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"answer_text": "About seven and a half to eight hours."
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"About six or seven hours.",
"About 10 hours.",
"About nine and a half to 10 hours.",
"About seven and a half to eight hours."
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"question": "What is the ... | One of the tough things about being a high school student is that you never seem to get enough sleep at night, which often leaves you nodding off during classes.
"The best amount of sleep to get is about seven and a half to eight hours," Peter Venn at Queen Victoria Hospital, UK, told The Telegraph. Spending either... | high17320.txt |
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"answer_text": "To determine whether the polar bear was in danger."
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"To determine whether the polar bear was in danger.",
"To measure how fast the sea ice melts in the Arctic.",
"To check the predictions of the computer model... | WASHINGTON--Two-thirds of the world's polar bear population could be gone by 2050 if predictions of melting sea ice hold true, the US Geological Survey reported on Friday.
The fate of polar bears could be even worse than that estimate, because sea ice in the Arctic might be disappearing faster than the available comput... | high2108.txt |
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"answer_text": "organization"
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"honor"
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"question": "According the passage, Cittaslow is a(n) _ .",
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... | Cittaslow has discovered China, and it is awarding a little village in Jiangsu the title of "slow city"
The bored teenagers of Gaochun are impatient with the leisurely pace of hometown life.For them there is no nightlife to speak of, no bright lights, no excitement and they cannot wait to grow up and leave for the urba... | high11751.txt |
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"answer_text": "It aims to explore new lands in the universe."
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"It has cost NASA around $10 billion.",
"It is expected to be conducted on Mars in 2030.",
"It aims to explore new lands in the universe.",
"It is a project... | The US space agency NASA is looking for people to go to Mars, and stay there. This attractive career is for people who want a huge change of scenery and planet. The project is called the Hundred Years Starship, which aims to colonize other lands such as the red planet Mars.
Settlers would travel to the red planet and... | high3216.txt |
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"answer_text": "(212)363-3260"
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"(212)363-7620",
"(212)363-3260",
"(212)269-5755"
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"question": "Which number would you call if your friend were suddenly ill?",
"question_type": "factiod_que... | Ellis Island is located in New York. Harbor Ellis Isl and is open daily year-round from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p. m. , with extended hours during summer. It is closed December 25. There is no admission charge to Ellis Island; donations are gratefully accepted.
At Your Fingertips
Park information (212)363-7620
Emergencies ... | high4579.txt |
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"answer_text": "many parents are at a loss on dealing with grown children"
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"middle-aged people even have fewer job opportunities than young people",
"few of American young people live with their parents",
"the rate of divorce... | After being laid off from her job, Ann Bauer struggled financially. She worked at several lower-paid jobs, relocated to a new city and even declared bankruptcy. Then in December, she finally moved back into her parents' home at age 52. "I'm back living in the bedroom that I grew up in," she said.
Taking shelter with... | high21692.txt |
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"answer_text": "Nothing in the wallet was missing."
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"The owner of the wallet found a twenty-dollar bill gone.",
"The writer wasn't surprised when the man gave her a reward.",
"Nothing in the wallet was missing.",
"The m... | I worked for a short time as a cashier at a restaurant a few months ago. I also helped to clean up the tables when it was very busy. One night, just before Christmas, I found a large black wallet on the floor near one of the tables. I guessed I should check it to find out who was the owner, but I was very busy at the... | high15537.txt |
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"answer_text": "an airline company"
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"an airline company",
"a well-known travel destination",
"a travel agency for cheap vacations",
"a search tool for low-cost air tickets"
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"question": "We can infer from the ... | Higher hotel prices, airline capacity cuts and rising travel demand mean travelers will have to work harder to find a good deal in 2013. But there are plenty of online tools to help keep your vacation expenses _ . Here are some websites to help you save money on air tickets this year.
Looking for sales on a specific r... | high8343.txt |
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"answer_text": "he wanted to revenge the customer"
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"he was good at self-control",
"he wanted to show his professionalism",
"he wanted to revenge the customer",
"he knew well the airport rules"
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"question": "Th... | I was waiting in a check-in line at Arlanda International Airport. The man ahead of me was quite a big guy. As an airport baggage handler checked through a customer at the roadside, he accidentally knocked over the man's luggage. He quickly collected the fallen bags and apologized for his mistake. However,the traveler ... | high12258.txt |
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"answer_text": "one is born with his color preference"
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"one can choose his color preference",
"one is born with his color preference",
"one's color preference is changeable",
"one has to choose his favorite color as soo... | What is your favorite color? Do you like yellow, orange, and red? If you do, you must be an optimist , a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement. Do you prefer grays and blues? Then you are probably quiet, shy and you would rather follow than lead. If you love green, you are strong-minded and de... | high195.txt |
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"answer_text": "dogs' ancestors come from gray wolves"
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"dogs mainly lived in Europe and the Far East",
"dogs would like to live in Central Asia",
"dogs' ancestors come from gray wolves",
"the Near East has many gray wol... | Where do dogs come from?
Gray wolves are their ancestors. Scientists are pretty consistent about that. And researchers have suggested that dogs' origins can date back to Europe, the Near East, Siberia and South China. Central Asia is the newest and best candidate, according to a large study of dogs from around the worl... | high13146.txt |
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"answer_text": "advertisements benefit busy people in many ways"
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"advertisements benefit busy people in many ways",
"advertisements encourage more business competitions",
"advertisements provide main features of new products"... | Advertising actually has a dual function:to sell,as well as to inform.If you stop to think of it,advertisements(ads)provide information of almost everything in our household and immediate environment,from shampoo to fuel for cars.An obvious purpose is to inform consumers of new products and services as well as to remin... | high14629.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "motivate students to be creative"
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"raise funds to design solar-powered buildings",
"motivate students to be creative",
"integrate solar systems with buildings",
"develop new kinds of energy"
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"... | Have you ever wondered what you will be when you grow up? Perhaps you have thought of becoming an engineer or an environmentalist. Here's good news: you can combine all of these career goals by designing, building and operating a solar-powered house.
That is what students from 20 universities did as they competed in t... | high23085.txt |
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"answer_text": "learns to live in a society"
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"learns to live in a society",
"travels from one country to another",
"learns to act independently",
"learns how to live happily"
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"question": "Socialization is the... | Mirth Pham was born in Vietnam. He left his native country when he was 21 years old. Minh has been in America for almost two years. There is still much he does not understand about America.
Once Minh was in a supermarket. He saw an old man and an old woman. They wanted a box of cereal .The box was on a high shelf. The ... | high8357.txt |
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"answer_text": "the story behind \"The Praying Hands\""
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"the early life of Albrecht Durer",
"the story behind \"The Praying Hands\"",
"the sacrifice Albrecht made for his brother",
"a young man showing his talent throug... | Born into a poor family,two of the Durers' children still had a dream for art,but they knew their father could not afford to send either of them to the academy .
After discussions,the two boys finally agreed to toss a coin.The loser would go to the nearby mines and support his brother while he attended the academy.Then... | high15523.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "inform us of a recent discovery of ecological research."
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"introduce how grasshoppers make noises to attract mates.",
"raise the awareness of protecting bow-winged grasshoppers.",
"inform us of a recent discove... | Grasshoppers are having to change their song -- one of the iconic sounds of summer -- to make themselves heard above the noise of road traffic, ecologists have discovered. The study, published in the British Ecological Society's journal Functional Ecology, is the first to show that human-made noise affects natural inse... | high7064.txt |
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"answer_text": "A scientist in charge of the study of the climate change."
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"A scientist responsible for the climate change.",
"A scientist in charge of the study of the climate change.",
"A professor interested in the climate... | Health and climate scientists have mapped how climate change affects different parts of the world in different ways. The scientists point to the fact that changes in the past thirty years may, have been affecting human health. Possible effects include more deaths from extreme heat or cold, more storms and more crop fa... | high1415.txt |
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"answer_text": "The position it advertised won't accept females."
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"The applicants can get medical insurance once accepted.",
"The position it advertised won't accept females.",
"It mainly serves Chinese food to westerners.",
... | Are you a foreigner in Shanghai, China, wanting to find a job? Here's some information for you.
Teaching Job in High School
Description:
High school(students aged 14-18)
12 classes/week
Benefits and Compensation :
Salary: 7,000-8,000 RMB/month
Paid public holidays and winter holidays
Free accommodation with full furnit... | high13152.txt |
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"answer_text": "learning environment"
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"learning environment",
"location",
"reputation",
"leadership potential"
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"question": "The advantage of New Education lies in its _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_quest... | New Education is the UK's first training company devoted to the development of leadership potential in cross-cultural environment, We provide high quality training services such as effective communication, public speaking, positive attitude, life planning, career skills, Chinese and Western cultural differences and tr... | high23091.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "making more money"
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"protecting the environment",
"reducing the traffic jam",
"giving more traveling choices",
"making more money"
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"question": "The program can help the city in the following wa... | Starting next month, people in prefix = st1 /Washingtonwill be able to rent a bicycle day and night with a membership card. A new company called SmartBike will make 120 bicycles available at 10 spots in the city. "There's a lot of stress on our transit systems," said Jim Sebastian, who manages bicycle and pedestrian pr... | high18007.txt |
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"answer_text": "without hate, people will have less trouble connected with blood pressure and heart disease"
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"without hate, people will have less trouble connected with blood pressure and heart disease",
"people who suffer from blo... | LEEDS, England--A Leeds University psychology professor is researching a course to help dozens of Britons forgive their enemies.
"The hate we hold within us is a cancer." Professor Ken Hart said, adding that holding in anger can lead to problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease.
More than 70 people have be... | high5673.txt |
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"answer_text": "soft-hearted"
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"irresponsible",
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"question": "According to the passage, when the woman was in middle school, Mr. Rao was probably_.",
"question_type":... | The man beside her looked familiar. She felt like she knew him. Then when he opened the book on his knees, she at once knew who he was.
"Now, if anyone ever has a doubt regarding factorisation , just once, read page number thirteen in your textbook. There would be no more doubt."
She smiled at the memory, remembering ... | high17334.txt |
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"answer_text": "WCDMA is not the only 3G standard in the world."
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"WCDMA is not the only 3G standard in the world.",
"Apple Inc sells its products in the market of the Chinese mainland all by its own stores.",
"The consumers i... | BEIJING--Apple Inc is one step closer to beginning sales of iPad2 tablet computers with cellular network compatibility for the first time in the Chinese mainland, where the consumer-electronics giant is _ an aggressive expansion.
According to China's Telecommunication Equipment Certification Center, a device by... | high20598.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "steps in practicing meditation for beginners"
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"steps in practicing meditation for beginners",
"tips on how to breathe slowly",
"the benefits of practicing meditation",
"the best way to stay relaxed"
... | It's well-known that meditation has many benefits, but do you know how to practice it for a beginner?
Set a proper scene
Find a space for meditation.It should be private and quiet.Make sure the temperature is comfortable.Sit on a cushion if the floor is uncomfortable.You may play soft music if you like.
Take a mome... | high11745.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "full of humors"
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"full of special effects",
"with the best actors",
"full of humors",
"with great lights"
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"question": "According to the author, \"Rush Hour 2\" is a perfect movie particularly ... | Do you like sitting on the edge of your seat? How about falling off it laughing? If so, "Rush Hour 1" is the perfect movie for you. Although it didn't get the best reviews, it is perfect for those who like a good comedy.
Just as in the first "Rush Hour," Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) and LAPD Detective James Carter (Chri... | high3202.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Asking for some advice"
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"Telling us how to get along with family members",
"Calling on mothers to love their children",
"Saying sorry to her sister",
"Asking for some advice"
],
"question": "The ... | Dear Sara,
Can you please help me improve my relationship with my mother? She is in her late 70s, and will probably need me to care for her in the future. I am willing to take on this responsibility but I find seeing her and talking to her stressful because I am so angry ab out what she and my father did to my elder si... | high19319.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "She liked the cat."
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"options": [
"She wanted a companion.",
"The cat's owner abandoned him.",
"The cat was hopeless.",
"She liked the cat."
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"question": "Why did Kennon decide to keep the cat?",
"questi... | A black and white kitten with a broken back lay on animal doctor Betsy Kennon's examination table. A regular customer had rushed him to her office after his pet dog brought the cat home in his mouth. The dog's owner was horrified, believing that his pet had caused the cat's injuries. But Kennon found no teeth marks or ... | high21686.txt |
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"answer_text": "maglev"
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"maglev",
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"levitation",
"electricity"
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"question": "This passage is about _ .",
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... | A Train Floating On Air
A train that floats on air? It's not magic--it's magnets .And it's close to reality.
In Virginia USA the fall of 2002, a train with no wheels traveled on air and carried college students across their campus.In Japan, a whisper-quiet railway engine hovered and raced at 350 miles per hour using m... | high11023.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because we always want to get something special"
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"Because we want to save money",
"Because mothers don't like gifts.",
"Because we always want to get something special",
"Because mothers are very difficu... | Mother's Day is coming. It is a time to let Mom know she's special to you. Finding the right for Mom on that day is not always easy. We often want something personal and thoughtful. But how can we make it? These following ideas may help you.
Gift of Time
Moms just want to spend time with their children so make it a Mot... | high3564.txt |
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"answer_text": "It has a highly conductive copper cover."
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"It doesn't have a battery or a charger.",
"It is properly marketed and sells well.",
"It's continuously charging from any area.",
"It has a highly conductive co... | Batteries are included, but the charger's not. The Nokia E-Cu concept phone doesn't need to plug in, it charges from any heat source. Designer Patrick Hyland says it can even work off the warmth of your pocket. The first time "it would take approximately seven hours to reach full charge, then after that it's continuous... | high16994.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "people's eating habits can be used to develop new food."
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"Children in Uganda should eat fewer bananas.",
"Vitamin A is largely found in fruits like bananas.",
"Super bananas are definitely a safe biological pr... | The year of 2014 saw smart people always busy inventing useful things, which have hepled to make the world better, smarter and a little for fun. Now, let's take a look at some of the inventions.
Super banana
Australian biogeneticist James Dale visited Uganda, a poor African country, in the early 2000s, where he found ... | high18761.txt |
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"answer_text": "Development is not necessarily the result of growth."
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"Development is a reliable measure of growth.",
"Growth always brings about development.",
"Development is not necessarily the result of growth.",
"G... | We often use the words growth and development as if they meant essentially the same thing. But this may not always be the case. One can easily imagine instances in which a country has achieved higher levels of income (growth) with little or no benefit coming to most of its citizens (development).
In the past, most deve... | high5115.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "acceptable"
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"acceptable",
"unreasonable",
"Crazy"
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"question": "The writer probably thinks the DINK lifestyle_,",
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"answer": {
... | Many would consider it crazy, but what has caused the sudden popularity of the DINK (double income,no kid) lifestyle? Mr. Buchanan lists three factors that lead to the DINK lifestyle and help explain why today's culture _ the old idea that "the good tile for a woman means a husband and a houseful of kids."
The fir... | high17452.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "doing meaningful things together with them"
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"options": [
"watching TV with them",
"staying with them as long as possible",
"doing meaningful things together with them",
"giving up jobs to stay with them"
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"... | Spending time with your kids is the best way to give them you attention. No matter whether you stay at home or work outside the home, you can still give quality time to your kids. Quality time doesn't mean the whole family sitting for four hours watching TV. It means turning the TV off and playing games together, readi... | high13634.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "In a travel booklet"
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"In a textbook",
"In a travel booklet",
"In a magazine",
"In a book on Shakespeare"
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"question": "Where can we most probably find this passage?",
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... | The five Shakespeare Houses in and around Stratford - upon - Avon offer you an authentic experience of the prefix = st1 /Stratfordworld in which the famous dramatist was born, lived and died. Intimately connected with William Shakespeare or his immediate family, these original houses are now owned and cared for by the ... | high24098.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "1731"
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"question": "Benjamin Franklin founded the first lending library in _ .",
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"answer_... | Libraries give kids a quiet and safe place to read and learn. For over 100 years, libraries have played an important role in Americans' education. But how are these book-filled buildings changing with the times? You may be surprised to find out.
Benjamin Franklin famously founded America's first lending library in 17... | high8431.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "can cause problems"
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"options": [
"brings the people a lot of fun",
"can cause problems",
"often causes injuries and deaths",
"helps bears survive"
],
"question": "Feeding bears on people's food_.",
"quest... | Bears and humans often meet in National Parks. Although campers and hikers are warned not to feed the bears, many people ignore these warnings and feed the beasts anyway. When bears are used to people's food, problems soon arise.
Bears like to eat a large variety of things, both meat and vegetable. Without human assist... | high15245.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Fifty kilograms"
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"options": [
"One kilogram",
"Fifteen kilograms",
"Fifty kilograms",
"Forty kilograms"
],
"question": "How much paper does each person use in a year in some countries now?",
"question_typ... | How much paper do you use every year? Maybe you can't answer this question quickly. In 1900 the world's use of paper was about one kilogram for each person in a year. Now some countries use 50 kilograms of paper for each person in a year. But countries like America, England and Sweden certainly use more paper than othe... | high7702.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "there was a seat that he had hoped to have"
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"a notice was put in a window seat",
"some of the seats were not occupied",
"there was a seat that he had hoped to have",
"the plane was not very crowded"
... | Mr. Robinson had to travel somewhere on business and as he was in a hurry, he decided to go by air. He liked to sit beside a window when he was flying. So, when he got on to the plane, he looked for a window seat. He found all of them had already been taken except one. There was a soldier sitting in the seat beside thi... | high4223.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a simple physical treatment."
},
"options": [
"a complex medical process.",
"a psychological treatment.",
"a difficult scientific theory.",
"a simple physical treatment."
],
"question": "From the passage we know... | Are you having difficulty falling asleep? Try drinking a glass of warm milk. If that doesn't work, listen to some soft, beautiful music. Still no luck? Try think about sheep jumping over a fence. If you are still awake, take a sleeping pill. People who take pills often become dependent on the drugs. So you lie awake kn... | high18991.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "are anxious and terrified while speaking in public"
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"feel they don't understand themselves",
"are anxious and terrified while speaking in public",
"feel it is unreasonable to... | Most of us fear getting up and speaking in public. Many people don't like to go gathering where they don't know anyone, but while most of us soldier on , those with social anxiety disorder are often stopped by the terror and worry.
Research shows that around fifteen million Americans suffer from social anxiety disorde... | high2652.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Podcast has its origin in the traditional radio broadcasts."
},
"options": [
"Radio is developing more quickly than mediums with images, videos, music and news.",
"Podcast has its origin in the traditional radio broadcasts.",
... | Every day we are bombarded with images, videos, music and news. In this age of visual and aural hyper-stimulation, the medium of radio is making a phenomenal comeback.
"We're at the dawn of a golden age of audio," said US-based podcaster Alex Blumberg in an article in The Sydney Morning Herald. In the last month al... | high10315.txt |
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"answer_text": "wasn't sure whether to accept the job to teach in China"
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"wasn't interested in teaching abroad at all",
"wasn't sure whether to accept the job to teach in China",
"knew she would be popular as a teacher in Chi... | For me,my great moment came when I actually decided to accept an opportunity to teach English in Shanghai.There were times when I almost gave up because of fear.But in the end I came here.
Last summer,a CanadianChinese woman who teaches in Shanghai just happened to come to the place where I was working in the Seattle a... | high18749.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A free website encyclopedia."
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"A free website encyclopedia.",
"A computer game.",
"A free encyclopedia in book form.",
"An online university."
],
"question": "According to the passage, what is Wi... | Wikipedia: The Online Know-It-All
If you want to find out a piece of information about anything, the best place to search for it is Wikipedia. The name "Wikipedia" is from the Hawaiian word wiki, meaning "quick". This online encyclopedia is written by thousands of people around the world. Anyone with Internet access ... | high6434.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "may develop lower IQs than their peer"
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"are less aggressive toward others when they get older",
"have slower physical development",
"benefit from occasional spanking",
"may develop lower IQs than their p... | Should parents ever hit their children?
Research suggests many of us are likely to respond "no", and public support for spanking has been falling over the years.But surveys also show that 75 percent to nearly 90 percent of parents admit to spanking their child at least once.
I was raised in a zero-tolerance home for d... | high9707.txt |
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"answer_text": "Female bosses get more stress from work than male bosses."
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"options": [
"Female bosses get less stress from work than male bosses.",
"Female bosses get the same stress from work as male bosses.",
"Female bosses get the sam... | Depression is much higher amongst female bosses than male bosses,a new US survey finds.Dr Tetyana Pudrovska,the study's first author,explained:"Women with job authority-the ability to hire,fire,and influence pay-have greatly more symptoms of depression than women without this power.But men with job authority have fewer... | high14173.txt |
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"answer_text": "Goods are much cheaper during this period of time."
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Plumton, Kent
October 10th
Dear Rosemary,
I was very glad to get your letter this morning. I really ought to have written to you---it was my turn, I know----but I have been terribly busy. The children seem to take up all my time. I am thinking of sending Ann to a nursery school. She'll be four next mont... | high11779.txt |
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We required a specialist Spanish teacher; therefore Spanish should be your major language. Besides this, you need to make the lessons i... | high12270.txt |
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I like your column very much. I met a girl four years ago at a gym. She was the one who originally approached me and we became good friends. Then one day, she made me really angry, so angry that I just left and we never saw each other again.
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Weak waves and ocean water movements made his arrival late, which was going to be in late May.
"When waves were weak, the boat slowed down. That's a problem that needs to... | high630.txt |
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"answer_text": "To stress what touched her and made her decide to help the hopeless family."
},
"options": [
"To create an atmosphere of fear and depression brought by the tornado.",
"To appeal to unconcerned people to donate for the poor families... | When a tornado touched down in a small town nearby, many families were left completely destroyed. Afterward all the local newspapers carried many human-interest stories featuring some of the families who suffered the hardest.
One Sunday, a particular picture especially touched me. A young woman stood in front of an ent... | high142.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "was seated in a chair"
},
"options": [
"was controlled by Android system",
"was seated in a chair",
"can give an order herself",
"was the only IFairy in use"
],
"question": "The conductor of the wedding _ .",
... | Almost everyone stood when the bride walked down the aisle in her white dress,but not the wedding conductor,because she was fixed on her chair.
The wedding was led by "IFairy",a 1.5meter tall seated robot with flashing eyes and plastic hair. Sunday's wedding was the first time a marriage had been led by a robot,accordi... | high13191.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The researchers got the result from those who were given help."
},
"options": [
"Older people are more likely to help others.",
"The researchers got the result from those who were given help.",
"Altruistic actions may result ... | People who offer love, listening and help to others may be rewarded with better mental health themselves, according to a new study of churchgoers in the September/October issue of Psychosomatic Medicine.
The study is one of the first to track the positive health benefits of altruistic behavior, says Carolyn Schwartz, ... | high23052.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A program of learning a new job on holiday."
},
"options": [
"The best way of enjoying time with one's family.",
"A program of learning a new job on holiday.",
"A chance to learn how to operate a hotel.",
"The most popu... | Americans do many different things during their vacations. Some people stay at home and enjoy time with their families. They may go to a local swimming pool, zoo or museum. Other people travel to enjoy large national parks, the mountains, the ocean, or large amusement parks. Many people visit interesting American citie... | high8394.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "according to the law"
},
"options": [
"after 25 years",
"according to the law",
"as a result of those important jobs",
"because women are as strong as men"
],
"question": "Women should have the chance of doing t... | The law says women should have the chance of doing the same jobs as men and earn the same as them. The reality is very different. Women lose because, 25 years after the Equal Pay Act, many of them still get paid less than men. They lose because they do lower-paid jobs which men just won't consider. And they lose becaus... | high14826.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "are the most controversial food."
},
"options": [
"are as delicious as octopus.",
"are disliked in his hometown.",
"are the most controversial food.",
"are as popular as fried potatoes."
],
"question": "The auth... | People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy. You would not be able to understand why some people find it _ . On the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea of fryi... | high9934.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Envious."
},
"options": [
"Indifferent.",
"Envious.",
"Curious.",
"Annoyed."
],
"question": "What's the attitude of the man's sister toward famous people?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | Once upon a time, there was a man who was so famous that everyone in his country knew him.
One day, the famous man was sitting in a restaurant with his sister. "It must be great to be famous. Everyone tries to please you, and you can do whatever you want to," said his sister. "It's quite the opposite sometimes, in fact... | high15286.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "helped her to explore the wilderness"
},
"options": [
"showed her love for long tours",
"helped her to explore the wilderness",
"earned her high admiration in college",
"gave her a chance to learn horse riding"
],
... | Anne LaBastille was born in New York City and grew up in New Jersey. Her first experience with the wilderness was in the Adirondacks in the northeast of New York, where she worked at a summer resort to earn money for college tuition by caring for the horses, giving riding lessons, and working as a waitress. And she... | high14198.txt |
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