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"answer_text": "All the above."
},
"options": [
"The salary.",
"The number of the teaching hours",
"The free accommodation provided.",
"All the above."
],
"question": "What does \"package\" in the advertisement refer to ?",
... | Summer Posts
Once again we require 10 excellent TEFL Teachers for our summer program. Large thriving Arels- Felco school offers special package to qualified, TEFL experienced teachers.$1,500 and free accommodation for 200 hours teaching from 2 July-24August. Overtime available. Good Possibility of longer term and perm... | high24227.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a chapter"
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"options": [
"the beginning",
"the introduction",
"a summary",
"a chapter"
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"question": "This passage is most probably _ of a love story.",
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... | A month went by in this manner, but a month was all I could bear.
The memory of Marguerite accompanied me wherever I went. I had loved that woman -- still loved her -- too much for her suddenly to mean nothing to me. Whatever feelings I might have for her now, I had to see her again. At once.
...
I knew Marguerite. Mee... | high8856.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Telling stories about past events."
},
"options": [
"Sightseeing in the park.",
"A picnic on the school playground.",
"Telling stories about past events.",
"Graduates' reports in the old building."
],
"question"... | Barditch High School decided to an All-School Reunion. Over 450 people came to the event. There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park. Several former teachers were on hand to tell stories about the old days. Ms. Mabel Yates, the English teacher for fifty years, was wheeled to the Park.
... | high458.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Using electric drills."
},
"options": [
"Using electric drills.",
"Listening to light music.",
"Laughing happily",
"Playing the piano"
],
"question": "According to the passage, what will most probably cause nois... | Pollution is anything that harms or disturbs the natural environment. Just as chemicals in a river or litter in the park are pollution, so unwanted noise can pollute too. Some people cause noise pollution by playing their radios too loud, but the main problems in many areas are aircraft and traffic noise. In science, a... | high23548.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the author did not understand the importance of giving until he was in late thirties"
},
"options": [
"the author did not understand the importance of giving until he was in late thirties",
"the author was like most people who were... | Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery: giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you lack money.
This is how I experimented with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window di... | high9590.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the siblings' reunion"
},
"options": [
"an accidental meeting on the Internet",
"a humorous story",
"the Holocaust in Romania",
"the siblings' reunion"
],
"question": "The passage is mainly about _ .",
"q... | A brother and sister have been reunited sixty years after the Holocaust because of a website set up in Israel.
Simon Glasberg, who lives in prefix = st1 /Canada, and Hilda Schilk, who lives inIsrael, long thought each other dead, but finally found each other following the efforts of Schilk's grandchildren who had been... | high22656.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "deserves the attention of other cities"
},
"options": [
"is due to its education",
"is the steadiest in the USA",
"attracts well-educated people",
"deserves the attention of other cities"
],
"question": "William... | Census Bureau data released Thursday show that 48 of the 50 most populous U.S. cities have grown since 2010, compared with only 40 of the top 50 in the first two years after the 2000 Census. Of the top 100, 93 have grown since 2010, compared with just 72 a decade ago.
Many of the biggest, such as New York, Houston,... | high12795.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Adrian."
},
"options": [
"Charley.",
"Adrian.",
"Jeanne.",
"Frances."
],
"question": "Which of the following is the 2005 first hurricane?",
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},
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"answer": {
"answer_index"... | Although hurricane season doesn't begin until June 1, a Pacific storm has already struck. El Salvador, which was ruined by a Caribbean storm in 1995, was hit by Hurricane Adrian on Friday. This is the first Pacific-born hurricane to ever reach land in this Central American country.
Some 14,000 people left from the wes... | high20041.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Computer"
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"options": [
"Computer",
"Computer scientists",
"The Future World",
"Talk with Computers"
],
"question": "The best title for this passage is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{... | The computer is fast, and never makes a mistake, while people are too slow, and full of mistakes sometimes. That's what people often say when they talk about computers. For over a quarter of a century, scientists have been making better and better computers. Now a computer can do a lot of everyday jobs wonderfully. It ... | high22131.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "is an ideal destination for couples"
},
"options": [
"is part of Madagascar",
"is an ideal destination for couples",
"is in central Indian Ocean",
"is most famous for its good service"
],
"question": "We learn f... | Prague is an ancient European city, featuring one of the most magnificent Old Towns in Europe, along with delicious food, inexpensive shopping and friendly people. Prague is also famous as being home to one of the most famous 20th century writers, Franz Kafka. The famous Czech beer is also one of the reasons to visit P... | high16294.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "It is behind the times."
},
"options": [
"It is behind the times.",
"It has regular customers.",
"It is located on a quiet street.",
"It follows family traditions well."
],
"question": "What do we learn about\"C... | The Come-back Coffeehouse
The sign in the window read"Carl's Coffee Shoppe,"spelled the old-fashioned way.Hallie shook her head and wondered how many times she had suggested an alternative.She entered the shop and saw only one person.
"I could help with the books,Dad",Hallie offered,"There's not much you could do."Her ... | high19819.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Nicholas would not feel good for earning too much more than others."
},
"options": [
"He did not have the right to make such a big pay offer.",
"he did not want Nicholas to earn more than he did.",
"Nicholas was not experienc... | After having worked in the University of Maryland for three years, I got a job offer from another university---Lynn University. I left my letter of offer on my present boss's desk, turned around, and closed the door quietly. I was expecting a call from my boss saying congratulations, which would show her approval of my... | high10183.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "on the Internet"
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"options": [
"in a university",
"in a park",
"in an office",
"on the Internet"
],
"question": "NBC Universal holds Green Week activities _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | In November of 2007, NBC Universal launched its first official Green Week. Throughout the week, NBC Universal presented over 150 hours of environmentally themed content through multiple platforms .
Now, NBC Universal is proud to present Green Week 2012. With a new theme and message of "Green Your Routine", NBC and NBC... | high3902.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To study 200 boys in the slums between 12 to 16 and predict their future."
},
"options": [
"To research into the living conditions of the poor citizens.",
"To foretell what the future might have in store for poor kids.",
"To ... | Years ago a John Hopkin's professor gave a group of graduate students this task: Go to the slums . Take 200 boys, between the ages of 12 and 16, and research into their background and environment. Then predict their chances for the future.
The students, after consulting social statistics, talking to the boys, and com... | high17834.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "was popular at an early age"
},
"options": [
"was a healthy boy",
"was popular at an early age",
"sang the song with his sister",
"worked in his father's company"
],
"question": "We can learn from the text that ... | Sam Allred suffers from a rare and incurable kidney disease. One day, when his sister was playing a song repeatedly, Sam sang along. His sister thought it was funny so she recorded it and posted the video online. The video -- and Sam -- became a hit. Only 8 years old at the time, he couldn't have expected the respons... | high12794.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "3"
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"options": [
"2",
"3",
"4",
"5"
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"question": "How many factors are mentioned in this passage that lead to the increase of unemployment?",
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"answer": {
"answer_... | There is a group of people whose numbers the British Government desperately wants to see dropping. They're mostly in their early 20s, without jobs and not at university. They often wander the streets and are seen as a threat.
The Office for National Statistics reported on Dec, 11, 2006 that the number of young peop... | high22657.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "When male mice make special sounds to females they can't control the sounds."
},
"options": [
"The frequency of mice's voice is so high that it's impossible for humans to hear it.",
"When male mice make special sounds to females th... | In many romantic movies or TV shows one scene always appears. It involves a handsome man standing outside a young woman's window, singing a love song to her to win her over. However, trying to woo a female with songs is not just something that humans do. A few animals sing love songs as well. Birds and elephants are ro... | high23549.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "To become more awake."
},
"options": [
"To become more awake.",
"To become more healthy.",
"To become more happy.",
"To become more clever."
],
"question": "What is the purpose of drinking coffee?",
"questio... | Coffee is one of the most popular drinks throughout the world today. In fact, according to some estimates, over 30% of all adults in the world drink coffee at least once a day on the average. Coffee contains a kind of drug called caffeine. Caffeine is a chemical that stimulates the nerves of the body. Drinking coffe... | high9591.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the jailer was moved by what I said about my family and kids"
},
"options": [
"when I was smiling to the jailer, he didn't smile",
"the jailer was moved by what I said about my family and kids",
"the jailer set me out of the ... | I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. I felt in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which had escaped their search. I found one and because of my shaking hands, I could hardly get it to my lips. But I had no matches, they had taken those. I looked through the bars at my jailer . He... | high8857.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The use of new technologies in teaching."
},
"options": [
"The absence of blackboard in classroom.",
"The use of new technologies in teaching.",
"The lack of practice in handwriting.",
"The popular use of smartphones."
... | The practice of students endlessly copying letters and sentences from a blackboard is a thing of the past. With the coming of new technologies like computers and smartphone, writing by hand has become something of nostalgic skill. However, while today's educators are using more and more technology in their teaching, m... | high459.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Letter of suicide"
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"options": [
"letter of resignation",
"Letter of condolence",
"Letter of suicide",
"Letters of Apologies ;"
],
"question": "what is form of The main body?",
"question_type": null
},
... | Brief Introduction
(Adeline) Virginia Woolf (nee Stephen; 25 January 1882 - 28 March 1941) was an English novelist and essayist, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the ... | high24226.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "finish the course"
},
"options": [
"show basic ability",
"finish the course",
"have sold three stories",
"have passed the test"
],
"question": "You are promised to publish one manuscript when you _ .",
"... | Dear Friend ,
The recent success of children's books has made the general public aware that there's a huge market out there .
And there's a growing need for new writers trained to create the $3 billion worth of children's books bought each year ... plus stories and articles needed by over 650 publishers of magazines fo... | high12780.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he admired the author very much"
},
"options": [
"he admired the author very much",
"he wished to take part in theOlympics",
"he hoped to make friends with the author",
"he enjoyed going in for weighting lifting"
],... | Once I spoke at a high school. After the speech, I was asked to see a special student. An illness had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me, and it would mean a great deal to him. I agreed.
He was Matthew. When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to see five, the... | high22643.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It changes the colors so that color-blind people can see them."
},
"options": [
"It puts LED and other lights on electronic gadgets.",
"It shows common representations of points in the RGB color model",
"It checks color-blind... | When Jeff Sparkman draws his cartoon superheroes with colored pencils, he often has to ask other people to tell him what color his masked men turned out to be because he's color-blind. Now, a new smart phone application (app) can help him figure out what colors he's using and how the picture looks to most everyone else... | high9585.txt |
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"answer_text": "They will sing the song Little Apple at the 2014 American Music Awards"
},
"options": [
"They will sing the song Little Apple on the Internet",
"They will take part in an American music talent show",
"They will sing the song ... | Chopsticks Brothers, China's Internet singing stars, will sing their hit Little Apple at the 2014 American Music Awards. Chopsticks Brothers are known as director Xiao Yang and musician Wang Taili. They played a middle-aged singing group in the film Old Boys: The Way of the Dragon. In the film, they sang Little Apple w... | high12958.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They quarrel a lot with other family members."
},
"options": [
"They worry about school.",
"They quarrel a lot with other family members.",
"They have to be locked in to avoid troubles.",
"They dislike living with their... | The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on well with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly-held image of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.
An important new study into teenage attitudes surpr... | high8843.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "students don't need to have courses or lectures any more"
},
"options": [
"students don't have to go to the classrooms according to the timetable",
"it provides people with more chances to get higher education",
"students don... | "In the online world you don't need to fill buildings or lecture theatres with people and you don't need to be trapped into a lecture timetable," says Peter Scott, director of the Open University's Knowledge Media Institute.
The Open University, the UK's open access university, which allows people to study from home in... | high24232.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Its carbon filament was special."
},
"options": [
"It was seldom switched off.",
"It was made of high quality.",
"Its carbon filament was special.",
"Its seal was perfect."
],
"question": "Which of the following... | Fire Station No.6 in Livermore,California,houses a celebrity--a 107-year-old light bulb that has been on for over a million hours,earning the title of the"World's longest continuously burning bulb"by Ripley's Believe It Or Not!The bulb also holds the Guinness World Record.
Nobody knows why this bulb has stayed alive fo... | high10197.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "tell us about some famous British playwrights and their works"
},
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"advise us to spend more time enjoying plays",
"explain why England has so many wonderful plays",
"tell us about some famous British playwrights a... | England has been the birthplace of most of the great English-language theater written throughout history. Most of the plays in England that are truly famous have something in common. They usually come from a playwright with several famous plays.
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare is considered the most famous British pla... | high3916.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "wild fields"
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"battle fields",
"operation room",
"people's houses",
"wild fields"
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"question": "The robots are mentioned to do some specific jobs EXCEPT in_.",
"question_type": "cloze_questi... | Robots have proved to be valuable tools for soldiers,surgeons and homeowners hoping to keep the carpet clean. But in each case,they are designed and built specifically for the job. Now there is a movement under way to build multipurpose machines-robots that can move about in changing environments such as offices or liv... | high20054.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "offer 3D printing classes and services"
},
"options": [
"sell 3D printers and different kinds of tools",
"produce all types of printing machines",
"offer 3D printing classes and services",
"design different types of 3D ... | Imagine having an idea, drawing it on paper, bringing it to a store and seeing it turned into a physical object.This is now possible with the help of 3D printers.Such machines were once used just by universities and big companies.But now, stores with 3D printing services are appearing around the United States.
Bryan Ja... | high11289.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "worried"
},
"options": [
"natural",
"strange",
"worried",
"pitiful"
],
"question": "When Julia heard many girls say something like \"I hate my hair\", she felt _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}... | "I feel fat." "I hate my hair." "I wish I were taller." Julia Bluhm, 14, was sick of hearing comments like these. Many girls she knew seemed to worry too much about their appearance -- their weight, skin, hair, even the shape of their faces.
So Julia decided to do something about it. Her target? Seventeen, a popular gi... | high17820.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Careful."
},
"options": [
"Tough.",
"Humorous.",
"Compassionate.",
"Careful."
],
"question": "According to the passage, which of the following is NOT suitable for describing Mrs. Pathak?",
"question_type": n... | If there is one person who has left a deep impression on me, it's my teacher Mrs. Pathak who was my class teacher for three years. In my childhood, how I wished I had a mother or a sister like her. One moment she could be tough and strict, another moment caring and compassionate .
She always encouraged us to tell th... | high10829.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The state of Victoria is playing a leading role in greywater use."
},
"options": [
"The state of Victoria is playing a leading role in greywater use.",
"More water has been used in Australia with the growing population.",
"Th... | Australians have evidently realized the fact that water means life and we need to he more thoughtful in our use of this rather precious resource.Since the year 2000, Australians have managed to reduce their use of water by 14% . In the most populous city, Sydney, they've managed to use less water in 2007 than in 1974, ... | high16280.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "show us his mother's love"
},
"options": [
"show us he was independent",
"show us his mother's love",
"tell us mothers should always follow their children",
"tell us he was an active student in senior high school"
]... | I am a senior in high school. For four years I have been a member of the marching band at my school---four years of commitment to an organization of 150 kids, four teachers and 100 parents working from August to June of every school year. For four years, my mom has been there for me---never complaining and never receiv... | high20732.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Supportive."
},
"options": [
"Critical.",
"Uninterested.",
"Supportive.",
"Neutral."
],
"question": "What's the author's attitude towards persuasion?",
"question_type": null
},
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"answer": {
"a... | What does it mean to day that we live in world of persuasion? It means that we live among competing interests. Your roommate's need to study for an exam take priority over pizza. Your instructor may have good reasons not to change your grade. And the object of your romantic interest may have other choices.
In such a wo... | high15951.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "report the findings of new research into fast food"
},
"options": [
"tell readers that fast food can heighten their awareness of time efficiency",
"report the findings of new research into fast food",
"analyze the bad effects... | Many of us know that fast food is not good for us: it makes us fat and has twice the amount of salt an adult should eat.
Moreover, you may not be aware that fast food may have a subliminal effect on behavior, making people impatient even when they are not short of time, according to a new study published in the journ... | high22125.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "learn more than extroverts"
},
"options": [
"have a strong will",
"talk less and show off less",
"learn more than extroverts",
"have a good attitude to learning"
],
"question": "According to the author, introver... | It is true that shyness can be a disadvantage socially for those who suffer from it seriously. I mean real shyness, not somebody who is simply quiet. Quiet people could be shy, but on the other hand, they may just be observing because they are unsure of you or others in your company. They may be capable of being extrov... | high15789.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Putting your jewels in your wallet."
},
"options": [
"Putting your money in different wallets.",
"Putting your jewels in your wallet.",
"Carrying a mini backpack purse.",
"Using cash instead of credit card."
],
... | Traveling should be easy and enjoyable, and one of the ways to make sure your trip remains fun is to know exactly how to keep your valuables safe.
If you are traveling alone, distribute your money through your luggage. Place most of it in your main suitcase or bag. Make a rough estimate of how much money you will spend... | high10801.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "enjoy the sunshine"
},
"options": [
"look at an old lady",
"enjoy some flowers",
"enjoy the sunshine",
"clean the house nearby"
],
"question": "The writer came out of the house to _ .",
"question_type": "... | That warm day was the only day of the week without rain.I opened the door,took a seat and began to enjoy the wonderful sunshine.Suddenly,I noticed that the house near mine had been sold.An elderly lady was in front of the door,with some beautiful flowers beside her.I walked to her.She looked to be in her early eighties... | high4937.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Ice-free summer around the Arctic."
},
"options": [
"Shorter and shorter summertime.",
"Ice-free summer around the Arctic.",
"Lower sea levels.",
"More rainy skies."
],
"question": "Which of the following is lik... | Unusual incidents are being reported across the Arctic. Inuit families going off on snowmobiles to prepare their summer hunting camps have found themselves cut off from home by a sea of mud. There are also reports of sea ice breaking up earlier than usual, carrying seals beyond the reach of hunters. Climate change may ... | high15979.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the ALDH2 deficiency may be passed on from generation to generation"
},
"options": [
"the ALDH2 deficiency may be passed on from generation to generation",
"about 36 percent of Japanese, Chinese and Koreans are heavy drinkers",
... | Why do some people _ when they drink alcohol? This effect is a common reaction to alcohol among East Asians. It affects about 36 percent of Japanese, Chinese and Koreans.
For many, even a small amount of alcohol can cause unpleasant effects. Most commonly, their face, neck and sometimes their whole body turn red. Peopl... | high303.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because people can sense the light from colors."
},
"options": [
"Because people can sense the light from colors.",
"Because we can smell colors with our noses.",
"Because every color has its own sweet smell.",
"Becau... | There are many colors in nature. But do you know if a color has weight? I think you'll say "no". But I am afraid you are wrong. If you don't believe, you may do a small experiment.
First, put two objects with the same weight into two boxes. Then cover the box. Third, wrap one box with a red piece of paper, the other ... | high1697.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because her kids got bored with toys quickly."
},
"options": [
"Because she got bored with her toys quickly.",
"Because she wanted to make money.",
"Because she was interested in starting a web business.",
"Because her ... | Most kids get bored with their toys quickly, even the newest ones.
The service of renting toys can save parents from buying lots of new toys for their kids.
The new web-based company, Baby Plays, was invented by Lori Pope, a mother of twin boys. When her kids' toys started taking over all the floor space in her house, ... | high23213.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The famous director--Billy Wilder."
},
"options": [
"The history of American movies.",
"The famous director--Billy Wilder.",
"The famous movies by Billy Wilder.",
"Billy Wilder and his friends."
],
"question": "... | Many expels say that Billy Wilder changed the history of American movies.He is often called the best movie maker Hollywood has ever had.
He was known for making movies that offered sharp social comment and adult sexual situations.Wilder was one of the first directors to do this.
Between the middle 1930s and the 1980s,B... | high12970.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "China Daily iPaper"
},
"options": [
"China Daily iPaper",
"China Daily Digest",
"China Daily News",
"China Daily Video"
],
"question": "If you want to enjoy full-content papers, you should choose _ .",
"q... | China Daily, the national English-language newspaper of China, keeps you in touch with China and the world with our mobile solutions. Now anyone can read our exclusive reports anywhere. Download your favorites!
China Daily iPaper
Want to read China Daily with your iPhone or iPad? Then look no further than C... | high23575.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "she felt nervous on the stage."
},
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"she felt nervous on the stage.",
"she lost her interest in that role.",
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The queen spotted the balloon and asked her personal assistant,Angela K... | high20068.txt |
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Behavioral consultant Chris Calland said: "Parents want to make Christmas into magical fairytale for their kids. "The... | high21376.txt |
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Nicole Despres
Students services manager, 40 (American)
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A holy man in India may think that happiness is in himself. It is in needing nothing from outside himself. In wanting nothing, he lacks nothing. We westerners, however, are taught that the more we have from out... | high23561.txt |
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Skyscraper Museum
Wednesday - Sunday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Adults: $5
305-756-2385
Interested in tall buildings? Design? Then this museum is for you!!! Check the historical buildings and their special design right in lower Manhattan.
Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
Sunday - Thursday: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
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Dr Rajinder Singh, from government agency the Malaysian Palm Oil Board, said, "The oil palm has three fruit forms: a thick-shelled type -... | high18291.txt |
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Kristy vanMarle, professor of the University of Missouri, has determined that contrary to what previous studies have shown, infants are able to... | high2361.txt |
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Preparation Tips
* Have a plan for an earthquake... | high19164.txt |
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The following are simple ways that can be used to deal with stress.
Be Gentle with Yourself
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"I wanted to be like Dekalb Walcott Jr.," he says of his father.
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Welcome to our third newsletter of the year!
Our main activity for March is our Walk for the Woods fundraising events on Saturday,17thMarch,starting any time between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. We will be walking the distance between Warley Woods and Tipperary. It is indeed a long way-80 miles. Th... | high12757.txt |
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Taking an Uber car may no longer be a direct driver-passenger and guilt-free experience. The ride-sharing experience is about to get awkward.
With the wide application of the Internet, Uber, a new approach to your destination instead of taking an ordinary taxi, has become more... | high15038.txt |
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When you think of tourist sites in Britain, what do you think of? Big Ben and the Tower of London? Lock Ness? Shakespeare's birthplace at Strafford-upon-Avon? There are many famous tourist attractions in the UK and they attract millions of visitors each year. Bu... | high3719.txt |
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Q : How do I use AFRICAN MANGO?
A : It's simple... Just take one rapid - release capsule , 3 times daily before meals (i.e., 30 minutes before breakfast, lunch, and dinner.)
Q : Is it safe?
A : Yes. Unlike other diet pills, Pure African Mango Extract (lrvingia gabonensis) does not contain any natura... | high5368.txt |
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Google's approach, called statistical machine translation, differs from past efforts in which it does without language experts who program gr... | high21389.txt |
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Some teenagers are crossing their dream colleges off their lists. Others are thinking of skipping their senior trips or reducing prom costs. Many are finding their work hours cut while their expenses rise.
So, who exactly is punishing them?Is it their parents, teachers or employers?No, it's ... | high2413.txt |
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It was a hot afternoon and we... | high18508.txt |
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Don't worry. It's ... | high20097.txt |
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"it has the strong feeling of destroying us"
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Gates said in an interview with the social networking and news website Reddit: "I am in the camp that is concerned about super intell... | high14332.txt |
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"answer_text": "had a hard time in Nash"
},
"options": [
"had the first child unexpectedly",
"liked Missourivery much",
"had a hard time in Nash",
"had to shop a great deal"
],
"question": "From the passage we can learn that th... | I was born when my father and mother were on their way to Nash, a lonely place where they were to meet with hardship and difficulties. They both liked this land very much, which might have best explained why they moved from Missouri to such a town in western prefix = st1 /Kansas. They did most of their shopping in Nash... | high22858.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "David Guetta is the head of the experiment"
},
"options": [
"The research was carried out by Brighton-based Mind lab International.",
"When listening to music, ninety percent of the people performed better.",
"Music has a pos... | A new study suggests that listening to music in the office improves the speed and accuracy of tasks such as data entry, proof reading and problem solving.
In an office-based experiment, 88 per cent of participants were found to produce their most accurate work when listening to music. The study also found that 81 per c... | high8658.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To ask him to give her some advice."
},
"options": [
"To show off her excellent work.",
"To have him type it on the computer.",
"To ask him to make some changes from all details.",
"To ask him to give her some advice."
... | I wrote a business plan the other day. I gave it to my husband for suggestions. After reading it, he said, "I don't think this is up to your usual standards." I said, "I need more information. What doesn't work?" He said he wasn't sure. I then took the letter and reread it.
He asked, "How about if I look at it again an... | high14454.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "famous actress"
},
"options": [
"popular writer",
"famous actress",
"school teacher",
"pretty singer"
],
"question": "Kareena Kapoor is most probably a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | "Today we had a discussion in class about heroes," said Ayesha to her father. "The teacher asked us to name our favorite heroes."
"What did you say?" asked her father curiously.
"I said Kareena Kapoor," said Ayesha proudly.
"Why do you like Kareena?" asked her father.
"She is so pretty, Daddy!" shouted Ayesha. "So I wa... | high6113.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a company that rents cell phones to Americans going abroad"
},
"options": [
"an organization that offers some free services",
"a person who offers some advice to foreign tourists",
"a company that rents cell phones to America... | Whether you're headed to another country for business or pleasure, it is likely that you need to keep in touch with family or business partners in the United States. But if you plan to do that using your cell phone, you could have an unwelcome surprise. U,S. cell phones don't work abroad. U.S. companies use different f... | high2375.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "she wouldn't do that until she got his email"
},
"options": [
"their professional relationship had ended",
"she didn't want to keep in touch with him",
"she wouldn't do that until she got his email",
"they had joined di... | Reached My Destination
"Ego has an enormous appetite, the more you feed it, the hungrier it gets."
--Nathaniel Bronner Jr.
It has been two years, we have not met. Last time was when we were departing at Rome Airport as a procedure of joining different competitive firms. We exchanged our personal email IDs and I neve... | high20929.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the capital of Argentina"
},
"options": [
"Belly dances",
"American soldiers",
"Spanish city",
"the capital of Argentina"
],
"question": "The origin of the tango is associated with _ .",
"question_type": ... | Argentina in the late nineteenth century was an exciting place. Around 1870,it was experiencing an economic boom, and the capital, Buenos Aires, attracted many people. Farmers, as well as a flood of foreigners from Spain and Italy, came to Buenos Aires seeking jobs. These jobs didn't pay well, and the people felt lone... | high4704.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "gave children ten photos of occupations to choose from"
},
"options": [
"involved thirty-seven girls and boys in all",
"was designed for children under four years old",
"gave children ten photos of occupations to choose from"... | Girls who play with Barbie dolls tend to see fewer career options available to them, compared with the options available to boys, according to a new study by researchers at Oregon State University and the University of California (UC), Santa Cruz.
The study's authors, psychology professors, Aurora Sherman of Oregon Sta... | high19170.txt |
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