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"answer_text": "is very special"
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"is very big",
"is very tough",
"is very special",
"is good for health"
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"question": "We can learn from the text that the tomato grown by Rod Matless _ .",
"question_typ... | It's not often a tomato that is described as so sweet "whenever people see it they just want to hug"-but this was no ordinary piece of fruit.
The heart-shaped tomato was grown by the retired worker, Rod Matless, who said he was surprised when he noticed it in his field. Mr. Matless, 69, who had a heart attack a few yea... | high10956.txt |
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"answer_text": "The researchers will go on proving their theory."
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"The researchers will go on proving their theory.",
"The leading researcher learns the theory from the magazine.",
"Charcoal was discovered 1,500 years ago.",
... | In South America, the rich soil of the Amazon River basin in Brazil is known as "black gold". Scientists found that the secret of this rich soil was charcoal . Local people made it from animal bones and tree branches. They mixed the charcoal with the soil about 1.500 years ago.
Now, scientists in the United States have... | high4860.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Pierre Paul's and his grandmother's encouragement."
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"That he was born in a poor family.",
"His strong belief and his hard struggle.",
"His great achievements in his university.",
"Pierre Paul's and his g... | Roger Rolls was the first black governor in the history of New York State, USA. He was born in one of New York's notorious slums. The children born here rarely did decent work after they grew up. However, Roger Rolls was an exception, for he was not only admitted to the university, but also he became a governor. At hi... | high13287.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "they stand face to face with one of their hands held together"
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"the girl places one arm around the man's waist",
"the man puts one hand on the girl's shoulder",
"they stand face to face with one of their hands... | Some dances gain more popularity than others because they can be performed to different kinds of music and the steps change accordingly. One such dance is waltz .
There is a basic form for waltz, which you can see in this drawing of a dancing couple. The man places one arm around the woman's waist and she places he... | high23344.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because they never stopped printing it and it finally proved successful."
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"Because they never stopped printing it and it finally proved successful.",
"Because they earned a lot thanks to books of high quality they p... | War Horse author Michael Morpurgo is being interviewed:
Reporter:How did War Horse become so successful?
Michael:War Horse was published in 1982,and it did not sell very well.But my publishers kept it in print,along with all my books.I am very grateful to Egmont and I'm sure now they are very grateful to themselves.
Th... | high1918.txt |
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"answer_text": "cause travelers to pay more for accommodation"
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"help travelers pass time",
"attract lots of travelers to theUK",
"allow travelers to make flexible plans",
"cause travelers to pay more for accommodation"
... | Planning a visit to the UK? Here we help with ways to cut your costs.
AVOID BIG EVENTS Big sporting events, concerts and exhibitions can increase the cost of accommodation and make it harder to find a room. A standard double room at the Thistle Brighton on the final Friday of the Brighton Comedy Festival(19 Oct.) cost ... | high8082.txt |
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"answer_text": "It makes you harm or hurt others on purpose."
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"It makes you lose heart and gets discouraged.",
"It has you feel motivated.",
"It makes you harm or hurt others on purpose.",
"It reminds you to struggle to... | Envy seems to be bad-but it doesn't have to be. Researchers are finding that, if approached the right way, there can actually be an advantage.
Psychologists classify envy in two ways: negative and positive. With positive envy, you are motivated by another person's success and struggle to follow it. With negative envy, ... | high12199.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a weatherman"
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"his medicine man",
"his tribe people",
"a telephone",
"a weatherman"
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"question": "The chief decided to take a modern approach, so he turned to _ .",
"question_type": "cloz... | It's hard to predict the weather in the near future. It's even more difficult to know what the climate of the coming season is like. Now you know the winter of 2011/12 was not warm but a freezing one/ many people in the Northern Hemisphere died of cold. but a Native American tribe was fortunate enough to survive the te... | high13293.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To open up a new frontier."
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"To study ocean creatures in the deepest valley.",
"To prove his strong will and perseverance.",
"To get support from National Geographic.",
"To open up a new frontier."
]... | In James Cameron's fantasy films, such as Avatar and The Abyss, the unexplored is decorated in color and filled with alien danger. But on his dive to the deepest place on Earth, which took place on a Sunday last month, reality proved far different: white, deserted, and dull.
"I felt like I literally had gone to another... | high240.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Jonathan Dillon."
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"Lincoln himself.",
"Brent",
"Jonathan Dillon.",
"Doug Stiles."
],
"question": "Who wrote the message in Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch?",
"question_type": "factiod_question... | A "secret" message, unseen for almost 150 years and making the start of the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865), has been uncovered in Abraham Lincoln's gold pocket watch, prefix = st1 /U.S.media reported on Wednesday.
"Lincolnnever knew of the message he carried in his pocket," Brent D. Glass, director of the National Museum o... | high23350.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "have electric power to assist when needed"
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"have large engines to deal with accelerating",
"have conventional brakes to slow down the car",
"have electric power to assist when needed",
"have no energy co... | Hybrid cars are cars that run on petrol and electricity. They have a small standard petrol engine and a battery electric motor to provide electric power.
There are some differences between different models of hybrid cars, but the general principle is that the car runs on petrol, and the electric motor kicks in when... | high9388.txt |
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"answer_text": "Computer words."
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"Computer technology.",
"Computer history.",
"Computer words.",
"Computer experts."
],
"question": "What is the passage mainly talking about?",
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{... | Computer technology has become a major part of people's lives. This technology has its own special words. One example is the word mouse. A computer mouse is not a small animal that lives in buildings and open fields. It is a small device that you move around on a flat surface in front of a computer. The mouse moves the... | high8096.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he loves his family members truly, whether they are in good conditions or not"
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"he loves her because he believes that she is sure to receive a raise",
"he has a great way to promote his wife's love towards him",
... | Freda Bright says, _ ." It's true.You really can't love somebody to death.I've known people to die from no love, but I've never known anyone to be loved to death.We just can't love one another enough.
A heart-warming story tells of a woman who finally decided to ask her boss for a raise in salary.All day she felt nerv... | high20881.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "different breakfast or sometimes none"
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"no breakfast at all",
"different breakfast or sometimes none",
"very rich breakfast",
"little food for breakfast"
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"question": "During the test, the peop... | Will it matter if you don't have your breakfast? A short time ago, a test was given in the United States. People of different ages, from 12 to 83, were asked to have a test. During the test, these people were given all kinds of breakfasts, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Scientists wanted to see how well th... | high11484.txt |
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"answer_text": "It will raise the alarm when the driver breaks the traffic rules."
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"options": [
"It will raise the alarm when the driver breaks the traffic rules.",
"It usually produces fewer false alarms.",
"It helps drivers avoid potent... | The monitor "watches" deceleration (=slow down) and distance from a light - and "guesses" which cars are likely to break the Highway Code.
Most importantly, the software can provide two seconds' warning if someone else is about to shoot across a crossroads - enough time for other drivers to hit the brakes.
Jonathan How... | high21547.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To attract tourists."
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"options": [
"To give some advice on diving.",
"To introduce the popular destinations.",
"To teach diving skills.",
"To attract tourists."
],
"question": "What's the author's purpose in ... | Barefoot Traveler is a tour agent that specializes in diving holidays,tailor-made to your own needs.The most popular destinations include Bonaire,Tobago,the Bahamas, Maldives,Oman,Seychelles and Thailand.
Our friendly and knowledgeable staff,who are qualified divers themselves,will be able to advise you on the best... | high20659.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "avoid getting upset in communicating with others"
},
"options": [
"admit he is a foreigner",
"save much time for himself",
"prevent himself from being laughed at",
"avoid getting upset in communicating with others"
... | "I don't speak English"-these are the first words I learned when I came to America. Soon I was able to pronounce the four words clearly, and said them whenever an American tried to talk to me. This answer was very effective at ending our conversation and saving me from another uncomfortable situation, or I would have t... | high4874.txt |
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"answer_text": "living in a war zone"
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"struggling through university finals",
"preparing for interviews",
"tolerating a long distance travel",
"living in a war zone"
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"question": "According to the author,you a... | Do you feel lucky? You probably don't. You may think you've got where you are today through willpower and hard work. We tend to overlook luck's role,and this seems to get worse the richer we get; surveys show that the wealthiest are least likely to owe their fortunes to good fortune. Many such people oppose taxation a... | high19966.txt |
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"answer_text": "killed at least eight babies inAnhuiProvince"
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"were all called 'Haobaobei'",
"were only sold inAnhuiProvince",
"were much cheaper than any other milk powders",
"killed at least eight babies inAnhuiProvin... | At least eight babies in East China'sprefix = st1 /AnhuiProvincehave died since last year. they died of serious deficiency disease which happened to them because of fake milk powders.
More than 100 other babies in Fuyang, mostly between three and five months old, are still in poor nutrition after drinking different kin... | high17793.txt |
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"answer_text": "computer viruses are always developing"
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"options": [
"the newly published antivirus software is more expensive",
"the previous antivirus software cannot work longer than a week",
"the inventors of viruses have suggested th... | WASHINGTON--Considering the serious warnings lately about Internet viruses, users may be encouraged to unplug their machines just to keep them safe. In reality, common sense and a few basic tips can keep Internet surfers secure.
Antivirus software is a must, and it should be updated at least once a week to recognize ne... | high21221.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "where they win popularity and enjoy themselves"
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"where they are instructed to behave themselves",
"a good place to prepare for the future",
"where they win popularity and enjoy themselves",
"a place that... | Surviving the boredom of a school day can be bad enough, but when you have to worry about school gangs as well it's enough to make any student want to stay at home and under the covers! Unfortunately, gang culture can be found in many British schools, and it brings with it negative, and dangerous, side effects. The pre... | high6905.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "select the teams for the next rounds"
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"make the game more exciting",
"attract soccer fans at club level",
"raise funds for the organization",
"select the teams for the next rounds"
],
"question":... | It is football time again.Currently, the qualifying rounds are being played to decide which countries will send teams to the next World Cup.Some Soccer is becoming more and more popular on a worldwide scale and these qualifying legs are causing much excitement.
The game is popular at club level as well.Many fans go eve... | high15184.txt |
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"answer_text": "Before Badenhorst left the prison."
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"Before Badenhorst left the prison.",
"Before Mandela gave demands.",
"After General Steyn took over the prison.",
"Just when Mandela was set free."
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"questi... | During Nelson Mandela's 19 years in the prison on Robben Island, one particular commanding officer, Badenhorst, was the cruelest of them all:
"A few days before Badenhorst's leaving the prison, I was called to the main office. General Steyn was visiting the island and wanted to know if we had any complaints. Badenhorst... | high12833.txt |
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"answer_text": "they want to attract more shoppers"
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"it is easy to use it again",
"they want to attract more shoppers",
"shoppers are all interested in beautiful packaging",
"packaged things will not go rotten"
],
... | To get a chocolate out of a box requires a lot of unpacking: the box has to be taken out of the paper bag in which it arrived, the cellophane wrapper has to be tom off, the lid opened and the paper removed, the chocolate itself then has to be unwrapped from its own piece of paper: But _ . It is now becoming increa... | high23436.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "She accepted it."
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"She found it hard to accept.",
"She was confused about it.",
"She accepted it.",
"She doubted it."
],
"question": "How did the author first react to father's suggestion?",
... | The sound of the rain hitting the windows wakes me up and it sounds just exactly as it did 15 years ago, which reminded me of my girlhood.
It was my second day of school and it was raining heavily. I could not resist the habit I had at home, so I fell asleep right at my desk. I woke up to find myself not in the classro... | high8928.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "senior students"
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"senior students",
"junior students",
"parents"
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"question": "Who is the passage mainly written for?",
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"ans... | IT'S over - millions of Senior 3 students across the country have finished their last exams. But in two years, it'll be your turn in the examination room. How can you spend the time you have left to best effect? Read these thoughts from new graduates to get some pointers.
Cao A'min, 18
Xuanhua No 1 High School, Hebei
S... | high526.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Boring and unhappy."
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"Hard but enjoyable.",
"Boring and unhappy.",
"Tiring but joyful.",
"Good and unforgettable."
],
"question": "What can be said about Disney's childhood ?",
"question_type... | It was 3:30 in the morning and 8-year-old Walt Disney was doing what he did at that time every morning- rolling hundreds of newspapers he would soon deliver in his neighborhood.
It was hard work for a little kid who had to go to school, then deliver another round in the evening. But delivering papers beat picking apple... | high18488.txt |
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"answer_text": "To further promote the Great Barrier Reef."
},
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"To inform the public of the best job in the world.",
"To show the world how beautiful the island is.",
"To further promote the Great Barrier Reef.",
"To encou... | SYDNEY--- An Australian state is offering internationally what it calls "the best job in the world"---- earning a top salary for lazing around a beautiful tropical island for six months.
The job pays 150,000 Australian dollars ($105,000) and includes free airfares from the winner's home country to Hamilton Island o... | high20117.txt |
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"answer_text": "they live in areas where meat supply is not adequate"
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"they want to stay healthy",
"they are too kind to put the idea of killing animals",
"they live in areas where meat supply is not adequate",
"they sh... | All over the world, and for many different reasons, there are millions of people who rarely or never eat meat. These people are called vegetarians. To people who eat meat, being a vegetarian may seem like a very strange thing, diets for several different reasons.
First, vegetarians have an enormous health advantage. On... | high3855.txt |
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"answer_text": "At the privateLakesideSchool."
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"At public elementary school.",
"At the privateLakesideSchool.",
"AtHarvardUniversity.",
"At Microsoft Company."
],
"question": "Where did Bill Gates begin his care... | Bill Gates was born on October 28th, 1955. He and his two sisters grew up inprefix = st1 /Seattle. Their father, William H. Gates II, was aSeattleattorney . Mary Gates, their late mother, was a school teacher.
Gates attended public elementary school before moving on to the private Lakeside School in North Seattle. ... | high19796.txt |
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"answer_text": "There is no link between them."
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"The more milk you drink, the more risk for fractures you might be.",
"The more milk you drink, the less risk for fractures you might be.",
"The less milk you drink, the less ri... | For all the dinner table, a glass of milk seems to be a constant, at least it was when I was growing up. It was widely believed that milk was integral in building strong bones and teeth. There's no doubt that dairy products , and milk in particular, are high in protein and calcium, and most milk products are supplemen... | high21209.txt |
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"answer_text": "They wear shoes with high heels."
},
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"They wear expensive clothes.",
"They take their dog without trying it.",
"They drink too much coffee in cars.",
"They wear shoes with high heels."
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"question"... | High heels, coffee cups and dogs have been regarded as three of the most dangerous things to have in a car. The seemingly harmless items have been responsible for more than 13 million crashes and near misses on Britain's roads.
While men were responsible for the greater number of accidents reported, women played their ... | high17963.txt |
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"answer_text": "Those who praise their children too much."
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"Those who praise their children too much.",
"Those who seldom praise their children.",
"Those who give sincere praise to their children.",
"Those who offer the... | Parents everywhere praise their kids when they do well in school, win a ball game, or build an impressive sandcastle --- anytime their kids do something remarkable , or in many cases, something ordinary.
"We are becoming praise junkies as parents", says Jenn Berman, PhD, a marriage and family expert and the author of ... | high22700.txt |
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"answer_text": "a computer research scientist"
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"a famous medical scientist",
"a computer research scientist",
"a patient with Parkinson's",
"an inventor of computer chips"
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"question": "Ray Kurzweil is _ .",... | Medical scientists are already putting computer chips directly into the brain to help people who have Parkinson's disease, but in what other ways might computer technology be able to help us? Ray Kurzweil is the author of the successful book The Age Of Intelligent Machines. He is also one of the world's best computer r... | high8900.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "unexpected things may often happen"
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"drivers usually have too much coffee",
"people drive three times faster than usual",
"unexpected things may often happen",
"people drive more gently and slowly"
]... | Winter is dangerous for drivers because it's so difficult to know what is going to happen and accidents take place easily. Bad weather can be waiting to meet you. Ice might be hiding under the snow, waiting to send you off the road. The car coming towards you might suddenly move across the road. Here are two rules for ... | high268.txt |
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"answer_text": "Celebrations across the Country"
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"Celebrations across the Country",
"An Official Holiday in US",
"The Largest Parade in the World",
"History of Saint Patrick's Day"
],
"question": "What's the bes... | As we know, on Saturday, millions of people around the world will celebrate Saint Patrick's Day, which honors Patron Saint (or main religious figure) of Ireland. Communities across the United States will host parades, parties, and other festivities to mark the occasion.
This year, cities like Boston, New York, and Chic... | high15812.txt |
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"answer_text": "he thought about his future"
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"he had lots of sleepless nights",
"he thought about his future",
"he searched for words of wisdom"
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"question": "The author felt ... | As a senior high school student, my-future is always on my mind. To-be exact,thoughts of the future have kept me up count.less nights and made me worrv enough to do poorly on more than one test. Because of this, words of wisdom are a scurce of comfort.Steve Jobs gave a speech to Stanford's graduating.class in 2005 and ... | high23378.txt |
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"answer_text": "you will live with him or her in the same room for some time"
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"you will live with him or her in the same room for some time",
"you will ask him or her for help... | Starting college can be a difficult experience. You have to deal with new responsibilities and growing independence, a challenging course load and, of course, the social scene. When a roommate is thrown into the mix, it may feel like you're struggling with all that stuff while living in a small box with a stranger.
But... | high1924.txt |
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"answer_text": "China sent its first woman into space."
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"This is the first space docking in Chinese history.",
"China sent its first woman into space.",
"It is regarded as proof of the country's growing power.",
"It's t... | China Completes First Manned Space Docking
China successfully achieved its first manned space docking, an important step in the country's quest to launch a space station by around 2020.The Shenzhou-9 spacecraft on Monday docked with China's Tiangong-1 space laboratory. The mission's three astronauts included China's fi... | high22066.txt |
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"answer_text": "They were worried that they would lose the coming election."
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"They feared the terrorists would escape.",
"They were not quite sure who on earth made the attacks.",
"They were worried that they would lose the c... | When the US started the war in Iraq a year ago, Spain was a firm supporter. But on April 18, the Spanish government started to remove its troops, becoming the first country in the US-led coalition to bring its soldiers home. The person behind this surprise move is the new Spanish prime minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Z... | high20671.txt |
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"answer_text": "reading as fast as you can"
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"improving eye movement",
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"reading as fast as you can"
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... | You do not need every word to understand the meaning of what you read. In fact, too much emphasis on separate words both slows your speed and reduces your comprehension.
First, any habit which slows down your silent reading to the speed at which you speak or read aloud, is inefficient. If you point to each word as yo... | high4690.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Watersports Club"
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"Riding School",
"Watersports Club",
"Diving Centre"
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"question": "If you want to swim and enjoy activities which are fast and a bit dangerous, you should join... | Riding School:
You can start horse-riding at any age. Choose private or group lessons any weekday between 9 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. on Saturdays). There are 10 kilometres of tracks and paths for leisurely rides across farmland and open country. You will need a riding hat.
Opening Hours: Monday through Friday:... | high20665.txt |
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"answer_text": "The similarities and differences between a teacher's work and an actor's."
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"What a good teacher should do outside the classroom.",
"What teachers and actors could learn from ... | To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor; you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your audience; you must be a clear speaker, with a good, strong, pleasing voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clea... | high15806.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "ask others about their salary"
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"have tea in the early morning",
"ask others about their salary",
"give a 10%tip to a waiter",
"shake hands with friends"
],
"question": "British people think it ru... | On April 18,the 100-day countdown to the 2012 Olympic Games in London began. For this
year's Games' slogan,the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games has chosen the
phrase "Inspire a Generation" .It is expected to inspire athletes to do their best,and common people to do better in their daily lives.
The Ga... | high22072.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the National Dark-Sky Week"
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"better lighting systems",
"the beauty of the night sky",
"the harm of light pollution",
"the National Dark-Sky Week"
],
"question": "This passage is mainly about _ ... | The National Dark-Sky Week (NDSW) is a week during which people all over the United States turn off their lights to enjoy the beauty of the night sky without light pollution. This even was started by Jennifer Barlow of Midlothian, Virginia in 2003, and it is becoming more popular each year. It has been supported by the... | high1930.txt |
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"answer_text": "Most of our gestures have no meaning at all."
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"People all over the world only communicate verbally.",
"Most of our gestures have no meaning at all.",
"Some people think that 65 to 70 percent of our communicati... | When you are in another country, it is important to know the language, but it is equally important to know how to communicate nonverbally , before saying anything by making gestures. According to a pioneer in nonverbal communication, only 30 to 35 percent of our communication is verbal. When people don't know the langu... | high7399.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because she was afraid the train would kill him."
},
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"Because they would miss their train.",
"Because he didn't see the train coming.",
"Because she was sure Jane was hard to lift.",
"Because she was afraid... | Jane was running late. Jane, 25, had a lot to do at work, plus visitors on the way: her parents were coming in for Thanksgiving from her hometown. But as she hurried down the subway stairs, she started to feel uncomfortably warm. By the time she got to the platform, Jane felt weak and tired---maybe it hadn't been a goo... | high6939.txt |
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While surrounded by languages I couldn't understand, it was an American acc... | high22714.txt |
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"people go shopping in shorts and T-shirts",
"the festival is not in winter but in summer",
"Santa Claus is on a ... | Christmas in Australia is often very hot. Whereas the northern hemisphere is in the middle of winter, Australians are baking in summer heat. It is not unusual to have Christmas Day well into the mid 30 degrees Celsius, or near 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
A traditional meal includes a turkey dinner, with ham, and pork. A fl... | high8914.txt |
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"a series of skin care products"
],
"question": "According to the passage, Moisture Surge is th... | What is so different about Moisture Surge?
These hydrating formulas rapidly make thirsty skin smooth and soft. Oil-free and fit for all skin types, they help:
Quickly increase skin's moisture level with hydrating relief in a high-speed delivery system; Restore skin's moisture balance; Make up dry lines.
Moisture Surg... | high2587.txt |
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"few friends came to visit them in winter",
"friends came to visit them only for drinks and meals",
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"The writer is delighted to know it.",
"The writer doesn't believe it.",
"The writer is annoyed to know it."
],
"question": "What is the... | To prevent diabetes you will get a real jolt ( shock ) when you follow the prescription offered up in the "Journal of the American Medical Association." This 'prestigious' organization reported on separate studies of coffee drinkers in Sweden and Finland.
Whiz-bang medical researchers discovered that women could decre... | high20103.txt |
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},
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"Devotion and Friendship.",
"Civilization and effort.",
"Responsibility and determination."
],
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And no matter what you want to do with your life, ... | high19782.txt |
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},
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"he didn't notice the PTO shaft",
"the safety guard of the machinery was gone",
"he was standing at the back of the tractor"
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"The Fox television program.",
"Buzz Aldrin.",
"James E. Oberg."
],
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Once upon a time--July 20, 1969, to be specific - two men got out of their little spaceship and wandered around on the moon for a while. Ten more men walked on the moon over the next three and a half years. The end.
Unfortu... | high3699.txt |
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"persuade people to contact TSA",
"warn against the damage of locking the baggage",
"inform people of baggage inspection"
],... | To protect you and your fellow passengers, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is required by law to inspect all checked baggage. As part of this process, some bags are opened and inspected. Your bag was among those selected for inspection.
During the inspection, your bag and its contents may have been sea... | high4479.txt |
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"answer_text": "While using the dry salting method, you should hold the fish with wooden boxes."
},
"options": [
"All the heads of the fish which will be dried must be cut off.",
"When drying fish, the less you use the salt, the better.",
"W... | There are three different ways to store fish. Two ways to store fish for future use are canning and freezing. Two other methods are drying and smoking. Today we have the first of the two reports describing, step by step, how to prepare dried fish.
Begin with the fish that are just out of water. If the fish are small... | high21792.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"Where Americans eat.",
"Why Americans eat in a hurry.",
"Which do meat Americans eat the most slowly."
],
"question": "What is... | Americans eat breakfast and lunch quickly unless it is a social business or family occasion. The evening meal is usually longer and a time for families to gather together. Rushing through daytime meals is part of the fast pace in America. Another reason for rushing through daytime meals is that many people eat in resta... | high11651.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "knew selling the lion would upset Bertie"
},
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"had decided to send Bertie to school",
"knew selling the lion would upset Bertie",
"knew Bertie would hate to go to England"
... | Bertie knew there was something in the wind. His mother had been sad in recent days, not sick, just strangely sad. The lion had just lain down beside him, his head warm on Bertie's feet when Father cleared his throat and began," You'll soon be eight, Bertie. A boy needs a proper education. We've found the right place f... | high3316.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he hears his screams repeated."
},
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"he falls over his own feet.",
"his father can shout as loud as he does.",
"he hears his screams repeated.",
"someone calls him a coward."
],
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Curious, he shouts: : "Who are you?" He receives the answer:" "Who are you?" And then he screams to the... | high2008.txt |
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},
"options": [
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"The world's environment is improving.",
"The total amount of forests in the world is not declining.",
"Conservation efforts have bee... | Environmentalists said our planet was doomed to die. Now one man says they are wrong. "Everyone knows the planet is in bad shape," thundered a magazine article last year. Species are being driven to die out at record rates, and the rivers are so poisonous that fish are floating on the surface, dead.
But there's a g... | high18113.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "she valued the things used by her mom"
},
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"she valued the things used by her mom",
"she didn't want to throw them, away",
"she could sell them later",
"they were her mom's best items"
],
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I was out walking one Saturday later that summer when something caught my eye - a pale green dress. Laid out on the pavement was stuff like... | high5767.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Global English Centre and the International House of English."
},
"options": [
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"Global English Centre and the International House of English.",
"Modern Language School and ... | Suppose you work in a big firm and find English important for your job because you often deal with foreign businessmen. Now you are looking for a place where you can improve your English, especially your spoken English. Here are some advertisements about English language training from newspapers. You may find the infor... | high11889.txt |
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},
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"Because it is a way to communicate your thoughts.",
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He appreciates it very much."
},
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"He thinks little of it.",
"He appreciates it very much.",
"He thinks it goes too far."
],
"question": "What is the author's attitude... | It's really true what people say about English politeness: it's everywhere. When squeezing past someone in a narrow passage, people say "sorry". When getting off a bus, English passengers say "thank you" rather than the driver. In Germany, people would never dream of doing these things. After all, squeezing past othe... | high1501.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"By talking to employees",
"By transporting bags of cash",
"By benefiting from their positions"
],
"question": "How did governmen... | IMAGINE if, to collect your salary each month, you had to walk to the nearest town, perhaps tens of miles away, to gather in a school or a football court or a church. There, you and your colleagues wait for a man to arrive from the capital, perhaps a thousand miles away, with a suitcase of cash.
Few countries are as co... | high13046.txt |
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"accounting",
"political science",
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "make a telephone call to our parents"
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"tell the teacher",
"say sorry to our parents",
"make a telephone call to our parents"
],
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"answer": {
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"money lenders",
"good listeners",
"next-door neighbors"
],
"question": "According to the passage we can learn that good friends should be _ .",
"quest... | Real-life Friends
Most people know the saying: A man's best friend is his dog; and that Diamonds are a girl's best friend. However, dogs can't offer advice or make you a cup of tea when you need one; and precious stones are cold comfort when you need a hug, and a shoulder to cry on.
What are Friends?
There are many way... | high15437.txt |
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},
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"The average income of the Tuvalans is $1000 in 1999.",
"Tuvalu is only 3m high above sea level.",
"The... | Tuvalu is located in the South Pacific. It is tiny and has only nine islands with a population of just 11,000. In 1999, it was the third- poorest country in the world. The islanders earned just $1,000 each year.
But then something unusual happened. Tuvalu received an internet domain name--the letters "tv". These lett... | high8525.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"people don't know what is available in the store",
"people tend to decide on b... | It has been found that less than one shopper in five makes a complete shopping list before going to the store. The reason for this is that seven out of ten of today's purchases are decided in the store, where the shoppers tend toward impulse buying. Buying groceries on impulse had risen for the past forty years, and ... | high15351.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He can't expect Mo could win the Nobel Prize in Literature."
},
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"He can't expect Mo could win the Nobel Prize in Literature.",
"He can't... | 57-year-old Mo Yan has become the first Chinese to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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"answer": {
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},
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"the barber hadn't cut his hair well",
"the barber had cut his hair carefully",
"he was not satisfied with his old barber"
],
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"answer": {
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"angry",
"excited",
"disappointed"
],
"question": "When Iron Man was fighting an army of Hammer's Iron Man robots, people in the theater were _ .",
"question_type": "c... | Compared to Iron Man 1, which I really like, Iron Man 2 has more action, better special effects and is funnier.
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"answer": {
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"was a surprise for him",
"cost him a lot of money"
],
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"answer": {
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},
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"Japanese style",
"traditional Chinese style",
"Korean style"
],
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"answer": {
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"to warn people not to go near birds",
"to remind people of the present situation of bird control is",
"to inform people what the present situation of bi... | Birds have long been known to be the disease carries for years, but now they are receiving so much pressure due to Avian Bird Flu. Bird cause health danger to humans and animals in or around their droppings.
Bird Buffer Q2, is designed to protect your facility from unwanted troublesome birds naturally, and is especiall... | high3470.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"To study whether family structure affects depres... | Researchers in London and Bristol have found that men are particularly likely to yield to depression if their partners are also depressed.
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the name of the machine was too long"
},
"options": [
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"there were great disadvantages of the key board",
"the machine could not be distinguished from print",
"the name... | Look at the keyboard of any standard typewriter or computer."Q,""W,""E,""R""T"and"Y"are the first six letters.Who decided on this arrangement of the letters? And why?
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the mystery of the snowman"
},
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"some strange animals",
"some large footprints",
"the mystery of the snowman"
],
"question": "The passage is about _ .",
"question_typ... | Is there a strange something high up in the world's tallest mountains? If so, is it a big bear? Is it a monkey? Or is it a kind of man?
No one knows. This mystery has puzzled the world for years.
In 1887, a mountain climber found large footprints in the snow. They looked like the footprints of a very large man. But men... | high17552.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "internet"
},
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"broadcast station",
"internet",
"magazine"
],
"question": "The news about Spears's clothes was most probably taken from a(a n)_.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | Pop star Britney Spears _ with a childhood friend,but their two-day-old marriage was dissolved Monday shortly after Britney filed for an annulment(/).She described the marriage as"a joke that went too far,"said one source closed to Spears."I don't even know if she loves him,"the source said.
The 22-year-old diva... | high16894.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They send money to the poor students."
},
"options": [
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"They send money to the poor students.",
"They share teaching ideas.",
"They comfort each other."
],
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Through comments on blogs, or Web logs, teachers can share their classroom experiences. They can exchange ideas and discuss successes and failures. They can debate educational policies. Or t... | high11123.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the government guarantee a gradually high salary for the successful candidates"
},
"options": [
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"the government guarantee a gradually high salary fo... | The Beijing government has set out to _ thousands of university graduates to work as junior officials in rural areas to both improve rural administration and ease the city's employment problems.
The government plans to recruit 3,000 university graduates this year, 1,000 more than last year, to work as assistants to vil... | high3464.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "it is necessary to know key figures"
},
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"he has a strong effect on the world"
],
"question": "... | Exited about landing your first job after graduation? Good, work hard and get learning. Don't forget to listen to young professional's advice about the "real world" you're stepping into.
1. Keep up with current events.
In school, it's easy to live in a cocoon, where you focus on studies and social life. But in the work... | high15345.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "by using the work of other scientists"
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"by using the work of other scientists",
"by chance"
],
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However, Halley... | high1273.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "In the evening"
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"At noon",
"In the afternoon",
"In the evening"
],
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},
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He was in the bedroom pushing clothes into a suit... | high23191.txt |
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"answer": {
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"persistent and dull",
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"optimistic and loving"
],
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Ms. Keller's answer is a tribute to her dedicated teacher. "If it had not been for Anne Sullivan, t... | high9149.txt |
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"draw readers' attention to the topic of t... | In the famous fairy tale, Snow White eats the Queen's apple and falls victim to a curse; in Shakespeare's novel, Romeo drinks the poison and dies; some ancient Chinese kings took pills that contained mercury, believing that it would make them _ , but they died afterwards.
Poison has long been an important part in liter... | high13052.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"Grace Kane likes challenges",
"A young climber follows her dream",
"An amazing victory for a young rock climber"
],
"question... | Grace Kane hangs onto an Olympic dream of clinging to a granite wall by her fingertips 70 feet from the ground. The fearless girl is only 10, but already has scaled great heights in the sport of rock climbing.
Last week, Kane won a bronze in the 11andyounger sport class at the USA Climbing Youth National Championship... | high15423.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "care about important events in the world"
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"are from the same country",
"care about important events in the world",
"don't 1ike new things"
],
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"answer": {
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},
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"He had special feeling for the land where he was living.",
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But,like his father in earlier times,Chief... | high7164.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "sleep with four or five periods of REM"
},
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"sleep as much as possible",
"have a shallow sleep",
"sleep with four or five periods of REM"
],
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "if the animal makes a wrong decision"
},
"options": [
"if the animal makes a wrong decision",
"if the animal plays a dangerous game",
"when the animal attacks its enemy",
"when the animal runs too slowly"
],
"qu... | From the moment that an animal is born it has to make decisions . It has to decide which of the things around it are for eating , and which are to be avoided ; when to attack and when to run away . The animal is , in fact , playing a very dangerous game with its environment , a game in which it must make decision--a ma... | high21786.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "French don't like others asking their careers."
},
"options": [
"There is no moment of silence when you talk with French.",
"French don't like others asking their careers.",
"The Swiss may seem cold but humorous sometimes.",
... | It can't be truer that when in Rome do as the Romans do. So it's necessary for you to know what you can talk with the local people in France, Australia and Switzerland, and different customs of these countries.
In France
You'll find that conversations often turn into heated debates. Give opinions only on subjects that ... | high3302.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "At the school."
},
"options": [
"At home.",
"At restaurant.",
"At the school.",
"At a stadium."
],
"question": "Where do people spend Homecoming Day?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answ... | In American schools there is something called Homecoming Day.Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a homecoming game. This can be the most important event of the year, except for graduation.Students plan it for many weeks in advance.
Several days before Homecoming,students begin to decorate the s... | high17234.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Campbell Leaper and Melanie Ayres"
},
"options": [
"Gallup Poll",
"\"Personality and social Psychology Review\"",
"Campbell Leaper and Melanie Ayres",
"The author"
],
"question": "This passage mainly talks about... | Which _ is the most talkative? No matter what you answer, you are partially right.
A recent Gallup Poll show that both man and women believe that women possess the gift of talking and some even believe women are biologically built for conversation, but all of this is challenged in research published in the November is... | high20498.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "superficial"
},
"options": [
"decorating",
"superficial",
"expressive",
"demanding"
],
"question": "In \"Beauty is only skin-deep\", \"skin-deep\" can be replaced by _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions... | A few common misconceptions. Beauty is only skin-deep. One' s physical assets and liabilities don' t count all that much in a managerial career. A woman should always try to look her best.
Over the last 30 years, social scientists have conducted more than 1,000 studies of how we react to beautiful and not- so-beautiful... | high6252.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Interested."
},
"options": [
"Proud.",
"Frightened.",
"Interested.",
"Upset."
],
"question": "How did the author feel when he first saw the two women?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"... | One cold day in winter, my wife and I were walking back home from the grocery store as usual when we suddenly decided to walk into a coffee shop.
My wife ordered a coffee at the counter. Just then, I saw a young woman in her thirties helping with a rather weak Mexican woman into the shop. Maybe it was the gentleness of... | high14715.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "heart"
},
"options": [
"arms",
"speech",
"breathing",
"heart"
],
"question": "Which is NOT involved in the early symptoms of ALS _ ?",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"ans... | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventuall... | high9161.txt |
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