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"answer_text": "\"I must drink some alcohol to stop myself feeling shy. \""
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"\"I must drink some alcohol to stop myself feeling shy. \"",
"\" It's safe to do what many people are doing. \"",
"\"There are so many of us and not... | What is the relationship between violence and sports? Psychologists say that there are many reasons for violence at sports events. One is alcohol. Many fans drink a lot at games. When people drink, they are more likely to do abnormal things. Psychologist Dennis Brock says, "Quiet people become loud. Normally nonviolent... | high11556.txt |
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"answer_text": "Category 2 hurricane."
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"options": [
"Tropical wave.",
"Tropical storm.",
"Category 1 hurricane.",
"Category 2 hurricane."
],
"question": "According to the passage, which of the following wind forms is the str... | Hurricane Sandy was a hurricane that destroyed parts of the Caribbean and the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States during late October 2012, with minor impacts in the Southeastern and Midwestern states and Eastern Canada. Sandy, classified as the eighteenth named storm and tenth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hu... | high16239.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "integrating the various means of media."
},
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"diversification of the communication systems.",
".separating entertainment and communication.",
"integrating the various means of media.",
"straightforward trans... | In promising to fuse media as diverse as television, telephone communication, video games, music and data transmission, the era of digital convergence goes better than yesterday's celebrated "information superhighway." Yet achieving this single technology is far from straightforward. There are currently three major tel... | high21495.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "experience earthquakes and volcanoes"
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"options": [
"are outside the Ring of Fire",
"never experience natural disasters",
"experience earthquakes only",
"experience earthquakes and volcanoes"
],
"question": "M... | The Ring of Fire covers 4,000 km around the edge of the Pacific Ocean.It includes the countries of Japan,Indonesia and the Philippines.More earthquakes and volcanoes occur in this area than anywhere else in the world.The name Ring of Fire refers to areas below the earth's surface.These areas move suddenly and often cau... | high17127.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Workforce was in great need."
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"options": [
"They were taken to serve the war.",
"They had their equal right at that time.",
"Workforce was in great need.",
"They had better productivities."
],
"question": "Wh... | 1During the First World War, some Americans indirectly benefited because of the war. With two million white men fighting in Europe and no new immigrants entering the country, many jobs in the United States became available to blacks and women for the first time.
2Both groups proved their ability to do any kind of job. ... | high5460.txt |
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"answer_text": "Some people from GenevaUniversitytook part in the study"
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"Swissinfo is a name of a Swiss university",
"Meyer is from the London NHS Trust",
"Some people from GenevaUniversitytook part in the study",
"Pro... | People taking the stairs instead of lifts at work can expect to live longer, according to a Swiss study .
Regularly walking from floor to floor in an office building decreased death risk by 15 percent, said Dr. Philippe Meyer, the main author of the study, which was done at the University Hospital of Geneva.
... | high18214.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the heavy traffic of the city"
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"options": [
"the high speed of the traffic",
"the heavy traffic of the city",
"the polluted air in the city",
"their safety in the city"
],
"question": "The tourists in Mexico ... | Mexico City is truly one of the most amazing cities in the world with a mixture of both the old and new world. From the moment your plane starts to land in this vast city, you know that your trip will be quite an adventure.
Once in your taxi and the moment you leave the airport, you are amazed at the large amount of sl... | high10648.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Listening to unpleasant music."
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"options": [
"Taking exercise.",
"Listening to unpleasant music.",
"Bursting into laughter.",
"Taking drugs like statins."
],
"question": "According to the passage, which of th... | Songs that make our hearts happy can make them stronger too, US researchers reported on Tuesday.
They found that when people listened to their favorite music, their blood vessels _ in much the same way as when they are laughing, or taking blood medications.
"We have a pretty impressive effect," said Dr Michael Mille... | high20947.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "there was no driver in it."
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"options": [
"it didn't move at all.",
"it moved very quickly.",
"there was no driver in it.",
"someone was pushing it."
],
"question": "After he entered the car, the man found _... | A man was on the side of the road hitchhiking on a very dark night in the middle of a terrible rainstorm, with no cars on the road.The storm was so strong that the man could hardly see a few feet ahead of him.Suddenly, he saw a car come towards him and stop.The man, without thinking about it, got in the car and closed ... | high3005.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Enjoyable."
},
"options": [
"Adventurous.",
"Enjoyable.",
"Stressful.",
"Exhausting."
],
"question": "Which word can best describe the first evening of their hunting trip?",
"question_type": "factiod_questio... | One day in January, my uncle, my cousin and I decided to go hunting.We left by car in the afternoon.It was a Range Rover with four-wheel drive.It took us three hours to get there.After we arrived at 5:15 p.m., we fixed the tent, then made coffee and had a short rest.After that, we went hunting, using a falcon .We spent... | high11542.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Life after retirement."
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"options": [
"Learning to paint in later life.",
"How to paint watercolor1s.",
"An artist-turned teacher.",
"Life after retirement."
],
"question": "What is the text mainly about?",
... | Since my retirement from teaching music in 2001, I have spent a good deal of time painting as an artist, I actually began drawing again in the summer of 1995 when my father died. so perhaps I was trying to recover from the loss of my father, or maybe it was just that it brought back memories of him. In any case, I drew... | high21481.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "by e-mail"
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"options": [
"by e-mail",
"by visiting websites",
"by searching the Internet",
"by using the computer"
],
"question": "The article introduces a new way of patient-doctor communication _ .",
... | Using the Internet , doctors "can answer more questions from more patients in a shorter time, " writes Dr Badal Pal, a famous doctor in Manchester, IJK.
According to Pal, nearly 40% of American patients say they have used e-mail to communicate with a doctor in the past. He notes however, that although patients have su... | high17133.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "You can get your payments through AlertPay."
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"options": [
"You'll earn $ 0.10 if you click 1 ad.",
"You'll get many green ticks if you have many websites open.",
"You can get your payments through AlertPay.",
"Your A... | Online Money Earning
Yes, you can earn money online without any investment or without any time limit. I have many useful easy methods for earning easy money while we all spend our useful time on the Internet by surfing, chatting, downloading and other work. There is no need to stop any other work. We can earn with or w... | high18200.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "South America"
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"options": [
"Europe",
"Asia",
"North America",
"South America"
],
"question": "According to the passage, the 2016 Olympics will be held in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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... | In 2016, athletes from around the world will compete for gold medals in the Summer Olympics. Even though the games are three years away, Brazil's residents already feel like winners.
The nation was named to host this important sporting event in October,2009. It will be the first Olympics held in South America.
The game... | high5474.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the cost of a new car was too much"
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"options": [
"most families chose to go car-free",
"he was hurt in a terrible car accident",
"the cost of a new car was too much",
"the traffic jam was unbearable for him"
],
... | I was desperately nervous about becoming car-free. But eight months ago our car was hit by a passing vehicle and it was destroyed. No problem, I thought: we'll buy another. But the insurance payout didn't even begin to cover the costs of buying a new car--I worked out that, with the loan we'd need plus petrol, insura... | high13355.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A crowd-scene actor."
},
"options": [
"A cameraman.",
"A film director.",
"A crowd-scene actor.",
"A workman for scene setting."
],
"question": "Who is the author?",
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"answe... | About twenty of us had been fortunate enough to receive invitations to a film-studio to take part in a crowd-scene. Although our "act" would last only for a short time, we could see quite a number of interesting things.
We all stood at the far end of the studio as workmen prepared the scene, setting up trees at the edg... | high386.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "China and the countries involved will benefit from the project in various ways"
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"China will get much-needed resources and develop its western regions",
"China and the countries involved will benefit from the project... | Imagine, one day,getting out of bed in Beijing and being at your office in Shanghai in only a couple of hours,and then,after a full day of work,going back home to Beijing and having dinner there.
Sounds unusual,doesn't it? But it's not that unrealistic,with the development of China's high-speed railway system.And that'... | high1612.txt |
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"answer_text": "They make change for no more than $5."
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"options": [
"They start selling tickets at 9:30 a. m.",
"They are connected to change machines.",
"They offer special service to the elderly.",
"They make change for no more th... | Metro Pocket Guide
Metrorail
Each passenger needs a farecard to enter and go out. Up to two children under ago five may travel free with a paying customer.
Farecard machine are in every station, Bring small bills because there are no change machines in the station and farecard machine only provide up to $ 5 in change.... | high7263.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Realize you can't change everything about yourself."
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"options": [
"Realize you can't change everything about yourself.",
"Change the way other people look at you.",
"Go to your doctor for advice on how to change your body.... | I'm fat. I'm too skinny. I'd be happy if I were taller, shorter, had curly hair, straight hair, a smaller nose, bigger muscles, longer legs. Do any of these statements sound familiar? Do you often put yourself down? If so, you're not alone. As a teen, you're going through a ton of changes in your body. And as your body... | high15724.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "three"
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"options": [
"two",
"three",
"four",
"five"
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"question": "Lydia Angiyou and _ children experienced the adventure.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
"answer_i... | "Wolf!"
Lydia Angiyou's five-year-old nephew Paulussie whispered with alarm as he touched her arm. At first, she didn't believe him.
Angiyou, Paulussie, her other nephew Lucassie, also five, and her youngest son Jessie, seven, were walking to her mother's house -- only two doors down from her own -- one night last Feb... | high22188.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "scientists have had different views on how humans' walking on two legs vame about"
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"scientists have no idea on how humans' walking on two legs came about",
"scientists have had different views on why chimps walk on ... | Why did humans evolve to walk upright? Perhaps because it's just plain easier. Make that "energetically less costly", scientifically speaking.
Bipedalism--walking on two feet, is one of the defining characteristics of being humans, and scientists have debated for years how it came about. In the latest attempt to find a... | high7505.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "expected to spend Christmas with her daughter"
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"options": [
"had been operated in the hospital twice",
"didn't remember her daughter at that time",
"preferred to live alone especially at Christmas",
"expected to spen... | I am a manager who is in charge of taking care of the elderly and many of my clients live out of state.
This year, a very sweet old lady that I care for, Alice, had gone through a particularly rough time. She had been in hospital twice. In November I was finally able to get her back to her "home" into an "assisted livi... | high8636.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because the company's sales are lower than expected."
},
"options": [
"Because many publishing houses follow this pattern.",
"Because the company's sales are lower than expected.",
"Because people don't show any interest in e... | The earth's best-known encyclopedia announced today that it would no longer publish print editions. Like so many newspapers and publishing houses, Encyclopedia Britannica is going completely digital.
Jorge Cauz is President of Encyclopedia Britannica.He says the company is now focusing on digital learning. "We're di... | high22836.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Medicine."
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"options": [
"Physics.",
"Geography.",
"Medicine.",
"Mathematics."
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"question": "What did Hawking's parents want him to study in the university?",
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... | Stephen Hawking knew what he wanted to do by the time he was eight years old. His parents lived in London where his father was researching medicine. He did not want to follow his father as his parents hoped. Mathematics was not available at University College, so he did physics instead. Stephen was interested in studyi... | high17655.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "What kind of face do you trust?"
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"options": [
"What kind of face do you trust?",
"Who did the experiments?",
"Why do you trust him or her?",
"Why did they do the experiments?"
],
"question": "Which of the fol... | WHEN there are some strangers in front of us, which of them will we trust?
According to a new study in the online PloS One (<<*>> ), people make their decisions to trust others largely based on their faces. Your appearance can do a lot for you, especially if you are in the financial industry. The more trustworthy you l... | high5312.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Michelle O. Donovan"
},
"options": [
"Bill Bosworth.",
"Michelle O. Donovan",
"Dr. Joseph L. Rose.",
"Gloria Coykendall.."
],
"question": "Who wrote the story about a little boy and a little mouse?",
"questi... | Joshua, Helmut, and Bethlehem
Michelle O. Donovan
ISBN 9781462058679
Life is not easy for nine-year-old Joshua during World War II. Because of his family's Jewish background, they are sent to live in the concentration camps . Scared and alone, Joshua one day makes friends with a little mouse he calls Bet... | high19678.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because it brought her memories of being with her mother."
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"options": [
"Because it was a really old and valuable clock.",
"Because it was the only thing that her mother had left her.",
"Because it brought her memories of ... | I have this old clock that belonged to my mom. My dad gave it to me years ago after mom passed away.
I have mixed feelings about having the clock. I love it because it was my mom's, but it also holds some bad memories.
You see, it chimes. It counts out the hour and rings once on the half hour. Or at least it used to. N... | high3763.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "describe a popular activity"
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"options": [
"describe a popular activity",
"encourage people to exercise",
"make fun of runners in costume",
"give reasons for the popularity of footraces"
],
"question": "The ma... | Footracing is a popular activity in the United States.It is not only seen as a competitive sport,but also as a way to exercise,and to donate money _ .Though serious runners may spend months training to compete,other runners and walkers might not train at a11.Those not competing to win might run in an effort to beat the... | high11224.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "$54"
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"$ 48",
"$54",
"$ 63",
"$ 51"
],
"question": "How much will a father and his two children (one is 9, the other is 15) spend if they buy the Guided House Tour tickets ahead of time?",
"qu... | Fallingwater is a house built over a waterfall in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Frank Lloyd Wright, America's most famous architect, designed the house in 1935. It instantly became famous, and today it is a National Historic Landmark.
Guided House Tour
This tour features all the major rooms of the house and lasts about on... | high19693.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "those who enjoy arts have better jobs and higher salaries"
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"those who enjoy arts have better jobs and higher salaries",
"those who don't enjoy arts have good jobs and high salaries",
"those who likes arts are ... | A recent British study examined the salaries and jobs of people who spent time enjoying the arts when growing up. They found those who enjoyed the arts from an early age had better jobs and higher salaries than those who didn't.
What's the link ?How could visiting a museum, enjoying a symphony ,or improving painting s... | high17866.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "America makes it an official day"
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"options": [
"many people celebrate the day",
"only America celebrates the day",
"America makes it an official day",
"all men are honored in America"
],
"question": "The Unit... | The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children. On the third Sunday in June, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special.
However, the idea for creating a day for children... | high2496.txt |
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"answer_text": "What you should do if your identity is stolen."
},
"options": [
"What you should do if your credit card is stolen.",
"What you should do if your identity is stolen.",
"What an imposter always does to make money.",
"What... | Maybe you never opened that account, but someone else did ----someone who used your name and personal information to commit fraud . When an imposter uses your name, your credit card number, or some other piece of your personal information for their own purpose -in short, when someone takes your personal information wit... | high20012.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "weighing the choice of opportunities"
},
"options": [
"making more money",
"taking more opportunities",
"reducing missed opportunities",
"weighing the choice of opportunities"
],
"question": "According to the pa... | However wealthy we may be, we can never find enough hours in the day to do everything we want. Economics deals with this problem through the concept of opportunity cost, which simply refers to whether someone's time or money could be better spent on something else.
Every hour of our time has a value. For every hour we ... | high6828.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "vegetarians"
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"options": [
"vegans",
"vegetarians",
"fruitarians",
"researchers"
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"question": "A lot of _ choose to give up meat because they believe it is cruel to kill animals for food.",
"question... | Most Chinese people don't understand why some westerners don't eat meat. In China, to eat meat is a sign of wealth. If a westerner doesn't take a bite of their Peking duck, there is something wrong.
But many people in Europe and America choose not to eat meat or fish -- they are known as vegetarians. In the US alone t... | high22605.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "accepted by many people in the world"
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"options": [
"popular all over the world",
"accepted by many people in the world",
"valuable to businessmen",
"dangerous to common people"
],
"question": "It can be infer... | There are over one million superstitions ,and most people believe at least one or two of them. Many people are superstitious about numbers. They think that there are lucky numbers and unlucky numbers. The number 13 is often considered unlucky.
In some parts of the world, buildings have no 13th floor and streets have no... | high22163.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "She hoped those things would bring happiness to her father."
},
"options": [
"She didn't want to keep the things in the bag.",
"She hoped those things would bring happiness to her father.",
"She wanted to remind her father of... | It was Molly's job to hand her father his brown paper lunch bag each morning before he headed off to work.
One morning, in addition to his usual lunch bag, Molly handed him a second paper bag. This one was worn and held together with staples .
"Why two bags?" her father asked. "The other is something else," Molly an... | high1821.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "sugar-sweetened soft drinks"
},
"options": [
"high-salt foods",
"sugar-sweetened soft drinks",
"high blood pressure",
"strokes and heart attacks"
],
"question": "According to the passage, obesity is directly lin... | "Children who eat less salt and drink fewer sugar-sweetened soft drinks may significantly lower their risks of obesity," researchers recently reported in the journal Hypertension.
"Sugar-sweetened soft drinks are a significant source of calorie intake in children," said Feng J. He, a researcher at St George's Universit... | high7288.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "had often stayed in a small inn"
},
"options": [
"had often stayed in a big hotel in New Jersey",
"had traveled to many places",
"had often stayed in a small inn",
"had made a lot of money"
],
"question": "Mr an... | Mr and Mrs Smith had always spent their summer holidays in New Jersey in the past, staying in a small inn at the foot of a hill. One year, however, Mr. Smith made a lot of money in his business, so they decided to go to London and stay at a really good hotel while they went touring around that famous city.
They flew t... | high15917.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "ResQMe."
},
"options": [
"Swiss Tech UKCSB1.",
"Gerber 2241770 Artifact.",
"ResQMe.",
"LaCie iamaKey v2."
],
"question": "Which of the following products has the biggest size?",
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... | Gerber 2241770 Artifact Pocket Keychain Tool
Product Dimensions:2.1x0.8x0.1 inches
ASIN:B001349MD8
Item Model Number:2241770
Discount Price:$9.90(you save 33%)
Product Description:At just 3.5 inches closed,the Artifact is a little larger than a cigarette lighter,but Gerber still has eight different functions.With a fla... | high6196.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Content is better than riches."
},
"options": [
"All good things come to an end.",
"The early bird catches the worm.",
"Content is better than riches.",
"All bad luck goes away."
],
"question": "Which of the fol... | Long ago, near the village of Hedley, there lived a strange and playful trickster , known as the Hedley Kow. Sometimes it looked like an ordinary object. Sometimes it looked like a donkey or a goat.
One evening, as an old woman went along the path, she saw an old iron pot lying in the ditch. "Fancy that," she sai... | high20774.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "natural light"
},
"options": [
"the weather",
"streetlights",
"headlights",
"natural light"
],
"question": "According to the text, the Blink/Steady Bike Light is sensitive to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_... | Bicycle lights may not exactly be a problem that needs solving, but the following can be said about most of them ---- they're easily stolen if left on an unattended bike. People riding at dusk can forget to turn them on, and those same people can forget to turn them off when they reach their destination. Well, the make... | high4959.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Green Shopping Principles"
},
"options": [
"Protection of the Planet",
"Green Shopping Principles",
"Environmentally Friendly Products",
"Resource Conservation"
],
"question": "What could be the best title for t... | Shopping green can make an important contribution to protecting the planet and conserving its resources.
Today's consumer faces a wider range of choices than ever before, Add to that the steady stream of sales campaigns, and shopping smart only gets harder. To buy economically and reduce waste, safeguard health and pro... | high4781.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Skiing and skating"
},
"options": [
"Soccer and golf",
"Skiing and skating",
"Cycling and hockey",
"Mountaineering"
],
"question": "What movements are popular among people in winter in the passage?",
"questi... | Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling, swimming or in winter, skating or skiing. It may be a game of some forms - football, basketball, hockey, golf of tennis. It may be mountaineering.
Those who have a _ for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked up with as... | high20760.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because he refused to return the books that he had borrowed."
},
"options": [
"Because the book publisher persuaded the police to do so.",
"Because he stole 700 children's books from the five different libraries.",
"Because h... | A man accused of failing to return more than 700 children's books to five different libraries in the county was released from prison after a book publisher agreed to post his bond of $1,000.The publisher said."There's a story here.This is a man who loves books.He just can't let go of them.He hasn't stolen a single book... | high1835.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "aims to encourage people to read to their children"
},
"options": [
"is a daily show",
"is an adults' show",
"aims to encourage people to read to their children",
"is a popular show"
],
"question": "We can know ... | Three quarters of Britain's parents are too busy to read bedtime stories to their children,according to a study. The study was carried out by CITV to start their new children's show Bookaboo,which is designed to encourage anyone to pick up a book and read with their children at any time of the day.
Worryingly,the study... | high22177.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "they are very difficult to catch"
},
"options": [
"they are very difficult to catch",
"they can become larger to threaten enemies away",
"they kill their younger companions as they grow up",
"they are deadly poisonous"
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"Riverhead Books",
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"... | Mini Book Excerpts
Biography
When Salinger learned that a car park was to be built on the land, the middle-aged writer was shocked and quickly bought the neighboring area to protect it... The townspeople never forgot the rescue and came to help their most famous neighbor.
J. D. Salinger:A Life by Kenneth Slawenski
(R... | high23269.txt |
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},
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"stay in the same business",
"have a strong sense of creativity",
"save every possible penny"
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"his literary road was not easy",
"he became famous for his unusual style",
"his poetic style was copied by other poets"
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"Giant sunflowers"
],
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Whatever you hope to grow, knowing some gardening basics will give you a much better chance of success.
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Wearing earphones, using complex Net language and constantly text messaging friends, the Gen-90s following the Gen-80s begin to make their world debut .
Each generation or age group has its own symbols and lifestyle. Read on and judge for yourselves if you fit the Gen-90s group.
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"Because in the hospital there ar... | With hospitals and nursing homes tending to thousands of patients every year accidents can---and do ---happen. These incidents whether they are through carelessness or otherwise, can leave patients feeling powerless. That's not the case.
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"the Golden Gate Bridge",
"the Clifton Suspension Bridge"
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],
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"It can be used for develop new medicine.",
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"reduce the chances of rejection"
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"What is a Good Slogan."
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"the taxi driver didn't want his mood ruined",
"the driver of the black car didn't cause any damage to the taxi",
"the dr... | We were driving on the right road when, all of a sudden, a black car pulled out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver stepped on his brake, skidded , and missed the black car's back end by just inches! The driver of the black car, who almost caused a major accident, turned his head angrily and started... | high437.txt |
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"Europe is often a few years before trends in America",
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"community promoting socialization",
"special occasion in the market",
"downtown area with high buildings"
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"To describe what Jesse's sailing is like.",
"To describe what a sai... | Imagine yourself on a boat looking out at the horizon and all you can see is the water meeting the sky with no land in sight and you are sailing straight ahead to meet the world. Jesse Martin does not have to imagine: he is living in it.
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"Kat Kinsman.",
"Andre Spicer.",
"Cicely Simpson."
],
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"answer": {
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"there would be Easter baskets for children",
"there would be children's toys in the food basket",
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"Cane toads have evolved a lot in Australia.",
"Australian cane toads hit the road.",
"Worse environment forces toads to trav... | In jokes, the chicken only crosses the road. In Australia,cane toads use roads to travel.
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Cane toads were brought into... | high10853.txt |
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"More than 5 hours every day"
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"question_type": "cloz... | Sometimes teens need to have some time away from their families. They may want to move out of the family or home for a while.
Many parents will say no to this demand. But experts say it might be a good idea to let your teens live with a friend or a relative. "It was the break I needed at the time," said Richard Lerne... | high351.txt |
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"He regained his hearing.",
"He didn't enjoy the Father's Day party."
],
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Ever since he fell and got his skull broken on Father's Day,75-year-old Valderzak had suffered severe hearing loss. But after the 5.8 quake, he could hear everything.
Valderzak was chatting with his daughter and three sons when the qu... | high23241.txt |
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"answer": {
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Pay attention in class
Do you have trouble paying attention in class? Are you sitting next to a loud person? Tell your teacher or parents about any problem that is preventing you from paying attention.
Take good notes
Write down facts that your teacher mentions or writes on the bo... | high1809.txt |
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},
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"To teach the girls what to do when caught in fire.",
"To provide the girls with a... | This is not a typical summer camp. Michelle Pawlaw and eight other teenage girls are participating in the three--day camp offered by the Arlington County Fire Department located just outside Washington. Firefighter Clare Burley is in charge of the program,who said the purpose is to try to get young women interested in ... | high8193.txt |
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Our first stop was for a specialty called a "Balboa Bar". It is a famous chocolate covered ice cream o... | high12088.txt |
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},
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"Jerry picked up French during his stay in Paris.",
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There... | high23255.txt |
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"The anchor threads.",
"The radius."
],
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"They come to stay every year.",
"They help develop the town's tourism.",
"They give a name to Pacific Grove."
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One of the last West Coast homes of the Monarch butterfly,a type of insect ,may soon disappear.Strangely,it is in a town that calls itself Butterfly U.S.A,Pacific Grove, California.
The town of Pacific Grove loves the butterflies.Every year they have a parade and hundreds of children dress up as... | high21442.txt |
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"to hurt nobody emotionally",
"to react to those who bother you",
"to prevent one from disturbing others"
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"The difference between humans and birds.",
"Ways for experts to train birds."
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Irene Pepperberg, a birds expert, did research about a grey parrot ... | high16588.txt |
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"some special-education teachers"
],
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Well before classes start,students and teachers order Lattes,Cappuccinos and Hot Chocolates.Then,during the first period,teachers call in orde... | high19863.txt |
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"answer": {
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"In a polite way.",
"In an impatient way.",
"In a painful way."
],
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"answer": {
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"a piece of news",
"a speech to students",
"a letter to friends."
],
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"students do well in their important courses",
"they help students find jobs",
"they help students to be independent"
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},
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"It is a research about music.",
"It is a kind of musical effect on diseases.",
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"answer": {
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},
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"By showing what ordinary people have collected.",
"By correcting what museums normally represent.",
"By accumulati... | You are the collector in the gallery of your life. You collect. You might not mean to but you do. One out of three people collects tangible things such as cats, photos and noisy toys.
There are among some 40 collections that are being shown at "The Museum Of"--the first of several new museums which, over the next two y... | high6800.txt |
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"the right to choose their professors",
"the right to choose their degree",
"the right to choose their courses"
],
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A... | high15081.txt |
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"answer": {
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"Six",
"Eight",
"Nine"
],
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},
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"answer": {
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The Imitation Game
This historical thriller is about Br... | high10846.txt |
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"He has made a lot of notes in his book.",
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The thing is this:when I do set out to clean and re-organize my books,which seldom happens,I place myself into a really bad situation.No sooner do I take a title from... | high21443.txt |
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},
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"The ant stopped the newcomer from moving ahead and forced the newcomer to wait there ... | Researchers believe that the insect is better at managing congestion than humans. Ants are the most many type of animal on earth with brains that contain about 250,000 cells ---- the largest among insects.
Now an intelligence expert Dr. Dirk Helbing says understanding more about ants could help solve one of the head... | high11580.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "has a not so smooth past"
},
"options": [
".has achieved worldwide fame",
"still has a long way to go",
"has a not so smooth past",
"is optimistic all the way"
],
"question": "The English saying is used at the b... | There is an English saying that goes,"he who laughs last,laughs the hardest."High School Musical star Zac Efron is laughing a lot these days.
As a young boy,Efron was _ in school because he was always the smallest in his class and teased because he had a big space between his teeth. In sixth grade,Efron's basketball te... | high20985.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "was interested in new things"
},
"options": [
"was interested in new things",
"was interested in exciting films",
"jumped high in the film",
"wasn't as enthusiastic as Julia for the film"
],
"question": "From th... | The group of people introduced themselves to me and my German classmate Julia. They were from a production company, currently in the process of filming a movie based in DuAn, a rural area a few hours north of Nanning. They tried to explain the plot of the film, but neither mine nor Julia's Chinese was good enough to fu... | high23254.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the scene showed a mother's deep love for her children"
},
"options": [
"she watched the scene with her daughter",
"the scene was very exciting and interesting",
"the scene taught her and her daughter a good lesson",
"t... | My 17-year-old daughter went off to college and having her away from home brought back memories of watchingPeter Pan when she was little. In the classic TV production, one scene in particular impressed me: when Mrs Darling puts her children into bed. As she turns off the last of the night lights, she takes one last loo... | high344.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "was poor in his studies"
},
"options": [
"was not quick in learning to talk",
"studied very hard",
"was poor in his studies",
"hardly lagged behind"
],
"question": "When Einstein was a pupil of twelve, he _ ... | Einstein was born in 1879 in Germany. As a child, he was slow to learn to talk. As a pupil, he was backward. But when he was fourteen years old, he became clever. He taught himself maths from textbooks. He studied hard because he wanted to be a physicist.
In 1901, Einstein began teaching. In 1902 he continued his studi... | high12089.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Our DNA plays a decisive role, in achieving success."
},
"options": [
"Our DNA is the only factor to decide our traits.",
"Our DNA plays a decisive role, in achieving success.",
"Education plays little part in the formation o... | Research shows that much of our predisposition towards determination, sociability and self - control and sense of purpose is in our genes.In fact, our DNA plays a bigger role in influencing these traits ( characteristics)than our upbringing and the company we keep.Taken together, these aspects of personality can mak... | high1808.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He didn't think he could win the lottery."
},
"options": [
"He expected to win the lottery.",
"He was excited to wait for the money.",
"He didn't think he could win the lottery.",
"He regretted spending money for a lott... | A few years ago,my friend Al won the lottery. It changed his life. He did not have a rich family. He was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Instead,my friend was always hard up for cash. He did not have much money. And the money he did earn was chicken feed -- very little.
Sometimes Al even had to accept handou... | high8192.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "American children begin to learn how to manage money when very young."
},
"options": [
"Most of the rich people in America give children much pocket money.",
"American children usually have their bank accounts until they are eight.... | American parents usually think that their child should not have more pocket money than the children with whom he regularly connects, even if they are wealthier.But neither are children expected to compare with the richer if a large family, heavy responsibilities, or other conditions make it necessary to give a child le... | high15080.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "too many visitors"
},
"options": [
"climate change",
"too many visitors",
"disease",
"human activities"
],
"question": "The lion population is falling in Kenya for the following reasons EXCEPT _ .",
"ques... | Kenya is losing an average of 100 of its 2,000 lions each year because of growing human settlements, increasing farming, climate change and diseases, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).
"Lions have a special place in Kenyans' life," said Paul Udoto, a spokesman for the organization. "Other than being the sy... | high422.txt |
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