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"answer_text": "Encouraging people to use the litter bins to keep Britain tidy."
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"Attracting passers'-by attention on celebrities.",
"Encouraging people to use the litter bins to keep Britain tidy.",
"Making fun of those who ... | Would the voice of Amanda Holden saying "your city had talent" encourage you to use a litter bin? Or maybe former Monty Python star Michael Palin telling you no one had expected "the Spanish bin-quisition"?
Organizers of a plan persuading celebrities to lend their voices to "talking bins"believe it can make a real diff... | high1652.txt |
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"answer_text": "Hiding their true emotions from their children."
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"options": [
"Allowing their children chances to do things themselves.",
"Expressing their dissatisfaction with their children.",
"Hiding their true emotions from their chil... | When you're a parent to a young child, you spend a lot of time talking about feelings: about having to share, about being disappointed because you may not have a cookie instead of broccoli , about the great injustice of a parent pressing the elevator button before the child has a chance to.
And in a parenting culture ... | high13315.txt |
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"answer_text": "She pretended to be dead"
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"options": [
"She pretended to be dead",
"She hid herself under the desk",
"She rushed out of the school building in time",
"She persuaded the shooter into not shooting her."
],
"que... | The only survivor of one of the two Sandy Hook Elementary School first-grade classrooms where Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 children tricked the gunman by playing dead,the girl's pastor said.
"She ran out of the school building covered from head to toe with blood and the first thing she said to her mom was,"Mommy,I'm O... | high5434.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "She thinks they were great."
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"She thinks her high school years were full of regrets.",
"She doesn't remember what happened then at all.",
"She thinks they were great.",
"She regards her time in high scho... | I was reading a recent post on a bog I really like, and it got me thinking about my younger, more impressive high school self. So I decided to write a letter to my younger self.
Dear Kate-of-senior-year-in-high-school
I'm writing this letter from the future. Hey, stop laughing! A lot has happened. Some of it wa... | high18240.txt |
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"answer_text": "people who have been unemployed for a short period"
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"options": [
"people who are self-employed but now unemployed",
"recent graduates who have not held a steady job in the previous year",
"people who have been unemployed f... | The loss of a job can have a very serious impact on the individual. The immediate effect, of course, is a sharp drop in income. Unemployment benefits typically offer less than half the individual's previous earnings, and many people are not even entitled to these benefits-for example, the self-employed, recent graduate... | high17173.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the conflict between ads and cultural heritage"
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"options": [
"restoration of cultural heritage",
"widespread commercialization",
"the conflict between ads and cultural heritage",
"the difficulty of restoring monument... | According to legend, the Bridge of Sighs in Venice, Italy, which connects the Palazzo Ducale to an ancient prison, got its name because the walk across it gave prisoners on their way to jail a final chance to appreciate the beauty of the city.
The view from the bridge today, however, is more likely to be of a giant bil... | high11502.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The Japanese were not really prepared for such a disaster"
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"options": [
"Japan had a warning of such a serious earthquake",
"Japan has experienced the worst earthquake worldwide",
"the Japanese should have built higher sea... | A powerful earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan at 2:46 p.m. local time on March 11th. Japan's Meteorological Agency released its first tsunami warnings just three minutes later. The country has one of the best earthquake early warning systems in the world. More than 4,000 Seismic Intensity Meters provide ... | high20907.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Zhuge was able to tell a person's personality at first sight."
},
"options": [
"Zhuge was able to tell a person's personality at first sight.",
"No sooner did Xu receive the letter than he departed for Cao Cao.",
"Liu showed ... | Xu Shu was much valued by Liu Bei for his strategic talents. After several victories on the battleground against Cao Cao, Xu was made the chief military advisor. Cao Cao was greatly surprised at the news. "If you want this person," one of his advisors said, "you can bring his mother to Xuchang and send a forged letter ... | high11264.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "more than 8 years old"
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"options": [
"3-5years old",
"5-7 years old",
"7-8 years old",
"more than 8 years old"
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"question": "The book is suitable for readers who are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_ques... | The One and Only Ivan [hardcover]
Katherine Applegate (Author)
Patricia Castelao (Illustrator)
4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (117 customer reviews) / Like (58)
List Price: $16.99
Price: $9.34 (for total orders over 25.)
Usually ships within 1 to 3 weeks.
Ships from and sold by Amazon. com.
Gift-wrap available.
Pro... | high3723.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "let customers spend more time shopping"
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"options": [
"let customers spend more time shopping",
"make customers and sales assistants relaxed",
"let customers enjoy the beautiful music",
"help customers find what they ... | Endless playing of songs like All I Want For Christmas in shops during the festive season doesn't just drive us mad--the songs also make us more careless with our money, research has warned.
While repeated performance of Jingle Bells may seem like an innocent attempt to raise customers' spirits during the nightmare of ... | high5352.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They tried to educate him to do things for himself"
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"options": [
"He liked to complain to them about his life",
"They expected him to learn from the singer",
"He always wanted to get everything he wanted",
"They trie... | The singer, Mick Jagger, of the Rolling Stones sings a song that tells people they can't always get what they want but if we try sometimes we can get what we need. The past years in my life my parents have told me this saying many times. I've always complained about the quote . Although over time I have told myself to ... | high18526.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "she was concerned about her father's safety"
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"options": [
"she couldn't afford a car herself",
"an accident once happened to her father",
"she was concerned about her father's safety",
"her father was too old to driv... | On Thanksgiving Day, nine years ago, I stole my father's car.
He was 88 years old and living in a retirement community in Ojai. The previous July, he had failed his driver's test, but he'd kept driving without a license, as if he had forgotten that he didn't have a license, or as if he hadn't cared, but something had t... | high17615.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "how to make friends"
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"options": [
"how to make friends",
"what kind of person you can make friends with",
"how to start a conversation",
"the importance of smile"
],
"question": "This passage gives us some ad... | Before you make friends, you have to decide who you want to be your friends. Most people like to have friends who like to do the same kind of things they do.
The quickest way to make a friend is to smile. When you smile, people think you are friendly and easy to talk to. It may not be easy at first to smile, but rememb... | high1134.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Madrid"
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"options": [
"Madrid",
"Barcelona",
"Valencia",
"It's not mentioned"
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"question": "According to the passage, which is the largest city in Spain?",
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... | prefix = st1 /SPAIN is unique. Enough sunshine, gorgeous beaches and delicious food make it a favourite holiday spot for millions of Europeans. But eating and sunbathing is not all this Mediterranean country has to offer. Its wild nightlife has given Spaniards a well--earned reputation as non-stop party animals. The tr... | high22876.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "is a system that helps to improve the driving standards"
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"are points earned because of dangerous driving",
"is a system that helps to improve the driving standards",
"shows traffic offences of different kinds"... | Code Offence Points
What is Driving _ Points System?
After the introduction of this system, certain traffic offences will make the driver lose points besides other punishments . A driver makes any of these offences, the points will be recorded.When the driver gets a certain number of points, he will be forbidden to ... | high13473.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "choking them"
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"options": [
"poisoning them",
"choking them",
"first poisoning and then choking them",
"striking them with bathroom cleaner"
],
"question": "The woman killed her two young children by _ .",
... | DALLAS - A suburban Dallas woman accused of killing her two young children told a 911 operator that she first tried to poison them because they were autistic and she wanted "normal kids," then choked them with a wire until they stopped moving, according to the recorded call.
Irving police on Wednesday released record... | high9568.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To offer help to the old people who have difficulties."
},
"options": [
"To quit on their country to earn more money.",
"To offer help to the old people who have difficulties.",
"To write their own new destiny by working as T... | When I was young, my mother didn't have the money to send me to school, but she thought it was important for me to keep up with education. So she decided to teach me extra lessons herself. But because she had to go to work, the only time she could do it was at 4:30 in the morning.
We need every one of you to develop yo... | high15002.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "France."
},
"options": [
"America.",
"Germany.",
"Australia.",
"France."
],
"question": "Which of the following countries has the longest paid vacation?",
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... | Let's be honest:If you like to take lots of vacation,the United States is not the place to work.Besides a handful of national holidays,the typical American worker gets two or three precious weeks off out of a whole year to relax and see the world--much less than what people in many other countries receive.Only 57% of t... | high8676.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "you would share his feelings and ideas"
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"you would study with them",
"you would share his feelings and ideas",
"you would express your own feelings",
"you help discover ways of using music and new kinds ... | As you research music, you will find music that is familiar to you. You will find music which tells of interesting places and exciting things to do. You will find music which expresses feelings that are often your own.
Music is an expression of the people. As you research, you will find music of people at work and play... | high7545.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He wanted to make more money elsewhere."
},
"options": [
"He had made a fortune by selling diamonds.",
"He was tired of his life as a farmer.",
"He wanted to make more money elsewhere.",
"He was told that there was no d... | An African farmer had heard tales about other farmers who had made millions of dollars by discovering diamond mines. These tales so excited the farmer that he could hardly wait to sell his farm and go prospecting for diamonds himself.
So he sold the farm and spent the rest of his life wandering the African continent, s... | high6883.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Valuable"
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"options": [
"Unwanted.",
"Long-lasting.",
"Valuable",
"Perfect."
],
"question": "What does the author think of the wilderness areas around the world in the book?",
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... | More than 200 scientists have completed a twoyear study to identify the most natural and undeveloped areas on Earth. Their findings are reported in a new book called Wilderness:Earth's Last Wild Places. The book describes 37 wilderness areas around the world. Each has an area greater than 10,000 square kilometers. The ... | high16523.txt |
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"answer_text": "power and class do not always correspond with each other"
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"power and class do not always correspond with each other",
"status refers to a person's economic position in society",
"people with high status have a... | According to sociologists , every modern industrial society has some form of social stratification . Class, power and status are important in deciding people's rank in society.
Class means a person's economic position in society. A commonly used classification is lower class, middle class and upper class. While sociolo... | high4064.txt |
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"answer_text": "China will action to be taken if deadly bombing happens again"
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"options": [
"Stray fire from a fight that occurred between Myanmar's government forces.",
"a local ethnic army had damaged a house in China.",
"Chinese diplom... | BEIJING - No further deadly stray fire incidents should happen or the Chinese military will take "firm and decisive action" to protect the safety of its people, senior Chinese military leader Fan Changlong said on Saturday.
Fan, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks while speaking with Min ... | high19610.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "more efforts should be made to improve the quality of our material life"
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"options": [
"our natural surroundings are in danger of being destroyed by industry",
"the fixed supply of natural resources marks a point beyond which eco... | There is much discussion today about whether economic growth is desirable ,At an earlier period our desire for material wealth may have been justified .Now , however ,this desire for more than we need is causing serious problems .Even though we have good intentions ,we may be producing too much ,too fast . w.w.w.k.s.5.... | high20091.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Land in the West was hard to manage."
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"options": [
"Small towns along the railways became abandoned.",
"Land in the West was hard to manage.",
"Some railroad stops remained underused.",
"Land grants went into private... | As the railroads and the highways shaped the American West in the past centuries, a new electrical generating and transmission system for the 21st century will leave a lasting mark on the West, for better or worse. Much of the real significance of railroads and highways is not in their direct physical effect on the s... | high2415.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "we dislike something in the beginning"
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"it is our natural emotion in the life",
"culture asks us to be different from others",
"everyone has their own opinions on things",
"we dislike something in the be... | One of the greatest sources of unhappiness, in my experience, is the difficulty we have in accepting things as they are.
When we see something we don't like, we wish it could be different. We cry out for something better. That may be human nature,or perhaps it's something ingrained in our culture. The root of the unha... | high10152.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The birthday girl goes to the church."
},
"options": [
"The birthday girl buys many gifts.",
"The birthday girl goes to the church.",
"Parents give a Zuckertuete to the child.",
"Parents make speeches in the church."
... | In Mexico, girls mark their fifteenth birthday with a celebration called Quinceanera. In the morning, the birthday girl goes to the church with her family and her best friends. She wears a beautiful dress. Later in the day, there is a huge party, with a big cake that matches the girl's dress, and a night filled with mu... | high8886.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "relaxed"
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"focused",
"relaxed",
"awake",
"busy"
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"question": "According to the author, we are more creative when we are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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... | Brrriiinnng. The alarm clock announces the start of another busy weekday in the morning. You jump out of bed, rush into the shower, into your clothes and out the door with hardly a moment to think. A stressful journey to work gets your blood pressure climbing. Once at the office, you glance through the newspaper with d... | high488.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Americans try renting their cars to strangers."
},
"options": [
"There are too many cars in America.",
"Most cars are rarely used in America.",
"Commuting by bike is popular in America.",
"Americans try renting their ca... | Americans love their cars. There are more than eight cars for every 10 Americans, but most of the time, they sit idle , parked in a driveway or on the street. Now, several companies on the U. S. West Coast are helping people rent their personal car to someone else when they don't need it.
Eric Loebel is one of those pe... | high6673.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "find out the problem with Noah"
},
"options": [
"help Noah with his study",
"help Noah remember things",
"find out the problem with Noah",
"encourage him to pick up soccer games"
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"question": "Noah's dad and h... | Noah felt like he was always hitting the books. While his friends were meeting for pickup soccer games after school, he was back home in his room reading and rereading the same material. But no matter how hard Noah studied, he had difficulty remembering things and his grades stayed average. Meanwhile, his friend Sean, ... | high23598.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Nature of the characters."
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"options": [
"Invention of airplanes.",
"Nature of the characters.",
"History of airplanes.",
"Ordinary life of the characters."
],
"question": "What does the book The Wright brothe... | 1. The Wright Brothers, by David McCullough
Another must-read for history fans, McCullough tells the story of Orville and Wilbur Wright, the brothers who taught the world how to fly. Drawing on all types of historical data -- from personal diaries and scrapbooks, to thousands of private letters of family letters -- we ... | high14334.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "to let people know more about greyhounds"
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"options": [
"to tell people how to raise greyhounds",
"to let people know more about greyhounds",
"to explain why greyhounds are aggressive",
"to describe greyhounds of diff... | Most people think of racing when they see greyhounds and believe they need lots of exercise. They can actually be quite lazy! Greyhounds are good at fast races but not long-distance running. They do need regular exercise but they like to run for a short burst and then get back on the bed or a comfortable seat. Another... | high9540.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A general introduction of Canada."
},
"options": [
"A general introduction of Canada.",
"The size of Canada.",
"The population of Canada.",
"Some important cities in Canada."
],
"question": "What does the passag... | Canada is the second largest country in the world after Russia. It stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the high Arctic to the northern border of the continental U.S.A. Although very much a "northern" country, the geography of Canada is very _ . As well as the popular image of Canada as a country of f... | high22686.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the development of the word bug"
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"options": [
"the misunderstanding of the word bug",
"the development of the word bug",
"the public views of the word bug",
"the special characteristics of the word bug"
],
"q... | "Indeed," George Washington wrote in his diary in 1785, " some kind of fly, or bug, had begun to eat the leaves before I left home. " But the father of America was not the father of bug. When Washington wrote that, Englishmen had been referring to insects as bugs for more than a century,and Americans had already create... | high12745.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "34.5 hours a week"
},
"options": [
"20 hours a week",
"37 hours a week",
"39.5 hours a week",
"34.5 hours a week"
],
"question": "The receptionist to be employed will work _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | Good news! Job offered.
Receptionist Administration
Full Time
A receptionist is required from 1st June 2015 at Dartford Science & Technology College. The position is only from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Thursday and 8:30 am to 4:00 pm Friday, with an hour's break for lunch every day. The successful applicant must hav... | high12023.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Henri Almeras."
},
"options": [
"Henri Almeras.",
"Jean Patou.",
"Sophia Grojsman.",
"Jacques Guerlain."
],
"question": "Who created Joy?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Perfume has been in existence for a long time. These days, certain perfumes are considered comparable to great works of art. Here are a few of the most famous perfumes in history.
Chanel No.5
This perfume is probably the best-selling scent in the history of fragrance . Created by Ernst Beaux for Coco Chanel in 192... | high6115.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "they may feel they are different from others"
},
"options": [
"the atmosphere is unpleasant",
"they don't like the people there",
"they are too proud to talk with others",
"they may feel they are different from others"
... | If you've ever been to a social gathering, you might feel awkward and uncomfortable. While social gatherings can be very enjoyable, especially when you are surrounded by people whose company you enjoy, there are social events that you sometimes find yourself wishing you were someplace else. Such occasions can sometimes... | high14452.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "overpopulation causes the problems in cities like London"
},
"options": [
"it's difficult to solve the problem faced by cities today",
"overpopulation causes the problems in cities like London",
"possible solutions to cities'... | At no time in history has there been such a mass movement of people from the countryside to the city as is happening now. By the year 2030, it's estimated that more than two thirds of the world's population will be living in cities, twice as many as today. This means that the problems faced by cities today--overcrowd... | high9226.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "at around 9:06"
},
"options": [
"at 8:30",
"18 minutes earlier than the north tower",
"at around 9:06",
"at 8:48"
],
"question": "From the passage, we know that the south tower was hit by the plane _ .",
... | New York: When the first plane struck 1 World Trade Center at 8:48 am on Tuesday, the people in 2 World Trade Center who saw the instant damage to the other tower realized clearly what they, too, must do: get out fast.
Katherine Ilachinsiki, who had been knocked off her chair by the blast of heat exploding from the ... | high15994.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "drive away trouble-makers under 20"
},
"options": [
"threaten teenagers in public",
"drive away trouble-makers under 20",
"help mothers control their teenage children",
"help the police control shopkeepers"
],
"... | London, Reuters--What could annoy teenagers enough to make them stop hanging out with friends and go home?
No, it's not a visit from their mothers, and not a threat to take away their cellphones or pocket money.
It's high-frequency noise. The UK police recently agreed to use a device called the Sonic Teenager Deterre... | high2373.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "his passion in literature"
},
"options": [
"his way of constructing a novel",
"his frank portrayal of human nature",
"his complete command of English",
"his passion in literature"
],
"question": "James Joyce was... | James Joyce was an Irish novelist who revolutionized the methods of depicting characters and developing a plot in modern fiction. his astonishing way of constructing a novel, his frank portrayal(, )of human nature in his books, and his complete command of English have made him one of the outstanding influences on liter... | high10634.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Sarah wanted to show something to Mariam"
},
"options": [
"Mariam came to Sarah's home",
"Sarah wanted to eat some goodies",
"Mariam and Sarah were very frightened",
"Sarah wanted to show something to Mariam"
],
... | .Sarah and Mariam looked at the glass fragments on the floor in panic . They could not believe what had just happened.
Mariam was Sarah's best friend. They had spent the entire day drawing and painting. Sarah's mother had gone to the market to buy some goodies and the two friends were alone at home. Sarah decided to s... | high18268.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "still hopes Andrew will improve"
},
"options": [
"holds the view that Andrew is hopeless",
"has lost his patience with Andrew",
"has given the shop to Andrew",
"still hopes Andrew will improve"
],
"question": "W... | "It's the best...uhh...What? You don't want it?...,"the inexpertienced young man uttered,his hope dashed.
"Again,you disappointed me,Andrew.When are you going to learn? You have to be sure and confident. And think how best to make him part with his money. Apply yourself, Son. All your college education will not help if... | high16245.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": ".advocate people to stand more"
},
"options": [
".advocate people to stand more",
".persuade people to .take daily exercise",
".warn people against the risks of sitting",
"introduce the findings of prolonged sitting"
... | Are you sitting down?In that case,you should probably stand up before reading this.
In the first advice of its kind,British experts are recommending office workers stand for at least two hours. day,in a warning against the dangers of prolonged sitting .The,idelines were developed by a group of experts invited by Public... | high19176.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Chinese Booming and Developing E-commerce"
},
"options": [
"The Ambition of Alibaba",
"Fierce Competition between Retailers",
"A Newly Sprung Festival for the Singles",
"Chinese Booming and Developing E-commerce"
],... | It is "one of the few bright spots in the Chinese economy," says Zeng Ming. He is talking about e-commerce. Mr Zeng, the chief strategy officer for Alibaba, a giant Chinese Internet firm, predicts that digital transactions on his firm's platforms will top l trillion yuan ($159 billion) this year-more than Amazon's and ... | high2367.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The Chocolate Town"
},
"options": [
"Milton Hershey",
"World's Famous Cities",
"The Chocolate Town",
"Pennsylvania Chocolates"
],
"question": "What's the best title for the passage?",
"question_type": null
... | Many of the world's famous cities are known by some special names. Paris is known as the "City of Light". Hong Kong is the "Wall Street of Asia". One small city in Pennsylvania may be the sweetest place on Earth. That is town of Hershey, which is known as the "Chocolate Town". It is named after Milton Hershey, the foun... | high10620.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Both are about where to draw the line"
},
"options": [
"Both can continue for generations .",
"Both are about where to draw the line",
"Neither has any clear winner",
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Destinations: Saigon--Cat Tien National Park--Buon Ma Thuot--Lak Lake--YokDon National Park
Estimated trekking time: Average 4-5 hours/day
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The number of gunners, however, grows rapidly. Children too young to develop proper judgm... | high7579.txt |
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We may not say words to hurt others, but the... | high12751.txt |
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"The older children become, the less aggressive they will be.",
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Trouble in Mind
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8.30p.m.--10.30p.m., Theatre ... | high14877.txt |
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Let's speak (Beginner)
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"Most smokers in the... | Do your parents smoke? Where do they smoke - outside, at work or at home when you are around?
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Later the boy lost his ... | high5187.txt |
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Whatever your level is, choosing to take French lessons in France is the best way to learn French. Place yourself in the local culture and practice your newly found skills in your free time.
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The ceremony marked the end of a five-year journey for Pemelika Fiaui of Western Samoa.
Fiaui, a 6'4", 240-pound member of local rugby team Black Spruce, said the day was emotional.
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In order ... | high661.txt |
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But sometimes our desire for gold medals can result in the sadness of failure. When Liu Xiang, China's track hero, pulle... | high14863.txt |
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},
"options": [
"Spanish",
"English",
"French",
"Latin"
],
"question": "From the context of the note, it is most likely that the name \"Rex\" is _ .",
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},
{
... | Dear Lee,
As I told you, I'll be gone until Wednesday morning. Thank you so much for taking on my "children" while I'm away. Like real children, they can be kind of irritating sometimes, but I'm going to enjoy myself so much more knowing they're getting some kind human attention. Remember that Regina (the "queen" in La... | high18081.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because he's in need of money."
},
"options": [
"Because he's in need of money.",
"Because Captain Nicholls is fond of Joey.",
"Because Albert is too young to care for Joey.",
"Because he believes Joey will contribute t... | War Horseis a historical story by Michael Morpurgo. It is written for kids ages 8 to 12. Now just sit and get through the introduction to the plot.
In 1914, a young horse named Joey is sold to a farmer. The farmer' s son, Albert, is thrilled. He cares for Joey. When the family begins to feel the financial impact of war... | high3284.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A brief introduction to Robert Todd Duncan."
},
"options": [
"What Robert Todd Duncan loved most.",
"How Robert Todd Duncan became famous.",
"Robert Todd Duncan and his works of music.",
"A brief introduction to Robert ... | Robert Todd Duncan was born in 1903 in the southern city of Danville,Kentucky. His mother was his first music teacher. As a young man,he continued his music study in Indianapolis,Indiana.
In 1930,he completed more musical education at Columbia University in New York City. Then he moved to Washington. For fifteen years,... | high21600.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "enjoy delicious meals"
},
"options": [
"appreciate car tires.",
"enjoy delicious meals",
"see the new robot chefs",
"escape from work"
],
"question": "People go to Michelin-starred restaurants in order to _ ."... | Picture the scene: You come home after work feeling too exhausted to cook -only to find a delicious meal worthy of a Michelin-starred restaurant waiting for you. It sounds like a fantasy, but it could be about to come true thanks to a robot chef developed by British scientists.
Those scientists have come up with a set ... | high11933.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "has an air tank to adjust depth instead of a propeller"
},
"options": [
"is only 1.8 meters long and weighs 52 kilograms",
"has an air tank to adjust depth instead of a propeller",
"can travel at a speed of 150 kilometers a d... | The US company iRobot made a new kind of sub-marine , called the Seaglider, last week.
The robotic submarine was developed by researchers at the University of Washington. It is about 1.8 meters long and weighs about 52 kilograms. It moves through water at a speed of up to 20-25 kilometers a day and can stay at sea... | high20536.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The workers faced a life danger."
},
"options": [
"The rescue work was admirable.",
"The accident was successfully handled.",
"The workers faced a life danger.",
"The earthquake was the main reason."
],
"questio... | Somewhere on the other side of the world, a small group of workers is busy with a life-or-death struggle.This battle isn't about self-protection, as admirable as that might be. By slaying to face the radiation and fire at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station following the earthquake and then tsunami in Japan... | high21628.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "she dreamed of having a college education"
},
"options": [
"she wanted to meet a rich husband",
"she wanted to get married and have children",
"she wanted to travel around",
"she dreamed of having a college education"
... | The first day of school we were interested to get to know a new classmate.I looked around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.I found a little old lady with a warm smile.
She said,"Hi ! I'm Rose.I'm 87 years old.Can I give you a hug?"I laughed and I heartily responded,"Of course!"
"Why are you in college at such a y... | high16084.txt |
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