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"answer_text": "it is our duty to change for the better"
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"it is our duty to change for the better",
"we complain a lot about our past choices",
"sometimes we have to face the fate",
"we should believe in ourselves in li... | Any day we wish;we can discipline ourselves to change it a11.Any day we wish;we can open the book that will open our mind to new knowledge.Any day we wish;we can start a new activity.Any day we wish;we can start the process of life change.We can do it immediately,or next week,or next month,or next year.
We can also do ... | high6001.txt |
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"answer_text": "The life and works of Fitzgerald."
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"The \"Lost Generation\" of the 1920s.",
"How Fitzgerald got his name.",
"The life and works of Fitzgerald.",
"Fitzgerald and the Jazz Age."
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"question": "Wha... | Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896. He was an American writer of novels and short stories, whose works are the typical writings of the Jazz Age, a term he created himself.
Born into an upper middle-class Irish Catholic family, Fitzgerald was named after his famous second cousin, Francis Scott K... | high14546.txt |
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"answer_text": "It mainly surveyed fathers' living with young kids."
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"It aimed to study fathers' influence on kids.",
"It showed most fathers often helped kids learn.",
"It found most fathers played with kids every day.",
... | The uninvolved dad, turning up his nose at diapering and too busy to bathe, dress and play with his kids, is mostly a myth , a big government survey suggests. Most American fathers say they are heavily involved in hands-on parenting, the researchers found.
The results are encouraging and important " because others ... | high9332.txt |
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"answer_text": "advertisement"
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"question": "This passage is a (n) _ .",
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] | The decision to further all or part of your studies outside your country is a serious one, and one which for most students will have a special life-long benefit. If you realize English will help you in your career and enrich your personal life, you will find that coming to England to study English is a very special exp... | high7306.txt |
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"answer_text": "the English bias in Saudi Arabia"
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"English is the world's business language",
"the English bias in Saudi Arabia",
"the school education in Saudi Arabia",
"the bilingual balance in China"
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"ques... | English is fast becoming the only language of a new generation of educated Arabs.
This isn't a good thing for the region or the rest of the world. The journalism school at the AUD is the only modern program in the Middle East that allows students to study in Arabic. Still, many students arrive with poorly written Arabi... | high8035.txt |
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"answer_text": "describe what it is like to live in a tower"
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"describe how to turn an old tower into a house",
"recommend a particular builder",
"describe what it is like to live in a tower",
"explain how to win prizes... | John Fisher, a builder, and his wife Elizabeth wanted more living space, so they left their small flat for an old 40-meter-high castle tower. They have spent five years turning it into a beautiful home with six floors, winning three architectural prizes.
"I love the space, and being private," Elizabeth says. "You feel ... | high15641.txt |
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"answer_text": "his family wanted to eat it."
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"his family wanted to eat it.",
"he wanted to sell its meat at the fair.",
"his family wanted to celebrate a headless chicken festival.",
"he wanted to make money by showing... | Crazy Festivals
Mike the Headless Chicken Festival
In 1945, farmer Lloyd Olsen attempted to cut off the head of Mike, a chicken, so his wife could cook it up for dinner. However, the bird didn't die and lived another year and a half, making regular trips to the fair, where people paid a quarter to see the amazing headl... | high13230.txt |
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"answer_text": "the divers may injure their heads if the vines aren't measured properly"
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"the divers may fall onto the ground if the thin vines break",
"the divers may bump into (...)the wooden tower on the way down",
"the di... | March, April and May are months full of festivals and events all over the world. Here are some wonderful festivals around the world that happen in spring.
SongKran--Thailand
Dates: 13th-15th, April
In Thailand, it's time to celebrate the coming monsoon season, which will bring the rain many people have been looking for... | high1777.txt |
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"answer_text": "To rescue the little girl, her grandma died in the fire."
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"The grandma was too old to rush out of the room.",
"The little girl and her grandpa lived on the second floor.",
"To rescue the little girl, her grand... | One night, the first floor of the house suddenly caught fire. The fire was big, and soon became a sea of fire. On the second floor lived a little girl and her grandmother; the little girl's parents had died, and she lived together with her grandma. In order to rescue the little girl, the grandmother was burned to death... | high15899.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the writer's life"
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"Harry Potter's life",
"the writer's life",
"how the book became a movie",
"why Harry Potter is popular"
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"question": "This reading is about _ .",
"question_type": "cl... | The idea for the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone came to Joanne Kathleen Rowling in 1990. It took her seven years to finish writing it. During those seven years she had a number of jobs, including one job as an English teacher in Portugal.
Rowling sent the book to four publishers before one of them bought... | high6018.txt |
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"answer_text": "the public"
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"Congress",
"President Truman",
"the public"
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"question": "That the turkey Courage was pardoned was decided by _ .",
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... | A turkey named Courage gave thanks to President Obama for saving his life on the day before Thanksgiving. Honouring a 62-year-old tradition, the President pardoned the bird on Thanksgiving eve.
The tradition of a turkey pardon at Thanksgiving began with President Truman in 1947. Courage comes from Ellsworth, Iowa. The ... | high10739.txt |
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"answer_text": "influencing and fixing the nature of our civilization"
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"helping to bring about a revolution",
"changing the process of our society",
"making our nation more stable",
"influencing and fixing the nature of... | The very great success in science just before and after the midpoint of the twentieth century has caused educators in the United States to realize that science teaching in the future must differ from science teaching in the past. During the past twenty years, science has played an important part in shaping the characte... | high20822.txt |
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"answer_text": "about 5 hours"
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"7 hours",
"only 1 hour",
"about 5 hours"
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"question": "From the story we know it took Dr Johnson _ to get to the hospital.",
"question_type": "cloze_question... | One night, a little before nine o'clock, Dr Johnson was answering a telephone call. He was asked to go and give an operation to a very sick boy at once. The boy was in a small hospital in Glens Falls, sixty miles away from Dr Johnson's city - Albany. The boy had hurt himself in a traffic accident. His wife was in dange... | high3160.txt |
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"answer_text": "tell us the family is very important to children"
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"show us why your child needs you .",
"express us the good family relationship",
"tell us the family is very important to children",
"Parents and childre... | Teenagers need family love and support at a time when lots of other things in their lives are changing . You can keep family relationships with your child strong through ordinary , everyday activities .
Adolescence can be a difficult time ---your child is going through rapid physical changes as well as emotional... | high21282.txt |
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"answer_text": "Patients without many days left."
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"Patients with a lot of money.",
"Patients suffering from cancer.",
"Patients without many days left.",
"Patients living alone."
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"question": "If you're a volu... | A girl became a volunteer in the activities of Deathbed Care, which meant visiting and taking care of a patient suffering from an incurable disease with days numbered.
The girl was assigned to look after an old man suffering from cancer whose children lived abroad. Their living conditions were not satisfactory while th... | high4169.txt |
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"answer_text": "they hoped to get supplies of food and water"
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"they wanted to meet the Indians there",
"they hoped to get supplies of food and water",
"they had never been on the island before",
"they had planned to vis... | It was 1504,and Columbus was making another trip to the New World. Columbus and his men needed fresh water and food after three months at sea. They saw an island and went on shore. On the island there were unfriendly Indians who refused to give food to them. Columbus' men were afraid of the Indians, but he had a clever... | high11341.txt |
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"answer_text": "Whenever hunger strikes, we will reach for a junk snack"
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"Whenever hunger strikes, we will reach for a junk snack",
"Every choice, however big or small, has an influence on us.",
"Even small choices affect how... | Four Simple Keys to Transform Your Life
The Power of Choice.Every one of us makes countless choices every day.Every choice we make has an impact on our lives.Even insignificant choices can affect what we experience and how we feel.When hunger strikes, we can reach for a healthy, nutritious snack, or we can choose the s... | high2518.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "85"
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"question": "How many of 905 people surveyed suffer tumor ?",
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"answ... | The use of mobile phones over a long period of time can raise the risk for brain tumors , a new Swedish study said on Friday , contradicting (......) the conclusions of other researchers .
The Dutch Health Council , in an overview of research from around the world , last year found no evidence radiation from m... | high17730.txt |
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"answer_text": "Labels on bottled water are used to mislead consumers."
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"Most bottled water drinkers buy it for the taste.",
"Labels on bottled water are used to mislead consumers.",
"The FDA sets high standards for bottled w... | About 1 in 15 households drink bottled water today, spending about $ 4 billion a year on it. Although the reasons for the trend are many, bottled water's health benefits fall near the top of the list. Surveys have found that about 25 percent of bottled water drinkers choose the beverage for health and safety reasons; a... | high18403.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "fatness was considered something good at one time"
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"beauty should be overweight",
"a fat man is usually a cheerful character",
"fatness was considered something good at one time",
"fatness leads to an in... | Doctors in Britain are warning of an obesity time bomb, when children who are already overweight grow up. So, what should we do? Exercise more? Eat less? Or both? The government feels it has to take responsibility for this expanding problem.
The cheerful Mr. Pickwick, the hero of the novel by Charles Dickens, is seen i... | high5277.txt |
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"answer_text": "introduce the characteristics of the time-travel TV dramas in China"
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"analyze why the time-travel TV dramas are banned in China",
"show the difference between time travel in China and in other cultures",
"intr... | The news that China bans time-travel TV dramas and movies got a lot of attention on the Internet. Yet, time travel in China is a bit different from time travel in common sense. It is anything but science fiction and always goes backwards in time. There is minimum imagination involved--no ever-ending circles that mess u... | high12890.txt |
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"answer_text": "two news agencies"
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"a newspaper and a news reporter",
"a news agency and a newspaper",
"two news agencies"
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"question": "CBS/AP are most probably _ .",
"question_ty... | (CBS/AP)Lawyers for the stepfather of an 11-year-old girl tried to convince Massachusetts' highest court on Tuesday that he should have a say on whether his stepdaughter is removed from life support. If the girl dies, Jason Strickland could face a murder charge for illegally taking part in the beating that left her com... | high14239.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "make sales"
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"educate the pupils",
"welcome new pupils",
"advertise the bookshop",
"make sales"
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"question": "The purpose of the notice is to _ .",
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},... | Sunnyside School Bookshop Sunnyside Secondary School
A Warm Welcome To All Secondary Pupils! Congratulations on getting into Singapore's premier school. To do well in English, you must have a good English dictionary. May we recommend that you buy any of these two, which have been specially selected by the English tea... | high13556.txt |
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"answer_text": "are more likely to keep their temper under control"
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"generally have a poor sense of business",
"are not good at managing their company",
"seldom praise their staff members openly",
"are more likely to ke... | Two thirds of women prefer working for male bosses because they are better managers and less likely to lose their temper, a study has suggested.
Many female employees also like having a man in charge because they can "more authoritative " and "more straight-forward" than _ .
Women consider men "tougher", "better at del... | high22953.txt |
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"answer_text": "explain the causes and effects of hypoxia"
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"warn people in airplanes of possible dangers",
"offer some advice on avoiding health problems",
"explain the causes and effects of hypoxia",
"advise people not... | Travel is exciting and summer is a busy period for holiday travel. Many people will travel great distances in airplanes, cars or other vehicles. Experts say people should know about other health problems that can strike when traveling by air.
One of these is a condition called hypoxia . It results from a lack of oxyge... | high585.txt |
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"answer_text": "It is a program to help people do voluntary job."
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"It is a program to help people do voluntary job.",
"It is an orphanage in Costa Rica.",
"It is a school that needs English teachers.",
"It is a communit... | Miya volunteered abroad in Costa Rica with World Endeavors assisting at an orphanage and teaching English at a school.
As a freshman at Yale University, Miya had plans to go to medical school.Knowing that her next two summers would be occupied doing research, Miya decided to go abroad the summer after her freshman year... | high12648.txt |
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"answer_text": "Rough untidy mass of white hair and hanging moustache , with an image of thinking ."
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"Funny and humorous, with an air of a musician.",
"Wearing very wide trousers and a moustache, with an image of an actor.",
... | He could have been president of Israel or played violin at Carnegie Hall, but he was too busy thinking. His thinking on God, love and the meaning of life graces our greeting cards and day-timers.
Fifty years after his death, his shock of white hair and hanging moustache still symbolize genius. Einstein remains the fore... | high7460.txt |
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"answer_text": "the eating habits in Britain"
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"British family eating together",
"the eating habits in Europe",
"British people give you a different answer about meals"
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"questio... | In many European countries it is normal to have a long break in the middle of the day when all members of the family return to their houses to eat together. This is not very common in Britain because normally it is a long way from the place of work or school to the home. Consequently the British people tend to have a b... | high8753.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Nine"
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"Eight",
"Nine",
"Ten"
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"question": "How many members are there in Rashida's family?",
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... | Every evening, 15-year-old Rashida returns home from school, changes out of her uniform, and rushes to a neighboring farm to help her mother harvest vegetables. Her father is disabled, so the modest profit the two of them earn must cover food, clothing and other necessities for all seven children and their parents. Des... | high15127.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "making good choices is the most important"
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"making good choices is the most important",
"education decides a person's future",
"upbringing makes a big difference",
"it is luck that leads to success"
... | In her outstanding book, "Choose the Happiness Habit", Pam Golden wrote, "Take the story of two twin brothers for example. One grew up and became an alcoholic , while the other became a successful businessman. When asked why he became an alcoholic, the alcoholic replied, "Because my father was a drunk." However, the s... | high12884.txt |
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"answer_text": "he thought it was a chance to make some money"
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"he felt sorry for the author",
"he thought it was a chance to make some money",
"he knew the doctor was a very good one",
"he wanted the author to have a g... | (2014 ) I came to study in the United States a year ago. Yet I did not know the real American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court.
After the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. B... | high9459.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "was started half a century ago"
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"was started half a century ago",
"was produced by Hillary Clinton",
"is broadcast across the US every week",
"is a TV show based on Guinness records"
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"question... | Question: Which program is in Guinness World Records as the world's longest running TV quiz show? Answer: "It's Academic."
"It's Academic" is a Saturday morning program for high school students. The show has been broadcast in the Washington area for fifty years. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton competed on the show w... | high13542.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "5"
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"4",
"5",
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"question": "How many centenarians are mentioned in this passage?",
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"answer_text": "old ... | Famous centenarians still active in arts, science are in no mood to retire. "Those who stand still, die," is one of Oliveira's favorite phrases. He knows from experience what it means, as the Portuguese film director has reached the age of 102 and is still active in his profession. Every year, Oliveira shoots a film ... | high591.txt |
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"answer_text": "the school is afraid of losing financial support"
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"the school committee pays no attention to them",
"the school is afraid of losing financial support",
"the students are not interested in both of them",
... | Music died here last spring, or rather, it was killed by members of the school committee who ignored the importance of music and drama as part of the high-school curriculum.
The committee decided that teaching students how to take a standardized test is more important than a curriculum in which students can explore the... | high1005.txt |
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"answer_text": "It mainly tells us about Gorge Washington Carver, a great chemurgist."
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"It mainly tells us about Gorge Washington Carver, a great chemurgist.",
"It mainly tells us about chemurgy.",
"It mainly tells us about t... | George Washington Carver showed that plant life was more than just food for animals and humans. Carver's first step was to analyze plant parts to find out what they were made of. He then combined these simpler isolated substances with other substances to create new products.
The branch of chemistry that studies and fin... | high7474.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "education takes many ways"
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"African children are very poor",
"some children are unlucky",
"education takes many ways",
"schools are of great importance"
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"question": "The writer takes the Afric... | Imagine a boy from a small village in East Africa, He from a very early age has been looking after cattle. At twelve years old he knows more about cattle than most of you. However, he has never been to school. Has this boy ever had any education?
Education is discovering about ourselves and about the people and things ... | high15133.txt |
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"answer_text": "is full of pressures and therefore bad for people's health"
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"is highly developed and beneficial to people",
"is a great advance in human history",
"is full of pressures and therefore bad for people's health",
... | In the Caucasus Mountains of Russia, nearly fifty out of every one hundred thousand people live to celebrate their hundredth birthday, and many don't stop at 100! By comparison, in America only three in one hundred thousand people reach 100. But these Russian old people aren't alone. The Pakistanis, who live in the Him... | high21296.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Shifting their centre of mass."
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"Flapping both wings constantly.",
"Flying slowly and stably.",
"Choosing suitable positions.",
"Shifting their centre of mass."
],
"question": "What's the key fac... | It is an aerial performance far beyond the capabilities of even the most complex modern aircraft: landing upside down on a ceiling. But it is routine business for bats, and now scientists have learned precisely how they do it.
Brown University scientists observed two species: Seba's short-tailed bat and the lesser dog-... | high19709.txt |
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"answer_text": "Creative"
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"Kind-hearted",
"Curious",
"Creative",
"Mean"
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"question": "Which of the following words best describes the young man in the story?",
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"answer": ... | Tomorrow was his girlfriend's birthday and the young man was having a difficult time deciding on a present for her. She already had more clothes than she knew what to do with them, so he couldn't get any kind of apparel. She never ate sweets, so candy was out of the question. What then? He had a very special reason for... | high3612.txt |
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"all hobbies are very expensive",
"some hobbies don't cost anything",
"hobbies are worthless",
"hobbies are valuable to everybody"
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"question": "In the writer'... | From Monday until Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and on weekends they are free to relax and enjoy themselves. Some watch TV or go to the movies; others take part in sports. It depends on _ interests. There are many different ways to spend our spare time.
Almost everyone has some ... | high11355.txt |
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"answer_text": "It has a history of over 30 years."
},
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"It has a history of over 30 years.",
"It has built up a large pen market.",
"It has its name printed on each pen.",
"It charges a low price for extra service."
],... | SmartWR PENS is your No. 1 source for promotional pens, advertising pens, and logo pens. We have been in business since 1976, so you can be confident that you're dealing with a trusted name in the industry.
Everyone loves a free pen, and by providing your customers with a pen featuring your company name, logo, or me... | high17724.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "When it is a fine day"
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"When it is cloudy",
"When it is a fine day",
"When there is no wind",
"When there is a storm"
],
"question": "When does the sea look beautiful?",
"question_type": "fac... | The sea is very big. When you look at the map of the world, you will find there is more water than land. The sea covers three quarters of the world. It looks very pretty when the sun is shining on it. It can be very rough when there is a big wind.
The sea is also very deep in some places. Some parts of the sea are very... | high20188.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He felt ashamed to ask for forgiveness."
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"He doubted if his parents still lived in that house.",
"He had much news to tell his parents.",
"He felt ashamed to ask for forgiveness.",
"He was longing to ret... | The dirty, homeless man sat on the pavement, staring at the stones. He thought back more than twenty years to when he was a boy living in a small red brick house on this very street. He recalled the flower garden, the swing his dad made, and the bike he had saved up for months to buy.
_ , for the brightness of those p... | high5263.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "very difficult"
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"to make a face",
"to be humorous",
"very difficult"
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"question": "According to the author, showing a sincere smile is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_ques... | I was an introvert by nature. For as long as I remember, showing a sincere smile when meeting someone had never been easy. When meeting people, instead of being excited, I often felt upset or self-disturbed.
But we all know having friends is important. The more friends you have, the more opportunities you get, no ma... | high18417.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "three months"
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"two months",
"three months",
"four months"
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"question": ". In Northern Norway, the tourist season may last _ .",
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... | Winter is a very special time in Northern Norway. Winter also means skiing, and Narvik can offer some of the best skiing in Norway. The view and light change frequently and no two days are the same. For many people, the northern lights are an unforgettable sight, and in Narvik the sky is especially clear and great for ... | high5505.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "plan for a travel"
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"introduction to Taoism",
"plan for a travel",
"lecture on Chinese culture",
"guidebook for foreigners"
],
"question": "The text is a(n) _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_q... | In this adventure tour .you will visit the China's four Taoism Mountains!.
Including: Guangzhou, Chengdu . Wuhan & Nanchang
Day l : Guangzhou
Take a bus to Mt. Luofu and visit the mountain. including the Chong Xu Guan. the Zhu Ming Cave. the Huang Long Guan. Jiu Tian Guan and Shu Miu Guan.
-Mt. Lu... | high18371.txt |
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Here are a few tips to help you decide whether it's better to use the carrot or the stick.
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According to AsapScience, a Canada-based video channel that touches on many different science topics, humans will be very different creatures 1,000 years from now.
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What should you do to be out of danger?
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Throughout China
Interested in teaching in a foreign country? Schools all over China are looking for skilled teachers interested in teaching English. There are chances all over the country. Apply today!
Necessary conditions
Native speaker of English
BA Degree or higher (English and Education ... | high19053.txt |
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"options": [
"30 years.",
"25 years.",
"20 years.",
"15 years."
],
"question": "For how long was Benin an independent state before it became a People's Republic?",
"question_type": "factiod_que... | Benin is one of the smallest African states. It lies in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, to the south of Burkina Faso and Niger, between Togo on the west and Nigeria on the east.
Benin used to be called Dahomey and was controlled and ruled by France from 1893 to 1960, when it became independent. In 1963 the army ge... | high4627.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "do more volunteering than ever before"
},
"options": [
"study harder than before",
"do more volunteering than ever before",
"don't care much about others",
"like to find jobs in their communities"
],
"question":... | Harvard student Julie Zauzmer turned 20 on January 22, and her birthday couldn't have been better: She got to working the overnight shift at the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter.
That might seem an extraordinary act of selflessness for someone turning 20. But there's increasing evidence that commitment to community serv... | high16360.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The students read the list on the next page"
},
"options": [
"Pro. Klammer announces them in class",
"The students read the list on the next page",
"Pro. Klammer gives a list every week",
"The students go to the profess... | COURSE: History 101 "Instruction to American History"
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Jane Klammer
OFFICE: 305 Marshall Hall
OFFICE HOURS: 11:15 -12:30 M, W, F, (Monday Wednesday Friday)
CLASS: 363 Marshall Hall 3:35 -5:00 T, Th (Tuesday Thursday)
10:00-11:00 M, W, F,
other times by appointment
TELEP... | high21527.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The discouraging economy and unemployment"
},
"options": [
"A lack of confidence in themselves",
"Fierce competition in the job market",
"Their dissatisfaction with the government",
"The discouraging economy and unemplo... | You may have heard of the American Dream, an ideal that has powered the hopes of Americans for generations.
It began as a belief that the US was a land of opportunity, and that anyone could achieve success through hard work. At times, the dream has referred to home ownership, a good job, retirement security or each gen... | high10922.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "is in New York City"
},
"options": [
"hasn't been finished",
"is in New York City",
"is the tallest skyscraper in the world now",
"had fewer floors than the New World Trade Center"
],
"question": "The writer say... | For almost forty years the Empire State Building in New York City was the world's tallest skyscraper . The building reaches a height of 1, 250 feet. It has 102 floors. The use of steel frames made its height possible. Steel walls can rise height without needing to be thick. Steel frame construction is strong. All plate... | high17095.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "show love and respect to his customers"
},
"options": [
"always introduce the cheap guitars to customers",
"show love and respect to his customers",
"work out how much he would make before each sale",
"learn from the to... | My son Paul got a job in a large chain of guitar stores. It was the first time for him to do such a job. The pay was based on a small salary and his sales. They offered him some training on how to get close to a customer, introduce the product and make the sale. However, he wasn't doing well. He was very _ .
One mor... | high20639.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He praises most Chinese people a lot."
},
"options": [
"He thinks most Chinese people hardly work.",
"He thinks most Chinese people are proud.",
"He praises most Chinese people a lot.",
"He dislikes most Chinese people.... | I wish there would be a way to describe China in simple terms but that's impossible. For the most part Chinese people are friendly, easy-going and optimistic. They are curious and unusually patient and they are also the hardest-working people I have ever met.
In China, family is everything. In my English classes when t... | high4814.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "protect her from possible danger"
},
"options": [
"improve her behavior",
"develop her independence",
"be in memory of her dead brother",
"protect her from possible danger"
],
"question": "In the writer's childh... | After my brother died in an accident, my mother was in deep sadness. I was only a four-year-old girl at the time, but I still understood the sudden shift in my mom's attitude towards safety. Suddenly everything around us was potentially dangerous. Overnight, the world had gone from a playground to a dangerous zone. I g... | high220.txt |
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