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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A secret organization."
},
"options": [
"A kind of train.",
"A special railroad.",
"A group of slaves.",
"A secret organization."
],
"question": "What can we say the Underground Railroad is?",
"question_type... | Historians say Harriet Tubman was born in the year 1820.Nobody really knows.But we do know that Harriet Tubman was one of the bravest women ever born in the United States.
From a very early age, Harriet knew how slaves suffered.At six years old, she was sent to the fields.Working outside not only made her body stro... | high20691.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "whom and how many people to invite"
},
"options": [
"how much they were going to spend",
"how many people were willing to come",
"whom and how many people to invite",
"which type of party they were going to hold"
],... | My son wanted to give a party for my birthday. We discussed the invitations and the cost of the party. However, we had very different ideas about whom and how many people to invite. He thought that the people we knew had badly disappointed me by not keeping in touch with me since the death of my wife. But my idea of a ... | high23398.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "practice a new language a lot"
},
"options": [
"can't live without language",
"lead a happy life every day",
"practice a new language a lot",
"are taken good care of adults"
],
"question": "By \"Language is thei... | Many people believe that you lose the ability to learn new languages as you get older. Language experts, however, will tell you that you're never too old to learn a new language. As you get older, it can be more difficult to learn a new language, though.
Children and adults learn new languages in different ways. For ch... | high14534.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "what has made some education systems successful"
},
"options": [
"what has made some education systems successful",
"China's education system and competitive exams",
"how to relieve Chinese students of their heavy schoolwork"... | The World Bank has looked at the distinguishing features of successful school system.
According to the World Bank's education specialist, Harry Patrinos, this include: improving the quality of teachers and making sure that teachers are highly regarded; providing information to make schools accountable and giving autono... | high9340.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he didn't know he was going to be adopted"
},
"options": [
"he was with his own parents",
"he was very happy and excited",
"he was about ten years old then",
"he didn't know he was going to be adopted"
],
"quest... | On the night of November 14, 1978,a six-year-old Korean boy was flying to the United States. All he knew was that he was on a plane heading for somewhere. The plane landed at Kennedy International Airport, where he was greeted by a family. This young boy was me.
I have grown up in a town where there were few Asians, ... | high6073.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "hearing and closely watching others speak"
},
"options": [
"repeating the words of other people",
"remembering the full sentences they hear",
"hearing and closely watching others speak",
"figuring out the meaning of dif... | Newborns begin to develop language skills long before they begin speaking. And, compared to adults, they develop these skills more quickly. People have a hard time learning new languages as they grow older, but babies have the ability to learn any language easily.
For a long time, scientists have tried to explain how s... | high12145.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "After they had a right way of marking time."
},
"options": [
"When they learned that no one could stop time.",
"Before they invented a calendar.",
"Before they learned how time went by.",
"After they had a right way of ... | Long ago, little attention was paid to a person's birthday. Even though everyone knew that people grew older, they had no way of correctly marking time. It wasn't until the early people learned more about how time passed that they made a note of time changes. Then they developed a calendar and began to celebrate specia... | high22086.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because it was very delicious and nice."
},
"options": [
"Because it was very delicious and nice.",
"Because it was only made for children.",
"Because it was made by mother-in-law.",
"Because it was good to health."
... | Our children grew up on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Even my husband and I sometimes ate one secretly at late night with a glass of milk. It was too delicious and tasty. My mother-in-law was the jelly maker in this family. The jelly was made of either grape or blackberry. The only job I did to the jelly making... | high8738.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Her road to success was full of pain and frustrations."
},
"options": [
"She was constantly under pressure to write more.",
"Most of her stories had been rejected by publishers.",
"She did not quite live up to her reputation ... | In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a compet... | high12623.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "human behavioral use of space"
},
"options": [
"what nonverbal communication is",
"human conversation",
"the life of Edward T. Hall",
"human behavioral use of space"
],
"question": "This passage is mostly about ... | A normal conversation between strangers involves more than talk. It also involves the dynamics of space interaction. If one person gets too close, the other person will back up. If the first person invades the other's space again, the other person will back up again. The person who finds himself or herself backing up i... | high22938.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Courageous and persistent."
},
"options": [
"Independent and knowledgeable.",
"Stubborn and trustworthy.",
"Courageous and persistent.",
"Aggressive and sympathetic."
],
"question": "Which of the following adjec... | On July 12, 1997, Malala Yousafzai was born in Mingora, Pakistan, located in the country's Swat Valley.
Yotsafzai attended a school that her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, had founded. After the Taliban began attacking girl schools in Swat, Malala gave a speech in Peshawar, Pakistan, in September 2008. The title of her ta... | high14252.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He might run into bankcruptcy."
},
"options": [
"He couldn't produce enough for the suppliers.",
"The creditors wouldn't lend him any money.",
"His products didn't sell well.",
"He might run into bankcruptcy."
],
... | The business executive was deep in debt and could see no way out. Creditors were closing in on him. Suppliers were demanding payment. He sat on the park bench, head in hands, wondering if anything could save his company from bankruptcy .
Suddenly an old man appeared before him. "I can see that something is troubling... | high9426.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "public schools"
},
"options": [
"private schools",
"universities",
"public schools",
"community college"
],
"question": "According to the passage,students in Canada can get education for free in _ .",
"... | Getting a good education is more important today than ever before. It is the best thing you can do to build a better future for your children and yourself.
Most children in Canada attend public schools. Public schools are completely founded by governments through tax income. Boys and girls attend the same school and ... | high6715.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "To build a greener environment."
},
"options": [
"To build a greener environment.",
"To fix a worldwide road network.",
"To call on people to take exercise.",
"To replace the public transport."
],
"question": "W... | The German city of Hamburg has announced plans to become car-free within the next two decades. It is an ambitious idea, but city officials obviously feel that the personal motorcar does not fulfill a function that walking, biking and taking public transport cannot. The goal of Hamburg's project is to replace roads with... | high18468.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "accommodation at an ancient villa"
},
"options": [
"accommodation at an ancient villa",
"fresh fruit, vegetables and meat",
"the best French wine",
"admission to Saint-Emilion"
],
"question": "The free holiday i... | Welcome to our homepage!
We've teamed up with two travel agencies to give members of our club the chance to win a holiday to the South of France or one to the Maldives.
The winner and their three guests will enjoy a seven-night getaway at the Villa Le Priotlet -- a centuries old stone villa set on the banks of the ... | high10034.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "We should help others in need."
},
"options": [
"We should try to do what our friends ask us to do.",
"We should help others in need.",
"Always saying\"yes\" means you are dishonest.",
"Always saying\"no\" means you are... | Are you the type of person who always says"yes"?I've come to learn that it is very im-portant to learn to say NO!It's okay. People are still going to like you. They may even respect you more because they know you are honest.
I,m not saying to say"no" to someone who really needs your help. I'm talking about re-fusing th... | high2573.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Altira Macau"
},
"options": [
"The Water Club at Borgata, Atlantic City",
"Altira Macau",
"Waldorf Astoria Chicago",
"The Charles Hotel, Munich"
],
"question": "In which of the hotel pools can you look out to th... | When it comes to hotel pools, the indoor variety has long been inferior to their outdoor -- often rooftop -- counterparts. But these days, striking decoration, luxury facilities and stunning settings mean many indoor swimming holes can now challenge even the most glamorous of outdoor pools. So go ahead and take a dip a... | high17983.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because she helped astrange old lady."
},
"options": [
"Because she met her bestfriend.",
"Because she helped astrange old lady.",
"Because she learned howto use a wheel chair.",
"Because she had anappointment with her ... | Today was a special day for me. I had my doctor'sappointments in a town that's about 45 minutes from where I live.
After my appointment was done, Istarted walking down from the building through a long breezeway and I noticed an elderly woman pacing at the end. I asked if she waswaiting for someone or she needed assist... | high19776.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "it was unfair that the boss only promoted Bobby."
},
"options": [
"Bobby wasn't fit to be a manager.",
"Bobby was lazy though he was clever.",
"the boss was expecting to hear good words.",
"it was unfair that the boss o... | John and Bobby joined the same company together just after graduation from college the same year. Both worked very hard. After several years, however, the boss promoted Bobby to the position of manager but John remained an ordinary worker. John couldn't
it anymore, gave his resignation to the boss and complained th... | high16445.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "about 200"
},
"options": [
"about 680",
"about 330",
"about 68",
"about 200"
],
"question": "How many in 1000 births would die in Ethiopia in 1990?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
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"answer... | Ethiopia has greatly reduced its death rates for children under the age of five years during the last two decades, new UN statistics show. The report says Ethiopia has cut the number of child deaths, by two thirds or so, to 68 per 1,000 births compared to that in 1990.
The government owed the improved figures to its gr... | high5208.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Many people may never become great though they have a good memory."
},
"options": [
"Charles Dickens had a good memory because he was a famous writer.",
"People without a good memory cannot be great men of the world.",
"Peopl... | Some people have very good memory and they can easily remember quite long texts. There are other people who can only remember things when they have said them again and again. The famous English writer Charles Dickens said that he could walk down any long street in London and then tell you the name of every shop he had... | high2567.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "couldn't help the students with their study"
},
"options": [
"is like drinking water to end thirst",
"couldn't make a difference in the short term",
"is good for the students' future life",
"couldn't help the students w... | Recently we asked for people's opinions about paying students to encourage them to come to class and get higher scores on tests. Some American schools are doing this.
More of the people were against the idea than were for it.
Some people said paying students sends a message that money is the only reason they should stu... | high17997.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "His classmates looked down upon him."
},
"options": [
"His teacher scolded him in class.",
"His teacher refused to read his essay.",
"He failed to hand in his essay on time.",
"His classmates looked down upon him."
... | Tears ran down from my eyes as I saw the essay my high school English teacher had just handed back. A big F was written on top. I was hopeless. I was stupid!My face burned with shame when my classmates called me stupid.
"I'm the only one who doesn't know my ABCs!"I sobbed to mum.
"I'll help,"she promised.
Every day I s... | high19762.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "She married a man much older than she."
},
"options": [
"She married a man much older than she.",
"She is going to give birth to their second child.",
"She lost her husband, who was as old as she.",
"She lost her father... | The church seems cold this morning, even after all the people, friends and family, fill the benches. I sit here in silence, in shock and denial. This was not supposed to happen. What about our dreams, or our plans? We were going to raise our children, travel the world, and grow old together. I'm only 37, a typical hous... | high4116.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "it matches very few foods"
},
"options": [
"most consumers dislike it",
"it matches very few foods",
"it brings people low spirits",
"it doesn't catch people's eyes"
],
"question": "According to the passage, blu... | Everybody knows that colors are connected with certain feelings. For example, why do some people paint the walls of their rooms yellow and others pink? The same is true in stores. They want us to feel something when we look at their products.
Green, for example, tries to show the quality of a product: how good it is fo... | high16451.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Postagram"
},
"options": [
"GPS Kit",
"Photosynth",
"Postagram",
"Planets"
],
"question": "Through which application can you receive greetings from a faraway place instantly?",
"question_type": "factiod_ques... | Our magazine is presenting to you the top five i-phone(the best seller of Apple Company) applications for more fun on hiking or camping trips recommended by our A-list field hikers and travelers.
1.GPS Kit by Garafa - Get un-lost (for $10)
What it does: Download before you leave or use your phone's data connection to ... | high12637.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "have a relaxing day without pressure"
},
"options": [
"have a relaxing day without pressure",
"enjoy his first day off work in weeks",
"watch TV talk show with his children",
"go out for a walk in the nearby park"
]... | Peter waved goodbye and closed the door slowly as Jane left home to visit her grandmother. Expecting a whole day to relax, he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favorite TV talk show on his first day off in months. "This will be like a walk in the park," he'd told his wife, "I'll look after the kid... | high13529.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "be good for our health and make a change for the climate"
},
"options": [
"protect the animals from being killed",
"promote the development of agriculture",
"help us lose weight and keep self-confidence",
"be good for o... | If you really want to go green, here's good news: eating green is good for you. The very foods with a high carbon cost---meat, pork, dairy products, processed snacks---also tend to be filled with fat and calories. A green diet would be mostly vegetables and fruits, whole grains, fish and lean meats like chicken---a die... | high9432.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Rome."
},
"options": [
"Egypt.",
"France.",
"Rome.",
"Sicily."
],
"question": "Which place are Francis Towne's works picture about?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | 2016 Exhibitions in the British Museum
Sunken cities: Egypt's lost worlds
19 May-27 November 2016
Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery
AdultsPS16.50, Members/under 16s free
Sunken under the sea for over a thousand years, two lost cities of ancient Egypt were lately rediscovered. Their amazing discovery is transforming our und... | high14246.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "see if the signals detected are from the target black boxes"
},
"options": [
"create a sonar trap of the area",
"pick up underwater sounds",
"see if the signals detected are from the target black boxes",
"reduce the sea... | PERTH--Search crews will send a submarine deep into the Indian Ocean on Monday for the first time to try to determine whether signals detected by sound-locating equipment are from the missing Malaysian plane's black boxes, the Australian head of the search said.
Angus Houst on said the crew on board the Ocean Shield ... | high6701.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "organize one's work and life reasonably"
},
"options": [
"help map out one's future",
"divide things into levels of importance",
"treat certain diseases such as depression",
"organize one's work and life reasonably"
... | Making lists is relaxing. It dictates the shape of the immediate future; it calms you down (it's OK, it's on a list somewhere) and it makes you feel good when you cross something off List-making is standard practice in therapy for depression). It might even help you to get things done too. The more you have to do, the ... | high9354.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The higher and higher pay for their courses accounts for the rise of the UK students' dissatisfaction."
},
"options": [
"Most of the university students at UK are dissatisfied with their courses.",
"The higher and higher pay for th... | A study suggests that although most students at UK universities are happy with their courses, dissatisfaction has grown as fees rise.The study highlights a big variation in teaching time, and lists different ideas about the value of getting university degrees.
Katharine Collins, a second-year college student
The course... | high6067.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "31 Jan 2011 7:30 PM."
},
"options": [
"21 Jan 2011 6:30 PM.",
"23 Jan 2011 2:30 PM.",
"26 Jan 2011 2:30 PM.",
"31 Jan 2011 7:30 PM."
],
"question": "If you visit London in January, at which time can you see the ... | Book now to see Keira Knightley and Elisabeth Moss star in The Children's Hour at the Comedy Theatre in London.
Dates: 22 January 2011 to 31 January 2011
Times: 22 Jan 2011 6:30 PM; 24--29 Jan 2011 7:30 PM; 29 Jan 2011 2:30 PM; 31 Jan 2011 7:30 PM.
Place: Comedy Theatre
The Children's Hour
The Children's Hour by Lillia... | high1708.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Pan Am Flight 103"
},
"options": [
"China Airlines' Flight 140",
"Pan Am Flight 103",
"Air France Flight 447",
"Swissair Jetliner Flight 111"
],
"question": "Which air crash resulted from terrorist attack ?",
... | Russia's security chief has blamed an act of terror for the Russian A321 airliner crash in Egypt last month which killed 224 people. Whatever happened, the tragedy raises sad memories of horrific airplane crashes that have cost thousands of lives in recent decades .
Some of the worst such incidents--like four crashes i... | high12151.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "its power source"
},
"options": [
"its power source",
"its driving system",
"its monitoring system",
"its seating capacity"
],
"question": "One significant improvement in the future car will probably be _ .",... | Some pessimistic experts feel that the automobile is bound to fall into disuse. They see a day in the not-too-distant future when all autos will be abandoned and allowed to rust. Other authorities, however, think the auto is here to stay. They hold that the car will remain a leading means of urban travel in the foresee... | high22092.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "quality"
},
"options": [
"design",
"comfort",
"quality",
"warmth"
],
"question": "Teenage girls prefer to wear UGG boots because of the following EXCEPT _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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... | UGG boots have been a winterweather fashion for several years now, combining function, comfort, warmth and even some style. What many UGGenthusiasts don't know is that their boots are a breeding ground for bacteria and cause foot problems.
Doctors believe the boots, which are particularly popular among young teenage gi... | high7379.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because life was not easy for everyone."
},
"options": [
"Because there was no coffee to drink.",
"Because there was nothing to talk about except complaints.",
"Because life was not easy for everyone.",
"Because there w... | The conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and in life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups -- plastic, glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive, some fine -- telling them to help themselves to the c... | high19004.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "He felt surprised because he didn't know the author."
},
"options": [
"He felt surprised because he didn't know the author.",
"He was happy because his daughter could gain excitement.",
"He was moved because the author was wi... | I was riding my special motorbike this past weekend and stopped at a convenience store. As I was getting my wheelchair off the back, a man watched me from his car and I noticed a wheelchair in his back seat. We spoke for a moment and I asked him about the wheelchair. He answered that it was for his daughter. "Well, do ... | high4670.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Just after the author arrived in India."
},
"options": [
"Before the author went to India.",
"In the mid - 19th century.",
"When the author arrived in Egypt.",
"Just after the author arrived in India."
],
"quest... | Dear Florence,
We arrived in India last week, and the voyage was the worst experience of my entire life. I'm lucky to be alive!
The first part of the journey was terrible, because the ship hit bad weather almost as soon as we left Liverpool. But much, much worse was to come. Later, we were involved in a collision with ... | high16337.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a boy and a girl"
},
"options": [
"a good-looking boy",
"an ugly girl",
"two good-looking children",
"a boy and a girl"
],
"question": "Once a man had _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Once there was a man who had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy was good-looking but the girl was not.
One day they found a mirror for the first time and they saw what they looked like. The boy was very pleased and he said to his sister, "How handsome I am! I look much nicer than you!"
The girl did not like what h... | high11458.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Solar energy and wind"
},
"options": [
"Oil and coal",
"Hydrogen and gas",
"Electricity and gas",
"Solar energy and wind"
],
"question": "Which sources of energy play a more important role in people's daily life... | Welcome to the future. It's year 2050 and Scotland is now powered completely by"clean"energy.
Homes have entire roofs made of solar materials, rooms are kept warm by wallpaper, and people go to and from work in electric and hydrogen( ) cars.
Oil is still being found in the North Sea, but it's not now only used to keep ... | high10746.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "who wanted a profitable job"
},
"options": [
"who was not afraid of police",
"who wanted a profitable job",
"who wished to earn $ 500 with two opportunities",
"who was fond of adventure"
],
"question": "The sort... | The writers of murder stories go to a great deal of trouble to keep up guessing right up to the end. In actual fact, people often behave more strangely in real life than they do in stories.
The following advertisement once appeared in a local newspaper: "An opportunity to earn $ 250 in a few minutes. A man... willing ... | high17029.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "have their strong points"
},
"options": [
"are very clever and passionate",
"have their strong points",
"try to remove their own weak points",
"know how to be clever and bold"
],
"question": "One of the similari... | Just saw the superhero movie, Kick-Ass, and it raised an interesting question: just because we are not superhuman, can we lead a super-heroic life? I believe we can do it in some easy steps!
Activate our super powers.
Superheroes are all good at different things. Some are really fast, some can see things others can't,... | high14508.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "your attention is on the content"
},
"options": [
"your attention is on the content",
"you don't fully understand the speech",
"you don't know what the speaker plans to say",
"you find the way of speech-making more impo... | It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech.At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned.Fortunately, the moments are usually not obvious to the listeners. Why ? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. T... | high1720.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "fast rate"
},
"options": [
"fast rate",
"complex passwords",
"unique experience",
"new interface"
],
"question": "The most attractive aspect of Windows 8 is its _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}... | Windows 8, apart from Windows 95, is the biggest surprise and the only version of Microsoft' s operating system that has been changed from the core when compared to its former one. However, a recent study has shown that under 20% of business owners would be willing to upgrade to the new version of Windows. The reason f... | high12179.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Where there are no written records, there is no history."
},
"options": [
"\"Remembered history\" is less reliable than written history.",
"Written records of the past played a most important in our learning of the human history.",... | If we are asked exactly what we were doing a year ago, we might have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and written in it an account of what we did each day, we should be able to give an answer to the question.
It is the same in history. Many things have been forgotten because we do not have... | high7351.txt |
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Michael Scofield is one of the most interesting personalities on television today. But what about the man behind the character?
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May 2 1,2013--May 27,2013
Day 1 U.S.--Bordeaux,France
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Day 2 Bordeaux--Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
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Some said ... | high20861.txt |
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21:25 Stories on the Map
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The health of the famous picture, painted by Leonardo da Vinci in 1505, is getting worse by the year, according to the Louver Museum where it is housed.
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Cnr.Greek & Queen Sts ......................................................238 3228
Bank of New Zealand
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When you get in your car, you reach for it. When you're at work, you take a break to have a moment alone with it. When you get into a lift, you play with it.
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"her classmates were not friendly to her.",
"a girl pointed out many of her shortcomings."
... | When I was 15, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my short-comings . Week by week her list grew. I was skinny , I talked too loud, I was too proud, and so on. I put up with her as long as I could. At last, I ran to my father in tears and anger. He listened to my outburst quietly. They he asked, "Are the thin... | high3653.txt |
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"have already attendedDisneyUniversity"
],
"question": "The ... | Millions of people pass through the gates of Disney's entertainment parks in California, Florida and prefix = st1 /Japaneach year. What makes these place an almost universal attraction? What makes foreign kings and queens and other important people want to visit these Disney parks? Well, one reason is the way they're t... | high19990.txt |
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"Because she was one of the world's first famous female mathematicians.",
"Because it w... | Mary Somerville was born in 1780 in Burntisland, Scotland. Her contribution to mathematics was in both algebra and differential and integral calculus .
Mary was one of the world's first famous female mathematicians. She became interested in mathematics and decided to study it at the time when it was considered u... | high17765.txt |
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"Colour.",
"Weight.",
"Shape."
],
"question": "In what aspect are Samsung phones preferable, compared with Apple phones?",
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"... | Mobile phones are the latest craze of many people from different parts of the world. Whenever there is a latest phone model being produced by companies such as Apple, Samsung, LG, Sony, etc., the public is all eyes and all ears on what consist of the latest product that is in the market. The public wants to check every... | high18456.txt |
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"answer_text": "We sometimes don't have to mind too much the way we are."
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"We should learn to be kind to ourselves.",
"We sometimes don't have to mind too much the way we are.",
"... | A water bearer in India had two large pots,each hung on each end of a pole which he neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full load of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the master's house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For two ... | high17003.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "walking is better than doing sports in a gym because it saves time and money."
},
"options": [
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"doctors in the 1950s knew why heart diseases kept happening... | Jerry Morris died on 28 October 2009. He was 99 years old. You have probably never heard of him. He was a professor of public health. More than 50 years ago he produced one of the most famous epidemiological papers of the 20th century.
His study showed that bus conductors were much less likely to die of heart disease... | high5544.txt |
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"answer_text": "The American dream of owning a house."
},
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"The life of owner-builders in America.",
"The American dream of ownin... | For millions of people,the American dream of owning a home seems to be slipping out of
reach.
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"answer_text": "By offering them different courses."
},
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"By keeping in contact with them.",
"By asking more students to help them."
],
"questi... | Do you know the open-air art gallery in London's Blackall Street? Probably -not. Not many Londoners know it either, but Henri does and he is willing to show it to you.
Henri used to sleep in parks until he met a charity that helps homeless people get back on their feet by becoming tour guides.
Rather than show tradi... | high4882.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "part of the gardens of Burlington House"
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"part of the Burlington Estate",
"part of the gardens of Burlington House",
"nicknamed Savile Street",
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