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Chemical changes and physical changes are two common ways matter can change.
In a chemical change, the type of matter changes. The types of matter before and after a chemical change are always different.
Some chemical changes are caused by heating or cooling. For example, burning a piece of paper is a chemical change caused by heating. When paper gets hot enough, it reacts with oxygen in the air and burns. The paper and oxygen change into ash and smoke.
In a physical change, the type of matter stays the same. The types of matter before and after a physical change are always the same.
A change of state is a type of physical change. Changes of state can be caused by heating or cooling. For example, ice melting is a physical change that can be caused by heating. Ice and liquid water are made of the same type of matter: water.
The law of conservation of mass says that all physical and chemical changes conserve mass. Conserve means to keep the same. So, the total mass before a physical or chemical change is equal to the total mass after the change.
|
What do these two changes have in common?
a sidewalk heating up in the sun
pouring milk on oatmeal
a] Both are caused by cooling.
b] Both are chemical changes.
c] Both are caused by heating.
d] Both are only physical changes.
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d
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[
"a",
"b",
"c"
] |
scienceqa
|
how do you make one letter capital using the keyboard?
- Press the shift key then press the letter you want capitalized.
- Press and hold the shift key and press the letter you want capitalized then release both.
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Press and hold the shift key and press the letter you want capitalized then release both.
|
[
"Press the shift key then press the letter you want capitalized."
] |
piqa
|
|
One should always capitalize the main words and the first and last words of a title. But one should never capitalize articles, or prepositions and conjunctions with fewer than five letters, when they occur in the middle of a title.
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Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the statements above?
a) If a word that is a preposition or conjunction should be capitalized, then it is the first or last word of the title.
b) Prepositions and conjunctions with five or more letters should be capitalized in any text.
c) If a word in the middle of a title should be capitalized, then that word is neither an article nor a conjunction shorter than five letters.
d) If a word is neither a main word nor a first or last word of a title, then it should not be capitalized.
|
c
|
[
"a",
"b",
"d"
] |
reclor
|
Look ! What's this in English? Ah, it's a photo. Who's that in the photo? It's Li Yan. Li Yan is my good friend. She is a beautiful girl. Who's that? The boy in black? It's Jim. He is an English boy. He is very cool . He is my friend, too. We are all in the same school. I like Jim and Li Yan.
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Li Yan is _ .
- a beautiful girl
- a good boy
- an English girl
- a cool boy
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an English girl
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[
"a beautiful girl",
"a good boy",
"a cool boy"
] |
race
|
Sam loved buying Christmas presents. Giving to others made him feel what?
a. Lack of money
b. Pleasure
c. Happiness
d. Love
e. Relief
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c
|
[
"a",
"b",
"d",
"e"
] |
commonsenseqa
|
|
Parents all struggle to get children to understand that money doesn't grow on trees, wanting them to be responsible, work hard and learn to save a few bucks. But these lessons are among the most difficult to teach.
Enter KidZania, an internationally praised and truly unique children's theme park, that makes life a little easier for parents.
KidZania is not a traditional theme park in almost any sense of the word -- there are no roller coasters or merry-go-rounds in sight. There are, however, plenty of attractions and activities that will keep children busy, active, engaged and excited all day.
What makes it so much fun is that it's a kid-sized city -- complete with restaurants, banks, grocery stores and hospitals -- where the kids get to be adults, doing the things most of us do on any normal day.
They start by picking one of nearly 100 "careers" and learning about it. Then, they put on their uniform and are ready to work and earn KidZania dollars ("Kidzos").
Most activities are universal but some are localized to reflect the distinct flavors and personality of the country and region where the park is located and to keep it real for the kids.
Kids get paid for every job they do, which helps them explore the mysteries of managing money. Kidzos in hand, they can spend it or save it. If they run short of money, they'll have to find a way to earn some.
Each KidZania city is planned in amazing detail, even including real world brands that help sponsor the city and keep it running. I was a little wary of all the popular corporate logos, but the brands weren't pushed at all. They are there to reinforce the "real city" feeling by mixing it with things kids recognize.
KidZania employs senior citizens who give the park a homey feel and help put children at ease. Management also employs the disabled, whether blind, deaf or wheelchair-bound. Besides making for a more realistic city, this teaches children about those with different abilities and gives them an opportunity to spend time with people they might otherwise have stared at or treated less than kindly.
Socialization is an important part of KidZania, just as it is throughout childhood. The KidZania experience empowers kids, giving them the confidence to be their best selves, and the inspiration to be great global citizens. And it's part of what makes KidZania such an amazing place for families and children.
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KidZania is unique in that _ .
- it has no entertainment facilities
- it employs many seniors and disabled people
- it includes lots of localized activities
- it offers kids chances to learn through working
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it includes lots of localized activities
|
[
"it has no entertainment facilities",
"it employs many seniors and disabled people",
"it offers kids chances to learn through working"
] |
race
|
We have one box named DDD. This box contain a midsize white rectangle and a midsize green rectangle. This box covers a midsize orange rectangle. Another midsize white rectangle is in this box. Midsize white rectangle number two and the orange object are under midsize white rectangle number one.Above midsize white rectangle number one is the green object. Under midsize white rectangle number two is the midsize orange rectangle. Midsize white rectangle number two is under the midsize green rectangle and touches this shape. Midsize white rectangle number one touches the green shape.
|
Where is the midsize green rectangle regarding midsize white rectangle number one?
- behind
- tppi
- ntpp
- above
- po
- ntppi
- far
|
above
|
[
"behind",
"tppi",
"ntpp",
"po",
"ntppi",
"far"
] |
spartun
|
As a father, I always do my best to help my son, Peter. I like to help him with his study. I encourage him to join team sports. I send him to the summer camp if he wants to go. I also teach him to be both a good student and a useful man.
He used to make me feel proud. I often thought he was the best son and I was the best father in the world.
However, things changed two years ago. It was Peter's 12th birthday. My wife and I bought him a computer as a present. We thought it was necessary for him to learn how to use a computer in the modern world. We knew that some children were addicted to computer games and that they didn't study or work at all. Someone said that computers and the Internet were bad for children, but I didn't worry about it. I trusted my son. I believed that he could control himself. Peter did very well at first. He played computer games, but for only two hours every week. Most of the time he studied or wrote articles on the computer. We felt very happy to see that.
When we finally learned that Peter was also addicted to computer games, it was too late. He didn't like studying at all. He no longer joined team sports. Sometimes we even couldn't find him at night. He spent several days and nights at the Internet cafe. We tried everything to help him, but nothing worked. What should we do?
|
How long did Peter play computer games at first?
1) About two hours every week.
2) About two hours every day.
3) The whole day.
4) About two hours every month.
|
2
|
[
"1",
"3",
"4"
] |
race
|
The problem lies in the psychology of human judgment . Much research going back to the classic work by Kahneman and Tversky demonstrates that when people make a judgment about some topic with which they are not expert , they tend to use a strategy called " anchoring and adjustment . " First , people access a belief ( which serves as the anchor ) and then adjust that belief to take into account additional factors . This strategy is remarkably effective in most situations .
|
What if the classic work by Kahneman and Tversky was not written ?
* People would make judgment about a topic they are not expert in .
* The technique would still be in use without a technical name .
* The psychology of human judgment would cover the humanities .
* People would not adjust beliefs taking into account other factors .
|
The technique would still be in use without a technical name .
|
[
"People would make judgment about a topic they are not expert in .",
"The psychology of human judgment would cover the humanities .",
"People would not adjust beliefs taking into account other factors ."
] |
cosmos
|
a car engine usually converts gasoline into motion and heat through what?
- Air
- Hot peppers
- Water
- Fiery reaction
|
Fiery reaction
|
[
"Air",
"Hot peppers",
"Water"
] |
openbookqa
|
|
There are two blocks, A and B. Block A has two medium black squares. A medium yellow square is also in this block. Medium black square number one is touching the bottom edge of this block. Medium black square number two is below the medium yellow square.. Below medium black square number two and the medium yellow square is medium black square number one. To the left of block A is block B. It has two medium yellow squares. Medium yellow square number one is below medium yellow square number two. Below a medium blue square is medium yellow square number two. Medium yellow square number one is touching the bottom edge of this block. It is below the medium blue square.
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Which object is below a medium square? the medium yellow square that is touching the bottom edge of a block or the medium yellow square that is in block A?
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The medium yellow square that is touching the bottom edge of a block
|
[
"The medium yellow square that is in block a",
"Both of them",
"None of them"
] |
spartqa
|
A block named AAA contains a big black triangle. North of, behind and farther from this block there is another block named BBB. Block AAA is disconnected from this block. A small yellow object is north of a big blue square and is behind a medium yellow square. The small thing is within block BBB. The big blue square is within block BBB. The medium shape is in block BBB. In front of the big blue square is this object.
|
Is AAA disconnected from any big blue thing?
- Yes
- No
|
Yes
|
[
"No"
] |
spartun
|
In Brazil, side-by-side comparisons of Africanized honeybees and the native honeybees have shown that the Africanized bees are far superior honey producers. Ttherefore, there is no reason to fear that domestic commercial honey production will decline in the United States if local honeybees are displaced by Africanized honeybees.
|
Each of the following, if true, would weaken the argument EXCEPT:
a) If africanized honeybees replace local honeybees, certain types of ornamental trees will be less effectively pollinated.
b) Commercial honey production is far more complicated and expensive with africanized honeybees than it is with the more docile honeybees common in the united states.
c) The area of brazil where the comparative study was done is far better suited to the foraging habits of the africanized honeybees than are most areas of the united states.
d) In the united states a significant proportion of the commercial honey supply comes from hobby beekeepers, many of whom are likely to abandon beekeeping with the influx of africanized bees.
|
a
|
[
"b",
"c",
"d"
] |
reclor
|
След коя битка е изписан върху каменна колона в храма „Св. 40 мъченици“ в Търново надписът: „В лето 6738, индикт 3 аз, Иван Асен, в Христа бога верен цар и самодържец на българите......излязох на война...и разбих гръцката войска, а самия цар..... взех в плен... И цялата му земя от Одрин и до Драч превзех...“?
a] Константинопол
b] Одрин
c] Клокотница
d] Солун
|
c
|
[
"a",
"b",
"d"
] |
reasoning_bg
|
|
The object H and G are there. The object H is below and slightly to the right of the object G. C is on the upper right of I. X is to the bottom left of G. F is above and to the right of A. H is to the left of P horizontally. The object Z is upper and slightly to the left of the object M. X presents upper right to R. I is diagonally left and above I. The object M is upper and slightly to the left of the object P. F is positioned above Z.
|
What is the relation of the agent P to the agent G?
1: below
2: upper-left
3: overlap
4: above
5: lower-left
6: upper-right
7: lower-right
8: right
9: left
|
7
|
[
"1",
"2",
"3",
"4",
"5",
"6",
"8",
"9"
] |
stepgame
|
Students Begin to Smoke at a Younger Age
SHANGHAI---- Almost one in four students aged between 12 and 14 have tried smoking, according to the results of a survey from the CATC .
" Quite a number of boy students in my class smoke outside the school yard during lunch break," said Li Xiaolan, an English teacher from a high school in Shanghai.
The survey also found that 39 percent of students took their first cigarette from their classmates.
" It was quite common to smoke with my classmates at school,"said Zhou Guangrong,a 22- year-old university student from Guiyang, Guizhou province,who started smoking at the age of 12.
Most of the student smokers buy cigarettes themselves." My middle and high schools were surrounded by cigarette shops when I was a student," said Liu Minghui who used to smoke two cigarettes per day in primary school and two packs per week in middle and high school.
" We're keen to show that more teenagers are starting smoking much younger than before,and that we need to minimize the number of young smokers," said Duan Jiali, an officer in CATC. He added that teachers and parents should set a good example for teenagers by not smoking in front of them at school or at home, which is the best way of stopping teenagers from smoking.
|
From the passage we know _ smokes two packs per week in middle and high school.
a) LI Xiaolan
b) Liu Minghui
c) Zhou Guangrong
d) Duan Jiali
|
c
|
[
"a",
"b",
"d"
] |
race
|
We have three blocks. Lets call them A, B and C. Block A is to the right of C and block C is above B. Block A has one medium blue triangle, a medium yellow triangle and a small yellow square. Above and to the right of the medium yellow triangle there is the medium blue triangle. It is to the left of and above the small yellow square. Block B contains one small yellow circle, one medium black triangle and a big black square. One medium black square is also touching the top edge of this block. The small yellow circle is touching the right edge of this block. The big black square is touching the bottom edge of this block. It is below the medium black square. Below the medium black square there is the small yellow circle. The medium black triangle is above the black shape which is below the medium black square. It is below, to the right of and near to the medium black square. Block C has a big yellow circle and a small blue square. The big yellow circle is below and to the right of the small blue square.
|
What is to the left of the medium yellow triangle? a medium blue triangle or a small blue square?
|
Small blue square
|
[
"Medium blue triangle ",
"Both of them",
"None of them"
] |
spartqa
|
A midsize orange oval is within a box named DDD. Behind and to the south of another box named EEE there is box DDD. Box EEE with a tiny orange rectangle is disconnected from this box. A large orange dimond is in front of and a white dimond is to the south of the tiny orange rectangle. The large orange dimond is in box EEE. The white dimond is inside and touching box EEE.
|
Where is the tiny orange rectangle regarding the midsize orange oval?
a) tpp
b) front
c) above
d) dc
e) ec
f) po
g) far
|
c
|
[
"a",
"b",
"d",
"e",
"f",
"g"
] |
spartun
|
How might one conquer boredom by controlling the destiny of imaginary kingdoms?
A. Play chess
B. Read
C. Play cards
D. Watch film
E. Play games
|
A
|
[
"B",
"C",
"D",
"E"
] |
commonsenseqa
|
|
"Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?"
"If you must know, I make $20 an hour."
"Oh," the little boy replied, with his head down.He thought for a moment, looked up and said, "Daddy,could you lend me $10?" The father was _ , "If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think about why you are being so selfish!"
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed down, and started to think, "Maybe I was too hard on you just now." said the man, "Here's $10."
"Oh,thank you,Daddy!."he said happily.Then, the boy took out some coins.When the father found that the boy already had money, he got angry again.
"Why do you want more money since you already have some?" the father shouted angrily.
"Because I didn't have enough, but now I do."the lillte boy replied, "Daddy, I have $20 now.Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow.I would like to have dinner with you."
|
The boy wanted to buy _ with twenty dollars.
a) a nice present for his father
b) a new book for himself
c) a toy for his own birthday
d) an hour of his father's time
|
d
|
[
"a",
"b",
"c"
] |
race
|
We have two blocks, A and B. A medium yellow circle is in block A. This block also has a small black circle. Above and to the left of the small black circle there is the medium yellow circle. Above block A is block B with one small black triangle, a medium yellow square and one medium blue square in it. A big yellow square is also touching the right edge of this block. It is to the right of the medium blue square. The small black triangle is above the medium yellow square and the medium blue square.
|
Which object is above a blue thing? the small black triangle or the small black circle?
|
The small black triangle
|
[
"The small black circle ",
"Both of them",
"None of them"
] |
spartqa
|
In the weather, soil, waters, biologically polluted cities, industrial and mining areas, and rivers and coastal areas, most of them are the incidence areas of various environmental diseases. The "three wastes" pollution and bronchitis, emphysema, lung cancer, esophagus The incidence of cancer, bowel cancer, gastric cancer and cardiovascular disease aree closely related.
|
This passage mainly supports such a point, isn't it?
* Coastal areas are mostly areas where environmental diseases occur
* Environmental pollution seriously threatens human health
* Bronchitis is caused by "three wastes" pollution
* Air pollution is closely related to the incidence of esophageal cancer, bowel cancer and cardiovascular
|
Environmental pollution seriously threatens human health
|
[
"Coastal areas are mostly areas where environmental diseases occur",
"Bronchitis is caused by \"three wastes\" pollution",
"Air pollution is closely related to the incidence of esophageal cancer, bowel cancer and cardiovascular"
] |
logiqa
|
J is lower right of P. N is placed on the top of T. B presents below N. T and M are parallel, and M is below T. D presents lower right to J. The object H and X are there. The object X is above and slightly to the left of the object H. Y is placed at the upper right of B. H is positioned in the lower left corner of M. D is positioned above Y and to the left.
|
What is the relation of the agent H to the agent N?
1] lower-right
2] upper-left
3] below
4] upper-right
5] left
6] above
7] lower-left
8] right
9] overlap
|
7
|
[
"1",
"2",
"3",
"4",
"5",
"6",
"8",
"9"
] |
stepgame
|
We have three blocks. We call them A, B and C. There is a medium yellow square in block A. Block B is to the left of block A. It has a medium blue square. Finally, there is block C. It is to the left of block A. It has two medium blue squares. Medium blue square number one is touching the bottom edge of this block. There is also a medium black square in this block. It is below medium blue square number two. Below medium blue square number two and the medium black square there is medium blue square number one.
|
What is to the left of the yellow object? a object which is touching the bottom edge of a block or a medium blue square number two?
|
Both of them
|
[
"Object which is touching the bottom edge of a block ",
"Medium blue square number two",
"None of them"
] |
spartqa
|
Before I spoke to his school, Matt was waiting for me. He sat in his wheelchair barely able to move. As soon as he saw me he started smiling. He could not talk but I pretended the sharks were eating his cereal and his laugh melted the hearts of everyone walking by.
One of the teachers told me that he was actually very smart, he just could not control his muscles due to a childhood disease. He was happy and very popular at his school-his'parents' love and encouragement made all the difference. On the contrary--at a book signing session, I met a girl by the name of Anne. She walked up with her mom with a bright smile. Anne asked about my book with a slur in her speech indicating a slight head-injury. I told her about it and she smiled the whole time and asked me to sign one for her. I did.
Five minutes later, I heard a voice from Anne's father, "you know you will not understand the book. You can't read well enough. You aren't smart enough." He said it so loudly that people were staring in their direction. She was ly crushed and her bright smile was now replaced with a look of total despair. He pried the book from her and brought it back to me and asked me to take it back. I asked him if he would allow me to purchase the book for Anne. He said no with a heartless response. I thought back to Matt. He could not speak, walk, run or play but was actually very happy and even doing well in school because of the love and encouragement of his parents. Anne on the other hand had a slight learning problem and may never know happiness of success because of a stern father.
What kind of parent are you? The truth is that whatever you are telling your kids-makes the difference between their success or failure in life.
|
What is Matt's problem?
A) He is blind.
B) He can't speak and read.
C) He isn't smart enough.
D) He suffers a muscles' disease.
|
C
|
[
"A",
"B",
"D"
] |
race
|
There are three blocks. Lets call them A, B and C. Block C is to the left of A and block A is below B. Block A has a medium yellow circle and one small blue circle. The medium yellow circle is to the left of and above the small blue circle. Block B has one medium black circle and a small blue triangle. There is also one small yellow triangle in this block. The medium black circle is near to, to the left of and below the small blue triangle. Block C has one big black triangle, one medium blue square and one medium yellow circle. Below the medium blue square there is the big black triangle. This block also has a small yellow triangle. The big black triangle is near to, to the right of and below the medium yellow circle. The medium blue square is near to the medium yellow circle.
|
Which object is above a medium yellow circle? the small yellow triangle that is in block C or the small yellow triangle that is in block B?
|
The small yellow triangle that is in block b
|
[
"The small yellow triangle that is in block c",
"Both of them",
"None of them"
] |
spartqa
|
How to Be a Good Prom Date
|
Which of the following best matches the statement above?
A] Find out what color your date is wearing so you can coordinate small details like socks, ties, and pocket squares.
B] Find out what color your date is wearing so you wont match small details like socks, ties, and pocket squares.
|
A
|
[
"B"
] |
piqa
|
Two boxes, called DDD and EEE exist in the image. Disconnected from and farther from box DDD is box EEE. Behind this box there is box DDD. A midsize orange rectangle is inside box DDD. Box DDD covers a midsize green rectangle which is to the south of this thing. A midsize white rectangle is inside and another midsize white rectangle is inside and touching box EEE. Midsize white rectangle number two touches midsize white rectangle number one.
|
Is the midsize orange rectangle behind midsize white rectangle number one?
- Yes
- No
|
Yes
|
[
"No"
] |
spartun
|
This is a picture of a classroom. The classroom is big and clean. You can see a teacher's desk, five desks and six chairs. You can see a girl and a boy, too.
Three books are on the teacher's desk. A pencil box is on the desk. Two pens and two rulers are in the pencil box. A schoolbag is under a chair. A ball is on the floor. The girl is Linda; she is 11. The boy is Mike, he is 12. They are in Class Two, Grade one. They are friends. Their teacher is Miss Green. She is not here.
|
Mike and Linda are _ .
1] brother and sister
2] teacher and student
3] cousins
4] friends
|
4
|
[
"1",
"2",
"3"
] |
race
|
S is over W. I and H are in a vertical line with H below I. V is diagonally right and below G. If V is the center of a clock face, N is located between 7 and 8. H is to the bottom-left of G. W is on the left side to N.
|
What is the relation of the agent N to the agent V?
1: right
2: upper-left
3: lower-left
4: upper-right
5: overlap
6: below
7: left
8: lower-right
9: above
|
3
|
[
"1",
"2",
"4",
"5",
"6",
"7",
"8",
"9"
] |
stepgame
|
Shundagarh is a village on India's east-facing coast.It is a village of simple mud and grass houses built on the beach just above the waterline.The Khadra Hills rise immediately behind the village,to a height of one hundred and fifty meters.A simple,good-hearted old man,whose name was Jalpur,farmed two small fields on the very edge of these hills.From his fields he could see the fishing boats that travelled up and down the coast.He could see the children playing on the sands;their mothers washing clothes on the flat stones where the Shiva River flowed into the sea;and their fathers landing the latest catch or repairing nets and telling stories that had no end.
All Jalpur owned in the world were the clothes he wore day in and day out,the miserable hut that he slept in at night,a few tools and cooking pots--and his fields.The corn that he grew was all that made life possible.If the weather was kind and the harvest was good,Jalpur could live happily enough--not well,but happily.When the sun was fierce,and there was little or no rain,then he came close to the line between life and death.
Last year the weather had been so kind,and the harvest promised to be so good,that Jalpur had been wondering whether he could sell all that he had and live with his son farther up the coast.He had been thinking about doing this for some years.It was his dearest wish to spend his last days with his son and his wife.But he would go only if he could give;he would not go if it meant taking food out of the mouths of his grandchildren.He would rather die hungry than do this.
On the day when Jalpur decided that he would harvest his corn,sell it,and move up the coast,he looked out to sea and saw a huge wave,several kilometers out,advancing on the coast and on the village of Shundagarh.Within ten minutes everyone in Shundagarh would be drowned.Jalpur would have shouted,but the people were too far away to hear.He would have run down the hill,but he was too old to run.He was prepared to do anything to save the people of Shundagarh,so he did the only thing that he could do: he set fire to his corn.In a matter of seconds the flames were rising high and smoke was rising higher.Within a minute the people of Shundagarh were racing up the hill to see what had happened.There,in the middle of his blackened cornfield,they found Jalpur;and there they buried him.
On his grave,they wrote the words: Here lies Jalpur,a man who gave,living: a man who died,giving.
|
Jalpur's dearest wish was to _ .
* spend his last days with his son and his wife
* move away from his son
* make a great deal of money in order to live an easy life
* take a vacation up the coast
|
take a vacation up the coast
|
[
"spend his last days with his son and his wife",
"move away from his son",
"make a great deal of money in order to live an easy life"
] |
race
|
assumed right . okay this is n't actually alarming , it 's just potentially alarming . the GREATER shock is what mish told me . i will not repeat that , sheesh .
|
How may I be feeling right now ?
* sad
* None of the above choices .
* happy
* tired
|
None of the above choices .
|
[
"sad",
"happy",
"tired"
] |
cosmos
|
Let me tell you about my morning.7:30- got up and drove to Staples to have my projects printed8:00- handed jump drive to " print technician . " waited.8:10- waited.8:20- waited.8:30- waited . realized print technician is incompetent , who also refused to call a manager to figure out his job for him .
|
Which of the following is true of the narrator ?
1. They spoke to the manager .
2. They are incompetent .
3. They are a print technician .
4. They are impatient .
|
4
|
[
"1",
"2",
"3"
] |
cosmos
|
During a recent phone interview with a mom who had just moved to Colorado, the conversation turned to disaster planning." I am standing here looking out of the window at the smoke from wildfires," she told me, "and have absolutely no idea what we will do if the wind shifts our way." Fortunately, the fire was put out, saving her home.
Making a disaster plan isn't something anyone does for fun. But being caught without one in a time of need is worse. Emergency management officials say too few families have a disaster plan ,even in areas that have been hit hard by hurricanes or flooding.
I have prepared food, water, flashlights, candles, a battery-powered radio and firewood since our family was hit years ago by a hurricane that blocked off streets and knocked out our power for more than a week. Still we lack the medications, emergency contacts, and emergency-meeting and pet-care plans we should also have .Officials in my state of Oregon have warned us that one of us is really ready for the major disaster which is very likely to hit here---- a big earthquake.
Working parents need to coordinate their disaster plans with their children's schools or child-care centers. Many parents in the 2003 New York blackout weren't able to get home to their children because public traffic was stopped and lights were out. After that, many parents made detailed plans with child-care providers about where to meet in emergencies, an whom to contact if unable to reach each other.
Good emergency planning and training helped teachers at a child-care center in the World Trade Center successfully move children to a safe place during the 2001 terrorist attacks.
Do you have an emergency plan for your home? If not, you know what to do.
|
We can infer that the 2003 New York blackout _ .
- was not serious enough to attract parents' attention
- helped parents know the importance of teachers to their children
- showed how careful the teachers had always been
- made parents realize the importance of having a disaster plan
|
showed how careful the teachers had always been
|
[
"was not serious enough to attract parents' attention",
"helped parents know the importance of teachers to their children",
"made parents realize the importance of having a disaster plan"
] |
race
|
The Civil Servant Law of the People's Republic of China stipulates: "For the assessment of civil servants, in accordance with management authority, a comprehensive assessment of the civil servants' ethics, ability, diligence, performance, integrity, and key performance evaluations will be conducted. "
|
From this?
1: As a civil servant, the most important thing is work performance, but other aspects must not be ignored.
2: As long as the work performance is outstanding, the others are not important
3: As a civil servant, morality is the most important
4: Virtue, ability, diligence, performance, and integrity of civil servants are equally important
|
1
|
[
"2",
"3",
"4"
] |
logiqa
|
John bought a new bookend for a shelf, but he was frustrated because he forgot that they were supposed to come in what?
1: Pair
2: A box
3: Library book
4: School library
5: Library holding books together
|
1
|
[
"2",
"3",
"4",
"5"
] |
commonsenseqa
|
|
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — During his first year in office, South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s persistent pursuit of diplomacy, often working in parallel with U.S. President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign, played a significant role in persuading North Korea to engage in talks to end its nuclear program.
“Before the extreme measures might have been chosen by the United States, he gave diplomacy another chance to succeed,” said Bong Young-shik, a political analyst with the Yonsei University’s Institute for North Korean Studies in Seoul.
A year ago this week, Moon, a former human rights lawyer and candidate for the progressive Democratic Party, won a special presidential election held after former conservative President Park Geun-hye was impeached for her involvement in a bribery and corruption scandal. This year, Park was sentenced to 24 years in prison during criminal trial related to the scandal in which she was charged with abuse of power, coercion and bribery.
Moon assumed power at a time of increasing tensions, not just concerning North Korea’s accelerated nuclear and ballistic missile tests, but also China’s imposing of informal economic sanctions against South Korea for deploying the U.S. THAAD missile defense system, and the Trump administration’s talk of possible military action to end the North’s efforts to develop a nuclear armed intercontinental missile that could strike the U.S. mainland.
In his inaugural address in May 2017, Moon promised to engage in shuttle diplomacy with Washington, Beijing and Pyongyang to work out a peaceful solution to the growing crisis.
In a July speech in Berlin, President Moon laid out his vision for inter-Korean reconciliation that called for peaceful co-existence of the two Korean governments, but also said that denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is “the absolute condition for peace.”
But unlike past progressive South Korean governments that provided unconditional economic assistance, the Moon administration complied with economic sanctions in place and offered only cooperation on humanitarian aid and exchanges. Seoul also balanced its outreach efforts with maintaining strong support for the U.S. alliance, for joint military deterrence, and for imposing increasingly harsh U.S.-led economic sanctions against North Korea.
|
How long did it take to convict former President Park for abuse of power, coercion and bribery?
|
Almost a year
|
[
"24 years",
"Over a year",
"Not enough information"
] |
quail
|
There is one block named AAA. A medium black object and a medium blue square are in block AAA. The black shape is to the south of the medium blue square. This shape is to the north of and touches another medium blue square. Medium blue square number two is covered by block AAA. Medium blue square number one touches the black thing.
|
Does block contain an object?
* Yes
* No
|
Yes
|
[
"No"
] |
spartun
|
This is a heart-warming story. It tells about a woman who finally decided to ask her boss for a raise in salary . All day she felt nervous. Late in the afternoon she summoned the courage to approach her boss. To her delight, the boss agreed to a raise. She was so delighted.
The woman arrived home happily that evening. To her surprise, she found a beautiful table set with their best dishes. Candles were softly glowing. Her husband had come home early and prepared a festive meal. She wondered if someone from the office had told him about it, or... did he just got the news by accident.
She found him in the kitchen and told him the good news. They hugged and kissed, then sat down to the wonderful meal. Next to her plate the woman found a beautifully card with some words. It read, "Congratulations, darling! I knew you'd get the raise! These things will tell you how much I love you."
Following the supper, her husband went into the kitchen to clean up. She noticed that a second card had fallen from his pocket. She picked it up from the floor, she read, "Don't worry about not getting the raise! You are the best anyway! These things will tell you how much I love you."
According to the Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa said, "What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family."
,,. (1,5)
|
What can we learn from the second card?
* The husband believed his wife could get the raise.
* The husband loved his wife no matter what happened.
* The husband knew his wife couldn't get the raise.
* The husband didn't believe his wife.
|
The husband knew his wife couldn't get the raise.
|
[
"The husband believed his wife could get the raise.",
"The husband loved his wife no matter what happened.",
"The husband didn't believe his wife."
] |
race
|
SEOUL — The recent U.S. missile strikes against Syria could increase pressure on North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons, or reinforce in Pyongyang the need for nuclear deterrence.
The United States, France and Britain fired 105 missiles at three Syrian chemical weapons facilities on Saturday, in response to an alleged Syrian chemical weapons attack in the city of Douma that killed at least 40 people and wounded or sickened hundreds of others. The Syrian government has repeatedly denied any use of banned weapons.
The combined military strike on Syria comes as the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump and the government of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are preparing for an expected summit in late May or early June to discuss dismantling the North’s nuclear program in exchange for security guarantees.
Trump’s willingness to use force against Syria can be seen to reinforce his “maximum pressure” campaign message, that in addition to imposing tough sanctions banning most North Korean exports, the U.S. would take military action, if necessary, to force Kim to terminate his nuclear program and end the continued development of a nuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach the U.S. mainland.
Calling the U.S. attack on Syria “a warning for Pyongyang,” the South Korean newspaper the Korea Joongang Daily, in an editorial on Monday said, “If Kim wants to be free from the fear of a potential raid, then he must be willing to denuclearize.”
From this perspective the U.S. show of force in Syria will increase pressure on the leadership in North Korea to offer meaningful nuclear concessions at the Trump-Kim summit.
“Unless it abandons at least part of its nuclear and missile capabilities then the Trump administration will not be satisfied,” said Bong Young-shik, a political analyst with the Yonsei University Institute for North Korean Studies in Seoul
However the U.S. military strike on Syria could also reinforce concerns in North Korea that giving up its nuclear deterrent would make the country more vulnerable to a similar attack.
“If it thinks that its regime is not guaranteed, it will keep the nuclear program,” said Kim Hyun-wook, a professor of American studies at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy in Seoul.
|
What does political analyst most likely believe?
|
North korea should decrease their weapons capabilities.
|
[
"North korea and america will create a strong five year long treaty about nuclear programs.",
"Not enough information",
"North korea and america will come to a strong understanding at the summit."
] |
quail
|
We have two boxes, named DDD and EEE. Box DDD is covered by box EEE. An orange oval and a midsize white oval are inside and touching box EEE. A large green rectangle are to the west of the midsize white oval and a midsize green rectangle.This thing is to the south of the orange object and is east of a large green oval. The large green rectangle is in box EEE. Box EEE covers the large green oval. This box covers the midsize green rectangle. The midsize white oval is south of the shape which was east of the large green oval. To the north of the midsize green rectangle is the orange shape. North of the midsize white oval there is the midsize green rectangle.
|
Is the large green oval west of any midsize green rectangle?
a] No
b] Yes
|
b
|
[
"a"
] |
spartun
|
M: I see on your resume that you worked as a manager of a store called "Computer Country". Could you tell me a little more about your responsibilities there?
W: Sure. I was responsible for overseeing about 30 employees. I did all of the ordering for the store, and I kept track of the inventory.
M: What was the most difficult part of your job?
W: Probably handling angry customers. We didn't have them very often, but when we did, I needed to make sure they were well taken care of. After all, the customer is always right.
M: That's how we feel here too. How long did you work there?
W: I was there for three and a half years. I left the company last month.
M: And why did you leave?
W: My husband has been transferred to Boston. And I understand your company has an opening there too.
M: Yes, that's right. We do. But the position won't start until early next month. Would that be a problem for you?
W: No, not at all. My husband's new job doesn't begin for a few weeks. So we thought we would spend some time driving to Boston and stop to see my parents.
M: That sounds nice. So tell me, why are you interested in this particular position?
W: I know that your company has a great reputation, and a wonderful product. I've thought many times that I would like to be a part of it. When I heard about the opening in Boston, I jumped to the opportunity.
M: Well I'm glad you did.
|
When can the woman start to work if she gets the job?
a] In two months.
b] Right away.
c] Early next month.
|
c
|
[
"a",
"b"
] |
dream
|
In the near future, daily newspapers and monthly magazines will probably disappear. Electronic media can provide the same information faster and cheaper. The Internet, together with laptops and cellphones, makes it possible that almost everyone can at any time and in almost any place get some news for free or for few fees.
You'll browse the computer newspapers or magazines just like switching on TV. An electronic voice will tell you stories about the latest events. You'll even get to choose the kind of voice you want to hear. Want more information on the brief story? A simple touch makes the entire text appear.
There are the predictions from the experts working on the newspapers of the future. Pictured as part of home-based media and entertainment systems, computer newspapers and magazines would unite printed and broadcast news, offering information and analyzing video images of news events.
The continuing loss of readers will result in a small number of advertisements in newspapers. It makes no sense to spend millions of dollars to print ads.
With the development of technology, more and more electronic medium have been created until now, but replacing the traditional newspapers and magazines has a long way to go, because the _ to computer newspapers and magazines from journalism may be much stronger. Since it is such a cultural change, it may be not until the present journalists, who aren't used to it, die off that the newspaper industry is not considered as an industry any longer. Anyway, technology is making the traditional newspapers and magazines disappear gradually.
|
Computer newspapers and magazines have all the advantages except that _ .
* you can choose the kind of voice you like to hear
* you can get more information from them easily
* you can easily store information for the future use
* they are more expensive than traditional newspapers
|
you can choose the kind of voice you like to hear
|
[
"you can get more information from them easily",
"you can easily store information for the future use",
"they are more expensive than traditional newspapers"
] |
race
|
There exist three blocks, named HHH, LLL and KKK. A medium purple hexagon is covered by block HHH. A medium purple hexagon is inside and touching block LLL. Block KKK with a medium purple hexagon is farther from block HHH. North of and east of block LLL there is this block. North of this block there is block HHH. Two medium grey hexagons are within block KKK.
|
What is the position of the medium purple hexagon covered by block LLL regarding the medium purple hexagon covered by HHH?
a) left
b) far
c) ec
d) po
e) dc
f) below
g) behind
|
f
|
[
"a",
"b",
"c",
"d",
"e",
"g"
] |
spartun
|
Mr. Brown is a very old man. Every morning he goes for a walk in the park. And he comes home at 12:30 for his lunch. But today a police car stops at his house at twelve o'clock. Two policemen help him out. One of them says to Mr Brown's daughter," The old man can't find his way in the park. He asks us to take him home in the car." The daughter thanks the policemen. After they leave, she asks her father, " Dad, you go to that park every day. But today, you can't find the way. What's wrong with you?" The old man smiles like a child and says, " I can find my way home. I don't want to walk home today, you know?"
|
The policeman says Mr Brown _ .
A] knows the way
B] finds his way
C] can't find his way home
D] doesn't want to walk home
|
B
|
[
"A",
"C",
"D"
] |
race
|
Staff members of the state organs use the common language of the state to perform official duties, which is conducive to showing their solemnity, seriousness, and the professional characteristics of obeying the law, law enforcement, and serving the public. At the same time, it also reflects the modern and open atmosphere and requirements. People speak Mandarin well, and using standardized words is not only a requirement of work, but also a manifestation of their own quality, taste and image.
|
What is the main emphasis of this text?
A) Correct, standardized use of common language, is accurate, funny need to perform official duties
B) Correct and standardized use of common languages is necessary to ensure the smooth flow of government orders.
C) The correct and standardized use of common languages is an example for the society
D) Correct and standardized use of common language is the need for staff's national awareness and legal awareness
|
D
|
[
"A",
"B",
"C"
] |
logiqa
|
He met her at a party. She was outstanding; many guys were after her, but nobody paid any attention to him. After the party, he invited her for coffee. She was surprised, so as not to appear rude, she went along.
As they sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything and she felt uncomfortable. Suddenly, he asked the waiter, "Could you please give me some salt? I'd like to put it in my coffee."
They stared at him. He turned red, but when the salt came, he put it in his coffee and drank. Curious, she asked, "Why salt with coffee?" He explained, "When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea. I liked playing on the sea. I could feel it salty, like salty coffee. Now every time I drink it, I think of my childhood and my hometown. I miss it and my parents, who are still there."
She was deeply moved. A man who can admit that he's homesick must love his home and care about his family. He must be responsible. She talked too, about her faraway hometown, her childhood, her family. That was the start to their love story.
They continued to date. She found that he met all her requirements. He was tolerant, kind, warm and careful. And to think she would have missed the catch if not for the salty coffee! So they married and lived happily together. And every time she made coffee for him, she put in some salt, the way he liked it.
After 40 years, he passed away and left her a letter which said:
My dearest, please forgive my life-long lie. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous that I asked for salt instead of sugar. It was hard for me to ask for a change, so I just went ahead. I never thought that we would hit it off. Many times, I tried to tell you the truth, but I was afraid that it would ruin everything.Sweetheart, I don't exactly like salty coffee. But as it mattered so much to you, I've learnt to enjoy it. Having you with me was my greatest happiness. If I could live a second time, I hope we can be together again, even if it means that I have to drink salty coffee for the rest of my life.
|
She accepted his invitation for coffee because _ .
* no one else was interested in her
* no one paid attention to him
* she fell in love with him
* she didn't want to be impolite
|
no one paid attention to him
|
[
"no one else was interested in her",
"she fell in love with him",
"she didn't want to be impolite"
] |
race
|
We have three blocks, A, B and C. There are a small yellow circle, a big yellow square and a big blue circle in block A. The big yellow square is below the big blue circle. The big blue circle is touching the right edge of this block. To the left of the big yellow square and the big blue circle is the small yellow circle. Below block A there is block B with one medium yellow square, one big black square and a medium yellow circle in it. Far from, below and to the right of the medium yellow circle is the medium yellow square. Below block A there is block C with a big yellow circle in it.
|
What is below the blue shape? a medium yellow circle or a small object?
|
Medium yellow circle
|
[
"Small object",
"Both of them",
"None of them"
] |
spartqa
|
How to check your fridge's seal.
|
Which of the following best matches the statement above?
a. Grime can interfere with a tight seal, so make sure to clean the gasket regularly with a damp sponge. test the seal by closing the fridge on a dollar bill, then trying to pull it out. if the bill slides out easily, it may be time to order a replacement seal from the manufacturer.
b. Grime can interfere with a tight seal, so make sure to clean the fuel filter regularly with a damp sponge. test the seal by closing the fridge on a dollar bill, then trying to pull it out. if the bill slides out easily, it may be time to order a replacement seal from the manufacturer.
|
a
|
[
"b"
] |
piqa
|
Ten years ago the number of taxpayers in Green County was slightly greater than the number of registered voters. The number of taxpayers has doubled over the last ten years, while the number of registered voters has increased, but at a lower rate than has the number of taxpayers.
|
Which of the following must be true in Greenspace County if the statements above are true?
- The proportion of registered voters to taxpayers has remained unchanged over the last ten years.
- Everyone who is a registered voter is also a taxpayer.
- The number of taxpayers is now smaller than the number of registered voters.
- The proportion of registered voters to taxpayers has decreased over the last ten years.
|
The proportion of registered voters to taxpayers has decreased over the last ten years.
|
[
"The proportion of registered voters to taxpayers has remained unchanged over the last ten years.",
"Everyone who is a registered voter is also a taxpayer.",
"The number of taxpayers is now smaller than the number of registered voters."
] |
reclor
|
Радикалната промяна, която прави Кант в познавателните нагласи, е известна в историята на философията като:
1. Ницшеански поврат
2. Коперникански поврат
3. Хегелиански поврат
4. Марксистки поврат
|
2
|
[
"1",
"3",
"4"
] |
reasoning_bg
|
|
It is well known that the Japanese people's love of fish is almost as strong as a bee's interest in honey. As fish populations were decreasing, fishing companies were forced to fish further and further away from the shore. Then they had a big challenge -- how to keep the fish fresh for longer. So they decided to keep the fish stored in freezers on the boats. But the public did not like frozen fish. So again the fishing companies had a new bigger challenge. What they decided to do was to have fish tanks on their boats. After catching fishes, they would put them in the tanks and keep them living there until they got back to shore. But in this protected environment, lacking predators , the fish stopped moving around. The Japanese public felt these dull fish did not taste fresh, which had an unpleasant effect upon sales. Once again the fishing companies had an even bigger challenge ...
Stop for a minute! Before we go any further, I would like to ask "What are your challenges? How do you handle an unexpected challenge? " May I think it this way that you should try to attack your challenges? Conquer them with a Swiss Army knife. Take the most proper and simple tool that you can adopt to deal with your situation.
Now back to our story. How did the Japanese finally figure out the fresh fish problem? Sharks! You might think the same. Sharks were caught and put into the tanks with other fishes. Don't sharks EAT fish? Well, they do eat a few fish, but they did also keep more fish active and alert . The fish stay fresh because they are challenged.
_ to offer yourself achallengein your own business and career.
|
The relationship between fishes and sharks is similar to that between _ in nature.
a] wolves and antelopes
b] tigers and lions
c] monkeys and mosquitoes
d] dogs and cats
|
c
|
[
"a",
"b",
"d"
] |
race
|
New Year’s resolutions are great, unless you don’t really resolve to do anything. Then they become a list of wishes. Unless you are going to determine steps to make your wishes turn into goals AND you’re going to follow through with those steps, you probably should not make New Year’s resolutions.
Full disclaimer before we completely dive in: I’m not against setting goals. I have always been a goal setter and sometimes even a goal achiever. If you’re the same, you may enjoy this audible, or if you’re interested in developing and achieving SMART goals try this e-book or this book.
Why You Shouldn’t Make New Year’s Resolutions
You’ll probably write the same things on a sheet of paper that you did the year before. Some of the common resolutions we’ve all heard are: Lose weight, exercise, spend less, save more, travel, go to church, and so on and so forth. There’s a reason these are common. We hear them (or write them) time and time again and…nothing changes.
By mid-January, they’ll be long forgotten. Maybe even before January 15th, they aren’t a thought in our minds. They were good ideas two weeks prior (and the years before that), but that’s what they have remained…ideas.
You didn’t think of a route to your destination. Saving money sounds great, but do you know what you’re already spending? Do you know what you need to cut and where you’ll put that amount? Have you factored in your new gym membership? What will you do with it? Will the autodraft payment that comes out each month help you shed those pounds? What churches are in your area? Do they have programs your family will be interested in? Do you know when the services are?
You’re overwhelmed. You try to better yourself constantly. Maybe. Let’s say some of you try to better yourselves constantly. Which can be a good thing. But it can also be the reason you fail yourselves time and time again. You say yes when you should say no, sign up when you should wait a few more months, and have a list of ten New Year’s resolutions when you should focus on two.
|
When do people usually forget their resolutions by?
|
Mid-january
|
[
"Not enough information",
"They remember them all year long",
"June"
] |
quail
|
Kids are far better than adults at learning how to speak multiple languages. Research now shows that very young infants might have some of the best language skills of all.
A new study suggests that babies between 4 and 6 months old can tell the difference between two languages just by looking at the speaker's face. They don't need to hear word. Sometimes between 6-8 months of age, babies raised in homes where just one language is spoken lose _ . Babies from bilingual homes, on the other hand, keep the face-reading ability until they're at least 8 months old.
Researchers in prefix = st1 /Canadastudied 36 infants from English-speaking families. Twelve of the babies were 4 months old,12 were 6 months old, and the rest were 8 months old. Each baby sat on his or her mother's lap and watched video clips of a woman talking. The woman was fluent in both English and French. In some clips, she read from a storybook in English. In other clips, she read in French. In all of the videos there was no sound.
After watching clip after clip of the woman reading in just one language, the babies eventually started to look away, apparently because they were bored. The researchers then showed the babies a new silent clip of the woman reading a story in the other language. At that point, the 4-month-olds and 6-month-olds started looking at the screen again. The 8-month-old,by contrast, paid no attention. That suggests that a baby's ability to distinguish between languages get lost before 8 months of age.
"Visual information about speech may play a more critical role in language learning than previously expected," says researcher psychologist Whitney. It's not yet clear, she adds, which part of the speaker's face babies are looking at for clues. Next, scientists want to see whether babies can match faces with the voices of foreign-language speakers. If babies can do this, the scientists would then like to know if this ability also declines toward the end of the first year of life.
|
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ?
* All the infants in the study are of the same age.
* The infants could hear the woman's voice while watching the videos.
* The stories the woman read were written in either French or German.
* It's still unknown how infants could tell the difference between languages.
|
It's still unknown how infants could tell the difference between languages.
|
[
"All the infants in the study are of the same age.",
"The infants could hear the woman's voice while watching the videos.",
"The stories the woman read were written in either French or German."
] |
race
|
We have a block with a big black square, one medium yellow triangle and one medium black circle in it. This block also contains a big black triangle. There is also a small blue square touching the top edge of this block. The big black square is touching the bottom edge of this block. The medium black circle is below and to the right of the small blue square. To the right of and near to the medium yellow triangle which is below the small blue square is the big black square.
|
What is far from the small shape? a big shape that is touching the bottom edge of a block or a medium circle?
|
Big shape that is touching the bottom edge of a block
|
[
"Medium circle ",
"Both of them",
"None of them"
] |
spartqa
|
A small yellow apple and a small green apple are inside a box named one. The small green apple are below a medium melon and the small yellow apple.The small yellow apple is on the right side of the melon. Box one contains the medium fruit.
|
Are all things above all small apples?
A] Yes
B] No
|
B
|
[
"A"
] |
spartun
|
The lipstick effect means that consumers are more willing to buy relatively inexpensive non-essentials during the economic crisis. When the economy is in a downturn, the sales of lipstick will rise linearly. Lipstick, as a "cheap non-essential thing", can play a certain "consolation" effect on consumers.
|
According to the above definitions, Which of the following are consistent with the lipstick effect:
a: Zhang san now has a high income, but he lives a simple life, but he still likes to buy clothes around 100 yuan
b: Li si has almost no income in the past six months, but he used his parents' savings to buy a 350,000 yuan sedan
c: Wang wu's mortgage pressure is very high, and the price of meals in the canteen is high. he often eats 10 yuan of box lunches at the roadside stalls.
d: Zhao liu's recent poor performance and low income. to relieve the pressure, he drank 50 yuan a bottle of white wine and half a catty every saturday night.
|
d
|
[
"a",
"b",
"c"
] |
logiqa
|
Peter was a small boy. He lived with his parents in a small house near some hills .The people there were all poor .One night it was very dry and windy .When everybody was asleep,Peter suddenly heard some noise .It came out from the kitchen . He got up and walked to the kitchen .He found that the wood beside the stove was burning .There was no water tap in the house,so he could not put out the fire .He shouted loudly to wake up everyone in the house .Then he ran out of his house and knocked on the doors of many houses to wake the people up .They all left their houses quickly .At last the fire was put out by the firemen .Many houses were burnt .But nobody was hurt in the fire .
|
_ , so he could not put out the fire.
- He couldn't shout loudly
- The kitchen was very big
- Everybody was asleep
- There was no water tap in the house
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There was no water tap in the house
|
[
"He couldn't shout loudly",
"The kitchen was very big",
"Everybody was asleep"
] |
race
|
Use eggs to condition my hair.
|
Which of the following best matches the statement above?
- Blend a half cup of raw eggs and place on clean dry hair. allow to sit for 3 minutes. rinse with as hot ahs you can stand water and shampoo as usual.
- Blend a half cup of raw eggs and place on clean dry hair. allow to sit for 3 minutes. rinse with cold water and shampoo as usual.
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Blend a half cup of raw eggs and place on clean dry hair. allow to sit for 3 minutes. rinse with cold water and shampoo as usual.
|
[
"Blend a half cup of raw eggs and place on clean dry hair. allow to sit for 3 minutes. rinse with as hot ahs you can stand water and shampoo as usual."
] |
piqa
|
The Royals won Sunday 14 - 3 over the Chicago White Sox . For the second day in a row the Royals offense pounded out 19 hits vs the Sox pitchers . The Royals took two of three from the Sox losing Friday night 2 - 4 , winning Saturday 9 - 7 and yesterday 14 - 3 .
|
What might a Royals fan think after these games ?
- They are happy their team won twice .
- They are happy that the White Sox won once .
- None of the above choices .
- They are happy that their team lost the first game Friday night 2 - 4 .
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They are happy their team won twice .
|
[
"They are happy that the White Sox won once .",
"None of the above choices .",
"They are happy that their team lost the first game Friday night 2 - 4 ."
] |
cosmos
|
How can you make Nutella Fudge Ice pops at home?
- Mix 2 cups cool whip, 6 tablespoons of nutella, 1 cup whole milk, then pour into popsicles molds, add a pop stick and freeze then you have fudge pops.
- Mix 2 cups rock salt, 6 tablespoons of nutella, 1 cup whole milk, then pour into popsicles molds, add a pop stick and freeze then you have fudge pops.
|
Mix 2 cups cool whip, 6 tablespoons of nutella, 1 cup whole milk, then pour into popsicles molds, add a pop stick and freeze then you have fudge pops.
|
[
"Mix 2 cups rock salt, 6 tablespoons of nutella, 1 cup whole milk, then pour into popsicles molds, add a pop stick and freeze then you have fudge pops."
] |
piqa
|
|
Dear Editor:
While a new school term is about to begin, perhaps we should reconsider the matter of examinations. In July, two writers(letters to the editor) praised the cancellation of exams because they believe "Tests don't tell the whole story".
As a teacher who has worked in four countries, I have had the experience that a student who earns good marks is generally a good student, and a student's final mark in a subject is usually a grade average of the year's work. Of course there are expectations, but they do not have the frequency that would give an unfair picture of a student's ability.
The simple fact is that proper class work; diligent exam studies and good marks are almost certain indicators of a student's future performance. The opposite is, almost certainly, incompetence.
There is no acceptable substitute for competition of quality. How can teachers and future officials determine what a student has learned and remembered? Should we simply take the student's mark for it? Any institution that "liberates" students from fair and formal exams is misguided, if not ignorant and surely the "graduates " of such institutions will lack trustworthiness , not to mention being rejected by foreign universities for graduate or other studies.
When all is said and done, I sense that a fear of failure and a fear of unpleasant comparison with others are at the bottom of most ban-exam talks. Excellence and quality fear nothing. On the contrary, they seek competition and desire the satisfaction of being the best.
|
According to the writer of the letter, those who oppose exams _ .
* have no confident in competition
* are incompetent teachers
* both B and C
* fear failure
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fear failure
|
[
"have no confident in competition",
"are incompetent teachers",
"both B and C"
] |
race
|
How can you extend the shelf life of food?
a. Cook it
b. Energy
c. Buy it in bulk
d. Mutations
e. Heat
f. Eat it
g. Keep it on the counter
h. Enzymes
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a
|
[
"b",
"c",
"d",
"e",
"f",
"g",
"h"
] |
qasc
|
|
Which of the following can cause erosion?
- Falling leaves
- Flowing water
- Growing grass
- Rising temperatures
|
Flowing water
|
[
"Falling leaves",
"Growing grass",
"Rising temperatures"
] |
arc
|
|
Psychological anthropology is an interdisciplinary discipline between cultural anthropology and psychology. It mainly studies and understands the psychological mechanism of culture's influence on members of its society, and finds psychological variables at the individual level and culture, society at the overall level. The relationship between economic, ecological and biological variables.
|
Based on the above definitions, Which of the following options fall into the category of psychological anthropology:
1: Comparison of poetic styles before and after may 4th
2: Social mainstream values in contemporary popular discourse
3: Grassland civilization and the development of mongolian national character
4: Changes in the author's attitude towards father from the back
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3
|
[
"1",
"2",
"4"
] |
logiqa
|
J is north west of H. J is on the same vertical plane directly above E.
|
What is the relation of the agent J to the agent H?
1) lower-right
2) lower-left
3) upper-left
4) upper-right
5) left
6) right
7) above
8) below
9) overlap
|
3
|
[
"1",
"2",
"4",
"5",
"6",
"7",
"8",
"9"
] |
stepgame
|
Out of kindness , she threw it back ( with Poppy 's help of course ) . They were too small to keep anyways . Alyssa busied herself at the cabin by playing in the sandbox , and playing with Maddie on the floor .
|
What may be what she was doing when she threw them back ?
* She was catch - and - release fishing .
* None of the above choices .
* Alyssa threw back the ball when it was thrown to her .
* She did n't get toys she was asking for so she threw them back .
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She was catch - and - release fishing .
|
[
"None of the above choices .",
"Alyssa threw back the ball when it was thrown to her .",
"She did n't get toys she was asking for so she threw them back ."
] |
cosmos
|
“Accell has great hopes for e-bikes in North America,” Currie’s Larry Pizzi says. “While baby boomers are still very important, we’re finding that a lot of younger people are now using e-bikes for transportation, instead of cars.” Accell’s Yuba brand even sells a cargo bike with a stronger motor and rear rack. “You can carry two children,” says Pizzi. “You can carry 45kg of shopping. It’s a minivan alternative.”
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According to Pizzi, which population is now using e-bikes?
|
Young people
|
[
"People who can not afford cars",
"Small children",
"Wealthy people"
] |
onestop
|
Mercury building up in the bodies of certain fish can make them what?
* Toxic
* Uninhabitable
* Barren and airless
* Poisonous
* Obesity
|
Poisonous
|
[
"Toxic",
"Uninhabitable",
"Barren and airless",
"Obesity"
] |
commonsenseqa
|
|
Wang Tao is a little boy. He often goes for a walk with his father. He likes water very much and he wants to swim like a fish in the water.
One Sunday morning, Wang Tao went to a park with his father. There is a big swimming pool in the park. Wang Tao asked his father to take him to the pool. "Why do you want to go there?" asked his father. "I want to learn swimming," said Wang Tao. "And you can teach me."
"Oh, sorry. I can't swim," said his father.
"You can't swim? Li Qiang's father swims very well. Why can't you swim?"
"His father likes eating fish, so he can swim like a fish," said the father. "Oh, I see," said Wang Tao. "But you like eating chicken very much. Can you lay eggs ?"
.
|
From the passage , we learn that there is a(an) _ in the park.
* zoo
* English corner
* ball game
* swimming pool
|
ball game
|
[
"zoo",
"English corner",
"swimming pool"
] |
race
|
My first reaction was annoyance. It was Friday afternoon, and I was within an hour of finishing my work for the week. As I was leaving, a nurse brought me one more patient message. The statement read: "Mm. Jones called to say that she has had blurred vision ever since her medical test this morning. " I smiled. Suddenly our tests were causing eye problems.
This week my patients had questioned everything. My patient with high blood pressure had stopped coming to her treatment on the advice of an Internet chat room. A woman who had a mental problem was substituting (......) St. John' s word for her medication. Now Mrs. Jones was imagining problems. I rolled my eyes.
My second reaction was worry. As I looked through her record, I tried to figure out why she would have blurred vision, but nothing in her record explained the new problem. She' s probably just anxious, I thought. Still, she wouldn't have called if she had been all right. I picked up the phone.
What 1 next felt can only be described as delight. Before I made the call, the nurse ran in: Mrs. Jones called. Her vision is fine. Turns out she picked up the wrong glasses when she left the office. The X-ray technician has been having the same problem. I let out a lugh. Mrs. Jones had been right. Her vision had been blurred. Now we know why.
Finally I felt shame. I came to realize what Mrs. Jones had taught me. I had first known she was wrong, that her anxiety had _ . Instead, my medical training had clouded mine. Now I feel thankful that Mrs. Jones figured it out before I made a mistake about our relationship. Patients come to me for my help. They pay me to listen, diagnose , treat and talk. That suggests trust; I must remember that, and trust them too.
|
What has caused Mrs. Jones' eye problem?
1. Medical checkup.
2. Wrong glasses.
3. Her own imagination.
4. Chatting on the Internet.
|
1
|
[
"2",
"3",
"4"
] |
race
|
M: What do you usually do in your spare time?
W: I have joined a singing group and we practice two afternoons each week.
M: That's a very interesting thing to do.
W: Yes. It's a small group of only fifteen girls and boys. But nobody has been late for the practice.
M: I see. How many songs can you sing now?
W: We started only three months ago, but we've practiced eight songs.
M: Are you going to perform any time?
W: Yes, there will be a school show next month and we are going to sing a song in it. We are practicing a new song now. It's written by one of the singers in our group.
M: Really? What's the name of the song?
W: Sunny Days.
M: That's a nice name. I hope to listen to it soon. Can I visit you when you practice?
|
What can we know about the new song?
1] It's written by a famous musician.
2] It's written by a singer of the group.
3] Its name is Sundays.
|
2
|
[
"1",
"3"
] |
dream
|
The message and the bottle will be on display at Hamburg’s Maritime Museum until the beginning of May 2014. Then, experts will try to decipher the rest of the text. It is not clear what will happen to the bottle after that, but Erdmann hopes it will stay at the museum. “We want to find a few photos to put with the bottle and give it a face, so visitors can see the young man who threw the bottle into the water,” she said.
|
What will happen to the bottle after the experts finish examining the text?
|
Its fate is not known
|
[
"It will stay at the Maritime Museum",
"Photos of it will be put on display",
"It will be given to Erdmann"
] |
onestop
|
Three boxes, named one, two and three exist in the image. Box three is farther from box two and contains box one. South of this box there is box two. A medium green apple is inside and touching box one. Box one contains a medium orange apple. Box two has a medium green apple. Another medium green apple is in this box. Box three covers a medium green apple and contains a medium orange apple. South of another medium green apple there is the medium green apple. Medium green apple number two is in box three. This fruit is south of the medium orange apple. A yellow apple is inside box three.
|
Is a medium green apple number two south of a medium orange apple?
A) No
B) Yes
|
B
|
[
"A"
] |
spartun
|
There are two blocks, A and B. Block A has a big blue triangle and one big blue square. The big blue triangle is below the big blue square. Below block A there is block B. It contains a medium blue square, one big blue circle and one big blue square. The big blue square is touching the right edge of this block. Below and to the left of the big blue square there is the medium blue square. Below and near to the big blue square there is the big blue circle.
|
What is near to the thing that is touching the right edge of a block? a big blue circle or a medium blue square?
|
Big blue circle
|
[
"Medium blue square ",
"Both of them",
"None of them"
] |
spartqa
|
To remove the skin of a tomato,
|
Which of the following best matches the statement above?
A. Cut a small x into the skin and put it into boiling water. when the skin begins to curl at the x, put the tomato in ice cold water and gently rub the skin off,
B. Cut a small x into the skin and put it into cool water. when the skin begins to curl at the x, put the tomato in warm water and gently rub the skin off,
|
A
|
[
"B"
] |
piqa
|
There are three blocks, named AAA, BBB and CCC. In block AAA there is block BBB. Disconnected from this block is block CCC. A medium blue square is inside block AAA. Block AAA covers a medium black square. South of the medium blue square is the medium black square. Block BBB covers a medium black square. Another medium black square is within this block. Medium black square number one touches this object. A medium black square is in block CCC.
|
Does AAA have all blocks?
a) No
b) Yes
|
a
|
[
"b"
] |
spartun
|
A is there and X is at the 2 position of a clock face. J is to the right and above X at an angle of about 45 degrees.
|
What is the relation of the agent X to the agent J?
* upper-left
* upper-right
* lower-right
* above
* left
* right
* lower-left
* below
* overlap
|
lower-left
|
[
"upper-left",
"upper-right",
"lower-right",
"above",
"left",
"right",
"below",
"overlap"
] |
stepgame
|
A box named DDD covers a midsize green rectangle. Another box called EEE with two midsize green rectangles covers this box. Another midsize green rectangle are under midsize green rectangle number two and midsize green rectangle number one. Midsize green rectangle number three is inside and touching box EEE. Midsize green rectangle number two touches midsize green rectangle number one.
|
Is a midsize green rectangle above all midsize green rectangles?
A. Yes
B. No
|
B
|
[
"A"
] |
spartun
|
A medium red hexagon is covered by and another medium red hexagon is in a block named HHH. Medium red hexagon number one touches medium red hexagon number two. A block named LLL exists in the image. Block LLL covers a grey hexagon which is south of a medium red hexagon. Another medium red hexagon is to the north of another medium red hexagon which is in block LLL. The shape which was to the south of medium red hexagon number one is south of and touches medium red hexagon number two. Block LLL contains medium red hexagon number one. This block contains medium red hexagon number three. To the south of medium red hexagon number one there is medium red hexagon number two. Medium red hexagon number one is to the north of the shape which was north of medium red hexagon number two.
|
Does HHH cover all things?
- Yes
- No
|
No
|
[
"Yes"
] |
spartun
|
Here's the travel plan for some museums on our "Museums of the World" tour.
The Museum of Bad Art (Boston, USA) shows what it describes as "art too bad to be ignored". The museum hopes to bring the worst of art to the widest possible audience and has even published a book of its most "important" works. As part of the visit, we'll be shown some truly awful portraits, landscapes and sculptures.
The Washington Banana Museum (Auburn, Washington, USA) contains 4,000 objects related to the history of what the museum describes as "the world's most perfect fruit". We'll be given a guided tour around the museum, during which we'll learn all sorts of interesting things, such as the fact that bananas were introduced to the USA in 1878 in the same exhibition as Alexander Graham Bell's telephone, and that the banana is now the US' number-one selling fruit.
The Hair Museum (Avanos, Turkey) is located in a cave in Cappadocia, in Central Anatolia. It contains 160,000 samples of people's hair. You'll be offered a chance to add your own hair to the collection. Later in the year, the museum curator selects 10 donors to attend a pottery workshop. If you're one of them, you'll be invited to stay in his guest house.
The museum du Slip (Brussels, Belgium) is devoted to underwear. The idea behind the museum is that everyone is equal in their underwear. You'll be fascinated to know that it has collected samples from all sorts of people, including artists, politicians and pop stars.
The Museum de Carrosses Funebres (Barcelona, Spain) is a museum of funeral hearses . It takes a look at how local people have been transported to their funerals since the 19th century. During the tour, we'll be provided with a fascinating insight into how the people of Barcelona viewed death. Among the 1,000 or so exhibits, pride of place goes to a "flap-coffin", which is a reusable coffin from the 18th century.
|
According to the passage, to which museum can you donate your hair?
* The Museum de Carrosses Funebres.
* The Museum du Slip.
* The Museum of Bad Art.
* The Hair Museum.
|
The Museum du Slip.
|
[
"The Museum de Carrosses Funebres.",
"The Museum of Bad Art.",
"The Hair Museum."
] |
race
|
Narcissus was a beautiful looking boy. He had long, flowing, blond hair, beautiful, bright, blue eyes and even, white teeth. Many young ladies fell in love with him including the nymph : Echo.
Nymphs were lively spirits who lived near streams and lakes and protected trees in the forest. Echo had upset the Queen of the Gods; Hera. As a punishment Hera made Echo unable to speak except to repeat the last three words of the person she was talking to.
Poor Echo fell in love with Narcissus but could never tell him how she felt. Narcissus teased her and she ran away with tears pouring down her face. Aphrodite, the goddess of love saw what happened and decided to punish Narcissus. As he came to a pool of water Narcissus saw his reflection and fell in love with the vision he saw. It was of course his own reflection.
Poor Narcissus watched his own reflection, every time he tried to touch the face of the vision he loved it broke up on the shimmering surface of the water. Narcissus stopped eating, lost his beautiful looks and desired to get his love. In the end he anguished gradually and died.
Aphrodite took pity on him and made a flower grow in his place on the bank of the lake. Narcissus flowers can be found to this day growing wherever you can find water and trees.
|
What is the main purpose of writing the passage?
- To tell people how Narcissus flowers came
- To tell people not affect others' love
- To tell the true meaning of beauty and ugliness
- To tell people a sad love story
|
To tell people not affect others' love
|
[
"To tell people how Narcissus flowers came",
"To tell the true meaning of beauty and ugliness",
"To tell people a sad love story"
] |
race
|
The following paragraphs each describe a set of three objects arranged in a fixed order. The statements are logically consistent within each paragraph.
In a golf tournament, there were three golfers: Joe, Dan, and Eve. Eve finished above Dan. Dan finished above Joe.
|
Which of the following is true?
a. Joe finished second.
b. Dan finished second.
c. Eve finished second.
|
b
|
[
"a",
"c"
] |
logiclm
|
To oil the surface of a cast iron pan
|
Which of the following best matches the statement above?
1] Use any cooking oil
2] Use any essential oil
|
1
|
[
"2"
] |
piqa
|
China's new popular word, "tuhao", may be taken in next year's Oxford English dictionary. The word caught the attention of the dictionary's editing team after BBC's recent program on influential Chinese words.
"If its influence continues, it is very likely to appear on our updated list of words," said Julie Kleeman, project manager with the editing team. Kleeman told the Beijing Youth Daily that "tuhao" has some similarities with the English word "bling", which refers to expensive, ostentatious clothing or jewelry. Both the two words have existed for long but later on took a new meaning.
In Chinese, "tu" means rude and "hao" means rich. It has traditionally been referred to rich people who throw their weight around in China's rural areas. In recent years, people in the ACG (anime, comic and game) circle borrowed the term to describe those who spend money in an unreasonable manner.
The word gained acceptance in September with the launch of Apple's new gold-colored iPhone, an item loved by China's nouveau riche . The color became known as "tuhao gold".The word is now often used by the online community to refer to people who have the cash but lack the class to go with it.
Kleeman also mentioned another Chinese word "dama" which may also be taken in the dictionary.
"Dama", meaning middle-aged women, was first used in the Western media by the Wall Street Journal in May when thousands of Chinese women were buying up record number of gold. They were the driving force in the global gold market between April and June when the gold prices had dropped. "People can have an intuitive grasp of the meanings if they see pinyin", Kleeman said adding that people avoided using an English word to keep the original meaning. The new words will be first uploaded on the official website before the dictionaries arrive. The online version is also renewed every three months.
|
Why is the word "tuhao" likely to be taken in Oxford English Dictionary?
a: Because it has the same meaning with an English word.
b: Because its influence becomes bigger and bigger
c: Because it represents noble and rich
d: Because it is popular in online game circle.
|
c
|
[
"a",
"b",
"d"
] |
race
|
There are three blocks, A, B and C. Block A contains a medium yellow square. Block B is to the left of block A. It has a medium yellow square. Below the medium yellow square there is a medium blue square. Below block B there is block C with two medium black squares in it. Medium black square number one is below medium black square number two.
|
Which object is above a medium black square? the medium yellow square which is in block B or the medium yellow square which is in block A?
|
The medium yellow square which is in block b
|
[
"The medium yellow square which is in block a",
"Both of them",
"None of them"
] |
spartqa
|
How can I get someone to stop texting me after I ask them to stop?
1: Sms: service error 305: message delivery worked. further messages will not be charged to your account.
2: Sms: service error 305: message delivery failed. further messages will be charged to your account.
|
2
|
[
"1"
] |
piqa
|
|
An increasing number of people are being allowed to finish the working week early during the summer months. Does your boss trust you to spend an afternoon in the sun?
Each year the number of companies which offer employees the choice of an early finish to the working week grows. Or, perhaps, each year,more people who work on ordinary Fridays hear about people playing on summer Fridays.
When the sun is shining,it makes sense that you should be given Friday afternoons off,right? Sadly,not all managers agree with the policy.
Companies that offer employees Friday afternoons off usually expect the hours to be made up. UK publishers Pan Macmillan and Penguin Random House (PRH) are among those offering summer hours. At PRH, those who wish to take off Friday afternoons are expected to work an extra 45 minutes a day from Monday to Thursday. On Fridays, a rota ensures each team has been covered. "Most of us don't leave at exactly lpm,"Editor Anderson says. Depending on your workload,you might just leave an hour or so early,but it's still nice to do. "
Simon Hayward, CEO of Cirrus, says that the "Summer Fridays" policy requires trust, and that managers need to be seen to take advantage of the offer too. "If a manager offers summer Fridays and then obviously expects employees to work on Friday afternoons, there is a risk associated with it that reduces the sense of well-being .I think there's a genuine fear in some organizations about flexible working hours. Do you trust your employees to do their best for the buti- ness as well as for themselves and their families,or do you fundamentally mistrust them?"
Managers in the former camp tend to be comfortable with summer hours. Those in the latter worry that summer Fridays will lead to late Mondays and long-lunch Tuesdays.
|
Usually in companies, this policy causes the employees to_.
- work extra time from Monday to Thursday
- start work early on Friday mornings
- have a short lunch on Tuesdays
- actually work on Friday afternoons
|
work extra time from Monday to Thursday
|
[
"start work early on Friday mornings",
"have a short lunch on Tuesdays",
"actually work on Friday afternoons"
] |
race
|
Today's demands for measuring childhood success have chased household chores from the to-do lists of many young people. In a survey of 1,001 US adults released by Braun Research, 82% reported having regular chores growing up, but only 28% said that they require their own children to do them. "Parents today want their kids spending time on things that can bring them success, but ironically, we've stopped doing one thing that's actually been a proven predictor of success--and that's household chores." says Richard Rende, a developmental psychologist.
Giving children household chores at an early age helps to build a lasting sense of mastery, responsibility and independence, according to research by Marty Rossmann, professor at the University of Minnesota. In 2002, Dr. Rossmann analyzed data from a longitudinal study that followed 84 children across four periods. She found that young adults who began chores at ages 3 and 4 were more likely to have good relationships with family and friends and to achieve academic and early career success, as compared with those who didn't have chores or who started them as teens.
Chores also teach children how to be empathetic and responsive to others' needs, notes psychologist Richard Weissbourd. In research, his team surveyed 10,000 high-school students and asked them to rank what they treasured more: achievement, happiness or caring for others. Almost 80% chose either achievement or happiness over caring for others. As he points out, however, research suggests that personal happiness comes most reliably not from high achievement but from strong relationships. "We're out of balance," says Dr. Weissbourd. A good way to start re-adjusting priorities , he suggests, is by learning to be kind and helpful at home.
The next time that your child asks to skip chores to do homework, resist the urge to let him or her off the hook. Being slack about chores when they compete with school sends your child the message that grades and achievement are more important than caring about others. What may seem like small messages in the moment but add up to big ones over time.
|
What do students value more according to Weissbourd's survey?
a] Responding to others' needs.
b] Practising kindness and giving help.
c] Building strong relationships
d] Achieving high achievements.
|
b
|
[
"a",
"c",
"d"
] |
race
|
L presents upper right to I. N and Y are in a vertical line with N on top. Object A is above object F and to the right of it, too. F and Y are both there with the object F above the object Y. U is above L at 2 o'clock. U and A are both there with the object U above the object A. Z is to the left of I with a small gap between them.
|
What is the relation of the agent Y to the agent L?
a) lower-left
b) right
c) overlap
d) lower-right
e) upper-right
f) left
g) below
h) above
i) upper-left
|
a
|
[
"b",
"c",
"d",
"e",
"f",
"g",
"h",
"i"
] |
stepgame
|
I probably should have had them put in a standard DVR instead of a receiver , but stupidly thought I did nt need it in the bedroom . Well , I really miss not having a DVR . I want to hook up the old HR10 - 250 that I have and use it . It has been unplugged for well over a year .
|
What may happen after plugging in my old dvr ?
1: I could trade it in for a new one .
2: I could watch it in my bedroom .
3: I could watch my saved movies .
4: I could transfer the movies from one dvr to the other .
|
2
|
[
"1",
"3",
"4"
] |
cosmos
|
Good Housekeeping has discovered that even if a child wear a helmet when she bikes, or skates, it may not protect her from a serious head injury.
Every year, 390,000 children under age 15 go to hospital emergency rooms with bike-related injuries. Of that number, about one third children suffer head injuries and an estimated 200 die. By wearing a helmet, a child can reduce her risk of injury by as much as 85 percent. But remember ---- a bicycle helmet must fit properly to be safe. Here are five steps to making sure your child's helmet fits properly.
1) If you haven't bought your child's helmet already, you might want to consider one with a rear stabilizer . A rear stabilizer holds the back of the head gently and helps the helmet stay correctly positioned.
2) The helmet should fit closely and shouldn't slide from side to side or front to back. If your child can put two fingers on both temples inside the helmet, it's too big. Try a smaller size. But if the next size down is too small, use the fit pads . Fit pads come in different sizes and attach to the helmet with Velcro.
3) Tell your child to open her mouth widely and ask if she can feel the helmet push down onto the top of her head. If she can't, you need to readjust her helmet.
4) To prevent strap slippage, wind a rubber band around the strap where it meets the fastener.
5) Recheck the fit regularly.
You should replace the bicycle helmet:
If she has been in an accident with it.
If the buckle breaks or if a piece breaks off.
If it doesn't have a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, American Society for Testing and Materials, or Snell Memorial Foundation sticker.
If it doesn't fit correctly. Even if the helmet fit perfectly two years ago, it might be too small now.
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If a girl finds a helmet a little bit big for her head, what should she do?
1) She must buy a smaller size.
2) She can put fingers on both temples inside the helmet.
3) She must make helmet slide from side to side.
4) She can use some fit pads.
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2
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[
"1",
"3",
"4"
] |
race
|
Everyone agrees that it's necessary to reduce carbon emissions around the world. There is less agreement over exactly how nations should go about achieving a more carbon - free planet. Thus, the environmental equivalent: cap - and - trade carbon emissions, or place a carbon tax on all users?
With cap - and - trade programs, governments limit the level of carbon produced by an industry. Companies that hold their emissions below the _ can sell their remaining allowance on a carbon market, while companies that go beyond their limit must purchase credits on that market. Carbon taxes are more straightforward: a set tax rate is placed on the consumption of carbon with the idea that raising the price will encourage industries and individuals to consume less. At the moment, cap-and-trade has the upper hand, but doesn't defeat the tax just yet.
Supporters of the tax argue that a cap - and - trade system would be too difficult to administer - and too easily gamed by industries looking to sidestep emissions caps. Cap-and-trade advocates contradict that like all other flat taxes, a carbon collection would relatively burden lower - income families, who spend a greater percentage of their income on energy than rich households.
So which system will have a larger effect on carbon consumption? A 10% carbon tax might reduce the demand for carbon about 5 % or less, according to an analysis by the Carbon Tax Center, an environmental advocacy group. That may not be enough. Businesses and governments haven't figured out how the two competing systems can work together, but in the end, the world may need both.
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According to the cap - and - trade program, companies _ .
- can sell their remaining allowance within their limits
- are forbidden to produce carbon emissions
- are allocated the same amount of carbon consumption
- can sell the extra amount of carbon at a higher price
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are allocated the same amount of carbon consumption
|
[
"can sell their remaining allowance within their limits",
"are forbidden to produce carbon emissions",
"can sell the extra amount of carbon at a higher price"
] |
race
|
O is over there with Y below. D is on the same vertical plane directly above C. O is on the left side to C. Y is sitting at the 12:00 position to A. The objects D and J are over there. The object D is lower and slightly to the left of the object J.
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What is the relation of the agent Y to the agent J?
- upper-right
- right
- lower-right
- lower-left
- below
- overlap
- above
- left
- upper-left
|
lower-left
|
[
"upper-right",
"right",
"lower-right",
"below",
"overlap",
"above",
"left",
"upper-left"
] |
stepgame
|
Helen Keller was a US author and public speaker who became blind and deaf at the age of 19 months. Anne Sullivan became her teacher in 1887 and taught her to read, write, use sign language and speak. Keller received degree from Radcliffe College in 1904 and spent the rest of her life encouraging others with difficulties like hers to overcome them. Her books include The story of My Life (1902) and Out of the Dark(1913). Her life was the subject of the play The Miracle Worker
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Which book is written by Helen Keller?
- A and B
- The story of My Life
- Out of the Dark
- One million pound
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One million pound
|
[
"A and B",
"The story of My Life",
"Out of the Dark"
] |
race
|
We have three blocks, A, B and C. Block C is to the right of B and block A is to the left of C. Block A has a medium blue square. Block B contains a small black square and a big yellow circle. This block also contains one medium black square. Below the big yellow circle there is the medium black square. The small black square is to the left of the big yellow circle. The medium black square is to the right of the black shape which is to the left of the big yellow circle. And block C contains a small black circle. Near to the small black circle is a big black triangle.
|
Which object is to the left of a big black thing? the small black square or the medium black square?
|
Both of them
|
[
"The small black square ",
"The medium black square ",
"None of them"
] |
spartqa
|
Which are two parts of the carbon cycle?
- Freezing and thawing
- Growth and reproduction
- Evaporation and precipitation
- Photosynthesis and respiration
|
Photosynthesis and respiration
|
[
"Freezing and thawing",
"Growth and reproduction",
"Evaporation and precipitation"
] |
arc
|
|
Mr. Brad wants to see a film. After lunch, he goes to a cinema, buys a ticket and goes in. But after two or three minutes he comes out again and buys a second ticket and then walks in again.
After a few minutes he comes out again and buys a third ticket. Two or three minutes after that, he comes out a third time and asks for another ticket. But the girl says to him, "Why are you buying all these tickets? Are you meeting your friends in the cinema all the time?" "No, I'm not doing that." Mr. Brad says, "But a big woman always stops me at the gate of the cinema and she tears all my tickets." The girl has a good laugh and says, "One ticket is enough. She is on duty."
|
Mr. Brad _ goes to the cinema after lunch.
a] and his friends
b] himself
c] a girl
d] and his wife
|
a
|
[
"b",
"c",
"d"
] |
race
|
There exists one block named AAA. A big yellow triangle and a medium yellow square are inside block AAA. Above the big shape is the medium yellow square.
|
Where is block regarding the big yellow triangle?
A. ntppi
B. above
C. left
D. front
E. near
F. below
G. behind
|
A
|
[
"B",
"C",
"D",
"E",
"F",
"G"
] |
spartun
|
Sheila split open and the air was filled with gumballs. Yellow gumballs. This was awful for Stan, just awful. He had loved Sheila for a long time, fought for her heart, believed in their love until finally she had come around. They were about to kiss for the first time and then this: yellow gumballs.
Stan went to a group to try to accept that Sheila was gone. It was a group for people whose unrequited love had ended in some kind of surrealist moment. There is a group for everything in California.
After several months of hard work on himself with the group, Stan was ready to open a shop and sell the thousands of yellow gumballs. He did this because he believed in capitalism, he loved capitalism. He loved the dynamic surge and crash of Amazon's stock price, he loved the great concrete malls spreading across America like blood staining through a handkerchief, he loved how everything could be tracked and mirrored in numbers. When he closed the store each night he would count the gumballs sold, and he would determine his gross revenue, his operating expenses, his operating margin; he would adjust his balance sheet and learn his debt to equity ratio; and after this exercise each night, Stan felt he understood himself and was at peace, and he could go home to his apartment and drink tea and sleep, without shooting himself or thinking about Sheila.
On the night before the IPO of gumballs.com, Sheila came to Stan in a dream. She was standing in a kiddie pool; Stan and his brothers and sisters were running around splashing and screaming; she had managed to insert herself into a Super-8 home movie of Stan's family, shot in the late 70's. She looked terribly sad.
"Sheila, where are you?" Stan said. "Why did you leave me, why did you become gumballs?"
"The Ant King has me," Sheila said. "You must rescue me."
|
Before his scheduled IPO, how long had Stan been selling gumballs at the shop?
|
Many days.
|
[
"Not enough information",
"One day.",
"Many years"
] |
quail
|
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