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"answer_text": "Anxious and terrified."
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"options": [
"Brave and calm.",
"Anxious and terrified.",
"Shy and quiet.",
"Heroic and fearless."
],
"question": "In the film, what was the manner of the author's character when facin... | "There's going to be one less boy in the room!" The words rang in my ears as the criminal pointed his gun against my head. The floodgates opened and tears ran down my face. No one in the courtroom moved. Everyone was held silent with fear. A few seconds passed and the criminal put down his gun, turning his back on me... | high15837.txt |
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"answer_text": "they hoped he could gain something from it"
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"options": [
"they hoped he could gain something from it",
"they knew he hated to part with Belker",
"they wanted him to remember Belker forever",
"they intended him to lea... | Some of the most painful moments I spend as a vet ( ) are those spent with my customers assisting my animal patients from this world to the next. Making this final decision is not easy, and I have often felt powerless to comfort the sorrowful owners.
That was before I met Shane.
I had been called to examine a ten-year-... | high9385.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "online advertising to surpass radio next year"
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"options": [
"online advertising to surpass radio next year",
"radio is the world's fourth-largest advertising medium",
"the 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Beijing",
... | The Internet will overtake radio in 2008 and become the world's fourth-largest advertising medium, a year earlier than forecast.
Global spending on Internet advertising increased from 18.7 billion U.S. dollars in 2005 to 24.9 billion dollars last year, according to Zenith Optimedia, the media-buying agency.
... | high20654.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "adjust one's diet or breath"
},
"options": [
"apply science to our life",
"operate on various patients",
"adjust one's diet or breath",
"look after mentally-ill people"
],
"question": "You can learn how to _ ... | What Is Natural Medicine
Natural Medicine is to use the natural environment, the nature of the material itself to cure diseases and restore the health.It involves bettering one's breathing way, sunbathing, improving one's diets and so on, which play an important part in our healthcare.
Start a Rewarding Career Today
Th... | high10797.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "an American"
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"options": [
"a Chinese",
"a Roman",
"an American",
"aThailand"
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"question": "From the passage we can see that the writer is _ .",
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"answer... | The customs in different countries are rather different. If I have dinner with a Chinese host, he always puts more food onto my plate as soon as I have emptied it. That often discomforts(......) me greatly. I have to eat the food even if I do not want to. I have also noticed that when a Chinese sits at an American's di... | high17946.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "remind him of his origin"
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"options": [
"prepare him for the trip and warn him against possible problems",
"remind him of his origin",
"ask him to look for his great-grandmother",
"share with him the story of her chil... | "I was only thirteen when four of my team members and I were chosen by my swim coach to train with the Chinese National Team. The following piece shows how that experience has influenced me."
The night before I left for China, my mother called me into her room. I entered not knowing what to expect. I sat down at the en... | high3870.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Live a real life"
},
"options": [
"Love your friends",
"Live a real life",
"Don't waste time",
"Be a good mother and wife"
],
"question": "The best title of this passage probably is _ .",
"question_type": ... | I no longer consider myself as the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they come. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.
So here's what I want to t... | high20132.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because she wanted to offer help."
},
"options": [
"Because people there helped her.",
"Because she never went there before.",
"Because she wanted to offer help.",
"Because the old people there shared stories with her"
... | Last summer, as part of my high school graduation project, I volunteered at Saunders House nursing home. I choose this experience because it was something that I had never done before and I wanted to lend a helping hand. At first it was challenging because I was extremely shy. My goal in volunteering was to bring a smi... | high14297.txt |
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"answer_text": "When the parents are at work or at school."
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"options": [
"When the parents are retired.",
"When the parents are working or buying gifts.",
"When the parents are at work or at school.",
"When there are three generatio... | Generational differences and the economy are shifting more responsibilities for children from their parents to grandparents, according to a new survey.
More than one-third of grandparents aged 50 and older contribute financially to their grandchildren's upbringing, and 11 percent have a grandchild living with them, the... | high8925.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Cellphone Manners Are a Must"
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"options": [
"Cellphone Manners Are a Must",
"How to Use Cellphones",
"Don't Disturb Others",
"The Popularity of Cellphones"
],
"question": "What could be the best title for th... | You are enjoying the beautiful scenery in a quiet place, but suddenly the peace and quiet is interrupted by the noisy sound of a cellphone ! Cellphones are everywhere, and some people don't know what the limits of cellphone use are.
For me, it's just a matter of education, good manners, and common sense. If I go to a b... | high15162.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The differences are very great."
},
"options": [
"Their differences are very small.",
"The differences are very great.",
"There are no differences between them.",
"Some people think there are, but some people don't thin... | What do you think of British people and American people? You might think that there are no differences between the people in the two countries. After all they speak the same language, don't they? But if you ask a British or an American person, the differences are quite great.
What do British people think Americans are ... | high8716.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Essay and multiple-choice."
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"options": [
"Essay and multiple-choice.",
"Essay and critical writing.",
"Multiple-choice and math.",
"Multiple-choice and literature."
],
"question": "Which parts are included in... | If you are a high school senior graduating and looking to enter college in 2006, you will take the new exam.
The biggest change to the SAT will be the introduction of a new writing section. The writing section will consist of two parts: an essay and a multiple-choice section. Students will be given 25 minutes to resp... | high7425.txt |
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"answer_text": "www. gardnermuseum. org"
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"www. pafa. org",
"www. museumofglass. org",
"www. noguchi. org",
"www. gardnermuseum. org"
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"question": "Which of the following websites offers information about the f... | Use your American Express Card to enjoy one-day visit at four of America's greatest museums. Note the participating museums, and their exciting special exhibitions that you will not want to miss, listed below.
Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Chairs
February 11-May 8, 2012
Italian furniture expert Fausto Calderai... | high1054.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "is still working"
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"options": [
"stops working",
"is still working",
"is full of names",
"improves your memory"
],
"question": "You remember names though you are not thinking about them because your subconscio... | Sometimes ideas do not appear when you are concentrating your attention and mysteriously appear when you are not. Modern science recognizes this as a result of incubating the problem in your subconscious , yet can't account for why it occurs.
When you quit thinking about a subject and decide to forget it, your subcons... | high13513.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "discover the association between Foxp2protein and vocal communication"
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"test which part of the brain is key to language in rats and humans",
"prove the levels of Foxp2 protein in humans and rats are different",
... | American researchers found females are the more talkative sex because of a special "language protein " in the brain.
The study, conducted by neuroscientists and psychologist from the University of Maryland, concluded that women talked more because they had more of the Foxp2 protein. The research, published in the Jour... | high5232.txt |
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"answer_text": "People often believe that what they do is right."
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"options": [
"Negative results have nothing to do with others.",
"People always feel responsible for their fault.",
"All the people are fond of escaping blame.",
"Peo... | Scientists explain why people often blame others when things don't work out. Researchers say that when it comes to fixing blame, we can't always trust our own judgment .When things go wrong and we're to blame, we 're supposed to feel guilty. Right? Not necessarily.
It turns out that when we do something that cause... | high18446.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They provide a safe means for the locals to do business."
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"options": [
"They might help the local people apply for a bank account.",
"They will replace the banks completely in the near future.",
"They provide a safe means ... | With smart phones taking the world by Storm, a phone that can only send and receive voice calls and text messages may seem like a relic from a bygone age. Yet in East Africa,simple phones like these are changing the face of the economy, thanks to the mobile money services that are spreading across the region.
Using... | high17775.txt |
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"answer_text": "The accommodation fees."
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"options": [
"The on line reviews.",
"The security status.",
"The accommodation fees.",
"The nearby environment."
],
"question": "About what do Chinese women care more when choosing h... | The world's largest travel website,TripAdvisor,released a survey on female travel on April 9.It revea1ed that 43 percent of Chinese women have holidayed alone,slightly higher than the global average of 41 percent.
The survey covered 10 countries and regions,including China,the US, the UK,Germany,France,Italy and Spain... | high19758.txt |
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"answer_text": "Dirty and dangerous."
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"options": [
"Easy and interesting.",
"Dirty and dangerous.",
"Pleasant and well-paid",
"Challenging and creative."
],
"question": "Which of the following can best describe the chimney-s... | If you've ever owned a chimney, you know that it can get pretty dirty. There's a whole lot of soot that gets stuck on the inside. That stuff has to get cleaned, or you could have a serious fire risk. While nowadays we have easier ways of doing this dirty job, in the way back days somebody used to climb up the chimney ... | high11304.txt |
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"answer_text": "It falls on November 11\ntheach year."
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"options": [
"It's only held in Canada.",
"Its ceremony lasts 11 hours.",
"It falls on November 11\ntheach year.",
"It's to celebrate the country's independence."
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"qu... | Since the end of World War I (WWI) in 1918,Canadians, and millions of others around the world have paused at the 11thhour of the 11thday of the 11thmonth to honour the sacrifices our soldiers have made in different wars, fighting for the freedoms that we all enjoy today.
Known as Remembrance Day, the day originated as ... | high3643.txt |
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"answer_text": "It can't be damaged by water."
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"options": [
"It is heavy for pupils to carry.",
"It can't be damaged by water.",
"It is one and a half meters high.",
"It is easily broken or damaged."
],
"question": "Which of... | Children at a school in Italy have today begun an experiment to replace all their books with personal computers. The pupils involved will each be given a special laptop that contains their entire courses.
Until today, the Don Milani di Rivoli elementary school in central Turin was like any other. Children turned up, go... | high11462.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "likely to know advantages and disadvantages of things"
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"likely to find the truth in life",
"unwilling to admit their own failure",
"unwilling to have a general idea of things",
"likely to know advantages... | Americans wear black for mourning while Chinese wear white. Westerners think of dragons as monsters. Chinese honor them as symbols of God. Chinese civilization has often shown such polarities with the West, as though each stands at extreme ends of a global string. Now in the University if California, Berkeley, a psycho... | high20867.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "how strict parents should be with their children"
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"options": [
"how to take care of young trees",
"how strict parents should be with their children",
"how the young father should get on with his old neighbor",
"how t... | A young father was visiting an old neighbor. They were standing in the old man's garden,and talking about children. The young man said,"How strict should parents be with their children?"
The old man pointed to a string between a big strong tree and a thin young one."Please untie that string," he said.The young man unti... | high3125.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Five."
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"options": [
"Three.",
"Five.",
"Six.",
"Seven."
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"question": "How many kinds of animals can be kept in Best Friends Pet Care Resort?",
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"answer":... | Do you want to visit Disney World? However, will you worry about your pet if you go to Disney World? To meet the needs of these people, a pet hotel has been built near the Disney World Resort in Florida.
The new pet hotel is named Best Friends Pet Care Resort and it is mainly open to dogs and cats. It has an area of 4,... | high5554.txt |
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"answer_text": "Our reaction to pain is closely related to our expectation of pain."
},
"options": [
"We should learn to be sensitive to pain.",
"Our feeling of pain is decided by our environment.",
"Our reaction to pain is closely related t... | If you touch your finger to a hot stove, you know it's going to hurt. However, if you convince yourself beforehand that the pain won't be so bad, you might not suffer as much. According to a recent study, the part of your brain that reacts to severe pain is largely the same part that reacts to expectation of pain.
Rese... | high18320.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "told in order to avoid offending someone"
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"that other people have interest in",
"that other people cannot believe",
"told in order to avoid offending someone",
"told in order to take advantage of someo... | What exactly is a lie? Is it anything we say which we know is untrue? Or is it something more than that? For example, suppose a friend wants to borrow some money from you. You say, "I wish I could help you but I'm short of money myself." In fact you are not short of money but your friend is in the habit of not paying h... | high17013.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "sixty years old"
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"options": [
"25 years old",
"six years old",
"76 years old",
"sixty years old"
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"question": "When Sam won the second thing that he'd won in his life, he was _ .",
"question_type": "... | Sam, an unemployed piano tuner, said it was only the second thing he had ever won in his life. The first thing was an Afghan blanket at a church raffle when he was 25 years old. But this was much bigger: it was $120,000! He had won the Big Cube, a state lottery game. To win, a contestant must first guess which number a... | high4892.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "the US economy has been recovering"
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"the US economy has been recovering",
"Milan faced competition from other cities",
"few big cities took part in the competition",
"the survey was made by an American o... | New York has taken the title of the world's top fashion capital from Milan. The annual survey suggest that the top five fashion cities are facing competition from Asia and Australia. New York had been the top fashion city for five years, but Milan took the title in 2009. The survey was made by the Global Language Monit... | high15604.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "practise reading it aloud"
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"options": [
"discuss it with others",
"analyze it by oneself",
"copy it down in a notebook",
"practise reading it aloud"
],
"question": "To have a better understanding of a poem, o... | No poem should ever be discussed or "analyzed", until it has been read aloud by someone, teacher or student. Better still, perhaps, is the practice of reading it twice, once at the beginning of the discussion and once at the end, so the sound of the poem is the last thing one hears of it.
All discussions of poetry are,... | high7343.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "join the army"
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"write stories",
"make a living",
"join the army",
"work as a printer"
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"question": "Mark Twain left school at 12 to _",
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"an... | Mark Twain left school when he was twelve. He had little school education but had to live. He made millions of dollars by writing whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, but he is better known all over the world as Mark Twain, his penname.
Mark Twain was born in 1835 and he was not a healthy baby. In fact, he was... | high13261.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "exercise more than men in their country"
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"options": [
"have little time to exercise",
"hate to get regular exercise",
"take more exercise to lose weight",
"exercise more than men in their country"
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"questio... | Recently a study, led by Pedro Hallal of the Federal University, suggests that nearly a third of adults, 31%, are not getting enough exercise. That rates of exercise have declined is hardly a new discovery. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, technology and economic growth have helped to create a world in... | high6049.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "didn't expect anyone to give him a house for a paper clip"
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"hoped that someone would give him a house for his paper clip",
"didn't expect anyone to give him a house for a paper clip",
"didn't know if anyone wo... | Do you dream of owning your own house? Canadian Kyle MacDonald, a 26-year-old from Vancouver who is a resident in Montreal, has just achieved it. MacDonald, who has spent much of his time since graduating from college backpacking round Europe and Asia and whose main income appears to come from working as a pizza-delive... | high8064.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "kind"
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"generous",
"kind",
"happy",
"mean"
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"question": "According to the passage, the interviewer, Bruce, was very _ .",
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"answer": {
... | I was being interviewed by a senior manager for a big company, I told him honestly that the _ reason that I was interviewing with them was my need to keep my family in Boston. My wife had recently died of a heart attack. A job in Boston would help me reduce some pain for my 16-year-old daughter and me. It was important... | high3131.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Never cheat"
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"options": [
"Never cheat",
"Copy from books",
"Look at others' answers",
"Ask others for answers"
],
"question": "What should top students do in an exam?",
"question_type": "factiod_question... | Huangshi will have new rules about behaviour standards for middle school students very soon. Middle Schools are going to use a new way to decide who the top students are. The best students won't only have high marks. The new rules will be used first in No. 2 Middle School of Huangshi in September 2015. The following ar... | high18334.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A film director."
},
"options": [
"A film director.",
"A tour guide.",
"A journalist",
"A charity worker."
],
"question": "What could the author's job be?",
"question_type": null
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"answer": {
... | A while ago, when I was a young 25- year-old, I traveled across the United States on a journey to make a film.
During this trip, I ended up in Seattle where I met Laddie McCrea. Laddie was a hobo .
He was about 60-70 years old and looked 100. Laddie had shoulder length white hair covered with weeds from the previous n... | high17007.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "she is much older"
},
"options": [
"she works harder at her lessons",
"she is eager to graduate from college",
"she is much older",
"she is a country girl"
],
"question": "The difference between Lilian and her c... | Lilian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years. What makes Mrs Hanson different from her classmates is her age -- 73 years. She has been studying at college, a few courses at a time, for 27 years.
When Lilian Hanson graduated from high school, she went to the bank to borrow money for further e... | high4886.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "robot-readers"
},
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"Hewlett contest",
"education reform in America",
"robot-readers",
"William and Flora Hewlett Foundation"
],
"question": "The text is written to introduce _ .",
"question_typ... | American high school students are terrible writers, and one education reform group thinks it has an answer: robots. Or, more accurately, robot-readers-computers programmed to scan student essays and _ a grade.
Mark Shermis, professor of the College of Education at the University of Akron, is helping to hold a contest, ... | high10768.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The temperature is lower than the outside."
},
"options": [
"The temperature is lower than the outside.",
"Both of the pots are made of clay.",
"It is covered with a wet cloth.",
"Drier air is moving outside the pots."
... | A few degrees can make a big difference when it comes to food storage. Foods can go bad if they get too warm. But for many of the world's poor, finding a good way to keep food cool is difficult. Refrigerators are costly and they need electricity.
Yet spoiled food not only creates health risks but also economic l... | high19994.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He is grateful for what volunteers once did for him."
},
"options": [
"He has a lot of free time.",
"He is lonely and wants to be with others.",
"He wants others to know he is a good man.",
"He is grateful for what volu... | Why do I volunteer with Big brothers / Big sisters of America? I have many reasons. Perhaps the biggest reason is that people once volunteered to help me.
Years ago, I was on the other side of the table. I was lonely and I felt lost. It's a little embarrassing to talk about it now, but whatever the right direction in l... | high2549.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "She had to wait for a long time."
},
"options": [
"The worker there was impatient.",
"She failed to post her letter.",
"Some people cut in line.",
"She had to wait for a long time."
],
"question": "Why did the w... | I was at the post office early that morning, hoping to post a letter at the start of a busy day. Instead, , I found myself standing in a queue that went all the way into the hallway.I had never seen so many people there on a weekday. The queue moved very slowly.My patience ran out and I got angry. When I got to the cou... | high18452.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "He had nowhere to go and wandered aimlessly in the street."
},
"options": [
"Though lost in the city, he didn't feel worried or lonely.",
"He had nowhere to go and wandered aimlessly in the street.",
"He avoided the police fo... | Once again, I had run away and really did not know why. I walked out of the gate to go to school and then kept walking, and walking, and walking. I was 11years old. It was almost dark; I was tired, cold, and all alone. I had not eaten all day and was afraid to turn myself over the police. I knew I would receive another... | high5226.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Allie is anxious about talking about leaving."
},
"options": [
"Allie is tired of the author's suggestions.",
"The author is angry with Allie's rudeness.",
"Allie is anxious about talking about leaving.",
"The author is... | My daughter Allie is leaving for college in a week. Her room is piled with shopping bags filled with blankets, towels, jeans, sweaters. She won't talk about going.
I say, "I'm going to miss you," and she gives me one of her looks and leaves the room. Another time I say, in a voice so friendly it surprises even me: "Do ... | high17761.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The advantages of school uniforms."
},
"options": [
"How to dress properly.",
"The history of school uniforms.",
"The advantages of school uniforms.",
"How to deal with pressure in school."
],
"question": "What ... | There are quite a few advantages of wearing school uniforms. The idea may seem disagreeable at first, but considering all the positive effective coming from wearing uniforms you would be more likely to enjoy them.
Teachers love school uniforms because it helps provide an orderly learning environment. Having students dr... | high4138.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "events before they happen"
},
"options": [
"their dream",
"events after they happen",
"events before they happen",
"heart illness"
],
"question": "ESP lets people know about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_... | Have you ever suddenly felt that someone you know was in trouble -- and he was? Have you ever dreamed something that came true later? Maybe you have ESP.
ESP stands for Extra Sensory Perception. It may be called a sixth sense. It seems to let people know about events before they happen, or events that are happening som... | high3657.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Tofu"
},
"options": [
"Bean curd",
"Tofu",
"Name card",
"Net bar"
],
"question": "Which of the following expressions is more native?",
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... | I've been living in China for a while -- long enough to observe the long-term deterioration of my own native language abilities, as well as those of my fellow English speakers. This deterioration can take different forms, one of which is the non-standard usage of the words. Its source is, specifically, Chinese cultur... | high12619.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To pay for his schooling"
},
"options": [
"To gain some experience",
"To save for his future",
"To support his family",
"To pay for his schooling"
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"The breakthrough of surgery"
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"question": "What would be the best title o... | Can you imagine being savagely attacked by a dog? What if the attack was so severe that your nose, lips and chin were completely destroyed? How would you feel about yourself? Would you be able to look at yourself in the mirror? And how do you think other people would treat you?
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},
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"Canada and North America.",
"Austria and Canada.",
"Belgium and Canada."
],
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"aid digestion",
"make break-away from the bad habits"
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},
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"his mother did not thinks it a great university",
"his parents needed him to help support the family",
"his par... | In early autumn I applied for admission to college. I wanted to go nowhere but to Cornell University, but my mother fought strongly against it. When she saw me studying a photograph of my father on the sports ground of Cornell, she tore it up.
"You can't say it's not a great university, just because Papa went there."
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"They change with the seasons.",
"They vary from person to person."
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"has been known for hundreds of years",
"tends to be unhealthy"
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"they both involved fighting in the air",
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"Xi Jingping visited four countries during Mar.22-30",
"Russia is the biggest friend of China.",
"C... | BEIJING - President Xi Jinping's visit to Russia has enhanced bilateral strategic mutual trust and support, and expanded practical cooperation between the two countries, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told media on Sunday.
Wang made the remarks while introducing to reporters travelling with the Chinese official del... | high4110.txt |
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Hi,there! I'm Crystal Collins and I'm very happy to share some time with you.So,you want to keep fit,huh? Well,you surely came to the right place.Together we can keep fit and healthy and succeed in doing that.It's easy.Everybody can do it,you hear? Just remember the five golden rules.... | high17991.txt |
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"The early bird gets the worm",
"Don't be a horse in the manger"
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"a huge explosion will happen",
"it doesn't give off light any longer"
],
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And yes,it's good to get along well with your teacher because,in general,it's smart to learn how to get along well with the different types of people you'll meet throughout your life.
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"Four adults book two day tours.",
"Three adults book at least two day tours."
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Choose from our range of great value Scottish Highland Tours to Loc... | high9434.txt |
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"Comedy films.",
"Detective."
],
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"answer_text": "rate one's attractiveness by photos before and after knowing her or his personality"
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"try to prove positive characters make people more attractive",
"exhibit negative cha... | If you exhibit positive characteristics such as honesty and helpfulness, the chances are that you will be thought as a good-looking person, for a new study has found that the perception of physical attractiveness is influenced by a person's personality.
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"they don't have anything to protect them",
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"Global warming affects the fish distribution.",
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"Always notice the environment around you."
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l Always notice the environment around you. You shouldn't walk alone outside. Make sure where the public phones are. If anything dangerous happens, you can find them easily.
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"answer": {
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"he couldn't adapt to his new environment",
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"he left guilty about leaving his friend behind"
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After the adoption papers were signed, Amy asked if Jerry had a good friend... | high15638.txt |
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Raeann's older brother, Derek... | high12157.txt |
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"People kill sharks out of fear.",
"People kill sharks because they often attack s... | Sharks have lived in the oceans for over 450 million years, long before dinosaurs appeared. There are now about 360 species of sharks, whose size, behavior, and other characteristics differ widely.
Every year, we catch and kill over 100 million sharks, mostly for food and for their fins. Dried shark fins are used to ma... | high3119.txt |
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Suddenly a crow perched on their window.
The father asked his son, "What is this?"
The son replied, "It is a crow."
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"we cannot merely rely on robots to explore the moon",
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Enthusiasm for space travel has always decreased and increased . In 2010 , President Barack Obama cut f... | high19002.txt |
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"More cars stopping in the same amount of space",
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"She went door to door,talking.",
"She talked to patients in hospital."
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Instead of annoyed, she decided to do something about it.She organized a one woman littera... | high2207.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "neither the children nor the parents could speak English"
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"the parents liked communicating with the teachers",
"the parents could help their children... | About 18,000 refugees from Burma have come to the United States each year since 2007. Some have settled in Howard County, Maryland between Baltimore and Washington. A local school began teaching English to the children of the refugees. But while the children learned the language, their parents did not. That made comm... | high10740.txt |
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"We should change our old views about animals.",
"Animals stories have... | Are animal brains too simple for thoughts and choices? Stories about animal kindness have really changed my point of view. In fact, some stories are amazing, especially when animals are meeting with people. Here are two stories that interest me.
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"answer": {
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The trees take dust, ammonia and odors in their l... | high16325.txt |
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The 32nd Hong Kong Art Festival, to be held early next year, will be based on the theme of "family".
The art festival, considered to be Asia's best, was launched in 1973.
"We hope that people from Beijing and from all over the world will go to Hong Kong to enjoy the multiple performances in our art f... | high4662.txt |
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"To skate with his father in the nearby park.",
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"On the main British Library website.",
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Events
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"China will set up a base on the moon in 2010",
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After its first man in space, China plans a space laboratory,... | high2213.txt |
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},
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"Win the election if they can raise enough funds .",
"Manipulate public opinion with favorable data .",
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Theme Par... | high14532.txt |
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But there may be a much simpler way of cheering yourself up... simply shining a bright light into your ear canal.
Up to one in four Britons suffer from seasonal affective disorder, with seven per cent of t... | high22080.txt |
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},
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"The author didn't like Mini making friends with Rahmun.",
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"all night long, people dance and sing",
"people make much delicious food",
"the dead are... | A Festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan. This festival is a cheerful occasion, for on this day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living. As they are expected to be hungry after their long journey, food is laid out for them. Speciallymade lanterns are hung outside eac... | high6713.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "look for medical help"
},
"options": [
"look for harmful information",
"look on it",
"use it to break the poison",
"look for medical help"
],
"question": "Save the container of whatever caused the poisoning to ... | Doctors in hospital emergency rooms often see accidental poisonings . A frightened parent arrives with a child who swallowed a cleaning liquid. Or perhaps the harmful substance is a medicine. Or it might be a chemical product meant to kill insects. These are common causes of accidental poisoning.
In cases like this, lo... | high14254.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he had to live in a dark and silent world"
},
"options": [
"a terrible electrical accident happened to him",
"nobody in the world cared about him",
"he was struck by the lightning once more",
"he had to live in a dark a... | Having experienced a shocking electrical accident, which caused him to become both blind and deaf,James Francos world became completely dark and quiet for almost ten years. The loss of sight and hearing threw him into such sorrow that he tried a few times to put an end to his life. His family, especially his wife, did ... | high9420.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He can drink one in a cafe that has prepaid coffees."
},
"options": [
"He can ask for one in any cafe.",
"He can apply for one on websites.",
"He can buy one in a cafe offering the service.",
"He can drink one in a cafe... | There's a great article in the New York Times this week about the tradition of buying a coffee for a stranger at the same time that you buy your own. They call it _ , the name for "suspended coffee" in its birthplace. In some cafes, folks in need may claim a suspended coffee and drink it without cost.
No doubt the fr... | high10032.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "was supposed to be unsafe for the U.S."
},
"options": [
"had no stable income",
"was supposed to be unsafe for the U.S.",
"had too wide interests",
"had got a full scholarship in the U.S."
],
"question": "Beijin... | The Chinese put up with a lot living in the world's most populous country: standing on over-crowded trains for 40 hours; sleeping outside hospitals to secure a doctor's appointment; waiting more than a year to earn a driver's license.
Add getting a U.S. entry visa to the list. Applicants here have waited as long as 60 ... | high19770.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "You can't please everyone."
},
"options": [
"You can't please everyone.",
"The more you put in, the more you get out.",
"Human beings and animals are friends.",
"You should respect others' advice."
],
"question"... | A man and his son were once going with their donkey to market. As they were walking along by its side a countryman passed them and said: "You fools, what is a donkey for but to ride upon?"
So the man put the boy on the donkey and they went on their way. But soon they passed a group of men, one of whom said: "See t... | high17985.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the barefoot librarians are important to village libraries"
},
"options": [
"the first church in Peru was set up by John Medcalf",
"car libraries used to be popular in Leonardo's village",
"teachers were interested in bringin... | Twelve-year-old Leonardo was born in a poor family in Bambamarca in Peru. He knew how to read but he had never seen a book in his life. So he asked the new priest in his village to give him one. But there was no electricity. So Leonardo borrowed candles from the church and sat up all night reading it. The next morning,... | high10742.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To own a horse ranch."
},
"options": [
"To write a seven-page paper.",
"To learn to ride a horse.",
"To own a horse ranch.",
"To receive a better grade."
],
"question": "What was Monty Roberts' dream when he was... | Monty Roberts was the son of a poor family. He liked horses. He had a dream to own a horse ranch ever since he was a little child.
One day when he was at high school, he was asked to write a paper. It was about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up. He worked hard on it, and wrote a seven-page paper. In the pap... | high20681.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Showing violence is thought to be entertaining."
},
"options": [
"Showing violence is thought to be entertaining.",
"Something has gone wrong with today's society",
"Many people are fond of gunplay and bloodshed.",
"The... | Nowadays people are troubled by the violence that spreads throughout the media. Movies, television and video games are full of gunplay and bloodshed, and one might reasonably ask what's wrong with a society that presents videos of violence as entertainment.
Viewing large amounts of violent television and video games ma... | high16333.txt |
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