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"answer_text": "Because he could have helped a hungry man but he passed by."
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"Because he didn't show fair respect to a beggar treating him badly.",
"Because he could have helped a hungry man but he passed by.",
"Because he be... | It was a cold night in Washington, D.C., and I was heading back to the hotel when a man approached me. He asked if I would give him some money so he could get something to eat. I'd read the signs: "Don't give money to beggars as most of them are _ ." So I shook my head and kept walking.
I wasn't prepared for a reply, b... | high7936.txt |
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"answer_text": "27 father-daughter dance pairs presented a successful waltz show"
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"options": [
"the mothers felt relieved after the ceremony began",
"well-dressed girls were introduced to their future husbands",
"the writer's daughter, a ... | Dancing the night away
It is a measure of how little control I have over my own life that in middle March I am escorting a pretty young redhead to a debutante ball.(A formal presentation of young ladies when they reach the age of maturity. This was originally used in the past to introduce young ladies to society so th... | high24074.txt |
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"answer_text": "have less freedom"
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"options": [
"have a poor diet",
"get better grades",
"have less freedom",
"prefer eating on campus"
],
"question": "Compared with French students, students in the Philippines _ .",
"... | In some countries,open campus is widely accepted. For example, French students have a two-hour lunch break from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. During their lunch break, they can eat at home or at a restaurant. But students in the Philippines have a tougher schedule. They have only two 15-minute breaks and an hour for lunch.... | high13800.txt |
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"answer_text": "may lose some hair"
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"may lose some hair",
"won't grow new hair",
"will lose much hair",
"may suffer from severe diseases"
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"question": "If a man experiences extreme physical suffering, he _ ... | Normally, about 10 percent of the hair on your head is resting (not growing). After a few months, the resting hair falls out and new hair begins to grow in its place. The growing time can last from 2 to 6 years. During the growing period, hair will gain about 1 centimeter a month. It is normal to experience hair loss e... | high22405.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "people have to pay more taxes for unemployment."
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"options": [
"companies refuse to pay for workers.",
"robots have completely replaced workers.",
"robots can help solve the problem of unemployment.",
"people have to ... | I went to a nearby car factory today with my uncle, who works there. One thing I noticed was that most of the work was done by robots. Welding , painting, testing and many other jobs are performed by robots. The whole dashboard is put into a car by a robot. It would have taken two men to do so in the past, and it wo... | high7088.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Be free from some worries."
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"options": [
"Make many friends.",
"Do many helpful things.",
"Be free from some worries.",
"Learn a lot about other people."
],
"question": "What does writing journals help the au... | Writing journals has been one of the most helpful things I've ever done. Through writing journals I've not only learned a lot about myself, but also removed a lot of obsessive thoughts, by writing them down and considering them.
Journals give you a place to write down your honest thoughts without being afraid of what... | high14809.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "their living environment"
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"options": [
"their poor sense of direction",
"their living environment",
"their strong enemies",
"their big groups"
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"question": "Sound is important for dolphins because of _ ."... | Dolphins live in a dark underwater world. It's often impossible to see each other or anything else around them, so sound plays an important role in their survival. To communicate with each other, dolphins produce all kinds of sounds.
Only other dolphins understand what the sounds mean. Scientists haven't uncovered the... | high11971.txt |
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"answer_text": "Chinese people combined English vocabulary with Chinese grammar."
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"Chinese people misunderstood the meaning of the new words.",
"Chinese people combined English vocabulary with Chinese grammar.",
"Chinese peop... | "I like your smile, but unlike you put your shoes on my face". A charming way of saying "Keep off the grass". But could you figure it out? Or this: "Wash Clothing Store" for laundry.
They are both typical Chinglish, a combination of English vocabulary and Chinese grammar. Expressions such as "people mountain people sea... | high4581.txt |
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"answer_text": "The pollution brought by pigs is a killer to the creature of the sea."
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"Pigs bring more destruction than benefit to human beings.",
"No other countries have the higher percentage of pig-to-human than East Asia.",
... | Farm-raised pigs are dirty, smelly animals that get no respect. They're also an environmental hazard. Their manure contains phosphorus ,which, when it rains, runs off into lakes and rivers, consuming oxygen, killing fish, stimulating algae overgrowth and emitting greenhouse gases.
Doing away with the pig is not an ... | high20560.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "your gene"
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"options": [
"cutting it often",
"your gene",
"the food you eat",
"clearing up the dead split ends"
],
"question": "The length of your hair is determined by _",
"question_type": "cloze_questi... | Myth: If you cut your hair, it will grow long faster.
Truth: That's not true. "Your hair isn't like a lawn or a rosebush, where cutting can stimulate fresh growth," says Phillip Kingsley. The length of your hair is genetically determined. When it reaches a certain length, it stops growing. When you clear up the dead sp... | high11965.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Experts from companies."
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"options": [
"Students from high schools.",
"Scholars from Canada.",
"Officials from governments.",
"Experts from companies."
],
"question": "Who probably attended the meeting?",
... | Xinhua News Agency-The International Conference on Power Engineering (ICOPE) 2013, organized by the Chinese Society of Power Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, China-EU Institute for Clean and Renewable Energy, opened in Wuhan, on Oct 24. More than 300 energy experts, scholars and businessmen from cou... | high5853.txt |
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"answer_text": "how McDonald's became a billion-dollar business"
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"the development of fast food services",
"how McDonald's became a billion-dollar business",
"the business careers of Mac and Dick McDonald",
"Ray Kroc's b... | In 1939 two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald, started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino, California. They carefully chose a busy corner for their location. They had run their own businesses for years, first a theater, then a barbecue restaurant, then another drive-in. But in their new operation, they offered a new... | high4595.txt |
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"answer_text": "Charles Dickens' impact on the world"
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"a brief introduction to Charles Dickens'",
"Charles Dickens' impact on the world",
"the characters in Charles Dickens' stories",
"Charles Dickens' achievements in l... | Disease, poverty, hate, love-Charles Dickens' stories opened his readers eyes to the most important themes of his age. Two hundred years on, his stories still speak volumes across the world, proving that Dickens' legacy was far greater that just "great-literature".
February 7 marks the 200thanniversary of the writer's... | high179.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "have a better figure"
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"options": [
"have a better figure",
"eat more meat",
"have higher blood pressure",
"are more relaxed"
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"question": "Compared to women who consumed fried fish, those who consumed baked... | A new study published recently in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation: Heart Failure reveals that according to a new large study, women who consumed five or more servings of baked fish had a thirty percent lower risk of heart failure in comparison to women who consumed less than one serving a month.
... | high23069.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "People around the world sent messages to support her."
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"The media called on people to help her.",
"People sent gifts to her from all over the world.",
"A lot of people offered to donate bone marrow to her.",
... | A cancer-stricken British teenage girl said Thursday she had been moved by messages of support from around the world after writing an online "Bucket List" of things she wanted to do before dying.
Alice Pyne, l5, created an Internet blog in which she described her fight against a cancer of the white blood cells. " I've ... | high87.txt |
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"answer_text": "Cutting down about 500 calories from amount."
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"Eating around 2,000--2, 500 calories",
"Having fewer than 500 calories.",
"Cutting down about 500 calories from amount.",
"Taking in a little fewer calories... | Take control of your health by learning these four numbers. They'll help with everything from losing weight to protecting your heart.
Your daily calorie needs
This is not technically a measurement, but it can have a huge influence on your health. Most women need 2,000 calories a day for good health, and men generally n... | high24060.txt |
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"answer_text": "The risk to a popular banana shows need to grow other kinds."
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"Bananas are the world' s most important food crops.",
"The risk to a popular banana shows need to grow other kinds.",
"There are five hundred diff... | Bananas are one of the world' s most important food crops. They are also one of the most valuable exports. Bananas do not grow from seeds. Instead, they grow from existing plants. Bananas are threatened by disease because all the plants on a farm are copies of each other. They all share the same genetic weaknesses. For... | high7922.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "slowly but surely"
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"rapidly and well",
"slowly but surely",
"without any help at all",
"as a form of entertainment"
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"question": "Mrs Hanson has gone through college_.",
"question_type": "c... | Lillan Hanson, a college junior, expects to graduate in about two years. Mrs Hanson, a rather unusual student, plans to go on to take more courses after she gets her degree. What makes Mrs Hanson different from most of her classmates?
What sets Lillian Hanson apart from the college crowd is her age-73 years. She has be... | high22411.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "there are limits to people's intelligence"
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"there are limits to people's intelligence",
"a baby's IQ is determined by the mother's pelvis",
"most people's hearts are not that strong to make them smarter",
... | ALMOST everyone wants to get smarter. We struggle to improve our memory, intelligence, and attention span. We drink cup after cup of coffee to help us get through the day.
However, a new study published in the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science warns that there are limits to how smart humans can get, a... | high21118.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "His father"
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"options": [
"No one.",
"His mother",
"His parents",
"His father"
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"question": "Whom did Alex go fishing with?",
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"answer_i... | Alex stared through the cabin window at the darkness. Soon his dad would call him. And he didn't want to go. He wished he hadn't come to the lake for the weekend. "We're ready," Dad said as he came in from the porch. " Grab your rod." Alex turned away from the window and slowly picked up his fishing rod. "Have fun!" M... | high19487.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because the two cars were so alike that she mistook it."
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"Because the two cars were so alike that she mistook it.",
"Because wanted to test the keys to her daughter's car.",
"Because her daughter told her to d... | Woman Uses Daughter's Key to "Steal" Car
Charlie Vansant, a college student of Athens, Ohio, who reported that his car was stolen, got a surprise when he learned that a woman had mistaken it for her daughter's car and driven it home--using her key.
Kate Anderson became an accidental "car thief" when picking up her dau... | high18941.txt |
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"answer_text": "Reflections on Bad Behaviors and Situations"
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"The Importance of Understanding Each Other",
"Keep Peace and Calm in Times of Emergency",
"Reflections on Bad Behaviors and Situations",
"How to Deal with Ba... | The other day I was really annoyed by a friend's behavior, and when I told my best friend Terry about it, he laughed and said, " But Jenny, you do that all the time!" Well, that surprised me and set me laughing as well. Terry was absolutely correct. The very thing I had been annoyed at my friend for was a reflection o... | high2682.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "she believed it had a curing effect ks5u"
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"she was tired of Indian tea ks5u",
"she had a son working in China. ks5u",
"she believed it had a curing effect ks5u",
"she was fond of Chinese products, ... | When I was going home to India last year, I called up my mother to ask if she wanted anything from China. ks5. When India had not opened up its markets to the world, I carried suitcase loads of dark glasses and jeans. Thankfully, we can get all these anywhere in India now. ks5uStill, her answer surprised me:"Green te... | high20206.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "people can call them if they want more information."
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"options": [
"people can call them if they want more information.",
"all the ads offer their phone numbers and websites to readers.",
"sports lovers are interested in th... | Center Stage
Center Stage is a music and drama group for ages 12--16.Our aim is to build confidence Through movement and music.A11 ages work together to perform at the end of each term for families and friends.
Working with our bodies and vices helps develop awareness of ourselves, physical and emotional intelligence a... | high16987.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "free his emotions"
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"options": [
"free his emotions",
"hold back his feelings",
"fill his world with positive ideas",
"give in to tragedy and all opposing forces"
],
"question": "When following the Upward Path... | In the face of tragedy,you must of course let yourself feel: Cry without holding back, shake with fear, yell out in anger, accept and follow your feelings. This is part of the wise approach to tragedy: The Upward Path --the feeling of emotions, the acceptance of them, and the coupling of the emotional mind with wisdom.... | high5106.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "provide proof of identity, marriage and educational background"
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"finish and pass a Road Ready course",
"pass a knowledge test on the road rules and safe driving practices",
"provide proof of identity, marriage... | Do many people you know drive a car? How do you get a license to drive a car in your hometown? Head the following handbook and you will find out how to get a learner License and how to drive safely in Australia.
About your Learner License
To prepare new and young drivers for the complex task of driving, all learner dri... | high17441.txt |
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"answer_text": "The whole mankind becomes extinct"
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"options": [
"The whole world becomes extremely cold",
"All the coastal cities in Africa are destroyed",
"The visit of the comet results in wars",
"The whole mankind becomes extinct... | In July 1994 Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, was struck by 21 pieces of a comet . When the fragments landed in the southern part of the giant planet, the explosions were watched by scientists here on earth. But what if our own planet was hit by a comet?
The year is 2094. It has been announced that a... | high4218.txt |
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"answer_text": "environment"
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"politics",
"environment",
"economy",
"war"
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"question": "What did the speaker mainly talk about?",
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... | Hello, I'm Severn Suzuki speaking for E.C.O. -- The Environmental Children's Organization.
Coming here today, I am fighting for my future. I am here to speak for all generations to come. I am here to speak on behalf of the starving children around the world whose cries go unheard. I am here to speak for the countless... | high11030.txt |
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"answer_text": "He decided to finish 10 rounds that morning."
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"options": [
"He worked out a plan for his future.",
"He reflected on the causes of his overweight.",
"He decided to finish 10 rounds that morning.",
"He planned to take ... | During my review for the medical boards, I gained 101 pounds in four months and promised to exercise when all of this was over. I successfully passed the medical boards and _ .
One morning, I woke up and decided to go to a park to start working out. I got out of bed, washed my face, brushed my teeth and put on my sport... | high3577.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He hated himself for acting as if he were working on vacation."
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"He was determined to enjoy the beautiful view.",
"His iPad ruined his plan of finishing a great novel.",
"He felt satisfied that he had stuck to... | Last year I ruined my summer vacation by bringing along a modern convenience that was too convenient for my own good: the iPad. Instead of looking at nature, I checked my e-mail. Instead of paddling a small boat, I followed my Twitter feed . Instead of reading great novels, I stuck to reading four newspapers each morni... | high12539.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to ask for grants"
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"options": [
"to find a good job and make money",
"to borrow money from the banks",
"to ask for grants",
"to borrow money from friends"
],
"question": "In the writer's opinion, for students... | Every autumn, as families across the United States get ready to send their kids to college, the economics of higher education receive renewed attention. College is expensive and becoming more so in the U. S. The situation raises two questions: Why does it cost so much, and how can students and their families afford it?... | high7711.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a pig eats ham because ham is made from pigs."
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"a pig has a picnic because pigs are dirty animals",
"a pig eats soy beans because soy beans give pigs gas",
"a pig eats ham because ham is too expensive for farm... | I might be letting my young son watch too much television. I am certainly watching too much many of his programs. They can really be puzzling as they force you to _ .
For example, when Franklin (the turtle) wanted a pet, his parents did not want it to be a frog. They felt that frogs belong in a pond. Isn't that where t... | high1360.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Positive."
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"options": [
"Doubtful.",
"Positive.",
"Uncaring.",
"Worried."
],
"question": "What was people's attitude towards crying over novels in the early 18th century?",
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... | What does it mean to cry over a book? "I'm a reader who did not weep," Ruth Graham, a well-known critic, wrote. "Does this make me heartless? Or does it make me a grown-up?"
Tears have played a surprisingly important part in the history of the novel. Readers have always asked about the role that emotion plays in readin... | high13627.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Asking questions is the only way for research."
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"options": [
"You can find all the answers online.",
"Learn more, and you'll have no questions.",
"During the research, you may keep finding new questions.",
"Asking qu... | When you are curious about something, and want to know more about it, you can use the way of asking questions. Asking questions is the first step to make discoveries and find interesting answers. The steps below can guide you during the research.
Step 1
On a note card or piece of paper,write down the subject that you a... | high1406.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "young people"
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"options": [
"parents",
"both parents and their children",
"young people",
"teachers"
],
"question": "This article is particularly written for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}... | It is natural that young people are often uncomfortable when they are with their parents. They say that their parents don't understand them. They often think that their parents are out of touch with modern ways: that that they are too serious and too strict with their children; and they seldom give their children a fre... | high192.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "are disfigured by accidents, burns and cancer"
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"options": [
"are dishonorable and shameless",
"disagree with the full face transplant",
"are seriously injured by an accident",
"are disfigured by accidents, burns and ... | Full face transplants are no longer science fiction fantasy, a leading surgeon has said, adding that they are technically feasible but ethically complex.
Peter Butler from London's Royal Free Hospital called for a debate on the ethics of such an operation made possible by new drugs whichstop the body's immune sy... | high23082.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "equal or more than eight hours"
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"options": [
"equal or more than eight hours",
"seven hours or so",
"Eight hours or so",
"Less than eight hours"
],
"question": "We know from the passage _ is enough for the ... | Enough sleep is important to health. The amount of sleep needed depends on the age of the person and the conditions in which sleep takes place. The young may need more sleep than the old, but usually eight hours are enough for the health of grown-ups. Some can do with less than this amount, but others may need more. Ev... | high6369.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Safety of overweight airplane passengers"
},
"options": [
"The size of airplane seats and seat belts",
"Safety of overweight airplane passengers",
"Airplane crashes involving commercial planes",
"A medical problem cause... | On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicted that 42% of Americans could be overweight by 2030.Our expanding waistlines lead to not only a medical problem, but according to a recent article in The New York Times, it could also endanger personal safety in some situations-in an airplane crash, for ... | high8344.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Japan"
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"options": [
"Japan",
"Italy",
"Canada",
"the United States"
],
"question": "Based on this passage, the greatest percentage of TV broadcasting hours to educational is in _ .",
"question_type":... | When the TV viewer turns on his set, what sort of programs does he have to choose from? You might think there would be more programs devoted to entertainment than to anything else, but that's not the case. In most countries, fewer than 20% of broadcasting hours are devoted to entertainment. U.S. figures are high----34.... | high15530.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Keep one's anger inside."
},
"options": [
"Forget one's anger.",
"Express one's anger openly.",
"Treat one's anger calmly and reasonably.",
"Keep one's anger inside."
],
"question": "What does the phrase repress... | Doctors say anger can be an very harmful emotion unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that angry feelings can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer.
Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. Some people express anger openly in a calm re... | high7077.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "In newspapers."
},
"options": [
"In research reports.",
"In newspapers.",
"In science fictions.",
"In book reviews."
],
"question": "Where can people most probably find the article?",
"question_type": "facti... | Visitors were still paying 20 yuan to hug Lele and have their photos taken yesterday despite a ban that forbids any such sontact with a wild animal. The ban was introduced more than a week ago.
"The city zoo broke the law and should be prohibited," said an official at the State Forestry Administration.
The administrati... | high11756.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he believed people would enjoy trying something new"
},
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"an art exhibition was about to open",
"he wanted to make a name for the small town",
"he believed people would enjoy trying something new",
"more hot... | Holidaymakers who are bored with baking beaches and overheated hotel rooms head for a big igloo. Swedish businessman Nile Bergqvist is delighted with his new hotel, the world's first igloo hotel. Built in a small town in Lapland, it has been attracting lots of visitors, but soon the fun will be over.
In two weeks' time... | high3211.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "helped his team win five games in a row"
},
"options": [
"became the focus of the whole world",
"helped his team win five games in a row",
"got a career-high 38 points against New York Knicks",
"caught a high fever and ... | What a week it's been for Jeremy Lin!
With five breakout games, the Taiwanese-American has become the NBA's newest playmaking sensation .
In the New York Knicks' 92-85 win over the Los Angles Lakers last Saturday, Lin had 38 points--a record high in his career so far. And a day later, he led the Knicks to their fifth... | high21695.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A player won't succeed without a team's support."
},
"options": [
"A player's success is decided by his / her individual efforts.",
"A player won't succeed without a team's support.",
"A player will succeed sooner or later.",... | Steve Nash enjoys team success far more than personal success, and always wants to share the glory and the joy with teammates.
He is a self-effacing Canadian, who grew up in hockey country. Today Steve Nash has to stand alone even if he doesn't enjoy it. The Phoenix Sun's point guard has to take ownership of a set of... | high5660.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "strong"
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"options": [
"beautiful.",
"hard",
"thin.",
"strong"
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"question": "Why does Colleen Pulliam show her biceps? She wants to prove that she is_.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"a... | Playing basketball isn't a sport for women.That's what Jewell Chapman's high school headmaster told her in 1961 when he forbade the girls to play basketball."We were very sad,"said Chapman,a player for her high school team of Des Moines.
Nearly 50 years later,Chapman is back on the basketball playground.She is 62 years... | high17327.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Bottled water is more convenient than water from the tap."
},
"options": [
"Bottled water is better than water from the tap.",
"Bottled water is cheaper than water from the tap.",
"Bottled water contains beneficial chemicals ... | Drinking Water: Bottled or From the Tap?
In America, people will include a case or two of bottled water when buying the week's groceries. When they are going to a soccer game or activity, it's common for them to grab a cold bottle of water out of the fridge with them.In fact, Americans buy more bottled water than any o... | high3205.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Sherlock Holmes."
},
"options": [
"Easy Street.",
"Making a Living.",
"The Gold Rush.",
"Sherlock Holmes."
],
"question": "Which of the following is NOT a Charlie Chaplin film?",
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"he didn't know how to read mail",
"he was forced to do that"
],
"question": "The writer used to read all his e-... | I am an e-mail user.When I first started to use the e-mail system. I used to read all my e-mail.I didn't have much mail.1 was very excited about receiving any e-mail.I gave my friends my e-mail address.Soon I had more mail than 1 wanted.Some of the mail was junk mail.1 was worried.I didn't want my mail to control me.
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"supplied him with new clothes",
"gave him financial support",
"helped him show conviction"
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"question": "The writer was grateful to Coach Jarv... | The Price of a Dream
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By the time I was sixteen, I was good at baseball and football. My high-school coach was Ollie Jarvis. He not only belie... | high13155.txt |
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How do your reading habits compare to those of students of a similar age? We ran a poll to discover what, when, where and why teens read.
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"learning from others",
"his favorable conditions"
],
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"She married young and brought up a baby.",
"she lacked concern and care.",
"She couldn't stand her father's rules."
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"To show why Tom Ford is the world's greatest fashion designer.",
"To explain why Tom Ford was constantly ... | The revolution was over by the time Tom Ford started working in the fashion world. The expensive fashion design houses such as Channel, Yves Saint Laurent, and Christian Dior, which earned money by designing and making very expensive custom clothes, had lost many of their wealthy customers. To stay in business, they st... | high23928.txt |
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"Do today's work today.",
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"Don't be too disappointed if things sometimes go badly."
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],
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History tells that there were wars, great or small, in every century, in every decade. Throughout the ages, from the Stone age to the Atomic Age, men have been fighting, first with swords and shields , then with guns and cannons, and now, hydrogen bombs and missiles are used fo... | high838.txt |
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"More than two centuries.",
"More than one century.",
"About half a century."
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},
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"Her business failed.",
"She spent too much money.",
"Her bank account was stolen."
],
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},
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"A survey on the fa... | The high cost of living in Sydney causes city parents to worry more about their children.
New research by the Financial Services Council (FSC)shows that 75% of metropolitan mums and dads say their ability to earn is important to the well-being of their kids, Tet a greater proportion of Sydney parents think children suf... | high5112.txt |
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},
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"Tourists can take something they like from Antarctica.",
"Tourists can throw away something they don't nee... | Where should an adventurous tourist go? After you've done sightseeing in London, shopping in New York tasted the local food in Paris, and danced to your heart's content at the Brazilian carnival, where else can you go? What exotic tourist destination awaits you?
Well, Antarctica sounds like the holiday of a lifetime! ... | high18766.txt |
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"answer_index": 2,
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},
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"It helped townspeople to build their houses and schools.",
"It gave people an opportunity to improve the environment.",
"Community elements could be held ti... | The roots of what we call"volunteerism"reach back many generations, to a time when neighbors and townspeople would come together to build and run their communities' most important organizations--everything from schools and governments to fire-fighting and self-defense.
Besides organizations,however, this early vol... | high17455.txt |
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"Orphanages are full of mentally retarded children.",
"Environmental factors influence a child's IQ.",
"Earl... | How much can environment affect intelligence? In one study, striking increases in IQ occurred in 25 children who were moved from an orphanage to more stimulating(,) environments.The children, who were all considered mentally retarded and unadoptable, were moved to an institution where they received personal attention ... | high11024.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
"options": [
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"turn to cheap energy",
"develop solar energy",
"introduce clean energy"
],
"question": "To increase their energy supplies, many nations _ .",
"... | International experts meeting in Australia say global carbon emissions can be reduced by more than 50 percent through simple energy saving measures. People at a conference in Australia, which increasingly relies on coal for power, say that reducing power consumption is an affordable way to both cut energy costs and r... | high3563.txt |
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"answer_text": "Two."
},
"options": [
"Two.",
"Three.",
"Four.",
"Five."
],
"question": "How many reasons are given in the article as to why ordinary Chinese people are traveling abroad more today?",
"question_type": "facti... | Liu Hui is very excited. The students in a school in Shanghai will go to the USA with his parents during the Spring Festival.
"Overseas touring has always been a dream for me," he said happily.
Nowadays, Chinese people enjoy longer holidays, such as the three "Golden Week Holidays"(the Spring Festival, May Day and Nati... | high12505.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"Paris is the center of Europe.",
"Paris is the most cultured city in the world.",
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},
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"provide people with a platform to contact each other",
... | The Couch Surfing network is an online community stretching across the globe with over one and a half million members. The basic concept is to provide a platform for travelers to contact people who are willing to put them up free of charge. Travelers connect with potential hosts online and, if they like each other, exc... | high6433.txt |
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"Academic degrees.",
"Experience in business.",
"Experience in the government."
],
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You ask me whether you should spend the next three years at university,or get a job.I will give you three different answers. _
Answer A.You are ambitious.Your sights are set on going to the top,in business or the government.In today's high-tech times,big companies cannot be managed by uneducated amateurs.E... | high14174.txt |
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"Visitors to Hawaii",
"Traveling in Hawaii",
"Friendship in Hawaii"
],
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"... | Every culture has it own ways to show friendship. On the island of Hawaii, _ aloha spirit". In the language of the Hawaiians who first settled the islands long ago,alohahad a very special meaning. That is "to be with happiness".
Hawaiians believe that once somebody loves the land, they are ready to love their people or... | high2655.txt |
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"Silicon Valley offered health benefits to officials.",
"Google formed their tech firms to design bicycle... | Standing desks have become common across Silicon Valley, offering health benefits to those willing to work on their feet. However, due to their high price, they have failed to catch on until now. Recently, Ikea has brought out Bekant convertible standing desk that can become a normal desk at the touch of a button. The ... | high10312.txt |
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"The Benefits of Music",
"How Music Helps Patients",
"Music Helps to Improve Work Efficiency"
],
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... | Many studies have been carried out to discover the benefits of listening to and playing music. The growing field of "music treatment" is presenting increasing amounts of proof that point to the great powers of music.
Emotional benefits
The right song can put anybody in a better state. Most people turn to certain songs... | high16763.txt |
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"answer_text": "Importance of Webs to Spiders"
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"Importance of Webs to Spiders",
"Secrets of the Spiders' Life",
"Spiders' Highly Preprogrammed Brain"
],
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "are of great benefit to today's busy parents"
},
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"drew the whole world's attention in 1960",
"were conveyed all over the world gradually",
"have been in circulation during the past year",
"are of great bene... | Adult color1ing books have been in circulation for a few years now, and actually the first adult color1ing book was published in 1960, however, during the past year they've really taken the world by storm.
Many adults can benefit and enjoy these popular color1ing books, particularly today's busy parents. Here are some... | high19450.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Cell phones have become as addictive as cigarettes."
},
"options": [
"More people prefer cigarettes to cell phones.",
"Cell phone users smoke less than they used to.",
"Cell phones have become as addictive as cigarettes.",
... | Cell Phone Are the New Cigarette
When you get in your car, you reach for it. When you are at work, you take a break to have a moment alone with it. When you get in to a lift, you play with it.
Cigarette? Cup of coffee? No, it's the third most addictive thing in modern life, the cell phone. Experts say that it is becomi... | high18996.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "it prevents the spread of colds and flu"
},
"options": [
"it helps keep your classroom tidy",
"people hate picking up dirty tissues",
"it prevents the spread of colds and flu",
"picking up lots of tissues is hard work"
... | Do you have a sore throat, a running nose and a headache? Do you keep coughing and sneezing? If you do, the chances are that you have a cold or perhaps flu--- but which one? Although both colds and flu are caused by viruses, they are very different illnesses.
Colds, which usually last about a week, affect the nose most... | high2.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "grammar mistakes can't be tolerated"
},
"options": [
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"books on grammar make people stupid",
"people need to learn basic grammar",
"grammar mistakes are absolutely unavoidable"
... | I prefer Lynne Truss's phraseology: I am a grammar "sticker". And, like Truss - author of Eats, shoots & Leaves - I have a "zero tolerance" approach to grammar mistakes that make people look stupid.
Now, Truss and I disagree on what it means to have "zero tolerance". She thinks that people who mix up basic grammar "des... | high5884.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to remind people to reconsider their food purchase"
},
"options": [
"to prove Americans have less food to choose from",
"to show us the shopping habits of most Americans",
"to indicate Americans tend to buy food from abroad",... | Making greener choices and encouraging healthy lifestyles can promote your health and benefit the environment. Here are some guidelines to follow:
Choose foods thoughtfully
Americans have never had such a variety or abundance of food to choose from. Besides so many choices, we now hear about our "food print", the amoun... | high16005.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "know something about that country"
},
"options": [
"work out a traveling plan in that country",
"find out who will help us in that country",
"know something about that country",
"become an expert in geography and histor... | I have lived and worked in Slovakia for about three years. And I have talked to many people who had been working overseas for quite a long time. Here are some of the things that I have found helpful to anyone preparing to live or work abroad. Hopefully these tips will help.
Research: Knowing about the geography and his... | high19336.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "get rid of his uneasy feelings"
},
"options": [
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"dig a lifeline to the ground",
"keep himself from coldness",
"get rid of his uneasy feelings"
],
"question": "When trapped underground, P... | Chilean miner Edison Pena plans to run the New York City Marathon on Sunday, less than a month after he was rescued from a collapsed mine that trapped him for 69 days. Pena ran 10 km daily through the mine's tunnels to beat the anxiety, wearing cut-down boots until rescuers sent him a pair of sports shoes through a n... | high21871.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "change Jenny's shallow understanding of antiques"
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"tell Jenny the importance of protecting antiques",
"change Jenny's shallow understanding of antiques",
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I was not satisfied to let the matter rest there. I took out the Webster's Dictionary and read the definition to Jenny.I explained, "An ant... | high2133.txt |
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"answer_text": "it included Hawking's five life lessons on how to become a genius"
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"it has sold 10 million copies up to now",
"it spent 147 weeks on the New... | Hawking's Five Easy Steps for Making Yourself a Genius
As we all know,Stephen Hawking writes the book A Brief History of Time that explains the
origin of the universe. The book spent 147 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List and has
sold 10 million copies. He is,most agree,very smart.
In his recently published a... | high6355.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"By paying a visit to the future",
"By opening a letter from the past.",
"By writing a letter to your future self."
],
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What can be gained by writing ... | high14612.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "have a movable structure"
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"come into use soon",
"have a movable structure",
"be built 500m beneath the surface"
],
"question": "According to the passage, the new hotel will... | Here's a hotel worth writing something about: a company in Poland plans to build tourist accommodation under the sea. The structure can be dragged to a suitable location and placed on supports on the sea bed. The 'Water Discus' will be made up of an underwater disc containing 22 bedrooms with sea views, connected by li... | high9066.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To make a gift for our parents."
},
"options": [
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"To ask our parents to record a book.",
"To make a gift for our parents.",
"To practice reading out loud."
],
"quest... | The first tape recorder didn't use tape. It used long thin wire. It was invented in 1900 by Valdermar Poulsen. In 1930, German scientists invented the tape we use today. Back then the tape was on big rolls. In 1964 the Philips company in Holland invented the cassette. It's pretty much a holder for the tape. People use ... | high8378.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "make the same sand yield temporarily"
},
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"help prevent panic",
"make the same sand yield temporarily",
"make the sand hold the person's weight"
],
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"answer_text": "stay in one place and signals"
},
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"walk around the forest",
"stay in one place and signals",
"shout as loudly as possible"
],
"question": "If you get lost in the forest, ... | If you go into the forest with friends, stay with them .If you don't , you may get lost, this is what you should do .Sit down and stay where you are .Don't try to find your friends ---let them find you instead .You can help them find you by staying in one place. There is another way to help your friends or other people... | high13169.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the way the boy served him"
},
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"the way the boy served him",
"the beautiful socks in the shop",
"the boy's selling skills"
],
"question": "The writer was impressed by _ .",... | One fine afternoon I was walking along Fifth Avenue when I remembered that it was necessary to buy a pair of socks. I turned into the first sock shop that caught my eye, and a boy clerk who could not have been more than 17 years old came forward.
"What can I do for you, sir?"
"I wish to buy a pair of socks."
His eyes g... | high14606.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "phone"
},
"options": [
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"e-mail",
"fax",
"post"
],
"question": "The best way to make a reservation at Irene's is by _ .",
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},
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"answer": {
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For Reservations Call 62473579
12.24 Christmas Eve Dinner 198 RMB per person including coffee and tea. Each guest invited to select a special surprise from our Xmas Tree.
12.25 Special Christmas Thai buffet brunch from 11 am to 4 pm. Includes soft drinks, coffee & tea. 98 RMB per person.
12.31 New Year Buf... | high15518.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"the first European came to Florida",
"Florida was discovered by human beings",
"Spanish explorer Juan Ponce was born"
],
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According... | high12277.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "it creates a positive working environment"
},
"options": [
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"it helps a leader to develop lots of skills",
"it makes a leader feel supported and valued",
"it depends on interp... | Whether in the workplace or on the football field, effective teamwork can produce amazing results.However, working successfully as a team is not as easy as it may seem.Effective teamwork certainly does not just happen automatically; it take s a great deal of hard work and compromise.There are a number of factors that m... | high3239.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
"options": [
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"Besides ... | Everyone has done experiments in high school laboratories, but have you ever thought about designing a satellite to explore space?
On Nov. 19, a team of students from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in the US _ peers and even scientists by successfully launching a satellite.
The first satellite ... | high5890.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "how some animals keep clean"
},
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"why birds allow ants to crawl on their body",
"how animals cool off on hot days",
"how some animals keep clean"
],
"qu... | To wash yourself, you take a bath or a shower. Animals need to keep clean, too. How do animals clean themselves?
Cats
themselves to keep their fur clean. Have you ever watched a pet cat clean itself?
Elephants take baths much as you do. But instead of jumping into the
, they walk into a river or lake.
Pigs also like... | high16011.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Alejandra Pachecho and Carl Khalid"
},
"options": [
"Rodrigo Cruz and Mirna Hazim",
"Rodrigo Cruz and Carl Khalid",
"Alejandra Pachecho and Carl Khalid",
"Alejandra Pachecho and Mirna Hazim"
],
"question": "Whic... | Should people be allowed to use cellphones while driving?
Alejandra Pachecho from Venezuela: No. Why not? That is because in this world some people drive very crazily. Also, most people who use cellphones to talk in the car usually pay more attention to what they are talking about than to driving. One of the reasons th... | high19322.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the interpersonal relationships within a company"
},
"options": [
"the political views and beliefs of office workers",
"the interpersonal relationships within a company",
"the various qualities required for a successful caree... | A is for always getting to work on time.
B is for being extremely busy.
C is for the conscientious way you do your job.
You may be all these things at the office, and more. But when it comes to getting ahead, experts say, the ABCs of business should include a P, for politics, as in _
Dale Carnegie suggested as much m... | high4556.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They have an effect on their husbands."
},
"options": [
"They are the wives of the presidents.",
"They are made up of history books.",
"Americans are interested in them.",
"They have an effect on their husbands."
],... | Americans have always been interested in their Presidents' wives. Many First Ladies have been remembered because of the ways they have influenced their husbands. Other First Ladies have made the history books on their own.
At least two First Ladies, Bess Truman and Lady Bird Johnson, made it their business to send sign... | high5648.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He told no one about his disease."
},
"options": [
"He had stayed in the hospital since he fell ill.",
"He depended on the nurses in his final days.",
"He told no one about his disease.",
"He worked hard to pay for his ... | I was 9 years old when I found out my father was ill. It was 1994, but I can remember my mother's words as if it were yesterday: "Kerrel, I don't want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very careful when you are around him."
AIDS wasn't something we talked about in my country when I was growing ... | high2127.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "instruction"
},
"options": [
"experiment",
"invention",
"expression",
"instruction"
],
"question": "This passage is an_about a game.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answe... | Good news for game lovers-- a tank game has come out recently. In this game you are in a tank and the screen shows your view of the landscape outside. You gain points by shooting enemy tanks, supertanks, missiles and flying saucers .
Expert players can gain scores of around 150,000 points at this game. To get a high s... | high21865.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Food poisoning means death."
},
"options": [
"Food when poisoned can make people sick.",
"Food poisoning means death.",
"Food poisoning comes in varieties.",
"Food poisoning can be serious."
],
"question": "Whic... | Food sometimes gets poisoned with harmful things. A person who eats such food can get an illness called food poisoning . Food poisoning is usually not serious, but some types are deadly. The symptoms of food poisoning usually begin within hours of eating the poisoned food. Fever is one of the most common symptoms.
Cert... | high2641.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "She taught in small communities."
},
"options": [
"She was a taxi driver.",
"She used to be a hitchhiker.",
"She taught in small communities.",
"She seldom picked up strangers."
],
"question": "What can we learn... | She was returning from teaching out in a small community . It was a moonless night, and a heavy snow was falling.
She remembered back to when she had first started teaching out in small communities. In those days she had always picked up hitchhikers , until the day her sister told her of a friend who had been shot ... | high10306.txt |
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