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"answer_text": "jobs related to academic professions like lawyers and doctors"
},
"options": [
"jobs such as musicians, singers and dancers",
"jobs related to academic professions like lawyers and doctors",
"jobs in which they will not be en... | LONDON (Reuters Life!) ---- Forget about talking your children into considering life as a doctor or a teacher and start training them for the talent show.
A survey of British parents showed the aspirations of their children are greatly different from what they dreamed about when considering who they wanted to be when... | high16404.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "$123"
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"$114",
"$123",
"$177",
"$189"
],
"question": "If a couple and their 14-year-old son want to have a half-day tour of Canyon de Chelly on Oct. 13, 2009, they should pay _ .",
"questio... | Thunderbird Lodge in Canyon de Chelly
A one-night stay at the historic lodge starts at $59 for a single room and the lodge offers half-day tours of Canyon de Chelly ( $41 for adults and $32 for children aged 12 and under).
Time: May 31, 2009 ~ Nov. 1, 2009
Details: Hotel taxes are an additional 17.1 percent
Contact: 80... | high15125.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They stole e-mail addresses of the Internet users."
},
"options": [
"They stole e-mail addresses of the Internet users.",
"They destroyed the websites of some big companies.",
"They attacked American companies in southern Rus... | A group of Russian criminals have stolen l.2 billion username and password combinations for more than 500 millione-mail addresses. It's the largest known theft on the Internet, according to a report of The New York Times.
Cyber security firm Hold Security discovered the security breach( ). The firm found that the grou... | high8751.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Tally never left him when times were hard for him."
},
"options": [
"Tally brought the doctor to him after the accident.",
"Tally saved his life in this car accident.",
"Tally never left him when times were hard for him.",
... | John had an accident while driving to town one day. He had his three ribs broken and Tally, his best friend, had one leg broken. With their car damaged and no one coming to their help, they had to foot for ten miles to the town hospital.
"How have you got here all by yourself?" said the doctor when he saw John in ho... | high22789.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "together with other facial expressions"
},
"options": [
"especially anger and disappointment",
"together with the arms folded across",
"together with other facial expressions",
"depending on others' facial expressions"
... | Even if you are saying and doing the right things at your job and in your personal life, you could be making a bad impression on everyone with what you don't say. That's because much of our reactions to others are based on body language. If your body language is communicating a negative message, that's the message you ... | high13554.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "their parents put much pressure on them"
},
"options": [
"the school work is too much",
"their teachers are too strict with them",
"their parents put much pressure on them",
"they can't get on well with their friends"
... | Japanese students work very hard but many are very unhappy. They feel great pressure from their parents to do well in school and in college. Most students are always being told by their parents to study harder so that they can have successful future. Although this may be good advice for those who are very bright, it ca... | high587.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Energy users of Eastern Energy."
},
"options": [
"People applying for energy supply.",
"People moving home.",
"Persons in need of help.",
"Energy users of Eastern Energy."
],
"question": "Who is the passage most... | Our company, Eastern Energy, is here to help and provide you with personal advice on any matters connected with your bill or any other questions about your gas and electricity supply.
Moving Home
Please give us as much notice as possible if you are moving home, but at least 48 hours required for us to make the necessar... | high22951.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "covert coping may result in certain heart trouble"
},
"options": [
"women are less likely to suffer a heart attack than men",
"most people die of heart disease caused by stress",
"covert coping may result in certain heart tro... | Everyone experiences stress at work, but how we cope with it varies. Feeling that you've been unfairly treated can be particularly stressful. Researchers believe that failure to express feelings about unfair treatment at work could have serious consequences on your health, especially men, who bottle up their anger at b... | high1013.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Busy schedules leave people no time for formality"
},
"options": [
"Busy schedules leave people no time for formality",
"Family members need more time to relax.",
"People prefer to live a comfortable life.",
"Young peop... | When families gather for Christmas dinner, some will stick to formal traditions dating back to grandma's generation. Their tables will be set with the good dishes and silver, and the dress code will be Sunday best.
But in many other homes, this china-and-silver elegance has given way to a stoneware and stainless info... | high12892.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "let people know more about the US"
},
"options": [
"make his own hometown , state of Michiganfamous",
"make everyone know Michigan",
"let people know more about the US",
"let people learn to sing"
],
"question":... | Most people know that theprefix = st1 /United Statesis made up of fifty states . However , few people know a lot about all fifty of them , Sufjan Stevens is a young American musician . He wants to change this situation
Sufjan Stevens plans to make an album about each of the fifty American states . During college... | high17732.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "What to do about being bullied."
},
"options": [
"What to do about being bullied.",
"How to be a good student at school.",
"What to write well in a diary.",
"How to give suggestions to teenagers."
],
"question":... | James is a good student and he has lots of friends,but he also has a problem.Some older boys are bullying him at school.James is very unhappy and he doesn't know what to do about it.Here are some suggestions to him and other teenagers in this situation.
Don't feel worried.It's not your fault ! Being bullied can make yo... | high3604.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "his egg is cracked at both ends"
},
"options": [
"the pointy end of his egg is cracked",
"the round end of his egg is cracked",
"his egg slides out of the hand",
"his egg is cracked at both ends"
],
"question": ... | Greeks play a special game at Easter and it's good fun! The rules of the game are as follows: 1.Everyone picks out a hard-boiled Waster Egg.2.Each player finds a partner.One person will be a "holder", and the other will be a "tapper".Holders should hold the egg with either the pointy end or the round end facing up.Tapp... | high11343.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "on Wednesday and Saturday"
},
"options": [
"from Monday to Sunday",
"on Wednesday and Saturday",
"from Monday to Friday",
"on Saturday and Sunday"
],
"question": "If you choose the UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERS course... | This course is for those who want to learn to type , as well as those who want to improve their typing . The course is not common . You are tested in the first class and begin practicing at one of the eight different skill levels . This allows you to learn at your own speed. Each program lasts 20 hours . Bring your own... | high21280.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he was thought to be a stupid boy"
},
"options": [
"he was thought to be a stupid boy",
"his thoughts and words were jumbled",
"he was good at maths besides other subjects",
"he couldn't finish his homework"
],
... | School and Einstein did not mix well. His teachers thought that he was stupid and that Einstein's thoughts and words were jumbled . His schoolwork was poor. Playing the violin was all he was good at as a child.
When he was ten, he met Dr. Max Talmy. Talmy talked with the boy and tried to help him. They discussed books ... | high19079.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "1909."
},
"options": [
"In 2003.",
"1999.",
"1909.",
"2002."
],
"question": "When did Aggie Bonfire come into being?",
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | Aggie Bonfire was a long-standing tradition at Texas A&M University as part of the college rivalry with the University of Texas at Austin. For 90 years, Texas A&M students--known as Aggies--built and burned a bonfire on campus each autumn. Known to the Aggie community simply as "Bonfire", the annual autumn event sy... | high3162.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "famous stars"
},
"options": [
"famous stars",
"story tellers",
"film companies",
"music fans"
],
"question": "From Outlook, you can get a great deal of information about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_ques... | Outlook
Outlook is back with a new series of reports to keep you up to date with all that's new in the world of entertainment. Stories go all the way from the technical to the romantic, from stage to screen. There will be reports of the stars of the moment, the stars of the future and the stars of the past. The directo... | high11425.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "clothes will be able to change their pattern"
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"options": [
".people will never get old",
"everyone will look the same",
". red will be the most popular color1",
"clothes will be able to change their pattern"
],
... | Welcome to your future life!
You get up in the morning and look into the mirror. Your face is firm and young-looking. In 2035, medical technology is better than ever. Many people your age could live to be 150, so at 40, you're not old at all. And your parents just had an anti-aging treatment. Now, all t... | high17054.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "To advocate eating more raw and whole foods"
},
"options": [
"To advocate eating more raw and whole foods",
"To tell the differences between raw and processed foods",
"To inform people of the harm of processed foods",
"... | Why are people interested in eating raw foods or whole foods? One reason is that eating these types of food reduces the risk of acid accumulation in your body.
Raw and whole foods are usually digested more efficiently than cooked and refined foods. When we cook foods, we destroy the natural enzymes that are part of the... | high5513.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The results from the research is not satisfactory."
},
"options": [
"If a child is hungry at childhood, he will be disabled in the future.",
"Criticism is the best medicine for hunger.",
"The results from the research is not ... | New research says 35 percent of the deaths of children worldwide are caused by hunger. The research is from poor to middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Robert Black from the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in prefix = st1 /Marylandwas the leading writer of the resea... | high18367.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Think twice about the adoption."
},
"options": [
"Think twice about the adoption.",
"Get detailed information about the pets.",
"Make full preparations for the coming pet.",
"Try to make the pet your family member."
... | If your family is thinking of getting a pet, consider adopting from an animal shelter. Animal shelters are full of dogs, cats, rabbits, and more animals, all in need of loving homes. Some may come with emotional or behavioral issues, but most are happy, healthy, and ready for a loving home. Here are some tips for you t... | high9329.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "there was no fish"
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"options": [
"there was a big storm",
"the Prime Minister did not bring him any food",
"there was no fish",
"his servants didn't know how to cook well"
],
"question": "The king didn't have ... | Once there was a king who never ate a meal unless there was a dish of fish with it, but one day there was a big storm and the fishermen were not able to go out to catch fish, so the king had no breakfast and no lunch. Then he ordered his servants to tell everybody in his capital that if anyone brought him a fish, he wo... | high1775.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "6:45 p.m."
},
"options": [
"10:20 a.m.",
"6:30 a.m.",
"6:45 p.m.",
"4:40 p.m."
],
"question": "What time does a bus leave New York for Brennan every Thursday?",
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... | BUS SERVICE
New York City -- Brennan, New Jersey
(Trip time: 30 minutes each way )
Timetable
*Buses leave the Railway Station, New York 7:00 a.m. and every half-hour thereafter until 11:30 p.m. (7 days a week).
*Buses leave Brennan Station 20 minutes before and after every hour from 6:20 a.m. to 10:40 p.m. (7 days a w... | high15643.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "to classify your emails to your preference"
},
"options": [
"to clear your mail box when it is full",
"to scan your inbox faster than others",
"to classify your emails to your preference",
"to gather all the odds and en... | Making email easier is a task that several applications and email customers have tried and failed at SaneBox, like many _ , aims to make your digital life easier without forcing you to change your email platform.
To be sure, you can apply various priority classes and groupings using SaneBox. What really makes SaneBox... | high8037.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Choose the holiday in Devon."
},
"options": [
"Choose the holiday in Devon.",
"Go to the Snowdonia Centre.",
"Join the World Sea Trip of 2008.",
"Visit Acapulco and Hawaii."
],
"question": "What can you do if yo... | Holidays
Holiday News
Vacations now and in the school holidays at a country hotel in Devon. This comfortable, friendly home-from-home lies near the beautiful quiet countryside, but just a drive away from the sea. The food is simple but good. Children and pets are welcome. Reduced prices for low season.
The Snowdonia C... | high14549.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "systems of reducing carbon emissions"
},
"options": [
"programs of collecting taxes",
"systems of reducing carbon emissions",
"reasons for reducing carbon emissions",
"contradictions between the two systems"
],
... | Everyone agrees that it's necessary to reduce carbon emissions around the world. There is less agreement over exactly how nations should go about achieving a more carbon - free planet. Thus, the environmental equivalent: cap - and - trade carbon emissions, or place a carbon tax on all users?
With cap - and - trade pr... | high13226.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Clay"
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"Sand",
"Clay",
"Water",
"Salt"
],
"question": "Which ingredient of the quicksand make someone trapped in it stuck and stuck fast?",
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"a... | Analysis of the composition of quicksand shows that there are four key ingredients--sand, obviously water, clay and salt. Together these materials form a structure resembling a house of cards, with large water-filled gaps between the sand particles, which are loosely glued in place by the clay. As long as it's left alo... | high12138.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Mass media persuade us into buying what we don't need at all."
},
"options": [
"Mass media have an effect on our speech and thoughts.",
"Mass media keep us informed and connected.",
"Mass media persuade us into buying what we... | Mass media are tools of communication. They allow us to record and pass information rapidly to a large, scattered audience. They extend our ability to each other by helping us overcome limits caused by time and space. Mass media can be divided into two groups: print media and electronic media. By print media, we mean b... | high7310.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Students who failed the college entrance exam may suffer from some mental problems."
},
"options": [
"After the college entrance exam, more attention is paid to students who failed the exam.",
"Students who failed the college entra... | Statistics show that every year, about 4 million students fail to pass the national college entrance exam. However, as China recently publicized students' scores for this year's college entrance exam, it seems that schools, parents and society at large give more attention to students who succeed in the exam, few people... | high8023.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "16"
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"options": [
"42",
"58",
"16",
"18"
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"question": "How many websites were shut down before mid-March in the latest crackdown on online rumors?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
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"ans... | Authorities will continue to take a hard line on Internet-based rumors and punish those creating fake information, a senior official said on Thursday.
Authorities have removed more than 210,000 online posts and shut down 42 websites since mid-March in their latest crackdown on online rumors, said Liu Zhengrong, a senio... | high15657.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "to help him control his bad temper"
},
"options": [
"to stop his anger from breaking out",
"to help him control his bad temper",
"to remember how many times he lost his temper",
"to keep a record of his bad temper"
... | There was a little boy with a bad temper . His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail in the back fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Then _ began to become less. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive th... | high20834.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "about 19.1 million"
},
"options": [
"about 23,1 million",
"about 21.7 million",
"about 2.6 million",
"about 19.1 million"
],
"question": "According to the passage, how many people went to Thailand for a trip exc... | Thai authorities have been urged to see to it that condominiums , apartment houses and other lodgings available to tourists throughout the country will be of higher quality than today, a leading tourism businesswoman has said.
Piyaman Techapaibul, president of the Tourism Council of Thailand, called on the Ministry of... | high3176.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It was built during the hard times."
},
"options": [
"It was completed recently.",
"It was built during the hard times.",
"It has the longest arch.",
"It's the seventh highest dam in the world."
],
"question": "... | America's greatest technological achievement, the Hoover Dam, now has a companion piece, a bridge held up by the longest arch in the Western Hemisphere . The Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, which opened this month and connects the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, crosses the vast chasm 890 feet above th... | high11431.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "future man will look quite different from us."
},
"options": [
"man's life will be different in the future.",
"future man will look quite different from us.",
"man is growing taller and uglier as time passes.",
"human's... | What will man be like in the future--in 5000 or even 50, 000 years from now? We can only make guesses, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time.
Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago , was shorter than he is today. ... | high2268.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "similar to Venice in certain aspects"
},
"options": [
"as big as Venice",
"similar to Venice in certain aspects",
"the largest city in Europe",
"a big inland city"
],
"question": "We can conclude from the passag... | Amsterdam is a city like Venice founded on and around water or waterways. However, unlike Venice, Holland's largest city isn't only a museum. Amsterdam is a real, living and large city.
The Dutch capital has clearly come a long way since it was founded. A story goes that two fishermen and a seasick dog first came... | high18373.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "wanted him to go hack to class"
},
"options": [
"tried to help with his business",
"were too suspicious to accept it",
"wanted him to go hack to class",
"encouraged him to compete with IBM"
],
"question": "When ... | When he was just 19, Michael Dell started the company that would _ the industry.
At the time, IBM personal computers sold in stores for about $3,000. After taking them apart and rebuilding them, Dell realized the components could be bought for one-fourth the price. Soon he was buying components to reduce the cost. A ... | high5507.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he used it to ask for a Christmas tip"
},
"options": [
"he wanted the couple to pay for the newspaper",
"he forgot to write a few words on it",
"he used it to ask for a Christmas tip",
"he was afraid of asking for a tip... | Several weeks ago, a mysterious Christmas card dropped through our mailbox. The envelope was addressed to a man named Raoul, who, I was ly certain, did not live with us. The envelope wasn't sealed, so I opened it. The inside of the card was blank. Ed, my husband, explained that the card was both from and to the newspa... | high17726.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "temperature"
},
"options": [
"size",
"age",
"location",
"temperature"
],
"question": "Matter on the sun can exist only in the form of gas because of the sun's _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},... | The temperature of the sun is over 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit at the surface, but it rises to perhaps more than 16 million degrees at the center. The sun is so much hotter than the earth that matter can exist only as a gas, except at the core. In the core of the sun, the pressures are so great against the gases that, des... | high10049.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the Web , better than the textbooks ,can give the latest and comprehensive information."
},
"options": [
"the Web could take them everywhere",
"the Web taught them a lot.",
"the Web is a good tool for information.",
"th... | Imagine a classroom missing the one thing that's long been considered a necessary part to reading and writing---paper. No notebooks, no textbooks, no test papers. Nor are there any pencils or pens, which always seems to _ . A "paperless classroom" is what more and more schools are trying to achieve .
Students don't do ... | high3610.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "don't necessarily reflect her real self"
},
"options": [
"show that she is a top student",
"show how much time she has spent in learning",
"only mean that she knows how to learn, but she doesn't know how to socialize",
... | I used to think education was the most important thing in my life. Recently my attitude has begun to change, although I still hold that it is _ for everyone in the world today. As a top junior student in my college, I was asked to make a speech on how to learn English well. Standing in front of the audience and facing ... | high11357.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "may live longer than people who don't eat nuts"
},
"options": [
"are more likely to live longer than people who often eat fruits",
"don't need to go to hospital",
"may live longer than people who don't eat nuts",
"don't... | Eat nuts, live longer. Researchers have found that those who eat a handful of peanuts every day significantly decrease their risk of dying from all causes compared to those who do not eat nuts. A new study concludes that all types of nuts seem to be protective.
Researcher Ying Bao is with the Department of Medicine at... | high16438.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "money"
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"gold",
"metal",
"money",
"silver"
],
"question": "People used different kinds of things as_.",
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"answer": {
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... | People use money to buy food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they need or want. Most of the money today is made of metal or paper. But people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells. Shells were not the only things used as money. In China, cloth and ... | high7476.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "knee-length pants"
},
"options": [
"knee-length pants",
"shirts without sleeves",
"transparent T-shirts",
"jeans sticking to skin"
],
"question": "According to the new standardized dress code, students in the US... | The first day of school always goes wrong. For many students in the United States, however, this year it was even more so. It was all due to one extra school policy - they are now required to follow a new standardized dress code.
According to the handbooks of all high schools in Allentown, Pennsylvania, students must w... | high8745.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he was shy and nervous"
},
"options": [
"her voice was very low",
"he was shy and nervous",
"he was attracted by her appearance",
"he wasn't interested in her topic"
],
"question": "The author didn't pay attenti... | Shyness equals losing opportunities, less pleasure and fewer social connections, but there are ways to make it a thing of the past.
When I was fifteen, I was shy. I remember an attractive girl trying to talk with me. My shyness made me focus on me instead of her. I heard my own voice but not hers and I thought about ... | high13540.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The advantage of spending time with one child at a time."
},
"options": [
"The basic needs of children.",
"The happy life of two families.",
"The experience of the only child being with mother.",
"The advantage of spend... | Our "Mommy and Me" time began two years ago.
My next-door neighbor and fellow mother, Christie, and I were our in our front yards, watching seven children of age six and under ride their bikes up and down. "I wish I could take one of my children out alone," said Christie. Then we worked out a plan. When Christie tak... | high22945.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Maxie really wishes the author a good day."
},
"options": [
"Maxie shows her anxiety to the author.",
"Maxie really wishes the author a good day.",
"Maxie encourages the author to stay happy.",
"Maxie really worries abo... | "Have a nice day!" may be a pleasant gesture or a meaningless. When my friend Maxie says "Have a nice day" with a smile, I know she sincerely cares about what happens to me. I feel loved and secure since another person cares about me and wishes me well.
"Have a nice day. Next!"This version of the expression is spoken b... | high593.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "to distract victims"
},
"options": [
"to distract victims",
"to give themselves multiple tasks to do",
"to focus on the most important details",
"to use swift hand movements"
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"question": "According to the BBC... | Many of us are used to hearing stories of people being pickpocketed in busy places. But most of us are aware of the dangers, so we are safe - at least, we think we are.
According to a BBC report, a growing number of thieves are trying to "hack our mind's weaknesses" to get their hands on our possessions.
"In fact, th... | high12886.txt |
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"To witness a disaster."
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},
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"question": "A cable is different from an overhead wire, because it _ .",
"que... | Ever since man began to use the telephone, there have been new problems arising from the carrying of messages. At first, each message was carried by a pair of overhead wires. As a result, telephone exchanges were soon surrounded by thousands of wires. The wires were then replaced by cables ,each containing many pairs ... | high4147.txt |
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"question": "Which of the following is NOT a feature of ja... | Artistic Skates
Artistic roller skates are made up of a leather boot, very strong sole plate, and a jump bar that adds extra force. The boot sits a few inches above the ankle, providing more support for the foot.
Jam Skates
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"decided to stop her ambitions",
"continued to fight for women's right"
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"saving energy is of great necessity",
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"Participating in whatever events.",
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"Enjoying discounts in a gym."
],
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},
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"Only half of the information they receive is useful.",
"Over 60% of them prefer to use the telephon... | Employees are being flooded with too much information that has little to do with their work, according to a new survey.
On average, white-collar workers spend 51 percent of their work time receiving and processing information. Only one third of it was relevant to their work, the survey found. Information overload for w... | high15109.txt |
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(1)Each person's perce... | high6988.txt |
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"Its endless new gifts.",
"It is organized according to personal taste.",
"Its special gift ideas. ."
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Christmas Gifts for Parents
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"Because the captain ordered him to get fresh water.",
"Because he wanted to go on an adventure there.",
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"runners are worn out as if they are breaking down",
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"the invention of the printing press.",
"the European discovery of America.",
"a reawakening of science and the Protestant Reformation."
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},
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"Students often stay up at night.",
"Teachers provide little care for students.",
"Students should make good use of their time.... | Sharon,Aged 22
The most important thing to keep in mind when going into high school is to be yourself.Besides, I don't know what your middle school was like, but high school teachers will not care about things such as how much homework you already have in one night.It's best to just learn to deal with things and manage... | high14571.txt |
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"our lack of technological capability",
"creating technology without reall... | Technology: Taking the good without the bad?
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"how the telegraph network contributed to the expansion of railroads",
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"is curious about what's on your mind",
"will pay for what you're thinking about"
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"foods of different colors will have different benefits",
"eating foods with a color must prevent disease... | Eating different colored foods can keep you healthy, as well as change your mood and behavior. Here is a list of colors, which can change your life.
Blue/Purple
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"answer": {
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"new ways of doing business",
"rapid growth of supermarkets"
],
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"answer": {
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},
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"offer help to national health organizations",
"share their great interest in the sport of motorcycling",
"... | For many years, women could only be seen on the seat behind the men operating the two-wheeled motorcycle. Now more and more women are taking the front seat. More than twenty million people in the United States ride motorcycles.
Since 1998 the number of female bikers has risen sharply. Lady Sport Riders began in 1999 in... | high11409.txt |
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"answer": {
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"fired a bullet that killed Ward from the sky",
"were experienced professional murde... | Michael froze as he heard the voice on the radio saying that a man had been murdered by a bullet that had come from the sky. Thinking that the shot they had fired possibly was the shot that killed Mr. Ward, he immediately drove off. For the next two months, Michael and Joe hid the secret that the bullet had actually sh... | high4635.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"Overuse of exclamation marks.",
"Names of famous TV stars.",
"Text message language."
],
"question": "Which of the following was NOT frequen... | The future of written English will owe more to Hollywood films than Dickens or Shakespeare, if the findings of a study into children's writing are anything to go by. Researchers who looked at the entries to a national competition found they were increasingly using Americanisms such as garbage, trash can, sidewalk, cand... | high19041.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "People can buy all kinds of camping things there."
},
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"The products there are cheaper.",
"There are many branch shops all over the country.",
"The shop a... | If you are into camping, then Camping World is a store that you would be familiar with. People from all over the US have reported that once they have been to one of the Camping World stores. They usually do not have to go anywhere else as the store meets all their shopping requirements for camping.
Camping World opened... | high20818.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"In 2010",
"In 2009",
"In 2011"
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"question": "According to the text, in which year did Dekker begin her journey of 50,004 kilometers at sea?",
"question_type": "factiod_... | Wild weather, unexpected coral reefs and dangerous sea creatures... these are the nightmares you can imagine a teenager on a solo voyage around the world might suffer from. But for Laura Dekker, sailing around the globe seems less a price to be paid than a prize to be treasured.
As the 19-year-old Dutch sailor said... | high12114.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"to explain the secret of self-confidence",
"to tell people how important self-confidence is",
"to tell people... | People who show confidence really seem to have it made. They seize more rewarding careers, keep good relationships, and just seem to do everything with more styles than the rest of us.
So what is the secret? There isn't one. Self-confidence is a skill and habit that anyone can learn to develop. And although people who ... | high6022.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
"options": [
"Because she made a way for a horse-drawn carriage.",
"Because she enjoyed the scenery along the road.",
"Because she needed a break after the long drive.",
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"the challenge e-commerce causes to traditional ... | Nowadays it is common that people are buying more products and services than ever before through the Internet, so do Americans. And experts say the popularity of online sales is likely to spread to other countries. Online sales now represent as much as 10% of all retail sales in the United States. This has led traditio... | high9311.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "national parks in England"
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"most parts of Scotland",
"crowded lowland Britain",
"most parts of England"
],
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Wild camping is not permitted in many ... | high22969.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "teach us how to concentrate while studying"
},
"options": [
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"teach us how to concentrate while studying",
"give us the reasons for a lack of concentration",
"list the benefits we ca... | "I can't concentrate." "My mind wanders when I try to study." Lack of concentration is one of the most common complaints heard at school.
We all have the ability to concentrate. Think of the times when you were attracted to a super novel or the times when you were playing your guitar or piano. But at other times your m... | high6744.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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"sack",
"number",
"wrapping"
],
"question": "An outside cover is a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer... | Have you ever noticed how much the number twelve is used? A ruler that is a foot long has twelve inches. A yardstick has three times twelves inches, or thirty-six inches.
On a canlender you will see twelve months in each year. A clock face is numbered from one to twelve for the hours. The time span from noon to midnig... | high14203.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
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},
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"between strangers",
"between friends",
"between neighbors"
],
"question": "The story happened _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{... | Yesterday my old neighbor knocked on my door angrily. Obviously, my cat, Rocco, had left a turd in his perfect flower beds.
Fortunately, I wasn't home when this happened, so he angrily complained to my friend and neighbor Kate about this. She was kind enough to listen to him and to go down into the garden with him to... | high9477.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "From September 19."
},
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"From September 19.",
"After September 9.",
"At the moment."
],
"question": "If you are a customer, when can you buy an iPhone6?",
"question_type": "... | iPhone 6, which many people have been thirsty for, will be unveiled on September 9. It could go on sale to the public from Friday, September 19.
Apple has launched a new iPhone every year since it unveiled the range in 2007, selling more than 500 million units since then, and has traditionally launched key products in... | high8769.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
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},
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"just laugh it away",
"wonder why",
"report it to the police"
],
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Five years old ."
},
"options": [
"Six months old .",
"Five years old .",
"Two years old .",
"Six years old ."
],
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},
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"... | A huge shire horse in Australia has been declared the biggest horse in the world by its owner , beating the current Guinness World Record by several inches .
The huge five-year-old , from Pakenham , S. E Australia , measures an amazing 20.1 hands , or 2.057m tall . He weighs over 1.3 tons ( 1,300kg) -- about the same ... | high16414.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "perform and earn some money there"
},
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"beg some money from the zoo keeper",
"ask for a job there",
"perform and earn some money there"
],
"question": "The mimic vis... | One day an out of work mimic is visiting the zoo and attempts to earn some money as a street performer. As soon as he starts to draw the crowd,a zoo keeper grabs him and drags him into his office. The zoo keeper explains to the mimic that the zoo's most popular attraction,a gorilla ,has died suddenly and the keeper fe... | high4153.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "are less likely to have asthma"
},
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"will grow up more happily",
"are less likely to have asthma",
"are probably behave better in school"
],
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In the study, the researchers looked at early exposure to dogs and farm animals and the rate of asthma among about 276,000 school-age children in Sweden. Among the sch... | high19727.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Grades should be taken away at once."
},
"options": [
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"Students may give up the chance to learn music and sports for grades.",
"Students' creativity may not be devel... | The following are letters to the editor of a school newspaper.
Dear editor,
I'd like to express my opinion about grades. Students should be allowed to study without worrying about grades. Fortunately, most educators are becoming aware of the fact that students have different interests and abilities. I und... | high18439.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
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},
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"How should we hug",
"The tips on giving others hugs",
"The facts of hugs"
],
"question": "What is the best title of the passage?",
"questi... | A hug is a wonderful thing and it is a great gift to share with people. For some people, a hug is considered to be a great way to say "I care." A hug communicates support, affection , unity and belonging. A hug shows a strong feeling of sympathy. A hug brings happiness. A hug also touches the soul.
Hugs are healthy. Hu... | high2522.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "At least 2 years of working experience."
},
"options": [
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"Demonstrated leadership.",
"At least 2 years of working experience.",
"Communicative ability."
],
"question": "Wh... | The Singapore Management University (SMU) MBA programme was launched with the aim to develop the next generation of business leaders in Asia.We seek candidates with certain conditions and qualities.
achievements and demonstrated leadership potential.Participants in current and past classes have an average of 5 -6 yea... | high8999.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The Living Statues of Barcelona"
},
"options": [
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"Street Artists at Las Ramblas",
"A Shopping Center in Barcelona",
"Special Performances at Las Ramblas"
],
"question": "The be... | In a living statue, just as the name implies, somebody transforms himself or herself into a statue. Last year, I came across an article in a magazine describing living statues in the streets of some Australian cities. The article was vividly written, except that there was not even a single picture; one could only imagi... | high22941.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In Switzerland"
},
"options": [
"In England",
"In Italy",
"In Switzerland",
"In France"
],
"question": "Where was Mary Shelley when she wrote the story Frankenstein?",
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... | Frankensteinis one of the world's most famous horror stories. It's about a doctor who creates a new man from the body parts of dead people and brings it to life. But the experiment goes wrong and the monster kills the doctor and many others. The story has been read by millions since it was first published and in the l... | high1003.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Actions for Preserving Anti-Bacterial Medications in the US"
},
"options": [
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"Drug--Resistant Bacterial Infections Growing in the US",
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "correct short-sightedness"
},
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"correct short-sightedness",
"protect their eyes from sunlight",
"decorate their eyes"
],
"question": "We can infer people use contact lens... | You could have poor eyesight because you didn't spend enough time outdoors as a child, according to the conclusion of some studies on short-sightedness published in the Optometry and Vision Science.
Although short-sightedness can easily be corrected with glasses or contact lenses , it's much better to prevent it altog... | high23487.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It is more encouraging to talk to oneself using the second-person."
},
"options": [
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"It is more encouraging to talk to oneself using the second-person.",
"First-perso... | You can do it!
That's a better way to motivate yourself than saying "I can do it, " according to a new study that shows giving yourself advice and encouragement in the second-person before an upcoming task may actually improve your performance more than first-person self-talk.
"People are used to receiving and giving... | high12882.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "He felt strongly that the wealthy should use their fortunes for the benefit of society."
},
"options": [
"He felt strongly that the wealthy should use their fortunes for the benefit of society.",
"He opposed charity.",
"The w... | Andrew Carneigie, known as the King of Steel, built the steel industry in the United States, and, in the process, became one of the wealthiest men in America. His success resulted partly from his ability to sell the product and partly from his policy of expanding during periods of economic decline, when most of his com... | high15135.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "write more notes"
},
"options": [
"write more notes",
"digest concepts better",
"get higher scores",
"understand lectures better"
],
"question": "More and more students favor laptops for note-taking because they... | A new study shows students who write notes by hand during lectures perform better on exams than those who use laptops .
Students are increasingly using laptops for note-taking because of speed and legibility . But the research has found laptop users are less able to remember and apply the concepts they have been taught... | high8741.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "bestseller"
},
"options": [
"fashionable clothing",
"bestseller",
"TV sets",
"bookcases"
],
"question": "In the sales, people can buy, at a very low price, all of the following except _ .",
"question_type... | For shopoholics, the post-Christmas period means only one thing ---- sales! Across the country, prices are reducing sharply on clothing, electronics and home furniture, but London is the place for serious shopping, and you can certainly pick up some amazing bargains.
The sales start on Boxing Day -- 26th December, and ... | high11353.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a task"
},
"options": [
"a social event",
"a task",
"a TV game",
"entertainment"
],
"question": "Compared to women , men usually treat shopping as _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"an... | "Regardless of social class, race, age, men say they hate to shop," says Zukin, City University of New York sociology professor. " Yet when you ask them deeper questions, it turns out that they like to shop. Men generally like to shop for books , music and hardware. But if you ask them about the shopping they do for bo... | high21290.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "They may still miss the country they studied in."
},
"options": [
"They may still miss the country they studied in.",
"They feel ashamed of the American way of wasting.",
"They don't talk much about their overseas experience.... | Colleges may try to do a lot to prepare students for study abroad -- telling about culture shock, warning about homesickness, and recommending books about the country. But when it comes to adjusting to campus life when they return, schools haven't done as much, even though the transition is sometimes almost as diffic... | high18411.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because it made the writer feel happy, lively and warm."
},
"options": [
"Because the writer's old school was far away.",
"Because the writer didn't know who the boy was.",
"Because the smile didn't mean anything to the boy."... | When I was 16 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.
It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone.
Every time I heard the other students talking and lau... | high17722.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "English as a World Language"
},
"options": [
"The Difficulties of Learning English",
"International Communications",
"The Standard Varieties of English",
"English as a World Language"
],
"question": "What would ... | The number of speakers of English in Shakespeare's time is estimated to have been about five million. Today it is estimated that some 260 million people speak it as a native language, mainly in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In addition to the standard varie... | high5503.txt |
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