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"answer_text": "lived a very long life"
},
"options": [
"lived a very long life",
"refused to eat meat at 20",
"helped kill a pig on a farm",
"enjoyed good food very much"
],
"question": "We know from the text that Watson _ ... | Donald Watson was a man who thought very much about the food he ate. He was born in yorkshire, England , in September 1910. And he died in November 2005, at the age of 95. That is a very great age. Watson explained that it was because he never ate any food from animals.
When he was a boy , Watson stayed on a farm. .He ... | high8596.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "found out that colors affect sales"
},
"options": [
"tried colors on blind people",
"found out that colors affect sales",
"developed a special subject of color psychology",
"discovered the relationship between color and... | The fact that blind people can see things using parts of their bodies apart from their eyes may help us to understand our feelings about color.If they can sense color differences, then perhaps we, too, are affected by color without knowing it.Salesmen have discovered by experience over a long period of time that sugar ... | high998.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "less important person kissed more important person's hand"
},
"options": [
"people kissed each other whenever they met",
"men kissed the women whenever they met",
"less important person kissed more important person's hand",
... | Today it seems perfectly natural for us to shake hands when we greet someone or say goodbye. But like so many things that we do without thinking such actions at one time probably represented something.
For example, in primitive life the hand was used to fight enemies, kill animals, and make spears and tools. So when t... | high23888.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "from a letter found in the old man's pocket"
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"options": [
"by calling the Red Cross office in Brooklyn",
"because the old man repeatedly called for his son",
"from a letter found in the old man's pocket",
"from someo... | The story began on a downtown Brooklyn street corner. An elderly man had fallen down while crossing the street , and an ambulance rushed him to the nearest hospital. There, when he came to now and again, the old man repeatedly called for his son.
From a worn letter located in his pocket, an emergency-room nurse learn... | high9850.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Why listening to English songs helps improve our English."
},
"options": [
"What people can do to improve their English.",
"Why English learners like listening to English songs.",
"What songs people can listen to so as to imp... | Do you like listening to English songs to learn the language ? Some students don't believe doing so can help them learn English. I have to say they think wrongly. Listening to English songs can help you learn the language better. You may ask how. Just read on.
Lyrics are not easily forgotten. You listen to them over an... | high13793.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It was flying at high altitude before going missing."
},
"options": [
"It exploded 11 km northeast of its last known position.",
"It was seen crashed over the Atlantic Ocean.",
"Something was wrong with its tail fin so that i... | It was a sunny holiday Monday. Olivier Ferrante was cooking sausages on the barbecue and entertaining friends in his garden north of Paris when the phone rang. The call came from the BEA, France's air accidents investigation bureau , where the 38-year-old former football player and driver was an investigator. The news... | high23650.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he believed in his ability to deal with the trip"
},
"options": [
"he lived near the city center",
"the network covered most of the stops",
"he believed in his ability to deal with the trip",
"he had a good impression o... | After I made it to the city center, I started to feel it might be easy for a foreigner to deal with the great size of Beijing. With growing confidence, I decided to take the subway to the hotel, not realizing that the network didn't go that far. Impressed with the cleanliness of the station, I bought a ticket and board... | high9688.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It can detect metallic and nonmetallic objects underneath."
},
"options": [
"It can detect metallic and nonmetallic objects underneath.",
"It can see through clothing or walls by sending out T-rays.",
"It was first used to ob... | New security camera can "see" through clothes
New technology that can " see " through clothing and detect what ' s underneath can now be used to scan crowds, making it a potentially effective tool to prevent terrorist attacks in public places.
The Thru Vision T5000 camera picks up Terahertz rays, or T-rays, which are n... | high20359.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": ". The cost ."
},
"options": [
". Their knowledge.",
". The climate .",
". The cost .",
"A visa"
],
"question": "Besides the body requirements, which of the following is most likely to stop someone from going ... | Space tourism might be the dream of many people on the planet, but a journey to space is not is not as easy as simply buying some tickets at a travel search engine;it is only reserved for the privileged few that can afford the cost.. One of the options that impressed me most is the one offered by a company called Space... | high16833.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He was concerned about the writer's sufferings."
},
"options": [
"He was a friend of the writer.",
"He offered the writer a house in California.",
"He worked for an online magazine.",
"He was concerned about the writer'... | A month after Hurricane Katrina,I returned home in New Orleans.There lay my house,reduced to waist-high rains,smelly and dirty.Before the trip,I'd had my car fixed.When the office employee of the garage was writing up the bill.she noticed my Louisiana license plate."You from New Orleans?"she asked.I said l was,
"No cha... | high11184.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "about 23% of Chinese workers once died from pneumoconiosis during about 55 years."
},
"options": [
"200 million workers suffer from workplace diseases and injuries",
"about 23% of Chinese workers once died from pneumoconiosis durin... | Chinese officials yesterday urged employers to take more measures to protect workers against workplace diseases and injuries.
Experts estimate that about 200 million workers face a potential danger of occupational diseases and work-related injuries.
The majority of them are farmers-turned-workers who are working in sm... | high21047.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "3."
},
"options": [
"3.",
"5.",
"6.",
"10"
],
"question": "How many famous companies are mentioned in this passage?",
"question_type": null
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_tex... | If you want to get rich, leave New York City, Washington D.C. or Los Angeles and head to Plano, Texas;Aurora, Colorado or Omaha, Nebraska, where wages are high and life is good, a new survey showed.
A poll that ranked 69 US cities with populations of more than 250,000 people showed the best places to build personal wea... | high22566.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "they worry about the quality of the food"
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"options": [
"they want to quickly finish their meals",
"they trust their feelings more than ever",
"they focus more on fun than the calories",
"they worry about the quality ... | Turning the lights out or wearing a blindfold while eating could be a quick way to lose weight, according to scientists. The simple trick works because it stops diners eating for pleasure rather than for calories. It also triggers a part of the brain that is worried that unseen food may go bad.
An experiment by the U... | high13963.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "warn us of the importance of our personal credit report"
},
"options": [
"warn us of the importance of our personal credit report",
"tell us the story of a Chongqing student",
"encourage us to use credits widely",
"info... | If your parents take out a loan, remind themselves to make the payments on time. Otherwise it will become a negative record in their personal credit reports, which are playing an increasingly big role in people's daily lives. A story carried by Chongqing Morning Post in June, underlines this trend.
According to the rep... | high9878.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "She began working when she was very young."
},
"options": [
"She was a member of the National Inventor's Hall of Fame.",
"Her first invention was made when she was twenty.",
"Her invention was designed to produce envelopes.",... | Did you ever wonder who invented products like Liquid Paper, Kevlar or paper bags? Most would think a man invented these items. Guess what? Women invented each of these. What? You don't believe me? Well, read this:
Liquid Paper was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham in 1951 and originally called Mistake Out. Being a typi... | high768.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "show the importance of surrounding goals."
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"options": [
"explain the difference between the two goals.",
"show the importance of surrounding goals.",
"tell us how to set and achieve one's goals.",
"tell us setting go... | Why can't some people even get an inch of what they dream of becoming? Blame it on pure dreaming and lack of surrounding goals for achieving their dreams.
Setting goals is very significant part of accomplishing and positive actions. It is like scaling a 200 feet construction and marking in the early hours on what feet... | high7855.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "get more help from the world"
},
"options": [
"steal the hearts of thousands of people",
"be an AIDS fighter",
"get more help from the world",
"fight against the government"
],
"question": "The AIDS child gave t... | He was just 12 years old when he died. But he brought courage and hope to people around the world.
Nkosi Johnson, who died last June, is remembered today as an AIDS fighter. This young boy challenged his government's AIDS policies and millions of South Africans in the fight against the disease.
Johnson was the longest ... | high24117.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "to see the president"
},
"options": [
"to kick against the law",
"to fight against the Secret Service officers",
"to see the president",
"to have a look around the White House"
],
"question": "Entering the White... | Washington----A screaming intruder made it onto the front lawn of the White House Sunday while President Obama was at home before being caught by Secret Service officers.
Secret Service spokesman Eric Zahren recognized the man as 40-year-old Brian Lee Patterson, whose last known address was in Albuquerque, N.M. Patter... | high23678.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "has great muscle memory"
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"options": [
"was born a blind child",
"could have been a golf master",
"has great muscle memory",
"is trying to find the cure for his disease"
],
"question": "We can learn from the a... | When us teenager Jake Olson isn't playing football or golf for his high school, he's often offering inspiration through his new book about his own life.
These activities might be too much for the average 16-year-old to deal with, but Jake is blind. When people ask him how he can possibly play golf without being able to... | high6593.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Unique Problems in International Trade"
},
"options": [
"How to Succeed in International Trade",
"Monetary Conversion",
"Trade Barriers",
"Unique Problems in International Trade"
],
"question": "The best title f... | When companies do business overseas, they come in contact with people from different cultures.These individuals often speak a different language and have their own particular custom and manners.These differences can create problems.
For example, in France, business meetings begin promptly at the designated tim... | high20371.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "saw his father sometimes"
},
"options": [
"did not worry about his father",
"never saw his father",
"often annoyed his father",
"saw his father sometimes"
],
"question": "Until the age of five, the writer _ .... | Father was in the army all through the First World War, so up to the age of five, I never saw much of him, and what I saw did not worry me. Sometimes I woke and there was a big figure looking down at me. Sometimes in the early morning I heard the closing of the front door and the sound of shoes walking down. These we... | high18836.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "History of the Amazon rainforests."
},
"options": [
"Understanding of climate change.",
"History of the Amazon rainforests.",
"Time of the arrival of Europeans.",
"Shifts in the earth's orbit around the sun."
],
... | Large areas of the Amazon rainforest were grassland until just 2,000 years ago when it has been found.
Researchers say the find gives new light on the Amazon's history - and show it was a savannah rather than the high forest it is today. They believe much of the area was grassland until a natural shift to a wetter cl... | high19296.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "was almost fined by the police"
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"options": [
"was almost stuck in the traffic",
"was almost fined by the police",
"could drive as fast as 60 mph at most",
"had her car slipped into the other side"
],
"que... | On Monday night, back on the way home from school, I was suddenly faced with a big snow storm which I had never met before. The traffic was moving at 5 mph on the freeway where it usually requires at least 60 mph. The road is very slippery. Sometimes the car is out of control, slipping to the other side. I finally mana... | high21709.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "they find it normal to ask their father for everything."
},
"options": [
"she isn't often at home.",
"they are too young to guess the truth.",
"they find it normal to ask their father for everything.",
"they think it na... | Brenda Linson never goes anywhere without an empty spectacles case. It is as vital to her as her purse. Yet, she doesn't wear glasses. The reason she cannot do without it is that she cannot read and she cannot write. If ever she gets into any situation where she might be expected to do either of these things, she fishe... | high5924.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It can stop the action of an organ for a short time."
},
"options": [
"It is safer than regular X rays.",
"It makes use of computer techniques.",
"It can stop the action of an organ for a short time.",
"It gives clear p... | How can you find out what is going on inside a person's body without opening the patient's body up? Regular X rays can show a lot. CAT scans can show even more. They can give a complete view of body organs.
What is a CAT scan? CAT stands for a kind of machine. It is a special X-ray machine that gets a 360-degree pictur... | high2093.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To check whether the searching is in right place."
},
"options": [
"To make assumptions and conclusions of the plane.",
"To check whether the searching is in right place.",
"To encourage the searching crews.",
"To calcu... | An international panel of experts will re-examine all data gathered in the nearly two-month hunt for the missing Malaysia jet to ensure search crews have been looking in the right place, officials said Monday.
Senior officials from Malaysia, Australia and China met in the Australian capital to _ the details of the nex... | high18188.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "about a million times faster"
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"options": [
"millions times faster",
"a million times slower",
"about millions of times faster",
"about a million times faster"
],
"question": "Light speed is _ than sound s... | Light travels at a speed which is about a million times faster than the speed of sound. In one second, light travels about 300,000km, but sound travels only 344m. You can get some idea of this difference by watching the start of a race. If you stand some distance away from the starter, you can see smoke come from his g... | high11812.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Thailand"
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"options": [
"Cuba",
"Singapore",
"India",
"Thailand"
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"question": "If the Londoner and his companion travel in March, 2010, they will probably be in",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}... | Let's travel the world together
Nickname: Zaloxx
Email:jdlxx8@yahoo. com
When to travel: Feb 2010-Apr 2010
Self-introduction.. A 40+ male with strong physical and financial abilities. Hope to travel in
India, Singapore and Thailand for business as well as for fun.
My travel plan: Fly to Delhi and spend 3 weeks in Indi... | high20417.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "both B and C"
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"options": [
"foreigners",
"job-seekers",
"employers",
"both B and C"
],
"question": "The intended readers of the passage are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer"... | Careerberg.com is the world's fastest growing online recruitment solution. Here jobseekers and employers are growing very fast on the daily basis. The site was successfully launched on January 2008 worldwide.
Careerberg.com provides an opportunity to job seekers where they can search jobs in their field of interest. S... | high22200.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "sociologists are most interested in the idea of the European Union"
},
"options": [
"sociologists are most interested in the idea of the European Union",
"all the European countries are not willing to join the European Union",
... | For new countries joining the European Union, and older ones getting used to their dark red passports, becoming "Europeans" is a bit like marrying into a large, eccentric family.
Europeans have a lot in common but it is their differences, not their similarities, that attract the attention of sociologists and market ... | high22214.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "it makes people become smarter"
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"options": [
"it makes people become smarter",
"it makes people more cheerful",
"it helps people to be healthier",
"it relieves people's frustration"
],
"question": "Forgivenes... | While the 1970s pop psychotherapy movement focused on the importance of letting anger out, more recent research suggests that there's a smarter, healthier way to react to life's misfortunes with forgiveness. In a recent study, it was found that when individuals were about to forgive, they experienced greater joy, a g... | high19282.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "there exists a possibility that physical activity leads to higher grades"
},
"options": [
"a research on physical education has been done by the researchers",
"there exists a possibility that physical activity leads to higher grade... | Recently we told you about a finding that more years of school could help students get higherscores on intelligence tests.That was the finding of a study of teenage males in Norway.Now,other research shows that physical activity may help students do better in their classes .
The research comes as educators in some coun... | high5930.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "people used to call him Berry"
},
"options": [
"people used to call him Berry",
"his father died of serious illness",
"his father became a finance minister of America",
"his parents attended Harvard University"
],
... | Throughout his early years, Obama was known at home and at school as "Barry". Obama's parents met while both were attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where his father was enrolled as a foreign student. They separated when he was two years old and later divorced . His father received Master's degree in Economi... | high3399.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "which helps poor people live through crisis"
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"options": [
"which is funded by the government",
"where people can get food randomly",
"which helps poor people live through crisis",
"where there is enough food supplies... | When looking at Western Europe,we don't usually think about poverty--but in fact,some people in modern--day Britain are so hard up that they can't afford to buy food.
Back in 2008,the financial crisis caused a lot of unemployment.Then there were the cuts to the welfare system in 2013 which added to the problem--and man... | high11806.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Main streets."
},
"options": [
"Side streets.",
"Main streets.",
"Pavements.",
"Parks."
],
"question": "For people's health, which of the following should NOT be chosen, according to the passage?",
"question... | The main cause of a heart attack is not exercise or stress -- it's air pollution, according to a study published in The Lancetthis month. Researchers found spending time in traffic, whether as a driver or a pedestrian , tops the list of risk factors that bring on a heart attack.
Jon Ayres, professor of environmental an... | high20403.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Safin's success benefited a lot from his family"
},
"options": [
"almost all the women love Safin",
"his strength and forehand and backhand skills are never beaten",
"Safin's success benefited a lot from his family",
"h... | Handsome Safin is loved by many women fans and he is called "the most attractive man". His strength and forehand and backhand skills are the best in the world, which are in fact unbeatable while he is at his best.
Marat Safin was born inprefix = st2 /Moscowon 27th January, 1980, and was introduced to the game at ... | high18822.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the links between seasonal changes and the crime patterns."
},
"options": [
"police records.",
"crime patterns.",
"the links between seasonal changes and the crime patterns.",
"the summer high in crimes."
],
"qu... | Crime has its own cycles, a magazine reported some years ago. Police records that were studied for five years from over 2,400 cities and towns show a surprising link between changes in the season and crime patterns.
The pattern of crime has varied little over a long period of years. Murder reaches its high during July ... | high22572.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To show how much alcohol can hurt people."
},
"options": [
"To introduce Mr. Alcohol to the readers",
"To show how much alcohol can hurt people.",
"To describe the harm alcohol did to his family.",
"To show the great fu... | To Mr. Alcohol
You've been with us for a long time. I won't forget all the pain you've caused for us.
Do you remember the night you almost took my father's life? I do. He loves you. Sometimes I think he loves you more than he loves me. He's addicted to you, to the way you promise to rid him of his problems only to caus... | high13977.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "guns are out of control in US schools"
},
"options": [
"the number of the expulsions is not large",
"the number of the expulsions is wrong",
"there are soldiers hiding among the students",
"guns are out of control in US... | More than 6000 children were expelled from US schools last year for bringing guns and bombs to school, the US Department of Education said on May 8.
The department gave a report on the expulsions as saying handguns accounted for 58 percent of the 6093 expulsions in 2005--2006, against 7 percent for rifles or shotguns... | high7699.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "soap"
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"options": [
"water",
"soap",
"a washing-machine",
"a housewife"
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"question": "Salt is a snow-melting agent while _ is a cleaning agent.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answ... | Snow-melting Agent
A heavy snow can kill pests and this means a good harvest next year.This will bring as well as trouble to urbanites.
On Nov.16,2003,a cold air current brought a heavy snow to Beijing.To prevent traffic jams,related government departments mobilized people to clear off snow on streets.
One of the most ... | high7841.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "tell people the bad effects of phubbing"
},
"options": [
"show the phubbing people are dangerous.",
"tell people the bad effects of phubbing",
"say phubbing is more and more popular.",
"warn people not to use phones any... | Don't you hate it when someone snubs you by looking at their phone instead of paying attention? The word "Phubbing", which comes from "phone" and "snub", describes such behavior . With popularization of smart phones, we see a new "Phubbing" group everywhere in public places: in subway, restaurants, roads, people are c... | high13744.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "always thinks he is more important than others"
},
"options": [
"is down to the earth",
"is easy to deal with",
"always thinks he is more important than others",
"is confident"
],
"question": "If a person has hi... | Down-to-earth means being honest, open, and easy to deal with. It is a pleasure to find someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to. He or she accepts others as equals. A down-to-earth person may be an important member of society, of course, but they do not let their importance go to ... | high1203.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Your emotional relationship with your parents."
},
"options": [
"Your interest in your success.",
"The effort your teacher makes.",
"Opportunity or luck that you have.",
"Your emotional relationship with your parents."
... | Your particular relationships with your parents, not God or genes, determines your academic performance. In my case, it was my father who made the difference.
I had three sisters and my father never showed much interest in their success. He took no notice of the school reports of one of them. They all made it to u... | high23687.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The land seemed familiar to him."
},
"options": [
"The land seemed familiar to him.",
"The traffic moved more slowly.",
"He could see for miles and miles.",
"The people he passed seemed to be calmer."
],
"questi... | When I left home for college, I sought to escape the limited world of farmers, small towns, and country life. I long for the excitement of the city, for the fast pace that rural life lacked, for adventure beyond the horizon. I dreamed of exploring the city, living within a new culture and landscape, and becoming part o... | high8541.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "popular both in Japan and in China"
},
"options": [
"popular neither in Japan nor in China",
"popular only in Japan and in China",
"popular both in Japan and in China",
"causing great troubles both in Japan and in China... | 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 n... | high15335.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "speaking"
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"reading",
"writing",
"speaking",
"listening"
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"question": "From the passage we know the groundwork is _ while you are learning a foreign language.",
"question_type": "cloze_q... | In learning a foreign language, one should first pay attention to speaking. It is the groundwork of reading and writing. You'd better try your best to speak. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. But be careful not to let them keep you from improving the language. While you are doing this, a good exercise is to write - k... | high22599.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "go to the Box Office on Sundays"
},
"options": [
"use the Internet",
"ring the booking number and pay for the tickets by credit card",
"go to the Box Office on Sundays",
"complete a booking form and post it to the Box O... | The booking notes of the play The Age of Innocence:
Price:$10
BOOKING
There are four easy ways to book seats for performance:
--in person
The Box Office is open from Monday to Saturday,10 a.m.--8 p.m.
--by telephone
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One Hour a Day
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......
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The 45-year-old from southern Sweden was found on Friday, February17, too weak to say more than a few words.
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Birdies, build your nest;
Weave together straw and feather,
Doing each your best.
Spring is coming, spring is coming,
Flowers are coming too:
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Now are coming through.
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I have been in England for three months now. I hope you don't think I have forgotten you. There have been so many places to see and so many things to do that I've not had much time for writing letters. I shall soon start my studies at King's College.
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The influen... | high10271.txt |
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The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting a Biblical passage about husbands and their wives. Then he... | high2736.txt |
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As the car moved closer, Alexis sa... | high13778.txt |
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Tuesday
When the kids get home from school, don't let them go straight to the TV and get settled in. Encourage them to get moving and get off the couch by giving them a pedometer . Pedometers are the most fun when parents al... | high14017.txt |
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"People who are also smokers are more dangerous," Dr. Jennifer M. Glass, of the University of Michigan's Addiction Research Center, said. In he... | high23863.txt |
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