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"answer_text": "wanted to let them feel free"
},
"options": [
"was very busy with his work",
"didn't want to eat with them",
"wanted to let them feel free",
"needed to eat with other teachers"
],
"question": "At the beginning, ... | My school has no cafeteria . Students bring their own lunches and eat in the classroom with their teachers.
At first, I didn't think I needed to be "on" during lunch, since it was technically a free time for students. However, I was surprised to learn that even in a classroom with fewer students, social segregation ... | high24026.txt |
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"answer_text": "Apple announces mobile payment service to replace consumers' wallet."
},
"options": [
"Apple announces mobile payment service to replace consumers' wallet.",
"Consumers can pay in cash through mobile phones.",
"Apple Inc. wil... | San Francisco(People's Daily Online)-- Apple Inc. Tuesday introduced its mobile payment service Apple Pay alongside the company's iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch at the Flint Center in Cupertino, California.
What apple does is to replace consumers' wallet with its cell phone. Apple said it hopes to speed up the checkout ... | high7964.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the different ideas he has"
},
"options": [
"the different sports he loves",
"the different clothes he wears and the different music he listens to",
"that he is younger than the others.",
"the different ideas he has"
... | What separates me from everyone else? The difference is not what clothes I wear or the music I listen to, but what I feel inside.
Ever since I was young, I have loved professional wrestling.I woke up every Saturday to watch my favorite "Superstars." As I grew older, I got a lot of flak for watching this "fake" sport.My... | high12580.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because he couldn't afford anything."
},
"options": [
"Because he couldn't make himself understood.",
"Because the teachers were unwilling to sell him anything.",
"Because he couldn't afford anything.",
"Because he coul... | Last year, I met a little boy to whom my heart went out. He would talk to me every single day, and always seemed to have a smile on his face. His problem was that he stuttered extremely badly when he tried to talk. It was really hard to understand what he was saying, although he loved to tell big tales!
One morning, ... | high13846.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "critical"
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"positive",
"uninterested",
"optimistic",
"critical"
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"question": "The author's attitude towards the use of natural resources is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | The word "conservation" has a thrifty meaning. To conserve is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such a good condition that others may also share the enjoyment. Our forefathers had no idea that human population would increase faster than the supplies of raw materials: most of them, even until very... | high895.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They would be amazed to see the big change in her."
},
"options": [
"They would be jealous when they saw how beautiful she looked.",
"They would think of her as a goody-goody.",
"They would start to copy her new style.",
... | No quick change
I would be the first to say that I am not materialistic. My friends regard me as a goody-goody . My parents say I am conservative and modest when it comes to clothes. I don't wear bikinis, and none of my skirts or shorts end above my knees. That is my choice.
So why, why did I decide to buy that skir... | high22443.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because Hera had taken away her ability to speak first."
},
"options": [
"Because she had lost the ability to speak.",
"Because she was too shy to speak first.",
"Because Narcissus took no notice of her.",
"Because Hera... | There was once a beautiful nymph called Echo. But Echo had one failing; she was fond of talking, and whether in chat or argument, would have the last word. As she was good company, she and Zeus became good friends. However, Zeus' wife, Hera, became jealous. She followed Zeus to the earth to find out what he was doing a... | high7970.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Stratford - upon - Avon"
},
"options": [
"London",
"Oxford",
"Stratford - upon - Avon",
"the school of his hometown"
],
"question": "Shakespeare was forced to run away from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_q... | Most people heard of Shakespeare and probably know something of his plays. However, not everybody knows much about the life of this world - famous man, except perhaps that he was born in the market town of Stratford - upon - Avon and that he married a woman called Anne Hathaway. We know nothing of his school life.
Not... | high24032.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A Widow's Wish"
},
"options": [
"A Replaced Recording",
"Mind the Gap",
"A Widow's Wish",
"The Tube's Struggle"
],
"question": "The best title for the passage is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | A widow's wish to hear her late husband's voice again has pushed London's Subway system to restore a 40-year-old recording of the subway's famous " Mind the gap" announcement.
The underground, or the tube, first opened in 1863, tracked down the voice recording by Oswald Lawrence after his widow, Margaret McCollum, told... | high10397.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "5 years"
},
"options": [
"2 years",
"5 years",
"13 years",
"15 years"
],
"question": "According to the text, the author has taught English in China for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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... | I started teaching English abroad when I was 22, soon after I graduated from university. I'm 35 now and have been doing it ever since. If you want to travel the world, there're a few ways to earn money while you do so. You can pick fruit, pull pints or teach English. The third one has definitely suited me best. I've ta... | high20254.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "through which people get advice"
},
"options": [
"that is hot",
"through which people get advice",
"whose number no one knows",
"through which callers take a short class"
],
"question": "A hot line is a telephon... | In the past,when people had problems,they went to their families or friends to get advice.Today it is possible to get advice from radio shows.TV programs or telephone hot lines,too.A hot line is a telephone line that offers a direct way of getting in touch with advicers.Most hot lines are completely anonymous --callers... | high2808.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It would be long before he met God."
},
"options": [
"He had little chance to meet God.",
"It would be long before he met God.",
"He would run into many difficulties on the road.",
"God would greet him with the most bea... | There once was a little boy who wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with bread and a six-pack of beer and started on his journey.
When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old woman. She was sitting in the park just staring at some pigeons. The boy sat down ... | high18913.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "November 16."
},
"options": [
"November 4.",
"November 30.",
"November 16.",
"November 7."
],
"question": "When can you see the film acted by Jackie Chan?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
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... | It's summer movie time again. Check out our list of four films.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Release Date: November 4
Story: It's the summer before Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A dangerous murderer, Sirius Black, has escaped from the Wizards' Prison. And he was or... | high11089.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the regular usage of medicine"
},
"options": [
"surrogate motherhood",
"unauthorized ART use",
"the regular usage of medicine",
"the illegal supply of sperm and eggs"
],
"question": "ART abuse DOSEN'T include _... | BEIJING,Feb.5,2013(Xinhua)-Chinese health authorities on Tuesday launched a campaign to fight against assisted reproductive technology (ART:) abuse.Unauthorized ART use,surrogate motherhood and the illegal collection and supply of sperm and eggs,as well as the illegal sale and abuse of ovulation induction medicine,wil... | high5801.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "less fortunate members of our society"
},
"options": [
"homeless and sick children",
"less fortunate members of our society",
"hungry people who have no beds to sleep in",
"friendly members of our society to help others... | This is time of year when we think about giving and receiving presents.Can you find a little extra to give? On this page we suggest a few organizations you might like to help.
Littleton Children's Home
We don't want your money, but children's toys, books and clothes in good condition would be very welcome.
Also, we are... | high16080.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Airplane Tours & Helicopter Tours"
},
"options": [
"West Rim -- Grand Canyon Tour",
"Hoover Dam -- AM / PM Mini Tour",
"Airplane Tours & Helicopter Tours",
"Las Vegas to Hollywood 1 Day Tour"
],
"question": "If ... | Our tours leave directly from the Las Vegas Strip, no terminals, saving up to 2 hours' time! Our prices include all fees -- including fuel and anything else you can think of; we also beat any competitor's price by 5%.
*South Rim -- Grand Canyon Luxury Coach Tour $79 Per Person
Our Grand Canyon Tour is the only luxury... | high20532.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "It is fast in pace."
},
"options": [
"It is fast in pace.",
"It is slow in pace.",
"It makes us feel upset.",
"It makes us feel optimistic."
],
"question": "What can we know about Mozart's \"Flute Concerto No. 1... | A new study finds that our brains are wired to make music-color connections depending on how the music makes us feel. Mozart's "Flute Concerto No.1 in G Major" is most often associated with bright yellow and orange, whereas his "Requiem in D Minor" is linked to bluish gray, the findings revealed.
US researchers from th... | high11937.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Negative"
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"options": [
"Negative",
"Concerned",
"Favorable",
"Doubtful"
],
"question": "What is the author's attitude toward Furong Jiejie?",
"question_type": null
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"answer": {
"answer_i... | Gone are the days when being a celebrity meant reaching the top of the social ladder. With the Internet, people now no longer need to be actors, sports stars or politicians to be famous.
You may still remember the time when Furong Jiejie, or Fengjie, appeared online. All of a sudden they were the talk of the town beca... | high14697.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Marie's mother gave up her job"
},
"options": [
"the family had five children",
"Marie's father had a small salary",
"Marie's mother gave up her job",
"the family was cruelly taxed by the Russians"
],
"question"... | Marie Curie, born in Sklodovka, Poland in 1876, led a hard life as a girl. Her parents, both teachers, had small salaries and were quite poor, especially after her mother stopped teaching to raise five children and take care of her poor health. Marie's mother suffered from tuberculosis and died of it when Marie was t... | high22325.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The security guards opened the door for them."
},
"options": [
"They broke into the museum.",
"They had the key to the museum.",
"They tied the guards up with tape.",
"The security guards opened the door for them."
... | Two men dressed as police officers stole about $200 million worth of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum early this morning.
The two burglars knocked on a side door of the museum at about 1:15 am. They told the two security guards on duty that there was a disturbance in the area. The guards then made the very ... | high15589.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "All of the above."
},
"options": [
"Macao is on the coast line.",
"Macao is near some big cities or special economic zones.",
"Macao's back is a rich delta.",
"All of the above."
],
"question": "Which is the adv... | Macao, also called Macau, is on the western side of the Pearl River entrance, at the head of which is the Chinese port of Guangdong and it stands opposite Hong Kong which is on the eastern side of the entrance. It is made of a small narrow peninsula sticking out from Guangdong province. The total area of Macao is abou... | high7541.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "always tried her best to help prevent students from dropping out of college"
},
"options": [
"received her Bachelor's Degree in Johns Hopkins School",
"spent all her time in the laboratory developing cures for illnesses",
"ca... | Whenever the word "hero" comes to me, I immediately think of three Hs: honorable, hardworking, and happy. When I think more about this word, I picture someone who has accomplished good things for people and tries to do the right thing Hattie Elizabeth Alexander is one person whom I find to be very heroic.
Hattie was bo... | high15006.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "people live far from where tigers live"
},
"options": [
"making money drives some people to hunt tigers",
"tigers' food chain is being destroyed",
"the living places of tigers are disappearing",
"people live far from wh... | I've reported about tigers on the news, however, nothing could have prepared me for what I found in India. I didn't know what to expect, so when I saw my first tiger in the wild, I was shocked. What a beautiful and powerful creature it is!
But they live with a price on their heads -- a single tiger skin is worth up to ... | high6887.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "first by beachgoers"
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"for quite a long time",
"first by beachgoers",
"to prevent swimmers drowning",
"in honor of the movie Spiderman"
],
"question": "The \"face-kini\" has been worn in Qingdao -... | Perhaps drawing inspiration from Spiderman, beachgoers in China' s eastern city of Qingdao have come up with a new way of protecting their skin from the sun. They call it the "face-kini". It was first sported by middle-aged women as a practical addition to their swimsuits, but now the face-kini has gone global.
New Yor... | high13477.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Being simple, enthusiastic and able to manage things alone."
},
"options": [
"Having eyes as clear as a fountain.",
"Not wearing so many jewels and make-up.",
"Being ignorant and native.",
"Being simple, enthusiastic an... | In white shirt, blue pants, black cloth shoes and two pigtails, Jingqiu gives off an air of great "pure beauty" in Zhang Yimou's new movieUnder the Hawthorn Tree, which tells the story of the sad romance of Jingqiu and a handsome young man named Laosan set at the end of the "cultural revolution" (1966-- 1976).
Before i... | high1130.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "When a man becomes older, sperm-producing cells copy his DNA less effectively"
},
"options": [
"Genetic mutations are caused by old age and physical disorders",
"When a man becomes older, sperm-producing cells copy his DNA less eff... | Older fathers have uglier children, researchers have claimed after linking age to genetic mutations .
The finding comes weeks after leading scientists reported children born to men over the age of 45 run a higher risk of having autism and mental disorders.
With age, sperm -producing cells do not copy a man's DNA as eff... | high18522.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he was always very cold"
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"options": [
"he was wearing an invisible smile",
"he would fire them with a gun",
"he was mean with his apples",
"he was always very cold"
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"question": "Kids were scared of Mr. Daw... | An Invisible Smile
Mr. Dawson was an old grouch, and everyone in town knew it. Kids knew not to go into his yard to pick a delicious apple. Old Dawson, they said, would come after you with his gun.
One Friday, 12-year-old Janet was going to stay all night with her friend Amy. They had to walk by Dawson's house on the w... | high5356.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They don't know their personal data enriches Facebook."
},
"options": [
"They are reluctant to give up their personal information.",
"They don't know their personal data enriches Facebook.",
"They don't identify themselves wh... | People are being lured onto Facebook with the promise of a fun, free service without realizing they're paying for it by giving up large amounts of personal information. Facebook then attempts to make money by selling their data to advertisers that want to send targeted messages.
Most Facebook users don't realize this ... | high3727.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he didn't want to live in the house any longer"
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"he needed some money to support his family",
"his house was too old to live in",
"he wanted some money to buy a new one",
"he didn't want to live in the h... | Mr. Jackson was tired of living in his old house in the countryside and wanted to sell it and buy a better one. He tried to sell it for a long time, but was not successful, so at last he decided to go to an estate agent.
The agent advertised the house straight away, and a few days later, the owner saw a very beautiful... | high11260.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Paving parking lots."
},
"options": [
"Using river water.",
"Throwing batteries away.",
"Paving parking lots.",
"Throwing rubbish into lakes."
],
"question": "Which of the following is most likely to lead to les... | Using too much water or throwing rubbish into our rivers are clear ways that humans can put our water supply in danger , but we also affect our water supply in less obvious ways. You may wonder how paving a road can lead to less useable fresh water. A major part of the water we use every day is groundwater. Groundwate... | high4048.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A new type of business franchise of kids."
},
"options": [
"Children can play without parent's care.",
"The fast development of Discovery Zone.",
"A new type of business franchise of kids.",
"The disadvantages of outdoo... | Old-Fashioned Play-For Pay
Kids! Come to have a ball! Or 60,000 of them! There's a new type of business franchise that is appearing in shopping malls and neighborhood across America offering pay-per-use indoor playgrounds, which feature toys, games, guided fun and a workout that doesn't break the family bank.
As publi... | high16269.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he had read stories about vampires from the area"
},
"options": [
"it is in modern-day Romania",
"Transylvania is a mythical country",
"he wanted to tell a true story",
"he had read stories about vampires from the area"... | Published in 1896 and one of the most memorable horror stories ever written, Dracula, by Irish writer Bram Stoker,is the story of a vampire ,someone who lives on human blood. Stoker wrote the book after reading stories about Central European vampires and set his novel in Transylvania. Even today,there are readers of th... | high3041.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the width of all the hutongs is 9 feet"
},
"options": [
"the name of Hutong dates back to the Yuan Dynasty",
"the width of all the hutongs is 9 feet",
"siheyuans are lined along the two sides of the Beijing Hutongs",
"i... | The Beijing Hutong (old lane) areas have a very special and important position in the rich history and culture of Beijing. While visiting the Beijing Hutong, you can appreciate the dramatic changes that the rest of Beijing has undergone. You can see evidence of the history of Beijing, experience the old way of life and... | high20903.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "stay indoors working during reading"
},
"options": [
"read stories to her grandchildren",
"show her DIY snowshoes to kids",
"stay indoors working during reading",
"enjoy bicycle tiding along the path"
],
"questi... | As an American artist and writer of children's books, Tasha Tudor's art and nineteenth-century
lifestyle have fascinated adults and children for decades. She received many awards and honors for her contributions to children's literature. When people talk about her creativity in artwork, she said, "I do it to support my... | high10618.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "They felt a little sad and not used to it."
},
"options": [
"They thought it necessary to have a change.",
"They accepted it without hesitation.",
"They felt a little sad and not used to it.",
"They were strongly agains... | LAST week's decision by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to _ Pluto _ its planetary status, held since its discovery in 1930, has made a lot of people sad. "Pluto," American science writer Dava Sobel writes in her book "The Planets", "still has an emotional hold on planethood. People love Pluto. Children i... | high17177.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "in the 1870s."
},
"options": [
"in the 1870s.",
"in Colombia",
"in British Guiana",
"in the 1960s"
],
"question": "In America, humans first found the cattle egret _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}... | The cattle egret has lived in American continent in recent years. Non-native species are a worldwide problem and studies are devoted to assess the damage they cause to local species populations. The cattle egret primarily lives on the grassland and feeds in close association with animals like cattle and sheep. This ... | high18244.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "in 2004"
},
"options": [
"in 1980",
"in 1986",
"in 1998",
"in 2004"
],
"question": "Robinson's second novel came out _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | When Marilynne Robinson published her first novel, Housekeeping, in 1980, she was unknown in the literary world. But an early review in The New York Times ensured that the book would be noticed. "It's as if, in writing it, she broke through the ordinary human condition with all its dissatisfactions, and achieved a kind... | high5430.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "they don't develop their abilities"
},
"options": [
"they are lazy",
"they don't learn",
"they don't have the qualities mentioned",
"they don't develop their abilities"
],
"question": "Not everyone can be a lead... | Today's youth seem content to take the easy route and enjoy the ride of life. When tough situations arise, they often get annoyed and complain. How you live your teen years will have a profound influence on the rest of your life.
You must learn to use your time wisely. You may not see it now, but developing leadership ... | high6139.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "People of different ages give off different scents."
},
"options": [
"People of different ages give off different scents.",
"People's scent can only be changed by the bacteria on their skin.",
"People show great interest in o... | A study found that young people have a stronger and more unpleasant scent than the elderly,while elderly people's smell was the most distinctive,less intense and unpleasant. Researchers said the change in our smell is driven by the chemicals we release through our glands and the bacteria on our skin.
To test whethe... | high13311.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "An orchestral conductor."
},
"options": [
"A doctor.",
"A bus-driver.",
"A dentist.",
"An orchestral conductor."
],
"question": "Who is most likely to live a long life?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"... | Thousands of people in the world are a hundred years old - or more and certain parts of the world are famous for the long lives of their inhabitants: the Vilacamba Valley in Ecuador, and the home of the Hunzas in the Himalayas.
Why do so many people live to a healthy old age in certain parts of the world? What is the s... | high1656.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The US president."
},
"options": [
"A victim parent.",
"The US president.",
"A US police officer.",
"The Connecticut governor."
],
"question": "Who is the speaker likely to be?",
"question_type": "factiod_qu... | This afternoon, I spoke with Governor Daniel Malloy and FBI Director Mueller. I offered Governor Malloy my condolences on behalf of the nation, and made it clear he will have every single resource that he needs to investigate this horrible crime, care for the victims and their families.
The majority of those who died ... | high7227.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "are harder to find than jobs with local stations"
},
"options": [
"require experience with local stations",
"are harder to find than jobs with local stations",
"are learned through training programs",
"pay high salaries... | Radio, TV, film, and new video technology bring to mind visions of bright, exciting, high-paying careers. Many young people are attracted to wonder: Is there a place for me in the broadcast media field?
People in the business warn that the road to a successful broadcast media career can be very rocky. They point out th... | high15760.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "those who never give others friendships receive no friendship from others."
},
"options": [
"there are too many people who want to make friends.",
"those who never give others friendships receive no friendship from others.",
... | Too many people want others to be their friends, but they don't give friendship back. That is why some friendships do not last very long. To have a friend, you must learn to be one. You must learn to treat your friend the way you want your friend treat you. Learning to be a good friend means learning three rules. Be ho... | high1642.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Their communication environment."
},
"options": [
"Their general social background.",
"Being taken to a library as early as possible.",
"Being involved in various activities.",
"Their communication environment."
],
... | A team of researchers in the UK has shown that children who were taken to the library more often and owned more books at two years old achieved higher scores in school tests when they began primary school. The research also showed that although social background has a noticeable effect on a child's readiness for school... | high7233.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Mom and Dad, Take Care of My Kid Please"
},
"options": [
"Mom and Dad, Take Care of My Kid Please",
"Double Single-child Couples",
"The Problem of the Single Child",
"A Recent Survey By Woman of China\""
],
"que... | Over 70 percent of the "double single-child couples" in China need help from their parents in taking care of their own kids, according to a recent survey.
"Women of China" magazine and a consulting company carried out a survey recently on young couples of the "single-child" generation, the Morning Post reports. The cou... | high8100.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "introduce a new and easy way of instant communication"
},
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"point out the virtues and faults of Twitter",
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"give a general outline of Twitter. com",
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Lim Ding Wen, a nine-year-old pupil in Singapore, wrote some programs for Appl... | high23588.txt |
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The Eskimo had taboos connected with almost everything he did. He had to keep them in mind at all times. He be... | high14442.txt |
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A new study found that having children boosts happiness.And the more, literally, the merrier.
But unmarried couples shouldn't expect to find greater happiness through child-raising.The study, published in the Oct.14 online edition of the Journal of Happiness Stud... | high8128.txt |
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Though some of these things may seem impossible, they're closer to reality than... | high12741.txt |
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One in seven married individuals have considered divorce because of their spouse's postings of Facebook or other online sites, according to research. A similar perce... | high12999.txt |
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According to a handy new booklet from British Telecom (BT) for busine... | high6677.txt |
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"options": [
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"The lines make it difficult for the reader to concentrate.",
"Underlined books cannot giv... | A good reader becomes sooner or later a good book buyer.The sooner,the better. The reading done in a book drawn from a library can not be so pleasant at the moment nor so permanently useful as the reading done in our own copy.
A book which is worth reading is likely to be read more than once,and at each reading ... | high17639.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "interpreted in the brain as what must be the case."
},
"options": [
"matched to six to seven million structures called cones.",
"confused in the body's sensors of both rods and cones.",
"interpreted in the brain as what must ... | You stare at waterfall for a minute or two, and then shift your gaze to its surroundings. What you now see appears to drift upward.
These optical illusions occur because the brain is constantly matching its model of reality to signals from the body's sensors and interpreting what must be happening--that your brain must... | high19614.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "it suffers from the heavy flow of tourists."
},
"options": [
"its natural resources are untouched",
"its forests are exploited for farmland",
"it develops well in health and education",
"it suffers from the heavy flow o... | One might expect that the ever-growing demands of the tourist trade would bring nothing but good for the countries that receive the holiday-makers. Indeed, a rosy picture is painted for the long-term future of the holiday industry. Every month sees the building of a new hotel somewhere, and every month another rock-bou... | high4060.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "should be tall enough"
},
"options": [
"should pay $1,000 at first",
"should write a long passage",
"should be tall enough",
"could get $10,000"
],
"question": "The person running for the Tall Clubs Internationa... | Four strange scholarships that actually exist
The scholarship for the tall
If you find yourself having to lower your head to enter doorways then you might get this unusual scholarship. If you are a boy 6'2" or taller, or a girl 5'10" or taller, then you can be in the running for the Tall Clubs International Scholarship... | high16527.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because his temperature is a sign which can show whether he is sick or not."
},
"options": [
"Because his temperature is a sign which can show whether he is sick or not.",
"Because his temperature is always the same, no matter whet... | How Does Your Body Keep the Same Temperature?
The temperature of your body should always be the same if you are fine, no matter whether the weather is hot or cold. That is why the doctor tests your temperature with a thermometer when you are sick. Normally, your body temperature is ninety-eight point six degree... | high19827.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "get people to start thinking about global warming"
},
"options": [
"get support from the government",
"get more people involved",
"get people to start thinking about global warming",
"hold a night party for fun"
],
... | Did you turn off your lights from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm on March 28? Perhaps you invited your parents and neighbors to join the worldwide event--Earth Hour?
Liao Mingyu,17,from Shenzhen Experimental School,is glad that she and a group of other students from eight high schools in the city jointly made the event even bi... | high24218.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "study underwater artifacts"
},
"options": [
"explore water bodies",
"search for underwater life",
"study underwater artifacts",
"examine underwater environment"
],
"question": "The aim of underwater archaeology ... | When a Swedish ship that sank in 1628 was recovered from the port of Stockholm, historians and scientists were overjoyed with the chance to examine the remains of the past. The ship construction showed how ships were built and operated during the seventeenth century. In this way, artifacts, objects made by human beings... | high467.txt |
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