[Q]: How to teach close reading<br>Closely read the text yourself. To teach close reading, it is important that you first do a close reading of a text yourself. Extrapolate all of the details you can that are both directly stated and implied in the text, determine the apparent audience and the writer's purpose. One must have a grasp on the subject matter before explaining it to another person OPTIONS:
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[A]: Yes


Problem: Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego are figures from chapter 3 of the Book of Daniel, three Hebrew men thrown into a fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, when they refuse to bow down to the king's image; the three are preserved from harm and the king sees four men walking in the flames, "the fourth ... like a son of God".

Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "The three are punished for defying the king."? OPTIONS:
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A: Yes


Q: Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais SA will raise 1 billion reais before June 23.
SAO PAULO, June 16 (Reuters) - Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais SA said on Thursday that the first round of a capital injection plan raised 841.595 million reais ($243 million), a key step to help Brazil's largest listed flat steelmaker refinance debt and fight its worst crisis in decades. In a securities filing, Usiminas said that additional allotments could be subscribed by shareholders until June 23, when the capital injection plan must be finalized. The company aims to fetch 1 billion reais with the process.
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A: It's impossible to say


Here we go! What's coming down the pike for information technology in 2017 and beyond? As part of our Tech Forecast 2017 survey of 196 senior technology professionals, we asked respondents to name their "boldest, most out-on-a-limb prediction for IT in the next five years." Read on for a selection of their responses (hint: bots, self-driving cars and 25-petabyte SSDs are all in the mix). And don't miss our free download: Complete results of the Tech Forecast survey.
Complete results of the Tech Forecast survey does not cost anything to download. OPTIONS:
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A: Yes


input hypothesis: Bilbao only hosts basketball games.
Context: Bilbao Arena is an indoor arena in the neighbourhood of Miribilla in Bilbao, Spain. The central hall can hold up to 10,014 people for basketball games. The central hall is also used for concerts and other kinds of shows. The facilities also include swimming pools and gymnasiums for the use of the local residents.
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true or false: No


input hypothesis: Alan de Pouzilhac manages France 24.
Context: Founded by a joint venture between private group TF1 and the public France Télévisions the new channel is managed by Alain de Pouzilhac, former Havas head. Employing 170 journalists and a total of 380 people, France 24 is funded by 86 million euro of public money.The motto of the new freely-available international channel is "un regard français", aiming to promote a French world-view the channel was a project with the blessing of the country's president, Jacques Chirac.
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true or false: