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What shapes a man's ability and skill was always a question to psychologists until a few decades ago when findings show that they for the most part come from practice ---- repetitive and endless practice.
The psychologist K. Anders Ericsson of the University of Florida and his team, based on a survey of a violin class in a college of music, have found that the students whose levels are rated as "A" have spent on average over 10,000 hours on violin-practice, those with level B a bit less than 8,000 hours, and those with average or lower levels no more than 5,000 hours.
The result of the survey is widely preferred because it suggests that practice makes perfect, that is, the distinction between "excellent" and "good" lies more in hard work than in natural intelligence. Malcolm Gladwell points out in his latest book Outliers: The Story of Success: "Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good." Besides, he thinks IQ plays little part in the formation and development of ability. "When one has an IQ of 120," writes he, "what is beyond it does not make an evidential difference in real life."
However, scientists' experimental results are quite different from the psychologists'. Their findings show success in many areas depends on intelligence --- and not a little. David Lubinski and Camilla Benbow of Vanderbilt University, with their research group, carried out a milestone research. They selected from Youth Talented Search 2000 teenagers of or under 13 whose SAT results ranked top1%. After tracking the achievements the 2,000 "wonder children" made in academy and career, Lubinski and Benbow's group found that those ranking top 1% have more possibility (averagely by two to four times) to get a doctor's degree, a certificate, and publish academic theses and works than those ranking top 9%. As a conclusion, it's a great advantage in the real world to have a high IQ. | Psychologists apply violin-practice as an example to support the idea that _ .
A] a man's ability has little to do with one's intelligence
B] practice plays a key role in the development of ability
C] common people have more chances to become skilled
D] even a high IQ man can not succeed without practice
| B | [
"A",
"C",
"D"
] | race |
The origins of blues are not unlike the origins of life. For many years it was recorded only by memory, and relayed only live, and in person. The blues were born in the North Mississippi Delta following the Civil War. Influenced by African roots, field hollers , ballads, church music and rhythmic dance tunes called jump-ups evolved into a music for a singer who would engage in call-and-response with his guitar. He would sing a line, and the guitar would answer.
From the crossroads of Highways 61 and 49, and the platform of the Clarksdale Railway Station, the blues headed north to Beale Street in Memphis. The blues have strongly influenced almost all popular music including jazz, country, and rock and roll and continue to help shape music worldwide. Bad luck and trouble are always present in the Blues. Relentless rhythms repeat the chants of sorrow, and the pity of a lost soul many times over.
The blues form was first popularized about 1911-14 by the black composer W.C. Handy. However, the poetic and musical form of the blues first crystallized around 1910 and gained popularity through the publication of Handy's Memphis Blues(1912) and St.Louis Blues(1914). Instrumental blues had been recorded as early as 1913. During the twenties, the blues became a national craze. Mamie Smith recorded the first vocal blues song, Crazy Blues in 1920.
In the early 1960s, the urban bluesmen were "discovered" by young white American and European musicians. Many blues-based bands brought the blues to young white audiences. Since the sixties, rock has undergone several blues revivals. Some rock guitarists have used the blues as a foundation for offshoot styles. The latest generation of blues players like Robert Cray and the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, gracing the blues tradition with their incredible technicality , have drawn a new generation listeners to the blues. | Which of the following statements about the blues is NOTtrue?
* W.
* Lots of popular music is influenced by the blues.
* The blues of today have absorbed many elements of other music.
* Thanks to rock, the blues became the mainstream of music. | Thanks to rock, the blues became the mainstream of music. | [
"W.",
"Lots of popular music is influenced by the blues.",
"The blues of today have absorbed many elements of other music."
] | race |
portrait of a coloured , dark-haired boy with a bit washed-out green hat , white tee-shirt and a claret vest pullover , in front of a branch of a conifer . | Are the green thing and white thing touching?
* No
* Yes | No | [
"Yes"
] | resq |
Role failure means that the role bearer has been proven to be unable to continue to assume or fulfill the rights and obligations of the role, and has to quit halfway and abandon the original role. From the result of the role failure, there are usually two types, one is the role The bearer has to quit the role halfway. The other is that although it is still in a certain role position, its performance has proven to be a failure. | Based on the above definitions, the following failing roles are:
* Couple divorce
* Friends break
* Staff secondment
* Official removal | Staff secondment | [
"Couple divorce",
"Friends break",
"Official removal"
] | logiqa |
Представителите на различните раси на вида Homo sapiens:
a: имат еднакъв кариотип
b: си приличат по формата на очната цепка
c: имат еднакъв цвят на кожата
d: си приличат по големината и формата на носа
| a | [
"b",
"c",
"d"
] | reasoning_bg |
|
I still remember the day when my mom said, "Let's get you some new clothes." You can imagine that to any little girl that would mean the world, but to me it meant the universe, because we were not very rich. After she said that, all I could think about was what kinds of clothes I would choose. To my surprise, my mom allowed me to pick out three dresses: a pink one, a blue one and a yellow one. The yellow one was my favorite.
I had a best friend named Seema, whose family was even poorer than ours. We played and studied together, and spent the best days of our childhood laughing at the silly stories we made up. I was excited to show her my three beautiful new dresses. She loved them all and was happy for me, but tearfully explained to me that her father could only afford to buy her clothes for her birthday. I felt sorry, and then did something that surprised even myself: I asked her to pick out one of my dresses for herself. To my disappointment, she picked up my favorite--the yellow one. Please remember, I was only seven years. My heart almost popped out of my chest. But as she held it against her body, and I saw how brightly she smiled, I stopped feeling any hurt. I told her it looked lovely on her.
I'll always remember Seema's smile, and how at that moment nothing mattered more. When you value your friendships, nothing else matters! We're still best friends today. | When Seema chose the yellow dress, the author was disappointed because _ .
* Seema was careless about her feelings
* Seema chose her favorite dress on purpose
* she didn't expert to lose her favorite dress
* she was not generous | Seema chose her favorite dress on purpose | [
"Seema was careless about her feelings",
"she didn't expert to lose her favorite dress",
"she was not generous"
] | race |
Pet owners are being encouraged to take their animals to work , a move scientists say can be good for productivity , workplace morale , and the well-being of animals .
A study found that 25% of Australian women would like to keep an office pet . Sue Chaseling of Petcare Information Service said the practice of keeping office pets was good both for the people and the pets . "On the pets' side , they are not left on their own and won't feel lonely and unhappy," she said . A study of major US companies showed that 73% found office pets beneficial , while 27% experienced a drop in absenteeism .
Xarni Riggs has two cats walking around her Global Hair Salon in Paddington . "My customers love them. They are their favorites ," she said . "They are not troublesome . They know when to go and have a sleep in the sun ."
Little black BJ has spent nearly all his two years "working" at Punch Gallery in Balmain . Owner Iain Powell said he had had cats at the gallery for 15 years . "BJ often lies in the shop window and people walking past tap on the glass ," he said .
Ms Chaseling said cats were popular in service industries because they enabled a point of conversation . But she said owners had to make sure both their co-workers and the cats were comfortable . | The percentage of American companies that are in favor of keeping office pets is
- 73%
- 15%
- 27%
- 25% | 73% | [
"15%",
"27%",
"25%"
] | race |
What is used for generating heat by burning?
- Calcium carbonate
- Carbon dioxide
- Fossil fuels
- Clouds
- Peachleaf willow
- Space
- Calcite
- Sunlight | Fossil fuels | [
"Calcium carbonate",
"Carbon dioxide",
"Clouds",
"Peachleaf willow",
"Space",
"Calcite",
"Sunlight"
] | qasc |
|
Japanese employees are allowed an average of 18.5 days’ paid holiday a year, fewer than the global average. Companies must allow them a minimum of ten days’ paid holiday, plus 15 one-day national holidays. But very few employees take these days. Most take only nine days of holiday, according to the labor ministry. Many British workers think that a two-week summer holiday is their right but workers in Japan think that a four-night vacation is a big self-indulgence. By 2020, the government hopes that the law will make Japanese employees follow the example of British workers, who take an average of 20 days’ paid annual leave, and workers in France, who take an average of 25. | What does the government hope will happen by 2020? | Japan will follow in the footsteps of other countries’ paid leave culture | [
"A new law will force Japanese workers to take 20 days of paid annual leave",
"Japanese employees will be allowed an average of 18.5 days of paid annual leave",
"Japanese employees will not work more than 8 hours a day on average"
] | onestop |
Activist: Although the environmental bill before the legislature is popular with voters, it will have mainly negative economic consequences if it is passed, especially when we try to lure new businesses to our country. Great leaders have the courage to look beyond popularity to what is sound policy; legislators ought to do the same by not voting for this bill. | The activist's argumentation is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it
* Takes for granted that if a bill is popular, it will not be sound economically
* Presumes, without providing justification, that a bill is less likely to pass if it is deemed to have negative economic consequences
* Fails to consider whether there are noneconomic reasons for supporting the bill that outweigh the reason given for rejecting it
* Presumes, without providing justification, that most of the legislators are great leaders | Fails to consider whether there are noneconomic reasons for supporting the bill that outweigh the reason given for rejecting it | [
"Takes for granted that if a bill is popular, it will not be sound economically",
"Presumes, without providing justification, that a bill is less likely to pass if it is deemed to have negative economic consequences",
"Presumes, without providing justification, that most of the legislators are great leaders"
] | reclor |
I am occasionally an awesome shot , but as always for me , not when I ' m really aiming . When I really aim , I can hit everything around them , but NOT the centre of my target . I DID manage not to get shot in the butt by a family member . Which was a real achievement . | What happens when you aim for a target ?
* I tend to miss because I 'm better when I do n't try to aim
* I 'll accidentally shoot myself in the butt
* I 'll completely miss the target
* None of the above choices . | I tend to miss because I 'm better when I do n't try to aim | [
"I 'll accidentally shoot myself in the butt",
"I 'll completely miss the target",
"None of the above choices ."
] | cosmos |
Three blocks, named HHH, LLL and KKK exist. A medium grey hexagon is inside and touching block HHH. Farther from block LLL there is block HHH. Disconnected from this block there is block LLL. This block covers a medium red hexagon. Above and to the right-hand side of this block there is block KKK with a medium grey hexagon. Disconnected from this block there is block LLL. Block KKK covers a medium red hexagon. | What is the position of the medium red hexagon covered by LLL relative to the medium grey hexagon covered by HHH?
a: tppi
b: far
c: above
d: below
e: right
f: ntppi
g: dc
| b | [
"a",
"c",
"d",
"e",
"f",
"g"
] | spartun |
There were two McDonalds--Mac and Dick--and they were brothers. In 1948, they owned a restaurant in California, they liked working in the restaurant, but they got tired of the customers ordering so many different things to eat.
"If we gave customers a smaller menu, we could make some of the food before they came, and they wouldn't have to wait so long for their meals," said one of the brothers. The other brother agreed and said, "And if we made the customers come to the counter, we wouldn't need any waiters or waitresses. We could also use plastic plates so there wouldn't be any washing-up."
These were such good ideas that McDonald brothers used them, and the customers were very pleased. They got their meals very quickly--in less than a minute--and they paid only 15 cents for hamburgers and 10 cents for fries. The first McDonald's restaurant had no seats for customers to sit on. This meant that people had to take their food away, and that no one had to clean up any tables after them.
Then a man called Ray Kroc came to the brothers and asked to buy their business. They agreed to sell it to him for$27 million. After that, people paid Ray Kroc to open their own restaurants using the McDonald's name and menu. Before long, there were McDonald's restaurants all over the United States, and nowadays, they are all over the world--even in China and Russia. The most successful McDonald's business is in Hong Kong of China. The Hong Kong McDonald's sells more hamburgers every day than any other McDonald's anywhere else in the world.
McDonald's restaurants are so successful because children love going to them. They like the food, and they like the toys and games they can get at McDonald's. | . The first McDonald's customers took their food away because _ .
1. they did not want a large menu
2. There were no seats in the restaurant
3. They wanted to eat it quickly
4. they wanted to eat at home
| 3 | [
"1",
"2",
"4"
] | race |
E presents left to T. The object E and W are there. The object W is above and slightly to the left of the object E. The objects O and G are over there. The object O is lower and slightly to the left of the object G. M is sitting at the lower position to T. N is diagonally to the upper right of G. P is lower right of M. N is at P’s 9 o'clock. | What is the relation of the agent O to the agent P?
* overlap
* below
* right
* upper-right
* left
* lower-left
* lower-right
* upper-left
* above | left | [
"overlap",
"below",
"right",
"upper-right",
"lower-left",
"lower-right",
"upper-left",
"above"
] | stepgame |
I was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left at message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more and impatient. I was certain that my agent didn't care about my work, and he didn't care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, "Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?"
At that time I didn't realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, "Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone!" And she swept it into the wastebasket.
I stood watching her, speechless. What on earth...?
She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the test of the house, "Now hear this! All objects in this room----if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go!"
Then she turned to me. Kissed me and said calmly, "Honey, you just have to learn how to take control." With that, she left the room.
After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight , I noticed that something in my mood had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone? Her aunties helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him and talk to him calmly. | Why did the author shout at the telephone?,
* He was anxious about his wife.
* He was mad at the telephone.
* He was angry with his agent.
* He was impatient with the secretary? | He was mad at the telephone. | [
"He was anxious about his wife.",
"He was angry with his agent.",
"He was impatient with the secretary?"
] | race |
In April this year, lots of bags full of small change were seen at bus stops in Tianjin. They were made for passengers to turn their notes into small change. And such an idea came from four students from Zhongbei Middle School, Tianjin.
"People will surely feel worried when they take a bus without coins. We just want to do something to help them," said Wang Yongcun, 15, one of the four students.
The four boys spent their whole weekend making the change bags. After that they went to see the number of the passengers at each bus stop near their school, and then chose the top six stops to put the bags.
Many people think that the four boys have really done a good job. But, things didn't go as the boys thought. Two days later, they found that the money was gone, and that even the bags were taken. It really made them sad but they would not give up. Their classmates and teachers came to help them in time. They put their pocket money in bags again. And the teachers also taught them to make better change bags. They tried their best to do it.
The four boys feel very happy because they have done something good for the passengers. Their warm hearts are moving. More and more people are beginning to join in the activity. | It took _ the whole weekend to make the change bags.
- the four boys
- the teachers
- the passengers
- the parents | the parents | [
"the four boys",
"the teachers",
"the passengers"
] | race |
Getting wet means you are what?
* Shivering
* Getting cold
* Shiver
* Shrinkage
* Not dry | Not dry | [
"Shivering",
"Getting cold",
"Shiver",
"Shrinkage"
] | commonsenseqa |
|
We might use our carbon dioxide waste to
- Feed cats
- Feed sloths
- Feed roses
- Feed birds | Feed roses | [
"Feed cats",
"Feed sloths",
"Feed birds"
] | openbookqa |
|
When writing, make sure to avoid vague pronoun references. A vague pronoun reference occurs when a pronoun could refer to more than one possible antecedent.
When Lisa and Kim finally landed, she breathed a sigh of relief.
The pronoun she could refer to either Lisa or Kim, so the meaning of the sentence is unclear.
Vague pronoun references can be corrected in one of two ways:
1. Replace the pronoun with its correct antecedent:
When Lisa and Kim finally landed, Lisa breathed a sigh of relief.
2. Rewrite the sentence:
Lisa breathed a sigh of relief when she and Kim finally landed.
A vague pronoun reference also occurs when they, them, their, theirs, it, or its is used without its antecedent.
They say that this nail polish dries in less than five minutes.
The pronoun they is used without its antecedent, so the meaning of the sentence is unclear.
This problem can be fixed by replacing the pronoun with its missing antecedent.
The advertisements say that this nail polish dries in less than five minutes. | Which of the following contains a vague pronoun reference?
- Jill roomed with leah last year, but leah's messiness became a point of contention.
- Jill roomed with leah last year, but her messiness became a point of contention. | Jill roomed with leah last year, but her messiness became a point of contention. | [
"Jill roomed with leah last year, but leah's messiness became a point of contention."
] | scienceqa |
Picking tomatoes
For as long as I can remember,Grandma's plentiful tomato garden has been a sign of summer's end.Each September,just as the decreased heat of the sun suggests cooler days,Grandma requests my help in her tomato garden.She convinces me she cannot pick tomatoes without my youthful eyes and quick mind.She says we need to examine each tomato and agree on its readiness for picking.While Grandma's request for my help in the tomato garden is always the same,her desire for my help seems to increase each year.
Grandma has eyes for finding even the tomatoes hidden by undergrowth and other tomatoes.I,however,just turn circles looking for the ones I think Grandma will like.I spot what looks like a ripe tomato,head in its direction,and then get sidetracked by another that appears to be equally ripe.I usually end up watching Grandma and trying to stay out of her way,which seems the only way my eyes and mind are useful.
There we are,lost in the tomato vines .Grandma's eyes are always knowing,and they are no different in the vegetable garden.From afar she spots what looks like a ripe tomato.As she walks toward the garden,she evaluates the tomato for a second time,but from a different angle.I already know it will end up in the basket with the pile of others Grandma has carefully chosen.However,Grandma acts as if she needs final look to be sure.She calls me to her side,kneels beside the vine while enjoying the warmth of the fading sunlight on her face,and grasps the tomato in her hand.She turns each round,red ball toward the sunlight before disconnecting it from the vine with a halfhearted smile.
She then looks at me.I nod my head and smile.Grandma assumes I smile in agreement with her tomato selection.I know I smile,instead,at her. | Why does Grandma ask the author to go to the tomato garden with her?
* She enjoys staying with him while working.
* He can help pick more tomatoes.
* She tries to share the happiness of harvest with him.
* He can learn the hardship of labor. | She tries to share the happiness of harvest with him. | [
"She enjoys staying with him while working.",
"He can help pick more tomatoes.",
"He can learn the hardship of labor."
] | race |
Three boxes, named one, two and three exist in the image. A big yellow watermelon is covered by box one. Box one covers a small green watermelon which is to the west of this fruit. Box two covers a big orange melon. Box one is inside box three. Box three contain a big yellow melon, a medium orange melon, a medium orange watermelon and a medium green melon. The medium orange melon and the big yellow melon are to the north of the medium orange watermelon. To the north of the medium green melon is the big yellow melon. West of the medium orange melon is the medium green melon. | Are all things to the south of the big yellow melon?
* No
* Yes | No | [
"Yes"
] | spartun |
WHITE HOUSE — White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, who was asked to leave a Virginia restaurant days ago, told reporters on Monday that "calls for harassment and a push for any Trump supporter to avoid the public is unacceptable."
She was referring to comments from Congresswoman Maxine Waters, who previously has called for President Donald Trump's impeachment. Waters told supporters, "If you see anybody from that cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd. And you push back on them, and you tell them they're not welcome anymore, anywhere."
The most prominent Democrat in the House of Representatives, however, disagreed with Walters.
"Trump's daily lack of civility has provoked responses that are predictable but unacceptable," Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi said on Twitter on Monday. "As we go forward, we must conduct elections in a way that achieves unity from sea to shining sea."
Pelosi's tweet included a link to a CNN story about Waters encouraging harassment of Trump administration officials.
Trump also responded to Water's remarks, saying on Twitter that the congresswoman — whom he referred to as an "extraordinarily low IQ person" — had called for his supporters to be harassed. In the social media message, the president concluded, "Be careful what you wish for Max!"
Last week, protesters yelled at Department of Homeland Security chief Kirstjen Nielsen at an upscale Mexican restaurant near the White House. Earlier, Nielsen publicly defended the policy of separating children from parents who were apprehended for illegally entering the U.S., a policy the president has since reversed.
Trump policy adviser Stephen Miller, also an immigration hard-liner, was called a "fascist" while dining at a Mexican cantina in a neighborhood in the District of Columbia.
The incident involving Sanders took place Friday night at the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia, 300 kilometers south of the U.S. capital.
"I explained that the restaurant has certain standards that I feel it has to uphold, such as honesty, and compassion and cooperation," owner Stephanie Wilkinson told The Washington Post, adding she believed Sanders works for an "inhumane and unethical" administration. | When was White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders asked to leave the Red Hen restaurant? | On a friday night | [
"After maxine waters encouraged the public to harass trump officials",
"Not enough information",
"Sometime after nancy pelosi's twitter message"
] | quail |
Or partway at least . I have a power point beside me on the train to Budapest , and my seat reservation is marked outside the compartment with a little paper slip in a chart . No wifi , but still , I can type up all my jottings from the past 24 hours . And we 're late leaving . | What is the person doing ?
1. They are reading a book while traveling
2. They are drawing while traveling
3. They are doing research while traveling
4. None of the above choices .
| 3 | [
"1",
"2",
"4"
] | cosmos |
There are two boxes, called DDD and EEE. A large orange dimond and a large green oval are covered by box DDD. A green rectangle and a tiny white dimond are in box DDD. To the south of the green rectangle is the large green oval. A midsize orange dimond is to the south of and a midsize orange oval is north of the tiny white dimond. Box DDD covers the midsize orange dimond. This box has the midsize orange oval. South of, disconnected from, farther from and in front of this box there is box EEE. A large white dimond is inside this box. | Is the midsize orange oval behind box EEE?
- Yes
- No | Yes | [
"No"
] | spartun |
It was the Year from Hell - the dog died, my marriage of 24 years ended, and my house burned down. I had moved into a new rented house with my youngest son after my husband and I divorced. We'd been in the house just six weeks. I went to a dinner party one night, and as I drove home near, I saw smoke rising into the sky. I wondered whether it was my house. Then I turned the corner, and sure enough, it was my house.
My son and I stayed with a friend for a couple of nights. Then my friend Gail heard about the fire, called me up, and said, "Come and move into my house. I have seven bedrooms and five bathrooms - plenty of space for you and your son." Gail had three kids at home, but there was still plenty of room for me and my son, Sutton. Little did I know that her offer of a temporary place to stay would turn into a living arrangement that lasted two and a half years.
We were two single mothers. Gail and I spent the next couple of years sorting out a lot of things together. After we moved in, I soon began to look for a permanent place to live in. Gail said, "Please don't leave. I've never had so much freedom!" Having me in the house meant someone to help take care of her kids, someone to share cooking and gardening, and someone to share day-to-day life. She loved having me there, and I loved being there. So we stayed.
It was an important chapter in my life. We both needed time to heal from our divorces. It was a time of deeper insight and spiritual growth for both of us. Gail's generosity was more than anyone could expect from a friend. I am eternally grateful to have a friend like Gail. I'm also grateful for the lessons I learned from the fire and the other losses that came so suddenly, so fast. Much to my surprise, I found gratitude among the ashes. I was tested serious trial by fire. But, like a phoenix, I rose from the ashes strong and whole. I would not be the person I am today if not for that Year from Hell. | What did the author learn from her experience?
A) A friend without faults will never be found.
B) Where there is a will, there is a way.
C) When God closes a door, he opens another.
D) A positive attitude will bring success.
| B | [
"A",
"C",
"D"
] | race |
On May 18,1969,NASA astronauts Thomas Stafford,John Young,and Eugene Cernan boarded the Apollo 10 lunar module --the fourth manned mission in the US Apollo Space program and only the second after Apollo 8 to circle the moon.Its mission was to circle the moon and thoroughly test the components and procedures to pave the way for the first lunar landing. The mission went perfectly without incident--at least that's what every one believed.
However, that view has changed since February 22, after NASA released a digital recording of strange music heard by the space travelers.Then as they were re-entering the zone where they could communicate with ground control.One of the astronauts asked if they should report it.In response, Stafford expressed his doubts if anyone would even believe them.But they needn't have worried. When NASA experts listened to the recordings,they thought the strange sounds were radio interference.
Michael Collins--the Apollo 11 pilot--said that the only reason why he was not shocked upon hearing them was that he had been forewarned by NASA officials.Collins also said that the music stopped as soon as the lunar module landed on the moon.
So why did it take NASA over 40 years to release the digital recording of the awful music only after it was featured in a recent television series NASA's Unexplained Files? The US Space Agency says they have not been hiding them.In the press release that accompanies the release of the recording,NASA officials state,"The Apollo 10 audio clips were uploaded in 2012, but the mission's sound recordings have been available at the National Archives for anyone that wanted to hear them since the early 1970s."
Eugene Cernan, Apollo 10's pilot who heard the sounds first,also released a statement saying,"I don't remember that incident excited me enough to take it seriously.It was probably just radio interference.Had we thought it was something other than that,we would have briefed everyone after the flight. We never gave it another thought."
While most people are ready to accept this logical explanation,there are some that believe otherwise. They guess the music proves the presence of aliens. Among them is Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden,who thinks the sounds came from a source in outer space.In the episode of NASA's Unexplained Files, which discusses the origin of the strange music,the astronaut says, "Logic tells me that if there was something recorded on there,then there was something there." | According to the passage, _ .
* Al Worden on Apollo 15 believes in aliens and logic
* Michael Collins knew about the strange sounds before his flight
* the mission of Apollo 10 turned out to be unsuccessful
* NASA made the TV series to clarify some space-related mysteries | the mission of Apollo 10 turned out to be unsuccessful | [
"Al Worden on Apollo 15 believes in aliens and logic",
"Michael Collins knew about the strange sounds before his flight",
"NASA made the TV series to clarify some space-related mysteries"
] | race |
A box named one covers a medium orange apple. A medium green melon and a small yellow melon are within this box. The yellow thing and the medium green melon are north of the medium orange apple.The small yellow melon is to the north of the medium green melon. Box one is within another box called two. North of a small green melon there is a big green watermelon. The big green watermelon is covered by box two. Box two has the small green melon. | Does box one contain any medium melon?
* Yes
* No | Yes | [
"No"
] | spartun |
Two boxes, named DDD and EEE exist. A large orange rectangle is covered by box DDD. Behind and away from box EEE is box DDD. Box EEE cover a large orange rectangle and a tiny white rectangle. The tiny white rectangle is to the north of a tiny green dimond and is to the south of another tiny white rectangle. The tiny green dimond is inside box EEE. This box has tiny white rectangle number two. North of the large orange rectangle is the tiny green dimond. | Where is tiny white rectangle number two relative to the large orange rectangle covered by box DDD?
a: left
b: front
c: above
d: behind
e: near
f: ntpp
g: dc
| b | [
"a",
"c",
"d",
"e",
"f",
"g"
] | spartun |
At first sight the planet Mars does not appear very welcoming to any kind of life. It has very little oxygen and water, the temperature at night is below 50 degrees and winds of 100 miles (161 kilometers)per hour cause severe dust storms. However, the surface of the planet seems to show that water flowed across it at some time in the past, and it is believed that there would be enough ice at the poles to cover the planet with water if it melted. Although there is no life on the Mars now, some scientists think there may have been some form of life a long time ago. At that time, the planet had active volcanoes ; the atmosphere was thicker and warmer; and there was water. In fact, in some ways the Mars may have been similar to the Earth, where life exists.
Some people believe that the Mars could support life in the future if the right conditions were produced. The first step would be to warm the planet using certain gases which trap the Sun's heat in the planet's atmosphere. With warmth, water and carbon dioxide , simple plants could begin to grow. These plants could slowly make the Mars fit to live on. It is judged that the whole process might take between 100, 000 and 200, 000 years. In the meantime, people could begin to live on the planet in a special closed environment. They would provide a lot of useful information about conditions on Mars and the problems connected with living there. | The most suitable title for the passage is _ .
- No Life on Mars
- The Future conditions on Mars
- A Study of Mars
- The Possibility of Life on Mars | The Possibility of Life on Mars | [
"No Life on Mars",
"The Future conditions on Mars",
"A Study of Mars"
] | race |
There are three boxes, named one, two and three. A medium orange apple is inside and touching box one. Box two contain a medium yellow apple and a medium orange apple. A medium green apple is north of the medium orange apple. The medium green apple is within box two. North of, disconnected from and to the west of box three there is box one. Box three contains box two. A medium yellow apple is covered by this box. | Are all medium orange apples to the south of all medium green apples?
A) Yes
B) No
| B | [
"A"
] | spartun |
The winter Vacation is just around the corner.With such along holiday to spend,have you decided where to get yourself relaxed from the great pressure of school study? Our company specializes in civil tours.we take pride in offering you the best services and in providing you with a vacation that will be fondly remembered.The following places can be your unforgettable destinations in our country.
A.The Australian Museum
The Australian Museum has an international reputation in the fields of natural history and indigenous studies research and exhibitions.The museum was established in 1827 and is Australia's first museum of natural science and cultural artifacts.
B.Sydney Olympic Park
Home of the Best Games Ever and 2003 Rugby World,Sydney Olympic Park is a gold medal attraction and continues to serve as a major sport and social venue.
Apart from its ultra-modern sport venues,Sydney Olympic Park is set in extensive parklands. Bicentennial Park,one of Sydney's most popular recreational areas,is cris-crossed with walking and bicycle tracks
C.Art Gallery of New South Wales
Located within a short walking distance from Sydney's CBD,the Art Gallery of New South Wales is one of Australia's foremost art museums housing some of the finest works of art in the country.
The Gallery has a rich and diverse collection including key works of the Heidelberg School and favorite modern Australian artists including Brett Whiteley and Margaret Preston,as well as permanent Australian,European,Asian,contemporary and photographic galleries.
D.Koalas Park Sanctuary.
Koalas are on show every day.Shows are at 10:20 AM,11:20 A.M,2:00 RM,3:00 P.M.where you can cuddle,feed,pat and have your photo taken with the Koalas. See free roaming Koalas as well,10 acres of rainforest.Walk in and pat our kangaroos. | How long has the Australian Museum been built?
- Around 100 years.
- Around 140 years
- Around 190 years.
- Around 220years. | Around 140 years | [
"Around 100 years.",
"Around 190 years.",
"Around 220years."
] | race |
What decreases the melting point of water?
1] Forces
2] Dilution
3] Erosion
4] Heat energy
5] Chilling water
6] Heating water
7] Reading books
8] Adding salt
| 8 | [
"1",
"2",
"3",
"4",
"5",
"6",
"7"
] | qasc |
|
We have three blocks. We call them A, B and C. Block B is above A. Block C is to the right of B. Block A contains two medium blue squares. Medium blue square number one is below medium blue square number two. Block B contains two medium blue squares. Below medium blue square number two there is medium blue square number one. Block C has two medium blue squares. Medium blue square number one is below a medium black square and medium blue square number two. It is touching the bottom edge of this block. Medium blue square number two is below the medium black square. | What is to the left of the black object? a object that is touching the bottom edge of a block or a medium blue square number two? | Medium blue square number two | [
"Object that is touching the bottom edge of a block ",
"Both of them",
"None of them"
] | spartqa |
Two blocks, named HHH and LLL exist in the image. Block HHH have a medium purple hexagon and two medium red hexagons. Another medium red hexagon is inside and touching this block. Medium red hexagon number two touches medium red hexagon number one. Medium red hexagon number one is over the medium purple hexagon. Below and touches the medium purple hexagon is medium red hexagon number three. A medium purple hexagon is in and another medium purple hexagon is covered by block LLL. Medium purple hexagon number one is over medium purple hexagon number two. | Are all objects inside HHH?
a. No
b. Yes
| a | [
"b"
] | spartun |
Traditional Japanese food is surely one of the healthiest and most delicious in the world, and _ , foods like tofu, sushi and even green tea are now familiar and can be found easily out of Japan. As a national cuisine , thanks to many social as well as political changes, Japanese food has greatly developed over the past few centuries. In ancient times, when much of the traditional cuisine was influenced by Korean and Chinese cultures, Japanese cuisine slowly changed with the start of the medieval period, which brought along with it new tastes.
With the coming of the modern age, a great many changes took place and the Japanese cuisine was influenced greatly by Western culture. However, the traditional Japanese food of today is still very like what existed toward the end of the 19th century. This would mean that a large part of the Japanese cuisine includes those foods whose cooking methods and ingredients have been introduced from other cultures, but which have since then been experimented with and developed by the Japanese themselves.
The thing about Japanese food is that you either will love it or will completely look down upon it. With traditional Japanese food, there is no such thing as an in-between. However, chances are that if you hate Japanese food, then you probably haven't even tasted real Japanese food or you simply haven't given yourself the chance to like it. Unlike other cuisines, Japanese food is not something that you will appreciate after having only a bite. Like wines and cigars, Japanese food needs time to be liked. | After reading the whole passage, we learn that this passage mainly _ .
a. introduces some famous traditional Japanese food
b. tells us something about traditional Japanese food
c. explains why Japanese food is so healthy
d. advises us to eat healthy food is so healthy
| d | [
"a",
"b",
"c"
] | race |
They go bar hopping all the time together . She 's kind of single , but kind of has a boyfriend . She came up with a few other family friends and stayed at our inn for a night . | What will happen with the girl 's current relationship ?
A] It will produce a marriage .
B] It will be monogamous .
C] It will go nowhere .
D] It will produce a serious relationship .
| C | [
"A",
"B",
"D"
] | cosmos |
When Kickass Daughter came home for a few days at the end of the summer , I annoyed her deeply by demanding that she go through everything in her room and weed out the nonessentials . Feeling violated ( she hates to throw out things ) and put - upon ( this was her only vacation all summer ! ) she managed to get through it . | What will happen between the father and daughter after the cleaning ?
* They will ultimately go their separate ways .
* None of the above choices .
* They will ultimately get mad and never forgive one another .
* They will ultimately forgive one another . | They will ultimately forgive one another . | [
"They will ultimately go their separate ways .",
"None of the above choices .",
"They will ultimately get mad and never forgive one another ."
] | cosmos |
There are three blocks, A, B and C. Block C is above A. Block A is to the left of B. Block A has one small blue triangle. Block B has a big black circle. And block C contains one big yellow triangle, one medium yellow circle and one small black square. The big yellow triangle is above and near to the small black square. To the right of the small black square is the medium yellow circle. | Which object is to the right of a square? the big yellow triangle or the medium yellow circle? | The medium yellow circle | [
"The big yellow triangle ",
"Both of them",
"None of them"
] | spartqa |
But of course , it was only a tease . Then she went back to sleep ! ! 10:04 WRITTING NAMEWe have been teaching Shahnaz how to write her name since couple months ago . | Why did she went back to sleep ?
- None of the above choices .
- She wanted to enjoy a good dream .
- She was sleepy and needed the rest .
- She was bored with us . | She was sleepy and needed the rest . | [
"None of the above choices .",
"She wanted to enjoy a good dream .",
"She was bored with us ."
] | cosmos |
There are two boxes, called one and two. A medium orange apple and a medium yellow apple are in box one. Another medium orange apple is covered by box one. Medium orange apple number one touches the medium yellow apple. Medium orange apple number two is to the south of and touches the medium yellow apple. South of medium orange apple number one there is the medium yellow apple. Box two has box one. This box covers a medium yellow apple. | Where is box one relative to medium orange apple number one?
1: ec
2: tpp
3: far
4: near
5: ntppi
6: behind
7: ntpp
| 5 | [
"1",
"2",
"3",
"4",
"6",
"7"
] | spartun |
The traditional holiday is the most important to Chinese both home and abroad.
United Kingdom
Celebrations for Spring Festival in the UK started in 1980, with the first evening party held in 2002. Every new year, people get together and have a lot of activities. They sing songs, dance to music, share photos with friends or enjoy films in a cinema.
United States
Spring Festival has become a key time for Chinese living or working in the US. They join in a large evening party to welcome the traditional new year. It is a good chance for people to build a circle of friends and feel that they are not alone because they share the same culture and values.
Australia
The Chinese new year will be welcomed with three weeks of celebrations across Australia. Many people come to Sydney's Chinatown or Little Bourke in Melbourne. They enjoy fireworks, lion dances, dragon boat races and many other traditional activities. The celebrations are also a bridge towards better understanding between Chinese and non-Chinese.
Singapore
The family dinner on new year's eve is an important tradition for Chinese whether they were born in Singapore or moved there from China. They place traditional food on a table as an act of remembering their past. Then the whole family enjoy their dinner together. They usually hold it at home because having it in a restaurant takes away the meaning of the tradition. | Chinese in Australia enjoy the following activities except .
* bridges
* fireworks
* dragon boat races
* lion dances | dragon boat races | [
"bridges",
"fireworks",
"lion dances"
] | race |
Western artist R.V. (Ron) Jahns creates his unique western wildlife paintings by tapping into his vast experience of true life. He had rich western experiences out in the mountains in the great Northwest.
Ron paints from the heart and his experience as a cowboy in the west. He has a particular passion for the mountains from Eastern Oregon to Alaska and draws from his many years of mountain adventures as inspiration for his western paintings. Born and raised on a farm, this cowboy artist is well knowledgeable with the subjects of his Western art. Ron struggles for historical accuracy in his western cowboy paintings when an artist gives a false description of the facts about cowboys in the west!
Living in Alaska for 17 years added a new factor to Ron's western art. As a hunter and fisherman he observed the wildlife in its natural setting and has conveyed this spirit to his canvas. Ron's western art can be viewed throughout the United States, in Europe and through occasional private showings. You can find western wildlife paintings by Ron at various art shows throughout the year. For a list of art shows the Cowboy Artist will be attending, visit his Art Show page. Although a self-taught western artist, Ron himself has taught painting in colleges and through private lessons. Ron is quite a storyteller and the last of an old kind of cowboy poets and western storytellers. If you've met Ron at the Flea Markets in Sumpter, Oregon then you no doubt have already had a taste of his knack for telling tall tales and sharing his original cowboy poems of true life on the ranch. | Why can Ron truly present the facts about cowboy life in the west?
* Because he knows western styles well.
* Because he has read a lot about cowboys' life.
* Because he has experienced such life. Ks5u
* Because he has seen many such paintings. | Because he has experienced such life. Ks5u | [
"Because he knows western styles well.",
"Because he has read a lot about cowboys' life.",
"Because he has seen many such paintings."
] | race |
Step into Pat Lundin's home and you'll be greeted by 500 smiling faces of dolls. Lundin, 82, describes herself as "doll crazy". And she's not alone.
As a member of Timeless Treasures Doll Club of Largo, she frequently meets with 25 other women who share her hobby. Once a month, they gather at the Palms of Largo to show off their latest finds and catch up on news in the world of doll collecting.
On Saturday, the club will hold the Palms of Largo Fifth Annual Doll Show. The program will include 37 vendors with both classic and contemporary dolls for sale.
"Timeless Treasures is a club that's open to doll lovers regardless of the age of the doll," said Judy Smith, president of the organization. "Some doll clubs require members have a certain number of antique dolls, but we don't. we make sure we are not terribly formal."
Smith, 71, is a retired schoolteacher who owns Judy's Doll Hospital, a part-time business she operates out of her home. She will have a table offering repair and appraisal services.
Smith firs began studying and collecting dolls in her early 20s,in Glassboro, New Jersey, she does not know how many dolls she owns, or how many repairs she has made over the years. But she does know the age of her oldest doll.
"She's 129," Smith said. "It is a German-made doll that belonged to my grandmother , and it sits in my living room."
The show is for both the beginner as well as the experienced collector, said Anita Munson, one of the show's organizers.
Over the years, Munson, 82, has learned how to identify a valuable doll. "Generally speaking porcelain dolls are the most valuable," she said. "But the porcelain will not be shiny."
Smith believes many people will attend to find out how much their dolls are worth. She wants them to know more.
"Because the dolls reflect what the children were wearing and doing at a particular period of time, they can be a great history lesson for children now," she said. | According to the passage, Timeless Treasures is _ .
1] a club for doll lovers
2] a group of retired teachers
3] an organization repairing toys
4] a company selling dolls
| 1 | [
"2",
"3",
"4"
] | race |
The ticket was a court summons . I thought " I have to go to court for a missing front plate ? I 'll just put it on when I get home - done . What 's the big deal ? " | Why did this person get a court summons ?
* They were summoned to court
* They had everything the needed to drive legally
* None of the above choices .
* They were missing something needed to drive legally | They were missing something needed to drive legally | [
"They were summoned to court",
"They had everything the needed to drive legally",
"None of the above choices ."
] | cosmos |
In a recently published book, I came across some exercises with interesting names such as fishbone diagrams, lotus flowers and clustering. As I used these exercises in my classes, I noticed that students were interested. They said more and wrote more. They enjoyed expressing their ideas and sharing them in groups. They were no longer passively _ , but actively taking part in the lesson. I find that creativity can act as a way to increase participation and improve fluency.
Creativity has become a popular word in recent years. Scholars in arts, psychology, business, education and science are all working to get a deeper understanding of it. Robert J. Stemberg is a creativity specialist and Yale professor of psychology. He defines creativity as "the ability to produce work that is both new (original) and appropriate(applicable to the situation ) ". This definition is useful, as we want our students to use language in a new way and to use it correctly and properly. Mot scholars say there are two types of creativity: big "C" creativity and small "c" creativity. Big "C" creativity refers to genius level thinking that results in artistic masterpieces and scientific breakthroughs. Small "c" creativity refers to everyday level thinking that can be used in any situation our emphasis is on the latter. While it goes without saying that any of our students could go on to be the next Picasso or Edison, our aim is to help students produce more ideas and use language in a new way. | It can be inferred from the passage that the author thinks the exercises in the book were _ .
- Creative
- scientific
- useful
- popular | popular | [
"Creative",
"scientific",
"useful"
] | race |
Three blocks, called AAA, BBB and CCC exist in the image. Block AAA is in block CCC. Under and disconnected from this block there is block BBB. In front of and close to this block is block AAA. A big black circle is inside and touching block AAA. Block AAA covers a big yellow circle. Behind the big yellow circle there is the black object. A big yellow square is covered by block BBB. Block CCC covers a small yellow circle. | Is the big yellow circle in front of BBB?
A: No
B: Yes
| B | [
"A"
] | spartun |
In the past, when discussing the phenomenon of uncivilized travel of Chinese people, the reason was often attributed to the failure of the national quality to keep up with the pace of economic development. As for the countermeasure, in addition to strong public condemnation, it is recommended to impose heavy penalties. Although such a cause analysis and countermeasure suggestion are not It makes no sense, but we ignore the fact that few tourists really want to be a model of uncivilization, and no one wants to deliberately discredit the image of the country and nation. Whether it is government departments, travel agencies, or civilization Publicity and reminders in tourism are basically "zero", and most tourists are unintentional. | Based on this text, the following will explain:
- There may be misunderstandings about the impression that people form uncivilized travel
- Whether chinese people can develop the habit of traveling out of civilization is related to the overall quality of the nation
- The effects of condemnation and heavy punishment for uncivilized tourism behavior are only temporary
- Cultivating the awareness of chinese people's civilization and tourism needs to increase publicity and education and guidance | Cultivating the awareness of chinese people's civilization and tourism needs to increase publicity and education and guidance | [
"There may be misunderstandings about the impression that people form uncivilized travel",
"Whether chinese people can develop the habit of traveling out of civilization is related to the overall quality of the nation",
"The effects of condemnation and heavy punishment for uncivilized tourism behavior are only temporary"
] | logiqa |
Someone who doesn't care about about someone else and wishes them to fail has what feeling towards them?
- Unfeeling
- Negligence
- Antipathy
- Indifferent
- Rapport | Antipathy | [
"Unfeeling",
"Negligence",
"Indifferent",
"Rapport"
] | commonsenseqa |
|
I have a chronic illness, and so I received quite a few sterling gems in the months between onset and accurate diagnosis. I had one GP — let’s call him Dr Douche. I promise, it’s the kindest way I could describe him.
“The jacket means I know things.”
He came up with wilder and wilder theories as to why I was sick, and kept getting sicker. It should be said beforehand that few of these theories were embodied. He was sure it was something in my ladybrains that was preventing proper function of the rest of me.
Dr Douche said so much weird, wild, and just-plain-unbelievable crap over the course of my diagnosis that someday I may create a novel that incorporates it all. But this here has to be the blue ribbon winner.
I was describing a symptom to him: every time I got up in the morning, when I first stood, my heart would pound, my heart rate would accelerate, and I’d feel dizzy. After a few probing questions — (only in the morning? — no, but it’s worst in the morning)…
“Maybe,” he said sensitively, “you’re afraid.”
“Of standing?” I asked, just to be sure. “You think I’m afraid of… standing up.” Maybe he meant there was some kind of existential fear, like, we’re all afraid, it’s a big old universe out there, and he wanted some comfort and reassurance.
Nope.
The man genuinely thought I had such a profound fear of verticality, that I was having a near-panic in response to being upright.
POTS, folks. It was POTS.
Literally THE most common sign/symptom/syndrome of autonomic dysfunction. The most common one.
He could’ve confirmed right there in the office with a poor man’s tilt table test, if he knew to… Mayo Clinic had to confirm with expensive instruments because he’d never heard of a disease that affects 1/100 teenagers and between 1–3 million people in the United States!
Would’ve done better with this Doctor. | Who was named Dr Douche? | The attending gp | [
"The patient",
"Mayo clinic staff",
"Not enough information"
] | quail |
In the south there were large cotton farms called plantations. Growing cotton was very hard work, so saves were brought from Africa to work in the fields. The white slave owners did not let the slaves have drums because they knew that Africans could use drums to send messages. They were afraid the slaves would help each other to run away.
Most slave owners did not let the slaves keep their African dances or their religions. All the slaves had to become Christian. They sang white religious songs but they added African rhythms to the music. We call these songs "spirituals". Some spirituals told about the hard life of the slaves or their wish to run away. Although the slaves could not do African dances, in church, they clapped their hands and moved their whole bodies. Today black religious music is called gospel music
In Louisiana and the city of New Orleans the slave owners were French. They let the slaves and the free blacks play drums and horns, they also let them keep their African dances. Black musicians in New Orleans put European musical instruments and songs together with African rhythms. They made a new musical sound that was later called jazz.
Many of the first jazz instruments were home made. Black people also made rhythm with their hands, feet, and bodies. Later black brass bands , in the French style, became common. These bands played at special times like weddings and funerals. You can still hear early form of jazz in the city of New Orleans.
The slaves were set free in 1865, ahead the Civil War between the North and the South. Since that time black gospel music and jazz have become an important part of the popular music in America. | The white slave owners did not let the slaves have drums because_.
- they were afraid that drums would help slaves escape
- they believed slaves had no right to play it
- they thought drums would distract slaves from work
- they expected that all slaves became Christians. | they thought drums would distract slaves from work | [
"they were afraid that drums would help slaves escape",
"they believed slaves had no right to play it",
"they expected that all slaves became Christians."
] | race |
We have two blocks, A and B. Block A is to the left of B. Block A contains a medium yellow square. A medium black square is touching the bottom edge of this block. It is below the medium yellow square. Block B has two medium yellow squares. There is also a medium black square in this block. One medium blue square is also in this block. It is below the medium black square and medium yellow square number two. Medium yellow square number one is touching the bottom edge of this block. It is below the medium black square , the medium blue square and medium yellow square number two. | Which object is below a medium yellow square? the medium black square that is touching the bottom edge of a block or the medium black square that is in block B? | The medium black square that is touching the bottom edge of a block | [
"The medium black square that is in block b",
"Both of them",
"None of them"
] | spartqa |
What can most humans only survive a few days without?
- Oxygen
- Food
- Edema
- Sex
- Sodium
- Socialization
- Water
- Liquid | Water | [
"Oxygen",
"Food",
"Edema",
"Sex",
"Sodium",
"Socialization",
"Liquid"
] | qasc |
|
We have two boxes, called one and two. Box two has box one. Box one covers a medium green apple. Box two has a medium yellow apple and covers another medium yellow apple. A medium orange apple is below and touches medium yellow apple number one. The orange fruit is within box two. Under and touches this thing there is medium yellow apple number two. | What is the position of medium yellow apple number one relative to medium yellow apple number two?
1) tpp
2) dc
3) above
4) ntppi
5) ntpp
6) below
7) right
| 3 | [
"1",
"2",
"4",
"5",
"6",
"7"
] | spartun |
A few degrees can make a big difference when it comes to food storage.Foods can go bad if they get too warm.But for many of the world's poor, finding a good way to keep food cool is difficult.Refrigerators are costly and they need electricity.
Yet spoiled food not only creates health risks but also economic losses.Farmers lose money when they have to throw away products that they cannot sell quickly.
But in nineteen ninety-five a teacher in northern Nigeria named Mohammed Bah Abba found a solution.He developed the "Pot-in-Pot Preservation/Cooling System." It uses two round containers made of clay.A smaller pot is placed inside a larger one.The space between the two pots is filled with wet sand.The inner pot can be filled with fruit, vegetables or drinks.A wet cloth covers the whole cooling system.
Food stored in the smaller pot is kept from spoiling through a simple evaporation process.Water in the sand between the two pots evaporates through the surface of the larger pot, where drier outside air is moving.The evaporation process creates a drop in temperature of several degrees.This cools the inner pot and helps keep food safe from harmful bacteria.Some foods can be kept fresh this way for several weeks.
People throughout Nigeria began using the invention.And it became popular with farmers in other African countries.Mohammed Bah Abba personally financed the first 5,000 pot-in-pot systems for his own community and five villages nearby.
In 2000, the Rolex Watch Company of Switzerland honored him with the Rolex Award for Enterprise.This award recognizes people trying to develop projects aimed at improving human knowledge and well-being.A committee considers projects in science and medicine, technology, exploration and discovery, the environment and cultural history.Winners receive financial assistance to help develop and extend their projects.The award is given every two years.The most recent one was given last year. | The evaporation process of the cooling system is used to _ .
- cause dry and wet air to exchange
- prevent the loss of water
- take heat away from the inner pot
- keep the stored food dry | keep the stored food dry | [
"cause dry and wet air to exchange",
"prevent the loss of water",
"take heat away from the inner pot"
] | race |
Gross . But she had been watching him run around for a good part of recess , and had watched his face scrunch up countless times . Maybe she 'd do him a favor and say yes ... " Everyone else said no , " he blurted out , interrupting her thoughts . Bella blinked at him . | What may be the reason he was running around ?
- He was training for the Olympics trial .
- He was full of sugar and energized .
- He wanted to get sick so he would go home .
- None of the above choices . | He was full of sugar and energized . | [
"He was training for the Olympics trial .",
"He wanted to get sick so he would go home .",
"None of the above choices ."
] | cosmos |
Recently I met a former student Jeanie, for lunch. She had been one of my sixth grade students. Before she had moved away, I had been asked to speak as someone who had been a motivator. I spoke telling the crowd gathered that she was a blessing and encouragement to me. She was a child that had come from a family with some problems. When we finally met, she told me that the thing that made me her favorite teacher was the speech I gave every year. I tell my students that when they wake each morning and come to school, they spend more time with me than they spend with their parents. They may be in the same house, but that does not mean that they spend time with them. I told them that my job was to teach them, comfort them, encourage them, and discipline them as needed. However, my most important job was to love them so that they could put away all other thoughts and prepare to learn. I have no losers in my class. They should therefore consider me their mom away from home.
Over lunch, Jeanie asked if she could have the honor of calling me "Mom", because over the years _ She said she has heard from many friends and this is what they all remember about me That I was not only their teacher, but their mom; someone to comfort them, guide them and teach them. | Which of the following statements is NOT true about Jeanie ?
* She is a former student of the author.
* She was a blessing to the author.
* She was from a family with problems.
* She is one of sixth grade students. | She was a blessing to the author. | [
"She is a former student of the author.",
"She was from a family with problems.",
"She is one of sixth grade students."
] | race |
Thank you kindly for A2A, Jill!
October 25, 2017.
I woke up feeling extremely empty. I had no courage to drag my feet out of bed and I thought: this is it— this is going to be the day that I am completely done!
I got out of bed knowing I am going to commit suicide.I don't know where, but I do know how. I didn't want to do it at home. I printed out my suicide notes for everybody and hid it somewhere in my room. As I got ready, I took one last glanced to my dad.
I gathered all my medications shoved it in to my bag and went out outside caught the bus that goes to college. I had no plans on going into my classes; I sat onto the college bus stop contemplating if I am going to do it.
I did it. I chugged down the whole bottle of my anti-depressant. I closed my eyes for a brief moment, I felt like I was about to faint; I checked my phone to see what time was it and I saw my daughter's face on my home screen.
I said to myself, "How can you be so stupid?! You have a daughter!"
Trying my best to be conscious I caught the bus that goes to the hospital and checked in as a crisis patient in need to see a psychiatrist right away. I told my psychiatrist I tried to kill myself, and he escorted me down to the emergency room and I instantly became a 5150 patient. After 8 hours in the emergency room having full blown panic attacks I got transferred to a psychiatric ward 35 miles away from home.
And for 4 days that psychiatric ward became my home. | The narrator took the entire bottle of anti-depressants before which of the following: | Going to the hospital | [
"Before printing out a suicide notes",
"Getting out of bed",
"Not enough information"
] | quail |
Changing the bit on an adjustable screwdriver. | Which of the following best matches the statement above?
a. Choose the type of bit you need. gently turn the chuck a quarter turn to enlarge the hole so the bit can fit. place the bit in the hole and tighten the chuck until the bit is secure.
b. Choose the type of bit you need. gently turn the chuck a quarter turn to enlarge the hole so the bit can fit. place the bit in the hole and tighten the chuck until the bit falls out.
| a | [
"b"
] | piqa |
The local radio station will not win the regional ratings race this year. In the past ten years the station has never finished better than fifth place in the ratings. The station' s manager has not responded to its dismal ratings by changing its musical format or any key personnel, while the competition has often sought to respond to changing tastes in music and has aggressively recruited the region' s top radio personalities. | The reasoning in which one of the following is most similar to that in the argument above?
* All lions are mammals. ttherefore leo, the local zoo's oldest lion, is a mammal too.
* Recently stock prices have always been lower on mondays. ttherefore they will be lower this coming monday too.
* Only trained swimmers are lifeguards, so it follows that the next lifeguard at the local pool will be a trained swimmer.
* Every swan i have seen was white. ttherefore all swans are probably white. | Recently stock prices have always been lower on mondays. ttherefore they will be lower this coming monday too. | [
"All lions are mammals. ttherefore leo, the local zoo's oldest lion, is a mammal too.",
"Only trained swimmers are lifeguards, so it follows that the next lifeguard at the local pool will be a trained swimmer.",
"Every swan i have seen was white. ttherefore all swans are probably white."
] | reclor |
There are three blocks, A, B and C. Block A has one medium yellow square. There is also a medium blue square touching the bottom edge of this block. The medium blue square is below the medium yellow square. To the right of block A there is block B. It has a medium yellow square. This block also has a medium blue square. The medium yellow square is touching the bottom edge of this block. It is below the medium blue square. Below block B there is block C. It has one medium black square. | Which object is to the left of a medium yellow square? the medium blue square that is touching the bottom edge of a block or the medium blue square that is in block B? | The medium blue square that is touching the bottom edge of a block | [
"The medium blue square that is in block b",
"Both of them",
"None of them"
] | spartqa |
The running of the bulls in mexico is a source of what type of energy for the object?
- Running of bulls
- Solar power
- Animals
- Kinetic | Kinetic | [
"Running of bulls",
"Solar power",
"Animals"
] | openbookqa |
|
All organisms classified in kingdom Animalia must also be classified as which of the following?
a. Archaea
b. Eubacteria
c. Eukaryota
d. Protista
| c | [
"a",
"b",
"d"
] | arc |
|
Scientists have long had it in their mind to make a robot lizard . They began with finding out why a lizard can hang on a wall. They noticed the lizard's toes were unique: They have suckers , which enable it to hang on walls. They, therefore, made a robot with suckers on its hands and feet.
The robot could hang on the wall but fell off when crawling. So, they went on researching. 6 years ago, scientists discovered that suckers only were not enough. It is the bristles on each foot that adds friction and static adsorption that makes a lizard move on the smooth wall easily without falling down.
Then scientists made great efforts to fix thick bristles to the robot's hands and feet. However, the effect was not satisfactory. The robot still couldn't attach itself firmly to the wall.
Scientists got puzzled: How on earth can the lizard crawl on an extremely smooth wall or even on a ceiling without dropping off?
An accidental finding inspired them: One day a scientist happened to see an animal attack a lizard and bite off its tail. The lizard broke away from the animal's teeth and threw itself on a wall to escape, only to fall off heavily on the ground. The scientist wondered: Is it the tail that plays an important role in its travelling on the wall? He caught some lizards for an experiment. The result proved his assumption: A tailless lizard has no trouble walking on an ordinary wall but can't on a smooth one. A further study showed the lizard's tail can prevent it falling over backward and, what's more, that the tail acts as an additional leg while one of the lizard's legs leaves the wall, which is always the case while it is walking on the wall.
Thus, Tailbot, a super tailed robot, is born. | The biggest importance of a lizard's tail lies in _ .
a] stopping slipping
b] helping support the body
c] serving as another leg
d] sticking to the wall
| b | [
"a",
"c",
"d"
] | race |
I had one last night where for some reason I went outside at night and there was a younger black woman standing in our yard . She did n't say anything , but made it clear she wanted to go back into the house with me ( it was n't clear for what ) . I told her no and went back in . I also dreamt about storms ( with hail , no less ) . | What may be the reason I would n't let the woman in my house ?
- I did n't know who she was or what intentions she may have .
- None of the above choices .
- She would n't stop talking and it was driving me crazy .
- She did n't knock on the front door of the house for entry . | I did n't know who she was or what intentions she may have . | [
"None of the above choices .",
"She would n't stop talking and it was driving me crazy .",
"She did n't knock on the front door of the house for entry ."
] | cosmos |
I tried to rise but immediately was blown off his feet by the shockwave of debris scattered by the collision . Hurtling through the air backwards after getting hit by a lump of rock I landed just three feet from the man whom I 'd ignored last night . I could hear the man wheezing and when I looked across I caught his eyes , and saw a fear I did n't anticipate . | How will these people leave the scene ?
A: None of the above choices .
B: they 'll catch the bus
C: they will call a taxi
D: an ambulance will pick them up
| D | [
"A",
"B",
"C"
] | cosmos |
We have three blocks, A, B and C. Block B is below blocks A and C. Block A contains two medium black squares. This block also has a medium blue square. Medium black square number one is touching the bottom edge of this block. Medium black square number two is below the medium blue square. Medium black square number one is below the medium blue square and medium black square number two. Block B has a medium blue square and a medium yellow square. The medium blue square is below the medium yellow square. And block C has one medium black square. The medium black square is touching the bottom edge of this block. This block also has a medium blue square. Below the medium blue square is the medium black square. | Which object is above a medium square? the medium blue square that is in block B or the medium blue square that is in block C? | The medium blue square that is in block c | [
"The medium blue square that is in block b",
"Both of them",
"None of them"
] | spartqa |
A big yellow triangle and a medium blue circle are within a block named AAA. The blue shape is north of a medium yellow circle. The medium yellow circle is covered by block AAA. This shape is north of a big yellow square and is east of the blue thing. This shape is to the north of and east of the big yellow triangle. Block AAA covers the square. | What is the position of the blue object relative to the triangle?
1. dc
2. ntpp
3. tppi
4. tpp
5. above
6. behind
7. ntppi
| 5 | [
"1",
"2",
"3",
"4",
"6",
"7"
] | spartun |
So you have been called for an interview-well done? Your effort has been paid off. Now to get the job, you will feet better at the interview if you show an understanding of the nature of the organization.
Ask a member of family or a friend to act as the employer and to give you an unreal interview.Be as realistic as possible,answer the questions seriously.Afterwards discuss how it goes.
Think about how the employer would prefer to see you look. Remember the majority of employers are over 30.
It is not wise to rush out and buy new clothes which will be worn for the first time at the interview. You'll feel more at ease in a familiar dress.
Carelessness in any of these could cost you the job.Arrive at least 15 minutes before time.This will give you a chance to have a look around, read the notice board and get the feel of the place.
Being late at interviews produces a bad impression.The first impression the interviewer gets of you forms as you walk through the door, so take a couple of deep breaths.
Be ready to shake hands the interviewer offers.
Don't take a seat until asked. Then sit comfortably.
Make eye contact when you are greeted and again if you shake hands, and during questioning.Eye contact is a form of non-verbal greeting.
Remember the interviewer's name and use it from time to time.
Be ready for the question"Is there anything you want to ask?"Before the interview you should get ready for two or three such questions. Look on these not just as a chance to get information but as a means to improve your prospects in the employer's estimation .Asking can show knowledge and avoid mistakes ever before you begin. You can check on these later,when the hope for the job is offered.
And if you fail, look upon the interview as an experience in itself, learn from it.
We wish you good luck and good job hunting. | To make a good impression, it is important for you _ .
- to remember the interviewer's name and use it sometimes
- not to see the interviewer's eyes
- to sit down in front of the interviewer
- to walk through the door quickly | to walk through the door quickly | [
"to remember the interviewer's name and use it sometimes",
"not to see the interviewer's eyes",
"to sit down in front of the interviewer"
] | race |
What type of homes are likely to have an attic?
* Victorian house
* Own home
* Older houses
* Boxes
* Apartment | Older houses | [
"Victorian house",
"Own home",
"Boxes",
"Apartment"
] | commonsenseqa |
|
Organisms, including people, have both inherited and acquired traits. Inherited and acquired traits are gained in different ways.
Inherited traits are passed down through families. Children gain these traits from their parents. Inherited traits do not need to be learned.
Acquired traits are gained during a person's life. Some acquired traits, such as riding a bicycle, are gained by learning. Other acquired traits, such as scars, are caused by the environment. Children do not inherit their parents' acquired traits. | Hint: People who can knit had to learn how to do it.
Is the following trait inherited or acquired?
Mona is good at knitting socks.
- Inherited
- Acquired | Acquired | [
"Inherited"
] | scienceqa |
We have two boxes, called DDD and EEE. Box DDD is south of and disconnected from box EEE. A midsize white rectangle is inside box DDD. Box EEE contain a midsize orange rectangle and a midsize green rectangle. Another midsize orange rectangle is in and a midsize white rectangle is inside and touching this box. The midsize green rectangle is to the north of midsize orange rectangle number two. Midsize orange rectangle number two is to the north of the midsize white rectangle and is to the south of midsize orange rectangle number one. To the south of the green object is midsize orange rectangle number one. | What is the position of the green object relative to the midsize white rectangle covered by box EEE?
A: right
B: above
C: dc
D: far
E: left
F: behind
G: near
| B | [
"A",
"C",
"D",
"E",
"F",
"G"
] | spartun |
One block named HHH exists. A medium grey shape is covered by block HHH. Block HHH has a purple hexagon and covers a large grey pentagon. Above the large grey pentagon there is the medium thing. Below and close to the purple thing there is this thing. The large grey pentagon is to the left of this thing. To the left of the shape which was above the large grey pentagon there is the purple object. | Is a grey object on the right side of a pentagon?
* No
* Yes | Yes | [
"No"
] | spartun |
i actually look foward to working there and they 8 hour shifts go really fast.i should have a car byyyy halloween i ' m thinking . it 'd be even better if i had one a week before that so i could drive to philly myself to see girltalk . speaking of the girltalk concert , i can only go with people who dance . i mean , really.eric sucks . | What kind of concert is GirlTalk most likely ?
1] Orchestra
2] Pop
3] Rap
4] Opera
| 2 | [
"1",
"3",
"4"
] | cosmos |
A box named one covers a medium yellow melon. A medium yellow watermelon and another medium yellow melon are in this box. There exists a box called two. A medium orange apple is inside and a medium orange melon is covered by box two. Box one is in another box called three. Box two is to the south of and disconnected from box three. | Where is the medium yellow watermelon relative to box two?
A] dc
B] ec
C] far
D] above
E] right
F] near
G] left
| D | [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"E",
"F",
"G"
] | spartun |
One day a rabbit ran into an elephant. "Hello," said the rabbit. "Fine day, isn't it?" The elephant stopped to look down at the tiny creature and shouted. "Leave me alone. I don't have the time to waste on someone so small." The rabbit was shocked by the elephant's words. Then he decided to ask the whale what she thought about the elephant's rudeness. But the whale laughed at this tiny animal. The rabbit said, "You think that I am weak, but in fact, I am strong! I can beat you at Tug-of-War ."The whale looked at him for a moment before bursting into laughter. "Very well, little one. Go and get a rope," she said.The rabbit ran off to find a strong and thick rope. Then he went to the elephant, "Elephant, I will beat you at a game of Tug-of-War." The elephant laughed loudly, but agreed to challenge the tiny animal. He tied the rope around his huge waist. The rabbit took the other end and ran away. He called back to the elephant, "When I say 'pull', you start pulling. "The rabbit took the other end of the rope to the whale, "Tie this to your tail and when I say 'pull',you swim." The whale tied the rope to her tail after laughing at the rabbit's foolishness. Then the rabbit called out "PULL!" The elephant and the whale began pulling. After a while, they were too tired to continue. The elephant and the whale never knew how such a tiny creature could beat them. But from that day on, they said "hello" to the little rabbit with great respect whenever they met. | What do you think of the rabbit according to the story?
- Poor and weak.
- Pride and naughty.
- Smart and brave.
- Tiny and stupid. | Poor and weak. | [
"Pride and naughty.",
"Smart and brave.",
"Tiny and stupid."
] | race |
My training plan has the longest run at 10miles , which is a distance I have never acheived . In fact , my longest run was 8 miles and that was last summer when I was running a lot more than I am now . But the best part about my training program is that it is starting me out slow and with a few miles and working my way up slowly . | Why do I use a training program for running now ?
A: To make me spend more time in the activity .
B: To get me to run as much as last summer .
C: To help me exceed my personal max distance .
D: To let me jog slowly for miles .
| C | [
"A",
"B",
"D"
] | cosmos |
We have two blocks. Lets call them A and B. A small blue triangle and a big blue circle are in block A. The small blue triangle is to the left of a big yellow triangle. The big blue circle is to the right of the big yellow triangle. Far from the blue object which is to the right of the big yellow triangle there is the small blue triangle. To the left of block A there is block B which contains a medium black circle and one big blue circle. The medium black circle is above the big blue circle. The big blue circle is touching the bottom edge of this block. | What is to the right of the black circle? a small object or a big yellow thing? | Both of them | [
"Small object",
"Big yellow thing",
"None of them"
] | spartqa |
Six years ago, Ann graduated from college with a degree in Art. Now she is twenty-nine and works for a large computer company. She takes classes twice a week after work. She is learning to use the computer program PowerPoint. "I enjoy the college, but my job doesn't use the information I learned at college." Ann says. "The course is helping me to do my job better."
In the past, when students graduated from college and got a job, they usually stopped studying. Today, lifelong learning is becoming more common. In many countries, some people return to school in their late twenties, thirties, or even older to get a higher degree. More people are taking training courses to improve their working skills after work. People can also get degrees or training through the Internet.
Ann's sixty-year-old mother and father are taking courses in Art and Music. "We love these two subjects. Learning is so much fun."They say happily, "It's never too old to learn." | Ann graduated from college when she was _ .
* twenty
* twenty-three
* twenty-six
* twenty-nine | twenty-six | [
"twenty",
"twenty-three",
"twenty-nine"
] | race |
There exist two blocks, called AAA and BBB. Block AAA covers a small black circle. Disconnected from and in front of block BBB there is this block. To the north of and farther from this block there is block BBB. A big blue shape and a medium triangle are in front of a big black triangle. The big black triangle is inside and touching block BBB. Block BBB cover the medium thing and the blue object. South of the blue thing there is the medium thing. | Where is the blue thing regarding AAA?
* tpp
* behind
* ec
* tppi
* far
* below
* above | above | [
"tpp",
"behind",
"ec",
"tppi",
"far",
"below"
] | spartun |
There are three blocks. Lets call them A, B and C. Block A has two medium yellow squares. There is also one medium black square in this block. Medium yellow square number two is below the medium black square. Medium yellow square number one is below medium yellow square number two and the medium black square. Block B is below block A. It has one medium yellow square. Finally, there is block C. It is to the right of block B. It has a medium yellow square and one medium black square. The medium yellow square is touching the bottom edge of this block. This object is below the medium black square. | Which object is to the right of a medium yellow square? the medium black square that is in block A or the medium black square that is in block C? | The medium black square that is in block c | [
"The medium black square that is in block a",
"Both of them",
"None of them"
] | spartqa |
We have three blocks, A, B and C. A medium blue circle and a small black circle are in block A. A medium blue triangle is near to and below the small black circle. This block also has a big yellow triangle. Above and to the left of a big black square which is to the right of the big yellow triangle is the medium blue triangle. The big yellow triangle is touching the bottom edge of this block. Block B is to the left of block A. It contains one big yellow circle and one small black triangle. The big yellow circle is below, near to and to the right of the small black triangle. Finally, there is block C. It is to the right of block A. It has a small yellow square. The small yellow square is touching the bottom edge of this block. This block also has a big yellow circle. The small yellow square is below the big yellow circle. | Which object is to the right of a big yellow circle? the big yellow triangle or the medium blue triangle? | Both of them | [
"The big yellow triangle ",
"The medium blue triangle ",
"None of them"
] | spartqa |
The following paragraphs each describe a set of seven objects arranged in a fixed order. The statements are logically consistent within each paragraph.
A fruit stand sells seven fruits: mangoes, cantaloupes, apples, plums, loquats, watermelons, and peaches. The plums are more expensive than the mangoes. The watermelons are more expensive than the loquats. The loquats are the second-cheapest. The plums are less expensive than the peaches. The mangoes are the fourth-most expensive. The peaches are less expensive than the cantaloupes. | Which of the following is true?
a] The mangoes are the fourth-most expensive.
b] The cantaloupes are the fourth-most expensive.
c] The apples are the fourth-most expensive.
d] The plums are the fourth-most expensive.
e] The loquats are the fourth-most expensive.
f] The watermelons are the fourth-most expensive.
g] The peaches are the fourth-most expensive.
| a | [
"b",
"c",
"d",
"e",
"f",
"g"
] | logiclm |
There exist three boxes, named one, two and three. A big orange watermelon is covered by box one. Box one covers a big green melon and has a small yellow apple. Box two is under box three with a big green watermelon and a medium green thing. Over and farther from box three there is box one. Box three is disconnected from this box. A small yellow melon is inside this box. | What is the position of box two regarding the big orange watermelon?
- far
- po
- near
- below
- front
- dc
- ntppi | below | [
"far",
"po",
"near",
"front",
"dc",
"ntppi"
] | spartun |
I remember his smile and his funny jokes . He had a great sense of humor and was always so kind to everyone . He had a huge heart . | What would happen if this deceased man were alive and talking to the narrator ?
1] They would get into a fight .
2] They would get into an argument .
3] None of the above choices .
4] They would share a good laugh .
| 4 | [
"1",
"2",
"3"
] | cosmos |
Are you looking for something fun? Would you like to help other people in your free time? Then join us and be a volunteer .
We have volunteer jobs for people of all ages. Anyone, between the age of 12 and 80, can become a volunteer.
You can help people in many ways. Nursing homes need volunteers to take care of old people. Hospitals need volunteers to look after children while their parents see a doctor. Animal lovers can help take care of those dogs and cats without homes. There is something that out volunteers want to tell you.
"As a volunteer, I don't want to get anything. Seeing the children's happy faces, I am happy, too." said Carlos, an old woman of 62.
" I often played computer games in my free time before. Now I help middle-aged people learn how to use computers." said another volunteer at the age of 18.
If everyone gives a hand, we'll have a better world to live in.
Interested? Call us on 1-800-555-5756 or visit our website: www.active.com. | This passage is _ .
- a story
- an ad
- a joke
- a play | a joke | [
"a story",
"an ad",
"a play"
] | race |
Jungle country is not friendly to man,but it is possible to survive there. You must have the right equipment and you must know a few important things about woodcraft . Then your chances of staying alive are very good.
No one should go into the jungle without the right equipment. You need lightweight clothing, a good knife, and a compass. Fishhooks and a line,a rifle,matches in a waterproof container and a poncho are necessary too. So is a mosquito net to protect the head.
In the jungle you can get hopelessly lost within five minutes after leaving known landmark . That is why you should always carry a compass. In open country during the day, you can tell which way to go by studying the sun. At night the stars are sure guides to direction. But in most places the jungle rooftop is so thick that it is impossible to see the sun or the stars. Again and again you must check your position by the compass.
Keep alert . Watch the ground in front of you carefully. Stop and listen now and again. Avoid haste , and rest often. In a place that is hot and humid , the person who sets a fast pace will soon become tired. A steady and even pace is wisest in the long run.
If you lose your way, don't panic. Try to decide how long it has been since you were sure of your position. Mark the spot where you are with blazes on a tree. Put them on four sides of the tree, so that you will be able to see them from any direction. Then you can beginretracing your steps(going back exactly the way you have come), knowing that you can always find the spot from which you started. Except in an emergency, never try to travel the jungle at night.
Whenever possible, _ that are going in your general direction. This may cause you many extra miles of travel. But in the end it will save time and energy. Nothing is moreexhausting(extremely tiring) thanhacking(cutting) a way through unbroken jungle.
Surviving in the jungle is a science. The jungle people have become perfect in this science, and you can too. Learn as much as you can about what to expect in the jungle. Make sure you have the right equipment. Then no part of the jungle will seem completely or frightening. In fact, you will be able to "live off" it for a long time. | If you lose your way in the jungle, which of the following can NOT be done?
- Decide how long ago it was that you got lost.
- Check your position by the compass again and again.
- Mark blazes on four sides of a tree and be sure to see them from any direction.
- Tell which way to go by studying the sun/the stars. | Mark blazes on four sides of a tree and be sure to see them from any direction. | [
"Decide how long ago it was that you got lost.",
"Check your position by the compass again and again.",
"Tell which way to go by studying the sun/the stars."
] | race |
Object A is above object R and to the right of it, too. Q and R are in a vertical line with R below Q. Y is on the right and Q is on the left. The object labeled Z is positioned to the left of the object labeled W. | What is the relation of the agent R to the agent Q?
a. right
b. lower-right
c. upper-left
d. upper-right
e. above
f. overlap
g. lower-left
h. below
i. left
| h | [
"a",
"b",
"c",
"d",
"e",
"f",
"g",
"i"
] | stepgame |
"Have you ever heard the old saying, "Never judge a book by its cover"? This is a good rule to follow when you try to judge the cleverness of others by their looks and performance. Some people have minds that shine only in certain situations. A young man with an unusual gift in novel writing may find himself speechless before a pretty girl. But don't make the mistake of thinking he might not be that clever. With a pen and paper, he can tell what he thought very well.
Other people may fool you into mistakenly thinking they are clever by putting up a good front.
A student who listens carefully and takes notes in class is sure to make a good impression on his teachers. But when it comes to exams, he may get scores much lower than his classmates.
We may conclude that:you can't judge someone by appearances. The only way to tell whether a person is clever or not is to get to know him by observing how he reacts to different situations. The more situations you observe, the more accurate your judgement is likely to be. So take your time. Don't judge the book by its cover. | According to the passage, true knowledge of a person's cleverness comes from _ .
* the grades he gets in school
* his outward appearanc
* how he behaves in different situations
* his manners at parties | his manners at parties | [
"the grades he gets in school",
"his outward appearanc",
"how he behaves in different situations"
] | race |
On Christmas Eve a few years ago an English couple received a very special telephone call. It was only a 20-second call but it was very important. The Haydens' 15-year-old daughter had disappeared six months before. On Christmas Eve she rang them. "I'm phoning to wish a happy Christmas," she said, "I love you."
Ronals and Edwine Hayden were so happy that they started a special telephone service called "Alive and Well". The service helps parents to get in touch with children who have run away from home.
Young people can phone "Alive and Well" and leave a message for their parents. The telephones are answered by answering machines. So no one can speak to the child of making him return home.
Parents of runaway children who are under eighteen can ask the police to bring their children home, so children do not want to tell their parents where they are. Through "Alive and Well" they can telephone their parents without worrying about this or giving out their addresses.
The Haydens and their helpers write down the tape recorded telephone messages and connect the address given. Many of the 30,000 British teenagers who have left home are probably in London. For only two pence they can go into a telephone coin box and call their parents. They can dial 5675339 and stop a parent's worry: Is he dead or alive? | What can we know about the Haydens' daughter from the passage?
- She died six months ago.
- She worked in "Alive and Well".
- She ran away from home half a year ago.
- She had a quarrel with her parents. | She had a quarrel with her parents. | [
"She died six months ago.",
"She worked in \"Alive and Well\".",
"She ran away from home half a year ago."
] | race |
I still remember that day when my mother realized that finally I had matured and was no longer a child.
It was the month of December and my parents were not at home. It was very cold and I was thinking of doing something that can raise my body temperature . Well, now I think I should have chosen doing exercise over porn .
The mood was set, wi-fi speed was good and Google search was working. It took me half an hour to select a porn video. After selecting the video I downloaded it .
WTF where are my earphones. Took 15 minutes to locate my earphones. The movie began and just after 5 seconds the door bell rang and this was where I got screwed when I forgot to minimize the movie.
My parents were back home and I was back to my studies and just forgot about the movie.
Now I have a habit that while I am studying I keep the phone in the next room.
My mother was in the same room where the phone was. Now comes the worst part when my phone received a whatsapp message and my mother saw that message was dropped. Without giving any damm to my privacy she opened the phone and it was my bad luck that there was no screen lock.
The movie automatically started and after 5 seconds she took the phone to my dad she said “This is what he is doing when he's alone”
My parents called me what is this ??
I said it's a video message from the company and it starts automatically. I have nothing to do with that stuff and suddenly my dad said yes he is right, it's a video from the company and asked me to delete the video.
My dad saved me because he already knew that I watched that kind of stuff.
From that day on, I never download the movies but I watch them online, I just hate the buffering part . | Why did the author's mom see the video? | Because he forgot to minimize it | [
"Not enough information",
"Because his parents were not at home",
"Because he had bad luck"
] | quail |
A box called one has a medium green apple. A medium orange apple is covered by and a medium yellow thing is in this box. The medium green apple touches the yellow thing. To the south of this fruit is the medium orange apple. Covered by another box called two is box one. Box two contains a medium orange apple which is to the north of and touches another medium orange apple.South of and touches medium orange apple number two is another medium orange apple. Box two contains medium orange apple number two. Medium orange apple number three is in this box. This box covers a medium green apple which touches the thing which was to the south of medium orange apple number two. North of this fruit there is medium orange apple number two. | Where is the yellow thing relative to the medium green apple in box one?
- ec
- dc
- above
- ntppi
- ntpp
- behind
- below | ec | [
"dc",
"above",
"ntppi",
"ntpp",
"behind",
"below"
] | spartun |
P is diagonally above C to the right at a 45 degree. C presents left to R. R is slightly off center to the top left and U is slightly off center to the bottom right. | What is the relation of the agent U to the agent R?
* below
* left
* right
* lower-right
* upper-left
* overlap
* upper-right
* lower-left
* above | lower-right | [
"below",
"left",
"right",
"upper-left",
"overlap",
"upper-right",
"lower-left",
"above"
] | stepgame |
In the United States, it is important to be on time , or punctual , for an appointment , a class, a meeting, etc. However, this may not be true in all countries. An American professor discovered the difference while teaching a class in a Brazilian university. The two-hour class was scheduled to begin at 10 A.M. and end at 12. On the first day , when the professor arrived on time, no one was in the classroom. Many students came after 10:30 A.M. Two students came after 11 A.M. Although all the students greeted the professor as they arrived, few apologized for their lateness.Were these students being rude? He decided to study the students' behavior.
The professor talked to American and Brazilian students about lateness in both an informal and a formal situation:at a lunch with a friend and in a university class, respectively.He gave them an example and asked them how they would react, If they had a lunch appointment with a friend,the average American student defined lateness as 19 minutes after the agreed time,On the other hand.the average Brazilian student felt the friend was late after 33 minutes.
In an American university, students are expected to arrive at the appointed hour.In contrast, in Brazil,neither the teacher nor the students always arrive at the appointed hour.Classes not only begin at the scheduled time in the United States,but also end at the scheduled time.In the Brazilian class, only a few students left the class at 12:00;many remained past 12:30 to discuss the class and ask more questions.While arriving late may not be very important in Brazil , neither is staying late. | The word'punctual'most probably means _ .
1) coming early
2) 1eaving soon after class
3) arriving a few minutes late
4) being on time
| 4 | [
"1",
"2",
"3"
] | race |
Metals become what readily
* Acid
* Evaporated
* Fats
* Zinc
* Penetrated
* Hot
* Permeable
* Rust | Hot | [
"Acid",
"Evaporated",
"Fats",
"Zinc",
"Penetrated",
"Permeable",
"Rust"
] | qasc |
|
I hope I see him once school starts . I know I ' m young , but I already know more than I should . Even as a kid , I understood things waaay beyond the understanding of a little kid . | What may be a fact about the young person in this situation ?
- They are in middle school with the boy .
- None of the above choices .
- They have more knowledge than the usual young person .
- They are going to start school very soon . | They have more knowledge than the usual young person . | [
"They are in middle school with the boy .",
"None of the above choices .",
"They are going to start school very soon ."
] | cosmos |
I hated dinner parties. But I decided to give them another _ because I'm in London. And my friend Mallery invited me. And because dinner parties in London are very different from those in New York, "I'm having a dinner party" means: "I'm booking a table for 12 at a restaurant and we'll be sharing the cheque evenly , no matter what you eat." In Manhattan there is always someone who leaves before the bill arrives. They'll throw down cash, half of what they owe, and then people like me, who don't drink, end up paying even more. But if you try to use the same trick, the hostess will shout: "Where are you going ?" And I cannot say I have somewhere to go because everyone knows I have nowhere to go.
But in London, dinner parties are in people's homes. Not only that, the guests are an interesting mix. The last time I went to one, the guests were from France, India, Denmark and Nigeria; it was like a gathering at the United Nations. In New York, the mix is less striking. It's like a gathering at Bloomingdatle's, a well-known department store.
For New Yorkers, talking about other parts of the world means Brooklyn and Queens in New York. But at Mallery's, when I said that I had been to Myanmar recently, people knew where it was, while In New York people would think it was a usual club. | What does the writer dislike most about dinner parties in New York?
A) The bill is not fairly shared.
B) The restaurants are expensive.
C) People have to pay cash.
D) There is a strange mix of people.
| C | [
"A",
"B",
"D"
] | race |
WASHINGTON---At least four more U.S. air-traffic controllers are caught nodding off on the job at three separate airports across the nation, the government said Wednesday.
The controller working alone in the tower fell asleep and was out of communication for 16 minutes while a medical flight carrying a patient was trying to land at about 2 A.M. Wednesday at Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Nevada, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement.
The FAA announced that it is also investigating a controller who fell asleep Monday at Boeing King County International Airport in Seattle and two controllers who were unresponsive at Preston Smith International Airport in Lubbock, Texas, on March 29.The agency had earlier revealed that an air-traffic supervisor fell asleep March 23 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and a controller slept for five hours at McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville, Tennessee on Feb.19.
"I am sick of this," Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Chairman Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, said in a statement. "We can't have an aviation system where some of the people responsible for safety are asleep at the switch."
As the incidents pile up, sleep experts say it demonstrates that the agency faces a systemic issue with the thousands of people expected to work through the night in safety-critical jobs. Scientific research shows that workers on midnight shifts make more errors because it is so difficult for the body to adapt to sleeping during the day, they say. ks5u
The agency will add an extra controller at the 27 towers staffed with one worker on the midnight shift, the FAA statement said. Agency chief Randy Babbitt and the controllers' union president, Paul Rinaldi, will visit facilities around the country next week to reinforce the need for "the highest professional standards," according to the FAA.
Doug Church, a spokesman for Rinaldi of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, didn't immediately return a telephone call for comment.
Representative John Mica, the Florida Republican who chairs the House transportation committee, criticized the decision to add controllers. "Only in the federal government would you _ , averaging $161,000 per year in salary and benefits, that aren't doing their job," Mica said in a statement. Mica has pushed legislation that would allow as many as 90 smaller airports to switch from federal to private controllers.
"People have known these problems with fatigue have existed for years," said John Goglia, a Boston-based aviation safety consultant. "They're now showing up. The FAA is admitting they exist. Now the FAA needs to work on it."
Babbitt said April 6 a controller was in the process of being fired for deliberately sleeping on the job at the McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville, Tennessee, on February 19.
The four controllers in Nevada, Seattle and Texas have been suspended pending investigations, the FAA said. | _ controllers since February have been caught sleeping on duty at night or early morning.
1] 4
2] 5
3] 7
4] 6
| 3 | [
"1",
"2",
"4"
] | race |
Hong Kong (CNN)--A Dutch artist and designer has come up with a device he hopes will suck pollutants from Beijing's smog-covered skies, creating columns of clean air for residents.
An electromagnetic field caused by copper coils will pull small pieces in the smog to the ground where they can be easily cleaned.
"It's like when you have a balloon which has electricity and your hair goes toward it.Same with the smog," says artist Daan Roosegaarde.His studio has reached an agreement with the Beijing government to test the technology in one of the capital's parks.With its skies regularly covered by filthy gray smog, Beijing this week announced a series of emergency measures to deal with the problem in public.
Roosegaarde says an indoor experiment has already proved it works and he is confident the results--with the help of a team of scientists and engineers--can be copied outside."Beijing is quite good because the smog is quite low. It's in a valley so there's not so much wind.It's a good environment to explore this kind of thing.We'll be able to purify the air and the challenge is to get rid of the smog so you can see the sun again."
Roosegaarde acknowledges that projects like this are a way of drawing attention to the problem, rather than a complete solution to Beijing's serious and terrible air pollution."This is not the real answer for smog.The real answer has to do with clean cars, different industry and different lifestyles," he says.
However, he hopes the project will make a difference by allowing the city's residents to realize the difference between breathing clean and smog-filled air."I want to take a park in Beijing, 50m by 50m square, and make it the cleanest park in Beijing," he says.He is still discussing with local authorities which park will be used.
Roosegaarde's studio has worked on several projects that use static electricity in unusual ways:creating a road that charges electric cars and a floor that generates electricity when danced on. | How does Roosegaarde's device function?
* By using hair with electricity.
* By using a balloon.
* By building a park in a valley.
* By collecting smog pieces with electricity. | By building a park in a valley. | [
"By using hair with electricity.",
"By using a balloon.",
"By collecting smog pieces with electricity."
] | race |
Christian Eijkman, a Dutch doctor, left the Netherlands for the island of Java. Many people on the island had a disease called beri-beri. He was going there to try and find a _ .
At first, Eijkman thought some kind of germ caused beri-beri. He raised some chickens. He didn't eat them, but made experiments on them. The local people were quite surprised at that. One day he noticed that his chickens became sick when they were fed the food most Javanese ate -- refined white rice . When he fed them with unrefined rice, also known as brown rice, they recovered. Eijkman realized that he had made an important discovery -- that some things in food could prevent disease. These things were named vitamins . The Javanese were not getting enough vitamins because they had actually removed the part that contains vitamins. Later, other diseases were also found to be caused by the lack of vitamins in a person's food.
Today many people know the importance of vitamins and they make sure they have enough vitamins from the food they eat. If they don't, they can also take vitamin pills. | Why did Christian Eijkman raise some chickens?
a] To eat them.
b] To give the Javanese a surprise.
c] To make money by selling them.
d] To carry out his experiments.
| c | [
"a",
"b",
"d"
] | race |
When the Spanish first brought chocolate back to Europe,it was still being served as a drink,but soon went through an important change:the chili pepper was replaced by sugar. The new sweetened chocolate drink was so expensive that few could afford,but by the 17th century the drink was common among European noblemen. In England,which was somewhat more equalityfavored than the rest of Europe,chocolate was more widely available. Those who could afford it could enjoy chocolate drinks in the new coffee and chocolate houses of London.
As cacao tree became more commonly available,people began experimenting with new ways of using it. Chocolate began to appear in cakes and other foods. But it wasn't until 1828 that the "modern ear" of chocolate making and production began.
The introduction of cocoa powder not only made creating chocolate drinks much easier,but also made it possible to combine chocolate with sugar and then remix it with cocoa butter to create a solid. Others began to build on Van Houten's success,experimenting to make new chocolate products. In 1849,English chocolate maker Joseph Storrs Fry produced what was the world's first eating chocolate.
Today,the Swiss are famous for their chocolate,and rightly so. In the late 19th century,they developed a number of processes that contributed greatly to creating the solid chocolate candy that we all enjoy today. Two major developments occurred in 1879.First,Daniel Peter,a Swiss chocolate producer,had the idea of using powdered milk (invented by Swiss Chemist Henri Nestle in 1867) to make a new kind of chocolate,milk chocolate. Second,Rudolph Lindt invented a process called "conching",which greatly improved the quality of chocolate candy by making it more mixable. | The passage mainly discusses the development of _ .
A) chocolate candies
B) cacao
C) chocolate drinks
D) chocolate houses
| C | [
"A",
"B",
"D"
] | race |
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