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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He Has It All, but Still Has Regrets."
},
"options": [
"Finish Your Study First.",
"Life Is Full of Ups and Downs.",
"He Has It All, but Still Has Regrets.",
"The Key to Success."
],
"question": "Which of the fo... | Perhaps Joe Cheng has become popular with thousands of fans and has been chased by girls and middles students. But do you know his resume ?
Yes. Joe Cheng, who plays the most popular boy in high school in the popular Taiwanese drama "It Started with a Kiss."
Although thousands of girls have fallen in love with him for ... | high12553.txt |
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"answer_text": "superstorm Sandy's destruction in America"
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"options": [
"New York's extensive transit system",
"when and why superstorm formed",
"the latest information about Sandy",
"superstorm Sandy's destruction in America"
]... | Superstorm Sandy's march of destruction claimed at least 43 lives and left more than eight million people without electricity by late Tuesday, in one of the largest storms ever to strike the East Coast.
Less violent but still dangerous, the storm swept across Pennsylvania on Tuesday and the northeastern US began its sl... | high8448.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Their living condition was quite poor."
},
"options": [
"They led a thrifty and simple life.",
"They were invited to another city.",
"Their living condition was quite poor.",
"They had missed a bus to Birmingham."
]... | A light drizzle was falling as my sister Jill and I ran out of the Methodist Church, eager to get home and play with the presents that Santa had left for us and our baby sister, Sharon. Across the street from the church was a Pan American gas station where the Greyhound bus stopped.It was closed for Christmas, but I no... | high22490.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Something on its cover caught her eye."
},
"options": [
"It was a thick enough book.",
"Something on its cover caught her eye.",
"Her mother was reading it with interest.",
"It has a meaningful title."
],
"quest... | One early morning, I went into the living room to find my mother reading a thick book called Best Loved Poems to Read Again and Again. My interest was aroused only by the fact that the word "Poems" appeared in big, hot pink letters.
"Is it good?" I asked her.
"Yeah," she answered. "There's one I really like and you'll ... | high13895.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "$17.00"
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"$17.00",
"$ 0.77",
"$7.02",
"$15.11"
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"question": "If you buy Chicco Red Bullet Balance Training Bike now, you can save _ .",
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"an... | Chicco Red Bullet Balance Training Bike
Price: $32.99 & FREE Shipping($49.99)
Soft tires & Help the child gain balance.
Recommended for ages 3+years.
Seat Pets Car Seat Toy
Price: $19.97 & FREE Shipping on orders over $35($19. 99)
Seat Pets are seat belt attachments that provide comfort and support to your child's neck... | high14122.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "video games"
},
"options": [
"computers",
"smart phones",
"video games",
"tablets PCs"
],
"question": "Parents have more negative than positive feelings about media consumption like _ .",
"question_type": ... | Most parents of kids under age 8 don't worry about how much time they spend watching TV or using other media, from computers to smart phones to tablets PCs, according to a new survey that found a child's use of media often reflects how much time parents spend in the similar way.
We generally found that media use is no... | high6465.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Psychology book"
},
"options": [
"science newspaper",
"novel",
"health magazine",
"Psychology book"
],
"question": "The text is most probably taken from a _",
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... | Life affects friendships. As we grow, marry, fight in wars, move across the country or change jobs, old friendships fall away and new ones form. As long as we live, the things around us change, and as long as things change, friendships are affected.
When we were children we had best friends. No matter what happened w... | high9030.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "something that makes people understand what they read"
},
"options": [
"a strong passion for reading",
"the latest information in reading",
"the most important factor behind the reading",
"something that makes people un... | Reading is the key to success. Apparently every successful person develops a passion for reading. This is because reading is a key element to obtain the information required to understand something. For instance, lawyers have to study and learn every established law on their specific branches. Sometimes the law changes... | high14644.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Love is a telephone"
},
"options": [
"Love is transient",
"Love is permanent",
"Love is a telephone",
"What's love in life"
],
"question": "What is the best title of the passage?",
"question_type": null
},... | Love is a telephone which always keeps silent when you are longing for a call, but rings when you are not ready for it. As a result, we often miss the sweetness from the other end.
Love is a telephone which is seldom program-controlled or directly dialed. You cannot get an immediate answer by a mere "hello", let alone ... | high6303.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A person afraid of height"
},
"options": [
"Someone who has heart attack.",
"An old man who has got flu.",
"A person afraid of height",
"A woman having high blood."
],
"question": "Who can't visit the CN tower?"... | Only if you don't have a fear of heights do you want to visit the CN Tower. And if you can take a trip to the top of it will surely be worth it. The CN tower is Canada's most famous symbol and the centre of tourism in Toronto.
Over 550 meters, it is one of the tallest building in the world; on a clear day the view is w... | high12235.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To support the opinion above"
},
"options": [
"To indicate the disadvantage of mobile phone.",
"To scold the misusage of mobile phone.",
"To provide an excuse for Richard's offence.",
"To support the opinion above"
... | The unwanted disturbing of a mobile phone ringing at a critical moment has led to some famously strong reactions
British actor Richard Grif-fiths,stopped a performance at the National Theatre and ordered The offending party to leave
Judge Robert Restaino went considerably further.He was hearing a session of domestic vi... | high4514.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "his mother kept him warm by her clothes and arms"
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"options": [
"the peasant helped his mother when he was born",
"the bridge protected him from the cold and snow",
"his mother kept him warm by her clothes and arms",
... | On a cold Christmas Eve in 1952, when the country was in the civil war, a young woman struggled along a village street, soon to give birth to a child. She pleaded with passers-by ,"Help me! Please, My baby." But no one helped her.
A middle-aged couple walked by. The pushed away the young mother and asked," Where's the... | high21827.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "can throw the waste into rubbish can"
},
"options": [
"can throw away the waste freely",
"had better take along the waste",
"can throw the waste into rubbish can",
"should put the waste in your domestic rubbish can"
... | Many people are concerned about the state of the earth in terms of its energy supplies and changing climate.The clear message broadcast by all responsible governments is that every person has a part to play.Here are some detailed instructions.
1.Prevent pollution by disposing of all your litter and waste in the correc... | high5795.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "it is quite unusual to be a centenarian"
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"options": [
"it is quite unusual to be a centenarian",
"it is very difficult to find \"super humans\"",
"it is a tough job investigating the aging process",
"it takes a long ... | Neddine Parker is up by 7 in the morning. After her morning exercises and some housework, she drives to the local hospital, where she volunteers once a week. What makes Parker's routine so extraordinary is that she is 104 years old.
"I don't know why I'm still here," she said.
Dr. Thomas Perls of the Boston University ... | high23177.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the ways to spend time with children"
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"options": [
"the importance of spending time with children",
"the ways to spend time with children",
"the reasons to spend time with children",
"the activities children like to ... | Nowadays, with the busy working hours, parents have no time left to spend with their children. However, spending time with children is of extreme importance. Giving some time for children will play an important role in their development. Therefore, it is a must for parents to spend time with children. Here are some tip... | high7182.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "how to treat our life"
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"options": [
"what to do in our life",
"where to go with other persons",
"how to treat our life",
"how to get on well with other persons"
],
"question": "In this passage, the writer wan... | Maybe it is true that we do not know what we have got until we lose it, but it is also true that we do not know what we have been missing until it arrives.
It takes an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone. Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that the... | high22269.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "love is what we need"
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"options": [
"love can really cause people active",
"love has effect on songs and books",
"love is linked with emotion",
"love is what we need"
],
"question": "The main idea of this pass... | Many songs, poems, and books have been written on love's strong effect on people. The state of being in love has even been compared to being sick or mad. A study by Professor Semir Zeki of University College London has found that love does affect people's brains by making them feel great.
Zeki studied young men and wom... | high9811.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "at Central Park on Saturday"
},
"options": [
"at the front entrance of City Hall",
"at the Ballgame",
"at 5:00 p.m.",
"at Central Park on Saturday"
],
"question": "You can probably eat Chinese, Italian, and Arab... | Captain Goodfellow
Do your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Goodfellow will be ready to teach all these things to children of all ages at the City Theatre on Saturday morning at 10:00, free.
Walking Tour of the Town
Forget your worries on Saturday morning. Take a beautiful w... | high701.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "24"
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"18",
"20",
"24",
"26"
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"question": "How many people died on the spot ?",
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "sa... | One of its worst ever mass shootings in America occurred on Friday when 20 children and six adults were shot dead by a gunman who opened fire at an elementary school in Connecticut.
The gunshot at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, about 65 miles north-east of New York, is understood to have been carried out by a... | high23611.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A Surprise Christmas Gift"
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"options": [
"A Piece of Lucky Feather",
"A Surprise Christmas Gift",
"The Boring Shopping Experience",
"The Unforgettable Big Hug"
],
"question": "Which of the following could be t... | On Christmas morning, I went to the Cockhedge Mall. People there were all busy buying their last minute requirements. I needed to buy a birthday card for my son-in-law whose birthday is the 29th of December. Picking up a few more things as well as my cared I went to join the line for the express checkout which was for ... | high20318.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "In a popular magazine"
},
"options": [
"In a popular magazine",
"On the front page of a newspaper.",
"In a science textbook",
"In an encyclopedia."
],
"question": "Where would this article probably appear?",
... | Nearly everyone is shy in some ways.If shyness is making you uncomfortable,it may be time for a few lessons in self-confidence.You can build your confidence by following some suggestions from doctors and psychologists.
Make a decision not to hold back in conversations,What you have to say is just as important as what o... | high18687.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Teenagers' TV time may affect their diets later"
},
"options": [
"People should keep away from TV to keep healthy",
"Teenagers' TV time may affect their diets later",
"Why do teenagers like TV?",
"Parents' own habits ma... | Teenagers who spend hours in front of the television may have a poorer diet as young adults.
A study, which included nearly 1,400 high school students, found that those who watched TV for five hours or more per day had less healthy diets than their peers five years later. Why does this happen? Should the parents ... | high16872.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "His bone marrow was chosen as a match for a patient from Fujian."
},
"options": [
"He was born on March 26, 1993.",
"He donated bone marrow at a hospital in Xiangyang.",
"He is the first university student to donate bone marr... | Zhang Wenchi is a 19-year-old student of Hubei Xiangyang No.1 High School. He is very brave and always helps others in need.
On March 26, 2012, Zhang donated bone marrow at the Navy General Hospital of Beijing. He is the youngest and the first high school student to do it. Last April, Zhang became a blood donor on hi... | high3482.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Americans combine community involvement with study while studying abroad."
},
"options": [
"How non-profit groups work in South Africa.",
"How to take part in study abroad programs.",
"Americans studying abroad pay more atten... | Each year about a quarter of a million Americans study abroad. For many of them, a summer or a semester in a foreign country now involves more than just sitting in classrooms and hanging out with other American students. Instead, they are encouraged and sometimes required to be involved in the local communities they ar... | high21006.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "By changing its body colors"
},
"options": [
"By changing its body colors",
"By hanging out over a pond.",
"By sleeping with half their brain.",
"By making beds with branches."
],
"question": "How does a chamele... | How Do Animals Catch their ZZZ's ?
Different creatures have developed some pretty creative ways to get their rest and stay safe. The lizard likes to sleep at the far end of small branches hanging out over a pond or lake in the rain forest. If a snake tries to slither up the branch to eat it, it will shake the branch an... | high2944.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "She wanted to recover."
},
"options": [
"She couldn't join in other active sports.",
"She had no other choice.",
"She wanted to continue her dream.",
"She wanted to recover."
],
"question": "Why did Oliver decid... | Twenty years ago, Oliver's back injury ruined her childhood dream of becoming a ballet dancer. But the injury led her to t'ai chi when Oliver saw a poster for a t'ai chi class and decided to try the mysterious Chinese sport."I was active and could not bear resting in bed and I thought I had to find some way to recover,... | high19599.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "her mother talked to her friend"
},
"options": [
"the evening arrived",
"they got to the concert hall",
"her mother talked to her friend",
"the spotlight came on"
],
"question": "The little boy slipped onto the ... | A mother wanted to encourage her son's progress at the piano. She bought tickets to a performance by a great pianist. When the evening arrived,they found their seats near the front of the concert hall and looked at the big piano waiting on the stage. Soon the mother found a friend to talk to,and the boy slipped away.
... | high18693.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "learning more"
},
"options": [
"watching live Olympic matches",
"learning more",
"meeting his favorite sports stars",
"making money"
],
"question": "Xue Bai is willing to be a volunteer for the Beijing Olympics ... | XUE Bai, a 21-year-old university student, hopes to volunteer for Beijing's 2008 Olympics. "I want to do something for the Olympics. It is also a kind of learning for me," said the fourth-year student at Beijing Foreign Studies University. Now it is time for Xue to act on her plan. The Beijing Organizing Committee for ... | high2788.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "How adoption created a happy family."
},
"options": [
"How a couple first met at college.",
"Where you can adopt a child.",
"The benefits of adoption to the community.",
"How adoption created a happy family."
],
... | Ellen and prefix = st1 /BillCountyare both teachers. They met in college and became good friends because of their shared love for children. Two years after the couple got married; Ellen saw a huge change in the life of one of her students, a 9-year-old girl. Three years earlier both of the little girl's parents had die... | high16866.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Overcrowding."
},
"options": [
"Poor housing.",
"Overcrowding.",
"Environmental pollution.",
"Traffic jams."
],
"question": "What do some people think is the main problem of the future city like?",
"question... | What will city life be like in the future? Some people think that life in the cities is going to be horrible. They say that cities will become more and more crowded. As the number of people increases, there will be less space for each person. This overcrowding will cause other problems -- more crime, dirtier streets , ... | high2950.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "difficult to get the matching pearl"
},
"options": [
"possible to find an exact one like that pearl",
"difficult to get the matching pearl",
"impossible to advertise in the newspapers",
"easy to buy a similar pearl"
... | A well-dressed man came into a famous jewellery shop. He explained that he wished
to buy a pearl for his wife's birthday and that the price didn't matter since business
had been very good for him that year. After examining a number of beautiful and valuable
pearls, he chose a nice black one that cost $5,000. He paid f... | high21012.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The impact of language on mathematics."
},
"options": [
"The impact of language on mathematics.",
"Children's ability to learn languages.",
"How basic ideas of physics are learned?",
"Maths-learning strategies for babie... | Watch a baby between six and nine months old,and you will observe the basic idea of geometry being learned.Once the baby has mastered the idea that space is three dimensional ,it reaches out and begins grasping various things,that the ideas of sets and numbers are formed.So far,so good.But now an _ development takes pl... | high7828.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "it is an interesting place"
},
"options": [
"most people there are Chinese",
"it is not far away from Hong Kong",
"it is very fast and cheap by sea",
"it is an interesting place"
],
"question": "Macao is easy to... | Macao is only forty miles from Hong Kong and it is easy to reach. You can get there by sea. It is an interesting place and it had a long history. Macao is part of China and most people living there are Chinese.
The first Europeans to go to Macao came from Portugal . More than four hundred years ago the Portuguese went... | high715.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "By using sign language."
},
"options": [
"By spealding.",
"By using sign language.",
"By reading lips.",
"By making loud noises."
],
"question": "How did Adrian communicate with other children in the special sch... | Adrian's "Amazing Race started early when his parents realized that he, as a baby, couldn't hear a thing, not even loud noises.In a special school for the hearing.impaired , he learned sign language and got to mix with other disabled childRn. However, the sight of all the disabled children communicating with one anot... | high23605.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They both liked a novel, The Little Prince."
},
"options": [
"They both were interested in children's education.",
"They both liked a novel, The Little Prince.",
"They often chatted together about their families.",
"The... | It is really a happy thing to look back on the days I spent with Jennie. We met in night school. After Jennie and I had completed the required courses, we started teaching in the same school. For a time we were just casual friends, but one day, when I was telling Jennie about my problem son, we discovered we were kindr... | high6288.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a thief"
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"options": [
"Nick's friend",
"a thief",
"the bus driver",
"a postman"
],
"question": "The man who suddenly gave Nick an envelope was most probably _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}... | While Nick was on the bus, reading his newspaper, the man sitting next to him suddenly pushed a large envelope into his hands. "Here, take this!" the man said, stood up and got off the bus before Nick could say a word.
Nick sat there, holding the envelope. It felt heavy. There were papers inside, or money perhaps. "I'd... | high23163.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "she saw the old man had some difficulty moving and taking a seat"
},
"options": [
"the old man was the boss of the restaurant",
"she was worried that the old man might cause trouble to the restaurant",
"she saw the old man ha... | The old man walked with a cane slowly into the restaurant. His poor jacket, patched trousers, and worn-out shoes made him stand out from the usual Saturday morning breakfast crowd.
He walked toward a table by the window. A young waitress watched him and ran over to him, saying, "Here, Sir. Let me give you a hand wi... | high7196.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "who appear cool and unusual"
},
"options": [
"who are fans of pop music",
"who study in different colleges",
"who appear cool and unusual",
"who try to attract others"
],
"question": "In the passage, hipsters re... | They can be seen more frequently than ever before on college campuses, wearing flannel and thickframed glasses while listening to music. One might find them playing unusual musical instruments, shopping at secondhand stores or expressing themselves in other unique ways.
They call themselves hipsters. Being "hip" used ... | high5959.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "determination and courage"
},
"options": [
"patience and confidence",
"honesty and curiosity",
"flexibility and creativity",
"determination and courage"
],
"question": "Marie Colvin's story suggests some of the ... | After spending a year in Brazil on a student exchange program,her mother recalled,Marie Colvin returned home to find that her classmates had narrowed down their college choices."Everyone else was already admitted to college," her mother,Rosemarie Colvin,said from the family home."So she took our car and drove up to Yal... | high5781.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "start their new day"
},
"options": [
"go for a walk",
"get along well",
"leave home early",
"start their new day"
],
"question": "\"They need this cup of coffee to get going in the morning.\" In this sentence \"... | All over the world people began their exciting day by drinking a cup or several cups of coffee. People have always said that a cup of coffee in the morning helps them begin their day on the right foot. They need this cup of coffee to get going in the morning.
It is not the coffee but something in the coffee that activa... | high9193.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "made her dad worry"
},
"options": [
"made her dad worry",
"ruined the car",
"broke the law",
"didn't tell her mom about the car incident"
],
"question": "The writer feels guilty because she _ .",
"questio... | First,you ought to know that I'm "only" fourteen.My mother points this out often.I can make my own decisions when I'm old enough to vote,she says.Second,I should tell you that she's right -- I'm not always responsible.I sometimes take the prize for grade-A dork .Take last weekend for instance.I was staying at Dad's,and... | high13088.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "$1300."
},
"options": [
"$500.",
"$1000.",
"$1200.",
"$1300."
],
"question": "How much fine will a hand-held cell phone user receive if he has been caught using it four times while driving after November?",
... | New York State has passed the USA's first state law banning motorists talking on hand-held cell phones. The ban will begin November 1, although drivers caught using hand-held cell phones will be given only warnings during the first month.
First-time violators will face a $100 fine. A second time call for a $200 fine a... | high12396.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Keeping holes on teeth from forming."
},
"options": [
"Making the surface on teeth much cleaner.",
"Protecting gums from being infected.",
"Keeping holes on teeth from forming.",
"Slowing down bacterial growth and acid ... | Bad teeth can be painful and even be deadly. Infections of the gums and teeth can release bacteria into the blood system. Those bacteria can increase the chance of a heart attack or stroke and worsen the effects of other diseases. And adults are not the only ones at risk. For example, a 12yearold boy died when a tooth... | high5971.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "helping a person avoid sudden illness or injury"
},
"options": [
"saving a victim's life",
"preventing a victim's condition from getting worse.",
"relieving a victim from pain",
"helping a person avoid sudden illness or... | First aid is emergency care for a victim of sudden illness or injury until more skillful medical treatment is available. It may save a life or improve certain vital signs including pulse, temperature, a clear airway, and breathing. In minor emergencies, first aid may prevent a victim's condition from turning worse and ... | high11847.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Teacher of the Year 2004 in the United States"
},
"options": [
"Teacher of the Year 2004 in the United States",
"Ms Mellor's English teaching instruction",
"Ms Mellor's teaching skills of learning English",
"praises to ... | A teacher of English as a second language is the 2004 Teacher of the Year in the United States .Kathy Mellor of Rhode Island will spend the next year as an international spokeswoman for education. President Bush and his wife, Laura ,honored her during a ceremony at the White House last week.
For the past nineteen ye... | high20442.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "China's position m the international stage in the world today"
},
"options": [
"the influence of Western countries on China.",
"the relationship in economy between China and Western countries",
"China's position m the interna... | After achieving a 9 percent GDP growth, hosting a successful Olympic Games and carrying out its first space walk last year, you'd think China would be happy.Yet China is not pleased. That, at least, is the opinion of a new book written by a group of Chinese authors.
China Is Not Happy was published in March, 2009.It is... | high20324.txt |
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"Accelerate quickly to get to the speed you want.",
"Drive fast a little now and slowly a little then.",
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"Wu, a great designer.",
"The First Lady's secrets.",
"Mrs Obama's 2013 decision."
],
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Mike Perham, 17, sailed into Lizard Point in Cornwall, the southernmost point in Britain, at 9:47 a.m., his race team said.
"It feels ly brilliant," Mike told CNN by phone hours ... | high22533.txt |
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"Christmas traditions in Middleburg",
"Newer traditions at Christmastime"
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"Building roads and hotels is essential.",
"Support facilities are highly necessary.",
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"Friends came to visit them only for drinks and meals",
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"She is a college student."
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"Because he wanted to try his luck there.",
"Because he wanted to get some money.",
"Because he hoped to see what he could get."
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Ever since his father had passed away three years ago, his mother worked nights at the hospital, but the small wage could only be str... | high729.txt |
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"Because the children may hit people as a solution to problems.",
"Because it... | Time out, extra chores and taking away privileges are more useful forms of disciplining naughty children than spanking or hitting, according to a study on Wednesday.
About 94 percent of parents use some form of physical punishment to teach their two-year-olds right from wrong, according to research studies. But psy... | high24156.txt |
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"Drinking wine in a reasonable amount raises the IQ of old people.",
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"decorating characters"
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"How long a nap should last.",
"When people should take a nap.",
"The reason why people need a nap."
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"answer": {
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"you haven't taken sleeping pills",
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"you fail to do some exercises"
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},
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"He tried to go back to his normal life.",
"He picked up his things and left again.",
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"make an argument with her",
"support his own viewpoint",
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"write to her grandma regularly",
"like her grandma very much"
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It was nice seeing you at Christmas.You looked so happy!
After losing two grandparents within the past year, I have taken some time to reflect on what is most important.I want to let you know what a positive influence you have been on me.I am the person I am because of you.
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"answer_text": "Residential heating emissions cause two thirds of air pollution-related deaths worldwide."
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The study, published in the journal Nature, ide... | high11853.txt |
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"many immigrants attend English classes",
"it's difficult to learn English well",
"many immigrants can't speak English in E... | How many hours does it take to be fluent in English?
There are plenty of people in the UK for whom even basic English is a problem. According to the survey, 726,000 people in England and Wales said they could not speak English well, and another 138,000 said they did not speak it at all.
Ling, 40,who arrived five years ... | high12382.txt |
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"contributes to the release of endorphins",
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},
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"To tell Jenny she doesn't want to be friends with her any longer.",
"T... | Jenny,
I often think if I am as important to you as you are to me.
We had an unhappy time yesterday. I really felt sad after it and almost apologized to you. However,you could still laugh and talk with others like nothing had happened. I suddenly realized that I was not that important to you. You didn't even realize ... | high15406.txt |
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"answer_text": "Martin was the first person that described the flying object as a plate."
},
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"The UFOs Martin and Kenneth Arnold saw were in different shapes.",
"Kenneth... | UFO stands for "unidentified flying object" . Many people reported having seen UFOs in the sky. A lot of countries tried to research them and in 1952 they got the name of UFO.
There were several reports published in the 19th century which were related to UFOs. Denison Daily News in its report of 25th January, 1878 wr... | high8272.txt |
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},
"options": [
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"Because they spent time on computers and so on.",
"Because their parents want to make them indoors.",
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"answer": {
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"an advertisement",
"a scientific journal",
"a textbook"
],
"question": "The text is most likely to be published in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_quest... | Vegetable may aid the brain
A study suggests certain vegetables such as broccoli and spinach might help older women keep their minds sharp.
Researchers have discovered that women in their 60s who eat more green leafy vegetables show less signs of mental decline over time, reported Wednesday's CRI online.
They gave pa... | high13077.txt |
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"answer": {
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"can be washed"
],
"question": "If you want to save money, you had better buy clothes that _ .",
"question_type... | When you want to go shopping, decide how much money you can spend on new clothes.Think about the kind of clothes you really need.Then look for those clothes you really need.Then look for those clothes on sale.
There are labels inside all new clothes.The labels tell you how to take care of your clothes.The label for a ... | high1530.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Noises at a certain level may hurt them."
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"Noises at a certain level may hurt them.",
"They are easily confused by noises.",
"Noises will limit their ability to reproduce."
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"answer": {
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"is a \"revolutionary\" product between a laptop and a smart phone",
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The iPad is an Apple tablet computer. The device sits somewhere between a laptop and a smart phone, according to Apple's chief executive, Steven P. Jobs, and does certa... | high18122.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to protect and promote the public health"
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"options": [
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"to research on food safety measures",
"to deal with water pollution"
],
"q... | FDA proposed the most sweeping food safety rules in decades, requiring farmers and food companies to be more cautious in the wake of deadly outbreaks in peanuts, cantaloupe ,and leafy greens.
The long-overdue regulations are aimed at reducing the estimated 3,000 deaths a year from foodbome illness. Just since last sum... | high4448.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "through online shopping"
},
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"through online shopping",
"at the Tix 4 Tonight locations",
"on the day of the performance"
],
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Major S... | high3327.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "by studying the region they can make predictions about the future impact of global warming"
},
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"global warming effects are most serious in the Arctic region",
"the... | The temperature is rising again in the Arctic. The sea ice area has dropped to one of the lowest levels on record, climate scientists reported last week.
"The new Arctic Report Card tells a story of widespread and continued effects of a warming Arctic," said Jackie Richter-Menge of the US's Cold Regions Research and En... | high11660.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to search for signals from intelligent life in space"
},
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"to prepare for the wars against life from the universe",
"to search for signals from intelligent life ... | The search for life in the universe took a step forward last month with the opening of the Allen Telescope Array in Hat Creek, California. The telescopes were partly made possible by a gift of twenty-five million dollars from Paul Allen. The total cost of the project is already fifty million dollars.
At present, there... | high3441.txt |
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"answer": {
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"get away from the farm",
"get enough to eat."
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Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for showing ... | high16669.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "she will go on with her work about cultural exchange"
},
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"She feels physically and mentally challenged",
"she will go on with her work about cultural exchange",
"s... | Twenty years ago,Oliver's back injury destroyed her childhood dream of becoming a ballet
dancer.The 49--year--old recalls the injury that left her bedridden for six months when she was 21
years old and with constant pain for decades. However,the injury did lead her to tai chi,a martial
art typically practiced in slow m... | high17577.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Chile"
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"the United States",
"Chile",
"Japan"
],
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},
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"answer": {
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Scientists recorded the magnitude of the earthquake at 8.9.The United States Geo... | high5030.txt |
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"answer": {
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"The way to change the lifestyle habits."
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Auto... | high10218.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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You might find it hard to believe that you could actually "print" an ... | high13711.txt |
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},
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"The importance of confidence to success",
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People naturally have different levels of confidence.Some have a higher level of confidence than others do, but even those whose confidence is lacking can learn to build their level of confidence and reach thei... | high1256.txt |
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"answer_text": "She had weak ankles and eyesight."
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"options": [
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"Her glasses couldn't cover up her face.",
"She couldn't get along well with them.",
"She looked like an overweight elephant."
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From first grade through fourth, I had to wear heavy orthopedic shoes because of my weak ankles. I sounded like overweight elephant wearing bricks whenever I took a single step.
"Hey, Bigfoot!"
"Geez, you're going to start an earthquake!"
Then in sixth gra... | high6539.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"answer": {
... | A prosperous moneylender bought a house located right next door to the house of a tanner .From morning till evening the tanner change hide into leather by treating it with tannin .From day one the moneylender was put off by the unpleasant smells of the tannery.
So,he visited the tanner's house and offered to buy his h... | high7627.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "There is a very limited supply of the beans."
},
"options": [
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"The coffee trees that grow the beans are scarce.",
"It takes a long time for the coffee beans to ripen.",
"O... | Coffee experts are willing to pay large sums of money for high-quality coffee beans. The high-end beans, such as Kona or Blue Mountain, are known to cost extraordinary sums of money. Then there is Kopi Lowak (translated as "Civet Coffee"), the world's most expensive coffee, which sells for as much as US $50 per quarter... | high15360.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It helps the air around them slightly wet."
},
"options": [
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"It makes it convenient to look after them.",
"It helps the air around them slightly wet.",
"It allows owners to draw a ple... | As with any house guests, indoor plants require a certain amount of basic, regular attention if they are going to feel at home. The first consideration when purchasing plants is to make reasonably sure that they are suitable for the condition in which they are going to be housed.
A general rule for most plants being br... | high13705.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "It is below ice."
},
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"It lies under the sea",
"It is the largest volcano",
"It is lava affects the airlines"
],
"question": "What makes Grimsvom different from other volcanoes?",... | A volcanic eruption in Iceland has sent ash across northern Europe Airlines have stopped or changed the flights across the Atlantic Ocean, leaving hundreds of passengers stuck in airports.
Grimsvom is one of the largest and most active volcanoes in Europe. What makes Grimsvom different is that it lies under a huge glac... | high1242.txt |
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},
"options": [
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"They were on the way to a pleasant journey in Sichuan.",
"They were told to do something... | When computer salesman Li Guang and his girlfriend Huang Minxia saw on TV the destruction caused by the unexpected earthquake,they quickly filled their car with bottled water and instant noodles and drove more than 160 miles to lend a hand.
"It's a small car,but we just wanted to help," said Li,from Chongqing,a city ne... | high7633.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer": {
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"Vietnam has banned rice exports to other countries.",
"Thailand is the largest rice exporter in the world.",
"Some families are too poor to afford eno... | Poor families in some countries spend as much as eighty percent of their money on food. Rising prices in recent months have created the worst food crisis in more than thirty years. The United Nations World Food Program says high food prices could push one hundred million people into hunger.
Nathan Childs is an expert ... | high3455.txt |
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"answer_text": "raise the temperature of the earth's surface"
},
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"raise the temperature of the earth's surface",
"prevent the sun's rays from reaching the earth's surface",
"explain the c... | In the atmosphere, carbon dioxide acts rather like a one-way mirror or the glass in the roof of a greenhouse which allows the sun's rays to enter but prevents the heat from escaping
According to a weather expert's prediction , the atmosphere will be 3degC warmer in the year 2050 than it is today, if man continues t... | high17563.txt |
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"answer_text": "introducing some of WFP's projects"
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"introducing some of WFP's projects",
"raising money for the people in need",
"calling readers' attention to the poor"
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... | The creative projects of World Food Program (WFP) focused on preventing hunger from taking hold in the future and breaking the cycle of hunger. Here are some of the ways in which we work to prevent hunger in the future:
School Meals
As well as directly addressing hunger, School Meals projects encourage families to keep... | high18650.txt |
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"answer_text": "He was afraid of being laughed at."
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"His girlfriend did not allow him to do this.",
"He was afraid of being laughed at.",
"He had no talent for acting."
... | Bobby Moresco grew up in New York's Hell's Kitchen, a poor working-class neighborhood on Manhattan's West Side. But Hell's Kitchen lies right next door to Broadway, and the bright lights attracted Bobby from the time he was a teen. Being stage-struck was hardly what a street kid could admit to his partners. Fearing the... | high5024.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The tradition of Christmas trees in America."
},
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"The customs of Christmas in America.",
"The decoration of Christmas trees.",
"The tradition of Christmas trees in America.",
"The history of Christmas in Am... | An evergreen tree is a Christmas tradition in many American homes. The tree is usually a pine or fir dressed with lights and other color1ful decorations.
Families might buy a cut tree or go to a tree farm and cut one down themselves. Some people bring a live tree in a pot into their home for the holidays and then put i... | high18136.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Robert Frost wrote his poems mostly in the first person"
},
"options": [
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"Robert Frost was very fa... | Robert Frost was at heart a mean-spirited human being, not the kind of man one would expect to write poetry. He was born in San Francisco. Frost entered Dartmouth University in 1893, but dropped out, and switched to Harvard, which he attended for two years. He started a brief teaching career, where he was inspired to b... | high5742.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Bring the leftover soap for later use."
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"Obtain information in the morning.",
"Bring the leftover soap for later use.",
"Keep your tablet, phone or computer on."
],... | Here's how you can take action and make sure you are doing what you can to reduce your personal carbon footprint when traveling this year.
Before you go
Turn off and unplug all of your non-essential electronic appliances. Experts say that 5-10 percent of the average family's electric bill is from electronic appliances ... | high19228.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The health problems caused by fragrance"
},
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"The world trend of using fragrance.",
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"The ways of removing allergy.... | The smell of fresh air is becoming something of a distant memory, thanks to our increasing use of fragrance . From air fresheners to scented candles, we live in a world of scent.
Recent figures show seven in ten people use air fresheners or scented candles to keep our homes smelling sweet. Yet recent records suggest... | high3333.txt |
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