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[ { "content": "In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Flashcards have been used in education for decades to help students remember vocabulary terms and definitions. Because you are focusing on memorizing the words in the dictionary, you can write each term on a flashcard and use the flashcards to practice remembering each term. You can use plain white flashcards or colored flashcards for terms that are more difficult for you to remember. You may also want to use colored flashcards to signify each letter of the alphabet. For example, blue flashcards for all “a” letters, yellow flashcards for all “b” letters, green flashcards for “c” letters, etc. Write down one word per flashcard. Follow the word order of the dictionary and write them in order on the flashcards. For example, “aardvark, aardwolf, Aaron, aasvoel” should follow one after the other, one word per flashcard. Once you have made the flashcards, put them to use by setting aside one to two hours a day studying the flashcards. Do this in sections, focusing on 50 cards at a time. To strengthen your long term memory, you should review the cards you have already studied so you can work your way up slowly to remembering 50 cards, then 100 cards, then 150 cards, etc. Another technique is to practice with the flashcards by placing them in areas around your room or home that you use often. Tape them on the walls, on mirrors, or on any surface that you look at every day. This will force you to study them throughout the day and help you remember them. Ask someone to help you review the flashcards by testing your memory of the words on the flashcards. Start with 20 cards at a time, and have the person ask you to name each word on the card. Say the words out loud to reinforce your memory of each word. Over time, you can have the person speed up how fast they ask you to name each word so you improve your ability to memorize each word quickly and in succession. Once you become confident with 20 cards, increase the amount to 50 cards and ask the person to quiz you. Work your way to 100 cards and then 150 cards. Add more flashcards as you work your way through the dictionary, but be sure to circle back and repeat past words so you can remember them long term.\nSummary: Create your own flashcards. Make a practice schedule. Test your memory with a partner.\n\nIn one sentence, describe what the following article is about: The reason you learned relaxation techniques was to keep yourself calm while slowly building up your exposure to dogs. But before you start allowing dogs to be in your presence, you need to develop a plan. This plan should include each step you’re going to go through between now (no dogs) and actually being in their presence. Your plan should be customized for your particular type of fears, and the fearful situations you personally experience. The list should be written in order of least fearful to most fearful so you work your way up to conquering your most fearful situation. An example of a plan to overcome your fear of dogs is as follows: Step 1 - draw a dog on a piece of paper. Step 2 - read about dogs. Step 3 - look at photos of dogs. Step 4 - look at videos of dogs. Step 5 - look at dogs through a closed window. Step 6 - look at dogs through a partially opened window. Step 7 - look at dogs through an open window. Step 8 - look at dogs through a doorway. Step 9 - look at dogs from outside the doorway. Step 10 - look at a dog (who is on a leash) in the next room. Step 11 - look at a dog (who is on a leash) in the same room. Step 12 - sit beside a dog. Step 13 - pet a dog. Use the scale to measure your level of anxiety, with 0 being totally relaxed and 100 being the most fear/anxiety/discomfort you have ever experienced. This is a helpful tool for measuring how your distress levels change over time. The anxiety distress scale can also help you decide when it's time for you to move to the next step of your exposure plan. Be patient and take your time. Don't move to the next step too quickly. At some point in your plan you will have to place yourself in the presence of an actual dog. You need this dog to be handled by a competent and trustful person, and the dog needs to be predictable and well-trained. Talk to the dog’s owner in advance of executing your plan and explain to them what you’re trying to accomplish. They should be patient and understanding as they may need to simply sit there with their dog for a while as you acclimatize to the dog’s presence. It is not a good idea to use a puppy, even if you think they’re cuter and not as violent. Puppies are not well-trained and can be quite unpredictable. This can cause them to do something unexpected in your presence which may only exacerbate your fear. Eventually, if you’re able to, have your friend teach you basic commands for the dog so you can control the dog yourself. Being in control of the dog may further help you to alleviate your fears once you realize you have the ability to direct their actions. Start with the first item on your plan and carry it out. Repeatedly carry it out until you feel less anxious and fearful doing it. If the step you’re doing allows you to stay in one place (i.e. watch dogs though a window), slowly expand the length of time you perform the activity as well. Use the relaxation techniques you practiced to help keep yourself calm. Use your journal to keep track of your progress. Write down each attempt you make and how it went. Rate your level of anxiety and fear before and after each attempt. Remember that your exposure to dogs should be planned, prolonged and repeated. Don’t feel you need to rush. Take your time on each step of your plan until you feel comfortable moving onto the next step. This part of the recovery process is going to be the hardest you’ll have to go through, but the only way it’s going to be successful is if you keep it up. Make a schedule where you practice on a regular basis. If at all possible, practice daily. Reward yourself for the progress you make. If needed, build rewards into your plan so you have an extra goal to work towards for each step.\nSummary: Develop an exposure plan. Create and practice using an anxiety distress scale. Engage the help of a trusted friend with a dog. Start facing your fear of dogs. Practice regularly.\n\nIn one sentence, describe what the following article is about: People tend to apologize excessively when they feel uncomfortable. Apologizing once is acceptable, but saying you are sorry again and again does not help the person. It only makes the situation more awkward. Remember you are not doing anything wrong. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can suggest that the person ask someone else. Recommending someone else works best if you are turning down the request because you don’t know the person well enough. This also helps to make it clear that your decision is final. You might say, “Try asking Jill. She’s worked with you for much longer than I have.” If you can’t recommend the person based on his or her performance, try suggesting alternatives. Turn down the request and follow up with “Perhaps Amy might be able to help.” Once you have turned someone down for a reference, do not reconsider just because the person begs, argues, or otherwise attempts to change your mind. If you give in, you’ll only wind up in a trickier situation: providing a difficult reference that compromises your integrity. Stay strong!\nSummary:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Resist the urge to apologize. Consider suggesting alternative references. Stick to your decision.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Hi, I'm Sandy. I come from America. I have long hair. I like listening to music and singing. I don't like sports. I often call my friends at the weekend. My name is Jack. My Chinese name is Chen Tao. My eyes are not very good, so I often wear a pair of glasses. I enjoy playing computer games and swimming. I like making friends and I have a Chinese friend. Hello, everyone. I'm Luo Wei. I'm from China. My hair is short. I love running and pets. And I have a lovely dog. My name is Daniel. I come from England. I'm good at Maths. I often help my classmates with their Maths. I'm not very tall. I like playing computer games on the Internet. Would you like to be my friend? Please write e-mails to me. Question: Jack's eyes are not good, so he _ . Options: A: likes playing computer games. B: doesn't like sports C: often wears a pair of glasses. D: often calls his friends at the weekend.\nC\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Justin Bieber's birthday wish has come true. The teenage star announced earlier this week that he wanted his fans to donate $17,000 to charity---so far the total of gifts that have poured in is more than $31000. \"I have had a great year and it is all because of the fans helping me live my dream,\" said the young singer. \"I'm turning 17 years old on Tuesday, and have so much to be grateful for! So this year, I really want my birthday to be all about helping others. Instead of asking for gifts, I'm asking friends, family and fans to consider donating $17 for my 17thbirthday to help make a change.\" Bieber asked his fans to donate to a charity that builds clean water projects in developing countries. \"Together, we've made a big difference for many causes. Did you know that about 4,500 kids die each day from waterborne diseases ? By building clean water projects for villages that need them, we can prevent this! I want to make my birthday matter this year--- let's make it so more kids can grow up to have a 17thbirthday like me. Join me to make a change. \"I'm really so grateful for my family, friends and fans--- and I believe we can do something big to help bring clean water to people in need. Even if you don't have $17 to give I just ask you to go out in your community and try and make a positive difference. Even the smallest act of kindness can go a long way.\" ,. Question: What does Bieber ask his friends for his 17thbirthday? Options: A: Gifts. B: $17. C: Birthday wish. D: Clean water.\nB\nQ: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Perhaps the most famous clothing brand name in the world is Levi's.Levi Strauss & Co.is the producer of blue denim jeans.Here's how it happened. In the mid 1800s many people went to California to look for gold.A young German named Levi Strauss traveled to San Francisco to help his brother on business.He sold canvas to the workers for tents.But the workers said they needed pants more,because their pants were easy to wear out.Instead of selling his canvas for tent-making,he turned it into pants.These kinds of pants were very popular with workers.He was very happy and named the kind of pants\"denims\".And in 1853 he founded Levi Strauss & Co. Twenty years later the company began using a design with pockets.During the working,Strauss _ the process for putting metal rivets in the eans for strength. On May 20,1873,they received the U.S.Patent No.139,121 for the process and that date is now considered the official birthday of\"blue jeans\". Today the company still has its factories in San Francisco,California.Over 11,000 people work in them and bring in over $4 billion a year. Question: The blue denim jeans have about _ years of history. Options: A: 100 B: 130 C: 140 D: 200\nA: C\nQuestion: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: My name is David Smith. I am an English boy. My family is in Hangzhou. My father and mother work here. My father is an engineer and my mother is a teacher. I have a sister but no brothers. My sister and I are students of Nol. 1 Middle School. We love Hangzhou, and we love China, too. We have a nice house in Hangzhou. We have a color TV and a computer. My room is big. There is a bed, a desk and two chairs in it. My books are on the bookcase. I have a phone on my desk. There are some pictures on the wall. I like my room and I like these pictures very much. Question: David's parents are _ . Options: A: teachers B: engineers C: in England D: in China\nAnswer: D\n*Question*\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Patrick Johnson,an artist for the Washington Post,found some treasure in his new house35,000 dollars in a place where no one could see it. Although he had car and house payments in his head, he still decided to return all of the money to the previous owner of the house,Mr. Williams. Would you have done the same? Just hours after he had bought the house,Patrick came into the small house,where he was planning to lay out his tools and hang things up. He looked up and noticed a little hole in the wall. He didn't know what it was inside, so he walked towards the wall. It was very dark inside,but an old box caught his eye. \"I caught the thing,it was heavy. I thought it might be some pieces of wood.\" he said. Actually it was not. It was filled with lots of dollar bills. But he and his wife knew they had to return the money to Mr. Williams. \"I've got two boys and we teach them to be honest and to do what is right. I knew this was a teachable moment that I would never get back again.\" Patrick said to his wife. \"So I thought we would do something honest with it. It's been a great thing for us and our kids.\" Question: Patrick and his wife returned the money at last because _ . Options: A: they didn't need the money at all B: their children liked money very much C: they wanted to teach their children to be honest D: the previous owner of the house asked them to do so\n**Answer**\nC\n*Question*\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Do you feel you have enough time to do all the things you have to do or want to do? How do you think you could plan your day better? A daily schedule will help you plan every part of it. If you learn to manage your time, you will probably feel less worried. Here is how to do it. 1. Take out a piece of paper and a ruler. Draw a form of your waking hours, using one square for each half an hour. If you're awake for 16 hours each day, you will need 32 squares: 8 across, 4 down.2. Sit down and examine your day. Make a list of all the things you need to do. Think about when you should do them. 3. Fill out your schedule. 4. Remember to give yourself breaks. If doing all of your homework at one time is too much, schedule a little bit of free time in the middle of it. 5. If you have an important thing to do but it's not on your schedule, _ other activities around it. 6. Think about using different colored pens for your different activities. In this way, you'll clearly know how your day is planned out. Question: If the writer is awake for 14 hours each day, he will need _ squares in his schedule. Options: A: 14 B: 28 C: 32 D: 36\n**Answer**\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ques: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Sunshine Sports Center One of the most modern sports centers in town, the Sunshine Sports Center is not just a sports club but much more! With a swimming pool for adults and teens, and a smaller one for children, our center has something for all the members of the family.Parents can relax while children play in the water.For anybody who is interested in competitive sports, football and basketball courts are the ideal places to work off stress. Whether you just want to keep in shape, lose some weight or build your strength, there's the super-modern equipment and three personal trainers to look after you and answer your questions.They can also give you general advice about healthy eating and dieting. Lessons It doesn't matter if you're five or eighty-five, there's something for you at the Sunshine Sports Center! We offer personal training in all sports if you want it, but there are also group lessons for all sports if you prefer teamwork. Kids and teenagers Take advantage of our special offer for younger members.For members between five and sixteen years old, there are special lessons in water polo, competitive swimming and diving.There are many classes for all levels of swimmers, with a lifeguard on duty from 9:00 am when the pool opens until it closes at 7:00 pm. Social events Sunshine Sports Center is not only for sport! You can enjoy a delicious meal at our restaurant or have a milkshake with your friends on the balcony overlooking the swimming pool and the courts.In addition, there are lovely gardens where families or friends can have a picnic! To celebrate a birthday, there is no better place than the Sunshine Sports Center. So, come on Sign up for Sunshine Sports Center today! Question: In Sunshine Sports Center _ . - children are not allowed to swim alone - lifeguards are on duty 24 hours a day - people can have birthday parties - special lessons in diving are offered to adults\nAns: people can have birthday parties\n\nQues: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Happiness is a feeling that lights up your eyes, makes your steps light and makes you want to sing for no reason. Everyone wants to be happy. But sometimes, a guest comes in without invitation. It's unhappiness. Don't let it get you down. Send it away! When you are happy, the world feels like a better place. As the saying goes: When you smile, the world smiles with you; when you cry, you cry alone. Wearing a smile will make you more charming and help you to win lots of friends. A good mood always gives you hope, which makes troubles and problems easier to handle. No matte how happy you are, it's normal to feel angry, sad or gloomy once in a while. Life is full of ups and downs. We can't change the way life is, but we can do our best to change a bad situation into a good one. To help us do this, it's good to know some of the factors that influence happiness. One of the biggest factors is social relationships. People who are close to family and friends are happier than people who don't have those relationships. Talking and sharing is a good way to relax and build confidence . Knowing someone is there for you will make you braver and more outgoing. Another factor is work or school. If you enjoy school, even if you have lots of homework or extra classes, you will still feel that your school life is meaningful and happy. But if you hate school, your negative attitude may cause you to feel bored and upset that you have to do so much work. A third factor is your attitude towards life. How do you feel if you fail in an exam? Maybe you think it's unfair because you always study hard and should get a good mark. You can't stop blaming yourself. Or, maybe you accept it. You go through the paper carefully, find our why you made stupid mistakes, and tell yourself, \"Take it easy! I'll do better next time!\" Your attitude makes a big difference. Question: Which of the following is probably the best title for the passage? - Make Trouble Easy to Handle. - Your School Life is happy. - The World Smiles with You. - You Make Your Own Happiness.\nAns: You Make Your Own Happiness.\n\nQues: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: After a particularly busy period at work, I decided to get away from it all by going on a hike in the mountains in southern France. Before I left, I read an interesting story in a magazine. It read, \"Once, while I was riding on a crowded bus, the man sitting next to me threw his cell phone out of the window when his phone rang. I was surprised. He looked at me, shrugged and looked away. I had no idea whether it was his or stolen or whether he even knew what a cell phone was or not, but he clearly wanted to be free of it, because it clearly troubled him. \" Billions of people across the world use cell phones. Though cell phones are a wonderful way for communication, they often do the exact opposite. Using cell phones can increase stress within families and friends. So when I recently returned home, I got rid of my cell phone. Now I go outside without taking my phone with me. I've noticed things in my neighborhood I never noticed before, such as gardens. I've met new people, started conversations with neighbors I didn't speak to before and talked with some of my friends face to face instead of chatting over the phone. Instead of keeping me off from the world, stopping using my cell phone has helped me get even closer to my family and friends. Question: We can learn from the passage that cell phones _ . - are too expensive for many people - can also get people into trouble - stop people from communicating face to face - can make life more interesting\nAns: can also get people into trouble\n\nQues: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Once I mentioned the story of a friend getting something made for me to give my daughter as a present, and then not letting me pay her back. Writing about that made me think about the problem of communicating feelings, particularly in cross - cultural situations. Let me explain. If I say to a fellow English - speaker, \"I know how you feel,\" what I am actually saying is that I can imagine myself in the same position, and therefore can imagine how I would feel. But my friend could perfectly correctly reply, \"No, you don't! You can't.\" In truth we can communicate how strongly we feel, but we cannot communicate exactly what we feel. But if we come from the same linguistic and cultural background, the match can be close enough. Culture and language cannot be separated, and I think that we have the feelings that are recognized in our culture and therefore represented in our language. One might say that we feel the things that our language allows us to express. So when it comes to trying to explain feelings to someone of a different mother tongue, the difficulties are huge. I could not explain to my friend how I felt about her not letting me repay her, because Chinese culture, it seems, does not recognize the same feelings on such occasions. She could understand the words that I was using, but could not understand what I was trying to say. Some time ago, I was going up in the lift, and a colleague with whom I merely have a nodding acquaintance was offering round some sweetmeat. I knew that I really could not eat it, so I refused politely, only to be told that I was making her lose face. I have no idea how serious the colleague was being. Causing someone to lose face is a serious social mistake. We have to do all we can to learn the types of situation in which it happens, and to try to avoid them. But we can only know about losing face, we can't feel losing face, as the term is merely a literal translation of Chinese, not one that is native to English. Question: This passage is focused on _ . - how to avoid making people lose face - cultural differences between the east and the west - the importance of one's cultural background - how to be acquainted with Chinese culture\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "cultural differences between the east and the west", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "In this task, you're given an article, a question which often contains a blank, four options (associated with \"A\", \"B\", \"C\", \"D\") and the answer to that question. Your task is to classify whether the given answer is correct or not by providing \"Yes\" or \"No\", based on the article.\n\nExample Input: Article: Luggage We ask you to keep a medium - sized suitcase per person, but a small holdall can also be taken onto the coach. Seats Requests for particular seats can be made on most coach breaks when booking, but since seats are booked on a first come, first serve basic, early booking is advisable. When bookings are made with us, you will be offered the best seats that are available on the coach at that time. Travel Documents When you have paid your deposit we will send you all the necessary documents, so that you receive them in good time before the coach break leaving date. Certain documents, for example, air or boat tickets, may have to be reserved and your guide will then give them to you during the break. Special Diets If you require a special diet, you must inform us at the time of booking with a copy of the diet. This will be told to the hotels on your coach break. The hotels for certain coach breaks are tourist class and they may not have the equipment to deal with special diets. Any extra costs must be paid by yourself before leaving the hotel. Accommodation On any coach break there are only a limited number of single rooms. When a single room is available, it may be subject to an extra charge and this will be shown on the brochure page. Entertainment Some of our hotels arrange extra entertainment which could include music, dancing, films, etc. The nature and frequency of the entertainment presented is decided by the hotel and therefore not guaranteed and could be withdrawn if there is a lack of demand or insufficient numbers in the hotel. \n Question: If you want to choose certain seats of the coach, you should _ . \n Options: (A) take little luggage (B) avoid traveling in holidays (C) book your seats well in advance (D) arrive early on the leaving date \n Asnwer: C\nExample Output: Yes\n\nExample Input: Article: Sustainable development is applied to just about everything from energy to clean water and economic growth, and as a result it has become difficult to question either the basic assumptions behind it or the way the concept is put to use. This is especially true in agriculture, where sustainable development is often taken as the measure of progress without a proper appreciation of historical and cultural perspectives. To start with, it is important to remember that the nature of agriculture has changed markedly throughout history, and will continue to do so. Medieval agriculture in northern Europe fed, clothed and sheltered a mainly rural society with a much lower population density than it is today. It had minimal effect on biodiversity, and any pollution it caused was typically localized. In terms of energy use and the nutrients captured in the product it was relatively inefficient. Contrast this with farming since the start of the industrial revolution. Competition from overseas led farmers to specialize and increase yields. Throughout this period food became cheaper, safer and more reliable. However, these changes have also led to habitat loss and to reducing biodiversity. All this means that agriculture in the 21st century will have to be very different from how it was in the 20th. This will require thorough thinking. For example, we need to move away from the idea that traditional practices are certainly more sustainable than new ones. We also need to abandon the notion that agriculture can be \"zero impact\". The key will be to abandon the rather simple and static measures of sustainability, which centre on the need to maintain production without increasing damage. Instead we need a more dynamic interpretation, one that looks at the pros and cons of all the various way land is used. There are many different ways to measure agricultural performance besides food yield: energy use, environmental costs, water purity, carbon footprint and biodiversity. It is clear, for example, that the carbon of transporting tomatoes from Spain to the UK is less than that of producing them in the UK with additional heating and lighting. But we do not know whether lower carbon footprints will always be better for biodiversity. What is important is recognizing that sustainable agriculture is not just about sustainable food production. \n Question: How do people often measure progress in agriculture? \n Options: (A) By its impact on the environment (B) By its contribution to economic growth (C) By its productivity (D) By its sustainability \n Asnwer: B\nExample Output: No\n\nExample Input: Article: Have you ever wanted to achieve a goal and ended up doing tons of research on how to achieve the goal? As you learn more and more, it feels like you know less and less because when you learn something new, you find that there is a lot to know about those things. Sometimes, people will get stuck in this needing to gather more and more information. There's nothing wrong with learning a lot, but when you let learning get in the way of doing, you will never get going. When you never get going, you still never start having the things you want. Too much learning can paralyze you in terms of taking action. A better way to go about achieving a goal is to gather some information and immediately start taking action on the information you have gathered. Many times you will feel unprepared, and that's OK. The best way to learn is to take action and learn from the results you get from those actions. When you are able to get past the fear of not being perfect and just take the first step, you will be further ahead than the majority of people who are still in the preparation stage. It's good to be prepared especially in situations such as a pilot and crew making sure the plane is ready to take off, but over-preparation in trying to reach a goal won't give you any results. The knowledge and skills you will need will be picked up along the way. If a baby wants to learn how to walk, it will never be able to do it by sitting there and analyzing how to walk. The best way for a baby to walk is to actually stand up and start walking. Sure it may fall, but with every fall, it will learn what is working and what is not and adjust to _ . By doing this over and over again, it will eventually learn to walk. This is the approach you need to take when you want to achieve your goals as well. It works. Learning more is great but if all you're doing is learning and not taking action, it's time to change. Just take the first step! \n Question: The author thinks that learning _ . \n Options: (A) stops us from doing things (B) prevents us from achieving a goal (C) should be combined with practice (D) means gathering more and more information \n Asnwer: C\nExample Output:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Yes\n\n", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Hi! I'm Tina. This is a photo of Class 2. This class has twenty-five students, twelve girls and thirteen boys. These are Amy and Bob. Amy is Bob's sister. Amy is 12 and Bob is 13. Amy likes math and English. Bob likes music . He has a CD collection. This is Bruce. He is 14. He likes sports and has a sports collection. Jerry is a teacher . He is twenty-four. He likes blue, black and green. Many of his clothes are in these colors. Do you know the relationship between Jerry and Bruce? Aha! Jerry is Bruce's uncle. ,. Question: What color does Jerry NOT like? - Blue. - Yellow. - Black. - Green.\nYellow.\n\n(Question)\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: An old lady went out shopping last Sunday. She came to a bank and saw a car near the door . A man got out of it and went into the bank . She looked into the car. The keys were in the lock. The old lady took the keys and followed the man into the bank. The man took a gun out of his pockets and said to the clerk , \" Give me all the money . \" But the old lady didn't see this. She went to the man and put the keys in his hand and said, \" Young man , you're foolish . Never leave your keys in your car. Someone's going to steal it . \" The man looked at the old woman for a few seconds. Then he looked at the clerk and then he took the keys and ran off the bank, got into his car and drove away quickly without any money . ,. Question: The old lady took the keys and _ . - went away - gave them to the policeman - took them home - returned to the young man\n(Answer)\nreturned to the young man\n\nQues: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: A \"Gap Year\" is a period of time when a student takes a break before going to university. It is often spent travelling or working. It can give young people useful learning experiences and new skills. Gap years are popular with European and Australian students, but remain less popular in America. However, in recent years, more and more American students are preparing for college by taking a gap year. The advantages of taking a gap year are as follows: Learn about the World and Yourself Although you don't have to go abroad to experience gap years, most gap year students catch the chance to travel abroad. You are able to work out who you are and what you are for. The experiences of different cultures offer you interesting lessons. You can learn more about the world and get to know yourself better. Face Challenges and Have Fun A gap year is not only a time to take a vacation, but also a time to face challenges. Gap year students usually work, volunteer or take service projects. You have to learn how to get along in the real world. This process isn't always easy, but it is an important part of growing up. Only in this way can you enjoy life and have fun. Save Money and Improve Your College Admission Chances There's a common thought that gap years are only for rich students,but it' s not true. Actually, taking a gap year can save your money. Gap year students often take a part-time job. Besides, at the end of a gap year, students are much more likely to know what to study in college. Clear learning goals ran keep the students working hard instead of wasting time and money playing. Imagine an admission officer trying to admit only one between two students. Both of them are excellent and have high grades. However, one student has much practical experience or has volunteered in his vacation. Who do you think the admission officer will choose? Question: The last sentence implies that _ will probably be admitted by the admission officer. - either of the two students - the student with high grades - neither of the two students - the .student with a gap year experience\nAns: the .student with a gap year experience\n\n(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Mr. Hunt came from a poor family. He had three brothers and two sisters. His father worked hard but wasn't paid much. And his mother did all the housework at home. They were both able but they couldn't get enough money for their family. Mr. Hunt was in school for only three years and he had to stop to help his parents though he was good at his lessons. When he was sixteen, he came to the city and began to work in a small factory. He learned from an old worker and became a skilled worker. The old worker liked him and married his daughter to him. The young man did not have his own house and had to live with his parents-in-law. His mother-in-law always thought he was poor and often chattered. So the young man tried to save everything and hoped to have his own house. It was one fine Sunday. The old woman wanted to have a picnic on the top of the hill. She told Mr. Hunt to drive her car. But sometimes she told him to turn left and sometimes to turn right. The young man had to listen to her. At a crossing the lights were red but she made him turn left. The policeman stopped them and told the young man to give his license to him. \"If I did wrong, sir,\" said Mr. Hunt, \"It was my mother-in-law's fault . She was driving the car though she sat behind me!\" Question: The old woman was _ to Mr. Hunt. - good - bad - friendly - useless\n(A).\nbad\n\nQues: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Water can be a liquid, a solid or a gas. When it is a solid, it can be as hard as stone. When it is a liquid, it can run through your fingers. When it is a gas, you may not see or feel it. Water can change from a solid to a liquid or to a gas easily. This is why we always have fresh water. Now let us find out how it does. The heat of the sun turns liquid water into gas from the oceans, seas, rivers and lakes. The heat also turns liquid water into gas from the ground, the plants and the animals. Water in the gas rises and turns into clouds in the air. When the clouds come near a mountain, they rise high. As the clouds rise, they get cooler. The higher they rise, the cooler they become. Then more and more water gas turn into water drops. In this way, the drops of water in the clouds get bigger and bigger. Then they fall to the earth as rain. , Question: When the water is a _ , we may not see or feel it. - liquid - soild - gas - snow\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "gas", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "It does not have to be January 1stto give yourself a chance to make the most out of your day. Every day is a new day and a fresh start to learn, grow, develop your strengths, free yourself from past regrets or hurts, and move forward older and wiser. Every day gives you a chance to reinvent yourself. It is never too late to change things that are not working in your life. Each day is a new beginning and a piece of blank paper. How would you like to create your day? What would you like to paint on it? If you wake up in a negative mind, you are more likely to paint a dark picture throughout the day, and your picture will not show hope, happiness and joy. If you take each day to think actively, and have a positive intention for how you would like to create your day, how would your life be different? What can daily positive intentions do for you? Every day you will give yourself the gift of an \"attitude of gratitude \". Each day is a chance to look at things in a different way. You can experience each day in the beauty of the world-and the beauty of you who are in it! You find yourself changing from \"I can't\" to \"I can\". With a focus on positive intentions, you feel you are full of power and more like a \"winner\" than a \"loser\". You pay more attention to the present, and will be more likely to live fully in the present each moment of each day. After all, the past is a great place to visit, but you don't want to live there! So how about starting each day taking a moment to think of a positive intention for the day? From the passage we can learn that _ . A) past regrets or hurts can make you older and wiser. B) think actively and you will be a winner, not a loser. C) the present is not where you should live for ever. D) positive intentions for each day are of great help.\nD\n\n\nWhen Nathan Winograd announced that he was leaving his job as a lawyer in California to run an animal shelter in Tompkins County, New York, his father looked at him for a long minute and then asked, \"What do dogs and cats need a lawyer for?\" The move meant giving up eight weeks' vacation, an office with a view of the San Francisco Bay and a big house among the redwoods, and moving to a rural area know for its harsh winters. But Winograd's wife, Jennifer, also an animal lover, was all for it. So they packed everything they owned, and with two young children, plus two dogs, and a bunch of cats Winograd had rescued, drove cross--country. On the second day, they had no room for six more puppies they received. They found an old horse trough, filled it with hay and nestled the animals inside. They placed it next to the front desk, and within a day or two, all six had homes, adopted by people who walked into the shelter and couldn't resist. Blind dogs, cats with missing limbs--all find homes. \"There is no dog or cat too old, too ugly or too undesirable not to be adopted by someone,\" says Winograd. Today, Tompkins County is considered the only no-kill county in the United States. Nine out of ten dogs cats that come through the shelter doors are saved. Only animals with incurable injuries or illnesses, and the truly evil, are put down. The national average is half of all dogs and 70 percent of cats, totaling more than four million animals last year alone. Even though he drives an old car that leaks when it rains, and his family lives on a tight budget while his classmates from Stanford Law earn six-figure salaries, Winograd says he's doing what he'd always wanted to do when he grew up; run an animal shelter and save all the animals. As a young district lawyer, he kept his goal in mind, starting when he raised his first animal cruelty case. A man was accused of intentionally setting his brown cat on fire. Winograd made his case, and the abusive owner was sentenced to prison. It was the first of many such cases,... Which could be the best title of the passage? A) Being Rich is Important B) Animals, Our Best Friends C) No Pet Left behind D) The Winograd Family\nC\n\n\nQ: England has a longstanding problem with youngsters dropping out of training. Almost half of 17-year-olds in some parts of England have dropped out of fulltime education or training. The statistics show 49% in Thurrock and 44% in Salford have dropped out of school or job training. Across England,31%of 17-year-olds are not in education or training. The figures also reveal deep regional divides,with wealthier areas such as Richmon and Harrow recording18% of 17-year-olds out of official education. The statistics confirm England's poor international standing for staying-on rates in education. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development considers England's drop-out rates as among the worst among the industrialised countries. Regionally,the statistics show Yorkshire and the Humber have the highest rate of 17-year-olds not in full-time education or work-based training at 35%. Outer London has the highest staying-on rate,with l3%of 17-year-olds having dropped out of official learning. In the east of England this figure stands at 31%and at 29%in the South West. Edward Davey,Liberal Democrat Shadow Education Secretary,said the government \"should be ashamed\"that so many youngsters were dropping out of school. A spokesman for the Department for Education and Skills said the government had carried out a series of reforms,with aPS2.5 billion rise in funding for further education. In this text,\"staying-on\"is opposite to\" _ \"in meaning. A) longstanding B) dropping out of C) work-based training D) staying at home\nA: B\n\n\n(Question)\nStart Small and Grow Big Jack Ma,Founder and Chairman of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.,is one of those self-made billionaires in the technology field.His rags-to-riches journey is just as spectacular as his Internet Empire. Jack Ma,whose Chinese name is Ma Yun,was born in a normal family in 1964.Like most Chinese parents back then,Ma's father beat him growing up.He was poor at math but loved English.Starting at age 12,he awoke at 5a.m.to walk or bicycle to Hangzhou's main hotels so he could practice his English with foreign tourists.He did this for nine years and acted as a free tour guide to many,befriended several and later visited one family in Australia.Those experiences opened his eyes. After twice failing the national college entrance exams,Ma entered what he called\"Hangzhou's worst college.\"Graduating in 1988,Ma married his college sweetheart and taught English at a local college for five years,earning 15a month.During that time,he also applied for jobs at a local KFC,a hotel and the city police,and failed to land. Determined to enter business,Ma set up a translation company,but he still had to peddle goods on the street to get by.During a short trip to the US as an interpreter in 1995,Ma first experienced the Internet.He believed in the Internet's business potential when few other people did.In 1999,with the help of more than a dozen friends who pooled their resources-just 60,000-he started Alibaba in his Hangzhou apartment.At that time,e-commerce was unheard of in China.\"I called myself a blind man riding on the back of blind tigers,\"he once said,according to The Guardian.His unusual ideas earned him the nickname\"Crazy Jack Ma\". Since its foundation,Alibaba has grown from 15employees to more than 30,000.The company floated on the New York Stock Market in September 2014for 25billion-the largest public offering in history.The company now makes more profit than rivals Amazon.com and e-Bay combined.Alibaba has directly and indirectly created 40million jobs for China.Ma hopes to keep... What made him into e-commerce industry? A) His English learning experience. B) His foresight and ambitions. C) His simple and modest lifestyle. D) His friends and 60,000funds.\n(Answer)\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: How does the next paragraph end?\n\nA young man is standing in an open doorway with his hands over his head palms facing towards him on a bar secured at the top of the doorway. the young man\n\nOPTIONS:\n- is standing perfectly still performing actions with his hands.\n- then begins demonstrating how to lift the bar when he is done with the display of manually turning his legs up and stretching his body from behind.\n- then begins to bounce on the flat rest and begin to perform tricks to the camera on his front.\n- lifts himself up and places his feet in the gap between the bar and the top of the door frame.\nA: lifts himself up and places his feet in the gap between the bar and the top of the door frame.\n\nIN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:\nHow to be a good team leader \nEstablish a hierarchy. \nIneffective team leaders aren't just people who boss everyone around and demand a level of respect that hasn't been earned. Ineffective team leaders are also people who don't establish a clear, transparent hierarchy within the team as a whole.\nOPTIONS:\n- Also, time is money, and not everyone can agree on everything. However, team leaders are often the key to turning a team around.\n- They aren't ever willing to let others down, and they're sometimes in the midst of an unexpected technical problem, like a snowplough/snow dud. Developing good working papers for your team usually requires analysis and editing.\n- If you are the leader, you are at the top. You have the final say on things and assign roles to your team.\n- Demonstrating that there is a side in the profession that is open for everyone, rather than just one, will make your employees desire the same role the same way and ensure that their lives are aligned. Establish boundaries for the team as an whole.\n\nOUT: If you are the leader, you are at the top. You have the final say on things and assign roles to your team.\n\nQuestion:\nMulti-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:\n\nHow to treat minor leg pain \nRest your leg. \nIf you feel minor leg pain while playing a sport, working out at the gym or being active in general, then take a break and rest it for at least a few hours. Most cases of minor leg pain is muscle strain or cramping from over-exertion, so rest is a good remedy most of the time.\n\nOPTIONS:\n- Care for your foot before you play sports. Before playing sports, make sure your foot is warm and healthy.\n- Have a follow-up visit with your surgeon if you have persistent leg pain. If treatment for your leg pain is successful, you may wish to call your surgeon or to have another surgeon perform an internal check up.\n- If the pain quickly fades away, then return to your activity. If not, try some of the advice in the following steps.\n- You should be able to resume normal activities with minimal pain. Consider moving your leg forward or backward depending on which leg is causing you pain.\n****\nAnswer:\nIf the pain quickly fades away, then return to your activity. If not, try some of the advice in the following steps.\n\nProblem: What happens next in this paragraph?\n\nHow to have a buddhist girlfriend, but be of another religion yourself \nTreat her like a normal girl, that is, politely. \nAsk her out like you would to a normal girl. \nWith one caveat.\nOPTIONS:\n- If she is a vegetarian, lets her know that. Please, don't hound her at least on the surface.\n- If you are eating out, be sure to ask her if she is vegetarian. Do not embarrass her by trying to make her drink, smoke or do drugs.\n- If she says yes, (or just shrugs \" no \"), she could really be a suicide victim. By letting her know that you are asking her out, you are making your main reason about talking to her disappear.\n- If she is your girlfriend, except if she does not follow a religion, she is a normal girl. That is about as normal as a person going through puberty (and more.\nA: If you are eating out, be sure to ask her if she is vegetarian. Do not embarrass her by trying to make her drink, smoke or do drugs.\n\nHow to remove white clover from a lawn \nUnderstand why white clover grows to remove it properly. \nTo understand how to remove clover, you must understand why it is there in the first place. Clover is a natural grass that at one time covered most of the open prairie north america.\n\nOPTIONS:\n- Being an edible plant, the clover was encouraged to grow in open fields to provide food for livestock. It flourished in these areas, and subsequently spread as a weed to local lawns where it isn't as welcome.\n- White clover grows to about a third of the height of the grass of the main plant on a regular basis. Regular foliage does not grow in this area in summer and what you wear cannot be seen during winter.\n- This moisture leads to the grass becoming quite black and becoming drier over time. In addition, the area around the clover grows into a cone shape.\n- White clover propagates from : Branches that help provide warmth. Roots that grow up around the cloves.\n\nBeing an edible plant, the clover was encouraged to grow in open fields to provide food for livestock. It flourished in these areas, and subsequently spread as a weed to local lawns where it isn't as welcome.\n\nProblem: Write the next sentence for:\nThere's an outdoor swimming pool with a very high diving board. there\n\nOPTIONS:\n- 's a man climbing the egress gate to jump off the diving board into the water.\n- is a person dressed in a black shirt and boxing gloves doing jumps into the pool.\n- are some family members diving very quickly in the pool as they try very hard to not miss the jump.\n- 's a woman in a green swim suit who dives down into the pool..\n\nNext sentence:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "'s a woman in a green swim suit who dives down into the pool.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Our historic1740 Shenandoah Valley Bed and Breakfast is the perfect place to relax and enjoy the beauty and history of the Valley. Once a haven against Indian attacks on the Virginia frontier and later Stonewall Jackson's headquarters during the Valley Campaign of 1862, our Shenandoah Valley inn(small hotel) now welcomes travelers looking for comfortable bed and board and friendly welcome. On Route11,the Old Valley Turnpike, only two miles from Interstate 81 at Woodstock, the inn has a country atmosphere on five private acres along the Shenandoah River. The inn offers 12 guest rooms, a well-equipped meeting room for small managing meetings, many common areas, and lovely grounds to host sendoffs and family gatherings. A hearty Inn at Narrow Passage breakfast will get your day off to a great start! If you have special food needs, tell us ahead of time, and we will try to have just what you need. \"We had a wonderful four-day stay. Quiet and peaceful with the warmth of fireplaces in the room and bar to comfort and relax you. Ed and Ellen make you feel like family. Breakfast was outstanding.\" A visitor said. After a busy day of hiking or sightseeing, return for a cool drink on the porch in summer or hot, spiced tea by the fire in winter. In the evening, walk down to the river to feed the ducks, or maybe spend a little time fishing. We hope you'll be able to visit us soon. We'll do all we can to make your stay a happy one. Options: A beautiful B expensive C cheap D small Answer: D small Question:\nA: The inn along Shenandoah River is _ .\n\nQ: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: The next generation telephone is called Superphone or personal Communication Network (PCN). Your superphone goes wherever you go, in your pocket. You can use it in the street, in an aeroplane, a boat, or a taxi; you can call from anywhere on the globe to anywhere else. Calls travel at the speed of light, via satellites using ultraviolet, high-frequency wave bands and each communication is automatically billed to your account. This new phone is the size and shape of a billfold . You unfold it to use it., making it long enough to reach from your ear to your mouth. There is a miniaturized touch pad, on which to enter the number you are calling. There is also a tiny liquid crystal screen on which you can read weather, news or financial reports. These news items are constantly updated by the company that sells the service. Letter keys on the touch pad also allow you to use this electronic marvel as a computer or word processor. You can plug it into your large home or office computer in order to transfer any data that you feed in during a business trip. The PCN also stores any useful information of your own that you might need as you travel, such as the names, addresses and phone numbers of several hundred people, important meetings, flight details and so on. When you need information, you simply call it up on the screen. You can even use your PCN to activate electronically controlled equipment at home. For example, you could switch your oven on or off, start the sprinkler system in your garden during a dry spell, get your video recorder to record a show on television, turn off the central heating, and so on. All of this from thousands of miles away, perhaps from the back of a camel in the desert. Prototypes are already being trialed. In spite of the complex technology, they will be cheap because of the enormous sales that will be made. Options: A the new phone's technology is too complex to be generalized B the new phone is still commercially unappetizing. C the new phone has been put into volume production D the new phone has excellent prospects in market. Answer: D the new phone has excellent prospects in market. Question:\nA: The author may agree that _\n\nQ: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: BC Social Report, August 14, 2010 Scandinavians may spend a lot of the winter in darkness but they are the happiest people in Europe, according to a study showed this month. Countries like Denmark and Finland scored highest on the study of happiness in Europe carried out by Cambridge University, which also found that the sunny southern countries of Italy, Portugal and Greece got the least joy out of life. The survey entitled: \"No Man is an Island\" showed that countries where people enjoy time with friends and family, have trust in government and national institutions were more likely to be happy than those living in a sunny climate. The study rated respondent on their overall sense of happiness and life satisfaction on a _ of one to 10. Danes --who expressed a high level of trust in their politicians and public institutions--came top of the field at 8.3. Italians--who reported lower levels of satisfaction with their national quality of government--came last at 6.49.' \"Italy, Greece, Portugal, Germany and France report the lowest levels of happiness while the Scandinavian Countries, Netherlands and Luxembourg report the highest,\" the study said. Although Europeans are generally four times wealthier than their fathers and grandfathers, their levels of happiness are either equal to or lower than 40 years ago. The study also looked at factors contributing to happiness within countries and surprisingly found that an interest in politics actually increased happiness. Lead researcher Luisa Corrado said tax cuts and throwing money at social problems appeared to have no effect on the happiness of citizens when compared with government policies which strengthened and supported wider social networks. \"People are less naive ( ) than one would expect, politicians need to adapted their policies and target specific problems in specific areas,\" she said. Options: A Interest in polities B Wealth C Health D Websites. Answer: A Interest in polities Question:\nA: Which of the following factors increases happiness?\n\nQ: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Old-Fashioned Play--For Pay Kids !Come have a ball! Or 60,000 of them! There's a new type of business franchise that is appearing in shopping malls and neighborhoods acrossprefix = st1 /Americaoffering pay-per-use indoor playgrounds ,which feature toys ,games ,supervised fun and a workout that doesn't break the family bank. As public playgrounds grow increasingly worn and dirty, the for-profit centers offer clean, safe supervised activity as well as a variety of challenging exercises to develop youngsters' physical fitness, usually for a fee of around 5$ an hour. \"Playgrounds are dirty ,not supervised,\" says Dick Guggenheimer ,owner of the two-month-old Discovery Zone in Yonkers, N.Y., part of Kansas City-based chain, \"We are indoors; we are padded ;parents can feel their child is safe\". In order to satisfy the need of two-earner families ,the new franchise stayed open in the evenings ,long after traditional public playgrounds have grown dark and unusable .However these new playgrounds are not meant to be day-care centers .Parents are expected go stay and play with their kids rather than drop them off. But several also provide high-tech baby-sitting services. At some of the Discovery Zones, parents can register their children in special supervised programs, then leave them and slip away for a couple of hours to enjoy a movie or dinner. If there is a problem ,Mom and Dad are called. The most fun of all, though, is getting to do what parents used to do in the days before two-earner families and two-hour commutes; play with their kids. That ,at least ,is old-fashioned, even at per-hour rates. Options: A Agreeable B Indifferent C Objective D Doubtful Answer: A Agreeable Question:\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "What is the writer's attitude toward the new playground?", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: OPTIONS:\n- How to Make Your Trip More Interesting\n- The Most Popular Way to Travel\n- How to Make a Travel Plan\n- The Best Place to Travel\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Do you like traveling? How can you make your trip more interesting? Here's some advice. Read! Before we leave, we should find some information about the place you want to go to, such as its geography, its history and its famous people. And we should read them carefully. So, we can really understand that place during our trip even though we don't have much time. Take photos! Most of us take a camera when we travel, If you want to take some photos, remember to choose the most special sights, Don't choose the sight we can see in other places. For example,Beidaihe, Qingdao and Zhuhai are _ cities. Don't only take photos of the sea. You should take photos of something special, too. Taste! Don't buy the food that you like most because you can buy it in your own city or town. You 'd better taste something special in that place. Food in some places is very delicious. And from food, you can find its food culture. So why not taste it? Maybe you have just one chance to taste it in your life. Write! When you visit a place, you should take a pen and a notebook, so you can write down what you see and what you think during the trip. Later, when you read it, you'll feel that you can find the pleasure during the trip. ,. Question: What's the best title of the passage? Answer:\nAnswer: How to Make Your Trip More Interesting\nProblem: OPTIONS:\n- April 1st\n- March 25th\n- December 28th\n- March 31st\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: April Fool's Day is on April 1st. On this day, strange things may happen. Our friends will play jokes on us and try to fool us. People don't know the origin of April Fool's Day clearly. Some say April Fool's Day began many years ago in France. Long ago in France, the old New Year's festival was celebrated from March 25th to April 1st and ended with exchange of presents. Later the King changed the New Year to January 1st. some people still celebrated the New year in April. They were called April Fish and were given presents as a joke. But in many countries, April Fool's Day is not celebrated on April 1st but on other days. In Mexico( ), April Fool's Day is on the 28th of December. In ancient Rome , the day was on the 25th of March. In India, the day is on the 31st of March. In America, the day is mostly decided by young people and jokes who want to make fun of other people. But it is important to remember that your friends and you will be both happy. One must remember the difference between a good joke and a bad one. Question: When is April Fool's Day in France now? Answer:\nAnswer: April 1st\nProblem: OPTIONS:\n- a person who will die soon\n- a person who is ill\n- a doctor' s helper\n- a doctor's friend\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Mr. Clark worked in a newspaper, and he did a lot of important and difficult work, but then he began to forget things, and this made his work very difficult. One day he said to himself, \"I'm going to go and see Dr. Martin about this.\" He waited in the doctor's waiting room with the other patients, and then the nurse said to him, \"You can go in and see Dr. Martin now\". \"Oh, doctor,\" said Mr. Clark, 'it's terrible, I can't remember anything for longer than half a minute, and it's making my work very difficult. What can I do? Can you help me?\" The doctor said, \"When did this start, Mr. Clark?\" \"When did what start?\" Mr. Clark said. Question: A patient is _ . Answer:\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "a person who is ill", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: Write a negative (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) yelp review.\nA: Upon first entering you can tell this is a very nice hotel. Staff is courteous and welcoming, the decor in the lobby is gorgeous, there is a nice bar and a gorgeous chandelier that sets a very posh and sophisticated tone in the atmosphere. For the price of the rooms, however, I was a bit disappointed. It just didn't WOW me like I was hoping. The rooms were large but had a lot of wasted space and didn't seem laid out very well. Our room was on the third floor, but we had to take the elevator down from the lobby, which is on the 5th floor, because the building is built into the side of a hill. Main entrance and ground floor on one side is actually towards the top of the other side! Because of this the view from our window wasn't great and it made the room quite dark. We actually couldn't even really get to/see out of our window because the backboard was like a wall that blocked off about 5 feet of the window...it was just very odd. It seems like they tried, but missed the mark, when trying to make a very old building more modern (and I mean really modern, as far as the decor goes). This includes weird hallways with stairs and such that make navigating a bit difficult (especially when carrying in luggage). Also, parking is quite a ways away and is a bit of a hike, especially if you're coming with luggage, and this was another major downfall for me. While the hotel is a bit off of the main strip, it is still central located (right by Waverly Station) and within walking-distance of many tourist attractions and public transit options. So I guess that is one thing it has going for it (not that there weren't plenty of other hotels nearby, though...). Really, the only things I can say I was truly impressed with were the staff and the fee WiFi! The bathrooms were nice, as well, with a large tub and shower, but quite sterile. Honestly, I can't say I would necessarily stay here again, even though there was nothing wrong with my stay...I just don't think I would want to spend that amount of money on a room of the quality I got when I stayed here.\n\n\nQ: negative\n\nA: Absolutely does not compare to the Sierra Gold at Jones/215. I just moved to this side of town and was so excited when I saw that there was an SG set to open. However, I've visited 3 different times with no luck to date. At the Jones location we're on a first name basis with all of the bartenders, and they always comp our drinks when we come in to play. No such luck at this location. I was playing max bets and drinking for an hour or more, and both of the bartenders asked how much money I had played, then charged me for everything. A douchey old lady wanted my machine and kept getting in my personal space and pushing into me, as I was trying to play while the staff pretended not to notice. If I wasn't playing I would have gladly moved to allow other players to use my machine. Also, the food does not compare to the quality that I've come to expect from SG. The nachos appetizer is served in a much smaller portion, but charged at the same price as the Jones location and the pizza is overcooked with sparse quantities of toppings. I sadly reqret to inform that I will not return to this location, because I miss the high standards that the Jones SG set. Such a shame. I had high hopes for this location because I really miss the staff, food, and gaming from the Jones/215 SG. I have to get my SG fix when I'm on that side of town now.\n\n\nProblem: What would be an example of an positive (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) review?\n\nAnswer: If you're looking for a CD or DVD that's hard to find and you want it now...Zia is your spot in PHX area. I've met a lot of cool employees and sometimes we exchange films/music to watch/listen to, it's really nerdy but in an awesome way. They've always got semi-decent to really good music playing and a huge selection of cult films, foreign films and used DVD's at a very reasonable price. Overall it is a great little spot, used to be even smaller and I'll admit that I liked it that way a little more. However, it's still a lot better than most places. WARNING: Don't pay attention to the \"one\" guy or girl hat works there (Because there's always one) and pretends to know what they're talking about. I'm not sure how you got hired, but stop telling people that The Warrior or lawless are the best films you've ever seen. I mean really,..how many cliche's can you fit into 2 predictable films?? ....ok,..Now that's out of my system.\n\n\nInput: OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive.\nGenerate a negative review for a place\nOutput: Worst airport ever!!! Flight deck staff are so rude! Staff at the airport as well. So rude!!! I live inflows Angeles and have never been treated so badly in my life!!!\n\n\ninput: Write a negative yelp review (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive).\noutput: While awaiting the arrival of your wedding dress, you should feel excitement and joy, not desparation and hopelessness. The delivery date was \"pushed back\" many times until it finally came in over 3 months after they said it would, and gave me the run-around throughout the entire process. I didn't think my dress was coming at all to be perfectly honest. I had un-returned phone calls and was lied to by Donetta, the owner. Janie was the consultant I worked with the most and she was always pleasant and helpful; however, the store overall struggles and I would never go back. If you are shopping for a wedding dress run far far away from this place. Seriously, take my word for it. I ordered my dress well in advance and no one should go through what I went through wondering when you were going to get a straight answer and if your dress was ever going to come. I have read many negative reviews for this place and still gave them the benefit of the doubt. Shame on me. Check out the Better Business Bureau (BBB). Brides by Candalina is rated an F. They have unresolved isssues with customers and unfortunately they really don't care. Shopping for a wedding dress should be one of the most exciting times of your life, not a nightmare. There are many other bridal shops-avoid this one.\n\n\nQ: negative\n\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "The worst food ever! I thought I was going to get something fresh, but instead of that I got something that looks more like microwaved food. The egg roll was disgusting, and I had to throw it away. Never again!", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Mr and Mrs Davies had left their Christmas shopping very late. There were only a few days more before Christmas, and of course the shops and streets were terribly crowded, but they had to get presents for their family and friends, so they started out early one morning for the big city, and spent several tiring hours buying the things they wanted in the big shops. By lunch-time, Mr Davies was carrying parcels of all shaps and sizes. He could hardly see where he was going as he and his wife left the last shop on their way to the railway station and home. Outside the shop they had to cross a busy street, made even busier than usual by the thousands of people who had come by car to do their last-minute Christmas shopping. Mr and Mrs Davies had to wait for the traffic lights to turn green, but as Mr Davies could not see very well in front of him, he gradually moved forward into the road without realizing it. Mrs Davies saw this and became worried. Several times she told her husband to come back off the road, but without success. He could not hear her because of the noise of the traffic. Finally she shouted in a voice that could be heard clearly above all the noise, \"Henry! If you want to stand in that dangerous position a moment longer, give me the parcels!\"\n****\n[A]: Question: The old couple spent _ getting their presents ready.Options:A little time and little moneyB a lot of time and a lot of moneyC little time but a lot of moneyD a lot of time but little moneyAnswer:D\n\n\n[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: If you have ever been rock climbing, you will know that it is not a very easy sport. In fact, you probably felt quite defeated when you first tried to do any serious climbing. Indoor and outdoor rock climbing are both extremely demanding and require practice to get good at. It is one of the most physically and mentally demanding sports. There are three basic types of rock climbing. Top roping is the most common type and the climber need to climb with a partner. The second type, which is very similar to top roping, is called lead climbing. In both of the types, the climber can sit off the wall and rest on the rope. The third type is called bouldering. Bouldering is a type of free climbing without any ropes. This is the most demanding of all climbing types. The climber must be able to complete the climbing without taking a rest on the rope. Believe it or not, climbing is said to be about 75% legs and only 25% arms. To climb efficiently and successfully, a person needs to have a wonderful technique. One of the major rules of rock climbing is to always have three points touching the wall, whether it is both feet and one hand, or one foot and both hands, as it is much easier to have your weight cases will not do the climbing; they only hold you into the wall so that your legs are actually pushing you upward. Also, the closer you are to the wall, the easier it is to climb. Rock climbing may sound a bit too extreme for the everyday person, but it is really an amazing workout. Once you get into the sport, and learn how to position your body and rest your weight, then you can begin to deal with some difficult problems. The great thing about rock climbing is that it is mentally challenging as well. You are constantly analyzing the way your body moves and how to do certain moves on the wall. For anyone who wants to get into shape, rock climbing is a fun and effective way to exercise muscles.\n****\n[A]: Question: By rock climbing, one can _ .Options:A get more weight and stronger musclesB get both physical and mental exercisesC have a terrible experience that will last longD probably feel quite defeatedAnswer:B\n\n\n[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Where should an adventurous tourist go? After you've done sightseeing in London, shopping in New York tasted the local food in Paris, and danced to your heart's content at the Brazilian carnival, where else can you go? What exotic tourist destination awaits you? Well, Antarctica sounds like the holiday of a lifetime! It's considered the last great wildemess on Earth. Just a few scientists in research stations share the icy landscape with penguins and other animals which can cope with the low temperatures. Tourism began in Antarctica in the 1950s and it's still small scale. About 37,000 tourists are expected there this season, but many won't even leave the boat. The BBC's Juliet Rix visited the frozen continent and asked herself if she should be there at all, causing potential problems to such a sensitive environment. Her tour guide admitted that all visitors leave a footprint and they all go to the same places, the accessible coastline, which is also where the penguins and seals go to breed. But some people believe that if carefully controlled, tourism can be good for Antarctica. It has no native population and it needs advocates. 'Visitors to the icy continent might be ready to support and even to fund its preservation. And they're likely to engage in the discussion about global warming, which has led to the melting of glaciers. According to Rix, guidelines are followed when you're about to set foot in Antarctica and tourists have to disinfect their boots to make sure no alien species are introduced. And once on land, there's no eating or smoking. Rocks, bone fragments - nothing should be taken as a souvenir and nothing should be left behind. Tourists fortunate enough to visit the Antarctica must be aware that this is not their home and keep their fingers crossed that future generations will also be able to enjoy such breathtaking views.\n****\n[A]: Question: Which of the following statements is true according to Rix?Options:A Tourists can eat and smoke in Antarctica.B Tourists can take something they like from Antarctica.C Tourists can throw away something they don't need in Antarctica.D Tourists can enjoy the beautiful scenery in Antarctica.Answer:D\n\n\n[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Dear Deidre, I am 17. Further education is not for me. I want to be out seeing the world in the army. My mum and dad say they will cut me off and have nothing to do with me if I go into the military. They have other plans for me. My friends all laugh at me and say I won't ever get on. I know I am not the fittest guy in the world but I thought that would come with the training. I am now asking myself if I should just give up my lifelong ambitions and get the sort of job my parents approve of. I don't want to look back with regrets but sometimes I think maybe they are right and know more than me. Samson Dear Samson, It's your life and your future. Your parents mean well, and may be fearful of what could happen to you if you are posted to a danger zone, but you must decide this by yourself. At least talk to an army recruitment office about what is involved and about how fit you need to be. Do your research. Find out everything you can about what choices you will have. Then go for it. Start a sensible eating and exercise plan right away. If you are motivated you can get reasonably fit in a few weeks. Tell your parents and friends you want to give it a try. If you still feel it's right for you, then apply. If it isn't for you, at least you won't regret for the rest of your life. Parents and friends may say, \"I told you so\", but you will know that you've followed your dream and made up your own mind about the sort of career for you. Talk to At East which is an independent and confidential organization providing advice and support for those who are in the military and those who would like to be. They can explain when you are allowed to leave and how much attention you have to give. Deidre\n****\n[A]:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Question: It can be inferred from the first letter that Samson is _ .Options:A puzzled nowB an independent guyC disappointed with his parentsD not popular with his friendsAnswer:A", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ques: I was born in Tuckahoe,Talbot Country,Maryland. I have no accurate knowledge of my age,never having seen any record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs,and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant .I do not remember having ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday. They seldom come nearer to _ than plantingtime,harvesting,springtime,or falltime. A lack of information concerning my own was a source of unhappiness to me even during childhood. The white children could tell their ages,but I could not tell. Why the same right ought to be taken away from me!I was not allowed to ask my master about it. He considered all such questions on the part of a slave improper and impolite. The nearest estimate I can live makes me now between twentyseven and twentyeight years of age. I come to this,from hearing my master say,some time during 1835,I was about seventeen years old. My mother was named Harriet Bailey. She was the daughter of Isaac and Betsey Bailey,both colored,and quite dark. My father was a white man. The opinion was also whispered that my master was my father;but of the correctness of this opinion,I know nothing and I have no means to know. My mother and I were separated when I was but an infant--before I knew her as my mother. It is a common custom,in the part of Maryland from which I ran away,to part children from their mothers at a very early age. Frequently,before the child has reached its twelfth month,its mother is taken from it,and hired out on some farm a considerable distance off,and the child is placed under the care of an older woman,too old for field labor. The author was most probably raised _ . A) by his grandparents B) by an old woman slave C) with his master's support D) together with other children\nAns: B\n\nQues: Barefoot Traveler is a tour agent that specializes in diving holidays,tailor-made to your own needs.The most popular destinations include Bonaire,Tobago,the Bahamas, Maldives,Oman,Seychelles and Thailand. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff,who are qualified divers themselves,will be able to advise you on the best destinations for your requirements. Whether you want to learn to dive,further your diving qualifications,continue to discover the underwater world,or simply relax on the beach,we are here'to help organize your holiday. We are happy to satisfy single travelers and offer special discounts . Group discounts are offered to groups of eight or more travelers and tailor-made packages are available for Dive Clubs. We also offer a series of diving liveaboard choices throughout the Caribbean.Indian Ocean and South East Asia.Liveaboards are very popular scuba diving holidays for those who want to access the best diving sites. Our barefoot luxury holiday brand is for those trying something a little more special,whether it's your honeymoon,anniversary or simply for more discerning travelers.We have a selection of 4 and 5 star levels which are the best in luxury holidays. The best title for this passage would be A) Welcome to Barefoot Traveler B) A Wonderful Experience C) Scuba Diving D) How to Choose Destinations\nAns: A\n\nQues: I don't think a day goes by when I don't think of my father. He died twenty-one years ago when I was twenty-six. He was a good man , but I hardly saw him around home, for he ran a big company. I secretly wished something could bring him closer to me. It wasn't until he became seriously ill that we really got to know each other and had a place in each other's lives. After his near death and many operations, I was trained as his nurse to take care of him. Although the job seemed boring and tiring in certain people's eyes, I liked it. Taking care of him seemed to reduce the pain of his absence from my younger life. I enjoyed his company and attention and, though through a sad situation, I was finally getting my fill . Now I am a dad myself, but certainly not a _ as my father. Although I work away from my home, I always have my meals with my family. Father's Day is coming I still have the pencil holder made from a decorated tin sitting on my desk. It's a gift from my only son. Each year, the gift is something different and each year, I couldn't care less about the gift itself. You see, the gift I enjoy is the pleasure of my son's company and knowing that we have a place in each other's lives. At heart , all men know their fathers are important. Want a great Father's Day? Tell your dad you love him and give your kid a hug today-before Father's Day actually arrives. When the writer was a kid, _ . A) his father didn't like him B) he hoped his father would spend some time with him C) he was quite satisfied with his family life D) he had the dream to run a company in the future\nAns: B\n\nQues: Greenwich is on the River, five miles from the middle of London, and its history is two thousand years old. The first English people were fishermen there, and they named the place Greenwich, meaning \"green village\". Later the English kings and queens lived at Greenwich in their beautiful places. The name of the earliest palace was Placentia. Its windows were made of glass--the first in England. But trouble was coming to Greenwich. In 1649, a war started in England and for eleven years there was no king. The men who had worked for him at Placentia decided to live in the place themselves. They sold all its beautiful things, and bought small pieces of the palace garden with money. Finally, the war ended and King Charles II came back. But Placentia was falling down. So King Charles built a new and bigger palace, which is now open to the public. At this time, Charles was worried about losing so many of its ships at sea because their sailors did not know how to tell exactly where they were. So in 1675, Charles made John Flamsteed, the first astronomer in England, try to find the answer. Flamsteed worked in a new building on the high ground in Greenwich Park. From it with a telescope which he made himself, Flamsteed could look all round the sky. And he did, night after night, for twenty years. Carrying on Flamsteed's work a hundred years later, an astronomer called Harrison finally made a clock which told the time at sea, and helped sailors to know where they were.You can see Harrison's clock, still working, in Greenwich's museum of the sea. Because of Flamsteed's work, every country in the world now tells its time by Greenwich time. Charles made John Flamsteed try to find _ . A) how to tell the time B) hot to build ships C) a way for sailors to tell their positions at sea D) a place to set up a telescope\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Today almost everyone knows computers and the Internet. If I ask you \"What is the most important thing in your life?\" may be you will say \"Computers and the Internet\". The first computer was made in 1946. It was very big but it worked slowly.. Today, computers are getting smaller, and smaller, but they work faster and faster. What can computers do? A writer has said, \"People can't live without computers today.\"21cnjy.com The Internet came a little later than computers. It is about twenty-five years later than computers. But now it can be found almost everywhere. We can use it to read books, send e-mails, do some shopping, play games or make friends. 21*cnjy*com Young men, especially the middle school students like the Internet very much. They often go into the Internet bars as soon as they are free. They make friends on the Internet and maybe they have never seen these friends. They don't know their names, ages and sex . They are so interested in making the \"unreal friends\" that they can't put their heart into study. Some of them play the games in the Internet bars all day and all night. Many of them can't catch up with others in many subjects because of that. Now the government has done many things. Some gangster Internet bars have been banned . But that's not enough. The teachers and parents are still worrying about their students and children. We can use computers and the Internet to learn more about the world. But at the same time, we should remember that computers and the Internet could not do all the things.www-2-1-cnjy-com Question: Which of the following is true? - Computers can help people do everything. - Middle school students aren't allowed to use the Internet. - Some students have used the Internet bars to make the \"unreal friends\". - computer isn't good to students.\nAnswer: Some students have used the Internet bars to make the \"unreal friends\".\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Youth, friendship and love are the main themes of this year's Chinese movies, such as So Young(<<>> ) and American Dreams in China(<<>> ). Tiny Times(<<>> ), one of the most popular movies this summer, also has the same features. The movie was based on author and director Guo Jingming's novel of the same name. It tells a story about four girls who come from different backgrounds and of different personalities. Since it was shown on June 27, Tiny Times has made 483 million yuan at the box office. The sequel of it was shown on Aug 8 and it has also been a big box office hit. Cao Yuhan, 13, a high school student at Beijing Jianhua Experimental School, is a big fan of the movie. \"I'm deeply touched by their friendship,\" Cao said. \"When Nan Xiwang is in trouble, the other three girls try their best to help her, even running barefoot in the snow. However, not everyone has had good things to say. The people's Daily said that the film went too far in encouraging youths to become materialistic . Film commentator Raymond Zhou wrote on his online blog that \"Buying luxury goods seems as a way to express love or friendship, and the word 'money' is repeated over and over again. Song Kexin, 14, a high school student at Zhida Middle School in Taiyuan, Shanxi, shows a typical example of a fan's attitude . And that's to look for the positive value. \"That movie is a little far from our daily life. My friends and I are not having parties every day,\" Song said, \"But I admire Tang Wanru's optimistic attitude. She's always looking at the bright side of life. I should learn from her.\" Question: Song Kexin admires Tang Wanru because of Tang's _ . - optimistic attitude - rich family background - good looks - excellent grades at school\nAnswer: optimistic attitude\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Helping your child to read and write at home will improve your child's skills and confidence---it will also better equip them for learning in the classroom environment. Reading and writing skills are needed by every child in every subject in every year of their school life and outside school. As parents, you can play an important role in improving your children's literacy by practicing reading, writing, spelling and speaking with them outside school. This kit includes a number of tips on how to help. By listening, asking questions, giving information, and reading with your child outside school hours---you can make a difference. Students who improve their reading and writing will increase their vocabulary and their ability to use English correctly. This kit includes tips on how to help your child to read, write and spell, such as: reading aloud each night including children in everyday conversations listening to your child reading your child's writing using a dictionary encouraging your child to talk about events that don't involve the parents trying not to ask questions that require a \"yes\" or \"no\" answer practicing reading and writing by filling in forms, writing letters, sending cards, or e-mails. The Premier's Reading Challenge is also a wonderful way to encourage your child to read. You can help your child by encouraging him or her to join the Challenge and discuss the books they are reading. Question: This passage is mainly written for _ . - children - parents - students - teachers\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "parents", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Please answer this: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: One of the secrets of successful people is that they have good habits. The good habits help them to be successful. What are good habits? How can you get into good habits? Here is some advice for you. First, everyone has his merits . You should always look for the good points in people and learn from them. Second, you should try to learn new things and new skills every day. Reading a few pages of a book or a newspaper every day also helps you. Third, start the day the right way. When you get up in the morning, look at yourself in the mirror and tell yourself you must keep your good habits today. I think the last one is the most important. No matter what good habits you decide to have, you should try to keep them. Then you can live a successful and happy life. ,.\n++++++++\nAnswer: Question: What's the main idea of the passageOptions:A What our lifestyle is like.B How to be important.C Advice on having good habits.D We should have a secret.Answer:C\n\nProblem: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Barak Obama(.), a black man, is the president of the United States now. He was born on August 4th, 1961, in Hawaii and has lived in many places. His mother was from Kansas and his father was from Kenya . Obama went to Columbia University in New York and got a law degree at Harvard University in Massachusetts . His wife is Michelle Obama(.). She also worked as a lawyer and later worked for the University of Chicago . They have two young daughters. Obama wrote a book Dreams from My Father. \" I always live in the dream of my father and American people, \" Obama once said. He was born in a poor family. And his grandparents looked after him very well when Obama was young. He also lived and worked in Africa . Then he got good education in Harvard University. On November 4th, 2008, he became the new president of America for the next four years. ,,.\n\nA: Question: Which is the best title of this passage?Options:A Education of a PresidentB Dreams from My fatherC Life of Barack ObamaD Barack Obama and His WifeAnswer:C\n\nProblem: Given the question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Now scientists have discovered that the dogs behave like their masters, too. Just like children, they use a \" look and learn\" ways when they go about their tasks. Scientists at Oxford universities designed an experiment to test if the dogs have the ability to copy humans' actions by using a simple wooden box. 10 owners showed their dogs how to open the wooden box .Sometimes they use their heads to push it and sometimes they use their hands. 10 dogs were divided into two groups---Group1 and Group2. In the first part of the test, Group1 were rewarded with a piece of meat for copying their owner's actions. Group2 were rewarded with food for not copying and using other ways. With each dog the experiment was repeated hundreds of times. Scientists recorded the time to see which group was first to get 85% right. They found that Group1finished the task much sooner than Group2. In the second part of the test, all the dogs were only rewarded for copying the way that their owners used. Group1 reached the 85% mark more quickly than Group2. So the scientists draw a conclusion: \"Like humans, dogs can copy actions that they see. Dogs' imitative behavior is shaped more by their interactions with humans than by evolution .\" Scientists said,\"A dog's behavior is influenced much like that of a child; they look and learn similar behavior. We hope that owners understand the importance of their actions and use this knowledge to set good examples and therefore have a good effect on the behavior of their pets.\"\n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\nThe answer is:\nQuestion: The best title may be \" _ \"Options:A Dogs can finish their tasks quickly.B Dogs are interesting animals.C Masters always set good examples.D Dogs behave like their masters.Answer:D\n\ninput question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Hello! My name's Mary Brown. I'm a girl. I like red. I have a red schoolbag. What's this? It's my red pencil box. Is that my ruler? Yes, it is. It is a red ruler. What's that? It is a watch. Is it my watch? No, it isn't. It's Bob's watch. It's blue.???\noutput answer: Question: What's the girl's family name?Options:A GreenB BrownC MillerD HandAnswer:B\n\nWrite a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: London used to be \"foggy\" for the same reason that cities like Beijing or Chongqing are \"foggy\" today. The \"fog\" was in fact smog, a mixture of smoke and fog. In other words, it was made by air pollution. In London, some of this pollution came from factories, but much of it came from the coal that people burnt in their houses to keep warm during the winter. By the 1950s, London's smog problem had become so bad that the government decided to do something to clean the air. A new law was made and nobody could burn coal in any British city. Within a few years, the air became much cleaner. There were no more \" _ \". Many Chinese cities now face the same sort of problem with air pollution that London faced 40 or 50 years ago. However, this problem is more difficult for Chinese cities to solve. One reason is that more of the pollution comes from the factories, rather than from coal burnt in people's houses. If these factories were closed, this would harm the economy and lots of people would lose their jobs. Another reason is that changing from coal to cleaner fuel , like gas, is quite expensive. However, the air in many Chinese cities is becoming cleaner and cleaner, as the government and people pay more and more attention to cutting down pollution. As a result, there are fewer \"pea-soupers\" in Beijing than there used to be.\n----\nAnswer: Question: What was the main reason for air pollution in London?Options:A There was too much smoke in the sky.B There were too many factories in the city.C People burnt too much coal in the houses.D The city was too big for the cleaners to clean.Answer:C\n\nQ: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Jack and Mike are on holiday in France. Mike loves visiting old building. So does Jack. In the village Jack and Mike see a beautiful old church , but when they come into the church, some people are there. They don't know what the people are doing. \"Oh! Just sit quietly , and act like the others!\"Mike says. Because they don't really know French, so they stand, kneel and sit to follow other people. At that time, the priest says something. And the man who sits next to Jack and Mike stands up. \"We should stand up, too!\"Jack whispers to Mike. So, Jack and Mike walk to the priest. \"What's so funny?\"Jack asks in English. With a smile on his face the priest says, \"Boys, there is a newbaby born, we ask the father to stand up.\" Mike shakes his head. He smiles and says, \"We should understand what people do before we act like them!\"\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Question: The man next to Jack and Mike stands up because _ .Options:A he is the baby's fatherB all the people laughC Jack and Mike stand upD he knows FrenchAnswer:A", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: London-Lazy students can now give up on work altogether as two Oxford University students have made scores of A-grade essays on the website for students to copy. The essays are on the new website, \"revise.it\" The website includes an \"EssayLab\" designed to make cheating as effective and effortless as possible. Its homepage announces to surfers : \"The revise.it EssayLab is a bank of hundreds of A-Level essays covering popular topics.\" \"Next time you are asked to write an essay, why not see what we have on the subject-if you are in a lazy state of mind you can even use our guide to writing the essays and then just hand them in.\" Nick Rose and Jordan Mayo, both 19 and first from Manchester, spent much of their first year as students at the university setting up the website. There is no charge for downloading the essays. \"I have never been very good at essay writing,\" Rose admitted. \"We don't see essay bank as a cheating way. It's a surprising valuable resource. You can learn a lot by reading other people's work on the subject.\" Among other tips, the website suggests inventing important speeches to give essays extra weight: \"Popular people to quote are Douglass Hurd or Disraeli.\" Hurd was a foreign secretary in the 1980s and Disraeli was a 19 century prime minister. Teachers are expressing their opinions by e-mail that they are angry about the website that \"encourages students to cheat\", but students disagree. According to Rose: \"Exams are a fight. It's us against them.\"\nAnswer: Question: It can be inferred from this passage that _ .Options:A students who visit the website \"revise. it\" are all lazyB students in Oxford University are all lazyC websites in Oxford University are all set up by studentsD websites can provide people with different kinds of informationAnswer:D\n\n[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: It had been a very disheartening day. The doctors had given us the worst of news. Our daughter, who had just completed her first brain surgery to remove a tumor and was going through radiation treatment, was now officially given a two percent chance of survival as this type of cancer had no cure. My wife and I decided to take our daughter to lunch before continuing our afternoon conversation. We went to a local restaurant where we sat in silence waiting for the waitress. I noticed a very elderly couple sitting a few booths away, who were also in silence and did not speak a word. I couldn't help but wonder what challenges they had faced in their life and if they ever faced such terrible news about a child of theirs. We eventually ordered our lunch and still sitting in silence we ate what we could. At some point I became intrigued by the old couple. I thought to myself that they hadn't yet spoken to each other and I wondered if it was the peace they were enjoying or the food or maybe both. However, at some point I lost interest and put my focus back on my lunch. Molly was still talking away and enjoying her meal. Her mom and I both listened and tried to be happy in her presence but it wasn't going very well. All of a sudden I saw a hand come out of nowhere. It was huge and I could tell that it had been afflicted with arthritis . I couldn't take my eyes off that hand. It landed on my daughter's tiny six-year-old hand and as it did I looked up; it was the old woman who had been sitting with the old man in silence eating their lunch. I looked into her eyes and she spoke, but not to me. She looked at my daughter and simply whispered, \"If I could do more for you I would...\" and then she smiled and moved away to join her husband, who had moved towards the door. \"Look, a whole dollar,\" Molly spoke with excitement as she discovered a crumpled one dollar bill left behind by the old lady. I looked up to thank her, but she was gone. I sat stunned, not sure what had just happened and...\n****\n[A]: Question: By saying \"If I could do more for you I would...\", the old woman means _ .Options:A she had the ability to cure the disease of MollyB she had the responsibility for the safety of MollyC she was an old friend of the author and can lend some money to themD she would like to help Molly as much as possibleAnswer:D\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: High school could be a scary time for everyone. The school seems bigger; there are more kids and it's a totally new environment. In fact, it isn't that bad. High school is a lot like middle school after a while. The first day of course is always scary, and the first day of middle school must have been the same. Of course, the first few days you might get lost while looking for your classes but after a while, what seemed to be a large school really isn't. One thing that's really cool about high school is that there are so many more classes you can take. If you happen to like art, there are many art classes. In addition, there are other classes that weren't available in middle school like photography or psychology. In high school, there are a lot of things that are similar to how middle school was but at the same time, there are other opportunities available as well. There are more clubs, sports, and other activities you can join in. You're able to join in these activities and make new friends with kids with the same interest as you. These activities also give you a chance to learn something you never had the opportunity to learn before. High school has something for everyone. You just have to decide what to take part in. but there's one thing that's certain that you're going to have just as much fun in high school as you did in middle school. And if middle school wasn't that great for you, high school is a chance to make up for it. High school isn't just about having fun though. You have to be responsible while you're growing up. Teachers aren't going to chase you up to do your homework.\n++++++++++\noutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Question: In the author's opinion, high school life _ .Options:A is a scary time for everyoneB is full of fun without any worriesC is the same as middle school lifeD is as much fun as middle school lifeAnswer:D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Quickly ask yourself: What did you eat today? Now tell me how you actually feel. If you're complaining of stress, anxiety, depression, aches and pains, foggy thinking, or just a general lack of energy, a new medical theory will blow your mind. The chances are that those disease-like symptoms are all the result of what's called hidden food allergies . This is what Ken Drew found out when he was lucky enough to be recommended to medical practitioner Dr. Patel. Patel is considered something of a genius, and has been called a modern day Louis Pasteur. You've heard of him, of course--Pasteur figured out how to keep milk from getting spoiled. Dr. Patel is like a Louis Pasteur for keeping your body from getting spoiled from chronic diseases. \"Foggy thinking, slightly constipated , heart pain,...you name it. It's part of getting old,\" you say. \"It's just stress.\" Most of the body's immune defenses are all located in your stomach, so when you have a hidden food allergy and you expose yourself to harmful foods, your defenses malfunction and disease-carrying bacteria take over. Had you not eaten that one food you were allergic to for breakfast, you would never have got sick. Together, Dr Patel and Ken Drew have developed the Reverse My Disease program, which claims it can _ your body against diseases like arthritis , Alzheimer's, diabetes, heart disease and cancers. You won't need a prescription and there isn't any kind of medical procedure involved. There's no medical jargon, no complicated diet to do. What it does do is claim to tell you how to hack your body's natural defense system. Dr. Patel has remained under the radar of the entire medical establishment because his ideas are so threatening to doctors who don't want you to stop being sick enough for them to write you prescriptions. Those doctor visits cost you, so check out Reverse My Disease if you want to prevent disease by learning how to eat food that won't harm your body. According to Ken Drew and Dr. Patel, people get slightly constipated and have heart pain because _ . A) they are getting old. B) their immune defenses are all located in your stomach. C) they don't eat the right food. D) they are involved in a medical procedure.\nC\n\n\n(Question)\nDo you start your work by making a list of all you have to complete, from walking the dog and washing the clothes, to phoning a or checking your emails? Do you always take a list with you to the supermarket? Do you write down all the steps you need to see a big project through? If you're a natural list maker you can consider this habit as a good thing to do. Here are some reasons: Gives your memory a kick: Even if you pride yourself on remembering all you need to complete, it's only human to forget every once in a while. A to-do list is a handy reminder. Helps you stay in the moment: It sounds surprising, but true. Trying to mentally keep track of the things weighing on your mind can make it tougher to concentrate on the activity at hand. _ : Instead of carrying around a nagging nervousness that you've forgotten to take care of a chore, keeping an up-to-date list can help relieve that kind of stress. Helps planning: Most of us are likely to put off until tomorrow what we can do today, but keeping a list helps to keep this natural impulse at bay. Thinking about what has to be done in advance is a good way to prevent us from falling behind schedule. Prioritizes : Seeing everything we want to take care of allows us to prioritize and give the most time to the more important tasks. On the other hand, not having a to-do list makes it possible for us to spend too much time on unimportant items. Boosts happiness: You will feel very happy each time you check off a task you have completed on your list. Studies show that reaching your goal actually releases feel-good chemical in your brain that boosts happiness. From the text we know that a to-do list can _ . A) ensure that you finish everything on time B) remind you of the things you should do C) make it easy for you to form a good habit D) help you save money while shopping\n(Answer)\nB\n\n\nWorld Expo 2010 Shanghai China is to be staged in Shanghai from May1 to October 31, 2010. If you plan to visit the Shanghai Expo this summer, China Pavilion is a must-see area for you. China Pavilion, which is called Oriental Crown , is located at the center of the Expo site. Standing 63 meters tall, the China Pavilion takes the shape of an emperor's crown, with the upper layers larger than the lower ones. Covering 160,000 square meters in floor space, the pavilion consists of a national hall and a regional hall. Construction on the China Pavilion began on December 18, 2007. The design of the China Pavilion was picked from a total of 344 designs put forward by Chinese from around the world. The pavilion possesses both traditional and modern features, which helps develop the theme of the 2010 Expo: \" Better City, Better Life\". For example, it is red in appearance, which contains the elements of traditional Chinese culture, and it is green indoors, with the use of energy-saving techniques. The Shanghai World Expo is expected to attract 70 million visitors from across the globe. It is estimated that 400,000 people will visit the Expo and its 140 pavilions every day during the period, but the China Pavilion is only able to receive about one tenth of the total. How to accommodate so many people in the pavilion remains a tough task. Luckily, the China Pavilion is built as a permanent landmark. During the Expo, the main structure will be used for an exhibition based on the theme of \" Chinese wisdom in urban development\" by explaining the values of harmony, nature and spirit. The three-story pavilion has three sections. The top floor's \"Footprint of the East\" will show some of the changes in Chinese cities. There, you can see a film which shows how Chinese cities have changed, especially in the past 30 years. According to Lu Chuan, director of the film, the scenery is like something from Lord of the Rings. On the second floor, \"Journey of Wisdom\" will explain China's four great inventions. And the ground's... On the second floor, you can _ . A) enjoy a film about the changes of cities in China B) learn what Shanghai looked like in the 1920s C) find out how paper was invented D) see how Chinese cities will look like in the future\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Ellen Parker was worried about her health. She could not walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stairs. She was soon out of breath. \"I suppose I had better go to the doctor,\" she thought. She went to the doctor and told him her problem. \"I'm not at all surprised, \"he said. \"It's clear what your problem is.\" He examined her and then gave her some advice. \"If you don't do what I say, Mrs. Parker,\" he said, \"you will have a heart attack. It could kill you.\" Ellen was very worried as she left the doctor's. She knew that she had to take his advice but that it would not be easy and it would take time. The next day she went shopping. The first shop she went into was a butcher's shop . \"I'd like ten pounds of steak , please,\" she said. \"Certainly, madam,\" the butcher replied and went into the cold room and found a large piece of steak. He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and placed it on the scale . \"That's just under ten pounds,\" he said. \"That's big enough,\" Mrs. Parker said. The butcher worked out the price. \"At $4. 99 a pound that will$49. 50, please. Would you like me to cut it up into smaller pieces for you?\" \"Oh, I don't want to buy the meat,\" Mrs. Parker said. \"If you don't want to buy it,\" the butcher replied angrily, \"why did you ask me to get it for you?\" \"My doctor told me that I am overweight and have to lose ten pounds. I wanted to see what ten pounds of flesh looked like.\" Options: A She might put on more weight. B She might stop eating too much. C She might have a heart attack. D She might go to another doctor. Answer: C She might have a heart attack. Question:\nA: What did the doctor think might happen to Ellen?\n\nQ: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: WASHINGTON--There are more than 222 million TVs in American homes. And it would make Frank Vespe very happy this week if every one was turned off. Vespe is head of the TV--Turnoff Network, the Washington organization behind TV Turnoff Week. For TV Turnoff week, American kids are encouraged to go one week without watching TV. This year it runs from April 23 to 29. \"Our real meassage here is to see what lift is like without TV and then make watching TV a conscious decision,\"said Vespe. Vespe said that most of the kids who go without television for a week go back to watching, but not as much.\"They watch more selectively. They do more things as a family. It helps them put TV in its place. One kid who is turning off her television is Sarah Foote, 9, of Virginia.\" Sarah admits it won't be too hard to give up TV. She's allowed to watch only educational television, and her favourite show from last year isn't on any more. Of course, there are plenty of good things about TV: programmes can be entertaining, even educational. Even so, some experts aren't sure TV Turnoff Week is the answer. \"Too much TV is not good. A little bit of TV for young kids is good because it adds to their vocabulary. The bottom line is moderation ,\"says Susan Neuman, a university educator who studies kids and reading. Neuman says the real problem is that parents do not keep track of what their kids are watching. They do not set limits on TV viewing. Also, in some families, TV might be the only thing there is to do. What message does Sarah have for other kids? \"It's a very good idea. I survived a whole week without TV. It also teaches you to enjoy time doing different things and not being sucked into something on TV, because you do not want TV taking up all of your time,\"Sarah said. Options: A To advise us to turn off TV. B To warn parents of the danger of TV. C To report to us a piece of news about TV. D To praise Vespe and his organization. Answer: C To report to us a piece of news about TV. Question:\nA: What's the writer's purpose in writing this passage?\n\nQ: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Cities with high levels of homeownership--in the range of 75%, like Detroit and St. Lous -had on average considerably lower levels of economic activity and much lower wages and incomes. Far too many people in financial problems are trapped in homes they can't sell, unable to move on to new centers of opportunity. The cities and regions with the lowest levels of homeownership--in the range of 55% to 60% like Los Angeles and New York--had healthier economies and higher incomes. They also had higher levels of happiness and well-being. I was shocked to read these interesting points that Richard Florida made in his recent article. Let me try to understand. The people in Detroit and St. Louis are less happy than the people in New York, and Los Angeles. And, the reason is because of home ownership rates? First, to compare them to New York City (the economic capital of the world), Los Angeles (the entertainment capital of the world) seems unfair. Most people in almost any other city in the world might be less happy! Next, let's try a different way of determining whether renters are happier than homeowners. Why don't we ask them? Fannie Mae's National Housing Survey 2010 reported: 75% of current renters believe owning a home makes more sense. 67% plan to buy a home at some point in the future. When they asked current renters for the major reason to buy a house, these were their answers (they could pick several answers): 78% said it was a good place to raise children. 75% said because they would feel safe. 70% said because you have control your own space. If you believe renters are happier, you would also have to believe the majority enjoy living in a less safe environment, which wouldn't be a good place to raise children and would be a place where they have less control of their space. ks5u Options: A to have a good place to raise children B to live in a safer environment C to make money D to have control of their own space Answer: C to make money Question:\nA: According to the passage, current renters' reasons to buy a house are the follows except _ .\n\nQ: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: A great man married a woman and they had a little lovely girl. When the little girl was growing up, the man usually hugged her and said, \"I love you, little girl.\" The Little girl would say, \"I'm not a little girl any more.\" Then the man would laugh, \"But to me, you'll always be my little girl.\" The little girl later left her home and went into the world. No matter where she was, the man would call her and say, \"I love you, little girl.\" One day the little girl received an unexpected phone call. The great man became ill. He couldn't talk, smile, walk, hug or dance. So she went to the side of the great man. He looked at her and tried to speak, but he could not. She sat next to the great man, and drew her arms around his useless shoulders . Her head on his chest , she thought of many good memories. She felt sad as she couldn't hear the words of love that had comforted her. And then she heard from within the man, the beat of heart. The magic happened. She heard what she wanted to hear. His heart beat out the words that his mouth could no longer say... I love you, little girl... I love you, little girl. Options: A He left her wife. B He learned to sing and dance C He left his home and went into the world. D He would call her and showed his love to her. Answer: D He would call her and showed his love to her. Question:\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "What did the man do after the little girl left her home?", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem:\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Western artist R.V. (Ron) Jahns creates his unique western wildlife paintings by tapping into his vast experience of true life. He had rich western experiences out in the mountains in the great Northwest. Ron paints from the heart and his experience as a cowboy in the west. He has a particular passion for the mountains from Eastern Oregon to Alaska and draws from his many years of mountain adventures as inspiration for his western paintings. Born and raised on a farm, this cowboy artist is well knowledgeable with the subjects of his Western art. Ron struggles for historical accuracy in his western cowboy paintings when an artist gives a false description of the facts about cowboys in the west! Living in Alaska for 17 years added a new factor to Ron's western art. As a hunter and fisherman he observed the wildlife in its natural setting and has conveyed this spirit to his canvas. Ron's western art can be viewed throughout the United States, in Europe and through occasional private showings. You can find western wildlife paintings by Ron at various art shows throughout the year. For a list of art shows the Cowboy Artist will be attending, visit his Art Show page. Although a self-taught western artist, Ron himself has taught painting in colleges and through private lessons. Ron is quite a storyteller and the last of an old kind of cowboy poets and western storytellers. If you've met Ron at the Flea Markets in Sumpter, Oregon then you no doubt have already had a taste of his knack for telling tall tales and sharing his original cowboy poems of true life on the ranch. Question: Why can Ron truly present the facts about cowboy life in the west? Answer:\n****\nA: Because he has experienced such life. Ks5u\n\n\nProblem:\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Scientists from England's Newcastle University have discovered that bacteria have the ability to detect smells, according to a study by the university on Sunday. The team of scientists, led by Dr. Reindert Nijland, discovered that bacteria can detect certain types of smell- producing chemicals, including ammonia that is produced by other bacteria. Once they sense the smells from other kinds of bacteria, the bacteria will gather together to form a colony and form a layer of slime in order to force the competitors out of their area. The response decreases as the distance between the two bacterial colonies increases. That slime, also known as biofilm, is one of the primary causes of infection on many medical implants . Biofilms also slow down ships and are believed to cost the marine industry millions of dollars annually. However, they can also be used to clean up spilled oil floating on the sea, as they grow strong on it. \"This is the first evidence of a bacterial 'nose'able to detect potential competitors,\" Dr. Nijland said in the August 15 statement, which confirms that bacteria possess qualities similar to four of the five senses that humans enjoy (sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell), the others being touch, taste, and sight. \"The fact that bacteria formed slime when exposed to ammonia has important significance for understanding how biofilms are formed and how we might be able to use them to our advantage,\" he added. Their findings were published in Sunday's edition of biotechnology journal, and could change the way scientists look at how each of the senses developed over time. \"It was thought for a long time that smell existed only in complex living creatures,\" Dr. Nijland said. \"Now we see that bacteria are able to do the same, so the indication is that the ability may have developed even earlier.\" Question: Which of the following describes bacteria correctly? Answer:\n****\nA: They cannot hear.\n\n\nProblem:\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Eat healthier. Exercise twice a week. Read more books. Lose weight. We make the same resolutions every year. But most of us fail, and quit after only a few days or weeks.Even the most successful among us, those who have climbed to the top of their fields, crash and burn when it comes to personal change. For example, President Barack Obama has struggled with his smoking habit. So why is change so challenging? Are we wired in a way that keeps us from making changes? And do we need the support of others to reach our goals, or can we go it alone? Professionals who help people make-changes in their lives suggest that the change is determined not by one's surroundings, but one's mind.Beginning with small goals or steps usually leads to a bigger pay-off later, they say.And trying to make a change is easier with support from a cheery group of friends, family, or co-workers with shared goals.But they caution that the experience is different for everyone. \"People are more likely to make positive changes in their lives not only when their friends do, but when their friends of friends do, and when their friends of friends of friends do,\" said Nicholas Christakis, a professor of medical sociology at Harvard University.\"Social networks have this interesting property of magnifying everything, and so taking advantage of your social network ties can result in a magnification of your own efforts. Johnny Augustin understands that well.His goal was to reduce 30 pounds from his 237-pound frame.But the change didn't come easily.He said \"I'm a huge procrastinator.There is a desire but I just kept putting it off.I didn't get to do it until the summer.\"However, Augustin got inspired when he saw his older brother working out.Today, Augustin weighs 190 pounds. Having a positive attitude is one of the keys to making a successful change, according to Judy Zerafa, author of several books based on how people can improve their lives.She emphasized the importance of... Question: According to the passage, Nicholas Chirstakis means that _ . Answer:\n****\nA: people are better able to make changes when they make changes with others\n\n\nProblem:\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed,the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold. Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, \"With all your money you give me a Bible?\" He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible. Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things. When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words. \"PAID IN FULL\". How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. Sometimes we don't realize... Question: When author graduated from his school, his father sent him _ . Answer:\n****\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "a new leather-bound Bible", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: 6 Comments You Hear from Your Financial Frenemies\n\nA frenemy, as well all know, is an enemy pretending to be a friend, or a friend who is also a rival. While it's unlikely that most of your friends are intentionally being your frenemies, they may be unintentionally wrecking havoc on your spending and your money. Read on for six statements to be wary of when coming from a friend -- or a frenemy:\n\nIt occasionally happens that our friends leave their wallet at home or don't have the cash on hand to cover a bill. Once in a while is OK. Once a month is not. If your friend is in the habit of mooching off of you, it may be time to sit down and set some boundaries on spending. Of course you want to have a good time with your friends, but that doesn't mean you need to foot the bill. Create a strategy to curb loans in the future,\n\nand don't be afraid to say \"no.\"\n\nI admit that I've told my friends that they deserve things. Like a raise, a better boyfriend and from an occasional splurge. However, who am I to tell them it's OK to splurge when I have no idea what their finances look like? If you're being told this, it doesn't translate into you having the funds to cover the purchase. Step back and evaluate or give yourself a 24-hour cooling off period before making the buy. If you don't have the money on hand,\n\nJust when you're feeling appreciated by others, a friend comes along to one-up you. It's hard not to feel bad or compare when in these situations, but your best bet may be to ignore the comments. You recognize that you have worked hard and you deserve the opportunity to feel good about it. If it is truly a bad and consistent habit from a good friend, having a conversation about how the money comments are making you feel may be a good place to start.\n\nWhile talking finances is OK, people asking prying questions like this may be playing a comparison game with themselves. If you disclose that information, be aware that it may be shared with others. You can deflect the questions with general answers, such as \"My raise? They met what I was asking for, which makes me feel like a recognized and valued team member.\"\n\nThere's a little green-eyed monster in all of us, but if you find that you're feeling guilty for certain purchases that are well within your budget or find yourself playing down some of your possessions to make others feel better, that's defeating the purpose of allowing you to enjoy your money and use it to live a life you value. While there's a balance with showing off, feeling guilty and playing down expenses won't help you or your friend. The best way to neutralize the situation is to simply address the comment by saying something like \"Thanks. I'm really enjoying it.\"\n\nEven though your friends know you're trying to save money, they still encourage you to come out \"just this once.\" It's hard to say no, especially if you're the type who doesn't want to miss out. So you can afford to say yes, budget some money for impulse spending. Or suggest cheaper alternatives such as game or movie nights, potlucks or lunch dates to get in quality time with friends.\n\n6 Comments You Hear from Your Financial Frenemies\n\nFor many employers, open enrollment season for some benefits happens in October. This usually sneaks up on some people, who scramble to decipher benefits and make elections last minute. Although you won't be able to see the options until the enrollment period opens, take time now to review your benefits. Are you taking advantage of any 401(k) matches? Are your fully funding your Flexible Spending Account? What about employer offered life and disability insurance? (A\n\nshows your risks). Maximize your benefits and don't leave any money on the table.\n\nBack-to-school time can be expensive if you're not prepared. Money is spent on clothes, books, supplies and technology -- and that's before the doors to the classroom have even opened. Before hitting the stores, do these two things:\n\nIt's hard to think about the holidays when we're just making it through summer, but now is the time to build up a financial cushion. Set yourself up with an automatic transfer to a separate savings account and participate in the\n\nto build up a savings of $450. How much do you need for the gifts, travel, parties, entertaining, food and other holiday activities you anticipate? Planning will help to ease the stress that comes around the holidays.\n\nIn lieu of scrambling at the end of the year to make contributions to retirement accounts by Dec. 31, double-check your contributions now and determine if there's room in your cash flow to allow for an increase to possibly max out by year end.\n\nSummer is a typically a\n\n. There are weddings, moves to new homes, possibly a new family addition and more. If summer is the time when these events take place, fall should be the time to take stock of how they're panning out. If you're recently married and haven't already, now is the time to have the\n\nand make decisions about spending plans, merging (or not merging) accounts, beneficiary updates and more. If you've moved, check out how the new location has affected your cost of living spending in terms of activities, gas costs, groceries and more. Ultimately with any transition, you need to review your spending plan and determine what areas (if any) need to be adjusted.\n\nIf you're lucky enough to live in one of the states that actually experiences seasons, fall is the time to prep for energy savings by caulking and weatherstripping doors and windows, turning your thermostat back for a fixed period each day and insulating your attic, basement or outside walls.\n\nWrite a one or two sentence summary.\n\nSummary: You should buy that. Can you spot me? Must be nice. Comments like these from your so-called friends can derail your finances.\n\n\nProblem: Action Star Chuck Norris To Become Honorary Texas Ranger\n\nActor Chuck Norris for years played a Texas Ranger on television. Now he's going to become one in real life.\n\nTexas Gov. Rick Perry is scheduled to present the actor and executive director of \"Walker, Texas Ranger\" with a designation as an honorary member of the famed law enforcement group Thursday.\n\nCeremonies to honor the 70-year-old martial arts star and entertainment action hero, who is known for doing good and going after bad guys and gals in the long-running TV series, will take place at a Texas Rangers office in suburban Dallas.\n\nPerry also will honor the actor's younger brother, 59-year-old stunt coordinator and producer Aaron Norris, as an honorary Texas Ranger.\n\nWrite a one or two sentence summary.\n\nSummary: Action Star Chuck Norris to Become Honorary Texas Ranger\n\n\nProblem: Future of road safety tribunal unclear\n\nIt could be just days until the country's truck drivers know what the future holds for the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal.\n\nTruck drivers and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) will gather in NSW and South Australia on Sunday in a last ditch effort to save the independent road transport industry body.\n\nThe Turnbull government wants to abolish the tribunal - a creation of the Gillard government - when parliament returns next week, and appears to have the Senate numbers to do so.\n\nLegislation would also freeze its minimum pay rate decision for owner-driver truckies.\n\nIt's a decision that TWU national secretary Tony Sheldon says could \"kill people\".\n\nHe says the industry experiences 12 times the national average for workplace deaths and high suicide rates.\n\nWrite a one or two sentence summary.\n\nSummary:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Truck drivers will meet on Sunday ahead of parliament considering legislation on the future of the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "In this task, you are given product reviews about dvds. The goal is to classify the review as \"POS\" if the overall sentiment of the review is positive(the reviewer is satisfied) or as \"NEG\" if the overall sentiment of the review is negative(the reviewer is not satisfied).\n\nA Good Value . This is, in effect, two related but different movies packaged together for marketing purposes. Both are funny and being offered together makes them a bit more affordable. Reviews of both appear below. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF James Garner always does a great job in playing acerbic comic roles and his role in this one is no exception. He plays a man who is hired as sheriff in a gold rush boom town and who takes the job seriously enough to clean the place up. He does so with wit and charm and the bad guys never no what hit them. Bruce Dern plays the first guy he arrests. He is a bad one but not to bright. This is a good thing since the bars for the jail have not been installed yet. Walter Brennan plays Dern's father. He is the head of the outlaw family but just can't seem to get his way with the sheriff. His performance too is a delight. Jack Elam plays the deputy and Harry Morgan plays the mayor. All do a wonderful job. There is always something to laugh at in this one. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL GUNFIGHTER SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF was a comic masterpiece and cried out, at least in terms on dollars and cents, for a sequel. So they made one, only it wasn't Almost all of the cast from the SHERIFF appear in GUNFIGHTER but they all play completely different characters. Nothing is the same except that it takes place in the west and is funny, but not as funny as the original. James Garner plays the role of Latigo Smith. He is a man on the run, not from the law but from a woman who expects to marry him. He goes to ground in Purgatory, a mining town. His arrival is noted by the owner of one of the town's two competing mining companies. They think he is a gunfighter hired by the other company. He's not but sees financial opportunity in the confusion. He passes himself off as the agent for the gunfighter (less danger and stress) and cons a down on his luck cowboy into playing the part of the gunfighter. This is not a movie filled with excitement or drama. It is a comedy. It is not as funny as SHERIFF but it is funny in its own right.\nPOS\n\nThe Magic isn't There . This is a fantasy film about a family of witches in modern times. The Owens girls are hereditary witches, any man who loves one is doomed to an early death. There is a scene where a woman asks for a love potion, this requires the sacrifice of a dove. Two little girls watch. Years later they're grown up. One leaves to live with her boyfriend. But the curse returns and a boyfriend is run over by a truck (never stand in the middle of a road). We see scenes where the neighbor kids yell \"witch\", as if to symbolize something. Sally goes when Jillian calls her; she has a problem with her boyfriend. But Sally uses a \"magic potion\" to eliminate the problem. Now Jillian wants to undo what was done. [The film began to lose me now, it wasn't funny.] The spell goes awry, they bury their mistake. Then there is a scene where the ladies are all giggles. Later an investigator comes around looking for Jimmy. [The story drags again.] More scenes follow; they are not funny or scary or even entertaining. But a scene in the attic will wake you even if you're snoozing! They call some friends over to cast a spell to drive a demon out of Jillian. It seems to work, even if they don't use the standard issue witches broom. There is a sort of happy ending. Sandra and Nicole are good actresses, but they can't cast a spell to improve the script of one of the worst movies I've ever seen. \"Bell, Book, and Candle\" is a funnier film, \"Blair Witch\" is a scarier film. This falls between the cracks.\nNEG\n\nTalk About Values! . Somew movies just have 'values' and the original The Four Feathers is one of them. FEATHERS is set in England and the Sudan about ten years after the Mahdi killed General Gordon. In fact, seeing Charlton Heston in Khartoum would be a good lead-in to 4 FEATHERS.The plot revolves around four friends, all young officers in the same regiment and all heirs to an aristocratic military tradition heavy on the memory of the Crimean War (see the original \"Charge of the Light Brigade\" film). Three men boldly go to the Sudan with General Kitchener's expedition. One chickens out and resigns his commission, losing the woman he loves in the process. To redeem himself, he goes to the Sudan on his own and must help his former comrades. The story is well-explained, well-paced and has great values of timing, editing, and direction. The technicolor and the score are both excellent. 4 FEATHERS is a cut above other British productions of the period in terms of technical quality! FEATHERS also exemplifies the best values of the Victorian UK upper class-- belief in country, honor, loyalty, heroism, and sacrifice. The remake is a pathetic immitation of this original, which did not need a remake, now or ever! A must-see and a great addition to any DVD collection\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "POS\n\n", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "input: OPTIONS:\n- a Chinese teacher\n- an English driver\n- a Japanese teacher\n- an English teacher Now, answer this question: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Mr .Smith is an Englishman. He teaches English well.His English classes are very interesting.He likes us and we like him,too. Mr Smith has two children--Tom and Lucy.Tom is seven and his sister Lucy is four.Tom goes to school but Lucy doesn't. Mr Smith likes to wear a T-shirt and jeans .Football is his favorite sport.After school we often have a basketball match.Sometimes Mr Smith watches and joins us.He plays basketball just for fun. Question: Mr Smith is _ . Answer:\nA:\noutput: an English teacher\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Tom and Fred are talking about the year 2020. \"What will our world be like in the year 2020?\" asks Tom. \"I don't know,\" says Fred. \"What do you think?\" asks Tom. \"Well, no one knows, but it's interesting to guess,\" says Fred. \"In the year 2020 everyone will carry a pocket computer. The computer will give people the answer to all their problem. We will have telephones in our pockets, too, and we will be able to talk to our friends,\" says Tom. \"A lot of people will live and work under the sea. Machines will do most of the work, and so people will have more holidays. They will be able to fly to the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there,\" says Fred. \"And I hope I will be able to live under the sea,\" says Tom. \"Won't that be very interesting? Just like a fish.\" Question: Which of the following is NOT mentioned? Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- People will be able to fly to the moon in a spaceship.\n- People will have more holidays.\n- Many people will live and work under the sea.\n- People will build farms under the sea.\n\nAnswer: People will build farms under the sea.\n\nProblem: OPTIONS:\n- forget your own goals\n- become a talented language learner\n- get tired of learning it\n- reach your learning goal\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Is learning a foreign language ever easy? Yes. If you are five and move to another country, you will quickly pick up the language. But what about for the rest of us who are no longer five, and need to be polite when traveling for business or for pleasure? I think that answer is also yes. Language learning can be easy if you don't want or need to learn too much. The key to successful language learning in my mind is not to set the goal too high. It is rather like running. Even if you run twice a week, you don't necessarily want to be able to run a marathon . You might just want to keep a level of fitness. I think the same can be true for language learning. Let's get back to the goal. If you decide to learn ten words in a foreign language before visiting the country, you know that you will be sure to do this. However, if you decide to talk to people with great fluency , unless you are quite a talented person, you will probably fail and give up in half-way. It is also far easier to start learning a foreign language than to finish. In other words, the better you are, the slower it can be to improve, because you will not be able to move further because of grammar, making sentences, learning less common words, etc. If you are only trying to learn a few foreign words and sentences, you will enjoy faster progress, have more fun, and won't have to spend too much time. The idea of learning only a few hundred words in a language, and then stopping, isn't the usual way to language learning, but it can be a very meaningful and enjoyable activity. Question: The writer believes that if you want to be good at a foreign language, you will probably _ . Answer:\nAnswer: get tired of learning it\n\nProblem:OPTIONS:\n- By taking all kinds of exercise.\n- By choosing simple exercise.\n- By doing regular exercise.\n- By sticking to outdoor exercise.\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: There have always been a lot of commonly believed but false ideas about being fat and doing exercise. Some people believe that they can't help putting an weight as they get older, while others hold that if they stop exercising, their muscles will turn into fat. Here are some more myths. I'll never lose weight--I come from a fat family Wrong! While we can't change the body type we are born with, we can't blame our genes for making us fat. There's plenty of evidence that fatness runs in families, and the main reason is that they share the same habit of eating too much and exercise too little. I am fat because I burn calories slowly Wrong! Fatness is not caused by a slow metabolism . In fact, although fat people consume more energy than slim people, they also fail to realize how much they eat. Keeping a diary can help you work out your daily food intake more accurately . Exercise is boring Wrong! Anything will become boring if you do it again and again. The key is to develop a balanced and varied program that's fun as well as progressive . If you enjoy a Sunday walk, take a different mute. If you do yoga , try a tai chi class. No pain, no gain Wrong! Exercise is not meant to hurt. Indeed, pain is your body telling you something's wrong, and continuing to exercise could lead to serious injury . You may experience mild discomfort as you begin to exercise regularly, but this is your body _ the positive changes in your lifestyle and the aches should disappear quickly. If they don't, rest and ask for medical advice. Question: According to the writer, how can we make exercise more interesting? Answer:\n****\nA: By taking all kinds of exercise.\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Little Mary is a good girl. She's in Grade 2 now. Her home is not far from school, but she is often late for class because she likes watching TV, listening to music in the evening and she goes to bed very late. So she can't get up on time in the morning. This term Mr White, Mary's uncle, works in her school. He teaches Grade 2 history. He often tells Mary to follow the school rules and come to school on time. Today Mary get up late again. When she comes to school, it is 8:15 . Her uncle is waiting for her at the school gate. \"You are ten minutes late for the first class.\" Mr White says angrily . \"Why are you often late for class?\" \"Every time when I get to the street corner , I always see a sign . It says 'SCHOOL-GO SLOW! ' \" says Mary. Question: The first class begins at _ . Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- 8:10\n- 8:00\n- 8:05\n- 8:15\n\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "8:05", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "In order to safeguard the education of all Hope Chinese Scholl(HCS)students and the normal running of the school, the following rules should be followed: Be quiet in classroom and hallways. Do not run or shout in classrooms or hallways. Do not drink or eat in classrooms or hallways. Stay in the school during school time as well as rest time. Do not leave the school or play out of the school area during school time. This includes rest time. Do not _ on any desks or walls. Be respectful to teachers and parents. Help teachers and other students to keep the classroom clean. Do not move desks, chairs, and other furniture in the classroom without the teacher's instructions. Students in HCS can _ in classrooms. A) run B) read C) shout D) eat\nB\n\nMuch has been said and written recently about heroes, mainly because many people think we have too few of them. There are many different kinds of heroes, but they all seem to have two things in common. First, heroes, by their actions, show the great possibilities of human nature. Second, heroes can also stand the test of time, and their achievements will not be easily forgotten. Because of these good points, we need to choose our heroes carefully. Olympic sports star Jackie Joyner-Kersee, who is believed to be a hero, warns young people to be careful of making athletes heroes. She hopes that if someone tries to copy her, it will be because she has achieved her goals by working hard. Joyner-Kersee says that a hero should be someone who has an influence on another person's life. Poet Maya Angelou believes that a hero encourages people to treat others well and to be concerned about the greater good. A hero should show politeness, courage, patience, and strength all the time. A hero should encourage others to follow him with actions that improve the world, even if only in small ways. Author Daniel Boorstin suggests that, \" _ are people who make news, but heroes are people who make history.\" Thus, if a person is truly worthy to be called a hero, he or she will not be soon forgotten. We all need heroes. We need to be able to respect people who have been there, done that, and succeeded. Many times the greatest heroes are the people we deal with every day -- relatives , friends, and neighbors -- who will keep going when it is easier to give up. The parent who puts her or his family ahead of herself or himself, the teacher who will make more money at another job but chooses to help others -- all these people can be considered as heroes. A hero quietly and continuously sets a good example, an example that inspires others to follow. Joyner-Kersee hopes that young people _ . A) will work hard B) will become heroes C) will follow her D) will achieve her goal\nA\n\nWhich color do you like best? Everyone has his own favorite color, but how do people feel about colors? It depends on their cultures. The same color sometimes has different meanings in different countries. In England, the right color for a bride to wear is white. But in China and other eastern countries, brides often wear red. Why? It is because the red color is a sign of good luck. Red is used as a sign of danger in England. Road signs are often in red. In eastern countries, red does not mean you have to be careful. In England and other western countries, black is the color of death. But in many eastern countries, most people think white is the color of death. In England, green is used in traffic lights to tell people that it is safe to go. Green is often seen as a lucky color, but wearing green at a wedding is unlucky. Many people like the color orange because it is bright and exciting. But some _ will not use orange in their ads because they believe it suggests that their products are cheap and perhaps not of high quality. As is known to all, red is the most popular color in China while in England it is blue. In many eastern countries, most people think _ is the color of death. A) black B) green C) white D) yellow\nC\n\nAt East China University of Science and Technology, students who finish their food in the dining hall can get a coupon when they return their tray . They can exchange coupons for small gifts, such as books, magazines, mobile phone covers and hand warmers. \"It's been a big surprise,\" said Liang Zhaoyun, 19, a student in the university of Shanghai. \"It makes us try our best to finish the food!\" But some food in the dining hall is so poorly prepared that students are _ to finish it all. Some schools have paid some attention to it. \"The dishes in our canteen are all right, generally speaking. We've tried our best to make it tasty. But of course it's difficult to make all the students love it.\" said Wang. Other universities also pay attention to the size of food. At Nanjing University, rice is divided into three different-sized bowls that students can choose from. \"I like to try different dishes at each meal. So I had to throw away a lot of food because the bowls were too big. But now the dining hall offers small sizes. It's great because I can try different dishes at half price and don't waste so much food,\" said Fan Peng, a student from Nanjing University. But what if you really can't finish all your food? Some universities also provide a take-away service. If you can't finish all your food, you can get a box to take the leftovers home. Even if you feed the cat, it's not wasted. So you see, if we call on students not to waste food, schools should also improve the service and meal quality. In order to reduce the waste, universities do a lot of things except _ . A) trying to make the food as delicious as possible. B) offering different sizes of the food. C) exchanging trays for coupons and gifts. D) raising the price of the food.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ques: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Recently I was asked,\"Are we anywhere near the day when you can climb into a car on Long Island, program it to take you to your niece's house in Chicago, hit enter, and after the first hundred yards, once you hit a main road, the car takes over automatically and you just sit back and enjoy the ride?\" It is a question I worry. But I had to answer truthfully:\"Absolutely. We are without a doubt near that day.\"Look, we're already doing it with airplanes. Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk takes off at an air base in the U.S., climbs to 50,000 feet, flies to Australia, and lands at an Australian air base, where there is a grandstand filled with military officials=with no human pilot. The necessary technology is already here. We have radar technology that can be tied to cruise control and brakes, which automatically adjusts your speed based on following distance and preprogrammed settings. It's still a little bit raw, but it does work great. The technology can allow cars and trucks to follow each other in very closely spaced roads. GPS can also change speed with location. Let's say you're in a state with a 75-mph limit and you cross into a state with a 65-mph limit. GPS knows that and adjust your speed accordingly. It's not out of the question to imagine that someday soon you'll be able to start the car, make proper settings, then turn the front seats around and play cards and eat lunch as if you're riding on a train. All in perfect comfort and safety, all the way to that niece's place inprefix = st1 /Chicago. If asked to estimate just how far time is, I'd say a working system is ten years out, practice maybe 20 years. Question: What's the key technology to automatic car driving? Options: A: The technology of airplanes. B: The technology to be developed in the future. C: The technology of radar and GPS. D: The technology of satellites.\nAns: C\n\nQues: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: In a world as fast-changing and full of information as our own, all of us need to know how to learn well. Yet evidence suggests that most of us don't use the learning techniques that science has proved the most effective. The scientific literature evaluating these techniques goes back to decades and across thousands of articles. It's far too _ and complex for the average parent, teacher or employer to look through. Fortunately, a team of five leading psychologists have done the job for us. Professor John Dunlosky and other psychologists closely examined 10 learning strategies and rated each from high to low utility on the basis of the evidence they've gathered. Here's part of their conclusions: In contrast to familiar practices, the effective learning strategies with the most evidence to support them aren't well known outside the lab. Take distributed practice, for example. This strategy involves spreading out your study time, rather than engaging in one marathon. Cramming information at the last minute may allow you to get through that test or meeting, but the material will quickly disappear from your memory. It's much more effective to look through the material at intervals over time. And the longer you want to remember the information, whether it's two weeks or two years, the longer the intervals should be. The second learning strategy that is highly recommended by Dunlosky is practice testing. Yes, more tests---but there not for a grade. Research shows that the mere act of calling information to mind strengthens that knowledge and aids in future retrieval . While practice testing is not a common strategy---despite the strong evidence supporting it ---there is one familiar approach that captures its benefits: using flash cards. And now flash cards can be presented in digital form. Both distributed practice and practice testing were rated as having \"high utility\" by Dunlosky. Question: The evidence shows that the strategy of practice testing _ . Options: A: is a way to use flash cards to help study B: is mainly used to help us remember well C: helps know about students' grades in time D: is a way widely used to strengthen memory\nAns: B\n\nQues: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: It was the summer of 1965. DeLuca, then 17, visited Peter Buck, a family friend. Buck asked DeLuca about his plans for the future. \"I'm going to college, but I need a way to pay for it,\" DeLuca recalls saying. \"Buck said, 'You should open a sandwich shop.'\" That afternoon, they agreed to be partners. And they set a goal: to open 32 stores in ten years. After doing some research, buck wrote a check for $1000. DeLuca rented a storefront in Connecticut, and when they couldn't cover their start-up costs, Buck kicked in another $1000. But business didn't go smoothly as they expected. DeLuca says, \"After six months, we were doing poorly, but we didn't know how badly, because we didn't have any financial controls.\" All he and Buck knew was that their sales were lower than their costs. DeLuca was managing the store and going to the University of Bridgeport at the same time. Buck was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York. They'd meet Monday evenings and brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running. \"We convinced ourselves to open a second store. We figured we could tell the public, 'We are so successful, we are opening a second store.'\" And they did--in the spring of 1966. Still, it was a lot of learning by trial and error. But the partners' learn-as-you-go approach turned out to be their greatest strength. Every Friday, DeLuca would drive around and hand-deliver the checks to pay their suppliers. \"It probably took me two and a half hours and it wasn't necessary, but as a result, the suppliers got to know me very well, and the personal relationships established really helped out,\" DeLuca says. And having a goal was also important. \"There are so many problems that can get you down. You just have to keep working toward your goal,\" DeLuca adds. DeLuca ended up founding Subway Sandwich, the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain. Question: Which of the following is true of Buck? Options: A: He put money into the sandwich business. B: He was a professor of business administration. C: He was studying at the University of Bridgeport. D: He rented a storefront for DeLuca.\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Just two weeks ago, I was about to cross a busy road when I noticed an old grandpa with a heavy load on his head just a few meters from me. He looked very weak. A few minutes later, I realized I'd forgotten to cross the road. And he'd seen me looking at him. I love my grandparents so much that whenever I see any old people I won't forget to smile at them. I couldn't let go of this grandpa, either. He came near me and handed me a note on which there was an address. I showed him the directions and said he would need a taxi as it was 3 pm on a hot summer's day. Anybody would faint dead in this weather and I didn't want him to walk all the way. But he looked disappointed. I asked where he had come from. He replied weakly that he was from Chidambaram, about 240 kilometers from where we were. I was shocked because he looked like he could not even take 2 steps without falling. I called a taxi immediately and asked the driver to drop him at his place. The grandpa wasn't ready because he had no money. I paid for his journey and asked the driver to drop him off safely. When I turned to look at the grandpa, who was leaving, tears filled my eyes and I didn't want to leave. Memories of my grandparents flashed in my mind, making me feel like crying. I said goodbye to the grandpa, and some happy tears dropped from his eyes. Question: Which of the following things surprised the author most? - That no one was with the old man. - That the old man was just like his own grandpa. - That the old man had come from a faraway place although he was weak. - That the old man had such a heavy load with him.\n(A).\nThat the old man had come from a faraway place although he was weak.\n\n\n(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: We've been judging people based on the way they look for thousands of years. The ancient Greeks turned it into a science, \"physiognomy\". As early as 500 BC, the mathematician Pythagoras would look carefully at young men's faces to determine if they'd make a good student, not long after Aristotle wrote how large-headed people were mean. It was widely believed at the time that the animal a person resembled was a good judge of character. By the Middle Ages it was well and truly mainstream. Professionals coined the phrase \"stuck-up\" to refer from the belief that those with upturned noses had an air of superiority, \"high-brow\" to refer to the high foreheads of nobles and \"low-brow\" to the less educated foreheads of the lower classes. Back in 2016, we're still doing it. We view those who resemble Labradors as warm, while those who resemble lions as more of a ruler. We think of those with \"resting moody face\" as more aggressive, those who are less attractive as sick and expect people who look familiar to share our values. Many of these judgments occur in as little as 50 milliseconds. To get to understand and find out why having a babyface is so great, first we need to know what happens when we recognize an actual baby. In fact, the features of babies and those universally considered \"cute\" are nothing more than a series of developmental accidents. Our eyes are already fully grown by the time we're born but our heads aren't. Similarly, our bodies do a lot more growing later on than our heads. Babies have more body fat than adults, chubby cheeks, for example. The list goes on. And regardless of whether you're very maternal or find babies really annoying, we're unconditionally to respond to their features by turning into gentle baby-talking fools. Most importantly, gazing into their innocent faces makes us less aggressive and more generous and helpful. So there you have it. Next time you find yourself staring affectionately into the eyes of a baby-faced friend, colleague or date, just remember, you may be the... Question: What's the passage mainly talking about? - The features of faces. - The science of judging people by face. - The trick of faces. - The importance of judging people from their looks.\n(A).\nThe trick of faces.\n\n\n(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Have you ever thought about developing your kids'interests in a positive manner? Have you thought about using music to help them focus their energies on a wonderful pursuit ? Do you realize that by doing so, you will better equip them in life? Your little child will love you all his or her life for the first music lessons that you may give. Most kids have an interest in music. The only thing to do for you is to give direction to their interests so that they can focus on learning the fine art. Music teaches children to be persistent and disciplined. It also teaches them to try towards perfection and be a good team player. All this helps them not only in their studies but also in facing the challenges of life. Thus music at home and home recording are the first lessons you can present to your children. How to maintain the interests of kids in various kinds of music and instruments? To solve this problem, it is important that at the beginning you bring home something that can hold the child's interest for quite some time. This would include instruments such as electric guitar or drums. Encourage them to download music which is free over the Internet. Another thing to remember is that no one becomes an expert overnight. Have patience with your child. _ . A few words of appreciation will mean the world to them. Ask for their opinions and stick to the choice for quite some time. Be generous in praise. Music is the perfect gift you can present to your kids. It is never too late and the sooner you start, the better. Question: This passage is mainly about _ . - how to direct children to pursue their interests - how to make children creative - how to draw children's attention to music - how music affects children's studies\n(A).\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "how to draw children's attention to music", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Is your family interested in buying a dog? A dog can be a good friend to your family, but if you choose the wrong kind of dog, it can cause you a lot of trouble. Families should sit down and discuss the problems before buying a dog.Even if the children in your family are the ones who want the dog,the parents are the ones who are really responsible for seeing that the animal is properly cared for.If you don't know much about dogs,it's a good idea to go to the library for books about different kinds of dogs,as well as books about how to train a young dog. Dogs of different kinds change in popularity as the years go by. One of the most popular dogs these days is the German shepherd . This is because it provides protection. The family should be warned that these dogs grow up to be very big, and may he too powerful for children, If your house is not big, a toy dog may be a good choice . These dogs are very small and easy to train. They don't need to be walked daily. The writer suggests one can get information about the different kinds of dogs _ . A) by reading books about dogs B) by buying a dog from a pet shop C) by watching dogs in a zoo D) by asking some friends\nA\n\nIf you walk along the streets, you will find children as young as seven years old walking to school or taking the public bus on their own. If you ride on the public bus with a baby or young child, you will find at least three people standing up to give up their seats for you. And as a booming town with a young population, Xiamen has a lot to offer young families with kids. There are lots of places of interest for you to enjoy. The following are some of them. * A walking adventure at Gulangyu Islet: There you can have a round-the-island trip by fast boat and the Xiamen Underwater World has a dolphin and sea lion performance and an enjoyment of around 400 types of underwater life from around the world. Opening hours: 08:00-18:00 See the map! Price: 70RMB(adults) 50RMB (children above 1.4m) * Wild rides at Guanyinshan Water Park: The park has a wave pool, which creates seven types of wave effects. It also has a hair-raising water ride that speeds down ... Opening hours: 11:00-20:00 See the map! Price: 120RMB per person 60RMB visitors aged above 60 and below 1.4m .... * Xiamen Firefly Park: Last of all, young nature lovers will enjoy the wonder of watching more than 100,000 fireflies light the dark night at the firefly park. Children will also learn the roles fireflies play in protecting the ecology by controlling the populations of pests. Opening hours: 19:30-21:30 See the map! Price: Free for children up to 16 years old If a family go to Xiamen for a day's holiday and they have to return home before 6 p.m., then they can visit _ . A) Gulangyu Islet B) Guanyinshan Water Park C) Gulangyu Islet and Guanyinshan Water Park D) Guanyinshan Water Park and Xiamen Firefly Park\nC\n\nToday, we send millions of Christmas cards every year. But in fact the Christmas card is a ly modern invention. In the Middle Ages, European wood engravers produced prints with religious themes. But the first real Christmas card, as we understand the term today, was designed in London, England in 1840. It went on sale in 1843. The designer was John Callott Horsley, a well- known British painter and member of the Royal Academy. He designed the card at the suggestion of his friend Sir Henry Cole, who was the first director of the Victoria & Albert Museum. Horsley produced 1,000 cards and offered them for sale at 1s (one shilling) each. They were printed on stiff card and coloured by hand, with the greeting: \"A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You\". The card shows three pictures: in the center, a family party; to one side the hungry receiving food; to the other side the poor being clothed. Puritans immediately _ the card, since it showed people drinking in the family party. But with most people the idea was a great success and the Christmas card quickly became very popular. Christmas cards were not the first greetings cards. Since 1796, with improvements in printing, merchants had been sending cards to their customers offering \"best wishes\" for the new year. In many countries, Christmas cards gradually became even more popular than New Year's cards. As Christmas is the birthday of Jesus Christ, cards often show scenes of His nativity. Others show images connected with Christmas such as wintry scenes of snow-laden pine, Father Christmas card is \"Merry Christmas\", but many other greetings are also used, such as \"Happy Xmas\" or \"Happy Noel\". We can conclude from the text that _ . A) Horsley sold his first Christmas cards for 50 pounds B) Santa Claus was born on Christmas Day C) now there are more greetings on New Year's cards D) merchants were the first to send Christmas cards to their customers\nA\n\nHaving friends may well keep you healthier and help you deal with stress better. Some studies show that people with close friends have a greater ability to fight disease than people who are alone. Place friendship in the first place. Find the time to be with friends even if it means letting the lawn go unmowed or the dishes unwashed for a while. When you can't get together, use the phone to keep in touch. Open up to close friends. Keeping a deep friendship requires a level of \"heartfelt\" intimacy .Don't be afraid to express your inner fears and disappointments. Listen to your friends when they have problems,but offer advice only when it's wanted. Help raise friends' selfesteem when they are sad about a job loss, or other such events. Have different friends for different activities, such as going to the movies,singing in a choir,and joining in a bowling league. Don't wait for a friend to ask for helps. When a friend has the flu,offer to go to the store or drive his or her children to their afterschool activities. Never take a friendship for granted. Like a good marriage,friendship needs care and patience. Become a joiner. Find a group that matches your interests. Talk to strangers. Conversations started in museums, laundry rooms,or bookstores can lead to firm friendship. _ in an adulteducation course. A classroom is an ideal place to meet others with similar interests. Which of the statements is TRUE according to the passage? A) You should have different friends for the same activities. B) You should wait for a friend to ask a favor. C) You should avoid talking with strangers in museums, laundry rooms, or bookstores. D) You should never take a friendship for granted.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "My name is Frank White. I'm fifteen years old. I was born on May 13th, 1996. Mike is my good friend. His birthday is on May 15th. He is only 13 years old now. Every year on May 14th, we have a birthday party together in our school. We often have a pop concert . I play the guitar. He plays the drum. Many friends come to our party. We are very happy. _ on May 14 th. A) Frank's birthday is B) Mike's birthday C) They have a basketball game. D) They have a birthday party.\nD\n\n\n(Question)\nEvery day when Cora Castle, 14, from Indiana, US goes back home, she opens her computer and logs into a website called Fuel Up to Play 60. She puts on what she has eaten and what kind of activities she has played that day. Then the site decides whether Castle has eaten healthily and done enough exercise. All the seventh graders in Castle's school have done the same thing since the year started. It's part of their health class. If the site finds her habits are unhealthy, it will give her advice. If she does something good, the website will give her a star. Her health teacher set up a competition to see which student could get the most stars from the website. Castle has got 30 stars so far. Cameron Bartlett said she liked tracking the food and activities. \"This is the first year we've done it,\" she said. \"It's really interesting to see all of the different choices that we have.\" The seventh grade health class is coming to an end. They won't be in health class, but the students all said that they would go on to take part in the Fuel Up to Play 60. \"There's lots of bad food out there that we've all been eating,\" Bartlett said \"This really helps all of us eat healthier food.\" From the passage we learn that all students _ . A) are eating little bad food B) have their classes at home C) are interested in the website D) are clear about unhealthy food\n(Answer)\nC\n\n\nQues: Kunming is the capital of Yunnan. It's a city with a long history. Kunming has a population of more than 5,000,000. Though the weather in Yunnan changes from place to place, Kunming is famous for her beautiful weather. It's neither too hot in summer nor too cold in winter. That's why more and more people like to travel and even to live there. You can see that great changes have taken place here. A lot of tall buildings, cinemas and hospitals have been put up. You can cross the streets over footbridges in the city. You can buy whatever you want in shops and supermarkets in or around the city. People's lives are becoming better and better. At weekend or on holiday, people like to relax themselves in different places and in different ways. In winter, people especially old people would like to climb the Western Hills. From the top of Hills, you can have a good look at the beautiful scenery of Kunming. Far away from the Hills, you can enjoy the Sleeping Beauty among the Hills. After supper, families take a walk along the bank of Dianchi Lake. The Golden Temple and EXPO Garden are two famous places of interest in the north of the city. EXPO Garden is known to people both at home and abroad. You can spend a whole day visiting the world-famous garden. A little farther away from the southeast of the city, a special forest welcomes you. It is not a tree forest, but a stone forest. So it is called the Stone Forest. People in Kunming are really friendly. They often invite their friends home to try delicious food, like rice or noodles. If you want to know more about Kunming and taste her food, please visit her yourself. The Sleeping Beauty is the name of a _ . A) Person B) hill C) shop D) film star\nAns: B\n\n\n(Q).\nDid you sleep the day away on March 21? Well, you should have done that because it was World Sleeping Day. This is the one day of the year when people around the world care about their sleep and ask themselves a lot of questions about sleep. Why do we need sleep? Nobody as yet can give a correct answer to this question. However, tests have shown that lack of sleep over about four weeks leads to a strong drop in body temperature, great weight loss and finally sickness. Different people need different amounts of sleep. Eight hours a night is considered the average amount of sleep. For teenagers the least number of sleeping hours advised by doctors are ten hours for primary school students, nine for junior highs and eight for senior highs. Some people seem to get along just fine with very little sleep at night. Leading American scientist Thomas Edison said that sleep was a waste of time. He did, however, take naps during the day. On the other hand, Albert Einstein, another great scientist, said he needed at least ten hours' sleep a night. Here are some of the most useful suggestions, for a good night's sleep. Go to bed regularly. Use your bed only to sleep. Don't exercise in the evening. Keep the bedroom dark and quiet. Drink a glass of milk before sleep. For primary school students, _ hours' sleep is the least. A) Eight B) Nine C) Ten D) Eleven\n(A).\nC\n\n\nQues:Hi Jane, I hope you and your family are all well. I'm e-mailing you to tell you about my new hobby, surfing. My brother, Peter, is at home from college for the summer holiday. He is very good at surfing. We go to the beach every day and Peter teaches me to surf. I don't do well in it but it's fun. Most days we bring a picnic and stay on the beach all day. Surfing is a good exercise and an interesting way to get a suntan ! All my friends think it's a great new hobby. Bye for now. Love, Rose What is Peter? A) He is a middle school student. B) He is a surfing teacher. C) He is a college school student. D) He is a surfing player.\n\nAns:C\n\n\nBetty and I are best friends.Our birthdays are on the same day,so every year we have a birthday party together.But this year,we had a costume party instead. While we were writing the invitation,my mum came in and asked.\"Why not invite John?\"John had been in our class for only a few months,but he was always getting better grades in math than anyone else in class.I wrinkled my nose and said,\"Mum,he wears the same pants to school every day.How can he even afford a costume?\"Mum said nothing.The next day,mum gave me an envelope with a shopping certificate in it.\"I thought it would be nice of you to give this to John,\"Mum said.But how?We didn't want to make John embarrassed.We discussed it for a long time.Finally,Betty and I had a good idea. On the day of our party,kids arrived,dressed differently.John arrived,in an old sheet ,but still in the same brown pants as usual.We danced,ate snacks and played games in groups.Before eating the birthday cake,Betty said in a loud voice,\"Now it's time for the great prize game.It's the following riddle...\"It was a math game.None of us was surprised when John came up with the right answer first and walked off with the envelope. Everything went on well as we planned.John wore a new pair of pants and a new shirt the next week.He felt happy.So did we. When we helped others,we need to find a proper way,or we may hurt them in another way. The two girls and John were in the same _ . A) group B) family C) team D) class\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Sleepwalking is a sleep disorder. Your child will rise from bed and walk or engage in other activities that they would normally do when they are awake. Their eyes will be open but they will appear to be in a dream-like state, and will probably not answer when you talk to them, although they may carry out conversations. Sleepwalking can last a few seconds , a few minutes, or more. Sleepwalking can be an indication that certain parts of the brain may not be relaxing properly at bedtime. It can be caused by illness or fever, tiredness, stress or anxiety. It is thought to occur in the beginning, slow-wave stages of non-rapid eye movement sleep before dream sleep. It may be related to the lack of magnesium , and it is very possible that hormonal changes in body could cause it. Certainly a child is more likely to be a sleepwalker if one of his parents suffered, too . Sleepwalking itself is not dangerous and is generally not a sign of any more worrying problems. But if your child sleepwalks regularly, you have to take safety measures to make sure that he doesn't hurt himself while sleepwalking. Makes sure that any doors can't be opened by a child, and lock doors to the cellar, kitchen and other dangerous places. Check each night before lights go out for sharp objects or, indeed , anything on the floor which your child could trip over or hurt himself on. A child may sleepwalk once and never sleepwalk again. Others may sleepwalk once a month or so. Still others may sleepwalk almost nightly. If you are worried you should consult your doctor. Question: Which of the following is true according to the passage? Answer: | OPTIONS:\n- Sleepwalking itself is not dangerous.\n- Children who sleepwalk may answer when you talk to them.\n- If your child sleepwalks regularly, you can just leave him alone.\n- Sleepwalking is related to the lack of sleep.\nA: Sleepwalking itself is not dangerous.\n\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: I came to India a year ago to find a village in which I could live and write but it was many months before I settled down happily in this Himalayan community.I wasted a lot of time looking for the \"typical\" village, yet no such thing exists. Conditions vary too widely.But the villages I stayed in had much in common--poverty, dirt, ignorance. Often the villagers themselves were puzzled, suspicious. Why had I come? I had put aside my work as a political journalist because my ideas had changed. I had come to believe that what was happening in the Third World was more important than anything else. But to understand how three quarters of the world's people live, and how their future might affect ours, I felt that I first had to try and share their way of life.In the end I chose a mountain village because it was a little cooler than those in the plains. I took the bus from town along a bumpy road. Then came a rough walk down a steep path to the river. After this I began the climb into the Mils. Whenever I stopped to catch my breath, there was a magnificent view. After several hours' walk the village came into view. Question: Before coming to India, the writer _ . Answer: | OPTIONS:\n- had been a successful politician\n- had made a decision to work for India\n- had studied India culture for some months\n- had worked for newspapers and magazines\nA: had worked for newspapers and magazines\n\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: If you really want to go green, here's good news: eating green is good for you. The very foods with a high carbon cost---meat, pork, dairy products, processed snacks---also tend to be filled with fat and calories. A green diet would be mostly vegetables and fruits, whole grains, fish and lean meats like chicken---a diet that's eco- and waistline-friendly. Eating green can be healthier and beneficial to the climate. It may be hard to believe that a meal at McDonald's produces more carbon than your trip to a far away place. More than 37% of the world's land is used for agriculture, much of which was once forested. Deforestation is a major source of carbon. The fertilizer and machinery needed on a modern farm also have a large carbon footprint, as does the network of ships and trucks that brings the food from the farm to your plate. The most efficient way to reduce the carbon footprint of your menu is to eat less meat, especially beef. Raising cattle takes a lot more energy than growing the equivalent amount of grains, fruits or vegetables. What's more, the majority of cattle in the U.S. are fed on grain and loads of it---670 million tons in 2002---and the fertilizer used to feed that creates separate environmental problems. Focus on eating lower on the food chain, with more plants and fruits and less meat and dairy. It's simple. We can change today what goes into our bodies for the health of our planet and ourselves. Question: What will not lead to carbon in the agriculture? Answer: | OPTIONS:\n- Deforestation\n- Fertilizer\n- Machinery\n- Grains\nA: Grains\n\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: The whole morning we just checked our own things. We were looking for items to give away. We thought of blankets, food and clothing. Our aim was not to find things we no longer wanted, but things we use every day and would be useful to others. We made up boxes with the things and added some small toys. Inside the boxes a simple letter was placed, reading: \"Please take these items and know that your life is important. Times are difficult but they will pass. We share what we have, believing it will matter. Use the blanket to stay warm. Be safe and know that the human spirit can overcome anything. Don't hold your head down. Someday please do the same when you can. How you do it and when, your heart will tell you. This kind act was not because the phone rang or for any reason. It was simply because it was the right time to do. We have often seen homeless people at the park where we left the belongings. The city would say that it isn't a problem but I see the lives walking to and from it. I noticed that my wife had put her favorite green coat into one of the boxes. I asked if she was sure about it and she simply replied that it had a hood . She liked the coat but knew the hood could shelter someone from the rain. We don't know where these gifts of compassion will go. We never go back and see what happens. It's unimportant. The right things will find the right people and that is all that counts. On the way my wife started to cry. When I asked why, she said because some things felt so right. Question: The couple liked this kind act because _ . Answer: | OPTIONS:\n- they thought it was the right thing to do\n- they had a good habit of saving things\n- they often received telephone calls for help\n- they hated being troubled by homeless people\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A: they thought it was the right thing to do", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Everyone dreams of changing the world. But can teenagers really make a difference? And how can they go about it? Michael Norton's book 365 Ways to Change the World is a good starting point. The book gives an idea or task for every single day of the year. The tasks include offering to work at a local homeless shelter and planting a tree. The book says that one simple act, no matter how small, can help someone in need. It may even influence other teens to do something. Nathan Anthony, a student at Maple High School in Modesto, California, US, agrees. \"It is impossible to get anything in life without giving something to someone or working hard at school or workplace,\" Anthony said. Another Maple student, Ariane Mota, has the same idea.\" Giving is our way of repaying those who help us,\" she said.\" Whether it is a helping hand or a donation, we should help others to make their day or life better.\" But how often do teens see peers helping a stranger or doing something nice for someone? According to Anthony, not a lot. He and Mota both believe this needs to be changed. \"I help my friends by telling them that their lives are better than those poorer people,\" Anthony said.\" Humor is also a great tool.\" So whether you're helping to find a cure for bad illness or simply smiling at a stranger, do something every day to help change the world for the better. Options: A Eating a delicious meal B Telling friends that their lives are better C Helping find a cure for cancer D Smiling at a stranger Answer: A Eating a delicious meal Question:\n****\n[A]: Which of the following does not change the world for the better?\n\n\n[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: The Internet is becoming important in our life. How much do you know about it? The following questions and their answers will help you to know more about the Internet. What is the Internet? The Internet is a large, world-wide collection of computer networks . A network is a small group of computers put together. The Internet is many different kinds of networks from all over the world. These networks are called the Internet. If you have learned to use the Internet, you can have a lot of interest on the World Wide Web . What is the World Wide Web? The World Wide Web has been the most popular development of the Internet. It is like a big electronic book with millions of pages. These pages are called homepages. You can find information about almost anything in the world on these pages. For example, you can use the Internet instead of a library to find information for your homework. You can also find information about your favourite sport or film star, talk to your friends or even do some shopping on the pages. Most pages have words, pictures and even sound or music. What is e-mail? Electronic mail (e-mail) is a way of sending messages to other people. It's much quicker and cheaper than sending a letter. If you want to use e-mail, you must have an e-mail address. This address must have letters and dots and an @ (means \"at\"). For example: Lily @ Yahoo.com. Write a message, type a person's e-mail address, and then send the message across the Internet. People don't need to use stamps, envelopes or go to the post office because of the invention of the Internet. Quick, easy and interesting -- that's the Internet. Options: A an electronic book B homepages C an electronic page D an interesting picture Answer: A an electronic book Question:\n****\n[A]: The World Wide Web is like _ .\n\n\n[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: What sport do you like best? Daniel: I like basketball best. I often watch NBA. I play basketball every day. I am short, but I am strong. I am a good basketball player in our school. Lucy: Ping-ping is my favourite sport. I am a Chinese and Chinese ping-pong players are the best in the world. I want to be a good ping-pong player too. I often play it every afternoon. Tom: I am tall and strong. I like football best. My father is a football player. I often watch my father play football. My father often teaches me to play football. I play with my father and others in the park every day. Options: A Every morning. B Every afternoon. C Every evening. D At the weekend. Answer: B Every afternoon. Question:\n****\n[A]: When does Lucy often play ping-pong?\n\n\n[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: On Friday afternoon, Mr. Tian, the Chinese teacher asks his students to write an article . The topic is My Beautiful Mother. Mr. Tian says to the students,\"You can go home after you finish it. \" All the students except Xiao Hong begin to write. They want to go home early. Xiao Hong is sitting there and thinks of her activities on weekends. She usually plays basketball on Monday afternoon if it is sunny. She plays volleyball on Tuesday afternoon. On Wednesday she plays tennis. She often plays ping-pong on Thursday. And she likes playing soccer on Friday afternoon. She raises her head and looks around. There are only five students except her in the classroom. Forty students hand in their articles and leave for home. She is a little worried . She thinks it over, and then, she has a good idea. She writes down the words on the paper: My mother is a tall and healthy woman. She is really beautiful. If you look at her daughter, you can know all about her. Options: A her lessons B playing balls C playing the piano D singing and dancing Answer: B playing balls Question:\n****\n[A]:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Xiao Hong is good at _ .", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem:OPTIONS:\n- Housewives benefit a lot from the \"industrial revolution in the home\".\n- Housewives generally resist being studied.\n- Study of housework has revealed fruitful results.\n- Housework is still a heavy burden for most housewives.\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Things are seldom what they seem.Skim milk masquerades as cream.Anil labor-saving household appliances often do not save labor.This is the surprising conclusion reached by a small army of historians, sociologists, and home economists who have undertaken, in recent years, to study the one form of work that has turned out to be most resistant to inquiry and analysis -?namely, housework. During the first half of the twentieth century, the average American household was transformed by the introduction of a group of machines that profoundly altered the daily lives of housewives.The forty years between 1920 and 1960 witnessed what might be called the \"industrial revolution in the home\".Where once there had been a wood or coal burning stove there now was a gas or electric range.The dryer replaced the clothes-line; the vacuum cleaner replaced the broom; the refrigerator replaced the icebox and the root cellar.No one had to chop wood any more. And yet American housewives in 1960, 1970, 1980 and even 1990 continued to log about the same number of hours at their work as their grandmothers and mothers had in 1910, 1920 and 1930.The earliest time studies of housewives date from the very same period in which time studies of other workers were becoming popular--the first three decades of the twentieth century.The sample sizes of these studies were usually quite small, and they did not always define housework in precisely the same way.but their results were more or less consistent; whether rural or urban, the average American housewife performed fifty to sixty hours of unpaid work in her home every week, and the only variable that significantly altered _ was the number of small children. A half-century later not much has changed.Survey research has become much more sophisticated, and sample sizes have grown considerably, but the results of the time remain consistent.The average American housewife, now armed with dozens of motors and thousands of electronic chips, still spends fifty to sixty hours a... Question: Which of the following best describes the author's viewpoint? Answer:\n****\nA: Housework is still a heavy burden for most housewives.\n\n\nProblem:OPTIONS:\n- They should do as their employers expect.\n- They should have their free life out of working hours.\n- They feel more prepared for the job after having an internship.\n- They should spend too much tine on the field related to their major.\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: It's because college kids today can't do math, one line of reasoning goes. Or they don't know science. These are all good theories, but the problem with these young adults' unemployment goes way beyond a lack of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) skills. A survey by the Workforce Solutions Group at St. Louis Community College finds that more than 60% of employers say applicants lack the ability to communicate and get along with others--- a jump pf about 10 percentage points in just two years. A large number of managers also say today's applicants can't think creatively, solve problems or write well. Jobs are going unfilled as a result, which hurts companies and employers. The annual global Talent Shortage Survey from ManpowerGroup finds that nearly 1 in 5 employers worldwide can't fill positions because they can't find people with soft skills. One thing that does appear to make a difference is internships . More than 80% of employers want new graduates they hire to have completed a formal internship, but only 8% of students say having an internship in a field related to their major is something they spend a lot of time doing. Instead, the top extracurricular activities are hanging out with friends, working in an unrelated job and eating out. And all internships are not created equal. Overall, only about half of college grads say they're prepared for the work---and the number of bosses who think they're prepared is lower than 40%. Among students who don't have an internship, only 44% consider themselves ready for the job market. That improves for students with unpaid internships; 58% say they're prepared for the workplace. But among students who compete paid internships, that number jumps to 70%. None of the students think they're entirely prepared for the workforce, but they are a lot more confident than the managers surveyed. Part of the problem is that \"you don't know what you don't know\", as the saying goes. Harris Interactive found a huge gap between students' view of their abilities and... Question: What do most new graduates think of their internship? Answer:\n****\nA: They should have their free life out of working hours.\n\n\nProblem:OPTIONS:\n- there are not enough public schools to meet with the children's education\n- the development of the Internet and other techniques makes it possible\n- there are some stayathome parents who have time and the ability to teach their children\n- the government encourages the parents to teach their children at home\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Homeschooling is a popular alternative to send your children to a public or private school. It seems to be especially popular with stayathome parents who would rather teach their children themselves in the privacy of their own homes. In order to homeschool your children,you will need to know the basics of how to do this,and like everything,there are steps you will need to follow. Homeschooling is legal in all fifty states. The first step is to check with your state's Board of Education to find out what the legal requirements are and what you will need to do in order to _ them. Next,you will need to determine whether or not you want your children to follow a structured curriculum. Most parents use this system to ensure that their children will study every subject that a child who goes to a private or public school would. Homeschooling can not only provide your children with the essential learning of the basic subjects of reading,writing,and arithmetic,but it can also help your children to master muchneeded life skills. These skills can range from learning how to do the cleaning to balancing his or her own checkbook. They are skills that your child will need to know so that he or she can take care of themselves later on in life. One last point about homeschooling:The question of interaction and socialization is most always brought up in the question on whether or not a child should be homeschooled. Public schooling is automatically thought to be a good place for a child to learn how to get along with his or her peers. While some social skills probably can be learned in this type of environment,peer pressure is always a constant concern for parents. Fortunately,parents who homeschool can teach their children moral values as well as the right way to get along with other people. Question: Homeschooling is very popular in America mainly because _ . Answer:\n****\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "there are some stayathome parents who have time and the ability to teach their children", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: OPTIONS:\n- A story about a salesman\n- Communicate more with others\n- Attract others\n- Change yourself\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: There is a little story about an insurance salesman in Tokyo. Even though this man tried very hard to promote the insurance, nobody bought it. One day, he came to a small temple and began to brag about his insurance. After listening to his introduction, the monk said: \"Your recommendation of insurance can't arouse any of my interests! When you are communicating with others, you must have the charm to attract others, or you will be unpromising in the future. Young man, try to change yourself!\" The salesman thought deeply about each word. From then on, he invited all his friends to point out his weakness and kept on improving himself bit by bit for all his life. Thirty years later, he became a millionaire. And this man is the famous Yuan Yi Ping. His experience reflects one attitude: sometimes, we should change ourselves instead of changing the world. Question: The right title for this passage can be \" _ \". Answer:\nAnswer: Change yourself\n\nProblem:OPTIONS:\n- felt much better\n- began to cry\n- was very happy\n- felt much worse\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Harry likes driving his car very fast, and one day he hit another car. He jumped out and ran to it. There was an old man in the car. He was very angry and said to Harry.\" What were you doing? You nearly killed me!\" \"Yes,\" Harry answered,\" I am very sorry.\" He took a bottle out of his car and said, \"Drink some of this. Then you will feel better.\" He gave the old man some whisky and the man drank it, but then he shouted again, \"You nearly killed me!\" Harry gave him the bottle again. \"I feel much better now. But why aren't you drinking?\" \"Oh, well,\" said Harry, \" I don't want any whisky now. I am going to sit here to wait for the police.\" Question: After drinking the bottle of whisky ,the old man _ Answer:\n****\nA: felt much better\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Many people like to travel by plane because it is fast, but I don't like it because an airport is usually far from the city. You have to get there early and wait for hours for the plane to take off and it is often late. You can't open the windows. You can't choose the food. Planes are fast, but they still take hours to get out of the airport and into the city. I like traveling by train . I think trains are safe. Railway stations are usually in cities. When you are late for a train, you can catch another one. You can walk around in the train and open the windows. You can see many interesting things on your way. I know it takes a little more time. I also like cars. You can start your journey when you want to , and you don't need to get to a railway station or a bus stop. Also you can carry many things with you in a car. But sometimes there are too many cars on the road. ,. (5) Question: Why do many people like to travel by plane ? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- Because it is safe.\n- Because it is fast .\n- Because you can walk around in the plane.\n- Because it is cheap.\nBecause it is fast .\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: The Beets were a new couple . The things in their rooms, such as the television, the computer, the fridge, furniture and so on, were all left by their parents. They only paid some money for their food and clothes. But they tried their best to save money. If they had something important to tell their friends, they always visited them instead of calling them. One day, it was a quarter past nine. Mr. Beet didn't come back. His wife was a little worried. The supper was cold and she had waited for two hours. She was sitting by the table in the dark room. Suddenly the woman heard someone coming upstairs. It was her husband's step. She hurried to open the door. In the dark she could hear his deep breathing . As soon as he sat down, she turned on the light and found he looked very tired. \"Why do you come back so late, dear?\" asked the woman. \"Haven't you caught a bus?\" \"Yes, but I didn't take it.\" \"Why not?\" \"I ran after it so that I saved two dollars this evening.\" \"That's great!\" the woman said happily. \"Run after a taxi next time and you'll save both more time and money.\" Question: When Mr. Beet got home that evening, _ . Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- his wife was angry with him\n- he was very tired\n- he was too hungry to say a word\n- his wife felt sorry\n\nAnswer: he was very tired\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: My name is Lisa. Because of my job, I often went to the United States. I often felt worried during my trip because I didn't speak English well. So I decided to learn English. I went to Mrs Brown's English class. Before I came to the class, I always walked away when I met any Americans. But now I try to talk to Americans in English. And I like going to supermarkets, cafes and restaurants to talk with local people. I learn English in four ways. First , I listen to the teacher carefully and keep speaking in class. Second, I do my homework after I get home. I learn at least five words every day. Third, I listen to American radio and watch American TV programs. Finally, I surf the Internet to talk with different people in English. To learn English well, I think you must learn to open your mouth. For me that is the key to opening the door of learning English. Question: Why did Lisa feel worried during the trip to the United States? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- Because she didn't like travelling by plane.\n- Because she didn't speak English well.\n- Because she didn't like to meet different people.\n- Because she couldn't sleep well.\nAnswer: Because she didn't speak English well.\n\ninput: OPTIONS:\n- study the clouds\n- monitor the temperature every hour\n- watch the signs of the wind\n- note the changes in wet Now, answer this question: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: At one time or another we have all stopped to think about the weather. Some days the weather is good. Some days the weather is bad. Sometimes a day that seems bad turns out better than you thought it would. There are ways of understanding the weather. One way is to study the clouds. No two clouds are ever alike. We can see the different kinds of clouds and watch them for signs of changing weather. To forecast the weather, there are three things about clouds. you should look for: movement, colour, and change. As a rule, the higher the clouds, the better the weather. And the lower the clouds, the worse the weather is likely to be. Fair-weather cumulus clouds* are another sign of good weather. These are clouds we often see on warm summer days. Clouds can tell you if a storm is on the way. If the thick, fluffy cumulus clouds get bigger early in the day, then you know it will rain. If there is a sudden, cool and dark thunder* cloud appears, then a storm is about to break out. Colours in the sky tell us about the weather, too. A golden ring around the moon warns us that a storm is on the way. A watery yellow sunset is a sign that rain may be near. The rainbow* has a message, too. The colours of the rainbow come from the sun rays shining through falling rain. If you see the sun in the east and a rainbow in the west, the rain may be coming your way. If the sun is in the west and the rainbow is in the east, the rain will be moving away from you. Question: According to this article, one way to understand the weather is to _ . Answer:\nA:\noutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "study the clouds", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "*Question*\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: In American schools there is something called the Home-coming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a home-coming game. This can be the most important event of the year. Students plan the Home-coming Day for many weeks. A few days before Home-coming Day, students start to decorate the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team, and many other signs to welcome all the graduates. Many people still come to Home-coming twenty or thirty years after their graduation . The members of school clubs build booths and sell lemonade, apples and sandwiches. Some clubs help to welcome visitors. During the day people like to look for teachers that they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school. Everyone soon comes to watch the football game. When the game is half over, the band comes onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is the moment when the Home-coming Queen or King appears. All the students choose a most popular student the Home-coming Queen or King. It is a great honour to be chosen. The Home-coming Day is a happy day. Even if the team loses, the students still enjoy it. Some stay at the school to dance, and others go to a party. For everyone, it is a day they will always remember. Question: The most important event of the year in high schools and colleges is _ . - the Home-coming Day - the football game - the graduation day - winning the game\n**Answer**\nthe Home-coming Day\n\n*Question*\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Drinking water is good for your health. There are some scientific ways of drinking water. 1. It is the best medicine to drink two glasses of water in the morning. 2. Drink clean water. 3. Drink the water that has not been boiled. Many people think boiled water is safe and good to people's health. In fact, it is not true. The boiling point of water is 100degC. By boiling it, most bacteria in water can be killed. In the past, the water was less polluted. So boiling was a good way to make clean water. But heavy metals and other dangerous things in today's water are much more terrible than bacteria. Boiling doesn't fix that problem. And boiling water may give us more of the dangerous things in our glass. 4. Never use soft drinks to take the place of water. 5. Water is also needed in winter. 6. Drink water at the right time. 1) After getting up in the morning, you have less water in your body, because you weren't drinking for the whole night. So you should drink some water to keep your health after getting up in the morning. That can prevent high blood pressure, cerebral hemorrhages and so on. 2) Drinking water at about 10 am helps your body keep enough water. 3) Drinking water at about 3 pm can clean out the wastes in your body. 4) About eight o'clock in the evening is the best time to drink water. Your blood gets thicker when you sleep. Water will make your blood less thick. Besides, we should drink 2L of water every day. Water is so important for our life. We should drink water often. Question: According to the passage, _ in the morning is the best _ . - drinking some hot soup; medicine - drinking some porridge; breakfast - drinking some water; medicine - Drinking some soft drinks; medicine\n**Answer**\ndrinking some water; medicine\n\n*Question*\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Time Temp Glasses Are you a person who wants to know the time and temperature during the day? You might like Temp Glasses. These special glasses show the time above your right eye and the temperature your left eye. It is surely easier than wearing a wristwatch, and you never have to guess the Tature. Alarm Fork Do you eat too quickly? Do you eat too much? How can the Alarm Fork help you? Aren't you is ? Well, this special fork has two lights: one green and one red. When the green is on, it's OK to eat a piece of food. The fork \"knows\" when you eat a piece, and soon the red goes on. Wait for the green light before you eat another piece. Smell This Sow do you know if your breath smells nice, or if it smells bad? It's difficult It) know, because it's very hard to smell the air that comes out of your own mouth. Smell This is useful for this ion. Smell This covers your nose and your mouth. Docs your breath smell nice, or do you need a piece of gum ? Banana Suitcase Has this ever happened to you? You put a banana in your bag lunch in the morning, and when pen the bag at noon, the banana looks like someone drove a car over it. If you put your banana Banana Suitcase, this will never happen. It keeps a banana safe, delicious, and looking like a m! Question: A person who wants to lose weight may be interested in _ . - Time Temp Glasses - Alarm Fork - Smell This - Banana Suitcase\n**Answer**\nAlarm Fork\n\n*Question*\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: People like to give gifts to others on _ days. Do you know how to choose gifts? You should choose gifts that your family or friends like. Different gifts are for different people. For example, boys often like to play with robots ,toy guns and balls. And girls may like something lovely, like flowers, dolls and beautiful clothes. Of course, you don't need to choose something expensive. Your feeling is much more important than money. There is a Chinese saying, \" _ Question: Michael wants to buy a birthday gift for his sister, he may choose a _ . - teddy bear - basketball - water gun - robot\n**Answer**\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "teddy bear", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: It all began with a stop at a red light. Kevin Salwen was driving his 14-year-old daughter, Hannah, back from a sleepover in 2006 . While waiting at a traffic light, they saw a black Mercedes Coupe on one side and a homeless man begging for food on the other. \"Dad, if that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal.\"Hannah protested. The light changed and they drove on, but Hannah was too young to be reasonable. She pestered her parents about _ insisting that she wanted to do something. \"What do you want to do?\" her mom responded. \"Sell our house?\" Warning! _ . Hannah seized upon the idea of selling the luxurious family home and donating half the proceeds to charity, while using the other half to buy a more modest replacement home. Eventually, that's what the family did. The project --crazy, impetuous and utterly inspiring -- is written down in detail in a book by father and daughter scheduled to be published next month: \"The Power of Half.\" It's a book that, frankly, I'd be nervous about leaving around where my own teenage kids might find it. An impressionable child reads this, and the next thing you know your whole family is out on the street. At a time of enormous needs in Haiti and elsewhere, when so many Americans are trying to help Haitians by sending everything from text messages to shoes, the Salwens offer an example of a family that came together to make a difference -- for themselves as much as the people they were trying to help. In a column a week ago, it described neurological evidence from brain scans that unselfishness lights up parts of the brain normally associated with more primary satisfaction. The Salwens' experience confirms the selfish pleasures of selflessness. Mr. Salwen and his wife, Joan, had always assumed that their kids would be better off in a bigger house. But after they downsized, there was much less space to retreat to, so the family members spent more time around each other. A smaller house unexpectedly turned out to be a more family-friendly house. Question: The best title for the passage should be \" _ \". - The Less, the Better - An Expected Satisfaction - Something We Can Live Without - Somewhat Crazy but Inspiring\n(A).\nSomewhat Crazy but Inspiring\n\n\n(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: I worked abroad one year ago Once I was sent to attend a conference. It was downpouring outside, Though I was holding an umbrella, my trouser legs as well as my shoes and socks still got wet. Entering the conference hall, I shook the umbrella, and at the same time, stamped my feet. Suddenly I caught sight of my chief boss strolling in. At that time,I just got the job.Therefor,I hurriedly went to meet this superior in the highest rank and introduced myself to him as I was a new comer.He said,\"Yes,I recognize you.Got your feet wet?\"I lowered my head to look at my wet trouser legs and with a helpless tone,I said,\"Yeah,It's raining cats and dogs,isn't it?\"Gazing at me for a moment,the chief boss said nothing with a amile. Later on, I mentioned the incident of meeting the chief boss to my colleague. Hence I learnt that I had made a big fool of myself. It turns out that \"Get one's feet wet\" is an American slang , with the meaning of reaching the state of affairs.\" However, I regarded myself as humorous and replied with a slang sentence, which is seldom used now, describing the rain falling heavily. This was completely off the point. I am lucky that the chief boss is really gentle and did not point it out at once. Question: \"It's raining cats and dogs.\" Means _ . - It's raining everywhere. - The rain is falling heavily. - Cats and dogs are caught in rain. - Cats and dogs are falling from the sky.\n(A).\nThe rain is falling heavily.\n\n\n(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: A new report says more and more international students are attending colleges and universities in the United States. It also notes a large increase in the number of international students form China. These findings are from the latest edition of the Open Doors Report. The report tells the record number of international students in the United States during the 2011-2012 school year. It says more than 764,400 such students were attending American colleges and universities during that period. That means an increase of almost 6% compared to one year earlier. By comparison ,the number of Americans who are studying overseas increased by 1%. The report says 194,000 students at American colleges and universities are from China. That is an increase of more than 23% over the year before. Peggy Blumenthal is an assistant to the president of the Institute of International Education. She says many Chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their children. The children mainly choose to study in America.\" We know many of them have enough income to be able to afford to send them anywhere in the world that they want to go. And for the most part, looking around the world, Chinese students still prefer to come to the United States as their destination of choice.\" She says. Chinese students are not the only ones who want to attend American colleges and universities . After China, India sends the second largest number of students to the United States for higher education. India has about 100,000 students in American schools. South Korea is third with about 70,000 students. Why do so many foreign students study in the United States ? Peggy Blumenthal provides one reason. \" The advantage America has is that we have a huge system and a very diverse system. So there are over four thousand universities and colleges in the United States, and what it tells us is that there is still a lot of room to contain international students.\" Question: The number of Chinese students at American colleges and universities has increased by _ compared to the year before. - 6% - 23% - 1% - 20%\n(A).\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "23%", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:\nA man is seen sitting in the water in a kayak speaking to the camera. The man continues speaking while holding a paddle in his hands. he\nOPTIONS:\n- continues riding along and ends by turning off the camera.\n- puts the paddle down and a pair of clothes are seen in the water.\n- then begins rowing the boat in the water while paddling away.\n- moves around a bit in the water and leads into him paddling along the water.\n\nOUT: moves around a bit in the water and leads into him paddling along the water.\n\nQuestion:\nMulti-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:\n\nHow to be a girl people want to be friends with \nBe kind and friendly to everyone. \nOffer to help people with difficult tasks, like homework or setting up a group activity at lunchtime. Make your best effort to be friendly to everyone, saying hello when you sit next to someone or asking them about their weekend.\n\nOPTIONS:\n- This helps to boost the personality of everyone who walks in. If you are shy or insecure about yourself, ask about your fears and doubts.\n- If you feel you are good enough with small talk, you may not be a social butterfly. This means not being emotionally attached to anyone, and going out of your way to make a positive impression.\n- Even a simple smile can help people see how kind you are. Even if you don't like someone, make an effort to be polite to them.\n- Act friendly in the room you are in that you are friends with. People like to be around people who are friendly and don't let themselves be mistreated.\n****\nAnswer:\nEven a simple smile can help people see how kind you are. Even if you don't like someone, make an effort to be polite to them.\n\nProblem: What happens next in this paragraph?\n\nHow to get an a + in advanced math \nFind a notebook or two. \n( these need to be lined and graphing, depending on your grade). Dedicate these strictly to math.\nOPTIONS:\n- No tearing out pages to use for something else, or using the same notebook for 3 classes. This is advanced, your teacher will probably make you show your work, and you'll need all the help you can get.\n- This will make it easier to write out your problems and subfields into online graphics. Load the notebook or two onto the desktop and check to see if it is device locked.\n- Start getting the most up to date answers for the current test. Try to start with the most recent answer.\n- Mark the answer on the top of the first notebook/folder. Make sure that it's not a word.\nA: No tearing out pages to use for something else, or using the same notebook for 3 classes. This is advanced, your teacher will probably make you show your work, and you'll need all the help you can get.\n\nHow to make dried apricot jam \nPlace the dried apricots in a large bowl and cover with water. \nLeave to soak overnight. \nPour the apricots and water into a large saucepan.\n\nOPTIONS:\n- ( make sure the saucepan is not too hot. Too cold is often dangerous for children, especially young ones).\n- Stir frequently to prevent them from drying out. When done, drain by pouring into an airtight bottle.\n- Bring the mixture to a boil and cover the saucepan. Boil the dried apricots for about 2 hours, until the mixture is clear.\n- Cook on medium heat for 10 minutes, or until the apricots become soft. Add sugar and stir until it is completely dissolved.\n\nCook on medium heat for 10 minutes, or until the apricots become soft. Add sugar and stir until it is completely dissolved.\n\nquestion: Complete the next sentence:\n\nHow to thread pipe \nPurchase or rent a manual pipe threader machine from an equipment retailer. \nA die head will be attached to cut the thread. Machines now have the ability to thread pipes made of different material, including various types of plastic or resin.\nOPTIONS:\n- An arm will also help you control the machine while threading pipe. Strip a copper pipe tip (often known as a probe) from the adapter.\n- Cut the pipe using a pair of scissors or a utility knife. Use a quick sawing cut to eliminate any stringy pieces on the pipe.\n- A heavy duty pipe threader can also cut your pipe into workable sections. The pipe threading machine will be used to thread the end section of your pipe.\n- Mechanical machines exist to provide a printable board to make chambers for optionally used pipes. To locate an industrial pipe threader machine, locate your city or county's department of precision at).\n\nanswer: A heavy duty pipe threader can also cut your pipe into workable sections. The pipe threading machine will be used to thread the end section of your pipe.\n\nIN: What happens next?\n\nHow to feed a lory or lorikeet \nPurchase pre-made nectar from a pet store. \nNectar is the main source of food for lorikeets kept in captivity. Without nectar, your lorikeet will not thrive and could possibly die.\n\nOPTIONS:\n- An alternative to natural nectar is chick eggs. Babies can eat these, but only after they have pupated.\n- To serve your lory nectar, simply follow the directions on the product you purchase. Some popular types of products include : Liquid foods that don't require you to add water.\n- Buy pre-made nectar yourself from a pet store. Choose a quality nectar that has high glucose content.\n- The amount of nectar you provide as the food will depend on the type of bird you're raising. Non-canlaying lorikeets, for example, usually require about one cup of nectar per bird, while young lorikeets can receive just as much nectar.\n\nOUT:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "To serve your lory nectar, simply follow the directions on the product you purchase. Some popular types of products include : Liquid foods that don't require you to add water.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Mr. Robinson never went to see a dentist, because he was afraid , but then his teeth began aching a lot, and he had to see a dentist. The dentist did a lot of work in his mouth for a long time. On the last day Mr. Robinson asked the dentist, \"How much is all the work going to cost ?\" \"Twenty-five dollars,\" said the dentist. But he didn't ask him for the money. After a month Mr. Robinson phoned the dentist and said, \"You haven't asked me for any money for your work.\" \"Oh,\" the dentist answered, \"I never ask a gentleman for money.\" \"Then how do you live?\" Mr. Robinson asked. \"Most gentlemen pay me quickly, the dentist said, \"but some don't. I wait for my money for two months, and then I say, 'That man is not a gentleman,' and then I ask him for my money. Question: _ cost twenty-five dollars. Options: A: The first day'work of the dentist B: The last day's work of the dentist C: Half the dentist's work D: All the dentist's work\nD\n\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: This is a beautiful park near my home. People like to go to the park after work. Some of them go to the park every day. Look! This is Mr. Smith. He is sitting on a chair and watching the children. Some children are playing the game of _ . Some boys are playing yo-yo. Lucy and Lily are standing under a tree. They are talking. There is a small river in the park. We can see some boats in the river. Some children are sitting in the boats with their fathers and mothers. Listen! A lot of birds are singing in the trees. This is really a nice park. I come here to read English after school every day. Question: The writer can't see _ in the park. Options: A: fish B: children C: women D: men\nA\n\nQ: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: In 1620,about half the USA was covered by forests .Today the forests have almost gone .A lot of good land has gone with them ,leaving only sand .China doesn't want to copy the USA's example.We're planting more and more tress .We've built the \"Great Green Wall \"of tress across northern pat of our country .The \"Great Green Wall\"is 7,000 kilometers long ,and between 400 and 1,700 kilometers wide .It will stop the wind from blowing the earth away .It will stop the sand from moving towards the rich farmland in the south .More \"Great Green Wall \"are needed .Trees must be grown all over the world. \"Great Green Wall \"will make the world better . ,. Question: A lot of good land has gone with _ . Options: A: sand B: water C: wind D: forests\nA: D\n\nQuestion: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: A predator kills and eats other animals as prey .Sometimes it also becomes food for other predators. Polar bears are the largest of all the land predators. They can run across snow and swim in icy water for hours without rest. Their favorite food is seal. Not all big animals live on small animals. Hippos have heavy bodies and huge mouths. But they don't eat animals. They just eat grass. Some predators use speed to catch their prey. Cheetahs are the fastest animals on land. They can run up to 70km an hour. Other predators use their senses to find their food. Sharks can see, smell, hear, feel and taste. They can also sense electrical currents( )from other animals' bodies. Some fish try to hide themselves, but with this sixth sense, sharks can always find them. Sharks have smooth bodies. This helps them swim without using lots of energy. They need to save their energy because they never really sleep and never stop hunting. Flying is a useful skill for many predators in the sky. The butcher bird is the most interesting predator. It has a special way of eating its prey. First it kills its prey. Then it hangs it on a fence or in a tree, just like a butcher hangs meat in his shop. Finally, it eats its prey. Some people hunt and kill more animals than any other predator. They not only hunt for food. They also hunt for fun. They kill sharks for their fins, and tigers for skins. Those human hunters are the worst predators on Earth. Question: Some people are also predators, they hunt and kill more animals for _ . Options: A: Sharks' fins B: Tigers' skins C: food D: food and fun\nAnswer: D\n\n*Question*\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: The best way of learning a language is using it .The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you'll get your words mixed up ( )and people will not understand you .Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can't understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor ,you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make . Don't be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes . It is better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you. because they don't understand what you are saying .The most important thing for learning English is : \"Don't be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes. \" Question: The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is _ . Options: A: writing B: using it C: listening D: learning grammar\n**Answer**\nB\n\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: \"Last week was Road Safety Week at Jason's school. All the students had to take part in a talk on road safety which was given by a police officer. The following is what the police officer said. \" \"Most traffic accidents shouldn't happen. They happen because people are careless. A frequent cause of traffic accidents is speed. Some people drive too quickly. This means that if they have to stop suddenly, they cannot stop quickly enough to avoid hitting other vehicles or people. You need to remember this when you are crossing the street or walking along the sidewalk. \" \"It's not only drivers who cause accidents, however. People on foot-pedestrians, and bicycle riders often cause accidents, too. Pedestrians sometimes walk out into the street without looking. You should always look on both sides before stepping into the street. \" \"Do any of you ride a bike? Bicycle riders can cause accidents by changing directions suddenly or without warning other road users. Before you turn left, for example, you should check behind you to make sure there aren't any cars, trucks or buses coming. You should show with your left hand to tell that you want to turn left. You should not turn until the street is clear. \" \"The rules of the road are very simple. If we learn them and obey them, we should not have accidents any more. \" Question: Which of the following is the best title of this passage? Options: A: Road Safety Week B: A Talk on Safety C: Safety First D: Safety and Accidents\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Question: Characters: Sandy, Rose, Jane, Justin, Mrs. Lin Setting: A middle school Rose: Sandy, follow me after class. (They go to the office together.) Rose: You are often absent and your grades are not as good as before. What's happened to you? Sandy: No, it's nothing. Thanks for your care. Rose: Are you sure? Anyway, if you have any problem, tell me. (After school, Sandy and Jane are on the way home .) Jane: Sandy, I called you yesterday. Your mother told me that you had a part-time job. What's the matter with you?We have to study hard during this year before we take the entrance examination. This year is very important to us. Sandy: (Crying) My father has lost his job, and we have no money to pay all the spending. Jane: Oh, Sandy, Don't worry. I will help you. (After the day, Jane decides to tell Rose about Sandy's problem.) Jane: Rose, I have to tell you something about Sandy. Rose: Jane, you are Sandy's good friend. Do you know what's wrong with Sandy? Jane: Eh...I hear that Sandy's father has lost his job, and Sandy has a part-time job... Rose: OK, I understand. (Rose is in the social worker's office) Rose: ...I've told you everything about Sandy. Justin: I see. I'll manage it as soon as I can. (In Sandy's home, Mrs. Lin is ill in bed) Justin: Mrs. Lin, I understand your feeling, but it's her time to study hard to enter a good senior high school, she can't do a part-time job after class. Mrs. Lin: I know what you want to tell me. But, in fact, her father hasn't found a job and I ...(Crying) I've been ill in bed several years! Justin: Don't worry. I can introduce some work I know to her father. Mrs. Lin: Thank you very much. Who is Justin in the play? A) The teacher. B) Sandy's classmate. C) The social worker. D) Sand's father.\nAnswer: C\n\nQuestion: There are many different kinds of music in the world . Let's read some kinds of them . Classical Music Classical music is a form of music needing high musical skills . If you wish to learn this kind of music , you have to go through proper training . Metal Music Metal music came out after the Second World War . The melody of the song is heavily influenced by the structure for it . It is also know as \" information music \". While in metal music , songwriting is based on(......)a form . Hip-hop Music This music always includes the use of instruments such as the guitar , violin , piano , bass , drums and so on . In this type of music , the bass is the main instrument . It was first played by a group of travelling singers and poets of West Africa . Opera Music It first appeared in Italy in the 1600s . It has a great mixture of theatrical art and musical invention and is used to playing in the theaters . Jazz Music This type of music has strong and complex melodies . The main musical instruments are comet , trumpet or violin , that help carry the melody . Besides these , there are many others such as the blues , new age music , Celtic music , religious music and chamber music . Which of the following RIGHT according to the passage ? A) Metal Music appeared after the First World War . B) Only after proper training , you can learn the blues . C) People call Jazz Music information music . D) In the world there are many kinds of music .\nAnswer: D\n\nQuestion: You're on the school bus. But as soon as you turn the corner, you find yourself at the end of a very long queue. It's another _ ! It is stop-start for the rest of your journey. Meanwhile, at the same time in Antarctica , snow covers the land. A group of emperor penguins crowd together to keep warm, using stop-and-go movements to protect themselves from the winds. Can you see the connection? Emperor penguins move like cars in traffic jams to keep warm, that's according to new research by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marina Research in Germany. A penguin only needs to move 2cm in any direction for its neighbor to do the same thing. These movements then flow through the whole group of penguins like a \"traveling wave\". These waves also help smaller crowds join bigger groups, keeping more and more of their friends warm. A single Antarctic \"traffic jam\" has thousands of penguins. Interestingly, the technology used for studying road traffic jams was used to study the penguins. This included studying time-lapse videos. Scientists also discovered that unlike on the road, these waves can be made by any penguin and in any direction. With temperatures usually dropping below -50degC, and winds reaching speeds of up to 200km/h, these traveling waves are very important for penguins to keep warm. These penguins can also teach us a lesson. In big groups, they learn to be orderly and patient, and to never crash into each other. These are skills we should all learn from them when we are on the road! From the passage, we learn that a \"traveling wave\" _ . A) is caused by a traffic jam on the road B) is caused by the strong wind in Antarctica C) is formed by the movement of the penguins D) is made by just one or two penguins\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ques:Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Malaysia is a country of exciting beauty, with a tropical climate. Malaysia's weather is hotter in the lowlands and cooler in the mountains and highlands. Temperatures vary between 20 and 30 centigrade. Rainfall can be expected at any time, with an average of between 200 and 260 centimeters. The Malaysian population consists of Malays, Chinese, Indians and Eurasians. Its main religions are Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism and Christianity. Its national language is Malay. English is widely spoken and is used all over the country. Other languages spoken in Malaysia are some Chinese dialects, Tamil, Portuguese and Arabic. Malaysia is an exciting and fascinating place for tourists, with something special planned throughout the year. The natural attractions are plentiful, with magnificent mountains lying in green, large stretches of sandy beaches and hospitable and friendly people. Malaysia's economy is the most advanced in this part of the world. The annual income is M$1, 680, one of the highest in the whole of Asia. Malaysia is the world's leading exporter of rubber, tin, tropical hardwood, palm oil, pepper, tea, coffee and cocoa and has vast resources of oil. Malaysia's capital is Kuala Lumpur in the southwest of the Malay Peninsula. Kuala Lumpur arose in the 1860s when tin was discovered, grew and spread very quickly. It became the state's capital within forty years of its founding. Now it is home to over one million inhabitants , about 56% of whom are Chinese, 28% Malays and the rest are from anywhere and everywhere. Question: If you visit Malaysia, you will see _ . - people of the white and yellow races - many temples and churches - beautiful tropical scenery - All of the above.\n\nAns:All of the above.\n-----\nQues:Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Scientists who try to predict earthquakes have gotten some new helpers recently--animals. That's right, animals. Scientists have begun to understand what farmers have known for thousands of years. Animals often seem to know in advance that an earthquake is coming, and they show their fear by acting in strange ways. Before a Chinese quake in 1975, snakes awoke from their winter sleep early only to freeze to death in the cold air. Cows broke their halters and tried to escape. Chickens refused to enter their cage. All of this unusual behavior, as well as physical changes in the earth, warned Chinese scientists of the coming quake. They moved people away from the danger zone and saved thousands of lives. One task for scientists today is to learn exactly which types of animal behavior predict quakes. It's not an easy job. First of all not every animal reacts to the danger of an earthquake. Just before a California quake in 1977, for example, an Arabian horse became very nervous and tried to break out of his enclosure. The Australian horse next to him, however, remained perfectly calm. It's also difficult at times to tell the difference between normal animal restlessness and \"earthquake nerves\". A zoo keeper once called earthquake researchers to say that his cougar had been acting strangely. It turned out that the cat had an upset stomach. A second task for scientists is to find out exactly what kind of warnings the animals receive. They know that animals sense far more of the world than humans do. Many animals can see, hear, and smell things that people do not even notice. Some can sense tiny changes in air pressure, gravity, or the magnetism of Earth. This extra sense probably helps animals predict quakes. A good example of this occurred with a group of dogs. They were shut in an area that was being shaken by a series of tiny earthquakes. (Several small quakes often come before or after a large one.) Before each quake a low booming sound was heard. Each boom caused the dogs to bark wildly. Then the dogs began... Question: Through the passage the writer hopes to explore _ . - why animals send a danger signal before an earthquake - how animals know when an earthquake is coming - why animals not men have good sense of danger - how much animals know about an earthquake\n\nAns:how animals know when an earthquake is coming\n-----\nQues:Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Babies who are slow to gain weight in the first months of their lives generally catch up to their peers by age 13,a large UK study shows, Researchers said the results would make parents whose babies fail to put on weight quickly less worried. The researchers looked at data from ,11,499 children who took part in a large study, It showed that 507 who were slow to gain weight in the first eight weeks of life recovered fairly quickly and had almost caught up by age 2. Another group of 480 who were slow to gain between eight weeks and nine months continued to put on weight slowly until they were seven years ,but then had a sudden increase and caught up by age 13, The different pattems of recovery between the two groups were likely due to different reasons for slow weight gain ,the researchers said, All the children were still lighter and shorter than their peers by the time they were teenagers ,but within the normal range. The findings highlight the importance of monitoring a baby's weight and height gain during the first few weeks and months ,but not creating anxiety with parents of slow-growing babies, said the study leader Prof Alan Emond from the University of Bristol. \"In the past, a lot of parents have been caused unnecessary anxiety by heaith professionals and this is a positive and _ message.\"He said in many cases of slow growth where children do not follow the standard'curve' it is just because they are following their genetic potential. Dr Simon Newell, vice-president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said he broadly agreed with the concluslons of the researchers but stressed that poor weight gain was something that needed to be monitored closely, \"I would encourage parents to use growth charts but if measurements show your baby is smaller than averager it may be completely normal, \"he said. Question: What can we know from the findings of the research? - All the cases of slow weight gain in the first months of the babies' lives are caused by the same reason - Slow-growing babies will have the same height and weight with their peers by age13 - Many cases of children whose growth don't meet the growing standard curve cannot be treated as abnormal - The findings won't cause parents' anxiety so monitoring a baby's growth from his/her birth is unnecessary\n\nAns:Many cases of children whose growth don't meet the growing standard curve cannot be treated as abnormal\n-----\nQues:Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Try and see inside your mind a wide open blue sky and a wide green sea far away. Breathe in as you circle your hands high above your head, then bend back a little. Breathe out as you circle your arms back down to your sides...\" Following the yoga teacher's gentle instructions, Bai Yunuo,15, from the High School attached to Beijing Normal University tried to get each of her poses correct. Bai's school offered 24 elective courses for Senor 1 students this term and she chose two. It was her first yoga class. \"I'm happy that I can learn yoga at school. I love dancing but I had some injuries on my knees when I was a kid. So I decide to try something soft. Simply stretching into different poses makes me feel free and quiet. And the music is quite comforting. The class is relaxing after a whole day's work,\" Bai said. Liu Zehao,15, found his interest was Junior Achievement . The course brought students into the real world of business. In their first class, Liu and his group members named their company \"Vision\". Liu was elected as CEO of the company. \"Here we learn to think like an adult. We have to make our company get more money. It's new and different from other courses,\" he said. Liu and Bai take their elective courses twice a week with students from other classes who share the same interest. The students will get two credits from each course at the end of this term. They have to achieve eight credit points from electives to graduate from high school. If you are interested in more about elective courses, please CLICK HERE to register for general elective courses. Question: Where can you possibly find this passage? - A textbook - A newspaper - A magazine - The internet\n\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "The internet\n-----", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "input with options: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: It was nearly dark. The sun was dropping down the mountains far away. Little Tom came back home with tears in his eyes. \"What's the matter, Tom? How's your trip?\" his mother asked with a big smile. \"I failed. The mountain is so high and full of big or small stones on the way. I still go ahead. But I was tired and it was so late that I had to come back.\" Tom cried. \"It doesn't matter. You are only 14 years old after all. You will have another chance .\" his mother said. \"But, standing at the top of the mountain is my dream!\" Tom said. His father came over and asked, \"Did you see the green trees on your way to the mountain?\" \"Sure, and there are a lot of beautiful flowers by the side of the road.\" Tom replied. \"Did you hear the birds singing?\" his father asked. \"There are many kinds of birds singing in the trees, and the sound was very sweet.\" Tom said. \"Did you feel the beauty of nature?\" his father asked. \"Yes, the blue sky, the white clouds, the green trees and the colorful flowers made a nice picture.\" Tom answered. \"That's enough!\" his father smiled and said, \"Please remember, son. For often, achieving what you expect is not the most important thing. Although you didn't reach the top of the mountain, you got a lot on the way.\" It is true that not every goal will be achieved, not every job will end up with a success, and not every dream will come true. The most beautiful scenery is on the way. Question: What's the main reason that Tom didn't reach the top of the mountain? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- The way was full of big or small stones\n- The mountain was so high\n- He was only 14 years old.\n- He was tired and it was so late.\noutput: He was tired and it was so late.\n\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Traditionally, business people would get to know each other over a round of golf. But road cycling is fast catching up as the preferred way of networking recently. \"When you play golf with somebody you have to decide if you\"re going to beat them, or let thembeat you,\" says Peter Murray, a chairman of the NLA centre. \"If they\"re your customers and youdon\"t want to beat them, sometimes you might have to make some kind of cheating in order to lose. That seems to me not a good way of doing things.\" Group cycling, and especially long-distance riding, is a shared experience, Mr Murray says. Riders often work together and help each other out, taking turns to be at the front so that the riders in their group can save almost a third of the effort needed to travel at the same speed. How someone rides a bike can give you a real insight into what a person is like, says Jean-Jacques Lorraine, founding director of Morrow Lorraine, a team member of Cycle to Cannes. \"Some riders are very single-minded, others more collaborative; some are skillful, others an open book.\"\"If I walk into a meeting and somebody says ,,I\"ve done Cycle to Cannes\" , it\"s a done deal really,\" says Mr Lorraine. Mr Mottram, CEO of Rapha, believes it is easier to get to know people by cycling than in other situations. \"T here is an easy environment about conversations on a bike.\" Mr Lorraine makes the point more directly: \"I feel open and honest to others. I often find I\"m saying things on a bike which I wouldn\"t normally say, and equally I\"ve been confided in when I wasn\"t expecting it.\" Why do cycle rides lend riders so well to networking? \"Getting a quick lunch or drink after work doesn\"t give you long enough to get to know someone,\" Mr. Murray says. He believes long ridesget people together. \"A younger rider can be cycling along with a boss and help him in some wayand you get a reversal of the relationship. This changes the relationship when they are off theride too.\" Perhaps the main reason why cycling is a good way to network is that it\"s a... Question: Which of the following is TRUE about cycling? Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- Businessmen used to prefer cycling to golf.\n- Cycling is a good way to get to know people.\n- Group cycling is always a long-distance riding.\n- It\"s not acceptable for the riders to talk on the bike.\n\nA: Cycling is a good way to get to know people.\n\ninput: OPTIONS:\n- Japan\n- China\n- Oakland\n- Malaysia Now, answer this question: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Last Friday my friend Deborah asked me if I would like to learn how to make tofu. I couldn't think of any good reason not to be interested in, so I said, \"Yes\". The next day I met her and another three nice people at the Hodo Soy Beanery Oakland. I enjoyed the trip. I got a lot from the trip. The following is what I learnt. Tofu has a history of 2,000 years. Although the word \"tofu\" is from Japanese, the food maybe comes from China. There are two main kinds of tofu: soft tofu and firm tofu . In some parts of Asia, people use tofu as a kind of meat. Douhua is one kind of soft tofu. It is a popular breakfast food in China. Because it is very soft, people can't eat it with _ , but with a spoon . People often eat it as a snack and often add spring onions and gravy to it. In Malaysia, people usually eat douhua with white or dark sugar water. ,. Question: We can learn from the passage that the food tofu may come from _ . Answer:\nA:\noutput: China\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Here are some easy tips for getting to sleep. They can help you deal with tension, stress and anxiety, and enjoy a good night sleep. Not every one of these tips alone will get you to sleep, but a few of them at least should be useful. Get some physical exercise during the day. Even 15 minutes a day of exercise (at least half an hour before going to bed, so your body will have a chance to slow down) will give your body the activity and oxygen it needs to help you relax more and sleep better. Listen to the light music. Play some soft, smooth music that help you sleep. Of course you must have a recorder or CD player that will automatically turn off because if you get up and turn it off in the end, it'll lose its effect. Drink warm milk. A glass of warm milk 15 minutes before going to bed will keep you calm. Keep regular bedtime hours. Your body likes regular routines ,.It likes to know that it's going to get up at the same time each day, eat at the same time, and go to bed at the same time. Keep far away from caffeine, alcohol and tobacco. Before you go to sleep, you'd better not drink coffee or cola which has caffeine. Don't drink wine, beer or champagne which has alcohol and don't smoke. Don't watch TV or read before going to bed. Wait at least half an hour before going to bed after reading or watching TV. Question: According to the passage, which of the following is good before going to bed? Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- Watching TV or reading.\n- Drinking Coffee.\n- Drinking warm milk.\n- Drinking beer.\n\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Drinking warm milk.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Companies, communities, families, clubs, and other clumps of humans all have some inherent social dynamics. At a simple level there are leaders and followers, but in reality the lines are rarely as clear as that. Many leaders, with a common example being some founders, have tremendous vision and imagination, but lack the skills to translate that vision into actionable work. Many followers need structure to their efforts, but are dynamic and creative in the execution. Thus, the social dynamic in organizations needs a little more nuance. This is where traditional management hierarchies break down in companies. You may have your SVPs, then your VPs, then your Senior Directors, then your Directors, and so on, but in reality most successful companies don’t observe those hierarchies stringently. In many organizations a junior-level employee who has been there for a while can have as much influence and value, if not more, than a brand new SVP. As such, the dream is that we build organizations with crisp reporting lines but in which all employees feel they have the ability to bring their creativity and ideas to logically influence the scope, work, and culture of the organization. Sadly, this is where many organizations run into trouble. It seems to be the same ‘ol story time after time: as the organization grows, the divide between the senior leadership and the folks on the ground widens. Water cooler conversations and bar-side grumblings fuel the fire and resentment, frustrations, and resume-editing often sets in. So much of this is avoidable though. Of course, there will always be frustration in any organization: this is part and parcel of people working together. Nothing will be perfect, and it shouldn’t be…frustration and conflict can often lead to organizations re-pivoting and taking a new approach. I believe though, that there are a lot of relatively simple things we can do to make organizations feel more engaging. Question: After the end of this story, John is probably Options: - not enough information - annoyed - hungry - married === The correct answer is\nmarried\n\nSix weeks after arriving in the United States, Hassan Abduraheem takes a seat in the back pew of Tar Wallet Baptist Church. Tucked into the woods along a country road in rural Virginia, the church holds about 50 worshippers. On this cold November Sunday, Abduraheem and his family of eight noticeably increase the congregation's size. They do their best to follow the unfamiliar English of the old Baptist hymns, which are very familiar to their new neighbors. And they share the hymns from their former home — Sudan. Standing in a single line in front of the altar, the family fills the church with Arabic song. \"Unbelievable,\" Abduraheem says repeatedly, as he describes his journey from a crowded prison cell in Sudan to a fixed-up house on the farm of his new pastor. \"Unbelievable\" seems like the only word that could describe the turn his life took, thanks to a Facebook post and a U.S. congressman. Abduraheem's work as a former pastor is not outlawed in his native Sudan, but Christians are a minority in a diverse country that has suffered through multiple civil wars. According to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, there has been \"an escalation in the Sudanese government's persecution of Christians,” since the 2011 secession of South Sudan. Abduraheem says his work was spreading the gospel; the Sudanese government accused him of espionage, and he was detained along with two other pastors in December 2015. \"The first day when they took us to the prison, they beat us,” he says softly. Abduraheem was shifted from prison to prison. For five months, he wore the same clothes he was wearing when he was arrested. His eyes became damaged from the harsh prison light. Yet, despite constant interrogations, just two meals of beans a day and a tiny cell with barely enough room to sleep, he says the worst part of prison was not knowing. Question: For how long has Sudan probably not accept Christian worshipers? Options: - They just started in 2011 - not enough information - Only ten years before 2011 - Many years before 2011 === The correct answer is\nMany years before 2011\n\nWhat is creativity? How de we define creativity? Where does creativity come from? How philosophical is the notion of creativity? Is everyone’s ‘creativity’ different? Or is it an ill conceived, simplified term that is used to describe a very specific series of neuronal & bodily reactions to certain stimuli? These are all the questions I’ve been thinking (and googling, and youtubing) since beginning this Capturing Creativity studio* and I have found some answers or maybe I’ve just found more questions: Creativity is generally defined as the ability to make new things, or come up with new ideas, it’s an ability to think outside the box, to see unique solutions and employ them in inventive ways. In this sense creativity is not always utilised when being ‘creative’, as to be creative is simply defined as the ability to make or produce something. However I guess that depends on your definition of creative, how different, unique, special, once off, un-influenced does something have to be, to be classified as creative? This is where creativity get’s tricky. It’s all well and good to be like oh this is what creativity is, so it’s easy to investigate it, but what if you don’t define that as being creative, maybe that was just following a formula, a somewhat inspired formula, but maybe it is just a formula. Creativity to most people seems to be a random mix of once off genius combined with solid skill and hard work and for us humans these percentages are unique to us. Maybe creativity to you is 90% unique idea, 5% skill and 5% hard work. Maybe creativity to you is 40% unique idea, 50% skill and 10% hard work. Maybe for you creativity doesn’t have to involve any hard work at all. For me when it comes to creativity I’m most interested in that unique idea portion; where does that unique idea come from? Is it simply random? Is it a gift from the gods? Is our unique idea just a product of a lot of subconscious effort, only made aware to us in the sense of a ‘random’ idea? Have we been influenced by something, processed it... Question: What is probably true about the narrator Options: - He is a follower - not enough information - He is a writer - He is a simple person === The correct answer is\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "He is a writer", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Article: An ape has a larger brain than any animal except man, though it is much smaller than a man's brain. Apes all belong to the hot countries of the world--tropical Africa and South--east Asia. The gorilla is the largest of the apes. He is as tall as six feet when standing upright. Many people think that gorillas are very fierce. They are often described as standing upright like a man, beating their fists and roaring. In their home, in the forests of Central Africa, however, they are not at all like this, They are peaceful animals and never use their great strength unless attacked. Even then, they retreat if they can. Gorillas have black faces and long, black, hairy coats. They feed during the day on plants and fruit. At night the old male often sleeps on the ground at the foot of a tree, while the others each make a sleeping platform in the tree bending the leafy branches. Besides this, gorillas climb trees very seldom. Question: A gorilla is about six feet tall when he _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"stands on his legs\"?\nNo\n\n\n(Question)\nArticle: Two years ago my grandmother was going to turn 75. My family discussed what was the best way to celebrate. Should we throw her a party ? Should we take her on a trip ? We remembered that she had touched so many people's lives, and there were so many people for her to consider. Then someone got the idea that we should include everyone in the celebration by turning it into a tribute to my grandmother. We secretly sent out letters to the people in Grandmother's address book and asked them to send a letter with a memory that they had shared with her. People sent us letters with poems, stories and pictures. The deep feeling that was shared through the response surprised us. We compiled these letters into a memory book and amazed her with it on the morning of her birthday. The unusual thing about my grandmother's friends was not the number that she had, but the connection they shared. In many ways this book of friendship was the greatest achievement of my grandmother's life. I believe that developing true friendships is one of the most important things that anyone can do in one's lifetime. It is not a matter of the number of friends one has, but the quality of the bonds. If one has had at least one true friendship before dying, then one can say one has lived a successful life. I have made many friends and I believe I have begun to develop the same types of friendships my grandmother kept up over her lifetime. I only hope that I will be as successful as she has been. Question: When receiving her birthday gift, the author's grandmother probably felt _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"surprised and pleased\"?\n(Answer)\nYes\n\n\nQues: Article: 2.26-meter-tall Yao Ming made his NBA debut on October 23, 2002 and got 6 points for the Houston Rockets in the game. The next day, he got 13 points in another game. Most people think that Yao Ming is a born basketball player. But Yao said, \"When you watch it on TV, it looks very easy. But when you are playing in the NBA, it is really not so easy.\" He said that joining the Houston Rockets was a new start and a new challenge. \"I hope that through very hard work I can make everyone happy and help the Rockets win more games,\" he said.Yao Ming speaks some English. Both he and his teammates can understand each other. They don't think there is a language problem. While Yao Ming faces this new challenge, the people of Houston have shown great interest in him and they hope Yao Ming will bring new energy to the Rockets. The team has started having lessons to learn more about China, and many people who work for the Rockets have learned to speak some Chinese. Question: The passage is probably _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"a news report\"?\nAns: No\n\n\nQuestion: Article: When we talk about intelligence,we do not mean the ability to get a good score on a certain kind of test,or even the ability to do well in school. These are at best only indicators of something larger,deeper,and far more important. By intelligence we mean a style of life,a way of behaving in various situations. The true test of intelligence is not how much we know to do,but how we behave when we don't know what to do. The intelligent person,young or old,meeting a new situation or problem,opens himself up to it. He tries to take in with mind and senses everything he can about it. He thinks about it,instead of about himself or what it might cause to happen to him. He grapples with it ly,imaginatively,resourcefully ,and if not confidently,at least hopefully;if he fails to master it,he looks without fear or shame at his mistakes and learns what he can from them. This is intelligence. Clearly its roots lie in a certain feeling about life,and one's self with respect to life. Just as clearly,unintelligence is not what most psychologists seem to suppose,the same thing as intelligence,only less of it. It is an entirely different set of attitudes. Years of watching and comparing bright children with the not-bright,or less bright,have shown that they are very different kinds of people. The bright child is curious about life and reality,eager to get in touch with it,embrace it,unite himself with it. There is no wall,no barrier,between himself and life. On the other hand,the dull child is far less curious,far less interested in what goes on and what is real,more inclined to live in a world of fantasy. The bright child likes to experiment,to try things out. He lives by the maxim that there is more than one way to skin a cat. If he can't do something one way,he'll try another. The dull child is usually afraid to try at a11. It takes a great deal of urging to get him to try even once;if that try fails,he is through. Nobody starts off stupid. Hardly an adult in a thousand,or ten thousand,could in any three years of his... Question: The writer believes that \"unintelligence\" is_. Yes or no, is the answer \"a particular way of looking at the world\"?\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "No", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ques:Do you dream of being a reporter? Are you a good English writer who loves the news? We're looking for 100 students from around the world. They will join the BBC Kid Reporter team for the 2015-2016 school year. In the past, BBC Kid Reporters have: Interviewed leaders and other people. Written news stories for BBC For Kids. Talked about their work on television.[ Next year our team will continue to report local news stories for BBC For Kids magazine and bbcforkids.com. How to Enter Visitwww.bbcforkids.comand fill in the entry form . Be sure to read the rules and share them with your parents, who must sign your form. Entries must be done by June 19, 2015. You must be OVER 13 years of age. Good luck! In the past, BBC Kid Reporters have _ . A) made a lot of movies B) read letters to British kids C) given speeches in the USA D) interviewed leaders and other people\n\nAns:D\n-----\nQues:At East China University of Science and Technology,students will get a coupon if they eat up their food.Students can collect coupons and exchange them for small gifts, such as books, magazines, mobile phone covers and hand warmers. \"It's been such a surprise,\" said Liang Zahaoyun, 19, a student at the university in Shanghai. \"It has given us one more motivation to finish our food. \" The measure is part of a national \"eat-up\" campaign which is organized by students to deal with food waste on campuses . Why only on campuses, you might ask? Because according to a report by Xinhna News Agency,students waste twice as much food as the national average . The campaign on campus food waste is receiving attention across the country. \"The aim of the campaign is not only to encourage students to finish their food. We hope it can also encourage students to choose a more environment-friendly and healthy lifestyle,\" said Tao Siliang, secretary of the Youth League Committee at Shanghai University. But some school food is poorly prepared, so students do not like to finish it all. Some schools have taken notice of this and they are taking measures to improve it. \"I'm glad that we've reduced food waste since the 'eat-up' campaign began. But if we call on students to waste less food, we should also improve the service and food standard on campuses.\" said Tao. The \"eat-up\" campaign is carried out on campuses because _ . A) students get a good education B) schools offer small gifts C) students waste too much food D) school food is more delicious\n\nAns:C\n-----\nQues:Michael Rossi is the Internet favorite Dad right now. Mr. Rossi, a father from Philadelphia, recently took his kids, Jack and Victoria, to Boston for three days during the school term. But Rydal Elementary School, one of the oldest schools in Boston, doesn't accept family holidays as an excuse for their absence and give them a warming notice. So Mr. Rossi wrote a letter to the school, which has been shared by thousands of parents online. Dear Mrs. Marbyry, While I am thankful for your concern for our children and the best education our kids receive from you, I can promise you they've learned as much in the three days we were in Boston as they would in a whole year in school. Although they missed an important test, they learned about something more important for them, especially for their future. They experienced first -hand the love and support form thousands of other people with a common goal. At the marathon , which is known as the most difficult one in the world, they watched runners with disabilities work together to collect money for children in poor areas. In addition, our children walked the Freedom Trail, visited the site of the Boston Tea Party and the graves of several great pioneers of America. These are thing they WILL learn in school a year or more from now. We truly love our school and teachers. But I wouldn't hesitate to pull them out of school again for an experience like the one they had this time. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Michael Rossi Michael wrote back to _ ? A) beg the school not to punish his kids B) say sorry to the headmaster, Mrs Marbyry C) tell the school what they did in the three days D) express his different understanding of education.\n\nAns:D\n-----\nQues:Mr. Black works on a big farm. His wife Mrs. Black works in a school Mr. Black is nearsighted. But he doesn't like wearing glasses when he has meals. Mr. Black has a son. His name is Tony. He is in Class One, Grade Eight of No.2middle School. He likes talking very much. He often talks about his school and his friends at table. Mr. Black is angry, he always shouts, \"Don't talk when you have meals.\" And Mrs. Black also says to him, \"Be a good boy, Tony.\" One day, when they are having supper, Tony finds there is a fly in his father's bowl. Then he wants to tell his father about it,\"Dad, there is ...\" His father looks at him and says,\"Stop talking!\" After supper, his father asks him , \"Well , my boy, what is it?\" \"There is a fly in your bowl, and it is in your stomach now.\"says Tony.\"Why don't you tell me earlier?\" shouts his father angrily. Mr. Li eats a _ . A) bird B) fly C) fish D) dog\n\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B\n-----", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the article and select the best answer. Article: A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present.On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office,a street urchin was walking around the shining car.\"Is this your car,Paul?\"he asked. Paul answered,\"Yes,my brother gave it to me for Christmas.\" The boy was surprised.\"You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn't cost you nothing?Boy,I wish...\" He hesitated. Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for.He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly. \"I wish,\" the boy went on,\"that I could be a brother like that.\" Paul looked at the boy in surprise, then he said again, \"Would you like to take a ride in my car?\" \"Oh yes,I'd love that.\" After a short ride,the boy turned and with his eyes shining,said,\"Paul,would you mind driving in front of my house?\" Paul smiled a little.He thought he knew what the boy wanted.He wanted to show his neighbours that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. \"Will you stop where those two steps are?\" the boy asked. He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car. \"There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent. And some day I'm going to give you one just like it...then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas windows that I've been trying to tell you about.\" Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride. :urchin hesitate neighbour crippled cent Question: The best name of the name story is _ . Options: A: A Brother Like That B: A Street Urchin C: A Christmas Present D: An Unforgettable Holiday Ride\nA\n\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: There are many kinds of sales. For example, a \"back-to-school sale\" is held near the beginning of the school year. Parents like the lower prices of the clothes and school supplies for their children. A \"midnight madness\" event starts very late at night. An \"early bird special\" sale starts very early in the morning. This kind of sale is popular the day after Thanksgiving in November. A favorite sale among many people is the \"buy one, get one free\" sale. You buy one thing and get a second one without cost. When people see the word \"free\" in an advertisement they know they are getting a good deal. As a matter of fact, it is not the case. Another kind of sale is a \"going out of business\" sale. This is when a storeowner tries to sell all the goods in the store before closing the business permanently . Let us say the store sells floor coverings. The owner lowers the prices and puts up a sign that says: \"Going out of business sale. All items MUST be sold by tomorrow.\" People who buy the floor coverings think they are getting a special deal because everything must be sold in a short period of time. Then, days later they see the store did not close permanently. And they see the same sign that claims the store is going out of business. Some business owners really do not end the business. They just want to earn more money. People also hold their own sales. They hold garage sales and yard sales outside their home. They sell things they no longer want. Groups such as religious centers or schools hold bake sales. They sell cakes, cookies and other baked goods to raise money. In America, you can always find a good sale, no matter the day or time of year. There is the Independence Day sale, Veteran's Day sale, clearance sale, sidewalk sale, red tag sale, white sale, blue light special, liquidation sale, half-off sale, warehouse sale, tent sale ... Question: What do we call the sale if it starts before the sun rises? Options: A: A \"back-to-school sale\". B: A \"midnight madness\" event. C: An \"early bird special\" sale. D: A \"buy one, get one free\" sale.\nC\n\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: American researchers have discovered that human brains and sleep patterns are confused by devices that give out bright lights. Electronics, such as laptops, mislead our minds into thinking that it is still daytime, preventing sleep and increasing the risk of _ . Sleep experts say human's natural body clock begins to rest and relax from the day between 9 and 10 pm but the use of computers confuses it. A person's brain biologically becomes awake when the sun is out because bright light after dark causes the brain to stop producing the hormone called melatonin that makes us sleepy. Researchers say blue light from devices such as iPads, which is expected to become a popular reading tool when it comes out later this month, is particularly disruptive during the night when the brain thinks it should be dark. Experts say a good book is a far better way of resting the brain and ensuring a good night's sleep because the bedside lamp light doesn't affect the brain as it does not look straight into a person's eyes. \"Potentially, yes, if you're using an iPad or a laptop close to bedtime... that light can be stimulating to the brain to make it more awake and delay your ability to sleep,\" Phyllis Zee, a professor at Northwestern University and director of the school's Centre for Sleep & Circadian Biology, told CNN. \"And I think more importantly, it could also be enough to affect your circadian rhythm. This is the clock in your brain that determines when you sleep and when you wake up. \" Alon Avidan, associate director of the Sleep Disorders Center at the University of California Los Angeles, added, \"I wish people would just take a boring book -- an oldfashioned book -- and read by a lamp.\" Question: We can conclude from the passage that _ . Options: A: one who uses his laptop often before bedtime can have his body clock disturbed B: using a laptop before bedtime is more harmful than using an iPad C: we'd better not do anything before going to bed D: the best time to go to bed is before 9 pm\nA\n\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: The first English dictionary was published in 1604. The dictionary was actually nothing more than a list of about 3, 000 difficult words, each followed by a one-word definition. The author, Robert Cawdrey, made no attempt to include everyday words in his dictionary. No one, he reasoned, would ever have to look up a word in a dictionary if he already knew the meaning of the word. During the 1600's more dictionaries were published. Each followed Cawdrey's lead and presented a few thousand hard words. Around 1700 one dictionary maker, John Kersey, did define easy words as well as hard words. But until the 1750's all the dictionaries were rather crude and not very valuable. A man named Dr Samuel Johnson changed all this. In 1755 Dr Johnson produced the first modern dictionary. He included in his dictionary all important words, both easy and hard, and he gave good meanings. He also gave good sentences to show how each word was actually used in speech and in writing. By the end of the 1700's most dictionary makers had followed Johnson's example. Dictionaries were getting better and better. The 1800's saw the greatest improvement in the quality of dictionaries. In England scholars planned and prepared the Oxford English Dictionary, a twenty-volume (;;) work. One of the most interesting features of the Oxford Dictionary is its word histories. It traces (;) the history of each word from its earliest recorded use up to the time of the printing of the dictionary. Question: This passage is mainly about _ . Options: A: the difference of English dictionaries B: the origin of English dictionaries C: the development of English dictionaries D: the features of English dictionaries\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: Article: Teenagers in the UK and the US get to watch some wonderful TV shows. Why not have a look at a few of them yourself and take the chance to practice your English at the same time? Modern Family Network: ABC Number of seasons: 3 The TV drama features two families, modern and traditional. The first is a typical American family with 3 adolescent children. Claire is a traditional mom, while Phil, the father, wants to be friends with his three children; he can name all the songs in the hit film High School Musical. The second family is made up of a 60- year-old man, Jay, his attractive young Latin American wife, Gloria , and her 11-year-old son, Alex. Jay is 30 years older than Gloria and everyone thinks they are father and daughter. 2 Broke Girls Network: CBS Number of seasons: 1 Max Black is a cafe waitress and babysitter in Brooklyn, New York; Caroline Channing is the daughter of a Manhattan millionaire. Neither of them ever imagined making friends with the other. But when Caroline loses all of her fortune after her father goes to prison, she applies for a job as a waitress in the same cafe and has to learn from Max. Problems are unavoidable, but luckily, kind-hearted girls can always make things work out. They turn out to be great at helping each other out in their endless struggle against strange customers and picky bosses. Gradually a friendship develops. True Blood Network: HBO Number of seasons: 4 Vampires live on in countless books, movies and television shows. If the Twilight series got you interested in vampire myths, then look no further than True Blood for another exciting adventure. Sookie Statckhouse is a small-town waitress. She is also telepathic . A meet with Bill Compton in a bar turns her life upside down. Bill is a vampire and that night Sookie saves him from a murder attempt. Sookie then becomes involved in a series of murder cases. The love between Sookie and Bill adds a touch of romance to a thrilling story. Merlin Network: BBC Number of... Question: The TV drama Modern Family probably tells _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"what life in the US is like and an image of contemporary US society\"?\nA: No\n\n\nQ: Article: Although we already know a great deal about flu, and although the World Health Organizations is constantly collecting detailed information from its chain of flu reference laboratories throughout the world, it is extremely difficult for epidemiologists, who study infectious diseases, to predict when and where the next flu epidemic will occur, and how serious it will be. There are three kinds of flu virus, known as A, B and C. flu C virus is ly stable and causes mild infections that do not spread far through the population. The A and B types are unstable, and are responsible for the epidemics that cause frequent concern. Following any virus attack, the human body builds up antibodies which can be changed into immunity to that type of virus but a virus with the ability to change its character is able to bypass this protection. Variability is less developed in the flu B virus, which affects only human beings. As flu B virus may cause a widespread epidemic but will have little effect if introduced into the same community soon afterwards, since nearly everyone will have built up antibodies and will be immune. The flu A virus, which affects animals also, is extremely unstable and is responsible for some of the worst outbreaks of the disease, such as the world epidemic, of 1918&1919, when about half the world's population were infected and about twenty million people died, some from pneumonia caused by the virus itself and some from secondary complication caused by bacteria. Accurate prediction is difficult because of the complication of the factors. A particular virus may be related to one to which some of the population have partial involved immunity. The extent to which it will spread will depend on factors such as its own strength, or virulence , the ease with which it can be transmitted and the strength of the opposition it encounters . Scientists, however, have a reliable general picture of the world situation. Question: Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor contributing to the extent to which a virus spreads? Yes or no, is the answer \"The immunity the virus can bring about.\"?\nA: Yes\n\n\nQ: Article: Sunny countries are often poor. A shame, then, that solar power is still quite expensive. Eight19, a British company by Cambridge University, has, however, invented a novel way to _ this. In return for a deposit of around $10 it is supplying poor Kenyan families with a solar cell able to generate 2.5 watts of electricity, a battery that can deliver a three amp current to store this electricity, and a lamp whose bulb is a light-emitting diode . The firm thinks that this system, once the battery is fully charged, is enough to light two small rooms and to power a mobile-phone charger for seven hours. Then, next day, it can be put outside and charged back up again. The trick is that, to be able to use the electricity, the system's keeper must buy a scratch card--for as little as a dollar--on which is printed a reference number. The keeper sends this reference, plus the serial number of the household solar unit, by SMS to Eight19. The company's server will respond automatically with an access code to the unit. Users may consider that they are paying an hourly rate for their electricity. In fact, they are paying off the cost of the unit. After buying around $80 worth of scratch cards--which Eight19 expects would take the average family around 18 months--the user will own it. He will then have the option of continuing to use it for nothing, or of trading it in for a bigger one, perhaps driven by a 10-watt solar cell. In that case, he would go then through the same process again, paying off the additional cost of the upgraded kit at a slightly higher rate. Users would therefore increase their electricity supply steadily and affordably. According to Eight19's figures, this looks like a good deal for customers. The firm believes the average energy-starved Kenyan spends around $10 a month on oil--enough to fuel a couple of smoky lamps--plus $2 on charging his mobile phone in the market-place. Regular users of one of Eight19's basic solar units will spend around half that, before owning it completely. Meanwhile, as the... Question: How much would users pay for the cell and scratch cards before they own a 2.5-watt solar cell? Yes or no, is the answer \"Around $90.\"?\nA: No\n\n\nQ: Article: There was once a farmer who had a fine olive orchard. He was very hardworking, and the farm always prospered under his care. But he knew that his three sons despised the farm work, and were eager to make wealth, through adventure. When the farmer was old, and felt that his time had come to die, he called the three sons to him and said, \"My sons, there is a pot of gold hidden in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.\" The sons tried to get him to tell them in what part of the orchard the gold was hidden, but he would tell them nothing more. After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold. Since they did not know where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one end of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money. They dug until they had turned up the soil from one end of the orchard to the other, round the tree-roots and between them. But no pot of gold was to be found. It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering in his wits. The three sons were bitterly disappointed to have all their work for nothing. The next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore more fruit than they had ever given. When it was sold, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold. And when they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant when he said, \"There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.\" Question: What would be the best title for the passage? Yes or no, is the answer \"No pains, no gains\"?\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A: No", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Everyone has a family name. In China, the family name is the first name, but in English countries the family name is the last name. Do you know how English people get their family names? And what do they mean? English people usually get their family name in these ways . Some family names come from the places of their homes. A man live on or near a hill, his family name may be Hill. In England, people's names may be Wood, Lake because they live near the wood or the lake. Some family names come from a person's job. If a person is a cook, his family name may be Cook. And many people get their family names from their father's family names. If you hear the name \"Jackson\", you can know that he is the son of Jack. Question: Jack's family name is Cook. His family name may come from the _ . Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- place\n- hobby\n- job\n- country\njob\n--\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Shenzhen's fast development has made it become China's most crowded city! There are about 15 million people living on its 1991square kilometers. On each square kilometer averagely live 7500 people. It is 1080 more than that in Hong Kong, and nearly 800 more than that in Guangzhou. Besides, Shenzhen owns 2 million local vehicles, and about 300000 vehicles from other places also run on the local roads every day. The total length of the city's road is 6041 kilometers. It means each resident only owns 0.58 meters of road! As a result, the city is facing serious environmental and resource problems. One of the problems is water shortage. The amount of fresh water for each person of the city is only 25% of the country's average. What's more, most of the water drunk by Shenzhen people comes from other areas. Question: In Hong Kong, there are _ people on every kilometer? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- about 7500\n- about 1080\n- about 800\n- about 6420\nabout 6420\n--\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: We've talked about snails and their slow move. But much of the time snails don't move at all. They're in their shells ---sleeping . Hot sun will dry out a snail's body. So at the least sign of hot sun, a snail draws its body into its shell and closes the opening with a thin cover. Then it goes to sleep. A snail will die in a heavy rain. So whenever it rains, it goes inside its shell house and goes to sleep. A snail can sleep for as long as it needs to. It can take a short sleep. Or it can sleep for days at a time. And it spends all the winter months in its shell, asleep. In spring the snail wakes up. Its body, about three inches long, comes out of from the shell. When hungry, the snail looks for food. It can't see very well. Its eyes, at the ends of the top feelers are very weak. But its sense of smell is very strong. It helps the snail to the new greens. Then the snail's little mouth goes to work. A snail's mouth is no longer than the point of a pin . Yet it has 256,000 teeth! The teeth are so small that you can't see them. But they do their work.. If you put a snail in a hard paper box, it will eat its way out. And if a snail wears out its teeth, it will grow new ones. Mostly, a snail looks for food at night .But on cloudy days it eats in the daytime. It eats all day long. A snail can go on eating for hours and never feel full. Question: A snail goes to sleep when _ . Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- it feels hungry\n- it is put in a paper box\n- spring is coming\n- it rains heavily\nit rains heavily\n--\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Looking for a new way to raise money for charity ? Has your school run out of clever and fun ideas? Don't give up. There are several ways to support your favorite charity. How about organizing a car wash? Everybody who has a car sooner or later washes it or has it washed. So why don't you and your classmates do the job? The money the car owners pay for having their cars washed will go towards your charity. When we did it, we had an amazing time! At first, some of us were worried about getting wet or dirty and it's true. But we also had fun, and at the end of the day it was really worth it! On the other hand, if you don't feel like getting wet or messy, but have some musical talent, how about organizing a street concert? Street musicians can make a lot of money, and so can you if you've got the talent and courage it takes to play in front of _ . You just need to find a suitable place, practice for a few hours with your friends first, and give it a try! I hope the above ideas have helped you a bit, and if you've got any other great suggestions, we would love to hear them and practice them, too. Good luck! Question: What does the writer think of car wash? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- It's dirty but fun.\n- It's easy but dirty.\n- It's easy and fun.\n- It's cheap and dirty.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It's dirty but fun.\n--", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: It's eight o'clock and the time for Morning New Highlights . One person was killed and two were injured in a car accident just thirty minutes ago. Cause of the accident is not yet found out. A great fire swept through a storehouse next to the Fulton River early this morning, causing about $3,000,000 in damage. The fire which broke out at about 2:30 was finally put out at 5: 30. That was the Morning News Highlights, Dan Verne reporting. Question: The above passage may probably appear _ . - in the newspaper - in a magazine - on the radio - on the telephone\non the radio\n\n\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Every American family has its own traditions on Thanksgiving Day, and mine is no difference. Once the national holiday arrives, my mom rises early to make the meal. She puts a turkey in the oven, chops carrots and bakes pies. I'm sorry to say that the men in the family - my dad, my younger brother and myself - rarely pitch in to help. Our job is to wash the mountain of dirty dishes after the meal is over. Around 2 pm every Thanksgiving Day, family members seat themselves around the kitchen table. Plates of turkey, vegetables, salad, rolls and pies cover it. At this point, we can hardly keep ourselves from drooling all over our fancy clothes, but it's not yet time to eat. First, we must bow our heads, close our eyes and say a prayer of thanks aloud to God for giving us everything we have. Under normal circumstances, I would have no problem making a list of things I am thankful for. I grew up in a loving family. My parents, who aren't wealthy, took out loans to help me pay for university. But, the funny thing is, every time I sit down for Thanksgiving dinner and try to say a prayer of thanks, my mind usually goes blank. I think it has something to do with my growling stomach and all of that food sitting right there under my nose. Eventually, though, we all finish our short prayers and _ . To be sure, the day includes other highlights - visiting with family and watching football. But usually around 6 pm we are all ourselves stuffed like turkeys and thankful to have a nice warm bed to sleep in. Question: On Thanksgiving Day the author's family do the following except _ . - watching a movie - making visits - having a big meal - watching football\nwatching a movie\n\n\nQ: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Not long ago, a rock band called the Backstreet Boys _ on the music scene. Young people everywhere loved their songs. One of the band's biggest fans was a young boy named Aaron Carter. Aaron had a special reason for taking such an interest in the band. Nick Carter, one of the Backstreet Boys, was Aaron's big brother. Even before Nick joined the band in 1996, Aaron loved music. From the age of two, Aaron spent most of his time listening to the radio. He sang along with his favorite songs. He made up dances to go with them. So Aaron's family was not surprised when Aaron decided to follow Nick into the music world. Aaron got off to a fast start. At the age of seven, he joined a band in his hometown of Tampa, Florida. But after two years, Aaron didn't want to be part of a band anymore. He wanted to sing alone. Soon, Brother Nick gave Aaron a helping hand. During a Backstreet Boys show in Germany, Aaron sang a song. He did an amazing job! After the show, someone from a record company asked Aaron to make an album . Of course, Aaron said yes! Since that day, Aaron has made lots of songs that sell well. His songs include \"Crush on You\" and \"I'm Gonna Miss You Forever\". Aaron has worked hard to become a success. But he never forgets how his brother gave him his start. As Aaron has said, \"If Nick wasn't a singer, then I wouldn't be there.\" Question: \"Crush on you\" is the name of a _ . - band - song - movie - play\nA: song\n\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Doing well in high school prepare students for life in college and beyond, so achieving student success is important. High school students learn valuable information form class lectures and homework, and by asking for help when it is needed. Being prepared for tests and engaging in school activities can help a student to achieve success in high school. Complete any homework you are assigned on time. Then, if you need help understanding a concept you will have plenty of time to get help. Create a study area in your home. This can be a quiet bench outside or a seating area in your room. If you like to listen to music while studying, listen to classical or reading music. Be sure to have plenty of lighting in the area to read your textbook or notes. Keep a schedule. If you have extra-curricular activities like sports or school meetings, make sure to schedule your homework and study time around them. Keeping a schedule will allow you to get better grades while having fun in high school. Eat breakfast. Having breakfast each morning before school will give you energy and brain function to pay better attention in class. Eat snacks during study sessions to keep alert and focused on your work. Create a study group to help fellow high school students and get help if you need it. Studying with others will help reinforce concepts and information, and if you need help there will always be someone there to help you before you get behind in your studies. Set up after-school hours with your teacher if you need extra tutoring . Visiting a teacher for one-on-one time before a test will help you nail down those last few concepts you need help with. Question: What will make it possible for the high school students to get better grades while having fun? - Creating a study area in their home. - Keeping a schedule and following it. - Eating breakfast every morning before school. - Finding a tutor to get one-on-one instruction.\nAnswer: Keeping a schedule and following it.\n\n\n(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Spending a lot of time watching TV, playing video games and surfing the Web causes a lot of healthy problems to children such as overweight and smoking, US researchers said yesterday. U.S. experts analyzed 173 studies on how media sources influence the physical health of children and adolescents . The studies, mostly carried out in the prefix = st1 /United States, largely focused on television, but some looked at video games, films, music, computer and Internet use. Three quarters of them found that increased media viewing was connected with poor health. The studies offered strong evidence that children who get more media exposure are more likely to become overweight, start smoking and begin earlier sexual activity than those who spend less time in front of a screen, the researchers said. Studies also showed more media exposure is linked to drug and alcohol use and poorer school performance. \"We were pretty surprised by the number of studies that showed these negative health results,\" said one of the researchers in the report. For decades, experts have worried about the effect on young viewers of the violence and sexual content in some TV programs, movies and video games. Another issue is that kids are spending time sitting on a couch watching TV or playing computer games when they could be running around outside. One study found that children who spend more than eight hours watching TV per week at age 3 are more likely to be overweight at 7. And research showed that many USchildren watch far more. Another study showed TV and other media content can have a deep influence on children's attitudes and beliefs, particularly among teens. A US study published in November showed that adolescents who watched more programs with sexual themes had a higher risk of becoming pregnant or causing a pregnancy. Thirteen of 14 studies that evaluated sexual behavior found a connection between media exposure and earlier sexual behavior, the researchers said. Question: How did the experts carry out their research? - By examining health problems including overweight and smoking. - By analyzing 173 studies on influences of media sources. - By watching TV, playing video games and surfing the Web. - By offering strong evidence that children become overweight.\n(A).\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "By analyzing 173 studies on influences of media sources.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: They are out there. They may be your friends, your teachers or your parents. Anyone can be a difficult person to someone else. It is important to see if you are with a difficult person. The first solution to any problem is that you realize the problem. Most of the time, difficult people do not realize they are difficult. They think what they do is just normal. But do you know how to cope with difficult people? The best way is not to care what they said. If this does not help, think about the following: *Difficult people are easy to be very angry, and you just happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. *Difficult people do not even hear the words you say, but are only guessing the meaning of your words according to their own thought. So when you really look at it deeply, it is not wise to take things personally. Question: Which of the following is the title of the passage? - How to cope with difficult people - How to get on well with people - Who are difficult people? - How to make friends\nHow to cope with difficult people\n\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Hello, I'm Jack. Please look at the picture of my classroom. On the front wall, there is a blackboard.It's very big. In front of the blackboard, there is a yellow desk. It's for our teachers. There is a computer on it. On the right wall there is a map of China. On the black ( ) wall of our classroom is a blackboard. We can write and draw on it. There are forty students in my class. Everyone has a desk and a chair. In my classroom, my desk is next to Li Fang's desk. She is on my left . And Tim is on my right. In front of me is John . Who is behind me ? It's a girl, Amy. They are my good friends. Question: How many blackboards are there in the classroom ? - One - Two - Three - Four\nTwo\n\nQ: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: It's important for us to be healthy.But how can we keep healthy? First,you should eat fruit and vegetables three or four times a week.Then eat sonic tofu every day because it's good for people,both the young and the old Milk is also necessary ,especially for women.So you should have milk twice a day.It can help you to be strong Next,doing more exercises is better.You can do morning exercises or evening exercises.After supper you should take a walk. Question: Why do the people have milk? - It's delicious. - It's a drink. - It's bad for you. - It can help you keep strong.\nA: It can help you keep strong.\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: It was nearly dark. The sun was dropping down the mountains far away. Little Tom came back home with tears in his eyes. \"What's the matter, Tom? How's your trip?\" his mother asked with a big smile. \"I failed. The mountain is so high and full of big or small stones on the way. I still go ahead. But I was tired and it was so late that I had to come back.\" Tom cried. \"It doesn't matter. You are only 14 years old after all. You will have another chance .\" his mother said. \"But, standing at the top of the mountain is my dream!\" Tom said. His father came over and asked, \"Did you see the green trees on your way to the mountain?\" \"Sure, and there are a lot of beautiful flowers by the side of the road.\" Tom replied. \"Did you hear the birds singing?\" his father asked. \"There are many kinds of birds singing in the trees, and the sound was very sweet.\" Tom said. \"Did you feel the beauty of nature?\" his father asked. \"Yes, the blue sky, the white clouds, the green trees and the colorful flowers made a nice picture.\" Tom answered. \"That's enough!\" his father smiled and said, \"Please remember, son. For often, achieving what you expect is not the most important thing. Although you didn't reach the top of the mountain, you got a lot on the way.\" It is true that not every goal will be achieved, not every job will end up with a success, and not every dream will come true. The most beautiful scenery is on the way. Question: Tom's parents wanted Tom _ . - to be friendly - to be clever - to be happy - to be healthy\nAnswer: to be happy\n\n*Question*\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Once there lived an old man in a mountain village. He was a famous hunter. He often went hunting alone in the mountains. He was not afraid of any wild animals, not even a tiger. One night, someone saw a tiger come into the village, and stole two sheep away. The next night the tiger came again. The villagers were frightened. They asked the old hunter to catch it so that they could have a safe life. When the old man heard about the tiger, he thought hard. He wondered why the tiger came at night twice but only stole the sheep. The next night he walked outside the village. Suddenly he saw the tiger coming. He quickly threw himself on the ground. To his surprise, the tiger did not come at him, but went away. He followed it quietly and found it was running on two of its feet just like a man. Then everything was clear. On the fourth day, when it got dark, the hunter took some animal skins with him and hid himself behind a big tree near the village. He was waiting for the \"tiger\". As soon as the \"tiger\" came near the tree, the old hunter jumped out, caught the \"tiger\" by the \"leg\" and said, \"Don't be afraid. I do not mean to hurt you. You know who I am, don't you?\" The \"tiger\" said \"Yes\" and took off the tiger's skin. \"You are poor. But you mustn't steal anything from others. Here are some animal skins for you. You may sell them at the market. With the money, you can buy food and clothes for your family. Work harder and try to make a living. \" With tears in his eyes, the poor man thanked the kind-hearted old hunter and walked home. Question: How did the old hunter know the tiger was a man? - The tiger came to the village only at night. - He saw the tiger run on its two feet. - The tiger only stole sheep. - The tiger could speak.\n**Answer**\nHe saw the tiger run on its two feet.\n\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: My family makes the best chicken salad.Dad prepares all of the ingredients and Mom makes the relish.There are a few things that make this chicken salad different from the other chicken salads.First,we use fruit jam in the relish.You can buy any fruit jam,like banana jam or orange jam.But we have bottles of strawberry jam that my mother made,so we use the strawberry jam.Second,we put some green olives .Green olives give the salad an interesting taste and make a big difference.Now let me tell you how my family makes the salad. First,mix up all of the salad ingredients in a large bowl.The ingredients are chicken,tomatoes,green olives,onions and apples.If you like lettuce,you can also put some.Next,make the relish.Please mix the jam,the juice and the salt.Finally,mix the relish with the salad ingredients. Do you have a favorite chicken salad recipe?Please tell us about it.You can write to greensalad@yahoo.com. Question: The chicken salad is different because the writer's family puts _ . - green olives and chicken - green olives and a different relish - lettuce and a different relish - chicken and a different relish\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "green olives and a different relish", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "According to a survey released by the Nielson Company on Thursday, China has become a global tourist attraction after the Beijing Olympics. The survey said the Olympics not only built up China's image but also served as an advertisement for China's tourism. The online survey was conducted on consumers in 16 countries and regions before Games' opening ceremony and after the closing. About 80 percent of the respondents had not been to China before the events and 50 percent of them expressed hopes of visiting China after the Games. According to the survey, 70 percent of the respondents felt Beijing was more modern and scientific than what they had thought. The most interested respondents were from Singapore, India, Mexico, South Africa and the Republic of Korea, as well as China's Hong Kong and Taiwan. Pan Wen, in charge of Chinese tourism research of the Nielson Company, said the World Tourism Organization predicted that China would become the largest tourist attraction in the world with 137 million foreign tourists every year. \"This figure would be realized earlier with the aid of the Beijing Olympics,\" Pan said. Which countries were the most interested respondents from? A) Singapore, India, Mexico B) South Africa and the Republic of Korea C) China's Hong Kong and Taiwan D) All of the above\nD\n------\nAs a little boy I read a book with a picture showing a man reading while floating in the Dead Sea. What a miracle! How would it feel to lie back in water so thick with salt that it was impossible to sink? Fed by the Jordan River and smaller streams, the Dead Sea is the lowest point on the earth's surface, and its water is ten times saltier than the Mediterranean. As evaporation is its only outlet, salt and other minerals become super-concentrated. Earlier this year, I drove down the long, steep hill to realize my dream. The shoreline was a broad area of bare salt-mud, but the water edge was out of sight. It seemed as if somebody had pulled the Dead Sea's plug . Eli Dior, an Israeli official, explained the problem \"The Dead Sea is drying up. Every year, the surface falls about one meter, and as the water level falls, shallow areas are left high and dry.\" Over the last half-century, the five neighboring countries have used up almost all the water flowing into the Dead Sea to meet human and agriculture needs. Result the Dead Sea is being emptied. With population in the neighbouring countries to double at least in the next 50 years, there is little hope of restoring the water being used in this area. No country has a drop to spare for the Dead Sea, where they know it will just evaporate. To dream of opening the dams and restoring natural balance is unrealistic. Yet one ambitious high-tech dream may turn out to be not only the solution to the Dead Sea but also a ticket to peace around its shores. The \"Red-Dead\" is a proposed $5 billion project to bring sea water some 240 kilometers by pipeline and canal from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea. The Red-Dead may be the only solution, but even if the project is carried out successfully, the Dead Sea will be 10 to 20 meters lower than now and two thirds of its current size. Whatever the future holds, the Dead Sea's magical mix of sun, mud, sea and salt will surely survive. Many might complain that the Dead Sea is half empty--but for me the Dead... It can be inferred from the passage that _ . A) the countries around the Dead Sea will join hands to spare water for the Sea B) as a result of the project \"Red-Dead\", the Dead Sea will be two thirds larger C) water crisis is a potential threat to the peace of the area around the Dead Sea D) If the Dead Sea dried up, great natural disasters would happen in the region\nC\n------\nYou're on the third lap around the car park, there are no open spaces, and you're already 15 minutes late for your appointment. Right now you're wishing you could jump out of the car and let it go to find its own spot. Now there's an app for that. Virtual Valet lets your smartphone tell your car to park without you in it. \"You pull up to the roadside, push a button on your smartphone and the car takes care of everything else,\" says Aeron Steinfeld, the lead researcher for the project at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. To find its own spot, the system uses a sensor suite similar to ones found in many luxury cars. This includes a motion sensor that scans for moving cars and pedestrians, and a forward-facing laser rangefinder normally found in adaptive cruise control to determine the distance of objects in front of the car. Information from these sensors is then fed to an onboard computer to plot the vehicle's course. The users can watch the whole process from their phone. Better still, it will be affordable. The team has spent the last year moving from high-end imaging and processing equipment to less expensive components. In experiments, the vehicle was able to navigate through a crowded parking structure, find an empty spot, and park all on its own. And the greatest appeal of the Virtual Valet Parking App is that it requires no change to existing parking facilities or infrastructure. For the moment, the only car equipped for control by Virtual Valet is Carnegie Mellon' modified Jeep Wrangler, which the researchers have named NavLab11. But Steinfeld hopes that major car manufacturers will adopt the technology. It might be more than technology that holds up the show, however. Self-driving cars have been licensed in only three US states -- California, Nevada and Florida -- and it's unclear how this app would agree with self-driving laws. Until these questions are settled, your insurance provider might be unwilling to cover a ding from a parking incident. We can infer from the text that _ . A) no car manufacturers show interest in the technology B) the technology is now widely used in the US C) there will be some difficulty in promoting the technology D) the technology conflicts with self-driving laws in the US\nC\n------\nI'm sitting here in this coffee shop. You know the one there by Allen street. The town is filled with thousands of middle class college kids living off their parent's money. The coffee shop is where the ones come to play the part of sophisticated bohemians . The pretensions glow from their line-less faces as they sip cappuccinos and chew strawberry cookies. The boys to my right are discussing Nabokov with a serious air, a copy of Sartre's Cuba lies on the table. The young woman on my left is declaring that she can never allow her creativity to be killed by entering the work force. The man with her scratches his goatee in agreement, occasionally suggesting they go back to his place to hear his new Washington Squares CD. Matt has just designed a new international symbol for peace. He moves from table to table trying to sell hand painted T-shirts that bear the design. Tomorrow he's leaving for the 25th anniversary Woodstock concert where he hopes to strike it rich with his creation. Gopha the skinny Indian boy feels like singing me a verse of 'It Ain't Me Babe' when I ask him if he's a friend of Monica's. Jason is trying to talk Gopha into a dollar bet on a game of chess. Between times Jason will chew your ear off with his plans to conquer the music industry while studying entertainment law, but when it comes to his never ending dollar chess matches he's quiet as a church mouse. I sit among them. To all surface appearances one and the same. If they could only see I would rather reach into their flesh and tear out their shallow little hearts than listen to another second of their prattle . With no job, no gigs, and my girlfriend's so far gone she might as well be on another planet, I've been leading the writer's quiet cafe life, spending my free time outdoors drinking iced teas and cheap wines. I chat warmly with whoever decides to squander away their hours in my surrounding area. But behind my eyes is an unspoken challenge to any and every one of these social elites to just once say one thing that would... The college students in the coffee shop can be described as _ . A) shallow and aimless B) determined and independent C) vain and ambitious D) honest and hardworking\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C\n------", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ques: Article: According to a survey, which was based on the responses of over 188,000 students, today's traditional age college freshmen are \"more materialistic and less altruistic \" than at any time in the 17 years of the poll. Not surprising in these hard times, the student's major objective \"is to be financially well off. Less important than ever is developing a meaningful philosophy of life.\" It follows then that today the most popular course is not literature or history but accounting. Interest in teaching, social service and the \"altruistic\" fields is at a low. On the other hand, enrollment in business programs, engineering and computer science is way up. While it's true that we all need a career, it is equally true that our civilization has accumulated an incredible amount of knowledge in scientific or artistic fields. It is equally true that, in studying the diverse wisdom of others, we learn how to think. More important, perhaps, education teaches us to see the connections between things, as well as to see beyond our immediate needs. The most important argument for a broad education is that in studying the accumulated wisdom of the ages, we improve our moral sense. I saw a cartoon recently which shows a group of businessmen looking puzzled as they sit around a conference table; one of them is talking on the intercom :\"Miss Baxter,\" he says, \"could you please send in someone who can distinguish right from wrong?\" From the long term point of view, that's what education really ought to be about. Question: Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? Yes or no, is the answer \"Career seekers should not focus on immediate interests only.\"?\nAns: No\n\nQues: Article: Scientists in Israel have discovered a new way to test for water pollution by \"listening\" to what the plants growing in water have to say. By shining a laser beam on the tiny pieces of _ floating in the water,the researchers said they hear sound waves that tell them the type and amount of contamination in the water. \"It is a red light,telling us that something is beginning to go wrong with the quality of water,\" said Zvy Dubinsky,an aquatic biologist at Israel's Bar Ilan University.\"Algae is the first thing to be affected by a change in water quality.\"\"The secret,\" he said,\"is to measure the rate of photosynthesis in the algae,meaning the plant's ability to transform light into energy.\" During photosynthesis,plants also release oxygen into the air. Dubinsky's technique is easy to perform because of the overabundance of algae in the planet's water.Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere comes from algae.A prototype tester that occupies about one square meter of a laboratory desktop,shoots a laser beam at water samples to stimulate photosynthesis in the algae.But not all of the laser's heat is used.Depending on the condition of the algae and the rate of photosynthesis,some of the heat is shot back into the water,creating sound waves,Dubinsky said.With a special underwater microphone,researchers are able to analyze the strength of the sound waves and determine the health of the algae and the condition of the surrounding water. \"Algae suffering from lead poisoning,like waste discharged from battery and paint manufacturing plants,will produce a different sound than those suffering from lack of iron or exposure to other toxins,\" said researcher Yulia Pinchasov.She said that testing algae photosynthesis can determine water quality more accurately and easily than laborintensive methods now used like chemical and radioactive carbon testing. Question: Why is the algae tested? Yes or no, is the answer \"Because it is the first to be polluted.\"?\nAns: No\n\nQues: Article: Have you ever heard the story of the four-minute miles? Many years ago, people believed that it was impossible for a human Being to run a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proved it wrong in 1954. What happens if you put an animal in a pond? Any animal, big or small, will swim its way through. What happens when someone, who doesn't know how to swim, falls in deep waters? They drown. If an animal who has not learnt swimming could escape by swimming, why not you? Because you believe you will drown while the animal doesn't. Have you ever wondered why the letters are organized in a particular order on your keyboard? You might have thought it is to increase the typing speed. Most people never question it. But the fact is that this system was developed to reduce the typing speed at a time when typewriter parts would jam if the operator typed too fast. These three cases show the power of our beliefs. There is no other more powerful directing force in human behavior than belief. Your beliefs have the power to create and to destroy. A belief delivers command to your nervous system. I used a snake in my workshops for children to show them how unrealistic some of their beliefs are. Students of a school in India, said snakes are slippery and slimy and poisonous. After doing an exercise for changing beliefs, they handled my snake and found it to be dry and clean. They also remembered that only three types of poisonous snakes exist in India. Did this story end the way you thought? Review your beliefs now and find out which ones you need to change? Question: The author's experiment shows that _ Yes or no, is the answer \"snakes are dry and clean\"?\nAns: No\n\nQues: Article: Most young architects--particularly those in big cities--can only dream about working in a building of their own. And making that dream come true often means finding a building no one else seems to want, which is exactly what happened to David Yocum and his partner, Brain Bell. Their building is a former automobile electrical--parts firm in Atlanta. From the outside, it looks too old, even something horrible, but open the door and you are in a wide, open courtyard, lined on three sides with rusting walls. In 2000, Yocum and Bell found this building in the city's West End. Built in 1947, the structure had been abandoned years earlier and the roof of the main building had fallen down. But the price was right, so Yocum bought it. He spent eight months of his off-hours on demolition , pulling rubbish out through the roof, because it was too dangerous to go inside the building, The demolition was hard work, but it gave him time to think about what he wanted to do, and \"to treasure what was there--the walls, the rust, the light,\" Yocum said. \"Every season, more paint falls off the walls and more rust develops. It's like an art installation in there--a slow-motion show.\" Since the back building had been constructed without windows, an all-glass front was added to the building to give it a view of the courtyard, and skylights were installed in the roof. The back of the building is a working area and a living room for Yocum and his wife. A sort of buffer zone between the front and the back contains a bathroom, a kitchen and a mechanical room, and the walls that separate these zones have openings that allow views through to the front of the studio and the courtyard beyond. Yocum and Bell, who have just completed an art gallery for the city, feel that the experience from the decoration of their building, focusing on the inside rather than the outside, has influenced their work. It has also given these architects a chance to show how they can make more out of less. Question: According to the passage, it is _ for most young architects in big cities to work in a building of their own. Yes or no, is the answer \"unrealistic\"?\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "No", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "It's Coming: Snowstorm to Snarl Thanksgiving Travel\n\nThis transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.\n\n... mother nature as something of a feast and hold a snowstorm just in time just on Thanksgiving travel ... good morning and welcome to the new sub I'm Simon Constable on were joined by WeatherBELL Analytics chief meteorologist Joe passed on the ... Joe thanks for joining it sounds like a lower should put in a cool Rosenberg son Crown race also the green brings ... come on you're added a shovel ... a lot of people especially north and west of the I ninety five corridor ... don't get slammed with this is raining now in southeast Pennsylvania ... for the Western Maryland in the southern Europe with scorching jewelry heavy snow The and other big cities ... don't escape the heaviest of the snows ... will change over in India and downtown Washington Philadelphia couple inches ... I think redefined three to six inches in Central Park in the back end of this ... is a pretty good forecasts when you see the fierce looking colors ... of further west but still in an area ... where you that there is a substantial population case you are traveling ... from the West might be getting ... when traveling for me he's trying to go west you can see is a wall of heavy snow ... that is facing you up up the eastern seaboard so ... this is a very significant storm ... we've only had to when things get is I believe in York City ... in the last hundred in the hundred years is so nineteen thirty eight nineteen eighty nine so ... restless Telegraph tomorrow morning and be very unusual ... okay let's all isn't that sum up ... the ball pretty ... scary looking also the map there was some temperatures on a to explain what's going on now I think that's a wrap with the amounts of snow in there and you see the ... largest interiors of the New England getting a tool for the snow you see that northern New Jersey also ... so to those ... that those of the snow amounts there ... will say the twelve and thirteen ninety days later in the season with the temperatures but ... the appearance ... of Springfield Massachusetts Hartford Connecticut Newburgh New York Allentown Pennsylvania ... in the mountains so with this is gonna be oh what a storm for the schemes ... they get slammed already in the mountains of West Virginia ... to go again in ... New England so you don't be too late travel plans tomorrow in years here ... in a ... much better Thanksgiving this Teana minorities in the mid Atlantic states now it's in this ... so when looking in some cases and so nine to twelve inches and in some places may belittle the wall ... of snow Howell how is this kind of compassion sounds of disruption to what happened in Buffalo not long ago ... this is a different situation Buffalo was area ... from Buffalo southward really good camera was acting in ... news the ... lake effect situation it's a twenty to forty mile walk and ... this is not as happy of course no one in seven feet of snow seven inches of snow ... is more like it but it's a new law much more widespread area ... in addition I want no sun rose today to re freeze tonight is ... temperatures drop so ... it's a it's a formal situation economically it's nasty because obviously it hinders travel but also ... the salt industry from what I understand from people ... the no man ... can afford to have big storms early because ... we're on now still fighting ... the ... material ... given what's going on that's what I hear ... in this early winter is really know how to the United States is for backups ... how to ... stay safe show ... and stay warm thank you very much the rest of the ... what about chief of Obama as Chief major electoral officer\n\nWrite a one or two sentence summary.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "The Northeast is bracing for a feast of a snowstorm served up by Mother Nature sure to snarl Thanksgiving travel. WeatherBELL chief meteorologist Joe Bastardi explains. Photo: Getty", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "input with options: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Gabriel Garcia Marquez , who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982, passed away at the age of 86 on April 17, 2014. The world paused to remember the cultural giant. Garcia Marquez was born in Colombia, but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City. As one of the most famous writers, he was widely regarded as \"a giant of 20th- century literature.\" Garcia Marquez wrote in a style called \" magical realism .\" In such works, people live a daily life in a certain period of time in history. But meanwhile , magical things happen to them. Garcia Marquez is best known for his 1967 novel, One hundred years of Solitude (<<>> ), which has sold about 50 million copies. It tells the tale of the small and _ town of Macondo which was separated from the outside world- of its founding and its troubled history over a hundred years. The story is a metaphor for the development of Colombia since the 19 century. As Colombian President Juan Manuel Santons said, Garcia Marquez wrote about \"the essence of the Latin American beings.\" Question: Which of the following is NOT true about Garcia Marquez? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- He was the writer of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.\n- His novel One Hundred years of Solitude was a great success.\n- He was widely known as \" a giant of 20th- century literature.\"\n- Magical things happened to him during his stay in Mexico City.\noutput: Magical things happened to him during his stay in Mexico City.\n\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Mike works very long hours every day. He usually gets up at 17:00. He has a shower and makes his breakfast. What a funny time to make breakfast! After breakfast he practices his guitar, then he puts on his jacket and goes to work. To get to work, he takes the number17 bus to the Star Hotel. The bus usually leaves at 19:15. He works all night. People love to listen to him! He gets home at 7:00, and he watches the early morning news on TV. He goes to bed at 8:30, a tired but happy man. Can you think what his job is? Question: He _ and makes his breakfast. Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- gets up\n- takes a shower\n- works\n- washes his face\n\nA: takes a shower\n\ninput: OPTIONS:\n- John Hall\n- Susan Brown\n- John Brown\n- Susan Hall Now, answer this question: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: His first name is John.His last name is Brown.His phone numberis seven-four-five,six-six-zero-five. Her first name is Susan. Her last name is Hall.Her phone number is five-zero-five,seven-one-one-seven. The girl found a baseball in the lost and Found .The boy lost a baseball.The girl calls the boy at his phone number. Question: The boy's name is _ . Answer:\nA:\noutput: John Brown\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: One midnight, a little girl woke up to pass water. She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared. Her mother said, \"Don't be afraid, honey. Take courage!\" \"What's courage?\" she asked, running to her mother's bed. \"Courage is the brave breath,\" her mother answered. \"Mum, do you have courage?\" \"Certainly.\" The girl held out her little hands, saying, \"Mum, blow some of your breath of courage to me.\" After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists nervously, afraid that the \"breath of courage\" would run away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear. Her mother said to herself, \"It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of 'breath' to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost.\" In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind. Who we should defeat is nobody but ourselves. Question: We learn from the reading that _ . Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- the girl went to the bathroom by herself\n- the girl pretended to be terrified of nothing\n- the girl's mother was able to blow brave breath\n- the girl's mother was very proud of herself\n\nAnswer: the girl went to the bathroom by herself\n\nProblem: OPTIONS:\n- get a new bike\n- make a clay bike\n- receive a doll house\n- repair her old Barbi bike\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: It was at least tow months before Christmas, when nine-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bike. Her Barbi bike was just too old, and it needed repairing as well. As Christmas came nearer, her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, so we thought, for she didn't mention it again. We were busy buying some beautiful storybooks, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys. Then much to our surprise, on December 24, she said she really wanted a bike more than anything else. Now we didn't know what to do. It was just toot late. We were busy with Christmas dinner and packing children's presents, parents' presents, a brother's present and friends' presents till midnight.So there was no time to take to buy the \"right bike\" for our little girl. Thinking that we were parents who would make their children unhappy, we felt guilty and sad. Suddenly my husband came up with an idea. \"What if I make a little bike out of clay and write a note that she could trade in the model bike for a real one?\" So he spent the next five hours carefully working with the clay to make a small bike. On Christmas morning, we were so excited for Almie Rose to open the little box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. She opened and read the note loudly. She looked at me and Ron and said, \"So does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real one?\" Smiling, I said, \"Yes.\" Almie Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied, \"I would never trade in this beautiful bike that Daddy made me. I prefer to keep it rather than get a real bike.\" At that moment, we would have moved the God to buy her every bike on the Earth. Question: Rose's wish was to _ on Christmas Day. Answer:\nAnswer: get a new bike\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: How do you spend your spare time? There will be different answers to it .Most people in Poland have their own ways of spending free time. Sometimes they just want to have a rest, but they try to do something more pleasant most of the time. They have many different hobbies, which help them to get away from their everyday problems and spend their free time happily. Many Polish people like traveling. They look for new places that they have never been to and add new and exciting experiences to their journey. Some of them like to climb mountains,. others like to go to the sea or a lake to swim, because theses can make them get exercise and are good for their health. Many Polish people also like to do sports in their free time. They are usually crazy about football, and football is regarded as the Polish national sport. Many football fans may support a certain team ,so they go to watch every match of the team they support, and they buy many things that have any relation with the team. Watching sport and doing it are both good ways to relax In addition, doctors say that doing sports is very good for the health. Many people in town, especially young men, often go to the gym to attend the exercise classes to keep fit. Besides these ways, Polish people have many other ways to spend their free time . And they really enjoy their free time. Question: Polish people have many different hobbies in order to _ . Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- solve their daily problems\n- finish all their work\n- make some friends\n- relax themselves in their spare time\n\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "relax themselves in their spare time", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Cafe Hub Next to the Castle lies The Hub, home of the Edinburgh International Festival and one of the most talked about spots in town. Our cafe is open every day for mouth-watering lunches, snacks and fine dining. Come in and enjoy the atmosphere of The Hub or watch the world go by from our beautiful terrace. The Hub, Castlehill, Royal Mile, Edinburgh. Open every day from 9:30 a. m. till late. Tel: 0131 473 2067 www. thehub-edinburgh. Com Farm World Enjoy being \"A Farmer for a Day\". Join in delivering and feeding our spring babies--bottle feeding sessions twice daily. Fun for all family. Horse Rides, BMX Bikes Cross Country Course, Tractor Ride through 600 acres, New Adventure Playground, Nature Trails. Full details on website. Open: May---Oct Wednesdays to Saturdays and daily during school holidays 11 a. m. ----5 p. m. Tel: 01797 0260256/260321 www. Farmworld-rye. co. uk Enter the Europe-wide student competition! Are you curious, creative and energetic? Are you interested in the new media? Are you between 12 and 19 years of age? Then Join Multimedia 2010 is for you! Your challenge will be to build a team and develop a multimedia presentation in English----based on one of three different topics. You can register between May 1 and Nov. 15, 2010 and will have to turn in your entry before Dec. 15, 2010. The rewards are wonderful:PS150 000in prize for schools and teams and the chance to attend a European student camp ---- plus new experiences, an opportunity to make friends throughout Europe! Question: You'll have to register first if you want _ . Options: A: to enjoy delicious food B: to try Tractor Ride through 600 acres C: to enter the Europe-wide student competition D: to watch the world go by from the beautiful terrace\nC\n\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: \"In the old days,\" as one wife said. \" The husband was the husband and the wife was the wife.\" In the past husbands each had their own way of going on. The wives' jobs were to look after them. \"The wives wouldn't stand for it nowadays. Husbands help with the children now. They stay more, as well as have more interest, at home.\" We shall give some examples of what husbands do, firstly in sharing work with their wives; and secondly, in their largely independent domain of house repairs. \"Some husbands, as well as doing much of the heavy work in the home, carrying the coals, and emptying the rubbish, act as assistants to their wives for at least part of the day.\" Mr. Hammond washes up the dishes every night and lays the breakfast for the morning. Mr. Clark said that on Sunday mornings he usually hovered around and read plays aloud for his wife while she did a bit of washing. Mr. Davis polishes the floors and helps to make the beds at weekend, and during weekdays, takes the dog out for one of his twice-daily walks. So it goes on.... Question: the meaning of the wife's words at the beginning of the passage were that _ . Options: A: in the past men stayed at home all day. B: in the past there was a clear division of role in the family. C: in the past most boys and girls were married at an early age. D: in the past wives and husbands lived separately.\nB\n\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: The first MP4 player was born years ago. Soon many music fans were wondering how fantastic it is! If you have been into technology enough, perhaps you may have a knowledge of the MP4. If not, you do need to know something before buying one, even if you are familiar with MP3. MP3 is the CD-like disc with greater capacity. How about MP4? This small digital product will really enrich the joy from listening to music. You can even feel the \"touch\" of music to your soul! Now, some similar digital products advertised as \"MP4 players\" are simply MP3 players, which do not play video and MPEG format and also lack other particular functions. These products confuse some buyers, as they may think the \"MP4\" players simply mean they can do more than MP3. What is MP4?! It is a multimedia container. It is not only used to store digital audio and digital video streams, especially those of MPEG, but can also be used to store other data such as subtitles and pictures. As a most modern container format, it allows streaming over the Internet. With the help of a piece of MP4 video equipment, you can change various programs such as MPEG to MP4, ASX to MP4, AVI to MP4 and so on, which can be done very quickly and easily without any effect on the sound quality. By installing DVD-MP4 software, you can transfer particular music from a DVD to an MP4 video file. It really excites your listening music experience. Then, there is MP4 advanced and you can set your own collection of all the programs -- TV shows, games, and music. You can even see movies which are still running in cinemas. _ ? Question: From the last sentence, it's clear that the writer tries to tell us it is _ . Options: A: reasonable to buy other digital products B: impossible to buy something else C: a very wise choice to buy an MP4 D: an exciting experience to buy an MP3\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: Given the question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Although credit cards are becoming a more acceptable part of the financial scene, they are still regarded with doubts by many as being a major part of the \"live now pay later\" syndrome .Along with hire-purchase, rental and leasing schemes , they provide encouragement to spend more money.Of course, it is only the hotheaded who give way to the temptation to live, temporarily at least, beyond their means, and such people would no doubt manage to do so even without credit cards. Advertising campaigns have, however, promoted a growing realization of the advantages of these small pieces of plastic. They prevent need to carry large amounts of cash and are always useful in emergencies. All the credit card organizations charge interest on a monthly basis which may work out as high as 25 per cent a year, yet sensible purchasing using a card can mean that you obtain up to seven weeks, interest-free credit.Using the card abroad, where items frequently take a long time to be included on your account, can extend this period even further. It is worthwhile shopping around before deciding on a particular credit card. It is necessary to consider the amount of credit granted; interest rates, which may vary slightly; the number and range of outlets , though most cards cover major garages, hotels, restaurants and department stores; and of course, what happens if your card is lost or stolen.A credit card thief may be sitting on a potential goldmine particularly if there is a delay in reporting the loss of the card. However, if used wisely, a credit card can cost nothing, or at least help to _ financial difficulty. Options: A to enable you to buy things without carrying large amount of cash B to encourage people to spend more money C to be always useful in emergencies D to help people tide over a period of financial difficulty Answer: B to encourage people to spend more money Question:\n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\nThe answer is:\nThe disadvantage of credit cards is _ .\n\n\nProblem: Given the question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Whether you're taking a trip alone or with your family, it's easier to get sick when you're in a new place because your body hasn't had a chance to _ to the food, water, and air in a new environment. Read the following tips on keeping your travel experience as healthy as possible. Safe foods and drinks What foods are safe to eat? Foods that have been boiled are generally safe, as well as fruits and vegetables that have to be peeled before eating. Avoid eating uncooked or undercooked meat. Stay away from foods that require a lot of handling before serving. Drink only bottled water when traveling. If you have to use the tap water, you should boil it first. You can take it with you When you're packing, taking some painkiller and diarrhea medicine is a good idea. It's also a good idea to pack some allergy medicine even if you don't take it at home, because people sometimes unexpectedly develop allergic reactions in a new environment. Write it all down Before you leave your sweet home, create a medical history form that includes the following information: your name, address, and home phone number as well as a parent's daytime phone number your blood type a list of any ongoing health problems, such as heart disease, diabetes, or AIDS a list of current medicines you are taking a list of allergies to medicine, food, insects, and animals the name, address, and phone number of a relative other than your parent It also helps if you have some basic emergency medical knowledge, not only for yourself but also for helping others you may be traveling with. A great way to prepare for your trip is to take a first-aid or basic life support course before you go; if you're traveling with a group, you should know where the first-aid kit is and what's in it. Options: A your own B one of your parents C one of your relatives D one of your friends Answer: D one of your friends Question:\n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\nThe answer is:\nAccording to the passage before you travel you'd better write the phone number of the following EXCEPT _ .\n\n\nProblem: Given the question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Few Americans remain in one position or one place for a lifetime. They move from town to city to suburb, from high school to college in a different state, from a job in one region to a better job elsewhere, from the home where they raise their children to the home where they plan to live in retirement . With each move they are forever making new friends, who become part of their new life at that time. For many of them summer is a special time for forming new friendships. Today millions of Americans vacation abroad, and they go not only to see new sights but also with the hope of meeting new people. No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friend, but the beginning of a friendship is possible. The word \"friend \" can be applied to a wide range of relationships ---- to someone one has known for a few weeks in a new place, to a fellow worker, to a childhood playmate, to a man or woman, to a trusted confidant . Options: A a fellow worker B a football teammate C a boy or a girl D all of the above Answer: D all of the above Question:\n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\nThe answer is:\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "From the passage it can be seen that a \"friend\" can be _ .", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the article and select the best answer. Article: For Chinese students nowadays, no matter what kind of schools they are going to universities, high schools and even primary schools, they have to face and tackle the problem of learning English. All examinations they want to pass require them to first pass English. English has become the most popular course in tutorial classes and even in the self-study classroom. When nearly all students' attention is focused on English, looking at the situation of our mother language, even Chinese _ get confused about its use. Not only have many new words and phrases which are very popular on the Internet started to fill in every corner of the society, common use of Chinese is full of mistakes and misunderstandings are all around. Chinese has the most speakers of any world language and also one of the oldest in history. Around the world, many countries have started enthusiastically learning Chinese and Chinese has become one of the most important foreign languages in some foreign countries. Besides, there are 282 Confucius Institutions around 88 countries and regions in the world that are teaching Chinese, while more than 260 institutions from 50 countries and regions applied to establish Confucius Institutions. The number of people learning Chinese is about 50 million outside China. For those foreigners that are so crazy about Chinese language, what kind of attitude should the Chinese have? Frankly speaking, learning English itself shouldn't have been criticized too much, and we need to learn English to communicate with the world to show our culture and society. ,. Question: Which is the best title for this passage? Options: A: English Is Very Import in China B: Chinese Is the Most Popular in the World C: More and More Foreigners Learn Chinese D: It's Time to Protect Chinese Language\nD\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly while you are trying to work, or when your best friend does not wait for you after school? If you do, you need to take control of your feelings and stop getting angry so easily. Getting angry with people can cause you to lose friends. Gray Gerber, an American high school teacher, has written My Feelings Are Like Wild Animals to help you control your feelings. It tells teens how to stay cool when bad things happen to them. The book says that getting angry only makes problems worse. It can never make them better. Getting angry is not a natural way to act, the book says. It is just a bad habit, like smoking. The book says you can control your anger easily. All you have to do is tell yourself not to be angry. When a baby falls over, he only cries if people are watching him. Like a baby, you should only get angry if you are sure it is the right thing to do. The book gives many tips to help you if you get angry easily. Here are our tips: (1)Keep a record. Every time you get angry, write down why you are angry. (2)Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry. This will teach you not to be angry. (3)Do something different. When you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere else. Try to laugh. Question: Getting angry _ . Options: A: makes your friends leave B: helps to make more friends C: is a good way to let out feelings D: helps to make things better\nA\nQ: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Because earthquakes happen without warning, it's important to take steps now to prepare.Because you don't know where you will be when an earthquake happens, prepare some supplies for your home, workplace, and car. 1.Water. A person need at least 1/2 gallon of water daily just for drinking.Store at least 1 gallon of water per person per day and be prepared for a 72-hour period.It is suggested that you buy bottled water.Keep bottled water in its original container and do not open it until you need to use it.Also, do check the \"use by\" date. 2.Food. It's always a practical idea to keep a supply of nonperishable food on hand.Have an enough supply of canned food, powdered milk, dried fruits, nonsalted nuts and canned juices for at least 72 hours. 3.Flashlights and spare batteries. Keep a flashlight beside your bed, at your place of work, and in your car.Do not use matches or candles after an earthquake until you are sure that no gas leaks. Prepare a battery-powered radio and spare batteries.Most telephones will be out of order, so radios will be your best source of information. 4.Clothes. If you live in a cold place, you must think about warmth.You might not have heat after an earthquake.Think about your clothing and bedding supplies. Question: You should prepare all of the following except _ . Options: A: powdered milk B: fresh vegetables C: dried fruits D: canned juices\nA: B\nQuestion: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Last year The Voice of China, the most popular TV talent show became a popular topic in people's chatting and media information from both home and abroad. It began on July 13, 2012 and ended on September 30, 2012. Liang Bo, a handsome boy from Changchun, Jilin was the champion of The Voice of China in 2012. Before the competition Liang Bo was just an ordinary college student studying music. He captured the hearts of audience with his passionate rock'n'roll performance at the show. Fans described Liang's voice as \"natural, clear and touching''. Although he seemed cool on stage, he could quickly turn on the power once he started singing. \"His performances make you imagine things. When I listen to his singing, I see pictures and think of stories.\" said Na Ying, one of the four judges on the show. She was also Liang's tutor for the competition. Liang Bo, like many young Chinese, he fell in love with music through playing the guitar. Liang got his first guitar as a birthday gift when he was in middle school. He would spend days and nights practicing. \" I can't live without my guitar.\" he said. \" I don't like talking much but I carry great passion inside me,\" Liang said. \" There is no better way to let it out than through music like rock'n'roll. Many people compare Liang to famous Chinese rockers including Xu Wei, Wang Feng and Zheng Jun. But the young man doesn't want to stand in others' shadow. \" I respect those rockers, but I'm not going to copy them. I will be who I am,\" he said. Question: How many judges were there in the TV talent show? Options: A: 3. B: 4. C: 6. D: 8.\nAnswer: B\nQ: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Mr. Gregory Gale is one of the few people in England who are 100 years old. On the day of his birthday, he played a game of tennis and went for a long walk. A few days later a radio reporter came to his house and asked him if he had any \"secrets of long life\". This is what Mr. Gale said, \"No, I don't know any secrets like that, but there are a few simple rules of good life. I've always kept them all my life. The first is this: Don't listen to those fools who tell you to give up all the pleasures of life! The second is to enjoy all the pleasures of life in moderation . For example, I've always smoked a few good cigars every day. Not many, mind you! Only two or three! I've always also drunk a little good wine with my meals, perhaps two or three glasses. The third rule is to take a little exercise every day. I've taken a little and on Saturdays I've played a little tennis or golf.\" Question: Which of the following doesn't Mr. Gale do in his life? Options: A: Playing. B: Drinking. C: Eating a lot. D: Smoking.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A: C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "The brain receives information from the outside world through the sensory system.This information is collected through the eyes,the nose,the ears,the mouth and the surface of the body.It is then kept in the memory.In fact,scientists do not completely understand how the memory works but they are not sure how much information that the human brain can store.Also, it appears that the information is never lost.Very old people often remember things that happened in their childhood which have not come to their minds for sixty to seventy years.If we have kept something in our memory, it is here.But can we get it out again and use it? That is the difficulty. Some of the information we receive only goes into the Short Term Memory.We only keep this information for a minute or two,then we lose it.This temporary memory is very important in our thinking and understanding.It is used,for example,when you try to remember a name that someone told you a moment ago or a telephone number that you are going to dial .School children in class often seem to use the Short Term Memory if they are not interested in the subject.When school teachers describe this,they say that things go\"in one ear and out in the other\".But if a child is interested,he puts the information in his Long Term Memory, and he never loses it.Long Term Memory depends heavily on our understanding of the meaning of the information we receive. If a school child is not interested in a subject, _ . A) he forgets what he learns quickly B) he memorizes what he learns quickly C) he forgets what he learns slowly D) he memorizes what he learns slowly\nA\n\n\n(Question)\nWhat must you do when you receive a present for your birthday? You have to sit down and write a thank-you note. The word \"thanks\" is very important. We have to use them very often. We say them when someone gives us drink, helps us to pick up things, hands us a letter or lends us a book. It is rude to ask someone to do something without saying \"please\". We have to use it when we ask for something, too. It may be a book or a pencil, more rice or help. We have to use \"please\" to make request pleasant. We have to learn to say \"sorry\", too. When we have hurt someone, we'll have to go up and say we're sorry. When we have forgotten something, we will say \"sorry\". We can make people forget wrong by saying it. These three words are simple but important. Our children must learn to use them. They are pleasing words to use in any language. When we receive a birthday present, we have to_. A) return it B) give it to one of our friends C) do nothing D) write a thank-you note\n(Answer)\nD\n\n\nQues: Donald was not very good at math. He could not understand the teacher's explanations . Even when the teacher explained something a second time, Donald still could not understand it. \"Never mind,\" Donald told himself. \"I am quite good at other subjects. I will cheat in the math exam, then I won't be in trouble.\" \"I will sit next to the boy who is best at math,\" he thought, \"and copy down his answers.\" The day of the exam came, and Donald sat next to Brain Smith, who always was at the top of the class in math. Donald carefully copied Brian's answers onto his own exam paper. At the end of the exam, the teacher collected the papers and graded them. Then she said, \"well, boys and girls. I have decided to give a prize to the student who got the highest grade. It's difficult for me to decide who to give the prize to, however, because two students, Donald and Brian, got the same grade.\" \"Let them share it,\" one of the other students said. \"I thought about that,\" the teacher said, \"but I decided to give the prize to Brian.\" Donald was angry when he heard this. He stood up and said. \"That's not fair. I got the same grade as Brian.\" 'That's true.\" The teacher said.\" However, Brian's answer to Question 18 was \"I don't know,\" yours was \"Neither do I\". Donald decided to cheat in the math exam because _ . A) he was always at the top of the class in math B) he understood the questions C) he was not very good at math D) the math teacher did not explain the questions carefully.\nAns: C\n\n\n(Q).\nFarquaad, the ruler of a country called Duloc, decides that all the characters from fantasy stories must leave the country. There is a huge green monster called Shrek who lives in a forest and all the fantasy characters hide in his home, although Shrek doesn't want them to. Shrek visits Farquaad. Farquaad agrees that the fantasy characters can come back if Shrek can find the beautiful princess that Farquaad wants to marry. Shrek goes to look for the Princess Fiona. He finds her and discovers that at night she becomes as ugly as him. When Farquaad discovers that Fiona is ugly, he doesn't want to marry her. But the monster and the princess get married, and the princess decides to stay ugly all the time for love. The princess was called _ . A) Farquaad B) Shrek C) Duloc D) Fiona\n(A).\nD\n\n\nQues:JOLIN Tsai , a famous singer, has become an English teacher! But she is not staying in a classroom to give you talks in English.Instead, she has published a new book, \"Jolin's English Diary Book\".It came out in Taiwan in March.Jolin is helping you learn English in a _ way and give you useful words for life outside your textbooks. \"I hope it's a happy English book,\" she said, \"When you learn English in a fun way, you will keep on doing it.\" This certainly doesn't mean just reciting words.Jolin has a lot of clever ways of learning.She likes to listen to English songs or find friends to talk to in English.She has been good at English since Grade 3 in primary school .Because of this, she hosted news programme on the radio herself. Jolin knows it's important to put English to good use.So, in her English diaries, she wrote something about her everyday life, like study, fashion , travel and family.After each diary, she gives you lots of notes.You can use them often, too! Jolin also asks you to keep diaries like hers. When did Jolin Tsai publish \"Jolin's English Diary Book\" ? A) In May B) In April C) In March D) In June\n\nAns:C\n\n\nYou've probably known the crazy traffic in Beijing. Sometimes the cars could hardly move for a long time. The terrible traffic is caused by the poor road and China's ability to cope with so many cars on the road at the same time. With more Chinese people buying cars every day, the problem seems to only get worse. But a design company called Shenzhen Hashi Future Parking Equipment has a possible solution: the super bus. The super bus would carry up to 1,400 people in its passenger compartment . It would travel on a rail system that would be elevated above the roads, so cars could drive under it. The bus will run on electricity and solar power, creating far less pollution than that from the cars it would be replacing . Beijing authorities haven't decided whether to create railways for the super bus throughout the city. But they are willing to give it a test drive. Later 2010, the company will test for the first time and in 2011 and 2012, the company will test the super bus with passengers. According to the government, Beijing is probably to have five million cars on the road by the end of 2010. So it seems to be necessary to start taking the bus instead soon. _ cars will be on the road by the end of 2010. A) 1,400 million B) 2,000 million C) 5 million D) 50 million\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Article: Not long ago, the only time you could see a robot was when you were reading a novel or watching a movie such asStar Wars . Today, however, a lot of things in science stories have been science facts. Robots are starting to appear in our everyday lives. These robots have different sizes, shapes, and colors. But they all have the same type of man-made \"brain\". Leading the robot revolution are industrial robots that work in factories. Industrial robots can do different kinds of jobs that are often boring and sometimes dangerous. Robots are also coming to American homes, though not as quickly as they are entering factories. These robots aren't as friendly and bright as those you saw in Star Wars.But, their makers say, today's home robots \"walk\", sense objects in their way (and sometimes knock into them), and even carry objects (which they sometimes drop). Well, nobody is perfect. We may laugh at home robot today, but some day they may see and hear better than humans do. We humans can only see certain wavelengths of light, and hear certain sounds. That's because the abilities of our eyes and ears are limited. Robots, however, need not have the same limits as we have. Robot may also be equipped with devices that pick up information humans can't. To understand what their sensing devices pick up is a hard job. Remember, man--made brains handle information, including all kinds of data, as zeroes and ones. Imagine the difficulty in trying to explain to a robot what a football looks like--using only zeroes and ones. Question: Robots may deal with information that humans can't. Which of the following is not one of the reasons? Yes or no, is the answer \"They handle information by using zeroes and ones.\"?\nYes\n\n(Question)\nArticle: What is your favourite colour? Ask famous persons like Cate Blanchett,Searlett Johansson and Bono,and maybe they will say\"green.\"That's not because these artists particularly like the colour green.Instead,they are interested in green fashion. Green fashion is about making(and wearing)clothes that are good for humans,animals,and the Earth.In the past,green fashion made people think of hippies and ugly clothes.But today,green fashion is different.It is about looking good and caring about the Earth and other people.You can have interesting clothes and be green. Around the world,green fashion is becoming popular.For example,the U.K.company People Tree sells men's and women's clothing and accessories .They are made from natural fabrics like cotton and wool.Workers who make the clothes are from countries like Nepal,Kenya,and Bangladesh.People Tree pays the men and women good money for the clothes they create. Singer Bono and his wife also started a clothing company called EDUN.When the clothes sell,EDUN uses most of the money to help people around the world. Question: Which sentence about green clothing companies is true? Yes or no, is the answer \"Most use natural fabrics to make clothes.\"?\n(Answer)\nNo\n\nQues: Article: Many places in the world need more fresh water. Every country is trying to find ways to turn salt water into fresh. Why aren't there many factories like the Symi factory? In some places the sun is not hot enough. Or it does not shine every day. In such places other ways of heating sea water can be used. These ways cost more money, but they work faster than the sun. By boiling sea water with high heat a lot of fresh water can be made quickly. But heating is not the only way to get fresh water from salt water. Other ways are tried. One way is freezing. The fresh part of salt water freezes first. To get fresh water, the bits of ice are taken out. Which way is the best? The one that gives the most water for the least money. It may be a different way for each place. Symi's way seems very good for small, hot places. It does not make much water at a time. But the factory is easy to build and costs little. That is why people in many dry places talk about Symi. Question: What fact doesn't the passage mention ? Yes or no, is the answer \"The Symi's way doesn't work in dry places.\"?\nAns: No\n\n(Q).\nArticle: Many of us don't pay attention to the importance of eye care. It's said that if you take care of your body, then you can be healthy. That is why our eyes should be given a lot of care. Natural eye care should be put in a number one place. There are several causes leading to poor eyesight like not enough food, gene and aging . Televisions, computers and reading are also the causes of having poor eyesight. If you happen to work in front of the computer, it is best to take a rest every once in a while. Something dirty can cause redness and they will make you feel uncomfortable. It is bad for your eyes, too. If this happens, the best way is to clean your eyes by using cold water. You must also try your best to protect your eyes from harmful thing. For example, sunglasses are not just fashion but they can also serve as a great way to protect your eyesight from _ . Eating healthy foods will do good to your eyesight. Remember that vitamins A, C and E are good for eyes. Try to eat food groups that have these vitamins. And you should do eye exercises because exercise protects your eyesight, too. If a person exercises regularly and eats the right kind of food, his eyes will stay in good condition for a long time. All above are natural ways of eye care that help us keep healthy eyes. Being happy all the time can be helpful to a person's eyesight, too. In a word, eye care is very important, no matter how old a person is. ,. Question: _ is the most important way to protect our eyes. Yes or no, is the answer \"Natural eye care\"?\n(A).\nNo\n\nQues:Article: Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881. His father was a painter and art teacher who gave his son the first lesson in drawing. He won a prize-- \"Science and Charity\" for his first important painting when he was only fifteen. He studied in several cities in Spain. But there was no one to teach him all that he wanted to know. When he was nineteen, he visited Paris. Paris was then the center of the world for artists. Everything that was new and exciting in the world of paintings seemed to happen there. When he was twenty-three, Picasso moved there to live and lived in France for the rest of his life. When he was over ninety, this great painter still lived his life like a young man. He was still looking for new ideas and new ways to use his artistic materials. When he died in 1973, he was ninety-one years old. . Question: Where was he born and where did he visit when he was nineteen? Yes or no, is the answer \"Spain and Paris.\"?\n\nAns:Yes\n\nQues:Article: The story happens on an island called Berk. Hiccup, a Viking teenager, lives with his tribe on the island. The Vikings are strong and good sailors . They often go on adventures . Fighting dragons is one of their traditions. Hiccup's father, Stoick the Vast, is the leader of the island. He hopes his son will become as strong as him and be the leader one day. But it does not seem to go well for him. Hiccup is nothing like his father. He is weak. People say he is not suitable to be the future leader. But Hiccup is smart and has a great sense of humor. Now Hiccup and other Viking teens are in Dragon Training. Hiccup will have to show others that he has what it takes to be a fighter. One day Hiccup hits a dragon with a stone cannon . He finds the hurt dragon named Toothless. Hiccup sets Toothless free and the two became friends. But his new friendship goes against the village's tradition. He has to stop others from killing the dragon! Will Hiccup be able to save his friend? What difficulties will he have to face? Go to see How to Train Your Dragon, a Hollywood 3D cartoon film. You'll find the answer. The film comes out on March 26. Question: Where can we probably find the passage? Yes or no, is the answer \"in a film magazine.\"?\n\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "No", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Article: If the rose can be said to be a special flower, then the apple can be said to be a special fruit. It is very important in American culture. American stories speak of Johnny Appleseed, who went throughout America collecting apple seeds and planting apple trees. He had a great love for nature and went through fields and farms adding richness and beauty to the country. One of the first sayings taught to school children is, \"An apple a day keeps the doctor away.\" This short saying encourages children to eat fresh fruit to keep healthy. If someone always says good words to a person, people will call him an _ . This, however, is not a good name. If someone is very dear to us, we say that he or she is the \"apple of our eye\". Most people believe that the fruit which Eve gave to Adam was an apple, even though the Bible never says so. The apple, therefore, is a deep part of the language and stories of America. An apple is also delicious. Apples can be cooked in many ways, used as a dessert , and made into sweet juice. In many parts of the country during the harvest season, a popular activity is to go into an apple garden to pick apples. Washington, D. C. and New York are both famous for their apples. Finally, when it's time to take a vacation to American cities, one can always visit New York, which is \"the biggest apple\" of all the American cities. Question: The passage is mainly about _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"apples in American culture\"?\nNo\n\n\nArticle: For many of us, printed books are satisfying in ways beyond the words they contain. Billions of printed books have been published, read and saved in the 600 years since movable type was invented, so why mess with a good things? Sony Electronics is doing just that, betting that readers will be won over by the convenience of readability of its new electronic book devices. Sony's reader, the PRS-505, can hold 160 books in its fixed memory, enough to line the shelves on a good-sized wall in the average American home. The $299 device is about the size of a paperback book, but a half-inch thick and weighs less than a pound. The Sony book reader is revolutionary not only in its storage capacity. The font is highly readable and adjustable by size. Unlike laptop computers, you can put the Sony in your purse, read it in direct sunlight and even bookmark the pages. And you can connect it to your PC to download books. Surprisingly, though the reader has liberated the book from paper, electronic books aren't always a bargain. For example, David Baldacci's \"Stone Cold\" download retails for $15.19 at the Sony site, while Amazon will deliver a hard copy to your mailbox for $16.19. The Sony reader also lets you store and play or display music. So what's not to like about the Sony? Well, for many _ , a lot. Book lovers like to have, hold and keep their volumes, which don't need charging. You can write notes in the margin1s, and enjoy the ambience they provide on your book shelves. The need for electronic reading devices is likely to grow as more people worried about the billions of tons of paper used for printed material. Many believe the time will come when devices like the Sony reader are as common as printed newspapers and magazines today. Question: What would be the best title for the passage? Yes or no, is the answer \"The age of the electronic book reader is coming\"?\nNo\n\n\nQ: Article: The following are the world-renewed attractions in London, so don't miss them while touring there. Shakespeare's Globe Shakespeare's Globe, which officially opened in 1997, is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, built in 1599, and brings Shakespeare's world to life. As a visitor to the exhibition,you'll discover how shows were produced in the theatres during Shakespeare's time. The guide-storytellers take you on a fascinating half-hour tour. Price: Adult PS9.00;Child(5-15) PS6.50; Student PS7.50; Under 5 FREE. The Tower of London The tower, nearly 100 feet high, with walls 15 feet thick, was built in the early 1080s. King Henry III made this tower his home. King Edward V and his younger brother were murdered inside by their uncle. Queen Elizabeth I was shut up in the tower for two months by her half sister Mary who felt that her throne was being threatened . In 1603, part of the tower became a museum. Price: Adult PS16.50; Child (5-15) PS9.50; Under 5 FREE; Student PS13.50; Family (two adults with three children) PS46.00. Banqueting House Banqueting House is the remains of Whitehall Palace which was built in 1529 and was home to the English kings. It was destroyed by fire. Famous for its architecture and painting, the building is also known for being the scene of Charles I's execution . Price: Adult PS4.50; Child PS2.25; Student (with ID) and senior citizen (60+) PS3.00; Under 5 FREE. Tower Bridge Exhibition Tower Bridge has stood over the River Thames in London since 1894 and is one of the finest, most recognizable bridges in the world. At the Tower Bridge Exhibition you can enjoy breath-taking views from the high-level walkways and learn about the history of the bridge and how it was built. You can then visit the Victorian engine rooms, home to the original steam engines that used to power the bridge. Price: AdultPS6.00; Child (5-15) PS3.00; Under 5 FREE; Senior citizen(60+) PS4.50; StudentPS4.50. Question: Which of the following places has the longest history? Yes or no, is the answer \"The Tower of London.\"?\nA: Yes\n\n\n*Question*\nArticle: Microwaves may be great at warming up food, but what about warming people? Using microwaves to directly heat owners of a room would save much of the energy wasted by heating walls and furniture. And despite popular ideas about microwaves, this technique would be safe, according to Charles R. Burlier of the Microwave Research Center in Marlborough, New Hampshire. Low-power microwaves only penetrate the skin (low-power microwave penetration in a ham is about 0.2 inches, for example) and with no negative effects. To test this idea, Buffler subjected himself to microwaves in a special room using a standard 500-watt, 2459 MHz magnetron . He found that a person will start to feel warmth at about 20 milliwatts per square centimeter (mw. / sq. cm. ) ; a satisfactory feeling of warmth occurs between 35 and 50mw. / sq. cm. By comparison, a person standing in noonday summer sun feels the amount of 85 mw. / sq. cm. And a frozen meat pie in your microwave oven receives about 1000 mw. / sq. cm. In houses of the future, each room could be provided with its own magnetron, says Buffler. When you stepped into the living room, for example, a motion detector would turn on the magnetron, filling the room with low-power microwaves. In the same way that a microwave oven heats up a hamburger, but not the plate it's on, you would feel warmth from the microwaves without changing the temperature of your coffee table. (You could, however, make your favorite easy chair even more comfortable by treating it with a radiation-absorbing chemical.) While it might be some time before homeowners are comfortable enough with the idea to set up whole-body microwave heaters in houses, Buffler says microwaves may attract livestock farmers. Lambs that are born outdoors in winter, for example, are frequently lost to cold. Microwaves could warm the lambs safely and quickly. Question: Which of the following statements about microwave heaters would Buffler most probably agree with? Yes or no, is the answer \"Perhaps microwave heaters will be first used by livestock farmers, who wish to protect their lambs in winter.\"?\n**Answer**\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "No", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and answer the question. Article: The prisoner had waited many months for help, but none had come. Now he felt he would do something to gain his freedom, to be free again to go about the world as he wished. But he could think of no way to run away. He spent many hours thinking of his life before he was captured, regretting the mistakes he had made and dreaming of the joys he had known. And over and over he said to himself that he was being punished for no reason. He was guilty of no crime, but he had not been given a chance to explain the events which made him guilty. Then one night the guard who sat outside the prisoner's door fell asleep. When he noticed this, the prisoner was struck by a feeling of hope. Perhaps he could steal the keys while the guard was sleeping. Silently the prisoner moved toward the guard. Very gently he lifted the ring of keys from the guard's belt. Then he turned and crawled toward the door. Could he work the lock from the inside? The key turned and the door was opened. Within two minutes he had crossed the yard and climbed the wall. Then he ran across the field, free at last, a smile of joy beginning to spread across his face. Question: The prisoner had a wish _ . Answer:\nto be helped out of the prison\n--\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Peng Liyuan, China's first lady, who has accompanied her husband to the United States, is no stranger to being in the spotlight. She has been praised by both mainland and international media for her sense of fashion on earlier state visits. Following her arrival in the U.S., she is set for a much-anticipated fashion face-off with her fellow, U.S. first lady Michelle Obama later this week. Here we take a look at four key differences between the two fashion icons. 1 Backgrounds Peng Liyuan Peng, a Yuncheng county, Shandong native, joined the People's Liberation Army when she was 18. She was one of the first people on the mainland to obtain a master's degree in ethnic music at the China Conservatory of Music. Her vocal talents made her a superstar as an army soprano , and she has given many singing performances at home and abroad. Michelle Obama Michelle grew up with her older brother, Craig, in Chicago. Her father was a water plant operator, and her mother was a full-time housewife until her daughter went to high school. She went to state school, and later graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor's degree in sociology. She then attended Harvard Law School in 1988, where she earned a doctorate in law. 2 Professions Peng Liyuan Aside from being the first lady of China and a singer, Peng is also the president of the People's Liberation Army's Academy of Art College. She has since stepped down from public performances, but continues with her charity work. Michelle Obama After working as a lawyer, Michelle began to work in public service and was the associate dean at the University of Chicago. She then became vice-president for community and external affairs at the University of Chicago Medical Center before her husband's inauguration. 3 Campaigns Peng Liyuan The World Health Organization appointed Peng as a goodwill ambassador in its campaign against tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in 2012. In 2014, UNESCO named her as a special envoy to promote education for girls and women. She has also joined Bill Gates,... Question: From their background, we know both Peng Liyuan and Michelle Obama . Answer:\nmake their achievements through their own efforts\n--\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: After three military tours in Iraq and three in Afghanistan, Dennis Swols gets angry easily. He is unable to really talk about his time on the battlefield. But as Swols sits in a clinic at Fort Bragg, his hand drops to the furry head beside him. His mood brightens. Sitting at his feet, Lexy , a 5-year-old German shepherd, gives Swols a few moments of distraction . It's her job. And, according to Swols, she is good at it. \"I have a hard time talking to people about my battlefield experiences and everything,\" says Swols, who took part in several wars. Now he's been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder . \"I just pet Lexy. Or I'm sitting here and we won't talk about military things. We'll just talk about the dog. My day is better every time I come in.\" For Doctor Christine Rumayor, Lexy is a partner and a living, breathing medical tool. The dog can calm a patient and make a therapy appointment a little more enjoyable. Animal therapy is used in only a few other army medical centers. A small number of dogs like Lexy are being used almost as co-therapists. The army is struggling to address stress disorders and mental health problems brought by more than ten years of war. One of the big difficulties is getting soldiers to seek treatment. Lexy, it turns out, is particularly good at that. Rumayor , who uses Lexy in her practice, said there was a resistance at first. \"You don't expect everyone to think they can just bring their dog to work,\" she said. Walking around the base, she uses Lexy to attract soldiers, and then draws them into conversation. \"There's nothing better than coming to an appointment where you get to have a warm furry thing that you get to pet all the time. People don't want to come in the door. When they see Lexy coming in, it makes them want to come in the door.\" Question: Christine Rumayor uses Lexy as a medical tool mainly because _ . Answer:\nLexy can make patients feel relaxed.\n--\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Feeling good and having humor in our lives can do wonders for our position and productivity , which means that there is definitely a place for some humor on the job. Having a smiling face will help your coworkers and supervisors feel better being around you, and you may well end up harvesting the rewards by laughing more in the workplace. But you need to know how to apply humor in your work environment. One of the main rules with humor in the workplace is to avoid argument when you are joking. Stay well away from joking about political affairs , race and religion. Never make fun of other people within your organization, as you are trying to win friends with the people you work with, and not set against them. If you can't help yourself, please be extremely careful. Making jokes about the ups and downs of your trade is a safe way to add wit to the place of work. You will have the benefit of knowing precisely what your coworkers have to face each and every day, and it's much better as it helps to let go of tensions and lower stress levels by getting them to chuckle about the situations they come across frequently. The very best time for some humor is when you are not working, but still in the region of the people you work with, such as a coffee or lunch break. You can also make an effort to be funny on the job, but when you are working, it's a good idea to use jokes much more discreetly than you would normally do. In general, humor in the workplace can flex your creative muscles and be a great help to your job. Question: What is the passage mainly about? Answer:\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "How to make jokes at work.\n--", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ques: Look, this is a photo of Mr. White's family. The man in the photo is Mr. White, the father. The woman is the mother. They have two daughters. The girl behind Mr. White is Mary. She's 14. The girl behind Mrs. White is Jane. She is 11. Mary and Jane are in the same school, but not the same grade. Mary is in Grade2. Jane is in Grade 1. They are good students. Mary is behind _ . A) Mr. White B) Mrs. White C) Jane D) Peter\nAns: A\n\nQues: I had never really liked reading and thought it was a waste of time. But once my teacher told our class to go to the library and find our favorite books. I love basketball, so I picked out a basketball book. It was called \"Hoops\" by Water Dean Myers. It is a good novel, and suitable for basketball lovers. This story is about a high school ball player named Lonnie. Lonnie lives in a poor family in Harlem, New York. He is a good basketball player and dreams of playing basketball in college, and of course in the NBA. When Cal, his new coach, walks into his life, he just wants to keep away from him. But at last they become friends and face many challenges together. I am now reading more of Walter Dean Myers' books. A lot of his books are about growing up in Harlem, just like he did. However, I like \"Hoops\" best. From Lonnie, you will learn that the people around you really affect who you are, and how much it helps to have the support of family and friends in your life. This book also makes me think about how hard it would be to grow up in a rough neighborhood. I have realized that we must believe in ourselves when life gets hard. I have learned a lot from this book, and I think anyone will learn much after reading it. It is a good story, and I really suggest that everyone read it. I hope you will enjoy this book as much as I do. According to the passage, what do we know about Walter Dean Myers? A) \"Hoops\" is his most popular book. B) He was once a basketball coach. C) He believes in himself. D) He grew up in Harlem.\nAns: D\n\nQues: Model Time A model is a small copy of a building, vehicle ,machine etc, especially one that can be put together from several parts. If you like models, then this will be the place for you . From model trains, planes and cars to rockets and boats, we've got them all! To find others who can share your interests, and to get more information, please call 88563219. Sports Club Sports Club offers you many different ways to keep healthy. You'll never get bored. Our Program & Service Department is always working in new ways to keep you strong and happy . For more of it , visit _ Keypals International Club KIC is a fun club started by kids, for kids aged 8 to 16. KIC tries to help kids understand different cultures through emails and other activities . KIC has members from 40 different countries. For more of it, visit _ Kids Art Club Kids Art Club offers drawing and painting classes to children aged 7 to 14. Classes are small and we have to have only six learners each class. All classes are taught by Jim Todd who has worked in the art field for over twenty years. For more information, please call 886766213. If you want to know different cultures of the world, you can _ . A) call 88563219 B) visit www.mysportsclub.com C) call 886766213 D) visit www.worldkids.net\nAns: D\n\nQues: We've talked about snails and their slow move. But much of the time snails don't move at all. They are in their shells --sleeping. Hot sun will dry out a snail's body. So at the least sign of hot sun, a snail draws its body into his shell. A snail will die in a heavy rain. So when it rains, a snail does the same thing, too. A snail can sleep for as long as it needs to. It spends all the winter months in its shell, asleep. In the spring the snail wakes up. Its body, about three inches long, comes out from the shell. When hungry, the snail looks for food. Its eyes, at the end of the top feelers, are very weak. But its sense of smell is very strong. It helps the snail to find food and the new greens. A snail's mouth is no bigger than the point of a pin. Yet it has 256,000 teeth! The teeth are very small, and you can't see them. If you put a snail in a hard paper box, it will eat its way out! And if a snail wears out its teeth, it will grow new ones. From the story, we know _ . A) a snail's shell is very thin B) a snail can't see well C) a snail's nose is quite short D) a snail's body changes in different seasons\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Snooker is a big sport in China.It is said that there are 300 million snooker players in China, so it's not surprised that some of the world's best players come from China.Ding Junhui is one of them. When Ding Junhui was eight years old, there were not many snooker clubs.His father often played with his friends on a table in the street,and one day Ding Junhui played with one of his father friends and beat him.His father,a shoe salesman,discovered that his son was talented at snooker.He then took Ding Junhui to China's nation snooker training center in Dongguan,Guangdong Province.There.they lived in a room of five square meters.When they ran out of money.Ding's father phoned his wife and told her to sell their house. After years of hard training,Ding turned professional in 2003 and became China's No.1.In 2005.more than 100 million people watched Ding Junhui win the 2005 World Snooker China Open.Since then, snooker has become more and more popular in China. \"When I was a small boy, snooker was not in the top 10 favorite sports in China,\"Ding says.\"Table tennis was top, followed by soccer, basketball and badminton.Now,basketball is top,but snooker is surely in the top five.\" Question: Ding Junhui became the best snooker player in China _ . Options: A: in 2003 B: in 2005 C: when he was 6 D: when he was 8\nB\n\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Bob and his family like eating fish very much. He often buys some fish in the shop and takes them home for dinner. His wife often asks her friends to their home to have lunch and eat fish. One day, Bob buys some fish home and goes to his office to work. His wife sees the fish and thinks, \"Good! I can ask my friends to come for lunch.\" When Bob comes home from work in the evening, he can't find his fish. His wife says, \" Oh, It's your cat. Your cat eats it.\" And she gives Bob some bread for dinner. The husband is very angry . He takes the cat and his wife to the shop near their home to _ the cat. Then he asks his wife, \"You see, my fish is one kilo, and this cat is one kilo, too. My fish is here. Then where is my cat?\" ,. Question: What does Bob's wife give him for dinner? Options: A: Some bread. B: Some chicken. C: Some fish. D: Some rice.\nA\n\nQ: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: I'm Cindy. Today is January 20th. It's my birthday. I get up at 7:30am. My parents say\"Happy birthday!\" to me. Today I get lots of gifts from my parents and my friends. My father gives me a book. My mother gives me a blue skirt. Ben, one of my good friends, gives me a basketball. There is a green note on my table. It says,\" I'm your gift, and I'm behind your schoolbag.\" Aha, it's a radio! It's from my brother, Jim. I'm a very happy girl. I love my family and my friends very much. Question: Cindy's mother gives her _ as a birthday gift. Options: A: a blue shirt B: a book C: a red skirt D: a blue skirt\nA: D\n\nQuestion: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: There are many kinds of movies in the world. For example: comedies, scary movies, documentaries , soap operas, action movies... People love movies. Comedies make people laugh because they are funny. Scary movies make people frightened and cry because they are scary. Documentaries bring people knowledge because they are educational. People like soap operas because they are romantic . People also like action movies a lot because they are exciting. Different people like different kinds of movies. Girls always like soap operas. Boys like action movies and scary movies. But all girls and boys like comedies. . Question: How many kinds of movies do you know from the passage ? Options: A: Five. B: Six. C: Seven. D: Eight.\nAnswer: A\n\n*Question*\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Most people like bikes. Perhaps you ride a bike to school. Riding a bike can be great of fun.Do you know how to ride a bike safely? Careful boys and girls learn to ride their bikes well before they go out on the road.How can you tell whether you are a good _ If you can ride a bike in a straight line,you can ride well .If you can't ,you should practice riding a in a safe place. To be safe on a bike, you need to use both hands and both feet. Keep your feet on the pedals and your hands on the handle bars. You know that your bike is only for one person. It's not safe to carry anyone with you. Keep yourself safe when you ride on a bike.Watch where you are going all times. Question: When you ride a bike, it is _ if you don't keep your hands on the handle bars. Options: A: safe B: dangerous C: important D: interesting\n**Answer**\nB\n\n*Question*\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: If you knew a bottle of water had been recycled from urine , would you drink it? Astronauts at the International Space Station (ISS) may soon do so. NASA said it would use a high-tech machine to recycle wastewater at the ISS. The machine will recycle everything from sweat , the water for washing hands, shower water, water used for brushing teeth, and even urine, to make drinking water. It will save NASA millions of dollars each year. At present, each ISS astronaut uses about 4.4 liters of water every day. It costs about $24 million a year to transport water up to ISS. NASA says that a liter of water costs about $11,000. The machine will be sent to the ISS in October 2008. NASA hopes it will recycle about 93% of all water used on the station. Will the water be clean? Scientists say the wastewater will go through a very complicated process . For example, different chemicals will be put in the wastewater; the water will be heated to 130degCto get rid of bacteria . The recycled water is thousands of times better than the water from a city tap, scientists say. Question: Scientists plan to get rid of bacteria in the wastewater by _ . Options: A: freezing B: heating C: shaking D: precipitating\n**Answer**\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Yao Ming, the center of the Chinese National Men's Basketball Team, served the Huston Rockets in NBA.The 2.26 m, 120 kg center becomes the first one to come from a foreign team. Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980.His mother was a center and captain of the Chinese National Women's Team.His father played basketball, too. Yao Ming is widely known in China.He came to be a very important basketball player in China Basketball Association .It's short for CBA.During the 2000~2001 season, he did very well.He got 27.1 scores for the Shanghai Oriental Sharks in every match. Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in November, 2002.He said this was a new start in his basketball life.He would do his best to learn from the NBA and improve himself. Sport analyst Bill Walton said, \"Yao Ming has the potential , the capability of changing the future of basketball.\" Question: Sport analyst Bill Walton thought Yao Ming was able to _ . Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- learn from the NBA\n- change the future of basketball\n- improve himself\n- becoming an American\n\nAnswer: change the future of basketball\n\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: I am a student in China now. My name is Kelly Smith. I live with my parents, two sisters and a brother in Beijing. My parents teach English in No.6 Middle School. I study in the same school. I am happy here, because I like my new school and the classmates. They are very friendly to me. They like to play with me because I look different from them. I have blue eyes and long blonde hair. They often say I look like a doll . Also I speak English well, so lots of students like to talk with me to improve their English. Question: How many people are there in Kelly's family? Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- three\n- four\n- five\n- six\n\nAnswer: six\n\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: How to look good in a school uniform? You can look great in your school uniform, if you follow these tips: (1) Make sure the uniform is the right size for you. You will need a pair of scissors , but please, don't cut anything until you measure where you want the uniform to reach on your body. If you can find a tailor to do the job for you, it will be better. (2) Make your uniform tidy Your uniform should be taken good care of. Make sure your uniform is always tidy and clean. It helps you look smart. (3) Accessories can help. You can wear a nice watch. It will make you look beautiful and tell you the right time when you need to know. A cute hair clip can also make you, girls, look attractive. Choose a hat that matches the shape of your face or a backpack that goes well with your uniform. Also, have fun in winter by wearing colorful scarves. (4) Walk with confidence. It doesn't matter how cool your uniform is (or is not). If you are not confident, nobody will notice how great you look! Question: The following things can make you look good EXCEPT _ . Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- having a pair of scissors\n- wearing clean uniforms\n- wearing a nice watch\n- being confident\n\nAnswer: having a pair of scissors\n\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: One day, Mr. Smith went to a dinner party. He was wearing very old clothes. He came into the room. But people in the room didn't look at him. They didn't ask him to sit at the table. He wasn't happy. But he said nothing. Mr. Smith went home quickly and put on his best clothes. He went back to the party. Everyone in the room stood up and looked at him. They gave him good food to eat. Mr. Smith took off his coat, and put it on the food and said, \"Eat, coat!\" The other people were surprised and asked, \"What are you doing? Why do you do that?\" Mr. Smith answered, \"I am asking my coat to eat food. When I wore old clothes, you didn't look at me. You didn't ask me to sit down. Now I am wearing these nice clothes. And you give me good food. Now I see, you give the food to my coat, not to me.\" Question: Which statement is right? Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- A person in good clothes should eat good food.\n- A good coat should eat good food.\n- We can't judge a man by his clothes.\n- Mr. Smith is stupid .\n\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "We can't judge a man by his clothes.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Bill was a boy of 15. His parents went to gambling day and night. Nobody cared about hi. He always failed in his exams. So his teachers didn't like him, nor did his classmates play with him. Bill often slept in class because his heart was not in school. He almost gave himself up. One day, Miss Jones, a new teacher, came to Bill's class. She was a smiling, beautiful woman. Bill was in love! For the first time in his young life, he couldn't take his eyes off his teachers; yet, still he failed. It was Miss Jones' class. She was asking a question. \"I'd like the smartest boy to answer my question.\" Then she said loudly, \"Bill, please!\" Bill was surprised. And he stood up without a word. \"Just try it! I believe you can!\" After school, Miss Jones had a long talk with Bill. She told him that she cared about him and believed in him. Bill thought a lot that evening. From then on he arrived at school on time every day. Miss Jones helped him with his homework in the afternoon. She even cooked delicious food for him. She told Bill, \"Nothing is impossible if you put your heart in it.\" Later, Miss Jones gave another exam. Bill did it with all his heart. He was very excited to find that he had passed the exam. Now Bill discovered that not only could he learn, but he could do it well. A changed took place in Bill's heart. You see, one teacher saved one boy, it's simple , really. Miss Jones changed Bill by _ . A) doing homework for him B) encouraging and helping him C) giving Bill another exam D) cooking delicious food for him\nB\n\n\n(Question)\nThere is a student from China in our class. He is very good at his lessons, but he is also very shy. He doesn't talk too much with us because he thinks that there are so many differences. When he came into our classroom for the first time, he was so frightened that he cried out. That's because of our appearances. For example, his hair is short, black and straight, but ours are all different from his. Jim's hair is yellow and much longer than his. Dave's hair is curly and brown. Kitty's hair is blonde. Our builds and clothes seem to be strange in his eyes,too. Peter is a boy. He is tall and thin, but he wears a colorful T-shirt. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A) The student with straight hair is from China. B) Jim's hair is shorter than that of the Chinese. C) Our clothes are also different from that of the Chinese. D) The color of Kitty's hair is blonde.\n(Answer)\nB\n\n\nQues: This is a photo of Mr. Black's family. The man with glasses is Mr. Black, the father. The woman is the mother. They have a son and a daughter. The son is behind(....) Jack and Kate are in the same school, but they are in different grades. Jack is in Grade Three and Kate is in Grade One. They are good students. Black is the _ name. A) man's B) woman's C) boy's D) family\nAns: D\n\n\n(Q).\nJust then the police radio says there was a robbery in a supermarket nearby. The police told Mr. Brown to stay there and they would be back soon. Then the police ran to the supermarket. Mr. Brown didn't wait but drove home. When he got home, he was tired and went to bed. Mrs. Brown found a police car in front of their house and the lights were still on. . Mr. Brown went home _ . A) on foot B) by car C) in his friend's car D) by taxi\n(A).\nB\n\n\nQues:China is the first developing country to host the Olympic Games in modern Olympic history. It hopes to learn from other countries that have held Olympic Games. As well as new buildings, the government wants more people to work in all the services in Beijing. There are a lot more people in the city, because of all the visitors to the Olympics. The city also need more places to eat and drink, because visitors eat out a lot. The government says the Beijing Olympics are \"green\", \"hi-tech\" , and \"the People's Olympics\". They want everyone to feel part of the Olympics. So the Chinese people have prepared for the Olympics too. Many people learn English to work as guides in 2008. The Beijing organizers make sure everything that is built for the Olympics can be used after the Games are over. So the Chinese people work for the Olympics and they can benefit from the Olympics too. When the Olympics are over, the people of Beijing can use the swimming pools and other Olympics sports centers. The new buildings for the Olympic can _ . A) be used by the people after the Olympic Games B) be closed after the Olympic Games C) be only reopened when the next Olympic Games come D) be destroyed\n\nAns:A\n\n\nQues: New York is one of the last large American cities to have some of its policemen on horseback. The New York police have 170 horses working in certain parts of the city. The horses are expensive to feed, but it is even more expensive to look after them. Because the horses must walk on the streets, they need special horseshoes. In fact , they need more than 8,000 of them each year. Every police horse in New York gets new shoes every month. Keeping these shoes in good repair is the job of six blacksmiths. There are only about thirty-five of these blacksmiths in the whole United States. The cost of shoing a horse is between twenty dollars and thirty-five dollars, and it takes a good blacksmith two or three hours to do the job. A blacksmith's job is not an easy one. He must be able to shape a shoe from a piece of metal and then fit it to the horse's foot. The blacksmith must bend over all the time when he is fitting the shoe and must hold the weight of the horse's leg while he works. Clearly, a blacksmith must be very storng. But even more important, he must be able to deal with horses---for before the blacksmith can begin his work, he has to get the horse to lift its leg. One of the blacksmiths in New York is James Corbin. He came to the country from Ireland in 1948. He not only makes horseshoes for the police but also works for a group of horse owners near the city. Corbin became interested in blacksmithing because his father did it, and,as the puts it, \"It's a good way to make a living.\" James Corbin became a blacksmith because he _ . A) was interested in horses B) was needed by the policemen C) drew a picture of the horseshoe D) had a make a living\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "More than anything else in the world, Lion liked being King of the jungle. He walked around, showing off his power and pride. Each day Lion took a long lazy sleep under the shade of his favourite tree. He always dreamed of weaker animals bowing before him. One day Mouse ran through the jungle and tripped over Lion's huge paws. Lion woke up with a start. \"How dare you wake me up! \" he shouted angrily. Lion grabbed Mouse with one paw. \"On the second thought, I'm in the mood for the snack, and you'll make a delicious meal.\", he said. Mouse cried out, \"King Lion, please spare me! If you let me live, I'll always remember your kindness. And, some day, I might be able to help you.\" \" How could such a powerless little mouse ever help me?\" That thought made Lion laugh so much that he decided to let Mouse go. A week later, Lion was walking through the jungle on the way to his favourite tree when he stepped onto a hunter's net. The net scooped him up. No matter how he twisted and turned, he couldn't escape. When Mouse heard Lion's frightened shouts, he raced to help. Mouse quickly chewed through the ropes to make a hole in the net. Soon, Lion moved out and was free. Lion looked down at the little mouse. \"Thank you for saving my life,\" said Lion, smiling his widest smile. \"I was mistaken. You are not a powerless little mouse. You are a great friend!\" What did Lion do each day? A) He stepped onto a hunter's net. B) He bowed before weaker animals. C) He showed kindness to animals in the jungle. D) He had a good sleep under his favourite tree.\nD\n\n\n(Question)\nWe all have our own ways of sharing our life experiences with others. Photographers use cameras, artists use brushes, musicians use songs and writers use stories. Spencer Johnson's story Who Moved My Cheese? shows changes exist in our life. Life changes and so we do. We must change ourselves to face the changing environment, or we will fail. Just look at the cycle of the seasons. Trees bud in spring and in summer their leaves turn green. In autumn, their leaves start to fall onto the ground. When winter comes, there are no leaves on trees. Next spring the cycle begins again. Since we know there are cycles in nature, we can prepare for them. We know it is colder in winter and hotter in summer, so we can dress properly. Since we accept the cycles of nature, we should also accept the changes in our life. We can prepare ourselves for changes by becoming more flexible . We can regard the changes in our life as chances. As we keep changing ourselves, we can keep up with the changes in our life. What's the main idea of this passage? A) Weather changes in different seasons. B) Who Moved My Cheese? Is a good book. C) We should change ourselves when life changes. D) We should not lose heart when we meet with difficulties.\n(Answer)\nC\n\n\nQues: I'm a boy. My name is Bill. I'm thirteen. I'm in Class Two, Grade One. I have a good friend. His name is Jim. He is an English boy. He is in Class 3,Grade 1.Mr Wang is our English teacher. He is 27. Miss Zhang is our Chinese teacher. She is 30. We are good friends, too. Mr Wang is _ . A) our Chinese teacher B) a boy C) 27 D) a girl\nAns: C\n\n\n(Q).\nA frog is born in a small river.When he is young,the river is his home.He doesn't know his parents,but he has hundreds of brothers and sisters.He swims about and plays with them all the time.At that time,he doesn't look like his parents.He has no legs and he has a big tail .So he looks like a fish. Later,his tail gets shorter and shorter.And he has four legs and a very short tail.He looks like his parents now. Then, he's going to eat a lot of bad insects . Who does a frog play with all the time? A) His parents. B) His brothers and sisters. C) Fish. D) Insects.\n(A).\nB\n\n\nQues:Indonesia is my mother's homeland and one of my favorite countries. Since I was young, I had learned a lot about the country and become interested in it. For a long time I had wanted to do something for the country and people there, and I thought volunteering would be a good and fun way to do so. I received the greatest pleasure from being with the children. Teaching my first English class in Aceh was exciting but I was rather nervous. As time passed by, I learned how to be a better teacher. Teaching was actually the most enjoyable of my many responsibilities . Many children were shy at first. But when they relaxed, they would start talking and telling you a lot of funny things. I believe we were helping them build up their confidence. For the children who are more in need, The Education Program (TEP) will collect donations to help them. As a volunteer, I had to visit the TEP children at home once a month and help them write a thank-you letter to their This was a way for the children to communicate with their sponsors. Sometimes the sponsors would write back to the children. Seeing the children's happy faces, I had a great sense of pleasure. The writer visited the TEP children _ A) to help them write a thank-you letter B) to play with them C) to help them with their study D) to help them build up their confidence\n\nAns:A\n\n\nThe 18-meter-tall Rubber Duck arrived in Beijing on Friday. It was placed on waters in the International Garden Expo Park, where the Yongding River passes through. The Rubber Duck exhibition was designed by Dutch artist, Florentijn Hofman. It was part of the activities of Beijing Design Week, which ran from September 26 to October 3 in 2013. The Rubber Duck stayed in the park until September 23, then moved to the Summer Palace, a famous Beijing tourist spot, where it was on display until October 26. The duck is made of over 200 pieces of rubber. It was guarded not only by staff, but also by 10 volunteers wearing yellow T-shirts and hats with a rubber duck logo. Sun Yidong, a volunteer who guided visitors to the duck, said the art brought energy to the traditional Chinese park. \"Seeing the giant Rubber Duck makes me feel like I'm a kid again.\" Sun said. Because of the rain on Friday, there were not too many people coming to see it. The Expo workers said they expected more people to come and visit the duck on weekends. Zhao Yan said she had been following news about the duck since 2007, when the duck began its journey. \"I even considered going to Hong Kong to see it. It's great that the duck is in Beijing,\" Zhao said. Before arriving in Beijing, the Rubber Duck traveled to 13 cities in nine countries. \"The aim of the Rubber Duck is simply to bring everyone back to their childhood again,\" said Zeng Hui, a leader of the Beijing Design Week Organizing Committee Office. \"It can be a toy for adults.\" ,. The Rubber Duck arrived in Beijing on _ . A) Thursday B) Friday C) Saturday D) Sunday\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "input with options: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Young people can have problems with their minds.Some students become worried because they have to study very hard.Others have trouble getting on well with people like their parents and classmates. Liu Wei,a junior 2 student from Hefei,could not understand his teacher and was doing badly in his lessons.He became so worried about it that he started to cut his finger with a knife. Another student,14-year-old Yan Fang from Guangzhou,was afraid of exams.She got very worried when she looked at the exam paper.She couldn't think of anything to write. A recent report from Jiefang Daily says about 18% of Shanghai teenagers have mental problems.Their troubles include being worried and very unhappy.And they have problems in learning and getting on with people.Many students who have problems won't ask others for advice or help.Some think they will look stupid if they go to see a doctor.Others don't want to talk about their secret. Liang Yuezhu,an expert on teenagers from Beijing Anding Hospital has the following advice for teenagers: * Talk to your parents or teachers often * Take part in group activities and play sports * Go to see a doctor if you feel unhappy or unwell Question: Students who have problems won't ask others for help because _ . Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- they won't let others think they are stupid\n- they don't think doctors can help them\n- they don't want to tell their secret to others\n- both A and C\noutput: both A and C\n\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: My name is Eric. I know many students like going to the movies and I'm sure that different people like different kinds of movies . Well ,what kind of movies do you like? Last Monday I went to a school and asked some students about their favorite movies. Here are some of their answers. Jack, an 11-year-old boy, likes watching scary movies. He thinks scary movies are scary but exciting .His classmates.Alice,13,can't stand documentaries . She thinks they are boring and they are for parents. But she really likes comedies because they are funny. James, a big boy ,doesn't mind documentaries. But he doesn't like comedies because he thinks they are not exciting! The survey showed that the most popular movies were action movies. Most of the students enjoyed them very much. Question: Why doesn't James like comedies? Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- Because he thinks they're boring.\n- Because he thinks they're for parents.\n- Because he thinks they aren't funny.\n- Because he thinks they aren't exciting.\n\nA: Because he thinks they aren't exciting.\n\ninput: OPTIONS:\n- the modem's help\n- the telephone line's help\n- the web designers' work\n- the website manager's work Now, answer this question: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Mails, games, music, news, chat rooms and shopping! The Interent is part of our life today. It's easy to get onto the Internet. The only thing we need to do is to use a modem which is used for connecting a computer to a telephone line. The Internet is changing and growing all the time. More and more people have computers and use the Internet. Using the Internet means surfing the World Wide Web(That's the \"WWW\" you always hear about). The Internet has a large number of websites . They are the places where you go to get information and do things. Where do these websites come from? They are made by web designers. What happens when you click on a word or a picture? You are sent to another page. It's all because of the web designers. Web designers do a lot of work by using a computer programming language. Is web design all about computer programming? No, it's about making something new. Web designers must imagine a lot when they are making a website. It must look good and be fun to use. A big part of web design is art. They choose the best pictures and colors to make the website look good. They also write the things that you see on the website. An important part of their job is to share ideas with the website manager about how to design the website well. Question: It's possible for us to change websites just by a click because of _ . Answer:\nA:\noutput: the web designers' work\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: There are lots of animals on the earth. What is the biggest animal of all? The whale is. A blue whale weighs more than a hundred tons. Whales live in the sea, but they are not fish. They are mammals and must have air to breathe. The babies drink milk from the mother's body. Every spring, groups of whales swim hundreds of kilometers to warm places. Each group goes to the same place every year. The mothers take very good care of their babies. Whales are a gentle kind of giant. They always live together and help each other. They \"talk\" to each other in the water with a high noise that sounds like singing. Yet people kill over a hundred whales a day. They kill them to make many things. The whale dies very slowly and in great pain. Some ships kill every whale they can find, even mother whales and babies. If things go on like this, there will be no young whales to grow up and no mother whales to have more young. Question: When whales talk, it sounds like _ . Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- singing\n- crying\n- a baby\n- calling\n\nAnswer: singing\n\nProblem: OPTIONS:\n- can show their personalities by hairstyle\n- must not have a cool hairstyle\n- should wear the same shoes to school\n- can show they are different by wearing their favorite clothes\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Liang Xiyan still misses her long black hair, which was cut two weeks ago. Liang became a senior high school student in September. In her new school, the rules say that boys' hairstyles must be cropped and girls' hair cannot fall below their shoulders. Liang's school is not alone: many have similar rules on hairstyles. Teachers think a cool hairstyle is a waste of time and money. It may also _ students from their studies. \"Your personality is not shown in how you wear your hair but in your ability,\" say teachers. It's difficult for students to follow these rules. Teenage students like to look nice but they are asked to wear school uniforms. Liang says the only way in which they can be different lies in how they wear their hair. And they want to copy their favorite stars' hairstyles. They wouldn't be happy in a school with strict rules. \"I prefer a school with rules on hairstyles,\" said Li Man, a Senior 1 student. She said her school's rules on hairstyles are OK but there could be some little changes. \"For example, boys should be allowed to have their hair a little longer,\" Li said. \"But students must not dye or curl their hair . This way there will not be so many complaints.\" Question: We can learn that students _ in Liang's school. Answer:\nAnswer: must not have a cool hairstyle\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: A hobby is not a job or a school subject. A hobby is something you enjoy doing in your spare time. It's not something you need to do. It's just fun. Some people make model ships, keep pets, plant flowers, play computer games or chat on the Internet. Some paint pictures or dance to music. Some collect everything from stamps to seashells ... People take up hobbies because they think these activities can bring them many things like happiness, friendship and knowledge. Anyone, rich or poor, old or young, sick or well, can have a hobby. A hobby will make your life colorful. ,. Question: When do people often take up hobbies? Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- In their work time.\n- In the daytime.\n- In their free time.\n- In the holiday.\n\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "In their free time.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ques: Article: An artist went to beautiful part of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a famer. Every day he went out with his paints and his brushes and painted from morning to evening. When it got dark, he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed. At the end of his holiday, he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, \"No I do not want money, but give me one of your pictures\", .The farmer smiled and answered, \"It's not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes here next month. I will show him your picture, and then he will not want to be an artist any more, I think.\" Question: Where did the artist live in the country? Yes or no, is the answer \"He was in Britain.\"?\nAns: No\n\nQues: Article: U.S. Bottled Water Sales Are Booming Again Despite Opposition Despite organized anti-bottled-water campaigns across the country and a noisy debate about bottled water's environmental impact, Americans are buying more bottled water than ever. Why do so many people seem to think they should have any input on what other American's choose to buy or do? If they want to buy bottled water, let them. If they want to eat fast food, let them. If they want to smoke pot, let them. -- Barackalypse People just get tired of paying for others' bad behavior. If many people eat excessive fast food, you pay higher insurance premiums. If many people frequently buy bottled water, your trash bills go up and landfills fill up quickly.www.zxxk.com It's about personal responsibility, which really should be a cornerstone of libertarianism. -- Bdbr So? This is the price you pay to live in a free society. You want to control the life of another just so you can save a few bucks? What would you say when someone do the same to you? -- Norman619 Defend selfish pricks all you like; I'm just glad there are still people who still believe personal responsibility is a good and decent thing. We make your life cheaper and less bothersome. -- Yoyo What a waste of money! It's fine when you're on the road and you need a cold drink, but people who buy cases of bottled water for home are completely crazy. -- Agmlauncher I wish we all can find a way to improve things and benefit from this. The environment needs a lot of help but businesses will always work on what people would need and demand. Is this part of the balance? Hope we can find better ways. -- Skipweis Question: According to the text, Agmlauncher is _ bottled water. Yes or no, is the answer \"partly supportive of\"?\nAns: Yes\n\nQues: Article: Dorothea Shaw is 71 years old and nearly blind, and she chose to live alone far away from people. She lives in Belize -- a county the size of Wales with a population only that of Swansea. Her home is at Gales Point, a tiny village which can be reached only by sea or air; after a 10-mile walk into the hills one finally reaches a piece of land and two small houses so hidden in the thick over-grown forest that only a handful of people know Dorothea is there. She lives happily and totally alone - growing her vegetables, looking after her trees and dogs, cats and chickens. Once a month or so an old friend passes by with her food supplies and letters-usually including a letter from her sister in Scunthorpe and some bits of clothing from friends in Canada. Sometimes a local man will come and cut wood for her and a group of British soldiers will come across her and be greeted with the offer of a cup of coffee. At night she lies in her tiny sleeping room with the dogs on the floor, the cats on the table near the typewriter and one of the hens settled down in a corner of the bookshelf, and listens for hours to any Spanish, English, German or French broadcasts she can find on her radio. Sometimes she gets lonely but most of the time the animals and the radio are company enough. But recently the very things that she had tried to get free from so well have begun to catch up with her. The peace of the forest has been destroyed by the noise of earth-moving machines not many miles away. What she once only heard of distantly on the radio is now on her doorstep. Things began to change three years ago. The new main north-south road in Belize was cut through the forest only four or five miles away. \"Now more people know I'm here.\" She says. \"I feel more and more uneasy each day.\" Question: Dorothea spends a lot of time _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"listening to the radio\"?\nAns: No\n\nQues: Article: If you are a high school senior graduating and looking to enter college in 2006, you will take the new exam. The biggest change to the SAT will be the introduction of a new writing section. The writing section will consist of two parts: an essay and a multiple-choice section. Students will be given 25 minutes to respond to a prompt and construct a well-organized essay that effectively deals with the task. The essay question may require students to complete a statement, to react to a quote, or to agree or disagree with a point of view. In any case, a good essay will support the chosen position with specific reasons and examples from literature, history, art, science, current affairs, or even a student's own experiences. Essays will be scored based on the procedures for the current SAT II: Writing Test. Essays will be graded by two independent readers On a scale of 1~6, and their two scores will be combined to form an essay subscore that ranges from 2 to 12. Should the readers' scores vary by more than 2 points, a third reader will score the essay; The readers will be high school teachers and college professors who teach composition. To ensure that essays will be scored in a timely manner, they will be scanned and made available to readers on the Internet for grading purpose. The writing section will also include multiple-choice grammar and usage questions. Some of these questions will call upon students to improve given sentences and paragraphs. Others will present students with sentences and require them to identify mistakes in diction , grammar, sentence construction, subject-verb agreement, proper word usage. The highest possible score on the new writing section will be 800. Scores on the essay and multiple-choice section will be combined to produce a single score. A writing subscore will also be assigned. The highest possible scores on the Critical Reading and Math sections will remain 800 each, making 2,400 a perfect score on the new SAT. Question: Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? Yes or no, is the answer \"The writer criticized the multiple-choice in the SAT.\"?\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "No", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Article: Discover the beautiful, silent, white world or Antarctica on the holidays of a life-time.Head South to Buenos Aires and then transfer to the world's most southern city, Ushuaia.From there, it's about 1,000 kilometers on a special icebreaker ship to the freezing temperature of Antarctica. Getting off the ship and taking your first step onto the ice, you will imagine what it is like to be an explorer.Meet penguins sitting on their eggs, or see an Antarctic seal that lives all the year round on the ice.But do not get closer than five meters to any animal, in case you frighten it or make it angry. The friendly crew of the ship will look after you as you explore the ice continent. We promise you fantastic meals and a comfortable bed -- you sleep in a four-person cabin -- as well as many special treats.If you don't think it is cold enough, try the ''polar plunge\" -- jump into a special hole dug in the ice and dip your head under the water.You can then jump into a hot bath and if you succeed we will give you a certificate. After you wake up for the first time in the Antarctica you will understand why everybody who goes there falls in love with the place.The scenery is different every day because the sea ice is always moving. Our ships travel to Antarctica from November to March -- phone today and book your dream holiday! Question: If you want to get a certificate, you have to _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"try the \"polar plunge\"\"?\nYes\n------\nArticle: A Bite of China Season Two(<< >> ) is coming! The program is shown at 9:00 on CCTV-1 every Friday night from April 18 to June 6, 2014. There are altogether eight episodes , all about history andculture of food, eating and cooking in China. The directors spent one year visiting more than 150 different parts of China. More than 300 types of food are covered in the documentary. As an old Chinese saying goes, _ . It plays an important role in our daily life, and the rich food culture is also one of the most important parts of Chinese culture.A Bite of China Season Twowants to show the joys and sadness of ordinary Chinese in changing times through food. A Bite of China Season Onewas shown on CCTV in 2012. It attracted more than 100 million viewers. It is all about food, while the second season cares more about the relationship between the people and the food. For example, the first episode shows a young man spent four hours climbing a 40-metre-high tree to get something nice for his brother. The show reminds viewers of their homes and the tastes of childhood. One Weibo user wrote, \"A Bite o f China Season Twomakes me have so many words to say. It makes me think of my parents and my grandmother. I haven't been home for a long time, so I have decided to go back in a few days.\" The show uses food as a window to introduce China to the world. Viewers can see how Chinese people love life by loving food. Anyone who wants to know more about Chinese culture and Chinese society should have a bite of the program. Question: How many types of food are covered in this program? Yes or no, is the answer \"More than 300.\"?\nNo\n------\nArticle: Do successful businessmen need an office? Increasingly the answer seems to be no. Chris Ward, author of the book Out of Office explains how President Barack Obama's first inauguration speech was written by 27-year-old Jon Favreau sitting in Starbucks ; how Richard Tait, creator of Cranium, started the board game in a coffee shop; how Michael Acton Smith invented the children's virtual world Moshi Monsters in his local cafe Nero; and how JK Rowling, the novelist behind Harry Potter, believes a cafe is the best place to write. It is a convincing view, and for basic start-ups it makes much more sense to work from home and public spaces such as cafes than renting an expensive office. Offices are hard to find, costly to decorate and involve much tiring administration. Moreover, by staying independent you avoid the misery of a daily commute , which for many is the worst part of a job. Thanks to mobile communications, WiFi and cloud storage, together with the increasing heavy-duty equipment such as photocopiers, fax machines and desktop PCs, the traditional office is becoming redundant for many sorts of organizations and workers. Of course, factory managers, surgeons, chefs and industrial chemists are still tied to specialist locations. But many of us---from software engineers and copywriters to architects and fashion designers---can operate almost anywhere. That freedom, and a willingness to adapt, can make one's career more enjoyable and, sometimes, more efficient. Question: Which of the following careers is tied to special locations? Yes or no, is the answer \"Surgeons.\"?\nNo\n------\nArticle: Working the night shift a few nights a month can do more than leave your eyes bleary-eyed ,suggests a study on Wednesday. It just might increase your risk of color1ectal cancer .Nurses who worked the night shift at least three times a month for t5 years or more were 35%more likely to develop that type of cancer than nurses who never worked nights,Harvard University researchers report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The finding,from the ongoing Nurses Health Study,is the first to link night shift work with a higher risk of color1ectal cancer,expected to kill 57,100 Americans this, according to the American Cancer Society.Another research,including a report out of the Nurses Health Study, has suggested that working night shifts increases women's breast cancer risk. The researchers asked 78,586 nurses whether they had ever worked three or more night shifts a month.The nurses indicated whether they had done so for less than 15 years or 15 years or more.The scientists followed the women to see who developed color1ectal cancer. Researchers believe that lowered levels of melatonin might increase night-shift workers' cancer risk.Melatonin levels usually reach the highest point in the middle of the night. Turn on the lights,though,and _ dropped measurably in just 10 minutes,says Richard Stevens a cancer epidemiologist at the University of Connecticut who did not take part in the new study.After two weeks of continuous nightly exposure to light,humans experience a sharp drop in melatonin production,Nurses Health Study researchers write. In the lab,melatonin appears to stop tumor growth.Other studies suggest that color1ectal cancer patients have lower blood levels of melatonin than healthy people,the authors write.However,that could be a result of the disease,not a cause of it.Stevens says. Question: Which of the following plays an important part in causing cancers for nurses working night shifts? Yes or no, is the answer \"The exposure to light\"?\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "No\n------", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "In this task, you're given an article, a question which often contains a blank, four options (associated with \"A\", \"B\", \"C\", \"D\") and the answer to that question. Your task is to classify whether the given answer is correct or not by providing \"Yes\" or \"No\", based on the article.\nOne example is below.\nQ: Article: Homework can put you in a badmood , and that might actually be a good thing. Researchers from the University of Plymouth in England doubted whether mood might affect the way kids learn. To find out the answer, they did two experiments with children. The first experiment tested 30 kids. Someshapes were hidden inside a different, larger picture. The kids had to find the small shapes while sitting in a room with either cheerful or sad music playing in the background. To test their mood, the scientists asked the kids to point to one of five faces, from happy to sad. Children who listened to cheerful music tended to point to the smiley faces while the others pointed to the unhappy ones. The researchers found that sad kids took at least a second less to find the small shapes. They also found an average of three or four more shapes. In the second experiment, 61 children watched one of two scenes from a film. One scene was happy, and the other was sad. Just like in the first experiment, kids who saw the sad scene acted better compared to the others. The researchers guessed that feeling down makes people more likely to focus on a problem or difficult situation. Not all scientists agree with them, however. Other studies argued that maybe, that cheerful music in the first experiment distracted kids from finding shapes. While scientists work on finding out the answers, it still might be wise to choose when to do your tasks according to your mood. After eating a delicious ice cream, for example, write an essay. \n Question: Researchers did experiments on kids in order to find out _ . \n Options: (A) how they really feel when they are learning (B) whether mood affects their learning ability (C) what methods are easy for kids to learn (D) the relationship between sadness and happiness \n Answer: B\nA: Yes\nRationale: It is clearly mentioned in the article that to the check effect of mood on children is the main purpose of the experiment. Hence, B is the correct answer and output is Yes.\nQ: Article: Now that America has declared a state of swine flu public health emergency, you may be asking yourself -- what am Isupposed to do? Here is a list of practical steps you can take to prepare and protect yourself and your family. 1) Know the symptoms-- Here are some of the symptoms that sound like swine flu -- fevers over 100 degrees (37.8degC), body aches, cough, runny nose, and sometimes, nausea and diarrhea . It's also useful to know if you might have had an exposure either by recent travel to Mexico, or to the areas of known cases so far in America -- specific areas of California, Texas, New York, Ohio and Kansas. Or you may have been exposed to a sick person who came from those areas. 2) Don't panic-- If you have symptoms that sound like swine flu, do not rush to hospitals. Not only is this difficult for the healthcare system, it can also be potentially dangerous for everyone. Call your doctor or local public health clinic before going in. 3) Contain the illness-- Hand-washing works. Wash, wash and wash. Invest in some hand sanitizer for the whole family. Avoid hugs and kisses of well-wishers, and do not share telephone handsets or computers. Be especially careful to always cough into the elbow of your arm (yes! the elbow, not your hand!). Cover your cough and sneeze to protect others. 4) What about a mask?-- The data shows that masks do work --as long asthere is a tight seal about the mouth and nose. 5) Eat the pork(if you want) -- Swine flu gets its name because pigs can get the infection and spread it to each other -- as well as to humans. This latest virus contains pieces that indicate it evolved from swine flu virus, and can now spread from person to person. Swine flu is not spread by properly prepared and cooked pork products. So if you want to eat pork, you can. 6) Getting sick? Stay home!-- In our go-go-go culture and these severe economic times, it can be very hard to call a boss and cancel a day's work. Now, however, if you or your loved ones are feeling like there's a flu coming on, stay home. 7) Stockpile?-- Right now, it's too early for any of us to become a Swine Flu Shut-In, but the public health department recommends that each home have two weeks of supplies, in case we must stay home -- either for illness or to help contain transmission. That means two weeks of food for everyone in your home, two weeks of all medications, and, if you're like most people, two weeks of books and DVDs. \n Question: The purpose of the writer is mainly to _ . \n Options: (A) analyze the possible causes of swine flu (B) tell people how to protect themselves from swine flu (C) give people some information about the present situation of swine flu (D) suggest some treatments for swine flu \n Asnwer: B\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Yes", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "*Question*\nArticle: It was 1:30 a.m. Monday at London's Savoy Hotel and, with autograph books and cameras, a group of brighteyed tennis fans of all ages were waiting for just a glimpse of Maria Sharapova . The 17-year-old girl defeated champion Serena Williams 6-1 6-4 in the Wimbledon final on Saturday in London to become the first Russian to win a single title at the championships. A silver lining to a depressing, rain-hit Wimbledon, she has raised heated passion. Nobody was complaining, though, for the 1.83-metre Sharapova has created a welcome wave of interest in tennis, something missing in recent years. Not even Anna Kournikova evoked such passion when she broke on to the scene. To look good on court is one thing, but Sharapova can actually play the game too. Extremely well. She proved it over 13 days at the world's most prestigious tournament. Playing tennis of the highest quality throughout, the Russian's triumph not only lifted the tournament from fits of rain-induced depression but also salvaged(;) the season for the woman's tour. Sharapova was given no easy ride in the tournament, having to beat 1999 champion Lindsay Davenport in the semifinals and twice-champion Serena Williams for the title. Neither caused her much concern. \"I don't remember too much about the final,\" Sharapova giggled. \"I was in my own place.\" She will find it increasingly hard to find any place to call her own from now on after advertisers identified her as the most marketable woman in sport. In Russia she is sensational news. She headlined the news bulletins and was telephoned by former Russian President Boris Yeltsin after her triumph. Sharapova will return to her adoptive Florida home knowing life will never be the same again. But the girl who arrived in the US aged seven with her father and just US$700 is determined not to let fame and riches detract from her number one love, tennis. \"I know things will start coming up and that many more things will want to get involved, but I want to keep my... Question: Before Sharapova, there was(were) _ Russian(s) who had won the title. Yes or no, is the answer \"No.\"?\n**Answer**\nNo\n\n*Question*\nArticle: As a student, you must be excited to know something about American school students. In fact, just like in China, in the United States, high school is usually divided into two periods, the first two or three years are called \"junior high school\" and the other is \"senior high school\". In China, children enjoy free education of nine years, but in the United States, the students enjoy free education(which will be started when they are about 6 years old) until they are 18 years old. As a result of the free education system, American children have little difficulty in going to senior high school. American high school students can take part in a lot of activities outside of the classroom. The activities are organized by the school, such as joining a music group or a sports team. Certainly, just like us students in China, American students have to work hard in order to get good marks if they want to go to a good university. They take classes in all kinds of subjects all through the high school period. And students with low marks at the end of a school year are still allowed to go on to the next grade. In American high schools, there is fighting or hurting or other kinds of bad behaviors. So children who want to go to university are often sent to suburban high schools, where most students want to go to university and the atmosphere is quite different. Question: The writer of the passage tells us the truth that _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"suburban high schools are good places for learning\"?\n**Answer**\nNo\n\n*Question*\nArticle: \"Benjamin Franklin,\" Walter Isaacson tells us at the beginning of his long (but never boring) new biography, \"is the founding father who winks at us.\" By that, Isaacson explains, he means Franklin is the most human--and most modern--of the men who shaped the American republic. We admire Washington, Jefferson and Adams, but they remain creatures of the 18th century. The man we encounter in \"Benjamin Franklin\"--funny, pragmatic and selfaware -- seems like one of us, or at least someone we'd like to be. Unlike Washington's cherry tree, Franklin's kite was real. His experiments with electricity made him one of the great scientists of his day. He was a middleclass businessman whose success as a printer and a journalist allowed him to retire at 42--and he devoted the rest of his life to his country. He was diplomat who persuaded the French to back the American Revolution and the author of the first great American autobiography. He was an excellent swimmer. There was almost nothing he couldn't do well, except write poetry. But what truly distinguished Franklin was his talent of being great and human at the same time. He owned slaves as a younger man, but in his last years became an abolitionist .When he fathered an illegitimate son, he acknowledged his fatherhood and took the responsibility of raising the boy. He seems strange today in the joy he took in compiling and creating all those self- improvement _ he published in Poor Richard's Almanac -- \"early to bed, early to rise\" and so on. Generations of lazy boys could have been happier without that. But he was no hypocrite . Isaacson tells us Franklin practiced what he preached, and often laughed at _ while he did so. By a happy accident, this is the second excellent biography of Franklin to appear in two years, after Edmund S.Morgan's inspiring \"Benjamin Franklin.\" Question: In which part of a magazine can we most probably find this article? Yes or no, is the answer \"Society and the Arts.\"?\n**Answer**\nYes\n\n*Question*\nArticle: Many people influenced various aspects of my life, based on their personal characteristics, accomplishments, and values. I have been fortunate to have had numerous teachers and professors who I respect for their patience and intelligence. There are artists that have inspired me by their natural talents and original creativity. I value many political leaders, who have inspired me by their contributions to society, and their ability to change our futures. But of all the people I have known in my life, the person I admire most is my father. As the youngest girl in my family, I always considered myself to be\"Daddy's little girl\". While I grew up, it always made me sad to see so many of my friends and neighbors without a father or father-like figure around. This helped me appreciate how my father always takes an interest in his children's lives. In every aspect of my life my father continuously pushes me to _ , so I could accomplish my work outstandingly among my people. Whenever I feel like giving up, or have a question or a concern, I know I can always call on him for advice. _ His strength seems to be unbreakable during hard times, and he is extremely determined to accomplish anything he sets his mind on, no matter how tiny it is. I highly respect him for how he stands up for what he believes in, and will never back down. I have always admired his open mind, compassion for people, and sense of understanding. He is a very reserved man, but to everybody's surprise, he has a great sense of humor, and always knows how to put a smile on the faces of his wife, his children and his friends. Living in his affection and instruction, I am very proud of my father. He also professes how proud he is of his children, and is still there to support us in whatever we are involved in. Question: What can we infer about the author? Yes or no, is the answer \"She had pity on the fatherless.\"?\n**Answer**\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "No", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "input question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Dolphins are not fish. They are mammals .They live in groups and speak to each other in their own language. But they are quite different from almost all land animals. Their brain is as big as men's and they live a long life at least 20 or 30 years. Like some animals, dolphins use sounds to help them find their way around. They also use these sounds to talk to each other and to help them find food. They do not use their ears to receive sounds,but use the jaw--the lower part of the mouth. It is strange that dolphins are friendly to men, and for thousands of years, there are many stories about dolphins and men. In the 19th century, in a dangerous part of the sea near New Zealand,there was a dolphin. The seamen liked him very much and gave him a very good name, Jack. From 1871 to 1903 ,Jack met every boat in the area and showed it the way. In 1903 a passenger on a boat with the name of The Penguin shot and hurt Jack. Luckily the dolphin didn't die, and after a long time he was well again. He guided the ships through the area for nine more years, but he refused to help the boat of the Penguin. Today, some people still kill dolphins, but many countries in the world now protect them. In these places, people are not allowed to kill them.???\noutput answer: Question: Who was Jack?Options:A The writer.B A dolphin.C A seaman.D The passenger.Answer:B\n\nWrite a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Do you think hard work can make anything possible? If you don't, you may want to read the book We Can Do written by Moshe Kai Cavalin. It might change your mind. Moshe Kai Cavalin is a 14-year-old American boy. He is about to graduate from UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles) this year. Before that, he had already gotten a degree from East Los Angeles Community College in 2009. Recently, Cavalin published the book We Can Do. In this book, he talks about how to achieve things we want, by keeping yourself focused and trying your best to do everything. He says this doesn't need genius , just hard work. Cavalin says being called a genius \"has always bothered me... People need to know they don't have to be geniuses; they just need to work hard and they can achieve anything. If I can reach the stars, others can reach the Milky Way(,).\" The idea of writing a book came from a teacher named Richard Avila at his first college. Cavalin says Avila inspired him to write a book to explain how he succeeded, so he could inspire other people. It took Cavalin four years to finish the book. Because his mother is Chinese, she wanted to publish the book in Chinese. So Cavalin translated the book into Chinese by himself. The book did well in Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.\n----\nAnswer: Question: According to the passage, we know that _ .Options:A Cavalin is a middle school studentB Cavalin wants to read the book We Can DoC Cavalin will graduate from ELACC this yearD Cavalin went to college at an early ageAnswer:D\n\nQ: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: There are many things we need to know, but we do not learn them at school. For example, if we want to use our money wisely, we need to shop carefully. We need to know how to compare the prices of things in different shops. We need to be able to compare the quality of different brands . We need to know how to make _ choices when we shop. Knowing how to make such choices is a \"life skill\", and we need the skill if we want to lead a useful and happy life. Some of these choices are small. For example, will I have an apple for lunch or a pear? Will I take a bus to school today or will I walk? Will I wear the red T- shirt or the blue one to go to the movie? Other choices are more important. For example, will I eat healthy food for lunch or will I eat junk food? Will I work hard on all my classes or will I work hard only in the classes I enjoy? We make choices like these every day. Making wrong choices can cause unhappiness. We have to realize that the choices we make can affect the rest of our life. And our choices can also affect other people. If you decide to waste time in class, play a joke on someone or talk loudly at the movie, consider this: who else does your choice affect? ,A, B, C, D,(10).\nA: Question: _ can help us use our money wisely when we shop.Options:A Choosing good brandsB Comparing the price and qualityC Going to big shopsD Learning business at schoolAnswer:B\n\nQuestion: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Everyone needs friends. Friends bring us happiness and hope in our lives. But the ability to make friends changes from person to person. To some people, making friends is easy, and to others it's very difficult. Making friends is a skill, and the first thing is to know how to get along with others. If you have trouble in making friends, maybe I can tell you how to do it. Realize your own good points. You have skills and talents that others will like. Believe that you are a good person and have something nice to share with others. Be humorous. Learn to laugh at yourself and your weakness. Remember to smile to others. Respect others. Everyone has his own idea. Learn how to listen to others' ideas without trying to make them accept yours. Be kind. If you are kind to others, they will usually be kind to you. There are hundreds of little things you can do to show kindness. Open the door for someone. Wave to a friend and so on. Don't complain. Learn to accept what you can't change, and work hard to change what you can. No one is willing to hear your complaining all the time. Never give up. Even if you are faced with some closed-minded people, never give up. And try to find someone who will understand you.\nAnswer: Question: Why do we need friends according to the passage?Options:A Friends can do everything for us.B Friends can bring us happiness.C Friends accept our ideas all the time.D Without friends we could not live.Answer:B\n\nProblem: Given the question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Did you hear of the supercomputer? Recently, China's Tianhe-1 was ranked as the world's fastest supercomputer, according to a new list of world's TOP 500 supercomputers. It took 200 Chinese scientists two years to build the fastest supercomputer. It can do 2,507 trillion calculations in a second! That means it will take a personal computer 600 years to finish the work that a supercomputer does in a day! The US now leads the world in the area of supercomputers. It is home to more than half of the world's top 500 supercomputers. Japan also has advanced technology. China is developing its supercomputer technology quickly. But experts say it will take years before China's total computing power can catch up with that of the US. Supercomputers can work on many different things. They can solve problems in areas like national defense , energy and science. In business, you can also use supercomputers. Oil companies use them to find oil and gas. Banks use them for quick trades. Food companies even use supercomputers to make sure that they put potato chips into cans without breaking them. To make a supercomputer, scientists first need to link thousands of small computers together. Then they use software to turn them into one supercomputer. In fact, any person with enough knowledge about computers can make a supercomputer. But you need the top technology to make a supercomputer run fast.\n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\nThe answer is:\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Question: The world's fastest supercomputer _ .Options:A was made in AmericaB was made within two monthsC can do 2,507 trillion calculations in a minuteD was made by 200 Chinese scientistsAnswer:D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: A farmer was put in prison . One day, he got a letter from his wife. \"I am worried about our farm,\" she wrote. \"It's time to plant potatoes, but I can't do all the digging by myself.\" The farmer thought over and then had an idea. He wrote to his wife, \"Don't dig the fields. This is where my gold is. Don't plant potatoes until I come home.\" A few days later, the farmer got another letter from his wife. It said, \"Two days ago, about ten prison guards came to our fields. It looked as if they were looking for something. They have dug our field.\" The farmer wrote to his wife at once. \"Now you can plant our potatoes,\" he wrote. Question: The farmer told his wife _ first. - not to dig the fields - to dig the fields - to ask the prison guards for help - to find the gold in the fields\nnot to dig the fields\n\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: My name is Sam. I joined a club called \"passing help\" last month. Now let me tell you why I joined it. One evening this May, on my way home my old car broke down .It was 25 miles from my home. I wanted to get a ride , but there was no car. It was also hard to take a taxi. I decided to take a bus home .I went to a bus stop nearby. After a while, a bus came, but it did not go to my town , the bus driver was a young woman. She was kind and she told me which bus I should take. I waited there for about thirty minutes,but no bus came .At last a car came to me and a woman came out of the car .She was just the bus driver. \"When I reached the bus station,I got to know that the bus to your town couldn't come ,so I returned here .I just can't leave you here ,\"she said , \" Get in my car and I will take you back to your home.\" \"It is a long way.\" I said. \"Come on,sir, \"she said,\"Let's go.\" On the way,she told me a story. A few days ago,there wasn't gas in her car. An old man drove her up to a gas station and then back to her car. When we got to my home,I wanted to give her some money to thank her,but she didn't accept her. \"I only want to help others and do something nice for somebody. Pass it along. \" she said. Question: What happened to Sam one evening this May? - He lost his way. - His car broke down. - He was hurt in an accident. - He couldn't reach the gas station.\nHis car broke down.\n\nQ: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Traffic lights are very important for us. I think you know this. But do you know how they were born? Garrett A. Morgan was the father of traffic lights. He was an American. His family was very poor. He left school at the age of 14. He was clever. He always looked for better ways to do things. And he liked to make new things. At that time, every American wanted to have a car. The streets were full of cars. The traffic was really bad. \"Why not put three lights at each corner ? They should be red,green,and yellow,\" Morgan said , \" Let them tell cars to go or stop.\" He made a timer to change the lights. So we have traffic lights today . Question: Why could Garrett A.Morgan invent traffic lights? Because. - he always looked for better ways to do things - his family was very poor - he wanted to have a car - He was clever\nA: he always looked for better ways to do things\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: What is the hottest English word of 2013? It's \"selfie\", according to Oxford dictionaries. Selfie is a photo that one takes of oneself, according to the Oxford online dictionary. People usually take selfies with a smartphone and send them to a social media website. The word was first used in 2002. In the past 12 months, its frequency in the English language has increased by 17,000 percent, said Oxford dictionaries. Now, almost everybody knows it. \"Almost every day, I take a photo of myself at school, and save it in my Qzone (QQ),\" said Huang Xu, 13, from Hunan. These photos record her happy and sad moments. Pop stars also take a lot of selfies. Li Chunping, 14, from Harbin, is a big fan of Yang Mi. \"She has used many selfies to tell us what's going on in her personal life,\" said Li. What makes people love selfies? Some people say it's narcissism . \"The rise of the selfie is a perfect symbol for our narcissistic culture. We're crying out: Look at me!\" said US psychiatrist Carole Lieberman. Young people are using selfies to make friends online, Jonathan Freedland wrote in The Guardian. \"The usual purpose of taking a selfie is to share online. They express a human need to connect with others,\" wrote Freedland. Huang Xu agrees with that. \"During summer vacation, my classmates and I shared many selfies online. Hair or clothes were not our interests. Through these photos, we got to know each other's holidays and feelings,\" said Huang Xu. Question: We put the sentence \"But some people don't see it that way\" at the beginning of _ . - Paragraph 4 - Paragraph 5 - Paragraph 6 - Paragraph 7\nAnswer: Paragraph 6\n\n*Question*\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: ,A,B,C,D,. Luisa is from the USA. She lives in New York. She is twenty-one years old. She likes her teaching job. Now she is a teacher in Beijing. From Monday to Friday, she is very busy and gives classes every day. She likes her students a lot and often plays games with them in the afternoon. Her favorite sport is tennis. Sometimes she reads in the reading room in the afternoon. On weekends, she often goes to see Beijing Opera . She thinks it is very interesting and fun. She collects many pictures of Beijing Opera. Sometimes she goes to see her friends. She like singing, dancing and drawing. She has a pen pal in China. The pen pal is a boy, he is from Shanghai. He likes sports and Beijing Opera. They talk about Beijing Opera in the letters. Luisa wants to go to Shanghai to see the pen pal one day. Question: At school Luisa sometimes _ in the afternoon. - watches TV - reads in the reading room - sees Beijing Opera - plays the guitar\n**Answer**\nreads in the reading room\n\n(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: With more and more cars on the road, the traffic _ will happen. How do we see it and how can we solve the problem? We know that the traffic jam happens in many places, especially in big cities. What are reasons for the problem? On one hand, some people think that they should have a car when they have enough money, and then it's easy to go out and they can feel comfortable. On the other hand, a growing number of people hope to use their cars to show off . What's more, years of research has shown that one of other reasons for the traffic jam is the driving habit. For example, many young people enjoy driving very fast, so they can feel excited. At last, most of them hardly care about the speed rules. Many governments are working at how to make the traffic better. In my opinion, firstly, the governments should educate those people who have cars or plan to buy cars. The governments must make them know that the traffic jam is very serious, and set up a much more perfect traffic system to solve the traffic pressure. Question: Why is the traffic jam getting more and more serious? - Because there are not enough ways of transportation. - Because there are fewer speed rules. - Because there are more and more cars on the roads. - Because the speed rules make young people have a bad driving habit.\n(A).\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Because there are more and more cars on the roads.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "In a chatting room on the Internet, some children are talking about what they like to do at school. Flying Fish: I think music is my favourite. I like listening to many beautiful English songs. I need to feel _ after a day's work. So I often listen to my favourite music after supper. Singing Bird: I like music, too. But I only listen to Chinese songs. I also like drawing. Maybe I can be a great painter when I grow up. I also like reading. Reading makes me clever. Jumping Tiger: I don't like music or drawing. They are a waste of time, I think. I am a good basketball player. I can help our school team win. Don't you think it's cool? Running football: I am not a good basketball player. But I play football well. Playing football makes me strong. I feel great when I am on the football field. I spend half an hour a day playing football. Swimming Cat: I am not like many other boys. I don't like sports very much. I just think reading is my favourite. I can learn a lot from books. I spend an hour reading books every day. How long does Running Football play football every day? A) Half an hour. B) More than 3 hours. C) Seven hours. D) One hour.\nA\n\n\nWhat do you think of celebrating Christmas Day in China? Christmas Day is very popular in China, especially for young people. Should Chinese people celebrate Christmas Day? 60% people think that we should not take Christmas so seriously, 10% think everyone should celebrate Christmas. Some people think celebrating Christmas Day can help them understand western culture better. Some people think it is a great holiday to have a good time with their families and friends. During Christmas Day, they can meet friends, go shopping, watch movies and go to different parties. But I have different ideas. Most of us celebrate Christmas just because we see many people around us do it. China has its own holidays, such as the Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Day, so we don't have to celebrate holidays from other countries. Some people spend a lot of money celebrating Christmas Day. People buy lots of gifts for their friends and families, but this is not the best way to show their love. The writer thinks some people celebrate Christmas Day by _ . A) having a good rest B) getting many gifts C) spending much money D) making more friends\nC\n\n\nQ: How many things can you do at the same time? Eating and reading are easy. Reading and playing the violin are difficult. But some people can do many things at the same time. Bob is a one-man _ . In this picture Bob is playing the drums and the guitar with his feet. He is playing the drums and the guitar with his feet. He is playing the cymbals between his knees and the accordion with his hands. He's also playing the bells with his hands. What a talented man Bob is! This story is talking about _ . A) a doctor B) a nurse C) a teacher D) a musician\nA: D\n\n\nQuestion: Many French teachers and parents complain that their kids are less bright than they were. They say young people visit museums less often and spend too much time on the Internet. They only read comics and listen to music, and like American culture more than their own. But is this true? A recent survey shows that many French kids spend their time as other kids always have. Most French teens love music, with 86% putting it as their top hobby, above the cinema, sport and television. French kids read a lot and like different things, from Japanese cartoons to American novels. Many French people worry that their children watch too many American films and listen to too much American music. But the results of this survey show that French young people like their own culture. As Silvia Berlin, a student from Paris, says, \" _ \" Most French teens' top hobby is _ . A) going to the movies B) doing sport C) watching TV D) listening to music\nAnswer: D\n\n\n*Question*\nOn a hot summer day, a little boy decided to go for a swim in the lake behind his house. In a hurry to swim in the cool water, he ran out of the back door, leaving behind his shoes, socks, and shirt as he went. He flew into the water, not noticing that in the middle of the lake, a crocodile was swimming to the bank. His mother in the house saw the two as they got closer and closer. She quickly ran to the lake, shouting to her son as loudly as she could. Hearing her voice, the little boy swam quickly to his mother, but he was too slow. Just as he reached her, the crocodile reached him, too. The mother caught her little boy by the arms just as the crocodile caught his legs. There was a tug of war between the two. The crocodile was much stronger than the mother, but the mother didn't give up. A farmer happened to drive by. He heard her shouts, and then tried his best to kill the crocodile. After spending weeks in the hospital, the little boy felt well. His legs were scarred by the animal and on his arms there were deep scars, too. His mother's hands had deeper scars because she wouldn't let go. The newspaper reporter interviewed the boy. He asked the boy if he would show him his scars. The boy said to the reporter proudly, \"Look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms. I have them because my mom wouldn't let go.\" The little boy _ when he heard his mother's shouts. A) swam to the middle of the lake B) quickly ran toward the water C) ran out of the back door of his house D) swam quickly towards his mother\n**Answer**\nD\n\n\n*Question*\nWe may know that there are four basic periods for human beings to pass through when you enter and live in another country. This process helps you deal with culture shock . Culture shock begins with the \"honeymoon period\". This is the time when you first arrive in a place where everything about the new cu1ture is strange and exciting. You see new things, hear new sounds and language, eat new kinds of food. This period can last for quite a long time because you feel very happy. Unluckily, the second period can be more difficu1t. After you have got used to your new life, you can become very tired and begin to miss your motherland, your family, your friends, your pets and so on. Al1 the little prob1ems in life seem to be much bigger and more worrying when you face them in a foreign country. This period can be very difficult and lead to moving backwards quickly. The third period is called the \"adjustment period\". This is When you begin to realize that things are not so bad in the new country. Your sense of humor usually becomes stronger and you realize you are becoming stronger by 1earning to take care of yourself in the new place. Things are still difficult, but you are now a survivor . The fourth period can be cal1ed \"at ease at last\". Now you feel quite comfortable in your new place. You can deal with most problems that you have. You may still have prob1ems with language,but you know you are strong enough to deal with them. At this time, you may feel a little uncomfortable if you go back to your motherland. During the first period of the process, you feel A) sad and lonely B) happy and excited C) angry but strong D) easy but uncomfortable\n**Answer**\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: I grew up in one of the poorest areas in Bradford. I live in a three-bedroom house with six brothers and sisters. I studied very hard . I got the best results in the history of the school. Other students would be happy with receiving such results. Their parents would give them an MP5 player as a prize or take them for a trip. What about me? In fact it made me sad. It was because my application to Imperial College London didn't pass. It is my dream to study medicine there. I know that nothing in life is easy. I won't give up. I will apply again the following year. While some students are traveling during the holiday, I am working hard. I help the doctors look after sick people in a hospital . I believe I must become a doctor one day. Question: How many brothers and sisters does the writer have? Options: A: Three. B: Four. C: Five. D: Six.\nD\n\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: There is an old English saying.It tells us that we must go to bed early and get up early in the morning.Then we shall be healthy.We shall also be rich and clever.This is true.The body must have enough sleep to be healthy.Children of young age should have ten hours' sleep every night.Children who do not have enough sleep cannot do their work well and they may not be healthy.The body also needs exercise.Walking, running, jumping and playing games are all exercise.Exercise keeps the body strong.Exercise also helps the blood to move around inside the body.It is very important.Our blood moves to all parts of our body.The head also needs blood.Exercise helps us to think better. Question: Does exercise help us to think better? Options: A: Yes, it does. B: No, it doesn't. C: No, it does. D: Yes, it deosn't.\nA\n\nQ: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: In every country, there are thousands of people who want to help out. Many join organizations run by their governments, for example, the Peace Corps in the United States and Voluntary Service Overseas in Britain. Since the powerful earthquake took place in Sichuan, more than 200 thousand volunteers across China have been helping there! They do all kinds of work or come up with ways to help improve life. Some offer their professional skills for free. Others have no qualifications , but they love to work hard to help. One of the most famous volunteers in the world was Mother Teresa. She could be the best volunteer because she gave her life to helping the poorest people of Calcutta. She helped the homeless, cared for the sick, gave out food, and became the mother of those without families. Now more and more teenagers actively look for volunteering opportunities, too. They volunteer because they think it will be fun or they will learn something. They also like the idea of being helpful to others, even if it is just handing out books for the teacher. As they get older, these reasons are still the same, but there are other important reasons for volunteering such as learning on-the-job, getting work experience, and improving their social life. All volunteers bring joy to the people they help in so many ways. They might read books to the blind, fix up broken homes, find ways to get water for villages. Could you be a volunteer? What kind of volunteer work could you do? There is someone in the world who needs you. Question: The Peace Corps is _ in the United States. Options: A: a city B: an organization C: a volunteer D: a school\nA: B\n\nQuestion: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: In 1896, the first modern Olympic Games was held in Athens. Since then many countries have successfully held the Olympics, such as England, France, Germany, Canada, the USA, Spain and Australia. After more than a century the Games returns to its hometown. When people hold the Olympic Games, they always make an emblem . The emblem of the Athens Olympic Games this year is a white circle of olive branches in the sky. \" Athens is developing a spirit of peace .\" An officer said, \"While in Athens, the world should be at peace. We hope the peace is not just for a short time. We would like the message from the Athens Games to help countries come together and solve their problems.\" Four years from then, the Olympic Games will be held in Beijing ,China. And China has already made a seal as the emblem of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The emblem has a single Chinese character on a red seal and means \"Chinese Seal, Dancing Beijing(.)\". Below it, there are the words \"Beijing 2008\". The character in the emblem is \"Jing\". It means \"capital'' of China and it is also like a runner or a dancer. The running figure on the emblem shows the spirit of the Olympics--faster, higher and stronger. Question: How many years have passed when Athens holds the Olympic Games again/ Options: A: 100. B: 104. C: 108. D: 112.\nAnswer: C\n\n(Q).\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Mark Twain was famous in his days as a public speaker. In his public speeches he always liked to tell funny stories. He also liked to listen to funny stories and play jokes on his friends. One day one of his friends lost his wallet and asked Mark Twain to pay his train fare for him. \"But I don't have enough money to pay both your fare and mine, \"Mark Twain said. The friend didn't know what to do. \"We can do this, \"said Mark Twain. \"We can get on the train and when the conductor comes to check the tickets,you can hide under my seat. \" Later, however, when the conductor came to check the tickets, Mark Twain gave him two tickets-one for his friend and one for himself . Then he explained in a loud voice. \"My friend here is a strange man. When he travels on a train, he doesn't like to sit on the seat. He prefers to lie on the floor under the seat. \"Of course everybody in the train looked at the poor friend and laughed at him loudly. Question: Mark Twain spoke in a loud voice because _ . Options: A: the conductor was standing far away B: his friend was deaf C: he enjoyed doing so D: he wanted all the people here to know there was a man under the seat\n(A).\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: * You'll never be good at Maths. It's generally accepted that boys are good at Maths and girls aren't. The fact is that it isn't true. When girls reach their teens, most of them lose their interest in Maths. They think they are females. They want to stay away from things that are boys' things, and Maths is still thought of to be a boy's thing. The Maths class is hard, but if you give it a chance, you could be great at Maths, especially because you are a girl. * Being skinny is good. Lots of websites tell visitors that losing interest in eating is a beautiful thing. They are lying. Losing interest in eating is a disease, not a healthy thing. It can kill you. * You are not supposed to make as much money as a guy. It's said that in 2014 women who work full-time earn about 23 percent less than guys earn. Once you see real women successful in cool jobs, you'll truly get that you're worth just as much or more than any guys. * Caffeine will help you study better. Caffeinated soft drinks have long been advertised as must-haves for women when you have to work very hard. But if you want to do your body a big favor, you'd better give up caffeine.\nA: Question: Which of the flowing is NOT true?Options:A Being skinny is good for girls' health.B Girls sometimes can do better than boys in Maths.C Girls earned as much money as boys did in 2014D We'd better give up caffeine.Answer:A\n\nQuestion: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Books are our best friends. They are very quiet, but we can always find both fun and knowledge once we open them. Here are two good books you can read during the holiday. Book: The Little Prince French writer :Antoine de Saint-Exupery Both adults and children love this classic book. It is about the adventure of a young prince. It shows the importance of innocence ( ) ,imagination and love. The little prince comes from planet B-612. In his eyes ,adults are all very strange. Unlike them, he sees the essence of things .He cares more about a flower and a sheep than the \" important\" things of adult world. The prince lives on his planet with a rose. He loves the rose very much. But he soon feels tired and leaves his planet. He meets many more strange adults on other planets. On Earth, he discovers interesting things such as a snake, other roses and a fox. The fox tells him a secret :Only the heart can discover the most important things. This helps the prince realize his love for the rose and he goes back to his planet. Book: To Succeed on One's Own( ) American Writer :Liu Yong Writer Liu Yong from Taiwan wrote this book for his daughter .It can help young people succeed. The book teaches you about student-teacher relationship, how to use your free time and even what kind of clothes to wear. It answers many of teenagers' most common questions. Liu uses his daughter's stories as an example to help readers understand the principles . His book is far from boring. There are lively stories and dialogues, with objective analysis ,hope and confidence from a good father. ,.\nAnswer: Question: What does \" The Little Prince\"talk about? It's about.Options:A The adult worldB The planet B-612C A rose andD The adventure of a young princeAnswer:D\n\n[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: This is a picture of a classroom. The classroom is big and clean. You can see a teacher's desk, six desks and seven chairs. You can see a girl and a boy ,too. Four books are on the teacher's desk. A pencil case is on the desk. Two pens and two rulers are in the pencil case .A school bag is under a chair. A ball is on the floor. The girl is Mary, She is 11.The boy is Jack. He is 12.They are is Class Two. They are friends. The teacher is Miss Smith. She is not here.\n****\n[A]: Question: It's a picture of _Options:A boys and girlsB desks and chairsC a classroomD a bedroomAnswer:C\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Alice is a busy girl. Now she is relaxing .She is watching the Friday night weather report on television .She likes sunny weather just like today. She wants to know what the weather will be like tomorrow. She's going to have a picnic .This is what the reporter is saying, \"Good evening and welcome to evening weather report. We are going to have a very different weather across the country...\"Alice is sad .She doesn't like raining.\n++++++++++\noutput: Question: What is she going to do ? _ .Options:A She's going to workB She's going to have a picnicC She's going to watch TVD She's going to wash clothesAnswer:B\n\nPlease answer this: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: I'm Bessy. I began to learn English in Grade 6,not like most of my friends who have been learning English since kindergarten( ) or at least in Grade 3.I fell in love with this foreigner language at once. As an old saying goes, \"Interest is the best teacher.\" I began to be crazy about English. I learned words and grammar, made sentences, wrote essays and read English storybo oks as many as I could. Some of my friends find it easy to forget the words they learned the other day. So do I! You can't remember words well without using them often. So you should turn to a dictionary for help when you meet new words and want to know their other meanings and usages. Then make your own sentences from time to time.Another way to keep new words in mind is reading articles. You can easily remember new words through _ As for spoken English, I'm lucky to have some foreign friends. So I have more chances to improve my spoken English. If you want to communicate with foreigners, don't be shy, and just practice with anyone who knows English.\n++++++++\nAnswer: Question: Bessy improves her spoken English by _ .Options:A listening to tapesB watching English moviesC talking with foreignersD joining the English club.Answer:C\n\nQuestion: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: A woman repeated a bit of gossip about a neighbor. Within a few days the whole neighborhood knew the story. The neighbor was deeply hurt. Later the woman learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise old man to find out what she could do to repair the harm. \"Go to the market,\" he said, \"and buy a chicken, and have it killed, then on your way home, pick its feathers and drop them one by one along the road.\" Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told. The next day the wise man said, \"Now, go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me.\" The woman followed the same road, but she was so _ when she found the wind had blown all the feathers away. After looking for hours, she returned with only three in her hand. \"You see,\" said the old man, \"it's easy to drop them, but it's impossible to get them back. So it is with gossip. It doesn't take much to spread a gossip, but once you do, you can never completely undo the wrong.\"\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Question: Why did the woman feel sorry?Options:A She didn't know the story.B She hurt her neighbor deeply.C She was hurt deeply.D She was told an untrue story.Answer:B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: The following is the story of a SARS patient named Wang and his fight with the disease. I woke up around 6 : 30 this morning, on my ninth day in hospital since I caught SARS. Glancing over at my roommate, Xiao Huang, a 27-year-old employee of a Beijing software company, I saw he was also awake. After a light breakfast, a nurse came in and took my temperature. It was 36.6 centigrade. We're at Changxindian Hospital in southwestern Beijing, a newly named SARS patient hospital. It seems I am now recovering as my fever has gone down in recent days. When I first got the disease , I spent four days with a temperature above 39.5 centigrade--at one point it reached 40. 1 centigrade. At 8 : 30 am, a nurse took a blood sample and X-ray of my chest. Then my daily treatment began with the help of the experts from Guangdong and WHO. Before the first bottle finished, my wife rang me. I talked with her on my mobile phone. It has become a major connection with the outside world. Several friends also called me in the morning. I am feeling great these days--no fever, no headache and no pain in the chest, which are all symptoms of SARS. My slight cough is gone since I began taking a new round of medicines yesterday. The doctor told me that I may be set free from hospital in two weeks and a half. Question: Where is the hospital the writer stays at? - In the south of Beijing. - To the east of Beijing. - In the southwest of Changxindian. - In the southwest of Beijing.\nA: In the southwest of Beijing.\n\n\nQ: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Most parents of kids under age 8 don't worry about how much time they spend watching TV or using other media, from computers to smart phones to tablets PCs, according to a new survey that found a child's use of media often reflects how much time parents spend in the similar way. We generally found that media use is not a source of conflict in the home\" for families with young children, Ellen Wartella, a researcher from Northwestem University, told USA Today. She led a survey of 2,326 parents who have children 8 and younger.It found that in 80 percent of families, children's media use was not a problem, with 55 percent \"not too\" or\" not at all\" concerned about it. It also showed parents have more positive than negative feelings about how media consumption affects a child's learning and the development of creativity.The exception is video games, which are viewed more negatively than TV, computers or mobile devices.\"Parents rated video games as more likely to have a negative effect on children's school performance, attention time, creativity, social skills, behavior and sleep than any other medium,\" the researchers said in a news conference about the survey. The findings exposes a generational shift in parental attitudes about technology's role in young children's lives,\" said Wartella.\"Today's parents grew up with technology as a central pact of their lives, so they think about it differently than earlier generations of parents, instead of a battle with kids on one side and parents on the other, the use of media and technology has become a family affair. \" The researchers identified three media environments created by parents: media-centric (39 percent of families) , media-moderate (45%)and media-light (16%). Children in media-centric families spend at least three hours more each day watching TV or using computers, video games and tablet PCs don't make parenting easier.And 88 percent of parents say they are most likely to turn to toys or activities to keep their children occupied.Slightly fewer turn to... Question: Parents have more negative than positive feelings about media consumption like _ . - computers - smart phones - video games - tablets PCs\nA: video games\n\n\nQ: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: A small dog should be _ after eating a handful M&M's, at least according to conventional wisdom. But watching \"Moose\", a friend's five-pound Chihuahua, race around a living room after his sweet snack makes one wonder: Is chocolate truly poisonous to dogs? Dogs and humans have similar tastes. But unlike humans, our companions experience dangerous effects from eating chocolate --it can poison them and in some cases is fatal. Chocolate's danger to dogs depends on its quality. Chocolate is processed from the bitter seeds of the cocoa tree, which contain a family of compounds known as methylxanthines . This class of substances includes caffeine and the related chemical theobromine . Chocolate contains a significant amount of theobromine and smaller amounts of caffeine. These chemicals can cause a dog's heart to race up to twice its normal rate, and some dogs may run around as if \"they drank a gallon of espresso ,\" according to Hackett. Dogs are capable of handling some chocolate, but it depends on the animal's weight and the type of chocolate it eats. Unsweetened baking chocolate contains more than six times as much theobromine as milk chocolate, although amounts vary between cocoa beans as well as different brands of chocolate. Less than four ounces of milk chocolate is potentially fatal for Moose and other small dogs. Around every confection-centered holiday -- Valentine's Day, Easter and Christmas -- at least three or four dogs are hospitalized overnight in the animal medical center at Colorado State. But in 16 years, Hackett has seen just one dog die from chocolate poisoning, and he suspects it may have had an underlying disease that made it more exposed to chocolate's heart -racing effect. Question: The passage is mainly about _ . - the poisoning of Moose - the compounds of different chocolates - a handful M&M's chocolate is poisonous - the relation between methylxanthines and chocolate poisoning\nA: the relation between methylxanthines and chocolate poisoning\n\n\nQ: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Finding a winter job is often a proof that you're growing up, and it's also a method for earning money to pay for what you dream of. It's never too early to start considering the future. Now, here are some good choices for you! Retail Sales Retail offers plenty of opportunity for teens who are looking for a job. This type of work can pay from $10 to $15 an hour depending upon the duty you are expected to take on. It can also be great for teens who are friendly and enjoy talking to other people. For more information, call us at 4005075. Food Service A job in the food service industry is a natural fit for sociable teens who enjoy communicating with the public. It allows employees to work as part of a team while learning about following instructions. It also comes with the opportunity to earn between $8 and $10 per hour. Just call 4005077 for more information. Babysitter This job requires someone who is highly responsible. Though it pays generally between $6 and $8 hourly, it also requires a lot of patience. This is a great choice for teens who wish to make a career in teaching, child care, social work or any other field that makes use of social skills or requires interaction with kids. Got a question? Just call 4005076. Housekeeping This type of work can bring in about $5 an hour and it will allow teens to learn the tourism industry, so hotels are often looking for more housekeeping staff, and parks often need more people to assist with keeping public areas clean and organized as well. Telephone:4005079 Question: If you'd like to be a waiter in winter, you may call _ . - 4005075 - 4005079 - 4005076 - 4005077\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A: 4005077", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "input: OPTIONS:\n- the right station\n- the next station to his work place\n- before the train station\n- we don't know Now, answer this question: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Every morning Tom goes to work by train. He has a long way to go. So he always buys a newspaper. It helps him to spend the time on the train. Tom likes sport very much. One morning on the train he is reading something about the football match. So he forgets to get off the train at his station. He doesn't know it. When he finishes reading, he looks out of the window. It's far from his station. He gets off at the next station. He has to go back by train. Of course, he is late for work. Question: Where does he get off the train at last? Answer:\nA:\noutput: the next station to his work place\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Stanley, as a son of a very poor farmer, left school early and went to work in a factory, for education was for the rich then. So, the world became his school. With great interest, he read everything he could, listened to the town elders and learned about the world beyond his hometown. \"There's so much to learn,\" he'd say. \"Though we're born stupid, only the stupid remain that way.\" He decided that none of his children would be refused an education. Therefore, Stanley insisted that we should learn at least one new thing each day. Though, as children, we thought this was crazy, we'd still do _ . And dinner time seemed perfect for sharing what we learned. We would talk about the news of the day. Sometimes the news was unimportant, but it was always taken seriously. Stanley would listen carefully and discuss it with us. Then came the moment--the time to share the day's new learning. \"Felice,\" he'd say, \"tell me what you learned today.\" \"I learned that the population of Denmark is ....\" Silence. Stanley was thinking about what was said. \"The population of Denmark. Hmm. Well...\" he'd say. \"Get the map; let's see where Denmark is.\" And the whole family went on a search for Denmark. This same experience was repeated until each family member had a turn. Dinner ended only after we had a clear understanding of at least half a dozen such facts. As children, we thought very little about these educational wonders. Our family, however, was growing together, sharing experiences and joining in one another's education. And by looking at us, listening to us, respecting what we learned, confirming our value, Stanley was surely our most influential teacher. Later during my training as a future teacher, I studied with some of the most famous educators. They were imparting what Stanley knew all along--the value of continual learning. His skills have served me well all my life. Not a single day has been wasted, though I can never tell when knowing the population of Denmark might prove useful. Question: What is the best title of this passage? Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- A poor family\n- My best teacher\n- Happy time at school\n- The most difficult knowledge\n\nAnswer: My best teacher\n\nProblem: OPTIONS:\n- Yes, they do.\n- No, they don't.\n- Yes, they have.\n- No, they haven't.\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Everything has a name. All people, places and things have names.Cities and towns have names,too.Schools and office buildings also have names. Names are important. We use names every day.When we meet a new person, we usually ask\"What's your name?\" It's important to learn a person's name. Most people have two names. Some have more names. Names are different all over the world, so it is very difficult to remember all of them. In the USA, most people have a first name, a middle name and a last name. Parents choose the first name and middle names for their babies.There are names for boys and names for girls. For example, John, Peter, Tom and Mike are all names for boys, Elizabeth, Bonnie, Susan and Mary are all girls' names. The last name is the family name. Usually it is the father's family name. Question: Does everyone have a name? Answer:\nAnswer: Yes, they do.\n\nProblem:OPTIONS:\n- beautiful\n- famous\n- different\n- expensive\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Paper cut can be seen in many parts of China during the Spring Festival. People put it on windows, doors and walls for the festival. A thousand years ago, paper cut was used for decoration . In Tang Dynasty women used paper cut as headdress. In Song Dynasty, it helped make gifts more beautiful. What's more, people would feel happier when they saw paper cut on windows, doors and walls. Now people use paper cut to express their wishes for welcoming the New Year. There are different kinds of paper cut in different parts of China. Pictures usually cover nearly all things, from flowers, birds to the famous people. Now, there are factories for paper cut in China. Paper cut has changed from decoration to a kind of art. At the same time, paper cut also appears in cartoons, magazines or TV programs. Question: In Song Dynasty, paper cut helped to make gifts more _ . Answer:\n****\nA: beautiful\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Dear Mom, We had a nice time in the park last week, Mom, but you left the day before yesterday. Where did you? What happened to you? When we were together, we went shopping, flew kites, went swimming ... You bought me a T-shirt in a store. You helped me with my homework. And you made sandwiches for me. We also slept together every night. You never said you would leave me. I began to look for you when I found you left, but I failed. Mom, thank you for teaching me so much. I hope to see you again. It's time for bed. I miss you! Yours, Jim Question: The writer wrote the letter _ . Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- in the morning\n- after class\n- in the afternoon\n- before going to bed\nbefore going to bed\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Dear David, How are you ? I'm fine. I'm in London, at the International School of English. I'm in Class 3 with eight students . They are from different countries---Spain, Japan, Argentina, Switzerland and Thailand. Our teacher's name is Henry . He's very nice. He's a very good teacher. I'm living with an English family. Mr and Mrs Brown have three children. Thomas is fourteen, Catharine is twelve, and Andrew is seven. They are all very friendly, but it isn't easy to understand them ! London is very big and very interesting. The weather is cold but sunny and the parks are beautiful! Hyde Park , Green Park and ST.Jame's Park are all in the city centre . English food is OK, but the coffee is horrible! Write to me soon . Love, Paula Question: The letter is NOT about _ . Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- the writer's classmates\n- the writer's teacher\n- the writer's dinner\n- London\n\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "the writer's dinner", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the article and select the best answer. Article: First it was jogging. Then aerobics . Not too long ago, Americans discovered race walking. Now Americans are into a newfitnesscraze. They'retaking up bicycling. Over hills and down mountainsides and across quiet country roads, Americans are busily rolling along. The number of adults who ride for fitness is around 17 million, an increase of 70 percent over four years ago. Twice as many women as men are coming to the sport. Americans arefalling in love withbiking because it has speed, the benefitsofjoggingand beautiful scenery. Bicycling is a very appropriate sport, which is important to people who injured their knees while jogging or whosejointsareachingfrom aerobics. And biking is a real awakening for people who have been into race walking in the past. Race walking isas dull as watching paint dry. The most popular kind of bicycle for people who are new to the sport is the mountain bike, which has afixed framewith wide tires andupright handles. Mountain bikes also have manygears to make it easier to climb hills. About 5 million Americans ride mountain bikes, compared with 200,000 who rode them only five years ago. Costsrangefrom about $130 for abottom-of-the-linebicycle to more than $2,700 for an expensive bicycle. Mountain biking has attracted somepeoplewho race down the sides of mountainslike a bat out of hell. But most riders ride slowly and theyrarelyventurefar from home. The biking craze has brought an unexpected profit to clothing and bicycle accessory makers. Last year, bikers paid $ 630 million for biking clothes and accessories. Bicycling seems likely to continue its fantastic growth. Question: The main idea of the article is _ Options: A: riding a bicycle is one of the most dangerous sports in prefix = st1 /America. B: Americans are rolling along. C: bicycling is the latest fitness craze to hit America. D: most people in Americawant to own a hand-made bicycle that can cost more than $ 2,700.\nC\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: It was a very different school from those in China. You're not met by imposing doors and concrete walls, and the buildings were inviting. On the front of the main building was inscribed \"Lee Elementary School, 1904.\" Wow! I knew it was an old school. Surrounding the main building were five trailers . One of them was my classroom, 5T. The \"T\" stood for Mrs. Toalson, my 5th grade teacher. Mrs Toalson showed me to my seat. A girl sitting at my table greeted me. Her name was Regina, and she was a blonde girl from Ukraine. Her eyes were like diamonds, and we had met at a party two days before. During my first morning, we had math class, PE and science. We didn't even have a break! I wondered why? Mrs Toalson said to us: \"Guys, line up for the bathroom break please!\" All the kids stood up and went outside. I didn't know what \"bathroom break\" meant. Was it break time? Lunch time? I was confused. Nevertheless, we followed Mrs. Toalson to the main building. We sat in the hallway across from the bathroom. In Chinese, \"bathroom\" means the WC, and a \"break\" means having a rest! Gosh, I thought that was weird and why did we have to go to the bathroom together? \"Mary and Regina, you may go.\" When we heard Mrs. Toalson, we went into the bathroom. The bathroom was clean, and it smelled like perfume. I asked Regina what if someone wanted to go to the bathroom during class time. She told me that there was a special pass called a \"bathroom pass.\" All you had to do was raise your hand with the pass to let Mrs. Toalson know you need to go to the bathroom. Then you would be permitted to go. At 3:30pm, school ended for the day. Students put their textbooks in their cabinets and lined up in front of the change room, where they collected their backpacks and coats. As they walked out of the door, each student said \"Good bye\" and gave Mrs. Toalson a high five. \"Did you have a good day today?\" Mrs. Toalson asked me as she hugged me goodbye. \"Sure!\" I nodded. Question: In the author's new school, if a student wants to go to WC during the lesson, what does he or she have to do? Options: A: To raise his/her hand to let his/her teacher know. B: To stand up and ask for his/her teacher's permission. C: To raise his/her hand with \"bathroom pass\" and ask his/her teacher's permission. D: To wait until the class is over.\nC\n(Q).\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Have you ever wondered what a Degree might be worth to you in your job or career ? It means a lot of Americans with an Associate Degree average nearly $10 000 more in yearly earnings than those with just a High School Diploma . 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[ { "content": "input with options: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: The class in America is almost the same as that in China. But something is different. 1.In America, if the teacher asks you a question but you don't understand, you should put up your hand and ask the teacher to repeat it. If you don't know the answer, it is all right to tell the teacher that you don't know. Then he or she knows what you need to do. 2.You mustn't be absent on a test day. If you are seriously ill, call and let the teacher know you will not be there for the test. If your teacher allows you a make-up test , you should take the test in one or two days after you go back to school. 3.Be on time! It is impossible to be late. If you come in late, be sure to do it quietly. Take your books out of your bag after you enter the room. Then go to your seat and sit down quietly. In the US, you needn't knock before you come into the classroom. 4.If you have to leave during the class, do it quietly, too. There's no need to ask for the teacher's agreement. Question: When can a student take a make-up test? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- When he's too sick to take the test.\n- When he gets a bad grade in his test.\n- When he doesn't finish the paper in his test.\n- When he is late for a test.\noutput: When he's too sick to take the test.\n\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Welcome to Franklin Hotel. To make your stay enjoyable, we hope you will use our facilities to the full. Dining Room: You can have three meals in the dining room. (breakfast 8-9 a.m.; lunch 12-2:30 p.m.; dinner 7:30-9 p.m.) Room Service: You can dial 0 for Reception to make a phone call while you are on bed. There are also pay telephones near the reception desk. Shop: You can buy presents, gifts and goods from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. here. _ We have a laundry in the building, and will wash and return your clothes within 24 hours. You can ask the room staff to collect them. Bar: The hotel bar is open from 12 to 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 11 a.m. Banking: We can cash cheques & exchange any foreign money for you. Question: There are _ kinds of service according to the notice. Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- twelve\n- ten\n- five\n- six\n\nA: six\n\ninput: OPTIONS:\n- Tired.\n- Excited.\n- Bored.\n- Frightened. Now, answer this question: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Charlotte's Web is a popular American children's book about the friendship between a pig named Wilbur and a spider named Charlotte. The writer, E.B. White, shows that a real friend will help you even though he or she has nothing to get from doing so. In the book, Charlotte is always helping Wilbur. She spins words into her web to save Wilbur's life, even though spinning the words is tiring and difficult for her. Charlotte is a true friend. She helps Wilbur for only one reason - she cares about him. Templeton, the rat, on the other hand, is not a real friend to Wilbur. Templeton only helps others when there is something in it for him. When he is asked to help save Wilbur's life, he says \"no\" at first. Later on, he agrees to help, but only because he wants to keep eating Wilbur's meals. At the end of the book, Wilbur learns the true meaning of friendship. He helps Charlotte to save her babies. He does this not for other reasons, but because he cares about his friend. Reading this book lets me know how important it is to help others. Being a good friend means being there when you are needed. Question: How does Charlotte feel when she is spinning the words? Answer:\nA:\noutput: Tired.\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: The future is coming! All over the world there are many new ideas for new places to live and work in. Some of them will be in the sea! They will be very big and lots of people will live and work in them. The Americans are planning to build a town called Atlantis City. It will be in the sea, about five miles away from the land. But the most exciting idea comes from Japan. It is Aeropolis. Aeropolis will be a _ sea city, with parks, schools, a hospital and an airport ... And it will move ! It will travel slowly around the world. There are just two problems. Aeropolis will cost a lot of money to make. And for people who get seasick, it won't be much fun. Question: What's the name of Japanese sea city? Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- Atlantis.\n- Aeropolis.\n- Tokyo.\n- Osaka.\n\nAnswer: Aeropolis.\n\nProblem: OPTIONS:\n- gives him a new one\n- asks him to buy a new one\n- help him buy a new one\n- help him mend the old one\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: One day Einstein is walking in a street in New York . His friend meets him and says to him, \"Einstein, you should buy a new coat. Look, your coat is very old.\" But Einstein answers, \"It doesn't matter . Nobody knows me here.\" After a few years, Einstein becomes a famous scientist . But he still wears the old coat. His friend meets him again and asks him to buy a new one. But Einstein says, \"I don't need to buy a new one. Everyone knows me here.\" Question: Einstein's coat is very old. His friend _ . Answer:\nAnswer: asks him to buy a new one\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the bookshelf. It stood outside a furniture shop.\" Buy it,\" she said at once.\"We'll carry it home on the roof-rack . I've always wanted one like that.\" What should I do?Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer,and the bookshelf was tied onto the roof-rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too.As it was getting darker, I drove slowly.Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police evenstopped teaffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea. After some time my wife said,\"There's a long line of cars behind. Why don't they overtake \" Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers inside looked at us seriously when they went past.But then, with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church .One of the officers came to me. \"Right, sir!\"he said,\"Do you need any more help now?\" I didn't quite understand. \"Thanks, officer,\" I said. \"You've been very kind. I live just down the road.\" He was looking at our things, first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. \"Well, well,\" he said and laughed. \"It's a bookshelf you've got there! We thought it was... er ..., something else.\" My wife began to laugh. Suddenly i understood why the police drove here. I smiled at the officer. \"Yes, it's a bookshelf, but thanks again.\" I drove home as fast as i could. Question: From the story we know that _ . Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- the writer was poor and didn't buy the bookshelf for his wife\n- the writer's wife didn't like the bookshelf at all\n- the writer was always willing to buy something for his wife\n- the writer was not very glad to buy the bookshelf for his wife\n\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "the writer was not very glad to buy the bookshelf for his wife", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Farming is moving indoors, where the sun never shines, where rainfall is irrelevant and where the climate is always right. The perfect crop field could be inside a windowless building with controlled light, temperature, wetness, air quality and nutrition. It could be in a New York high-rise or a sprawling complex in the Saudi desert. It may be an answer to the world's food problems. The world is already having trouble feeding itself. Half the people on Earth live in cities, and nearly half of those--about 3 billion--are hungry or ill-fed. Food prices, currently increasing, are _ by dryness, floods and the cost of energy required to plant, harvest and transport. And prices will only get more unstable. Climate change makes long-term crop planning uncertain. Farmers in many parts of the world are already using water available to the last drop. And the world is getting more crowded: by mid-century, the global population will grow from 6. 8 billion to 9 billion. To feed so many people may require expanding farmland at the expense of forests and wilderness, or finding ways to completely increase crop output. Gertjan Meeuws has taken the concept of a greenhouse a step further, growing vegetables and house plants in enclosed and regulated environments. In their research station, water flows into the pans when needed, and the temperature is kept constant. Lights go on and off, creating similar day and night, but according to the rhythm of the plant. A building of 100 square meters and 14 layers of plants could provide a daily diet of 200 grams of fresh fruit and vegetables to the entire population of Den Bosch, about 140, 000 people. Their idea is not to grow foods that require much space, like corn or potatoes. Here sunlight is not only unnecessary but can be harmful. Plants need only specific wavelengths of light to grow. Their growth rate is three times faster than under greenhouse conditions. They use about 90 percent less water than outdoors agriculture. And city farming means producing food near the... Question: It can be inferred from the text that Gertjan Meeuws's farming _ . - helps save sea water a lot - suits different conditions - is completely different from greenhouse agriculture - suits the production of corn\nsuits different conditions\n\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: For thousands of years, man has enjoyed the taste of apples. Apples, which are about 85 percent water, grow almost everywhere in the world but the hottest and coldest areas.Among the leading countries in apple production are China, France and the United States. There are various kinds of apples but a very few make up the majority of those grown for sale.The three most common kinds grown in the United States are Delicious, golden Delicious and McIntosh. Apples are different in color1, size and taste.The color1 of the skin may be red, green or yellow.They have various sizes with Delicious apples being among the largest.The taste may be sweet or tart .Generally sweet apples are eaten fresh while tart apples are used to make applesauce.Apples can also be found in many foods (especially desserts) and drinks. Many beneficial health effects have been found from eating apples. However, the seeds are slightly poisonous. Apple trees may grow as tall as twelve meters.They do best in areas that have very cold winters.Although no fruit is _ during the winter this cold period is good for the tree. At least 55 million tons of apples were grown worldwide in 2010, with a value of about $ 10 billion. China produced about 35% of this total. The United States was the second-leading producer, with more than 7.5% of world production. Iran was third, followed by Turkey, Russia, Italy and India. Question: Cold winter weather is good for _ . - improving the taste of apples - the increase of water in apples - the growth of apple trees - producing large apples\nthe growth of apple trees\n\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: If you have ever been discouraged because of failure , please read on. Usually, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing. Let me explain. Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped by to watch. \"What are you doing?\" asked one of the visitors. \"We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth!\" one of the brothers answered excitedly. The older boys began to laugh, telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was impossible. After a long silence, one of the diggers picked up a jar full of spiders , worms and a lot of insects. He removed the lid and showed the wonderful contents to the visitors who were laughing at them. Then he said quietly and confidently, \"Even if we don't dig all the way through the earth, look what we found along the way!\" Their goal was far too difficult, but it made them dig. And that is what a goal is for--to make us move in the direction we have chosen. In other words, it sets us to digging! But not every goal will be fully achieved. Not every job will end successfully. Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will last. But when you fall short of your aim, perhaps you can say, \"Yes, but look at what I found along the way! Look at the wonderful things which have come into my life because I tried to do something!\" And I believe it is the joy in the journey, in the end, that truly matters. Question: What's the best title of the passage? - Failure is the mother of success - When there is a will, there is a way - No pains, no gains - Joy in the journey\nJoy in the journey\n\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: We would probably all be amazed if we watched a videotape of ourselves performing basically unconscious acts as we go about the business of the day. These unconscious acts consist of all the little personal habits that we don't even think about, but definitely should. These are some of the things that present an image of who we are to others, and if we are careless in performing them, this image may well be other than we would like it to be. Parents who insist that their children practice good manners and habits at home are doing them a great service, for these habits then become lifelong and the natural way they do things. It proves true that their unconscious actions will reflect a well-mannered person. People who, for example, eat with both arms on the table at home will likely do so when out. Those who are lazy and slow in private will certainly be so in public. Children who are permitted to be disrespectful to their parents will follow suit with other adults, and will, most likely, become adults who are disrespectful of others. This is an area where the saying \"practice makes perfect\" may be applied. There is an article about the actress, Audrey Hepburn, known for her beautiful carriage and posture. According to her biographer, her grandmother tied her neck to the back of her chair, at table, so that she would not drop down suddenly over her food, but rather would learn to put only small amounts of food on her spoon or fork and bring them to her mouth. This is a rather extreme \"at home\" method for the development of erect posture, but it does illustrate the effectiveness of practicing good habits so that, when in public, they are instinctive. Question: Which of the following are NOT true? - If we are not careful about our unconscious acts, the images of ourselves presented to others will be quite undesirable. - The good habits formed in one's childhood will benefit him throughout his life. - If parents do not care about the disrespectful attitude adopted by their children towards themselves, their children might be disrespectful to others. - It is unlikely that a well-mannered person will not embarrass himself in public.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It is unlikely that a well-mannered person will not embarrass himself in public.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "(Q).\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: They wear the latest fashions with the most up-to-date accessories . Yet these are not girls in their teens or twenties but women in their sixties and seventies. A generation which would once only wear old-fashioned clothes is now favoring the same high street looks worn by those half their age. Professor Julia Twigg, a social policy expert, said, \"Women over 75 are now shopping for clothes more frequently than they did when they were young in the 1960s. In the 1960s buying a coat for a woman was a serious matter. It was an expensive item that they would purchase only every three or four years -- now you can pick one up at the supermarket whenever you wish to. Fashion is a lot cheaper and people get tired of things more quickly.\" Professor Twigg analyzed family expending data and found that while the percentage of spending on clothes and shoes by women had stayed around the same -- about 5 or 6 percent of spending -- the amount of clothes bought had risen sharply. The professor said, \"Clothes are now 70 percent cheaper than they were in the 1960s because of the huge expansion of production in the Far East. In the 1960s Leeds was the heart of the British fashion industry and that was where most of the clothes came from, but now almost all of our clothes are sourced elsewhere. Everyone is buying more clothes but in general we are not spending more money on them.\" Fashion designer Angela Barnard, who runs her own fashion business in London, said older women were much more affected by celebrity style than in previous years. She said, \"When people see stars such as Judi Dench and Helen Mirren looking attractive and fashionable in their sixties, they want to follow them. Older women are much more aware of celebrities. There's also the boom in TV programmes showing people how they can change their look, and many of my older customers do yoga to stay in shape well in their fifties. When I started my business a few years ago, my older customers tended to be very rich, but now they are what I would... Question: What can we learn about old women in terms of fashion? Options: A: They are often ignored by fashion designers. B: They are now more easily influenced by stars. C: They are regarded as pioneers in the latest fashion. D: They are more interested in clothes because of their old age.\n(A).\nB\n\n\n(Q).\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Two friends have an argument that bleaks up their friendship forever, even though neither one can remember how the whole thing got started. Such sad events happen over and over in high schools across the country. In fact, according to an official report on youth violence, \"In our country today, the greatest threat to the lives of children and adolescents is not disease or starvation or abandonment, but the terrible reality of violence\". Given that this is the case, why aren't students taught to manage conflict the way they are taught to solve math problems, drive cars, or stay physically fit? First of all, students need to realize that conflict is unavoidable. A report on violence among middle school and high school students indicates that most violent incidents between students begin with a relatively minor insult . For example, a fight could start over the fact that one student eats a peanut butter sandwich each lunchtime. Laughter over the sandwich can lead to insults, which in turn can lead to violence. The problem isn't in the sandwich, but in the way students deal with the conflict. Once students recognize that conflict is unavoidable, they can practice the golden rule of conflict resolution stay calm. Once the student feels calmer, he or she should choose words that will calm the other person down as well. Rude words, name-calling, and accusation only add fuel to the emotional fir On the other hand, soft words spoken at a normal sound level can put out the fire before it explodes out of control. After both sides have calmed down, they can use another key strategy for conflict resolution; listening. Listening allows the two sides to understand each other. One person should describe his or her side, and the other person should listen without interrupting. Afterward, the listener can ask non-threatening questions to clarify the speaker's position. Then the two people should change roles. Finally, students need f. consider what they are hearing. This doesn't mean trying to figure out what's wrong with... Question: This article is mainly about. Options: A: the lives of school children B: the cause of arguments in schools C: how to analyze youth violence D: how to deal with school conflicts\n(A).\nD\n\n\n(Q).\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: \"I don't like my parents. They always tell me I should do this, and should not do that. It sometimes makes me angry,\" said Li Ping, a middle school student in Hunan. Do you have the same problem? Perhaps your parents had the same problem when they were your age long ago. Why does it seem that some parents are not so friendly in their children's eyes? One of the biggest things is when someone becomes a parent, he / she likes worrying things. They worry about everything about you, from the time you were born. They do a lot for you, though something would make you angry, because they care about you and worry about you. They worry about your choice of friends, the food you eat, your work at school, how much sleep you get, etc. All these things are part of your life. They want you to grow up healthily and happily. So how can you make things easier on yourself? It's easier than you think. Just make sure your parents know what you're doing. Get them to know your friends. Phone if you stay somewhere else so that your parents don't call every hospital in the phone book looking for your body. Say sorry to them when you make mistakes. Take responsibility for what you have done. Talk about your ideas with them. They may talk about theirs with you. Most of all, try to think about why your parents do this or do that. They are still practicing being parents and need help you can give them. Someday, when you become a parent, they may be able to help you know how to get on with your children. Question: What does the writer think we should do if we go back home later than usual? We should _ . Options: A: tell our friends B: tell the teacher C: say sorry to our parents D: make a telephone call to our parents\n(A).\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Please answer this: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: When the earthquake hit Japan on March 11,workers in a supermarket in Japan didn't run away when they felt the shaking. Instead, they held on to the shelves and tried to stop the goods from falling down. Reporters from NHK, the country's largest TV station, stayed calm in front of cameras during the earthquake, even though some were facing real danger. The earthquake was the most powerful one to hit Japan in the country's history. But Japan's reaction to the accident has shown that it is the most earthquake-prepared country in the world. The calm the Japanese showed during and after the quake has impressed the world. This is because Japan has \"an earthquake culture\".Japanese people are taught how to prepare for and react to earthquakes from a young age. Schools in Japan organize earthquake practices every month. They make students become familiar with being in an earthquake. Japan also has a good earthquake warning system .Warnings were broadcast on television, radio and mobile phones nine seconds after experts first knew about the quake on March 11. The warning system is unable to predict earthquakes. But it can usually _ people about 15 seconds before they feel the effects. Even 15 or 20 seconds can be enough time to save people's lives.\n++++++++\nAnswer: Question: .After experts first knew about the quake on March 11,warnings were not broadcast _ .Options:A on radioB on the movieC on televisionD on mobile phonesAnswer:B\n\nProblem: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: What is a Chinatown? Is it a town in China? Of course not! It is in a foreign country. It is a place where many overseas Chinese live together. There are lots of Chinatowns in America. The biggest one is in New York. There are about 150,000 people in it. It is the home of Chinese New Yorkers. And it is also a good place to go. Shopping in Chinatown Shopping in Chinatown is fun. You can find lots of things there. Most of them are made in China. Mott Street is the best place to shop because the things there are very cheap. Eating in Chinatown Chinatown has more than 200 restaurants. You can enjoy traditional Chinese food there. New Silver Palace Restaurant is one of the best restaurants. Why don't you have breakfast with a cup of green tea in it? You can eat some Shanghai food in Evergreen Restaurant. Living in Chinatown Living in Chinatown is comfortable. You can find hospitals, schools, banks, libraries and supermarkets in it. In some schools, students must study Chinese. Many overseas Chinese send their children to these schools. They want their children to learn more about China and its culture .\n\nA: Question: If you want to eat Shanghai food in Chinatown, you may go to _ .Options:A Evergreen RestaurantB Shanghai RestaurantC Beijing RestaurantD New Silver Palace RestaurantAnswer:A\n\nProblem: Given the question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Here is an examination notice . Mrs. Dickson gave it to her students last week. To the students of Class 3 * Examinations start on January 22 and end on June 23. * The time for each of the subject is: English June 22 9:30 A.M.- 10:30 A.M. Math June 22 11:00 A.M.- 12:00 A.M. History June 22 2:30 P.M.-3:30 P.M. PE June 23 8:00 A.M.-10:00 A.M. Music June 23 1:00 P.M.-3:00 P.M. * For the PE test? go to the playground. For the music test, go to the Piano Room. All else are written tests. They will be held in Classroom 3. * No student can get into the examination room more than 15 minutes after the exam starts. * No food or drink during ANY test. * No dictionaries during the English exam. * Wear pants and sports shoes for the PE exam. * If you have questions, go to the Teacher's Office before the tests.\n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\nThe answer is:\nQuestion: Where were the students of Class 3 at 8:30 A.M., June 23?Options:A In the playground.B In their classroomC In the Piano Room.D At the Teacher's Office.Answer:A\n\ninput question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: A teacher showed three toys to his students and asked them to find out the differences. All the three toys seemed to have the same shape, size and material. After looking at them carefully, the students discovered holes in the toys. The first toy had holes in the ears. The second toy had holes in its ear and mouth. The third toy had only one hole in one of its ears. Then the teacher put a needle in one ear hole of the first toy. The needle came out of the other ear. For the second toy, when the needle was put in its ear , it came out of its mouth. And for the third toy, when the needle was put in, it did not come out. So the teacher explained to his students,\" The first toy represent those people who seem to be listening to you and caring for you. But they are just pretending to do so. After listening, as the needle comes out from the next ear, the things you said to them are gone. In fact, they don't care for you at all.\" \"The second toy represents those people who listen to you and care for you. But as in the toy, the needle comes out from mouth, these people will use what you tell them to fight against you. They tell others what you said and tell your secrets for their purposes.\" \"As for the third toy, the needle does not come out. It represents those people who will keep the trust you put in them. They are the ones that you can believe.\"???\noutput answer: Question: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?Options:A All the toys had two holes and had no differences.B All the toys were made by the teacher and the students.C The third toy represents the people who you can believe.D The first two toys represent the people who don't really listen to you.Answer:C\n\nWrite a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Wade is my good friend. We study at the same school. At weekends he usually turns on his computer. He sends and gets e-mails to and from his friends back in France. He also gets on the Internet to learn about what is going on in the world. His parents sometimes take him to some places of interest in China. Sometimes I ask him to come over to my home for a weekend. My parents say that they can't understand what we talk about because there are two languages in our talks--Chinese and English. My mother sometimes says to him,\"Can you talk to my son in Chinese only,Wade?\" He always smiles and answers, \"Not today. I'm going to speak good Chinese very soon.\" He is not good at Chinese and I am weak at English. But we like these talks because we can learn when we are talking.\n----\nAnswer: Question: At weekends Wade sometimes _ .Options:A takes his parents to visit citiesB practice speaking ChineseC goes to see his friendsD reads the world news.Answer:C\n\nQ: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Do you get enough sleep? With so much homework, it's often difficult to get the rest you need. But you need to try, because sleep keeps you healthy and it stops you getting fat. Recently, a group of US scientists did a study of kids aged between 8 and 13. The studt found that if kids sleep for just one extra hour each day, the chance of their getting fat is cut by about 30%. Why? When people don't get enough sleep, they become tired. When they are tired, they don't exercise enough. Also, kids like snacks. If they are awake an extra hour or two each day, they have more time to eat snacks or other unhealthy foods. So, how much sleep should you get? Scientists suggest 10 to 11 hours a night for kids aged 5 to 12. For older kids, eight to nine hours will do.\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Question: What does the passage talk about?Options:A How to get long sleep.B How to keep fat.C Enough sleep makes people healthy and slim.D Sleep more to keep healthy.Answer:C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "*Question*\nArticle: It's time you started eating sensibly. Experts at the first Chinese Students Nutrition and Health Festival in Kunming last week listed eight bad eating habits. *Watching television while having meals or snacks. Doing this means you don't pay attention to your food, forget how full you are, and so overeat. It can also cause digestion diseases. One way to avoid this is only to eat in certain areas of your home. * Replacing meals with snacks. Many students think that eating small snacks can help them diet. But it often results in overeating and health problems related to a lack of vegetables, carbohydrates ,proteins and vitamins. Snacking only works if it is well planned and includes healthy foods such as nuts, vegetables, fruit and yogurt. *Having drinks rather than water. Fizzy drinks and fruit juice are usually high in calories and sugar, which can cause weight problems. Water is important in making your brain cells and every organ in your body work properly. For your body to burn fat, it needs at least eight glasses of pure water a day. Liquids like soda and coffee actually take water away from your body. *Refusing to drink milk. Milk is the best natural food--it provides you with protein, which makes your bones strong and teeth healthy. * Choosing meat and certain vegetables over others. Different foods provide different kinds of nutrition. If you don't have a balanced diet, this can result in malnutrition and a weaker body. *Eating in front of the computer and staying there after meals. Take a walk after eating and it helps your stomach digest the meal. *Buying from roadside snack bars. If you shop at these places, be careful--many are not clean enough. * Eating throat tablets as if they were sweets. If you eat throat tablets when you have no throat disease, they may affect the bacteria in your mouth and cause real throat problems. Question: Why can't soft drinks be drunk in place of water when you feel thirsty? Yes or no, is the answer \"They take water away from your body.\"?\n**Answer**\nNo\n\n*Question*\nArticle: How would you like to sleep with one half your brain asleep and the other half awake? Dolphins sleep this way. Recently, scientists at Indiana State University have discovered that ducks sleep this way too. They found that ducks sleep half awake so they can rest and watch for danger at the same time. After putting their ducks in a row and videotaping them, some researchers found ducks on the end of each row spent more time asleep with one eye open, apparently looking for _ \"The more the ducks felt threatened, the more they slept with one eye open,\" said lead author Niels C. Rattenborg, a graduate student at Indiana State University, Terre Haute. \"The unique aspect is not that they do it, but that they control it. When they sleep at the edge of a group, they tend to realize greater danger, so they spend more time sleeping with one half of their brain.\" Ducks with one eye open were still awake enough to detect predators, said the authors of the study, which appears today in the journal Nature. The researchers studied four groups of four ducks held in plastic boxes, which were arranged in a row. Ducks on the end were found to sleep with one eye open 31.8 per cent of the time, compared to 12.4 percent of the time for ducks in the central position. Also, ducks in the central position did not open one eye more than the others, while ducks on each end kept the eye facing away from the group open 86.2 per cent of the time. Brain wave readings of the ducks showed that the half of the brain receiving signals from the closed eye indicated that half of the brain was sleeping. Signals from the half of the brain receiving signals from the open eye showed a state between fully awake and asleep. Question: Which of the following is true according to the passage? Yes or no, is the answer \"Ducks with one eye open at the edge can still enjoy a certain degree of sleep.\"?\n**Answer**\nNo\n\n*Question*\nArticle: An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. The employer was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He did a bad job and used low quality materials. It was an unfortunate way to end his career. When the carpenter finished his work, the employer came to inspect the house. The employer handed the front-door key to the carpenter. \"This is your house,\" he said, \"my gift to you.\" What a shock! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. Now he had to live in the home he had built, none too well. So it is with us. We build our lives in a distracted way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At important points we do not give the job our best effort. Then with a shock we look at the situation we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have built. If we had realized it, we would have done it differently. Think of yourself as the carpenter. Think about your house. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or build a wall. Build wisely. It is the only life you will ever build. Even if you live it for only one day more, that day deserves to be lived wonderfully and with dignity. The motto on the wall says, \"Life is a do-it-yourself project.\" Who could say it more clearly? Your life today is the result of your attitudes and choices in the past. Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and choices you make today. Question: According to the author, what is important for a person's future development? Yes or no, is the answer \"Attitude.\"?\n**Answer**\nNo\n\n*Question*\nArticle: A long time ago, there was a seed and because he was only a seed, nobody noticed him. Thus, feeling inferior , the seed gave no importance to his existence . Then one day, a wind picked him up and threw him on an open field in the sun. Later, he was given rain. Years later he saw a traveler sitting by his side. \"Thank you God for this. I really need some rest,\" he heard the traveler say. \"What are you talking about?\" the seed quickly asked. He thought the man was making fun of him. No one ever spoke to him like that. \"Who just spoke?\" the shocked man asked. \"It is me. A seed.\" \"A seed?\" The man looked at the big tree. \"Are you joking? You are not a seed. You are a big tree!\" \"Really?\" \"Yes! Why else do you think people come here?\" \"What do they come here for?\" \"To feel your shade ! Don't tell me you didn't know you had grown over time.\" A moment passed before the traveler's words brought him pride. The seed thought and smiled for the first time in his life. The years of torture by the sun and the rain finally helped him grow up. \"Oh! That means I'm not a little seed anymore! I was actually born to make people feel comfortable. Wow! That's great!\" Question: Where does the passage most probably come from? Yes or no, is the answer \"A story book.\"?\n**Answer**\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Yes", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Article: The editor of the new Cool Camping Britain guide chooses some of his favorite new finds in England, Wales and Scotland. Cleadale, Isle of Eigg, Inner Hebrides Is this Britain's most beautiful campsite? From the grassy point looking seaward to the mountains, it's not hard for campers to see how the island inspired The Lord of the Rings author's fantasy landscapes. The campsite itself is as wild and wonderful as its setting. Open April -- September, from PS5 per tent per night. Swattesfield, Thornham Magna, Suffolk Deep in the wilds of north Suffolk, this seven-acre campsite has only been open for a few years, with two fields separated by a lake and surrounded by woodland. The position is perfect. It's a great place to do nothing but get into nature. You can put up your tent in the bottom field or the woodland beyond. Open Easter -- October, from PS10 per tent per night. Pleasant Streams Farm, near St Austell, Cornwall This site, by a lake, is all about simple pleasures. Located in the former mining village, it has a summerhouse with books and games for a rainy day. There are many animals including pigs, hens, goats and ducks on the farm and a pub just a 10- minute stroll away. There's very little to do here, no bells and no whistles. Campfires are encouraged. Open Easter -- September, from PS10 per tent per night. Troytown Campsite, St Agnes, Isles of Sciily Its only campsite, Troytown, couldn't be in a more remote position. Isolation is its greatest advantage -- so bring plenty of books to read and don't expect a phone signal. But at least one of life's necessities is available. Lying on the hillside overlooking the bay and near the island of the Gugh, it might just win the prize for best beer garden view in England. Open March October, from PS7. 50 per tent per night, Question: Which place can you choose if you like a simple farm life? Yes or no, is the answer \"Pleasant Streams Farm, near St Austell, Cornwall.\"?\nNo\n\n\nArticle: Earth Day is on April 22nd.People say thanks to the Earth and learn ways to keep the Earth safe and clean.But saving the Earth is not just for grow-ups.Kids are also taking an active part in it. The American writer and filmmaker Lynne made a film called Young Voices for the Planet.It lists a lot of stories about different kids who help to keep our environment clean. Team Marine, US A group of students at Santa Monica High School started an organization called Team Marine.They tell people why plastic bags are bad for sea animals and environment.In 2011, they successfully made lawmakers in their city stop people using plastic bags. Felix, 15, Germany In 2007, a 9-year-old boy, Felix, started a club,Plant for the Planet.It encourages children around the world to plant trees in their own countries.Felix helped plant 25 million trees in Germany and 120 million trees worldwide. Alec, 17, US When he was 12, Alec set up Kids VS Global Warming.It teaches kids about weather change and ways to stop the world getting warmer and warmer.Alec travels widely to encourage people to help stop global warming.He has given more than 70 talks across the country. Olivia, 13, US When Olivia was 11, she heard about the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.She painted 500 pictures of birds to raise money for the clean-up.She raised more than $200,000 to protect birds and other wild animals. Question: The passage is mainly about how _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"kids are saving the Earth\"?\nNo\n\n\nQ: Article: Physical fitness refers to good health, and is the result of regular exercise, proper diet and nutrition, and proper rest for physical recovery. A person who is physically fit will be able to walk or run without getting breathless and he or she will be able to carry out the activities of everyday living and will not need help. How much each person can do will depend on their age and whether they are a man or woman. A physically fit person usually has a normal weight for height. The relation between height and weight is called the Body Mass Index. A taller person can be heavier and still be fit. If a person is too heavy or too thin for the height it may affect the health. Mental health refers to a person's emotional and psychological well-being. \"A state of emotional and psychological well-being in which an individual is able to use his or her thinking and emotional(feeling) abilities, function in society, and meet the ordinary demands of everyday life.\" One way to think about mental health is by looking at how well a person functions. Feeling capable and efficient, being able to handle normal levels of stress, having good friends and family, and leading an independent life, and being able to \"bounce back\" or recovering from hardships, are all signs of mental health. Public Health refers to trying to stop a disease that is unhealthy to the community, and does not help in long life or promote your health. This is fixed by organized efforts and choices of society, public and private clubs, communities and individuals. It is about the health of many people, or everybody, rather than one person. Public health stops instead of encouraging a disease through surveillance of cases. To prevent being sick, it is good to do healthy behaviors, such as hand washing, vaccination programs and so on. When infectious diseases break out, washing hands may be especially important. Question: What is the best title of the passage? Yes or no, is the answer \"Physical, Mental and Public Health\"?\nA: Yes\n\n\n*Question*\nArticle: I came across an old country guide the other day. It listed all the tradesmen in each village in my part of the country and it was impressive to see the great variety of services which were available on one's own doorstep in the late Victorian countryside. Nowadays a superficial traveler in ruralprefix = st1 /Englandmight conclude that the village tradesmen still flourishing were either selling frozen food to the residents or selling old things to visitors. Nevertheless. This would really be a false impression. There has been smaller village commerce ,but its vigor is still remarkable. Our local grocer's shop, for example, is actually expanding in spite of the competition from supermarkets in the nearest town. Women prefer to go there and exchange the local news while purchasing, instead of purchasing up at a supermarket. And the shop owner knows well that personal service has a substantial cash value. His prices may be a bit higher than those in the town, but he will deliver anything at any time. His assistants think nothing of bicycling down the village street in their lunch hour to take a piece of cheese to an aged woman who sent her order by word of mouth with a friend who happened to be passing. The wealthier customers telephone their shopping lists and the goods are on their doorsteps within an hour. I also find it satisfactory because a village shop offers one of the few ways in which a modest individualist can still get along in the world without attaching himself to the big groups of industry or commerce. Most of the village shopkeepers I know, are individualists in their ways. For example, our shoemaker stares with a cold look at the pairs of cheap, mass-produced shoes taken to him for repair. Has it come to this, he seems to be saying, that he, a craftsman , work upon them. And he makes beautiful shoes for those who can afford such luxury . Question: What is the village shoemaker's reaction to mass-produced shoes? Yes or no, is the answer \"He looks down upon the low quality of industrialized products\"?\n**Answer**\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "No", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "When an NBA player is young he thinks he can win the championship by himself. It is only later when he has aged and been through many battles that he learns an important lesson: there is no \"I \" in \"team\". There is no better example of the value of teamwork than the Boston Celtics. Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett were all superstars on three different teams. Yet, none of them had any titles to show for it. Then, last season, they decided to sacrifice money and individual statistics to play together. Garnett and Allen joined Pierce on the Celtics and changed the NBA in the process. It started in simple ways. Garnett and Allen are two of the most intense athletes in the world. They treat every second of every practice like it is the NBA championship. If you want to play alongside them then you will have to do the same. So, the young guys on the Celtics started giving their full effort too. Pierce had been the star of the Celtics for many years. He used to shoot the ball many times a game. But with the addition of Allen and Garnett he shot less and focused on defense. His selflessness showed the young players that doing what made the team better was the only thing that mattered. When the Celtics were winning and the game was almost over, Garnett, Pierce and Allen would come out of the game. But they wouldn't just sit on the bench. Instead, they stood and cheered and screamed for their teammates. They wanted to support their friends and teammates. Now, the guys who don't play know they can still affect the game by cheering so they scream and cheer when Garnett, Allen and Pierce are playing. The Celtics have developed a strong relationship. They are more than just teammates. They are brothers. The result: the Boston Celtics won the championship and are considered the favorites to win the Eastern Conference championship again this year. There is a saying that goes, \"A successful team beats with one heart.\" If that is the case, the Celtics may have the biggest heart in the NBA. Which of the following is NOT true about Pierce's recent performance? A) He became an even better shooter with others' help. B) He focused much more attention on defense. C) He created more chances for teammates. D) He stood and cheered for his teammates\nA\n\n\nIn most parts of the world, as far back as anyone can remember , there has been a puppet tradition. Although some of us think of puppets as children's entertainment, they were----and oftenstill are used to tell serious stories to adult audiences. Even in these days of special effects, the puppettheatre still has a special place in many cultures. The best known puppet characters in Britain are Punch and Judy, glove puppets with woodenheads. In summer, one basic play of about half an hour is performed on beaches all around Britain .Mr. Punch, who has an enormous nose and wears a curved hat, gets into trouble and has argumentswith his wife, Judy. A policeman , a crocodile, and a hangman, and all of them run after Mr. Punch .He ,of course, _ manages to survive to fight another day . In Belgium wooden puppets first appeared in the 1820s in cities like liege . The liege puppetsare in fact string puppets without strings!They have a single rod attached to their heads, whichmeans the puppeteers aren't able to raise the arms and legs, but can move the body up and down and the head from side to side. Many of the stories used to be historical or religious but it is Tchantches,a comic character wit patched trousers and a big black hat, who is the best loved character today. LikeMr. Punch, he is a simple man who is also greedy, quarrelsome and lazy. He makes fun of everyone, but is often warm--hearted and tender. The biggest difference between puppets in Britain and puppets in Belgium is their _ . A) performing time B) operating ways C) producing material D) decorating characters\nB\n\n\nQ: Tired of Working in Your Country! With over 500 instructors and 20 years of experience, we are the leader in the field of teaching foreign languages. We now have positions open in Osaka starting November / December 2016 for instructors of English, German, Spanish and French. *Teach many different kinds of classes using the latest technology in small classes of up to 3 students. *Accommodation , and other necessary documents will be ready before you leave. *Applicants will teach their first language only. * Excellent teacher training programs. If you are young with a university degree and are willing to experience different cultures, apply now. Experience in teaching is an advantage but not specially required. Knowledge of the Japanese language is not necessary but good English skills and practical computer knowledge are basic requirements. Apply with C. V. and send letters to: NOVA France, Mr. Sampy(IHT 3/2) 34, Bd. Haussmann, 75009 Paris, France Fax: 33148014804 Or visit our website: www. teachjp. com The manager expects to meet and talk with successful applicants in Paris in October. We know from the text that those who are going to Japan will _ . A) teach English only in Osaka B) receive a degree from a university C) have free accommodation D) get trained for the job\nA: D\n\n\n(Question)\nCollege students constantly hear the praises of education.We have all become used to believing that a college education is always a guarantee of an easier life.I was nine years old when my fourth-grade teacher presented me with a task, to write down all of the things I wanted in my life.I filled my paper with things like: own a big house and have servants; be rich and have a good job.The next day my teacher handed back my paper and in red ink she wrote: \" GO TO COLLEGE.\" For a long time, I was convinced that once I obtained an education, BAM! Life would be easier. However, education cannot promise all wishes, dreams, and desires.Society must reject the foolish idea that a college education's main purpose is to satisfy our desires and secure success.Like most challenging things, education is a gamble in which results depend entirely on people's ability to look past their wants to see the realism and reason behind their wants. For instance, my first year of college, I took a sociology class.In class, we were taught that Third World countries were poor.We learned that our quality of life would be almost impossible for an average person in those countries.I began to examine my own desire to be rich.To always go after money felt selfish when knowing others had none at all.Learning about other society's financial situations forced me to look beyond what I wanted. Through the process of education, everything once desired is tested.Wanting something no longer is enough; it's more important to examine why we want it and whether we really want it.When my desire for money changed, everything changed.I stopped longing for money-driven careers and stopped valuing the people who had them.I began to examine the things I purchased and my reason for wanting them. Education is a tool to be used to develop and advance our desires, so we can discover the things that are truly significant in life.Education is a source to expand our society to see beyond the superficial appeals and the \"quick fixes\" , leaving the belief of an... The author's fourth-grade teacher probably agreed that _ . A) the author was an ambitious student B) the author should set more realistic goals C) a college student would lead an easier life D) a college degree was the key to the author's dreams\n(Answer)\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Most people say \"yes\" much more readily than \"no\". A friend is moving house this weekend and would like some help, and you agree. But, what you really wanted was a couple of quiet days relaxing at home. Or a roommate spends the entire weekends playing video games and wants to borrow your homework for \"reference\". You say \"yes\". Many people say \"yes\" to these kinds of requests. They tend not to consider their own interests and feelings, and are often angry with themselves afterwards . Saying \"no\" requires courage and considerable practice, in fact, according to psychologists. \"Everyone wants to be liked,\" says Gabriele Steinki, a German psychologist. \"Saying 'no' risks losing the affection of the person asking the favor or even a job.\" The result is that many people say \"yes\" just for keeping the peace. But experts say this is regrettable. Anyone should have the right to say \"no\". In fact, rejecting a request can even help to strengthen a relationship because it expresses a true feeling. But, for people used to agreeing to every request, changing can be a long and uncomfortable learning process. Most people believe that \"If I say 'no', I'll lose the affection of the person. But the affection is important to me.\" This way of thinking can be replaced by this: \"If he only likes me because I always do what suits him , the price of his affection is too high in the long term.\" Steinki says the key is talking to the other person to find a mutual solution. \"One needs to present the situation from one's own point of view, and to suggest how the situation can be dealt with to the advantage of both parties. The other person must have the feeling that his interests are being considered.\" When the refusal is not accepted, Steinki advises us to give the reasons calmly again until the person gets the message . Question: According to the writer, what should you do if your refusal is not accepted? Options: A: Say yes to him. B: Repeat your reason for his acceptance C: Just go away D: Say no to him\nB\n\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: For almost forty years the Empire State Building in New York City was the world's tallest skyscraper . The building reaches a height of 1, 250 feet. It has 102 floors. The use of steel frames made its height possible. Steel walls can rise height without needing to be thick. Steel frame construction is strong. All plates are fixed firmly together by metal bolts called rivets . When set in place, rivets are usuall red- hot. One end is already rounded. A riveter uses a special hammer to shape the other end. Then the rivet cools. It holds the plates firmly. High winds can move this strong building. A wind of a hundred miles an hour has caused it to move almost one and a half inches. Question: Rivets are described as being _ . Options: A: picked up by tools when red -hot B: hit by tools when red - hot C: usually caught in a hole D: usually put in place when red - hot\nD\n\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Life is difficult. It is a great truth because once we truly understand and accept it, then life is no longer difficult. Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that difficulties stand for a special kind of suffering especially forced on them or else on their families, their class, or even their nation. What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending on their nature, cause sadness, or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes a lot of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy. Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure. When we want to encourage the growth of human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, \"Those things that hurt, instruct .\" It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems. Question: Which sentence best express the central point of the passage? Options: A: Problems and difficulties represent a special kind of suffering. B: We become stronger by facing and solving problems of life. C: Life is difficult because our problems bring us pain. D: People like to complain about their problems.\nB\n\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Since I was a child, I called my father my Kong, after King Kong. I believed that he was just as strong as the giant ape . As he faced death, _ . Two months after he passed away, my sister called to ask if I would like to go see Lisa Williams, a well-known witch . I was familiar with Lisa from her show on Lifetime, and since I was eager to get a sign from my father, I agreed to go. I took my father's gold watch and listened as Lisa helped audience members communicate with their loved ones. \"I have a grandfather-like figure with me and he is speaking about his granddaughter Jilly,\" she announced. The audience was quiet; no one raised a hand. I nudged my sister and whispered to her that this was Dad ,for my third child and my father had a deep bond(,) and he called her Jilly. Although I sensed his presence, I wasn't confident enough to raise my hand. I needed something a bit more concrete, something undoubted. \"This man is letting me know he had cancer,\" she continued. I nudged my sister harder and assured her this was our father. Lisa went on to say that this person died in June (my father had died June 8th). There was swelling of the legs. \"Important information,\" she called out. My heart beat fast . I jumped up when she asked, \"Who is holding his watch?\" I waved the watch in the air. \"He wishes you congratulations.\" My fourth child was born three weeks after my father died. I was in shock and could not believe I was getting a chance to hear from him, yet I knew our bond was strong enough that he could come to the world. She banged on her chest like an ape and apologized, saying, \"I don't know why but he wants me to do this like Tarzan.\" It didn't resonate with me until my sister called out \"King Kong!\" I was convinced. No way could this woman have ever known a detail unless Dad was communicating through her. Each bit of information she gave us was just as meaningful. She ended our session by informing us that he would send us coins. The very next day I found six coins in various places; they seemed to have... Question: What do we know about Lisa Williams? Options: A: She may be a learned teacher. B: She may be a woman knowing witchcraft C: She may be is a scientist researching Lifetime. D: She may be a fairy.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Question: The bell rings and in a few moments. the most disordered part of the day begins-lunch. Food begins to be dished out. and some students are eager to see their friends. while others cannot bear the thought of what is about to happen. Anxie0, builds for many as they think today will be just like any other day. Press repeat and this happens every day. But Bridport Elementary in Bridport introduced a system to solve this classic scene of loneliness and meet new friendships. There's hardly room for the question, \"Will you save me a seat?\" at Britiport Elementary where students are guided to assigned tables and given the. opportunity to open their hearts and minds to a new friend. The school's president Kilbourne had observed too many days in which the same kids were left alone, while the others were always accompanied by friends. Something had to change. The school gives a new system- in which students line up to pick a numbered stick before getting their food. Each stick has a number that's linked with a table, showing where they will eat lunch for the day. This system was used five months ago. Today, if you walked into the cafeteria. you wouldn't find any numbers or any sticks. Kilbourne made a promise to the students that the system would eventually disappear if she saw that students learned to value inclusivity and friendship. People really saw a change. A girl was walking around by herself with her lunch in her hand. and four tables asked her to join them. At another table. a kindergartener was sitting alone for just a few moments before two sixth graders came over to sit with him. and actively included him in conversation. Now we are left wondering: how can lessons learned from the cafeteria be used elsewhere? Students and adults all over the country could benefit from an approach in which every person is always welcome at the table in any situation. Why couldn't w e find any numbers or any sticks in the cafeteria? A) Because students were tired of them. B) Because they didn't work out as expected. C) Because they were replaced by something else. D) Because there was no need for them any more.\nAnswer: D\n\nQuestion: A relationship is defined as a state of connectedness between people. Although in today's society with its crazy rhythm of everyday life, when people tend to live in thickly populated cities, spending most of their time in the office and hardly knowing their neighbor's name, we still find ourselves in some kinds of relationships-with friends, family, or colleagues. Family relationships are the first relationships people enter. Parents and relatives influence our emotional development by creating a model that we are sometimes bound to follow all our lives, often subconsciously . In day-care, at school, then in the office we spend a lot of time among fellow students and co-workers. We learn to keep business relationships, to work in a team environment, then form smaller groups of like-minded people and finally select some of them as our friends. What is a true friendship? How does it start? Are we destined to become friends with certain people or can we actually plan whom to be friends with? \"Everybody's friend is nobody's.\" said Arthur Schopenhauer. Unlike a companionship based on belonging to the same team or group, friendship is a very personal and selective type of relationship. It calls for trust, sincerity, and emotional bonds. Sociologists believe that most people are looking for similarities in views, social status, and interests when choosing friends. No wonder that our friends are often people of the same age, sex, and education. Another important factor is joint activity and solidarity. This is the reason why many of us befriend our colleagues and other people who work in the same field. Most people would agree that a friend is someone who always listens and understands. Understanding in this context implies a lot of meanings-compassion, sympathy, and emotional closeness. It's a process in which your friend reads your emotional state, shares your feelings, identifies himself or herself with you. Why are our friends usually of the same age,sex,and education? A) Because they are clever and well-behaved. B) Because most of us are looking for similarities in views,social status, and interests when choosing friends. C) Because they help us with our work and share our happiness and sorrow. D) Because they cooperate with us well.\nAnswer: B\n\nQuestion: As millions of playthings are recalled, doctors are reminded that the risks of lead exposure continue for young patients. Lead is such a well-known health - perhaps even contributing to the fall of the Roman Empire- that it came as a shock to discover that toys played by children could contain lead. Doctors are now dealing with the aftershocks. Just how dangerous is this exposure? That's the question physicians are being asked by parents who find a lead-polluted Elmo, of Dora. Millions of others toys, lunch boxes and pieces of jewelry manufactured in China have been recalled because they contain lead either in the paint that coats them or as a component of the plastic used to make the item more flexible. The lead content in some of the toys recalled this summer was 180 times the amount allowed by law. Some pieces of jewelry were almost 100% lead. Experts advise that the items do cause a risk and that doctors should urge parents to check the comprehensive lists of recalled products on the Consumer Product Safety Commission's Web site and return any appearing on those lists to the manufacturers. If exposure is suspected, a blood test is in order . Since there is no safe level of this universal element, the risk face by children for lead poisoning and its accompanying threat of learning disabilities and behavior problems is considerable. Doctors who have toys in their waiting rooms also are advised to see if any of them have been recalled and to check for chipped, flaking paint-even on those that haven't yet been recalled--since new announcements of toy risk continue. Why does the author mention \"the fall of the Roman Empire\"? A) To tell us a strange story. B) To warn us to keep away from lead. C) To explain why the Roman Empire fell. D) To show how terrible lead poisoning is.\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "input: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Everybody has had at least one experience from which he knows the meaning of life.This time, which took place several years ago, but seems as if it just happened. On an afternoon several years ago, my brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sister's dress and picked out a beautiful skirt.\"Jan bought this the first time we went to New York, at least 8 or 9 years ago.She never wore it.She was saving it for a special occasion.\" he said.I guess this was the occasion: it was the funeral of my sister, after her unexpected death. He took the shirt and put it on bed, with the other clothes we were taking to the funeral.Then he closed the drawer and turned to me, \"Don't ever save anything for a special occasion.Every day you're alive is a special occasion.\" I'm thinking about his words, and they've changed the way I live my life.I'm spending more time with my family and friends and less time in committee meetings.Whenever possible, life should be a kind of experience to enjoy, not to suffer.\"Someday\" and \"one of these days\" are losing their importance on my vocabulary.If it's worth seeing or hearing or doing,I want to see and hear and do it now. Ever since that day, I have been trying very hard not to put off, hold hack or save anything that would add laughter and color to our lives.Every morning when I open my eyes.I tell myself that every day, every minute, every breath, truly is a gift.So every day and find the true meaning of your life. Options: A everybody can have a happy life through efforts B every day in our lives is worth cherishing C enjoying ourselves is the most important thing in our lives D everybody will have some things left to do after his death Answer: B every day in our lives is worth cherishing Question:\n++++++++++\noutput: From his experience, the author learns that _ .\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Why is pink or purple a color1 for girls and blue or brown for boys? The answer depends largely on cultural values as well as personal experiences. To the Egyptians, green was a color1 that represented the hope and joy of spring, while for Muslims, it means heaven. Red is a symbol of good luck in many cultures. In China, children are given money in a red envelope to bring good fortune in the New Year. For many nations, blue is a symbol of protection and religious beliefs. Greek people often wear a blue necklace hoping to protect themselves against evils . People's choice of color1s is also influenced by their bodies' reactions toward them. Green is said to be the most restful color1. It has the ability to reduce pain and relax people both mentally and physically. People who work in green environment have been found to have fewer stomach aches. Red can cause a person's blood pressure to rise and increase people's appetites . Many decorators will include different shades of red in the restaurant. Similarly, many commercial websites will have a red \"Buy Now\" button because red is a color1 that easily catches a person's eye. Blue is another calming color1. Unlike red, blue can cause people to lose appetite. So if you want to eat less, some suggest that eating from blue plates can help. The next time you are deciding on what to wear or what color1 to decorate your room, think about the color1 carefully. Options: A To relax people physically. B To increase people's appetites. C To cause a person's blood pressure to rise. D To encourage people to make a purchase. Answer: D To encourage people to make a purchase. Question:\n++++++++++\noutput: Why will many commercial websites have a red \"Buy Now\" button?\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: What exactly is a lie? Is it anything we say which we know is untrue? Or is it something more than that? For example, suppose a friend wants to borrow some money from you. You say, \"I wish I could help you but I'm short of money myself.\" In fact you are not short of money but your friend is in the habit of not paying his debts and you don't want to hurt his feelings by reminding him of this. Is this really a lie? Professor Gerald Gullion of theprefix = st1 /UniversityofSouthern Californiahas made a scientific study of lying. According to him, women are better liars than men, particularly when telling a \"white lie\", such as a woman at a party telling another woman that she likes her dress when she really thinks it looks awful. However, this is only one side of the story. Other researchers say that men are more likely to tell more serious lies, such as making a promise which they have no intention of fulfilling. This is the kind of lie politicians and businessmen are supposed to be particularly skilled at: the lie from which the liars hopes to profit or gain in some way. Research has also been done into the changes of people's behavior in a number of small, clearly unimportant ways when they lie. It has been found that if they are sitting down at the time, they tend to move about in their chairs more than usual. To the trained observer they are saying \"I wish I were somewhere else now\". They also tend to touch certain parts of the face more often, in particular the nose. One explanation of this may be that lying causes a slight increase in blood pressure. The nose is very sensitive to such changes and the increased pressure makes it itch . Another gesture which gives away is what the writer Desmond Morris in his bookMan Watchingcalls \"the mouth cover\". He says there are several typical forms of this, such as covering part of the mouth with fingers, touching the upper-lip or putting a finger of the hand at one side of the mouth. Such a gesture can be understood, as an unconscious attempt on the part of... Options: A that other people have interest in B that other people cannot believe C told in order to avoid offending someone D told in order to take advantage of someone Answer: C told in order to avoid offending someone Question:\n++++++++++\noutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "According to the passage, a \"white lie\" seems to be a lie _ .", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don't feel hurt .If the same two people meet again, even years later, they _ the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending deeply into both families. There is another difficult point for us to understand .Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don't show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off from our work to act as guides to our friends. It is opposite in America .Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life .So accept their hospitality at home and enjoy your visit in America ! Which of the following is the typical way of American hospitality ? A) Treating friends at home. B) Taking days off to be with friends . C) Meeting friends at the airport at midnight. D) Sharing everything they have.\nA\n\n\n(Question)\nA little boy went to a telephone booth at the cash counter of a store and made a phone call. The store owner looked at him and listened to the conversation. Boy: \"Lady, can you give me the job of cutting your lawn ?\" Woman (at the other end of the phone line): \"No, thank you. I already have someone to cut my lawn.\" Boy: \"Lady, I will cut your lawn for half the price the person who cuts your lawn now.\" Woman: \"I'm very satisfied with the person who cuts my lawn.\" Boy (with more perseverance ) : \"Lady, I'll even sweep the floor and the stairs of your house for free.\"[:Zxxk.Com] Woman: \"No, thank you.\" With a smile on his face, the little boy hung up the phone. The store owner, who was listening to all this, walked over to the boy. Store owner: \"Son... I like your attitude . I like that positive spirit and would like to offer you a job.\" Boy: \"No, thanks.\" Store owner: \"But you were really asking for one.\" Boy: \"No, Sir. I was just checking my performance at the job I already have. I am the one who is working for that lady I was talking to.\" The boy said to the lady that he would even sweep her floor and stairs for free because _ . A) he wanted her to let him continue his job B) he thought that the lady was too poor C) the lady thought the money she paid the boy was too much D) he wanted to know if he did his job well enough and couldn't be replaced by others.\n(Answer)\nD\n\n\nQues: Dear Jenny, I am in Beijing, China now, but my parents are in the USA. I live with my brother Peter. Beijing is big and great. There are many beautiful places and much delicious food here. I like Beijing very much. Peter and I are in the same grade, but we are in different classes. We live far from the school and it takes us a long time to go to school. We have to get up at 6:20 in the morning, and then at 6:30 we ride bikes to the bus stop. It takes us about 20 minutes. At about 7:00, we take the bus to school. We get to school at about 7:30. We have four classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. I think Chinese is too difficult, but Peter thinks it is easy. He can speak Chinese very well and he often helps me with it. How is everything going with you in the USA? Write to me soon. Love, Kate ,. What time does Kate get to the bus stop? A) At about 6:40 B) At about 6:50 C) At about 7:00 D) At about 7:30\nAns: B\n\n\n(Q).\nHello! My name is Jane. I usually get up at seven o'clock and then have a cup of coffee and some bread for breakfast. After breakfast, I take a shower and then I go to work by bus. I get to work at nine o'clock. I work till one o'clock and then I have my lunch. I start again at two o'clock and finish at five o'clock. I do some shopping before I go home. I get home at about a quarter to six. I have supper at about seven o'clock. After super, I sometimes go out for a walk, but I usually just stay at home and watch TV. I go to bed before eleven o'clock. At noon Jane has _ break . A) half an hour's B) an hour's C) an hour and a half's D) two hours'\n(A).\nB\n\n\nQues:Strong earthquakes hit the east of Japan in the afternoon of March 11, causing several meter-high tsunami , which killed more than 10,000 people in areas along the coast. Several nuclear plants at the coast were broken by the earthquake and tsunami. People living near the plants have been asked to move away. People living within 30 kilometers of the first plant are asked to stay indoors and close all windows. The breaking of the nuclear plants is causing electricity shortages in Eastern Japan. As a result, electricity is cut off for 3-hour periods in the area of Tokyo and some other areas during daytime. In order to save electricity, some shops, restaurants and tourist places in the areas are closed for some time every day. But all major airports and train lines are still open and operating. For the above reasons, tourists are _ not to visit the eastern areas in the near future. Visits to Western Japan are not affected by the event. People who plan to travel over the coming weeks and months are advised to pay attention to the situation for a few more days before making decisions. They closed some shops and restaurants for some time every day to _ A) avoid making electricity shortages even worse B) avoid more people getting together C) rebuild their broken buildings D) keep away from nuclear radiation\n\nAns:A\n\n\nQues:This happened in London It was November and the weather was very wet and cold. A Frenchman had caught a very bad cold. He coughed day and night, so he decided to go and get some medicine for his cough. As he did not know much English, he took out his dictionary and looked up the word \"cough\". But the dictionary did not tell him how to pronounce the word. He thought it over and remembered that he had learned the word \"plough\". He remembered that it was pronounced[plav]. So he thought that c-o-u-g-h must be pronounced [kav]. Then he put on his coat and hat and went to a chemist's shop .When the man in the shop asked him what he wanted, the Frenchman said, \"I want something for my 'COW' , please.\" The man in the shop looked at him. Had he heard him correctly? \"I beg your pardon, sir?\" he asked. The Frenchman repeated, \"I want some medicine for my 'COW'.\" \"For your cow?\" asked the man, \"are you a farmer?\" \"A farmer?\" said the Frenchman in surprise, \"What makes you think I'm a farmer? I come from Paris. I'm not a farmer. \" \"But where is your cow?\" \"It's here!\" answered the Frenchman. He put his hand on his chest and began to cough. \"Here it is, \" he said, \"I've a very bad 'cow' here.\" Then the man in the shop understood what the Frenchman meant. He wanted some medicine for his cough. The Frenchman said, \"I want something for my 'cow', please.\" Here by the word \"cow\" he meant _ . A) cow B) cough C) medicine D) cold\n\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Question: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: \"One of my actors is sick! He has just one line and you're the only one who fits his clothes!\" One afternoon, the school drama director suddenly shouted to me. She seemed so nervous and worried that I felt sorry for her and said, \"Ok\". \"You will be fine. It's easy!\" She said. But it wasn't easy at all. On the stage, four other actors and actresses spoke their lines, and I opened my mouth. Nothing came out. I couldn't even breathe. I just wanted to leave. The next thing I knew, I was running off the stage. As I was running off the stage, I accidentally knocked over a glass of grape juice that was on a table. The purple juice hit the girl next to me --- Andrea, the leading actress of the drama. She gave me a nasty look. I thought she was going to kill me! But then, Andrea quickly said, \"Darling, you're so silly! Let's toast to my darling's silliness! Cheers!\" She grabbed another glass of grape juice and drank it. The other actor quickly followed Andrea's lead and saved the scene. The audience thought my mistake was part of the play! I apologized to everyone after the play. To my surprise, they were not angry with me. They told me, \"It's all a part of being on stage.\" I could be wrong, but I think I liked being on stage. I think I will try again. Question: There were _ actors and actresses on the stage. Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- three\n- four\n- five\n- six\nAnswer: five\n\ninput with options: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Sally Ride was born in California in 1951. She was the first American woman to travel into space. She loved to play tennis and wanted to be a tennis player when she was young. But after three months' professional training, she changed her mind. She went to Stanford University and started to study science. She studied stars and planets. She did researches at the university and got her PhD in astrophysics after several years' hard work. In 1977, she took a test to become an astronaut. And then she was picked up from over 8,000 people. In order to realise her dream of going into space, she had to get different kinds of special and difficult training. She learned how to fly a plane, how to jump out of a plane as well as how to operate special machines Sally and four other astronauts flew a spaceship called Challenger on Jun. 18, 1983. She became the first American woman to travel into space. Later, she taught at the University of California. Then she wrote seven books on space for children, encouraging children to study science. Unfortunately, she died in 2012. Question: When did Sally Ride go into space? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- In 1951.\n- In 1977.\n- In 1983.\n- In 2012.\noutput: In 1983.\n\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Mr White works in an office. He's very busy and has no time to have a good rest. Every evening, when he comes back from his office, he's always tired and wants to go to bed early. But his wife often has a lot of interesting things to tell him after dinner. She doesn't stop talking until she falls asleep . But it's usually too late and Mr White has to get up early in the morning when she is still sleeping. One day Mr White felt terrible and couldn't go to work. He decided to go to see a doctor. Mrs White went to the hospital with him. Before her husband said what was the matter with him, the woman told the doctor all. The doctor wrote out a prescription . When Mrs White took the medicine to the doctor's room, the doctor said to her, \"The bottle of medicine is for your husband and the pills are for you. \" \"For me?\" the woman said in surprise. \"I'm fine. I don't need any medicine!\" \"I don't think so, madam,\" said the doctor. \"They are sleeping pills. Your husband will be all right soon if you take them. \" Question: The sentence \"Your husband will be all right soon if you take them. \" means Mr White will soon be all right if _ . Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- Mr White takes the pills\n- Mr White takes the bottle of medicine\n- Mrs White takes the pills\n- Mrs White stops talking too much at night\n\nA: Mrs White takes the pills\n\ninput: OPTIONS:\n- Every dog has its day.\n- Where there is a will, there is a way.\n- Climbing is the only way to keep healthy.\n- Children should care more about their parents. Now, answer this question: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: It all started a year before when my daughter Suzanne and I were shopping in Sydney. In the window of a sports shop I noticed a photo of a group of young people climbing the rock along a canyon . \"That's what I'm going to do next year,\" I said. Suzanne laughed. \"Sure, Mom! Don't forget you're 65 years old. \" I didn't feel l was that age! I joined a club and trained weekly. Each day I felt my physical energy increase and, along with it, my confidence. Then Suzanne pointed out, \"It's good, but how can you clear away the fear of height?\" \"I've got it worked out, \" I replied bravely. \"We're going to the indoor climbing center. \" While I was going up the high wall, I was afraid to look down as if a terrible animal was after me. Some time later, as I reached the ground, I sat down heavily on the floor. Later that night, as I lay in bed, I encouraged myself, \"You've climbed the wall! You'll certainly make it! \" We set off with our packages to the Grand Canyon. When we reached it, I found the canyon was a huge black hole--far deeper than I had imagined. As the guide clipped me onto the rope, _ . Time lost all meaning as I pushed my body forward. Only the strong rope kept me from losing hope. I began to think it would never end when everyone had stopped. \"This is as far as we go, and we can climb out after a few steps, \" the guide said finally. Two and a half hours later, we returned to the car park at last. I began to shake, one hard step after another. Getting onto the bus, I fell into the seat I had left so confidently a lifetime before. Then, while I was in the seat catching my breath, a feeling of happiness spread through me. I had done it, at the age of 66. ,. Question: What can be learned from the passage? Answer:\nA:\noutput: Where there is a will, there is a way.\n\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: This is a photo of Mr. White's family. The man with glasses is Mr. White. The woman is Mr. White's wife. They have a son and a daughter. The son is behind (......) Mr. White. His name is Tom. He's 13. Kate is Tom's sister. She is 11. Tom and Kate are in the same school, but they are in different grades. Tom is in Grade Three and Kate's in Grade One. They are good students. ,.(2) Question: White is the _ name. Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- first\n- full\n- middle\n- family\n\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "family", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Article: Mrs. Bertha Flowers was the aristocrat of Black Stamps. She had the grace of control to appear warm in the coldest weather, and on the Arkansas summer days it seemed she had a private breeze which swirled around, cooling her. One summer afternoon, she stopped at the store to buy supplies. Another Negro woman of her health and age would have been expected to carry the paper sacks home in one hand, but Momma said, \"Sister Flowers, I'll send Bailey up to your house with these things.\" \"Thank you, Mrs. Henderson. I'd prefer Marguerite, though.\" My name sounded so beautiful when she said it. \"I've been meaning to talk to her, anyway.\" They gave each other age group looks. There was a little path beside the rocky road, and Mrs. Flowers walked in front swinging her arms and picking her way over the stones. Without turning her head, she spoke to me, \"I hear you're working very good school work, Marguerite, but that it's all written. The teachers report that they have trouble getting you to talk in class.\" We passed the triangular farm on our left and the path widened to allow us to walk together. \"Now no one is going to make you talk--possibly no one can. But bear in mind, language is man's way of communicating with his fellow man and it is language alone which separates him from the lower animals.\" That was a totally new idea to me, and I would need time to think about it. \"Your grandmother says you read a lot. Every chance you get. That's good, but not good enough. _ \" She said she was going to give me some books and that I not only must read them, I must read them aloud. She suggested that I try to make a sentence sound in as many different ways as possible. \"I'll accept no excuse if you return a book to me that has been badly handled.\" My imagination boggled at the punishment I would deserve if in fact I did abuse a book of Mrs. Flowers'. The odors in the house surprised me. The sweet scent of vanilla had met us as she opened the door. \"Have a seat, Marguerite. You see, I had planned to invite you for cookies... Question: Marguerite's opinion of A Tale of Two Cities before and after Mrs. Flowers' reading can be described as _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"common ... extraordinary\"?\nNo\n\nArticle: Modern Foreign Language Teacher A successful, popular school in central South London has a new vacancy for an MFL Teacher of Spanish to start immediately after the Christmas holidays. We required a specialist Spanish teacher; therefore Spanish should be your major language. Besides this, you need to make the lessons interesting and you should also have teaching experience. Please contact Robert Eagle at 88143425. General Manager We are seeking a General Manager for our new workshop facility in Doha, Qatar. The successful individual should possess a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, along with 19 to 15 years' work experience in the Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Fertilizer or Marine industry and CNC machinery tools and equipment. A minimum of five years'; experience in a senior managerial capacity is essential. Candidates that have work experience in Gulf countries or in the Middle East are encouraged to apply. Please contact Brian Gambles at 88146725. Finance Manager The successful individual will be able to demonstrate substantial commercial experience working within a corporate, blue-chip environment. You will be able to interact with and present confidently to senior management. The business offers an excellent working culture and genuine opportunities for significant career advancement and development. Please contact Mr. McMahon at 88147959. HR Manager We are looking for an HR Manager to join our project team who will be responsible for a new HR and Payroll project. A minimum of three years' HR management experience is required for this position. The successful individual will need to have managed HR teams and supported Payroll. If you have the relevant experience and are available for a new assignment, contact Matt Ridley at 88146550. Question: If you want to work in an excellent working culture, you should call _ for an interview. Yes or no, is the answer \"88147959\"?\nNo\n\nArticle: Is war unavoidable? Can war be prevented? History tells that there were wars, great or small, in every century, in every decade. Throughout the ages, from the Stone age to the Atomic Age, men have been fighting, first with swords and shields , then with guns and cannons, and now, hydrogen bombs and missiles are used for military purpose. But, in spite of all these, it is still my belief that war can be prevented and peace can be won, but it requires the effort of every one of us. I am sure that we would not like to experience another world war. If it ever happens, two-thirds of the world and much of the civilization which men have gained through time, patience and effort will be destroyed. Will then the remaining one-third of the world be able to survive on its own? Our task now is not to blame the past, but to plan for the future. If there is peace in the world, men can use their rockets to explore the mystery of space, their submarines to explore the depth of the sea, their missiles to deliver mails and their fine equipment to penetrate the jungles of Africa, instead of using them military. Governments can use their money to build more schools, so that more children can be educated to be useful citizens. Scientists can use atomic energy to propel steamships and planes. They can also design new machines to increase the production of goods and thus improve the way of living of the people. How can a peaceful world be achieved? It requires, in my opinion, the understanding and friendship between all people from all nations. Let no one suffer discrimination by reason of color, race, religion, or national origin. Let the rich support the poor and the strong help the weak. We know that neither peace nor such a dream world can come true in a day or a month. It may even take decades or centuries. But let us plan and begin now. Question: What should we do to achieve peace? Yes or no, is the answer \"Act from right now on.\"?\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "No", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and answer the question. Article: It's September, and we're back to school. It's good to see all my teachers and friends again. They all look fine. We are in Grade Eight this year. We are going to have some new subjects. My name is Wu Ming. Wei Fang and I are in the same class. I'm not very good at Chinese, but Wei Fang says she's going to help me. I think I can do better than last year. I like English very much. This year I'm going to do more speaking. Zhang Hong also likes English, but he needs some help. I'm going to help him. This term I'm going to work for the wall-newspaper. My classmates say I draw well. I like it, too. I'm going to do my best this year. Question: The teachers and students look _ Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- special\n- fine\n- clever\n- strong\n\nAnswer: fine\n\nProblem: OPTIONS:\n- 20\n- 21\n- 40\n- 41\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Hello, I'm Jack. Please look at the picture of my classroom. On the front wall, there is a blackboard.It's very big. In front of the blackboard, there is a yellow desk. It's for our teachers. There is a computer on it. On the right wall there is a map of China. On the black ( ) wall of our classroom is a blackboard. We can write and draw on it. There are forty students in my class. Everyone has a desk and a chair. In my classroom, my desk is next to Li Fang's desk. She is on my left . And Tim is on my right. In front of me is John . Who is behind me ? It's a girl, Amy. They are my good friends. Question: There are _ desks in Jack's classroom . Answer:\nAnswer: 41\n\nProblem:OPTIONS:\n- How students make money in the US.\n- Students learn economics and investing at school.\n- Myles Gage hopes to be a banker one day.\n- What US students hope to do after graduation.\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Eighth-grader Victoria Bills is talking about money with her classmates. She is worried that a company's stock price could fall. It may be an unusual topic of conversation for a 13-year-old. But at Bills' school in Chicago, US, you hear it all the time. The Chicago school's 420 students learn about economic . They also get a chance to make money. Each 1stgrade and 5thgrade, students learn the basics of economics and investing . Then in 6thgrade, they put what they've learned to work. Students join a junior group that manages the $20,000. The group, made up of 12 to 14 students, decides which stocks to buy. After graduating, students pass on $20,000 to the next 1stgrade class. They keep half of the rest of the money; the other half goes toward improving the school. They can choose to put their money in a college-savings program or take the cash. In 2007, Bills suggested that her class buy the stock of the Apple computer company. This was just before the iPhone came out. \"We bought stock just at the right time,\" she says. The kids bought Google stock as it reached $400 a share. It is now worth over $500. \"It was a good buy,\" says Myles Gate, 13. He hopes to be a banker one day. The school's two graduating classes of 2005 and 2006 have each earned about $10,000 in profits . Question: What's the passage mainly about? Answer:\n****\nA: Students learn economics and investing at school.\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Many of us have had this annoying experience: You are waiting at a bus station when someone nearby begins to smoke. You move away, but there isn't much you can do about it. In Beijing, a new law is set to fight against smoking. It is regarded as China's toughest ever tobacco control rule . Smoking is not allowed in all indoor or public places. If people break the rules, they will have to pay up to 200 yuan. Smoking in schools is specially mentioned in this law. Teachers can not smoke in front of students in schools. Schools should also help students give up smoking and teach them about the danger of smoking. To get everybody to take part in the activity, Beijing has set up a report hotline and WeChat account . The public is invited to _ on no-smoking signs on WeChat The most popular sign is a picture of a gir1. It has got more than 1 million votes unti1 now. China is not the only country fighting smoking. In March 2004 Ireland became the first country to introduce a law on smoking in workplaces and public places. Many countries, including England and the US, then fo1lowed. Question: If people break the new rule in Beijing, they wil1 have to pay up to _ Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- Y=100\n- Y=200\n- Y=300\n- Y=400\nY=200\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Many cultures have different ideas about why people catch colds. For example in the United States, some people think that you can catch a cold if your feet get cold. So, mothers tell small children to wear warm boots in the winter. In other places, including parts of the Middle East, some people believe that strong winds cause colds. So, on trains and buses, people usually don't like to sit next to open windows. In parts of Europe, some people think that wearing wet clothes will give you a cold. They say that after you go swimming, you should quickly put on dry clothes. Today, scientists know that colds are caused by a virus . But the old ideas are still very strong, and many _ . Question: In \" _ \", what does \"them\" mean? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- scientists\n- old ideas\n- colds\n- dry clothes\n\nAnswer: old ideas\n\ninput with options: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: My uncle likes sports very much. He loves soccer ball, basketball, baseball, tennis and more. He plays baseball and basketball very well. He likes to watch the sports games on TV. He plays sports every day. He has a small sports collection. He has 12 tennis rackets, 10 baseballs, 3 basketballs and a soccer ball. Question: He plays _ very well. Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- soccer and baseball\n- tennis\n- baseball and basketball\n- Ping-Pong\noutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "baseball and basketball", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: Write a positive (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) yelp review.\nA: I finally checked out Press for the first time last night and was very impressed. The staff was incredibly helpful, the store was laid out well, service was quick, and the patio is a nice hangout. The staff told my friend that they have the best latte in town. I am a latte freak, so I bit and decided to try it out. Not only was the latte amazing, but they also spent an extra few minutes explaining the latte-making process and then attempted to make some cool shapes with the milk. AWESOME. I am so, so glad to see a decent coffee place on this side of town. They have a great product and it's great people watching out on the patio. I definitely want to go back with friends and have a glass of wine. Now, if they would only stay open later than 9...\n\n\nQ: negative\n\nA: I have been in this store more times in the last 2 months than I like to admit . First I switched all my lines over from Verizon to Sprint for the 100.00 a month for up to 10 lines. I wont waste your time reading a big story , basically when you go in here the wait time is insane. Then when you purchase an item its like buying a used car they assume you are going to buy accessories and push the insurance on you . I went in yesterday to add another IPAD to my account. Usually I deal with one of the guys , but I went in and of course had about a 45 minutes wait. Finally the girl calls my name and asked pretty much What did I want. I told her I wanted to add an IPAD she pulls up my account and then goes in the back to get the IPAD. 10 minutes goes by and I am still waiting for her to come back, I see the floor supervisor Zack and asked where she went . He said they are out of stock and she is calling around looking for another store who would send it to there store. First off why not just come out and tell me we are out of stock would you like me to check another store . Instead I sat there wondering where she went. Finally she comes out to tell me they did not have the IPAD. I told her forget it I will just call customer service to order one. Long behold I find out since the new Ipad came out there is a 1-4 week wait on it. However... I was able to find one at another store. I called and they had one, she held it for I drove over and I was in and out in 20 minutes,\n\n\nProblem: What would be an example of an positive (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) review?\n\nAnswer: Update. This is my favorite ice cream shop in the country. I've been around the block too. Having traveled all up and down the east coast, and having lived in Vegas and LA, I've seen my share of frozen yogurt, ice cream, gelato and whatnot. I came in the other night and, once again, nothing short of spectacular. Bacon ice cream is on the weekends! I also happened to write a blog post because of my enthusiasm for Sweet Republic. SR even tweeted me back! Normally, I'd think nothing of it, because businesses tend to write me back on many different platforms, but this one stuck out in particular because I didn't tag them. Clearly, they did a search for key terms, found me, and decided to write back and keep in touch. This is business at it's best. For you mobile users, here is my original review: Your first Beatles song. Your first kiss. Your first.... All are seminal moments in life. Yelperazzi, today....I had a seminal moment. I went to Sweet Republic, and nearly Ice Creamed my pants. The Mavs were on their way to winning the championship, while LeBron left his talents on ESPN. SR had no line, since it was a quiet Sunday night. I was promptly greeted by a friendly scooper, and ordered Salted Butter Carmel in a cup...to go. The scooper politely asked me if I would like it packed in ice. WHAT? ICE? FOR ME? It was like a gift sent upon me by the ice cream Gods. F*** Me, I'm Famous! Or at least I felt like it. As I got home and unpacked my frozen treaty mctreat, I discovered a heavenly cup of deliciousness. This really is the best ice cream...I have ever had. Little ribbons of caramel. Spikes of sea salt. Sweet creamy goodness. Thank God I worked out today. I am coming back, because there are so many obscure flavors that piqued my interest...like Avocado Jalapeno and Honey Blue Cheese. My life has been changed. I will end this review with the pledge of allegiance. \"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the sweet republic for which it has, one scoop in a cup, indivisible, with flavors and spoons for all.\" God Bless America. Eff Yeah!.\n\n\nInput: OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive.\nGenerate a negative review for a place\nOutput: I ordered a printed canvas from Fabness on September 20th, 2014 (Sunday) as a gift for my best friends birthday on October 3rd (Friday). I read the production policy and it states that the order could be expected 7-10 business days after it is placed. My friends birthday is October 3rd which is 10 days after I placed the order. Since it falls on a Friday I did the calculations and Fabness should have the canvas to me by that date. As a precaution, I followed up with them on Monday, September 29th to make sure the order was going to ship soon. In addition, their email confirmation sent to me when I placed the order says that it should take 5-7 business days for the order to be completed PLUS an extra 3 days for it to ship on the west coast. I'm located in San Diego, so this is obviously on the west coast. This means my canvas should be here by 10 business days. I received a response from Fabness on September 30th stating that my canvas is \"still in processing\" and that the service agent \"does not think I will get my canvas by 10/3/2014 (my friends birthday).\" She also said \"you would have had to select 3 day shipping when you placed the order to get it rushed through in production in time.\" Even though I thoroughly read the policy, which states 3 day shipping on the west coast, apparently Fabness has taught their customer service reps to be dishonest with their customers in order to lengthen the time and blame their customer. The response from Fabness does not recognize what what the email confirmation said OR what the order conditions (5 - 10 business days) on their website promised. It was clear that the order could take up to 10 business days but not any longer. I am extremely disappointed in this company and their turn-around time and I would NEVER recommend them to anyone. There is an abundance of companies on Groupon and online with canvas and printing services that I have ordered canvases through. They have arrived in no later than 5 days. I'm writing this as a warning to consumers that if you place an order through them - know that it will arrive MUCH later than their policy and your expectations.\n\n\ninput: Write a negative yelp review (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive).\noutput: Not a good place to go for late night eats. Went there after 1030pm because most of the restaurants are closed. Although a few of the workers there were friendly, the service was pretty bad. Don't expect to get your drinks in a timely manner. Food was so so but I've had better. My friend had his order messed up and delayed and he only had a salad! Best worker we saw was the bus boy who was kind enough to get us some water since we've been waiting so long. You know this place has a problem if you see the manager walking around and doesn't notice(or care) if people are ok, need drinks, or even bother to check on the other employees to see if they need help. C'mon! This place needs some better management and organization skills. If the bus boy is doing the best job out of all the employees there, I believe there is a problem.\n\n\nQ: negative\n\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "All locations have the WORSE customer service. They never greet or ask if you need any help. When asking then for help they are not friendly or approachable about it. No refund, store credit only and then it's a hassle for the store credit to work", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Chen Jie, 14, from Ningbo, Zhejiang is a lucky girl. She got 3600 yuan as gift money this Spring Festival. However, her grandmother took away all the money and put it in a bank account. Many students experienced the same thing as Chen. They got their gift money, only to immediately have it taken away. Xiong Shengyue, 14, from Nanjing, doesn't agree with the practice. \"I think the money should be the children's, \" she said. \" We should take care of it by ourselves.\" It is not that simple, said Chu Chaohui, a researcher at national Institute of Education Sciences. Giving gift money is used to show social status and develop relationships, he told Beijing Legal Evening News. Gift money has lost its traditional meaning of good will and has \"little to do with the children\". What's more, children don't earn the money through work. So he thought that parents should still play a big part in dealing with the money. But Yan Honglan, a mother of a 14-year-old boy in Beijing, has let her son be responsible for his gift money since the age of 8. \"I want to develop his financial skills, ' Yan said. She also added:\"No matter how you deal with the money, the most important thing is to make the children feel they're respected and trusted. Chen supported Yan's idea. She said that though she knew her grandmother wouldn't waste her gift money, she would feel happier if she could at least know how the money is spent. \"It would make me feel a little bit more grown-up,\" she said. Question: Chu Chaohui thought the gift money should be dealed with by _ - children - grandmother - parents - friends\nparents\n\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Once upon a time, a young man was standing in the middle of the town announcing that he had the most beautiful heart in the world. A large crowd gathered, and they al praised his heart for it was perfect. Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, \"Why ,your heart is not as beautiful as mine.\" The old man's heart was ful of scars . Some pieces of his heart were removed and some pieces from other people were put in, but they didn't fit quite right. So there were several jagged edges. In fact, there were stil some holes in his heart where the pieces were missing. The young man laughed,\"Comparing yours with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess.\" \"Yes,\"said the old man. \"But, every scar shows that I took out a piece of my heart and gave it to a person, and often he gave me a piece of his heart in return.\" \"Why do you have some jagged edges in your heart?\"asked the young man.\"Because the shapes of the pieces weren't the same.\"\"Then the holes?\"\"Sometimes I gave pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn't given back a piece of his, so ... but I don't care.\"\"How come?\"\"They remind me of the love we shared.\" The young man was deeply moved. He walked up to the old man, took a piece of his heart out and gave it to the old man. The old man placed it in his heart, then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man's heart. It fitted, but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges. The young man looked at his heart, not perfect any more but more beautiful than ever. How sad it must be to go through life with a whole untouched heart! Question: We can get more beautiful hearts by sharing _ - ideas - scars - love - beauty\nlove\n\nQ: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Deserts do not stay the same size .Sometimes they grow bigger. Sometimes they get smaller. The world's biggest desert, Sahara, is in Africa. Right now, the Sahara desert is growing fast. Why is the Sahara growing ? In some places , People farm too much. In other places ,animals eat all the grass. or people cut down the trees. This makes the soil weak. Weak soil lets the desert grow. Why is it a problem? people can not grow food in the desert. people can not build houses, hospitals , or schools in the desert . so people must leave their homes .They must live somewhere else. What can people do ? They can plant trees. They can also farm less. These things make soil stronger. maybe the Sahara will stop growing . It's a big problem. Many people must work together to solve it? Question: Stopping growing the desert - is easy - takes a lot of people - is not a big problem - is not important\nA: takes a lot of people\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Guitar Player Wanted Are you a lover of music? Can you play the guitar? Can you sing or dance? Welcome to our Sunshine Rock Band. Please call Mike at 5487-6598 or send an email tosunshine@yahoo.com. Hot Club Do you like to play table tennis? Do you want to play it well? Mr. Zhang is a good teacher. You cancome here every Saturday afternoon from 2:30 to 5:30. Telephone: 8665-7868 Address: Room105, Lantian Hotel. Swimmer Wanted Can you swim? Do you like children? Can you teach them to swim on Sundays? Come and join us. Call Joe at 8472-9999 for more information. Summer Job Do you like to talk with people? Do you like to write stories? Would you like to work for a magazine? Then come and work as a reporter. Please call Karen at 5561-8823. ,. Question: The ads above may be from _ . - a newspaper - a story book - a science book - a guidebook\nAnswer: a newspaper\n\n*Question*\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Disasters happen all the time somewhere in the world. Are you ready if one hits your neighborhood next week? Find out what you need to do now before it is too late. Let's take an earthquake for example. During an earthquake, get under a strong object like the kitchen table. Don't leave the building during the shaking, or you might be hurt by falling objects from the outside of the building. When you are in bed during the night and an earthquake happens,simply roll off the bed. There will be a safe void around the bed. If you are watching TV and you cannot easily run away by getting out through the door or window, then lie down and curl up next to a sofa, or a large chair. Never go to the stairs. The stairs are likely part of the building to be broken. Even if the stairs are not destroyed by the earthquake,they may fall down later when people run down. Try to get into an open area away from trees,buildings,walls,advertisement boards and power lines if you are outdoors. If you are driving when an earthquake suddenly happens,just stay in your car until the shaking ends. However, if the footbridge falls and breaks your car,get out of it and sit or lie next to it. All the broken cars have voids 3 feet high next to it. Question: What should you do if you are in a building when an earthquake happens? - Rush out quickly - Sit in the kitchen - Stay below strong objects - Go down the stairs\n**Answer**\nStay below strong objects\n\nQ: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Jack likes eggs, bananas and apples. So every day, he has two eggs, one apple, a cup of milk and some bread for breakfast. For lunch, he has bananas, some chicken and vegetables. And for dinner, he has tomatoes, French fries and ice cream. His sister likes dessert, oranges and apples. But she often has some hamburgers, one apple and bread for her breakfast. She likes tomatoes, salad and some fish for lunch. For dinner, she likes strawberries and some chicken. Question: Jack has some chicken _ , but his sister has some chicken _ . - for breakfast; for dinner - for lunch; for dinner - for dinner; for lunch - for dinner; for dinner\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A: for lunch; for dinner", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "(Q).\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Americans like to think of themselves as martyrs to work. At this time of the year they admire the laziness of their European cousins, particularly the French. Studies show that the average American gets only four weeks of paid leave a year compared with seven for the French and eight for the German. In Paris many shops close down for August; in Washington, where the weather is really hot, they remain open, some for 24 hours a day. But when it comes to the young, the situation is just opposite. American children have it easier than most other children in the world, including the supposedly lazy European children. They have one of the shortest school years anywhere, a mere 180 days compared with an average of 195 for OECD countries and more than 200 for East Asian countries. German children spend 20 more days in school than American ones, and South Koreans over a month more. Over 12 years, a 15-day deficit means American children lose out on 180 days of school, equal to an entire year. Americans also divide up their school time strangely. They cram the school day into the morning and early afternoon, and close their schools for three months in the summer. The long summer vacation acts like a mental eraser, with the average child reportedly forgetting about a month's worth of instruction in many subjects and almost three times that in mathematics. American academics have invented a term for this phenomenon, \"summer learning loss\". It is leaving American children ill-equipped to compete. They usually perform poorly in international educational tests, coming behind Asian countries that spend less on education but work their children harder. California's state universities have to send over a third of their classes to take some extra courses in English and math. Question: What would be the best title for the passage? Options: A: The Less Diligent American Children B: The School Education in America C: The Work Attitude of Americans D: The Summer Holidays in America\n(A).\nA\n\n\n(Q).\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: This is the VOA Special English News Report. Single - handed Zhou Yang, 18, China Against three strong Republic of Korea competitors, Zhou single - handed took the 1,500 - meter short speed skating gold to become Chinas' youngest winter Olympics gold medallist. According to coach Li Yan, Zhou, who is usually a gentle girl, took some risks and skated fiercely to take the gold. This is the third gold the Chinese have won at the Vancouver Olympics. Unobtrusive Liu Xiang, 26, China The Olympic gold medallist said on Friday that he's not the same old him, after setting his worst record in years - 8.08 seconds for 60 - meter hurdles. Liu said he still had some way to go before he's back to his best. Many fans have been expecting his taking - off in the 2010 Doha, but Liu said unobtrusively \"Robles is still the best in the 60 - meter and 110 - meter hurdles. I'm no match now\". He added the performances of Terrence Trammell (US) and Robles would be the highlight of the Doha meet. Coveted Michael Jackson, 1958 - 2009, US Thanks to a whopping $ 350,000 bid, Michael Jackson's rhinestone - encrusted glove has gone to a Macao company. Jackson wore the sparking glove when he did his first \"moonwalk\" dance in 1983, so it was a really coveted piece of equipment. The pre - auction estimate put its value at $ 40, 000 - 60,000 , _ . The glove and nine other items from the auction will be on display in a Macao hotel. Question: From the above news we can infer Liu Xiang _ Options: A: is not popular any more with fans B: is still out of condition at present C: is feeling discouraged and depressed D: is sure of the highlight of the Doha meet\n(A).\nC\n\n\n(Q).\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: As I was thinking about language learning the other day, the image of baking bread came into my mind. I compared some of the exercises and drills that we put ourselves through in order to learn a language to the various ingredients that go into baking a loaf of fresh bread. Real language learning takes place in human relationships. No one sits down and eats a cup of flour, even if he is hungry and in a hurry. You don't become bilingual by learning lists of vocabulary. You don't become a speaker of a language by memorizing verb conjugations and agreement rules. You become bilingual by entering a community that uses that other language as its primary means of communication. I am not suggesting that we can make bread without ingredients. Flour is necessary, as are yeast , salt, water and other ingredients. Vocabulary is part of any language and will have to be learned. Grammatical rules exist in every language and cannot be ignored. But merely combining the appropriate ingredients in the recommended proportions does not result in bread. At best, you only end up with a ball of dough . In order to get bread, you have to apply heat to the dough. And in language learning, that heat comes from the community. Anyone who has learned a second language has experienced that heat. It creeps up your neck when you ask the babysitter, \"Have you already been eaten?\" when you meant to say, \"Have you already eaten?\" When you try to say something quite innocent and the whole room bursts into laughter, you are experiencing the heat that turns raw dough into good bread. Remember the old saying, \"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen\"? This is where language learning often breaks down because we find the heat uncomfortable and we stop the baking process. In order words, we can't stand the heat, so we get out of the kitchen. However, the language learner who stays in the kitchen--in the heat--until the combined ingredients are thoroughly transformed will enjoy the richness of a quality loaf of bread. He is lad that... Question: The passage is mainly about _ . Options: A: how we can make baking bread with various ingredients B: how to become bilingual by communicating with others C: what an important role \"heat\" plays in learning a language D: what a high quality of bread you may achieve in the kitchen\n(A).\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the article and select the best answer. Article: The University of Wales, Bangor has been rated the top university in the UK for the help and support provided for students by theTimes Higher Education Supplement.We want to make sure all our students are happy and that they enjoy their time here in Bangor. We realize that you may need some support during your time here to solve some personal problems or difficulties. Our Student Services Centre and the Students' Union can offer the following: * An advice service that is free and confidential. * You'll have a personal teacher in your department. * A Peer Guide will welcome you to Bangor during your first week and answer any question you might have. * Student Services and Security are on call during the day and there is a warden on call at evenings and weekends at all our halls of residence. * Personal support and advice on a variety of problems through the Students' Union Welfare Advice Centre. * Nightline, a confidential support service run during the night by students for students. * A team of staff volunteers are available to deal with any serious incident which happens outside normal university hours. * Health care in daily surgeries where you don't need an appointment. You will need to register with a local General Practitioner . We also have a nurse who can make visits to your place when necessary. * An adviser for international students. * A room where local postgraduate students who live at home and travel to the university each day, can spend their free time. The university welcomes applications from disabled students and aims to provide equal opportunities for all. For more information please see our Student Services pages. Question: The author's main purpose of writing the passage is to _ . Options: A: show that the university treats all students equally B: inform students with disabilities about the university C: attract more students to the university to study D: introduce student organizations of the university\nC\n(Question)\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Step into Pat Lundin's home and you'll be greeted by 500 smiling faces of dolls. Lundin, 82, describes herself as \"doll crazy\". And she's not alone. As a member of Timeless Treasures Doll Club of Largo, she frequently meets with 25 other women who share her hobby. Once a month, they gather at the Palms of Largo to show off their latest finds and catch up on news in the world of doll collecting. On Saturday, the club will hold the Palms of Largo Fifth Annual Doll Show. The program will include 37 vendors with both classic and contemporary dolls for sale. \"Timeless Treasures is a club that's open to doll lovers regardless of the age of the doll,\" said Judy Smith, president of the organization. \"Some doll clubs require members have a certain number of antique dolls, but we don't. we make sure we are not terribly formal.\" Smith, 71, is a retired schoolteacher who owns Judy's Doll Hospital, a part-time business she operates out of her home. She will have a table offering repair and appraisal services. Smith firs began studying and collecting dolls in her early 20s,in Glassboro, New Jersey, she does not know how many dolls she owns, or how many repairs she has made over the years. But she does know the age of her oldest doll. \"She's 129,\" Smith said. \"It is a German-made doll that belonged to my grandmother , and it sits in my living room.\" The show is for both the beginner as well as the experienced collector, said Anita Munson, one of the show's organizers. Over the years, Munson, 82, has learned how to identify a valuable doll. \"Generally speaking porcelain dolls are the most valuable,\" she said. \"But the porcelain will not be shiny.\" Smith believes many people will attend to find out how much their dolls are worth. She wants them to know more. \"Because the dolls reflect what the children were wearing and doing at a particular period of time, they can be a great history lesson for children now,\" she said. Question: What can we learn about Smith? Options: A: She owns the oldest doll in the world. B: She has collected about five hundred dolls C: She has studied dolls for about fifty years D: She worked as a businesswoman before retirement\n(Answer)\nC\nQues:Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Fernando and I were arguing about why I never took any real vacations.When he suggested we go off somewhere for three entire weeks,\"You decide,\"I said. He chose a little fishing village off the coast and he planned out a schedule.Our trip was full of wormer and fun,but when we got there,the shabby hotel failed to satisfy us,so we left a day early for the beach.As we drove,we passed two orphanages .Christmas was only a few days away,and I felt that I should stop to do something for the children. Then Femando came up with a plan to help the poor children we saw.We made a list of names,and then we went into town to buy new clothes,toys,and school supplies.For the rest of the day,we filled backpacks.We were excited about the celebration we had plantted for the next day,December 26,when we'd invite the families to the beach in front of the hotel and hand out the presents. Fernando and I were still in bed at around 9:00 the next morning when we heard a cracking sound.\"What is that?\"I asked.As if in response.water started pouring into our room.The children's backpacks we had arranged so neatly on the floor began floating around.The next thing I knew was that the roof was torn off.and Fernando and I were swept out. I thought I was going to die. Under the water, I forced myself to calm down and then I popped out.Suddenly I saw Fernando only four feet away. \"What just happened?\"I asked Fernando. \"Tsunami !\",he shouted to me.\"Just be strong.Whatever it was,\"he told me,\"It's all over now.\"But a few seconds later,another wave buried us.I tried to grab him as he reached out to me,but he fell back under the water,and I never saw him again. Question: From the passage we can learn that the author and his friend _ . Options: A: bought a lot of gifts for their children B: intended to invite many friends to their house C: managed to finish their trip as planned D: tried to help each other in face of danger\n\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "I'm Lucy. I'm 14 years old. I come to China this year. Now I'm in Beijing International Middle School. I like animals . I think they're my good friends. When I go to school this morning, I meet a man with a cage . Five birds are in it . \" How do you get these birds?\" I ask . \" I give them some food . When they come to eat it , I get them .\" The man says . \" They are too poor . Why do you get them ?\" I ask the man . \" It's very interesting !\" The man says . \" I need to do something .\" I think . I want to help the birds . \" Can I buy them ?\" I ask . \" Well ,\" he says , \"Give me 50 yuan and your jacket .\" I don't want to give my jacket to him because I like it very much . But for these birds I do it . The man gives me the cage. Then I let the birds fly out of the cage . I am happy to do that . Which is NOT true according to the passage.? _ . A) Lucy is a student. B) Lucy likes animals. C) Lucy sells the birds. D) Lucy helps the birds.\nC\n\n\n500 years ago in Britain, the burning of coal was increasing in cities like London. Coal was used in factories and also used to heat homes. Coal, when burnt makes a lot of smoke, which makes the air very dirty. About 200 years ago, the Industrial Revolution began in Britain. Factories were built, and even more coal was burnt. Air pollution was becoming a really big problem. Smoke and fog together make smog . Smog was a big problem in London's winter. Because of the cold weather, more coal was burnt to warm houses and this made more smoke. When smog stayed over a city, it became really hard to breathe and see clearly. In 1952, the Great London Smog happened and more than 4,000 people died because of the smog. New laws were made in 1956 and 1968 to stop such sad things from happening again. These laws were called the Clean Air Acts. These laws were made so that air would become cleaner. The laws encouraged people to use less coal or _ other fuels such as gas. Factories started using tall chimneys so that the smoke would go high up in the sky and no longer cover cities, and new factories were built in the countryside. Smog appeared less often and the air became cleaner. Which was NOT a way people in Britain used to make the air cleaner, according to the passage? A) Factories built higher chimneys. B) People began to use less coal. C) More People began to ride bikes. D) New factories were built outside cities.\nC\n\n\nQ: A city in South Korea has added a new attraction to its cultural landscape --the world's first \"Toilet Theme Park\". The Restroom Cultural Park in the city of Suwon is proving a huge hit with locals and tourists alike. The park was built to memorize the former city mayor Sim Jae-duck, known as \"Mr. Toilet\". He believed the toilet is a very important place and full of culture. Visitors to the park can enjoy its toilet- bowl- shaped exhibition hall as well as lots of bronze statues in all kinds of toilet positions. They can even sit on Mr. Kim's original toilet, which includes a full-length glass door that mists up when it is being used. Suwon has become well known because of the promotion of toilet culture. The city attracts toilet- related artwork from around the world to its galleries. It famously hosts the Golden Poop Art Festival- a celebration of one of the calls of nature. The city also lists lots of its own public toilets as tourist attractions on its website. Sim Jae-duck's toilet-shaped house, now a museum, should be the must-see for _ . It's said that Mr. Sim was born in the loo of his mother's house, so he loved toilets very much. He said in 2007, \"The toilet can save humankind from diseases and is a place for introspection . The toilet is also a central living place that has culture.\" What was the nickname of Sim Jae-duck? A) Captain Lavatory B) Mr. Toilet C) Bathroom Bill D) Number Two\nA: B\n\n\nQuestion: Zhou Xun is a famous film star of China. She has an English name--Jue.She was born on October 18th. She comes from Zhejiang Province . She is 1.60 meters tall, and she is slim and beautiful. She has black hair in two bunches . She likes watching VCD and sleeping. Her favourite colors are black and blue. She also loves running. Living a happy life is her wish . Lots of students and young people like her. Zhou Xun's favourite colors are _ . A) red and blue B) black and white C) blue and black D) white and red\nAnswer: C\n\n\n(Q).\nIn a cold winter, a couple had to move out of their big house because fo bankruptcy . The husband worked day and night but with no care of his wife. SO she thought, \" He doesn't love me any more , he just thinks about his work.\" One day, she wanted to take a shower , but her husband stopped her at the door. \"Let me take it first, Ok?\" \"Why not let me take it first?\" she asked. \"I'm tired, dear. You take it later, OK?\" She was very sad. On a rainy day, she found nothing to do and turned on his computer. After a few minutes, her eyes were full of tears....It was his diary: Today I was quite sad. She asked me why I was always taking the shower first, and I said I was tired. She was unhappy. I wasn't as rich as before! We moved to the small house and it was very cold. I found that if one person took the shower first, the bathroom could get a little warmer. So I always rushed to the bathroom first. When she took the shower, the bathroom could get warmer, at least 1degC. i can't give her more, but at least I can give her 1degC love. The man wanted to take the shower first because _ . A) she was tired and wanted to sleep earlier. B) he wanted to make the bathroom warmer. C) he wasn't as strong as before D) he couldn't stand the cold winter.\n(A).\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Mark began to introduce the guest speaker to the listeners, but then stopped for a while. He had forgotten her name. Barbara hid her valuable things when she went on vacation. When she came back, she couldn't remember where she'd put them. Perhaps you've had such experiences like these. Most people have. But most of them haven't realized that they have a memory problem. Neither do they know a simple but important fact: Memory can be improved. If you'll just accept that, the following will show you how. First, relax. If you are over worried about something, you'll forget it. If you keep telling yourself that your memory is bad, your mind will come to believe it and you won't remember things. When you forget something, don't follow up with saying like \"Oh, my god! I always forget things!\" Such words will have a bad result on you and your memory. But relaxing isn't enough. To improve your memory, you'll need to take an active role. Like your body, your memory can be made strong through exercise. Look for _ to exercise your memory. For example, if you're learning a language, try to actively remember a lot of new words. If you don't take notice of things actively, you won't remember them. So, you can make pictures of what you see in your mind every day. For example, don't just put your keys down! If you want to find them again, make a mind picture of the place where you're putting them. Question: When you forget things, you _ . Options: A: must be too careless B: shouldn't take notice of the result C: must accept the fact D: shouldn't lose heart about your memory\nD\n------\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Internet use appears to cause a drop in psychological health, according to a research at Carnegie Mellon University. Even people who spent just a few hours a week on the Internet experienced more depression and loneliness than those who used Internet less frequently, the two-year study showed. And it wasn't that people who were already feeling bad spent more time on the Internet, but that using the Net actually appeared to cause the bad feeling. Researchers are puzzled by the results, which were completely the opposite to their experiences. They expected that the Net would prove socially healthier than television, since the Net allows users to choose the information and to communicate with others. The fact that Internet use reduces time available for family and friends may explain the drop-in well-being, researchers supposed. Faceless, bodiless \"virtual\" communication may be less psychologically satisfying than actual conversation, and the relationships formed through it may be shallower. Another possibility is that knowing the wider world via the Net makes users less satisfied with their lives. \"But it's important to remember this is not about the technology; it's about how it is used,\" says psychologist Christine Riley of Intel, one of the study founders. \"It really points to the need for considering social factors in terms of how you design applications and services for technology.\" Question: The writer's attitude towards technology is _ . Options: A: social factors must be considered while using technology B: technology was to blame for depression C: the problem doesn't lie in technology D: applications and services for technology must be designed\nC\n------\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Surfing the net when you should be finishing a work report, changing clothes when you have a train to catch, or perhaps even lying in bed when you've promised yourself you'll work out. Sound familiar? You aren't alone. We all procrastinate sometimes, especially when it comes to things we aren't really fond of. And while the number of activities we delay doing in any given week varies from person to person, it's fair to say that none of us is super-efficient 100 percent of the time. A study revealed that we spend about 218 minutes procrastinating every day, which amounts to 55 days of lost time each year. We might not think these figures particularly worthy of worry, but when we look at the overall impact of procrastination on our lives, _ Not only does this cost financial loss, it also affects peace of mind. And procrastination isn't just a money thief ---- it steals time too. In general, people who continually put things off are unhappier, as well as being less wealthy and healthy. So why do we do it? \"When we avoid taking action, we're really avoiding pain,\" explains psychiatrist Phil Stutz. For most of us, pain avoidance isn't limited to one situation. It applies to almost anything that's painful. Most of us try our best never to leave a comfort zone. That's why we sacrifice something much more valuable: time. \"Our time on earth is limited,\" Stutz adds. \"Every moment is an opportunity we'll never have again. Procrastinators act as if they have all the time in the world. But deep down, they know they're wasting parts of their life. The trouble is, most of them don't know how to free themselves.\" One way he says we can reach this level of freedom is by overcoming the pain of avoidance using daily visualization . \"Picture the pain you're avoiding as a black cloud in front of you,\" Stutz says. \"Notice how you're fed up with the ways this pain has held you back in life, and tell yourself that you're determined to conquer it. Then it's time to get through the cloud and to the other side -- where you're... Question: By saying \"it's a different story\", the writer thinks procrastination _ . Options: A: leads to different results for different persons B: is likely to have bad effects on people's life C: may not be particularly worthy of concern D: tends to cause unhappiness among people\nB\n------\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: How did the ancient Chinese keep food warm in winter? Facilities like electric rice cookers, microwaves, and electric kettles, make it easy for people to keep food warm and enjoy a comfortable winter. So how did Chinese people in ancient times keep food warm in winter without these? In fact, ancient Chinese people used their own methods of heat preservation as early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties. * \"Wen Ding\", ancient rice cooker One of the major functions of an electric rice cooker is to keep food warm. The \"Wen Ding\", an ancient cooking container, served the same purpose, but instead of using electric energy, the ancient cooking container, served the same purpose, but instead of using electric energy, the ancient cooking container preserved heart by burning fuels like charcoal. The \"Wen Ding\" unearthed in Nanjing in 1989 is thought to be the oldest of its kind discovered in China, dating back to the Stone Age, The craftsmanship of making the \"Wen Ding\" was developed in the Bronze Age. The bronze Ding from Shang and Zhou dynasties took on different shapes and structures. * \"Ran LU\", ancient small hot pot The \"Ran LU\" is a small size cooking vessel made of bronze, which can be divided into three parts. A charcoal stove forms the main structure, with a bottom tray to hold charcoal ashes, and a movable cup at the top. Some experts have concluded that the vessel's structure suggests it may have been used as a small hot pot and that these vessels became popular in the Warring States Period(475--221 BC) *Bronze You, ancient kettle The Bronze You was one of the most common wine containers during the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The Bronze You can also be used to warm wine. For example, the Bronze You with beast mask design, unearthed in Jiangxi province, has an opening where charcoals could be placed. Just as people today can't do without an electric kettle, the Bronze You allowed people to enjoy a hot drink. *Bronze Yan, ancient steamer Although the \"Wen Ding\" was effective at keeping food warm, the ancient... Question: What is the unique advantage of the Bronze Yan? Options: A: It is warm. B: It is convenient. C: It is environment-friendly. D: It is useful.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C\n------", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ques:Shopping on the Internet is becoming more and more popular. Why do people use the Internet to shop? Some people say it is more convenient. They don't have to leave their homes to order something; they can shop for anything they want at any time; they can find things for sale that they can't find in the Mores near their homes. Still other people say they can find better prices on the Internet. If you want to buy something on the Internet, you need a credit card. You have to type your credit card number and information on the website and send them to the store over the Internet. You have to be sure that the store will not use your information in the wrong way. You don't want someone to get your credit card number, so be careful with it, because people sometimes steal credit card numbers from stores. TV Internet is also a good place to go window-shopping. Window-shopping is when you look at the things for sale in a store, but don't plan to buy anything. In window-shopping you can see what kinds of things you are able to get and how much they cost. Some stores like Ross Stores have a website for information about their Mores, but not for shopping. Some stores have a website for information about their stores, and you can shop on line there, such as Office Depot, Payless Shoe Source and Safeway. Some stores like Amazone.com are only for on line shopping Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A) You can shop on-line at www.officedepot .com B) You can not shop on-line at www.rossstores.com. C) You can only do window-shopping at www.amazone.com. D) You can shop on-line at www.safeway.com.\n\nAns:C\n-----\nQues:Running a marathon Have you ever taken part in a marathon? A marathon is 42km long. It is the longest race in the world. To make the runner's body work, harder training is quite necessary. A runner should start to prepare for a marathon at least three months before. Preparation may have races, many hours of running at different speeds and changes in diet . During the training time the runner must eat a fit diet. The diet should have lots of things needed in training the players. In the early days of training, runners run 80km per week. The running is increased every two or three weeks and at least two long runs per week are needed. Two weeks before the marathon, the training programme becomes less, from 100km per week down to 60km and then to 30km in the final week. On the last two days they may not run at all. Breakfast should be eaten at least three hours before the race. Easily digested food such as cereal , toast and scrambled egg is best, with as much fluid as possible. Runners should drink water about half an hour before the race to keep up the body fluid. What is the length of the modern marathon? A) 100km. B) 60km. C) 30km. D) 42km.\n\nAns:D\n-----\nQues:Hello! My name is Becky Sharp. I'm 11 years old. I have one brother. His name is Jason and he's 14. I don't have any sisters. We live with our mum, dad and grandma in a small house in Chesterfield, in the north of England. There are lots of things to do here. My friends and I sometimes go to the cinema on Saturdays. Do you like sports? I like football. My favourite team is Manchester United. I sometimes play football with my brother. I am good at it but my brother isn't. I have lots of pets---one tortoise and six goldfish . I want a dog or a cat, but my mother doesn't like them. There are _ people in Becky's family. A) three B) four C) five D) six\n\nAns:C\n-----\nQues:Miss. Green taught Physics in a London school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how well she did in her work. She said to them, \"Now, I have a sister in Washington. If I was calling her on the telephone, and at the same time you were 20 metres away, and listened to me from the other side of the street, who would hear what I said earlier, my sister or you? And why?\" The cleverest boy answered at once, \"Your sister, Miss. Green, because electricity travels faster than sound waves.\" \"That's very good.\" Miss. Green said. But then one of the girls put up her hand. Miss. Green said, \"Yes, Betty?\"\"I don't think so,\" Betty said. \"Your sister would hear you earlier because when it's eleven o'clock here, it's six o'clock in Washington.\" She wanted to know _ . A) whether her students could tell which was faster, electricity or sound waves B) whether her students could hear from 20 metres away C) whether she could call her sister in Washington D) whether her sister could hear her in Washington\n\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A\n-----", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: This is Tom's bedroom. It is very nice. A pair of shoes is behind the door. They are black and blue. He likes them very much. His desk is near the bookcase. It is not too big. A red sofa is behind the desk. You can see a clock and some books on the desk. His English books are in his schoolbag. The bag is on the red sofa. Question: His shoes are _ . - behind the door - behind a door - near the door - under the desk\nbehind the door\n\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: One of the secrets of successful people is that they have good habits. The good habits help them to be successful. What are good habits? How can you get into good habits? Here is some advice for you. First, everyone has his merits . You should always look for the good points in people and learn from them. Second, you should try to learn new things and new skills every day. Reading a few pages of a book or a newspaper every day also helps you. Third, start the day the right way. When you get up in the morning, look at yourself in the mirror and tell yourself you must keep your good habits today. I think the last one is the most important. No matter what good habits you decide to have, you should try to keep them. Then you can live a successful and happy life. ,. Question: What does the writer think is the most important about good habits? - Learning from others. - Learning new skills. - Getting up early in the morning. - Trying to keep the good habits.\nTrying to keep the good habits.\n\nQ: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Mr Black is an American,but he is in Canada now.He is a tall man with funny glasses.He works in a big city but lives in a town far away.He lives on the twentieth floor of a building.Every morning he gets up early.Then he gets into the lift and it takes him down to the first floor.He runs to the bus stop and catches the early bus.It usually takes him about two hours to get to the factory by bus.Then he gets off the bus and walks into the workshop quickly.He starts his work at eight in the morning. Question: Mr Black is from _ . - American - English - Canada - America\nA: America\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Wang Xiaojun is twelve years old.He lives in the country in Hubei.Today is his birthday.His parents prepare a nice dinner for him, but the boy says,\"I won't have the dinner , today is over, and my parents are going to Shenzhen tomorrow.I don't want to let them go. Wang Xiaojun has the birthday with his parents for the first time in the past three years.Three years ago, his parents went to Shenzhen to work in 2011.They stayed and worked there for three years.Tomorrow they have to go back to Shenahen. Wang is not the only stay-at-home child .In the country of China ,there are many children staying at home without their parents.Stay-at-home children have a lot of problems.Most of them stay with their grandparents.Some of them don't study well because their parents can't help them with their study. The Chinese government now is trying to solve their problems. Question: Wang Xiaojun won't have the birthday dinner because _ . - there isn't a birthday cake - the food isn't delicious - his parents are going to Shenzhen tomorrow - he doesn't like the dinner\nAnswer: his parents are going to Shenzhen tomorrow\n\n*Question*\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: When I was ten, my mother worked all day so I had to take care of my younger brother. At that time my little brother was about four years old and he missed mum all the time. One day, after I had given him his dinner, he started crying for mum. He was so young and really needed mum. So I dressed him, put on his shoes, carried him on my back and walked out. Soon he fell asleep. About half an hour late, I found that he had lost a shoe while sleeping. I took him off my back and put him down. I knew we needed to find that shoe, for our mother couldn`t afford new shoes. We had to go back to find it, so I told my brother to Wait right here. A man heard it and stopped me just before I walked off. He asked me, \"You are leaving your brother here to find the shoe? What would you do if he is not here when you return?\" I did not know how to answer that question. He continued,: It is OK if you can`t find the shoe, but it is not OK to lose your brother.\" Then he sent us to mum`s workplace by taxi. I have depended on the kindness of many strangers in my whole life. I feel regretful that I cannot find them and say thank you. I don't even remember what the man`s face looked like, but he taught me a lesson--people are more important than things. ,,. Question: According to the passage, which word can best describe the man? - Rude - Funny - Silly - Kind\n**Answer**\nKind\n\n(Question)\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: You want to know about my staying in America ,right ? Well ,to tell you the truth ,it is really an eye-opening experience to study here . In China ,I had English classes five times a week since fifth grade .However ,I didn't know how different textbook English could be from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School ,Connecticut . When I first studied English ,I was told to say ,\"I am fine\"when people say\"How are you ?\"But in the US ,I found that people say ,\"I am good \"or\"I'm tired\". One day , someone greeted me with \"What's up ?\"It made me _ .I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn't know what to say . Since then ,I have discovered more and more differences between Chinese and US cultures . To my surprise ,US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan .However , in China ,girls try every possible way to get their skin paler , or\"whiter\". I was also surprised by how hardworking US students are . In China ,schoolwork is almost everything ,so we study hard and that's it .But here ,a \"good \"student gets good grades ,does a lot for the public and plays sports or music . The kids here are so talented ,I am starting to be sorry that I gave up playing the piano at an early age and that I have never thought about sports . Question: Which of the following is NOT true ? - The writer is now in US . - American girls love to have white skin . - US students are talented and hard working. - The writer regrets that he gave up playing the piano .\n(Answer)\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "American girls love to have white skin .", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: The computer is fast, and never makes a mistake, while people are too slow, and full of mistakes sometimes. That's what people often say when they talk about computers. For over a quarter of a century, scientists have been making better and better computers. Now a computer can do a lot of everyday jobs wonderfully. It is widely used in factories, hospitals, post offices and airports. A computer can report, decide and control in almost every field. Many computer scientists are now thinking of making the computer \"think\" like a man. With the help of a person, a computer can draw pictures, write music, talk with people, play chess, recognize voices, translate languages and so on. Perhaps computers will one day really think and feel. Do you think the people will be afraid when they find that the computer is too clever to listen to and serve the people? Question: The passage is written to _ . - warn people of the danger of the computer - tell people about the computer - tell people about computer scientists - show how to use the computer\n(A).\ntell people about the computer\n\n\n(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Everyone agrees that it's necessary to reduce carbon emissions around the world. There is less agreement over exactly how nations should go about achieving a more carbon - free planet. Thus, the environmental equivalent: cap - and - trade carbon emissions, or place a carbon tax on all users? With cap - and - trade programs, governments limit the level of carbon produced by an industry. Companies that hold their emissions below the _ can sell their remaining allowance on a carbon market, while companies that go beyond their limit must purchase credits on that market. Carbon taxes are more straightforward: a set tax rate is placed on the consumption of carbon with the idea that raising the price will encourage industries and individuals to consume less. At the moment, cap-and-trade has the upper hand, but doesn't defeat the tax just yet. Supporters of the tax argue that a cap - and - trade system would be too difficult to administer - and too easily gamed by industries looking to sidestep emissions caps. Cap-and-trade advocates contradict that like all other flat taxes, a carbon collection would relatively burden lower - income families, who spend a greater percentage of their income on energy than rich households. So which system will have a larger effect on carbon consumption? A 10% carbon tax might reduce the demand for carbon about 5 % or less, according to an analysis by the Carbon Tax Center, an environmental advocacy group. That may not be enough. Businesses and governments haven't figured out how the two competing systems can work together, but in the end, the world may need both. Question: The passage focuses on _ . - programs of collecting taxes - systems of reducing carbon emissions - reasons for reducing carbon emissions - contradictions between the two systems\n(A).\nsystems of reducing carbon emissions\n\n\n(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: I chose to study in Madrid because I had a desire to learn Spanish. My first impressions of Madrid were incredible. It was before the New Year that I arrived in Madrid for the first time. While traveling to my Spanish friend's house in a taxi, I appreciated the buildings along the road which were different from those of my own country. There are an incredible number of restaurants and bars from all over the world. If you are really into sightseeing, I hope you have rechargeable batteries for your digital camera, because one week really isn't enough time to see everything here including a number of art, science, and historical museums as well as parks, buildings, and amazing landscapes. What I liked best about life in Madrid was the fact that if you were frustrated with schoolwork and wanted to have some fun, you can easily go out. The nightlife never seems to stop and the people are all very friendly. You can meet people and practice Spanish while having fun at the same time. What I liked least was the fact that many people smoked in the streets. Also, coming from the US, I was used to having a big breakfast every morning, but while living with an actual Spanish family, I wasn't really satisfied with the food in the morning. I think I have definitely become more independent since I came back from Spain. Living in a big city like Madrid ,I found that it is necessary to plan ahead and to make a schedule for future. There is so much to see, not just in the Spanish World, but in the European World as well. Question: The author went to Madrid to _ . - visit his friend - go on a sightseeing tour - study Spanish - complete his trip around Europe\n(A).\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "study Spanish", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ques:Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Children's allowance. Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance . The purpose is to let them learn from experience at an age when financial (;;)mistakes are not very costly. In any case, parents should make clear what the child is expected to pay for with the money. At first, young children may spend all of their allowance soon after they receive it. If so, they'll learn the hard way that spending must be done within a budget . Parents are usually advised not to offer more money until the next allowance. It is to show them that a budget demands choices between spending and saving. Many people who have written on the subject of allowances say it is not a good idea to pay your child for work around the home. These jobs are a normal part of family life. Paying children to do extra work around the house, however, can be useful. It can even provide an understanding of how a business works. Allowances give children a chance to experience what they can do with money. They can share it in the form of gifts or give it to a good cause. They can spend it by buying things they want. Or they can save it. Saving helps children understand that costly goals require sacrifice: They have to cut costs and plan for the future. Requiring children to save part of their allowance can also open the door to future saving and investing. Many banks offer services to help children learn about personal finance. Question: By receiving an allowance, children can learn _ . Options: A: how to spend money from experience B: when to avoid making mistakes C: what they should do next at a young age D: what they can do with money earned\n\nAns:D\n-----\nQues:Read the article and select the best answer. Article: It is natural that young people are often uncomfortable when they are with their parents . They say their parents don't understand them .They often think that their parents are out of touch with modern ways , that they are too serious -- too strict with their children and that they seldom give their children a free hand . It is true that parents often find it difficult to win their children's trust and they often forget how they themselves felt when they were young . For example , young people like to act _ without much thinking . It is one of their ways to show they have grown up and that they can face any difficult situation . However , older people worry more easily . Most of old people plan things ahead , at least in the back of their minds , and do not like their plans to be upset by something unexpected . When you want your parents to let you do something , you will have better success if you ask before you really start doing it . Young people often make their parents angry with their choices in clothes and in music . But they do not want to cause any trouble ; it is just that they feel cut off from the older people's world , into which they have not yet been accepted . That's why young people want to make a new culture of their own . And if their parents do not like their music or hairstyle or clothes or their ways of speech , this will make the young people very happy . Sometimes you are so proud of yourself that you do not want your parents to say \"yes\" to what you do . All you want is to be left alone and do what you like . It is natural enough , after being a child for so many years , when you were completely under your parents' control . If you plan to control your life , you'd better win your parents over and try to get them to understand you. If your parents see that you have a high sense of responsibility , they will certainly give you the right to do what you want to do . Question: Whom is this text written for ? Options: A: Parents B: Both parents and their children C: Young people D: Teachers\n\nAns:C\n-----\nQues:Read the article and select the best answer. Article: If you have seen or heard of the British TV series Downton Abbey, you have probably noticed an \"upstairs-downstairs\" class system in which the noble people are upstairs, worrying what clothes they should wear for dinner and the poor people are downstairs, working hard to make food and tea. So it's not hard to tell that people are divided into different classes. British society has changed a lot since the days of Downton Abbey, but the division still exists and the funny accents do, too. Nowadays, what divides Britons is the so-called \"North-South divide\". As you make your way north from the south coast of England, the accent begins to change. The posh \"How are you\" in parts of the South becomes \"Ahhdu\" (how do you do) in the Midlands, \"reeit\" (are you all right) in the North West, \"eyyup\" (what's up) in Yorkshire, and \"hou's it gaun\" (how's it going) in Scotland. Besides accents, the economy also changes. The rich southern city of London slowly becomes the North where people general have less money. So where does the \"South\" stop being the \"South\" and the \"North\" start being the \"North\"? Well, depending on where someone comes from in Britain, you'll get a different answer. \"Anywhere above London is 'the North',\" you might hear a Londoner say. Or if you're in Scotland, you might hear, \"Southern softer!\", talking about a person from Lancashire or Yorkshire, who think of themselves as \"hard (tough) Northerners\". \"Anywhere south of Manchester is not northern,\" you might hear a person from Manchester say. Many stereotypes have come from the \"North-South Divide\", too. Often, southerners are seen as being rude and snobbish by northerners. And northerners are often seen as uneducated by southerners. Today, the career you have and the person you marry don't depend on where you were born or what class you are from. But as London is getting richer and people are moving to the South for work, the North-South divide is getting bigger. Yet for all that divides us, the truth is, we couldn't live without each other! Question: What is the passage mainly talking about? Options: A: British accents are different from North to South. B: Class division is getting smaller at present. C: It is about the \"North-South Division\" and its influence. D: Northerners and Southerners dislike each other in Britain.\n\nAns:C\n-----\nQues:Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Jiajia, a third grader who was born with anemia, a medical condition in which there are too few red cells in blood, wrote an affecting article that moved many netizens. In the article, she shared her biggest wish: to survive so she could take care of her grandparents. Jiajia, 9, currently lives in the city of Suining in Sichuan province. In the article, she writes, \"My heart gets heavier each time I see my grandma cry for me. If I ever get to grow up, I will take good care of her.\" Jiajia contracted pneumonia when she was 4 months old. Since then, she has required a blood transfusion every two weeks. After her parents' divorce, her grandparents took her in and faced many challenges in the process of raising her. The girl's article was only 235 words long, and it was handed in as a school assignment. Nevertheless, Jiajia's words \"deeply impressed\" her elementary school teacher, who then posted the article online, where it struck a chord with many people. Up till now, a fund started by teachers at Jiajia's school has reached more than 30,000 RMB, which will be put toward Jiajia's future blood transfusions. Question: How can Jiajia survive? Options: A: by receiving a blood transfusion every two weeks. B: by being in hospital every day. C: by receiving a big operation at once. D: by being looked after by her parents.\n\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A\n-----", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "(Question)\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Most Americans think the quality of life for adults under 30 years old, or Generation Y, won't be as good as it is for their baby-boomer parents, according to a new poll. More than 60 percent of people are pessimistic about the future, and 71 percent of young Americans under 30 said they would rather go back in time than leap to the future. \"It's interesting how strongly people feel things are getting worse, and how strongly people are backward looking,\" said Michael Hogan, 35, executive online editor at Vanity Fair which conducted the survey with CBS News. \"This is a time of high unemployment, people coming out of school with very few job prospects. The past probably seems more comforting,\" he added. Although the past may seem appealing for young Americans, only 50 percent of seniors over 65 said they wanted to travel back in time. The nationwide poll of 1,167 adults, which included questions about culture, lifestyle and politics, also revealed that if given the choice to take anything with them to the afterlife, 25 percent would take a pet, 47 percent would opt for a photo album but only nine percent wanted to take an iPhone or a Blackberry. Despite romancing the past, people believe in rewarding the forward-minded. Thirty-three percent of those polled believe Internet entrepreneurs are most deserving of their large salaries, followed by 15 percent for sports stars and 12 percent for bankers. Only eight percent felt movie stars should get the dollars they do. And despite a recent trip to the United States, more than three-quarters of people questioned could not identity David Cameron as the prime minister of Great Britain. Twenty seven percent might have confused him with \"Avatar\" director James Cameron when they thought he was a movie director. Question: From this passage we learn that _ Options: A: Americans are dissatisfied with the quality of life at present B: 71 percent of Americans are pessimistic about the future. C: Michael Hogan is executive online editor of CBS News. D: David Cameron isn't as popular in America as James Cameron\n(Answer)\nD\n\n\n(Question)\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Summer time is a great opportunity for kids to learn how to work and earn a little bit of spending money. If your child needs a summer job, here are a few options to consider: Lemonade/Cookie Stand Benefits Creates a concept of running a business: Your child will be his own boss, set his own price , and run the show. It's a great introduction to running his own business. Limited Start-Up Costs: The things used to make lemonade are cheap, so your child should be able to get back his investment with a handful of sales. What Kids Learn About Money: Your child will learn a very valuable lesson about pricing. The price of his lemonade will decide how much he can sell, if he will recover his investment and the amount of profit. Yard Work Benefits: Repeated Customers: If a homeowner needs help raking this year, he'll probably want help again next year. Your child should be able to maintain a regular set of customers after one season. Safety: Yard work is generally safer than a lawn-mowing job. Without having to operate machines, your child will be much safer. What Kids Learn About Money: Because of the variability in pay, your child will need to learn how to negotiate a fair price with homeowners if they ask. Lifeguard Benefits: Responsibility: Kids learn a lot about responsibility when lifeguarding. They are within rights to tell whether a certain activity is safe and are allowed to take action as they see fit. Exercise: Lifeguards need to be proficient at swimming and must exercise to stay in shape. What Kids Learn About Money: To be a lifeguard, one must be certified. Your child may have to pay for lifeguard training, although some employers provide it on-site. Question: Which one is not the benefit of selling lemonade or cookies for children? Options: A: To learn how to run a business. B: To own repeated customers. C: To learn profit and loss. D: To lower the risk of losing money.\n(Answer)\nB\n\n\n(Question)\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: When most people turn 21, they spend too much time partying and having fun. But when Adele turned 21, she did something completely different. After going through a tough breakup , the British singer turned her pain into glory and recorded one of the most moving albums of the year. The album,21, which was _ in January, has already hit the charts in 14 countries, according to the Billboard magazine. It also noted that Adele made history as the first artist since the Beatles to have two top five singles and two top five albums in the charts at the same time (Adele's first album,19, was released in 2008. Each album is named for her age when she wrote it). Now, after touring around the world for almost a year, the DVD of her live concert, released on November 29, is Adele's latest work. Having topped the pre-order list ofAmazon. comfor over a month already, this one seems set to stay on top for a while. Born in north London, Adele sang her way up honestly: In 2006, she was signed by England's XL Recordings on the strength of a three-song demo a friend of hers had posted on MySpace;within two years she had won the BRIT Awards 'Critics' Choice prize and been tipped by the BBC as the \"Sound of 2008\". In 2009 she got the best new artist Grammy Award, and went on a world tour in support of the album19with a sold-out show in Los Angeles. According to Adele herself, much of the inspiration of her music comes from one single breakup. That's probably what has made the singer's success-that emotional certitude , according to Dickins. \"The key to great singers is believing every single word they sing, \" he said. \"And I think you believe every word that comes out of Adele's mouth. You can feel her life force through her voice. \" Question: When she wrote album19, she is at the age of _ . Options: A: 21 B: 18 C: 20 D: 19\n(Answer)\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Game: Describe and guess In Describe and guess, players take turns choosing a Word Brick and then describing one of the words on the brick without saying the actual word. The goal is to get the other players to guess the word. Instructions Have students(the players)sit in groups of 3-5 and give each group some Word Bricks. In their groups,players take turns choosing one Word Brick.Each player shoud not let anyone else see his or her brick. Each player examines both sides of his or her Word Brick and chooese one of the words. In turns,each player describes his or her word without saying that word.The other players guess until one guesses the word. After all of the players'words have been guessed,do steps 2-4 again with new Word Bricks. End the game after the specified amount of time. \"Player Talk\" in Describe and guess The player picks a brick with the word one on one side and the on the other side.He or She chooses to describe the. Describer:Okay,this is a small word. It's very common in English. Guesser 1:Is it and? Describer: No.We often use it before the word sun,ocean and weather. Guesser 2: The. Describer: Right\n\nA: Question: Which is NOT true about how to play the game?Options:A You can play the game in groups of 4.B You can't let others see your word brick.C The describer can't say the word.D There's only one word on each word brick.Answer:D\n\nProblem: Given the question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Being busy can become a way of life. Our lives are always filled with emails and text messages. They make us feel wanted and important, but in a tiring and empty way. Being busy has a dangerous allure . If you are busy all the time, it's hard to sit quietly with your thoughts or to really feel what you're feeling. Whynot let everything become a choice -- how we spend time, who we reply to and how much or little we write? Many of us are busy becauseour self-worth goes up when people make demands on our time. Whydon't we free ourselves from needing, or even wanting? Why don't we make the best use of the time and space to be productive in a way that it best serves us? That may be consciously keeping ourselves not busy. In fact many great discoverieswere made by people who built white space into their day. Imagine asking \"How are you?\" to one of the most successful people you know like Warren Buffet. I've never heard anyone at that level answer \"busy\" though most people believe they are. What are they doing differently? First, they aim to project an image that things are under control. Second, they actually have things under control. They've had excellent staff, implemented thoughtful processes and they spend time only on critical tasks that require their attention. They make high-level strategic decisions with a large effect. It's time to end the glory of being busy and spend time setting up processes that make sense, rather than simply working more hours. To do this, you need to change yourway of thinking. It's cool to say you're busy, but it's better to be busy helping someone carry a stroller up the subway stairs or busy finishing a book. How to free us from the trendof being busy? Start with small steps. For one day, be mindful of every daily activity. Consider each thing a choice and decide proactively if it's necessary or simply a habit you can get rid of or do in half the time. Next, stop saying how busy you are. Then, figure out what you want to achieve with your day and begin doing it. Put your time and...\n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\nThe answer is:\nQuestion: What is the writer's purpose in writing the passage?Options:A To advise us to be freedfrom the trend of being busy.B To warn us about the danger of leading a busy life.C To show us ways to feel good about being busy.D To tell us how to fit into the busy modern life.Answer:A\n\ninput question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Hongkong has about forty beaches. They are open to all people. Some of the beaches are the best in the world. People can go there for a swim. You can go to most of them by bus. To go to some beaches you have to take a boat. There are toilets, clothes changing rooms and places to buy food and drinks on most of the beaches. You will swim there safely if you do as the following: 1. Don't swim alone. You should go with an adult or your friends. 2. Don't swim right after a meal or when you are hungry or tired. 3. You should not stay in the water too long. 4. Do not go out in a boat if you can't swim or if you're not wearing a life jacket. Remember: A red flag means that it is dangerous for anyone to go into the water. A blue flag means that it is dangerous for children and weak swimmers to enter the sea.???\noutput answer: Question: The writer wants to tell us _ .Options:A something about Hong Kong beaches and swimming rules thereB that swimming in Hong Kong is dangerousC that Hong Kong has many best beaches in the worldD it is not easy to go swimming in Hong KongAnswer:A\n\nWrite a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Hello! I`m Tony Green . My telephone number is five five seven four one zero two ,and my school ID card number is two six five nine .This is my English book . It's blue. I like it very much .\n----\nAnswer: Question: My first name is _Options:A TonyB GreenC Tony GreenD Green TonyAnswer:A\n\n[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Kunming is the capital of Yunnan. It's a city with a long history. Kunming has a population of more than 5,000,000. Though the weather in Yunnan changes from place to place, Kunming is famous for her beautiful weather. It's neither too hot in summer nor too cold in winter. That's why more and more people like to travel and even to live there. You can see that great changes have taken place here. A lot of tall buildings, cinemas and hospitals have been put up. You can cross the streets over footbridges in the city. You can buy whatever you want in shops and supermarkets in or around the city. People's lives are becoming better and better. At weekend or on holiday, people like to relax themselves in different places and in different ways. In winter, people especially old people would like to climb the Western Hills. From the top of Hills, you can have a good look at the beautiful scenery of Kunming. Far away from the Hills, you can enjoy the Sleeping Beauty among the Hills. After supper, families take a walk along the bank of Dianchi Lake. The Golden Temple and EXPO Garden are two famous places of interest in the north of the city. EXPO Garden is known to people both at home and abroad. You can spend a whole day visiting the world-famous garden. A little farther away from the southeast of the city, a special forest welcomes you. It is not a tree forest, but a stone forest. So it is called the Stone Forest. People in Kunming are really friendly. They often invite their friends home to try delicious food, like rice or noodles. If you want to know more about Kunming and taste her food, please visit her yourself.\n****\n[A]:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Question: The writer of this passage wants to _ .Options:A invite tourists to KunmingB visit KunmingC taste her foodD know more about KunmingAnswer:A", "role": "assistant" } ]