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... | "Enough" with the multivitamins already. That's the message from experts behind three new studies that tackled an often debated question: Do daily multivitaminsmake you healthier?
"We believe that the case is closed - supplementing the diet of well-nourished adults with (most) mineral or vitamin supplements has no cle... | high6392.txt |
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"answer_text": "how glaciers changed North America"
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"the ice Age was a long period of time.",
"great glaciers covered North America many years ago.",
"changes in climate helped to melt the glaciers.",
"how glaciers chan... | About one million years ago, the Ice Age began. The Ice Age was a long period of time in which four great glaciers pushed southward to cover almost all the upper half of North America, and then melted away. Each glacier was a thick sheet of ice and snow that spread out from a center near what is now Hudson Bay in Canad... | high22367.txt |
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"answer_text": "Hold the rein and get on the horse!"
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"How can I speed up?",
"No problem! I can make it!",
"What a big horse! I am scared!",
"Hold the rein and get on the horse!"
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"question": "According to th... | In our deep mind, we all talk to ourselves -- an inner monologue that might seem rather pointless. But as a study shows, the act of giving ourselves mental messages can help us learn and perform at our best. Researchers have identified the most effective forms of self-talk, collected here -- so that the next time you ... | high22401.txt |
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"answer_text": "October 2016 writing contest."
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"How to write an essay.",
"How to protect our planet.",
"October 2016 writing contest.",
"Some environmental problems."
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"question": "What is the text mainly abou... | Although environmental problems have existed for centuries, some people still care little about our environment. Problems like ice melting, electronic waste are lighting up news programs and becoming part of an ongoing dialogue about the environment.
As a teenager, what do you think all the problems mean for your futur... | high13804.txt |
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"answer_text": "he was ashamed of his father's old truck"
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"he was ashamed of his father's old truck",
"he didn't want his schoolmates to see his father",
"he thought he was old enough to go to school alone",
"he hated t... | The Board Meeting had come to an end. Bob started to stand up and knocked into the table, spilling his coffee over his notes. "How embarrassing! I am getting so clumsy in my old age."
Everyone had a good laugh, and soon we were all telling stories of our most embarrassing moments. It came around to Frank, who sat quie... | high97.txt |
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"answer_text": "Not all people think that the \"born in the 1980s\" are selfish and irresponsible."
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"The development of information technology contributed to the '80s'greater awareness of itself.",
"The E-generation rushed to Shang... | The '80s' "important role" in the family has also meant a greater concentration and focus on the individual. And, it has made the word "me" one of the most frequently used words. Everything seems to be about "me". This generation has a greater awareness of itself.
Some people do not seem to agree that all this is self... | high24070.txt |
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"answer_text": "Every two weeks"
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"Once a week",
"Twice a week",
"Every two weeks",
"three times a month"
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"question": "How often is Street Sense printed?",
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... | Do you know what Street Sense is? It's a newspaper in Washington D.C. about homeless people and problems that affect them. Homeless, or formerly homeless, Washingtonians write many of the articles. The newspaper's business model is based on homeless sellers who sell the newspaper. You can hear them call out "Street Sen... | high7932.txt |
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"answer_text": "It's universally acknowledged that wasting food is a crime."
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"Over 200 billion yuan is wasted every year on food around China.",
"It's quite common for Chinese people to order more food than they need in restaurants... | The common Chinese greeting of "Ni chi le ma?" may soon be replaced by a new greeting: "Have you cleaned your plate?"
Over the Spring Festival holiday there was a big effort to get people to curb their habit of ordering too much food in restaurants because a lot of that food ended up being wasted. Holiday eaters were u... | high2692.txt |
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"answer_text": "Organizations like Student Hubs belong to the center."
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"Volunteers can find plenty of opportunities in the center.",
"The center does not charge money for their service.",
"The center does not run volunteering... | We have information about over 300 volunteering opportunities with more than 250 local organizations (charities, statutory organizations such as hospitals and social services and community groups). We are a registered charity and our service is free of charge.
We do not run volunteering projects ourselves bur recruit ... | high18789.txt |
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"answer_text": "it is easy and fast to get in touch with your friends"
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"it is wonderful to see your friends by clicking",
"it is popular to make friends online",
"it is possible to live much closer to your friends",
"it... | Your friends might be in Australia or maybe just down the road, but they are all just a few clicks away. Life has changed for millions of young people across the world who now make friends online. Whether you use chat-rooms, QQ, MSN or ICQ, you are a member of this group.
"I don't often talk with my parents or grandpar... | high20216.txt |
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"answer_text": "He is the first black president in the US history."
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"He has a black father and a white mother.",
"He is the first black president in the US history.",
"He defeated Republican Sen. John McCain easily.",
"... | WASHINGTON - Barack Obama swept to victory as the first black president in the US history Tuesday night in an electoral college landslide that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself. "Change has come," he told a huge group of cheering supporters.
In his first speech as victor, Obama catalogued the challenges... | high21108.txt |
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"answer_text": "In most parts of Asia, people usually have rice for meals."
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"All people have the same feeling about food.",
"In most parts of Asia, people usually have rice for meals.",
"People often consider other people to ... | Isn't it astonishing how much time we spend talking about food? "Have you ever eaten ...?" "What did you have for lunch?" and so on. And yet when you travel from one country to another, you will find that people have quite different feelings about food. People often feel that what they eat is normal and that what oth... | high18951.txt |
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"answer_text": "Farming organically is growing around the world."
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"Organic food has become much more common.",
"People do not want to eat food with chemicals in it.",
"Farming organically is growing around the world.",
... | Not long ago, people could only buy organic food in small shops. Today it is common in most major supermarkets. The reason for the increase is that more and more people are demanding food grown without chemicals. Since the 1990s, organic farm production has gone up 20 percent every year. This pattern is expected to con... | high19118.txt |
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"answer_text": "Tour B"
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"Tour A",
"Tour B",
"Tour C",
"Tour D"
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"question": "Which tour will you choose if you want to see England's oldest university city?",
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... | Tour A--Bath & Stonehenge including entrance fees to the ancient Roman bathrooms and Stonehenge--PS37until 26 March and PS39 thereafter.
Visit the city with over 2,000 years of history and Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent and the Costume Museum. Stonehenge is one of the world's most famous prehistoric monuments dating ba... | high10882.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because he landed in Tajikistan without permission."
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"Because he stole a plane in Tajikistan.",
"Because he didn't land in Tajikistan safely.",
"Because he landed in Tajikistan without permission.",
"Bec... | (ALAUDDIN VALLEY) -- Russia's relationship with Tajikistan has _ following an incident involving a Russian pilot who was arrested -- after making an emergency landing in the Central Asian nation.
Russia responded by beginning to drive out Tajik guest workers, a move that threatens Tajikistan's entire economy. In total... | high21487.txt |
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"answer_text": "an unsympathetic attitude toward the homeless"
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"an insincere attitude toward the homeless",
"an unbearable attitude toward the homeless",
"an uncivilized attitude toward the homeless",
"an unsympathetic ... | According to the United States government, people are classified as homeless if they have no place to stay and no expectation of finding a place for the next thirty days.Although technically accurate, that is an impersonal assessment of an enormous and very human problem.
The homeless population represents all of us Am... | high11544.txt |
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"answer_text": "trendy"
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"question": "According to the writer, most fashion designers are _ .",
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},... | It took me more than 10 years to realize that the world has no shortage of fashion designers who have the ability to make trendy and elegant garments, but that it is badly in need of, simply, clothes designers. My own definitions would set fashion and clothing greatly apart. It is a fact that, in the shopping malls, ... | high20941.txt |
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"answer_text": "The difficulty in meeting people."
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"The difficulty in meeting people.",
"The idea of supermarket dating.",
"The items on their grocery list.",
"The inconvenience in shopping."
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"question": "Wha... | Although Paris is often considered the city of romance, close to a million adults who call it home are single. Many single people say that France's capital is one of the most difficult places to meet people. The complaints of this lonely group have inspired a new phenomenon known as "supermarket dating." At Galerie Laf... | high3003.txt |
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"answer_text": "48 minutes."
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"48 minutes.",
"45 minutes.",
"80 minutes.",
"20 minutes."
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"question": "If it takes 1 hour to cook a dish using a conventional oven, how much time will one need on average to cook... | Convection vs. Conventional Ovens
If you are in the market for a new oven and you've already begun shopping for one, you've probably noticed that there are a few different types. Two of the most popular oven types are conventional and convection. The difference in these two types of ovens is the way in which the heat ... | high18206.txt |
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"answer_text": "learn to be your own best friend"
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"get into the habit of living alone",
"make many friends in society",
"always tell the truth",
"learn to be your own best friend"
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"question": "If you want to ... | Many people tend to complain about not having good friends in their lives. Sadly, they seem to think that their own company is not enough to make them happy. Nothing could be further from the truth though. In order to get along with others, the first thing you need to do is learn to get along with yourself. Only in thi... | high5472.txt |
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"answer_text": "some good learning skills"
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"some ways to listen carefully",
"some new memorizing skills",
"some methods for reading complex works",
"some good learning skills"
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"question": "The passage mainly ... | Sheela spent three days memorizing a poem for an oral test, but her friend Nisha merely scanned a new poem twice before reciting it from memory! Why then was there a difference? Nisha just knew how to learn better than Sheela. She had increased the ability of her brain by using some skills. Here are some steps to bette... | high20799.txt |
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"answer_text": "Check thetime duringtheexam at a certain time."
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"Check thetime duringtheexam at a certain time.",
"Staying up all night and studying is tiring, but effective way.",
"You should studyin a different place every ... | Do youwanttoimprovetheway youstudy? Do you feel nervous before a test? Many students say that a lack of concentration is their biggest problem. It seriously affects their ability tostudy, sodotheir test results.If so, use these tips tohelpyou.
Study Techniques
*You should always study in the same place. You sho... | high23290.txt |
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"answer_text": "Children form their reading tastes by the time they are seven"
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"Children begin to read very fast at an early age",
"Children examine in detail what they read at school",
"Children can read clearly in primary s... | A good deal of fascinating research has been done about the reading patterns of young people,and it is surprising to discover at what an early age children start expressing preferences for particular kind of books. A recent report,which examined in detail the reading habits of primary-school children.showed that even s... | high9248.txt |
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"answer_text": "74"
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"question": "How old is James Harrison?",
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "someone e... | An Australian man who has been donating his extremely rare kind of blood for 56 years has saved the lives of more than two million babies.
James Harrison has an antibody in his plasma that stops babies dying from Rhesus disease, a form of severe anaemia . He has enabled countless mothers to give birth to healthy ba... | high1614.txt |
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"answer_text": "Glasgow"
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"question": "Manchester took the place of _ and became Britain's fattest city.",
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{... | LONDON--Manchester is Britain's fattest city, a survey for "Men's Health" has found, beating Glasgow for the first time since the magazine started examining the issue three years ago.
Editor Pete Muir said the survey had looked at a variety of factors from gym membership to heart disease rates to find the fattest city... | high13353.txt |
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"answer_text": "what had happened to Frank was killing Fee"
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"Frank did kill someone and deserved the punishment",
"Frank should have told Fee what had happened",
"what had happened to Frank was killing Fee",
"Frank had ... | Everyone gathered around and Paddy read out loud, slowly, his tone growing sadder and sadder. The little headline said: BOXER RECEIVES LIFF SENTENCE.
Frank Cleary, aged 26, professional boxer, was today found guilty of the murder of Albert Gumming, aged 32, laborer, last July. The jury reached its decision after only ... | high8156.txt |
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"answer_text": "to struggle for a better-off life in a big city"
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"to live in a beautiful villa of European style",
"to have more opportunities to be promoted",
"to struggle for a better-off life in a big city",
"to enjo... | Every day Yang Hongwei takes the bus home from work, staring silently at the European-style villas , luxury cars and twinkling lights from the shopping center that he sees through the window.
Yang works for a software company in Zhongguancun. He dreams of such a life, away from poverty, and that hope has kept him in Be... | high15722.txt |
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"answer_text": "students might steal things"
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"people might be angry about the lining up",
"the shop might be over-crowded",
"students might steal things",
"kids should be accompanied by their parents"
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"questi... | Imagine that someone in your neighborhood broke the law, and the judge put the whole neighborhood under suspicion. How fair will that be? Well, it happens every day to high schoolers. Just because some students have stolen things in shops, all of us are treated like _ Even though I'd never steal, store employees looked... | high7265.txt |
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"answer_text": "Website."
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"Website.",
"Student book.",
"Magazine."
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... | Today, nearly 400 animals are listed as threatened or endangered animals in the United States. Many are at risk of becoming extinct or disappearing permanently. Unless efforts to save these vulnerable animals succeed, many of the country's greatest creatures will be lost forever. From the facts listed, guess which ani... | high8630.txt |
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"answer_text": "To show the shortage of girls in engineering."
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"options": [
"To show the shortage of girls in engineering.",
"To introduce some famous girl engineers.",
"To promote the social status for engineers.",
"To give girls a... | When Dawn Bonfield, the former chief executive of the Women's Engineering Society, ran a stand recently at a big military air show, she was in for a shock.
There were around 900 _ among the crowd and Ms Bonfield says, "I'm saying to all these girls, 'Do you know about engineering, would you like to be an engineer, have... | high15044.txt |
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"answer_text": "Beijing's economy will go on as usual."
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"Beijing's economy will have a downturn after the 2008 Olympic Games.",
"The 2008 Olympic Games have no effects on Beijing's economy.",
"Beijing's economy will go on as ... | Once the 2008 Olympic Games finishes, the drums and trumpets of the competitions would also stop. But would the city remain as lively as it would be after this world event? Investment sustainability and high demand are two highly invaluable economic concepts that can be looked at in order to ensure post-Olympics flou... | high7503.txt |
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"answer_text": "she introduced black culture by writing poems"
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"she was an expert on the language of poetry",
"she introduced black culture by writing poems",
"she fought for black rights by writing poems",
"her poems s... | Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding of black culture in America.
During the 1940's and the 1950's, Gwendolyn Brooks used her poems to describe conditions among the poor,racial inequality and drug use in the black commun... | high1172.txt |
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"answer_text": "The E-book-- a New and Big Challenge"
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"Changes Brought by E-books",
"The E-book-- an Extra Income Stream",
"An Economic Rise from E-books",
"The E-book-- a New and Big Challenge"
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"question": "... | Electronic book publishing has many of the same risks and opportunities as electronic music publishing. By delivering text direct to the user's computer screen, the e-book could cut down costs, and allow creators to deal directly with their audience, bypassing traditional publishers and readers. But it also raises th... | high13435.txt |
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"answer_text": "promoting"
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"promoting",
"influencing"
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"a... | The work of railroad pioneers in America became the basis for a great surge of railroad building halfway though the nineteenth century that linked the nation together as never before. Railroads eventually became the nation's number one transportation system, and remained so until the construction of the interstate high... | high18560.txt |
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"answer_text": "New trends and problems that Brits have with the way they greet people."
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"Origin of the traditional British way of greeting someone.",
"New trends and problems that Brits have with the way they greet people.",
... | Kiss crisis, hug horrors and the UK's handshake headaches
Greeting someone, saying goodbye - these situations fill me with unease. You have a second to make a dangerous decision. One peck ? Two pecks? Three? No kisses at all? Why, I think, as I crash into the other person's face, why can't it be as simple as a handsha... | high5314.txt |
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"answer_text": "California."
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"Texas",
"Kansas.",
"Ohio",
"California."
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"question": "Which of the following states had wildfires within its borders?",
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"... | Climate change will increase U.S wildfires, and the smoky air will cause terrible problems in areas far beyond those burned, reports an environmental group Thursday.
Two-thirds of Americans, or nearly 212 million, lived in states suffering from wildfire smoke three years ago, according to the report by the Natural... | high17653.txt |
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"answer_text": "he has been out of work"
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"he has been out of work",
"he doesn't like being a mime",
"he likes performing at the zoo",
"he is offered a higher pay there"
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"question": "The mime accepts the zooke... | One day a mime is visiting the zoo and attempts to earn some money as a street performer. As soon as he starts to draw a crowd,a zookeeper drags him into his office.The zookeeper explains that the zoo's most popular attraction,a gorilla ,has died suddenly and the keeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off.H... | high11222.txt |
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"answer_text": "The CFCs will have a long impact once they are released."
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"options": [
"Some are surely produced by the development of agriculture.",
"The CFCs will have a long impact once they are released.",
"They gather together in the... | Scientists from the University of East Anglia have identified four new man-made gases that are contributing to the damage to the ozone layer. Two of the gases are accumulating at a rate that is causing concern among researchers.
Worries over the growing ozone hole have seen the production of chlorofluorocarbon (C... | high17647.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "their body shape"
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"their home comforts",
"their body shape",
"house buying",
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"question": "The text is especially helpful for those who care about _ .",
"question_type": ... | Your house may have an effect on your figure. experts say the way you design your home could play a role in whether you pack on the pounds or keep them off. you can make your environment work for you instead of against you. Here are some ways to turn your home into part of your diet plan.
Open the curtains and turn up ... | high10128.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "she should have been doing her housework"
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"she was too old to fly kites",
"her husband would make fun of her",
"she should have been doing her housework",
"her girls weren't supposed to the boy's games"
... | It was Saturday. As always, it was a busy one, for "Six days shall you labor and all your work" was taken seriously back then. Outside, Father and Mr. Patrick next door were busy chopping firewood. Inside their own houses, Mother and Mrs. Patrick were engaged in spring cleaning.
Somehow the boys had slipped away to the... | high3771.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Make time to attend a family reunion."
},
"options": [
"How to attend a family reunion?",
"What is a family reunion?",
"Tips for a family reunion.",
"Make time to attend a family reunion."
],
"question": "What w... | The month of May is not only a graduation month in the US, but also a month when some families hold reunions.Have you ever considered why it is important that families get together in one place for a particular time? I believe the reason is honor.
Family reunions are a time we can take out of our busy schedules and spe... | high16559.txt |
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"answer_text": "are scary but at the same time fascinating"
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"provide excitement for people who lead dull lives",
"are mysterious and have supernatural powers",
"can change i... | They may make us scared, but somehow we just can't get enough of our favorite monsters.From literature to movies, TV shows to Halloween costumes , we want more of these blood-drinking, walking-dead, scary creatures!
Here's a look at a few of them.
Mummy : All you'll need is a generous supply of toilet paper of make th... | high15050.txt |
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"answer_text": "Genes help scientists understand how living things develop their characteristics."
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"Defective genes can never be repaired.",
"Genes are too small to be seen through a microscope.",
"Genes help scientists under... | Every living cell contains genes. They are too small to be seen in a microscope, but they are very important. Each set of genes in the body contains all the instructions needed to make a human being. Some genes determine hair color. Some determine the shape of a nose. Some genes help determine your height and even your... | high8624.txt |
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"answer_text": "Graduates Who Can Only Dream of Being Boss"
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"A Tough Job Market",
"Graduates Who Can Only Dream of Being Boss",
"The Ambitious Fresh Graduates",
"The Story of Guo Bing"
],
"question": "Which of t... | Faced with a tough job market, fresh graduates are dreaming of running their own businesses instead. But a recent survey has showed that such ambitions lack the required support and remain just that -- dreams.
The Shanghai Municipal Employment Promotion Center poll of 1,276 graduates in several universities and college... | high1166.txt |
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"answer_text": "To look into the outbreak of Ebola."
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"To look into the outbreak of Ebola.",
"To help the people who suffer from Ebola.",
"To help cure the infected boy of Ebola.",
"To make a study of the bats including ... | The largest outbreak of the deadly disease Ebola was caused by an infected bat biting a toddler, say a group of international researchers.
The 17-strong team of European and African tropical disease researchers, ecologists and anthropologists have spent three weeks investigating the outbreak of the disease in Guinea, ... | high13421.txt |
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"answer_text": "The price of rice and vegetables will go up."
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"Heavy tropical storms will follow shortly.",
"The price of rice and vegetables will go up.",
"Many people will write in to the newspaper.",
"More rice and v... | In Singapore,most of us love window-shopping while some others enjoy having a picnic at East Coast Park or Changi Beach on sunny days.Singaporeans are never bothered by the occasional thunderstorm.However,we know that if it rains for long continuous periods,there will be more serious effects.Just recently the main shop... | high6609.txt |
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"answer_text": "Some fish can recognize your faces."
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"Some fish can recognize your faces.",
"Some fish have complicated brains.",
"Some fish have large brains."
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"questio... | While your pet fish may appear to be ignorant of your presence, chances are that it knows you extremely well and can probably even identify you from a crowd of human faces! At least, that is the conclusion reached by scientists the University of Oxford in the U.K. and the University of Queensland in Australia, followin... | high14428.txt |
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"Swiss Historical Village.",
"Artisan Gallery & Creamery Cafe.",
"Christopher Columbus Museum."
],
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Discover Wisconsin's history and culture on four floors of exhibits. Open for public programs. Admission is free.
Open Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00 am -- 4:00 pm.
(608) 264-6555 www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum
_
612 Seventh Ave., New Glarus
The Swiss Historical Vill... | high1600.txt |
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"girls",
"teachers",
"doctors"
],
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},
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"To help colleges perform better in the future.",
"To help parents and ... | The popular college rankings focus primarily on prestige as measured by the SAT scores of incoming students and how many applicants are turned away. An initiative started last fall by the Obama administration could help families go beyond these limited, and far too easily exploited, indexes to learn quickly and easily ... | high15736.txt |
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"They only work for local magazines and newspapers.",
"Once they become food ... | To some, it's a dream job---eating delicious meals for free and then writing about them. But _
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[
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},
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"That he found a dog owner was pulled by his dog.",
"That he believes any star has its planets.",
"That any planet has gravity.",
"The tremble of Upsilon Andromeda."
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"answer": {
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"the two authors",
"research and result",
"pink and blue"
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Beyond a common preference in people for blue, "the long history of color preference studies has... | high3017.txt |
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"The American dream of owning a house.",
"The life of owner-builders in America.",
"A comparison between young couples and thei... | For millions of people, the American dream of owning a home seems to be slipping out of reach.
"Maybe young couples can no longer afford to buy a ready-made house as their parents did,'' says 40-year-old building instructor Pat Hennin. "But they can still have a home. Like their pioneer ancestors, they can build it t... | high20955.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
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},
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"Other countries have increased their efforts in public relations.",
... | The rise of multinational corporations , global marketing, new communications technologies, and shrinking cultural differences have led to an unparalleled increase in global public relations or PR.
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"answer_index": 1,
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},
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"as the situation changes",
"in order to better identify others",
"as their mental processes change"
],
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"He is in search of new dialects.",
"He is making a speech in London.",
"He is watching a play in the Royal Opera House."
],
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"on Sunday on March 22",
"on Sunday on April 25",
"on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25"
],
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"answer": {
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},
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"Training employees.",
"Consuming fossil fuels.",
"Developing new resources."
],
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For career changers thinking about growth and advancement potential, forget the blue-collar and white-collar categories: Green is the way to go. According to Bracken Hendricks, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Progress, careers that promote environmental responsibility will become main stream withi... | high6147.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "March."
},
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"May.",
"June.",
"March."
],
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},
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"answer": {
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Joshua Tree National Park is nearly 800,000 acres large and surrounds parts of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts in South-central California. Although deserted at first sight, the park is full of wildlife and provides a variety of entertainment activities from hiking to cl... | high14400.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "take a blood test"
},
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"wait for one day",
"fill in a form",
"rest for a while"
],
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},... | What is so amazing about giving blood?
The National Blood Service, which covers all of England and North Wales, needs nearly two and a half million blood donations each year. When you give blood, you'll be doing one of the most amazing things anybody could dream of -- saving a life.
_
All types of blood are needed --... | high9274.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"How to speak to foreigners",
"How to write English well",
"How to organize the idea in English",
"Practice speaking English"
],
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "are named after some famous people"
},
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"reach the top of some high mountains.",
"provide visitors with free water and food.",
"have attracted many well-known cowboys."
... | The following are a few cities with cheap attractions or restaurants in California, the US.
Cathedral City
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "get a membership card"
},
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"know Nice Ride well",
"pay the cost in advance",
"get a membership card"
],
"question": "If one wants to use the bike,it's a must to _ .",
"q... | Right in front of the Minneapolis Central Library,a row of green bikes sits parked in a special stand.Each bike is designed with the logo"Nice Ride"--the name of the city's bike-share program.
Nice Ride bikes are a lot like the library books that people come here to borrow.To rent a bike,you simply use your membership ... | high7259.txt |
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"answer_text": "To protect digital infrastructure in the world."
},
"options": [
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"To protect digital infrastructure in the world.",
"To respect Internet sovereignty of each country.",
"To ma... | China supports international efforts to secure cyberspace but believes each nation's "Internet sovereignty " must be respected, a top Chinese official said at a cyber security conference on Tuesday.
"China, like many other countries, is very concerned about cyber security," said Liu Zhengrong, deputy director general o... | high16217.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
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},
"options": [
"some drivers were driving their cars very fast",
"a couple failed to cross the road as usual",
"most drivers drove in the same direction",
"A blind couple w... | One day I was driving to a business appointment and, as usual, I was planning in my mind what I was going to say. I came to a very busy crossroad where the stoplight had just turned red.
A young couple, both blind, were walking across the road. Each of them had a white cane . They were overcoming the most feared blindn... | high4750.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Her success is partly due to her family."
},
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"She dreams of becoming a scientist.",
"Her success is partly due to her family.",
"She was sure she would win the contest... | A 15-year-old Saanich student who invented a flashlight powered by body heat is heading home today from California with a big prize--and an opportunity to expand on her work.
St. Michaels University School student Ann Makosinski was the only Canadian among the four winners at Google's annual international science fair,... | high19124.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The couple will set up their new home in Nelson."
},
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"They decided to leave all the things behind in Britain.",
"The wife always complained about the life in Britain.",
"The couple will set up their new home in N... | Eric and Doris King Turner are packing their bags for New Zealand. They're busy deciding what to pack and what to leave behind in Britain and are making plans to extend their new home in Nelson. Doris is looking forward to getting the garden into shape and Eric has his heart set on a spot of fly fishing. The difference... | high11578.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
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},
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"Taxis.",
"Restaurants.",
"London clubs"
],
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Pubs, clubs and restaurants will all be smoke-free. Taxi and delivery drivers have been warned that they too could be fined 50 pounds, or abou... | high2321.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
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},
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"better get on with others",
"learn to smoke cigarettes",
"buy a luxury car or dress"
],
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"answer_text": "who have lest their consciousness owing to a stroke"
},
"options": [
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"who have lived in a foreign country for a long time",
"who have lest their consciousness owing to a stroke",
... | Two years ago,Wendy Hasnip,47,experienced a brain injury that left her speechless for two weeks.When she finally recovered.she found herself talking with what seemed to be a French accent."I phoned a friend the other day, and she spent the first ten minutes laughing."Hasnip said at the time."While I have nothing agains... | high17109.txt |
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"might cause you to try to realize the golden dream in the present li... | Can feeling of nostalgia be good for you? Or is it unhealthy to have a strong love for the past?
For years, medical experts have studied nostalgia and the reasons for it. Many experts warn that too much nostalgia is harmful. They say living in the past shows that a person is unhappy with his present life. These feelin... | high3981.txt |
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},
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"acquire more experience",
"get a better job",
"become more responsible"
],
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However, there are... | high5328.txt |
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"the science of ergonomics",
"illness caused by a computer",
"how to keep fit"
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But more doctors are getting worried about just that. If you sit at a PC the wrong way, the nerves and muscles i... | high2447.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer": {
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"show solutions to developing children's character",
"analyze an education problem and give opinions",
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"answer": {
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},
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"to know what funny people are like from different nations and cultures",
"to find ou... | Dr Wiseman started "the laugh lab" project in September 2001. It is the largest study of humour. Participants are invited to log on to the laugh lab website, give a few personal details, tell their favourite jokes and judge the jokes told by other people.
The project will last for a year, and the organizers hope to f... | high16571.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Reduce the number of cruise ships in the rivers."
},
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"Reduce the number of cruise ships in the rivers.",
"Build solid dams along the rivers in case of flood.",
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},
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"because a computer works as the brain does",
"because of a network of many computers",
"because of the number of computers... | Sometimes life gets a little dull. What used to be fun and different becomes boring. That is the time to look for something new. It is the time for a big idea to get your mind off everyday life. So why not search for extraterrestrial intelligence? Or even better, why not get your computer to do it for you?
Over two m... | high15078.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"whether a zoo should be closed down",
"a new environmental organisation",
"the difference between zoos and circuses"
],
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And I hated circuses, especially the animal acts -- men teasing... | high12717.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Hungarian"
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"Hungarian",
"Spanish",
"Italian",
"English"
],
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"question_typ... | Have you ever found yourself in this situation: You hear a song you used to sing when you were a child - a bit of nostalgia or "blast from the past," as we say. But it is not a distant childhood memory. The words come back to you as clearly as when you sang them all those years ago.
Researchers at the University of Ed... | high13409.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"Because they are too busy to have time for a rest.",
"Because they hardly have time to do exercise after work.",
"All of the above"
],
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"answer": {
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},
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"Mr. Perry had a good lunch.",
"Mrs. Perry wanted to test her husband.",
"Mr. Perry liked fish."
],
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"Oh, yes," her husband answered, "that's quite all right. What are you going to leave for my lunch?"
"This ... | high8618.txt |
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"answer": {
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"apologize to others",
"catch the attention of a stranger",
"suggest good manners"
],
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1. When talking to strangers there is often no special form of address in English. In most cases, if you want to catch the attention o... | high12703.txt |
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"answer": {
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"often gets inspired by secondhand books",
"makes architectural masterpieces with Simon Schubert",
"is a magici... | Paper is a cheap and accessible medium that can produce beautiful results. To most people, making a paper plane could be one of the simplest things to do. It's the simplest and easiest form of paper art. And paper art can be dated back to Japan, where it originated over a thousand years ago. However, there's a specia... | high14372.txt |
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},
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"They are under constant pressure at work.",
"They work harder than most other people.",
"They have studied for... | One of the most difficult questions to answer is how much a job is worth. We naturally expect that a doctor's salary will be higher than a bus conductor's wages. But the question becomes much more difficult to answer when we compare a miner with an engineer, or an unskilled man working on an oil-rig with a teacher in a... | high3995.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "in the street"
},
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"in the street",
"at the rich man's house",
"near the boy's home"
],
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},
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One day, a very rich man with the name Miser appeared in front of Tom. He watched his dirty shoes for a while, and then looked at Tom. Tom knew this kind of people well: they love money very much and hate... | high2453.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because she knew she should have felt sad."
},
"options": [
"Because she couldn't accept her father's death.",
"Because she wanted to hold back her sadness.",
"Because she knew she should have felt sad.",
"Because she h... | My father passed away in a nursing home on a September day. I never remembered him telling me he loved me. Upon hearing his death, I didn't feel the need to cry. I struggled with my lack of strong feelings over his passing, knowing it was not healthy for me to avoid sadness.
On Christmas Day of the year, I was reflecti... | high10114.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
"options": [
"He abandoned his wife and family deliberately",
"He wanted to make his divorce a top trending topic on th... | A Chinese actor's divorce from his wife, over her alleged extramarital affair, has social media buzzing, with posts about the subject gaining over five billion views.
Wang Baoqiang announced online on Sunday that he was divorcing his wife, Ma Rong, and sacking his agent, Song Zhe. He alleged that his marriage broke dow... | high19656.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "all of the above"
},
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"the skin becomes damp and cold",
"he patient breathes quickly",
"all of the above"
],
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Shock. ... | high19130.txt |
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"answer": {
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"0.005%.",
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},
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"an... | An alcohol breath test (ABT) is often used by the police to find out whether a person is drunk while driving. In the United States, the legal blood alcohol limit is 0.08% for people aged 21 years or older, while people under 21 are not allowed to drive a car with any level of alcohol in their body. A "positive" test re... | high4744.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
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},
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"respect the privacy of the victim",
"separate their work from feelings",
"ask police for permission to take photos"
],
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Three, two blue and one red."
},
"options": [
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"Three, two blue and one red.",
"Three, one blue and two red.",
"Four, two blue and two red."
],
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"answer_text": "Having some money brings happiness to some degree."
},
"options": [
"Having some money brings happiness to some degree.",
"The more money one earns, the sadder one becomes",
"Buying expensive things will surely bring pleasure... | Many of us dream of having thousands and thousands of dollar to spend on what we desire We can buy lottery tickets, enter contests or spend hours building a business or invest in the stock market. We are sure that when we have plenty of money, we will be happy.
While having some money does have an impact on our level o... | high6153.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Donation."
},
"options": [
"Income.",
"Faith.",
"Education.",
"Donation."
],
"question": "What causes the happiness difference?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | Americans gave nearly $300 billion away last year. Do you know the reason? Beyond the noble goals of helping others, it is that giving will make them happier.
It is a fact that givers are happier people than non-givers. According to the Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, a survey of 30,000 American households, ... | high9260.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he has been out of work"
},
"options": [
"he doesn't like being a mime",
"he has been out of work",
"he likes performing at the zoo",
"he is offered a higher pay there"
],
"question": "The mime accepts the zooke... | One day a mime is visiting the zoo and tries to earn some money as a street performer. As soon as he starts to draw a crowd, a zookeeper pulls him into his office. The zookeeper explains that the zoo's most popular attraction, a gorilla , has died suddenly and the keeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off... | high14414.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "it doesn't damage the paper"
},
"options": [
"it is cheaper",
"it is simpler",
"it can be removed more easily",
"it doesn't damage the paper"
],
"question": "One way the paperclip is better than the pin is that ... | A paperclip,made of steel wire bent into a looped shape,is an instrument used to hold sheets of paper together.This common device is a wonder of simplicity and function.But where did this simple,cheap,and practical invention come from?
In the late 19th century,the most common way to hold papers together was by using a... | high12065.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because her efforts at softball were disappointing."
},
"options": [
"Because her body has many health problems.",
"Because coordination was her strongest feature.",
"Because she was forced to learn to play softball.",
... | When I was 12 years old, I was at a very hard stage in life. I was short and fat, which was bad for a girl, so coordination was not one of my strongest features. On the other hand, my mother was a very talented
softball player who even acted as my coach. Night after night, I would try my best to impress "my coach".Unfo... | high8195.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "it is shameful for boys to read"
},
"options": [
"reading is more important than sports",
"it is shameful for boys to read",
"boys should not work as a teacher",
"boys lack the gift for reading"
],
"question": "... | Where have all the boys gone?You may be able to find them in the gym, at work or hanging out, but there's
where boys are underrepresented, and the problem seems to be getting worse. These days, at high school graduation ceremonies, there are a lot more girls than boys.
In fact, every year, 10 percent more girls graduat... | high15939.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "views of Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province"
},
"options": [
"views of the towns in the Albay province",
"views of the Pacific Ocean",
"views of the Cagsawa Ruins",
"views of Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province... | Are you a volcano lover? Here is a list of some of the world's most beautiful volcanoes
that our travel agency can offer you to visit. Don't miss them!
Mount Mayon, the Philippines
Located about 450 km southeast of Manila on the island of Luzon, Mount Mayon is the
most active volcano in the Philippines; a September 201... | high13390.txt |
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