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"answer_text": "Across country borders."
},
"options": [
"In mountains",
"In cities",
"Across deserts",
"Across country borders."
],
"question": "Where are the peace parks built?",
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},
... | People usually have to cany passports to travel from one country to another. But should animals? Groups around the word are working to create parks that cross country borders. They hope that the parks will help die environment and bring peace and cooperation to neighboring countries.
"People draw lines on a map and ca... | high19379.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a sports game"
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"options": [
"a sports game",
"daily life",
"an exercise",
"a ceremony"
],
"question": "The high five had its origin in _ .",
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}
] | The high five is very popular in today's society. However, there was a time when people didn't give it out to each other. The history of the high five isn't very long. It's even been said that the first high five was given out in a 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers game between Dusty Baker and Glen Burke as a way to celebrate... | high8337.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "all kids must receive education"
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"all kids shall go to school",
"all kids must receive education",
"home schooling parents shall receive continuing education",
"state schools must give support to home-sc... | Believe it or not, going to school is not a legal requirement in the United States. It
is a legal requirement that all kids be educated, though. When parents believe they can give their kids a better education--- or have other reasons for not wanting to send their kids to a local school --- they may choose home school... | high7004.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because the man said he would not cause much inconvenience."
},
"options": [
"Because the man said others refused to accommodate him.",
"Because the man said he would not cause much inconvenience.",
"Because the man said he h... | Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to the patients at the clinic.
One evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful-looking man. He's hardly taller th... | high14885.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "warn other rabbit of danger"
},
"options": [
"tell other rabbits where the food is",
"warn other rabbit of danger",
"make itself look strong",
"help itself to run fast"
],
"question": "A rabbit moves its tail up... | When a rabbit sees something dangerous, it runs away. Its tail moves up and down as it runs. When other rabbits see this tail moving up and down, they run too. They know that there is danger. The rabbit has told them something without making a sound. It has given them a signal .
Many other animals use this kind of lang... | high9029.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "is still going on with his acting career"
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"options": [
"has sold his carriage house for charity",
"is still going on with his acting career",
"makes a living by begging in the street",
"leads a poor life with all his... | He is a familiar sight, the old man who asks change from drivers stopped at a red light on East 35th Street in Slidtown Manhattan every day. After all, he has been at it for 17 years now, seven days a week. With the help of a walker, he hobbles between lanes of traffic, approaching drivers, offering newspapers --- ofte... | high23797.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "an interview"
},
"options": [
"an interview",
"an argument",
"a talk show program",
"a science report"
],
"question": "The passage may be _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
... | We've heard about radiation from the damaged nuclear reactors in Japan reaching American shores. Experts say so far there is no reason to worry, and point out that we meet radiation every day. Where and how? NPR's Renee Montagne posed that question to Peter Caracappa, a radiation safety officer and professor of nuclear... | high1313.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he was not satisfied with the food"
},
"options": [
"he was not hungry",
"he was seriously ill",
"he was given special meals",
"he was not satisfied with the food"
],
"question": "The patient had no desire to ea... | Once Dr. Mellinkoff invited me to join him at the hospital to discuss interesting cases(, ) with his students.The case at hand was a Guatemalan man, aged 34, who had a fever and many other medical problems.His condition was not improving, and there was not much hope he would live.
Dr.: Mellinkoff asked to see the pati... | high687.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "This experiment indicates restricted diets could extend humans' lifespan."
},
"options": [
"Adequate sleep is another way to reduce the speed of aging process.",
"This experiment indicates restricted diets could extend humans' life... | THURSDAY, July 9 (Health Day News) -- A new study that found that a lower calorie diet slowed the aging process in monkeys could be the best proof yet that restricted diets might do the same for humans.
"The big question in aging research is, 'Will caloric restriction in species closely related to humans slow aging?'" ... | high13654.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The Giver"
},
"options": [
"A Wrinkle in Time",
"The Giver",
"The Book Thief",
"Harry Potter"
],
"question": "Which of the following shares the same theme with The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian?",
... | To honor the best books for young adults and children, TIME has created this list of classics: Best Young-Adult and Children's Books.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie's coming-of-age novel shows family and traditions through young Arnold Spirit, torn between his life in an Indian community... | high9997.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a serious writer who hates fame"
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"options": [
"a selfish and moody youth",
"a serious writer who hates fame",
"a famous American author",
"someone who lives away from society"
],
"question": "According to the... | All writers dream of success. Yet some writers turn their back on success the moment it comes along. J.D. Salinger, the American author, is a good example.
On the face of it, the future did not look promising for the teenage Salinger. He seems always to have been running away from something. First it was school, then h... | high15225.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "light blue or light green"
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"options": [
"light blue or light green",
"deep red or deep brown",
"deep orange or deep red",
"light green or light yellow"
],
"question": "We'd better paint the walls of the hospi... | When you get tired of homework, several minutes' walk in a nearby green park helps you relax at once. Or you may stand facing the lake or the seas. They will calm (not to be excited or nervous) you just like the green plants.
Wonder why? Color is a key part of the answers. Since it is so, green and blue help make peopl... | high8451.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "helping poor Chinese students get a better education"
},
"options": [
"helping poor Chinese students get a better education",
"helping the students in earthquake-stricken area",
"helping his off-springs lead a rich life in th... | Yu Pengnian is an 88-year-old real estate Chinese businessman. He amassed a fortune of $1.3 billion dollars during his career but instead of keeping the money and living like an emperor, he decided to give it all away. All of his fortune will be spent on helping poor Chinese students get a better education.
And Yu isn... | high22489.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Obama said that the U. S. would be \"sound stewards of the money we invest.\""
},
"options": [
"Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao expressed his worry about the huge fund to the United States.",
"Obama claimed that China can have confidenc... | WASHINGTON, March 14 (Xinhua) --U.S. President Barack Obama confirmed on Saturday at the White House that China can have confidence in the American economy.
"Not just the Chinese government, but every investor can have absolute confidence in the _ of investments in the United States," Obama said.
"There is a reason why... | high7762.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Young people are far too much influenced by too much entertainment news in media."
},
"options": [
"Young people are taught by adults to seek pleasure of senses.",
"Young people have given up our traditional value of hard working c... | During an exhibition show the skills of disabled people, an armless man used his mouth and feet to repair a watch. He completed the task in just a few minutes at the show, which was held in Beijing last Saturday. Just imagine the tiny parts that make up a watch. You have to wonder how the disabled man developed such a ... | high21180.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Civilized Dog Raising"
},
"options": [
"Man's Best Friend",
"Civilized Dog Raising",
"No Room For Dogs",
"When A Dog Bites A Man"
],
"question": "Which of the following may be a suitable title for the story?",
... | When a dog bites a man, it usually doesn't make news. However, this saying change when Beijing and several other Chinese cities announced the "Civilized Dog Raising" campaign in November.
The government will require Beijingers to get licenses for their dogs, and will enforce the one-dog, one-family policy. Police say t... | high11043.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Belguim"
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"USA",
"Belguim",
"Italy",
"England"
],
"question": "Hepburn was born in _ .",
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_t... | Audrey Hepburn is one of Hollywood's all-time greatest actress. She is famous not only in the USA, but also in other parts of the world.
Hepburn was born in Belgium on May 4, 1929. She began taking ballet lessons at a very young age. She loved dancing and her dream was to become a successful ballet dancer. She had pu... | high3504.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The choking smog may promote their development."
},
"options": [
"They are used to trade various resources.",
"They caused the choking smog in China.",
"They have been in existence for many years in China.",
"The chokin... | BEIJING--As China scrambles to respond to the choking smog that has _ Beijing in recent weeks, authorities in several major cities are experimenting with carbon trading platforms. The schemes are one effort to get control over greenhouse gases in an economy still hungry for cheap energy.
It has been a persistent concer... | high5175.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "it will lead to more intimacy and help to establish a relationship"
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"options": [
"it will lead to more intimacy and help to establish a relationship",
"it will help to establish status with their listeners",
"it will help ... | According to the latest research in the United States,men and women talk such different languages that it is like people from two different cultures trying to communicate.Professor Deborah Tannen of Georgetown University has noticed the difference in the style of boys' and girls' conversations from an early age.She say... | high18701.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "visit camelcamelcamel.com"
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"options": [
"come to getinvisiblehand.com",
"read the holiday shopping tips",
"visit camelcamelcamel.com",
"download it from the official site"
],
"question": "If you want to get t... | Best Ways to Save Money on Holiday Shopping
Black Friday and Cyber Monday-that's amateur hour. These holiday shopping tips will help yousave big bucks on your own.
Track prices online
Websites like Amazon and Bestbuy.com are constantly adjusting the prices of items, meaning knowledgeable shoppers can kee... | high17432.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A parent and his or her daughter."
},
"options": [
"Friends.",
"A parent and his or her daughter.",
"A teacher and a student.",
"Sisters."
],
"question": "What is the most probable relationship between the write... | Dear XXX,
As we drove off from Columbia, I wanted to write a letter to you to tell you all that is on my mind.
First, I want to tell you how proud we are. You have become a talented and accomplished young woman. You should be as proud of yourself as we are.
College will be the most important years in your life. It is ... | high16738.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because the author didn't want to grow up."
},
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"Because the author was older than her sister.",
"Because the author didn't want to grow up.",
"Because her sister always wore pigtails and liked eating chocolate.",... | On Saturday, February 12 two thousand, two things happened that changed everything in my life. The first was that on this day my baby sister was married. She was twenty-six this day, and yet to me she was still my baby sister. I suppose that I pictured her as a little girl, and treated her like one in order to hold ont... | high21194.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "food can be cooked simply and healthily"
},
"options": [
"it can save time and money",
"food can be cooked simply and healthily",
"it is easy to clean and store",
"it is available in any store"
],
"question": "T... | The latest fashion in the kitchen is the food steamer.All the stores are selling them;everyone wants one.Steaming is one of the simplest and healthiest ways of cooking food.However,that cooking time is usually longer than with other methods.In case you're thinking of buying a steamer,I've done a survey about the steame... | high11057.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The bad conditions in the hospital."
},
"options": [
"The difficulties in his career.",
"The deaths in the bus accident.",
"The bad conditions in the hospital.",
"The responsibilities in the operation."
],
"ques... | In one of the old buildings near our school,one could see an old man sitting by a large window on the first floor.His name was James.During the three years at schoo1, I had hardly ever found him missing from his usual position.
He was a high-ranking government official and lived happily with his wife.Once there was a b... | high10349.txt |
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"answer_text": "Von Altenburg was Anne's intended husband."
},
"options": [
"Von Altenburg was the Baron's son.",
"Anne and Bertha were the Baron's sisters.",
"Anne was Berton's only daughter.",
"Von Altenburg was Anne's intended husba... | The Ghost Bridegroom
At the time of this story, there was a great family gathering at the castle to meet the promised bridegroom of the Baron's daughter. An arrangement had been made between the Baron and an old nobleman of Bavaria, Berton, for a marriage between their children. It would increase the importance of both... | high18715.txt |
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"answer_text": "Richard Wagner is a very controversial man."
},
"options": [
"Richard Wagner is not worth talking about",
"Richard Wagner has made many people angry",
"Richard Wagner has contributed much to opera.",
"Richard Wagner is ... | Richard Wagner was a German musician has been a very controversial person, but he has gained great fame by writing opera, a form of performance combining singing, music on instruments, and drama.
While he wrote excellent music, many people think his operas are too dark and serious, lacking the fun common in operas wri... | high5161.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "45 yuan."
},
"options": [
"30 yuan.",
"45 yuan.",
"50 yuan.",
"60 yuan."
],
"question": "If Mr. Green(VIP), together with his wife and his three schoolchildren watches the movie Chinese Girl, how much will they ... | Fri, Jun. l
Nightlife Back to the Age of innocence
This performance, organized by the group Lifetime Wharf, will celebrate Children's Day and commemorate the lost childhoods of office workers. Five bands will perform: DH & Chinese Hellcats, DUDE, Candy Monster, Residence A and Island Mood.
Where: Yugong Yishan Livehou... | high17426.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The store was in disorder and she was not familiar with the shop."
},
"options": [
"She was too young to remember all the items on the list.",
"Miss Bee thought she was a thief and did not treat her kindly.",
"Her grandmother... | You went to the butcher's for meat, the pharmacy for aspirin, and the grocery store for food. But when I spent the summer with my Grandmother in Warwick, N.Y., she sent me down to the general store with a list. How could I hope to find anything on the packed, messy shelves around me?
I walked up to the counter. Behind ... | high23783.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "prevent students going into debt"
},
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"better students' learning methods",
"prevent students going into debt",
"help students get accepted by colleges",
"make students become very wealthy"
],
"questi... | During her junior year of high school, Diane Ray's teacher handed her a worksheet and instructed the 17-year-old to map out her future financial life. Ray pretended to buy a car, rent an apartment, and apply for a credit card. Then, she and her classmates played the "stock market game", investing the hypothetical ea... | high6468.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Alfred tried to sound big to hide his fear."
},
"options": [
"It was the first time Alfred had stolen anything.",
"Mr. Carr set a trap to catch Alfred stealing.",
"Alfred tried to sound big to hide his fear.",
"Mr. Carr... | The drug store was closing for the night and Alfred Higgins was about to go home when his new boss approached him.
"Empty your pockets please, Alfred," Sam Carr demanded in a firm voice.
Alfred pretended to be shocked but he knew he had been caught. From his coat he withdrew a make-up kit, a lipstick and two tubes of t... | high693.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He played music."
},
"options": [
"He played music.",
"He worked here and there.",
"He stayed at home practicing his lessons.",
"He read for his profession."
],
"question": "What did the author do in his spare t... | I am not just a successful architect . I also like to play the piano. In my spare time I often turn some dry musical symbols into beautiful music.
Many years ago, while I was in a university studying architecture, I worked in a workshop. During the break I found an old piano in the corner of the room. With the allowanc... | high1307.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "personality is largely decided from birth"
},
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"certain personality traits are common",
"personality is largely decided from birth",
"some personality types are better than others",
"personality traits are v... | Finding the Real You
Psychometric testing--personality testing--has been very popular nowadays as studies show their results to be three times more accurate in predicting your job performance. These tests are now included in almost all graduate recruitment and are widely used in the selection of managers.
The most po... | high13640.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a person who eats no meat"
},
"options": [
"a pet lover",
"a heavy smoker",
"a person who eats no meat",
"one who needs a one-night stay"
],
"question": "Chika and Tara's house would be a good choice for _ ."... | Homestay UK/Great Britain
Here you will find a selection of homestay hosts and host families in the UK. If you want to learn more about the British host family of your choice, please click on information at www. Homestaybooking. Com. You will then see a personal introduction of the UK homestay host. If you don't want t... | high9983.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Ibn Battuta and adventures."
},
"options": [
"Visitors to Mecca.",
"A great travel joumal.",
"Ibn Barttuta and the sultan.",
"Ibn Battuta and adventures."
],
"question": "What is the main topic of the article?",... | "I left Tangier, my birthplace, the 13th of June 1325 with the intention of making the pilgrimage to Mecca... to leave all my friends both female and male, to abandon my home as birds abandon their nests." So begins an old manuscript in a library in Paris-the travel journal of Ibn Battuta.
Almost two centuries before... | high8445.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "many plants, trees and flowers don't grow there any more"
},
"options": [
"there has been a lot of conservation in Holland",
"Holland does not need so many plants, trees and flowers",
"many plants, trees and flowers don't gro... | 1970 was "World Conservation Year". The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world was in danger. They hoped that the governments would act quickly in order to conserve nature. Here is one example of the problem. At one time there were 1300 different plants, trees and flowers in Holland, but now only 860 rem... | high7776.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "don't make good use of banana peel"
},
"options": [
"like eating bananas",
"waste a lot of food every year",
"don't make good use of banana peel",
"know little about the value of the flesh of bananas"
],
"questi... | If you live in the U.S., you're probably used to throwing banana peel into the trash. But people in other countries, including India, have been taking advantages of their nutritional benefits for many years.
While the flesh of a banana is soft and sweet, the skin is thick, hard and slightly bitter. To eat the peel, you... | high13898.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the society tends to have a wrong image about single women"
},
"options": [
"many Americans get married by 30 and have kids by 32",
"married women have a happier life than those never-married",
"divorced women lives a miserab... | Single people, especially women, are stigmatized in our society: We're all familiar with the image of a sad, lonely woman eating ice cream with her cats in her pajamas on Saturday night. But about 45 percent of US adults aren't married and around one in seven lives alone. This might be you. Research shows that young p... | high8323.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "imperfect"
},
"options": [
"impolite",
"amusing",
"imperfect",
"practical"
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"question": ". The author used to think of her mother's English as _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answe... | I am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language--the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. _ . And I use them all--all the Englishes I grew up with.
Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, I've been giving more t... | high7010.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "always lived a lonely life"
},
"options": [
"drew pictures for magazines",
"always lived a lonely life",
"showed no interest in art",
"liked to paint and dance"
],
"question": "During his childhood, Warhol _ ... | Recently, a painting of actress Elizabeth Taylor, which was drawn by American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol, sold for US $63 million. Another simple black-and-white image of a Coca-Cola bottle sold for US $35 million. But the all-time record for a Warhol painting is $100 million for a piece titled "Eight Elvises". W... | high14891.txt |
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"answer_text": "Now more and more people realize the importance to stop sub health."
},
"options": [
"Chinese people especially the city citizens are suffering from sub health problem.",
"Infectious diseases used to be the main cause of death acro... | A surprisingly high number of city citizens in China suffer from poor health and many die at an early age.
Poor health with no sign of any identified disease, a condition known in China as "sub health," is on the rise. Sub health is marked by general weakness, low energy levels and a poor immune system.
A survey held i... | high12238.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Harry's father"
},
"options": [
"Harry's father",
"Harry's mother",
"Harry",
"Nobody"
],
"question": "_ always does some housework in the morning",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | Harry is eighteen now. He studies in a middle school.His parents like him very much and hope he can become a famous man. So they often tell him to study hard and they do almost everything for him. They wakes him up at six in the morning, after breakfast his father takes him to school in a car and in the afternoon, as s... | high1461.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "can be prevented"
},
"options": [
"can be ignored",
"can be prevented",
"will disappear",
"are all deadly"
],
"question": "According to the passage, chronic diseases _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_question... | Such chronic diseases as heart disease, stroke, cancer and lung disorders are the most leading causes of death in the world. Yet health experts say these conditions are often the most preventable.
The World Health Organization (WHO) points out chronic diseases lead to about 17 million early deaths each year. The Unit... | high13126.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Dogs can read human actions and feelings."
},
"options": [
"Dogs prefer yummier foods.",
"Dogs can read human actions and feelings.",
"Dogs can interact with humans easily.",
"Dogs like to copy human's behavior."
],... | Ever get that feeling you're being watched? Well, if you're a dog-owner, you may have a point. Dogs are able to watch people's interactions with one another to determine who holds yummier treats, according to a new study. This study joins others that show dogs are good observers of human behaviors and feelings. It offe... | high14649.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "to walk in space"
},
"options": [
"to walk in space",
"to enter space",
"to land on the moon",
"to speak with people on earth in space"
],
"question": "Astronaut Zhai Zhigang will be remembered as the first Chin... | Astronaut Zhai Zhigang became the first Chinese man to walk in space on Saturday, climbing out of prefix = st1 /China's Shenzhou VII spacecraft in a technological feat that made the Chinese people excited.
"I'm feeling quite well. I greet the Chinese people and the people of the world," Zhai said as he climbed out of t... | high18073.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "dreaming in a foreign language means a good command of it"
},
"options": [
"people can learn foreign languages in their dreams",
"she already dreamed in Spanish so she has mastered Spanish",
"one of her worst students had alr... | When Pat Jones finished college, she decided to travel around the world and see as many foreign places as she could while she was young. Pat wanted to visit Latin America first, so she got a job as an English teacher in a school in Bolivia. Pat spoke a little Spanish, so she was able to communicate with her students ev... | high5607.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Steve Jobs combined technology with art"
},
"options": [
"Steve Jobs is greater than Thomas Edison.",
"Steve Jobs combined technology with art",
"Steve Jobs' methods can't be absorbed by others",
"another Steve Jobs wil... | On Wednesday evening in New York, Apple broke the news that Steve Jobs had died. Since then, praise and respect have poured over the world like rain. He changed industries, redefined business models, fused technology and art. People are comparing him to Thomas Edison, Walt Disney and Leonardo da Vinci, and saying it w... | high17340.txt |
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Time/date: 9 pm, April 1
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"I want to be a bright, bright star. I want people, when they hear me, to see the darkness a little less."
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Things to Do
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How to Raise Monarch Butterflies
--By Carol Pasternak
Have you ever watched a monarch transform from a caterpillar to a butterfly from up close? In this book, learn everything about the monarch life cycle and how to raise monarchs from eggs to ... | high9001.txt |
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"To give children the chance to e... | It is growing dark as Daniel and I walk along the path. "I would be afraid to be out at this time in London," he says. "I would be frightened of being attacked." I am spending the day with 16-year-old Daniel and six other pupils from Burlington Danes School on a farm in Bath. Most of them have never been in the country... | high23032.txt |
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"he forgot what the consultant ha... | Honesty,my mum always used to tell me,is the best policy.Of course,this didn't include her when she told me that if I didn't eat all my vegetables Father Christmas would find out and wouldn't give me any presents.
But when it comes to medicine.I had assumed it was important to always be honest with my patients.After al... | high15580.txt |
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"question": "According to the text, ... | After a confirmed rabies case in Parke County, Indiana, experts are urging caution if you find a bat in your home or office.
"If you try to kill a bat, you are more likely to get bitten," said Joy O'Keefe, assistant professor of biology and director of Indiana State University's Centre for Bat Research, Outreach and ... | high14846.txt |
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... | Soaring divorce rates around the globe are
the environment, American researchers suggested in a study released on a Monday.
Michigan State University researcher Jianguo "Jack" Liu and his assistant Eunice Yu said the increasing number of divorces leads to more households with fewer people and greater consumption of wat... | high16089.txt |
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The NO. 1 People's Hospital and No. 3 People's Hospital in Dengzhou admitted eight... | high16937.txt |
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Both the major Chinese and the major Weste... | high2801.txt |
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