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"answer_text": "He should organize at least 15 tourists with the same route."
},
"options": [
"He should design his own route.",
"He should book the tickets in advance.",
"He should accompany the tourists on their travels.",
"He should... | Since we started offering China private tour packages on North-America market in 2006, CTSI has enjoyed great reputation.
Whether you design your tour route or choose one of our pre-designed packages, we will be able to provide a private tour for you.You will be served by professional bilingual personal guide, experi... | high10688.txt |
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"answer_text": "The older a person is, the happier he grows."
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"The older a person is, the happier he grows.",
"The more lighthearted a person is, the happier he is.",
"The older a person is, the more clever he grows.",
... | Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fifty. In fact, they say by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years old.
The findings came from a survey of more than three hundred forty thousand adults in ... | high4966.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "at 4:30 in the morning"
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"options": [
"at 4:30 in the morning",
"at 4:30 in the afternoon",
"at 8:30 in the morning",
"at 8:30 in the evening"
],
"question": "Dereck and Beverly start working _ .",
"ques... | Dereck Joubert and his wife, Beverly, have made many films about wild animals in Africa. Their films and photographs are very popular and one of the photographs has been on the front cover of a National Geographic magazine.
A working day for Dereck and Beverly started very early--at 4:30 in the morning! That's when the... | high11596.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because we are likely to have difficulty starting a hobby after retirement."
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"options": [
"Because we are likely to have difficulty starting a hobby after retirement.",
"Because we are gong to have a vast amount of free time aft... | If you don't prepare yourself now, retirement may be some of the most boring and dull years of your life. To have a happy, fulfilling retirement, you need to start preparing right away.
The most obvious thing for people to do when they retire is to take up a hobby. The most important step to take before retiring, thoug... | high10850.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Reach left arm out of the window pointing to the left."
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"options": [
"Place left hand out of the window pointing upward.",
"Put left hand out of the window pointing downward.",
"Reach left arm out of the window pointing to... | Driving In America
Keep Right
The traffic follows the "keep right rule". While driving, drive on the right side of the road. On one-way, multiple lanes road, the right-most lane would be slowest and left-most lane is fastest.
Hand Signals
Though indicators are used for the purpose of showing which direction you are g... | high352.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "has limited freedom"
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"options": [
"is completely free",
"feels rather lonely",
"has limited freedom",
"enjoys no freedom"
],
"question": "A man living alone in a desert or forest _ .",
"question_type... | A man living absolutely alone in a desert or forest is free from other people; but he is not absolutely free. His freedom is limited in several ways. Firstly, by the things around him, such as wild animals or cliffs too steep to climb. Secondly, by his own needs: he must have sleep, water, food and shelter from extre... | high15928.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "adolescent"
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"baby",
"adolescent",
"adult",
"wiser"
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"question": "A middle school student is considered to be a(n) _ .",
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... | As a middle school student, you are in an age group that is both fascinating and complex. You are no longer a "baby", but you are not yet an adult. You are experiencing biological, physical, and behavioral and social changes. Relationships with your friends and family take on new meanings. This time period, called adol... | high13381.txt |
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"answer_text": "He was sent by the police to catch the poachers."
},
"options": [
"He wanted to keep the baby gorilla as a pet.",
"He travelled across the border to meet the poachers.",
"He did not have enough money for the gorilla.",
... | The poachers had finally found a buyer for their stolen _ .At the meeting with the buyer,they brought out a bag,inside which was a terrified one-year-old baby gorilla.The poachers had killed the little female's parents and captured her in the forests of Congo, Africa.Then they took her across the border into Rwanda, w... | high23242.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "lamb"
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"options": [
"pork",
"beef",
"lamb",
"chicken"
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"question": "Munchies Food Hall does NOT sell _ .",
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"a... | Opening week specials at Munchies Food Hall.
At the corner of Green and Brown Streets in the city
Monday 7th of January until Sunday.13rd of January 2008
Feast until you're full! Come down to Monetizes time week to enjoy the special dishes on offer it all of our food outlets. Order from the following:
*Succulent chick... | high14388.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Jack,Fred and Margaret once studied in the same college"
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"options": [
"Margaret is Fred's wife",
"Jack is a customer of Fred",
"Brenda is familiar to Margaret",
"Jack,Fred and Margaret once studied in the same colleg... | Dear Jack,
Thank you for your congratulations,my congratulations to you! I remember Margaret Field very well--the girl with that wonderful red hair and those beautiful eyes. She was the most popular girl in our college. You're a very lucky fellow and I'm sure you'11 be very happy with her.
Brenda and I are ver... | high23524.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Emoticons"
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"options": [
"Eye contact",
"Tone of voice",
"Emoticons",
"Gestures"
],
"question": "Compared with face-to-face conversations, which of the following can text messages rely on to convey their meani... | A full stop is used at the end of an idea or thought, and is an important rule in proper grammar. But text messages are changing the rules, as a new study finds digital messages ending with one aren't sincere. The results suggest skipping punctuation altogether, as it indicates you are answering naturally and heartfelt... | high12921.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A young foreign woman taking care of children."
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"options": [
"A mother raising her children on her own",
"A child learning a foreign language at home",
"A professor in language education of children",
"A young foreig... | One of the latest trend in American Childcare is Chinese au pairs. Au Pair in Stamford, for example, has got increasing numbers of request for Chinese au pairs from aero to around 4,000 since 2004. And that's true all across the country.
"I thought it would be useful for him to learn Chinese at an early age" Joseph St... | high6817.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To improve your spoken English."
},
"options": [
"To improve your reading.",
"To improve your spoken English.",
"To improve your listening.",
"To improve your vocabulary."
],
"question": "What is most probably t... | Although many Chinese students say that their knowledge of English grammar is good ,most would admit that their spoken English is poor .Whenever I speak to a Chinese student they always say, "My spoken English is poor." However ,their spoken English does not have to remain "poor" ! I would like to suggest that there ma... | high15096.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Mental pressure."
},
"options": [
"Tooth trouble.",
"Sulfur rich food.",
"Too much exercise.",
"Mental pressure."
],
"question": "Which of the following is mentioned as one of the causes of bad breath?",
"qu... | Mouth bacteria grow fast in airless conditions. Oxygen rich saliva keeps their numbers down. When we sleep, for example, the saliva stream slows, and sulfur producing bacteria gains the upper hand, producing classic "morning breath".
Alcohol drinking, too much talking, breathing through the mouth during exercise, ... | high21333.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It lies in the Arctic."
},
"options": [
"It lies in the Arctic.",
"Even the bedding is made of ice.",
"Every guest is provided with sleeping bags.",
"You can visit its website for dress requirements."
],
"questi... | Let's pay a visit to some of the most amazing and unusual places in the world, from icy hotels to temples on the side of cliffs .
Hotel de Glace -- Canada
If you don't mind the cold, this igloo style hotel is certainly for you. Nearly everything, including the bedding, is made of ice! This hotel is so well insulated ... | high17859.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Seeking happiness from our inner mind."
},
"options": [
"Working hard to avoid a sense of emptiness.",
"Finding a specific purpose for our own life.",
"Relying on our achievements to be happy.",
"Seeking happiness from ... | Seeking to find happiness through a job before you find happiness on a personal level is like trying to stand on stilts on quicksand. That's how Anahita Moghaddam feels about it, anyway. She believes it is our "primary responsibility" to cultivate love and happiness within ourselves, first and foremost. Moghaddam say... | high19874.txt |
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"answer_text": "Victims of age discrimination consider age as an important standard ."
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"options": [
"The healthier women are , the sooner they will lose their job .",
"Society knows women should be respected , but it doesn't offer them any jobs... | Although women lead healthier, longer lives, the cruel opinion that they become "old" sooner than men is widespread in the workplace , research shows .
A survey of more than 2,600 managers and personnel professionals showed that age discrimination is not only common in the workplace , but is shot through with inconsist... | high17681.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "they have to stay too close together"
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"options": [
"they can't move themselves",
"they cannot talk with one another",
"they have to stay too close together",
"they are afraid of accidents"
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"question": "Pro... | Many of us use them several times a day without really noticing.And yet the way we in lifts,or elevators as they are known in the US,reveals a hidden anxiety.
Passengers seem to know instinctively how to arrange themselves in an elevator,like the dots on a die.With each additional passenger, the bodies shift,going ... | high23243.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "buy high quality flowers"
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"options": [
"learn skills of growing flowers",
"buy high quality flowers",
"make a tour of enjoying flowers",
"visit experts on gardening"
],
"question": "Most people come to Gallup... | For over 40 years, Gallup &Stribling has been _ and growing excellent quality orchids at a 48-acre farm on the central California Coast.
Now, through our Visitor Center, we're making our award winning orchids available to the public at incredibly low, farm-direct prices. When you come to our Visitor Center you'll see... | high13380.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "People's respect and love for oxen."
},
"options": [
"The special role of oxen in frowning.",
"People's respect and love for oxen.",
"The practical value of an ox's body.",
"The contribution of oxen to the economy."
... | The year 2009 is the Year of Ox. The ox is a representative of the fanning culture of China. In the farming economy , oxen are the major animals pulling plows .
Of course, the good of oxen is not limited to plowing. In fact, they are seen as "boats on land" for their ability to carry loads. Besides, the whole body o... | high8185.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Uncomlbrtable."
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"options": [
"Uncomlbrtable.",
"Shocked.",
"Excited.",
"Wonderful."
],
"question": "How did the author first feel about camping in Yosemite?",
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"answer": ... | The first night in Yosemite had been awfid.I hadn't been able to sleep and I was stuck in a too small tent with my wife and two kids."Things haven't worked out."I said to myself.But,like so many other things I complain before my morning coffee,this one was extremely off-key. Things weren't bad;they were good.
A hun... | high21454.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "has the world's highest number of road deaths"
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"options": [
"has the world's highest number of road deaths",
"has the world's largest auto market",
"is the world's largest greenhouse gas producer",
"is the world's se... | On September 22, 2007, 108 Chinese cities took part in Car-Free Day, a global event held every year, for the first time.
China became the world's second-largest auto market and third-largest car-maker in 2006. It has also become the second-largest greenhouse gas producer in the world, and is rapidly catching up with th... | high10851.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "How to get her to speak your language."
},
"options": [
"How to manage your marriage.",
"How to make a good husband",
"How to make a good wife.",
"How to get her to speak your language."
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"question": "What is ... | If you're like a lot of married guys, you don't need to be reminded about men being from Mars or women from Venus. Chances are that you're all too familiar with the feeling that you and your wife are from different worlds. When married people start noticing their fundamental differences, it can lead to a breakdown in c... | high4967.txt |
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"answer_text": "Columbus was born in a western country, so he was more famous than Zheng He in the world ."
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"options": [
"No one knew Zheng He's maritime achievements in history until World War I .",
"The Westerners' Voyages of Discovery fell b... | Zheng He made seven heroic voyages to Asia and Africa between 1405 and 1433, which predated the Westerners' Voyages of Discovery by almost a century .
Despite Zheng He's remarkable maritime feats , with larger and matchless fleets until World War I , he is ly unknown worldwide compared with his Western counterparts li... | high17680.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Public buildings should go green."
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"options": [
"Green living can help to save energy.",
"Public buildings should go green.",
"Green living still has a long way to go.",
"It is important to lead a green life."
],... | Green living has become more important than ever and as time goes by, it will only become a more important issue. While it used to be a matter of making an extra effort to save energy and reduce waste in our homes, this has extended to the professional side of things since. Public buildings, such as schools, hospitals ... | high19875.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They both failed to prove the existence of ESP scientifically."
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"options": [
"They both failed to prove the existence of ESP scientifically.",
"They were both the products of casually-designed research.",
"Others followed ... | ESP, Extra Sensory Perception, is a catch-all expression for the so-called ability of certain people to receive transmitted thoughts from others, to transmit their own thoughts, to see what will happen in the future or to be able to move objects from one place to another without physically touching them. These special ... | high17858.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the original and present meaning of tipping"
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"options": [
"different kinds of tipping in different countries",
"the relationship between tipping and custom",
"the original and present meaning of tipping",
"most Ameri... | Everybody hates it, but everybody does it . A recent report said that 40% of Americans hate tipping .
In America alone , tipping is a $16 billion-a-year industry .Consumers acting politely ought not to pay more than they have to for a given service . Tips should not exist . So why do they ? The common opinion in the p... | high21332.txt |
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"answer_text": "Many of Shakespeare's works were influenced by earlier writings."
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"options": [
"Many of Shakespeare's works were influenced by earlier writings.",
"Shakespeare was hardworking when he was a student.",
"The experience of li... | Today, we complete our story about the influential English writer William Shakespeare. He wrote plays and poems during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, which remain very popular today.
During earlier times, people would probably have learned several ancient Roman and Greek plays. It was not unusual for... | high15097.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a lot of money is paid to singers and writers."
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"options": [
"it takes longer to make them",
"more people are needed to make them",
"a lot of money is paid to singers and writers.",
"better ways are used to make them... | How much do you want to pay for a CD by your favorite singer Jay Chou? Five Yuan for a pirated one, or more for a real one? Wang Ye, 14, said she would like the real one although the pirated one is cheaper." A real one is worth keeping for years." said the girl from No.1 middle school in Wu Han, Anhui. "Real CDs alway... | high435.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "relaxation"
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"richness",
"relaxation",
"death",
"morality"
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"question": "The word \"mortality\" in the passage means .",
"question_type": null
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"answer": {
"answer_index":... | A study of a million UK women, published today in The Lancet, has shown that happiness itself has no direct effect on mortality, and that the widespread but mistaken belief that unhappiness and stress directly cause ill health came from studies that had simply confused cause and effect. Life-threatening poor health can... | high12920.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because they all claimed to be the best."
},
"options": [
"Because they often fought for some reasons.",
"Because they were not liked by each other.",
"Because they all claimed to be the best.",
"Because they all wanted... | Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel.
Green said, "Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and hope. I was chosen for grass, trees and leaves. Look over the countryside and you will see that I am in the majority."
Blue interrupted, "You only think about the earth, but consider the ... | high14389.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He wanted to know what Dyer could do."
},
"options": [
"He assumed Dyer was living happily.",
"He took great pity on this disabled man.",
"He wanted to know what Dyer could do.",
"He thought that Dyer could do nothing."... | I was watching Sports center last night when one of those "human interest" stories came on and really caught my attention.
The story was about a 27-year-old professional Bass Fisherman named Clay Dyer. At first, they played it off as another guy trying to make the cut on the Bass master tour until they showed a pictur... | high23525.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "psycho-motor speed"
},
"options": [
"mental health",
"intellectual ability",
"the amount of knowledge",
"psycho-motor speed"
],
"question": "A long-term study of 136 pairs of twins showed that the only factor th... | Many of us believe that a person's mind becomes less active as he grows older.But this is not true,according to Dr.Lissy F.Jarvik,professor of psychiatry at the University of California,Los Angeles,and a board member of the New Center for Aging at the Veterans Hospital.She has studied the mental functioning of aging pe... | high15083.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "changemakers"
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"changemakers",
"Businessmen",
"Social Conditions",
"Rubbish Problem"
],
"question": "Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?",
"question_type": null
}... | You may not have heard of Ashoka, but for the past 27 years,this association, founded by Bill Drayton, has fought poverty and sickness, promoted education and encouraged small businesses. To support these worthy causes, Ashoka provides money for the world's most promising "changemakers" seeking to solve urgent ... | high6802.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he was tired of his boring work"
},
"options": [
"the weather was so unpleasant",
"he was tired of his boring work",
"the kids didn't ask him to join them",
"a Daddy has his right to do so"
],
"question": "The a... | I really hadn't meant to yell at them. But that grey afternoon saw it just as my son and daughter were making a terrible mess on the floor in the kitchen.
With a tiresome report to write, I felt bothered at my desk. Suddenly, it occurred to me that my kids were at fault. A voice inside me insisted that I do something q... | high421.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "an ability to store experiences of future use"
},
"options": [
"the basis for decision making and problem solving",
"an ability to store experiences of future use",
"an intelligence typically possessed by human beings",
... | It is difficult to imagine what life will be like without memory. The meanings of thousands of everyday perceptions(, ), the bases for the decisions we make, and the roots of our habits and skills are to be found in our past experiences, which are brought into the present by memory.
Memory can be defined as the capa... | high23531.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "damage the environment"
},
"options": [
"damage the environment",
"benefit human health",
"protect crops and forest",
"limit the spread of smog"
],
"question": "According to the passage, ground-level ozone can ... | The term "smog" was first used in London during the early 1900's to describe the combination of smoke and fog. What we typically call " smog" today is a mixture of pollutants but is primarily made up of ground-level ozone .
Ozone can be beneficial or harmful depending on where it stays. The ozone staying high ... | high17694.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Her team aimed to answer two questions."
},
"options": [
"Her team aimed to answer two questions.",
"The study is going to benefit babies a lot.",
"The study had been kept secret before finished.",
"People used to belie... | For grown-ups,an afternoon snooze is often easier said than done.But many of us have probably experienced just how simple it can be to catch some sleep in a gently rocking hammock .By examining brain waves in sleeping adults,researchers reported in the June 21issue of Current Biology,a Cell Press publication,that they... | high19861.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "they are terrifying"
},
"options": [
"they contain unmoral themes",
"they are terrifying",
"they encourage stealing, kidnapping and killing",
"they are tired of answering questions"
],
"question": "Classical wor... | Traditional fairytales are being given up by parents because they are too scary for their young children, a study found.
Research uncovered that one in five parents has got rid of old literature such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and Rapunzel in favour of more modem books.
One third of parents said their children... | high21326.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "director"
},
"options": [
"director",
"employee",
"teacher",
"student"
],
"question": "We can infer from the text that the writer was the _ of ISM.",
"question_type": "summarization_questions"
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... | Because I will be away for a few days after Spring Break, I am writing this during the actual holiday, when I can use time to catch up on a number of purely administrative items.
First of all, you should have received the letter I sent out on April 2 advising of the transition arrangements to new leadership at ISM ... | high10845.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he suffers from face blindness"
},
"options": [
"his eyesight is failing",
"he prefers to walk hurriedly",
"he suffers from face blindness",
"he can't tell facial expressions"
],
"question": "James Cooke can't r... | James Cooke, of Islip,N.Y.,can't recognize other people. "I see eyes, nose, cheekbones, but no face," he said. "I've even passed by my son and daughter without recognizing them."
He is not the only one. Those with prosopagnosia, also known as face blindness, can see perfectly well, but their brains are unable to piece... | high20986.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To find out whether someone can help strangers who are in need of help."
},
"options": [
"To find out whether strangers need help when they are in trouble.",
"To find out whether someone can help those who want to help others.",
... | Recently, China UnionPay did an experiment in a subway station in Beijing--Are you willing to offer a hand to a stranger who needs help?
The leading role of the experiment was an old man. With a small bag in one hand and a large case in the other, the old man appeared in a cold winter morning in the bustling subway st... | high11583.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "COMMUNITY"
},
"options": [
"NEWS",
"COMMUNITY",
"CULTURE and LIFESYLE",
"STUDY"
],
"question": "Which of the following sections would be the best choice to exchange thoughts with others?",
"question_type": n... | Beijing today, first published in May, 2001, is the capital's only English weekly newspaper and is published with the help of the Information Office of the Beijing Municipal Government and run by Beijing Youth Daily. Its readers include English-speaking foreigners living in Beijing and local Chinese who have great inte... | high4973.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "was a role model of how to be a caring person"
},
"options": [
"made international travels to live a full life",
"was a role model of how to be a caring person",
"was busy organizing former students' reunions",
"gathere... | When I was in college, a man named Henry worked as a custodian in our student union building. White-haired, with a Pennsylvania Dutch accent, Henry could usually be seen in a baseball cap, a T-shirt and a pair of jeans.
He was the custodian, and he was the most respected and most well-known person in the building. Eve... | high23257.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "practise speaking in public"
},
"options": [
"be born an excellent one",
"practise speaking in public",
"attend all kinds of courses",
"make a search on the Internet"
],
"question": "If you want to become a good... | Great speakers are not born but made. You too can become a good orator by taking up the public speaking courses. Those who are incapable of speaking in front of the public can' t come up in their life. The art of public speaking must be practiced by everybody who wants to reach great heights in their career. A lot of p... | high13394.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "communicate with each other"
},
"options": [
"have the hearty food",
"enjoy the historic sites",
"make themselves known",
"communicate with each other"
],
"question": "British people have the habit of gathering ... | For thousands of years, the most important two buildings in any British village have been the church and the pub.Traditionally, the church and the pub are at the heart of any village or town, where the people gather together to socialize and exchange news.
As a result, British pubs are often old and well preserved.Many... | high347.txt |
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"Paul Deighton"
],
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"about two hundred and forty-five words per minute",
"about sixty words per minute",
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"French designers are creative",
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"both B and C"
],
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"Because they were killed in the war.",
"Because they technology develops very fast.",
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"clapped and cheered only for the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team",
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"the dentist"
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"They have no idea about dogs'behavior in relation to their posture.",
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"answer_text": "introduce a special day for girls to us."
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"To improve the shape of the tree .",
"to get rid of the small ranches .",
"To make the small branches thicker ."
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},
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"To hire language teachers to work in Japan.",
"To describe working conditions in Japan.",
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"Because he had to guard the treasure cave.",
"Because he wanted to find the treasure cave.",
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"answer": {
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"two counties and four cities",
"two counties and five cities"
],
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
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},
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"They are very popular in Germany.",
"There are 400 all over the world.",
"Their number is huge in the U.S."
],
"questi... | Kindergarten outside? Yes, indeed. It's part of a growing worldwide trend toward outdoor education. The schools are called forest kindergartens.
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"answer": {
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},
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],
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"DST stopping people from working productively.",
... | James Proud, a British businessman who settled in San Francisco launched a Twitter campaign called "Stop DST". Daylight Saving Time (DST) refers to the time during the summer when clocks are one hour ahead of standard time.
"Daylight saving was created to save energy, and it doesn't really do that." Proud said, "but wh... | high19685.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "keeps the top spot"
},
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"costs tourists the most",
"keeps the top spot",
"offers free swimming opportunities."
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Shangri-La's Fijian Resort &Spa, Yanuca Island (4.5stars)
Hitting the top spot once again is the worthy Shangri-La's Fijian Resort and ... | high22613.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"he was seriously ill",
"he was badly wounded",
"doctor could do nothing for him"
],
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"answer": {
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"was too shocked to do anything",
"was cheered and tried to save the baby at once",
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Different ways of gathering food in the past."
},
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"Different ways of eating in the past.",
"Different ways of buying food in the past.",
"Different ways of gat... | The reason why women love to spend hours in shops while men prefer to be in and out of the high street in minutes can trace back to their hunter-gathering past, find scientists.
While women spent their days gathering food, often with children, men were hunters who made plans about how to catch and kill their prey . T... | high12908.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "their problems in social life"
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"their self-esteem",
"their problems in social life",
"their willingness to fill out a questionnaire"
],
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"answer": {
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"many cars on the street"
],
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},
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"The difference between mud volcanoes and regular volcanoes.",
"How islands are formed by mud volcanoes.",
"The... | "I stepped out and was _ ," local journalist Bahram Baloch told the BBC. "I could see this gray, dome-shaped body in the distance, like a giant whale swimming near the surface. Hundreds of people had gathered to watch it in disbelief."
This island has become a global curiosity. How was it formed in just a few minutes... | high4797.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because the ballet steps are all named in French."
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"Because Frenchmen created many ballet steps.",
"Because the ballet steps are all named in French.",
"B... | Ballet as a charming dance form has fascinated audiences for many years. It is a form of dance that combines beauty and grace to tell a story in a dance form. Generally performed in theatres, ballet has always been a favored dream of many little girls. While ballet dancers need to work very hard for many years to perfo... | high10879.txt |
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"answer": {
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"share an interesting experience",
"encourage us to help people in need",
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
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},
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"He has to work from Monday to Friday.",
"He can remain calm in a difficult situation.",
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"A famous artist"
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "All the staff are invited."
},
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"All the staff are invited.",
"The company permits a longer holiday.",
"The prize includes tickets to a football game."
],
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"answer": {
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},
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"God",
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"answer": {
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"Stairways"
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From the lower floors of building, escape through windows is possible. Learn th... | high10892.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a source of human communication"
},
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"a clue to get the meaning",
"a reflection of people's behaviors",
"a source of human communication"
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "lung cancer"
},
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"heart disease",
"high blood pressure",
"lung cancer"
],
"question": "Eating too much salt may lead to the following EXCEPT _ .",
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A new study last week showed eating even a little less salt could g... | high3013.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "they may become rebelling and damaging"
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"they may become less active and dislike playing with the owners",
"they are ... | lt's a dog's life for the nation's mutts - who are becoming anxious and aggressive through lack of play, experts fear.
A study of 4,000 dog owners has found a clear link between limited playtime and behaviour problems, such as being nervous when left alone, disobedience and snapping at other animals. And while research... | high11554.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Every coins has two sides"
},
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"It never rains but pours",
"Every coins has two sides",
"It's no good crying over spilt milk"
],
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "She was greatly inspired by the beauty of nature."
},
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"She was very sociable and outgoing.",
"She was greatly inspired by the beauty of nature.",
"She was enco... | Beatrix Potter was a great English writer and artist, best known for her children's books featuring animal characters such as in the children's classic -- The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
Beatrix was born into a rich London-based family where she was tutored by very strict private teachers and so spent her youth isolated from... | high15732.txt |
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"answer": {
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"keep water liquid in cold weather",
"can raise the freezing point of water"
],
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The Ebola outbreak now is the biggest one in history."
},
"options": [
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"Ebola breaks out quickly but it is under control now.",
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Many employees have no access to paid sick leave."
},
"options": [
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"Private employers make their workers work extra hours.",
"Some employees are not satisfied with their bo... | For the last 10 years, job listing site CareerBuilder has put out a list called "The Most Unbelievable Excuses for Calling in Sick." For example, an employee said he couldn't come in because his false teeth flew out the window while he was driving down the highway. The excuses were gathered through a survey that ran am... | high13343.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It is offering Minion toys to attract fans."
},
"options": [
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"It has made Minion video games to show to customers.",
"It is giving some Minion clothes to customers as gifts.",
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Originally comedic background characters in the Despicable Me series, these yellow pill-shaped screwballs have... | high13425.txt |
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},
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"Steve Jobs' health condition is not stable",
"The iPad 2 has some technical drawbacks",
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"answer": {
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"trains are slow",
"always lose money"
],
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"The internet users have drawn some ... | The run-up to the launch of China's first lunar orbiter at the end of this month has caught the country's imagination, with more than two thirds of the nation hoping to see the launch live on TV, according to a survey.
According to the survey by China Youth Daily and www.qq.com, almost the entire nation hopes to catch ... | high7513.txt |
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"answer_text": "hit parts of the world in summer and autumn"
},
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"form off the coast of Africa and America",
"hit parts of the world in summer and autumn",
"cause sea winds to rise and blow over the sea",
"strike the US but... | Many people like the feeling of the gentle wind in spring. Many like to see the falling leaves dancing in the wind in autumn. But sometimes, when the wind becomes a storm, it can be very destructive .
A series of such storms struck the US last month and caused very serious damage and human pain.
Every year, major stor... | high11232.txt |
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"answer_text": "Parents should pay attention to the small things about their kids."
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"options": [
"Parents should pay attention to the small things about their kids.",
"Parents should treat children as people, not machines.",
"Parents shou... | When raising children, the small things make big differences in development . Because children are people, not machines, different children need different things, and buying band name clothing and having the perfect haircut or the biggest collection of expensive toys are not the kind of attention that they need. These ... | high17643.txt |
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"answer_text": "all mentioned above"
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"they can't pronounce standardizedly",
"they spend little time listening English",
"they are not familiar with the words they've learnt",
"all mentioned above"
],
"question":... | Many people especially beginners,often complain that listening to spoken English is too hard for them.
But if you don't understand what people are saying,how can you converse with them?It may be difficult,but learning by listening is necessary. It can be done.
It is a common fact that different people have different ... | high18570.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "three youths starting an online farmers' market"
},
"options": [
"how an online farmers' market works",
"the American local food movement",
"three youths starting an online farmers' market",
"the reasons why people are ... | The American local food movement has been all about buying seasonal food from nearby farmers. Now, thanks to the Web, it is expanding to include far-away farmers too. A new start-up, Foodzie, is an online farmers market where small food producers and growers can sell their products.
Foodzie was started by Mr LaFave and... | high5304.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a decreasing number of children showed interest in reading"
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"options": [
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"a decreasing number of children showed interest in reading",
"a minority of primar... | If you look for a book as a present for a child,you will be spoiled for choice even in a year there is no new Harry Potter. J.K Rowling's wizard is not alone.The past decade has been a harvest for good children's books, which has set off a large quantity of films and an increased sales of classics such as The Lord of t... | high3761.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because Merkel wants to be a strong woman too."
},
"options": [
"Because Catherine the Great is beautiful.",
"Because Merkel wants to be a strong woman too.",
"Because Merkel likes the drawing skill of it.",
"Because it... | In the office of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, there is a picture of Catherine the Great, the legendary Russian Empress. When asked why she has the picture, Merkel says, "She was a strong woman". Many say the same of Merkel.
The most powerful woman in the world, according to US Forbes magazine, was in China last... | high11226.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the Forest Service."
},
"options": [
"the Forest Service.",
"the Resource Bureau.",
"the Tourist Board.",
"the Sports Bureau."
],
"question": "The snow rangers are employees of _",
"question_type": "cloze_... | The two things - snow and mountains - which are needed for a ski area are the two things that cause avalanches, large mass of snow and ice crushing down the side of a mountain--often called "White Death."
It was the threat of the avalanche and its record as a killer of man in the western mountains that created the sno... | high17657.txt |
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