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"answer_text": "learns what the students need"
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"learns what the students need",
"is very happy and easy",
"can affect the life of any student",
"has understood everything of the University"
],
"question": "The p... | Student Services
Students' Union
Every University has a Students' Union. If students are the lifeblood of a university, the Union is surely its beating heart.
For students, by students
A Students' Union is run by students and acts independently. At the end of each academic year, it will find six students to hold a sabb... | high10699.txt |
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"answer_text": "the world's best places for beach walks"
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"the wonderful beaches in the world",
"the world's best places for beach walks",
"the beautiful beaches in Australia",
"the ideal tourism resort for health"
]... | Beaches are not only great for lying on and doing water sports, and in fact one of the best ways of enjoying them is a classic beach walk. Here at iWantSun. Co. Uk, we've been searching the globe to find you the world's best and most glorious beach walks, and here's our pick of the top.
The Footpath of the Gods, Amalfi... | high10841.txt |
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"answer_text": "Borrowing money has become a simple matter."
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"Americans buy a lot of foreign products.",
"It is easy for Americans to manage their debts.",
"Borrowing money has become a simple matter.",
"Americans have... | Spending beyond one's means is becoming a national problem for Americans.Borrowing has become so easy that it takes great willpower for people to refuse it."I received a number of gold MasterCard and gold Visa card offers in the mail during the past two months,"said one computer engineer at AT &T Bell Laboratories in C... | high21444.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "unwilling until his father corrected his misunderstandings about life in the North"
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"cold, as he was too young to know any better",
"unwilling until his father corrected his misunderstandings about life in the North... | I call my story the story of a bad boy, partly to distinguish myself from those faultless young gentlemen, and partly because I really was not an angle. I may truthfully say I was a friendly, impulsive teenager. I didn't want to be an angel. In short, I was a real human boy, such as you may meet anywhere in New England... | high11587.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The author's daughter"
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"The author's daughter",
"The author",
"The author's husband",
"The man in rags"
],
"question": "Who paid for the trip?",
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... | My husband and I recently had the chance to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary in Morocco, Our daughter had very kindly given us the trip as a gift a few weeks ago.
One day, we were walking around in the lively and crowded streets, having a good time. I was looking at all the amazing places and architectures, and a... | high17848.txt |
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"answer_text": "minerals"
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"gold",
"silver",
"metals",
"minerals"
],
"question": "Scientists went to different regions in order to search for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": ... | Flying over a desert area in an airplane, two scientists looked down with trained eyes at trees and bushes. After an hour's flight one of the scientists wrote in his book, "Look here for probable metal." Walking across hilly ground, four scientists reported, "This ground should be searched for metals." From an airplane... | high17690.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "spread a kind of concept to the public"
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"promote special produce or business",
"show mercy on less developed organizations",
"spread a kind of concept to the public",
"give away money to charities and sc... | The general objective of public interest advertising is to inform, persuade, or remind people about the particular idea, cause, or philosophy being advertised. This kind of advertising is often used by non-business institutions, such as schools, hospitals and charity organizations. We also see advertising by associatio... | high19865.txt |
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"answer_text": "They eat the wrong foods at the wrong time."
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"options": [
"They eat the wrong foods at the wrong time.",
"They eat food with lots of calories.",
"They don't take any weight loss pills.",
"They burn many calories ever... | People are overweight for many reasons, the most important one of which is that they eat the wrong foods, get the wrong types of calories per meal, and they also eat meals at the wrong time each day. Food is more powerful than any weight loss pill, because the food that you eat can either make you thin or fat. This is ... | high425.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because he doesn't look polite."
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"options": [
"Because he doesn't look polite.",
"Because he seldom says polite words.",
"Because he doesn't listen to others politely.",
"Because he doesn't behave politely towards st... | Most people don't notice I'm polite, which is the point. I am big and look less energetic. Still, every year or so, someone takes me aside and says, "You actually are polite, aren't you?" I'm always thrilled. They noticed. That's the thing. Actually, when we talk about politeness, we usually think of please; thank you;... | high14399.txt |
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"answer_text": "Researchers found that bilingual people can slow down the speed or aging on the brain and respond fast."
},
"options": [
"Researchers found that speaking two languages is important.",
"Researchers found that bilingual people respon... | Speaking two languages can actually help offset some effects of aging on the brain, a new study has found.
Researchers tested how long it took participants to switch from one cognitive task to another, something that's known to take longer for older adults, said lead researcher, Brian Gold, a neuroscientist at the Un... | high12930.txt |
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"answer_text": "Johnstone and Dolby could have seen each other in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore"
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"Johnstone and Dolby could have seen each other in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore",
"the couple pretended not... | London Thursday July 26(Reuters)--Ian Johnstone missed his girlfriend so much that he flew back to Britain from Australia to propose to her.The problem is that she flew in the opposite direction.
He and Amy Dolby even managed to miss each other when they sat in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore at the same tim... | high15087.txt |
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"answer_text": "experienced a terrible nuclear accident 32 years ago"
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"experienced a terrible nuclear accident 32 years ago",
"has a strong program to deal with radiation danger",
"depends heavily on nuclear energy to produce... | The crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy center caused by the terrible earthquake has raised questions about the future of the nuclear energy industry. Arjun is president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research in the United States. He says the disaster in Japan is historic.
This week, the ... | high431.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the benefits of manageable stress"
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"how to promote immune function",
"the benefits of manageable stress",
"how to deal with stress effectively",
"the effect of stress hormones on memory"
],
"ques... | "Humans should not try to avoid stress any more than they would _ food, love or exercise," said Dr. Hans Selye, the first physician to document the effects of stress on the body. While here's on question that continuous stress is harmful, several studies suggest that challenging situations in which you're able to rise... | high23521.txt |
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"answer_text": "13 kg"
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"7.2 kg",
"10kg",
"13 kg"
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"question": "According to the passage, last year the average crop per hive might be _ .",
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"answer... | Rain and cold weather this summer saw honey yields from hives fall by almost three-quarters, the British Beekeepers Association(BBKA)said today. The average crop per hive was down 72% compared to last year, with just 3.6kg (81b) of honey produced compared to an annual average, the annual honey survey by the BBKA reveal... | high12924.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the change of the American family"
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"the change of the American society",
"the change of the American children",
"the change of the American family",
"the change of the American adults"
],
"questi... | There are some great differences between the traditional family and the modern family.
The first important difference is in the man's role.The traditional husband was the head of the household because he was the only one who worked outside the home.If the wife worked for money,then the husband was not considered to be ... | high15093.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "She wanted to show kindness."
},
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"She knew the car drivers well.",
"She wanted to show kindness.",
"She hoped to please others.",
"She had seven tickets."
],
"question": "Why did Natalie Smith pay f... | It was a cold winter day. A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge tollbooth . "I'm paying for myself, and for the six cars behind me," she said with a smile, handing over seven tickets. One after another, the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informed, "Some lady up ahead already paid your fare."
It turne... | high6812.txt |
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"answer_text": "People seek nature in different ways."
},
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"People seek nature in different ways.",
"People should spend most of their lives in the wild.",
"People have quite different ideas of nature.",
"People must make m... | Most of us spend our lives seeking the natural world. To this end, we walk the dog, play golf, go fishing, sit in the garden, drink outside rather than inside the pub, have a picnic, live in the suburbs, go to the seaside, buy a weekend place in the country. The most popular free time activity in Britain is going for a... | high21336.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the mainland of Europe"
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"Asia",
"the mainland of Europe",
"America",
"Africa"
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"question": "The writer came to London from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer":... | I have been in England three months now. I hope you don't think I've forgotten you. There have been so many places to see and so many things to do that I've not had much time for writing letters.
I shall soon be starting my studies at King's College.So far I've been learning about England and British ways ... | high17684.txt |
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"answer_text": "To attract more students to study in the International Summer School"
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"To introduce to readers the International Summer School",
"To attract more students to study in the International Summer School",
"To shar... | Welcome to the International Summer School
Students can have an enjoyable English language learning experiencce--together with organized sports, activities and excursion program. The International Summer School runs 4 different summer school centers for boys and girls aged from 7 to 20.
Two of these schools--Moira Hou... | high20028.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "have their red blood cells infected"
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"options": [
"have to kill female mosquitoes",
"have ability to defend parasites",
"have their red blood cells infected",
"have sudden fever, followed by chills"
],
"quest... | Malaria, the world's most widespread parasitic disease, kills as many as three million people every year--almost all of whom are under five, very poor, and African. In most years, more than five hundred million cases of illness result from the disease, although exact numbers are difficult to assess because many people... | high4963.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "looks after children while their parents are out"
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"options": [
"helps to do housework",
"is a cleaning woman",
"looks after children while their parents are out",
"takes care of babies and cooks for the family"
]... | Today only one person in five in the United States lives within 50 miles of his birthplace. Since the country was first settled, Americans have moved around a great deal, and are often far away from their parents. Because they have broken ties with their past at a young age, chosen their own occupations, established th... | high10855.txt |
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"answer_text": "are now used for protecting the children"
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"can help children all the time",
"are now used for protecting the children",
"were first designed to keep kids safe at home",
"are developed to spare parents mo... | Millions of American kids come home to or leave an empty house every day. However, parents are increasingly using an existing technology -- home security systems -- to keep an eye on their "home-alone" children. In the early days of home security, the systems were basically designed just to keep the bad guys out. Now... | high21450.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "was born with a heart disease"
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"experienced five operations in a month",
"got along well with other children",
"stayed in the hospital before three",
"was born with a heart disease"
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"question"... | When my sister Gina was born, she had a problem with her heart. Her heart was pretty bad in the beginning and she stayed in the hospital for a month. The first few years were very difficult because she was very sick. She had five operations before she was three years old. She had trouble walking, playing with other chi... | high11593.txt |
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"answer_text": "Bilingual People, Better at Some Skills"
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"Bilingual People, Smarter",
"Monolingual People, Smarter",
"Bilingual People, Longer Lives",
"Bilingual People, Better at Some Skills"
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"question": "Wh... | In the early 1950s, researchers found that people scored lower on intelligence tests if they spoke more than one language. Research in the sixties found the opposite. Bilingual people scored higher than monolinguals, people who speak only one language. So which is it?
Researchers presented their newest studies last mon... | high20996.txt |
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"answer_text": "He felt he could no longer meet the responsibilities as a CEO."
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"options": [
"He was found seriously ill in 2003.",
"He felt he could no longer meet the responsibilities as a CEO.",
"He would like to be Chairman of the Boa... | A Letter from Steve Jobs
August 24, 2011
To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community,
I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.
So I resign as CEO of Apple. I woul... | high357.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "destroy the balance of glucose and fat in the body"
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"increase glucose and fat in the body",
"make a person become lazy",
"destroy the balance of glucose and fat in the body",
"make a person unable to exe... | Here's a new warning from health experts: sitting is deadly. Scientists are increasingly warning that sitting for long periods, even if you exercise regularly, could be bad for your health. And it doesn't matter where the sitting takes place--in the office, at school, in the car or before a computer or TV. Just the ove... | high13384.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "most of them have been audience of such activities"
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"most of them have been trained as public speakers",
"most of them have been audience of such activities",
"most of them have to do it when they study at col... | Although there are many ways in which people communicate through speech, public speaking has probably received more study and attracted more attention than any other. Politicians winning an election, salespeople presenting products and etc. All depend upon this form of public communication. Even people who do not make ... | high20766.txt |
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"answer_text": "Darryn Webb"
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"Anthony Alcalde",
"Darryn Webb",
"Cerro Negro",
"Melinda Vorisek"
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"question": "Who is the key person to develop the sport of volcano boarding?",
"question_type": "factiod_q... | Nicaragua's Cerro Negro Volcano has erupted 23 times in the past 100 years,burying homes, crops and people in lava and ashes. But recently the black mountain has become a tourist draw, thanks to a newly invented extreme sport: volcano boarding.
Thousands of thrill-seekers have climbed to the top of Cerro Negro, peered... | high21478.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "in the work itself"
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"to win the Nobel Prize for the first time",
"to be awarded the Nobel Prize for the second time.",
"in the work itself",
"to have a much more important recognition of his work."
]... | I have been very lucky to have won the Nobel Prize twice. It is, of course, very exciting to have such an important recognition of my work, but the real pleasure was in the work itself. Scientific research is like an exploration of a voyage of discovery. You are continually trying out new things that have not been done... | high4793.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The workers didn't operate properly."
},
"options": [
"The workers didn't operate properly.",
"The mine didn't obey the rules to mine for coal.",
"A lot more miners than allowed were working under the mine.",
"The safet... | BEIJING -- The rescue operations at a coal mine accident have ended with 105 miners dead. The State Council has organized an investigation team to probe into what caused the disaster in the city of Linfen, North China's Shanxi Province. Preliminary investigations show the illegal mining of an unauthorized seam , and... | high22171.txt |
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"answer_text": "I really put my foot in my mouth this time."
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"Do not bad mouth me.",
"Stop mouthing off.",
"Do not put words in my mouth.",
"I really put my foot in my mouth this time."
],
"question": "What will... | People use their mouths for many things.They eat,talk,shout and sing.They smile and they kiss.In the English language,there are many expressions using the word "mouth".
For example,if you say bad things about a person,the person might protest and say "Do not bad mouth me." Sometimes,people say something to a friend or... | high6184.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "She was nervous, dissatisfied with her manners but still confident."
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"She was nervous, dissatisfied with her manners but still confident.",
"She was cold, hungry but eager to see all the children in the family.",
... | As we drove along, my spirits went up again, and I turned, with pleasure, to the thought of the new life which I was entering. But though it was not far past the middle of September, the heavy clouds and strong north-easterly wind combined to make the day extremely cold; and the journey seemed a very long one, so that ... | high419.txt |
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"answer_text": "violence can speed up a child's aging"
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"violence leaves scars on a child's mind",
"violence can speed up a child's aging",
"hardship can change a child's aging",
"hardship has a long-term effect on child... | Conventional wisdom says that hardship can make us old before our time. In fact, a new study suggests that violence not only leaves long-term scars on children's bodies, but also changes their DNA, causing changes that are equal to seven to ten years of premature aging .
Scientists measured this by studying the ends o... | high8817.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": ". a prisoner"
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". an animal protector",
".the owner of the cat",
". a prison officer",
". a prisoner"
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"question": "From the passage , we can learn that the author was",
"question_type": nul... | When a dirty and untidy orange cat showed up in the prison yard,I was one of the first to go out there and pet it. I hadn't touched a cat or a dog in over 20 years.I spent at least 20 minutes, knelt down behind the kitchen as the cat rolled around,relaxed.What he was expressing outwardly, I was feeling inwardly.It was... | high23509.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He was too considerate to trouble his friends again."
},
"options": [
"He had an operation to carry out.",
"He has no other transportation choices.",
"He was not permitted to drive by local law.",
"He was too considerat... | I've ridden a lot of buses in my time. There was the one in India that was so crowded, I had to climb onto the top just to breathe. Neither will I forget the bus in South Africa that was almost taken up by monkeys. No matter how entertaining they were at the time, none can compare to my first ride on what I now call th... | high17874.txt |
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"answer_text": "The effect of the Sept.11 attack on Hollywood films"
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"options": [
"The relationship between the Sept.11 attack and Hollywood films.",
"The effect of the Sept.11 attack on Hollywood films",
"The response Hollywoodmade to th... | As the world watched the twin towers of theprefix = st1 /WorldTradeCentercome under attack, a common phrase was repeated:" It looks like a movie."
But this time there was no superman to save the people or the famous building. The attack destroyed one of the world's highest skyscrapers and left 5,000 people dead or mis... | high20000.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "use for their schoolwork"
},
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"use for their schoolwork",
"search the Internet",
"work at home",
"connect them to libraries"
],
"question": "The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each stu... | Laptop computers are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classrooms.
Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows ... | high2484.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Music."
},
"options": [
"Music.",
"Sport.",
"Cinema.",
"TV."
],
"question": "Which activity is the most popular with young French people?",
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"answer": {
... | Many French academics,teachers and parents complain because they feel that intellectual levels are falling rapidly!The figures prove it:young people visit museums less,spend their lives chatting on the Internet,read nothing but Stephen King,while watching American soaps such as Friends or reality shows like Star Academ... | high19859.txt |
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"answer_text": "The increasing popularity of digital wallets in China and the reasons behind it."
},
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"Differences between mobile payments and traditional cash payments."... | Digital wallets have been called the future of real-world payment technology. With major players like Alipay, WecChat and Apple Pay becoming popular, it seems to be a safe bet that a change in consumer payment technology is coming soon.
A recent study by Citi Retail Services found that a growing number of people are em... | high19695.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "proved some of his findings wrong"
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"took the lead in the competition",
"kept her results from him",
"proved some of his findings wrong",
"shared her data with other scientists"
],
"question": "Wa... | Four people in England back in 1953, stared at Photo 51,It wasn't much--a picture showing a black X. But three of these people won the Nobel Prize for figuring out what the photo really showed -the shape of DNA The discovery brought fame and fortune to scientists James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins. The fo... | high3956.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "they don't pollute the air"
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"options": [
"the owners can get some money",
"they can get repaired on time",
"they don't pollute the air",
"the government can decide to buy them or not"
],
"question": "Cars get... | Car Pollution
Some cars do not run the way they should. Bad smoke from a car can get into the air. This bad smoke is called pollution.
Pollution turns the air a gray color1. It is very dirty. It is not good for people to breathe this dirty air.
To keep pollution down, the states tests cars every two years. This test c... | high20014.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Natural eye care"
},
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"Seeing the doctor",
"Taking medicine",
"Natural eye care",
"Being happy all the time"
],
"question": "_ is the most important way to protect our eyes.",
"question_type": ... | Many of us don't pay much attention to the importance of eye care. It is said that if you take care of your body, then you can surely be healthy. That is why our eyes should be given a lot of care. Natural eye care should be put in a number one place.
There are several causes leading to poor eyesight like not enough fo... | high2490.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "tiger"
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"tiger",
"panda",
"bear"
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"question": "The _ is the largest wild cat in the world.",
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... | Tigers are the largest wild cats in the world. They usually go out to hunt for food when it is dark. When a tiger sees an animal, it moves quickly and then jumps on the animals to kill it. Sometimes it can take the tiger several days to finish eating its food. When the tiger is full, it will cover the dead animal wi... | high8803.txt |
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"answer_text": "She couldn't recite words clearly owing to stuttering."
},
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"She hadn't enough time to practice.",
"She wasn't popular with the students in her class.",
"She couldn't recite words clearly owing to stuttering.",
... | One day in my class, the children were busy preparing for the coming concert. Suddenly Patty came up to me and said, "Every year I-g-g-g-get to be a quiet student. The other kids are always in a p-p-p-play or something. This year, I w-w-want to recite a p-p-p-poem myself!"
Watching her eager eyes, I had no way to refus... | high12918.txt |
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"answer_text": "It presents the reader with some information concerning swine flu."
},
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"It mainly tells us how swine flu broke out in Mexico City.",
"It presents the reader with some information concerning swine flu.",
"It tells... | Life has changed in Mexico City. Streets normally filled with people are empty. One of the most popular professional soccer teams recently played a game in an empty stadium that can seat more than100,000 people. It's swine flu that has made life in Mexico City grind to a halt .
Seemingly out of nowhere, swine flu ha... | high22603.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "young people make muscles more quickly when eating"
},
"options": [
"older people can't make muscles any more",
"eating fast will help make more muscles",
"young people make muscles more quickly when eating",
"older peo... | Have you ever noticed that people have thinner arms and legs as they get older? As we age it becomes harder to keep our muscles healthy. They get smaller, which reduces strength and increases the possibility of falls and fractures . New research is showing how this happens and what to do about it.
A team of Nottingham... | high22165.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "they were both new students"
},
"options": [
"they were of the same age",
"they had the same hair styles",
"they were both tall",
"they were both new students"
],
"question": "The writer and Lisa were similar in... | My Best Enemy
Once again, I was in a new school. So was a girl in my class named Lisa. That's where the similarities ended.
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I'm so glad to read about the changes talking place in your city. It's really good news that you can travel by subway in Xi'an, though there's only one line there. Here in London we have twelve lines. By the way, we don't use the word "subway" here. It's American English. We call it "the Underground", instea... | high2491.txt |
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Melanie Sears has not yet learn... | high6191.txt |
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But more and more research is suggesting that vitamin D might also help prevent many disease... | high1832.txt |
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Gwent Police have abandoned colours such as greys and browns of the 20th-century police cell and have used c... | high20001.txt |
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Dr Moran Cerf told the journal Nature: "We would like to read people's dreams." Previously the only way to a... | high22616.txt |
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"the French are less willing to buy eco-friendly gifts than other Europeans",
"80... | A used book or nearly-new kitchen gadget may not be at the top of every Christmas wish list, but hard economic times coupled with a new green awareness are changing attitudes about gift-giving in France.
French holiday shoppers are choosing larger numbers for "green" gifting this Christmas, studies show. About 30 per... | high20029.txt |
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These seven kids, all under the age of 20, are members of the band Kids These Days (KTD).
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Are you hard driving and competitive?
Are you usually pressed for time?
Do you want to control others?
Do you have a strong need to do better than others in most things?
Do you eat too quickly?
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],
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The cigarette industry began in 1870s with the development of the cigarette manufacturing machine. ... | high4962.txt |
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"follows people reports on what they do",
"helps people start businesses",
"gives advice to people about the law",
"settles arguments between companies"
],
... | Every person leaves a footprint. That's what I learnt when I started to work as a private investigator 10 years ago.People pay restaurant bills with their bank card,check into hotels or travel around. In every case,they leave a trace.And because of this,I'm able to track them down even when they don't want to be found.... | high21445.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a lot of wild animals have been killed for products"
},
"options": [
"a lot of wild animals have been killed for products",
"Jackie Chan and Ang Lee make fin soup popular",
"Steven Spielberg's Jaws inspires us to protect shar... | As we enjoy the summer ocean waves along the beaches, we may think nervously about Steven Spielberg's Jaws and the great fear that sharks inspire in us. Yet we are happy to see global efforts to protect the declining number of sharks. The world has realized that we need the species, like sharks, to keep a balanced ecos... | high10840.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "There are few color-blind women."
},
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"Women are more careful.",
"There are few color-blind women.",
"Women are fonder of driving than men.",
"Women are weaker but quicker in thinking"
],
"question":... | About ten men in every hundred suffer from color blindness in some way. Women are luckier, only about one in two hundred is affected in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman!
There are different forms of color blindness. In some cases a man can not see deep red. He may think that red, ora... | high4976.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Her mother."
},
"options": [
"Her mother.",
"Her father.",
"Sabina herself.",
"An unknown tourist."
],
"question": "Who came up with the idea of having a father-daughter trip when Sabina was 3 years old?",
"... | Photography has been my interest ever since I was old enough to pick up a camera, but today I want to share with you the 15 most treasured photos of mine, and I didn't take any of them. In fact, most of them were taken by random tourists.
My story begins when I was in New York City for a speech, and my wife took a pic... | high13391.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a typical menu from a US school consists of enough nutrition."
},
"options": [
"a typical menu from a US school consists of enough nutrition.",
"most students in South Africa eat their lunch at home.",
"many schools in Austra... | It seems school children all over the world complain about their school food. Cherie Blair, the wife of previous Prime Minister Tony Blair, said that she would prepare a packed lunch for her son if school dinners do not improve. So what do students of your age eat for lunch at school?
Japan
High schools have canteens ,... | high342.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "more spurts"
},
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"more spurts",
"as many sports as there were",
"less sports",
"twice as many sports as there were"
],
"question": "Compared with the first Olympics held in 721 B. C. there are _ ... | The first Olympics took place at Olympia in Greece in 721 B. C. almost 3,000 years ago. Many different sports, such as boxing, running and throwing the discus were played there, though there were much fewer sports than in the modern Olympics. People fr0m all over Greece came and watched the Games at the foot of Olympus... | high23252.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "70 decibels"
},
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"50 decibels",
"65 decibels",
"70 decibels",
"85 decibels"
],
"question": "The recommended level of background noise is _ .",
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},
{
"a... | If you are looking for a creative solution to a piece of work or a school assignment,don't lock yourself up in a quiet room.
A new study suggests that moderate background noise is a better spur to creative thinking than the sound of silence,Time magazine reported.
A paper published in the Journal of Consumer Research ... | high8194.txt |
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