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Which answer contains the word "dream?"
I’ll find a way to cure you. I swear it on my life.
I would often lie and dream for hours about what I read in the books...
There was a baby-grand piano and a big sofa and several plump armchairs...
I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror.
Which answer contains the word "shame?"
A pub would be more congenial than a boarding-house.
I ran frantically back lest I lose my way in a labyrinth of nighted silence
I knew that sound well, too.
The stench filled me with shame.
Which answer contains the word "blood?"
Ghastly and terrible was that dead, stairless cylinder of rock...
No man would marry me unless he were a leper.
Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold...
It was less than half of what he had been willing to pay.
Which answer contains the word "promise?"
...they were extraordinarily handsome, both of them, I can promise you that
I now stepped through the low window into the brilliantly lighted room...
The ringing became more distinct: --It continued and became more distinct.
She was ready for the ritual. I dreaded it.
Which answer contains the word "placed?"
When I moved toward one of the alcoves I thought I detected a presence...
It was a low, dull, quick sound...
He crossed the room slowly, and sat down on the edge of the sofa.
Mother placed her knife on the table and bared her hands.
Which answer contains the word "heard?"
I bit my lip as she removed my right glove.
It was the ghoulish shade of decay, antiquity, and desolation...
I gasped for breath --and yet the officers heard it not.
They’re on the third floor, both of them together.
Which answer contains the word "pale?"
Billy set down his cup slowly on the table, and stared at his landlady.
But, ere long, I felt myself getting pale and wished them gone.
I felt conscious of youth because I remembered so little.
My throat tightened as we looked at my fourth finger.
(1) In 2002, William Kamkwamba had to drop out of school, as his father, a maize and tobacco farmer, could no longer afford his school fees. (2) But despite this setback, William was determined to get his education. (3) He began visiting a local library that had just opened in his old primary school, where he discovered a tattered science book. (4) With only a rudimentary grasp of English, he taught himself basic physics - mainly by studying photos and diagrams. (5) Another book he found there featured windmills on the cover and inspired him to try and build his own.
From the paragraph above, which sentence contains word "physics"?
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(1) As a former British colony, Australia has close cultural and historical links with the United Kingdom, due to the British and Irish settlers who arrived in droves in the 19th and 20th centuries. (2) One aspect of this contact is the role of Britain, and British archaeologists and collectors, in taking Aboriginal bones, relics and artefacts from Australia to museums and collections in the UK. (3) Now leaders of the indigenous people of Australia, the Aborigines, are demanding that any Aboriginal remains in the UK are returned to Australia.
From the paragraph above, which sentence contains "archaeologists"?
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(1) In 19th century Britain, there was a mania for collecting all kinds of objects from other countries. (2) These were sent home, where they were kept in museums such as the British Museum and the Natural History Museum. (3) Museums in the UK have a huge number of such objects - objects which, say protesters, were basically stolen during Britain's long colonial history, with little or no regard for the feelings or rights of the people to whom the objects originally belonged.
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(1) There are certainly lots of Aboriginal remains in the UK, although their exact locations are not entirely clear. (2) What is known is that, between them, the British Museum and the Natural History Museum have some 2,000 - 2,5000 artefacts composed of human remains, although the museums point out that only about 500 of these are of Aboriginal origin. (3) Dr William Cowell Bell, for the London Museum Association, adds that "A lot of the objects are not human remains in their original form, but are made out of human remains. (4) These include decorated skulls and bones from which charms and amulets have been created." (5) A smaller number of similar artefacts are known to be held in collections in Oxford and Cambridge.
Which sentence contains "Association"?
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(1) One problem, according to legal expert Ewan Mather, is that the law allowing museums to decide what to do with these objects is more relaxed in Scotland. (2) English museums, on the other hand, are not allowed (either by law or by the groups of trustees who run them) to just hand back remains of their own accord. (3) However, British supporters of the Aborigines claim that such restrictive laws are inhumane in the modern world, and that it would be a simple enough matter to change them in order to allow the items to be returned.
Which sentence contains a name of a person?
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(1) In 2007, William spoke at the TED Global conference in Tanzania and got a standing ovation. (2) Businessmen stepped forward with offers to fund his education and projects, and with money donated by them, (3) he was able to put his cousin and several friends back into school and pay for some medical needs of his family. (4) With the donation, he also drilled a borehole for a well and water pump in his village and installed drip irrigation in his father's fields.
Which sentence contain a name of a program?
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(1) A further objection to handing back relics is because of their scientific value, claim some museum directors. (2) Dr Bell believes that the size of the collection in the Natural History Museum in Lincoln made it a very valuable resource in the analysis of the way of life of Aborigines, (3) and could be used to study the origin and development of the people. (4) Breaking up the collection might mean that such knowledge could be lost forever.
Which sentence contain the name of a city?
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(1) The water pump has allowed his family to expand its crops. (2) They have abandoned tobacco and now grow maize, beans, soybeans, potatoes and peanuts. (3) The windmills have also brought big lifestyle and health changes to the other villagers. (4) 'The village has changed a lot,' William says. (5) 'Now, the time that they would have spent going to fetch water, they are using for doing other things. (6) And also the water they are drinking is clean water, so there is less disease.' (7) The villagers have also stopped using kerosene and can use the money previously spent on fuel to buy other things.
Which sentence contains a kind of oils?
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