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"answer_text": "in the end"
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"at the beginning",
"on one's own",
"in the end",
"without help"
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"question": "In the writer's opinion,when one learns a new language,one should learn its idioms _ .",
"quest... | I was asked in an email about learning idioms in a foreign language. Maybe I am different from most people,but I do not bother with them. To me they are kind of dessert of language learning. They come at the end of a meal. Once you have filled up with the key words and phrases that are used in a variety of situations,t... | high14788.txt |
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"answer_text": "Substance containing virus used for protecting people against diseases."
},
"options": [
"virus used for fighting against disease.",
"Antibodies to fight germs.",
"Formula to fight against disease.",
"Substance containi... | DID you get a flu shot this year? For the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the prefix = st1 /USis recommending that all children aged from 6 months to 18 years receive the flu vaccine.
Vaccines battle diseases caused by bacteria and viruses. A weakened form of the germ is introduced into ... | high23124.txt |
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"answer_text": "surprised"
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"options": [
"excited",
"pleased",
"interested",
"surprised"
],
"question": "The passengers were _ to see the conductor's kindness to the woman and the child.",
"question_type": "cloze_qu... | A young woman carrying a three-year-old child got on a bus. The conductor hurried to give her a warm welcome and then kindly asked the other passengers to make more room for the woman and her child. On seeing this, people began to talk. "You know this conductor used to be very rude. Now suddenly he has changed his bad... | high15496.txt |
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"answer_text": "Writers like Yoshiko Uchida look to the richness of their lives for material."
},
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"People who live in the city should spend as much time as they can in the country.",
"Writers like Yoshiko Uchida must communicate with ... | Where do most writers get their ideas? For Yoshiko Uchida, it all began with Brownie, a five-month-old puppy. So excited was Yoshiko by Brownie's arrival that she started keeping a journal, writing about all the wonderful things Brownie did and the progress he made.
Soon she was writing about other memorable events in ... | high11828.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the world of fantasy frightens us"
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"options": [
"the world of fantasy frightens us",
"the real world is often disappointing",
"we can find happy endings there",
"we can always have our wishes fulfilled"
],
"q... | Sometimes the real world can be a confusing place. It is not always fair or kind. And in the real world there are not always happy endings. That is why, every once in a while, we like to escape into the world of fantasy -- a place where things always go our way and there is always a happy ending.
We want to believe in ... | high17281.txt |
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"answer_text": "The word \"motel\" is formed by two words."
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"options": [
"You can only find motels in the big National Parks.",
"They are free for people who arrive by car.",
"If you want to stay at a motel, you must have a car.",
"... | When you visit America, you will see the word Motel on signs and notice boards. It is made up of "motor" and "hotel" and it is really a hotel for people who arrive by car (how-ever, you don't need a car to stay at one). You have to pay when you arrive for your room, which usually has a bath. Meals are not provided, but... | high2042.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "America"
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"Australia",
"America",
"Canada",
"China"
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"question": "The author is most probably from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | All countries have little known interesting facts about them, including Canada. For example, did you know that although Canada is the second largest county with only 30 million people, making it the 28thlargest in population? Because a large part of Canada is covered with lakes and streams, it has the largest source of... | high21900.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "it is a matter of life and death"
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"options": [
"it is a matter of life and death",
"the matter is too difficult to handle",
"the matter requires immediate attention",
"the matter is less important"
],
"questi... | In the United States, it is not usual to telephone someone early in the morning. If you telephone early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. So it is with the telephone calls made after 11:00 pm. If someone re... | high10505.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because only a few books are thought highly of by her."
},
"options": [
"Because no books are inspiring enough in her eyes.",
"Because only a few books are thought highly of by her.",
"Because she only reads books by famous w... | My mother-in-law, Dorothy, is showing me the red notebook that's almost as precious to her as my husband's baby pictures. Inside the notebook is a list of the books she has read since 2007. For some people waking up in the middle of the night is a terrible thing. But for my mother-in-law, that time is a gift. At 87, sh... | high16174.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Serena Williams has won 19 Grand Slam singles titles"
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"options": [
"Serena Williams was named as the top female tennis players",
"Serena Williams has won 19 Grand Slam singles titles",
"Rousey challenged no other female MM... | This will make you think twice about dismissing the physical abilities of women.
Serena Williams
If know Serena Williams, then you know better than to harbor any illusions that you can take on the top female tennis player even on your best day. Nicknamed by the media as the Queen of the Court, she has won 19 Grand Sla... | high19247.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he thought the old man was poor"
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"options": [
"he thought the old man was poor",
"he wanted to start a conversation",
"he intended to show his politeness",
"he would like to thank the old man"
],
"question": ... | One morning more than thirty years ago, I entered the Track Kitchen, a restaurant where everyone from the humblest to the most powerful came for breakfast. I noticed am empty chair next to an elderly, unshaven man, who looked somewhat _ . He was wearing a worn-out hat and was alone. I asked if I might join him. He agre... | high4433.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Margaret Thatcher and her dementia"
},
"options": [
"Margaret Thatcher and her dementia",
"Thatcher's principles and achievements",
"the British Prime Ministers' interests",
"Margaret Thatcher and her husband"
],
... | For history fans, Margaret Thatcher is one of the most interesting of the British Prime Ministers. She is praised by both British and American conservatives for her firm principles and accomplishments of her term.
Being so popular, it is only appropriate that a solid movie be made to detail the life of the first female... | high12312.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because they want to express thanks and send best wishes to their mothers."
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"Because they want to express thanks and send best wishes to their mothers.",
"Because they want to express thanks and send best wishes to ... | Who give us life,raise us and are our constant support and wellwishers?Our mothers.That's why millions of people across the world take Mother's Day as an opportunity to express thanks and send best wishes to their moms.
However,the celebration of Mother's Day is not the recent thing that many believe it to be.It was th... | high6224.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the Terracotta Warriors and the Great Mosque"
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"the Terracotta Warriors and Shanxi Provincial Museum",
"the Terracotta Warriors and the Great Mosque",
"little wild goose Pagoda and Great Mosque",
"Little ... | 14 days from just PS2,090 pp
Fully inclusive from the UK
Price covers, international airfares, departure taxes, fuel charge, local transportation all meals, entrance fees, guides, daily tours and visas for UK citizens.
* Days 1-3: UK-Shanghai
Fly to the great city of shanghai and in the evening _ traditional shanghai f... | high14763.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "people scan for the news they are interested in"
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"options": [
"people are interested in the same kind of news",
"different people prefer different newspapers",
"people scan for the news they are interested in",
"peop... | A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is unusual for what it contains: the news from local crime to international politics, from sports to business to fashion to science, and the comments and special features as well, from editorial page to feature articles, from interviews to criticism of bo... | high6542.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "it's not a good idea to let a shopping addict pay by credit cards"
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"options": [
"shopping addiction can't cause serious problems",
"shopping addicts only want enjoyable activities through buying",
"it's not a good idea to ... | For many people shopping is considered to be one of the favorite activities. For most of them it is just buying some new clothes or presents for close people. But there is another way for whom shopping is much more than just enjoyable activity, it is a real addiction that in many cases leads to a financial disaster, as... | high9671.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "his school"
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"options": [
"his friends",
"his choice to be a lawyer",
"his school",
"his favorite tennis star"
],
"question": "We can know that Adam Gun is satisfied with _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_q... | I'm Adam Gun from Istanbul, Turkey. I'm in a good school. And at the age of 15, in my first year of high school. I'm a great fan of tennis and cycling. I play tennis twice a week for two hours each time. Sometimes I want to play more, but I just keep playing for hours on end, never getting tired of doing it. This is on... | high12474.txt |
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"answer_text": "Various opinions on soy products for US schools."
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"options": [
"The difficulty in using soy products for US schools.",
"Various opinions on soy products for US schools.",
"The plan that is made by the US government for sch... | WASHINGTON--Tofu and Soyaburgers may be coming to American school lunch menus.What will the kids say?
"Terrible," said Greg Dudzinski,17,of Ripon High School in Wisconsin,as he toured the US capital.
"The regular hamburgers are bad enough,so soyaburgers would be a lot worse," offered Zach Richey,13,of Scottsboro Junior... | high23871.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "misfortune in her life forced her to do so"
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"options": [
"her father was badly injured in a car accident",
"her mother passed away when she was 3",
"her grandma died when she was 12",
"misfortune in her life forced h... | FOR many young people, having to attend school with a parent would be their worst nightmare. However, Senior 1 student Li Qinmei is happy taking her father with her as long as she can go to classes. He is disabled and unable to take care of himself.
The 16-year-old country girl in Zhucheng, Shandong Province has experi... | high961.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a good place to fly over"
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"options": [
"a good place to land at by aeroplane",
"difficult place to fly over",
"a good place to fly over",
"a good place to live in"
],
"question": "The polar region is _ .",... | We all know that it is possible for ordinary people to make their homes on the equator ( ), although often they may feel uncomfortably hot there. Millions do it. But as for the North Pole ---- we know that it is not only a dangerously cold place, but that people like you and we would find it quite impossible to live t... | high16612.txt |
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"answer_text": "They have set a bad example and should be criticized."
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"They could laugh after they gained others' permission.",
"They have set a bad example and should be criticized.",
"They actually wanted to make their exc... | Opera |BooingattheRoyalOperaHouse
Audience love to make a noise. They will cough, laugh or clap. Disrupting an event satisfies our sense of narcissism . The booing of a violent scene in the Royal Opera House's new production ofGuillaumeTellmay have been justified, but it set a bad beginning. Audience enjoyed a secret f... | high19521.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "listen to Christine Brennan"
},
"options": [
"go to Blue Tent at 11:15a.m.",
"enjoy Jami Bernard's talk",
"listen to Christine Brennan",
"attend the Art of the Review"
],
"question": "If you like sports writing,... | *Health, Wellness and the Politics of Food
9:00-9:45a.m. Blue Tent
Panelists : Jami Bernard, David Kamp, Marion Nestle and Peter Singer.
Hosted by Denise Gray, science writer for The New York Times.
How does what we eat not only affect our bodies, but also the world? The food and nutrition experts debate the role that ... | high4355.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "some kind of medicine"
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"a machine to make people small",
"a new way to study the family of mites",
"a new powerful microscope",
"some kind of medicine"
],
"question": "It can be inferred that Fin... | I sometimes wonder if old Finchley has the right personality to be a research scientist. He keeps asking when he'll be coming back. After all, it was his own fault. Nobody tries out what has just been invented on themselves any more but Finchley. Well, he must have pumped about a thousand cc into himself before I notic... | high2724.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It would be her business to take care of the dog"
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"She was afraid the dog would get the family, into trouble.",
"It would be her business to take care of the dog",
"Her husband and daughter were united as one.... | In 2004 ,when my daughter Becky was ten , she and my husband ,Joe, were united in their desire for a dog . As for me , I shared none of their canine lust.
But why , they pleaded. "Because I don't have time to take care of a dog." But we'll do it. " Really? You're going to walk the dog? Feed the dog? Bathe the dog?" Yes... | high10263.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "$ 400,000"
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"$ 450,000",
"$ 400,000",
"$ 350,000",
"$ 300,000"
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"question": "When the author's company started operation, he had _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"an... | Burn rate is the speed at which a startup business consumes money. My rate was $ 75,000 a month. Four months after my company was set up, I had only a quarter of the starting capital left in the bank.
Looking for guidance, I went to talk to my friend, Arthur Walworth about my new venture. "Times of great change always ... | high4341.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "contains seeds in its material"
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"options": [
"can be used many times",
"contains seeds in its material",
"can be used as a flowerpot",
"is made of waterproof material"
],
"question": "The plantable coffee cup... | Unless you bring your own thermos, paper cups are the real option for on-the-go coffee. But as we all know, producing these simple items cuts down forests of trees and contributes to mountains of waste. In fact, Starbucks alone uses 4 billion paper cups a year globally and most of these plastic-lined cups are never rec... | high19535.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because she didn't think people would leave a dog out on such a cold day."
},
"options": [
"Because it was too cold outside.",
"Because she thought Danny lied.",
"Because she didn't think people would leave a dog out on such ... | A ten-year-old boy from Howell, Michigan America is being hailed (...) a hero due to his persistence that led to saving the life of an elderly neighbor. The chain of events unfolded late in the evening on Sunday, January 26th, 2014 when Danny Dipietro was being driven home from hockey practice by his dad.
That's when... | high11169.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "She wanted to play tennis and have a good education."
},
"options": [
"Poland had no culture of sports.",
"Berkeley had always been her dream university.",
"She wanted to play tennis and have a good education.",
"She wa... | Some people would go through anything just to achieve their dream. Kasia Siwosz is proof. For the final year student on the university women's tennis team, the road to Berkeley, University of California was met with poor advice and misinformation from her home country and _ along the way that fell short of expectations... | high2730.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "see what color it will become"
},
"options": [
"judge how hard it will be",
"know whether it is still sweet",
"examine what chemicals it contains",
"see what color it will become"
],
"question": "Marraccini stor... | Some people make art with paint, and others use pencil or clay. But Italian artist Maurizio Savini prefers to use bright pink gum--after it has been chewed.
Savini makes huge sculptures of bears and even people out of used chewing gum. Each sculpture requires thousands of pieces of gum.
"I like to use chewing gum becau... | high10277.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "an Iraqi"
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"a motorbike rider",
"a car driver",
"an Iraqi",
"a British soldier"
],
"question": "Mr. Bassam Rady was_.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answer": {
"answe... | When he stopped his car at a traffic light in Basra, Bassam Rady noticed the motorbike with two riders on it passed by him slowly. Suddenly the bike turned round and Mr. Rady, feeling dangerous, tried to drive off. Before he could, a man on the back of the bike took out a gun from his jacket and fired. The bullet went ... | high17518.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Cars that run on thin air."
},
"options": [
"Ways to cut down air pollution.",
"Cars that run on thin air.",
"Formula One racing car designer.",
"Dependence on foreign oil."
],
"question": "What is the passage m... | Can noncombustion technology create a no-pollution way to drive?Imagine pulling into a service station to fuel up your car. But not at the gas pump or electric battery charger --at the air pump! That's not hot air, either! The next generation of cars may run on thin air. Wouldn't that be an incredible way to cut both... | high6556.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "7:30 pm, Jan 23."
},
"options": [
"7:15 pm, Jan 22-23.",
"7:30 pm, Jan 15; 2:30 pm, Jan 16.",
"7:15 pm, Jan 15-16.",
"7:30 pm, Jan 23."
],
"question": "According to the text, when does Youth choir to perform sta... | Art Beat in January 2016
Beijing
Youth choir to perform
The youth choir of China National Symphony Orchestra will soon perform classics including the Mexican folk song, The Golden Nightingale, and the Blue Danube, adapted from a waltz by Johann Strauss II. Pianists Zhao Lin and Wang Tianyang will join in the show.
7:30... | high14011.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "things weren't going well with Amy at school"
},
"options": [
"her daughter was teased by a fifth grader",
"Amy's disease went much worse than before",
"the contest would change Amy's life",
"things weren't going well w... | As Amy Hagadorn rounded the corner across the hall from her classroom, she crashed with a tall boy from the fifth grade running in the opposite direction.
"Watch it, Squirt," the boy yelled, as he dodged around the little third grader. Then, with an unfriendly smile on his face, the boy took hold of his right leg and m... | high9665.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "An Investigation into the Role of the Brain's Hemispheres."
},
"options": [
"An Introduction to Speech Damage in Patients with Brain Damage.",
"An Investigation into the Role of the Brain's Hemispheres.",
"An Analysis of Left... | Before the early 1960's people interested in the differing roles of the left and right hemispheres of the brain depended almost entirely on facts drawn from animal research, form studies of patients with one-sided brain damage. But it was possible to find out which brain hemisphere was most involved in speech and othe... | high1239.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "All of the above."
},
"options": [
"people of the white and yellow races",
"many temples and churches",
"beautiful tropical scenery",
"All of the above."
],
"question": "If you visit Malaysia, you will see _ ... | Malaysia is a country of exciting beauty, with a tropical climate. Malaysia's weather is hotter in the lowlands and cooler in the mountains and highlands. Temperatures vary between 20 and 30 centigrade. Rainfall can be expected at any time, with an average of between 200 and 260 centimeters.
The Malaysian population c... | high12460.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he believes he will drown."
},
"options": [
"he is afraid of water.",
"he believes he will drown.",
"he hasn't learnt to swim before.",
"he don't want to live in the world."
],
"question": "In the author's opini... | Have you ever heard the story of the four-minute miles? Many years ago, people believed that it was impossible for a human Being to run a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proved it wrong in 1954.
What happens if you put an animal in a pond? Any animal, big or small, will swim its way through. What ha... | high975.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "hated slavery from the bottom of her heart"
},
"options": [
"wanted to earn money to support her family",
"tried to set an example to her six children",
"hated slavery from the bottom of her heart",
"had similar life ex... | The novelist, Harriet Beecher Stowe, born 200 years ago, was a poor housewife with six children, and she suffered from various illnesses. Driven by the hatred of slavery, she found time to write Uncle Tom's Cabin, which became the most influential novel in American history and caused great change, both at home and abro... | high15469.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Determined."
},
"options": [
"Determined.",
"Careful.",
"Intelligent.",
"Easy-going."
],
"question": "Which of the following can best describe Wan Guopeng?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
... | The word dream is probably heard most frequently from people in show business, where everyone dreams of standing under the spotlight and being somebody. But the truth is that most end up being nobodies. Hong Kong director Derek Yee's latest film" I Am Somebody" shows respect for these unknown extras in the film industr... | high12306.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "By plane"
},
"options": [
"By car",
"By plane",
"By ship",
"By train"
],
"question": "How did Thomas arrive in Namibia ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | Fifteen hours is a long time to be on a plane ,but you know ,Africa is a long way from North America.Finally ,we're in Namibia, a country in southwest Africa.Namibia is about twice the size of California.However, it is home to just over two million people.And the country's main airport is 45 kilometres east of its capi... | high13018.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "recycling"
},
"options": [
"recycling",
"restoring",
"burying",
"burning"
],
"question": "The main way of handling waste in a green manner in Edinburgh is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{... | In today's throwaway society,dealing with the city's growing mountain of waste is an increasing challenge for the city council .
Recently,Edinburgh is faced with the problem of disposing of about 250,000 million tons of waste a year.Despite different ways to dispose of much of it in a green manner--largely through e... | high6230.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Compensation for the boy's damage."
},
"options": [
"Description of the boy's damage.",
"Situation of the boy's family.",
"Compensation for the boy's damage.",
"Advantages of American legal system."
],
"question... | The 4-year-old boy was mentally disabled, unable to speak in complete sentences and unable to play with other children because of his violent fits of hitting and biting.
The decision facing one Brooklyn jury was how much a landlord should pay in damages to the boy -- named "G.M.M." in court documents -- after an inves... | high14777.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "to restart his heart"
},
"options": [
"to express her helplessness",
"to practise CPR on him",
"to keep him awake",
"to restart his heart"
],
"question": "Izzy kicked her father in the chest _ .",
"quest... | A schoolgirl saved her father's life by kicking him in the chest after he suffered a serious allergic reaction which stopped his heart.
Izzy, nine, restarted father Colm's heart by stamping on his chest after he fell down at home and stopped breathing.
Izzy's mother, Debbie, immediately called 999 but Izzy knew doc... | high9103.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "waste things"
},
"options": [
"waste things",
"don't work hard",
"eat too much",
"throw rubbish everywhere"
],
"question": "From the passage we know that some students often _ in the school.",
"question_... | Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They say they can afford these things. But I don't agree with them.
Waste can bring a lot of problems. Although China is rich in some resources , we... | high5739.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the quadruplets do well in their studies"
},
"options": [
"the quadruplets do well in their studies",
"the characters of the quadruplets are quite the same",
"the quadruplets are all clever, humorous and strong",
"the q... | The Crouch quadruplets have always been considered quite special but not so special---all four have been accepted into America's Yale University. Dean at the university, Jeffrey Brenzel, said the admission for Kenny, Martina, Ray and Carol, all 18-year-old students at Danbury High School in Connecticut , was probably... | high21914.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "treat others equally with love and respect"
},
"options": [
"be nice to the elderly and the disabled",
"try to experience different kinds of life",
"treat others equally with love and respect",
"think about one's past a... | A few years ago, I took a sightseeing trip to Washington, D.C.Standing outside the Ronald Reagan Center, I heard a voice say, "Can you help me?" When I turned around, I saw an elderly blind woman with her hand extended.In a natural reflex , I reached into my pocket, pulled out all of my loose change and placed it on h... | high2056.txt |
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],
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],
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While on holiday
Many of the things you can do to the greener on holiday will be the same things you can do at ho... | high3348.txt |
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When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book, and so a poor man, who could read little, bought it for very little money.
The book wasn't very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was a thin st... | high16160.txt |
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"When you are in a state of sub-health, ... | Feel tired lately? Has a doctor said he can't find anything wrong with you? Perhaps he has sent you to a hospital, but all the advanced equipment there shows that there is nothing wrong with you.
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_ A _
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"the dogs were put in the wooden boxes and tested one at a time.",
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"children may not know anything outside the classroom",
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},
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"watch TV talk show with his children",
"enjoy his first day off work",
"read the newspaper to his children"
],
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"answer": {
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},
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],
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The Work-Study Program gives you the chance to work part-time on campus. If you need more money to cover all of your education-related costs, you may be qualified for this program.
Advantages
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"answer": {
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"preventing men from getting drunk",
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],
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"answer": {
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"Christmas Gift",
"The Small White Envelope",
"The Good Old Tradition"
],
"question": "Which of the following is the best title for the passage?",
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It all began because my husband Mike hated Christmas. He didn't hate the true meaning of Christmas, but the commercial aspects of it; overspending,... | high3360.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"pay attention to their daily diet",
"watch their weight rather than their diet",
"try out varieties of diet foods"
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],
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"he didn't like fast food when he was growing up",
"his grandma made food slowly",
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"answer": {
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"she was driving to work in a hurry",
"the girl feared to go across the road",
"there weren't many cars on the road"
],
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I stopped my car at once and ran toward her. This little girl knew enough to run from a stranger. I tried to cat... | high5077.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The child's increased feelings of incompetence."
},
"options": [
"The child's increased feelings of incompetence.",
"Parents' reluctantly bringing a child to clinicians.",
"The parents' initial descriptions of the child's pro... | Life can be difficult, particularly for adolescents. Many young people get through the troubled years of adolescence and emerge into adulthood reasonably safe and sound. Too many youngsters, however, feel confused and ignored. Unable to climb out of the dilemma, these youngsters are socially and emotionally "at-risk". ... | high18603.txt |
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"answer_text": "Customers would rather relate their unhappy experiences to people around them."
},
"options": [
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"Customers would rather relate their unhappy expe... | High-quality customer service is preached by many, but actually keeping customers happy is easier said than done.
Shoppers seldom complain to the manager or owner of a retail store, but instead will alert their friends, s, co-workers, strangers--and anyone who will listen.
Store managers are often the last to he... | high17530.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To reach the author's unachieved goals."
},
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"To resemble him in appearance.",
"To develop in a different direction.",
"To reach the author's unachieved goals."
],
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"answer": {
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},
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"When the floor started shaking.",
"Before he said goodbye to his family.",
"When fire began to swallow the walls."
],
"question"... | It was the last day of my four-month interview to hold the job as a salesman in the World Trade Center -- in simpler words, an end to being perfect for four months. I took the last drop of my coffee, pushed in my chair, and said goodbye to my family -- little did they know, this could have been my final goodbye.
I wen... | high23695.txt |
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},
"options": [
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"The n... | The income gap between China's rural and urban residents has continued to widen during the past few years in spite of rapidly rising rural incomes, Agricultural Minister Sun Zhengcai said here on Wednesday.
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"answer": {
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"For fishing",
"For learning",
"For relaxing"
],
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It's also a good idea to spend time camping with your family during a holiday. That will help ... | high13756.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"he was a baseball fan",
"he got a new house",
"they had much in common"
],
"question": "A big reason why Nicole agreed to be Adam's girlfriend was that _ ... | This fourth of July I moved into a new house with my wife, Nicole. Nicole and I met through a series of _ that would be unlikely without some unbelievable force causing them to happen.
The day Nicole and I met, we talked about the Yankees. In the restaurant where we sat, the first game between the Yanks and Tampa Bay w... | high9895.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"people need a new way to speak",
"the world is changing in a different way",
"new ideas and new inventions come abou... | English words don't stay the same. People need new words for new ideas and new inventions. Some new words come into use, and some old words are used in a new way.
English can change by borrowing words from other languages. The word "tomato" was borrowed from Mexico, and "tea" came from China, and so on. Now a great man... | high8553.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "contrast with the girl's sadness."
},
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"contrast with the girl's sadness.",
"present the time",
"describe the situation"
],
"question": "The author emphasized that the s... | So the little girl now walked on, her bare feet quite red and blue with the cold. She carried a small bundle of matches in her hand, and a good many more in her tattered dress. No one had bought any of them the live long day; no one had given her a single penny. Trembling with cold and hunger crept she on, the picture ... | high7660.txt |
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"are not self-aware",
"are intelligent",
"are color1-blind"
],
"question": "It was thought that in the past most animals _ .",
"question_type": "cloze... | Dogs are prone to complex emotions such as jealousy and pride, according to scientific research that sheds new light on their relationship with humans.
Dogs do not like seeing their owners offering affection to other creatures, especially other dogs, and react negatively when their owners bring home new partners, th... | high23681.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"She was a cancer patient.",
"She was a warm-hearted girl.",
"She founded Locks of Love."
],
"question": "Which of the following is TRUE... | Perhaps every older generation since ancient times has complained about young people, and today is no different. Isn't it obvious that kids these days are self-absorbed social network addicts?
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},
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"already had a business brain",
"was already managing director of a company",
"already set up his own business"
],
"question": "When h... | At five he was collecting old newspapers to make money. And when he was 15 he signed his schoolmates up to start a baby-sitting circle.
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"answer": {
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"answer": {
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},
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"was a problem to her boss",
"shouldn't stay in the company",
"could get on well with others"
],
"question": "After hearing his collea... | Several years ago, I had to replace a receptionist for my unit. Before I advertised for the position, I was approached by another manager, and asked ifl would consider a transfer from his staffinstead of opening a new competition. My natural question was to ask who he wanted me to consider and why.
It appeared fro... | high23859.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"invite readers to join in the tours",
"compare boat tours with bike tours",
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],
"que... | Our site specializes in European cycling tours, Bike & Boat Tours, Road Bike Tours and now River Cruises throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
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"answer": {
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],
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When he f... | high8547.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"she became a leader of a school club",
"she picked a wing off a butterfly",
"others cheered for her ... | I was a newcomer of Miss Burn's seventh grade. Past"newcomer"experiences had been difficult, so I was
very anxious to fit in.
Lunchtime was a pleasant surprise when the girls all crowded around my table. Their chat was friendly, so
I began to relax. My new classmates filled me in on the school, the teachers and the oth... | high15333.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to film a sunset scene on the sea"
},
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"to find an actor and an actress",
"to film a sunset scene on the sea",
"to meet the audience"
],
"question": "One evening, the d... | The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean so that the audiences could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other for ever . He sent his camera crew out one evening to film the sunset for him .
The next mornin... | high949.txt |
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"answer": {
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"hopping up to two feel at a time",
"coming out only at night"
],
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It can reduce the death rate of patients with heart disease."
},
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"It can reduce the death rate of patients with heart disease.",
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Vitamin E is important in protecting the cells ... | high19509.txt |
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"answer_text": "The children whose mothers smoked had a quarter more cold and breathing diseases than other children later in life"
},
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"she was the first black to study in an all-white school",
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},
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"Check carefully whether lots of repairs are needed",
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New houses are u... | high3412.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"have teenagers learn new languages",
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},
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Veterin... | high17524.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To introduce a website which can help kids with their homework."
},
"options": [
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"To advertise an excellent education publisher.",
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With a click of a mouse, kids have instant access to the only online video destination for homework help, r... | high20388.txt |
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"answer": {
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"help your classmates",
"volunteer for some time",
"spend a certain number of hours caring for animals"
],
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"answer": {
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},
"options": [
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"Wind helps insects greatly in migrating.",
"Windsurfing insects have real direction.",
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"The answer is ly yes.",
"In a word, it's not a good education.",
"Your whole future may be decided on one fateful day.",
"Because they deprive the teacher of all freedoms.\nE. ... | So far, educationists have still failed to design anything more efficient and reliable than examinations. Some people say examinations test what you know. 71 . They may be a good means of testing memory, or the skills of working rapidly under extreme pressure, but they can tell you nothing about a person's true ab... | high17242.txt |
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"answer_text": "he was tall for his age"
},
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"he was young",
"he was hardworking",
"he was tall for his age",
"he was skillful at playing basketball"
],
"question": "Many schools offer Alcindor scholarships because ... | When Lew Alcindor was 13, and obviously still growing, a group of schools began offering him scholarships . The Alcindors decided to send their only child to Power Memorial Academy, a small school on Manhattan's West Side.
At Power, Alcindor came under the control of Coach Jack Donohue, a strict young an who alre... | high21928.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "all the Brazilians know all about football"
},
"options": [
"all the Brazilians know all about football",
"football has an influence on politics in Brazil",
"the Brazilians spend a lot of money on football",
"Corinthian... | Brazil is the greatest football nation in the world. There are 170 million Brazilians. How many of them are football fans? 100 million! All of them think they know all about football. This makes life very difficult for the Brazilian team managers. When things go bad for the Brazilian team, the newspapers would demand t... | high11633.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "I hope it will bring me a safe sailing as a return for my love of it ."
},
"options": [
"Of course , it loves me , since I love it .",
"If I love it , it should love me.",
"I hope it will bring me a safe sailing as a return f... | Sixty-year-old grandmother, Fiona McFee, is going to stop working next year and she decided to realize a childhood dream and sail around the coast of Scotland in a small boat. Although the inside of the boat is very _ it has no running water or electricity. Fiona says she can live without these things but she plans to ... | high3374.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Performers develop the story as they are playing."
},
"options": [
"Performers act as a certain character.",
"Performers need a script to act on.",
"Performers intend to make audience embarrassed.",
"Performers develop ... | In high school, "cool" is the rule, so teenagers will do anything to avoid possibly embarrassing situations.
But not Samantha Elton, 15. She seeks them out. And if she can make a fool of herself as in the process, well, that's even better.
For the past two years, Elton, has been a practitioner of improvisation, doing t... | high8221.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because the ethics must be obeyed."
},
"options": [
"Because the father disliked the perch.",
"Because the father was afraid of being fined",
"Because the ethics must be obeyed.",
"Because the son was more experienced i... | He was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got from the dock at his family's cabin on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake.
On the day before the bass season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching sunfish and perch with worms. Then he tied on a small silver lure ... | high15455.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Polite and humorous ."
},
"options": [
"Polite and humorous .",
"Happy and romantic.",
"Kind and friendly.",
"Out-going and humorous ."
],
"question": "Which of the following words can best describe Danes ?",
... | Denmark is one of the happiest nations on earth with some of the best quality of life. You don't need statistics to understand the Dane's happy lot. Walk around any Danish town and you'll experience some of the most harmonious civic spaces anywhere. Their intimate scales and perfect transport systems combine the rich h... | high7112.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he wasn't sure if Bruce was right and was anxious to go home"
},
"options": [
"he was sure there would be nothing to happen",
"he wasn't sure if Bruce was right and was anxious to go home",
"he didn't hear his friend's warnin... | One bitterly cold day,a snowstorm blew into our area. Needing firewood,I quickly set out with my best friend,Bruce,to look for a tree to cut down. I was glad to have Bruce along with. Cutting down a tree in a snowstorm can be dangerous. So it was important to have a friend who could warn me of danger.
When I chose a bi... | high1563.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "how American music developed"
},
"options": [
"how American music developed",
"when American music developed",
"what American music is",
"why American music is so popular"
],
"question": "The article mainly tell... | The first Europeans came to America in 1492 with Christopher Columbus. Since that time people have come to America from all over the world, from Europe, Africa, and Asia, and they have brought their music with them. This mixing of people and music has created American music.
Music is a very important part of our lives.... | high13024.txt |
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