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		<phrase isaudiomp3="1" mp3="../MEDIA/1.0.mp3"></phrase>
		<question isaudiomp3="1" rationale="0" picture="images/question1.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/1.mp3" exercise_type="" questionmode="" choicemode="" answerbankid="" answerbankmode="" rationalemode="" playonload="" mp3speed="" ttsspeed="" passage="1" show_passage="" show_passage_audioplayer="" passage_audio_type="" showvideo="" video="" enable_audio_recorder="" recorder_mode=""><![CDATA[Is the first paragraph an effective way to engage readers on the topic of customized voices? Why or why not? ]]></question>
		<saythis><![CDATA[Is the first paragraph an effective way to engage readers on the topic of customized voices? Why or why not?]]></saythis>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c1.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/1.1.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/correct.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/1.1.jpg" rationale="Correct." value="1" choicesay="Yes it uses examples of technology most people are likely familiar with to introduce a problem they might be less aware of"><![CDATA[Yes, it uses examples of technology most people are likely familiar with to introduce a problem they might be less aware of.]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c2.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/1.2.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/1.2.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="Yes it gives reasons why even the most modern robotic voice technology can be frustrating for the average user"><![CDATA[Yes, it gives reasons why even the most modern robotic voice technology can be frustrating for the average user.]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c3.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/1.3.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/1.3.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="No the use of robotic programmed voices is not related to customized voices or understood by most of the population"><![CDATA[No, the use of robotic programmed voices is not related to customized voices or understood by most of the population.]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c4.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/1.4.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/1.4.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="No the use of the list of names at the beginning of the paragraph suggests to the reader that they will be learning about these people"><![CDATA[No, the use of the list of names at the beginning of the paragraph suggests to the reader that they will be learning about these people.]]></answer>
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	<question>
		<phrase isaudiomp3="1" mp3="../MEDIA/2.0.mp3"></phrase>
		<question isaudiomp3="1" rationale="0" picture="images/question2.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/2.mp3" exercise_type="" questionmode="" choicemode="" answerbankid="" answerbankmode="" rationalemode="" playonload="" mp3speed="" ttsspeed="" passage="1" show_passage="" show_passage_audioplayer="" passage_audio_type="" showvideo="" video="" enable_audio_recorder="" recorder_mode=""><![CDATA[Which answer choice accurately states the TWO CENTRAL ideas of the article? ]]></question>
		<saythis><![CDATA[Which answer choice accurately states the TWO CENTRAL ideas of the article?]]></saythis>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c1.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/2.1.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/correct.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/2.1.jpg" rationale="Correct." value="1" choicesay="Scientists have worked together to create a voicebank that provides customized voices aiding the scientists are many volunteers whose voices will be blended to create individual voices for those who have lost theirs"><![CDATA[Scientists have worked together to create a voicebank that provides customized voices; aiding the scientists are many volunteers whose voices will be blended to create individual voices for those who have lost theirs.]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c2.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/2.2.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/2.2.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="Many people who have speech disorders have trouble communicating with those around them this issue has been effectively captured by the popular new television show Speechless"><![CDATA[Many people who have speech disorders have trouble communicating with those around them; this issue has been effectively captured by the popular new television show "Speechless."]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c3.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/2.3.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/2.3.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="Many people who have speech disorders have trouble communicating with those around them robotic voices programmed into a computer have been able to help them move past this issue"><![CDATA[Many people who have speech disorders have trouble communicating with those around them; robotic voices programmed into a computer have been able to help them move past this issue.]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c4.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/2.4.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/2.4.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="Scientists have worked together to create a voicebank that provides customized voices the work has attracted the attention of professors like Patel who were previously unaware of the technology"><![CDATA[Scientists have worked together to create a voicebank that provides customized voices; the work has attracted the attention of professors like Patel who were previously unaware of the technology.]]></answer>
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	<question>
		<phrase isaudiomp3="1" mp3="../MEDIA/3.0.mp3"></phrase>
		<question isaudiomp3="1" rationale="0" picture="images/question3.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/3.mp3" exercise_type="" questionmode="" choicemode="" answerbankid="" answerbankmode="" rationalemode="" playonload="" mp3speed="" ttsspeed="" passage="1" show_passage="" show_passage_audioplayer="" passage_audio_type="" showvideo="" video="" enable_audio_recorder="" recorder_mode=""><![CDATA[Which of the following sentences from the article BEST develops a central idea? ]]></question>
		<saythis><![CDATA[Which of the following sentences from the article BEST develops a central idea?]]></saythis>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c1.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/3.1.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/correct.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/3.1.jpg" rationale="Correct." value="1" choicesay="Her company designs personalized synthetic voices by recording the unique if limited sounds of the user and then blending them with a larger sample  usually six to 10 hours of recordings  from a voice donor matched by age gender and region"><![CDATA[Her company designs personalized synthetic voices by recording the unique, if limited, sounds of the user, and then blending them with a larger sample - usually six to 10 hours of recordings - from a voice donor, matched by age, gender and region.]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c2.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/3.2.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/3.2.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="Everyone has a voice said Rupal Patel founder of VocaliD the BelmontMassbased startup that launched the voicebank"><![CDATA["Everyone has a voice," said Rupal Patel, founder of VocaliD, the Belmont-Mass.-based start-up that launched the voicebank.]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c3.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/3.3.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/3.3.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="Tim Bunnell head of the Speech Research Laboratory at the Alfred I DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington Delaware has engineered voices for more than 1000 people with degenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS"><![CDATA[Tim Bunnell, head of the Speech Research Laboratory at the Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, has engineered voices for more than 1,000 people with degenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c4.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/3.4.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/3.4.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="The couple is raising money now to build a sound studio to encourage people in their community to make highquality recordings of their voices to donate to others"><![CDATA[The couple is raising money now to build a sound studio to encourage people in their community to make high-quality recordings of their voices to donate to others.]]></answer>
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	<question>
		<phrase isaudiomp3="1" mp3="../MEDIA/4.0.mp3"></phrase>
		<question isaudiomp3="1" rationale="0" picture="images/question4.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/4.mp3" exercise_type="" questionmode="" choicemode="" answerbankid="" answerbankmode="" rationalemode="" playonload="" mp3speed="" ttsspeed="" passage="1" show_passage="" show_passage_audioplayer="" passage_audio_type="" showvideo="" video="" enable_audio_recorder="" recorder_mode=""><![CDATA[Which answer choice BEST describes the structure of the article? ]]></question>
		<saythis><![CDATA[Which answer choice BEST describes the structure of the article?]]></saythis>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c1.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/4.1.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/correct.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/4.1.jpg" rationale="Correct." value="1" choicesay="The article describes the work being done by scientists to gather and create a customized voicebank and uses personal anecdotes to support its success"><![CDATA[The article describes the work being done by scientists to gather and create a customized voicebank, and uses personal anecdotes to support its success.]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c2.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/4.2.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/4.2.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="The article interviews several scientists about their decision to provide customized voices for people and shows some resistance from the scientific community"><![CDATA[The article interviews several scientists about their decision to provide customized voices for people, and shows some resistance from the scientific community.]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c3.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/4.3.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/4.3.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="The article follows the personal story of one man who lost his voice to a speech disorder and describes the emotions of his family at hearing his voice again"><![CDATA[The article follows the personal story of one man who lost his voice to a speech disorder, and describes the emotions of his family at hearing his voice again.]]></answer>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c4.jpg" mp3="../MEDIA/4.4.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="../MEDIA/incorrect.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/4.4.jpg" rationale="Incorrect." value="0" choicesay="The article outlines the reasons why a young girl chose to spend her vacation volunteering her voice and predicts her further philanthropic successes in the future"><![CDATA[The article outlines the reasons why a young girl chose to spend her vacation volunteering her voice, and predicts her further philanthropic successes in the future.]]></answer>
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