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"answer_text": "To make China more and more beautiful"
},
"options": [
"To save money",
"To learn to love each other",
"To look after our brothers and sisters",
"To make China more and more beautiful"
],
"question": "As Chinese... | Most of us are the only child in our family. We have no brothers or sisters. Our family mainly _ our mom,our dad and us. We are growing up in a world differently from our parents'. And we will be the future leaders of China. Some day we have to work hand in hand with each other and make China more and more beautiful. S... | high1881.txt |
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"answer_text": "Castles have a history of more than 1,000 years in Europe."
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"options": [
"Castles have nothing in common with palaces.",
"Castles have a history of more than 1,000 years in Europe.",
"Castles were mainly used for defensive... | A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages. This is different from a palace, which is no fortified-though there are many similarities among these types of construction. Usage of the term has varied over time and has been applied to diverse structures.
The Europe... | high12000.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Yellen's educational background."
},
"options": [
"Yellen's professional experiences.",
"Yellen's ability to deal with the challenges the Fed faces.",
"Yellen's educational background.",
"Yellen's remarkable competence ... | Who is the most powerful woman in the world? According to the US media, it's Janet Yellen, or at least she's about to be.
On Oct 9, 2013,US President Barack Obama nominated Yellen to serve as the next US Federal Reserve (the Fed, )chair. If confirmed by the Senate, Yellen will become the first woman to serve in the ... | high16266.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the birth of a book and its lasting influences"
},
"options": [
"Charles' family life",
"a girl's adventurous experience",
"a magical world called wonderland",
"the birth of a book and its lasting influences"
],
... | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is one of the most loved children's books of all time, and many adults enjoy it as well. It tells the story of a young girl named Alice, who follows a rabbit entering a magical world called Wonderland: she has many experiences which seem to change the rules of reasoning or common sense.... | high4721.txt |
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"answer_text": "It refers to female shoppers who eat cheaply but spend a lot in drinking a cup of expensive coffee."
},
"options": [
"It refers to female shoppers who eat cheaply.",
"It refers to female shoppers who drink expensive coffee.",
... | A WOMAN walks into a small stall and eats a cheap bowl of instant noodles, paying 1,500 won. Then she moves into a Starbucks coffee shop, where she drinks a cup of mocha, paying 4,300 won.
Surprised? This is the typical behaviour of South Korean young women. They are called "denjang girls". The term "denjang girls" re... | high17178.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the kids without parents"
},
"options": [
"the kids in rich families",
"the kids in common families",
"the kids in expanded families",
"the kids without parents"
],
"question": "Old photos and baby pictures are ... | For some kids, old photos and baby pictures are embarrassing. For others, they are _ . But for thousands of children living in orphanages worldwide, these records of the past simply don't exist. Either the kids' parents weren't around to snap photos, or the pictures have been lost. Whatever the reason is, the Memor... | high2350.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Three."
},
"options": [
"Two.",
"Five.",
"Four.",
"Three."
],
"question": "How many reasons are mentioned for the habitat destruction?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
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"answer": {
"a... | The Cuban iguana is a species of lizard of the iguana family. It is the largest of the West Indian rock iguanas, one of the most endangered groups of lizards. This species with red eyes and a thick tail is one of the largest lizards in the Caribbean.
The Cuban iguana is mainly _ : 95% of its diet consists of the leave... | high10171.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "push bad spirits away"
},
"options": [
"cheer him up",
"push bad spirits away",
"bring him a big fortune",
"prove that he's a popular person"
],
"question": "According to the passage, good wishes and presents gi... | Thousands of years ago, birthdays were considered special days. On birthdays, the bad spirits were able to harm you and change your life. It was believed that the only way to solve the problem was to have your friends and family around you, so that good wishes and presents would keep the bad spirits away. Also, noisema... | high5359.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "have the poorest results in doing various things at the same time"
},
"options": [
"seek high productivity constantly",
"prefer handling different things when getting bored",
"are more focused when doing many things at a time... | Multitasking
People who multitask all the time may be the worst at doing two things at once, a new research suggests. The findings, based on performances and self-evaluation by about 275 college students, indicate that many people multitask not out of a desire to increase productivity, but because they are easily distr... | high4047.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "is a symbol of long-lasting relations"
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"options": [
"is a collection of childhood memories",
"is a symbol of long-lasting relations",
"takes too much time to decorate",
"is full of out-of-date ornaments"
],
"... | I looked at my beautiful Christmas tree and sighed. It was time. The New Year was a week old and my tree still stood in the corner of our room with its collection of memories proudly displayed in a shower of colorful lights. I'd procrastinated(,)long enough.
I got up, went to the garage and dragged all the boxes into t... | high3728.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The British"
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"The British",
"German spies",
"Spanish soldiers",
"William Martin"
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"question": "_ put the papers on the dead man.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer"... | In 1943, during the Second World War the body of an English man, William Martin, was discovered off the Spanish coast. The papers he had been carrying were returned to England, where they were carefully examined. They had clearly been changed and that was exactly what the British had hoped would happen, for Martin was ... | high6888.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "have meals and meet with friends"
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"options": [
"Do homework and watch TV",
"Buy drinks and enjoy concerts",
"have meals and meet with friends",
"Add money to your ID and play chess"
],
"question": "What can y... | A Guide to the University
Food
The TWU Cafeteria is open 7am to 8pm.It serves snacks , drinks, ice cream bars and meals.You can pay with cash or your ID cards.You can add meal money to your ID cards at the Front Desk.Even if you do not buy your food in the cafeteria, you can use the tables to eat your lunch, to have me... | high12766.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a wooden salt shaker"
},
"options": [
"a wooden salt shaker",
"a bamboo salt shaker",
"a ceramic salt shaker",
"a hand painted salt shaker"
],
"question": "If you prefer salt powder, you may choose _ .",
... | Get a Custom Salt Shaker for your Dining Table
If you are looking for custom salt shaker for your dining table, then there are a number of varieties available from which you can have your pick.
Get custom salt shakers for custom seasoning
A wooden salt shaker has a beautiful design that can enrich your dining table. I... | high15009.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to recover from poor health"
},
"options": [
"to recover from poor health",
"to observe star movements",
"to hold religious ceremonies",
"to gather huge bluestones"
],
"question": "Stonehenge is recently believe... | Stonehenge may have been a prehistoric health center rather than a site for observing stars or a temple in honor of the dead, scientists said yesterday. New evidence unearthed at the World Heritage Site in more than 40 years suggests that the monument was a place where the diseased and injured went in groups, seeking c... | high6650.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the same comet appearing at different times"
},
"options": [
"some different comets appearing several times",
"the same comet appearing at different times",
"three different comets appearing at the same time",
"several ... | Edmund Halley was an English scientist who lived over 200 years ago. He studied the observations of comets which other scientists had made. The orbit of one particular comet was a very difficult mathematical problem. He could not figure it out. Neither could other scientists who dealt with such problems.
However, Hal... | high14317.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "protect the wildlife"
},
"options": [
"protect the wildlife",
"free people from diseases",
"rid people from strange behaviors",
"develop a better economy"
],
"question": "According to the passage, being a vegeta... | I am a vegetarian . Many people are quick to think of vegetarianism as strange behavior. I treasure our Earth, and since we only have one, we should protect it and the wildlife that lives on it. But that's only one of the reasons to be a vegetarian.
Vegetarians may live longer, healthier lives. There is a connection be... | high9563.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To be honest and win their trust."
},
"options": [
"To get more privileges from them.",
"To risk gaining their permission.",
"To keep off the track of reality.",
"To be honest and win their trust."
],
"question"... | I got invited to go with some friends to a game at another school. A senior will be driving us, and I think she's a good driver, but it's someone my parents don't know. I want to tell my parents where I'm going, but what if I ask and they say "no"? I'll end up wishing I never mentioned it and just went ahead and did it... | high13478.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "meaningful but difficult"
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"options": [
"worthwhile but expensive",
"reasonable but worthless",
"meaningless but hard",
"meaningful but difficult"
],
"question": "Which of the following best describes Lu Zhang... | The Collections of Chinese Ancient Cultural Relics Abroad: Volume Victoria and Albert Museum has just been published, the fruit of ten years' efforts by Chinese experts.
The book is the first of an upcoming series that centers on ancient cultural heritage collections in different museums around the world. The book det... | high12772.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He fell over and crashed into the table."
},
"options": [
"He had a terrible headache.",
"He didn't sleep well the night before.",
"He was hit in the eye by his wife.",
"He fell over and crashed into the table."
],
... | A man wakes up with a big hangover the morning after attending his company's annual Summer Party. He can't even remember how he got home from the party, let alone how he got so drunk and is deathly afraid of what he may have done or said the night before to make his wife angry.
The man forces his eyes open and the fir... | high8669.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "kept them expecting deliberately"
},
"options": [
"held back the truth",
"gave a definite answer \"no\"",
"kept them expecting deliberately",
"said she preferred the single state"
],
"question": "To the suitors ... | "I will never marry," the future Elizabeth I declared at the age of eight, and, to the terror of her people, the Great Queen kept her word.
For four centuries, historians have guessed why Elizabeth never married.In her own day, her decision to remain single was considered absurd and dangerous.A queen needed a husband t... | high6644.txt |
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"answer_text": "Pain can help them to avoid the creative thinking."
},
"options": [
"Pain is a mirror that can reflect the life of everybody.",
"Pain is something that no one can escape from.",
"Pain can help them to avoid the creative think... | Comfort is comforting, but it might narrow our experience at work -- and beyond.
In our modern world, discomfort is considered a terrible thing. If not terrible, at least a thing of the past. Dishwashers, washing machines, computers, remote controls--yes, they add convenience, but also a level of comfort our forefather... | high9577.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "avoid maths because of social reasons"
},
"options": [
"are poorer at maths",
"avoid maths because of social reasons",
"are afraid of maths because they are the weaker sex",
"can't learn maths as well as boys"
],
... | Scientists have tried to come up with biological explanations for the difference between boys and girls. However, none were believable enough to explain the general picture. As one scientist points out, "There are slight genetic differences between the sexes at birth which may affect the subjects boys and girls choose.... | high22869.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "I already have a volunteer job that I enjoy."
},
"options": [
"I have to check my e-mails first.",
"I already have a volunteer job that I enjoy.",
"I cannot find any time to do it.",
"I have a million things to do."
... | A friend asks you to be a volunteer. Your husband asks you to glance over an e-mail he is writing to his boss. You say you'd love to. Really! But..."I don't have time".
It seems plausible( ). We're all busy these days, right? But there are reasons not to use these four words, at least with yourself.
Here's the big one:... | high10165.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "showed his anger to Mrs.Nugget"
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"options": [
"expressed his astonishment",
"showed his anger to Mrs.Nugget",
"made children not practise the piano",
"was afraid that he would be troubled by any noise in the evenings"... | Dear Mrs.Nugget,
You may remember that we have discussed the noise your children make while practicing the piano.You agreed to make sure that they would stop practicing in the evenings.
You can imagine my astonishment , then, when I realized that nothing had changed and the situation was going on as before.I find it di... | high18539.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To keep users informed of the polluted levels in the air."
},
"options": [
"To advise people to stay at home as often as possible",
"To keep users informed of the polluted levels in the air.",
"To make women look pretty even ... | AEco-friendly Car Racer
Can you image a car racer is so eco-friendly that its tyres are made from potatoes, its body is created from hemp and rapeseed oil and it runs on fuel made from wheat and sugar beet? The one-seater racing car called Eco One is built by experts from Warwick University, who hope that Eco One wil... | high19627.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To protect people from the rain"
},
"options": [
"To predict a heavy rain",
"To check the weather forecast",
"To protect people from the rain",
"To remind people to take an umbrella"
],
"question": "For what pur... | You can't always predict a heavy rain or remember your umbrella. But designer Mikhail Belvacv doesn't think that forgetting to check the weather forecast before heading out should result in you getting wet. That's why he created lampbrella, a lamp post with its own rain sensing umbrella.
The designer says he come up wi... | high4053.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It absorbs wet air and turns it into water."
},
"options": [
"It works in the same way as microwaves.",
"It is very expensive for families to afford.",
"It absorbs wet air and turns it into water.",
"It helps to make th... | A gadget which makes water out of air could become the greatest household invention since the microwave.http://www.ks5u.com/gaokao/beijing/
Using the same technology as a dehumidifier ,the Water Mill is able to create a ready supply of drinking water because it can always get
from an unlimited source--the air.http://ww... | high16272.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "show how the poor life experienced in the Philippines influenced him"
},
"options": [
"help us know him well",
"warn us not to live a poor life",
"show how he missed his teenage time",
"show how the poor life experience... | At the age of 14, Hugh Evans spent a night with cockroaches crawling all over him.
That experience turned out to be life-changing for Evans, now 30. Far removed from his comfortable home in Australia, he traveled to the Philippines with an aid organization that set him up with a host family. Their home was in Smokey Mo... | high19141.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Lewis Carroll"
},
"options": [
"Tim Burton",
"Lewis Carroll",
"Alice",
"the passage doesn't tell us"
],
"question": "The story Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was written by _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_... | Tim Burton attempts to work his gothic magic over one of the best loved stories of all time--Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.
Alice, now 19, attends a party at a Victorian estate, only to find she is about to be proposed to by a rich suitor in fr... | high4735.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "their fingers fit them better for the job"
},
"options": [
"they work harder than men do in picking",
"they can throw their picking more easily into the baskets",
"their fingers fit them better for the job",
"they can m... | The tea gardens in Sri Lanka are actually large estates . The best tea usually comes from plants grown on high grounds, the cool hilltops with rows and rows of tea plants. The plants are about one metre apart. The plant is often pruned so that it remains only 60 to 90 centimetres high. _ is important because it encoura... | high2344.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because he could hardly hear what the other frogs said."
},
"options": [
"Because he would like to jump out of the pit.",
"Because he could hardly hear what the other frogs said.",
"Because he didn't want to give up his hope.... | If you are a human, you can't help but experience the time when everything seems to be going wrong and you feel as if your life is completely out of control.It is during the low time that words of encouragement from family, friends, coworkers or even strangers can boost your spirits.It is also during the low time that ... | high10603.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "two"
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"two",
"twelve",
"twenty",
"twenty -two"
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"question": "When she moved to California, Joan Fontaine was _ years old.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answer": {
... | Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine, who rose to fame during Hollywood's golden age as the star of several Alfred Hitch.cock classics, died from natural causes at her home in Carmel, northern California on December 16, 2013 aged 96, US media reports said.
Born in Japan to British parents, Fontaine moved in 1919 to Cali... | high6122.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Doing homework"
},
"options": [
"Watching TV.",
"Playing computer games.",
"Doing homework",
"Doing housework."
],
"question": "What makes most students sleep less than nine hours every night?",
"question_ty... | In China, more and more middle school students are getting shorter sleeping time than before. More students sleep less than nine hours every night, because they have much homework to do. Some homework is given by their teachers, and some by their parents. Also, some students don't know how to save time. They are not ca... | high9211.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "they worked busily and often forget it"
},
"options": [
"they worked busily and often forget it",
"they didn't have food even for themselves",
"they had a farm of animals to feed",
"they were unwilling to help a man wit... | We live in central Phoenix, near the canal. Every day I used to see a homeless old man and his scruffy little dog hanging out down there.
I would tell my husband we should give him food for the little dog. It wouldn't have been a problem; we have our own "mini farm" of animals! But he would say "OK!" and then blow the ... | high14465.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "at the beginning of the 18\nth century."
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"options": [
"in 1620",
"at the beginning of the 18\nth century.",
"at the end of the 17\nth century",
"in 1609"
],
"question": "The first English newspaper printed an... | The first newspaper were handwritten sheets which were posted in pubic places. The earliest recorded newspaper was started in Rom in 59 BC. In the 700's the world's first printed newspaper was developed in China. The paper was printed from carved wooden blocks and sent out among the citizens. Europe didn't have a regu... | high12014.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Our past experiences have a great influence on our future life."
},
"options": [
"It is impossible to avoid the inconvenience caused by flight delays.",
"Our past experiences have a great influence on our future life.",
"Look... | I had arrived at the airport to catch an early flight home.It had been a very busy three days for me on an interstate trip with lots of meetings,business to do and new customers to meet.Then came the announcement that the flight had been delayed due to a technical problem.I could see a group of technicians and ground s... | high11535.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To give them to people in need."
},
"options": [
"To donate them to a charity.",
"To help Vietnamese children.",
"To raise money for a Rotary Club.",
"To give them to people in need."
],
"question": "Why did Car... | Carly Zalenski's eyes filled with tears as the dusty bus ran down a dirt road in southern Vietnam. The 14-year-old and her family had traveled by plane from Canton, Ohio. Now, as they approached the village, hundreds of cheering schoolchildren lined the entrance to the Hoa Lac School, a two-story concrete building that... | high20930.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "disappear gradually"
},
"options": [
"die suddenly",
"come back",
"disappear gradually",
"last forever"
],
"question": "You will find friendships _ in America if they are not near each other.",
"question... | In the United States, friends can be close, constant and real. But if they move live far away from each other, little by little, they will not be as close as before. But neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while, then no more. If two peop... | high3072.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "To produce legal documents."
},
"options": [
"To produce legal documents.",
"To replace sewing machines.",
"To record the results of research.",
"To create the first computer keyboards."
],
"question": "For wha... | The history of the computer keyboard started way back in 1714, when the first typewriters were manufactured. Then, they looked more like sewing machines, since they were designed by Remington, which also used to manufacture sewing machines. They were not used for commercial purposes but to produce legal documents that ... | high19169.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Long-sleeve clothes"
},
"options": [
"String bikinis",
"Bathing suits",
"Long-sleeve clothes",
"Shorts."
],
"question": "What clothing is proper for ladies visiting a mosque?",
"question_type": "factiod_ques... | Most of the guests who come on our trips have never been to Egypt before .We want to make everyone comfortable and at ease, but we do always get the same questions in advance of trip. So here I will give you some travel tips.
What should I wear?
If you're lucky enough to visit Egypt between ... | high18277.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "know the relationship between planets and their stars"
},
"options": [
"study why planets change orbits after forming",
"understand how planets move around their stars",
"answer questions about the age of stars and planets",
... | Astronomers have captured the first direct image of a planet being born.
Adam Kraus, of the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy, said the planet is being formed out of dust and gas circling a 2-million-yea-old star about 450 light years from Earth.
The planet itself, based on scientific models of how planet... | high5403.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "72 years"
},
"options": [
"72 years",
"80 years",
"60 years",
"56 years"
],
"question": "The practice of the Olympic Flame has been carried on for about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | The Olympic Flame from the ancient games was reintroduced during the 1928 Olympic Games. An employee of the Electric Utility of Amsterdam, lit the first Olympic flame in the Marathon Tower of theOlympic Stadiuminprefix = st1 /Amsterdam.
The modern practice of moving the Olympic Flame via a relay system from Olympia to ... | high17144.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "People's characters."
},
"options": [
"Places where people lived.",
"People's characters.",
"Talents that people possessed.",
"People's occupations."
],
"question": "Which of the following aspects do the surname... | Usually, when your teacher asks a question, there is only one correct answer. But there is one question that has millions of current answers. That question is "What's your name?" Everyone gives a different answer, but everyone is correct.
Have you ever wondered about people's names? Where do they come from? What do the... | high1665.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Pedestrians."
},
"options": [
"Drivers.",
"Cyclists.",
"Police.",
"Pedestrians."
],
"question": "Who is the text intended for?",
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... | If you need to spend time on the road,it's important to find ways to keep safe on your feet. Don't suppose it's your right of way. Yes, you might be crossing at the right place, at the right time, within the crosswalk area, but you are still exposed to danger. It could be a distracted driver, or a cyclist with a loose ... | high13322.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Supportive."
},
"options": [
"Curious.",
"Doubtful.",
"Supportive.",
"Disappointed."
],
"question": "What is the author's attitude towards connected cars?",
"question_type": null
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... | Since Henry Ford turned it into a mass-market product a century ago, the car has delivered many benefits. It has promoted economic growth, increased social mobility and given people a lot of fun. But the car has also brought many problems. It pollutes the air, creates traffic jams and kills people. An astonishing 1.24 ... | high9239.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the line between work time and rest time is unclear"
},
"options": [
"work time is equal to rest time",
"many people have a day off on Monday",
"it is hard for people to decide when to rest",
"the line between work time... | Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be. Places of business that used to keep daytime "business hours" are now open late into the night. And on the Internet, the hour of the day and the day of the week have become irrelevant . A half century ago in the United States, most people experienced strong and precise di... | high8127.txt |
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"Mrs. Anderson stole Charlie's car at the request of her daughter.",
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"Because of the deed of the Italian sailors.",
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Time and Place
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"if there are animals and people in the world.",
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"To ask questions on entering American universities.",
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The first question is about our recent discussion of English language test. Vo Ngoc from Vietnam would like to know about the TOEIC, which is designed to measure skills of English as spoken in the workplace.
The Educatio... | high11253.txt |
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The pack is usually a family group. It is mad... | high5371.txt |
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The 11 oil ministers decided to meet again on July 3 to discuss the effects of the Iraq temporary stop. The organ... | high18505.txt |
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Mobile phones have changed the way we communicate;they have also brought about problems in phone manners.Gaik Lira, a Singapore-based advice has some advice on phone manners.
When dealing with missed calls,the person being.called should return the call."Calls should be returned as soon ... | high17636.txt |
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Many people are in the habit of pressing the "close" button because... | high15021.txt |
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We don't get any new songs this week...but things do get shaken up a bit.
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Loyal customers are an organization's only protection against... | high12996.txt |
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"answer": {
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"Last week, " he said, "my umbrella was stolen from a London church. As
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"How did you write your advertisement? " asked one of the listeners, a merchant.
"Her... | high1117.txt |
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However, lately more and more Chinese people are turning to a different drink. Coffee has become an increasingly popular choice of Chinese people living abroad and in the country's huge cities. It is also a popular crop among those living in the mount... | high13450.txt |
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Of course not! You don't have to suffer needlessly. Your life depends on you, not on any other external factor.
I know a woman who says she just accepts what life give... | high15747.txt |
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Are newspapers dying?
That's the heated debate these days. Many say the disappearance of the daily paper is just a matter of time. The future of journalism is in news websites, not newsprint.
However, others say, newspapers have been with us for hundre... | high5417.txt |
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Here's advice from a new study:
--Make sure kids eat healthfully, starting with a good breakfast every day.
--Limit kids' sedentary free time.
--Promote positive self-esteem in children.
--Be a good role model for a healthy l... | high18263.txt |
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Honeybees can do three kinds of jobs.
It is one of the most unusual insects in the world. Bees are special because they divide up their honeybee work. Each bee has a certain job to do.
The busiest bee is the worker. Workers build the nest, called a hive. Inside the hive, workers make a honeycomb from wax .... | high20717.txt |
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"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Hung's performance attracted the public eye."
},
"options": [
"How an unsuccessful person became famous.",
"Success sometimes does not require hard work.",
"Something an idol behaves quite foolishly.",
"Hung's performan... | In the age of reality television,success isn't the only way to the public eye. Failure can also create fame,just like William Hung,21,a native of Hong Kong.
Hung recently has made an agreement with USbased entertainment firms Koch Records and Fuse Music Network. They'll publish a record,titled TheTrueIdolon April 6.
Th... | high22100.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Radios, television and newspapers."
},
"options": [
"Cinemas, television and Internet.",
"Television, Internet and newspapers.",
"Internet, newspapers and cinemas.",
"Radios, television and newspapers."
],
"ques... | There are many types of reports. A report is simply an account of something that has happened. The commonest are new reports. We get them in newspapers, over the radio and on television. Sometimes cinemas also show us newsreels .
The main purpose of a newspaper is to provide news. If you examine a newspaper closely, yo... | high15974.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "being on time"
},
"options": [
"1eaving soon after class",
"coming early",
"arriving a few minutes late",
"being on time"
],
"question": "The word'punctual'most probably means _ .",
"question_type": "cloze... | In the United States, it is important to be on time , or punctual , for an appointment , a class, a meeting, etc. However, this may not be true in all countries. An American professor discovered the difference while teaching a class in a Brazilian university. The two-hour class was scheduled to begin at 10 A.M. and en... | high23578.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Fish is cooked whole to save trouble."
},
"options": [
"You can order your dinner in Joe's Shanghai.",
"Fish is cooked whole to save trouble.",
"Roast duck and chicken sell well.",
"Chicken is served with peanuts in Eve... | East Corner Wonton,70 East Broadway,343-9896
If you come too late,they may have run out of roast duck and chicken,but you can always count on fresh supplies of eggs or rice,noodles and pork-filled dumplings.
Evergreen,63 Matt St.571-3339
Shanghai-style rice dishes,hot and sour soup,chicken with peanuts,and eggplant or ... | high24217.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To find out details she can make use of."
},
"options": [
"To improve her computer program.",
"To find out details she can make use of.",
"To find out their attitudes towards food.",
"To predict what food they'll like i... | A study published in September suggests there is a surprising way to get people to avoid unhealthy foods: change their memories. Scientist Elizabeth Loftus of the University of California at Irvine asked volunteers to answer some questions on their personalities and food experiences. "One week later," Loftus says, "we ... | high468.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "To report on a joking burglary"
},
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"To report on a joking burglary",
"To call our attention to the burglary.",
"To explain how the burglar was caught.",
"To look back on an adventure story."
],
"que... | A drunken burglar in the Orrell Park area of Liverpool, ended up leaping out of a window after a 10-year-old girl asked him to prove he was a superhero.
The drunken thief who pretended he was Superman to stop a child raising the alarm has been caught after he leapt from the apartment building in his pants to make the g... | high8866.txt |
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