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"answer_text": "It has different forest ecosystems."
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"It sits at the foot of a 4,800-meter-high mountain.",
"It has different forest ecosystems.",
"Most of China's endangered plants can be found there.",
"In all about 1... | If you'd like to go sightseeing, the following World Heritage Sites may be your best choices.
Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area
The Jiuzhaigou Valley, which lies in the northern part of Sichuan Province, reaches a height of more than 4,800 meters, with a series of different forest ecosystems . There y... | high1845.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Creative sites for family to hang out."
},
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"Programs designed for culture exchange.",
"Theme parks attracting most tourists.",
"Creative sites for family to hang out.",
"Top museums around the world."
]... | For families on vacation,a playground provides a welcome break from sightseeing.It can also provide a glimpse into the local culture,from the setup of the park to the ways families interact.Here are the designs that live up to that challenge.
Fruit and Scent Park, Stockholm
Is there a picky eater on a steady diet of ch... | high19191.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "From their association."
},
"options": [
"From the words themselves.",
"From their characteristics.",
"From their curiosity.",
"From their association."
],
"question": "Where does the real power of the words com... | How men first learned to invent words is unknown, in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon cer... | high20710.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "convey useful information including one's emotional stability"
},
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"be used to judge others' personality accurately",
"show thick and useful information about one's personality",
"convey useful information includi... | Researchers at the University of Kansas say that people can accurately judge 90 percent of a stranger's personality simply by looking at the person's shoes.
"Shoes convey a thin but useful slice of information about their wearers," the authors wrote in the new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality."... | high2394.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "unexpected happens and some changes must be made in the procedure."
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"The nurses are counting the equipment and the patient is being X-rayed.",
"The surgeons are doing the last operation of the day, and everyone is e... | Surgical teams accidentally leave clamps, sponges and other tools inside about 1,500 patients nationwide each year.
The mistakes largely result not from surgeon tiredness, but from the stress arising from emergencies or complications discovered on the operating table, the researchers reported.
The study found that eme... | high3934.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "New computers make shopping carts smarter"
},
"options": [
"New age for supermarkets",
"Concierge and Shopping Buddy",
"New computers make shopping carts smarter",
"Touch-screen devices make shopping enjoyable"
],
... | Supermarkets are trying out new computers that make shopping carts more intelligent. _ will help shoppers find paper cups or toilet soap, and keep a record of the bill.
The touch-screen devices are on show at the Food Marketing Institute's exhibition here this week, "These devices are able to create value and get you ... | high20076.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The ability of the ecosystems to function."
},
"options": [
"Fresh water, air, plants, animals and people.",
"The ability of the ecosystems to function.",
"The local people's life and their health.",
"The scenery which ... | Maybe you don't know the fact that the green forests we see from an airplane or from the highway can be false. Because centuries ago forests were twice as many as what they are today. A hike into many of those woods will tell different stories, too--of diseases and insects that are slowly killing trees, of some forests... | high21368.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Elise Christie"
},
"options": [
"Li Jianrou",
"Elise Christie",
"Arianna Fontana",
"Fan Kexin"
],
"question": "Who made a mistake causing three athletes to fall over in the final?",
"question_type": "factiod... | Who won China's first gold medal at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics? It was Li Jianrou. The 27-year-old finished first in the women's 500m short track speed skating on Feb 13. The race was full of drama. Three athletes fell over because of an accident caused by Elise Christie of Britain in the second turn and Li became ... | high17802.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "InAmerica."
},
"options": [
"In England.",
"InAmerica.",
"InTexas.",
"InManitoba."
],
"question": "Where is the author of the above passage now?",
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"answer": {
"answer... | Thanks for bringing me down here to the university last Sunday. Classes didn't start until Wednesday, so I had a few days to get adjusted. I'm signed up for five classes: zoology, calculus, English, and two history sections. It's a heavy load, but they are all courses that will count for my degree. The zoology class wh... | high22661.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the unscientific way of teaching of science"
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"a mistaken picture in students' mind",
"the unscientific way of teaching of science",
"the fact that students fail to see the influence of science",
"the fac... | Governors, lawyers and business leaders have to deal with scientists, and every educated person finds his views affected by science. Yet our science teaching of non-scientists, in school and college, has built up mistaken ideas, dislikes, and the common boast, "I never did understand science.' Even those students who a... | high6694.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "when Diana refused Vivien's sandwich"
},
"options": [
"because she was too good for anyone",
"when Diana refused Vivien's sandwich",
"though she asked the writer to forgive",
"so Diana walked away"
],
"question"... | It is a very common thing for a person to have a good friend.My good friend is Diana.She is a rich and proud girl.She often thinks that she is too good for anyone,so nobody wants to be her friend.
One day after school,I was waiting for Diana when Vivien came up to me.She gave me a biscuit.I accepted it.We talked and jo... | high24210.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the sign of life"
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"options": [
"the sign of life",
"the laughter of the world",
"the ruler of the world",
"the sign of authority"
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"question": "Green thinks he is _ according to the passage.",
"questi... | Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel. All believed that they were the most important.
" Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and of hope. Without me, all animals would die. " Green said.
" You only think about the earth," Blue interrupted, " but consider the sky and the sea. The... | high6858.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "our body can't deal with the changes in lifestyles"
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"options": [
"the human body has changed compared with human first appeared on earth",
"the way we live has changed a little",
"our body can't deal with the changes in li... | Two American scientists told the people in industrial nations that they would be much healthier if they ate more of the same kind of foods eaten by humans living more than 10,000 years ago.
The scientists say that the human body has changed very little since human first appeared on the earth,but the way we live has ch... | high22675.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "topsoil"
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"litter",
"subsoil",
"humus",
"topsoil"
],
"question": "The layer of soil that provides necessary nutrients for plant growth is called _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},... | Have you ever noticed the colour of the water in a river or stream after a heavy rainfall? What do you think caused this change in colour? It is soil that has been washed into the river from the riverbank or from the nearby fields.
Components of Soil
Soil is made up of a number of layers, each having its own distinctiv... | high6680.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They know it by experimenting on rats."
},
"options": [
"Many women say so.",
"They know it by experimenting on rats.",
"They know it through their own experience.",
"Some researchers have told them."
],
"questi... | Motherhood may make women smarter and may help prevent dementia in old age by bathing the brain in protective hormones ,US researchers reported on Thursday.
Tests on rats show that those who raise two or more litters of pups do considerably better in tests of memory and skills than rats who have no babies, and their... | high24204.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the Giudecca Canal"
},
"options": [
"the Giudecca Canal",
"La Serenissima",
"the Contorta Sant'Angelo Canal",
"the Adriatic Sea"
],
"question": "Before last month, toursits left Venice by ship through _ .",
... | When travelers think of an Adriatic cruise, scenes of Venice, Italy--its canals, bridges, piazzas, and stunning architecture--come to mind. It's one of the most popular cruise destinations in Europe. And for many, the sail-away from Venice, through its Giudecca Canal, is an awe-inspiring experience.
Venice may be known... | high8875.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "they take us to a world beyond our imagination and expectation"
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"they remind us of the childhood and environment we had in the past",
"they take us to a world beyond our imagination and expectation",
"they off... | Today, almost everyone has heard of Harry Potter.The books detailing his experiences at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry have aroused passion, creativity, and interest in reading throughout the world.
But have you ever considered why you are a fan of the Harry Potter series?
JK Rowling has created a l... | high20062.txt |
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"answer_text": "One who enjoys working with teenagers from different countries."
},
"options": [
"One who enjoys working with teenagers from different countries.",
"One who hopes to take action in fighting against diseases",
"One who has a s... | Take Action for a Better World: Volunteers Needed
Six months' preparation in Denmark: Africa studies, team work combined with social work risk group teenagers.
Six months' community work in Malawi in people to people projects: Child Aid, HIV/AIDS Fights and Teacher Training.
Qualifications:18 years, hard-working and so... | high3920.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The specialization of labor."
},
"options": [
"The discovery of iron.",
"The specialization of labor.",
"The appearance of new jobs.",
"The development of farming techniques."
],
"question": "What probably led t... | No one knows for sure when advertising first started. It is possible that it grew out of the discovery that some people did certain kinds of work better than others did them. That led to the concept of specialization, which means that people would specialize, or focus, on doing one specific job.
Let's take a man we'll ... | high4097.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "made extracts in a creative way"
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"options": [
"began with a private project",
"succeeded during the first experiments",
"faced many different opinions",
"made extracts in a creative way"
],
"question": "In th... | Tu Youyou, a scientist at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, has no postgraduate degree. She has never studied or done research abroad. She is neither a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences nor the Chinese Academy of Engineering. However, the 81-year-old pharmacologist has become the first scientist on... | high17816.txt |
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"answer_text": "Helping others will make it easier for us to solve our own difficulties."
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"options": [
"Helping others will make it easier for us to solve our own difficulties.",
"We can learn to see life from a fresh light.",
"We should ... | Rich or poor, we all have problems: that unfaithful mate, that irritating colleague, that persistent disease, the investment that is turning into a huge loss. How do we remain calm, positive and even elegant in the face of all these difficulties of life?
That following suggestions may help.
It comes with the ... | high19185.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Thin people may be fat inside."
},
"options": [
"Thin people may be fat inside.",
"Internal fat is of no importance.",
"Internal fat leads to many diseases.",
"Thin people don't have diabetes."
],
"question": "W... | If it really is what's on the inside that counts, then a lot of thin people might be in trouble.
Some doctors now think that the internal fat surrounding important organs like the heart liver could be as dangerous as the external fat which can be noticed more easily.
"Being thin doesn't surely mean you are not ... | high20704.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a newspaper"
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"options": [
"a magazine",
"a newspaper",
"a textbook",
"a map"
],
"question": "The passage may come from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
"answer_ind... | TOKYO - Japan is considering plans to calm tensions with China by acknowledging Chinese claims to the disputed islands in the East China Sea, while maintaining its own position, Kyodo News cited sources as saying on Tuesday.
The report said that the plans would allow Japan, without changing its long-held position, to ... | high2380.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "finding a good career used to be easier in Hong Kong than elsewhere"
},
"options": [
"finding a good career used to be easier in Hong Kong than elsewhere",
"now everyone in Hong Kong has an equal chance of finding a good job",
... | Not so long ago almost any student who successfully completed a university degree could find a good career quite easily.Companies toured the academic institutions, competing with each other to select graduates.However, those days are gone, even in Hong Kong, and nowadays graduates often face strong competition in the s... | high15967.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Item 3"
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"options": [
"Item 1",
"Item 3",
"Item 4",
"Item 6"
],
"question": "If you want to have a red T-shirt with a Google logo on it, you'd better choose _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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... | T-shirts on sale
Item 1: This classic T-shirt is now available in youth sizes. Made from 100% organic cotton, this white T-shirt with a four-color Google logo is a great fit for both boys and girls. It has double-needle sleeves and a double-needle bottom hem ,and comes in children sizes XS-8,S-10,M-12 and L-14. Price:... | high1689.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "it can show their status"
},
"options": [
"it is very delicious",
"it is very cheap and healthy",
"it is very popular in society",
"it can show their status"
],
"question": "The reason why some Chinese new-rich ... | Some Chinese new-rich like eating shark fin soup because they think it shows their class. However, for the Chinese NBA idol Yao Ming, doing so is unacceptable as the practice has led to the overfishing of sharks.
When Yao and his wife Ye Li got married in 2007, they publicly announced that they would not allow shark fi... | high1851.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To advertise for recruiting some good employees."
},
"options": [
"To describe the positions of the China Daily newspaper group.",
"To describe the working conditions of the China Daily newspaper group.",
"To advertise for re... | The China Daily newspaper group is looking for English-language senior business editors, senior copy editors, copy editors and graphic designers to strengthen its international team. We offer a competitive salary package, accommodation with utilities paid for 90 percent, medical reimbursement, a seven-day paid leave, e... | high22113.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "have their sleep patterns observed all night"
},
"options": [
"sit in a row and receive the strict tests",
"have their sleep patterns observed all night",
"read a paper book and an iPad at the same time",
"have their bl... | The bed should be reserved as a place for sleep, but people tend to read an iPad a lot in bed before they go to sleep.
Charles Czeisler, a professor at Harvard Medical School, and his colleagues got a small group of people for an experiment. For five days in a row, the people read either a paper book or an iPad for fou... | high10837.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. 1
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 Liveh... | high21432.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The sudden brake."
},
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"The bad weather.",
"The high dam.",
"The sudden brake.",
"The heavy truck."
],
"question": "What might be the main cause of the car accident?",
"question_type": null
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... | The 30-mile road that runs through the mountains of Willie Valley makes most drivers' hands sweat. But Andersen, a 46-year-old father of four, wasn't expecting any trouble on the road last New Year's Eve, when he set off for a ski trip to the Bear Mountains with nine-year-old daughter Mia, four-old son Baylor, and nine... | high4901.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "O. Henry didn't start his career as a successful writer when living in central Austin."
},
"options": [
"Most of O. Henry's short stories were finished in prison.",
"O. Henry didn't start his career as a successful writer when livi... | Visitors can find a small, old house called the O. Henry Museum in central Austin, Texas. William Sydney Porter(1862-1910)----better known as O. Henry, was one of America's best loved writers of short stories. Beginning in 1893, he lived here. It was saved from destruction, moved, and turned into a museum in 1934. The ... | high335.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The dying sun."
},
"options": [
"The dying sun.",
"The black hole.",
"The asteroid.",
"The exploding star."
],
"question": "Which of the following will cause the earth's average temperature to go up dramatically... | The universe looks like a pretty quiet place to live. But the universe is filled with dangerous things, all struggling to be the one to wipe us off the planet. Happily for us, they're all pretty unlikely, but if you wait long enough, one of them is certain to get us. But which one?
1. Death by Asteroid
Of all the way... | high14489.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "how Bugu villagers pay attention to education."
},
"options": [
"how Bugu villagers get education.",
"how Bugu villagers pay attention to education.",
"how many students go to university in Bugu village.",
"how Bugu vil... | There is a small village named Bugu in the mountains of Shanglin County, Guangxi. The place is so small that it can't be found in the map of the county of Shanglin. However, the place has strongly interested experts both at home and abroad.
There are altogether 81 families in the village with more than 540 people. Amo... | high1879.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "guide's service"
},
"options": [
"bus tours",
"English service",
"three routes",
"guide's service"
],
"question": "The similarity of the three tours lies in that they all include _ .",
"question_type": "... | Sightseeing Tours in Germany
Germany has a variety of cities each with its own characteristics, from the busy city of Berlin, to the ancient city of Cologne, to the Bavarian capital of Munich. Thankfully, these major German cities offer sightseeing tours that offer the opportunity to better explore the surrounding regi... | high15797.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "they want to look for a better life in Britain"
},
"options": [
"they want to get a British degree",
"the education in UK is the best in the world",
"they want to know more about British",
"they want to look for a bette... | "Let the world know China and let China know the world." I can't remember exactly where I have seen this slogan in Beijing. Considering the simple fact of the wish people have for learning foreign languages and the number of people going abroad each year, everyone can tell how hard China and Chinese people are trying ... | high8685.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Old people are more likely to meet with accidents in crosswalks."
},
"options": [
"Among 100 pedestrian deaths there were 21 people younger than 70.",
"Old people are more likely to meet with accidents in crosswalks.",
"Traff... | Cities alarmed by deaths and injuries of pedestrians are taking efforts to make crosswalks safer for people on foot, especially seniors and children who need more time to cross streets.
A pedestrian is killed in a traffic accident in the USA every 110 minutes;one is injured every nine minutes, according to official ... | high23543.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "you cannot see or touch"
},
"options": [
"you cannot think about",
"you can't remember well",
"you cannot understand",
"you cannot see or touch"
],
"question": "An abstract sense in the passage refers to awarene... | Consumers everywhere are faced with the same dilemma: given limited resources, what sorts of purchases are most likely to produce lasting happiness and satisfaction? Recent research has confirmed that experiential purchases tend to produce greater hedonic gains than material purchases.
The reason why experiences impr... | high12946.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "About 50%"
},
"options": [
"25%.",
"About 50%",
"70%.",
"Over 80%."
],
"question": "How many of car journeys are just for fun in the UK?",
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},
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"answer": {
... | How often do you use your car? Can you use your car less often? Do you know the following facts in the UK?
* About 50% of all car journeys are just for fun.
* Over 80% people go to work by car.
* 25% car journeys are under two miles.
* 70% car journeys are under five miles.
WALKING & CYCLING
Instead of using the car fo... | high453.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the sick person to sit on the sand painting"
},
"options": [
"many people to draw together",
"the sick person to sit on the sand painting",
"the sick person to eat some sand",
"the medicine man to use several sand paint... | Native American sand paintings are a very beautiful and popular art form for collectors today. But traditionally, the paintings are created to heal a person during a ceremony. The type of image and ceremony used is determined by the disease which the person is suffering from. The sand painting may contain an image of t... | high22885.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The US' agricultural wealth"
},
"options": [
"Relying on rotating crops",
"The difficulty of planting crops",
"The US' melting pot culture",
"The US' agricultural wealth"
],
"question": "What has made American c... | The "melting pot" in American cuisine(. ) is a myth, not terribly unlike the idea of a melting pot of American culture, notes chef Dan Barber. "Most cultures don't think about their cuisine in such monolithic terms," he says. "French, Mexican, Chinese, and Italian cuisines each consist of dozens of distinct regional f... | high13480.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "All about Provinces and Territories"
},
"options": [
"All about Provinces and Territories",
"Scary Tales to Tell in the Dark",
"Velcome: a Very Scary Book",
"A Children's Atlas"
],
"question": "If you want your ... | The Calgary Public Library has some great resources to beat boredom and keep your children busy over the summer, whether at home or on the road.
During the school year children are busy with homework and required reading, so summer is a great time for them to relax and read what they choose. Not only is reading a pleas... | high10189.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It can make information easily accessible to people."
},
"options": [
"It can be lowered to the ocean floor easily.",
"It can cool computing components automatically.",
"It can be built close to the place where people live.",... | Microsoft just finished a three-month experiment operating an underwater data center.A server rack with the power of about 300PCs was placed into a water-tight steel container and lowered into the ocean off the coast of central California.
The unusual experiment was launched because current data centers are unpleasan... | high19813.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "seious deprrssioa"
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"poor memory",
"liule exercise",
"seious deprrssioa",
"uhualthy eating"
],
"question": "The real cause of the inability to focus is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_question... | Have you ever noticed that some people am able to effortlessly remember even the most boring details, and quickly understand new things, and wished that you too could be like that? To unlock the full potential of you brain. you need m keep it active and acute. But how? Check out these tips:
.Exercise&get your body ... | high21354.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "an experimental lab built on Earth."
},
"options": [
"a research base on Mars.",
"an experimental lab built on Earth.",
"a strange place on Mars .",
"a town existing in scientists' imagination"
],
"question": "T... | Many scientists are now exploring the idea of going to live on Mars. Some other scientists from the MASA AMES Center have already started the creation of a "Mars town" and many others are in fact already experimenting with it. Of course, these experiments are done on Earth itself but this "Mars town" has an environmen... | high11297.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "can give off light at night"
},
"options": [
"can fly here and there at night",
"can be used as Christmas lights",
"can give off light at night",
"1ives happily in the trees"
],
"question": "Firefly is a kind of... | Firefly is just a name.They are actually very cool insects. And they are not even flies, they are beetles.They have a way of sending out light signals every now and then.If you see them at night on a tree, you might think it is a brightly lit Christmas tree.That is the kind of light these fireflies produce.
But th... | high21340.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Sea ice cover"
},
"options": [
"Rainfall",
"Krill",
"Sea ice cover",
"High sea level"
],
"question": "Which of the following is the most important for whales and dolphins?",
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... | The USA, New York--Whales and dolphins are facing increasing threats from climate change, according to a new report published by WWF and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS).
The report "Whales in hot water?" draws attention to the growing impacts of climate change on whales.They range from changes in sea ... | high11283.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Joining the army was a good choice for those who couldn't afford college education."
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"Joining the army was a good choice for those who couldn't afford c... | My brother Ron joined the US army a few years ago. Most girls, especially those who are my age, are thrilled by anything that has to do with the "army". It's a novelty to them to shoot a gun, jump out of a plane, and wear uniform.
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"from October 5 to 8",
"from October 21 to 24",
"from October 21 to 25"
],
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},
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"To save electricity effectively.",
"To stop climate change.",
"To support WWF's work."
],
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},
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"Stress is the direct cause of caner.",
"The causes of stress are worth serious study.",
"Cancer is th... | Cancer is among the top killer diseases in our society today and scientists have found out that stress helps to bring it on. We need to consider, therefore, what are the causes of stress in our life, and whether we can do anything about them.
Are we under-employed, or overburdened with too many responsibilitie... | high23557.txt |
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"Alexis was trapped in rocks",
"Alexis didn't believe in herself",
"Alexis' forearms were badly hurt"
],
"question": "Jason went down... | Alexis was _ and tired. With anger in her voice she shouted,"Pull me up. I give up. I hate this. This is stupid!"It was at that moment when Jason, the adviser on the trip, looked at me and said,"Ed, I'm going to go down and talk with her."I then shouted down to Alexis,"Hold on! You can do this. We know you can!"
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"An employee tells his boss how good he is at management",
"A knight is said to be of limitless p... | An "apple polisher" is one who gives gifts to win friendship or special treatment. It is not exactly a bribe ,but is close to it.
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"to call on us to use our time in a smart manner",
"to introduce a meaningful class given by an... | People say time is .But to what.I do know that sometimes time"seems"to be moving slower.Remember Christmas Eve when you were a child? It was the longest night of the year.It lasted forever! And now it seems like I just paid my bill yesterday...and it's due again!
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"her husband was driving very slowly",
"it was too late",
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],
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Mr. Lee was a cautious and experienced driver. He knew it was safer to drive slowly on a dark night. After some time he n... | high10823.txt |
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"answer": {
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"33%",
"55%"
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... | A ban on smoking in public places has come into force in China - home to a third of the world's smokers.
The move is aimed at controlling the number of deaths from smoking-related diseases, running at a million a year.
But the rules have been criticized, because they do not include punishments for those who cho... | high20738.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "She likes helping others."
},
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"In fact she likes taking care of dogs very much.",
"She likes helping others.",
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She doesn't have any pets. I happened to see her outside on a -30 degree morning walking a dog. I felt sorry for Mary, out there walking a dog that's not hers in such cold weather. I thought maybe she was saying to herself, "Ye... | high5438.txt |
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"answer_text": "learn to relax yourself in a possible way"
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"let it known by whoever you are facing",
"do whatever you like and don't care what others say",
"learn to relax yourself in a p... | Learning how to be patient with people can be challenging for some. After all, not everybody is gifted with great patience. The good news is that it is something that can be learned and eventually perfected.
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"fireworks ,Coca-Cola and the microwave",
"Coca-Cola , fireworks and the microwave",
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1. Most historians hold that the Chinese invented fireworks in the ... | high10610.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "keep active"
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"keep active",
"earn more money",
"become famous"
],
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... | Grandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters of the United States, yet she did not start painting until she was in her late seventies. As she once said of herself: "I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me." No one could have had a more productive old age.
She was b... | high16261.txt |
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"he wanted to make the jeweler believe him",
"he was anxious to get it",
"his business had been successful"
],
"question": "He paid ... | A well-dressed man came to a famous jewelry shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl for his wife's birthday. The price didn't matter. Since business had been very good for him that year. After examining a nice black one that cost $5000, he paid for the pearl in cash, shook hands with the jeweler, and left.
A f... | high4726.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"many of them lack enough sports or exercises",
"there are no local athletic activities or sports for ... | Sure,you've watched extreme pet sports on Animal Planet. But did you know that there's a whole world of athletic activities for dogs right in our area?
There are some reasons for considering taking part in such activities. Such sports strengthen the close feelings between dog and owner,and also benefit your pup's body ... | high1886.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "listing situations"
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"solving daily problems",
"listing situations",
"giving explanations"
],
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But one woman doesn't the woman, code-named "UM", gave her first-ever interview after years of being studied by a team ... | high12007.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
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},
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"Her aunt begged her to go there.",
"She could hardly afford any better trip.",
"Spain was her ideal destination."
],
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After I had chec... | high6131.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The information about the role of vitamins and minerals in health."
},
"options": [
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"The low prices of nutritional supplements.",
"The frighteningly high death rate from cancer and hea... | Today, we know that the role of vitamins and minerals goes way beyond the prevention of deficiency diseases to actually preventing cancer and heart disease, the most fearsome killers of our time. With this knowledge has come the widespread call for nutritional supplementation -- and a confusing group of vitamin, mi... | high14476.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"he ran very slowly",
"he wasn't good at swimming",
"he had to practice climbing"
],
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They adopted an activity curriculum consisting of running,climbing,swimming and flying.To make it easier to manage the curriculum,all the animals took all the subjects.
The... | high6657.txt |
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},
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"She was a girl filled with love.",
"She often made trouble at school.",
"She used to be a discipline problem."
],
"question": "Wha... | Katie was in big trouble. She was such a sweet kid; a third-grade teacher always dreamed of having a classroom filled with Katies; she was never ever a discipline problem. I just couldn't imagine why she had made her parents so angry.
It seemed that Katie had been running up sizable charges in the lunchroom. Her paren... | high9564.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "be easily found for her appearance"
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"not get along with other zebras",
"manage to make enough melanin",
"be easily found for her appearance"
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After two months of learning, Monty, and Porter were able to drive an automobile around a racetrack. "We wanted to prove how smart rescue dogs are," animal behaviorist Mark Vette says. Vette first used voice commands and treats to teach the dogs how to turn a steering wheel and how to change gear ... | high14310.txt |
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},
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"There're more men scientists or engineers than women scientists or engineers in the world",
"Women cannot live wi... | A large number of women in Western European countries wish that they were born men. The number is said as high as 60% in West Germany.
"Women often wish that they had the same chance as men have, and believe it is still men's world," said Dr James Holden, one of the scientists who did the study.
Anne Harper has a very ... | high1138.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Pleasant feelings can be smelt out."
},
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"Negative emotions have a smell.",
"Pleasant feelings can be smelt out.",
"Women have a better sense of smell."
],
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When someone is happy,can you smell it?
You can usually tell when someone is happy based on seeing them smile,hearing them laugh or perhaps from receiving a big hug.But can you also smell their happiness? Surprising new research suggests that happiness does indeed have a scent,and that the ... | high12761.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a single man who is financially stable needs a wife"
},
"options": [
"a single man without money needn't a wife",
"women want to get married to financial stable men",
"a single man who is financially stable needs a wife",
... | It is a truth universally acknowledged that
.
However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighborhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families that he is considered the rightful property of someone or other of their daughters.
"My dear Mr. Bennet... | high16507.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "worried about his studies"
},
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"forbade him to enter a cyber cafe",
"worried about his studies",
"wanted to buy him a computer"
],
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One day in August, 1999, Suhas, studying at the Air Force School in Hebbal, was surfing the Net at a cyber cafe. He happened to hit an MSN source code . That made him decide to learn more about HTML an... | high4040.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "experienced an unhappy holiday at the beach"
},
"options": [
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"must have suffered a lot because of the terrible weather",
"is only interested in talks by doctors about operation",
... | It was a beautiful day at the beach--blue sky, gentle wind, calm sea.I knew these things because a man sitting five feet from me was shouting them into his mobile phone, like a play-by-play announcer .
"IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY," he shouted."THE SKY IS BLUE, AND THERE'S A GENTLE WIND, AND THE WATER IS CALM, AND..."
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Repairing musical instruments."
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"Teaching music.",
"Writing music.",
"Making musical instruments.",
"Repairing musical instruments."
],
"question": "What's the job of West and Jernigan at school?... | Public schools in Washington, D.C. provide students with musical instruments for free. When something goes wrong with an instrument, Charles West and Larry Jernigan do the repairs. Both men approach their work with a passion . For them, it's important that students have a joyful experience with music.
The two have work... | high2431.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Kate Heyhoe."
},
"options": [
"Kate Heyhoe.",
"Emily Luchetti.",
"Graham Kerr.",
"Marcel Desaulniers."
],
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},
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"answer": {... | "Cooking With Kids creates fun and food for the family. Kate Heyhoe gives simple practical tips on how to bring the family together for mealtime magic."
--Linda Gassenheimer, award-winning author of Dinner in Minutes
"I have just helped my four year old granddaughter Jessica to make stuffed eggs. What fun it is to cook... | high10176.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It was in need of financial support"
},
"options": [
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"Its customers found the food unhealthy",
"It was in need of financial support",
"Most of its restaurants were closed"
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To give us some information about homestays in Canada."
},
"options": [
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"To give us some information about homestays in Canada.",
"To suggest that we practice English in Canada.",
... | Staying in a Homestay in Canada will give you an excellent opportunity to improve your English conversation skills and know more about Canada customs and cultures. Our homestay families are located in areas of Vancouver,Toronto and Montreal,Canada,living from 40 to 60 minutes from the school. These homes are safe,secur... | high19620.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "find another lady to share the cost to rent a flat"
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"find another lady to share the cost to rent a flat",
"share her room in a flat with whoever has no pet",... | Advertisement
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Moving Sale: 2 armchairs, red/brown at $ 400 each; coffee table, black, wood, $800; oil painting, bi... | high2425.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "refused to listen to him"
},
"options": [
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"obeyed him without any hesitation",
"apologized for his bad manners",
"refused to listen to him"
],
"question": "When the head waiter ask... | A man in a very splendid restaurant started to take off his jacket. Seeing this, the head waiter dashed to his table and said, " I'm afraid I must ask you to keep your jacket on, sir, for it is not good manners to do it in such a smart restaurant."
"Now listen," said the man, "I'll let you know that the Queen of Englan... | high10162.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "orphans and shutins"
},
"options": [
"the young and disabled",
"friends and relatives",
"orphans and shutins",
"the sick and aged"
],
"question": "Sweetest Day was intended to remember _ .",
"question_typ... | Sweetest Day in America is always the third Saturday in October. This holiday is much more important in some regions than in others (Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo being the biggest Sweetest Day cities). It is a holiday that is gaining in popularity every year throughout the country.
Sweetest Day is celebrated on the t... | high6643.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "people may eat very different things"
},
"options": [
"some cultures may seem rather strange",
"understanding between different cultures is easy",
"people may eat very different things",
"eating properly is very difficu... | We all have ideas about what kinds of foods are good or bad to eat. As a result, people from one culture often think the foods that people from another culture eat are unacceptable. Many people would find it terrible to eat rats, but there are forty-two different cultures whose people regard rats as proper food.
Food l... | high14304.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
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"options": [
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"explain what homeschooling is",
"share his ways of teaching his children",
"promote homeschooling"
],
"question": "The a... | When Jane put out the idea of homeschooling to her parents, the first reaction they gave was, "You are cutting the child off the world.'' "Did the child really get cut off or did the child socialize better?"
The moment we hear of homeschooling, we think the child will have no opportunities to interact with peers. Howev... | high9570.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
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},
"options": [
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"shock the world",
"win the prize",
"prove the theory"
],
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"ques... | Experiments aboard the spaceship Columbia have disproved a theory on the human nervous system which won an Austrian professor a Nobel prize 79 years ago.
West German astronaut Ulf Merbold disproved the theory during tests aboard the spaceship yesterday. His discovery is connected with the workings of the inner ear, the... | high12775.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "it, unlike many other dogs, always wanted its master to please it"
},
"options": [
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"it, unlike many other dogs, always wanted its master to please it",
"it ... | Most dog owners feel that their dogs are their best friends. Almost everyone likes dogs because they try hard to please their owners. One of my favorite stories is about a dog who wanted his owner to please him.
One of my friends has a large German shepherd ( ) named Jack. Every Sunday afternoon, my friend takes Jack f... | high1892.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
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},
"options": [
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"Because she wanted to wait for her friend there.",
"Because she wanted to phone her mother.",
"Because it... | Have you ever done something foolish that made you feel so embarrassed ?
Well, that's exactly how I felt. On a Saturday morning last autumn.I had gone to town to do some shopping and as I was on my way home,it suddenly began to rain. I at once ran into a nearby phone box because I didn't have an umbrella.It was raining... | high8108.txt |
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"answer_text": "computer crimes"
},
"options": [
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"stealing through computers",
"computer mistakes",
"punishment through computers"
],
"question": "This passage is mainly about _ .",
"question_type": "c... | In many businesses, computers have largely replaced paperwork, because they are fast, and do not make mistakes. And they are honest. Many banks say that their business is "untouched by human hands" and therefore safe. But they have no thought that the growing number of computer crimes show they can be used to steal.
... | high14462.txt |
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"answer_text": "families with teen drivers; an insurance company"
},
"options": [
"teen drivers; a company called Drive Cam",
"insurance companies; a San Diegocompany",
"families with teen drivers; an insurance company",
"American Fami... | Parents in three Midwestern states will soon know just how good or bad their kids' driving is when their children take the car for a spin .
Starting today, American Family Insurance is offering customers with teen drivers free cameras that record what happens when a sudden change in the car's movement occurs.
The camer... | high18258.txt |
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"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a good way of making money"
},
"options": [
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"a good way of making money",
"a way of living fully",
"a fashionable lifestyle"
],
"question": "The passage shows that many singers consi... | There is an interesting, but at the same time a sad phenomenon now: there is a rise in the number of singers and bands that have little to do with good music.Many singers or bands know little about what good music means.What is the cause of this rise?
Most of these singers have taken music as a "job" because it is a go... | high10604.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Asia"
},
"options": [
"Europe",
"Africa",
"Asia",
"America"
],
"question": "Bali is an island belonging to _ .",
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},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
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The people of Bali were happy and had a peaceful life. They were not allowed to fight. At one time there had been terrible wars on Bali.... | high16275.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "ask her friend for help"
},
"options": [
"stay with her friends",
"ask her friend for help",
"leave the party at once",
"make fun of her friends"
],
"question": "Alice advises Susan to _ .",
"question_typ... | I sometimes feel left out with my friends at the party.What can I do?
--Susan
Alice: Speak to your best friend before you arrive and ask her to make sure you don't get left out of the group.That way, she'll know to include you in all the fun.Make the effort to speak to some other people at the party.You might even make... | high19146.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "suggest way of setting goals to reach success"
},
"options": [
"show that it's necessary to set goals",
"prove the disadvantages of setting goals",
"suggest way of setting goals to reach success",
"introduce how to reac... | It might sound ridiculous that goal setting could actually hold you back from completing tasks and dreams you may have. But it seems like everyone tells you should be setting goals for everything you want to accomplish, short term and long term. Goals can help you sometimes, but in some cases they just lead to constant... | high15754.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "They will make children solve difficult problems better than others."
},
"options": [
"They will make children solve difficult problems better than others.",
"they will improve children's ability to get along with others.",
"... | The average American child spends three to five hours a day watching TV. In 1961, the average child began to watch television at age three; however, today it is nine months. Yet, most parents think that television has bad influence on their children. For example, in the early 1970s, my parents believed that my bad eyes... | high8120.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Ban on Valentine's Day cards at school causes argument."
},
"options": [
"Ban on Valentine's Day cards at school is well received.",
"Ban on Valentine's Day cards at school causes argument.",
"British children spend too much ... | A primary school in UK has banned Valentine's Day cards because of concerns that young pupils spend too much time talking about boyfriends and girlfriends.
Ashcombe Primary School in WestonSuperMare,Somerset,has told parents that cards declaring love can be"confusing" for children under the age of 11,who are still emot... | high7213.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "show their faces"
},
"options": [
"have fun",
"make friends",
"show their faces",
"find new customers"
],
"question": "Harper and Moyse go to highly populated areas to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questi... | Two graduates from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom found themselves about to graduate, yet with loans to pay off. The pair decided to begin a strange, year-long project to battle their debt.
The men, Ross Harper and Ed Moyse, set up the site BuyMyFace.co.uk. last October as a way to get rid of the $80,000 th... | high1662.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "He'll feel unhappy."
},
"options": [
"He'll feel unhappy.",
"He'll live a pleasant life.",
"He'll go on a diet.",
"He'll become a vegetarian."
],
"question": "What if Bill has to change his habit ?",
"questi... | The World Health Organization (WHO) said that processed meat may be carcipogenic . Do you still dare eat cancer-linked processed meat ? Here are some comments on the website.
Bill (Australia) I'd rather live a short, pleasant life than a long, unhappy one, denying myself tasty food just because some experts say it's n... | high13325.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "is full of contrasts"
},
"options": [
"is full of contrasts",
"has a surprise ending",
"reflects Dickens' own life",
"is set in the Industrial Revolution"
],
"question": "The Old Curiosity Shop is different from... | The grandfather of Nell Trent owns a shop of odds and ends. He wants to make sure his grandfather is provided for when he dies. His memory of his daughter's suffering and early death gives him a fear of poverty. Gambling becomes an addiction for Nell's grandfather, which results in his financial and physical ruin. Nel... | high5404.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because she couldn't live without him."
},
"options": [
"Because Christmas is drawing near.",
"Because she was interested in cloning.",
"Because she couldn't live without him.",
"Because other cats are afraid of water."... | What would you do if your pet cat died just before Christmas? Many cat lovers would go out and buy another cat. But one American woman was unable to bear life without her much loved pet cat Nicky. He had been with her for 17 years; and when she knew he was going to die, she had him cloned. Little Nicky was cloned by an... | high18270.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the terrorists spent plenty of time and efforts in planning the attack"
},
"options": [
"few Indian people are rich enough to take the first-class compartments",
"the terrorists spent plenty of time and efforts in planning the atta... | Bomb attack onprefix = st1 /Bombaytrains kills 190
BOMBAY, India-Eight bombs exploded in first -class compartments of packed Bombay Trains Tuesday, killing 190 people and wounding hundreds in a well-designed terror attack on the heart of a city that embodies the ambition of the country.
Liu Xiang record w... | high17143.txt |
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