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"answer_text": "A mom makes a cupcake for her children on their birthday and brings it to the classroom"
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"a party for children on their birthday",
"A mom cooks a bowl of noodles for her children on their birthday",
"A mom... | YOUR mom might cook a bowl of noodles for you on your birthday. But in the US, a mom makes a cupcake for her children on their birthday.
Cupcakes are small, round cakes topped with frosting . It has been an American tradition that moms bring cupcakes to the classroom to celebrate their child's birthday.
But recently s... | high6264.txt |
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"answer_text": "A mysterious hole in a field."
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"options": [
"A mysterious hole in a field.",
"Various explanations offered by experts.",
"A simple explanation given by a man.",
"The shape of the flying saucers."
],
"question... | There was great interest when a big hole mysteriously appeared in the middle of a field. Engineers were called in to explain how it had got there. They offered various explanations but were not at all sure how the hole had been caused, it was thought that a large bomb which came suddenly exploded, but it was not possib... | high12352.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "She fears social occasions."
},
"options": [
"She is not getting along well with her parents.",
"She becomes nervous meeting people.",
"She always puts off dealing with her problems.",
"She fears social occasions."
... | Dear Alice,
My name is Lisa. I have social anxiety, disorder and was wondering how it would be possible to see someone for help without my parents knowing about it. I know that they'd be anything but supportive. They would think I'm ly out of my mind. The truth is, I've put off dealing with it, acting as if it'll ... | high22291.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "an unlucky day"
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"options": [
"a lucky day",
"an unlucky day",
"a busy day",
"a good day"
],
"question": "Harry had _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answer": {
"answer_index":... | Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry.
He got up one morning very late because he had forgotten to wind up his alarm clock . He tried to shave quickly and cut himself. When he got dressed he got blood all over his clean shirt, so he had to find another one. The only ... | high4473.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "March 21"
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"options": [
"March 12",
"March 19",
"March 31",
"March 21"
],
"question": "According to the passage,World Sleep Day falls on _ .",
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},
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"answer": {
... | Sleep is like food for the brain. Enough sleep helps the body and the brain grow and develop. However,many Chinese do not sleep well,and many do not pay enough attention to sleep.
The Chinese Medical Doctor Association released the 2013 China Sleep Quality Index on March 19 to mark World Sleep Day---March 21.
According... | high19207.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Why do large animals tend to dominate the upper canopy of the rain forest?"
},
"options": [
"How is the rain forest different from other habitats?",
"How does an animal's body size influence an animal's need for food?",
"Why ... | The canopy, the upper level of the trees in the rain forest, holds too much of climbing
mammals of moderately large size, which may include monkeys, cats, civets, and
porcupines. Smaller species, including such as nice and small squirrels, are not as common
overall in high tropical canopies as they are in most habita... | high21798.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The northern Asia"
},
"options": [
"Pakistan",
"The northern Asia",
"Afghanistan",
"The western U.S."
],
"question": "Where does the pomegranate not grow?",
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},
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... | The pomegranate is one of the oldest known fruits. Pomegranates are found in ancient writings and pictured in the ancient art of many cultures and religions. The pomegranate is also a symbol of health, fertility and long life.
Experts think the pomegranate is native to northern India, Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. To... | high10545.txt |
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"answer_text": "The benefits that vitamins bring to our health."
},
"options": [
"How many vitamins a person's body needs.",
"How many vitamins some foods contain.",
"The benefits that vitamins bring to our health.",
"What people shoul... | Now, we know that if we do not get enough vitamins, we are at risk of developing a number of diseases. As a result, vitamin supplements ,though expensive, are popular with people who worry that they are not getting enough vitamins from the foods they eat. But contrary to what many people think, medical experts have fou... | high21940.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Some strange laws you should know about for your trip."
},
"options": [
"How to make your trip around the world safe.",
"Why there are strange laws in the world.",
"Interesting places you can go to around the world.",
"... | Some places in the world have strange laws. It's important for you to know about them before going there.
Whoever likes to chew gum may have to leave Singapore. The government really wants to keep the city clean and will fine you for chewing gum.
Before you leave for the United Arab Emirates you'd better make sure you... | high11883.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "To make herself thinner."
},
"options": [
"To make herself thinner.",
"To buy a large-size girdle.",
"To put on some weight.",
"To shake herself into it."
],
"question": "What had the writer intended to do with ... | Our neighbor's son was getting married at an out-of-town church, and my husband and I were invited. We were very glad to get the invitation and immediately rushed out to a store, and I bought a nice pink dress with a jacket. The dress was a little tight, but I had a month to go before the June 30 wedding and I believed... | high18119.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "confused"
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"upset",
"confused",
"amazed",
"amused"
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"question": "When the writer read the story of the bird, he probably felt _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer... | It's amazing how we grow from careless kids to responsible teens. What happens in the course that makes us responsible now? It's the seed that we sow in the beginning which grows and becomes a huge tree. As I sit here, silently thinking about my growth, I wonder over some questions which don't have an answer but it's b... | high10223.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "interfering with natural cycle of forest life"
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"options": [
"interfering with natural cycle of forest life",
"turning the forest into cultivated land",
"forest fires caused by man's carelessness",
"cutting the trees ... | Modern man has cleared the forests for farmland and for wood, and has also carelessly burned them. More than that, though, he has also interfered with the invisible bonds between the living things in the forests. There are many examples of this kind of destruction. The harmfulness of man's interference can be seen in... | high2764.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "record more samples"
},
"options": [
"attract more attention",
"see more injuries",
"record more samples",
"find more pedestrians"
],
"question": "The scientists did their study at the 20 crossroads in order to ... | Turns out we aren't good at walking and talking at the same time, according to a study of pedestrians on their cell phones.
Nearly one-third of pedestrians (29.8% ) were distracted by their mobile devices while crossing the street, say researchers of a study published online in the journal Injury Prevention.
Just ... | high4315.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "improving their agricultural techniques"
},
"options": [
"making people realize the bad effects of wasting food",
"increasing the production and quality of grain",
"limiting the transporting and storing of food",
"impro... | The world produces about 4 billion metric tons of food a year but 1.2 to 2 billion tons is not eaten, the study by the London-based Institution of Mechanical Engineers said. It is instead thrown away. Experts say food is wasted in both rich and poor countries, but for different reasons.
Elliot Woolley teaches sustainab... | high19561.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "an educational booklet"
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"options": [
"an educational booklet",
"a school website",
"a traveling guide",
"an academic report"
],
"question": "This passage is most probably taken from _ .",
"question_typ... | prefix = st1 /New Zealand Education
Compulsory Education
Compulsory education starts at age 5 and ends at age 16. The day children turn 5, they are expected to start school. They can leave school as soon as they reach 16.
Class Size
The maximum number of students in a class is 30 students.
Classrooms
Students ... | high16652.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "individualism"
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"options": [
"team work",
"self-control",
"discipline",
"individualism"
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"question": "People in multicultural countries such as the US or Canada lay more stress on _ .",
"question_type... | United States and Canada are multicultural countries with many national, religious and cultural differences, where people attach great importance to individualism--the uniqueness among people. Teachers value the qualities that make each student special and different. You can see such values through their educational sy... | high921.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Red squirrel populations are wiped out in Northern Italy"
},
"options": [
"Red squirrels and grey squirrels struggle hard",
"Red squirrels and grey squirrels are distributed unequally",
"The invasion of foreign species has a ... | Red squirrels have been wiped out from a large area of northern Italy, threatening a further biodiversity crisis for the species similar to its near extinction in the British Isles.
There are now no red squirrels left in an area of more than 1,150 square kilometres (sq km) in Piedmont, according to research from the un... | high23831.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Scientists have been working hard to research other kinds of energy."
},
"options": [
"Advantage of the energy from nature.",
"The future of the energy.",
"Scientists have been working hard to research other kinds of energy."... | Energy is very important in modern life. People use energy to run machines, heat and cool their homes, cook, give light, and transport people and products from place to place. Most energy comes from fossil fuels--petroleum, coal, and natural gas. However, burning fuels causes pollution. Also, if we don't find new kinds... | high12434.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "newspapers"
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"options": [
"magazines",
"newspapers",
"scientific fictions",
"biographies"
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"question": "The passage may be found in",
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"answer_index": ... | Seven Chinese sailors are missing after a Chinese cargo ship sank in Russian waters near Japan on Saturday, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday."Some of the 10 Chinese sailors on board were saved but seven are still missing after the ship sank off the waters of Vladivostok," said a statement on its website.The ministry... | high24186.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In a straight line."
},
"options": [
"In the smoothest way.",
"In a straight line.",
"By plane.",
"At top speed."
],
"question": "What does \"as the crow flies\" mean?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
... | There are many idioms in English. An idiom is a phrase that we can't understand from the meaning of each word. The following are some of them.
As the crow flies
When a bird flies from place to place, it takes the most direct route. But when people drive, they have to follow roads and often go farther. When people give ... | high14045.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "in disorder"
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"options": [
"organized",
"in disorder",
"free",
"busy"
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"question": "According to the tips, your life will be if you study without a proper schedule.",
"question_type": "factiod_question... | Dealing with School Pressure
Get organized.By becoming more organized, you can reduce your stress level drastically Make a daily schedule of all your activities.Another way to become more organized is by getting your supplies and desk in order.Label folders for each class and arrange your notes and assignment by topic... | high9631.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "allow us to find answers to some historical questions"
},
"options": [
"arouse people's interest in when Europe was settled",
"allow us to find answers to some historical questions",
"enable us to picture the way linguists co... | Can software bring dead tongues back to life? Probably yes.
A computer algorithm works almost as well as a trained linguist in reconstructing how dead " _ " would have sounded, says a new study.
"Our computer system is doing a basic job right now," says Alex Bouchard-Cote, an assistant professor in the department of s... | high6502.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He was not a local villager."
},
"options": [
"He was an Indian.",
"He knew elephants well.",
"He was not a local villager.",
"He was the owner of the elephant."
],
"question": "Which of the following statements... | Early one morning the sub-inspector at a station at the other end of the town rang me. An elephant was damaging the town. Would I please come and do something about it? I did not know what I could do, but I got onto a horse and started out. I took my gun, maybe too small to kill an elephant, but I thought the noise mig... | high935.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Eco City Farms are gaining popularity."
},
"options": [
"Eco City Farms save a lot of energy.",
"Eco City Farms helps the workingclass live better.",
"Eco City Farms are influencing community life.",
"Eco City Farms are... | Eco City Farms are becoming more popular in cities and towns around the United States.
Eco City Farms in Edmonston,Maryland, is located near shopping centers, car repair shops and homes. The neighborhood is a workingclass community. People do not have very much money, and they have limited access to fresh food in marke... | high7608.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "that you can invent and how you will be able to do so"
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"how to put your ideas to other uses",
"that you can invent and how you will be able to do so",
"problem-solving technique",
"how inventors invent"
... | You may think that inventions are far away from your everyday life. But in fact, almost everyone can invent. It's just that they do not recognize that their idea could be the start of an invention.
Once inventors see their ideas have some practical value, they don't let them slip away.
For example, the invent... | high23825.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "95%"
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"25%",
"40%",
"80%",
"95%"
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"question": "According to the text, about _ of people worry more on holiday than when they are at home.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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... | More American people take their troubles with them on holiday, according to a new _ . Although 40 percent said that the main reason for going away is to escape pressure from work, almost all said they worry more than they do at home. Only four in every 100 said that they are happy and free of care.
The most common wo... | high12420.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "on the Internet"
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"options": [
"by Yin Guo' an",
"inChongqingSatellite TV",
"on the Internet",
"by Sun Li's spokes woman"
],
"question": "The sponsoring matter between Sun Li and Zhang Haiqing was probably fir... | Sun Li has bumped into the headline of the press recently not because of her role of an actress but of a sponsor of a university student.
The student named Zhang Haiqing, who studies in prefix = st1 /ShanghaiFisheriesUniversity, wrote a letter to a reporter named Qiu Zhaoju working in Chongqing Satellite TV , saying... | high24192.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It happens to have a natural enemy."
},
"options": [
"It is better received than Christmas.",
"It brings potential danger to people.",
"It becomes increasingly popular.",
"It happens to have a natural enemy."
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... | With more recognition than Halloween and less than Christmas, Valentine's Day as an imported festival faces a dangerous situation in China, where it's caught between forces of tradition and fashion. Valentine's Day has a natural enemy in China. And it is not the Chinese _ , which falls on the seventh day of the seventh... | high14051.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the Appalachian Mountains and the West"
},
"options": [
"the Northeast and Midwest",
"factories and army camps in the South",
"real-life stories in small towns",
"the Appalachian Mountains and the West"
],
"ques... | Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events-love, sadness, good times, and bad times. It tells real-life, stories and sounds the way people really talk. As life becomes more complicated , it is good to hear music abou... | high6516.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A \"wonder\" material"
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"options": [
"Asbestos mined in Canada",
"Fireproof material",
"A \"wonder\" material",
"A new roofing material"
],
"question": "Which title best expresses the main idea of this passage... | Although man has known asbestos for hundreds of years, it was not until 160 years ago that it was mined for the first time on the North American continent. H.W.Johns, owner of a New York City Supply Shop for roofers,was responsible for the opening of that first mine.
Mr. Johns was given a piece of asbestos which had be... | high17558.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "can help to develop unity"
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"indicates a lack of food",
"can help to develop unity",
"is a custom unique to rural areas",
"has its roots in birthday celebrations"
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"question": "According to the ... | Food serves as a form of communication in two fundamental ways. Sharing bread or other foods is a common human tradition that can promote unity and trust. Food can also have a specific meaning, and play a significant role in a family or culture's celebrations or traditions. The foods we eat--and when and how we eat the... | high10237.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "it's difficult to learn English well"
},
"options": [
"it's difficult to learn English well",
"it's important to speak fluent English",
"many immigrants attend English classes",
"many immigrants can't speak English in E... | Immigrants are always being told by politicians to learn the language. But some people want to know how long it takes to speak good English.
There are plenty of people in the UK for whom even basic English is a problem. According to a census , 726,000 people in England and Wales said they could not speak English well,... | high19575.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Not clear"
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"options": [
"The baby's father",
"Buick and Hyundai dealership",
"Weibo",
"Not clear"
],
"question": "Who is to blame for the tragedy of Changchun infant according to the passage?",
"question_... | It's really a tough job for automakers doing marketing and sales in China, where competition is acute and customers have little loyalty. They have tried a range of tricks in recent years.
But there should be a moral bottom line. Unfortunately, a Buick dealership used the tragedy of a two-month-old infant to advertise i... | high3308.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the virus that hits people's nose"
},
"options": [
"the cold weather in the winter",
"the virus that hits people's nose",
"the condition of the human body",
"the warm temperature in the room"
],
"question": "A t... | Now, it is winter and as you have probably noticed, virus are everywhere--runny noses, sore throats, nothing quite like the common cold to make you feel so uncomfortable. But experts believe that there is no link between cold weather and catching colds. So why are we particularly easy to catch colds this season?
Inte... | high10551.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "What the girl did recently worried her mother."
},
"options": [
"The girl knew her mother would ask her the questions about the boy.",
"What the girl did recently worried her mother.",
"The mother was eager to read her daught... | She is a cute , quiet girl. As a daughter, she has no secrets from her mother, who is very pleased with her. But recently she has become somewhat mysterious, not so open as before: what if she falls in love, which is too early for a girl of her age. After all, she is reaching the "dangerous stage". These thoughts have ... | high21954.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "wrote the play Love Play"
},
"options": [
"is a character in Big and Little",
"is the director of Smashed",
"wrote the play Love Play",
"once wrote for The Age"
],
"question": "We can know from the passage that ... | The following is the information about plays which will be on these days.
Big and Little
It is a play written by Botho Strauss and directed by Laurence Strangio, featuring (......) second-year Performing Arts students. It is about a lonely woman living in a big city. From the play, we can learn how to get along well wi... | high2016.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "get up early than usual"
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"options": [
"change your energy cycle",
"overcome your laziness",
"get up early than usual",
"go to bed earlier"
],
"question": "If you want to work better at your low point in the m... | Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it's painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.
During the hours when you labour through your work, you may say that you're "hot". That's true. The time of day when you feel... | high5779.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "solve childhood obesity across the country"
},
"options": [
"solve childhood obesity across the country",
"attract the attention of the world",
"show her first lady identity",
"please the public"
],
"question": ... | Michelle Obama has just started a campaign against childhood obesity with the admission that she put her girls Malia and Sasha on a diet because they were getting fat. Clearly, childhood obesity must be solved urgently. But is it a good idea for mothers to put their daughters on diets?
Studies show that the more chil... | high20492.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The policemen were dealing with the murder of Mary's brother."
},
"options": [
"The policemen searched around the house until night.",
"The policemen were dealing with the murder of Mary's brother.",
"The Maloney's didn't hav... | A few minutes later she got up and went to the phone. She knew the number of the police station, and when the man at the other end answered, she cried to him. "Quick! Come quick! Patrick's dead!"
"Who's speaking?"
"Mrs Maloney. Mrs Patrick Maloney."
"You mean Patrick Maloney's dead?"
"I think so," she sobbed. "He's lyi... | high9143.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Clothes bought online may not fit."
},
"options": [
"Students may easily get addicted to it.",
"Clothes bought online may not fit.",
"It attracts more online clothing shoppers.",
"It causes shoppers to waste too much mo... | One advantage of the Internet is shopping conveniently online for clothes; one disadvantage of the Internet is also shopping conveniently online for clothes.
"Nothing fits," said Lam Yuk Wong, a senior in electrical and computer engineering at Rice University. "Everyone says this. They order clothes and they don't fit.... | high14737.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "make good use of the computer technology and classroom assistants"
},
"options": [
"cause more problems such as being able to find enough teachers",
"set no homework and no tests for students",
"make good use of the computer ... | How would you like to teach yourself, rather than have teachers? According to the UK's Department of Education and Skills, students will teach themselves in the schools of the future. This means that there will be no more problems such as finding enough teachers.
Estelle Morris, the UK Education Secretary, opened the 2... | high6270.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because of the Second World War"
},
"options": [
"Because of the economic crisis",
"Because of culture difference",
"Because of the Second World War",
"Because of countries' lack of interest"
],
"question": "Why... | The Winter Olympic Games are a major international sporting event that occurs once every four years. Unlike the Summer Olympics, the Winter Olympics feature sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympics, the 1924 Winter Olympics, was held in Chamonix, France. The Games were held every four years from 1924... | high13058.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "could find a better boyfriend"
},
"options": [
"was a girl with no self-respect",
"could find a better boyfriend",
"was brave enough to stick to her own choice",
"didn't value the writer's suggestion"
],
"questi... | Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me.Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we've both always looked forward to the few times a year when we can see each other.
Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, sta... | high12346.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Families with lots of children."
},
"options": [
"Young people.",
"Milk producers from outside California.",
"Rich people.",
"Families with lots of children."
],
"question": "Who will be hurt by high milk prices... | The price of milk may be going up. There was not enough rain in some parts of the country last year and the bad weather may mean that a gallon of milk will cost 41 cents more after October 1st.
California already has high milk prices and the California court does not want the price to go any higher. High milk prices ... | high15429.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The musical career of Ella Fitzgerald."
},
"options": [
"A comparison of Ella Fitzgerald and Bessie Smith.",
"The musical career of Ella Fitzgerald.",
"Ella Fitzgerald's early childhood.",
"Ella Fitzgerald's most recent... | One of the most successful singers of the twentieth century, Ella Fitzgerald has made several different styles of her own. She was born in Virginia but was brought up in an orphanage in Yonkers, New York. Chick Webb _ her in an amateur competition when she was sixteen. He engaged her to sing with his band and when he d... | high14904.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "had no idea"
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"options": [
"wanted to know",
"knew quite well",
"had no idea",
"often asked herself"
],
"question": "Mrs. Black _ how she had spent the money.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | Mr. Black gave his wife money every Friday evening, but she always spent it before the next Wednesday. For the next three days she had none.
Every Tuesday evening Mr. Black asked her, "But what did you spend all that money on?" and she always answered, "I don't know."
One Friday Mr. Black brought home an exercise book ... | high23170.txt |
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"taught history at a military school",
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"made mistakes in the antiwar movement."
],
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"Because he was driving too fast.",
"Because he thought the young man didn't need help.",
"Because he was afraid of being... | One summer I was driving from my hometown of Tahoe City,Calif.,to New Orleans.In the middle of the desert, I came upon a young man standing by the roadside. He had his thumb out and held a gas can in his other hand. I drove right by him.There was a time in the country when you'd be considered a jerk if you passed by so... | high5792.txt |
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"discover whether hamsters drink different amounts of water in different environments",
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"Her own beauty.",
"Her wealth.",
"Her family.",
"The iron-ore industry."
],
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},
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"He wanted to be a special boy.",
"He wanted to be more comfortable at home.",
"He just followed what his grandmother's said.",
"He thought that behavior was ve... | Most teens I meet these days lack basic social courtesy when dealing with people. My own son, who basically grew up with his grandmother, the original manners expert, has perfect table manners. This is partly because he was exposed to manners at a very young age. However, when we eat at home, he would not practice mann... | high18858.txt |
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"answer_text": "People have different ideas about cloning humans."
},
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"Richard Seed has fallen behind other scientists in cloning humans.",
"Cloning human beings is good for... | A private group of scientists has announced plans to make an exact copy of a human being. An American member of the team says he and the others will soon begin a serious effort to clone humans. Panos Zavos says the team hopes to manufacture the world's first cloned baby within the next two years.
In recent years, scie... | high2943.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
"options": [
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"change the traditional way of cooking",
"improve people's cooking skills at French dishes",
"offers students a n... | A "talking kitchen" teaches students how to cook French dishes and speak French. Researchers at New Castle University have developed the French Digital Kitchen. Professors Paul Seedhouse and Patrick Olivier led the project. Professor Seedhouse says that it works like a satellite navigation system in a car.
The kitche... | high21001.txt |
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"answer": {
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"Ten.",
"Eleven.",
"Twelve.",
"Thirteen."
],
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"answer": {
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"he didn't have a gift for football",
"his knee was badly hurt",
"his family moved toEngland"
],
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"answer": {
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},
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"Hello from Ann",
"Hello. I sent you an e-mail",
"About math exam",
"You'll be pleased to get my e-mail"
],
"question": "Which of the following subject lines is the best?",
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "get away from the farm"
},
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"learn something from a salesman",
"get away from the farm",
"get enough to eat."
],
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Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for showing goods to attrac... | high1292.txt |
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},
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"giving proposals like assistants or companions",
"offering advice to their owners' friends or relatives",
... | Smart phones that react to your moods and televisions that can tell it's you who's watching are in your future as Intel Corporation's top technology expert sets his sights on context-aware computing.
Chief technology officer Justin Rattner showed how personal devices will one day offer advice. "How can we change the re... | high706.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"Keep them company.",
"Play games with them.",
"Touch them gently."
],
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"que... | When I was six, dad brought home a dog one day, who was called "Brownie". My brothers and I all loved Brownie and did different things with her. One of us would walk her, another would feed her, then there were baths, playing catch and many other games. Brownie, in return, loved each other and every one of us. One thin... | high23616.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"how to deal with stress effectively",
"the benefits of manageable stress",
"the effect of stress hormones on memory"
],
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To obtain the chance of teaching art to children."
},
"options": [
"To advertise for herself in New York Times.",
"To show her great enthusiasm for CityArts.",
"To obtain the chance of teaching art to children.",
"To pr... | Dear Ms.Smith,
It is with great interest and enthusiasm that I am applying for the arts education internship advertised in Sunday's New York Times.This position is exactly what I am looking for and an ideal opportunity for me to use my knowledge,educational background,and experience.
My arts education at Pratt Institu... | high9816.txt |
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"answer": {
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"troublesome",
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"forgettable"
],
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Singles are flocking to the Internet mainly because their busy lifestyles leave them little time to look for a _ . Using dating sites is quick and convenient. Many singles say ... | high1286.txt |
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"answer": {
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"they need this skill to find a good job .",
"most of them will be able to buy cars in the future",
"they want to become full-time dr... | One sixth of undergraduates in Beijing this year have registered at a driving school . The students , mostly from majors such as business management or international trade , will finish there driving courses within 20 days or so .Training costs have dropped to ,2,600yuan for students , according to the Haidian Drivi... | high23602.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"He had a fight with his taxi driver.",
"His taxi suddenly got a flat tire.",
"His taxi almost ran into another car."
],
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Sixteen years ago I learned a lesson. I got in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station. We were driving in the right lane when all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front o... | high9802.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Campaign started for disabled children"
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"Campaign started for disabled children",
"Problems of disabled children",
"Steve -- Olympic gold medalist"
],
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "New evidence appeared which led officials to the basement of a building."
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"The Associated Press reported the result of the review of the case.",
"N... | NEW YORK (AP) -- The investigation into the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz has gone through decades and countries, from basements to rooftops and seemingly everywhere in between.
No one has ever been charged criminally -- and the little boy with sandy brown hair and a toothy grin was declared dead in 2001.
This ... | high2957.txt |
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"answer": {
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Paul Crake,30, ran up 91 floors containing 2,046 steps in 10 minutes, 29 seconds.
Mr. Crake, who has won a similar race up the Empire State Building five times, won $5,920 in... | high16861.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Public Awareness on Youngsters' Mental Disease Expected"
},
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"Seriousness of Youngsters' Mental Health Problems",
"How to Maintain Mental Well-being",
"Public Aware... | China Daily Oct. 11----The ministry of Health has called for more awareness from the public on the mental health of the young, as part of efforts to make World Mental Health Day which fell on Friday.
More than 15 percent of Chinese youths have been found with mental problems, and about 30 million young people under 17 ... | high11868.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "sign up on the website of Virgin Galactic"
},
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"telephone Virgin Galactic",
"pay a visit to Allianz",
"sign up on the website of Virgin Galactic"
],
"question": "If you wan... | The first flights of the new airlines that will take tourists into space are ready to take off in 2012, and getting a seat on one is not all that different from booking a trip someplace on Earth. You can sign up on the website of, say, Virgin Galactic,the most wellknown of the new space tourism companies, or go to an a... | high5786.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to attract people to attend these concerts"
},
"options": [
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"enrich your knowledge of some famous musicians",
"rouse your interest in music",
"call on young people to learn ... | Vitas 2008 Beijing Concert
Venue: Capital Gymnasium
Time: 2008-01-24 19:30
Price: TBD(Booking)
Tel.: 86-10-64177845
God Blessed Boy
Extremely Beautiful Voice
Unforgettable Hot Live
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The youth self-respect"
},
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"Morals",
"Social order",
"The youth self-respect"
],
"question": "Which of the following is NOT mentioned about South Korean TV series in the passage?",
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"answer": {
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},
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"He won in a Christmas competition.",
"He pushed off the car on his daughter.",
"He was always ready to help his neighbors."
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the public"
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"parents",
"the public",
"teachers"
],
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he intends to improve his scores"
},
"options": [
"he intends to improve his scores",
"Polish kids are better at learning",
"sports are not supported at schools in Gettysburg",
"he wants to be the smartest kid in the wo... | In her new book, "The Smartest Kidsin the World", Amanda Ripley, an investigative journalist, tells the story of Tom, a high-school student from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, who decides to spend his senior year in Wroclaw, Poland. Poland is a surprising educational success story: in the past decade, the country raised stu... | high11840.txt |
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"answer": {
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"the development of habits can be predicted",
"the regulation of old habits can be transformed",
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "were closely related to the curriculum"
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"made most parents and teachers angry",
"were specially written for hardworking students",
"were closely relat... | Most parents and teachers would get angry when they hear that teenagers listen to their iPods while preparing for exams. But pupils who listen to music when doing their homework may be, in fact, working hard.
Thirty three schools have downloaded specially written pop and rock songs for their 10,000 pupils who are study... | high5976.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to different cities in Greece"
},
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"from Greece to other countries",
"to tourist attractions in Greece",
"from Greece to its bordering countries"
],
"question": "The ... | Greece is one of the most beautiful countries of the world.Millions of tourist visit this place every year.In Greece the bus is the most convenient and preferred means of traveling.There are intercity buses operated by KTEL that interconnect various cities of Greece,!! and there are international buses operated by OSE ... | high11698.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"At the British Museum.",
"In New York.",
"In Egypt.",
"Under the sea."
],
"question": "According to the passage, where is the Egyptian mummy now?",
"question_type": null
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Our story begins not in the icy cold waters of the North Atlantic, but rather thousands of miles away in Egypt. It is here, perhaps, that we can find the start of the myste... | high14938.txt |
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"answer": {
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"they are curious about animal kingdom",
"they feel it easier to get along with animals",
"they are more familia... | I have been teaching animal behavior at the Boulder County Prison in Colorado for 10 years. The course is one of the most popular in the prison. Prisoners have to earn the right to attend the course and they work hard to get in.
One reason why the course is so popular is that many prisoners find it easier to connect wi... | high12391.txt |
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"To make more money",
"To encourage people to travel by bus or by rail.",
"To help the environment."
],
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},
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"the severe air pollution in China",
"China's economic growth and pollution",
"Chinese government media's attitudes toward air pollutio... | Air pollution levels were literally off the charts in Beijing over the weekend, reportedly reducing visibility to about 100 yards in some areas. The air has been classified hazardous to human health for many days, at its worst hitting pollution levels 25 times that considered safe in the U. S. The entire city is blan... | high24145.txt |
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},
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"Cigarette ads were prohibited in America.",
"Cigarette ads are prohibited on television in America.",
"Marlboro commercial was prohibited on television.... | A film was at the Circle Five Ranch to film a Marlboro commercial. This is in 1868, before they prohibited cigarette ads from American television. Darrell Winfield was watching the crew set up the equipment. The scene included an actor crossing a river on horseback, but when the time came to shoot, the man was too drun... | high7807.txt |
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"Their fur color depends on their living range.",
"They change their fur color throughout their life.",
"They are always of... | American black bears appear in a variety of colors despite their name. In the eastern part of their range , most of these bears have shiny black fur, but in the west they grow brown, red or even yellow coats. To the north, the black bear is actually gray or white. Even in the same litter , both brown and black furred b... | high14086.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "preschool children's performance can reflect their future."
},
"options": [
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"preschool children's performance can reflect their future.",
"the more preschoolers play ... | Preschool-aged children who can focus on a particular task for an extended period of time have a 50 percent greater chance of graduating from college, according to a new study from Oregon State University.
Observing 430 preschoolers, researchers asked parents to rate their children based on social and behavioral skills... | high22534.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"Music on the Internet is of better quality.",
"It's good to get free music on the Internet.",
"Baidu is a popular web compan... | Protecting Copyright
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},
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"He went around the country on a five-day tour.",
"He cleaned his office every day.",
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In 1963,Senator Gaylord Nelson wasn't happy with the earth's condition.He wanted to clean up the planet,solve pollution and... | high13931.txt |
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"A look at beauty contests",
"Famous international beauty contests",
"The success of beautiful women"
],
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"answer": {
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},
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"volcanic activity",
"the Earth's going around the sun",
"human activity"
],
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "developed her southern-style accent rapping"
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"worked as a cleaner in the first year",
"never returned to her hometown in Australia",
"developed her southern-style a... | Iggy Azalea doesn't look like a rapper . On May 17, she attended the 2015 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, US, with pink hair and a blue coat. She looked like a model, but won big as a rapper. The 24-year-old Australian beat out big names like Nicki Minaj and Drake to win the award for Top Rap Artist.
It's a grea... | high18870.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"Organizing a speaker's party."
],
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Liz and Bill, two college graduates in their early 20s, have spent a whole year trying to have thousands of people talk to them in subway stations and on busy street corners. And just talk.
Using a 2-foot-tall s... | high16685.txt |
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"answer": {
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"watching animations and videos",
"playing three-dimensioned games",
"searching for information on the net"
],
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"answer": {
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},
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"Merkel is the first person to have become Chancellor of Germany",
"Hillary Clinton tr... | Here are some introductions to four strong women in the world.
Park Geun-hye, President of South Korea
On Wednesday, South Koreans chose the daughter of South Korea's Cold War strongman Park Chung-hee as the country's next President. Park, the 60-year-old leader of the conservative Saenuri Party, defeated 59-year-old l... | high24151.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because he is angry with his brothers, sisters and cousins."
},
"options": [
"Because his family are busy preparing for the holiday.",
"Because he is angry with his brothers, sisters and cousins.",
"Because his family wakes h... | Home Alone is a very funny 1990 American film. It tells us a story about a boy who is accidentally left alone at home.
One night before Christmas, the McAlister family meets at their house. They are planning to fly to Paris for the holiday and are busy getting ready. Eight-year-old Kevin is the youngest child and is fi... | high14092.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "help the poor to reduce poverty"
},
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"improve people's reading ability",
"solve the problems facing the whole world",
"help the poor to reduce poverty",
"cause poverty in developing countries"
],
"qu... | Two billion children in the developing world can't receive good education--the key to human development.However,technology offers an answer which allows the poor in developing countries to learn.It is a tool which holds the ability to change the lives of the poor,as it provides a means of learning and communicating.
Ed... | high13925.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
"options": [
"Sleepwalking itself is not dangerous.",
"Children who sleepwalk may answer when you talk to them.",
"If your child sleepwalks regularly, you can just leave him alone.",
... | Sleepwalking is a sleep disorder. Your child will rise from bed and walk or engage in other activities that they would normally do when they are awake. Their eyes will be open but they will appear to be in a dream-like state, and will probably not answer when you talk to them, although they may carry out conversations.... | high12385.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
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},
"options": [
"will be popular again",
"will be more popular than TV",
"started inWales",
"are in the hands of some old people"
],
"question": "Ambrose believes that the art of storytell... | CARDIFF, Wales Poets, singers and musicians from across the globe gathered in prefix = st1 /Walesto celebrate the tradition of storytelling.
"It might seem strange that people still want to listen in the age of watching television, but this is an unusual art form whose time has come again," said David Ambrose, director... | high22246.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "on a school day"
},
"options": [
"on the weekend",
"on a school day",
"during a school holiday",
"around Christmas"
],
"question": "The best time for an adult to visit the Magic Kingdom is _ .",
"question... | The Magic Kingdom was the first theme park at Walt Disney World, opening in 1971. All Disney World theme parks are open 365 days a year, although opening and closing times for each park are different. If you are traveling without kids, try to visit on a school day to avoid the largest crowds. If you need to visit durin... | high21997.txt |
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},
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"She was the only qualified person for it.",
"Virginia Woolf was very familiar to her.",
"She was a member of the Translation B... | For years I have been asked by several people how and why I came to translate a novel by Virginia Woolf in 1945. I graduated from the University of Ankara in 1941 and my four teachers, including Orphan Burian, are members of the Translation Bureau who prepared a list of works to be translated into Turkish and set thems... | high11854.txt |
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},
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],
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California is one of the most interesting states of America that offers a lot of wonderful sceneries and fun attractions. It is also the most populated state and the third largest in land area. Anyone who has been to California would agree that it is indeed a place that offers a lot to t... | high20451.txt |
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