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"answer_text": "A small act of kindness brings a great joy."
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"One can never be too careful.",
"Actions speak louder than words.",
"Love begins with a little smile.",
"A small act of kindness brings a great joy."
],
... | It was Mother's Day morning last year and I was doing my shopping at our local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Tenyson. As we were leaving, we found that only minutes earlier an elderly woman had fallen over at the entrance and had hit her head on the concrete. Her husband was with her, but there was blood every... | high6807.txt |
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"answer_text": "China Telecom accesses many more cities nationwide than the other four."
},
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"China Unicom charges IDD calls more than the other four firms.",
"China Mobile's coverage is the least of the five firms.",
"China Tele... | Range
At present,there are five network firms---China Telecom,China Unicom,Jitong Communications,China Netcom and China Mobile---that are allowed to operate IP services in China.Each company has its advantages in service.
Charge
As the Ministry of Information Industry co-ordinates,the charges of IP calls of the five co... | high15086.txt |
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"answer_text": "will not give lessons on Saturday"
},
"options": [
"will not give lessons on Saturday",
"will have to teach 50 hours a week",
"can use electricity and water for free",
"will share a bedroom with another teacher"
],
... | We have two very good TEEL (Teach English as a Foreign Language) teaching opportunities available in Tetouan,, northern Morocco with a privately owned English language school which was founded in 2011 and follows British courses. The new teachers needed by the school will begin to work on October 1st, 2016.
Overview
*T... | high12931.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "She enjoyed a meal."
},
"options": [
"She enjoyed a meal.",
"She ate free of charge.",
"She overpaid for the food.",
"She worked as a volunteer."
],
"question": "What did the author do at F.A.R.M Cafe last summe... | I first came across the concept of pay-what-you-can cafes last summer in Boone, N.C., where I ate at F.A.R.M (Feed All Regardless of Means) Cafe. You can volunteer to earn your meal, pay the suggested price($10) or less, or you can overpay--paying it forward for a future customer's meal. My only regret after eating the... | high14398.txt |
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"answer_text": "Tour around guided by an experienced museum stuff member"
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"options": [
"Tour around guided by an experienced museum stuff member",
"Keep continuous contact with the information center of the museum",
"Take guided tours wit... | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
We are currently taking requests for school group guided tours to occur through June 30, 2013. Appointments are required of all school groups visiting the Museum. All requests for guided tours must be sent in using the Guided Tour Request Form. If you have any questions, you may ema... | high23534.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "No paper is used to print the magazine."
},
"options": [
"You can find any subject you want in it.",
"No paper is used to print the magazine.",
"There 1,000 page numbers in the index.",
"The speed of transmitting is ast... | London has a new magazine. But it's not printed on paper. Everyone who has a television can receive it because it is on TV.
In order to read this magazine you have to have a _ . Each page of it is numbered, so you only have to dial the number to choose which subject you want to read about. There's a wide choice--- ever... | high424.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "offer support to the farmers"
},
"options": [
"promote chocolate sales",
"offer support to the farmers",
"reduce the cost of growing crops",
"increase the production of chocolate"
],
"question": "The organizatio... | Have you ever wondered where the chocolate in your favorite candy bar comes from?Chocolate comes from the cacao tree,which grows in warm,tropical areas of West Africa,Indonesia,Malaysia,Mexico,and South America.And who eats the delicious chocolate made from the cacao grown in these places?The majority of chocolate is c... | high19864.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because he knew changing the world was not easy."
},
"options": [
"because he is the president of America.",
"Because he knew changing the world was not easy.",
"Because he didn't get Americans to give up guns.",
"Becau... | Every year during the graduation famous people will talk to thousands of students and their parents. But this time something strange has happened. Each of the big-name speakers seems to speak of the same topic; they are all telling graduates to make the world a better place.
So there was Arianna Huffington at Smith Col... | high17849.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Teachers and children"
},
"options": [
"Teachers and parents.",
"Parents and their children.",
"Teachers and children",
"Workers and doctors."
],
"question": "Who is the passage written for?",
"question_type... | Dear teachers, do you want to find pen pals for your students? Boys and girls, do you want to find your own e-pals ? Here is some advice on how to make e-pals.
First, take a look at www.spoton.de community . Click on international pen pal sites to find some of our favorite international e-pal and pen pal web sites. D... | high4023.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "(415) 332-6961"
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"(800) 833-1753",
"(415) 332-6961",
"(345) 948-1094",
"(715) 466-5666"
],
"question": "Alice, a girl of 10, hopes to learn more about ecology by playing games. Which telephone num... | Spotlight at Salem Academy and College
Academic Camp: Creative Writing, Environmental Education/ Science, Language
Camp Address
500 Salem Avenue
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101
USA
(800) 833-1753
Salem spotlight is designed to arouse intellectual curiosity with emphasis on the experience and development of the ... | high19657.txt |
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"answer_text": "He considers his books treasured possessions."
},
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"He is too busy to tidy up his bookshelves.",
"He considers his books treasured possessions.",
"He has made a lot of notes in his books.",
"He is a lover of... | My bookshelves are full of dust -- and with good reason. When it comes to cleaning that part of my home, I suffer from the most serious case of avoidance .
The thing is this: when I do set out to clean and re-organize my books, which seldom happens, I place myself into a really bad situation. No sooner do I take a tit... | high16564.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a specialist in teenager studies"
},
"options": [
"a doctor for mental health problems",
"a headmaster of a middle school",
"a parent with teenage children",
"a specialist in teenager studies"
],
"question": "Th... | Parents should stop blaming themselves because there's not a lot they can do about it. I mean the teenager problem. Whatever you do or however you choose to deal with it, at certain times a wonderful, reasonable and helpful child will turn into a terrible animal.
I've seen friends deal with _ in all kinds of different ... | high2452.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "was always carefully kept staying morally pure"
},
"options": [
"always faced all kinds of dangers.",
"was not permitted to get in touch with men.",
"was always carefully kept staying morally pure",
"usually felt lonely... | In Jane Austin's time, unmarried girls were always closely guarded, and hardly allowed to be alone with a young man; and during the Victorian period (just the period after Jane Austin) exposure of the body in particular was thought to be most immoral, Victorian ladies wore dresses reaching down to their feet, long in ... | high18549.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They have too much work to do for getting high marks in the exams."
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"options": [
"They are unhappy to do so.",
"Their parents don't allow them to do so.",
"They have too much work to do for getting high marks in the exams.... | With golden sunshine and a gentle breeze , autumn is the most beautiful seasons in the year. This is a great time to go outside and have fun. Go to a valley to see red maple trees , go and pick fruit in an orchard or find an open field to fly your kite in.
However, for many high school students, these great activities... | high9507.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Most of the injured were elderly."
},
"options": [
"All the people injured on the bus were Taiwanese tourists.",
"The accident happened on the expressway near Changchun.",
"Most of the injured were elderly.",
"Most of t... | Bus crash kills four Taiwanese, injures 15
(People's Daily Online)
14:38, August 16, 2011
A tourist bus crashed on the highway in Jilin province leaving four Taiwanese tourists dead at the scene and 15 injured.
According to the Jilin Publicity Department, the bus overturned after _ with a car on the Hunchun-Ulanhot exp... | high6634.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Nurse Maitland."
},
"options": [
"A Doctor in Qatar.",
"Nurse Maitland.",
"Dr. Brown.",
"Agatha Christie."
],
"question": "Who first suggested the correct cause of the baby's illness?",
"question_type": "fac... | In 1977 , a dead author of detective stories saved the life of a nineteen-month-old baby in a most unusual way. The author was Agatha Christie, a gentle married lady and one of the most successful writers of detective stories in the world. ks5u
In June 1977 , a baby girl became seriously ill in Qatar , near Sandi Ara... | high22819.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "catch a cruel alien"
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"options": [
"look for resources",
"do research on the earth",
"find an alien who has got lost",
"catch a cruel alien"
],
"question": "The tiny aliens come to the earth to _ .",
"q... | The book, Aliens Ate My Homework, is set in a small town in the United States. By the way the characters talk to each other and the description of items from their daily lives, I think the story takes place within the last 10 years. It is a story about a boy named Rod Allbright who goes to school like any other normal ... | high12702.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "tips on listening"
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"tips on listening",
"tips on speaking",
"tips on reading",
"tips on writing"
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"question": "This passage mainly talks about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}... | Listening test is one of the most important parts of the English exam. Here are some tips for you.
Before you start to listen, you need to relax. Don't be stressed out. And try to read the questions. These questions usually help you understand the conversation or the passage.
Then listen carefully to the first sentence... | high8619.txt |
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"answer_text": "Idiot savants have areas of outstanding abilities."
},
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"Idiot savants have areas of outstanding abilities.",
"Human Beings have complicated thinking process.",
"The brains of the idiot savants are partly impaired... | Our brains work in complex and strange ways. There are some people who can calculate the day of the week for any given date in 40,000 years, but who cannot add two plus two. Others can perform complex classical piano pieces after hearing them once, but they cannot read or write.
Dr. J. Langdon Down first described this... | high12064.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "what the American Dream is like"
},
"options": [
"what the American Dream is like",
"why Willy decides to kill himself",
"about Bernard's dedication to his work",
"the life stories of Willy and Bernard"
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"ques... | The main reason people come to America is said to be that they can chase the American Dream. Everyone has heard of it, and many have died fighting for it. The only thing is that there is no clear definition of the American Dream. It is not defined by one dream, but by all the opportunities that the United States offers... | high14415.txt |
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"answer_text": "His taxi almost ran into another car."
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"He was caught in a traffic jam.",
"He had a fight with his taxi driver.",
"His taxi almost ran into another car.",
"His taxi suddenly got a flat tire ."
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... | Sixteen years ago I learned this lesson. And I learned it in the back of a New York City taxi cab. Here's what happened.
I got in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station. We were driving in the right lane when all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver us... | high9261.txt |
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"answer_text": "When you want a cigarette, try to forget it by starting a conversation with someone."
},
"options": [
"When you want a cigarette, try to forget it by starting a conversation with someone.",
"Try to drink wine, coffee, and other dri... | When thinking about quitting...
List all the reasons why you want to quit. Every night before going to bed, repeat one of the reasons 10 times. Decide surely that you want to quit. Try to avoid negative thoughts about how difficult it might be. Develop strong personal reasons in addition to your health and duties to ot... | high10673.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "it is the first success with new stem cell technology"
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"this is the first organ transplant in the whole world",
"the patient is in perfect health after the operation",
"it is the first success with new stem ce... | Surgeons in Spain have successfully carried out the world's first organ transplant using new stem cell technology. Some people are calling it the greatest medical breakthrough so far this century.
But what are stem cells? As we know, most cells in our bodies are designed to serve specific purposes - for example, a live... | high2334.txt |
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"answer_text": "introduce the topic of landslides"
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"warn travelers to keep away from those places",
"show that the environment in China is getting worse",
"introduce the topic of landslides",
"express concern for those ... | Heavy rains have caused disasters across China this summer, bringing the worst landslides in decades. The most deadly disaster happened on August 8 when a big landslide hit Zhouqu County in Gansu province, killing at least 1,407 people.
On August 18, landslides hit Gongshan, a town in northwestern Yunnan. At least 38 p... | high20968.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "reduce health risks for students"
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"options": [
"reduce income for Americans",
"reduce health risks for students",
"cause career failure for Americans",
"cause loss in global market for America"
],
"question":... | An American educational expert, Frederick M. Hess, says that a long summer vacation doesn't make sense in today's world.
This summer, 50 million kids will spend much time talking online, watching TV, playing video games and asking older brothers or sisters to take them to the supermarket. They will also be putting thei... | high4745.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "give them a ticket"
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"put them into prison",
"give them a ticket",
"enjoy their performance",
"ask some band questions"
],
"question": "The policeman stopped the boys to _ .",
"question_typ... | I'd like to share my unforgettable experience with you. Believe it or not, it was a real happening.
We were on tour a few summers ago, driving through Chicago, when right outside of the city, we got pulled over. A middle-aged policeman came up to the car and was really being troublesome at first. Lecturing us, he said,... | high19131.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to make a profit from the viewers"
},
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"to make a profit from the viewers",
"to popularize scientific knowledge for the viewers",
"to tell the viewers an interesting factual story",
"to warn the viewers of a... | Once again, rumors are spreading. Judgment Day, this time, is set to happen on December 21st, 2012. The date originated from the Mayan calendar, but actually gained popularity through the hit movie, "2012".
How will the world end? And how do we know the exact date? There are many theories: A meteoroid from outer space... | high17108.txt |
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"answer_text": "selfish"
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"lovely",
"loyal",
"strict",
"selfish"
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"question": "The writer thought he was a _ husband in the past.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"ans... | I made a pledge to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father.
The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting a Biblical passage about husbands being thoughtful of their wives. Then he went on to say, "Lo... | high4989.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "do a lot to help kids in need"
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"options": [
"help the kids in the U.S",
"realize the importance of education",
"raise a lot of money for the poor",
"do a lot to help kids in need"
],
"question": "The World of... | Each year, prizes are presented to adults who make great achievements in art, writing, science, and economics. So why not give awards to kids?
Harry Leibowitz asked himself that question in 1996. As an answer, he and his wife, Kay, created the World of Children organization and began handing out awards to kids and adul... | high10667.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The bad effects watching TV has on children."
},
"options": [
"The bad effects watching TV has on children.",
"How many hours children should spend watching TV.",
"How advertisements affect children's behavior.",
"What ... | Do your children always sit still and watch TV? If so, you should be very alert!
Nowadays, children watch television for long hours. They often spend evenings watching their favorite programs on TV. Sometimes they might stay up late to watch TV. Their addiction to television results in their not having time to play or ... | high2320.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the characters of different style of Chinese garden building"
},
"options": [
"an important part of Chinese culture",
"how to enjoy Chinese gardens",
"where foreigners can find Chinese gardens",
"the characters of diffe... | Garden building is considered an important part of Chinese culture. Some people say that if you have never walked through a Chinese garden, you cannot say that you have really visited China.
Traditional Chinese gardens are located in North China in such places as Beihai Park, the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City. In l... | high11579.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Peng had liked Ma's designs long before she got to know her in the flesh."
},
"options": [
"First ladies compete with each other whenever they are together.",
"Peng's suits can be bought in Ma Ke's clothes stores.",
"Ma Ke of... | When Peng Liyuan stepped off the plane in Moscow, the whole world wanted to know who dressed the elegant first lady. The reporter released the secret--Ma Ke.
Peng Liyuan has been wearing Ma Ke's designs for more than a decade, a fact that was only highlighted recently when she was on her first state visit, accompanying... | high4751.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Shopping Spree, or an Addiction?"
},
"options": [
"Should We Shop or Not?",
"Shopping Behaviors, Good or Bad?",
"Shopping Spree, or an Addiction?",
"The Dangers of Shopholism."
],
"question": "The best title of ... | From hitting the mall with your girl friends on a Saturday afternoon, to holiday spending on gifts that go under the tree, shopping could be called one of America's favorite pastimes. For most people, it means some new clothes for work or a small trinket for a friend. For others, however, shopping is much more than an ... | high16216.txt |
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"answer_text": "The writer had been busy with her life before."
},
"options": [
"The writer's friend was unwilling to cook for her.",
"The writer had been busy with her life before.",
"The writer recovered from her sorrow quickly with his fr... | The day my husband fell to his death,it started to snow,just like any November day.His body,when I found it,was lightly covered with snow.It snowed almost every day for the next four months,while I sat on the couch and watched it pile up.One morning,I _ downstairs and was surprised to see a snow remover clearing my dri... | high7258.txt |
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"answer_text": "The ancient city--Pingyao."
},
"options": [
"The ancient city--Pingyao.",
"China's ancient financial center--Pingyao.",
"The city wall of Pingyao.",
"The museums in Pingyao."
],
"question": "What does the passag... | The ancient city is in Pingyao county, Shanxi Province. The city wall was first built during the Zhou Dynasty. Since 1997, it has been listed as a World Heritage Site. Now Pingyao city is the only one in China completely protected as it was hundreds of years ago.
The perimeter of this square city is 6.4km long and the... | high12070.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "doing business."
},
"options": [
"making whisky",
"doing business.",
"buying and selling land.",
"having an injection each night"
],
"question": "Johnson became a rich man through _ .",
"question_type": "... | Not many years ago,a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was seventy-five, he gave PS 12,000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children's playground.
As a result of hi... | high1629.txt |
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"answer_text": "The sound of trucks."
},
"options": [
"The sound of people.",
"The sound of trucks.",
"The sound of Calimero.",
"The sound of birds."
],
"question": "According to the passage, what does Mlaika copy?",
"quest... | You may have seen a talking parrot on a TV show, in a movie, or even in someone's home. The parrot has learned to copy sounds that people make. Birds are not the only animals that can copy the noises they hear. Dolphins, bats, and some apes also copy sounds. Now we can add elephants to this list of copycats.
Dr. Joyce ... | high9275.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he didn't do the jobs well"
},
"options": [
"he liked listening to the radio",
"he had a big family to support",
"he spent a lot of time writing letters",
"he didn't do the jobs well"
],
"question": "Johnny was ... | John Smith was a very handsome young man but he was lazy. He had finished his education and was happy to sit in his room and listen to the radio all day long. In fact, he had been doing nothing for almost six months, which worried his father a lot. One day Mr. Smith decided that he had to do something. "Johnny, When I ... | high14401.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The Margaret Mitchell House and Museum"
},
"options": [
"The Georgia Aquarium",
"Fernbank Science Center",
"The Atlanta History Center",
"The Margaret Mitchell House and Museum"
],
"question": "Visitors interest... | Museums in Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia is a great place for visitors seeking a little culture. There are Atlanta museums of all kinds, to interest adults and children. The history of the area is a fascinating one and it is documented in many of the museums. There are also collections of art and science based institutions ... | high6146.txt |
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"market"
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"an... | At the beginning of the 20th century there was a big farm called Hollywood Ranch. It was near Los Angeles in California. A few years later Hollywood was one of the famous places in the world. From the 1910s to the 1950s Hollywood was the film center of the world. Every family knew the names of its film stars--Charlie C... | high9513.txt |
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"answer_text": "Fish being smarter than we thought."
},
"options": [
"Fish having very bad memories.",
"Fish being smarter than we thought.",
"How fish improve their memory.",
"What we can learn from fish."
],
"question": "What... | It's a popular belief that a fish's memory lasts for only seven seconds. It may seem sad to think that they don't remember what they've eaten or where they've been, and they don't recognize you or any of their friends -- every moment in their life would be like seeing the world for the first time.
But don't be so quick... | high14367.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "had good academic performance"
},
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"was often praised by teachers for the website he created",
"had good academic performance",
"alone created a website called Facebook",
"encouraged students to set up busin... | Born in the State of New York on May 14th, 1984, Mark Zuckerberg was an instant success. In his high school years, he was considered one of top students in the classics, before moving into the arts, sciences, and literature, again picking up high marks and receiving academic praise. It earned him admission to Harvard U... | high13408.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "about sound"
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"how to telephone",
"about electricity",
"about time zone",
"about sound"
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"question": "Miss Gogers was teaching her class _ .",
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{
... | Miss Gogers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, "Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet... | high4037.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It is like taking drugs."
},
"options": [
"It is something like keeping drugs.",
"It is like taking drugs.",
"It is a way of producing drugs.",
"It is terrible to imagine."
],
"question": "How does the writer de... | "I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net."
"I often check my e-mail forty times a day. "
"I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net."
"I spend more time in chat rooms than with my 'real-life' friends."
Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction... | high3758.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Academic and formal."
},
"options": [
"Academic and formal.",
"Cheerful and friendly.",
"Humorous and concerned.",
"Serious and boring."
],
"question": "Which of the following words best describes the language s... | When people reunite with their loved ones, it's usually a wildly happy moment. But what is their most common response to seeing them again? It may seem strange, but most of the time they break down in tears.
Now a group of psychologists from Yale University in the US say they have found the reason why, and that crying ... | high10101.txt |
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"answer_text": "the website teaching-resources-uk.com uses tricks to cheat people out of money"
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"the website teaching-resources-uk.com uses tricks to cheat peo... | One way to sell stuff is to make things that people want to buy. Another way is to offer "free trials" and then hit customers with bills. This brings us to PDC Education Ltd, run by Rebecca Jordan and Kirsty Weir of Leeds, whose website teaching-resources-uk.com offers teaching plans for teachers.
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For generations, Masai tribesmen on the large African plains in southeas... | high3980.txt |
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By DogTown Media, LLC Open iTunes to buy and download apps.
*Price: $2.99
*Category: Lifestyle
*Updated: Jan 07, 2012
*Version: 1.1
*Size: 36.3 MB
*Language: English
*Seller: DOG TOWN MEDIA
*(c) DogTown Media LLC
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"affect your future life"
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"In the coldest days of the winter",
"In the North of China.",
"It's not mentioned here."
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The United States freed ten admitted Russian agents.The men and women were arrested in late June and pl... | high15051.txt |
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"Abnormal and aggressive."
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"it is not easy for authorities to restrict or ban something",
"it is easy for people to se... | Not very long ago, the question would have seemed absurd. Now it is on the lips of respected scientists; MPs are beginning to talk of "a war on sugar", and even England's chief medical officer has said sugar may have to be, like the old enemy tobacco, taxed in order to
protect the nation's health.
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"he didn't have enough time to answer all the letters",
"he felt sorry for not b... | Dear Reader,
I receive many letters from children and can't answer them all--there wouldn't be time enough in a day. That is why I am sending you this printed reply to your letter. I'll try to answer some of the questions that are commonly asked.
Where did I get the idea for Stuart Little and for Charlotte's Web? Well,... | high18575.txt |
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"transport system",
"beautiful parks and gardens"
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},
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"David heard the noise coming from Adam's closet.",
"Adam jumped into David's bed.",
"Dav... | Bump! Bump! Scratch!
Adam opened his eyes and pulled the covers up to his chin. He stared around his room, searching the darkness for the thing that was making those scary sounds. The closet door moved as something banged on it from the inside.
"Who's there?" Adam asked in a shaky voice. The closet slowly began to op... | high17120.txt |
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"answer": {
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],
"question": "In the story, the yellow handkerchief probably means _ .",
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Give a detailed account of the offense, and... | high5467.txt |
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"is colorful and modern with local style",
"is in an international style, comfortable and convenient."
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Every bedroom has its own bathroom, telephone, and colorful modern materials and furniture in the local... | high2308.txt |
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"anyone can have access to know... | The knowledge society will be a highly competitive one, for organizations and individuals alike.
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"need more career advice from their schools",
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"Where to go.",
"When to stop."
],
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LANGUAGE
* English, Maori and New Zealand Sign Language
MONEY
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It is my understanding that this college has received a large donation to be used to enhance (improve) the quality of life for students: expand the bookstore or add computers to the computer lab. It is the tradition of this school to promote education and to be the pioneer of new technology. That is ... | high12058.txt |
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],
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Day 1:Arrival i... | high13346.txt |
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"answer": {
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King's Art Centre
A day at the Centre could mean a visit to an exhibition of the work of one of the most interesting contemporary artists on show anywhere. This weekend tees the opening of an... | high395.txt |
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"question_type... | The best UK cottages for Christmas and New Year
_
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},
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Having a wide vocabulary is essential to making sense of written language. Of course, this is a circ... | high15723.txt |
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"answer": {
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"His grandmother.",
"His wife."
],
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},
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"He told his parents what he had done in school.",
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I'm afraid I have some very bad news for you . I have been very naughty and the school master is very angry with me . She is going to write to you . You must come and take me away from here . She does not want me in the school any longer . The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette... | high1615.txt |
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},
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"Cell phones get life and work mixed.",
"Women don't use cell phones in an effective way.",
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"answer": {
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"it was about 30 years ago.",
"he was flying to India as a kid",
"he was a kid living in India"
],
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My job is slightly different ... | high9249.txt |
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"answer_index": 1,
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},
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"To warn him no to be cheated.",
"To tell him the convenience of taking a rickshaw.",
"To save some money for them."
],
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At a crowded stop, a young girl ext... | high20798.txt |
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},
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"A robot looking like an insect.",
"An insect with a chip in its body.",
"A tiny flying robot."
],
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The Pentagon is seeking for the cooperation with scientist... | high5473.txt |
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The clues are planting the seeds of an Apple watch in consumers' minds. The general public has not been crying out for a better watch.... | high18207.txt |
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Even many adults who do not fit the ... | high11545.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"students at separate schools ar... | Nowadays, there's a lot of debate about single sex education since it has begun to regain its popularity recently. According to long term studies of children from around the world, students achieve more and learn better in single sex schools.
An Australian study of 270,000 students found that both boys and girls perfor... | high3764.txt |
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Audiences can laugh the night away every Saturday at the Qianxiangyi Teahouse in Tianjin,entertained by the apprentices of Hou Baolin,Ma Sanli or Yin Shoushan--all leading crosstalk artists of years past--for on... | high11223.txt |
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"answer": {
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For the sake of safety , her son has tried hard to ask her to sell the house and buy a new and small one in the town , But Mrs. Jackson doesn't like the idea.... | high18561.txt |
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"It takes a long time to get L-plates.",
"Most L-plates are bla... | For 75 years, three words have influenced the lives of many young Brits.They are:mirror, signal,manoeuvre .
These are the processes all drivers should perform.Learners hoping to pass their driving test need to prove that they understand the importance of these actions before they can throw out their L-plates and head f... | high22831.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "boxing match"
},
"options": [
"listening to music",
"playing card",
"going out for fishing",
"boxing match"
],
"question": "according to the passage, perhaps the followings are our ordinary ways of relaxation fo... | "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" is a popular saying in the United States. Other countries have similar sayings. It is true that all of us need _ We cannot work all the time if we are going to keep good health and enjoy life.
Everyone has his own way of relaxing. Perhaps the most popular way is to take part... | high1173.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "There are rumors that Myanmar has turned down the US relief aid."
},
"options": [
"The US relief aid was turned down at first and then accepted.",
"The US relief aid has been sent to the capital city of Myanmar.",
"There are ... | YANGON -- Myanmar has officially accepted an offer of the United States to send humanitarian aid to the country's cyclone(;)victims, state radio reported Friday in a night broadcast Myanmar Deputy Foreign Minister U Kyaw Thu gave the assurance Friday, saying that the country is receiving such relief aid from any count... | high7502.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the beaver's engineering skills"
},
"options": [
"the beaver's lodge",
"the beaver's engineering skills",
"the beaver's dam",
"the beaver's intelligence"
],
"question": "This text is mainly about _ .",
"q... | Beavers are a very unique species in the world of nature and wildlife----they are architects. Their dams are fine examples of engineering.
A pair of beavers will build a dam, using branches, mud and stones, across a river. The water held back by the dam flows over the bank on either side of the river, flooding the nea... | high15045.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "have no cars"
},
"options": [
"are out of work",
"don't have enough food",
"have no money",
"have no cars"
],
"question": "Most Americans feel they are poor when they _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"... | Cars are the most important part of life in the United States. Without a car most people feel that they are poor. And even if a person is poor he doesn't feel really poor when he has a car.
Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large numbers. He probably doesn't know how much the car was going to affe... | high22366.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "objective"
},
"options": [
"dissatisfied",
"defensive",
"optimistic",
"objective"
],
"question": "The author's attitude towards the recorded music may best be described as _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | More than a century ago, the composer and bandleader John Philip Sousa warned that technology would destroy music, who said, "These talking machines are going to ruin the artistic development of music in this country. When I was a boy ... in front of every house in the summer evenings you would find young people togeth... | high6393.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "before publication"
},
"options": [
"one month after publication",
"immediately upon publication",
"before publication",
"before completion"
],
"question": "The novel made the best-seller list _ .",
"ques... | In spite of ill health and a physical incapacity that threatened her career, Carson McCullers completed a novel in the summer of 1961 that made the best-seller list before its official publication; date by virtue of prepublication sales.
In an interview at her home, the noted novelist looked back on some of her problem... | high23078.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "By getting the fish over and hitting it with his harpoon."
},
"options": [
"By keeping his head clear up.",
"By pulling the fish to his boat.",
"By stopping the fish making turns.",
"By getting the fish over and hitting... | He felt faint again now but he held on the great fish all the strain that he could. I moved him, he thought. Maybe this time I can get him over. Pull, hands, he thought. Hold up, legs. Last for me, head. Last for me. You never went. This time I'll pull him over.
But when he put all of his effort on, starting it well o... | high20571.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "cooperating with Watson to beat Ranbaxy"
},
"options": [
"marketing Lipitor more actively",
"making the price of Lipitor go up",
"cooperating with Watson to beat Ranbaxy",
"encouraging Watson to produce cheaper copies"
... | For some years the big drugmakers have been worrying about an approaching "patent cliff"--a fall in sales as the patents on their most popular pills expire or are struck down by legal challenges, with few new potential _ to take their place. This week the patent on the best-selling drug in history expired--Lipitor, an ... | high11974.txt |
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