"options": [
"Scientists try to find the causes of TB deaths.",
"Study shows smoking is harmful to our health.",
"Study links smoking to millions of TB deaths.",
"Scient... | The World Health Organization recently reported that the number of cases of tuberculosis(TB) has been _ since 2006 . Also, fewer people are dying from TB. But a study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, says smoking could threaten this progress.
Nearly twenty percent of all people use tobacco... | high3637.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "asking a series of questions"
},
"options": [
"asking a series of questions",
"presenting some simple facts",
"stating his own point of view",
"listing the benefits of a to-do list"
],
"question": "The author in... | Do you start your work by making a list of all you have to complete, from walking the dog and washing the clothes, to phoning a or checking your emails? Do you always take a list with you to the supermarket? Do you write down all the steps you need to see a big project through? If you're a natural list maker you can ... | high18426.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The headmaster"
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"Michael Jackson",
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"Muhammad Ali",
"Li Ning"
],
"question": "According to the author which of the person is NOT a superstar?",
"question_type": null
},
{... | A superstar is someone who is usually famous in sports, or films, or popular music, someone like the singer Michael Jackson. In the nineteen eighties, Michael Jackson made a record album called "Thriller". It quickly became the most popular recording in the history of music and it made Michael Jackson a superstar.
The ... | high17715.txt |
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"answer_text": "Lack of money."
},
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"Lack of experience.",
"Lack of money.",
"Lack of confidence*",
"Lack of encouragement."
],
"question": "What difficulty did the author once meet?",
"question_type": null
},... | I'm perfectly aware that many people you know probably think you re crazy for wanting to travel instead of settling into a typical 9-5 lifestyle. It's difficult for others to understand your
goals.
Well, 1 certainly don't think you're crazy. In fact, every traveler I know would agree that you're only crazy if you de... | high19738.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "cleaner"
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"patient",
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"question": "When the nurse talked to Mum, she thought Mum was a _ .",
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"answer": {
... | It was a cloudy day on November 11, 2015. We walked in so quietly that the nurse at the desk didn't even lift her eyes from the book. Mum pointed at a big chair by the door and I knew she wanted me to sit down. While I watched, mouth open in surprise, Mum took off her hat and coat and gave them to me to hold. She walke... | high11364.txt |
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"answer_text": "a Canadian fishing boat wanted to save the ghost ship"
},
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"the ghost ship was beyond the reach of the Coast Guard's guns",
"state officials worried the ghost ship might give out radiation",
"the shells were not p... | The long, lonely voyage of the Japanese ghost ship is over.
A US Coast Guard cutter poured cannon fire into an abandoned Japanese ghost ship that had been drifting since last year's tsunami , sinking the vessel into waters more than 305 meters deep in the Gulf of Alaska and removing the danger it posed to shipping and... | high3623.txt |
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"answer_text": "She's the first Romanian writer that has won the Nobel Prize for Literature."
},
"options": [
"Most of her works have been translated into English.",
"She immigrated to Germany from Romania when she was 35.",
"She's the first... | Herta Muller, the Romanianborn German writer, has won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature.The award was announced in Stockholm.
Ms Muller, 56, immigrated to Germany from Romania in 1987.She is the first German writer to win the Nobel Prize for literature since Gunter Grass in 1999 and the 13th winner writing in German ... | high6983.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because she needed medical information for her paper."
},
"options": [
"Because it was the duty as a medical student.",
"Because she needed medical information for her paper.",
"Because she was going to get a good position th... | I was a medical student. To gather data for my paper, I started visiting patients at Dr Sardjito Hospital, where I would review the medical records of patients and then interview them.
One evening, I was in a ward , desperately "hunting" for the final three patients I needed to complete my study. Holding a patient ques... | high8776.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because they mainly want to find work there."
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"Because they can live more comfortably there.",
"Because they like noisy life better than peaceful life.",
"Because they mainly want to find work there.",
"... | Today, people all over the world are moving out of small villages in the country to go and live in big, noisy cities. They are moving from the peaceful hills, mountains, fields, rivers and streams of the countryside to the busy world of streets, buildings, traffic and crowds. This movement from rural areas to urban ar... | high1034.txt |
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Who is TOVIAZ for?
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Bridges the gap between theory and practice to offer a practical and sustainable framework for teaching boys in classrooms of all levels.
Sales points
Teaching boys remains one of the most concerned issues in education today.
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For almost two months, the country's first "honesty bookshop" has occupied a sidewalk on HanZhong Road in the city's Gulou District.
With no cashier or other staff, the store relies on trust for payment.
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Nothing could be more shameful for McDonald's and KFC. They are violating labour's rights. The government must immediately bring the guilty to justice. A stricter government inspection system must be enforced to protect the workers.
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Lifestyle:
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"the limited time",
"the limited energy"
],
"question": "If someone can't work with 100% efficiency, the most important l... | Even when you're extremely busy, you aren't using your time with 100% efficiency. There are gaps in everyone's schedule where they aren't doing anything important. Even if your schedule has no gaps, there is probably lots of time when you aren't working as fast or as effectively as you possibly could.
Why aren't you co... | high4170.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "animals in a symbiotic relationship"
},
"options": [
"the hard life in the wild",
"some dangerous animals",
"animals living together",
"animals in a symbiotic relationship"
],
"question": "The text is mainly abo... | Living in the wild can be hard. Finding food and staying safe aren't easy. Each day, animals struggle to survive in their habitats. Not all animals get by on their own. Some animals form a close partnership with other kinds of animals. These pairings are called symbiotic relationships.
In a symbiotic relationship, th... | high19704.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "she thought she should do something for the lady at the special time"
},
"options": [
"she thought the lady was too busy",
"she would make them as thanks to her",
"they had had an agreement before",
"she thought she sho... | I went over my grandmother's house today and she didn't have time for me. You see, the lady's husband downstairs died and my Grandmother wanted to make some cookies for her. My grandmother did not analyze how the lady treated her, or if the lady needed any cookies, or even if the lady would like the cookies. She didn... | high11358.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because it was full of so many advisements that audience can't tolerate it."
},
"options": [
"Because it had a good start but it failed to attract audience' attention in the end.",
"Because it had a good start but it failed to make... | The hottest show this summer---"the Voice" just finished on Sunday at the Shanghai Stadium. But the show that had a good start didn't end to everyone's satisfaction. The two and a half hour show dragged on for more than four hours because of the huge amount of advertising, which the audience and residents living nearby... | high3179.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "to deal with a lot of difficulties"
},
"options": [
"to deal with a lot of difficulties",
"to know the making of products",
"to receive certain special training",
"to remember the entire trade route"
],
"questio... | Runners in a relay race pass a stick in one direction. However, merchants passed silk, gold, fruit, and glass along the Silk Road in more than one direction. They earned their living by traveling the famous Silk Road.
The Silk Road was not a simple trading network. It passed through thousands of cities and towns. It st... | high4616.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Her father's name"
},
"options": [
"Her father's looks",
"Her father's name",
"Her father's hobby",
"Her father's job"
],
"question": "What did Lisa know about her father?",
"question_type": null
},
{
... | Lisa never had the chance to know her father. He and her mother divorced when she was just a young child. Even though he didn't move far, he never came to visit his children.
Lisa often wondered about her father. What did he looked like and what he was doing. All she knew was his name: Jeff White.
After Lisa grew up, ... | high19062.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "create different feelings for us"
},
"options": [
"create different feelings for us",
"help us to develop good habits",
"develop our interest in money",
"influence natural environments"
],
"question": "According... | We know music is very important in our daily life. Today most stores, stations, restaurants and other places play music. Do you notice music playing at any of these places when you go somewhere? You might even hear music in an office or on a farm.
Scientists believe that music influences the way people behave. They thi... | high13229.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the author's class regulator"
},
"options": [
"the course material",
"others' misuse of technology",
"discussion topics",
"the author's class regulator"
],
"question": "some of the students in the history class ... | Students and Technology in the Classroom
I love my blackberry--it's my little connection to the larger world that can go anywhere with me . I also love my laptop computer ,as it holds all of my writing and thought .Despite this love of technology ,I know that there are times when I need to move away from these device a... | high15880.txt |
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