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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "stop the car and ask people for help"
},
"options": [
"tell the man next to her to shut up",
"stop the car and ask people for help",
"take the wrong turns at a high speed",
"drive aimlessly for hours without stopping"
... | Women make better drivers than men for many reasons. Why is that, do you suppose? Wouldn't you think that competing at who has better driving abilities is pointless? If you ask me, I'd like to say, men know that women are better drivers but do not have the courage to admit the truth -- women are queens of the road.
Unl... | high19019.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "increased slowly"
},
"options": [
"didn't increase",
"became less",
"increased slowly",
"still increased very fast"
],
"question": "The population _ because of disease, famine and war.",
"question_type":... | It is believed that it took about 800 thousand to 1 million years for the earth's population to reach the 250 million total which existed at the end of the first century AD. For some time after that, disease, famine and war kept the population increase down to a rate of 1 percent a year so that more than 15 centuries ... | high10983.txt |
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"answer_text": "For ten years, people in Hong Kong haven't seen a worse typhoon than Typhoon Rose."
},
"options": [
"Typhoons all over the world have girls' names.",
"Typhoons with pretty names are usually beautiful.",
"Typhoon Rose only hit... | Typhoons in the northern part of the world have girls' names.Sometimes they have very beautiful names.Rose is a pretty name but there was nothing pretty about Typhoon Rose.It was the worst typhoon to hit Hong Kong in ten years.
It began to rain in the morning of Monday, August 16th, 1971.At ten o'clock in the morning... | high11445.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "more of Americans,as compared with Europeans,prefer marriage and they accept it at a younger age"
},
"options": [
"than in Europe",
"Americans expect more out of marriage than Europeans",
"there are more married couples in U.... | More surprising,perhaps,than the present difficulties of traditional marriage is the fact that marriage itself is alive and thriving.As Skolnick notes,Americans are a marrying people: to Europeans,more of us marry and we marry at a younger age.Moreover, after a drop in the early l950s,the rate of marriage in the Unit... | high17034.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he wasn't sure if Bruce was right and was anxious to go home"
},
"options": [
"he was sure there would be nothing to happen",
"he wasn't sure if Bruce was right and was anxious to go home",
"he didn't hear his friend's warnin... | Hiring a self-drive car really adds to the enjoyment of your holiday. There are so many interesting places to visit, and if you enjoy seeing more than just the city center, there's no better way to explore than by car.
HIRE CHARGES:
What's included
(a)Unlimited mileage.
(b)Expenses on oil, maintenance an... | high20698.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a literature novel"
},
"options": [
"a fashion magazine",
"a literature novel",
"a science fiction",
"a newspaper report"
],
"question": "This passage might be taken from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | A moment later I heard my uncle calling me, and found the two men on the road together. The captain then addressed me as if I was his equal, which was very pleasing to a young fellow like me.
"Sir," said he, "Mr. Balfour tells me great things of you, and I like your looks. I wish I was staying here longer so that we mi... | high18307.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "People can use it as a way to do mental exercise."
},
"options": [
"It has intuitive interface.",
"It is easy to operate.",
"Beginners can use it without similar experiences.",
"People can use it as a way to do mental e... | Yasuda is 95 years old. Looking for easier ways to search the Web and send email, he bought Apple's iPad. The company has sold 3.27 million iPads since they entered the market in April. Although it's impossible to know with certainty how many seniors are buying them, evidence suggests that it's a hit with seniors.
Th... | high5573.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Deep and one-on-one."
},
"options": [
"Deep and one-on-one.",
"Sensitive and mad.",
"Instant and inspiring.",
"Ordinary and encouraging."
],
"question": "What can the \"conversations\" be best described as?",
... | Twenty-first century humanity has mapped oceans and mountains, visited the moon, and surveyed the planets. But for all the progress, people still don't know one another very well.
That brings about Theodore Zeldin's "feast of conversation"-events where individuals pair with persons they don't know for three hours of gu... | high3672.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "get the big reward."
},
"options": [
"make the king happy.",
"keep it for himself.",
"get the big reward.",
"sell it at a high price."
],
"question": "The clerk tried to get the diamond necklace to _ .",
... | There was a king who gave his daughter a beautiful diamond necklace. The necklace was stolen and his people in the kingdom searched everywhere but could not find it. So the king asked to search for it and put a reward for$50,000 for anyone who found it.
One day, a clerk was walking home along a river when he saw someth... | high11335.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "polluted the soil and other things"
},
"options": [
"caused many deaths",
"caused few problems",
"was caused by the U.S.",
"polluted the soil and other things"
],
"question": "The radiation_.",
"question_typ... | In the year 1986 there was a terrible explosion. The explosion was at a nuclear power plant in another country called Ukraine. The radiation caused a lot of damage. It polluted the soil and other things. People lived in the area when the explosion happened. Twenty years later those people are still suffering. Effects ... | high17744.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The writer had difficulty keeping track of the tossers' movements."
},
"options": [
"Like everyone else, the writer was counting carefully.",
"The writer had difficulty keeping track of the tossers' movements.",
"The writer s... | Five or six years ago, I attended a lecture on the science of attention. A professor who conducts research over in the medical school was talking about attention blindness, the basic feature of the human brain that, when we concentrate on one task, causes us to miss just about everything else. Because we can't see what... | high18477.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "safe drinking water should be a primary concern"
},
"options": [
"poverty can result in water-borne diseases",
"people have no access to clean drinking water",
"women's rights are denied in some developing countries",
"... | Each day water-related diseases kill 3,900 of the world's children.
Across the world, 1.1 billion people have no access to clean drinking water. More than 2.6 billion people lack basic sanitation .
The combination proves deadly. Each year, diseases related to inadequate water and sanitation kill between 2 and 5 millio... | high5203.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "is different from that of all others"
},
"options": [
"is similar to his mother's",
"is valuable to himself only",
"is like that of others with the same type of blood.",
"is different from that of all others"
],
... | Every human being has a unique arrangement of the skin on his fingers and this arrangement is unchangeable. Scientists and experts have proved the uniqueness of finger-prints and discovered that no exactly similar pattern is passed on from parents to children, though nobody knows why this is the case.
The ridge structu... | high9439.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "answering some questions"
},
"options": [
"reading some stories",
"asking some questions",
"answering some questions",
"accepting some suggestions"
],
"question": "Building the Best You helps you achieve persona... | Here are some books published this year. The following introductions of these books may help you choose a book to your own taste.
Life Simplified
If you are looking for a book that will transform your life for good, Life Simplified is that book. If you are looking for a guide to inspire and lead you back to your inhere... | high13522.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the longevity of people like Mrs.Groeger"
},
"options": [
"the complaints of people in apartment houses",
"the cause of Mrs Groeger's death",
"the longevity of people like Mrs.Groeger",
"the image of cities in general"
... | When Mrs.Joseph Groeger died recently in Vienna,Austria,people asked the obvious question,"Why did she live to be 107?" .Answers were provided by a survey conducted among 148 Viennese men and women who had reached the age of 100.Somewhat surprising was the fact that the majority had lived most of their lives in cities.... | high1065.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "an adviser"
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"options": [
"an advertiser",
"a lawyer",
"a teacher",
"an adviser"
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"question": "The writer is probably _ .",
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"answer": {
"answer_i... | Monday - 9:00 p.m. PT (11:00 p.m. CT) (Midnight ET)
I love to answer questions about children's health. Some questions and their answers become articles, FAQ's, Updates, Fast Facts, Top Tips, or Guidelines here on the site. I answer others in real time during chat. Either way, here is how to submit a question -
I am av... | high22927.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the science and math teaching is influenced by the present tests"
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"options": [
"the tests don't affect teaching in most elementary and high schools",
"the science and math teaching is influenced by the present tests",
"no ... | Tests administered to most elementary and high-school students in the United States exert an unfavorable influence on science and math teaching, according to a new $1 million study performed for the National Science Foundation.And because schools with high minority enrollments generally place a greater reliance on scor... | high7414.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It is done outside."
},
"options": [
"It is very safe.",
"It is done alone.",
"It is done outside.",
"It needs no equipment."
],
"question": "What's the feature of traditional rock climbing?",
"question_type... | About nine million people like rock climbing in America. Millions more take part in the activity around the world. Some do it just for fun. Others compete.
Climbing takes strength, control and good balance. Climbers have to pull themselves straight up the face of very high rocks or walls. So they have to be strong enou... | high8727.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Jefferson and the Jockey"
},
"options": [
"Jefferson and the Jockey",
"Jefferson's Interest",
"Be Polite to Everyone",
"No Pain, No Gain"
],
"question": "Which is the best title for the passage?",
"question_... | Riding was the favourite activity of Thomas Jefferson, who was the third President of the United States. He usually rode good horses.
One day, he was riding outside Washington, when a jockey came near. He did not know the President, but his professional eye was attracted by Mr. Jefferson's horse. He stopped and said ... | high15153.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Austria"
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"options": [
"Australia",
"Germany",
"Austria",
"Russia"
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"question": "Four years ago at the Athens Olympics Steiner represented _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer... | One kilogram----that was all it took to crown(......) the world's strongest man.
German weightlifter Matthias Steiner pulled ahead of Russian rival Evgeny Chigishev to win the Olympic men's +105 kg weightlifting gold medal on Tuesday.
Steiner lifted a total of 461kg, 203kg in the snatch and 258kg in the clean and jerk... | high7372.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Just ignore it."
},
"options": [
"Just ignore it.",
"Talk to friends.",
"Go to see a doctor.",
"Ask your teachers for guidance."
],
"question": "How would you treat temporary loneliness according to the passage?... | Most people feel lonely sometimes, but it usually lasts only a few minutes or a few hours.This kind of loneliness is not serious.In fact, it is quite normal.For some people, though, loneliness can last for years.Now researchers say there are three different kinds of loneliness.
The first kind of loneliness is temporary... | high8041.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "brothers and sisters don't get along well with each other"
},
"options": [
"brothers and sisters will have to get away from their home",
"no competition will be made by brothers and sisters",
"no one can stop brothers and sis... | In a house with more than one kid, there are bound to be some problems. Brothers and sisters borrow stuff, and don't always return it in top condition. Younger kids sometimes feel the older kids get to do whatever they want. Older brothers and sisters think that the baby of the family gets more attention. These are ty... | high22099.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "to ask him for some food"
},
"options": [
"to show he was thirsty",
"to tell him bring a cup of tea",
"to refuse the coffee",
"to ask him for some food"
],
"question": "The Frenchman signed to the waiter _ ... | A Frenchman was once traveling in England. He could not speak English at all. One day he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table. When the waiter came up, he opened his mouth, put his finger in his mouth and took it out. He wanted to showed, "Bring me something to eat."
The waiter soon brought him a cup of tea. ... | high13244.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "in Australia"
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"options": [
"from Australia",
"in America",
"in Australia",
"from America"
],
"question": "There are many kangaroos _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
... | You can see lots of kangaroos in Australia, and not only in zoos but also outside the cities and towns. You can see them everywhere. Kangaroos are very popular in Australia. They have very strong legs, so they are very good at jumping. Their tails are very strong, too, so when they want to have a rest, they rest on... | high1703.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The beautiful view he saw."
},
"options": [
"His parents' help.",
"His hard work.",
"His parents' training.",
"The beautiful view he saw."
],
"question": "Which of the following is the main reason which made Kie... | Kieron Williamson, a seven-year-old British boy, is being recognized as an art genius after selling 16 paintings for 18, 000 pounds in just 14 minutes. This boy has artistic skills that would be the envy of any serious painter and drawn comparisons(,) to Pablo Picasso, a child prodigy who became one of the most recog... | high17022.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "She is disabled but leads an active life."
},
"options": [
"She is disabled but leads an active life.",
"She has a deep understanding of life.",
"She finds it difficult to achieve her goals.",
"She finds herself always ... | As we all know, getting benched in sports is usually a bad thing. But at one school in Florida, a girl has taken a bench and turned it into something entirely different - a place to find friends. It's called the Friendship Bench. And it's the brainchild of a sixth grader at Palm Bay Elementary - a girl named Acacia Woo... | high5565.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "those who are expecting their love"
},
"options": [
"those who are expecting their love",
"passengers who need help",
"young passengers",
"special couples"
],
"question": "Love seats put on each bus are intended... | Some strange,wi1d and wonderful stories color1ed the news in 2011:
A Copenhagen bus company has put "love seats" on its vehicles for people looking for a partner." Even love at first sight is possible on the bus",said a spokesman to explain the two seats on each bus that are covered in red cloth and a "love seat ... | high20856.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "about whatever they want to"
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"options": [
"in the hope of learning something new",
"in the hope of getting on well",
"about whatever they want to",
"about whatever they have prepared"
],
"question": "Accordin... | Silence is unnatural to man.He begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness.In between he does all he can to make a noise in the world, and he fears silence more than anything else.Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence.If he is introduced to another person, and a number of pauses occur in ... | high3114.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Rainfall and wind."
},
"options": [
"Sunlight and rainfall.",
"Rainfall and longitude.",
"Rainfall and altitude.",
"Rainfall and wind."
],
"question": "According to the passage, which factors will you refer to i... | The average temperature around the world is rising. People living in the US Midwest might find this fact hard to believe, though. Two new studies show that in America's heartland, summers are now cooler and wetter than they were in years past. The scientists suggest that the change in the Midwest climate may have happe... | high21590.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "everyone seemed to be free for others"
},
"options": [
"everyone was paying a visit to some relatives far away",
"everyone seemed to be free for others",
"Dad was not at work while Mom was busy cleaning the house",
"nea... | Last Sunday I made a visit to some new neighbors down the block. No specific in mind, just an opportunity to sit at the kitchen table, have some tea and chat. As I did so, it occurred to me how rare the Sunday visit has become.
When I was a kid in New Jersey of the 1960s, Sunday visits were routine. Most stores wer... | high17036.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because his son would graduate from high school."
},
"options": [
"Because his son would graduate from high school.",
"Because he felt sorry for never watching his son play.",
"Because it was a final his son played a key role... | It was the end of the school term and my son Tom had less than three months left before he would finish his six years at high school. During this time he had developed a love for basketball. Sadly, because of my work over the last twelve months, I had only been able to attend a few of his games; however, I was determin... | high5571.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the Greeks"
},
"options": [
"the Romans",
"the Greeks",
"the Americans",
"the Europeans"
],
"question": "A water system for baths was built by _ over 3,000 years ago.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"... | Baths and bathing have long been considered of medical importance to man. In Greece there are the ruins of a water system for baths built over 3,000 years ago. The Romans had warm public baths. In some baths, as many 3,000 persons could bathe at the same time.
Treating disease by taking bathing has been popular for cen... | high10759.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a computer and a printer"
},
"options": [
"floppy discs",
"a computer and a printer",
"pictures and drawings on paper",
"a computer connected to the museum by telephone line"
],
"question": "To see the art in FI... | There are many famous museums throughout the world where people can enjoy art, Washington, D.C. has the National Gallery of Art ; Paris has the Louvre; London, the British Museum. Florida International University(FIU) in Miami also shows art for people to see. And it does so without a building, or even a wall for its d... | high3100.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "explain the influence of sleep on memory"
},
"options": [
"encourage students to nod off in class",
"explain the influence of sleep on memory",
"show students ways to improve memory",
"introduce students two types of me... | It turns out that nodding off in class may not be such a bad idea after all, as a new study has shown that going to sleep shortly after learning new material is the best way to remember it.
According to US lead author Jessica Payne, a psychologist at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, nodding off after learning s... | high20842.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Exhibitions - Shanghai Museum"
},
"options": [
"Live Music - Late Night Jazz",
"Exhibitions - Shanghai Museum",
"Scottish dancing",
"Dining - Sushi chef in town"
],
"question": "Suppose you are going to attend a... | This March is a busy month in Shanghai.There's a lot to do.Here are the highlights.
Live Music - Late Night Jazz
Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet player.He's coming with his new 7-piece band, Herbie's Heroes.Herbie is known to play well into the early hours, so don't expect to get much sle... | high11447.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "warm,wet and sunny"
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"mild,wet and windy",
"hot,rainy and foggy",
"hot,wet and cloudy",
"warm,wet and sunny"
],
"question": "The climate of the rain forests near the equator is _ .",
"que... | Most rain forests lie close to the equator ,where the climate is often mild and there are long hours of sunshine.The warmth of the land heats the air above,causing it to rise and tiny drops of water to fall as rain.The rainfall can reach at least 98 inches a year.This wet,warm world with plenty of sunlight is perfect f... | high16328.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "lose weight"
},
"options": [
"build up his strength",
"prepare for a marathon race",
"lose weight",
"train for a sport meet"
],
"question": "The author first began running in order to _ .",
"question_type... | My life as a 'runner' began by running in a playground near my home in order to lose weight about 2 years ago. As time went by, I found myself so good at running that sometimes, I even forgot how many rounds I ran around the playground.
Thanks to all this practice, I was able to win the 5thplace in short course maratho... | high10981.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The efforts of the American Red Cross at Yale to help tsunami victims."
},
"options": [
"A charity concert to help tsunami victims.",
"The efforts of the American Red Cross at Yale to help tsunami victims.",
"The worldwide ef... | The whole world is helping tsunami victims. Students in the U.S. are also taking part. A friend of mine suggested that we organize a relief effort for the victims. We are officers of the American Red Cross at Yale (I'm the chairperson). After sending a letter to the other members of the Red Cross, I received a large ... | high7366.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "how to make a good first impression"
},
"options": [
"what a good first impression is",
"how to make a good first impression",
"how long it takes to make a first impression",
"the importance of making a good first impre... | As soon as you meet, or even see, a person, you form an impression of him based on his posture, gesture and facial expressions. This is why it is important to make a good first impression on the person who will be interviewing you. Within the first 60 seconds of meeting you, the interviewer will have formed an impressi... | high15621.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "surprising"
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"options": [
"horrible",
"surprising",
"funny",
"encouraging"
],
"question": "The findings of the research can be described as _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | Scientists fear rising energy bills may lead to an increase in obesity after discovering a link between poorly-heated homes and higher body -fat.
Researchers from the University of Stirling's Behavioural Science Centre set out to explore claims that warm indoor temperatures have contributed to rising obesity levels i... | high8055.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Woman wants dog back more than stolen car"
},
"options": [
"A car with a dog was stolen",
"Lucky dog was returned to his owner",
"Stealing cars: a most important social problem",
"Woman wants dog back more than stolen c... | A woman whose sports car was stolen with her dog in it put up notices all over the area that made it clear getting back her pet was more important than her car.
"Whoever did this can keep my car. Please let Benjerman come home," the notice said.
It is not known whether the thief showed any pity, but almost 30 hours aft... | high283.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "does not make children more intelligent"
},
"options": [
"makes children smarter",
"helps a child express creativity",
"does not make children more intelligent",
"improve children's ability to learn in school"
],
... | Many people believe that teaching children music makes them smarter, better able to learn new things. But the organizers of a new study say there's no scientific evidence that early musical training affects the intelligence of young people.
An estimated 80 percent of American adults think music lessons improve children... | high6078.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "six tablets a day."
},
"options": [
"twenty-four tablets a day.",
"eight tablets a day.",
"six tablets a day.",
"three tablets a day."
],
"question": "The directions on this medicine bottle clearly warn the pati... | Read the following directions on a bottle of medicine:
"Take two tablets with water, followed by one tablet every eight hours, as required, For maximum night-time and early morning relief, take two tablets at bed - time, Do not take more than six tablets in twenty-four hours.
For children six to twelve years o... | high23393.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "PS60."
},
"options": [
"PS40.",
"PS50.",
"PS60.",
"PS120."
],
"question": "How much would you pay if you wanted to learn to take better pictures?",
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"answer":... | Cambridge University Botanic Garden
We run a lively programme of family events, life-long learning courses and much more throughout the year.
Improve your Digital Photography
This course led by award-winning photographer, Pete Murray, will show you how to take control of your camera. Using a proven "step by step approa... | high14259.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A travel brochure."
},
"options": [
"A science report.",
"A news article.",
"A travel brochure.",
"A book review."
],
"question": "Where is the text probably from?",
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},... | Plan on traveling around the USA? There are a number of outstanding websites that can make your American dream come true.
www.101 usaholidays.co.uk
This is the latest offering that features 101 holiday ideas to the USA.It's a diverse selection,ranging from touring in the footsteps of Martin Luther King to a golfing br... | high13536.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "generally has a good reputation"
},
"options": [
"generally has a good reputation",
"focuses more on speed than safety.",
"doesn't provide international service",
"mainly sells mobile phones overseas"
],
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AbdulRahman's brother bought him a mobile phone... | high22933.txt |
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},
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"JK Rowling's new book will be more successful than her Harry Potter series.",
"JK R... | JK Rowling, the Harry Potter author, has signed a deal with Little, Brown and Company, to publish her first ever novel for adults, which is set to become one of the most anticipated book in years.
The deal means that Rowling's long-standing relationship with Bloomsbury, the London-based publisher that launched the ... | high1071.txt |
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},
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"Joan had not seen Crown Jewels.",
"They planned to do different things until lunch time.",
"Th... | Our plan was to drive into Cambridge, catch the 7:34 train to Liverpool Street Station, then to separate and meet again for lunch. We should have arrived at Liverpool at 9:19, but due to a typical London fog, the train had to move along so slowly that it was not until 10:30 that it got there. In spite of our late arriv... | high12628.txt |
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"at home",
"behind them",
"with them"
],
"question": "When President Lincoln and President Kennedy were killed, their wives were _ .",
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},
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"energy saving",
"a new invention",
"a combination of two things"
],
"question": "According to the passage, the word \"hybrid\" refers to _... | After years of research and testing, the hybrid car was developed and put on the market. It's an interesting and exciting new improvement in today's world as we look for better ways to protect the quality of the air we breathe and conserve our natural resources.
The quality of our air is affected by many different thin... | high8733.txt |
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"April 20,2013",
"May 12,2008",
"May.22 2013"
],
"question": "When did Ya'an earthquake occur?",
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Death toll from the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Ya'an in southwestern China's Sichuan Province has risen to 18... | high4109.txt |
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"answer_text": "Roosevelt and Churchill had much in common."
},
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"Roosevelt and Churchill had much in common.",
"Roosevelt and Churchill had nothing in common.",
"Roosevelt and Churchill had no difference but cooperation.",
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},
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"are of different shapes",
"come from his hometown river",
"can change into different color1s"
],
"question": "Fan Yang's bubbles _ .",
"quest... | As a kid, Fan Yang was crazy about the beauty of bubbles . A waterfall at a river near his childhood home in Vietnam created hundreds of tiny bubbles. "I saw another world in bubbles, and I imagined how nice it would be if I could create a big bubble and be inside it," he says.
Many years later, Fan realized that ... | high17988.txt |
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},
"options": [
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"The characters were not real at all.",
"No girls would like to play the game.",
"It was not like playing real hockey... | Lexi Peters, a 14-year-old girl in New York, loves hockey. She's not only good at playing on her after-school team, but also at playing hockey video games. But when Peters played the popular NHL (National Hockey League) games made by Electronic Arts, something really bothered her. The virtual character in the game co... | high2578.txt |
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},
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"She enjoyed singing, but she had a terrible voice.",
"She was a good singer, but she... | Mrs. Janes gave music lessons at a school.She had a good voice and enjoyed singing, except that some of her high tones sound like a gate that had forgotten to oil.Mrs. Janes knew her weakness well, and took every chance she could find to practise these high notes. As she lived in a small house, where she could not prac... | high5217.txt |
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What is the influenza A(H7N9) virus?
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},
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"The cries of children in pain.",
"The tiredness from sewing the cape.",
"The illness of children in her daughter's room."
],
"q... | Amy Pankratz spent a few nights in the hospital with her daughter, Isabella, who caught a bad flu. "Lying in bed beside Isabella, I could hear the cries of children in pain, "says Amy. "It completely broke my heart."
When Isabella was getting well and could leave her room, she wore her prized possession--a "superhero c... | high14271.txt |
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"dormitory beds for sale",
"reviews by previous guests",
"beds and bathrooms as well"
],
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Bed and Breakfast
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"answer_text": "dreams can help improve skills"
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"dreams can help improve skills",
"players stop learning in dreams",
"tasks can only be settled through dreams"
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"www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/university.html",
"www.chinadaily.com.cn/culuture/language.html",
"www.chinadaily.com... | Some expressions in English can be really puzzling. Have a look at the following to see how it challenges your brainpower.
Homeric laughter
The "Homer" in this expression is the Greek poet. People laugh differently. Some laugh silently, while others tend to laugh loudly. "Homeric laughter" refers to laughter of the lat... | high1059.txt |
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"children are learning pop songs from tapes",
"children have lost touch with good old songs",
"high - tech syste... | Technology today has stolen away our voices and robbed our children of memories. I've been keeping count of how often people sing around the house these days. The fact is, they don't.
My earliest memories are of my mother crooning lullabies in a gentle low voice as she rocked each infant in turn. She said she "didn't ... | high12600.txt |
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"he hoped to win some medals",
"his village was a little far from the school",
"he was afraid to be late for class"
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"regretful and panic",
"proud and grateful",
"excited and thankful"
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His father working in the yard saw the two as they got... | high4121.txt |
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},
"options": [
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"make their babies learn English fast",
"make their babies clever",
"make their babies interested in language"
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"question": "Many... | Baby sign language is a growing movement. Pointing to a color1ful flower, Campbell lifts her baby's soft hand, and rapidly moves it from one side of his nose to the other as she sniffs ."Flower!" she says loudly. Gregory smiles and looks carefully. It could be a year before Gregory, 4 months old, can speak, but now hi... | high19755.txt |
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"answer_text": "In 1940."
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"In 1939.",
"In 1941.",
"In 1942"
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When 17-year-old Harry Ward presented Doris with a Valentine's Day card as he boarded a train to join the wartime effort on February 14, 1941, he must have been fa... | high16466.txt |
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},
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "she can write several books at the same time"
},
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"she often does some research before writing a book",
"she can write several books at the same time",
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "be the first one to catch the cheese rolling downhill"
},
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"find the largest piece of cheese rolling downhill",
"perform the best grimace when chasing the cheese",
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"he finished his homework",
"he liked the sport",
"he observed some rules",
"he won a bet"
],
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"You will have to follow some rules," said his gra... | high3896.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner table",
"report on the findings of a study",
"give information abo... | As any housewives who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows, there is far more to a family meal than food. Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more.
Lewis carried out his study by videotaping the families while they ate ordinary meals in their own homes. They fo... | high2236.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "environmental factors play an important role in long-living"
},
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"living longer just depends on certain genetic recipes",
"environmental factors play a... | How long you live has a lot to do with your environment and lifestyle, but exceptional long life may have even more to do with your genes. For the first time, researchers have discovered a genetic recipe that accurately predicts who may live to 100 and beyond.
Analysis shows that 90% of the participants who lived to 10... | high4647.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
"options": [
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"wait until she told him about them",
"ask her parents about the problems without letting her know",
"ask ... | Mr. Templat was a teacher that I will never forget. I truly believe the teen years were the hardest time of my life. At that time, as a girl, I hated it when my parents asked me directly about my problems, making me more comfortable. I also remember many times when Mr. Templat would take me aside and talk to me. He had... | high19033.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
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},
"options": [
"Because it brings much confidence to them.",
"Because it makes them more beautiful.",
"Because it tells whether they are clean or not.",
"Because it helps the... | People like to look in the mirror often when they have a young and beautiful face. However, when one grows old, nobody wants to see their wrinkled old face in the mirror any more. So, many old people seldom look at their faces in the mirror. This is completely wrong.
According to Wu Zhenyun, a professor from the Psycho... | high16300.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "people's I-don't-care attitude"
},
"options": [
"people's lack of education",
"people's I-don't-care attitude",
"people's wait-and-see attitude",
"people's over-dependence on the government"
],
"question": "The ... | Keeping our water pure is by no means an easy task but it is something that must be done.
Hong Kong once prided herself on being the "Fragrant Harbour". However, these days, it is not certain if Hong Kong's harbour could still be called "fragrant". For, like many other places, Hong Kong has not been spared water pollut... | high15609.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Interest is the best teacher in learning."
},
"options": [
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"Doing meaningful work requires our interest in it.",
"Interest is the best teacher in learning.",
"H... | I was working with a client who was completely burned out on her career and life and then ready for a career change. As we were talking, she said, "I just wish I had meaningful work. I don't feel like I am making a difference. I am just wasting my life." This is the theme I hear most often from clients who have been in... | high12166.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Halifax Playhouse"
},
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"Halifax Playhouse",
"York Theatre Royal",
"Grand Theatre",
"City Varieties"
],
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"question_type": "factiod_question... | City Varieties
The Headrow, Leeds. Tel. 430808
Oct. 10 - 11 only A Night at the Varieties. All the fun of an old music hall with Barry Cryer, Duggle Brown, 6 dancers, Mystina, Jon Barker, Anne Duval and the Tony Harrison Trio. Laugh again at the old jokes and listen to your favourite songs.
Performances: 8 pm nightly.
... | high13278.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "got the right treatment"
},
"options": [
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"were taught to read and understand",
"could speak several languages",
"got relief of their symptoms"
],
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "you \"break you heart\""
},
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"you have to \"take heart\"",
"you \"break you heart\"",
"you \"speak from the bottom of the heart\""
],
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "easily makes teenagers lead to insomnia"
},
"options": [
"easily makes teenagers lead to insomnia",
"is the origin of their insomnia",
"provides them with plenty of time at night",
"is helpful to improve their concentra... | It is not unusual to see your desk-mate yawn as he complains that he didn't have a good sleep the night before. Many teens don't get enough sleep because they have too much homework, which keeps them up at night. Some teens cannot sleep at night even when they want to.
Studies show that during your teenage years, the... | high6050.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The writer's father really listening to him."
},
"options": [
"The writer's father offering him a free ride.",
"The writer's father really listening to him.",
"The writer's father agreeing to drive him to his destination.",
... | This is a story from 28 years ago. My dad was a used car salesman. Every Thursday night, he would head off to Shreveport, LA for an auction . Most of the time, I drove a car over there for him so he could sell it at the auction.
One day I was riding with my dad when he noticed a hitch-hiker with a backpack. Without h... | high8069.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "has never really existed in the world"
},
"options": [
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"used to be seen when the Egyptians held religious activities",
"has never really existed in the world",
"is the... | The idea about the phoenix goes back to Ancient Egypt, where we find the phoenix described as a handsome, eagle-like bird, with part-golden, part-red plumage, that spent most of its life in the Arabian deserts. It was rarely seen and according to one version of the story, only appeared in Egypt once every five hundred ... | high12172.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Adults over 18."
},
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"Adults over 18.",
"College students.",
"English teachers."
],
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "was once an optimistic mom"
},
"options": [
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"was always a very busy mom",
"was living a life to the fullest",
"got drunk with half a glass of beer"
],
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Two years ago, you were happy and whole. You had a plan for life -- start a new business, get involved in the Parent-teacher Association, teach your sons how to ride bicycles, spend as much time with your friends and parents as possible, watch your children mature and grow old with your husband... | high14503.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To protect himself from danger."
},
"options": [
"To dive into the deep water.",
"To protect himself from danger.",
"To admire the underwater view.",
"To take photo more conveniently."
],
"question": "Why did La... | Larry was on another of his underwater adventures but this time, it was different. He decided to take his daughter along with him. She was only ten years old. This would be her first trip with her father on what he had always been famous for.
Larry first began diving when he was his daughter's age. Similarly, his fathe... | high10765.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "From 2000 to 2004."
},
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"From 2000 to 2004.",
"From 1997 to 2004.",
"From 2000 to 2006."
],
"question": "When did Angela Brown act as an understudy at the Met?",
"question_t... | "Angie, I know you like to sing," her father, a worker, told Angela Brown, "but you must have something to fall back on ."
Brown took her father's advice. She got a degree in secretarial science before entering Oakwood College, in Huntsville, Alabama. However, her aim was to become a singer at religious meetings. So a... | high19741.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They don't look very nice."
},
"options": [
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"The inventor is a student.",
"The glasses are fragile.",
"They don't look very nice."
],
"question": "What can we learn about Adaptable gl... | Have you dreamed of building your own machine? Do you wish you could invent something new? Here we look at a few British inventions of recent times.
Adaptable glasses
Do you wear glasses? If so, can you imagine life without them? In 1985, Joshua Silver, a professor at Oxford University, asked himself, "Can I invent a p... | high16472.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "in a taxi"
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"in a taxi",
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"in a railway station"
],
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"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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Doyle was rather surprised. He asked the drive... | high10003.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "treating good friends"
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"options": [
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"treating good friends",
"travelling for fun",
"buying ice creams"
],
"question": "The writer thinks he can get greatest fun from pocket money by _ ... | I have always really loved receiving my monthly pocket money form my dad. After getting the money I would be very excited and would rush off to my friend's place where after much consideration we would decide what to do with it and where to spend it. Mostly it would go for the ice cream treats(;) or jam sessions with o... | high2544.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "her charm"
},
"options": [
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"her charm",
"her personality",
"her appearance"
],
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"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
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The answer is that charm can be more attractive than beauty. Betty... | high9411.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Money spent on food."
},
"options": [
"Distance covered.",
"Calories consumed.",
"Tons of waste let out.",
"Money spent on food."
],
"question": "Which aspect does the writer NOT include in her analyses about re... | Ever wonder how this season's celebrations affect the environment? Guest blogger Krista Fairles takes an amusing look at this very topic:
The holidays are a wonderful, cheerful time when most people wait for Santa to bring them presents. But I'm not like most people. I spend my time wondering just what the environmenta... | high14265.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a movie review"
},
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"a movie review",
"a movie poster",
"an advertisement"
],
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "It is making much of the continent colder."
},
"options": [
"It is making much of the continent colder.",
"It is causing the ice to melt faster.",
"It is making the effects of global warming in the region worse.",
"It i... | The hole in the Earth's ozone layer has until now protected Antarctica from the worst effects of global warming. But scientists have warned that as the hole closes up in the next few decades, temperatures on the continent could rise by around 3oC on average, with melting ice contributing to a global sea level increas... | high15190.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "tell us the importance of positive thinking"
},
"options": [
"explain how to be a reverse paranoid",
"share his personal experience in success",
"tell us the importance of positive thinking",
"advise us how to improve o... | "Success begins with belief and ends with doubt."--Larina Kase
I remember reading through a book and the author was writing about being a reverse paranoid. In that particular section he mentions how he has a belief that the world he's living in is out to give him everything he absolutely wants and desires.
There are ti... | high12827.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "I'm aware you're upset, but I'm not to blame"
},
"options": [
"You have good reason to get upset",
"I'm aware you're upset, but I'm not to blame",
"I apologize for hurting your feelings",
"I'm at fault for making you up... | If you want to teach your children how to say sorry, you must be good at saying it yourself, especially to your own children. But how you say it can be quite tricky.
If you say to your children "I'm sorry I got angry with you, but ..." what follows that "but" can render the apology ineffective: "I had a bad day" or "yo... | high532.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "went into the store through the broken window"
},
"options": [
"used hammers to fight the police",
"used a red car to get into the jewellery store",
"robbed the same shop for the second time in a year",
"went into the s... | Ram-raiders armed with hammers smashed their way into an exclusive jewellery store in central Sydney. The thieves used a white four-wheel drive (4WD) to smash through the back window of the Mondial Neuman store in the historic Queen Victoria Building just before 9 a.m. on January 19.
Detective Sergeant Paul Dunstan ... | high19972.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the organs stop to perform appropriately"
},
"options": [
"they suffer the effects of their diet and lifestyle",
"the organs stop to perform appropriately",
"their cells continue to renew themselves",
"they develop arth... | Even if we have an extremely healthy diet and lifestyle, the human body is programmed to wear out at a maximum of about 120 years, and usually less. We all have a biological clock inside us which determines the moment when our organs cease to function properly. This is because our cells have stopped renewing themselves... | high3869.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Great demand from the buyers."
},
"options": [
"Science and technology.",
"Rapid development of companies.",
"Effective marketing means.",
"Great demand from the buyers."
],
"question": "Which plays a more impor... | It's a safe bet that a robot made your car and made your computer. Pretty soon, they could be making your bed and breakfast too.
Increasingly, engineers are saying that robots are going to move out of research departments and into your home. Companies including General Electric are working on designs for small rob... | high17787.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "his middle finger on his right hand"
},
"options": [
"his middle finger on his right hand",
"his middle finger on his left hand",
"his thumb on his right hand",
"his thumb on his left hand"
],
"question": "Accor... | My name is Ralph and I am 42 years old. I work in a factory that I enjoy very much. On May 27, 1999, I was working on an automatic machine. While working my hand was pulled into the machine and my middle finger on my right hand was ripped off. I had surgery to replace what was left of the finger and now I have a finger... | high16499.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Kanika Sahi is the youngest meaner."
},
"options": [
"Kanika Sahi is the youngest meaner.",
"Lizzie Culberston likes playing the violin.",
"Michelle Bui is the conductor of the orchestra",
"Matt Martz is learning differ... | The Student symphonic orchestra of Fairfax,Virginia recently celebrated its first anniversary.A young man named Matthew Martz(Matt) started the group in his last year of high school with twelve friends from the school orchestra.Michelle Bui was one of them. She said."Matt is one of my very good friends,so I did it as ... | high21235.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "show their love for the aged"
},
"options": [
"pay a visit to the aged",
"talk to the aged",
"help the aged out",
"show their love for the aged"
],
"question": "Youth volunteers from Beijing University went to S... | Youth volunteers from Beijing University visited Song tang Hospital, a care clinic for the aged and dying patients, during the second Global Youth Service Day on April 21.
Thirty student volunteers from the university's School of International Studies sat at the beds of the patients in their specially - decorated" care... | high20895.txt |
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