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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "From Paragraph to Essay"
},
"options": [
"From Paragraph to Essay",
"Tense about Tenses",
"Source Material",
"Media Use"
],
"question": "If a student takes the course The Short Story, he can't take _ .",
... | STUDY CENTER COURSES | high16098.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the hard life of black people"
},
"options": [
"the funny life of singers",
"the happy life of black musicians",
"the lonely life of black people",
"the hard life of black people"
],
"question": "The blues songs... | The blues was born on the Mississippi River Delta in the early 1900s. After the Civil War, the slaves were free but life was still not easy. They had to find new work. In the south, work camps were formed. Black people from these camps worked on farms and built up the Mississippi River banks. During the week, the pe... | high21634.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The 13th."
},
"options": [
"The 13th.",
"The 17th.",
"The 18th.",
"The 20th."
],
"question": "In which century's collection can you see religious paintings?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | The National Gallery
Description:
The National Gallery is the British national art museum built on the north side of Trafalgar Square in London.It houses a diverse collection of more than 2,300 examples of European art ranging from 13thcentury religious paintings to more modern ones by Renoir and Van Gogh.The older col... | high5819.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Jack Russell terrier is a kind of dog."
},
"options": [
"Graham was very wise to save the dog first.",
"Graham was not experienced in rescue work.",
"Jack Russell terrier is a kind of dog.",
"Graham loves his dog better... | When you hear about a man saving his dog from a sinking ship, it's hard not to be moved by the tale of an animal lover's bravery.But the story becomes slightly less heroic when you learn that the man saved his dog before his own wife.
But that's apparently what happened when Graham Annie and his wife, Cheryl, found the... | high17386.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he thought he only got a Bible"
},
"options": [
"his father couldn't afford a car",
"he had to stay in his study",
"he thought he only got a Bible",
"his father spent all the money"
],
"question": "The young man... | A young man was getting ready to finish school. For a long time he had looked forward to getting a beautiful sports car. He knew his father could well afford it, so he told him _ was all he wanted.
Then on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was... | high23023.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "William Bartram was the first person to visit Paynes prairie"
},
"options": [
"the Florida Park Service manages Paynes Prairie",
"you can have fun in the Paynes Prairie Reserve State Park",
"there used to be a big cattle farm... | Have you ever heard of Paynes Prairie ? It is one of the most important natural and historical areas in Florida. Paynes Prairie is located near Gainesville. It is large, 21,000 acres. This protected land is called a reserve, which is managed by the Florida Park Service.
The Paynes Prairie basin was formed when limeston... | high133.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "had great fun playing a game with him"
},
"options": [
"was sad because he couldn't see things clearly",
"immediately introduced him to the family dog",
"worried that he might steal her mother's love from her",
"had gre... | When my brother Joey was 6 months old, my mother brought him home from the hospital and told me to watch him while she fixed supper. We started playing a game I called "dogs", rolling on the floor like pups . Then I looked up and saw my mother watching us. She was crying.
"He's blind," she said. "The doctor told me to... | high14857.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "daydreaming may increase creativity"
},
"options": [
"boring tasks make people creative",
"daydreaming may increase creativity",
"plastic cups can be used very creatively",
"copying numbers might be very interesting"
... | Being bored can encourage people's creativity-partly to escape the horrible, frustrated. And meaningless feeling of boredom-recent studies find. It could even be true at work.
Psychologists at the University of Central Lancashire had participants copy numbers out of the telephone book for 15 minutes,while others went s... | high8483.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "discovered correlation between sitting and physical health in men and in women"
},
"options": [
"found men reporting shorter sitting time than women",
"surveyed more men than women on their daily sitting time",
"identified fe... | If your job requires a lot of sitting, you could be putting your health at danger.
The American Journal of Epidemiology did a study in 2010 on the correlation between sitting and an individual's physical health. In the study, 53,440 working men and 69,776 working women were surveyed on their time spent sitting. The... | high9945.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he looked very strange"
},
"options": [
"the police called her",
"he looked very strange",
"he came to the hotel with little luggage",
"he came to the hotel the day before New Year's Eve"
],
"question": "Vicki b... | One of Britain's bravest women told yesterday how she helped to catch suspected police killer David Bieber--and was thanked with flowers by the police. It was also said that she could _ a share of up to $30,000 reward money.
Vicki Brown, 30, played a very important role in ending the nationwide manhunt. Vicki, who ha... | high12598.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "People are used to eating out in restaurants."
},
"options": [
"People are used to eating out in restaurants.",
"People do not have free access to the Internet.",
"The price of gasoline is going up steadily.",
"The numb... | In 2030, 42 percent of American adults will be obese, and about one-quarter of that group will be severely obese, a condition that shortens life and wastes large medical expenses, a new study predicts.
Obesity related _ -- diabetes, heart disease, kidney failure -- consume at least 9 percent of health-care spending the... | high655.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "has more than one chance to bid"
},
"options": [
"has more than one chance to bid",
"should make payment immediately",
"can only buy one item",
"must give the credit card to the seller"
],
"question": "The passa... | Everyone's at it, even my neighbors. I thought I might be the only person left in the world who hadn't done an eBay deal. So I decided to try my hand at online auction.
Buying for beginners: Sign up on www.eBay.co.uk. Most items (e.g. tables, computers, and books) ready for auction will come with a picture and a short ... | high7968.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "One."
},
"options": [
"One.",
"Two.",
"Three.",
"Four."
],
"question": "How many of the magazines mentioned in the text can be read on the Internet?",
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] | There are many Spanish gossip magazines being published around the world. If your Spanish is good enough, these magazines will offer a lively look into the private moments of the beautiful, rich and famous, and provide entertainment and at the same time, help you practice your Spanish.
DiezMinutos: The magazine is a c... | high13686.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "expectation"
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"options": [
"expectation",
"confidence",
"doubt",
"curiosity"
],
"question": "Before going to San Diego the author was full of _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answe... | San Diego Summer
The summer after my second year in high school, I finally had the opportunity to live with my super-cool sister in San Diego for three weeks. It was going to be great! I would lie on the beach in the sun. Perhaps I would surf a little or ride my bike around Coronado Island.
Meanwhile, I would spend ev... | high23745.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Cool jobs in space other than being an astronaut."
},
"options": [
"Cool jobs in space other than being an astronaut.",
"How science function becomes reality.",
"Career opportunities that you shouldn't miss.",
"The poss... | Make your office space
MANY of us spent our childhoods dreaming of becoming astronauts. However, the hard reality is that only a select few will make it. But does that mean you'll never get the chance to work in space? Not necessarily.
Space X, a private space company based in California, US, published a list of jo... | high16926.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Blue."
},
"options": [
"Blue.",
"Brown.",
"White.",
"Transparent."
],
"question": "What color of the cup can best reduce coffee's bitterness without adding sugar?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
... | More than 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed across the globe each day, and it's likely that many taste bitter.
Now, a new study suggests that coffee fans can make their drink taste sweeter by simply changing the colour of their cups.
Scientists claim that blue and glass mugs, which are popular in some coffee sho... | high11091.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "it is one of the most filmed cities in North America"
},
"options": [
"the number of films it makes is second to Hollywood",
"it is one of the most filmed cities in North America",
"it looks much like Hollywood",
"it li... | One of Vancouver's nicknames is Hollywood North. This name comes from the fact that Vancouver is
the third most filmed city in North America behind Los Angeles and New York City.
Vancouver became known as a filming destination because it is a perfect stand-in for other
cities. Shot from the right angles, the downtow... | high21152.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "already had a business brain"
},
"options": [
"already made a lot of money",
"already had a business brain",
"was already a managing director of a company",
"already set up his own business"
],
"question": "When... | At five he was collecting old newspapers to make money.And when he was fifteen he signed his schoolmates up to start a baby-sitting circle .
Now 20,third- year Cambridge University student,Peter Blackburn is the managing director of company with a 30,000 pounds plan.And he thinks he will make more than $15,000 by next ... | high2810.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It can lead the enemy in a wrong direction to avoid losing resources."
},
"options": [
"It can reduce the use of firepower to confront the enemy.",
"It can fool the enemy into believing it is more dangerous.",
"It can lead th... | Deception is something that people do all the time ,and it plays an important role in military strategy. Now some researchers are trying to figure out how to get robots to do it, by looking at the behavior of squirrels and birds.
At Georgia Tech, a team led by Ronald Arkin , a professor at the School of interactive C... | high3059.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Hans Sloane's collections"
},
"options": [
"the Rosetta Stone",
"the Elgin Marbles",
"Hans Sloane's collections",
"Egyptian mummies"
],
"question": "When the British Museum opened originally, it mainly included ... | The British Museum first opened in the 18th Century largely based on the collections of the scientist Sir Hans Sloane.
The current neoclassical building was founded nearly a century later and is quadrangular with four wings and a great classical appearance. Inside is a courtyard, the Great Court, covered with a special... | high19142.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "have to go through something far less pleasant"
},
"options": [
"plan to go to a concert",
"get one's clue to do something",
"have to go through something far less pleasant",
"disobey what one's father says"
],
... | When someone says, "Well, I guess I'll have to go to face the music," it doesn't mean he is planning to go to a concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being called in your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you did not do this or that. Terrible music, indeed, but it has to be faced. At som... | high16271.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "highlight the contributions of other staff at school besides teachers."
},
"options": [
"emphasize the role teachers play in a school",
"highlight the contributions of other staff at school besides teachers.",
"tell us who ma... | There are various aspects that go into making a successful school, and success can be measured in various ways. Often, the teachers are praised for a school's success and blamed for its failure. Yet, in order for a school to be effective, it must be a place where teaching and learning can easily take place, and that re... | high5428.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "She never puts her ideas into practice."
},
"options": [
"She has too many great ideas.",
"She never puts her ideas into practice.",
"She suffers from a strange illness.",
"She knows little about making money online."
... | A very close friend phoned me this weekend and asked a specific question about earning a few extra dollars each month online. For the benefit of keeping her name and details secret, I will call her Annie in this article. You see Annie suffers from a severe form of inaction syndrome ; she is full of great ideas that nev... | high10600.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "We need plants not only for food and oxygen but also for their beauty."
},
"options": [
"If there are no flowers, there will be no sweet smells.",
"Without plants, we can't hear the wind.",
"We plant trees to watch the branch... | Without plant, people could not live. We eat plants. We breathe the oxygen that plants produce. And we need plants for another reason: we need them for their beauty.
Imagine a world with no plants. Imagine no flowers with their sweet smells, their beautiful colors and their lovely shapes. Imagine when the wind blows, n... | high2347.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "is careful about his dress"
},
"options": [
"likes telling jokes",
"behaves strangely",
"always wears the same clothes",
"is careful about his dress"
],
"question": "From Para. 1 we can learn that when Jim is on... | My friend Jim was a well-known radio host, who worked at a radio station all his life. All his colleagues knew him about one characteristic: If he's on-air, he is always wearing a suit and a tie. They laughed at him, saying, "No one ever sees you. Why do you dress like that?" But he always turned that into a joke.
One ... | high13309.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "She had some of her fur burnt."
},
"options": [
"She was seriously hurt that night.",
"She broke the candles on the menorah.",
"She had some of her fur burnt.",
"She got a surprising present from the family."
],
... | Hanukkah is an eight-day winter holiday, which celebrates the successful struggle of the Jews against King Antiochus IV Epiphanes of Syria. There are many traditions to celebrate the day, such as lighting the menorah ,frying potato pancakes and spinning the dreidel .
One night in the 1990s, we tidied up wrapping pape... | high9212.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "3rd September."
},
"options": [
"5th November.",
"1st October.",
"3rd September.",
"3rd December."
],
"question": "When is the talk on the waterways' protection?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
... | Illustrated Talks at London Canal Museum
Illustrated talks are held at 7:30 pm, on the first Thursday of each month except August. Admission to talks and museum is charged at the usual museum admission charges.
3rd September:
Protecting our Waterway Heritage by Nigel Crowe. Nigel is the Conservation Adviser to the Cana... | high14466.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Our fingers are more sensitive than our eyes."
},
"options": [
"Our eyes are more sensitive than our fingers.",
"Our fingers are more sensitive than our eyes.",
"Our eyes are more sensitive than our ears.",
"Our noses a... | Imagine you're in a dark room, running your fingers over a smooth surface in search of a single dot the size of this period, How high do you think the dot must be for your finger to feel it?
Scientists have determined that the human finger is so sensitive it can detect a surface bump just one micron(l0-6m)"high. The hu... | high6121.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Light topics."
},
"options": [
"Light topics.",
"Personal topics.",
"Meaningless things.",
"Controversial affairs."
],
"question": "What do people usually talk about in small talk?",
"question_type": null
... | Small talk is meaningless conversation in terms of content,but is often seen as socially important in certain situations,or context.In many English-speaking countries,it can be viewed as rude or unfriendly not to make small talk.
Discussing the weather with people who you don't really know is an example of small talk t... | high1896.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he loves his family members truly, whether they are in good conditions or not"
},
"options": [
"he loves her because he believes that she is sure to receive a raise",
"he has a great way to promote his wife's love towards him",
... | Freda Bright says, "Only in opera do people die of love." It's true. You really can't love somebody to death. I've known people to die from no love, but I've never known anyone to be loved to death. We just can't love one another enough.
A hear-warming story tells of a woman who finally decided to ask her boss for a ra... | high12017.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "is not an easy sport"
},
"options": [
"is not an easy sport",
"can be done by anyone",
"should be done by everyone",
"does not require courage"
],
"question": "The author believes that surfing _ .",
"ques... | Surfing--the art of riding a wave on a pointed board--is the wildest, fastest natural water sport known to man. In recent years, it has developed into a major sport around the world, from Australia to South Africa. Australians brave men--eating sharks to ride the green waves Down Under, Hawaiian experts risk(...) thei... | high7559.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "ensuring the British benefit claimed legally by migrants ."
},
"options": [
"promoting the English skills of migrants.",
"making efforts to help migrants find work.",
"protecting the rights of migrants.",
"ensuring the ... | Migrants to the UK are to be quizzed about their English skills before being able to claim income-related benefits, the government has announced.
In a move to "protect the integrity of the benefits system", people will also be asked what efforts they have made to find work before coming to Britain. Work and Pensions Se... | high9574.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "gossip-makers can regret what they do"
},
"options": [
"ugly girls like to spread gossip online",
"ugly girls easily become victims of online gossip",
"gossip-makers can regret what they do",
"online gossip is mainly so... | High school students have always spread gossip in the halls, on the walls and on the phone. Now it's on the Internet, too. On various message boards, kids write about whom they hate, whom they think have fallen in love with each other and record other often hurtful things that may or may not be true.
Sixteen-year-old... | high14300.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Symbian>Android>Windows Mobile>iOS"
},
"options": [
"Windows Mobile>iOS>Symbian>Android",
"Android>Windows Mobile>iOS>Symbian",
"iOS>Android>Symbian>Windows Mobile",
"Symbian>Android>Windows Mobile>iOS"
],
"ques... | Google has been collecting tons of data about smartphone usage around the world. Here are some of the most surprising and interesting facts:
Android is most popular in Japan, with 55% of respondents using it, compared with 39% for iOS.Android is also number one in a few other countries, including New Zealand (41%), t... | high6647.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Weak and tired."
},
"options": [
"Strong and happy.",
"Fierce and cruel.",
"Kind and friendly.",
"Weak and tired."
],
"question": "How was the lion when the jackal first met him?",
"question_type": "factiod_... | One day, a brave jackal came to the river to drink some water. He saw a lion looking weak and tired, and asked, "What is the matter, King of the Jungle?"
The lion told the jackal his story. The jackal felt sorry for the lion. He pulled and pulled at the lion's tail until the lion became free. The lion was very happy ... | high10166.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "head of department"
},
"options": [
"software programmer",
"a chief scientist",
"quality controller",
"head of department"
],
"question": "Cameron was a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Cameron thought of himself as merely organized. He certainly did not consider that he took great pains over anything, he did just enough to get it right. Exactly right, of course, for as he was fond of telling his staff, "if it's not exactly right, it's wrong". Occasionally a worker might be sad on hearing these words,... | high2421.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he thought he wasn't wise enough"
},
"options": [
"he knew he was very clever",
"he wanted to show his good luck",
"he hoped to meet his son",
"he thought he wasn't wise enough"
],
"question": "Anansi went aroun... | Once upon a time, there was a spider with the name Anansi. He knew that he was very clever but he also knew he wasn't wise. He didn't like this, but he did not know what to do. One day he had an idea. He went around the village with a basket and asked each person to give him some of their wisdom. The people laughed at ... | high17609.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Living there was a great disadvantage."
},
"options": [
"People there cared little about others.",
"People there liked to accept new things.",
"Living there was a great disadvantage.",
"There were many chances of career... | I used to think that life in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, was filled with never-changing routines. I hated that everyone seemed to know everything about everyone else. Everyone seemed to enjoy talking about other people and their lives. I also didn't like the fact that people seemed very close-minded. I felt trapped. I fe... | high19624.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "discuss music piracy on the Internet"
},
"options": [
"discuss music piracy on the Internet",
"introduce the popularity of online music",
"persuade music fans to give up downloading music",
"protect copyrighted music fr... | Exchanging music over the Internet is fun and easy. Better yet, it's free, which means you don't have to pay for any more expensive music CDs. Several online file-sharing services make it easy for music lovers to exchange their favorite tunes with one another.
However, this
sharing of music -- a form of music piracy --... | high16517.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "ensure whether you're good at driving"
},
"options": [
"tell our bodies and brains what to do",
"make our eyes blue or brown",
"decide how well you work without sleep",
"ensure whether you're good at driving"
],
... | How do you feel after you've stayed up late to finish schoolwork? Or the day after a slumber party? Scientists now say that your answers to these questions may depend on your genes.
Genes are stretches of DNA that work like an instruction manual for our cells. Genes tell our bodies and brains what to do. People have ab... | high11278.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "unreasonable"
},
"options": [
"unreasonable",
"necessary",
"difficult",
"reasonable"
],
"question": "The writer thinks it _ to pull down Big Ben to make way for a car park.",
"question_type": "cloze_ques... | What would you think if someone suggested knocking down St Paul's Cathedral to widen the road? Or pulling down Big Ben to make way for a car park? It would be ridiculous, right? But when it comes to devastation of the natural world, we aren't so easily shocked. But we should be...or we'll be in a lot of trouble.
_ .... | high2435.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Navigators"
},
"options": [
"Latitudes",
"Longitudes",
"Navigators",
"Sailors"
],
"question": "_ make it possible for people to find an exact place on Earth.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Where on Earth are you? Navigators use lines of latitude and lines of longitude to locate places. Lines of latitude run east and west around Earth. On a map or globe, these lines appear as running sideways or horizontally. Lines of longitude run north and south around Earth. These lines go up and down or vertically o... | high4044.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "people usually are unhappy when they are reminded of ageing"
},
"options": [
"people usually are unhappy when they are reminded of ageing",
"children reach their full intelligence at the age of twelve years",
"people are usua... | The Process of Ageing
At the age of twelve years, the human body is at its most vigorous. It has yet to reach its full size and strength, and its owner his or her full intelligence; but at this age the possibility of death is least. Earlier, we were infants and young children, and consequently more vulnerable ; later,... | high19630.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "replace it with a new one"
},
"options": [
"replace it with a new one",
"pay you up to $30 in insurance",
"pay you nothing for it is old",
"replace it with a used one"
],
"question": "If you lose an old video pl... | Students' Insurance
What Is Covered under Contents?
Under the "Contents" section your possessions---which you do not have to be listed---will be protected on "new for old" basis where items will be replaced as new---regardless of their age or condition.
"Contents" include books, radios, audio and video players, TVs, je... | high12765.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They are easily able to be transferred when in digital form."
},
"options": [
"They are very expensive.",
"They are impossible to copy.",
"It is easy to make CDs, books, and movies.",
"They are easily able to be transfe... | There have always been laws against copying other people's ideas. However, when copying was only limited to copying something by hand, problems were solved easily. The solution was always the destruction or removal of the copy. Nowadays, the rise of the Internet has made the issue of intellectual property more compli... | high14314.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a single mother who attends college in New York"
},
"options": [
"a homeless mother with a three-year-old kid",
"a single mother who attends college in New York",
"a teacher who teaches the \"Urban Community\" course",
... | I am a single working mother and going to college for a better life for my three-year-old child and myself. I am taking a nurse course called "Urban Community ". We were asked to do a major project on problems in urban communities. I chose the topic "Homeless".
Each day I would walk down the streets of the homeless and... | high9560.txt |
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},
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"It is very important to understand each other.",
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"Bao Jingjing didn't really expect her success overnight",
"Bao Jingjing didn't finish her firs... | Writers used to approach publishers to have their work read by the public. Now they can simply post them and find millions of instant audience.
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"To show how to enjoy Spanish culture.",
"To give advice on how to study Spanish.",
"To describe the author's life in... | I chose to study in Madrid because I had a desire to learn Spanish. My first impressions of Madrid were incredible. It was before the New Year that I arrived in Madrid for the first time. While traveling to my Spanish friend's house in a taxi, I appreciated the buildings along the road which were different from those o... | high6135.txt |
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"He is unkind",
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"He sets a timetable for mothers"
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"question_type"... | I have been consistently opposed to feeding a baby regularly. As a doctor, mother and scientist in child development, I believe there is nothing to recommend it, from the baby's point of view.
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},
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"They need looking after in their old age.",
"They want to enrich their life experience.",
"They want children to keep them company."
... | When couples get married, they usually plan to have children. Sometimes, however, a couple can not have a child of their own. In this case, they may decide to adopt a child. In fact, adoption is very common today. There are about 60 thousand adoptions each year in the United States alone. Some people prefer to adopt _... | high8118.txt |
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},
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"publishing the study in Nature Medicine.",
"treating an age-re... | Researchers in the US say they might have discovered how to fight against and even _ some processes of ageing, at least in mice. Injecting the blood of young mice into the older ones improved their brainpower, a study found. Scientists at Stanford University plan to carry out trials in people in the hope that new treat... | high12003.txt |
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"question": "From the text we know that a spark can _ .",
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... | Long, long ago people made fires from lightening . But they had to keep the fire burning, for they couldn''t start it again if there was no lightening. Later, they found out hitting two pieces of stone together could make a spark . The spark could fire dry leaves. In this way they could make the fire again if it went... | high19156.txt |
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},
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"Employment researchers."
],
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... | Are you reading this while sitting in an office cubicle ? If so, please take a moment and glance around you. Are there photos of your last vacation hung on the wall? One of your kid's drawings? A yellowed print of a favorite cartoon?
If so, you are doing something good for both yourself and your organization. Newly pub... | high16265.txt |
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"Bridging Course"
],
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HK $1,950 (18hours)
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He got angry at being delayed."
},
"options": [
"He showed great pity for the couple.",
"He didn't mind at all.",
"He got angry at being delayed.",
"He waited patiently."
],
"question": "What was the author's fi... | They crossed in front of me as I was driving out of the store parking lot .I would be delayed for a whole ten seconds. However,I realized that it was an elderly couple who were briefly delaying my departure .No more anger.
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "inform the readers of the importance of fighting farmland pollution"
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"present the readers a new idea",
"come up with a solution to ending farmland pollution",
"i... | At least 10 million hectares of cultivated land in China are polluted, which makes a _ threat to the country's food safety, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Friday.
The polluted land,which is mostly in economically developed areas,accounts for one-tenth of the country's total arable land,according to an incomplete su... | high2353.txt |
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},
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"Because the writer looked very friendly.",
"Because the writer looked humorous.",
"Because the writer looked exha... | It was a bad time for me . I was low emotionally and tired physically. Probably because of this I hadn't shaved for a few days. Also, because I had been doing some repairs at my daughter's house, I was dressed quite scruffily. Boarding the bus to go home I saw it was almost full so I found a rail to lean against.
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"answer": {
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"losing money or credit cards",
"living in a bad hotel.",
"losing contact with family"
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"question": "According to passage, _ can destr... | Nothing can destroy a vacation quicker than losing your money or credit cards. A few simple steps before you head out of the door can help protect your cash, card and personal information while you're traveling.
Paul Stephens, a policy analyst San Diego, notes that people spend a lot of time planning their trips, from ... | high1672.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Planning is of great importance to tourism."
},
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"It is extremely important to develop tourism.",
"Building roads and hotels is important.",
"Support facilities are highly necessary.",
"Planning is of great ... | Without proper planning,tourism can cause problems.For example,too many tourists can crowd public places that are also enjoyed by the inhabitants of the country.If tourists create too much traffic,the inhabitants become annoyed and unhappy.They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely.They forget how much... | high15744.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "draw the readers' attention to the topic"
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"draw the readers' attention to the topic",
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"tell readers how to make a living"
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},
"options": [
"STEM jobs will be easily available in the future",
"boys have more advantages over girls in STEM",
"the number of STEM students is rapidly declining",
... | In the next five years, STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) jobs are projected to grow twice as quickly as jobs in all other fields according to the U.S. Bureau of Statistics. While all jobs are expected to grow by 10.4 percent, STEM jobs are expected to increase by 21.4 percent.
By this measure, fu... | high20927.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "safety belt"
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"car for children",
"safety belt",
"game on islandbreeze.com"
],
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Would you want to be stuck in an unchangeable position every time you're in the car? No. You wouldn't.
When an adult sits in a car for any length of time, we stretch, we change the position, we move our legs... | high11522.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "have the heart advantage"
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"be the healthiest",
"suffer a heart attack",
"enjoy a happy life"
],
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The findings come from the Framingham Heart Study, a stud... | high17153.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Their demands can always be satisfied."
},
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"They can play whenever they want.",
"They need not behave themselves.",
"Their demands can always be satisfied."
],... | I find some of the ways in which Chinese parents show love for their children rather surprising. Obviously there are some pretty big differences between our behaviors and theirs in this respect. Most Chinese children seem to get whatever they want, from ice creams, sweets and toys to endless attention from the adults a... | high5414.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To promote studies of the Poles."
},
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"To promote studies of the Poles.",
"To educate the public about the Poles.",
"To help protect the Poles."
],
"question":... | Iee Lok Sze was the first woman in Hong Kong to reach both the North and South Poles.In 1992 and1993,she went to Mount Everest and the Taldamkhan Desert in Xin- jiang."I wanted to be an adventurer when l was small.I have loved reading adventure books since I was a child."Since 1970,Miss Lee has always been o... | high17635.txt |
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"answer": {
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"rainy and cloudy",
"windy and bright"
],
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Ten pence was robbery, but the view was certainly magnificent. Cliffs stretched into the distance, shining waves beaten severely by the w... | high20099.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The nicotine in cigarettes."
},
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"The feeling of being relaxed.",
"The good smell of cigarettes.",
"The nicotine in cigarettes."
],
"question": "What makes people addicted ... | According to a recent study performed by the Office of Applied Science, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, every day about 3,900 children and teens under the age of 18 try their first cigarette . Among the teens who continue to smoke into their adult years, about one out of three will die as a r... | high18506.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "incenses in the shop and ancient books give off lots of scent"
},
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"incenses in the shop and ancient books give off lots of scent",
"there are many sandalwood trees there",
"the... | Tranquility, relaxation and the scent of incense , this is Guozijian Street, a street combining Beijing's past and present. Housing the Confucian Temple in the east and the Imperial College in the west, the street gradually took shape some 700 years ago.
Guozijian Street connects to the Lama Temple in the east. There ... | high21387.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "make themselves grow better"
},
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"make themselves grow better",
"make their roots stronger",
"avoid falling down to the ground"
],
"question": "Tomatoes and potatoes kill ins... | For the first time, researchers have discovered that some plants can kill insects in order to get additional nutrients. New research shows that they catch and kill small insects with their own sticky hairs near the roots and then absorb nutrients through their roots when the insects are killed and fall to the ground.
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "During the Civil War, he was an officer of a cavalry troop, a chemist and a doctor."
},
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"He was highly respected by Atlantans because of his great contribution.",
"Medicines like Triplex Liver Pills and Globe of Flower... | The man who invented Coca-Cola was not a native Atlanta, but on the day of his funeral every drugstore in town shut up the shop in honor of him. He was John Styth Pemberton, born in 1833 in Knoxville, Georgia, eighty miles away. Pemberton was a chemist, sometimes known as Doctor, who, during the Civil War, became an of... | high7565.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "no Americans knew of the existence of the Rocky Mountains"
},
"options": [
"The Rocky Mountains were wholly covered with snow",
"there were no people living in the western part of America",
"no Americans knew of the existence... | Grey clouds move as low as smoke over the treetops at Lolo Pass. The ground is white. The day is June 10.It has been snowing for the past four days in the Bitterroot Mountains.Wayne Fairchild is getting worried about our trek over the Lolo Trail-95 miles from Lolo Montana to Weippe in Idaho, across the roughest country... | high15022.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Technology"
},
"options": [
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"Technology",
"Military",
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],
"question": "In which section is this article most likely to be found in a newspaper?",
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"The RX1E is scheduled to receive its airworthiness(,,)certificate from the Civil Aviation Administration of China before the end of this year, with production expected to ... | high8656.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "lost all of his friends after his mother's death"
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"was taller than any other one in his class",
"lost all of his friends after his mother's death",
"could always have hi... | It had been three months since Ms Miller had started teaching. She was gradually being able to understand all her students,except one,Bob. Bob was the only boy who came to school dressed untidily and sat in the class completely lost in his own world. His performance had been _ steadily with every single day.
Ms Mi... | high23590.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "have made the public suffer a lot"
},
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"have lasted for two months",
"are supported by common people",
"have caused no loss for the citizens"
],
"question": "It c... | The Occupy protests in Hong Kong are approaching an end. Traffic on Mong Kok's Argyle Street _ in the late afternoon after the clearance of the barriers and tents by protesters, who remained largely calm, only resisting the clearance at several points.
Some 3,000 police officers were deployed in the operation, a much... | high9548.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "she was well-mannered"
},
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"he met all her demands",
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"she was well-mannered"
],
"question": "She accepted his invitation after the party because _ .",
"que... | He met her at a party. She was outstanding while he was so normal. After the party, he invited her for coffee. She was surprised but being polite, she agreed.
As they sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything and she felt uncomfortable. Suddenly, he asked the waiter, "Could you please give me some s... | high13453.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "introduce the issue about bunnies"
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"introduce the issue about bunnies",
"remind people of Easter traditions",
"discuss the relationship between Easter and bunnies"
... | Easter is still a great day for worship, randy in baskets and running around the yard finding eggs, but every year it gets quite a bit worse for bunnies.
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Wuhan"
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"Wuhan",
"Harbin"
],
"question": "Which city is not included in the six cities?",
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},
{
"answer": {
"answer_ind... | The Chinese mainland and Taiwan today extended the number of regular cross-Straits direct passenger flights from 108 to 270 a week.
Six cities, which are Hefei, Harbin, Nanchang, Guiyang, Ningbo and Jinan, are joining another 21 mainland cities in operating direct passenger flights to Taiwan, the Civil Aviation Adminis... | high22856.txt |
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"answer": {
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"London Eye is called the EDF Energy L... | The London Eye is a giant 135---meter tall Ferris wheel situated on the banks of the River Thames in the British capital. Since 20 January 2011, it has been officially known as the EDF Energy London Eye following a three---year deal with the company. It is the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe, and the most popular paid t... | high1114.txt |
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"answer": {
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"His attitude toward life.",
"His suffering from a disease.",
"His everyday life with disability."
],
"question": "What has Sibley ... | A broad smile spreads across the faces of Martyn Sibley and Srin Madipalli when asked where they were when they decided to launch an online lifestyle magazine for disabled people."On the beach."they reply."We've both travelled a lot but we wanted a real adventure,"Sibley says of the California road trip during which Di... | high8642.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"Business.",
"Lifestyle.",
"Culture."
],
"question": "In which column of the newspaper may this article appear?",
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},
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"answe... | A guide to Beijing museums during Spring Festival
The Capital Museum
The Beijing Capital Museum is presenting a special monkey-themed exhibition that decodes the cultural roots of the monkey in traditional Chinese culture. The exhibit shows more than 40 antique collections, including paintings, calligraphy, stamps, and... | high15036.txt |
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"answer": {
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Imagine that your bank gave you an account with $86,400 every morning of every day. You co... | high12981.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To give adults a chance to return to childhood."
},
"options": [
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"To help parents understand their children better.",
"To provide practical training courses for teachers.",
... | It is good to get in touch with your inner child from time to time,and obviously some people are willing to pay big money for the chance to do so in a proper environment.A Brooklyn-based adult preschool is charging customers between $333 and $999 for the chance to act like a kid again.
At Preschool Mastermind in New Yo... | high14328.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "like his friend, he also thought life was unfair"
},
"options": [
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"like his friend, he also thought life was unfair",
"it made him regret something during his childhood",
... | A friend of mine, in response to a conversation we were having about the injustices of life, asked me the question: "Who said life was going to be fair, or that it was even meant to be fair?" Her question was a good one. It reminded me of something I was taught as a youngster-life isn't fair. One of the mistakes many o... | high23584.txt |
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"They are forbidden to put their knees or feet out.",
"They should ask adults' permission first to ge... | Almost all theme park accidents can be prevented.Here, based on coverage of theme park safety, are some tips to help you and your family stay safe on your next visit.
If you are visiting with a child, take a moment to explain the ride to them, and tell them what they should do.They are depending upon you to keep them s... | high1100.txt |
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"answer": {
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"Sony Ericsson's W800i and Sumsung's SPH-V5400",
"Sony Ericsson's W800i and NEC's N940",
"Sanyo's MM7400 and NEC's N... | These days, if you still think the cellphone is just for talking, you will get laughed at. Yes, it's true, voice-only handsets have become out of date. Today's do-it-all mobiles have a lot in common with the computer. The only difference may be that they fit in your pocket and you pay by the minutes to use them. Some o... | high22842.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
"options": [
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"Wave levels.",
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"Size of sails."
],
"question": "What should you consider first while sailing?",
"question_type": "factiod_question... | You may think that sailing is a difficult sport, but it is really not hard to learn it. You do not need to be strong. But you need to be quick. And you need to understand a few basic rules about the wind.
First, you must ask yourself, "Where is the wind coming from? Is it coming from ahead or behind or from the side?" ... | high494.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Key points on being happy."
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"What makes people feel unhappy.",
"Being rich makes people happy."
],
"question": "What's the main idea of... | Does being rich make you happy? Many studies on happiness give negative answers. Here are some points in being happy.
Basic Human Needs Must Be Met
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"answer": {
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"the problems a diver faces in the deep sea",
"air pressure under the surface of sea water",
"a kind of illness tha... | We are always attracted by the sea. From it we can get food, minerals and treasures. For thousands of years, we just sailed on it but couldn't go far under its surface.
We want to explore deep into the sea. However, we are not fish. We must breathe, so we can't stay underwater for long. To explore deep water, we face e... | high17621.txt |
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"answer": {
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"her equipment suddenly broke",
"she slipped and fell to the ground"
],
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"answer_text": "To draw public attention."
},
"options": [
"To show off his driving skills.",
"To draw public attention.",
"To learn about new technology.",
"To raise money for his new company."
],
"question": "Why did Henry Fo... | Many people believe Henry Ford invented the automobile . But Henry Ford did not start to build his first car until 1896. That was eleven years after two Germans developed the world's first automobile. Many people believe Henry Ford invented the production line that moved a car's parts to the worker, instead of making ... | high5366.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The brain could wrk for many hours without fatigue."
},
"options": [
"Fatigue toxinscould hardly be found in a labour's blood.",
"Albert Eistein didn't feel worn out after a day's work.",
"The brain could wrk for many hours w... | Here is an astonishing and signficant fact:Mental work alone can't make us tired. It sounds absurd. But a few years ago, scientists tried to find out how long the human could labor without reaching a stage of fatigue . To the amazement of these scientists, they discovered thett blood passing through the brain, when it ... | high4078.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "they exist widely in the world"
},
"options": [
"they will not develop into phobias",
"their influence is psychological",
"they exist widely in the world",
"they will disappear gradually"
],
"question": "Childre... | Almost every child is scared of something, from monsters in the cupboard to dogs in the park. But the fact that such fears are common and normal doesn't mean they can be taken lightly. Kids experience fears and phobias much more strongly than adults. And the influence of the fear can be physical as well as psychologic... | high3717.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Daniel Craig."
},
"options": [
"Albert Finney.",
"Sean Connery.",
"Daniel Craig.",
"Sam Mendes."
],
"question": "According to the text, who will play Bond in film Skyfall?",
"question_type": null
},
{
... | Details of the latest James Bond film Skyfallhave been shown to the public. It comes 50 years to the day after actor Sean Connery first played Bond -- the superspy inDr No.
The new film, known at the moment only as Bond 23, will be the third to star Daniel Craig as the secretagent . Other names in the cast include ... | high20933.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a teacher"
},
"options": [
"a doctor",
"a model",
"a teacher",
"a reporter"
],
"question": "We can know from the passage that the author works as _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"ans... | Recently I spoke to some of my students about what they wanted to do after they graduated, and what kind of job prospects they thought they had.
Given that I teach students who are training to be doctors, I was surprised to find that most thought that they would not be able to get the jobs they wanted without "outside ... | high3071.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "They are helpful to us."
},
"options": [
"They affect reasonable thought.",
"They get us into trouble.",
"They are helpful to us.",
"They are reasonable."
],
"question": "What's Keith Oatley's opinion about emot... | Many of us still tend to think that emotions can affect reasonable thought,and sometimes land us in trouble. But in recent years psychologists have taken quite a different view. Keith Oatley,Professor of Psychology at Glasgow University,is involved in the research which shows the fundamental importance of emotions.
He ... | high11536.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he had had a few accidents"
},
"options": [
"he was unusually brave",
"he was quite rich",
"he had many good ideas about aeroplane design",
"he had had a few accidents"
],
"question": "Bleriot was well known as ... | In 1909 an English newspaper offered PS 1,000 to the first man to fly across the English Channel in an aeroplane. Today, modern jets cross it in minutes. But at that time it still seemed a good distance. The race to win the money soon became a race between two men. Both were very colourful.
One was Louis Bleriot. He ow... | high16259.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he had a whole-day flight and wanted to sleep."
},
"options": [
"he saw the statue of the Happy Prince.",
"he flew into a lovely golden bedroom.",
"he had a whole-day flight and wanted to sleep.",
"it was night and a ra... | All day long he flew, and at night-time he arrived at the city. "Where shall I put up?" he said; "I hope the town has made preparations."
Then he saw the statue on the tall column.
"I will put up there," he cried; "it is a fine position, with plenty of fresh air." So he flew down and settled just between the feet o... | high17147.txt |
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