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"answer_text": "They want to improve their scores."
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"They want to enjoy carefree moments.",
"They want to gossip about their schoolmates.",
"They want to work through piles of practice test papers.",
"They want to impro... | What does the word"youth" mean to you? Many define it as a precious time in their life when they are young ,when fun ,passion,and imagination seem limitless.But for most high school students,youth is a time of determination and willpower for achieving their goals.
This is vividly shown in Mark of Youth,a movie that ope... | high23734.txt |
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"answer_text": "to the west of the Lombok Island"
},
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"on the east of the Lombok Island",
"to the west of the Lombok Island",
"off the north of Bali Sea",
"surrounded by the Indian Ocean"
],
"question": "From the pa... | Bali Beach Resort has plenty of attractions. It is a holiday paradise . The self-styled 'Ultimate Island' certainly has plenty for everyone.
Where in the world ?
Bali is located just off the eastern edge of the main Indonesian island of Java. To the east is the neighboring island of Lombok. To the south of Bali lies th... | high624.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "introduce a new product"
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"options": [
"advertise a new product",
"explain how a new product works",
"introduce a new product",
"comepare different ways to use solar energy"
],
"question": "The passage is writ... | Have you ever felt annoyed when left talking to yourself after your mobile phone battery runs out in the middle of a call? If yes, then here comes some good news. Scientists are now perfecting a way to recharge electrical equipment while on the move.
Researchers from theprefix = st1 /Netherlands,FranceandPortugalan... | high16957.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They have a father and daughter date night"
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"options": [
"They visit poor people",
"They have a father and daughter date night",
"They help those who are in trouble",
"They have a dinner out"
],
"question": "... | At least once a month one of my little kind kids and I try to have a father and daughter date night. Last night we were out for diner together after doing some fun things. We talked about some of her kind activities she did at school for their 100 Acts of Kindness challenge her class had. It was great to listen to the ... | high17491.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the Confederate Government"
},
"options": [
"his friend",
"the President",
"the Union supporter",
"the Confederate Government"
],
"question": "In the second story, Lincoln compared the hotel keeper to _",
"... | Many presidents have exhibited senses of humor throughout our nation's history. None,
however, is any better known for his humour than Lincoln. No matter the situation, it always
reminded him of a story, and more often than not, the story was amusing.
It seemed that his passion for humor appeared early in life and ... | high21123.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "What made babies remember objects' existence."
},
"options": [
"Whether babies know objects are gone.",
"What made babies remember objects' existence.",
"Whether babies can remember what was hidden first.",
"Why babies ... | Six-month-old babies are strictly limited in what they can remember about the objects they see in the world. If you hide several objects from babies, they will only remember one of those objects. But a new study, which was published in an issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Sc... | high13807.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It means setting short and long term goals."
},
"options": [
"It means inviting students to meetings.",
"It means setting short and long term goals.",
"It means helping students in their spare time.",
"It means providin... | Recently, I took part in the first strategic planning meeting at school. I didn't know what strategic planning meant when I was invited. So I set about trying to find out what it was. Later, I learnt it meant setting short and long term goals .
The meeting took place in Ms Gallup's room on Tuesday after school. I reall... | high22402.txt |
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"answer_text": "Vegan-Organic Trust"
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"options": [
"Hippo",
"Plants for a Future",
"Vega Research",
"Vegan-Organic Trust"
],
"question": "Which of the following campaigns against animal products?",
"question_type": null
... | These are tough times for the charities, many of which will be experiencing lower levels of donations -- so if you can support them please do.
HIPPO
HIPPO is dedicated to relieving poverty and overcoming hunger and malnutrition in poor countries through the provision and production of vegan food. They help vegan orphan... | high24073.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "six"
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"four",
"five",
"six",
"seven"
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"question": "How many days did it take the author to reach Moscow?",
"question_type": null
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"answ... | Last summer, after finishing our work in China, I took a trip of a lifetime on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Leaving Beijing early on a Wednesday morning in July, my wife and I traveled through some gorgeous countryside before we arrived in Moscow the following Monday evening.
The first part of the journey took us past t... | high7931.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Junk Food and Depression"
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"options": [
"Junk Food and Depression",
"Depression Prevention",
"Types of Fats and Depression",
"Depression Research"
],
"question": "What's the best title of the text?",
"ques... | Eating foods high in trans-fats(fats present in artificial form in industrially-produced cakes and fast food...) and saturated fats increases the risk of depression, according to a Spanish study, confirming previous studies that linked "junk food" with the disease. Researchers also showed that some products, such as ... | high2691.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "From January 1,2007, Hong Kong bans smoking in most public places."
},
"options": [
"Hong Kong is not the first Asian city to have a smoking ban.",
"When you stay with a smoking person, you will feel light-hearted.",
"From Ja... | Hong Kong Bans Smoking
Do you plan to go to Hong Kong Disneyland with your family? If your dad smokes, you must ask him to be careful. 71. _ The new law went into effect on Monday, and heavy fines will be imposed on anyone who breaks it. The places include restaurants, workplaces, schools and karaoke rooms. 72. _
Pub... | high20215.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "buy some medicine for his wife"
},
"options": [
"buy some food for his family",
"buy some medicine for his wife",
"go to see a doctor",
"go to the cinema"
],
"question": "The farmer decided to sell the vegetable... | A farmer grew some vegetables in his garden. One day his wife was ill and he had no money. He had to sell some cabbages and carrots in the market. The next morning he took two baskets of vegetables to town. But it was raining hard that afternoon and there were few people in the street. When his vegetables were sold out... | high2849.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "People who live or travel in London."
},
"options": [
"Foreign travelers to London.",
"Drivers in London.",
"Parents in London.",
"People who live or travel in London."
],
"question": "Who will be interested in ... | Out and about
Use personal stereos and mobile telephones with care.
If possible, walk in the direction of oncoming traffic, in the middle of the pavement.
Look after your valuables; keep your house and car keys separate from your bag.
Taxi and mini cabs
Whenever possible pre-book a taxi.
Use a reputa... | high19494.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The skills needed to be a good talker."
},
"options": [
"The skills needed to be a good talker.",
"What to do when making friends.",
"How to be a good listener.",
"How to start a conversation with a stranger."
],
... | Some people make you feel comfortable. You can easily spend an hour with them and feel as if you have known them your whole life. These people, who can make others feel relaxed, have great people skills and if we observe them we can learn a lot.
How do they do it? Here are several ways to put others at ease so you can ... | high18952.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "On 24 June; in Belo Horizonte"
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"options": [
"On 24 June; in Manaus",
"On 24 June; in Belo Horizonte",
"On 19 June; in Manaus",
"On 19 June; in Sao Paulo"
],
"question": "When and where will England play its t... | England will play Italy, Uruguay and Costa Rica in a tough Group D at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Roy Hodgson's men open their campaign against Italy in the Amazonian city of Manaus on 15 June in the only World Cup game which kicks off at 02:00 BST. England take on Uruguay on 19 June and play Costa Rica five days lat... | high5840.txt |
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"answer_text": "the writer thinks that China government should be responsible for the pollution."
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"the sandstorms were purposely made by China.",
"the writer thinks that China government should be responsible for the pollution.",
... | BEIJING (AP) -- Sandstorms whipping across China shrouded cities in an unhealthy cloud of sand Monday, with winds carrying the pollution outside the mainland as far as Hong Kong and Taiwan.
It was the latest sign of the effects of desertification: Overgrazing, deforestation, urban sprawl and drought have expanded des... | high4586.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "like everyone else"
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"like everyone else",
"unlike others",
"for once",
"being old"
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"question": "Mr and Mrs Davies, _ , had to buy presents before Christmas.",
"question_type": "cloze_qu... | Mr and Mrs Davies had left their Christmas shopping very late. There were only a few days more before Christmas, and of course the shops and streets were terribly crowded, but they had to get presents for their family and friends, so they started out early one morning for the big city, and spent several tiring hours bu... | high20573.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "admirable"
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"options": [
"disgusting",
"admirable",
"ambitious",
"dynamic"
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"question": "In the author's eyes,Elvis Presley was _ .",
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"... | At the age of ten I could not figure out what this Elvis Presley guy had that the rest of us boys did not have.I mean,he had a head,two arms and two legs,just like the rest of us.About nine o'clock on Saturday morning I decided to ask Eugene Correthers,one of the older boys,what it was that made this Elvis guy so speci... | high11976.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the loss of her former identity"
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"a restriction to be overcome",
"an opportunity for self-redefinition",
"the loss of her former identity",
"an unavoidable result of movement to a new place"
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"... | This place was darker than I expected, and, in spite of the rain, dirtier. Used to the life of rural Puerto Rico , I had to adjust to the similarly arranged, aggressive two-dimensionality of New York. Everywhere I looked, my eyes met gray and brown straight-edged buildings with sharp corners and deep shadows. Every few... | high6391.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because they have to spend lots of time dealing with different problems in their life."
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"options": [
"Because they feel little time left and value time.",
"Because they are busy making friends, and surfing the Internet.",
... | If you're in your 30s, it is possible to defend your skin and body against the visible signs of growing older. 30s-this is when your youthful looks will start to slowly _ Time is the biggest issue for most men and women at this age because they struggle to balance work, relationships and young families.
Unfortunately,... | high22364.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Sea turtles suffering from plastic pollution."
},
"options": [
"How to prevent the sea turtle from plastic.",
"Why plastic is dangerous to the sea turtle.",
"Protecting the sea turtle from being polluted.",
"Sea turtles... | At first sight, you would think the collection of hundreds of colored shards could be a work of abstract art. But the objects are the contents of the stomach of a sea turtle that lost its battle with plastic pollution.
Environmentalists examined the stomach of the turtle found off the coast of Argentina. What they foun... | high6385.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a pairs of good shoes"
},
"options": [
"a new map",
"a set of outdoor tools",
"a pairs of good shoes",
"only safe water"
],
"question": "The author feel that the most basic things on a hike is _ .",
"ques... | Hiking is not only one of the best forms of physical exercise, but it is also one of the best forms of mental relaxation. It is good for all ages and especially good as a family and group activity.
Since there are so many different kinds of hiking, it is not possible to give any general rules to follow. Short and fr... | high22370.txt |
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"answer_text": "Teens' sleep is linked to their relationship with people around them."
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"options": [
"Teens' sleep is linked to their relationship with people around them.",
"Lack of adequate sleep puts teens at risk of many bad consequences.",
... | A recent study suggests that teens' relationship with parents, friends and teachers may have a lot to do with why they don't get a good night's sleep.
David Maume, a sociologist and sleep researcher, analyzed federal health data, which interviewed 974 teenagers when they were 12, and then again at 15. He found that fam... | high5854.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "nobody"
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"nobody",
"some people",
"smokers",
"young people"
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"question": "In the writer's opinion, smoking does good to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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... | Smoking, which may be a pleasure for some people, is a series of discomfort for their fellows. Medical scientists have expressed their concern about effect of smoking on the health not only of those who smoke but also those who do not smoke. In fact, non-smokers who take in the air polluted by tobacco smoke suffer more... | high21679.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "we might be controlled by other people's ideas"
},
"options": [
"it will be hard for us to think naturally and fast",
"we will follow the ideas of others naturally",
"we might be controlled by other people's ideas",
"we... | Thinking is something you choose to do as a fish chooses to live in water. To be human is to think. But thinking may come naturally without your knowing how you do it. Thinking about thinking is the key to critical thinking. When you think critically, you take control of your thinking processes . Otherwise, you might b... | high4592.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He was caught in a traffic jam."
},
"options": [
"He was ill.",
"He was caught in a traffic jam.",
"He was busy applying for a new job.",
"He got up late."
],
"question": "Why was Sam late for his job?",
"qu... | A lot of us lose life's tough battles by starting a frontal attack -- when a touch of humor might well enable us to win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who was trapped in a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving a warning about being late for the job. Although there was a good reason for... | high20567.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "how I changed my attitude towards iPhone"
},
"options": [
"how I changed my attitude towards iPhone",
"why I was content with my iPhone",
"how my simple cellphone changed my lifestyle",
"why I preferred to use iPhone ev... | My name is Amy. I'm a 25-year-old graduate student who likes yoga, home-decorating shows and eating spoonfuls of peanut butter straight from the jar. Oh yeah, and I'm an iPhone addict.
I wasn't always an addict. In fact, for many years I told myself I didn't want a fancy cellphone. They seemed like too much work, alway... | high11962.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "you should make a conscious effort of practice and exercise"
},
"options": [
"you should force yourself to remember things",
"you should make a conscious effort of practice and exercise",
"you should never stop learning",
... | Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really made a conscious effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things. But even if you are successful, there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you.
Sometimes you remember things that really did ... | high2685.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The Indians"
},
"options": [
"The British",
"The Spanish",
"The Indians",
"The Australians"
],
"question": "_ invented the popular sport -- Lacrosse.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answ... | Lacrosse is a popular sport in Canada. It is one of the oldest organized sports in America. The Indians in northern New York State and southern Ontario, Canada, invented it. They used it to train for war. They invented this game before Columbus arrived in the New World.
People play lacrosse outdoors. The lacross... | high20201.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "About 1500 years ago."
},
"options": [
"About the year 1150.",
"Before the year 1500.",
"Between the 12th century and the 16th century.",
"About 1500 years ago."
],
"question": "When did Modern English start?",
... | The English language started about 1500 years ago in England.Three groups of people came to the country.They were the Angles,the Saxons,and the Jutes.These three groups brought their languages with them to England.After some time,the three languages became one new languageEnglish.The name "English" comes from the Angle... | high19480.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "when it was carrying out a task in Afghanistan"
},
"options": [
"when it was investigating military operation",
"when it was carrying out a task in Afghanistan",
"when it was flying to Tampa, Florida packed with US soldiers",... | BAGRAM, Afghanistan: A transport helicopter packed with US soldiers crashed near a military base just north of the capital, killing at least five of them and wounding seven others, the US military said yesterday.
The cause of Sunday's crash, about 11 kilometers east of Bagram Air Base, was not immediately known. The US... | high18946.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he pushed his math teacher down the stairs"
},
"options": [
"he could learn how to survive in the wild",
"his teacher insisted on giving him a lesson",
"he pushed his math teacher down the stairs",
"his mother feared th... | Wild
I was 16 when my father finally decided he would send me to wilderness camp for several months. He had threatened to do it many times before, but my mother had always managed to prevent him from doing so. This time he insisted on doing it.
The latest incident was the last straw. Impulsively , I hade pushed Mr. For... | high9908.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They celebrate it on the first Monday of May."
},
"options": [
"They visit friends and family members.",
"They celebrate it on the first Monday of May.",
"They spend a lot of time shopping around.",
"They show great lov... | The first day of the month of May is known as May Day. It is the time of year when warmer weather begins. People celebrate the coming of summer with customs that are expressions of joy and hope after a long winter. Today, May Day activities have been moved to the May Day holiday on the first Monday of the month. It is ... | high13813.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "knew the condition of the mentally ill"
},
"options": [
"worked at a local five-star hotel",
"helped an old man under a bridge",
"won an award in a chef competition",
"knew the condition of the mentally ill"
],
... | Narayanan Krishnan was a bright, young, award-winning chef with a five-star hotel group in Switzerland. But a quick family visit home before heading for Europe changed everything. He saw a very old man under a bridge eating his own human waste for food while visiting a friend in the south Indian city of Madurai in 502.... | high22416.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "kept issuing tickets against the car"
},
"options": [
"wanted to break a record",
"tried its best to find its owner",
"kept issuing tickets against the car",
"decided to play a joke on its owner"
],
"question": ... | An abandoned car in Chicago worth about $600 has been issued more than $100,000 in parking tickets over the past three years. Now Jennifer Fitzgerald, 31, is stuck with the bill but says the 1999 Chevy Monte Carlo actually belongs to an ex-boyfriend who registered the car in her name without informing her.
The Expired... | high23708.txt |
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"answer_text": "The word \"MOOCs\" is an acronym for \"Massive open online campuses.\""
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"The word \"MOOCs\" is an acronym for \"Massive open online campuses.\"",
"Anyone who has a computer and an Internet connection can take MOOCs.... | MOOCs, an acronym for "massive open online courses," mark an important, possibly revolutionary, development in education. These courses are online, free of charge, and open to anyone in the world who has a laptop and an Internet connection. Moreover, they are mainly offered by elite universities like Standford, Berkele... | high7925.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "difficult"
},
"options": [
"easy.",
"time-saving",
"difficult",
"impossible"
],
"question": "According to the passage, to find a perfect match bone marrow for Alissa is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questi... | Greg Lyons waited nine years for the opportunity to donate bone marrow . The man had to wait an additional year to finally meet the little girl whose life his donation helped save. That meeting finally too place earlier this fall in the prefix = st1 /Charlotte,Mich, home of Alissa Christie.
Lyons first volunteered to ... | high24067.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "is adaptable to any environment"
},
"options": [
"can be used for corn production",
"is much like greenhouse farming",
"is adaptable to any environment",
"uses more water than outdoor farming"
],
"question": "Ac... | Farming is moving indoors, where the sun never shines, where rainfall is irrelevant and where the climate is always right. The perfect crop field could be inside a windowless building with controlled light, temperature,humidity,air quality and nutrition. It could be in a New York high- rise or a complex in the Saud... | high618.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "An artificial intelligence software."
},
"options": [
"A digital e-book reader.",
"A music-sharing software.",
"A voice-controlled website.",
"An artificial intelligence software."
],
"question": "What is Siri?"... | Siri is an artificial intelligence (AI) that you can carry around in the pocket, where it waits patiently to be told what to do. In the week we spent together, my AI assistant has performed admirably in finding me restaurants, or the location of the nearest coffee shop.
A typical command might be: "Reserve a table for ... | high13344.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "to make it known"
},
"options": [
"to tell stories",
"to make it known",
"to understand how news media works",
"to plan and deliver campaigns"
],
"question": "Havering is in need of high-level personnel _ .",... | Tell our story, make your mark
Havering is one of London's largest towns. It is a place of _ , from the shopping and nightlife of Romford to the cultural quarter of Hornchurch; from the industrial Thames riverside in Rainham to the ambitious regeneration project in Harold Hill. The London Borough of Havering has a gre... | high1603.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Men and women in Near Eastern societies."
},
"options": [
"The English during regular meals.",
"Americans on their first date.",
"Men and women in Near Eastern societies.",
"Newly-married people on the island of New Ire... | Cultural rules determine every aspect of food consumption. Who eats together defines social units. For example, in some societies, the nuclear family is the unit that regularly eats together. The anthropologist Mary Douglas has pointed out that, for the English, the kind of meal and the kind of food that is served rela... | high15735.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Sympathetic."
},
"options": [
"Joyful.",
"Lucky.",
"Sympathetic.",
"Shameful."
],
"question": "How did the girl feel when she thought of other homeless kids?",
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... | A little homeless girl stood crying near a small church from which she had been turned away because it was too crowded. " I can't go to Sunday school." She cried to the priest as he walked by. The priest took her inside. The child was very happy because they found a room for her. She went to bed that night thinking o... | high8141.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Nowadays Coke is comparatively less popular"
},
"options": [
"Coke mainly depends on new products recently",
"Nowadays Coke is comparatively less popular",
"PepsiCo has taken the place of Coke",
"Coke has few new brands... | "We don't necessarily believe that new advertising, which might make consumers feel better about the Coke brand or better about the ads themselves , will actually result in consumers consuming more of the product," Morgan Stanley's Bill Pecoriello wrote in a research note the days after the investor meeting . But Cok... | high22199.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "thirteen-year-olds have special problems"
},
"options": [
"young children are a nuisance",
"being thirteen involves too many responsibilities",
"a thirteen-year-old boy is the sun of the family",
"thirteen-year-olds h... | Being thirteen has certain problems that only another thirteen-year-old would understand. The biggest, I think, is learning to get along well with adults. I have found that when dealing with grown-ups, it is wise to remember two things:
Always use your head.
Never use your head.
For instance, one day just before supper... | high21490.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Many small things went wrong."
},
"options": [
"The writer argued with his parents.",
"The writer heard some terrible news.",
"Many small things went wrong.",
"Part of the writer's house was on fire."
],
"questi... | It was not a good day today. Everything went wrong. First, I slept late and Mom shouted at me to wake up. When I went to the kitchen for breakfast, there was no cereal. I decided to have some toast instead, but I burned it. I had to eat it anyway because there was no more bread. There was no juice, either. I just had a... | high10895.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "to communicate without outside help"
},
"options": [
"to be more open with their customers",
"to have a better idea of their own culture",
"to express their thoughts indirectly",
"to communicate without outside help"
... | Successful people in international business understand the cultures of other countries and learn to change their practices in different cultures. They understand the importance of avoiding business decisions based on misconceptions--mistaken ideas.
One cause of misconceptions is ethnocentrism, the belief that one's own... | high3014.txt |
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"The LP sounds were first recorded by Professor Hajime Minooka.",
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"Recognized Point of Becoming an Adult"
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1 word = 20 grains; 5 words = 100 grains
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"She has no time to visit her friends."
],
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Address: 1stAvenue between Ogden Avenue and 31stStreet, Brookfield, Illinois
Phone: 708-688-8000
Getting to the Brookfield Zoo by Public Transportation:
The Metra Rail Burlington Northern line runs... | high13350.txt |
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"The machine is unrelated to their life.",
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That product is foreign words.
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"Optimistic People Likely to Keep Diseases Away."
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"it is brighter than light that is more orange or red",
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"answer": ... | Whether we should allow marine parks to stay open has been widely debated in our community recently. A variety of different arguments have been put forward about it.
Smith, a sociologist, argued that dolphin parks provide the only opportunity for much of the public to see marine mammals. As this argument goes, most ... | high6150.txt |
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"answer_text": "introduce the subject of the text"
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"express the author's sadness",
"introduce the subject of the text",
"show some common diseases in 1885",
"warn children to stay away from dogs"
],
"question": ... | In the summer of 1885, nine-year-old Joseph Meister was very ill. He had been wounded by a sick dog that had rabies , a very dangerous disease. His parents were told that there was probably only one man who could save Joseph's life----Louis Pasteur.
When Pasteur was a young boy in France, he spent many hours every day ... | high13378.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he must have it known and well understood by others"
},
"options": [
"he needn't tell others about that",
"other members just follow his orders",
"he must have it known and well understood by others",
"others may have t... | If you're making the film with other people, organize your cast and crew effectively. Make sure everybody knows their roles and what day and times they're needed.
Give people specific jobs so they can become experts in their field. For example, a soundrecordist listens to the sound through headphones as it's being reco... | high12066.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "$400"
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"$300",
"$400",
"$700"
],
"question": "If a student gets a grade of 85% in a course, he will get _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | A new study done by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) shows that it doesn't make much of a difference that parents reward their children with cash for their better marks.
Many parents have offered cash to their children in the hope that it would improve marks and possibly raise their children's in... | high15709.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "emotions are connected with states of internal responses"
},
"options": [
"emotions are as visible as facial expressions",
"we yawn more frequently when we have a cold",
"emotions are connected with states of internal respons... | You're sitting on the train home and the person opposite you yawns . Suddenly, you're yawning with him, though you're not tired.
This phenomenon confused scientists for years until a recent study found that people tend to sympathize with fellow humans. Supporting this claim was the discovery that those children who wer... | high7528.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Those who suffer from depression feel dissatisfied with themselves."
},
"options": [
"Depression is a kind of illness that can't be cured like some cancer.",
"Depression can all be cured successfully by patients themselves.",
... | There is one type of illness in the world that affects more people than anything else and is very deadly. If untreated this illness could affect everything you do. What is this illness? Depression. Serious depression requires professional treatment. Self-induced depression is something each of us can change.
Everyone's... | high1159.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "\"Selfie\" has been chosen as the Word of the Year of 2013."
},
"options": [
"The definition of the word \"Selfie\".",
"The widespread usage of the word \"Selfie\" in 2012.",
"\"Selfie\" has been chosen as the Word of the Yea... | Every year, a handful of new words enter the world's collective vocabulary, but only one has the honor of being named Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year. And this year's top honor goes to "selfie".
The frequency of the word selfie used in the English language has increased by 17,000 per cent since this time last yea... | high9505.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They looked down upon her."
},
"options": [
"They were afraid of her.",
"They showed pity to her.",
"They were friendly to her.",
"They looked down upon her."
],
"question": "What did other children do when Ammi... | Ammie Reddick from East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, was only 18 months old when she had the accident that had scarred her for life. The child reached up to get a hot bottle in the family kitchen and poured boiling water over her body.
Her mother Ruby turned round and, seeing Ammie badly burnt, rushed her daughter to a nea... | high14371.txt |
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