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"answer_text": "he wanted to find a short way to the Indies by sea."
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"he wanted to prove the earth was round.",
"he wanted to find a short way to the Indies by sea.",
"he found Latin was very useful at that time.",
"he ... | Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy. He was the oldest of five children in his family. His father was a wool weaver. He helped his father with the weaving, but he always wanted to sail the seas.
He didn't get to school very much, but he learned to read and write Spanish during his travels. He also taught hims... | high1206.txt |
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"answer_text": "He thinks it is unacceptable."
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"He thinks it is necessary sometimes.",
"He thinks it is unacceptable.",
"He thinks it requires good computer skills.",
"He thinks it is good for Internet service providers... | Is it wrong to use someone else's wireless(Wi-Fi) connection?Just recently,a man was arrested for doing just that.At that time,he was sitting in the street with a laptop and using an unsecured wireless connection to surf the Net.What do you think about this topic?Listen to the following different views on it.
For a sta... | high13999.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because its influence becomes bigger and bigger"
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"Because it represents noble and rich",
"Because it has the same meaning with an English word.",
"Because its influence becomes bigger and bigger",
"Becau... | China's new popular word, "tuhao", may be taken in next year's Oxford English dictionary. The word caught the attention of the dictionary's editing team after BBC's recent program on influential Chinese words.
"If its influence continues, it is very likely to appear on our updated list of words," said Julie Kleeman, p... | high8544.txt |
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"answer_text": "US Military Plans"
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"The Global Arms Race",
"A Comparison between Two Presidents",
"President George W. Bush and the World Peace"
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"question": "Which of the following might ... | United States President George W. Bush is expected to issue a directive in the next few weeks. It will give the US Air Force a green light for the development of space weapons, US media reported last week.
This would potentially start a new global arms race, some experts have warned.
To keep that from happening, last W... | high15330.txt |
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"answer_text": "clever"
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"question": "What did the writer think about the elephant? He thought it _ .",
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"answer":... | Have you ever heard the saying, "An elephant never forgets?" I do not know whether it is true or not, but I do think that elephants are certainly very clever. They can be taught to do things. That is really interesting.
Once upon a time there was an elephant near a town in India. The elephant went to work with its mast... | high21095.txt |
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"answer_text": "Two prints by Pablo Picasso and two oil paintings by two Brazilian artists."
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"Two prints by Pablo Picasso",
"Two oil painting by Brazilian artists",
"Two prints by Pablo Picasso and two oil paintings by two Br... | Three armed robbers stole two Pablo Picasso prints from an art museum in downtown Sao
Paulo on Thursday, which was the city's second high-profile art theft in less than a year. The bandits also took two oil paintings by well-know Brazilian artists Emiliano Di Cavalcanti and Lasar Segall, said Carla Regina, a spokeswoma... | high11156.txt |
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"answer_text": "natural minerals contain more precious metals"
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"the weight of e-goods is rather small",
"natural minerals contain more precious metals",
"E-waste deserves to be made good use of",
"the percentage of prec... | In the United States alone,over 100 million cell-phones are thrown away each year.Cell-phones are part of a growing mountain of electronic waste like computers and personal digital assistants.The electronic waste stream is increasing three times taster than traditional garbage as a whole.
Electronic devices contain val... | high10248.txt |
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"answer_text": "gerontorogy has suddenly become popular"
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"America has suddenly become a nation of old people",
"gerontorogy has suddenly become popular",
"more elderly professors are found in American colleges",
"older ... | For an increasing number of students at American universities , Old is suddenly in . The reason in clear : the aging of prefix = st1 /Americameans jobs . Besides the aging of the body--boom population , a longer life means that the nation's elderly population is certain to grow greatly over the next 50 years . By 205... | high17527.txt |
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"answer_text": "There are always difficult students like John."
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"There are always difficult students like John.",
"John will always be an ordinary student.",
"It is important to change John.",
"John is a very common nam... | Here are a few of our favorite entries so far in our "Your Life: The Reader's Digest Version" contest.After reading these, head over to Face book and sublimit your own story a-bout a special moment or lesson that shaped your life.
"There's Always a John" By Darla Boyd
My first year of teaching, there was a kid named Jo... | high18614.txt |
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"answer_text": "to develop"
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"to ask the IOC for more money",
"to break away from Georgia",
"to challenge the world",
"to develop"
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"question": "Although Sochi has poor transportation and unsatisfying facilitie... | Few in the west seemed to notice when the International Olympic Committee(IOC) decided to award the 2014 Winter Games to the Russian town of Sochi. Yet this choice if full of geopolitical meaning.
President Vladimir Putin flew to Guatemala to address IOC delegates before they voted, and surprised them by speaking in F... | high21081.txt |
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"answer_text": "The quickly changing technological environment."
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"The quickly changing technological environment.",
"The plan to stop the use of the fixed lines.",
"Breaking up telecom giants.",
"The ongoing public deba... | According to a survey,more Europeans go digitalchanging from fixed lines to mobile phones and from narrowband to broadband Internet connections.
The survey showed that 22 percent of EU households use only mobile phones, up from I8 percent a year ago,while the percentage of households with at least one fixed line decrea... | high11142.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to say what you want in another's voice"
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"to improve a famous person's speech",
"to say what you want in another's voice",
"to make a speech much more easily",
"to help you to find a better job"
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... | The next time you try for a high-ranking post, you could let your possible boss listen to a recommending phone call "made" by US President George W Bush or British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Of course, neither of them could really do that for you-you would just "borrow" their voices.
AT & T labs will start selling spee... | high17533.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To offer tips on writing book reviews."
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"options": [
"To offer tips on writing book reviews.",
"To give advice on reading books.",
"To introduce writing styles.",
"To comment on a book."
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"question": "For w... | Most magazines, whether online or print, will include book reviews. However, most editors and staff writers are usually too busy to read books and review them themselves. Therefore, writing book reviews can be a great way to get started with a writing career. How do you write a great book review that will be sure to be... | high5074.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Interesting."
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"options": [
"Puzzling.",
"Interesting.",
"Unbelieving.",
"Tiring."
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"question": "How does Chris think applying laser scanning to famous World Heritage Sites?",
"question_type": "factiod_q... | A team of British scientists is preparing to create a digital model of Mount Rushmore using laser scanning so that the iconic U.S. monument can be recreated if it were to be damaged.
The survey work is part of a project to accurately record the exact dimensions of 500 of the most famous World Heritage Sites, inclu... | high18600.txt |
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"answer_text": "effective measures have not been taken"
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"there are no laws to ban this crime",
"this crime has not been that serious",
"effective measures have not been taken",
"the author's plan has not been adopted"
... | When you think of environmental problems you probably think of pollution, but the poaching of wild animals is one, too. Poaching has worried environmentalists for years and, despite laws, this terrible crime has yet to be stopped.
Poaching is a serious problem, especially in Africa and Asia. This crime is done for c... | high23696.txt |
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"answer_text": "he hoped his father would spend some time with him"
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"his father didn't like him",
"he hoped his father would spend some time with him",
"he was quite satisfied with his family life",
"he had the dream to... | I don't think a day goes by when I don't think of my father. He died twenty-one years ago when I was twenty-six. He was a good man , but I hardly saw him around home, for he ran a big company. I secretly wished something could bring him closer to me.
It wasn't until he became seriously ill that we really got to know ea... | high13755.txt |
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"answer_text": "He helped his father, but not very happily."
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"He helped his father happily.",
"He never helped his father.",
"He helped his father, but not very happily.",
"He only helped his father take a walk after su... | When I was growing up, I was embarrassed to be seen with my father. He was badly crippled , and when we would walk together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would stare, I would be ashamed of the unwanted attention. If ever noticed or bothered, he never let on.
It was difficult to walk together--and because of ... | high1212.txt |
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"answer_text": "robots are very popular"
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"robots are very popular",
"there are various kinds of robots",
"we see robots only at certain times",
"robots can be easily controlled"
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"question": "In this passage t... | There are robots all around us. Some do very complicated jobs like flying airplanes and driving subway trains. and some do one simple job. When an automatic washing machine is switched on, water pours in. The machine waits until the water is warm enough for washing clothes. It does this by "feedback" . Information abou... | high786.txt |
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"answer_text": "not to believe everything you hear"
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"not to believe everything you hear",
"not to eat soup that is too hot",
"not to eat in inns",
"to cry when we burn our mouth"
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"question": "This story teach... | A nobleman and a merchant once met in an inn. For their lunch they both ordered soup. When it was brought, the nobleman took a spoonful, but the soup was so hot that he burned his mouth and tears came to his eyes. The merchant asked him why he was weeping. The nobleman was ashamed to admit that he had burned his mouth ... | high9896.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "with tests in life, we shape our personalities"
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"sometimes things may happen because of luck",
"with tests in life, we shape our personalities",
"we shouldn't let other people affect us",
"life with thos... | Sometimes people come into your life and they were meant to be there, to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson, or to help you figure out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be-----a roommate, a neighbor, a professor, a friend, a lover or even a complete stranger------but... | high7663.txt |
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"answer_text": "it was located too far away from the city center"
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"it was located too far away from the city center",
"it was a new brand for customers",
"its goods are much too expensive",
"it was inconvenient for cust... | At 20 year of age F.W. Woolworth found work in exchange for room and board at a local dry goods store , and after his employers held a successful clearance sale he saw the possibilities of a discount store. His key improvements were having the goods on open display instead of behind the counter , and having prices plai... | high15324.txt |
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"answer_text": "Being Palestinian leader, Arafat would rather die in his own country than be driven away from his people."
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"In 1992, Arafat's plane crashed in South Africa.",
"Israeli officers thought Arafat himself sent the terror... | He has lived through various dangers but time may be running out for the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat.
On September 11, Israel announced its decision to remove him, following several Palestinian suicide bomb attacks on Israel. "He should be punished for the killings," an Israeli official said, "He has done nothing... | high22588.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To consider and judge the situation."
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"To consider and judge the situation.",
"To check whether there was gas.",
"To prevent the car breaking down.",
"To turn to somebody for help."
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"question"... | I finished my last evening shift of the week and could hardly wait to get home. I took off my nursing shoes, relaxed and then said goodnight to the rest of the girls and headed out of the door.
It was so cold and I could see the ice crystals in the air. As I approached my car, I saw one of my coworkers standing by the ... | high7105.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A disabled lawyer."
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"A disabled lawyer.",
"A reporter.",
"An actor",
"An interviewer"
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"answer"... | Tomorrow evening I will be interviewed on stage by a museum official. I will be an interpreter, talking from experience as a disability rights lawyer and activist.
In "special" schools and camps for children with physical and mental disabilities, I grew up knowing we were a category of person that the world did not wan... | high15442.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "they are becoming less patient"
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"they are becoming less patient",
"they are growing too independent",
"they have to handle many important messages",
"they have to follow an evolutionary step backward"
... | "People are ruder today because they are rushed and more 'time poor' than ever before," says Patsy Rowe, " _ " Due to our strong attraction to electronic equipment it is a wonder more people don't wake up each morning and greet the singing birds with a complaint about the noise. Here are some examples of rudeness.
Some... | high14984.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "more varieties of rainforests"
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"stranger flower plants",
"More animals",
"more varieties of rainforests",
"more visitors"
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"question": "Compared with Amazon, Khao Sok National Park has _ .",
... | Asia has many wild places. The following national parks are among the most famous in Asia. People come to visit them from near and far in order to appreciate the unique qualities of the land and everything on it. Have you ever visited any of these Asian national parks?
Jiuzhai Valley National Park, China
The extraordin... | high13033.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "in the category of fear"
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"in the use of the words of historical events",
"in the category of fear",
"in the category of literature",
"in the category of joy"
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"question": "A study of more than ... | A study of more than five million books, both fiction and non-fiction, has found a marked _ in the use of emotional words over time.The researchers form the University of Bristol used Google Ngram Viewer, a facility for finding the frequency of terms in scanned books, to search for more than 600 particular words identi... | high9128.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "not at all surprised"
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"angry",
"not at all surprised",
"pleased",
"surprised"
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"question": "When the tired man telephoned Mrs Turner by mistake, she was _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | Mrs Turner's telephone number was 3463, and the number of he cinema in town was 3464. People often made mistakes and telephoned her when they actually wanted the cinema.
One evening the telephone rang and Mrs Turner answered it. A tired man's voice came over the phone, "At what time does your last film begin?""I'm sorr... | high17255.txt |
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"answer_text": "Starting your own business."
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"How to start a business.",
"Starting a business soon.",
"Starting your own business.",
"Preparations for starting a business."
],
"question": "What's the best title ... | It was once unheard-of to be a businessman in China. Nowadays, though, it's quite common to become your own boss. Let's say you have an idea. Maybe you want to open an English school or sell Japanese comics. First, you need a business plan. It sets out what you'll sell and how much everything will cost. Most businesses... | high5712.txt |
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"answer_text": "environmentally friendly"
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"not ripe or modern",
"covering green color1",
"environmentally friendly",
"fresh or new"
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"question": "\"A green building\"most refers to a(n) _ building according ... | For many years, environmental problems have been a major concern to people. Almost all things are related to the word "Green", say, green buildings. A green building means not only the colour of the paint. Also,it refers to environmentally friendly houses,factories and offices.
Green building means "reducing the impact... | high18166.txt |
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"answer_text": "Train to Gain can Help your Business Succeed"
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"How to be a Successful Businessman",
"The Way to Succeed in your Business",
"Train to Gain can Help your Business Succeed",
"Good Training is Essential in W... | Good training plays an essential role in the development of an efficient workplace. Ensuring that employees receive the appropriate skills training for their job is the type of preparation that future success in business is predicated on. Seeking out experienced guidance better enables businesses to compete and succeed... | high3363.txt |
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"answer_text": "the education reform"
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"adding more teachers",
"the mother tongue",
"ways of teaching"
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"question": "The text is mainly about _ in Singapore.",
"question_type": "cl... | Speaking in his first National Day Rally speech on 15 August, Prime Minister Lee Hsien said Singapore's education system was set for more reforms in the years ahead, particularly for the primary and secondary education.Read the summary of his thoughts on education below.
For a start, the Government is prepared to send ... | high11624.txt |
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"answer_text": "The family wouldn't see it suffer in its later life."
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"options": [
"The cat had changed its color1.",
"The vet himself had no way to save its life.",
"The family wouldn't see it suffer in its later life.",
"The cat s... | DEAR AMY: We recently had to put our cat down. It came out of the blue. We had no idea that he had health problems, and we woke up early one morning to the cat crying out painfully. We immediately rushed him to the vet's where the vet said that at best treatment might lengthen his life by two to three months. We did no... | high19278.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "buy products in large quantity"
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"avoid buying vegetables in bad weather",
"choose local seasonal goods",
"plant vegetables in the community yard"
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"question": ... | More and more Chinese mainland buyers have in the past few weeks been queuing to cross the border into Hong Kong to _ growing financial pressure led by rising food prices at home. Their shopping baskets are full of sugar, salt and even tissue paper.
While prices are rising so fast, many people are worrying ou... | high21268.txt |
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"answer_text": "different standards of selection"
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"question": "P... | It often happens that a number of applicants with almost the same qualifications and experience all apply for the same position. In their educational background, special skills and work experience, there is little, if anything, to choose between half a dozen candidates. How then does the employer make a choice? Usually... | high4183.txt |
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"The man was one of the biggest food retailers in the world",
"The man didn't give up though he failed the interview",
"He started his career by selling t... | A jobless man applied for the position of "office boy" at Microsoft.The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test."You are employed," he said."Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the application to fill in, as well as the date when you may start." The man replied, "But I don... | high3834.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A monkey invented a gesture."
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"A monkey invented a gesture.",
"A new social culture was discovered.",
"How experts made the new discovery."
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"question": "What'... | To the untrained eye it might seem like just a bit of a monkey trick. But when Milly the mandrill (, ) covers her face with her hand she is actually sending a serious message to her fellows: "Leave me alone!"
Experts believe the 15-year-old mandrill invented the gesture to warn other monkeys at Colchester Zoo to give h... | high8961.txt |
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"answer_text": "the opinions on health risk of volcanic ash"
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... | Europeans should try to stay indoors if ash from Iceland's volcano starts settling, the World Health Organization warned Friday as small amounts fell in Iceland, Scotland and Norway.
WHO spokesman Daniel Epstein said the tiny ash is potentially dangerous for people when it starts to reach the Earth because particles ... | high22761.txt |
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"answer_text": "Pleasant."
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"Ordinary.",
"Lonely.",
"Pleasant."
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"question": "What did the author think of the beginning of his college life?",
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... | I still remember my college days after I was initiallygiven my assignments of writing different papers. I enjoyed my first week with new friends and teachers as they were quite friendly and sociable. But I didn't realize that there was a dark era in my life, which was the horrifying day after I found that my term paper... | high23319.txt |
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"answer_text": "Students consult with \"advisers\", who \"teach\" in the traditional sense."
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"Students consult with \"advisers\", who \"te... | Enter a typical high school, and the first thing you see is the front office, where the principal dwells and grades are stored. The front office also reinforces familiar hierarchy : principal at the top, teachers in the middle, kids on the bottom, sitting with hands folded at their desks.
Now, imagine a school where th... | high209.txt |
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"answer_text": "about half of them are for it and the other half against it"
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"a lot more of them are for it",
"a lot more of them are against it",
"very few of them are willing to tell their opinions",
"about half of th... | Every pet owner loves his pet .There is no argument here.
But when we asked our readers whether they would clone their beloved animals , the responses were split almost down the middle . Of the 228 readers who answered it ,108 would clone, 111 would not and nine weighed each side without offering an opinion .
Clearly,... | high15873.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "will be sold in America"
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"sells well for its price"
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"question": "This passage mainly tells us that Bowlingual _ ... | A Japanese toy maker declares that they have developed a gadget that translates dog barks into human language and plans to begin selling the gadget----under the name of Bowlingual----in U. S. pet stores and gift shops this summer.
Tokyo-based Takara Co. Ltd. says about 300, 000 of the dog translator gadgets have been s... | high2294.txt |
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"answer_text": "controversial viewpoints on the DREAMAct"
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"the content of the DREAMAct",
"the necessity for the DREAMAct to get through",
"the possibitlity of the passage of t... | Yves Gomes is now a university student in Maryland, but he may soon have to leave the country. "I still want to continue with my college education and I want to be able to study here and go to medical school," he said.
Gomes is one of thousands of young illegal immigrants who grew up in the United States and are now st... | high20610.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He wanted to live his dreams."
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"He was out of work.",
"He wanted to treat his illness.",
"He wanted to live his dreams.",
"He suddenly found running interesting."
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"question": "Why did the auth... | I got tired of living the life that everybody told me I "should" be living , so one day I decided to start living life on my own terms. Frustrated with my job, I came home, put on my shoes, and just started running. It felt so good to be free. That first day I ended up running 30 miles without stopping. Yes, I had redi... | high2280.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the influence of Hinduism on their culture."
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"people's tight family relationship.",
"the family customs and traditions.",
"people's great affection for religion.",
"the influence of Hinduism on their cul... | Bali is an Indonesian island rich in indigenous culture. A lot of people say that Balinese culture is unique and that the people of Bali have always been content with the "now". If you ask a Balinese person what heaven is like, the probable answer will be "just like Bali". This only goes to show that most Balinese peo... | high19085.txt |
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"answer_text": "their shape and color1"
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"question": "The brown recluse spider and the black ... | There are about 34,000 different known species of spiders in the world, but only a dozen of them are harmful to humans. Four of the deadliest spiders in the world are the following. These spiders should undoubtedly be avoided.
Brown Recluse Spider
The brown recluse spider is native to the United States. It prefers area... | high22013.txt |
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"answer_text": "Do not expect me to be a supporter of the Internet."
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"Get me out of the Internet world.",
"Computers are trying to take control of life.",
"Modern technology pushes old people away.",
"Do not expect me t... | Count Me Out
Call me old-fashioned. Call me old. Call me what you want, but I refuse to become part of this new Internet world.
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"report that to their school immediately",
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2) Don't debate the teen ever. If she wants to deba... | high22775.txt |
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Sunday's crash killed Kate Williams' pilot-grandfather, Allen D. Williams, 65, and another ... | high17916.txt |
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"Tech products become the new \"luxury goods\".",
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"question": "The Costa Ricans may NOT paint their houses _ .",
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Though little gold was found, Costa Rica today is indeed rich with coffee and bananas. Coffee is th... | high3820.txt |
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"learning different ways to try other sites",
"recognizing and getting away from them"
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"Pour warm water into thejar."
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Ocean water is full of salt-- and salt water can hold up more weigh than fresh water. See for yourself!
You Will Need:
* 3 cups of warm water
* Measuring cup
* Wide-mouthed jar
* Salt
* Spoon
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},
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"One can not live without enough vitamins.",
"Vitamins can carry out chemical changes within cells.",
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"She had a lot of money on her.",
"Her husband told her to do so."
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A few weeks ago as my husband and I were filling up our car with a coupon for 99 ... | high23443.txt |
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"Mark used to be a thin, handsome boy.",
"Mark and Mary had been in love for years.",
"Mary felt strange when she saw ... | Seated in a convertible with the top down at 60 miles an hour, Mary looked at the flies that sat on top of Mark's hair. How could they stay there? She wondered.
Mary had not seen Mark in years, until the other day when he came into the cafe where she worked. His appearance was different from when he was in high schoo... | high12846.txt |
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1. FLAX ART HOSPITAL PUZZLE AN... | high10089.txt |
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Artificial Intelligence
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The first regularly publis... | high4801.txt |
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"Because he wanted to send a new pair to a friend.",
"Because he hoped to keep it for memory.",
"Because ... | It had been a long time since I had been to Jacksonville, Florida. I had driven to town hoping to see the old barber shop where my hair had been cut as a child.
I parked my truck and decided to try and locate a telephone to see if the Florida Barber College had moved to a new location.
After walking about a b... | high17080.txt |
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"question": "At the writer's home, Henry _ .",
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"takes a jet plane",
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"Talk with parents and follow their advice.",
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One day Johnny heard a moth... | high1979.txt |
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King's College Summer School is an annual training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English. Courses are given by the teachers of King's College and other colleges in New York. Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. This year's summ... | high15697.txt |
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"show Internet users funny videos",
"introduce the latest IT knowledge and help Internet users solve problems",
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During rush hour in New York, it will be full of... | high23325.txt |
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"The cat was too young to be X-rayed.",
"The doctor wasn't sure whether the author would like ... | Driving home from work one evening in the heavy rain, I found a very wet, injured cat on the side of the road. He looked up at me, meowing pitifully. A car must have hit it so it wasn't able to move. I stopped my car and carried the cat in and went on driving.
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"Because they hoped that the to... | A long time ago, in an Italian city, the people there built a tower which was admired by everyone passing through. A little further down the road, in a neighboring city, they had built a tower of similar beauty. The two towers were equally well known. The people of the second city, envious and filled with pride, plan... | high15683.txt |
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I'm actually 19 years old, which isn't much of a problem. I'm like the oldest of my friends and the shorte... | high23331.txt |
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Maple Lane Bakery
At 8260 S. State Rd. Claypool, IN. (574) 566-2917, it offers a variety of cooked pies, cookies, and bread. With 20 years' experience Maple Lane Bakery has specialized in... | high221.txt |
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Kevin Henkes(2008), under 40 pages
Target Audience: Preschoolers
Price: $3.8
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"communication improvement"
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"question": "The writer chiefly talks about _ .",
... | Want a glance of the future of health care? Take a look at the way the various networks of people about patient care are being connected to one another, and how this new connectivity is being exploited to deliver medicine to the patient - no matter where he or she may be.
Online doctors offering advice based on norma... | high17094.txt |
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The same goes for your body type. Have you ever heard someone say a p... | high10923.txt |
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"they want to be a help to the village",
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"question... | Dear Sir,
I am writing to express my concern about the plans to build a motorway near our village. Haldersham is one of the loveliest villages in England. It is peaceful and quiet, and it is situated in a very attractive valley. There are also several beautiful countryside walks in the surroundings, with a view of many... | high19907.txt |
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It was long before he heard the faint, steady rhythm of hooves along the f... | high8949.txt |
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When passing a farmhouse, we found a banner in the fr... | high22991.txt |
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Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members o... | high547.txt |
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Okay, this is how we do it. Send your suitcases, backpacks, souvenirs, books, guitars, surfboards, TV or other items with us and We'll provide you with:
Free boxes & packing material.
Free first delivery, pick-up & redelivery (subject to area)
Multilingual customer service.
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TeleNav Talks. You drive. Voice and Onscreen Directions.
TeleNav is easy to use. As you drive, TeleNav GPS Navigator will give you all the information you need, such as:
*The current street.
*The next turn to take.
*The next street to turn onto.
*Th... | high22749.txt |
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I currently rent APT#832 in the Canyon Crossing apartments. Overall, I am happy with the location. At the beginning I had planned to live here for at least two years. I like here.
However, I am very disappointed in that there seems to be a terrible roach problem. I can't invite any guest over becaus... | high7449.txt |
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"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Between paragraphs 7 and 8."
},
"options": [
"Between paragraphs 5 and 6.",
"Between paragraphs 6 and 7.",
"Between paragraphs 7 and 8.",
"Between paragraphs 8 and 9."
],
"question": "Where should the sentence \... | He leant down to the pickpocket. The heaving and gasping had stopped, but he was still making a show of his breathlessness.
"That's better," Mallon said. "Can you stand up? Try to stand up. Here," he said, and gripped the pickpocket's arm and forced him upright until he saw his face for the first time. As the pickpocke... | high17719.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "We can touch the things we see on TV."
},
"options": [
"We can use a computer to turn off the TV set.",
"We can talk with the characters appearing on TV.",
"We can choose whatever we like to see on TV.",
"We can touch t... | Will life in the future be better, worse or the same as now? Futurologists predict that life will probably be very different in 2050.
First of all, it seems that TV channels will have disappeared by 2050. A computer will send the program directly to the television. On TV screen appear holograms , which are pictures wit... | high2531.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "care more about what their mothers wear"
},
"options": [
"show more interest in science than boys",
"care more about what their mothers wear",
"can help a lot to solve family problems",
"are good at encouraging other pe... | Michelle Obama, Kate Moss and Samantha Cameron are three of the most stylish women on the planet but it seems they have their daughters rather than their style know how to thank for that. New research has shown that women with daughters tend to be more stylish than mothers of sons; a fact partly because of the style ad... | high10076.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "nuts"
},
"options": [
"nuts",
"I'm giddy.",
"---stunning",
"---stunning"
],
"question": "If a man wearing suit and a tie is climbing a mountain, what can we say to him according to the passage?",
"question_t... | You must have a favorite line or _ you repeat often in your conversations. Studies say that pet phrases can reflect our changing society and reveal information about a person's personality. Here are some of the most popular pet phrases among young people.
---nuts
I love the word and use it whenever I think a person is ... | high11368.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "you have to express your ideas in a brief way"
},
"options": [
"you have to speak fast and fluently",
"you have to express your ideas in a brief way",
"you should speak with wit and humor",
"one should pay much attentio... | If you've been joining in chat room conversations, or trading e-mail with Web pals, you have become one of the millions who write in a peculiarly short form of English.
And you've got a sense of humor about short forms like SOHF(="sense" of humor failure) to describe Internet newcomers who don't understand you.
Across ... | high4140.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Optical illusions."
},
"options": [
"Impressionism.",
"Optical illusions.",
"Nature.",
"Perspective."
],
"question": "What is mentioned as one of the conditions through which art is seen?",
"question_type": ... | Art is visible. However, everything one sees is filtered through certain conditions, some of them historical, and others, natural. The historical conditions include the material which is used --oil, color1s, and the canvas; second, a certain style. There can be a general style, for example, the style of Impressionism, ... | high19734.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They could marry a promising husband"
},
"options": [
"They could have a family of their own",
"They could marry a promising husband",
"They planned to become neighbors",
"They could go to the same school"
],
"q... | I grew up in Jamaica Plain, an urban community located on the outskirts of Boston, Massachusetts. In the 1940's it was a wholesome, specific little community. It was my home and I loved it there; back then I thought I would never leave. My best friend Rose and I used to collectively dream about raising a family of our ... | high16361.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "it was April Fools' Day"
},
"options": [
"they were talking about the test",
"they began to prepare their lessons",
"it was April Fools' Day",
"they were foolish"
],
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At lunch time he said to Tom, "I think we're going to have a test this afternoon." "Test?" said Tom, "Really?"
"Yes, it's quite true," said Mike. "When I was passing by Mr. Green's room, he was talking with another teacher about the test. Tell John, Rose and Joan about i... | high4626.txt |
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