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"answer_text": "is the right person for the new position."
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"is the right person for the new position.",
"is still not too old to be an ambassador",
"is not qualified as secretary of commerce",
"can help improve US relat... | Gary Locke, 61, who comes from a Chinese background and even looks Chinese, become the new US ambassador to China.
"I can think of nobody who is more qualified than Gary Locke." President Obama said. Locke's new position is clearly a sign that US President is trying to improve relations with China.
When he made his f... | high23330.txt |
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"answer_text": "the origin of a special day for mothers"
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"Mothering Sunday for Christmas",
"the origin of a special day for mothers",
"President Wilson and Anna Jarvis",
"how people celebrate Mothers Day"
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"qu... | There are a number of special days of the year that are celebrated in different countries. The origins of most of the days are unknown. They were certainly not created by individual people. Other days, however, especially those celebrated in western countries, often owe their origins to a particular person. One of the ... | high15682.txt |
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"answer_text": "are quick to notice the slightest changes in the environment"
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"can run for their lives when natural disasters happen",
"don't have any modern technology to help them",
"are being observed and tracked for scien... | During the tsunami disaster of 2004,over 300,000 people died.No one has counted the number of animals killed,but we know that it wasn't many.All over the region,before the disaster struck,animals were behaving strangely.
Shortly before the tsunami,in Khaolak,Thailand,twelve elephants that were giving tourists rides bec... | high6965.txt |
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"answer_text": "a newspaper"
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"a travel guide",
"a textbook",
"a newspaper",
"a novel"
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"question": "This passage is most likely to be found in _ .",
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"answ... | Norm Pethrick, a 36-year-old man in Australia's northern city Darwin, was praised on Thursday for jumping onto a crocodile's back to save his wife Wendy at Litchfield National Park, a popular tourist spot southwest of Darwin, a local newspaper reported.
Ms Pethrick was standing on a river bank Wednesday afternoon when ... | high8790.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "an English scientist"
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"an American scientist",
"a Canadian scientist",
"a French scientist",
"an English scientist"
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"question": "Sir Francis Bacon was _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_ques... | Warm water freezes more quickly than cold water. Sir Francis Bacon said that almost four hundred years ago. But few people believed him until 1970. In that year Canadian scientist Geoge Kell proved the English physicist was right. Dr Kell filled one open bowl with cold water. He filled another with warm water. He... | high22748.txt |
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"answer_text": "Working for too long in front of a screen."
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"Frowning every now and then.",
"Concentrating on computers frequently.",
"Working for too long in front of a screen.",
"Sitting in the same place for a long t... | Dr.Michael Prager, a leading Botox expert, said that a growing number of women are developing something called "computer face".He also mentioned that professionals who worked long hours in front of a screen were ending up with saggy jowls , "turkey neck" and deep-set wrinkles on their forehead and around their eyes.
Th... | high12853.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "John Williams himself."
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"He and his family.",
"John Williams himself.",
"Nobody--he sleeps outside.",
"A group of friends."
],
"question": "Who lives in John Williams' house?",
"question_type... | More than 40 years ago, John Williams gave away all of his belongings and went off to the mountains to live the way people lived 100 years ago. For food he traps wild animals, fishes in the rivers, and plants whatever he can. John lives in a cabin he made by hand, out of trees he chopped down with an ax. Though he has ... | high23456.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "aren't active in travelling abroad."
},
"options": [
"do a lot of travelling.",
"send her lots of postcards.",
"share the same hobby as her.",
"aren't active in travelling abroad."
],
"question": "Emma Delaney's... | At any given time, hundreds of postcards are in transit across the world as strangers communicate through a movement called Post-crossing.
Emma Delaney says it's a sad day when there isn't a postcard in her mailbox. She doesn't have a bunch of friends travelling overseas at the moment ---- she's just really active in... | high13595.txt |
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"answer_text": "pointless"
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"personal",
"satisfying",
"pointless",
"unpleasant"
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"question": "According to the writer, losing one's temper is _ .",
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"answer"... | I have nothing to say about whether or not "A Day Without Immigrants" had a positive or negative effect on the question of how the federal government should deal with the huge population of undocumented illegal immigrants in this country. I'll leave that question to others.
Regardless of how you feel about the event, o... | high546.txt |
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"answer_text": "has been written for ten years"
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"has been written for ten years",
"is J.K.Rowling's new book",
"is going to be published",
"is for children under twelve"
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"question": "According to the passage ... | Welcome to Harry Potter and the case of the teenage depression.
The popular series is being used in a book designed to help teenagers deal with feelings such as anger and depression.
Australian psychologist Dr Julie-Anne Sykley has written the book Harry Potter Power , which uses ideas and characters from Briti... | high21241.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The kneeling man."
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"options": [
"The kneeling man.",
"The sound of a bagpipe.",
"The number of names carved in the stone.",
"The jungles of Vietnam."
],
"question": "Which of the following makes the author fe... | At the end of eight grade, our class went to Washington, D.C. For a group of 14-year-olds, this was a big deal!
The first day was so tiring; we could hardly remember where we were and what we were seeing. The next morning, we were off to seemonuments ,starting with Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson. We walked along the... | high11382.txt |
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"answer_text": "The magazine is mainly intended for entertainment."
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"options": [
"Science fiction is welcomed to the magazine.",
"The magazine is mainly intended for entertainment.",
"It's impolite to comment on someone's story.",
"... | Send us your joke,anecdote or story,and if we publish it in the magazine,we'll pay as follows:
My Story $500
Personal stories beyond the call of daily life.They must be unpublished,original and less than 1,000
words.Click here to read more stories.
Kindness of Strangers Up to $500
True accounts of good luck,inspiri... | high21255.txt |
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"answer_text": "If you are invited by a single French hostess whom you love, send red roses."
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"If someone in France is dead, send chrysanthemums or calla.",
"If someone in Paris is ill in hospital, send carnations.",
"If you ... | If you are ever lucky to be invited to a formal dinner party in Paris,remember that the French have their own way of doing things, and that even your finest manners may not be "correct" by French custom.For example,if you think showing up promptly at the time given on the invitation,armed with gifts of wine and roses,c... | high11396.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Her improper diets."
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"options": [
"Her improper diets.",
"Lack of her parents' love.",
"Lack of communication with others.",
"Her bad habit of throwing up."
],
"question": "What might cause the writer's bulim... | Recovery from bulimia is difficult,but a beautiful journey!You'll come across many challenges--but once you've beaten them,the world will look much more beautiful. You can recover from this illness--I promise!Remember:If I recovered--you can too!
I began throwing up when I was just a kid. Back then I didn't know why I ... | high8784.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To have more chances of getting a job."
},
"options": [
"To have more chances of getting a job.",
"To gain a real westerner appearance.",
"To Take good care of their family.",
"To look like the Eiffel Tower."
],
... | In order to increase their job chances after college, Chinese students are turning to a special practice--Eiffel Tower nose jobs . The latest trend in plastic surgery promises to create a nose that is similar to the curve of the Eiffel Tower.
Surgeon Wang Xuming said: "We are influenced by the beauty of the Eiffel Tow... | high12847.txt |
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"answer_text": "he works as an online store owner in Shanghai"
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"he works as an online store owner in Shanghai",
"he has to work around the clock to deliver so many products",
"he starts working when most of people are still a... | Online purchases have soared during the Chinese New Year holiday.
It's the dead of winter in Shanghai. Delivery man Liu Jia and his colleagues start the day when most of people are still asleep. Working at a distribution point of a shopping website in Shanghai, they promise to deliver products within three hours of an ... | high13581.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the\"cheap candy\"bars in Tokyo"
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"some methods of releasing stress",
"the\"cheap candy\"bars in Tokyo",
"the economy of Japan",
"some delicious sweets"
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"question": "The text is mainly about _... | It's every child's dream:you find yourself in a sweet shop without owners and can finally eat as many candies as you like.
Tokyo's all-you-can-eat"cheap candy"bars make that childhood dreams come true,giving Japanese under stress a chance to relive the good old days when their biggest problem was deciding between fizzy... | high22984.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Studentscanexercisebywalkingorriding toschool."
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"options": [
"Morefuelwillbesaved.",
"Studentscangotoschool inasaferway.",
"Studentscanexercisebywalkingorriding toschool.",
"Trafficjams willbereducedduringrushhour."
... | TheUnitedStateshasaround475,000schoolbuses.Eachdaytheycarrymorethan25million children,halfofalltheschoolchildreninthecountry.
Thesebuses,onaverage,use4litersofdiesel fueltotravellessthan16kilometers. When theschoolyearbeganlastfall,dieselaveraged55centsaliternationally.Thepricenearlydoubledby theendofschool inJune.
Bob... | high552.txt |
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"answer_text": "A woman who found it in a shopping center."
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"options": [
"A man who found it in a park.",
"A woman who found it in a park.",
"A man who found it in a shopping center.",
"A woman who found it in a shopping center."
... | Worldwide, the most people willing to return your mobile phone if you've lost it are to be found in Slovenia, and the fewest in Malaysia. This finding is the result of an interesting study in 32 of the world's largest cities. Altogether, researchers "lost" 960 new mobile phones. They got back 654 of them, or 68 percent... | high14588.txt |
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"answer_text": "To introduce Angry Birds characters in TV programs and advertisements."
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"To explain how the video game Angry Birds was devised.",
"To investigated why Angry Birds has quickly become well-liked.",
"To introduce... | Angry Birds is a video game developed by Finnish computer game developer Rovio Mohile. Inspired primarily by a sketch of stylized wingless birds, the game was first released for Apple's mobile operating system in December 2009.Since then, over 12 million copies of the game have been purchased from Apple's App Store.
Wi... | high1978.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "people can have birthday parties"
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"people can have birthday parties",
"lifeguards are on duty 24 hours a day",
"children are not allowed to swim alone",
"special lessons in diving are offered to adults"
... | Sunshine Sports Centre
One of the most modem sports centers in town, the Sunshine Sports Centre is not just a sports club but much more!
Facilities
With a swimming pool for adults and teens, and a smaller one for children, our centre has something for all the members of the family.Parents can relax while children play ... | high10936.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "India."
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"options": [
"India.",
"TheUS.",
"Brazil.",
"Germany."
],
"question": "What country has more highest-rating companies in the world than any other country has?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions... | If prefix = st1 /U.S.software companies don't pay more attention to quality, they could kiss their business good-bye. BothIndiaandBrazilare developing a world-class software industry. Their weapon is quality and one of their jobs is to attract the topU.S.quality specialists whose voices are not listened to in their cou... | high17081.txt |
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"answer_text": "1647"
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"question": "Robert Hooke probably went to school in _ .",
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... | Inventor,physicist,surveyor,astronomer,biologist,artist... Robert Hooke was all these and more. Some say he was the greatest experimental scientist of the seventeenth century. Once he worked with renowned men of science like Christian Huygens,Antony van Leeuwenhoek,Robert Boyle,Isaac Newton and the great architect,Chr... | high4800.txt |
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"answer_text": "She introduced her to adult plays."
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"options": [
"She lent her some serious classics.",
"She cultivated her taste for music.",
"She discovered her talent for dancing.",
"She introduced her to adult plays."
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... | The teacher who did the most to encourage me was, as it happens, my aunt. She was Myrtle C. Manigault, the wife of my mother's brother Bill. She taught me in second grade at all-black Summer School in Camden, New Jersey.
During my childhood and youth, Aunt Myrtle encouraged me to develop every aspect of my potential, w... | high15866.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Cottages with thatched roofs."
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"Narrow streets lined with pink or white houses.",
"Rolling hills with pretty farm buildings.",
"Cottages with thatched roofs.",
"Churches with cottages around them."
]... | The view over a valley of a tiny village with thatched roof cottages around a church, a drive through a narrow village street lined with thatched cottages painted pink or white, the sight over the rolling hills of a pretty collection of thatched farm buildings--these are still common sights in parts of England. Most ... | high1950.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To advise people to think twice before buying hybrid cars."
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"options": [
"To tell the readers about the advantages of hybrid cars.",
"To warn the readers of the disadvantages of hybrid cars.",
"To advise people to think tw... | In the face of rising gas costs, many consumers are beginning to consider the choice of a hybrid vehicle--one which operates on both gas and electricity. All of the models of hybrid car will save money, but are they really effective when all of the costs of maintenance and other considerations are included in?
First of... | high22012.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because it helps them meet the needs of their roles."
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"Because some of them always feel unhappy.",
"Because they are scolded by the director.",
"Because it helps them meet the needs of their roles.",
"Be... | I have some work in Glasgow today. I was on a really tight schedule, which meant I would have no time for myself all day. I was having one of those days, the train was completely packed out and the conversation going on around me seemed to be particularly meaningless. On top of all that, I had a bit a headache.
Walking... | high19084.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "they didn't understand each other actually."
},
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"they had no child.",
"their children didn't like them.",
"they didn't understand each other actually.",
"the old man didn't love the old woman."
],
"... | One fine day, an old couple around the age of 70, walks into a lawyer's office. Apparently, they are there to file a divorce. Lawyer was very puzzled, after having a chat with them, he got their story.
This couple had been quarreling all their 40 years of marriage nothing ever seems to go right. They hang on because of... | high20605.txt |
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"answer_text": "universities"
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"states",
"cities",
"universities",
"colonies"
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"question": "Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were the names of the _ in America.",
"question_type": "cloze_question... | Started in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest of many colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were all started before the American Revolution made the thirteen colonies into states.
In the early years, these schools were much alike. Only young men attended colleges. ... | high4828.txt |
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"question": "In the passsage, the writer thinks that body language is _ .",
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"... | Different people use different languages. We Chinese speak Chinese, and, most of us are learning a foreign language. But there is another kind of language we need to know --- the language of the body.
All over the world, people "talk with their hand, with their heads and with their eyes." When Japanese people meet, the... | high2281.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To have land for agriculture."
},
"options": [
"To build houses for more population.",
"To have land for agriculture.",
"To export trees to other countries.",
"To build industrial plants."
],
"question": "Which ... | It is often said that man has become the enemy of our planet. This is no exaggeration , for reports show that man's greed has done much to destroy the earth. Man, in his greedy desire for financial growth, has polluted the air, land and water, and has robbed our valuable natural resources. Man's industrial plants pour ... | high5288.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "How @ came into being."
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"options": [
"How \"at\" developed into @.",
"How @ came into being.",
"How monks invented @.",
"How people wrote the cost of something."
],
"question": "Which of the following is the ... | That little "a" with a circle curling around it that is found in E - mail addresses is most commonly referred to as the "at" symbol.
Surprisingly though, there is no official, universal name for this sign. There are dozens of strange terms to describe the "@" symbol.
Before it became the standard symbol for electronic ... | high20163.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Self- control is important for a man"
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"Self- control is important for a man",
"We should learn to be strong.",
"A man who keeps cool won't lose any game.",
"The great heroes in history knew how to contro... | "The first and best of victories for a man is to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful," says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.
A single angry word has... | high3821.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The author wasn't a regular customer to the store."
},
"options": [
"The author wasn't a regular customer to the store.",
"The store was owned by the man and the boy.",
"The store didn't deal in drinks.",
"The author re... | I stopped at a grocery store the other day because I was about to go on a long drive and I wanted to buy my favorite beverage for the trip. It wasn't the store I normally go to, just one I passed along the way.
As I walked up to the entrance, I noticed a man and a boy who was about 10 or 12 years old standing at the fr... | high4196.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Friday."
},
"options": [
"Monday.",
"Tuesday.",
"Thursday.",
"Friday."
],
"question": "What day was Mr Liu was saved from the ruins?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
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{
"answer": {
"ans... | It was a painful 100 hours from the moment the earthquake struck until rescuers pulled Liu Deyun from the ruins of a factory yesterday. When he went to work on Monday morning, he had never thought that he would spend the next week in the ruins of his workplace. "It was a miracle , but that happened through our hard wor... | high17917.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "delighted"
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"delighted",
"indifferent",
"disappointed"
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"question": "What did the author's husband feel when she told him what she had done?",
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... | We live in central Phoenix, near the canal . Every day I used to see a homeless old man and his scruffy little dog hanging out down there.
I would tell my husband we should give him food for the little dog. It wouldn't have been a problem; we have our own "mini farm" of animals! But he would say "OK!" and then blow the... | high6959.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "they hardly realize hidden disasters will happen suddenly"
},
"options": [
"they are not advised to take actions",
"they hardly realize hidden disasters will happen suddenly",
"they think others can solve the problem",
... | If December 26's tsunamis have taught us anything, it is that nature does not recognize national boundaries . The same can be said of a lot of many other problems facing human beings. Global warming, for example, will affect the whole world. Similarly, diseases like AIDS or SARS can spread rapidly from country to co... | high22774.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Caffeine can improve long--term memory."
},
"options": [
"Caffeine can make people addicted.",
"Caffeine can make people energetic.",
"Caffeine can improve long--term memory.",
"Caffeine can make people feel comfortable... | Many people cannot start their day without first having a cup of coffee or tea.These drinks help them think clearly and feel more awake.This is because of caffeine,which helps to give a jump start to the nervous system.Now,a report says it may also boost long-term memory.
Mike Yassa is a neurobiology professor.He and o... | high6781.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Both parents and their children like watching educational television."
},
"options": [
"Parents are worried about the influence from television on their children",
"Television has much influence on children",
"Both parents an... | Children in the United States are exposed to many influences other than that of their families.Television is the most significant of these influences,because the habit of watching television usually begins before children start attending school.
Parents are concerned about the lack of quality in television programs for... | high8974.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "awaken the whole society to the problems today's college students face"
},
"options": [
"awaken the whole society to the problems today's college students face",
"warn Americans that academic standards are falling",
"advise c... | It's high time someone spoke up for today's college students. They're probably the most hardworking, ambitious people in America and their problems are not properly appreciated.
People like the Secretary of Education simply don't know what they're talking about when they knock students. Nor do those who complain about ... | high8960.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "enjoy some entertaining programs"
},
"options": [
"make some good friends",
"meet many beautiful queens",
"receive the first-class service",
"enjoy some entertaining programs"
],
"question": "In addition to your... | Visit New York City with your kids where there are numerous things to do which will entertain their spirits and feed their minds.
*The Whispering Gallery
Make your way to the Whispering Gallery. Kids can get a lot of fun there. Once inside the gallery, place one person facing the corner at one end of the room and then ... | high3835.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Three"
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"Three",
"Four",
"Five"
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"question": "How many kinds of environmental pollution are mentioned in the text?",
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{
"answer": {
... | During the last twenty years there has been increasing concern with the quality of the environment. Along with air and water pollutions, noises pollution has been recognized as a serious pollutant. As noise levels have risen, the effects of noise have become more apparent.
Noise is defined as "unwanted sound". Causes o... | high20177.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Exercising and enjoying music."
},
"options": [
"Doing nothing about it.",
"Exercising and enjoying music.",
"Writing down negative thoughts.",
"Talking about it with neighbors."
],
"question": "Which of the fol... | Having one of those days - or weeks - when everything seems to annoy you? Even if you do nothing about it, your bad mood will probably go away after some time. But with a little effort, you can forget it much faster - often within a day or two.
*Walk it off
Exercise is the most popular bad-mood buster. A person who's i... | high4182.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "competing in a 24-hour race"
},
"options": [
"waiting for Peter Basinger",
"following a mother bear",
"competing in a 24-hour race",
"riding in Chugach State Park"
],
"question": "When the girl was attacked, she... | A 14-year-old girl was attacked by a grey bear while competing in a bike race. She managed to whisper the word "bear" to her rescuer. The girl suffered serious head, neck and leg wounds. Now she is in a dangerous condition in hospital.
The girl was taking part in a 24-hour race through Bicentennial Park in Alaska when ... | high21269.txt |
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"answer_text": "they are pressured by animal right groups."
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"they are pressured by animal right groups.",
"they love animals.",
"they earn a large amount of money and want to do ... | Animals are more like us than we ever imagined.They feel pain, they experience stress, they show affection, excitement and love.All these findings have been made by scientists in recent years--and such results are beginning to change how we view animals.
Strangely enough, some of this research was sponsored by fast... | high17903.txt |
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"answer_text": "He was expecting some resistance to his job option."
},
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"He had no idea of what he wanted to do in life.",
"He was expecting some resistance to his job option.",
"He had always wanted to follow his father's path.... | "So?"he said."Er...so what?""So what do you really want to do?"he asked.
My father was a lawyer,and I had always assumed he wanted me to go to law school,and follow his path through life."I want to travel,and I want to be a writer."I replied.
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Seattle Washington
May/June annually
Deadline: March
A presentation of original short films created by youth aged 18 and under. Entries must be no longer than 10 minutes (including end titles). The juried Future Wave award winner receives a $500 cash priz... | high20611.txt |
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His question reminded me of something I'd read somewhere before... | high208.txt |
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The observation might help explain how all whales hear. The work might also help scientists understand how animals are affected by underwater sonar . This sonar, used by s... | high23318.txt |
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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 mot... | high22006.txt |
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"questio... | Efforts to reduce the damage from the huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are under way . How can you help ?A number of organizations are recruiting volunteers.
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Many people do not understand how much water the human body needs, but many people do not... | high1213.txt |
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"some people are afraid to speak up for their rights",
"many superiors are everywhere",
"some ... | Have you ever been afraid to talk back when you were treated unfairly? Have you ever bought something just because the salesman talked you into it?
Many people are afraid to assert (,) themselves.Dr.Robert Albert, author of STAND UP, SPEAK OUT and TALK BACK, thinks it is because their self-respect is low."There's alway... | high13754.txt |
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"To track the bears' route and give them physical examination.",
"To find out the bea... | Alaska polar bears are losing their fur and U.S. Geological Survey scientists don't know why.
In the past two weeks, nine of 33 bears checked by scientists in the southern Beaufort Sea region near Barrow were found to have alopecia -- loss of fur, said Tony DeGange, chief of the biology office at the USGS Science Cente... | high23697.txt |
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Firstly, we know that all human beings have a language of some kind. There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language, no set of speech sounds by which the people com... | high18601.txt |
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"the old Italian violins"
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Thursday, January 8, 2015--Daytime Tours
Hours: 1:00~4:00 PM, last admittance at 3:15 PM
Admission: Adults: $10
Children (3~11): $5
2 & Under: Free
Purchase Tickets:
Tickets may be pre-purchased up to 24 hours prior to the event by using the button below. Tickets may also be purchased a... | high11143.txt |
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"Compared with the late 70s," she says, "now college students have many doors." I was shocked when she f... | high3362.txt |
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},
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"He knew the owner of the house lived alone.",
"The house had no security alarm .",
"He had never been caught by the police."
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Confidently, he stood outside the house of his intended victim and read the sign on the front gate of the house. "Don't worry about ... | high18167.txt |
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],
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"Music is the most important industr... | There are 67 counties in the state of Alabama.Each county is rich with history and its own unique stories.Colbert County, located in the northwest corner of the state, has its share of exciting stories and claims to statewide fame.The county was created on February 6, 1867, and Tuscumbia became the county seat (the tow... | high9129.txt |
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"The schools were like prisons at that time",
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In recent years, many writers have begun to speak of the 'decline of class ' and 'classless society ' in Britain. And in modern day consumer society everyone is considered to be middle class.
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"Slight distinctions matter little in translation.",
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In a recentWall Street journalarticle, technology policy expert Alec Ross argued that, within a decade or so. We'll be able to communicate with one another via small earpieces wit... | high14991.txt |
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Department stores offer good quality and high fashion
Macy's department stores offer a wide selection of merchandise , including fash... | high12338.txt |
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It is said that e-schoolbags are going to be brought into use in Chinese middle schools soon. An experiment with several hundred e-schoolbags will begin in seven cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Ta... | high15457.txt |
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It is the British Museum. Being one of the largest muse... | high8223.txt |
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"that boy was praying to the sun with a magic stick",
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"Most industries in the world suffer from water shortages.",
"The underground water in S... | The need to feed a growing population is putting much pressure on the world's supply of water. With 97% of the world's water too salty to be drunk or used in agriculture, the worldwide supply of water needs careful management, especially in agriculture. Although the idea of a water shortage seems strange to someone for... | high5707.txt |
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Art Gallery of Ontario If you are looking to get some culture, there's plenty to see and do at the Art Gallery... | high18173.txt |
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Only trouble was that when I arrived I discovered I hadn't got my university card that would open the libr... | high17240.txt |
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In some modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all whether rich or poor , clever or stupid-one ... | high17526.txt |
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Let's begin with the question of why people volunteer. Re... | high10249.txt |
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Messi beat last year's winner Cristiano Ronaldo into second place while Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez finished th... | high11157.txt |
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"she had made a special costume the night be... | After her husband had gone to work, Mrs Richards send her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too excited to do any housework that morning. In the evening she would go to a fancy dress party with her husband. She wanted to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, s... | high3410.txt |
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"He wanted to discuss it with his son.",
"He hoped to learn more about the horses."
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The first farmer was eagerly trying to... | high16638.txt |
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},
"options": [
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"The writer lost 20 marks for the last question.",
"The writer made some mistakes during the exam.",
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I was very excited. It was the day of my last paper of the final examination. My mind was full of thoughts of how I would spend my vacation. I was especially excited of the invitation that my uncle... | high15331.txt |
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"less than two thousand"
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"answer_text": "he was too poor to afford any more formal education"
},
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"he wanted to teach himself",
"he wanted to work and made a lot of money",
"he was too poor to afford any more formal education",
"he wanted some work... | Charles Dickens (1812-1870), the great nineteenth century English novelist, was born near Portsmouth. His father ran heavily into debt and when he was twelve, he had to go and work in a factory for making boot polish. The only formal education he received was a two-year schooling at a school for poor children. In fact,... | high1207.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "is designed for preschool kids"
},
"options": [
"is mainly used to entertain kids",
"can be accepted by most families",
"is designed for preschool kids",
"can download games for free"
],
"question": "According t... | A new reading tool was put on the market this week for the two-to five-year-old set. It is sold for at least $389, an expensive purchase for a kid - and that doesn't even include a $99 annual subscription fee for games, e-books, and age-appropriate software.
That might be fine for parents willing and able to pay thou... | high793.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The development of sexual equality campaign."
},
"options": [
"The improvement of cooks' status.",
"The influence of popular female chefs.",
"The change of female's view on cooking.",
"The development of sexual equality... | Men are spending more and more time in the kitchen encouraged by celebrity chefs like Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver, according to a report from Oxford University.
The effect of the celebrity role models, who have given cooking a more manly picture, has combined with a more general drive towards sexual equality and m... | high13740.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "she was a down-to-earth person"
},
"options": [
"she never changed her style or point of view",
"she was a gospel singer for country people",
"she was a down-to-earth person",
"she had a very magnificent voice"
],
... | Most great singers have had learnt singing lessons since childhood. Occasionally, though, a great voice comes through untrained, a voice that is unbelievably, naturally beautiful. Mahalia Jackson had such a voice. Without having had a lesson, she was able to attract listeners with her magnificent voice that never seeme... | high23683.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "discovering the planet Uranus"
},
"options": [
"discovering the planet Uranus",
"determining stellar parallax",
"discovering two moons of Uranus",
"uncovering the evidence for the infrared"
],
"question": "Hersc... | William Herschel was born on November 15th, 1738 in Hanover in a family of musicians. In 1757,he fled to England and began earning a living as an organist and later composer and conductor. In 1772, he convinced his sister Caroline to join him as a singer. In their spare time the brother-sister team became occupied in a... | high6568.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "was worried about the coming test."
},
"options": [
"was seriously ill.",
"was too tired.",
"was worried about the coming test.",
"couldn't find his history notebook."
],
"question": "Paul felt uneasy because he... | Paul couldn't sleep last night. He woke up early and sat up, and then he lay down again. He felt terrible. "I must be sick," he thought. "but I must study for that test."
He got up and looked for his history notebook. He finally found it under a pile of clothes on a chair. He went over his history notes, but he couldn'... | high5049.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Cheerful and positive."
},
"options": [
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"Cheerful and positive.",
"Angry and proud.",
"Humorous and light-hearted."
],
"question": "What is the tone of the passage?",
"question_typ... | He says the problem with teachers is, "What will a kid learn from someone who chose to become a teacher?" He reminds the other dinner guests that it's true what they say about teachers:Those who can, do; those who can't, teach.
I decide to _ instead of biting his and stop myself from reminding the other dinner guests t... | high2726.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "guarantee better conditions for goldfish"
},
"options": [
"help improve fishing environment",
"guarantee better conditions for goldfish",
"stop people from catching goldfish",
"discourage keeping goldfish at home"
]... | The city of Rome has passed a new law to prevent cruelty to animals. All goldfish bowls are no longer allowed and dog owners must walk their dogs,
"The civilization of a city can be measured by this," said Monica Cirinna, the councilor( ) behind the new law.
"It's good to do whatever we can for our animals who in excha... | high3438.txt |
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