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"answer_text": "The country's reform and opening-up policy."
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"Selling the dried sweet potato slices.",
"The country's reform and opening-up policy.",
"Escaping from his poor hometown.",
"Working harder than any other cl... | I am a Chinese. I've always been making drams from time to time. Those dreams made by each average Chinese like me are certainly Chinese dreams. Dreams vary from person to person, an d also from time to time. But in a certain time, people share the similar dreams here I'd like to share my Chinese dreams with you.
When ... | high8694.txt |
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"answer_text": "To explain why The Sound of Music is one of the best movies."
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"To tell people what makes a good movie.",
"To tell people how to enjoy the humor in The Sound of Music.",
"To explain why The Sound of Music is on... | While many people agree that The Sound of Music is one of the best films of all time, some are at a loss to explain why. Well, I'll tell you why it's one of the best movies ever. The Sound of Music simply has everything one could want in a movie.
First of all, it has a real romance--one where you can watch the _ slowl... | high6861.txt |
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"answer_text": "both put their education in the first place"
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"both put their education in the first place",
"they graduated from the same university",
"the two actresses wrote best-selling books",
"both of them will aba... | Below are Top 10 Scholarly Stars in America in 2011.
It's not always about fame and fortune for these celebs - education is a priority in their lives. Find out what scholarly stars have earned degrees and diplomas or are returning to the classroom as you head back to school.
No. 10: James Franco
James has attended FOUR... | high442.txt |
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"answer_text": "find out the causes of wildfires in the northern Rocky Mountains region"
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"find out solutions to forest fires",
"prevent wildfires from happening frequently -",
"know more about the climate changes in the pa... | A wood fire can be handy when you ' re camping. You can roast marshmallows or stay warm, for example. Forest fires that rage out of control, however, are a big problem.
Wildfires cause hundreds of millions of dollars in damage every year. And the amount of destruction has grown over the last 2 decades,especially in the... | high22894.txt |
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"answer_text": "The safety of skydivers."
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"options": [
"The safety of skydivers.",
"The success of beginners.",
"Free videos for skydivers.",
"Free skydive courses."
],
"question": "What is the advantage of Skydive Byron Bay... | Why jump with us?
We are the only skydive centre in Byron Bay - Australia's most easterly point. Get a bird's-eye view and experience the magic of Byron Bay from 14,000 feet! With Skydive Byron Bay.
We have the most experienced staff and the best safety record in Australia. We welcome fun jumpers from around the world.... | high13491.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "$75"
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"$25",
"$75",
"$80",
"$2000"
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"question": "How much did Myers' students pay for the rain forest they bought?",
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"answ... | Mike Myers is a teacher at Chauncey Rose High School in Terre Haute, Indiana. Last year, he taught his students about the world's rain forests. They learned that rain forests are important because the plants and animals of the rain forest give us food, wood, and medicine.
Destruction of the world's rain forests is a se... | high12957.txt |
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"answer_text": "She helped end school segregation in New Orleans."
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"She served on the U.S. federal court.",
"She got along well with the U.S. marshals.",
"She helped end school segregation in New Orleans.",
"She brought... | Fifty-two years ago in the USA, a little black girl named Ruby Bridges arrived at her new primary school. The school was in New Orleans, Louisiana.
As she walked toward the school's front door, an angry crowd of people shouted at her. United States marshals walked with her. A marshal is a police officer. They were ther... | high3931.txt |
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"answer_text": "constant exercise"
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"constant exercise",
"strict coaches",
"high speed",
"good techniques"
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"question": "According to the text, confidence comes from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questi... | Don't you just love ice skating every winter? I am sure, that since winter is approaching, your skates are set to come out, just waiting to be used. Impress your friends with your new trick on how to ice-skate backwards with the help of these tips. Skating backwards on ice is a bit difficult but once you master the bas... | high5398.txt |
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"answer_text": "The Dodo lacked the ability to protect itself from other animals"
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"The Dodo lacked the ability to protect itself from other animals",
"Sailors to the prefix = st1 /IslandofMauritiuslived mainly on the Dodo",
"... | Many animal and plant species have become extinct and many more are in critical danger. Finding ways to protect the earth's wildlife and conserve the natural world they inhabit is now more important than ever.
Dodo
The Dodo is a classic example of how human caused damage to the earth's biology. The flightless Dodo was... | high17807.txt |
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"answer_text": "Animals were a good means of transport."
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"options": [
"Few knew how to use transport wheels.",
"Humans carried farming tools just as well.",
"Animals were a good means of transport.",
"The existence of transport whee... | Almost every machine with moving parts has wheels, yet no one knows exactly when the first wheel was invented or what it was used for. We do know, however, that they existed over 5,500 years ago in ancient Asia.
The oldest known transport wheel was discovered in 2002 in Slovenia. It is over 5,100 years old. Evidence su... | high4086.txt |
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"answer_text": "To help newly developing countries to develop."
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"To help increase the economy of the world.",
"To help emphasize the importance of the economic field.",
"To help newly developing countries to develop.",
... | In the social and economic fields the UN increased its efforts to fight against poverty, ignorance, hunger, and disease and to help raise the standards of living in the newly developing countries.
The sixteenth General Assembly placed considerable emphasis on the idea of economic development by planning the current dec... | high22664.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "determine one's behavior"
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"options": [
"determine one's behavior",
"reflect one's taste",
"influence one's surroundings",
"result from one's habits"
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"question": "According to the passage, personalities and... | It's generally believed that people act the way they do because of their personalities and attitudes. They recycle their garbage because they care about the environment. They pay $5 for a caramel brulee latte because they like expensive coffee drinks.
It's undeniable that behavior comes from our inner dispositions , bu... | high6849.txt |
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"answer_text": "there are a number of colleges"
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"options": [
"there is only one college",
"there is only one top college",
"there are only top universities",
"there are a number of colleges"
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"question": "In South Korean_.... | The terrible college entrance exam is not only a big challenge for Chinese high school students,but also a very important exam in the lives of South Korean students.Although the long,cold winter has already started in South Korea.the annual national exams have made the atmosphere very heated.
More than 675,000 South K... | high24215.txt |
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"answer_text": "Taking photographs of objects ruins one's memory of them."
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"options": [
"Some unhappy events may impair the effects of photos.",
"Taking photographs of objects ruins one's memory of them.",
"The effects of photos are stron... | Taking photographs at a birthday or a wedding has become as natural as blowing out candles or cutting the cake. But our obsession with recording every detail of our happiest moments could be damaging our ability to remember _ , according to new research. A study has shown that taking pictures rather than concentrating ... | high8864.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "hammer a nail into the back of the fence"
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"options": [
"break some plates and glasses",
"pull out one nail of the back of the fence",
"hammer a nail into the back of the fence",
"tell his anger to others."
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... | Nails in the Fence
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper . His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day he had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, ... | high6691.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "with the powerful sunlight the writer's daughter would have got a suntan"
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"options": [
"they thought it shameful for a girl only to wear a swimsuit",
"the writer's daughter was wearing very little while out in the sun",
"i... | I received pictures of my daughter floating on a lake in California. Right there under the sun during the hottest time of the day, she has only her swimsuit to cover her.
When I showed it to my students, it was as if I had shown them scenes from a horror movie.
"But she will get dark," they said.
"That's what she w... | high15976.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To persuade people to care for old men"
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"options": [
"To introduce how he taught an old man to fish",
"To show how he behaved to an old man",
"To persuade people to care for old men",
"To advise people to go fishing ... | Years ago, I worked for a trucking company as a driver. It was my habit to go to company on Saturday and spend a couple hours maintaining my truck. As I was under the truck, I noticed the owner's elderly father making his way over to his grandson's truck next to mine.
The old man asked the kid to take him fishing. ... | high22102.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Nurse Maitlan"
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"options": [
"a doctor in Qatar",
"Dr. Brown",
"Nurse Maitlan",
"Agatha Christie"
],
"question": "The one who first suggested the correct cause of the baby's illness was _ .",
"question_... | In 1977, a dead author of detective stories saved the life of a 19-month-old baby in a most unusual way. The author was Agatha Christie, one of the most successful writers of detective stories in the world.
In June 1977, a baby girl became seriously ill in Qatar, near Saudi Arabia. Doctors were unable to find out the c... | high1840.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "thought the elephant was in good condition"
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"options": [
"knew the elephant was injured",
"found the elephant acted violently",
"tried their best to save the elephant",
"thought the elephant was in good condition"
... | Recently I went to the Tsavo National Park in northern Kenya for a film. We set off early for a distant water hole. A huge elephant,covered with dry mud,drank calmly and deeply. He might have traveled 50 km to reach the water. He wasn-t going to hurry now. He-d drink a while and then rest in the shade, and then drink a... | high19194.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "get relaxed"
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"options": [
"avoid criticism",
"show his ability",
"get relaxed",
"show his advantage over the former presidents"
],
"question": "According to Obama, he plays golf to _ .",
"question_type... | President Barack Obama has complained about the loss of privacy that comes with being leader of the United States, regretting the loss of simple pleasures such as a long walk or a trip to the car wash or supermarket.
"I just miss - I miss being unknown," he said. "I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shavin... | high2391.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "is a nice and clever spider"
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"options": [
"is a nice and clever spider",
"often teaches her friends good lessons",
"always sacrifices herself for her friends",
"is disliked by many animals around her"
],
"que... | Charlotte's Web by E.B. White is a children's book.
As the story opens,eight-year-old farm girl Fern Arable stops her father from killing a baby pig who is weaker than his brothers and sisters.The little pig,Wilbur,becomes one of the main characters in the story.Later he will be treated as a friend by Charlotte,a wise ... | high4938.txt |
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"answer_text": "communication is more important than intelligence"
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"communication is more important than intelligence",
"human beings are always more intelligent than animals",
"humans should have the sense of protecting anim... | The world has changed and being intelligent isn't normally equal to being a successful person. Look at the example of the blue whale: it has a huge brain, but it still doesn't know how to avoid whalers or use its large size and weight to deal with those who try to use their body for profit. Scientists hold an opinion t... | high20715.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Chinese audience long for and cherish his own superhero"
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"options": [
"Chinese audience long for and cherish his own superhero",
"the film is based on the household legend of the Monkey King",
"the Chinese need a hero to l... | Just three days after hitting the screen across China, the Chinese animation film "Monkey King: Hero is Back" aroused enthusiasm among audience and ticket sales have exceeded 100 million yuan ($16.11 million).Web celebrities and many fans even posted topics about the film on China's Twitter-like Weibo, at which hea... | high19180.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "report that smoking rate among American teenagers dropped"
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"options": [
"help the teenagers to keep off the drugs",
"explain the relationship between smoking and diseases",
"report that smoking rate among American teenager... | Drug Use Report
A new study examines drug use by young people in t he United States. The study found that cigarette smoking among American teenagers dropped during t he past years. The drop continues a general decrease in teenager smoking rates that started in 1996.
American health officials praised the d... | high20701.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "look for gold in California"
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"options": [
"explore the mystery of the valley",
"find an area with plants for animals",
"experience the terrible heat of summer",
"look for gold in California"
],
"question": "T... | Death Valley is a land of beautiful yet dangerous extremes. Death Valley can be dangerously cold during the winter months. Storms in the mountains can produce sudden flooding on the floor of the Valley.
The air temperature during the summer has been as high as fifty- seven degrees Celsius. The sun can heat the ground s... | high1854.txt |
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"answer_text": "different cultures have different meanings of facial expressions"
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"different cultures have different meanings of facial expressions",
"people of different backgrounds share similar facial expressions",
"Easter... | Several decades ago, US sociologists developed a series of universal facial images supposed to represent the seven basic human emotions: happiness, sadness, surprise, fear, disgust, anger and neutrality . But now, a new study by researchers at the University of Glasgow indicates that these standardized facial images a... | high22116.txt |
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"answer_text": "a natural history museum"
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"a hands-on science museum",
"an art museum",
"a Youtheater",
"a natural history museum"
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"question": "If a child is interested in the universe, he probably will visit... | Are you looking for some new and exciting places to take your kids to? Try some of these places:
*Visit art museums. They offer a variety of activities to excite your kids' interest. Many offer workshops for making hand-made pieces, traveling exhibits, book signings by children' s favorite writers, and even musical p... | high24201.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a common complaint"
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"a rare problem",
"a sign of illness",
"a common complaint",
"a modern disease"
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"question": "According to the writer, insomnia is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_quest... | Insomnia is the inability to fall asleep or sleep restfully.It is a problem to nearly everyone at some time .A person may be awake for an hour in the middle of the night and then , next morning, feel that he hardly sleep all night Normally, worry about not getting enough sleep is the worst aspect of most insomnia.If in... | high8870.txt |
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"answer_text": "Cyclists may raise more money than last year."
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"It is the world's largest charity cycling event.",
"Cyclists may raise more money than last year.",
"The first event was held by the BHF in 1980.",
"The ro... | More than 27,000 people from around the UK set off at dawn from London to begin the cycle route through Surrey to the Sussex coast.
The annual 54-mile ride raises money for the British Heart Foundation(BHF) and is Europe's largest charity cycling event. Cyclists began the exhausting journey at Clapham Common at 6 a. m... | high6685.txt |
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"answer_text": "Hobby is one's regular activity in his spare time."
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"Hobby is one's regular activity in his office.",
"Hobby is one's regular activity in his spare time.",
"Hobby is a kind of activity only for old people.",
... | A hobby can be almost anything a person likes to do in his spare time. Hobbyists raise pets,build model ships,weave baskets,watch birds,hunt animals,climb mountains,raise flowers,fish,ski,skate and swim. Hobbyists also paint pictures,attend concerts and plays,and perform on musical instruments. They collect everythin... | high20067.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Travelers."
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"Travelers.",
"Teachers.",
"Students.",
"Language experts."
],
"question": "What kind of people is English important to according to the passage?",
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... | If English is not your first language, it is a good idea to take English language classes to improve your written and spoken communication skills. There are many ways to learn English. You can learn from a book, a DVD, on the Internet or by attending classes. One of the most successful ways to improve your English is t... | high3925.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "how birds learn songs"
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"bird language",
"how birds learn songs",
"human brain diseases",
"how birds create new songs"
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"question": "The subject discussed in the passage is _ .",
"questio... | For poets, bird song is a beautiful expression of nature in full bloom. But for scientists, the chirps of birds are far more meaningful than just pretty sounds. Latest studies show the way that young birds learn to sing is similar to that of a human baby learning to speak.
"The question we're trying to answer is how a ... | high17813.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "sacrifice some plants and keep semi-decayed plant matter as food for slugs"
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"apply as many kinds of commercial repellents as possible to the plant roots",
"sacrifice some plants and keep semi-decayed plant matter as... | Many people believe that the common garden slug[ is nothing more than a pest that should be wiped out. In attempts to beautify their yards, people employ various poisons, strategically chosen plants, and gardening techniques. Success is attained when no trace of slugs can be found, although the worn-out gardener still... | high21379.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A dog."
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"options": [
"A dog.",
"A child.",
"A dog's owner.",
"A dog trainer."
],
"question": "Who tells this story?",
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,... | When I was a baby, I entertained you and made you laugh.Whenever I was "bad", you'd shake your finger at me and ask, "How could you?"--but then you'd give up, and roll me over for a belly scratch and I believed that life could not be any more perfect.
My housetraining was a long process, because you were terribly busy,... | high4092.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the deveopment of the word bug"
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"the misunderstanding of thr word bug",
"the deveopment of the word bug",
"the public views of the word bug",
"the special characteristics of the word bug"
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"que... | "Indeed"George Washington wrote in his diary in 1785, "some kind of fly,or bug,had begun to eat the leaves before I left home." But the father of America was not the father of bug.When Washington wrote that, Englishmen had been referring to insects as bugs for more than a century, and Americans had already created ligh... | high4079.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because he thought she was just making fun of him."
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"Because he thought she was just making fun of him.",
"Because he was not hungry and wanted to be left alone.",
"Because he thought rich people made him poor... | One day a woman spotted a beggar sitting on the corner. The man was elderly, unshaven and ragged. Passers-by wanted nothing to do with him. But the woman smiled. "Are you hungry?" she asked. The man slowly looked up. This was a woman clearly used to the finer things in life. Her coat was new. She looked like that she h... | high21392.txt |
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"answer_text": "William Faulkner died one hundred years ago."
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"options": [
"William Faulkner's work focuses on several troubled problems of southern America.",
"William Faulkner died one hundred years ago.",
"Although William Faulkner did... | The centenary of the birth of William Faulkner, one of the great modern novelists, was celebrated in September 1997. Faulkner wrote about the southern states of the United States of America where he grew up, and where his family had an important part to play in the history of that region. His work became a touchstone f... | high5367.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "act with much freedom"
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"are boring in some way",
"act with much freedom",
"can live without a mobile phone",
"rely much on a mobile phone in life"
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"question": "The \"spontaneous individuals\" ... | We may all like to consider ourselves free spirits. But a study of the tracks left by 50,000 mobile phone users over three months has finally proved that the truth is otherwise.
"We are all in one way or another boring," says Albert-Laszlo Barabasi at the Center for Complex Network Research at Northeastern University i... | high18513.txt |
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"answer_text": "Mark Twain based Tom Sawyer on his friend's name"
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"Tom Sawyer is a popular character in Mark Twain's work",
"Mark Twain based Tom Sawyer on his friend's name",
"Mark Twain and Tom Sawyer are childhood friends"... | Tom Sawyer is known as one of the most beloved characters in American literature , but new research found that Mark Twain based this character on his friend named Tom Sawyer. He admired his firefighting friend so much that he gave the character his name.
Mark Twain and Tom Sawyer had many adventures together, gambling ... | high17620.txt |
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"answer_text": "China's boom, the students' desire and foreign universities' commercial motive"
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"that China has become one of the largest exporters of the students aiming to study abroad",
"that the students in China are becoming r... | Competition between international universities is heating up, as China grows as one of the largest exporters of students aiming to study abroad. "Lots of universities are becoming more and more aggressive to attract Chinese students. Every day I receive contacts from universities in the US expressing the desire to com... | high2408.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the wave caused by Chinese uncivilized behavior"
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"Chinese tour in Egypt",
"the wave caused by Chinese uncivilized behavior",
"the discussion on Chinese education",
"the importance of Weibo"
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"q... | In May, 2014, some Chinese tourists found a Chinese-character message "Ding Jinhao once visited here" on a statue of god in a 3500-year-old Egyptian temple. An angry tourist took the photograph of the scrawl and posted it on social media Sina Weibo. It was quickly spread and there were more than 100,000 comments during... | high13446.txt |
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"answer_text": "Combining the two ways to treat depression."
},
"options": [
"Adopting a way of meaningful talk.",
"Combining the two ways to treat depression.",
"Treating depression with special medicine.",
"Comparing the depressed wi... | A new study has discovered that meditation and oxygen sport together reduce depression .The Rutgers University study found that this mind and body combination, done twice a week for only two months,reduced the symptoms for a group of students by 40 percent.
"We are excited by the findings because we saw such a meaningf... | high14329.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "behaviors can be learned and involve no emotions"
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"it is an inborn ability for adults to look after the young",
"behaviors can be learned and involve no emotions",
"emotions are of great importance for surviva... | What are feelings for? Most nonscientists will find it a strange question. Feelings justify themselves. Emotions give meaning and depth to life. They exist without serving any other purposes. On the other hand, many evolutionary biologists acknowledge some emotions primarily for their survival function. For both animal... | high23585.txt |
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"answer_text": "They were the first animal to be kept as pets"
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"They originally were used as farm animal",
"They evolved from wolves found in Europe",
"They helped the development of agriculture",
"They were the first a... | Have you ever wondered when dogs first became "man's best friend" and the world's favourite pet? If you have then you're not alone. When and where dogs first began living side-side with humans are questions that have stirred hot debate among scientists. There are a few hard facts that all agree on. These include that d... | high15037.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The Eiffel Tower was almost torn down."
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"options": [
"The Eiffel Tower was almost torn down.",
"Gustave Eiffel was more than an engineer.",
"It took great efforts to build the Eiffel Tower.",
"The Eiffel Tower has se... | Close your eyes and picture the city of Paris.Now imagine the city without its most famous landmark:the Eiffel Tower.
The unthinkable almost happened.
When French engineer Gustave Eiffel built this tower for the Paris World's Fair of 1889,it was controversial.The iron structure contrasted sharply with the historic ston... | high8643.txt |
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"answer_text": "It helps the air around them slightly wet."
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"It provides owners good company.",
"It helps the air around them slightly wet.",
"It makes it convenient to look after them.",
"It allows owners to draw a ple... | Indoor Plants
As with any house guests,indoor plants require a certain amount of basic,regular attention if they are going to feel at home. The first consideration when purchasing plants is to make reasonably sure that they are suitable for the condition in which they are going to be housed.
A general rule for most pla... | high12758.txt |
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"answer_text": "something about an endangered animal"
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"how green turtles got extinct",
"how heavy a green turtle is",
"how long a green turtle can live"
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"question": "Th... | The green turtle is listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Under the U.S. Endangered Species Act of 1973, the green turtle was listed as threatened except for the breeding populations in Florida and on the Pacific coast of Mexico, where it is listed as endangered.
Green turtles ... | high15751.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "remembered happier times of writing stories and acting them out"
},
"options": [
"played the piano with Pasha for the first time",
"listened to Pasha tell her story about the princess",
"remembered happier times of writing st... | When I heard the piano, I walked to Mrs. Windsor's house and waited outside as I always did. That meant she was working with another student, and I was not supposed to bother them by ringing the bell. I stood against the wall and daydreamed what I'd rather be doing. "Almost anything", I sighed _ . I had been tutored en... | high8125.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "offer real help to poor deaf children"
},
"options": [
"build schools for deaf children",
"research deaf children's behavior",
"protect deaf children from being ignored",
"offer real help to poor deaf children"
],
... | As many as 4 out of every 1,000 infants born today have permanent hearing loss. When parents learn that their child has hearing loss, they are faced with many difficult decisions. These decisions can include choosing therapies and schools, as well as finding financial help for hearing aids or cochlear implants .
Help ... | high7216.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "71%"
},
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"40%",
"58%",
"71%",
"83%"
],
"question": "Compared with ten years ago, the percentage of passengers last year increased by _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answe... | The Lunar New Year, which starts in late January this year, is the most important festival for Chinese people as most of them drop any business at hand to go back to their hometown to see their families. It is a tradition that has been cherished since ancient times, but as social mobility increases in modern times, the... | high6108.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "sound advice provided in Anthony. Trollope's autobiography"
},
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"the difficulties and risks of making a career of words",
"the uselessness of instructions contained in writing guidebooks",
"the autobiography of th... | Writing being largely a self-taught occupation, texts on how to get about it -though great in number- seldom are of much use.
You try, and fail. Then try again. Until at last, if you have some gift for it, the failures become less frequent, or at any rate less apparantly.
It is this ability to cover up one's defects th... | high1667.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To show students the problems in real marriage life."
},
"options": [
"To tell students how to find a good partner.",
"To teach students how to manage their money.",
"To help students act as wives and husbands well.",
"... | In a very special course at Knnet School, the social-science teacher Adam Smith guides his students through the "married life". Unlike the traditional course, Adam makes his students experience the real problems married ones may face like housing and child care. "No one tells kids about money-managing problems," says A... | high13320.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "by constantly changing the fashions in women's clothing"
},
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"by mercilessly exploiting women workers in the clothing industry",
"because they are capable of predicting new fashions",
"by constantly changing the f... | If women are mercilessly exploited year after year,they have only themselves to blame.Because they tremble at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion,they are always taken advantage of by the designers and the big stores.Clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside ... | high10629.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "teachers should be careful not to hurt those sensitive students"
},
"options": [
"teachers should set aside some time to grade students' papers",
"the Supreme Court should do more research on students grading",
"teachers shou... | Should students do the grading?
The Supreme Court says the practice doesn't violate a student's right to privacy, but is it right for students to grade one another?
Walter Potenza, California
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[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "express sorrow at the death"
},
"options": [
"express sorrow at the death",
"search for the hunter",
"clean their trunks and feet",
"call for other elephants"
],
"question": "Elephants touch the bones of their o... | Elephants are the only species on the earth known to have death ritual besides man.
They show a strong interest in the bones of their own kind.They are often seen gently touching the bones with their trunks and feet while remaining very quiet.Sometimes elephants completely unrelated to the dead will still visit their g... | high18275.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Child Identity Theft"
},
"options": [
"Child Identity Theft",
"How to Avoid Identity Theft",
"Recover My Identity",
"Look out for Family Members"
],
"question": "Which of the following is the best title of the p... | Seventeen-year-old Randy Waldron, Jr., was shocked when he applied for his first credit card and was denied. He was even more shocked by the reason: He failed to repay thousands of dollars in debt.
Waldron's identity had been stolen by his father, who left when Randy was learning to walk. From 1982 to 1999, Randy Waldr... | high17146.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "how \"The Law of Patient Acceptance\" works"
},
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"what the meaning of \"The Law of Patient Acceptance\" is",
"why greed and selfishness exist",
"when we should ... | Isn't it interesting how we expect others to behave in a certain way so we can feel good about ourselves? And then when people don't behave as we want them to, we feel so disappointed and angry --- when really, most times, we're not actually surprised at their actions? We just want those actions to be different --- act... | high16258.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "leave an impression on the interviewer"
},
"options": [
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"please your interviewer",
"leave an impression on the interviewer",
"leave the interviewer indifferent to you"
],
"question... | Smart job-seekers need to rid themselves of several standard myths about interviewing before they start looking for a job. What follows is a list of some of these untruths and some tips to help you do your best at your next interview.
Myth 1: The aim of interviewing is to obtain (means "get") a job offer.
Only half tru... | high11537.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "hearing aids"
},
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"remote controls",
"hearing aids",
"wearable robot legs",
"superman suits"
],
"question": "Products resulting from this wearable robotics technology do not include _ .",
"que... | Just put your special clothes on in the morning and you could jump 3 meters into the air and even carry more than 60 kilograms without getting tired. The walk to school would be very, very easy. Such _ clothing is one of the products that could be created using "wearable robotics" technology.
Designed to improve a pers... | high3070.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because she was suffering a very serious illness."
},
"options": [
"Because she wanted to prove her importance.",
"Because she felt very lonely at home.",
"Because she was suffering a very serious illness.",
"Because sh... | I work at a Care Center where most of the people are elderly. About a year and a half ago a 59-year-old lady came to us who had cancer. She had to have her right leg amputated and she didn't have a family to take care of her after the operation.
This lady was a quiet lady who mostly stayed alone. But in the afternoons,... | high20932.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the boy seemed not to be a fan of the Beatles"
},
"options": [
"the agency was in urgent need of helping hands",
"the Beatles wanted to help poor young men",
"the boy seemed not to be a fan of the Beatles",
"the poor bo... | When I came home to London at the end of my first term at university in December 1968, I was flat broke, and more broke because it was Christmas, so I went to an employment agency for a job.
"Would you like to work for the Beatles? " they asked.
"Don't you have anything better?" I asked.
Fifteen minutes later I got t... | high18261.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They can earn money."
},
"options": [
"They depend on the government.",
"They are controlled by the government",
"They are free",
"They can earn money."
],
"question": "Which of the following is true about Ameri... | Americans get some of their news and entertainment from public television and radio. These public media receive money to operate from private citizens, organizations and government. Many of their programs are educational. But most of the American media are run by businesses for profit. These privately owned media have ... | high11523.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Jiangsu province"
},
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"Zhejiang province",
"Anhui province",
"Shanghai",
"Jiangsu province"
],
"question": "According to this passage, the most cases of H7N9 bird flu virus have been detected in _ ... | Two more cases of H7N9 bird flu virus have been detected in Zhejiang province, including a man who died last week, authorities said on Wednesday.
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that a 38-year-old patient surnamed Hong from Hangzhou, the provincial capital, who died in hospital on March ... | high3064.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a cruise ship"
},
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"a traveling city",
"a cruise ship",
"a deserted island",
"an ocean park"
],
"question": "In the passage, Oasis of the Seas refers to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions... | The amazing image shows the world's largest ever cruise ship, complete with beach pool, shopping mall, rock-climbing walls, outdoor amphitheater and New York-style loft suites .The "traveling city" is being built on dry-docks in Finland by Royal Caribbean International, and she is named Oasis of the Seas.
Almost 1,200 ... | high8131.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Face-to-face communication, the best way of communicating"
},
"options": [
"How to communicate more effectively",
"The importance of using body language in communication",
"Face-to-face communication, the best way of communic... | While many modern forms of communication like phone calls, e-mail, and letters, are extremely convenient. In my opinion, nothing beats speaking to another person face to face.
The first and most obvious advantage that a face communication has over a letter and e-mail is that there is the ability to interactively conver... | high1673.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "this is the second time that Abraham Lincoln has been chosen as America's greatest president"
},
"options": [
"this is the second time that Abraham Lincoln has been chosen as America's greatest president",
"Edna Medford didn't take... | Recently, a study was carried out to determine who was the greatest American president.Sixty-five presidential historians took part in it, and they judged the past forty-two American leaders based on ten leadership qualities, including public persuasiveness , crisis leadership, management of the economy, moral leadersh... | high1115.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He is a professor teaching at Soochow University."
},
"options": [
"He is working for Soochow University in Taipei Taiwan as a cleaner.",
"He has nothing to do with Soochow University.",
"He is a professor teaching at Soochow... | Dear Sir,
I recently found your website of Chinese Culture a very good source. I am a professor teaching at Soochow University in Taipei Taiwan, and I would plan to quite often use some articles on your website for my course of Introduction to Chinese Culture. Therefore, I'd like to inform you of my use for educationa... | high22857.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He set a new record for \"Fastest 100 m running on all fours\"."
},
"options": [
"He set a good example to all Japanese.",
"He made record attempts in 15 different countries.",
"He set a new record for \"Fastest 100 m running... | Below is a selection about Guinness World Records.
Top 6 Unusual Guinness World Records
Fastest 100 m running on all fours
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Its design"
},
"options": [
"Its position",
"Its design",
"Its height",
"Its price"
],
"question": "What made Treehotel impressive?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | If you are tired of common hotel rooms, maybe it's time to climb into a tree. A new generation of tree houses are appearing across the world, and designer Roderick Romero says he knows why and he said "They're magical. I've never seen someone climb into a tree house and not smile."
Edisto River Canadys, S. C.
Before yo... | high13452.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "By giving an example."
},
"options": [
"By making comparisons,",
"By giving an example.",
"By raising questions.",
"By providing data."
],
"question": "How did the author introduce the topic of the text?",
"... | Rae and Bruce Hostetler not only work very hard,they also relax just as well. Numerous vacations help the couple to maintain their health and emotional well-being-and it's no surprise to health care professionals.
"Rest,relaxation, and stress reduction are very important for people's weLl-being and health. This can be ... | high23591.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "gives birth to a baby for another woman"
},
"options": [
"acts as a baby-sitter",
"nurses another woman's baby",
"offers service to a new mother",
"gives birth to a baby for another woman"
],
"question": "\"A su... | Tang Zhou and his wife are planning to have their second child, a test-tube baby. His wife had a natural delivery when she was 34 and their first child, a boy, is now 7. The couple are now hoping to have a daughter through _ in the US. "My wife couldn't bear another delivery because of her heart condition and her age. ... | high9549.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "http:// www.lionsclub.org"
},
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"http:// www.lionsclub.org",
"http:// www.communitygifts.com",
"http:// www.nationwidesmokes.com",
"http:// bodynaturalsalonandspa.com"
],
"question": "Which website sh... | Below are some classified ads from the Internet.
_
V2 cigs is undeniably the leader in the electronic cigarette industry.
If you are a smoker who wants to quit soon, we will illustrate just some of the most important features and benefits of V2 e-cigarettes:
Effectively satisfy the desire for tobacco smoking with V2 ... | high12994.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The auto industry has been forced to develop new models which are more expensive."
},
"options": [
"More people prefer to travel on public transportation which costs less than driving cars.",
"People return to the traditional exerc... | In recent years, the price of gas has been rising sharply, and people have made many adjustments.
There was, for a time, considerable unemployment in the auto industry, and three quarters of the garages and service stations have gone out of business. However; the bicycle and motor-scooter business has flourished ; and ... | high8657.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Wants do not always correspond to needs in gift-giving."
},
"options": [
"Price is nothing but the factor when you give gifts.",
"Chocolates will be blamed when people receive them as gifts.",
"The receivers often overestimat... | Is any economist so dull as to criticise Christmas? At first glance,the holiday season in western economies seems a treat for those concerned with such vagaries as GDP growth.After all,everyone is spending;in America,retailers make 25% of their yearly sales and 60% of their profits between Thanksgiving and Christmas.E... | high15023.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "You have your own plate of food in West while in China everyone shares the dishes."
},
"options": [
"On Chinese dinner table, chopsticks replace knife and fork.",
"The host will do the best to give you a taste of many different typ... | Of course, the main difference on the Chinese dinner table is chopsticks instead of knife and fork, but that's only superficial. Besides, in decent restaurants, you can always ask for a pair of knife and fork, if you find the chopsticks not helpful enough. The real difference is that in the West, you have your own plat... | high3702.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They were not born in the ocean."
},
"options": [
"They have acoustic tags attached to them.",
"They have better hearing than normal seals.",
"They have been trained to recognize acoustic tags.",
"They were not born in ... | Tiny monitoring devices have become an increasingly common way for scientists to study elusive animals that are difficult to track on a day-to-day basis. However, now it seems that smart. seals have caught on to the trick and are using it to their advantage to catch fish!
To find out if that is true, a team of research... | high19619.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the higher level of CO2in the air"
},
"options": [
"the lower water PH value",
"the warming atmosphere",
"the higher level of CO2in the air",
"the increasing use of fuels"
],
"question": "The ocean is becoming m... | "The world's oceans are slowly getting more acidic." say scientists. The researchers from California report that the change is taking place in response to higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
The lowering of the waters' PH value is not great at the moment but could cause a serious threat to current ocean... | high21386.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Sweet Dreams"
},
"options": [
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry",
"Sweet Dreams",
"Coat of Many Colors",
"Ring of Fire"
],
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Ring of fire
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[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "some native English teachers to work in Shanghai"
},
"options": [
"some language teachers to work in Shanghai",
"some native English teachers to work in Suzhou",
"some language teachers to work in Suzhou",
"some native ... | We're one of the biggest ESL professional organizations in Shanghai, China and we have 10 primary schools, 2 middle schools, and 5 kindergartens in Shanghai and 1 in Suzhou. For these schools, we only need oral English teachers.
We also own an international school whose name is Shanghai World Foreign Language Primary a... | high5373.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Children are likely to mistake it for reality."
},
"options": [
"It is especially used in advertising toys.",
"Children are likely to mistake it for reality.",
"Young children are quite aware of its tricks,",
"It makes ... | Young children are trusting of commercial advertisements in the media, and advertisers have sometimes been accused of taking advantage of this trusting outlook The Independent Television Commission,regulator of television advertising, has criticized advertisers for "misleadingness",in an effort to control advertisers,u... | high17634.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "are widely used now"
},
"options": [
"are cheaper than those in developed countries",
"are developing slowly",
"are widely used now",
"are better than those in developed countries"
],
"question": "The mobile net... | Since 2005, the number of Internet users worldwide has doubled to more than one and a half billion. At least two billion are expected to be online by the end of this year. The ITU(International Telecommunicaiton Union) says more than 70% of new Internet users this year will be in developing countries. However, only 21%... | high20098.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "I scared away a thief trying to steal"
},
"options": [
"I came across a skillful thief.",
"I bravely caught a thief trying to steal",
"The thief successfully stole my purse",
"I scared away a thief trying to steal"
... | I was going to Paris, which I'd always wanted to see. But now I was frightened to travel alone. I arrived at the train station in Paris. I hadn't spoken my college French for twenty years. On my first metro ride, I came across an incompetent thief. I just stared at him, and he stopped his hand from my purse and disappe... | high9561.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Students who are left out on the playground."
},
"options": [
"Students who love games and activities.",
"Students who want and continue to be kind.",
"Students who are left out on the playground.",
"Students who are in... | A group of kids at McIntyre Elementary School, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have created a special bench to make sure their fellow classmates aren't left out on the playground. Called the "Buddy Bench", students can use the seat as a safe and supportive place to let others know they'd like to be included in playtime, b... | high14315.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he needed President Yapha's help in carrying out a secret plan"
},
"options": [
"he had a stomachache",
"he needed President Yapha's help in carrying out a secret plan",
"he did not want to be seen by the press",
"he wo... | We arranged that Kissinger would fly to Vietnam early in July and then stop in Pakistan on the way back. There he would develop a stomachache that would require him to stay in bed and not be seen by the press. Then, with President Yapha's help, he would be taken to the airport where a Pakistani jet would fly him over ... | high12764.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It stores the energy from the sun."
},
"options": [
"It Burns merely plant matter.",
"It keeps producing electricity.",
"It stores the energy from the sun.",
"It produces zero carBon dioxide."
],
"question": "Wh... | The oldest and most common source of renewaBle energy known to man, Biomass is one of the most important forms energy production in the United States and elsewhere. Since such a wide variety of Biomass materials is everywhere ---- from trees and grasses to agricultural and city ---- life wastes ----Biomass promises to... | high16502.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "get back down early"
},
"options": [
"finish your hiking in a day",
"enjoy your hiking completely",
"avoid getting tired",
"get back down early"
],
"question": "You are advised to start hiking early in order to ... | Hiking can be a pleasant as well as a not so pleasant adventure. You will have to take a number of measures so that your hike is a pleasant experience.
Hiking Tip 1 -- Start Early
Most hiking experts hold the opinion that it is rather sensible to start hiking at 3 or 4 in the morning, even if it is a full-day hike. Si... | high19631.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "doesn't burn up oxygen"
},
"options": [
"doesn't burn up oxygen",
"runs without any noise",
"makes people get sleepy",
"is unsuitable for children and pets"
],
"question": "From the passage, we can learn that th... | EP Portable Heater
We all know that the cost of heating our homes will continue to be a significant burden on the family budget. Now millions of people are saving on their heating bills with the EP Portable Heater. With over one million satisfied customers around the world, the new EP heats better and faster, saves mor... | high4045.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Those who want to achieve success can't expect to live an easy life."
},
"options": [
"Climbing hills on bicycles is the best way to take exercise.",
"People are wise to pay to go to the gym.",
"Those who want to achieve succ... | I told my friend Graham that I often cycle two miles from my house to the town centre but unfortunately there is a big hill on the route. He replied, "You mean fortunately." He explained that I should be glad of the extra exercise that the hill provided.
My attitude to the hill has now changed. I used to _ as I approac... | high2434.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "There is only one way to reach the forests in South Africa."
},
"options": [
"How Nina died towards the end of the journey.",
"What effects earthquakes and volcanoes have on the earth.",
"India is a country that has a long hi... | Film 1 -- The environmental problems in South Africa
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[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "will have a well-planned ride time"
},
"options": [
"can get discounts on tickets",
"will have a well-planned ride time",
"will often be checked at the exit",
"have to pay more for their tickets"
],
"question": ... | As for visiting Walt Disney World. People usually have trouble in arranging. The following will give you some practical suggestions on paying a valuable visit to the famous park.
When to go?
While it's always busy, Disney World is slightly slower between mid-January and March. It's summer when the visitors , combined w... | high2352.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Historic Centre of Siena"
},
"options": [
"Uffizi Gallery.",
"Valley of the Temples.",
"Grand Canal.",
"Historic Centre of Siena"
],
"question": "Which of the following would be better to visit in summer?",
... | From Rome and Venice to the rolling hills of Tuscany and the charm of Milan, Italy is a bottomless well of attractions. It is a motherland of artists and scientists that changed the shape of the world. Here are some places you should see on your vacations to Italy.
Valley of the Temples
Welcome to Sicily and one of its... | high10615.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To treat the soldiers stationed there."
},
"options": [
"To do medical research there.",
"To treat the civilians in the war-torn area.",
"To treat the soldiers stationed there.",
"To help the suffering people there."
... | Boy Scout is sending 69 boxes of clothes to prefix = st1 /Afghanistan, in a project inspired by his father's employment to the war-torn region.
Nick Shawen decided to begin a clothing drive after receiving e-mails from his father. His mother said they learned of children coming into the hospital and losing their belong... | high18249.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "College education costs them too much."
},
"options": [
"It's harder and harder for them to get a degree.",
"The credit crisis has great influnce on their families' income.",
"College education costs them too much.",
"T... | Every year, it costs British students more and more to attend university. Students are graduating with larger and larger debts. So is a college degree really worth it?
In 2006, the UK government started to allow universities in England and Wales to charge British students tuition fees. As a result, more than 80 percent... | high16264.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "worked hard but said little"
},
"options": [
"was still the same as usual",
"worked hard but said little",
"kissed her hello after school",
"ate so much at dinner"
],
"question": "Tommy's mother felt surprised t... | Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything--tutors , cards, special learning centers--in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic school.
After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn't kiss his mother hell... | high19157.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Health"
},
"options": [
"Culture",
"Health",
"Advertisement",
"Technology"
],
"question": "In which part of a newspaper can you most probably find this passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer":... | In the rush to get to school, you drop a piece of toast on the floor. Do you throw it away or dec ide it' s still OK to eat? If you're like most people, you eat it. Maybe you follow the "5-second rule", which claims foods are safe to eat if you pick them up within 5 seconds after dropping them. But you might want to th... | high4723.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "prevent the heat giving off soon"
},
"options": [
"make the cup smell delicious",
"prevent the heat giving off soon",
"help the cup look beautiful",
"keep the biscuit tasting soft"
],
"question": "The cup is lin... | If you're not a fan of KFC's famous Double Down hot dog, don't worry! KFC in the UK is developing a new treat: an edible coffee cup.
The product is still in the trial stage and not yet available for purchase, but according to a KFC news report, the treat is made from a unique biscuit, wrapped in sugar paper, and lined ... | high12002.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a judge"
},
"options": [
"a judge",
"a teacher",
"a writer",
"a doctor"
],
"question": "When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | In the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eyed girl going to Howard University, aiming at a law career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different story to tell.
My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the a... | high8119.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A broken satellite."
},
"options": [
"A camera.",
"A tool kit.",
"A fuel tank.",
"A broken satellite."
],
"question": "What was the first piece of man-made space trash?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"... | Space is where our future is -- trips to the Moon, Mars and beyond. Most people would think that aside from comets and stars, there is little else out there. But, since our space journey started we have left so much trash there that scientists are now concerned that if we don't clean it up, we may all be in mortal d... | high6134.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The rich who find no class to belong to."
},
"options": [
"The rich who like iPhone made of gold.",
"The people who have power in the countryside.",
"The people who spend money reasonably.",
"The rich who find no class ... | China's new buzzword, tuhao, may be in next year's Oxford English Dictionary.
"If its influence continues, it is very likely to appear on our updated list of words, " said Julie Kleeman, project manager with the editing team.
In Chinese, tu means uncouth and hao means rich. It has traditionally been referred to rich p... | high9207.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The city really deserves the honor."
},
"options": [
"It's easy for the city to win the honor.",
"The honor will bring the city a better future.",
"It won't be long before the city takes off.",
"The city really deserves... | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is America's fifth largest city. Once a major American colonial city, it is the home of America's first library, its first hospital, and its first zoo. Now it is also the first US city to be named a World Heritage City. On November 6, 2015, Philadelphia joined more than 260 other cities that ... | high14473.txt |
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