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"answer_text": "Human beings and what they rely on to live."
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"options": [
"Human beings and everything they do and think.",
"Human beings and what they rely on to live.",
"Citizenship, rights, ethics and time limits.,",
"Social fair... | Society is the term to describe human beings gathered together by social networks tand power networks. It does not refer to everything everybody thinks or does, but, only refer to those things that everybody depends upon ,for example, public services, governments, and all kinds of communities.
A society must keep even ... | high21143.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "purchase online for a lower price"
},
"options": [
"pay for everything online",
"have better bargaining skills",
"rush to buy things in a store",
"purchase online for a lower price"
],
"question": "According to ... | Showrooming
One of the biggest challenges facing brick-and-mortar retailers in recent years has been the "showrooming".Driven by the desire to get the best prices, many shoppers are now visiting brick-and-mortar stores to personally check on products that interest them, only to leave and then buy the items online.The ... | high12589.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He couldn't afford his two brothers' tuition even if he worked from day to night."
},
"options": [
"His father died in a car accident six years ago.",
"He had to drop out of school to look after his sick mother.",
"He couldn'... | My life suffered a lot in summer five years ago. My father died in a car accident,leaving my mother,my two younger brothers and I alone. At that time,I was a senior high school student. After my father's funeral,I had no choice but to drop out of school and work in a factory.
I really wanted to return to school and wan... | high8492.txt |
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"answer_text": "Grammy Awards"
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"options": [
"Grammy Awards",
"Maurer",
"Surviving Survivor",
"Private Practice"
],
"question": "Edna is crazy about pop stars, so she will most likely choose _ to enjoy.",
"question_ty... | Below is a web page from http:// www.tvguide.com/
Tonight's TV Hot List:Sunday January 27,2013
Grammy Awards
Beyonce and Taylor Swift are ready to take home a lot of hardware tonight as they lead all artists with ten and eight nominations.The ladies also perform,along with fellow Album of the Year nominees the Black Ey... | high23754.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "develop closer relations"
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"options": [
"develop closer relations",
"share the same culture",
"get to know each other",
"keep each other company"
],
"question": "In some countries, eating together at restauran... | Meeting people from another culture can be difficult. From the beginning, people may send the wrong signal. Or they may pay no attention to signals from another person who is trying to develop a relationship.
Different cultures emphasize the importance of relationship building to a greater or lesser degree. For example... | high644.txt |
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"answer_text": "It is hotter than usual in Middlesbrough, and the farmers are worried."
},
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"It is as cold as usual in Middlesbrough, and the farmers are pleased.",
"It is hotter than usual in Middlesbrough, and the farmers are pleased... | 1. Summer came early to Middlesbrough yesterday, as temperatures shot up to 22degC (71degF), a record for March. But local NFU agent Jim Wilkes says it could be bad news for farmers. "The crops will think it's summer," he told our reporter, "and start sprouting four weeks before time."
2. The death toll of the Burn... | high7979.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Shanghai Disney Resort will have some unique Chinese features."
},
"options": [
"Shanghai Disney Resort will have some unique Chinese features.",
"The optimal time for the opening of the resort has not been decided.",
"The re... | Shanghai Disney Resort will officially open and welcome its first guests on June 16, The Walt Disney Company and Shanghai Shendi Group announced early morning today.
"The resort will host a multi-day grand opening celebration, culminating in a spectacular welcoming ceremony for the resort's first official guests." The ... | high13697.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The United States Air force."
},
"options": [
"The United States Air force.",
"The Center for UFO Studies.",
"Kenneth Arnold.",
"A report."
],
"question": "Who used the term UFO first?",
"question_type": "fa... | For thousands of years, people have seen things they didn't understand in the sky. The United States Air Force first used the words "Unidentified Flying Object" to describe them. Today everyone uses the term UFO. When people see a UFO, it is usually no more than a weather balloon or an airplane. But the Center for UFO ... | high23998.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because the woman seemed to be in a hurry."
},
"options": [
"Because there were many other families there.",
"Because the woman seemed to be in a hurry.",
"Because the writer wanted to hear a story.",
"Because the woman... | My daughter and I collected the empty cans and bottles in our home this morning.We had 6 full garbage bags later so I knew we would be spending a bit more of time at the recycling center.When we got there,a man and his kids were also doing the morning recycling and were using two of the four machines to recycle their p... | high9940.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "close relation usually have similar intelligence"
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"options": [
"close relation usually have similar intelligence",
"unrelated people are not likely to have different intelligence",
"the closer the blood relationship betwee... | Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low inte... | high8486.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "An American high school's graduation ceremony"
},
"options": [
"An American high school's graduation ceremony",
"The opening ceremony of a sports meeting.",
"A presentation of college diplomas.",
"A US college's farewel... | Breathe, wave and smile. Along with more than 300 other seniors, I marched into the stadium on the afternoon of May 10. The audience burst into deafening cheers. The huge stadium shook with all the whistling and clapping.
It was as if a Hollywood superstar had walked on stage. And indeed, every single senior that day w... | high888.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He stopped his car some distance back to give her enough space to move in."
},
"options": [
"He drove in front of her car and asked her to follow his car.",
"He signaled to her to drive in when the traffic signal turned green.",
... | It was evening rush hour on Pacific Coast Highway in Redondo Beach, CA. Drivers lined up from traffic signal to traffic signal and were anxious to get home. On a side street merging into this highway was a timid driver who was afraid to edge in and no one let her in. Some of the drivers backed up behind her and loudl... | high23740.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "198."
},
"options": [
"140.",
"60.",
"80.",
"198."
],
"question": "What is the exact number of whales stranded last Friday?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
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"answer": {
"answer_index... | WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) ---- About 140 pilot whales that stranded(...) themselves on a remote stretch of New Zealand beach have died, but conservation workers and volunteers are hoping the remaining 60 or so will survive after they managed to get them refloated, an official said Saturday.
The geography of Farewell... | high9798.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "make Milo's mother their kids' mom"
},
"options": [
"kill Milo's mother",
"take Milo as their kid",
"make Milo's mother their kids' mom",
"send their kids to Milo's family"
],
"question": "In the movieMars Needs... | What would you do if Martians kidnapped your mom? In the 3-D animated movieMars Needs Moms, a young boy named Milo finds himself in this exact difficult situation. The aliens want to steal Milo's mother's "momness" for their own young. Now it's up to the 9-year-old to get his mom back before she is lost forever.
Ev... | high650.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It mainly reports on a recent unique case of sleepwalking."
},
"options": [
"It analyzes what sleepwalking is and its effects on people.",
"It explains to readers why and how sleepwalking forms.",
"It mainly reports on a rece... | Scattered throughout the various reports on sleep research are several that describe some unusual behavior by people who are sleepwalking. These include eating, making phone calls and even murder.
Now, there's a new case appearing in one more study on this strange phenomenon: sleep e-mailing. In an article published i... | high16923.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "bike"
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"bike",
"bus",
"train",
"plane"
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"question": "According to the passage, most Chinese people go to school or work by _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {... | In China, most people ride bikes to school,or to work,or to places where they want to go.So China is called "kingdom of bicycles".
But Americans are a people on the wheel.Wherever you go, you will see cars.There are so many cars that there is a traffic jam here and there.Now, more and more Americans would not consid... | high20249.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "they had enough ready-made watches to ship"
},
"options": [
"the designs were already prepared",
"there was enough space for shipment",
"they could produce enough watches quickly",
"they had enough ready-made watches to... | Sirs,
Your twelve thousand 'Smart' watches were received by our company this morning. However, we wish to make a number of complaints concerning the serious delay in delivery and your failure to carry out our instructions regard to this order.
It was firmly pointed out from the beginning that the delivery date had to ... | high21157.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "3."
},
"options": [
"1.",
"2.",
"3.",
"4."
],
"question": "How many ways does the phrase \"to face the music\" comes from?",
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"answer": {
"answer_index"... | Like every language, American English is full of special expressions, phrases that come from the day-to-day life of the people and develop in their own way.
Our expression today is "to face the music". When someone says, "Well, I guess I'll have to face the music," it does not mean he's planning to go to the concert. I... | high2815.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the brains behind Bai Du"
},
"options": [
"the brains behind Bai Du",
"Bai Du's brain trust",
"the brain drain of Bai Du",
"the organ of Bai Du"
],
"question": "According to the text, if you're the CEO of Bai D... | We all know what a brain is. A doctor will tell you that the brain is the organ of the body in the head. It controls our body's functions, movements, emotions and thoughts. But a brain can mean so much more.
A brain can also simply be a smart person, If a person is called brainy, she is smart and intelligent. If a f... | high11094.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A British captain."
},
"options": [
"Some archaeologists.",
"The Polynesians.",
"Pedro Fermandes.",
"A British captain."
],
"question": "Who gave the Henderson Island its present name?",
"question_type": "fa... | Henderson Island is a coral island raised above the South Pacific Ocean, No people live on it. The island is 9. 6 km long and 5. 1 km wide. It has an area of 37, 3 square kilometers. It became a World Heritage Site in 1988 because of its bird life.
All the four kinds of special land birds can only be seen on Hender... | high21631.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "make Estonia a clean place"
},
"options": [
"prevent people leaving their rubbish anywhere",
"make Estonia a clean place",
"change people' s attitudes towards the environment",
"make plans for businessmen"
],
"q... | For many years people in Estonia have been leaving their rubbish in the forests. Rainer Nolvak, a businessman and his friends wanted to clean up all the rubbish in Estonia. The rubbish was not just an environmental problem. It was a problem of people's attitudes. Rainer Nolvak got together with a team of 20 friends and... | high17383.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Doubtful"
},
"options": [
"Supportive",
"Doubtful",
"Opposed",
"Curious"
],
"question": "What was the school's coaches' attitude towards Brittany's idea of being a cheerleader?",
"question_type": null
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... | In seventh grade, Brittany Blythe dreamed of being a cheerleader. Her school's coaches were less than enthusiastic. "They said, 'I don't know how you'll be able to do it,' she recalls. "'You won't be able to do it. '"
But Brittany, now a junior at Strath Haven High School near Philadelphia, persisted . And when the jun... | high136.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "people respond to stress quite differently"
},
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"people respond to stress quite differently",
"people make the same response to stress",
"unlike women, men tend to feel depressed more easily",
"personality h... | Mental and health experts believe personality plays an important part in how we experience stress. Personality is the way a person acts, feels and thinks.
Some people are aggressive and always in a hurry. They often become angry when things do not happen the way they planned. They are called "Type A" personalities. Stu... | high23026.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Humoristic"
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"options": [
"Optimistic",
"Humoristic",
"Objective",
"Critical"
],
"question": "Which of the following best describes the author's tone in telling the story?",
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... | One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch of a tree above a river. When he began crying, God appeared and asked him, "Why are you crying?"
The woodcutter told him that he had dropped his axe into water. God went down into the water and reappeared with a golden axe.
"Is this your axe?" God asked.
The woodcutter s... | high15594.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "an engineer and tech company owner"
},
"options": [
"an app developer",
"a language teacher",
"a professor at college",
"an engineer and tech company owner"
],
"question": "We infer that Elon Musk is most probab... | Put technology in the hands of someone like Elon Musk and it can send people into space, make a future of clean and renewable energy a reality, or build electric cars. Put in your hands, and it can help you achieve all sorts of things, from learning to code to learning a language.
Educational apps are becoming increasi... | high14852.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "people find it hard to focus on their work"
},
"options": [
"people become badtempered",
"people's reaction slows down",
"people find it hard to focus on their work",
"people find it easy to focus on their work"
],
... | It's hardly surprising that weather is a favorite topic for so many people around the world--it affects where we choose to live, what we wear, our moods, and perhaps even our national characteristics.Studies have shown that changeable weather can make it difficult to concentrate, cloudy skies slow down reaction, and ho... | high5834.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Critical."
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"options": [
"Objective.",
"Favorable.",
"Critical.",
"Doubtful."
],
"question": "What's the author's attitude to fast food advertisements?",
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... | Fast food advertisements greatly influence teens' eating habits and advertisers are increasingly targeting them with a wide range of promotions. Fast food advertisements significantly affect teens' eating habits, leading to consequences such as obesity.
TV Advertising
The television is the largest source of food ads to... | high19386.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Try to develop our skills and be a career activist."
},
"options": [
"Be a good performer in our own organization.",
"Try to develop our skills and be a career activist.",
"Enter a field where the hot jobs are.",
"Trans... | In this fast-shifting world, there can be no guarantees attached to any particular job. But there is much that you can do to protect yourself from the change of society, by equipping yourself with the skills to manage your career more effectively. You need to be a career activist.
If you lost your main source of income... | high20507.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Most spiders work alone, which makes it hard to understand how the web formed."
},
"options": [
"Most spiders work alone, which makes it hard to understand how the web formed.",
"The huge web causes too many mosquitoes to be killed... | People who have a fear of ugly insects will want to stay far away from Lake Tawakoni State Park in north Texas, US. A giant spider web was recently found there. The thick web is swarming with millions of little spiders.
Stretching across several acres it blankets a number of trees, bushes and even the ground.
While t... | high18098.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "enjoys playing online games"
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"options": [
"works hard at school",
"is active on Facebook",
"enjoys playing online games",
"likes talking with adults"
],
"question": "According to this passage we can infer tha... | There are several ways to break the technology code that teenagers have written among themselves. The following are ideas to help parents understand the sometimes confusing world of the teens.
SocialNetworking Sites: Sites like MySpace and Facebook _ all generations and are a good way for a parent to understand what s... | high11902.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "having some real friends"
},
"options": [
"getting high grades",
"having some real friends",
"developing a good habit",
"knowing how to dress themselves up"
],
"question": "In the author's opinion, _ is more i... | Your kids learn a lot from their friends--things you can't teach them, no matter how much you
want to.
Probably the most important thing kids learn is how to have peer relationships. As a parent, you can't do this, because you and your child aren't equals.
For example, when you're sitting on your family room floor and ... | high9968.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "FrederickI"
},
"options": [
"FrederickI",
"Frederick WilliamI",
"Peter the Great",
"CatherineII"
],
"question": "The Amber Room was designed for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answe... | The Amber Room belongs to the eight wonders of the world. It was given the name because almost several tons of amber were used to make it. First it was designed for the palace of FrederickI. Then Frederick William I, the next king of Prussia, sent it to Peter the Great as a gift of friendship from Prussian people.
Late... | high13873.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the second time"
},
"options": [
"the first time",
"the second time",
"the third time",
"the fourth time"
],
"question": "It is _ that the iPhone prototypes have been lost in the recent years.",
"questio... | An Apple employee is in trouble after the prototype of its top-secret iPhone5 was left in a bar.
The as yet unreleased prototype was supposedly "misplaced" at Cava22 in San Francisco.
Apple's security team was called in after reports that it had been sold over the internet for PS120.
However, technology website... | high22476.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He save 8 protesting group."
},
"options": [
"He wanted to have a rest.",
"He save 8 protesting group.",
"He noticed a plane crash.",
"He needed to kick off his shoes"
],
"question": "Why did Craig Schum stop hi... | On the way home from his job at a bakery in Wainscot, New York, one August evening,Craig Schum,33,stopped his car at the East Hampton Airport. A group was protesting, airplane noise,and Schum,who had kicked off his shoes,got out of the car.
Within seconds, though,Schum saw something astonishing.A small plane dived ... | high23768.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "various"
},
"options": [
"the same",
"changing with time",
"various",
"very low"
],
"question": "The sea level on both sides of the Grand Canyou is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"an... | Probably you have seen photographs of the Grand Canyon , the great valley in the desert country of Arizona. But you must go there yourself to feel its true size and beauty. Tie Grand Canyon is one of the greatest natural wonders of the world.
The Colorado River formed the Grand Canyon over mil lions of years. Slow... | high24007.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "steam"
},
"options": [
"light",
"darkness",
"liquid",
"steam"
],
"question": "On Pluto's surface, liquid methane boils to form an atmospheric haze, which would be most similar to _ .",
"question_type": "c... | (This selection was originally published in 1992. Pluto is no longer classified as a planet.)
Pluto is in many ways the strangest of the planets. It is small and has a large moon(called Charon). Its orbit is unusual, which may cause it to have seasons in the sense that when it is close to the sun, the liquid methan... | high7945.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Asia"
},
"options": [
"China",
"Europe",
"Vietnam",
"Asia"
],
"question": "These places, Wuyi, Lhasa, Lijiang, Dali, Vientiane and Phnom Penh, lie in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | All young people dream of travelling the world. They are restless and very eager to see new sights. However, they have little idea how they would really do it if given the chance. Because their knowledge of geography is quite limited, they seldom know much about the places they wish to visit or how they would get there... | high678.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the increase of people's income"
},
"options": [
"the rising of PM 2.5 readings",
"more people suffering diseases",
"the increase of people's income",
"patients increased in hospital"
],
"question": "The effect ... | Since the beginning of the year, smog has covered parts of North China. In January, Beijing saw only five days without smog. The rising PM 2.5 readings terrified many people, and some health experts said that whenever the smog gets serious, hospitals receive more patients suffering acute respiratory and heart diseases.... | high4294.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "There is little involvement from teachers."
},
"options": [
"There is little involvement from teachers.",
"Normal school courses are also available.",
"The students meet every week to discuss their courses.",
"It was de... | The Independent Project at the Monument Mountain Regional High School in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, is attracting huge interest in the education field. The program is a new concept that has developed a wide variety of students' abilities and excited their interest in education and self-directed learning. They are... | high18926.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the monkey demanded for at most 10 years"
},
"options": [
"the mule thought 40 years was enough",
"the dog thought 25 years was suitable",
"the monkey demanded for at most 10 years",
"the man wanted a life as long as po... | God created the mule and told him,"You will be Mule,working constantly from dusk dawn, Carrying heavy loads on your back.You will eat grass, and you lack intelligence.You will live for 40 years."The mule answered,"To live like this for 40 years is too much.Please, give me no more than 20."And it was so.
Then God cr... | high20275.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "fear of others' attitude and reaction"
},
"options": [
"awareness that life is shy",
"lack of courage to speak out in public",
"fear of others' attitude and reaction",
"failure in his participation in class discussion"
... | I was painfully shy as a child. In high school I would avoid participating in class discussions. I was too afraid to talk to anyone but my closest friends~ I would think about being less shy, wanting the courage not only to ask a girl out, but to speak up in class and say what I was thinking. Yet, it never happened. Fe... | high2829.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Germany"
},
"options": [
"Denmark",
"New Zealand",
"Iceland",
"Germany"
],
"question": "You can tell whether a baby is a girl or a boy according to the first name in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_question... | Strange Baby-Naming Laws
Germany Parents are banned by law from using last names and the names of objects and products as first names. A child's first name must clearly indicate his or her sex, and all names must be approved by the office of vital statistics in the area in which the child was born.
Iceland The country'... | high4280.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the behavior of building users"
},
"options": [
"zero carbon homes",
"the reduction of carbon emissions",
"sustainable building design",
"the behavior of building users"
],
"question": "As to energy use, the new... | The behavior of a building's users may be at least as important as its design when it comes to energy use, according to new research from the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC). The UK promises to reduce its carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050, part of which will be achieved by all new homes being zero carbon by 201... | high13867.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "indoor plants can help remove indoor air pollution"
},
"options": [
"plants are very useful to human beings",
"indoor plants can help remove indoor air pollution",
"indoor plants should be raised in both homes and offices",
... | Common indoor plants may prove to be a valuable weapon in the fight against rising levels of indoor air pollution. Those plants in your office or home are not only pretty, but NASA scientists are finding them to be surprisingly useful in absorbing possible harmful gases and cleaning the air inside modern buildings.
NAS... | high7789.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "introduce the seriousness of typhoid"
},
"options": [
"show the unknown history of Athens",
"introduce the seriousness of typhoid",
"tell the situation of the ancient war",
"explain what type of disease. typhoid is"
... | More than 2,400 years ago, a sickness struck Athens. The disease is said to have killed up to one third of all Athenians, including their leader Pericles. The huge loss of life helped to change the balance of power between Athens and its enemy, Sparta, in the ancient world.
Historians say the sickness began in what is... | high22462.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Don't watch them too near."
},
"options": [
"Don't take photos with them.",
"Sit on the legs of the penguin.",
"Don't watch them too near.",
"Never make them angry."
],
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The good old man, one day, called his sons around him. He laid before the... | high7951.txt |
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Dancing can provide an outstanding cardiovascular workout, but this week the members of Ballet NY come to Pittshurgh to dance for people whose hearts need help. The performance will benefit the Artificial Heart Program of the Heart, Lung and Esophageal Surgery Institute of UPMC. Ballet NY was founded 10 yea... | high24013.txt |
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"To organize sport activities for young people.",
"To provide partnership... | Big Brothers Big Sisters is based on the simplicity and power of friendship.It is a program which provides friendship and fun by matching _ (ages 7-17) with a volunteer adult who can be both a role model and a supportive friend.
Volunteer tutors come from all walks of life--married, single, with or without children... | high22304.txt |
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Known as "the world's most-crooked street," Lombard Street was first built in 1922 to reduce the hill's natural 27 % grade ,which was too steep for most vehicles. Lombard Street owns the record as the street with the most switchbacks in a single block. With eight steep and sharp t... | high19392.txt |
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The communication union
Head of reach
Salary:PS55.271
We are looking for a Head of research to manage the CWU Research Department and Information Centre. You would be required to exercise control of all research work of the department and manage a team of three researchers and four support staff.
The person appoin... | high20513.txt |
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What is bird flu?It's a form of influenza believed to strike all birds.Though poultry are believed to be especially prone to humans,no human-to-human transmission has been reported.
Where is it?Thailand,Vietnam,Indonesia,Cambodia,South Korea,Japan,Taiwan and China have reported outbreaks in birds in... | high17630.txt |
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Wash Your Hands
And wash them o... | high11241.txt |
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Have you ever wondered what kind of music kids across the Pacific Ocean are listening to? Are they crazy about Britney Spears? Do they love the Backstreet Boys? Or do they dance to Eminem?
Well, nearly 6,000 teens have taken part in a Teens & Music study, conducted by USA Weekend Mag... | high21382.txt |
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The paper, published this March in Psychology and Aging, examined health and welfare surveys from roughly 40,000 ... | high4069.txt |
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"The reduction of the bees' habitat."
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"ques... | A great loss--Shirley Temple dies at 85
February 12,2014
BYDERRIKJ.LANG ,Associated Press
Shirley Temple Black, who died on February 10that age 85, wasn't just a child star. She was THE child star--the sweet little girl whose shining smile helped _ some of the darkest days the US has known during the Great Depression.
... | high12748.txt |
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One way that colleagues in Britain show their appreciation of each other at this time of year is by doing "Secret ... | high13456.txt |
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Hotel Sidi Driss, Matmata, Tunisia
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Sleep Phones
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People who solve crimes look for patterns that might reveal the identity of the criminal. I... | high15999.txt |
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],
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But officials warned that it was too early to say whether the eruption was over completely.
Ash clouds from the volcano grounded thousands of flights last month.
Steinunn Jakobsdottir, a... | high3060.txt |
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My wife said to me quietly, "It's his ninth cup of tea toda... | high20922.txt |
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He saw the king's carriage just when a kind man was filling his begging bowl with uncooked ric... | high10639.txt |
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"They have already fed their children with cloned milk.",
"They believe using the cloned milk is safe enough.",
"They... | The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to rule soon that milk from cloned animals and meat from their offspring are safe to eat.
The agricultural industry has observed a self-acting stop on using the products of clones, but it has recently become clear that a few offspring of cloned pigs and cows are alre... | high17156.txt |
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"many tradesmen serving local villagers in various ways",
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Nowadays a superficial traveler in ruralprefix = st1 /En... | high17142.txt |
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"Ro... | As wild animal lovers are not content with watching tigers and gorillas during the day, a growing number of zoos in the US are offering a more thrilling after-dark experience -- overnight stays.
The Philadelphia Zoo is America's first zoo and home to more than 1,300 animals. It has been running its Roars and Snores Ov... | high18271.txt |
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"inform us of fear and phobia",
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It is normal and can even be helpful to experience fear sometimes. In dangerous situations, fear can keep our bodies alert so that we can act quickly to protect ourselves.
But for some people, fear develops into a "phobia", which i... | high5405.txt |
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"the policies can be appl... | In the more and more competitive service industry , it is no longer enough to promise customer satisfaction. Today , customer "delight" is what companies are trying to achieve in order to keep and increase market share.
It is accepted in the marketing industry , and confirmed by a number of researches, that customers ... | high1663.txt |
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"Socializing is just as effective as more traditional kinds of mental exercise in
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"She could still speak in an unclear voice.",
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First I wanted to make sure she could comprehend what I was saying. I told her I loved her, and she raised her eyebrows in acknowledgment. Then I shared a fu... | high15033.txt |
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"it offers them opportunities to do small businesses",
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"he didn't feel himself a match for the woman",
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They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything, and she felt unco... | high22847.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because the neighbors of the old man asked them to do."
},
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"Because the neighbors of the old man asked them to do.",
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His house was ... | high12984.txt |
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},
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"they know each other pretty well",
"they will spend seven days a week running a business",
"they want to start settin... | My name is Christopher. My family came to America before I was born . In two weeks I am going to be married , and my Fiance'e , Samantha, and expect to be very happy. We do not plan to have honeymoon because we want to spend two weeks setting up our own new business as real estate agents .
My mother , who is ve... | high23581.txt |
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"answer": {
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"the name of Agatha's novel",
"another name for Agatha",
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],
"question": "Mary Westmacott is _ .",
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "full-blooded Indians"
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"mixed Indian and white",
"white citizens",
"all whites and mixed-blooded people"
],
"question": "The majority of the Bolivian population are _ ."... | Bolivia has a population of three and a half million. About one tenth of the total population are white; one-fourth are mixed Indians and white; and more than half are full-blooded Indians. The government and the industries are under the control of the white people.
The Indians today live in much the same way as thei... | high17624.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "wanted to make their home there"
},
"options": [
"enjoy the trip",
"wanted to make their home there",
"wanted to find new grassland there",
"had no water to drink"
],
"question": "In the 19th century, Americans ... | Empty Deserts
In the 19th century Americans from the eastern states moved out west to settle in the rich new lands along the Pacific coast. The most difficult part of their trip was crossing the "Great American Desert in the western part of theprefix = st1 /United Statesby horse and wagon.
The western desert can be ve... | high18517.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Unemployment"
},
"options": [
"Social problem",
"The problem of the pension system",
"More pressure on the family",
"Unemployment"
],
"question": "Which of the following is not caused by an aging society?",
... | "Hey, little boy, will you support me when I'm getting old?" Wang Wenshan, 35, asked his newborn baby as he picked him up at home.
The Chinese tradition of raising sons to support parents in their old age has been weakened by the rapidly growing economy and improving standard of living. As is the case with more and mor... | high5363.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "talk more with their children about people's feelings"
},
"options": [
"give their children more chances to express themselves",
"talk more with their children about people's feelings",
"encourage their children to guess othe... | Young children whose mothers talk with them more frequently and in more detail about people's thoughts and feelings tend to be better at taking another person's perspective than other children of the same age.
That's what researchers from the University of Western Australia found in a new study published in the journal... | high3712.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "To see if his sharksuit works."
},
"options": [
"To see if his sharksuit works.",
"To study what sharks feed on.",
"To catch a special kind of white shark.",
"To learn how to swim with sharks safely,"
],
"questi... | Whenever you buy something, it is possible that someone has already worn, eaten, or tested
it to make sure it is safe and do what is supposed to do. But what if you wanted a special suit to keep a shark from hurting you? Who wants to test a product like it?
"I do! " says Jeremiah Sullwan, a scientist in California "... | high11255.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "She takes an active part in many school activities."
},
"options": [
"She goes to public places without wearing make-up.",
"She takes an active part in many school activities.",
"She dares to study at Notre Dame High School."... | Megan Tarzynski, 17, knows she lives in a world where looks are important, especially for teenage girls, but she is not ashamed of (...) her looks.
At Notre Dame High School for girls, Tarzynski takes an active part in many activities. "I am involved with drama club and another club called Polish club," said Megan.
Eig... | high21396.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Arithmetic problems"
},
"options": [
"Stories for enjoyment",
"Arithmetic problems",
"Letters from friends",
"News from hometown newspapers"
],
"question": "Which should be read slowly according to the passage?"... | If you wish to become a better reader, here are four important things to remember about reading _ :
* Knowing why you are reading or what you are reading to find out will often help you to know whether to read rapidly or slowly.
* Some things should be read slowly throughout. Examples are directions for making or doing... | high12774.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the teacher doubted his chance of success"
},
"options": [
"the boy was too poor to achieve his dream",
"the teacher doubted his chance of success",
"the boy was not good enough to achieve his goal",
"the teacher looked... | I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch . He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events. The last time I was there he introduced me by saying: "I want to tell you a story. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable ... | high9571.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "romantic but disorganized"
},
"options": [
"romantic but disorganized",
"friendly and good-tempered",
"dreamy and impractical",
"strict but thoughtful"
],
"question": "The stereotype about Italians is _ .",
... | "Heaven is where the police are English, the cooks are French, the mechanics are German, the lovers are Italian and everything is organized by the Swiss. Hell is where the police are German, the cooks are English, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss, and everything is organized by the Italians."
Obviousl... | high14305.txt |
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