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"answer_text": "strange flying objects"
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"options": [
"flying high up in the sky",
"strange flying objects",
"difficult to believe",
"very interested"
],
"question": "The UFOs are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions... | It is sometimes reported that strange flying objects have been seen high up in the sky. People call these strange objects Unidentified Flying Objects(UFOs). These UFOs caused a lot of interest. Some of the reports about them are difficult to believe.Some have been explained in scientific ways. Others have never been ex... | high7766.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "property developers and local governments"
},
"options": [
"property developers and ordinary people",
"property developers and local governments",
"ordinary people and the Chinese government",
"property developers and t... | Housing Price in China has always aroused heated discussion among property developers and ordinary Chinese. To many property developers and local government officials, housing price in China is still low compared with many developed countries. However, the average housing price in the United States is only 8, 000 yuan ... | high8455.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "doing some writing for the prisoner"
},
"options": [
"encouraging the prisoners",
"visiting the prison houses",
"spending time in listening to the prisoners",
"doing some writing for the prisoner"
],
"question":... | Perhaps you have never heard of Katherine Lawes.Katherine was the wife of Lewis Lawes, warden at Sing Sing Prison from 1920 to 1941.In these 21 years he made many reforms --- and an important part of his success was due to his wife Katherine.
Katherine took seriously the idea that the prisoners are human beings ,wort... | high15221.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "homes are more likely to be broken into nowadays"
},
"options": [
"more burglars are being caught than ever before",
"people have more possessions to worry about nowadays",
"burglars are more at risk than they used to be",
... | Are you worried by the rising crime rate? If you are, you probably know that your house, possessions and person are increasingly in danger of suffering from great rise in the cases of burglary(;) and attack.
Figures show an ever-increasing crime rate, but it is only too easy to imagine "It will never happen to me". Un... | high1317.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Much smoking smell in the air."
},
"options": [
"No live shows there.",
"No smoking areas in the park.",
"Much smoking smell in the air.",
"Having to line up for a long time."
],
"question": "What are most visit... | Disneyland calls itself the happiest place in the world. In order to keep visitors happy in its locations across the globe, every theme park in the world is changed slightly to satisfy local cultures and tastes.
Opened in 1983 and larger than the original California Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland is the third most visite... | high13136.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Japanese"
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"Chinese",
"Japanese",
"the English",
"American"
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"question": "The writer of the passage is probably _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"ans... | "In my country, men usually go to restaurants on their own. They always take their shoes off before they go in. Then they usually sit on the floor around a small, low table. In the evening they often sing songs."
"You usually take chocolates or flowers. But you always take an odd number of flowers, and you remove the p... | high1471.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "develop health problems."
},
"options": [
"develop health problems.",
"1ive to a ripe old age.",
"are not afraid of predators.",
"have difficulty eating food."
],
"question": "The text tells us that zoo elephant... | Most people regard zoos as safe places for animals, where struggles such as difficulty finding food and avoiding predators don't exist. Without such problems, animals in zoos should live to a ripe old age. But that may not be true for the largest land animals on Earth. Scientists have known that elephants in zoos ofte... | high15547.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They have a greater chance of having severe disease."
},
"options": [
"most of them were forced to move away.",
"They earn a lot of fortune from the factory or the profit it brought about.",
"employees from local area all got... | Emergency rooms (ER) are supposed to cure people but Dr. John Stemgold wonders if working in an ER in Willits made him sick. The ER was downwind of the Remco chrome plant. "I used to sit facing that window and kind of daydream out the window, looking at Remco, looking at the fog coming out of there. Then I would cough ... | high12228.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "in 2012"
},
"options": [
"in 2011",
"in 2012",
"in 2013",
"in 2014"
],
"question": "Miller considered John to be a serious athlete _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | Twelve years ago, Rachel Miller was lost when it came to her son John. The 7-year-old was seriously disabled because of his autism . Unable to speak, he withdrew from people at school and, worse, from his family.
In March 2003, Miller was introduced to Jeff Hancock, a one-on-one therapist for people with autism. Hanc... | high14881.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "girls get fewer chances to know about STEM"
},
"options": [
"girls are not as good at STEM as boys",
"girls do not like to take science classes",
"girls get fewer chances to know about STEM",
"girls seldom survive the h... | The early lack of exposure to science ,technology,engineering and mathematics (STEM) can be harmful to achieving gender balance in these fields. It begins when we are young and continues throughout our time in high school.
While at home,girls generally don't get to experience the level of exposure or encouragement in ... | high3266.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Colleges should concentrate more on the services to keep the students"
},
"options": [
"The brightest students are not at all hungry for stronger universities.",
"About 76% of first-year students got an award of $ 20,000 per year."... | Hungry for the brightest students, many of the country's stronger universities are actively discounting tuition .And it's the high achievers, rather than the needy students, who are getting a good chunk of the money.The practice is remarkably widespread, reaching almost all but the 30 or so Ivy and other top colleges ... | high11721.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "tell readers about blogs"
},
"options": [
"introduce an Internet computer Web site called \"blog\"",
"introduce a short way of saying Weblog",
"tell readers how to write blogs",
"tell readers about blogs"
],
"qu... | A "blogger" is a person who writes on an Internet computer Web site called a "blog ".The word "blog" is a short way of saying Web log, or personal Web site. Anyone can start a blog, and they can write about anything they like. There are millions of blogs on the Internet today. They provide news, information,advertiseme... | high4509.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a different meaning"
},
"options": [
"the meaning of a Latin word",
"a different meaning",
"the meaning of \"in\" or \"out of\"",
"a lot of meanings"
],
"question": "By adding a prefix or a suffix to a root, we ... | Some English words are made up of the same part and have different beginnings and different endings, such as import, export, report and transport. All these words, you can see, have the same "port", which comes from the Latin word, meaning "to carry" or "to move" from one place to another. And according to the bit at t... | high17350.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The penguins' new garments"
},
"options": [
"The penguins' new garments",
"How to protect the penguins",
"The Penguin Foundation",
"Poisonous oil pollution"
],
"question": "Which is the best title for the text?"... | They survive in some of the coldest environments in the world--but even penguins appreciate a warm woolly jumper once in a while.
The mini knitted garments have helped save hundreds of flightless birds caught in oil spills, providing protection from the elements and stopping them from eating poisonous pollution.
... | high18063.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A novelist"
},
"options": [
"An actor.",
"A novelist",
"A movie director.",
"A translator."
],
"question": "Who is Harper Lee?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
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"answer": {
"answer_in... | In films, dads change from cruel men to loving souls. Here is a list of good and bad movies dads .Atticus Finch in To kill a Mockingbird
GOOD DAD:A man whose wife has died with a young family and a busy job as a lawyer, Gregory Peck's character in the 1962 film is one of the great heroes of American cinema Firm but ... | high5617.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "his work was unnecessary"
},
"options": [
"his work was unnecessary",
"he did his work carelessly",
"he was too old to do the job",
"he could do other better jobs"
],
"question": "The leaders decided to ask the ... | Many years ago in a small village, an old man was hired to clear the spring up on the mountain. He patrolled the spring every day, and swept away all the leaves and other things that would dirty the fresh flow of water. Soon, beautiful swans came to the clear spring, and the village became a popular attraction fo... | high2178.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It's not mentioned here"
},
"options": [
"8000 yuan",
"10000 yuan",
"7000 yuan",
"It's not mentioned here"
],
"question": "What is the average housing price per square meter in China?",
"question_type": "fac... | China news, Beijing, Feb. 9 - Housing price in China has always aroused heated discussions among property developers and ordinary Chinese. To many property developers and local government officials, housing price in China is still low compared with many developed countries. However, the average housing price in the Uni... | high1459.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he was poor"
},
"options": [
"his farm belonged to the rich man",
"he liked the rich man",
"he was poor",
"the rich man's children liked apples"
],
"question": "Why did the farmer bring apples to the rich man? B... | Once there was a poor farmer and his farm belonged to a rich man. One day he brought a basket of apples to the rich man's house. On the doorsteps, he met two monkeys dressed like children. They jumped onto the basket to eat the apples and threw some on the ground. The farmer politely took off his hat and asked the mon... | high6336.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Rio de Janeiro"
},
"options": [
"Rio de Janeiro",
"Lisbon",
"Madrid",
"a place not mentioned"
],
"question": "The first edition of the festival may be held in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},... | After ten years, the world' s largest music festival, Rock in Rio, returned to its hometown Rio de Janeiro for seven days of concerts from Friday, September 23rd, attracting 700,000 people over the whole week.
It is the 10th edition of the Rock in Rio festival, but only the 4th to be held in Rio as the organizers expor... | high7028.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a babysitter rescuing kids from a big fire"
},
"options": [
"a big fire without serious injury",
"an urgent call 911",
"a brave babysitter",
"a babysitter rescuing kids from a big fire"
],
"question": "The text ... | Lisa Pina never thought she would need the fire safety training she received during her apprenticeship as a union painter and dry waller. On Friday morning,she was thanking God she had _ .
On Thursday night,while Pina was babysitting her granddaughter,nephew and two nieces in her sister's apartment,she smelled smoke ... | high12200.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "American people were suffering financial problems"
},
"options": [
"it became the top bestseller all of the time",
"reading was more popular than anything else then",
"the price of the book was too high for people then",
... | Gone with the Wind is a novel written by Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. It was popular with American readers from the onset and was the top American fiction bestseller in the year it was published and in 1937 on the row. As of 2014, a Harris poll found it to be the second favorite book of American readers,... | high19355.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "people can learn to cope with pain"
},
"options": [
"fakirs possess magic power",
"Indians are not afraid of pain",
"people can learn to cope with pain",
"some people are born without a sense of pain"
],
"questi... | The human body has developed its millions of nerves to be highly aware of what goes on both inside and outside of it. This helps us to adjust to the outside world. Without our nerves and our brain, which is a system of nerves, we couldn't know what's happening. But we pay for our sensitivity. We can feel pain when the ... | high17378.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Band."
},
"options": [
"Band.",
"Choir.",
"Dance.",
"Theater."
],
"question": "In which course might you receive personal training?",
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"answer": {
"answ... | Bullis School Visual and Performing Arts Program is designed to advance a student's ability through artistic expression. Students will choose their Majors and Minors and will commit to each of these courses for the academic year.
Courses are listed as follows:
* Majors: Band, Choir , Dance, Theater
* Minors: Pai... | high10417.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "everyone thinks all the other family members want to go"
},
"options": [
"they really like the restaurant they are going to",
"they are tired of the game they have been playing",
"they have not been to Abilene for a long time... | So there are four of them in this car heading north from Coleman in the heart of Texas to the town of Abilene , some 53 miles away. It is a hot day, and the drive is dusty and boring. Someone has had the bright idea to interrupt a nice family game of dominoes to go on a four-hour round-trip to eat at a really not ve... | high2150.txt |
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"answer_text": "It is an object in space that can be seen on the Earth."
},
"options": [
"It is an object in space that can be seen on the Earth.",
"It has extremely strong gravity.",
"It can suck up everything near them.",
"It is an e... | What looks like a black hole, behaves like a black hole, but is bigger than a black hole? Two black holes! Astronomers last week discovered a pair of enormous black holes far out in the galaxy that appear to be dancing toward each other. However, astronomers say the collision is not likely to occur for several million ... | high21812.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "to be a successful man"
},
"options": [
"to be a successful man",
"to have won a lottery",
"to represent American culture",
"to know a lot about the U.S."
],
"question": "In the eyes of the young potato seller, ... | "I want to be just like you.You are from uptown, aren't you?" the young man asked in the local slang with a broad smile unaware of the burning tropical sun.Selling bags of potatoes at the roadside, his extra-large T shirt and faded blue jeans were a proof to the universal influence of American pop culture in Africa.I h... | high10371.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "how rap music develops"
},
"options": [
"when rap music started",
"how rap music develops",
"what rap music is like",
"why rap music is popular"
],
"question": "The passage is mainly about _ .",
"question... | It may seem to be a hard task to trace back the history of rap music, though you often see the informal music associated with highly informal dance style. As far as the origin of rap music is concerned, most people agree that it is from Afro-American and Latino Street culture of New York City. Not only in this city but... | high2636.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "pay more attention to his study"
},
"options": [
"pay more attention to his study",
"keep silent in the room",
"finish his homework on time",
"get right answers"
],
"question": "At the beginning, the author trie... | I am a strong believer that if a child is raised with approval, he will learn to love himself and will be successful in his own way.
Several weeks ago, I was doing homework with my son in the third grade and he kept standing up from his chair to go over the math lines. I kept asking him to sit down, telling him that he... | high5159.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The elderly having difficulties with tax issue."
},
"options": [
"Children attracted by the culture of Africa.",
"Teenagers fond of taking challenge.",
"The elderly having difficulties with tax issue.",
"Anyone interest... | The Raytown Branch of Mid-Continent Public Library is offering the following activities for the month of March. The library is located at 6131 Raytown Road. All activities are free, but registration is required.
Tax Help for Seniors
10 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. AARP Tax-Aide representatives will be at the Library to... | high19433.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "it was towed by the police"
},
"options": [
"it was stolen by a stranger",
"it was towed by the police",
"he placed it in a wrong place",
"he should rent another one"
],
"question": "The moment the author found ... | One day I walked down to get to my car, thinking about what I had to accomplish and scolding myself for being late for work, but surprisingly the car was nowhere to be found.
This was at 8 a.m. in the morning. I made trips to all the towing places and police stations, all the time thinking that it was towed by cops .... | high4247.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "reasonable"
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"options": [
"shocking",
"ridiculous",
"puzzling",
"reasonable"
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"question": "In the teacher's opinion, Lucy's argument was _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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... | One day, Mr. Arnold was teaching a lesson, and things were going as normally as ever. He was explaining the story of mankind to his pupils. He told them that, in the beginning, men were nomads; they never stayed in the same place for very long. Instead, they would travel about, here and there, in search of food, wherev... | high3528.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "it built a like among people"
},
"options": [
"it built a like among people",
"it helped unite a community",
"it was a source of self- education",
"it was a source of pleasure"
],
"question": "Reading poems is t... | Reading poems is not exactly an everyday activity for most people. In fact, many people never read a poem once they get out of high school.
It is worth reminding ourselves that this has not always been the case in prefix = st1 /America. In the nine-tenth century, a usual American activity was to sit around the fireside... | high23963.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "different cultures would affect how students look at the photo"
},
"options": [
"different images would change with different people",
"different cultures would affect how students look at the photo",
"with Chinese prompts, m... | Are you trying to learn a new language in a foreign land? You might be better off if you stopped looking at that picture of your family and friends.
New research from Columbia University found that prompting someone who is learning a new language with images and reminders of their own culture could temporarily ruin e... | high12566.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "work in the laboratory"
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"options": [
"manufacture cars",
"work in the laboratory",
"work in space",
"explore oceans"
],
"question": "Scientists now are using a robot to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | Robots are common in today's world. They manufacture cars, work in space, explore oceans, clean up oil spills and investigate dangerous environments. And now, scientists at the University of Manchester are using a robot as a laboratory partner.
The researchers at the university created the robot in 2009 and named it Ad... | high9763.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "music producers"
},
"options": [
"music producers",
"email writers",
"credit card users",
"web designers"
],
"question": "The website the producers choice.com. is most probably for _ .",
"question_type": ... | A Special Opportunity for Customers of Producers Choice
Dear music producers,
If you LOVE producing music, then you are going to LOVE our new monthly sample pack club. With Producers Choice Monthly, you'll get every single sample pack we'll ever make at theproducerschoice.com. You'll get every new pack we put on the ... | high14117.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "RUB 9, 800"
},
"options": [
"RUB 14, 400",
"RUB 19, 600",
"RUB 9, 800",
"RUB 3, 600"
],
"question": "A couple with twins aged 5 dining at L'Europe Restaurant should pay at least _ .",
"question_type": "clo... | Dining Experiences at Belmond Grand Hotel Europe
Delicious cuisine is paired with excellent musical entertainment at Belmond Grand Hotel Europe.
TCHAIKOVSKY NIGHT
Every Friday, dine in Lobby Bar and be treated to a special musical accompaniment.
Enjoy timeless classics from the great Russian composer Tchaikovsky, perfo... | high6450.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "American stores."
},
"options": [
"American hospitality.",
"the life of Americans.",
"American stores.",
"the business of Americans."
],
"question": "The passage is mainly about _",
"question_type": "cloze_... | In the United States you will find yourself being urged from every page of every newspaper and every television station to buy all kinds of goods.
Not only is there a wide range of prices for goods in America, there is also a wide range in the quality of goods offered for sale. Unlike some countries,
Americans generall... | high33.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Education"
},
"options": [
"Services",
"Legal & General notices",
"Education",
"Recruitment"
],
"question": "Which of the following advertising rates is the lowest?",
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"answ... | China Daily
Classified Page
Advertising Rates
Published every Wednesday and Friday.
Minimum(smallest)Size: 1 col x3 cm
Personal: RMB 100 yuan/cm
-Engagements, Marriage, Births, Deaths, Obituaries, Funerals, Birthday greetings, Holiday greetings, Anniversaries
Shopping Guide: RMB 100 yuan/cm
-Department store and superm... | high13678.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because he was seriously injured in his left ankle."
},
"options": [
"Because he suffered a fracture on left leg.",
"Because he was seriously injured in his left ankle.",
"Because he met with some personal problems.",
"... | (CNN)---NBA star Yao Ming announced his retirement during a news conference in China on Wednesday."I need to make a personal decision," Yao said."I am ending my basketball career. I am very grateful. I would like to thank my family members and my parents. And most of all, the Houston Rockets."
Voted an All--Star play... | high23977.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The humanities and STEM subjects should be given equal importance."
},
"options": [
"STEM-related subjects help students find jobs in the information society.",
"Higher education should be adjusted to the practical needs of society... | The question of whether our government should promote science and technology or the liberal arts in higher education isn't an either/or proposition ,although the current emphasis on preparing young Americans for STEM(science,technology,engineering,maths)-related fields can make it seem that way.
The latest congression... | high12572.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "10% or more of its population is over 60"
},
"options": [
"less that 10% of its population is over 60",
"10% or more of its population is over 60",
"there are four old people in a family",
"most of its population is ove... | Today most Chinese teenagers are happy to be favored by two parents and four grandparents in their families. But have you ever thought about how to take care of four to twelve old people when you grow up and get married? This could be a problem for most Chinese youths as China is entering a new stage of an aging societ... | high867.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "lives in the next town with her husband and son"
},
"options": [
"lives in the next town with her husband and son",
"is the only member of the family that he knows",
"never writes back to him",
"has a small family: a so... | Some people do not like anything to be out of place; they are never late for work; they return their books to the library on time; they remember people's birthdays; and they pay their bills as soon as they arrive. Mr. Dodds is such a person .
Mr. Dodds works in a bank, and lives on his own. The only family he has is in... | high8469.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It is helped by the best teachers."
},
"options": [
"It is free for new students.",
"It offers all kinds of business classes.",
"It is helped by the best teachers.",
"It is intended for high school students."
],
... | It has been more than 50 years since Harvard Business School started admitting women, yet the institution is still trying hard to find out how to best attract and support them. Its latest effort: a program targeting women's colleges--place that are not traditional feeding grounds for the male-majority business school... | high14103.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They are unwilling to take advice."
},
"options": [
"They like flying by themselves.",
"They are unwilling to take advice.",
"They pretend to be good pilots.",
"They are quick learners of CRM."
],
"question": "W... | Doctor are known to be terrible pilots. They don't listen because they already know it all. I was lucky: I became a pilot in 1970, almost ten years before I graduated from medical school. I didn't realize then, but becoming a pilot makes me a better surgeon. I loved flying. As I flew bigger, faster planes, and in worse... | high9777.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Its tourism."
},
"options": [
"Its location .",
"Its tourism.",
"Its business.",
"Its history."
],
"question": "Which of the following about Pingyao is NOT mentioned in the passage?",
"question_type": null
... | Pingyao, in the center of Shanxi Province, is a famous historic cultural city of China and a world cultural heritage site . It's 90 kilometers south of Taiyuan on the Fen River.
People lived in Pingyao during the New Stone Age. Its long period as a country government seat has left Pingyao with lots of historic buildin... | high7982.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "protecting the traditional Italian lifestyle"
},
"options": [
"preventing Italy from being affected by America",
"beautifying the environment of small Italian cities and towns",
"calling on Italians to enjoy stress-free life"... | "Slow City" -- a recently launched project focused on preserving the traditional quality of life enjoyed in some of Italy's smaller cities and towns. The project was born from the idea of the "Slow Food" movement -- started in Italy in the 1980s -- which promotes leisurely eating and the growing of local, healthy produ... | high2622.txt |
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"he cared much about the judges' feelings",
"he tried his best to avoid making mistakes",
"he paid close attention to the... | Fourteen - year - old Richie Hawley had spent five years studying violin at the Community School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles when he took part in a violin contest. Ninety two young people were invited to the contest and Hawley came out first.
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Earlier this month it was reported, that the cost of involving an infant or small kid at a childcare centre rose 3 percent in 2012, faster than the general cost of l... | high19427.txt |
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"Early school hours.",
"Sports activities.",
"Too much home work."
],
"question": "According to the passage,which of the following is the chief cause of s... | Surveys of American teenagers find that about half of them do not get enough sleep on school nights. They get an average of 60 to 90 minutes less than experts say they need.
Experts say teens are biologically programmed to go to sleep later and wake up later than other age groups. Yet many schools start classes as earl... | high16072.txt |
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"They weren't satisfied with Caius Insectus.",
"They needed someone to lead them out of danger.",
"They needed someon... | Ladybirds didn't have black spots on their backs at first. Then a storm broke out, and their famous guide, Caius Insectus, disappeared into the flood , and the few ladybirds who survived had to choose a new leader to guide them out of trouble. They decided that their new leader would be the first ladybird to success... | high10403.txt |
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Until now British scientists have just announced a new stem cell... | high21806.txt |
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"To draw public attention to educating children.",
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"are more likely to stick to driving laws",
"are less familiar with safety equipment"
],... | People always think men are more skilled than women in driving. Nowadays women appear to have a positive image of themselves as safer drivers than men.
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"grooves",
"spaces between intervals",
"bulldozers"
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"question_typ... | Motorists who used to listen to the radio or their favorite tunes on CDs may have a new way to entertain themselves, after engineers in Japan developed a musical road surface.
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"He may be one of the rare cases of people with a superior memory.",
"He is now the... | Imagine being able to recall just about anything, your mind functioning as a nearly endless encyclopedic book of names, pictures, dates and events.
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"when a leader is needed",
"where a leader lays his power"
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"answer": {
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"they must swim outside at least 8 times in the four cold months",
"they must agree to swim outdoors from November through February",
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"The Georges is a double income family.",
"The children had more arguments during the summer.",
"They recyled soda... | George, when your big brother and your little dog and I walked you up to schools today, you had no idea how I was feeling.
You were so excited. You had packed and unpacked your pencils and safety scissors in your backpack a dozen times. I am really going to miss those lazy mornings when we waved your brother and sister... | high11682.txt |
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".The teacher's interesting lecture.",
"The funny picture about the teacher.",
"The short story written on the note."
],
"q... | I was giving the class when her giggling drew my attention. Walking over to the young trouble-maker, I asked for the note in her hands.
It was a had-drawn picture of me, teeth blackened, nostrils upwards, and the words "I'm stupid" coming out of my mouth. I managed to fold up the picture calmly and continue the class.... | high21999.txt |
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"answer": {
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"The resurrection of Jesus.",
"The return of the mild weather.",
"The rising of the sun in a new spring."
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"question": "Peo... | Easter Eggs
Easter falls officially on the Sunday following the first full moon after March 21. The name Easter itself derives from Europe, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of springtime and sunrise. Christians relate the rising of the sun to resurrection of Jesus, Son of God, and therefore Easter, like Easter, represents rebir... | high17595.txt |
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... | The United States covers a large part of the North American continent. Its neighbours are Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. Although the United States is a big country, it is not the largest in the world. In 1964, its population was over 185,000,000.
When this land first became a nation, after winning... | high20339.txt |
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"answer_text": "one's heart-beat, brain activities, blood pressure, feelings and emotions"
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"one's heart-beat, brain activities, blood pressure,... | Scientists are making new studies of color and its effects on our health. They have known for a long time that the color of a room or the color of the light in it can affect our feelings and emotions. Many prisons and hospitals have at least one room that is painted pink. Officials have found that light and color can p... | high2965.txt |
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"answer": {
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"the high prices of fast food meals"
],
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"Your teachers don't want you to change school.",
"It is never easy to get permission of the authority.",
"It is difficult ... | It's never easy moving schools. You're settled in the school you're in, you have your friends and you know your teachers and you just don't want the change. But unfortunately sometimes it is necessary to move schools and start again. Once you've started at the new school there are little tips and tricks you could try t... | high23630.txt |
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"The popularity of traveling around during the Golden Week.",
"The crowded situation in China du... | Most Chinese people expect to relax and enjoy themselves during the Golden Week. But for those trying to go someplace,it may seem more disappointment than pleasure. This year, the severe traffic jam resulted in a roadside wedding.
The suffering of being stuck in traffic was possibly most strongly felt by Lv Kangzhou an... | high9824.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Computer learning should be made easier."
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"There should be more computer clubs for experts.",
"People should work harder to master computer use.",
"Computers s... | Computer people talk a lot about the need for other people to become "computer-literate." But not all experts agree that this is a good idea.
One pioneer, in particular, who disagrees is David Tebbutt, the founder of Computertown UK. Although many people see this as a successful attempt to bring people closer to the ... | high734.txt |
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"answer": {
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"proof of past experience"
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... | Job Interviews
You have the education and the work experience; now all you need is the job. Most people spend more time getting ready for an evening out than they do preparing for a job interview. There are several things you can do to have a successful job interview. Here are some of them:
1. Know about the company wh... | high14088.txt |
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"answer": {
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"keep notes to improve their memory",
"do some sports",
"have an operation"
],
"question": "The doctor suggested the couple that th... | An 80-year-old couple was having problems remembering things, so they decided to go to their doctor to get checked out to make sure nothing was wrong with them.
When they arrived at the doctor's, they explained to the doctor about the problems they were having with their memory. After checking the couple out, the docto... | high23624.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "motivating part of the brain"
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"motivating part of the brain"
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"answer": {
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"question_type": "cloze_questi... | Wearing ties was originally the mark of Britain's most powerful classes, which made the tie itself a symbol of power and respect. And that led it to be adopted by a much larger tribe--the business tribe.
You cannot wear a tie if you work with machinery. So wearing a tie became a sign that you were a man who used your b... | high16847.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the bus offered by the school and different from the public bus"
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"the bus that is driven... | Every day 25 million U.S. children ride school buses. The safety record for these buses is much better than for passenger cars; but nevertheless, about 10 children are killed each year riding on large school buses, and nearly four times that number are killed outside buses in the loading zones. By and large, however, t... | high2971.txt |
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"answer": {
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"It's a good idea to send several emails to apologize... | It is impossible not to make a mistake at some point in your life.We may as well accept that something will go wrong and we will be to blame.It is therefore sensible to work out some strategies for apologizing,and the best way to apologize is by letter.This way you can take care over every word you write which you can'... | high21033.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "cares very much for his daughter Maria"
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"options": [
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"is interested in fixing broken blenders",
"wants the readers to look at his project",
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The late afternoon sunlight d... | high21755.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "is the first product to manage one's sleep"
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The inability to get a good night's sleep is one of the top health issues. A night of poor sleep can affect one's mood, energy level, and performance. Most people have felt powerless to do anything about it -- un... | high5978.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"To call on students to apply to be Campus Coordinators,",
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Her unwillingness to see others write the story."
},
"options": [
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"Her unwillingness to see others write the story.",
"The attraction of earning more at the box office.",
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The Impossible."
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"The Impossible.",
"Family Guy."
],
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Actor:Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro,
The Big Wedding is about a modern family holding a weekend wedding celebration. To make their adult children and friends happy, the long divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are once again forced to play the happy couple because of their son's wedding. With al... | high23142.txt |
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"answer": {
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"question_type": "factiod_questi... | Chinese car makers have narrowed the quality gap with their foreign rivals in the world's largest vehicle market to the smallest level in seven years, according to research.
But the improvements have not been enough to see an obvious drop in the market share for local car companies this year, raising questions about th... | high14936.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer": {
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There is always a reason why an old lady gives you a serious look - you are being too loud, dressed improperly or not crossing the street in the right place. Sometimes it can be lovely, but if you are already having a bad day, a mean old lady can drive you mad.
What to do about it:
I've come to reali... | high5950.txt |
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Malaria can be prevented and treated. However, many African nations don't ... | high11866.txt |
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"answer": {
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"I hope he doesn't ask me for any money," I thought.
He didn't.
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},
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"It makes the earth neither to hot nor too cold.",
"It prevents all the light from ... | Global warming happens when greenhouse gases trap heat and light from the sun in the earth's atmosphere, which increases the temperature. This is like when heat is trapped in a car. On a hot day, the car gets hotter when it is out in the parking lot. This is because the heat and light from the sun can get into the car,... | high6281.txt |
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},
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Both articles appeared Sunday on the website of the American Chamber of Commerce... | high22274.txt |
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"options": [
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"she is the first German writer that ha... | Herta Muller, the Romanian-born German writer, has won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature.The award was announced in Stockholm on Thursday.
Ms.Muller, 56, immigrated to Germany from Romania in 1987.She is the first German writer to win the Nobel in literature since Gunter Grass in 1999 and the 13th winner wri... | high22512.txt |
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Brazil's population growth rate h... | high13917.txt |
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"warm water is heavier than cold water",
"warm water has the same tempe... | Warm water freezes more quickly than cold water. Sir Francis Bacon said that almost four hundred years ago. But few people believed him until 1970. In that year a Canadian scientist George Kill proved the English professor was right. Dr Kill filled an open oil pail with cold water. He filled another with warm water. H... | high1288.txt |
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"answer": {
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The main purpose of a newspaper is to provide news.If you examine a newspaper closely,you will find... | high7821.txt |
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"Before everything else,getting ready is the secret of success.",
"If you work hard... | Pete Rose,the famous baseball player,whom I have never met,taught me something so valuable that it changed my life.Pete was being interviewed in spring training the year he was about to break Ty Cobb's alltime hits record.One reporter asked, "Pete,you only need 78 hits to break the record.How many atbats do you think... | high24163.txt |
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"She looked much older than her age."
],
"... | It was a week before Christmas, but things were far from cheery. Our task was to deliver as many boxes of food as possible to those in need in Camden, New Jersey. There were no Christmas carolers walking these streets that were lined with boarded-up houses and broken windows. Mothers kept their children close as th... | high20305.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because you can make your child feel hurt, or misunderstood by what you say without realizing it yourself."
},
"options": [
"Because the teenager is very naughty.",
"Because the parent always expects a lot from the child.",
"... | It's not easy being a teenager---nor is it easy being the parent of a teenager. You can make your child feel angry, hurt, or misunderstood by what you say without realizing it yourself. It is important to give your child the space he needs to grow while gently letting him know that you'll still be there for him when he... | high2781.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "satisfy the unlimited human needs with the limited resources"
},
"options": [
"get more resources for human beings",
"put human needs under some control",
"satisfy the unlimited human needs with the limited resources",
... | Economics is the study of how societies with limited resources decide what to produce, how to produce and for whom to produce. What, how, and for whom to produce are problems all over the world because human needs are practically unlimited, but all societies have only limited quantities of resources that can be used ... | high18842.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Gift Ideas for High School Students"
},
"options": [
"Gift Ideas for High School Students",
"New Products for Teachers",
"Best Choices for Parents",
"Rare Gifts for Teenagers"
],
"question": "What is probably th... | It's almost time to head back to school, and well, it' s never too early to start shopping for those school supplies.If you have some extra cash left over after shopping for backpacks and number two pencils, then treat your kid to some cool electronics you can borrow from them later.
Acer Aspire One: Netbooks are great... | high20311.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "his graduation from Harvard University"
},
"options": [
"his father's influence",
"his devotion to basketball",
"his years of hard work",
"his graduation from Harvard University"
],
"question": "Which of the fol... | February 4, 2012 saw the take-off of a new rising NBA star-Jeremy Lin.
Among professional basketball players, Jeremy Lin's background is not typical. He graduated from Harvard University, which sends few players to the NBA, and he is the only Chinese-American NBA player. But when you watch him on the court, there is no... | high2795.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The passing of days."
},
"options": [
"The passing of days.",
"The brightness of the sun.",
"The early agricultural tools.",
"The early forms of writing."
],
"question": "Which of the following is linked to what... | Future historians will be in a particular position when they come to record the history of our own times. They will hardly know which facts to select from the great mass of evidence that's always increasing. What is more, they will not have to rely only oh the written word. Films, videos, CDs and CD-ROMs are just some ... | high18856.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Creative and realistic."
},
"options": [
"World-famous but unusual.",
"Practical and popular.",
"Creative and realistic.",
"Authentic but ordinary."
],
"question": "Which of the following best describes Frida Ka... | If Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is today one of the best-known and most popular figures of 20th-century Mexican art, it is undoubtedly because of her personality and the originality of a body of works. Her work is, above all, the expression of a life -- a tragic and stormy life, one that challenged all conventions.
The mere... | high19590.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Global warming: The causes"
},
"options": [
"A Rising Population",
"Saving Sources of Energy",
"Global warming: The causes",
"Carbon Dioxide"
],
"question": "Which of the following titles goes with the text?",
... | A rising population is one of the main reasons that there is global warming. Between 1650 and 1850 the population increased by 0.75 billion people going from 0.25 billion to one billion. From 1930 to the end of the century the population rose from two billion to over six billion. In just a third of the time the populat... | high13903.txt |
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