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"answer_text": "Because he smoked too much for his age."
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"Because he smoked too much for his age.",
"Because his parents were both heavy smokers.",
"He fought against smoking.",
"Because his parents forbid him to smoke.... | In Indonesian 2-year-old boy who hit the headlines last month due to a 40-a-day cigarette addiction has reportedly cut down to 15-a-day from 40, after the child received treatment.
Images of a two-year-old boy smoking cigarettes have shocked people in Indonesia. The little boy, Ardi Rizal from Sumatra, is addicted... | high23087.txt |
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"answer_text": "his friends hadn't invited him to the cinema"
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"his father had a terrible accident",
"he couldn't drive to the mall with his friends",
"his friends hadn't invited him to the cinema",
"his father didn't al... | It was a Sunday morning, and I was in a terrible mood. Two of my friends had gone to the movies the night before and hadn't invited me. I was in my room thinking of ways to make them sorry when my father came in. "Want to go for a ride, today, Beck? It's a beautiful day."
"No! Leave me alone!" Those were the last words... | high1403.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "tobacco industry"
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"options": [
"Obama",
"tobacco industry",
"White House",
"US Food and Drug Administration"
],
"question": "The new law makes life difficult for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"... | Obama Still Smokes in Secret
US President Barack Obama has just made life more difficult for cigarette makers. He has just signed a law that will set tough new rules for the tobacco industry. The new law gives the US Food and Drug Administration the power to strictly limit the making and marketing of tobacco products.
... | high197.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They showed they were only willing to communicate in French."
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"options": [
"They warmly offered her help.",
"They asked her to speak French.",
"They thought she should struggle to learn French.",
"They showed they we... | The highlight of my journey was to be Paris,the city I'd always longed to see.But now I was frightened to travel without a companion.I steeled myself and went anyway.I arrived at the train station in Paris panicked.Pulling my red suitcase behind me,I was pushed by sweaty travelers . On my first Metro ride, I encountere... | high13144.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "encouraged to read many literature works"
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"fond of reading all kinds of novels",
"forbidden to discuss movies in class",
"not allowed to watch movies in the cinema",
"encouraged to read many literature w... | As more and more books become movie adaptations , I can't help but think how this will affect English classes in America. Thinking back to my years in middle and high school -- ten years ago, I would be rewarded if I had read a number of classics. Today, a majority of those books are now also movies Life of Pi, The Gr... | high8341.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "look ahead and write something positive."
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"options": [
"Draw a picture of something complicated.",
"Put more sugar into your coffee.",
"Writing down negative thoughts.",
"look ahead and write something positive."
... | Having one of those days--or weeks--when everything seems to annoy you? Even if you do nothing about it, your bad mood will probably go away after some time. But with a little effort, you can forget it much faster, often within a day or two.
Walk it off
Exercise is the most popular bad-mood buster. A person who's in a... | high15535.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "finding places to stay in England"
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"options": [
"learning English",
"finding places to stay in England",
"driving their car on English roads",
"going to England by car"
],
"question": "My Spanish friends want... | When I lived in Spain,some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car,before they left,they asked me about how to find accommodation .I suggested that they should stay at "bed and breakfast" houses,because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family.My ... | high7072.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he was not responsible for the girls' accident"
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"he didn't break the traffic rules on purpose",
"he was not responsible for the girls' accident",
"he had the right to chase after the girls",
"he didn't f... | It was a cold evening,the night before Halloween,when something happened in my town that no one will ever forget. During lunchtime at school,some girls who were my brother's friends told him about a plan that they had to toilet paper a guy's house. They had already been playing pranks on this guy,and they were laughin... | high21690.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "study the course of St. John Ambulance Training Officer"
},
"options": [
"belong to the junior sections of the first aid competition",
"complete our application form by the end of April, 2012",
"study the course of St. John A... | The national schools' first aid competition is an interesting way for young people to practice their first aid skills in a safe environment.
A school may have three teams. The deadline for this competition has now been continued to April 21, 2012. All teams will compete at an elimination round, with the winners going... | high3214.txt |
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"answer_text": "Animals cells have a nucleus in the center."
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"options": [
"Plants cells can store more energy than animal cells.",
"Plant cells have a nucleus in the center.",
"Animal cells are bigger than plant cells.",
"Animals ce... | Cells were discovered in 1665 by Robert Hooke when he took a piece of cork and looked at it under a microscope. Cork is made up of dead cells but you are still able to see the cells which proved to be interesting to him. He described _ as being made of something, just like a wall is made of bricks. He then called thos... | high21848.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The family lived in the suburbs, who were fond of the cat."
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"options": [
"The family living in the middle of the city liked a cat very much.",
"No one in the family was fond of the cat.",
"The family lived in the suburbs, ... | A family living in an apartment house in the suburbs of a large city had a cat of which they were very much fond. One day the cat got sick and finally dies. As there was no back yard to their home in which to bury the cat. Father was forced to wrap the cat up in a newspaper and take it with him, being carefully reminde... | high18011.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The mouse was created only for the Apple Lisa computer"
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"options": [
"The mouse was the first commercial one for consumers",
"The mouse was created only for the Apple Lisa computer",
"The mouse was buried in Aspen ,Colotad... | The National Geographic Channel has unearthed a time capsule buried by late Apple chairman and co-founder Steve Jobs thirty years ago.
The time capsule was buried in Aspen .Colorado .in 1983, shortly after Jobs attended the International Design Conference being held in that city. Organizers called the device the Asp... | high5665.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A typist"
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"options": [
"A writer",
"A typist",
"A teacher",
"A doctor"
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"question": "In the past, who usually suffered from a pain in the neck according to the passage?",
"question_type": null
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... | Texting long messages can be a pain in the neck. The repetitive action of working your fingers across the keyboard of your cell phone can cause some of the same chronic pain problems previously limited to those who'd spent a lifetime typing.
The possible connection is particularly worrying considering how much teens ... | high17322.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "People wore casual clothing."
},
"options": [
"It was very formal.",
"People wore casual clothing.",
"It took place in a restaurant.",
"People care more about formality."
],
"question": "Which of these statement... | One day an American friend invited me to a party. It wasn't a real party, it was some kind of informal get-together. Since it was summer time, he had a cookout where most of his American friends and s were known to me, but there were others I had never met before.
It was the most embarrassing party for me whe... | high18777.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the world's largest insect"
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"options": [
"the world's largest insect",
"a toy used in many parts of the world",
"the only insect found in Africa",
"the world's smallest insect"
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"question": "The African Gol... | The World's Largest Insect .This giant insect can be used as a toy.
A child ties one end of a string to a stick and the other end around the "neck" of an insect. Holding the stick, the child lets the insect go. With a loud whirring sound, the insect takes off, pulling the string in a large curve over the child's head. ... | high5103.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the moving love story between Tinker Bell and Terrence"
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"options": [
"the attractive details",
"the lively animation characters",
"the three-dimensional animation",
"the moving love story between Tinker Bell and Terr... | If there's a child in your house who likes pixies , nature, or magic, Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure is sure to be a hit. This beautifully animated film is a first class production in every way, and features the familiar voices of Kristin Chenoweth, Anjelica Huston, Jane Horrocks, Lucy Liu, and Raven Symone. The ... | high17444.txt |
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"answer_text": "The mystery about nuclear radiation."
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"options": [
"How to detect nuclear radiation.",
"How radiation kill a man.",
"The mystery about nuclear radiation.",
"Serious damage caused by nuclear radiation."
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"qu... | Nuclear power's danger to health, safety, and even life itself can be summed up in one word: radiation.
Nuclear radiation has a certain mystery about it, partly because it cannot be detected by human senses. It can't be seen or heard, or touched or tasted, even though it may be all around us. There are other things lik... | high16982.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "In Skagway."
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"options": [
"In Skagway.",
"In Juneau.",
"In Haines.",
"In Gustavus."
],
"question": "Where can you get to know the local history?",
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"answer... | Nowhere else like Alaska can you enjoy a whale exploding out of the water or an eagle pulling a silver fish from the river. Combine these images with high mountains, brilliant icebergs and wonderful meals and you really do have the Best of Alaska! Join us for an unforgettable 7-day holiday to Alaska!
You can have fun h... | high3572.txt |
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"answer_text": "A mistake you made at work."
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"options": [
"A funny political leader.",
"Another person's religious belief.",
"A person in your group.",
"A mistake you made at work."
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"question": "What is a proper topic for... | Feeling good and having humor in our lives can do wonders for our position and productivity , which means that there is definitely a place for some humor on the job. Having a smiling face will help your coworkers and supervisors feel better being around you, and you may well end up harvesting the rewards by laughing mo... | high19469.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "when Diana refused Vivien's sandwich"
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"options": [
"because she was too good for anyone",
"when Diana refused Vivien's sandwich",
"though she asked the writer to forgive me",
"when she was waiting for Vivien"
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... | It is a very common thing for a person to have a good friend. My good friend is Diana. She is a rich and proud girl. She often thinks that she is too good for anyone, so nobody wants to be her friend.
One day after school, I was waiting for Diana when Vivien came up to me. She gave me a biscuit. I accepted it. We talke... | high8427.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Having a bottle of wine in a Chinese restaurant."
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"options": [
"Selling a can of beer to teenagers.",
"Having a bottle of wine in a Chinese restaurant.",
"Having an open bottle of beer inside a car.",
"Drinking a can... | Most laws in the United States and Canada are similar to laws in other countries. For example, it is against the law everywhere to murder a person, and it is illegal to steal money. Everyone knows these laws, but foreign students or tourists in a new country may not know some of the local laws. For instance, a legal ac... | high15253.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Six."
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"options": [
"Five.",
"Four.",
"Three.",
"Six."
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"question": "In how many countries is English spoken as a first language in the world?",
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"answer"... | English is spoken as a first language by most people in the USA, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Canada. However, English is spoken all over the world. It is the main language in over 60 countries, such as India, Singapore and in many of the Caribbean and Pacific islands. In those places English is often a... | high829.txt |
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"answer_text": "to settle disputes among nations by persuasion,mediation or other means"
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"to keep international peace and security and promote international cooperation",
"to consider,discuss,and pass on blinding resolutions",
... | Even before World War II ended in 1945,many world leaders dreamed of a new organization that would keep international peace and safety,and encourage international cooperation .An organization was formed.The United Nations was to work to this ideal of mankind.
When the UN was founded in 1945,it was made up of fifty memb... | high7714.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "in case they die out some day"
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"options": [
"by spreading them around the world",
"so that they can research them",
"by burying them under the ground",
"in case they die out some day"
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"question": "Many res... | Imagine putting a seed in a freezer, waiting 30,000 years, and then taking the seed out and planting it. Do you think a flower would grow?
Amazingly, scientists have just managed to do something very similar. They found the fruit of an ancient plant that had been frozen underground in Siberia for about 31,800 years. Us... | high23939.txt |
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"answer_text": "a little help for dog owners"
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"options": [
"Bow-Lingual's inventors",
"dog barks and their different emotions",
"talking dogs",
"a little help for dog owners"
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"question": "This passage is mainly talking ab... | Dog owners now have a little help understanding their furry friends . A new device called Bow-Lingual "translates" dog barks into English , Korea or Japanese.
Bow-Lingual's Japanese inventors spent much time and money analyzing dog barks . They found that dog noises can be broken down into six different emotions : happ... | high1365.txt |
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"answer_text": "A tall box used to cool food without ice or electricity."
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"options": [
"An ice box used to contain things.",
"An electrical container to hold things.",
"A small box made of cloth to contain food.",
"A tall box used t... | Before fridges, homes usually had ice boxes. But another way to keep food cool without electricity is to use an evaporative cooler. It is easy to make and does not even use ice.
A common design is a tall box with several shelves inside. The shelves are pieces of metal with many small holes through them. The sides of ... | high13622.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "your ability to see the funny side of an unpleasant event"
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"your having been brought up in America",
"the joke being related to a really comic situation",
"your ability to see the funny side of an unpleasant e... | Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up.The sense of humour ismysteriously connected with national characteristics.A Frenchman ,for instance, might find it hard to laugh at Russian joke.In the same way, a Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke which would make ... | high9739.txt |
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"answer_text": "science fiction writer"
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"science fiction writer",
"science fiction publisher",
"high school student",
"science fiction fan"
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"question": "We learn from the passage that the writer is probably a... | It was when I was attending high school that I first read Asimov's stories. At the time, a few science fiction magazines began to introduce this author, and to translate a few pieces from his "Robot Series". Of Asimov's works, the one that left the deepest impression on me was Pebble in the Sky. This novel directly inf... | high69.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "punishing those who sell cigarettes to teens more severely"
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"options": [
"punishing those who sell cigarettes to teens more severely",
"punishing teens caught with tobacco more severely",
"educating those who sell cigarett... | Stopping teens from smoking is a big challenge many communities face today. Many communities can only watch without being able to act while local businesses continue to sell tobacco products to children, even under the risk of punishment by law.
Recent studies show that a large percentage of teens today are getting the... | high15247.txt |
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"answer_text": "To encourage children to participate in outdoor activities."
},
"options": [
"To make children read more books.",
"To help children distinguish the natural world.",
"To encourage children to participate in outdoor activities... | A campaign is being launched to encourage children to _ 30 minutes of screen time a day to head for the great outdoors.
The newly formed Wild Network--a collaboration of nearly 400 organizations--is attempting to attract youngsters away from television and computer screen and to fields, woods and parks. Members of the... | high8433.txt |
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"answer_text": "lower than those in 1923"
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"the lowest in history",
"the highest in history",
"higher than those in 1923",
"lower than those in 1923"
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"question": "According to the passage, in Germany the price... | There is a story of a country where the rate of inflation is so high that clever people pay for a taxi ride before, instead of after the trip. The story may or may not be true. But inflation was up so fast that by the end of 1923, they were 50 billion percent higher-- a rise of almost 2500% a month.
There was so much p... | high7700.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "shaping children's character"
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"preparing children academically",
"shaping children's character",
"teaching children mathematics",
"developing children's artistic interests"
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"question": "In Jap... | Many Americans are turning to Japan, they think, a country of high academic achievement and economic success, for possible answers. However, the answers provided by Japanese preschools are not the ones Americans expected to find. In most Japanese preschools, surprisingly little emphasis is put on academic instruction.... | high12528.txt |
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"answer_text": "all the above"
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"their moods",
"their feelings",
"their interests",
"all the above"
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"question": "Through jazz, people can express _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"an... | Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. The US is well known for jazz , which has gained world-wide popularity.
In contrast to classical music, which follows formal European traditions, jazz is natural and free-form. It is full of energy, expressing the moods, interests, and feelings of ... | high1371.txt |
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"answer_text": "He went to get a car to pick the author up."
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"options": [
"He hurried to buy a ticket for the author.",
"He went to get a car to pick the author up.",
"The author didn't behave in a friendly way.",
"The author found ... | My decision to travel around China lay merely with my curiosity about the place. Before coming here, China seemed _ to me ----a place that expected to be hugely dissimilar from my own British culture.
After travelling from Beijing up to Xi'an, I wanted to challenge myself by choosing a smaller town----Xiahe in Gansu Pr... | high13636.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Playing cards with a lonely old man."
},
"options": [
"Visiting the sick children.",
"Picking up the donated food.",
"Helping with the gift cart.",
"Playing cards with a lonely old man."
],
"question": "Accordin... | For many people,volunteering is a way of life.Holidays are the time of the year that more people are in a giving mood.Homeless shelters,children's hospitals,and nursing homes are excellent places to give of one's time.
Volunteering in Homeless Shelters
There is a homeless directory online that anyone can easily access ... | high14159.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The Cleverest Animal"
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"options": [
"The Elephant's Memory",
"The Cleverest Animal",
"Judging Intelligence",
"The Chimp's Brain"
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"question": "Which is the best title?",
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... | Of all the animals in the animal kingdom, which one (aside from man) is the cleverest?
There are several ways of measuring the intelligence of animals. In one test a scientist sets three same cans on a table. While the animal watches, he puts food under one of the cans. Then he leads the animal away. Some time later, h... | high5117.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "You can have nice scores"
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"You may have better understanding of choosing friends.",
"You will have a good beginning of your university life",
"You can have nice scores",
"You may be more popular"
],
... | Fresher's Week at universities can be a nervous experience.
The prefix = st1 /UKhas a well-respected higher education system and some of the top universities and research institutions in the world. But to those who are new to it all, it can be confusing.
October is usually the busiest month in the academic calendar . U... | high16996.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Social problem connected with drugs and lack of jobs."
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"Too many Puerto Ricans live in the USA",
"Few people in Puerto Rico can speak English",
"Puerto Rico's GDP is lower than that of the USA",
"Social ... | Puerto Rico may be part of the USA but its music and dance is a mixture of both Spanish and African rhythms. The country, as a result, is a mixture of very new and very old. It exhibits the open American way of yet _ the more formal Spanish influences. This is reflected in the architecture, not just the contrast betwee... | high2678.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a popular way to help the poor"
},
"options": [
"a special use of bed nets in Africa",
"the use of assistance-related products",
"the importance of social programs for the poor",
"a popular way to help the poor"
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... | If you give something to someone for free, will that person value it and use it? Development experts have debated this question for decades. Some think the act of paying causes people to value something and use it more.
Selling necessary health treatments, others argue, may deny them to the people who need them the mos... | high11021.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The traffic."
},
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"The weather.",
"The mountains.",
"The air.",
"The traffic."
],
"question": "Which of the following is not mentioned about San Jose?",
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"answer... | Two magazines recently listed the best cities to live in. Here are two of the cities listed as "the world's best."
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA The city has comfortable weather all year round (15degC to 26degC ). Housing is not very expensive in San Jose. Also, many of the city's older neighborhoods are very beautiful and hav... | high3566.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "watched things going on , unable to do anything"
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"reported the disaster to Sky News television",
"was watching a drama play on TV in the hotel",
"tried to find his son lost in the waters",
"watched thing... | SYDNEY 2005-01-01 08:33--Mother of two, Jillian Searle, had to choose between her children when she made a life-or-death decision.
Swept up by mountainous tsunami waves at a Thai resort ( ), she could not hold on to both her young sons and survive . Fighting to stay above the waters , she had to choose which one woul... | high4209.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "listening,speaking,reading and writing"
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"understanding and speaking",
"listening,speaking,reading and writing",
"writing and understanding",
"memorizing and listening"
],
"question": "the most im... | in order to know a foreign language thoroughly , four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear it spoken. secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves, with confidence and without hesitation . Thirdly, we must do much reading. Finally, we must be able to write it. We must be able ... | high3200.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It will cause damage to the development of teens' intelligence."
},
"options": [
"It is convenient for teens to communicate with others.",
"It is likely to cause trouble in understanding each other.",
"It is convenient for te... | I have always known my kids use digital communications equipment a lot. But my cellphone bill last month really grabbed my attention. My son had come up to nearly 2,000 incoming text messages, and had sent nearly as many. Of course, he was out of school for the summer and communicating more with friends from a distance... | high5671.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "twins communicate with each other in an unusual way"
},
"options": [
"twins communicate with each other in an unusual way",
"twins are more likely to suffer from speaking problems",
"most twins have exceptional abilities to i... | It is well-known that twins are closer to each other than most brothers and sisters ---- after all, they probably spend more time with each other. Parents of twins often notice that they develop special ways of communicating: they invent their own words and one can often finish the other's sentence. In exceptional circ... | high18005.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "works for a programme called ASSE"
},
"options": [
"works for a programme called LEC",
"works for a programme called ASSE",
"is 25 years old",
"hosts foreign students"
],
"question": "Viekie Weiner is the person... | WASHINGTON-Laura Straub is a very worried woman . Her job is to find families for French teenagers who expect to live with American families in the summer .
It's not easy , even desperate .
"We have many children left to place :40 out of 75," said Straub , who works for a Paris-based foreign - exchange programme called... | high17336.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Tui Na can bring back not only physical health but also emotional health."
},
"options": [
"Tui Na is a whole-body treatment and can't be divided into different parts.",
"Tui Na can be used to balance the diseases before they can d... | In traditional Chinese medicine, the body, mind and spirit cannot be divided and so the unique whole-body treatment in Tui Na can also be a useful treatment correcting any imbalances in the body's energy before symptoms and disease can develop. It also works to bring back emotional peace as well as physical health. Thi... | high23093.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "my scar was still painful"
},
"options": [
"I began to feel better",
"my scar was still painful",
"I could hardly stretch my arm",
"I got tired of operation"
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"question": "After I got my first chemotherapy tre... | It was only a few weeks after my surgery, and I went to Dr. Belt's office for a checkup. It was just after my first chemotherapy treatment.
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"What are the ways to keep fit for girls.",
"How to be a healthy and beautiful girl."
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Here is some advice that is very important for girls to follow.
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"To get a good education"
],
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"learn about the history of Egyptian"
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"He feared for the safety of his son and computer.",
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"Ruth has given a lot of support to charity although she is not very rich.",
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Descriptions
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People tell me all too frequently... I need mo... | high21727.txt |
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Nine-year-old Barack Obama was looking through magazines. But the African-American boy was shocked by a series of photos. The pictures were of a black man who destroyed his skin with chemicals that promised to make him white.
For the first time, the boy began to doubt who he was. "I stood in front o... | high20439.txt |
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What medication actually does is to reduce the wish to smoke. Some of the medication must be taken with a do... | high22548.txt |
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"the time when mother comforted me",
"the man's coming for help",
"the nicely dressed man's trouble"
],
"question": "The turning point in the ... | Seventy years ago I was quite a small little girl, the baby of the family, with an older brother and sister. My father was very ill at the time, and my mother took in sewing of any kind so we could live. She would sew far into the night with nothing but dim gas mantles and an old treadle sewing machine. She never compl... | high10288.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "good vacation ideas for New Year"
},
"options": [
"good vacation ideas for New Year",
"traditional celebration of New Year",
"staying with family on New Year",
"having a distinguishing New Year"
],
"question": "... | Both children and grown-ups look forward to New Year vacation since it is that time of the year to pack up and set out on a trip with family and friends. New Year's Eve is the perfect time to travel and have holiday. Gone are the days when you had to depend on word of mouth to learn about vacation destinations. With th... | high16821.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "are all celebrated in Edinburgh"
},
"options": [
"are all about arts",
"all happen in 2008 only",
"are all celebrated in Edinburgh",
"are all mainly for children"
],
"question": "According to the passage, the fo... | Edinburgh Mela
Time: 25th - 31st August 2008
Tel / Fax: 0131 557 1400
E-mail: info@edinburgh-mela.co.uk
Website: www.edinburgh-mela.co.uk
Each year Edinburgh Mela is Scotland's biggest multicultural arts festival that celebrates in Scotland. Although Edinburgh Mela's roots are in South Asian cultures, this is a festiva... | high11196.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "After 7:30"
},
"options": [
"At 6:30",
"At 7:00",
"After 7:30",
"At 8:00"
],
"question": "When did Dr Berlin answer the phone from Mrs. Green?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | One evening in November, Berlin received a telephone call from Mrs. Green. "Please,
Dr Berlin, come to my house. I had 50,000 dollars on my desk and now it is gone."
Dr Berlin arrived at Mrs. Green's house at eight o'clock. First he asked Mrs. Green, "When did you see the money last?"
"At seven o'clock. I put it on my ... | high9842.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Playing in an 11-person team."
},
"options": [
"Playing in a 2-person team.",
"Playing in a 4-person team.",
"Playing in a 6-person team.",
"Playing in an 11-person team."
],
"question": "When playing beach voll... | Beach volleyball is one of those sports that can be an exciting game to play and watch. It's really easy, and all you need is sand, a net and a group of people, of any age or fitness level, who want to have fun.
Beach volleyball can be played with as few as two people in each team, making a total of four people. Howev... | high8584.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "it is no longer so important as it was in the past to supply all the basic essentials of life"
},
"options": [
"the basic essentials of life must be supplied",
"it is important to supply the basic essentials of life",
"it is ... | As civilization proceeds in the direction of technology, it passes the point of supplying all the basic essentials of life--food, shelter, clothes and warmth. Then we are faced with a choice between using technology to provide and fulfill needs which have now been regarded as unnecessary or, on the other hand, using te... | high23642.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A sports announcer."
},
"options": [
"A sportsman.",
"A shop assistant.",
"A sports announcer.",
"A businessman."
],
"question": "What was the writer's ideal job?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},... | "Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever I was disappointed. "Don't worry. One day your luck will change."
I didn't pay attention to her words. After finishing my college education, I decided to look for a job in a radio station. I wanted to host a sports programme. I went to Chicago and knocked on th... | high752.txt |
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