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"answer_text": "both schools and families should answer for the high dropout rate"
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"both schools and families should answer for the high dropout rate",
"many new jobs don't need children's high school diploma",
"working in a ... | The new studies show that fewer than half of the 9th graders in many of the nation's largest cities, can ever graduate. _ And, in particular, the dropout rate isn't dropping for poor and minority students.
Amazingly, though so many regret the rising dropout rate, our schools continue to lack formal plans--or any plans-... | high3135.txt |
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"answer_text": "There are more and more bicyclists now in America."
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"Many Americans lost jobs now.",
"Many Americans prefer short trips.",
"There are more and more bicyclists now in America.",
"The pollution is getting ... | Many Americans have been leaving their cars at home and riding to work on bicycles. Andy Clark is the leader of the League of American Bicyclists. His group supports bicycling for fun, fitness and transportation.
Clark says this is good news for the environment. He says riding a bicycle to work does not burn fossil fue... | high11472.txt |
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"answer_text": "a police officer can be a policeman or policwoman"
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"boys don't like to be a policeman",
"girls don't like to be a policeman",
"police officer sounds better than policeman",
"a police officer can be a pol... | American schools do not have separate classes for boys and girls. If boys want to cook or to sew, they can learn these things in classes that are no longer just for girls. If girls want to repair cars, they can now learn this in school. Most students like to have boys and girls on the same baseball team.
Many boys and ... | high7353.txt |
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"answer_text": "A general introduction to the restaurant."
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"Why the restaurant is named the Mediterranean.",
"Where the Mediterranean restaurant is.",
"A general introduction to the restaurant.",
"The entertainment in t... | The name of our restaurant is Mediterranean Seafood Restaurant. When you hear the name you will immediately think of the sea and Europe. European countries like Spain, Portugal, Italy and France are all famous for their special cuisine and most of the best sea recipes come from these countries. These countries also pr... | high15614.txt |
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"answer_text": "five times"
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"question": "The little dog went to the butcher's _ during the period.",
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... | It was Monday. Mrs Smith's dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.Considering that there was no better way, Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it "Give my dog half a pound of meat. " Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently:" Take this to the butcher and h... | high1722.txt |
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"answer_text": "Margaret was satisfied with Kellyanne."
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"Kellyanne is a first-aid worker",
"Kellyanne felt proud of herself",
"Margaret is the boss of Kellyanne",
"Margaret was satisfied with Kellyanne."
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"que... | Kellyanne O'Niell had not even completed her first aid course when she was called upon to put her skills into action.
Just halfway through her course, which was offered by Kilcooley Women's Education Group, Kellyanne was walking home when she found herself faced with an emergency.
A youngster on the street had fallen o... | high8074.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he changed his posture to improve his confidence"
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"his gremlins stopped talking",
"he got rid of all his negative thoughts",
"he walked out of his comfort zone",
"he changed his posture to improve his co... | It takes less than six seconds to leave a first impression. It is said that we ought not judge a book by its cover, but come on, isn't it the color, the design, the layout, and the title that draw us to pick up a book we've never heard of before? Notice what your assumptions are about a person when you are first introd... | high15600.txt |
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"answer_text": "Stuttgart City Library and Central Library"
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"Central Library and Bibliotheca Alexandrina",
"Stuttgart City Library and Central Library",
"Bibliotheca Alexandrina and Trinity College Library",
"Trinity Co... | World's Wonderful Libraries
How cool can libraries be in an era of iPads and Kindles More than you think.Only if you know where to go.
Central Library
The Central Library in Seattle,United States is modern and sophisticated. The building is an impressive work of art, which has has tourists from around the world paying ... | high13271.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "helped him pick up the things"
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"didn't notice that",
"went away quickly",
"carried all the things for him",
"helped him pick up the things"
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"question": "When Bill fell down on his way home, Ma... | Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed a boy ahead of him. He had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with some clothes, a baseball bat and a glove.
Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the things. Since they were going the same way, he offered to carry some things f... | high1736.txt |
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"answer_text": "They don't want to be considered weak."
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"They don't intend to hurt other people.",
"They expect others to forgive them.",
"They don't want to be considered weak.",
"They aren't good at expressing themsel... | There is a problem each of us faces in following advice on emotional healing: apologizing is difficult. We are trapped in what we think of ourselves by holding onto our pride. We can be selfish and not willing to admit our most obvious mistakes. Pride eats away at us as we argue or ignore the mistake.
It's happened to ... | high6059.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "In 1999"
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"In 1998",
"In 2007",
"In 1999",
"In 2006"
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"question": "When did Ben Olsen begin to win championship?",
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"answer... | Ben Olsen had great careers as professional players. His story tells a lot about the past, present and future of professional soccer in America.
Ben Olsen was an important part of D.C. United's early success. He was the top new player, or rookie of the year, in 1998. His young professional career reached a high point t... | high17017.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the father who left in his childhood"
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"the high school which he attended",
"the teacher who asked him to walk",
"the writer himself who was fearful",
"the father who left in his childhood"
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"qu... | Growing up, I knew I was different. My father had left and he never came back. As I later discovered, the abandonment triggered my anxiety attacks. I feared being alone, unwanted, unpopular, and unloved.
My first attack came in a ninth-grade class: The teacher asked me to walk in front of the class, but I couldn't do i... | high5550.txt |
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"answer_text": "Carson wrote books that the average person could understand."
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"Carson wrote books that the average person could understand.",
"Dangerous properties of new chemical products may be immediately apparent.",
"If n... | Rachel Carson, born in rural Pennsylvania in 1907, had a great impact on the environment. Carson earned a master's degree in zoology in 1932. It was as a writer and not as a research scientist, however, that she made her mark, sharing her view that human beings are just one element in a larger natural order.
In the art... | high4896.txt |
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"answer_text": "It is located in the center of Honolulu."
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"It has advanced equipment and modern buildings.",
"It offers visitors thoughtful campus tour.",
"It is located in the center of Honolulu.",
"Your visit there ca... | Hello! The University of Hawaii is located just outside of downtown Honolulu in green Manoa valley.We invite you to visit and want to let you know about our learning programs, the richness of our culture, the beauty of our environment, the spirit of our students and teachers, advanced equipment and modern buildings.We ... | high10778.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "looked up from the newspapers to see who was speaking"
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"stopped reading and put down their newspapers immediately",
"sat still without response",
"looked up from the newspapers to see who was speaking",
... | The sun is shining when I get on No. 151 bus. We passengers sit jammed together in heavy clothes. No one speaks. That's one of the unwritten rules of Chicago _ . Although we see the same faces every day, we prefer to hide behind our newspapers. The phenomenon is striking: people who sit so close together are using thos... | high3121.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Non-professional movie actors."
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"TV series makers.",
"Casting directors.",
"Non-professional movie actors.",
"Agents for movie stars."
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"question": "What kind of people are movie extras?",
... | Movie Extras
Would you mind lying in a coffin ? Would you shave your head? Are you willing to take out your false teeth?
These are just a few of the questions Anne Marie Stewart and her staff sometimes ask the "talent" who serve as non-speaking "extras" in special films, television series, and made-for-TV movies produ... | high20863.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "never asked his parents for luxuries"
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"lived a hard life",
"lived an independent life",
"never wanted expensive things",
"never asked his parents for luxuries"
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"question": "In his teens,the bo... | When my son was a teenager he already knew he wanted things. He wanted nice things and he wanted to get them by himself.He never depended upon us to provide for him.He gladly accepted the room and other different necessities we gave him,but when it came to the luxuries ,or the extra things of life,he knew he would hav... | high16309.txt |
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"answer_text": "when they are at school"
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"because they are students",
"when they are free",
"when they are at school",
"because they are young"
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"question": "Some middle schools in Australia have banned studen... | Sydney Australia--Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.
Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, and mo... | high3647.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Light stairs all the time."
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"Use ladders to reach a high place or object,",
"Light stairs all the time.",
"Keep wires in good condition.",
"Keep matches out of the reach of small children."
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"q... | Rules of safety are made to keep people from getting hurt. It is important for everyone to learn how to live safely while at home, work, or play. You should always remember this. Put safety first.
Safety can be practiced at home by following some simple rules. Use ladders instead of stepping up on tables and chairs. Ke... | high11300.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "People are richer with the development of economy."
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"A growing number of people are going to the cinema.",
"People are richer with the development of economy.",
"More comedies are made than serious films.",
... | In spite of the uncertainty of the economy, the movie industry has been stricken by a box-office outburst. Suddenly it seems as if everyone is going to the movies, with ticket sales this year up 17.5 percent, to $1.7 billion.
And it is not just because ticket prices are higher. Attendance has also jumped, by nearly 16 ... | high2559.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "You are too poor to go to school."
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"Other students treat you cruelly.",
"You are too poor to go to school.",
"You are weak in one subject.",
"You have family problem."
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"question": "According t... | Students often meet with questions as follows: bullied by someone, worried about a weak subject, puzzled by family problems or concerned about pets at home. All the questions above may make you not concentrated on your study. Who can you turn to if you are such an unlucky student? A great person to share your thoughts ... | high19984.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "are warned in a direct manner"
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"are severely punished and fined",
"are pushed back to the end of lines",
"are warned in a direct manner",
"are the cause of public arguments"
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"question": "In Am... | The English expect each other to observe the rules of queuing, feel highly offended when these rules are broken, but lack the confidence or social skills to express their annoyance in a straightforward manner. In other countries, this is not a problem: in America, where a queue-jumper has committed a kind of rudeness r... | high18442.txt |
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"answer_text": "in order to comfort her worried parents"
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"because she knew she had done something wrong",
"in order to give them her address",
"to say she was coming home soon",
"in order to comfort her worried parents"... | On Christmas Eve a few years ago an English couple received a very special telephone call. It was only a 20-second call but it was very important. The Haydens' 15-year-old daughter had disappeared six months before. On Christmas Eve she rang them. "I'm phoning to wish a happy Christmas," she said, "I love you."
Ronals ... | high5236.txt |
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"answer_text": "They could feel safer from attacks."
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"They were required to do so.",
"They were mostly left-handed.",
"It was easier to cross the street.",
"They could feel safer from attacks."
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"question": "W... | About a quarter of the world drives on the left, and the countries that do are mostly old British colonies like Australia , and Ireland. But Thailand, Indonesia and Japan also do so.
This strange quirk puzzles the rest of the world; however, there is a perfectly good reason . Up to the late 1700's , everybody trave... | high14278.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "can effectively transfer electricity"
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"is mostly produced in Germany",
"can effectively transfer electricity",
"exists mostly in soil and water",
"is very easy to get from nature"
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"question": ... | FOR most people, life without plants is unimaginable. They feed us, clean up our air and brighten up our gardens. But what if someone told you that even our smartphones can benefit from plants?
Meet the scientists from the Freiburg University of Mining and Technology in Germany. According to reports from Reuters, they ... | high13517.txt |
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"answer_text": "The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty and America's Secret War."
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"America's Secret War and The Nation.",
"The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty and The Lies of George W. Bush.",
"The Family: ... | The Lies of George W. Bush
By David Corn
Imprint: Three Rivers Press
Trade Paperback: 368 pages
Pub Date: May 2004
Price: US $ 12.195
ISBN: 1400050677
All American presidents have lied, but George W. Bush has seriously abused the truth, this book tells us. It's full of sharp accusations against ... | high22912.txt |
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"answer_text": "separate poultry from humans"
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"set up a central slaughtering house",
"set up several regional slaughtering houses",
"get avian flu vaccination"
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"question": "Acc... | Anti-bird flu contingency measures, including a proposal to separate poultry from humans and a series of traffic and logistics measures will be discussed at the Legislative Council's Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene Panel meeting next month. Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food Dr York Chow says the continge... | high7421.txt |
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"answer_index":... | On October 11, NASCAR announced the car of tomorrow after a seven-year design program. People used to believe that science would promise a future of endless spare time and very cheap electricity. Nowadays the scientists' predictions are a great deal less optimistic: the world is challenged by climate change and decreas... | high8712.txt |
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"answer_text": "A convenient tool"
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"A cabinet"
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"question": "What is a \"lazy Susan\"?",
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"a... | A lazy Susan is an addition to a table that is designed to assist in moving food from one person to another while dining. This is achieved through the use of a turntable , which usually moves the food in a circle when it is pushed by those at the table. In this way, the food never has to be picked up and passed around... | high15166.txt |
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"answer_text": "You will find moregoods online."
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"You will get a 50%discount.",
"You will find moregoods online.",
"You are not able tobuy imported goods.",
"You can get freedelivery service for a month."
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"qu... | China's onlineretailers are busy preparing for what has become the country's annual online shoppingfestival on November 11th.
November 11 is a datemade up of four ones, and "double eleven" has always been considered a specialday for single men and women inChina.Five years ago the Internet retailer Alibaba began promot... | high19774.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the city's lights affected the meteor watching"
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"the city's lights affected the meteor watching",
"the meteors flew past before being noticed",
"the city light show attracted many people",
"the meteor wa... | Last night's meteor shower left many people in the community dissatisfied and demanding answers. According to Gabe Rothschild, Emerald Valley's mayor, people gathered in the suburbs of the city, carrying heavy telescopes, expecting to watch the brightly burning meteors passing through the sky. What they found instead... | high4100.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "how virtual water is used"
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"how drinks are shipped",
"how virtual water is exported",
"how virtual water is used",
"how drinks are made"
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"question": "The example of a sugary soft drink in Para... | As the saying goes, man struggles upwards; water flows downwards. Water runs downhill from mountaintops to streams to rivers to oceans. But downhill isn't the only way that water moves .A new study measures how water travels from country to country for human consumption. This flow isn't the type we usually think about ... | high16447.txt |
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"answer_text": "They have lived long enough to read this article."
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"They can live longer than they expected.",
"They are sure to enjoy a longer and happier life.",
"They have lived long enough to read this article.",
"T... | If you're a male and you're reading this, congratulations! You're a survivor. According to statistics,you're more than twice as likely to die of skin cancer than a woman,and nine times more likely to die of AIDS. Assuming you make it to the end of your natural term,about 78 years for men in Australia,you'll die on aver... | high11328.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "By keeping each slide short and plain."
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"By keeping each slide short and plain.",
"By using flashy images and much text.",
"By using more than one line of text per bullet.",
"By using more than one image... | All presentations should include the beginning, the middle, and the end. The first part of your presentation should always present the problem. The middle of the presentation should present your key findings. By the end of the presentation, your audience should have a better understanding of the solution.
Less is more.... | high17981.txt |
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"answer_text": "Guling might have originally been pronounced as Kuling in English."
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"Mr. and Mrs. Gardner were brought up in a southern Chinese town.",
"The name of the town changed shortly after Milton Gardner left.",
"Gulin... | In 1992, when Xi Jinping worked in Fuzhou, he came across a newspaper report about "My Guling," written by a Chinese student studying in the United States.
The report described an American couple who tried in vain to revisit a southern Chinese town called Guling, where the husband, Milton Gardner, had spent 10 years of... | high10036.txt |
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"answer_text": "Switzerland"
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"Switzerland",
"Germany",
"Nigeria"
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"answe... | Switzerland is the best place to be born in the world in 2013,and the US is just 16th. A new study made by the Economist Intelligence Unit says American babies will have a dimmer future than those born in Hong Kong,Ireland and even Canada. The EIU,a sister company of The Economist,tried to measure how well countries wi... | high2571.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because the mother and her child are the centers of each other when her child is very young."
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"Because we are likely to be attached to people with her characteristics.",
"Because the mother and her child are the cen... | When we're little, our mother is the center of our attention, and we are the center of hers. So our mother's characteristics leave an indelible impression, and we are forever after attracted to people with her facial features, body type, personality, even sense of humor. If our mother is warm and giving, as adults we ... | high9424.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Speed Reading Is an Important Skill"
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"options": [
"Speed Reading Is an Important Skill",
"Speed Reading Brings You Pleasure",
"Better Attend a Special Class",
"Your Reading Skill Have to Be Improved"
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"ques... | Almost everyone has seen someone speed read.They appear to skim the text and still have read and absorbed the content.The people who have studied speed reading techniques will still read at different speeds;however they will undoubtedly beat those without experience.
The best and most efficient way to learn to read fas... | high6717.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "plaster"
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"question": "According to the passage, we know that the Amazing Diet Patch is some kind of _ .",
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}... | Amazing Scientific Breakthrough
Helps You Lose Weight without Starvation Diets or Tiring Exercise
Have You Ever Wished...
There was a fast easy and reliable way to safely drop weight by magically _ your food desires? An easy way to use product that magically melts off ugly fat without "dieting,"[calorie counting, or ti... | high12621.txt |
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"to invite an answer to his question",
"to explain the natural state of Mars",
"to show his agreement on going to Mars"
],... | While all my classmates seen to be crazy about a one-way ticket to Mars , I'd rather say Mars is totally unsuitable for human existence. People won't have enough food supplies there, and the terrible environment would make it impossible for them to live a long life. Besides, the journey won't be safe. Can anybody expla... | high7409.txt |
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"answer_text": "Margot"
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"question": "Who was waiting for them when they arrived at the hiding place?",
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"an... | When we arrived at Prinsengracht, we went quickly upstairs and into the hiding place. We closed the door behind us and we were alone. Margot had come faster on her bicycle and was already waiting for us. All the rooms were full boxes. They lay on the floor and the beds. The little room was filled with bedclothes. We ha... | high22084.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "make a voyage to Asia"
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"sail round the world",
"find a seaway from the Atlantic to the Pacific",
"make a voyage to Asia",
"carry men to Philippines"
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"question": "The purpose of Magellan's expe... | Early in the 16th century men were trying to reach Asia by traveling west from Europe. In order to find Asia they had to find a way past South America. The man who finally found the way from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific was Ferdinand Magellan. Magellan sailed from Seville in August, 1519 with five ships and about ... | high15628.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he wanted the tourist group to follow him"
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"he wanted to stop the tourists by doing this",
"he wanted people to know that he was rich and kind",
"he wanted to help the woman by himself",
"he wanted the t... | I always experienced guilt when I passed by without giving a coin or two to a beggar.
My conscience was pricked again on a tour of Venice in 2010. I had taken refuge from the crowds in a quiet canal-side cafe. Outside the cafe was an old woman kneeling on the ancient cobbled stones, begging. Steady streams of tourists ... | high12147.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "was rich in spirit"
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"pretended to be happy"
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"question": "The author believes that Roger _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | The phrase "live, love and laugh" was one my cousin Roger lived by every day of his life. Even in his sickness, he found the positive in what some would see as a negative situation. He enjoyed life. He loved to laugh and most importantly, he lived life to the absolute fullest. He loved to travel, learning new things ab... | high13259.txt |
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"question": "Upon being taken to the farm, Cob felt _ .",
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"answe... | Cob is a six-year-old boy. An aid organization brought him to the farm run by Joy from another province. Both Cob's parents died of serious disease when he was a two-month-old baby. His eighty-year-old grandmother treated him badly. He developed a disease over time, which led to him being unable to keep things in mind ... | high9342.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He studied in France for a term."
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"He studied in France for a term.",
"He got to his host family by taxi.",
"He worked very hard in France on weekends."... | Last spring, I was fortunate to be chosen to join in an exchange study program. The moment I arrived in Paris, I was greeted by a nice French couple who would become my host parents. The bit of French I had taken in high school began coming out of my mouth; speaking the language would only become more natural over the ... | high14536.txt |
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"we fail to reflect on fun times in our lives",
"we treat everything in a serious way",
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},
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"introduce excellent ideas of designers",
"provide a peaceful lifestyle for citizens",
"meet the tourists' demand for getting clo... | Located in the forests near the village of Harads in northern Sweden, the Treehotel opened its doors in the summer of 2010 and offers six guest rooms.Owners, Britta and Kent Lindvall, invited designers and architects to create a series of unique tree houses that reflect the growing popularity of ecologically-themed
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"for people to have the right amount of water at all times",
"to grow crops better",
"to form a large lake"
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"His mother was too sick to send him to the piano lessons.",
"He thought his teacher dislik... | Robby was 11 when his mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I prefer students begin at an earlier age. Robby insisted that it had always been his mother's dream to hear him play the piano, so I took him in as a student.
Robby tried and tried while I listened and encouraged him and gave him more instruction... | high3109.txt |
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"He had worked in a factory in his hometown before.",
"He would move away to fulfill his dream soon.",
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"Farah,aren't you going to invite Hafsa?"her mother asked.Hafsa had been her best friend since childhood.
"Mother,you know I am now a part of Purple Girls Club and we have s... | high4666.txt |
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},
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"The dangers caused by wearing flip-flops.",
"The advantages and disadvantages of wearing flip-flops.",
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},
"options": [
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"Diving.",
"Travelling around the world.",
"Making his house beautiful."
],
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},
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"Swimming.",
"Tennis.",
"Horse-riding."
],
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"New friends.",
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"Close friends"
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Feathered Friends
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"parents worry about everything about you",
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Each of the 50 states in Americ... | high8048.txt |
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"answer_text": "make his neighborhood a pleasant place to live in"
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"seek his fortune and make more lottery profits",
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"Betty paid no attention to Sara."
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"Rock's cooperation with Harvard.",
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"Rock's exploration in Southwest China."
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In 1924, Harvard sent Joseph Francis Rock on a treasure hunt through ... | high14522.txt |
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"Turning to the police for protection.",
"Holding more elections."
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"it was a way to train them to obey people"
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"his farm belonged to the rich man",
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],
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"To inform readers of the scholarship application process.",
"To introduce some typical scholars... | Homework and stress are rarely reduced inside the classroom.Meanwhile,outside the classroom,the pressure is on to find scholarships for college.
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"it was impossible to depend on mum"
],
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"In a city.",
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"At the seaside."
],
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The last evening of our vacation, however, w... | high19953.txt |
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"The restaurants are expensive.",
"The bill is not fairly shared.",
"People have to pay cash."
],
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},
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"The teachers monitored the students' homework.",
"The students themselves solved all their problems.",
"The ... | A group of eight public high school students in Massachusetts, aged l5 to l7,designed and ran their own school within a school. They named their practice the Independent Project. They represented the usual range: two were close to dropping out before they started the project,while others were honors students.
Their gu... | high3690.txt |
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A website called Kickstarter.com is making it possible for people like this to raise money from a few hundred to tens of thousands of doll... | high6930.txt |
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"Sea World",
"Tropical Fruit World",
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Movie World
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"was spreading violently",
"was coming to an end"
],
"question": "By the time the article was written , the fire _ .",
"q... | No one knows yet the _ number of lives which have been lost in this terrible fire .But reports suggest that it is more than one hundred .
A wall of flames fifty feet high and at least one hundred and fifty miles wide is now racing towards the forests and rich farmlands of southern Victoria . Towns less than one hundred... | high1087.txt |
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"illegal web site",
"shopping on line"
],
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The Internet has led to a huge increase in credit-card fraud. Your card information could even be for sale in an illegal web site.
Web sites offering cheap services should be regarded with care. On-line shoppers who enter their credit-card information may never receive the goods ... | high513.txt |
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"Tips for Green Living Today",
"Green Living and Serious Pollution"
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Just walk and limit the use of your car. One of the poster images of pollution is our vehicles. It burns fuel. It is not as efficient as we hope it could be, and we use it every single day. To... | high275.txt |
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"more quickly",
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"as good as the new oil"
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},
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"The difficulty in sending mails across the USA by land.",
"The first stagecoaches that ca... | Mail was usually carried west on ships that sailed around the bottom of South America and then north to California.That could take several months.
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},
"options": [
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"the plant was actually a weed",
"the plant appeared too ordinary to be the most beautiful",
"he thought M... | It was time for Mr. Rocco to shut up shop when I hurried into the florist's. "Now, what is it that you want?" Mr. Rocco turned to me. "I want the most beautiful flower you have." I replied, "And just how much do you have to pay for this most beautiful flower?" I held out a wet hand showing a quarter and dime. He nodded... | high10977.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
"options": [
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"speaking two languages may delay kinds of dementias",
"the level of education matters in defending ag... | New research suggests that speaking more than one language may delay different kinds of dementia , that is the loss of mental ability. In fact, researchers say, speaking two languages appears to be more important than the level of education in defending against dementias.
A study in India examined the effect of knowing... | high5587.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "an organization"
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"options": [
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"a person's name",
"the title of a magazine",
"a government department"
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"question": "Water Use It Wisely is most probably _ .",
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More and more water is getting wasted each day.I want to help out and teach people how to conserve water.Please continue reading because your organization is very influential.I had an idea that you could send some workers from your organization to schools all around the world, and they could i... | high21566.txt |
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},
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"warn about the pressure to seek success",
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"answer": {
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"stories",
"crafts",
"dance"
],
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"was working in a government office",
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"looked like Santa Claus most"
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"answer": {
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},
"options": [
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"Because he was a famous actor at that time.",
"B... | Zhao Wenxuan,a film star from Taiwan,has been fond of seeing films since his childhood. He would sometimes go to the cinema for the same film four or five times. He also enjoys literature and art. Before he took the film acting as his career,he had worked in an airline in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan Province. His cha... | high261.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Discover"
},
"options": [
"Discover",
"Self",
"In Style",
"Wired"
],
"question": "Which of the following magazines is published monthly?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | Discover
News magazine of science devoted to the wonders and stories of modern science, written for the 41-45 ADBCA
Cover Price: $59.88
Price: $19.95 ($1.66/issue)
You Save : $39.93 (67%)
Issues : 12 issues/12 months
Self
Published by Conde Nast Publications Inc., Selfis a handbook devoted to women's overall physical a... | high23371.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he himself did not take care of the lawn"
},
"options": [
"he didn't like the lawn.",
"the author's grandfather was against Jack working on the lawn",
"the lawn was full of living things",
"he himself did not take care ... | Jack used to curse the front yard as if it were a living thing. He was the man who lived with my grandmother for thirty years. He was not my grandfather, but an Italian who came down the road one day, selling fruit in Florida.
Jack stopped at my grandmother's house to sell her some oranges just a stone's throw from do... | high7384.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Playing certain video games may help you sharpen your mind."
},
"options": [
"Educational and informative TV shows are helpful to limit your TV time.",
"Doing sudoku and crossword puzzles may make you confused.",
"Playing cer... | Tips for developing an exercise plan for your brain
You know that eating a sensible diet and getting plenty of exercise help your body healthy and strong. But did you know that there are ways to make your brain healthier and smarter?
Studies show that when the brain is _ to do something new, it creates new neural pathw... | high6924.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It instructs us how to water trees correctly"
},
"options": [
"It introduces to us different kinds of trees",
"It instructs us how to water trees correctly",
"It teaches us how to tell whether a tree needs water",
"It a... | Some trees can survive a long time without water. Think of trees that grow in the desert. But other trees may need more moisture than they can get from rainfall or from the air .
Trees and other plants can look thirsty. Leaves can become weak and hang downward. They can also turn yellow. Yellowing can be a sign of too... | high22709.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The time in it will surely get lost if you don't use it."
},
"options": [
"We can store time in it whenever we like.",
"Someone puts $ 86, 400 in it every day.",
"Someone helps you spend your time every night.",
"The ti... | Imagine there is a bank that puts $ 86, 400 in your account each morning. It carries over no _ from day to day. Every evening the bank writes off the balance that you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Take out every cent, of course!
Each of us has such a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning, it puts in... | high12812.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "find out the role physical contact plays in the common colds"
},
"options": [
"find out the most common cause of colds",
"infect the student volunteer",
"find out the role physical contact plays in the common colds",
"f... | Dr. Jack M. Gwaltney, Jr. a professor at the University Of Virginia School Of Medicine infected six student volunteers with virus, the most common cause of colds. A few days later, when they were coughing and sneezing, he gathered 37 more people and divided them into three groups. Group 1 members spent three days and n... | high507.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "she wanted to tell John that he shouldn't give up acting."
},
"options": [
"she wanted John to get a part in the play he was trying out for",
"she wanted to tell John that he shouldn't give up acting.",
"she wanted to tell Jo... | 475 Riverside Drive
New York N.Y. 10027
Jan.15, 2011
Dear John,
I'm sorry you didn't get the part you tried out for in that play. I know how much you wanted to be in the play. Now you feel that maybe acting isn't the right future for you. I think you're wrong. You're a good actor. Do you remember when you played Caesar... | high8909.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "hearts and long life"
},
"options": [
"men's heart cells",
"women's ageing process",
"the gender difference",
"hearts and long life"
],
"question": "The passage mainly talks about _ .",
"question_type": "c... | Why do men die earlier than women? The latest research shows that the reason could be that men's hearts go into rapid decline when they reach middle age.
The largest study of the effects of aging on the heart has found that women's longevity may be linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose their pumping power w... | high21200.txt |
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