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"answer_text": "she was not emotionally ready to be one"
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"she was not old enough to be one",
"she was not emotionally ready to be one",
"she thought her daughter was too young to be a mother",
"grandmother should be old... | I found the imagination of becoming a grandmother somewhat discouraging. I was younger than I thought a grandmother should be when I got the news that I was going to become one myself. I admit, it was not a role that I was emotionally ready to accept. I had been a young mother, and had certainly hoped my daughter would... | high578.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The secret of having a fulfilling and pleasant life."
},
"options": [
"The difference between enjoyment and pleasure.",
"The secret of having a fulfilling and pleasant life.",
"The real meaning and purpose of life.",
"T... | A lot of people today are used to working, going on holiday, and having money---but many of them aren't happy. Yet other people seem to be really happy , even if they are poor. Why?
Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, from the University of Chicago, has interviewed thousands of people who have a happy life to f... | high23468.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Getting along with their classmates."
},
"options": [
"Getting along with their classmates.",
"Doing their homework by themselves.",
"Overcoming difficulties on their own.",
"Catching up with others to get good grades."... | What would you do if you were a fifth grader facing a huge homework load every night, and you found out that there was a machine that would do all the work for you? That's the situation presented to Sam, Kelsey, Judy and Brenton in Dan Gutman's entertaining new book for young readers, The Home Machine.
The four childre... | high6783.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "who are talented for some area but lead an improper life"
},
"options": [
"who are not bright but are good-looking",
"who are rich but are strict with themselves",
"who are talented for some area but lead an improper life",
... | Every country has its heroes. The heroes are the people the nation and especially the young people admire. If you get a list of the heroes of a nation,it will tell you the potential of that nation.
Today in prefix = st1 /America,if you ask the high school students to list their heroes,their choice would probably fall ... | high17915.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a bit comfortable"
},
"options": [
"a little curious",
"rather tired",
"a bit comfortable",
"very depressed"
],
"question": "How did the author feel when she found some Chinese foods in a supermarket?",
"que... | On Jan 23, 2012, I was aboard a ship on the Yangtze River, listening to the sound of fireworks and eating plate after plate of dumplings.
On Sunday Feb 10, 2013, I was preparing to celebrate Chinese New Year again - in London's Chinatown.
It was raining. It was cold. But ever since I left Beijing in August, I had promi... | high4194.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "medical treatment is expensive in some countries"
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"options": [
"aged patients prefer to travel",
"air travel is cheaper than before",
"local hospitals lack advanced equipment",
"medical treatment is expensive in some... | While most travelers aim to stay out of the hospital while on vacation, a growing number of medical tourists-people who combine treatment with travel - are crossing international borders for the purpose of getting medical services, which can range from a hip replacement to a tummy tuck. Widespread air travel, increasin... | high3823.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the stories behind the holiday gifts"
},
"options": [
"a web site that helps people buy gifts",
"some advice on how to choose a gift",
"the stories behind the holiday gifts",
"the ways to deal with the gifts received"
... | While you're hurrying around picking up gifts in the last few days before Christmas, do you have any time to think about how much your s, or friends will actually value what you find? WePay, a Website that helps people collect, manage and spend money online, has analysed tons of research, reports and surveys from ... | high20161.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "prevent the mobile phones being used properly"
},
"options": [
"have the same functions as mobile phones",
"prevent the mobile phones being used properly",
"cause the biggest problem theatres have to face",
"help make e... | It is not a good idea to interrupt the actor Richard Griffiths in the middle of a play.During the past year he has stopped performances at the National Theatre when mobile phones have gone off,and he threw one member of the audience out of a West End play for failing to switch off his phone.
So when a mobile rang out f... | high19938.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The increased exploitation of workers in the 19th century."
},
"options": [
"Other forms of energy have taken the place of human power.",
"The increased exploitation of workers in the 19th century.",
"The increased use of m... | Technology has been an encouragement of historical change. It acted as such a force in England beginning in the eighteenth century, and across the entire Western World in the nineteenth. Rapid advances were made in the use of scientific findings in the manufacture of goods, which has changed ideas about work. One of ... | high2283.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "to keep your current salary a secret."
},
"options": [
"to keep your current salary a secret.",
"to show great interest in foreign languages",
"to have a university degree in a marketing-related major.",
"to get prepare... | Marketing Assistant Wanted
Century Company is a dynamic new joint venture in the electronics sector. We have a workforce of over 300 in New York and over 200 in Beijing, China. The company had a turnover of $120 million last year.
We now have a vacancy for a marketing assistant to work at our Beijing Office.
You will h... | high18398.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A snow removal vehicle."
},
"options": [
"His drunk driving.",
"The strong wind.",
"The slippery road.",
"A snow removal vehicle."
],
"question": "What caused Thomas James Hanson to fall into the ditch according... | Thomas James Hanson will remember for a long time the snowstorm that hit the state of New York on November 22. The 47-year-old man from Niagara Falls was stuck in his car on the highway for almost eight days after his vehicle was accidentally pushed to the side of the road and covered with snow by workers employed to r... | high19086.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "published in European languages"
},
"options": [
"published in European languages",
"read on the computer screen",
"designed in the form of small-sized books",
"broadcast on television and the radio"
],
"questio... | Join the thousands of professionals and international travelers who depend on prefix = st1 /Chanps- ElyseesSchauinsLand, Puerta del Sol, and Acquerello italiano to help them stay in touch with the languages and cultures they love. Designed to help you greatly improve your listening, vocabulary, and cultural IQ, these... | high21519.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Saxon Youth Club"
},
"options": [
"Peterborough Museum",
"Houghton Mill",
"Saxon Youth Club",
"Farmland Museum"
],
"question": "If you are interested in cooking, you can go to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze... | Summer Holiday Fun 2010 !
The summer holidays are upon us again. Here is our guide to summer holiday fun in Peterborough!
Peterborough Museum
The Age of the Dinosaurs is the museum's main attraction this summer. Get up close to prehistoric creatures via some great hands-on exhibits! Watch out for monsters lurking aroun... | high22010.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "have large brains"
},
"options": [
"live in groups",
"have large brains",
"are warm-blooded",
"have their own language"
],
"question": "Dolphins are different from many other animals in that they _ .",
"q... | Dolphins are not fish, but warm-blooded animals. They live in groups, and speak to each other in their own language. In this, they are like other animals, such as bees and birds. But dolphins are very different from almost all land animals. Their brain is nearly the same size as our own, and they live a long time--at l... | high1952.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The 1976 Tangshan earthquake."
},
"options": [
"The 1964 Alaskan quake.",
"The 1976 Tangshan earthquake.",
"The 1972 Managua earthquake.",
"The 1906 earthquake."
],
"question": "Which of the following is mention... | An earthquake happens when two plates rub together. The earth plates travel in different directions and at different speeds. If one plate is slowly forced underneath the other, pressure builds up until the plates break apart. This process causes the ground to move. It is an earthquake. In other words, earthquakes ar... | high1946.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The perfection created in the film makes some viewers think of committing suicide."
},
"options": [
"The audience think the theme of the film is showing respect to others' differences.",
"The perfection created in the film makes so... | The film Avatar has been a hit at the box office in the UK and around the world, becoming the fastest film ever to earn $1bn (7bn yuan) in ticket sales.
But the world of the sci-fi epic Avatar is so perfect that people have admitted being troubled by depression and suicidal thoughts at not being able to visit the pla... | high22004.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "his childhood friends"
},
"options": [
"his father",
"the enemy",
"the chief of the tribe",
"his childhood friends"
],
"question": "An Indian could be given the second name by _ .",
"question_type": "clo... | Each Indian was supposed to keep his birth name until he was old enough to earn one for himself.But his playmates would always give him a name of their own.No matter what his parents called him, his childhood friends would use the name they had chosen.Often it was not pleasing, such as Bow Legs or Bad Boy.But sometimes... | high15870.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "it can pick up people's spirits"
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"options": [
"it can pick up people's spirits",
"it can help people get on well with others",
"it can help get rid of the cruelty in the world",
"it makes people more confident"
]... | There exist cruel wars, fighting and sadness in the world today, so it's not only necessary, but also essential to have a good sense of humor just to help us go through difficult times in our lives. Putting a smile on someone's face when you know they are feeling depressed, as the saying goes, makes me feel good and wa... | high2297.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "texting on the mobile phone"
},
"options": [
"reaching for a cell phone.",
"texting on the mobile phone",
"talking on the mobile phone",
"bringing along a cell phone"
],
"question": "According to the passage, ... | Car crashes are the top killer of American teenagers.Most of the crashes result from distracted driving not paying attention to the road.
Ryan Didone was a fifteen-year-old passenger in a car that hit a tree.He was one of the nation's more than thirty thousand victims of traffic crashes in 2008.Nearly four thousand dea... | high20613.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "4668736."
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"4668736.",
"4021877.",
"4886888.",
"4028736."
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"question": "Which number should you call if you like jazz music?",
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... | Live Music--Late Night Jazz Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet player. Heis known to play well into the late hours, so don't expect to get much sleep.
Place: The Jazz Club Dates : 10 - 25 July
Price: $ 100 -- 150 Time: 10:30 p.m. till late
Tel: 4668736
Scottish Dancing
Scottish dancing i... | high19092.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The job didn't turn out as she had expected"
},
"options": [
"The customers didn't tip her enough",
"It was difficult to make iced coffee perfect",
"Everybody had an enormous order",
"The job didn't turn out as she had ... | At the end of my senior year of high school, I got a job working at a local coffee shop.I thought the job would be easy and stress-free.I pictured myself pouring the best coffees, making delicious doughnuts , and becoming friends with regular customers.
I wasn't expecting the people with enormous orders, the women who... | high4180.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Today's parents have less time to take care of their children."
},
"options": [
"More and more modern mothers go out to work to support the families.",
"Today's parents would rather leave their children in the hands of nurseries.",... | Today's parents miss the golden age that their own mothers enjoyed in the 1970s and 1980s, researchers found.
Mothers have less time to themselves and feel under greater pressure to _ work and family life than the previous generation. As a result, 88 per cent said they felt guilty about the lack of time they spent wit... | high20175.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Americans usually have fast food, but they pay special attention to cooking as well"
},
"options": [
"Americans like to have several different colors of food on the plate",
"without an oven, Americans find it impossible to live con... | If you think American cooking means opening a package and throwing the contents into the microwave oven , think again. On the one hand, it's true that many Americans have cold cereal for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch and instant dinners. From busy homemakers to working people, many Americans enjoy the convenience ... | high3837.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "436-4119"
},
"options": [
"436-4119",
"436-5990",
"436-4112",
"436-4108"
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"question": "When you want to book a room in the New Residence Hall, you should call .",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
... | Thank you for choosing Yale University housing. The following information should answer questions you may have about housing services.
Housing office
There is a housing office in the New Residence Hall and is open seven days a week, 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., for check-in and check-out. You can call the assistants there f... | high8962.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "take photographs"
},
"options": [
"take care of them",
"treat Jim's cancer",
"take photographs",
"fix Josie's wedding"
],
"question": "Villatoro was hired by Josie's parents to _ .",
"question_type": "clo... | "Josie Metz's father won't live long enough to walk her down the aisle on her wedding day.But thanks to photographer Lindsey Villatoro,the 11-year-old girl was able to experience what it might be like anyway.
Her father, Jim,62,had already been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer when he and his wife.Grace,hired Villator... | high6797.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "recall his/her first travel to London"
},
"options": [
"recall his/her first travel to London",
"tell us he/she has visited many places.",
"introduce a famous city to the readers.",
"show the readers around London"
... | My first visit to London was one and a half years ago. It was a wonderful trip. I stayed in the city for three weeks, and I had many impressions. I visited all the famous places. I'd like to tell you about some of the places I visited in this beautiful city.
First, I went to the Tower of London, and I want to say that ... | high12879.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "good eating habits may help students keep from drugs"
},
"options": [
"drug abuse is a popular phenomenon",
"drug is actually a common medicine",
"good eating habits may help students keep from drugs",
"teenagers always... | Everyone takes drugs. Sometimes a drug might be called a herb but the effect is the same. Drugs and herbs can make life better for they are used to improve health. From the simplest headache to a cure for cancer, People believe that certain drugs can help them. But there is danger if the drugs are not used in a proper ... | high22762.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "it shows more about the student's understanding of the subject"
},
"options": [
"it shows more about the student's understanding of the subject",
"it tests the student's knowledge of the material as well as his expression of ideas"... | For a clearer picture of what the student knows, most teachers use another kind of examination in addition to objective tests. They use "essay" tests, which require students to write long answers to broad, general questions such as the following: "Mention several ways in which Benjamin Franklin has influenced thinking ... | high7489.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "your shortages might stop you succeeding"
},
"options": [
"your shortages might stop you succeeding",
"ideals can never be turned into realities",
"you are likely to lack enough courage",
"you haven't understood yoursel... | In all one's lifetime it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with. But it is exactly oneself that one has the least understanding of.
When you are going upwards in life you tend to overestimate yourself. It seems that everything you seek for is within your reach. When you are going downhill y... | high11380.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "make it happy and active"
},
"options": [
"finish your work on time",
"make it happy and active",
"stop it from barking",
"keep the shoes and table clothes clean"
],
"question": "You should give your dog toys in... | The most important reason for having dog toys is to keep the dog entertained while you are away at work or even during home time. They need something to keep their active minds from finding trouble. You may see friends or family with dogs that come home to chewed shoes, table clothes pulled to the floor, and other dest... | high21243.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Books spread negative opinions."
},
"options": [
"Someone was killed by it.",
"Books spread negative opinions.",
"Many Victorians suffered from it.",
"People witnessed terrible experiments."
],
"question": "Why ... | Green tea is believed to have originated in China thousands of years ago, where it was recognized for its health benefits. And scientists continue to probenew uses for it. Some studies suggest it can help protect against cancer. Thanks to the health food craze, green tea sales are currently rising sharply. The Tea Asso... | high19904.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They all involve themselves in green activities."
},
"options": [
"They are all high school students.",
"They all involve themselves in green activities.",
"They all raise money for green activities.",
"They are all fro... | Every day, young people across the globe are doing their part to keep the Earth healthy and green. These are just a few kid heroes for the planet.
Manatee Minder
When she was in second grade, Stephanie Cohen read about a baby manatee hit by a boat off the coast of Florida. Marine biologists saved ... | high22992.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "16.1million"
},
"options": [
"110.2 million",
"12.7 million",
"27million",
"16.1million"
],
"question": "How many viewers watched the Winter Olympics on Tuesday night?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
... | The Winter Olympics proved no match for television's gold-medal winner, "American Idol". Fox's unbelievable successful contest crashed the Olympics in head-to-head competition on Tuesday night, 27 million viewers to 16.1 million, according to Nielsen Media Research.
The Olympics recovered a bit after "Idol" went off th... | high544.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the motivation to work"
},
"options": [
"the ability to make money",
"the capacity to work",
"the motivation to work",
"our emotional experiences"
],
"question": "In can be inferred from the passage that the eco... | Imagine a world in which there were suddenly no emotion -- a world in which human beings could feel no love or happiness, no terror or hate.Try to imagine the consequences of such a transformation.People might not be able to stay alive: knowing neither joy nor pleasure, anxiety nor fear, they would be as likely to repe... | high12851.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he could see Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella on stage"
},
"options": [
"he has grown up knowing the story of Cinderella",
"he could see Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella on stage",
"the lights became dark and the orchestr... | Like most people, I have grown up hearing the story Cinderella, in which a young girl lived with her cruel stepmother and suddenly had her life changed by a kind fairy and a smart prince. So when to see Rodger & Hammerstein's Cinderella, which is now playing on Broadway, I was very excited, As soon as I sat down, I not... | high8792.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the kind of evidence supplied was accepted by court"
},
"options": [
"the store got the dresses back",
"the equipment was able to frighten shoplifters",
"other shops found out about the equipment",
"the kind of evidence... | Most shoplifters agree that the January sales offer wonderful opportunities for the hard-working thief. With the shops so crowded and the staff so busy, it does not require any extraordinary talent to help you to take one or two little things and escape unnoticed. It is known, in the business, as "hoisting".
But the h... | high12689.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "persuade"
},
"options": [
"surprise",
"persuade",
"describe",
"entertain"
],
"question": "The purpose of the speech is most likely to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | THIS is an excerpt from therapist Laura Trice's speech at TED in 2008:
Hi. I'm here to talk to you about the importance of praise, admiration and "thank you"s, and making them specific and genuine.
The way I got interested in this was, I noticed that when I was growing up, and until about a few years ago, I would want ... | high6967.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The local culture and tradition"
},
"options": [
"The local people and elephants",
"The local culture and tradition",
"The history of the eastern country",
"The local food and scenery"
],
"question": "What was t... | My friend Jim and I finally decided to spend our 14 days off in the eastern country.We were arranged to stay with a local family, which made it possible for us to share a real life experience with the locals and in return bring ourselves a richer experience of the native culture and tradition.
In the company of one of ... | high15680.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "digests the smaller fish in its body"
},
"options": [
"catches smaller fish in the water",
"digests the smaller fish in its body",
"can jump so high to escape its enemies",
"uses acid to break down the protein"
],
... | There are some things humans can go without. We can lose a kidney or a lung, an arm or two and still live perfectly well. But some fish put us to shame. They can _ without stomachs.
One such fish is the stout longtom. The group it belongs to carries a more appropriate name: the needlefish. All needlefish lack stomachs.... | high222.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "it met some problems concerning design and manufacture"
},
"options": [
"it's always sold out due to its popularity",
"it met some problems concerning design and manufacture",
"it lacked white manufacturing materials",
... | On the day Apple debuted the often-delayed white-colored iPhone 4, the company's marketing department gave a nod to the product's troubled history.
"Finally." read the big headline Thursday above a picture of the white phone on the homepage of Apple. com.
The white model was supposed to ship alongside the black one at ... | high15858.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Creditcard"
},
"options": [
"Batteries",
"Cash",
"Medicine",
"Creditcard"
],
"question": "Which of the following items is unnecessary to prepare before an earthquake?",
"question_type": null
},
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"an... | How to be Prepared
Electricity, water, gas and telephone may not be working after an earthquake. The police and fire department are likely to be tied up. You should be prepared to take care of yourself for at least three days, preferably for a week.
This list can also be applied to other disasters, such as floods or wi... | high4816.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in China childhood obesity rate in rural areas is lower than that in major cities"
},
"options": [
"weightloss camps have been very popular in China six years ago",
"about 290 million Chinese are overweight in China in all",
... | Some weightloss camps, which are rare in China just a few years ago,have multiplied in Beijing, Qingdao, Shenzhen,and other cities. Today about 15 percent of adults, or 200 million Chinese, are reportedly overweight.Of these, 90 million--about 7 percent--are obese .
Experts say the obesity epidemic is spreading to chi... | high16389.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The \"Corna\"."
},
"options": [
"The \"Thumbs-Up\".",
"The \"A-OK\".",
"The \"V Sign\".",
"The \"Corna\"."
],
"question": "Which of the following signs doesn't have an insulting meaning?",
"question_type": n... | The "Thumbs-Up"
While Western culture has become used to the thumbs-up as a positive signal (probably coming from World War II pilots using the signal to communicate that they were "good to go" with ground crews), there are cultures where a thumbs-up may land you in trouble. In West Africa, as well as Greece, Italy and... | high21525.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "instructing different ways of cooking"
},
"options": [
"serving flash-frozen meat",
"expressing children's complaints",
"instructing different ways of cooking",
"supplying natural food without chemicals"
],
"que... | Service Foods makes it easier for cooks to reduce mealtime complains. Service Foods is so confident that they can reduce complaints, in fact, that the company is offering a series of mealtime complaint-reduction tips.
According to a representative of Service Foods, complaints can occur when busy cooks serve substandard... | high10920.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Every day is a gift"
},
"options": [
"Every day is a gift",
"My poor sister",
"Value friendship every day",
"Every day is an important occasion"
],
"question": "What's the best title for the passage?",
"ques... | My brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sister's bureau and picked out a wonderful skirt. "Jan bought this the first time we went to New York, at least 8 or 9 years ago .She never wore it. She was saving it for a special occasion." Well, I guess this is the occasion.
He took the skirt from me and put it on the... | high4802.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He is not fit enough to join the army"
},
"options": [
"He has no independent opinion",
"He can't break away from his parents.",
"He is not fit enough to join the army",
"He is in trouble now."
],
"question": "W... | Dear Deidre,
I am 17. Further education is not for me. I want to be out seeing the world in the army. My mum and dad say they will cut me off and have nothing to do with me if I go into the military. They have other plans for me. My friends all laugh at me and say I won't ever get on. I know I am not the fittest guy in... | high17083.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Wendy knew she was going to die"
},
"options": [
"Wendy knew she was going to die",
"Wendy had no friends of her age",
"Wendy didn't believe sandpipers could bring people joy",
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"I see that. What is it?" I asked, not caring.
"Oh, I don't know, I just like the feel of sand."
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Two other South Korean films completed their full runs at the Tuixin Cinema earlier this month.
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Just 15 minutes from Banff is Lake Minnewanka where a 90minute cruise to the
Devil's Gap is sure to be the highlight of your summer adventure!
For information & group reservations,phone 7623473!
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"he is often made fun of by other people",
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... | high14561.txt |
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"was the fir... | Not long ago, few little girls imagined they could grow up to become astronauts. For years in the United States, on1y men had that opportunity . In 1983, that changed. Sally Ride made history by becoming the first American woman to travel to space.
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Individuals should pay for their higher education.
A university education is of huge and direct benefit to the individual. Graduates earn more than non-graduates. Meanwhile, social mobility is ever more dependent on having a degree. However, only some people have it. So the individual, no... | high7338.txt |
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This special water spider lives on the grassy banks of streams where mosquitoes, damsel flies and other insects come to feed and breed.
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Although my thoughts were only on speed, the checkout line I was standing in wasn't moving as quickly as I wanted, and I glanced toward the cashier.
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For many people, lack of sleep is rarely anything of choice. S... | high10713.txt |
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"Picasso is considered to be the foremost figure in the 20th century French art",
"Picasso is a famous Spanish painter",
"Picasso spent much time in Pairs, living there from 1904 to 197... | Picasso, the famous Spanish painter, was born in 1881. His father was an art teacher. Picasso began to paint very early. He was admitted to the Royal Academy of Art at the age of 15. After 1900, he spent much time in Paris, living there from 1904 to 1947, when he moved to the south of France.
Throughout his career, Pic... | high1985.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The food dropped on the cement floor is not as safe as food dropped on the carpet within 30 seconds."
},
"options": [
"A toast dropped on the carpet is easier to be polluted than that dropped on the cement floor.",
"A sticky chocol... | Food picked up just a few seconds after being dropped is less likely to contain bacteria than if it is left for longer periods of time, according to the findings of research carried out at Aston University's School of Life and Health Sciences. The findings suggest there may be some scientific basis to the "5 second ru... | high8779.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the Internet"
},
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"the Internet",
"information",
"computers",
"e-mail"
],
"question": "The passage is mainly about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answe... | Perhaps you have heard a lot about the Internet, but what is it?
The Internet is many different networks around the world. A network is a group of computers put together. These networks joined together are called the Internet.
Maybe that doesn't sound interesting. But when we've joined the Internet. There are lots of t... | high22979.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "being perfect is highly valued"
},
"options": [
"selfie leads to success",
"a good image decides one's status",
"one's poor performance can be erased",
"being perfect is highly valued"
],
"question": "According ... | "Selfie" may have been named Oxford Dictionary's word of 2013. In effect,so widely known has the selfie become that in the past 12 months,its frequency in the English language has increased by 17000 percent, said Oxford dictionaries. However,its popularity has just earned it another honour-being voted the most annoying... | high14213.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "express themselves"
},
"options": [
"buy goods",
"express themselves",
"listen to music",
"watch videos"
],
"question": "People all around the world use blogs to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | People around the world used their computers to buy goods, communicate with others, listen to music, see pictures and learn about different places and ideas. In 2006, more people around the world used new ways to communicate and connect with each other through the Internet.
The blog is one form of communication that en... | high9467.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Acid and water"
},
"options": [
"Ice and low temperature",
"Acid and water",
"Soil and energy",
"Bacteria and oxygen"
],
"question": "Which of the following helped to preserve \"Lindow Man\"?",
"question_typ... | Archaeology, like many academic words, comes from Greek and means, more or less, "the study of old things". So, it is really a part of the study of history. However, most historians use paper evidence, such as letters, paintings and photographs, but archaeologists learn from the objects left behind by the humans of lon... | high6754.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Sharing in the financial crisis."
},
"options": [
"Introducing a new way of life.",
"Sharing in the financial crisis.",
"How to reduce the living expense.",
"How to handle the financial crisis."
],
"question": "... | The financial crisis is reminding Americans of a lesson they first learned in childhood: Share and share alike. They are sharing or swapping tools and books, cars and handbags, time and talent.
The renewed desire to share shows up in a variety of examples: A car-sharing service has had a 70 percent membership increase ... | high10075.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "kept in touch with the girl."
},
"options": [
"lost touch with the girl several years ago.",
"used to spend weekends with the girl.",
"moved to the same town as the girl.",
"kept in touch with the girl."
],
"que... | Recently, one of my best friends, whom I'd shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we'd both always looked forward to the few times a year when we could see each other.
Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, st... | high2532.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It has a history of about three hundred years."
},
"options": [
"Its museum exhibits many ancient pictures.",
"It has a history of about three hundred years.",
"Its rooms are covered with the family ' s photos.",
"It ow... | Several Holiday Houses in Sicily and Its Islands
Baglio Fontana, Buseto Paiizzoio, Trapani,Sicily
Grapes have been harvested at this traditional family farm since the early 18ih century. Old photos of the family cover the walls of tlie sitting room. A farm museum exhibits ancient tools and you can have a taste of wine ... | high19737.txt |
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