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"answer_text": "Dr.Snider is director of this nonprofit organization."
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"Dr.Snider is director of this nonprofit organization.",
"It is a commercial organization belonging to Yahoo Health.",
"It helps private schools to set he... | Good news for middle and high school students. When it comes to sleeping a little longer, physicians are on your side.
On Monday, the American Academy Pediatrics announced its recommendation that middle and high schools start at 8:30 a.m.or later. "Doing so will match school schedules to the biological sleep patterns ... | high8443.txt |
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"answer_text": "You can make $ 3,200 in the academic year at least."
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"You can make $ 3,200 in the academic year at least.",
"You will get $ 6,000 scholarship a year.",
"You can take courses free of charge.",
"You may ge... | A program in our college helps you work part-time to ease your pressure from costs. If you need more money to cover all of your education-related costs, this program may be fit for you.
Advantages
Work experience: Last year, more than 1,400 positions were available across all departments. The jobs wary from one departm... | high12558.txt |
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"answer_text": "they don't pay much attention to the birthdays of famous people."
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"they don't care about Confucius at all.",
"they consider their own national heroes more important.",
"he has become a bridge between foreigner... | If Confucius were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake,there would be a lot of candles.He'd need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out.
While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day,few people in the United States will give him a passing thoug... | high7016.txt |
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"answer_text": "The spoken form of fairytale came earlier than the written form."
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"The fairytale first appeared as a written form.",
"The spoken form of fairytale came earlier than the written form.",
"The fairytale came from... | 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 reveling 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 have you ever traveled age... | high8325.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "why we smile when we see someone else smile"
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"why we cry when we are hurt",
"why we cough when we suffer from a cold",
"why we smile when we see someone else smile",
"why we yawn when we see someone else... | Do you know how it is when you see someone yawn and you start yawning too? Or how hard it is to be among people laughing and not laugh yourself? Well, apparently it's because we have mirror neurons in our brains.
Put simply, the existence of mirror neurons suggests that every time we see someone else do something, our... | high15551.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Sign up with Plink."
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"options": [
"Link a credit or debit card.",
"Make a purchase at CVS.",
"Open a bank account.",
"Sign up with Plink."
],
"question": "What is the first step to get the gift card?",
"q... | FREE $ 10 Gift Card with ANY Purchase at CVS
September 4, 2013 by Michelle
New Plink members are invited to join and make any purchase at CVS to get a $10 gift card from your choice at places like Amazon.com, Target, Walmart, Kohls, Starbucks and more!
Just sign up with Plink, then make your purchase. You'll receive 1,... | high6308.txt |
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"answer_text": "Mr.Wright's designs have been widely recognized"
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"Mr.Wright's designs are out of style today",
"Mr.Wright's designs have been widely recognized",
"Mr.Wright's designs on modern buildings and homes are a failur... | Frank Lloyd Wright is often called the father of American modern architecture.He designed buildings and homes across the United States for more than 70 years.He created most of his works from 1900 through the 1950s,but his open-living spaces and imaginative designs still appear very modern today.
Last week,the United S... | high13120.txt |
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"answer_text": "Children with hearing impediments."
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"options": [
"Children with learning disabilities.",
"Children with speech impairments.",
"Children with hearing impediments.",
"Children with normal hearing."
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"question... | If you want to learn anything at school, you need to listen to your teachers. Unfortunately, millions of kids can't hear what their teachers are saying. And it's not because these students are _ . Often, it's the room's fault. Building architecture and building design can createecho -filled classrooms that make hearing... | high1467.txt |
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"answer_text": "Homes & Gardens and Mother & Baby"
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"options": [
"TIME and Delicious",
"Delicious and Mother& Baby",
"TIME and ON THE WHEEL",
"Homes & Gardens and Mother & Baby"
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"question": "Mrs Smith has a baby of only th... | Homes & Gardens
12mths: PS27.04
Established for over 80 years, Homes & Gardens has always been engaging and accessible. Delivering inspirational decorating through real-life stories and beautiful photography, it is the ultimate sourcebook of beautiful ideas and detailed information, and inspires its readers to become... | high17346.txt |
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"answer_text": "Parents expect their children to become dragons and phoenixes"
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"Exam scores are not regarded to be valuable",
"Parents expect their children to become dragons and phoenixes",
"Dragons and phoenixes are part of... | China was to reform school curriculum to ease the burden put on children by pushy teachers and parents eager to see them succeed in an increasingly competitive society.
Chinese pupils were suffering from poor eyesight in increasing numbers and at a younger age. Tiring homework and increasing exam pressure were to blam... | high18075.txt |
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"answer_text": "It should not aim at a narrow audience."
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"It should not aim at a narrow audience.",
"It should be attractive to young readers.",
"It should be based on original ideas.",
"It should not include too much c... | "A good book for children should simply be a good book in its own right" says Mollie Hunter. Born and brought up near Edinburgh,Mollie has devoted her talents to writing primarily for young people. She firmly believes that there is and should always be a wider audience for any good book whatever its main market is. In ... | high5601.txt |
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"answer_text": "designed like a Rubik's cube both in shape and size"
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"named after Manitoba and its shape",
"intended for international communication",
"designed like a Rubik's cube both in shape and size",
"challenged b... | In June, 2007, a group of students from eight high schools in Winnipeg, the capital of Canada's Manitoba province, will begin test-launching a satellite the size of a Rubik's cube.
The one-kilogram Win-Cub satellite, named for its home city and its shape, will be put into low orbit. Once in space, it can perform for ... | high16058.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a state school"
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"a state school",
"a private school",
"a school in London",
"a school in Brighton"
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"question": "According to the passage, more and more parents in Britain prefer to send their ... | The use of lotteries to allocate school places is to be reviewed by the British government because more than 20 percent of children are failing to get into their first-choice schools in parts of the country.
The struggle for secondary school places has reached record levels this year, increasing anxiety for hundred... | high3270.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Make an apology"
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"options": [
"Make an apology",
"Come over to stop her",
"Blame her own boy",
"Take her own boy away"
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"question": "What did Stella Bianchi expect the young boy's mother to do when she talk... | It was a lovely day at the park and Stella Bianchi was enjoying the sunshine with her two children when a young boy, aged about four, approached her two-year-old son and pushed him to the ground.
"I'd watched him for a little while and my son was the fourth or fifth child he'd pushed," she says. "I went over to them, p... | high11737.txt |
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"answer_text": "High academic scores are considered an important measure of education quality in South Korea."
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"High academic scores are considered an important measure of education quality in South Korea.",
"The memorization skill... | Focus on class
SOME US parents are sad that their high school children score badly in math , science and reading compared to kids in other countries.
There has been an endless series of mostly fruitless education reforms to address this gap ( ).
Now comes an approach based on the insights of a group of US ex... | high17352.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because it made her bad mood even worse."
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"Because she could not tolerate the harm to it.",
"Because it made her bad mood even worse.",
"Because her son did not ask her for permission.",
"Because she wan... | My day began on a definitely sour note when I saw my six-year-old wrestling with a limb of my azalea bush. By the time I got outside, he'd broken it. "Can I take this to school today?" he asked. With a wave of my hand, I sent him off. I turned my back so he wouldn't see the tears gathering in my eyes.
The washing machi... | high5615.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "can help people think clearly"
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"options": [
"Can be found in every plant",
"can improve people's health",
"is contained only in coffee",
"can help people think clearly"
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"question": "From the passage,we can... | Many people say they can not start their day without first having a cup of coffee or tea.People say these drinks help them think clearly and feel more awake.This is because of caffeine,a kind of matter found in some plants.Caffeine helps to give a jumpstart to the nervous system.Now a new report says it may also impr... | high18061.txt |
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"answer_text": "his answer didn't show his knowledge of physics"
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"the teacher wasn't satisfied with him",
"his answer wasn't complete or correct",
"the teacher clicln\n5t fully understand his answer",
"his answer didn't... | One day, I received a call from a colleague. He was about to give a student a zero for his answer to a physical problem ,while the student claimed a perfect score. I was elected as their arbiter( ).I read the examination problem: "Show how it is possible to determine the height of a tall building with the aid of a baro... | high3264.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "outside the center of Honolulu"
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"options": [
"outside green Manoa valley",
"in the business area of Honolulu",
"outside the center of Honolulu",
"outside the city of Honolulu"
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"question": "The University o... | Hello! The University of Hawaii is located just outside of downtown Honolulu in green Manoa valley. We invite you to visit and want to let you know about our learning programs, the richness of our culture, the beauty of our environment, the spirit of our students and teachers, advanced equipment and modern buildings. W... | high11723.txt |
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"answer_text": "Captain's Chair."
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"options": [
"Torso Track.",
"Captain's Chair.",
"Ab-Doer.",
"Body Shaper-Q8SP."
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"question": "Which of the following is the most effective in building abdominal muscles?",
"question_t... | We've all seen them: perfectly toned famous people on late-night television telling us that we too can develop rock-hard abdominal muscles . It's easy! Just pay $149.99 for the Torso Track or $149.75 for the Ad-Doer and watch those unwanted inches leave your waist. Americans spend tens of millions of dollars on various... | high14883.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the world"
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"schools"
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"question": "Mei Lanfang was the first artist to introduce Peking Opera to _ .",
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"... | Any introduction to Peking Opera would not be complete without telling of Mei Lanfang. During his stage life, he combined the traditions of the past with his own creations, shaping a style of his own and giving birth to "The Mei Lanfang School". He was also the first artist to introduce Peking Opera to an overseas audi... | high7002.txt |
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"answer_text": "they are feeling sad"
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"options": [
"they have lots of money",
"they are taking drugs",
"they are feeling sad",
"they win a prize"
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"question": "The compulsive shoppers will go shopping when _ .",
"... | Compulsive shoppers may have a new psychological excuse to blame for their wild shopping. Psychologists at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand are studying the "shop-till-you-drop" habit as a behavioral disorder similar to compulsive eating. Compulsive shoppers frequently buy more than they can afford or more t... | high15545.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "People can reduce pain by relaxing."
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"options": [
"People can reduce pain by relaxing.",
"Researchers study how pain is caused.",
"Everyone should know the effect of pain.",
"People should think more about pain."
... | When someone steps on your toe by accident, you will hurt plenty.But it hurts even more, if you think the person does the same thing on purpose.Earlier studies have found that the feeling of pain can change with how it is experienced.That is why giving people sugar pills and saying they are medicine can make them feel ... | high8331.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Movies."
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"Pre-show music.",
"Fireworks show.",
"Amusements.",
"Movies."
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"question": "Which of the following isn't mentioned in the text?",
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... | Glasgow Fireworks
25th July 2012
Location: Glasgow Green
Tickets: This event is free, and no ticket is required
Events:Celebrate Bonfire Night , with Glasgow's famous and splendid musical fireworks show. The night is not just about fireworks though; there will be pre-show music and fun with Clyde 1's Romeo and Knoxy, ... | high13134.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "learning from the bad decision can help make a new choice"
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"making a bad decision is very terrible",
"making decisions helps us become a great man",
"being afraid to make a bad decision is very natural",
... | The decisions that we make shape us throughout our lives. No matter what decisions we make, good or bad, each one puts us on a new road in the future. Make a bad decision? No problem. Learn from the decision and make another decision to get on a different path. This is advice that I got from Tony Robbins in his book Aw... | high13652.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "ill"
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"angry",
"going to buy things"
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"question": "The man took care of the baby instead because his wife was _ .",
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... | "You'll have to take care of the baby today," a woman told her husband. "I'm not feeling well."
"Then you must stay in bed and rest, dear" her husband said. "I'll be pleased to look after our baby." "By the way, shall I do the shopping for you as well?" her husband asked.
The woman was very glad and said, "That will he... | high1315.txt |
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"answer_text": "It was carried out without any lights."
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"options": [
"It was organized by the local authority.",
"It was carried out without any lights.",
"It was so cold that people chatted to cheer up.",
"It was held in the town c... | More than a hundred adults and kids gather for the Star Party on a cold evening, chattering excitedly as they stand in the dark on a Virginia hillside. The odd thing is, no one has turned on a flashlight, and no streetlights or house lights wink on around them.
These people have traveled to the countryside more than a... | high681.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "she had been worrying about her children in her life"
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"the hard times she experiences in her life",
"the different stages of her children",
"the support she received from her mother",
"she had been worry... | Is there a magic cutoff period when children become responsible for their own actions? Is there a wonderful moment when parents can become lookers-on in the lives of their children and shrug , "It's their life," and feel nothing?
When I was in my twenties, I stood in a hospital passage waiting for doctors to put a few... | high23791.txt |
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"answer_text": "their fossils are often in poor condition"
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"there are only a few shark fossils",
"shark skeletons are made of bones",
"their fossils are often in poor condition",
"their fossils are found in a nearly thr... | A new study, led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History, shows that living sharks are actually quite advanced in evolutionary terms, despite having retained their basic "sharkiness" over millions of years. The research is published today in the journal Nature.
"Sharks are traditionally thought to be on... | high9749.txt |
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"answer_text": "He couldn't live on his pension because he had a chicken recipe in hand."
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"He received a pension of a little more than $100 every month after he retired.",
"He couldn't live on his pension because he had a chicken r... | When Colonel Harland Sanders retired at the age of 65, he had little to show for himself, except an old Caddie roadster, a $105 monthly pension check ,and a recipe for chicken.
Knowing he couldn't live on his pension, he took his chicken recipe in hand, got behind the wheel of hisvan ,and set out to make his fortune. H... | high7764.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "for no good reason"
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"because they both came from China",
"because of their physical similarities",
"because their US parents suspected they were twins",
"for no good reason"
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"question": ". Bot... | Two years ago, the Funk family of suburban Chicago adopted a Chinese baby girl who had been abandoned on a sidewalk near a Yangzhou textile factory.
Last year and halfway across the United States, the Ramirez family of suburban Miami adopted a girl who had been abandoned a week later on the same spot.
Both families nam... | high15223.txt |
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"answer_text": "They were suspected to have resulted from electromagnetic interference."
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"options": [
"They may have been caused by the damage to the radio systems.",
"They may have taken place during take-off and landing.",
"They were pr... | The biggest danger facing airlines nowadays may not be a terrorist with a gun, but the man with portable computer in business class. In the last 16 years, pilots have reported well over 100 incidents that could have been caused by electromagnetic interference . The source of this interference remains not proved, but i... | high8457.txt |
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"answer_text": "The high number of famous people who are called Judy."
},
"options": [
"The association people make with it.",
"Its original meaning.",
"The high number of famous people who are called Judy.",
"The personalities of famo... | What's in a name? Well, apparently, our general happiness. Psychologists say that what we are called has a direct connection with our well-being .
Those called Judy and Joshua are the happiest, while Lynn or Ben is likely to be the unhappiest, according to research. Psychologist Dr David Holmes found that this m... | high859.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "NASA has started to care for astronauts' eyesight."
},
"options": [
"Staying for a long time in space will lead to blindness.",
"Scientists' research in space will be banned soon.",
"Space flight makes astronauts' bones funct... | Recently, a study showed that changes found in astronauts' eye tissue might cause vision problems, and possibly even blindness. As well as threatening the health of astronauts, this could influence long-distance missions into space.
Larry Kramer of Texas Medical School in Houston and his colleagues carried out MRI scan... | high23949.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Saxon Youth Club"
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"Peterborough Museum",
"Houghton Mill",
"Saxon Youth Club",
"Farmland Museum"
],
"question": "If you are interested in cooking, you can go to _ .",
"question_type": "cloz... | The summer holidays are upon us again. Here is our guide to summer holiday fun in Peterborough!
Peterborough Museum
The Age of the Dinosaurs' is the museum's main attraction this summer. Get up close to prehistoric creatures via some great hands---on exhibits! Watch out for monsters lurking around every ember! The mus... | high9991.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A high-tech scanner."
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"options": [
"Bacteria.",
"A high-tech scanner.",
"A camera",
"Food safety."
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"question": "What is the main topic of the text?",
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... | Europe's deadly outbreak of a rare form of E. coli bacteria has brought new attention to food safety issues. One of the problems when people get sick from food is that the simplest question is often difficult or even impossible to answer. Just what did the people eat that made them sick?
Of course, one way to avoid t... | high3502.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Encouraging positive thinking many do more harm than good."
},
"options": [
"Encouraging positive thinking many do more harm than good.",
"There can be no simple therapy for psychological problems.",
"Unhappy people cannot th... | The $ 11 billion self - help industry is built on the idea that you should turn negative thoughts like " I never do anything right" into positive ones like "I can succeed." But was positive thinking advocate Norman Vincent Peale right? Is there power in positive thinking?
Researchers in Canada just published a study in... | high11045.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They provide water cure for people with hot springs."
},
"options": [
"They are all located in the southern part of the globe.",
"The climate of all these places is mild most time of the year.",
"They provide water cure for p... | The following five destination shall never be missed
*Blue Lagoon :
Blue Lagoon geothermal spa is one of the most visited attractions in Iceland. The warm waters are rich in minerals and bathing in the Blue Lagoon is reputed to help some people suffering from skin diseases. The water temperature in the bathing and... | high19419.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Summer Scenes"
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"Acting --Just Acting",
"Laugh Out Loud",
"Drama Days"
],
"question": "Which of the following classes suits those who want to be actors ?",
"question_type": nu... | Show Biz Summer 2014
Location: Rosewood Center for Family arts
Important Information:
* Tuition paid on the first day of class. No tuition refunds .
* DCT reserves the right to cancel any class; refunds made for cancelation .
* Please accompany student to the first day of class.
* Registration begins one-half hour ... | high17434.txt |
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"answer_text": "It is a deep sleep similar to hibernation."
},
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"It is the same as the animals' hibernation",
"It often appears in warm areas all the year.",
"It is done to keep bugs active in winter.",
"It is a deep sleep ... | We bet that on cold wintry days, many of you love to stay in your warm home and, every now and then, come out into the kitchen for a snack. Unfortunately, plenty of creepy-crawly critters like to do the same thing!
Winter is the time when bugs invade your house without an invitation. The season can be tough for suc... | high20298.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "attending a program about how to reduce exam anxiety"
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"listening to a speech which is about the war",
"attending a discussion about ancient Egyptian pyramids",
"attending a program about how to reduce exam anx... | Bay Village Branch, 502 Cahoon Road, 440-871-6392.
The Egyptian Pyramids, 7 p. m. Sept. 17. Join us as Don King, a long-time student of Egyptology,
discusses the pyramids and presents the possible theories of the construction, design and mysteries surrounding
these ancient wonders.
Join us as local Bay Village resident... | high5173.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Isaac Singer's."
},
"options": [
"Thomas Saint's.",
"Bartelemy Thimonier's.",
"Elias Howe's.",
"Isaac Singer's."
],
"question": "Whose sewing machine could do far more than the work that was done by five skilled... | Machines in the home have a short history. Sewing machines, washing machines and tumble dries are common enough today, but a hundred years ago few people could even imagine such things. However, inventors have designed and built a wide range of household machines since then. In most cases the inventor tried to patent h... | high18707.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the relationship between climate change and mental health"
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"the relationship between climate change and mental health",
"how climate change influences physical health",
"the possibility that more natural disas... | Deadly heat waves, home-wrecking hurricanes, neighborhood-burning wildfires...When you stop to think about it, global warming can be thoroughly depressing.
According to rising evidence, climate changewon't just cause new cases of stress, anxiety and depression. People who already have serious psychological problems wil... | high20273.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "reduce pollution"
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"save water",
"encourage students to bring water from home",
"reduce pollution",
"keep students away from bottled water"
],
"question": "Some colleges and schools ban selling bo... | As is known to us, Washington University in St. Louis became the first college in the United States to ban selling bottled water in 2009. Since then, more than a dozen small colleges and schools have done the same. The ban isn't because the schools don't want students to have easy access to water. Instead, the goal i... | high16919.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "About 100."
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"About 450",
"About 370",
"About 220",
"About 100."
],
"question": "How many cases were handed to the police by environmental authorities each year in the past 10 years?",
"questi... | Chinese police arrested around 8,500 suspects in more than 4,500 environment-related criminal cases in 2014, as the country waged war against pollution, the leader of the Chinese environment authorities, Chen said.
Environmental authorities handed more than 2,000 cases of suspected environmental law violations to the ... | high18934.txt |
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"answer_text": "the 5th National Hua Luogeng Gold Cup Mathematics Contest"
},
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"when the contest started",
"how the contest got its name",
"the 20 pupils who have won gold medals in the contest",
"the 5th National Hua Luoge... | JINTAN, JIANGSU: The 20 students -- 18 boys and 2 girls --had a thousand reasons to be proud of themselves. They had just climbed their way to the top rung out of 4 million students taking part in the Fifth National Hua Luogeng Gold Cup Mathematics Contest on Tuesday evening. The 20 gold medal winners are all primary a... | high4286.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To learn our lessons well and socialize frequently."
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"options": [
"To devote all of our time to learning our lessons.",
"To try to get full marks in the final examinations.",
"To learn our lessons well and socialize freque... | High school plays a major role in shaping up your future and your whole development. extracurricular
activities along with the studies can be very helpful. Make yourself take part in various activities and at the same time try to stand out in your studies. When you move out to college these efforts that you put in ma... | high13861.txt |
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"students shouldn't use their pens during exams",
"most coursework is done on computers",
"most students will us... | A Scottish university is considering allowing students to use their own computers in exams. Edinburgh University already has the equipment to allow a small number of students to use computers during exams. Senior officials at Edinburgh University say that it is unfair to expect students to use pens and paper in exams w... | high7957.txt |
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"answer_text": "took Vansant's car away by chance"
},
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"took Vansant's car away by chance",
"fould unlock any car with her special key",
"was accused of theft and put into prison"
... | Kate Anderson became an accidental car thief when she went to pick up her daughter's car near an Ohio University building last week.Anderson saw the nickelgray Toyota Camry and used her daughter's key to unlock the car,start the engine and drive home.
When Charlie Vansant left class a short time later,he found only an ... | high1498.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
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},
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"reducing prejudice",
"earning better grades",
"improving physical health"
],
"question": "Having a roommate of a different race can have the fol... | Fighting racial stereotypes on US campuses often begins by putting students of different ethnic backgrounds together -- under one dormitory roof.
Sam Boakye was a freshman at Ohio State University and the only black student on his floor. He was determined to get good grades -- in part to make sure his white roommate ha... | high14868.txt |
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},
"options": [
"Because he loved color1ful marbles so much.",
"Because there were no Web sites selling marbles.",
"Because he wanted to improve his computer skills.",
"... | Have you lost your marbles ? Don't worry! You can buy more from Harli Jordean.
Harli Jordean, the 8-year-old kid, soon to be 9, is just too lovely. He was born in Stoke Newington, London in spring 2003. He started up an Internet marble company where he sells the toys. And recently the 8-year-old student was written ... | high22302.txt |
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"answer_text": "By virtual learning provided by the AVU."
},
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"By employing a famous coach from America.",
"By virtual learning provided by the AVU.",
"By her further education at the Univers... | Zuhur Yasin has never been to the US, but she holds a bachelor's degree from an American university. Part of Yasin's studies in Somaliland were spent in a special classroom, lined with rows of computers equipped with webcams and microphones.
The 29-year-old watched videos and took part in live virtual classes at India... | high19394.txt |
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},
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"Dr.Johnson is famous for his weather observation",
"the comment was accurate two hundred years ago",
"Eng... | It is widely known that any English conversation begins with The Weather.Such a fixation with the weather finds expression in Dr.Johnson's famous comment that"When two English meet,their first talk is of weather."Though Johnson's observation is as accurate now as it was over two hundred years ago,most commentators fail... | high5826.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
"options": [
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"is greater than the others in the world",
"is the busiest in the world",
"plays an important part in transportation"
... | England is the largest country in Britain. Its capital is London, which is on the Thames. The port of London is one of the greatest ports in the world. Ships from all countries go up and down the Thames. They bring food to the people of Britain. Then they take British machines and other things back to the ports from wh... | high11910.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "have the poorest results in doing various things at the same time"
},
"options": [
"prefer handling different things when getting bored",
"have the poorest results in doing various things at the same time",
"seek high product... | In our daily life now, you may often find some people like to do several things together at the same time. They may watch TV while playing cell phones, and they may work while chatting with their close friends. As a new research suggests, people who multitask all the time may be the worst at doing two things at once. T... | high19380.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he was indifferent to the killing"
},
"options": [
"he was afraid of the author",
"he thought the author was crazy",
"he looked down upon the author",
"he was indifferent to the killing"
],
"question": "From the... | In a moment of personal crisis, how much help can you expect from a New York taxi driver? I began studying this question and answers are interesting.
One morning, I got into three different taxis and announced,"Well,it's my first day back in New York in seven years.I've been in prison."Not a single driver replied,so I ... | high5832.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the causes and the effects of air pollution are both found in cities"
},
"options": [
"the cause of air pollution is people",
"the causes and the effects of air pollution are both found in cities",
"the effects of air polluti... | People and the sources of air pollution are found in the same places. This means that cities with large populations have the biggest problem of dirty air. Air pollution is caused by many different things. A major source of air pollution is the gas fumes from cars. Statistics show that 93 percent of all auto trips are w... | high2185.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Curing heart disease"
},
"options": [
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"Preventing tiredness",
"Curing heart disease",
"Losing weight"
],
"question": "Green tea can help us in many aspects EXCEPT _ .",
"questio... | For the past many centuries, people had been enjoying the benefits of green tea for the body. Many people would prefer drinking green tea than white tea and black tea, simply because of its _ aroma not found in other types of tea. Nowadays, keeping the natural greenish color1 of tea leaves remained just like before. ... | high20501.txt |
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},
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"It is the largest stock market in the world.",
"IT lists only small companies.",
"It lists all the new technology companies.",
"It lists the biggest number of ... | NASDAQ, acronym for the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation system, is one of the largest markets in the world for the trading of stocks. The number of companies listed on NASDAQ is more than that on any of the other stock exchange in the United States, including the New York Stock Exchange(N... | high23008.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a person who spends much time on the computer"
},
"options": [
"a mouse that lives by potatoes",
"a person who spends much time on the computer",
"a mouse that is shown on the screen of the computer",
"a person who like... | Mouse potatoes joined couch potatoes (who spend much time watching TV on the couch), google officially became a verb and drama queens (extremely emotional persons) finally found the attention when they crossed over from popular culture to mainstream English language.
The mouse potato, the himbo (attractive, empty-heade... | high118.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "fill in questionnaires"
},
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"sign a contract with the employer",
"travel a lot around the city",
"provide exact facts to the company",
"fill in questionnaires"
],
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "show they have the same lifestyle"
},
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"show there are too many dumpster divers",
"introduce the topic of the text",
"show they have the same lifestyle",
"show the close relationship between them"
],
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The discovery that light darkens silver salt."
},
"options": [
"The invention of the camera.",
"The discovery that light darkens silver salt.",
"A small box with a hole to let in light.",
"Temporary images made by a sci... | Today, I'm going to talk about the invention of the camera and photography. The camera is often thought to be a modern invention. But as early as 1727, a German physicist discovered that light darkened silver salt, a chemical compound. Using as a camera, a big box with a small hole to let the light in, he made temporar... | high24001.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It's illegal to eat shark fin soup in the United States."
},
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"There are 400 shark species in the United States.",
"It's illegal to eat shark fin soup in the United States.",
"Most sharks are not interested in a h... | Sharks have been swimming in the ocean for millions of years. They were on Earth even before dinosaurs! At the top of the world's ocean's food chain, sharks help keep the population of other ocean animals in balance. A large drop in the number of sharks can cause serious problems for all ocean animals. Saving sharks ma... | high7943.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"It was spent on toys.",
"She used it to buy more pigs.",
"It was put in the bank."
],
"question": "What did Lindsay do with her first pri... | Lindsay Binegar of Greenfield, Ohio, made her first $ 100 at the age of four, when she won a prize for showing a pig from her family's farm to the local 4H Club. Most kids would be thrilled to spend that money on toys, but not Lindsay. "I didn't get the money; it went to the bank," she told the Columbus Dispatch.
Over ... | high18920.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the reserve of heart diseases"
},
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"the reserve of heart diseases",
"the cure of gene-related diseases",
"the bearing of babies"
],
"question": "According to the t... | Human cloning technology could be used to reserve heart attacks. Scientists believe that they may be able to treat heart attack by cloning their healthy heart cells and injecting them into the areas of the heart that have been damaged, and other problems may be solved if human cloning and its technology are not forbidd... | high4292.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"her looks and shape",
"the help of her father",
"the competition with her friend"
],
"question": "Aria's success as a model resulted from _ ... | Aria Ricardo was a beautiful, slim young woman with dark hair, dark eyes, and dark skin.She used to work as a model and earn as much as $ 2 000 in one day in front of the camera.She modeled for top magazines in Paris, Rome, Tokyo, and throughout the United States.
Aria's father, now retired because of a disability, was... | high21179.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "forget one's part before the audience"
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"smile all the time on the stage",
"make a speech faster than ever",
"be cautious to improve his performance"
],
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"answer": {
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"3",
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"5"
],
"question": "How many countries are mentioned in the passage?",
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},
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "On the a... | Well-known lines by Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu describe a sad scene in early April: "The ceaseless drizzle drips all the dismal day. So broken-hearted fares the traveler on the way.(,)".
In China, Qingming Day, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, falls every April. People visit their ancestors' graves to clean away the dirt. Scho... | high22458.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "they are twins with different skin colours"
},
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"they are fraternal twins",
"their siblings are all black",
"they are hybrids of multi-racial parents",
"they are twins with different skin colours"
],
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "RMB 0.2 will be saved each time if you use E-purse rather than cash on the bus."
},
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"It's always important to carry enough small money with you every day.",
"It only costs RMB 25 to get around in Chengdu by bus per mon... | When foreigners come to Chengdu, a good alternative is to get around by taking the bus. Once getting used to going by bus, you will discover that it is actually not that bad.
Although a ride usually covers two or twenty stops, a bus ride costs RMB 2 in Chengdu. It is important to carry enough small money with you, beca... | high656.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The contents of the agreement."
},
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"The place to get a full refund.",
"The contents of the agreement.",
"When to click \"YES\" or \"NO\".",
"Why to be bound by the agreement."
],
"question": "What m... | By installing the software, you acknowledge that you have read all of the terms and conditions of this agreement and agree to be bound by them. Click "YES" and continue to install the game. If you do not agree to the terms of this agreement, click "NO" and directly return to the entire package to the place of purchase... | high23746.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a kind of food"
},
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"an instructor",
"a kind of food",
"an artist"
],
"question": "From the text we may learn that Sushi is_.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | There are some highlights in April in Shanghai.
Live Music - Late Night Jazz
Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet player. He's coming with his new 7 - piece band, Herbie's Heroes. Herbie is known to play well into the early hours, so don't expect to get much sleep. This is Herbie's third visi... | high16925.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Allowing people to connect to the Internet easily."
},
"options": [
"Sending Internet signals to other planets in space.",
"Making it easier for astronauts to communicate.",
"Allowing people to connect to the Internet easily.... | Imagine life without the Internet -- not being able to chat with your friends or look up information for your homework or research project. That is the reality for nearly two-thirds of our world's population, either because they cannot afford WiFi access or are located in remote, inaccessible areas. Now Google has deci... | high18908.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the whole development of a student"
},
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"the value-added data of the times",
"students' scores of standardized tests",
"the whole development of a student",
"the feedback of students and parents"
],
... | An argument is appearing in Los Angeles over whether a newspaper should publish teachers' names
along with an analysis of how well they do in raising their students' standardized test scores.
Some people argue that transparency should exist at all costs, but others hold that it's unfair to
label individual teachers ... | high21151.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "stay clean"
},
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"help each other",
"get their food",
"Take baths"
],
"question": "The passage is mainly about how animals_.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer... | Pigs are always considered dirty animals because they roll in mud.But in fact they prefer being quite clean.They cover themselves with mud to help stay cool.During cooler weather, they prefer to stay clean.So do elephants,who also cover themselves in dust or mud to keep cool. When they find a place with clean water t... | high2813.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "explores the lakes, rivers and the creatures in them"
},
"options": [
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"is devoted to the fresh water creatures in the world",
"explain the relationship among inhabitants... | Fresh Water provides an expansive subject for the third program in the BBC's fascinating new natural history series. Broadly, we investigate the world's lakes and rivers and the creatures which inhabit them. Thus we visit the deepest lake on the planet, Lake Baikal in Siberia. We observe colonies of Indian smooth... | high17385.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The Lazy Animal"
},
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"Animal Kingdom",
"Moss Growth",
"The Lazy Animal"
],
"question": "A suitable title for this passage might be _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},... | "A rolling stone gathers no moss ," but there is one living animal that does gather moss -- the three-toed sloth of South America. This slowest-moving member of the animal kingdom is so inactive that moss actually gathers on its body and turns it green -- strange as it seems!
Most of the sloth's life is spent motionle... | high23020.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "means how fast exposed skin freezes"
},
"options": [
"means how fast exposed skin freezes",
"doesn't affect your head as much as other body parts",
"changes according to the temperature on the thermometer",
"changes fro... | Have you ever walked outside thinking it was one temperature but quickly discovered it felt colder? That is because of the "wind chill" effect.
Wind chill is how cold people and animals feel when they are outside, not the actual temperature on the thermometer . It is based on how quickly your body loses heat when it is... | high130.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "childhood friendship is of great significance to their growth"
},
"options": [
"childhood friendship is of great significance to their growth",
"a positive friendship helps children solve emotional and physical problems",
"it... | Research shows that childhood friendships are important indicators of future success and social adjustment. Children's relationships with peers strongly influence their success in school, and children with fewer friends are more at risk of dropping out of school, becoming depressed and other problems.
Making and Keep... | high14854.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "have a good impression of the new culture"
},
"options": [
"find the new culture is hard to accept",
"miss their family and friends very much",
"begin to understand what culture shock is",
"have a good impression of the... | Most people who move to a foreign country may experience a period of time when they have a lot of stress in the new culture. This feeling is often called "culture shock" and it is important to learn how to deal with culture shock. First of all, you should know that everyone in a new situation will go through some form ... | high14698.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The history of using forks for dining."
},
"options": [
"The different designs of forks.",
"The spread of fork-aided cooking.",
"The history of using forks for dining.",
"The development of fork-related table manners."
... | Forks trace their origins back to the ancient Greeks. Forks at that time were fairly large with two tines that aided in the cutting of meat in the kitchen. The tines prevented meat from twisting or moving during cutting and allowed food to slide off more easily than it would with a knife.
By the 7th century A.D., ro... | high23034.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "convenient"
},
"options": [
"environmentally-friendly",
"energy efficient",
"convenient",
"cheap"
],
"question": "Which of the following is NOT the advantage of the homes built by Phillips?",
"question_type"... | Can you imagine living in a house built by recycled waste?
Texas home builder Dan Phillips transforms trash into artful treasures, creating beautiful floors with wood pieces, kitchen counters from ivory -colored bones and roofs out of license plates .
The fantastic houses which spring from his imagination are made alm... | high124.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "talk to yourself and name things as you pass them"
},
"options": [
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"talk to yourself and name things as you pass them",
"not to be afraid to make mistakes",
"listen to music i... | Talk to yourself
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The boy was too shy to give his gift to his teacher."
},
"options": [
"Sometimes the boy handed his gift to his teacher directly.",
"Some classmates of the boy's noticed him put his gift on the corner of her desk.",
"The boy ... | Miss Benson was the kindest and sweetest person that ever walked the earth. She was my second-grade teacher, and I was going to marry her when I grew up. I would sit in my seat for the entire morning. I wouldn't miss one moment for her presence by leaving the room.
My hand was always the first to be raised when Miss Be... | high17391.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "creative"
},
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"creative",
"friendly",
"honest"
],
"question": "Which of the following words can best describe the designer?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"ans... | A wallet that looks like a piece of newspaper, an atlas, or an express parcel receipt? Or a business card that looks like a notepad? No kidding.
Bai Minghui, a Beijing-based designer, creates his artwork using Tyvek, a synthetic paper material which is difficult to tear, waterproof and, more importantly, totally recyc... | high16931.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "They offer service for people of different ages."
},
"options": [
"They offer service for people of different ages.",
"The offerings in Plato's Closet are more expensive.",
"Plato's Closet only offers high-end brands for wome... | The tough economy is bringing new shoppers to the secondhand market. Plato's Closet in Chaelotte, NC is a private company, which mainly buys and sells used clothes. While Charlotte has outstanding secondhand stores offering high-end and graceful brands for women, most of their stock applies to adults. Plato's closet ta... | high10398.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the activities are carried on in an interesting style"
},
"options": [
"it has quite experienced teachers",
"it teaches Indian languages at different levels",
"the activities are arranged for the whole day",
"the activi... | Camp Jano India
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "some students have to leave school"
},
"options": [
"class sizes at some high schools have risen",
"some students don't have a desk to sit at",
"some students have to share textbooks",
"some students have to leave schoo... | Education cuts have become routine over the past few years, which has made it difficult for students to learn. The results of a survey of 1,850 Los Angeles County high school students show just how much the cuts are affecting students.
Because of teacher layoffs , class sizes at some high schools have risen to 50 s... | high2807.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he read a book about a famous magician"
},
"options": [
"he read a book about a famous magician",
"he learned to pick a lock",
"he started entertaining at local parties",
"he learned to do card tricks"
],
"quest... | Harry Houdini was a man who astonished and attracted many people during his life. Whether he was escaping from a locked box or making things disappear and reappear, he surely was entertaining. People thought that he must truly have some supernatural powers, but in fact, what Harry really had was drive.
Harry was born ... | high21145.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "music festival"
},
"options": [
"harvest festival",
"music festival",
"film festival",
"flower festival"
],
"question": "According to the text, Glastonbury Festival is actually a _ .",
"question_type": "c... | Glastonbury Festival, one of the pioneer festivals, is famous not only for its amazing bands, but also for its wonderful performances in many fields surrounding the stages. It attracts over 130,000 people every year, who join in the three-day party to celebrate the summer solstice, the longest day of the year.
Glasto... | high13849.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "people living near the sea may be healthier."
},
"options": [
"people are encouraged to move to the coast",
"people living near the sea may be healthier.",
"people pay increasingly attention to health",
"people are worr... | Living near the beach may come with an extra perk : better health. A new study analyzed information from more than 48 million people in England and found that the nearer they lived to the coast, the more likely people were to report good health within the past year.
Living near the coast may be associated with better ... | high8494.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a family show on TV"
},
"options": [
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"for kids only",
"a sports show",
"a clothes show on TV"
],
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"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, I'm Roy, and this is my show. This is a television show for all families, and I know you'll enjoy it.
Let's start with a story. Once there was a proud pig on a farm. He thought he was the most important of all the animals on the farm. But it was not enough that he himself thought thi... | high9952.txt |
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"Choose healthy food and snacks for your child.",
"Fruits and vegetables are good for your child.",
"Take steps to provide a good lunch for your child.",
"... | Developing healthy eating habits starts from childhood, therefore it is important for parents to teach and provide children with a healthy diet. DPHSS administrator of the Bureau of Nutrition Services, Charlie Morris told KUAM News, "A healthy diet for a child consists of a lot of fruits and vegetables in the diet limi... | high13691.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he might think the author dropped the bread"
},
"options": [
"he wanted to talk to the author",
"the author appeared too nervous",
"the author was going to get off",
"he might think the author dropped the bread"
],
... | The passengers on the subway who caught a glimpse of me may have thought I was strange. In particular a gentleman sitting opposite me was always staring at me, looking at the cheese bread on the floor in front of me and then staring back at me. A passenger probably dropped it by mistake and got off at a previous stop, ... | high642.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "you can name after a well-known person"
},
"options": [
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"you can name after a well-known person",
"surname should be paid attention to",
"you can create ... | "What's in a name?" According to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, there is not too much. "That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." But Shakespeare may have been wrong. In most cultures, names matter a great deal.
Americans choose names for their children with care. Parents usually think about t... | high23752.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "He couldn't read when he was retired."
},
"options": [
"He couldn't read when he was retired.",
"He was not a good student at school.",
"Only his family members knew he was illiterate.",
"He published his book at the ag... | James Arruda Henry, a 98-year-old retired lobsterman, has written and published his first book, "In a Fisherman's Language", after learning to read at the incredible age of 91.
Mr. Henry spent most of his life without even his closest family members knowing he was illiterate .Forced to quit school in the third grade t... | high1659.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "inform people of baggage inspection"
},
"options": [
"introduce one of the security acts",
"persuade people to contact TSA",
"inform people of baggage inspection",
"warn against the damage of locking the baggage"
],... | To protect you and your fellow passengers, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA ) is required by law to inspect all checked baggage. As part of this process, some bags are opened and inspected. Your bag was among those selected for inspection.
During the inspection, your bag and its contents may have been se... | high6136.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Berea College."
},
"options": [
"The Evergreen State College.",
"Deep Springs College.",
"Hampshire College.",
"Berea College."
],
"question": "Which of the following suits students from families with a lower in... | From a college designed specifically for high school students to one that doesn't provide students with grades, here are some of the country's most unique institutions.
*Berea College, Berea, Kentucky
The first interracial, co-educational college in the South, Berea specializes in attracting students who may be otherwi... | high14471.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "To make them more productive."
},
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"To make them more productive.",
"To reduce their stress and anxiety.",
"To develop their communication skills.",
"To help them perform daily tasks more easily."
],
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