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"answer_text": "you'll have to pay for the plastic bags"
},
"options": [
"you can get free plastic bags",
"you'll have to pay for the plastic bags",
"you can't buy anything",
"you can't use plastic bags"
],
"question": "On June... | Do you still get free plastic bags from the supermarket ? Things will change soon.
To protect the environment, supermarkets in China will stop providing free plastic bags after June 1st. If you don't want to pay money to buy them, you'll have to bring your own shopping bag.
What kind of bags will be the best to bri... | high2568.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because he didn't want to see the mule suffer more in the well."
},
"options": [
"Because he thought the mule was of little use.",
"Because he didn't like the praying made by the mule.",
"Because he thought the well couldn't ... | This parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule . The mule fell into the farmer's well. The farmer heard the mule praying for whatever mules do when they fall into wells. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule, but decided that neither the mule nor the well was worth the tr... | high5207.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "how life began on a volcano-produced island."
},
"options": [
"how an island rose up in the sea",
"how soil was formed on a new island",
"how life began on a volcano-produced island.",
"how an undersea volcano broke out... | It remained a question who had to be the pioneer life on a new island. In fact, few people knew it.
Thousands of years ago, in the middle of an ocean, miles from the nearest island, an undersea volcano broke out. The hot liquid rock piled higher and higher and spread wider and wider. In this way, an island rose up... | high18473.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "both A and C"
},
"options": [
"Italy and Spain",
"China and Japan",
"Japan",
"both A and C"
],
"question": "This story is about New Year's Eve in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"ans... | On New Year's Eve
At midnight on New Year's Eve, people in Rome, Italy, throw out all the things they no longer want. The streets are filled with old chairs, beds, clothes and dishes. In Madrid, Spain, the new year comes in more quietly. People flock to the main square. Each holds a bag of grapes. As the clock strikes ... | high17740.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Money can buy happiness, but only if you spend it on someone else."
},
"options": [
"The more you earn, the greater happiness you will get.",
"Spending more money on yourself will make you happier.",
"Money can buy happiness,... | Spending as little as $5 a day on someone else could significantly boost happiness, the team at the University of British Columbia and Harvard Business School found on Thursday.
Their experiments on more than 630 Americans showed they were measurably happier when they spent money on others--even if they thought spendin... | high4119.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Environment - friendly."
},
"options": [
"Tiny.",
"Imagination",
"Foreign",
"Environment - friendly."
],
"question": "Which of the following words can be used to describe the China Pavilion?",
"question_type... | World Expo 2010 Shanghai China is to be staged in Shanghai from May 1 to October 31, 2010. If you plan to visit the Shanghai Expo this summer, China Pavilion is a must - see area for you.
China Pavilion, which is called Oriental Crown, is located at the center of the Expo site. Standing 63 meters tall, the China Pavili... | high11331.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "deg@waikato.ac.nz"
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"options": [
"sport@waikato.ac.nz",
"heal@waikato.ac.nz",
"deg@waikato.ac.nz",
"inf@waikato.ac.nz"
],
"question": "If you want to get more information about arts, you can write to _ .",
... | If you want to be a success, study at the University of Waikato is right for you. The university is internationally recognized for its excellence and achievements. It will help you develop advanced research skills. As a university student you can get first-class research facilities with trained teachers to help, supp... | high3676.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "coach"
},
"options": [
"coach",
"student",
"cheerleader",
"photographer"
],
"question": "According to the passage,we know the girl'S dad was a",
"question_type": null
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"answer": {
"answer_i... | I was never tired of heating their story.As a little girl,I'd sit beside my mom with their
wedding album spread across my lap,slowly turning the pages of 8 x l 0 glossy black and white
photographs.I'd trace my fingers along their faces,along that white wedding dress.
"Tell me again,"I said . "Tell me again about you an... | high17998.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "wouldn't get paid leave"
},
"options": [
"wouldn't get extra time off",
"would get lower pay",
"would pay for her leave or she will be fired",
"wouldn't get paid leave"
],
"question": "If a woman in the U.S left... | The United States does not require business to pay workers who are sick or caring for a new baby. President Obama and some other U.S. lawmakers want to change time-off policies. Supporters say paid leave is the right thing to do. Opponents say it will kill economic growth.
In 2014, the United Nations reported that Papu... | high12610.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A peice of exercise equipment."
},
"options": [
"A peice of exercise equipment.",
"A club membership card.",
"A commercial health club.",
"An electric wheelchair."
],
"question": "What is ROM?",
"question_ty... | TIME IS IT.Over 92% of people who own exercise equipment snd 88% of people who own health club memberships do not exercise.A 4-minute complete workout is no longer hard to believe for all the people who have bought our excellent Range of Motion machine (ROM) since 1990.Over 97% of people who rent our ROM for 30 days en... | high7438.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "supported the volunteers' job"
},
"options": [
"threw out good food on the campus",
"supported the volunteers' job",
"enjoyed the talk with the students",
"donated their leftovers to the poor"
],
"question": "Th... | University of Maryland student Ben Simon and his friends couldn't stand to see good food thrown out on their campus."We basically noticed that some of the extra food from the dining hall was going to waste at the end of the day.And we met with the dining services and asked them whether it would be okay if instead of th... | high6726.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "have biological limitations"
},
"options": [
"are not interested in it",
"are afraid to make an attempt",
"have not invented proper tools",
"have biological limitations"
],
"question": "Walking on water hasn't b... | Humans have long been interested greatly in the idea of being able to walk on water. Sadly, biological facts prevent us ever realizing this dream without artificial aid--we simply weigh too much, and all our weight pushes down through our relatively small feet, resulting in a lot of pressure that makes us sink.
However... | high14261.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "lots of people go shopping for something cheaper"
},
"options": [
"lots of people go shopping for something cheaper",
"people have a lot of money to spend after Christmas",
"all the shops close for a two-week Christmas holida... | Here is something about Christmas. Every year just after Christmas the January Sales start. All the shops reduce their prices for two weeks, and they are full of people looking for bargains. My husband and I do not normally go to the sales as we don't like crowds and are short of money as we have to buy lots of Christm... | high9415.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "they make full use of their abilities"
},
"options": [
"they are born cleverer than others",
"they work longer hours at study",
"they make full use of their abilities",
"they know the shortcut to success"
],
"qu... | Everyone knows about straight-A students. We see them frequently in TV situation comedies and in movies like Revenge of the _ . They get high grades, all right, but only by becoming dull laborers, their noses always stuck in a book. They are not good at social communication and look clumsy while doing sports.
How, then... | high1049.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "race walking is a slow-moving sport"
},
"options": [
"race walking is a slow-moving sport",
"the number of adults who ride for fitness has grown 70 percent in four years.",
"it has speed, the benefits of jogging and beautiful... | First it was jogging. Then aerobics . Not too long ago, Americans discovered race walking.
Now Americans are into a newfitnesscraze. They'retaking up bicycling. Over hills and down mountainsides and across quiet country roads, Americans are busily rolling along.
The number of adults who ride for fitness i... | high17768.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He wanted to show he was not guilty."
},
"options": [
"He wanted to live in the house next to the whites.",
"He wanted to have the right to choose where to live.",
"He wanted to show he was not guilty.",
"He wanted to s... | "Your honor !Let me say a few words for myself. What they have told you is just not true. I was not trying to kill anyone, and it was hardly possible to try to kill three strong young men at the same time. I didn't have anything to tell people that night and was quite alone. I didn't know them and needn't hate them. I ... | high3886.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The Smallest Backbone Animal"
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"options": [
"The Strangest Fish",
"Acidic Peat Swamps",
"Strange Species",
"The Smallest Backbone Animal"
],
"question": "64.Which of the following would be the best title for t... | The smallest animal with a backbone known to science, a fish from the carp family, has been discovered in the peat swamps of Indonesia. Mature females of the fish species Paedocypris reach just 7.9mm in length.
The species was discovered in the highly acidic peat swamps of the Indonesian island of Sumatra by a tea... | high16476.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "have different ideas about the medical effects of cold-water swimming"
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"options": [
"have different ideas about the medical effects of cold-water swimming",
"believe swimming is helpful both in summer and in winter",
"enou... | When did you see a polar bear ? On a trip to a zoo, perhaps ? If you had attended a winter activity in New York a few years ago, you would have seen a whole polar bear club. These "Polar Bears" are people who meet frequently in the winter to swim in freezing cold water. That day, the air temperature was 3 degrees. And... | high4131.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Vardy has proved himself valuable at Leicester City."
},
"options": [
"Vardy's soccer career has always been smooth.",
"Vardy is quite confident in his rise to fame.",
"Vardy has proved himself valuable at Leicester City.",
... | Four years ago, English soccer player Jamie Vardy was a complete unknown. At age 24, he was a part-time player for the Stockbridge Park Steels, earning only PS30 (293 yuan) a week.
Fast forward to 2015, Vardy is Leicester City's star striker and only the second player in the history of the Premier League to score in el... | high19745.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the earnings for the holiday quarter was disappointing"
},
"options": [
"the iPhone wasn't popular in China",
"its product quality was widely criticized",
"the earnings for the holiday quarter was disappointing",
"the i... | As Apple tries to maintain its growth and success in China, the world's largest smart-phone market is becoming even more critical. Apple's shares fell sharply as the company's earnings for the holiday quarter through December disappointed investors.
The sales of the iPhone, which include both the iPhone 5 and older mo... | high3138.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "How to Measure the Quality of Food"
},
"options": [
"How to Measure the Quality of Food",
"Calories in Foods",
"The Units of Measurement",
"How to Keep Fit"
],
"question": "Which is the best title of passage?",
... | Meat and vegetables are measured in grams and kilograms. Milk and other liquid foods are measured in liters or milliliters. These units only measure quantity: they do not measure the value of the food to the body. The unit which measures the quality or value of food is the calorie the amount of heat given off by food w... | high16310.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "has discovered a big secret []"
},
"options": [
"has fooled the world",
"wasn't smart when he was in high school",
"is a scientist researching the moon",
"has discovered a big secret []"
],
"question": "The writ... | Hero
Carl West is an unassuming all-American 24 year old . You might think that because he works in a convenience store that he's not the brightest guy you're likely to meet. Yet this slightly scruffy young man in his Nike sneakers , was smart enough to break a fake story that successfully fooled the world for 35 years... | high19023.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the independent tick rating"
},
"options": [
"the speed of delivering goods",
"the length of running online stores",
"the independent tick rating",
"the varieties of goods"
],
"question": "You can learn about th... | Shopping is easy with Safe-Buyer, a UK online shopping directory. All the online shopping sites listed on Safe-Buyer have been checked for security, delivery, range of goods and prices. We've reviewed the online shopping sites and awarded them a tick rating that's totally independent. So you can shop on the Internet wi... | high5549.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Russia."
},
"options": [
"India.",
"The US.",
"India.",
"Russia."
],
"question": "What country celebrates Teachers' Day in October?",
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"answer": {
"answ... | Teachers' Day is, interestingly, not celebrated on the same day all over the world. In some countries it is marked by a holiday, in others it is a working day.
International Teachers' Day is celebrated on October 5. Being held ever since 1994, it is in honor of teachers' organizations worldwide. Its aim is to encourage... | high10761.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "express dissatisfaction"
},
"options": [
"provide information",
"share experiences",
"express dissatisfaction",
"raise expectations"
],
"question": "Jovan wrote the email to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_... | From: jovangagic56@memail. com
To: kmallory@LN.org
Subject: Hi!
Dear Mr. Mallory,
I am writing to tell you my deep disappointment for my experience at Lingua Nova English summer school in the first two weeks of July. I had been thoroughly looking forward to learning English and learning about culture in the UK, but I a... | high13268.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "warn people of the danger from air pollution"
},
"options": [
"warn people of the danger from air pollution",
"introduce London's Great Smog of l952",
"blame the government for the smog",
"explain the reasons for air po... | Way back in 1662,John Evelyn,a brilliant Englishman known for his detailed diaries,wrote about disastrous effects of coal-burning on the city of London .In it,he described an _ scene of smog.air filled with "Columns and Clouds of Smoke''given out by small industries and residences that burned coal for fuel.
I found the... | high6040.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "sad"
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"options": [
"angry",
"sad",
"excited",
"interested"
],
"question": "The author felt _ to watch the couple taking some items out.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
... | I ran into a local store today to pick up a few things. With an important meeting to attend, I was in a hurry , so I didn't take a cart on my way inside. As I walked between the shelves in the store, I passed by a young couple and their baby. I continued going through the store, picked up a few items I needed and end... | high9373.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Toothache"
},
"options": [
"Cold",
"Toothache",
"Cancer",
"Skin disease"
],
"question": "What sickness can the medicine from the willow deal with according to the passage?",
"question_type": null
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... | Since ancient times, people have known about its ability to reduce pain and high body temperature. More than 2000 years ago, the Greek doctor Hippocrates advised his patients to chew on the bark and leaves of the willow.
The tree contains a chemical called salicin . From salicin, researchers in the 1800s discovered how... | high15619.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "teach us how to build a solid friendship"
},
"options": [
"explain why people need close friends",
"teach us how to build a solid friendship",
"show us how important close friendship is",
"let people know more about fri... | Do you want to have a lot of close friends? In order to make it happen, you must do a lot of things right. You will learn tips on how to build a solid friendship.
You should be extra respectful when you are at others' homes. For example, you must not make unpleasant comments about them. Once when I was at the house of ... | high12176.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "how to treat kids in a more sensible way"
},
"options": [
"how to solve family problems",
"how a mother shows her love to her children",
"how to treat kids in a more sensible way",
"the value of understanding between pa... | I was very sympathetic with world leaders burdened with resolving conflicts between nations. When my three children were young, in most days it was hard to keep my house from becoming a war zone. It got worse as they grew older. Three years ago, Zack, then 16, couldn't make it through a day without playing tricks on hi... | high6054.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The price of chilies is very low."
},
"options": [
"He loved the taste of chilies very much.",
"He spent a lot of money on chilies.",
"The price of chilies is very low.",
"The quality of Indian chilies is very good."
... | There once was a master who went to India. In those times, we didn't have the communications or airplanes or many kinds of transportation that we do now. So the master went to India on foot. He had never been to India before; perhaps he came from Persia. And when he got there, he saw a lot of fruit. In India they have ... | high9367.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "People can change when they are determined to."
},
"options": [
"How a young man helped his mother.",
"How a young man graduated from college.",
"People can change when they are determined to.",
"People can be successfu... | I want to tell you the story of one of my old friends called Bob. His teachers called him A Troublemaker. They also said that he had no future and no hope. But now he owns a small second-hand bookstore store which makes him enough money to live on and also to support his mother.
He told me that after he finished grade ... | high14513.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Its network speeds are much slower."
},
"options": [
"Its voice is not as clear as 4G",
"It can't satisfy the users' basic needs.",
"Its network speeds are much slower.",
"It has much less popularity than 4G."
],
... | As long as you have broadband service in your home, you can turn on your desktop computer and connect to the Internet. If you have a wireless router , a device that spreads the broadband connection to other devices, you can set up a Wi-Fi network, which enables your cellphones and tablets go online too. And when you a... | high8079.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "to show absent-mindedness is common among people"
},
"options": [
"to show absent-mindedness is common among people",
"because he liked telling stories",
"to make the author laugh",
"to make fun of Edison"
],
"q... | A few days ago my wife sent me out to buy something. When I came home, I handed her a paper bag and said, "Here are the apples you wanted." She looked in the bag, and then she looked at me. "I told you," she said slowly, "to buy some eggs."
I felt worried about my _ , so I went to see a doctor. He was a very kind man.... | high12162.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "examine the lead levels of Beethoven's hair"
},
"options": [
"examine the bone pieces of Beethoven",
"examine the bone pieces of another person",
"examine the lead levels of Beethoven's hair",
"measure the cadmium or me... | Recently, tests have proved that Beethoven died from lead poisoning. Bill Walsh directed the Beethoven Research Project. Mr Walsh and his team examined pieces of bone belonging to Beethoven. They found a large amount of lead in the bone pieces. They said the lead levels were equal to those found in pieces of his hair i... | high16304.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "It is increasingly popular."
},
"options": [
"It is increasingly popular.",
"It is flexible in length.",
"It is a time for relaxation.",
"It is required by universities."
],
"question": "What do we learn about t... | More students than ever before are taking a gap-year before going to university.It used to be called the "year off" between school and university.The gap-year phenomenon originated with the months left over to Oxbridge applicants between entrance exams in November and the start of the next academic year.
This year, 2... | high19037.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a village"
},
"options": [
"a peasant",
"a village",
"an old mountain",
"a Mexican"
],
"question": "Paracutin was once the name of _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | Paracutin was born in Mexico in February, 1943. At the end of one week Paracutin was 500 feet high, and it is now over 9,000 feet high. Today Paracutin is asleep.
What is Paracutin? It was the first volcano in the world which was seen from its birth right up to the present day. On February 20, 1943, a peasant and his ... | high4643.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "How to improve a child's well-being"
},
"options": [
"How difficult the parents are now",
"How to improve a child's well-being",
"Parents' worries",
"the difference between parents and their parents"
],
"questio... | Parenting has never been an easy job,but mothers and fathers today face challenges in raising their children that their own parents may never have had to deal with
While children have always been particular eaters,for example,parents today are trying to supply healthful food in a world full of chicken nuggets,process... | high18329.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "good exam results really need studying hard"
},
"options": [
"chemistry is really hard to learn",
"there are many questions for students to prepare.",
"good exam results really need studying hard",
"tossing a coin can n... | When I was at University I studied very hard. But a lot of my friends did very little work. Some did just enough to pass exams. Others didn't do quite enough. Fred Baines was one of them. He spent more time playing than working in the library.
Once at the end of the term, we had to take an important test in chemistry. ... | high2554.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Hwy105"
},
"options": [
"Hwy 221 S.",
"Hwy105",
"Hwy 321S",
"Hwy321N"
],
"question": "Which of the following Hwys is closest to the Hampton Inn Boone hotel?",
"question_type": null
},
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"answer": {
... | The Hampton Inn Boone hotel is in the attractive Blue Ridge Mountains, just minutes from four ski areas. Our hotel is less than three miles from Appalachian State University, Boone Mall, and Boone Golf Club. Within those same three miles, you can eat at the historic Dan'l Boone Inn, Makoto's Japanese Steakhouse and man... | high19989.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because his research proved that banana peels can produce more biogas."
},
"options": [
"Because he is a prodigy.",
"Because he is of Bengali descent.",
"Because he used an extremely rare organic waste to produce biogas.",
... | How could we have thought so wrongly of as banana peel that it always hits the garbage? Utility of anything seems to be in the eyes of the beholder. The banana peel hasn't been an exception.
What most of us looked at as waste was converted to a thing of utility by Prithwis Mukhopadlyay, a 14-year-old prodigy. This Beng... | high3892.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Disappointed."
},
"options": [
"Surprised.",
"Disappointed.",
"Excited.",
"Pleased."
],
"question": "How did she feel when the author received the email from UBC?",
"question_type": null
},
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"answer... | Living in a foreign culture there are many times when I realize that my perspective on life is drastically different from those Koreans I interact with on a daily basis. This past week I have been greatly challenged to change my perspective and here is why.
My dream in life is to become a doctor, one who changes th... | high4125.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Don't Pay Kids for Good Grades"
},
"options": [
"Tips on Paying Kids for Good Grades",
"New changes in Paying Kids for Good Grades",
"Good Grades Mean Good Rewards",
"Don't Pay Kids for Good Grades"
],
"question... | A couple of days ago, as the test results came out, my son and a group of his 13-year-old friends piled into the back seat of my car, ready for the last-day-of-school party at McDonald's. "Jack got a laptop for getting straight A's, and Laurie got a cell-phone," one boy said. "Oh, yeah, and Sarah got an iPad, and she's... | high12604.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Her daughter."
},
"options": [
"Her friend Sean.",
"Her mother.",
"Her daughter.",
"Her husband."
],
"question": "Who believed J.K.Rowling was to be a good writer?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},... | Success is often measured by the ability to overcome adversity.But,it is often the belief of others that gives us the courage to try.
J.K.Rowling,author of the Harry Potter book series,began writing at the age of 6.In her biography,she remembers with great fondness when her good friend Sean,whom she met in secondar... | high6732.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "will be out of date quite soon."
},
"options": [
"will be out of date quite soon.",
"is no longer listened to today.",
"will always be loved by some people.",
"is the best tool to introduce new songs."
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"what makes a good biosphere colonist"
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Take the Rides of Your Life
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"air pollution like acid rain and smog is threatening people's health"... | Cities need to put efforts to deal with pollution and clear the air.
Chinese cities will need to put efforts to clear up the sky when a new department to improve regional air quality is set up by 2015, according to the latest plan released by the State Council.
Besides the existing pollution control program for SO2, re... | high16312.txt |
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"all parents don't need to own a Smartphone to track children",
"parents can use all the services of t... | It's parents' worst nightmare. Their child doesn't come home one evening and is missing for several days.
When a 14-year-old boy from Atlanta, Georgia disappeared earlier this year, his mother turned to her Smartphone for clues using an app called Family Tracker that helped track his location.
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},
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"His anxiety about the hospital.",
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"His devotion to his work."
],
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Moris Topaz, head of the plastic surgery unit of the well-known Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera, Israel, finally had a good sleep on the flight from New York to Ch... | high18459.txt |
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"He hoped to make his son a dramatist.",
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2. Course fee: $75, from June 1 to June 28, 9~12am every Sunday.
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},
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"The advantage of spending time with one child at a time.",
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Then we worked out a plan: When Christie takes one... | high12612.txt |
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"With gestures of different kinds."
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"In 1963.",
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"is created by researchers in Germany and Italy",
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Class size: 6--10 students
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"They didn't give her a compliment.",
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The machine had a computer inside it, and this computer could do wonderful things: it could weigh people very accurately; it could tell them their weight in their own language; and it could tell them what they should eat to reduce their weight.
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"answer": {
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That may seem a strange thing to say.But touching things can help you to see them better.
Your eyes can tell you that glass ball is round.But by holding it in your hands,you can feel how smooth and cool the ball is.You can feel how heavy the glass is.
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Krak krak!( Watch out, aleopard !)
Hok hok hok!( Hey, crowned eagle!)
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"the woman interrupted the author's thoughts",
"the author thought she wanted to use the vacant parking space... | Feeling exhausted and hopeless, I began walking to my car. Every step seemed tiring, and every step was another to survive. As I looked up into the sky I thought about how my grandmother had left me, and my anger began to return. I was annoyed by the loss, and my belief in God was beginning to fade. I couldn't understa... | high5577.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "People can take photos without eyeing the objects."
},
"options": [
"Google Glass is an immature product.",
"They are acting cautiously in designing Google Glass.",
"People can take photos without eyeing the objects.",
... | Google Glass, a wearable computer, will not go on sale for many months. But the resistance is already under way. The glasses-like device, which allows users to access the Internet, take photos and shoot videos, has been banned by a bar in Seattle, because according to the bar' owner, the bar was "kind of a private plac... | high18303.txt |
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"Rather anxious."
],
"question": "How is the author feeling now about her situation?",
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... | I didn't realize how short I was until I started school. There, a few kids picked on me, calling me names. Then I knew. After that, I began to hate the first day of school each year. I didn't know who was new and would stare at me as I struggled to climb the school bus stairs. Some of the kids would point and say, "Loo... | high10987.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "to develop children's problem-solving abilities"
},
"options": [
"to direct kids to build solar collectors",
"to train young scientists for city planning",
"to develop children's problem-solving abilities",
"to help you... | "My kids really understand solar and earth-heat energy," says a second-grade teacher in prefix = st1 /Saugus,California, "Some of them are building solar collectors for their energy course." These young scientists are part of City Building Educational Program (CBEP) , a particular program for kindergarten through twelf... | high21582.txt |
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"a storybook",
"a guidebook"
],
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... | Yesterday the police were joined by more than 20 volunteers in the continuing search for the two missing teenagers, Vicky Gray and Tom Hunter, and their guide, Gavin Jones. The police said that they had disappeared during an adventure tour of Cape York Peninsula.
This was the second day of the search and the police wer... | high11441.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a natural history museum"
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"a hands-on science museum"
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"question": "If a child is interested in the universe, he probably will ... | Are you looking for some new and exciting places to take your kids to? Try some of
these places:
. Visit art museums. They offer a variety of activities to excite your kids' interest. Many
offer workshops for making hand-made pieces, traveling exhibits, book signings by children's favorite writers, and even musical pe... | high20844.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "kind and warm-hearted"
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"honest",
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"foolish"
],
"question": "We could see from the passage that the mouse was _ .",
"question_type": "cl... | A mouse looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package; what food might it contain? He was astonished to discover that it was a mouse trap!
Running to the farmyard, the mouse shouted, warning everyone, "There is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house."
The ch... | high15627.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because when they see the magic in the tales in the beginning, they can face the future"
},
"options": [
"Because they can gain greathappiness.",
"Because it is easier for the children to throw themselves in the role",
"Becau... | ''If you can see the magic in a fairytale), you can face the future"-- Danielle Steel
Who have not read fairytales? We all have had the experience of taking great delight in the beauty and innocence of fairytales.May it be Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty...Fairytale is a word which cannot be new to us. But haveyou ever t... | high8053.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To make people aware of the importance of nature balance"
},
"options": [
"To tell the beauty and ugliness of Mexico City",
"To introduce the terrible change of Mexico City",
"To explain how Mexico City changed",
"To ma... | The heart of Mexico is a high, oval valley surrounded by mountains. Once, forests covered the mountainsides, and broad, shining lakes covered nearly all the valley floor. Now, the mountains are bare and scarred with erosion , and much of the valley floor is dry and dusty.
Cortez and his Spanish soldiers were the first ... | high7360.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "There is no previous study related to the topic before."
},
"options": [
"The study was carried out in 103 universities.",
"The researchers drew the conclusion by interviewing students about their feelings in the writing process.",... | If you have ever been left wondering why your emails are riddled with grammatical errors, or why you can never quite find the right phrase, it may be because you are typing with both hands.
Our vocabulary becomes richer and our writing style becomes more fluent when we type using just one hand, scientists have found. ... | high14539.txt |
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