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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Workmen."
},
"options": [
"Walter's wife and son.",
"Policemen.",
"Workmen.",
"Robert's wife and son."
],
"question": "Who may Terence Reif and Glenn Fajardo most probably be?",
"question_type": "factiod_que... | Robert Kohout, 39, was working outside his home last October when he heard a frightening noise. He turned round and saw Walter Graham's car sinking into 8 feet of water of the inground swimming pool a little distance away from his yard. Kohout immediately called to Graham's wife, Evelyn, to phone 911. Then he ran back ... | high15779.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Before a Christmas."
},
"options": [
"After a Christmas.",
"Before Zero Waste starts.",
"Before a Christmas.",
"When Zero Waste is very popular."
],
"question": "When is this passage probably written?",
"que... | Going Zero Waste means more than just managing the rubbish we create.It means reducing it too.While it might seem like a difficult thing to do, it's well worth it.And what better time to start than Christmas?
We need to copy the way Nature wastes nothing.Many things are created by human society that we know will soon b... | high1897.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "By analyzing the materials gathered in the past years."
},
"options": [
"By analyzing the materials gathered in the past years.",
"By asking some students questions about their study.",
"By doing some experiments on the objec... | In a world as fast-changing and full of information as our own, all of us need to know how to learn well. Yet evidence suggests that most of us don't use the learning techniques that science has proved the most effective.
The scientific literature evaluating these techniques goes back to decades and across thousands of... | high6120.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "they have no similarity in their character"
},
"options": [
"they both are too shy",
"they live in different villages",
"they are too familiar to talk",
"they have no similarity in their character"
],
"question"... | Though there are about 400 languages from all over the world that are in danger of disappearing completely, Zoque-Ayapaneco, a native Mexican language is considered the most likely to become extinct, because the only two people in the world that speak it fluently do not talk to each other!
And, it's not because they li... | high14467.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "John thought her a considerate and thinking lady"
},
"options": [
"John believed her one of her old friends",
"she took good notes with a soft handwriting",
"John thought her a considerate and thinking lady",
"she was b... | John was waiting for the girl whose heart he knew,but whose face he didn't,the girl with the rose.Thirteen months ago,in a Florida library he took a book off the shell and found himself interested in the notes in the margin .The soft handwriting showed a thoughtful soul and insightful mind.
In front of the book,he disc... | high9213.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "it can do something without instructions"
},
"options": [
"it is loaded with special sensors",
"it can make all kinds of dog noises",
"it has quick response to the commands",
"it can do something without instructions"
... | Roll over, sit and fetch aren't commands normally given to a robot, but the smart toy company WowWee has developed a new way of owning a puppy.
CHIP (Canine Home Intelligent Pet) is a robotic dog with blue LED eyes and pointy ears and can sit, shake, dance and make all types of dog noises. It also has tracking capabili... | high13308.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "own lasting love and friendship"
},
"options": [
"share our wealth with others",
"have good fortune and money",
"know the secret of a jam recipe",
"own lasting love and friendship"
],
"question": "The author thi... | Fannie Cratty wasn't really my aunt. I only referred to her as "My Aunt Fannie" because the name always made my father laugh and gave my mother cause to look angrily at both of us---at me for being disrespectful of my elder and at my father for encouraging my bad behavior.
As a young woman, my mother had worked in the ... | high5429.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Afternoon tea, a very British tradition"
},
"options": [
"Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford",
"Tea, the most important of English drinks",
"Anna, a person introducing afternoon tea to England",
"Afternoon tea, a very... | Tea, the most important of English drinks, is a relative latecomer to British shores. Although the custom of drinking tea dates back to the third millennium BC in China, it was not until the mid 17
th century that tea first appeared in England.
Afternoon tea was introduced in England by Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bed... | high16270.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "children's age"
},
"options": [
"children's hobby",
"children's age",
"the price",
"the type of sea animals"
],
"question": "The activities in Summer Adventure Days are divided according to _ .",
"questio... | Aquatic Adventures!
Help Us Get Ready for Showtime!
Trainer Program
What does it take to work with seals or sea lions? Find out with Atlantis Marine World's Trainer Program and go behind the scenes with our Marine Mammal staff and:
.Learn how we train our animals and help train our sea lions to learn how to paint
.Go i... | high4737.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They are more comfortable."
},
"options": [
"They have much emotion in the old ones.",
"They are more comfortable.",
"New shoes always harm the feet.",
"They look better than the new ones."
],
"question": "Why d... | How difficult change is depends a lot on your attitude towards it and your resistance to it. Your attitude to change can make the whole transformation process much easier.
Imagine change as a pair of shoes and this will help you understand change and how it works. I am sure that you have ever had a comfortable pair of ... | high16516.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He was out of work"
},
"options": [
"He was out of work",
"He was bored with his job",
"He wanted a higher position",
"He hoped to find a better boss"
],
"question": "Why did Jimmy apply for a new job?",
"qu... | Jimmy is an automotive mechanic, but he lost his job a few months ago. He has a good heart, but always feared applying for a new job.
One day, he gathered up all his strength and decided to attend a job interview. His appointment was at 10 am and it was already 8:30. While waiting for a bus to the office where he was s... | high4051.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "they spread too fast and make great damage."
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"options": [
"they make the greatest loss of all disasters",
"huge walls of flames can burn acres of land",
"fire-retardant chemicals can't be made use of",
"they spread t... | Of all nature's disasters, forest fires are often considered the most frightening. Moving at lightning speed, huge walls of flames can burn acres of land in just a few minutes. And although technology, including the use of tire-retardant chemicals, has greatly helped the fight against forest fires, they still take grea... | high19625.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To assist them to get benefit from travelling."
},
"options": [
"To prove their parents grew up in a rich country.",
"To meet the friends and relatives in Britain.",
"To help them enjoy their wonderful holidays.",
"To a... | When Cath Pirret and her husband Iain took their daughters Jessie, 10, and Holly, 7, to Britain earlier this year, it was a trip that was all about showing the girls where their parents grew up. But there were also some key sightseeing opportunities, such as Stonehenge, Hadrian's Wall and Tate Modern, before heading to... | high10167.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The members do different jobs at different places."
},
"options": [
"The members do different jobs at different places.",
"They come from all parts of Beijing.",
"They are persons of different ages.",
"They are men and ... | winter-swimming has become popular in Beijing. three years ago, few people would go swimming in the city waters. but now there is a winter-swimming
enthusiasts'club and it has more than 2,000 members. the oldest is 84 years of age and the youngest is only 7. _ They may be workers, peasants, soldiers, teachers, students... | high1129.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "They selfpromote to stand out in their career."
},
"options": [
"They control conversation and only talk about themselves.",
"They know well how to share positive information.",
"They selfpromote to stand out in their career.... | According to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, we might all be braggarts in this competitive society addicted to social networking.
Take a close look at your socialnetworking sites. Do you like to post photos of yourself in restaurants to show others what an exciting life you have? Or do you like to write a... | high6646.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "50"
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"options": [
"50",
"52",
"38",
"46"
],
"question": "When Hepburn began to act as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, how many years had passed since her parents' divorce? _",
"question_type": "cloze_q... | Her attractive lips seemed to speak words of kindness, while her eyes appeared to seek out the good in people. "You have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others." She used to say.
It was for this rare charm and inner beauty that British movie star Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) was named the most... | high14301.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "her family was badly off when she was a child"
},
"options": [
"Santa Clause forgot to deliver the doll to her",
"her daughter couldn't make a doll by herself",
"her parents left the doll in the Santa Clause's sleigh",
... | Alice's mother died when Alice was five years old. Alice, who grew up to be my mother, told me that after her mother's death her family was too poor to even afford to give her a doll.
In December 2012, I had a job at a local bank. One afternoon, we were decorating the tree in the bank lobby . One of my customers approa... | high9575.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "football is a mixture of a sharp mind and hard training but not just talking"
},
"options": [
"he could become a great footballer",
"he could become rich if he became a footballer",
"football is a mixture of a sharp mind and ... | From poor beginnings to most expensive player
ZINEDINE Zidane,who dreams of leading France to its second World Cup title in a row next month,has always preferred to express himself with a football rather than with words.
Last Wednesday Zidane scored the decisive goal when Real Madrid of Spain won the Champions League f... | high7558.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "introduce the topic of how to let kids face rejection in life"
},
"options": [
"introduce the topic of how to let kids face rejection in life",
"suggest how difficult it was for her to join a cheerleader squad",
"show how her... | When I was 10 years old, I tried out for the cheerleading squad. I had taken gymnastics classes for two years to prepare for these tryouts. However, I didn't make the team. It was a heavy blow to me. I cried all night.
Kids today won't experience that kind of rejection. They're growing up in "everybody gets a turn" wor... | high14856.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To report the news of the banning of ivory trade."
},
"options": [
"To report the news of the banning of ivory trade.",
"To introduce the crisis that elephants face in Africa.",
"To call on people around the world to protect ... | Elephants scored a big win in 2010. Representatives from 175 countries at the United Nations' Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Doha, Qatar, rejected a bid to allow the sale of ivory. Two African nations, Tanzania and Zambia, had asked to open the ivory trade.
Conservationists fea... | high23022.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "More than one hour."
},
"options": [
"About thirty minutes.",
"More than one hour.",
"Nearly two hours.",
"Just thirty-five or forty minutes"
],
"question": "How long does it take to get to the volcano from Reyk... | Tour Inside a Volcano in Iceland
Operation dates: From June 15th -July 31st
Departure times: 8:00 AM / 10:00 AM /12:00 PM / 14:00 PM.
Duration: 5-6 hours (up to 1 hour inside the volcano)
Fitness level needed: Average. No knowledge of hiking or climbing is needed.
Distance Walked: About 2.5 km (1.7 miles) each way.
Ag... | high17387.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "to discuss Scola's inclass performance"
},
"options": [
"to discuss Scola's inclass performance",
"to get Scola enrolled in kindergarten",
"to find a language partner for Scola",
"to work out a study plan for Scola"
... | (2013*,D)About 30 years ago,I left Cuba for the United States with my son.After getting settled finally in Brunswick,New Jersey,I enrolled my son in kindergarten.Several weeks later,my son's teacher asked me to meet him at his office.
In the teacher's office,and exchange of greetings was followed by his questions:"Is ... | high5818.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the study on loneliness"
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"options": [
"the subjects of psychology",
"the study on loneliness",
"the interests of psychologists",
"the treatment of loneliness"
],
"question": "The passage mainly talks about ... | Most people feel lonely sometimes, but it usually only lasts a few minutes or a few hours. This kind of loneliness is not serious. In fact, it is quite normal. For some people, though, loneliness can last for years. Now researchers say there are three different types of loneliness.
The first kind of loneliness is tempo... | high16099.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "How the Internet affects newspapers."
},
"options": [
"What newspapers are mainly about.",
"How the Internet affects newspapers.",
"People's different opinions on high technology.",
"Differences between newspapers and t... | What did the arrival of the Internet and 24 hours news mean for British newspapers?
At first, this looked like the end of printed newspapers. The national newspapers were worried that they would lose all the readers, so most of them decided to create an online version . But they still had a problem. How to make money?
... | high21635.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "serve as an example of the energy conservation"
},
"options": [
"show the excellent skills of the builders",
"serve as an example of the energy conservation",
"are heated by different sources of energy",
"are warmer tha... | Ways to Deal with the Problem of Energy
There are different ways in which people try to deal with the problem of energy.One way is the greater production of common energy sources,such as coal,oil and gas.The trouble with these sources,however,is that they are not renewable.
Another way is energy conservation ,which mea... | high2811.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Friends and friendship."
},
"options": [
"How to sail through the sea of life.",
"Friends and friendship.",
"A friend in need is a friend indeed.",
"Never forget old friends when making new ones."
],
"question":... | An African proverb says that a single hand cannot tie a bundle. Everyone needs companions to help them sail through the rough seas of life. Even the strongest and richest person still needs friends. Our money and strength would have no value if we had no friends to share with us. The best friendship is a give-and-take ... | high11090.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Life of high school students."
},
"options": [
"Stories of successful people.",
"How to do well in exams.",
"Life of high school students.",
"How to make friends online."
],
"question": "What's a John Hughes' mo... | What is more important to a high school student than being popular? Anyone who has ever gone to high school or at least seen a John Hughes' movie knows the answer to that question. When Theresa Sommers first discovered MySpace three years ago, the teen from Minneapolis, St. Paul thought she had found the real high scho... | high16927.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It is probably their son will have either blue eyes or grey ones."
},
"options": [
"their son will have blue eyes.",
"Their son is sure to have grey eyes.",
"their son's eyes will share both that of father's and mother's.",
... | DNA is a substance that makes up genes. Everything alive has genes. Plants have genes. Animals have genes. You have genes. Genes are the basic units of heredity . Heredity means all the characteristics you inherit from your parents. You get your genes from your parents. You inherit half of your genes from your mother.... | high23744.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Dark reddish purple."
},
"options": [
"Blue.",
"Light yellow.",
"Red.",
"Dark reddish purple."
],
"question": "What is the colour of blood in a vein near the surface of the skin?",
"question_type": "factiod_... | Below is a selection from a popular science book.
If blood is red, why are veins blue?
Actually, veins are not blue at all. They are more of a clear, yellowish colour. Although blood looks red when it's outside the body, when it's sitting in a vein near the surface of the skin, it's more of a dark reddish purple colou... | high7969.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Every possible means is being carried out to save the brave teacher."
},
"options": [
"Every possible means is being carried out to save the brave teacher.",
"It's increasingly difficult to save the brave teacher.",
"The only... | Zhang Lili, a 29-year-old middle school teacher at the No 19 middle school in the city of Jiamusi in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province was crossing the road just outside the school's gate when a school bus suddenly came rushing toward nearby students at 8:38 pm on May 8, 2012.
"There were three buses at the schoo... | high654.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "provide video news for their network"
},
"options": [
"become a user of their product",
"put advertisements on their web",
"provide video news for their network",
"get an email address from the Internet"
],
"que... | In 1992, I had just launched a new business called Video News International.
It was the world's first video journalist network. The idea was to cover news and sell the service to news organizations.
One day, a young intern who was working for us named Anthony Lappe pulled me aside.
"There is something you have to see... | high9944.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Negative"
},
"options": [
". Positive",
"Negative",
"Neutral",
"Not mentioned"
],
"question": "What is the author's attitude towards banning electric bicycles?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": ... | In 2002, the Beijing Municipal government led the nation in issuing an order banning electric bicycles from January 1, 2006. Since then a number of local governments have followed this.
In May, the Legislature of Zhuhai in South China's prefix = st1 /GuangdongProvincebecame the first law-making body in the country to... | high23750.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The complaints about stress in work and life."
},
"options": [
"How to make the most delicious coffee.",
"How to choose the coffee cup.",
"The complaints about stress in work and life.",
"How to free themselves from str... | A group of graduates, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porce... | high9788.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "How birds sing to communicate."
},
"options": [
"How birds build up their territories.",
"How birds sing to communicate.",
"How male birds chase after females.",
"How scientists recognize birds' songs."
],
"ques... | "Keep out or I'll chase you out! This is my property!"
You hear this every spring. It is a long musical sound --- a bird song! Birds use their songs to communicate different messages to one another. People who study bird sounds are learning their meanings.
Usually it is the male that sings. Early in spring he sings to ... | high13693.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "HBL"
},
"options": [
"HBL",
"The William Jones Cup",
"The Basketball Association",
"NBA"
],
"question": "What is the hottest event in the eyes of most basketball fans in Taiwan?",
"question_type": "factiod_q... | To many basketball fans in Taiwan, the William Jones Cup or the Basketball Association may be their sweetest memory. But if you ask them, "What's the hottest basketball event now?" There is the only answer: HBL, the High School Basketball League.
Founded in 1988, the HBLwas at first just a high school basketball tourna... | high640.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "February 5"
},
"options": [
"February 1",
"February 5",
"February 7",
"February 11"
],
"question": "The Sapporo Snow Festival 2013 will start from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"an... | The Sapporo Snow Festival (Sapporo Yuki-matsuri) is a festival being held every year in Sapporo, Japan for over seven days in February. Presently, Odori Park, Susukino, and Tsudome are the main places of the festival. The 2013 Yuki-matsuri dates are February 5 to 11.
The festival is one of Japan's largest and most... | high23988.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Personal life"
},
"options": [
"Childhood",
"Personal life",
"Music career",
"Charity"
],
"question": "Which of the following topics is Not described about Michael Jackson in the passage?",
"question_type": ... | Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958. He was born in Gary, Indiana. He was the seventh child out of nine children in his family. Michael was often physically abused by his father, beaten up and also verbally abused. But Michael also owed his success to his father's being strict.
Michael was always an ... | high9950.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "recommend a few original versions of classics"
},
"options": [
"recommend a few simplified versions of classics",
"recommend a few original versions of classics",
"tell us how to read an English book from beginning to end",
... | Will you want me to read a whole book in English?
Yes. Believe it or not, that may be easier than you think. Not all classics are so difficult or complicated. So you're not limited to the simplified versions. And the easier books are not all for children.
In the original versions ,books may send you to the dictionary. ... | high8496.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "his sister explained the packages she got by mail"
},
"options": [
"he stopped web-surfing",
"he visited a store in his backyard",
"his sister explained the packages she got by mail",
"his friends told him about the onl... | I have been using the Internet since I was five years old, when my dad first sat me down in front of a computer and connected me the World Wide Web.
I've always felt like a master of the Internet world. AOL Instant Messaging, MSN, Gmail, Facebook, Myspace -- I've got it all under control. I thought there was nothing mo... | high898.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Apollo was bound by his promise to Phaethon."
},
"options": [
"Apollo wanted to protect Phaethon from teasing.",
"Phaethon dared to approach Apollo's throne.",
"Apollo was bound by his promise to Phaethon.",
"Apollo ask... | Phaethon stood impatiently at the heavy golden doors. He ordered the guards, Month and Year, to let him approach his father's throne. As the doors opened slowly, the sun's rays almost blinded him. Phaethon protected his eyes and felt his way toward Apollo's throne. "Come here, my son. Follow my voice," Apollo's voice e... | high21147.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because he wanted to let Nick deal with her alone."
},
"options": [
"Because he wanted to let Nick deal with her alone.",
"Because he had to go and catch Jackson at once.",
"Because he was tired of the elderly woman.",
... | "This one's for you," Sergeant Barstow shouted and left quickly through the back door. I was a little puzzled. I looked out a window of the Ashfordly Police Station and saw an elderly woman come into the building.
"Good morning, Madam," I said.
"Good morning," she said pleasantly. "You're new, aren't you?"
"Yes, Mada... | high2805.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "find your missing items"
},
"options": [
"find your missing items",
"use your phone more wisely",
"save your phone's battery power",
"connect something to your phone"
],
"question": "The Tile app can help you _... | If you have a bad habit of losing things, a new device that can be connected to any item that you might lose may be the way to solve your problem. The Tile, a small square linked up to your iPhone or iPad via Bluetooth, lets you see how close you are to the missing item, within a 50-to 150-foot range . If the item goes... | high11084.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Dogs Saves Teen Girl From House Fire"
},
"options": [
"Janice Hamilton Helps Save Neighbors",
"Firefighters Put Out House Fire",
"Dogs Saves Teen Girl From House Fire",
"Family Needs Help Due To House Fire"
],
"... | When Chato's barking didn't stir Jerrica Seals, the recently adopted dog tried nibbling on the teenager's leg, to get the girl out of her burning house.
No one was hurt. prefix = st1 /Fort Myersfirefighters responded at about 7 a.m.
Five people lived in the Garcia home. That was neighbor Janice Hamilton's main concern ... | high16933.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "USMilitary Plans"
},
"options": [
"USMilitary Plans",
"The Global Arms Race",
"A Comparison between Two Presidents",
"President George W. Bush and the World Peace"
],
"question": "Which of the following might b... | United States President George W. Bush is expected to issue a directive in the next few weeks. It will give the US Air Force a green light for the development of space weapons, US media reported last week.
This would potentially start a new global arms race, some experts have warned.
To keep that from happening, last... | high17393.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "says nothing certain about which pattern is better"
},
"options": [
"believes that longer working hours is better",
"prefers shorter working hours to longer ones",
"says nothing certain about which pattern is better",
"... | Among rich countries , people in the United States work the longest hours. They work much longer than in Europe. This difference is quite surprising because productivity per hour worked is the same in the United States as it is in France, Spain and Germany, and it is growing at a similar speed.
In most countries a... | high21621.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The Apple iPhone was popular."
},
"options": [
"The Apple iPhone was beautiful.",
"The Apple iPhone was popular.",
"The Apple iPhone was expensive.",
"The Apple iPhone was attractive."
],
"question": "What did t... | The Apple iPhone's impact was widely evident at the Consumer Electronics Show, as new touch-screen devices could be found everywhere.
The consumer electronics industry came unbuttoned in Las Vegas this week. At the annual Consumer Electronics Show, companies from around the world
many devices boasting (...) touch - s... | high15584.txt |
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"you do not have to carry things wit... | Backpacks are convenient. They can hold your books, your lunch, and a change of clothes, leaving your hands free to do other things. Someday, if you don't mind carrying a heavy load, your backpacks might also power your MP3 player, keep your cell phone running, and maybe even light your way home.
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"The boy' s mother is very disgusting.",
"The movie will be liked by all the children.",
"The movie is fast-paced."
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Electronic Equipment Cellphones, FM/AM radios, portable television sets and electronic toys with remote controls must not be used in the... | high23036.txt |
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"Dad's eyes are protective to his daughter"
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On a quiet afternoon, Tank, Muck and three-year-old Max were thought to be playing in the yard. But later, Max's mum, Annie, found they had disappeared.
"I searched ever... | high20517.txt |
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A digital camera looks like a film camera, but it works differently. A digital camera takes pictures or a video by usi... | high19396.txt |
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"she doesn't like to go to work by subway.",
"she wants to use the car fo... | China has a growing love affair with the cars.This is clear at the Beijing Asian Games Village Automobile Exchange, where more and more people come to look and increasingly to buy.
Alice Wu is an editor at a Chinese Internet publication.She takes the subway to work, but she is certain she can cut her commute time if sh... | high668.txt |
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Half of the children attended an all-day program at a high-quality childcare center. The center off... | high24017.txt |
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"didn't get along well with Marie",
"never made a decision by himself"
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It had been a hot day and Ja... | high7955.txt |
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"The childhood of Alice Walker and Langston Hughes.",
"Langston Hughes, American poet.",
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Dear Editor,
After I finish my homework, I often go online and chat with my friends. Sometimes I play Internet games. But my parents hate to see me playing games on the computer. Maybe they have heard too much news about how QQ and Internet games harm children. Once I went to a net bar to play games after sc... | high13863.txt |
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The United States army has now determined that glare from snow does not cause snowblindness... | high7799.txt |
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The German rail operator has launched a bicycle-hire scheme designed for simple one-way trips.
"It's a new concept,"said Andreas Knie, head of th... | high22314.txt |
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South Africa's Siphiwe Tshab... | high11906.txt |
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"Place them on the beds.",
"Fix them to the wall."
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"should try to get him out of water as quickly as possible.",
"should first make out who he is.",
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"Because he set a good example to the present politicians.",
"Because of his great personalities.",... | Abraham Lincoln was born into poverty 200 years ago. At any other time and place, this lowly origin would have dictated his future, but in Lincoln's case, his self-determination and force of will made it possible for him to secure his seat in his country's history. He has become a role model in the self-made America.
I... | high3299.txt |
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"answer": {
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"ethnic groups are not allowed to speak English",
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This wonderful book pulled me in with its adventure. It's about a boy, Harry Potter, who discovers he's a wizard . After this... | high19369.txt |
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"new medical technology is always possible to discover",
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"The popularity of alcohol.",
"The drunken coursemates.",
"The limited activities."
],
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So when I arrived on campus for my first year of university life, I w... | high13122.txt |
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"the famous buildings along the Seine River"
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"the importance of Earth Day"
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But what began as nothing important in public affairs has grown ... | high9039.txt |
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"Information on the Underground Railroad",
"A Brief Introduction to Harriet Tubman"
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From a very early age,Harriet knew how slaves suffered. At six years old,she was sent to the fields. Working outside not only made her body strong ... | high15553.txt |
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"answer": {
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"an American teacher"
],
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The first time was last December. I was walking across the high school campus in Guangzhou where I taught when a student in a gray scarf waved hello. I smiled and waved back, bu... | high8327.txt |
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"answer": {
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"By making comparisons",
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"By giving examples"
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But the current economic situation forced Luke back to his mum's house at the a... | high14895.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "have no idea who lives next door to them"
},
"options": [
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"have no idea who lives next door to them",
"talk to their neighbours when they want to borrow something",
"spend time chatti... | Because of the stress and strains of modern life folks today would rather watch television than get together with neighbors. Their behavior doesn't mirror TV soaps like Coronation Street and East Enders.
The Street's Ashley Peacock and Toyah Battersby know all their neighbors. But the Royal Mail survey shows that real-... | high7772.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
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"was angry with his crying"
],
"question": "When the author first saw the cat, she _ .",
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "compare the camera he had chosen with the others"
},
"options": [
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"try the camera to see if there was anything wrong with it",
"get more information about different companies",
"co... | My old digital camera broke down, so I wanted to buy a new one. Being the cautious type, I fancied a reliable brand. So I went on the Net, spent 15 minutes reading product reviews on good websites, wrote down the names of three top recommendations and headed for my nearest big friendly camera store. There in the cup... | high8441.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To advertise for some good employees."
},
"options": [
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"To describe the working conditions of the ChinaDailynewspaper group.",
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"answer": {
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"3",
"4",
"5"
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"question": "How many continents' mountains are mentioned in the passage?",
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"answer": {
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They quarrel a lot with other family members"
},
"options": [
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"They dislike living with their parents",
"They are locked in to avoid trouble",
"They quarrel a lot with other family members"
... | The evidence for harmony may not be clear in some families. But it seems that four in five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly- held image of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.
An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly sh... | high1303.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
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"options": [
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"His manner.",
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],
"question": "What was the old bucket ashamed of ?",
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... | There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care.To water his flowers,he used two buckets.One was a shiny and new bucket.The other was a very old and _ one,which had seen many years of service,but was now past its best.
Every morning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets.Then he would carry them a... | high697.txt |
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"options": [
"have much deeper meanings",
"enable the viewer to use his imagination fully",
"fail to produce a beneficial effect upon youngsters",
"have a greater i... | While the history of technology can be traced along many lines, one of the most amazing development is that of photo technology, the technology of light.From the prehistoric invention of fire to laser beams and fiber optics , light has "continually occupied the minds of inventors".Their inventions fall into two grou... | high21190.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "guests usually care about fort most"
},
"options": [
"men are wiser in choosing hotels",
"guests usually care about fort most",
"women differ from men in judging a hotel",
"hotels have difficulty satisfying each guest"
... | When you walk into a room on the 17th floor of Copenhagen's Bella Sky Hotel, you'll be greeted by soft roses and other fresh flowers, fruits, fashion magazines, and a bathroom with beauty products. This is Europe's first hotel floor dedicated entirely to women--and according to the hotel's CEO Arne Bang Mikkelsen, it i... | high11053.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "advertise a certain product"
},
"options": [
"tell us the results of a certain survey",
"advertise a certain product",
"advise men to do more cleaning housework",
"tell us which is the hardest job at home"
],
"q... | How clean are the nation's homes?
According to a survey by CIF, there's room for improvement all over Britain.
Love or hate it -- cleaning your home is one job you simply can't ignore . But that's not to say everyone spends the same amount of time or effort on making their places spotless. A new survey by CIF-- experts... | high10359.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the buildings began shaking"
},
"options": [
"the eruption",
"the sky became dark",
"the buildings began shaking",
"the sea went back"
],
"question": "Pliny left the town after _ .",
"question_type": "clo... | Perfect Disaster
All around us buildings shook. We decided to leave the town. We stopped once we had left the buildings behind us. The carts were moving in opposite directions, though the ground was perfectly flat, and they wouldn't stay in place even with their wheels blocked by stones.
In addition, it seemed as thoug... | high17436.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Butterfly gardens should be in a sunny place."
},
"options": [
"Butterfly gardens can be grown only in some parts of the US.",
"Butterfly gardens must be large in size.",
"Butterfly gardens should be in a sunny place.",
... | Butterfly gardens can be grown throughout the United States.There is a wide variety of both butterflyattracting (nectar) plants and host plants covering climate zones throughout the country.Butterfly gardens can range in size from a few containers placed in a sunny spot to several acres.
Nectarproducing plants will ... | high18705.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Applying language to situations."
},
"options": [
"Remembering grammar rules.",
"Taking grammar tests.",
"Analyzing grammatical structure.",
"Applying language to situations."
],
"question": "Which of the follow... | Most students try to learn English grammar using grammar textbooks. They study grammar rules and take grammar tests. They use an analytical approach, attempting to memorize, and then apply, a great number of rules.
However, research has proved this method inefficient and ineffective. The truth is, the human brain simp... | high5171.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because Chinese are getting higher incomes."
},
"options": [
"Because Chinese are getting higher incomes.",
"Because foreign auto makers are investing more.",
"Because Chinese like to have their own cars.",
"Because Ger... | China's auto production is expected to grow by 20 percent in 2005 to 6 million vehicles , possibly passing Germany as the world's No. 3 producer. China is the world's-fastest-growing auto market as rising incomes make it possible for millions to buy their cars. Foreign automakers are investing billions of dollars ... | high21184.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "She told Harris about her mother's illness."
},
"options": [
"She failed to take care of Flora.",
"She was not supposed to call Harris at midnight.",
"She couldn't go to hospital on time.",
"She told Harris about her mo... | It was shortly before midnight, and Dr Patricia was getting ready for bed. The phone rang on the end of the line was a woman about to break a promise.
The woman was her mother's neighbour. Flora Harris had made the neighbour swear she wouldn't tell her daughter she'd a heart attack and was in the hospital, for fear her... | high9993.txt |
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