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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "How to do better in the service business." }, "options": [ "How to make the best use of time.", "How to do better in the service business.", "How to turn an interest into your career.", "How to become a motivational spe...	A taxi driver taught me a million dollar lesson in customer satisfaction and expectation. Inspiring speakers charge thousands of dollars to give his kind of training to business managers and staff. It cost me only a$12 taxi ride. I had flown into Dallas just for the purpose of calling on a client. Time was important a...	high17900.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Making choices and completing what they should do on their own." }, "options": [ "Making choices and completing what they should do on their own.", "Reforming both the existent mindset more than the education sector.", "Chang...	Since Amy Chua took the world of Chinese parents by storm with her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, in 2011 it seems more Chinese mothers have turned into "tiger moms". Several young Chinese mothers are my friends. But rarely any of them is free for lunch or other activities, because they appear to have become th...	high19939.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "The hut village in the Valley of the Kings." }, "options": [ "The hut village in the Valley of the Kings.", "The excavation of the tombs in the Valley.", "The archaeologists working on the excavation.", "Everyday life a...	The first field season is now over at the hut village of the workmen who built the tombs in the Valley of the Kings. However, the archaeologists working on the excavation have found that they still have a great deal to do. The sun, the wind and tourists have left their mark on the village, originally discovered by Ber...	high20160.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "the mother elephant was unfriendly at first to the rescuers" }, "options": [ "Fishlock had seen the baby elephant before", "The mother elephant was a great help to rescuers", "the well was dug by local people to trap elephant...	An anxious mother watched as rescuers freed her baby from a muddy well. After being pulled from the well,the baby joyfully ran to its mom as the rescuers took a break. It was a difficult and potentially dangerous rescue: the baby was an 8-month-old elephant, and at first its mother thought the humans were trying to har...	high3822.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "They all charge for admission." }, "options": [ "They all have a long history.", "They all charge for admission.", "They all provide hands-on programmes.", "They are all in the same city." ], "question": "What d...	Museums in Texas Depot Museum And Children's Discovery Center The museum is in the depot's waiting room and office. The warehouse is a hands-on learning center. See the 1908 "Arnold Outhouse", log cabin, doctor's office, dogtrot cabin, oil derrick, cotton gin, print shop, and syrup mill. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. an...	high4195.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "people keep hands in place long" }, "options": [ "people cover a long distance", "people keep hands in place long", "people wave hands as long as possible", "people do the same thing as in marathon" ], "question...	It is probably the strangest sport anyone has ever invented. And at first sight, it looks like the easiest. Competitors have to do two things. The first is to stand still. The second is to place their hand anywhere on the body of a car, and keep it there. This is where things start getting difficult. Lots of other peop...	high17914.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "it was believed he was recovering well from bypass surgery" }, "options": [ "he was ly young", "it was believed he was recovering well from bypass surgery", "he was a larger-than-life reminder of what America was once capabl...	Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82. Many people paid tribute to the former astronaut. But other people feel regret that no human has been back to the moon since 1972, just three years after Armstrong landed on it and gave his famous "giant leap for mankind" speech. Elliot Pulha...	high23469.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "A serious eye problem stopped her" }, "options": [ "She couldn't get admitted to medical school", "She decided to further her education in Paris", "A serious eye problem stopped her", "It was difficult for her to start ...	Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking for admission to medical schools, she was fin...	high579.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Because it doesn't consider the differences in real working environment." }, "options": [ "Because different people hold different attitudes towards it.", "Because it doesn't consider the differences in real working environment.", ...	A surprising new research suggests it can actually be good to feel bad at work, and that feeling good in the workplace can lead to negative outcomes. The study of emotions in the workplace, edited by University of Liverpool researchers Dr. Lindebaum and Peter Jordan, is the topic of a Special Issue of the journal 'Huma...	high8977.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "People who disbelieve the serious situation of our planet." }, "options": [ "People who agree on the popularity of \"eco-guilt\".", "People who disbelieve the serious situation of our planet.", "People who dislike the harmful...	Skeptics are a strange lot. Some of them refuse to admit the serious threat of human activities to the environment, and they are tired of people who disagree with them. Those people, say skeptics, spread nothing but bad news about the environment. The "eco-guilt" brought on by the discouraging news about our planet giv...	high15865.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "some people have unclear thoughts" }, "options": [ "radio stations use hotlines in a wrong way", "it is a fact", "it is a good idea", "some people have unclear thoughts" ], "question": "The sentence \"some peopl...	Hotlines have become common in China. Some radio broadcasting stations use hotlines to encourage the listeners to take part in the talk shows. That's a good idea. Yet, the fact is, some people do nothing but break the whole program. Some people know little about the topic under discussion. Sometimes they do not even kn...	high1953.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "warm-hearted" }, "options": [ "cunning", "well-informed", "warm-hearted", "wise" ], "question": "We could see from the passage that the mouse was _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "ans...	A mouse looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package; what food might it contain? He was astonished to discover that it was a mouse trap! Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse declared the warning, "There is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house." The chick...	high22011.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Now China is only using an old aircraft carrier platform for scientific research, experiments and training" }, "options": [ "neither India nor Thailand has an aircraft carrier.", "it will not be long before China actually has an op...	BEIJING -- China's efforts to develop an aircraft carrier program will not change the defensive nature of its defense policy, said a signed commentary published in Friday's PLA Daily newspaper, the voice of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). After China officially confirmed that it is planning an aircraft ca...	high21518.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "became a member of the Association of American Universities in 1934" }, "options": [ "is a public research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.", "became a member of the Association of American Universities in 1934", "was ...	The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States. The institute stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering. MIT's early emphasis on applied technology...	high19087.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "the author's father was once very rich." }, "options": [ "the author's father was once very rich.", "the author's father didn't love him.", "the author's father had not enough money to buy a run car.", "the author's tho...	A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally,...	high20606.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Very sad." }, "options": [ "Very sad.", "Quite excited.", "Very regretful.", "Greatly surprised." ], "question": "How did the writer feel when he visited his old neighborhood in Washington D.C.?", "question_...	Last week I visited one of my old neighborhoods in Washington D.C.I had not been there for twenty years and as I walked along the street, my mind was flooded by memories of the past. I saw the old apartment building where I had lived and the playground where I had played. As I viewed these once familiar surroundings, i...	high18399.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "argue for the value of the death penalty" }, "options": [ "speak for the majority", "argue against the value of the death penalty", "speak ill of the government", "argue for the value of the death penalty" ], "q...	With the possible exception of equal rights, perhaps the most heated argument across the United States today is the death penalty . Many argue that it is an effective deterrent to murder , while others think there is no enough proof that the death penalty reduces the number of murders. The argument advanced by those...	high2282.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "is just out of work" }, "options": [ "works for business companies", "speaks several foreign languages", "is just out of work", "runs a hotel or restaurant" ], "question": "The reading materials above offer info...	Restaurant Assistant manager Waiting staff Telephonist The ideal persons must have certain experience gained in a high quality hotel . Please call personnel on 071722--77333, or send your CV to : prefix = st1 /Regents Park Hilton , Lodge Road, London NW87 JTLONDON REGENTS PARK HILTON JOIN THE STARS ! FOOD SERVERS The...	high17525.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "2" }, "options": [ "4", "3", "2", "1" ], "question": "At least how many books are written by women according to the passage above?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, ...	Money and Happiness A Guide to Living the good life Author: Laura Rowley Publisher: Wiley (March 1, 2005) Laura Rowley makes us all understand the money-happiness connection in our own lives so that we spend our time and our efforts wisely. She offers insight that every reader can use to make smarter decisions that wil...	high5062.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "He spoke Polish with the children." }, "options": [ "He spoke Polish with the children.", "He fell from his bike and got injured.", "He was taken to hospital by the driver.", "He recovered consciousness in the street." ...	Four schoolchildren from Belgrade, England were out on their bikes on Wednesday evening. Unexpectedly, they saw an elderly man grasping for breath in the street.They tried to call the police and ambulance service, but their phones were not working, due to network problems. Before the Polish man became unconscious, the ...	high18616.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Space Tourists" }, "options": [ "Business Travelers", "Space Tourists", "A Space Exploration", "A Frightening Adventure" ], "question": "Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?", "ques...	Saturday 28 April, 2001: Dennis Tito was setting off on his holiday. Mr. Tito's journey was certainly unusual! So was the transport he chose, and the price of his trip. The 60-year-old multi-millionaire from New York was sitting on board a Russian spaceship. He was on a journey to the International Space Station. It ...	high11154.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "ignoring them" }, "options": [ "loving them", "accepting them", "ignoring them", "giving them opportunities" ], "question": "The founder Joseph Shiroko treats children with physical problems except _ .", ...	In Kenya, educational and career opportunities are almost non-existent for people born with physical challenges. They face many forms of discrimination -- including beliefs that their condition was caused by a curse. But one father whose son Brain was born deaf, mute and blind aims to change all that. Joseph Shiroko st...	high21097.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "help grow" }, "options": [ "reduce energy", "gain weight", "help grow", "keep healthy" ], "question": "We need snacks to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_ind...	You may have noticed that you feel hungry a lot. This is natural----during teens, a person's body needs more nutrients to grow. Snacks are a great way to satisfy that hunger and get all the vitamins and nutrients your body needs. But you need to pay attention to what you eat. Filling your stomach with a lot of fries a...	high19508.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "man is killing some species on a large scale" }, "options": [ "man is covering huge areas with new kinds of plants", "man is facilitating the spread of animals into new regions.", "man is killing some species on a large scale...	Everywhere man is altering the balance of nature.He is facilitating the spread of plants and animals into new regions, sometimes deliberately, sometimes unconsciously.He is covering huge areas with new kinds of plants, or with houses, factories, slag-heaps and other products of his civilization.He exterminates some spe...	high7675.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "cheerleaders have to make their uniforms less revealing" }, "options": [ "bare midriffs are banned", "cheerleading miniskirts are banned", "cheerleader uniforms have switched from skirts to trousers", "cheerleaders have...	Short Skirts Are Out! After decades of skimpy skirts and sleeveless tops on game days, some schools in the US are saying cheerleader uniforms will have to meet stricter dress codes when they are worn in class. In Lake County, Florida, cheerleaders with uniforms too skimpy for the code are being asked to wear long short...	high15332.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "doodlers pay no attention in class" }, "options": [ "doodlers are not good at study", "doodlers are doing no task", "doodlers pay no attention in class", "doodlers are not polite to them" ], "question": "Teacher...	A lot of teachers hate doodlers during classes."Pay attention!"Teachers will often warn doodling students,sure that they must be daydreaming. However, according to a recent study, doodling while listening to a boring lecture helps concentrate the attention: Andrade,a psychology professor in England asked participants ...	high948.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "are afraid of making grammar mistakes" }, "options": [ "consider grammar to be boring", "are afraid of making grammar mistakes", "mind grammar too much in writing", "are worried about grammar homework" ], "quest...	Grammarphobia is the fear of grammar. This fear attacks almost everybody at one time or another, and it's most likely to strike during English or language arts classes. Even people who love reading and writing have been known to get feverish and insecure when they are aware of the possibility of turning in homework wit...	high9880.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Both are about where to draw the line." }, "options": [ "Both can continue for generations.", "Both are about where to draw the line.", "Neither has any clear winner.", "Neither can be put to an end." ], "questi...	For many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner. Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do? Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power t...	high1204.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "will rarely display their love in public" }, "options": [ "will not hold each other", "will rarely display their love in public", "will always think about their future", "will kiss wherever they like" ], "questi...	The trip to the United State opened my eyes to the fact that there are a lot of similarities as well as differences between American youth and French youth. The first difference is in appearance. Going around in the U.S., I found that American youth do not really care about their appearance. In the morning, they choose...	high790.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "most people were not able to offer their help" }, "options": [ "she would collect more than 100 dollars every time", "many people wished to be remembered by others.", "the author understood how terrible their life was", ...	When I was a seven-year-old girl, I used to go door-to-door with my mother to ask the residents for donations to the American Lung Association. Some would give a few coins; others, on rare occasions, a whole dollar; but most would silently shake their heads. No matter what the amount was, my mother always thanked the g...	high23680.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Humans get some idea of treating diabetes from dolphins." }, "options": [ "Humans get some idea of treating diabetes from dolphins.", "Dolphins can switch into a diabetic-like state overnight.", "Humans can suffer the same di...	Scientists have discovered a special biological behavior in dolphins that could lead to a treatment for late-onset diabetes in humans. Studies on dolphins found that healthy dolphins switch into a diabetic-like state overnight when they are not feeding, but return to normal when they eat the following morning. The ex...	high9658.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Learn to fall and stop safely." }, "options": [ "Learn to fall and stop safely.", "Find a class and skate fast.", "Relax and have fun.", "Buy expensive gear and skates." ], "question": "According to the article,...	In-line skating is a fun sport that everyone can enjoy. Follow these safety tips to keep skating safe and fun. Step 1: Gear up! Even before you put on your skates, put on all your safety gear . Step 2: Buckle up! Strap on your skates. Make sure they fit well and are snugly around your ankles. This helps your ankles sta...	high1562.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "She made an effort to save herself." }, "options": [ "She got her name from a song.", "She had more than 35,000 slices.", "She couldn't use her arms properly.", "She made an effort to save herself." ], "question...	Lucy, whose skeleton was discovered in Ethiopia in 1974, died shortly after she fell out of a tree, according to a new study published Monday in the British journalNature. For their research, Kappelman and Dr. Richard Ketcham used a CT scanner to create more than 35,000 "slices" of Lucy's skeleton. Scientists named he...	high14992.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "About one third of them brush their teeth only once a day" }, "options": [ "Most of then have good habits.", "About one third of them brush their teeth only once a day", "All of then are fighting germs better than expected ."...	A Healthy Habits Survey shows that only about one third of American seniors have correct habits. Here are some findings and expert advice. 1.How many times did you brush your teeth yesterday? Finding:A full 33% of seniors brush their teeth only once a day. Step:Remove the 300 types of bacteria in your mouth each morn...	high7113.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "About 270 people from 13 countries participated in the study." }, "options": [ "The study the team conducted has not been published yet.", "About 270 people from 13 countries participated in the study.", "The participants did...	Every day it seems that people are coming up with new and innovative ways to use mobile devices like cellphones and smart phones. Researchers at Princeton University are looking for new ways to measure a person's sense of _ with mobile devices. To gain a better understanding of how cellphones and other mobile devices c...	high8220.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "The school has to follow the national courses." }, "options": [ "Parents are allowed to set up their own school.", "The school has to follow the national courses.", "The school has to have at least 27 pupils.", "All of ...	In Denmark, parents are allowed to set up a new school if they are dissatisfied with the school in the area where they are living. Although these schools have to follow the national courses, they are allowed a lot of choice in deciding what to teach. Some of these new schools are called "small schools" because usually ...	high3375.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "lost one of his eyes" }, "options": [ "lost both of his hands.", "lost one of his eyes", "was paid a lot of money", "knew he was not a good driver" ], "question": "Because of the accident, the writer _ .", ...	I was loading my truck to go to the market when I hurt my left eye. The pain was like a hot sword being shoved through my head. I fell down on my hands and knees, and I knew it was bad. I was taken to the Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, and the doctors operated on me several times but couldn't save my left eye. Wh...	high11632.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "90 yuan" }, "options": [ "80 yuan", "90 yuan", "600 yuan", "1,000 yuan" ], "question": "To attend two different concerts listed above will cost at least _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { ...	A, B, C, D,. Phantom of the OperaThe Phantom of the Opera, by Andrew Lloyd Webber, debuts (appears in public for the first time ) in Shanghai , marking the production's first Asian performance. Since it was first staged in London , the play has been seen by 58million people all over the world.. The Phantom of the Opera...	high21929.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "studies" }, "options": [ "studies", "health", "confidence", "communication" ], "question": "The successful example given by Mr. Gove suggests that having children in school for longer, can improve their _ .", ...	The Tories would allow children to go to school for ten hours a day and on Saturday mornings to improve the performance of poorer pupils and help working parents. Schools spokesman Michael Gove declared plans yesterday to give disadvantaged children more classroom time to help them catch up. Longer school days could al...	high17243.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "develop children's ability to treat their fear on their own" }, "options": [ "stop unpleasant experiences happening to children", "let children know about the nature of fear", "create an environment where there is nothing to ...	Fear is an emotion like others such as happiness, anger, hurt, sadness. We need emotions to process information we receive and decide how to respond. Being afraid of fast cars, for example, is something that might protect us from harm. Being afraid of the consequence of a choice may prevent us getting into trouble. Fea...	high5704.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "8am" }, "options": [ "9", "8am", "7am", "7:30 am" ], "question": "According to this passage, classes in Jim's school probably began at _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...	One morning I was woken by my mother's angry voice. I opened my eyes and found it was seven forty, so I jumped out of bed and rushed to a nearby bus stop without breakfast. Fortunately the bus started going as soon as I got on it. I was sure I could reach the school before the bell rang. However, the bus suddenly stopp...	high18170.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "They're installed for free." }, "options": [ "Water consumption drops.", "It's fairer to pay for water.", "They're installed for free.", "People are more water wise." ], "question": "Which of the following is NO...	We use an average of 158 liters of water a day in Britain, for which we pay a bargain price of 28p a liter, but much of this is just cash down the drain, according to water companies. Most are campaigning to cut the amount we use. And the frontline weapon in their campaign is the water meter . They want us all to have...	high3361.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "the different influences on people with different levels of self - confidence" }, "options": [ "the different influences on people with different levels of self - confidence", "whether males or females will get more benefit from se...	Canadian experts have found that so - called self - help books may actually do more harm than good to people who really need help.Researchers say that individuals with low respect felt much worse after repeating positive statements about themselves. In their study, psychologists Joanne Wood and John Lee sought to det...	high11626.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "with some simple practice looking up at the sky" }, "options": [ "with some simple practice looking up at the sky", "with the help of the high-speed computers", "through complex instruments", "by visiting a weather st...	Wouldn't it be great if you could just look up at the sky and read the weather forecast right away? Well, you can. The forecast is written in clouds. If you can read that writing, you can tell something about the atmosphere. With some practice, you can become a pretty good weather forecaster. Who knows, you might even ...	high10538.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "blood transfusion may lead to some terrible infections" }, "options": [ "it is impossible to store up large amounts of blood", "blood transfusion may lead to some terrible infections", "it is very hard to find matches for...	Everybody needs blood Have you ever seen buses on the street for donating blood? Medical workers on board collect blood from volunteers. The blood is then stored up and given to people who have lost a large amount of it due to accidents or diseases. Blood is one of the most important substances supporti...	high18164.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "He appreciates it." }, "options": [ "He appreciates it.", "He gives no personal opinion.", "He thinks it is unnecessary.", "He thinks it goes too far." ], "question": "What is the author's attitude towards Engli...	It's really true what people say about English politeness: it's everywhere. When squeezing past someone in a narrow aisle, people say "sorry". When getting off a bus, English passengers say "thank you" rather than the driver. In Germany, people would never dream of doing these things. After all, squeezing past others i...	high5710.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Because it is the first to be polluted." }, "options": [ "Because it floats on the water.", "Because it can have photosynthesis.", "Because it is the first to be polluted.", "Because it can produce different sounds." ...	Scientists in Israel have discovered a new way to test for water pollution by "listening" to what the plants growing in water have to say. By shining a laser beam on the tiny pieces of _ floating in the water,the researchers said they hear sound waves that tell them the type and amount of contamination in the water...	high6219.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "football is the most popular game in England" }, "options": [ "people often go to football games.", "people, rich and poor, young and old, play football", "football is the most popular game in England", "people usually ...	Football is, I believe, the most popular game in England: one has only to go to the important matches to see _ . Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them all there, shouting for one side or the other. To a stranger, one of the most surprising things about football in England is the great knowledge of the game whi...	high13031.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "have different opinions of Thanksgiving" }, "options": [ "all have the same opinion of Thanksgiving", "have different opinions of Thanksgiving", "feel that Thanksgiving is about food", "have no interest in Thanksgiving"...	Thanksgiving is an important festival in North America. We interviewed several students from the US and Canada. Here is what they have told us about their Thanksgiving experiences. Josie from New York, USA "In America, Thanksgiving is celebrated every year at the end of November. It is to remember the first group of pe...	high1576.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "what the recent report says is wrong" }, "options": [ "what the recent report says is wrong", "there are millions of yellow tang off Hawaii's Big Island", "the yellow tang's population off Hawaii coast is large", "the y...	Off the coast of Hawaii's Big Island swim masses of colorful tropical fish. Some of these fish will be caught and sold, ending up in aquariums around the world. Is the industry putting populations of the fish at risk? Scientists who have studied the Big Island fishery say it is well managed. Rules put in place more tha...	high14986.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "People's love for a disabled woman who lost her dog." }, "options": [ "A disabled woman's service dog.", "A cruel groomer killed a disabled woman's dog.", "People's love for a disabled woman who lost her dog.", "Disable...	There has been an outpouring of love for a 23-year-old disabled woman whose dog was killed in front of her while a groomer tried to trim its claws. Calls and e-mails came from as far away as the Upper Peninsula and Arizona as well as Oakland and Macomb counties, offering Laurie Crouch, who uses a wheelchair because o...	high7107.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "students want to wish their teacher good health" }, "options": [ "students want to wish their teacher good health", "apples are in season on Teachers' Day", "students want to wish their teacher success", "apples are swe...	Whether you will be a doctor or a police officer in the future, there's a teacher in your life. They teach you and help you know who you are? Of course, you want to thank them. Teachers' Day is the perfect chance for students around the world to thank their teachers. The festival falls on different days in different co...	high15440.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "to turn down the wrong people is what they say they aim to do" }, "options": [ "they will try to find suitable people", "they will look for the right applicants", "the wrong applicants are to be turned down", "to turn d...	Most employers say that they wish to employ the right person for the right job. A recent report by Britain's Independent Institute of Manpower Studies, however, disagrees with this. The report states that most employers wish to avoid employing the wrong person. Rather than looking for the right person, they are looking...	high7661.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "is good for both us and people who help us" }, "options": [ "is good for both us and people who help us", "benefits the people who do something for us", "wastes our and our friends' time at the same time", "does harm to...	In our life, we have rarely expressed our gratitude to the one who'd lived those years with us.In fact, we don't have to wait for anniversaries to thank the ones close to us--the ones so easily overlooked. If I have learned anything about giving thanks, it is this: give it now!While your feeling of appreciation is aliv...	high15326.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Douthett's wife felt something about his disease" }, "options": [ "Douthett's wife was a doctor", "Douthett's wife felt something about his disease", "Douthett never got that drunk", "Douthett had seen a doctor for his ...	(Reuters)--- A Michigan man credited his dog with saving his life by chewing off his diseased big toe as he lay passed out in a drunken stupor Jerry Douthett, 48, who woke up on a Saturday night in late July in his Rockford, Michigan home to find his Jack Russell Terrier, Kiko, had _ his right big toe. "The dog always...	high12449.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "108" }, "options": [ "54", "108", "45", "90" ], "question": "_ guests took part in the important lunch.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_...	On August18,2012,the White House staff prepared for a special group of guests. The First Lady was hosting an important lunch. At 10 o'clock, her guests arrived. Fifty-four children, each with a parent or grandparent, walked into the White House. The lucky guests were the winners of the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge. It w...	high13757.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "water, sunlight and air" }, "options": [ "flower, water and air", "water, sunlight and air", "air, water and soil", "air, sun and light" ], "question": "Plants can make food from _ .", "question_type": "cl...	We must do what we can to protect the plants because plants are very important for living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and ot...	high784.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Because they have no idea about how to listen." }, "options": [ "Because they don't like the person playing the music.", "Because they have no talent for music at all.", "Because they have no idea about how to listen.", ...	Our love of music and appreciation of musical harmony is learnt and not based on natural ability, a new study by University of Melbourne researchers has found. The researchers said previous theories about how we appreciate music were based on the physical functions of sound, the ear itself and a born ability to hear ...	high14038.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Some people worry about its bad effect on environment." }, "options": [ "US bottled water sales have increased for the first time.", "Activists in some regions have been fighting against it.", "Some people worry about its bad...	Despite organized anti-bottled-water campaigns across the country and a noisy debate about bottled water's environmental effect, Americans are buying more bottled water than ever. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why do so many people seem to think they...	high23694.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "from the angle of psychology" }, "options": [ "by analyzing some facts", "by giving some examples", "from the angle of biology", "from the angle of psychology" ], "question": "The writer tries to explain phantom...	Sensing phantom phone vibrations is a strangely common experience. Around 80% of us have imagined a phone vibrating in our pockets when it's actually completely still. Almost 30% of us have also heard non-existent ringing. Are these signs of madness caused by digital culture? Not at all. In fact, phantom vibrations an...	high18602.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "He was born in a poor family." }, "options": [ "He was born in a poor family.", "He received a good education.", "He is raising money for the poor.", "He is a horse trainer who owns a big ranch." ], "question": ...	I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Isidro. He lets me use his house to hold events to raise money for youth at risk programs. The last time I was there he greeted me by saying, "I want to tell you why I let you use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son ...	high5076.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "They are likely to have weaker lungs." }, "options": [ "They are becoming smokers.", "They don't take enough exercise.", "They eat too much fruit and fish.", "They are likely to have weaker lungs." ], "question"...	Teenagers who do not get enough of the nutrients commonly found in fruits and fish are easier to have bad lungs, coughing and wheezing .Teens who eat the least of fruit and especially vitamin C have weaker lungs compared to the others. Teens who take in less vitamin E, found in vegetable oil and nuts, are more likely ...	high2719.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "To master the disabled hand was important." }, "options": [ "The prosthetic technology was underdeveloped then.", "A prosthesis was very expensive at that time.", "To master the disabled hand was important.", "The origi...	Leon, 12, was born without fingers on his left hand.That didn't -stop him from being able to do many tasks. But Leon could not grasp more than one object at a time. So Leon's father, Paul, created a prosthesis ,using a 3D printer. Now Leon has fingers that open and close."It was a do-it-yourself, father and son adventu...	high11140.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "People judge others' behavior acceptable or not by the \"moral compass\"." }, "options": [ "People who like playing jokes on others is controlled by \"moral compass\".", "People judge others' behavior acceptable or not by the \"mor...	Scientists have discovered a real-life "moral compass" in the brain that controls how we judge other people's behavior. The region, which lies just behind the right ear, becomes more active when we think about other people's misdemeanor or good work. In an experiment, researchers were able to use powerful magnets t...	high21083.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "has much to do with culture" }, "options": [ "has little to do with culture", "has much to do with culture", "is ever changing", "is different from place to place" ], "question": "Ray Birdwhistell believes that ...	Perhaps the most famous theory, the study of body movement, was suggested by Professor Ray Birdwhistell. He believes that physical appearance is often culturally programmed. In other words, we learn our looks ---- we are not born with them. A baby has generally informed face features. A baby, according to Birdwhistell,...	high4368.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "a day has more or fewer than twenty-four hours," }, "options": [ "a day has always fewer than twenty-four hours", "a day has always more than twenty- four hours", "a day has more or fewer than twenty-four hours,", "some...	Strange things happen when you travel, because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones. The time difference between two zones is one hour. You can have days with more than twenty-four hours and days with fewer than twenty- four hours. You can have weeks with more than seven days and weeks with fewer than seven days...	high974.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "She is one of sixth grade students." }, "options": [ "She is a former student of the author.", "She is one of sixth grade students.", "She was from a family with problems.", "She was a blessing to the author." ], ...	Recently I met a former student Jeanie, for lunch. She had been one of my sixth grade students. Before she had moved away, I had been asked to speak as someone who had been a motivator. I spoke telling the crowd gathered that she was a blessing and encouragement to me. She was a child that had come from a family with s...	high7649.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "help readers prepare for studying in the U. S." }, "options": [ "help readers prepare for studying in the U. S.", "warn people of the dangers of living in the U. S.", "promote the U. S. education system to overseas students",...	Are you competitive enough to make it in America? There is an undeniable excitement about coming to study in the U.S., but it's not all excitement. Yes, it is America; it is the land of freedom; it's the place where different cultures clash ... and live together in peace. However, you guys might agree with me. it's no...	high23864.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "persuade people to buy it" }, "options": [ "persuade people to buy it", "give some information about Foulsham House", "tell a love story", "describe the beauty of a best farmland" ], "question": "The writer writ...	Foulsham House is a fine,stone house of the 1790s.It stands by the River Byre,in twenty-five hectares of the best farmland in the southwest. Smithson built the house,and the story goes back to George,the young Prince of Wales,who fell in love with the beautiful lady Kitty Wake,at one of the first Lord Foulsham's wild w...	high1238.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "near Ecuador" }, "options": [ "terribly polluted", "near Ecuador", "in the Atlantic Ocean", "independent of Ecuador" ], "question": "The Galapagos Islands are _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, ...	When humans and nature go head to head, nature often ends up losing. Rivers get polluted. Trees are knocked down. Natural resources are exhausted. That's what makes the Galapagos Islands so special--it's one of he few places on the Earth that nature can truly call its own. For people used to having wild animals run at ...	high7891.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Helping couples with infertility to have tube babies." }, "options": [ "Challenging a disease which stops human having a baby.", "Seeing the wonder of the first tube baby growing.", "Enabling millions of couples to live a bet...	More than four decades ago British scientist Robert Edwards first witnessed the miracle of human life growing inside a test tube at his Cambridge lab. Since that ground-breaking moment, more than four million babies have been born through IVF and in 2010 his great contribution to science was finally recognized as he wa...	high9664.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "They don't get close to nature." }, "options": [ "They depend on their parents too much.", "They're eager to play with their parents.", "They spend too much time playing outside.", "They don't get close to nature." ...	What do you remember about your childhood? I have good memories of exploring the fields near my house and riding my bike around the park. Today, children don't spend enough time in the fresh air. Many of them fix their eyes on a screen either on a computer, or a TV ---they seem to be living in a _ world. They have los...	high14010.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "hesitant" }, "options": [ "touched", "hesitant", "amazed", "embarrassed" ], "question": "When the old gentleman offered the money,the writer was _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answe...	A few days ago,I went to school with lots of books,hoping to get a locker .Suddenly,it started raining heavily. I hurried to pay for my locker,but I was disappointed when they informed me they only accepted cash. I was $7.00 short,which meant I had to carry the books back home. It would be an exhausting twohour jour...	high6557.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "he could no longer work in Germany when Hitler came into power" }, "options": [ "he loved the USA more than his own country", "he could no longer work in Germany when Hitler came into power", "he wanted to live quietly in the...	Albert Einstein (1879--1955) was one of the greatest and most original scientific thinkers of all time. Born of Jewish parents at Ulm in Germany,he completed his education in Switzerland and got his Ph. D at the University of Zurich. He went to live in the United States in 1933 because of the rise of Nazism in Ge...	high17519.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "2000" }, "options": [ "2000", "2001", "2003", "2009" ], "question": "Oliver and her husband came to China in .", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, ...	A back injury led Briton Rose Oliver to t'ai chi, which led her to her husband and then took both of them to China. But three years after moving to Shanghai to pursue their dream, Oliver's husband died, leaving her alone to follow their shared passion for t'ai chi. Twenty years ago, Oliver's back injury ruined her chil...	high19534.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "they can't start to fly from the ground directly" }, "options": [ "they haven't developed a pair of strong claws", "they can't start to fly from the ground directly", "they have no hind legs to support their body", "the...	At night, bats fly through the air, catching hundreds of insects and other small animals. But during the day, they hardly move at all. Instead, bats pass the time hanging upside down from a secret spot. There are a couple of reasons why bats rest this way. First of all, it puts them in a position for takeoff. Unlike bi...	high4340.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Following your passion" }, "options": [ "Following your passion", "Recommending a new career", "Solving the mysteries in life", "Starting with action" ], "question": "What is probably the theme of the book The A...	There will come a time when you must decide to lead the life someone else has chosen for you... or the life you want. According to legend, when a young boy asked the great Renaissance artist Michelangelo why he was working so hard hitting the block of marble that would eventually become his greatest sculpture, David, t...	high19252.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "quite different from others" }, "options": [ "quite different from others", "an active boy", "an inventor", "a hard-working boy" ], "question": "When he lived in his hometown, Philo was _ .", "question_ty...	Father of TV Invention of television began in 1922 in Rigby, Idaho, the hometown of Philo Farnsworth. At the age of 16, Philo was a very shy boy. Only his science teacher, Justin Tolman, realized that Philo was a special person. One day after school Mr. Tolman found Philo in the classroom. The boy was making drawings o...	high4426.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "holding the camera and shooting randomly." }, "options": [ "describing the things to their assistants.", "holding the camera and shooting randomly.", "opening the shutter with the help of others.", "using special equipm...	Blind photography sounds strange.But a striking exhibition of photographs in California argues that it develops as a result of the contemporary art.The show "Sight Unseen", at the California Museum of Photography until Aug.29, includes everything: underwater scenes, landscapes, abstracts and everything else you might e...	high3349.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "It is an amazing comfort food for people with colds." }, "options": [ "It is particularly good for children.", "It can prevent people from colds.", "It is an amazing comfort food for people with colds.", "It surely has ...	Chicken soup has long been a comfort food for people with cold symptoms. Whether the remedy comes from the warmth and comfort of the soup or from actual cold-fighting ingredients in the meal, it is still up for debate. Chicken Soup: Just the Evidence _ The heat, salt, and hydration provided by chicken soup may actua...	high10510.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "fourteen" }, "options": [ "four", "thirteen", "fourteen", "twenty-five" ], "question": "Gaga started to give performance at open nights when she was _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "...	Aged just 25,Gaga has become the icon . Born Stefani Germanotta , Gaga was a child who learnt to play the piano at the age of four .She wrote her first piano ballad at 13 and began performing at open nights a year later .But as a teenager she had a hard time at her strict Catholic school and admitted that she didn't li...	high21915.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "it was a dangerous journey" }, "options": [ "he had to look after their child", "it was a dangerous journey", "there was no food for the journey", "he was fed up with the journey" ], "question": "Debra Veal's hu...	Debra Veal is a very brave woman. She took part in a race to row across the Atlantic,a journey for about 3, 360 kilometers. She was in one of the 36 small rowing boats that set off on October 7th, 2001 from Tenerife. Each small boat was the same with food for the journey. She arrived in Barbados on January 26th, 2002...	high5738.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "the neighbour fixed needles on his own head" }, "options": [ "the neighbour fixed needles on his own head", "The neighbour is a kind-hearted person.", "The man's pain was killed before the doctor arrived", "Soon after t...	Everyone knows what a needle is. Of course there are needles and needles: Needles for sewing machines, needles for injection , you name it. But few people think of the wonder : a needle works in the hands of those who practice acupuncture . During the past ten years or so, I have been suffering from terrible headache. ...	high9102.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "watched crocodiles in the \"Cage of Death\" in Darwin" }, "options": [ "jumped into the Villarreal volcano", "walked along the platform of the CN Tower", "rolled down a hill in a plastic ball in Rotorua", "watched croco...	Are you looking for something to do? You might like to try one of these four experiences. Crocodile watching Do you fancy getting up close to some of the most terrifying animals on earth? Crocosaurus Cove, in Darwin (Australia) has the "Cage of Death". It's an enclosure that's lowered into a pool. This gives you a 360 ...	high14776.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "kids" }, "options": [ "Foreigners", "kids", "Parents", "teachers" ], "question": "The writer writes this passage mainly for _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_i...	Dear Bewildered, Table manners are about being kind to and considerate of others.Having proper table manners is one way people judge others,and we don't want people to think that we are rude,do we ? Whether in a restaurant or in a home, here are some basic table manners for kids: 1Eat with a fork unless the food is mea...	high13019.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "It is melting from both sides." }, "options": [ "The ice sheet is getting hotter and hotter.", "It is heated from below rather than from above.", "The ice sheet is producing a new kind of energy.", "It is melting from b...	If you want to cook something quickly, you heat it from both sides. That's what's happening to the West Antarctic ice sheet . A new study reveals that the area under the ice sheet is far hotter than previously thought, fed by an unexpected flow of geothermal energy . While the CO2we send out heats the atmosphere above ...	high12307.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "have the legal right to the land they live on" }, "options": [ "only live on a reservation designated for them", "prefer straw-roofed buildings to wooden ones", "keep contact with the outside world through airplanes", "...	Deep in the Amazon forest, thousands of people still live in from the rest of the world. In a recent press release, the Brazilian government confirmed the existence of another isolated tribe of about 200 people living in the Vale do Javari reservation. The 200 people living in the Vale do Javari reservation. The reserv...	high15468.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Proper diets can help build your muscle" }, "options": [ "Proper diets can help build your muscle", "The diet is not as important as exercise", "Diet plans are very important", "Paying attention to your diet" ], ...	When looking for diet plans to gain muscle there are some great tips that can help you to ensure that you are eating to help you build the muscle that you want. Your diet is just as important as exercise when you attach importance to your diet, it can help you to reach your goal much faster. You will find that you will...	high14762.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Ridiculous." }, "options": [ "Controversial.", "Ridiculous.", "Boring.", "Puzzling." ], "question": "What did the author's classmates think about his report?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { ...	Peanuts to This Proudly reading my words,I glanced around the room,only to find my classmates bearing big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes.Confused,I glanced toward my stonefaced teacher.Having no choice,I slowly raised the report I had slaved over,hoping to hide myself."What could be causing everyone to a...	high6225.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Tourists visiting Mali are few." }, "options": [ "People don't like taking a taxi.", "Tourists visiting Mali are few.", "Mali is very unsafe for them.", "Public transport is enough." ], "question": "Why do taxi ...	I never knew how amazing it would feel to help a family 4,560 miles away from my home. I never knew how great an effect I could have on that single family. From the moment I walked into French class, I knew almost instantly that I belonged there. My teacher, Madame Weiser, is a kind and caring woman, and is the person ...	high12313.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "by cheating him" }, "options": [ "to buy a chicken for himself", "and kept the money for future use", "by cheating him", "and said he would return the money soon" ], "question": "The captain got the sailors' wag...	There was once a captain who loved money so much that he cheated his sailors at the end of every voyage and took their wages. On the last day of one voyage, the ship was in a small port. It was winter time, and the sea was very cold, so the captain said to his sailors, "If one of you stays in the water during the whole...	high8208.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "she was surprised at seeing the cat there" }, "options": [ "she admitted the eat belonged to that author", "the author had stolen the lovely eat PJ", "she was surprised at seeing the cat there", "she was very angry with...	They say that cats have nine lives but our lazy old cat,PJ,had concurrent lives and identities. He became well-known for sleeping around the neighbourhood and used to nap in the spare bedroom of elderly couple who lived three doors up from us.While I wasn't always aware of all his liaisons, it didn't matter as long as ...	high4432.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "He suffers a muscles' disease." }, "options": [ "He is blind.", "He isn't smart enough.", "He suffers a muscles' disease.", "He can't speak and read." ], "question": "What is Matt's problem?", "question_type...	Before I spoke to his school, Matt was waiting for me. He sat in his wheelchair barely able to move. As soon as he saw me he started smiling. He could not talk but I pretended the sharks were eating his cereal and his laugh melted the hearts of everyone walking by. One of the teachers told me that he was actually very ...	high19246.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "At his home." }, "options": [ "In his truck.", "At a restaurant.", "At his home.", "In a hotel." ], "question": "Where do you think the writer was having dinner?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, ...	Two weeks ago while my daughter and I were eating dinner I saw a police officer walking past my backyard with a worried looking woman following. I went out, opened my door and asked if everything was okay. The woman was the grandmother of an eight-year-old boy who had gone missing an hour before. She was so anxious tha...	high21901.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Sunshine on a Rainy Day" }, "options": [ "Sunshine on a Rainy Day", "Discouraged by Nothing", "Giving Help to a Friend", "Experience a Cheerless Day" ], "question": "Which of the following is the best title for ...	Have you ever had a day when everything seemed to go wrong, and nothing seemed to go right? Not too long ago I was having one of those days. I was discouraged, weary, and plain sad. My focus was on me. After all, no one else was experiencing the same trials I was. I expressed my upset state to my mother, hoping for som...	high2043.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "body weight and cancer" }, "options": [ "diet and cancer", "body weight and cancer", "sex and cancer", "smoking and cancer" ], "question": "The passage is mainly concerned with the relationship between _ .", ...	In 2013, a report from The Nero England Journal of Medicine showed that increased body weight is related to the death rate for all cancers. This is based on a study involving about 900,000 people, spanning many years. The study, started in 1992 by the American Cancer Society, included men and women from all 50 st...	high18158.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "are used to living in the day light" }, "options": [ "prefer to live in the darkness", "are used to living in the day light", "were curious about the midnight world", "had to stay at home with the light of the moon" ...	If humans were truly at home under the light of the moon and stars,we would go in darkness happily,the midnight world as visible to us as it is to the vast number of nocturnal species on this planet. Instead,we are diurnal creatures, with eyes adapted to living in the sun's light. This is a basic evolutionary fact, ev...	high10262.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "slow movement" }, "options": [ "industrial development", "slow movement", "global economy", "city growth" ], "question": "The church clock that is a half hour slow severs as a symbol of _ .", "question_ty...	Just outside the northern Italian town of Bra, there rises a church tower with a clock that is a half hour slow. Though not far from the industrial city of Turin, Bra smells of roses, and leisure is the law. It is both the home of an international movement that promotes slow food and one of Italian cities that have jo...	high4354.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "introduce the topic" }, "options": [ "define a concept", "introduce the topic", "bring about an argument", "define moral dilemmas" ], "question": "The example of bin Laden is raised in order to .", "quest...	The announcement of Osama bin Laden's killing by U.S. Navy SEALs touched off a series of emotional reactions around the world, from joy to grief. For most Americans, it prompted a time of rejoicing, a magnificent sense of closure, and a feeling that justice had been done. But for those who were followers of bin Laden, ...	high19520.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "In a park in the mountains" }, "options": [ "In a park in the mountains", "In a large city", "In a special kind of zoo", "In three different countries" ], "question": "These trips are", "question_type": "fac...	Trip 1 Black bear Count There have been fires in this area in the last few years and the Office of the National Park is not sure how many black bears are still living. Some bears have been seen since the fires, and the Office has asked for young people to help count them. The entire trip will last three hours. Bookings...	high16613.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "How to do better in the service business." }, "options": [ "How to make the best use of time.", "How to do better in the service business.", "How to turn an interest into your career.", "How to become a motivational spe...

A taxi driver taught me a million dollar lesson in customer satisfaction and expectation. Inspiring speakers charge thousands of dollars to give his kind of training to business managers and staff. It cost me only a$12 taxi ride. I had flown into Dallas just for the purpose of calling on a client. Time was important a...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Making choices and completing what they should do on their own." }, "options": [ "Making choices and completing what they should do on their own.", "Reforming both the existent mindset more than the education sector.", "Chang...

Since Amy Chua took the world of Chinese parents by storm with her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, in 2011 it seems more Chinese mothers have turned into "tiger moms". Several young Chinese mothers are my friends. But rarely any of them is free for lunch or other activities, because they appear to have become th...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "The hut village in the Valley of the Kings." }, "options": [ "The hut village in the Valley of the Kings.", "The excavation of the tombs in the Valley.", "The archaeologists working on the excavation.", "Everyday life a...

The first field season is now over at the hut village of the workmen who built the tombs in the Valley of the Kings. However, the archaeologists working on the excavation have found that they still have a great deal to do. The sun, the wind and tourists have left their mark on the village, originally discovered by Ber...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "the mother elephant was unfriendly at first to the rescuers" }, "options": [ "Fishlock had seen the baby elephant before", "The mother elephant was a great help to rescuers", "the well was dug by local people to trap elephant...

An anxious mother watched as rescuers freed her baby from a muddy well. After being pulled from the well,the baby joyfully ran to its mom as the rescuers took a break. It was a difficult and potentially dangerous rescue: the baby was an 8-month-old elephant, and at first its mother thought the humans were trying to har...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "They all charge for admission." }, "options": [ "They all have a long history.", "They all charge for admission.", "They all provide hands-on programmes.", "They are all in the same city." ], "question": "What d...

Museums in Texas Depot Museum And Children's Discovery Center The museum is in the depot's waiting room and office. The warehouse is a hands-on learning center. See the 1908 "Arnold Outhouse", log cabin, doctor's office, dogtrot cabin, oil derrick, cotton gin, print shop, and syrup mill. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. an...

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It is probably the strangest sport anyone has ever invented. And at first sight, it looks like the easiest. Competitors have to do two things. The first is to stand still. The second is to place their hand anywhere on the body of a car, and keep it there. This is where things start getting difficult. Lots of other peop...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "it was believed he was recovering well from bypass surgery" }, "options": [ "he was ly young", "it was believed he was recovering well from bypass surgery", "he was a larger-than-life reminder of what America was once capabl...

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82. Many people paid tribute to the former astronaut. But other people feel regret that no human has been back to the moon since 1972, just three years after Armstrong landed on it and gave his famous "giant leap for mankind" speech. Elliot Pulha...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "A serious eye problem stopped her" }, "options": [ "She couldn't get admitted to medical school", "She decided to further her education in Paris", "A serious eye problem stopped her", "It was difficult for her to start ...

Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking for admission to medical schools, she was fin...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Because it doesn't consider the differences in real working environment." }, "options": [ "Because different people hold different attitudes towards it.", "Because it doesn't consider the differences in real working environment.", ...

A surprising new research suggests it can actually be good to feel bad at work, and that feeling good in the workplace can lead to negative outcomes. The study of emotions in the workplace, edited by University of Liverpool researchers Dr. Lindebaum and Peter Jordan, is the topic of a Special Issue of the journal 'Huma...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "People who disbelieve the serious situation of our planet." }, "options": [ "People who agree on the popularity of \"eco-guilt\".", "People who disbelieve the serious situation of our planet.", "People who dislike the harmful...

Skeptics are a strange lot. Some of them refuse to admit the serious threat of human activities to the environment, and they are tired of people who disagree with them. Those people, say skeptics, spread nothing but bad news about the environment. The "eco-guilt" brought on by the discouraging news about our planet giv...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "some people have unclear thoughts" }, "options": [ "radio stations use hotlines in a wrong way", "it is a fact", "it is a good idea", "some people have unclear thoughts" ], "question": "The sentence \"some peopl...

Hotlines have become common in China. Some radio broadcasting stations use hotlines to encourage the listeners to take part in the talk shows. That's a good idea. Yet, the fact is, some people do nothing but break the whole program. Some people know little about the topic under discussion. Sometimes they do not even kn...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "warm-hearted" }, "options": [ "cunning", "well-informed", "warm-hearted", "wise" ], "question": "We could see from the passage that the mouse was _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "ans...

A mouse looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package; what food might it contain? He was astonished to discover that it was a mouse trap! Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse declared the warning, "There is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house." The chick...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Now China is only using an old aircraft carrier platform for scientific research, experiments and training" }, "options": [ "neither India nor Thailand has an aircraft carrier.", "it will not be long before China actually has an op...

BEIJING -- China's efforts to develop an aircraft carrier program will not change the defensive nature of its defense policy, said a signed commentary published in Friday's PLA Daily newspaper, the voice of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). After China officially confirmed that it is planning an aircraft ca...

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States. The institute stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering. MIT's early emphasis on applied technology...

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A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally,...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Very sad." }, "options": [ "Very sad.", "Quite excited.", "Very regretful.", "Greatly surprised." ], "question": "How did the writer feel when he visited his old neighborhood in Washington D.C.?", "question_...

Last week I visited one of my old neighborhoods in Washington D.C.I had not been there for twenty years and as I walked along the street, my mind was flooded by memories of the past. I saw the old apartment building where I had lived and the playground where I had played. As I viewed these once familiar surroundings, i...

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With the possible exception of equal rights, perhaps the most heated argument across the United States today is the death penalty . Many argue that it is an effective deterrent to murder , while others think there is no enough proof that the death penalty reduces the number of murders. The argument advanced by those...

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Restaurant Assistant manager Waiting staff Telephonist The ideal persons must have certain experience gained in a high quality hotel . Please call personnel on 071722--77333, or send your CV to : prefix = st1 /Regents Park Hilton , Lodge Road, London NW87 JTLONDON REGENTS PARK HILTON JOIN THE STARS ! FOOD SERVERS The...

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Money and Happiness A Guide to Living the good life Author: Laura Rowley Publisher: Wiley (March 1, 2005) Laura Rowley makes us all understand the money-happiness connection in our own lives so that we spend our time and our efforts wisely. She offers insight that every reader can use to make smarter decisions that wil...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "He spoke Polish with the children." }, "options": [ "He spoke Polish with the children.", "He fell from his bike and got injured.", "He was taken to hospital by the driver.", "He recovered consciousness in the street." ...

Four schoolchildren from Belgrade, England were out on their bikes on Wednesday evening. Unexpectedly, they saw an elderly man grasping for breath in the street.They tried to call the police and ambulance service, but their phones were not working, due to network problems. Before the Polish man became unconscious, the ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Space Tourists" }, "options": [ "Business Travelers", "Space Tourists", "A Space Exploration", "A Frightening Adventure" ], "question": "Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?", "ques...

Saturday 28 April, 2001: Dennis Tito was setting off on his holiday. Mr. Tito's journey was certainly unusual! So was the transport he chose, and the price of his trip. The 60-year-old multi-millionaire from New York was sitting on board a Russian spaceship. He was on a journey to the International Space Station. It ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "ignoring them" }, "options": [ "loving them", "accepting them", "ignoring them", "giving them opportunities" ], "question": "The founder Joseph Shiroko treats children with physical problems except _ .", ...

In Kenya, educational and career opportunities are almost non-existent for people born with physical challenges. They face many forms of discrimination -- including beliefs that their condition was caused by a curse. But one father whose son Brain was born deaf, mute and blind aims to change all that. Joseph Shiroko st...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "help grow" }, "options": [ "reduce energy", "gain weight", "help grow", "keep healthy" ], "question": "We need snacks to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_ind...

You may have noticed that you feel hungry a lot. This is natural----during teens, a person's body needs more nutrients to grow. Snacks are a great way to satisfy that hunger and get all the vitamins and nutrients your body needs. But you need to pay attention to what you eat. Filling your stomach with a lot of fries a...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "man is killing some species on a large scale" }, "options": [ "man is covering huge areas with new kinds of plants", "man is facilitating the spread of animals into new regions.", "man is killing some species on a large scale...

Everywhere man is altering the balance of nature.He is facilitating the spread of plants and animals into new regions, sometimes deliberately, sometimes unconsciously.He is covering huge areas with new kinds of plants, or with houses, factories, slag-heaps and other products of his civilization.He exterminates some spe...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "cheerleaders have to make their uniforms less revealing" }, "options": [ "bare midriffs are banned", "cheerleading miniskirts are banned", "cheerleader uniforms have switched from skirts to trousers", "cheerleaders have...

Short Skirts Are Out! After decades of skimpy skirts and sleeveless tops on game days, some schools in the US are saying cheerleader uniforms will have to meet stricter dress codes when they are worn in class. In Lake County, Florida, cheerleaders with uniforms too skimpy for the code are being asked to wear long short...

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A lot of teachers hate doodlers during classes."Pay attention!"Teachers will often warn doodling students,sure that they must be daydreaming. However, according to a recent study, doodling while listening to a boring lecture helps concentrate the attention: Andrade,a psychology professor in England asked participants ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "are afraid of making grammar mistakes" }, "options": [ "consider grammar to be boring", "are afraid of making grammar mistakes", "mind grammar too much in writing", "are worried about grammar homework" ], "quest...

Grammarphobia is the fear of grammar. This fear attacks almost everybody at one time or another, and it's most likely to strike during English or language arts classes. Even people who love reading and writing have been known to get feverish and insecure when they are aware of the possibility of turning in homework wit...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Both are about where to draw the line." }, "options": [ "Both can continue for generations.", "Both are about where to draw the line.", "Neither has any clear winner.", "Neither can be put to an end." ], "questi...

For many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner. Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do? Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power t...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "will rarely display their love in public" }, "options": [ "will not hold each other", "will rarely display their love in public", "will always think about their future", "will kiss wherever they like" ], "questi...

The trip to the United State opened my eyes to the fact that there are a lot of similarities as well as differences between American youth and French youth. The first difference is in appearance. Going around in the U.S., I found that American youth do not really care about their appearance. In the morning, they choose...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "most people were not able to offer their help" }, "options": [ "she would collect more than 100 dollars every time", "many people wished to be remembered by others.", "the author understood how terrible their life was", ...

When I was a seven-year-old girl, I used to go door-to-door with my mother to ask the residents for donations to the American Lung Association. Some would give a few coins; others, on rare occasions, a whole dollar; but most would silently shake their heads. No matter what the amount was, my mother always thanked the g...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Humans get some idea of treating diabetes from dolphins." }, "options": [ "Humans get some idea of treating diabetes from dolphins.", "Dolphins can switch into a diabetic-like state overnight.", "Humans can suffer the same di...

Scientists have discovered a special biological behavior in dolphins that could lead to a treatment for late-onset diabetes in humans. Studies on dolphins found that healthy dolphins switch into a diabetic-like state overnight when they are not feeding, but return to normal when they eat the following morning. The ex...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Learn to fall and stop safely." }, "options": [ "Learn to fall and stop safely.", "Find a class and skate fast.", "Relax and have fun.", "Buy expensive gear and skates." ], "question": "According to the article,...

In-line skating is a fun sport that everyone can enjoy. Follow these safety tips to keep skating safe and fun. Step 1: Gear up! Even before you put on your skates, put on all your safety gear . Step 2: Buckle up! Strap on your skates. Make sure they fit well and are snugly around your ankles. This helps your ankles sta...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "She made an effort to save herself." }, "options": [ "She got her name from a song.", "She had more than 35,000 slices.", "She couldn't use her arms properly.", "She made an effort to save herself." ], "question...

Lucy, whose skeleton was discovered in Ethiopia in 1974, died shortly after she fell out of a tree, according to a new study published Monday in the British journalNature. For their research, Kappelman and Dr. Richard Ketcham used a CT scanner to create more than 35,000 "slices" of Lucy's skeleton. Scientists named he...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "About one third of them brush their teeth only once a day" }, "options": [ "Most of then have good habits.", "About one third of them brush their teeth only once a day", "All of then are fighting germs better than expected ."...

A Healthy Habits Survey shows that only about one third of American seniors have correct habits. Here are some findings and expert advice. 1.How many times did you brush your teeth yesterday? *Finding:A full 33% of seniors brush their teeth only once a day. *Step:Remove the 300 types of bacteria in your mouth each morn...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "About 270 people from 13 countries participated in the study." }, "options": [ "The study the team conducted has not been published yet.", "About 270 people from 13 countries participated in the study.", "The participants did...

Every day it seems that people are coming up with new and innovative ways to use mobile devices like cellphones and smart phones. Researchers at Princeton University are looking for new ways to measure a person's sense of _ with mobile devices. To gain a better understanding of how cellphones and other mobile devices c...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "The school has to follow the national courses." }, "options": [ "Parents are allowed to set up their own school.", "The school has to follow the national courses.", "The school has to have at least 27 pupils.", "All of ...

In Denmark, parents are allowed to set up a new school if they are dissatisfied with the school in the area where they are living. Although these schools have to follow the national courses, they are allowed a lot of choice in deciding what to teach. Some of these new schools are called "small schools" because usually ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "lost one of his eyes" }, "options": [ "lost both of his hands.", "lost one of his eyes", "was paid a lot of money", "knew he was not a good driver" ], "question": "Because of the accident, the writer _ .", ...

I was loading my truck to go to the market when I hurt my left eye. The pain was like a hot sword being shoved through my head. I fell down on my hands and knees, and I knew it was bad. I was taken to the Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, and the doctors operated on me several times but couldn't save my left eye. Wh...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "90 yuan" }, "options": [ "80 yuan", "90 yuan", "600 yuan", "1,000 yuan" ], "question": "To attend two different concerts listed above will cost at least _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { ...

A, B, C, D,. Phantom of the OperaThe Phantom of the Opera, by Andrew Lloyd Webber, debuts (appears in public for the first time ) in Shanghai , marking the production's first Asian performance. Since it was first staged in London , the play has been seen by 58million people all over the world.. The Phantom of the Opera...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "studies" }, "options": [ "studies", "health", "confidence", "communication" ], "question": "The successful example given by Mr. Gove suggests that having children in school for longer, can improve their _ .", ...

The Tories would allow children to go to school for ten hours a day and on Saturday mornings to improve the performance of poorer pupils and help working parents. Schools spokesman Michael Gove declared plans yesterday to give disadvantaged children more classroom time to help them catch up. Longer school days could al...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "develop children's ability to treat their fear on their own" }, "options": [ "stop unpleasant experiences happening to children", "let children know about the nature of fear", "create an environment where there is nothing to ...

Fear is an emotion like others such as happiness, anger, hurt, sadness. We need emotions to process information we receive and decide how to respond. Being afraid of fast cars, for example, is something that might protect us from harm. Being afraid of the consequence of a choice may prevent us getting into trouble. Fea...

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One morning I was woken by my mother's angry voice. I opened my eyes and found it was seven forty, so I jumped out of bed and rushed to a nearby bus stop without breakfast. Fortunately the bus started going as soon as I got on it. I was sure I could reach the school before the bell rang. However, the bus suddenly stopp...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "They're installed for free." }, "options": [ "Water consumption drops.", "It's fairer to pay for water.", "They're installed for free.", "People are more water wise." ], "question": "Which of the following is NO...

We use an average of 158 liters of water a day in Britain, for which we pay a bargain price of 28p a liter, but much of this is just cash down the drain, according to water companies. Most are campaigning to cut the amount we use. And the frontline weapon in their campaign is the water meter . They want us all to have...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "the different influences on people with different levels of self - confidence" }, "options": [ "the different influences on people with different levels of self - confidence", "whether males or females will get more benefit from se...

Canadian experts have found that so - called self - help books may actually do more harm than good to people who really need help.Researchers say that individuals with low respect felt much worse after repeating positive statements about themselves. In their study, psychologists Joanne Wood and John Lee sought to det...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "with some simple practice looking up at the sky" }, "options": [ "with some simple practice looking up at the sky", "with the help of the high-speed computers", "through complex instruments", "by visiting a weather st...

Wouldn't it be great if you could just look up at the sky and read the weather forecast right away? Well, you can. The forecast is written in clouds. If you can read that writing, you can tell something about the atmosphere. With some practice, you can become a pretty good weather forecaster. Who knows, you might even ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "blood transfusion may lead to some terrible infections" }, "options": [ "it is impossible to store up large amounts of blood", "blood transfusion may lead to some terrible infections", "it is very hard to find matches for...

Everybody needs blood Have you ever seen buses on the street for donating blood? Medical workers on board collect blood from volunteers. The blood is then stored up and given to people who have lost a large amount of it due to accidents or diseases. Blood is one of the most important substances supporti...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "He appreciates it." }, "options": [ "He appreciates it.", "He gives no personal opinion.", "He thinks it is unnecessary.", "He thinks it goes too far." ], "question": "What is the author's attitude towards Engli...

It's really true what people say about English politeness: it's everywhere. When squeezing past someone in a narrow aisle, people say "sorry". When getting off a bus, English passengers say "thank you" rather than the driver. In Germany, people would never dream of doing these things. After all, squeezing past others i...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Because it is the first to be polluted." }, "options": [ "Because it floats on the water.", "Because it can have photosynthesis.", "Because it is the first to be polluted.", "Because it can produce different sounds." ...

Scientists in Israel have discovered a new way to test for water pollution by "listening" to what the plants growing in water have to say. By shining a laser beam on the tiny pieces of _ floating in the water,the researchers said they hear sound waves that tell them the type and amount of contamination in the water...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "football is the most popular game in England" }, "options": [ "people often go to football games.", "people, rich and poor, young and old, play football", "football is the most popular game in England", "people usually ...

Football is, I believe, the most popular game in England: one has only to go to the important matches to see _ . Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them all there, shouting for one side or the other. To a stranger, one of the most surprising things about football in England is the great knowledge of the game whi...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "have different opinions of Thanksgiving" }, "options": [ "all have the same opinion of Thanksgiving", "have different opinions of Thanksgiving", "feel that Thanksgiving is about food", "have no interest in Thanksgiving"...

Thanksgiving is an important festival in North America. We interviewed several students from the US and Canada. Here is what they have told us about their Thanksgiving experiences. Josie from New York, USA "In America, Thanksgiving is celebrated every year at the end of November. It is to remember the first group of pe...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "what the recent report says is wrong" }, "options": [ "what the recent report says is wrong", "there are millions of yellow tang off Hawaii's Big Island", "the yellow tang's population off Hawaii coast is large", "the y...

Off the coast of Hawaii's Big Island swim masses of colorful tropical fish. Some of these fish will be caught and sold, ending up in aquariums around the world. Is the industry putting populations of the fish at risk? Scientists who have studied the Big Island fishery say it is well managed. Rules put in place more tha...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "People's love for a disabled woman who lost her dog." }, "options": [ "A disabled woman's service dog.", "A cruel groomer killed a disabled woman's dog.", "People's love for a disabled woman who lost her dog.", "Disable...

There has been an outpouring of love for a 23-year-old disabled woman whose dog was killed in front of her while a groomer tried to trim its claws. Calls and e-mails came from as far away as the Upper Peninsula and Arizona as well as Oakland and Macomb counties, offering Laurie Crouch, who uses a wheelchair because o...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "students want to wish their teacher good health" }, "options": [ "students want to wish their teacher good health", "apples are in season on Teachers' Day", "students want to wish their teacher success", "apples are swe...

Whether you will be a doctor or a police officer in the future, there's a teacher in your life. They teach you and help you know who you are? Of course, you want to thank them. Teachers' Day is the perfect chance for students around the world to thank their teachers. The festival falls on different days in different co...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "to turn down the wrong people is what they say they aim to do" }, "options": [ "they will try to find suitable people", "they will look for the right applicants", "the wrong applicants are to be turned down", "to turn d...

Most employers say that they wish to employ the right person for the right job. A recent report by Britain's Independent Institute of Manpower Studies, however, disagrees with this. The report states that most employers wish to avoid employing the wrong person. Rather than looking for the right person, they are looking...

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In our life, we have rarely expressed our gratitude to the one who'd lived those years with us.In fact, we don't have to wait for anniversaries to thank the ones close to us--the ones so easily overlooked. If I have learned anything about giving thanks, it is this: give it now!While your feeling of appreciation is aliv...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Douthett's wife felt something about his disease" }, "options": [ "Douthett's wife was a doctor", "Douthett's wife felt something about his disease", "Douthett never got that drunk", "Douthett had seen a doctor for his ...

(Reuters)--- A Michigan man credited his dog with saving his life by chewing off his diseased big toe as he lay passed out in a drunken stupor Jerry Douthett, 48, who woke up on a Saturday night in late July in his Rockford, Michigan home to find his Jack Russell Terrier, Kiko, had _ his right big toe. "The dog always...

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On August18,2012,the White House staff prepared for a special group of guests. The First Lady was hosting an important lunch. At 10 o'clock, her guests arrived. Fifty-four children, each with a parent or grandparent, walked into the White House. The lucky guests were the winners of the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge. It w...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "water, sunlight and air" }, "options": [ "flower, water and air", "water, sunlight and air", "air, water and soil", "air, sun and light" ], "question": "Plants can make food from _ .", "question_type": "cl...

We must do what we can to protect the plants because plants are very important for living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and ot...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Because they have no idea about how to listen." }, "options": [ "Because they don't like the person playing the music.", "Because they have no talent for music at all.", "Because they have no idea about how to listen.", ...

Our love of music and appreciation of musical harmony is learnt and not based on natural ability, a new study by University of Melbourne researchers has found. The researchers said previous theories about how we appreciate music were based on the physical functions of sound, the ear itself and a born ability to hear ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Some people worry about its bad effect on environment." }, "options": [ "US bottled water sales have increased for the first time.", "Activists in some regions have been fighting against it.", "Some people worry about its bad...

Despite organized anti-bottled-water campaigns across the country and a noisy debate about bottled water's environmental effect, Americans are buying more bottled water than ever. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why do so many people seem to think they...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "from the angle of psychology" }, "options": [ "by analyzing some facts", "by giving some examples", "from the angle of biology", "from the angle of psychology" ], "question": "The writer tries to explain phantom...

Sensing phantom phone vibrations is a strangely common experience. Around 80% of us have imagined a phone vibrating in our pockets when it's actually completely still. Almost 30% of us have also heard non-existent ringing. Are these signs of madness caused by digital culture? Not at all. In fact, phantom vibrations an...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "He was born in a poor family." }, "options": [ "He was born in a poor family.", "He received a good education.", "He is raising money for the poor.", "He is a horse trainer who owns a big ranch." ], "question": ...

I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Isidro. He lets me use his house to hold events to raise money for youth at risk programs. The last time I was there he greeted me by saying, "I want to tell you why I let you use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "They are likely to have weaker lungs." }, "options": [ "They are becoming smokers.", "They don't take enough exercise.", "They eat too much fruit and fish.", "They are likely to have weaker lungs." ], "question"...

Teenagers who do not get enough of the nutrients commonly found in fruits and fish are easier to have bad lungs, coughing and wheezing .Teens who eat the least of fruit and especially vitamin C have weaker lungs compared to the others. Teens who take in less vitamin E, found in vegetable oil and nuts, are more likely ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "To master the disabled hand was important." }, "options": [ "The prosthetic technology was underdeveloped then.", "A prosthesis was very expensive at that time.", "To master the disabled hand was important.", "The origi...

Leon, 12, was born without fingers on his left hand.That didn't -stop him from being able to do many tasks. But Leon could not grasp more than one object at a time. So Leon's father, Paul, created a prosthesis ,using a 3D printer. Now Leon has fingers that open and close."It was a do-it-yourself, father and son adventu...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "People judge others' behavior acceptable or not by the \"moral compass\"." }, "options": [ "People who like playing jokes on others is controlled by \"moral compass\".", "People judge others' behavior acceptable or not by the \"mor...

Scientists have discovered a real-life "moral compass" in the brain that controls how we judge other people's behavior. The region, which lies just behind the right ear, becomes more active when we think about other people's misdemeanor or good work. In an experiment, researchers were able to use powerful magnets t...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "has much to do with culture" }, "options": [ "has little to do with culture", "has much to do with culture", "is ever changing", "is different from place to place" ], "question": "Ray Birdwhistell believes that ...

Perhaps the most famous theory, the study of body movement, was suggested by Professor Ray Birdwhistell. He believes that physical appearance is often culturally programmed. In other words, we learn our looks ---- we are not born with them. A baby has generally informed face features. A baby, according to Birdwhistell,...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "a day has more or fewer than twenty-four hours," }, "options": [ "a day has always fewer than twenty-four hours", "a day has always more than twenty- four hours", "a day has more or fewer than twenty-four hours,", "some...

Strange things happen when you travel, because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones. The time difference between two zones is one hour. You can have days with more than twenty-four hours and days with fewer than twenty- four hours. You can have weeks with more than seven days and weeks with fewer than seven days...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "She is one of sixth grade students." }, "options": [ "She is a former student of the author.", "She is one of sixth grade students.", "She was from a family with problems.", "She was a blessing to the author." ], ...

Recently I met a former student Jeanie, for lunch. She had been one of my sixth grade students. Before she had moved away, I had been asked to speak as someone who had been a motivator. I spoke telling the crowd gathered that she was a blessing and encouragement to me. She was a child that had come from a family with s...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "help readers prepare for studying in the U. S." }, "options": [ "help readers prepare for studying in the U. S.", "warn people of the dangers of living in the U. S.", "promote the U. S. education system to overseas students",...

Are you competitive enough to make it in America? There is an undeniable excitement about coming to study in the U.S., but it's not all excitement. Yes, it is America; it is the land of freedom; it's the place where different cultures clash ... and live together in peace. However, you guys might agree with me. it's no...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "persuade people to buy it" }, "options": [ "persuade people to buy it", "give some information about Foulsham House", "tell a love story", "describe the beauty of a best farmland" ], "question": "The writer writ...

Foulsham House is a fine,stone house of the 1790s.It stands by the River Byre,in twenty-five hectares of the best farmland in the southwest. Smithson built the house,and the story goes back to George,the young Prince of Wales,who fell in love with the beautiful lady Kitty Wake,at one of the first Lord Foulsham's wild w...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "near Ecuador" }, "options": [ "terribly polluted", "near Ecuador", "in the Atlantic Ocean", "independent of Ecuador" ], "question": "The Galapagos Islands are _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, ...

When humans and nature go head to head, nature often ends up losing. Rivers get polluted. Trees are knocked down. Natural resources are exhausted. That's what makes the Galapagos Islands so special--it's one of he few places on the Earth that nature can truly call its own. For people used to having wild animals run at ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Helping couples with infertility to have tube babies." }, "options": [ "Challenging a disease which stops human having a baby.", "Seeing the wonder of the first tube baby growing.", "Enabling millions of couples to live a bet...

More than four decades ago British scientist Robert Edwards first witnessed the miracle of human life growing inside a test tube at his Cambridge lab. Since that ground-breaking moment, more than four million babies have been born through IVF and in 2010 his great contribution to science was finally recognized as he wa...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "They don't get close to nature." }, "options": [ "They depend on their parents too much.", "They're eager to play with their parents.", "They spend too much time playing outside.", "They don't get close to nature." ...

What do you remember about your childhood? I have good memories of exploring the fields near my house and riding my bike around the park. Today, children don't spend enough time in the fresh air. Many of them fix their eyes on a screen either on a computer, or a TV ---they seem to be living in a _ world. They have los...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "hesitant" }, "options": [ "touched", "hesitant", "amazed", "embarrassed" ], "question": "When the old gentleman offered the money,the writer was _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answe...

A few days ago,I went to school with lots of books,hoping to get a locker .Suddenly,it started raining heavily. I hurried to pay for my locker,but I was disappointed when they informed me they only accepted cash. I was $7.00 short,which meant I had to carry the books back home. It would be an exhausting twohour jour...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "he could no longer work in Germany when Hitler came into power" }, "options": [ "he loved the USA more than his own country", "he could no longer work in Germany when Hitler came into power", "he wanted to live quietly in the...

Albert Einstein (1879--1955) was one of the greatest and most original scientific thinkers of all time. Born of Jewish parents at Ulm in Germany,he completed his education in Switzerland and got his Ph. D at the University of Zurich. He went to live in the United States in 1933 because of the rise of Nazism in Ge...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "2000" }, "options": [ "2000", "2001", "2003", "2009" ], "question": "Oliver and her husband came to China in .", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, ...

A back injury led Briton Rose Oliver to t'ai chi, which led her to her husband and then took both of them to China. But three years after moving to Shanghai to pursue their dream, Oliver's husband died, leaving her alone to follow their shared passion for t'ai chi. Twenty years ago, Oliver's back injury ruined her chil...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "they can't start to fly from the ground directly" }, "options": [ "they haven't developed a pair of strong claws", "they can't start to fly from the ground directly", "they have no hind legs to support their body", "the...

At night, bats fly through the air, catching hundreds of insects and other small animals. But during the day, they hardly move at all. Instead, bats pass the time hanging upside down from a secret spot. There are a couple of reasons why bats rest this way. First of all, it puts them in a position for takeoff. Unlike bi...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Following your passion" }, "options": [ "Following your passion", "Recommending a new career", "Solving the mysteries in life", "Starting with action" ], "question": "What is probably the theme of the book The A...

There will come a time when you must decide to lead the life someone else has chosen for you... or the life you want. According to legend, when a young boy asked the great Renaissance artist Michelangelo why he was working so hard hitting the block of marble that would eventually become his greatest sculpture, David, t...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "quite different from others" }, "options": [ "quite different from others", "an active boy", "an inventor", "a hard-working boy" ], "question": "When he lived in his hometown, Philo was _ .", "question_ty...

Father of TV Invention of television began in 1922 in Rigby, Idaho, the hometown of Philo Farnsworth. At the age of 16, Philo was a very shy boy. Only his science teacher, Justin Tolman, realized that Philo was a special person. One day after school Mr. Tolman found Philo in the classroom. The boy was making drawings o...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "holding the camera and shooting randomly." }, "options": [ "describing the things to their assistants.", "holding the camera and shooting randomly.", "opening the shutter with the help of others.", "using special equipm...

Blind photography sounds strange.But a striking exhibition of photographs in California argues that it develops as a result of the contemporary art.The show "Sight Unseen", at the California Museum of Photography until Aug.29, includes everything: underwater scenes, landscapes, abstracts and everything else you might e...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "It is an amazing comfort food for people with colds." }, "options": [ "It is particularly good for children.", "It can prevent people from colds.", "It is an amazing comfort food for people with colds.", "It surely has ...

Chicken soup has long been a comfort food for people with cold symptoms. Whether the remedy comes from the warmth and comfort of the soup or from actual cold-fighting ingredients in the meal, it is still up for debate. Chicken Soup: Just the Evidence _ The heat, salt, and hydration provided by chicken soup may actua...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "fourteen" }, "options": [ "four", "thirteen", "fourteen", "twenty-five" ], "question": "Gaga started to give performance at open nights when she was _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "...

Aged just 25,Gaga has become the icon . Born Stefani Germanotta , Gaga was a child who learnt to play the piano at the age of four .She wrote her first piano ballad at 13 and began performing at open nights a year later .But as a teenager she had a hard time at her strict Catholic school and admitted that she didn't li...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "it was a dangerous journey" }, "options": [ "he had to look after their child", "it was a dangerous journey", "there was no food for the journey", "he was fed up with the journey" ], "question": "Debra Veal's hu...

Debra Veal is a very brave woman. She took part in a race to row across the Atlantic,a journey for about 3, 360 kilometers. She was in one of the 36 small rowing boats that set off on October 7th, 2001 from Tenerife. Each small boat was the same with food for the journey. She arrived in Barbados on January 26th, 2002...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "the neighbour fixed needles on his own head" }, "options": [ "the neighbour fixed needles on his own head", "The neighbour is a kind-hearted person.", "The man's pain was killed before the doctor arrived", "Soon after t...

Everyone knows what a needle is. Of course there are needles and needles: Needles for sewing machines, needles for injection , you name it. But few people think of the wonder : a needle works in the hands of those who practice acupuncture . During the past ten years or so, I have been suffering from terrible headache. ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "watched crocodiles in the \"Cage of Death\" in Darwin" }, "options": [ "jumped into the Villarreal volcano", "walked along the platform of the CN Tower", "rolled down a hill in a plastic ball in Rotorua", "watched croco...

Are you looking for something to do? You might like to try one of these four experiences. Crocodile watching Do you fancy getting up close to some of the most terrifying animals on earth? Crocosaurus Cove, in Darwin (Australia) has the "Cage of Death". It's an enclosure that's lowered into a pool. This gives you a 360 ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "kids" }, "options": [ "Foreigners", "kids", "Parents", "teachers" ], "question": "The writer writes this passage mainly for _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_i...

Dear Bewildered, Table manners are about being kind to and considerate of others.Having proper table manners is one way people judge others,and we don't want people to think that we are rude,do we ? Whether in a restaurant or in a home, here are some basic table manners for kids: 1Eat with a fork unless the food is mea...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "It is melting from both sides." }, "options": [ "The ice sheet is getting hotter and hotter.", "It is heated from below rather than from above.", "The ice sheet is producing a new kind of energy.", "It is melting from b...

If you want to cook something quickly, you heat it from both sides. That's what's happening to the West Antarctic ice sheet . A new study reveals that the area under the ice sheet is far hotter than previously thought, fed by an unexpected flow of geothermal energy . While the CO2we send out heats the atmosphere above ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "have the legal right to the land they live on" }, "options": [ "only live on a reservation designated for them", "prefer straw-roofed buildings to wooden ones", "keep contact with the outside world through airplanes", "...

Deep in the Amazon forest, thousands of people still live in from the rest of the world. In a recent press release, the Brazilian government confirmed the existence of another isolated tribe of about 200 people living in the Vale do Javari reservation. The 200 people living in the Vale do Javari reservation. The reserv...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Proper diets can help build your muscle" }, "options": [ "Proper diets can help build your muscle", "The diet is not as important as exercise", "Diet plans are very important", "Paying attention to your diet" ], ...

When looking for diet plans to gain muscle there are some great tips that can help you to ensure that you are eating to help you build the muscle that you want. Your diet is just as important as exercise when you attach importance to your diet, it can help you to reach your goal much faster. You will find that you will...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Ridiculous." }, "options": [ "Controversial.", "Ridiculous.", "Boring.", "Puzzling." ], "question": "What did the author's classmates think about his report?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { ...

Peanuts to This Proudly reading my words,I glanced around the room,only to find my classmates bearing big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes.Confused,I glanced toward my stonefaced teacher.Having no choice,I slowly raised the report I had slaved over,hoping to hide myself."What could be causing everyone to a...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Tourists visiting Mali are few." }, "options": [ "People don't like taking a taxi.", "Tourists visiting Mali are few.", "Mali is very unsafe for them.", "Public transport is enough." ], "question": "Why do taxi ...

I never knew how amazing it would feel to help a family 4,560 miles away from my home. I never knew how great an effect I could have on that single family. From the moment I walked into French class, I knew almost instantly that I belonged there. My teacher, Madame Weiser, is a kind and caring woman, and is the person ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "by cheating him" }, "options": [ "to buy a chicken for himself", "and kept the money for future use", "by cheating him", "and said he would return the money soon" ], "question": "The captain got the sailors' wag...

There was once a captain who loved money so much that he cheated his sailors at the end of every voyage and took their wages. On the last day of one voyage, the ship was in a small port. It was winter time, and the sea was very cold, so the captain said to his sailors, "If one of you stays in the water during the whole...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "she was surprised at seeing the cat there" }, "options": [ "she admitted the eat belonged to that author", "the author had stolen the lovely eat PJ", "she was surprised at seeing the cat there", "she was very angry with...

They say that cats have nine lives but our lazy old cat,PJ,had concurrent lives and identities. He became well-known for sleeping around the neighbourhood and used to nap in the spare bedroom of elderly couple who lived three doors up from us.While I wasn't always aware of all his liaisons, it didn't matter as long as ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "He suffers a muscles' disease." }, "options": [ "He is blind.", "He isn't smart enough.", "He suffers a muscles' disease.", "He can't speak and read." ], "question": "What is Matt's problem?", "question_type...

Before I spoke to his school, Matt was waiting for me. He sat in his wheelchair barely able to move. As soon as he saw me he started smiling. He could not talk but I pretended the sharks were eating his cereal and his laugh melted the hearts of everyone walking by. One of the teachers told me that he was actually very ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "At his home." }, "options": [ "In his truck.", "At a restaurant.", "At his home.", "In a hotel." ], "question": "Where do you think the writer was having dinner?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, ...

Two weeks ago while my daughter and I were eating dinner I saw a police officer walking past my backyard with a worried looking woman following. I went out, opened my door and asked if everything was okay. The woman was the grandmother of an eight-year-old boy who had gone missing an hour before. She was so anxious tha...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Sunshine on a Rainy Day" }, "options": [ "Sunshine on a Rainy Day", "Discouraged by Nothing", "Giving Help to a Friend", "Experience a Cheerless Day" ], "question": "Which of the following is the best title for ...

Have you ever had a day when everything seemed to go wrong, and nothing seemed to go right? Not too long ago I was having one of those days. I was discouraged, weary, and plain sad. My focus was on me. After all, no one else was experiencing the same trials I was. I expressed my upset state to my mother, hoping for som...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "body weight and cancer" }, "options": [ "diet and cancer", "body weight and cancer", "sex and cancer", "smoking and cancer" ], "question": "The passage is mainly concerned with the relationship between _ .", ...

In 2013, a report from The Nero England Journal of Medicine showed that increased body weight is related to the death rate for all cancers. This is based on a study involving about 900,000 people, spanning many years. The study, started in 1992 by the American Cancer Society, included men and women from all 50 st...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "are used to living in the day light" }, "options": [ "prefer to live in the darkness", "are used to living in the day light", "were curious about the midnight world", "had to stay at home with the light of the moon" ...

If humans were truly at home under the light of the moon and stars,we would go in darkness happily,the midnight world as visible to us as it is to the vast number of nocturnal species on this planet. Instead,we are diurnal creatures, with eyes adapted to living in the sun's light. This is a basic evolutionary fact, ev...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "slow movement" }, "options": [ "industrial development", "slow movement", "global economy", "city growth" ], "question": "The church clock that is a half hour slow severs as a symbol of _ .", "question_ty...

Just outside the northern Italian town of Bra, there rises a church tower with a clock that is a half hour slow. Though not far from the industrial city of Turin, Bra smells of roses, and leisure is the law. It is both the home of an international movement that promotes slow food and one of Italian cities that have jo...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "introduce the topic" }, "options": [ "define a concept", "introduce the topic", "bring about an argument", "define moral dilemmas" ], "question": "The example of bin Laden is raised in order to .", "quest...

The announcement of Osama bin Laden's killing by U.S. Navy SEALs touched off a series of emotional reactions around the world, from joy to grief. For most Americans, it prompted a time of rejoicing, a magnificent sense of closure, and a feeling that justice had been done. But for those who were followers of bin Laden, ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "In a park in the mountains" }, "options": [ "In a park in the mountains", "In a large city", "In a special kind of zoo", "In three different countries" ], "question": "These trips are", "question_type": "fac...

Trip 1 Black bear Count There have been fires in this area in the last few years and the Office of the National Park is not sure how many black bears are still living. Some bears have been seen since the fires, and the Office has asked for young people to help count them. The entire trip will last three hours. Bookings...

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