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"answer_text": "Adults without computer skills."
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"options": [
"Adults with basic literacy and computer skills.",
"Adults who are drunk.",
"Adults without computer skills.",
"Adults without a driver's license."
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"question":... | Will there be a time in our lives when cars don't crash? When we can just sit back and relax and our cars will drive themselves. Auto technology experts say "yes". And they say that some of those advances may happen quicker than you might think.
They will require the users to input the name of the destination or the co... | high8679.txt |
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"answer_text": "Their ability to escape from the sight of their enemy."
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"Their ability to escape from the sight of their enemy.",
"Their large human-like eyes and brains",
"Their shells that can move and make predictions.",
... | It has been known that the octopus has many special skills, such as using hard shells for mobile homes and protection, disabling their suckers, plotting escapes, and even predicting World Cup soccer game outcomes. Can't we say it is a mysterious creature?
While all these talents are impressive, they pale compared to it... | high19637.txt |
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"answer_text": "had great influence on Sino-Cambodian relations"
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"is the present Cambodian Prime Minister",
"went for an interview with CCTV the other day",
"made the right choice to encourage investment in China",
"had... | Cambodians are continuing to mourn the death of King-Father Norodom Sihanouk, who died in Beijing this week. In an exclusive interview with CCTV, China's ambassador to Cambodia, Pan Guangxue, says Sihanouk made indelible contributions to Sino-Cambodian relations and his death will not affect the friendship between the... | high4043.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Models of trains."
},
"options": [
"Pieces of pottery.",
"Jewelry.",
"Paintings.",
"Models of trains."
],
"question": "Which of the following is not displayed in the Roman Open Air Museum?",
"question_type":... | Museums in Germany
Germany is one of the most important countries in Europe. You can visit many museums in Germany and learn about the country, its culture and people.
If you are interested in learning about the history of the country, then you can have a look at the displays in the wonderful museum in the Roman Open A... | high2432.txt |
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"answer_text": "discuss the origin of British people"
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"talk about Europeans",
"discuss the origin of British people",
"argue for the superiority of British people",
"compare the Europeans with Africans and Asians"
]... | Are the British people Europeans?This may seem a strange question to Africans and Asians,who tend to think of all white men as Europeans. But the British,when they are in Britain,do not regard themselves as Europeans. The Europeans,to them,are those rather excitable foreigners from the other side of English Channel,who... | high18529.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "should applaud back when greeted with a loud round of applause ."
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"may enter the banquet room directly when you arrive .",
"may stop eating in the middle of the banquet.",
"may help yourself to any food immedi... | Banquets are usually held in restaurants in private rooms that have been reserved for the purpose. You will be met at the door and led to the banquet room. Traditionally, the head of your delegation should enter the room first. Do not be surprised if your hosts greet you with a loud round of applause. The proper resp... | high10613.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "after he managed to find a solution to a difficult problem"
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"after he managed to find a solution to a difficult problem",
"after his teacher made his parents know his ability in arithmetic",
"after he grew up ... | Alfred Alder, a famous psychiatrist, had an interesting experience. When he was a small boy he got off to a poor start in arithmetic. His teacher got the idea that he had no ability in arithmetic, and told his parents what she thought in order that they would not expect too much of him. In this way, they too developed ... | high2354.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "can ask the children to help with meal planning and preparation"
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"should encourage their children to eat more often at school",
"can ask the children to help with meal planning and preparation",
"must make the... | Many parents worry that their children's eating habits may not be good enough to stay healthy. Some children ask for the same food over and over again, some may refuse to try anything new, and some may keep asking for snacks . Therefore, having healthy eating habits becomes one of the most important lessons a child ne... | high19151.txt |
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"answer_text": "To satisfy the needs of her grandfather."
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"options": [
"To expand her knowledge.",
"To make her vocabulary bigger.",
"To show off in front of her grandfather.",
"To satisfy the needs of her grandfather."
],
"... | I have a good memory of my grandfather,Jack. He was sitting in his armchair in the front room.
I sat next to him. We were reading aloud,our heads bent over the page in front of us,a finger marking the words;separated by seven decades,brought together by words. It's a common scene in British families;however,in our case... | high4725.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A small train ride is available there."
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"options": [
"It is the oldest ski area in the world.",
"A small train ride is available there.",
"Tourists have to take their food there.",
"There are nests of eagles on the m... | Once school is out for the summer, students can begin their vacation trips in the great state of New Hampshire. Here are some low budget destinations.
Cannon Mountain
It is not only the well-known oldest ski area in the US, but a top summer destination. The site offers views of the attractions of NH's Old Man of the Mo... | high12004.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Wealth, success and love."
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"options": [
"What a clever daughter-in-law!",
"An old couple and love.",
"Which one is the best choice?",
"Wealth, success and love."
],
"question": "What's the best title of the p... | A woman saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard, hungry. She did not know them but invited them in. "We do not go into a house together," they replied. And she asked why.
One of the old men explained: "His name is Wealth," pointing to one of his friends, "and he is Success, and I am Love." T... | high9201.txt |
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"answer_text": "To explain the origin of the Swiss army knife."
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"options": [
"To explain the origin of the Swiss army knife.",
"To introduce the functions of the Swiss army knife.",
"To emphasize the importance of the Swiss army knife.",
... | The Swiss army knife is a popular device that is recognized all over the world. In Switzerland, there is a saying that every good Swiss citizen has one in his or her pocket. But the knife had poor beginnings.
In the late nineteenth century, the Swiss army issued its soldiers a gun that required a special screwdriver ... | high6132.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "late-airport persons always take things easy"
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"late-airport persons often get ulcers or heart attacks",
"early-airport persons are always relaxed before the flight",
"early-airport persons get their luggage fi... | After years of study, I have known there are only two types of people in this world:those who get to the airport early and those who arrive as the plane is about to take off.
If there were any justice in this world, the early-airport people would be rewarded for doing the right thing and the late-airport people would b... | high17154.txt |
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"answer_text": "a GooBall, a backpack and an LCD screen"
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"options": [
"an LCD screen and a backpack",
"a PDA, a GooBall and a backpack",
"a PDA and an LCD screen",
"a GooBall, a backpack and an LCD screen"
],
"question": "Th... | Today in schools, it's not unusual for students to sit in the same kind of desks in the same kind of classrooms as their parents did.
Schools have made progress by making use of computers and PDAs in the classroom, yet one design company believes that changes are needed, so they describe what a future classroom may lo... | high18267.txt |
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"answer_text": "Choose books based on their interest."
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"options": [
"Tell them what they can learn from these books.",
"Choose books based on their interest.",
"Choose the easiest books for them to read.",
"Always read books togethe... | Reading is the key to success in all school subjects. With a bit of creativity, you can help your child enjoy reading more, and encourage him to do more!
Buy or borrow a lot of "fun" books. Choose books that are slightly below his level of reading ability. Don't forget what your child likes to do when choosing books fo... | high5413.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "it's a symbol of the city"
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"options": [
"it's good looking with water running constantly",
"it brings joys to people who see it",
"it helps people make money",
"it's a symbol of the city"
],
"question": "The ... | Pairs has the Eiffel Tower; New York has the Statue of Liberty; and Brussels, the Manneken Pis.
Think of the Belgian capital and , if anything, you think of the small peeing boy -- a 60-meter-high bronze figure standing on a block, supplying a constant stream of water of the basin under him.
Some might laugh... | high20920.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because they need America's rockets and spacecraft"
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"Because America is the greatest power among them",
"Because America provides most of the money",
"Because they need America's rockets and spacecraft",
... | The ISS project is a partnership of five - the US, Russia, Europe, Japan and Canada.
At the moment, no program for its use nor any money has been put in place to support the platform beyond 2015.
One of the biggest issues stopping an agreement on station-life extension is the human spaceflight examination ordered by U... | high3062.txt |
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"answer_text": "People can develop strong bond(, ) with their robot pets."
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"Sony is the first company to produce robot pets Aibo.",
"People can develop strong bond(, ) with their robot pets.",
"Rault thinks robot pets still h... | Humans have been keeping animals as pets for tens of thousands of years, but Dr Jean-Loup Rault, an animal scientist at the University of Melbourne in Australia, believes new companions are coming: robot pets.
"Technology is moving very fast," Rault told ABC News, "The Tamagotchi in the early 1990s was really the first... | high11525.txt |
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"answer_text": "it's the first planet discovered in the habitable zone of a G star similar to our sun"
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"it is 5 percent farther away from its star than Earth is to the sun",
"it has a mass about five times more massive than Earth's... | NASA on Thursday announced the discovery of Kepler-452b, the most Earth-like planet ever found.Located 1,400 light-years from our planet, NASA called it "Earth 2.0", because it's the first planetdiscovered in the habitable zone of a G star similar to our sun."We can think of Kepler-452b as an older, bigger cousin to Ea... | high19179.txt |
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"answer_text": "a logical learner"
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"a bodily learner",
"a visual learner",
"a logical learner",
"a verbal learner"
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"question": "If a person usually puts things into categories and sorts when thinking,he is ... | By knowing what kind of learner you are,you can organize your study to best suit your particular way of learning.
Visual learning style
These learners like to draw,build,design and make things.They like looking at pictures and enjoy jigsaw puzzles and mazes.They tend to think in pictures rather than words.
Verbal learn... | high7204.txt |
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"answer_text": "Earth will become too hot for mankind to keep alive."
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"A few comets are moving to the direction of Earth.",
"Earth's working life is coming to an end soon.",
"Earth will become too hot for mankind to keep aliv... | Move Earth--it's no science fiction
LONDON--Scientists have found an unusual way to prevent our planet from overheating: move it to a cooler spot. All you have to do is send a few comets in the direction of Earth, and its orbit will be changed. Our world will then be sent spinning into a safer, colder part of the solar... | high8137.txt |
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"answer_text": "water entering dead cells"
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"dead cell walls",
"water entering dead cells",
"the growth of cells",
"the death of cells"
],
"question": "Wood becomes larger because of _ .",
"question_typ... | All plant cells are capable of taking up water. Even dead ones do to a certain degree. Absorption of water by dead cell walls makes wood become larger.
In common land plants, the living cells of roots take upmost of the water. Land plants without roots do exist, however. Those greenish-yellow lichens you see on rocks i... | high15743.txt |
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"answer_text": "they have too much stress"
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"they often hear heavy music",
"they have too much stress",
"they are very tired",
"they have little time to relax"
],
"question": "According to the text, people often ... | With all the responsibilities we face in our daily lives, it's often hard to get a good night's rest. The problem really lies in the stress that many of us experience. Stress robs you of the rest that you need by putting you in a state of pressure and worry. There are, of course, some methods that can help you relax, ... | high13332.txt |
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"answer_text": "He was in his dormitory"
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"options": [
"He was in the campus.",
"He was in the football field.",
"He was in his dormitory",
"He was in his classroom."
],
"question": "Where was Diao Weihao when the earthquake ... | Diao Weihao, a student who studies business English at the Chengdu campus of Sichuan International Studies University, was in his dormitory when the earthquake struck at 2:30 pm on Monday.
The 22-year-old felt that his chair was shaking. All of a sudden, the textbooks on the bookshelf began to fall to the floor. The gl... | high1675.txt |
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"answer_text": "associates' recommendation"
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"business fames",
"associates' recommendation",
"particular recognition",
"media assistance"
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"question": "According to the passage,whether we go to a place or not d... | When you were looking for a reliable,honest auto mechanic ,how did you find him?Before you went into that restaurant you recently tried,how did you know that it served great food?If you are like most people on the planet,you want to lower your risk of a big ugly surprise so you asked people you trust to refer to a busi... | high9229.txt |
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"answer_text": "She believed the existence of Jesus"
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"She was a liar",
"She pretended to believe in God",
"She believed the existence of Jesus",
"She could see God with her own eyes"
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"question": "What do we k... | I was saved from sin when I was going on thirteen. But not really saved. It happened like this. There was a big revival at my Auntie Reed's church. Then just before the revival ended, they held a special meeting for children, "to bring the young lambs to the fold ". My aunt spoke of it for days ahead. That night I wa... | high12992.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "secondary cities didn't enjoy much popularity before"
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"the number of visitors to Fort Myersdoubled in a year",
"secondary cities didn't enjoy much popularity before",
"people visit smaller cities because hotel... | prefix = st1 /NEW YORK--So we're going away on weekends and sticking close to home. But are we traveling with the kids? Here's how the down economy is changing the way we travel.
SECONDARY CITIES
Some smaller cities are stealing the glory . Fort Myers,Fla.experienced double digit growth in January 2009 over January 2... | high23597.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "saving heat for energy efficiency"
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"saving heat for energy efficiency",
"producing solar energy at home",
"designing and building materials",
"saving building materials and energy"
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"question":... | Not only fashion and music are making a return--houses built in 1970s have proven to be better at cutting energy waste than those built today. The "tea cosy " design, created in the mid-1970s and built in the early 1980s for low-income people, could provide a _ for meeting the Government aims of producing less CO2from... | high13454.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "6."
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"options": [
"8.",
"7.",
"6.",
"5."
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"question": "How many good eating habits are mentioned in the passage?",
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"answer_te... | Living a healthy lifestyle lies in forming the right eating habits. Here are some of the good habits you can develop when it comes to healthy eating.
Drink plenty of water. You must drink at least 8 glasses of water a day. You may need even more water if you are in a hot environment or if you are exercising.
Eat breakf... | high8889.txt |
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"answer_text": "Wildlife is appreciated in the cities."
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"Food is plentiful in the cities.",
"Wildlife is appreciated in the cities.",
"Wildlife refuges have been built in the cities",
"Air and water quality has improved... | One thing the tour books don't tell you about London is that 2,000 of its residents are foxes. They ran away from the city about centuries ago after developers and pollution moved in. But now that the environment is cleaner, the foxes have come home, one of the many wild animals that have moved into urban areas around ... | high1113.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "learn a lot from their elder siblings"
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"options": [
"get their parents' individual guidance",
"learn a lot from their elder siblings",
"experience a lot of difficulties",
"pick up words more quickly"
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"ques... | How is it that siblings can turn out so differently? One answer is that in fact each sibling grows up in a different family. The firstborn is, for a while, an only child, and therefore has a completely different experience of the parents than those born later. The next child is, for a while, the youngest, until the s... | high487.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the writer comes from the US and is friendly to British"
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"both British and Americans drive cars on the left side of the road",
"English is an official language in Britain but not in the US",
"the writer comes ... | Do you think Great Britain and the United States are alike? Winston Churchill once joked that the people of Britain and the people of America are separated only by their language. Do you think that is true? The British and the Americans both speak English as the official language. However, each uses some different wo... | high8651.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a man' s house"
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"a man' s house",
"a schoolhouse",
"a restroom",
"an apple barn"
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"question": "The Englewood School was originally built as _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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... | Given the tradition of students bringing apples to their teachers, it somehow seems fitting that an old apple barn will find a new life as a one-room schoolhouse. And it is just as fitting that a retired schoolteacher will become the caretaker of that historic treasure.
My friend Velma, a teacher for more than 30 year... | high15025.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "surprised and delighted"
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"surprised and delighted",
"embarrassed and sorry",
"sensitive and curious",
"upset and concerned"
],
"question": "When Joe and Marci saw each other by chance at a stadiu... | "Joe? Is chat you?" The woman speaking to me at he baseball game looked somewhat familiar,
"Marci? "
"It IS you ! " she exclaimed, smiling broadly. "God, it's good to see you again !"
It was good to see Marci, too. Very often during the past few decades, I've wondered about her, I almost tried to reach ... | high21380.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "China."
},
"options": [
"China.",
"Russia.",
"Brazil.",
"India."
],
"question": "According to the passage, which country will enjoy the biggest increase in 2009?",
"question_type": null
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"answer"... | Is it time to kick Russia out of the BRICs ? If so, it may end up sounding like a famous ball-point pen maker-BIC. An argument is being made that Goldman Sach's famous marketing device ,the BRICs, should really be the BICs.
"Is Russia really worth the name BRICs?" asks Anders Aslund, senior fellow at the Peterson Inst... | high11243.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It's a newspaper."
},
"options": [
"It's a TV station.",
"It's a radio station.",
"It's a newspaper.",
"It's a company."
],
"question": "What do you think the \"Arkadia Morning Mail\" is?",
"question_type": ... | Dear Sir,
I am interested in your advertisement in the "Arkadia Morning Mail" for hostesses to be in charge of the welfare ,entertainment and guiding of British guests in your holiday centre in Ruusulinna.
I am now a third-year student of English and History in the University of Gardenia but I am free from early June t... | high17632.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Two"
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"Two",
"Three",
"Four"
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"question": "How many of the readers said they preferred British English?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
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"answer": {
"answer_i... | Do you prefer British English or American English? Here are opinions from our readers.
Andy: Well, being in British for 3 years now from New Zealand I've come to realize that a lot of British people pronounce words how Americans do. But in saying that, I guess the more educated British people do not pronounce words the... | high18501.txt |
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"answer_text": "The rapid growth of motors."
},
"options": [
"The loss of beliefs and ideas.",
"More of law-breaking.",
"Natural disasters in many areas.",
"The rapid growth of motors."
],
"question": "Which of the following ha... | The energy crisis has made people aware of how the careless use of the earth's energy has brought the whole world to the edge of disaster. The over-development of motor transport, with its increase of more cars, more traveling, has contributed to the near-destruction of our cities and the pollution not only of local ai... | high5375.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "invented the \"Indian grandmother\""
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"invented the \"Indian grandmother\"",
"used to kill rabbits for a living",
"had a bullet hole on his cheek",
"served a long prison sentence"
],
"question": "... | When Johnny Cash sings, people listen. His big, deep voice rumbles out of radios and juke-boxes across North America. His records sell by the million. Country-music fans everywhere, know his big hits. They love songs like "Hey Porter", "Ring of Fire", and "Folsom Prison Blue".
Johnny Cash sings about a hundred concerts... | high21394.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "more than 3000 years"
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"more than 3000 years",
"about 2000 years",
"between 500 and 2000 years"
],
"question": "Flags have been in existence for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_q... | Flags have existed for over 3000 years. The earliest flags were wooden or metal poles topped with a carving. About 2000 years ago pies of fabric were added to some poles for decoration. Over the next 500 years the free-flying part of the flag became more important.
Every country today has its own flag. Many groups and ... | high3710.txt |
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"answer_text": "The beacon in the black box has limited battery power to send out a signal for 30 days."
},
"options": [
"MH370's black box holds flight data that might explain what happened to the aircraft.",
"The recorders are actually orange in... | International teams have spent nearly half a year looking for evidence of the missing Malaysian Airlines plane, a search that includes the hunt for the aircraft's so-called black box, which holds flight data that would likely explain what caused MH370 to move away from its course. But many aviation experts wonder why, ... | high11257.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Those who fail to get admitted into Stanford don't necessarily do worse than those who make it."
},
"options": [
"Bass players, even some extraordinary ones, have little chance of being accepted by Stanford.",
"Those who fail to ge... | This afternoon, my office sent out over 34,000 e-mail notifications to high school seniors who were waiting to learn whether they would be invited to spend the next four years at Stanford. Even though I have been in the admission field for over 30 years, I still feel the pain of the many exceptional youths who were not... | high10149.txt |
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"answer_text": "gives attendees three-day access to seminars and events"
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"is held in different cities in the UK every year",
"requires visitors from EEA countries to get a visa",
"gives attendees three-day access to seminars ... | Taking place every spring in the world's leading publishing and cultural capital, it's a unique opportunity to explore and understand the innovations shaping the publishing world of the future.
When: 08-10 April 2014
Where: Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Warwick Road, London, SW5 9TA Who Attends?
The London Book Fai... | high18515.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "strong-willed and caring"
},
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"tough and persuasive",
"caring and reliable",
"sympathetic and considerate"
],
"question": "Which of the following words can best describe t... | Although he will always be remembered for starring "Superman," the greatest role of actor Christopher Reeve's life was as a champion of sufferers of spinal cord injuries and an supporter of stem cell research.
Unlike the man of steel, he wasn't faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than an engine and he coul... | high12986.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "80 square miles"
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"80 square miles",
"1,500 square miles",
"3.4 billion square miles",
"300 million square miles"
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"question": "The size of the lake found on mars is _ .",
"question_type":... | US researchers have found traces of an ancient lake on Mars recently, increasing hopes of discovering evidence that billions of years ago the Red planet hosted life.
The lake, which dates back some 3.4 billion years, appears to have covered as much as 80 square miles and was up to 1,500 feet deep, said the team from th... | high6668.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "make more durable products"
},
"options": [
"throw away old materials",
"reduce the cost of production",
"make more durable products",
"replace their products frequently"
],
"question": "It's advised that compan... | The consumer plays a very important role in the global efforts to reduce C02emissions . Households use one third of the final energy and produce around two thirds of city waste in the European Union. Besides,housing, food,and private transport make up almost 80% of environmental pressures. Therefore there's no doubt t... | high23583.txt |
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All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony and to partake(,) of the festivities and celebrations. All had a wonderful time.
The bride was gorgeous in her white wedding gown and the groom was very dashing in his black tuxedo . Every... | high22845.txt |
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In order to upload an assignment (work given to students) to the system properly, you must save the assignment using one of the following applications: Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect, or Microsoft Excel.
After you complete an assignment, it is important to save your work. This ensures th... | high7576.txt |
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1
Driver Wanted
(1) Clean driving license.
(2) Must be of smart appearance.
(3) Aged over 25.
Apply to: Capes Taxi,17 Palace Road, Boston.
2
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As ... | high15757.txt |
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Characteristics
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Introduction
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After all, chances are that phones have a Global Positioning System (GPS) chip. GPS lets phone companies determine the location of your phone at all times... | high22474.txt |
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October is usually the busiest month in the college calendar. Universities have something called Freshers' Week for their newcome... | high2181.txt |
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Organized activities and homework push bedtimes later, the first large-scale Australian study of children's sleeping habits has revealed ... | high20505.txt |
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"I was speaking to a friend who said you can't trust anyone, anywhere these... | high11900.txt |
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"International Pressure to Drug Makers",
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Farmers in the country are learning to grow vegetables in so-cal... | high19390.txt |
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Alexandria, Ind.
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Hours
Monday - Thursday: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
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The Museum Library
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}... | Are you happy? Do you remember a time when you were happy? Are you seeking happiness today?
Many have sought a variety of sources for their feelings of happiness. Some have put their heart and effort into their work. Too many have turned to drugs and alcohol. Most of their efforts have a root in one common fact: Peo... | high20277.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "were in financial difficulty"
},
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"were employed by a truck company",
"worked in a school cafeteria",
"were in financial difficulty",
"lost their home"
],
"question": "According go the text, the Fuss... | A year ago August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria , but work for Dave was scarce (,), and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at risk of joining the millions of Americans who have lost their ... | high646.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because the earth throws back sunlight onto the moon."
},
"options": [
"Because the sun shines on the moon's surface.",
"Because the earth throws back sunlight onto the moon.",
"Because the moon throws back the light from the... | Except for the sun, the moon looks like the biggest object in the sky. Actually it is one of the smallest, and only looks big because it is so near to us. Its diameter is only 2,160 miles (3,389 km), or a little more than a quarter of the diameter of the earth.
Once a month, or more exactly, once every 29.5 day... | high23756.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "offer some websites that may help students"
},
"options": [
"explain some websites for parents",
"compare some educational websites",
"introduce different parts of a website",
"offer some websites that may help students... | Whether you're having problems with your homework or you're preparing for your term paper, these student-focused websites can help you with anything you need. The key to getting the most out of these online resources is to know how they can best be used to your advantage.
Facebook
Although Facebook can be one of your ... | high8490.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Parents."
},
"options": [
"Parents.",
"Students.",
"Writers.",
"Teachers."
],
"question": "Who will probably be interested in this passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | Are you looking for a summer reading list for your child or teen? Keep your child reading all summer with this selection of 2012 summer reading lists.
Books for primary school students
Kenneth Cadow: Alfie Runs Away
When his mother wants to give away his favorite shoes just because they're too small, Alfie dec... | high22448.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Xi's visit made this restaurant extreme popular among consumers"
},
"options": [
"the foods in the restaurant have to be updated.",
"the restaurant is shorthanded at present.",
"Xi's visit made this restaurant extreme popular... | Cooks at the Qingfeng Steamed Bun Shop in west Beijing can't make the pork and scallion baozi (buns) fast enough since Xi Jinping visited for some traditional workers' food and ate it among the workers.
The Chinese president's visit late last month went down a treat, while web commentators were enthusiastic in their pr... | high9956.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "90km."
},
"options": [
"50km.",
"90km.",
"130km.",
"250km."
],
"question": "Which of the following distance does the author suggest to ordinary cyclists a day?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": ... | Tips for Cycle Trips
Cycling has many advantages as a form of travel, as it is the fastest way to travel by human Power, and slow enough to allow the type of local involvement that is impossible with powered travel.Cycle travel is a cheap form of transportation.
Distance
On level terrain ,without a headwind, a cyclist ... | high11082.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he travelled to many places"
},
"options": [
"he was only fond of botany",
"he travelled to many places",
"his family was not very rich",
"he hadn't much dream about his future"
],
"question": "When Banks was yo... | Joseph Banks was born in 1743,the only son of a wealthy land-owning family. From an early age, he was interested in natural history, and in particular, botany. In the early 1760 's he chose to make this dream to the full. In 1766 he travelled to Newfoundland and Labrador to collect plants, animals and rocks.
For him, j... | high21141.txt |
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