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"answer_text": "Students in the first year of college."
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"University teachers.",
"Students who are not independent.",
"Students in the first year of college.",
"Students who will graduate from college soon."
],
"... | When you are far away from home for the first time and have a lot to adjust to,you can't do it alone. However independent you are,it is good to have a roommate during your first year.
Living with someone helps ease your loneliness. Sure it may seem appealing to be able to play your music and turn up your TV as loud as ... | high12466.txt |
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"answer_text": "should experience difficulties to make it steady"
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"has to go peacefully and happily for all time",
"has to experience many disasters at the beginning",
"must always allow the couple be together and happy",
... | A newly-wedded couple on a four-month honeymoon were hit by six natural disasters, including the Australian floods, Christchurch earthquake and Japanese tsunami .
Stefan and Erika Svanstrom left Stockholm, Sweden, on December 6 and were immediately stuck in Munich, Germany, due to one of Europe's worst snowstorms.
Tra... | high7128.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "7 and 9."
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"options": [
"3 and 7.",
"7 and 9.",
"3 and 9.",
"3 and 13."
],
"question": "According to the passage, which of the following groups of numbers will certainly bring good luck to people?",
"quest... | People around the world are superstitious about numbers; even those ancient Greeks believed that all numbers and their multiples had some mystical significance.
Those numbers between 1 and 13 were in particular to have a powerful influence over the affairs of men.
For example, _ . The arrival of a letter will be follow... | high14771.txt |
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"answer_text": "Gratitude is important to happiness."
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"options": [
"There are many ways of being thankful.",
"Gratitude is important to happiness.",
"Mom is great for her being thankful.",
"Being thankful will keep you fit."
],
... | Mom was right!If you say thank you,for even the smallest gift or slightest show of kindness,you'll feel happy.
Gratitude ,says Robert A.Emmons,a professor of psychology at the University of California,is an important element of happiness.In his recent book,Thanks!,Emmons uses the first major study on gratitude to prove... | high6236.txt |
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"answer_text": "the gaur lives in Asia and is endangered"
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"scientists have cloned the African bongo antelope",
"both the cheetah and the giant panda live in Asia",
"the gaur lives in Asia and is endangered",
"the gaur i... | Have you seen Jurassic Park? In this film, scientists use DNA kept for tens of millions of years to clone dinosaurs. They find trouble, however, when they realize that the cloned creatures are smarter and more dangerous than expected. That's nothing more than a fiction.
But could we really clone endangered animals?
To ... | high10517.txt |
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"answer_text": "They are good tools for learning other cultures."
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"options": [
"They are often quite cheap to apply for.",
"They are very difficult to apply for.",
"They are good tools for learning other cultures.",
"They are only f... | Study-abroad programs are a great way to learn about different cultures. Sometimes students don't have the money to join in these programs. That is why scholarships for study-abroad programs are starting to become popular.
Study-abroad programs can often be quite expensive. Finding scholarships is not that difficult... | high21912.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "many English expressions contain the word \"cold\""
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"cold weather has a great effect on human bodies",
"many English expressions contain the word \"cold\"",
"cold is a word closely linked with human emotions",... | Cold weather has a great effect on how our minds and our bodies work. Maybe that is why there are so many expressions that use the word "cold". For centuries, the body's blood has been linked closely with the emotions. People who show no human emotions or feelings, for example, are said to be cold-blooded. Cold-blooded... | high2050.txt |
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"answer_text": ".Chques help improve children's self-respect"
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"options": [
".Cliques members have different characteristics and interests.",
".Once a cliques is formed its members are not changeable.",
".Cliques are more popular among boy... | Some children show preferences for friends at an early age. At 9 or 10,children become a were of differences, they begin to form cliques(,).At l0 0r 12 years of age ,as they are separate from parents, identification with peers may become enlarged and cliques may form and change frequently. At middle and high school t... | high17278.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Winter."
},
"options": [
"Spring.",
"Summer.",
"Autumn.",
"Winter."
],
"question": "Which of the following would most probably be the worst time of the year as seen by the writer?",
"question_type": null
}... | It was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and I moved into our first house. Children were upstairs unpacking , and I was looking out of the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. My parents lived nearby ,and Dad had visited us several times already. "What are you doing out there?" I c... | high4421.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the school lacked teaching facilities for music."
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"options": [
"music was focus of learning in most schools.",
"the environment was favorable to music teaching.",
"the school lacked teaching facilities for music.",
"... | When Andrea Peterson landed her first teaching job, she faced the
task of creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards-based learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers.
For her drive and creativity in overcoming those challeng... | high16166.txt |
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"answer_text": "It doesn't require a lot of money to make the finals splendid."
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"Norway will host next year's Eurovision finals.",
"It doesn't require too much money to win the finals.",
"Norway is determined to win next year... | OSLO -- Excited with pride, Norwegians sang in the streets of Oslo on Sunday, celebrating Norway's National Day and the country's Eurovision Song Contest victory.
Hundreds of Norwegians sang along to Alexander Rybak's winning song Fairytale as they walked in the country's traditional National Day parade celebrating t... | high11609.txt |
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"answer_text": "The father didn't farm any longer because of his illness"
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"options": [
"There were six children in the family.",
"The father wanted to give his children to his s.",
"The father didn't farm any longer because of his illnes... | When his wife died, one baby was two. They had six other children, three boys and three girls, ranging in age from 4 to 16.
A few days after he became a _ the man's parents and his past wife's parents came to visit the family. ''We've been talking' they said,'' about how to take care of all these children and work to ... | high21906.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a soccer player"
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"a league leader",
"a soccer player",
"a doctor",
"a coach"
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"question": "According to the passage, Dirk Kuyt is probably _ .",
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... | Soccer is not a violent game. But players can hit the ball with their head to purposely change the direction of the ball. In the sport this move is known as a header. Unfortunately, they may sometimes crash into other players, the ground or goal posts. During the World Cup semifinal soccer match in Sao Paulo, Brazil, J... | high19241.txt |
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"answer_text": "Computers and the Internet are important for a happy family."
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"A home is a place where you are willing to stay .",
"Even the poorest person can have a happy home .",
"Computers and the Internet are important f... | What is it that makes a house a home ? A home is a place of companionship with people in it who love each other , who are harmonious and closer inside with one another than they are outside with those in the workplace or with classmates at school . A home is a place of companionship that it's difficult to leave. In a h... | high4435.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "they would be given lunch as well"
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"they would be the only people there",
"they would be given lunch as well",
"they would be taken to a restaurant for lunch",
"they would be asked to take some food with... | More than three years after moving from Australia to this remote part of England, we are still learning how things are done here.
Not too long after we arrived and unpacked, we were invited for "a drink on Sunday morning" by a retired couple nearby. We got there about noon, to find the living-room crowded -- lots of ch... | high16172.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "your home router will be changed for new settings."
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"options": [
"your home router will be linked to some bad websites.",
"you will find it's very convenient to surf the Internet",
"your home router will be changed for new... | Researchers recently found that hackers took control of 300,000 home routers . Once your home router has been controlled, hackers could redirect your network to malicious websites controlled by hi-tech thieves who could then steal your online back details and other sensitive data. However, there are some simple steps y... | high12314.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "invest our money wisely when we are young"
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"get along well with our family and friends",
"bring ourselves leisure as well as enjoyment",
"invest our money wisely when we are young",
"learn some new skill... | Top Four Ways to Build a Wonderful Life
1. Live Below Your Means
There will always be temptation to give up the future for immediate pleasure. We all want to buy that new piece of technology, treat ourselves to an expensive night on the town, or take out a loan for the flashy car we can't afford. It might feel great at... | high9111.txt |
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"answer_text": "can't be deleted completely"
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"can be deleted easily",
"can't be deleted completely",
"usually falls in the hands of employers",
"remains for a long time"
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"question": "The information posted on... | During a career planning class, Brenda Fabian asked how many students use Facebook, a popular online networking community for college students. Almost everyone in the room raised a hand."Then I asked how many knew that employers are reviewing Facebook for hiring purposes,"says Fabian,director for Center for Career Serv... | high14765.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "show his humor"
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"options": [
"laugh at Michelle",
"show his humor",
"remember the \"bangs\"",
"make big changes"
],
"question": "President Obama made a good-natured hit at Michelle's expense to _ .",
"... | The White House Correspondents' Dinner is an annual event, and a highlight of the evening is the President's comedy routine. This year, President Obama decided to make a good-natured hit at Michelle's expense. You might remember the "bangs" that the First Lady introduced to the world several months ago! Oh yes he did!... | high7882.txt |
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"answer_text": "Enlarge its memory to at least 128 MB"
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"options": [
"Change its RAM for at least 256MB,",
"Put in good software in your computer.",
"Enlarge its memory to at least 128 MB",
"Buy another new computer to match it ."
... | Getting a new PC is one thing, Keeping it running smoothly is quite another. While a personal computer should continue to perform well for years, users know that system unsteadiness does exist Yet you can reduce it to the smallest amount by following the tips below .
First, put in as little software as possible. You'11... | high9677.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the climate of the world is subjected to dangers from air pollution"
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"options": [
"the climate of the earth is always changing",
"air pollution has greatly affected the climate of the world",
"carbon dioxide has something ... | Every year there are changes in climate in different parts of the world.Some of these changes are due to natural causes.However,some climate changes are caused by air pollution and these changes may increase.
If the pollution affects the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere,the results are likely to be serious.The... | high14003.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "honoring the dead"
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"options": [
"respecting the old",
"pleasing the children",
"honoring the dead",
"praying for relatives"
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"question": "Halloween is a day _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | Halloween falls on October 31st, the last day of the Celtic calendar. Halloween was referred to as All Hallows Eve and dates back to over 2000 years ago.
The American tradition of "trick-or-treating" probably dates back to the early All Souls' Day marches in England. During the festivities, poor citizens would beg for ... | high8569.txt |
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"answer_text": "cheap rockets for space travel"
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"options": [
"cheap rockets for space travel",
"a plane for space travel",
"a permanent spaceship",
"a satellite for tourists"
],
"question": "We will have developed _ in a... | We often think of future.We often wonder what the world would be like in a hundred years' time.
Think of space, perhaps a permanent station on the moon will have been set up.Perhaps people will be able to visit the moon as tourists.Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed, permitting long journeys throu... | high12472.txt |
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"answer_text": "on the day before her wedding"
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"on her first birthday",
"during her first date with Mick",
"on her wedding day",
"on the day before her wedding"
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"question": "The writer's right eye couldn't se... | I lost my left eye just after my first birthday -- I'd fallen seriously ill. My artificial eye was very convincing and I usually wore glasses over it -- even my boyfriend, Mick, didn't really notice. I told him I was blind in one eye just before we got married -- I was 19 at the time. He said he didn't care and that he... | high19527.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It relates artistic values to local conditions."
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"It introduces different cultural values.",
"It explains the history of artistic works.",
"It relates artistic values to local conditions.",
"It excites t... | The values of artistic works, according to cultural relativism , are simply reflections of local social and economic conditions. Such a view, however, fails to explain the ability of some works of art to excite the human mind across cultures and through centuries.
History has witnessed the endless productions of Shakes... | high10265.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "encourage people to communicate with each other"
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"encourage more people to consume drinks",
"encourage people to communicate with each other",
"form its own character of culture",
"attract more tourists ... | Visitors to Britain may find the best place to _ local culture is in a traditional pub. But these friendly pubs can be dangerous places of potential gaffes for the newcomers.
A team of researchers have discovered some of the unknown customs of British pubs-starting with the difficulty of getting a drink. Most pubs hav... | high2722.txt |
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"answer_text": "Before the murder, John Purcell went out and turned left down the road."
},
"options": [
"John Purcell was attacked around 10:30 pm in Easterhouse Road.",
"John Purcell had three children, but he did not live with them.",
"Be... | Police today stepped up a murder probe after a father was killed by a gang. They attacked him with an axe.
John Purcell, 40, suffered fatal injuries in the incident in Easterhouse,prefix = st1 /Glasgowon Saturday evening... moments after he had said goodbye to his children. His youngest son John, 11, was being comfor... | high17085.txt |
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"answer_text": "20%"
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"10 %",
"20%",
"25%",
"50%"
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"question": "_ young people have sleep problems.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_tex... | One in every five young people has a sleep problem, so you're not alone; Getting enough sleep has become as important as eating vegetables and exercising regularly. It's very important for your body.
Most young people only get seven hours of sleep each night, when they actually need nine hours. And making up for lost ... | high20629.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To find out information about roaming charges."
},
"options": [
"To hand over his business.",
"To check his cellphone bill",
"To find out information about Jamaica.",
"To find out information about roaming charges."
... | It's hard not to feel cheated and over-charged when you receive unexpected roaming charges while traveling abroad--whether they come from making phone calls or checking e-mails.
Jeff Gardner received an $ 11,000 bill from Verizon after spending four days in Jamaica. Before the trip, Mr. Gardner, who runs a fly-fishin... | high4804.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "asked him to try to manage their money"
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"advised him to earn money by himself",
"asked him to try to manage their money",
"persuaded him not to buy them patiently",
"agreed to buy them for him immediatel... | My mother was a household servant. Through her work, she observed that successful people spent a lot more time reading than they did watching television. She announced that my brother and I could only watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the... | high10932.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "is a boy of many gifts"
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"is a boy of many gifts",
"is very helpful to his parents",
"learned fast under Dr. Tisman's instruction",
"stopped working with Dr. Tisman after his success"
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"question... | Dr. Glenn Tisman, a cancer specialist, knew his young neighbor, Ray Bateman, had an unusual mind. But he had no idea at the time that 12 - year - old Ray had the ability to become his partner in cancer research.
Ray's parents remembered that at age four, Ray surprised them by fixing a broken vacuum cleaner . When he wa... | high15692.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "5."
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"5.",
"6.",
"7.",
"8."
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"question": "How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage?",
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... | F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress ... | high23320.txt |
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"answer_text": "They are probably water birds."
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"options": [
"They are being cared for by volunteers.",
"They are probably water birds.",
"They are called oiled birds because they can produce oil.",
"They are birds usually seen in S... | A group that rescues wildlife has started to search for land and money to build a bird and wildlife hospital in San Francisco.
"About 40 volunteers care for injured animals in their homes," founder Jamie Ray said. Ray presented her proposal to build a $2 million wildlife hospital and nature center to environment ... | high23446.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he specialized in name brands at low prices"
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"he worked in his father's store",
"he created Walton's management style",
"a chain of Wal-Mart stores sprang up across rural America",
"he specialized in nam... | Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart, was born in Kingfish, Oklahoma on March 29, 1918. He was raised in Missouri where he worked in his father's store while attending school. This was his first retailing experience and he really enjoyed it. After graduation, he began his own career as a retail merchant.
He soon opene... | high8958.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "money spent on advertising is worth while"
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"he is fairly familiar with the cost of advertising",
"everybody knows well that advertising is a waste of money",
"advertising costs more money than everything else"... | Money spent on advertising is money spent as well as any I know of. It selves directly to bring about a rapid sale of goods at reasonable prices, so setting up a firm home market and so making it possible to provide for export at good prices. By drawing attention to new ideas it helps greatly to raise standards of livi... | high556.txt |
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"answer_text": "The Origin and Development of Square Dancing"
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"options": [
"The Different Steps of Square Dancing",
"The Origin and Development of Square Dancing",
"Who Was the Inventor of Square Dancing?",
"Why Did Square Dancing G... | When early colonial settlers went to America, they took many forms of dance to _ . Square dancing, one of the oldest forms of American folk dancing, developed from several different Old World group dances, mainly English country dances, and the French quadrille .
In the American version of square dancing, four couples ... | high13585.txt |
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"answer_text": "She has a nice lady to act as herself."
},
"options": [
"She often meets people in public.",
"She actively attends social activities.",
"She has a nice lady to act as herself.",
"She and Miss Slack have a lot in common.... | Elizabeth's Second!
In 60 years, the Queen has never put a foot wrong in public. And for the last 24 of them, it turns out she's had a secret weapon -- the nice Ella Slack. The former BBC manager has, unknown to anyone except a handful of key advisers, spent the last quarter of a century acting as the Queen's official ... | high6975.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "spending time with her grandmother was good for her emotional needs"
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"options": [
"her grandmother taught her everything about flowers",
"her grandmother would never let the flowers scratch her",
"spending time with her gr... | My grandmother was a master gardener. She could make anything bloom . Even me. For most of her life, she lived on a farm in the mountains of North Carolina, where she raised four children, buried a husband, and watched the changing of the seasons.
After my parents divorced , my dad moved back to the farm. I visited o... | high8780.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Whether they have self-awareness."
},
"options": [
"Whether they have large brains.",
"Whether they have self-awareness.",
"Whether they enjoy outdoor exercises.",
"Whether they enjoy playing with mirrors."
],
"... | For those who study the development of intelligence in the animal world, self-awareness is an important measurement. An animal that is aware of itself has a high level of intelligence.
Awareness can be tested by studying whether the animal recognizes itself in the mirror, that is, its own reflected image .Many animals ... | high22758.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "serve old money collectors"
},
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"avoid paying more taxes",
"make a healthy profit",
"bring children good luck",
"serve old money collectors"
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"question": "Yao Guancheng's initial aim of running hi... | Chinese people around the world are celebrating their most important holiday, Chinese New Year. But for one man in Taiwan, it's all about business as he washes dirty banknotes for gifts.
According to Chinese tradition, parents give their children clean, fresh banknotes at the start of the new year. But such notes are ... | high21251.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "were curious about the difference between the cups"
},
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"were satisfied with their own cup",
"were angry about the broken cups they had been given",
"asked the teacher to get new cups for them",
"were curiou... | "You know, these cups bring to mind a tea quote I heard." Mary's aunt said.
She poured tea. There were four of them and there were four totally different cups on the table.
They took their tea cups.
"What quote?" Mary asked.
"Well, maybe I should rather say it is a story," aunt said, "I heard that there was a wise tea... | high11392.txt |
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"answer_text": "newspaper"
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"travel guide",
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"textbook"
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"question": "You can most probably read the passage in a _ .",
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"answ... | Name: Off the Beaten Path
Cover price: $30.00
Our price: $l9.80
The best-selling Reader's Digest travel book has 40% new content including over 200 new sites, over 200 new full-color1 photographs, and all-new, up-to-date maps. It spotlights over l, 000 of the United States' most overlooked must-see destinations.
Na... | high21245.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "prepare for the entrance exam"
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"options": [
"write an essay on guidebooks",
"prepare for the entrance exam",
"give his students a lecture",
"send them to his good friends"
],
"question": "The writer bought so... | Dear Editor,
I'm now busy in preparing for the Postgraduate Entrance Exam. A few days ago, I happened to see some new guidebooks for those who want to take next year's exam. With too many hopes and without taking it into too much consideration, I bought several that were written by some known for helping candidates ... | high11386.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "are at the experiment stage"
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"are at the experiment stage",
"can cure all the disease",
"are widely used among patients",
"cost patients so little money"
],
"question": "We can learn from the pas... | No one would much like the idea of eating 61 pounds of tomatoes a day. But if their goodness was put into an easy-to-swallow pill that you were told might prevent strokes and heart attacks you would probably be putting in an order tomorrow.
Researchers believe they may have come up with just that after trials. The dai... | high10098.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Mr. Harris changed his work."
},
"options": [
"They wanted to make some new friends.",
"Mr. Harris changed his work.",
"They wanted to meet a lot of interesting people.",
"They enjoyed going to parties and visiting othe... | Mr. Harris used to work in Dover, but then he changed his work, and he and his wife moved to another town. They did not have many friends there, but they soon met a lot of interesting people, and after a few weeks, they often went to dinner or to parties at other people's houses.
Then Mrs. Harris said to her husband, "... | high3819.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "some of Norand's employees joined the Pioneer"
},
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"Pioneer can explore high-technology markets outside agriculture",
"Pioneer's sales representatives can upload information using Norand hand-held terminals",
"som... | A few years ago, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, where I was employed. purchased Norand Corporation. Pioneer's sales representatives in the field used Norand hand-held terminals to upload daily sales information and download new price and sales incentive information. Pioneer bought so many of these hand-held-terminals, ... | high542.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Weight changes."
},
"options": [
"A dry mouth.",
"Stomach upset.",
"Weight changes.",
"A rise in blood pressure."
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"question": "Which of the following is not the reaction of short-term stress?",
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"who could not walk",
"who had to travel a long way"
],
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Until now the Country Council has only been prepared to provide bus services for children living more ... | high6961.txt |
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"The Art of the Review",
"New York Writers, New York Stories"
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9:00--9:45 a.m. Blue Tent
Panelists :Jami Bernard, David Kamp, Marion Nestle and Peter Singer.
Hosted by Denise Grady, science writer for the New York Times.
How does what we eat not only affect our bodies, but also the world?The food and nutrition experts debate the role tha... | high8794.txt |
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},
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"By using spacecraft orbiting Mars.",
"By studying minerals gathered on Mars",
"By studying a meteorite on the Martian surface."
... | Mars Was Not Always Bitterly Cold
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have reported evidence that Mars was warmer and wetter long ago than it is today. The Caltech scientists say they have directly _ the temperature of Mars four billion years ago. At least, they established the surface tempe... | high1968.txt |
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"gain more energy"
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Researchers from the University of Texas said those who drank two or more diet sodas... | high224.txt |
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"Blind tasting usually has the right result.",
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"He studies the leading cause of diabetes.",
"He has a positive attitude to his disease.",
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"Because the weather was hot and they were tired.",
"Because the project was too hard.",
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John Henry was born a slave. He was known for his strength. Many people say he represents the spirit of growth in America during that period.
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In the Classrooms
All classes must have a duty book.
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"She didn't shy away from public attention.",
"She has inspired some disabled people.",
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Maricel has come a long way since the day in September 2000 when she and her uncle were attack... | high22002.txt |
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"employees",
"customers",
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],
"question": "The finding of the research might serve as a warning to .",
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The res... | high20615.txt |
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He begins by doing little else than reading, and after he has prepared h... | high2291.txt |
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"They prevented it from being infected by the disease.",
"They di... | In the 1950s, a family that owned a farm near Beulah, Michigan kept a bull chained to an elm . The bull paced around the tree, dragging the heavy iron chain, which led to a groove in the bark . The groove deepened over the years. Though for whatever reason, it did not kill the tree.
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},
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"They can get more financial aid.",
"They have nothing to lose.",
"They have less to lose and more to gain."
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"answer": {
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"ignore it if it is beyond your control",
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"make people feel ashamed of their bad behavior"
... | Bad behavior is something that most people don't want to tolerate. However, we have had to tolerate it more and more with each passing year. There seems to be no concern for other people's feelings; nor do we seem to care about other people's property. We live in an age where saying what is on our minds has priority ov... | high4186.txt |
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},
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"Only Landsberry died in the shooting.",
"The shooter killed Landsberry and was later killed by the police.",
... | Beloved teacher Michael Landsberry, a former Marine, died a hero at Sparks Middle School in Nevada on Monday in another tragic campus shooting.
The 45-year-old was killed while trying to talk to the unidentified 12-year-old gunman, who later killed himself.
"He was telling him to stop and put the gun down," student J... | high17907.txt |
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When I was graduating eighth grade and starting high school, my older brother was graduating twelfth grade and going onto colleg... | high5298.txt |
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"How to Be Famous.",
"Men Must Help Each Other.",
"Depend on Yourself."
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There have been many men in history. But many of them were very poor in childhood, and no uncles, aunts or friends to help them. Schools were few. They could not depend upo... | high6949.txt |
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"Programs and scenes.",
"Location and description."
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"Because he did not want to follow his father's profession.",
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In 1848, the Carnegies arrived in ... | high22770.txt |
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"answer": {
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"its brown color with spots"
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},... | Tennis lessons
This event takes place every Wednesday from May 9 to July 17. These lessons are open to all from complete beginners to seasoned pros . Playing tennis is a great way of getting fit. Contact The Bridge to find the time for your age group.
Cost:[?]4.8 adults, [?]3.30 under 16 per class
Contact: Laura Reynol... | high17913.txt |
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"To show her recent inventions.",
"To gather talented people for her research.",
"To explore the link between nature... | What do butterfly wings have to do with computer screens? What do birds have to do with high speed trains?
These may sound like strange things to put together. But scientists, inventors, and designers are doing just that. They are learning from nature to create new technology.
The word biomimicry combines two words: ... | high3825.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"three men",
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},
{
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},
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"some of the technology for vertical farming has already been mastered",
... | When you hear the word "farm", chances are you picture rolling hills in the country covered with cows and cornstalks. Some scientists, engineers and city planners say the farms of the future could rise straight into the air---in skyscrapers in the world's most populated cities.
It might sound far--fetched, but in fa... | high20601.txt |
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},
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"to enter the Europe-wide student competition",
"to watch the world go by from the beauti... | Cafe Hub
Next to the Castle lies The Hub, home of the Edinburgh International Festival and one of the most talked about spots in town. Our cafe is open every day for mouth-watering lunches, snacks and fine dining. Come in and enjoy the atmosphere of The Hub or watch the world go by from our beautiful terrace.
The Hub, ... | high2285.txt |
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"answer": {
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"does a very good job in his studies.",
"will not be chosen by the PekingUniversity.",
"shows not much interest in P... | He wanted to go to college, and the only thing that might have stopped him was his disability.
But this year, Zhang Yan and other physically disabled kids can realize their dream just like any other students.
As registration for this year's college entrance examinations draws near, the government has loosened it... | high19080.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"question... | While their jobs may not be providing them with great excitement, respondents of the Win2000 Salary Survey are saying that they are pretty pleased with their current positions. In fact almost three-quarters of them report a modest to more than average sense of job satisfaction and a little more than ten percent say the... | high22016.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer": {
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},
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"In a big hotel in Finland, you can enjo... | If you have a chance to go to Finland, you will probably be surprised to find how "foolish" the Finnish people are.
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"answer": {
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},
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"Stage Parents: A Historical Point of View.",
"Mozart: The Early Life of a Musical Genius.",
"Mozar... | The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's remarkable musical talent was apparent even before most children can sing a simple nursery rhyme. Wolfgang's older sister Maria Anna (who the family called Nannerl) was learning the clavier, an early keyboard instrument, when her three-year-old brother took an interest in playing.... | high15862.txt |
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"answer": {
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"Solutions to Natural Disasters"
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London's f... | high23308.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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],
"... | Against the supposition that forest fires in Alaska, Canada and Siberia warm the climate, scientists have discovered that cooling may occur in areas where burnt trees allow more snow to mirror more sunlight into space.
This finding suggests that taking steps to prevent northern forest fires to limit the release of gree... | high1767.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Oxford school of government under plans."
},
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"Traditions and strengths of Oxford.",
"Oxford ways to train future leaders.",
"Oxford school of government under plans."
]... | Europe's first major university department to promote research into government and public policy will open in Oxford under new plans.
In a hugely significant move, Oxford University will create a new school of government in 2012 following aPS75 million donation by Leonard Blavatnik, the American industrialist and phila... | high15889.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "not to waste food"
},
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"not to save food",
"to wash the dishes",
"not to eat too much",
"not to waste food"
],
"question": "Parents in the United States tend to ask their children _ .",
"quest... | "Clean your plate!" and "Be a member of the clean-plate club!" Just about every kid in the US heard this from a parent or grandparent. Often, it's accompanied by an appeal: "Just think about those starving orphans in Africa." Sure, we should be grateful for every bite of food. Unfortunately, many people in the US take ... | high8025.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a nearby diner is answering a phone call"
},
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"a nearby diner is answering a phone call",
"you have to use the message service",
"you can not return calls until after you leave"
... | The mobile phone has been a part of our lives since the 1980s. It enables us to stay in contact with our family and friends at all times and in most areas. However, because of the quick acceptance and extensive usage of mobiles in our lives, we have missed out on an important step, namely, the appropriate use.
Driving... | high7316.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Shoppers may find themselves lost in the broad range of items."
},
"options": [
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"People are likely to find themselves overcome by business persuasion.",
"Shoppers... | Almost every day we come across situations in which we have to make decisions one way or another. Choice, we are given to believe, is a right. But for a good many people in the world, in rich and poor countries, choice is a luxury, something wonderful but hard to get, not a right. And for those who think they are exerc... | high11437.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Lively."
},
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"Angry.",
"Exeicted."
],
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},
{
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "psychological effects"
},
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"personal taste",
"our aesthetics",
"cultural effects",
"psychological effects"
],
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... | Most of the time, we choose colors for decorating based on our personal taste and our sense of aesthetics . But, a number of color experts believe that colors have an effect on our emotions and that it would be wise of us to be conscious of that before settling on a definite choice.
Some of the effects of colors are w... | high3170.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"the secret of making good business plans",
"the value of information in winning games"
... | Decision-thinking is not unlike poker --it often matters not only what you think, but also what others think you think and what you think they think you think.The mental process is similar.Naturally,this card game has often been of considerable interest to people who are,by any standards,good thinkers.
The great mathem... | high17046.txt |
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"answer": {
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"Using plastic bags when shopping.",
"Sending recyclable cards for Christmas.",
"Buying things when you are very hungry."
],
... | Going Zero Waste means more than dealing with the rubbish we create. It means reducing _ , too. People who go Zero Waste are careful about what they do. They never take more than they need, they reuse plastic bags, and they make good plans not to buy more than necessary before going shopping.
Kamikatsu, a Japanese vill... | high2508.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "which layer of skin is burned"
},
"options": [
"what kind of treatment they need",
"what kind of tissue of the body is damaged",
"whether there is pain and what degree of pain there is",
"which layer of skin is burned"
... | Burns can be caused by fire, the sun, chemicals, heated objects or fluids, and electricity. They can be minor problems or life-threatening emergencies. Distinguishing a minor burn from a more serious burn involves determining the degree of damage to the tissues of the body. If you are not sure how serious the burn is, ... | high18413.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a nurse"
},
"options": [
"an animal trainer",
"a horse rider",
"a farmer",
"a nurse"
],
"question": "Regina's plan is to be _ in the future.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | When Regina Mary' parents refused to let her get a horse ,the smart 15-year-olddidn't sit in her room and complain. Instead she turned to a cow called Luna to make her riding dreams come true.
Hours of training ,and tons of treats later, the results are impressive: not only do the two regularly go on long rides through... | high5267.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "meet the demands as a source of manpower"
},
"options": [
"raise their payment",
"get employed",
"become specialized in some field",
"meet the demands as a source of manpower"
],
"question": "According to the wr... | When people ask your children to "get an education", they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to give manpower for your society.
Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you are occupationally dead, unless your name happens to be George Washington or Thomas Edis... | high17720.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Help him get trained in art."
},
"options": [
"Help him write stories.",
"Help him get trained in art.",
"Teach him how to draw well.",
"Teach him how to educate himself."
],
"question": "What did the Bronte sis... | Yorkshire, England was the setting for two great novels of the 19th century. One of them is Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte.
The Bronte family had three girls and a boy. Charlotte was born in 1816, Emily was born in 1818 and Anne in 1820. Their brother Branwell was born in 1817. The children wrote and told storie... | high4179.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "show off one of the Brits' hobbies"
},
"options": [
"attract foreign tourists",
"show off one of the Brits' hobbies",
"call on people to protect the environment",
"encourage Brits to build typically British gardens"
... | ONE of Britain's favorite pastimes, gardening is to be celebrated during the Olympics. Last week, the Olympics minister Tessa Jowell announced a public competition to design a typically British garden within London's new Olympic park.
Jowell said the idea behind the competition was to show off to the world one of the n... | high21292.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Starbucks has some effect on the development of coffee culture"
},
"options": [
"Starbucks has beaten all the competitors",
"there are no changes in the development of coffee culture",
"the taste of coffee has changed a lot",... | Coffee has a history dating back to at least the 9th century and has been a catalyst for social interaction across cultures and eras. Originally discovered in Ethiopia, coffee beans were brought into the Middle East by Arab traders, spreading to Egypt, Yemen, Persia, Turkey, and North Africa by the 15th century. Muslim... | high11351.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Showing collarbones being considered a huge mistake."
},
"options": [
"Her daughter making big mistakes in class.",
"Showing collarbones being considered a huge mistake.",
"Sharing the incident on Facebook.",
"Being cal... | On her first day back at school in August, Stephanie Hughes, a teenage student, was sent to the principal's office at Woodford County High School in Kentucky, US and her mom was called to school.
She had made a "huge" mistake-at least in the eyes of the school-by wearing a top that showed her collarbone . It was agains... | high12658.txt |
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