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"question": "Yao Ming got 13 points on October _ , 2002.",
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"answer_... | 2.26-meter-tall Yao Ming made his NBA debut on October 23, 2002 and got 6 points for the Houston Rockets in the game. The next day, he got 13 points in another game.
Most people think that Yao Ming is a born basketball player. But Yao said, "When you watch it on TV, it looks very easy. But when you are playing in the... | high2803.txt |
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"answer_text": "is offered to all the students of Grade 2 in high schools"
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"is considered as part of the advanced education",
"is given to anyone wanting to get a driver's license",
"is carried on at the same time as other co... | In prefix = st1 /America, drivers' education is part of regular high school curriculum. Every student in his or her second year of high school is required to take a class in driver's education. However, unlike other courses, it is not given during the regular school year. Instead, it is a summer course.
The course is d... | high16935.txt |
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"answer_text": "Germany, England and China"
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"France, Germany and China",
"Germany, England and China",
"France, China and England",
"Germany, England and France"
],
"question": "Marc Briol has ever worked in _... | Marc Briol started his career at the age of 17 as an apprentice at a hotel in Germany, but his experience in the kitchen started at 12, when he had to cook his own meals after school. The young chef with Belle-Vue, the European restaurant at the Grand Hyatt Shenzhen, believes a chef has to be honest and true to his f... | high17395.txt |
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"answer_text": "there are no national regulation on banning smoking in the public."
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"there are no national regulation on banning smoking in the public.",
"The momentum was not too strong to make the country's public places smoke fr... | Indoor public spaces such as restaurants, workplaces, hospitals and public transport are supposed _ from Jan 9 in China.
On that day five years ago, China approved the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
However with the deadline days away, the government still hasn't come up with a cl... | high20539.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "who you are"
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"where you come from",
"whether you are healthy",
"who you are",
"who shares your ear shape"
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"question": "The ear scanning system would help to find out _ .",
"question_typ... | Clean your ears, because airport security might soon be scanning them. According to a recent discovery, the shape of ears could provide a reliable new way of identifying people at airports.
Researchers discovered that ears of each person have a unique shape and they have created a system that can scan them. The ear sca... | high21627.txt |
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"answer_text": "The participants' activities were monitored through trackers."
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"The participants included both females and males.",
"The participants' activities were monitored through trackers.",
"The participants' body comp... | If you're looking for a fairly painless way to lose weight, researchers at Brigham Young University have a new solution for you: Put yourself on a regular sleep schedule. People who keep a regular sleep routine have a lower body fat than those who keep irregular sleep hours, says a new study.
Led by Bruce Bailey, profe... | high14844.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because of uncontrolled hunting and destroyed its natural living conditions."
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"options": [
"Because it has lost its natural instincts.",
"Because there is not a complete eco-chain.",
"Because there is no space for it.",
... | Running like the wind, roaring like thunder, tigers have long been feared and respected as a king of the animal world. But last week a report said that there are no more than 30 wild tigers left in south China.
This was the conclusion of a team of scientists from China's State Forestry Administration and the World Natu... | high23030.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Choosing a job"
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"options": [
"Getting a Job",
"Kind People to Help You",
"Choosing a job",
"Difficulties Facing Young People"
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"question": "The best title of this passage is _ .",
"question_type": "c... | One of the most difficult problems a young person faces is deciding what to do. Some people, however, from the time they are six years old "know" that they want to be doctors or teachers or firefighters, but most of us do not get around to making a decision about a job until someone or something forces us to face the p... | high120.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The influence of music on the world."
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"Stories that inspire songs.",
"The history of the Grammy Awards.",
"The influence of music on the world.",
"How some famous photos were taken."
],
"question... | The GRAMMY Museum is a musically fascinating journey of music in downtown Los Angeles. Turn up the beat over four floors of modern exhibits, interactive experiences and interesting films that will give you a one-of-a-kind experience. They want to engage you, educate you, and inspire you -- just like music does!
There ... | high14850.txt |
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"answer_text": "A Coal Mine Accident in Central China"
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"Death Toll Rises in an Accident in China",
"A Coal Mine Accident in Central China",
"An Accident in Central China",
"Coal Mine Accidents in China"
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"ques... | YUZHOU, HENAN -An accident in a central China coal mine killed 21 miners Saturday and left another 16 trapped underground , the government said.
The death
rose to 26 Sunday morning as rescuers were battling to reach the 11 miners who were still trapped underground, rescue headquarters said.
Rescuers were battling to re... | high15596.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "get a friend for astronauts from Japan"
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"keep in contact with Earth",
"get a friend for astronauts from Japan",
"take care of the ISS sometimes",
"keep an eye on the health of the astronauts"
],
... | TOKYO--Lonely astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) may soon be getting a robot friend from Japan.
Japan's space agency is considering putting a talking humanoid robot on the ISS to watch the work while astronauts are asleep, monitor their health and stress levels and communicate to Earth through the mic... | high14688.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "You know."
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"Whatever.",
"You know.",
"Anyway.",
"It is what it is."
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"question": "Which tops second among the annoying expression according to the passage?'",
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{... | "Whatever",totally tops most annoying word in the poll .So, you know, it is what it is, but Americans are totally annoyed by the use of "whatever,,in conversations. The popular term of indifference was found most annoying in conversations by 47 percent of the Americans surveyed in a Marist College poll on Wednesday.
"W... | high134.txt |
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"answer_text": "About 1,600."
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"About 4,800.",
"About 3,600",
"About 2,400.",
"About 1,600."
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"question": "How many people of all respondents end a love affair via text?",
"question_type": "factiod_question... | Cellphone feels like a part of your body? A global survey has found that most people can't live without their mobiles, never leave home without them and, if given a choice, would rather lose their wallet.[: _ ]
Calling mobile phones the "remote control" for life, market research firm Synovate's poll said cell phones ar... | high11928.txt |
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"answer_text": "The ancient ruins."
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"Its fine weather.",
"The modern culture.",
"The color1ful nightlife.",
"The ancient ruins."
],
"question": "What's the most attractive to tourists in Cyprus?",
"question_... | Cyprus is the third largest island and one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Mediterranean Sea. It attracts over 24 million tourists every year. It gained independence from the UK in 1960. Cyprus is a developed country and has been a member of the European Union since 1 May ,2004. It didn't begin to use ... | high21633.txt |
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"answer_text": "Many cars on the road are almost empty."
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"People use cars every day.",
"Most families have at least one car.",
"Many cars on the road are almost empty.",
"Electric vehicles are used."
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"questio... | The oil resources which are left will not last very long. This means that all vehicles such as cars, trains, buses, planes and ships that need oil to work will not be able to run. So it will be necessary to develop a new system of transport which uses a fuel more than oil. Electric vehicles are one possibility. In Brit... | high2817.txt |
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"answer_text": "meet the need for nurses in the hospital for a short time"
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"cost a large part of the hospital's budget",
"meet the need for nurses in the hospital for a short time",
"should work on a weekly basis and on a sch... | Is there a nationwide shortage of nurses? It's hard to say. However, some characteristic symptoms often indicate that there is indeed a shortage.
One symptom is the vacancy rate, or the percentage of budgeted positions that are unfilled. New England's hospitals currently report that an average of 7 to 12 percent of the... | high21155.txt |
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"answer_text": "you may shake hands firmly with him"
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"staring at him should be avoided",
"you'd better wear dark-colored clothes",
"you may shake hands firmly with him",
"you are very likely to be invited to a gathering... | International travel has become popular. So, what can we do to enjoy ourselves and also leave a lasting, good impression on the people and places we visit? It goes without saying that we should respect local customs and beliefs. Therefore, a little research into the area where you are travelling may help you.
Pay atten... | high10388.txt |
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"answer_text": "adults actually have no access to their childhood memories"
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"it is impossible for an adult to recall his experiences",
"adults and children have different brain structures",
"adults think in words while childr... | What's your earliest childhood memory? Can you remember the first time you heard thunder or watched a television program? Adults seldom recall events much earlier than the year or so before entering school, just as children younger than three or four rarely keep any memory of specific, personal experiences.
A varie... | high16921.txt |
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"answer_text": "why it is difficult to live in Antarctica"
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"the discovery of Antarctica",
"how people travel around Antarctica",
"different animals found in Antarctica",
"why it is difficult to live in Antarctica"
]... | Today, over six billion people live on the planet. This means that there are very few places on Earth with no people. One place that has very few people is at the bottom of the Earth. In Antarctica, the icy continent surrounding the South Pole, you will not find anyone who lives there all the time.
First, Antarctica is... | high652.txt |
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"answer_text": "show their similarities with cheerleaders"
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"explain the dangers of cheerleading",
"show their similarities with cheerleaders",
"suggest cheerleaders learn to do gymnastics",
"present the guidelines of gy... | Cheerleading is the fastest growing girls' sport, yet more than half of Americans do not believe it is a sport. Actually, competitive cheerleading is a sport.
A sport is a "physical activity against/with an opponent, governed by rules and conditions under which a winner is declared, and the primary purpose of the compe... | high8484.txt |
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"answer_text": "often ask their parents to buy things for them"
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"often ask their parents to buy things for them",
"always have more than enough money on their clothes",
"can't enjoy their childhood though they are rich in mat... | Well, more and more companies are beginning to create products and services for teenagers. The Disney Company sells the Hannah Montans television show, music, film and merchandise to teenagers and their parents. You can get everything from branded lunchboxes and mobile phone covers, to monthly fan magazines and clothi... | high13859.txt |
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"answer_text": "To have irresponsible dog owners remove dog waste."
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"options": [
"To have irresponsible dog owners remove dog waste.",
"To advise the local government to protect the environment.",
"To praise responsible dog owners for pro... | The name might sound like that of a superhero, but Pooperman's task is much more basic.
He, or she, is trying to shame the irresponsible dog owners of Lincoln into cleaning up behind their pets.
Pooperman sticks notes into dog waste that owners have failed to clean up, warning them not to do it again. The typed notes r... | high9942.txt |
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"answer_text": "He collected apple seeds and planted apple trees."
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"He had a great love of nature.",
"He liked the American people.",
"He went throughout the country.",
"He collected apple seeds and planted apple trees.... | If the rose can be said to be a special flower, then the apple can be said to be a special fruit. It is very important in American culture. American stories speak of Johnny Appleseed, who went throughout America collecting apple seeds and planting apple trees. He had a great love for nature and went through fields and ... | high861.txt |
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"answer_text": "Over-generalizing might cause you not to accept yourself."
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"We can feel that we are perfect when we set ourselves up for success.",
"We can tolerate the fact that we've done things we aren't proud of.",
"Over-... | We are not born doubting ourselves. We learn to do it. In fact, we are usually taught to doubt ourselves. We can learn some ways that allow us to become more accepting of ourselves. Following are two behaviors that might explain the reasons why you can't move towards greater self-acceptance.
One thing that might cause ... | high23971.txt |
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"answer_text": "At a bookstore."
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"options": [
"In a classroom.",
"In a supermarket.",
"At a bookstore.",
"At a library."
],
"question": "Where did the story most probably take place?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions... | "Dad! He took a book without paying!" I yelled . My father looked surprised. Before the boy could say anything, his mother grabbed his arm and shook it. "Is it true? You stole? Tell me!" Everyone was quiet. The boy began to cry, and he nodded his head. He pulled out the comic book from under his shirt. "Oh, Mr Kim... | high7984.txt |
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"answer_text": "The history of money"
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"The history of money",
"How people traded in the past",
"The invention of paper money",
"The use of coins around the world"
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"question": "What is the best title for this ... | A long time ago, before there was any money (coins or paper money), people got the things that they needed by trading or exchanging. Salt was one of the first items used to exchange for other items. Later, some of the common things that were used for exchanging were tea leaves, shells, feathers, animal teeth, tobacco, ... | high21.txt |
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"answer_text": "He learned to pilot a plane."
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"options": [
"He learned to pilot a plane.",
"He was employed by a company.",
"He began to drive a spaceship.",
"He made another two new friends."
],
"question": "What did Mirehe... | The 16 operations W.Mitchell received after the motorcycle accident burned more than 65% of his body at age 46 left him unable to pick up a fork,dial a telephone or go to the bathroom without help.But Mitchell never believed he was defeated."I am in charge of my own spaoeship," he said."It's my up,my down.I could choos... | high6442.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "bring him some trouble"
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"be easy to remove",
"annoy him all the time",
"cause serious health problems",
"bring him some trouble"
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"question": "The author's birthmark seems to _ .",
"ques... | I'm Evan Ducker. I'm just like every other 15-year-old boy, except I was born with a red birthmark .
Some birthmarks are signs of serious medical conditions. I'm very fortunate--mine isn't. I pretty much live a regular life, except for people asking me about it all the time, which can get annoying sometimes.
When I wa... | high14105.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "plentiful water and sunshine"
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"high water temperature",
"rich chemicals in the water",
"a lack of rain",
"plentiful water and sunshine"
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"question": "The following can not help the blue green a... | GU Zhaodi, 60, had taken water for granted for years. In fact, no one in the beautiful lake city of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province had bothered to spare a thought on water.
But all that changed dramatically overnight last month when taps in the city ran dry. Due to a blue-green algae outbreak in Taihu Lake, China's third lar... | high2624.txt |
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"answer_text": "It can communicate with people."
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"options": [
"It can find misplaced objects for the elderly.",
"It can help the elderly to move around freely.",
"It can communicate with people.",
"It can tell the same story over an... | Robots that can chat, find misplaced glasses, draw airplanes and play with your children are attracting thousands of visitors during an expo in Tokyo as Japan adapts to changes in society.
Robots, such as the sound-sensitive Chapit, answer simple questions and even joke with people to help the _ fight loneliness and st... | high10363.txt |
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"answer_text": "meeting the educational requirements of employment"
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"no education among young people",
"the weaker standards of education",
"the problem of unemployment",
"meeting the educational requirements of employm... | We believe that there is more to education than preparation for a job.Children must be prepared for all aspects of their adult life work,leisure,personal relationships,creative activities,dealing with money matters,independence,and parenthood.
However,it would be unrealistic to provide an education which gave no cons... | high16712.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "deciding on the perfect evergreens"
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"taking care of Christmas trees",
"deciding on the perfect evergreens",
"sorting the letters from people",
"deciding the TV programs"
],
"question": "Murbach s... | NEW YORK-- Picking a Christmas tree takes most people a few minutes, or a couple of hours if they head for the woods. Dave Murbach needs 11 months.
Almost every day of every year, Murbach's thoughts turn to vision of a perfectly shaped evergreen tree that will take everyone's breath away.
Murbach is the man responsible... | high4255.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Level of reliability."
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"options": [
"Level of knowledge.",
"Level of reliability.",
"Level of competence.",
"Level of flexibility."
],
"question": "According to Amy Cuddy, which is most significant in putting... | When you meet someone for the first time, do you put across a good impression? And what do we mean by "good" in the context? According to Presence, a new book by Harvard Business School professor Amy Cuddy, people assess you on two main criteria when they first meet you: 1. Can I trust this person? 2. Can I respect thi... | high19421.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "newspaper"
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"magazine",
"temple",
"person"
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"question": "From the passage we know that the Globe is a famous _ .",
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"answer"... | Fifteen years ago, I entered the Boston Globe, which was a temple to me then. It wasn't easy getting hired. But once you were there, I found, you were in.
Globe jobs were for life-guaranteed until retirement. For 15 years I had prospered there--moving from an ordinary reporter to senior editor. I would have a lifetime ... | high16074.txt |
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"answer_text": "He is interested in finding life in outer space."
},
"options": [
"He is fond of watching Jupiter.",
"He is from a scientist family.",
"He dislikes working with Paul Butler.",
"He is interested in finding life in outer ... | When Geoff Marcy was 14, his parents bought him a telescope. Every night, he would go onto the roof outside his window to see the wonders of the sky.
"What excited me most was whether there were planets in other solar systems where life might exist," he says. "I decided to try to find planets orbiting other stars like ... | high4533.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Selling greeting cards."
},
"options": [
"Selling greeting cards.",
"Collecting greeting cards.",
"Buying greeting cards.",
"Sending greeting cards."
],
"question": "Why was the kit sent for?",
"question_typ... | When I was nine years old I lived in a small town. I found an ad for selling greeting cards in the back of a children's magazine. I thought to myself I could do this. I begged my mother to let me send for the kit . Two weeks later the kit arrived. The next three hours later, I returned home with no card and a pocket f... | high19347.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Four."
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"options": [
"Four.",
"Five.",
"Six.",
"Seven."
],
"question": "How many kinds of shops or stores on the lower East Side are mentioned in the passage?",
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"answer":... | The lower East Side is neither rich nor beautiful, but it can be a good place to shop.
On Sundays, its streets are crowded with visitors and shoppers like these. They are trying to find a coat or a pair of shoes at a good price.
Most people prefer to shop in the big department stores like Macy's, Gimbel's, or Bloomingd... | high21800.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To entertain poor people."
},
"options": [
"To put on shows for children.",
"To collect money for poor people.",
"To entertain poor people.",
"To get people interested in theatrical productions."
],
"question": ... | Community theatre is a theatre that is run by a local district with the efforts of volunteers. They offer many different kinds of productions, such as musical theatre, dance theatre and children's theatre. Usually, performers are amateurs who receive no pay, but at other times professionals get involved, and they are p... | high2142.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To show the link between negative childhood experiences and wellbeing in adulthood."
},
"options": [
"To show how to improve wellbeing in midlife.",
"To teach parents how to give their children a happier childhood.",
"To blam... | Many people feel that their parents were harder on them than on their brother or sister. And many are quick to blame negative results in adulthood on it. But results from a Temple University study published this month suggest that it is not necessarily true.
Researchers have found that among siblings in the same famil... | high10405.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Deciding what to do based on their importance."
},
"options": [
"Doing all things at one time.",
"Getting high scores in all fields.",
"Attaining good skill in the exams.",
"Deciding what to do based on their importance... | College provides an important platform for the future professional life.The grades speak well about the kind of student you are and will also determine the chances of further studies.You cannot do all things at one time.At time you need to decide what to do according to their importance.This is one good skill that ... | high18059.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "collected money for Oxfam"
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"broke the world record",
"collected money for Oxfam",
"destroyed several bikes",
"travelled about l,300 hours"
],
"question": "When Phil White returned from his trip, ... | Phil White has just returned from an 18,000-mile, around-the-world bicycle trip.White had two reasons for making this _ journey.First of all, he wanted to use the trip to raise money for charity, which he did.He raised PS70,000 for the British charity, Oxfam.White's second reason for making the trip was to break the wo... | high6324.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "25."
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"options": [
"10.",
"13.",
"15.",
"25."
],
"question": "How many Chinese students are there at Valley Forge before this year?",
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] | "Beating is a sign of affection, cursing is a sign of love."
Many may not expect to hear the words of the old Chinese saying in these modern Times--
with parents wealthier and better educated than they have ever been--but experts say they still
ring true.
Today,it seems,Chinese parents are more likely to send their ch... | high14663.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They gain the weight back again."
},
"options": [
"They have kidney failure.",
"They gain the weight back again.",
"They keep the weight off.",
"They have less muscle."
],
"question": "After losing weight by die... | The Dangers of Dieting
Thanks to our modern lifestyle, with more and more time spent sitting down in front of computers than ever before, the number of overweight people is at a new high. As people crazily search for a solution to this problem, they often try some of the popular fad diets being offered. Many people se... | high9017.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Local fishermen have to fish in other areas."
},
"options": [
"Local fishermen have to fish in other areas.",
"The water becomes shallow and fish have to move away.",
"The wind is too strong there and it makes sailing more di... | Plastics are considered one of the most serious pollutants causing environmental problems. The garbage containing plastics end up in the waterways that eventually flow into the oceans. Accumulation of plastic in the ocean endangers marine life and pollutes the water.
Does a plastic continent exist? Yes, a plastic cont... | high12212.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "it can cause hearing problems"
},
"options": [
"your parents know what you're doing",
"it can cause hearing problems",
"it makes your parents angry",
"most of you use them improperly"
],
"question": "Using earph... | Compared to the other parts of the body, our ears don't ask for much. They don't need to be brushed once a day like your teeth. But they need some special care, especially if you like listening to music with earphones.
Maybe your mum or dad has told you, "Turn that down before you go deaf!" Well, they are quite right. ... | high8309.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To show how much alcohol can hurt people."
},
"options": [
"To introduce Mr. Alcohol to the readers",
"To describe the harm alcohol did to his family.",
"To show how much alcohol can hurt people.",
"To show the great fu... | Dear Alcohol,
You've been around forever. I can remember all the pain you've caused for me.
Do you remember the night you almost took my father's life? I do. He loves you. Sometimes I think he loves you more than he loves me. He's addicted to you, to the way you promise to rid him of his problems only to cause more of ... | high6330.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A Yorkshire terrier."
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"A Yorkshire terrier.",
"A golden retriever.",
"A German shepherd.",
"A Labrador."
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"he forgot what the consultant... | Honesty, my mum always used to tell me, is the best policy. Of course, this didin't include her when she told me that if I didn't eat all my vegetables Father Christmas would find out and wouldn't give me any presents.
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"They were all from poor families.",
"They were all thi... | Pulling heavy suitcases all day in the summer is hard work, especially when you're a thin 14-year-old.That was me in 1940-the youngest and smallest baggage boy at New York City's Pennsyl-vania Railway Station.
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"because the sunlight was stopped by peaks",
"because it 1ies to the southw... | A sun-starved Norwegian town has finally seen the light--by installing giant mirrors on the surrounding mountains to reflect rays onto its market square.
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"focuses on protecting the natural environment",
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"Because Cowboy was a strong and smart young horse.",
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"question... | One night in February 1962, John H. Glenn, Jr. flew overprefix = st1 /Australia. The man in the Mercury capsule was alone, but friendly voices reached him by radio. Over the dark land 100 miles below, he saw sparkling lights. It marked the city of Perth, where people had turned on their lights as a greeting to him.
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"Fifty subjects are required to seek for objects hidden by the research... | People who are obese have a worse memory than their thinner friends, a small study shows.
Tests on 50 people showed that being overweight was linked to worse "episodic memory" or the ability to remember past experiences.
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"How to become a good father."
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"She doesn't want to be friends with the writer any mort.",
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"How to become intelligent .",
"The importance of intelligence tests .",
"The causes of different intelligences."
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Psychologists have two different views on intelligence .Others believe there are many different intelligence .Some psychologists say there is one type of intelligence t... | high12560.txt |
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"To contribute to the film industry."
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"Companionship and Laughter",
"Conversation and Helping Others"
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"made her feel worried at first"
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"Now," he said, "I want you to tell me the truth, my dear."
"Naturally," said Anna shortly, fearing that something terrible had happened.
"I have had a most serious accusation made against you by Mrs. Bond."
"Mrs. Bond?" sai... | high18703.txt |
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"people with a higher IQ will not be overweight",
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Recent studies suggest that vegetarianism may be associated with lower cholesterol , reduced risk of overweight and heart disease.
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"Because he is a founder of the Yangtze River.",
"Because he worked as a garbage cleaner.",... | The 48-year-old photographer and adventurer with his trademark black and white beard and shoulder-length hair is also an environmentalist devoted to protecting the source of the Yangtze River.And he likes his new nick-name, "garbage cleaner at the source of the Yangtze River".
Yang Xin , is the founder of Green Ri... | high17430.txt |
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"By reading novels.",
"By daydreaming.",
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"question_type"... | As I sit at home thinking about my upcoming adventure and the things I need to bring, it makes me even more excited to begin my travel. I will be making my way around the world.
The first places on the list are Andalusia and Africa in the book The Alchemist. I will need to pack a lot of things and make sure I have enou... | high2618.txt |
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What? Oh, sorry. We were falling into a trance there.
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"What's the matter, Schatz?"
"I've got a headache."
"You better go back to bed."
"No. I'm all right."
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Lead researcher Brent Scott with other researchers studied a group of bus drivers for tw... | high4269.txt |
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At eleven o'clock Bill took Sam into town... | high21182.txt |
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"A 16-year-old girl invents a device for dog hunger.",
"A man-made device lets people chat with their... | Brooke Martin's golden retriever Kayla hated being left alone or separated. She would howl, pace, and chew on things. Brooke learned that other people had the same problem with their pets. She wondered: --What if you could talk to your dog if you were gone?
Working with her father in their garage, the 16-year-old came... | high12548.txt |
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"women have so much to share",
"women show little interest in ballgames",
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What in the world ,Harold wonders ,d... | high685.txt |
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"He had a problem with listening.",
"He was shorter than a normal baby."
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"Dar returned from the South Pacific"
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"Keep in touch with friends.",
"Show off their knowledge.",
"Express their true feelings."
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"the thief stole some cigarettes and a little money",
"the burglary happened in a small town",
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"the popularity of the course Artificial Intelligence",
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"To inform them their blood is used.",
"To remind them to donate blood immediately. '",
"To tell them the levels of blood groups."
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The encouragement to donate again begins shortly... | high13130.txt |
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"answer_text": "Wear animal-shaped clothes"
},
"options": [
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"Attend courses for free.",
"Wear animal-shaped clothes",
"Enjoy good company of wild animals."
],
"question": "What can children do at Walk... | Check out some fun weekend activities from our friends at Arizona Parenting.
Walk in the Wild: Walk or run for wildlife at the Phoenix Zoo's Walk in the Wild 2016. Put on your favorite animal dress and take part in the one mile or 5K,enjoying the sights and sounds of the Zoo. Walk in the Wild includes a morning full of... | high14887.txt |
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},
"options": [
"He is treated unfairly in the prison.",
"He is in charge of the federal prison.",
"He is quite an able person as a prisoner.",
"He is the most powerful man in ... | There's a guy like me in every state and federal prison in America, I guess -- I'm the guy who can get these for you: cigarettes, a bag of cigar, if you want that, a bottle of wine to celebrate yourson or daughter's high school graduation, or almost anything else. . . within reason, that is. It wasn't always that way.
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"answer_text": "More Shanghai Rent Cars for Holidays"
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"options": [
"How Shanghai People Spend Their Holidays",
"Why So Many Shanghai People Rented Cars for Holidays",
"More Shanghai Rent Cars for Holidays",
"Shanghai Rent SUV Instea... | Shanghai-More Shanghai people are renting cars to travel over the coming National Day holiday, Tom reported today.
Most cars in large local car-rental companies such as Yongda, Anji and Dazhong are leased so far with the Buick Sport Utility Vehichle (SUV) in high demand.
Santana and Jetta were previously the most popul... | high15541.txt |
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"answer": {
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"I begin to love you, my son!",
"You can do better, boy!",
"Do you love me, dad?"
],
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When Za... | high3260.txt |
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],
"question": "In this passage, health includes all of the following EXCEPT _ .",
... | Almost every day, we discuss the topic of health, especially for kids. But what is health? "Health" means eating well, getting enough exercise, and having a healthy weight. Let's read the following rules. They can help you stay healthy.
1 Eat _ foods, especially fruit and vegetables. We all know that eating fruit and v... | high10439.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "gets power from a battery pack without wires"
},
"options": [
"is made of titanium and pump",
"brought the patient to the brink of death",
"gets power from a battery pack without wires",
"was invented by two surgeons fr... | A patient on the brink of death has received the world's first self--contained artificial heart--a battery--powered device about the size of a softball that runs without the need for wires,tubes sticking out of the chest.It is powered by a small battery pack worn outside the body that transmits current through the skin... | high18065.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "likes to run after chickens"
},
"options": [
"can make buildings out of anything",
"is a kid who likes to play tricks on teachers",
"keeps lots of chickens",
"likes to run after chickens"
],
"question": "In book... | Book 1: Iggy peck, Architect
----By Andrea Beaty
32 pages, US $ 15.95
This book is the classic oddball story about a kid whose head teacher does not recognize his great talent ( he makes buildings out of anything at hand, including table cloths, fruit and chalk) until it saves her life.
Book 2: The Chicken--Chasing Q... | high5611.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "exchange ideas"
},
"options": [
"exchange ideas",
"practice grammar rules",
"talk with foreigners only",
"learn lists of words"
],
"question": "Language is used to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"... | What is language for? Some people seem to think it's for practicing grammar rules and learning lists of words -- the longer the lists, the better. That's wrong. Language is for the exchange of ideas and information. It's meaningless to know all about a language if you can't use it freely. Many students I have met kno... | high17356.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because the red phone boxes have already become a symbol of Britain."
},
"options": [
"Because millions of people visit Britain to see the red phone boxes.",
"Because the local people could earn a lot of money from the red phone bo... | Britain's symbolic red phone boxes have become out of date in the age of the mobile, but villages across the country are stepping in to save them, with creative intelligence. Whether as a place to exhibit art, poetry, or even as a tiny library, hundreds of phone boxes have been given a new life by local communities det... | high11733.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "China"
},
"options": [
"India",
"Canada",
"Turkey",
"China"
],
"question": "The speaker is giving a speech to students in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_in... | Dear Students,
I am delighted to be your guest.
I would like to tell you about myself. I have been a news reporter for the past fifteen years. I chose this job so I could travel the world, but the job has taught me many unforgettable lessons. The work is sometimes difficult. I have seen _ , wars, earthquakes, poverty a... | high3274.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "had received no money for that day"
},
"options": [
"had already received some dollars already [: ]",
"had been thinking of taking his own life",
"had received no money for that day",
"had acted as if he was looking f... | A beggar followed a lady and asked her for some money. She refused, so he turned away sadly and said he must do what he had made up his mind to do.
At this word, the lady was greatly frightened for she was afraid for his life. So she called him back and gave him a dollar. The beggar took the money, put it into his poc... | high21828.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "experienced"
},
"options": [
"spiritual",
"journalist",
"professor",
"experienced"
],
"question": "The word \"professional\" in this advertisement most probably means \" _ \"",
"question_type": "cloze_ques... | Register in person
Register by phone
Register by mail
1781 N. Winchester ST.
Call 264 8833
Use form given
Chicago
Basic Photography
This is an eight-hour course for beginners who want to learn how to use a 35mm camera. The teacher will cover such areas as kinds of film, light, and lenses . Bring your own 35mm camera ... | high5605.txt |
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