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"answer_text": "Kincaid would have had a dog if he hadn't been away from home too much."
},
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"Kincaid's parents were dead and he only kept in touch with some distant s.",
"Kincaid would have had a dog if he hadn't been away from home ... | Kincaid looked at his watch: eight-seventeen. The truck started on the second try, and he backed out, shifted gears, and moved slowly down the alley under hazy sun. Through the streets of Bellingham he went, heading south on Washington 11, running along the coast of Puget Sound for a few miles, then following the highw... | high18482.txt |
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"answer_text": "There is a high dropout rate of students under 16 in South Africa."
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"There is a high dropout rate of students under 16 in South Africa.",
"More students with the skills for higher education in math and science are n... | Since the nineteen nineties, education has been required for all South Africans from age seven to fifteen. Last December, the government announced that seventy percent of students passed their final examination to finish high school. In 2008 the passage rate was about sixty-three percent. There have been increases each... | high21203.txt |
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"answer_text": "all have many tourist attractions to enjoy"
},
"options": [
"all once served as capitals",
"were all destroyed by war once",
"all have many tourist attractions to enjoy",
"all operate under their own laws"
],
"q... | No matter where you travel in Asia, you'll find yourself faced with a new culture, amazing food and special and friendly people. Here are some of these wonderful cities.
Beijing, China
Beijing serves as the capital of China. The city is old. In fact, almost all buildings have some cultural or historical signific... | high17969.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "An event in imagination."
},
"options": [
"A historic discovery.",
"An event in imagination.",
"A research on space.",
"A scientific adventure."
],
"question": "What is mainly described in the passage?",
"qu... | The year is 2094. It has been announced that a comet is heading towards the earth. Most of it will miss our planet, but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the earth.
On 17 July, a piece of 4 kilometers wide comet enters the Earth's atmosphere with a massive explosion . About half of the piece is destroy... | high3687.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Treasure the vacation."
},
"options": [
"Live a simple life.",
"Stay at home and relax herself.",
"Treasure the vacation.",
"Walk around with a depressed face."
],
"question": "How will the author spend the fina... | Summer is slipping away from me.Some days, it makes me want to cry.Other days, I feel a sense of expectation within me just thinking about fall that makes me want to burst.Tonight, all five of us were in the family room doing our own things.
At this moment, my littlest kid is my number one trouble and my number one joy... | high10960.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "review that less than half of the population now reads literature"
},
"options": [
"focus on the role of electronic media and reading",
"show that American young people read less and less",
"give a report of the national fash... | For the first time in modem history, less than half of theprefix = st1 /U.S.adult population now reads literature, according to a recent survey. Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading inAmericapresents a detailed review of the decline of reading's role in the nation's culture.
Readingat Risk is a survey of ... | high21565.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He collects and delivers bags of laundry."
},
"options": [
"He washes the clothes.",
"He drives the laundry truck.",
"He collects and delivers bags of laundry.",
"He operates the machines in the laundry room."
],
... | invites applications for the following posts:
HOUSEKEEPING
Housekeeping Supervisor
Salary: $1,200 per month
At least 2 years similar experience
Female only
Housemaids
Salary: $700 per month
No experience required
Part-time posts for Housemaids only
LAUNDRY
Laundry Valet
Salary: $700 per month
Duties - to collect and ... | high262.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To emphasize that Calement was born a long time ago."
},
"options": [
"To show that Calment had seen famous people and things.",
"To emphasize that Calement was born a long time ago.",
"To indicate that Calement is just as fa... | When Jean Calment entered the world in 1875, telephones and automobiles still lay in the future. Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso were not yet born. The Eiffel Tower was 14 years from being built. As a teenager, she met Vincent Van Gogh, near her home in Arles, in the south of France. He was "very ugly, ungracious, im... | high6099.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They both had experiences of test anxiety."
},
"options": [
"They are students from the same university.",
"They failed in all the examinations.",
"They both had experiences of test anxiety.",
"They both had the same po... | Doreen Sykora is now a junior at McGill University. She had a difficult time when she first began college. She said, "I was always well prepared for my examinations. But when I go into class to take the exam, I would fall apart. I could just _ because of nervousness and fear." Hitoshi Sakamoto, an anthropology student... | high7387.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Not enough is known about hospital teaching."
},
"options": [
"Every child in hospital receives some teaching.",
"Not enough is known about hospital teaching.",
"Hospital teaching is of poor quality.",
"The special chil... | Surprisingly, no one knows how many children receive education in English hospitals, still less the content or quality of that education. Proper records are just not kept. We know that more than 850,000 children go through hospital each year, and that every child of school age has a legal right to continue to receive e... | high276.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "illegal gangs"
},
"options": [
"illegal gangs",
"protection providers",
"cruel murderers",
"drug dealers"
],
"question": "Crime in the city of Cliois mainly caused by _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questio... | Crime in the city of prefix = st1 /Cliohit a 30-year low last year. "This is ly wonderful for our citizens, our businesses, and our visitors," said Police Chief Louis Gates. Clio has a population of 28,000, but it has at least 30 gangs . The gangs make most of their money from dealing drugs and offering "protection."... | high23366.txt |
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"answer_text": "They belong to the Huntsman spider."
},
"options": [
"They are smaller in size.",
"They only live in Laos.",
"They belong to the Huntsman spider.",
"About 1100 such spiders were discovered."
],
"question": "What... | Just when scientists think they have discovered and recorded every species of insect that crawls on the earth they find something new.Earlier this month, Peter Jager, the head of Frankfurt's Senckenberg Research Institute reported the discovery of a unique eyeless spider!
The creature that has a leg span of six centi... | high22078.txt |
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"answer_text": "lt is an Investment bank with more than one and a half centuries history."
},
"options": [
"lt is an Investment bank with more than one and a half centuries history.",
"It didn't find a buyer after months of searching.",
"It ... | The Growing Credit Crisis Forces Many Companies to Seek Government Help
On September fifteenth, Lehman Brothers, a one hundred fifty-eight year-old investment bank, sought legal protection from its creditors. It had failed to find a buyer after months of searching. With over six hundred billion dollars in debt, Lehman'... | high7393.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "they can't take in enough nutrition"
},
"options": [
"they can't find any green plants",
"they can't take in enough nutrition",
"they are bored with eating nectar",
"they are too old to fly"
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"question": "Humm... | Hummingbirds have got their name from the distinct "hum" sound made by their rapidlyflapping wings. The size of the bird decides the number of flaps it can do. The average lifetime of a hummingbird is 3 or 4 years, but some of them have lived beyond 12 years also. They are unique in many ways. Besides the number of ra... | high10974.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It built up their confidence in the job market."
},
"options": [
"It was a proof of their professional skills.",
"It would guarantee their quick promotion .",
"It built up their confidence in the job market.",
"It would... | In the past, people who graduated from college felt proud of their academic achievements and confident that their degree would help them to find a good job.
However, in the past four years the job market has changed greatly. This year's college graduates are facing one of the worst job markets. For example, Ryan Stew... | high21571.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Allowing children to share precious things willingly"
},
"options": [
"Rewarding children for sharing",
"Forcing children to share",
"Allowing children to share precious things willingly",
"Allowing children to share wh... | Getting kids to share their toys is a never-ending battle, and forcing them to do so never seems to help. New research suggests that allowing children to make a choice to sacrifice their own toys in order to share with someone else makes them share more in the future. The new findings are published inPsychological Scie... | high5584.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The body doesn't tell when you are in real pain."
},
"options": [
"Teachers lack the knowledge of students' limits.",
"Modern lifestyle decreases our flexibility.",
"The body doesn't tell when you are in real pain.",
"S... | You may have heard about the many benefits of yoga, but a recent New York Times story, has stirred up more than a little controversy in the yoga community.
"How Yoga Can _ Your Body," by science writer William J. Broad, quotes a long-time yoga teacher who "...has come to believe that 'the vast majority of people' shoul... | high4842.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The trick of faces."
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"options": [
"The features of faces.",
"The science of judging people by face.",
"The trick of faces.",
"The importance of judging people from their looks."
],
"question": "What's the pas... | We've been judging people based on the way they look for thousands of years. The ancient Greeks turned it into a science, "physiognomy". As early as 500 BC, the mathematician Pythagoras would look carefully at young men's faces to determine if they'd make a good student, not long after Aristotle wrote how large-headed ... | high19950.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "hungry"
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"options": [
"lose weight for a short period",
"unhealthy",
"short of nutrition",
"hungry"
],
"question": "Which is not the result of restricting certain food groups?",
"question_type": "factiod_q... | Any diet on which you eat fewer calories than you need to get through the day -- like an 800-calorie-per-day diet can be dangerous. Diets that don't allow any fat also can be bad for you. Everyone needs a certain amount of fat in their diet -- up to 30% of total calories -- so no one should eat a completely fat-free di... | high20109.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the decisive factor in making a genius"
},
"options": [
"the function of I.Q. in cultivating a writer",
"the relationship between genius and success",
"the decisive factor in making a genius",
"the way of gaining some s... | The latest research suggests that the key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not I.Q., a generally bad predictor of success. Instead, it's purposeful practice. Top performers spend more hours practising their craft. If you wanted to picture how a typical genius might develop, you'd take a girl w... | high19788.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "banning the use of Chinglish"
},
"options": [
"simplifying the Chinese language",
"limiting the development of language",
"banning the use of Chinglish",
"making the netizens more serious"
],
"question": "The ne... | Chinese netizens who like to create and use cyber words such as "geilivable" might find a new regulation very "ungeilivable". The new regulation by the General Administration of Press and Publication last week banned the use of Chinglish words created by netizens for publishing in the Chinese language.
"Geilivable", co... | high21217.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Reducing stress by surrounding yourself with positive energy."
},
"options": [
"Adding some elements to your life.",
"Getting positive energy from the company you keep.",
"Changing your self talk with positive affirmation.",
... | Negative self talk and negative energy can affect you in many ways and cause you additional stress. Because of this, developing more positive self talk is an important way to reduce stress in your life. You can help yourself maintain a positive frame of mind which will help with positive self talkby surrounding yoursel... | high6933.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "surprised"
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"proud",
"surprised",
"relaxed",
"excited"
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"question": "When Zach found Aaron's toys were gone, he was _ .",
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... | Yesterday, I overheard our 9-year-old son, Aaron, talking to his friend, Zach.
"Oh, God!" Zach began, peering in Aaron's closet. "Where are all your toys?"
"Oh, we are doing something called 'Simplicity Plan' , so I basically got rid of 80% of my staff."
"What? Did your mom and dad make you do this?"
"No. I decided to ... | high23400.txt |
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"answer_text": "Morality can't be written down in textbooks."
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"options": [
"Morality doesn't strictly belong to a science",
"Morality is more like a social phenomenon.",
"Different generations have different moral ideas.",
"Morality... | Moral science is taught as a subject in most schools but with little effect. Perhaps part of the problem lies in the fact that morality is not a science, strictly speaking. It is too much of a social phenomenon, and also has too much of the personal and subjective things mixed within. Besides, morality itself changes w... | high510.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "8 700 000 French -Canadians"
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"options": [
"30% of the French -Canadians",
". 45% of the Canadians",
"29 000 000 people",
"8 700 000 French -Canadians"
],
"question": "About _ live in Quebec .",
"que... | Canada is a very large country .It is the second largest country in the world .By contrast it has a very small population . There are only about 29 million people there . Most Canadians are of British or French _ ,and French is an official language of Canada as well as English .About 45%of the people are of British ori... | high19978.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because of its location, facilities and good service."
},
"options": [
"Because of its location, facilities and good service.",
"Because it is in Shanghai.",
"Because its general manager is excellent.",
"Because some cu... | Hilton Shanghai, the city's first international hotel, has been recognized as a top business hotel in Shanghai for its convenient location and outstanding facilities for more than 20 years.
However, the hotel's newly appointed general manager Gerd Knaust says it is the people that make the hotel successful.
More than 3... | high3863.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "England and Brazil"
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"options": [
"Japan and Brazil",
"England and Brazil",
"France and Spain",
"Korea and Caribbean"
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"question": "The writer of the story once went to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_q... | In this voyage I visited my new colony on the island, saw the Spaniards , had the whole story of their lives and of the villains I left there; how at first they treated the poor Spaniards badly,*how they afterwards agreed, disagreed, unired, separated, and how at last the Spaniards were forced to use violence with the... | high20121.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "cold but he still served the young customer"
},
"options": [
"very enthusiastic, hoping for some business to be done",
"cold but he still served the young customer",
"cold, unwilling to serve the young customer",
"very ... | Pete Richards was the loneliest man in town on the day that little Jean Grace opened the door of his shop.
Pete's grandfather had owned the shop until his death. Then the shop became Pete's. The front window was full of beautiful old things: jewelry of a hundred years ago, gold and silver boxes, carved figures from Chi... | high16493.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "is lack of cautiousness"
},
"options": [
"is good at business",
"is lack of cautiousness",
"has good selfdiscipline",
"has a good sense of marketing"
],
"question": "According to the passage, we know that Monty ... | Every month, Julia and her cousins would go to visit their grandparents. They would be excited because their grandfather would give them a few coins. Then they would buy toys and sweets. The grandparents commented that, behaving like this, the children would never learn to manage their money. So they planned a special ... | high17955.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "increasing, decreasing"
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"increasing, decreasing",
"decreasing, increasing",
"increasing, increasing",
"decreasing, decreasing"
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"question": "In Americawhen the number of households is_, the num... | Divorce is bad for environment
US researchers raised a new theory on Monday: divorce is bad for the environment.
The global trend toward higher divorce rates has created more households with fewet People,scientists at Michigan State University reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
More hou... | high22736.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "have a good sense of humour"
},
"options": [
"have friends",
"have a good sense of humour",
"understand others' humour",
"know the functions of humour"
],
"question": "Radha Karnik's problem is that he doesn't ... | I have heard having a good sense of humour often helps in breaking the ice. Also people remember you because of your humour. But I think I don't have a very good sense of humour. Could you suggest how to build on this?
----Radha Karnik
This is a great question that is unfortunately difficult to answer. I can only give ... | high14284.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They absorb extra water from storms."
},
"options": [
"They absorb extra water from storms.",
"They become large or small in size.",
"They absorb pollutants and dissolve them.",
"They are made of soft soil."
],
... | People used to think that wetlands were wasted land. Developers would drain them with ditches ,fill them in with tons of soil,and build houses,schools,and parking areas on them.Then scientists began to realize the important role wetlands played in the environment.
Wetlands act like giant sponges during storms.They soa... | high8936.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "there is a natural difference between them"
},
"options": [
"baby boys are much more active",
"baby girls like bright colours more",
"their parents treat them differently",
"there is a natural difference between them"
... | Baby girls make their way directly for dolls as soon as they can crawl, while boys will head for cars, a study has shown. The findings, the first to show differences in very young babies, suggest there is a biological basis to their preferences.
Psychologists Dr Brenda Todd from City University London carried out an ex... | high538.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "on bottom-up direction"
},
"options": [
"on top-down direction",
"on nothing but its workers' views",
"on bottom-up direction",
"only on its top leaders' opinions"
],
"question": "A Japanese business bases its d... | Decision-making can be extremely difficult. Decision-making styles are significantly different in different cultures.
In any approach to a problem and in any negotiations, the Western world turns to the"I to you" approach while Japan,the "you to you" approach. The former means both sides present their arguments openly ... | high15824.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The improved design of eighteenth-century colonial houses."
},
"options": [
"The improved design of eighteenth-century colonial houses.",
"A comparison of eighteenth-century houses and modern houses.",
"The decorations used i... | Seventeenth-century houses in colonial North American were simple structures that were primarily functional, carrying over traditional designs that went back to the Middle Ages. During the first half of the eighteen century, however, houses began to show a new elegance. As wealth increased, more and more colonist bui... | high22050.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The shaper of American English."
},
"options": [
"The shaper of American English.",
"American identity.",
"Webster's dictionary.",
"Spelling differences between American and British English."
],
"question": "Whi... | "Colour" and "color","favourite" and "favorite"... Have you ever wondered why Americans spell those words without a "u"? Is it because they are lazy?
Of course not. In fact,the difference in spelling was created by Noah Webster (1758-1843). He is a teacher who reformed English to make American identity stronger. Lingui... | high1912.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "understood Shay did need a feeling of being accepted"
},
"options": [
"noticed some of the boys on the field were heisting",
"guessed his presence would affect the boy's decision",
"learned some of the boys on the field knew ... | Shay asked, "Do you think they'll let me play?" Shay's father knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but the father also understood that if his son, mentally and physically disabled, were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence.
Shay's ... | high12193.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They are not worth helping."
},
"options": [
"They should be given a cheek-up.",
"They really need money to live.",
"They have no pleasure in life.",
"They are not worth helping."
],
"question": "What does the a... | Why I Don't Spare "Spare Change"
"Poor but honest." "The deserving poor. " These words always come to my mind when I think of "the poor. " But I also think of people who, perhaps through alcohol or drugs, have ruined not only their own lives but also the lives of others in order to give way to their own pleasure. Perha... | high21559.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He was concerned about his wife's health"
},
"options": [
"He was not a good debater",
"He found a new job in Virginia",
"It was extremely hot in Philadelphia",
"He was concerned about his wife's health"
],
"que... | It is the summer of 1776. Thomas Jefferson is not happy. He'd rather be home in Virginia than attending Philadelphia's Continental Congress
Thomas Jefferson knew he had a job to do. Important men throughout the American colonies were meeting in Philadelphis to discuss and debate the war with Great Briain. The colony ... | high20647.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the origin and present meaning of tipping"
},
"options": [
"different kinds of tipping in different countries",
"the relationship between tipping and custom",
"the origin and present meaning of tipping",
"most American ... | Everybody hates it, but everybody does it. A recent report said that 40%of Americans hate tipping. In America alone, tipping is a $16 billion-a-year industry. Consumers acting politely ought not to pay more than they have to for a given service. Tips should not exist. So why do they? The common opinion in the past was ... | high10784.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a good writer may not be a good speaker"
},
"options": [
"a good writer may not be a good speaker",
"a good writer is always a good speaker",
"a speechless person always writes well",
"a good writer will find himself sp... | Have you ever heard the old saying, "Never judge a book by its cover."? This is a good rule to follow when trying to judge the intelligence of others. Some people have minds that shine only in certain situations. A young man with an unusual gift in writing may find himself speechless before a pretty girl when he speaks... | high10948.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "parents with young daughters"
},
"options": [
"parents with young daughters",
"girls who like reading fairy stories",
"girls who think they can change their partners",
"parents with grown-up daughters"
],
"quest... | Warning: reading too much Cinderella to your daughter may damage her emotional health in later life. A paper to be developed at the international congress of cognitive psychotherapy in Gothenburg suggests a link between the attitudes of women abused by their parents and early exposure to the wrong sort of fairy tale... | high20653.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he lost a few beloved persons in a short time"
},
"options": [
"he can't afford his house",
"his beloved teacher was dead",
"he didn't know what to do or where to go",
"he lost a few beloved persons in a short time"
... | When I was young, I wished for a good car and a big house. That was my idea of success. I took all the advanced classes and tried to do well in the exams with my mind set on going to a key school. I just knew that I would somehow become famous and be able to afford the car and the dream house. All the way through junio... | high10790.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It made its first DSDP voyage in 1969."
},
"options": [
"It is a military submarine.",
"It is used to develop tourism.",
"It has gone on over 100 voyages.",
"It made its first DSDP voyage in 1969."
],
"question"... | The ocean bottom, a region nearly 2.5 times greater than the total land area of the earth, is even today largely unexplored. Until about a century ago, the deep ocean floor was completely inaccessible and hidden beneath waters averaging over 3,600 meters deep. Totally without light and in the case of intense pressures ... | high13299.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "trying to save as many starfish as possible"
},
"options": [
"dancing along the beach",
"walking with a dancer",
"picking up starfish for sale",
"trying to save as many starfish as possible"
],
"question": "One ... | Once upon a time there was a wise man that used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.
One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought that someone would d... | high15830.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Lookout"
},
"options": [
"Android",
"V.P.N.",
"Lookout",
"Find My iPhone"
],
"question": "Which of the following can warn you against the insecure network?",
"question_type": null
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{
"answer": {
... | Security--for the information on your smartphone, as well as for the phone itself---is a hot topic these days. The truth is that you're packing a lot of sensitive information on your phone, and you should keep it safe.
When it comes to physical security, iPhone users would do well to download Find My iPhone, a free app... | high9382.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Angry"
},
"options": [
"Excited",
"surprised",
"Angry",
"Happy"
],
"question": "What does the writer feel?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
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"answer": {
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I am writing for the _ to inform you of our feelings about your act. We've really had enough of you. Although we have tried to speak to you politely on several occasions, you have always answered with a stream of verbal abuse .
Ever since you moved in three months ago, you have shown very little cons... | high1906.txt |
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"international business",
"international systems",
"international bodies"
],
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"questio... | International Studies (BA)
Key features
*Recognizes the "global community"
* Has close connections with practical research
* Much of the teaching is done in small discussion groups
About the course
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},
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"They can't wait to open their parents' gifts.",
"They show much gratitude to their parents for the gifts.",
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Gratitude can make us happier, healthier, and even fitter. But do the kids show their... | high12839.txt |
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},
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"The difficult of processing peppers.",
"The unique tradition in Budapest.",
"The hot level of Hungarian peppers."
],
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Brussels: Chocolate.
Nearly half the chocolate consumed in the world is eaten in Europe, and Belgium--with average consumption of 14.99 pounds per person a year--certainly covers its fair share. While Brussels, the countr... | high14290.txt |
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},
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"To make money for the family.",
"To find a way to be happy.",
"To improve her IQ on doing business."
],
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},
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"her second album ranked first in a row with the... | Last week Adele's second album, 21, sold 257,000 copies in the UK, a sales figure that would look incredible as an opening sales week for any album by any global superstar. The fact that the album was celebrating its 10th week at No.1, and that each of the previous nine weeks it had sold over 100,000 copies, makes what... | high3877.txt |
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"Conversations"
],
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"understand his culture better",
"improve the language ability",
"take part in foreign meetings"
],
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},
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"Only rain water can be collected and stored in it.",
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},
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"the name of a hospital",
"the title of a medical report"
],
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},
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"his father died when John was very young",
"life was too hard for them to stay on in their hometown",
"John needed more education badly",
"there were no schools for Neg... | John H. Johnson was born in a black family in Arkansas city in 1918. His father died in an accident when John was six. He was reaching the high school age, but his hometown offered no high school for blacks.
Fortunately he had a strong-willed caring mother. John remembered that his mother told him many times, "Son, y... | high3320.txt |
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},
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"Lukla airport is the most dangerous airport because of ... | One mile long runway can take people across the oceans, to reach every corner of the world.
That's the magic power of airplanes as well as airports. Similar as most airports are, some do have their unique features.
Lukla Airport
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},
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"slow down the rate of its development",
"sell the oil it is producing abroad",
"develop more quickly than at present"
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The year 2013 is the 60th anniversary of the first successful climb to Qomolangma. Do you know why so many people wanted to reach the top of the world?
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},
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"It is designed to move like a snake in the ducts.",
"many LEDs are fitted on it to tell its location.",
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The robot is designed to snake through dark, narrow air conditioning ducts and clean them.A pair of LEDs fitt... | high5751.txt |
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},
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"To tell the readers about the feeling after losing the game",
"To explain why they played poorly in the g... | One of the worst feelings you have as a professional athlete is the feeling after losing a game to a team that you should have beaten. That happened last night against the lowly Boston Celtics. They had only won 13 games the whole year and were really struggling. We had just come off a very good win against the Orlando... | high6258.txt |
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"Enough energy.",
"New technologies.",
"A growing population."
],
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},
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"Women's Friendship Day.",
"International Friendship Month.",
"Old Friends, New Friends Week."
],
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On the first Sunday in August, it's time to recognize your friends ... | high1537.txt |
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"lives a rich and happy life",
"doesn't get any exercise",
"sets a good example for teenagers"
],
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For the longest time, many parents b... | high7146.txt |
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},
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"people whose knowledge of science is very limited",
"the scientific community",
"people who make good contribution to science"... | Science is a dominant theme in our culture. Since it touches almost every aspect of our life, educated people need at least some idea of its structure and operation. They should also have an understanding of the subculture in which scientists live and the kinds of people they are. An understanding of general characteri... | high8275.txt |
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},
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"keep a balance between life and work",
"experience something new",
"have a better sleep"
],
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"Inventors of codes and ciphers"
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},
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"make it free for people to see a doctor",
"help families pay for priv... | Health insurance can be very expensive. Some working people do not make enough money to pay for it. In the US there is a program called Healthy Families. This program offers people health insurance at a low cost.
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"answer": {
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},
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"To introduce some improvement in cars.",
"To limit certain drivers to safe driving.",
"To popularize the built-in car sy... | An Australian company, Smart Car Technologies, has developed a system that lets drivers know when they're speeding. When the technology becomes commercially available, it could help lead-footed drivers avoid tickets and also save lives. The company that developed the product hopes to convince Australian government agen... | high12408.txt |
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"answer": {
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"pre - school education"
],
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If you give your children the impression that they can never do anything quite right, then they will regard themselves ... | high1251.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"her doorstep became very clean",
"she heard the hen making sounds loudly",
"she noticed the children in the tree",
"her cat Michael managed to get her attention"
... | Outside her cottage, old Mrs. Taylor was hanging out laundry on a wire line, unaware that some children were hiding in a nearby tree watching her every move. They were determined to find out if she really was a witch.
They watched nervously as she took a broomstick to sweep the dirt from her stone steps. But much to t... | high14079.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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},
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"learn new skills",
"just get a certificate",
"earn grades"
],
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... | Ideas about education are changing in the United States. Education today is not just a high school diploma or a college degree. Many adults are not interested in going to college. They are interested in other kinds of learning. For them, learning does not end with a diploma. Continuing education gives these adults th... | high17570.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"Management.",
"Marketing."
],
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},
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The person filling this position will develop the company's development plan and supervise the expansion of the business.Candidates should be able to have a background in successful business planning.
JOB DESCRIPTION
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"answer": {
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"when to attend weekend activities",
"where to have a picnic with friends"
],
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Throughout weekends, you can join in endless activities. You may attend a weekend course to increase ... | high5037.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"students can choose not to attend the lectures they don't like",
"world-famous e... | NSE Summer School is suitable for those who are at, or are about to start university. It will begin accepting applications in January 2013.
Courses: Accounting and Finance; Economics; Management; Law; International Relations; Government and Society Dates: Session I: 7 July~25 July Session2: 28 July~15 August
Rate... | high2758.txt |
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},
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"Olympians Have Olympic-size Appetites.",
"Olympians' Strange Eating Habits.",
"The Diets of some Top Olympic Athletes."
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"answer": {
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},
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"They need to submit a blog about their situation.",
"They need to submit... | Greenheart Travel Correspondent Scholarship
Greenheart Travel offers the opportunity for high school students to broaden their perspective through studying abroad.
Greenheart Travel Correspondent Scholarship Opportunities:
US $3,000 scholarship award for a High School Study Abroad program in China
US $1,000 scholarship... | high11101.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a large variety of losses among the American people"
},
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"a large variety of losses among the American people",
"greater loss to the Americ... | On Sept. 11, an unseen enemy launched an attack on economic, military and governmental
Landmarks of the United States.
Beyond the tremendous loss of innocent lives and physical property, the attack was clearly aimed at the ideals of America--our values and the economic system that has made the U.S. economy the envy o... | high4329.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
"options": [
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"People used to have full confidence in higher education.",
"All high school graduates went ... | The reason for going to college has been accepted without question for more than a generation , All high school graduate ought to go , says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money, become "better" people , and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don'... | high17564.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "usually wore a black hat and press card"
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"enjoyed talking with others",
"liked reading Jack Kerouac's works",
"usually wore a black hat and press card"
],
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The man in the seat next to... | high5023.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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},
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],
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},
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"all groups followed his idea of restaurant chains.",
"the students' ideas were lacking in creativeness.",... | I do desire to help my Chinese students to find a better way of learning. I once divided my Chinese MBA students into six groups and set them an assignment: brainstorming on "two-hour business plans", for example: a restaurant chain. Originality would be valued most. As a result, five groups proposed projects for resta... | high2994.txt |
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},
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],
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... | Auther: Margaret Mitchell
Y=25 (in bookstore) Y=18 (online)
Gone With the Wind is a best-seller, which tells a story that happened in the American Civil War. Scarlett Ohara is a woman in the story who is full of energy. She is strong and saves her family but is very selfish at the same time.
A LITTLE PRINCESS
Author:... | high19549.txt |
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"answer": {
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"achievable",
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],
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[
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"answer": {
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},
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},
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"More people will lose their jobs.",
"People may become physically weaker.",
"More people may become less intelligent."
],
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},
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"when they think they are being watched.",
"When they think their hands are dirty.",
"When they find soap nearby."
],
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],
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1.ST LUCIA
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"they thought it didn't belong to Russia",
"they couldn't find enough seals there",
"they wanted to earn more money from the ... | Before Alaska became part of the U.S., it had been owned by Russia. Trading posts and small settlements were scattered along the coast. The rest of land was left unexplored. The Russians were mainly interested in the wealth of furs from the vast herds of seals they found there.
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"paper money buys more than metal money",
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"She always leads a simple life."
],
"question": "What can w... | My mother has always been a follower of traditional methods when it comes to anything. She cooks traditional food,likes dressing up traditionally and likes the traditional way of shopping. She loves going to markets and going from one shop to another to find out what suits her best. She can walk miles when it comes to ... | high8261.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It was probably built of wood."
},
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"It is far from lakes.",
"It is not popular now.",
"It was probably built of wood.",
"It was built in a short time."
],
"question": "What do we know about a cottag... | For many people, the story of cottages -- small vacation homes away from the city -- is a deeply personal one. For some families, cottages have been the scene of reunions, vacations and family adventures for generations.
In North America, "cottaging " really began during the 19th century. At that time, crowds of people... | high3334.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a little help for dog owners"
},
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"dog barks and their different emotions",
"talking dogs",
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"question": "This passage is mainly talking ab... | Dog owners now have a little help understanding their furry friends.A new device called Bow-Lingual "translates" dog barks into English, Korean or Japanese.Bow-Lingual Japanese inventors spent much time and money analyzing dog barks.They found that dog noises can be broken down into six different emotions: happiness, ... | high11673.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He said he would connect her in 30 minutes."
},
"options": [
"He said he would connect her in 30 minutes.",
"He promised to see her in 30 minutes.",
"He asked her to call him again after calming down.",
"He felt at a lo... | About 10 years ago my daughter was about 2500 kilometers from Newcastle, and rang me one day crying because of an emotional problem she was facing. She was about 20, and in a town known as Ayrlie Beach in Northern Queensland. I asked her what it was that she needed most in that moment, and she replied that she needed s... | high21968.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Why does hair turn gray?"
},
"options": [
"Going gray.",
"Tips to make hair color1 last",
"Why does hair turn gray?",
"Gray hair is in fashion."
],
"question": "What would be the best title for this passage?",
... | Gray hair is simply a part of the normal aging process, and the rate you go silver is genetically predetermined. Going gray is not associated with earlier death, and premature graying is not, generally speaking, a sign of an illness or ill health in younger adults. There are, however, some specific health conditions as... | high17202.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "some people are anxious about their safety"
},
"options": [
"they all live in big cities",
"they are busy with their homework",
"some people are anxious about their safety",
"headteachers think it's dangerous to explore... | Large numbers of children in Britain are missing out on the natural world, a study from the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) suggests.
The three-year project found that only 21 % of children aged 8 --12 were "connected to nature". Girls were much more likely than boys to be exposed to the great outdoors... | high18131.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Spring Festival in Beijing"
},
"options": [
"Celebrating the Lantern Festival",
"Spring Festival in Beijing",
"the Chinese New Year",
"Little Chinese New Year"
],
"question": "What's the name of the new picture ... | In a new picture book, a 66-year-old Beijinger recaptures the capital's Lunar New Year traditions for children.
In the Chinese lunar calendar, the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month, which falls on Feb 11 this year, is the "Little Chinese New Year". Traditionally, people will set off firecrackers to bid farewell to the K... | high9157.txt |
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