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"answer_text": "some other common types of reasoning"
},
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"relationships between causes and results",
"classification of reasoning",
"some other common types of reasoning",
"some special type of reasoning"
],
"quest... | Another common type of reasoning is the search for causes and results.We want to know whether cigarettes really do cause lung cancer, what causes malnutrition, the decay of cities, or the decay of teeth.We are equally interested in effects: what is the effect of sulphur or lead in the atmosphere, of oil spills and raw ... | high20855.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Robot technologies are widespread in Japanese daily life."
},
"options": [
"\"Thank You\" Will Never Be Needed in Japan",
"Monitoring Technologies Are Widespread in Japan",
"Robot Is Designed to Care for the Elderly.",
... | TOKYO, Japan (AP) - Japan is very serious about robotics . If the droids are going to fit in, they probably need to learn the Japanese custom of serving tea. Fortunately, researchers at the University of Tokyo are exploring just that. In a show this week, a humanoid with camera eyes made by Kawada Industries Inc. pour... | high3117.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Your Own Face on a Postage Stamp"
},
"options": [
"Never Miss a Chance to be Photographed",
"Your Own Face on a Postage Stamp",
"First Japanese Postage Stamps with a Photo",
"Letters are as Fun as E-mails"
],
"q... | Japanese people,who never miss a chance to be photographed,were lining up to get their pictures on a postage stamp.Vanity stamps with personal photographs went on sale for the first time in Japan as part of an international postage stamp exhibition.The customer's photo was taken with a digital camera and then printed o... | high10996.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Jefferson valued the importance of learning from others"
},
"options": [
"Jefferson was dissatisfied with Lafayette",
"Jefferson had a close relationship with his people",
"Jefferson was a great American president",
"Je... | Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, was a good and tireless writer, and he wrote The Declaration of Independence. There is much we can learn from him. Here are some of the things he said and wrote:
Go and see. Jefferson believed that a free man obtains knowledge from many sources besides books, ... | high4678.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "People should take things easy for their own good."
},
"options": [
"People should make better use of their sitting room.",
"People should spend less time watching TV.",
"People should pass down their good habits.",
"Pe... | Sitting is art that isn't getting passed along. People these days feel as though they have to be doing something. If they are not working, they are jogging, or playing tennis or golf, or taking courses to improve their minds or bodies -or they are parked in front of the TV. Sitting in front of the TV isn't sitting - it... | high11336.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "providing examples and statistics"
},
"options": [
"pointing out similarities and differences",
"following the natural time order",
"comparing opinions from different fields",
"providing examples and statistics"
],
... | Almost two-thirds of children want their parents to spend more time reading to them before bed, and most prefer Mum's storytelling to Dad's, researchers said.
They carried out a study that showed younger children aged 3-4 were most hungry for more stories, with over three-quarters saying they wished their parents read ... | high3671.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "you can join in the celebrations"
},
"options": [
"you can get kinds of apples for free",
"you can make friends with farmers",
"you can join in the celebrations",
"you can feel satisfied with fun"
],
"question":... | Cool temperatures, golden colors of autumn and dramatic events are just three reasons to visit Oregon's Washington County this fall. The season brings a large number of places to see and things to do. We've collected some of the best reasons why you should plan a trip here in the coming months.
It's a Harvest Season
Au... | high10028.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "On TV news."
},
"options": [
"On a newspaper.",
"On the Internet.",
"On TV news.",
"In a police poster."
],
"question": "Where did the news about the shooting first come out?",
"question_type": "factiod_ques... | New York Times--A gunman killed eight people at a mall in Omaha this afternoon and then killed himself, setting off panic among holiday shoppers, the police said.
"The person who we believe to be the shooter has died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds," Sgt. Teresa Negron of the Omaha Police Department said at tel... | high18474.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "heart disease"
},
"options": [
"heart disease",
"cancer",
"lose of memory",
"aspirin side effects"
],
"question": "The new report clearly benefits the women suffering",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
... | According to decades-long research, women who took low to moderate daily doses of aspirin had a reduced death rate, especially from heart disease.
The research, based on data from a major trial that has tracked almost 80,000 women since 1976, found that women who reported using aspirin on a regular basis had a 25 perc... | high17747.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "make a careful plan"
},
"options": [
"listen to local news",
"take a bus",
"make a careful plan",
"ask friends for help"
],
"question": "When visiting an exhibition in town,country people have to _ .",
"q... | Urban citizens can enjoy a more colorful life than rural citizens.Townspeople are wellinformed because they have the easier access to news,while country people are uniformed because these districts are hard to get to.Urban traffic is so welldeveloped that the residents there often visit exhibitions and parks which are ... | high6709.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "doesn't do well in his lessons"
},
"options": [
"is rude to others",
"is often late for school",
"is dishonest",
"doesn't do well in his lessons"
],
"question": "The writer's child _ .",
"question_type": ... | I know my son seems very naughty. He cannot concentrate on reading, he makes silly mistakes in his homework or often fails his exams.
Whenever such things happen, his teacher shouts,"Ask your parents to come here." And then I have to go with my tail between my legs to find out what's going on with my son and to listen ... | high22924.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "optimistic"
},
"options": [
"pessimistic",
"optimistic",
"angry",
"unsure"
],
"question": "The Deckers' attitude towards their suffering from the tornado is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | A mother has lost parts of both of her legs after she saved the lives of her two children by lying on top of them as a deadly tornado swept through their home. Stephanie Decker, 36, lost one leg above the knee and the other above the ankle, yet her son and daughter escaped without a single scratch after the tornado des... | high13521.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the green sand has been used to keep the water clean"
},
"options": [
"the green sand has been used to keep the water clean",
"there is no need to keep water clean",
"a new factory has been set up",
"white sand is being... | A new factory that turns used wine bottles into green sand could revolutionize the recycling industry and help to filter the nation's drinking water.
For the last 100 years special high grade white sand quarried at Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire has been used to filter tap water to remove bacteria and impurities--b... | high8724.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "give true information about goods"
},
"options": [
"how a long list of the goods advertised",
"give true information about goods",
"tell customers what to buy",
"appear on TV and in newspapers at the same time"
],
... | Advertising can be a service to the customer. This is true when advertisements give reliable information about the goods advertised. Such information is needed if the customer is to make a sensible choice when he buys. It is useful in that it lets him know of the kinds of goods in the shops. Printed advertisements do t... | high7417.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Five"
},
"options": [
"Four",
"Three",
"Six",
"Five"
],
"question": "How many tips mentioned in the text to prevent excuses?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | We all make excuses.
But the successful ones are those who can kill the excuses like the miserable maggots they are.
I'm too tired. I don't have the time. I don't feel motivated. I'd rather do nothing. I don't have the money, equipment, space. I can't because ...
We've all made the excuses. Here's how to kill them.
See... | high16471.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "do good to digestion"
},
"options": [
"cure the cancer with certainty",
"do good to digestion",
"replace other vegetables",
"help relieve insanity"
],
"question": "Eggplant is so healthy that it can _ .",
... | What's delicious, healthy to eat and comes in various colors? Eggplant! And no, it has nothing to do with chickens! This strangely named vegetable is, however, as _ as an egg. It can be steamed, fried or baked. It can be eaten by itself or combined with meats and other vegetables.
Eggplant was first grown in India duri... | high4136.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Mr. Kim was afraid Mr. Tan might succeed ahead of him."
},
"options": [
"Mr. Kim was afraid Mr. Tan might succeed ahead of him.",
"Mr. Tan's bacteria grew very fast in a warm container.",
"Mr. Tan worked much harder than Mr. ... | Few people ever took notice of Mr. Jimmy Tan whenever he entered a room. He was a shy, quiet and simple man who preferred to keep to himself in public. On the other hand, Mr. Thomas Kim, a fellow scientist, was a man everyone would notice on the streets. He wore bright outfits with huge flower prints, spoke with a boom... | high3659.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "covers rich resources of knowledge"
},
"options": [
"provides very accurate information",
"offers links to most leading media",
"covers rich resources of knowledge",
"comes available in any language"
],
"questio... | Below is a page adapted from About Wikipedia on how to take full advantage of Wikipedia.
Wikipediais a web-based, free-content encyclopedia in many languages.
SSExploring Wikipedia
Many visitors come to Wikipedia to acquire knowledge, while others come to share knowledge. At this very instant, dozens of articles ar... | high10000.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the engine starts"
},
"options": [
"the alarm goes off",
"the car is fueled",
"the key is placed",
"the engine starts"
],
"question": "The ignition probably refers to the part in a car where _ .",
"questi... | Virginia is set to begin enforcing the toughest drunken-driving punishment, one that will require thousands of first-time offenders--whether they were highly drunk or slightly over the limit - to install in their cars blood-alcohol testing devices that can lock the ignition. The devices work like this-A driver must b... | high3881.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "be as faraway as possible"
},
"options": [
"be as careful as possible",
"be as long as an arm",
"be as near as possible",
"be as faraway as possible"
],
"question": "The phrase \"be at arm's length\" probably me... | Swim Birthday Parties
Ages 3 and up.
Pool parties are during recreation swim in the 25-yard pool. Each party consists of an hour of celebration in a private room. Parties are for 1--5 children. All non-swimmers or children requiring floatation must _ from the pool and accompanied by an adult or guardian.
Please contact... | high5228.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To tell his students the right attitude to life."
},
"options": [
"To give his students many more choices.",
"To teach his students how to enjoy coffee.",
"To show the students his collection of cups.",
"To tell his stu... | A group of graduates, successful in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.
Before offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups--porcelain, ... | high6721.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Try to start a conversation before asking for a light."
},
"options": [
"Whenever you feel like a cigarette, try to forget it by sleeping.",
"Try to start a conversation before asking for a light.",
"If you miss the feeling o... | When thinking about quitting (stop) smoking, list all the reasons why you want to quit. Every night before going to bed, repeat one of the reasons 10 times.
Decide positively that you want to quit. Try to avoid negative thoughts about how difficult it might be. Develop strong personal reasons as well as your health and... | high9412.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "1850"
},
"options": [
"1850",
"1950",
"1800",
"1900"
],
"question": "Camera was invented after _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text... | There have been many great inventions that changed the way we live.The first great invention was one that is still very important today--the wheel.This made it easier to carry heavy things and to travel long distances.For hundreds of years after that there were few inventions that had as much effect as the wheel.Then i... | high14266.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "biology"
},
"options": [
"physics",
"chemistry",
"biology",
"economics"
],
"question": "Ransom Myers was known for his scientific work in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Ransom Myers of Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia warned, using solid science and careful analysis, of the dangers of overfishing. _ and he wasn't afraid to report bad news. As the Guelph Mercury reported, the 54-year-old biologist, originally from Mississippi, was known for his research and warnings about the extinc... | high13509.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "They're all held in the same day."
},
"options": [
"They're all held in the same day.",
"They're all held by the same organization.",
"They're all organized for children.",
"They're all about the dancing and music."
... | New Year's Eve is a time to celebrate and enter the new year with a smile on your face. This year, there're plenty of local activities for all ages and interests, so the smiles will come easily.
BLUE CONCERT
Blues band the Coyotes is playing at the Dance Barn,at 8 Barn View in Sudden Valley, The show will start at 9 p.... | high15178.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The giving-away of privacy."
},
"options": [
"The giving-away of privacy.",
"Getting lots of junk emails.",
"Becoming a member of some organization unwillingly.",
"Not being able to unsubscribe."
],
"question": ... | In the next few years, battery technology is going to grow rapidly.
No more charging your smart phone every day...
No more "range anxiety" for electric cars, as new lithium batteries allow them to drive hundreds of miles on a single charge, just like a tank of gas.
And a tiny Chinese company is to be the leader of it ... | high1728.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Lists of English version books."
},
"options": [
"Lists of English version books.",
"Research on English literature.",
"Unfinished novels by British writers.",
"Comments on English literature."
],
"question": "W... | I used to think of myself as a fairly open person, but my bookshelves told a different story. Apart from a few Indian novels and the Australian and South African book, my literature collection consisted of British and American titles. Worse still, I hardly ever read anything in translation. My reading was limited to st... | high6047.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "she is often dressed strangely and differently from others."
},
"options": [
"the electric rhythm helps her too much in the performances.",
"she is often dressed strangely and differently from others.",
"she has been influenc... | Though she is already one of the most famous pop stars of the 21st century, you've probably never heard of a 25-year-old singer, song writer named Stefani Germanotta --- but that's only because almost everyone knows her by her stage name, Lady Gaga.
Born in New York City in 1986, Lady Gaga enjoyed music, singing and da... | high17009.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The skeletons of old wooden shipwrecks will exist for quite a long time."
},
"options": [
"Most ships in ancient times sank easily and become shipwrecks.",
"Shipwrecks, for scientists, are worth researching to get valuable informat... | Throughout seafaring history, ships and sailors have been lost to storms, accidents and war. Until recently, most of these ships were weak wooden sailing vessel , their skeletons quickly eaten away by sea creatures. Now, large vessels made of steel float on the seas. Thousands of these huge ships have been lost in ti... | high2221.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "they enjoy touring in \"Golden Week\" because it consists of several holidays"
},
"options": [
"they don't enjoy taking vacations because it's too expensive",
"they enjoy touring in \"Golden Week\" because it consists of several ho... | How do you think of the following example? Many Japanese never take the vacations they should enjoy, but with the coming of "Golden Week", several holidays following one after another in late April and early May, they pour out of the country in the tens of thousands.
So when traveling, whether on business or for pleasu... | high4888.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Sunglasses deliver mystery to the observers as well as the wearers."
},
"options": [
"Sunglasses deliver mystery to the observers as well as the wearers.",
"Sunglasses were mainly used in risky sports after their commercialization.... | Vanessa Brown, a senior lecturer of art at Nottingham University, explores the cultural and psychological relation between sunglasses and our modern idea of "cool." Her research has uncovered about why most of us look better in shades.
Because they really make your misshapen face look better. Put on a pair of sunglasse... | high10766.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "animals' lives in laboratories"
},
"options": [
"animals' lives in laboratories",
"cruel experiments on animals",
"the needs of animals in labs",
"facilities used to care for animals"
],
"question": "The passage... | Imagine living locked inside a closet. You can't choose when and what to eat or how you will spend your time. You can't even decide when the lights go on and off. Think about spending your whole life like this.
This is the life of lab animals.
Now consider the needs of these animals. Chimpanzees ,in their natural homes... | high11478.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "winter will end in a short time"
},
"options": [
"spring will come in March",
"winter will end in a short time",
"the groundhog will go on sleeping",
"the groundhog will refuse to go out"
],
"question": "Accordi... | The groundhog has been considered a weather prophet for many years in north America. According to legend, all winter long the furry brown groundhog sleeps in his comfortable underground home, or hole. On February 2, he wakes up. The groundhog is very hungry and comes out to search for food. If the sun is shinning, th... | high10772.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "do the same thing as in a marathon"
},
"options": [
"cover a long distance",
"keep hands in place for long",
"wave hands as long as possible",
"do the same thing as in a marathon"
],
"question": "The reason why ... | It is probably the strangest sport anyone has ever invented.And at first sight,it looks like the easiest.Competitors have to do two things.The first is to stand still.The second is to place their hands anywhere on the body of a car,and keep it there.
This is where things start getting difficult.Lots of people are doing... | high20869.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "His life in the Grammar School."
},
"options": [
"His date of birth.",
"His marriage.",
"His life in the Grammar School.",
"His date of death."
],
"question": "According to the writer, which of the following rem... | Shakespeare, more perhaps than any other writer, made full use of the greatest resources of the English language. Most of us use about five thousand words in our normal use of English; Shakespeare in his works used about twenty-five thousand words! There is probably no better way for a foreigner to appreciate the richn... | high16303.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "high school English teachers should be responsible for their students' poor command of English"
},
"options": [
"he was an excellent language teacher because he had been teaching English for sixteen years",
"the younger generation ... | What do college teachers think of high school English teachers'English teaching? And how should we see it? Let's read the following.
A teacher from a community college addressed a sympathetic audience. Heads nodded in agreement when he said, "High school English teachers are not doing their jobs." He described how weak... | high4644.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A sales executive."
},
"options": [
"A sales executive.",
"A martial arts trainer.",
"A workshop manager.",
"A farmhand."
],
"question": "Of the four positions,which offers the top yearly income?",
"question... | Sales Executive
Pindan Labor Solutions is expanding and we require a sales executive. Working hours from Monday to Friday,12 months a year. However,some weekend work may be required. You will be assisting our team of consultants with business development. You can get a monthly income of $5,200.Essential requirements in... | high19030.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "picnics"
},
"options": [
"teams",
"races",
"picnics",
"children"
],
"question": "The main purpose of the text is to introduce games for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Fun games and activities play all important role in making picnics enjoyable. Here are some examples.
Picnic Games for all Age Groups: Running and jumping races, playing balloons are some of the very popular picnic games for children. Grown ups in the picnic mood often enjoy taking part in children's games too. While o... | high14514.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "an apple tree"
},
"options": [
"an apple tree",
"the best picture",
"curtains",
"birds"
],
"question": "Mr. Black drew_.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,... | Mr. Black and Mr. White were two very famous artists in the city. Their drawings were also very popular in the city. But they tried to see who could draw the best picture.
One day they asked an old man to be the judge. Mr. Black drew an apple tree. He put his picture in the field. Soon the birds came and tried to eat t... | high9360.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the subjects every student takes may vary"
},
"options": [
"all high-school students take the same courses",
"every student must take practical ability training courses",
"every public school offers the same academic subjects... | Education is an expensive part of American life. Its size is matched by its variety. Differences in American schools compared with those found in the majority of other countries lie in the fact that education here has long been intended for everyone. Schools are expected to meet the needs of every child, regardless of ... | high9406.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "UN's possible sanction against North Koreabecause of its nuke test"
},
"options": [
"China and South Korea's dispute overNorth Korea",
"South Korea's disagreement with the USA",
"Chinese leaders' meeting with Ban Ki-moon",
... | It was not immediately clear how the military officials first spotted the activity at the site. However, the prefix = st1 /United StatesandSouth Koreagenerally share intelligence information obtained through satellite imagery.
Meanwhile, more unidentified South Korean government sources said they are trying to confirm ... | high22918.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "has been recognized"
},
"options": [
"is still unknown",
"is paid little attention to",
"is accepted on the base of scientific proof",
"has been recognized"
],
"question": "The importance of greenspaces in the c... | Greenspace facilities are contributing to an important degree to the quality of the city environment. Fortunately it is no longer necessary that every lecture or every book about this subject has to start with the proof of this idea. At present it is generally accepted, although more as a self-proved statement than o... | high12603.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "express his worry about Germany's future"
},
"options": [
"show how rude the teenagers are",
"complain the way some people act",
"express his worry about Germany's future",
"show how lazy young people nowadays are"
... | Dear Editor,
I am writing to ask what has happened to our youth. They are not as polite, hard-working or clever as my generation. I will give you two examples.
Last Friday, I got on the underground at 9.15a.m. It was very busy so there were no free seats. There were some teenagers sitting on the seats nearest me. I di... | high8718.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Smart phones make kids learn more."
},
"options": [
"The popularity of smart phones among kids",
"The entertaining function of smart phones",
"Smart phones make kids learn more.",
"It's too early for kids to use smart p... | As any parent with an iPhone or an iPod Touch knows, mobile apps can be an engaging and entertaining experience for kids. Now, a new study of PBS Kids suggests that the experience can be an educational one as well.
The study, which was administered by PBS under a grant from the Department of Education, first tested t... | high16465.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "most of the ice melted in the Northern hemisphere"
},
"options": [
"most of the ice melted in the Northern hemisphere",
"most of the ice melted in the Southern hemisphere",
"The North Pole is colder than South Pole",
"T... | Most of us are used to seasons. Each year, spring follows winter, which follows autumn, which follows summer, which follows spring. And winter is colder than summer. But the earth goes through temperature cycles over much longer periods than those that we experience. Between 65,000 and 35,000 years ago, the planet was ... | high4122.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "It is not too expensive."
},
"options": [
"It is not too expensive.",
"We can download software from it.",
"It can print whatever we want.",
"It'll replace shopping in the future."
],
"question": "What do we kno... | It is amazing how many of the things in science fiction and movies have become reality. For instance, in the movie Star Trek, the workers could go to a replicator and order food, drinks or anything they could program into the computer. Before long, the item would appear. This is possible today, in a way, with technol... | high19756.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "all be different from one another"
},
"options": [
"be completely different from those of today",
"be very similar to our homes",
"all be different from one another",
"be movable as you want"
],
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},
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"a shop that sells electronic equipment",
"a local newspaper",
"a hotel where the writer stayed"
],
"question": "Atlanta Journal is the name of _ .",
... | Dear Editor;
Why do newspapers carry so many advertisements for electronic equipment? Last Sunday I counted ads for seven kinds of televisions and thirteen kinds of radios in the Atlanta Journal. Besides that, there were pages and pages of ads for Citizens' Band radios and tape recorders.
Don't you realize what electro... | high10014.txt |
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},
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"Egyptian football",
"Japanese football",
"American football"
],
"question": "The expression \"Go for it!\" comes from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_q... | The expression "Go for it!" is a way of encouraging someone to try something.
"Go for it!" means you should not worry about failure or be too careful. You should take a chance, be brave, and act firmly.
"Go for it!" gets name from football. Not football as it is played in most countries such as England, Egypt or Japan,... | high3895.txt |
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},
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"a smile stamp",
"a smile button",
"a smile bag"
],
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"question_type... | Last night my husband and I were on the way to a show. We were both hungry and wanted to grab a quick bite on our way there, so we swung through a Jack-In-the-Box- Drive-thru Restaurant and placed our order.
When we got up to the window the lady smiled at me, which is sometimes rare and asked how I was doing while she ... | high19965.txt |
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},
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"call 1-800-451-2542",
"contact Skipper's Equestrian Center",
"get in touch with an RV park"
],
"question": "If you ... | Long Beach lies in south-western Washington, and it is generally called Long Beach Peninsula. Communities there take you back to the old days of a simple and slow-paced lifestyle. There, visitors can relax and have fun through various activities.
Bird watching
There are many kinds of birds that can be found in Long Bea... | high17790.txt |
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"answer_text": "Engineering in a small liberal-arts university."
},
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"Engineering in a small liberal-arts university.",
"Literature in a liberal-arts university.",
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"answer_text": "Beer"
},
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"Bottled water",
"Coffee",
"Milk"
],
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},
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"answer": {
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Transporting the bottles and keeping them cold also burns fuels, ... | high14299.txt |
[
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},
"options": [
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"natural diseases",
"TV violence",
"physical punishment"
],
"question": "According to the passage, the American teenage boys' lives are most threatened by _ .",
... | Teenage boys, regardless of race, are more likely to die from gunshot wounds than from all natural causes combined.
By the time the average American child leaves primary school, he or she will witness 8,000 murders and more than 100,000 acts of violence on television.
Youth are becoming involved in violence at an alar... | high23435.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "prevent the AIDS virus from spreading"
},
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"kill the AIDS virus",
"prevent the AIDS virus from spreading",
"produce new anti-AIDS cells"
],
"question": "The new technique can _ .",
... | American researchers have developed a technique that may become an important tool in fighting AIDS virus from attacking its target-cells in the body's defense system.When AIDS virus enters the blood,it searches for blood cells called T4 lymphocytes .The virus connects to the outside of T4 lymphocytes.Then it forces its... | high525.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "have an advantage over other workers"
},
"options": [
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"have an advantage over other workers",
"must be white-collar workers",
"travel to many different countries"
],
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In the past, only a few specialists in a company were needed to communicate with foreign businesses.However, in these day... | high15839.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "About 11 million US kids can get enough amount of exercise in team practices."
},
"options": [
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"About 11 million US kids can get enough amount of exercise... | American government suggests that children and teens should get 60 minutes of physical activity every day. But less than half of children and just 10% of teens meet these suggestions. What's the deal?
It's reported that about 44million US kids participate in organized sports(such as baseball, softball, soccer).But a ne... | high13290.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "handed over one penny to her father"
},
"options": [
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"received interest from her father",
"deposited a penny in her piggy bank",
"handed over one penny to her father"
],
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "it was the first time they had seen snow"
},
"options": [
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"it was the first time they had seen snow",
"they knew that winter had come",
"they liked cold weather"
... | Our first winter in Canada was the happiest we have experienced. We were living in the countryside then and had just arrived from Hong Kong that autumn. One evening in mid December snow began to fall. When we looked out of the window and saw that it was snowing, we all cheered. It was the first snow we had ever seen an... | high8095.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "at the restaurant"
},
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"in the car",
"in the office",
"in any places"
],
"question": "From May 1, 2011, it is forbidden to smoke _ .",
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... | A ban on smoking in public places has come into effect on May 1,2011 in China--home to one third of the world's smokers.
The ban is aimed at controlling the number of deaths from smoking-related diseases, running at a million deaths a year.That figure is predicted to double by 2020.The new smoking ban is an attempt to ... | high20882.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It is just a mental reaction."
},
"options": [
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"It has cognitive benefits.",
"It is just a mental reaction.",
"It is a physiological response."
],
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "be successful in science careers"
},
"options": [
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"enjoy solving future problems",
"perform community service",
"study wildlife and soils"
],
"question": "Students choose Math... | At the middle school level, there are many academic clubs in which students can participate.Students can choose clubs that focus on an area of interest.
Mathcounts Club
Mathcounts tries to increase excitement towards mathematic achievement. It hopes to provide students with the foundation for success in science, techno... | high21544.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He prayed to Saint Jude."
},
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"He prayed to Saint Jude.",
"He ate a teaspoon of sugar.",
"He drank a \"secret\" mixture."
],
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Everyone has a favorite cure for a case of the hiccups.Some people think that a good scare is necessary to get... | high10799.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It is no fun to be busy for the kids"
},
"options": [
"Being too busy is bad for the kids",
"It is no fun to be busy for the kids",
"Homework should go before gam.",
"Being busy may cause the kids to feel bored"
],
... | This is the age of being busy. Many of us live in busy places and have busy lives. Even the roads are busy as we try to get from here to there. Adults are busy going to jobs and taking care of their families. Kids are busy, too, going to school and doing a lot of homework after school and on weekends.
Busy isn't bad, n... | high11493.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the freshmen of universities"
},
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"the college students and teachers",
"the freshmen of universities",
"the parents of college students"
],
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"answer": {
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},
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"sympathy",
"congratulations",
"inspiring comments"
],
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},
"options": [
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"... | Mahjong, that favorite pastime of "old folks" in Shanghai, is finding a new audience among younger players, and many university students are becoming mad about this traditional Chinese game. Students at Fudan University have even formed a Mahjong club.
This resurgence of the game, however, is not without its critics. S... | high23347.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "give him some practice"
},
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"find a part-time worker in need",
"give him some practice",
"show sympathy for him"
],
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One day the placement officer asked me to interview a young man who was having trouble finding a ... | high8081.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because it stresses both material and spiritual development."
},
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"Because it changes its policy and begins to open up.",
"Because it uses \"GNH\" to measure its achievement.",
"Because it stresses both material a... | It is hard to imagine that such a small country,the size of Indiana with the population of Alaska,tucked in the Himalaya Mountains,accessible only by two airplanes,is the "Happiest Country'' in the world and has one of the fastest growing GDP'S in the world.This country is Bhutan,"Land of the Thunder Dragon",which is l... | high6912.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Get information from the Internet."
},
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"Get information from the Internet.",
"Read the Public Library Manifesto.",
"Clean the library with workers.",
"Work together with the teachers."
],
"question"... | Our school library offers learning services, books and other things that help all members of the school to become good thinkers and clever users of information. It is linked to the larger library in the city and the World Wide Web. All these services are given according to the requirements of the Public Library Manif... | high15193.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Three."
},
"options": [
"Four.",
"Three.",
"Two.",
"Five."
],
"question": "How many of the seven ads are placed by people who want to hire someone for a certain job?",
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... | (1) Secretary. Part time. 20 hours a week. Busy doctor's office. Experience preferred. Good typing. Call 555-2438.
(2) BABY SITTER. 3 to 6 weekday afternoons. I will take you home. $5 an hour, call 555-5593.
(3) Guitar lessons. Your home or mine. Experienced musician. Master's degree in music. Call Louise 555-6131.
(4)... | high23421.txt |
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"answer_text": "the lessons that we could learn from the accident of theTitanic"
},
"options": [
"the reason why the Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean",
"how the unsinkable ship of Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean",
"the lessons that we c... | "We do look very different; we're older. Leo's 38, I'm 37. We were 21 and 22 when we made that film. You know, he's fatter now -- I'm thinner.". So says Kate Winslet, who is thrilled at the 3-D re-release ofTitanicto coincide with the 100th anniversary of the ship's demise. " It happens every time I get on any boat of ... | high531.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "costs a Canadian reader $ 34.95 a year"
},
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"mainly deals with health problems",
"costs a Canadian reader $ 34.95 a year",
"has won Independent Press Awards 12 times"
],
"... | E - The Environmental Magazine
If you're concerned about your health, your family's health and the future of our planet, and want to know "What Can I Do?" to make a difference, you'll love reading E - The Environmental Magazine. A 12-time Independent Press Awards winner andnominee , E is full of everything environmen... | high20128.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He greatly appreciated others' help."
},
"options": [
"He refused to work and begged for food on the road.",
"He greatly appreciated others' help.",
"He couldn't stand cold, wet weather.",
"He liked to eat hamburgers an... | There is always a man who stands on different comers of the street in our city, holding a sign that reads "Will work for food for my family". Normally I don't have much money to help him. When my mother is with me and she sometimes makes me pull over and then she will hand him some money.
Tonight, I was on my way to th... | high21236.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "how to choose helpful English reading"
},
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"how to choose helpful English reading",
"some famous English writers",
"the importance of studying English"
],
"question": "... | To develop one's fine taste in English, one of the most effective ways is to read English books widely. Yet one may be at a loss to choose the proper books, especially as a beginner. I would like to share some of my experience.
My first English novel was Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, but my experience was somewhat... | high22717.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It helps reduce the cost for airlines."
},
"options": [
"It is cheaper for air travelers.",
"It helps reduce the cost for airlines.",
"It can use computer to plan air traveling.",
"It helps prevent filers from losing th... | The United States: Fliers may want to have their tickets in hand before catching their planes, but the airline companies are doing everything they can to bring forward cost-saving ticketless flight--no paper needed, just a ticket number and a photo ID. Anyone who buys a Northwest E-ticket through the airline's computer... | high23409.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "very popular."
},
"options": [
"more interesting.",
"very popular.",
"more detailed.",
"more formal."
],
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[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It mainly shows us a place to relax ourselves."
},
"options": [
"It mainly shows us some ways to spend weekends.",
"It Shows the ways of saving our time.",
"It mainly shows us a place to relax ourselves.",
"It shows us ... | Indoor and outdoor courts. Coaching from beginners to advanced, every day not
evenings.Children only-Sat. mornings.
SKIING
Dry slopes--3 levels instructors at weekends and Fridays. Daytime parcitice. 8 years upwards.
SWIMMING
2 pools I heated Olympic length. Tuition available.
Women: Tuesday and Thursday.
Men: Monday, ... | high8917.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "it provides practical guidance for parents"
},
"options": [
"it covers many inspiring thoughts about bringing up children",
"it outlines big theories from home and abroad",
"it provides practical guidance for parents",
... | Writer and teacher Yin Jianli's stories and thoughts about bringing up her daughter
Yuanyuan have been a constant source of inspiration for parents over the past 16 years.
Her book, A Good Mother Exceeds Good Teachers, published by Writers Publishing House, has been a bestseller on Dangdang and Amazon's online pla... | high2584.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "are enjoyed by many Belgians"
},
"options": [
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"are enjoyed by many Belgians",
"make a huge profit each year",
"are recognized by foreigners"
],
"question": "It is considered that pot... | Who would have thought that potato fries could unite an entire country? Well, that seems to be the case in Belgium where there is currently a movement to have Belgian potato fries officially recognized as cultural heritage.
The fries are served in a paper cone from a "fritkot", which is a shack or a food truck. Across... | high19959.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It describes the scene on the seashore."
},
"options": [
"It tells us a story of the monkeys.",
"It describes the scene on the seashore.",
"It talks about the life of the fishermen.",
"It is about how the people celebra... | Along the seashore ,the tall coconut trees waved in he wind. The sand was white in the bright sun, and the ocean was dark blue. The houses in the town near the shore, were painted white. The boats had been pulled up on the shore. Usually they would all be in the water with hard-working fishermen. But today was a holida... | high3842.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "'W00t' Crowned Word of Year"
},
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"More Globalized Word",
"Words Used in the Media and on the Internet",
"'W00t' Crowned Word of Year",
"Online gamers' Triumph"
],
"question": "The best title for this... | Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster Inc. said "w00t" reflects a new direction in the American language led by a generation raised on video games and mobile phone text-messaging. It's like saying "yay," the dictionary said. "It could be after a triumph or for no reason at all," Merriam-Webster said.
Visitors to Merriam... | high20100.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Recycling the carbon dioxide into gasoline."
},
"options": [
"Removing the emission of carbon dioxide.",
"Reducing the carbon dioxide produced by car driving.",
"Recycling the carbon dioxide into gasoline.",
"Reserving ... | If two scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory are correct, people will still be driving gasoline powered cars 50 years from now, giving out heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere--and yet that carbon dioxide will not contribute to global warming.
In a proposal by two scientists, vehicle emissions woul... | high19781.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "held.a positive attitude towards an active life"
},
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"held.a positive attitude towards an active life",
"was fond of associating with celebrities",
"kept a secret of ... | Two of the hardest things to accomplish in this world are to acquire wealth by honest effort and, having gained it, to learn how to use it properly. Recently 1 walked into the locker room of a rather well-known golf club after finishing a round.It was in the late afternoon and most of the members had left for their hom... | high17974.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Yao Ming retires from the basketball"
},
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"Yao Ming: a household name",
"Farewell conference",
"Yao Ming retires from the basketball",
"Yao Ming's personal decision"
],
"question": "Which of the foll... | The NBA's version of the Ming Dynasty is done. After helping basketball gain a foothold in the world's most populous market, Chinese star Yao Ming has retired.
Yao made it official Wednesday, telling a news conference that a series of foot and leg injuries forced him to end his playing career at the age of 30.
"I will ... | high21578.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the power of a simple compliment"
},
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"friendship between the writer and a young man",
"the power of a simple compliment",
"a grocery store",
"a diligent assistant"
],
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "at about twenty-five"
},
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"In their early fifties",
"as soon as possible after they were fifteen",
"at any age from fifteen to forty-five"
],
"question": "According to the pas... | The greatest recent changes have ,been in the lives of women ,During the twentieth century there was an unusual shortening of the time of a woman's life spent in caring for children. A woman marrying at the end of the 19th century would probably have been in her middle twenties ,and would be likely to have seven or eig... | high20666.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "are more traditional than"
},
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"are more open-minded than",
"have closer friends than",
"are more traditional than"
],
"question": "According to the article, dog peop... | We all like watching online videos of dogs and cats doing funny things. But if you had to decide, which of the two animals would you say you might like better? Your answer may say something about your personality.
According to a 2010 study led by Sam Gosling, a scientist at the University of Texas, US, dog people are a... | high6084.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "often gives a fair picture of the year's work"
},
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"often tells whether he likes the object or not",
"often prove unreliable",
"often gives a fair picture of the year's work"
],
... | Dear Editor:
While a new school term is about to begin, perhaps we should reconsider the matter of examinations. In July, two writers(letters to the editor) praised the cancellation of exams because they believe "Tests don't tell the whole story".
As a teacher who has worked in four countries, I have had the experience... | high22071.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Air pollution, cancer risk"
},
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"Signals of air pollution",
"Safety limits of air pollution",
"Air pollution, cancer risk",
"Air pollution, smog risk"
],
"question": "What might be the best title of ... | Air pollution is a leading cause of cancer and classified among Group 1,or top, human carcinogens , said the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is the World Health Organization's (WHO) cancer agency, on Oct 17,2013.
The most widely used system for classifying carcinogens comes from the IARC, whi... | high6090.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Its tourism."
},
"options": [
"Its location.",
"Its tourism.",
"Its business.",
"Its history."
],
"question": "Which of the following about Pingyao is NOT mentioned in the passage?",
"question_type": null
... | Pingyao, located in the center of Shanxi Province, is a famous historic cultural city of China and a world cultural heritage site. It is 90 kilometers south of Taiyuan on the Fen River.
People lived in Pingyao during the New Stone Age. Its long period as a county government seat has left Pingyao with lots of hist... | high1927.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "35"
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"35",
"37",
"40"
],
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},
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
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Scott was the oldest of my four children. He was 33 years old and a successful assistant principal at SamRayburn Hifht School in Pasadena, Texas. He and his wife Carolyn were... | high4687.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "help him find out the problem and solution"
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"give him a good beating",
"lock him up in a dark room",
"ask him to stand in a corner for hours",
"help him find out the problem and solution"
],
"que... | A generation of parents raised according to the permissive principles of postwar childcare experts is rediscovering the importance of saying "No" to their children.They are beginning to reclaim the house as their own.Even spanking is back.
While today's parents do not want to return to the Victorian era --when childre... | high10969.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "three"
},
"options": [
"one",
"two",
"three",
"four"
],
"question": "The writer did job (s) during the summer of the first year of undergraduate schooling.",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | Finally, I entered the institution. Because of my careful savings, I did not have to work during the school year. Then, summer came and it was time to work harder than ever. I continued working as a waitress at night, instructed tennis camps several mornings a week and worked as a secretary for a few hours in the after... | high20672.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Computers Help Fire Fighters."
},
"options": [
"Large Computers in Kansas,Missouri.",
"Computers Help Fire Fighters.",
"Important Information for Fire Fighters.",
"The Speed of the Computers."
],
"question": "Wh... | Inprefix = st1 /Kansas City,Missouri, a computer helps fire fighters. The computer, which works very fast, has information about all the 350,000 street addresses in the city. Within two or three seconds after a call is received, the computer provides necessary information for the fire fighters. The information is then ... | high19795.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To keep badly behaved students there."
},
"options": [
"To give extra lessons to special needs students.",
"To offer students a place to relieve bad feelings.",
"To keep badly behaved students there.",
"To experiment on... | Parents at one Connecticut elementary school say they are angry over the use of so-called "scream rooms" to discipline special needs students. The two rooms at Farm Hill Elementary School in Middletown, Conn., came under fire after several students complained about the sounds of children yelling coming from the rooms... | high22703.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "frighten burglars and tell him that somebody had got into the house"
},
"options": [
"make sure that he got up early every day",
"warn him when there were lizards in his house",
"frighten burglars and tell him that somebody h... | Last week, I bought an alarm system for about $ 450. It consisted of a control unit with three small units. I put the control unit in the sitting-room and fastened the other units by the front door, back door and living-room windows. The instructions told us to choose three numbers, so we chose 491, the last three num... | high8903.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "attract people to buy their products"
},
"options": [
"attract people to buy their products",
"provide the latest information",
"improve people's quality of life",
"deal with cultural diseases"
],
"question": "F... | Everywhere I look outside my home I see people busy on their high-tech devices, while driving, walking, shopping, even sitting in toilets. When connected electronically, they are away from physical reality.
People have been influenced to become technology addicted. One survey reported that "addicted" was the word most ... | high6279.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It is a kind of bottled water."
},
"options": [
"It is a kind of iced water.",
"It is just plain tap water.",
"It is a kind of bottled water.",
"It is a kind of mineral water."
],
"question": "What do we know ab... | Reading new peaks of popularity in North America is Iceberg Water which is harvested from icebergs off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
Arthur von Wiesenberger, who carries the title Water Master, is one of the few water critics in North America. As a boy, he spent time in the larger cities of Italy, France and Switz... | high23192.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Around half of all lion hunting in Africa is conducted by Americans."
},
"options": [
"The lions have been killed and imported by American hunters.",
"That is due to habitat loss and hunting by locals and foreign tourists.",
... | The US plans to extend its endangered species protection to lions in Africa. US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will classify lions in southern and eastern Africa as threatened. The move will place tighter restrictions on the import of lion "trophies ", such as paws or heads.
While the US cannot regulate hunting in oth... | high13051.txt |
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