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"answer_text": "always a hot topic in people's lives"
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"not important to most people",
"sometimes the only comfort to sick people",
"a matter of life and death to the rich",
"always a hot topic in people's lives"
],
... | Hardly a day goes by without the subject of money being raised in most people's lives. However, it is highly debatable whether money is more important than other things, such as health and happiness, which some people consider to be of greater significance.
To begin with, it is often argued that having money enable... | high22105.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "introduce you to a job"
},
"options": [
"introduce you to a job",
"enrich your knowledge about pets",
"advertise for a business",
"tell you more about life in New York"
],
"question": "By writing the passage the... | Dog walkers provide a 20-to-60-minute daily walk for a client's dog,making sure the dog answers the call of nature and gets proper exercise.They often walk more than one dog at a time.Some walkers work for dog-walking services,especially when starting out.Others have their own businesses,and build by word of mouth and... | high22111.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a serious illness"
},
"options": [
"a barrier to personal contact",
"fewer friends",
"an escape from reality",
"a serious illness"
],
"question": "Cell phone addiction has caused the following effects EXCEPT _ ... | When you get in your car, you reach for it. When you're at work, you take a break to have a moment alone with it. When you get into a lift, you play with it.
Cigarette? Cup of coffee? No, it's the third most addictive thing in modem life, the cell phone. And experts say it is becoming more difficult for many people to ... | high1853.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Having a cigarette before going to bed every day."
},
"options": [
"Eat five servings of fruits and vegetables a day.",
"Do proper exercise in the morning every day.",
"Drinking alcohol in the proper amount every day.",
... | To get an extra 14 years of life, don't smoke, eat lots of fruits and vegetables, exercise regularly and drink alcohol in a proper amount.That is according to a study published this Monday in the Public Library of Science Medicine Journal.
After tracking more than 20,000 people aged 45 to 79 years in the United Kingdom... | high2382.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "in Rome"
},
"options": [
"in Rome",
"by the eighteen century",
"in Greece",
"during the Middle Ages"
],
"question": "In Europe, the umbrella was first used against the rain _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_q... | Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese, back in the eleventh century B.C. To use it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against rai... | high20706.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "live longer than those in the wild"
},
"options": [
"have difficulty in finding food",
"often struggle with each other",
"live longer than those in the wild",
"will often fight with their enemies"
],
"question":... | Most people think zoos are safe for animals, where struggles such as difficulty in finding food and avoiding natural enemies don't exist. Without such problems, animals in zoos should live to an old age. But that may not be true for the largest land animals on earth. Scientists have known that elephants in zoos often s... | high18299.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He had an attention disorder"
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"options": [
"He was new to the class",
"He was tired of literature",
"He had an attention disorder",
"He wanted to take the task home"
],
"question": "The author didn't finish t... | At thirteen, I was diagnosed with kind of attention disorder. It made school difficult for me. When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks, I could not.
In my first literature class, Mrs.Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it, all within 45 minutes. I raised my hand right away and said,"Mrs.Smi... | high19187.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the experience of buying a car"
},
"options": [
"saving money charging",
"quarrelling with the dealers",
"the experience of buying a car",
"regretting buying a new Civic"
],
"question": "This text mainly tells a... | In 1996 I wanted to buy a Honda Civic. I went to the local dealer. "Oh, you want a Civic, do you?" said the fellow. "And I suppose you'd also like us to throw in a couple of front-row Superbowl tickets? Haw! Haw! Haw! Haw!"
When his laughter ended, he explained that the Civic was such a hit in Europe that Honda was get... | high17814.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "changes have taken place in both the appearance and the concept of banks"
},
"options": [
"money is not as valuable as it was in the past",
"changes have taken place in both the appearance and the concept of banks",
"the arch... | My father' s response to the bank building at 43rd Street and Fifth Avenue in New York city was immediate and definite: "You won' t catch me putting my money in there!" he declared, "Not in that glass box. "
Of course, my father is a gentleman of the old school, a member of the generation to whom a good deal of modern ... | high20060.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The time you need for sleep is related to your state of mind."
},
"options": [
"Experts' guideline for sleeping time applies to all the people.",
"The time you need for sleep is related to your state of mind.",
"The less you ... | There's nothing like a good night's sleep -- but what does that really mean? It turns out that the answer depends not only on your age, but also on your lifestyle. Some people are productive and happy with fewer hours of sleep, while others need more. Still, experts can determine guidelines that work for most people. T... | high19839.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "was a separate country before the 18th century"
},
"options": [
"had been an independent country by the 19th century",
"had been a dependent country by the 18th century",
"was a separate country before the 18th century",
... | A lot of people think Scotland is a part of England , but, as any Scotsman will tell you , it certainly is not. In fact, until the eighteenth century Scotland was an independent country, with a parliament of its own. The English had tried many times over many centuries to bring Scotland under their rule. They succeeded... | high24206.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "her baby was born imperfect"
},
"options": [
"her baby was born without hair",
"her baby had a tiny face",
"her baby was born imperfect",
"the doctor turned to look out of the window"
],
"question": "The mother ... | When she moved the covering cloth to look upon his tiny face, she was shocked. The doctor turned quickly and looked out the tall hospital window. The baby had been born without ears.
Time proved that the baby's hearing was perfect. When he rushed home from school one day and threw himself into his mother's arms, she si... | high8877.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "They showed strong disbelief."
},
"options": [
"They lost balance in excitement.",
"They expressed little interest.",
"They showed strong disbelief.",
"They burst into cheers."
],
"question": "How did the archit... | Clay Wanner began to gather a group of architects in Las Vegas a few years ago,to ask them what it would take to design a public school that used 50 percent less energy, cost much less to build and obviously improved student learning. "I think half of them fell off their chairs, " Wanner says.
Wanner manages school fac... | high6682.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Changes to the American lifestyle."
},
"options": [
"The interpretation of \"the American dream\".",
"The significance of the current economic crisis.",
"The traditional American way of life.",
"Changes to the American ... | Many people would interpret "the American dream" as "living like an American" --- a two-story house with a white picket fence ; a family with two cars; and two children.
However, the current economic situation is affecting the American way of life for 4.4 million people living in the US, according to a new census data... | high23569.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "gun control"
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"options": [
"personal possessions",
"American culture",
"personal rights",
"gun control"
],
"question": "The writer's purpose is to give his opinion about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | As a foreigner,I don' t know the situation in the US well. Seeing all kinds of recent shooting incidents,I think it should be controlled more strictly than now. Somebody said that the person who has it in mind to kill another can do it without a gun,so the causes of murders are not guns but the trend of despising lif... | high22677.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He had been searched."
},
"options": [
"He had lost contact with his family.",
"He had been forbidden to smoke.",
"He had been searched.",
"He had killed someone."
],
"question": "What do we know about the man f... | I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. I fumbled in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which had escaped their search. I found one and because of my shaking hands, I could barely get it to my lips. But I had no matches, they had taken those. I looked through the bars at the guard. ... | high19186.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "biting nails"
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"options": [
"sucking thumbs",
"biting nails",
"smoking",
"eating too much"
],
"question": "Generally speaking, a child likes _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer... | Can you remember any of the bad habits you used to have when you were very young? Perhaps, as a baby, you used to suck your thumb . Of course, you do not do that any more, but you can surely remember your mother's efforts to train you. The good habits you now have in such matters as personal cleanliness were part of th... | high21419.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "study subjects and attend social activities"
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"only learn some subjects at school",
"study subjects and attend social activities",
"must study and have meals at school",
"should go home at 3 p.m. every da... | Life in an American high school is an interesting and exciting learning experience. High school in America is not just a place for studying some subjects. It is also an important social centre, where students can develop other interests and talents.
The high school course is divided into four years. School usually star... | high20707.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Christopher Columbus Museum"
},
"options": [
"Wisconsin Historical Museum",
"Swiss Historical Village",
"Artisan Gallery & Creamery Cafe`",
"Christopher Columbus Museum"
],
"question": "Where can you go for a vi... | Attractions in Wisconsin
_
30 N. Carroll Street on Madison's Capital Square
Discover Wisconsin's history and culture on four floors of exhibits. Open for public program.
Admission is free.
Open Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00am---4:00pm.
( 608 ) 264-6555 www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum
_
612 Seventh Ave., New Glare... | high2383.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Mumtaz"
},
"options": [
"Mumtaz",
"Shah",
"Mumtaz or Shah",
"Mumtaz and Shah"
],
"question": "The Taj Mahal was built for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answer": {
"answer_... | Few buildings on earth can compete with the legendary beauty of the Taj Mahal. Towering over the ancient Indian city of Agra, the Taj Mahal is the grandest monument to love ever created.
The lovers in this story are the 17th century Indian emperor Shah Jehan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal. She took a leading role in advis... | high15964.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To lead into the topic."
},
"options": [
"To give example.",
"To lead into the topic.",
"To make prediction.",
"To provide the evidence."
],
"question": "Why does the author talk about the movie 2012 in the pass... | Not long ago the movie 2012 came into screen. The people were threatened by those scenes of destroying flood, severe earthquake, terrifying hurricane and constructions representing human civilization being destroyed and even swallowed by disaster. Luckily, they are just the director' s imagination, but the present sit... | high1852.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "don't fully understand the pressures of being a teenager now"
},
"options": [
"didn't have to overcome difficulties when in their teens.",
"don't fully understand the pressures of being a teenager now",
"can easily deal with ... | Dear Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul,
Mostpeopledon'treallyknowwhatpressuresatypicalteenager has to go through.Sure, our parents and grandparents were once teens, but things are so different now.It has never been tougher to a teenager.
It had never been more important to be in the "right group" or to have the "rig... | high22110.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A place which gives supportive services and assistance."
},
"options": [
"A hotel that serves meals.",
"A place for children to be taken care of.",
"An entertainment place for adults.",
"A place which gives supportive s... | While assisted living centers have been available in the United States for many years, the growth and availability of assisted living has had a dramatic increase since the early 1990s. An assisted living center is a residential alternative that promotes maximum independence for each resident through a combination of su... | high22676.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a school"
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"a child",
"a school",
"a teacher",
"a disease"
],
"question": "The passage is mainly about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
"answer_index"... | If a child has a learning problem before he leaves the Second or Third Grade, it's difficult for him to study well. ADHD is one of the most common learning disabilities. Even with parents and doctors working together without schools' help, it is very hard to get rid of the disability. Sadly, even today, there are many ... | high23568.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "it was religiously unacceptable"
},
"options": [
"it made Christians evil.",
"it was the apple of Eden",
"it came from a forbidden land",
"it was religiously unacceptable"
],
"question": "The tomato was shut out... | To take the apple as a forbidden fruit is the most unlikely story the Christians ever cooked up. For them, the forbidden fruit from Eden is evil . So when Columbus brought the tomato back from South America, a land mistakenly considered to be Eden, everyone jumped to be the obvious conclusion. Wrongly taken as the appl... | high478.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It plays an important role in ending violence."
},
"options": [
"It thinks violence is bad and wrong.",
"It plays an important role in ending violence.",
"It is a knee-jerk judgment of people.",
"It thinks violent peopl... | The moral view of violence, labeling it as bad and wrong, has done little to end it. The alternative view is to release our judgments and see violence for what it is: a form of suffering. This is a difficult change for many people. Not only are they in the habit of making knee-jerk judgments, but violent people cause ... | high8876.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "so careless that they make some spelling mistakes in their resume"
},
"options": [
"too limitedly educated to write a perfect resume",
"so careless that they make some spelling mistakes in their resume",
"so careless that the... | Attention to detail is something everyone can and should do-especially in tight job market.
Bob Crossley,a human-resources expert notices this in the job applications that come across his desk every day."It's amazing how many candidates eliminate themselves,"he says."Resumes arrive with faults.Some candidates don't... | high19838.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "animals"
},
"options": [
"scenery",
"plan ts",
"stories",
"animals"
],
"question": "Daniele' s paintings are mainly about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_in... | When you think of an artist, you probably think of someone painting on canvas . But Guido Daniele creates fantastic paintings of birds, elephants, tigers, and giraffes by painting on skin. Born in Soverato, Italy, Guido Daniele has been called"Ha nd Gogh" (after artist Vincent van Gogh) since he began creating works o... | high20061.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Sense of humor"
},
"options": [
"Writing themes",
"Sense of humor",
"Life experiences",
"Approaches in writing"
],
"question": "Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the similarity between Mo Yan and Shen C... | When talking with young Swedish students, Mo Yan showed respect for Chinese authors that he learned writing from, particularly Shen Congwen, who was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize.
"Lu Xun, Lao She, Mao Dun and Shen Congwen, they are more qualified for the Nobel Prize than me," he said,. Among the writers he learn... | high3923.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the number of objects."
},
"options": [
"the size of cards.",
"the colour of pictures.",
"the shape of patterns.",
"the number of objects."
],
"question": "Babies are sensitive to the change in _ .",
"que... | The baby is just one day old and has not yet left hospital. She is quiet but alert . Twenty centimeters from her face researchers have placed a white card with two black spots on it. She stares at it carefully. A researcher removes the card and replaces it by another, this time with the spots differently spaced. As th... | high4094.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Drivers at all ages will be expected to provide their medical condition."
},
"options": [
"The new motoring law will come into effect by the summer.",
"Drivers over the age of 75 must renew their licenses every three years.",
... | Motorists over the age of 75 face compulsory tests of their eyesight and ability to drive under proposals being considered by ministers.
The biggest _ of motoring law in a generation could also lead to all drivers having to give assurances of their fitness to get behind the wheel every 10 years.
Other changes under con... | high3937.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Ellington took the responsibility for a band for a long time."
},
"options": [
"Ellington was very popular at parties in the Washington area.",
"Ellington took the responsibility for a band for a long time.",
"Ellington did l... | Duke Ellington is known as one of the most important composers of his time, and his work has been enjoyed for more than 80 years by music lovers all over the world. During his lifetime Ellington turned musical sounds into many compositions, mostly in the style known as jazz.
The Early Years
Edward Kennedy Ellington was... | high20075.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Listening to music is far from enjoyable for them."
},
"options": [
"Listening to music is far from enjoyable for them.",
"They love places where they are likely to hear music.",
"They can easily tell two different songs apar... | For some people, music is no fun at all. About four percent of the population is what scientists call "amusic." People who are amusic are born without the ability to recognize or reproduce musical notes . Amusic people often cannot tell the difference between two songs. Amusics can only hear the difference between two... | high4080.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Taking pictures."
},
"options": [
"Taking pictures.",
"Using a kind of alphabet-based input system.",
"Spelling out the sounds of the characters.",
"Using their fingers as pens to write."
],
"question": "Which w... | As young Chinese increasingly forget how to write characters because they don't have to, using keyboards and touch screen technology on mobile phones is changing the trend.
For Yin Liang, a 26-year-old purchasing agent at a company, his embarrassment over forgetting how to write characters has gradually disappeared... | high17801.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "You can buy what you like more conveniently."
},
"options": [
"You can buy what you like at a lower price.",
"You can buy what you like without paying at all.",
"You can buy what you like more conveniently.",
"You can b... | Passing a store, you might just step in and see if the store has received any new CDs. Once in the store, you're delighted to discover some new CDs that you must have. You could buy them later, of course, but you're already here, so why not now? In the checkout line you wonder whether to write a check or pay with a cre... | high22662.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a piece of sports news broadcast over radio"
},
"options": [
"a piece of sports news broadcast over radio",
"a piece of sports news in a newspaper",
"an advertisement about sports",
"an essay about sports"
],
"q... | This is John Roberts reporting from Cardiff. The result of the match which finished at four this afternoon between France and Wales was a _ . Neither side scored. The Dutch referee did not allow the one goal which France managed to kick. The reason for this was that a French player was unfortunately off side. So both t... | high7589.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "It would make him look like an old man"
},
"options": [
"It would make him look like an old man",
"He did not get the nerve to wear one",
"It looked old-styled.",
"It was too costly"
],
"question": "Why did the ... | Crystal Ear
One day a friend asked my wife Jill if I wanted a hearing aid. "He certainly does,"replied Jill. After hearing about a remarkable new product, Jill finally got up the nerve to ask me if I'd ever thought about getting a hearing aid. "No way,"I said. "It would make me look 20 years older.""No, no"she replied.... | high6697.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To tell how to comfort an upset child."
},
"options": [
"To show an upset child is very tough.",
"To share his experience of keeping a child.",
"To tell how to comfort an upset child.",
"To get advice on how to raise a ... | Nobody likes having to deal with an upset child. If your little one is hurt, scared or sad, your heart breaks for her. If she's mad, it can make you mad. You want to be there for her and comfort her, but the best way to do that will depend mainly on two things: why she's upset and how old she is. Be calm and open-minde... | high12979.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "children"
},
"options": [
"teachers",
"adults",
"children",
"women"
],
"question": "According to the advertisements, the four books are all intended for _ .",
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},
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... | *Basic Study Manual Hardcover: $ 37.50
Future success depends on the ability to learn. Here are the answers to the questions most often asked by parents, teachers, business trainers and by students themselves. Read this book and learn:
* What the three barriers to study are - and what to do about them
* What to... | high24213.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "She got the flu."
},
"options": [
"She was late for work.",
"She was caught in the rain.",
"She met Nicky Jonathan.",
"She got the flu."
],
"question": "What did NOT happen to the author on her first day at work... | On my first day of work at Moro Assurance, I arrived nervously, totally wet and nearly half an hour late. I had forgotten to take an umbrella, had missed the bus and was mow ready for a good scolding . It was then that I met Nicky Jonathan, the Managing Director.
She was a small, birdlike woman. Her appearance gave ... | high22104.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The shortage of outdoor light."
},
"options": [
"Genetic faults of the people.",
"Elongation of the eyeball.",
"The shortage of outdoor light.",
"Lack of research into the problem."
],
"question": "As is mention... | Up to 90% of school leavers in major Asian cities are suffering from myopia ---short-sightedness, a study suggests. Researchers say the "extraordinary rise" in the problem is being caused by students working very hard in school and missing out on outdoor light.
Eye experts say that you are short-sighted if your vision ... | high3089.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To serve and help his king-- Lear."
},
"options": [
"To find a chance to meet Goneril.",
"To share some of the king's wealth.",
"To find a job in the court.",
"To serve and help his king-- Lear."
],
"question": ... | Part 3
NARRATOR: As soon as Goneril has got all she can from her father, she begins treating _ disrespectfully. When Lear wants to speak to her, Goneril tells her servant, Oswald, to say she is sick. She encourages her staff to be disrespectful towards Lear and begins complaining about the hundred soldiers Lear has bro... | high10808.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "youth crime was too complex for ordinary citizens to solve"
},
"options": [
"the city's problems were too serious for local people to solve",
"youth crime was too complex for ordinary citizens to solve",
"local people would s... | When officials in Richmond, B. C., Canada, told Stephen Covey about plans to participate in local citizens in their fight against youth crime, the leadership consultant was doubtful. He was sure the city's problems would prove "too complex" for ordinary people to make a difference.
But Covey forgot about the tri... | high20713.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He exchanged all his coppers for it from another boy."
},
"options": [
"He bought it in a toy shop for children.",
"He got it as a birthday present.",
"He exchanged all his coppers for it from another boy.",
"He got it ... | When I was a child of seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went at once to a shop where they sold toys for children. Being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I had seen by the way, in the hands of another boy, I handed over all my money for one. I then came home, and went wh... | high322.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "human communication means information exchange"
},
"options": [
"human communication means information exchange",
"human communication involves people's participation",
"information is now experiencing a revolution",
"i... | Information has always been at the center of human communication. You may ask why. Well, communication between people contains giving and receiving information. The way we give and receive information today has experienced a revolution in the development of the mass media in the 20th century.
The first truly mass commu... | high15958.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "serious depression"
},
"options": [
"poor memory",
"serious depression",
"little exercise",
"unhealthy eating"
],
"question": "The real cause of the inability to focus is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | Have you ever noticed that some people are able to effortlessly remember even the most boring details, and quickly understand new things, and wished that you too could be like that? To unlock the full potential of your brain, you need to keep it active and acute. But how? Check out these tips:
* Exercise & get your bod... | high23232.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "helps connect Chinese classics with modern world"
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Advantages
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"she is much liked by American people",
"hugs ar... | We Chinese are not big huggers. A handshake or a pat on the shoulder is enough to convey our friendship or affection to one another.So when our newly-acquainted Western friends reach out in preparation for a hug, some of us feel awkward.
Many questions go through our head. Where should I put my arms? Under their armpit... | high9573.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They are forced to reduce their spending on food because of the high cost of heating in winter."
},
"options": [
"They tend to believe that energy-efficiency upgrades to their homes are most costly than they really are.",
"They are... | Home improvements such as using insulation and energy-efficient windows to lower heating and air-conditioning bills can greatly affect quality of life for low-income families. In 2014, researchers at New York's Columbia University interviewed 20 renters and homeowners in a low-income community in New York City before a... | high13468.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "homeownership could shape a country"
},
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"owning a home was undoubtedly good",
"homeownership was unconquerable",
"houses could save families and America",
"homeownership could shape a country"
],
"q... | Homeownership has let us down. For generations, Americans believed that owning a home was undoubtedly good. Our political leaders hammered home the point. Franklin Roosevelt held that a country of homeowners was "unconquerable." Homeownership could even save babies, save children, save families and save America. A hous... | high6898.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Some other countries besides Indonesia have been affected by the fires."
},
"options": [
"El Nino might help relieve the dry conditions in Indonesia.",
"Many animals have become sick and died because of the fires.",
"25,000 p... | The president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, is asking for foreign help to fight forest and agricultural fires in his country. According to Mr Widodo, Indonesian helicopters are only able to carry a small amount of the water needed to put out the fires. " _ " the Associated Press reported his comment.
The Indonesian Nation... | high12776.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "it was not easy for her to drive there"
},
"options": [
"she cared more about the children",
"they were on a remote mountain top",
"the weather was not good enough",
"it was not easy for her to drive there"
],
"... | Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, "Mum, you must come and see the daffodils before they are over."
I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Lake Arrowhead. "I will go next Tuesday," I promised, a little unwillingly, on her third call.
The next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised,... | high15019.txt |
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{
"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It's a charged particle."
},
"options": [
"It's a charged particle.",
"It's basically static electricity indoors.",
"It's a balance between the positive and negative charged.",
"It's an ill effect on people's physical a... | Recent research has claimed that an excess of positive ions in the air can have an ill effect on people's physical or psychological health. What are positive ions? Well, the air is full of ions, electrically charged particles, and generally there is a rough balance between the positive and the negative charged. But som... | high6654.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The reasons why people go hiking."
},
"options": [
"The popularity of hiking in the world today.",
"The reasons why people go hiking.",
"Hiking's benefits for health.",
"Making your hiking plan before going outdoors."
... | Hiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often in mountainous or other scenic terrain . People often hike on hiking trails. It is such a popular activity that there are numerous hiking organizations worldwide. It is considered one of the recreational activities.
Many people say ... | high22879.txt |
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