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My Garden
-----by Nelson Mandela
In early 1977, the authorities announced the physical labour and arranged some kind of work for us to do in the courtyard. The free time also allowed me to hunt what became two of my favorite hobbies in Robben Island---gardening and tennis.
To survive in prison, one must develop ways to take satisfaction in one's daily life. One can feel fulfilled by washing one's clothes so that they are particularly clean. Just as one takes pride in important tasks outside of prison, one can find the same pride in doing small things inside prison. Almost from the beginning of my sentence on Robben Island, I asked the authorities for permission to start a garden in the courtyard. For years, they refused without offering a reason. But finally they gave in, and we were able to cut out a small garden in the prison.
The soil in the courtyard was dry and rocky. In order to start my garden, I had to remove a great many rocks to allow the plant room to grow.
The authorities supplied me with seeds. At first, I planned tomatoes and onions, because these plants did not require rich earth or constant care. The early harvests were poor, but they soon improved.
I began to order books on gardening. I studied different gardening techniques and types of fertilizers . For a time, I tried to grow peanuts, and used different soils and fertilizers, but finally I gave up. It was one of my few failures.
A garden was one of the few things in prison that one could control. The processes of planting a seed, watching it grow, taking care of it and then harvesting it offered a simple but long-lasting satisfaction. The sense of being the owner of the small patch of earth offered a small taste of freedom. | Why did Mandela wash his clothes especially clean although he was in prison?
- To show he could do it as well as others.
- To get some sense of pride and satisfaction from it.
- To gain the authorities' permission to start a garden.
- To show others that he preferred to be clean. | To get some sense of pride and satisfaction from it. | [
"To show he could do it as well as others.",
"To gain the authorities' permission to start a garden.",
"To show others that he preferred to be clean."
] | race |
There are three blocks. We call them A, B and C. Block A is to the right of B and block B is above C. Block A contains two medium yellow squares. There is also a medium blue square in this block. Medium yellow square number two is below the medium blue square. Below the medium blue square and medium yellow square number two there is medium yellow square number one. Block B has one medium blue square. Block C has two medium blue squares. There is also a medium yellow square in this block. It is below medium blue square number two. Below the medium yellow square and medium blue square number two there is medium blue square number one. | Which object is to the right of a medium blue square? the medium yellow square which is in block C or medium yellow square number one? | Medium yellow square number one | [
"The medium yellow square which is in block c",
"Both of them",
"None of them"
] | spartqa |
How Room Designs Affect Our Work and Feelings
Architects have long had the feeling that the places we live in can affect our thoughts, feelings and behaviors. But now scientists are giving this feeling an empirical(,) basis. They are discovering how to design spaces that promote creativity, keep people focused and lead to relaxation.
Researches show that aspects of the physical environment can influence creativity. In 2007, Joan Meyers-Levy at the University of Minnesota, reported that the height of a room's ceiling affects how people think. Her research indicates that higher ceilings encourage people to think more freely, which may lead them to make more abstract connections. Low ceilings, on the other hand, may inspire a more detailed outlook.
In additions to ceiling height, the view afforded by a building may influence an occupant's ability to concentrate. Nancy Wells and her colleagues at Cornell University found in their study that kids who experienced the greatest increase in greenness as a result of a family move made the most gains on a standard test of attention.
Using nature to improve focus of attention ought to pay off academically, and it seems to, according to a study led by C. Kenneth Tanner, head of the School Design & Planning Laboratory at the University of Georgia. Tanner and his team found that students in classrooms with unblocked views of at least 50 feet outside the window had higher scores on tests of vocabulary, language arts and maths than did students whose classrooms primarily overlooked roads and parking lots.
Recent study on room lighting design suggests than dim light helps people to loosen up. If that is true generally, keeping the light low during dinner or at parties could increase relaxation. Researchers of Harvard Medical School also discovered that furniture with rounded edges could help visitors relax.
So far scientists have focused mainly on public buildings. "We have a very limited number of studies, _ ," architect David Allison says. "How do you take answers to very specific questions and make broad, generalized use of them? That's what we're all struggling with." | The passage tells us that _ .
a: the shape of furniture may affect people's feelings
b: lower ceilings may help improve students' creativity
c: students in rooms with unblocked views may feel relaxed
d: children in a dim classroom may improve their grades
| a | [
"b",
"c",
"d"
] | race |
how do you turn off an alarm in the alarm app on iphone?
- Click the switch next to the alarm until it is green.
- Click the switch next to the alarm until it is grey. | Click the switch next to the alarm until it is grey. | [
"Click the switch next to the alarm until it is green."
] | piqa |
|
English is fast becoming the language of science around the world, but what is its future among everyday speakers? One expert points out that the percentage of native English speakers is declining while the languages of other rapidly growing regions are being spoken by increasing numbers of people. But English will continue to remain widespread and important.
However,British language scholar David Graddol says English will probably drop in dominance by the middle of this century to rank,after Chinese,about equally with Arabic,Hindi,and Urdu. "The number of people speaking English as a first language continues to rise,but it isn't rising nearly as fast as the numbers of many other languages around the world,simply because the main population group has been largely in the less developed countries where languages other than English have been spoken," he says.
In a recent article in the journal Science,Mr. Graddol noted that three languages that are not near the top of the list of the most widely spoken now might be there soon. These are Bengali,Tamil,and Malay,spoken in south and southeast Asia.
David Crystal,the author of The Cambridge Encycloredia of the English Laeguage, says about 1. 5 billion of the world's six billion people speak it as a second tongue compared to the 400 million native speakers. But another expert on the English language says Mr. Graddol underestimates the future of its dominance. _ but nobody quite knows what's going to happen because no language has been in this position before. " he said. | In David Graddol' s opinion,English will _ .
- lose its dominant position
- remain widespread and important
- die away in the near future
- be more important than any other language | die away in the near future | [
"lose its dominant position",
"remain widespread and important",
"be more important than any other language"
] | race |
We have two blocks, A and B. Block A is to the left of B. Block A has a small yellow triangle and one big black square. Below and to the left of the big black square is the small yellow triangle. Block B contains a big blue square, a small black triangle and one big black circle. The big blue square is to the left of the big black circle and the small black triangle. | Which object is to the right of a small triangle? the blue object or the big black square? | Both of them | [
"The blue object",
"The big black square ",
"None of them"
] | spartqa |
Since the pre-historic times, man has had an urge to satisfy his needs. Be it hunger, shelter or search for a mate, he has always controlled the situations to his advantage. Probably this might be the reason why we humans are the most developed of all living species on the earth. As we climbed the steps of development, we somehow left behind common sense and logical thinking -- we forgot that we have stopped thinking ahead of time.
If you are hungry, what do you do? Get a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet. Just like your stomach, even your mind is hungry. But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such things. So it silently began to care about your needs and never let itself grow. _ This might be the reason why we all sometimes think "What happens next?", "Why can't I think?" "Why am I always given the difficult problems?" Well, this is the result of using our brain for thinking of not-so-worthy things.
Hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied through reading. Now why reading and not watching TV? Because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from the childhood. Just like that to develop other aspects of our life, we have to turn to reading. You have innumerable number of books in this world which will answer all your "How to?" questions. The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas. The same seed, if used many times, can help you link and relate a lot of things, of which you would have never thought in your wildest dreams! This is nothing but creativity. More the number of books you read, your mind will open up like never before. | The author tends to tell us _ .
1: reading can satisfy your all needs
2: reading can feed your mind
3: reading can result from creativity
4: reading can realize your dreams
| 3 | [
"1",
"2",
"4"
] | race |
We have two blocks. We call them A and B. Block A is to the right of B. Block A contains a medium blue square. Block B has three medium black squares. A medium blue square is also touching the bottom edge of this block. The medium blue square is below medium black square number one which is below medium black square number three and medium black square number two. It is below medium black square number two. Below medium black square number three there is medium black square number two. | Which object is to the left of a medium blue square? medium black square number one or medium black square number two? | Both of them | [
"Medium black square number one",
"Medium black square number two",
"None of them"
] | spartqa |
Tom gets up at half past seven in the morning. He has an egg and some milk for his breakfast. Then he begins to go to school slowly. When he is on his way to school, he thinks, "I tell my teacher my mother is ill on Monday morning. I tell him my bike is wrong on Tuesday. What do I tell my teacher today?"
Tom thinks over but he doesn't find a good idea before he gets to school."May I come in?" Tom shouts at the door of the classroom.
" Oh, my boy," says Mr Green. " Please look at the clock on the wall. What time is it now?"
" It's ten past eight," answers Tom.
Mr Green is not happy. " You are late for class three times this week. If all the students are like you, the clock is no use, I think."
" You are right, Mr Green," says Tom. " If we don't have the clock, how do you know I am late for class?" | Tom has breakfast _ .
* at home
* at the station
* in a restaurant
* at school | in a restaurant | [
"at home",
"at the station",
"at school"
] | race |
A block named AAA contain a small black square and a small yellow circle. A big yellow circle and a medium black triangle are within this block. A small blue triangle is covered by block AAA. Block AAA covers a medium blue triangle. Over the small blue triangle there is the medium black triangle. The square is over the medium blue triangle. Above and behind the medium black triangle is this thing. The small yellow circle touches the big thing. The big object is near to and the medium black triangle is above the medium blue triangle. In front of the shape which was behind the medium black triangle is the object which was near to the medium blue triangle. | Where is block AAA relative to the big shape?
A] far
B] po
C] below
D] ntppi
E] tppi
F] dc
G] above
| D | [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"E",
"F",
"G"
] | spartun |
Hippos live in Africa. Their sweat is red. Sometimes they walk a long way to find water. In fact hippos walk in the water. They can't swim.
Hippos love to play in the water in the day. They liked to eat plants at night. They never eat meat. They are easy to be angry.
An adult hippo is about 3,000 kg. He can run very fast. But he cannot run a long way. His longest tooth is about 60 cm. His open mouth is big. A child can get into it.
Crocodiles eat young hippos. But they cannot
adult hippos. | Hippos can't _ in the water.
A) swim
B) jump
C) walk
D) run
| B | [
"A",
"C",
"D"
] | race |
I was reading a recent post on a bog I really like, and it got me thinking about my younger, more impressive high school self. So I decided to write a letter to my younger self.
Dear Kate-of-senior-year-in-high-school
I'm writing this letter from the future. Hey, stop laughing! A lot has happened. Some of it was sad, but most of it has been lovely. What I really want to talk about is where you're going. You've gotten a lot of advice from adults this past year. And I'd like to help you sort it all out.
Enjoy these last few months before graduation, because high school is the best time of your life.
Enjoy them, for sure. But that thing about high school being the best part? When I look back, I can't find a better memory than my high school days.
Stop being so idealistic; you can't change the world.
Okay...it's true that you're not going to change it all at once, so sweep away what you're imagining. But you can do your part, and you will do it best in a thousand little ways through the years. They add up, so keep believing, even when it doesn't work out right away.
Words are powerful.
This was from your English teacher Mr. Smythe, who said a lot of true things, as it turns out. All that stuff about the power of language and the potential for literature to bring people together, helping us understand ourselves and the world around us, so we can make a difference? All true.
You should keep writing. You're good at it.
You are. You won't always think so. As a matter of fact, there will be a lot of days when you decide you are perhaps the world's worst writer and deserve to have your laptop thrown down from a mountain. But that's part of being a writer, and you'll get over it. You'll go a long time only writing term papers and other things for school, and then only news stories for a few years. But one day, you'll come back home to poetry and fiction. You will keep writing, because you're good at it But more than that, because it makes you whole! Yes...keep writing. It will be a wonderful experience.
Yours,
Kate | Why does the author mention Mr. Smythe in the letter?
- To prove that teachers' words are worth listening to.
- To remind us of the importance of respecting teachers.
- To persuade readers to learn English through hard work.
- To help us understand ourselves and the world. | To help us understand ourselves and the world. | [
"To prove that teachers' words are worth listening to.",
"To remind us of the importance of respecting teachers.",
"To persuade readers to learn English through hard work."
] | race |
Y and R are side by side with R at the bottom and Y on the top. N is below and to the left of P. The object labeled Z is positioned to the left of the object labeled R. P is sitting at the 12:00 position to Y. O is over there and V is on the right of it. O is over there and N is directly above it. | What is the relation of the agent R to the agent Y?
- lower-right
- above
- below
- upper-left
- overlap
- right
- upper-right
- lower-left
- left | below | [
"lower-right",
"above",
"upper-left",
"overlap",
"right",
"upper-right",
"lower-left",
"left"
] | stepgame |
There are three blocks, A, B and C. Block B is above and C is below A. Block A contains one medium yellow triangle. Block B contains a big black triangle. Block C has one small yellow triangle and one medium yellow triangle. This block also has a big yellow square. Below and far from the medium yellow triangle is the small yellow triangle. It is to the left of and below the big yellow square. | Which object is above a medium yellow triangle? the big black triangle or the square? | The big black triangle | [
"The square ",
"Both of them",
"None of them"
] | spartqa |
how do you lay down?
* Sit up on something.
* Lay flat on something. | Lay flat on something. | [
"Sit up on something."
] | piqa |
|
"When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood. The happy childhood is hardly worth your while. "Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood. And worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood." That was Frank McCourt reading the opening lines of his book Angela's Ashes, released in nineteen ninety-six.
This Irish American author best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography Angela's Ashes that recorded his poor upbringing, died of cancer on Sunday, The New York Times reported. He was 78.
Born in New York City, he was the eldest of seven children born to Irish immigrant parents. Angela's Ashes was a memoir that captured an irresponsible, drunkard father with a gift for story-telling. When not drunk, his father was absent, turning his back on a family so poor, McCourt wrote, that they were reduced to burning the furniture in their rented hut to keep warm. His mother struggled to raise her many children after his father left the family.
Already struggling when the Great Depression hit, the family moved back to Limerick, where they slipped ever deeper into poverty in the 1930s.
Three of McCourt's siblings died of diseases worsened by hunger and the wretchedness of their surroundings. McCourt himself almost died of typhoid fever as a child.
In Angela's Ashes, he wrote of hunger, a home flooded with rainwater and the unbearable humiliation of seeking handouts from charities in the Irish city. But he told the story in a way that is expressive, warm and light-hearted.
Frank McCourt left Ireland at the age of nineteen to return to New York City where he was born. He earned a degree in- English education and taught creative writing for nearly thirty years. After retiring in nineteen eighty-seven, he decided to write about his childhood. "Angela's Ashes" became a huge success and brought McCourt a 1997 Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award and other honors. Millions of copies of the book were sold worldwide and it was adapted into a 1999 movie starring Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle. | From the passage, we know Frank McCourt's father is_.
a] irresponsible but gifted in telling stories
b] alcohol-addicted but loves his family
c] humorous and trustworthy
d] poor but warm-hearted
| d | [
"a",
"b",
"c"
] | race |
Wednesday 27 August 2008 This lane runs between two fields , ours and our neighbour 's . It does n't go anywhere nowadays but presumably did once . If you follow it you come up against the fence of the Royal Ordinance Factory in Puriton so it could have been the main route from here to there . It starts beside the house and is quite discernable from the fields it runs through because it 's slightly higher . | What country may I be currebtly in ?
1: Spain
2: Italy
3: None of the above choices .
4: France
| 3 | [
"1",
"2",
"4"
] | cosmos |
Now comes word from the University of California, Berkeley, a new study has confirmed that the richer you are the less compassionate you are
In a study just published in the journal Emotion, psychologist Jennifer Stellar sought to determine the empathic capacities of a group of 300 college students, who had been hand-selected for maximum economic diversity. As a rule, college students have just one income level: poor. Stellar thus chose her subjects based on the income of the people who respond to the requests and write the checks: the parents.
In the first of three experiments, she had 148 of her subjects fill out reports how often they experience emotions such as joy, love, compassion and horror. She also had them agree or disagree with statements like "I often notice people who need help." When the numbers on these lists were processed, Stellar found no meaningful personality differences among the students that could be attributable to income except one: across the board, the lower the subjects' family income, the higher their score on compassion.
The second study involved 64 subjects who watched two videos -- an emotionally neutral instructional video on construction techniques, and a far more charged one that involved real families coping with a cancer-stricken child. Again, the subjects filled out emotional lists and again they scored similarly. But the lower-income volunteers continued to come out higher on the compassion-and-empathy scale.
During this study, Stellar also used heartbeat monitors to determine their physical reactions to the two videos. There was, not surprisingly, no difference in heart rate when the instructional video was playing, but when the cancer stories began, the heartbeats of the lower-income volunteers slowed noticeably -- a counterintuitive sign of caring. An immediate threat to ourselves or another causes heart rate to jump, the better to snap into action to respond to the danger. An emotional crisis can have the opposite physical effect on observers -- helping them settle down to provide the quieter attention that simply listening and comforting requires.
In the final part of the study, 106 of the participants were paired off and told to interview each other as if they were applying for a position as lab manager. So that the subjects would have real skin in the game, the ones who performed best in the interviews -- as judged by Stellar-- would win a cash prize. All of the subjects reported feeling the same levels of stress or anxiety when they were being interviewed, but only the lower-income subjects were reliably able to detect the same feelings in their partner when the roles were reversed.
So does this mean the rich really can't feel the poor? A low score on the compassion scale doesn't mean a lack of capacity for the feeling, Stellar argues. It may just mean a lack of experience observing -- and tending to -- the hardship others. Perhaps that helps explain why so many wealthy college kids find their way into the Peace Corps and other volunteer groups. | According to the text, which of the following statement is true?
- All the 3 experiments proved the same result.
- The rich really lacks the ability to feel pity for the poor.
- Stellar carefully chose 300 college students according their personal income level.
- All the subjects went through all the 3 experiments. | All the subjects went through all the 3 experiments. | [
"All the 3 experiments proved the same result.",
"The rich really lacks the ability to feel pity for the poor.",
"Stellar carefully chose 300 college students according their personal income level."
] | race |
We have three blocks, A, B and C. Block A has a medium blue square. Then, we have block B which contains a big blue triangle, a medium blue circle and a big yellow triangle. The big blue triangle is touching the bottom edge of this block. This shape is below the big yellow triangle. The big yellow triangle is touching the right edge of this block. Far from, to the left of and below the big yellow triangle there is the medium blue circle. Block C is to the right of block A and below block B. It has a medium black square and one medium blue square. The medium black square is above, near to and to the right of the medium blue square. | Which object is above a medium blue square? the medium black square or the blue circle? | Both of them | [
"The medium black square ",
"The blue circle ",
"None of them"
] | spartqa |
When 7-year-old Warren Buffet said " I will be the richest man one day", his friends made fun of his "daydreaming". But ever since then the little boy has set about learning how to make money, selling drinks, delivering newspapers and buying stocks. He had already earned $ 9,000 ( equal to $ 90,000 today) by the time he graduated from high school and became a millionaire at 32.
And this month the 77-year- old, who earned his fortune by making a lot of great investment in the stock market, made his childhood dream come true. With a fortune of $ 62billion, Buffet has risen to be the world's richest man according toForbes Magazine.
Born in 1930, Buffet, the only son of a stockbroker, started on achieving his billion-dollar dream at an early age and was always ready to think outside the box to develop his business. At 8 he went to golf courses collecting and selling used balls.
At 11 when he sold soda pop door to door with a friend, the pair collected lids on the streets to judge which flavor was the most popular.
As a paper boy during high school, Buffet delivered two rival papers, so that even when customers canceled one of the subscriptions, he could still make a profit from the other. With his paper delivery savings, Buffet bought 162,000 square meters of farmland and collect rent.
Young Buffet stepped into the stock market at 11 but earned only $ 5. The experience taught him one of the virtues in investing: patience.
After graduating from university, Buffet started his venture with stocks with his childhood earnings and money from friends. He researched the stocks and just bought those of solid companies that were undervalued and inexpensive at the time. By sticking to companies such as American Express and Coca-cola, Buffet has become rich.
"Learning is important to Buffet's success. He is a learning machine who can spend his entire day reading. He keeps learning, from books, street smarts and investigation, from both success and failure. In this way, he finally over achieved his aptitude ( ) ," said Charlie Munger, his long-time business partner. | With the example of delivering two rival papers in high school, the author intends to tell us that Buffet _ .
- was a good paper boy
- knew anything but how to make money
- had a good sense of business
- was hard to deal with business | was a good paper boy | [
"knew anything but how to make money",
"had a good sense of business",
"was hard to deal with business"
] | race |
HHHHHHHHHHHHIIIII.Friday tomorrow ! Today was alreeeeet .. had no frees though . Oh and turns out the wine event has been cancelled and is next Thurs . So yeah .. in General Studies i just messed about with my friends . | What will happen to the narrator around next Thursday ?
* The narrator will be drunk .
* None of the above choices .
* The narrator will be focused .
* The narrator will be sober . | The narrator will be drunk . | [
"None of the above choices .",
"The narrator will be focused .",
"The narrator will be sober ."
] | cosmos |
Q is south west of X. U presents over G. S is diagonally left and above S. Q is slightly off center to the top left and G is slightly off center to the bottom right. | What is the relation of the agent Q to the agent S?
1] above
2] lower-right
3] left
4] below
5] upper-right
6] lower-left
7] upper-left
8] overlap
9] right
| 4 | [
"1",
"2",
"3",
"5",
"6",
"7",
"8",
"9"
] | stepgame |
One block called AAA exists. This block has a medium blue square. A medium yellow square is below the blue thing. Below and touches the blue thing is another medium yellow square. Over and touches another medium yellow square there is this shape. Medium yellow square number one is covered by block AAA. Medium yellow square number two is within block AAA. Medium yellow square number three is in block AAA. This object is above medium yellow square number one. | Is any medium yellow square under medium yellow square number three?
* Yes
* No | Yes | [
"No"
] | spartun |
Different kinds of soil conservation methods are used by farmers to protect their land from damage by farming and the forces of nature. One important form of soil conservation is the use of windbreaks.
Windbreaks are barriers formed by trees and other plants with many leaves. Farmers plant them in lines around their fields. Windbreaks stop the wind from blowing soil away. They also keep the wind from destroying or damaging crops. They are very important for growing grains, such as wheat.
There have been studies done on windbreaks in parts of West Africa, for example. They found that grain harvests can be twenty percent higher in fields protected by windbreaks compared to fields without such protection.
However, windbreaks seem to work best when they allow a little wind to pass through. If the wall of trees and plants stops wind completely, then violent air motions will take place close to the ground. These motions will lift soil into the air where it will be blown away. For this reason, a windbreak is best if it has only sixty to eighty percent of the trees and plants needed to make a solid line.
There should be at least two lines in each windbreak. One line should be large trees. The second line, right next to it, can be shorter trees and other plants with leaves. Locally grown trees and plants are best for windbreaks. | What is a windbreak according to the passage?
1. A windbreak is a wood with different kinds of trees.
2. A windbreak is a wall of wind to fight wind from the opposite way.
3. A windbreak is a concrete wall to prevent the strong winds.
4. A windbreak is a wall of trees to hold soil in place.
| 3 | [
"1",
"2",
"4"
] | race |
D is sitting at the 6:00 position to J. M is to the left of P with a small gap between them. J is to the right of P. M is at the bottom of S vertically. | What is the relation of the agent J to the agent D?
a] left
b] below
c] lower-left
d] right
e] lower-right
f] upper-left
g] above
h] overlap
i] upper-right
| g | [
"a",
"b",
"c",
"d",
"e",
"f",
"h",
"i"
] | stepgame |
Two boxes, called DDD and EEE exist in the image. A large green dimond is covered by and a midsize white oval is within box DDD. Box DDD contains a large orange dimond which is to the left-hand side of the midsize white oval. Box DDD contains box EEE. Box EEE cover a midsize green dimond, a midsize orange rectangle and a large green oval. The midsize green dimond is above and the large green oval is to the right of the midsize orange rectangle. Box EEE have a tiny green oval and a large white rectangle. To the left-hand side of the tiny object is the midsize orange rectangle. The tiny shape is on the left side of and a midsize white dimond is below the midsize green dimond. The midsize white dimond is inside box EEE. Close to the large white rectangle is the midsize white dimond. | Are all white rectangles close to the midsize white dimond?
a: No
b: Yes
| b | [
"a"
] | spartun |
The plastic identification ( ID, ) cards carded by all Chinese citizens over 16 are to be replaced with electronic cards from 2005.
The new cards, which most people will have by 2005, contain a microchip on which personal information is stored. This can be checked against databases kept by the government.
"The information will be locked into the card so that people won' t be able to use false identities," said Ren Tianbu, a security official in Shenyang.
China's present plastic identity cards were introduced 17 years ago, and a similar system is used by many other countries. However, the information shown on a card differs from nation to nation. Most ID cards show the holder' s name, sex, date of birth and photograph, as well as the card' s expiry date and number.
Germany, France and Spain all use ID cards, but there are some developed nations who dislike the idea. The US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Sweden and Britain are among those with no national ID card. However, some of the countries have ID cards for particular uses. For example, Australia and the United States use a driving licence to identify people.
Identity cards are introduced for a variety of reasons. Race, politics and religion were often at the heart of older ID systems. In recent years, though, ID cards have been linked to national information databases, which form the basis of how a government manages a country.
The US, Britain and some other countries are considering a national ID system as a way of preventing possible terrorist attacks.
However, such plans have been .met with fierce resistance by those who believe identity cards work against human rights and individual privacy .
"ID cards make us suspects , not citizens," said UK human rights group Liberty. | The information shown on an ID card of different countries _ .
1] is the same
2] has nothing in common
3] has something in common and something different
4] is similar
| 4 | [
"1",
"2",
"3"
] | race |
We have three blocks, named AAA, BBB and CCC. A small black triangle is inside and a big black circle is inside and touching block AAA. Block AAA covers a big blue circle. Over and disconnected from block BBB there is this block. A small yellow circle is inside and touching block BBB. Farther from block AAA there is block CCC with a small yellow triangle. Block AAA is in front of this block. A small black triangle is within block CCC. Block CCC covers a medium square. The square is in front of and the small black triangle is below the small yellow triangle. Under the object which was below the small yellow triangle there is the medium thing. | Where is the small yellow circle relative to the big blue circle?
1. ec
2. left
3. near
4. above
5. below
6. tpp
7. far
| 5 | [
"1",
"2",
"3",
"4",
"6",
"7"
] | spartun |
We have two boxes, named one and two. Box one have a medium orange apple and a medium yellow apple. To the north of the medium yellow apple is the medium orange apple. Box two contains box one. A medium green thing and two medium yellow apples are in this box. Box two covers a medium orange apple which is to the south of the green thing. The green fruit and medium yellow apple number two are south of medium yellow apple number one.To the south of medium yellow apple number two is the green fruit. To the south of medium yellow apple number two is the medium orange apple. | What is the position of the medium orange apple in box one relative to box two?
1: behind
2: near
3: ntppi
4: tppi
5: below
6: ntpp
7: po
| 6 | [
"1",
"2",
"3",
"4",
"5",
"7"
] | spartun |
We have two boxes, named one and two. Box one covers a medium yellow apple. Within box two is this box. Box two covers a medium yellow apple which is under a medium orange apple. The orange fruit is inside box two. | What is the position of the medium yellow apple covered by box one relative to box two?
A. near
B. ntpp
C. far
D. tpp
E. right
F. po
G. ec
| B | [
"A",
"C",
"D",
"E",
"F",
"G"
] | spartun |
Three boxes, called DDD, EEE and JJJ exist in the image. A midsize white rectangle and a tiny orange dimond are within box DDD. Close to the tiny orange dimond is the midsize white rectangle. A midsize green dimond and a midsize orange rectangle are inside box EEE. Box EEE have a tiny orange dimond and a midsize green rectangle. The tiny orange dimond is behind the midsize green rectangle. The midsize green dimond is in front of the midsize orange rectangle. A large orange rectangle and a tiny white oval are within box JJJ. Box JJJ covers a large white oval. The large orange rectangle is to the north of another large white oval. Large white oval number two is covered by box JJJ. Large white oval number two is to the south of the tiny white oval. | Where is the midsize green rectangle regarding the tiny orange dimond in EEE?
* near
* ntpp
* below
* left
* po
* behind
* front | front | [
"near",
"ntpp",
"below",
"left",
"po",
"behind"
] | spartun |
For years, Aimee Lind, a librarian at the Getty Research Institute, has been struggling with ways to make architecture archives more accessible to users. To help solve this problem, she co-founded the California Architecture Archives Network (or CalArchNet) with her Cal Poly SLO colleague Jessica Holada. Together they have organized a series of one-day mini-conferences designed to foster dialogue and collaboration among librarians, archivists, and curators at California institutions that house architecture archives.
The goal of these semiannual meetings is to create a space for convergence among professionals who intersect with architectural archives in different ways. Architecture archives, often containing large drawings and scale models, present unique problems due to their size and fragility. CalArchNet participants are interested in improving the overall user experience for visitors to the archives by looking for solutions to obstacles to access. This space for an informal exchange of ideas provides an opportunity to be transparent about the challenges repositories face when managing and processing architecture holdings, as well as encourages investigation and experimentation into ways new technologies may help to solve accessibility issues, such as improved interaction with digitized collections via the IIIF protocol or 3D-scanned facsimile models and virtual walk-throughs.
October 27 marked the third meeting of CalArchNet, held at the Palm Springs Art Museum, Architecture and Design Center, with representatives from 13 institutions in attendance. Topics discussed included historic site preservation research methodology, leveraging statewide resources to enhance discovery of collections, security considerations, GIS mapping technologies, and the use of linked open data to make connections between collections. The day concluded with a curator-led tour of the exhibition Albert Frey and Lina Bo Bardi: A Search for Living Architecture.
If you’re an archivist, librarian, or curator working with architecture archives in California and would like to become involved with CalArchNet, you can join the Google group or email [email protected] for more information. The Spring 2018 meeting will be held in San Luis Obispo. | What does Aimee probably think of Jessica? | Aimee respects jessica | [
"Not enough information",
"Aimee is jealous of jessica",
"Aimee despises jessica"
] | quail |
Two blocks, called HHH and LLL exist. Block HHH with a large purple pentagon contains block LLL. A large purple hexagon and a little purple hexagon are covered by block HHH. The large purple pentagon are west of a little grey star and the little purple hexagon. The little grey star and a medium purple hexagon are within block HHH. The medium object is to the west of the object which was to the west of the little purple hexagon. The little purple hexagon is south of the little grey star and is east of this shape. To the north of the little grey star is the large purple hexagon. The little grey star is west of the little purple hexagon. Block LLL contains a little grey star. | Is the little purple hexagon to the south of all large purple hexagons?
- Yes
- No | Yes | [
"No"
] | spartun |
How to make Reese's Pieces vanilla Ice cream at home. | Which of the following best matches the statement above?
A. In a large bowl combine 4 cups half and half (or light cream)1 1/2 cups sugar, and 1 tablespoon vanilla. stir until sugar dissolves. stir in 2 cups whipping cream. chill in refrigerator for 1 hour. freeze in 4 or 5 quart ice cream freezer according to manufacturers directions. after freezing for 20 min. add 4 cups reese's pieces candy. return to freezing mode. complete freezing process. top with reese's pieces.
B. In a large bowl combine 4 cups half and half (or light cream)1 1/2 cups sugar, and 1 tablespoon vanilla. stir until sugar dissolves. stir in 2 cups whipped artichoke hearts. chill in refrigerator for 1 hour. freeze in 4 or 5 quart ice cream freezer according to manufacturers directions. after freezing for 20 min. add 4 cups reese's pieces candy. return to freezing mode. complete freezing process. top with reese's pieces.
| A | [
"B"
] | piqa |
There is a box named one. A box called two exists in the image. Box two has a medium green apple. Another box called three with a medium orange apple has this box. Box one has this box. Above another medium orange apple is the medium orange apple. Medium orange apple number two is covered by box three. Over medium orange apple number one there is another medium orange apple. Medium orange apple number three is in box three. Another medium orange apple is inside box three. Medium orange apple number two is below this thing. Medium orange apple number one is above and touches medium orange apple number four. | Do all medium orange apples touch all medium orange things?
A) No
B) Yes
| A | [
"B"
] | spartun |
Washing hands is important, you should wet, then what, and then rinse?
* Thinking
* Irritation
* Use soap
* Dry
* Cleaning hands after autopsy | Use soap | [
"Thinking",
"Irritation",
"Dry",
"Cleaning hands after autopsy"
] | commonsenseqa |
|
I was driving home on a very hot afternoon and about to near a crossing . One of the major traffic light had gone out , and a police officer was standing in the middle of around twenty lanes of very busy traffic . The fact was that he had no hat or shade to shield him from the burning sun but , he was upbeat and doing a fabulous job .
I saw a drugstore on the comer , and while I was there , I wanted so badly to get some water for the officer ! I had some hesitation , though , as it was a little out of my comfort zone to communicate with a stranger in this way .
I discussed , struggled , left , drove part-way home , turned around , went back to the drugstore , got water , and then found myself thinking about how to hand it to him in the busy crossing . I knew that he might not be able to take it - he wouldn't have hands to hold it since he was busy making motions to direct the traffic - but I had to try .
I drove into the crossing , rolled down my windows as I passed the officer , and gave him the bottle of water . Though he wasn't able to take the bottle , he broke into a smile and said , " Thank you . "
I drove home , feeling better for having persisted . And I was even inspired to call the station that afternoon to make sure they knew what a great job he did that day . It felt good to spread the positivity , and it was the least I could do . | What is the main idea of the passage ?
A: The government should find better ways to solve the heavy traffic .
B: It is a hard job to work as a traffic police officer
C: Trust is very important to make friends with a strange man .
D: Spreading the positivity can make the world more beautiful
| B | [
"A",
"C",
"D"
] | race |
We have two boxes, called DDD and EEE. A large green dimond is inside and touching box DDD. To the south of and away from box DDD there is box EEE. Disconnected from and in front of this box there is box DDD. Box EEE cover a large green oval and a large white dimond. A large white rectangle is inside and touching this box. | What is the position of the large green dimond regarding the large green oval?
1) right
2) far
3) left
4) dc
5) below
6) above
7) ec
| 6 | [
"1",
"2",
"3",
"4",
"5",
"7"
] | spartun |
When you sit in the classroom, do you suddenly feel that summer flew by so quickly? I'm still thinking about taking walks in the park and meeting my friends at night. But I know that the school season is beginning. And homework, tests and routine all come with it.
When I stay in my room and write my homework, I often look out of the window and look back at this summer.
In the past two months of summer break, I spent many evenings in my backyard. I listened to my parents telling stories about their childhood. My brother caught fireflies . Once in a while, we made a barbecue and ate chicken and corn.
Now I'm back to school. It's difficult to find time to do everything that I want to do, like dancing, reading, and sleeping. How I hope to have another break in my studies! I could read a fun book instead of the boring ones that we have to read for English class.
Still, I should not feel sad. Summer gave me time to relax, good memories, laughter, and the experience of new friendships. But without school, I would never appreciate the happy moments in summer and the responsibilities that I have now. What's more, there are only 10 more months to go until summer comes again. And in the meantime, I can have lots of fun with my friends as we begin our high school experience together. | The article is written _ .
- at the beginning of a school season
- in an English class
- in the classroom
- during the summer break | during the summer break | [
"at the beginning of a school season",
"in an English class",
"in the classroom"
] | race |
Grandma Mosesisamongthemostfamoustwentieth-century painters of the United States, yet she did not start painting until she was in her late seventies. As she once said to herself,"I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me."
She was born on a farm in New York State. At twelve she left home and was in a service until at twenty-seven, she married Thomas Moses, the tenant of hers. They farmed most of their lives. She had ten children, of whom five survived . Her husband died in 1927.
Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby. As she became old, she wanted to keep busy and pass the time, so she began to paint again. Her pictures were first sold at the local drugstore and at a market and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought everything she painted. Between the 1930's and her death she produced some 2,000 pictures:careful and lively pictures of the country life she had known, with a wonderful sense of color1 and form. | Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
a: Grandma Moses: Her Best Pictures.
b: The Children of Grandma Moses.
c: Grandma Moses and Other Older Artists.
d: Grandma Moses: Her Life and Pictures.
| a | [
"b",
"c",
"d"
] | race |
I watched a little girl playing basketball every day from my bedroom window. One day, I asked her why she practiced so much. She said, "I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship . I like basketball and I want to be the best player in college. My dad told me, "If the dream is big enough, the facts don't count." She never changed her mind. Whenever she was in junior high school or senior high school. One day, before she graduate from senior high school, I saw her sitting on the grass sadly. I asked her what was wrong. She told me that her coach said she was too short to be a good basketball player, so she should stop dreaming about going to college. She was heartbroken and it made me feel bad, too. Then she smiled and told me her father said to her, "If you really want to play for the scholarship of a good college, nothing but yourself can stop your dream." The next year, she and her team went to a big game she was seen by a coach of a famous college team and was offered a scholarship to the women's basketball team of their college. She was getting the college education that she had dreamed of. "If the dream is big enough, the facts don't count." It is true. | Did the girl's family have a lot of money?
- No, it didn't.
- We don't know.
- It isn't mentioned .
- Yes, it did. | We don't know. | [
"No, it didn't.",
"It isn't mentioned .",
"Yes, it did."
] | race |
Many people think heroes need to be handsome, rich, or very smart. But as for me, a hero is a person who always helps others. My hero is Uncle Bill. He is the oldest son of a worker, and he grew up in a poor family with four younger brothers and two little sisters.
He was good at neither writing nor math. In fact, he never did well in school. so he had to give up school at a very young age. He worked and gave all his money to help his parents. When he was getting older, he found that he was very interested in fixing things. he collected broken things which people threw away and fixed them into good ones. He could fix almost everything that did not work. He worked hard never gave up. Finally, he opened his own repair shop. It took him about 20 years to become a successful shopkeeper .
Now, he is very rich and has four shops. But he never forgets the days when he had nothing. He gives money to poor families, helps poor kids buy books and offers them free lunch. He also encourages people to reuse things. He always says :Make good use of what you have because we just have one earth.
I am proud of Uncle Bill. He is really a hero. | Why does the writer think Uncle Bill is a hero ?
- He is good at fixing broken things.
- He is rich and smart.
- He is successful shopkeeper.
- He always tries his best to help others. | He is successful shopkeeper. | [
"He is good at fixing broken things.",
"He is rich and smart.",
"He always tries his best to help others."
] | race |
To create a tracking and warning system for predators around bird feeders. | Which of the following best matches the statement above?
a. Pour band below seeder after replenishing it. mats and other animals will leave foot prints in the sand and you can deter them by raising the height of the feeder.
b. Pour sand below the feeder after replenishing it. cats and other animals will leave foot prints in the sand and you can deter them by raising the height of the feeder.
| b | [
"a"
] | piqa |
Spinach is available all year round, but it is better in spring. Its roots are red and green, and it is particularly delicious. The spinach listed in the spring is good for detoxification and preventing dryness. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that spinach is sweet and can nourish blood Hemostasis, constricting yin, and moistening. Spinach contains more oxalic acid, which hinders the body's absorption of calcium and iron. Therefore, when eating spinach, it should be scalded with boiling water, removed and fried. | If the following judgments are true, which one can best support the above argument?
a) Oxalic acid easily dissolves in boiling water
b) Adding a little white wine when stir-fried spinach can reduce the astringent taste of oxalic acid and increase a sense of fragrance
c) Consumption of foods containing more oxalic acid will significantly increase the content of oxalic acid in the urine, which may increase the risk of urinary stones
d) Spinach in spring is more delicious than spinach in winter
| a | [
"b",
"c",
"d"
] | logiqa |
The First of March is my most hated day of the year. Every year, without fail, I feel a little bit depressed on the First of March. I absolutely love summer. I love the hot weather, the skimpy clothes, the summer fruits and the party seasons. I only have good memories of summer - Christmas time, six weeks holidays when in school then three months off whilst at uni. In my eyes, there is not one bad thing about summer. That is why I hate the First of March. Yes, it is still hot. Yes, my summer fruits are still in season and I can still wear my skimpy clothes, but, in my mind, it means that winter is near. The weather is only going to get colder and my favourite time of the year is official over.
In an attempt to lift my end of Summer blues I decided to give myself a bright, cheerful manicure. The colour I choose was a luscious purple cream from butter LONDON called Molly-Coddled. It was just about opaque after one coat, just ever so slightly streaky. Two coats, completely opaque and streak free.
If you haven't previously heard of butter LONDON, it is a nail polish brand with a massive range of high fashion colours and it's products are formulated without the use of the harmful ingredients like Formaldehyde, Toluene, DBP or Parabens. butter LONDON was the first company to sell 3 Free nail lacquer in the United States. Formaldehyde is one of the biggest nasties that I make a real effort to avoid. I did my PhD in Forensics and spent a lot of time watching autopsies. Once the body parts have been harvested, they are stored in Formaldehyde to be preserved. The Formaldehyde alters the proteins in the tissue to stop them breaking down - fine for the dead, not something I want to use whilst I am alive. It is nasty, nasty stuff. | What does the author like most about the nail polish? | There is no formaldehyde in it. | [
"It cheers them up.",
"It covers perfectly in 2 coats.",
"Not enough information"
] | quail |
Do you know how to study better? Let me give you some advice about studying. First, don't put off studying. Many students do that. Then they have to cram the night before the exam. In fact you need good study habits and study a little every day. This way, you will prepare better for the exams. Second, plan _ into your study time. For example, if you read 20 pages of the book, you can play one computer game. But only one. Third, stay in a quiet place and turn off your mobile phone. Then you can put your heart into your study. Last, believe it or not, sleeping is part of studying. It can help you learn better. Try to sleep more than eight hours a night. Take the advice, and you will study better. | What does " _ " mean in the passage?
- Do something you like.
- Cram the night before exam.
- Turn off your phone.
- Exercise after studying. | Cram the night before exam. | [
"Do something you like.",
"Turn off your phone.",
"Exercise after studying."
] | race |
I ' m not strong for going off medication ( and I wish people would stop saying how proud they are . That 's fucked up . ) Ray was n't weak for not wanting to deal with the pain anymore . | How may Ray be feeling right now ?
* Angry
* Hurt
* None of the above choices .
* Happy | Hurt | [
"Angry",
"None of the above choices .",
"Happy"
] | cosmos |
To cut pieces out of felt, you can | Which of the following best matches the statement above?
1] Use a rolling pizza cutter
2] Use a rolling utility cutter
| 2 | [
"1"
] | piqa |
"To be real honest, Jeffrey, you're not making much progress," said Greg. "Are you practicing at all?"
"Well, yeah. Mom makes me. She sits there watching to make sure I'm getting the right fingering and phrasing."
"Hmm. I might need to talk to her about that." Greg hated when kids were forced into musicianship. He had been teaching private music lessons for more than ten years, and had seen it often. Parents made their kids miserable. It rarely worked anyway. "You don't really want to take piano, do you?"
"No, Sir."
"Well... "
"I wish my mom would let me take guitar lessons. That would be cool."
"You know you'd get calluses like this." Greg held out left hand and showed Jeffrey his fingertips.
"Yeah! My friend, Zach, has calluses. They're hard like plastic."
"Well, you know, it hurts for a while--until you build them up."
"I don't care. I love the guitar. I've been begging Mom to switch me from piano to guitar."
"I'll talk to her."
"Great! I already have a guitar and--"
"--don't get too excited yet. We'll see what she says."
"Thanks, Mr. Tenorly." He jumped up and ran for the front door. Then he stopped, rushed back over to grab his piano books, and raced out the door.
Greg's 3:30 lesson had been cancelled, so he now had a thirty minute break. Oftentimes, during a break, he would step outside and wander down the sidewalk, observing the townspeople going in and out of the shops around Coreyville Square.
But something was bugging him. His dad's birthday party was only a few days away. He hoped he wouldn't regret letting Cynthia talk him into going. | How long was Greg's break? | Half hour | [
"All day",
"Not enough information",
"10 minutes"
] | quail |
Prince Roman was a Polish nobleman, a captain in the army of Czar Nicholas of Russia. When his young wife died, the prince left the army and returned in sorrow to his native Poland.
In time, love for his country and its people took the place of his lost love. He joined a Polish rising against the Russians. The rising was crushed, and Prince Roman was taken prisoner. His relatives and friends begged the military court to have mercy on him.
The president of the court received these appeals kindly. He was a good Russian, but he was also a good-natured man. Russian hatred of Poles was not as fierce at that time as it became later; and the Russian felt sympathetic as soon as he saw the prince's thin, tired, sun-burnt face.
The court of three officers sat in a bare room, behind a long black table. Some clerks sat at the two ends, but no one else was there when the guards brought in the prince.
Those four walls shut out from Prince Roman all sights and sounds of freedom, all hopes of the future, all comforting thoughts. How much love for Poland remained in him then? How much love of life? He stood before his judges alone, having refused their permission to sit. He answered their first formal questions -- his name and so on -- clearly and politely although he felt too weary to talk.
Then the president of the court seemed to suggest how the young man could best help himself. He asked questions in a way that almost put the right answers in the prisoner's mouth.
"Didn't your wife's death drive you to despair? Wasn't your mind unbalanced by that sad event ?"
Prince Roman was silent.
"You were not fully responsible for you conduct, were you?"
Prince Roman was silent.
"You made a sudden blind decision to join the rising. You didn't realize that your actions were dangerous and dishonourable. Isn't that the truth of this unfortunate matter?"
The judges looked at the prisoner hopefully. In silence the prince reached for a pen and some paper. He wrote, "I joined the rising because I believe it was just." He pushed the paper towards the president, who took it and read it in silence.
Prince Roman was sentenced to hard work for life in the Siberian salt mines. It was a sentence of delayed death.
When Czar Nicholas read the report and sentence, he added in his own handwriting, "Make sure that this prisoner walks in chains every step of the way to Siberia." | The questions which the president asked show that _ .
a: the court wanted the prince to admit his own guilt
b: he was trying to find excuse for the prince's conduct
c: Prince Roman was a weak person
d: he wanted to learn the truth about the Polish rising
| a | [
"b",
"c",
"d"
] | race |
When i arrived at the cafe , i waited at the aircon section of the cafe , trying to sneak a peek at my frenz and family having worship service outside . Daniel was leading worship , while uncle dicky played guitar , and glenn , the groom , was the backup singer . They were singing the song , " How great is our God " . Both glenn and i chose this song coz we wanted God to be glorified and we love this song . | What type of religious faith does the narrator have ?
- None of the above choices .
- They are Christian .
- They are agnostic .
- They are Jews . | They are Christian . | [
"None of the above choices .",
"They are agnostic .",
"They are Jews ."
] | cosmos |
One box called one exists. A big yellow fruit is in and a big orange apple is inside and touching box one. Box one have a green melon and a medium green watermelon. A small green apple and the melon are to the right-hand side of the big yellow fruit.The small green apple is to the right-hand side of the melon and is over the orange fruit. Under and touches the big yellow fruit is the big orange apple. Box one covers the small green apple. Over the fruit that touches the yellow thing is the watermelon. The yellow fruit is close to this fruit. | Where is the yellow thing relative to the small green apple?
* left
* ec
* far
* tpp
* po
* front
* near | left | [
"ec",
"far",
"tpp",
"po",
"front",
"near"
] | spartun |
The Sahara Festival is a celebration of the very recent past. The three-day event is not fixed to the same dates each year, but generally takes place in November or December. It is well attended by tourists, but even better attended by locals.
During the opening ceremonies , after the official greetings from the government leaders, people who attend the festival begin to march smartly before the viewing stands, and white camels transport their riders across the sands. Horsemen from different nations display their beautiful clothes and their fine horsemanship. One following another, groups of musicians and dancers from all over the Sahara take their turn to show off their wonderful traditional culture. Groups of men in blue and yellow play horns and beat drums as they dance in different designs. On their knees in the sand, a group of women in long dark dresses dance with their hair, their long, dark, shiny hair is thrown back and forth in the wind to the rhythm of their dance.
The local and visiting Italian dogs are anxious to run after hares. The crowd is on its feet for the camel races. Camels and riders run far into the distance, and then return to the Finish Line in front of the cheering people.
Towards the evening, there comes the grand finale of the opening day, an extremely exciting horserace. All the riders run very fast on horseback. Some riders hang off the side of their saddles. Some even ride upside down -- their legs and feet straight up in the air -- all at full speed. Others rush down the course together, men arm in arm, on different horses. On and on they went. So fast and so wonderful! | This passage mainly tells readers _
a: how animals race on the first and the last days of the Sahara Festival
b: how people celebrate during the three-day Sahara Festival
c: what takes place at the closing ceremonies of the Sahara Festival
d: what happens on the opening day of the Sahara Festival
| a | [
"b",
"c",
"d"
] | race |
Three boxes, called one, two and three exist in the image. Box one covers a small green thing. A big yellow melon, a small orange melon and a medium orange watermelon are within box two. The medium orange watermelon are to the left of the big yellow melon, a small orange watermelon and the small orange melon. Box two covers another medium orange watermelon and contains the small orange watermelon. To the left-hand side of the small orange watermelon there is the big yellow melon. The small orange watermelon and the small orange melon are to the left-hand side of medium orange watermelon number two. Within box three there is box two. Box three is disconnected from, away from and to the left of box one. | Does a box overlap the small orange melon?
* No
* Yes | No | [
"Yes"
] | spartun |
There was once a professor of medicine, who was very strict with the students. Whenever he took the chair on the exam committee, the students would be in fear, because he was seldom pleased with the answers they gave. A student would be lucky enough if he or she could receive a good mark from him. At the end of the term, the students of medicine would take their exam again. Now a student was a little nervous as he knew it would not be so easy to get through the exam at all.
The professor began to ask. The student was required to describe a certain illness, his description of which turned out to be OK.
Then the professor asked about the cure for illness, and the student, too, answered just as right.
"Good," said the professor, "and how much will you give the patient?"
"A full spoon," answered the student.
"Now you may go out and wait for what you can get," said the professor. At the same time the committee discussed carefully the answers the student had given. Suddenly the student noticed that there was something wrong with his last answer. "A full spoon is too much," he thought to himself. Anxiously he opened the door of the room and cried, "Mr Professor, I've made a mistake! A full spoon is too much for the patient. He can take only five drops."
"I'm sorry, sir," said the professor coldly, "But it is too late. Your patient has died." | The student were afraid of the professor because _ .
1] their answers seldom satisfied him
2] they often angered and disappointed him
3] he often misunderstood them and gave them bad marks
4] their answers often astonished him
| 3 | [
"1",
"2",
"4"
] | race |
Two blocks, named AAA and BBB exist in the image. A small black square and a big black square are inside and touching block AAA. A small blue circle is within block AAA. Close to the big black square is this object. Block AAA contains a medium yellow square. The small black square is in front of the circle and is south of the medium yellow square. North of the shape which was close to the big black square there is the medium yellow square. Block AAA covers block BBB. Block BBB covers a medium black square and has a medium blue triangle. A small black square is close to the medium black square and is behind the medium blue triangle. The small black square is within block BBB. A big blue square is inside and touching this block. | Where is the circle relative to the small black square covered by AAA?
1] behind
2] below
3] far
4] tppi
5] ntppi
6] ec
7] left
| 1 | [
"2",
"3",
"4",
"5",
"6",
"7"
] | spartun |
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has opened up about being a parent, stating that 13 is an appropriate age for a child's first cell phone.
The 57-year-old, father-of-three, revealed on the Today Show that his children Jennifer and Rory were not allowed phones until their thirteenth birthday and his youngest daughter Phoebe is still waiting for one.
"We've chosen in our family that it's 13 where you get a phone," the self-made billionaire explained.
He said as a result his children often return home from school complaining: "All the other kids have it.I'm the only one without it, and it's so embarrassing."
Asked if he keeps passwords to his son and daughters' email and Facebook accounts, Mr Gates said that he doesn't for Jennifer, 16, who he describes as "independent".
He admitted that monitoring online activity is "a very tricky is sue for parents now."
Despite their vast wealth Mr and Mrs Gates, who live in Lake Medina, just outside Seattle, Washington, have said they want to give their children as normal an upbringing as possible.
It was previously reported that their youngsters have to complete household chores and are given a modest smount of pocket money.
And in 2010 Mr Cates said that he intends to give most of his $ 61 billion fortune away rather than hand it down." _ wouldn't be good either for my kids or society," he said.
Also during the Today Interview with host Matt Lauer, Mr Gates, who stepped down from Microsoft in 2008 to concentrate on philanthropy , said that helping others gives him same excitement as creating software.
" What you really feel is what you've achieved.If a piece of software gets out there and lots of people love it-it lets them get their work done in better ways-that's exciting," he explained. | Bill Gates will not let his children own a cell phone _ .
- if they don't really need one
- before they become independent
- until they reach the age of 13
- unless they do some housework | if they don't really need one | [
"before they become independent",
"until they reach the age of 13",
"unless they do some housework"
] | race |
Smith was a landlord . He loved money very much and never gave anything to anybody. Soon he became rich. One day the weather was fine. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and the sun was very warm. The landlord was walking along a river with his friends, when, all of a sudden, he slipped and fell into it. He cried, "Help! Help!" One of his friends held out his hand and said, "Give me your hand and I will pull you out." The landlord's head went under the water and then came up again, but he did not give his hand to his friends. Then another of his friends tried but the same thing happened. Just then a farmer came over and saw all this. He knew the landlord very well. He said to the others, "Let me try." He held out his hand and said to the landlord," Take my hand and I will pull you out." Hearing this, the landlord took the farmer's hand, and in a minute the farmer pulled the landlord out of the water. All the others got very surprised at this and asked the farmer, "Why did he give his hand to you but not to us?" The farmer said, "You don't know your friend very well, When you say 'give' to him, he does nothing, but when you say 'take', he takes." | One day Smith was walking along a _ with his friends.
a) lake
b) park
c) river
d) street
| a | [
"b",
"c",
"d"
] | race |
If I see one more article about how wonderful alternative energy is compared to oil, I will flip . Alternative energy sources can be good---- very good in fact. And it's pretty obvious that we're going to need them, and that our dependence on oil is a Bad Thing. But accepting that does not mean accepting that any kind of alternative energy is a good thing.
To be a good thing, it has to have three properties: 1) It has to help reduce our dependence on oil, 2) It has to be no worse for the environment, and 3) It has to be economically practical.
Many of the things praised meet one or even two of those properties. Solar panels, for example. They can reduce our need for oil, at least in certain regions, and they're certainly not bad for the environment. But they're expensive. If you spend the money to make your home solar-powered, you probably won't get back your costs for at least 15 years, which approaches the lifespan of the panels.
Certainly we need to clean up our act big time and find workable sources of alternative energy. But we also have to keep in mind that every one of these alternative-energy sources comes at a cost, which is something people seem to forget. They hear the phrase "alternative energy" and automatically assume it's got to be good. But green isn't always good, and oil isn't always bad.
One seemingly "green" technology that pops up again and again is electric cars. It is praised by well-meaning people as good for the environment and a way to reduce our oil dependence, especially as oil prices continue to rise.
Electric cars are dirty. In fact, not only are they dirty, they might even be more dirty than their gasoline-powered cousins.
People in California love to talk about " zero-emissions vehicles", but people in California seem to be clueless about where electricity comes from. Power plants mostly use fire to make it. Aside from the new folks who have their roofs covered with solar cells, we get our electricity from generators. Generators are fueled by something---- usually coal, oil, but also by heat generated in nuclear power plants. There are a few wind farms and geothermal plants as well, but by far we get electricity mainly by burning something.
In other words, those "zero-emissions" cars are likely coal-burning cars. It's just because the coal is burned somewhere else that it looks clean. It is not. It's as if the California Greens are covering their eyes ---- " If I can't see it, it's not happening. " Gasoline is an incredibly efficient way to power a vehicle; a gallon of gas has a lot of energy in it. But when you take that gas ( or another fue) and first use it to make electricity, you waste a nice part of that energy, mostly in the form of wasted heat ---- at the generator, through the transmission lines, etc.
A gallon of gas may propel your car 25 miles. But the electricity you get from that gallon of gas won't get you nearly as far ---- so electric cars burn more fuel than gas- powered ones. If our electricity came mostly from nukes; or geothermal, or hydro, or solar, or wind, then an electric car truly would be clean. But for political, technical, and economic reasons, we don't use much of those energy sources.
In addition, electric cars' batteries which are poisonous for a long time will eventually end up in a landfill. And finally, when cars are the polluters, the pollution is spread across all the roads. When it's a power plant, though, all the junk is in one lace. Nature is very good at cleaning up when things are too concentrated, but it takes a lot longer when all the garbage is in one spot. | It can be inferred from the text that _ .
* electric cars are not clean in that we get electricity mainly by burning something
* being green is good and should be encouraged in communication
* zero-emissions vehicles should be chosen to protect our environment
* electric cars are now the dominant vehicle compared with gasoline-powered cousins | being green is good and should be encouraged in communication | [
"electric cars are not clean in that we get electricity mainly by burning something",
"zero-emissions vehicles should be chosen to protect our environment",
"electric cars are now the dominant vehicle compared with gasoline-powered cousins"
] | race |
Chinese government has decided to give up the rules of food with no checking .According to the Xinhua News, from September 17th , 2008, Chinese government decided to give up the rules of food with no checking. Many people said yes to it. The officer said that these days, the food safety accident about children milk of Sanlu made the government decide to give it up. In order to keep the food safe and people healthy, Chinese government said that all the food must be checked. The rule of food with no checking made in 1999 was given up from that day.
"I think if the companies get the food with no checking, they will never check their food. It gives them the chance of making the food of poor quality," an old man said in the shop. " I hope our government not only gives it up, but also makes some strong rules to manage the companies," a young woman told us. " The important point is our government should send officers to the companies and check their food every time," a shop owner said. A young expert of food safety said, " The department of government should take the food from the shop or supermarket and check, not ask them to send. In that way, we can get the real checking."
But in order to keep people's health, the government asks the officers to check all the food before they are sent to the shop or supermarket. That means all the food must be checked before they are sold. | You may read the passage _ .
A: in a magazine
B: in a book
C: in a newspaper
D: in a letter
| C | [
"A",
"B",
"D"
] | race |
A crow is sitting in a big tree. She has a big piece of meat in her mouth, "My babies will have a nice breakfast," she thinks. An old fox is looking for his breakfast. He sees the crow and the meat, " How can I get that piece of meat? " he thinks.
"Good morning, Mrs. Crow," says the fox. " How are you? "
But the crow doesn't say a word.
"You have very nice babies, Mrs. Crow," says the fox. " How are they? May I see them? "
Still the crow doesn't say a word.
"You are very beautiful, Mrs. Crow. And you have a beautiful voice, too," says the fox. " Would you like to sing a song for me? "
Mrs. Crow thinks, "How nice Mr. Fox is! I must sing a song for him. " So she opens her mouth, at that time, Mrs. Crow drops the meat into the fox's mouth. | The old fox _ very much.
* wants to eat the meat
* wants the crow to sing for him
* likes the crow and her babies
* wants to eat the crow | wants the crow to sing for him | [
"wants to eat the meat",
"likes the crow and her babies",
"wants to eat the crow"
] | race |
I have always been a “handyman” involved in various building projects around the house. One particular time I was refinishing a section of ceiling. I had laid in the wiring and insulation by myself and all that remained was nailing a number of heavy 4ftx8ft gypsum wallboard panels onto the rafters of the 8 ft ceiling. I had arranged for a paid assistant to help me since the height of the ceiling and the weight of the wallboard was more than I could handle.
When the time came, the assistant didn't show up and did not even call. I was pissed as hell. After my messages were not returned, I had what can only be called a “rage” of determination. Using a six foot ladder, three 2x4s and my head(literally) I hefted the heavy wallboard, Using leverage I placed them one by one on the overhead rafters, held and braced them with my head, glued and nailed them there all by myself. About a half hour after I finished, I was standing there smugly trying to figure how I did it so easily when there was a knock at the door. Of course it was the assistant with a lot of excuses. He seemed surprised when I told him I was finished. He looked up at the ceiling and said "how in the world did you get those up there by yourself?" I said, "Oh, believe me, You helped more than you will ever know!"
I learned a lot from that. Anger has its place in your life. You have to control it and use it directly to solve a problem. To this day I do not know how I accomplished what I did the way I did it. But, if I hadn't been so angry I would never have attempted it at all. Life is full of little lessons. Pay attention to them and learn. If you have to lash out, lash at solving the situation you are in instead the person who caused it. It is significantly more productive that way. | Who knocked on the door? | The assistant | [
"The home owners",
"The neighbors",
"Not enough information"
] | quail |
Well I got my end of the summer party like I wanted . The few of us that were old enough went and got sake last night and whoa that stuff is beastly . Tony was just gone after like 1/2 an inche of it . | Why do you supposed the author thinks that sake is Beastly ?
1] Most likely they got very drunk very fast from it ; they even state one of their friends was " gone " after drinking very little .
2] Sake is beastly when you drink it at summer parties .
3] None of the above choices .
4] Because Tony was gone , meaning the beast ( the sake ) took him away .
| 1 | [
"2",
"3",
"4"
] | cosmos |
To fit two bowls in a microwave that too small, | Which of the following best matches the statement above?
* Put one of the bowls on top of a mug.
* Place the two bowls side by side to fit them. | Put one of the bowls on top of a mug. | [
"Place the two bowls side by side to fit them."
] | piqa |
Computers run when what is working properly?
A) Metal forks
B) An engine
C) Lowered energy cost
D) Deoxyribonucleic acid
E) Plastic switches
F) Objects that have mass
G) Power ballads
H) Electrical circuit
| H | [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D",
"E",
"F",
"G"
] | qasc |
|
There are three blocks, A, B and C. Block C is above A. Block B is below C. Block A contains a medium black circle. A big yellow square is also touching the right edge of this block. Above, to the right of and near to the medium black circle is the big yellow square. The medium black circle is touching the bottom edge of this block. Block B has one big black triangle and a small blue circle. To the right of the small blue circle there is the big black triangle. Block C has a medium yellow circle. A medium black square is also in this block. A small black circle is also in this block. The medium black square is near to, below and to the right of the medium yellow circle. | What is below the medium black square? a medium shape that is touching the bottom edge of a block or a small blue circle? | Both of them | [
"Medium shape that is touching the bottom edge of a block ",
"Small blue circle ",
"None of them"
] | spartqa |
Посочете вярната зависимост между съдържанието и обема на понятието:
- нямат пряка зависимост
- увеличаване на съдържанието - намаляване на обема
- намаляване на съдържанието - намаляване на обема
- увеличаване на съдържанието - увеличаване на обема | увеличаване на съдържанието - намаляване на обема | [
"нямат пряка зависимост",
"намаляване на съдържанието - намаляване на обема",
"увеличаване на съдържанието - увеличаване на обема"
] | reasoning_bg |
|
Bali is home to most of Indonesia's Hindu minority. Here's how to get the most out of a 48hour visit:
FRIDAY
3pm--There's nothing like a good meal. La Lucciola is the place to go, with its good food, great service and a beautiful view of the sea.
You can hire a car for some 450,000 rupiah per day. This will help you have more to spare during your trip there.
5pm--About an hour away from La Lucciola is Uluwatu. This southern tip of the island is famous for its temple that lies on the edge, high above the sea. Fire dance is performed here daily at sunset.
8pm--To finish off the evening, head to Jimbaran Bay where restaurants offer candles, dances, boys singing songs. Kick off your shoes, feel the sand, and enjoy the night.
SATURDAY
9:30am--Start the day with another taste of culture by heading for a "barong and keris" dance performance. It's held in many places. One is the Catur Eka Budi in Denpasar, capital of Bali.
12pm--About 50km from Denpasar is Kintamani, a favorite with tourists for the view of active volcano Mt. Batur. It's a good idea to reach Kintamani early as it gets cloudy after 3pm. Have lunch at a local restaurant with a view of Mt. Batur. Tourists can climb to Mt. Batur to catch the sunrise.
6:30pm--Spa time! Spa Hati is a good place. Book ahead.
SUNDAY
6am--It's time to go to the sea. Don't forget the camera.
10:30am--Another halfday trip to two of the most famous temples in Bali. Drive down to the Taman Ayun temple at Mengwi.
12am--Next up is the Tanah Lot temple, perhaps the most famous of them all. Built on a rock, it's best seen in the afternoon when it's against the sun or at sunset. | How can you save time during your trip in La Lucciola according to the text?
- Preparing early and well.
- Hiring a car.
- Having a pair of good shoes.
- Joining a tour group. | Joining a tour group. | [
"Preparing early and well.",
"Hiring a car.",
"Having a pair of good shoes."
] | race |
Which best explains the importance of nitrogen in the cycling of energy and matter?
- Nitrogen increases protein production in plants.
- Nitrogen decreases protein production in plants.
- Nitrogen decreases the effectiveness of photosynthesis.
- Nitrogen increases the effectiveness of photosynthesis. | Nitrogen increases protein production in plants. | [
"Nitrogen decreases protein production in plants.",
"Nitrogen decreases the effectiveness of photosynthesis.",
"Nitrogen increases the effectiveness of photosynthesis."
] | arc |
|
AND we discovered that we are so much alike . personality - wise , not that we share the same interests in music , books , or anything . our introvert - selves , how we hate making small talks , etc . very very similar . | What is the type of personality that the narrator has ?
- They are brash .
- They are quiet .
- None of the above choices .
- They are loud . | They are quiet . | [
"They are brash .",
"None of the above choices .",
"They are loud ."
] | cosmos |
On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of a New York subway station, playing his violin. Many of passers-by slowed down their paces and put some money into the hat of the young man.
The next day, at the same place, he put his hat on the ground gracefully. Different than the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground and put some stones on it. Then he adjusted the violin and began playing. It seemed more pleasant to listen to.
The words read, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat mistakenly. Please come to claim it soon."
Seeing this, people wondered what it could be. After about half an hour, a middle-aged man ran there hurriedly and rushed through the crowd to the violinist and grabbed his shoulders and said, "Yes, it's you. You did come here. I knew that you're an honest man and would certainly come here."
"Are you Mr. George Sang"? asked the young violinist.
The man nodded. "Did you lose something?" "Lottery. It's lottery." "Is it?" The violinist took out a lottery ticket and asked.
George nodded promptly and seized the lottery ticket and kissed it, then he danced with the violinist.
The story turned out to be this: George Sang bought a lottery ticket, winning a prize of $500,000. After work, he passed the station and felt the music was so wonderful that he took out 50 dollars and put it in the hat. However, the lottery ticket was also thrown in. The violinist was a student at an Arts College and had planned to attend further study in Vienna. He had booked the ticket and would fly that morning. However when he was cleaning up he found the lottery ticket. Thinking that the owner would return to look for it, he cancelled the flight and came back to where he was given the lottery ticket.
When asked why he didn't take the lottery ticket for himself, the violinist said, "Although I don't have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty I won't be happy forever." | George Sang was so _ that he kissed the lost ticket and danced with the violinist.
a: moved
b: mad
c: pleased
d: disappointed
| d | [
"a",
"b",
"c"
] | race |
As it turned out, Greg would have had a hard time canceling the check, even if he'd changed his mind. Chloe's crew had already sprung into action as soon as they left the building. The company used a computer controlled switchboard to route phone calls and this immediately went down, same for their Internet access. Meanwhile, a crude but effective denial of service attack was launched against their company Web site. If Greg decided to use his cell phone there wasn't much they could do, but the hope was that he'd be so tied up with all this other crap that he wouldn't have time to think of that.
Paul didn't think any of that was necessary. Greg had given in and he wasn't going to call and cancel the check now. He'd agreed for a reason, and once Greg had a reason for making a decision it was usually impossible to change his mind. And it didn't make sense anyway. All he would have done is buy himself a little more time. Chloe and Paul would just march right back in and start all over again - probably after sending out pics of Evan in drag to all the employees. From his point of view, there was no reason for Greg to do that.
Of course, it was still a huge risk for Chloe and Paul. If Greg just wanted a delay to get the lawyers involved, then they were in trouble. Chloe and he had broken a fist full of laws in the past twelve hours. They needed to cash that check and disappear as soon as they could.
The bank put up a bit of a fuss about the check, which was one more reason Paul hated Bank of Fucking America. They always had some rule to screw a customer. But Chloe made a bunch of noise and actually jumped up and down at one point and eventually they walked out of the bank with a cashier's check. | What happened after Chloe's team left the bulding? | All phone calls were roated. | [
"Not enough information",
"Greg's internet was up and running again.",
"Chloe's crew went to have lunch."
] | quail |
Producing money requires both artistic and technological skills. Dollar bills are made so that they are interesting to look at but very hard to copy. In total, there are sixty-five separate steps required to make a dollar bill.
The money making process begins when. a yearly order is sent by the Federal Reserve Board. That order will then be divided in half. Half will be done here in Washington, D. C.and the other half will be done in Fort Worth, Texas. Next, the Bureau orders special paper which is actually cloth since it is 75% cotton and 25% linen.
This paper is made so that it can last a long time. And, it is made with details that make it hard to copy. For example, bills contain security threads. These narrow pieces of plastic are inside the paper and run along the width of the bill. This special paper is also made with very small blue and red fibers.
Once the money is printed, guillotine cutters separate the sheets into two notes, then into individual notes. The notes are organized in "bricks," each of which contains forty one-hundred-note packages. The bricks then go to one of twelve Federal Reserve Districts, which then give the money to local banks. Ninety-five percent of the bills printed each year are used to replace money that is in circulation, or that has already been removed from circulation.
You may know that America's first president, George Washington, is pictured on the one- dollar bill. But do you know whose face is on the two, five, ten, twenty, fifty and one hundred-dollar bills? They are, in order. President Thomas Jefferson, President Abraham Lincoln, Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, President Andrew Jackson, President Ulysses Grant and statesman Benjamin Franklin.
The average life span of a one-dollar bill is twenty-one months. But a ten-dollar bill lasts only about eighteen months. The one hundred-dollar bill lasts the longest, eighty-nine months. One popular question is about the two-dollar bill. This bill is not printed very often. This is because many Americans believe two-dollar bills are lucky, so they keep them. | During money production, we must consider all EXCEPT that it must _ .
* be hard to copy
* be interesting to look at
* last a long time
* be done by the president's order | be done by the president's order | [
"be hard to copy",
"be interesting to look at",
"last a long time"
] | race |
What's your favorite weather? Do you like sunny or rainy days? Many people like sunny days a lot. They don't like rain.They think rain makes them feel sad.During a long vacation.they like going to the beach to enjoy the sunshine.Sunshine makes them feel very good and happy.
I like sunshine very much,but I also enjoy rain.I enjoy the sound of rain.It makes me feel quiet. On rainy days,I like listening to music and reading books or just looking at the rain and daydreaming. When you daydream,you don't think about other things.I think it's a good way to relax when it rains.
Sunshine can make one run around and rain can make one quiet,so I hope you can feel happy.rain or sunshine. | The writer enjoys the sound of _ .
- sunshine
- snow
- wind
- rain | wind | [
"sunshine",
"snow",
"rain"
] | race |
It did n't last long , maybe one whole minute , but it was a start . He had n't thrown up in 4 hours . I was timing it . Everything was down to hours and minutes now . | What might happen to him in the future .
1) He be studied for his special resistance .
2) He 'll keep being a prude .
3) He 'll start to feel better .
4) None of the above choices .
| 3 | [
"1",
"2",
"4"
] | cosmos |
При кой процес в атмосферата НЕ се отделя въглероден диоксид?
a: вулканична дейност
b: дишане
c: фотосинтеза
d: горене
| c | [
"a",
"b",
"d"
] | reasoning_bg |
|
Two blocks, named HHH and LLL exist. Block HHH has a little red pentagon. A little red star is over and a large purple hexagon is under the little red pentagon. The little red star is inside block HHH. The large purple hexagon is inside and touching block HHH. The little red pentagon is to the left of the little red star and is near to this object. Block LLL contain a large purple hexagon and a medium red star. A medium red pentagon is in and a little red hexagon is inside and touching this block. The medium red star is close to and the medium red pentagon is to the right-hand side of the large purple hexagon. Block LLL covers a large red star. The large red star is to the right of the little red hexagon. | Where is the little red star regarding the large purple hexagon covered by block HHH?
* ec
* above
* dc
* tppi
* left
* tpp
* ntppi | above | [
"ec",
"dc",
"tppi",
"left",
"tpp",
"ntppi"
] | spartun |
We show an amazing tolerance for a form of pollution that is a growing problem: noise. Airplane traffic is increasing by five percent a year. Urban noise is doubling every ten years. By air, land and sea, we are facing an onslaught of noise that is threatening our ability to live in this world. We have granted ourselves the right to make noise. But what about our responsibilities? Have we developed a sense of acoustic responsibility?
The evidence suggests that we have not. Many people seem to believe they have an unlimited right to make noise with cars and motorbikes, and with loud music at home and in the street. In some countries measures have been taken to force people to make less noise. In Britain, for example, a law has been passed preventing people from disturbing their neighbors with music at night.
It is widely accepted that we should deal with our rubbish in a responsible way. Noise is in reality a particularly insidious form of rubbish. It destroys community life, pursues us into our homes, keeps us from sleeping and is the cause of many stress-related illnesses, as well as hearing loss. Our acoustic environment belongs to all of us. Everyone has the right to use it, but no one has the right to abuse it. Let's start using it responsibly. | The passage is probably written to _ .
a] describe people's attitude to noise
b] call for people to make less noise
c] introduce acoustic responsibility
d] compare rubbish and noise
| b | [
"a",
"c",
"d"
] | race |
In her outstanding book, "Choose the Happiness Habit", Pam Golden wrote, "Take the story of two twin brothers for example. One grew up and became an alcoholic , while the other became a successful businessman. When asked why he became an alcoholic, the alcoholic replied, "Because my father was a drunk." However, the successful businessman's answer was also "Because my father was a drunk." when asked why he succeeded. The same background. The same upbringing . However, the results were quite different. Why? The reason is that they had different choices. The brothers chose different thoughts which formed the situations they found themselves in at last, so they had different experiences.
There was a time in my life when I thought difficulty was due to "bad luck". Have you ever heard the saying "When it rains, it pours"? That was my answer when others asked me how things were going on when I was in trouble. So what do you think I got? "RAIN". More and more "RAIN". I couldn't understand why bad luck was always with me.
Pam Golden says, "You're either living in the problem or you're living in the solution." Now, when I'm faced with what I used to think was a negative situation, I use a different way to think about it. I force myself to replace those negative thoughts that make me lose heart in my mind with positive thoughts which encourage me to fight against the difficulty bravely. Sometimes I write down some ideas that may be a solution, which I combine with the lessons I have learned from the bad situations and the difficulties that troubled me in the past, and often, I find a solution to the problem soon. It seems that I should thank the difficulty I met with. The RAIN that poured in my world has become great experiences that provide me with valuable experience, from which I can benefit.
Now, it doesn't "rain" as much in my life as it used to. In fact, most days are beautiful, cloudless and sunny! Sometimes I do get a rain, but I think it makes me stronger just like the rain helps plants grow up. | Which of the following agrees with the author's attitude now in the text?
* Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
* Meeting with difficulty is not a bad thing.
* Things at the worst will mend.
* All things are difficult before they are easy. | Meeting with difficulty is not a bad thing. | [
"Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.",
"Things at the worst will mend.",
"All things are difficult before they are easy."
] | race |
M: Good afternoon. Can I help you?
W: Yes. We'd like some information, please.
M: Ok, where do you plan to go?
W: Yes, we've agreed on Italy. How much is the air fare to Italy?
M: When are you going there?
W: We don't really know. June, or maybe July.
M: I see. Well, in May and June, the fare is $480. But it's much less in March and April.
W: Much less? How much is it then?
M: It's only $410.
W: That's really a good price. But my husband hates the cold weather there. So let me talk with him first.
M: No problem. | What does the woman mean at the end of the conversation?
a: She doesn't want to go with her husband.
b: She will talk with her husband and then make a decision.
c: She thinks her husband will get a cold there.
| b | [
"a",
"c"
] | dream |
While Mr. Wan, his wife and their little daughter were in Europe, they decided to drive three days to Germany.
His little daughter had never travelled at night before. She was scared the first night in the car, with the deep darkness outside.
"Where are we going, Daddy?" "To your uncle's house in Germany."
"Have you been to his house before?" "No."
"Do you know the way?" " _ ."
"Do you know how to read the map?" "Yes, we will get there safely."
"Where are we going to eat if we get hungry before arriving?" "We can stop at a restaurant if we get very hungry, my honey."
"Do you know if there are restaurants on the way?" "Yes, there are."
"Do you know where?" "No, but we will be able to find some."
The same dialogue repeated a few times during the first night and second night. But on the third night, the daughter was quiet. He couldn't help wondering why she was not asking the questions anymore.
"Honey, do you know where we are going?" "Germany, to uncle's house."
"Do you know how we are getting there?" "No."
"Then why aren't you asking me any more?" "Because Daddy is driving."
Because Daddy is driving. That answer from his little girl gave Mr. Wan strength for many years after, whenever he had questions and fears about his life journey. | What gave Mr. Wan more strength after this trip?
- His good driving skill.
- His strong will about life.
- His daughter's questions.
- His daughter's trust. | His strong will about life. | [
"His good driving skill.",
"His daughter's questions.",
"His daughter's trust."
] | race |
How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters. These letters could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken, or written in letters, we call words.
The power of words, then, lies in their associations---the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience, and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases. Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music and which by their position and association can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech silly and vulgar . | The following statements are true EXCEPT that_.
- literary style is usually very charming
- the more we read and learn, the larger our vocabulary will be
- the longer we live, the number of words that mean something to us increases
- words can be used to represent various meanings | the more we read and learn, the larger our vocabulary will be | [
"literary style is usually very charming",
"the longer we live, the number of words that mean something to us increases",
"words can be used to represent various meanings"
] | race |
To sweeten the keto pancakes | Which of the following best matches the statement above?
A: Add in 1 tbsp of cane sugar or other sugar sub to the dry ingredients
B: Add in 1 tbsp of xylitol sweetener or other sugar sub to the dry ingredients
| B | [
"A"
] | piqa |
Кой термин съответства на съдържанието на откъса? „1. Стражарите (полицейски, горски и митнически) и разсилните се обличат с местни вълнени платове (шаяци и аби). 2. За солдатите всички дрехи, които стават от сукна, шаяци и аби и които се произвеждат в страната, се правят изключително от местен материал. 9. Всички обществени учреждения (държавни, окръжни, кредитни и пр.) са длъжни да си доставляват от местните индустриални предприятия предметите, от които имат нужда, доколкото такива предмети се намират в страната, даже когато бъдат с 15 % по-скъпи от иностранните.“ Из „Закон за развитие на родната промишленост, 22 декември 1883 г.“
A: национализация
B: приватизация
C: ревизионизъм
D: протекционизъм
| D | [
"A",
"B",
"C"
] | reasoning_bg |
|
All organisms have pieces of hereditary material called genes, which are passed from parents to offspring. Genes contain instructions for building the parts of an organism. An organism's genes affect its observable traits, including its appearance, its behavior, and which diseases it may have. Genes may have different alleles, or forms, that can cause different versions of a trait.
For example, flower color is a trait in pea plants. The gene for this trait has two possible alleles. Each allele is represented by an uppercase or lowercase letter. The allele F is for purple flowers, and the allele f is for white flowers. Each pea plant has two alleles for the flower color gene—one allele inherited from each parent.
An organism's genotype for a gene is its combination of alleles for that gene. So, a pea plant may have a genotype of FF, Ff, or ff for the flower color gene.
An organism's phenotype for a trait is its observable version of that trait, which depends on the organism's combination of alleles. A pea plant may have a phenotype of purple flowers or white flowers for the flower color trait. | In a group of cows, some individuals have solid coloring and others have white spots. In this group, the gene for the coat pattern trait has two alleles. The allele A is for solid coloring, and the allele a is for white spots.
Bolt, a cow from this group, has solid coloring. Bolt has two alleles for solid coloring.
Based on this information, what is Bolt's phenotype for the coat pattern trait?
a] Solid coloring
b] Aa
| a | [
"b"
] | scienceqa |
Sure, human dads can play games with their kids and help with homework, but can they give birth? Daddy sea horses can! This Father's Day, while you're praising your daddy, you may also remember that some of the best dads in the world can be found in the animal kingdom:
Sea horses: The "Mr. Moms" in the sea, male sea horses, carry up to 2,000 fertilized eggs in small bags in their stomachs until _ hatch. Even after the babies are born, they stay inside the bag until they are ready to live by themselves.
Darwin's rheas: Thought your dad was overprotective? Darwin's rheas, also known as South American ostriches , are so protective of their children that they have even been known to attack small airplanes on the ground if they get too close to their home!
Marmosets: These little monkeys do everything but give lectures on how to give birth! Devoted dads assist during their babies' birth. They also let Mom get some rest by taking care of the kids when she's not nursing them.
Sand grouse: These pigeon-like birds live in areas where water is rare, so fathers fly as many as 50 miles to get water for their kids. After they dip their breast feathers in the water, they fly home and let their chicks suck the water from their bodies.
Fathers in the animal kingdom are not that different from our own beloved dads. This Father's Day, when you are honoring your dad, honor animal dads, too, by practicing kindness toward all animals. | According to the passage, which animal is the most protective?
- A sea horse
- A marmoset
- A Darwin's rhea
- A san grouse | A marmoset | [
"A sea horse",
"A Darwin's rhea",
"A san grouse"
] | race |
A Mars Rover has been sent to explore and relay data from Mars. Mars is less massive than Earth. When compared with Earth, which is the best comparison between the mass and the weight of the Rover on Mars?
* The mass is more on mars and the weight is less.
* The weight is more on mars and the mass is less.
* The weight is less on mars and the mass is the same.
* The mass is less on mars and the weight is the same. | The weight is less on mars and the mass is the same. | [
"The mass is more on mars and the weight is less.",
"The weight is more on mars and the mass is less.",
"The mass is less on mars and the weight is the same."
] | arc |
|
We have three blocks. We call them A, B and C. Three medium blue squares are in block A. Below medium blue square number two and medium blue square number three there is medium blue square number one. Medium blue square number two is below medium blue square number three. Below block A we have block B with one medium black square in it. Finally, there is block C above block A. It has a medium blue square. | Which object is below a medium blue square? medium blue square number three or medium blue square number two? | Both of them | [
"Medium blue square number three",
"Medium blue square number two",
"None of them"
] | spartqa |
Two boxes, named DDD and EEE exist. Behind and to the south of box DDD is box EEE. Disconnected from and farther from this box there is box DDD. A tiny white thing, a midsize orange rectangle and a tiny green oval are within box DDD. A large orange dimond is covered by box DDD. The white thing is in front of and the tiny green oval is behind the midsize orange rectangle. Box EEE covers a tiny green dimond. North of the tiny green dimond there is a midsize orange rectangle. The midsize orange rectangle is within box EEE. A midsize green oval is in box EEE. | Is a box disconnected from all tiny white things?
* Yes
* No | Yes | [
"No"
] | spartun |
I am sitting here in my house in PJ 's sick as a dog . I had so many plans . I was going to swing by Nessa 's party before going over to Rob 's party where I would have met up with my husband . | What would have happened had the narrator not gotten sick ?
* They would not have met up with their husband
* They would be in bed in PJ 's
* They would not have gone to the parties
* None of the above choices . | None of the above choices . | [
"They would not have met up with their husband",
"They would be in bed in PJ 's",
"They would not have gone to the parties"
] | cosmos |
The national assistance system for poor college students is getting more effective as proved by fewer phone calls to the hotline of the National Center for Student Assistance Administration.
"Poor college students and their parents are getting more satisfied with the national assistance system," said Ma Wenhua, deputy director of the administration, on Saturday. Over the past three years, the hotline received 8,488 calls. Statistics show 62 percent of the calls were made to ask about the funding policy, while 38 percent (3,200 calls) complained local colleges had failed to _ the rules to support the students.
Complaints were seen a year-on-year decrease from 2006 to 2008. Ma said some poor families might still overlook what they should do to get support for their child. To ensure education equality, the government has introduced a set of favorable policies to help poor students, such as scholarships, grants, student loans, tuition waivers and the work-study programs under which poor students are helped out in libraries, teachers' offices or service departments to earn money.
Statistics show the government spent 29.3 billion yuan last year to aid college students, up 7.6 percent from the previous year. Around 40 million persons of college students received the national aid.
The Ministry of Education of the government would ensure that no students drop out of colleges or universities because of poverty.
Among the 20 million students in the country's public and private universities and colleges last year, about 20 percent came from poor backgrounds, official figures show. | The national assistance system is set up _ .
1) for poor students to get free education
2) to help poor college students
3) for parents and students to complain
4) to help students find jobs
| 2 | [
"1",
"3",
"4"
] | race |
The cost of producing radios in Country Q is 10 percent less than the cost of producing radios in Country Y. Even after transportation fees and tariff charges are added, it is still cheaper for a company to import radios from Country Q to Country Y than to produce radios in Country Y. | The statements above, if true, best support which of the following assertions?
- Importing radios from country q to country y will eliminate 10 percent of the manufacturing jobs in country y.
- The tariff on a radio imported from country q to country y is less than 10 percent of the cost of manufacturing the radio in country y.
- Labor costs in country q are 10 percent below those in country y.
- It takes 10 percent less time to manufacture a radio in country q than it does in country y. | The tariff on a radio imported from country q to country y is less than 10 percent of the cost of manufacturing the radio in country y. | [
"Importing radios from country q to country y will eliminate 10 percent of the manufacturing jobs in country y.",
"Labor costs in country q are 10 percent below those in country y.",
"It takes 10 percent less time to manufacture a radio in country q than it does in country y."
] | reclor |
A box called one covers a medium orange apple and contains a medium yellow apple. Another medium orange apple and the medium orange apple touch the medium yellow apple.Over medium orange apple number one is medium orange apple number two. Medium orange apple number two is within box one. The yellow fruit is over medium orange apple number one. | What is the position of medium orange apple number one relative to box one?
* ntpp
* near
* tpp
* above
* below
* behind
* tppi | tpp | [
"ntpp",
"near",
"above",
"below",
"behind",
"tppi"
] | spartun |
It was never a secret that my love for books has no bounds . Ever since I could read , I had my nose in a book , and I would literally read anything and everything that would cross my pass . Often , I would read one book , then start a new one , and end up with several books I would read in the same time frame . Books in winter ( Jessie Wilcox - Smith)Over the past few years however , I started reading less and less - blame it on TV and the internet . Besides , buying books costs money , and by now , we all know I am quite frugal . | What may be a valid fact about me and books ?
a] My love of books only started recently .
b] I like to read multiple books simultaneously .
c] None of the above choices .
d] I spend a lot of money now buying books .
| b | [
"a",
"c",
"d"
] | cosmos |
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. | The blue denim jeans have about _ years of history.
* 130
* 140
* 100
* 200 | 100 | [
"130",
"140",
"200"
] | race |
We danced and had a pillow fight . I enjoyed myself . We finally came back and I called my mom and talk to her for half an hour or so recounting the entire night in detail . My room mate was on her computer and when I got off the phone she 's like ... who were you talkin to ? | What will the narrator tell their roommate ?
A) It was their dad .
B) It was their father .
C) It was their brother .
D) It was their mother .
| D | [
"A",
"B",
"C"
] | cosmos |
I have no idea which way to dig . She was far brighter then her ten years , and she knew that the way out could be up , down , to the right , or left . If I start digging in one direction and it 's the wrong way ... Rose started to sob . Scared of the darkness , freezing from the cold , and terribly claustrophobic , she was starting to lose hope that she 'd ever make it out alive . | What is a fact we know about Rose ?
* She dislikes small spaces .
* She is digging the right direction .
* She wo n't make it out alive .
* She is n't scared of darkness . | She dislikes small spaces . | [
"She is digging the right direction .",
"She wo n't make it out alive .",
"She is n't scared of darkness ."
] | cosmos |
My divorce was now final and I needed to find a new home for me and my six-year-old son, Dash. A few days earlier I'd seen an ad. I was willing to try anything, so I contacted the owner, a woman named Camille. When she e-mailed me back I discovered she wasn't renting a house at all. She was renting the attic apartment. I left her a message calling off our meeting.
But Camille called me back and insisted I come over. So here I was. I pulled the car to a stop and looked up at the tiny cottage. The house was small as it was. The attic window looked too tiny to let much light in. We couldn't live in a dark, depressing place. I could make do with almost anything. But Dash needs a good home, a place he really feels safe.
No sense in wasting her time or mine. I knocked. The woman who opened the door was small and bright-eyed. She was much older than I'd guessed, but I could see she had the energy of someone half her age. She looked so sympathetic that I found myself wanting to keep talking to her."We have to leave our home,"I explained."My marriage ended. I only have a few days to find something else, but I want it to be right."
Camille nodded."You're a good mother. You never know the miracles that await youaround the corner."Camille walked me to the door and wished me well. I got back in the car and snapped out of it. I drove off slowly, hoping to make the feeling last. I turned down a side street I didn't recognize. I glanced out of the side window. Just up ahead was a cottage with a sign out in front: for rent.
I pulled over. I found the owners had just bought the house themselves and were decorating it, hoping to find the perfect renters. They took me on a tour of the house that was like a copy of my list: a big bedroom for Dash, a backyard with trees, and a great school nearby. The house was meant for us!
Camille was right. Miracles await us, just around the corner. | What message does the passage mainly convey?
* Well begun is half done.
* Every little bit helps.
* Never lose hope.
* No pains, no gains. | Well begun is half done. | [
"Every little bit helps.",
"Never lose hope.",
"No pains, no gains."
] | race |
A bunch of seals are about to deliver and need to make sure they have returned to home for
1. Positive feedback
2. Silly nonsense
3. Magical purposes
4. Reproductive behavior
| 4 | [
"1",
"2",
"3"
] | openbookqa |
|
My old grade school fears of no one letting dorky me sit with them were coming back , so I texted my brother to find out where he and my parents were . He said ' We got food so just eat with your friends . ' What fucking friends ? ? ? ? | What may be a fact about the speaker ?
* They do n't have many friends .
* They are scared of being excluded .
* None of the above choices .
* They used to get bullied . | They do n't have many friends . | [
"They are scared of being excluded .",
"None of the above choices .",
"They used to get bullied ."
] | cosmos |
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