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"answer_text": "71%"
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"question": "What percentage of American respondents is in the survey?",
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"answer_index"... | A recent Living Social survey showed that Americans may live up to their poor reputation while travelling abroad. But what's more surprising is that many of those surveyed self-identified themselves as 'ugly' Americans and the world's worst travelers.
Those in the U.S. ranked themselves as the worst travellers by a sho... | high537.txt |
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"answer_text": "$50"
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"question": "How much will the magazine pay for a joke to be published?",
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"answer_ind... | Share With Us
Would you like to have your writing published in this magazine? Then let us know! We pay for stories, anecdotes and jokes:
Anecdotes and Jokes $50
What made you laugh recently? A funny sign? A colleague's behaviour? Got a joke? Send it in for Laughter is the Best Medicine! Email: Juliet@sws.com
Smart Ani... | high12822.txt |
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"answer_text": "Fred Smith got the idea of an overnight mail service from his own experience."
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"Sony Walkman achieved great success with its recording function and speaker.",
"Bill Bowerman was experimenting with rubber for large s... | Several years ago ,Masaru Ibuka ,chairman of Sony ,was at a company planning a meeting. Suddenly he hdd a brilliant idea. He stopped the meeting and asked everyone present what would happen if Sony removed the recording function and 'speaker and sold headphones with a tape player instead. Almost everyone thought he was... | high23427.txt |
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"answer_text": "The sale is beyond satisfaction before J.K. Rowling unmasked."
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"The English edition sells better than other editions.",
"The sales have come across decline in recent weeks.",
"The sale is beyond satisfaction b... | Sales of crime novel The Cuckoo's Calling have rocketed since its author Robert Galbraith was unmasked as JK Rowling, according to The Bookseller.
It said 17,662 hardback copies were sold between 14 and 20 July, up from just 43 copies the previous week, according to Nielsen BookScan data. The Cuckoo's Calling was the w... | high17782.txt |
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"answer_text": "when she was a university student"
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"after she left college",
"when she was a university student",
"before she got her degree",
"when she worked inNew York City"
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"question": "Ruth Mckenney star... | Ruth Mckenney was born in 1911 in prefix = st1 /Mishawak,Indiana. She grew up inCleveand,Ohio, and at the age of fourteen she got her first job working nights in a printer's shop. She also worked as a waitress, but after dropping two fruits salads on the floor, she was fired.
While Miss Mckenney was studying in a OhioS... | high19977.txt |
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"answer_text": "she was far away from her family and friends"
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"there were more customers than usual waiting to be helped",
"it was freezing cold in California at Christmas time",
"she was working all alone at the ticket count... | Last Christmas was a very difficult time for me. My family and all of my close friends were back home in Florida, and I was all alone in a rather cold California. I was working too many hours and became very sick.
I was working a double shift at the Southwest Airlines ticket counter, it was about 9:00 PM on Christmas E... | high3878.txt |
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"answer_text": "the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death"
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"the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death",
"the influence Shakespeare has on English",
"the achievements of William Shakespeare",
"Shakespeare's color1f... | April 23 marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death. Organizations in Britain have planned numerous events to honor him.
In Stratford-upon-Avon, his birthplace, the tourism organization has a great number of free events, including performances of Shakespeare's plays, and a dazzling fireworks display. An... | high19963.txt |
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"answer_text": "kind-hearted"
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"clever",
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"strong"
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"question": "A person with empathy is often _ .",
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"answer_... | Empathy lets us feel another person's pain and drives us to help. Do any other animals feel empathy? Scientists recently found that rats do, too.
Most people don't like rats. In many people's eyes, rats are only bad. But Jean Decety and his partners at the University of Chicago did an experiment. It showed that rats ... | high16488.txt |
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"answer_text": "women had no right to vote"
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"women were not allowed to work with men",
"women had no right to vote",
"women could not go to college",
"women could not deliver speeches in public"
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"question": "... | Jeanette Rankin was born on a ranch in Montana,USA in 1882.In those days,Montana was still a frontier state,and life there was hard.Men and women shared the difficult outdoor work.But young Jeanette noticed men and women were not equal in many ways.For instance, at election time, women were not allowed to vote.Jeanette... | high21224.txt |
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"answer_text": "To outline contrasting types of economic systems."
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"To outline contrasting types of economic systems.",
"To explain the science of economics.",
"To argue for the superiority of one economic system.",
"To... | There are various ways in which individual economic units can interact with one another. Three basic ways may be described as the market system, the administered system, and the traditional system.
In a market system individual economic units are free to interact among each other in the marketplace. It is possible to b... | high15181.txt |
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"answer_text": "considerate and understanding"
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"considerate and understanding",
"angry and unpleased",
"hopeless and boring"
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"question": "From the text we can see the writer's attitude t... | People are always talking about "the problem of youth". If there is one--which I take leave to doubt--then it is older people who create it, not the young themselves. Let us get down to something basic and agree that the young are after all human beings--people just like their elders. There is only one difference betwe... | high6900.txt |
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"answer_text": "Xi is set to discuss important bilateral problems"
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"Xi's five-day official trip",
"China-US cooperative partnership",
"Xi is set to discuss important bilateral problems",
"China and the US have more comm... | WASHINGTON----Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping arrived at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington,February 13,2012.Vice-President Xi Jinping said he would explore important problems in an active and practical manner with his America hosts on Monday during his five-day official trip here after arriving at Andrews Air Forc... | high523.txt |
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"answer_text": "By describing his own experiences."
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"By describing his own experiences.",
"By explaining a certain term.",
"By presenting a certain fact.",
"By giving figures."
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"question": "How does the autho... | When I am feeling down, I listen to uplifting music to lift my spirits. When I want to calm down, I listen to Indian classical instrumental music. Many times, I look at contemporary Indian art - either in real art galleries or in virtual art galleries on the Web to improve my mood. I particularly like the paintings wit... | high12836.txt |
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"answer_text": "slimming down of the family"
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"how to lose more weight",
"the harm of being too fat",
"the reason of being too fat",
"slimming down of the family"
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"question": "This passage mainly tells about_.... | As Paige watched the other kids playing football in her local park she longed to join in. But at nearly nine stone (1stone equals 6.35 kilograms), the 11-year-old was too big to enjoy her favorite sport, she was well on her way to being another overweight member of her family. Mandy, her mum was 17th 10 lb and Anne, he... | high23355.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "rewriting the sign"
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"sitting together with him",
"rewriting the sign",
"teaching him some principles",
"raising money for him"
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"question": "We can learn from the text that the man helped the b... | One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said, "I am blind. Please help me." There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wr... | high245.txt |
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"answer_text": "we might be controlled by other people's ideas"
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"it will be hard for us to think naturally and fast",
"we might be controlled by other people's ideas",
"we will follow the ideas of others naturally",
"we... | Thinking is something you choose to do as a fish choose to live in water. To be human is to think. But thinking may come naturally without your knowing how you do it. Thinking about thinking is the key to critical thinking. When you think critically, you take control of your thinking processes . Otherwise, you might b... | high12188.txt |
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"answer_text": "In a social science book."
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"In a medicine dictionary.",
"in a kids' story book.",
"In a social science book.",
"In a science textbook."
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"question": "Where can you find this passage?",
"que... | We all know what it is like to be unable to turn your head because of a cold in the muscles of your neck, or because an unexpected twist has made your neck ache. The slightest move makes you jump with pain. Nothing could be worse than a pain in the neck.
That is why we use the phrase to describe some people who give ... | high1909.txt |
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"answer_text": "Whole grains."
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"Fatty meats.",
"Whole grains.",
"Cream sauces.",
"Cheeseburgers."
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"question": "Which of the following is what you should eat more?",
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"ans... | Each of us can live strong,healthy,energetic lives for a long time to come.The key?Actually,there are many of them.
Eat fewer calories,but more food
Slimming down can help prevent disease,and cutting way back on the amount you eat may even slow the aging process.When nutrition researchers invited themselves over for di... | high8093.txt |
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"answer_text": "200 grams"
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"50 grams",
"100 grams",
"150 grams",
"200 grams"
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"question": "A red knot wading bird of 100 grams will probably weigh _ before making its nonstop migrating flight.",
"quest... | As skies are filled with millions of migrating birds, European scientists say the seasonal wonder appears to be strange: The fatter the bird, tile better it flies.
The results of their study led to a theory opposite to a central one of aerodynamics , which says that the power needed to fly increases with weight.
... | high21542.txt |
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"answer_text": "All of its documents are computerized."
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". More clerks are employed there.",
"All of its documents are computerized.",
"Facilities of the museum are restored.",
"Workers are more creative than before."
... | The American Family Immigration History Center is an exciting new interactive area at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum where more than 100 million Americans may search for their family's beginnings in the New World. Now, for the first time, the passengers records of the ships that landed some 22 million immigrants, ... | high20884.txt |
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"answer_text": "Punishment has double functions."
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"Punishment has double functions.",
"A thief may be referred to as an impolite person.",
"Punishment is not regarded as a deterrent.",
"There is lots of communal living ... | The idea of "law" exists in every culture. All societies have some kind of law to keep order and to control the interactions of people with those around them. The laws of any culture tell people three things: what they can do (their right), what they must do (their duties), and what they may not do. In addition, there ... | high11481.txt |
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"answer_text": "Many children ended there due to illegal trade."
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"Many children ended there due to illegal trade.",
"The children in it are all orphans.",
"It is a worldwide profitable organization.",
"It has many branc... | When his book Little Princes began, Conor Grennan was planning a year-long trip around the globe, a journey that began with a three-month volunteer service at the Little Princess Children's Home, an orphanage in Nepal.
Arriving there, Conor was immediately welcomed by all the children even though he had no previous ex... | high2757.txt |
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"answer_text": "By keeping humans busy."
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"By doing funny tricks.",
"By keeping humans busy.",
"By serving their owners.",
"By playing with their owners."
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"question": "How do dogs bring happiness and health to... | Your dog is as smart as any two year old, according to a new study. Dogs bring much happiness to their owners, and even improve human health. Most two year olds keep us busy in life -- an important part of living a long and happy life. According to Stanley Coren, Ph.D.of the University of British Columbia, our dogs are... | high10210.txt |
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"answer_text": "Sleep"
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"question": "A good title for this passage is _ .",
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"answer_in... | After a busy day of work and play, the body needs to rest. Sleep is necessary for good health. During this time, the body recovers from the activities of the previous day. The rest that you get while sleeping enables your body to prepare itself for the next day.
There are four levels of sleep, each being a little deepe... | high5038.txt |
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"answer_text": "He meant to introduce the topic of stress"
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"He wanted to talk about health problems in America.",
"He meant to introduce the topic of stress",
"He hoped to emphasize the stress in America",
"He wanted to... | America's No.1 health problem? A report published by the American Institute of Stress claims the biggest threat to health today is neither cancer nor AIDS. The report says: "It has been estimated that75-90 percent of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress related problems"
It is no exaggeration to say th... | high4326.txt |
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"answer_text": "It might be loaded with vegetables or fruits."
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"It might be loaded with vegetables or fruits.",
"Neighbors might borrow it.",
"Its owner would be warned by the guards."
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... | It's that time of year when people need to lock their cars. Is it because there are many criminals stealing cars? Not indeed. Rather, it's because of good-hearted neighbors who want to share their harvest.
Sharon recently had a good year for tomatoes. She and her family had eaten and canned so many that they'd begun to... | high19552.txt |
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"answer_text": "The prevention of weight gain"
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"The decrease of strokes",
"The prevention of weight gain",
"Fewer heart attacks",
"The drop in medical care cost"
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"question": "Which of the following benefits d... | Salt plays an important role in our daily diet. Even a small reduction in salt in the diet can be a big help to the heart. A new study used a computer model to predict -how just three grams less a day would affect heart disease in the United States.
The result: Thirteen percent fewer heart attacks. Eight percent fewer ... | high3449.txt |
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"question": "If you want to be a volunteer for this Thanksgiving dinner, you may call _ .",
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... | GREENWICH--Recently, a group of concerned Greenwich residents gathered to discuss how they could help those who may be alone during the holiday season.Armed with plenty of ideas and a sincere desire to do good, this group now refers to themselves as "A Random Act of Kindness".As members of this group, we are to put tog... | high12407.txt |
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"answer_text": "Films will be shown during it."
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"It's more popular to the public.",
"Films will be shown during it.",
"It has a much earlier origin.",
"It's held every other year."
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"question": "In what way is... | It is a beautiful evening in May.The lights shine and float across the surface of the water.The yachts are like floating nightclubs moving to the sound of the music, the laughter, and joyous mood of the parties.If it's May in Cannes, then it must be the Cannes Film Festival.
The Hollywood Oscars are the most famous... | high23802.txt |
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"question": "Where is the source of the Mississippi?",
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... | The Mississippi is the major river system in the United States. The Yangtze is China's longest river.
Although a world apart, the two waterways share conservation concerns that provide a cultural bridge between students in the United States and China, as well as from around the world.
The Mississippi flows almost 3,800... | high15368.txt |
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"answer_text": "Nuclear energy is more environmental-friendly than other green energy sources."
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"Nuclear energy doesn't produce any greenhouse gases.",
"Nuclear energy can help prevent the climate damage.",
"Nuclear energy is... | Nuclear energy has always been controversial. But since the tsunami and nuclear disaster in Fukushima (Japan) last year the issue is back in the headlines. And the world is divided-- some countries are planning more nuclear plants, while others have promised to shut theirs down.
After Fukushima, Germany decided to swit... | high912.txt |
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"answer_text": "the type of a product is determined by its consumers"
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"goods are classified differently in different counties",
"the type of a product is determined by its consumers",
"Frenchmen often drink but Americans some... | The traditional distinction between products that satisfy needs and those satisfy wants is no longer adequate to describe classes of products. In today's prosperous societies, the distinction has become unclear because so many wants have been turned into needs.A writer, for instance, can work with paper and pencils. Th... | high14076.txt |
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"answer_text": "she didn't get well paid at the end of the week"
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"the clothes made there didn't suit her taste",
"she really didn't like such a boring job",
"she wanted to get the right grades at school",
"she didn't ge... | My first job was working for a women's clothes manufacturer at the age of 15. It made me realize what I didn't want to do for my future employment.
The only advantage of this job was receiving a wage at the end of the week and sometimes getting clothes for free if they were to my taste. I carried on doing this for only... | high9602.txt |
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"answer_text": "Sticky sweets are damaging to our teeth."
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"Sticky sweets are damaging to our teeth.",
"Eating garlic is good for our eyes.",
"Swimming after a meal is dangerous.",
"Carrots prevent people from catching c... | "Old wives' tales" are beliefs passed down from one generation to another. For example,most of us remember our parents' telling us to eat more of certain foods or not to do certain things. Is there any truth in these teachings? Some of them agree with present medical thinking,but others have not passed the test of time... | high1538.txt |
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"answer_text": "what you can make out of it after graduation."
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"whether you are interested in the subject.",
"if you can lead a happy life.",
"what you can make out of it after graduation.",
"How much you can learn in t... | When you consider what subject to study in college, chances are that you and your parents will think about what you can make out of _ after graduation. You will likely ask the question: "Can I find a well-paid job or simply a job with a degree in this in the future?"
This consideration also influences students when the... | high6257.txt |
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"answer_text": "to see whether people's personality affects their life span"
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"to see whether people's personality affects their life span",
"to find out if one's lifestyle has any effect on their health",
"to investigate the ... | Why do some people live to be older than others? You know the standard explanations: keeping a moderate diet, engaging in regular exercise, etc. But what effect does your personality have on your longevity ? Do some kinds of personalities lead to longer lives? A new study in theJournal of the American Geriatrics Societ... | high14710.txt |
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"they doesn't sleep well",
"they lack confidence",
"they doesn't know about the company",
"they are afraid to miss the chance"
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"question": "People feel nervous while atte... | A recent research shows that most people while attending their very first or second interview face the problem of interview nerves. This interview nerves simply make them nervous and depressed. This mainly happens due to lack of confidence and belief in oneself. Most of them even suffer from sleepless nights.
They feel... | high9164.txt |
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"answer_text": "diet as well as exercise enough"
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"try not to fit the clinic definition of obesity",
"diet as well as exercise enough",
"get little exercise every day",
"focus your attention on diet only"
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"que... | More than one-third of adults in the United States are obese . In fact, over obesity has reached such proportions that one big-city mayor has gone about banning large-sized, sugary soft drinks and the First Lady has been on a campaign to control the dietary offerings in public schools.
Even many adults who do not fit t... | high7149.txt |
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"answer_text": "push the kids to memorize pieces of information"
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"teach in a lively way to motivate kids' interest",
"push the kids to memorize pieces of informati... | Pushy parents and teachers who "hothouse" the under-5s risk causing damage to the children's long term development, a leading education expert said.
Lilian Katz, Professor of Education at the University of Illinois, said that four-year-olds engaged in reading and writing went on to perform worse academically than those... | high12361.txt |
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"answer_text": "People with formal schooling plus work experience"
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"People with an MBA degree from top universities.",
"People with formal schooling plus work experience",
... | If you know exactly what you want, the best route to a job is to get specialized training.A recent survey shows that companies like graduates in such fields as business and health care who can go to work immediately with very little on-the-job training.
That's especially true of booming fields that are challenging for ... | high11668.txt |
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"answer_text": "People shop in nearby stores without having to drive, so small businesses are declining."
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"More people prefer to travel on public transportation which costs less than driving cars.",
"People return to the traditiona... | "Extra? Extra!Gasoline hits four dollars a gallon!"
No one will really be shockedexcept, perhaps, the old-timers who tell about the good old days when gas was three gallons for a dollar, and people drove around "just for the fun of it".
As a matter of fact; the price of gas has been rising fast and steadily for several... | high5986.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to travel safely"
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"to fly freely",
"that the planes arrive on time",
"to fly at a fast speed",
"to travel safely"
],
"question": "The writer thinks that the most important thing for the passenger... | People who travel a lot fly with BA because they know they will get what they want and what they need. First of all, they want to go safely, and they also want to go quickly, across the country, across the sea, or right across the world -- and they know BA will take them where they want to go, when they want to go. BA ... | high16107.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "saying things out aloud"
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"saying things out aloud",
"taking notes",
"studying the middle",
"sleeping on it"
],
"question": "You can notice your mistakes by _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_qu... | How to Study Smarter, Not Harder
Here are some of our favorite study tips that will help any student study smarter, not harder:
Recite As You Study
Reciting--saying things out loud should first take place as you read through each paragraph or section. Test yourself. This will help you to understand as well as learn fas... | high4440.txt |
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"answer_text": "let people know more about spring peepers"
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"tell people what spring peepers look like",
"let people know more about spring peepers",
"explain why spring peepers sing",
"show environmental harmony in natu... | Spring peepers are found in wooded areas and grassy lowlands near pools in the central and eastern parts of Canada and the United States. These loud animals are rarely seen, but as temperatures begin to rise in March and April, the males certainly are heard. Their peep...peep... peep creates an other-worldly whistling ... | high19234.txt |
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"answer_text": "Not all the participants were required to tell the truth."
},
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"People who tell lies are healthier than those who don't.",
"Being honest can help cure sore throats and headache.",
"Not all the participants were re... | Telling fewer lies benefits people physically and mentally. Anita Kelly, study author and professor of psychology at the University of Notre Dame, recruited 110 adults for her study. She divided them into two groups and asked one group to stop lying for 10 weeks. Lies included big ones and tiny ones--any false statemen... | high17219.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because for the writer all was interesting."
},
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"Because the writer felt lonely.",
"Because the writer had nothing to do.",
"Because for the writer all was interesting.",
"Because the writer missed his pare... | Do you like keep a diary? When I entered the university, I began to keep a diary. I can find the first day in the university was filled with excitement and also sadness.
As I was afraid that parents were worried about me,I pretended to be OK in front of them.But after saying Goodbye,I turned my back,tears falling d... | high21973.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to look into the matter"
},
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"to change his job",
"to have Bi Fujian fired",
"to look into the matter",
"to make him apologize"
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STUDENT IDENTIFICATION BADGES
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Federer, who wins the honour for the fifth time, completed a career Grand Slam at Roland Garros before winning his 15th Grand Slam ride at Wimbledon.
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A ... | high17543.txt |
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Set up separate groups for different ability levels
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complex reading comprehension and critical thinking strategies. Please note that although
each chapter can be an effective skill builder on its own, it is important that you proceed
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The Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C. produced the study. Pew researchers found that most Americans believe women have the right qualities to be leaders. But... | high9158.txt |
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"wind power generators are affordable to most familie... | Electricity bills can be highly expensive and the power we consume comes at an even greater cost to the environment when you consider that over 85% of the electricity produced in the United States comes from fuels. Whether you're concerned about cleaning up the environment or you simply want to reduce your electricity ... | high13057.txt |
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"Guess who sent them."
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8:30 PM
Outlook
Outlook is back with a new series of reports to keep you up date with all that's new in the world of entertainment. Stories go all the way from the technical to the romantic, from stage to screen. There will be reports of the stars of the moment, the stars of the future and the stars of the past. The ... | high15426.txt |
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"They can't afford the costs of shopping at Walmart.",
"They are in conflict abo... | Dear Economist,
My newly-wedded wife and I are deeply in love.There is, however, one issue that threatens the happiness of our marriage.I absolutely insist on shopping at Walmart.My wife, meanwhile, would rather avoid Walmart at all costs.
I have recently tried to convince her that not only does Walmart offer the lowes... | high12349.txt |
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"answer_text": "O'Keeffe was a distinctive modern American painter."
},
"options": [
"O'Keeffe was a distinctive modern American painter.",
"O'Keeffe was the best painter of her generation.",
"O'Keeffe liked to paint only what was familiar t... | The painter Georgia O'keeffe was born in Wisconsin in 1887 and grew up on her family's farm. At seventeen she decided she wanted to be an artist and left the farm for schools in Chicago and New York, but she never lost her bond with the land. Like most painters, O'Keeffe painted the things that were most important to h... | high11640.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Nobody is sure of the origin of the name."
},
"options": [
"The dye is often produced in Sudan.",
"The dye has something to do with the country named Sudan.",
"Nobody is sure of the origin of the name.",
"Many foods pro... | Ever since news of widespread food recalls caused by a _ dye broke, there has been confusion over possible links to the country of the same name, but Sudan officials say there is no connection whatever.
Sudan 1 is a red industrial dye that has been found in some chilli powder, but was banned in food products across t... | high3307.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "be large and expensive"
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"work rapidly",
"be used for fun",
"be large and expensive",
"be easy to use"
],
"question": "Compared with those of today, computers used to _ .",
"question_type":... | The home computer industry has been growing rapidly in the United States in the last ten years. Computers used to be large, expensive machines that were very difficult to use. But scientists and technicians have been making them smaller and cheaper while at the same time they have been made easier to use. As a result, ... | high4468.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It changes scientists' view about the environment bacteria exist in."
},
"options": [
"It focuses on the bacteria in hot environments.",
"It opens the windows of the bacterial labs wider.",
"It pays more attention to the bact... | Lots of bacteria can grow in the seemingly unfriendly environment under glaciers , a region formerly considered free of much biology. This finding by glaciologists working in Switzerland could help solve some puzzles of the last ice age and point the way for finding life on other planets.
Bacteria with odd lifestyles h... | high21783.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "High school record"
},
"options": [
"High school record",
"Interests and activities",
"Performances in SAT and ACT",
"Skills in mathematics and language"
],
"question": "What's most important in students' admiss... | American colleges and universities consider a number of things about a student who wants to be admitted. Experts say the most important thing is the students' high school record. Besides, student's interests and activities may also play a part in getting accepted. But in most cases another consideration is how well the... | high5776.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "provides cooking facilities for tourists"
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"lies on the ground floor",
"is located in central London",
"provides cooking facilities for tourists",
"costs over PS 100 on average per day in late September"
... | Planning a visit to the UK? Here we help with ways to cut your costs.
AVOID BIG EVENTS Big sporting events, concerts and exhibitions can increase the accommodation and make it harder to find a room. A standard double room at the Thistle Brighton on the final Friday of the Brighton Comedy Festival (19, Oct.) cost PS 16... | high18102.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "be controlled by the users' voices"
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"be controlled by home appliances",
"be very big together with separated multiple parts"
],
"questio... | Every year mobile phones develop. Imagining what they will look like and be able to do in 2020 is really a challenge. To help, experts have outlined three major mobile trends that they believe will have become reality by then.
Our phones will be so smart in 10 years' time that they'll know everything about our situatio... | high11898.txt |
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