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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the child has great imagination"
},
"options": [
"the child is longing for friendship",
"the child has no one to play with in life",
"the child has great imagination",
"there is something wrong with the child's mind"
... | Children, especially at young ages, are very creative. And creativity can be a glorious thing. Look at all the amazing artists and architects that have created glorious pieces of history. Look at all the authors with the award winning books. Now I am not saying everyone is going to end up this way but creativity is an ... | high1012.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "making money"
},
"options": [
"finding a job",
"finding a girl friend",
"making money",
"preparing for his wedding"
],
"question": "A young man of 24 may be busy _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | Most Americans believe that someone isn't grown-up until the age of 26 and they should complete their education, have a full-time job, have a family to support and be financially independent. They also believe that becoming a real grown-up is a process which begins at about the age of 20 and takes about five years, acc... | high586.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To attract readers to surf a tourist website."
},
"options": [
"To give people tips on family vacations.",
"To offer travelers featured destinations.",
"To attract readers to surf a tourist website.",
"To introduce hidd... | Every day we are adding more and more vacation ideas, destinations, tours, and articles. As you explore our website,you will find there is an ever-growing collection of things that will help make your vacation easier and more affordable.
We change our featured destinations very frequently so be sure to keep coming back... | high13555.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "93 years old."
},
"options": [
"93 years old.",
"98 years old.",
"86 years old.",
"88 years old."
],
"question": "How old was Lena Horne when she died?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
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"an... | STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember with People In America in VOA Special English. Today we remember the singer and actress Lena Horne. During her sixty-year career performing, Lena Horne entertained people with her beauty and rich, emotional voice. She used her fame to fight social injustices toward African-Americans.
Le... | high8750.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It attracts more visitors."
},
"options": [
"Fewer people visit it.",
"Less money is made.",
"It attracts more visitors.",
"Its sales have reached $4.2 billion."
],
"question": "According to the passage, what ha... | Sony and Toyota are struggling. But one brand name is booming in Japan during the economic slowdown--Mickey Mouse.
According to the company that runs Tokyo Disneyland, Japan's busiest theme park will be more packed than ever over Christmas and New Year's Day. Despite the bad economy, it's already been a record year f... | high15124.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It focuses on how he worked as a politician."
},
"options": [
"It is based on a book called \"Team of Rivals\".",
"It mainly shows how cunning Lincoln was.",
"It focuses on how he worked as a politician.",
"It describes... | Steven Spielberg's new movie Lincolnpaints a vivid and breath-taking picture of the 16th U.S. president and his determination to end slavery. Spielberg based his film on parts ofTeam of Rivals, a book by Doris Kearns Goodwin. He makes Abraham Lincoln relevant today by presenting a cunning political mind trying to overc... | high22788.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the proper intake of sugar for different people"
},
"options": [
"the benefits and harm of taking in sugar",
"the process of refining the sugar cane",
"the causes of different types of diabetes",
"the proper intake of s... | Almost every person _ . Even if you love sugar really much it is now time to learn a very important but also very little known truth regarding sugar. Sugar really has no benefits for your health and the only actual benefits from it are that it sweetens your taste buds and satisfies your sweet tooth. Sugar is not a natu... | high8036.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "of the clerk's unfriendliness and lack of concern"
},
"options": [
"of the clerk's unfriendliness and lack of concern",
"of her misfortune",
"she failed to purchase what she intended",
"a dark-complexion young man laugh... | It is love that makes the world go round. And it is also love that has such power to overcome all difficulties. So we say: "Love will find a way." As smile is a facial expression showing pleasure, affection, and friendliness, it is the commonest way to show our good will perfectly without saying anything. A Chinese say... | high7305.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Forced laughter works as well as real laughter."
},
"options": [
"People are often forced to laugh.",
"Forced laughter works as well as real laughter.",
"Forced laughter is more interesting than real laughter.",
"People... | Laughter Yoga is one form of yoga. Madan Kataria, a doctor in Mumbai, India invented it. He believed that people had forgotten how to really laugh. Through his research he made an interesting discovery. The human mind does not know the difference between forced laughter and real laughter. Forced laughter can also lead... | high13233.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "communicating between students and teachers"
},
"options": [
"playing computer games",
"storing class documents",
"communicating between students and teachers",
"reducing the teachers' time to run the website"
],
... | A well-developed class website can save teachers a lot of time in the long run, improving both student-teacher and parent-teacher communication while providing a repository of all classroom documents for future use. Although some extra time during the school year is required, once the site is up it needs just minor ad... | high9328.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "counselors are trying to reach more kids in need of help"
},
"options": [
"counselors don't wait for kids to come to ask for help now",
"counselors are trying to help people with economic problems",
"counselors have made coll... | In tough economic times, school counselors don't just wait for students to come to their offices in search of college brochures, health pamphlets or other help. These days, they are looking for at-risk kids to prevent personal or academic troubles before they arise. Nowadays, students and families need the guidance m... | high18366.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "In the bathroom."
},
"options": [
"In the kitchen.",
"In Vinod's house.",
"In the bedroom.",
"In the bathroom."
],
"question": "Where was Meera when her mother went to her bedroom?",
"question_type": "factio... | The entire house was lit with lights. It was Meera's wedding the next day. Seema walked to her daughter's bedroom. Meera was not there, so she left the envelope on Meera's bed and went away. When Meera came out of the bathroom, her eyes fell on the envelope. She picked it up and opened it. Sitting on the bed, she st... | high17055.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "remain unaffected by others' opinions"
},
"options": [
"enlarge friend circle",
"speak highly of others",
"remain unaffected by others' opinions",
"develop the ability to make wise decisions"
],
"question": "The... | How to stick to your own opinion in socializing ?
When it comes to your life , the opinion of others should matter very little . I am not talking about your friends and family , but others who have no importance in your reality - like your social peers and others like them . They are unimportant to your life , and yet ... | high11424.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "with little or no human effort"
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"options": [
"by a robot maid",
"by one major appliance in the house",
"with little or no human effort",
"in a shorter time"
],
"question": "In the near future, all housework w... | In the near future, all housework will be done without having a robot maid. Smart home technology will allow all sorts of electronics and appliances to be able to communicate with each other and perform various tasks. Whenever someone wants to have a snack, but does not feel like making something, why not have the ref... | high20821.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because in the 17thcentury , the Dutch often fought with the British ."
},
"options": [
"Because in the 17thcentury , the Dutch were timid",
"Because in the 17thcentury , the Dutch often drank a lot of alcohol.",
"Because in ... | "Dutch" expressions heard in American English were first used in prefix = st1 /Englandin the 17thcentury. That was a time of fierce competition betweenEnglandandHolland. At that time, the British used "Dutch" as a word for something bad, or false.
A Dutch agreement was one made between men who had drunk too much alc... | high19078.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "more and more people begin to care about women's life"
},
"options": [
"experts encourage women to take paying jobs.",
"men encourage women to take paying jobs",
"government encourage women to take paying jobs.",
"more ... | It is not only experts in China who are arguing over whether women should work after marriage or not. Worldwide this question is being discussed as an interestingly large number of married women enter the workplace. Take the United States for example. Since 1960, the percentage of married women in the work force has ju... | high1984.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To reduce the trade in blood minerals."
},
"options": [
"To look for more gemstones.",
"To encourage violent civil wars.",
"To reduce the trade in blood minerals.",
"To develop the economy."
],
"question": "Why ... | Most people know precious gemstones by their appearances. An emerald flashes deep green, a ruby seems to hold a red fire inside, and a diamond shines like a star. It's more difficult to tell where the gem was mined, since a diamond from Australia or Arkansas may appear the same to one from the Democratic Republic of ... | high6033.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "encourage more women to buy computer games"
},
"options": [
"increase sales in the male market",
"help women learn how to play computer games",
"encourage more women to buy computer games",
"increase the number of male ... | Computer games have been criticised for quite some time over a whole range of issues. Some people say they are overly violent and encourage violent behaviour particularly in children. Others say that they make children unsociable and are bad for their eyes. Some have even attributed falling standards of literacy and a ... | high9300.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To secure people from flood."
},
"options": [
"To prevent flood happening.",
"To draw the public's attention",
"To secure people from flood.",
"To attract more tourists."
],
"question": "What's the purpose of de... | The rising sea waters caused by global warming have inspired a Russian architect to design a hotel that could be built on water as well as land.The eco-friendly "Ark" could be constructed in just a few months anywhere in the world, the designer says.
It's called "The Ark",but looks more like a ship sitting upside down ... | high2255.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "four of the top ten universities in 2014 are from Mainland"
},
"options": [
"Tsinghua University in Beijing ranked the second place in 2013",
"Taiwan has more universities listed in the top 10 than Hong Kong",
"four of the to... | The 2014 Ranking of Top Universities in Greater China (RTUGC) is released today by the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. RTUGC was the first attempt to compare top research universities in four regions of Great China, namely Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
Tsinghua University ... | high10712.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "singer and actor"
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"options": [
"policeman and actor",
"gangster and singer",
"policeman and gangster",
"singer and actor"
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"question": "Andy Lau is a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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{... | One day he is a famous policeman. The next day he is a gangster from Temple street. His songs are heard on radios all over Hong Kong. This is Andy Lau Tak Wah, the superstar that everyone sees, hears and loves. He is one of the most famous actors and singers in Hong Kong.
However, there is another side to Andy Lau. The... | high20809.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "changeable"
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"changeable",
"positive",
"forgettable",
"active"
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"question": "According to the writer, which is the most important?",
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"answer... | It does not have to be January 1st to give yourself a chance to make the most out of your day -- and your life. Every day is a new day and a fresh start to learn, grow, develop your strengths, heal yourself from past regrets or hurts, and move forward older and wiser. Every day gives you a chance to reinvent yourself, ... | high16363.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "bring up the topic of responsibility of parenting"
},
"options": [
"complain about his husband's irresponsibility",
"show the difference between men and women",
"bring up the topic of responsibility of parenting",
"desc... | Once I complained to my husband that he wasn't helping enough with our daughter, and I gave him a long list of the parenting chores I was shouldering on my own. "But you like doing all that stuff," he said. I thought about that while reading a new study about the responsibilities of parenting. Researchers asked 191 c... | high19050.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He didn't undergo risk in the rescue."
},
"options": [
"His behavior didn't matter in the rescue.",
"He didn't undergo risk in the rescue.",
"He didn't want to make himself public.",
"His travel to Prague was simply for... | Sir Nicholas Winton, rescuer of children, died on July 1st,2015,aged 106.
When the letters and the honor came knocking on the door of his house in Maidenhead, and the filmmakers came calling, Nicholas Winton always protested that he was no hero. Heroes faced danger; he never had. They put their lives on the line; he ha... | high19736.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Three"
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"options": [
"One",
"Two",
"Three",
"Four"
],
"question": "How many kinds of faculty members are there in Princeton University?",
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"answer": {
... | Princeton University
Location
The University is in Princeton, New Jersey. It is an hour's train ride south of New York City and an hour's train ride north of Philadelphia.
Students
There are 4,600 undergraduates . There are also 1,900 graduate students, but Princeton is unusual among universities in having a student b... | high2533.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Cleaners mistake modern art for rubbish"
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"options": [
"Cleaners mistake modern art for rubbish",
"Modern art shouldn't be cleaned",
"What makes a great work of art",
"Cleaners don't always throw things away"
],
... | Some people like modern art, while others say that is rubbish. But a cleaner who works in the Tate Gallery in London isn't able to tell the difference. The woman, whose name isn't known, mistook a work of art by the German painter Gustav Metzger for a bag of rubbish, and threw it out with other bags. The plastic bad, w... | high10074.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "astonished"
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"options": [
"excited",
"astonished",
"frightened",
"disappointed"
],
"question": "Mrs. Aldie Mackay probably felt _ when she reported seeing something unusual in the lake.",
"question_typ... | It is 80 years since the Loch Ness monster was spotted for the first time. Mrs. Aldie Mackay, a local hotel manageress, might have thought that her eyes had deceived her when she reported seeing a "whale-like fish" in the waters of the Scottish lake.
Or was it made up by people? Dr. Charles Paxton, a researcher fro... | high18428.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "international students"
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"options": [
"junior high graduates",
"international students",
"job seekers",
"language trainers"
],
"question": "The text is probably written for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze... | As a leading Chinese language school and a cultural exchange institute in China, Global Exchange Education Center has been providing Mandarin (or Putonghua) language courses and cultural exchange programs for over a decade.
How to apply for our programs
#In order to apply for all of our programs, you must be
at least 1... | high6755.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "graduation"
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"options": [
"Homecoming",
"the football game",
"graduation",
"winning the game"
],
"question": "The most important event of the year in high schools and colleges is _ .",
"question_type": ... | In American schools there is something called Homecoming. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a Homecoming game. This can be the most important event of the year except graduation or commencement day. Students plan Homecoming for many weeks in advance.
Several days before Homecoming, students sta... | high9466.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To make money from horns."
},
"options": [
"To get more keratin.",
"To protect the farmland.",
"To use them for decoration.",
"To make money from horns."
],
"question": "What is the main reason for people to hun... | The poaching ,or illegal killing,of rhinos in South Africa is growing worse each year.The government recently reported that a record number of rhinos were poached in 2015,a year which had more rhino killings in South Africa than ever before.
The World Wildlife Fund,or WWF,says about 20, 000 rhinos live in South Afric... | high14212.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "computer"
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"options": [
"robot",
"video",
"computer",
"letter"
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"question": "We can use a _ to send e-mail.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | Are you able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone somewhere in the world without a stamp on it? Using a computer you can send e-mails quickly and easily. The post is much slower than e-mail. E-mail can send its message to the other side of the world in seconds. E-mail is easy to use and it saves time an... | high22978.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "was built for filming airplane scenes in movies"
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"can help people to learn how to fly an airplane",
"was built for filming airplane scenes in movies",
"can't provide the feel of an airplane in flight",
"... | Air travel makes some people very nervous. The crowds, the noise and flying itself can cause unease. But there are classes that people can take to help them defeat the fear of flying. And now we are going to talk about similar training for service dogs that suffer from the same problem.
Service dogs almost never leave ... | high8778.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To find the opportunity of staying with Gladys."
},
"options": [
"To learn Mr. Hungertong's standards of exchange.",
"To hear Mr. Hungerton's views upon bimetallism.",
"To find the opportunity of staying with Gladys.",
... | Mr. Hungerton, her father, really was absolutely centered upon his own silly self. If anything could have driven me from Gladys, it would have been the thought of such a father-in-law. I am convinced that he really believed in his heart that I came round to the Chestnuts three days a week for the pleasure of his compan... | high6741.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "slammed as a means of communication"
},
"options": [
"found its family with his help",
"suffered a lot in the cold waters",
"lost contact with its family for days",
"slammed as a means of communication"
],
"ques... | Every small child knows the panic of losing sight of its mother in the supermarket, and as these delightful pictures show, small whales obviously feel the same way.
Taken by a British diver who was following the sperm whale calf, _ show the minute the baby - who had lost track of its mum - found her again in the sea o... | high14206.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "El Paso."
},
"options": [
"El Paso.",
"Amsterdam.",
"Singapore.",
"Los Angeles."
],
"question": "According to the passage, in which airport can you buy an interesting painting?",
"question_type": null
},
... | Many people are upset when their flight is delayed. Not only do they have to change their schedule but, even worse, they have to wait in an airport! There's no need to be upset, though. Airports are much better places these days than most people think. Look at the following realities, and you may change your mind.
Beli... | high9472.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "By posting images."
},
"options": [
"By buying pictures.",
"By posting images.",
"By making up stories.",
"By risking their lives."
],
"question": "How do some people make their lives appear more exciting?",
... | Your friends' lives may look more exciting than yours on Facebook,but new research shows that is because they are faking it.
A recent survey has found around twothirds of people on social media post images to their personal information to make their lives seem more adventurous.And more than three quarters of those ask... | high13569.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "doctor"
},
"options": [
"teacher",
"doctor",
"educator",
"musician"
],
"question": "Initially Andrea Peterson planned to work as a(n) _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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{
"answer": {
... | Growing up the daughter of an outstanding educator,Andrea Peterson knew at a young age that she wanted to serve others.It was with this mindset that she started to pursue a degree in medicine.However,while visiting her brothers who were away at college studying music education,she realized that she was drawn to teach m... | high6999.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "They help art students to improve their skills."
},
"options": [
"They organize meetings for teachers every two years.",
"They provide exhibition changes for teachers.",
"They help art students to improve their skills.",
... | The Airport Art Program is proud to have three Youth Art Galleries at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Georgia students, from kindergarten to twelfth grade, are given the chances to have their artwork exhibited to an ever-changing audience in the millions. In return these talented youths provide new ar... | high12677.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "they think maths has nothing to do with their future"
},
"options": [
"maths is useless to most people",
"they have no interest in maths",
"they think maths has nothing to do with their future",
"they don't do well in m... | American middle school students don't seem to care that they're worse at maths than their counterparts in China's Hong Kong and Finland. "I don't need it," my student says, "I'm going to be a basketball star." Or a car mechanic, or a singer.
Middle school students' maths skills were tested by the International Organi... | high15118.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Intelligent but severe."
},
"options": [
"Friendly but irresponsible.",
"Intelligent but severe.",
"Cold and aggressive.",
"Caring and communicative."
],
"question": "What was the author's impression of her fath... | Growing up, I remember my father as a silent, serious man--not the sort of person around whom one could laugh. As a teenager arriving in America, knowing nothing, I wanted a father who could explain the human journey. In college, when friends called home for advice, I would sink into deep depression for what I did not ... | high16411.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "zero"
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"zero",
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"29",
"10"
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"question": "How many points did Yao Ming win in his first game in the NBA?",
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"answer": {
"answer_in... | "Some day, there'll be no Americans left in the NBA," said 12-year-old Xing Tao, who joined his school team two weeks ago after watching Yao Ming in a televised NBA game, "The players will all be Chinese, like Yao."
To China, Yao is a home-grown superstar who helped make the world's first basketball league closer to Ch... | high4156.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A teenager was named the fastest texter in the US."
},
"options": [
"A teenager receiver $50,000.",
"Teenagers in the US make money by texting.",
"A teenager was named the fastest texter in the US.",
"The LG US National... | Who says constant texting is just a bad habit? The teenager with the fastest thumbs in the country was crowned on Wednesday at the LG US National Texting Championship in New York City, winning $50,000 after a series of fierce texting battles.
16-year-old Austin Wiershke comes from Rhinelander, Wisconsin of the United S... | high3639.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "are registered dietitians and work for ADA"
},
"options": [
"think highly of the latest popular diet book",
"like going to the gym often",
"think trying to lose weight isn't good for a person's body",
"are registered di... | Lots of folks don't think about what they eat over the holiday season until January, when they stare sadly at the number on the scale and then hurry off to hit the gym, join Weight Watchers or pick up the latest diet book.
It doesn't have to be that way. Health experts say you can still enjoy the holidays.
"It's OK to ... | high2527.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He helped improve their writing skills."
},
"options": [
"He reported them to the headmaster.",
"He lectured them hard on honesty.",
"He had them take notes before lunch.",
"He helped improve their writing skills."
... | I was in my third year of teaching creative writing at a high school in New York, when one of my students, 15-year-old Mikey, gave me a note from his mother. It explained his absence from class the day before.
I had seen Mikey himself writing the note at his desk. Most parental-excuse notes I received were penned by my... | high5248.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To have a chat with the couple."
},
"options": [
"To learn about a risky sport.",
"To show concern for the boy.",
"To have a chat with the couple.",
"To give the instructor a hand."
],
"question": "Why did Sue c... | One day in Australia I decided to try hang gliding . I went up with an instructor, floated and flew above the waves for about 20 minutes, then landed on the sand. His wife was there to meet us so she could drive us back. Their son, about 8 years old, was with her. As the four of us were standing there a woman named Su... | high17069.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "war movie"
},
"options": [
"war movie",
"comedy",
"action movie",
"love film"
],
"question": "Black Hawk Down is a(n) _ .",
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"answer": {
"answer_index":... | This is a true story. Tristin Saghin enjoyed the movie Black Hawk Down very much,which is about the conflict in Somalia.The battle scenes and the exciting rescues of people who are dying,interested him greatly.
There was just one problem:Tristin was only 9 years old,and it was thought that movie was not for children. W... | high2241.txt |
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The memory of Marguerite accompanied me wherever I went . I had loved that woman --- still loved her --- too much for her suddenly to mean nothing to me . Whatever feelings I might have for her now , I had to see her again . At once .
...
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Eventually,we learned how to use the Mistaken Identity Syndrome (M... | high10935.txt |
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General introduction
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"the train windshields were not hard enough",
"the testing methods were not suitable for the train",
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"town which happens to be near the Banff Nat... | While in Banff, make time for a walk around town. A special treat is to go up the mountainside on the Banff Gondola for a surprising view of the valley below. Here is The Pines, whose cook has developed a special way of mixing foreign food such as caribou, wild boar, and reindeer with surprising sauces.
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What is it?
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The theme for World Food Day 2011 is "Food prices-From Crisis to... | high23441.txt |
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},
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"They have no chance to find better jobs.",
"They have to work with inexperienced workers.",
"They constantly worr... | It is a familiar scene these days: employees taking newly laid-off co-workers out for a drink for comfort. But which side deserves sympathy more, the jobless or the still employed? On March 6, researchers at a conference at the University of Cambridge heard data suggesting it's the latter.
Brendan Burchell, a Cambridge... | high12844.txt |
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Enough laws have been made to... | high22987.txt |
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"on a road sign",
"in a newspaper"
],
"question": "You may read this advertisement most probably _ .",
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Avoid the jams -- see where tailbacks are before you set off and while on the move. Traffic TV is free to use on your personal computer and only PS4 per month (see below for other network charges) on your mobile.
How does it work?
Over 7,500 Trafficmaster cameras monitor traffic flow on over 8,000 miles of m... | high551.txt |
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},
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"It is entirely built from ice.",
"It follows old traditions",
"It can be easily decorated."
],
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"has been a coach for 40 years"
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It was 6:30 a.m. on August 18, 2008, the first day of practice for this edition of the Redmen and the 31st opening day of the sea... | high12688.txt |
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"overspend money without care",
"have school supplies of his own"
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"question": "A child of ... | "Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him,and let him know that you trust him." These words are from the black American educator,Booker Washington. He was saying that,"If you want people to grow up,you have to stop treating them like children."
In America,families are close but children ... | high6966.txt |
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"answer_text": "A new cellphonebased tracking device--Partout."
},
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"Most Japanese families can't afford Partout.",
"A new cellphonebased tracking device--Partout.",
"A new mo... | Japanese workers who run secretly out of the office and spend their afternoons hanging around coffee shops may soon be caught out by their bosses. A new cellphonebased tracking device from Hitachi can show, on an employer's computer screen, not only the whereabouts of their workers but also whether they are standing, w... | high23455.txt |
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"it provides lots of useful... | You can love them or hate them, but no matter which tourist destination you visit, chances are you'll see someone with their head buried in a Lonely Planet guidebook.
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"nobody wanted to help the poor girl.",
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It was then that I saw a teenage girl dressed in _ clothes, getting soaked... | high22993.txt |
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"Africa believes in encouraging cultural diversity.",
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The pair were on hand for the International and Heriage Languages Association's... | high13596.txt |
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},
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"Around 700 of her parents' Facebook friends shared the pictures.",
"Alma's parents f... | An 18-year-old girl Anna Meier from Austria is taking her parents to court for posting over 500 photos of her on Facebook since 2009,without her permission.
Anna has apparently become fed up with her parents' refusal to take down the embarrassing photos of her at an early age,and is now seeking justice in court.She tol... | high19905.txt |
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"Leavenworth",
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],
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Seattle
December1--December 23, 2010
The Argosy Christmas Ship Festival is a ship -to -shore holiday celebration that has become a local Northwest tradition . Aboard the Christmas Ship , some of the finest Northwest choirs sing holiday greetings . These performances are broadcast via sp... | high21242.txt |
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},
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"Because the outside walls of houses had no windows.",
"Because the word \"city\" means \"wall\".",
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"answer": {
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"the person who is very angry",
"popular music like Dixieland jazz"
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The fire was discovered around 4 o'clock at a three-story home in the South Quincy Street on the city's east side. Investigators say 68-year-old Mary Taylor lives there with her tw... | high15859.txt |
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Set your target.
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"Looking after children at a kindergarten.",
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I wasn't an excellent student because I didn't do much schoolwork. In my final term I star... | high3188.txt |
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"answer": {
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The search for beauty spans centuries and continents.Paintings of Egyptians dating back over 4,000 years show both men and women painting their nails and wearing makeup.In 18th-century France,wealthy noblemen wore large wigs of long,white hair to make themselves attractive.Today,people continue t... | high10909.txt |
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"answer": {
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"too eager to ask for more food",
"too poor to buy McDonald's",
"too busy to care for her daughter"
],
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... | East Hampton Fine Arts Festival
Date: July 4-6, 2010
Time: 10:00 am-6:00 pm
East Hampton Fine Arts Festival features (...)America's top artists and is one of the highest quality juried show on Long Island. Learn about their inspiration and skills. The Festival offers a full range of arts, including painting, photograph... | high22005.txt |
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"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Flying through the shadow of the moon."
},
"options": [
"The moon filling their window.",
"Seeing the shape of the moon",
"Flying through the shadow of the moon.",
"The five--day flight to the moon."
],
"questio... | Apollo 11, carrying Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins, was launched on 16 July, 1969. Five days later they stepped down onto the moon.
Neil Armstrong
On the way there: Of all the wonderful views we had, the most impressive to me was on the way to the Moon when we flew through its shadow. We were still th... | high1947.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Sweet Yuanxiao are usually made in southern China."
},
"options": [
"The custom of eating Yuanxiao dates back to the fourth century.",
"Sugar, rose petals and minced meat are all fillings of Yuanxiao.",
"Sweet Yuanxiao are us... | Besides entertainment and beautiful lanterns, another important part of the Lantern Festival, or Yuanxiao Festival is eating small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour. We call these balls Yuanxiao or Tangyuan. Obviously, they get the name from the festival itself. It is said that the custom of eating Yuanxiao o... | high7488.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "ask for higher salaries"
},
"options": [
"prove their importance",
"threaten the government",
"ask for higher salaries",
"appeal to the public not to litter"
],
"question": "Rio's street cleaners go on strike to... | There's something rotten in Rio and the smell is coming from the huge stacks of rubbish pried up on sidewalks all over the city. Rio's street sweepers chose the carnival holiday to demand better salaries. Their wages start at roughly $400 a month.
There could hardly be a better time for them to prove their importance. ... | high6796.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "improve the quality of China's university education"
},
"options": [
"improve the quality of China's university education",
"prove that NYU is the best university in the United States",
"send more Chinese students to foreign ... | New York University (NYU) is one of the best universities in the United States and it has just opened a school in Shanghai in partnership with East China Normal University(ECNU). The arrival of the American university on China mainland is an example of what is being called the "globalization" of education and it is hop... | high12878.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "to test whether smoking has a positive effect on the mental capacity of smokers"
},
"options": [
"to test whether smoking has a positive effect on the mental capacity of smokers",
"to show how smoking damages people's mental capaci... | Psychologist George Spilich and colleagues at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, decided to find out whether, as many smokers say, smoking helps them to "think and concentrate." Spilich put young non-smokers, active smokers and smokers deprived of cigarettes through a series of tests.
In the first test, eac... | high8963.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "caterpillars"
},
"options": [
"caterpillars",
"bees",
"mice",
"plovers"
],
"question": "The author mentions all of the following are aware of quantities in some way EXCEPT _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_qu... | Certain animals know without analysis the difference between a number of objects and a smaller number. In his book The Natural History of Selbourne (1786), the naturalist Gilbert White tells how he _ removed one egg a day from a kind of bird Plover's nest, and how the mother laid another egg each day to make up for the... | high3836.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "iPads, E-Readers, Notebook Computers top wish lists"
},
"options": [
"How to choose a suitable gift for Christmas",
"iPads, E-Readers, Notebook Computers top wish lists",
"What we should buy for our kids this holiday season",... | A report by the Consumer Electronics Association says electronics are among the most popular gifts being bought this holiday season.
Jim Barry is a spokesman for the Consumer Electronics Association. He says the CEA study found that electronics represent three of the top five things on its "holiday gift wish list... | high20174.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "pay attention to it"
},
"options": [
"think of money",
"look at each other",
"pay attention to it",
"stop crossing the street"
],
"question": "The sound of a coin dropping makes people _",
"question_type": ... | After lunch,I walked back home. I was just to cross the street when I heard the sound of a coin dropping. It wasn't much but,as I turned, my eyes caught the heads of several other people turning too. A woman had dropped what appeared to be a dime.
The tinkling sound of a coin dropping on pavement is an attention-getter... | high4181.txt |
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