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"answer_text": "Less than 750."
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"options": [
"More than 1500.",
"About 1309.",
"About 1000.",
"Less than 750."
],
"question": "How many passengers in Titanic survived at last?",
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... | Sailing Through History
A group of 1,309 passengers boarded the MSBalmoralon Sunday, in Southampton, England, on a voyage to retrace the path of theTitanic. TheTitanicwas the biggest ship in the world when it sailed on its ill-fated maiden voyage in 1912. Of the 2,227 passengers and crew aboard, more than 1,500 died. T... | high535.txt |
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"answer_text": "Lean to the left"
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"Lean to the left",
"Adjust the twist grip",
"Press the left bar",
"Control the gyroscope"
],
"question": "How do you turn to the left on a Segway of the new model?",
"quest... | What do you use to get around town? A car? A bike? Your feet ? perhaps you should try a segway!
The Segway is perfect for short journeys. It's an electric vehicle that consists of a platform between two wheels, with a pole that connects the platform to the handlebars. To ride it , you step up onto the platform, and con... | high6916.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to teach her not to be so spineless."
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"to settle their accounts",
"to criticize her for neglecting her duties as a governess.",
"to play a joke on her so as to amuse himself.",
"to teach her not to be so... | A few years ago I asked my children's governess, Julia Vassilyevna, to come into my study.
" Sit down, Julia Vassilyevna," I said."Let's settle our accounts. Although you most likely need some money, you stand on ceremony and won't ask for it yourself. Now then, we agree on thirty rubles a month..."
" Forty."
" No, thi... | high15197.txt |
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"answer_text": "It marks the beginning of the American newspaper."
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"It is mainly about the stock market.",
"It marks the beginning of the American newspaper.",
"It remains a successful newspaper in America.",
"It carrie... | The American newspaper has been around for about three hundred years. In 1721, the printer James Franklin, Benjamin's older brother, started the New England Courant,and that was what we might recognize today as a real newspaper. He filled his paper with stories of adventure, articles on art, on famous people, and on al... | high8085.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "African-Americans---Latinos"
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"options": [
"Whites---Native Hawaiians.",
"African-Americans---Latinos",
"Asians---Native Hawaiians",
"African-Americans---Hawaiians"
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"question": "Which of the following order... | Researchers have found more evidence that suggests a relationship between race and rates of lung cancer among smokers. A new study shows that black people and Native Hawaiians are more likely to develop lung cancer from smoking. It compared their risk to whites, Japanese, Americans and Latinos.
The study, however, foun... | high15829.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "use the results of their personality test in later job searches"
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"have confidence during the job search",
"take a personality test before looking for jobs",
"use the results of their personality test in later ... | Personality assessments are sometimes used by companies to evaluate potential employees. Often it's because _ have compared their current top performers and concluded what makes an employee in a given position successful, and are looking for someone similar to place in an open spot. It makes hiring people less risky f... | high23343.txt |
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"answer_text": "Objective."
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"Defensive.",
"Persuasive.",
"Supportive.",
"Objective."
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"question": "What is the writer's attitude in writing this passage?",
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] | Do you know that women's brains are smaller than men's? The average women's brain weighs 10% less than men's. Since researches have shown that the bigger the brain, the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent than women. Right? Wrong. Men and women always score similarly on intelligence tests, despite the dif... | high4867.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "help those people who miss the dead."
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"options": [
"prove the existence of the human spirit.",
"help those people who miss the dead.",
"show off her special talent.",
"inspire people who believe in ghosts."
],
... | Coral Polge is a person who has provided comfort to thousands. She has a remarkable talent which may prove the survival of the human spirit after death, for Coral is a medium who draws the portraits of spirits who contact her.
Coral, whose parents were spiritualists, was brought up in Harrow, North London, where... | high20892.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the soldiers were staying in an area far from the enemy planes"
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"there were a lot of trees where the soldiers were stationed",
"the soldiers were staying in an area far from the enemy planes",
"the soldiers kn... | The soldiers had just moved to the desert, and as they had never been in such a place before, they had a lot to learn.
As there were no trees or buildings in the desert, it was, of course, very hard to hide their trucks from enemy planes. The soldiers were, therefore, given training in camouflage. They were shown how t... | high11497.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a good command of computer skills"
},
"options": [
"positions available",
"working duties",
"a good command of computer skills",
"the degrees needed of the applicants"
],
"question": "Both of the recruiting ads ... | Beijing City International School
Position: IT manager
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Prepares and carries out the annual budget of the department.
Builds and develops the whole school IT system
Provides excellent IT services with IT team for teaching and business. Requirements/Qualifications:
B... | high21554.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It has a long history of about 150 years."
},
"options": [
"It was hated by Porter's daughter.",
"It has a long history of about 150 years.",
"Porter's wife gave music lessons on it.",
"Porter usually created music on i... | One of the best-loved American writers was William Sydney Porter, or O.Henry. From 1893 he lived with his family in a house in Austin, Texas, which is now a museum. Visitors to Austin can see the house. It was saved from destruction and turned into a museum in1934. The museum is a good way to learn about the interest... | high4873.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The French."
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"options": [
"Norwegians.",
"Americans.",
"The French.",
"Japanese"
],
"question": "According to the text,which of the following spends the most time at sleeping and eating?",
"question_type"... | True to their reputation as leisure-loving gourmets ,the French spend more time sleeping and eating than anyone else among the world's wealthy nations,according to a study published on Monday.
The average French person sleeps almost nine hours every night,more than an hour longer than Japanese and Korean,who sleep the ... | high20886.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To explain the benefit of art to people."
},
"options": [
"To advise us to buy an expensive artwork.",
"To remind us to be sensible when buying an artwork.",
"To teach us how to choose works of art.",
"To explain the be... | Why do people buy art? To answer this question, ask yourself what your reasons are for thinking of getting a piece of art. An artwork can cost a large amount of money, but if it meets your needs, it's worth every penny.
People buy art for many reasons. Many people buy an artwork simply because they like it, even if it ... | high11483.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "TechShop puts high-tech dreams within reach."
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"options": [
"TechShop is founded by Maurice Mountain.",
"TechShop puts high-tech dreams within reach.",
"TechShop is a non-profit organization.",
"TechShop offers its me... | Maurice Mountain is a retired lawyer in Washington, D.C. He developed a prototype for a device he calls the Presto Emergency Boat Ladder. His invention is a small folding ladder that attaches to the side of a boat to help people who fall into the water. Mr. Mountain plans to mass-produce his boat ladder.
He created hi... | high10945.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "For over 200 years"
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"options": [
"For over 800 years.",
"Since 1350",
"Since l515",
"For over 200 years"
],
"question": "How long has the Louvre been a museum?",
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... | From early times, man has been interested in art. People have often worked together to collect and save the world's art treasures. Fine art treasures from many countries are kept in an art museum called the Louvre in Paris, France. The works of art have been collected by the people of France over many centuries. It i... | high8091.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because children spend more time watching TV than staying with their parents."
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"options": [
"Because television can take care of children.",
"Because children spend more time watching TV than staying with their parents.",
... | Television has a huge influence on our lives. It is one of the most important ways of getting information. People spend part of their spare time watching television, and much of what they learn comes from it.
What we see on TV-movies, news shows, sports shows, advertisements and so on have increased our knowledge and... | high22049.txt |
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"answer_text": "introduce the theme of the passage"
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"tell a skill of persuasion",
"warn the danger of standing on a tall building",
"emphasize the importance of eyesight",
"introduce the theme of the passage"
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... | Imagine you are standing on the 70thfloor of the Empire State Building, staring at the cityscape. Suddenly a man pushes past you, opens the window and announces his intention to jump. You yell out, "Stop! Don't do it!" the six-foot-five figure turns to you and menacingly says, "Try to stop me and I'll take you with m... | high13294.txt |
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"answer_text": "he wanted to improve his appearance"
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"options": [
"he thought he was fit and healthy",
"his friends advised him to take it",
"his mother gave him the suggestion",
"he wanted to improve his appearance"
],
"que... | A fit and healthy teenage rugby player died 12 hours after taking treatment for acne ,an officer,Mary Hassel,said today. She said Shaun Jones,14,died "as a result of complications of medical treatment".
Shaun,who was described by his mother as "vain" about his appearance,saw Dr Jones,his family doctor,about spors on h... | high23357.txt |
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"answer_text": "she was born in1998 in Mingora, Pakistan."
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"she started blogging at the age of 11",
"it took her a long time to recover from the injury",
"Taliban tried to silence her but failed",
"she was born in1998 i... | On October 10, 2014, Malala, 17, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for struggling for the right of children to education. Malala is the youngest Nobel winner in history.
Malala Yousafzai has never been ordinary. When she was just 11, she started blogging about the Taliban takeover of her hometown of Mingora, Pakistan... | high12834.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "She had a sorrowful mood."
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"options": [
"She didn't want to meet anyone.",
"She had a sorrowful mood.",
"She didn't want to eat anything.",
"She couldn't feel happy or hurt."
],
"question": "What does the aut... | I was born in a middle class family. At one time, I was a girl who was talkative and confident. Friends around me envied me that l was always keeping a smile on my face and regarded me as a little happy swallow.
However, things have changed with the passage of time. In 2006, I failed to get into my ideal university... | high23431.txt |
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"answer_text": "The Georges is a double income family."
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"options": [
"George's parents gave birth to three children.",
"The Georges is a double income family.",
"They recycled soda cans.",
"The children had more arguments during the... | George, when your big brother and your little dog and I walked you up to school today, you had no idea how I was feeling.
You were so excited. You had packed and unpacked your pencils and safety scissors in your backpack a dozen times. I am really going to miss those lazy mornings when we waved your brother and sister ... | high521.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "An official guide."
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"options": [
"A morning newspaper.",
"A monthly magazine.",
"A geography book.",
"An official guide."
],
"question": "Where is this passage likely to appear?",
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... | Sydney Airport International Terminal-Arrivals Area
SPECIALTY RETAIL
Newslink: Two separate Newslink stores _ all your reading needs including newspapers, magazines and the latest bestsellers.
Downtown Duty Free: Make sure you shop at Downtown Duty Free for great savings on a range of items including perfume, alcohol, ... | high6902.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "annoyed"
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"options": [
"tired",
"fooled",
"annoyed",
"ashamed"
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"question": "When Phyllis wrote her letter, she felt _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
"answer_ind... | To whom it may concern,
This letter describes the worst travel experience I have ever had.The problems we had were the result of poor management and thoughtless employees.Your airline should be ashamed of treating its customers so poorly.
On January 5, we arrived in Denver from Houston and checked in for our next flig... | high15183.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "travel can't always broaden one's mind"
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"options": [
"the breakfasts are terrible in France",
"the English style of life is better",
"travel can't always broaden one's mind",
"it is not easy to get used to the life i... | One often hears it said that travel broadens the mind.But does this always happen?
When an acquaintance of mine returned from France, I asked him how he liked it."The breakfasts were terrible." he said, "No bacon or kippers.I had fried eggs and chips, but it was quiet a business getting them to make them." Obv... | high21226.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "healthy and available to hungry people"
},
"options": [
"popular with local fruit farmers",
"easy to be found in grocery stores",
"healthy and available to hungry people",
"fresh but hard to keep for food companies"
... | Every year, billions of kilograms of fresh produce are wasted in the United States. Meanwhile, millions of poor Americans go hungry, without access to healthy and affordable meals. Evan Lutz, CEO and founder of Hungry Harvest, was inspired to act after seeing extreme poverty in areas of Baltimore. Maryland. He wants to... | high19961.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "they wouldn't have a place to stay"
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"options": [
"there was a large meeting",
"it was weekend",
"there was only one small room",
"they wouldn't have a place to stay"
],
"question": "The three men were not hap... | Mr King was the manager of a hotel. One weekend all the hotels in the city were full because there was a large meeting. On Friday night, three men came into the hotel and asked for rooms. Mr King said there were no rooms ready because of the meeting. The men were unhappy.
Mr King wanted to help them. He remembered tha... | high23419.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "watch animated live star shows on December 1"
},
"options": [
"look through the telescope to view the Mars at 11 p.m.",
"enjoy the roller coaster on the weekend.",
"watch animated live star shows on December 1",
"watch ... | School Groups:$10.00 per person
One free teacher admission per 10 students.
Group rates apply to groups 15 or more.
Click HERE to make a reservation online today!
The Miami Planetarium opened its doors to the public on November 4, 1966 and has entertained and educated children of all ages about astronomy and the wonde... | high509.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "should be perfect in the mind of children"
},
"options": [
"can offer the children some gifts",
"help adults look after their children",
"have ability to make children happy",
"should be perfect in the mind of children"... | There are good Santas and there are bad Santas. The good Santas all realize one thing: In the mind of a child, Santa Claus is perfect. That's difficult. And so they come from around the world to attend the Charles W. Howard School in Midland, Mich. The school offers a three-day, 40-hour course for Santas hoping to be e... | high8907.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "listing quotations"
},
"options": [
"analyzing causes",
"making comparisons",
"examining differences",
"listing quotations"
],
"question": "The passage is mainly developed by _ .",
"question_type": "cloze... | He Qiangcheng, 22, a senior and geology major from Sichuan Normal University, has almost given up trying to act like his childhood hero, Lei Feng.
"I once tried to help a woman with heavy luggage, and she gave me a suspicious look," he complains. "Then another time, when I returned a lost dining card to the canteen, t... | high22707.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It's a parent's letter intended for a college student."
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"options": [
"It's a parent's letter intended for a college student.",
"Parents are proud but worried about unpredictable future of children.",
"Learning skills are t... | First,I want to tell you how proud we are.Getting into Columbia is a real testament of what a great wellrounded student you are.Your academic,artistic,and social skills have truly blossomed in the last few years.You should be as proud of yourself as we are.
College will be the most important years in your life.It is i... | high19791.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "create a virtual health game"
},
"options": [
"steady the jogger's pace",
"make exercisers' hearts pump",
"control the rate of workout",
"create a virtual health game"
],
"question": "Smartphone's advanced techn... | You're jogging at a steady pace, enjoying your favorite music through your headphones. Your breath is short and your heart is pumping. Your legs feel like they couldn't carry you any faster.
And then you hear the groan of a zombie over your right shoulder. You must run or be eaten.
The zombie apocalypse isn't ... | high17964.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Gift is not necessarily a guarantee of success."
},
"options": [
"Gift is not necessarily a guarantee of success.",
"Gift is a burden for a person.",
"A person's success is largely due to the support of his family.",
"T... | About 150 years ago, a village church priest, Patric Bronte, in Yorkshire, England, had three lovely, intelligent daughters but his hopes fell entirely on the only male heir, Branwell, a youth with remarkable talent in both art and literature.
Branwell's father and sisters saved their pennies to pack him off to London'... | high19949.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in a bedroom of a large international hotel"
},
"options": [
"in a hotel bar",
"in a hotel dining room",
"in a bedroom of a large international hotel",
"at the entrance of a small family hotel"
],
"question": "Y... | Welcome to Franklin Hotel. To make you stay as enjoyable as possible, we hope you will use our facilities to the full.
Dining Room: Breakfast is served in the dining room from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Also the room staff may bring breakfast to your room at any time after 7 a.m. If this happens, please fill out a card and hang o... | high2594.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "You can increase your happiness levels by attending the classes at the Happiness Institute."
},
"options": [
"You can increase your happiness levels by attending the classes at the Happiness Institute.",
"Most of us are happier tha... | You don't need millions to be happy. In fact, at The Happiness Institute in Australia, a couple of hundred dollars may be enough.
The institute opened its doors last year, and, since then, men and women of all ages have been paying A$200 an hour (US$140) for lessons on how to feel great.
"You can actually increase your... | high20110.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "1 teaspoonful"
},
"options": [
"2 teaspoonfuls",
"3 teaspoonfuls",
"4 teaspoonfuls",
"1 teaspoonful"
],
"question": "Mary should take _ in a day.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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{
"answer... | Peter King, 15, and Mary King, 13, went to see a doctor. Peter had a bad cold, so the doctor gave him some pills to take. Mary had a bad cough, so the doctor gave her some cough medicine.
There are the words on the bottle of the medicine:
Cough Medicine
Shake well before use.
Take three times daily after meals.
At one ... | high20676.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "has many products attached to it"
},
"options": [
"is easy to operate",
"has been fully developed",
"has many products attached to it",
"has already replaced normal TV sets"
],
"question": "We know from the text... | With the popularity of 3D movies over the past several years , there was no doubt that the technology would make its way into our homes, The question is: Is it really a technology that is going to stay with us , thus deserving an upgrade at this time?
Many families have recently bought a new TV set, and the idea of ch... | high4683.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "they are too costly and not widely used"
},
"options": [
"they are expensive and easily break",
"they are too costly and not widely used",
"they are complex and confusing to drivers",
"they are theoretically possible bu... | Traffic Management
Traffic lights are key tools for regulating traffic How.They are not, however, perfect.Drivers exchange the traffic jams that would happen at unmanaged crossings for a pattern of stop-go movement that can still be annoying, and which bums more fuel than a smooth passage would.
Creating such a smooth... | high21568.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Wonderful."
},
"options": [
"Ugly.",
"Normal.",
"Useless.",
"Wonderful."
],
"question": "Which of the following words can best describe the writer's mother?",
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},
{
"answer": {
... | People come in all shapes and sizes,colors and races . Some speak differently while others act differently.
My mother is in a wheelchair. I would like to say something about this special woman I call "Mommy".
My mom does what a mom needs to do every day. She picks me up from school,drives me to meetings,cooks dinner,a... | high1923.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "get rid of stress by destroying things"
},
"options": [
"calm down when they are angry",
"destroy things they no longer need",
"get rid of stress by destroying things",
"get rid of stress by screaming and shouting"
... | Ever felt like destroying the car in front of you when you're stuck in an endless traffic jam?
Well, the Spanish company StopStress is offering clients the possibility of doing just that-but in controlled, safe conditions.
Clients can also destroy computers, mobile phones and TV sets in what the company calls"
".
"We t... | high15815.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He feels he will receive some social reward."
},
"options": [
"He does not want to be shamed by others.",
"He needs to show he is a good person.",
"He desires others to like him more.",
"He feels he will receive some so... | Research shows that humans switch from selfish to unselfish behavior when they are watched. Do you?
A picture of a set of eyes on a computer screen can cause a change in the way people act. Even images of eyes on a charity donation, collection box encourage people to be unselfish, because people put more money in a col... | high6094.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They are necessary since we cannot be always precise."
},
"options": [
"They are inaccurate and we should avoid them.",
"They are necessary since we cannot be always precise.",
"They should be criticized because there are too... | Uncertainty spreads through our lives so thoroughly that it dominates our language. Our everyday speech is made up in large part of words like probably, many, soon, great, little. What do these words mean?Such verbal expression is not necessarily to be criticized. Indeed, it has a value just because it allows us to exp... | high1937.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "blind people have a better sense of sound"
},
"options": [
"blood flow in the brains of blind people is slower",
"blind people have a better sense of sound",
"the sense of touch is better among blind people",
"blind chi... | In some children who go blind, certain parts of the brain that normally control vision appear to switch jobs and focus instead on sound, a new study has found.
The study, by researchers at the University of Montreal, involved 7 adults who could see and 12 adults who had lost their vision when they were children. Each ... | high22075.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A Mother's Love."
},
"options": [
"A childhood Dream.",
"A Mother's Love.",
"A Graduation Party.",
"A Special Birthday."
],
"question": "Which of the following would be the best title for the text?",
"questi... | Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12, a white gardenia was delivered to my house. No card came with it. Calls to the flower-shop were not helpful at all. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender's name and just delighted in the beautiful white flower in soft pink paper.
But I never stopped ... | high15801.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "keep your head"
},
"options": [
"low your head",
"keep your head",
"shake your head",
"stick your head"
],
"question": "In order to make a wiser decision in the chaos, you should _ .",
"question_type": "c... | It's going to be a chaotic day. How do I know? It's Monday. OK, joking. But, I do predict that today will be filled with the normal last-minute tasks, fire drills, and unforeseen events. So, how do you keep yourself from being swept away in the stream of chaos? How do you remain calm while others are rushing and panick... | high6080.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "teens' drunk driving causes deaths easily"
},
"options": [
"most teens are poor in driving skills",
"many teens like driving after drinking",
"alcohol weakens the driving skills of teens",
"teens' drunk driving causes d... | Have you ever been offered an alcoholic drink? What about someone saying "Don't worry, just have one little sip"? Most people have their first drink by the time they're 13. That first drink can be the start of a troubled life.
Drinking can make teens feel good, but that lasts only a short time. Alcohol clouds your brai... | high20662.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a graduation speech"
},
"options": [
"a suggestion letter",
"a greeting card",
"a graduation speech",
"a letter of congratulations"
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"question": "This passage is most probably _ .",
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"It is a computer game.",
"There have to be five people in the game.",
"Students have to write four words in twenty minutes."
],
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1. Get some pieces of paper that are cut into squares. Each Square is for writing one letter only.
2. Write a letter on one square. For example, write "i."
3. Next, take another two squares. Make a t... | high2580.txt |
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Now, Mister and Missus James Dillingham Young had two possessions which they valued. One was Jim's gold time piece, the watch that ... | high20104.txt |
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And when men do talk, they'd prefer to talk about actions rather than emotions. For example, a lot of men would choose to express their long-range... | high3846.txt |
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"They are major source countries for immigration.",
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},
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"People's feelings didn't influence their health.",
"People with good feelings became ill more easily.",
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"answer": {
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"search for minerals"
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"figure out whether the teacher considers him guilty",
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Eyes, windows to the soul, can provide information about whether you are hearing the truth or a lie. Here is ... | high8720.txt |
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"is quite satisfied with her present work",
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"complains a... | I'm often told how I have a dream job, that I work for a great company, getting to deal with the leaders in social media every day, and especially that I get to work from my home.
Usually the people who tell me that working from home is wonderful have never worked fromhome. They spend most of their career working from... | high13525.txt |
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"Ectomorphs don't like bitter foods.",
"Endomorphs are usually not fat.",
"Mesomorphs usually like salt or sweet foods.... | Scientists can determine someone's favorite food from their shape. They have discovered that the arrangement of taste buds on the tongue varies for different body types. The scientist team examined 1,000 British adults and divided them into three physiologically recognized body types--ectomorphs, endomorphs mesomorp... | high22920.txt |
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"answer": {
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"options": [
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"People forced away from their homeland by climate.",
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"answer": {
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"He is about 17 years old now.",
"He suffered great hardship in the forest.",
"He has spent 10 years in woods."
],
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Source close to the case claim he is having difficulty sleeping in a proper bed and wants to return to the wild. Other creature comforts , such as soap, hot showers, and running water, are also " unsettling" ... | high18470.txt |
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"answer": {
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"having few children",
"poor living conditions",
"separation"
],
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"Relation between sleeping and music",
"Music: product of nature"
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"answer": {
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"answer": {
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"spends most of her time on the computer",
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Just two months away from her 104thbirthday, the family of young-at-heart Lillian believe she is the oldest of the social networking website's 500 million users around the wo... | high21597.txt |
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"The author would have a baby in her car",
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"a toy car"
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The child was stricken about a mile from the hospital. Her mother, May Hobson, 40, said, ... | high17025.txt |
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"answer": {
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"Wedges & Stilettos.",
"Keds and Vans.",
"Ballet Pumps."
],
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"q... | Vans, Keds, Dollies--they sound like the names of rock bands, but if you have teenagers, you'll know they're actually the latest in teenage footwear.
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"Women tend to be social in their behavior. They often share with others. But men tend to be competitive. They are trying to improve... | high18316.txt |
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"answer": {
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"are very large"
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After a few minutes, he came out again and bought a third ticket. Two or three minutes after that, he came out a third time and asked for another ticket.
But the girl said to ... | high1704.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Indians come to like the taste of coffee."
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"India has a large population.",
"People in India now prefer coffee to tea.",
"Indians come to like the taste of coffee."
... | India is traditionally a tea-drinking country. But, it is now gaining a new taste for coffee. This has led international coffee companies to consider opening businesses in the huge market. Local business people are also hoping to profit from the country's tea-drinking habits. They want to open new stores that offer tea... | high290.txt |
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"answer": {
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"Asia"
],
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},
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"answer": {
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Ensure that you have your passports (and any necessary visas), tickets and money in your hand luggage.
If packing medicines, ensure that they are in their original packaging as this will avoid delays or prevent them from being taken away at customs.
Do not wrap presents as they may have... | high9358.txt |
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"answer_text": "Modern technology"
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"answer": {
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},
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"Some of them dream about work every night.",
"They dream of their colleagues more than their boss.",
"Thei... | Trying to leave work at the office is proving to be a challenge for many British workers,with research showing that heavy workloads,conflicts and bosses all make an appearance in dreams.
Work-related issues are the number one topic featuring in dreams,with colleagues invading shut.eye time more than celebrities.More th... | high15632.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Manhattan"
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"Manhattan"
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{
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Manhattan, the center of the city, is on the island between the Hudson River and the East River. Most of the famous buildings such as the Empi... | high284.txt |
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"answer": {
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"China and India are in difficult economic conditions",
"group buying is successful worldwide",
"group buying is an inter... | Group buying is one of the fastest growing trends in South Africa today. Industry leaders are confident the growth potential remains strong since group buying is location-specific. Start-up costs are low and profit room remains high, so many sites continue to receive invested money despite widespread criticism and Face... | high1710.txt |
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"answer": {
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Materials needed:
* two round balloons... | high14538.txt |
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"answer": {
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"It's just a bad thing.",
"It's a kind of compliment to others.",
"It makes us know what we are like and what we want... | Jealousy is a very common problem in daily life. It's everywhere. For example, if someone does better than you, you will get annoyed because you want to be No. 1. We may become jealous of a best friend's top marks in an exam, or of the girl in art class who is praised by the teacher all the time. We get annoyed because... | high23394.txt |
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"answer": {
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"question": "At the... | After sunset on our last day at the farm I walked out into the desert. In this, the first pleasant moment for a walk after long hot hours, I thought I was the only thing out of doors. Suddenly I stopped. Before me a rattlesnake lay fixed, its head not yet drawn back to strike but only turned a little to watch what I wo... | high7361.txt |
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"answer": {
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... | If you didn't look at them, they weren't there, right? On seeing those in rags on the corner, I only wanted the light to turn green fast enough so that I wouldn't have to keep pretending not to see them.
Then, one day, as I was holding the hand of my best friend Jane who was young but dying of breast cancer, she told m... | high8052.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Few Chinese provinces are aiming for economic growth rates of less than 10%."
},
"options": [
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"Zhang Ping is an expert and economic chief from www. Sina.Com.",
"The supply of ... | BEIJING--Alarmed by the overreaching ambitions of many Chinese provinces to grow at all costs, China's top economic chief is calling on officials to calm down and spare a thought for the environment.
Zhang Ping, who heads China's National Development and Reform Commission, the central economic planning agency, said onl... | high15626.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The Louvre Museum."
},
"options": [
"Au Printemps.",
"The Paris Opera.",
"La Forum des Halles.",
"The Louvre Museum."
],
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Au Printemps
Tel: 01133014282
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"answer_text": "More children want to go to boarding schools because of \nHarry Potter novels."
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"Pillow fights in boarding schools make firm friendships in reality.",
... | With the popularity ofHarry Potter novels, the number of children applying to boarding schools has risen, many of them hoping to find their own version of Hogwarts. However, others have interpreted this trend as a reaction to longer working hours and the break up of more marriages. The boarding schools of fiction are p... | high3107.txt |
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"answer": {
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"Oliver Twist",
"Tale of Two Cities",
"David Copperfield"
],
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"ques... | Misery and setbacks are not always as terrible as one imagines. Hard times can offer new ways of looking at life that would otherwise never be known. And, if you are a writer, this can be the source of much of your success.
Popular British author, Charles Dickens' (1812-1870)family could hardly make ends meet. They cou... | high11440.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because maybe there was another name similar to it."
},
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"Because maybe there was another name similar to it.",
"Because they wanted their name more unusual.",
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},
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"Because they themselves are more self-centered.",
"Because they have lost faith in today's life style.",
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"answer": {
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},
"options": [
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"One can play baseball on the computer.",
"One can listen to music without disturbing others.",
"One can borrow books... | Michael stays home on workdays. He plugs into his personal computer terminal in order to connect with the office. After work, he puts on his headphones, watches a movie on his home video recorder, or plays baseball on the computer. On many days, Michael doesn't talk to any other human beings, and he doesn't see any peo... | high17757.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"working part time to further their education",
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Harcourt Learning Direct offers you a way to get a Specialized Associate Degree in 11 o... | high18464.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"Because his parents had died two years earlier.",
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Reagan had been looking for work for months. His mother had died two years earlier, and he was the only caretaker of his younger brother, Cole, 16, and sister, Jazzlyn, seve... | high5210.txt |
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},
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"Because they can't understand their parents.",
"Because their parents won't understand them well.",
"Becau... | Why do parents have such a difficult time to communicate openly and honestly with their teens? For this, there are many reasons but most of them stem from not being able to properly understand their teens. It is a dangerous gap because parents will have to communicate with their teens about a wide variety of issues dur... | high3661.txt |
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],
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"answer": {
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"used to carry people"
],
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Thousands of years ago, people killed the wild horses that lived a... | high7407.txt |
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"answer_text": "Time to Kick the Habit"
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"China Bans Smoking in Public Places",
"Smokers in China",
"Make People Aware of Smoking"
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"question": "Which of the following can serve as the... | "China now has 350 million smokers, accounting for one-third of the world total. Chinese smokers now become addicted to nicotine at the age of 19, five years earlier than the average starting age of 24 in 1997," a report said a couple of years ago.
Of the 1.1 billion smokers all over the world. more than 800 million ar... | high8734.txt |
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Her point is that blind luck is very rare. You may have to be lucky to find a good job these days but t... | high15140.txt |
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"you should speak with wit and humor",
"one should pay much attention to the use of exact words",
"you have to expres... | If you've been joining in chat room conversation, or trading e-mail with your e-pals, you have become one of the millions who write in a special short form of English.
And you've got a sense of humor about short forms like SOHF(="sense" of humor failure) to describe Internet newcomers who understand you. Across the glo... | high6719.txt |
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"answer_text": "by Vietnamese-American families"
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"question": "We can le... | In Vietnam, Tet-Trung-Thu, or the Mid-Autumn Festival, is one of the most popular family holidays. It is held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month.
Vietnamese families plan their activities around their children on this special day. In a Vietnamese folk story, parents were working so hard to prepare for the harvest t... | high13531.txt |
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"question": "What is the main reason for air pollution in big cities?",
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... | Too many cars have created a lot of serious problems in our world. Besides congestion , accidents and fast fuel consumption , cars are responsible for a good part of air pollution in big cities. All the time, they are pumping huge amounts of waste gases into the atmosphere. These gases are very harmful, causing disease... | high1076.txt |
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You have only two problems left to go.Almost done!You are looking forward to a nice snack and your favorite TV show.You read the next problem and groan.You don,t have a clue how to do it .You may check your notes from class .Or you may... | high22934.txt |
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"answer_text": "Hong Kong Disneyland Park"
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"question": "As a guest at Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel, yo... | Stay in the magic with your friends and family and book a hotel stay at either Disney's Hollywood Hotel or Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel.As a hotel guest, you can enjoy an extra day at Hong Kong Disneyland Park during your stay when you buy a one-day ticket!
How It Works
Hotel guests staying at either the Disney's Hollywo... | high10010.txt |
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"answer_text": "no other teacher than Kimberly Oliver had been given the honor"
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"no other teacher than Kimberly Oliver had been given the honor",
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Kimberly Oliver was the first National Teacher of the Year from her state. She taught five-year-old children at a publ... | high2557.txt |
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