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"answer_text": "lead to heart attack"
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"help you live a healthy life",
"lead to heart attack",
"make up for the time you sit",
"make you feel stressed"
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"question": "Watching TV for a long time may _ .",
... | Everyone wants to have a healthy heart. Still, heart diseases affect more than 1 in 3 adults in the United States. The good news is that some simple, everyday habits can make a big difference in your ability to live a healthy lifestyle. Here are some worst habits for your heart, and how to avoid them.
Watching TV
Sitti... | high5238.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "feel stressed in their daily life"
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"options": [
"can't get a sound sleep",
"are thinking of something hard to settle",
"feel stressed in their daily life",
"are suffering a persistent headache"
],
"question":... | There are always times in the day when you catch yourself clenching your teeth if you are trying to focus on something important or concentrating on something. Of course, if you are doing this in your sleep you won't be able to catch yourself and stop.
The good news is that there are things you can do to help relieve t... | high19752.txt |
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"answer_text": "how to start a business online"
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"options": [
"how to set up a website",
"how to start a business online",
"how to make some pocket money",
"how to become famous nowadays"
],
"question": "The writer wrote this... | In order to start a business online now, there are a few steps you need to complete.
The very first step you need to complete is to have a product or service idea. A good idea to make money online should be an idea that excites you, an idea that others will be interested in, and an idea that not many other people are t... | high4126.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Halifax"
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"Wolfville",
"Maitland",
"The Bay of Fundy",
"Halifax"
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"question": "If choosing the one-week tour, you are advised to start from _ .",
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... | Canada, the world's second-largest country, has a massive Atlantic coastline . So, the best way to experience it is by car.
One week
Cross over to Wolfville and the Bay of Fundy via HWY 12. Spend a day criss-crossing the country roads and grassy hills of Cape Blomidon to catch some of the most impressive views of the... | high3649.txt |
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"answer_text": "bring experiences back home"
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"options": [
"bring experiences back home",
"1earn to cook a traditional recipe.",
"gain some job skills.",
"get along well with the host family"
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"question": "Harrison advises ... | Spending a term abroad can be one of the most thrilling experiences of your college career,but it's challenging to adapt to a new culture,especially when you don't speak the native language. The following are top tips of the experts on improving your time abroad.
Set specific goals.
"Set goals for yourself when going a... | high12607.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "they are not sure in finding the clean and renewable energy."
},
"options": [
"they think fossil fuels are everlasting.",
"British government's target is not realistic.",
"they are not sure in finding the clean and renewable ... | Most respected scientists agree that we need to find another source of energy- and quickly. If we continue to burn oil and pump carbon into the atmosphere, then the effects on global climate will lead to global disasters even before the oil disappear.
The British government has set a target of a 20 percent reduction in... | high9402.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To raise the button show to the level of art."
},
"options": [
"To show the importance of buttons.",
"To support the new artists.",
"To raise the button show to the level of art.",
"To create sculptures and portraits."
... | No one can deny that buttons are an important clothing device. But, can they rise to the level of art? Organizers of an exhibit in New York think so.
Peter Souleo Wright organized "The Button Show" at Rush Arts Gallery in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Eleven artists used the small, ordinary objects to create s... | high14276.txt |
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"answer_text": "He was more painful than selfish."
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"He was a man of vanity and selfishness.",
"He didn't like to eat with his family.",
"He was more painful than selfish.",
"He forced his family to eat what he liked."
... | I grew up with a fat dad--450 pounds at his heaviest.Every week he would try a new diet,and my family ended up eating whatever strange food he was trying at that moment.
After my thirdgrade year,my dad landed a lifechanging job in Manhattan.My mom,my little sister and I had to move away from our hometown,Chicago,and le... | high6731.txt |
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"answer_text": "painful"
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"surprised",
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"regretful",
"painful"
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"question": "When told he should \"go Ajax\" his teeth, Bill probably felt _ .",
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},
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... | There is a boy in my gym class (I'll call him Bill) who has unbearably yellow teeth that almost make everyone feel unpleasant. Recently another boy told Bill that he should "go Ajax" his teeth. Bill was crushed. Had the other boy been thinking, he would have realized that there is a better way to handle such a situatio... | high9364.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because collecting sounds would be easier."
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"Because living on the farm was boring.",
"Because people were treated fairly there.",
"Because the town was near his school.",
"Because collecting sounds woul... | "Your homework is to collect sounds and take them down," Mrs. Olson said before class was over. She handed out sheets of paper shaped like giant ears.
On his way home, Colin glared out of the school-bus window. Not fair, he thought. How could he collect enough sounds on his family's farm? If only he lived in the town.
... | high14510.txt |
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"answer_text": "The student were professors from a university"
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"The teachers did lots of writing on the board",
"The teacher were invited to attend several lectures.",
"The student were professors from a university",
"T... | This was no ordinary class. The students who came together were all science or engineering professors at Cornell University. They had interrupted their research to accept an invitation to take part in an unusual experiment: "an interesting week of poetry." This class was part of a study to answer the questions: Why is ... | high7349.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he was over one year old"
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"he drove to the seaside",
"he began to learn surfing",
"he suffered a severe disease",
"he was over one year old"
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"question": "Ivison got disabled when _ .",
"... | Ricochet, a 19-month-oldgolden retriever , wasbred to be a service dog but never made it. Now, she has found her role in the ocean, surfing with a disabled teen.
Patrick Ivison, 15, suffered a severe injury in a car accident when he was 14 months old. He has been disabled since, but the Californian boy never gave up o... | high11468.txt |
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"answer_text": "China didn't take sides with the US-led coalition"
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"they were too poor to pay anything",
"kidnappers didn't know they were Chinese",
"China didn't take sides with the US-led coalition",
"kidnappers were ... | He had travelled thousands of miles in the hope of earning some money, but 18-year old Lin Kongming never knew danger was waiting for him.
He and six other migrant workers from Fujian Province spent 36 hours in Iraq as international hostages . But luckily, they were set free last Tuesday morning, unharmed by the peopl... | high19034.txt |
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"answer_text": "The young man was persuaded by Christine Hoffman and decided to live on"
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"The young man felt sad for Christine Hoffman because of her poor experience",
"The young man was persuaded by Christine Hoffman and decided t... | This week is National Volunteer Week, a time for the Canadian Red Cross to recognize our dedicated volunteers who devote their time and talents from coast to coast. Over the course of the week we will use this blog to share stories about our volunteers and the amazing work they do --- a small part of the outstanding ... | high4640.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The a"
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"The author is drowned in anger and self-pity.",
"The author travels to places he/she has dreamed of.",
"The author can't take care of himself/herself any longer.",
"The a"
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"question": ... | Living an Adventurous Life
Nearly ten years ago, I was told that I had a brain tumor , and this experience changed my attitude about adventure forever.I thought that I was going to die and that all my adventures were over.I did not have a brain tumor, it turned out, but rather multiple sclerosis , which meant that, a... | high16307.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Frightening."
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"Polite.",
"Uncommon.",
"Frightening.",
"Funny."
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"question": "What did the author think of the young man?",
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"answer_index... | My six--year-old granddaughter, Caitlynd.and I stopped at m Tim Horton's shop for a blueberry cake.As we were going out the door, a young teenage boy was coming in.
This young man had no hair on the sides of his head and a set of blue spiked hair on top of it.One of his nostrils was pierced,and a ring ran through t... | high17019.txt |
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"answer_text": "the number of children, out of 1,000 births, who die before their first birthday"
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"the number of children born alive",
"the kinds of behavior typical of very young children",
"the number of children, out of 1,... | Is there a limit to the number of years that a person can expect to live? Can changes in life-style add years to one's life? Throughout history people have sought answers to these questions and others.
Various myths offer the hope of great longevity. In the imaginary land of Shangri-La, for example, people are said to ... | high4898.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "can work for about a month"
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"options": [
"is aged between 24 and 40",
"may do some training work",
"can work for about a month",
"should deal with general duties"
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"question": "We learn from the ads that th... | Father Christmas
We're looking for a very special person,preferably over 40,to fill our Father Christmas suit.
Working days:Every Saturday from November 24 to December 15 and every day from December 17 to December 24 except Sundays,10:30--16:00.
Excellent pay.
Please contact the Enterprise Shopping Centre,Station Parad... | high10776.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because it can make people lose their real-life friends."
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"Because it makes people spend too much time online.",
"Because it can make people lose their real-life friends.",
"Because it is as harmful to people'... | It seems some people have something bad to say about Facebook, the social media website that now has attracted more than 300 million members. To them I have only this to say: Stop please!
A recent article in theWall Street Journalblamed Facebook's ability to ruin friendships, saying that it limits communication to typi... | high2231.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "felt it hard to answer"
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"felt it hard to answer",
"thought her a creative girl",
"believed it easy to do so",
"found it easy to lie"
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"question": "When the girl asked her mother if they could w... | Each time I see a balloon, my mind flies back to a memory of when I was a six-year-old girl. It was a rainy
Sunday and my father had recently died. I asked my mom if Dad had gone to heaven. "Yes, honey. Of course." she said.
"Can we write him a letter?"
She paused, the longest pause of my short life, and answered, "Yes... | high4654.txt |
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"answer_text": "The former is nutrition-based, while the latter is medicine-based."
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"Both are to solve the problem of male hair loss.",
"Tricomin System is effective in speeding the growth of the new hair.",
"Shen Min is an u... | There are several reasons for hair loss in women. However, in most cases, treatment is quite effective. Female hair loss patterns in women are not as easily recognizable as they are in men. A woman may experience it temporarily due to pregnancy or illness, although they may experience it for other reasons.
Hair loss ca... | high19020.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Most Americans are tired of having to go to work every morning."
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"options": [
"Most Americans are excited to go to work every day.",
"Most Americans are used to sleeping in the morning.",
"Most Americans are tired of havin... | Do you wake up in the morning dreading the moment that your feet have to hit the floor for you to get ready for work? If that's the case, join most of Americans. Very few people wake up to that annoying alarm clock and spring out of bed excited about having to go to work.
As if that were not enough, most of us have to ... | high16313.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They both think they are friends."
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"options": [
"They are only opponents.",
"Lin looks down upon Hidayat.",
"They both think they are friends.",
"The media has worsened the relationship between them."
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"que... | World top-ranked badminton player Lin Dan said last Friday that he was a better player than Taufik Hidayat in the year of 2006 despite losing the Asian Games single title to the Indonesian Olympic champion.
"I have ranked No.1 in the world for two straight years and I think people can easily come to a conclusion on who... | high2225.txt |
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"answer_text": "Taking more than 4 grams of salt a day can be harmful for an adult's health."
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"People have trouble reducing salt because they don't know it is harmful toeat too much of it.",
"Before 10,000 BC, human beings did not ... | Life is not easy in senior high school. You've got the pressure of studies and exams.
From time to time, you may feel depressed and frustrated. When depression strikes, you have to take measures to fight it. One of the strangest ways to fight depression is to eat salt, scientists have found.
Salt acts as a natural anti... | high14504.txt |
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"answer_text": "A discussion about the importance of handwriting."
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"Some advice by Indiana education officials.",
"The importance of learning typing in schools.",
"A discussion about the importance of handwriting.",
"Th... | Like many other places in the world, recently, Indiana education officials decided that the schools of the state will not be required to teach handwriting skills to students any longer. Instead, they will focus their energies on teaching students how to type. Is handwriting still an important skill? An online survey re... | high9370.txt |
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"answer_text": "cultural background and personal experiences"
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"our hearing and visual abilities",
"cultural background and personal experiences",
"the experience one learns from others",
"critical measures taken by othe... | When several people look at the same person, it is not unusual for each of them to see different things; when you are alone observing one behavior or a person at two different times, you may see different things. The followings are but some of the factors that lead to these varying perceptions(,):
(1) Each person's ... | high6043.txt |
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"answer_text": "A British teenager became the youngest person to sail solo around the world."
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"A British teenager became the youngest person to sail solo around the world.",
"How a British teenager developed his sailing hobby.",
... | After battling hard times and danger for over nine months, British teenager Mike Perham made history last month as the youngest person to sail solo around the world.
The 17-year-old made the record after he cleared the Panama Canal and then sailed through the Caribbean and got home across the Atlantic.
Mike is only thr... | high12175.txt |
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"answer_text": "the Internet has reduced people's contact"
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"people think that they are out of fashion",
"it is quicker to say thanks by e-mail",
"the Internet has reduced people's contact",
"people are too busy to remem... | THANK-you cards--heartfelt expressions of gratitude for gifts, services and general kindness--seem to be rare in an age when the Internet continues to reduce human interaction.
Although our society has changed greatly over the past century, the _ of thank-you notes has not.
While most people would agree that thank-you ... | high12613.txt |
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"answer_text": "The disadvantages of phone usage before bed."
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"How to promote sleep.",
"How kids learn from their parents.",
"The advantages of going to bed early.",
"The disadvantages of phone usage before bed."
],... | Experts recently suggested that teens should start adopting early bedtimes. Before you dismiss it as a habit suited only for young kids, consider that there are serious advantages in being well-rested. And now, even more research suggests that putting phones away before going to sleep is important to teens' well-being.... | high14262.txt |
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"answer_text": "is an event intended for all ages"
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"attracts more tourists than usual",
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"lasts longer than regular Disney parties"
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"q... | A Special Halloween Party
Ever since its opening, "Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party" has been the center of attraction for thousands of Disney vacationers during Halloween in Orlando. Started as a special one night event in 1995, this Halloween event at Disney World has been transformed and developed into one of t... | high9416.txt |
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"answer_text": "both the price and the service"
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"neither the price nor the service"
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"question": "The 4... | A dentist's office may not be everyone's idea of a perfect holiday destination.But a growing number of Europeans are travelling abroad for medical treatment to save money,or maybe to combine a visit to the doctor with some sightseeing,creating a potential but fastgrowing market for traditional tour operators.
"It was s... | high6725.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Americans Seem Less Inclined to Get Married Nowadays."
},
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"Children in Single-Parent Families.",
"Experts' Prediction of Birthrate for the Next Decade.",
"Babies Born out of Wedlock Presents Problems.",
"Am... | Americans are less inclined to get married than at any time in US history, posing social and public-policy dilemmas and the threatening to dissolve the "glue" that connects fathers to their children, experts say.
A report released by the US National Marriage Project found "a rather weakening of the institution of marri... | high22908.txt |
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"answer_text": "an accident"
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"question": "Braille got blind as a result of _ .",
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"ans... | How important can a fifteen-year-old boy's work be? Well, Louis Braille's work changed the world. Born in a small town near Paris in 1809, shortly after his third birthday Louis blinded himself in one eye while playing with a sharp pointed tool in his father's workshop. He soon lost the sight in his other eye when the ... | high10004.txt |
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"answer_text": "he would devote himself to writing"
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"he would devote himself to writing",
"he would go on more travels in the future",
"he would stop writing about future travels",
"he would do what his father required"... | French novelist Jules Verne (1828--1905) is often called the father of science fiction. Although he was not a great traveler himself, his characters travelled to the moon (inFrom the Earth to the Moon), under the sea (inTwenty thousand leagues under the sea), into a volcano (inA journey to the centre of the earth), aro... | high2543.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Its story."
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"Its cast.",
"It's specific effects.",
"Its director.",
"Its story."
],
"question": "Which of the following is likely to attract the audience most about this film?",
"question_typ... | When you see the trailer for Coming Home, Zhang Yimou's latest project, you may not be attracted by it at first, due to the film's senior cast and historic setting.
But rest assured, Coming Home will draw you in with its emotionally charged story of love, joy and sorrow.
The movie follows a devoted couple, Lu Yanshi (... | high18458.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "makes people ignore the negative side of problems"
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"often leads people to take more risks",
"often leads people to make balanced decisions",
"makes people think more of negative results",
"makes people i... | Trying to make a big decision while you're also preparing for a scary presentation? _ . Feeling stressed changes how people weigh risk and reward. However, an article published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests stressed people pay more atten... | high3885.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "he feels blue"
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"he feels relieved",
"he feels blue",
"he is surprised",
"he is tired"
],
"question": "By saying that \"my spirits ebb\" (Para. 1), the author means that _ .",
"question_typ... | Every April I am troubled by the same concern -- that spring might not occur this year. The landscape looks dull, with hills, sky and forest appearing gray. My spirits ebb, as they did during an April snowfall when I first came to Maine 15 years ago. "Just wait," a neighbor advised. "You'll wake up one morning and spri... | high19746.txt |
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