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"answer_text": "All the people don't sing high praise for Thatcher' contribution to England."
},
"options": [
"Thatcher was a member of the Labour Party.",
"There was a war between England and Argentina when Thatcher retired.",
"All the peop... | BBC London Tributes continue to be paid at home and abroad to Margaret Thatcher after her death at the age of 87. David Cameron, the present Prime Minister, said she had been a "great Briton" while US President Obama called her a "great champion of freedom and liberty". Her funeral is expected to be held next week. T... | high23753.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "By doing this he could understand what Gavin was saying."
},
"options": [
"By doing this he could understand what Gavin was saying.",
"He wanted to be aware of what the code was.",
"He attempted to get the code into the phone... | As I walked along the Edgware Road, I felt as though the world was closing in on me. All the sounds I take for granted, had gone. I had entered a world of silence. This unsettling experience occurred a few weeks ago when I agreed to go deaf for the day to support the work of the charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, fo... | high13690.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "reading processes"
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"options": [
"reading skills",
"silent reading",
"reading processes",
"reading aloud"
],
"question": "The passage is mainly about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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... | If we are to help students develop reading skills in a foreign language, it is important to understand what is involved in the reading process itself. If we have a clear idea of how "good readers" read, either in their own or a foreign language, this will enable us to decide whether particular reading techniques are li... | high9953.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "introduce an on-going research on delaying ageing"
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"options": [
"encourage people to eat as little as possible",
"tell people how harmful food is to their health",
"introduce an on-going research on delaying ageing",
... | Eating 40 percent less food could extend a person`s life by 20 years, according to scientists.
Researchers at the Institute of Health Ageing at University College London are developing a treatment that they hope will fight the `disease` of getting older.
They are looking into how genetics and lifestyle can affect agei... | high8495.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They can't live in peace with farmers."
},
"options": [
"They are still being killed.",
"Their habitats are being destroyed.",
"They don't have enough food.",
"They can't live in peace with farmers."
],
"questio... | Elephants might be the most well-known and well-loved animal in African wildlife. But conservation of the African elephant faces special difficulties. While the elephant population is half of what it was 40 years ago, some areas of Africa have more elephants than populated areas can support. That's why AWF scientists... | high13848.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The air quality in coastal cities is worrying."
},
"options": [
"Coastal cities are ideal places to live in.",
"The air quality in coastal cities is worrying.",
"Cleaner-burning fuels are welcome in ships.",
"The world'... | Contrary to most people' s idea, the air in Coastal cities can be far from fresh and healthful, said a report recently published.
University of California Professor Mark Thiemens led the research team. His team. report blames ships that release dirty smoke by burning low-cost, high-sulfur fuel. They directly measured ... | high21144.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the bid price didn't go up very quickly at first"
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"options": [
"it attracted no attention at all",
"things started to heat up immediately",
"the bid price didn't go up very quickly at first",
"people thought it was w... | On Sunday, August 24th, comic book lovers across the world held their breath to watch how much crazy collectors would pay for a rare Superman comic book. Though bids above the initial asking price of 1 million dollars had been coming in gradually since the copy was placed on the auction site eBay on July 14th, thin... | high11087.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A material that turns red before it breaks."
},
"options": [
"The collapse of a large building in Zhu Zhou, Hunan Province.",
"A type of molecule that can be put into a soft material",
"A material that turns red before it bre... | Thick dust rose and a large building collapsed. This was the scene in Zhu Zhou,Hunan Province on May 17. Nine people were killed and 16 injured.
Things were similar in the Sichuan earthquake. Thousands of people were buried in the ruins and lost their lives. What if we could have warned them?
People are always _ to fin... | high10399.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Obama Says He Deserves a Second Term"
},
"options": [
"Obama Says He Deserves a Second Term",
"Obama Becomes the American President Again",
"Obama Has Planned to Leave the White House",
"There are Lots of Obstacles in O... | U.S.President Barack Obama said on Friday he can make the case for a second term, and voters will come to see him as the candidate best prepared to serve as president by next year's elections, according to an interview he gave to the U.S. media.
In an interview he gave the Associated Press, Obama admitted that the stat... | high16930.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "is in an area by the sea"
},
"options": [
"never snows",
"is still warm in winter",
"has a long history",
"is in an area by the sea"
],
"question": "The author's hometown _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | Moving to a new city and state was difficult for me, especially in winter. Little did I know that a Colorado snowstorm would greet me after I had been in my new home for only a week.
I just missed home. But more than the old house and the beach, I missed Stacey, my best friend. And I missed our lovely tea. Going to a s... | high2812.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "advertisements"
},
"options": [
"the government",
"advertisements",
"their owners' families",
"the audience"
],
"question": "The existence of the privately-owned mass media depends financially on _ .",
"q... | When you turn on the radio, you hear an advertisement. When you watch television, you hear and see
an advertisement. If you turn the pages of a newspaper or magazine, again you find an advertisement. If
you walk down the street, you see one advertising board after another. All day, every day, people who
want to sell... | high21150.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the medicinal value of plants in the rain forests"
},
"options": [
"the native healers of the rain forests",
"the plants and animals living in the rain forests",
"the medicinal value of plants in the rain forests",
"the... | A tropical rain forest is an amazing place. Thousands of different kinds of plants and animals make their homes there. Some are not found anywhere else in the world. If the rain forests are not protected, some species of plants and animals could disappear forever, taking their resources with them.
Scientists have k... | high18909.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "came from one place and spread to another"
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"options": [
"have damaged the native species",
"are able to live in a new environment",
"came from one place and spread to another",
"will attack other species with their p... | The Lionfish Invasion!
Lionfish are popular saltwater aquarium fish all over the world, especially in the United States. Nowadays, they also live in Atlantic waters off the East Coast of the United States. These lionfish are what scientists call an invasive species or an "alien invader."
Local divers off the coast ... | high23747.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "are more likely to become victims of violence"
},
"options": [
"often offend other people",
"often become injured",
"are more likely to fight with others",
"are more likely to become victims of violence"
],
"que... | Teenagers who drink alcohol are at higher risk of becoming victims of violence, a Cardiff University study has found.
A team from the School of Dentistry's Violence Research Group studied drinking habits in children aged 11 - 16 in England. They found not only a link between drink and violence but also that children wh... | high13684.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "10,000,000 or less."
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"options": [
"No more than 10, 000, 000.",
"10,000,000 or less.",
"More than 10, 000, 000.",
"Just 10,000,000."
],
"question": "How many books are there in the British Museum?",
"ques... | There are a lot of public libraries in Britain. These libraries have more than one hundred and fifteen million books, not including those libraries of public schools.
Public libraries not only lend books, music records but also help children, patients in hospitals and others to get special play readings, film shows and... | high24028.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "introduce some museum exhibitions"
},
"options": [
"promote some scientific projects",
"highlight some children activities",
"release some entertainment videos",
"introduce some museum exhibitions"
],
"question"... | From Art to Zoo, the Smithsonian, the world's largest museum and research complex, has something to interest kids and students of all ages.
Plan ahead online with The Official Kids Guide to the Smithsonian Institution - an interactive guidebook just for kids.
The Last American Dinosaurs: Discovering a Lost World
Novemb... | high9947.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "begin by receiving on-the-job training"
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"options": [
"must learn several jobs",
"begin by receiving on-the-job training",
"begin as ticket takers",
"have already attended Disney University"
],
"question": "Th... | Thousands of people pass through the gates of Disney's entertainment parks in California, Florida and Japan each year. What makes these places an almost universal place of interest? What makes foreign kings and queens and other important people want to visit these Disney parks? Well, one reason is the way they're treat... | high22459.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "misleading zones and right ways in educating children"
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"options": [
"misleading zones and right ways in educating children",
"current problems in training children",
"what should be taught to children",
"the importan... | Madame de Stael says that only the people who can play with children are able to educate them. For success in training children, the first condition is to become a child oneself. It means to treat the child as really one's equal, that is, to show him the same consideration, the same kind of confidence one shows to an a... | high15593.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Three."
},
"options": [
"Two.",
"Three.",
"Four.",
"Five."
],
"question": "How many films Anne Hathaway acted in are mentioned in the passage?",
"question_type": null
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"answer": {
"answer_i... | Princess Diaries star Anne Hathaway has announced she is engaged .The actress, 29,confirmed the news after she was photographed wearing a ring while with her boyfriend Adam Shulman in Brooklyn yesterday. Shulman, an actor and jewellery designer, worked with Kwiat Heritage Jewels to create the ring. The pair quietly beg... | high131.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "working safely."
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"options": [
"problem solving.",
"communicating with others.",
"working safely.",
"critical thinking."
],
"question": "Compared with humans, robots are better at _",
"question_type": "c... | In the future, when robots can be used both in homes and in other areas, they could improve the living standards of people. Many people burn their energy on their day-to-day tasks like cooking, cleaning after work, etc. When robots can complete such jobs, people can spend more time with their family and friends. Expert... | high23021.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Newspaper"
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"options": [
"Magazine",
"Scientific report",
"Newspaper",
"Textbook"
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"question": "Where can you probably find this passage?",
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"answer": {
"answer_in... | Taiwanese fishing boats that sailed to the Diaoyu Islands to protest Japan's "purchase" of part of the islands completed their voyage Tuesday morning and have set sail for home.
Local media reported that the boats finished their protest at 9:15 a.m. and are expected to return to a port in northeast Taiwan's Yilan... | high17384.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "87"
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"87",
"55",
"23",
"157"
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"question": "According to the study, about _ children's language scores were 15 percent higher than those of children who didn't play with blocks.",
"questi... | Playing with toy blocks may lead to improved language development in young children, a new study reported.
Early childhood is an important period in the development of young minds. The newborn brain grows three times in size between birth and age 2. Scientists have said that certain activities during this import... | high20528.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "face criticism calmly"
},
"options": [
"develop respect for Liz",
"love people around her more",
"rest for five months",
"face criticism calmly"
],
"question": "Radcliffe's failure in Athensmade her _",
"q... | Paula Radcliffe, chasing a third London marathon title , says she has became a stronger person after her terrible experience at the 2004 Athens Gaines.
Radcliffe, who failed to complete the Olympic marathon and the 10,000m last August, said: "Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care less about criticis... | high21636.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "sell unwanted things in their own yards"
},
"options": [
"sell their front yards at a low price",
"throw away their trash in someone's yard",
"gather in someone's yard to enjoy things",
"sell unwanted things in their ow... | The first time I went for a walk around my father-in-law's neighborhood was garbage day, and I was shocked to see what people were throwing out. It was back in 1981, and I saw many people gathered in someone's front yard. As I went nearer to see what was happening I got my first introduction to yard sales. For the few ... | high22317.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "What makes the Ice Hotel special"
},
"options": [
"How the Ice Hotel is built",
"What makes the Ice Hotel special",
"Why the Ice Hotel is made of ice",
"The services of the Ice Hotel"
],
"question": "What is the... | The Ice Hotel
Are you going into skiing? Is winter your favorite time of year? If you like snow and ice, maybe you should stay at Ice Hotel in Quebec, Canada. But, you can only check in at this hotel during the winter. Why ? Because this hotel is built every December. It has 32 rooms and 80 people can stay there each n... | high119.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "focusing the scientific examination on the happy or joyful people"
},
"options": [
"evaluating the psychological state of people",
"making a study of people who suffer from mental illness",
"focusing the scientific examinatio... | Seligman is leading the research on what might be called Happiness Revolution in psychology. Since World War II, psychologists have focused on fixing what is broken --repairing psychosis , and neurosis . Research has piled up steadily when it comes to looking at patients who are neurotic, while the happy or joyful peop... | high23009.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To tell us differences between city life and country life."
},
"options": [
"To persuade more people to live in the country.",
"To inform us of some information about a better life.",
"To tell us differences between city life... | People live in different parts of the world and lead different types of lives. Their lifestyles change across the different areas in the world. What is the difference between a city and country life? Let us see.
We can see the modern facilities everywhere in the city like the Internet, telephone, television and satelli... | high20500.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "people in India shouldn't celebrate Valentine's Day"
},
"options": [
"his daughter should have received a gift",
"people in India shouldn't celebrate Valentine's Day",
"people in India should welcome Western culture",
"... | Hallmark arrived in my hometown of Calcutta, India when I was 16. On Valentine's Day , I waited in line with many other teenagers just for a chance to get into the store. I remember wishing two things. One of them is that the good-looking boy whom I could see through the store window was picking out a gift for me. Unfo... | high11905.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Money can buy happiness, but only if you spend it on someone else."
},
"options": [
"The more you earn, the greater happiness you will get.",
"Spending more money on yourself will make you happier.",
"Money can buy happiness,... | Spending as little as $5 a day on someone else could significantly _ happiness, the team at the University of British Columbia found.
Their experiments on more than 630 Americans showed they were measurably happier when they spent money on others even if they thought spending the money on themselves would make them hap... | high2184.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "reducing air pollution"
},
"options": [
"reducing energy use",
"reducing air pollution",
"improving public health",
"reusing waste materials"
],
"question": "The United States Conference of Mayors' Climate Prote... | The United States is not part of the Kyoto Protocol.But since 2005 more than 1,000 mayors across the country have agreed to sign their own version of the protocol.
It is called the United States Conference of Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement.Local leaders have agreed to follow the suggestions of the Kyoto Protocol ... | high5833.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "reducing insurance cost"
},
"options": [
"setting up a special fund",
"raising employers' salaries",
"reducing taxes",
"reducing insurance cost"
],
"question": "According to Mary Sue Coleman, one way of keeping ... | Health insurance is a great concern to Americans now. It's likely that many Americans lack health insurance with the economy having no sign of picking up. The National Academy of Sciences reported Thursday. "Unless health insurance is made more affordable, the number of uninsured Americans is likely to continue growing... | high19381.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "may help him return to the focus of the public in spite of some negative news."
},
"options": [
"may help him sign away some of Swizerland's banking secrecy.",
"may help him return to the focus of the public in spite of some negati... | When was the last time you laughed a lot? Most people are the victim of an uncontrollable fit of laughter at least once in their lives. But when it happens in front of the television cameras, it can become an internet sensation.
Do you think there's anything funny about spicy meat? Swiss finance minister Hans-Rudolf Me... | high21178.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To protect himself."
},
"options": [
"To show off his gun.",
"To hunt some animals for food.",
"To protect himself.",
"To play with it for fun."
],
"question": "Why did the boy always carry his gun with him wher... | I knew I was all right now. Nobody else would come ahunting after me. I got my traps out of the canoe and made me a nice camp in the thick woods. I made a tent out of my blankets to put my things under so the rain couldn't get at them. I caught a catfish and towards sundown I started my camp fire and had supper.
When ... | high4293.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "several kinds of earliest board games"
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"options": [
"a common origin of board games",
"several kinds of earliest board games",
"the unknown rules of board game",
"the newly discovered board games"
],
"questio... | Everybody loves to play board games sometimes, but it is surprising to know how long this pastime has been in existence. Some of the earliest board games are over 5,000 years old. The oldest is probably Senet, an American Egyptian game which has been found in burials from before 3000 BC. The game involves an element of... | high18921.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Cancelling the Affordable Care Act"
},
"options": [
"The government shutdown",
"Unemployment rate",
"The addiction to foreign oil",
"Cancelling the Affordable Care Act"
],
"question": "Which of the following is ... | Hi, everybody. Over the past couple months, most of the political headlines you've read have probably been about the government shutdown and the launch of the Affordable Care Act . And I know that many of you have rightly never been more frustrated with Washington.
But if you look beyond those headlines, there are some... | high6484.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "you can see the formed type of artwork an artist can create"
},
"options": [
"it is easy to paint Abstract Art for the author",
"nobody wants to pay money for Abstract Art in Europe.",
"it would not be interesting to apprecia... | How can something that represents nothing in particular be so eye-catching to look at? If you have once said, "That is easy to paint... Who would pay that significant amount of money for something that doesn't even relate to anything?", then chances are that you do not appreciate what Abstract Art really is. When looki... | high24000.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he wouldn't have any language difficulties"
},
"options": [
"he wouldn't have any language difficulties",
"he would not understand the Americans",
"the Americans might not understand him",
"it wouldn't be an easy and re... | When I was sixteen years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn't the first time I had been abroad. Like most English children I learned French at school. And I had often been to France, so I was used to speaking a foreign language to people who didn't understand English. But when I went to America I ... | high13874.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "failed to make both ends meet"
},
"options": [
"failed to make both ends meet",
"earned nothing and borrowed money",
"once had a relatively rich family",
"didn't know how to save money"
],
"question": "Before wi... | I think people everywhere dream about having lots of money. You could win a large amount of money in the United States through lotteries. People pay money for tickets with numbers. If your combination of numbers is chosen, you win a huge amount of money --- often in the millions.
A few years ago, my friend Al won the l... | high7956.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They turned out to be working at the same laundry."
},
"options": [
"They both became famous for their talents in art.",
"They turned out to be working at the same laundry.",
"Art helped them out of the poverty they were face... | When one loves one's Art, no service seems too hard.
Joe was a man with a genius for art. Delia did things in six octaves promisingly.
Joe and Delia became in love with one of the other, or each of the other, as you please, and in a short time were married - for (see above), when one loves one's Art no service seems ... | high13860.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "shake his hand firmly"
},
"options": [
"greet him with a hug",
"place a hand on his shoulder",
"shake his hand firmly",
"shake his hand weakly"
],
"question": "If you are introduced to a stranger from the USA, y... | Sometimes people add to what they say even when they don't talk. Gestures are the "silent language" of every culture. We point a finger or move another part of the body to show what we want to say. It is important to know the body language of every country or we may be misunderstood.
In the United States, people greet ... | high22465.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "not all in the same way"
},
"options": [
"at school",
"over the radio",
"on TV",
"not all in the same way"
],
"question": "People learn English _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answe... | Students in many countries are learning English. Some of these students are small children. Others are teen-agers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others by themselves. A few learn English by learning the language over the radio, on TV, or in film. One must work hard to learn another language.
Why do all these p... | high4287.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a traffic accident"
},
"options": [
"a mental illness",
"overwork",
"a traffic accident",
"starvation"
],
"question": "John Nash passed away because of _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"a... | John Nash, a Nobel Prize winner and a mathematical genius whose struggle with mental illness was documented in the Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind, was killed in a car accident on May 24th, 2015.
Born in West Virginia, Nash displayed a keenness for mathematics early in life,independently proving Femret's little the... | high18935.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He has been married."
},
"options": [
"He speaks poor English.",
"He is too old.",
"He has been married.",
"He is from a poor country."
],
"question": "Which of the following is NOT the reason why a man was refu... | Americans get really annoyed when people drive badly, smoke in no-smoking zones, or don't pick up after their dogs, but the rude behavior that annoyed them most is workplace discrimination, according to a survey.
The survey found workplace discrimination featured highly on the "Terrible Ten" list of rude behaviors.... | high20272.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "one must read as many books as possible"
},
"options": [
"one must read as many books as possible",
"a student should not have a complicated idea",
"it was impossible for one to read two thousand books",
"students ought... | I entered high school having read hundreds of books. But I was not a good reader. Merely bookish, I lacked a point of view when I read. Rather, I read in order to get a point of view. I searched books for good expressions and sayings, pieces of information, ideas, themes--anything to enrich my thought and make me feel ... | high20514.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "You can feel full soon after having the soup."
},
"options": [
"You can take in large quantities of vegetables.",
"You can absorb high calories from the soup.",
"You can take in low calories from the soup.",
"You can fe... | Health experts have discovered that adding low-calorie vegetable soup to the start of a meal can actually help to lose weight.
Because you feel full sooner, you eat less of your main course.
The soup regime was tested by researchers at Pennsylvania State University, led by Dr Barbara Rolls.
They found that when people ... | high11911.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "involves acting out words"
},
"options": [
"is a computer game",
"is too difficult for children",
"involves acting out words",
"should be played by more than four people"
],
"question": "We can learn from the pa... | There are many fun, free activities that you can do as a family. All that is required is a bit of imagination and some time set aside for fun. And the best part is that these are the kind of memories a child will remember for a lifetime.
Family game night
Find out any of the games that are already around the house. Kid... | high2190.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "By close personal contact."
},
"options": [
"By caged animals.",
"By close personal contact.",
"By animal-to-human transmission.",
"By directly caring for a very ill person."
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"question": "According to Tom Fri... | MERS, also known as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, has made its way to the US. The second patient was in Orlando, Florida while the first reported case was in Indiana.
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"talented people like her should fail to get a respectable job",
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"help the passengers adventure by plane",
"ensure the safety of the a... | My name is Laura. At the age of 35, I decided to work on the plane against the will of my children. After my first plane ride at the age of five, I felt so excited that I had a dream of earning my wings on the plane. I didn't earn much, but I loved my job.
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"Shanghai will be getting ready for the 40\nthOlympic Games.",
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If you're traveling, you can spend Bitcoins at restaurants and hotels listed at BitcoinTrav... | high8456.txt |
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"Nobody thought Hamilton could overcome the troubles.",
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Although dinner might be just about our only daily opportunity to sit down together, catch up and eat a healthy meal, we tend to be too busy/stressed/tired (you can throw in a dozen other reasons) to cook ourselves. The kids are shrieking, everyone is starvi... | high9748.txt |
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"he wanted to prevent his father knowing the publication",
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"wolves like living with humans",
"keeping wolves at home is easy"
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Nurseit Zh... | high12559.txt |
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"It will bring oil prices down.",
"It will protect the environment."
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Thank you for your comments on how Americans and Chinese view each other. This is an important subject. Modern technology has given many nations the chance of destroying other nations. This is a cruel picture but it is a realistic one. It means that every nation should make sure that these weapons of ... | high7771.txt |
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"discounts for certain exhibitions"
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"A healthy life."
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"danced only in his \"Gangnam Style\"",
"has developed his special comedic style"
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"questi... | When I was a kid, I was close to my dad, but as I grew older, my dad and I grew further apart. We always had totally different opinions. He thought that college was a waste of time, but for me it was important to finish college. He wanted me to work my way to the top as he had done in his field, but I wanted a differen... | high5166.txt |
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"discourage locals and foreigners from riding them",
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Recreational cycling was already on a roll, when in 2009 a 50 million New Zealand dollar gove... | high17421.txt |
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"a cream from carrots is healthier",
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"when he opened his mouth as he was swimming",
"The moment he got into the sea to start swimming",
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"older people are more likely to have black and white dreams",
"the dreams... | If you dream in color, you're not alone: the majority of people today claim to have colorful dreams. But it wasn't always thus. Research conducted in the early part of the last century consistently found that people reported dreaming most often in black and white.
According to Eva Murzyn at the University of Dundee, th... | high11736.txt |
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},
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"They don't stay in one place long enough.",
"The new country and its people are delightful.",
"Everything is so different and charming.... | My own experiment with culture shock came to a fruitless end when I returned with homesick from a year's study in Italy. I had never heard of culture shock. All I knew was that I was unhappy and wanted to go home.
That was twenty years ago, and since then culture shock has become a real field of study. It is now unders... | high3271.txt |
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"she was silent after resignation"
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Michelle Obama
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},
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"answer": {
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Wi-Fi is short for "Wireless Fidelity" . It allows laptop computers and personal digital assistant... | high5600.txt |
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"answer": {
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"unable to have real rest.",
"excited to forget sleep."
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"may result in losing the next generation of great thinkers",
"can be ... | Welcome to the world of multitasking -- a place where the measure of a person is how many jobs they can perform at the same time. In fact, if experts are to be believed, multitasking is a disastrous idea.
One of the opponents of multitasking is Dr. Clifford Nass, a professor at Stanford University. "People who multitas... | high17347.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Having a very long conversation with a new neighbour."
},
"options": [
"Offering to help your neighbours if they need help.",
"Having a very long conversation with a new neighbour.",
"Inviting your neighbours over for a backy... | Neighbours play an important role in our lives. Their lifestyles, friends, and social habits can have a strong influence on our lives. It is a good idea to get to know the people next door or across the street to develop a community of support and safety. You never know when a neighbour will find a stranger walking a... | high1466.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "suggest the possibility to invent the time machine"
},
"options": [
"suggest the possibility to invent the time machine",
"have similarities in many ways",
"have proved wrong by some time travelers",
"push the invention... | Time Travel
If you could travel in time, where would you go? Perhaps you would watch an original performance of a Shakespeare's play in Elizabethan England? What about hanging out with Laozi in the Spring and Autumn Period? Or maybe you'd voyage far ahead of the present day to see what the future holds.
The possibility... | high13121.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "were extremely frightened and decided to give up fighting back"
},
"options": [
"were scared and at a loss what to do",
"looked worried and turned to Su Dai for help",
"asked a large enemy force to bear down upon the border",... | In the last years of the Warring States period, the State of Qin attacked the State of Wei on a large scale repeatedly and occupied large areas of land, for the State of Wei was too weak to defend itself. In 273 B.C., the Qin army launched a more serious attack upon the State of Wei than ever. The king of the State of ... | high15550.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "She got married more than once."
},
"options": [
"She became famous after her first show.",
"After her tour in Europe, she returned to New York.",
"She got married more than once.",
"The song \"Home, Sweet Home\" was me... | Anna Riviere was one of the most admired of 19th-century English sopranos . She was also one of the most adventuresome.
She was born in London on January 9th, 1810. She entered the Royal Academy of Music at the age of 14. Seven years later, just after her first show, Anna married Sir Henry Bishop, who was 24 years her ... | high8324.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "their attractive appearance"
},
"options": [
"\"Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder\"",
"something beyond the lovely sight",
"their attractive appearance",
"the other senses"
],
"question": "When we talk about... | There is a saying "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder." What one individual considers beautiful may not be beautiful to another. When we talk about beauty in people, we often refer to their physical attractiveness. Of course, a beautiful or handsome face is pleasant to look at. But to me, beauty is not only somethin... | high7017.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "takes great effort"
},
"options": [
"is just a piece of cake",
"is more costly",
"takes great effort",
"is convenient for travelers"
],
"question": "According to the text, getting tickets _ around the offici... | China is a country on the move--especially around its Lunar New Year holiday. This year, the holiday crush promises to be even heavier than before.
Government officials estimate that Chinese people will take to the air, roads and railways 3.62 billion times over a 40-day period around the nation's most important holid... | high14896.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "reading is a cheap way of learning and having fun."
},
"options": [
"TV programs are a chief provider of knowledge.",
"cinemas are the best choice in getting information.",
"reading is a cheap way of learning and having fun."... | Some people think that as more and more people have televisions in their homes, fewer and fewer people will buy books and newspapers. Why read an article in the newspaper, when the TV news can bring you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read the life story of a famous man, when a short television ... | high3259.txt |
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