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"answer_text": "Frank greeted him in a special way."
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"He was told that Frank was in the hospital.",
"He was invited to study Frank's illness.",
"Frank greeted him in a special way.",
"Frank's name was written on the doo... | "Last week," Dr. P said "I was invited to a doctors' meeting at the R. Hospital. In one of the rooms a patient, an old man, got up from his bed and moved slowly towards me. I could see that he hadn't long to live, but he came up to me and placed his right foot close to mine on the floor."
"Frank!" I cried with surprise... | high3075.txt |
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"answer_text": "Struggling to satisfy high expectations"
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"Struggling to satisfy high expectations",
"Increasing number of high school athletes",
"Rising pressure from excellent students",
"Growing desire to become star ... | With the level of high school education increasing, the expectations for high school athletes are directly affected. Most high school athletes are faced with high stress levels due to the rising expectations of sports teams. As a result>> many of them are trying their best to prepare themselves to be varsity athletes b... | high20937.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "delighted"
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"lonely",
"delighted",
"nervous",
"confused"
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"question": "When hiking in the foothills, the author was _ .",
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... | Recently, while hiking in the foothills of South Carolina, I happened to notice a small, yet quickly flowing whitewater stream. While relaxing and enjoying the aloneness, I sensed a battle for favorable position between the highly-spirited water and the large rocks resting on the bed along the edges of the stream.
At f... | high21397.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To get families into the habit of reading aloud."
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"options": [
"To celebrate the joys of reading.",
"To help improve family relationship,",
"To change families bad reading habits.",
"To get families into the habit of... | Join the Family Read-Aloud Celebration, held by the Gonda Family Library and the Family School Alliance at UCLA Lab School, from February 21 to March 14,2014. We ask you to spend time reading aloud to your children at least 20 minutes each day.We hope to help families develop a habit of reading aloud every day througho... | high11254.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he didn't believe in himself"
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"options": [
"nobody looked after him",
"he was thrown into the open air",
"he can't not grow up",
"he didn't believe in himself"
],
"question": "The seed didn't realize the impo... | A long time ago, there was a seed and because he was only a seed, nobody noticed him. Thus, feeling inferior , the seed gave no importance to his existence . Then one day, a wind picked him up and threw him on an open field in the sun. Later, he was given rain. Years later he saw a traveler sitting by his side. "Than... | high3713.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It had an artistic atmosphere"
},
"options": [
"It filled Yeats's childhood with laughter",
"It was shocked by Yeats's choice",
"It was a typically wealthy family",
"It had an artistic atmosphere"
],
"question":... | William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin on June 13, 1865. His childhood lacked the harmony that was typical of a happy family. Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered "little of childhood but its pain". In fact, he inherited excellent taste in art from his family--both... | high5362.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "showed less interest in their favorites"
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"options": [
"changed their preferences",
"escaped from the water more eagerly",
"showed less interest in their favorites",
"remained active as before"
],
"question": ... | Doctors sometimes prescribe light therapy to treat a form of depression in people who get too little morning sun. But too much light at other times may actually cause such mood disorders. Long-lasting exposure to light at night brings depression, a new study finds, at least in animals.
The new data confirm observations... | high18516.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "who want to take some special courses"
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"options": [
"who live in the city of Chicago",
"who are free in the evening",
"who want to take some special courses",
"who like to learn something new"
],
"question": ... | Register in person, by phone 264-8833, or by mail. Use form given.
178 IN Winchester St., Chicago
Basic Photography This is an eight-hour course for beginners who want to learn how to use a 35mm camera. The teacher will cover such areas as kinds of film, light and lenses . Bring your own 35mm camera to class. Course... | high17625.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "led an unhappy life when she was a child"
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"options": [
"make mistakes about the youth.",
"complains too much about her childhood",
"receive good education at school",
"led an unhappy life when she was a child"
],... | I'm beginning to think whether my grandmother was right when she complains, as she frequently does, that children nowadays aren't as well-behaved as they used to be. She recounts in detail how she used to be told to respect her elders and betters. She was taught to speak when she went out on her own, she was reminded t... | high23580.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "destructive activities of human beings"
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"continuous appearance of new species",
"destructive activities of human beings",
"more and more homeless animals",
"the great change of ocean ecosystem"
],
... | An absolute description of the threat hanging over the world's mammals, reptiles, amphibians(, , ) and other life forms has been published by the well-known scientific journal, Nature. A special analysis carried out by the journal indicates that an astonishing 41% of all amphibians on the planet now face extinction whi... | high9558.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because the cost of travel is high."
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"options": [
"Because they can hardly find hotels.",
"Because the food is not healthy.",
"Because the cost of travel is high.",
"Because they are afraid of adventure."
],
... | To travel around the world is the dream of many adventurous people. But very few people can afford a global tour because hotels, food and airplane tickets are too expensive. Some people, however, have thought of some ways to realize their dreams.
Laura Cody and Tanbay Theune, a couple from Britain, decided to travel ar... | high12985.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "American parents also care for their children going to university"
},
"options": [
"American children have some difficulty in getting enough money to go to college",
"Chinese parents give their children too much love",
"Ameri... | I once studied at a major university in the Midwest United States. At the beginning of each term, I could see lots of undergraduates accompanied by their parents gather around the dormitory buildings. Fathers often helped children with huge luggage; mothers took much concern over children's necessities in university; w... | high22846.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "receive a certificate of TESOL"
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"graduate from university",
"receive a certificate of TESOL",
"be trained in a summer course",
"take a course online"
],
"question": "To teach English in a foreign... | On the first day of the New Year 2013, I made up my mind to go to Thailand to teach English as a volunteer. Fresh out of college with the world at my fingertips, all I cared about was travelling and seeing the world. Little did I know how awesome my life would be in the coming months!
My journey began with the attendan... | high13443.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To enable students to learn from each other."
},
"options": [
"To offer students access to library staff.",
"To help students learn to be considerate.",
"To keep students free from disturbance.",
"To enable students to ... | When you use our university libraries there are different learning spaces available so you can decide what is best for your purpose.
Social learning area
We recognize that you can learn from your friends so we have provided social study areas in all our libraries. Here you can discuss your work with your friends withou... | high15032.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because she cared much about her appearance."
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"options": [
"Because she really cared about her clothes.",
"Because she cared much about her appearance.",
"Because her teeth were not good.",
"Because she didn't know h... | Dear Carol,
I wear braces and I know I look just terrible in them. Is there anything I can do to improve my appearance until they come off?
Connie N.
Philadelphia, PA
Dear Connie,
Start by thinking about how good you are going to look when your braces come off. If you are negative about your appearance, people will p... | high8646.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Swift stands out as a singer and songwriter."
},
"options": [
"Swift stands out as a singer and songwriter.",
"Only Swift writes her own songs.",
"Swift begins to take interest in singing.",
"Swift decides to deal with ... | When Taylor Swift first came to the attention of the public,she was a 17yearold newcomer who loved singing to her guitar.She seemed far more enthusiastic than skillful.
Four years later,Swift became a multiaward winner.This month,she was crowned "Woman of the Year" by Billboard magazine,the youngest singersongwriter ev... | high7575.txt |
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"answer_text": "The demand of physician assistants is expected to expand largely and they are well-paid."
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"options": [
"Physician assistants are medical professionals.",
"Physician assistants enjoy the highest pay compared with other grads.",
... | Forbes set out to determine which master's degrees would provide the best long-term opportunities, based on salary and employment outlook. To find the mid-career average pay for 35 popular degrees, we turned to Payscale.com, which lets users compare their salaries with those of other people in similar jobs by gathering... | high23594.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Designers"
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"Scientists",
"Teachers",
"Designers",
"Lawyers"
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"question": "What kind of people will benefit a lot more from this passage?",
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... | Trends come and go but style is eternal. So what is the latest fashion trend that defines this season? Let's take a look at the fashion trend in 2016 and be the first ones to embrace the latest trend.
Head----It seems like everyone will be wearing a bucket hat this season. Bucket hat might sound a bit old-fashioned for... | high12991.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the length of a group of words"
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"one's familiarity with the text",
"one's purpose in reading",
"the length of a group of words",
"lighting and tiredness"
],
"question": "The time of the recogniti... | Now let us look at how we read. When we read a printed text, our eyes move across a page in short, jerky movement. We recognize words usually when our eyes are still when they fixate. Each time they fixate, we see a group of words. This is known as the recognition span or the visual span. The length of time of which t... | high1110.txt |
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"answer_text": "A Palestinian girl blew herself up to kill Israelis."
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"options": [
"A Palestinian girl killed herself.",
"Andaleeb, her father's favorite daughter.",
"A Palestinian girl blew herself up to kill Israelis.",
"Israeli t... | BELT FAJAR, West Bank - of Khalil Taqataqah's nine children, 20-year-old Andaleeb was his favorite. She was up early on Friday, made him tea and then slipped unnoticed out of the modest family home in this West Bank village.
In centralprefix = st1 /Jerusalemlater in the day, Andaleeb ended her life the way dozen... | high22852.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Four"
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"Two",
"Three",
"Four",
"Seven"
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"question": "How many locked rooms can students and teaching staff use?",
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"answer_... | A Guide
To use or protect all kinds of facilities in the library, follow the procedures given at the circulation desk.
Group Study Rooms(2F)
Students and teaching staff can use these rooms for group study. Students are advised to use unlocked rooms(4 rooms for 2 people, 3 rooms for 4 people) available for free. When yo... | high13457.txt |
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"answer_text": "Douglas-Hamilton's devotion to protecting elephants."
},
"options": [
"Douglas-Hamilton's winning the Indianapolis Prize.",
"Douglas-Hamilton's devotion to protecting elephants.",
"Douglas-Hamilton's research into African ani... | When Iain Douglas-Hamilton first started studying elephants in Africa,he had to invent ways of tracking the big animals. Over the course of 40 years in the field, the zoologist learned how to fly airplanes and use some high-tech means to follow their movements. He also learned how to get out of the way fast. "I learned... | high12749.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Be honest with your friends."
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"options": [
"Understand your friends.",
"Be honest with your friends.",
"Spend more time with your friends.",
"Keep your distance from your friends."
],
"question": "What does t... | Who doesn't have a clingy friend? You know, that person who often calls,texts, and e-mails. He often needs your attention, your feedback,or your help.Worse yet, he often gets _ when you don't reply immediately.
Is there ever a moment when you just want to turn off your phone and be alone? But you won't do that to a fri... | high8652.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It draws on spare resources."
},
"options": [
"It is a global trend.",
"It is beyond regulations.",
"It draws on spare resources.",
"It brings in modest profits."
],
"question": "What is the positive thing about... | The sharing economy, represented by companies like Airbnb or Uber, is the latest fashion craze. But many supporters have overlooked the reality that this new business model is largely based on escaping regulations and breaking the law.
Airbnb is an Internet-based service that allows people to rent out spare rooms to st... | high15026.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "advertisements"
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"the government",
"their owners?families",
"advertisements",
"the audience"
],
"question": "The existence of the privately owned mass media depends financially on _ .",
"... | When you turn on the radio, you hear an advertisement. When you watch television, you hear and see an advertisement. If you turn the pages of a newspaper or magazine, again you find an advertisement. If you walk down the street, you see one advertising board after another. All day, every day, people who want to sell yo... | high7561.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "she thought she knew it well"
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"options": [
"she thought she knew it well",
"she had purchased medicine online",
"she graduated from a medical school",
"she had been treated by local doctors"
],
"question": "M... | The technology is great. Without it we wouldn't have been able to put a man on the moon, explore the ocean's depths or eat microwave sausages. Computers have revolutionized our lives and they have the power to educate and pass on knowledge. But sometimes this power can create more problems than it solves.
Every doctor ... | high4068.txt |
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"answer_text": "The total lunar eclipse ended at about 6:56 a.m.."
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"options": [
"The total lunar eclipse began at about 3:30 a.m..",
"The total lunar eclipse ended at about 6:56 a.m..",
"The lunar eclipse ended at about 6:56 in the evenin... | SAN FRANCISCO -- In the western U.S., Hawaii and elsewhere across the globe, moon watchers were treated on Saturday to a rare celestial phenomenon: a total lunar eclipse .
For about 50 minutes starting at 6:06 a.m. PST, the moon was completely blocked by the Earth's shadow.
With only some indirect sunlight able to re... | high21383.txt |
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"answer_text": "Drinking too much water might bring harm."
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"options": [
"Drinking too much water might bring harm.",
"Whether to drink enough water makes no difference.",
"Drinking too much water may cause headaches.",
"Average, hea... | Drinking a lot of water does not do any good to the body, according to two experts in the United States. In fact, they warn, drinking too much water could be, in certain cases, harmful.
In a study, Dr Stanly Goldfarb and Dr Dan Negoianu, both of the Renal, Electrolyte and Hypertension Division at the University of Pens... | high11240.txt |
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"answer_text": "People are fairly interested in climbing nowadays."
},
"options": [
"People are fairly interested in climbing nowadays.",
"It is impossible to build up one's body by climbing.",
"People can only learn the skill of climbing ou... | People believe that climbing can do good to health. Where can you learn the skill of climbing then? If you think that you have to go to the mountains to learn how to climb,you're wrong. Many Americans are learning to climb in city gyms . Here,people are learning on special climbing walls. The climbing wall goes straigh... | high3707.txt |
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"answer_text": "Friends in childhood are sometimes forgotten by us."
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"Friendship can not be easily affected by one's family.",
"Friends are always around us and will never go away.",
"Friends in childhood are the best no matt... | Life affects friendships. As we grow, marry, fight in wars, move across the country or change jobs, old friendships fall away and new ones form. As long as we live, the things around us change, and as long as things change, friendships are affected.
When we were children we had best friends. No matter what happened we ... | high2419.txt |
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"answer_text": "Using gene technology, the scientist finds the wrong gene and corrects it."
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"options": [
"Using gene technology, people with hereditary diseases can have more living days.",
"Using gene technology, the scientist finds the wrong ... | Among all the fast growing science and technology, the research of human genes, or biological engineering as people call it, is drawing more and more attention now. Sometimes it is a hot topic discussed by people.
The greatest thing that gene technology can do is to cure serious diseases that doctors at present can alm... | high5376.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "collect materials from many places"
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"options": [
"think hard",
"collect materials from many places",
"express what they want to",
"describe women's sufferings and emotions"
],
"question": "When writing comput... | Now net fiction ,also called computer fiction is popular in more than 80 countries.
To write computer fictions,the writers don't have to think about making any plot.Like reporters,they just go to a lot of places and collect materials:what most women want,their ideas about life and love,their happiness and sufferings an... | high17631.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a shock to online booksellers"
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"options": [
"a shock to online booksellers",
"curiosity to the Swedish Academy",
"contrary to the belief of the Chinese media",
"beyond the expectation of most Chinese people"
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... | The breaking news of Mo Yan's Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday evening soon aroused public curiosity of the 57-year-old Chinese writer: Why was he favored by the Swedish Academy?
Less than half an hour after the announcement from Stockholm, Mo's works turned to "sold out" status at China's major online book s... | high18264.txt |
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"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Your order in a takeout restaurant can be sent to your home."
},
"options": [
"There exist great differences of rules in different restaurants.",
"People from Wales and southeast Britain are the most polite.",
"Your order in ... | " Dining out", or " eating out ",is a phrase people use in Britain when they eat in a restaurant or a pub. Eating out is more popular in Britain today than ever before.
However, eating out can be expensive. Restaurants are normally more expensive than pubs, though many pubs serve very good ,simple food. As British peop... | high5410.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "like to follow the fashion"
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"spend much time doing their homework",
"like to follow the fashion",
"have their hair cut too often",
"refuse to listen in class"
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"question": "It is implied in thi... | Tokyo--Our kids,the Japanese government announced,have forgotten how to behave.They can't he bothered with housework.If they see someone being wronged,they probably look the other way.
Few countries have placed more importance on being well--behave in public than Japan.The simplest requests for directions often res... | high17157.txt |
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"answer_text": "Names are required to indicate writers' responsibility for what they say."
},
"options": [
"Writers need to provide their personal information in the game.",
"Publication must bear the writer's full name, address and phone number."... | Many people write to newspaper and magazines to express their opinions. Letters to the editor must carry the writer's full name, address and telephone number, although the information is not necessary for publication. This requirement to provide personal particulars is a clear indication that writers are held responsib... | high10638.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "they get what they want to have"
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"they think happiness is rooted in their deep hearts",
"they get what they want to have",
"they get a great paying job",
"they get an expensive car"
],
"question"... | Are you happy? Do you remember a time when you were happy? Are you seeking happiness today?
Many have sought a variety of sources for their feelings of happiness.Some have put their hearts and efforts into their work.Too many have turned to drugs and alcohol.Meanwhile, untold numbers have looked for it in the possessi... | high20923.txt |
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"answer_text": "Most feathers are paid no attention to."
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"options": [
"Feathers are used to make pillows, coats and other products.",
"Most feathers are paid no attention to.",
"Most feathers are used as nutrient",
"Most feathers ar... | Chicken feathers are useful, and not just to a chicken. Some go into pillows, coats and other products. But countless chicken feathers go to waste.
In the United States, billions of chickens are produced yearly. Most of their feathers are thrown away.
But instead of being buried in land, some feathers could find a futu... | high3061.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The research has caused a heated argument."
},
"options": [
"People often suffer from bad memories.",
"American researchers are trying to develop a pill.",
"Forget bad memories, and be happy.",
"The research has caused ... | Not all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars. Often they relive these experiences in nightmares.
Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will ... | high16249.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "divided"
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"negative",
"divided",
"supportive",
"doubtful"
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"question": "We can learn from the article that students' attitudes towards dress codes are _",
"question_type": "summarization_q... | Dress codes cause us arguments
The first day of school is always a chaotic time. For many students in the US, this year was even more so. It was all due to one extra school policy. They are now required to wear clothes that meet a new standardized dress code .
According to the handbooks of all high schools in Allentow... | high8134.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "sort and explain some errors in human actions"
},
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"show the difference between men and women",
"sort and explain some errors in human actions",
"find the causes which lead to computer failures",
"compare co... | Professor Reason recently persuaded 35 people to keep a diary of all their absent-minded actions for two weeks. When he came to analyze their embarrassing errors, he was surprised to find that nearly all of them fell into a few groups.
One of the women, for instance, on leaving her house for work one morning threw her ... | high15740.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "pay a cashier for her"
},
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"get cash at the bank",
"pay a cashier for her",
"take on a telephone for her",
"open the door"
],
"question": "Lee Ann's dog Jeannie cannot _ .",
"question_type": "... | For Lee Ann Laraway, polio has made almost everything in life just out of reach. But what her hands can't retrieve, her assistant can. Meet Jeannie, a three-year-old help, has become Lee Ann's arms and legs.
Jeannie understands no fewer than 72 commands. To get a feel for what that means, Lee Ann takes us on a shoppin... | high7207.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "nuclear radiation"
},
"options": [
"nuclear mystery",
"radiation detection",
"radiation level",
"nuclear radiation"
],
"question": "According to the passage, the danger of nuclear power lies in _ .",
"que... | Nuclear radiation has a certain mystery, partly because it cannot be detected by human senses. It can't be seen or heard, or touched or tasted, even though it may be all around us. There are other things like that. For example, radio waves are all around but we can't detect them or sense them without a radio receiver.... | high1676.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To stay away from busy schedules."
},
"options": [
"To write some great books.",
"To stay away from busy schedules.",
"To teach his grandchildren.",
"To plan for his future."
],
"question": "What did the writer ... | Being the head of a high school for many years, I grew tired of budget meetings, funding cuts, and many other administrative chores . I started to dream of retirement. Sitting in traffic on a weekday morning, I would find my mind wandering. I would imagine spending time with my grandchildren, quiet evenings with my wif... | high15998.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Its sources of money."
},
"options": [
"Its history.",
"Its goal.",
"Its approach.",
"Its sources of money."
],
"question": "Which of the following aspects of build On is NOT mentioned in the text?",
"questi... | "To educate a girl is to educate a thousand people," says Maimouna Samake, a mother of six children(including five girls). "If you put one seed in the ground and rain comes, it will grow to produce many seeds."
Samake, one of 2,000 residents, lives in a small village, Sounkala, in one of the world's poorest countries.... | high13331.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "people living in Shellharbour City with an illness or disability"
},
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"those who are fond of reading",
"only those who have walking disabilities",
"people living in Shellharbour City with an illness or disability"... | Library Special Needs Service
Shellharbour City Library provides a rang of Library Special Needs Service for people who are unable to access our library service in the usual way. As long as you live in Shellharbour City, we'll provide a full rang of library services and resources including:
* Large printed and ordinar... | high6119.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "it has the largest number of desert plants"
},
"options": [
"it has the hottest ground in the world",
"it has the largest number of desert plants",
"it is the driest place in North America",
"it is the lowest point in t... | Death Valley National Park, California
Situated in the southeast part of California, Death Valley covers an area of more than 3.3 million acres, even larger than the famous Yellowstone National Park.
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"They encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs.",
"They ... | Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21-year-old twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart.
"I have two kids in college, and I want to say 'come home', but at the same time... | high6496.txt |
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Whether you're planning a group trip, couple's escape, girlfriend getaway or family vacation, a travel agent can make the entire process easier for you and everyone involved.
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"To persuade more people to have staycations.",
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"She was ready to move onto something new.",
"She was happy to have the time for romance.",
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"Its author is the Queen's cousin who knows her well.",
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"tell how the family spends Thanksgiving Day",
"introduce foods served on Thanksgiving Day",
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"more than 25 miles"
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Elephants ... | high18099.txt |
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"National security."
],
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},
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"Because their children are too busy.",
"Because teachers'work is not easy",
"Because teachers'pay is too low"
],
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},
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"Yoga is softer than dancing.",
"Students study hard for credits.",
"The elective courses are easy."
],
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"he hardly knew any foreign languages",
"he was familiar with any other country in Europe",
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I hesitated. How would I, unab... | high679.txt |
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},
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"the first time Oscar got its name",
"the first time the Awards were kept secret",
"Janet Gaynor's reco... | The yearly Academy Awards ceremony was once a private affair. Now, because of television, it is very much a public affair. Hundreds of people gather in Hollywood to see the Oscars presented to outstanding actors, and others involved in the motion picture industry. Millions more watch on television.
It all began on May... | high24006.txt |
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"About 2.7%of registered nurses were men.",
"There were about 330,000 male nurses,",
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"the lives of students"
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Country music usually talks of everyday life and feelings.It's the spirit of America ,easy to understand ,slow and simple.
Country music developed in th... | high6482.txt |
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"Hot.",
"Various.",
"Cold."
],
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The Olympic Games are organized and controlled by ... | high13872.txt |
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"They only contain proteins and glucose.",
"They can be placed in the traditional printers.",
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Researchers at the Medical University o... | high9969.txt |
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"the development of photography",
"the different uses of cameras in history"
],
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The next important date in the history of photography was 1837. That year, Daguerre, another ... | high2814.txt |
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"the scientific, historical and artistic value of the recovered s... | Although Wu Huifei was only a concubine of Tang Xuanzong (AD 685-762), the sixth emperor of the Tang Dynasty, her influence was far greater than most in her position.
Historians say that the ruler loved her so much that, in AD 724, he _ his wife and made Wu a royal concubine.
"Although she was only a concubine, she... | high21156.txt |
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"from time to time",
"from person to person"
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"group channels",
"computer massages",
"chatting networks"
],
"question": "According to the passage, 'EF-Net', 'Under-Net', and 'DAL-Net' stand for _ .",
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"encouraging medical innovations",
"improving health and productivity",
"handling budget cuts"
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"impossible and unnecessary",
"dangerous but urgent"
],
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"the Castle is a good place to go in Scotland",
"1873 is a special yea... | You cannot find a better way to enjoy Scottish traditions than going fishing and tasting a little bit of whisky at a quiet place like the Inverlochy Castle. When Queen Victoria visited the castle in 1873, she wrote in her diary, "I never saw a lovelier spot ," And she didn't even go fishing.
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"To test their balance on the water.",
"To pass Professor Canaves' class.",
"To win the prize money of $ 500."
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"they are both sinking into the mud where they stand",
"they will disappear in the future",
"their trouble is ... | Tuvalu, a tiny country in the Pacific Ocean, has asked for help as it fears it will be swallowed up by the sea.
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"How Do Chinese People Eat Food",
"The Importance of Chinese Food",
"Different Foods for Different Chinese Food"
],
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When eating, the rice is separated into your... | high15595.txt |
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},
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"To explain how his Air Purifier works.",
"To introduce the benefits of his Air Purifier.",
"To persuade reader to... | It's flu season.
What are you doing about it?
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My Oreck Air Purifier captures and destroys viruses, bacteria and germs.
2005 ORECK HOLDINGS,LLC. All Rights Reserved. All word marks, logos, product configurations and registered trademarks are owned and used under the authority of Oreck Holdings, L... | high23027.txt |
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"to get sun light in",
"to keep the sand clean",
"for the boy to observe"
],
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"had a joke with the person"
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"signing names on your belongings",
"signing \"classmate notes\" in China",
"saying goodbye to each other"
],
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"question": "Ac... | The wombat is in trouble. Some are dying in bushfires, or being shot by farmers. Others are scratching themselves to death because of a mite infection. Only 115 of one species - the northern hairy-nosed wombat - remain alive in the wild.
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"There are more women than men in Italy.",
"In Italy women are completely employed in services.",
"In Italy women are still at a disadvantage in employment.... | Tourists were surprised to see a woman driving a huge orange tractor down one of Rome's main avenues. Italy's political leaders are said to have been even more puzzled to see that the tractor was followed by about 200,000 women in a parading procession that took more than three hours _ . Shouting slogans, waving flags... | high21624.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "To bring Europe together again."
},
"options": [
"To bring Europe together again.",
"To honor heroes of World War II.",
"To introduce young theatre groups.",
"To attract great artists from Europe."
],
"question"... | (2013*II,B)In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music,dance and theatre in Edinburgh.The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.
It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness,Richard Burton,Dame Margot F... | high5809.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "She felt much better than before."
},
"options": [
"She felt even worse than ever.",
"She felt quite proud of herself.",
"She felt very sorry for her kids.",
"She felt much better than before."
],
"question": "H... | "You're leaving again?" asked my daughter as she saw me packing my carry-on.
More than her words, it was her face that pierced my heart ---I could see how _ she was.
"It's only for two nights, "I explained.
But that didn't matter to her. It was just one more trip after barely being home for five days. I decided in th... | high14847.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "women have so much to share"
},
"options": [
"he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband",
"women show little interest in ballgames",
"women have so much to share",
"he finds his wife difficult to talk to"
]... | Betty and Harold have been married for years.But one thing still puzzles old Harold.How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa,talking,go out to a ballgame,come back three and a half hours later,and they're still sitting on the sofa?Talking?
What in the world,Harold wonders,do they have t... | high15581.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "give an inspiration"
},
"options": [
"send a gift",
"find a specialist",
"tell a truth",
"give an inspiration"
],
"question": "Probably the Dig In section can _ to kids about the three topics.",
"question_... | Welcome to the Kids' Science Challenge!
Do you like science projects and winning some awesome gifts? This is the challenge for you. What's even better is that you don't have to build anything -- Simply come up with an original idea or design that relates to one of three topics given below.
Wonderful Sounds
Ready for Wo... | high23033.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He ignored him."
},
"options": [
"He talked with somebody else.",
"He was attracted by a dog.",
"He greeted him politely.",
"He ignored him."
],
"question": "What did the author do when he met Mr. Lee?",
"qu... | When I was about ten years old, I was walking down the street with my mother. She stopped to speak to Mr. Lee. I knew I could see Mr. Lee any time around the neighborhood, so I didn't pay any attention to him. After we passed Mr. Lee, my mother stopped me and said something that has stuck with me from that day until no... | high13696.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To research them."
},
"options": [
"To catch them.",
"To research them.",
"To kill them.",
"To protect them."
],
"question": "Why do the researchers place small markers on many marine creatures?",
"question_... | Researchers in over 80 nations are taking part in a project to conduct a decade-long census of sea life. Scientists presented some of their findings at a recent conference as the project neared its completion.
In deep icy waters under Antarctica, scientists found bulbous tunicates, an underground animal, and many newl... | high645.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Medical researchers who tried to explain autoimmune disorders."
},
"options": [
"A professor of ecology and evolutionary biology.",
"A professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston.",
"Medical researchers who tried to explain... | A new study suggests that early exposure to germs strengthens the immune system. That means letting children get a little dirty might be good for their health later in life.
The study involved laboratory mice. It found that adult mice raised in a germ-free environment were more likely to develop allergies, asthma an... | high23755.txt |
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