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Is there intelligent life on other planets? For years, scientists said "no." or "we don't know." But today this is changing. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are astronomers . They believe intelligent life exists somewhere in the universe. They also think we sill soon contact these beings(;). Why do Shostak and Barnett think intelligent life exists on other planets? The first reason is time. Scientists believe the universe is about 12 billion years old. "This is long enough for other planets to have intelligent life," say Shostak and Barnett. The second reason is size--the universe is huge. "Tools like the Hubble Telescope have shown that there are at least 100 billion galaxies," says Shostak. "And our galaxy, the Milky Way, has at least 100 billion stars. Some planets going around these stars might be similar to Earth." In the past, it was hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe. But now, powerful telescopes allow scientists to discover smaller planets--the size of Mars or Earth--in other solar systems. These planets might have intelligent life. Have beings from space already visited Earth? "Probably not," says Shostak. "It's a long way away. However, intelligent beings may contact us in other way, such as radio signals . In fact, they may be trying to communicate with us now, but we don't have the right tools to receive their messages. However, this is changing. By 2025, we could make contact with other life forms in our universe and we might help each other." Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are _ .
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"astronomers",
"farmers",
"singers",
"drivers"
] | 0
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astronomy
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[1] astronomers
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[1] astronomers
[2] drivers
[3] singers
[4] farmers
[5] The police gave up their efforts to find the criminals.
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[1]
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[
"[2]",
"[3]",
"[4]",
"[5]"
] |
[
"[2] drivers",
"[3] singers",
"[4] farmers",
"[5] The police gave up their efforts to find the criminals."
] |
[4] farmers
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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Is there intelligent life on other planets? For years, scientists said "no." or "we don't know." But today this is changing. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are astronomers . They believe intelligent life exists somewhere in the universe. They also think we sill soon contact these beings(;). Why do Shostak and Barnett think intelligent life exists on other planets? The first reason is time. Scientists believe the universe is about 12 billion years old. "This is long enough for other planets to have intelligent life," say Shostak and Barnett. The second reason is size--the universe is huge. "Tools like the Hubble Telescope have shown that there are at least 100 billion galaxies," says Shostak. "And our galaxy, the Milky Way, has at least 100 billion stars. Some planets going around these stars might be similar to Earth." In the past, it was hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe. But now, powerful telescopes allow scientists to discover smaller planets--the size of Mars or Earth--in other solar systems. These planets might have intelligent life. Have beings from space already visited Earth? "Probably not," says Shostak. "It's a long way away. However, intelligent beings may contact us in other way, such as radio signals . In fact, they may be trying to communicate with us now, but we don't have the right tools to receive their messages. However, this is changing. By 2025, we could make contact with other life forms in our universe and we might help each other." Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are _ .
[1] astronomers
[2] drivers
[3] singers
[4] farmers
[5] The police gave up their efforts to find the criminals.
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I'm a boy. My name is Tom White. I am ten years old. I am in Class 2, Grade 1. I'm in No. 1 Middle School. My teacher is Mr. Wu. I have a good friend at school He is Jim Green. Jim is his first name and Green is his last name. He is ten, too. But he is in Class 1, Grade 1. His teacher is Miss Wang. , . Tom is Tom White's _ .
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"last name",
"number",
"family name"
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3) first name
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1) family name
2) last name
3) first name
4) We know how we call in English.
5) number
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"1)",
"2)",
"4)",
"5)"
] |
[
"1) family name",
"2) last name",
"4) We know how we call in English.",
"5) number"
] |
2) last name
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I'm a boy. My name is Tom White. I am ten years old. I am in Class 2, Grade 1. I'm in No. 1 Middle School. My teacher is Mr. Wu. I have a good friend at school He is Jim Green. Jim is his first name and Green is his last name. He is ten, too. But he is in Class 1, Grade 1. His teacher is Miss Wang. , . Tom is Tom White's _ .
1) family name
2) last name
3) first name
4) We know how we call in English.
5) number
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"I can't see clearly, because I don't wear my glasses today." We always hear people saying something like this. Glasses are very important to many people. Do you know how they were invented and developed? Glasses took a long time to develop into what you can find in the glasses store today. The Chinese first used colored glasses as fashion. They thought that those glasses had magic, but they didn't think that glasses could help eyes to see clearly. In 1262, the inventor, Roger Bacon, discovered the amazing function of lenses , and he thought that glasses could be used to help people to see. Twenty years later, in Florence, Italy, the inventor, Alessandro di Spina, made the first pair of glasses that could help people to see. Although these glasses worked, scientists didn't understand how glasses helped eyes to see. They thought that eyes sent out light onto whatever a person was looking at, and then the light came back to the eyes. Johannes Kepler finally found out how glasses worked. Inventors continued to improve glasses. In 1784, Ben Franklin created glasses that had bifocal lenses. Many years later, in 1827, George Airy made circle-shaped glasses to correct _ , an eye problem that stops the eyes from seeing things clearly. _ made the first pair of glasses that could help people to see.
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"Alessandro di Spina",
"Johannes Kepler",
"Roger Bacon",
"George Airy"
] | 0
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college_medicine
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E) Alessandro di Spina
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A) Roger Bacon
B) George Airy
C) 75%
D) Johannes Kepler
E) Alessandro di Spina
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E)
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[
"A)",
"B)",
"C)",
"D)"
] |
[
"A) Roger Bacon",
"B) George Airy",
"C) 75%",
"D) Johannes Kepler"
] |
A) Roger Bacon
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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"I can't see clearly, because I don't wear my glasses today." We always hear people saying something like this. Glasses are very important to many people. Do you know how they were invented and developed? Glasses took a long time to develop into what you can find in the glasses store today. The Chinese first used colored glasses as fashion. They thought that those glasses had magic, but they didn't think that glasses could help eyes to see clearly. In 1262, the inventor, Roger Bacon, discovered the amazing function of lenses , and he thought that glasses could be used to help people to see. Twenty years later, in Florence, Italy, the inventor, Alessandro di Spina, made the first pair of glasses that could help people to see. Although these glasses worked, scientists didn't understand how glasses helped eyes to see. They thought that eyes sent out light onto whatever a person was looking at, and then the light came back to the eyes. Johannes Kepler finally found out how glasses worked. Inventors continued to improve glasses. In 1784, Ben Franklin created glasses that had bifocal lenses. Many years later, in 1827, George Airy made circle-shaped glasses to correct _ , an eye problem that stops the eyes from seeing things clearly. _ made the first pair of glasses that could help people to see.
A) Roger Bacon
B) George Airy
C) 75%
D) Johannes Kepler
E) Alessandro di Spina
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A good candidate for putting sticking a reflector to is
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[
"a peaceful guru",
"a sedan",
"a steak",
"a cat"
] | 1
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miscellaneous
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[C] a sedan
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[A] warming by solar energy re-radiated from the ground
[B] a peaceful guru
[C] a sedan
[D] a steak
[E] a cat
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[C]
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[
"[A]",
"[B]",
"[D]",
"[E]"
] |
[
"[A] warming by solar energy re-radiated from the ground",
"[B] a peaceful guru",
"[D] a steak",
"[E] a cat"
] |
[A] warming by solar energy re-radiated from the ground
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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A good candidate for putting sticking a reflector to is
[A] warming by solar energy re-radiated from the ground
[B] a peaceful guru
[C] a sedan
[D] a steak
[E] a cat
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Yamilette Colon was close to leaving a school. "I'm not even going to lie to you, and I was bad, '' said Colon, who admitted she had a gift for attracting trouble. Three years later, though, Colon, now 18, is a school honor student on track for a May diploma, spurred in part by a sense of self-pride, but also, she says, by the economic disaster that has closed plants, deprived of jobs and dimmed the future for many young people in this depressed county. "It's a huge factor," Colon said, "What it comes down to is, the longer you stay in school, the more education you will get, and the more money you will make." That's a big shift in attitude in a community where 24 percent of adults older than 25 have not a high school education, where only 66 percent of students graduate from high school in four years, and where generations of kids dropped out because it was always easy to find a suitable job. But across the country, education leaders say they're seeing what may be one bright spot in the discouraging downturn: more students choose to stay in or return to school. "I'm hearing kids clinging to their education as the economy gets worse,'' said Clyde Riley, principal at the Tipton Street Center alternative school, where Colon is one of 240 students in a district that serves some 13,500. Here and elsewhere, long waiting lists for adult education and GED (General Education Development) classes, enrollments at community colleges and, perhaps, a surge in returns by high school dropouts and a decline in those who leave in the first place, may all point to a renewed focus on education, experts say. "If there's anything good coming out of this recession, it's to make educational lemonade out of these lemons." said Bob Wise, who now heads a national policy group. Why did Colon become an honor student?
|
[
"Because she had a gift for academic learning.",
"Because she intended to change the economic situation.",
"Because she showed anxiety for her future.",
"Because she was often asked to stay after school."
] | 2
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high_school_macroeconomics
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e) Because she showed anxiety for her future.
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a) hailing.
b) Because she had a gift for academic learning.
c) Because she intended to change the economic situation.
d) Because she was often asked to stay after school.
e) Because she showed anxiety for her future.
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e)
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[
"a)",
"b)",
"c)",
"d)"
] |
[
"a) hailing.",
"b) Because she had a gift for academic learning.",
"c) Because she intended to change the economic situation.",
"d) Because she was often asked to stay after school."
] |
a) hailing.
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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Yamilette Colon was close to leaving a school. "I'm not even going to lie to you, and I was bad, '' said Colon, who admitted she had a gift for attracting trouble. Three years later, though, Colon, now 18, is a school honor student on track for a May diploma, spurred in part by a sense of self-pride, but also, she says, by the economic disaster that has closed plants, deprived of jobs and dimmed the future for many young people in this depressed county. "It's a huge factor," Colon said, "What it comes down to is, the longer you stay in school, the more education you will get, and the more money you will make." That's a big shift in attitude in a community where 24 percent of adults older than 25 have not a high school education, where only 66 percent of students graduate from high school in four years, and where generations of kids dropped out because it was always easy to find a suitable job. But across the country, education leaders say they're seeing what may be one bright spot in the discouraging downturn: more students choose to stay in or return to school. "I'm hearing kids clinging to their education as the economy gets worse,'' said Clyde Riley, principal at the Tipton Street Center alternative school, where Colon is one of 240 students in a district that serves some 13,500. Here and elsewhere, long waiting lists for adult education and GED (General Education Development) classes, enrollments at community colleges and, perhaps, a surge in returns by high school dropouts and a decline in those who leave in the first place, may all point to a renewed focus on education, experts say. "If there's anything good coming out of this recession, it's to make educational lemonade out of these lemons." said Bob Wise, who now heads a national policy group. Why did Colon become an honor student?
a) hailing.
b) Because she had a gift for academic learning.
c) Because she intended to change the economic situation.
d) Because she was often asked to stay after school.
e) Because she showed anxiety for her future.
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In the traditional marriage, the man worked at a job to earn money for the family. Most men worked in an office, a factory, or some other place away from the home. Since the man earned the money, they paid the bills. The money was used for food, -clothes, the house, and other family needs, the man made most of the decisions. He was the boss. In the traditional marriage, the woman seldom worked away from the house. She stayed at home to care for the children and her husband. She cooked meals, cleaned the house, washed the clothes, and did other housework. Her job at home was very important. In recent years, many couples continues to have a traditional relationship of the kind. The man has a job and earns the money for the family. The woman stays at home and cared for the children and the house. Many Americans are happy with the kind of marriage. But some other Americans have a different impression of marriage and family responsibilities. There are two important differences in male and female roles now. One is that both men and women have many more choices. They may choose to marry or to stay single. They may choose to work or stay at home. Both men and women may choose roles that are comfortable for them. A second difference in male and female roles is that within marriage many decisions and responsibilities are shared. The husband and wife may choose to have children, or they may not. If they have children, the man takes care of them some of the time, all of the time or not at all. The woman may want to stay at home and take care of the children, or she may vant to go to work. Men and women now decide these things together in a marriage. Many married people now share these decisions and responsibilities of their families. In recent years _ .
|
[
"young couples refuse the traditional relationship",
"the woman has a job and earns the money for the family",
"the woman doesn' t stay at home and care for the children and the house",
"the role of men and women has begun to change"
] | 3
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human_sexuality
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(E) the role of men and women has begun to change
|
(A) the woman has a job and earns the money for the family
(B) the woman doesn' t stay at home and care for the children and the house
(C) You can only find famous singers and actors in Beijing's Madame Tussauds.
(D) young couples refuse the traditional relationship
(E) the role of men and women has begun to change
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(E)
|
[
"(A)",
"(B)",
"(C)",
"(D)"
] |
[
"(A) the woman has a job and earns the money for the family",
"(B) the woman doesn' t stay at home and care for the children and the house",
"(C) You can only find famous singers and actors in Beijing's Madame Tussauds.",
"(D) young couples refuse the traditional relationship"
] |
(A) the woman has a job and earns the money for the family
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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In the traditional marriage, the man worked at a job to earn money for the family. Most men worked in an office, a factory, or some other place away from the home. Since the man earned the money, they paid the bills. The money was used for food, -clothes, the house, and other family needs, the man made most of the decisions. He was the boss. In the traditional marriage, the woman seldom worked away from the house. She stayed at home to care for the children and her husband. She cooked meals, cleaned the house, washed the clothes, and did other housework. Her job at home was very important. In recent years, many couples continues to have a traditional relationship of the kind. The man has a job and earns the money for the family. The woman stays at home and cared for the children and the house. Many Americans are happy with the kind of marriage. But some other Americans have a different impression of marriage and family responsibilities. There are two important differences in male and female roles now. One is that both men and women have many more choices. They may choose to marry or to stay single. They may choose to work or stay at home. Both men and women may choose roles that are comfortable for them. A second difference in male and female roles is that within marriage many decisions and responsibilities are shared. The husband and wife may choose to have children, or they may not. If they have children, the man takes care of them some of the time, all of the time or not at all. The woman may want to stay at home and take care of the children, or she may vant to go to work. Men and women now decide these things together in a marriage. Many married people now share these decisions and responsibilities of their families. In recent years _ .
(A) the woman has a job and earns the money for the family
(B) the woman doesn' t stay at home and care for the children and the house
(C) You can only find famous singers and actors in Beijing's Madame Tussauds.
(D) young couples refuse the traditional relationship
(E) the role of men and women has begun to change
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Andrew waited for his granddaddy to show up. They were going fishing. His mom had packed them a lunch. She had made Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches. She also packed a bottle of nice cool water to drink. Andrew had wanted something else for lunch. He wanted chicken or cold cuts or left over meat loaf, but his mom sent Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches. The best way to get to the river was along the path. When the path ended, they needed to go through the bushes to the river. On some days they would think about going another way. They could go over the bridge, or through the back of the house or through Uncle Tom's yard. Today they took the path to the river. Andrew found some animal poop along the path. He asked his Grandpa what kind of animal poop he had found. He wanted to know if it was a lion, a tiger or a bear that had made the poop. Grandpa pointed in the bushes. Andrew saw a small black and white animal looking at him with big eyes. Andrew knew that he had was looking at a raccoon. He was sure that the raccoon had made the poop. When Andrew and Grandpa got to the river they put their fishing poles into the water. Andrew caught his first fish right away. He caught a second fish before lunch. He got hungry and had his Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich and cool water. He saw that Grandpa had fallen asleep. After eating his lunch, Andrew caught three more fish before he woke up his grandpa. When Andrew and Grandpa got back home they gave all the fish they had caught to Andrew's mother, so she could make a good dinner. What lunch did Grandpa and Andrew take with them to the fishing spot?
|
[
"Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches and a bottle of cool water.",
"Basket of chicken and Ice Tea.",
"Left over meatloaf and soda pop.",
"Cold cut sandwiches and Cola."
] | 0
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miscellaneous
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(A) Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches and a bottle of cool water.
|
(A) Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches and a bottle of cool water.
(B) Left over meatloaf and soda pop.
(C) Cold cut sandwiches and Cola.
(D) now people still use dogs and robots in performing rescue
(E) Basket of chicken and Ice Tea.
|
(A)
|
[
"(B)",
"(C)",
"(D)",
"(E)"
] |
[
"(B) Left over meatloaf and soda pop.",
"(C) Cold cut sandwiches and Cola.",
"(D) now people still use dogs and robots in performing rescue",
"(E) Basket of chicken and Ice Tea."
] |
(C) Cold cut sandwiches and Cola.
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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Andrew waited for his granddaddy to show up. They were going fishing. His mom had packed them a lunch. She had made Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches. She also packed a bottle of nice cool water to drink. Andrew had wanted something else for lunch. He wanted chicken or cold cuts or left over meat loaf, but his mom sent Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches. The best way to get to the river was along the path. When the path ended, they needed to go through the bushes to the river. On some days they would think about going another way. They could go over the bridge, or through the back of the house or through Uncle Tom's yard. Today they took the path to the river. Andrew found some animal poop along the path. He asked his Grandpa what kind of animal poop he had found. He wanted to know if it was a lion, a tiger or a bear that had made the poop. Grandpa pointed in the bushes. Andrew saw a small black and white animal looking at him with big eyes. Andrew knew that he had was looking at a raccoon. He was sure that the raccoon had made the poop. When Andrew and Grandpa got to the river they put their fishing poles into the water. Andrew caught his first fish right away. He caught a second fish before lunch. He got hungry and had his Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich and cool water. He saw that Grandpa had fallen asleep. After eating his lunch, Andrew caught three more fish before he woke up his grandpa. When Andrew and Grandpa got back home they gave all the fish they had caught to Andrew's mother, so she could make a good dinner. What lunch did Grandpa and Andrew take with them to the fishing spot?
(A) Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches and a bottle of cool water.
(B) Left over meatloaf and soda pop.
(C) Cold cut sandwiches and Cola.
(D) now people still use dogs and robots in performing rescue
(E) Basket of chicken and Ice Tea.
|
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We live in the computer age. People use computers to do much of their work. But few people know how to look after them. Remember the following when you use your computer: 1.Keep your computer in a cool, dry room. Too much or too little heat is bad for computers. Damp is also bad for them. 2.Do not let people smoke near your computer. Smoke of all kinds is very bad for many parts of a computer. 3.Do not eat or drink when you are near your computer. Pieces of food and a little water in the keyboard are also bad for a computer. 4.Keep your screen clean and do not have it too bright. They are bad for your eyes. Make sure the screen is not too far from or too near your eyes. Some people use different glasses to protect their eyes when they use a computer. Few people know how to _ their computers.
|
[
"look at",
"try out",
"look for",
"take care of"
] | 3
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computer_security
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I. take care of
|
I. take care of
II. two parachutes
III. look at
IV. look for
V. try out
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I.
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[
"II.",
"III.",
"IV.",
"V."
] |
[
"II. two parachutes",
"III. look at",
"IV. look for",
"V. try out"
] |
V. try out
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
We live in the computer age. People use computers to do much of their work. But few people know how to look after them. Remember the following when you use your computer: 1.Keep your computer in a cool, dry room. Too much or too little heat is bad for computers. Damp is also bad for them. 2.Do not let people smoke near your computer. Smoke of all kinds is very bad for many parts of a computer. 3.Do not eat or drink when you are near your computer. Pieces of food and a little water in the keyboard are also bad for a computer. 4.Keep your screen clean and do not have it too bright. They are bad for your eyes. Make sure the screen is not too far from or too near your eyes. Some people use different glasses to protect their eyes when they use a computer. Few people know how to _ their computers.
I. take care of
II. two parachutes
III. look at
IV. look for
V. try out
|
|
None of our early ancestors could digest milk as adults because their bodies never had to -milk drinking simply wasn't an option.As people began to extract milk from animals, though, some people developed the ability to keep drinking it throughout their lives. Scientists mow know of a milk-related mutation in our genes--the chemical instructions for life that we carry in almost every cell in our bodies.People who have a mutated form of one particular gene can drink milk just fine.People without the mutation tend to get sick from milk. To figure out where, and possibly why, milk drinking started, some scientists have been looking at who has the milk-digesting mutation to day Pattems are striking. Most adults in Northern and Central Europe are able to digest milk--and they do.Cheese, butter and other dairy products are popular in countries such as Sweden, Denmark, Germany and England.Because European settlers dominated North America, most people here can handle milk just fine, as well.That may explain why ice cream is such a popular dessert in the United States. In much of Africa, Asia and South America, on the other hand, people tend to avoid dairy products because they lead to diarrhea and other stomach problems.(That's why you won't typically find cheese on the menu at a Chinese, Japanese or Ethiopian restaurant.) Native Americans are also unable to digest milk. Based on these genetic patterns, scientists have long thought that milk drinking started in Northern Europe, where dairy is an institution and the milk-digesting mutation is everywhere. A recent study painted a different picture.With a computer model, Thomas and colleagues looked at the spread of the milk-drinking mutation, farming and other related factors.Working backward, the scientists concluded that the first milk-drinkers lived in Central Europe around what's now Hungary about 7500 years ago.The practice didn't start farther north, as scientists had thought before. The main focus of the scientists' research was _ .
|
[
"mutation of human genes",
"development of the human stomach",
"why milk drinking started",
"where milk drinking first started"
] | 3
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college_biology
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1) where milk drinking first started
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1) where milk drinking first started
2) mutation of human genes
3) World Conflict
4) why milk drinking started
5) development of the human stomach
|
1)
|
[
"2)",
"3)",
"4)",
"5)"
] |
[
"2) mutation of human genes",
"3) World Conflict",
"4) why milk drinking started",
"5) development of the human stomach"
] |
4) why milk drinking started
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
None of our early ancestors could digest milk as adults because their bodies never had to -milk drinking simply wasn't an option.As people began to extract milk from animals, though, some people developed the ability to keep drinking it throughout their lives. Scientists mow know of a milk-related mutation in our genes--the chemical instructions for life that we carry in almost every cell in our bodies.People who have a mutated form of one particular gene can drink milk just fine.People without the mutation tend to get sick from milk. To figure out where, and possibly why, milk drinking started, some scientists have been looking at who has the milk-digesting mutation to day Pattems are striking. Most adults in Northern and Central Europe are able to digest milk--and they do.Cheese, butter and other dairy products are popular in countries such as Sweden, Denmark, Germany and England.Because European settlers dominated North America, most people here can handle milk just fine, as well.That may explain why ice cream is such a popular dessert in the United States. In much of Africa, Asia and South America, on the other hand, people tend to avoid dairy products because they lead to diarrhea and other stomach problems.(That's why you won't typically find cheese on the menu at a Chinese, Japanese or Ethiopian restaurant.) Native Americans are also unable to digest milk. Based on these genetic patterns, scientists have long thought that milk drinking started in Northern Europe, where dairy is an institution and the milk-digesting mutation is everywhere. A recent study painted a different picture.With a computer model, Thomas and colleagues looked at the spread of the milk-drinking mutation, farming and other related factors.Working backward, the scientists concluded that the first milk-drinkers lived in Central Europe around what's now Hungary about 7500 years ago.The practice didn't start farther north, as scientists had thought before. The main focus of the scientists' research was _ .
1) where milk drinking first started
2) mutation of human genes
3) World Conflict
4) why milk drinking started
5) development of the human stomach
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Thank you for your interest in helping animals! Volunteering is a wonderful way to learn, have fun and give back to yourcommunity . There are many ways to care for the animals at PAWS. Youth Work Party If you are ten years or older, you can join the Youth Work Party Team with a parent to work on different projects around PAWS in Lynnwood, WA. For example, you can build boxes for frightened, injured wildlife to hide in. Ask your parent to sign up to join a work party. If you are eighteen years or older, you can join the Youth Work Party Team independently. PAWSwalk PAWSwalk is our biggestfundraising event of the year, held at the end of the summer to raise money to care for the animals. You can collect money with the help of your family, friends and school, and then walk in the event. Cookie Sale Selling homemade dog cookies is a wonderful way to help the animals. PAWS can providebrochures to give out when you sell the cookies prepared by you and your parents, so people can learn about PAWS at the same time. You can find homemade dog cookie cooking instructions on the Internet or by checking out cookbooks for dogs at the library. Movie Night Invite friends, family, neighbors and classmates to watch your favorite animal movie, likeBabe or Charlotte's Web. Ask them to bring an "entrance fee" of donations or supplies for the animals. Thanks again for your interest in PAWS and helping animals. Share your ideas with your parents and invite a few friends to join you in helping make a difference for animals. If you have any questions, call 425-787-2500-261. Which of the following takes place in the summer ?
|
[
"Youth Work Party.",
"PAWSwalk",
"Cookie Sale",
"Movie Night."
] | 1
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miscellaneous
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B) PAWSwalk
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A) Cookie Sale
B) PAWSwalk
C) A child's love
D) Youth Work Party.
E) Movie Night.
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B)
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[
"A)",
"C)",
"D)",
"E)"
] |
[
"A) Cookie Sale",
"C) A child's love",
"D) Youth Work Party.",
"E) Movie Night."
] |
D) Youth Work Party.
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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Thank you for your interest in helping animals! Volunteering is a wonderful way to learn, have fun and give back to yourcommunity . There are many ways to care for the animals at PAWS. Youth Work Party If you are ten years or older, you can join the Youth Work Party Team with a parent to work on different projects around PAWS in Lynnwood, WA. For example, you can build boxes for frightened, injured wildlife to hide in. Ask your parent to sign up to join a work party. If you are eighteen years or older, you can join the Youth Work Party Team independently. PAWSwalk PAWSwalk is our biggestfundraising event of the year, held at the end of the summer to raise money to care for the animals. You can collect money with the help of your family, friends and school, and then walk in the event. Cookie Sale Selling homemade dog cookies is a wonderful way to help the animals. PAWS can providebrochures to give out when you sell the cookies prepared by you and your parents, so people can learn about PAWS at the same time. You can find homemade dog cookie cooking instructions on the Internet or by checking out cookbooks for dogs at the library. Movie Night Invite friends, family, neighbors and classmates to watch your favorite animal movie, likeBabe or Charlotte's Web. Ask them to bring an "entrance fee" of donations or supplies for the animals. Thanks again for your interest in PAWS and helping animals. Share your ideas with your parents and invite a few friends to join you in helping make a difference for animals. If you have any questions, call 425-787-2500-261. Which of the following takes place in the summer ?
A) Cookie Sale
B) PAWSwalk
C) A child's love
D) Youth Work Party.
E) Movie Night.
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You may not pay much attention to your daily elevator ride. Many of us use a lift several times a day without thinking about it. But Lee Gray, PhD of America, has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport. "The lift becomes this interesting social space where manners are sort of strange, "Gray told the BBC, "They are socially very interesting but often very awkward places." We walk in and usually turn around to face the door. If someone else comes in, we may have to move. And here, according to Gray, lift users unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. He explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you want -- it's your own little box. If there are two of you, you go into different corners, standing diagonally across from each other to create distance. When a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle. And when there is a fourth person it becomes a square, with someone in every corner. A fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle. New comers to the lift will need to size up the situation when the doors slide open and then act decisively. Once in, for most people the rule is simple -- look down, or look at your phone. Why are we so awkward in lifts? "You don't have enough space," Professor Renneberg, a German psychologist, told the BBC. "Usually when we meet other people we have about an arm's length of distance between us. And that's not possible in most elevators. The easiest way not to be awkward is to avoid eye contact." According to Gray, when people enter an elevator, they usually _ .
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[
"turn around and greet one another",
"look around or examine their phone",
"make eye contact with those in the elevator",
"try to keep a distance from other people"
] | 3
|
sociology
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[1] try to keep a distance from other people
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[1] try to keep a distance from other people
[2] make eye contact with those in the elevator
[3] look around or examine their phone
[4] turn around and greet one another
[5] The way they are brought up.
|
[1]
|
[
"[2]",
"[3]",
"[4]",
"[5]"
] |
[
"[2] make eye contact with those in the elevator",
"[3] look around or examine their phone",
"[4] turn around and greet one another",
"[5] The way they are brought up."
] |
[2] make eye contact with those in the elevator
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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You may not pay much attention to your daily elevator ride. Many of us use a lift several times a day without thinking about it. But Lee Gray, PhD of America, has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport. "The lift becomes this interesting social space where manners are sort of strange, "Gray told the BBC, "They are socially very interesting but often very awkward places." We walk in and usually turn around to face the door. If someone else comes in, we may have to move. And here, according to Gray, lift users unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. He explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you want -- it's your own little box. If there are two of you, you go into different corners, standing diagonally across from each other to create distance. When a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle. And when there is a fourth person it becomes a square, with someone in every corner. A fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle. New comers to the lift will need to size up the situation when the doors slide open and then act decisively. Once in, for most people the rule is simple -- look down, or look at your phone. Why are we so awkward in lifts? "You don't have enough space," Professor Renneberg, a German psychologist, told the BBC. "Usually when we meet other people we have about an arm's length of distance between us. And that's not possible in most elevators. The easiest way not to be awkward is to avoid eye contact." According to Gray, when people enter an elevator, they usually _ .
[1] try to keep a distance from other people
[2] make eye contact with those in the elevator
[3] look around or examine their phone
[4] turn around and greet one another
[5] The way they are brought up.
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|
Nowadays more and more people care about the exploitation of the natural _ , such as oil. Though there're many kinds of resources, with the fast increase of population and the increase of many more factories, the more we use, the fewer there will be left for the future. Oil is getting less and less year after year. It's said that oil can last for only 50 years. Natural gas perhaps will last about 38 years. Oil can be used in many ways and it's difficult to imagine what the modern world will be like without oil. But oil isn't easy to find and get out of the earth. Men must study the rocks. When they think the rocks in a certain place may have oil, a metal tower is built. A machine in the tower cuts a hole down into the ground. At the same time, a steel pipe is pushed down to stop the sides from falling in and to keep out water. At last if the men are right, usually the oil rushes up the sides with great force by the pressure of the gas in the top of the rock, and it rushes high into the air. If the oil catches a light, there will be a terrible fire. So a kind of cover is fixed on the top of the pipe, and the oil can run out through taps . If we are near the middle of the oil field, we can also get gas. Such gas is sent through pipes to towns far away and used in houses and factories like coal gas. Today oil is under pressure as never before. The price of oil keeps rising all the time. In many countries, the governments encourage people to save oil as much as possible. Which of the following can be true according to the passage?
|
[
"Coal gas can't be used in houses and factories.",
"Oil is very important in the modern world.",
"Many governments encourage people to waste oil as much as possible.",
"It's very easy to get the oil."
] | 1
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high_school_geography
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[C] Oil is very important in the modern world.
|
[A] It's very easy to get the oil.
[B] Coal gas can't be used in houses and factories.
[C] Oil is very important in the modern world.
[D] people need to learn basic grammar
[E] Many governments encourage people to waste oil as much as possible.
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[C]
|
[
"[A]",
"[B]",
"[D]",
"[E]"
] |
[
"[A] It's very easy to get the oil.",
"[B] Coal gas can't be used in houses and factories.",
"[D] people need to learn basic grammar",
"[E] Many governments encourage people to waste oil as much as possible."
] |
[E] Many governments encourage people to waste oil as much as possible.
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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Nowadays more and more people care about the exploitation of the natural _ , such as oil. Though there're many kinds of resources, with the fast increase of population and the increase of many more factories, the more we use, the fewer there will be left for the future. Oil is getting less and less year after year. It's said that oil can last for only 50 years. Natural gas perhaps will last about 38 years. Oil can be used in many ways and it's difficult to imagine what the modern world will be like without oil. But oil isn't easy to find and get out of the earth. Men must study the rocks. When they think the rocks in a certain place may have oil, a metal tower is built. A machine in the tower cuts a hole down into the ground. At the same time, a steel pipe is pushed down to stop the sides from falling in and to keep out water. At last if the men are right, usually the oil rushes up the sides with great force by the pressure of the gas in the top of the rock, and it rushes high into the air. If the oil catches a light, there will be a terrible fire. So a kind of cover is fixed on the top of the pipe, and the oil can run out through taps . If we are near the middle of the oil field, we can also get gas. Such gas is sent through pipes to towns far away and used in houses and factories like coal gas. Today oil is under pressure as never before. The price of oil keeps rising all the time. In many countries, the governments encourage people to save oil as much as possible. Which of the following can be true according to the passage?
[A] It's very easy to get the oil.
[B] Coal gas can't be used in houses and factories.
[C] Oil is very important in the modern world.
[D] people need to learn basic grammar
[E] Many governments encourage people to waste oil as much as possible.
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|
The students were having their chemistry class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, "What's water?" No one spoke for a few minutes.Miss Li asked again,"Why don't you answer my question?Didn't I tell you what water is like?" Just then a boy put up his hand and said,"Miss Li,you told us that water has no color and no smell.But where to find such kind of water?The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell."Most of the children agreed With him. "I'm sorry,children."said the teacher,"Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier.That's a problem". Miss Li was telling the children what _ was like.
|
[
"water",
"air",
"earth",
"weather"
] | 0
|
high_school_geography
|
(E) water
|
(A) air
(B) Breast cancer.
(C) earth
(D) weather
(E) water
|
(E)
|
[
"(A)",
"(B)",
"(C)",
"(D)"
] |
[
"(A) air",
"(B) Breast cancer.",
"(C) earth",
"(D) weather"
] |
(D) weather
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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The students were having their chemistry class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, "What's water?" No one spoke for a few minutes.Miss Li asked again,"Why don't you answer my question?Didn't I tell you what water is like?" Just then a boy put up his hand and said,"Miss Li,you told us that water has no color and no smell.But where to find such kind of water?The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell."Most of the children agreed With him. "I'm sorry,children."said the teacher,"Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier.That's a problem". Miss Li was telling the children what _ was like.
(A) air
(B) Breast cancer.
(C) earth
(D) weather
(E) water
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Did you know that about 55% of communication is unspoken, so in fact, our bodies are actually saying more than our words. I find that the key to a successful conversation in any language is to speak to people not only in their spoken language but also with the body language they know best. Britain, along with much of Northern Europe, has a non-touch culture, so personal space is very important. In a formal situation, we would usually greet each other with a handshake. Informally, but not so often, my British friends and I would greet with a hug. Hardly ever would we greet with a kiss on the cheek, let alone a hug and two kisses on the cheek![:||] Here in the south of Italy, and in many different parts of the world, both men and women greet with two kisses on the cheek, use a lot of hand signs and often touch each other. In other words, little personal space is left between people when communicating. At university, I have learnt to successfully communicate in spoken Italian. And since I moved to live with the local people, I have also started to pick up their body language. Sometimes, I find myself not knowing what hand signs to use when expressing myself. However, what I know for sure is that I would miss the opportunity to fully put myself in the Italian culture if I keep my personal space unbroken. Here are 5 body language tips in Italy; * Use different signs; head, arms and hands. * Use facial expressions. Always smile at people! It is said that smiling is the most powerful unspoken way to communicate friendliness. * Use eye contact , because "the eyes are the window to the soul." * Don't worry about personal space. Italians are a people who like to use the sense of touch, so moving away or keeping your distance may be considered as being unfriendly. * Touch. When meeting and leaving, always shake hands. What is the most powerful unspoken way to show friendliness in Italy?
|
[
"Hand signs.",
"Smiling.",
"Eye contact.",
"Touch."
] | 1
|
human_sexuality
|
iii. Smiling.
|
i. His father changed him into a cyborg.
ii. Touch.
iii. Smiling.
iv. Eye contact.
v. Hand signs.
|
iii.
|
[
"i.",
"ii.",
"iv.",
"v."
] |
[
"i. His father changed him into a cyborg.",
"ii. Touch.",
"iv. Eye contact.",
"v. Hand signs."
] |
ii. Touch.
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
Did you know that about 55% of communication is unspoken, so in fact, our bodies are actually saying more than our words. I find that the key to a successful conversation in any language is to speak to people not only in their spoken language but also with the body language they know best. Britain, along with much of Northern Europe, has a non-touch culture, so personal space is very important. In a formal situation, we would usually greet each other with a handshake. Informally, but not so often, my British friends and I would greet with a hug. Hardly ever would we greet with a kiss on the cheek, let alone a hug and two kisses on the cheek![:||] Here in the south of Italy, and in many different parts of the world, both men and women greet with two kisses on the cheek, use a lot of hand signs and often touch each other. In other words, little personal space is left between people when communicating. At university, I have learnt to successfully communicate in spoken Italian. And since I moved to live with the local people, I have also started to pick up their body language. Sometimes, I find myself not knowing what hand signs to use when expressing myself. However, what I know for sure is that I would miss the opportunity to fully put myself in the Italian culture if I keep my personal space unbroken. Here are 5 body language tips in Italy; * Use different signs; head, arms and hands. * Use facial expressions. Always smile at people! It is said that smiling is the most powerful unspoken way to communicate friendliness. * Use eye contact , because "the eyes are the window to the soul." * Don't worry about personal space. Italians are a people who like to use the sense of touch, so moving away or keeping your distance may be considered as being unfriendly. * Touch. When meeting and leaving, always shake hands. What is the most powerful unspoken way to show friendliness in Italy?
i. His father changed him into a cyborg.
ii. Touch.
iii. Smiling.
iv. Eye contact.
v. Hand signs.
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|
Autumn blues? Let the sunshine in falling leaves, flowers, and cold winds. For many people late autumn can be a season of depression. Those who suffer from " the autumn blue" are often extremely tired, lack energy, need more sleep, feel increased appetite and gain weight. "The exact cause of this condition, often called seasonal depression or seasonal affective disorder (SAD), is not known yet," says Chen Jue, associate professor at Shanghai Mental Health Center. "But recent studies indicate that weather change is influential and strongly suggest that this condition is caused by changes in the availability of sunlight." One theory is that with decreased exposure to sunlight, the biological clock that regulates mood, sleep, and hormones is delayed, running more slowly in winter. Exposure to light may reset the biological clock. Another theory is that brain chemicals that transmit information between nerves, called neurotransmitters (for example, serotonin), may be altered in individuals with SAD. It is believed that exposure to light can correct these imbalances. "It is a sad season, but you can try to make it happy. Remember, spring always lives in your heart," Chen says. "Going outdoors to get some sunlight may reduce the tension that brings you the low spirits. Relax at work. Stretch, breathe deeply. Take a tea break. Think of your next vacation. Color treatment also works in handling low mood. Music also plays a role in treating autumn blues." Autumn blues is also called autumn _ .
|
[
"depression",
"sunshine",
"blue music",
"cold winds"
] | 0
|
college_medicine
|
[C] depression
|
[A] cold winds
[B] sunshine
[C] depression
[D] blue music
[E] David's mother
|
[C]
|
[
"[A]",
"[B]",
"[D]",
"[E]"
] |
[
"[A] cold winds",
"[B] sunshine",
"[D] blue music",
"[E] David's mother"
] |
[B] sunshine
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
Autumn blues? Let the sunshine in falling leaves, flowers, and cold winds. For many people late autumn can be a season of depression. Those who suffer from " the autumn blue" are often extremely tired, lack energy, need more sleep, feel increased appetite and gain weight. "The exact cause of this condition, often called seasonal depression or seasonal affective disorder (SAD), is not known yet," says Chen Jue, associate professor at Shanghai Mental Health Center. "But recent studies indicate that weather change is influential and strongly suggest that this condition is caused by changes in the availability of sunlight." One theory is that with decreased exposure to sunlight, the biological clock that regulates mood, sleep, and hormones is delayed, running more slowly in winter. Exposure to light may reset the biological clock. Another theory is that brain chemicals that transmit information between nerves, called neurotransmitters (for example, serotonin), may be altered in individuals with SAD. It is believed that exposure to light can correct these imbalances. "It is a sad season, but you can try to make it happy. Remember, spring always lives in your heart," Chen says. "Going outdoors to get some sunlight may reduce the tension that brings you the low spirits. Relax at work. Stretch, breathe deeply. Take a tea break. Think of your next vacation. Color treatment also works in handling low mood. Music also plays a role in treating autumn blues." Autumn blues is also called autumn _ .
[A] cold winds
[B] sunshine
[C] depression
[D] blue music
[E] David's mother
|
|
In the food chain process an animal has the role of consumer which eats producers for what?
|
[
"grass",
"sea",
"water flow",
"sustenance"
] | 3
|
college_biology
|
A) sustenance
|
A) sustenance
B) Honda Civic Hybrid.
C) water flow
D) sea
E) grass
|
A)
|
[
"B)",
"C)",
"D)",
"E)"
] |
[
"B) Honda Civic Hybrid.",
"C) water flow",
"D) sea",
"E) grass"
] |
B) Honda Civic Hybrid.
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
In the food chain process an animal has the role of consumer which eats producers for what?
A) sustenance
B) Honda Civic Hybrid.
C) water flow
D) sea
E) grass
|
|
IF and WHEN were friends. Every week they met and their conversation usually centered on all the things they were going to achieve. This particular Saturday when they met, WHEN sensed that IF was not in a great mood. WHEN questioned IF, "What's wrong with you? You don't seem your usual cheery self?" IF looked at WHEN and replied, "I just don't feel I am making any progress. Last week I saw a course and wanted to take if only I had the time to take it." WHEN knew exactly how IF felt. "I too saw a course and I am going to register when I get enough money." said WHEN, "What about that new job you were going to apply for? You were so excited about it last week." IF responded, "If my computer didn't break down last week, I would have applied. So I could not type my resume." "Don't worry about it.When you are ready another job will come through. I have been thinking about looking for another job too, but I will wait and when the weather gets nicer I will look then." WHEN then went on to tell IF about his week, hoping that it would cheer him up a bit. The man at the next table couldn't help overhearing WHEN and IF. "Excuse me gentlemen," the man said. Surprised, IF and WHEN both looked at the man. The man continued, "I'm sorry, but I couldn't help hearing your conversation. I think I know how you could solve your problems." Curious, IF asked the gentleman, "How do you think you can solve our problems?" The gentleman smiled and said, "You only need to listen to yourselves. It reminds me of an old proverb: ' _ '." The gentleman went on, "Just start doing, take action, and stop talking about 'if and when'." IF and WHEN suddenly realized that what the gentleman had said was so true. Both of them were guilty of thinking and living their life for the "ifs and whens". The gentleman left and their conversation changed. They made up their mind that when they met for lunch next week, there would be no "ifs and whens"; they would only talk about what they accomplished! Soon another week came. After listening to the suggestions from the gentleman, WHEN felt _ .
|
[
"cheerful",
"regretful",
"disappointed",
"upset"
] | 1
|
miscellaneous
|
D. regretful
|
A. cheerful
B. Everybody inAmericatakes a daily bath.
C. upset
D. regretful
E. disappointed
|
D.
|
[
"A.",
"B.",
"C.",
"E."
] |
[
"A. cheerful",
"B. Everybody inAmericatakes a daily bath.",
"C. upset",
"E. disappointed"
] |
C. upset
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
IF and WHEN were friends. Every week they met and their conversation usually centered on all the things they were going to achieve. This particular Saturday when they met, WHEN sensed that IF was not in a great mood. WHEN questioned IF, "What's wrong with you? You don't seem your usual cheery self?" IF looked at WHEN and replied, "I just don't feel I am making any progress. Last week I saw a course and wanted to take if only I had the time to take it." WHEN knew exactly how IF felt. "I too saw a course and I am going to register when I get enough money." said WHEN, "What about that new job you were going to apply for? You were so excited about it last week." IF responded, "If my computer didn't break down last week, I would have applied. So I could not type my resume." "Don't worry about it.When you are ready another job will come through. I have been thinking about looking for another job too, but I will wait and when the weather gets nicer I will look then." WHEN then went on to tell IF about his week, hoping that it would cheer him up a bit. The man at the next table couldn't help overhearing WHEN and IF. "Excuse me gentlemen," the man said. Surprised, IF and WHEN both looked at the man. The man continued, "I'm sorry, but I couldn't help hearing your conversation. I think I know how you could solve your problems." Curious, IF asked the gentleman, "How do you think you can solve our problems?" The gentleman smiled and said, "You only need to listen to yourselves. It reminds me of an old proverb: ' _ '." The gentleman went on, "Just start doing, take action, and stop talking about 'if and when'." IF and WHEN suddenly realized that what the gentleman had said was so true. Both of them were guilty of thinking and living their life for the "ifs and whens". The gentleman left and their conversation changed. They made up their mind that when they met for lunch next week, there would be no "ifs and whens"; they would only talk about what they accomplished! Soon another week came. After listening to the suggestions from the gentleman, WHEN felt _ .
A. cheerful
B. Everybody inAmericatakes a daily bath.
C. upset
D. regretful
E. disappointed
|
|
Psychologists have known that what's going on inside our head affects our senses. For example, poorer children think coins are larger than they are, and hungry people think pictures of food are brighter. Professor Remi Radel wanted to investigate(look into) how this happens -- whether it's right away, as the brain receives signals from the eyes, or a little later, as the brain's higher-level thinking processes get involved. Radel chose 42 students and each student was told to arrive at the lab at noon after three or four hours of not eating on the day of the test. Then they were told there was a delay. Some were told to come back in 10 minutes; others were given an hour to get lunch. So half the students were hungry when they did the experiment and the other half had just eaten. For the experiment, the participant looked at a computer screen. One by one, 80 words flashed on the screen. A quarter of the words were food-related. After each word, the person was asked how bright the word was and asked to choose which of two words they'd seen -- a food-related word like gateau (cake) or a neutral word like bateau (boat). Hungry people saw the food-related words as brighter and were better at identifying food-related words. Because the word appeared too quickly for them to be reliably seen, this means that the difference is in perception , Radel says--it's not because of some kind of processing happening in the brain after you've already figured out what you're looking at. "This is something great to me, that humans can really realize what they need or what they hope for, to know that our brain can really arrange for our motives and needs," Radel says. "There is something inside us that selects information in the world to make life easier." In the experiment 20 words that flashed on the screen had something to do with " _ ".
|
[
"boat",
"food",
"mind",
"weather"
] | 1
|
high_school_psychology
|
[1] food
|
[1] food
[2] They will stop and offer help.
[3] weather
[4] boat
[5] mind
|
[1]
|
[
"[2]",
"[3]",
"[4]",
"[5]"
] |
[
"[2] They will stop and offer help.",
"[3] weather",
"[4] boat",
"[5] mind"
] |
[4] boat
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
Psychologists have known that what's going on inside our head affects our senses. For example, poorer children think coins are larger than they are, and hungry people think pictures of food are brighter. Professor Remi Radel wanted to investigate(look into) how this happens -- whether it's right away, as the brain receives signals from the eyes, or a little later, as the brain's higher-level thinking processes get involved. Radel chose 42 students and each student was told to arrive at the lab at noon after three or four hours of not eating on the day of the test. Then they were told there was a delay. Some were told to come back in 10 minutes; others were given an hour to get lunch. So half the students were hungry when they did the experiment and the other half had just eaten. For the experiment, the participant looked at a computer screen. One by one, 80 words flashed on the screen. A quarter of the words were food-related. After each word, the person was asked how bright the word was and asked to choose which of two words they'd seen -- a food-related word like gateau (cake) or a neutral word like bateau (boat). Hungry people saw the food-related words as brighter and were better at identifying food-related words. Because the word appeared too quickly for them to be reliably seen, this means that the difference is in perception , Radel says--it's not because of some kind of processing happening in the brain after you've already figured out what you're looking at. "This is something great to me, that humans can really realize what they need or what they hope for, to know that our brain can really arrange for our motives and needs," Radel says. "There is something inside us that selects information in the world to make life easier." In the experiment 20 words that flashed on the screen had something to do with " _ ".
[1] food
[2] They will stop and offer help.
[3] weather
[4] boat
[5] mind
|
|
It was on a cold night of December. The rain was pouring on the car roof as Albert and Andy drove through the empty country roads towards their friends' house, the Harrisons,where they were going to attend a party to celebrate the engagement of the Harrisons' daughter,Lisa. When they drove, they listened to the local radio giving a news announcement:The New York police have issued a warning after a man escaped from Shangdi Mental Hospital earlier this morning .The man ,John, is a murderer who killed six people. Andy felt frightened, "A crazy killer is out somewhere." "Don't worry about it ," said her husband. "We're nearly there now. Anyway, we have more important things to worry about. This car is losing power for the engine." As he spoke, the car began to slow down. Finally the engine died completely. "Now we'll have to walk in the rain." "But that'll take us an hour at least," said Andy, "And I have my high-heeled shoes and my nice clothes on, which will be ruined!" "Well, you'll have to wait while I run to the nearest house and call the Harrisons. Someone can come out and pick us up,"said George. "But George! Have you forgotten what the radio said? There's an insane person out there!" "You'll have to hide in the back of the car. Lock all the doors and lie on the floor in the back. When I come back, I'll knock three times on the door. Then you can open it." Albert opened the door and disappeared into the darkness. Some time later she heard the sound of vehicles, running quickly down the road. The three vehicles were all police cars. One of them rushed towards the car as Andy opened the door. A policeman said, "Get out of the car and walk. You're safe now. Just don't look back." something in the way he spoke filled Andy with cold horror. About ten yards from the police car, she stopped , turned and looked back at the empty vehicle. Albert was hanging from the tree, a rope tied to his neck. Why did Andy stay in the car when Albert left?
|
[
"She wanted very much to get some sleep.",
"She daren't go out on a cold night.",
"She was afraid that the car would be stolen.",
"Her clothes were unfit for the weather."
] | 3
|
miscellaneous
|
B. Her clothes were unfit for the weather.
|
A. She daren't go out on a cold night.
B. Her clothes were unfit for the weather.
C. She wanted very much to get some sleep.
D. The names of Chinese people are long, hard to pronounce and without meaning.
E. She was afraid that the car would be stolen.
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B.
|
[
"A.",
"C.",
"D.",
"E."
] |
[
"A. She daren't go out on a cold night.",
"C. She wanted very much to get some sleep.",
"D. The names of Chinese people are long, hard to pronounce and without meaning.",
"E. She was afraid that the car would be stolen."
] |
A. She daren't go out on a cold night.
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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It was on a cold night of December. The rain was pouring on the car roof as Albert and Andy drove through the empty country roads towards their friends' house, the Harrisons,where they were going to attend a party to celebrate the engagement of the Harrisons' daughter,Lisa. When they drove, they listened to the local radio giving a news announcement:The New York police have issued a warning after a man escaped from Shangdi Mental Hospital earlier this morning .The man ,John, is a murderer who killed six people. Andy felt frightened, "A crazy killer is out somewhere." "Don't worry about it ," said her husband. "We're nearly there now. Anyway, we have more important things to worry about. This car is losing power for the engine." As he spoke, the car began to slow down. Finally the engine died completely. "Now we'll have to walk in the rain." "But that'll take us an hour at least," said Andy, "And I have my high-heeled shoes and my nice clothes on, which will be ruined!" "Well, you'll have to wait while I run to the nearest house and call the Harrisons. Someone can come out and pick us up,"said George. "But George! Have you forgotten what the radio said? There's an insane person out there!" "You'll have to hide in the back of the car. Lock all the doors and lie on the floor in the back. When I come back, I'll knock three times on the door. Then you can open it." Albert opened the door and disappeared into the darkness. Some time later she heard the sound of vehicles, running quickly down the road. The three vehicles were all police cars. One of them rushed towards the car as Andy opened the door. A policeman said, "Get out of the car and walk. You're safe now. Just don't look back." something in the way he spoke filled Andy with cold horror. About ten yards from the police car, she stopped , turned and looked back at the empty vehicle. Albert was hanging from the tree, a rope tied to his neck. Why did Andy stay in the car when Albert left?
A. She daren't go out on a cold night.
B. Her clothes were unfit for the weather.
C. She wanted very much to get some sleep.
D. The names of Chinese people are long, hard to pronounce and without meaning.
E. She was afraid that the car would be stolen.
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If you have time, if you love sunshine and swimming, why not come to Australia to have a lovely holiday? You will enjoy every minute of being here. Of course, there is still some information that you have to know before you come. The sun In Australia, you can see many kinds of plants and animals and many beautiful views. However, you should be careful. Our sunlight is very strong and you may get sunburn, If you want to go out, you had better wear a hat and a shirt with collar and long sleeves and don't forget to take your sunglasses and sun cream, Don't look at the sun directly. Swimming We have so many beautiful places to swim, beaches, lakes, rivers and _ . Most of our public beaches have lifesaving service. Yellow and red flags tell you the area that you are advised to swim in. If there are no flags or lifeguards on the beach, you'd better ask the local people before you go into the water. Banks and money Banks are usually open between 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Monday to Thursday and 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Travellers can change money at all the banks and some of the larger hotels. . Who is this passage mainly written for?
|
[
"Students.",
"Australians.",
"Travellers.",
"Swimmers."
] | 2
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miscellaneous
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A. Travellers.
|
A. Travellers.
B. Students.
C. Swimmers.
D. to take away the empty slogan
E. Australians.
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A.
|
[
"B.",
"C.",
"D.",
"E."
] |
[
"B. Students.",
"C. Swimmers.",
"D. to take away the empty slogan",
"E. Australians."
] |
D. to take away the empty slogan
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
If you have time, if you love sunshine and swimming, why not come to Australia to have a lovely holiday? You will enjoy every minute of being here. Of course, there is still some information that you have to know before you come. The sun In Australia, you can see many kinds of plants and animals and many beautiful views. However, you should be careful. Our sunlight is very strong and you may get sunburn, If you want to go out, you had better wear a hat and a shirt with collar and long sleeves and don't forget to take your sunglasses and sun cream, Don't look at the sun directly. Swimming We have so many beautiful places to swim, beaches, lakes, rivers and _ . Most of our public beaches have lifesaving service. Yellow and red flags tell you the area that you are advised to swim in. If there are no flags or lifeguards on the beach, you'd better ask the local people before you go into the water. Banks and money Banks are usually open between 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Monday to Thursday and 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Travellers can change money at all the banks and some of the larger hotels. . Who is this passage mainly written for?
A. Travellers.
B. Students.
C. Swimmers.
D. to take away the empty slogan
E. Australians.
|
|
WHEN an Iraqi journalist threw a shoe at former US President George W.Bush at a news conference last December,the president's bodyguards quickly moved to protect him. Those bodyguards were from the US Secret Service.Their job is to protect the president.Now America's first black president Barack Obama also has the same people at his side.Here are some details about these mysterious men and women. History *The Secret Service is known today for protecting public officials and their families. However,when it began in 1865,it was started to protect money.A third to a half of all US money during the Civil War was fake .President Abraham Lincoln created the United States Secret Service to find those responsibly. *The first 25 presidents had no special protection.That changed after President William Mckinley was murdered in 1901. Who gets protection? About 30 people get full-time protection in the United States (more in an election year). Included are: *Presidents and vice-presidents and their wives,for up to 10 years after leaving office,and their children up to age 16.Anyone can decline protection after leaving office.Richard Nixon did. *Candidates for president and vice-president,their wives and children at a cost of $500,000 a month for 30-plus special agents . *The Secretary of State,National Security Adviser and others.The Secret Service also protects 80 to 200 visiting foreign political leaders every year. Getting around Rules for president *Limousines that can withstand a missile are used. *Entering and exiting are never done on a street. *Exact travel plans are kept secret. *Bulletproof reading stands for speeches are used. Agent's task *Teach the president how to wave and move. *Test his food for poison. *Use special radio channels for the police and the Secret Service. *Use X-ray checks before allowing entry to secure areas,and search bags. *Check lists of hundreds of people known to be dangerous. *Keep files on thousands of people who have made even vague threats. *Be part of counter-sniper teams. What's the purpose of writing the passage?
|
[
"To tell us how to be a bodyguard.",
"To introduce the US Secret Service to us.",
"To give us some information about US presidents.",
"To inform us of the incident at a news conference."
] | 1
|
high_school_us_history
|
(B) To introduce the US Secret Service to us.
|
(A) complete their tasks in an hour
(B) To introduce the US Secret Service to us.
(C) To inform us of the incident at a news conference.
(D) To tell us how to be a bodyguard.
(E) To give us some information about US presidents.
|
(B)
|
[
"(A)",
"(C)",
"(D)",
"(E)"
] |
[
"(A) complete their tasks in an hour",
"(C) To inform us of the incident at a news conference.",
"(D) To tell us how to be a bodyguard.",
"(E) To give us some information about US presidents."
] |
(D) To tell us how to be a bodyguard.
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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WHEN an Iraqi journalist threw a shoe at former US President George W.Bush at a news conference last December,the president's bodyguards quickly moved to protect him. Those bodyguards were from the US Secret Service.Their job is to protect the president.Now America's first black president Barack Obama also has the same people at his side.Here are some details about these mysterious men and women. History *The Secret Service is known today for protecting public officials and their families. However,when it began in 1865,it was started to protect money.A third to a half of all US money during the Civil War was fake .President Abraham Lincoln created the United States Secret Service to find those responsibly. *The first 25 presidents had no special protection.That changed after President William Mckinley was murdered in 1901. Who gets protection? About 30 people get full-time protection in the United States (more in an election year). Included are: *Presidents and vice-presidents and their wives,for up to 10 years after leaving office,and their children up to age 16.Anyone can decline protection after leaving office.Richard Nixon did. *Candidates for president and vice-president,their wives and children at a cost of $500,000 a month for 30-plus special agents . *The Secretary of State,National Security Adviser and others.The Secret Service also protects 80 to 200 visiting foreign political leaders every year. Getting around Rules for president *Limousines that can withstand a missile are used. *Entering and exiting are never done on a street. *Exact travel plans are kept secret. *Bulletproof reading stands for speeches are used. Agent's task *Teach the president how to wave and move. *Test his food for poison. *Use special radio channels for the police and the Secret Service. *Use X-ray checks before allowing entry to secure areas,and search bags. *Check lists of hundreds of people known to be dangerous. *Keep files on thousands of people who have made even vague threats. *Be part of counter-sniper teams. What's the purpose of writing the passage?
(A) complete their tasks in an hour
(B) To introduce the US Secret Service to us.
(C) To inform us of the incident at a news conference.
(D) To tell us how to be a bodyguard.
(E) To give us some information about US presidents.
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Dear Lily, Welcome to our school for a visit. I am very glad to tell you how to get to our school. Here is the _ . When you walk out of the station, please turn left, walk on and pass a crossing. You should walk on till the first traffic light and turn right. Then you will find a park on your left side. Walk along the street and pass the park. Then you will see a bank. Across from the bank is a narrow lane .Just go into the lane and walk about 100 meters, and you are sure to get to our school gate, at which the board reads No.1 Middle School in both Chinese and English. Yours, Li Ming What is the name of the school?
|
[
"Yuying Middle School.",
"No.11 Middle School.",
"No.1 Middle School.",
"Yucai Middle School."
] | 2
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high_school_geography
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3. No.1 Middle School.
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1. Yuying Middle School.
2. Yucai Middle School.
3. No.1 Middle School.
4. The author's life story.
5. No.11 Middle School.
|
3.
|
[
"1.",
"2.",
"4.",
"5."
] |
[
"1. Yuying Middle School.",
"2. Yucai Middle School.",
"4. The author's life story.",
"5. No.11 Middle School."
] |
5. No.11 Middle School.
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
Dear Lily, Welcome to our school for a visit. I am very glad to tell you how to get to our school. Here is the _ . When you walk out of the station, please turn left, walk on and pass a crossing. You should walk on till the first traffic light and turn right. Then you will find a park on your left side. Walk along the street and pass the park. Then you will see a bank. Across from the bank is a narrow lane .Just go into the lane and walk about 100 meters, and you are sure to get to our school gate, at which the board reads No.1 Middle School in both Chinese and English. Yours, Li Ming What is the name of the school?
1. Yuying Middle School.
2. Yucai Middle School.
3. No.1 Middle School.
4. The author's life story.
5. No.11 Middle School.
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A small piece of fish each day may keep the heart doctor away. That's the finding of a study of Dutch men in which deaths from heart disease were more than 50 percent lower among those who consumed at least an ounce of salt water fish per day compared to those who never ate fish. The Dutch research is one of three human studies that give strong scientific support to the long held belief that eating fish can provide health benefits, particularly to the heart. Heart disease is the number-one killer in the United States, with more than 550,000deaths occurring from heart attacks each year. But previous research has shown that the level of heart disease is lower in cultures that consume more fish than Americans do. There are fewer heart disease deaths, for example, among the Eskimos of Greenland, who consume about 14 ounces of fish a day, and among the Japanese, whose daily fish consumption averages more than 3 ounces. For 20 years, the Dutch study followed 852 middle-aged men, 20 percent of whom ate no fish. At the start of the study, average fish consumption was about two-thirds of an ounce each day, with more men eating lean fish than fatty fish. During the next two decades, 78of the men died from heart disease , The fewest deaths were among the group who regularly ate fish, even at levels far lower than those of the Japanese of Eskimos, This _ was true regardless of other factors such as age, high blood pressure, or blood cholesterol levels. We can infer from the passage that there are fewer heart disease deaths _ .
|
[
"in Dutch",
"in America",
"in countries with high consumption of fish",
"in countries with good production of fish"
] | 2
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nutrition
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a. in countries with high consumption of fish
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a. in countries with high consumption of fish
b. feed the kitty
c. in countries with good production of fish
d. in Dutch
e. in America
|
a.
|
[
"b.",
"c.",
"d.",
"e."
] |
[
"b. feed the kitty",
"c. in countries with good production of fish",
"d. in Dutch",
"e. in America"
] |
e. in America
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
A small piece of fish each day may keep the heart doctor away. That's the finding of a study of Dutch men in which deaths from heart disease were more than 50 percent lower among those who consumed at least an ounce of salt water fish per day compared to those who never ate fish. The Dutch research is one of three human studies that give strong scientific support to the long held belief that eating fish can provide health benefits, particularly to the heart. Heart disease is the number-one killer in the United States, with more than 550,000deaths occurring from heart attacks each year. But previous research has shown that the level of heart disease is lower in cultures that consume more fish than Americans do. There are fewer heart disease deaths, for example, among the Eskimos of Greenland, who consume about 14 ounces of fish a day, and among the Japanese, whose daily fish consumption averages more than 3 ounces. For 20 years, the Dutch study followed 852 middle-aged men, 20 percent of whom ate no fish. At the start of the study, average fish consumption was about two-thirds of an ounce each day, with more men eating lean fish than fatty fish. During the next two decades, 78of the men died from heart disease , The fewest deaths were among the group who regularly ate fish, even at levels far lower than those of the Japanese of Eskimos, This _ was true regardless of other factors such as age, high blood pressure, or blood cholesterol levels. We can infer from the passage that there are fewer heart disease deaths _ .
a. in countries with high consumption of fish
b. feed the kitty
c. in countries with good production of fish
d. in Dutch
e. in America
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Which statement is true for all objects?
|
[
"All objects are shiny.",
"All objects are hard.",
"All objects are rough.",
"All objects have mass."
] | 3
|
college_physics
|
d. All objects have mass.
|
a. All objects are hard.
b. All objects are shiny.
c. All objects are rough.
d. All objects have mass.
e. eight, four, five, six ,two, zero, seven, nine
|
d.
|
[
"a.",
"b.",
"c.",
"e."
] |
[
"a. All objects are hard.",
"b. All objects are shiny.",
"c. All objects are rough.",
"e. eight, four, five, six ,two, zero, seven, nine"
] |
c. All objects are rough.
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
Which statement is true for all objects?
a. All objects are hard.
b. All objects are shiny.
c. All objects are rough.
d. All objects have mass.
e. eight, four, five, six ,two, zero, seven, nine
|
|
One of the most striking findings of a recent questionnaire in the UK is that of the people interviewed, one in two believes that it is becoming more difficult to meet someone to start a family with. Why are many people finding it increasingly difficult to start and keep close relationships? Does modern life really make it harder to fall in love? Or are we making it harder for ourselves? It is certainly the case today that nowadays couples benefit in different ways from relationships. Women no longer rely upon partners for economic security or status. A man doesn't expect his wife to be in sole charge of running his household and raising his children. But perhaps the knowledge that we can live perfectly well without a partnership means that it takes much more to persuade people to abandon their independence. In theory, finding a partner should be much simpler these days. Only a few generations ago,your choice of soul mate was limited by geography, social convention and family tradition. Although it was never clear, many marriages were essentially arranged. Now those barriers have been broken down. You can approach a builder or a brain surgeon in any bar in any city on any given evening. When the world is your oyster , you surely have a better chance of finding a pearl. But it seems that the traditions have been replaced by an even tighter restriction:the limitation of choice. The expectations of partners are made greater to an unmanageable degree:good looks, impressive salary, kind to grandmother, and so on. There is no room for error in the first impression. We think that a relationship can be perfect. If it isn't,it is intended to be thrown away. We work to protect ourselves against future heartache and don't put in the hard emotional labor needed to build a strong relationship. Twelve-hour work at the office makes relaxed after-hours dating difficult. The cost of housing and child-raising creates pressure to have a stable income and career before a life partnership. Which of the following can best describe the main idea of the passage?
|
[
"The expectations of partners and financial pressure may prevent a relationship.",
"People should spend more money on marriage today.",
"Independence is much more important than love.",
"Even a perfect marriage can be given up for the sake of independence."
] | 0
|
human_sexuality
|
ii. The expectations of partners and financial pressure may prevent a relationship.
|
i. Independence is much more important than love.
ii. The expectations of partners and financial pressure may prevent a relationship.
iii. A map of ocean currents.
iv. Even a perfect marriage can be given up for the sake of independence.
v. People should spend more money on marriage today.
|
ii.
|
[
"i.",
"iii.",
"iv.",
"v."
] |
[
"i. Independence is much more important than love.",
"iii. A map of ocean currents.",
"iv. Even a perfect marriage can be given up for the sake of independence.",
"v. People should spend more money on marriage today."
] |
iii. A map of ocean currents.
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
One of the most striking findings of a recent questionnaire in the UK is that of the people interviewed, one in two believes that it is becoming more difficult to meet someone to start a family with. Why are many people finding it increasingly difficult to start and keep close relationships? Does modern life really make it harder to fall in love? Or are we making it harder for ourselves? It is certainly the case today that nowadays couples benefit in different ways from relationships. Women no longer rely upon partners for economic security or status. A man doesn't expect his wife to be in sole charge of running his household and raising his children. But perhaps the knowledge that we can live perfectly well without a partnership means that it takes much more to persuade people to abandon their independence. In theory, finding a partner should be much simpler these days. Only a few generations ago,your choice of soul mate was limited by geography, social convention and family tradition. Although it was never clear, many marriages were essentially arranged. Now those barriers have been broken down. You can approach a builder or a brain surgeon in any bar in any city on any given evening. When the world is your oyster , you surely have a better chance of finding a pearl. But it seems that the traditions have been replaced by an even tighter restriction:the limitation of choice. The expectations of partners are made greater to an unmanageable degree:good looks, impressive salary, kind to grandmother, and so on. There is no room for error in the first impression. We think that a relationship can be perfect. If it isn't,it is intended to be thrown away. We work to protect ourselves against future heartache and don't put in the hard emotional labor needed to build a strong relationship. Twelve-hour work at the office makes relaxed after-hours dating difficult. The cost of housing and child-raising creates pressure to have a stable income and career before a life partnership. Which of the following can best describe the main idea of the passage?
i. Independence is much more important than love.
ii. The expectations of partners and financial pressure may prevent a relationship.
iii. A map of ocean currents.
iv. Even a perfect marriage can be given up for the sake of independence.
v. People should spend more money on marriage today.
|
|
A senior United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF) official on May 29 praised China for its remarkable achievements in children's welfare . A. H. M. Farook, UNICEF's operations area officer for prefix = st1 /ChinaandMongoliasaid thatChina"can be very satisfied to tell the whole world what can be done with limited resources to help its children to grow healthily and happily." China's child population makes up one-fifth of the world's total. "The reason behind the tremendous achievement is China's long tradition of caring for children both at home and in society," he said. "What's more is that Chinese people have always given special attention to children who are in special need." The UN official made the remarks when addressing a group of 50 children and staff from the Beijing Children's Welfare Home at the Shangri-la Hotel, Beijing. The hotel invited the orphans to share snacks , sing, dance and play games at a park inside the hotel for a "Share the Sunshine" party, as a prelude to celebrations to mark the Children's Day. The Beijingchildren's Welfare Home, set up soon after New China was founded in 1949, has at present more than 400 children. A leading official of the welfare institution said that the children live a happy life and that the agency spends 400--500 yuana month for an average orphan. An average Chinese workers earned 440yuana month during the first quarter this year. Gu Xiaojin, deputy secretary-general of the China Youth Development Foundation(CYDF), said people from all walks of life have contributed to the welfare of the Chinese children. She said that CYDF set up the Project Hope in 1989, which calls on people across the country to donate money to help poor children to continue their schooling. By the end of last year, she said, CYDF had collected nearly 700 million yuanin donations, which has helped the establishment of 2, 074 Hope primary schools and enabled more than 1. 25 million dropouts to return to school classrooms. Three "Hope Stars" also attended the party. They were model teenagers chosen among students who are economically supported by the Project Hope to further their nine-year compulsory studies in the poverty-stricken regions. They will be torchbearers for the Chinese Team for the up coming Atlanta Olympic Games this year. We can infer from the text that _ .
|
[
"Every Chinese child has its own special need, so we should pay special attention to each.",
"All the children in the poverty-stricken regions of Chinaare too poor to go to school.",
"Ever since liberation. the Chinese Communist Party has been concerned about the growth of the younger generation.",
"With the help of UNICEF officials, there are no more dropouts in China."
] | 2
|
us_foreign_policy
|
[1] Ever since liberation. the Chinese Communist Party has been concerned about the growth of the younger generation.
|
[1] Ever since liberation. the Chinese Communist Party has been concerned about the growth of the younger generation.
[2] Every Chinese child has its own special need, so we should pay special attention to each.
[3] It is the biggest ring around Saturn.
[4] All the children in the poverty-stricken regions of Chinaare too poor to go to school.
[5] With the help of UNICEF officials, there are no more dropouts in China.
|
[1]
|
[
"[2]",
"[3]",
"[4]",
"[5]"
] |
[
"[2] Every Chinese child has its own special need, so we should pay special attention to each.",
"[3] It is the biggest ring around Saturn.",
"[4] All the children in the poverty-stricken regions of Chinaare too poor to go to school.",
"[5] With the help of UNICEF officials, there are no more dropouts in China."
] |
[5] With the help of UNICEF officials, there are no more dropouts in China.
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
A senior United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF) official on May 29 praised China for its remarkable achievements in children's welfare . A. H. M. Farook, UNICEF's operations area officer for prefix = st1 /ChinaandMongoliasaid thatChina"can be very satisfied to tell the whole world what can be done with limited resources to help its children to grow healthily and happily." China's child population makes up one-fifth of the world's total. "The reason behind the tremendous achievement is China's long tradition of caring for children both at home and in society," he said. "What's more is that Chinese people have always given special attention to children who are in special need." The UN official made the remarks when addressing a group of 50 children and staff from the Beijing Children's Welfare Home at the Shangri-la Hotel, Beijing. The hotel invited the orphans to share snacks , sing, dance and play games at a park inside the hotel for a "Share the Sunshine" party, as a prelude to celebrations to mark the Children's Day. The Beijingchildren's Welfare Home, set up soon after New China was founded in 1949, has at present more than 400 children. A leading official of the welfare institution said that the children live a happy life and that the agency spends 400--500 yuana month for an average orphan. An average Chinese workers earned 440yuana month during the first quarter this year. Gu Xiaojin, deputy secretary-general of the China Youth Development Foundation(CYDF), said people from all walks of life have contributed to the welfare of the Chinese children. She said that CYDF set up the Project Hope in 1989, which calls on people across the country to donate money to help poor children to continue their schooling. By the end of last year, she said, CYDF had collected nearly 700 million yuanin donations, which has helped the establishment of 2, 074 Hope primary schools and enabled more than 1. 25 million dropouts to return to school classrooms. Three "Hope Stars" also attended the party. They were model teenagers chosen among students who are economically supported by the Project Hope to further their nine-year compulsory studies in the poverty-stricken regions. They will be torchbearers for the Chinese Team for the up coming Atlanta Olympic Games this year. We can infer from the text that _ .
[1] Ever since liberation. the Chinese Communist Party has been concerned about the growth of the younger generation.
[2] Every Chinese child has its own special need, so we should pay special attention to each.
[3] It is the biggest ring around Saturn.
[4] All the children in the poverty-stricken regions of Chinaare too poor to go to school.
[5] With the help of UNICEF officials, there are no more dropouts in China.
|
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A public primary school in New York City has stopped giving its students homework. P.S.116 Principal Jane Hsu wrote a letter to parents last month explaining that after more than a year of analyzing studies,the school had concluded that students'after-school time would be better spent on activities like reading at their own pace and playing rather than working on homework. Hsu's letter says that many studies indicate that there is no connection between homework and academic success.Indeed,there are some studies that show that the link between homework and success is doubtful at the primary school level. An important 1989 study on homework by Professor Cooper found that doing homework led students to perform better in school as they grew older.In later grades,students who did homework performed increasingly better than students who did not.In 2006,Cooper published a study that analyzed 15 years'worth of data on the effectiveness of homework.He found that homework had a more positive impact on students as they aged,and identified stronger relations between homework and achievement for students in grades seven through 12 than for students in kindergarten through sixth grade. A 2012 study from the Indiana University School of Education on 10th-graders found little relation between time spent on homework and better course grades,although it did find a positive relation between homework time and standardized test performance. Some parents of P.S.116 students are not happy with the decision to _ homework. "I think they should have homework--some of it is about discipline.I want(my daughter)to have fun,but I also want her to be working towards a goal,"Daniel Tasman,the father of a second--grader at the schoo1. "You have to do homework in order to gain;you have to do homework because they may not be able to comprehend everything in school,"Sharon Blake,a grandmother of a P.S.116 student. Principal Jane Hsu wrote the letter to the parents to _ .
|
[
"analyze the test results of the students",
"suggest students'reading at their own pace and playing",
"tell them about the conclusion of the research",
"give them the reason for the decision of the school"
] | 3
|
high_school_government_and_politics
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IV. give them the reason for the decision of the school
|
I. suggest students'reading at their own pace and playing
II. analyze the test results of the students
III. tell them about the conclusion of the research
IV. give them the reason for the decision of the school
V. A physical change
|
IV.
|
[
"I.",
"II.",
"III.",
"V."
] |
[
"I. suggest students'reading at their own pace and playing",
"II. analyze the test results of the students",
"III. tell them about the conclusion of the research",
"V. A physical change"
] |
II. analyze the test results of the students
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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A public primary school in New York City has stopped giving its students homework. P.S.116 Principal Jane Hsu wrote a letter to parents last month explaining that after more than a year of analyzing studies,the school had concluded that students'after-school time would be better spent on activities like reading at their own pace and playing rather than working on homework. Hsu's letter says that many studies indicate that there is no connection between homework and academic success.Indeed,there are some studies that show that the link between homework and success is doubtful at the primary school level. An important 1989 study on homework by Professor Cooper found that doing homework led students to perform better in school as they grew older.In later grades,students who did homework performed increasingly better than students who did not.In 2006,Cooper published a study that analyzed 15 years'worth of data on the effectiveness of homework.He found that homework had a more positive impact on students as they aged,and identified stronger relations between homework and achievement for students in grades seven through 12 than for students in kindergarten through sixth grade. A 2012 study from the Indiana University School of Education on 10th-graders found little relation between time spent on homework and better course grades,although it did find a positive relation between homework time and standardized test performance. Some parents of P.S.116 students are not happy with the decision to _ homework. "I think they should have homework--some of it is about discipline.I want(my daughter)to have fun,but I also want her to be working towards a goal,"Daniel Tasman,the father of a second--grader at the schoo1. "You have to do homework in order to gain;you have to do homework because they may not be able to comprehend everything in school,"Sharon Blake,a grandmother of a P.S.116 student. Principal Jane Hsu wrote the letter to the parents to _ .
I. suggest students'reading at their own pace and playing
II. analyze the test results of the students
III. tell them about the conclusion of the research
IV. give them the reason for the decision of the school
V. A physical change
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The worker I hired to repair my house had just finished a difficult first day on the job. A broken wheel made him an hour late; his ladder( )fell down when he was painting the roof and now his old truck wouldn't start. With each problem he shouted angrily more at himself than at his things. As I drove him home, the man didn't say a word. I tried talking to the man to kill time. I managed to find out that he had come up from Blue Hills in Victoria with his family six months ago to find a job. This was his first job since moving here. I now knew why his price was lower than any other worker I could find in the local newspaper. He really needed the job. His clothes told me as much. On arriving, much to my surprise, he invited me to meet his family. As we walked through his front garden he suddenly stopped at a small tree and placed his hands on it. Then , when he opened the door he completely changed. Instead of his troubled face, there was now a warm smile, hugs for his two children and a kiss for his wife. The following day, I asked him about the tree. "That's my trouble tree," he answered. "Work troubles aren't welcome at home with my wife and children. So I hang them on that tree every night when I come home. Then in the morning I pick them up again." "And you know what else?" he said smiling, "The next morning I find that there aren't as many as I remember hanging up the night before." Which of the following things did NOT happen to the worker?
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[
"His truck broke down.",
"He was late for work.",
"He fell onto the roof.",
"His ladder fell down."
] | 2
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c. He fell onto the roof.
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a. the longtom can make acid easily
b. He was late for work.
c. He fell onto the roof.
d. His ladder fell down.
e. His truck broke down.
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c.
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[
"a.",
"b.",
"d.",
"e."
] |
[
"a. the longtom can make acid easily",
"b. He was late for work.",
"d. His ladder fell down.",
"e. His truck broke down."
] |
b. He was late for work.
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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The worker I hired to repair my house had just finished a difficult first day on the job. A broken wheel made him an hour late; his ladder( )fell down when he was painting the roof and now his old truck wouldn't start. With each problem he shouted angrily more at himself than at his things. As I drove him home, the man didn't say a word. I tried talking to the man to kill time. I managed to find out that he had come up from Blue Hills in Victoria with his family six months ago to find a job. This was his first job since moving here. I now knew why his price was lower than any other worker I could find in the local newspaper. He really needed the job. His clothes told me as much. On arriving, much to my surprise, he invited me to meet his family. As we walked through his front garden he suddenly stopped at a small tree and placed his hands on it. Then , when he opened the door he completely changed. Instead of his troubled face, there was now a warm smile, hugs for his two children and a kiss for his wife. The following day, I asked him about the tree. "That's my trouble tree," he answered. "Work troubles aren't welcome at home with my wife and children. So I hang them on that tree every night when I come home. Then in the morning I pick them up again." "And you know what else?" he said smiling, "The next morning I find that there aren't as many as I remember hanging up the night before." Which of the following things did NOT happen to the worker?
a. the longtom can make acid easily
b. He was late for work.
c. He fell onto the roof.
d. His ladder fell down.
e. His truck broke down.
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A man walks into a doctor's office. He has a cucumber up his nose, a carrot in his left ear and a banana in his right ear. "What's the matter with me?" he asks the doctor. The doctor replies, "You're not eating properly." This is a popular joke among British schoolchildren. It reflects Britain's famous _ and satirical way of seeing the funny side of life. This unique sense of humor is often cited as one of Britain's defining national characteristics. "The famous British sense of humor has long been our most cherished national characteristic," says the British journalist Leo Mckinstry. "We have valued it above historic military victories and great works of literature, above our rich scenic landscape and our talent for invention." The British sense of humor differs from other countries because it is generally more negative. When it comes to making the British laugh, there is nothing more effective than a socially inappropriate joke. Popular British comedy shows such as Fawlty Towers, Blackadder and The office are full of sarcasm , teasing and self-deprecation . It reflects the culture where mocking, moaning and ridicule is part of everyday life. While most Britons don't take these jokes too seriously, foreigners are often puzzled by them. A recent survey found that most foreigners who visited Britain found that the British are "arrogant, unfriendly and have almost no sense of humor". Do foreigners not understand British humor or are the British just not as funny as they think they are? Mckinstry certainly thinks the British are funny. "Accusing the British of having no sense of humor is like telling Rolls-Royce that its cars are down-market." he says. Why do most visitors, who once visited Britain , think that the British are unfriendly?
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[
"Because the British always take things seriously.",
"Because the British have no sense of humor.",
"Because the British are cold and difficult to get along with",
"Because the British have a different sense of humor"
] | 3
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D) Because the British have a different sense of humor
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A) Because the British always take things seriously.
B) Because the British have no sense of humor.
C) Because the British are cold and difficult to get along with
D) Because the British have a different sense of humor
E) Half past one.
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D)
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[
"A)",
"B)",
"C)",
"E)"
] |
[
"A) Because the British always take things seriously.",
"B) Because the British have no sense of humor.",
"C) Because the British are cold and difficult to get along with",
"E) Half past one."
] |
B) Because the British have no sense of humor.
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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A man walks into a doctor's office. He has a cucumber up his nose, a carrot in his left ear and a banana in his right ear. "What's the matter with me?" he asks the doctor. The doctor replies, "You're not eating properly." This is a popular joke among British schoolchildren. It reflects Britain's famous _ and satirical way of seeing the funny side of life. This unique sense of humor is often cited as one of Britain's defining national characteristics. "The famous British sense of humor has long been our most cherished national characteristic," says the British journalist Leo Mckinstry. "We have valued it above historic military victories and great works of literature, above our rich scenic landscape and our talent for invention." The British sense of humor differs from other countries because it is generally more negative. When it comes to making the British laugh, there is nothing more effective than a socially inappropriate joke. Popular British comedy shows such as Fawlty Towers, Blackadder and The office are full of sarcasm , teasing and self-deprecation . It reflects the culture where mocking, moaning and ridicule is part of everyday life. While most Britons don't take these jokes too seriously, foreigners are often puzzled by them. A recent survey found that most foreigners who visited Britain found that the British are "arrogant, unfriendly and have almost no sense of humor". Do foreigners not understand British humor or are the British just not as funny as they think they are? Mckinstry certainly thinks the British are funny. "Accusing the British of having no sense of humor is like telling Rolls-Royce that its cars are down-market." he says. Why do most visitors, who once visited Britain , think that the British are unfriendly?
A) Because the British always take things seriously.
B) Because the British have no sense of humor.
C) Because the British are cold and difficult to get along with
D) Because the British have a different sense of humor
E) Half past one.
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Jean is a bright young lady who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy. Well, almost everything is good. But the problem is that Jean's family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being anonymous , talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in touch with quite often. Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself: He was a tall, good looking young man with big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other. When Jean's father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of their favorite rock singer. But when she knocked on David's door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim! The reason why they even forgot their time is that they _ .
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[
"talked in delight on QQ",
"hated study",
"fell in love with each other",
"had similar hobbies"
] | 0
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[1] talked in delight on QQ
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[1] talked in delight on QQ
[2] cooking
[3] fell in love with each other
[4] hated study
[5] had similar hobbies
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[1]
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[
"[2]",
"[3]",
"[4]",
"[5]"
] |
[
"[2] cooking",
"[3] fell in love with each other",
"[4] hated study",
"[5] had similar hobbies"
] |
[4] hated study
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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Jean is a bright young lady who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy. Well, almost everything is good. But the problem is that Jean's family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being anonymous , talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in touch with quite often. Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself: He was a tall, good looking young man with big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other. When Jean's father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of their favorite rock singer. But when she knocked on David's door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim! The reason why they even forgot their time is that they _ .
[1] talked in delight on QQ
[2] cooking
[3] fell in love with each other
[4] hated study
[5] had similar hobbies
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The owner of Newacre executed and delivered to a power company a right-of-way deed for the building and maintenance of an overhead power line across Newacre. The deed was properly recorded. Newacre then passed through several intermediate conveyances until it was conveyed to Sloan about 10 years after the date of the right-of-way deed. All the intermediate deeds were properly recorded, but none of them mentioned the right-of-way. Sloan entered into a written contract to sell Newacre to Jones. By the terms of the contract, Sloan promised to furnish an abstract of title to Jones. Sloan contracted directly with Abstract Company to prepare and deliver an abstract to Jones, and Abstract Company did so. The abstract omitted the right-of-way deed. Jones delivered the abstract to his attorney and asked the attorney for an opinion as to title. The attorney signed and delivered to Jones a letter stating that, from the attorney's examination of the abstract, it was his "opinion that Sloan had a free and unencumbered marketable title to Newacre." Sloan conveyed Newacre to Jones by a deed which included covenants of general warranty and against encumbrances. Jones paid the full purchase price. After Jones had been in possession of Newacre for 90 more than a year, he learned about the right-of-way deed. Sloan, Jones, Abstract Company, and Jones's attorney were all without actual knowledge of the existence of the right-of-way at the time of the conveyance from Sloan to Jones."If Jones sues Sloan because of the presence of the right-of-way, the most likely result will be a decision for
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[
"Jones, because Sloan is liable for his negligent misrepresentation. ",
"Jones, because the covenants in Sloan's deed to Jones have been breached. ",
"Sloan, because Jones relied upon Abstract Company, not Sloan, for information concerning title. ",
"Sloan, because Sloan was without knowledge of any defects in the title to Newacre"
] | 1
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a) Jones, because the covenants in Sloan's deed to Jones have been breached.
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a) Jones, because the covenants in Sloan's deed to Jones have been breached.
b) Jones, because Sloan is liable for his negligent misrepresentation.
c) New ways to save water
d) Sloan, because Sloan was without knowledge of any defects in the title to Newacre
e) Sloan, because Jones relied upon Abstract Company, not Sloan, for information concerning title.
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a)
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[
"b)",
"c)",
"d)",
"e)"
] |
[
"b) Jones, because Sloan is liable for his negligent misrepresentation. ",
"c) New ways to save water",
"d) Sloan, because Sloan was without knowledge of any defects in the title to Newacre",
"e) Sloan, because Jones relied upon Abstract Company, not Sloan, for information concerning title. "
] |
c) New ways to save water
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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The owner of Newacre executed and delivered to a power company a right-of-way deed for the building and maintenance of an overhead power line across Newacre. The deed was properly recorded. Newacre then passed through several intermediate conveyances until it was conveyed to Sloan about 10 years after the date of the right-of-way deed. All the intermediate deeds were properly recorded, but none of them mentioned the right-of-way. Sloan entered into a written contract to sell Newacre to Jones. By the terms of the contract, Sloan promised to furnish an abstract of title to Jones. Sloan contracted directly with Abstract Company to prepare and deliver an abstract to Jones, and Abstract Company did so. The abstract omitted the right-of-way deed. Jones delivered the abstract to his attorney and asked the attorney for an opinion as to title. The attorney signed and delivered to Jones a letter stating that, from the attorney's examination of the abstract, it was his "opinion that Sloan had a free and unencumbered marketable title to Newacre." Sloan conveyed Newacre to Jones by a deed which included covenants of general warranty and against encumbrances. Jones paid the full purchase price. After Jones had been in possession of Newacre for 90 more than a year, he learned about the right-of-way deed. Sloan, Jones, Abstract Company, and Jones's attorney were all without actual knowledge of the existence of the right-of-way at the time of the conveyance from Sloan to Jones."If Jones sues Sloan because of the presence of the right-of-way, the most likely result will be a decision for
a) Jones, because the covenants in Sloan's deed to Jones have been breached.
b) Jones, because Sloan is liable for his negligent misrepresentation.
c) New ways to save water
d) Sloan, because Sloan was without knowledge of any defects in the title to Newacre
e) Sloan, because Jones relied upon Abstract Company, not Sloan, for information concerning title.
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Qi Haoran, a Junior 1 student, was quite busy over the past winter vacation - and not just with homework.Qi, together with 10 other classmates made a volunteer group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign (""). The 11 students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food."Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven't got enough to eat? Please don't waste food." They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day. The Clean Your Plate Campaign began on the Internet in January.It calls on people to reduce food waste. China in these years had serious problems with wasted food.CCTV reported in January that the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year. Chinese people are well known for being hospitable and generous .Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food. Luckily, the campaign has got the support of many.In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner give the guests who have eaten all that they ordered a sticker .People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers.More than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer smaller dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers home. To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time.It's important that everyone does their bit, just like Qi.Did you finish your meals today? ,A, B, C, D. What did the 11 students do in the winter vacation?
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[
"The helped each other with homework.",
"They opened a restaurant together.",
"They volunteered for a campaign.",
"They collected money from customers in restaurants."
] | 2
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miscellaneous
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v. They volunteered for a campaign.
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i. The helped each other with homework.
ii. They opened a restaurant together.
iii. They collected money from customers in restaurants.
iv. The local people need bricks and stones to build houses.
v. They volunteered for a campaign.
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v.
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[
"i.",
"ii.",
"iii.",
"iv."
] |
[
"i. The helped each other with homework.",
"ii. They opened a restaurant together.",
"iii. They collected money from customers in restaurants.",
"iv. The local people need bricks and stones to build houses."
] |
ii. They opened a restaurant together.
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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Qi Haoran, a Junior 1 student, was quite busy over the past winter vacation - and not just with homework.Qi, together with 10 other classmates made a volunteer group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign (""). The 11 students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food."Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven't got enough to eat? Please don't waste food." They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day. The Clean Your Plate Campaign began on the Internet in January.It calls on people to reduce food waste. China in these years had serious problems with wasted food.CCTV reported in January that the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year. Chinese people are well known for being hospitable and generous .Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food. Luckily, the campaign has got the support of many.In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner give the guests who have eaten all that they ordered a sticker .People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers.More than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer smaller dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers home. To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time.It's important that everyone does their bit, just like Qi.Did you finish your meals today? ,A, B, C, D. What did the 11 students do in the winter vacation?
i. The helped each other with homework.
ii. They opened a restaurant together.
iii. They collected money from customers in restaurants.
iv. The local people need bricks and stones to build houses.
v. They volunteered for a campaign.
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Katie was in big trouble. She was such a sweet kid; a third-grade teacher always dreamed of having a classroom filled with Katies; she was never ever a discipline problem. I just couldn't imagine why she had made her parents so angry. It seemed that Katie had been running up sizable charges in the lunchroom. Her parents explained that Katie brought a great homemade lunch each day, and there was no reason for her to buy school lunch. They assumed a sit-down with Katie would solve the problem, but failed. So they asked me to help them get to the bottom of this situation. So the next day, I asked Katie to my office. "Why are you charging lunches, Katie? What happened to your homemade lunch?" I asked. "I lose it," she responded. I leaned back in my chair and said, "I don't believe you, Katie. " She didn't care. "Is someone stealing your lunch, Katie?" I took a new track. "No. I just lose it," she said. Well, there was nothing else I could do. The problem was still unsolved the next week when I noticed a boy who was new to the school sitting alone at a lunch table. He always looked sad. I thought I would go and sit with him for a while. As I walked towards him, I noticed the lunch bag on the table. The name on the bag said "Katie". Now I understood and I talked to Katie. It seemed that the new boy never brought a lunch, and he wouldn't go to the lunch line for a free lunch. He had told Katie his secret and asked her not to tell anyone that his parents wanted him to get a free lunch at school. Katie asked me not to tell her parents, but I drove to her house that evening after I was sure that she was in bed. I had never seen parents so proud of their child. Katie didn't care that her parents and teacher were disappointed in her. But she cared about a little boy who was hungry and scared. Katie still buys lunch every day at school. And every day, as she heads out of the door, her mom hands her a delicious homemade lunch. What did the author think of Katie?
|
[
"She performed well at school.",
"She was a girl filled with love.",
"She often made trouble at school.",
"She used to be a discipline problem."
] | 0
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miscellaneous
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(C) She performed well at school.
|
(A) She often made trouble at school.
(B) She was a girl filled with love.
(C) She performed well at school.
(D) She used to be a discipline problem.
(E) The Mail
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(C)
|
[
"(A)",
"(B)",
"(D)",
"(E)"
] |
[
"(A) She often made trouble at school.",
"(B) She was a girl filled with love.",
"(D) She used to be a discipline problem.",
"(E) The Mail"
] |
(E) The Mail
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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Katie was in big trouble. She was such a sweet kid; a third-grade teacher always dreamed of having a classroom filled with Katies; she was never ever a discipline problem. I just couldn't imagine why she had made her parents so angry. It seemed that Katie had been running up sizable charges in the lunchroom. Her parents explained that Katie brought a great homemade lunch each day, and there was no reason for her to buy school lunch. They assumed a sit-down with Katie would solve the problem, but failed. So they asked me to help them get to the bottom of this situation. So the next day, I asked Katie to my office. "Why are you charging lunches, Katie? What happened to your homemade lunch?" I asked. "I lose it," she responded. I leaned back in my chair and said, "I don't believe you, Katie. " She didn't care. "Is someone stealing your lunch, Katie?" I took a new track. "No. I just lose it," she said. Well, there was nothing else I could do. The problem was still unsolved the next week when I noticed a boy who was new to the school sitting alone at a lunch table. He always looked sad. I thought I would go and sit with him for a while. As I walked towards him, I noticed the lunch bag on the table. The name on the bag said "Katie". Now I understood and I talked to Katie. It seemed that the new boy never brought a lunch, and he wouldn't go to the lunch line for a free lunch. He had told Katie his secret and asked her not to tell anyone that his parents wanted him to get a free lunch at school. Katie asked me not to tell her parents, but I drove to her house that evening after I was sure that she was in bed. I had never seen parents so proud of their child. Katie didn't care that her parents and teacher were disappointed in her. But she cared about a little boy who was hungry and scared. Katie still buys lunch every day at school. And every day, as she heads out of the door, her mom hands her a delicious homemade lunch. What did the author think of Katie?
(A) She often made trouble at school.
(B) She was a girl filled with love.
(C) She performed well at school.
(D) She used to be a discipline problem.
(E) The Mail
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We are looking for energetic volunteers who might be willing to volunteer their time. It's a great way to build your volunteer experience, get involved in your community, meet new people and show your pride. Computer Teacher The computer teacher will be responsible for teaching older adults computer skills, including basic skills such as turning on computer or more media skills such as setting up email. This position requires patience, dedication and long hours on your feet. Computer skills needed. Ask Mandy, 01313377227. Meals on Wheels Do you have time in your schedule to make a difference in the lives of seniors in your community? Meals on Wheels drivers deliver nutritious lunchtime meals to homebound seniors on weekdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Our aim is to help seniors who are unable to go out themselves due to age or disability. A valid driver's license and personal vehicle is required. Call Lucy,(781)2727177. Tree Nursery Volunteer Tasks are different according to season, but may include: collecting tree seeds from ancient woodland, preparing seeds for sowing, planting trees and tree aftercare. Some of the work is physical and outdoors, others such as seed preparation can be done indoors. No experience is necessary, but a knowledge or interest in botany would certainly be helpful. Ask Amrita, 07748623073. Photography Volunteer If you have a talent for photography, this may be the role for you. We need someone who can take great photos for posters and websites. We especially need photos of our events and volunteers. This is a great opportunity to gain valuable work experience. You'll also gain the satisfaction of seeing your work being displayed on the National Trust website and in literature. Ask Sarah, 01248600954. If you are interested in teaching, you can get in touch with _ .
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[
"Mandy",
"Lucy",
"Amrita",
"Sarah"
] | 0
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high_school_computer_science
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B. Mandy
|
A. are suffering from heart attack
B. Mandy
C. Amrita
D. Lucy
E. Sarah
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B.
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[
"A.",
"C.",
"D.",
"E."
] |
[
"A. are suffering from heart attack",
"C. Amrita",
"D. Lucy",
"E. Sarah"
] |
A. are suffering from heart attack
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
We are looking for energetic volunteers who might be willing to volunteer their time. It's a great way to build your volunteer experience, get involved in your community, meet new people and show your pride. Computer Teacher The computer teacher will be responsible for teaching older adults computer skills, including basic skills such as turning on computer or more media skills such as setting up email. This position requires patience, dedication and long hours on your feet. Computer skills needed. Ask Mandy, 01313377227. Meals on Wheels Do you have time in your schedule to make a difference in the lives of seniors in your community? Meals on Wheels drivers deliver nutritious lunchtime meals to homebound seniors on weekdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Our aim is to help seniors who are unable to go out themselves due to age or disability. A valid driver's license and personal vehicle is required. Call Lucy,(781)2727177. Tree Nursery Volunteer Tasks are different according to season, but may include: collecting tree seeds from ancient woodland, preparing seeds for sowing, planting trees and tree aftercare. Some of the work is physical and outdoors, others such as seed preparation can be done indoors. No experience is necessary, but a knowledge or interest in botany would certainly be helpful. Ask Amrita, 07748623073. Photography Volunteer If you have a talent for photography, this may be the role for you. We need someone who can take great photos for posters and websites. We especially need photos of our events and volunteers. This is a great opportunity to gain valuable work experience. You'll also gain the satisfaction of seeing your work being displayed on the National Trust website and in literature. Ask Sarah, 01248600954. If you are interested in teaching, you can get in touch with _ .
A. are suffering from heart attack
B. Mandy
C. Amrita
D. Lucy
E. Sarah
|
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What do the energy resources uranium and coal have in common?
|
[
"They both are formed from the remains of dead organisms.",
"They both are acquired by mining the lithosphere.",
"They both release energy through combustion.",
"They both generate radioactive wastes."
] | 1
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college_physics
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d. They both are acquired by mining the lithosphere.
|
a. They both release energy through combustion.
b. They both are formed from the remains of dead organisms.
c. lay eggs
d. They both are acquired by mining the lithosphere.
e. They both generate radioactive wastes.
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d.
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[
"a.",
"b.",
"c.",
"e."
] |
[
"a. They both release energy through combustion.",
"b. They both are formed from the remains of dead organisms.",
"c. lay eggs",
"e. They both generate radioactive wastes."
] |
b. They both are formed from the remains of dead organisms.
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
What do the energy resources uranium and coal have in common?
a. They both release energy through combustion.
b. They both are formed from the remains of dead organisms.
c. lay eggs
d. They both are acquired by mining the lithosphere.
e. They both generate radioactive wastes.
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Never try to work when you are very hungry. If you decide to do your homework right after school, you may get something to eat before going to work. Always do your homework before you get too tired. Don't wait until very late in the evening, or your work will seem much harder than it really is. If you have more than an hour's work, give yourself a break after an hour. On the other hand don't break it up so much that you can't get anything down. You should be able to work at least a half at a time without stopping. Don't put it off until the last minute. If you put off doing your homework, you will have it on your mind, and you won't enjoy your free time so much. If you put it off until the end of the week or until before a test, you will have too much catching up to do. A little bit each night, enough to keep up with what is happening each day in school, will take the fear out of tests and keep you on top of it all. Do your homework at the same time every evening. This will help you make it a _ . It will make it easier to do, and it will make your free time more enjoyable as well. Some students in schools won't enjoy their free time so much because they _ .
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[
"have to do their homework each night",
"will have too much catching up to do",
"never finish their homework in time",
"want to keep up with what is happening in school"
] | 2
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high_school_psychology
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(d) never finish their homework in time
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(a) will have too much catching up to do
(b) A Story of Tom
(c) want to keep up with what is happening in school
(d) never finish their homework in time
(e) have to do their homework each night
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(d)
|
[
"(a)",
"(b)",
"(c)",
"(e)"
] |
[
"(a) will have too much catching up to do",
"(b) A Story of Tom",
"(c) want to keep up with what is happening in school",
"(e) have to do their homework each night"
] |
(a) will have too much catching up to do
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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Never try to work when you are very hungry. If you decide to do your homework right after school, you may get something to eat before going to work. Always do your homework before you get too tired. Don't wait until very late in the evening, or your work will seem much harder than it really is. If you have more than an hour's work, give yourself a break after an hour. On the other hand don't break it up so much that you can't get anything down. You should be able to work at least a half at a time without stopping. Don't put it off until the last minute. If you put off doing your homework, you will have it on your mind, and you won't enjoy your free time so much. If you put it off until the end of the week or until before a test, you will have too much catching up to do. A little bit each night, enough to keep up with what is happening each day in school, will take the fear out of tests and keep you on top of it all. Do your homework at the same time every evening. This will help you make it a _ . It will make it easier to do, and it will make your free time more enjoyable as well. Some students in schools won't enjoy their free time so much because they _ .
(a) will have too much catching up to do
(b) A Story of Tom
(c) want to keep up with what is happening in school
(d) never finish their homework in time
(e) have to do their homework each night
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Hello, I'm a middle school student from Hainan. My Chinese name is Li Ying. My English name is Alice. I am Chinese. I'm in No. 26 Middle School. I am a good student. Now I am thirteen years old. Our school is very nice. Ms Smart is my English teacher. I like her and she loves us very much. There are three people in my family. This is my father. He is a teacher. This is my mother. Her name is Han Jing. I love them very much. Li Ying's mother's name is _ .
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[
"Han Meimai",
"Han Jing",
"Alice",
"Smart"
] | 1
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miscellaneous
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D. Han Jing
|
A. Han Meimai
B. Smart
C. Homework.
D. Han Jing
E. Alice
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D.
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[
"A.",
"B.",
"C.",
"E."
] |
[
"A. Han Meimai",
"B. Smart",
"C. Homework.",
"E. Alice"
] |
A. Han Meimai
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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Hello, I'm a middle school student from Hainan. My Chinese name is Li Ying. My English name is Alice. I am Chinese. I'm in No. 26 Middle School. I am a good student. Now I am thirteen years old. Our school is very nice. Ms Smart is my English teacher. I like her and she loves us very much. There are three people in my family. This is my father. He is a teacher. This is my mother. Her name is Han Jing. I love them very much. Li Ying's mother's name is _ .
A. Han Meimai
B. Smart
C. Homework.
D. Han Jing
E. Alice
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Jack was a skilled artist with a wife and two sons. One night, his elder son had a stomachache . Thinking it was only some common intestinal disorders, neither Jack nor his wife took it seriously. But the boy died suddenly that night. Knowing the death could have been avoided if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, Jack always felt guilty. His wife left him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were more than that Jack could stand, so he turned to alcohol for help. Later, Jack began to lose everything he had --- his land, house, etc. Finally Jack died alone in a small bar. Hearing of Jack's death, I thought, "What a totally wasted life! What a complete failure!" As time went by, I knew Jack's younger son who grew into an adult, Ernie. He is one of the kindest and most loving men I have ever known. I saw the love between Ernie and his children, thinking that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere. One day, I asked him what his father had done so that he became such a special person. Ernie said quietly, "As a child until I left home at 18, Jack came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, 'love you, son'." What made Jack turn to alcohol for help?
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[
"The loss of his son.",
"His wife left him later.",
"He lost everything.",
"The loss of his son and his wife."
] | 3
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human_sexuality
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C. The loss of his son and his wife.
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A. everyone there works hard
B. The loss of his son.
C. The loss of his son and his wife.
D. He lost everything.
E. His wife left him later.
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C.
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[
"A.",
"B.",
"D.",
"E."
] |
[
"A. everyone there works hard",
"B. The loss of his son.",
"D. He lost everything.",
"E. His wife left him later."
] |
E. His wife left him later.
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
Jack was a skilled artist with a wife and two sons. One night, his elder son had a stomachache . Thinking it was only some common intestinal disorders, neither Jack nor his wife took it seriously. But the boy died suddenly that night. Knowing the death could have been avoided if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, Jack always felt guilty. His wife left him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were more than that Jack could stand, so he turned to alcohol for help. Later, Jack began to lose everything he had --- his land, house, etc. Finally Jack died alone in a small bar. Hearing of Jack's death, I thought, "What a totally wasted life! What a complete failure!" As time went by, I knew Jack's younger son who grew into an adult, Ernie. He is one of the kindest and most loving men I have ever known. I saw the love between Ernie and his children, thinking that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere. One day, I asked him what his father had done so that he became such a special person. Ernie said quietly, "As a child until I left home at 18, Jack came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, 'love you, son'." What made Jack turn to alcohol for help?
A. everyone there works hard
B. The loss of his son.
C. The loss of his son and his wife.
D. He lost everything.
E. His wife left him later.
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17-year-old Tibetan boy climbs 40 meters up a tall tree only to get some honey as an ingredient for a traditional local drink. The money he makes from selling the honey will be used to pay for his younger brother's tuition fee . This is only a scene from the first episode of CCTV's new documentary, A Bite of China 2(2), which appeared on April 18, 2014. But they are enough reasons for viewers to spend an hour every Friday until June 6 enjoying in front of their television sets. Viewers have had to wait a long time since A Bite of China 1 came out in 2012. Back then, the seven-episode documentary was considered the best one ever produced by CCTV, with its good effects and rich food culture. A famous foreigner praised it, saying "it's the best TV show I've ever seen about food. I'm sure it's the best one ever made. " The new season includes eight episodes, covering 300 types of food. According to CCTV, every minute of the show was edited out of 150 minutes of footage . Finding their subjects was often the hardest part of the film team's job. It took them six months to film a beekeeping couple , which included a journey of more than 2,000 kilometers. Food is a personal thing, in that no dish suits all tastes. However, the program has still managed to move all sorts of viewers. "Compared with A Bite of China 1, the new season has a more human touch, which makes viewers cover some tears while their mouths are watering," said Sina Entertainment. As always, the people are the most interesting part. A Bite of China 2 shows a greater dream--through homemade food, it tells the joys and _ of common Chinese in changing times, according to director Chen Xiaoqing of the documentary series . "I was moved by the people in each simple story," said Li Weifang, 17, of Beijing No 3 High School. "Their work helps enrich China's food culture. " In fact, that is exactly what the new season hopes to deliver . Through the program, "the listeners will see the characteristics of the Chinese people: save and tenacity ," Chen told Xinhua Internet. ,,. (2,10) When did A Bite of China 2 appear on CCTV?
|
[
"From 2012.",
"From April 18, 2014.",
"Until June 8, 2014.",
"Every Friday through the coming year."
] | 1
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nutrition
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[c] From April 18, 2014.
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[a] Until June 8, 2014.
[b] Every Friday through the coming year.
[c] From April 18, 2014.
[d] People should prevent themselves from being exposed to harmful air..
[e] From 2012.
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[c]
|
[
"[a]",
"[b]",
"[d]",
"[e]"
] |
[
"[a] Until June 8, 2014.",
"[b] Every Friday through the coming year.",
"[d] People should prevent themselves from being exposed to harmful air..",
"[e] From 2012."
] |
[a] Until June 8, 2014.
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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17-year-old Tibetan boy climbs 40 meters up a tall tree only to get some honey as an ingredient for a traditional local drink. The money he makes from selling the honey will be used to pay for his younger brother's tuition fee . This is only a scene from the first episode of CCTV's new documentary, A Bite of China 2(2), which appeared on April 18, 2014. But they are enough reasons for viewers to spend an hour every Friday until June 6 enjoying in front of their television sets. Viewers have had to wait a long time since A Bite of China 1 came out in 2012. Back then, the seven-episode documentary was considered the best one ever produced by CCTV, with its good effects and rich food culture. A famous foreigner praised it, saying "it's the best TV show I've ever seen about food. I'm sure it's the best one ever made. " The new season includes eight episodes, covering 300 types of food. According to CCTV, every minute of the show was edited out of 150 minutes of footage . Finding their subjects was often the hardest part of the film team's job. It took them six months to film a beekeeping couple , which included a journey of more than 2,000 kilometers. Food is a personal thing, in that no dish suits all tastes. However, the program has still managed to move all sorts of viewers. "Compared with A Bite of China 1, the new season has a more human touch, which makes viewers cover some tears while their mouths are watering," said Sina Entertainment. As always, the people are the most interesting part. A Bite of China 2 shows a greater dream--through homemade food, it tells the joys and _ of common Chinese in changing times, according to director Chen Xiaoqing of the documentary series . "I was moved by the people in each simple story," said Li Weifang, 17, of Beijing No 3 High School. "Their work helps enrich China's food culture. " In fact, that is exactly what the new season hopes to deliver . Through the program, "the listeners will see the characteristics of the Chinese people: save and tenacity ," Chen told Xinhua Internet. ,,. (2,10) When did A Bite of China 2 appear on CCTV?
[a] Until June 8, 2014.
[b] Every Friday through the coming year.
[c] From April 18, 2014.
[d] People should prevent themselves from being exposed to harmful air..
[e] From 2012.
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From my earlier memory of Mother it somehow seemed quite natural to think of her as different, nor of everyday things as Father was. In those days he was a young-looking man. He did not hesitate to make friends with children as soon as they were able to talk to him and laugh at his stories. Mother was older than he was. She must have been a woman of nearly forty, but she seemed even older. She changed little for a long time, showing no indication of growing old at all until, towards the end of her life, she suddenly became an old lady. I was always _ about Mother's age. She never had birthdays like other people, nor did anyone else in our family. No candles were ever lit or cakes made or presents given in our house. To my friends in the street who talked delightfully about their birthday parties, I would repeat my mother's words that such celebrations were only foolish. "Nothing but deception," she would say. "As though life can be marked by birthdays. It's deeds, not years, that matter." Although I often repeated her words and even prided myself on not having birthdays, I once could not help asking Mother when she was born. "I was born. I'm alive as you can see, so what more do you want to know?" she replied, so sharply that I never asked her about her age again. In so many other ways Mother was different. Whereas all the rest of the women I knew in the neighboring hoses took pride in their housewifely abilities, their new furniture, the neat appearance of their homes, Mother regarded all those things as of little importance. Our house always looked as if we had just moved in or were about to move out. Before the end of her life, Mother _ .
|
[
"looked quite young",
"looked like an old lady",
"looked younger than she was",
"looked like a forty-year-old woman"
] | 2
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miscellaneous
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ii. looked younger than she was
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i. looked like a forty-year-old woman
ii. looked younger than she was
iii. He wrote back to his father at 12.
iv. looked quite young
v. looked like an old lady
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ii.
|
[
"i.",
"iii.",
"iv.",
"v."
] |
[
"i. looked like a forty-year-old woman",
"iii. He wrote back to his father at 12.",
"iv. looked quite young",
"v. looked like an old lady"
] |
iii. He wrote back to his father at 12.
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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From my earlier memory of Mother it somehow seemed quite natural to think of her as different, nor of everyday things as Father was. In those days he was a young-looking man. He did not hesitate to make friends with children as soon as they were able to talk to him and laugh at his stories. Mother was older than he was. She must have been a woman of nearly forty, but she seemed even older. She changed little for a long time, showing no indication of growing old at all until, towards the end of her life, she suddenly became an old lady. I was always _ about Mother's age. She never had birthdays like other people, nor did anyone else in our family. No candles were ever lit or cakes made or presents given in our house. To my friends in the street who talked delightfully about their birthday parties, I would repeat my mother's words that such celebrations were only foolish. "Nothing but deception," she would say. "As though life can be marked by birthdays. It's deeds, not years, that matter." Although I often repeated her words and even prided myself on not having birthdays, I once could not help asking Mother when she was born. "I was born. I'm alive as you can see, so what more do you want to know?" she replied, so sharply that I never asked her about her age again. In so many other ways Mother was different. Whereas all the rest of the women I knew in the neighboring hoses took pride in their housewifely abilities, their new furniture, the neat appearance of their homes, Mother regarded all those things as of little importance. Our house always looked as if we had just moved in or were about to move out. Before the end of her life, Mother _ .
i. looked like a forty-year-old woman
ii. looked younger than she was
iii. He wrote back to his father at 12.
iv. looked quite young
v. looked like an old lady
|
|
I bent down in the shade under a sixty-foot-tall cactus , waiting for them to appear. The time was eight thirty in the morning. For seven mornings I had come to the same distant spot in the Sonoran Desert, in southern Arizona. I was here to watch the roadrunner, a small fast-running bird. I spotted two birds under a bush with red flowers. The roadrunners rushed out from under it. The birds moved rapidly on long skinny legs. Their feathers were brown and black. Their tails were seven inches long. Roadrunners use the tail for balance when running. That day, the roadrunners performed a courtship dance. They ran in wild circles. Suddenly, one stopped and stood still, its round eyes full of light. The second bird took hold of a small stick off the ground and presented it to the first, a gift serving as a symbol of their partnership. I returned to the spot each day, leaving bits of boiled chicken hoping they would return. Roadrunners eat snakes, lizards, mice, beetles, and spiders. Food is in short supply in the desert, so my offerings were welcome. The pair grew used to me. Soon after the pair finished building their nest six white eggs appeared in the nest bowl. In about three weeks, six roadrunner chicks, skin as black as coal, cried for food. Their parents brought food such as fence lizards and stink bugs. They fed their young until they were a month and a half old. Early one morning, a coyote came around, nose to the ground, for fresh bird meat. The roadrunners fearlessly drove the coyote away, but it was soon back. After three attacks the coyote went away for good, tail between its legs. I stopped watching the nest when the little roadrunners, at two months of age, were ready to live on their own. It was hard to break away from "my roadrunner family." Whenever I see a roadrunner now, rushing over the ground, I say hello to it as an old friend. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
|
[
"How do roadrunners seek a partner?",
"My close friendship with roadrunners.",
"Roadrunner family in the Sonoran Desert.",
"How did I find roadrunners in Arizona?"
] | 2
|
miscellaneous
|
i. Roadrunner family in the Sonoran Desert.
|
i. Roadrunner family in the Sonoran Desert.
ii. How do roadrunners seek a partner?
iii. How did I find roadrunners in Arizona?
iv. grass
v. My close friendship with roadrunners.
|
i.
|
[
"ii.",
"iii.",
"iv.",
"v."
] |
[
"ii. How do roadrunners seek a partner?",
"iii. How did I find roadrunners in Arizona?",
"iv. grass",
"v. My close friendship with roadrunners."
] |
iv. grass
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
I bent down in the shade under a sixty-foot-tall cactus , waiting for them to appear. The time was eight thirty in the morning. For seven mornings I had come to the same distant spot in the Sonoran Desert, in southern Arizona. I was here to watch the roadrunner, a small fast-running bird. I spotted two birds under a bush with red flowers. The roadrunners rushed out from under it. The birds moved rapidly on long skinny legs. Their feathers were brown and black. Their tails were seven inches long. Roadrunners use the tail for balance when running. That day, the roadrunners performed a courtship dance. They ran in wild circles. Suddenly, one stopped and stood still, its round eyes full of light. The second bird took hold of a small stick off the ground and presented it to the first, a gift serving as a symbol of their partnership. I returned to the spot each day, leaving bits of boiled chicken hoping they would return. Roadrunners eat snakes, lizards, mice, beetles, and spiders. Food is in short supply in the desert, so my offerings were welcome. The pair grew used to me. Soon after the pair finished building their nest six white eggs appeared in the nest bowl. In about three weeks, six roadrunner chicks, skin as black as coal, cried for food. Their parents brought food such as fence lizards and stink bugs. They fed their young until they were a month and a half old. Early one morning, a coyote came around, nose to the ground, for fresh bird meat. The roadrunners fearlessly drove the coyote away, but it was soon back. After three attacks the coyote went away for good, tail between its legs. I stopped watching the nest when the little roadrunners, at two months of age, were ready to live on their own. It was hard to break away from "my roadrunner family." Whenever I see a roadrunner now, rushing over the ground, I say hello to it as an old friend. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
i. Roadrunner family in the Sonoran Desert.
ii. How do roadrunners seek a partner?
iii. How did I find roadrunners in Arizona?
iv. grass
v. My close friendship with roadrunners.
|
|
In the United States, parents usually encourage their children to develop their potential . They pay attention to what their kids can do, not what they can't. As a result, US boys and girls hope to be actors, athletes and doctors; many even want to become presidents when they grow up. US parents often encourage their children to take part in all kinds of activities at school. They believe that joining in these activities can make their children mature . Schoolwork is important, but they think that social skills are important as well. But things in China are different. Chinese parents often tell their children to study hard and pass exams. They think that, for a student, staying away from schoolbooks means wasting time. This puts a lot of pressure on Chinese students, so leaders in China's education department have called for less homework at the lower grades. Only healthy kids can become healthy adults. American parents think that _ .
|
[
"Schoolwork is as important as social skills",
"Schoolwork is more important than social skills",
"Schoolwork is less important than social skills",
"Passing exams is the most important for their children"
] | 0
|
sociology
|
[A] Schoolwork is as important as social skills
|
[A] Schoolwork is as important as social skills
[B] Passing exams is the most important for their children
[C] Schoolwork is less important than social skills
[D] cereal and milk
[E] Schoolwork is more important than social skills
|
[A]
|
[
"[B]",
"[C]",
"[D]",
"[E]"
] |
[
"[B] Passing exams is the most important for their children",
"[C] Schoolwork is less important than social skills",
"[D] cereal and milk",
"[E] Schoolwork is more important than social skills"
] |
[E] Schoolwork is more important than social skills
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
In the United States, parents usually encourage their children to develop their potential . They pay attention to what their kids can do, not what they can't. As a result, US boys and girls hope to be actors, athletes and doctors; many even want to become presidents when they grow up. US parents often encourage their children to take part in all kinds of activities at school. They believe that joining in these activities can make their children mature . Schoolwork is important, but they think that social skills are important as well. But things in China are different. Chinese parents often tell their children to study hard and pass exams. They think that, for a student, staying away from schoolbooks means wasting time. This puts a lot of pressure on Chinese students, so leaders in China's education department have called for less homework at the lower grades. Only healthy kids can become healthy adults. American parents think that _ .
[A] Schoolwork is as important as social skills
[B] Passing exams is the most important for their children
[C] Schoolwork is less important than social skills
[D] cereal and milk
[E] Schoolwork is more important than social skills
|
|
There are many types of tea. They have their own functions. Green tea is the best choice for office workers People who always work in places with air condition may face skin problems such as easily dry skin. Among all the drink, green tea is the best choice. Because there are important things in green tea and they are often called catechins . Moreover, drinking more green tea can prevent computer radiation. Winter is the season to drink black tea Chinese medicine believed that different people should drink different tea based on the different characteristics and tastes of each kind of tea. Black tea can warm the stomach and quicken digestion . Therefore, drinking warm black tea in the cold winter is a most suitable choice. Do not drink strong tea Strong tea may make the body far too excited and can badly _ the cardiovascular as well as the nervous system. For a person who has problems with these parts, to drink overly strong tea cause heart and blood pressure illness, or even make the old illness much worse. Do not drink too much tea when you are eating Drinking too much tea or strong thick tea may not be good for taking in many constant elements and trace elements .Also, people should not drink tea with milk or other milky food. We can read this article in _ .
|
[
"Fashion Time",
"Chinese Cuture",
"Life and Health",
"Time and Space of Sports"
] | 2
|
nutrition
|
d) Life and Health
|
a) Time and Space of Sports
b) making his meal
c) Chinese Cuture
d) Life and Health
e) Fashion Time
|
d)
|
[
"a)",
"b)",
"c)",
"e)"
] |
[
"a) Time and Space of Sports",
"b) making his meal",
"c) Chinese Cuture",
"e) Fashion Time"
] |
c) Chinese Cuture
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
There are many types of tea. They have their own functions. Green tea is the best choice for office workers People who always work in places with air condition may face skin problems such as easily dry skin. Among all the drink, green tea is the best choice. Because there are important things in green tea and they are often called catechins . Moreover, drinking more green tea can prevent computer radiation. Winter is the season to drink black tea Chinese medicine believed that different people should drink different tea based on the different characteristics and tastes of each kind of tea. Black tea can warm the stomach and quicken digestion . Therefore, drinking warm black tea in the cold winter is a most suitable choice. Do not drink strong tea Strong tea may make the body far too excited and can badly _ the cardiovascular as well as the nervous system. For a person who has problems with these parts, to drink overly strong tea cause heart and blood pressure illness, or even make the old illness much worse. Do not drink too much tea when you are eating Drinking too much tea or strong thick tea may not be good for taking in many constant elements and trace elements .Also, people should not drink tea with milk or other milky food. We can read this article in _ .
a) Time and Space of Sports
b) making his meal
c) Chinese Cuture
d) Life and Health
e) Fashion Time
|
|
Do you know that a fast reader can get the ideas better than a slow reader can? Of course, you save time by reading fast, but this is not the main reason for fast reading. The main reason is that you understand better what you are reading when you read fast. As your eyes move along the line of point, they make fixations or pauses . It is important that you see several words at a fixation. It is also important that your eyes leave a group. The numbers of letters or words that you see at a fixation are called your eye span . Pay more attention to improving your rate of reading. With practice you can learn to read faster than you usually read. The way in which you read always depends on what you are reading and for what purpose. You should know the different ways of reading so that you can apply whatever method is necessary. Here are four ways of reading: (1) Skimming is an important kind of reading. This method can be used when you wish to review something that you have forgotten. You can skim to get the main points. (2) Rapid first reading and then rereading certain parts carefully is important. You may use this type of reading to study a science lesson or a history lesson. (3) You need to do careful reading and rereading sometimes. This type of reading is necessary for making an intensive study of your school subjects, solving math problems or reading directions. (4) Rapid reading is used when reading stories for enjoyment. You may also do rapid reading when reviewing materials that you already know well. The main reason for reading fast is that you can _ .
|
[
"get the ideas",
"save time",
"understand better",
"learn well"
] | 2
|
miscellaneous
|
2) understand better
|
1) learn well
2) understand better
3) www. personalisedmugs. co. uk
4) save time
5) get the ideas
|
2)
|
[
"1)",
"3)",
"4)",
"5)"
] |
[
"1) learn well",
"3) www. personalisedmugs. co. uk",
"4) save time",
"5) get the ideas"
] |
1) learn well
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
Do you know that a fast reader can get the ideas better than a slow reader can? Of course, you save time by reading fast, but this is not the main reason for fast reading. The main reason is that you understand better what you are reading when you read fast. As your eyes move along the line of point, they make fixations or pauses . It is important that you see several words at a fixation. It is also important that your eyes leave a group. The numbers of letters or words that you see at a fixation are called your eye span . Pay more attention to improving your rate of reading. With practice you can learn to read faster than you usually read. The way in which you read always depends on what you are reading and for what purpose. You should know the different ways of reading so that you can apply whatever method is necessary. Here are four ways of reading: (1) Skimming is an important kind of reading. This method can be used when you wish to review something that you have forgotten. You can skim to get the main points. (2) Rapid first reading and then rereading certain parts carefully is important. You may use this type of reading to study a science lesson or a history lesson. (3) You need to do careful reading and rereading sometimes. This type of reading is necessary for making an intensive study of your school subjects, solving math problems or reading directions. (4) Rapid reading is used when reading stories for enjoyment. You may also do rapid reading when reviewing materials that you already know well. The main reason for reading fast is that you can _ .
1) learn well
2) understand better
3) www. personalisedmugs. co. uk
4) save time
5) get the ideas
|
|
What requires soil to grow?
|
[
"lakes",
"car engine",
"daffodils",
"cows"
] | 2
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high_school_geography
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[b] daffodils
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[a] volcanic eruptions
[b] daffodils
[c] cows
[d] lakes
[e] car engine
|
[b]
|
[
"[a]",
"[c]",
"[d]",
"[e]"
] |
[
"[a] volcanic eruptions",
"[c] cows",
"[d] lakes",
"[e] car engine"
] |
[a] volcanic eruptions
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
What requires soil to grow?
[a] volcanic eruptions
[b] daffodils
[c] cows
[d] lakes
[e] car engine
|
|
An exercise method (Gyrotonics) designed to stretch muscles and improve strength and balance is becoming popular in the United States. Here's more about Gyrotonics and the man who invented this special form of exercise. Gyrotonics is a kind of exercise that combines the movements of dancing and swimming with the mental and physical practice called yoga. It helps lengthen muscles, improve balance, and exercise the joints, the parts of the body where bones are joined. A Hungarian dancer named Juliu Horvath developed this special form of exercise. After he was injured in dancing, Mr. Horvath studied yoga intensely. In the 1980s, he developed a new exercise method as a special kind of yoga to strengthen dancers. According to Mr. Horvath, his method was based on the octopus ,monkey and cat. He says these animals have no restrictions. They can move in any direction the Gyrotonic movements to help the human body move more freely. A special machine made of wood and weights helps guide the body through the Gyrotonics exercises. You sit or lie on a flat board. You put your legs or hands through special cloth handles attached to a line with weights. With the tension created by the weights, you must try to move through the exercises. Seven kinds of backbone movements form the base of Gyrotonics. For example, you can stretch your back to the left and right or forward and backward. While moving your back, you can also work on arm or leg motions. These movements must be done in a smooth way. Often the motions are circular . When Juliu Horvath first developed Gyrotonics, he was the only teacher. Since then, he has taught almost 70 trainers. Now, there are more then 800 official schools in the world where you can learn Gyrotonics. What do you think inspired Horvath in developing Gyrotonics?
|
[
"His experience in dancing.",
"His use of a special machine.",
"The movements of some animals.",
"The ideas from many trainers."
] | 2
|
nutrition
|
5. The movements of some animals.
|
1. Putin is very popular in Russia.
2. His experience in dancing.
3. The ideas from many trainers.
4. His use of a special machine.
5. The movements of some animals.
|
5.
|
[
"1.",
"2.",
"3.",
"4."
] |
[
"1. Putin is very popular in Russia.",
"2. His experience in dancing.",
"3. The ideas from many trainers.",
"4. His use of a special machine."
] |
3. The ideas from many trainers.
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
An exercise method (Gyrotonics) designed to stretch muscles and improve strength and balance is becoming popular in the United States. Here's more about Gyrotonics and the man who invented this special form of exercise. Gyrotonics is a kind of exercise that combines the movements of dancing and swimming with the mental and physical practice called yoga. It helps lengthen muscles, improve balance, and exercise the joints, the parts of the body where bones are joined. A Hungarian dancer named Juliu Horvath developed this special form of exercise. After he was injured in dancing, Mr. Horvath studied yoga intensely. In the 1980s, he developed a new exercise method as a special kind of yoga to strengthen dancers. According to Mr. Horvath, his method was based on the octopus ,monkey and cat. He says these animals have no restrictions. They can move in any direction the Gyrotonic movements to help the human body move more freely. A special machine made of wood and weights helps guide the body through the Gyrotonics exercises. You sit or lie on a flat board. You put your legs or hands through special cloth handles attached to a line with weights. With the tension created by the weights, you must try to move through the exercises. Seven kinds of backbone movements form the base of Gyrotonics. For example, you can stretch your back to the left and right or forward and backward. While moving your back, you can also work on arm or leg motions. These movements must be done in a smooth way. Often the motions are circular . When Juliu Horvath first developed Gyrotonics, he was the only teacher. Since then, he has taught almost 70 trainers. Now, there are more then 800 official schools in the world where you can learn Gyrotonics. What do you think inspired Horvath in developing Gyrotonics?
1. Putin is very popular in Russia.
2. His experience in dancing.
3. The ideas from many trainers.
4. His use of a special machine.
5. The movements of some animals.
|
|
Bob was only seven years old. One night Bob was at home alone while his parents were out for a party. He had often stayed alone before,so he wasn't afraid. As he waited for his parents to return home,he watched a film on TV. His eyes became heavier and heavier as time passed by. Suddenly Bob's eyes opened wide--what was the sound in the next room? Bob heard the window being opened slowly. For a minute,Bob was so frightened that he could not move,and his body felt like ice. He knew that he couldn't lose his head and began to think of the things he could do. Again he heard the sound of someone trying to climb into his home through the window. Bob's drums were standing in the corner near the TV. "Wait,maybe there is something I can do,"thought Bob. He beat on his drums as hard as he could. The sound was so terrible that Bob surprised even himself. He also surprised the man in the window,who ran away as fast as possible.How clever he was! How do you think of Bob?
|
[
"foolish",
"lovely.",
"funny.",
"clever"
] | 3
|
miscellaneous
|
a) clever
|
a) clever
b) foolish
c) Upset.
d) funny.
e) lovely.
|
a)
|
[
"b)",
"c)",
"d)",
"e)"
] |
[
"b) foolish",
"c) Upset.",
"d) funny.",
"e) lovely."
] |
b) foolish
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
Bob was only seven years old. One night Bob was at home alone while his parents were out for a party. He had often stayed alone before,so he wasn't afraid. As he waited for his parents to return home,he watched a film on TV. His eyes became heavier and heavier as time passed by. Suddenly Bob's eyes opened wide--what was the sound in the next room? Bob heard the window being opened slowly. For a minute,Bob was so frightened that he could not move,and his body felt like ice. He knew that he couldn't lose his head and began to think of the things he could do. Again he heard the sound of someone trying to climb into his home through the window. Bob's drums were standing in the corner near the TV. "Wait,maybe there is something I can do,"thought Bob. He beat on his drums as hard as he could. The sound was so terrible that Bob surprised even himself. He also surprised the man in the window,who ran away as fast as possible.How clever he was! How do you think of Bob?
a) clever
b) foolish
c) Upset.
d) funny.
e) lovely.
|
|
In America, almost every book shop sells books about food and cooking. Most newspapers and magazines talk about Americans' eating habits. .Many books write about where to eat. So we can see eating is very important to every American. Salads are very popular and they have them all year round .Americans enjoy coffee. Most of them drink coffee or tea before or after every meal. Many Americans have coffee or tea with their meals. The main food in American meals is usually meat, fish or chicken, but people don't eat them together at the same meal. Seafood is something they eat as the first course . Most Americans eat breakfast and lunch quickly, but the evening meal is longer and a time for the family to get together. This is main meal in a day. On Sundays or holidays, Americans like to _ . They get up very late in the morning, so they have to eat their brunch(.) Most American families _ .
|
[
"spend a long time eating breakfast.",
"sometimes get together when they have dinner",
"get up early on holidays",
"go out for a walk on Sunday morning."
] | 1
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nutrition
|
a. sometimes get together when they have dinner
|
a. sometimes get together when they have dinner
b. spend a long time eating breakfast.
c. go out for a walk on Sunday morning.
d. encourage us to take part in green sports.
e. get up early on holidays
|
a.
|
[
"b.",
"c.",
"d.",
"e."
] |
[
"b. spend a long time eating breakfast.",
"c. go out for a walk on Sunday morning.",
"d. encourage us to take part in green sports.",
"e. get up early on holidays"
] |
e. get up early on holidays
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
In America, almost every book shop sells books about food and cooking. Most newspapers and magazines talk about Americans' eating habits. .Many books write about where to eat. So we can see eating is very important to every American. Salads are very popular and they have them all year round .Americans enjoy coffee. Most of them drink coffee or tea before or after every meal. Many Americans have coffee or tea with their meals. The main food in American meals is usually meat, fish or chicken, but people don't eat them together at the same meal. Seafood is something they eat as the first course . Most Americans eat breakfast and lunch quickly, but the evening meal is longer and a time for the family to get together. This is main meal in a day. On Sundays or holidays, Americans like to _ . They get up very late in the morning, so they have to eat their brunch(.) Most American families _ .
a. sometimes get together when they have dinner
b. spend a long time eating breakfast.
c. go out for a walk on Sunday morning.
d. encourage us to take part in green sports.
e. get up early on holidays
|
|
When my daughter realized that she had really hurt another child with a mean word, she cried and immediately wanted to apologize. That was a good thing, but I wanted her to know an apology can't always make things better. So I told her the story of Will, a 9-year-old boy whose father left his mom two years earlier. Will was angry, and he often hurt others with hurtful words. He once told his mom, "I see why Dad left you!" Unable to deal with Will, the mother sent him to spend the summer with his grandparents. His grandmother's strategy to help Will learn self-control was to make him go into the garage and pound a two-inch-long nail into a four-by-four board every time he said a mean thing. For a small boy, this was a hard task, but he couldn't return until the nail was all the way in. After about ten trips to the garage, Will began to be more cautious about his words. In the end, he even apologized for all the bad things he'd said. One day his grandmother made him bring in the board filled with nails and told him to pull them all out. This was even harder than pounding them in, but after a huge struggle, he did it. His grandmother hugged him and said, "I appreciate your apology and, of course, I forgive you because I love you, but I want you to know that an apology is like pulling out one of those nails. Look at the board. The holes are still there. The board will never be the same. I know your dad put a hole in you, but please don't put holes in other people; you're better than that." The truth is that no matter how much we apologize to people, we can't take back what we said. The best thing for us to do is to try not to hurt people in the first place. What does the writer want to tell us by writing this passage?
|
[
"Parents should never hurt their children.",
"Children are more likely to listen to their grandparents.",
"We should not hurt other people in the first place.",
"Old people are really good at bringing up children."
] | 2
|
moral_scenarios
|
iii. We should not hurt other people in the first place.
|
i. Children are more likely to listen to their grandparents.
ii. A Heroic Teacher
iii. We should not hurt other people in the first place.
iv. Old people are really good at bringing up children.
v. Parents should never hurt their children.
|
iii.
|
[
"i.",
"ii.",
"iv.",
"v."
] |
[
"i. Children are more likely to listen to their grandparents.",
"ii. A Heroic Teacher",
"iv. Old people are really good at bringing up children.",
"v. Parents should never hurt their children."
] |
v. Parents should never hurt their children.
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
When my daughter realized that she had really hurt another child with a mean word, she cried and immediately wanted to apologize. That was a good thing, but I wanted her to know an apology can't always make things better. So I told her the story of Will, a 9-year-old boy whose father left his mom two years earlier. Will was angry, and he often hurt others with hurtful words. He once told his mom, "I see why Dad left you!" Unable to deal with Will, the mother sent him to spend the summer with his grandparents. His grandmother's strategy to help Will learn self-control was to make him go into the garage and pound a two-inch-long nail into a four-by-four board every time he said a mean thing. For a small boy, this was a hard task, but he couldn't return until the nail was all the way in. After about ten trips to the garage, Will began to be more cautious about his words. In the end, he even apologized for all the bad things he'd said. One day his grandmother made him bring in the board filled with nails and told him to pull them all out. This was even harder than pounding them in, but after a huge struggle, he did it. His grandmother hugged him and said, "I appreciate your apology and, of course, I forgive you because I love you, but I want you to know that an apology is like pulling out one of those nails. Look at the board. The holes are still there. The board will never be the same. I know your dad put a hole in you, but please don't put holes in other people; you're better than that." The truth is that no matter how much we apologize to people, we can't take back what we said. The best thing for us to do is to try not to hurt people in the first place. What does the writer want to tell us by writing this passage?
i. Children are more likely to listen to their grandparents.
ii. A Heroic Teacher
iii. We should not hurt other people in the first place.
iv. Old people are really good at bringing up children.
v. Parents should never hurt their children.
|
|
There was once a captain who loved money so much that he cheated his sailors at the end of every voyage and took their wages. On the last day of one voyage, the ship was in a small port. It was winter time, and the sea was very cold, so the captain said to his sailors, "If one of you stays in the water during the whole night, I will give him my ship. But if he comes out before the sun appears, I shall get his wages." The sailors had heard about the captain's cheating, so they didn't trust him. But then one of them, who thought that he was cleverer than the captain, said that he would do it. He got into the water, and, though it was very cold, he stayed in it. When it was nearly morning, some fishermen lit a fire on the shore about half a mile away. "You are cheating," the captain said to the sailor. "The fire's warming you." "But it's half a mile away!" said the sailor. "A fire's fire," answered the captain. "I have won." The sailor came out of the water, and said, "Perhaps you think that you are clever because you have won my wages, but you can't cook a chicken." "I can," answered the captain. "If you cook this chicken," said the sailor, "I shall work for you without wages for seven years, but if you can't, you will give me your ship." The captain agreed, took the chicken and said, "Where's the fire?" "There it is," answered the sailor. "On the shore." "But it's half a mile away," said the captain angrily. "A fire's fire,' you said," answered the sailor. "If it is enough to warm me in the water, it is enough to cook your chicken." What is the title of the story?
|
[
"How a Captain Cheated His Sailor",
"How a Sailor Got a Ship",
"A Brave Sailor",
"A Fire Is Fire"
] | 3
|
miscellaneous
|
B. A Fire Is Fire
|
A. prepared herself for the busiest Christmas.
B. A Fire Is Fire
C. How a Captain Cheated His Sailor
D. How a Sailor Got a Ship
E. A Brave Sailor
|
B.
|
[
"A.",
"C.",
"D.",
"E."
] |
[
"A. prepared herself for the busiest Christmas.",
"C. How a Captain Cheated His Sailor",
"D. How a Sailor Got a Ship",
"E. A Brave Sailor"
] |
A. prepared herself for the busiest Christmas.
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
There was once a captain who loved money so much that he cheated his sailors at the end of every voyage and took their wages. On the last day of one voyage, the ship was in a small port. It was winter time, and the sea was very cold, so the captain said to his sailors, "If one of you stays in the water during the whole night, I will give him my ship. But if he comes out before the sun appears, I shall get his wages." The sailors had heard about the captain's cheating, so they didn't trust him. But then one of them, who thought that he was cleverer than the captain, said that he would do it. He got into the water, and, though it was very cold, he stayed in it. When it was nearly morning, some fishermen lit a fire on the shore about half a mile away. "You are cheating," the captain said to the sailor. "The fire's warming you." "But it's half a mile away!" said the sailor. "A fire's fire," answered the captain. "I have won." The sailor came out of the water, and said, "Perhaps you think that you are clever because you have won my wages, but you can't cook a chicken." "I can," answered the captain. "If you cook this chicken," said the sailor, "I shall work for you without wages for seven years, but if you can't, you will give me your ship." The captain agreed, took the chicken and said, "Where's the fire?" "There it is," answered the sailor. "On the shore." "But it's half a mile away," said the captain angrily. "A fire's fire,' you said," answered the sailor. "If it is enough to warm me in the water, it is enough to cook your chicken." What is the title of the story?
A. prepared herself for the busiest Christmas.
B. A Fire Is Fire
C. How a Captain Cheated His Sailor
D. How a Sailor Got a Ship
E. A Brave Sailor
|
|
Psychologists have known that what's going on inside our head affects our senses. For example, poorer children think coins are larger than they are, and hungry people think pictures of food are brighter. Professor Remi Radel wanted to investigate(look into) how this happens -- whether it's right away, as the brain receives signals from the eyes, or a little later, as the brain's higher-level thinking processes get involved. Radel chose 42 students and each student was told to arrive at the lab at noon after three or four hours of not eating on the day of the test. Then they were told there was a delay. Some were told to come back in 10 minutes; others were given an hour to get lunch. So half the students were hungry when they did the experiment and the other half had just eaten. For the experiment, the participant looked at a computer screen. One by one, 80 words flashed on the screen. A quarter of the words were food-related. After each word, the person was asked how bright the word was and asked to choose which of two words they'd seen -- a food-related word like gateau (cake) or a neutral word like bateau (boat). Hungry people saw the food-related words as brighter and were better at identifying food-related words. Because the word appeared too quickly for them to be reliably seen, this means that the difference is in perception , Radel says--it's not because of some kind of processing happening in the brain after you've already figured out what you're looking at. "This is something great to me, that humans can really realize what they need or what they hope for, to know that our brain can really arrange for our motives and needs," Radel says. "There is something inside us that selects information in the world to make life easier." The purpose of Radel's research is to let us know _ .
|
[
"how our thinking has effect on our senses happens",
"what it is the good time for students to have lunch",
"whether poorer children think coins are larger than they are",
"whether hungry people think pictures of food are brighter"
] | 0
|
high_school_psychology
|
[3] how our thinking has effect on our senses happens
|
[1] what it is the good time for students to have lunch
[2] whether poorer children think coins are larger than they are
[3] how our thinking has effect on our senses happens
[4] whether hungry people think pictures of food are brighter
[5] was under Luetjens' command
|
[3]
|
[
"[1]",
"[2]",
"[4]",
"[5]"
] |
[
"[1] what it is the good time for students to have lunch",
"[2] whether poorer children think coins are larger than they are",
"[4] whether hungry people think pictures of food are brighter",
"[5] was under Luetjens' command"
] |
[1] what it is the good time for students to have lunch
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
Psychologists have known that what's going on inside our head affects our senses. For example, poorer children think coins are larger than they are, and hungry people think pictures of food are brighter. Professor Remi Radel wanted to investigate(look into) how this happens -- whether it's right away, as the brain receives signals from the eyes, or a little later, as the brain's higher-level thinking processes get involved. Radel chose 42 students and each student was told to arrive at the lab at noon after three or four hours of not eating on the day of the test. Then they were told there was a delay. Some were told to come back in 10 minutes; others were given an hour to get lunch. So half the students were hungry when they did the experiment and the other half had just eaten. For the experiment, the participant looked at a computer screen. One by one, 80 words flashed on the screen. A quarter of the words were food-related. After each word, the person was asked how bright the word was and asked to choose which of two words they'd seen -- a food-related word like gateau (cake) or a neutral word like bateau (boat). Hungry people saw the food-related words as brighter and were better at identifying food-related words. Because the word appeared too quickly for them to be reliably seen, this means that the difference is in perception , Radel says--it's not because of some kind of processing happening in the brain after you've already figured out what you're looking at. "This is something great to me, that humans can really realize what they need or what they hope for, to know that our brain can really arrange for our motives and needs," Radel says. "There is something inside us that selects information in the world to make life easier." The purpose of Radel's research is to let us know _ .
[1] what it is the good time for students to have lunch
[2] whether poorer children think coins are larger than they are
[3] how our thinking has effect on our senses happens
[4] whether hungry people think pictures of food are brighter
[5] was under Luetjens' command
|
|
It is five o'clock in the afternoon. It's time to go home. But we must clean our classroom. There are five students in our group. Now there are only three. Li Hong is playing games. Lin Tao is reading a story outside the classroom. I say to them, " Please come and clean our classroom!" We begin to clean it. Look! Li Hong is carrying water. Lin Tao and I are cleaning the floor. Soon we finish it. Where are the other two students in our group? We look for them and find them playing soccer on the playground. So we play soccer together with them. It's time to clean the classroom, but Lin Tao _ .
|
[
"is studying in the classroom",
"is playing games",
"is reading a story outside the classroom",
"is cleaning the classroom with me"
] | 2
|
miscellaneous
|
(a) is reading a story outside the classroom
|
(a) is reading a story outside the classroom
(b) easier
(c) is playing games
(d) is cleaning the classroom with me
(e) is studying in the classroom
|
(a)
|
[
"(b)",
"(c)",
"(d)",
"(e)"
] |
[
"(b) easier",
"(c) is playing games",
"(d) is cleaning the classroom with me",
"(e) is studying in the classroom"
] |
(b) easier
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
It is five o'clock in the afternoon. It's time to go home. But we must clean our classroom. There are five students in our group. Now there are only three. Li Hong is playing games. Lin Tao is reading a story outside the classroom. I say to them, " Please come and clean our classroom!" We begin to clean it. Look! Li Hong is carrying water. Lin Tao and I are cleaning the floor. Soon we finish it. Where are the other two students in our group? We look for them and find them playing soccer on the playground. So we play soccer together with them. It's time to clean the classroom, but Lin Tao _ .
(a) is reading a story outside the classroom
(b) easier
(c) is playing games
(d) is cleaning the classroom with me
(e) is studying in the classroom
|
|
What breaks down food to produce energy?
|
[
"life forms",
"food packaging",
"refrigerators",
"the sun"
] | 0
|
high_school_biology
|
D. life forms
|
A. food packaging
B. Cape Town
C. refrigerators
D. life forms
E. the sun
|
D.
|
[
"A.",
"B.",
"C.",
"E."
] |
[
"A. food packaging",
"B. Cape Town",
"C. refrigerators",
"E. the sun"
] |
B. Cape Town
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
What breaks down food to produce energy?
A. food packaging
B. Cape Town
C. refrigerators
D. life forms
E. the sun
|
|
Fighting racial stereotypes on US campuses often begins by putting students of different ethnic backgrounds together -- under one dormitory roof. Sam Boakye was a freshman at Ohio State University and the only black student on his floor. He was determined to get good grades -- in part to make sure his white roommate had no basis for negative racial views. "You're pushed to do better, to challenge the stereotype that black people are not that smart," he told theNew York Times. Several recent studies have found that having a roommate of a different race can reduce prejudice , diversify friendships and even promote students' academic performance. In a study by Ohio State psychology professor Russell Fazio, black freshmen who came to college with high test scores earned better grades if they had a white roommate--even if the roommate's test scores were low. Another study on student interaction by Duke University suggests that freshmen with roommates of a different race were the most likely to diversify their friendships. "Just having diversity in classrooms doesn't do anything to increase interracial friendships," said Claudia Buchman, an author of the Duke study. "But living together with a different-race roommate does lead to more interracial friendships." There are, however, some problems with such room assignments. Fazio's study found that three times as many randomly assigned interracial roommates weren't living together at the end of the semester, compared with white roommates. Interracial roommates also spent less time together, had fewer joint activities and were less involved with each other's friends than white pairs. As for Boakye, this is not the case. "A lot of white students come without much exposure to diversity, so when their first interaction with a black guy isn't bad, they will make more black friends. I think I made a good impression on my freshman roommate. I saw him this year, and he said, 'Hey dude, you're not the only black friend I have.' That felt good." Sam Boakye was determined to get good grades partly because _ .
|
[
"he wanted to prove he was a smart boy",
"he intended to please his parents",
"he wished to earn the scholarship",
"he wanted to show black people are as smart as white people"
] | 3
|
sociology
|
II. he wanted to show black people are as smart as white people
|
I. he intended to please his parents
II. he wanted to show black people are as smart as white people
III. he wished to earn the scholarship
IV. They would compete for a limited food source.
V. he wanted to prove he was a smart boy
|
II.
|
[
"I.",
"III.",
"IV.",
"V."
] |
[
"I. he intended to please his parents",
"III. he wished to earn the scholarship",
"IV. They would compete for a limited food source.",
"V. he wanted to prove he was a smart boy"
] |
V. he wanted to prove he was a smart boy
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
Fighting racial stereotypes on US campuses often begins by putting students of different ethnic backgrounds together -- under one dormitory roof. Sam Boakye was a freshman at Ohio State University and the only black student on his floor. He was determined to get good grades -- in part to make sure his white roommate had no basis for negative racial views. "You're pushed to do better, to challenge the stereotype that black people are not that smart," he told theNew York Times. Several recent studies have found that having a roommate of a different race can reduce prejudice , diversify friendships and even promote students' academic performance. In a study by Ohio State psychology professor Russell Fazio, black freshmen who came to college with high test scores earned better grades if they had a white roommate--even if the roommate's test scores were low. Another study on student interaction by Duke University suggests that freshmen with roommates of a different race were the most likely to diversify their friendships. "Just having diversity in classrooms doesn't do anything to increase interracial friendships," said Claudia Buchman, an author of the Duke study. "But living together with a different-race roommate does lead to more interracial friendships." There are, however, some problems with such room assignments. Fazio's study found that three times as many randomly assigned interracial roommates weren't living together at the end of the semester, compared with white roommates. Interracial roommates also spent less time together, had fewer joint activities and were less involved with each other's friends than white pairs. As for Boakye, this is not the case. "A lot of white students come without much exposure to diversity, so when their first interaction with a black guy isn't bad, they will make more black friends. I think I made a good impression on my freshman roommate. I saw him this year, and he said, 'Hey dude, you're not the only black friend I have.' That felt good." Sam Boakye was determined to get good grades partly because _ .
I. he intended to please his parents
II. he wanted to show black people are as smart as white people
III. he wished to earn the scholarship
IV. They would compete for a limited food source.
V. he wanted to prove he was a smart boy
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|
Perhaps you have been told about some habits which stop a person reading fast, and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have. Do you still have any of these bad habits7 Check yourself by answering "yes" or "no" to these questions: 1. Do you move your lips when reading silently? 2. Do you point to words with your finger as you read? 3. Do you move your head from side to side as you read? 4. Do you read one word at a time? If you answer "yes" to any of these questions, start at once to break the habit. If you move your lips, hold your fingers over them, or hold a piece of paper between your lips while you are reading. Then if your lips move, you will know it and can stop them. If you point to words, hold the two sides of your book, one side with your left hand, the other side with your right hand. Then you will not have a free finger to use in pointing while reading. If you move your head, place your chin in one hand, and hold your head still(,). If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time, you need to work very hard in learning to take in more words at each glance as your eyes travel across the lines of words. When you read, _
|
[
"don't use your finger to point to words",
"don't hold your books with your hands",
"don't hold your head still",
"don't do any of the things mentioned above."
] | 0
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miscellaneous
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3. don't use your finger to point to words
|
1. interesting
2. don't do any of the things mentioned above.
3. don't use your finger to point to words
4. don't hold your head still
5. don't hold your books with your hands
|
3.
|
[
"1.",
"2.",
"4.",
"5."
] |
[
"1. interesting",
"2. don't do any of the things mentioned above.",
"4. don't hold your head still",
"5. don't hold your books with your hands"
] |
5. don't hold your books with your hands
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
Perhaps you have been told about some habits which stop a person reading fast, and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have. Do you still have any of these bad habits7 Check yourself by answering "yes" or "no" to these questions: 1. Do you move your lips when reading silently? 2. Do you point to words with your finger as you read? 3. Do you move your head from side to side as you read? 4. Do you read one word at a time? If you answer "yes" to any of these questions, start at once to break the habit. If you move your lips, hold your fingers over them, or hold a piece of paper between your lips while you are reading. Then if your lips move, you will know it and can stop them. If you point to words, hold the two sides of your book, one side with your left hand, the other side with your right hand. Then you will not have a free finger to use in pointing while reading. If you move your head, place your chin in one hand, and hold your head still(,). If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time, you need to work very hard in learning to take in more words at each glance as your eyes travel across the lines of words. When you read, _
1. interesting
2. don't do any of the things mentioned above.
3. don't use your finger to point to words
4. don't hold your head still
5. don't hold your books with your hands
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Each child has his individual pattern of social, as well as physical, development. Some of it depends on his home life and his relationships with the people who love him. Children in large families learn how to get along with others through normal brother- sister play and tussles . An only child, on the other hand , may have to learn his lessons in social living through hard experiences on the playground or in the classroom. Twins who always have one another to lean on may be slow in responding to others because they do not need anyone else. A child who is constantly scolded and made to feel he does everything wrong may have a difficult time developing socially. He may be so afraid of displeasing the adults around him that he keeps to himself (where he can't get into trouble)or he may take the opposite route and go out of his way to create trouble. Like the deserted child, he too may return to infantile pleasures, developing habits that will satisfy him, but create barriers toward social contact. Where does the passage say the only child learns his social lessons?
|
[
"School and home",
"Home and playground",
"Classroom and playground",
"All of the above"
] | 2
|
high_school_psychology
|
d) Classroom and playground
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a) All of the above
b) School and home
c) was worried about herself
d) Classroom and playground
e) Home and playground
|
d)
|
[
"a)",
"b)",
"c)",
"e)"
] |
[
"a) All of the above",
"b) School and home",
"c) was worried about herself",
"e) Home and playground"
] |
b) School and home
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
Each child has his individual pattern of social, as well as physical, development. Some of it depends on his home life and his relationships with the people who love him. Children in large families learn how to get along with others through normal brother- sister play and tussles . An only child, on the other hand , may have to learn his lessons in social living through hard experiences on the playground or in the classroom. Twins who always have one another to lean on may be slow in responding to others because they do not need anyone else. A child who is constantly scolded and made to feel he does everything wrong may have a difficult time developing socially. He may be so afraid of displeasing the adults around him that he keeps to himself (where he can't get into trouble)or he may take the opposite route and go out of his way to create trouble. Like the deserted child, he too may return to infantile pleasures, developing habits that will satisfy him, but create barriers toward social contact. Where does the passage say the only child learns his social lessons?
a) All of the above
b) School and home
c) was worried about herself
d) Classroom and playground
e) Home and playground
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|
My name is Lily. I'm a junior high school student from Guangzhou. Last winter holiday, I visited Hong Kong for the first time with my mother and her workmates. Before we went through the entrance of the Customs and Excise Department (,CED), we had to wait for more than four hours there. All the passengers must show their permits to the workers at the CED one by one. So there were a large number of people waiting in lines at the entrance hall. It took us a long time to walk along the metal pipes which divided the big hall into many different parts. So the entrance hall looked like a huge puzzle. Everyone should finish walking through the puzzle if they wanted to pass the entrance. I waited patiently and walked slowly after others. I just could see the back of their heads. It was difficult for me to breathe because too many people were there. At last I passed it but I was too tired to say a word. Last month I visited Hong Kong again. But this time I didn't spend much time waiting at the entrance of the CED because I got an Electronic Exit Permit with an "Electronic Brain" in it. When I passed the port of Hong Kong, I just needed to use it to touch the button at the entrance. It can save much time for people. I plan to visit Hong Kong again sometime in the future. How long did it take Lily to go through the entrance of the CED for her first visit?
|
[
"Less than one hour.",
"About two hours.",
"About three hours.",
"More than four hours."
] | 3
|
miscellaneous
|
v. More than four hours.
|
i. Less than one hour.
ii. About three hours.
iii. learning English will no longer be a difficult task
iv. About two hours.
v. More than four hours.
|
v.
|
[
"i.",
"ii.",
"iii.",
"iv."
] |
[
"i. Less than one hour.",
"ii. About three hours.",
"iii. learning English will no longer be a difficult task",
"iv. About two hours."
] |
iv. About two hours.
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
My name is Lily. I'm a junior high school student from Guangzhou. Last winter holiday, I visited Hong Kong for the first time with my mother and her workmates. Before we went through the entrance of the Customs and Excise Department (,CED), we had to wait for more than four hours there. All the passengers must show their permits to the workers at the CED one by one. So there were a large number of people waiting in lines at the entrance hall. It took us a long time to walk along the metal pipes which divided the big hall into many different parts. So the entrance hall looked like a huge puzzle. Everyone should finish walking through the puzzle if they wanted to pass the entrance. I waited patiently and walked slowly after others. I just could see the back of their heads. It was difficult for me to breathe because too many people were there. At last I passed it but I was too tired to say a word. Last month I visited Hong Kong again. But this time I didn't spend much time waiting at the entrance of the CED because I got an Electronic Exit Permit with an "Electronic Brain" in it. When I passed the port of Hong Kong, I just needed to use it to touch the button at the entrance. It can save much time for people. I plan to visit Hong Kong again sometime in the future. How long did it take Lily to go through the entrance of the CED for her first visit?
i. Less than one hour.
ii. About three hours.
iii. learning English will no longer be a difficult task
iv. About two hours.
v. More than four hours.
|
|
When the famous dancer Fred was interviewed for a job by a Hollywood producer , the movie Expert turned him down, saying,"Can't sing. Can't act. Dances a little." Here's another stupid mistake. When the great scientist Albert Einstein was at school, his teachers considered him rather dull. And a final story, the famous Polish pianist Paderewski was told by a teacher that he'd never be a success as a performer because the middle finger on each hand was too short. What lessons can be drawn from these three experiences? First, true genius cann't be suppressed .For some reason or other it works its way out. Second, early judgments of a person's abilities may be unfair or just wrong. Third, when there is a real determination to succeed, obstacles fall by the wayside. The famous motto "ad astra per aspera" can be translated as " To the stars through hardships". Astaire, Einstein and Paderewski proved their critics wrong. When Paderewski's teacher told him he'd never be a success, the teacher was _ .
|
[
"Being humorous",
"Cheerful, though concerned",
"Somewhat hesitant",
"Seriously mistaken"
] | 3
|
miscellaneous
|
3) Seriously mistaken
|
1) Being humorous
2) Somewhat hesitant
3) Seriously mistaken
4) sympathetic
5) Cheerful, though concerned
|
3)
|
[
"1)",
"2)",
"4)",
"5)"
] |
[
"1) Being humorous",
"2) Somewhat hesitant",
"4) sympathetic",
"5) Cheerful, though concerned"
] |
5) Cheerful, though concerned
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
When the famous dancer Fred was interviewed for a job by a Hollywood producer , the movie Expert turned him down, saying,"Can't sing. Can't act. Dances a little." Here's another stupid mistake. When the great scientist Albert Einstein was at school, his teachers considered him rather dull. And a final story, the famous Polish pianist Paderewski was told by a teacher that he'd never be a success as a performer because the middle finger on each hand was too short. What lessons can be drawn from these three experiences? First, true genius cann't be suppressed .For some reason or other it works its way out. Second, early judgments of a person's abilities may be unfair or just wrong. Third, when there is a real determination to succeed, obstacles fall by the wayside. The famous motto "ad astra per aspera" can be translated as " To the stars through hardships". Astaire, Einstein and Paderewski proved their critics wrong. When Paderewski's teacher told him he'd never be a success, the teacher was _ .
1) Being humorous
2) Somewhat hesitant
3) Seriously mistaken
4) sympathetic
5) Cheerful, though concerned
|
|
A group of British schools are banning skirts after helplessly watching the fashion of "hemline _ creep" when girls roll up skirts to show more of their legs.Rising hemlines among girls in their midtolate teens have long been a headache for schools.Now,it seems,girls who are leaving homes with perfectly proper skirt lengths manage to transform their uniform into microminiskirts by the time they get to school. Some are so short that the headmaster of Tewksbury School in Gloucestershire said they are "almost like belts".Obviously,they have become a bit of a distraction for both boys and male teachers. Robert Kelly,headmaster of Berwickshire High School in Scotland,said short skirts could cause "inappropriate thoughts" among boys.And Hilary Winter,headmaster of Piggott School in Wargrave,Surrey,described short skirts as a "difficult distraction for members of staff ". In the town of Ipswich alone three schools have removed skirts from their approved uniform list.David Hutton,headmaster of Northgate High School,said,"Unfortunately,despite getting in touch with specific parents,sending some girls home to change,requiring others to wear a schoolowned skirt for the day and repeatedly asking others to unroll their skirts,we still had some girls coming to school in inappropriate skirts." "I have therefore introduced a trousersonly policy,which will enable my staff to focus their time and effort on providing students with the best education possible." Girls at Nailsea School near Bristol are used to a uniform ban.Two years ago,they were forbidden from wearing trousers made by the clothing brand Miss Sexy,which were reportedly too low on the hips and too tight."Staff were becoming embarrassed by seeing too much of the girls instead of the uniform,"headmaster David New said."They were very low, hipsterstyle,very tight trousers." Now they have been banned from wearing skirts. "We didn't want to waste any more time on it.It just means that teachers can concentrate on what's important in education,"New said. Megan Throp,a 15yearold student at Guiseley School in Leeds,facing a trousersonly policy,told the Yorkshire Evening Post newspaper,"Our rights and freedom of being young women have been taken away because we have been forced into wearing school trousers." However,students are likely to find another means of adjusting dress code ,as David New told the LA Times,"I suspect that,teenagers being teenagers,there will be a new uniform violation that becomes the habit,"he said."That was true when I was at school,and I'm sure it was true when my father was at school." What measure has Northgate High School taken to keep girls from wearing short skirts?
|
[
"Asking parents not to buy skirts for their daughters any more.",
"Keeping girls wearing inappropriate skirts out of school.",
"Reminding girls not to roll up their skirts again and again.",
"Permitting only a small number of girls to wear skirts at school."
] | 2
|
human_sexuality
|
3) Reminding girls not to roll up their skirts again and again.
|
1) I was scared and screamed in biology class because I hate butterflies.
2) Asking parents not to buy skirts for their daughters any more.
3) Reminding girls not to roll up their skirts again and again.
4) Permitting only a small number of girls to wear skirts at school.
5) Keeping girls wearing inappropriate skirts out of school.
|
3)
|
[
"1)",
"2)",
"4)",
"5)"
] |
[
"1) I was scared and screamed in biology class because I hate butterflies.",
"2) Asking parents not to buy skirts for their daughters any more.",
"4) Permitting only a small number of girls to wear skirts at school.",
"5) Keeping girls wearing inappropriate skirts out of school."
] |
4) Permitting only a small number of girls to wear skirts at school.
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
A group of British schools are banning skirts after helplessly watching the fashion of "hemline _ creep" when girls roll up skirts to show more of their legs.Rising hemlines among girls in their midtolate teens have long been a headache for schools.Now,it seems,girls who are leaving homes with perfectly proper skirt lengths manage to transform their uniform into microminiskirts by the time they get to school. Some are so short that the headmaster of Tewksbury School in Gloucestershire said they are "almost like belts".Obviously,they have become a bit of a distraction for both boys and male teachers. Robert Kelly,headmaster of Berwickshire High School in Scotland,said short skirts could cause "inappropriate thoughts" among boys.And Hilary Winter,headmaster of Piggott School in Wargrave,Surrey,described short skirts as a "difficult distraction for members of staff ". In the town of Ipswich alone three schools have removed skirts from their approved uniform list.David Hutton,headmaster of Northgate High School,said,"Unfortunately,despite getting in touch with specific parents,sending some girls home to change,requiring others to wear a schoolowned skirt for the day and repeatedly asking others to unroll their skirts,we still had some girls coming to school in inappropriate skirts." "I have therefore introduced a trousersonly policy,which will enable my staff to focus their time and effort on providing students with the best education possible." Girls at Nailsea School near Bristol are used to a uniform ban.Two years ago,they were forbidden from wearing trousers made by the clothing brand Miss Sexy,which were reportedly too low on the hips and too tight."Staff were becoming embarrassed by seeing too much of the girls instead of the uniform,"headmaster David New said."They were very low, hipsterstyle,very tight trousers." Now they have been banned from wearing skirts. "We didn't want to waste any more time on it.It just means that teachers can concentrate on what's important in education,"New said. Megan Throp,a 15yearold student at Guiseley School in Leeds,facing a trousersonly policy,told the Yorkshire Evening Post newspaper,"Our rights and freedom of being young women have been taken away because we have been forced into wearing school trousers." However,students are likely to find another means of adjusting dress code ,as David New told the LA Times,"I suspect that,teenagers being teenagers,there will be a new uniform violation that becomes the habit,"he said."That was true when I was at school,and I'm sure it was true when my father was at school." What measure has Northgate High School taken to keep girls from wearing short skirts?
1) I was scared and screamed in biology class because I hate butterflies.
2) Asking parents not to buy skirts for their daughters any more.
3) Reminding girls not to roll up their skirts again and again.
4) Permitting only a small number of girls to wear skirts at school.
5) Keeping girls wearing inappropriate skirts out of school.
|
|
The huge explosion in Tianjin is only a symptom of a much bigger problem plaguing China today ! Laws are often not enforced , or are enforced half-heartedly. The law clearly prohibits storage of dangerous goods and chemicals within a certain radius of residential areas, and there must be strict adherence to rules on storage and transportation, etc. The fact that this accident occurred so close to residential areas, resulting in devastating damage to homes and serious injuries to residents, shows that the law was not strictly enforced. Whoever approved the siting of that logistic plant in that particular area has a lot to answer for. Often, officials come to take action only after lives are lost. Another case in point is the unfortunate death of a young mother in the escalator accident in a shopping mall recently. Problems with elevators and escalators have been around for ages, and residents have made countless complaints, but to no avail. After the accident, city officials fan out all over the country checking on escalators for faults, and many escalators have been shut down for repairs. This kind of action is a kneejerk reaction to a serious disaster! There are many disasters waiting to happen. And all are due to weak or non-existent enforcement. For instance, it's well known that many residents add an extra floor to the roof-top of their apartment bocks, endangering the safety of the block, while others dig into their ground floor units to create an extra basement living area, hacking away concrete slabs and cutting steel bars which are the basic foundation of the building, seriously jeodardizing its safety. Neighbors complain, city officials come round and leave, saying they can't do anything as the owner wouldn't open his door for an inspection! They would often leave a note on the owner's door telling him to stop construction, but true to form, the owner just ignores it. This is the kind of enforcement we see so often in China. What is urgently needed in China is a complete overhaul of the enforcement practice, with every official held accountable for his failure to enforce the law strictly! Why wait till lives are lost before acting? How did the author develop the passage?
|
[
"Topic-Argument-Explanation.",
"Opinion-Discussion-Description.",
"Main idea-Comparison-Supporting examples.",
"Introduction-Supporting examples-Conclusion."
] | 3
|
security_studies
|
(C) Introduction-Supporting examples-Conclusion.
|
(A) Opinion-Discussion-Description.
(B) Main idea-Comparison-Supporting examples.
(C) Introduction-Supporting examples-Conclusion.
(D) native wetlands preservation
(E) Topic-Argument-Explanation.
|
(C)
|
[
"(A)",
"(B)",
"(D)",
"(E)"
] |
[
"(A) Opinion-Discussion-Description.",
"(B) Main idea-Comparison-Supporting examples.",
"(D) native wetlands preservation",
"(E) Topic-Argument-Explanation."
] |
(D) native wetlands preservation
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
The huge explosion in Tianjin is only a symptom of a much bigger problem plaguing China today ! Laws are often not enforced , or are enforced half-heartedly. The law clearly prohibits storage of dangerous goods and chemicals within a certain radius of residential areas, and there must be strict adherence to rules on storage and transportation, etc. The fact that this accident occurred so close to residential areas, resulting in devastating damage to homes and serious injuries to residents, shows that the law was not strictly enforced. Whoever approved the siting of that logistic plant in that particular area has a lot to answer for. Often, officials come to take action only after lives are lost. Another case in point is the unfortunate death of a young mother in the escalator accident in a shopping mall recently. Problems with elevators and escalators have been around for ages, and residents have made countless complaints, but to no avail. After the accident, city officials fan out all over the country checking on escalators for faults, and many escalators have been shut down for repairs. This kind of action is a kneejerk reaction to a serious disaster! There are many disasters waiting to happen. And all are due to weak or non-existent enforcement. For instance, it's well known that many residents add an extra floor to the roof-top of their apartment bocks, endangering the safety of the block, while others dig into their ground floor units to create an extra basement living area, hacking away concrete slabs and cutting steel bars which are the basic foundation of the building, seriously jeodardizing its safety. Neighbors complain, city officials come round and leave, saying they can't do anything as the owner wouldn't open his door for an inspection! They would often leave a note on the owner's door telling him to stop construction, but true to form, the owner just ignores it. This is the kind of enforcement we see so often in China. What is urgently needed in China is a complete overhaul of the enforcement practice, with every official held accountable for his failure to enforce the law strictly! Why wait till lives are lost before acting? How did the author develop the passage?
(A) Opinion-Discussion-Description.
(B) Main idea-Comparison-Supporting examples.
(C) Introduction-Supporting examples-Conclusion.
(D) native wetlands preservation
(E) Topic-Argument-Explanation.
|
|
Why is a healthy diet important?
|
[
"It maintains a constant body temperature.",
"It prevents damage to internal organs.",
"It makes oxygen for all the cells in the body.",
"It supplies the body’s needs for growth and energy."
] | 3
|
nutrition
|
IV. It supplies the body’s needs for growth and energy.
|
I. captain crunch
II. It maintains a constant body temperature.
III. It makes oxygen for all the cells in the body.
IV. It supplies the body’s needs for growth and energy.
V. It prevents damage to internal organs.
|
IV.
|
[
"I.",
"II.",
"III.",
"V."
] |
[
"I. captain crunch",
"II. It maintains a constant body temperature.",
"III. It makes oxygen for all the cells in the body.",
"V. It prevents damage to internal organs."
] |
I. captain crunch
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
Why is a healthy diet important?
I. captain crunch
II. It maintains a constant body temperature.
III. It makes oxygen for all the cells in the body.
IV. It supplies the body’s needs for growth and energy.
V. It prevents damage to internal organs.
|
|
British men are abandoning(,) their stiff (, )upper lips but still do not wear their hearts on their sleeves like Americans, a new survey showed. When it comes tostrong emotion, the onceseriousBritish are now happy to shed tears quite openly. "Thirty percent of all British males have cried in the last month. That is a very high figure," said Peter Marsh, director of the Social Issues Research Center which took the emotional temperature of Britain. "Only two percent said they could not remember when they last cried," the head of the independent research group said. Long gone is the "No Tears -- We're British" time when emotion was considered distinctly bad form. "In our survey of 2,000 people, very few people in their forties or fifties had seen their father cry. Now it is twice as many," he told reporters. "Seventy-seven percent of men considered crying in public increasingly acceptable." Almost half the British men opened the floodgatesover a sad movie, book or TV program. Self-pity got 17 percent crying. Nine percent cried at weddings. From the days of Empire, the British have always considered themselves models of reserve , laughing at "excitable foreigners" who show no self-control. Marsh argued the divide was still there: "We have probably not caught up with the Americans or the Italians when it comes to the actual display of emotions." "But we are clearly changing. What we take as typical British reserve has significantly faded " Women's battle for equal rights has certainly had an effect -- both in the workplace and at home. "Men in their twenties or thirties are interacting with women on equal terms much more than a generation ago. They have to relate to the opposite sex. Women become more man-like and men become more female. That transfers into the work place too," Marsh said. The British used to think crying in public _ .
|
[
"natural",
"sensible",
"unacceptable",
"important"
] | 2
|
sociology
|
3. unacceptable
|
1. sensible
2. Improved communications.
3. unacceptable
4. natural
5. important
|
3.
|
[
"1.",
"2.",
"4.",
"5."
] |
[
"1. sensible",
"2. Improved communications.",
"4. natural",
"5. important"
] |
5. important
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
British men are abandoning(,) their stiff (, )upper lips but still do not wear their hearts on their sleeves like Americans, a new survey showed. When it comes tostrong emotion, the onceseriousBritish are now happy to shed tears quite openly. "Thirty percent of all British males have cried in the last month. That is a very high figure," said Peter Marsh, director of the Social Issues Research Center which took the emotional temperature of Britain. "Only two percent said they could not remember when they last cried," the head of the independent research group said. Long gone is the "No Tears -- We're British" time when emotion was considered distinctly bad form. "In our survey of 2,000 people, very few people in their forties or fifties had seen their father cry. Now it is twice as many," he told reporters. "Seventy-seven percent of men considered crying in public increasingly acceptable." Almost half the British men opened the floodgatesover a sad movie, book or TV program. Self-pity got 17 percent crying. Nine percent cried at weddings. From the days of Empire, the British have always considered themselves models of reserve , laughing at "excitable foreigners" who show no self-control. Marsh argued the divide was still there: "We have probably not caught up with the Americans or the Italians when it comes to the actual display of emotions." "But we are clearly changing. What we take as typical British reserve has significantly faded " Women's battle for equal rights has certainly had an effect -- both in the workplace and at home. "Men in their twenties or thirties are interacting with women on equal terms much more than a generation ago. They have to relate to the opposite sex. Women become more man-like and men become more female. That transfers into the work place too," Marsh said. The British used to think crying in public _ .
1. sensible
2. Improved communications.
3. unacceptable
4. natural
5. important
|
|
Many animals hide to stay alive. They hide in many ways. Some animals hide in leaves; some animals hide in snow. Usually their colors or shapes help protect them. It's hard to see an Arctic bear in snow. Its white fur helps protect it. Chameleons can hide by changing colors. Their skin turns the same color as what is around them. Some chameleons can change colors in five minutes. Many animals try to look bigger than they are to stay alive. Some animals can make other animals think they are very big. If they look very big, animals that are looking for food will run away. Bears can walk on two legs. They look very, very scary. Some animals will run away from them. Many animals try to stay around other animals. This helps them stay alive. Zebras stay close together so that they can help each other look out of danger. Seeing many stripes at once can also confuse animals that want to eat them. Some birds stay in a circle, each toward a different direction. In this way they can also help each other stay alive by looking around for animals that many want to eat one of them. Why do animals hide ?
|
[
"Because they like to play hide-and-seek.",
"Because they are shy.",
"Because they want to catch other.",
"Because they want to protect themselves."
] | 3
|
college_biology
|
e. Because they want to protect themselves.
|
a. Because they like to play hide-and-seek.
b. Because they are shy.
c. Because they want to catch other.
d. pay extra dinner fees
e. Because they want to protect themselves.
|
e.
|
[
"a.",
"b.",
"c.",
"d."
] |
[
"a. Because they like to play hide-and-seek.",
"b. Because they are shy.",
"c. Because they want to catch other.",
"d. pay extra dinner fees"
] |
d. pay extra dinner fees
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
Many animals hide to stay alive. They hide in many ways. Some animals hide in leaves; some animals hide in snow. Usually their colors or shapes help protect them. It's hard to see an Arctic bear in snow. Its white fur helps protect it. Chameleons can hide by changing colors. Their skin turns the same color as what is around them. Some chameleons can change colors in five minutes. Many animals try to look bigger than they are to stay alive. Some animals can make other animals think they are very big. If they look very big, animals that are looking for food will run away. Bears can walk on two legs. They look very, very scary. Some animals will run away from them. Many animals try to stay around other animals. This helps them stay alive. Zebras stay close together so that they can help each other look out of danger. Seeing many stripes at once can also confuse animals that want to eat them. Some birds stay in a circle, each toward a different direction. In this way they can also help each other stay alive by looking around for animals that many want to eat one of them. Why do animals hide ?
a. Because they like to play hide-and-seek.
b. Because they are shy.
c. Because they want to catch other.
d. pay extra dinner fees
e. Because they want to protect themselves.
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Franklin's ships had everything they needed . They had enough food in tins for three years and thousands of litres of lemon juice to stop disease. They also had two libraries with 3,000 books , excellent maps , scientific instruments , musical instruments and a new invention: a camera. Franklin and his men left Engand on May 19th , 1845 and they sailed without problems across the Atlantic towards Canada . When Franklin arrived at Baffin Bay in July 1845, things were going very well for the expedition . On July 26th , some sailors saw Franklin's ships when they were entering the bay . That was the last time that anyone saw Franklin and his men alive . The British government became very worried when they heard nothing from Framklin . They sent expeditions to 1ook for him , but the expeditions all returned without any news . The government offered PS20,000 to anybody who could help Franklin or anybody who had information about Frailklin . Nobody came with information . Then, in August 1850 some sailors found the first signs of the Franklin Expedition while they were searching on Devon Island: some old food tins , some papers , and , something very strange , the graves of three men . The men all died in January 1846 while Franklin was waiting in Baffin Bay for the ice to melt . But why did they die? The three men were all young and three deaths in the first months of the expedition were very strange . What happened to them ? And where were the ships and all the other sailors? The mystery of the Franklin Expedition was growing stronger... Franklin's ship was last seen by some sailors when_.
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[
"reaching in Atlantic on May 19th , 1845",
"entering a bay on July 19th , 1846",
"arriving at Baffin Bay in July 1845",
"coming into Baffin Bay on July 26th , 1845"
] | 3
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high_school_world_history
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e. coming into Baffin Bay on July 26th , 1845
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a. arriving at Baffin Bay in July 1845
b. reaching in Atlantic on May 19th , 1845
c. entering a bay on July 19th , 1846
d. A short statement of the main points of the latest news in China Daily.
e. coming into Baffin Bay on July 26th , 1845
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e.
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[
"a.",
"b.",
"c.",
"d."
] |
[
"a. arriving at Baffin Bay in July 1845",
"b. reaching in Atlantic on May 19th , 1845",
"c. entering a bay on July 19th , 1846",
"d. A short statement of the main points of the latest news in China Daily."
] |
a. arriving at Baffin Bay in July 1845
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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Franklin's ships had everything they needed . They had enough food in tins for three years and thousands of litres of lemon juice to stop disease. They also had two libraries with 3,000 books , excellent maps , scientific instruments , musical instruments and a new invention: a camera. Franklin and his men left Engand on May 19th , 1845 and they sailed without problems across the Atlantic towards Canada . When Franklin arrived at Baffin Bay in July 1845, things were going very well for the expedition . On July 26th , some sailors saw Franklin's ships when they were entering the bay . That was the last time that anyone saw Franklin and his men alive . The British government became very worried when they heard nothing from Framklin . They sent expeditions to 1ook for him , but the expeditions all returned without any news . The government offered PS20,000 to anybody who could help Franklin or anybody who had information about Frailklin . Nobody came with information . Then, in August 1850 some sailors found the first signs of the Franklin Expedition while they were searching on Devon Island: some old food tins , some papers , and , something very strange , the graves of three men . The men all died in January 1846 while Franklin was waiting in Baffin Bay for the ice to melt . But why did they die? The three men were all young and three deaths in the first months of the expedition were very strange . What happened to them ? And where were the ships and all the other sailors? The mystery of the Franklin Expedition was growing stronger... Franklin's ship was last seen by some sailors when_.
a. arriving at Baffin Bay in July 1845
b. reaching in Atlantic on May 19th , 1845
c. entering a bay on July 19th , 1846
d. A short statement of the main points of the latest news in China Daily.
e. coming into Baffin Bay on July 26th , 1845
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What is most easily shown by a line graph?
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[
"the quantity of carp in a pond",
"the thoughts in a person's mind",
"the amount of nothingness in the universe",
"the number of gods in the universe"
] | 0
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high_school_statistics
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B) the quantity of carp in a pond
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A) the number of gods in the universe
B) the quantity of carp in a pond
C) the thoughts in a person's mind
D) identical twins research
E) the amount of nothingness in the universe
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B)
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[
"A)",
"C)",
"D)",
"E)"
] |
[
"A) the number of gods in the universe",
"C) the thoughts in a person's mind",
"D) identical twins research",
"E) the amount of nothingness in the universe"
] |
A) the number of gods in the universe
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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What is most easily shown by a line graph?
A) the number of gods in the universe
B) the quantity of carp in a pond
C) the thoughts in a person's mind
D) identical twins research
E) the amount of nothingness in the universe
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For the first time in Singapore, it's snowing. Visitors to Singapore will be amazed by the technology that brings winter to you on this tropical island. All visitors can have cool winter fun in Snow City, Singapore's first indoor snow center. Visitors can see and touch snow falling. Of course, it's more than just touching and feeling snow. You can enjoy exciting snow rides or skiing on snowboard. You can also build your own real snowman and have snowball fights filled with fun and learn about life in cold climates. Snow City is about family-based fun and is suitable for all ages. Join us and step into Snow City today. How to get there: 21Jurong Town Hall Road, Snow City Building, Singapore 609433 Tel: 63371511 Bus services: No. 66, No. 178, No.198 Price: Adults: $18; Children: $12 Opening Hours: Tuesday--Sunday: 10:30 am--6:30 pm Notice: No phone booking. For updated information, please visit our website www.snowcity.com.sg. Snow City is _ .
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[
"just a small city in Singapore",
"a place where people can go surfing",
"Singapore's first indoor snow center",
"a place where the weather is cold"
] | 2
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miscellaneous
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IV. Singapore's first indoor snow center
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I. just a small city in Singapore
II. a place where the weather is cold
III. at 3pm
IV. Singapore's first indoor snow center
V. a place where people can go surfing
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IV.
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[
"I.",
"II.",
"III.",
"V."
] |
[
"I. just a small city in Singapore",
"II. a place where the weather is cold",
"III. at 3pm",
"V. a place where people can go surfing"
] |
V. a place where people can go surfing
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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For the first time in Singapore, it's snowing. Visitors to Singapore will be amazed by the technology that brings winter to you on this tropical island. All visitors can have cool winter fun in Snow City, Singapore's first indoor snow center. Visitors can see and touch snow falling. Of course, it's more than just touching and feeling snow. You can enjoy exciting snow rides or skiing on snowboard. You can also build your own real snowman and have snowball fights filled with fun and learn about life in cold climates. Snow City is about family-based fun and is suitable for all ages. Join us and step into Snow City today. How to get there: 21Jurong Town Hall Road, Snow City Building, Singapore 609433 Tel: 63371511 Bus services: No. 66, No. 178, No.198 Price: Adults: $18; Children: $12 Opening Hours: Tuesday--Sunday: 10:30 am--6:30 pm Notice: No phone booking. For updated information, please visit our website www.snowcity.com.sg. Snow City is _ .
I. just a small city in Singapore
II. a place where the weather is cold
III. at 3pm
IV. Singapore's first indoor snow center
V. a place where people can go surfing
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Which scientist is best known for studying plants and animals?
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[
"Isaac Newton",
"Albert Einstein",
"Charles Darwin",
"Nicolaus Copernicus"
] | 2
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college_biology
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(4) Charles Darwin
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(1) Nicolaus Copernicus
(2) Isaac Newton
(3) spend 5 hours working on the clay
(4) Charles Darwin
(5) Albert Einstein
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(4)
|
[
"(1)",
"(2)",
"(3)",
"(5)"
] |
[
"(1) Nicolaus Copernicus",
"(2) Isaac Newton",
"(3) spend 5 hours working on the clay",
"(5) Albert Einstein"
] |
(2) Isaac Newton
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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Which scientist is best known for studying plants and animals?
(1) Nicolaus Copernicus
(2) Isaac Newton
(3) spend 5 hours working on the clay
(4) Charles Darwin
(5) Albert Einstein
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A great-grandfather has put up his Christmas tree for the 85thtime after his father first bought it from a toy shop. Douglas Hewitt, 85, has celebrated every Christmas with the artificial tree since he was born. His father bought the tree from a toy shop in Sheffield just months after Douglas was born. The four-foot tree remains the centre point of the Hewitt family household during every festive season. Mr. Hewitt, of South Anston, South Yorkshire, said, "It reminds us of my childhood, our children's childhood and our grandchildren and great-grandchildren's after that. They all come and look at it and smile; it's become part of the furniture. If we didn't put that Christmas tree up, it wouldn't feel like Christmas." The tree was passed down to Mr. Hewitt when he married Mavis. Mrs. Hewitt said, "Year after year we have just carried on using that one. You have to be a bit more careful with it now, as it's _ ." Their daughter, June Murphy, also has fond memories of the Christmas tree. She said, "It was in my grandparents' home and then it was given to us. It looks a little thin now, as each time you get it out something else falls off. It's become a bit of a family joke. Each year someone has to comment 'not again!' But it's a Christmas tradition of getting the tree out that we all love. We'd all be sad to see it go, as I think it would be hard to find such a loved replacement." Mr. Hewitt said, "There were a lot more branches on it, and it's lost its feathers that were all along the edge. There were little candle holders on the ends and little legs on it, but unfortunately they've been lost over the years." Where did Douglas Hewitt get the Christmas tree?
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[
"He got it from his father.",
"He bought it from a toy shop.",
"He made it by himself.",
"He cut it down in a forest."
] | 0
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miscellaneous
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3) He got it from his father.
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1) He made it by himself.
2) He bought it from a toy shop.
3) He got it from his father.
4) British people
5) He cut it down in a forest.
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3)
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[
"1)",
"2)",
"4)",
"5)"
] |
[
"1) He made it by himself.",
"2) He bought it from a toy shop.",
"4) British people",
"5) He cut it down in a forest."
] |
1) He made it by himself.
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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A great-grandfather has put up his Christmas tree for the 85thtime after his father first bought it from a toy shop. Douglas Hewitt, 85, has celebrated every Christmas with the artificial tree since he was born. His father bought the tree from a toy shop in Sheffield just months after Douglas was born. The four-foot tree remains the centre point of the Hewitt family household during every festive season. Mr. Hewitt, of South Anston, South Yorkshire, said, "It reminds us of my childhood, our children's childhood and our grandchildren and great-grandchildren's after that. They all come and look at it and smile; it's become part of the furniture. If we didn't put that Christmas tree up, it wouldn't feel like Christmas." The tree was passed down to Mr. Hewitt when he married Mavis. Mrs. Hewitt said, "Year after year we have just carried on using that one. You have to be a bit more careful with it now, as it's _ ." Their daughter, June Murphy, also has fond memories of the Christmas tree. She said, "It was in my grandparents' home and then it was given to us. It looks a little thin now, as each time you get it out something else falls off. It's become a bit of a family joke. Each year someone has to comment 'not again!' But it's a Christmas tradition of getting the tree out that we all love. We'd all be sad to see it go, as I think it would be hard to find such a loved replacement." Mr. Hewitt said, "There were a lot more branches on it, and it's lost its feathers that were all along the edge. There were little candle holders on the ends and little legs on it, but unfortunately they've been lost over the years." Where did Douglas Hewitt get the Christmas tree?
1) He made it by himself.
2) He bought it from a toy shop.
3) He got it from his father.
4) British people
5) He cut it down in a forest.
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Splitting and fusing billions of atoms at the same location in space produces
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[
"darkness",
"frigged rain",
"illumination",
"groceries"
] | 2
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college_physics
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1) illumination
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1) illumination
2) darkness
3) The sea was calm before eleven o'clock that night.
4) frigged rain
5) groceries
|
1)
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[
"2)",
"3)",
"4)",
"5)"
] |
[
"2) darkness",
"3) The sea was calm before eleven o'clock that night.",
"4) frigged rain",
"5) groceries"
] |
2) darkness
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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Splitting and fusing billions of atoms at the same location in space produces
1) illumination
2) darkness
3) The sea was calm before eleven o'clock that night.
4) frigged rain
5) groceries
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A farmer had some puppies to sell. He painted a sign advertising them on the edge of his yard. One day, a little boy came to buy one of the puppies. With a whistle , the farmer called, "Here, Dolly!" Out from the doghouse ran Dolly followed by _ . The little boy stood against the fence . His eyes danced with happiness. As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else inside the doghouse. Slowly another little ball appeared, something wrong with its legs, doing its best to catch up. "I want that one," the little boy said. The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said, "Son, you don't want that puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would." With that, the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down and began rolling up one leg of his trousers. In doing so, he showed a steel brace running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a specially made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, "You see, sir, I don't run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands." Which of the following words best describes the boy?
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[
"clever",
"lovely",
"warm-hearted",
"strange"
] | 2
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miscellaneous
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(5) warm-hearted
|
(1) lovely
(2) strange
(3) clever
(4) Ming Dynasty in China.
(5) warm-hearted
|
(5)
|
[
"(1)",
"(2)",
"(3)",
"(4)"
] |
[
"(1) lovely",
"(2) strange",
"(3) clever",
"(4) Ming Dynasty in China."
] |
(1) lovely
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
A farmer had some puppies to sell. He painted a sign advertising them on the edge of his yard. One day, a little boy came to buy one of the puppies. With a whistle , the farmer called, "Here, Dolly!" Out from the doghouse ran Dolly followed by _ . The little boy stood against the fence . His eyes danced with happiness. As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else inside the doghouse. Slowly another little ball appeared, something wrong with its legs, doing its best to catch up. "I want that one," the little boy said. The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said, "Son, you don't want that puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would." With that, the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down and began rolling up one leg of his trousers. In doing so, he showed a steel brace running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a specially made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, "You see, sir, I don't run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands." Which of the following words best describes the boy?
(1) lovely
(2) strange
(3) clever
(4) Ming Dynasty in China.
(5) warm-hearted
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There was a pilot and four people in a small plane.Suddenly there was something wrong with the machine while it was flying in the air. The smoke was everywhere in the plane.The pilot told the people there were only four parachutes .They all became worried and started to make excuses . "I must go and mend the machine,"said the pilot , taking one of the parachutes.There was nothing he could do so he jumped out. The first person stood up. "I'm a doctor,"he said. "I help people live longer and I save lives"He also took a parachute and jumped out. The next person said , "I must have a parachute.I'm a very clever person.I have to attend an important sports match.I know I'll win the game because I'll be the cleverest person there."He picked up a pack and jumped out. Two men were left--- an old businessman and a young mountain climber .By this time the plane was going down fast.The businessman said, "Young man,I'm old but you're still young ,You take the last parachute."The yougng mountain climber smiled , "Don't worry."he said, "We can both jump to safety because there are still two parachutes.Just now the clever person jumped out with my backpack." .The clever man jumped out with _ .
|
[
"a parachute",
"nothing",
"the pack of the climber's",
"the businessman"
] | 2
|
miscellaneous
|
iii. the pack of the climber's
|
i. nothing
ii. a parachute
iii. the pack of the climber's
iv. the businessman
v. Because they are afraid that the action is not practical.
|
iii.
|
[
"i.",
"ii.",
"iv.",
"v."
] |
[
"i. nothing",
"ii. a parachute",
"iv. the businessman",
"v. Because they are afraid that the action is not practical."
] |
ii. a parachute
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
There was a pilot and four people in a small plane.Suddenly there was something wrong with the machine while it was flying in the air. The smoke was everywhere in the plane.The pilot told the people there were only four parachutes .They all became worried and started to make excuses . "I must go and mend the machine,"said the pilot , taking one of the parachutes.There was nothing he could do so he jumped out. The first person stood up. "I'm a doctor,"he said. "I help people live longer and I save lives"He also took a parachute and jumped out. The next person said , "I must have a parachute.I'm a very clever person.I have to attend an important sports match.I know I'll win the game because I'll be the cleverest person there."He picked up a pack and jumped out. Two men were left--- an old businessman and a young mountain climber .By this time the plane was going down fast.The businessman said, "Young man,I'm old but you're still young ,You take the last parachute."The yougng mountain climber smiled , "Don't worry."he said, "We can both jump to safety because there are still two parachutes.Just now the clever person jumped out with my backpack." .The clever man jumped out with _ .
i. nothing
ii. a parachute
iii. the pack of the climber's
iv. the businessman
v. Because they are afraid that the action is not practical.
|
|
Read More & Spend Less We have more than 7 million used books for sale, from the earliest board books to the all-time classics. If you like what we have to offer, Tell-a-Friend and we'll give you more reasons to read! Any member of our website who invites friends and family to try our books using the "Tell-a-Friend" program will see a 20% discount when that friend places their first order within 14 days. Start exploring and save big on all your favorites. Here we list some of our books that are heavily discounted. Giraffes Can't Dance By Giles Andreae This book has been pleasing children for over 15 years. Gerald the tall giraffe would love to join in with the other animals at the Jungle Dance, but everyone knows that giraffes can't dance... or can they? 2004, Paperback ISBN:9780439539470 From $0.99 Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids By Rob Elliott With over 700,000 copies sold, this book will have children rolling on the floor with laughter. A great gift idea for any child. 2010, Paperback ISBN: 9780800788032 From $0.89 Love You Forever By Robert Munsch With simple text and pictures,Love You Foreveris a book to be shared--a story about love that children will carry with them throughout their lives. 1995, Hardback ISBN;9780099266891 FromY=1.98 How to Win Friends & Influence People By Dale Carnegie As the most famous confidence-building book ever published , this classic book will turn your relationships around and improve your relationships with everyone in your life. 2013, Paperback ISBN: 9788087888223 From $0.99 The "Tell-a-Friend" program encourages people to _ .
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[
"take pleasure in reading with their friends.",
"help a friend form the habit of reading.",
"share the website with others",
"read more but spend less"
] | 2
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miscellaneous
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A. share the website with others
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A. share the website with others
B. help a friend form the habit of reading.
C. read more but spend less
D. Indonesia Islands
E. take pleasure in reading with their friends.
|
A.
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[
"B.",
"C.",
"D.",
"E."
] |
[
"B. help a friend form the habit of reading.",
"C. read more but spend less",
"D. Indonesia Islands",
"E. take pleasure in reading with their friends."
] |
B. help a friend form the habit of reading.
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
Read More & Spend Less We have more than 7 million used books for sale, from the earliest board books to the all-time classics. If you like what we have to offer, Tell-a-Friend and we'll give you more reasons to read! Any member of our website who invites friends and family to try our books using the "Tell-a-Friend" program will see a 20% discount when that friend places their first order within 14 days. Start exploring and save big on all your favorites. Here we list some of our books that are heavily discounted. Giraffes Can't Dance By Giles Andreae This book has been pleasing children for over 15 years. Gerald the tall giraffe would love to join in with the other animals at the Jungle Dance, but everyone knows that giraffes can't dance... or can they? 2004, Paperback ISBN:9780439539470 From $0.99 Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids By Rob Elliott With over 700,000 copies sold, this book will have children rolling on the floor with laughter. A great gift idea for any child. 2010, Paperback ISBN: 9780800788032 From $0.89 Love You Forever By Robert Munsch With simple text and pictures,Love You Foreveris a book to be shared--a story about love that children will carry with them throughout their lives. 1995, Hardback ISBN;9780099266891 FromY=1.98 How to Win Friends & Influence People By Dale Carnegie As the most famous confidence-building book ever published , this classic book will turn your relationships around and improve your relationships with everyone in your life. 2013, Paperback ISBN: 9788087888223 From $0.99 The "Tell-a-Friend" program encourages people to _ .
A. share the website with others
B. help a friend form the habit of reading.
C. read more but spend less
D. Indonesia Islands
E. take pleasure in reading with their friends.
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While I was waiting to enter university,I saw advertised in a local newspaper a teaching post at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short of money, I applied. Three days later, a letter arrived, asking me to go to Croydon for an interview. It proved a tiring journey: a train to Croydon station; a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at least fifteen minutes. It was clearly the headmaster himself that opened the door. He was short and fat, with a grey-color1ed moustache,a deeply lined face and hardly any hair. He looked at me with surprised disapproval. Then he said. "You'd better come inside." Leading me into his study, he started to ask me a number of questions: what subjects I had taken in my General School Certificate;how old I was; what games I played; whether I thought games were an important part of a boy's education, etc. I said something about not attaching too much importance to them. We obviously had very little in common. The teaching arrangement filled me with fear. I was to divide the class of twenty-four boys, aged from seven to thirteen, into three groups and teach them all subjects--including art, football, cricket and so on--in turn at three different levels. Actually, I was depressed at the thought of teaching algebra and geometry--two subjects in which I had been rather weak at school. I said shyly, "What would my salary be?" "Twelve pounds a week plus lunch." Before I could speak, he got to his feet. "Now," he said, "you'd better meet my wife. She's the one who really runs this school." This was the last thing I could hear. I was young. How could my dignity allow me to work under an old woman? Why did the writer apply for a job?
|
[
"Because he wanted to earn some money.",
"Because his parents wanted him to do so.",
"Because he wanted to experience a different life.",
"Because his parents urged him to gain some experience."
] | 0
|
miscellaneous
|
(e) Because he wanted to earn some money.
|
(a) Because he wanted to experience a different life.
(b) Because his parents urged him to gain some experience.
(c) Because his parents wanted him to do so.
(d) saw the runner running towards to him
(e) Because he wanted to earn some money.
|
(e)
|
[
"(a)",
"(b)",
"(c)",
"(d)"
] |
[
"(a) Because he wanted to experience a different life.",
"(b) Because his parents urged him to gain some experience.",
"(c) Because his parents wanted him to do so.",
"(d) saw the runner running towards to him"
] |
(c) Because his parents wanted him to do so.
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
While I was waiting to enter university,I saw advertised in a local newspaper a teaching post at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short of money, I applied. Three days later, a letter arrived, asking me to go to Croydon for an interview. It proved a tiring journey: a train to Croydon station; a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at least fifteen minutes. It was clearly the headmaster himself that opened the door. He was short and fat, with a grey-color1ed moustache,a deeply lined face and hardly any hair. He looked at me with surprised disapproval. Then he said. "You'd better come inside." Leading me into his study, he started to ask me a number of questions: what subjects I had taken in my General School Certificate;how old I was; what games I played; whether I thought games were an important part of a boy's education, etc. I said something about not attaching too much importance to them. We obviously had very little in common. The teaching arrangement filled me with fear. I was to divide the class of twenty-four boys, aged from seven to thirteen, into three groups and teach them all subjects--including art, football, cricket and so on--in turn at three different levels. Actually, I was depressed at the thought of teaching algebra and geometry--two subjects in which I had been rather weak at school. I said shyly, "What would my salary be?" "Twelve pounds a week plus lunch." Before I could speak, he got to his feet. "Now," he said, "you'd better meet my wife. She's the one who really runs this school." This was the last thing I could hear. I was young. How could my dignity allow me to work under an old woman? Why did the writer apply for a job?
(a) Because he wanted to experience a different life.
(b) Because his parents urged him to gain some experience.
(c) Because his parents wanted him to do so.
(d) saw the runner running towards to him
(e) Because he wanted to earn some money.
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For the business traveler who is all about efficiency: Check out these hotels that will get you in and out with a minimum of trouble. When you are pressed for time on a business trip, nothing can _ you more than a slow hotel check-in process. On your next trip, try these hotels that offer a speedier check-in process. 1. Yotel New York The self-service kiosks at this high-tech New York hotel work just like the ones you'd see at an airport. There are just five-steps to register and obtain your card key. There is even a robotic luggage bellboy. You tap in the number of bags you are carrying and sizes, then wait for a robot arm to swing down and store your luggage in a locker (say, for a day trip). This also speeds up the check-in process if the first thing you need to do, like me, is head to a series of meetings. 2. Marriott Detroit Airport Another option for business travelers in a hurry: Marriott is rolling out its mobile check-in app to 325 hotels this year, including the Marriott Detroit Airport hotel. (I've tested the app itself but not for a real visit quite yet.) Here is the basic idea: you download the iphone or Android app. The night before, you can "check-in" virtually. When you arrive, you get an alert that the room is ready and your key, which is already tied to your reservation, is waiting for you at the desk. 3. Hyatt Regency Minneapolis I happened to stay at this hotel recently and liked how fast the kiosk check-in works. Like the Yotel, the kiosk asks you to insert your credit card, similar to an airport terminal. The whole process took about three minutes, when I left, I was equally impressed with the fast check-out. An agent meets you in the lobby with an ipad and asks for an email to use for a receipt. The big advantage: you never have to wait in line. 4. Radisson: LaCrosse The Radisson is trying to make the kiosk process even faster, at a few select hotels like the Radisson Lacrosse in Wisconsin, you use a mobile app to register and then receive a barcode by email or text. When you get the kiosk, you scan the barcode to get your key without any other steps required. It's super fast. You can find this new check-in system at the Radisson hotels in Salt Lake City, Seattle, and Phoenix as well. Which hotel will send you a receipt by email?
|
[
"Yotel New York.",
"Marriott Detroit Airport.",
"Radisson: LaCrosse.",
"Hyatt Regency Minneapolis."
] | 3
|
management
|
II. Hyatt Regency Minneapolis.
|
I. Radisson: LaCrosse.
II. Hyatt Regency Minneapolis.
III. Marriott Detroit Airport.
IV. by bus
V. Yotel New York.
|
II.
|
[
"I.",
"III.",
"IV.",
"V."
] |
[
"I. Radisson: LaCrosse.",
"III. Marriott Detroit Airport.",
"IV. by bus",
"V. Yotel New York."
] |
III. Marriott Detroit Airport.
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
For the business traveler who is all about efficiency: Check out these hotels that will get you in and out with a minimum of trouble. When you are pressed for time on a business trip, nothing can _ you more than a slow hotel check-in process. On your next trip, try these hotels that offer a speedier check-in process. 1. Yotel New York The self-service kiosks at this high-tech New York hotel work just like the ones you'd see at an airport. There are just five-steps to register and obtain your card key. There is even a robotic luggage bellboy. You tap in the number of bags you are carrying and sizes, then wait for a robot arm to swing down and store your luggage in a locker (say, for a day trip). This also speeds up the check-in process if the first thing you need to do, like me, is head to a series of meetings. 2. Marriott Detroit Airport Another option for business travelers in a hurry: Marriott is rolling out its mobile check-in app to 325 hotels this year, including the Marriott Detroit Airport hotel. (I've tested the app itself but not for a real visit quite yet.) Here is the basic idea: you download the iphone or Android app. The night before, you can "check-in" virtually. When you arrive, you get an alert that the room is ready and your key, which is already tied to your reservation, is waiting for you at the desk. 3. Hyatt Regency Minneapolis I happened to stay at this hotel recently and liked how fast the kiosk check-in works. Like the Yotel, the kiosk asks you to insert your credit card, similar to an airport terminal. The whole process took about three minutes, when I left, I was equally impressed with the fast check-out. An agent meets you in the lobby with an ipad and asks for an email to use for a receipt. The big advantage: you never have to wait in line. 4. Radisson: LaCrosse The Radisson is trying to make the kiosk process even faster, at a few select hotels like the Radisson Lacrosse in Wisconsin, you use a mobile app to register and then receive a barcode by email or text. When you get the kiosk, you scan the barcode to get your key without any other steps required. It's super fast. You can find this new check-in system at the Radisson hotels in Salt Lake City, Seattle, and Phoenix as well. Which hotel will send you a receipt by email?
I. Radisson: LaCrosse.
II. Hyatt Regency Minneapolis.
III. Marriott Detroit Airport.
IV. by bus
V. Yotel New York.
|
|
If a tree falls then it is what?
|
[
"alive",
"expired",
"lush",
"growing"
] | 1
|
logical_fallacies
|
[3] expired
|
[1] alive
[2] Comfort and personalities make perfect.
[3] expired
[4] growing
[5] lush
|
[3]
|
[
"[1]",
"[2]",
"[4]",
"[5]"
] |
[
"[1] alive",
"[2] Comfort and personalities make perfect.",
"[4] growing",
"[5] lush"
] |
[2] Comfort and personalities make perfect.
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
If a tree falls then it is what?
[1] alive
[2] Comfort and personalities make perfect.
[3] expired
[4] growing
[5] lush
|
|
SALT LAKE CITY, March 1, 2010 --- Like silkworm moths , butterflies and spiders, caddisfly larvae spin silk, but they do so underwater instead of on dry land. Now, University of Utah researchers have discovered why the fly's silk is sticky when wet and how that may make it valuable as an adhesive tape during an operation. "Silk from caddisfly larvae may be useful some day as a medical adhesive for sticking wet tissues," says Russell Stewart, an associate professor of bioengineering and principal author of a new study of the fly silk's chemical and structural properties. "I picture it as sort of a wet Band-Aid, maybe used inside in operations --- like using a piece of tape to close a cut," he adds. "Gluing things together underwater is not easy. Have you ever tried to put a Band-Aid on in the shower? This insect has been doing this for 150 million to 200 million years." There are thousands of caddisfly species worldwide. Some species spend their larval stages developing underwater, and build an inch-long, tube-shaped case or shelter around themselves using sticky silk and grains of rock or sand. Other species use silk, small sticks and pieces of leaves. Each larva has a head and four legs that stick out from the tube.The larval case gets wider as the larva grows.A caddisfly larva eventually pupates as it develops into an adult fly and then hatches. Caddisflies now live around the world in waters ranging from fast streams to quiet low lying wet land. The caddisflies'adaptation to diverse habitats is largely due to the inventive use by their larva of underwater silk to build complex structures for protection and food gathering. Caddisflies fall into two groups. Some build their case and then drag it along with them underwater as they search for food. Some build a shelter glued to a rock,with a silk net to catch passing food. According to Russel Stewart, caddisfly larvae _ .
|
[
"can spin silk underwater or on dry land",
"are worth researching",
"are quite different from butterflies and spiders",
"have been widely used in the medical field"
] | 1
|
college_biology
|
v. are worth researching
|
i. can spin silk underwater or on dry land
ii. are quite different from butterflies and spiders
iii. have been widely used in the medical field
iv. To cooperate with the reporter.
v. are worth researching
|
v.
|
[
"i.",
"ii.",
"iii.",
"iv."
] |
[
"i. can spin silk underwater or on dry land",
"ii. are quite different from butterflies and spiders",
"iii. have been widely used in the medical field",
"iv. To cooperate with the reporter."
] |
ii. are quite different from butterflies and spiders
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
SALT LAKE CITY, March 1, 2010 --- Like silkworm moths , butterflies and spiders, caddisfly larvae spin silk, but they do so underwater instead of on dry land. Now, University of Utah researchers have discovered why the fly's silk is sticky when wet and how that may make it valuable as an adhesive tape during an operation. "Silk from caddisfly larvae may be useful some day as a medical adhesive for sticking wet tissues," says Russell Stewart, an associate professor of bioengineering and principal author of a new study of the fly silk's chemical and structural properties. "I picture it as sort of a wet Band-Aid, maybe used inside in operations --- like using a piece of tape to close a cut," he adds. "Gluing things together underwater is not easy. Have you ever tried to put a Band-Aid on in the shower? This insect has been doing this for 150 million to 200 million years." There are thousands of caddisfly species worldwide. Some species spend their larval stages developing underwater, and build an inch-long, tube-shaped case or shelter around themselves using sticky silk and grains of rock or sand. Other species use silk, small sticks and pieces of leaves. Each larva has a head and four legs that stick out from the tube.The larval case gets wider as the larva grows.A caddisfly larva eventually pupates as it develops into an adult fly and then hatches. Caddisflies now live around the world in waters ranging from fast streams to quiet low lying wet land. The caddisflies'adaptation to diverse habitats is largely due to the inventive use by their larva of underwater silk to build complex structures for protection and food gathering. Caddisflies fall into two groups. Some build their case and then drag it along with them underwater as they search for food. Some build a shelter glued to a rock,with a silk net to catch passing food. According to Russel Stewart, caddisfly larvae _ .
i. can spin silk underwater or on dry land
ii. are quite different from butterflies and spiders
iii. have been widely used in the medical field
iv. To cooperate with the reporter.
v. are worth researching
|
|
Learn to Communicate with Others Talking to Teachers--Teachers are just people behind the desk, living breathing human beings. And they will probably be friendly to people who talk nicely to them. Teachers also seem to get along better with children who take schoolwork seriously and prepare for class. And, just like any other human being, teachers like to be appreciated. The next time your teacher helps you solve a math problem or figure out a science project, say thank you with a smile. Talking to Parents--Parents can be very supportive if their children ask for help. If you think there's something your parents can do to help you feel more comfortable around people, then ask them. Very often, parents want very much to help, but really don't know what to do. Pick a quiet time of the day and ask to talk. Tell them how you feel. Maybe they had the same trouble when they were kids. Talking to Strangers--This is always a tough one. How do you deal with a neighbor, or the mail carrier? That often seems to cause arguments between kids and parents. The answer to these questions will vary from kid to kid, from parent to parent because all cultures are different. Some folks live in small towns where a hello to everyone is ok. Then there are kids who live in the city who may have been taught not to speak to anyone they don't know. If you're having trouble with this and always feel awkward in these kinds of situations, you might want to talk to your parents or a teacher about it. Which is the best way to talk to strangers according to the passage?
|
[
"Say hello to everyone you meet.",
"Do not talk to anyone you don't know.",
"Do as what your parents taught you.",
"It's hard to say because cultures are different."
] | 3
|
high_school_psychology
|
(2) It's hard to say because cultures are different.
|
(1) Do not talk to anyone you don't know.
(2) It's hard to say because cultures are different.
(3) Say hello to everyone you meet.
(4) Amount of Water vs. Height of Plants
(5) Do as what your parents taught you.
|
(2)
|
[
"(1)",
"(3)",
"(4)",
"(5)"
] |
[
"(1) Do not talk to anyone you don't know.",
"(3) Say hello to everyone you meet.",
"(4) Amount of Water vs. Height of Plants",
"(5) Do as what your parents taught you."
] |
(5) Do as what your parents taught you.
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
Learn to Communicate with Others Talking to Teachers--Teachers are just people behind the desk, living breathing human beings. And they will probably be friendly to people who talk nicely to them. Teachers also seem to get along better with children who take schoolwork seriously and prepare for class. And, just like any other human being, teachers like to be appreciated. The next time your teacher helps you solve a math problem or figure out a science project, say thank you with a smile. Talking to Parents--Parents can be very supportive if their children ask for help. If you think there's something your parents can do to help you feel more comfortable around people, then ask them. Very often, parents want very much to help, but really don't know what to do. Pick a quiet time of the day and ask to talk. Tell them how you feel. Maybe they had the same trouble when they were kids. Talking to Strangers--This is always a tough one. How do you deal with a neighbor, or the mail carrier? That often seems to cause arguments between kids and parents. The answer to these questions will vary from kid to kid, from parent to parent because all cultures are different. Some folks live in small towns where a hello to everyone is ok. Then there are kids who live in the city who may have been taught not to speak to anyone they don't know. If you're having trouble with this and always feel awkward in these kinds of situations, you might want to talk to your parents or a teacher about it. Which is the best way to talk to strangers according to the passage?
(1) Do not talk to anyone you don't know.
(2) It's hard to say because cultures are different.
(3) Say hello to everyone you meet.
(4) Amount of Water vs. Height of Plants
(5) Do as what your parents taught you.
|
|
The adolescent girl from Tennessee was standing on the stage of a drama summer camp in New York.But the girl didn't feel joyful.She was not the leggy,attractive Hollywood type.In fact,she described herself as stupid. This girl was Reese Witherspoon,who had wanted to be a country singer and admired and respected Dolly Patton very much. That day at the end of the camp her coaches told her to forget about singing.They suggested she think about another career.She took their words to heart.After all,why shouldn't she believe the professionals? But back at home in Nashville,her mother--a funny,happy,optimistic woman--wouldn't let her feel depressed.Her father,a physician,encouraged her to achieve in schoo1.So she worked hard at everything and was accepted at Stanford University. And at 1 9,she got a part in a low-budget movie called Freeway, which prepared for her role in the movie Pleasantville.But her big break came with Legally Blonde. "If you can't sing and you aren't charming,play to your strengths.If you're going to make it in this business,better focus on what you're good at,"she told the interviewer later. And then came the offer that took her back to her Nashville--playing the wife of a country star Johnny Cash,a singing role. All of a sudden the old fears learned on that summer stage were back.She was so nervous on the stage.But she didn't give up on the movie or herself.She spent 6 months taking singing lessons again.She learned to play the Autoharp.And the hard work built up her confidence. Last March,Reese Witherspoon walked up on another stage,the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood,and accepted the Oscar as Best Actress for her heartbreaking,heartwarming singing role as June Carter Cash in Walk the Line. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
|
[
"Reese's mother was a physician.",
"Freeway was Reese's big break.",
"Reese won the Oscar for Walk the Line.",
"New York was Reese's home town."
] | 2
|
miscellaneous
|
B) Reese won the Oscar for Walk the Line.
|
A) New York was Reese's home town.
B) Reese won the Oscar for Walk the Line.
C) Reese's mother was a physician.
D) Freeway was Reese's big break.
E) to improve the computers
|
B)
|
[
"A)",
"C)",
"D)",
"E)"
] |
[
"A) New York was Reese's home town.",
"C) Reese's mother was a physician.",
"D) Freeway was Reese's big break.",
"E) to improve the computers"
] |
E) to improve the computers
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
The adolescent girl from Tennessee was standing on the stage of a drama summer camp in New York.But the girl didn't feel joyful.She was not the leggy,attractive Hollywood type.In fact,she described herself as stupid. This girl was Reese Witherspoon,who had wanted to be a country singer and admired and respected Dolly Patton very much. That day at the end of the camp her coaches told her to forget about singing.They suggested she think about another career.She took their words to heart.After all,why shouldn't she believe the professionals? But back at home in Nashville,her mother--a funny,happy,optimistic woman--wouldn't let her feel depressed.Her father,a physician,encouraged her to achieve in schoo1.So she worked hard at everything and was accepted at Stanford University. And at 1 9,she got a part in a low-budget movie called Freeway, which prepared for her role in the movie Pleasantville.But her big break came with Legally Blonde. "If you can't sing and you aren't charming,play to your strengths.If you're going to make it in this business,better focus on what you're good at,"she told the interviewer later. And then came the offer that took her back to her Nashville--playing the wife of a country star Johnny Cash,a singing role. All of a sudden the old fears learned on that summer stage were back.She was so nervous on the stage.But she didn't give up on the movie or herself.She spent 6 months taking singing lessons again.She learned to play the Autoharp.And the hard work built up her confidence. Last March,Reese Witherspoon walked up on another stage,the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood,and accepted the Oscar as Best Actress for her heartbreaking,heartwarming singing role as June Carter Cash in Walk the Line. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A) New York was Reese's home town.
B) Reese won the Oscar for Walk the Line.
C) Reese's mother was a physician.
D) Freeway was Reese's big break.
E) to improve the computers
|
|
The Global Heritage Fund organization recently released a list of cultural treasures in the developing world that are in danger of disappearing. These"On the Verge" places face many threats. They included war, development pressures, stealing and misuse by visitors. The Global Heritage Fund says these places are important because they are records of our human civilization. And the group says countries can learn to use these treasures to help support responsible development in the future. One such place is the town of Lamu. Lamu was once a very important trading center in East Africa. This ancient city became part of the United Nations Heritage list in 2001. But it still faces threats. For example, a modern port might be built nearby. Other endangered places include Ani, a city in Turkey, the town of Maluti in India, the ancient city of Ninevah in northern Iraq, the Sans-Souci palace in Haiti, and the former capital of Ayutthaya in Thailand. The Global Heritage Fund is nonprofit organization based in California. The group says it only focuses on developing countries which often have few resources to protect places of cultural importance. And, other major cultural organizations often pay more attention to protecting places in the developed world. For example, the fund points out the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has forty-five World Heritage places in Italy. UNESCO has forty-two in Spain. But Peru, famous for its ancient Incan buildings, has only nine World Heritage places. Guatemala has only three. The Global Heritage Fund says its new report tries to place a value on cultural places so that they can also be considered as economic resources. It estimates that by 2025 these places of cultural importance could produce one hundred billion dollars a year in income for developing countries. We can know that The Global Heritage Fund organization mainly _ .
|
[
"protects places of cultural importance in developing countries",
"protects places of cultural importance in developed countries",
"provide resources to protect cultural places in every country",
"helps people know the importance of protecting cultural treasures"
] | 0
|
high_school_geography
|
E) protects places of cultural importance in developing countries
|
A) protects places of cultural importance in developed countries
B) She thought being popular among people was important.
C) helps people know the importance of protecting cultural treasures
D) provide resources to protect cultural places in every country
E) protects places of cultural importance in developing countries
|
E)
|
[
"A)",
"B)",
"C)",
"D)"
] |
[
"A) protects places of cultural importance in developed countries",
"B) She thought being popular among people was important.",
"C) helps people know the importance of protecting cultural treasures",
"D) provide resources to protect cultural places in every country"
] |
A) protects places of cultural importance in developed countries
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
The Global Heritage Fund organization recently released a list of cultural treasures in the developing world that are in danger of disappearing. These"On the Verge" places face many threats. They included war, development pressures, stealing and misuse by visitors. The Global Heritage Fund says these places are important because they are records of our human civilization. And the group says countries can learn to use these treasures to help support responsible development in the future. One such place is the town of Lamu. Lamu was once a very important trading center in East Africa. This ancient city became part of the United Nations Heritage list in 2001. But it still faces threats. For example, a modern port might be built nearby. Other endangered places include Ani, a city in Turkey, the town of Maluti in India, the ancient city of Ninevah in northern Iraq, the Sans-Souci palace in Haiti, and the former capital of Ayutthaya in Thailand. The Global Heritage Fund is nonprofit organization based in California. The group says it only focuses on developing countries which often have few resources to protect places of cultural importance. And, other major cultural organizations often pay more attention to protecting places in the developed world. For example, the fund points out the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has forty-five World Heritage places in Italy. UNESCO has forty-two in Spain. But Peru, famous for its ancient Incan buildings, has only nine World Heritage places. Guatemala has only three. The Global Heritage Fund says its new report tries to place a value on cultural places so that they can also be considered as economic resources. It estimates that by 2025 these places of cultural importance could produce one hundred billion dollars a year in income for developing countries. We can know that The Global Heritage Fund organization mainly _ .
A) protects places of cultural importance in developed countries
B) She thought being popular among people was important.
C) helps people know the importance of protecting cultural treasures
D) provide resources to protect cultural places in every country
E) protects places of cultural importance in developing countries
|
|
Background music may seem harmless, but it can have a powerful effect on those who hear it. Recorded background music first found its way into factories, shops and restaurants in the USA. Very soon it spread to other parts of the world. Now it is becoming difficult to go shopping or eat a meal without listening to background music. To begin with, background music was intended simply to create a soothing atmosphere. Recently, however, it's becoming a big business. An American marketing expert has shown that music can boost sales or increase factory production by as much as a third. But it has to be the light music. Lively music has no effect at all on sales. Slow music can increase receipts by 34%. This is probably because shoppers slow down and have more opportunity to spot items they would like to buy. Yet, slow music isn't always the answer. The expert found that in restaurants slow music meant customers took longer to eat their meals, which reduced overall sales. So restaurant owners might be well advised to play faster music to keep the customers moving-unless, of course, the resulting indigestion leads to complaints. An American marketing expert has found background music can _ .
|
[
"increase sales or factory production",
"create a soothing atmosphere",
"make people slow down",
"make people forget their worries"
] | 0
|
marketing
|
(3) increase sales or factory production
|
(1) make people slow down
(2) It masks the fatal weaknesses of government policy.
(3) increase sales or factory production
(4) create a soothing atmosphere
(5) make people forget their worries
|
(3)
|
[
"(1)",
"(2)",
"(4)",
"(5)"
] |
[
"(1) make people slow down",
"(2) It masks the fatal weaknesses of government policy.",
"(4) create a soothing atmosphere",
"(5) make people forget their worries"
] |
(1) make people slow down
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
Background music may seem harmless, but it can have a powerful effect on those who hear it. Recorded background music first found its way into factories, shops and restaurants in the USA. Very soon it spread to other parts of the world. Now it is becoming difficult to go shopping or eat a meal without listening to background music. To begin with, background music was intended simply to create a soothing atmosphere. Recently, however, it's becoming a big business. An American marketing expert has shown that music can boost sales or increase factory production by as much as a third. But it has to be the light music. Lively music has no effect at all on sales. Slow music can increase receipts by 34%. This is probably because shoppers slow down and have more opportunity to spot items they would like to buy. Yet, slow music isn't always the answer. The expert found that in restaurants slow music meant customers took longer to eat their meals, which reduced overall sales. So restaurant owners might be well advised to play faster music to keep the customers moving-unless, of course, the resulting indigestion leads to complaints. An American marketing expert has found background music can _ .
(1) make people slow down
(2) It masks the fatal weaknesses of government policy.
(3) increase sales or factory production
(4) create a soothing atmosphere
(5) make people forget their worries
|
|
Very far away from the city lived a poor farmer and his wife. In front of their house was a small dirt road. Very few cars drove on this road because it was so far from the city. On the dirt road, there was a big hole filled with water. The hole was very deep, but drivers on the road didn't know just how deep. Drivers always drove into the hole, but they never drove out. One day, a man in a new car was driving down the road. He saw the hole with the water, but he didn't think it was very deep. He drove into the hole, but he couldn't drive out. The man saw the farmer on his tractor working in the field, and he signaled to the farmer. The farmer drove over to the man in the new car. "Is there a problem?"asked the farmer. "Yes,"said the man."My car is stuck in this hole. Can you help me?" "Maybe,"said the farmer."But I'm very busy." "lf you help me, I'll pay you," said the man. "OK,"said the farmer. The farmer pulled the car out of the hole with his tractor, and the man paid him a lot of money. The man looked at the farmer and said,"You must. make a lot of money pulling cars out of this hole day and night." "Actually, no,"said the farmer. "Why not?"asked the man. "The hole is very deep, and a lot of people get stuck and ask for help. But I don't make money day and night because I don't pull cars out at night." "At night I'm busy filling the hole with water," answered the farmer. What did the farmer usually do at night?
|
[
"He helped pull out cars.",
"He made money.",
"He filled water to the hole",
"He slept at home."
] | 2
|
miscellaneous
|
[b] He filled water to the hole
|
[a] make up lists of related words
[b] He filled water to the hole
[c] He helped pull out cars.
[d] He slept at home.
[e] He made money.
|
[b]
|
[
"[a]",
"[c]",
"[d]",
"[e]"
] |
[
"[a] make up lists of related words",
"[c] He helped pull out cars.",
"[d] He slept at home.",
"[e] He made money."
] |
[d] He slept at home.
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
Very far away from the city lived a poor farmer and his wife. In front of their house was a small dirt road. Very few cars drove on this road because it was so far from the city. On the dirt road, there was a big hole filled with water. The hole was very deep, but drivers on the road didn't know just how deep. Drivers always drove into the hole, but they never drove out. One day, a man in a new car was driving down the road. He saw the hole with the water, but he didn't think it was very deep. He drove into the hole, but he couldn't drive out. The man saw the farmer on his tractor working in the field, and he signaled to the farmer. The farmer drove over to the man in the new car. "Is there a problem?"asked the farmer. "Yes,"said the man."My car is stuck in this hole. Can you help me?" "Maybe,"said the farmer."But I'm very busy." "lf you help me, I'll pay you," said the man. "OK,"said the farmer. The farmer pulled the car out of the hole with his tractor, and the man paid him a lot of money. The man looked at the farmer and said,"You must. make a lot of money pulling cars out of this hole day and night." "Actually, no,"said the farmer. "Why not?"asked the man. "The hole is very deep, and a lot of people get stuck and ask for help. But I don't make money day and night because I don't pull cars out at night." "At night I'm busy filling the hole with water," answered the farmer. What did the farmer usually do at night?
[a] make up lists of related words
[b] He filled water to the hole
[c] He helped pull out cars.
[d] He slept at home.
[e] He made money.
|
|
Heat transfer is part of everyday life. Which of these examples involving heat transfer occurs mainly by conduction?
|
[
"The sun warms the ground.",
"A hot oven warms a cold kitchen.",
"A campfire warms a person's hands.",
"Hot soup warms a metal spoon handle."
] | 3
|
college_physics
|
4) Hot soup warms a metal spoon handle.
|
1) A hot oven warms a cold kitchen.
2) A campfire warms a person's hands.
3) The sun warms the ground.
4) Hot soup warms a metal spoon handle.
5) park
|
4)
|
[
"1)",
"2)",
"3)",
"5)"
] |
[
"1) A hot oven warms a cold kitchen.",
"2) A campfire warms a person's hands.",
"3) The sun warms the ground.",
"5) park"
] |
5) park
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
Heat transfer is part of everyday life. Which of these examples involving heat transfer occurs mainly by conduction?
1) A hot oven warms a cold kitchen.
2) A campfire warms a person's hands.
3) The sun warms the ground.
4) Hot soup warms a metal spoon handle.
5) park
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We know music is very important in our daily life. Do you notice music playing at any of those places when you go somewhere? Today most stores, stations, restaurants and other places play music. You might even hear music in an office or on a farm. Scientists believe that music influences the way people behave . They think that the sound of western classical music makes people feel richer. When a restaurant plays classical music, people spend more money on food and drinks. When the restaurant plays modern music, people spend less money. Without music, people spend less. Scientists also believe that loud, fast music makes people eat faster. Some restaurants play fast music during their busy hours. This makes people eat faster and leave quickly. Restaurants can make more money in this way. Some scientists think that music makes you think and learn better. They say that music helps students to be more active. It is true that people learn better when they are relaxed. And listening to music can help you relax.[ The next time you hear music somewhere, be careful. It might influence the way you do things. ,. The habit of listening to music can make a student _ .
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"slow in action",
"care about manners",
"think and learn better",
"worry about studies"
] | 2
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miscellaneous
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[d] think and learn better
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[a] worry about studies
[b] care about manners
[c] slow in action
[d] think and learn better
[e] Fixtures has no duty to deliver the 25 sets on March 1 at Fixtures' place of business unless Apartments tenders the contract price for the 25 sets on that date.
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[d]
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[
"[a]",
"[b]",
"[c]",
"[e]"
] |
[
"[a] worry about studies",
"[b] care about manners",
"[c] slow in action",
"[e] Fixtures has no duty to deliver the 25 sets on March 1 at Fixtures' place of business unless Apartments tenders the contract price for the 25 sets on that date."
] |
[b] care about manners
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We know music is very important in our daily life. Do you notice music playing at any of those places when you go somewhere? Today most stores, stations, restaurants and other places play music. You might even hear music in an office or on a farm. Scientists believe that music influences the way people behave . They think that the sound of western classical music makes people feel richer. When a restaurant plays classical music, people spend more money on food and drinks. When the restaurant plays modern music, people spend less money. Without music, people spend less. Scientists also believe that loud, fast music makes people eat faster. Some restaurants play fast music during their busy hours. This makes people eat faster and leave quickly. Restaurants can make more money in this way. Some scientists think that music makes you think and learn better. They say that music helps students to be more active. It is true that people learn better when they are relaxed. And listening to music can help you relax.[ The next time you hear music somewhere, be careful. It might influence the way you do things. ,. The habit of listening to music can make a student _ .
[a] worry about studies
[b] care about manners
[c] slow in action
[d] think and learn better
[e] Fixtures has no duty to deliver the 25 sets on March 1 at Fixtures' place of business unless Apartments tenders the contract price for the 25 sets on that date.
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The best way to experience the Web,email,photos,video and other features. All of the builtin programs on iPad were designed from the ground up to take advantage of the large multitouch screen and advanced capabilities of iPad. And they work in any orientation. So you can do things with these programs that you can't do on any other device. Safari iPad is the best way to experience the Web. View whole pages in portrait or landscape on the large multitouch screen. And let your fingers do the surfing. All iPad models come with builtin WiFi,and safari can make iPad connected to the Web via highspeed WiFi. And when you're away from a WiFi network,you should choose iPad with WiFi+3G,which will make you surf the Internet anywhere,and sign up for access to 3G data service. Email There's nothing like the mail program on iPad. With a splitscreen view,and expensive onscreen keyboard, it lets you see and touch your email in ways you never could before. Photos A vivid LEDbacklit IPS display makes viewing photos on iPad extraordinary. Open albums with a tap. Flip through your pictures one by one. Or play a slideshow and share your photos. Multitasking You can do just about anything on your iPad. With multitasking,you can do even more. Be more productive as your work,have more fun as you play,or do a little of both. Find My iPad You keep all sorts of valuable data on your iPad. If you happen to misplace it,find My iPad helps you locate it on a map,remotely set a postcode lock,display a message,and more. A magical and revolutionary product at an unbelievable price. Starting at $499,get your own iPad at the nearest Apple retail store,at as reseller(with 0.05% product tax),at the Apple online store or in a shopping centre. This passage is a(an)_.
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"scientific report.",
"advertisement.",
"device introduction.",
"science fiction"
] | 1
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computer_security
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b. advertisement.
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a. scientific report.
b. advertisement.
c. are in the same developing area
d. science fiction
e. device introduction.
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b.
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[
"a.",
"c.",
"d.",
"e."
] |
[
"a. scientific report.",
"c. are in the same developing area",
"d. science fiction",
"e. device introduction."
] |
a. scientific report.
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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The best way to experience the Web,email,photos,video and other features. All of the builtin programs on iPad were designed from the ground up to take advantage of the large multitouch screen and advanced capabilities of iPad. And they work in any orientation. So you can do things with these programs that you can't do on any other device. Safari iPad is the best way to experience the Web. View whole pages in portrait or landscape on the large multitouch screen. And let your fingers do the surfing. All iPad models come with builtin WiFi,and safari can make iPad connected to the Web via highspeed WiFi. And when you're away from a WiFi network,you should choose iPad with WiFi+3G,which will make you surf the Internet anywhere,and sign up for access to 3G data service. Email There's nothing like the mail program on iPad. With a splitscreen view,and expensive onscreen keyboard, it lets you see and touch your email in ways you never could before. Photos A vivid LEDbacklit IPS display makes viewing photos on iPad extraordinary. Open albums with a tap. Flip through your pictures one by one. Or play a slideshow and share your photos. Multitasking You can do just about anything on your iPad. With multitasking,you can do even more. Be more productive as your work,have more fun as you play,or do a little of both. Find My iPad You keep all sorts of valuable data on your iPad. If you happen to misplace it,find My iPad helps you locate it on a map,remotely set a postcode lock,display a message,and more. A magical and revolutionary product at an unbelievable price. Starting at $499,get your own iPad at the nearest Apple retail store,at as reseller(with 0.05% product tax),at the Apple online store or in a shopping centre. This passage is a(an)_.
a. scientific report.
b. advertisement.
c. are in the same developing area
d. science fiction
e. device introduction.
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Ricky and Carmen were friends. Ricky was an inchworm. He had a skinny body and was bright green. Carmen was a ladybug. She had a round body and was red with black spots. They liked to play together in the grass. One day Ricky and Carmen were playing in the grass. Carmen saw something new. She asked Ricky, "What is that yellow thing?" Ricky did not know. They went over to the yellow thing. It was not grass. It was not alive. It was big and flat and looked like it might be fun for jumping. Carmen said, "Let's jump on it." Ricky said, "Okay, but I hope we don't get in trouble." They jumped on the big yellow thing. It was fun! They were happy jumping together! All of a sudden, the big yellow thing moved. It went up in the air. Ricky and Carmen held on. It went up and up. It went into the sky. Ricky and Carmen were scared. They wanted to get down. They shouted, "Help, help!" A bird heard them and flew over. His name was George. George said, "What's wrong? Don't you like it up here on your kite?" "No, we don't!" said Ricky. "What's a kite?" said Carmen. George told them they were on a kite. He showed them the string. He said, "You can follow that string all the way to the ground." It looked like a long way down. But they thanked George for his help and slowly crawled down the string to the ground. They were safe. How did Ricky and Carmen get into the sky?
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[
"A kite took them up into the sky.",
"They crawled up a string.",
"They jumped on a bird.",
"They flew into the sky."
] | 0
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miscellaneous
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b. A kite took them up into the sky.
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a. They flew into the sky.
b. A kite took them up into the sky.
c. He was ready to count numbers.
d. They jumped on a bird.
e. They crawled up a string.
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b.
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[
"a.",
"c.",
"d.",
"e."
] |
[
"a. They flew into the sky.",
"c. He was ready to count numbers.",
"d. They jumped on a bird.",
"e. They crawled up a string."
] |
e. They crawled up a string.
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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Ricky and Carmen were friends. Ricky was an inchworm. He had a skinny body and was bright green. Carmen was a ladybug. She had a round body and was red with black spots. They liked to play together in the grass. One day Ricky and Carmen were playing in the grass. Carmen saw something new. She asked Ricky, "What is that yellow thing?" Ricky did not know. They went over to the yellow thing. It was not grass. It was not alive. It was big and flat and looked like it might be fun for jumping. Carmen said, "Let's jump on it." Ricky said, "Okay, but I hope we don't get in trouble." They jumped on the big yellow thing. It was fun! They were happy jumping together! All of a sudden, the big yellow thing moved. It went up in the air. Ricky and Carmen held on. It went up and up. It went into the sky. Ricky and Carmen were scared. They wanted to get down. They shouted, "Help, help!" A bird heard them and flew over. His name was George. George said, "What's wrong? Don't you like it up here on your kite?" "No, we don't!" said Ricky. "What's a kite?" said Carmen. George told them they were on a kite. He showed them the string. He said, "You can follow that string all the way to the ground." It looked like a long way down. But they thanked George for his help and slowly crawled down the string to the ground. They were safe. How did Ricky and Carmen get into the sky?
a. They flew into the sky.
b. A kite took them up into the sky.
c. He was ready to count numbers.
d. They jumped on a bird.
e. They crawled up a string.
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I believe that my country, Poland, is a perfect example for a place where food is particularly important. When we were little children, we began to understand how much a loaf of bread meant to our parents--to some it might sound silly but for me the custom of kissing bread before you started cutting it was simply amazing. It's not so common nowadays to treat food that way, since you hardly ever bake your own bread. Besides, everyone would call you crazy if you tried to kiss every bread roll before you ate them! But though we no longer make our food from scratch , some customs have been kept--that's why I feel so sorry every time I have to throw any food away--even though I no longer live with my parents and nobody would blame me for this anymore! Many people of our nation are still working as farmers, eating what they grow and harvest and therefore enjoying everything more. It's widely known that you value more anything that needs your effort in the first place. In most homes in Poland, especially those of farmers, the whole family would try and have their meals together--extremely difficult now, but so rewarding ! You can share other members' troubles and successes, give your children some attention, or just sit down for a moment instead of rushing through life aimlessly. Furthermore, your body, and stomach in particular will be very grateful for such a time! In Poland, a wedding, Christmas or even a birthday is celebrated with a great meal. Women in the house get together and cook, sometimes for a few days before the event, and the extremely good or unusual food will be remembered and widely talked about. You cannot over-value the importance of food in the country. What's more, almost everyone in Poland will be as interested in the topic as I am. The writer feels very sorry when he/she has to throw away any food because
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[
"he/she makes food from scratch",
"his/her parents would blame him/her",
"some customs still have effect on him/her",
"many people are still working hard as farmers"
] | 2
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nutrition
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[b] some customs still have effect on him/her
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[a] his/her parents would blame him/her
[b] some customs still have effect on him/her
[c] many people are still working hard as farmers
[d] he/she makes food from scratch
[e] have the instinct to help others
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[b]
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[
"[a]",
"[c]",
"[d]",
"[e]"
] |
[
"[a] his/her parents would blame him/her",
"[c] many people are still working hard as farmers",
"[d] he/she makes food from scratch",
"[e] have the instinct to help others"
] |
[c] many people are still working hard as farmers
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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I believe that my country, Poland, is a perfect example for a place where food is particularly important. When we were little children, we began to understand how much a loaf of bread meant to our parents--to some it might sound silly but for me the custom of kissing bread before you started cutting it was simply amazing. It's not so common nowadays to treat food that way, since you hardly ever bake your own bread. Besides, everyone would call you crazy if you tried to kiss every bread roll before you ate them! But though we no longer make our food from scratch , some customs have been kept--that's why I feel so sorry every time I have to throw any food away--even though I no longer live with my parents and nobody would blame me for this anymore! Many people of our nation are still working as farmers, eating what they grow and harvest and therefore enjoying everything more. It's widely known that you value more anything that needs your effort in the first place. In most homes in Poland, especially those of farmers, the whole family would try and have their meals together--extremely difficult now, but so rewarding ! You can share other members' troubles and successes, give your children some attention, or just sit down for a moment instead of rushing through life aimlessly. Furthermore, your body, and stomach in particular will be very grateful for such a time! In Poland, a wedding, Christmas or even a birthday is celebrated with a great meal. Women in the house get together and cook, sometimes for a few days before the event, and the extremely good or unusual food will be remembered and widely talked about. You cannot over-value the importance of food in the country. What's more, almost everyone in Poland will be as interested in the topic as I am. The writer feels very sorry when he/she has to throw away any food because
[a] his/her parents would blame him/her
[b] some customs still have effect on him/her
[c] many people are still working hard as farmers
[d] he/she makes food from scratch
[e] have the instinct to help others
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Even a child knows that nodding the head means "Yes". But some people will probably be puzzled when they first come to India. When they talk to an Indian, he often shakes his head. They might think that the Indian does not like what he said, but _ he is expressing agreement. The Indians have a habit of shaking their heads slightly when they talk to somebody. It doesn't mean "No", but "Yes". If a person doesn't know this, it might cause misunderstanding. At one time a foreigner in Indian told his driver who was an Indian to take him to his office. The driver shook his head. The foreigner repeated his request and the driver shook his head again. At last, the foreigner shouted angrily, "Drive me to my office at once!" The driver said in a low voice, "Yes, sir," smiling and shaking his head again at the same time. Generally speaking, nodding the head means _ , and shaking the head means _ .
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[
"Yes; No",
"No; Yes",
"Yes; Yes",
"No; No"
] | 0
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miscellaneous
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(c) Yes; No
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(a) Yes; Yes
(b) No; Yes
(c) Yes; No
(d) No; No
(e) The Invention of an Invisibility Cloak
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(c)
|
[
"(a)",
"(b)",
"(d)",
"(e)"
] |
[
"(a) Yes; Yes",
"(b) No; Yes",
"(d) No; No",
"(e) The Invention of an Invisibility Cloak"
] |
(b) No; Yes
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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Even a child knows that nodding the head means "Yes". But some people will probably be puzzled when they first come to India. When they talk to an Indian, he often shakes his head. They might think that the Indian does not like what he said, but _ he is expressing agreement. The Indians have a habit of shaking their heads slightly when they talk to somebody. It doesn't mean "No", but "Yes". If a person doesn't know this, it might cause misunderstanding. At one time a foreigner in Indian told his driver who was an Indian to take him to his office. The driver shook his head. The foreigner repeated his request and the driver shook his head again. At last, the foreigner shouted angrily, "Drive me to my office at once!" The driver said in a low voice, "Yes, sir," smiling and shaking his head again at the same time. Generally speaking, nodding the head means _ , and shaking the head means _ .
(a) Yes; Yes
(b) No; Yes
(c) Yes; No
(d) No; No
(e) The Invention of an Invisibility Cloak
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A study by St.. Louis University has found that a lovable dog named Sparky and a robotic dog, AIBO, were about equally effective at reducing the loneliness of nursing home residents. The study confirmed previous findings that dogs have a good effect on nursing home residents. Dr. Andrew Smith led the Stanford University team that built a home-assistance robot. "If humans can feel an emotional tie with robots, some day they could be not just our assistants, but also our companions," he said. To test whether residents responded better to Sparky, a trained dog, or the Sony-made robotic dog, researchers divided 38 nursing home residents into three groups at three long-term care centers in St. Louis. One group had weekly 30-minute one-on-one visits with Sparky; another group had similar visits with AIBO; a control group had no contact with either dog. The groups' respective levels of loneliness were tested by having them answer a number of questions at the beginning and near the end of the visits. After two months, both groups that had contact with the dogs were less lonely and more attached. Most of the elderly regarded Sparky, a 9-year-old dog, as an audience for their life stories, said investigator Marian Banks. "He listened attentively, wagged his tail, and allowed them to pet him," said Banks, who adopted and trained Sparky after finding him in a street behind her home seven years ago. Those who were together with AIBO took a little longer to warm to the robotic creature. Over time, however, they grew comfortable with him, and petted and talked to him. He would respond by wagging his tail, vocalizing, and blinking his lights.. "AIBO is charming once you start to interact with him," said the study's author, Dr. William Banks, "He's an attractive sort of guy. He gives a feeling of being personal, not just a robot." Before the new study, it was known that _ .
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[
"robots were effective at reducing people's loneliness",
"robots could build close connection with humans",
"dogs could help get rid of old people's loneliness",
"dogs and robots were equally effective at reducing loneliness"
] | 2
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college_medicine
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(E) dogs could help get rid of old people's loneliness
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(A) robots could build close connection with humans
(B) dogs and robots were equally effective at reducing loneliness
(C) robots were effective at reducing people's loneliness
(D) the hours in a day
(E) dogs could help get rid of old people's loneliness
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(E)
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[
"(A)",
"(B)",
"(C)",
"(D)"
] |
[
"(A) robots could build close connection with humans",
"(B) dogs and robots were equally effective at reducing loneliness",
"(C) robots were effective at reducing people's loneliness",
"(D) the hours in a day"
] |
(B) dogs and robots were equally effective at reducing loneliness
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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A study by St.. Louis University has found that a lovable dog named Sparky and a robotic dog, AIBO, were about equally effective at reducing the loneliness of nursing home residents. The study confirmed previous findings that dogs have a good effect on nursing home residents. Dr. Andrew Smith led the Stanford University team that built a home-assistance robot. "If humans can feel an emotional tie with robots, some day they could be not just our assistants, but also our companions," he said. To test whether residents responded better to Sparky, a trained dog, or the Sony-made robotic dog, researchers divided 38 nursing home residents into three groups at three long-term care centers in St. Louis. One group had weekly 30-minute one-on-one visits with Sparky; another group had similar visits with AIBO; a control group had no contact with either dog. The groups' respective levels of loneliness were tested by having them answer a number of questions at the beginning and near the end of the visits. After two months, both groups that had contact with the dogs were less lonely and more attached. Most of the elderly regarded Sparky, a 9-year-old dog, as an audience for their life stories, said investigator Marian Banks. "He listened attentively, wagged his tail, and allowed them to pet him," said Banks, who adopted and trained Sparky after finding him in a street behind her home seven years ago. Those who were together with AIBO took a little longer to warm to the robotic creature. Over time, however, they grew comfortable with him, and petted and talked to him. He would respond by wagging his tail, vocalizing, and blinking his lights.. "AIBO is charming once you start to interact with him," said the study's author, Dr. William Banks, "He's an attractive sort of guy. He gives a feeling of being personal, not just a robot." Before the new study, it was known that _ .
(A) robots could build close connection with humans
(B) dogs and robots were equally effective at reducing loneliness
(C) robots were effective at reducing people's loneliness
(D) the hours in a day
(E) dogs could help get rid of old people's loneliness
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International teams have spent nearly half a year looking for evidence of the missing Malaysian Airlines plane, a search that includes the hunt for the aircraft's so-called black box, which holds flight data that would likely explain what caused MH370 to move away from its course. But many aviation experts wonder why, in our increasingly networked world, divers are searching the Indian Ocean for a metal box when technology already exists that would enable planes to stream black box data to the ground in the event of an emergency. Black boxes have been on planes since the late 1950s, and now every commercial aircraft has two: a flight data recorder and a voice recorder. (Although they are referred to as black boxes, they are typically orange in color, making them easier to spot in waters.) Black box recorders are mainly used to investigate the cause of in-flight accidents. While black boxes are built to survive a crash and long-term submersion in water, it can be a real challenge to find the device if a plane has gone down in the ocean. While each box contains a beacon , the unit only has enough battery power to transmit a signal for 30 days. After the crash of Air France Flight 447 in the Atlantic Ocean in June 2009, it took divers two years to find the black box. Pierre Jeanniot, a Canadian engineer who helped perfect black box technology about 40 years ago, feels that the device, in its current form, is " _ ". He started to question its effectiveness more than a decade ago, after seeing the broken pieces of the black boxes in the 2001 attacks on the World Trade towers in New York. Jeanniot is now on the advisory board of a Toronto-based firm that has built a live-streamed black box system. When a plane experiences an irregular event, the system can send streaming data off the aircraft to one of the satellites and then down to ground-based servers, where the message is interpreted and sent to the airline. It seems necessary that the loss of MH370 and other similar cases wake more people up to the fact that the tools being used at this stage are inadequate for dealing with emergency situations, Jeanniot says. He also estimates that if this technology had been on board the missing Malaysian Airlines flight and live-streaming for the estimated seven hours after the flight first experienced a problem, it would have cost about $3,000. While there is widespread approval of a live-streamed black box system, most airlines see its cost prohibitive. The airline industry is an industry with small profits, and is reluctant to add costs that will further cut the bottom line. However, given how much time, money and effort has been spent on the luckless search for MH370, s black box, the cost of operating a live-streaming version seems like a trifle Which fact is mentioned to support aviation experts' doubt about the effectiveness of the black box?
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[
"MH370's black box holds flight data that might explain what happened to the aircraft.",
"The recorders are actually orange in color though referred to as black boxes.",
"The beacon in the black box has limited battery power to send out a signal for 30 days.",
"It's necessary for people to wake up to the weaknesses of the black box"
] | 2
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computer_security
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c. The beacon in the black box has limited battery power to send out a signal for 30 days.
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a. MH370's black box holds flight data that might explain what happened to the aircraft.
b. The recorders are actually orange in color though referred to as black boxes.
c. The beacon in the black box has limited battery power to send out a signal for 30 days.
d. It's necessary for people to wake up to the weaknesses of the black box
e. He wanted to transfer to another school.
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c.
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[
"a.",
"b.",
"d.",
"e."
] |
[
"a. MH370's black box holds flight data that might explain what happened to the aircraft.",
"b. The recorders are actually orange in color though referred to as black boxes.",
"d. It's necessary for people to wake up to the weaknesses of the black box",
"e. He wanted to transfer to another school."
] |
d. It's necessary for people to wake up to the weaknesses of the black box
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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International teams have spent nearly half a year looking for evidence of the missing Malaysian Airlines plane, a search that includes the hunt for the aircraft's so-called black box, which holds flight data that would likely explain what caused MH370 to move away from its course. But many aviation experts wonder why, in our increasingly networked world, divers are searching the Indian Ocean for a metal box when technology already exists that would enable planes to stream black box data to the ground in the event of an emergency. Black boxes have been on planes since the late 1950s, and now every commercial aircraft has two: a flight data recorder and a voice recorder. (Although they are referred to as black boxes, they are typically orange in color, making them easier to spot in waters.) Black box recorders are mainly used to investigate the cause of in-flight accidents. While black boxes are built to survive a crash and long-term submersion in water, it can be a real challenge to find the device if a plane has gone down in the ocean. While each box contains a beacon , the unit only has enough battery power to transmit a signal for 30 days. After the crash of Air France Flight 447 in the Atlantic Ocean in June 2009, it took divers two years to find the black box. Pierre Jeanniot, a Canadian engineer who helped perfect black box technology about 40 years ago, feels that the device, in its current form, is " _ ". He started to question its effectiveness more than a decade ago, after seeing the broken pieces of the black boxes in the 2001 attacks on the World Trade towers in New York. Jeanniot is now on the advisory board of a Toronto-based firm that has built a live-streamed black box system. When a plane experiences an irregular event, the system can send streaming data off the aircraft to one of the satellites and then down to ground-based servers, where the message is interpreted and sent to the airline. It seems necessary that the loss of MH370 and other similar cases wake more people up to the fact that the tools being used at this stage are inadequate for dealing with emergency situations, Jeanniot says. He also estimates that if this technology had been on board the missing Malaysian Airlines flight and live-streaming for the estimated seven hours after the flight first experienced a problem, it would have cost about $3,000. While there is widespread approval of a live-streamed black box system, most airlines see its cost prohibitive. The airline industry is an industry with small profits, and is reluctant to add costs that will further cut the bottom line. However, given how much time, money and effort has been spent on the luckless search for MH370, s black box, the cost of operating a live-streaming version seems like a trifle Which fact is mentioned to support aviation experts' doubt about the effectiveness of the black box?
a. MH370's black box holds flight data that might explain what happened to the aircraft.
b. The recorders are actually orange in color though referred to as black boxes.
c. The beacon in the black box has limited battery power to send out a signal for 30 days.
d. It's necessary for people to wake up to the weaknesses of the black box
e. He wanted to transfer to another school.
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Here are some news from China Daily in February, 2016. 1. Air quality in 271 out of 338 prefecture-level or above cities failed to meet national standards on the Chinese New Year Eve to 6 am the next morning on Feb 8, primarily because of pollution caused by firecrackers . 2. According to data released by CCTV, the Spring Festival Gala was watched on TV domestically by 690 million views while 138 million people watched it online. 3. Kung Fu Panda 3 and The Mermaid<<>> were very popular movies during the Spring Festival. But The Mermaid has earned more than 2 billion yuan after nine days in Chinese mainland theaters. It is expected to break the box office records Fast & Furious 7<<7>> and Monster Hunt<<>> set on the Chinese mainland to become the highest earning film in China's film history. 4. After the universal two-child policy, China will have a baby boom. Especially Chinese people have traditionally believed babies born in the Year of the Monkey to be smart and confident, due to their love of the animal because it is cute and resembles humans in many ways. Why do Chinese people like to have a baby in the Year of the Monkey?
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[
"Because of the universal two-child policy.",
"Because they believe these babies will be smart and confident.",
"Because they love monkeys.",
"Because monkeys are cute and resembleshumans in many ways."
] | 1
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world_religions
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(B) Because they believe these babies will be smart and confident.
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(A) quartz
(B) Because they believe these babies will be smart and confident.
(C) Because of the universal two-child policy.
(D) Because monkeys are cute and resembleshumans in many ways.
(E) Because they love monkeys.
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(B)
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[
"(A)",
"(C)",
"(D)",
"(E)"
] |
[
"(A) quartz",
"(C) Because of the universal two-child policy.",
"(D) Because monkeys are cute and resembleshumans in many ways.",
"(E) Because they love monkeys."
] |
(C) Because of the universal two-child policy.
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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Here are some news from China Daily in February, 2016. 1. Air quality in 271 out of 338 prefecture-level or above cities failed to meet national standards on the Chinese New Year Eve to 6 am the next morning on Feb 8, primarily because of pollution caused by firecrackers . 2. According to data released by CCTV, the Spring Festival Gala was watched on TV domestically by 690 million views while 138 million people watched it online. 3. Kung Fu Panda 3 and The Mermaid<<>> were very popular movies during the Spring Festival. But The Mermaid has earned more than 2 billion yuan after nine days in Chinese mainland theaters. It is expected to break the box office records Fast & Furious 7<<7>> and Monster Hunt<<>> set on the Chinese mainland to become the highest earning film in China's film history. 4. After the universal two-child policy, China will have a baby boom. Especially Chinese people have traditionally believed babies born in the Year of the Monkey to be smart and confident, due to their love of the animal because it is cute and resembles humans in many ways. Why do Chinese people like to have a baby in the Year of the Monkey?
(A) quartz
(B) Because they believe these babies will be smart and confident.
(C) Because of the universal two-child policy.
(D) Because monkeys are cute and resembleshumans in many ways.
(E) Because they love monkeys.
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Americans are buying more products and services than ever before through the Internet.And experts say the popularity of online sales is likely to spread to other countries.Online sales now represent as much as one-tenth of all retail sales in the United States.This has led traditional stores to seek new ways to keep their customers loyal. Lynne Shaner used the Internet to buy everything she needed.Other than food,90%of her purchases were made on her home computer.She said."I find that.by being able to go online and choose the things that I need to choose,and have them delivered to me right at my doorstep,I _ all the driving,all the crowds,all the noise of that,and I usually get a better selection. " There are a lot of people like her.57%of Americans have bought something electronically in the past few months.Store owners worry that this growing amount of online sales will hurt their business. Cornell University marketing professor says traditional stores can keep their customers by selling goods like clothing,which buyers may want to see and try on before purchasing.He says the stores could also offer things that are difficult to ship.He also says some stores can please customers by offering to set up or repair electronic products. Bill Martin is the founder of ShopperTrak which helps stores learn about their customers.He says that traditional stores offer a social experience that some people enjoy and the experience and emotion in the buying decision before they're ready to part with money can't be gotten on--line.It's a rather cold process.Bill Martin says traditional stores can provide goods to buyers more quickly than online stores. While e-commerce worries some business owners,the worry for delivery services like FedEx and UPS is keeping up with the number of packages.UPS Manager Dana Kline says her company is very busy at this time of year. The author's purpose of writing the text is most likely to _ .
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"inform",
"persuade",
"describe",
"entertain"
] | 2
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miscellaneous
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[c] describe
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[a] persuade
[b] Not until she had driven a car for 20 years.
[c] describe
[d] inform
[e] entertain
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[c]
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[
"[a]",
"[b]",
"[d]",
"[e]"
] |
[
"[a] persuade",
"[b] Not until she had driven a car for 20 years.",
"[d] inform",
"[e] entertain"
] |
[e] entertain
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Americans are buying more products and services than ever before through the Internet.And experts say the popularity of online sales is likely to spread to other countries.Online sales now represent as much as one-tenth of all retail sales in the United States.This has led traditional stores to seek new ways to keep their customers loyal. Lynne Shaner used the Internet to buy everything she needed.Other than food,90%of her purchases were made on her home computer.She said."I find that.by being able to go online and choose the things that I need to choose,and have them delivered to me right at my doorstep,I _ all the driving,all the crowds,all the noise of that,and I usually get a better selection. " There are a lot of people like her.57%of Americans have bought something electronically in the past few months.Store owners worry that this growing amount of online sales will hurt their business. Cornell University marketing professor says traditional stores can keep their customers by selling goods like clothing,which buyers may want to see and try on before purchasing.He says the stores could also offer things that are difficult to ship.He also says some stores can please customers by offering to set up or repair electronic products. Bill Martin is the founder of ShopperTrak which helps stores learn about their customers.He says that traditional stores offer a social experience that some people enjoy and the experience and emotion in the buying decision before they're ready to part with money can't be gotten on--line.It's a rather cold process.Bill Martin says traditional stores can provide goods to buyers more quickly than online stores. While e-commerce worries some business owners,the worry for delivery services like FedEx and UPS is keeping up with the number of packages.UPS Manager Dana Kline says her company is very busy at this time of year. The author's purpose of writing the text is most likely to _ .
[a] persuade
[b] Not until she had driven a car for 20 years.
[c] describe
[d] inform
[e] entertain
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The number of daylight hours in New York State changes with the
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[
"season of the year",
"Moon's changing appearance",
"direction of the wind",
"arrival of a severe storm"
] | 0
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4. season of the year
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1. it's right for graduates to ask for others to help them out in hunting for jobs
2. Moon's changing appearance
3. direction of the wind
4. season of the year
5. arrival of a severe storm
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4.
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[
"1.",
"2.",
"3.",
"5."
] |
[
"1. it's right for graduates to ask for others to help them out in hunting for jobs",
"2. Moon's changing appearance",
"3. direction of the wind",
"5. arrival of a severe storm"
] |
1. it's right for graduates to ask for others to help them out in hunting for jobs
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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The number of daylight hours in New York State changes with the
1. it's right for graduates to ask for others to help them out in hunting for jobs
2. Moon's changing appearance
3. direction of the wind
4. season of the year
5. arrival of a severe storm
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In many societies, there is often greater acceptance of light skin than dark skin. Light skin may be seen as a mark of beauty, intelligence and success. These beliefs can lead to social pressure even within the same racial group, if some members are darker skinned than others. The result is that skin lightening has become a common activity across Africa, Asia and other areas of the world. More and more people with dark skin are using skin lightening products, even if they may face health risks. They believe that having whiter skin will improve their lives. Many people think they will have a better chance of getting a job or marrying into a better family. Or they want to look like what their society generally considers beautiful. Some beauty care products and soaps contain chemicals that make skin lighter. This process is also called bleaching. But some of the chemicals are extremely dangerous. One of the most dangerous is hydroquinone. Hydroquinone has been banned in several countries. This chemical has been linked to kidney damage and some kinds of cancer. It also causes low birth weight in babies when mothers use it during pregnanc y. At first, bleaching products make the skin color1 lighter. But after long-term use they can cause problems. They can even make some skin darker. The chemicals in the products block and break down the natural process that gives color1 to skin. The skin loses its natural barrier to protect against sunlight. Then the skin can become thick and discolor1ed. Usually the person will use more of the product in an effort to correct the problem, but this only makes it worse. Fatimata Ly treats skin conditions in the Senegalese capital, Dakar. Doctor Ly says skin bleaching has become a problem throughout Senegal. She says the chemicals are now more dangerous because they are stronger. Some cases have resulted in blackened fingernails, infections and permanent skin damage. And these are not the only risks. Experts say some people who change their skin color1 suffer emotional damage. They feel regret and sadness. They feel that instead of risking their health, they should have learned to love and accept their skin color1 as it was. According to the text customers using the bleaching products would also risk _ .
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[
"finger damage",
"low weight",
"skin cancer",
"emotional damage"
] | 3
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college_medicine
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E) emotional damage
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A) finger damage
B) skin cancer
C) can reduce temperatures in a better way
D) low weight
E) emotional damage
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E)
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[
"A)",
"B)",
"C)",
"D)"
] |
[
"A) finger damage",
"B) skin cancer",
"C) can reduce temperatures in a better way",
"D) low weight"
] |
D) low weight
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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In many societies, there is often greater acceptance of light skin than dark skin. Light skin may be seen as a mark of beauty, intelligence and success. These beliefs can lead to social pressure even within the same racial group, if some members are darker skinned than others. The result is that skin lightening has become a common activity across Africa, Asia and other areas of the world. More and more people with dark skin are using skin lightening products, even if they may face health risks. They believe that having whiter skin will improve their lives. Many people think they will have a better chance of getting a job or marrying into a better family. Or they want to look like what their society generally considers beautiful. Some beauty care products and soaps contain chemicals that make skin lighter. This process is also called bleaching. But some of the chemicals are extremely dangerous. One of the most dangerous is hydroquinone. Hydroquinone has been banned in several countries. This chemical has been linked to kidney damage and some kinds of cancer. It also causes low birth weight in babies when mothers use it during pregnanc y. At first, bleaching products make the skin color1 lighter. But after long-term use they can cause problems. They can even make some skin darker. The chemicals in the products block and break down the natural process that gives color1 to skin. The skin loses its natural barrier to protect against sunlight. Then the skin can become thick and discolor1ed. Usually the person will use more of the product in an effort to correct the problem, but this only makes it worse. Fatimata Ly treats skin conditions in the Senegalese capital, Dakar. Doctor Ly says skin bleaching has become a problem throughout Senegal. She says the chemicals are now more dangerous because they are stronger. Some cases have resulted in blackened fingernails, infections and permanent skin damage. And these are not the only risks. Experts say some people who change their skin color1 suffer emotional damage. They feel regret and sadness. They feel that instead of risking their health, they should have learned to love and accept their skin color1 as it was. According to the text customers using the bleaching products would also risk _ .
A) finger damage
B) skin cancer
C) can reduce temperatures in a better way
D) low weight
E) emotional damage
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Once there was a boy named Fritz who loved to draw. He drew everything. In the morning, he drew a picture of his cereal with milk. His papa said, "Don't draw your cereal. Eat it!" After school, Fritz drew a picture of his bicycle. His uncle said, "Don't draw your bicycle. Ride it!" At nighttime, after he finished washing his face, he drew a picture of the toothpaste on the sink. His mama said, "Don't draw the toothpaste. Brush your teeth!" One day Fritz got a splinter in his foot. It hurt. He wanted to take the splinter out. But first, he drew a picture of his foot with the splinter in it. He said, "Now I can remember what my foot looks like with a splinter in it." Then he took the splinter out all by himself. He told his friend Stephen that he took the splinter out all by himself. Stephen did not believe him. Fritz showed him the picture. Then Stephen believed him. What made Stephen believe Fritz?
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[
"the picture of the splinter in his foot",
"the picture of the cereal with milk",
"the picture of the toothpaste",
"the picture of the bicycle"
] | 0
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miscellaneous
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C) the picture of the splinter in his foot
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A) the picture of the cereal with milk
B) the picture of the toothpaste
C) the picture of the splinter in his foot
D) the picture of the bicycle
E) so many people were buried
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C)
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[
"A)",
"B)",
"D)",
"E)"
] |
[
"A) the picture of the cereal with milk",
"B) the picture of the toothpaste",
"D) the picture of the bicycle",
"E) so many people were buried"
] |
D) the picture of the bicycle
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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Once there was a boy named Fritz who loved to draw. He drew everything. In the morning, he drew a picture of his cereal with milk. His papa said, "Don't draw your cereal. Eat it!" After school, Fritz drew a picture of his bicycle. His uncle said, "Don't draw your bicycle. Ride it!" At nighttime, after he finished washing his face, he drew a picture of the toothpaste on the sink. His mama said, "Don't draw the toothpaste. Brush your teeth!" One day Fritz got a splinter in his foot. It hurt. He wanted to take the splinter out. But first, he drew a picture of his foot with the splinter in it. He said, "Now I can remember what my foot looks like with a splinter in it." Then he took the splinter out all by himself. He told his friend Stephen that he took the splinter out all by himself. Stephen did not believe him. Fritz showed him the picture. Then Stephen believed him. What made Stephen believe Fritz?
A) the picture of the cereal with milk
B) the picture of the toothpaste
C) the picture of the splinter in his foot
D) the picture of the bicycle
E) so many people were buried
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French surgeons have performed what they said on Wednesday was the world's first partial face transplant--- giving a new nose, chin and lips to a woman attacked by a dog. Specialists from two French hospitals carried out the operation on a 38-year-old woman on Sunday in the northern city of Amiens by taking the face from a brain-dead woman, who had hanged herself just hours before the operation. Her family agreed on the operation. "The patient is in an excellent state and the transplant looks normal," the hospitals said in a brief statement after waiting three days to announce the pioneering surgery. The woman had been left without a nose and lips after the dog attacked her last May, and was unable to talk or chew properly. Such injuries are "extremely difficult, if not impossible" to repair using normal surgical techniques, the statement said. The statement did not say what the woman would look like when she had fully recovered, but medical experts said she was unlikely to _ the woman who had been the source of her new face. The operation was led by Jean-Michel Dubernard, a specialist from a hospital in Lyon who has also carried out hand transplants, Skin transplants have long been used to treat burns and other injuries, but operations around the mouth and nose have been considered very difficult because of the area's high sensitivity to foreign tissue. Teams in France, the United States and Britain had been developing techniques to make face transplants a reality There was a short-term risk for the patient if blood vessels became blocked, a medium-term danger of her body rejecting the new skin and a long-term possibility that the drugs used could cause cancers. Experts say that although such medical advances should be celebrated, the transplant had thrown up moral and ethical issues. Little is known about the psychological effect of the transplant. What can we learn about the operation?
|
[
"The woman had used the dead woman' s whole face.",
"There has arisen a debate about the operation.",
"The woman will suffer from psychological damage soon.",
"Such transplants have been performed by doctors."
] | 1
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college_medicine
|
3) There has arisen a debate about the operation.
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1) Such transplants have been performed by doctors.
2) the reason to remember dreams
3) There has arisen a debate about the operation.
4) The woman will suffer from psychological damage soon.
5) The woman had used the dead woman' s whole face.
|
3)
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[
"1)",
"2)",
"4)",
"5)"
] |
[
"1) Such transplants have been performed by doctors.",
"2) the reason to remember dreams",
"4) The woman will suffer from psychological damage soon.",
"5) The woman had used the dead woman' s whole face."
] |
1) Such transplants have been performed by doctors.
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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French surgeons have performed what they said on Wednesday was the world's first partial face transplant--- giving a new nose, chin and lips to a woman attacked by a dog. Specialists from two French hospitals carried out the operation on a 38-year-old woman on Sunday in the northern city of Amiens by taking the face from a brain-dead woman, who had hanged herself just hours before the operation. Her family agreed on the operation. "The patient is in an excellent state and the transplant looks normal," the hospitals said in a brief statement after waiting three days to announce the pioneering surgery. The woman had been left without a nose and lips after the dog attacked her last May, and was unable to talk or chew properly. Such injuries are "extremely difficult, if not impossible" to repair using normal surgical techniques, the statement said. The statement did not say what the woman would look like when she had fully recovered, but medical experts said she was unlikely to _ the woman who had been the source of her new face. The operation was led by Jean-Michel Dubernard, a specialist from a hospital in Lyon who has also carried out hand transplants, Skin transplants have long been used to treat burns and other injuries, but operations around the mouth and nose have been considered very difficult because of the area's high sensitivity to foreign tissue. Teams in France, the United States and Britain had been developing techniques to make face transplants a reality There was a short-term risk for the patient if blood vessels became blocked, a medium-term danger of her body rejecting the new skin and a long-term possibility that the drugs used could cause cancers. Experts say that although such medical advances should be celebrated, the transplant had thrown up moral and ethical issues. Little is known about the psychological effect of the transplant. What can we learn about the operation?
1) Such transplants have been performed by doctors.
2) the reason to remember dreams
3) There has arisen a debate about the operation.
4) The woman will suffer from psychological damage soon.
5) The woman had used the dead woman' s whole face.
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Brazil is a federation that consists of twenty-six states and one federal district. The biggest majority of Brazil's population belongs to the Christian religion and almost all of them are Catholics. This is something Brazil inherited being Portugal's colony . Historically, the country was a colony claimed by people from Portugal and this made Portuguese the official language. The Portuguese reached Brazil in 1500 and until that moment it was inhabited by semi-nomadic people. The Portuguese changed Brazil into a country of slaves until 1800, when Maria I of Portugal came to live in Brazil. The Queen did not stay long in Brazil, but during the 20 years of royal presence a lot of changes occurred: commercial ports to United Kingdom were opened; Brazil stopped being isolated from other countries. So at the moment of getting the independence on the 7th of September, 1822, Brazil already had the potential to develop. The Brazilian Empire, Pedro I, abolished slavery in 1888 in the face of Princess Isabel. A lot of European people started coming to Brazil and the industry of the country started working. In the 19th and the 20th century as it has been said above foreign people immigrated to Brazil and basically 5 million European and Japanese people became the residents of Brazil. The beginning of the 20th century was especially marked by the immigration of a lot of Asian people: Japanese, Korean and Chinese immigrants. As a matter of fact Japanese people do not immigrate a lot, and the fact that the Brazilian-Japanese people are the largest Japanese minority in the world does astonish greatly. The majority of the cultural inherits of Brazil are actually Portuguese, due to the fact that Brazil was Portugal's colony for a very long time. The southern states mainly consist of European population and the north and the northeast consist of a mixed population including Africans, Amerindians and Europeans. Most of this population is Roman Catholic. No other country in the world has the same amount of Catholics. The modern tendency of Brazil is the growing number of people calling themselves Protestants. Around 7.4% of the population don't believe any god. Some Brazilians, especially in the northern states are mixed Africans who prefer following the traditional African religions. Only 1.8% of the population chose Buddhism, Islam or Judaism. Though Brazil always tried to maintain democracy, it was failed several times by the dictatorship of Getulo Vargas. This fact could not affect the political situation in the country. Brazil was ruled by Portuguese about _ .
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"22 years",
"300 years",
"322 years",
"328 years"
] | 2
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[c] 322 years
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[a] 22 years
[b] 328 years
[c] 322 years
[d] people envied the writer
[e] 300 years
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[c]
|
[
"[a]",
"[b]",
"[d]",
"[e]"
] |
[
"[a] 22 years",
"[b] 328 years",
"[d] people envied the writer",
"[e] 300 years"
] |
[d] people envied the writer
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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Brazil is a federation that consists of twenty-six states and one federal district. The biggest majority of Brazil's population belongs to the Christian religion and almost all of them are Catholics. This is something Brazil inherited being Portugal's colony . Historically, the country was a colony claimed by people from Portugal and this made Portuguese the official language. The Portuguese reached Brazil in 1500 and until that moment it was inhabited by semi-nomadic people. The Portuguese changed Brazil into a country of slaves until 1800, when Maria I of Portugal came to live in Brazil. The Queen did not stay long in Brazil, but during the 20 years of royal presence a lot of changes occurred: commercial ports to United Kingdom were opened; Brazil stopped being isolated from other countries. So at the moment of getting the independence on the 7th of September, 1822, Brazil already had the potential to develop. The Brazilian Empire, Pedro I, abolished slavery in 1888 in the face of Princess Isabel. A lot of European people started coming to Brazil and the industry of the country started working. In the 19th and the 20th century as it has been said above foreign people immigrated to Brazil and basically 5 million European and Japanese people became the residents of Brazil. The beginning of the 20th century was especially marked by the immigration of a lot of Asian people: Japanese, Korean and Chinese immigrants. As a matter of fact Japanese people do not immigrate a lot, and the fact that the Brazilian-Japanese people are the largest Japanese minority in the world does astonish greatly. The majority of the cultural inherits of Brazil are actually Portuguese, due to the fact that Brazil was Portugal's colony for a very long time. The southern states mainly consist of European population and the north and the northeast consist of a mixed population including Africans, Amerindians and Europeans. Most of this population is Roman Catholic. No other country in the world has the same amount of Catholics. The modern tendency of Brazil is the growing number of people calling themselves Protestants. Around 7.4% of the population don't believe any god. Some Brazilians, especially in the northern states are mixed Africans who prefer following the traditional African religions. Only 1.8% of the population chose Buddhism, Islam or Judaism. Though Brazil always tried to maintain democracy, it was failed several times by the dictatorship of Getulo Vargas. This fact could not affect the political situation in the country. Brazil was ruled by Portuguese about _ .
[a] 22 years
[b] 328 years
[c] 322 years
[d] people envied the writer
[e] 300 years
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Hi!I'm Lucy. I am a student in Class 5,Grade 7.I have a big schoolbag. It is blue and red. The price is Y=88.1.have a nice pencil box in it. It is Y=10.Its color is white. I bought it in a store. There are four pencils and one pen. Each pencil is Y=1 and the pen is Y=12.My eraser is yellow. The price is Y=2.My ruler is orange and very long. I like them very much. I study very hard. The color of my eraser is _ .
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[
"orange",
"black",
"yellow",
"blue"
] | 2
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elementary_mathematics
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A. yellow
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A. yellow
B. Stay on the bus.
C. orange
D. blue
E. black
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A.
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[
"B.",
"C.",
"D.",
"E."
] |
[
"B. Stay on the bus.",
"C. orange",
"D. blue",
"E. black"
] |
B. Stay on the bus.
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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Hi!I'm Lucy. I am a student in Class 5,Grade 7.I have a big schoolbag. It is blue and red. The price is Y=88.1.have a nice pencil box in it. It is Y=10.Its color is white. I bought it in a store. There are four pencils and one pen. Each pencil is Y=1 and the pen is Y=12.My eraser is yellow. The price is Y=2.My ruler is orange and very long. I like them very much. I study very hard. The color of my eraser is _ .
A. yellow
B. Stay on the bus.
C. orange
D. blue
E. black
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Eating 40 percent less food could extend a person`s life by 20 years, according to scientists. Researchers at the Institute of Health Ageing at University College London are developing a treatment that they hope will fight the `disease` of getting older. They are looking into how genetics and lifestyle can affect ageing and add years, possibly decades, to a person`s life. Age-related diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and neuro degeneration can also be treated, it is claimed. They want to find out how the life of a rat can be increased by up to 30 percent simply by reducing its food intake. Researcher Dr. Piper told the Independent : `If you reduce the diet of a rat by 40 percent it will live for 20 or 30 percent longer. So we would be talking 20 years of human life. This has shown on all sorts of animals, even Labradors(a kind of dog).`The scientists are also studying fruit flies, which share 60 percent of human genes and age in a similar manner, and mice. They have already made the healthy lifespan longer in both flies and mice by using drug treatments and a balanced diet. It is hoped that this combination will also work to extend human life. Dr. Piper said: `If we discover the genes involved with ageing, we should be able to delay ageing itself. This is what we`ve found.` He added that the field of research into extending life is only a decade old, so remains `in theory . It is their special approach to treating all age-related diseases caused by the `disease` of ageing itself that sets their research apart. How can people live longer according to the text?
|
[
"Exercise regularly.",
"Reduce their diet properly.",
"Vary their lifestyles constantly.",
"Change their genes completely."
] | 1
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nutrition
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D. Reduce their diet properly.
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A. newspaper; shop owner
B. Exercise regularly.
C. Vary their lifestyles constantly.
D. Reduce their diet properly.
E. Change their genes completely.
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D.
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[
"A.",
"B.",
"C.",
"E."
] |
[
"A. newspaper; shop owner",
"B. Exercise regularly.",
"C. Vary their lifestyles constantly.",
"E. Change their genes completely."
] |
B. Exercise regularly.
|
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
Eating 40 percent less food could extend a person`s life by 20 years, according to scientists. Researchers at the Institute of Health Ageing at University College London are developing a treatment that they hope will fight the `disease` of getting older. They are looking into how genetics and lifestyle can affect ageing and add years, possibly decades, to a person`s life. Age-related diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and neuro degeneration can also be treated, it is claimed. They want to find out how the life of a rat can be increased by up to 30 percent simply by reducing its food intake. Researcher Dr. Piper told the Independent : `If you reduce the diet of a rat by 40 percent it will live for 20 or 30 percent longer. So we would be talking 20 years of human life. This has shown on all sorts of animals, even Labradors(a kind of dog).`The scientists are also studying fruit flies, which share 60 percent of human genes and age in a similar manner, and mice. They have already made the healthy lifespan longer in both flies and mice by using drug treatments and a balanced diet. It is hoped that this combination will also work to extend human life. Dr. Piper said: `If we discover the genes involved with ageing, we should be able to delay ageing itself. This is what we`ve found.` He added that the field of research into extending life is only a decade old, so remains `in theory . It is their special approach to treating all age-related diseases caused by the `disease` of ageing itself that sets their research apart. How can people live longer according to the text?
A. newspaper; shop owner
B. Exercise regularly.
C. Vary their lifestyles constantly.
D. Reduce their diet properly.
E. Change their genes completely.
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Each child has his individual pattern of social, as well as physical, development. Some of it depends on his home life and his relationships with the people who love him. Children in large families learn how to get along with others through normal brother- sister play and tussles . An only child, on the other hand , may have to learn his lessons in social living through hard experiences on the playground or in the classroom. Twins who always have one another to lean on may be slow in responding to others because they do not need anyone else. A child who is constantly scolded and made to feel he does everything wrong may have a difficult time developing socially. He may be so afraid of displeasing the adults around him that he keeps to himself (where he can't get into trouble)or he may take the opposite route and go out of his way to create trouble. Like the deserted child, he too may return to infantile pleasures, developing habits that will satisfy him, but create barriers toward social contact. The passage implies that which of the following may have the earliest time learning to get along with others?
|
[
"An only child",
"A child from a large family",
"Twins",
"Children who are continually scolded"
] | 1
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high_school_psychology
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V. A child from a large family
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I. science report
II. Twins
III. Children who are continually scolded
IV. An only child
V. A child from a large family
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V.
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[
"I.",
"II.",
"III.",
"IV."
] |
[
"I. science report",
"II. Twins",
"III. Children who are continually scolded",
"IV. An only child"
] |
I. science report
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
|
Each child has his individual pattern of social, as well as physical, development. Some of it depends on his home life and his relationships with the people who love him. Children in large families learn how to get along with others through normal brother- sister play and tussles . An only child, on the other hand , may have to learn his lessons in social living through hard experiences on the playground or in the classroom. Twins who always have one another to lean on may be slow in responding to others because they do not need anyone else. A child who is constantly scolded and made to feel he does everything wrong may have a difficult time developing socially. He may be so afraid of displeasing the adults around him that he keeps to himself (where he can't get into trouble)or he may take the opposite route and go out of his way to create trouble. Like the deserted child, he too may return to infantile pleasures, developing habits that will satisfy him, but create barriers toward social contact. The passage implies that which of the following may have the earliest time learning to get along with others?
I. science report
II. Twins
III. Children who are continually scolded
IV. An only child
V. A child from a large family
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The train started moving. There were many people of all ages. Most of them were working men and women and young college boys and girls. Near the window sat an old man with his son, who looked about thirty years old. As the train moved, the son was filled with joy because he was very excited at the scenery outside. He said in a high voice, "See, Dad, the green trees and the scenery are very beautiful!" It made the other people feel very strange. Everyone started talking in a low voice about the old man's son. A few minutes later it started raining. Raindrops fell on the travelers through the opened window. Seeing the rain, the old man's son said happily, "See ,Dad, how beautiful the rain is!" Hearing these words, a young lady became angry with the man, as the raindrops were dropping on her new clothes. She shouted at the noisy son and his father. "Can't you see it is raining? You! Old man! If your son is not feeling well, get him to a mental hospital quickly and please don't disturb us any more!" The old man's face turned red and then he answered in a low voice, "We are on the way back from hospital. He couldn't see anything at birth. Only last week he could see again. The rain and the nature are new to him. Please _ him." All the other people became quiet. How old was the old man's son?
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[
"About 7 years old.",
"About 20 years old.",
"About 50 years old.",
"About 30 years old."
] | 3
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(D) About 30 years old.
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(A) About 7 years old.
(B) avoid paying the restaurant owner
(C) About 20 years old.
(D) About 30 years old.
(E) About 50 years old.
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(D)
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[
"(A)",
"(B)",
"(C)",
"(E)"
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[
"(A) About 7 years old.",
"(B) avoid paying the restaurant owner",
"(C) About 20 years old.",
"(E) About 50 years old."
] |
(C) About 20 years old.
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Choose the correct answer from the options below.
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The train started moving. There were many people of all ages. Most of them were working men and women and young college boys and girls. Near the window sat an old man with his son, who looked about thirty years old. As the train moved, the son was filled with joy because he was very excited at the scenery outside. He said in a high voice, "See, Dad, the green trees and the scenery are very beautiful!" It made the other people feel very strange. Everyone started talking in a low voice about the old man's son. A few minutes later it started raining. Raindrops fell on the travelers through the opened window. Seeing the rain, the old man's son said happily, "See ,Dad, how beautiful the rain is!" Hearing these words, a young lady became angry with the man, as the raindrops were dropping on her new clothes. She shouted at the noisy son and his father. "Can't you see it is raining? You! Old man! If your son is not feeling well, get him to a mental hospital quickly and please don't disturb us any more!" The old man's face turned red and then he answered in a low voice, "We are on the way back from hospital. He couldn't see anything at birth. Only last week he could see again. The rain and the nature are new to him. Please _ him." All the other people became quiet. How old was the old man's son?
(A) About 7 years old.
(B) avoid paying the restaurant owner
(C) About 20 years old.
(D) About 30 years old.
(E) About 50 years old.
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