voidful/EQG-RACE-PLUS · Datasets at Hugging Face

questions list	article stringlengths 9 6.44k	id stringlengths 9 14
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "She kept Dewey, an abandoned cat at home." }, "options": [ "She worked as a librarian in the Spencer Public Library.", "Her husband was addicted to drinking.", "She kept Dewey, an abandoned cat at home.", "It was she th...	Dewey is the true story of an abandoned kitten who went on to live an extraordinary life, inspiring a struggling single mother , transforming a sleepy library and the local people of Lowa farm town, and eventually getting hold of the hearts of animal lovers around the world. Vicki Myron was a single mom ,who , after ...	high8869.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Temporary shopping concept." }, "options": [ "Long-terra benefits.", "Lower prices.", "Quick service.", "Temporary shopping concept." ], "question": "What nature of the pop-up shops appeals many small companies?...	Do you like somewhere a little bit different to the usual types of places you find on the high street? I do,so I'm glad to see new ones popping up everywhere in London. The so called pop-up shop is a temporary arrangement.In the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008,many businesses had to shut down.Shops,warehouses...	high12972.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "English teachers should be responsible for the students' poor command of English" }, "options": [ "the language of the younger generation is usually better than that of the older generation", "students had a poor command of English...	The audience nodded in agreement when the speaker, a teacher from a community college, said, "High school English teachers are not doing their jobs." He described the shortcomings of his students, all high school graduates who can use language only at Grade 9 level. I was unable to determine from his answers to my ques...	high23577.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "New Rules to Control Internet Publishing." }, "options": [ "The Increases of Blogs and Webcasts.", "New Rules to Control Internet Publishing.", "Technologies Challenge the Government.", "The Popularity of Online Video B...	prefix = st1 /Chinawill plan to make new rules to give more controls over the growing number of blogs and webcasts. Nowadays, advanced network technologies, such as Hogging and webcasting, are being improved to challenge the government's ability to watch over the Internet. Chinese government was in the mi...	high22669.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Internet companies have rediscovered the benefits of low technology" }, "options": [ "Twitter is having a hard time", "old cottages are in need of protection", "early settlers once suffered from a dry climate in Montana", ...	Last summer, two nineteenth-century cottages were rescued from remote farm fields in Montana, to be moved to an Art Deco building in San Francisco. The houses were made of wood. These cottages once housed early settlers as they worked the dry Montana soil; now they hold Twitter engineers. The cottages could be an examp...	high6844.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "he has satisfied his hunger" }, "options": [ "he has saved up enough money", "he has grown dissatisfied with his simple shelter", "he has satisfied his hunger", "he has learned to build houses" ], "question": "A...	Human wants seem endless, When a starving man gets a meal, he begins to think about an overcoat; when a manager gets a new sports car, he dreams of country clubs and pleasure boats dance into view. The many wants of mankind might be regarded as making up several levels. When there is money enough to satisfy one level o...	high1695.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "are unconfident about yourself" }, "options": [ "dare to challenge yourself", "feel it hard to change yourself", "are unconfident about yourself", "have a high opinion of yourself" ], "question": "You need to bu...	Sometimes you'll hear people say that you can't love others until you love yourself. Sometimes you'll hear people say that you can't expect someone else to love you until you love yourself. Either way, you've got to love yourself first and this can be tricky. Sure we all know that we're the apple of our parent's eyes, ...	high301.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Thank you so much for the gift! I just love it!" }, "options": [ "I am determined to go and nothing will stop me.", "A good idea, without action, is worth nothing.", "Those who complain the most, accomplish the least.", ...	All parents tell their children little white lies from time to time. "Of course Father Christmas comes down the chimney!" "Eat your spinach -- you'll get as strong as Popeye.". . . and so on. However, there's one fib that's bigger than all the others. It's "I don't have a favorite child." In his fascinating new book, T...	high21406.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "to be motivated to read" }, "options": [ "to read millions of books", "not to learn grammar rules", "to be motivated to read", "to read easy things" ], "question": "The key to effective reading is _ .", "...	Reading is a great way to improve your English. You'll learn new words, revise previously-taught structures and absorb thousands of useful expressions and phrases... without any effort. By reading, you are receiving valuable language input. And this is how you learn! Remember, language learning is a combination of inpu...	high10803.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Because it can make young people and working people be included in the festival's activities." }, "options": [ "Because they want to honor their ancestors.", "Because it can make young people and working people be included in the f...	This Friday is TombSweeping Day, one of the three traditional festivals that are included as the Chinese mainland's public holidays starting this year. Together with the Dragon Boat Festival in June and MidAutumn Festival in September, the authorities say observing these days is aimed at protecting folk culture and cus...	high19199.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "develop their own interests" }, "options": [ "grow as the educated", "be responsible for their future", "develop their own interests", "discover subjects outside class" ], "question": "Open education allows the ...	There are some very good things about open education. This way of teaching allows the students to grow as people, and to develop their own interests in many subjects. Open education allows students to be responsible for their own education, as they are responsible for what they do in life. Some students do badly in a t...	high3082.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "many people wear masks in the street" }, "options": [ "the patients are treated in the open air", "some doctors work in the street", "people speak little to each other in the street", "many people wear masks in the stre...	If you were on the street in Mexico today you might think you were in an operating room, surrounded by doctors. You could see many concerned people with masks trying their best to stop the swine flu . And the masks aren't only being used in Mexico. A friend of mine traveling from New York City to Florida was given a...	high4921.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "transformed some American values." }, "options": [ "destroyed the United States.", "transformed some American values.", "was not important in the United States.", "brought people more leisure time with their families." ...	Once it was possible to define male and female roles easily by the division of labor. Men worked outside the home and earned the income to support their families, while women cooked the meals and took care of the home and the children. These roles were firmly fixed for most people, and there was not much opportunity fo...	high18293.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "editor" }, "options": [ "teacher", "editor", "doctor", "broadcaster" ], "question": "We can learn from the passage that Wilson is most probably a(n) _ .", "question_type": "summarization_questions" }, ...	Wilson, At college, when I try speaking with anyone, I just feel very nervous. I have no trouble talking when I'm alone. However, when I talk with others, my voice sounds different, and sometimes there is a pause between each word I pronounce. Sometimes I can't pronounce a word even with my own family members. ...	high21412.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Paris" }, "options": [ "Paris", "Venice", "Prague", "Vienna" ], "question": "The city of light refers to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "an...	Here are some famous romantic places in the world that you can't miss. Paris The ranking for the "most romantic city" quite rightly leads to Paris. The city of light has long been famous as a city of love. This is definitely the best place for love, wine and food. Paris is rich with history; you can take a walk through...	high10817.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Rosa C admitted what she did because she was sorry for her guilt." }, "options": [ "To find his wife' affair, Antonio C looked through an old drawer.", "Rosa C' lover may be Bertie.", "Rosa C admitted what she did because she...	An Italian couple are to become the world's oldest divorcees, after the 99 - year - old husband found that his 96 - year - old wife had an affair in the 1940s. The Italian man, called by lawyers in the case as Antonio C, was looking through an old drawer when he made the discovery a few days before Christmas. In spite ...	high3096.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Some expressions related to clothes." }, "options": [ "What pants mean in English.", "Some special English expressions.", "Some funny English expressions.", "Some expressions related to clothes." ], "question": ...	Have you ever considered all the English expressions that include words about clothes? Let's have a look. People wear pants to cover the lower part of their bodies.We sometimes say that people who are nervous have ants in their pants.Sometimes,people may get caught with their pants down.They are found doing something t...	high1859.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "wrong decisions could lead to poor health" }, "options": [ "it helps cure most illnesses", "it helps raise the level of our medical knowledge", "it is essential to personal freedom in American society", "wrong decisions...	The concept of personal choice in relation to health behaviors is an important one. An estimated 90 percent of all illnesses may be preventable if individuals would make sound personal health choices based upon current medical knowledge. We all enjoy our freedom of choice and do not like to see it restricted when it is...	high23205.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "bring about the subject of the passage" }, "options": [ "make it easier to understand the passage", "draw readers' attention to Greek culture", "show Greek people enjoyed being busy", "bring about the subject of the pas...	In Greek mythology , the gods punished Sisyphus by forcing him to roll a rock up a steep hill for eternity . But he was probably better off than if they'd forced him to sit and stare into space until the end of time, conclude the authors of a new study on keeping busy. They found that people who have something to do, e...	high315.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "encouraging positive thinking may actually discourage people" }, "options": [ "positive thinking is not as powerful as negative thinking", "encouraging positive thinking may actually discourage people", "happy people can thin...	The $11 billion self-help industry is built on the idea that you should turn negative thoughts like "I never do anything right" into positive ones like "I can succeed." But was positive thinking advocate Norman Vincent Peale right? Is there power in positive thinking? Researchers in Canada just published a study in the...	high1681.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "heart problems and air quality" }, "options": [ "heart problems and air quality", "heart problems and exercising", "heart problems and smoking", "heart problems and fatty food" ], "question": "The text mainly di...	Eating too much fatty food, exercising too little and smoking can raise your future risk of heart disease. But there is another factor that can cause your heart problems more immediately: the air you breathe. Previous studies have linked high exposure to environmental pollution to an increased risk of heart problem, b...	high473.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "To prove that people can make a living out of playing video games." }, "options": [ "To memorize his past.", "To offer an exciting movie.", "To prove that people can make life better with playing video games.", "To prov...	"If you have not played video games, your childhood should be called 'incomplete'." That's from Zhan Zaozao, 29, the screenwriter of Play to Grow Up, a 40-minute short movie. It tells the story of two men growing up fans of video games and how they find happiness in games. While people think playing games makes one laz...	high6688.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "They have stronger sense of health and like nutritious foods." }, "options": [ "They have stronger sense of health and like nutritious foods.", "They think organic foods help remove fat in their bodies.", "They find organic f...	It is the preferred choice of millions of health-conscious Britons. But eating organic food could make you fat, experts have warned. A studyhas shown that people tend to believe that organic foods contain fewer calories, so buy and eat more. But people who decide to "go organic" could soon find themselves piling on t...	high23563.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Nervous but optimistic." }, "options": [ "Worried and negative.", "Anxious and helpless.", "Nervous but optimistic.", "Relaxed and positive." ], "question": "Before the surgery, which of the following words can ...	My parents have certainly had their troubles, and as their child I'll never know how they made it to 38 years of marriage. They loved each other, but they didn't seem to like each other very much. Dad was too fond of his beer, and he talked down to Mom a lot. When she tried to stand up to him, a fight would unavoidably...	high7596.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "People living around Niagara Falls are poorer than those around Iguazu Falls." }, "options": [ "Iguazu Falls is well worth visiting.", "Iguazu Falls is in the northern province of Misiones, Argentina on the Iguazu River.", "P...	The Wonder of Argentina Iguazu Falls Missing the sun? Well, down in Argentina, its summertime and beautiful destinations like Iguazu Falls are waiting to be discovered. Lots to do and see, this is one place everyone needs to visit at least once in their lifetime. Located in the northern province of Misiones, Argentina ...	high21374.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Ethical rules to limit humanised animals." }, "options": [ "Ethical rules to limit humanised animals.", "The potential results of humanised apes.", "The possibility of humanised animals.", "The danger of human-like anim...	A new report said scientists may not be far from giving apes the ability to think and talk like humans. The report is about experiments which transplant human cells into animals for medical purposes. It claimed that concerns about the creation of talking apes should be taken seriously. It should also draw people's atte...	high3928.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The language usually contains complicated words and terms." }, "options": [ "The language can't explain scientific ideas clearly.", "Scientists are always boring and difficult to communicate with.", "The language usually cont...	The language used by scientists to explain complex ideas can be difficult and sometimes even boring. The language, with its Latin words and long scientific terms, could be one reason some people avoid learning about science, especially children. American Danielle Dixson is a marine biologist. She wants to make science ...	high19833.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "chose the right hand side" }, "options": [ "gave the correct answer", "chose the right hand side", "chose the left hand side", "remembered the patterns of dots" ], "question": "Volunteers can get more money when...	People are more likely to lie or cheat during the afternoon because self control reduces during the day, according to researchers. Volunteers taking part in two experiments where they could benefit by cheating were more likely to do so if the tests took place after midday, researchers found. The findings back up previo...	high8855.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "The doctor gets more active professional support from the primary nurse." }, "options": [ "The doctor gets more active professional support from the primary nurse.", "Each patient is taken care of by a primary nurse day and night",...	Nursing at prefix = st1 /BethIsraelHospitalproduces the best patient care possible. If we are to solve the nursing shortage, hospital administration and doctors everywhere would do well to follow Beth Israel's example. At Beth Israel each patient is assigned to primary nurse who visits at length with the patient and co...	high24224.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Prohibiting residents from dying early." }, "options": [ "Ban on building a new cemetery.", "Ban on parking in certain zones.", "Forbidding buried grounds in preservation.", "Prohibiting residents from dying early." ...	Generally speaking, government regulations normally ban anything from smoking in public places to parking in certain zones. But officials in the Brazilian town of Biritiba Mirim, 70km (45miles) east of Sao Paulo, _ . They plan to prohibit residents from dying early because the local cemetery has reached full capacity....	high13488.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Russia declares the design for its first space hotel" }, "options": [ "Russia declares the design for its first space hotel", "The first space hotel is under construction now", "The astronauts will have a second home in space...	If you're tired of the Mediterranean and don't want to head to Disney again, perhaps it's time for a summer holiday in space. Russia has declared plans for its first floating hotel, 217 miles above earth, and it is something of an offering with good service. Hosting just seven guests in a four cabins, the accommodation...	high9593.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Certain vegetables." }, "options": [ "Brain-shaped foods", "Uncooked eggs.", "Fat of any kind", "Certain vegetables." ], "question": "Which of the following is needed if people want to strengthen their brain pow...	The bumpy structure of walnuts is similar to the brain.Some Chinese believe eating walnuts will make them smarter because of that.By the same logic,they believe eating pig brains will increase their intelligence.This kind of food myth is true to Americans,too. Some Americans regularly eat uncooked eggs to keep their mi...	high22655.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "personal suffering" }, "options": [ "death", "happiness", "teaching life", "personal suffering" ], "question": "The theme of Gabriela Mistral's early works is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" } ...	Gabriela Mistral was born on April 6, 1889, at Vicuna, a small town in northern Chile. Her parents were schoolteachers, but her father abandoned the family when she was 3. Taught by her mother, she began instructing in 1904, achieving success in many high schools. In 1909, her first love died. Shortly afterward her sec...	high12796.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "has a bad effect on their studies." }, "options": [ "helps to improve their grades.", "contributed to their poor grades.", "has a bad effect on their studies.", "determines their jobs in the future." ], "questio...	The rise in smartphones among young people may be having a direct effect on how successful they become as adults. Research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has discovered the average university student checks their phones 11 times per lesson, and more than 80 percent believe this tech addiction is interfering wi...	high6878.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "how to keep their kids learning during the summer" }, "options": [ "why kids don't like studying during the summer", "how to keep their kids learning during the summer", "how to help their kids go over schoolwork and lessons"...	The last school bell rings and your kids are off for the summer.For most kids, those thoughts of schoolwork and lessons are a distant memory that they won't be thinking about again until fall.So it's important for them to continue some learning. Have Your Kids Hit the Library Encourage your kids to read by taking them ...	high17836.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "angry" }, "options": [ "excited", "calm", "satisfied", "angry" ], "question": "Hearing Elizabeth's words about the letter from Yale, Emily felt _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answe...	"Lizzie, there's a letter for you!" Emily called up the stairs to her sister. Elizabeth looked down. "Is it from Harvard? They refused my application once." Emily answered, "No, it's from Yale." Quickly, Elizabeth walked downstairs. She took the letter and opened it. "Rejected again," Elizabeth said unhappily. "Who say...	high3900.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "appeals to a large number of users" }, "options": [ "is free from traffic accidents", "is crowded with car drivers", "offers just a few on-line services", "appeals to a large number of users" ], "question": "The...	Passage 1 The Information Highway is the road that links computer users to a large number of on-line services: the Web,e-mail,and software,to mention just a few. Not long ago,the Information Highway was a new road,with not many users. Now,everyone seems to want to take a drive, with over 30 million families connected w...	high20042.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "the country has very rich natural resources" }, "options": [ "the people in Australia are very lucky", "Australia has a large number of industries", "there is the biggest oil fields of the world", "the country has very ...	Australia is sometimes called "the lucky country". One reason is the wonderful riches under the earth: gold, silver, iron, coal and many other precious metals. Oil and natural gas have helped to build big industries. Victoria, the southeastern state, has a large number of industries. Oil is no problem for them. The Bas...	high4909.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Back in the mid-20th century pirates did not appear so harmful as today's." }, "options": [ "It was recorded that pirates started to attack ships in Somalia in the 13th century.", "Back in the mid-20th century pirates did not appea...	Linking the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, the blue waters of the Gulf of Aden near Somalia are one of the most important trading routes in the world. But they are also the most feared. Pirates whose targets are ships and their crew often show up there. On September 25, a Ukrainian ship carrying 30 tanks became a...	high20724.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "They won't bother to cook themselves." }, "options": [ "They have no time to cook at home.", "They get up too late.", "They won't bother to cook themselves.", "They will go to church." ], "question": "Many Brito...	Go to church, then have a big lunch, then go out to play while mum does the housework. That was a typical British Sunday in the 1960s. But things now could not be more different. Some British sociologists recently studied the typical British Sunday. They found that people get up later and do less housework than they ...	high17188.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the darkened sky at daytime" }, "options": [ "the pink color of the sun", "the darkened sky at daytime", "the Last Judgment on Friday", "the American War of Independence" ], "question": "New Englanderscrowded in...	At dawn on Friday, May 19, 1780, farmers in New England stopped to wonder at the pink color of the sun. By noon the sky had darkened to midnight blackness, causing Americans, still in the painful struggle of a prolonged war of independence, to light candles and tremble at thoughts of the Last Judgment. As the birds qui...	high16296.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "people may appear more trustworthy and cooperative" }, "options": [ "people can become good at speaking and listening", "people will become the centre of attention", "people will become more confident in themselves", "p...	What would we do without humour? How would we enjoy speaking with others if we did not use humour to invite a smile or a laugh? And how would we manage in times when we feel sad and lonely? Using humour we lighten up each day, and we find common ground with others. We build healthy relationships with others by know...	high22133.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "his memory is not often used" }, "options": [ "his father or mother may have a poor memory", "he does not use his arm or legs for some time", "his memory is not often used", "he can't read or write" ], "question...	If you do not use your arm or your legs for some time, they become weak; when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in...	high1871.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "America" }, "options": [ "Asia", "Africa", "Europe", "America" ], "question": "Tobacco first appeared in _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "a...	People have smoked cigarettes for a long time now. The tobacco which is used to make cigarettes was first grown in what is now part of the United States. Christopher Columbus, who discovered America, saw the Indians smoking. Soon the dried leaves were transported to Europe. In the late 1800s, the Turks made cigarettes ...	high14481.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "He has founded the Fifteen London." }, "options": [ "He is a well-known American cook.", "He is invited to attend the G20 summit.", "He has founded the Fifteen London.", "He is one of the apprentices serving leaders of ...	Jamie Oliver has been invited by Gordon Brown to prepare a banquet at No.10 for President Barack Obama and other leaders of the G20, offering a cut-price menu to reflect times when trade and industry are far from prosperous and the rate of employment is decreasing. Downing Street sources say Oliver, the well-known chef...	high15947.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "humankind has experienced a generalization rather than specialization in ability" }, "options": [ "humankind is very important to earlier species, such as the primate group", "human beings are limited by the environment while anima...	Now let's look ourselves as a species in relation to ecosystem balance.Modern scientists believe that humankind, like other animals, evolved through millions of years of changes and adaptations to the environment and that our most direct evolutionary ancestor was probably an earlier species of the primate(monkey, ape)...	high1865.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Wednesday" }, "options": [ "Wednesday", "Monday", "Friday", "Saturday" ], "question": "It can be inferred that the Russian hostage crisis began on _ .", "question_type": "summarization_questions" }, {...	MOSCOW, Sept. 4 (Xinhuanet) --- At least 335 people including 155 children, were killed in the three-day hostage crisis in a southern Russian school, Russia's Deputy Prosecutor General Sergei Fridinsky said on Saturday. "We are still identifying the bodies. We have recovered 322 bodies, and 155 of them are childr...	high22127.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Because they are proud of their own food." }, "options": [ "Because they will spend many hours in McDonald's.", "Because French food culture is very impressive.", "Because they also have the fast-food habit.", "Because ...	French people pride themselves on their delicious foods, such as cheese, baguettes and croissants(two kinds of food). In fact, food is an important part of French culture. Families and friends spend hours over the dinner table each night. It is the opposite of the fast-food habit common in other parts of the West. It'...	high23239.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "people can become more mature and wiser" }, "options": [ "people can celebrate their birthday", "people can receive many presents", "people can become more mature and wiser", "people will feel younger at heart" ], ...	Happy birthday! Do birthday really make people happy? Of course they do. Birthday celebrate the day when we were born. Besides, that extra candle on the cake suggest another year of growth and maturity--or so we hope. We all like to imagine that we are getting wiser and not just older. Most of us enjoy seeing the wonde...	high15953.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "system" }, "options": [ "system", "man", "ghost", "servant" ], "question": "In the kitchen of the future, there is a _ helping you.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "an...	You are standing in the kitchen and a voice says, "Add a little more salt to that soup." Yes, it's always nice to have someone help you when you're cooking. But this voice is not from a man. You are alone! Then where does it come from? Is it from a ghost? No, this isn't a ghost kitchen--it's the kitchen of the future. ...	high20730.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "The iPads may be unavailable for some traditional courses." }, "options": [ "Some students wouldn't like to have iPads in schools.", "The iPads are too expensive for school students to buy.", "Most experts oppose the idea tha...	For incoming freshmen at western Connecticut's suburban Brookfield High School, lifting a backpack weighed down with textbooks is about to give way to tapping out notes and touching electronic pages on an iPad, A few hours away, every student at Burlington High School near Boston.will also start the year with new scho...	high16282.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Her fiance's sudden death." }, "options": [ "Her fiance's sudden death.", "Constant heavy snow.", "Her fiance abandoning her.", "Her job being refused again." ], "question": "What made the author feel sad?", ...	The day my fiance fell to his death, it started to snow, just like the bottom hadn't fallen out of my world when he fell off the roof. His body, when I found it, was lightly covered with snow. It snowed almost every day for the next four months, while I sat on the couch and watched it pile up. One morning, I shuffled ...	high21348.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "The cost of living is on the rise." }, "options": [ "More Americans are dong it for fun.", "The price of oil is lower than before.", "There' s a growing need for fruits.", "The cost of living is on the rise." ], ...	Cassandra Feeley finds it hard to manage on her husband' s income. So this year she did something more than a hobby: She planted vegetables in her yard. For her fist garden, Ms Feeley has put in 15 tomato plants, and five rows of a variety of vegetables. The family' s old farm house has become a chicke n house, its re...	high20056.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "provides convenience for American students to study in China" }, "options": [ "provides convenience for American students to study in China", "was made by First Lady Michelle Obama in 2009", "got little support from the Chine...	First lady Michelle Obama urged students to visit China at the "100,000 Strong" China Study Abroad Forum at Howard University. President Barack Obama announced the "100,000 Strong" Initiative during his 2009 visit to China. The program aims to increase the number of American students studying in China by making study a...	high3914.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "give them the reason for the decision of the school" }, "options": [ "analyze the test results of the students", "suggest students'reading at their own pace and playing", "tell them about the conclusion of the research", ...	A public primary school in New York City has stopped giving its students homework. P.S.116 Principal Jane Hsu wrote a letter to parents last month explaining that after more than a year of analyzing studies,the school had concluded that students'after-school time would be better spent on activities like reading at thei...	high10195.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "They are very high and beautiful in this area." }, "options": [ "They are on the west of the Hudson River.", "They are very high and beautiful in this area.", "They can be seen from the Appalachian family.", "They gathe...	Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson River must remember the Catskill Mountains. They are a branch of the great Appalachian family, and can be seen to the west rising up to a noble height and towering over the surrounding country. When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple, and print t...	high8841.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Their RV couldn't move in the snow." }, "options": [ "They ran short of fuel.", "It snowed heavily.", "They couldn't find their way.", "Their RV couldn't move in the snow." ], "question": "What is the main cause...	Rescue workers found a family in their RV on Tuesday after 17 days in the mountains near the prefix = st1 /Oregoncoast. Peter Stivers, Marlo Hill-Stivers, their two children Sabastyan, 9, and Gabrayell, 8, and Hill-Stivers's mother and stepfather, Elbert and Becky Higginbotham, were in the vehicle. On their way home fr...	high22899.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "is crazy about reading e-books" }, "options": [ "likes playing video games", "has great love for literature", "seldom uses e-books at home", "is crazy about reading e-books" ], "question": "According to the text...	Julianna Huth, a second grader at Green Primary School, in Green, Ohio, is a fan of the digital world. The 8-year-old enjoys e-books at home and at school. "It's just cool that you can read on your IPad," said Julianna, who started using e-books when she was 6. "It's more fun and you learn more from it." Children would...	high24230.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "He acted quickly." }, "options": [ "He was sad.", "He acted quickly.", "He panicked.", "He felt helpless." ], "question": "How did the science teacher react to the accident?", "question_type": "factiod_quest...	Although in 1947 we were still very new to the atomic age, we knew about mushroom clouds. A huge crack spread across the library wall upstairs, sending teachers and students screaming down the hall. Had a new world war started? Pale-faced, our young science teacher quickly organized us for a fire drill. We huddled in ...	high9587.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "help kids keep healthy" }, "options": [ "help kids keep healthy", "train more young reporters", "encourage kids to eat more eggs", "invite kids to visit the White House" ], "question": "The purpose of the \"Let'...	More than 30,000 people went to the White House on Monday for the 136th Easter Egg Roll . President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama held the event by inviting thousands of kids to color and look for eggs. The theme of the day was "Hop Into Healthy, Swing Into Shape." It was part of the First Lady's "Let's ...	high8699.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "The decrease of grey matter in the ACC affects emotion ." }, "options": [ "Watching the TV for a long time can reduce grey matter .", "The decrease of grey matter in the ACC affects emotion .", "People with less grey matter p...	A study made by University of Sussex found that men and women who frequently used several types of technology at the same time had less grey matter in a key part of the brain . The researchers said : " Simultaneously , using mobile phones , laptops and other media devices could change the structure of our brains . " Wo...	high12782.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Spain" }, "options": [ "Egypt", "Persia", "Spain", "Italy" ], "question": "According to most experts, the guitar developed into a modern form like today in _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, ...	Probably no other musical instrument is as popular as the guitar around the world. Musicians use the guitar for almost all kinds of music. Country and western music would not be the same without a guitar. The traditional Spanish folk music called Flamenco could not exist without a guitar. The sound of American blues mu...	high14494.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "After he had thought about the two wrong ways." }, "options": [ "After he had thought about the two wrong ways.", "Long before he moved into the street.", "When the other boys came down to the playground.", "As soon as ...	Robert had just moved into the street and he felt strange that he was not wanted. He knew that perhaps the other boy students were trying to get an idea of what kind of a boy he was. This did not help to make him less lonely. He was new and he had to be tested. Still, proving himself would not be all that easy. He did ...	high22126.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "to be helped out of the prison" }, "options": [ "to be excused", "to go away freely with his family", "to be a free man in the prison", "to be helped out of the prison" ], "question": "The prisoner had a wish _...	The prisoner had waited many months for help, but none had come. Now he felt he would do something to gain his freedom, to be free again to go about the world as he wished. But he could think of no way to run away. He spent many hours thinking of his life before he was captured, regretting the mistakes he had made and ...	high12783.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "different foods or sometimes none" }, "options": [ "no breakfast at all", "very rich breakfast", "different foods or sometimes none", "little food for breakfast" ], "question": "During the test, the people were ...	Having Breakfast Or Not Will it matter if you don't take your breakfast? A short time ago, a test was given in the United States. People of different ages, from 12 to 83, were asked to have a test. During the test, these people were given all kinds of breakfast, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Scientists ...	high8698.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "stop the noodles from sticking together" }, "options": [ "make the instant noodles more delicious", "stop the noodles from sticking together", "help keep the noodles from going bad", "make it easy to cook the instant no...	It is very easy to cook instant noodles in a short time by putting the noodles into the boiling water. However, have you ever thought whether it is the right way of cooking instant noodles? When we first took out the noodles, we can notice that the noodles are joined together nicely as a piece. However, few people k...	high22640.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "spent much time outdoor" }, "options": [ "became disabled", "spent much time outdoor", "always stayed at home", "was ignored by his parents" ], "question": "When he was a child, the writer _ .", "question...	Bicycles, roller skates and skateboards are dangerous. I still have scars on my knees from my childhood run-ins with various wheeled devices. Admittedly, I was a foolish kid, but I'm glad I didn't spend my childhood trapped indoors to protect me from any injury. "That which does not kill us makes us stronger." But pa...	high9586.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Emergency Exercise in London" }, "options": [ "Possible Damages Caused by Floods", "Emergency Exercise in London", "Flood Emergency in London", "London Floods in History" ], "question": "What topic is treated in...	A few months ago, millions of people in London heard alarms all over the town. The Emergency Services, the Fire Departments, the Police, hospitals, and ambulances stood by, ready to go into action. In railway underground stations, people read notices and maps that told them where to go and what to do in the emergency. ...	high8840.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "will produced results which can be predicted" }, "options": [ "would surprise the brightest minds of the 18th century.", "will help people to make the right choice in advance.", "will produced results which can be predicted"...	It is hard to predict how science is going to turn out , and if it is really good science, it is impossible to predict. If the things to be found are actually new, they must be unknown in advance You cannot make choices on this matter. You either have science or you don't and if you have it you have to accept the surpr...	high22898.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Four." }, "options": [ "Two.", "Three.", "Four.", "Five." ], "question": "To celebrate the World Food Day, how many kinds of activities are mentioned in the passage?", "question_type": null }, { "ans...	October sixteenth is World Food Day.This day is also the anniversary of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization(F.A.O.).The UN agency leads international efforts to defeat world hunger.It was created in 1945. The F.A.O.says more than one hundred fifty countries are to hold special events to celebrate World...	high10194.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "My father--the person I admire most" }, "options": [ "How my father loved me", "My father--the person I admire most", "I am the apple of my father's eye", "My father--the one who influenced me most" ], "question...	Many people influenced various aspects of my life, based on their personal characteristics, accomplishments, and values. I have been fortunate to have had numerous teachers and professors who I respect for their patience and intelligence. There are artists that have inspired me by their natural talents and original cre...	high3915.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Depression--Heart Disease Risk Factor." }, "options": [ "Depression--Heart Disease Risk Factor.", "Heart Disease--Health Killer.", "Depression--Mental Health Enemy.", "Heart Disease--Depression Factor." ], "ques...	In one of the strongest indications of the power of the mind to influence the body, a growing collection of evidence finds that people who are depressed have a greatly higher risk of developing heart disease. In a study of almost 3, 000 men and 5, 000 women, depressed men were 70 per cent more likely to develop coronar...	high20057.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "many schools asked the students to study English" }, "options": [ "the U.K. and the US were both developed countries", "the British once colonized large parts of the world", "English-speaking people worked in many countries",...	English has gained status as a world language. About 1/3 of the world's population has English as its mother tongue. 75% of the world's mail is in English. English is the official language or is widely used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India, United Arab Ernirates, Canada, the United States, ...	high21349.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "About 10.22 million of them hadn't received CT scans." }, "options": [ "They came from both Australia and Europe.", "Most of them are between 10 to 17 years old.", "Some of them had developed cancer at the age of 19.", ...	Between 1996 and 2010, according to a study published in 2012, the use of computed tomography (CT) scans nearly increased by three times as much, from 52 scans per 1,000 patients to 149 scans per 1,000 patients. And those images certainly provided valuable information to help doctors diagnose hidden conditions that w...	high17823.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "who have a drinking habit" }, "options": [ "who produce wine", "who are eager to lose weight", "who go on a diet", "who have a drinking habit" ], "question": "The passage is mainly for those _ .", "questi...	A glass a day keeps obesity at bay. Alcohol has always been thought to cause weight gain because of its high sugar content, but new research suggests a glass a day could form part of a diet. Looking at past studies they found that, while heavy drinkers do put on weight, those who drink _ can actually lose weight. A s...	high10180.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "a family secret" }, "options": [ "a family honor", "a family secret", "a family story", "a family treasure" ], "question": "According to Jessica' s mother ,\" a skeleton in the closet\" means _ .", "questi...	"Mum,what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton in the closet ?"Jessica asked. "A skeleton in the closet?"her mother paused thoughtfully. "Well, it' s something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example,if in the past,someone in Dad' s family had been arrested for steali...	high20043.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Computer helps produce more crops." }, "options": [ "Computer helps find the best program for mixing plants.", "Computer helps produce more crops.", "Computer helps protect against insects and diseases.", "Computer help...	Farmers can produce more by planting several different crops in the same field.But their success depends on which crops they plant together and how they mix them in the filed.In the past, the only way the farmers could learn which crops grow best together is to plant them and wait for the results.Now, however, a comp...	high3901.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "why bronze medal winners are happier than silver medalists" }, "options": [ "who the happiest among the Olympics medal winners is", "why the prize-awarding moments are unforgettable", "what to pay attention to when watching t...	The emotions of the athletes in the prize-awarding moments are often some of the most unforgettable images of the Olympics.Yet, a number of people have noticed some strange things.Yes, the gold medal winner is filled with pride and excitement, which is to be expected.Yet often, it seems the bronze medal winner is happi...	high17837.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "recreate ancient Israel" }, "options": [ "earn some money", "recreate ancient Israel", "learn more about local plants", "discover the ancient civilizations" ], "question": "Prof. Finkelstein conducted the new po...	A new pollen study showed that drought was responsible for the extinction of civilizations more than 3,000 years ago during the Bronze Age. The reason behind why the civilizations in and around modern-day Israel suddenly broke down more than 3,000 years ago has remained a mystery up until now. A new pollen study by T...	high12797.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "immediately after the exam by means of the same computer" }, "options": [ "immediately on a central computer for scoring test papers", "a few minutes after the exam with the help of a test center worker", "on the next day aft...	Just the mention of the TOEFL, GRE and GAMT exams brings a thought of long hours of dull paper work. But that idea is becoming increasingly out of date. As planned, computerized tests will begin next year which will bring a series of changes from test psychology to scoring techniques. From computer - equipped rooms, ex...	high6879.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "since the time of Cardinal Richelieu" }, "options": [ "since the time of Charles V", "since the time of Cardinal Richelieu", "before the seventeenth century", "since 1370" ], "question": "The Bastille had been a...	Why was Bastille important to the citizens of Paris? The building of the Bastille had been started in 1370 under Charles V. By the seventeenth century, it had stopped to be important for defense. Cardinal Richelieu turned it into a prison. It was not an ordinary prison to punish common crimes. Its huge doors closed onl...	high9592.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Problems of harmful waste." }, "options": [ "The effect of every chemical.", "Problems of harmful waste.", "Chemicals used for industrial processes.", "Events related to waste chemicals." ], "question": "What is...	Chemicals used for industrial processes often create dangerous forms of waste. The amount of these chemicals has risen heavily in the past few years, as more areas of the world industrialize and new products are produced. Over 80,000 different chemicals are used in industries world wide. Around the world hundreds of mi...	high24225.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "more important" }, "options": [ "more important", "less needed", "less essential", "more looked down upon" ], "question": "For models, their good looks and tight figures are _ , compared with their intelligen...	Turning on the TV, a wonderful scene comes to your eyes -- a group of men, tall, strong and handsome, and women, young, beautiful and attractive, too. Together they eat in the finest restaurants, traveling everywhere around the world by luxurious planes and pleasure ships. They are models. Do you envy them? What sort o...	high8854.txt
[]	Why should I teach my children history? That sounds like a stupid question to even ask. But, as I hear different home schooling teachers discuss history, I get the idea that there may be different reasons for teaching history. Let me briefly explain the three good reasons for studying history and two bad reasons for st...	high15946.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "To build a highspeed train network." }, "options": [ "To buy some doubledecker trains.", "To take passengers to Manchester from London.", "To build a highspeed train network.", "To collect PS33 billion for the highspeed...	Superfast doubledecker trains will be taking passengers from London to six big cities in the UK by 2033. The first phase linking London to the West Midlands with a connection to HS1 is expected to open in 2026, and the second phase to Manchester and Leeds in 2032. The government set out a plan for the highspeed ra...	high14480.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Because he was afraid Miss Fairchild would find the truth." }, "options": [ "Because he needed a drink and tobacco badly.", "Because he was angry that Miss Fairchild did not say any good words for him", "Because he was bored ...	At Denver there was an crowd of passengers into the coaches on the eastbound B. & M. express. In one coach there sat a very pretty young woman dressed in elegant taste and surrounded by all the luxurious comforts of an experienced traveler. Among the newcomers were two young men, one of handsome presence with a bold, ...	high16297.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "They had not much money to spend" }, "options": [ "They had not much money to spend", "They had free time to while away", "They often met in teenage coffee bars and discos", "They had an easy life" ], "question"...	Life used to be fun for "teenagers". They used to have money to spend, and free time to while away. They used to wear teenage clothes, and meet in teenage coffee bars and discos. Some of them still do. But for many young people, life is harder now. Jobs are difficult to find. There's not so much money around. Things a...	high20725.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "his family couldn't support him" }, "options": [ "his father told him to make more friends", "he wanted to become a rich man", "his family couldn't support him", "he had nothing to do at home." ], "question": "B...	Bob was a clever college student, but his family was poor, so he had to work after class and during his holidays to get enough money for his studies. One summer he got a job in a butcher's shop during the day time, and another in a hospital at night. In the shop, he learned to cut and sell meat. He did so well that t...	high4908.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "to pay attention to details of one's work" }, "options": [ "to realize the quality of the work", "to pay attention to details of one's work", "to do as many jobs as possible", "to form the habit of doing things ahead of...	Have you heard of the saying, "If anything is worth doing, it is worth doing well"? The proverb is a piece of advice to make effects towards perfection in whichever job one does. It could be a small task like folding up your clothes, or a major one like organizing a business meeting in your later life. Perfection just ...	high1680.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "He revolutionized technology and made it enjoyable." }, "options": [ "He was very courageous in the face of cancer.", "He became very rich though dropping out college.", "He released a new iPhone version before death.", ...	Steve Jobs made technology fun.The co-founder of Apple died last Wednesday at the age of fifty-six He had fought for years against cancer.Mourners gathered outside his house in Palo Alto, California, and Apple stores around the world. Tim Bajarin, president of a high-tech research and consulting company, said "If you a...	high314.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Liquid is convenient to use in space." }, "options": [ "Liquid doesn't spoil.", "Liquid is convenient to use in space.", "Liquid is lightweight.", "Astronauts are in great need of water." ], "question": "Why do ...	Going to outer space is a little like going camping. You have to carry with you all the food and equipment you need for your trip, so your food can't be too heavy or hard to prepare. Plus, there are no refrigerators to keep food cold and fresh. Food with all the water dried out is lightweight and doesn't spoil. So, ...	high23204.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "lose his job" }, "options": [ "be punished", "be offered another job", "put off the training class", "lose his job" ], "question": "If the older man did not have the proper clothes, he would _", "question_...	My friend Robert started a new job this week and he's been in the training class for two days. The employer has a very strict dress code--dark blue shirts and pants. On the first day, an older gentleman in his class did not have the proper clothes and he was strictly told that he would be fired if he didn't have the ri...	high1858.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "the brain grows at its fastest rate during the first three years of life." }, "options": [ "the brain grows at its fastest rate during the first three years of life.", "those children with a \"healthier\" diet must get an IQ improv...	Children brought up on healthy diets are more intelligent compared with their junk food eating partners, a new research suggests. Kids fed a diet packed high in fats, sugars, and processed foods had lower IQs than those fed pasta , salads and fruit, it was found. The effect is so great that researchers from the Univ...	high3097.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "qualities of a good group leader." }, "options": [ "choosing a good leader for a group.", "assessing the performance of a leader.", "qualities of a good group leader.", "team members' appreciation of a leader." ], ...	Anyone can try to lead a group, but not every individual is cut out for leadership. The better leaders possess a few qualities that can mean the difference between the success and failure of the group. These aret he qualities the leader of higher rank will look for when choosing a leader for a group, or when evaluating...	high10816.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Bedroom TVs are not good for teenagers." }, "options": [ "Researchers found watching TV is harmful.", "Bedroom TVs are not good for teenagers.", "The disadvantages of watching TV.", "Watching TV in the bedroom harms tee...	Teenagers with a bedroom television tend to have poorer diet and exercise habits and lower grades in school than those without one, US researchers said on Monday. While many studies have examined TV viewing habits of young people, researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health said little had be...	high21413.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Mark talked too much in class" }, "options": [ "Mark didn't do well in his lessons", "Mark talked too much in class", "Mark was badly dressed", "Mark was often late for class" ], "question": "What troubles the t...	Mark Eklund was in the first third grade class I taught at Saint Mary's School in Morris, Minn. He was neat in appearance, but had that happy-to-be-alive attitude that made even his occasional mischievousness delightful. Mark liked talking. I had to remind him again and again that talking without permission was not a...	high18292.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "angry and worried" }, "options": [ "confused but happy", "sleepy and tired", "excited but tired", "angry and worried" ], "question": "When the author drove behind the slow-moving truck, he felt _ .", "que...	Last night I drove a long way (about 500 km) to return home. It was late and I was driving fast because I wanted to get home as soon as possible. So several times when I was driving behind a slow-moving truck on a narrow road, I wanted to shout at the driver ahead. Then I came to a crossroad with a traffic light. As I ...	high4920.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "heavy work" }, "options": [ "violent activities", "disease attack", "moving a lot", "heavy work" ], "question": "Homeless people suffer from all the following except _ .", "question_type": "cloze_question...	Homelessness is a huge problem all over the world. It's said that each day there are about 1 million people living on the streets in the US. It is a serious problem which should be dealt with effectively. There are two main reasons for people leaving their homes: poverty and less affordable houses due to bad economic c...	high2389.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "534RMB" }, "options": [ "1,600 RMB", "4,800 RMB", "534RMB", "246 RMB" ], "question": "What's the official price of Shanghai Disney park ticket?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": {...	As the Chinese mainland's first Disney park kicks off ticket sales on Monday, Chinese scalpers are already running a thriving trade in tickets, some of which are being hawked at 1,600 yuan ($246), triple the official price. A rough search for Shanghai Disneyland tickets on Chinese e-commerce giant Taobao on Sunday yiel...	high19832.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "To check his distance from the boys" }, "options": [ "to take in enough fresh air", "To consider turning back to not.", "To check his distance from the boys", "To ask the boys to take down the umbrella" ], "ques...	One sunny day last September, Tim heard some shouting. Looking out to the sea carefully, he saw a couple of kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea. Two 12-year-old boys, Christian and Jack, rowed out a boat to search for a football. Once they'd rowed beyond the calm waters, a beach umbrella tied to the boat cau...	high5380.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "She kept Dewey, an abandoned cat at home." }, "options": [ "She worked as a librarian in the Spencer Public Library.", "Her husband was addicted to drinking.", "She kept Dewey, an abandoned cat at home.", "It was she th...

Dewey is the true story of an abandoned kitten who went on to live an extraordinary life, inspiring a struggling single mother , transforming a sleepy library and the local people of Lowa farm town, and eventually getting hold of the hearts of animal lovers around the world. Vicki Myron was a single mom ,who , after ...

high8869.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Temporary shopping concept." }, "options": [ "Long-terra benefits.", "Lower prices.", "Quick service.", "Temporary shopping concept." ], "question": "What nature of the pop-up shops appeals many small companies?...

Do you like somewhere a little bit different to the usual types of places you find on the high street? I do,so I'm glad to see new ones popping up everywhere in London. The so called pop-up shop is a temporary arrangement.In the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008,many businesses had to shut down.Shops,warehouses...

high12972.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "English teachers should be responsible for the students' poor command of English" }, "options": [ "the language of the younger generation is usually better than that of the older generation", "students had a poor command of English...

The audience nodded in agreement when the speaker, a teacher from a community college, said, "High school English teachers are not doing their jobs." He described the shortcomings of his students, all high school graduates who can use language only at Grade 9 level. I was unable to determine from his answers to my ques...

high23577.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "New Rules to Control Internet Publishing." }, "options": [ "The Increases of Blogs and Webcasts.", "New Rules to Control Internet Publishing.", "Technologies Challenge the Government.", "The Popularity of Online Video B...

prefix = st1 /Chinawill plan to make new rules to give more controls over the growing number of blogs and webcasts. Nowadays, advanced network technologies, such as Hogging and webcasting, are being improved to challenge the government's ability to watch over the Internet. Chinese government was in the mi...

high22669.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Internet companies have rediscovered the benefits of low technology" }, "options": [ "Twitter is having a hard time", "old cottages are in need of protection", "early settlers once suffered from a dry climate in Montana", ...

Last summer, two nineteenth-century cottages were rescued from remote farm fields in Montana, to be moved to an Art Deco building in San Francisco. The houses were made of wood. These cottages once housed early settlers as they worked the dry Montana soil; now they hold Twitter engineers. The cottages could be an examp...

high6844.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "he has satisfied his hunger" }, "options": [ "he has saved up enough money", "he has grown dissatisfied with his simple shelter", "he has satisfied his hunger", "he has learned to build houses" ], "question": "A...

Human wants seem endless, When a starving man gets a meal, he begins to think about an overcoat; when a manager gets a new sports car, he dreams of country clubs and pleasure boats dance into view. The many wants of mankind might be regarded as making up several levels. When there is money enough to satisfy one level o...

high1695.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "are unconfident about yourself" }, "options": [ "dare to challenge yourself", "feel it hard to change yourself", "are unconfident about yourself", "have a high opinion of yourself" ], "question": "You need to bu...

Sometimes you'll hear people say that you can't love others until you love yourself. Sometimes you'll hear people say that you can't expect someone else to love you until you love yourself. Either way, you've got to love yourself first and this can be tricky. Sure we all know that we're the apple of our parent's eyes, ...

high301.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Thank you so much for the gift! I just love it!" }, "options": [ "I am determined to go and nothing will stop me.", "A good idea, without action, is worth nothing.", "Those who complain the most, accomplish the least.", ...

All parents tell their children little white lies from time to time. "Of course Father Christmas comes down the chimney!" "Eat your spinach -- you'll get as strong as Popeye.". . . and so on. However, there's one fib that's bigger than all the others. It's "I don't have a favorite child." In his fascinating new book, T...

high21406.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "to be motivated to read" }, "options": [ "to read millions of books", "not to learn grammar rules", "to be motivated to read", "to read easy things" ], "question": "The key to effective reading is _ .", "...

Reading is a great way to improve your English. You'll learn new words, revise previously-taught structures and absorb thousands of useful expressions and phrases... without any effort. By reading, you are receiving valuable language input. And this is how you learn! Remember, language learning is a combination of inpu...

high10803.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Because it can make young people and working people be included in the festival's activities." }, "options": [ "Because they want to honor their ancestors.", "Because it can make young people and working people be included in the f...

This Friday is TombSweeping Day, one of the three traditional festivals that are included as the Chinese mainland's public holidays starting this year. Together with the Dragon Boat Festival in June and MidAutumn Festival in September, the authorities say observing these days is aimed at protecting folk culture and cus...

high19199.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "develop their own interests" }, "options": [ "grow as the educated", "be responsible for their future", "develop their own interests", "discover subjects outside class" ], "question": "Open education allows the ...

There are some very good things about open education. This way of teaching allows the students to grow as people, and to develop their own interests in many subjects. Open education allows students to be responsible for their own education, as they are responsible for what they do in life. Some students do badly in a t...

high3082.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "many people wear masks in the street" }, "options": [ "the patients are treated in the open air", "some doctors work in the street", "people speak little to each other in the street", "many people wear masks in the stre...

If you were on the street in Mexico today you might think you were in an operating room, surrounded by doctors. You could see many concerned people with masks trying their best to stop the swine flu . And the masks aren't only being used in Mexico. A friend of mine traveling from New York City to Florida was given a...

high4921.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "transformed some American values." }, "options": [ "destroyed the United States.", "transformed some American values.", "was not important in the United States.", "brought people more leisure time with their families." ...

Once it was possible to define male and female roles easily by the division of labor. Men worked outside the home and earned the income to support their families, while women cooked the meals and took care of the home and the children. These roles were firmly fixed for most people, and there was not much opportunity fo...

high18293.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "editor" }, "options": [ "teacher", "editor", "doctor", "broadcaster" ], "question": "We can learn from the passage that Wilson is most probably a(n) _ .", "question_type": "summarization_questions" }, ...

Wilson, At college, when I try speaking with anyone, I just feel very nervous. I have no trouble talking when I'm alone. However, when I talk with others, my voice sounds different, and sometimes there is a pause between each word I pronounce. Sometimes I can't pronounce a word even with my own family members. ...

high21412.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Paris" }, "options": [ "Paris", "Venice", "Prague", "Vienna" ], "question": "The city of light refers to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "an...

Here are some famous romantic places in the world that you can't miss. Paris The ranking for the "most romantic city" quite rightly leads to Paris. The city of light has long been famous as a city of love. This is definitely the best place for love, wine and food. Paris is rich with history; you can take a walk through...

high10817.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Rosa C admitted what she did because she was sorry for her guilt." }, "options": [ "To find his wife' affair, Antonio C looked through an old drawer.", "Rosa C' lover may be Bertie.", "Rosa C admitted what she did because she...

An Italian couple are to become the world's oldest divorcees, after the 99 - year - old husband found that his 96 - year - old wife had an affair in the 1940s. The Italian man, called by lawyers in the case as Antonio C, was looking through an old drawer when he made the discovery a few days before Christmas. In spite ...

high3096.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Some expressions related to clothes." }, "options": [ "What pants mean in English.", "Some special English expressions.", "Some funny English expressions.", "Some expressions related to clothes." ], "question": ...

Have you ever considered all the English expressions that include words about clothes? Let's have a look. People wear pants to cover the lower part of their bodies.We sometimes say that people who are nervous have ants in their pants.Sometimes,people may get caught with their pants down.They are found doing something t...

high1859.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "wrong decisions could lead to poor health" }, "options": [ "it helps cure most illnesses", "it helps raise the level of our medical knowledge", "it is essential to personal freedom in American society", "wrong decisions...

The concept of personal choice in relation to health behaviors is an important one. An estimated 90 percent of all illnesses may be preventable if individuals would make sound personal health choices based upon current medical knowledge. We all enjoy our freedom of choice and do not like to see it restricted when it is...

high23205.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "bring about the subject of the passage" }, "options": [ "make it easier to understand the passage", "draw readers' attention to Greek culture", "show Greek people enjoyed being busy", "bring about the subject of the pas...

In Greek mythology , the gods punished Sisyphus by forcing him to roll a rock up a steep hill for eternity . But he was probably better off than if they'd forced him to sit and stare into space until the end of time, conclude the authors of a new study on keeping busy. They found that people who have something to do, e...

high315.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "encouraging positive thinking may actually discourage people" }, "options": [ "positive thinking is not as powerful as negative thinking", "encouraging positive thinking may actually discourage people", "happy people can thin...

The $11 billion self-help industry is built on the idea that you should turn negative thoughts like "I never do anything right" into positive ones like "I can succeed." But was positive thinking advocate Norman Vincent Peale right? Is there power in positive thinking? Researchers in Canada just published a study in the...

high1681.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "heart problems and air quality" }, "options": [ "heart problems and air quality", "heart problems and exercising", "heart problems and smoking", "heart problems and fatty food" ], "question": "The text mainly di...

Eating too much fatty food, exercising too little and smoking can raise your future risk of heart disease. But there is another factor that can cause your heart problems more immediately: the air you breathe. Previous studies have linked high exposure to environmental pollution to an increased risk of heart problem, b...

high473.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "To prove that people can make a living out of playing video games." }, "options": [ "To memorize his past.", "To offer an exciting movie.", "To prove that people can make life better with playing video games.", "To prov...

"If you have not played video games, your childhood should be called 'incomplete'." That's from Zhan Zaozao, 29, the screenwriter of Play to Grow Up, a 40-minute short movie. It tells the story of two men growing up fans of video games and how they find happiness in games. While people think playing games makes one laz...

high6688.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "They have stronger sense of health and like nutritious foods." }, "options": [ "They have stronger sense of health and like nutritious foods.", "They think organic foods help remove fat in their bodies.", "They find organic f...

It is the preferred choice of millions of health-conscious Britons. But eating organic food could make you fat, experts have warned. A studyhas shown that people tend to believe that organic foods contain fewer calories, so buy and eat more. But people who decide to "go organic" could soon find themselves piling on t...

high23563.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Nervous but optimistic." }, "options": [ "Worried and negative.", "Anxious and helpless.", "Nervous but optimistic.", "Relaxed and positive." ], "question": "Before the surgery, which of the following words can ...

My parents have certainly had their troubles, and as their child I'll never know how they made it to 38 years of marriage. They loved each other, but they didn't seem to like each other very much. Dad was too fond of his beer, and he talked down to Mom a lot. When she tried to stand up to him, a fight would unavoidably...

high7596.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "People living around Niagara Falls are poorer than those around Iguazu Falls." }, "options": [ "Iguazu Falls is well worth visiting.", "Iguazu Falls is in the northern province of Misiones, Argentina on the Iguazu River.", "P...

The Wonder of Argentina Iguazu Falls Missing the sun? Well, down in Argentina, its summertime and beautiful destinations like Iguazu Falls are waiting to be discovered. Lots to do and see, this is one place everyone needs to visit at least once in their lifetime. Located in the northern province of Misiones, Argentina ...

high21374.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Ethical rules to limit humanised animals." }, "options": [ "Ethical rules to limit humanised animals.", "The potential results of humanised apes.", "The possibility of humanised animals.", "The danger of human-like anim...

A new report said scientists may not be far from giving apes the ability to think and talk like humans. The report is about experiments which transplant human cells into animals for medical purposes. It claimed that concerns about the creation of talking apes should be taken seriously. It should also draw people's atte...

high3928.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The language usually contains complicated words and terms." }, "options": [ "The language can't explain scientific ideas clearly.", "Scientists are always boring and difficult to communicate with.", "The language usually cont...

The language used by scientists to explain complex ideas can be difficult and sometimes even boring. The language, with its Latin words and long scientific terms, could be one reason some people avoid learning about science, especially children. American Danielle Dixson is a marine biologist. She wants to make science ...

high19833.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "chose the right hand side" }, "options": [ "gave the correct answer", "chose the right hand side", "chose the left hand side", "remembered the patterns of dots" ], "question": "Volunteers can get more money when...

People are more likely to lie or cheat during the afternoon because self control reduces during the day, according to researchers. Volunteers taking part in two experiments where they could benefit by cheating were more likely to do so if the tests took place after midday, researchers found. The findings back up previo...

high8855.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "The doctor gets more active professional support from the primary nurse." }, "options": [ "The doctor gets more active professional support from the primary nurse.", "Each patient is taken care of by a primary nurse day and night",...

Nursing at prefix = st1 /BethIsraelHospitalproduces the best patient care possible. If we are to solve the nursing shortage, hospital administration and doctors everywhere would do well to follow Beth Israel's example. At Beth Israel each patient is assigned to primary nurse who visits at length with the patient and co...

high24224.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Prohibiting residents from dying early." }, "options": [ "Ban on building a new cemetery.", "Ban on parking in certain zones.", "Forbidding buried grounds in preservation.", "Prohibiting residents from dying early." ...

Generally speaking, government regulations normally ban anything from smoking in public places to parking in certain zones. But officials in the Brazilian town of Biritiba Mirim, 70km (45miles) east of Sao Paulo, _ . They plan to prohibit residents from dying early because the local cemetery has reached full capacity....

high13488.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Russia declares the design for its first space hotel" }, "options": [ "Russia declares the design for its first space hotel", "The first space hotel is under construction now", "The astronauts will have a second home in space...

If you're tired of the Mediterranean and don't want to head to Disney again, perhaps it's time for a summer holiday in space. Russia has declared plans for its first floating hotel, 217 miles above earth, and it is something of an offering with good service. Hosting just seven guests in a four cabins, the accommodation...

high9593.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Certain vegetables." }, "options": [ "Brain-shaped foods", "Uncooked eggs.", "Fat of any kind", "Certain vegetables." ], "question": "Which of the following is needed if people want to strengthen their brain pow...

The bumpy structure of walnuts is similar to the brain.Some Chinese believe eating walnuts will make them smarter because of that.By the same logic,they believe eating pig brains will increase their intelligence.This kind of food myth is true to Americans,too. Some Americans regularly eat uncooked eggs to keep their mi...

high22655.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "personal suffering" }, "options": [ "death", "happiness", "teaching life", "personal suffering" ], "question": "The theme of Gabriela Mistral's early works is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" } ...

Gabriela Mistral was born on April 6, 1889, at Vicuna, a small town in northern Chile. Her parents were schoolteachers, but her father abandoned the family when she was 3. Taught by her mother, she began instructing in 1904, achieving success in many high schools. In 1909, her first love died. Shortly afterward her sec...

high12796.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "has a bad effect on their studies." }, "options": [ "helps to improve their grades.", "contributed to their poor grades.", "has a bad effect on their studies.", "determines their jobs in the future." ], "questio...

The rise in smartphones among young people may be having a direct effect on how successful they become as adults. Research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has discovered the average university student checks their phones 11 times per lesson, and more than 80 percent believe this tech addiction is interfering wi...

high6878.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "how to keep their kids learning during the summer" }, "options": [ "why kids don't like studying during the summer", "how to keep their kids learning during the summer", "how to help their kids go over schoolwork and lessons"...

The last school bell rings and your kids are off for the summer.For most kids, those thoughts of schoolwork and lessons are a distant memory that they won't be thinking about again until fall.So it's important for them to continue some learning. Have Your Kids Hit the Library Encourage your kids to read by taking them ...

high17836.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "angry" }, "options": [ "excited", "calm", "satisfied", "angry" ], "question": "Hearing Elizabeth's words about the letter from Yale, Emily felt _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answe...

"Lizzie, there's a letter for you!" Emily called up the stairs to her sister. Elizabeth looked down. "Is it from Harvard? They refused my application once." Emily answered, "No, it's from Yale." Quickly, Elizabeth walked downstairs. She took the letter and opened it. "Rejected again," Elizabeth said unhappily. "Who say...

high3900.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "appeals to a large number of users" }, "options": [ "is free from traffic accidents", "is crowded with car drivers", "offers just a few on-line services", "appeals to a large number of users" ], "question": "The...

Passage 1 The Information Highway is the road that links computer users to a large number of on-line services: the Web,e-mail,and software,to mention just a few. Not long ago,the Information Highway was a new road,with not many users. Now,everyone seems to want to take a drive, with over 30 million families connected w...

high20042.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "the country has very rich natural resources" }, "options": [ "the people in Australia are very lucky", "Australia has a large number of industries", "there is the biggest oil fields of the world", "the country has very ...

Australia is sometimes called "the lucky country". One reason is the wonderful riches under the earth: gold, silver, iron, coal and many other precious metals. Oil and natural gas have helped to build big industries. Victoria, the southeastern state, has a large number of industries. Oil is no problem for them. The Bas...

high4909.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Back in the mid-20th century pirates did not appear so harmful as today's." }, "options": [ "It was recorded that pirates started to attack ships in Somalia in the 13th century.", "Back in the mid-20th century pirates did not appea...

Linking the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, the blue waters of the Gulf of Aden near Somalia are one of the most important trading routes in the world. But they are also the most feared. Pirates whose targets are ships and their crew often show up there. On September 25, a Ukrainian ship carrying 30 tanks became a...

high20724.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "They won't bother to cook themselves." }, "options": [ "They have no time to cook at home.", "They get up too late.", "They won't bother to cook themselves.", "They will go to church." ], "question": "Many Brito...

Go to church, then have a big lunch, then go out to play while mum does the housework. That was a typical British Sunday in the 1960s. But things now could not be more different. Some British sociologists recently studied the typical British Sunday. They found that people get up later and do less housework than they ...

high17188.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the darkened sky at daytime" }, "options": [ "the pink color of the sun", "the darkened sky at daytime", "the Last Judgment on Friday", "the American War of Independence" ], "question": "New Englanderscrowded in...

At dawn on Friday, May 19, 1780, farmers in New England stopped to wonder at the pink color of the sun. By noon the sky had darkened to midnight blackness, causing Americans, still in the painful struggle of a prolonged war of independence, to light candles and tremble at thoughts of the Last Judgment. As the birds qui...

high16296.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "people may appear more trustworthy and cooperative" }, "options": [ "people can become good at speaking and listening", "people will become the centre of attention", "people will become more confident in themselves", "p...

What would we do without humour? How would we enjoy speaking with others if we did not use humour to invite a smile or a laugh? And how would we manage in times when we feel sad and lonely? Using humour we lighten up each day, and we find common ground with others. We build healthy relationships with others by know...

high22133.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "his memory is not often used" }, "options": [ "his father or mother may have a poor memory", "he does not use his arm or legs for some time", "his memory is not often used", "he can't read or write" ], "question...

If you do not use your arm or your legs for some time, they become weak; when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in...

high1871.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "America" }, "options": [ "Asia", "Africa", "Europe", "America" ], "question": "Tobacco first appeared in _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "a...

People have smoked cigarettes for a long time now. The tobacco which is used to make cigarettes was first grown in what is now part of the United States. Christopher Columbus, who discovered America, saw the Indians smoking. Soon the dried leaves were transported to Europe. In the late 1800s, the Turks made cigarettes ...

high14481.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "He has founded the Fifteen London." }, "options": [ "He is a well-known American cook.", "He is invited to attend the G20 summit.", "He has founded the Fifteen London.", "He is one of the apprentices serving leaders of ...

Jamie Oliver has been invited by Gordon Brown to prepare a banquet at No.10 for President Barack Obama and other leaders of the G20, offering a cut-price menu to reflect times when trade and industry are far from prosperous and the rate of employment is decreasing. Downing Street sources say Oliver, the well-known chef...

high15947.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "humankind has experienced a generalization rather than specialization in ability" }, "options": [ "humankind is very important to earlier species, such as the primate group", "human beings are limited by the environment while anima...

Now let's look ourselves as a species in relation to ecosystem balance.Modern scientists believe that humankind, like other animals, evolved through millions of years of changes and adaptations to the environment and that our most direct evolutionary ancestor was probably an earlier species of the primate(monkey, ape)...

high1865.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Wednesday" }, "options": [ "Wednesday", "Monday", "Friday", "Saturday" ], "question": "It can be inferred that the Russian hostage crisis began on _ .", "question_type": "summarization_questions" }, {...

MOSCOW, Sept. 4 (Xinhuanet) --- At least 335 people including 155 children, were killed in the three-day hostage crisis in a southern Russian school, Russia's Deputy Prosecutor General Sergei Fridinsky said on Saturday. "We are still identifying the bodies. We have recovered 322 bodies, and 155 of them are childr...

high22127.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Because they are proud of their own food." }, "options": [ "Because they will spend many hours in McDonald's.", "Because French food culture is very impressive.", "Because they also have the fast-food habit.", "Because ...

French people pride themselves on their delicious foods, such as cheese, baguettes and croissants(two kinds of food). In fact, food is an important part of French culture. Families and friends spend hours over the dinner table each night. It is the opposite of the fast-food habit common in other parts of the West. It'...

high23239.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "people can become more mature and wiser" }, "options": [ "people can celebrate their birthday", "people can receive many presents", "people can become more mature and wiser", "people will feel younger at heart" ], ...

Happy birthday! Do birthday really make people happy? Of course they do. Birthday celebrate the day when we were born. Besides, that extra candle on the cake suggest another year of growth and maturity--or so we hope. We all like to imagine that we are getting wiser and not just older. Most of us enjoy seeing the wonde...

high15953.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "system" }, "options": [ "system", "man", "ghost", "servant" ], "question": "In the kitchen of the future, there is a _ helping you.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "an...

You are standing in the kitchen and a voice says, "Add a little more salt to that soup." Yes, it's always nice to have someone help you when you're cooking. But this voice is not from a man. You are alone! Then where does it come from? Is it from a ghost? No, this isn't a ghost kitchen--it's the kitchen of the future. ...

high20730.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "The iPads may be unavailable for some traditional courses." }, "options": [ "Some students wouldn't like to have iPads in schools.", "The iPads are too expensive for school students to buy.", "Most experts oppose the idea tha...

For incoming freshmen at western Connecticut's suburban Brookfield High School, lifting a backpack weighed down with textbooks is about to give way to tapping out notes and touching electronic pages on an iPad, A few hours away, every student at Burlington High School near Boston.will also start the year with new scho...

high16282.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Her fiance's sudden death." }, "options": [ "Her fiance's sudden death.", "Constant heavy snow.", "Her fiance abandoning her.", "Her job being refused again." ], "question": "What made the author feel sad?", ...

The day my fiance fell to his death, it started to snow, just like the bottom hadn't fallen out of my world when he fell off the roof. His body, when I found it, was lightly covered with snow. It snowed almost every day for the next four months, while I sat on the couch and watched it pile up. One morning, I shuffled ...

high21348.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "The cost of living is on the rise." }, "options": [ "More Americans are dong it for fun.", "The price of oil is lower than before.", "There' s a growing need for fruits.", "The cost of living is on the rise." ], ...

Cassandra Feeley finds it hard to manage on her husband' s income. So this year she did something more than a hobby: She planted vegetables in her yard. For her fist garden, Ms Feeley has put in 15 tomato plants, and five rows of a variety of vegetables. The family' s old farm house has become a chicke n house, its re...

high20056.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "provides convenience for American students to study in China" }, "options": [ "provides convenience for American students to study in China", "was made by First Lady Michelle Obama in 2009", "got little support from the Chine...

First lady Michelle Obama urged students to visit China at the "100,000 Strong" China Study Abroad Forum at Howard University. President Barack Obama announced the "100,000 Strong" Initiative during his 2009 visit to China. The program aims to increase the number of American students studying in China by making study a...

high3914.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "give them the reason for the decision of the school" }, "options": [ "analyze the test results of the students", "suggest students'reading at their own pace and playing", "tell them about the conclusion of the research", ...

A public primary school in New York City has stopped giving its students homework. P.S.116 Principal Jane Hsu wrote a letter to parents last month explaining that after more than a year of analyzing studies,the school had concluded that students'after-school time would be better spent on activities like reading at thei...

high10195.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "They are very high and beautiful in this area." }, "options": [ "They are on the west of the Hudson River.", "They are very high and beautiful in this area.", "They can be seen from the Appalachian family.", "They gathe...

Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson River must remember the Catskill Mountains. They are a branch of the great Appalachian family, and can be seen to the west rising up to a noble height and towering over the surrounding country. When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple, and print t...

high8841.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Their RV couldn't move in the snow." }, "options": [ "They ran short of fuel.", "It snowed heavily.", "They couldn't find their way.", "Their RV couldn't move in the snow." ], "question": "What is the main cause...

Rescue workers found a family in their RV on Tuesday after 17 days in the mountains near the prefix = st1 /Oregoncoast. Peter Stivers, Marlo Hill-Stivers, their two children Sabastyan, 9, and Gabrayell, 8, and Hill-Stivers's mother and stepfather, Elbert and Becky Higginbotham, were in the vehicle. On their way home fr...

high22899.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "is crazy about reading e-books" }, "options": [ "likes playing video games", "has great love for literature", "seldom uses e-books at home", "is crazy about reading e-books" ], "question": "According to the text...

Julianna Huth, a second grader at Green Primary School, in Green, Ohio, is a fan of the digital world. The 8-year-old enjoys e-books at home and at school. "It's just cool that you can read on your IPad," said Julianna, who started using e-books when she was 6. "It's more fun and you learn more from it." Children would...

high24230.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "He acted quickly." }, "options": [ "He was sad.", "He acted quickly.", "He panicked.", "He felt helpless." ], "question": "How did the science teacher react to the accident?", "question_type": "factiod_quest...

Although in 1947 we were still very new to the atomic age, we knew about mushroom clouds. A huge crack spread across the library wall upstairs, sending teachers and students screaming down the hall. Had a new world war started? Pale-faced, our young science teacher quickly organized us for a fire drill. We huddled in ...

high9587.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "help kids keep healthy" }, "options": [ "help kids keep healthy", "train more young reporters", "encourage kids to eat more eggs", "invite kids to visit the White House" ], "question": "The purpose of the \"Let'...

More than 30,000 people went to the White House on Monday for the 136th Easter Egg Roll . President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama held the event by inviting thousands of kids to color and look for eggs. The theme of the day was "Hop Into Healthy, Swing Into Shape." It was part of the First Lady's "Let's ...

high8699.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "The decrease of grey matter in the ACC affects emotion ." }, "options": [ "Watching the TV for a long time can reduce grey matter .", "The decrease of grey matter in the ACC affects emotion .", "People with less grey matter p...

A study made by University of Sussex found that men and women who frequently used several types of technology at the same time had less grey matter in a key part of the brain . The researchers said : " Simultaneously , using mobile phones , laptops and other media devices could change the structure of our brains . " Wo...

high12782.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Spain" }, "options": [ "Egypt", "Persia", "Spain", "Italy" ], "question": "According to most experts, the guitar developed into a modern form like today in _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, ...

Probably no other musical instrument is as popular as the guitar around the world. Musicians use the guitar for almost all kinds of music. Country and western music would not be the same without a guitar. The traditional Spanish folk music called Flamenco could not exist without a guitar. The sound of American blues mu...

high14494.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "After he had thought about the two wrong ways." }, "options": [ "After he had thought about the two wrong ways.", "Long before he moved into the street.", "When the other boys came down to the playground.", "As soon as ...

Robert had just moved into the street and he felt strange that he was not wanted. He knew that perhaps the other boy students were trying to get an idea of what kind of a boy he was. This did not help to make him less lonely. He was new and he had to be tested. Still, proving himself would not be all that easy. He did ...

high22126.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "to be helped out of the prison" }, "options": [ "to be excused", "to go away freely with his family", "to be a free man in the prison", "to be helped out of the prison" ], "question": "The prisoner had a wish _...

The prisoner had waited many months for help, but none had come. Now he felt he would do something to gain his freedom, to be free again to go about the world as he wished. But he could think of no way to run away. He spent many hours thinking of his life before he was captured, regretting the mistakes he had made and ...

high12783.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "different foods or sometimes none" }, "options": [ "no breakfast at all", "very rich breakfast", "different foods or sometimes none", "little food for breakfast" ], "question": "During the test, the people were ...

Having Breakfast Or Not Will it matter if you don't take your breakfast? A short time ago, a test was given in the United States. People of different ages, from 12 to 83, were asked to have a test. During the test, these people were given all kinds of breakfast, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Scientists ...

high8698.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "stop the noodles from sticking together" }, "options": [ "make the instant noodles more delicious", "stop the noodles from sticking together", "help keep the noodles from going bad", "make it easy to cook the instant no...

It is very easy to cook instant noodles in a short time by putting the noodles into the boiling water. However, have you ever thought whether it is the right way of cooking instant noodles? When we first took out the noodles, we can notice that the noodles are joined together nicely as a piece. However, few people k...

high22640.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "spent much time outdoor" }, "options": [ "became disabled", "spent much time outdoor", "always stayed at home", "was ignored by his parents" ], "question": "When he was a child, the writer _ .", "question...

Bicycles, roller skates and skateboards are dangerous. I still have scars on my knees from my childhood run-ins with various wheeled devices. Admittedly, I was a foolish kid, but I'm glad I didn't spend my childhood trapped indoors to protect me from any injury. "That which does not kill us makes us stronger." But pa...

high9586.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Emergency Exercise in London" }, "options": [ "Possible Damages Caused by Floods", "Emergency Exercise in London", "Flood Emergency in London", "London Floods in History" ], "question": "What topic is treated in...

A few months ago, millions of people in London heard alarms all over the town. The Emergency Services, the Fire Departments, the Police, hospitals, and ambulances stood by, ready to go into action. In railway underground stations, people read notices and maps that told them where to go and what to do in the emergency. ...

high8840.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "will produced results which can be predicted" }, "options": [ "would surprise the brightest minds of the 18th century.", "will help people to make the right choice in advance.", "will produced results which can be predicted"...

It is hard to predict how science is going to turn out , and if it is really good science, it is impossible to predict. If the things to be found are actually new, they must be unknown in advance You cannot make choices on this matter. You either have science or you don't and if you have it you have to accept the surpr...

high22898.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Four." }, "options": [ "Two.", "Three.", "Four.", "Five." ], "question": "To celebrate the World Food Day, how many kinds of activities are mentioned in the passage?", "question_type": null }, { "ans...

October sixteenth is World Food Day.This day is also the anniversary of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization(F.A.O.).The UN agency leads international efforts to defeat world hunger.It was created in 1945. The F.A.O.says more than one hundred fifty countries are to hold special events to celebrate World...

high10194.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "My father--the person I admire most" }, "options": [ "How my father loved me", "My father--the person I admire most", "I am the apple of my father's eye", "My father--the one who influenced me most" ], "question...

Many people influenced various aspects of my life, based on their personal characteristics, accomplishments, and values. I have been fortunate to have had numerous teachers and professors who I respect for their patience and intelligence. There are artists that have inspired me by their natural talents and original cre...

high3915.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Depression--Heart Disease Risk Factor." }, "options": [ "Depression--Heart Disease Risk Factor.", "Heart Disease--Health Killer.", "Depression--Mental Health Enemy.", "Heart Disease--Depression Factor." ], "ques...

In one of the strongest indications of the power of the mind to influence the body, a growing collection of evidence finds that people who are depressed have a greatly higher risk of developing heart disease. In a study of almost 3, 000 men and 5, 000 women, depressed men were 70 per cent more likely to develop coronar...

high20057.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "many schools asked the students to study English" }, "options": [ "the U.K. and the US were both developed countries", "the British once colonized large parts of the world", "English-speaking people worked in many countries",...

English has gained status as a world language. About 1/3 of the world's population has English as its mother tongue. 75% of the world's mail is in English. English is the official language or is widely used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India, United Arab Ernirates, Canada, the United States, ...

high21349.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "About 10.22 million of them hadn't received CT scans." }, "options": [ "They came from both Australia and Europe.", "Most of them are between 10 to 17 years old.", "Some of them had developed cancer at the age of 19.", ...

Between 1996 and 2010, according to a study published in 2012, the use of computed tomography (CT) scans nearly increased by three times as much, from 52 scans per 1,000 patients to 149 scans per 1,000 patients. And those images certainly provided valuable information to help doctors diagnose hidden conditions that w...

high17823.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "who have a drinking habit" }, "options": [ "who produce wine", "who are eager to lose weight", "who go on a diet", "who have a drinking habit" ], "question": "The passage is mainly for those _ .", "questi...

A glass a day keeps obesity at bay. Alcohol has always been thought to cause weight gain because of its high sugar content, but new research suggests a glass a day could form part of a diet. Looking at past studies they found that, while heavy drinkers do put on weight, those who drink _ can actually lose weight. A s...

high10180.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "a family secret" }, "options": [ "a family honor", "a family secret", "a family story", "a family treasure" ], "question": "According to Jessica' s mother ,\" a skeleton in the closet\" means _ .", "questi...

"Mum,what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton in the closet ?"Jessica asked. "A skeleton in the closet?"her mother paused thoughtfully. "Well, it' s something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example,if in the past,someone in Dad' s family had been arrested for steali...

high20043.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Computer helps produce more crops." }, "options": [ "Computer helps find the best program for mixing plants.", "Computer helps produce more crops.", "Computer helps protect against insects and diseases.", "Computer help...

Farmers can produce more by planting several different crops in the same field.But their success depends on which crops they plant together and how they mix them in the filed.In the past, the only way the farmers could learn which crops grow best together is to plant them and wait for the results.Now, however, a comp...

high3901.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "why bronze medal winners are happier than silver medalists" }, "options": [ "who the happiest among the Olympics medal winners is", "why the prize-awarding moments are unforgettable", "what to pay attention to when watching t...

The emotions of the athletes in the prize-awarding moments are often some of the most unforgettable images of the Olympics.Yet, a number of people have noticed some strange things.Yes, the gold medal winner is filled with pride and excitement, which is to be expected.Yet often, it seems the bronze medal winner is happi...

high17837.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "recreate ancient Israel" }, "options": [ "earn some money", "recreate ancient Israel", "learn more about local plants", "discover the ancient civilizations" ], "question": "Prof. Finkelstein conducted the new po...

A new pollen study showed that drought was responsible for the extinction of civilizations more than 3,000 years ago during the Bronze Age. The reason behind why the civilizations in and around modern-day Israel suddenly broke down more than 3,000 years ago has remained a mystery up until now. A new pollen study by T...

high12797.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "immediately after the exam by means of the same computer" }, "options": [ "immediately on a central computer for scoring test papers", "a few minutes after the exam with the help of a test center worker", "on the next day aft...

Just the mention of the TOEFL, GRE and GAMT exams brings a thought of long hours of dull paper work. But that idea is becoming increasingly out of date. As planned, computerized tests will begin next year which will bring a series of changes from test psychology to scoring techniques. From computer - equipped rooms, ex...

high6879.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "since the time of Cardinal Richelieu" }, "options": [ "since the time of Charles V", "since the time of Cardinal Richelieu", "before the seventeenth century", "since 1370" ], "question": "The Bastille had been a...

Why was Bastille important to the citizens of Paris? The building of the Bastille had been started in 1370 under Charles V. By the seventeenth century, it had stopped to be important for defense. Cardinal Richelieu turned it into a prison. It was not an ordinary prison to punish common crimes. Its huge doors closed onl...

high9592.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Problems of harmful waste." }, "options": [ "The effect of every chemical.", "Problems of harmful waste.", "Chemicals used for industrial processes.", "Events related to waste chemicals." ], "question": "What is...

Chemicals used for industrial processes often create dangerous forms of waste. The amount of these chemicals has risen heavily in the past few years, as more areas of the world industrialize and new products are produced. Over 80,000 different chemicals are used in industries world wide. Around the world hundreds of mi...

high24225.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "more important" }, "options": [ "more important", "less needed", "less essential", "more looked down upon" ], "question": "For models, their good looks and tight figures are _ , compared with their intelligen...

Turning on the TV, a wonderful scene comes to your eyes -- a group of men, tall, strong and handsome, and women, young, beautiful and attractive, too. Together they eat in the finest restaurants, traveling everywhere around the world by luxurious planes and pleasure ships. They are models. Do you envy them? What sort o...

high8854.txt

[]

Why should I teach my children history? That sounds like a stupid question to even ask. But, as I hear different home schooling teachers discuss history, I get the idea that there may be different reasons for teaching history. Let me briefly explain the three good reasons for studying history and two bad reasons for st...

high15946.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "To build a highspeed train network." }, "options": [ "To buy some doubledecker trains.", "To take passengers to Manchester from London.", "To build a highspeed train network.", "To collect PS33 billion for the highspeed...

Superfast doubledecker trains will be taking passengers from London to six big cities in the UK by 2033. The first phase linking London to the West Midlands with a connection to HS1 is expected to open in 2026, and the second phase to Manchester and Leeds in 2032. The government set out a plan for the highspeed ra...

high14480.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Because he was afraid Miss Fairchild would find the truth." }, "options": [ "Because he needed a drink and tobacco badly.", "Because he was angry that Miss Fairchild did not say any good words for him", "Because he was bored ...

At Denver there was an crowd of passengers into the coaches on the eastbound B. & M. express. In one coach there sat a very pretty young woman dressed in elegant taste and surrounded by all the luxurious comforts of an experienced traveler. Among the newcomers were two young men, one of handsome presence with a bold, ...

high16297.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "They had not much money to spend" }, "options": [ "They had not much money to spend", "They had free time to while away", "They often met in teenage coffee bars and discos", "They had an easy life" ], "question"...

Life used to be fun for "teenagers". They used to have money to spend, and free time to while away. They used to wear teenage clothes, and meet in teenage coffee bars and discos. Some of them still do. But for many young people, life is harder now. Jobs are difficult to find. There's not so much money around. Things a...

high20725.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "his family couldn't support him" }, "options": [ "his father told him to make more friends", "he wanted to become a rich man", "his family couldn't support him", "he had nothing to do at home." ], "question": "B...

Bob was a clever college student, but his family was poor, so he had to work after class and during his holidays to get enough money for his studies. One summer he got a job in a butcher's shop during the day time, and another in a hospital at night. In the shop, he learned to cut and sell meat. He did so well that t...

high4908.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "to pay attention to details of one's work" }, "options": [ "to realize the quality of the work", "to pay attention to details of one's work", "to do as many jobs as possible", "to form the habit of doing things ahead of...

Have you heard of the saying, "If anything is worth doing, it is worth doing well"? The proverb is a piece of advice to make effects towards perfection in whichever job one does. It could be a small task like folding up your clothes, or a major one like organizing a business meeting in your later life. Perfection just ...

high1680.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "He revolutionized technology and made it enjoyable." }, "options": [ "He was very courageous in the face of cancer.", "He became very rich though dropping out college.", "He released a new iPhone version before death.", ...

Steve Jobs made technology fun.The co-founder of Apple died last Wednesday at the age of fifty-six He had fought for years against cancer.Mourners gathered outside his house in Palo Alto, California, and Apple stores around the world. Tim Bajarin, president of a high-tech research and consulting company, said "If you a...

high314.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Liquid is convenient to use in space." }, "options": [ "Liquid doesn't spoil.", "Liquid is convenient to use in space.", "Liquid is lightweight.", "Astronauts are in great need of water." ], "question": "Why do ...

Going to outer space is a little like going camping. You have to carry with you all the food and equipment you need for your trip, so your food can't be too heavy or hard to prepare. Plus, there are no refrigerators to keep food cold and fresh. Food with all the water dried out is lightweight and doesn't spoil. So, ...

high23204.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "lose his job" }, "options": [ "be punished", "be offered another job", "put off the training class", "lose his job" ], "question": "If the older man did not have the proper clothes, he would _", "question_...

My friend Robert started a new job this week and he's been in the training class for two days. The employer has a very strict dress code--dark blue shirts and pants. On the first day, an older gentleman in his class did not have the proper clothes and he was strictly told that he would be fired if he didn't have the ri...

high1858.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "the brain grows at its fastest rate during the first three years of life." }, "options": [ "the brain grows at its fastest rate during the first three years of life.", "those children with a \"healthier\" diet must get an IQ improv...

Children brought up on healthy diets are more intelligent compared with their junk food eating partners, a new research suggests. Kids fed a diet packed high in fats, sugars, and processed foods had lower IQs than those fed pasta , salads and fruit, it was found. The effect is so great that researchers from the Univ...

high3097.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "qualities of a good group leader." }, "options": [ "choosing a good leader for a group.", "assessing the performance of a leader.", "qualities of a good group leader.", "team members' appreciation of a leader." ], ...

Anyone can try to lead a group, but not every individual is cut out for leadership. The better leaders possess a few qualities that can mean the difference between the success and failure of the group. These aret he qualities the leader of higher rank will look for when choosing a leader for a group, or when evaluating...

high10816.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Bedroom TVs are not good for teenagers." }, "options": [ "Researchers found watching TV is harmful.", "Bedroom TVs are not good for teenagers.", "The disadvantages of watching TV.", "Watching TV in the bedroom harms tee...

Teenagers with a bedroom television tend to have poorer diet and exercise habits and lower grades in school than those without one, US researchers said on Monday. While many studies have examined TV viewing habits of young people, researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health said little had be...

high21413.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Mark talked too much in class" }, "options": [ "Mark didn't do well in his lessons", "Mark talked too much in class", "Mark was badly dressed", "Mark was often late for class" ], "question": "What troubles the t...

Mark Eklund was in the first third grade class I taught at Saint Mary's School in Morris, Minn. He was neat in appearance, but had that happy-to-be-alive attitude that made even his occasional mischievousness delightful. Mark liked talking. I had to remind him again and again that talking without permission was not a...

high18292.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "angry and worried" }, "options": [ "confused but happy", "sleepy and tired", "excited but tired", "angry and worried" ], "question": "When the author drove behind the slow-moving truck, he felt _ .", "que...

Last night I drove a long way (about 500 km) to return home. It was late and I was driving fast because I wanted to get home as soon as possible. So several times when I was driving behind a slow-moving truck on a narrow road, I wanted to shout at the driver ahead. Then I came to a crossroad with a traffic light. As I ...

high4920.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "heavy work" }, "options": [ "violent activities", "disease attack", "moving a lot", "heavy work" ], "question": "Homeless people suffer from all the following except _ .", "question_type": "cloze_question...

Homelessness is a huge problem all over the world. It's said that each day there are about 1 million people living on the streets in the US. It is a serious problem which should be dealt with effectively. There are two main reasons for people leaving their homes: poverty and less affordable houses due to bad economic c...

high2389.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "534RMB" }, "options": [ "1,600 RMB", "4,800 RMB", "534RMB", "246 RMB" ], "question": "What's the official price of Shanghai Disney park ticket?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": {...

As the Chinese mainland's first Disney park kicks off ticket sales on Monday, Chinese scalpers are already running a thriving trade in tickets, some of which are being hawked at 1,600 yuan ($246), triple the official price. A rough search for Shanghai Disneyland tickets on Chinese e-commerce giant Taobao on Sunday yiel...

high19832.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "To check his distance from the boys" }, "options": [ "to take in enough fresh air", "To consider turning back to not.", "To check his distance from the boys", "To ask the boys to take down the umbrella" ], "ques...

One sunny day last September, Tim heard some shouting. Looking out to the sea carefully, he saw a couple of kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea. Two 12-year-old boys, Christian and Jack, rowed out a boat to search for a football. Once they'd rowed beyond the calm waters, a beach umbrella tied to the boat cau...

high5380.txt