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"answer_text": "The importance of teamwork among teammates."
},
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"The stories of three famous basketball superstars.",
"A famous basketball team named the Boston Celtics.",
"The importance of teamwork among teammates.",
"Ma... | When an NBA player is young he thinks he can win the championship by himself. It is only later when he has aged and been through many battles that he learns an important lesson: there is no "I " in "team".
There is no better example of the value of teamwork than the Boston Celtics. Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garn... | high3206.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "really has no signal"
},
"options": [
"really has no signal",
"can't get the text",
"has a battery failure",
"answers the call"
],
"question": "Whether the person being called has pushed the \"ignore\" button or... | Britain's most popular lie has been disclosed, with one in four people admitting using "Sorry I had no signal" when returning a missed mobile phone call, a survey found.
Researchers found the average Briton tells on average four lies every day or almost 1500 every year. Almost one in six men admitted they were most li... | high21682.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because he didn't put his heart into study."
},
"options": [
"Because the teachers didn't treat him well enough.",
"Because the subjects were becoming more difficult.",
"Because he hated the life in the new school.",
"B... | Five years ago, I was sent to a better middle school. For me, everything there was new and strange. After I had been there for two months, there was an important test in the middle of the term. It covered all my courses. In that test, I didn't get a good grade, but most of my classmates got an A.
It made me upset for a... | high4569.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "family background"
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"options": [
"family background",
"age group",
"personality",
"popularity"
],
"question": "The children in the two programs are different in_.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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... | In a nation with a one-child family planning policy, it's understandable for parents to worry over whether they are petting their children. Are the children truly as fragile as sometimes made out to be?
The concern has been brought into focus with the popularity of a hit reality TV series, Hunan TV's Dad! Where Are We ... | high17330.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "introduce"
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"options": [
"comment",
"persuade",
"introduce",
"scold"
],
"question": "The passage is written mainly to _ .",
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"answer": {
"answer_inde... | Over the years, Americans have become used to salt. Most people have no idea how much salt they consume --on average, about 9 to 12 gram per person per day, according to the American Heart Association. That's twice the amount recommended by the government.
A new study last week showed eating even a little less salt co... | high18003.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Her mother."
},
"options": [
"Her mother.",
"Her father.",
"Sabina herself",
"An unknown tourist."
],
"question": "Who came up with the idea of having a father-daughter trip when Sabina was 3 years old?",
"q... | Photography has been my interest ever since I was old enough to pick up a camera, but today I want to share with you the 15 most treasured photos of mine, and I didn't take any of them. There were no art directors, no stylists, no chance for reshoots, not even any regard for lighting. In fact, most of them were taken b... | high11999.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "She was strong-willed and considerate."
},
"options": [
"Her husband was cured of his cancer.",
"She was strong-willed and considerate.",
"She was in despair and pretended to forget what she said.",
"Her daughter comple... | She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart.She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful brown haired, freckle-faced image of innocence.Outside, it was pouring so heavily.
We all stood there just inside the door of the Wal-Mart.We waited, some patiently, others annoyed because nature messed up their hurried day.I ... | high2118.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "you lack humor"
},
"options": [
"you are humorous",
"you are blue",
"you lack humor",
"you are funny"
],
"question": "If you've ever been told to \"lighten up\" or \"chill out\", it means _ .",
"question_... | Nobody likes an old poop . Developing a sense of humor is part of becoming a mature, emotionally healthy individual. Laughter is good for the soul, builds friendships and relieves stress. It serves as the glue for social situations and as an ice-breaker for sadness and boredom. If you've ever been told to "lighten up" ... | high13156.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "has little sense about where he is"
},
"options": [
"finds himself in a different world",
"finds his brain apart from his body",
"finds himself in Hong Kong the following morning",
"has little sense about where he is"
... | Air travel is such an everyday experience these days that we are not surprised when we read about a politician having talks with the Japanese Prime Minister one day, attending a meeting in Australia the following morning and having to be off at midday to sign a trade agreement in Hong Kong. But frequent long-distance f... | high185.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Europe, the US and Australia."
},
"options": [
"The US, Australia and Russia.",
"Japan, Britain and China.",
"China, Russia and Japan.",
"Europe, the US and Australia."
],
"question": "Which areas are involved i... | Regularly staying late at the office significantly increases the risk of having a stroke or heart attack, researchers have found, working just an hour extra each day pushes up stroke risk by 10 per cent, according to a huge review of working patterns. And people who work an extra three hours a day--or 55 hours a week--... | high14639.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "offers price advantages to users"
},
"options": [
"offers price advantages to users",
"requires little usage fees",
"is more efficient than traditional banking",
"is environmentally-conscious"
],
"question": "Ac... | The Internet began in the 1960s as a small network of academic and government computers primarily involved in research for the prefix = st1 /U.S.army. Originally limited to researchers at a handful of universities and government departments, the Internet has quickly become a worldwide network providing users with infor... | high23095.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Climate change."
},
"options": [
"Aliens.",
"The human race.",
"Climate change.",
"A killer disease."
],
"question": "What led to the end of the world according to the film 2012?",
"question_type": "factiod_... | It's not the first movie to show the end of the world. But in the latest box office hit 2012 it is neither aliens nor a killer disease that threaten the human race, but climate change.
Some say the film lacks good dialogue and its science is questionable, others believe German director Roland Emmerich makes up for thes... | high15527.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "its disadvantages"
},
"options": [
"its disadvantages",
"its characteristics.",
"its uses",
"its growing environment"
],
"question": "Which of the following about lavender does the text NOT mention?",
"quest... | Lavender is a beautiful yet tough plant that grows in heat and dust. It has narrow, hairy leaves and a plentiful supply of oils to protect it from drying out. It has been cherished by all cultures alike, not only for its fine smell but also its valuable medicinal properties , since 3000 B.C.
Lavenders are a small p... | high8353.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "destroyed American dream of that time"
},
"options": [
"informed readers of American value",
"destroyed American dream of that time",
"described the life of American upper class",
"had complicated relationships of the r... | The Great Gatsby was not well received when it was published in 1926. F. Scott Fitzgerald appeared to destroy the American Dream, where in anyone, with enough hard work, could get rich and have whatever they wanted from life. He exposed the truth about such myths in this classic book. Basically, the plot could be descr... | high12248.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "at a post office"
},
"options": [
"on the website",
"at an Oyster Ticket stop",
"at a post office",
"at a Tube station"
],
"question": "You can get an Oyster card at the following places EXCEPT _ .",
"que... | Oyster
What is an Oyster card?
Oyster is the easiest way to pay for journeys on the bus,Tube,tram,Docklands Light Railway (DLR), London Overground and National Rail journeys in London You can store your travel cards, Bus & Tram Pass, season tickets and credit to pay for journeys as you go.
Where to get an Oyster card?
... | high13142.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "They can't easily enjoy the fun."
},
"options": [
"There is no equipment for them.",
"They can't interact with each other.",
"They can't easily enjoy the fun.",
"They have to watch their kids."
],
"question": "W... | Going to the park with your family is a time-honored tradition during the warmer months whether you live in the city or in a rural area. The most common thing for kids to do at the park is to play on the playground equipment. This is great for kids. For parents, however, playground time is something not quite as exciti... | high191.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "strengthen the US-Japan military alliance"
},
"options": [
"show Japan's greater,military capability",
"strengthen the US-Japan military alliance",
"get rid of the dated marine weapon",
"set up a kind of base in Japan"
... | Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are considered one of the most important marine weapons in the 20th century. So far, only two countries in the world--the prefix = st1 /USAandFrance--have ever produced them. But these frightful fighting machines are about to enter Asia.
The US Navy said last month that one of its ni... | high23081.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "they are both suitable for a family vacation"
},
"options": [
"they are both suitable for a family vacation",
"they both take place in the city",
"they both allow people to have brunch",
"they both provide water rides"
... | Dude Ranch
If you have little cowboys and cowgirls at home, thrill them by visiting a dude ranch on your next vacation. Your children can learn about nature, enjoy horseback riding, and gain an entirely new perspective. You can choose between programs that have you spending quality time with your kids, and programs t... | high9059.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "are more willing to try cooking all kinds of new foods"
},
"options": [
"cook less at home than the French every day",
"no longer eat roast beef and over-cooked vegetables",
"are more willing to try cooking all kinds of new f... | Over the centuries the French have lost a number of famous battles with the British. However, they've always felt superior in the kitchen. France has for centuries had a reputation for cooking excellence, and Britain for some of the worst cooking in the world. But according to a recent survey, _
In the survey, 71% of ... | high8347.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "unimportant player"
},
"options": [
"member of the audience",
"unimportant player",
"team captain",
"fan of a sports star"
],
"question": "In the World Cup in 2003, Han Duan was a(n) _ .",
"question_typ... | When Han Duan started her professional career at 16, China's national women's football team was defeated in the final of the World Cup by the US. While she was asked to play in her first World Cup in 2003, she largely remained on the bench after the first match.
But things have changed. Now, Han is one of the most impo... | high15533.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Mona Lisa is typical of Renaissance painting."
},
"options": [
"Mona Lisa is typical of Renaissance painting.",
"Mona Lisa is painted by a Canadian.",
"Light space in the background is used in Mona Lisa.",
"All the abov... | The Louvre Museum is one of the largest, oldest, most important and famous museum in the world. It is famous for holding several of the world's most valuable works of art. Its collections' number is over 380,000 objects, though not one of the world's largest collections, arguably one of the finest. The art treasures of... | high3212.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "carelessness"
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"options": [
"laziness",
"carelessness",
"unhappiness",
"poor-quality glasses"
],
"question": "The daughter thought her mother didn't clean the kitchen sink well because of her_.",
"question... | Has anyone noticed how, with the passage of time, one's relationship with one's grown-up daughters and sons becomes changed? I've been aware of this for some time but I'm not quite sure how to deal with it.
Take the kitchen sink for example.
Following a family get-together at my place, I walked into the kitchen to find... | high11755.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Public bookshelves spread across Germany."
},
"options": [
"Germans like reading outside.",
"Everyone has a chance to read in Germany.",
"Public bookshelves spread across Germany.",
"Germany is the first country to have... | Take a book, leave a book. Public bookshelves are appearing across Germany on street corners, city squares and supermarkets.
In these free-for-all libraries, people can take whatever they want to read, and leave behind anything they want for others. There is no need to register , no exact date to return books and you c... | high21696.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "children would not like to stop playing Game Boy once they start"
},
"options": [
"video games are designed only for boys",
"girls are usually not interested in video games",
"both Anthony and Michaely are good at playing Pla... | Left unfettered , Anthony Konieczka, 9 years old, would happily play his Game Boy Advance or PlayStation 2 from the minute he gets up to the moment he goes to bed, 14 bleary-eyed hours later.
Anthony's box is stocked with traditional toys--board games, puzzles, art supplies--and as far as he is concerned, they are r... | high19309.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "About 2,762."
},
"options": [
"About 3,033.",
"About 2,762.",
"About 4,007.",
"About 3,434."
],
"question": "According to the survey,how many respondents think that one should behave in a very determined way to ... | According to a joint survey by the Social Investigation Center of China Youth Daily and the news center of Tencent.com,76.9% of the 5,21l respondents ,all being youths in their 20s, believe the society needs chutouniao("leading birds")who dare to take risks to show their worth,although,as the Chinese, saying goes, "The... | high17324.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Early summer."
},
"options": [
"Early spring.",
"Early autumn.",
"Early summer.",
"Early winter."
],
"question": "What time of the year do the people in the passage pick strawberries?",
"question_type": null... | It is a beautiful day in June. The sun is hot. It's time to harvest strawberries ,and the strawberry fields are full of people. These people are picking strawberry. They are not farmers, and they are picking fruit for fun. They can buy strawberries in a supermarket but it is cheaper to pick their own fruit. Strawberri... | high20588.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Students have the same right as staff in voting."
},
"options": [
"Students have the same right as staff in voting.",
"There are as many students as staff members.",
"The students are of the same age.",
"All staff membe... | Imagine a school where there are no academic requirements,no curriculum,and no tests.Children have total contro1 of their education and are free to do what they want all day,every day.Sudbury Valley School in Framingham,Massachusetts has been operating this way since 1968.More than 30 schools worldwide have imitated th... | high18017.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "got better grades than men"
},
"options": [
"did worse than men both at school and at university",
"got better grades than men",
"paid little attention to their courses",
"often missed classes"
],
"question": "T... | Women work harder than men at university and get better degrees as a result, according to a study at Brunel University.
The research, which followed 200 students for four years, found that women consistently outperformed men in their studies even though they had started their courses with almost identical A-level grade... | high5663.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "introduce a new type of IP technology---VOIP."
},
"options": [
"ask readers to buy the new type of production.",
"tell us how fast the modern technology is developing.",
"introduce a new type of IP technology---VOIP.",
... | VOIP stands for Voice Over Internet Protocol. It is also referred to as IP Telephony. It is another way of making phone calls, though the 'phone' part is not always present any more, as you can communicate without a telephone set. VOIP is especially popular with long distance calls. The main reason for which people are... | high16984.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "in two shakes of a lamb' s tail"
},
"options": [
"in seventh heaven",
"on cloud nine",
"at sixes and sevens",
"in two shakes of a lamb' s tail"
],
"question": "If you solve a problem without any difficulty , you... | Some problems are difficult to solve.But there are a lot of number expressions that can help.For example, if we put two and two together , we might com e up with the right answer.We know that two heads are better than one.It is always better to workwith another person to solve a problem.Some problems have only one solu... | high18771.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "expect so"
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"options": [
"keep silent",
"give up",
"expect so",
"be afraid"
],
"question": "By saying \"don't hold your breath\", the author advised the reader not to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_quest... | Still waiting for little green men to make contact? _ .
A leading astronomer has concluded there probably aren't any aliens out there - meaning we are absolutely alone in the universe.
Even though there may be tens of thousands of other distant planets similar in size to Earth, the conditions on them are likely to be t... | high3574.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "UCAS may approve the young student's application for Liberal Arts courses."
},
"options": [
"Applying for a university is the hardest thing even in the best times.",
"The young student will probably start to raise an owl for the ne... | Getting into university is hard enough at the best of times--but when your chosen institution is a work of fiction you're really up against. And that's why this young joker's Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) application to Hogwarts University was unsuccessful.
But the admissions services' response to... | high11033.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "is examined by a series of standards"
},
"options": [
"means the color of food is green",
"mainly refers to green vegetables",
"doesn't need to be fertilized",
"is examined by a series of standards"
],
"question... | What is green food? Do you enjoy green food every day? The concept of "green food" was first suggested by the Department of the Ministry of Agriculture in 1990.
Green symbolizes life, health and energy. Nowadays, people demand healthy and fresh food. Having enough food to eat is only a basic requirement, and they need ... | high7712.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Handwriting Reader"
},
"options": [
"Police Science",
"Friends of Police",
"Handwriting Reader",
"Art of Handwriting"
],
"question": "The best title for the text would be _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | Michele Langlois is a young Canadian who works for the police as a handwriting expert. She has helped catch many criminals by using her special skill.
When she was only fourteen, Michel was already so interested in the differences in her school friends' handwriting that she would spend hours studying them. After finish... | high24088.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "She sang for religious activities."
},
"options": [
"She studied at a music school.",
"She sang for religious activities.",
"She sang at Town Hall in New York.",
"She studied voice in Europe."
],
"question": "Ac... | In the early part of the twentieth century, racism was widespread in the United States. Many African Americans were not given equal opportunities in education or employment. Marian Anderson (1897-1993) was an African American woman who gained fame as a concert singer in this climate of racism. She was born in Philadelp... | high1363.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He played the violin to make some money."
},
"options": [
"He played the violin to make some money.",
"He waited for the train to Vienna. zxxk",
"He came to buy a train ticket to Vienna.",
"He walked around the New York... | On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the New York railway station, playing his violin. The music was so great that many people stopped to put some money into the hat of the young man.
The next day, the young artist came to the same place, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. Different from t... | high2642.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Simple."
},
"options": [
"Simple.",
"Boring.",
"Magic.",
"Skillful."
],
"question": "Which of the following would be used to describe Alcott's book?",
"question_type": null
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"answer": {
"an... | "I don't want to write a story about girls!I don't know anything about girls."Louisa May Alcott told her publisher,Mr Niles.But she was desperate for money.She seemed to be the only one in her family who could make some money.Niles had asked her to write something she knew,instead of the romantic adventure stories she ... | high18759.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "They shared the same interest."
},
"options": [
"They helped each other.",
"They felt pity for each other.",
"They shared the same interest.",
"They had to depend on each other."
],
"question": "Why did Roman an... | Empathy is a quality that is essential to most people's lives and yet the modern world makes it easy to lose sight of the feelings of others. But almost everyone can learn to develop this crucial personality trait , says Roman Krznaric. Roman Krznaric used to regularly walk past a homeless man around the corner from w... | high19447.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The elderly are in greater danger of tumor growth."
},
"options": [
"It is believed to contribute to long life.",
"It is part of their health care package.",
"The elderly are more sensitive about their health.",
"The el... | Our risk of cancer rises dramatically as we age. So it makes sense that the elderly should be routinely screened for new tumors -- or doesn't it?
While such vigilant tracking of cancer is a good thing in general, researchers are increasingly questioning whether all of this testing is necessary for the elderly. With the... | high4233.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Waste Disposal Problem"
},
"options": [
"Places for Disposing Waste",
"Waste Disposal Problem",
"Ways of Getting Rid of Waste",
"Waste Pollution Dangers"
],
"question": "The most suitable title for this passage ... | How to deal with waste has been a problem since humans started producing it. As more and more people choose to live close together in cities, the waste-disposal problem becomes increasingly difficult.
During the eighteenth century, it was usual for several neighboring towns to get together to select a faraway spot as a... | high18981.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "avoid doing wrong things"
},
"options": [
"work harder",
"do the wrong things more rapidly",
"avoid doing wrong things",
"get nowhere faster"
],
"question": "With a plan of action, you can _ .",
"question... | In my thirty years as a time management speaker, I have observed a lot of what we can not and should not do to increase our daily results. Time management is not necessarily working harder, but rather smarter.
A lot of our time management has to do more with what we are not doing rather than what we are doing. Someti... | high12512.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "social problems"
},
"options": [
"popular science",
"historical events",
"social problems",
"political systems"
],
"question": "The text is most likely to be found in a book about _ .",
"question_type": "c... | Combining families with kids can be tough and offers even more unexpected problems. You just don't know how things will shake out until everyone is under one roof, trying on new roles with name that start with "step". This is what happened to Sheila and Will, and Sheila's 8-year-old daughter Ashley. After the couple go... | high807.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "England"
},
"options": [
"America",
"France",
"England",
"China"
],
"question": "Where was the writer from? _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
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... | When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn't the first time I had been abroad. Like most English children, I learnt French at school and I had often been to France, so I was used to speaking a foreign language to people who didn't understand English. But when I went to America I was re... | high8409.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the nearest doctor is sometimes very far away from them"
},
"options": [
"there are few doctors there",
"the nearest doctor is sometimes very far away from them",
"there is always heavy traffic on the road",
"they don't... | Most people go to a doctor in their own town or suburb . But people in the Australian _ can't get to a doctor quickly. The nearest doctor is sometimes hundreds of kilometers away so they have to call him on a two-way radio. This special doctor is called the "flying doctor". He visits sick people by plane.
When someon... | high9717.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The middle age and the older."
},
"options": [
"The young.",
"The middle age and the older.",
"The man.",
"The woman."
],
"question": "Who will fail cancer from the study of the researchers?",
"question_type... | There are various reasons why cancers appear to be on the increase. For one thing, though their sufferers are to be found in all age groups, cancers are particularly likely to attack persons in their middle and advanced years. Naturally, since people live longer these years, there are more cancer sufferers than before.... | high14163.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He likes it"
},
"options": [
"He thinks it puzzling",
"He likes it",
"He is interested in it",
"He doesn't accept it as part of his life"
],
"question": "What is the author's attitude toward dreaming?",
"que... | Now and again I have had horrible dreams, but not enough of them to make me lose my delight in dreams. To begin with. I like the idea of dreaming, of going to bed and lying still and then, by some queer magic, wandering into another kind of existence. As a child, I could never understand why grown-ups took dreaming so ... | high47.txt |
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"He is wild and full of spirit.",
"He makes friends with everyone.",
"He only lets Else's father ride him."
],
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Where: Becket, Massachusetts
When: Jun.15---Aug.24
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],
"question": "From the case of Tina, we can know that _ .",
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},
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"by a marketing genius called Dick McDonald.",
"after the first World War."
],
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The first McDonald's restaurant was opened in San Bernardino, California, in 1948 by brothers Mac and ... | high4555.txt |
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"help someone treat a heart attack by himself",
"teach people how to stay in good state",
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Montreal French-language station CKMF--FM said last Wednesday that staffers Marcantoine Audet and Sebastien Tru... | high10463.txt |
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},
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"To give readers some advice about resisting buying unnecessary things.",
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"he likes the shops.",
"he likes to compare the prices between the same items.",
"he has nothing to do but shopping."
],
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"answer": {
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"accept things that make them different",
"do what they are really interested in",
"not do things which are difficult for them"
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"answer": {
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},
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"exchange the ink for some other items",
"look for his receipt",
"complain to the manager about a clerk"
],
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He put the ink into a plastic bag and tied it up. When he entered the store, he im... | high19335.txt |
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"constant fires in Greece have caused great life and wealth lose",
"Greece ... | Greece declared a national state of emergency on Saturday as scores of forest fires that have killed at least 46 people continued to burn out of control, leaving some villages trapped within walls of flames, cut off from firefighters.
Although most of the fires have been on the Peloponnesian Peninsula, some broke out o... | high16006.txt |
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"is where some old Pilgrims are still living.",
"presents the Pilgrims' life in the 1600s.",
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"Holiday Inn Express Universal City",
"Magic Castle Hotel"
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Outdoor swimming pool; rooms with two double beds (sleep 4); mini-fridges in rooms; on-site restaurants and 24-hour room service with children's menu and snack cafe; fee car parking; the hotel is walking distance to Universal Studios and City Walk with lots of restaurants.
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"is a relative of Mrs. Jones",
"works in the nursing home",
"is the owner of the nursing home"
],
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"you will have to give some money as a punishment",
"you can't have your letter posted",
"you can still have your letter posted"
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},
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"rugby is not very popular in America and Asia",
"rugby makes people enjoy sports better than soccer... | The Rugby World Cup is currently being held in New Zealand. The tournament, due to finish on October 23, is living up to the famous English saying, "Rugby is a thug's game played by gentlemen. "
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},
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"How to solve the p... | Three "Great Walls" built around the United States' Tornado Alley could reduce tornadoes from destroying billions of dollars in property and endangering millions of lives, a physicist has claimed.
Professor Rongjia Tao of Temple University, Philadelphia unveiled a proposal this week calling for the construction of thre... | high6356.txt |
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},
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"Never share fears with your parents.",
"Talk to your roommates about it.",
"Get along with your roommates."
],
"question": "What's th... | A popular student in her small high school, Katie started college, expecting to do well in her courses and be best friends with her roommates. But things didn't turn out that way. Psych 101, the course she thought would be a first-semester favorite, turned out to be a struggle.
Living away from home tends to be the tou... | high7048.txt |
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"answer": {
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"its long tradition",
"popular music",
"its scenery"
],
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},
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Look at a map of Britain, and the island on the left is Ireland. It's a small but beautiful country with a long tradition of folk music. Up until 10 years ago just about the only thing that Ireland was famous for was its specialty black beer.
Now Ireland is famous around the world for its music wi... | high12506.txt |
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"From her mother",
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"From radio programs"
],
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"we cannot see clearly",
"we wear glasses",
"we have to do much reading"
],
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People who are nearsighted can only see things that are very close to their eyes. Many people who do a lot of close work, such as writing and reading, become nearsighted. T... | high9703.txt |
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"answer": {
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"deepens with time",
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],
"question": "According to the author, true friendship _ .",
"question_type": "summ... | Speaking from my past experience, it is very difficult to find good friends that you can trust but once you have found them, they are worth keeping forever! Therefore, I think friendship is the most important relationship that anybody could have.
The qualities I look for in a friend are a good sense of humor but sensit... | high6430.txt |
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"Run.",
"walk"
],
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... | Have you ever had a doctor write you a prescription for three laps around a local trail ? How about a prescription for sit-ups?
These treatments may not be as typical as the drugs that are usually used to treat our problems, but maybe they should be: a new report shows that regular exercise can be just as effective as... | high10311.txt |
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},
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"they give him cool",
"they give him wood and other things",
"they help him to stop drought and floods"
],
"question": "Th... | Trees are useful to man in three important ways: they give him wood and other useful things, they give him cool places, and they help to stop drought and flood.
Unluckily, in many parts of the world, man has not found that the third of these points is the most important. Man wants to make money from trees, so he has cu... | high2656.txt |
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"answer": {
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"he was walking his dog",
"swimming in the pond",
"dragging his dog out from water"
],
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},
"options": [
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"Creatures aren't able to lives up to 120 years.",
"The dream of... | To live forever was the dream of many emperors in ancient China.People were ordered to call them Wansui,which means 10,000 years,but no human could live that long.How long can humans really live? According to the latest scientific discovery,humans are able to live up to the age of 120 or perhaps even longer.
Severa... | high16760.txt |
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"naturals and man-made materials",
"naturals and people's favorite",
"wood and materials with special smell"
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"options": [
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"Four.",
"Five.",
"Six."
],
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The academy praised the Chinese writer for what it called his "hallucinatoty realism ". It noted his ability to combine folk stories, history and modern events in his works.
An academy official said Mister ... | high3548.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "avoid being found they had only one ticket"
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"come up with a method of getting a ticket",
"hide from the five Englishmen",
"impress the five Englishmen"
]... | I have come across some really excellent examples of British humour in the form of jokes. Here is a very funny joke about how the English and the Scottish save on train fare.
Five Englishmen boarded a train just behind five Scots, who as a group had only bought one ticket. Just before the conductor came, all the Scots ... | high16827.txt |
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"answer": {
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"imaginative design",
"low cost",
"varied contents"
],
"question": "According to the passage,the advantage of e-books is _ .",
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There's been a warning about the coming death of literate... | high11190.txt |
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"answer": {
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"cycling in America",
"American transportation",
"how to ride a bike"
],
"question": "The passage gives us a brief introduction _ .",
"questio... | While the rest of the world carried on cycling during the 1950s and 1960s , America forgot how ; even high-school children would drive to school . Recently there has been something of a recovery in cycling , and in many areas it is a very useful way of getting around , especially where bike paths or bike routes have be... | high21053.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "make less pollution"
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"make less pollution",
"join clubs",
"help teachers"
],
"question": "The writer wrote the passage to ask the students to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_... | In most parts of the world, many students help their schools make less pollution. They join "environment clubs ". In an environment club, people work together to make our environment clean.
Here are some things students often do.
No-garbage lunches. How much do you throw away after lunch? Environment clubs ask studen... | high8582.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A website showing how many hits two different things have."
},
"options": [
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"A way to make sure you win an argument.",
"A website showing how many hits two different things have.",
... | Googlefight is a simple service available on the Internet which offers you the chance to compare two different items and see how many hits they get on the Google search engine. The seemingly simple device has proved invaluable to users, especially to help win arguments.
For example, imagine that you and your friends ar... | high12499.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The Spanish ruled Mexico."
},
"options": [
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"The Spanish ruled Mexico.",
"The Aztecs lived in Mexico.",
"Americans fought a war with Mexico."
],
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Every September l6 the Mexican people hol... | high9844.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "To get a reasonable result."
},
"options": [
"To get a reasonable result.",
"To collect data in different ways.",
"To receive information about a particular site.",
"To learn more about specific places."
],
"que... | A new smart phone system under development can locate you even when you're inside a building, which GPS can't do. While the concept sounds powerful, it's not yet clear how practical it might be.
The set-up, called SurroundSense, sends information from cameras and microphones--gear in the latest smart phones--to a serve... | high7869.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The deadline for application."
},
"options": [
"The activities the students will have.",
"The fee each attendant should pay.",
"The e-mail address of Tech-Camp.",
"The deadline for application."
],
"question": "... | Tech-Camp
No.6 Devon Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong a technology day camp for students 12-17
About Tech-Camp
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"answer": {
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},
"options": [
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"phone card collecting as a hobby",
"reason for phone card collecting",
"the great variety of phone cards"
],
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"answer": {
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"cultural values",
"personal experiences",
"physical reactions to the color1"
],
"question": "Muslims regard green as a symbol of heaven mainly because of ... | Why is pink or purple a color1 for girls and blue or brown for boys?
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a huge clock"
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"a huge clock",
"the name of Ben",
"a building"
],
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},
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Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is the name of a huge clock in London. London is the capital of England. This clock has four faces. So,no matter where you stand,you can read the time on the face of Big Ben. Each face is the size of a double decker bus. The hands are about four meters long. It is about th... | high23122.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "By comparing genetic structures."
},
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"By comparing genetic structures.",
"By observing the butterflies.",
"By analyzing the result."
],
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Bates argued that animals deve... | high14956.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Computer defeats man in chess!"
},
"options": [
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"New invention a laughing computer!",
"World's best chess player beaten!",
"Computer defeats man in chess!"
],
"question": "Wh... | Moscow,Russia(Space news)-"The computer is a better chess player,"insisted Viktor Prozorov,the loser ." It seemed as if it were laughing after every good move.I know I should have beaten it for the sake of mankind ,but I just couldn't win," he announced and shook his head sadly.
Prozorov's disappointment was shared by ... | high15490.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Horseriding in the Tarn, France"
},
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"stay for a few days in Finland",
"Horseriding in the Tarn, France",
"Learn to sail in Greece"
],
"question": "If you want to have... | Wilderness activity week, Finland
Set off on a really wild adventure to Finland, where night is a distant memory during the endless days of summer.
From your cottage, set high in the hills above Koli National Park, you can explore a perfect wilderness, and pull over at a lakeside beach whenever you like a dip .
Horseri... | high16199.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "they don't have enough sleep"
},
"options": [
"they have hallucinations",
"they feel sleepy during the working hours",
"they don't have enough sleep",
"they are certain to be kept from going to bed"
],
"question... | No one knows why we sleep, but it's certain that we need to. People who are prevented from sleeping begin to suffer obvious effects after a few days--they think less clearly, and they fall asleep during the working hours; some may have hallucinations .
There are no rules about sleep. Generally speaking, grown-ups sleep... | high5918.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "they are friendly to humans"
},
"options": [
"they are friendly to humans",
"they have good diving skills",
"they have unique bodies",
"they are beautiful and clever"
],
"question": "Scientists like to research ... | A lot of people are interested in sea animals, especially the ones that are beautiful and smart. Although some are wild, and can be deadly, each is also unique in its own way. Whales, sharks and dolphins are the main subjects of sea-animal research, with dolphins standing out from whales and sharks for their friendly b... | high17287.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In summer."
},
"options": [
"In spring.",
"In summer.",
"In autumn.",
"In winter."
],
"question": "When can you see a fireworks display in Findley Lake?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"a... | Findley Lake, New York is a small beautiful village that sells itself as a holiday place for all seasons. The Findley Lake Area Chamber of Commerce supports a number of events all the year round that begin in March. At Findley Lake during the summer, there is boating, fishing and water sport activities. You can watch... | high21721.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "British"
},
"options": [
"British",
"American",
"Swiss",
"French"
],
"question": "From the passage, we can infer that Tim Berners-Lee is .",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | Tim Berners-Lee is the man who wrote the software program that led to the foundation of the World Wide Web. Britain played an important part in developing the first generation of computers. The parents of Tim Berners-Lee both worked on one of the earliest commercial computers and talked about their work at home. As a... | high17293.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "critical"
},
"options": [
"positive",
"cautious",
"critical",
"doubtful"
],
"question": "The author's attitude toward today's college education is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"an... | It is a plain fact that we are in a world where competition is going on in all areas and at all levels. This is exciting.Yet,on the other hand,competition breezes a pragmatic attitude.People choose to learn things that are useful,and do things that are profitable.Today's college education is also affected by this gene... | high23136.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "objective"
},
"options": [
"opposed",
"negative",
"objective",
"critical"
],
"question": "The writer's attitude to the song ofLittle Appleis _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | The latest Chinese "god song"(an Internet term to describe pop songs that spread virally through the Internet is still making debates between those who view it as a milestone for Chinese pop music going global and those who regard it as a bad image of China.
Last week,Little Apple, written and performed by the Chopst... | high14942.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Kind and helpful."
},
"options": [
"Lazy but kind",
"Careful but helpless",
"Hard to get along with",
"Kind and helpful."
],
"question": "What does Eileen Madden most probably think of the workers of Holy Ghost ... | Some teachers are unforgettable. They lead by example and never lose their smile. They change lives. Eileen Madden is one of them.
.
"It's a joy to get up early every morning to be the first one here," say the 55-year-old Holy Ghost School third grade teacher. Madden arrives shortly after 6 am to prepare her classroom ... | high15484.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "on the north of"
},
"options": [
"on the south of",
"on the north of",
"a part of",
"as large as"
],
"question": "Mexico is _ the USA.",
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},
{
"answer": {
... | It is easy for us to find that Mexico has so many neighbors. The United States is to the north while Guatemala and Belize are to the south. Mexico is about one quarter of the size of the United States with the population of more than ninety million people. The language of Mexico is Spanish, which makes Mexico the world... | high22228.txt |
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