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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Smaller plants may have many advantages over their neighbors." }, "options": [ "Smaller plants may have many advantages over their neighbors.", "In the plant world, the bigger is better than the smaller one.", "To be a good c...	New findings from Queen's University biologists show that in the plant world, bigger isn't necessarily better. "Until now most of the thinking has suggested that to be a good competitor in the forest, you have to be a big plant," says Queen's Biology professor Lonnie Aarssen. "But our research shows it's virtually the ...	high6636.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "foolish" }, "options": [ "brave", "impolite", "foolish", "warmhearted" ], "question": "The older boys laughed at the boy because he was thought to be _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { ...	If you have ever been sad because of failure,please remember,for often,achieving what you set out to do is not the most important thing. A boy decided to dig a deep hole behind his house.As he was working,a couple of older boys stopped by to watch."What are you doing?" asked one of the visitors."I want to dig a hole al...	high17678.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Overcrowding." }, "options": [ "Bad Weather.", "Technology.", "Overcrowding.", "Physical strength." ], "question": "What is the problem that the climbers have to face in recent years?", "question_type": "fac...	Crowd controls could soon become an important skill for climbers on Mount Everest, as important as physical strength or watching the weather. In a single day last week, nearly 40 people reached the top of the world --- a record. Reports from base camp spoke of queues at dangerous ridges and crowds as people passed each...	high3996.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Approving." }, "options": [ "Opposing.", "Impatient.", "Approving.", "Concerned." ], "question": "What is the author's attitude towards homework's effect on students?", "question_type": null }, { "an...	Do Algebra problems 15 through 25. Give the different forms of the verbs on page 50 of your French workbook. Read page 12 through 20 of the Shakespeare play, and when you have finished that, don't forget to fill the missing chemical symbols on the Periodic Table of Elements worksheet. Homework is a major part of goin...	high10117.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "can achieve more and understand themselves better" }, "options": [ "will work harder on assignments and learn more", "can deal more easily with stress independently", "can achieve more and understand themselves better", ...	One period of our lives when better results are demanded of us is, strangely enough, childhood. Despite being young we are expected to achieve good grades, stay out of trouble, make friends at school, do well on tests, perform chores at home and so on. It's not easy. Likeable children enjoy many advantages, including ...	high2450.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "they only want to show their kindness" }, "options": [ "they are curious about others' affairs", "they are eager to help others", "they want to start a long conversation", "they only want to show their kindness" ], ...	Americans, generally speaking, make an effort to be friendly with their colleagues, neighbours and other people they often run into. This often takes the form of a simple greeting like "How's it going?" or "What's up ?" This is simply a way of saying I see you and I recognize you. Americans also show this friendliness ...	high11209.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Many farmers don't grow any longer" }, "options": [ "The weather is changeable in the west Africa", "A certain disease spread around the world", "Many farmers don't grow any longer", "It is impossible for conditions to ...	The next time you eat a piece of chocolate, be sure to enjoy it, because according to two of the world's largest chocolate makers--Mars Inc and Barry Callebaut, the treat may soon be in short supply. The problem? We are consuming the candy at a faster pace than farmers can grow cocoa. The manufacturers say that in 2013...	high19655.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "help night workers to sleep well" }, "options": [ "persuade workers to have a god sleep.", "advise night workers to keep healthy", "encourage workers to do day work", "help night workers to sleep well" ], "quest...	It is common to have difficulties sleeping during the day. Humans are naturally wired to sleep best at night and be awake during the day. However, modern work schedules require some people to try to accommodate the unnatural schedule of shift work -- being awake at night and sleeping during the day. In order to make th...	high4021.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Heroes." }, "options": [ "Heroes.", "Cowboys.", "Soldiers.", "Athletes." ], "question": "What kind of role did Charlton Heston often play in films?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer...	Charlton Heston was born in 1923 in Evanston, Illinois. Charlton Heston discovered his interest in acting while performing in plays at his high school. He later spent two years studying theater at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. But he left college to join the Army Air Forces during World War Two. After ...	high3982.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "They are fond of hiking." }, "options": [ "They value freedom.", "They have wide interests.", "They are fond of hiking.", "They tend to live in the countryside." ], "question": "What do we know about people in B...	An estimated eight million people in Britain enjoy walking in the Peak District every year. But what many who enjoy outdoor hobbies don't know is that their "right to walk" was won by men who sacrificed their own freedom to gain access to the countryside for all. In 1932 wealthy landowners had private use of large area...	high10103.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "To attract the readers' attention on the new virtual reality program." }, "options": [ "To attract the readers' attention on the new virtual reality program.", "To show the challenge that the readers are required to face.", "...	You're in your office when you learn there's someone with a gun wandering outside. You can hear gunshots and screams. What do you do? That's the challenge for users of a new virtual reality program called SurviVR, designed to train employees how to deal with an active shooter situation in the workplace. The program wo...	high19899.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "more than one aspect." }, "options": [ "knowledge only.", "more than one aspect.", "technology only.", "the use of machines." ], "question": "Many people believe that science helps society to progress through _...	What is the nature of the scientific attitude, the attitude of the man or woman who studies and applies physics, biology, chemistry, geology, engineering, medicine or any other science? We all know that science plays an important role in our societies. However, many people believe that our progress depends on two diffe...	high2444.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "hearing, speaking, reading and writing" }, "options": [ "understanding and speaking", "hearing, speaking, reading and writing", "writing and understanding", "memorizing and listening" ], "question": "The most im...	In order to know a foreign language thoroughly , four things are necessary. First, we must understand the language when we hear it spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves, correctly with confidence and without hesitation . Thirdly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are...	high4035.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "The fear for her daughters' safety struck her." }, "options": [ "She was too tired to move her legs.", "Thick black smoke blocked her view.", "The cement on the driveway was still wet.", "The fear for her daughters' saf...	I discovered the power of fear when I became stuck to my driveway, as if my feet were crazy--glued to the cement .As much as I tried, I could not move them. The realization that my daughters were playing in Nancy's house, just one-half block away, paralyzed my legs, making me unable to move when I neared the end of ou...	high19641.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "would be improved for kids' health" }, "options": [ "did no harm to the young people", "included more fruits and vegetables", "didn't include any grains and fruits", "would be improved for kids' health" ], "ques...	Fast food giant, McDonald's said on Tuesday that they would be cutting out excess calories in their kids' menu choices starting in September. McDonald's will reduce the amount of French fries in Happy Meals and will also include sliced apple "dippers" in every meal. McDonald's say it will still include the ever-popular...	high16572.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "She is a Nobel Prize winner." }, "options": [ "She is a middle school student.", "She is a teacher in Lebanon.", "She makes gifts for Syrian refugees.", "She is a Nobel Prize winner." ], "question": "What do you...	Celebrating her first day as an adult on July, 12,2015, 18-year-old Nobel Peace Prize- winner Malala Yousafzai did the gift- giving---a girls' school for Syrian refugees( ) in Lebanon. " I call on leaders of all the countries all around the world that we must invest in books instead of bullets," Malala Yousafzai said i...	high12714.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "A Clever Assistant" }, "options": [ "A Clever Assistant", "Buying a Birthday Present", "How to Choose a Necklace", "A Brave Young Man" ], "question": "A good title for this passage is _ .", "question_type...	The nervous-looking young man had waited for a few moments--outside the jeweler's before he got enough courage to enter. He was warmly greeted by a young assistant. James felt a rush of blood to his face as he explained he would be bringing in his future wife to choose a birthday present. The assistant listened careful...	high14365.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "serious or quality paper" }, "options": [ "financial paper", "gutter press", "tabloid", "serious or quality paper" ], "question": "If a newspaper often publishes some articles long enough together with national ...	British Newspapers In Britain there are 11 national daily newspapers and most people read one of them every day. There are two kinds of newspapers. One is large in size and has many detailed articles about national and international events. These newspapers are called the serious papers or the quality papers. The other...	high9511.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "there is a possibility of going from DNA to a face" }, "options": [ "they can merely match to an individual or identify an individual", "there is a possibility of going from DNA to a face", "DNA could be used to produce a rou...	DNA left at a crime scene could be used in the future to build up a picture of an offender's face, it was revealed tonight. A first step towards genetic _ has been taken by researchers in the US who link specific DNA markers with face shape. To identify the genes, they focused on known mutations that cause changes of ...	high6622.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Coffee service on Sunday." }, "options": [ "Wi-Fi on Friday.", "Plasma TVs on Monday.", "Coffeemakers on Thursday.", "Coffee service on Sunday." ], "question": "Which is not got in the private Executive Lounge?"...	Still wonder where to stay? We have a lot to offer. GUEST ROOMS Spacious, stylish guest rooms include all the necessities for an unforgettable stay. All guest rooms feature workstations with Internet access, two telephones with voice mail, and in-room safes . SUITES Hilton Toronto offers a variety of one-bedroom and J...	high14403.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "was very important to the development of mankind" }, "options": [ "was very important to the development of mankind", "led to the invention of machines in the early time", "developed cooking abilities of mankind", "was ...	Human beings have used tools for a very long time. In some parts of the world you can still find tools that people used more than two million years ago. They made these tools by hitting one stone against another. In this way, they broke off pieces from one of the stones. These chips of stone were usually sharp on one s...	high9277.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "The Future of Newspaper" }, "options": [ "The Best Way to Get News", "The Changes of Media", "Make Your Own Newspaper", "The Future of Newspaper" ], "question": "What is the best title for the passage?", "qu...	"If there is one thing I'm sure about, it is that m a hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapers. It is not that newspapers are a necessity. Even now some people get most of their news from television or radio. Many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday. But for most people reading a newspaper has bec...	high6144.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Ecotourism could endanger the survival of the wildlife people want to see." }, "options": [ "Many animals are dying because of lack of money.", "There will be no ecotourism without animals.", "Ecotourism could endanger the su...	LONDON ( Reuters)-- Ecotourism is causing a lot of damage to wildlife and may be endangering the survival of the very animals people are flocking to see, according to researchers. Biologists and conservationists are worried because polar bears, dolphins, penguins and other creatures are getting stressed and losing...	high8169.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Both long skirts and short skirts." }, "options": [ "Long skirts.", "Short skirts.", "Both long skirts and short skirts.", "Neither long skirts nor short skirts." ], "question": "What kind of skirts do women lik...	Women's fashions change more rapidly than men's. In the early 1990's, all women wore their skirts to the ankle. Today, some skirts are even longer than before, but some are very short. Women's shoes have also gone through all sorts of boots for women were very common at the beginning of this century. Then for years, th...	high4753.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "we can know what to do and what not to do when we go there" }, "options": [ "we can know what to do and what not to do when we go there", "they won't think we are ill", "we won't be thought in poor health", "we can give...	Different countries and different people have different manners. We must find out their customs, so that they will not think us ill-mannered. Here are some examples of the things that a well-mannered person does or does not do. If you visit a Chinese family you should knock at the door first. When the door opens, you'...	high19127.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "was set up by the Treaty of Rome" }, "options": [ "was started by France and Germany", "started with three countries", "was set up by the Treaty of Rome", "included 132 languages" ], "question": "The organizatio...	Language is a major problem for the European Union (EU). The agreement or treaty which created the organization that eventually became the EU, the Treaty of Rome, stated that each country's language must be treated equally. The original six countries had only three languages between them: French, German and Dutch/Fle...	high16214.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Youngsters across Europe: suffer permanent hearing loss." }, "options": [ "Youngsters across Europe: suffer permanent hearing loss.", "MP3 players: sell best but do harm to youngsters", "The scientists' study: requested by th...	Millions of youngsters across Europe could suffer permanent hearing loss after five years if they listen to MP3 players at too high a volume for more than five hours a week, EU scientists warned. The scientists' study, requested by the European Commission, attacked the concept of "leisure noise," saying children and te...	high10665.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "to make his story realistic and exciting" }, "options": [ "to learn more about parachute jumping", "to make his story realistic and exciting", "to have a rest from his busy work", "to prove to others his skill and coura...	When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful. The help of others is a good way to make us pull through. I write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to write a story about parachute jumping. To make it a realistic as well as exciting story, I decided that I first had to make a jump myself. Unf...	high18239.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The current qualification is out of date and should be replaced." }, "options": [ "\"Teaching to the test\" should be encouraged.", "We should stop teachers delivering \"inspirational experience\".", "The current qualificatio...	GCSEs not fit for purpose GCSEs(General Certificate of Secondary Education,)encourage "teaching to the test" and may be past their sell-by date, according to Britain's leading business organization. The Confederation of British Industry(CBI) warns that the qualification is stopping teachers delivering an "inspirational...	high4960.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "is expressive enough" }, "options": [ "comes from America", "is a young woman", "is expressive enough", "knows much about China" ], "question": "The foreign teacher _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions"...	When I was a foreign teacher in China, every day I taught English to my students and they taught me about China. One day the topic turned to saying "I love you". I was shocked to learn that not one of my students had said this to their mothers, nor had their mothers said it to them. "Does your mom love you?" "Of cours...	high21453.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "she could put off college but only had one chance to volunteer in India" }, "options": [ "she decided that going to university would be a waste of time", "she could put off college but only had one chance to volunteer in India", ...	India first, college can wait! It was an opportunity 19-year-old Jodi Sagorin felt she couldn't pass up. The California student had received an admission letter to New York University, but she wanted to follow a calling to volunteer in India. When she got an offer to do just that, she decided there would be no better t...	high20995.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The greatly increasing usage of the Internet." }, "options": [ "His dream of being an inventor.", "The support of his wife.", "The greatly increasing usage of the Internet.", "Millions of exciting titles," ], "q...	Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice.Gifts are easy--they're given after a11.Choicecan be hard. I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago.Icame across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2300 percent per year.I'd never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast,andtheidea of building all onl...	high11590.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Assistant Professor, Musical Theatre Dance" }, "options": [ "Full Professor in Theatre and Dance", "Assistant Professor, Musical Theatre Dance", "Technical Director in Performing and Fine Arts", "Assistant Director-- Me...	Assistant Professor, Musical Theatre Dance Wichita State University seeks a full-time, 9-month assistant professor, beginning in August. Applicants are required to have a degree in dance area, teaching experience at a professional or college level, ability to direct and teach stage movement. The salary depends on quali...	high12099.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "he was unsatisfied with the present his daughter gave him" }, "options": [ "he was unsatisfied with the present his daughter gave him", "the box his daughter gave him was empty", "he had expected what was in the box", "...	The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3--old--daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became angry when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. However, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for yo...	high8182.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "suffer from the incident for a long time" }, "options": [ "suffer from arm and leg injury", "get laughed at by her schoolmates", "have to pay all the damages", "suffer from the incident for a long time" ], "ques...	One day several years ago,Josie went to collect her sister from her local Harvester pub in Brentwood,Essex,where they both worked.A few men came up with gulls in their hands.The robbers then tied up their arms and legs and told them to get down on the ground,while they _ the restaurant,fleeing withPS1,000. "As I la...	high23244.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "making comparisons" }, "options": [ "making comparisons", "listing figures", "giving examples", "classifying facts" ], "question": "The researchers draw the conclusion of the effect of long-sitting behavior by ...	Sitting for more than three hours a day can decrease a person's life expectancy by two years, even if her or she is physically active and gets rid of dangerous habit like smoking ,according to a study. Watching TV for more than two hours a day can worsen that problem, decreasing life expectancy by another 1.4 years. T...	high13387.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "how parents should bring up their children" }, "options": [ "how parents should bring up their children", "what aim can be easier for a child to achieve", "how parents should make a child a musician", "what differences ...	If parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child into a genius , they will cause great damage to him. According to several leading educational experts, this is one of the biggest mistakes that some parents make. Generally, the child will understand very well what the parents expect, and will fall. Unrealis...	high354.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "unfold wings for flying" }, "options": [ "fold and unfold its wings", "unfold wings for flying", "land in the airport", "meet flying safety regulations" ], "question": "It takes the car-plane one minute to _ ...	If cars had wings, they could fly and that just might happen, beginning in 2012. The company Terrafugia, based in Woburn, Massachusetts, says it plans to deliver its car-plane, the Transition, to customers by the end of 2012. "It's next 'wow' vehicle," said Terrafugia vice president Richard Gersh. "Anybody can buy a Fe...	high432.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "30 friends or fewer at a certain stage." }, "options": [ "Over 400 friends in their whole lives.", "30 friends or fewer at a certain stage.", "400 internet friends in their whole lives.", "150 internet friends at a cert...	It is said that most people have not more than 30 friends at any given time, and 400 over the whole of their lives. However, on social networking sites, most users have about 150 friends. If these numbers are correct, then friendship means different things in different situations. Also, there are no rules about friends...	high12927.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "charity-related action" }, "options": [ "website for charity", "school organization", "charity-related action", "popular part-time job" ], "question": "According to the passage, \"wugging\" is actually a _ ."...	Wugging, or web use giving, describes the act of giving to charity at no cost to the user. By using Everyclick. com, which is being added to a number of university computers across theprefix = st1 /UKthis week , students can raise money every time they search, but it won't cost them a penny. Research shows that studen...	high23522.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "at least take 5 steps" }, "options": [ "wear seat belt", "take some additional measures", "at least take 5 steps", "count to three" ], "question": "According to the text if you want to drive safely you should ...	Wearing seat belt is,of course,the first step to safe driving.These additional measures might also save your life. Count to three.Keeping up enough space between your car and others is extreme1y necessary.Jim Clark,a California driving instructor,suggests a least amount of three seconds'following distance.To figure thi...	high15090.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "He can play the musical piece he hears." }, "options": [ "He has a gift for writing music.", "He can write down the note he hears.", "He is a top student at the law school.", "He can play the musical piece he hears." ...	Samuel Osmond is a 19-year-old law student from Cornwall, England. He never studied the piano. However, he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them. He learns a piece of music by listening to it in parts. Then he thinks about the notes in hi...	high6811.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "They studied the crying experiences of grown-ups from various countries." }, "options": [ "They studied crying experiences not only in everyday life but also in labs.", "They collected the crying experiences of the students at the ...	Researchers Look Behind the Tears to Study Crying Many people found themselves unusually moved by the historic presidential inauguration last week in Washington. Watching the huge crowds, we saw laughter, cheers, hugs---but also many tears. It made us wonder why do people cry? Surely tears must be good for us--away to ...	high21335.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Delighted." }, "options": [ "Moved.", "Delighted.", "Disappointed.", "Nervous." ], "question": "Which of the following words best describes the whole family's feeling about the train journey?", "question_typ...	We were on the way from Hutchinson to Chicago for a short spring break. For many years I had wanted to take my family on the train. We all had been to Chicago four years ago, and the kids loved it. Chicago is one of my favorite cities, too, so the thought struck me again last fall to ride the train to Chicago. Of cours...	high3969.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "He didn't criticize them in public." }, "options": [ "He didn't criticize them in public.", "He drove them out of his class angrily.", "He communicated with them patiently and regularly.", "He called them by their first...	I liked most of my teachers in college. They were, for the most part, friendly and competent, willing to help students. I liked them--but I don't remember them very well, except for Mr. Jones, my senior English teacher. He was an enthusiastic, sensitive man, who knew his subject and was determined that we would learn i...	high19872.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "there are different ways to give directions in different parts of the world" }, "options": [ "never carry a map for travel", "there are not many landmarks in the American Midwest", "there are different ways to give directions...	I have a rule for travel: Never carry a map. I prefer to ask for directions. Foreign visitors are often puzzled in Japan because most streets there don't have names. In Japan, people use _ in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, "Go straight down to the corner. Tur...	high21321.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "regarded as an important representation of western literature" }, "options": [ "adapted from Auguste Maquet's novel", "written by Italian author Alexandre Dumas", "completed during the historical events of 1815-1838", "...	The Count of Monte Cristo ( French: Le Comte de Monte Cristo ) is an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas. Completed in 1844, it is one of the author's most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. Like many of his novels, it is expanded from plot outlines suggested by his co-author Auguste Maque...	high17693.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "AIDS and Malaria" }, "options": [ "Teenagers playing computer games", "Broken homes and unstable families", "The rising cost of university education", "AIDS and Malaria" ], "question": "According to the article,...	As the saying goes, "Change is not always for the better". Take social interaction, for example! We now live in an era in which many teenagers spend hours locked away in their bedrooms shooting virtual soldiers and hitting zombies over the head with digital baseball bats, while others sit home alone, chatting with frie...	high19866.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "taken to the living-room" }, "options": [ "told to wash your hands", "taken to the dinning-room", "told some strict rules about dinner", "taken to the living-room" ], "question": "If you are a dinner guest to a ...	Dinner customs are different around the world. If you are a dinner guest in Ghana , this information will help you. In Ghana, dinner is usually from four in the afternoon to six in the evening. But there are no strict rules about time in Ghana. Whenever a guest arrives, a family offers food. When you go to a home, ...	high8828.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The English education system is welcomed by the Chinese." }, "options": [ "He was surprised at the present current trend.", "English universities are better than those in China.", "The English education system is welcomed by ...	Chinese students have tended to come to the UK at a younger age in recent years, which means they come to Britain not only for higher education, but also for high school or even primary school. Asian investors have followed this trend, and started to buy independent schools to serve this demand. An article carried by ...	high12933.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "to work hard and support their family" }, "options": [ "to enter the society before adulthood", "to hold together", "to work hard and support their family", "to study hard and find a good job" ], "question": "Ac...	In the past, young people inprefix = st1 /Japanwere expected to take on responsibilities to support their parents and grandparents. Now they expect to be supported well into young adulthood. The "New breed", born since the 1960s, have never known anything but richness. Youth are seen as resistant to entering society as...	high23536.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "find a dress you have got used to" }, "options": [ "find a dress you have got used to", "buy some modern shoes,ties,etc.", "have your hair cut", "put on your newly-bought clothes" ], "question": "Before you go t...	So you have been called for an interview---well done?Your effort has been paid off? You will feeI better at the interview if you show an understanding of the nature of the organization. Ask someone who already does it,or check it with one of the advisers. Ask a member of your family or a friend to act as the employer a...	high15084.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break." }, "options": [ "Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.", "Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives."...	America is a mobile society.Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change.Neither side feels hurt by this.Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while --then no more.If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later...	high22628.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Adventures could be everywhere" }, "options": [ "My beautiful memory", "Country life and city life", "My wonderful neighborhood", "Adventures could be everywhere" ], "question": "The best title of the text could...	I grew up in a neighborhood that many city kids can only dream of: a quiet street that was our adventure park: a street filled with kids whose parents had to drag us inside for dinner, most of the time long after the sun had retired for the night. Our street was also a zoo. There were cats, dogs, birds, fish, sheep, ra...	high8196.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "amazing" }, "options": [ "helpful", "awful", "frightening", "amazing" ], "question": "The family's visit to the Magic Kingdom was _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "a...	Dear Disney, Last weekend, the four members of my family spent an enjoyable holiday at the Magic Kingdom - Disneyland. And one event made our visit seem truly magical. We got to the front of the line at Space Mountain, only to find out that our little daughter Gloria couldn't take her ice-cream on the ride. We were s...	high23250.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "To build massive complexes for public amusement." }, "options": [ "To sponsor publications and projects in local school.", "To prevent possible damages to the National Park.", "To help protect and improve the Park for all to ...	Attractions Do you: love the National Park, value it and hope to safeguard its future? Wish to see the beautiful landscape of the Park protected? *Like to enjoy peaceful, informal recreation within the Park? Aims The Friends organization aims to help protect and improve the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park for all t...	high9288.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "in October 1520" }, "options": [ "in August 1519", "in October 1520", "in November 1520", "in December 1520" ], "question": "Magellan Straits were discovered by Magellan _ .", "question_type": "cloze_ques...	Early in the 16thcentury men were trying to reach Asia by travelling west from Europe. In order to find Asia they had to find a way past South Africa. The man who finally found the way from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific was Ferdinand Magellan. Magellan sailed from Seville in August 1519 with five ships and about 28...	high340.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "there are few animals left to hunt" }, "options": [ "it is dangerous to hunt there", "hunting is already out of date", "hunters want to protect animals", "there are few animals left to hunt" ], "question": "Ther...	Hunting The days of the hunter are almost over in India. This is partly because there is practically nothing left to kill, and partly because some steps have been taken, mainly by banning tiger-shooting, to protect those animals which still survive. Some people say that Man is naturally a hunter. I disagree with this v...	high4974.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "She felt surprised." }, "options": [ "She felt surprised.", "She thought it was wise.", "She was happy.", "She felt it was useless to her." ], "question": "How did the author feel when she heard her father's ans...	Life may not always seem fair, but we can learn to deal with it and make new choices along the way. I remember so clearly sitting next to my dad as we drove through the town. I was complaining about something unfair that had happened to me. Dad looked directly at me and said, "No one ever said life was fair." I was sho...	high20759.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "His parents." }, "options": [ "The writer himself.", "His classmate.", "His teacher.", "His parents." ], "question": "Who helped the writer to make the puppet?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, {...	As I grew older, Dad was to build all sorts of things for me as I explored a variety of interests: magic tricks, a toy circus, neighborhood shows and science projects. From as early as I can remember to the time I left home for college, I continued to come to him with a design or an idea, and he would figure out ho...	high21447.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "the leaves koalas eat are losing nutritional value" }, "options": [ "the leaves koalas eat are losing nutritional value", "koalas cannot get enough water to drink", "koalas can hardly stand the hot weather", "the leaves...	Australia's koalas could be dying out within 30 years, unless urgent measures is taken to stop the losing in population, according to researchers. They say development, climate change and bushfires have all related to reduce the number of wild koalas sharply. The Australian Koala Foundation said a recent survey showed ...	high11584.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "probably did not enjoy the cookout" }, "options": [ "left the cookout early", "probably did not enjoy the cookout", "never wears blue jeans", "complained her friend to have invited her to such a party" ], "quest...	One day this same friend invited me to a party . It was not a real party , it was some kind of informal get-together . Since it was summertime he had a cookout where most of his American friends and s were known to me , but there were others I had never met before . It was the most embarrassing party for me when I not...	high22166.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "matures through play" }, "options": [ "cannot grow up without toys", "matures through play", "uses toys as friends", "has to be taught how to play" ], "question": "60. The writer wants us to understand that a ch...	Play is the basic business of childhood, and more and more in recent years research has shown the great importance of play in the development of a human being.From earliest infancy , every child needs opportunity and the right material for play, and the main tools of play are toys.The main function of toys is to sugge...	high1824.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "editor" }, "options": [ "writer", "doctor", "editor", "comedian" ], "question": "According to the passage, Norman Cousins used to be a(n) _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...	Laughter healing benefits and healing with laughter have become synonymous with Norman Cousins, the man who laughed himself to wellness. Norman Cousins was the editor of SaturdayReviewfor over 30 years. His story began in 1964, when doctors found that the connective tissue in his spine was becoming worse, which is a c...	high23278.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "can reduce the negative effect on a child" }, "options": [ "plays different roles in shaping a child's welfare", "can reduce the negative effect on a child", "has negative effect on a child's development", "may damage t...	Should you stay at home to look after your child,or return to work? Maybe you don't have the option.Combining work and motherhood is an issue faced by increasing numbers of women every day. New research for the Institute for Economic and Social Research could solve this quandary once and for all.In short,it concludes t...	high6193.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "28/04/2012" }, "options": [ "09/01/2012", "04/02/2012", "01/03/2012", "28/04/2012" ], "question": "The voucher can be used for a stay at the chosen B&B on _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, {...	Here is your best chance to travel around the UK in 2012: More than 200 B&Bs(bed & breakfast)across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are selected to offer you amazing services for your stay at their lowest prices! Don't miss it. Just collect the vouchers in ourB&B Dailyprinted from 01/04/2012 to 07/04/2012...	high368.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "understand the effects of the division of labor" }, "options": [ "take advantage of the physical labor", "introduce the division of labor into England", "understand the effects of the division of labor", "explain the ca...	Adam Smith was the first person to see the importance of the division of the labor. He gave us an example of the process by which pins were made in England. One man draws out the wire, another strengthens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, and a fifth gives it a head. Just to make the head requires two or thr...	high20771.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Making dental parts in the basement." }, "options": [ "Collecting garbage outside the alley.", "Making dental parts in the basement.", "Putting food on the table in a hotel.", "Working oddjobs on the train." ], ...	My father got his first job at eleven years old. cleaning up the garbage outside of the bowlingalley . Two years later his dad died. and my fatber worked odd jobs to help put food onthe table during the Depression. Ten years after that. Dad fell in love. married Mom and had ababy girl. Eight more children followed. Dur...	high4784.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "What made Steven Callahan live through the circumstances" }, "options": [ "what made Steven Callahan decide to cross the Atlantic", "What made Steven Callahan live through the circumstances", "what Steven Callahan though of i...	In 1982 Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He was out of the shipping lanes and floating in a life raft, alone. His supplies were few. His chances were small. Yet when three fishermen found him seventy-six days later, he was alive. His account of how he su...	high19696.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Painful." }, "options": [ "Painful.", "Precious.", "Unique.", "Clumsy." ], "question": "Which word best describes the author's school life in junior high?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { ...	If my life were a movie, I would fast-forward through junior high.Like every junior high kid, I was struggling with who I was and how I would make my mark in life.But I was sure I was alone with these strange feelings. I was trying and failing in a number of things.I wanted to do well in athletics but had not yet figur...	high21309.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "To encourage the application of green building." }, "options": [ "To present arguments about green building.", "To show different styles of green building.", "To introduce the effects that pollution causes.", "To encour...	Pollution's great effects on the environment have become more obvious in recent years, resulting in a movement to make best use of energy, depend less on fossil fuels, and to cut down air and water pollution. Most scientists agree that such changes are necessary to protect our environment from further harm. The const...	high18588.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "to get the general idea of each paragraph" }, "options": [ "at about 350 w. P.m.(words per minute)", "to get the general idea of each paragraph", "so that you can take in each word separately", "to make sure you get to ...	When you practice reading with passages shorter than book length, do not try to take in each word separately, one after the other. It is much more difficult to grasp the broad theme of the passage this way, and you will also get the stuck on individual words which may not be absolutely essential to a general understand...	high3955.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Because the economy of Chinais of a better future than of other countries." }, "options": [ "Because it is by the bank of the ChangjiangRiver.", "Because it is going to be the highest building in China.", "Because the econom...	SHANGHAI--The Shanghai World Financial Centre will be the tallest land-mark in the world after its completion this century in Pudong, according to the project's Japanese investors. The building will be located in the prime Lujiazui Zone in Pudong , on a 30,000-square-metre site. The building was originally designed to ...	high20017.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "She wanted to find out what he needed." }, "options": [ "She meant to offer him some advice.", "She hoped to know more about him.", "She expected to make friends with him.", "She wanted to find out what he needed." ...	My ten-year-old daughter Emma got home yesterday and spoke of a boy called Jake in her class. Being quite overweight, Jake is the butt of many jokes and is treated very badly by other kids. Jake gives the impression that he's got a nice guy, mostly because he's constantly picked on. For several nights this week Emma ca...	high24271.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "he takes Sunday for Monday" }, "options": [ "he still goes to work on the weekend", "he takes Sunday for Monday", "he takes Monday for Sunday", "he likes to work" ], "question": "Mr.Bell sometimes goes to work o...	Mr. And Mrs. Bell are very forgetful . For example , Mr. Bell sometimes goes to his office for work on Sunday morning, for he thinks it is Monday. And Mrs. Bell sometimes forget to cook supper for the family. One summer they planned to fly to New York for their holidays. They got to the airport only ten minutes before...	high22600.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "make a deal with George on the use of his Christmas gift-iphone" }, "options": [ "explain to George the function of the new mobile phones.", "show George how much thought has been put into this gift", "inform George of good m...	Dear Gregory, Merry Christmas! You are now the proud owner of an iPhone. Hot Damn! You are a good & responsible 13 year old boy and you deserve this gift. But with the acceptance of this present comes rules and regulations. Please read through the following contract. I hope that you understand it is my job to raise you...	high8814.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "surprising" }, "options": [ "interesting", "exciting", "surprising", "boring" ], "question": "According to the author's friends and family, his memoir was _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, {...	When I decided to write the story of my early years growing up in poverty, many of my friends and family members were shocked. They were more interested in my story of success, such as how I was able to create the nation's largest firm for millions of dollars. That's the story everyone wanted me to write, but it's not ...	high22614.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "angry" }, "options": [ "excited", "upset", "angry", "happy" ], "question": "We can infer from this letter that the writer's attitude towards to Mr. Barton is _ .", "question_type": "summarization_question...	Dear Mr. Barton, I'm writing in the name of the residents' association to inform you of our feelings regarding your behaviour . We've really had just about enough of you.Although we have tried to speak to you civilly on several occasions,you have always responded with a stream of verbal abuse . Ever since ...	high17877.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "where readers are motivated to love books" }, "options": [ "where students are inspired to write books", "where books are used as arms in the battle", "where friends compete with each other", "where readers are motivate...	Battle of the Books Each year in April, the "Battle of the Books" teams from each school meet for the Semi-Battle competition. The top three teams from each division go on to the Final Battle to compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. The gold medal winners go on to compete in the Regional Championship. Battle of t...	high3799.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "all above" }, "options": [ "heat stoke", "dehydration", "diarrhoea", "all above" ], "question": "We can infer that the heatwave can cause _ .", "question_type": "summarization_questions" }, { "ans...	South Asia heatwave kills nearly 100 DHAKA - A heat wave sweeping India, Bangladesh and Nepal has killed nearly 100 people over the past two weeks, officials said on June 3, 2005. A third of the people died in northern Bangladesh, mostly women and children from dehydration , heat stroke and diarrhoea . "We are getti...	high20003.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "babies need warm physical contact" }, "options": [ "adults should develop social skills", "babies need warm physical contact", "caregivers should be healthy adults", "monkeys have social relationships" ], "quest...	Next time a customer comes to your office, offer him a cup of coffee. And when you're doing your holiday shopping online, make sure you're holding a large glass of iced tea. The physical sensation of warmth encourages emotional warmth, while a cold drink in hand prevents you from making unwise decisions--those are the ...	high3941.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "$21.5" }, "options": [ "$ 30", "$100", "$21.5", "nothing" ], "question": "It will cost a couple with their newly-born baby _ to visit Port Discovery.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "ans...	Garden of small inventions Visitors of all ages are invited to Port Discovery to see the new exhibit--a garden of small inventions, which features interactive activities and gadgets(,,) for the environmental protection. The exhibit runs through Sept.4. Fee is $10.75; free for ages younger than two. Contact 410-727-8120...	high2487.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "healthy magazine" }, "options": [ "art book", "science fiction", "healthy magazine", "psychology book" ], "question": "The text is most probably taken from a (an) _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" ...	Smaller than your fist, your healthy heart just goes on and on. It will beat more than 60 times a minute for 70 years or more. That's something that most of us take for granted. But it's an amazing fact. 60 times a minute for 60 minutes is 3,600 times. What physical thing can most of us do 3,600 times in one hour? Blin...	high4948.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "encourage people to write something" }, "options": [ "offer some wonderful stories to readers", "encourage people to write something", "show that making money is not difficult", "remind people that life is full of joy" ...	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 $ 250 True accounts of good _ insp...	high20765.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Because they heard there was gold there." }, "options": [ "Because they could find good jobs there.", "Because they had found gold there.", "Because they could open laundries and restaurants there.", "Because they heard...	To Chinese immigrants, in the mid-1800s, California was "The Land of the Golden Mountain." In their homeland they had heard the words, "There's gold in California." They sailed 7,000miles to join the gold rush and strike it rich. Between 1849 and 1882, more than 30,000 Chinese came to California. Most were men. They ha...	high4790.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "very detailed" }, "options": [ "quite abstract", "very confusing", "very detailed", "quite controversial" ], "question": "Before Impressionism, the works of artists were _ .", "question_type": "cloze_quest...	The history of modern art begins with Impressionism, a movement started in Paris in the mid-1800's. At that time many artists painted in a very traditional way that involved spending hours in a studio,painstakingly creating paintings that were extremely detailed. These paintings were sometimes of people or landscapes ...	high1830.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "welfare service" }, "options": [ "sports", "festivals", "natural resources", "welfare service" ], "question": "Which of the following about Busan is NOT mentioned in the passage?", "question_type": null },...	Busan , the largest port and fisheries city located on the southeast coast of the Korean Peninsula , attracts more tourists to go sightseeing every year. With a population of four million,Korea's second largest metropolis grew into a modern port city between 1906 and 1944. It first opened its ports as the first intern...	high7299.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "ends in the southeastern state of Georgia" }, "options": [ "is more than four thousand three hundred kilometers long", "starts in the northern state of Maine", "goes through more than fourteen states", "ends in the sout...	One of the most popular activities enjoyed by Americans is spending time in forests and walking along paths through the country.This activity,called hiking,has led to the creation of paths throughout the United States. One of the longest is the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.The trail is the first completed part of ...	high6187.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "they have got some ideas about long living" }, "options": [ "they believe that there is no limit of living", "they are sure to find the truth about long living", "they have got some ideas about long living", "they are a...	Do you want to live another 100 years or more? Some experts say that scientific progress will one day help humans to last tens of years longer than what is now seen as the natural limit of the human life span . " I think _ ," said Michael Zey, a Montclair State University business professor and author of two books on t...	high2486.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "your blood sample will be sent through to the lab and analysed there" }, "options": [ "the nurse will measure your blood as soon as possible", "your blood sample will be sent through to the lab and analysed there", "the docto...	Book into the new prefix = st1 /AucklandHospitalat a typical hour, say 11 on a Saturday night, and you will notice changes in the way you are treated. Let's start with the blood sample taken from your arm as you are wheeled in the door. By the time you are through the security doors and into the emergency area, that s...	high20002.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "She felt stressed." }, "options": [ "She was relaxed.", "She felt stressed.", "She was worrying about Rio.", "She was still annoyed with Bryan." ], "question": "How was the author at the beginning of the walk?",...	In the early morning, I headed for the back door and found 10 inches of snow blanketing our home. Oh, no, Bryan would have to clear the roof again, I thought. But Rio rolled onto his back, playing in the white stuff and kicking his back legs, delighted. His days in an animal shelter in New Mexico were long forgotten---...	high19683.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "with the help of a dictionary" }, "options": [ "at the first attempt", "with great ease", "with the help of a dictionary", "with the aid of the instructor" ], "question": "The author finished his first homework ...	At the age of 45 I decided to learn the English language. Not that I didn't know the language, but to improve my command over the language, I joined English academic classes close to my house. In one class, the instructor gave us a sheet of a hundred words and told us to write the opposite of each word as homework. At ...	high17876.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "tips for preparing children for a natural disaster" }, "options": [ "the importance of mutual help in disaster preparation", "tips for preparing children for a natural disaster", "the importance of educating children about na...	You can't hide a natural disaster from children, so how do we prepare them for it? First of all, you should explain to them that acts of nature aren't necessarily disasters but can become one. These may include floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, winter storms, wild fires, and earthquakes. The way to prepare children for th...	high3798.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "He had little interest in school study." }, "options": [ "He was too stupid to learn lessons at school.", "He had little interest in school study.", "His parents wanted him to work at an early age.", "He loved fishing v...	Jack was not a stupid kid,nor was he the shiniest spoon in the drawer. He didn't care for school. With his "I'd rather be fishing" attitude, Jack missed a lot of classes. Knowing that graduating from middle school was not going to be written in his life, Jack became a dropout at the age of fourteen. Jack was sent to ...	high24264.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Because he didn't know the common kitchen utensils ." }, "options": [ "Because he was not well behaved.", "Because he refused to help with dinner.", "Because he didn't know the common kitchen utensils .", "Because he ...	One evening last summer, when I asked my 14-year-old son, Ray, for help with dinner, his response shocked me. "What's a colander ? " he asked. I could only blame myself. In the family, nobody else's hands went in the sauce except my own. But that night, as I explained with a touch of panic that a colander is the thing ...	high8815.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "he is tall and does something big" }, "options": [ "he is a tall and tough man", "he is tall and does something big", "he is living in a tough community", "he leads a tough community" ], "question": "The author ...	His name is James,but people call him Rocky.The name fits.He's big,over six feet tall,and he's tough when he needs to be.James "Rocky" Robinson lives and works in New York City's BedfordStuyvesant district,one of the poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods in the United States.Yet it is here in BedStuy that he is sav...	high6186.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "The real cause of Dr Woolley's death is known to us." }, "options": [ "The real cause of Dr Woolley's death is known to us.", "Many students didn't prepare themselves for the bad news so that they felt very sad.", "It takes t...	MOST recently, my world has been shaken by the death of a teacher at my school. He was Dr Allan Woolley and he was only 52. Suddenly he took his own life, which remains a mystery. That morning, everyone sensed that something wasn't right. During our lessons, an announcement was made that an assembly was scheduled for...	high7298.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "come up with an idea" }, "options": [ "begin with some specific persons", "come up with an idea", "describe a famous place", "organize your thoughts" ], "question": "When you begin to write a poem, you should fi...	Poetry is an interesting form of writing. It is very free, has few _ and can be a great way to express feelings. Writing a poem is all about observing the world within you or around you. To write a poem, first you should begin with an idea or inspiration. Inspiration may come at any time unexpectedly. It may be a speci...	high1831.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "How Environmental Habitats Change" }, "options": [ "The Importance of Weeds and Grasses", "The Success of Oak and Hickory", "How Environmental Habitats Change", "Animal and Plant Habitats" ], "question": "The be...	Over a period of time, many habitats change with respect to the types of plants and animals that live there. This change is known as succession. Succession occurs because plants and animals cause a change in the environment in which they live. The first weeds and grasses that appear on a bare field, for example, chang...	high4791.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "express her opinion about the food" }, "options": [ "invite students to judge the food", "show the terrible taste of the food", "express her opinion about the food", "ask the school to improve the food" ], "ques...	Every day, 15-year-old Martha wrote on the Internet about the meal she ate at school. She also took pictures of the food. However, Martha was very honest about the food. She did not just describe the food. She judged the taste and health of the food. Martha also began to use her blog for an important reason. She began ...	high4949.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Smaller plants may have many advantages over their neighbors." }, "options": [ "Smaller plants may have many advantages over their neighbors.", "In the plant world, the bigger is better than the smaller one.", "To be a good c...

New findings from Queen's University biologists show that in the plant world, bigger isn't necessarily better. "Until now most of the thinking has suggested that to be a good competitor in the forest, you have to be a big plant," says Queen's Biology professor Lonnie Aarssen. "But our research shows it's virtually the ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "foolish" }, "options": [ "brave", "impolite", "foolish", "warmhearted" ], "question": "The older boys laughed at the boy because he was thought to be _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { ...

If you have ever been sad because of failure,please remember,for often,achieving what you set out to do is not the most important thing. A boy decided to dig a deep hole behind his house.As he was working,a couple of older boys stopped by to watch."What are you doing?" asked one of the visitors."I want to dig a hole al...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Overcrowding." }, "options": [ "Bad Weather.", "Technology.", "Overcrowding.", "Physical strength." ], "question": "What is the problem that the climbers have to face in recent years?", "question_type": "fac...

Crowd controls could soon become an important skill for climbers on Mount Everest, as important as physical strength or watching the weather. In a single day last week, nearly 40 people reached the top of the world --- a record. Reports from base camp spoke of queues at dangerous ridges and crowds as people passed each...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Approving." }, "options": [ "Opposing.", "Impatient.", "Approving.", "Concerned." ], "question": "What is the author's attitude towards homework's effect on students?", "question_type": null }, { "an...

Do Algebra problems 15 through 25. Give the different forms of the verbs on page 50 of your French workbook. Read page 12 through 20 of the Shakespeare play, and when you have finished that, don't forget to fill the missing chemical symbols on the Periodic Table of Elements worksheet. Homework is a major part of goin...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "can achieve more and understand themselves better" }, "options": [ "will work harder on assignments and learn more", "can deal more easily with stress independently", "can achieve more and understand themselves better", ...

One period of our lives when better results are demanded of us is, strangely enough, childhood. Despite being young we are expected to achieve good grades, stay out of trouble, make friends at school, do well on tests, perform chores at home and so on. It's not easy. Likeable children enjoy many advantages, including ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "they only want to show their kindness" }, "options": [ "they are curious about others' affairs", "they are eager to help others", "they want to start a long conversation", "they only want to show their kindness" ], ...

Americans, generally speaking, make an effort to be friendly with their colleagues, neighbours and other people they often run into. This often takes the form of a simple greeting like "How's it going?" or "What's up ?" This is simply a way of saying I see you and I recognize you. Americans also show this friendliness ...

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The next time you eat a piece of chocolate, be sure to enjoy it, because according to two of the world's largest chocolate makers--Mars Inc and Barry Callebaut, the treat may soon be in short supply. The problem? We are consuming the candy at a faster pace than farmers can grow cocoa. The manufacturers say that in 2013...

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It is common to have difficulties sleeping during the day. Humans are naturally wired to sleep best at night and be awake during the day. However, modern work schedules require some people to try to accommodate the unnatural schedule of shift work -- being awake at night and sleeping during the day. In order to make th...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Heroes." }, "options": [ "Heroes.", "Cowboys.", "Soldiers.", "Athletes." ], "question": "What kind of role did Charlton Heston often play in films?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer...

Charlton Heston was born in 1923 in Evanston, Illinois. Charlton Heston discovered his interest in acting while performing in plays at his high school. He later spent two years studying theater at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. But he left college to join the Army Air Forces during World War Two. After ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "They are fond of hiking." }, "options": [ "They value freedom.", "They have wide interests.", "They are fond of hiking.", "They tend to live in the countryside." ], "question": "What do we know about people in B...

An estimated eight million people in Britain enjoy walking in the Peak District every year. But what many who enjoy outdoor hobbies don't know is that their "right to walk" was won by men who sacrificed their own freedom to gain access to the countryside for all. In 1932 wealthy landowners had private use of large area...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "To attract the readers' attention on the new virtual reality program." }, "options": [ "To attract the readers' attention on the new virtual reality program.", "To show the challenge that the readers are required to face.", "...

You're in your office when you learn there's someone with a gun wandering outside. You can hear gunshots and screams. What do you do? That's the challenge for users of a new virtual reality program called SurviVR, designed to train employees how to deal with an active shooter situation in the workplace. The program wo...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "more than one aspect." }, "options": [ "knowledge only.", "more than one aspect.", "technology only.", "the use of machines." ], "question": "Many people believe that science helps society to progress through _...

What is the nature of the scientific attitude, the attitude of the man or woman who studies and applies physics, biology, chemistry, geology, engineering, medicine or any other science? We all know that science plays an important role in our societies. However, many people believe that our progress depends on two diffe...

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In order to know a foreign language thoroughly , four things are necessary. First, we must understand the language when we hear it spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves, correctly with confidence and without hesitation . Thirdly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are...

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I discovered the power of fear when I became stuck to my driveway, as if my feet were crazy--glued to the cement .As much as I tried, I could not move them. The realization that my daughters were playing in Nancy's house, just one-half block away, paralyzed my legs, making me unable to move when I neared the end of ou...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "would be improved for kids' health" }, "options": [ "did no harm to the young people", "included more fruits and vegetables", "didn't include any grains and fruits", "would be improved for kids' health" ], "ques...

Fast food giant, McDonald's said on Tuesday that they would be cutting out excess calories in their kids' menu choices starting in September. McDonald's will reduce the amount of French fries in Happy Meals and will also include sliced apple "dippers" in every meal. McDonald's say it will still include the ever-popular...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "She is a Nobel Prize winner." }, "options": [ "She is a middle school student.", "She is a teacher in Lebanon.", "She makes gifts for Syrian refugees.", "She is a Nobel Prize winner." ], "question": "What do you...

Celebrating her first day as an adult on July, 12,2015, 18-year-old Nobel Peace Prize- winner Malala Yousafzai did the gift- giving---a girls' school for Syrian refugees( ) in Lebanon. " I call on leaders of all the countries all around the world that we must invest in books instead of bullets," Malala Yousafzai said i...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "A Clever Assistant" }, "options": [ "A Clever Assistant", "Buying a Birthday Present", "How to Choose a Necklace", "A Brave Young Man" ], "question": "A good title for this passage is _ .", "question_type...

The nervous-looking young man had waited for a few moments--outside the jeweler's before he got enough courage to enter. He was warmly greeted by a young assistant. James felt a rush of blood to his face as he explained he would be bringing in his future wife to choose a birthday present. The assistant listened careful...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "serious or quality paper" }, "options": [ "financial paper", "gutter press", "tabloid", "serious or quality paper" ], "question": "If a newspaper often publishes some articles long enough together with national ...

British Newspapers In Britain there are 11 national daily newspapers and most people read one of them every day. There are two kinds of newspapers. One is large in size and has many detailed articles about national and international events. These newspapers are called the serious papers or the quality papers. The other...

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DNA left at a crime scene could be used in the future to build up a picture of an offender's face, it was revealed tonight. A first step towards genetic _ has been taken by researchers in the US who link specific DNA markers with face shape. To identify the genes, they focused on known mutations that cause changes of ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Coffee service on Sunday." }, "options": [ "Wi-Fi on Friday.", "Plasma TVs on Monday.", "Coffeemakers on Thursday.", "Coffee service on Sunday." ], "question": "Which is not got in the private Executive Lounge?"...

Still wonder where to stay? We have a lot to offer. GUEST ROOMS Spacious, stylish guest rooms include all the necessities for an unforgettable stay. All guest rooms feature workstations with Internet access, two telephones with voice mail, and in-room safes . SUITES Hilton Toronto offers a variety of one-bedroom and J...

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Human beings have used tools for a very long time. In some parts of the world you can still find tools that people used more than two million years ago. They made these tools by hitting one stone against another. In this way, they broke off pieces from one of the stones. These chips of stone were usually sharp on one s...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "The Future of Newspaper" }, "options": [ "The Best Way to Get News", "The Changes of Media", "Make Your Own Newspaper", "The Future of Newspaper" ], "question": "What is the best title for the passage?", "qu...

"If there is one thing I'm sure about, it is that m a hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapers. It is not that newspapers are a necessity. Even now some people get most of their news from television or radio. Many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday. But for most people reading a newspaper has bec...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Ecotourism could endanger the survival of the wildlife people want to see." }, "options": [ "Many animals are dying because of lack of money.", "There will be no ecotourism without animals.", "Ecotourism could endanger the su...

LONDON ( Reuters)-- Ecotourism is causing a lot of damage to wildlife and may be endangering the survival of the very animals people are flocking to see, according to researchers. Biologists and conservationists are worried because polar bears, dolphins, penguins and other creatures are getting stressed and losing...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Both long skirts and short skirts." }, "options": [ "Long skirts.", "Short skirts.", "Both long skirts and short skirts.", "Neither long skirts nor short skirts." ], "question": "What kind of skirts do women lik...

Women's fashions change more rapidly than men's. In the early 1990's, all women wore their skirts to the ankle. Today, some skirts are even longer than before, but some are very short. Women's shoes have also gone through all sorts of boots for women were very common at the beginning of this century. Then for years, th...

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Different countries and different people have different manners. We must find out their customs, so that they will not think us ill-mannered. Here are some examples of the things that a well-mannered person does or does not do. If you visit a Chinese family you should knock at the door first. When the door opens, you'...

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Language is a major problem for the European Union (EU). The agreement or treaty which created the organization that eventually became the EU, the Treaty of Rome, stated that each country's language must be treated equally. The original six countries had only three languages between them: French, German and Dutch/Fle...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Youngsters across Europe: suffer permanent hearing loss." }, "options": [ "Youngsters across Europe: suffer permanent hearing loss.", "MP3 players: sell best but do harm to youngsters", "The scientists' study: requested by th...

Millions of youngsters across Europe could suffer permanent hearing loss after five years if they listen to MP3 players at too high a volume for more than five hours a week, EU scientists warned. The scientists' study, requested by the European Commission, attacked the concept of "leisure noise," saying children and te...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "to make his story realistic and exciting" }, "options": [ "to learn more about parachute jumping", "to make his story realistic and exciting", "to have a rest from his busy work", "to prove to others his skill and coura...

When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful. The help of others is a good way to make us pull through. I write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to write a story about parachute jumping. To make it a realistic as well as exciting story, I decided that I first had to make a jump myself. Unf...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The current qualification is out of date and should be replaced." }, "options": [ "\"Teaching to the test\" should be encouraged.", "We should stop teachers delivering \"inspirational experience\".", "The current qualificatio...

GCSEs not fit for purpose GCSEs(General Certificate of Secondary Education,)encourage "teaching to the test" and may be past their sell-by date, according to Britain's leading business organization. The Confederation of British Industry(CBI) warns that the qualification is stopping teachers delivering an "inspirational...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "is expressive enough" }, "options": [ "comes from America", "is a young woman", "is expressive enough", "knows much about China" ], "question": "The foreign teacher _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions"...

When I was a foreign teacher in China, every day I taught English to my students and they taught me about China. One day the topic turned to saying "I love you". I was shocked to learn that not one of my students had said this to their mothers, nor had their mothers said it to them. "Does your mom love you?" "Of cours...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "she could put off college but only had one chance to volunteer in India" }, "options": [ "she decided that going to university would be a waste of time", "she could put off college but only had one chance to volunteer in India", ...

India first, college can wait! It was an opportunity 19-year-old Jodi Sagorin felt she couldn't pass up. The California student had received an admission letter to New York University, but she wanted to follow a calling to volunteer in India. When she got an offer to do just that, she decided there would be no better t...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The greatly increasing usage of the Internet." }, "options": [ "His dream of being an inventor.", "The support of his wife.", "The greatly increasing usage of the Internet.", "Millions of exciting titles," ], "q...

Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice.Gifts are easy--they're given after a11.Choicecan be hard. I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago.Icame across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2300 percent per year.I'd never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast,andtheidea of building all onl...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Assistant Professor, Musical Theatre Dance" }, "options": [ "Full Professor in Theatre and Dance", "Assistant Professor, Musical Theatre Dance", "Technical Director in Performing and Fine Arts", "Assistant Director-- Me...

Assistant Professor, Musical Theatre Dance Wichita State University seeks a full-time, 9-month assistant professor, beginning in August. Applicants are required to have a degree in dance area, teaching experience at a professional or college level, ability to direct and teach stage movement. The salary depends on quali...

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The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3--old--daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became angry when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. However, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for yo...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "suffer from the incident for a long time" }, "options": [ "suffer from arm and leg injury", "get laughed at by her schoolmates", "have to pay all the damages", "suffer from the incident for a long time" ], "ques...

One day several years ago,Josie went to collect her sister from her local Harvester pub in Brentwood,Essex,where they both worked.A few men came up with gulls in their hands.The robbers then tied up their arms and legs and told them to get down on the ground,while they _ the restaurant,fleeing withPS1,000. "As I la...

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Sitting for more than three hours a day can decrease a person's life expectancy by two years, even if her or she is physically active and gets rid of dangerous habit like smoking ,according to a study. Watching TV for more than two hours a day can worsen that problem, decreasing life expectancy by another 1.4 years. T...

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If parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child into a genius , they will cause great damage to him. According to several leading educational experts, this is one of the biggest mistakes that some parents make. Generally, the child will understand very well what the parents expect, and will fall. Unrealis...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "unfold wings for flying" }, "options": [ "fold and unfold its wings", "unfold wings for flying", "land in the airport", "meet flying safety regulations" ], "question": "It takes the car-plane one minute to _ ...

If cars had wings, they could fly and that just might happen, beginning in 2012. The company Terrafugia, based in Woburn, Massachusetts, says it plans to deliver its car-plane, the Transition, to customers by the end of 2012. "It's next 'wow' vehicle," said Terrafugia vice president Richard Gersh. "Anybody can buy a Fe...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "30 friends or fewer at a certain stage." }, "options": [ "Over 400 friends in their whole lives.", "30 friends or fewer at a certain stage.", "400 internet friends in their whole lives.", "150 internet friends at a cert...

It is said that most people have not more than 30 friends at any given time, and 400 over the whole of their lives. However, on social networking sites, most users have about 150 friends. If these numbers are correct, then friendship means different things in different situations. Also, there are no rules about friends...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "charity-related action" }, "options": [ "website for charity", "school organization", "charity-related action", "popular part-time job" ], "question": "According to the passage, \"wugging\" is actually a _ ."...

Wugging, or web use giving, describes the act of giving to charity at no cost to the user. By using Everyclick. com, which is being added to a number of university computers across theprefix = st1 /UKthis week , students can raise money every time they search, but it won't cost them a penny. Research shows that studen...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "at least take 5 steps" }, "options": [ "wear seat belt", "take some additional measures", "at least take 5 steps", "count to three" ], "question": "According to the text if you want to drive safely you should ...

Wearing seat belt is,of course,the first step to safe driving.These additional measures might also save your life. Count to three.Keeping up enough space between your car and others is extreme1y necessary.Jim Clark,a California driving instructor,suggests a least amount of three seconds'following distance.To figure thi...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "He can play the musical piece he hears." }, "options": [ "He has a gift for writing music.", "He can write down the note he hears.", "He is a top student at the law school.", "He can play the musical piece he hears." ...

Samuel Osmond is a 19-year-old law student from Cornwall, England. He never studied the piano. However, he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them. He learns a piece of music by listening to it in parts. Then he thinks about the notes in hi...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "They studied the crying experiences of grown-ups from various countries." }, "options": [ "They studied crying experiences not only in everyday life but also in labs.", "They collected the crying experiences of the students at the ...

Researchers Look Behind the Tears to Study Crying Many people found themselves unusually moved by the historic presidential inauguration last week in Washington. Watching the huge crowds, we saw laughter, cheers, hugs---but also many tears. It made us wonder why do people cry? Surely tears must be good for us--away to ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Delighted." }, "options": [ "Moved.", "Delighted.", "Disappointed.", "Nervous." ], "question": "Which of the following words best describes the whole family's feeling about the train journey?", "question_typ...

We were on the way from Hutchinson to Chicago for a short spring break. For many years I had wanted to take my family on the train. We all had been to Chicago four years ago, and the kids loved it. Chicago is one of my favorite cities, too, so the thought struck me again last fall to ride the train to Chicago. Of cours...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "He didn't criticize them in public." }, "options": [ "He didn't criticize them in public.", "He drove them out of his class angrily.", "He communicated with them patiently and regularly.", "He called them by their first...

I liked most of my teachers in college. They were, for the most part, friendly and competent, willing to help students. I liked them--but I don't remember them very well, except for Mr. Jones, my senior English teacher. He was an enthusiastic, sensitive man, who knew his subject and was determined that we would learn i...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "there are different ways to give directions in different parts of the world" }, "options": [ "never carry a map for travel", "there are not many landmarks in the American Midwest", "there are different ways to give directions...

I have a rule for travel: Never carry a map. I prefer to ask for directions. Foreign visitors are often puzzled in Japan because most streets there don't have names. In Japan, people use _ in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, "Go straight down to the corner. Tur...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "regarded as an important representation of western literature" }, "options": [ "adapted from Auguste Maquet's novel", "written by Italian author Alexandre Dumas", "completed during the historical events of 1815-1838", "...

The Count of Monte Cristo ( French: Le Comte de Monte Cristo ) is an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas. Completed in 1844, it is one of the author's most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. Like many of his novels, it is expanded from plot outlines suggested by his co-author Auguste Maque...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "AIDS and Malaria" }, "options": [ "Teenagers playing computer games", "Broken homes and unstable families", "The rising cost of university education", "AIDS and Malaria" ], "question": "According to the article,...

As the saying goes, "Change is not always for the better". Take social interaction, for example! We now live in an era in which many teenagers spend hours locked away in their bedrooms shooting virtual soldiers and hitting zombies over the head with digital baseball bats, while others sit home alone, chatting with frie...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "taken to the living-room" }, "options": [ "told to wash your hands", "taken to the dinning-room", "told some strict rules about dinner", "taken to the living-room" ], "question": "If you are a dinner guest to a ...

Dinner customs are different around the world. If you are a dinner guest in Ghana , this information will help you. In Ghana, dinner is usually from four in the afternoon to six in the evening. But there are no strict rules about time in Ghana. Whenever a guest arrives, a family offers food. When you go to a home, ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The English education system is welcomed by the Chinese." }, "options": [ "He was surprised at the present current trend.", "English universities are better than those in China.", "The English education system is welcomed by ...

Chinese students have tended to come to the UK at a younger age in recent years, which means they come to Britain not only for higher education, but also for high school or even primary school. Asian investors have followed this trend, and started to buy independent schools to serve this demand. An article carried by ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "to work hard and support their family" }, "options": [ "to enter the society before adulthood", "to hold together", "to work hard and support their family", "to study hard and find a good job" ], "question": "Ac...

In the past, young people inprefix = st1 /Japanwere expected to take on responsibilities to support their parents and grandparents. Now they expect to be supported well into young adulthood. The "New breed", born since the 1960s, have never known anything but richness. Youth are seen as resistant to entering society as...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "find a dress you have got used to" }, "options": [ "find a dress you have got used to", "buy some modern shoes,ties,etc.", "have your hair cut", "put on your newly-bought clothes" ], "question": "Before you go t...

So you have been called for an interview---well done?Your effort has been paid off? You will feeI better at the interview if you show an understanding of the nature of the organization. Ask someone who already does it,or check it with one of the advisers. Ask a member of your family or a friend to act as the employer a...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break." }, "options": [ "Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.", "Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives."...

America is a mobile society.Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change.Neither side feels hurt by this.Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while --then no more.If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Adventures could be everywhere" }, "options": [ "My beautiful memory", "Country life and city life", "My wonderful neighborhood", "Adventures could be everywhere" ], "question": "The best title of the text could...

I grew up in a neighborhood that many city kids can only dream of: a quiet street that was our adventure park: a street filled with kids whose parents had to drag us inside for dinner, most of the time long after the sun had retired for the night. Our street was also a zoo. There were cats, dogs, birds, fish, sheep, ra...

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Dear Disney, Last weekend, the four members of my family spent an enjoyable holiday at the Magic Kingdom - Disneyland. And one event made our visit seem truly magical. We got to the front of the line at Space Mountain, only to find out that our little daughter Gloria couldn't take her ice-cream on the ride. We were s...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "To build massive complexes for public amusement." }, "options": [ "To sponsor publications and projects in local school.", "To prevent possible damages to the National Park.", "To help protect and improve the Park for all to ...

Attractions Do you: *love the National Park, value it and hope to safeguard its future? *Wish to see the beautiful landscape of the Park protected? *Like to enjoy peaceful, informal recreation within the Park? Aims The Friends organization aims to help protect and improve the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park for all t...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "in October 1520" }, "options": [ "in August 1519", "in October 1520", "in November 1520", "in December 1520" ], "question": "Magellan Straits were discovered by Magellan _ .", "question_type": "cloze_ques...

Early in the 16thcentury men were trying to reach Asia by travelling west from Europe. In order to find Asia they had to find a way past South Africa. The man who finally found the way from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific was Ferdinand Magellan. Magellan sailed from Seville in August 1519 with five ships and about 28...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "there are few animals left to hunt" }, "options": [ "it is dangerous to hunt there", "hunting is already out of date", "hunters want to protect animals", "there are few animals left to hunt" ], "question": "Ther...

Hunting The days of the hunter are almost over in India. This is partly because there is practically nothing left to kill, and partly because some steps have been taken, mainly by banning tiger-shooting, to protect those animals which still survive. Some people say that Man is naturally a hunter. I disagree with this v...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "She felt surprised." }, "options": [ "She felt surprised.", "She thought it was wise.", "She was happy.", "She felt it was useless to her." ], "question": "How did the author feel when she heard her father's ans...

Life may not always seem fair, but we can learn to deal with it and make new choices along the way. I remember so clearly sitting next to my dad as we drove through the town. I was complaining about something unfair that had happened to me. Dad looked directly at me and said, "No one ever said life was fair." I was sho...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "His parents." }, "options": [ "The writer himself.", "His classmate.", "His teacher.", "His parents." ], "question": "Who helped the writer to make the puppet?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, {...

As I grew older, Dad was to build all sorts of things for me as I explored a variety of interests: magic tricks, a toy circus, neighborhood shows and science projects. From as early as I can remember to the time I left home for college, I continued to come to him with a design or an idea, and he would figure out ho...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "the leaves koalas eat are losing nutritional value" }, "options": [ "the leaves koalas eat are losing nutritional value", "koalas cannot get enough water to drink", "koalas can hardly stand the hot weather", "the leaves...

Australia's koalas could be dying out within 30 years, unless urgent measures is taken to stop the losing in population, according to researchers. They say development, climate change and bushfires have all related to reduce the number of wild koalas sharply. The Australian Koala Foundation said a recent survey showed ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "probably did not enjoy the cookout" }, "options": [ "left the cookout early", "probably did not enjoy the cookout", "never wears blue jeans", "complained her friend to have invited her to such a party" ], "quest...

One day this same friend invited me to a party . It was not a real party , it was some kind of informal get-together . Since it was summertime he had a cookout where most of his American friends and s were known to me , but there were others I had never met before . It was the most embarrassing party for me when I not...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "matures through play" }, "options": [ "cannot grow up without toys", "matures through play", "uses toys as friends", "has to be taught how to play" ], "question": "60. The writer wants us to understand that a ch...

Play is the basic business of childhood, and more and more in recent years research has shown the great importance of play in the development of a human being.From earliest infancy , every child needs opportunity and the right material for play, and the main tools of play are toys.The main function of toys is to sugge...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "editor" }, "options": [ "writer", "doctor", "editor", "comedian" ], "question": "According to the passage, Norman Cousins used to be a(n) _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...

Laughter healing benefits and healing with laughter have become synonymous with Norman Cousins, the man who laughed himself to wellness. Norman Cousins was the editor of SaturdayReviewfor over 30 years. His story began in 1964, when doctors found that the connective tissue in his spine was becoming worse, which is a c...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "can reduce the negative effect on a child" }, "options": [ "plays different roles in shaping a child's welfare", "can reduce the negative effect on a child", "has negative effect on a child's development", "may damage t...

Should you stay at home to look after your child,or return to work? Maybe you don't have the option.Combining work and motherhood is an issue faced by increasing numbers of women every day. New research for the Institute for Economic and Social Research could solve this quandary once and for all.In short,it concludes t...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "28/04/2012" }, "options": [ "09/01/2012", "04/02/2012", "01/03/2012", "28/04/2012" ], "question": "The voucher can be used for a stay at the chosen B&B on _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, {...

Here is your best chance to travel around the UK in 2012: More than 200 B&Bs(bed & breakfast)across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are selected to offer you amazing services for your stay at their lowest prices! Don't miss it. Just collect the vouchers in ourB&B Dailyprinted from 01/04/2012 to 07/04/2012...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "understand the effects of the division of labor" }, "options": [ "take advantage of the physical labor", "introduce the division of labor into England", "understand the effects of the division of labor", "explain the ca...

Adam Smith was the first person to see the importance of the division of the labor. He gave us an example of the process by which pins were made in England. One man draws out the wire, another strengthens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, and a fifth gives it a head. Just to make the head requires two or thr...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Making dental parts in the basement." }, "options": [ "Collecting garbage outside the alley.", "Making dental parts in the basement.", "Putting food on the table in a hotel.", "Working oddjobs on the train." ], ...

My father got his first job at eleven years old. cleaning up the garbage outside of the bowlingalley . Two years later his dad died. and my fatber worked odd jobs to help put food onthe table during the Depression. Ten years after that. Dad fell in love. married Mom and had ababy girl. Eight more children followed. Dur...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "What made Steven Callahan live through the circumstances" }, "options": [ "what made Steven Callahan decide to cross the Atlantic", "What made Steven Callahan live through the circumstances", "what Steven Callahan though of i...

In 1982 Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He was out of the shipping lanes and floating in a life raft, alone. His supplies were few. His chances were small. Yet when three fishermen found him seventy-six days later, he was alive. His account of how he su...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Painful." }, "options": [ "Painful.", "Precious.", "Unique.", "Clumsy." ], "question": "Which word best describes the author's school life in junior high?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { ...

If my life were a movie, I would fast-forward through junior high.Like every junior high kid, I was struggling with who I was and how I would make my mark in life.But I was sure I was alone with these strange feelings. I was trying and failing in a number of things.I wanted to do well in athletics but had not yet figur...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "To encourage the application of green building." }, "options": [ "To present arguments about green building.", "To show different styles of green building.", "To introduce the effects that pollution causes.", "To encour...

Pollution's great effects on the environment have become more obvious in recent years, resulting in a movement to make best use of energy, depend less on fossil fuels, and to cut down air and water pollution. Most scientists agree that such changes are necessary to protect our environment from further harm. The const...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "to get the general idea of each paragraph" }, "options": [ "at about 350 w. P.m.(words per minute)", "to get the general idea of each paragraph", "so that you can take in each word separately", "to make sure you get to ...

When you practice reading with passages shorter than book length, do not try to take in each word separately, one after the other. It is much more difficult to grasp the broad theme of the passage this way, and you will also get the stuck on individual words which may not be absolutely essential to a general understand...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Because the economy of Chinais of a better future than of other countries." }, "options": [ "Because it is by the bank of the ChangjiangRiver.", "Because it is going to be the highest building in China.", "Because the econom...

SHANGHAI--The Shanghai World Financial Centre will be the tallest land-mark in the world after its completion this century in Pudong, according to the project's Japanese investors. The building will be located in the prime Lujiazui Zone in Pudong , on a 30,000-square-metre site. The building was originally designed to ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "She wanted to find out what he needed." }, "options": [ "She meant to offer him some advice.", "She hoped to know more about him.", "She expected to make friends with him.", "She wanted to find out what he needed." ...

My ten-year-old daughter Emma got home yesterday and spoke of a boy called Jake in her class. Being quite overweight, Jake is the butt of many jokes and is treated very badly by other kids. Jake gives the impression that he's got a nice guy, mostly because he's constantly picked on. For several nights this week Emma ca...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "he takes Sunday for Monday" }, "options": [ "he still goes to work on the weekend", "he takes Sunday for Monday", "he takes Monday for Sunday", "he likes to work" ], "question": "Mr.Bell sometimes goes to work o...

Mr. And Mrs. Bell are very forgetful . For example , Mr. Bell sometimes goes to his office for work on Sunday morning, for he thinks it is Monday. And Mrs. Bell sometimes forget to cook supper for the family. One summer they planned to fly to New York for their holidays. They got to the airport only ten minutes before...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "make a deal with George on the use of his Christmas gift-iphone" }, "options": [ "explain to George the function of the new mobile phones.", "show George how much thought has been put into this gift", "inform George of good m...

Dear Gregory, Merry Christmas! You are now the proud owner of an iPhone. Hot Damn! You are a good & responsible 13 year old boy and you deserve this gift. But with the acceptance of this present comes rules and regulations. Please read through the following contract. I hope that you understand it is my job to raise you...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "surprising" }, "options": [ "interesting", "exciting", "surprising", "boring" ], "question": "According to the author's friends and family, his memoir was _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, {...

When I decided to write the story of my early years growing up in poverty, many of my friends and family members were shocked. They were more interested in my story of success, such as how I was able to create the nation's largest firm for millions of dollars. That's the story everyone wanted me to write, but it's not ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "angry" }, "options": [ "excited", "upset", "angry", "happy" ], "question": "We can infer from this letter that the writer's attitude towards to Mr. Barton is _ .", "question_type": "summarization_question...

Dear Mr. Barton, I'm writing in the name of the residents' association to inform you of our feelings regarding your behaviour . We've really had just about enough of you.Although we have tried to speak to you civilly on several occasions,you have always responded with a stream of verbal abuse . Ever since ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "where readers are motivated to love books" }, "options": [ "where students are inspired to write books", "where books are used as arms in the battle", "where friends compete with each other", "where readers are motivate...

Battle of the Books Each year in April, the "Battle of the Books" teams from each school meet for the Semi-Battle competition. The top three teams from each division go on to the Final Battle to compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. The gold medal winners go on to compete in the Regional Championship. Battle of t...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "all above" }, "options": [ "heat stoke", "dehydration", "diarrhoea", "all above" ], "question": "We can infer that the heatwave can cause _ .", "question_type": "summarization_questions" }, { "ans...

South Asia heatwave kills nearly 100 DHAKA - A heat wave sweeping India, Bangladesh and Nepal has killed nearly 100 people over the past two weeks, officials said on June 3, 2005. A third of the people died in northern Bangladesh, mostly women and children from dehydration , heat stroke and diarrhoea . "We are getti...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "babies need warm physical contact" }, "options": [ "adults should develop social skills", "babies need warm physical contact", "caregivers should be healthy adults", "monkeys have social relationships" ], "quest...

Next time a customer comes to your office, offer him a cup of coffee. And when you're doing your holiday shopping online, make sure you're holding a large glass of iced tea. The physical sensation of warmth encourages emotional warmth, while a cold drink in hand prevents you from making unwise decisions--those are the ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "$21.5" }, "options": [ "$ 30", "$100", "$21.5", "nothing" ], "question": "It will cost a couple with their newly-born baby _ to visit Port Discovery.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "ans...

Garden of small inventions Visitors of all ages are invited to Port Discovery to see the new exhibit--a garden of small inventions, which features interactive activities and gadgets(,,) for the environmental protection. The exhibit runs through Sept.4. Fee is $10.75; free for ages younger than two. Contact 410-727-8120...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "healthy magazine" }, "options": [ "art book", "science fiction", "healthy magazine", "psychology book" ], "question": "The text is most probably taken from a (an) _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" ...

Smaller than your fist, your healthy heart just goes on and on. It will beat more than 60 times a minute for 70 years or more. That's something that most of us take for granted. But it's an amazing fact. 60 times a minute for 60 minutes is 3,600 times. What physical thing can most of us do 3,600 times in one hour? Blin...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "encourage people to write something" }, "options": [ "offer some wonderful stories to readers", "encourage people to write something", "show that making money is not difficult", "remind people that life is full of joy" ...

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 $ 250 True accounts of good _ insp...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Because they heard there was gold there." }, "options": [ "Because they could find good jobs there.", "Because they had found gold there.", "Because they could open laundries and restaurants there.", "Because they heard...

To Chinese immigrants, in the mid-1800s, California was "The Land of the Golden Mountain." In their homeland they had heard the words, "There's gold in California." They sailed 7,000miles to join the gold rush and strike it rich. Between 1849 and 1882, more than 30,000 Chinese came to California. Most were men. They ha...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "very detailed" }, "options": [ "quite abstract", "very confusing", "very detailed", "quite controversial" ], "question": "Before Impressionism, the works of artists were _ .", "question_type": "cloze_quest...

The history of modern art begins with Impressionism, a movement started in Paris in the mid-1800's. At that time many artists painted in a very traditional way that involved spending hours in a studio,painstakingly creating paintings that were extremely detailed. These paintings were sometimes of people or landscapes ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "welfare service" }, "options": [ "sports", "festivals", "natural resources", "welfare service" ], "question": "Which of the following about Busan is NOT mentioned in the passage?", "question_type": null },...

Busan , the largest port and fisheries city located on the southeast coast of the Korean Peninsula , attracts more tourists to go sightseeing every year. With a population of four million,Korea's second largest metropolis grew into a modern port city between 1906 and 1944. It first opened its ports as the first intern...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "ends in the southeastern state of Georgia" }, "options": [ "is more than four thousand three hundred kilometers long", "starts in the northern state of Maine", "goes through more than fourteen states", "ends in the sout...

One of the most popular activities enjoyed by Americans is spending time in forests and walking along paths through the country.This activity,called hiking,has led to the creation of paths throughout the United States. One of the longest is the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.The trail is the first completed part of ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "they have got some ideas about long living" }, "options": [ "they believe that there is no limit of living", "they are sure to find the truth about long living", "they have got some ideas about long living", "they are a...

Do you want to live another 100 years or more? Some experts say that scientific progress will one day help humans to last tens of years longer than what is now seen as the natural limit of the human life span . " I think _ ," said Michael Zey, a Montclair State University business professor and author of two books on t...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "your blood sample will be sent through to the lab and analysed there" }, "options": [ "the nurse will measure your blood as soon as possible", "your blood sample will be sent through to the lab and analysed there", "the docto...

Book into the new prefix = st1 /AucklandHospitalat a typical hour, say 11 on a Saturday night, and you will notice changes in the way you are treated. Let's start with the blood sample taken from your arm as you are wheeled in the door. By the time you are through the security doors and into the emergency area, that s...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "She felt stressed." }, "options": [ "She was relaxed.", "She felt stressed.", "She was worrying about Rio.", "She was still annoyed with Bryan." ], "question": "How was the author at the beginning of the walk?",...

In the early morning, I headed for the back door and found 10 inches of snow blanketing our home. Oh, no, Bryan would have to clear the roof again, I thought. But Rio rolled onto his back, playing in the white stuff and kicking his back legs, delighted. His days in an animal shelter in New Mexico were long forgotten---...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "with the help of a dictionary" }, "options": [ "at the first attempt", "with great ease", "with the help of a dictionary", "with the aid of the instructor" ], "question": "The author finished his first homework ...

At the age of 45 I decided to learn the English language. Not that I didn't know the language, but to improve my command over the language, I joined English academic classes close to my house. In one class, the instructor gave us a sheet of a hundred words and told us to write the opposite of each word as homework. At ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "tips for preparing children for a natural disaster" }, "options": [ "the importance of mutual help in disaster preparation", "tips for preparing children for a natural disaster", "the importance of educating children about na...

You can't hide a natural disaster from children, so how do we prepare them for it? First of all, you should explain to them that acts of nature aren't necessarily disasters but can become one. These may include floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, winter storms, wild fires, and earthquakes. The way to prepare children for th...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "He had little interest in school study." }, "options": [ "He was too stupid to learn lessons at school.", "He had little interest in school study.", "His parents wanted him to work at an early age.", "He loved fishing v...

Jack was not a stupid kid,nor was he the shiniest spoon in the drawer. He didn't care for school. With his "I'd rather be fishing" attitude, Jack missed a lot of classes. Knowing that graduating from middle school was not going to be written in his life, Jack became a dropout at the age of fourteen. Jack was sent to ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Because he didn't know the common kitchen utensils ." }, "options": [ "Because he was not well behaved.", "Because he refused to help with dinner.", "Because he didn't know the common kitchen utensils .", "Because he ...

One evening last summer, when I asked my 14-year-old son, Ray, for help with dinner, his response shocked me. "What's a colander ? " he asked. I could only blame myself. In the family, nobody else's hands went in the sauce except my own. But that night, as I explained with a touch of panic that a colander is the thing ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "he is tall and does something big" }, "options": [ "he is a tall and tough man", "he is tall and does something big", "he is living in a tough community", "he leads a tough community" ], "question": "The author ...

His name is James,but people call him Rocky.The name fits.He's big,over six feet tall,and he's tough when he needs to be.James "Rocky" Robinson lives and works in New York City's BedfordStuyvesant district,one of the poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods in the United States.Yet it is here in BedStuy that he is sav...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "The real cause of Dr Woolley's death is known to us." }, "options": [ "The real cause of Dr Woolley's death is known to us.", "Many students didn't prepare themselves for the bad news so that they felt very sad.", "It takes t...

MOST recently, my world has been shaken by the death of a teacher at my school. He was Dr Allan Woolley and he was only 52. Suddenly he took his own life, which remains a mystery. That morning, everyone sensed that something wasn't right. During our lessons, an announcement was made that an assembly was scheduled for...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "come up with an idea" }, "options": [ "begin with some specific persons", "come up with an idea", "describe a famous place", "organize your thoughts" ], "question": "When you begin to write a poem, you should fi...

Poetry is an interesting form of writing. It is very free, has few _ and can be a great way to express feelings. Writing a poem is all about observing the world within you or around you. To write a poem, first you should begin with an idea or inspiration. Inspiration may come at any time unexpectedly. It may be a speci...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "How Environmental Habitats Change" }, "options": [ "The Importance of Weeds and Grasses", "The Success of Oak and Hickory", "How Environmental Habitats Change", "Animal and Plant Habitats" ], "question": "The be...

Over a period of time, many habitats change with respect to the types of plants and animals that live there. This change is known as succession. Succession occurs because plants and animals cause a change in the environment in which they live. The first weeds and grasses that appear on a bare field, for example, chang...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "express her opinion about the food" }, "options": [ "invite students to judge the food", "show the terrible taste of the food", "express her opinion about the food", "ask the school to improve the food" ], "ques...

Every day, 15-year-old Martha wrote on the Internet about the meal she ate at school. She also took pictures of the food. However, Martha was very honest about the food. She did not just describe the food. She judged the taste and health of the food. Martha also began to use her blog for an important reason. She began ...

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