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"answer_text": "a newspaper"
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"a church",
"a bank",
"a newspaper",
"a magazine"
],
"question": "The Braunschweiger Zeitung is the name of _ .",
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},
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... | Some people believe that a Robin Hood is at work, others that a wealthy person simply wants to distribute his or her fortune before dying. But the donator who started sending envelopes with cash to deserving causes,accompanied by an article from the local paper, has made a northern German city believe in fairytales
T... | high489.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "they can't enjoy themselves outside"
},
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"it is very cold and windy",
"they lead a miserable life",
"they like spring very much",
"they can't enjoy themselves outside"
],
"question": "Kids are most l... | During the seasons of fine weather, kids can play outside, happy and active. But when winter comes around, it is wet, windy and cold. Since they can't go outside to play, kids get restless and miserable.
Fun activities for kids are pretty much necessary at that time of year, and they need to be kept entertained. One wa... | high10153.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Study at home at any time."
},
"options": [
"Go to the night school.",
"Go to the full-time school.",
"Study at home at any time.",
"Study at weekends or vacations."
],
"question": "How can people study this Tea... | This Teaching Assistant Level 3 course is designed for people who either are, or wish to become a teaching assistant. Teaching assistants carry out their tasks under the direction of the class teacher. This is a fully supported home study course, and the help is available whenever you need it --- either online or over ... | high2414.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "lived a hard life"
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"options": [
"lived a hard life",
"had her own bedroom",
"received a good education",
"made friends with the writer"
],
"question": "We learn from the passage that the girl about the writer... | When I was about twelve, I headed to a restaurant for dinner with my family. It was a windy winter night. As my mom and I headed towards the restaurant from our car, a girl about my age and her mother came up to us. They asked if we had any spare dollars. My mom immediately asked where they kept their things. They poin... | high19611.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "No More Smoking,Beijing"
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"options": [
"No More Smoking,Beijing",
"Anti-smoking Movement",
"Fight against indoor smokers",
"Get rid of tobacco in China"
],
"question": "The best title for the passage is probab... | Many of us have had this annoying experience:You are waiting at a bus station when someone near by begins to smoke a cigarette.You frown and move,but it seems that there isn't much you can do about it.
The situation is changing now,as in Beijing,a new ban is set to fight against smoking.Seen as the toughest anti-sm... | high19177.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Going Green."
},
"options": [
"Going Green.",
"Protecting the Planet.",
"Keeping Open-Minded",
"Celebrating Our Green Year."
],
"question": "What might be the best title for the passage?",
"question_type": n... | Going green seems to be fad for a lot of people these days. Whether that is good or bad, we can't really say, but for the tow of us, going green is not a fad but a lifestyle.
On April22, 2011, we decided to go green every single day for an entire year. This meant doing 365 different green things, and it also meant chal... | high4703.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "her mother was able to find the cause of things"
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"options": [
"her mother could always find friends for her",
"her mother had a way of making friends with people",
"her mother was able to find the cause of things",
"... | A high school history teacher once told us, "If you make one close friend in school, you will be most fortunate. A true friend is someone who stays with you for life." Experience teaches that he was right. Good friendships are just not easily formed. Why?
One reason is that it is easy to move around in our society. Mr.... | high10635.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because the culture there is different from that in China."
},
"options": [
"Because the people there are more intelligent.",
"Because the foreign countries are more developed.",
"Because he can make more friends there.",
... | Luo Gaoqi hopes to join the increasing number of Chinese students in the United States because he wants the experience of studying in a foreign land as it will help his future job at home. "I want to try Western education because people there think differently," said the 21-year-old who is in his final year of undergra... | high2372.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Happiness is a Process"
},
"options": [
"Happiness Is a Frustration",
"Happiness Is a Destination",
"Happiness Is a Dream",
"Happiness is a Process"
],
"question": "The most proper title for the passage should b... | We let ourselves believe that life will be better once we are married, have a baby, then another. Then we get frustrated because our children are not old enough and that all will be well when they are older. Then we are frustrated because they reach teenage years and we must deal with them. Surely we'll be happier when... | high15995.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to end her life"
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"options": [
"to save her life",
"to end her life",
"use an artificial kidney",
"to maintain her life with machines"
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"question": "The first patient's husband and son wanted the doctor _ ... | We discuss the issue of when to help a patient die. Doctors of our generation are not newcomers to this question. Going back to my internship days, I can remember many patients in pain, sometimes in coma , with late, hopeless cancer. For many of them, we wrote an order for heavy medication--morphine by the clock. This ... | high9227.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the whistle language will help pass the message to the doctor"
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"options": [
"others will phone the doctor in town",
"people will take him to town by carriage",
"his family will take him to the hospital",
"the whistle... | La Gomera is the only place in the world which has a whistle language. We do not know how and why it began because we do not know the complete history of the island. But we can certainly imagine the reasons for the beginning of the whistle language. There are many deep valleys on the island. A person on one side of a ... | high6114.txt |
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"answer_text": "how sex differences are demonstrated in social relations"
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"how sex differences are demonstrated in social relations",
"how hormone determines sex differences",
"why there are differences between males and fema... | There is one difference between the sexes on which every expert and study agrees: men are more aggressive than women. It shows up in 2-year-olds. It continues through school days and persists into adulthood. It is even constant across cultures. And there is little doubt that it is rooted in biology.
If there's a woman'... | high8139.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "At the age of 22."
},
"options": [
"At the age of 22.",
"At the age of 50.",
"At the age of 30.",
"At the age of 15."
],
"question": "When do women love books best?",
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}... | An interesting study posted on Facebook recently shows how men and women develop new interests as they mature .
While women tend to take exercise seriously from the age of 34, men will wait until their 45th birthdays before working hard to get in shape.
The average woman spends more time talking about sports, politics,... | high12022.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The methods are totally out of time."
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"options": [
"The methods ignore women's rights.",
"The methods are totally out of time.",
"The methods have a long history.",
"The methods worked well in the past."
],
"... | Father upset by Manchester school's 'Victorian' wall of shame
Josie Robinson, who appeared on a so-called wall of shame at her school in south Manchester, was in tears. Her father has hit out at the "Victorian" methods.
Chorlton High School put up pictures of year 10 pupils who teachers believed had behaved badly. C... | high20906.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It is basically a good way to protect one's privacy."
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"options": [
"It is a way of signaling that you don-t like the caller.",
"It is natural to tell lies about small things.",
"It is basically a good way to protect one's ... | There is famous story about British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.He was writing a poem when he was interrupted by a knock at the door.
This was an age before telephones.Someone was delivering a message.When Colcridge got back to his poem, he had lost his inspiration.His poetic mood had been broken by the knock on his
d... | high11503.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "protect crop seeds from dying out in case of possible disasters"
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"increase the world's food output in the future",
"carry out some scientific experiments on plant genes",
"protect crop seeds from dying out in ... | The government of prefix = st1 /Norwayis planning to build an unusual storage center on an island in the Arctic Ocean. The place would be large enough to hold about two million seeds. The goal is to present all crops known to scientists. The British magazine New Scientist published details of the plan last month. The s... | high17172.txt |
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"answer_text": "The Day I Hugged Barack Obama."
},
"options": [
"The Day I Hugged Barack Obama.",
"You're the Biggest Pizza Guy.",
"Barack Obama Likes Eating Pizza.",
"I Had a Special Sunday."
],
"question": "Which of the follo... | It was a Sunday, and I got a call saying that the president would be at the store in 20 minutes. When I got there, the Secret Service had already finished collecting knives and scissors, anything that could be used as a weapon. All of a sudden, he popped in and went, "Where's Scott?" and I went, "Right here, sir." and ... | high18241.txt |
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"answer_text": "Tiger Woods attaches great importance to mind power"
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"golf players always do the same pre--shots before events",
"Tiger Woods attaches great importance to mind power",
"Tiger Woods doesn't want to give away hi... | Every athlete,from Tiger Woods(a golf player)to a high school quarterback ,uses a form of self-hypnosis to move their game to the next level Use the Olympics to 1earn how to use the amazing power of your subconscious to do the same with your sport.
Here are some examples of how to best use the power of the mind:
During... | high5435.txt |
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"answer_text": "research report"
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"news report",
"research report",
"story for soccer players",
"text for doctors"
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"question": "The passage is most probably a _ .",
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... | What happens inside the skull of a soccer player who repeatedly heads a soccer ball? That question motivate a challenging new study of the brains of experienced players that has caused discussion and debate among soccer players, and some anxiety among those of us with soccer-playing children.
For the study, researchers... | high1653.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he wanted to prevent his father knowing the publication"
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"he was greatly influenced by other poets",
"literary greats usually used the pen name",
"his father encouraged him to use the name",
"he wanted t... | Have you ever heard of a great Chilean poet? He was once referred to as the _ of poetry. Beloved by Chileans of all classes, he is one of the most widely read and respected poets in history. And this year is the 110th birthday of Pablo Neruda (1904-1973).
Born with the name Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basolto, he was a tall,... | high7222.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the disappearing newspaper"
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"the disappearing newspaper",
"different news sources",
"the future of the Internet",
"the new technologies"
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"question": "This passage is mainly about _ .",
... | What's black and white and read all over? Not newspapers, at least not anymore. In fact, if you're like most young people, you probably don't read the newspaper at all.
In one recent survey, just 19 percent of 18 to 34-year-old said they read a newspaper every day, while 37 percent watch local TV news and 44 percent vi... | high8111.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Book Reviews"
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"Arts & Entertainment",
"Reference & Education",
"Book Reviews",
"Self Improvement"
],
"question": "In which part of a magazine would you probably find this passage?",
"question... | The following are four books that will help you change your mind and change your life.
1)
, Louise Hay: A groundbreaking book when it was released in 1982. It is still the book that I turn to when I have physical unrest that requires deeper understanding. Louise Hay is the pioneer in looking at the connection between t... | high15765.txt |
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"answer_text": "27."
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"26.",
"27.",
"20.",
"12"
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"question": "How many people of the school got shot during this heartbreaking event?",
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"answer": {
"a... | All 20 children who died in a shooting at a school in Connecticut were aged between six and seven, according to an official list of the dead.
The state's chief medical examiner said the gunman used a rifle as his main weapon, and all the victims appeared to have been shot several times.
The gunman, named in media repor... | high6882.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a mess above windows"
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"options": [
"a broken window",
"a dirty awning",
"a loose roof",
"a mess above windows"
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"question": "The egg bombing on that Saturday evening resulted in _ .",
"question_type":... | On a recent Saturday evening at around midnight our home became the victim of an egg bombing.Early next morning I was ready to wash off the mess above our front bedroom windows.As I climbed up,I noticed that the glass in a small window just under the roof line was very badly broken.On a closer check,the crack ran aroun... | high8677.txt |
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"answer_text": "They are less enjoyable than breaks that have not been planned in advance."
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"They are often well organized in order to please other people.",
"He feels embarrassed when other people are having fun but he isn't.",
... | Why I've taken a break from holidays
It is now close to four years since I last took a holiday.This is because I have come to the conclusion,over the course of my adult life,that I am not very good at it.You might think this sounds like saying you're not very good at drinking tea or listening to music.What could possib... | high15003.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "find another lady to share the cost to rent a flat"
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"rent a beautiful flat of her own in happy valley",
"find another lady to share the cost to rent a flat",
"share her room in a flat with whoever has no pet"... | *Share flats happy valley big flat, 1 room ready for use immediately. quiet and convenient, fully furnished, park view. $6, 800 including bills with maid. female nonsmoker. no pet. sara 25720836 or 10077809.
* moving sale 2 armchairs, red/brown at $400 each; coffee table, black, wood, $800; oil painting, big, $900; tia... | high9569.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "you're having a meeting"
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"you're having your hair cut",
"you're having a meeting",
"you're waiting for a bus",
"you're waiting in a line to buy something"
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"question": "Small talk happens most ... | In our daily life, it is necessary to make small talk in certain situations. It helps to fill time between people when it is completely quiet. You may not feel like talking with someone else or you are very shy at the beginning, but it is sometimes thought to be rude to say nothing.
People use small talk almost every d... | high13472.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "watching TV news"
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"listening to the radio",
"reading newspapers",
"watching TV news",
"asking some rescuers"
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"question": "People throughout the country learned about the attempted rescues by_.... | A whale that became stranded in the River Thames in Central London has died after attempts to save its life failed. The whole nation had been hoping for a more successful outcome to the attempted rescue, updates of which were shown on TV news programmes throughout the day and night.
The five- meter long bottle-nosed w... | high22877.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because it is impossible to find DNA of dinosaurs in fossils."
},
"options": [
"Because dinosaurs are forbidden to be brought back to life.",
"Because it is impossible for scientists to bring back extinct huge animals.",
"Bec... | Each year, about 10,000 to 100,000 animal species die off. They join the countless species that have gone extinct over the course of Earth's history - and extinction means forever. At least it used to. Scientists are now closing in on the ability to bring back extinct species. No, this doesn't mean the plot of Jurass... | high17614.txt |
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"answer_text": "have a high possibility of dying of heart disease"
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"are not likely to suffer from heart problems",
"are more likely to suffer from heart problems than moderate ones",
"can go on smoking only if they don't smok... | The research tracked the health of 101,000 US nurses over three decades.
Light-to-moderate smokers were twice as likely to die of sudden heart problems as those who had never smoked.
But those who quit smoking saw their risk begin to go back down within years, a journal of the American Heart Association reports.
_
Du... | high5353.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "wanted better things than those they themselves could provide"
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"all learnt to make by themselves the things needed",
"had to travel a lot to look for what they wanted",
"wanted better things than those they th... | In the earliest stages of man's development he had no more need of money than animals have. He was content with very simple forms of shelter, made his own rough tools and weapons and could provide food and clothing for himself and his family from natural materials around him. As he became more civilized, however, he be... | high11265.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "helping a poor family"
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"helping a poor family",
"donating beds and bedding",
"dealing with a housing problem"
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"question": "The writer's first volunteer project was... | At the age of sixteen,I joined a volunteer group with my dad. I went on my first volunteer project in West Virginia. On the night we arrived, we discovered that "our family" was living in a trailer that was in poor condition. A crew had been working on it for two weeks,but every time they finished one problem,another ... | high17600.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "enjoy openness as well as individualism although they seem to contradict each other"
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"are rich enough to afford large size houses and luxurious electricity appliances",
"are very shy when talking about keeping their... | The issue of privacy versus openness is a paradox, particularly when it comes to the American home. "Lots" or "yards" (gardens) can be large and many are not enclosed by the walls, fences or hedges so popular in other cultures. Similarly, "window treatments" frame the window. but the use of European-style net curtains ... | high5347.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "listen purposefully"
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"listen actively",
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"set aside their prejudices",
"open up their inner mind"
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"question": "According to the author, in communication people tend to ... | Many people think that listening is a passive business. It is just the opposite. Listening well is an active exercise of our attention and hard work. It is because they do not realize this, or because they are not willing to do the work, that most people do not listen well.
Listening well also requires total concentrat... | high4059.txt |
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"answer_text": "the study on the language of squirrels"
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"the study on the language of squirrels",
"the comparison between squirrels and chickadees",
"the calling for the protection of squirrels",
"the ways for squirrels... | Squirrels often communicate with whistles, chirps and chucks, which sound like the word "chuck". Whistles and chirps are like the sounds that many birds make.Now scientists have translated some of their squirrel-speak.
Hare, a professor of zoology at the University of Maniloha in Winnipeg, and his team managed to recor... | high3736.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a space experiment with ants"
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"Sally Ride's first ride",
"space equipment for insects",
"a space experiment with ants",
"going to school in New Jersey"
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"question": "The story is mainly about_.... | Many people will remember the flight of the space shuttle Challenger , in June, 1993.The achievement of Sally Ride, America's first woman astronaut to fly into space, made this flight especially memorable.Students from two high schools in Camden, New Jersey, however, are likely to remember Norma rather than Sally when... | high11271.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "travel at 40 miles per hour and get its name"
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"form off the coast of Africa and America",
"hit parts of the world in summer and autumn",
"travel at 40 miles per hour and get its name",
"cause sea winds t... | Many people like the feeling of the gentle wind in spring . Many like to see the falling leaves dancing in the wind in autumn. But sometimes, when the wind becomes a storm, it can be very destructive.
A series of such storms struck the US last month and caused very serious damage and human pain.
Every year, major storm... | high12778.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Sovereign Hill."
},
"options": [
"Cook's Cottage.",
"Westfield Centrepoint.",
"Sydney Tower.",
"Sovereign Hill."
],
"question": "Where can you spend the night in a tour?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions... | Sydney is one of the world's biggest cities and has something for everyone when he comes to shopping.You will find excellent Australian products alongside the best that the world has to offer.At the bottom of Sydney Tower, you can shop in 160 of Sydney's favorite stores including 16 jewellery stores and many gift and f... | high15017.txt |
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"Five."
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... | We all know how important human life is--it's priceless. Firstly, we can tell you that the lives of your relatives could depend on your ability to give first aid. If you think highly of human's life, this article is for you! Here you can find information about first aid.
The very first thing that you should do when you... | high14309.txt |
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"answer_text": "How they manage to migrate successfully."
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"Why they migrate to warmer places.",
"When they start migrating each year.",
"Whether some birds fly faster than oth... | Many birds migrate. This means that every year they fly somewhere warm in the winter and then return to the place they came from in the spring. One mystery is how birds know how to travel such long distances without getting lost. Scientists have wondered for years whether they are born with the knowledge of where to go... | high13466.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to finish their required course"
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"to supply the house for the poor",
"to take an active part in social affairs",
"to finish their required course",
"to increase their interest in architecture"
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... | Students at the Yale School of Architecture handed over the keys to a house that they designed and built to its new owners at a ceremony on Sept. 25 at 20 King Place.
The ceremony held to hand over the house will mark the completion of the school's First-Year Building Project 2008. since 1967, the Yale School of Archit... | high22863.txt |
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"answer_text": "It's the first safari park in the UK."
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"options": [
"It's the first safari park in the UK.",
"It covers an area of 100 acres in total.",
"It has a longer history than Bristol Zoo.",
"It's famous mostly for its parrot... | A visit to a zoo can be an amazing experience for people of all ages. If you want to get close to wildlife, why not visit one of the following zoos in the UK?
Longleat Safari & Adventure Park
Wiltshire's Longleat Safari & Adventure Park is the UK's oldest safari park. Opened in 1966, it was the first safari park opene... | high13300.txt |
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"answer_text": "is aimed at small companies"
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"is aimed at small companies",
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"made its appearance in 40 countries"
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"question": "According to the text, the ... | After record increase in over 40 countries, Universal Robots' lightweight robotic arms are now making their US debut at this year's International Manufacturing Trade Show (IMTS) in Chicago.
The UR5 robotic arm made by Universal Robots has been announced officially "The world's most innovative robot" by The Internat... | high6128.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because differences in age and background make it difficult to make friends."
},
"options": [
"Because people of different age can't have the same interest.",
"Because people who enjoy different social status have nothing in common... | Friends play an important part in our lives, and although we may take the fact of friendship for granted, we often don't clearly understand how we make friends. While we get on well with a number of people, we are usually friends with only a very few. For example, the average among students is about 6 per person.
In th... | high7236.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Ruby."
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"options": [
"Grace.",
"Ruby.",
"Kelly.",
"Charlotte."
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"question": "Which of the following girl names ranks the second?",
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... | Olivia and Jack are the most popular names in Britain for babies born in 2008, according to a survey made by the website
. Jack has been top for 14 years since it took over from Thomas.
Grace -- made famous by the Hollywood star Grace Kelly -- slipped back into third place behind Ruby, the name of singer Charlotte Chur... | high15771.txt |
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"teach rabbit owners what to do when their pets get tooth decay",
"instruct rabbit owners ... | The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) is launching a new campaign called Hay Fever, which aims to teach rabbit owners how to correctly feed their rabbits.
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],
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1.Create wildlife friend... | high3050.txt |
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},
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"Friends should always be faithful to each other.",
"There should be a distance even between friends.",
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},
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"Mark Black confiscated a bag and locked a student.",
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},
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},
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"It has a heart rate detector.",
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],
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},
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],
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},
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"are not given the right kind of blood",
"are AB-group people"
],
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},
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We have arrived in the hot, wet city of Bangkok. This is our first trip to Thailand . All the different smells make us want to try the food. We are going to eat something special for dinner tonight. The hotel we are staying in is cheap, and very clean. We plan to stay here for a few days, visit som... | high1874.txt |
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},
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"are worried about getting old too quickly",
"are enjoying a good life with plenty of money to sp... | The days of elderly women doing nothing but cooking huge meals on holidays are gone.Enter the Red Hat Society -a group holding the belief that old ladies should have fun.
"My grandmothers didn't do anything but keep house and serve everybody.They were programmed to do that," said Emily Cornett, head of a
of the 7-year-... | high15942.txt |
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],
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},
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"an\" empty nest' is always a happy thing",
"parents' relationships may suffer once their... | Marriages improve after children grow up and move out,according to an academic study,which suggests an" empty nest" is not always a bad thing.
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},
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"local farmers can get big harvests if they work together with her"... | Xinhua News--The Beijing government has set out to _ thousands of university graduates to work as junior officials in rural areas to both improve rural administration and ease the city's employment problems.
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"ask him to pay for his boat right away"
],
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We would like to introduce ourselves. Our company was organized only two years ago, but we are one of the largest boat companies inprefix = st1 /California. As you know, your son has bought a boat from us recently, and I think you know how pleased be is with our product. Also, John Webb, one of yo... | high22888.txt |
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"In eight hours' time"
],
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},
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"Contributing to JNF's work.",
"Growing crops in the desert.",
"Activities for children."
],
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* Saturday April 13, 2013 *
From 8:30 am -- 3:30 pm
Paramount Ranch , Agoura Hills
We invite you and your friends to join Jewish National Fund for our Walk to help the environment!
We must take responsibility for the Earth's future. You can help o... | high22650.txt |
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},
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"To explain why Horton is a good place to live in.",
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"old houses, parks and trams",
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The sea is always present in Helsinki. When you take a walk over the great open space of... | high3905.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "forcing yourself to eat"
},
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"drinking chicken soups",
"eating honey",
"forcing yourself to eat"
],
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},
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"children evacuation",
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"loss of children"
],
"question": "The whole passage is mainly about _ .",
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The British Government developed plans for evacuating 1 million children to the... | high9582.txt |
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"have experience of teaching before",
"speak fluent English and Chinese",
"be able to communicate with people easily"
],
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Objectives and responsibilities:
*Teach public and/or in-house training programs, based on Kaplan training materials
*Work 1 or 2 mornings/afternoons on weekends or a few evenings on weekdays
*Flexibility to work in our centre
Requirements:
*Provide legal advice to ban... | high8844.txt |
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},
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"The early loss of both his parents.",
"His support to the rights of women.",
"His knowledge of high blood pressure."
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"answer": {
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},
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"Life is not easy for all of us.",
"Don't expect too much in life.",
"Every one of us has strengths."
],
"question": "Which of th... | A taxi driver taught me a million dollar lesson in customer satisfaction and expectation. Motivational speakers charge thousands of dollars to give training to company executives and staff. It cost me a $12 taxi ride.
I had flown into Dallas for the purpose of calling on a customer. Time was limited and my plan include... | high13499.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"he successfully arrested a lot of rioters in Urumqi on July 5th",
"he lost his life... | BEIJTNG, July 21 (Xinhua) -- An armed police officer who died in the riot in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has been honored as a "loyal guard devoted to his mission ", one of the highest-level honors in the Chinese army.
Premier Wen Jiabao and Central Military Commission (CMC) Chairman Hu Jint... | high22644.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"People's wrong ideas about animals.",
"Why the number of animals has dropped.",
"The importance of protecting animals."
],
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},
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"Americans ate the salad after the main course",
"Americans ate the salad either before or after the main course",
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"answer": {
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},
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As dawn broke over the Santa Catalina mountains, the ei... | high14490.txt |
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],
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},
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"US bottled water sales have increased for the first time.",
"Activists in several regions ha... | U.S. Bottled Water Sales Are Booming Again Despite Opposition
Despite organized anti-bottled-water campaigns across the country and a noisy debate about bottled water's environmental impact, Americans are buying more bottled water than ever.
Why do so many people seem to think they should have any input on what other A... | high4918.txt |
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],
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"answer": {
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"answer": {
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],
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So, what is?
Many parents de... | high18282.txt |
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},
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"why Liz loved her parents so much",
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"answer": {
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"have left school"
],
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"his school education"
],
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"The place where they are first bullied.",
"The age at which they are first bullied.",
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Bullying can have long-lasting effects,but particularly when it begins in adolescence,the researchers say. People... | high10806.txt |
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"CU@ the bar g8 2nite.",
"W84U@ SKUg8 2nite."
],
"question": "If you want to meet your friend at the school gate this evening, which... | When Scotsman Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, it was a revolution in communication. For the first time, people could talk to each other over great distances almost as clearly as if they were in the same room. Nowadays, though, we increasingly use Bell's invention for taking photographs, accessing ... | high5390.txt |
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},
"options": [
"Many people with dark skin try to make their skin whiter.",
"Many people with whiter skin live a better life than others.",
"People with darker skin ... | In much society, there is often greater acceptance of light skin than dark skin; Light skin may be seen as a mark of beauty, intelligence and success. These beliefs can lead to social pressures even within the same group, if some members are darker than others.
The result is that skin lightening has become very common ... | high12977.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Shy."
},
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"Kind.",
"Shy.",
"Determined."
],
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"question_type": null
},
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "they hate studying"
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"options": [
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"they don't know what to do",
"they want to get experience",
"they want to know their real interests"
],
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"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "they must find new ways to promote sales in their country"
},
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"the light golden color increases the attraction of their potato chips",
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"answer_text": "The writer flew to Paris via another country."
},
"options": [
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While looking for more interesting things to do besides sleeping and eating, I found programs for learning languages abroad, and jumpe... | high12963.txt |
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"answer": {
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{
"answer": {
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And in general, the more confident the people a... | high23566.txt |
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