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"answer_text": "His grandma's storytelling"
},
"options": [
".His love for reading",
"His grandma's storytelling",
"His family problems",
"A feeling of loneliness"
],
"question": "What was the main reason for Langston's first a... | Langston Hughes was born in prefix = st1 /Joplin,Missouri, in 1902. His parents got divorced. He spent most of his childhood with his grandmother inLawrence,Kansas. She told him stories about their family and their fight to end slavery. Her storytelling filled him with pride in himself and his race. He first began to w... | high24209.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "five times"
},
"options": [
"three times",
"four times",
"five times",
"six times"
],
"question": "The little dog went to the butcher's _ altogether during the two days.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions... | It was Monday.Mrs.Smith's dog was hungry,but there was not any meat in the house.
Considering that there was no better way,Mrs.Smith took a piece of paper,and wrote the following words on it "Give my dog half a pound of meat." Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently,"Take this to the butcher,and he's going t... | high7593.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "who invented the first car"
},
"options": [
"how the first car was made",
"who invented the first car",
"about Henry Ford's family",
"Henry Ford's interest in cars"
],
"question": "This passage mainly tells us ... | The car was invented just a century ago. You may know all kinds of cars' names, but many people don't know who was the inventor of the first car.
The first car was invented not by an Englishman, but by an American. His name was Henry Ford.
Henry was born in a poor family, He was the eldest of the six children. When he ... | high22678.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The author himself."
},
"options": [
"Amanda.",
"The author's parents.",
"Maggie.",
"The author himself."
],
"question": "Who is responsible for this situation?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
... | I suddenly felt like drinking some wine last night, because I had a tough decision to make. It's been too long for me to live in the shadow created by myself! Darkness has taken me but fortunately, I finally woke up and decided to make my way out.
Amanda bought me a bottle of wine which tasted as bitter as the life I h... | high21371.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Go to the concert."
},
"options": [
"Go to the concert.",
"Return to Cambridge.",
"Go shopping.",
"See the Crown Jewels."
],
"question": "What did the writer plan to do after lunch that day?",
"question_type... | A trip to London
My family had dreamed of a trip to London for a long time.Luckily it was possible for us to realize our dream because all of us were free on the weekend.
We planned to drive into Cambridge and caught the 7:34train to Liverpool Street Station.Then my wife and I would separate from Joan,my wife's sister,... | high19836.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "it is a fun social experience"
},
"options": [
"it is a fun social experience",
"it has been developing for over 1,000 years",
"it involves many unique ingredients",
"it keeps people warm in winter and it is creative"
... | Why do Chinese people love hot pot so much? As the winter months begin to settle in, I find myself wondering what it is about this traditional meal, which has existed for more than 1,000 years, that makes it a Chinese food favorite.But it seems that the answer lies beyond the dish itself.
Hot pot isn't just designed to... | high5384.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a most popular baby name"
},
"options": [
"family tradition",
"cultural customs",
"a most popular baby name",
"their fathers' names"
],
"question": "Parents name their sons according to the following EXCEPT _ ... | Every year, more than four million babies are born in the United States.
Some parents named their children based on family, cultural or religious traditions. Girls are often named after a family member but rarely their mothers. Sons, though, are often named after their fathers.
Every year the Social Security Administra... | high18296.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the sixth grade"
},
"options": [
"the fourth grade",
"the sixth grade",
"the seventh grade",
"the eighth grade"
],
"question": "If the author didn't skip, he should study in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze... | I felt excited, curious and nervous at the same time. I was excited because I would be skipping two grades. I was curious because I didn't know how high school students were taught. However, I was most nervous at the idea that I would be doing high school homework.
I had just walked into the class when the bell rang. T... | high4924.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "impress the listener"
},
"options": [
"make fun of the listener",
"impress the listener",
"please the listener",
"interest the listener"
],
"question": "The main reason why people lie about reading is to _ ."... | It happened to me recently that I was telling someone how much I had enjoyed reading Barack Obama's Dreams From My Father and how it had changed my views of the current US President. The person I was talking to agreed with me that it was, in his words, "a wonderfully written book." However, he then _ to talk about Mr. ... | high3093.txt |
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"answer_text": "An unusual species of migratory bird"
},
"options": [
"A new device used to follow birds",
"A recent research on endangered birds",
"A unique migration route of birds",
"An unusual species of migratory bird"
],
... | The great Snipe is a little shore bird-not one that would be considered a great athlete. However, a recent study has shown that these slightly fat birds not only fly nonstop for long periods of time during their annual migration, but do so at record speeds.
The brown migratory birds that are about the size of a pigeon ... | high21417.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The Search for Life"
},
"options": [
"Magic Class",
"Science with Me",
"Secret of the Dragon",
"The Search for Life"
],
"question": "Alec is strongly interested in space life. He may go to _ .",
"question... | July is a month of fun-filled activities for kids and teens as long as you know where to find them. When you want some fun activities for July, consider these ideas happening in this month.
Secret of the Dragon
Time Monday, July1, 2014, 10:30 a.m.
Cost Adult:$7.40 Children(under15): half
Booking Phone the booking... | high19188.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "2007"
},
"options": [
"2005",
"2006",
"2007",
"2008"
],
"question": "We can infer that the passage was written in _ .",
"question_type": "summarization_questions"
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"answer": {
"answer_in... | Listening to music can help me focus better. Since I discovered it two years ago,I've used music to get through boring work or to focus creatively. I've found that it can make even the dullest jobs enjoyable and help clear mental blocks to creativity.
I first noticed the good effects of music while playing video games.... | high1684.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "conventional playtime"
},
"options": [
"enrichment activities",
"conventional playtime",
"structured activities",
"educational activities"
],
"question": "From the passage we can see that today's children really... | (Natural News)Many parents have tried to gave their children a head start on education with get-smart videos and enrichment activities as early as infancy, but free play is often sacrificed, so the American Academy of Pediatrics says that the best medicine for busy children is an increase in traditional "playtime".
A ... | high23200.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "students may well make greater achievements with parents' attention"
},
"options": [
"parental involvement makes up for what schools are not able to do",
"teachers and students themselves do not put in enough effort",
"parent... | It is found that American students spend less than 15% of their time in school. While there's no doubt that school is important, a number of recent studies reminds us that parents are even more so. A study published earlier this month by researchers at North Carolina State University, for example, finds that parental i... | high5385.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "their children are too busy to stay with them"
},
"options": [
"their children don't like to stay with them",
"they don't have pet dogs",
"their children are too busy to stay with them",
"they don't have robotic dogs"
... | Old people are easy to feel lonely because their children are busy with their work and have little time to spend with them.Most of them have to be companied by pet dogs.However,it is sometimes impossible for some old people to keep pet dogs because they are too old or ill to take care of pet dogs.
Experts are studying ... | high19837.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to tell the result of a research on sleepy gene."
},
"options": [
"to tell the result of a research on sleepy gene.",
"to tell us the importance of plenty of sleep.",
"to inform the harm of lacking sleep.",
"to announce... | Some people can stay up all night and still get work done the next day. I'm not one of them. After a night without enough sleep, I feel bad-tempered. I have trouble remembering things. And all I want to do is go to bed.
How do you feel after you've stayed up late to finish schoolwork or the day after an overnight party... | high21370.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "their answers seldom satisfied him"
},
"options": [
"they often angered and disappointed him",
"their answers often astonished him",
"their answers seldom satisfied him",
"he often misunderstood them and gave them bad m... | There was once a professor of medicine, who was very strict with the students. Whenever he took the chair on the exam committee, the students would be in fear, because he was seldom pleased with the answers they gave. A student would be lucky enough if he or she could receive a good mark from him. At the end of the ter... | high22679.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "illegal behavior of Wall Street"
},
"options": [
"the decline of average family income",
"illegal behavior of Wall Street",
"wider gap between the very rich and everyone else",
"the protest movement called Occupy Wall S... | The protest movement called Occupy Wall Street has struck a nerve.The demonstrators' goals may not be obvious but their complaints are very real.
The truth is that millions of Americans lost their jobs, their homes and their life savings because of the greed and illegal behavior of Wall Street.Even Federal Reserve C... | high6854.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the Castle is a good place to go in Scotland"
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"options": [
"the queen is rich in tour experience",
"the Castle is a good place to go in Scotland",
"tasting whisky is better than going fishing",
"1873 is a special yea... | There is no better way to enjoy Scottish traditions than going fishing and tasting a little bit of whisky at a quiet place like the Inverlochy Castle. When Queen Victoria visited the castle in 1873, she wrote in her diary, "I never saw a lovelier spot ," And she didn't even go fishing.
Scotland is not easily defined. I... | high477.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Mobile phone rule."
},
"options": [
"How to use a mobile phone.",
"Mobile phone rule.",
"The disadvantages of mobile phones.",
"Mobile phones -- making them work for us."
],
"question": "What is the best title f... | The mobile phone rule is just common polite behavior. Most people today have a mobile phone. In fact, many people can't imagine how they ever get along without them. However, many people also complain about mobile phone users. People complain about other people loudly discussing personal matters in public places. They... | high8879.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "fourteen to fifteen"
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"options": [
"fifteen to eighteen",
"fourteen to fifteen",
"eleven to thirteen",
"nine to eleven"
],
"question": "According to the text, a two to twelve-month-old baby needs _ hours o... | Every person is unique and so are our sleep needs. But in today's busy world, how much sleep should we be getting each night? Research suggests that most healthy adults need seven to nine hours of sleep each night. Children and teens need even more sleep than adults. The following is a breakdown of the recommended ... | high24208.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because the birth rate of the nation is at a very low level."
},
"options": [
"Because the Japanese are afraid of the changing environment.",
"Because Japan will be destroyed by a serious earthquake.",
"Because the birth rate... | On Friday, Japanese researchers announced a population clock that showed a dangerous situation that the Japanese nation would disappear in 1,000 years if the falling birth rate kept the present level. Researchers in the northern city of Sendai said that Japan's population of children aged up to 14, which now stands at ... | high23567.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "feel less responsible for negative than for positive outcomes"
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"always try to hide their shame or embarrassment.",
"are only willing to take the credit when things go well",
"feel less responsible for negative... | While most of us are happy to take the credit when things go well, few of us are willing to take the blame when things go wrong. Rather than trying to hide our shame or embarrassment, experts found that we are simply less aware when our actions result in a negative outcome.
The research may explain why we often feel it... | high12962.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The first Homeless World Cup took place in 2003."
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"options": [
"The first Homeless World Cup took place in 2003.",
"The Homeless World Cup was held every other year.",
"The host country of the 9th Homeless World Cup was Au... | The Homeless World Cup is an international football event, where teams made up entirely of people who are homeless compete. The event has been held annually since 2003.
It was at the end of 2001 that Mel Young, a famous expert in the media inDustry, came up with the idea of the Homeless World Cup. 18 months later the f... | high1685.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "they are unwilling to accept higher energy costs"
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"options": [
"it is not the best way to solve such problems",
"they don't realize the risks of carbon emissions",
"it would probably harm human welfare in the long run",
... | Global emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning jumped by the largest amount on record in 2010. Emissions rose 5.9 percent in 2010, according to an analysis released on Sunday by the Global Carbon Project.
Scientists said the increase was almost certainly the largest absolute jump in any year since the Indu... | high311.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He changed much during his career."
},
"options": [
"He once ranked No.1 in the world rankings.",
"He won 60 titles.",
"He changed much during his career.",
"He won 8 major championships."
],
"question": "Accord... | Sports are all about change. A team gets better. A kid practices more and swims a personal best or learns a new move on the basketball court. In 2006, two things happened that got me thinking about change--in sports and in life.
One of them is tennis champion Andre Agassi, who retired in 2006. Agassi was a terrific pla... | high10813.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "low home-ownership increases the mobility of job market and economy."
},
"options": [
"low home-ownership rate at about 30% is most favourable for economy",
"home-ownership mainly decides a country's citizens' mental health.",
... | Today, home-ownership has reached extremely high levels. Modern generations tend to believe there is something wrong with them if they rent. However, is high home-ownership really as rosy as people imagine? Staring at data first, we realize that the most successful, stable, attractive country in the Western world is ... | high19189.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "their bodies can produce new blood soon"
},
"options": [
"it causes no pain to their body",
"being a blood donor is a great honor",
"their bodies can produce new blood soon",
"people have a mature research on it"
],... | Every year, World Blood Day is celebrated by blood services worldwide on 14 June, the birthday of Nobel Prize winner Karl Landsteiner, the man who discovered the ABO blood group system. If you have every thought of becoming a blood donor, just register to do it. And you should never worry about the donation.
Just under... | high21416.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Recharge it outside."
},
"options": [
"Buy a scratch card.",
"Recharge it outside.",
"Buy another solar cell.",
"Return it to the company."
],
"question": "What should the user do when the electricity in the bat... | Sunny countries are often poor. A shame, then, that solar power is still quite expensive. Eight19, a British company by Cambridge University, has, however, invented a novel way to _ this. In return for a deposit of around $10 it is supplying poor Kenyan families with a solar cell able to generate 2.5 watts of electrici... | high3092.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "His experience as a volunteer in a special summer school."
},
"options": [
"His teaching experience in a summer holiday.",
"How to make a difference in others' lives.",
"His experience as a volunteer in a special summer schoo... | When I wake up on summer mornings, I know I am going to my favorite place to volunteer and make a difference in someone's life just by being with him or her -- a summer school for autistic children.
By helping the kids read or do math, I am not only teaching important skills but also helping them feel like any other k... | high4925.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "serves as a way to make a fortune"
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"options": [
"calls for a strong sense of dishonesty",
"serves as a way to make a fortune",
"is the toppest profession choice",
"cheats people out of their money"
],
"questi... | In January, a survey was conducted to ask readers what their professions of choice were. One of the top choices was investment banking. Lots of people see banking as a way to move up the social ladder and make a lot of money. But it is important to remember that money can't buy happiness.
Just ask Greg Smith. The form... | high18297.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "$24."
},
"options": [
"$48.",
"$60.",
"$ 12",
"$24."
],
"question": "How much will your parents save if they attend the Mini Hoover Dam Tour?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
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"answer": {
... | Mini Hoover Dam Tour
ONLY $48 per person LIST PRICE $60
This tour begins with beautiful sights as you travel by coach through famous Las Vegas towards Boulder City, Nevada. As you leave Boulder City on your way to the famous Hoover Dam, you will see in the distance Lake Mead. Created by the Hoover Dam, it is one o... | high20708.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the importance of seat belt use"
},
"options": [
"how to drive safely on the road",
"different forms of seat belts",
"the history of seat belt development",
"the importance of seat belt use"
],
"question": "This... | Many countries have passed safety laws that require seat belts in vehicles. A modern three-point seat belt, also called a safety belt, is a harness to prevent the driver or a passenger from flying forward and hitting hard against the interior of a vehicle during a collision. A modern seat belt will help to position you... | high10807.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "predict the children's future according to their living backgrounds and environment"
},
"options": [
"help the children there with their study.",
"teach the children there because they had no teachers.",
"predict the children... | Years ago a John Hopkin's professor gave a group of graduate students this _ : Go to the slums . Take 200 boys, between the ages of 12 and 16, and investigate their backgrounds and environment. Then predict their chances for the future.
The students, after consulting social statistics, talking to the boys and working... | high21402.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "taking a mountain climbing tour"
},
"options": [
"going to the cinema",
"going to the Chinese party",
"taking a historical walking tour",
"taking a mountain climbing tour"
],
"question": "You can do all the foll... | Social Program: 22nd--26th August 2011
Monday Evening--Study Centre or Sports Park
Study Center: The school will be open from 7.45 pm to 9.35pm.
Sports Park: Aerobics, Swimming or Fitness Training (with a Fitness Card).
Tuesday Evening--Cinema
Cinema: To get your free ticket, you must write down which film you would li... | high3086.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "humor and love"
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"options": [
"respect and harmony",
"humor and love",
"hope and expectation",
"confidence and imagination"
],
"question": "The whole passage is in a tone of _ .",
"question_type": "cl... | What Is a Boy?
Between the innocence of babyhood and the seriousness of manhood we find a delightful creature called a "boy". Boys come in different sizes, weights, and colors, but all boys have the same belief: to enjoy every second of every minute of every hour of every day and to fill the air with noise until the ad... | high2398.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he was caught while stealing from a chain store"
},
"options": [
"he wanted some sweets from a chain store",
"stealing sweets from a chain store was illegal",
"he was caught while stealing from a chain store",
"the days... | The days of the sneak thief who stole a couple of apples or a packet of sweets from a chain store are actually over. I had a chance to say this to a young offender the other day, "Sweets from a chain store?" He said, "You must be joking. That's what kids do." I may add that he was aged 11. In other words, today's young... | high18283.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The teacher's neighbour."
},
"options": [
"Rupert's teacher.",
"The neighbour's teacher.",
"A medical school teacher.",
"The teacher's neighbour."
],
"question": "Who wrote the story?",
"question_type": "fac... | One day a few years ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbor of mine. He is a teacher at one of London's big medical schools, He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.
He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he ha... | high305.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Unhappy."
},
"options": [
"Dangerous.",
"Unhappy.",
"Natural.",
"Easy."
],
"question": "How would the author describe the animals' life in zoos?",
"question_type": null
},
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"answer": {
"answer... | How could we possibly think that keeping animals in cages in unnatural environments-mostly for entertainment purposes-is fair and respectful?
Zoo officials say they are concerned about animals.How ever, most zoos remain "collections" of interesting "things" rather than protective habitats .Zoos teach people that it is... | high1691.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "name and success"
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"options": [
"name and unconsciousness",
"name and characteristics",
"name and success",
"sports and school achievements"
],
"question": "The new research is mainly about the relationship be... | Your name made you do it, though unconsciously, suggests new research that finds your name can negatively make you achieve less. Psychologists at Yale and the University of California, San Diego studying the unconscious influence of names say a preference for our own names and initials -- the "name-letter effect" -- ca... | high1849.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Some marketing experience."
},
"options": [
"A university degree.",
"Good appearance.",
"Good computer knowledge.",
"Some marketing experience."
],
"question": "Which of the following is required for marketing p... | Marketing Professionals
A major US corporation in the health and nutritional industry has announced the opening of its direct selling division in Taiwan.
The company offers the most lucrative compensation plan in the industry and has paid over NTD 3.5 billion in commissions in just 6 years in the US.We are a gro... | high7586.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The color of its package."
},
"options": [
"The cost of its package.",
"The price of the product.",
"The color of its package.",
"The brand name of the product."
],
"question": "Which of the following may trick ... | Shopping is not as simple as you think! There are all sorts of tricks at play each time we reach out for that particular brand of product on the shelf.
Coloring, for example, varies according to what the producers are trying to sell. Health foods are packages in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these as he... | high463.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "always swim under the ocean"
},
"options": [
"always swim under the ocean",
"find food to supply their energy",
"face the colder and colder water",
"travel to the lagoons without a break"
],
"question": "During ... | Every year gray whales swim a 10,000 miles round-trip, from the cold waters near Alaska, down the coast of North America to the warm waters near Mexico, and back again. It is one of the longest migrations of any mammal.
All day, all summer long, in the cold waters near Alaska, gray whales eat and eat.
Instead of teet... | high23573.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The state of Maine has many cities named after European cities."
},
"options": [
"In the state of Maine there are many different European cities.",
"You can drive to many European cities from the state of Maine.",
"All the se... | Where is it possible to drive from Rome to Moscow, Madrid, Paris, Vienna, and Stockholm without going to Europe? The answer is in the state of Maine!
Throughout the United States there are many towns and cities that have been named after not only European cities but other countries as well, such as China, Poland, Norwa... | high6698.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Personal letters."
},
"options": [
"E-mails.",
"Blogs.",
"Personal pages.",
"Personal letters."
],
"question": "Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
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"a... | Loma just had to get in touch with someone:"I had to tell my best friend something important. I tried calling her but I couldn't get through. So I sent her an e-mail and then I spoke to her on MSN. Without technology I would not have been able to tell her. "
Staying connected with friends and family is important for us... | high12976.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "women's less negotiating"
},
"options": [
"social bias",
"women's poorer working ability",
"women's worse academic background",
"women's less negotiating"
],
"question": "According to this passage, what causes t... | Men and women are still treated unequally in the workplace. Women continue to earn less, on average, for the same performance. Research has shown that both conscious and subconscious biases contribute to this problem. But we've discovered another source of inequality: Women often don't get what they want and deserve... | high5391.txt |
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"answer_text": "knowingfactsbeyondthestatement"
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* 1. Travel and the Zika virus
If you have a ticket for travel to a country affected by the Zika virus (as listed on the CDC website) and have concerns, please contact the United Customer Contact Ce... | high13498.txt |
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Wang's lawyer Wen Jun said they filed a lawsuit at the Donghu district court, making two demands.
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"Both Kamba and Maasai people are elephant hunters.",
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In Kenya, researchers found that elephants react differently to clothing worn by men of the... | high3910.txt |
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She sounded impressed.
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I work at a supermarket, and another girl and I share tasks we must finish before leaving. But she takes half an hour to do something I can do in ten minutes. She always has a story to tell me and stops working when she does. My boss is angry at both of us, but It's not my fault. I don't want to rat on her,... | high23229.txt |
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Play that song you love so much. As a preschooler can tell you, repetition can lead to pleasure. When you experience something more than once, you notice more details about it each time, and it increases your enjoyment. That's wh... | high22651.txt |
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German troops held up Christmas trees with signs, "Merry Christmas". ... | high13467.txt |
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Three years ago, I began an experiment. I stopped reading all newspapers and magazines. Televisions and... | high15016.txt |
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As a salesman in Xinhui store in Dongcheng District, he is happy about the increasing number of buying fireworks wrapped in red paper -- a color standing for happiness and good luck.
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"it costs the banks little to mail out credit cards.",
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Credit cards are the most convenient form of payment, and they are aggressively marketed to col... | high2429.txt |
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"It rained cats and dogs yesterday."
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Of course, the second speaker does not mean he heard the news about Joh... | high5420.txt |
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led by the University of Exeter challenges the long held belief that oxygenation of the atmosphere and oceans was a precondition for the evolution of complex life forms.
The study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, builds on t... | high16279.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "an educator"
},
"options": [
"a poet",
"an educator",
"an editor",
"a director"
],
"question": "From the passage, we know that the author is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | My students often tell me they don't have "enough time" to do all their schoolwork. My reply is often brief -You have as much time as the president. I usually carry on a bit about there being 24 hours per day for everyone, and suggest that "not enough time" is not an acceptable explanation of not getting something done... | high11516.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "ten"
},
"options": [
"five",
"eight",
"thirteen",
"ten"
],
"question": "The villa can be rented to a maximum of _ people at a time.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | Villa Nicoletta, Genuine Relaxation
Somewhere in the world, there's a place where stress isn't allowed and peace and genuine relaxation are the only demands of the day. If you could go there, you would thoroughly enjoy yourself. There are not too many places in the world like this, but this is one of them. It's luxurio... | high3051.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "carry germs"
},
"options": [
"kill germs",
"carry germs",
"protect germs",
"love germs"
],
"question": "According to the text, insects _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Germs are everywhere. You can't see them, but they are on your desk, on your computer, and even in the air!
Like people, germs move around the world. They fly with us on planes. When food, clothes, and other things travel around the world, germs travel, too. Some germs are safe, but some are dangerous. Germs cause illn... | high20913.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To help people keep fit by giving scientific directions in eating."
},
"options": [
"To help those who are not good at math to keep healthy.",
"To call on people to buy food with fewer calories.",
"To help people keep fit by ... | Worried about how many calories( ) you are going to get in that piece of pizza, chocolate cake or bag of chips? A new iPhone application that takes a picture of the meal with the phone and gives a calorie read-out almost at once, may help. The MealSnap was developed by DailyBurn, a fitness social network that has creat... | high8104.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "How to Communicate with Anyone You Meet"
},
"options": [
"Preparation and Conversation",
"How to Communicate with Anyone You Meet",
"Personal attention and Communication",
"How to Keep Your Conversation Going"
],
... | Knowing how to communicate well needs very personal attention between you and another human being. Is there a better way to learn how to communicate effectively? Yes, there is. Please follow the 3 basic steps below.
1. Relax and Breathe.
Whether it's a business meeting or the first date, the first thing you must do in ... | high15770.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "was in financial difficulty"
},
"options": [
"had a hopeless future",
"was in financial difficulty",
"suffered from a company crash",
"wanted to turn to their relatives for help"
],
"question": "We can learn fro... | We were moving to a new state after my husband had been out of work for many months and we had no money. In fact, we had to borrow money to reach our destination town. Anyway, it was my husband, two boys aged four and two, and myself, seven months pregnant , in an old Volvo station wagon. We had been driving for two d... | high7237.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the weather was so hot that they couldn't stand it"
},
"options": [
"there was no water to take a shower at home",
"the weather was so hot that they couldn't stand it",
"Mr Blickez invited them to his house for swimming",
... | It was an extremely hot day. My younger brother Walt and I had decided to go swimming in the stream behind Mr Blickez's house, because it would be the only way to cool ourselves down. Across his farm and through some woods was a deep swimming hole supplied by several cold springs .
The only problem with our plan was th... | high13301.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "get one story or article published"
},
"options": [
"be a successful publisher",
"become a confident editor",
"get one story or article published",
"finish one work for publication"
],
"question": "When finishin... | Dear Friend,
The recent success of children's books has made the general public aware that there's a huge market out there.
And there's a growing need for new writers trained to create the $3 billion worth of children's books bought each year ... plus stories and articles needed by over 650 publishers of magazines for ... | high7223.txt |
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