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"answer_text": "the Capitol used to be open to the public in history."
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"the writer is a daughter of a member of Representatives.",
"the Capitol used to be open to the public in history.",
"London was attacked during the war, ... | I WAS BORN and raised in the shadow of the Capitol, in prefix = st1 /Washington,D.C., as were my parents and my mother's parents.
Our row house was on a tree-lined street just blocks from the building that was the heart of the federal legislative branch. When I was a child, in the 1940s, friends and I would pack a lun... | high22283.txt |
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"answer_text": "is becoming more and more crowded"
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"needs to produce many materials to use",
"is becoming more and more crowded",
"loses tracks of story line increasingly",
"is crowded with shoppers everywhere"
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... | I am a person who does not like to wait.I don' t like lines, being put on hold when making a phone call, arriving at an appointment to find that my companion will be delayed and of course, I don * t like waiting rooms.
However, I realize that my agony will not be good for me, as an increasingly, crowded world can only... | high12340.txt |
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"answer_text": "In front of a store."
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"In a grand restaurant.",
"At the gate of a station.",
"In front of a store.",
"At a local bus station."
],
"question": "Where did the author notice the homeless man stand?"... | One Saturday morning we were on our way home and decided to stop at a local gas station to get something to eat since it was a good hour and a half before we got home. We noticed a man standing outside in front of the building. You could tell that he was a homeless man. His clothes were worn and dirty, and not enough o... | high23189.txt |
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"answer_text": "He usually encouraged kids."
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"options": [
"He seldom looked for the best.",
"He was a specialist in law.",
"He usually encouraged kids.",
"He was a father without principles."
],
"question": "What can we know... | My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling lawyer, but I always knew he was special. He never criticized us, but used praise to bring out our best. He'd say, "If you pour water on flowers, they flourish . If you don't give them water, they die." I remember as a child I said some... | high14725.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To inform us of the Malaysian disaster."
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"options": [
"To arouse our attention of some famous crashes of plane.",
"To find out the causes of plane crash.",
"To inform us of the Malaysian disaster.",
"To warn us not t... | Traditionally regarded as one of the safest planes in the skies, the Boeing 777's reputation will have been damaged by the second fatal crash in less than a year. There are around 1,000 Boeing 777s in service, and the plane is a long haul workhorse , shouldering some of the longest routes. It entered service in 1995 an... | high9151.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "You can have a good chance to make new friends."
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"options": [
"You can relax on the holiday.",
"You will enjoy exploring different places.",
"You can understand your friends better.",
"You can have a good chance to m... | When you have good friends you really feel special and want to share in the spirit of friendship. You try to do pleasing and exciting things for each other. You could go on a friendship holiday, which would be very joyous. There are many places that you can go for a friendship holiday.
First, let us look at some of the... | high22297.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the author's impression of Harvard"
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"options": [
"the author's campus life in Harvard",
"the author's impression of Harvard",
"Harvard's old buildings",
"the academic system at Harvard"
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"question": "The ar... | Recently I paid a visit to Harvard University, where there are top class scientists and professors and the best academic system in the world.
I was pretty shocked when I first stepped onto the campus. Well, it's not even really a campus. It's more like a district in a small town.
Harvard's main buildings are from the 1... | high12354.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Rich countries."
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"options": [
"International groups.",
"Rich countries.",
"Poor countries.",
"Tropical and sub-tropical countries."
],
"question": "Who should play a leading role in resisting the more extreme... | Global warming threatens to hold back human progress, and make unachievable all UN targets to reduce poverty, according to some of the world's leading international development groups.
In a report published today, Oxfam, Greenpeace, Christian Aid, Friends of the Earth, WWF and 15 other groups say rich governments must ... | high16132.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "76 yuan"
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"options": [
"88 yuan",
"76 yuan",
"28 yuan",
"4 yuan."
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"question": "How much will you pay if you want to stay in a capsule inn for 12 hours?",
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... | A capsule inn is a kind of cheap and small hotel where people just sleep in rectangular containers . After experiencing popularity in Japan for more than 30 years, capsule inns have now entered the Chinese market. This new style is becoming popular with many visitors, but some are less than what they expected. The caps... | high4475.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "inspires young people to better themselves"
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"has changed the lives of young people worldwide",
"inspires young people to better themselves",
"encourages his students to improve the community",
"has made ... | Rahfeal Gordon has come a long way from the homeless shelters and streets of Newark, New Jersey. The 25-year-old was honored this year by the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship for his work----giving motivational speeches to youth groups.
Rahfeal Gordon tells his audience, "If nobody ever says that you'r... | high20480.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "it has a public resting-room with TV"
},
"options": [
"the rest room has a fire fireplace",
"the bathroom has bath and shower",
"the apartments are ready to move straight into",
"it has a public resting-room with TV"
... | The apartments for sales,40 minutes' walk to the gold coast beach, on the ground floor is a private patio , fully fitted kitchen, resting room with feature fireplace and a second reception room which could be used as a dinning room or third downstairs bedroom. On the first floor are two double bedrooms, one of which le... | high11885.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "wine tasting in a bar"
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"options": [
"backpacking across a country",
"wine tasting in a bar",
"hiking to some mountains",
"white water rafting"
],
"question": "For a quiet traveler, he is most likely to choose... | You want to have fun and adventure and so you decide to travel somewhere to do it. Sounds like a simple enough thing. And basically it is. But what is adventure? That is the key here and the answer can be different for different people.
For those who love sports, adventure travel can have a whole different meaning than... | high2004.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Four."
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"options": [
"Three.",
"Four.",
"Five.",
"Six."
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"question": "How many children did Tom Hanks' parents have when their marriage ended?",
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] | Tom Hanks has one of the most successful and extensive careers in Hollywood. He has acted in television shows and movies, and done voice work for animated films. He's also a movie director, producer and writer. He won the Academy Award for best actor in back to back years. Spencer Tracy is the only other actor to hav... | high21946.txt |
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"answer_text": "is popular with children all the time."
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"options": [
"is popular with children all the time.",
"is too old for children to read",
"is a poorly organized story",
"is too stupid to be believed."
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"question": ... | The brothers Grimm , Jacob and Wihelm are synonymous with fairytales. The stories they gathered have been read by millions of children in all countries over the last two hundred years. It's difficult to think that any children could not be attracted by a tale like Red Riding Hood ,which never seems to grow old.
This ye... | high10543.txt |
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"answer_text": "they couldn't bear the smell from the old man's house"
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"options": [
"the old man kept begging money from them every day",
"there was something dangerous in the old man's house",
"the old man wouldn't buy tickets for the tr... | Adults usually do not remember most of the things that are taught by their teachers at school. But this story is one such lesson that I will never forget. Every time I drift off course, I think of this story.
It was a normal Monday morning, and my teacher was teaching us on important things in life and about devoting o... | high2762.txt |
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"answer_text": "American shows are very popular in China"
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"options": [
"China has been open to America",
"American movie industry develops well",
"American shows are very popular in China",
"Chinese enjoy talking about American show... | Nowadays, Chinese love to consume TV shows, particularly American TV shows. Some shows have become especially popular for certain reasons. When you meet Chinese people, try to mention these shows to strike up a conversation with them, as it is likely that they are fans of these shows.
1. The Big Bang Theory
Talk to any... | high10225.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "keep the oil industry to something near its present size"
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"encourage the oil companies to discover new oil resources",
"prevent oil companies from employing more people from southern Norway",
"help the oil com... | The Norwegian government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control. A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline; production limits have been laid down(though these have already been raised) ; and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited... | high18679.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Another swan should be bought in place of the dead one."
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"options": [
"Another swan should be bought in place of the dead one.",
"The other was bound to die since swans mate for life.",
"Grandma would be in deep sorrow ove... | The end of my sophomore year was approaching.Mom called me at the dorm one evening during the last week of May.My summer break would be spent with grandma and grandpa, helping out around their farm.The arrangement made good sense to all the family.I wasn't fully convinced of that myself but guessed it was just one summ... | high16654.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to collect information secretly for the US"
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"to assist the governor of one state",
"to collect information secretly for the US",
"to organize overseas promotion campaign",
"to educate intelligence employ... | Edward Snowden--the fugitive former U.S.intelligence employee --appears to be stuck in Moscow, unable to leave without a valid American passport, according to interviews Sunday with two men who had sought to aid him: WikiLeaks' Julian Assange and Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa.
Snowden, 30, arrived at Moscow's She... | high4313.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Scotland."
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"options": [
"Scotland.",
"Wales.",
"Yorkshire and the Humber.",
"East and West Midlands."
],
"question": "In which area do people spend the most time cleaning their home each week?",
"question... | Britons spend as much as nearly five hours a week keeping their homes clean, a survey found. Kitchens are cleaned most often, while doing the oven and windows are the least popular jobs. In total, they spend just over PS1 billion a year on products to keep the dirt at bay -- almost PS40 per household. Market analyst Mi... | high19567.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "First insects are cloned"
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"options": [
"The importance of clone",
"First insects are cloned",
"The disagreement in clone",
"The advantages of clone"
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"question": "The best title of this passage probably is ... | As if there weren't enough of them in the world already, scientists have succeeded in cloning flies. The alike fruit flies are the first insects ever cloned, says the Canadian team that created them. The question everyone asks is why anyone would want to clone flies in the first place. She hopes that the insects , whic... | high12432.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "China."
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"options": [
"China.",
"England.",
"Ireland.",
"Japan."
],
"question": "According to the passage, in which country can the birthday children probably receive a gift of money?",
"question_type": nu... | The tradition of birthday parties started in Europe a long time ago. It was feared that evil spirits were particularly attracted to people on their birthdays. To protect them from harm, friends and family members would come to stay with the birthday person and bring good thoughts and wishes. Giving gifts brought even ... | high8529.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "at the Admission Center"
},
"options": [
"in the Courtyard",
"in the State Apartments",
"at the Admission Center",
"at St George's Chapel"
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"question": "A visitor can apply for a free audio tour _ .",
"q... | Welcome to Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world. Windsor is one of the official residences of the Queen, who sometimes stays here.
Audio tours
Free audio tours are available on leaving the Admission Centre at the start of your visit. There is a descriptive audio tour for blind and poor s... | high927.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "She has already died."
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"options": [
"She has already died.",
"She is ill in hospital.",
"The couple is divorced.",
"She lives in another city."
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"question": "Why isn't the mother with her family?",
"que... | "Father, do you see Mother in your dreams?" the young girl asks. "You know sometimes I do."
"Mother comes to see me a lot, you know. We sit and talk." The father smiles. "How is your homework coming along?"
"Why do I have to study so hard?"
"It is what your mother would have wanted!"
She regrets speaking her mind. "I'm... | high6504.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "At the seaside."
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"options": [
"Near a lake.",
"In a village.",
"At the seaside.",
"In a mountain."
],
"question": "Where did the author spend her vacation?",
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"answer": {... | Our room was on the second floor but you could still hear the roar of the ocean and see the stars at night. I used to take long walks along the water. The food in town was wonderful and the people were very friendly. The area was very quiet and peaceful, and fairly deserted.
The last evening of our vacation, however, w... | high14043.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Four"
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"options": [
"Two",
"Four",
"Seven",
"Eleven"
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"question": "How many exact athletes are mentioned in the text?",
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"answer_index":... | A beer bottle thrown from the stands landed near Usain Bolt in the moments before the 100-meter final Sunday night in London.
As Bolt and seven other competitors ducked into their starting crouches, a bottle sailed from the first row of the stands at Olympic Stadium.
It harmlessly bounced in the lane belonging to Yohan... | high9637.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "train dentists to be able to share patients' feelings"
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"aid dental trainees to focus on their medical techniques",
"train dentists to be able to share patients' feelings",
"help patients relax during dental su... | The days of a pain-free visit to the dentist may not be far off. This is thanks to a little Japanese woman in a pink sweater, named Simroid. With a limited vocabulary, Simroid, the 160cm-tall robot is happy to feel your pain.
Simroid is designed to be used at medical colleges. She has realistic looking skin, eyes, ... | high24180.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They would be close friends again."
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"options": [
"They would be close friends again.",
"They would not speak to each other.",
"They would lose touch with each other.",
"They would go on fighting with each other."
... | "Hey, Jenna, do you think we'll still be friends when we're eighty-two?" I asked my friend.It was clear that she was wondering where I had come up with such a question.Losing Jenna would be like losing a very close sister.We hung out together.We gave each other advice.
"Of course, we'll still be friends when we're eigh... | high5025.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "came into being as early as the 18th century"
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"has played an important part in American history",
"came into being as early as the 18th century",
"is a magazine published every month",
"holds the contest... | The Saturday Evening Post 2015 Great American Fiction Contest is underway!
In its nearly three centuries of existence, The Saturday Evening Post , a bimonthly magazine, has published short fiction by a who's who of American authors including F.Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Anne Tyler, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.Ray Bradbu... | high18651.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the economic benefit it will bring about"
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"its convenience",
"the degree's nation-wide recognition",
"the economic benefit it will bring about",
"the lowest tuition price people will pay"
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"que... | Have you ever wondered what a Degree might be worth to you in your job or career? It means a lot of Americans with an Associate Degree average nearly $10,000 more in yearly earnings than those with just a High School Diploma
Harcourt Learning Direct offers you a way to get a Specialized Associate Degree in 11 of today'... | high17562.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "wiper arm problem"
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"options": [
"seat belt flaws",
"wiper arm problem",
"gearbox defect",
"engine power failure"
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"question": "According to the passage, Lexus IS cars were found to have _ .",
"questio... | BEIJING, March, 17th --The Japanese automaker Toyota will _ some 4,400 units of FJ Cruiser cars in China over seat belt flaws, China's consumer quality watchdog said Saturday.
The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) said on its website that Toyota China will recall these imp... | high2992.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "others"
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"others",
"old men",
"Americans"
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"question": "Mark Twain liked to play jokes on _ .",
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"answer": {
"answer_index":... | Mark Twain, the famous American writer, liked to play jokes on others. But once a joke was played on him. One day Mark Twain was invited to give a talk in a small town. At lunch he met a young man, one of his friends. The young man said that he has an uncle with him. He told Twain that his uncle never laughed or smiled... | high18889.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "what homeschooling is and how it works"
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"every kid should be taught at home",
"what homeschooling is and how it works",
"the advantages and disadvantages of homeschooling",
"homeschooled kids should go o... | When you learn reading, nlath, and other subjects taught in school from your parents or teaehers who come to your house, it's called homeschooling. A kid may be the only one, or he may be taught with brothers, sisters, or kids from the neighborhood.
Parents choose to homeschool their children for many different reasons... | high3454.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To ask us to appreciate every moment of our life"
},
"options": [
"To show his respect to his teacher",
"To ask us to appreciate every moment of our life",
"To ask us never to give in when facing difficulty",
"To show t... | I had a very special teacher in high school many years ago whose husband unexpectedly died of a heart attack. About a week after his death, she shared some of her views with a classroom of students.
As the sunlight came in through the classroom windows and the class was nearly over, she moved a few things aside on the ... | high8501.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park"
},
"options": [
"Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park",
"Rocky Mountain National Park",
"Mesa Verde National Park",
"Great Sand Dunes National Park"
],
"question": "A pe... | The state of Colorado has four of the 58 national parks in the United States.These have been judged as the best places of all the national parks.
Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park
This park lies in western Colorado and offers the most impressive views from up in the mountains into the canyons below.While explorin... | high7632.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he would get what he wanted without losing his self-respect"
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"he had found a good job",
"he would have something to eat",
"he would no longer suffer from the Depression",
"he would get what he wanted wit... | Work is a part of living --my grandparents understood that. They lived and worked on a farm that has been in my family for 150 years. They raised chickens for eggs , pigs and cattle for meat . Cows were kept for milk and the cream, from which Grandma made butter and cheese. What little yard they had became a garden.
Th... | high1525.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because it is very likely to fail."
},
"options": [
"Because it is very likely to fail.",
"Because it is too easy to realize.",
"Because it is not big enough as a goal.",
"Because it is not easier than losing weight."
... | During these past few days I have been reflecting a lot on everything that happened this past year and thinking of what I can do differently so that the coming year will be much better! Here I want to share some tips so you can also do your resolution and you can achieve them all!
*Be realistic: You should always try t... | high13062.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because their personalities are similar to ours."
},
"options": [
"Because they tend to like us.",
"Because opposites usually attract each other.",
"Because their personalities are similar to ours.",
"Because we often m... | We like people who look like us, because they tend to have personalities similar to our own. And, a new study suggests, the longer we are with someone, the more similarities in appearance grow.
Researchers set out to study why couples often tend to look like one another. They asked 11 male and 11 female participants to... | high8267.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It is taller, thinner but not wider."
},
"options": [
"It is taller, wider and thinner.",
"It is taller, wider and thicker.",
"It is taller, thinner but not wider.",
"It is shorter, wider and thinner."
],
"quest... | Expert Tricks on iPhone 5
We don't want to change your phone, we wanna make you say, wow, that is a bigger change than I expected. iPhone 5 in a result of that desire to surprise. It's been completely redesigned.
For the first time ever, we've increased the size of display by making the screen taller but not wider. You... | high7154.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To find the direction of a current"
},
"options": [
"To determine the position of a ship",
"To carry message across the ocean",
"To predict the direction of a ship.",
"To find the direction of a current"
],
"que... | The most important use of drifting bottles is to find ocean currents. When the position and direction of currents are known, ships can use the forward movement of a current or stay away from currents that would carry them off their course. Benjamin Franklin was one of the first to use bottles in the study of currents... | high11675.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he couldn't find a job in England"
},
"options": [
"he wanted to escape from war-torn France",
"he wanted to serve in the Canadian army",
"he couldn't find a job in England",
"he loved working as a farmhand"
],
... | At Blossom End Railroad Station, 22-year-old Stanley Vine sat, waiting for his new employer. The surrounding green fields were so unlike the muddy landscape of war-torn France. After four horrible years as an army private fighting in Europe, Stanley had returned to England in February 1946. Armed now with some savings ... | high3332.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "pathos"
},
"options": [
"ethos",
"pathos",
"logos",
"strengths"
],
"question": "When a speaker tries to move people to tears, the tool of persuasion used by him is _ .",
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... | Persuasion is the art of convincing someone to agree with your point of view. According to the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, there are three basic tools of persuasion: ethos, pathos, and logos.
Ethos is a speaker's way of convincing people that she is an honest source. For example, a speaker can develop ethos by... | high19229.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "before the new term started"
},
"options": [
"when the school year ended",
"before the new term started",
"after kids were admitted to school",
"after kids were interviewed"
],
"question": "The letter was most p... | Dear All,
Happy New Year! A list of important dates for this term is attached to this letter.
Interviews for our April and September Primary One classes will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday,18th&19th January.Now is the time to apply for admission to Peak School.
Children are expected to wear their uniforms this ter... | high5743.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he let me sit on his knee and told me stories."
},
"options": [
"he was a teacher.",
"he let me sit on his knee and told me stories.",
"he told me stories about how kind he was",
"he was the headmaster of a school"
... | My grandfather was a teacher. He was the headmaster of a school for boys between thirteen and eighteen. I know that he was a kind and gentle man at heart, because when I was young, he gave me presents, and seated me on his knee, and told me stories. But I believe the boys at his school were afraid of him.
At school, wh... | high18137.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "something has changed"
},
"options": [
"something has become better",
"something has become worse",
"something has become funny",
"something has changed"
],
"question": "According to the passage, \"progress\" me... | Everyone seems to be in favor of progress. But "progress" is a funny word. It doesn't necessarily mean that something has become stronger, wiser or better. It simply means changing it from being one thing to another and sometimes it turns out to be worse than before.
Consider medicine, for instance. No one can deny ... | high17204.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "On the average, a bigger brain means higher IQ."
},
"options": [
"MRI scans are applied to intelligence.",
"On the average, a bigger brain means higher IQ.",
"Dr McDaniel did well in his intelligence study.",
"Scientist... | People with bigger brains ftend to score higher on standardized tests of intelligence, according to new study findings.
However, the study author Dr Michael A.McDaniel of the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond emphasized that these findings represent a general trend, and people with small heads should not aut... | high11661.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "with regret"
},
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"show public consciousness of some subjects could be raised",
"encourage common people to... | I have nothing to say about whether or not "A Day Without Immigrants " had a positive or negative effect on the question of how the federal government should deal with the huge population of undocumented illegal immigrants in this country. I'll leave that question to others.
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"Airline tickets."
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Going, Going, Gone!
The Haynes Middle School Parent-Teacher organization
Invites you to attend our latest fund-raiser,
The Fourth Annual Haynes School Auction !
Saturday, May 10
6:00 p.m.-11: p.m.
in the school hall
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"Visiting a card exhibition at a mall .",
"Failing to find a satisfactory card ."
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Today I was at the shopping mall and I spent a lot of time reading the Father's Day cards . They all had a special message that in some way or another reflected how I feel about you . Yet as I selected and read , it occurred to me that not a single card said what I really want to say to you.
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It's one of the most controversial practices in agriculture: feeding small amounts of antibiotics to animals in order to make them grow faster. But what if the drugs don't even work very well? There's some good evidence that they don't, at least in pigs. They used... | high18645.txt |
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Huiyin fire
Huiyin Household Appliances Store on West Wenchang Road was damaged in a fire last night. The fire, which was discovered at about 11 o'clock, spread very quickly. Nobody was injured but tens of people had to be rescued from an upstairs room. A number of household appliances are believed to... | high17576.txt |
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"Jim's dog was badly ill.",
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"he was impressed by the notes written by the owner",
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It is a great truth because once we truly understand and accept it. Then life is no longer difficult.
Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that difficulties represent a special kind of sufferin... | high16683.txt |
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"The changes that the industrial revolution brought about.",
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"t... | The government employs many people to help take care of our society. However, these professionals cannot help out everyone just by themselves. They need our help! Consider Volunteering!
What Exactly is Volunteering?
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Late Chinese leaders,Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai,and revolutionary martyrs,Liu Hulan and Dong Cunrui,all have re... | high7815.txt |
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"he was made to feel sad by the \"Death\" news",
"he would start to read the other parts of the paper",
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He used to come downstairs to breakfast.
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Long ago the Panamint Indians called this ... | high9838.txt |
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},
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"Automobile radar detectors are allowed to be used in Manitoba.",
"Passengers may choose n... | Driving in Canada is similar to driving in many parts of the United States.Distances and speeds,however,are posted in kilometres per hour and some signs,particularly in Quebec,may only be in French.
Unless otherwise posted,the maximum speed limit in Canada is 50km/hr in cities and 80km/hr on highways.On rural highways... | high13923.txt |
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"whether the Flex Belt worked well",
"whether the Flex Belt was easy to operate",
"if she felt painful while using the Flex Belt"... | Just before Mother's Day I purchased the Flex Belt for my mother to help her lose some weight. I wasn't sure if she was going to like the present but she seemed to love it. I saw the Flex Belt review on the Internet by chance and was very impressed with what I read. It seems that the Flex Belt is helping thousands of p... | high22526.txt |
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"She appeared on TV to show off her nice figure.",
"She was a swimmer when she was young.",
"She took part in the Olympic G... | Gabby Logan was a gymnast when she was young. She is now the 39-year-old mother of seven-year-old twins, Reuben and Lois. The other day on TV she was dressed in a new swimsuit, which was designed to show off her nice figure, which was admired by a great number of television viewers.
Gabby, who won high praise for her t... | high12383.txt |
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"More British adolescents consider friends in real life are ... | A third of 15 to 18-year-olds in the UK have met someone in person they originally met through social media.
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"What does it m... | high21991.txt |
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In ancient times, when there were no lamps, telephones or smartphones, the sun ... | high5964.txt |
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"They want to recycle the soft-drink bottles.",
"Local officials ask them to do so.",
"Their income is not... | Here in the northeast Georgia mountains live an old man and his young grandson. A small sum of money given by the government is their only regular income. Man and boy walk up and down the highway daily collecting soft-drink bottles for resale. I stopped once, and tried to give the man a carton of empty bottles. Polite,... | high20443.txt |
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"Its style and elegance."
],
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... | Many families find that when it comes to a Caribbean getaway, they prefer bigger hotels. If you're considering an Aruba vacation, there are plenty of resorts that will suit your every need.
Aruba Marriott Resort and Casino
This resort is on Aruba's famous palm Beach, and has the largest rooms of all Aruba hotels. A re... | high11846.txt |
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"question": "The author considers... | Although the 2008 US presidential elections are still a long way off, candidates are already getting ready for the campaigns ahead.
For the Democrats , the two leading candidates are a surprising pair. The first is Hillary Clinton, 60, the wife of former President Bill Clinton. The second is Barack Obama, 45, a Ha... | high21985.txt |
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"She was urged by some modeling agencies.",
"She had full potential to be a successful... | When I was young I wanted to be a model,so when a national contest was staged,I convinced my parents to take me for an audition .I was selected and told I had potential.They said that for only $900 I could attend a weekend event which dozens of the most prestigious modeling agencies from around the world would atten... | high5970.txt |
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"The Greek had warm public baths.",
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Treating diseases by bathing has been popular... | high12397.txt |
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"explain ways for producing freshwater to save t... | Environment Awareness Week
Regal Convention Centre,Halls 1-4
24-30 March 2011 10:00 am-9:00 pm
Free admission for all!
Save the environment,Save our future
Our environment needs help.With the participation of more than 50 organizations,Environment Awareness Week is the biggest public education event dedicated to enviro... | high13089.txt |
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"answer_text": "His foresight and ambitions."
},
"options": [
"His English learning experience.",
"His foresight and ambitions.",
"His belief in perseverance.",
"His 17 friends and $60,000 funds."
],
"question": "What made him ... | In New York, Ma witnessed the Alibaba Group opening on the New York stock exchange with the largest initial public offering (IPO,) in American history. "Alibaba, the world's largest Internet commerce company makes China equal to the US in the rapidly increasing global competition for technological innovation and econ... | high9192.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "children's personality is largely shaped by their friends and neighbors"
},
"options": [
"parents are to blame for any bad behavior of their children",
"children's personality is largely shaped by their friends and neighbors",
... | Bringing up children is hard work, and you are often to blame for any bad behavior of your children. If so, Judith Rich Harris has good news for you. Parents, she argues, have no important long -term effects on the development of the personality of their children. Far more important are their playground friends and nei... | high14080.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Disappointment."
},
"options": [
"Kindness.",
"Wealth.",
"Disappointment.",
"Fame."
],
"question": "What do the families the author mentioned in the passage have in common?",
"question_type": null
},
{
... | I had not really planned on taking a trip this time of year, and yet I found myself packing rather hurriedly. This trip was going to be unpleasant and I knew in advance that no real good would come out of it. This is my annual "Guilt Trip".
I got tickets to fly there on "WISH-I-HAD" airlines. It was an extremely short ... | high24143.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the Front Page"
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"options": [
"Page 5",
"the Front Page",
"Page 9",
"the last page"
],
"question": "The above section may possibly appear on _ of China Daily.",
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},
... | Inside China Daily
China, Japan ink fishery accord
The New China -Japan Fishery Agreement will be put into effect starting June this year, Chinese vice - minister of agriculture, Qi Jingfa told a press conference yesterday in Beijing.
--Page 2
Offshore funeral
The remains of more than 500 dead will be scattered at sea ... | high7801.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because he considered recycling a wasteful activity."
},
"options": [
"Because he considered recycling a wasteful activity.",
"Because he didn't think recycling was a new idea.",
"Because he found few people would like to rec... | In 1996, John Tierney suggested in the New York Times Magazine article that "recycling is garbage." He wrote, "The money spent on recycling programs should have been spent on real social and environmental problems. Recycling programs not only increase energy use and pollution, but also cost more money than the disposal... | high13937.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "$ 50 CAN"
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"options": [
"$ 800 CAN",
"$750 CAN",
"$ 400 CAN",
"$ 50 CAN"
],
"question": "If a Canadian who is on a 7-day trip to New York buys $ 800 CAN worth of goods, how much should he pay tax on when retur... | While there are no restrictions on the amount of money that you can bring across the border, you must report to both the US and Canadian border services amounts equal to or greater than $10,000.
PERSONAL EXEMPTIONS ON PURCHASES
AMERICANS RETURNING TO THE US
Less than 48 hours: $ 200 US
48 hours or more: $ 800 US duty-... | high18862.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "You can't buy the Scott e-Vest because it is being developed."
},
"options": [
"In the Northeast, people often wear thick clothes in winter.",
"\"Gym shorts\" refers to a kind of clothes.",
"You can't buy the Scott e-Vest bec... | Here in the Northeast, winter means coats and sweaters. And that means plenty of pockets for our growing stock of digital things.
Summer, in fact, is a pocket-free zone. No pockets in T-shirts. No pockets in gym shorts. Those few pockets that can be used quickly become full of things.
Mobile phone, PDA, MP3 player or C... | high17589.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "find food more easily"
},
"options": [
"give birth",
"enjoy warmer water",
"find food more easily",
"find beautiful places"
],
"question": "Most animals move from one place to another at a certain time to _ .... | We know that many animals do not stay in one place.Birds,fish and other animals move from one place to another at a certain time.They move for different reasons:most of them move to find food more easily,but others move to get away from places that are too crowded.
When cold weather comes,many birds move to warmer plac... | high7829.txt |
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