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"answer_text": "They can save money and arrange their time and courses freely."
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"They can get qualifications from US Department of Education.",
"They can invest mone... | For many businessmen online education has been a dream. Now it has come true. The investment in higher education, whether financial or in terms of time, has long been impossible for many of them. But well-known educational institutions have chosen to deliver an internet-based program, and these barriers have been lif... | high2121.txt |
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"answer_text": "pull down"
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"question": "The expert doesn't want to _ the old famous temple.",
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"answer": {... | Near the village, there is an old famous temple. Some people want to build new houses where the temple now stands, because they can find no other area to build them, while others disagree with them. They meet to decide how to solve the problem. Here are their opinions about it.
The expert wants to protect the temple an... | high5128.txt |
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"answer_text": "He set up the company of Salesforce.com."
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"He advised donors to build hospitals.",
"He made San Francisco a city of charity.",
"He set up the company of Salesforce... | For decades,the San Francisco Bay area has been the heart of the computer technology industry.Many of the biggest technology companies have their headquarters in the area called Silicon Valley.But the area has not always been associated with charity .
Now,a new generation of entrepreneurs appears to be changing Silicon... | high10300.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because they were both shy."
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"Because they didn't like each other.",
"Because they quarreled before.",
"Because they were both shy."
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"question": "Why did t... | I can still remember the first day when I met my best friend. She had just moved into the neighborhood and her grandmother brought her down to meet me. I hid behind my mother and she hid behind her grandmother, scared to look at each other.
Soon, we lost the shyness and started playing with each other, bike riding to e... | high2647.txt |
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"answer_text": "find places to produce enough food"
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"serve food that are truly locally grown",
"prevent polluting the limited land",
"save fresh water"
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"question": "Accor... | Dickson Despommier, a public health professor at Columbia University in New York City developed an idea with his students nine years ago. They imagined people in cities growing crops inside a tall building. Tomatoes could grow on one floor of the skyscraper , potatoes on the next, small animals and fish on the floor ab... | high3559.txt |
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"answer_text": "C and The Grand Canyon"
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"California and Los Angeles",
"White House and Arizona",
"C and The Grand Canyon"
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"question": "Lily has great interest in nature and... | A reader from Brazil recently wrote to us asking for some advice. He's planning a trip to the United States, and wanted to know about the best places to travel in America. Today, we are going to give you some information which may help you when choosing your destination.
Each of the 50 states in America has interesting... | high4236.txt |
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"answer_text": "may be specializing in architecture"
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... | I revisited Beichuan of Mid-Autumn Festival. As the car drove into the ruined city, tears streamed down my cheeks. Giant rocks from the mountain destroyed the road and houses fell, breaking into bricks and pieces of cement . Beichuan Middle School, which was once filled with energy and laughter, now so unrecognizable ,... | high16771.txt |
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"answer_text": "We can travel and work in the sea."
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"We can be fit to live in the water very well.",
"We needn't worry about things like weightlessness.",
"We can travel and work in the ... | Can you imagine traveling to work in a one - man submarine? Some scientists believe that some day one - man submarines will be as many as automobiles are today.A famous French driver says, "One day soon, men will walk on the ocean floor as they do on the street!" Perhaps during your lifetime people will travel, and liv... | high15278.txt |
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"answer_text": "just by hearing in the darkness"
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"when the female penguins return from the sea",
"just by hearing in the darkness",
"each time they see the lovely females",
"after they have had their own grounds"
],... | Penguins live together,but each pair has a little piece of ground of their own.When a penguin wants to walk through its neighbor's ground,it must ask permission.If it does not do that,it will have to fight.Most of the time,penguins live on the water.They eat shell fish and look after their children carefully.
All pengu... | high802.txt |
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"answer_text": "The rest of the day would be your own time.\nE.Use your time effectively and efficiently.\nF.Find your own best method of studying.\nG.Balance work, school and social life."
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"Stay organized.",
"Maintain 100% effort ... | College life can become a great struggle because students have to balance school, a social life, and sometimes a job as well. The following steps could help the grades of college students.
Go to class. Why did your parents pay for your tuition or why are your parents paying their taxes for financial aid? Even when ... | high23912.txt |
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"answer_text": "have much more information to read"
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"no longer read word by word, line by line",
"have to get the meaning faster",
"have much more information to read",
"must use their smartphones more frequently"
]... | In the Internet age, speed reading is a necessary and important skill. We skim over articles and e-mails to try to get key words and the main idea of the text. With so much information through our electronic devices , it would be impossible to get through everything if we read word by word, line by line. However, a ne... | high12517.txt |
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"answer_text": "His original motive to invent the Pavegen tiles was to save energy."
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"His original motive to invent the Pavegen tiles was to save energy.",
"He believed his invention would be popular with students.",
"He keep... | At most schools, "going green" means generating less trash or making an attempt to recycle.But at New York's Riverdale Country School, it means being encouraged to run and even jump in the hallway. That's because the school was the first to install ( ) the specially-designed Pavegen floor tiles in America.
The tiles ... | high13609.txt |
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"answer_text": "Excited."
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"Surprised.",
"Interested.",
"Excited."
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"question": "How do the children feel when they see the Donkey Mobile Library?",
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{... | It is a bright morning in the Ethiopian countryside. Yohannes walks beside a pair of donkeys that are pulling a two-wheeled cart. They arrive at the agricultural town of Awassa where Yohannes opens the sides of the cart to display, not the usual vegetables or tools, but children's books. This is the Donkey Mobile Libra... | high9712.txt |
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"answer_text": "spend lots of time at malls"
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"do almost everything in malls"
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"question": "Mall rats usually _ ."... | Malls are popular places for Americans to go to. Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called mall rats. Mall rats shop until they visit hundreds of stores.
People like malls for many reasons. They feel safe because malls have police stations. Parking is usually free. And the weather inside is always fi... | high14166.txt |
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"answer_text": "2."
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"3.",
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"question": "How many adoption types are mentioned in the passage?",
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"answer_text":... | Most people are aware of what the adoption process is because it has become rather common in our society. Adoption is where a child is legally placed with guardians or parents (or perhaps a single parent) other than the birth mother or father. Once an adoption is finalized, all parental rights are turned over to the ... | high6421.txt |
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"answer_text": "introducing how global warming is formed"
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"Telling how to save money in your daily life",
"promoting action, awareness and empowerment and helping stop global w... | It's our hope that the calculator will promote action, awareness and empowerment by showing you that one person can make a difference and help stop global warming.
There are many simple things you can do in your daily life--what you eat, what you drive, how you build your home--that can have an effect on your immediate... | high42.txt |
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"answer_text": "High-speed."
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"Fun.",
"Interactive.",
"High-speed.",
"Smart."
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"question": "Which of the following may not be a key word for the concept car?",
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"answer": {... | Is this a car? Is it a smart phone? Is it a gaming machine?
Yes to all three. The Toyota Fun-Vii is a pleasure palace on wheels.
If Toyota has its way, paint jobs could become a thing
of the past, because it has introduced an amazing car that can
change its whole look in an instant.
The Vii in Fun-Vii, which stands for... | high816.txt |
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"answer_text": "Keeping coins in his shirt pocket."
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"Giving coins to the poor in the mosque.",
"Changing his clothes before praying.",
"Keeping coins in his shirt pocket.",
"Taking the author along to the mosque."
]... | Once upon a time when my father was in his teens, his father took him to the mosque to pray. My grandfather, it seems, had a habit of keeping his loose change in his shirt pocket. As they prayed side by side, during one of the prostrations , the coins fell down onto the carpet.
My grandfather did not notice it. Howe... | high8418.txt |
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"answer_text": "in the Atlantic"
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"in the Gulf of Mexico",
"in the Mediterranean"
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"question": "The bluefin tuna in this passage mainly refers to the one _ .",
"quest... | Scientists warn today that the Atlantic bluefin tuna faces disappearance unless certain action is taken. They used electronic ways to track the movement of the powerful fish from the Gulf of Mexico to the Mediterranean, and report today in the journal Nature that meals of sushi and sandwiches with tuna worldwide are mo... | high12503.txt |
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"answer_text": "You can make it more economical to travel to Disney World."
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"You can get more information about Disney World ahead of time.",
"You can make it more economical to travel to Disney World.",
"You can spend longer... | A trip with your family and friends to Disney World can be one of the best vacations of your life. When you decide to travel to this destination, you can be sure in the knowledge that you are going to have a great time.
Many travelers may be worried about the exorbitant amount of money that one has to pay for a comfort... | high56.txt |
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"answer_text": "being polite to others"
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"medical interventions",
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"question": "All the following is helpful to lose weight EXCEPT _ .",
"qu... | Doctors say obesity,also known as severe overweight,is a complex condition.A doctor may advise medical interventions in addition to changes in behavior.But experts say the more successful weightloss plans include a wellbalanced diet and exercise.
People who want to avoid weight gain have to balance the number of calor... | high6435.txt |
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"answer_text": "Where Test Stress Comes from"
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"Pressure from Parents and Teachers",
"Where Test Stress Comes from",
"Negative and Positive Thinking"
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"question": "What's the probable t... | Do you know someone who has never been troubled by tests? Yeah, some people are lucky like that. But for most of us, taking tests can cause a lot of icky feelings and sensations, such as: trouble concentrating; low selfesteem; being nervous or anxious; feeling depressed or down on yourself; nausea ,indigestion, diarrhe... | high18748.txt |
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"you will not obtain a visa extension",
"you may be reported to the Student Office",
"you may not he able to get a cert... | Jackson Language School Summer
Opening and Closing Times
The Jackson Language School is open each day except Sunday. There is an English Corner also available from 6:00pm--9:00pm at the Bellevue Hall across from the school.[:Zxxk.Com]
Class Size
Classes have a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 16 in one class. Classes are... | high10314.txt |
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"question": "In developed countries, most water is used by _ .",
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"answer": ... | Clean water is not only important for food production, but necessary for our life. However, large numbers of people in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa are going without. The World Health Organization reports that almost 4,000 children die each day for dirty water or lack of water.
Agriculture is the primary user of wate... | high18990.txt |
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"answer_text": "enjoys carving ice outdoors in the winter"
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"loves sand sculpture more than ice sculpture",
"sculpts ice in a large freezer in the summer",
"worked as an ice sculptor in the beginning",
"enjoys carving ic... | Jamie Wardley is a special kind of artist - an ice sculptor. He first trained as a sand sculptor. Later, he learned about ice sculpture. Now he does sand sculpture in the summer. And in the winter, he sculpts ice.
When sculpting ice, Wardley has to work in cold temperatures. If the weather is cold enough, he can work o... | high19456.txt |
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"answer_text": "a city council member"
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"a working parent",
"an inspired student",
"a city council member"
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"question": "The passage is probably written by _ .",
... | Holidays are really important. Many of us will have childhood memories of summer holidays where we were taken away from home to experience new environments and learn in different ways.
But holidays are expensive and, for those on low wages or living on benefits, they are often unobtainable. Even the cheapest holidays r... | high16765.txt |
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"answer_text": "They won't risk causing cancer."
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"They will risk doing harm to passengers.",
"They use ionizing radiation heavily.",
"Their radiation is extremely high.",
"They won't risk causing cancer."
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"qu... | The European Union on Monday prohibited the use of X-ray body scanners in European airports, parting ways with the U. S. Transportation Security Administration, which has used hundreds of the scanners as a way to screen millions of airline passengers for explosives hidden under clothing.
The European Commission, which... | high19330.txt |
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"answer_text": "speak it often"
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"listen to it on the radio",
"learn it from books",
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"speak it often"
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"question": "In the author's opinion , the only way to learn a language well is to _... | English is a very interesting language. It has borrowed words from many other languages. Immigrants coming into the United States have contributed many words to the language, which have kept their original pronunciation. "Coolie" and "kowtow" were taken from the Chinese language, "kamikaze from the Japanese, "shampoo"... | high4.txt |
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"answer_text": "Two new studies prove running without shoes is beneficial to runners in most cases."
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"options": [
"Walking in high heels could cause less serious effects than running barefoot.",
"Two new discoveries encourage people to run in h... | Two new studies suggest that modern running shoes could increase the risk of injuries to runners.
One study involved sixty-eight healthy young women and men who ran at least twenty-four kilometers a week. The runners were observed on a treadmill machine . Sometimes they wore running shoes. Other times they ran barefoo... | high5882.txt |
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"answer_text": "To help develop good communication between school and home."
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"To improve the relationship between teacher and parents.",
"To explain to parents the change of the school curriculum.",
"To report students' misdo... | However important we may regard school life to be, we can't ignore the fact that children spend more time at home than in the classroom. Therefore the great influence of parents can't be ignored or discounted by the teacher. They can become strong supports of the school or they can consciously or unconsciously prevent ... | high10472.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because the instructor know exactly the girl's strengths and weaknesses"
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"Because three months' training isn't long enough for her to learn a new move",
"Because the instructor thought the girl didn't have the abili... | A young girl decided to study judo despite the fact that she had lost her left arm in a car accident. The girl began lessons with an old Japanese judo instructor. The girl was doing well. So she couldn't understand why, after three months of training, the instructor had taught her only one move.
"Instructor," the girl... | high21877.txt |
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"answer_text": "He was ashamed of his dirty clothes and identity as a thief."
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"He was not welcomed by those singing in the church.",
"He was ashamed of his dirty clothes and... | One morning in Philadelphia, the sun shone bright through all the thick jungles and the tall churches. John, 6, wearing the worn-out clothes, walked from afar, his dark small hands holding a piece of stolen bread.
John stopped for a moment at the entrance to the sacred church and then left tightlyholding the bread,
He ... | high2135.txt |
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"answer_text": "An exciting day at a Police Department."
},
"options": [
"An exciting day at a Police Department.",
"Robbery is a high priority.",
"How the police saved the woman.",
"The 911 Communication Center."
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"question"... | In high school, all Canadian students take part in a very exciting event. It is "Take Your Children to Work Day". Students will have a chance to work with their parents. My day took place in my mom's work, the York Region Police Department.
When I arrived, a coach was teaching the officers basic combat skills. Everyone... | high14614.txt |
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"question": "How many people were killed in the New Zealand earthquake on September 4, 2010?",
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"answer":... | The City of Christchurch, New Zealand was struck by a 7.1magnitude earthquake on the early morning of Saturday, September 4, 2010.
No tsunami alert was reported. The country's army troops were on standby to assist victims and disaster recovery operation. New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, flew to the affected area ... | high9060.txt |
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"answer_text": "To shorten the delivery period."
},
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"To predict the sales volume.",
"To check the delivery service.",
"To shorten the delivery period.",
"To remind people to order online."
],
"question": "For what ... | Lots of people buy books and products from Amazon, an online seller. They offer and pay over the Internet and the books are shipped through the mail or a delivery service like FedEx.
One day, people could get their Amazon deliveries from an "unmanned aerial vehicle"--a timely vehicle that looks like a toy helicopter. A... | high12265.txt |
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... | If you want to avoid making impulse and unnecessary purchases,then just keep your hands away from tempting products. According to new research,individuals who touch possible items in stores are more likely to have an increased desire to purchase them than those who keep their hands off the products.
Suzanne Shu and J... | high21687.txt |
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"answer_text": "Japan"
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"question": "Laws on smoking bans in public places are going stricter in .",
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"answ... | Smoking bans in public places are linked with falls in childhood asthma attacks and preterm births , according to the biggest analysis of the influence of public smoking bans on child health. The finding should remove fears that such laws could have the opposite effect because they may lead people to smoke more at h... | high19318.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "managers"
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3... | As societies develop, their members start to see things not so much according to what they need, but according to what they want. When people have enough money, these wants become demands.
Now, it' s important for the managers in a company to understand what their customers want if they are going to develop effective m... | high3203.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "I disobeyed his rules in class"
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"I didn't go to his class",
"I was naughty in my homework",
"I didn't answer his questions",
"I disobeyed his rules in class"
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"question": "Mr.Oven criticized me... | When I was in junior high school, I was really a bad boy.My history teacher--Mr.Oven criticized me a lot because I was naughty in his class.By the end of the first semester, I'd had enough of his words and had decided that I would get my revenge on him.
The opportunity arose one morning when Mr.Oven was called to the o... | high11744.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "How to tip in theUnited Statesis not complicated."
},
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"Quality of service determines tipping in theUS.",
"Americans don't tip in non fast-food restaurants.",
"Tipping inUSupmarknt restarts is unnecessary.",
... | From Mr. Ward Hoffman.
Sir, I was halfway through Professor Raj Persaud's article "What's the tipping point?"
(Financial Times Weekend, April 9-l0) when it occurred to me that what I was reading was not ironic . If Prof Persaud wants to know why Americans tip in restaurants, he need only ask the first American he meet... | high17335.txt |
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"the writer spoke AE ,while the New Zealander spoke BE, and the word \"dormitory... | Once a New Zealand teacher asked where I live. "In the white building," I answered.
"At our university both girls and boys live in the same dormitory."I added.
Beyond my expectation , however, my attempt to show I am speaking American English(AE) turned out to be something else. The New Zealander seemed very puzzled a... | high20599.txt |
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"answer_text": "She didn't feel good."
},
"options": [
"She felt that the weather was very cold.",
"She didn't feel good.",
"Her body changed with the weather.",
"She liked the weather very much."
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"question": "What does the ... | It was Andria Baker's high school graduation party, and the time had come for her father to make good on a promise that he had made her years ago, when she was a fourth-grader. "After you started on your first day of kindergarten and continue it through your last day of high school, and I'll buy you a car." Tim Baker h... | high18006.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "She looked for its owner"
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"She gave it to Ann as a gift.",
"She sold it to the dollar store.",
"She bought some food for it."
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"question": "What did Tracy do after f... | One morning, Ann's neighbor Tracy found a lost dog wandering around the local elementary school. She asked Ann if she could keep an eye on the dog. Ann said that she could watch it only for the day.
Tracy took photos of the dog and printed off 400 FOUND fliers , and put them in mailboxes. Meanwhile, Ann went to the dol... | high9048.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because the master was in need of money"
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"Because the slaves could be well paid.",
"Because the master was badly ill",
"Because the master was in need of money"
... | A long time ago there lived a poor slave whose name was Aesop. His face was white, but very homely. When Aesop was about twenty nine years old ,his master lost a great deal of money and was determined to sell his slaves. To do this, he had to take them to a large city where there was a slave market.
The city was far aw... | high13153.txt |
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"answer_text": "the two companies were in great demand of money"
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"they were charge with illegally airing the entertainment series",
"the two companies created the country's l... | "There are no real friends or enemies in the business world". This saying may have been on the minds of bosses at China's main online video providers, Youku.com Inc and Tudou Holdings Ltd, when the one-time rivals agreed to merge on March 12. The deal will create the country's largest company in the online video indu... | high180.txt |
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"answer": {
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Families should sit down and discuss the problems before buying a dog.Even if the children in your family are the ones who want the dog,the parents are the on... | high7065.txt |
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"the ballgame outside",
"5:00 in the afternoon",
"the front entrance of City Hall"
],
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Captain Good Fellow
Do you enjoy interesting stories ,funny games and exciting dances? Captain Good Fellow will be ready to teach all these things to children of all ages at the City Theatre on Saturday morning at,10:00,free.
Walking Tour of the Town
Forget your worries on Saturday morning.T... | high15522.txt |
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To celebrate the Year of the snake
Organised by Lam Tin Youth Centre and Kwun Tong High School
Date: 2 February 2013
Time: 10 am--5 pm
Place: Kwun Tong Playground
Fee: $20 (buy three get one free)
Programmes: drama, lion dance, magic show and ballet performance
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"\" Petroleum\" isn't an English word in the original.",
"\"Petroleum\" is of Greek... | Petroleumis a very important mineral. It gives us heat and light. It gives us power for our cars, planes, and ships. Also, it gives us power for machines of all kinds.
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},
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"teach them what to do",
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"To point out the problems with Halloween celebrations.",
"To tell parents what sweets are l... | Most American kids love Halloween treats, but a bucket of Halloween candy can be a dentist's nightmare. Some parents try to get rid of half of the candy after their children go to bed, but dentists say parents also need to separate the good kinds of treats from the bad.
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"He was very fond of it.",
"He was strongly against it.",
"He thought it must be painful."
],
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Researchers who studied 77,721 people said on Friday that people who took too much vitamin E,especially smokers,had a small but higher risk of developing lung cancer.
They tracked the subjects'use of multi-vitamins,vitamin C and v... | high17453.txt |
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"Because the author and the wolves were already good friends.",
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"he wanted... | In April 2014, the world's oldest known message in a bottle was discovered floating in the Baltic Sea. It had spent 101years lost in the ocean! The message was finally sent to the author's granddaughter.
A German fisherman named Konrad Fischer found the brown bottle near Kiel, Germany. He said he nearly threw the bottl... | high18760.txt |
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"you have many choices about which horror films to see.",
"you'd better sit behind a so... | What's Keeping You up at Night?
Which film would you like to see on the spookiest day of the year?
Well, it's that time of the year again; witches, ghosts, wizards and skeletons are supposed to come out in full force. Yes, Halloween --31st October, the spookiest day of the year is almost here.
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"answer... | Going back to school is a very exciting event for my two boys. It means getting new school bags and books, and seeing friends again after the summer holiday.
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"Setting your alarm clock at night.",
"Forming good living habits."
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If you have trouble sleeping, the American Sleep Disorders Association suggests that, for a week or two, you put down the time you go to bed, get up, exercise, and drink coffee, tea or wine.... | high11022.txt |
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"answer_text": "the animals learn they'll get something to eat"
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"the animals learn they'll get something to eat",
"the animals are as clever as man",
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Engineering and chemistry were considered to be the most "future proof", as they are courses most likely to lead to an enduring and adaptable career.
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If you come to visit, you'll probably be surprised when you come in. Someone will give you an electronic PIN to wear. This PIN tells the house who and where you are. The house uses this information to give you what you need. When it's dark... | high5100.txt |
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"to make more money",
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"to go beyond others"
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"ques... | Sports and amusing activities have given benefits to people. Besides the entertainment that they offer, health, emotional and personal aspects have also been developed through sports and amusement. It's amazing how one can say that he just found his purpose in life through sports. Some people may even devote their live... | high16981.txt |
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"question": "We can gain some information about Gigantopithecus EXCEPT_.",
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"The long history of Tuhao",
"The new usage of Tuhao",
"Tuhao, a newly-invented Chinese word"
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It's being used to describe everything from the new People's Daily building, to expensive celebri... | high8424.txt |
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"Because few people could read for themselves.",
"Because there were few places for private reading.",
"B... | Reading to oneself is modern activity which was almost unknown to the learned in the early days of the history, while during the fifteenth century the term "reading" undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only during the nineteenth century did silent reading become popular.
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"arrived in Beijing on Friday evening",
"will promote laws and cultural exchanges."
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"Lionel Hampton played an important rule in the success of Quincy Jo... | How would you describe Quincy Jones? Is he an instrumentalist, a composer, an arranger, or a producer? None of these labels can sum up this remarkable man. He has been known for years to people who follow popular music. But his part in the We Are the World VCD and the Hands Across America project made him a national fi... | high14628.txt |
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"hopes to improve his/her personality",
"expects to make more efficient use of his/her time",
"has found it ... | I am one of those people who are terrible at saying no. I take on too many projects at once, and spend too much of my time doing things I'd rather not be doing. I get stuff done, but it's not always the best I can do, or the best way I could spend my time.
That's why my newest goal, both as a professional and a person,... | high194.txt |
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"for new immigrant students who have been living in New York less than four years",
... | Some American high schools are for students with special interests, like science or the arts. New York City even has a program for those interested in the food service industry, called Food and Finance High School.
New York also has what are called international high schools, or internationals, for immigrant students. ... | high12259.txt |
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"He was buried in his homeland.",
"He quit college because he was poor."
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"A person's hair may show where they have lived.",
"Hair analysis accurately identifies crimi... | Scientists have devised a way to determine roughly where a person has lived using a strand ( ) of hair, a technique that could help track the movements of criminal suspects or unidentified murder victims.
The method relies on measuring how chemical variations in drinking water show up in people's hair.
"You're w... | high21693.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To meet the needs of each student."
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"To talk to the students in different languages.",
"To keep everyone's interest in his lessons.",
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"Near the Canadian border",
"In the central US",
"In Parc Safari"
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"It has negative effects on personal ties",
"It makes no difference to personal ties",
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The rapid spread of Facebook, which has more than 500 million users worldwide, has prompted concerns about its negative effects, but rese... | high11750.txt |
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"was warmly received",
"asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair",
"asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair"
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"he stayed with his family all the time",
"he began to study in college at age 19",
"he majored in music in college"
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"They have many large motors controlled by robots.",
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Roho Sally has two long arms with human-like hand... | high5666.txt |
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"Because he wanted to ask the shop keeper for a favor.",
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Reuben couldn't ask his father for the money. Everything his father made through fishing went to her mothe... | high11988.txt |
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"Inside the hole in the ice.",
"In the depths of the ocean."
],
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... | A woman was walking her dog along a beach in New Zealand in late June when she saw something that looked like a white ball in the sand. It turned out to be a young Emperor penguin that was lost. At his age, he should have been close to Antarctic, swimming for fish and playing on the ice floes . But this penguin started... | high5921.txt |
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"most of the roads in Jordan are made with rubber at present",
"the I... | Every vehicle needs tires, but eventually they wear out. Roads wear out too, and they often need repairing. But new research by a pair of teens suggests the rubber from worn-out tires could lengthen the lifetime of asphalt pavement. Also roads made with this material might need fewer patches .
The young researcher... | high19293.txt |
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"the rabbit was too clean",
"the dead rabbit was cleaned and put back into the cage",
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"made his living by delivering the mail",
"set up some companies to help people to live better",
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The boat stays all day under a bridge that is being rebuilt. There is a distance of about 1... | high22205.txt |
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"They accept city life in spite of its problems.",
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"She went public and gave help to others."
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High school scientists from across the United States showed off work in genetics, molecular biology, mathematics and other ... | high24112.txt |
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"how parents should bring up a child",
"what differences there are between two kinds of parents",
"w... | If parents bring up child with the aim of turning the child into a genius , they will cause great damage to him. According to several leading educational psychologists , this is one of the biggest mistakes which some parents make. Generally, the child will understand very well what the parent expects, and will fail. Un... | high20374.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "make his mother happy"
},
"options": [
"surprise his mother",
"make his mother happy",
"show his ability of making money",
"thank his mother for buying him a bike"
],
"question": "The author bought his mother a ... | One spring, when I was 10, during one of my father's layoffs, I could tell my mother was dispiriteD.I decided to cheer her up by buying her a special Mother's Day gift.
One day after school I rode my bike to the Agins, which, I learned years later, was known for its high-end fashions and style.I introduced myself to Sy... | high4381.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "change the way we make many products"
},
"options": [
"enable people to make better purchases online",
"be applied as widely in our daily lives as computers",
"change the way we make many products",
"shorten the time it... | SEE a cell phone cover that you like on Taobao? Forget about placing an order, paying the bill online and waiting for days for it to be delivered to you. In the near future, you'll be able to get it in minutes just by hitting "print" on your computer.
You might find it hard to believe that you could actually "print" an... | high2928.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Computer servers generate large quantities of heat."
},
"options": [
"It is expensive to deal with huge banks of computer servers.",
"A Dutch energy firm attempted to heat private homes.",
"Computer servers generate large qua... | As every computer owner knows, when their machines run a complex program they get pretty hot. In fact, cooling the processors can be expensive, especially when you're dealing with huge banks of computer servers. But what if that energy could heat private homes? A Dutch energy firm aims to do just that.
Data centers of ... | high18833.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "experience the effect of his body on the musical sound"
},
"options": [
"test music scholars' ideas about the resonating properties",
"experience the effect of his body on the musical sound",
"reduce his muscular tightness in... | An idea came to me, and I turned off the lights in the studio.In the darkness, I took off my shirt and took up the cello ; it was the first time in my life I'd felt the instrument against my bare chest.I'd never thought about that; music scholars always talk about the resonating properties of various instruments, bu... | high20360.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "they had different views on things"
},
"options": [
"they lived very far from each other",
"they had different views on things",
"they only communicated by phone",
"they seldom went to see each other"
],
"questi... | As I grew older, my dad and I grew further apart.We always had totally different opinions.He thought that college was a waste of time,but for me it was important to finish college.He wanted me to work my way to the top as he had done in his field,but l wanted a different life.There was a time when we did not talk with... | high4395.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "People can practice their English via Ellie's website."
},
"options": [
"The Gloria Barron Prize honors people showing leadership and courage.",
"Each year ten winners share US$2,000 to support their higher education.",
"Elli... | The Gloria Barron Prize honors American young people from 8 to l8 who have shown leadership and courage in public service.Each year ten winners each receive$2,000 to support their higher education or their service work.
Ellie Wen,18,was volunteering at a community center in Los Angeles.The center was set up to help imm... | high18827.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Curious and scared."
},
"options": [
"Angry and sad.",
"Excited and moved.",
"Curious and scared.",
"Happy and interested."
],
"question": "How did the author feel when he saw his brother for the first time?",
... | I clearly remember the day when my little brother was born: January 1, 1994. One of my favorite family photos shows me lying with my mother in the hospital bed, happy but un-aware of the small, sleeping baby in the background.
I stayed with my grandparents for the weekend of my brother's birth, excited about my new bro... | high9869.txt |
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