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"answer_text": "get a pair of shoes"
},
"options": [
"get a pair of shoes",
"change his worn out shoes",
"pick out the shoes he liked best",
"look at the shoes that fitted him well"
],
"question": "Michael was anxious to _ ."... | The date was like any other day in his life. After school, Michael walked past the shop on the street corner. He stopped to look at the front row of shoes, and he felt sorry for himself. He really wanted to have them for his birthday.
He sadly walked away and thought of what to tell his mother. He knew she would give h... | high18106.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he cared about his soldiers"
},
"options": [
"he was strict with the officers",
"he cared about his soldiers",
"he was friendly to everybody",
"he paid attention to the soldiers letters"
],
"question": "Mr. Park... | Mr Parker was born in a small village. His father was so poor that he couldn't send him to school. The boy had to help his parents to do some farming and learned English and maths by himself when he was free. Later on he was made to leave his home village and hoped to find a job in a city. And as soon as war broke out,... | high5772.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Whether it's beneficial or harmful depends on what the video games are."
},
"options": [
"Whether it's beneficial or harmful depends on what the video games are.",
"It always improves kids' hand-eye coordination and problem-solving... | My son loves video games very much. He spends hours every day playing video games in his room. Is there anyredeeming educational value to video games? Some seem like they could help him learn strategy. But I worry others may be too violent ornumb his mind.
Cecilia
Some games may improve kids' hand-eye coordination and ... | high3303.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Americans introduce themselves at parties."
},
"options": [
"Britons enjoy talking about their feelings.",
"Americans introduce themselves at parties.",
"Americans dislike talking to strangers at parties.",
"Britons fee... | Britons may like to complain a lot, but they rarely do so right now, explains BBC writer Ruth Margolis. They would rather grumble afterward. This is because Britons hate to put someone out and cause any embarrassment. Margolis writes, "For instance, I'm much more comfortable just leaving that piece of raw chicken on ... | high11644.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "American slang"
},
"options": [
"American proverb",
"British slang",
"American slang",
"British motto"
],
"question": "\"Got your feet wet\" is a (n) _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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... | I worked abroad one year ago Once I was sent to attend a conference. It was downpouring outside, Though I was holding an umbrella, my trouser legs as well as my shoes and socks still got wet. Entering the conference hall, I shook the umbrella, and at the same time, stamped my feet. Suddenly I caught sight of my chief... | high21787.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Family Vacations with Travel Agent's Help"
},
"options": [
"Family Vacations with Travel Agent's Help",
"How to make a family travel plan",
"Travel agents:your only choice",
"How to arrange a memorable trip"
],
... | The best family vacations are the ones where everyone is entertained and everyone gets along Not sure how to do that,especially if traveling with kids is involved? A travel agent is your answer.
A travel agent can recommend the best destinations,resorts and cruises for family-friendly vacations.For vacations with kids,... | high7165.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "On a website."
},
"options": [
"On a website.",
"In a newspaper.",
"In a magazine.",
"In a textbook."
],
"question": "Where can we most probably read the passage?",
"question_type": null
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"answer... | Here's this week's list of four open jobs throughout the local area. Whether you're unemployed and need a job or you are just _ of the one you have, Roswell Patch wants to help. We know new jobs can be hard to come by these days, which is why we'll try to post a selection of jobs we've found in the area on the site eac... | high8256.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the winds and tide were too strong"
},
"options": [
"Meekins paid enough attention to the horizon",
"there was too much spray on the windows",
"the winds and tide were too strong",
"there was no ship near the station"
... | Violent winds swept the ocean, and waves thundered to shore, shaking the lookout tower at Pea Island Rescue Station. Surfman Theodore Meekins was on watch that evening of 11 October 1896. A hurricane had struck the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and the tide was so strong that beach patrols had been canceled. Still, Me... | high15422.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He thinks it's great flying in empty space."
},
"options": [
"He can wear his own space suit then.",
"He can see the moon when doing that.",
"He can see the earth by doing so.",
"He thinks it's great flying in empty spa... | When we heard that our friend astronaut Gregory Chamitorff was going to be on board the last flight of the space shuttle Endeavour, we asked him if he would answer some questions from space. He said yes!
Here are our questions and Greg's answers from space.
What's the best thing about being in space?
Zero-gravity is b... | high13053.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "ask for help"
},
"options": [
"ask for money",
"ask for help",
"offer advice",
"tell a story"
],
"question": "The author writes to Cary in order to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"a... | Dear Cary,
I'm writing because I've understood you've struggled with alcoholism .I've been fighting mine ever since I went through 9-11.After that, _ .I've taken some medicine and it has helped somewhat.I can manage about a month without drinking, but after that I end up having a crazy stage where nothing matters exce... | high1514.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/148."
},
"options": [
"http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/148.",
"http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/365.",
"http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/812.",
"http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1099."
],
"que... | Here are some world-famous cultural sites that you may be interested in:
Old City of Jerusalem
The Old City was given a World Heritage Status in 1981 and placed on the "World Heritage in Danger List" the following year. The city has had a history of three different religions fighting over their holy sites and yet als... | high23190.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He didn't like to play the piano."
},
"options": [
"His mother thought he played badly.",
"He liked playing other instruments.",
"He didn't like to play the piano.",
"He couldn't pass the examination."
],
"quest... | When I was six years old, my mother started making me take piano lessons. Every morning, she would make sure I sat in front of the piano and practiced for at least one hour. After two years, I still didn't like it. When the time for my Grade I examination, I couldn't go through with it. I cried because I didn't want to... | high9148.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Critical."
},
"options": [
"Approving.",
"Reserved .",
"Uncertain.",
"Critical."
],
"question": "What is the author's attitude towards Keynes' theory?",
"question_type": null
},
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"answer": {
"... | We regularly hear how important consumer spending is for the economy. The story goes like this:the more consumers spend,the more money circulates in the economy, which contributes to healthy job growth and profits. Keynes, a British economist,went as far as to say that individuals saving their money may actually be hur... | high7171.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "prevent the spread of rumours on the Internet"
},
"options": [
"prevent the spread of rumours on the Internet",
"advance the development of microblog",
"limit the number of microblog",
"urge the government to react quic... | With only a click of the mouse, rumours can be forwarded between microblogs very quickly. As an example, recently, sensitive netizens discovered that some photos displayed on microblogs describing Beijing's June rainstorm had actually been
Sina.com is one of the major Internet portals in China with hundreds and thousan... | high15436.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "What usually injures people during an earthquake are falling buildings."
},
"options": [
"Earthquakes usually last 10 to 30 seconds.",
"After a big earthquake, there are many more quakes.",
"Cracks in an earthquake are very d... | An earthquake is a trembling or shaking of the ground caused by the sudden release of energy stored in the rocks below the surface. Generally, earthquakes last only seconds. Strong ground shaking during a medium to large earthquake generally lasts about 10 to 30 seconds. Aftershocks can occur once in a while for wee... | high8242.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He heard that everything was bigger and better in Texas."
},
"options": [
"It was the first time that he had travelled abroad.",
"People from Texas were very friendly than he expected.",
"He heard that everything was bigger a... | There was once a blind man, who did a lot of traveling alone. He was making his first trip to Texas and happened to be seated next to a Texan on the flight.
The Texan spent a lot of time telling him how everything was bigger and better in Texas. After the blind man reached his destination, a large resort hotel, he wa... | high12359.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It is not mentioned in the passage."
},
"options": [
"It scared me to death.",
"It's your charm that matters.",
"Important things should be stressed three times.",
"It is not mentioned in the passage."
],
"quest... | If you haven't heard of the expression, you must have been living _ for the past year, because "the world is big, and I owe it a visit" was all over the Internet last year.
This expression was chosen as one of 2015's "popular cyber phrases" in China. When a year comes to an end, many institutions, including the Nationa... | high13047.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "You will feel crazy about the different cultures."
},
"options": [
"You will enter places where the average people go.",
"You will feel crazy about the different cultures.",
"You will be particular about the daily life of the... | This summer, experience the true meaning of awe . Feel the sudden excitement through your body. And blog it all in real time for your friends back home. On a Discovery Student Adventure you will have the chance to jump the tourist barriers and enter places few travelers go, the true sites where amazing cultures flouris... | high23184.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To break it into stunner parts."
},
"options": [
"To store it in a computer.",
"To break it into stunner parts.",
"To discuss it with a friend.",
"To review it before you sleep."
],
"question": "What can help me... | The human brain weighs about 1.4 kilograms, but it can, hold much more information than most computers. However, there is another difference between humans and computers. Computers don't forget information they are given, but humans often do. No one remembers everything, and luckily we don't usually have to. But everyo... | high17221.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "perhaps can't earn as much as those working in an office"
},
"options": [
"perhaps can't earn as much as those working in an office",
"needn't do anything at home and earns a lot",
"can't be mothers who have children to look ... | Stay-at home careers are the preferred way to earn a living for those who like to set their own hours and be their own boss, mothers of young children, and those who like to avoid office politics. There are plenty of opportunities to earn from home. Even if you earn little first, the quality of life should make up for ... | high5766.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the country is still disappointed at the situation"
},
"options": [
"he lives a happy life in peace",
"he is happy about his great achievements",
"the country is still disappointed at the situation",
"the country has ma... | As South Africa starts to celebrate 20 years of freedom in South Africa, the moment is ruined with disappointment for many of the nation's poorest, who feel change has been slow to come. Today thousands of people are expected to gather near Cape Town to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's release. The mo... | high18112.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he was seriously ill"
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"options": [
"he was seriously ill",
"the doctor could do nothing for him",
"the doctor didn't come",
"they couldn't find any doctor"
],
"question": "People in the village thought James ... | Jim was a farmer. He lived in a village far away from the town. One day he was very ill , and everyone thought he would die . But his family wouldn't give up. They decided to sent for a doctor in town . The doctor arrived the village two days later and looked over the man. The doctor wanted a pen and some paper , But ... | high11888.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the earth is divided into time zones"
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"options": [
"no day really has 24 hours",
"the earth is divided into time zones",
"time zones are not all the same size",
"no one knows where time zones are"
],
"questio... | Time Zones
Strange things happen to time when you travel. Because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones one hour apart .You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours, and weeks more or fewer than seven days.
If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean ,your ship enters a different time zo... | high2009.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "visitors can learn about exhibits using pre-recorded voice introductions"
},
"options": [
"visitors have access to River Adventures",
"visitors can learn about exhibits using pre-recorded voice introductions",
"it has the che... | Taking a trip to Philadelphia can be rewarding experience or absolute disasters---it all depends on pre-trip homework. To make planning easier, Huffington Post Travel Series recommends attractions for those planning Philadelphia family vacations.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
Located on 26thStreet and Benjamin Frankli... | high11650.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "gestures are limited to a certain type of primates."
},
"options": [
"the meaning of facial and oral expressions can vary with circumstances.",
"particular gestures occur only in particular circumstances.",
"facial and oral g... | In 1966,Allen and Beatrice Garden, two professors at the University of Nevada in Reno, had a bright idea.They were interested in the evolution of language and the language abilities of great apes . Previous attempts to teach chimpanzees to talk had ended in failure and the matter was considered by most people to be c... | high21793.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They think they can save lives only when growing up."
},
"options": [
"They are trained to have many special skills.",
"They also work with local firemen and policemen.",
"They turn to adults for help sometimes.",
"They... | You're finishing up your history homework when your cell phone rings. You've got 30 minutes to reach head-quarters, get your equipment packed and receive your task. There's a lost hiker in the mountains near the edge of town. Your task: find the missing person; provide emergency medical treatment, if necessary; and be ... | high4478.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Caring"
},
"options": [
"Caring",
"Hard-working.",
"Brave.",
"Humorous."
],
"question": "Which of the following words can best describe Jack?",
"question_type": null
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"answer": {
"answer_in... | Valentine's Day was coming. Helen felt hurt and lonely because this was her first Valentine's Day after the divorce .
Helen's twelve-year-old son, Jack, looked at his mother, knowing that this was a difficult time for both of them. In order to make his mother happy, he prepared a present, and handed it to her on Valen... | high16659.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "has a granddaughter"
},
"options": [
"thought her life was boring",
"has a granddaughter",
"was a housewife",
"used to get up early"
],
"question": "The mother _ according to the text.",
"question_type":... | My darling daughter,
Recently I saw a diary of years. It was written when you were nine. I read your goals in the diary, and one little goal was really surprising for me. It was "to make Mom happy".
I was so moved, and I would have told you that you made me happy every day of my life. My first thoughts in the morning ... | high11136.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "explain why young people like podcasts"
},
"options": [
"tell how young people relax themselves",
"explain why young people like podcasts",
"introduce what programs podcasts are presenting",
"show how popular podcasts a... | Every day we are exposed to images, videos, music and news. In this age of visual and aural hyper-stimulation, the medium of radio is making a great comeback.
"We're at the beginning of a golden age of audio," said US-based podcaster Alex Blumberg in an article in The Sydney Morning Herald. In the last month alone, 15 ... | high10228.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "accumulate a sleep debt"
},
"options": [
"accumulate a sleep debt",
"have no time to sleep",
"work hard to achieve their goals",
"have to stay up all nights"
],
"question": "From Monday to Friday, many people ... | Ceaseless technology. A punishing workweek. That to -do list that keeps multiplying. It is no wonder many of us find it difficult to have a sufficient amount of sleep. But will sleeping more on the weekend make up for hours of lost snoozing ? One sleep expert, W. Christopher Winter raised the question.
Sleeping binge
... | high5000.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a skiing accident during his holiday"
},
"options": [
"crashing in an airlift accident",
"a Formula One Ford car crash",
"a skiing accident during his holiday",
"a bump onto a rock in a skiing race"
],
"question... | On 23rd December, 2013, Michael Schumacher -- the famous Formula-One race car driver -- received serious brain injuries after hitting his head on a rock while downhill skiing with his son. The accident happened during a family holiday in the French Alps. Although he was wearing a helmet, which broke apart on impact, th... | high6509.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "She had more difficulty keeping foucesed"
},
"options": [
"She had learned enough about computer science",
"She had more difficulty keeping foucesed",
"She preferred taking online courses",
"She was too slow to learn"
... | Dear Alfred,
I want to tell you how important your help is to my life.
Growing up, I had people telling me I was too slow, though, with an IQ of 150 at 17, I'm anything but stupid. The fact was that I was found to have ADIID . Anxious all the time, I was unable to keep focused for more than an hour at a time.
However, ... | high13721.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The experiments inside the Tiangong-1 would be extremely difficult to conduct on the Earth."
},
"options": [
"China has become the third country in the world to operate a permanent space station.",
"Tiangong-1 will orbit the Earth ... | BEIJING, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Commander-in-chief of China's manned space program Chang Wanquan announced Thursday night that the launch of Tiangong-1 space lab module is successful.
China's first space lab module Tiangong-1 blasted off at 9:16 p.m. Beijing Time (1316 GMT) Thursday from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center i... | high7617.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "exemplify the opinion that attitudes come from experience"
},
"options": [
"stress the importance of keeping child from the fire",
"exemplify the opinion that attitudes come from experience",
"illustrate the important role ... | Of all the areas of learning the most important is the development of attitudes. Emotional reactions as well as logical thought processes affect the behavior of most people.
"The burnt child fears the fire" is one instance; another is the rise of figures like Hitler. Both these examples point up the fact that attitudes... | high15350.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "radio"
},
"options": [
"TV",
"Internet",
"radio",
"newspaper"
],
"question": "The series of report probably comes from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answer": {
"answer_index"... | Today tell you a series of information about how students in other countries can attend colleges and universities in the United States.
Two years ago we broadcast our Foreign Student Series. Since then we have got more requests for information about how to attend American schools. So we will offer new reports in our se... | high8524.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "they didn't know the custom of lining up for a bus"
},
"options": [
"they didn't know the English language",
"the bus conductor told them to jump the queue",
"they didn't know the custom of lining up for a bus",
"they t... | In England three foreign gentlemen came to a bus stop. They studied the information on the post sign and decided which bus to take. About five minutes later the bus they wanted came along. They prepared to get on. Suddenly people rushed onto the bus and tried to push them out of the way. Someone shouted _ remarks about... | high1931.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a character in a book"
},
"options": [
"a boy of Mark Twain's",
"a character in a book",
"an American writer",
"a river's name"
],
"question": "Huckleberry Finn is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | Huckleberry Finn,the great character from the Mark Twain book,did not like school.He
preferred floating down the Mississippi River on a raft and looking for adventure.That's why
generations of schoolboys have loved reading Huckleberry Finn:they feel the same way about[
school as he did.
For many boys,being forced ... | high22073.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "What's real meaning of intelligence"
},
"options": [
"What's real meaning of intelligence",
"What's the \"bright\" children's behavior",
"What's a special outlook on life",
"How to live and behave in a new situation"
... | When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get good scores in certain kinds of tests or even the ability to do well in school. By intelligence we mean a way of living and behaving, especially in a new or anxious situation. If we want to test intelligence, we need to find out how a person acts instea... | high6086.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "She wanted to keep her house in good order."
},
"options": [
"She enjoyed removing others' drinks.",
"She became more and more forgetful.",
"She preferred to do everything by herself.",
"She wanted to keep her house in ... | All her life, my mother wanted busy children. It was very important that her house should remain at all things clean and tidy.
You could turn your back for a moment in my mother's house, leave a half written letter on the dining room table, a magazine open on the chair, and turn around to find that my mother had "put i... | high4691.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "9 %"
},
"options": [
"6.8%",
"8.8%",
"9 %",
"11.9 %"
],
"question": "Since 2001, the slowest rate in annual economic growth china has seen is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | BEIJING, prefix = st1 /China(CNN) ---China's economic growth dropped to 9 percent for 2008, according to numbers released by the government Thursday --- in line with expectations, but still the slowest rate the nation has seen in seven years.
Economists are concerned about what the slowdown means for investment in the ... | high17976.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Lee Se-del was defeated."
},
"options": [
"Lee Se-del won AlphaGo 4-1.",
"Lee Se-del was defeated.",
"Google program beat AlphaGo.",
"Neither side won the match."
],
"question": "What was the result of the match... | Who is smarter? A human being or artificial intelligence ?
The question swept the world last week when a Google-developed program called AlphaGo defeated the world top player, South Korean Lee Se-del, 4-1.
So, what comes next?
Some people have been arguing that artificial intelligence, or AI in short, will be a bad thi... | high19783.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he was able to show his love to his mother with the flowers"
},
"options": [
"he knew he wouldn't have got the flowers without John's help",
"he was able to show his love to his mother with the flowers",
"the clerk was very k... | John had been on the road visiting clients for more than three weeks. He couldn't wait to get back to Ohio to see his wife and children. It was coming on Mother's Day, and he usually tried to make it "back home", but this year he was just too tired. He was in a small town just outside of Little Rock when he drove by a ... | high20102.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "46 countries"
},
"options": [
"No countries",
"18 countries",
"46 countries",
"28 countries"
],
"question": "_ are expected to have severe water problems by the year 2025",
"question_type": "cloze_question... | A new study gives us the warning that about thirty percent of the world's people may not have enough water by the year 2025.
A private American organization called Population Action International did the new study. It says more than three-hundred-thirty-five-million people lack enough water now. The people live in twen... | high3840.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "meet more people and make friends"
},
"options": [
"get more books to read",
"meet more people and make friends",
"buy goods for their daily life",
"post their book recommendations"
],
"question": "People who go... | Many times when people hear the words social networking, their brains automatically go to sites such as Twitter or Facebook. However, there are sites for those into social networking and into reading. Sound crazy?, It's really not. If you've ever wanted a site where you can receive book recommendations,follo... | high2586.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Adaptable and sensitive( )"
},
"options": [
"Careful and helpful",
"Creative and patient",
"Adaptable and sensitive( )",
"warm-hearted and easy-going"
],
"question": "Which of the following words can best desc... | Dear Kitty,
Daddy, Mummy and Margot can't get used to the sound of the Westertoren clock, which tells us the time every quarter of an hour. I can. I loved it from the start, and especially in the night it's a faithful friend. I expect you will be interested to "disappear". Well,all I can say is that I don't know myself... | high22715.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The life of Dave Thomas."
},
"options": [
"The life of Dave Thomas.",
"The dream of Dave Thomas .",
"The schooling of Dave Thomas.",
"The growth of Dave Thomas's business"
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Opening hours: 09:00--18:00 (October--March); 09:00--20:00 (April--September)
Admission: $ 11, or $ 10 with the Barcelona Card.
Disabled Access: Yes.
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Alan lived with his mother. His mother was always worried about him. Every day she worried that police would turn up to arrest him. This wasn't a foolish worry because they usually called on the Tong household about once a week... | high23379.txt |
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"She plays basketball again about 50 years later.",
"S... | Playing basketball isn't ladylike. That's what Jewell Chapman's high school headmaster told her in 1961 when he was against the girls' basketball program.
"We were very discouraged, " said Chapman, a forward for her high school team of Des Moines.
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I'm glad you would like to share your feelings with me.It's hardly surprising that your feelings of not being "grown up" have come on strongly at this point in your life,just before you're about to become a father.You are asking:will I make a good father?How will I cope?
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Psychologists Dr Brenda Todd from City University London carried out a... | high19967.txt |
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"I saw that bottle and it looked interesting, " Korotkikh told The Associ... | high12826.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Negative."
},
"options": [
"Positive.",
"Negative.",
"Neutral.",
"Supportive."
],
"question": "What's the commander's attitude towards the soldier's saving his friend?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"a... | Horror seized the heart of the World War I soldier as he saw his life-long friend fall in the battle. Caught in a trench with continuous gunfire whizzing over his head, the soldier asked his commander if he might go out into the "No Man's Land" between the trenches to bring his fallen comrade back.
"You can go," said t... | high10764.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "You should encourage yourself."
},
"options": [
"You should speak words of encouragement to your discouraged child.",
"You shouldn't put a loved one down.",
"You should encourage yourself.",
"You should change the subje... | You've heard the saying: if you don't know where you're going, how will you know when you get there. Thousands of successful people attribute (......) most of their success to goal setting. Knowing this, why don't the majority of people set goals?
Goal setting starts within you. You have to believe it's possible to do ... | high18338.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "children are taken care of"
},
"options": [
"future nurses are trained",
"the elderly live",
"children are taken care of",
"the old join in activities"
],
"question": "A nursery school is a place where _ .",
... | I was interested to read a newspaper article about a new concept in old people's homes in France. The idea is simple, but revolutionary----combining a residential home for the elderly with a nursery school in the same building. The children and the residents eat lunch together and share activities. In the afternoons, t... | high6045.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a dog"
},
"options": [
"a small child",
"an interesting toy",
"a dog",
"a bicycle"
],
"question": "We can guess \"the Alsatian\" in the twin brothers' home is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},... | I have had all kinds of interesting neighbors since the early days of my life. When I was a baby I would stand in my wooden crib and watch the world go by through the window. Some neighbors watched me watching the world go by with by big, wondering eyes and found me very interesting. They used to call me "the beauty a... | high14502.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Everybody has a time in life to be lucky."
},
"options": [
"Everybody in the world is lucky.",
"Each person lives his own way of life.",
"If one works hard, he's sure to succeed.",
"Everybody has a time in life to be lu... | As we know, there are differences between western culture and Chinese culture. We can see differences when we pay attention to the way words are used. Let's look at the words about animals and plants. Most expressions in Chinese about the dog, for example, "a homeless dog", "a mad dog", "a running dog" and "a dog catch... | high9376.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the rich usually got their wealth in dishonest ways"
},
"options": [
"his father was making and mending pots and kettles",
"Bunyan had poor and mean early surroundings",
"the rich usually got their wealth in dishonest ways",
... | British writer John Bunyan was born at Elstow, Bedfordshire, England, in November, 1628. His father was a maker and mender of pots and kettles, and the son followed the same trade. Though he is usually called a tinker, Bunyan had a settled home and place of business. He had little schooling, and he describes his early ... | high8068.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Holes"
},
"options": [
"Holes",
"Size",
"Material",
"Shape"
],
"question": "What does the difference between the three toys lie in?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | A student is given three toys by his teacher and is asked to find out the differences. All the three toys seem to be the same in shape, size and material. After careful observation, the student finds out holes in the toys. The first toy has holes in the ears. The second toy has holes in one ear and the mouth. And the t... | high12615.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "selfrespect"
},
"options": [
"selfrespect",
"financial rewards",
"advertising ability",
"friendly relationship"
],
"question": "According to the passage,the positive action in the example contributes to our _ ... | Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness,happiness,goodness,and selfrespect?The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized (......) as "honor" help you create this life of good feelings.
Here's an example to show how honorable actions create happiness.
Say a store clerk fails to charge us fo... | high6723.txt |
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