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"answer_text": "To ask people to face challenges bravely."
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"To show her hard way to success.",
"To prove shy people can also be great.",
"To show it is easy to overcome shyness.",
"To ask people to face challenges brave... | Valerie Jarrett, 58, is serving as a top adviser to President Obama and has been close to the first family since the early 1990s. Joe Heim fromWashingtonPosthad an interview with her.
Joe Heim: What do you think of a reporter who interviews you for 25 minutes, then later finds out his recorder stopped working and asks ... | high14411.txt |
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"answer... | Earlier this year,my oldest daughter got braces on her teeth,and let's just say she did not go quietly into that dentist's chair.Fear and hate pretty much describe the days leading up to her first appointment.
So when she finally walked out with shiny teeth,a sore mouth and a broken spirit,I told her I was proud of her... | high12706.txt |
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"answer_text": "provide some advice on how to form a healthy lifestyle"
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"tell the readers how to take proper exercise every day",
"provide some advice on how to form a healthy lifestyle",
"ask people to care about their healt... | Modern science suggests that a healthy lifestyle matters much to how long you can live and how well you live. Here are some tips for you to form a healthy lifestyle.
Keep a scientific diet. Keep in mind that sugar can be removed from our diet completely. Over intake of sugar is one of the main reasons for getting fat. ... | high6630.txt |
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"answer_text": "Give her a medal: Woman saves family members from Ebola."
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"A courageous and selfless nurse.",
"Give her a medal: Woman saves family members from Ebola.",
"A family survived Ebola with the help of government.",... | Fatu Kekula is a hero. The 22-year-old Liberian nursing student, in her final year, managed to save the members of her immediate family from the Ebola virus, all without the help and convenience of a hospital.
Kekula reduced the rate to 25 percent. Four of her family members were infected with the virus. Her father, Mo... | high9503.txt |
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"answer_text": "make too much noise"
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"make too much noise",
"get angry easily",
"sleep right next to them",
"stay in the economy-class aisle"
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"question": "Britons dislike flying with babies because they _ .... | They are the little sweeties who look pretty cute in a photo, or when sleeping--but a lot less appealing at 30, 000 ft, crying loudly in the seat right next to you.
According to a new survey, almost seven in ten Britons dislike flying with babies so much that they would like to see child-free areas introduced on planes... | high14377.txt |
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"answer_text": "influenced the author's later life greatly"
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"taught the author how to paint",
"found the author had a gift for painting",
"influenced the author's later life greatly",
"encouraged the author to change he... | My name is Amanda LaMunyon. I have Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism . I don't see myself as a person with a disability. I share who I am when I paint, sing and write.
I started writing poetry because I wanted to tell people what it was like to have Asperger's syndrome. I don't know how my life would be different ... | high2456.txt |
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"question": "How do you think the youn eel when he gets something to read?",
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"... | The young boy was sitting on the ground in the refugee camp playing with an empty tin.Other children were standing around watching him with envious eyes.
Envy? Of an empty tin?
This tin was indeed no worthless piece of trash--it was a splendid truck,complete with wheels and grille and floor.The vehicle even had remot... | high10111.txt |
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"answer_text": "they have grasped much practical experience"
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"they will help the business not to fail quickly",
"they have grasped much practical experience",
"they need to have a sense of achievement",
"they want to le... | Retirement Age
Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely.The " standard" retirement age varies from country to country, but it is generally between 50 and 70, according to the latest statistics, 2011.However, for a long time, people have got into an argument about whether the age of retirement ... | high3990.txt |
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"answer_text": "Father's day Sunset Live Music Dinner Cruise."
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"Father's day Sunset Live Music Dinner Cruise.",
"Rancho Days Fiesta.",
"Annual Silverado Counter Fair and Art Festival.",
"Starr Ranch Sanctuary."
],
... | Father's day Sunset Live Music Dinner Cruise
Sunday, June 16th, 2013
6:30pm-8:30pm
Join us abroad the 95' Dana Pride for our special Father's Day Dinner Cruise. Enjoy a unique evening of fun on the water, complete with live music by Mike O' Brien and a delicious barbecue dinner.
Adult--$ 59
Kids (3-12)--$29
Two and und... | high5339.txt |
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"answer_text": "about the same as that of North and South America"
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"about the same as that of North and South America",
"larger than that of North and South America",
"hardly equal to that of North and South America",
"... | The next great land area that man hopes to control is the moon. In size it is nearly equal to the area of North and South America. However, it presents a hostile environment. Temperatures range +120 to -150 degrees Centigrade. There is no air, and no water.
Today there is considerable scientific speculation about l... | high16560.txt |
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"answer_text": "Join the local people in building castles."
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"Join the local people in building castles.",
"Design igloos with the tourists.",
"Play with the pandas in the wild.",
"Go fishing and hiking."
],
"que... | Have you ever been to the following places? If not, try to find a chance to visit them.
Fez, Morocco
Fez, about 240 miles northeast from Marrakesh,a wonderful scene is taking root slowly. It started with immigrants building castles, and continues as hotels and restaurants. The biggest news is that the Hotel Sahrai is ... | high19653.txt |
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"answer_text": "The relationship between pigs' mood and judgment."
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"The influence of pigs' living environment.",
"The influence between humans and pigs.",
"The didferences of two types of pigs' presonality.",
"The ... | Some pigs lend lo be optimistic while others have a more pessimisitic view , according to a new research that is meaningful to animal welfare. The study, published in the journal Biology Letters, is the first to show that mood and personality interact in an animal, influencing judgment.
Asher, a researcher at ih... | high15041.txt |
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"answer_text": "A general introduction of Clara Barton's life."
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"The establishment of the American Red Cross.",
"A general introduction of Clara Barton's life.",
"Clara Barton's contribution to the Red Cross.",
"Clara B... | At the age of 16, Clara Barton was advised to become a teacher, since she was quite shy. She taught in Massachusetts for ten years, and was invited to Bordentown, New Jersey, to teach in a private school. She saw personally that these communities needed free education for their citizens, and she responded by creating a... | high6618.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Puppy love may bring young people depression."
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"options": [
"Puppy love may bring young people depression.",
"Parents should agree to their children's love.",
"Romance is a twoedged sword for grownups.",
"Romance is ... | A new study of 8,000 young people in the journal ofHealthandSocialBehaviorshows that although love can make grownups live healthily and happily,it is a bad thing for young people.Puppy love may bring trouble for young people and can cause depression .The study shows that girls become more depressed than boys,and you... | high1177.txt |
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"answer_text": "satellite images"
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"options": [
"airborne remote sensing",
"national geographical information system",
"global positioning system",
"satellite images"
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"question": "The scientists will rely on the following ... | China news, Oct. 26--China Great Wall Society's secretary-general Zhang Ji says that the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) would join hands with the Society to produce a 3D picture of the Great Wall so that _ could view its original looks.
When the website opens, a picture of the revolving earth will appear ... | high22835.txt |
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"answer_text": "Watching for Early Signs of Autism in Babies"
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"Watching for Early Signs of Autism in Babies",
"How to Confirm a Diagnosis of Autism",
"Children with Autism Have Difficulty in Communication",
"Ways to Hel... | Children with autism have difficulty with social skills and communication. They often behave in restricted and repetitive ways and have what seem like abnormally intense interests.
Autism is more common in boys than girls. What causes it is not clear. Scientists are studying genes and possible environmental influences... | high13430.txt |
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"answer_text": "In ancient Greece."
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"options": [
"In ancient Greece.",
"In the US.",
"In England.",
"In Italy."
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"question": "Where was the earliest Mothers' Day celebrated?",
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... | You may know your mother, but how well do you really know Mothers' Day? Cards, flowers, sales, TV specials, and a day off for someone who really deserves it -- those are what probably come to mind for many people when they think of Mothers' Day. But there's more to the story.
The earliest Mothers' Day celebrations were... | high10139.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "large enough for several families"
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"with openings in the trunk walls",
"large enough for several families",
"in a ring shape with bark and mud",
"by bending young trees to form the shape"
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"que... | In the United States, there were some well-constructed houses for native Indians, ranging from the simple brush shelter to the five-storied pueblo.
In the eastern United States, one of the existing types was that commonly know under the Algonkian name of wigwam in which the Iroquois Indians lived. The wigwams were of w... | high18565.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "had better take your academy into account"
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"needn't consider about your ability",
"had better take your academy into account",
"are supposed to choose merely one most fit",
"are required to pick out more... | While applying to college may seem easy, getting in can be tough! When you apply for college, you will have to be honest with yourself and do a bit of research to find the right fit. Here are three steps to take when applying to colleges for the best chances at getting into the best college for you.
Step l: Making A Li... | high5311.txt |
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"answer_text": "Lady Gaga and the Sociology of the Fame."
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"Lady Gaga and the Economy of the Fame.",
"Lady Gaga and the Sociology of the Fame.",
"Biochemistry and the Sociology of the Fame.",
"Internet Trade and Lady Gag... | The University of South Carolina has developed a sociology course dedicated to the life, work and rise to fame of pop star Lady Gaga.
Lady Gaga and the Sociology of the Fame is to be taught by Professor Mathieu Deflem, a fan of the singer.
The course, which has its own blog, is due to start in spring 2011.
The Belgian ... | high17656.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "unhappy because he had done something wrong"
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"frightened because he might be caught",
"excited that he had succeeded",
"pleased that nobody knew it",
"unhappy because he had done something wrong"
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... | I cheated on a unit test in math class this morning during second period with Mr. Burke. Afterward, I was too sick to eat lunch just thinking about it.
I came straight home from school, went to my room, and lay on the floor trying to decide whether it would be better to run away from home now or after supper. Mostly I ... | high16548.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "drive cars designed for the disabled"
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"give food to some animals",
"to make clothes from woolen or cotton thread",
"drive cars designed for the disabled",
"help with the housework"
],
"question":... | Nodira, 18, lives in the Tashkent region of Uzbekistan. She was born with a rare disease and is now paralyzed from the waist down. Her life is confined to a wheelchair but _ Her hopes for the future include attending university, riding in her father's car and being able to walk like other children.
Nodira, which means... | high11227.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "blueberries"
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"sushi",
"blueberries",
"pomegranates",
"Vitamin D"
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"question": "To prevent yourself from catching colon cancer, you should eat _ as often as possible.",
"question_type": ... | Below is some advice on how to prevent cancer:
8 Ways to Avoid Cancer in Your Life
1. Eat Blueberries
Aside from being a healthy and delicious snack, blueberries contain pterostilbene, which has important colon cancer-fighting prosperities. But wait, it gets better. Blueberries also offer a large dose of vitamins C (1... | high3760.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The Eiffel Tower."
},
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"The Notre Dame.",
"The Eiffel Tower.",
"L'Arc de Triomphe.",
"The Orsay Museum."
],
"question": "Which of the following symbolizes Paris most?",
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},... | If you're planning to visit lots of museums and attractions in Paris, the following five are not to be missed.
The Notre Dame
Description: The Notre Dame is a magnificent Gothic cathedral in the oldest part of Paris.
Location: Place du Parvis Notre Dame
Opening hours: 07:45 to 18:45 Monday to Saturday
Admission: Do... | high20944.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Obesity."
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"Over nutrition.",
"Obesity.",
"Unbalance diets.",
"Junk food."
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"question": "What may cause the risk of diseases according to the text?",
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}... | Since 1950, the amount of information about the nutrition of food has increased by nearly 900 percent. Besides this fact, obesity has risen by 214 percent and nearly two out of every three adults in America are overweight or obese. Being overweight is not only an appearance problem, and it also increases the risk of va... | high3006.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "another poet"
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"Hand",
"Crick",
"one of his friends",
"another poet"
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"question": "The poem Hand read one evening was written by _ .",
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"answ... | One evening, a young man at a certain college who was known to be something of a poet read one of his poems to a small group of his friends in a room.The poem was greatly admired.But afterwards, one of them, who was called Crick, said, "I was very interested in Hand's poem, but it was stolen from a book."
His words wer... | high10887.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a dark sky with twinkling stars"
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"neon advertisements",
"residential buildings",
"a dark sky with twinkling stars",
"high office blocks"
],
"question": "If you walk out at night in Hong Kong, you... | Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated cities in the world, but with night skies around 1,000 times brighter than globally accepted levels, it gains a bad reputation for its light pollution.
A study by Hong Kong University found that brightness levels in the southern Chinese city's popular shopping district of... | high4769.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A new-born Baby"
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"options": [
"A new-born Baby",
"Their engagement",
"Black History Month",
"A newly married couple"
],
"question": "What is the Benjiamins' announcement about?",
"question_type": "factiod... | What's in the news? Here are some articles from the Winfield Daily News.
Engaged to be married
Mr. and Mrs. Eduardo Silva of Bogota, Colombia, are happy to announce that engagement of their daughter Cristina Ana Silva to Gino Antonio Leone. Miss Silva is studying art history at Winfield Community College and Mr. Leone... | high21482.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A Chance in a Million"
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"Living Not Far",
"Coming Back to Life",
"A Chance in a Million",
"Back after the War"
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"question": "Which of the following can be used as the best title of the passage?"... | A German taxi-driver, Franz Bussman, recently found his brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years ago.
While on a walking tour with his wife, he stopped to talk to a workman. After they had gone on, Mrs. Bussman said that the workman was closely like her husband and even suggested that he might be his... | high18203.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "they are still not satisfied"
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"they are really poor in fact",
"they don't know how to give",
"they don't know who to give",
"they are still not satisfied"
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"question": "According to the passage... | There's a body of water in Israel that is actually below sea level. Water constantly runs into it, but, because of the law of gravity ,nothing can flow out of it. Do you know the name of this famous lake? It's called the Dead Sea. It's called this because no living thing could live there. The water is almost dead, com... | high5477.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It's hidden in trees."
},
"options": [
"It's small in size.",
"It's hidden in trees.",
"It's covered with wax.",
"It's hard to recognize."
],
"question": "Why is it difficult to find a wild bees' nest?",
"qu... | Honey from the African forest is not only a kind of natural sugar, it is also delicious. Most people, and many animals, like eating it. However, the only way for them to get that honey is to find a wild bees' nest and take the honey from it. Often, these nests are high up in trees, and it is difficult to find them. In ... | high385.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "is well-known in Harvard University"
},
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"is richer than any other man in the world",
"is well-known in Harvard University",
"finally finished his study at Harvard and got a doctorate degree",
"is the only f... | In modern society, receiving systematic college education seems a necessary way for success as a graduate from first-class university may always get more opportunities than others. However, if it is gold, it will shine one day. In this article, we will get to know three most successful people in U.S. who never finished... | high1611.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "they work besides attending classes"
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"options": [
"they throw parties a lot",
"they stay up late every night",
"they pay no attention to exams",
"they work besides attending classes"
],
"question": "According... | In colleges around the country, most students are also workers.
The reality of college can be pretty different from the images presented in movies and television. Instead of the students who wake up late, party all the time, and study only before exams, many colleges are full of students with pressing schedules of not ... | high13356.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The man showed no fear as he passed by."
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"They were no longer hungry when they saw him.",
"The man showed no fear as he passed by.",
"They were too far away to catch the man.",
"The man was already known... | During my travels through the mountains of Greece, I was only ever scared once. It was dusk and as I walked alone I came across six large wolves that were feeding on the body of a dead animal. I had heard many stories about wolves as a child and it was this animal that I feared more than any other. The wolves before ... | high23295.txt |
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"answer_text": "The World Islands are bigger than the Palm Jumeriah."
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"options": [
"Some Dutch engineers are experienced in reclaiming land from the sea.",
"The islands are being built in the shallow water of the sea.",
"All the luxury ho... | The Palm Islands are the largest artificial islands in the world and are under construction in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. They are being developed as tourist, leisure, and residential resorts, and will increase the coastline of the country by 120 kilometres.
After four years of planning and careful considerati... | high8153.txt |
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"5",
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"question": "The number of the buildings of the Elysee Palace is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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... | The Elysee Palace in France enjoys equal popularity in the world with the Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom, the Kremlin in Russia as well as the White House in the U. S. It is the residence of the president of the French Republic and the symbol of the supreme authority in France.
The Elysee palace, with an area ... | high15727.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the locals"
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"options": [
"New Yorkers",
"tourists",
"the locals",
"foreigners"
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"question": "The new branches of Steve's Pizza are mainly intended for _ .",
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{... | Restaurants in the USA
_
So many pizza chains compete for the attention of tourists in South Beach, but ask a Miami Beach local where to get the best pizza and they'll tell you about Steve's. This is New York-style pizza, handmade with care and good ingredients . New branches of Steve's are opening elsewhere in Miami... | high7260.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A moviemaker."
},
"options": [
"An engineer.",
"An official.",
"A moviemaker.",
"A professor."
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"question": "What is Cara's father?",
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"answer": {
"an... | Cara Lang is 13. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts, in the U. S. Last Thursday, she didn't go to school. She went to work with her father instead. Every year, on the fourth Thursday in April, millions of young girls go work. This is Take Our Daughters to Work Day. The girls are between the ages of 9 and 15. They spend... | high1605.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They could enjoy free and relaxing travel."
},
"options": [
"They could enjoy free and relaxing travel.",
"They needed the clock to tell the time.",
"They preferred traveling on horseback.",
"They could travel with thei... | For those who make journeys across the world, the speed of travel today has turned the countries into a series of villages.Distances between them appear no greater to a modern traveler than those which once faced men as they walked from village to village. Jet planes fly people from one end of the earth to the other, a... | high391.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "study students' ways of learning math"
},
"options": [
"know the effects of teaching on learning",
"study students' ways of learning math",
"prove women teachers were unfit to teach math",
"find better teaching methods ... | Going to school means learning new skills and facts in different subjects. Teachers teach and students learn, and many scientists are interested in finding ways to improve both teaching and learning processes.
Sian Beilock and Susan Leving, two psychologists at the University of Chicago, are trying to learn about ... | high23281.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "bad friend"
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"poor friend",
"good friend",
"bad friend"
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"question": "The author believes that we can easily find a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"a... | Finding a friend doesn't seem like a difficult job. However, bad friends are easier to find than good friends these days. If you're sitting there and wondering if you have a bad friend, let me define it for you.
A bad friend is someone whose jealousies and insecurities outweigh their love for someone. They night want t... | high9259.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It was promoted in various types of copular media."
},
"options": [
"It was promoted in various types of copular media.",
"Albert Einstein argued strongly in support.",
"It was proven in scientific research.",
"Few peop... | Many psychologists in the early twentieth century believed that humans use only 10 percent of their brains, and even the great Albert Einstein once wrote that most people use only a small portion of the grey matter between their ears. It's a theory that has often been put forward in television documentaries; magazines,... | high15733.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "1875"
},
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"1896",
"1875",
"1883",
"1879"
],
"question": "In which year was Merits born? _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_te... | In 1896, Einstein went to Zurich to study physics. There he met a girl from Hungary. They studied in the same class and the same interest in physics brought them together and they became good friends. Before long they fell in love. In 1903 when Einstein was 24, he married Merits, who was 4 years older than he.
After th... | high8147.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a person with sharp teeth looks ugly"
},
"options": [
"a person with straight, flat teeth looks ugly",
"a person with sharp teeth looks ugly",
"a teenager's teeth points must be filed off with anesthetic",
"no one will ... | If you were walking around a supermarket and saw a woman with a shaved head, a ring through her nose, a tattoo design on her arm and she has a small child in her shopping _ , what would your opinion be? Do you think this kind of body decoration is attractive or ugly? Different people have different ideas. The following... | high7274.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "bad martial quality affects heart health more greatly"
},
"options": [
"elderly couples are less likely to be affected by marital quality",
"the effect of marital quality on male and female is the same",
"bad martial quality ... | Older couples in a bad marriage -- particularly female spouses -- have a higher risk for heart
disease than those in a good marriage, finds the first nationally representative study of its kind.The findings suggest the need for marriage counseling and programs aimed at promoting marital quality and well-being for coup... | high11555.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the Berlin Wall"
},
"options": [
"the Berlin Wall",
"adequate food",
"their own nature",
"warm winter"
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"question": "The following factors contribute to the boom of wild pigs EXCEPT _ .",
"question_type"... | When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, Leonard Bernstein gave a concert in Berlin, including Beethoven's Ode to Joy, with the word "Joy" changed to "Freedom" in the lyrics sung.The orchestra were drawn from both East and West Germany, as well as the United Kingdom, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States.
Free... | high3012.txt |
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"modest",
"honest",
"excited"
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... | The 12-year-old CEO of a Web site design company will be one of 300 business and political leaders accompanying Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien on a trade visit to China in March.
Keith Peiris, who founded Cyberteks Design in June 1999 and now has 25 clients in North America, insisted in an interview that h... | high20950.txt |
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"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "high blood pressure"
},
"options": [
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"muscle function problems",
"rickets in children.",
"high blood pressure"
],
"question": "Lack of vitamin D may cause the following problems EXCEPT _ .",
... | People should go outside and absorb some sunshine to help increase their vitamin D levels, some experts say. Arthritis Research UK. which is a British medical research organization dedicated to curing arthritis , says vitamin D deficiency can cause bone loss, muscle function problems and, in some cases, rickets in c... | high19109.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "throwing stones often caused injuries"
},
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"throwing stones was not fun",
"games with stones did not have rules",
"rocks were too heavy to throw"
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"question... | The first true piece of sports equipment that man invented was the ball. In ancient Egypt, as everywhere, pitching stones was a favorite children's game. But a badly thrown rock could hurt a child. Looking for something less dangerous to throw, the Egyptians made what were probably the first balls.
At first, balls w... | high10893.txt |
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"Printed books are out of date",
"The Sony reader meets many readers' needs",
"The revolution in book r... | For many of us, printed books are satisfying in ways beyond the words they contain. Billions of printed books have been published, read and saved in the 600 years since movable type was invented, so why mess with a good things?
Sony Electronics is doing just that, betting that readers will be won over by the con... | high21496.txt |
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"answer_text": "You should put them in the safe place and lock the door."
},
"options": [
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"You should put them in the safe place and lock the door.",
"You should lean them against the tree in the yard.",... | Don't invite crime--take basic, sensible precautions. Your house and possession are valuable and must be properly protected. When you buy a lock, you buy time --- and this is the one thing a burglar can't afford. Most thieves are casual opportunists to whom the best deterrents are delay and noise which could mean disc... | high5463.txt |
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},
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"some general information about VJs"
],
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VJs were first seen on television in the early 1980s when MTV went on the air. As MTV became popular, and the audience for music videos expanded, a variety... | high18217.txt |
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"answer_text": "a famous British airline tycoon"
},
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"a very famous polar explorer",
"a devoted environmentalist",
"a famous British airline tycoon"
],
"question": "Steger is the followi... | Do you want to see the effects of global warming? Then head north.Will Steger is going to take all of us there.
Steger,64, the first person to make a dogsled trip to the Noah Pole,is a very famous and admired polar explorer.He's at home in frozen parts of the world where few humans ever step on.Steger is also a devoted... | high17124.txt |
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"answer_text": "How to direct your way out of the wild"
},
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"How to protect yourself in the forest",
"How to direct your way out of the wild",
"What to do if you are lost"
],
"questio... | What would you do if you were lost in the dark forest at night? The first sensible lesson is that you shouldn't bother trying to find your way in the dark at all, but just stay put until dawn. Because then you won't trip over things? No, mainly because you'll have an idea of direction. The sun rises in the east. But yo... | high20788.txt |
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"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "One should make the best of all situations."
},
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"Twenties were the best time of the old people.",
"One should make the best of all situations.",
"One should not lo... | An older friend once gave me a piece of advice, "Enjoy the last few weeks of college," she said, "since college is the best time of your life."
This was not the first time I'd heard such a statement, but with graduation fast coming close, her words especially struck me. It seemed a bit disappointing to reach one's life... | high5305.txt |
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},
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"Paul received an expensive car",
"Paul told him about the car",
"he saw the shining car",
"he was walking around the car"
],
"question": "The street urchin was very ... | A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present.On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office,a street urchin was walking around the shining car."Is this your car,Paul?"he asked.
Paul answered,"Yes,my brother gave it to me for Christmas." The boy was surprised."You mea... | high18571.txt |
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},
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"spend most of his time playing different games",
"have much more time to study than to play",
"correctly arrang... | One should be moderate ( ) in all things. Moderation is always the safest way to do things, and a virtue we should have. Let's take the student life for example. There are some students who study too hard and play too little, while there are others who play too much and study too little. On the one hand, it is harmful ... | high17642.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to see his mother"
},
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"to see his mother",
"to pay for the shoes he had bought for his mother",
"to see the manager of the shoe store"
],
"question": "My neighbor went... | A neighbor of mine, while visiting his mother in Boston, took her to a shoe store to buy a new pair of shoes. While she was trying on different styles, my neighbor took the manager aside. "When she picks out a pair that she likes," he said, "Just tell her that the price is 12 dollars. I'll pay the regular price. I don'... | high3774.txt |
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"answer_text": "Introducing local attractions with icons"
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"Aiming at environmental protection",
"Offering advice to independent travelers.",
"Collecting icons worldwide for lo... | Mapping Your World
Different forms of maps are appearing.They allow independent travelers to get local knowledge of places they are visiting, from the official to the unusual.Meanwhile, hi-tech developments are creating new ways for us to map the world.Here are two of our favorites:
Green Maps
Green Maps allows people ... | high15055.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The sunglasses wearing."
},
"options": [
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"The history of sunglasses.",
"Why movie stars like to wear sunglasses.",
"The sunglasses wearing."
],
"question": "What is mainly discussed in ... | Geena David knew she wanted to be a movie star when she was very young. She was not sure what gave her the idea, but she wanted to look like a movie star. "I have a lot of pictures from my childhood of me wearing sunglasses," she says. "I used to wear them to watch TV."
Early movie actors started wearing sunglasses not... | high8621.txt |
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"answer_text": "The U.N. Secretary Council has decided to shorten the time of extension of the oil-for-food programme"
},
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"oil price is too low in international market.",
"The U.N. Secretary Council has decided to shorten the time of ... | Vienna-In spite of Iraq's decision to stop oil deliveries, the 11- nation Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC)will not increase production to make up the shortfall, ministers decided Tuesday in Vienna.
The 11 oil ministers decided to meet again on July 3 to discuss the effects of the Iraq temporary stop.... | high7512.txt |
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"answer_text": "The dispute over Diaoyu islands caused more than one anti-Japan protests in China."
},
"options": [
"China and Japan relations are worsening all the time.",
"Junichiro Koizumi's apology improved their relations.",
"There is n... | China and Japan are respectively the world's secondandthirdlargest economies. In 2008, China-Japan trade grew to $266.4 billion, a rise of 12.5 percent on 2007, making China and Japan the top two-way trading partners. China was also the biggest destination for Japanese exports in 2009.
The relationship between China an... | high22821.txt |
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"answer_text": "using electronic devices"
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"various hobbies",
"favorite video games",
"using electronic devices"
],
"question": "The text is mainly about kids' _",
"question_type": "cloze_... | It's 10:30 p.m. and 11-year-old Brandon Blanco is sound asleep at home. Suddenly, a loud noise wakes him up. Naturally, Brandon reaches for his cell phone. He blinks twice, and the message on the screen becomes clear: " R U awake?"
But the late-night text does not annoy Brandon. He gets frequent messages and calls,... | high1163.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "He was growing old."
},
"options": [
"He was growing old.",
"He was tired of his position.",
"He wanted to do different things.",
"He wanted to do some tests."
],
"question": "Why did the emperor decide to choos... | An emperor was almost eighty years old and knew it was time to choose his successor . Instead of choosing one of his children, he decided on something different. He called all of the young people in the kingdom together one day. He said, "It is time for me to choose the next emperor. I have decided to choose one of you... | high12909.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "should be kept in a certain size"
},
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"should be as large as possible",
"should be kept in a certain size",
"is difficult for children to know"
],
"question": "Accordin... | People often joke that when a person has bad handwriting he must be a doctor. Handwriting is still an important part of our everyday life. We may spend a lot of time typing on a computer for work and less time writing things down, but it doesn't mean we should forget the basic skills. The following may be useful for yo... | high24263.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "visit the Maritime Museum"
},
"options": [
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"visit the Maritime Museum",
"visit the Cavern Club",
"visit the John Lennon International Airport"
],
"question": "If you want to k... | The most enjoyable way to discover Liverpool is by boat.The first thing to do is to take a ferry (boat) across the River Mersey. It's the best way to find out about this city's long and interesting history. The Liverpool Ferry,which is the oldest ferry service in Europe, started more than 800 years ago.
In the l8th cen... | high8812.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "of low quality"
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"of high quality",
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"unfashionable"
],
"question": "The shirts from Mr. Hobbs' factory can be described as _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | After graduation I returned home to my small town in Indiana. I didn't have a job yet. Mr. Hobbs, a friend of my father's, owned a small shirt factory in town. Within the past five years it had grown from twenty to eighty workers. Mr. Hobbs was worried that his plant was getting too big and inefficient, so he asked me ... | high1188.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "you can keep in touch with others through your blog"
},
"options": [
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"you can make complaints in a blog",
"you can keep in touch with others through your blog",
"you can improv... | Research has long backed the therapeutic value of diary-keeping for teenage girls and boys.But according to a new study, when teenagers detail their sadness onto a blog, the therapeutic value is even greater.Blogging, it seems, can be good for you.
The study, published in the journal Psychological Services and conduc... | high22612.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "may not be the key to success"
},
"options": [
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"makes people more likeable",
"may not be the key to success",
"helps you do better at school"
],
"question": "The conclusion drawn from ... | Everyone has good days and bad days.
Sometimes, you feel as if you're _ and all the questions on your maths test might seem easy. But occasionally you feel horrible, and you lose things and cannot focus on our schoolwork.
For more than 20 years, scientists have suggested that highself-esteem is the key to success.Now,... | high2481.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
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},
"options": [
"They lived a poor, miserable life.",
"They were friendly neighbors, helping each other.",
"They never spoke to each other.",
"They lived together as on... | Once upon a time two brothers who lived on neighboring farms fell into conflict . It was the first serious one in 40 years of farming side by side, sharing machinery, and trading labor and goods as needed.
Then the long cooperation fell apart. It began with a small misunderstanding and it grew into a major differ... | high20005.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Babies pick up on tone of voice."
},
"options": [
"Babies have a better understanding of English.",
"Babies pick up on tone of voice.",
"Babies like their mothers' performances.",
"Babies like drawing from an early age.... | Babies understand what their mothers say, even when they speak a language their children have never heard before, scientists claim.
The researchers found that one-year-olds reacted in exactly same way to their mothers' voices regardless of whether they were speaking English or Greek, showing what mothers have long know... | high3947.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Dad has a strong love for his daughter"
},
"options": [
"Dad has a strong love for his daughter",
"Dad is very strict with his daughter",
"Dad always worries about his daughter",
"Dad is much concerned about his daughte... | Dear Daughter,
As we drove off from Columbia, I wanted to write to tell you all that is on my mind. First, I want to tell you how proud we are. Getting into Columbia is a real testament of what a great well-rounded student you are. You should be as proud of yourself as we are.
Your college years will be the m... | high20763.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Facial appearances"
},
"options": [
"Smells",
"Facial appearances",
"body shapes",
"Voices"
],
"question": "We can learn from the article that monkeys mainly recognize each other by their _ .",
"question_... | Monkeys , face to face
DISCOVER magazine once reported on a curious event in the woods : a group of monkeys applied mud to their faces in order to keep away insects , but when they were done they seemed to have lost their ability to recognize each other ---two monkeys that were supposed to be friends even started fig... | high5488.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They are cheap to produce."
},
"options": [
"They are easy to make.",
"They are cheap to produce.",
"They come in varied formats.",
"They remain successful for a long time."
],
"question": "What is an advantage ... | A "talk show" is a show organized mainly around talk. Television talk shows have been around since the dawn of radio. Thus the start of talk shows' golden age can be considered as 1948, even though television wasn't common in American homes until the 1950s. From 1949 to 1973, nearly half of all daytime programming was ... | high10878.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He knows a lot about the city the author is going to visit."
},
"options": [
"He is a doctor in the army now.",
"He is going to give up his work.",
"He has been retired for many years.",
"He knows a lot about the city t... | Five people are at our table, including myself. I've already learnt a great deal about them in the short time we've been at sea, although we rarely meet except at mealtimes.
First of all, there is Dr. Stone. He is a man of about sixty-five, with gray hair and a friendly face. He gave up his work a short while ago and i... | high1836.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "sell the old one to Simply Selluar on a reasonable price"
},
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"throw the old one into the dustbin to protect your health",
"return the old one to the producer t... | There are millions of used cell phones in the world today, the most of them just lay in our houses without any purpose. Everyday dozens of new cell phone models appeared. _ But what to do with the old phones, which work well enough and not so old?
Just get some money! Simply Sellular is buying almost all mode... | high22174.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "most schools and colleges were open only to men."
},
"options": [
"the first profession open to them was writing.",
"most schools and colleges were open only to men.",
"they wanted to be nurses instead.",
"they had to w... | As late as 1800, women's only place was in the home. The idea of woman in the business world was unthinkable. Men were certain that no woman could do a good job outside her home. This was such a widely accepted idea that when the well-known Bronte sisters began writing books in 1864, they had to sign their books with m... | high15900.txt |
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"answer": {
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"options": [
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"creative activities",
"dreams",
"logic and experiments"
],
"question": "Good ideas come from _ according to the writer.",
"question_type": "cloze_q... | No satisfactory way exists to explain how to form a good idea. You think about a problem until you're tired, forget it, maybe sleep on it, and then flash! When you aren't thinking about it, suddenly the answer arrives as a gift from the gods.
Of course, all ideas don't occur like that but so many do, particularly the ... | high22160.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Up Jumped Spring"
},
"options": [
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"I Dream of Spring",
"Spring Is Here",
"Spring Will be a Little Late This Year"
],
"question": "If you are in a bad mood, you'd better listen to _ .",
... | Spring is a wonderful season to celebrate rebirth and new life. The long, cold winter is over. The weather is warmer and sunnier. The trees again have leaves and the flowers are blooming. The season represents hope, joy and beauty. At this time, many people think of this classical music piece -- Spring, which shows hap... | high1822.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "National Wanna Play Music Week begins on Music Monday."
},
"options": [
"National Wanna Play Music Week begins on Music Monday.",
"People can't sing every day except on Music Monday.",
"Music Monday will last at least seven d... | Make some noise on May 7 for Music Monday.People in the U.S. and Canada will be celebrating the day by singing and playing musical instruments together.
Music Monday is the first day of National Wanna Play Music Week,which runs from May 7 to 13.The National Association of Music Merchants(NAMM) organizes the weeklong ce... | high6195.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
"options": [
"no breakfast at",
"very rich breakfast",
"little food for breakfast",
"different foods or none"
],
"question": "During the test, those who were tested were given_.",
... | Will it matter if you don't take your breakfast? Recently a test was given in the United States. Those tested included people of different ages, from 12 to 83. During the experiment, these people were given all kinds of breakfasts and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Special tests were set up to see how well the... | high20777.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "she didn't want the boss to know her living situation"
},
"options": [
"she didn't have enough time to finish it",
"she didn't want the boss to know her living situation",
"she was not allowed to answer it",
"she had no... | Silvia Garcia,a black woman.applied for a job at a small company.One question on the application form was"Who else lives at your home address?"Ms.Garcia did not answer this question.She left the space blank.
The boss,Jeff Erler, was a very religious man.He had started the company himself and felt that his employees wer... | high21469.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "educate the public"
},
"options": [
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"change people's status",
"discuss a problem",
"sell products or services"
],
"question": "PSA are primarily designed to _ .",
"question_type": "cl... | Unlike traditional commercials, Public Service Advertisements(PSA)are primarily designed to inform and educate rather than sell a product or service. The goal of a PSA is not to make a big sale, but rather to change public opinion and raise awareness for a problem.
Smokey Bear has been a recognized symbol of the protec... | high4782.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "people expect less of you"
},
"options": [
"people expect less of you",
"people needn't take responsibility",
"you have to wait long",
"you will miss something important"
],
"question": "The author mentioned Mel... | The idea of not having a phone at ail could be beneficial sounds crazy to people who are addicted to the global Internet or even just Facebook.
Indeed, it sounds like a pain. But some luxuries of a phone-free lifestyle make us realize that freedom has long been absent from our lives with a phone.
According to The Wall ... | high19690.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Drink water-down fruit juice."
},
"options": [
"Drink water-down fruit juice.",
"Have some drink with cream.",
"Have some cool milk.",
"Have high tea."
],
"question": "Which of the following things does the writ... | Often speakers at a meeting experience dry mouths and ask for a glass of water.You can solve the problem by activating the saliva in you mouth.First gently bite the edges of your tongue with your teeth.Or,press your entire tongue to the bottom of your mouth and hold it there until the saliva flow.Or you can imagine tha... | high19848.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "On Self-Appreciation"
},
"options": [
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"Types of Appreciation",
"Power of Appreciation",
"Uses of Appreciation"
],
"question": "The best title for the passage would be _ .",
"questi... | Frankly, I very much appreciate myself. Yes, I admit I'm in many respects not as good as other people, but I don't think I'm always not good. When I find what I've done or written is okay, I'll remain pleased with myself for quite a few days, and in case I receive praise for it, I'll even become so excited as to add a ... | high23518.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "kind and warm-hearted"
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"options": [
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"dishonest",
"kind and warm-hearted",
"foolish"
],
"question": "We could see from the passage that the mouse was _ .",
"question_type": "cl... | A mouse looked through a hole in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package; what food might it contain? He was astonished to discover that it was a mouse trap!
Running to the farmyard,the mouse shouted,warning everyone,"There is a mouse trap in the house,there is a mouse trap in the house."The chicken,w... | high408.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Different attitudes British men have towards crying."
},
"options": [
"Different attitudes British men have towards crying.",
"British men's dream of the World Cup.",
"Advice on how to control emotions.",
"Impression of... | British men are encouraged to cry.
There are certain things British men like to believe about themselves. The first is that one day they will again win the World Cup. They also believe they do not cry. Over the centuries, Britons are believed to have a "stiff upper lip". But is this true?
Yes, it is. A recent study arr... | high8806.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in Beijing"
},
"options": [
"in Hong Kong",
"in Europe",
"in Beijing",
"in England"
],
"question": "The press conference must have been held _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | The 32ndHong Kong Art Festival,to be held early next year,will be based on the theme of "family". The art festival, considered to be Asia's best, began in 1973. "We hope that people from Beijing and from all over the world will go to Hong Kong to enjoy the multiple performances in our art festival," Douglas Gautier, th... | high22606.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Yao is still one of the most famous and influential man in China"
},
"options": [
"Yao is the youngest and the tallest man in China",
"Yao had strong political aspirations to be a member",
"Yao is still one of the most famous... | When news broke that Chinese NBA superstar Yao Ming was planning to hang up his jersey last summer after a persistent injury got the better of his on-court career, his former also-newly retired-rival Shaquille O'Neal welcomed him. "Enjoy retirement!" exclaimed Shaq on YouTube. "Let's go on vacation, bro me and you." N... | high21327.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A travel guidebook."
},
"options": [
"A newspaper advertisement.",
"A travel guidebook.",
"A government notice.",
"A TV health program."
],
"question": "Where would you most likely find this text?",
"questio... | Walking in the Regional Parks and Forests of Greater WellingtonFrom a walk to an adventure
A walk in one of the regional parks and forests is a great way to explore the diverse landscape of greater Wellington.
From coastal sands to historic paths,farmland to green native forest,the parks and forests offer a variety of ... | high19860.txt |
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"answer": {
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"a sad",
"a rich",
"an ordinary",
"an honorary"
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"question": "Jimmy Carter leads _ life now.",
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"answer": {
"answer_ind... | In recent years, Jimmy Carter, the 39thpresident of theprefix = st1 /United Stateshas shared with millions of readers the stories and insights gained from a lifetime of public service. Carter' range of experience is immense: as a farmer and father, sailor and statesman, homebuilder and humanitarian, president and peace... | high17695.txt |
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"answer_text": "is located at the center of the CBD in the city"
},
"options": [
"is located at the center of the CBD in the city",
"has 12 most attractive places in Melbourne",
"admits visitors from 9:30 am untill 6:00 pm",
"is beside... | Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium
The all-new Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium, situated in the heart of Melbourne's CBD, is one of Victoria's leading visitor attractions and an unforgettable outing for the whole family. Having 12 amazing zones of discovery, Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is the very place that you cannot miss whe... | high6803.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "middle-aged people are easy to get fat"
},
"options": [
"mice need to eat more and exercise more",
"children need more exercise than other people",
"old people like to take medicine to treat their illnesses",
"middle-ag... | More and more scientific experiments prove that physical exercise can reduce the dangers of some illnesses in middle-aged persons.Exercise strengthens the heart muscle,reduces blood pressure and help to prevent muscles from changing into fat.Physical exercise is just as important for children.
Exercise and food affect ... | high15082.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a dog's state of mind and the direction of its tail wagging"
},
"options": [
"a dog's state of mind and its owner's feeling",
"a dog's state of mind and the direction of its tail wagging",
"a dog's sense of direction and its ... | A dog's tail can tell you a lot more than you might think. Is it wagging to the left or is it wagging to the right?
"The direction of tail wagging does in fact matter,"said Giorgio Vallortigara,a professor at the University of Trento in Italy. Professor Vallortigara finds that the way the tail is wagging can tell you... | high8190.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "watch a movie in his living-room"
},
"options": [
"listen to music at the concert hall",
"watch a movie in his living-room",
"chat with his friends on the net",
"play baseball with his workmates"
],
"question": ... | Daniel stays home on workdays.He starts his personal computer in order to connect with the office which is about three hundred miles away in another city.After work, he puts on his headphones, watches a movie on his home video recorder, or plays baseball on the computer.On many days, Daniel doesn't talk to any other hu... | high22148.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because she contributed to saving the wounded."
},
"options": [
"Because she received a degree in mathematics.",
"Because she contributed to saving the wounded.",
"Because she won the Nobel Prize with Frederic.",
"Becau... | Most people know that Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the first person to win it twice. However, few people know that she was also the mother of a Nobel Prize winner.
Born in September, 1897, Irene Curie was the first of the Curies' two daughters. Along with nine other children whose parents... | high13395.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "scared his students with his looks"
},
"options": [
"once acted a character in a horror movie",
"scared his students with his looks",
"often punished the students for bad marks",
"did better in teaching than others in t... | Mr. Patrick was new to the school and to us. Even though he was a great teacher, he seemed rather like a character out of a horror movie. He didn't look that bad, but somehow, he looked extremely scary to me.
Some kids began to believe that he was a murderer or a ghost; some believed he was mad and a few believed that ... | high23256.txt |
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"answer_text": "because it had food safety problems many times"
},
"options": [
"because it had food safety problems many times",
"because it is one of the most famous fast-food chains",
"no people went to it",
"many people don't like ... | KFC , one of the most famous fast-food chains, saw its reputation in China shaken because of "quick chicken". Recent years, KFC has ever shocked us more than once because of its food safety, which made itself in severe trust crisis. Now it greatly surprised us again owing to the poultry incident. We could never believe... | high4972.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "less hot"
},
"options": [
"smaller",
"wetter",
"less famous",
"less hot"
],
"question": "Compared to the Sahara Desert,the Atacama Desert is _ .",
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},
{
"answer":... | The Atacama Desert is located just west of the Andes, a 1000-km strip of land next to the Pacific Ocean. In spite of its location beside the sea, several studies have shown that this region is the driest place in the world. In the Antofagasta Region of the desert, the average annual rainfall is just 1 mm and some weat... | high20987.txt |
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