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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Being Yourself."
},
"options": [
"Follow the Lead.",
"Top Crowd.",
"Being Yourself.",
"Bright Red."
],
"question": "Which is the best title for this passage?",
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},
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"answer": {
... | In every school there is a "top" crowd that sets the pace, while the others follow their lead. Let's say the top crowd decides that it is smart to wear bright red sweaters. Pretty soon everybody is wearing a bright red sweater.
There is nothing wrong with that, except the fact that on some people bright red sweater is ... | high4538.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To buy a birthday cake for her friend."
},
"options": [
"To get some bread for her journey.",
"To experience the local taste in Samarkand.",
"To buy a birthday cake for her friend.",
"To eat some iced cakes to cool hers... | My husband can plan wonderful surprise celebrations for me.Recently,however,I told him I didn't want him to plan one for my upcoming birthday.
"Why?" he asked.
"I am embarrassed being the center of attention," I quickly explained.
Later,I began to think more deeply about this reason. Then I remembered the surprise cel... | high15576.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The writer's experience in an earthquake"
},
"options": [
"Ways to survive an earthquake.",
"Reasons why earthquakes happen.",
"The love of parents in an earthquake.",
"The writer's experience in an earthquake"
],
... | I was sleeping in my room when my bed started shaking and a loud noise was heard. I woke up and my mom was screaming my name. Next moment I was running along with my younger sister, mom and dad. Before I ran out of the door, I realized my elder sister hadn't come out yet. So I screamed her name at the top of my voice. ... | high8302.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he had an illness that stole his strength."
},
"options": [
"he is becoming older and older.",
"he insisted on using a small racket.",
"he is facing a maturing crop of young talents.",
"he had an illness that stole his ... | After ruling the tennis world for almost five years, Roger Federer is adjusting to life at NO.2. But, like any king whose throne has been taken away, the Swiss star is already planning secretly his return to power, beginning at this week's US Open.
The problem is, many experts think he will never do it. They blame ever... | high7031.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "between two passengers"
},
"options": [
"on a farm",
"in a shop",
"before a long plane journey",
"between two passengers"
],
"question": "The story happened _ .",
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... | Two men were sitting together in a plane. They were on a long journey. One of the men was a businessman. The other was a farmer. They sat without talking for a while, then the farmer said,"Let's do something to pass the time."
"What do you want to do?" the businessman asked. "We can ask each other riddles." The farmer ... | high12219.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "attitudes toward life"
},
"options": [
"body size",
"attitudes toward life",
"culture difference",
"different beauty standards"
],
"question": "The passage tries to highlight the importance of _ .",
"ques... | For many years, I had a belief that my suffering was due to my size. I believed that when the weight disappeared, it would take old wounds, hurts, and rejections with it.
Many weight-conscious people also mistakenly believe that changing our bodies will fix _ . Perhaps our worst mistake is believing that being thin equ... | high1440.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "people tend to trust their virtual friends more than their real ones"
},
"options": [
"sick people can recover more quickly by surfing the Net",
"students get important information online",
"students who surf the net always p... | After having more than a few acquaintances online, _ might come a blow to keen social networkers like Barack Obama, or even Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg himself.[:Zxxk.Com]
According to a research, the average person has in fact twice as many online friends as physical ones. Users of social-networking sites have on... | high13107.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "By nature."
},
"options": [
"By accident.",
"By nature.",
"By acquiring.",
"By imitating."
],
"question": "How does \"need for closure\" probably come into being?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
... | Need for closure is a psychological term that describes a person's desire for a firm answer to a question. Our need for closure is our natural preference for definite answers over confusion and uncertainty. Every person has their own baseline level of need for closure. It likely evolved via natural selection.
What I fi... | high14668.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "UK"
},
"options": [
"Rome",
"Australia",
"Athens",
"UK"
],
"question": "The first ever Paralympics were held in _ .",
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"answer": {
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... | Athens 2004 Paralympics: Biggest and Best Ever
The Paralympics are the games for sports men and women with a disability. They were the idea of Doctor Ludwig Guttman, a doctor working at Stoke Mandeville hospital in the UK. This famous hospital looks after people who can no longer walk, or cannot move at a... | high17349.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "As long as two people each have a phone, they can communicate each other."
},
"options": [
"They make it easy to buy things.",
"Telemarketers will call your phone so you don't have to go shopping",
"As long as two people each... | Phones make our lives easier. Usually they are a convenient type of technology to have around because they can help us communicate with all types of people for any reason whatsoever. As long as somebody else has a phone, you can contact them. This means you can keep in touch with friends and family, contact businesses... | high21823.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It is a language training company."
},
"options": [
"It is a language test organization",
"It is an English teaching school.",
"It is a language training company.",
"It is an organization studying human."
],
"qu... | The English proficiency of Chinese women is much better than that of men, according to a study released in Shanghai yesterday, Chinese women scored three points higher than men in the English Proficiency Index released by EF Education, a language training company, mainly English. Worldside, women scored one point high... | high10426.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "more adult Internet users should have looked for information about themselves"
},
"options": [
"fewer and fewer adult Internet users are looking for information about themselves",
"the number of adult Internet users looking for inf... | NEW YORK (AP) -- In a report, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said 47 percent of U.S. adult Internet users have looked for information about themselves through Google or another search engine.
That is more than twice the 22 percent of users who did in 2002, but Pew senior research specialist Mary Madden was ... | high11738.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "that there are differences in people's abilities"
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"why certain people are poor readers",
"that there are differences in people's abilities",
"why some people are good basketball players",
"that good bask... | Some people have the feeling that nothing can be done about their poor reading ability. They feel hopeless about it. Can you learn to read better, or must you agree that nothing can be done about it?
To be sure, people are different. You cannot expect to do everything as well as certain other people do. If all the stud... | high16057.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "she can write several books at the same time"
},
"options": [
"she can write several books at the same time",
"she often does some research before writing a book",
"she is one of the most popular American women writers",
... | Danielle Steel,America's sweetheart,is one of the hardest working women in the book business.Unlike other productive authors who write one book at a time,she can work on up to five.Her research alone before writing takes at least three years.Once she has fully studied her subjects,ready to dive into a book,she can spen... | high4510.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Treasure's coming helped the author's family to get along better."
},
"options": [
"Treasure was worth a lot of money.",
"When the author got Treasure, she was a perfect horse.",
"Before the author got Treasure, she didn't lo... | My horse,Treasure,is my hero because she helped me discover how to relate to her.In the process,she " fixed " my relationship with my husband and my children.
When I got her,she was 2 years old, _ . She was not going to accept any kind of instructions from me. In the interest of not getting myself killed,I started to r... | high7019.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "How to deal with problems."
},
"options": [
"How to find problems.",
"How to change problems.",
"How to live without problems.",
"How to deal with problems."
],
"question": "What is the text mainly about?",
... | Though problems are a part of our lives, it certainly doesn't mean that we let them rule our lives forever. One day or the other, you'll have to stand up and say -- problem, I don't want you in my life.
Of course, we've been fighting troubles ever since we were born. Problems with friends, parents, girlfriends, husband... | high12231.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To introduce a research on the link between activity and depression."
},
"options": [
"To tell us a fun story about how to protect us against depression.",
"To introduce a research on the link between activity and depression.",
... | Being physically active three times a week reduces the odds of being depressed by about 16%, according to new UCL research carried out as part of the Public Health Research Center.
The study, published in JAMA Psychiatry, found a two-way relationship between depression and physical activity. People who increased their ... | high14898.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "was a competent doctor"
},
"options": [
"had a lawful lover",
"was an illegal writer",
"used to be a lawyer",
"was a competent doctor"
],
"question": "Anton Pavlovich Chekhov _ .",
"question_type": "cloze... | A qualified doctor who rarely practiced but instead devoted his life to writing. He once said: "Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my lover." Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, was a great playwright and one of the masters of the modern short story.
When Chekhov entered the Moscow University Medical Sch... | high1468.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "prevent elephants from being poached."
},
"options": [
"make new laws to punish poachers.",
"prevent elephants from being poached.",
"collect money for elephants' protection",
"call for African countries to save elephan... | The illegal ivory trade has been a major problem in Africa for decades. Poachers have killed hundreds of thousands of elephants to obtain ivory. Now, affected areas are taking action. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced on Wednesday key African states where poaching takes place have pro... | high6307.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Its petrol-powered engine and folding wings."
},
"options": [
"Its steel framework and folding wings.",
"Its petrol-powered engine and folding wings.",
"Its 99mph top speed and petrol-powered engine.",
"Its ordinary car... | Finally, the long-awaited flying car is almost here.
AeroMobil, a Slovakian company, plans to start selling its creation, the AeroMobil3. 0, in 2017. The company claims on its site that the vehicle "transforms in seconds from an automobile to an airplane" by using "existing infrastructure created for automobiles and pl... | high14640.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "You may call people as soon as you get on the plane, but not after the doors are closed."
},
"options": [
"You may call people anytime you like.",
"You may talk loudly on the phone at dinner in the restaurant.",
"You may keep... | When the musical sound rings you, you immediately reach for your pocket ready to have a chat. But although you probably use it all the time, have you ever thought about the manners related to talking on the phone? If you haven't, here are some tips to guide you.
*Always give the person you are calling plenty of time to... | high9034.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because the first diner was not what it is now"
},
"options": [
"Because it is spelled differently from \" dinner\"",
"Because the first diner was not what it is now",
"Because diner was a new word",
"Because it is a sp... | Do you like to eat out? Do you like to eat quickly? Do you like inexpensive food? Some people go to fast-food restaurants for these reasons. In the past, people usually went to diners for these reasons. In fact, many people in the States still go to diners today for the same reasons.
A man named Walter Scott had the fi... | high6461.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "desperate and fearful"
},
"options": [
"desperate and fearful",
"special and different",
"bitter and lonely",
"disturbed and annoyed"
],
"question": "Having heard what the nurse said to him, the writer must have... | "Your son is one of the sickest kids we've ever had in intensive care," was what the nurse said to me after we had arrived in an ambulance, 20 minutes from Kingston Hospital to the Evelina in Westminster. The journey was the longest of my life. I had been told that my six-month-old son, my friend, my whole heart, was g... | high14126.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Optimistic"
},
"options": [
"Optimistic",
"Uncertain",
"Negative",
"Indifferent"
],
"question": "What's Mahdjoubi's attitude towards the new product?",
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"answer": {
"a... | Showering typically sends water down the drain, but a new space-age shower could change that. The design, inspired by NASA, saves water and money.
Astronauts have no choice but to recycle the water they use in space. _ This futuristic shower comes from Orbital Systems, a Swedish advanced technology company. Its CEO, Me... | high9752.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "deal with what we hope to do first"
},
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"see becoming perfect as our responsibility",
"deal with what we hope to do first",
"set a goal of perfection in our life",
"worry about our future dreams"
],
... | We have a strange and strong belief in the idea of perfection. Driven by our culture, we struggle for an unattainable ideal: If I have the perfect parents, perfect grades, perfect..., then I would be happy. We seek what we can't have without remembering that we don't actually need to be perfect. Imperfection allows us ... | high13649.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The severe competition in life."
},
"options": [
"The low abilities.",
"The lack of security.",
"The loss of self-confidence.",
"The severe competition in life."
],
"question": "According to the text, what cause... | The most common problem that worries all of us today is the fear of insecurity. _ With every new turn of events our self-confidence takes a blow. _
There are several reasons that affect a person's self-confidence. The most important reason is lack of success. Not being able to succeed affects one's self-confidence gre... | high12557.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the way they move"
},
"options": [
"the places they live",
"the way they move",
"the life habits they have",
"the long bodies they have"
],
"question": "The new study shows that these snakes can fly because of_.... | For many years, scientists have wondered how Chrysopelea paradisi, known as the "flying" snakes, can stay afloat as they leap from one tree to another, sometimes covering a distance of as long as 79 feet. Now a new study has explained that it may be all to do with the way they move.
The report was published by Virgin... | high23952.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "She was trying to help her cousin survive."
},
"options": [
"She was crying out for help on a raft.",
"She was trying her best to catch a raft.",
"She was trying to help her cousin survive.",
"She was struggling above t... | Picture this scene, a 6-year-old girl is alone on a raft, with no lifejacket, 200 yards from the shore with the winds whipping up the water. She is pointing at her cousins, and yelling out, "They are drowning!" Your eyes scan left only to see a three-year-old above the surface of the water and you realize two hands are... | high13891.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Books for Dummies"
},
"options": [
"Books for Dummies",
"The Easiest,the Best",
"Books for Stupid People",
"New Ideas Behind the Books"
],
"question": "Which of the following can be the best title of the passage... | Do you know about a series of books that say they are for dummies? These American selfhelp books have been translated into more than thirtynine languages including Chinese, Arabic, Russian, French, German, Greek and Spanish.
"Dummy" is a word for a stupid person. The dummy books are not really for stupid people. They a... | high22494.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "is attended badly by the stepmother"
},
"options": [
"is brave in expressing her love",
"is attended badly by the stepmother",
"has a dream of meeting a prince",
"is embarrassed by the pop singer"
],
"question":... | Few of us haven't read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone's heart--we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity .
Mary Santiago has that secret dream... | high15238.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "your blood group could affect your work"
},
"options": [
"your blood group could affect your work",
"blood types can never change your life",
"the idea about blood groups has little scientific basis",
"one's personality... | When might you need to give blood for a personality test? The answer is that you need to do so when you ask for a job.
Some people believe that your blood group hides no secrets.It shows the "real you".And the owners of certain blood groups might be particularly good or bad at a certain task.This is the very reason why... | high16731.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "did not go to high school"
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"went to classical schools",
"went to \"finishing\" schools",
"did not go to high school",
"went to technical schools"
],
"question": "In those days, most Italian girls... | When she was twelve, Maria made her first important decision about the course of her life. She decided that she wanted to continue her education. Most girls from middle-class families chose to stay home after primary school, though some attended private Catholic "'finishing" schools. There they learned a little about m... | high4276.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He loved what he did and would stick to it."
},
"options": [
"He majored in mechanical engineering and automation.",
"He had a good coach and wonderful teammates.",
"He loved what he did and would stick to it.",
"He was... | With eight bloodshot eyes fixed on a flying object, the pains of a two-year project were about to bear fruit.
It was Wang Hongyi's first test flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed and assembled with his teammates from the Aero-Sport Club at Shanghai Jiaotong University.
Wang is a senior mechanical engin... | high19402.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "see if the farm had improved"
},
"options": [
"get his gold pieces back",
"see if the farm had improved",
"get shelter for the night",
"give the farmer more money"
],
"question": "One year later, the stranger vi... | There was once a farmer. His land was hilly and the soil was not the best. He had a cow that wasn't giving much milk and he had chickens who were laying few eggs. The place looked run-down and the barn and fences needed repair. The farmer and his wife felt _ .
One stormy evening, a poorly-dressed man knocked on the... | high3519.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Walter Disney."
},
"options": [
"Mickey Mouse.",
"Clarence Nash.",
"Walter Disney.",
"Pluto."
],
"question": "Who made Donald Duck cartoons?",
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"answer": {
... | In 1933 an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see the film-maker Walter Disney. He had an unusual voice and he wanted to work in Disney's cartoon film for children. When Walter Disney heard Nash's voice, he said, "Stop! That's our duck!"
The duck was the now-famous Donald Duck, who first appeared in 1934 in ... | high2607.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "reducing carbon dioxide emission at home"
},
"options": [
"saving electricity and cost in Japan",
"reducing carbon dioxide emission at home",
"improving Japanese citizens' lifestyle",
"making full use of morning sunligh... | The Japanese government has launched a campaign encouraging people to go to bed and get up extra early in order to reduce household carbon dioxide emissions .
The Morning Challenge campaign, launched by the Environment Ministry, is based on the belief that changing late night electricity for an extra hour of morning s... | high10340.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Silly but cute"
},
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"Exciting",
"Silly but cute",
"Funny",
"Happy"
],
"question": "What do you think of Mcdull?",
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"answer": {
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"an... | Rush Hour 15:00 23:00 My Life as Mcdull 9:00 13:00
1Action Movie
Do you like Jackie Chan? Rush Hour is another movie of his. It's so exciting. Come and have fun!
2Cartoon
Mcdull is a little pig. He's kind of silly but he's very cute. Do you want to enjoy happiness with him? Be sure to watch it!
Mr. Be... | high20283.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A majority winner in voting"
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"options": [
"A city that submits a proposal",
"A majority winner in voting",
"A city that has perfect time zone",
"One that hasn't hosted the Games"
],
"question": "_ will be de... | If a city wishes to host the Olympics, it must submit a proposal to the IOC. After all proposals have been submitted, the IOC votes. If no city with the fewest votes is eliminated, the voting continues, until a majority winner is determined. Typically the Games are awarded several years in advance, allowing the winni... | high5168.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "urge Cosmo Books Ltd. to take away the books he had not ordered."
},
"options": [
"complain about sending him books he had not ordered.",
"urge Cosmo Books Ltd. to take away the books he had not ordered.",
"laugh at Cosmo Boo... | Cosmo Books Ltd., 14, Woodman Road,
Hertford Estate, Two Bridges,
Rickmansworth, West Sussex.
Middx.
25thFebruary
Dear sir,
Just over six months ago, I saw an advertisement in the Morning Mail for ... | high21189.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "ask for advice seriously"
},
"options": [
"express dissatisfaction with his parents",
"ask for advice seriously",
"make his father punished",
"just make a joke"
],
"question": "The Hopeless Ant wrote the letter ... | Dear Michelle,
My Dad hates my Mom. He tells me that she is a liar and that I should not trust her. Of course, they are divorced but they have "joint custody" . What a joke! I am 15, my brother is nine, and we have a life of hell, frankly.
We live one week on and one week off. This was the brilliant idea of both of my... | high16725.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "She had an experiment done to lift a large stone by using pulleys and a kite."
},
"options": [
"She built a pyramid by using kites",
"She had an argument with Professor Redmount.",
"She persuaded a team of aeronautic engineer... | No one really knows how the ancient Egyptians build the pyramids. But Maureen Clemmons has a theory . She thinks the Egyptians may have used kites.
"If you look at ht top center of every monument , you see wings," Clemons said. "I think the Egyptians have been trying to tell us in pictures for 3,000 years that this i... | high19416.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Careers in teenagers' mind."
},
"options": [
"Careers in teenagers' mind.",
"Choosing a good job is very important.",
"Teenagers in the UK like doctors.",
"The choice of career needs challenge."
],
"question": "... | "When I grow up, I want to be..."
Almost all of us have thought about, or been asked to think about, our future careers. Our answers may differ greatly. Even now your aspirations may have changed from when you were in primary school.
However, it seems career options aren't only based on personal taste. In a survey carr... | high4262.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "to realize her own dream"
},
"options": [
"to finish the writing course",
"to realize her own dream",
"to satisfy readers' wish",
"to earn more money"
],
"question": "The author decided to write a novel _ .",
... | I left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no sense of what I wanted to do. Over the next six years, _ , just trying to earn an income. I tried journalism, but I didn't think I was any good, then finance, which I hated. Finally, I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. I loved worki... | high2613.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because the United Nations wanted to reduce road accidents and economic costs."
},
"options": [
"Because the United Nations wanted to reduce road accidents and economic costs.",
"Because two million people were killed in the accide... | Each year, road accidents kill a million people and injure millions more. The economic costs are greatest for developing countries. Earlier this year, the United Nations called for a campaign to improve road safety.
One way to avoid accidents is better driving. Another is better roads and bridges. Engineers in the Unit... | high10354.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "When they stop breathing eventually."
},
"options": [
"When they are not allowed to.",
"When they feel tired and sleepy.",
"When they stop breathing eventually.",
"When they are seriously ill in bed."
],
"questi... | Americans: Restless? Illiterate ?
Americans are _ people; they can't rest. They have more time, more leisure, shorter work hours, more holidays, and more vacations than any other people in the world. But they can't rest. They rush up and down across their continent as tourists; they move about in great herds to convent... | high20297.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "his smile made me feel very happy"
},
"options": [
"his smile made me feel very happy",
"I always remembered his smile all day",
"he always smiled as I made my way to work",
"he would smile to wish me a good day"
],... | This happened several years ago.But it has stuck with me so I wanted to share it.
Every day on my way to work I would buy a newspaper from an elderly gentleman on the corner of the street.He would always smile and say,"Good morning."His smile always made my day.
Most of the people who sell these papers are homeless or ... | high18708.txt |
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But many people won't use them. The U.S. government tried to push dollar coins again in recent ... | high9746.txt |
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"The writer doesn't have a good understanding of freedom.",
"Three intere... | How time flies! One month has passed before I could take any notice of it. This is the start of my freshman year in Fudan University. At the very beginning, everything and everyone was strange to me. But now, I'm getting used to it. I'd like to tell you two important and interesting things in my university life.
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"he graduated from Beijing Normal University",
"his smog pictures spread widely on Si... | It has been two years since China Daily last interviewed 31-year-old Zhang Chao.The micrograph enthusiast still wears the same hair style, even the same coat.
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But I would suggest that the list s... | high22480.txt |
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"they ... | Birds that are half-asleep -- with one brain hemisphere alert and the other sleeping -- control which side of the brain remains awake, according to a new study of sleeping ducks.
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"learning about music"
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"women were proved to be poor at dealing with distant targets",
"voluntee... | If a husband accuses his wife of missing the bigger picture or the wife says her husband has no eye for detail,there may be more than an element of truth to it.
Scientists have shown that men are better at dealing with distant targets,while women are good at shortrange focusing.
The finding reflects the way men and wo... | high10432.txt |
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"birds' talking is meaningless to us at all"
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My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college a... | high3280.txt |
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People is America's No.1 magazine about fascinating people.It's a guide to who and what's hot in the arts,science,business,politics,television,movies,books,music and sports.It is published weekly.
Publisher:The Time Inc.Magazine Company
Cover Price:$211.47
Our Price:$117.00
Issues:53 issues/12 months
Lucky
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"answer": {
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"They've influenced famous movie studios",
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},
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"The firefighters put out the big fire quickly and no one was hu... | A mother's love
I'M a New York City firefighter. Every day, I see terror -- sometimes even death. But the day I found Scarlett was different. That day I saw life. And love.
We were responding to a call about a burning garage. Outside, I heard the sound of cats crying. I couldn't stop -- I would have to look for the cat... | high14867.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Hot Potato!"
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"Mr. Potato Head."
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},
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"He wanted to earn money to buy a second-hand car... | Twenty years ago, when I was only fifteen, I had to leave school to work in a second-hand car shop to support my family. My work was to fix holes in leather, cigarette burns in seats, and repair windshields .
Every day I worked hard. And I was always optimistic, positive and kind, and tried my best to be angry wit... | high23775.txt |
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"meet increasing demands from kids",
"adapt to the new federal ... | Do you know soon eleven biggest food and drink companies of the nations will adopt new rules to limit advertising to children under the age of 12, a move that restricts ads for products such as McDonald's Happy Meals and the use of popular cartoon characters.
The companies announced their new rules ahead of a Federal T... | high665.txt |
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"To attract more students to work in England",
"To describe the working conditions in England",
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"answer": {
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"A shelter.",
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],
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},
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"an... | It is often said that you cannot "teach an old dog new tricks", but three New Zealand dogs have decided to prove otherwise by learning a skill --- driving a car!
What's even more impressive is that the three who have become skilled in just eight weeks are not special dogs that belong to some rich owners, but abandoned ... | high5183.txt |
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"the first universal joint",
"a one--person sailboat"
],
"question": "Jim Drake and Hoyle Schweitzer re... | Windsurfing is a sport that combines sailing and surfing.In 1948,twenty-year-old Newman Darby first thought of using a handheld sail to contro1 a small boat.Darby did not apply for a patent for his design at first.However,he is recognized as the inventor of the first sailboard.
Californians Jim Drake,a sailor and engin... | high20268.txt |
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"the large number of cars",
"the behavior of the drivers"
],
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"The best time for exercising.",
"How to warm up before exercising.",
"What to eat after exercising."
],
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Here are some ideas for meal... | high9961.txt |
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"answer": {
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"Lee thinks tattoos are art",
"Jackson likes tattoos and piercing"
],
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Around Western schools lots of teens are sporting new holes and "flesh ink" . As with all other subjects, the Chinese will surely have to deal with this situation with respect to their children. To get a better view of what has happ... | high23761.txt |
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"he is afraid that he may idle",
"he feels he can do the... | "If I rest, I _ "----would be an excellent motto for those who are troubled by the slightest bit of idleness.Even the most hard-working person might adopt it with advantage to serve as a reminder that, if one allows his abilities to rest, like the iron in the unused key, they will soon show signs of rust and, eventuall... | high671.txt |
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"they can sell a lot of foo... | While football fans feel strongly angry about mistakes made by referees because they cannot see clearly what has happened, a small German company is quietly pleased.
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"answer": {
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It was Thanksgiving and I was volunteering with my parents at a shelter for the poor. We stood behind the counter dis... | high117.txt |
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"answer": {
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"show how to save their gasoline when driving a car",
"announce plans to develop ... | _ In order to reduce air pollution and oilshortages, automobile manufacturers have announced their plans to develop hybrid vehicles for the Chinese market. Toyota's hybrid car Prius will be ready to drive in China this week. Let's have a look at the new car.
Any vehicle is a hybrid when it combines two or more source... | high3294.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "How the speaker benefited from hi-tech."
},
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"How the speaker was injured in an accident.",
"How the speaker benefited from hi-tech.",
"How the speaker got over the inju... | Dear friends, ladies and gentlemen,
It's my honor to attend this conference. I hope to tell you, with my own experience, how I benefit from the rapidly developing information technology.
I injured my neck and became disabled in a diving accident in May 1997. I was desperate then and even thought of killing myself. Duri... | high21610.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To cheer his wife up."
},
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"To cheer his wife up.",
"To visit other attractions.",
"To meet his son there."
],
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... | The woman at the airline ticket counter in prefix = st1 /Munich,Germany, just shook her head. "I'm sorry, but there's no more availability on this flight," she said. God, I thought. My husband, Bob, and I had enjoyed every moment of our dream vacation, two weeks in Europe, but I was ready to go home toShreveport,Louisi... | high18091.txt |
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"answer_text": "it was written in literary style"
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"the readers knew about the origin of Tu's given name"
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Guess which version is genuine? The one that matter-of-factly tells about th... | high14683.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "make your computer run faster"
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"make facetoface video telephone calls"
],
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"Mobile data is not a dream; it's not an option but a r... | high22331.txt |
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"answer": {
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"is most popular in Atlanta",
"is very similar to Crunk Music",
"has changed in the development process"
],
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"that humor is very important in communication",
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Patience, of co... | high16094.txt |
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"answer": {
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"should do what they can to show they are brave",
"shouldn't hide the... | When I was young, I thought that boys and grown men shouldn't cry. The tears were signs of being weak. A man isn't supposed to be like that. This was even strengthened in my young mind with the popular song, Boys Don't Cry, in the early 1980s.
But just last June, I discovered that courage wasn't all about trying to... | high20526.txt |
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"Reading for information needs more skills.",
"Reasoning is higher than reading and writing in school.",
"Ma... | There is nowadays in schools a great movement that places major emphasis on higher order skills, these being those skills that encourage the ability to reason. This group of skills involves recalling information, basic concept formation, critical thinking, and creative idea formation. Formerly viewed as the tools of ma... | high11923.txt |
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"answer_text": "some kids surveyed may go against their parents' rules"
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"some kids surveyed may go against their parents' rules",
"kids talk less with their parents due to computers",
"special home computers are being made by... | It seems that many parents have a lot to learn about what their children are doing online. According to a recent survey by the Symantec Corporation, which makes many kinds of security software for home and business computers, there's a "significant digital divide between parents and their kids."
Parents of children und... | high10383.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "David"
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"David",
"Dora",
"Traddles"
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2... | As the light died out of the sky, and I watched the colour of the snow on the mountain tops change, I felt I was waking from my unhappy dream, and I began to understand how much I loved Agnes. She had been the one who had always guided and supported me, and now I realized I needed her love for the rest of my life. Had ... | high18907.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "34 seats."
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"19 seats.",
"34 seats.",
"44 seats."
],
"question": "How many airplane seats did they put in a bus originally?",
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},
{
"an... | The bus is a usable form of transportation all over the world because we can easily take it to go everywhere. Also, we do not need to worry about danger on a long-distance trip. Now, we have comfortable buses in London. I would like to describe how comfortable they are. First, the number of seats on a bus has been redu... | high23991.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "contribute some of the earnings to a youth program."
},
"options": [
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"work in the morning five days a week.",
"send coffee on the planes for the passengers.",
"contribute some of the... | Every morning, kids from a local high school are working hard. They are making and selling special coffee at a coffee cafe. They are also making a lot of money. These students can make up to twelve hundred dollars a day. They are selling their special coffee to airplane passengers. After the students get paid, the rest... | high9949.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Marc's disagreement with his parents about their move"
},
"options": [
"Marc's disagreement with his parents about their move",
"a quarrel between Tommy Lyons and Marc",
"Marc and Rachel's different tempers",
"Mr. and M... | One evening after dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Tisich called a family meeting. --We've had to make a difficult decision, Mr. Tisich announced. --You see, your mother has been offered a post as co-director of a television station in Chicago. Unfortunately, the station is not here. After thinking long and hard about it, we've co... | high13852.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The inventor decided to develop new market in the US."
},
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"Many buyers are satisfied with the body-shaped pillow.",
"The pillows are sold only in Japan at present.",
"The inventor decided to develop new market in... | For those who have lonely nights and have trouble falling asleep, he is proving the ideal partner. This is a man who does not snore in bed. And he is happy to wrap a comforting arm around his dearest until morning arrives.
He does exist. He is the body-shaped pillow, the latest sleeping aid from Japan.
... | high22457.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He loves ballet."
},
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"He isn't strong.",
"He looks like a girl.",
"He loves ballet."
],
"question": "Why is Billy laughed at by other children?",
"question_... | Today, traditional opinions about men still exist. A man has to be strong, brave, sports loving and manly. Anything less would not be considered manly. Sports such as football, basketball and boxing all tend to be men's sports. However, the dance of ballet is considered _ because it requires nice movements. This trad... | high881.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In the words of a Harry Potter film"
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"From her friends",
"In the words of a Harry Potter film",
"At the memorial for her family"
],
"question": "Where di... | J.K. Rowling had reused her magic and brought Dumbledore back to life.
A spokesperson for the author confirmed Rowling had sent a letter and a package to a Texas teenager who optimistically found strength in the words of a Harry Potter film after witnessing the murder of her family.
Fifteen-yiear-old Cassidy Stay lost ... | high9791.txt |
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