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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "in the northeast" }, "options": [ "in the northeast", "in the west", "in the southwest", "in the south" ], "question": "According to the passage , Venice is _ of Italy .", "question_type": "cloze_questio...	A city without cars would be very strange , right ? But Venice is such a city . Venice is in the northeast of Italy. It wasn't built on land, like Beijing or Shanghai, but on more than 110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city. Even so, travel isn't that difficult. The waterways have always been the best way ...	middle6840.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "not stand near windows" }, "options": [ "run into a lift", "not stay in the bathroom", "stand near large mirrors", "not stand near windows" ], "question": "If you are in a tall building when an earthquake happen...	A little knowledge can make a difference at a time of life or death. Do you know what to do if you find yourself in an earthquake? lf you are inside: Quickly move under a strong desk, a strong table or along a wall. You can also go into a small room like the bathroom. This will protect you from falling things. Do not g...	middle463.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Weather, time and soil condition" }, "options": [ "Weather and tome", "Weather and soil condition", "Soil condition and time", "Weather, time and soil condition" ], "question": "What can affect the taste of carr...	Carrots are grown all over the world. They are easy to plant and easy to _ . They have a good taste. When people think about carrots, they usually think they are a kind of long, thin, orange-colored vegetable. In fact, carrots are in many different sizes and shapes. And not all carrots are orange. Carrots should be gro...	middle5391.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "unpleasant" }, "options": [ "happy", "pleasant", "unpleasant", "glad" ], "question": "Announcing the death of a celebrity when in fact the subject is alive and well makes people feel _", "question_type": "c...	An unpleasant habit of announcing the death of a celebrity has sprung in recent years, when in fact the subject is alive and well. The latest blatantly false was the supposed death of Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan from a heart attack. It spread rapidly on the Chinese blogosphere and Twitter in the West, and there w...	middle3938.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "each other" }, "options": [ "the leaves of the trees", "water and minerals", "the soil and air", "each other" ], "question": "According to the text, different things live on _ .", "question_type": "cloze_...	When do you think of a forest, what do you see? Just trees? Or do you see many other things, such as singing birds, colorful plants and wild flowers? The forest is a whole world of its own. It is full of many different living things . But even though they are all different, they have one thing in common: they all need ...	middle3910.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "by his car" }, "options": [ "drives his car", "by his car", "in car", "in a car" ], "question": "Mr. Smith goes to the station _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answ...	Mr. Smith drives his car to meet his friends at the station. When he finds there is still quite some time to go before the train arrives, he wants to take a short sleep. He is going to sleep when a young lady comes and asks him the time. Mr. Smith opens his eyes and answers, "Half past eight." With a "Thank you" the wo...	middle4919.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "train" }, "options": [ "train", "bike", "car", "bus" ], "question": "Tom goes to work by _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "sp...	Every morning Tom goes to work by train. He has a long way to go. So he always buys a newspaper. It helps him to spend the time on the train. Tom likes sport very much. One morning on the train he is reading something about the football match. So he forgets to get off the train at his station. He doesn't know it. When ...	middle1861.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Be careful" }, "options": [ "Put your head out and look outside", "Be careful", "Come out and have a look", "Both A and B" ], "question": "What is the possible meaning of \"look out\" in this passage?", "que...	One day three Frenchmen who did not know English very well were talking about the English language. The first Frenchman said, 'I heard someone shout 'look out' ,I put my head out of a window and a basin of water fell on me. It seems that 'look out' may mean 'don't look out!' The second one followed, ' I was once on a s...	middle339.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Short and blond." }, "options": [ "Short and gray.", "Long and gray.", "Short and blond.", "Long and blond." ], "question": "What was Mr. Smith's new hair like?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, ...	It is the 22ndcentury and it is very popular to change people's bodies. Mr. Smith decided to change his body. He changed his big nose to a small one, and his old and gray hair to short and blond hair. He also bought new green eyes, new hands, new arms, new knees and new feet. Mrs. Smith was happy because Mr. Smith's n...	middle1120.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "help stop wars among countries" }, "options": [ "change local cultures", "help local businesses develop", "make rich people become richer", "help stop wars among countries" ], "question": "Some people think glob...	Globalization means that people,ideas,technology,money,services and many other things are moving between countries and changing the way people think and act. Not everyone thinks the same way about globalization. Some people think it is bad,and some people think it is good. Some believe that globalization helps rich peo...	middle7551.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "reads English" }, "options": [ "writes English", "reads English", "draws", "sings" ], "question": "In the morning Mary _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index"...	Mary likes English very much. She works hard. She reads English every morning. She likes speaking English. She often listens to the radio. She watches TV only on Saturday evening. Does she like dancing? No, she doesn't. But she likes drawing and singing. Her parents like her very much. And all the teachers and her frie...	middle3737.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "thousands" }, "options": [ "thousands", "hundreds", "millions", "billion" ], "question": "There are _ of languages in the world.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answe...	In schools all over the world boys and girls are learning foreign languages. Everyone knows his own language , but knowing another one is very useful. If we go to England or the USA, we must be able to speak English. And in Japan people will expect us to understand Japanese. How many languages are there in the world? T...	middle4058.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "White and yellow." }, "options": [ "White and brown.", "Brown and grey.", "White and grey.", "White and yellow." ], "question": "What colour is Huahua?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "an...	I have two pets. They are Fly, a dog, and Huahua, a cat. Fly is brown and grey. He is naughty . He sometimes steals food in the kitchen.Once, when there was nobody at home, Fly pulled a piece of meat off the table. But he was not careful enough. The plate also fell to the floor. When I got home, I saw the broken pla...	middle5346.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "giving an example" }, "options": [ "space", "time", "giving an example", "giving reasons" ], "question": "The passage is developed by _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...	When I was in the eighth grade, my teacher asked us to write an article about what we would like to do when we grew up. All I could think of was one sentence I want to help other people! During the years, I met many problems. But I never gave up. I know that to help other people I have to help myself first. I encourage...	middle2429.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "You get less money from the dream job." }, "options": [ "You get less money from the dream job.", "You get more money from the dream job.", "You get less money from the job you're doing now.", "You get no money from the...	You've just found your dream job, but it pays less than the one you've working hard at right now. What should you do ? How can you make the right decision ? When you have a difficult decision to make , you may probably think it over and over again for hours, weighting up all the advantages and disadvantages before comi...	middle5420.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "why \"I\" like different seasons" }, "options": [ "what season is \"my\" favourite", "what the weather is like", "why \"I\" like different seasons", "why \"I\" dislike seasons" ], "question": "The poem is about ...	Hi! I'm Mike the apple tree. I like spring because it's warm. I get pink and white flowers. I get new leaves. The friendly bees visit me. Ahhh! Spring. I like summer because it's hot. My apples grow bigger and bigger. My leaves become greener and greener. People rest under my shade. Hummm! Summer. I like autumn because...	middle3051.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Sunday" }, "options": [ "Saturday", "Sunday", "Monday", "Wednesday" ], "question": "It's _ today.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_te...	It is a very nice Sunday morning. Ann and her mother are on a big bus. There are many people on it. Some are from America. Some are from England and Japan. They are all friends. They are going to the Great Wall. There are two Chinese on the bus, too. They are a young man and a young woman. They can speak English. The y...	middle8104.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "He took off his cap when he came in." }, "options": [ "He made his shoes clean when he came in.", "He took off his cap when he came in.", "He waited quietly for his turn.", "His teeth and fingernails were clean." ],...	A gentleman once advertised for a boy to help him in his office, and nearly fifty persons asked for the place. Out of the whole number he in a short time chose one, and sent all the other boys away. "I should like to know," said a friend, "on what ground you chose that boy. He didn't even have a recommendation with him...	middle7237.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "she needed their help" }, "options": [ "she needed their help", "she had no food", "she had no water", "there was a hunter" ], "question": "The mother sheep came to Mike and Jack because _ .", "question_ty...	Animals have the ability to make people understand them, especially when they are in serious danger and hope to get help from man. And they often go together to help one another. One day, I visited my friend Jack on a sheep farm in North America. Suddenly one sheep came to cry in front of us. She made the most painful...	middle6129.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "gold" }, "options": [ "food", "water", "gold", "money" ], "question": "The old man liked _ best before he traveled in the desert.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "an...	Once there lived an old man. He liked gold better than anything else in the world. He often said, "If I have enough gold, I will be the happiest man in the world." One day when he was traveling in the desert , the old man lost his way. He was very hungry and thirsty, but there were only rocks and sand around him. Just ...	middle8110.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "less sleep may make teenagers heavy" }, "options": [ "it's not important for teenagers to have enough sleep", "students can still pay attention to study easily without good sleeping habits", "it's helpful to sleep more at wee...	Teenagers are going to have lessons on how to sleep. Materials to teach teenagers how to get enough sleep will be offered to schools across Scotland by the charity Sleep Scotland. The purpose is to help people realize the importance of sleep for young people's physical and emotional health . The charity Sleep Scotland ...	middle7223.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "A planet with water." }, "options": [ "A planet with water.", "A planet similar to the earth.", "A planet without life.", "A planet near the earth." ], "question": "What did scientists find in September 2010?", ...	After spending years searching for a planet with life, scientists may have found one. In September 2010, a team of US scientists discovered a planet called Gliese 581g. It has a surface temperature neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water. Scientists think there is a chance that the planet could have life. The pla...	middle1652.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "America" }, "options": [ "America", "Thailand", "Australia", "China" ], "question": "Susan comes from _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answ...	Susan is a 14-year-old girl. She lives in New York with her parents. Her father works in a horse-riding school. She also likes riding a horse . Susan goes horse-riding every Saturday and she can ride very well now. At the horse-riding school, she helps to give the horse food and water when the classes are over. She als...	middle5434.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Romulus established the city of Rome." }, "options": [ "Wolves like to take care of human children.", "The city of Rome had many wolves in the old days.", "The city of Rome was founded by a wolf.", "Romulus established ...	The early history of the city of Rome involves Romulus and Remus,two orphan boys who,legend says,were raised by a she-wolf.The boys' mother had been murdered by an evil king and the two babies tossed into the river Tiber.When the wolf found them they had washed up on the shore.She perhaps took pity on the crying of the...	middle3045.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "in south of" }, "options": [ "in south of", "to south of", "in north of", "on south of" ], "question": "Shenzhen lies _ China.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_in...	Shenzhen is a city in South China.It is not very big, but it has attracted people of the whole country and the whole world as well. Just about twenty years ago, it was only a small fishing village.There were not many people there. Most of them lived on fishing.Things have greatly changed since the 1980s.It became the f...	middle3723.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "He sings all day." }, "options": [ "He comes.", "He sings all day.", "He changes his tune.", "He prepares to fly." ], "question": "What does the cuckoo do in May?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, ...	The Cuckoo In April, Come he will. In May, Sing all day. In June, Change his tune . In July, Prepare to fly. In August, Go he must!	middle5352.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "on his way to another world after his death" }, "options": [ "on his way home", "on his way to hell", "on his way to heaven", "on his way to another world after his death" ], "question": "The man saw a really gr...	A man died and was on his way to another world, either heaven or hell . He saw an extremely grand palace half way and the owner of the palace asked him to stay and live in the palace. The man said, "I have been working hard during my life and now I just want to eat and sleep without any work." The owner of the palac...	middle1134.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Because he had to make himself fresh for the classes in the afternoon." }, "options": [ "Because he was very thirsty at that time.", "Because he was only interested in drinking coffee.", "Because he had to make himself fresh ...	As a teacher, my daily life includes driving to a new school so I'm usually unable to anticipate the day's events, good or bad! One day, I was teaching in a very difficult classroom. I was managing behavior all morning and by lunch time, I knew I needed coffee to even consider surviving the afternoon. So on my lunch ...	middle7545.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "hungry" }, "options": [ "angry", "hungry", "strange", "sorry" ], "question": "The student feels _ when he passes by the restaurant.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "ans...	Mr and Mrs Smith just open a small restaurant. In order to attract customers ,they put a notice in front of the restaurant, and it says,"Meals on the House for Three Days. " A foreign student comes to the place. He doesn't know much English. On the second day he happens to pass by the restaurant. It is lunch time and h...	middle6883.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "long" }, "options": [ "long", "short", "tall", "black" ], "question": "Anne's hair is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "B and...	Anne is thirteen years old. She has long hair and black eyes. She is tall. She is a student at Beijing Sunshine Secondary School. She loves listening to music and dancing. She studies hard. She does well in English. But she doesn't like doing sports. Anne has a cousin. His name is Daniel. He is tall and he has short bl...	middle4064.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Britain" }, "options": [ "Britain", "China", "Japan", "Mexico" ], "question": "It is impolite to lift your bowl to your mouth when you are having some soup in _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" },...	People in different countries have different ways of doing things. Something that is polite in one country may be quite impolite in another. In Britain, you mustn't lift your bowl to your mouth when you are having some soup. But it's different in China. And in Japan you even needn't worry about making a noise when yo...	middle2415.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "by plane" }, "options": [ "by car", "by train", "by plane", "by sea" ], "question": "According to the passage, the fastest way of traveling is _", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer":...	We can not live a modern life without traveling.The fastest way of traveling is by air.With a plane people can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago. Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but people can see the country when they are traveling through.Modern trains...	middle488.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "the friend would say \"This is Good !\" when anything happened" }, "options": [ "the king was not a good friend indeed", "the king's friend always knew what would happen", "the friend would say \"This is Good !\" when anythin...	A king in Africa had a close friend that helped him grow up. The friend had a habit of looking at everything positively that happened in his life and saying "This is good". One day the king and his friend were out hunting. The friend would prepare the guns for the king. The friend did something wrong in preparing one o...	middle2373.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Because they want to log on to their microblogs." }, "options": [ "Because they want to phone their parents to tell them the funny things.", "Because they want to listen to music.", "Because they want to log on to their micro...	It's the end of class. When the bell rings, students of Luohu Foreign Languages School in Shenzhen quickly take out their cell-phones. They want to log on to their microblogs to check the funny things that have happened in the last hour. Since last year, the trend of microblogging has swept the country. Recent...	middle4702.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Late night" }, "options": [ "Early morning", "Late afternoon", "Late night", "In the bass season" ], "question": "When did the story happen?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "answer_ind...	He was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got from the dock at his family's cabin on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake. On the day before the bass season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching sunfish and perch with worms. Then he tied on a small silver lure and p...	middle2367.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "seven" }, "options": [ "eight", "seven", "six", "five" ], "question": "There were _ children in the man's family.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, ...	When the man's wife died, their youngest baby was 2 years old. They had six other children -- three boys and three girls, aged from 4 to 16. The man's parents and his wife's parents came to visit. "We've been talking about how to make this work," they said. "There's no way you can take care of all these children and wo...	middle4716.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Lion." }, "options": [ "Dragon .", "Tiger.", "Lion.", "Dog." ], "question": "What is a special animal in Chinese people?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": ...	Lion is a special animal to Chinese people. A couple of stone lions, a male and a female , can often be seen in front of the gates of old buildings. The male lion is on the left with his right paw on a ball, and the female on the right. And her left paw is touching a baby animal. The lion is the king in the animal...	middle3079.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "schools are necessary" }, "options": [ "more schools should be built", "schools are necessary", "schools are not necessary", "there should be fewer schools" ], "question": "In the writer's opinion , _ .", ...	Some people believe that schools will no longer be necessary in the near future.They said that because of the Internet and other new technology, there is no longer any need for school buildings, classes or teachers.Perhaps this will be true one day, but if the world has no schools, I can 't imagine how our society wi...	middle6101.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "home" }, "options": [ "to the city", "home", "to his office", "to his school" ], "question": "The young man drove his new car _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answe...	Now throwing shoes at President Bush is a popular game on the Internet. It turns out that there are times when it's good to throw shoes. After leaving his office in the center of the city, a young man bought a new car and drove it from the city to his home. He was very happy and the car ran very fast. Suddenly, a shoe ...	middle1108.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "He was a doctor before he retired." }, "options": [ "He was strict with his neighbors.", "He was a doctor before he retired.", "He wanted to be a gardener after he retired.", "He liked planting flowers in his garden." ...	When I was growing up,I had an old neighbor named Dr Gibbs.He didn't look like any other doctor I'd ever known.He was a very kind person..After he retired,he began to plant trees in his large garden. He wished to make it a forest. The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees.He never watered his new ...	middle7579.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "two" }, "options": [ "one", "two", "three", "Four" ], "question": "How many friends does Chen Ming have?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer...	Here are my three photos. This is my friend,Wu Huan.She is a good girl.She is 11 years old.She is in Chongqing with her family.She likes vegetables and chicken.She doesn't like ice cream or strawberries. This is me.My name is Chen Ming. I am 12 years old.I am a middle school student in Suzhou.I like eating fruit and ve...	middle2401.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "By being honest and helpful" }, "options": [ "By following fashion.", "By using big words.", "By being honest and helpful", "By changing yourself." ], "question": "How can you be respected by your classmates acc...	Do you want to be the most popular, person in your class? You don't want to change your character; you just need to improve your personality. In fact, the most popular people are trusted and loved because they stay normal but still have something that makes them different from the rest of us. Here are some pieces of ad...	middle3290.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "a Canadian" }, "options": [ "an American", "an Australian", "an Englishman", "a Canadian" ], "question": "Mike is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1,...	Mr. Smith lives in Toronto. He is a doctor. His wife teaches English in a middle school. They have two children, one is a son called Mike and the other is a daughter. She is only three months. Mike loves the baby very much. He often shows her to the guests. He is young and doesn't go to school. He stays at home to help...	middle113.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "how to make a cheap trip in Chicago" }, "options": [ "Chicago is a big and beautiful city", "where we can see fine photos and paintings", "how to make a cheap trip in Chicago", "there are many free concerts in Chicago" ...	Chicago On a Budget How to have fun in Chicago without spending a lot of money? Sightseeing * The Art Institute of Chicago has a fine collection of photos and paintings. The ticket is $10.00,but go on Tuesdays and you'll get in free . * The Sears Tower is the world's third tallest building. By going to the 103rd flo...	middle1487.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "it reflects some of the light" }, "options": [ "your eyes are close to it", "it reflects some of the light", "it has light of its own", "it is big enough to be seen" ], "question": "You can see the book because ...	You can't see any object unless light from that object gets into your eyes.Some of the things you see give off light of their own. The sun,the stars,a lighted lamp are the examples that can be seen by their own light.But most of the things you see are not giving off light of their own.They are just reflecting light tha...	middle7948.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "to introduce a new robot that can be used to stabilize mountainsides" }, "options": [ "to tell people how serious the damage caused by landslides is", "to tell people that sending workers to stabilize mountainsides is a dangerous j...	Every year landslides cause 25 to 50 deaths and $2 billion in damage in the United States. And in December, a single _ killed more than 2000 people in the Philippines. Sending workers to stabilize mountainsides using steel bars can help a lot, but it introduces new difficulties because of dust and loosen heavy, dangero...	middle675.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "They learn about news stories by watching TV or reading newspapers." }, "options": [ "They tell others news stories from place to place on foot or by horse.", "They learn about news stories by watching TV or reading newspapers.", ...	Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories of their own country and all over the wor...	middle7790.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Spanish" }, "options": [ "art", "Biology", "Spanish", "P.E." ], "question": "They have _ lessons at 10:00 on Wednesday morning.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer...	Rockfield High Sch ool Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 8:10 English Eng lish Math Spanish Biology 9:00 Math Math Self-study Math Self-study 10:00 Biology Biology Spanish Art Math 10:40 Self-study Art P.E. Biology English 12:20 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch 1:10 ...	middle2830.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "he is very kind" }, "options": [ "he is very old.", "he is very kind", "he has two bottles of wines", "he like traveling" ], "question": "People like Mr. Smith because _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questio...	Mr. Smith is an old man. He is very kind, so many people like him. He likes traveling. But he has a problem, he can't see clearly. One day he came to New York to visit his best friend. But his friend wasn't at home. So he had to find a hotel to live in. In the afternoon he went to buy two bottles of wine. When he came ...	middle5187.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "15" }, "options": [ "11", "13", "15", "17" ], "question": "The writer wrote his first song when he was _ years old.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, ...	I love music. I learned to play the guitar at 11 and I wrote my first song four years later. My dream -----to become a country singer. After years of hard work, a record company was showing interest in me. One day during a trip to mountains, a friend gave me a bit of meth, a kind of drugs . I smoked it. And that was al...	middle2824.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Scientists." }, "options": [ "Farmers.", "Workers", "Scientists.", "Plants." ], "question": "Who invented the GM plants?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": ...	Today there are 7 billion people on the earth.By the year 2050 there may be 9.0 billion.We will have a lot more people to feed.We need more food. One way to produce more food is by growing stronger plants.For thousands of years,farmers have made plants better.Every season,they pick the best plants for the next season.I...	middle5193.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Three women" }, "options": [ "Nobody", "Her mother", "Three women", "An old man" ], "question": "_ gave the writer a Christmas gift when she was 12.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer...	I will never forget the year when I was 12.My mother told us that we would not get Christmas gifts because there was not enough money .I felt sad and thought, "What shall I say when the other kids ask me about my gifts?" I started to hope the Christmas wouldn't come that year. Just then three women came to our house wi...	middle661.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Raj and Lu." }, "options": [ "Raj and Lu.", "Raj , Amy and Lu.", "Ben and Tom.", "Mavish, Ben and Tom." ], "question": "Who is going to the new film?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answ...	The students are talking about their weekend plans. Mavish: What are you going to do at the weekend, Amy? Amy: I'm going to do my homework on Sunday. I've got a lot of homework. I didn't do in the week. Mavish: Then we could all do something on Saturday? Tom: I'm going swimming in the morning. But I'm not doing anythin...	middle7784.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "the sun" }, "options": [ "the moon", "some planets", "sparkling stars", "the sun" ], "question": "On a clear night we might see things except _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer":...	How many things can you see in the night sky? A lot! On a clear night you can see the moon, some planets, and thousands of sparking stars. You can see even more with a telescope. You might see that many stars look larger than others. You might see that some stars that look white are really red or blue. With bigger and ...	middle1493.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "move in the same way again and again" }, "options": [ "get plenty of exercise", "move in the same way again and again", "rest your wrists on something", "keep your elbows as high as the keyboard" ], "question": ...	Computers can injure you. Most other injuries happen suddenly. For example, if you fall off a bike and break your arms, it happens very quickly. But computer injuries slowly. You probably know how to ride a bike safely. Now learn to use a computer safely. Your eyes Too much light can injure your eyes, so never sit too ...	middle107.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "4.6 billion" }, "options": [ "4.6 million", "4.6 billion", "46 billion", "460 thousand" ], "question": "According to CBS News, _ people all over the world have got mobile phones.", "question_type": "cloz...	Mobile phones help us easily find people anywhere at any time. A mobile phone can include many things, such as games, music and Internet surfing. Today, 4,600,000,000 people around the world have mobile phones, according to CBS News. However, using mobile phones too often may cause cancer . It's reported that people wh...	middle3284.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "the difference between healthy eating and dieting" }, "options": [ "how to eat healthily", "how to lose weight", "the advantages of eating and dieting", "the difference between healthy eating and dieting" ], "qu...	Healthy eating starts with learning new ways to eat,such as adding more fresh fruit and vegetables,and _ foods that have lots of fat, salt and sugar. Healthy eating will help you feel your best and give you plenty of energy.It can help you deal with stress better. However,healthy eating isn't a diet . If you eat too li...	middle5805.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "plant" }, "options": [ "plant", "animal", "food", "meat" ], "question": "The Venus flytrap is a kind of _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "ans...	Can plants eat people? Probably not,but there are many plants that eat meat.Some of them are big.And they can eat small animals.One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap . The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant.It grows in dry parts of the United States.Its leaves are like the pages of a book.They can open a...	middle7974.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "of the reports about UFOs" }, "options": [ "people", "strange objects", "of the reports about UFOs", "planes" ], "question": "Some _ have been explained in scientific ways.", "question_type": "cloze_quest...	It's sometimes reported that strange objects have been seen high up in the sky. These unidentified flying objects - UFOs have made a lot of people interested. Some of the reports about them are difficult to believe.Some have been explained in scientific ways, others have never been explained. It is not easy to decide ...	middle891.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Someone stole his books." }, "options": [ "He lost his way in the city.", "He couldn't find his car.", "Someone stole his books.", "Many people read his letter." ], "question": "What happened to David Moore one ...	David Moore taught science at the City School.He needed some expensive books,so he bought them.He put the books in his car in a quiet street.Then he went to other shops to buy something else.At six he came back to the car.One door was open--and the books were not there.David drove home. That night he wrote a letter to ...	middle7960.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "She had worked too hard and became ill." }, "options": [ "She was worried about her lessons.", "She hadn't finished her homework.", "She had worked too hard and became ill.", "There was a lot of noise." ], "ques...	A Hard-working Student This story is about a young student. She worked very hard at her lessons. She was too busy to have a rest. At last, she became ill, and couldn't go to sleep. Every night, when she went to bed, she closed her eyes and tried to sleep. But the more she tried, the more she stayed _ . After a while sh...	middle885.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "the English scores will be cut down to 100" }, "options": [ "the English scores will be cut down to 100", "the English listening ability scores will be lowered", "the points for Chinese will be reduced by 30 points", "t...	Wang Jiaming from Beijing Chenjinglun High School says he is a lucky boy. He's happy that he's sitting the senior high school entrance exam in 2014 instead of 2016. On Oct 22, Beijing Municipal Commission of Education announced that, from 2016, the English scores in the senior high school entrance exam will be redu...	middle2818.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Not all students passed the year exams." }, "options": [ "All the students were usually successful in their exams.", "Not all students passed the year exams.", "Every one of the students could pass the end of year exams.", ...	Soon it would be the holidays. But before that, there was the end of year exams. All the students worked hard for some time. If they didn't pass, they would have to take the exams in September again. Some students failed, but Kate decided not to be one of them. She worked hard all day, but just before the exams she was...	middle5811.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "say sorry to the writer" }, "options": [ "say sorry to the writer", "thank the writer", "invite the writer to her party", "say goodbye to the writer" ], "question": "Minnie wrote the letter to _ .", "quest...	When I tidied up some old boxes under my bed, I found an old letter for me from my best friend. Her name was Minnie. In the letter, Minnie wrote, "I am really sorry about before. Tell me if you will be my best friend again and tell me if you accept my _ . "I wrote, "YES. I will be your best friend. " The twelve-year-ol...	middle1444.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "rock music" }, "options": [ "rocks", "noise", "rock music", "drugs" ], "question": "Most young people like _ these days.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index":...	Most young people like to go to rock concerts these days. They like the loud and exciting sound of the music and they enjoy the excitement of a big concert. Rock stars usually have a different style. Their music is exciting and different, and the way they dance and dress makes them popular with young people. The words ...	middle7035.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "his sister's factory" }, "options": [ "his sister's factory", "the old man's house", "a bank", "his home" ], "question": "Mike wants to go to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer"...	It's 5:00 p. m. Mike is driving his new car to his sister's factory. He wants to pick up his sister. But he doesn't know the way. He stops in front of a bank. At this time he sees an old man near his car. Mike comes out of the car and asks the old man, "Excuse me. Where is the factory?"The old man says,"Yes, I know the...	middle3253.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "a dog" }, "options": [ "Bob's brother", "a dog", "a cat", "Bob's sister" ], "question": "Bill is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_te...	Hello, everyone! My name is Bob. I have a good friend. His name is Bill. He is a dog. I like him very much. Every morning Bill runs with me, and we play in the park every afternoon. Bill is very fat . He likes eating beef hamburgers for breakfast. For dinner, he likes fish. Bill likes red. He has two red hats. Look! Th...	middle5622.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Scotland" }, "options": [ "Scotland", "HongKong", "Rome", "Paris" ], "question": "In northern _ there is a long, deep lake called Loch Ness.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...	In northern Scotland there is a long, deep lake called Loch Ness. More than 200 meters deep, it is the largest lake in the UK. People say a big monster lives in its dark, cold waters. It weighs more than 1,000 kilos and is at least ten meters long. Some people say it has a head like a horse. Others say it looks like a ...	middle5144.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Fighting, climbing or running fast" }, "options": [ "Smiling at people, saying \"hello\".", "Sending food or opening doors by himself", "Fighting, climbing or running fast", "Collecting waste for patients" ], "q...	Robots have come a long way since 15th century. We've got robots to build cars, carry heavy things, work in dangerous places and explore planets. But things haven't stopped there. In 1986, Honda made a robot called ASIMO. And now, it has been developed greatly. Standing at 130cm and weighing 54kg. ASIMO is very much li...	middle3535.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the U.S." }, "options": [ "Japan", "the U.S.", "Australia", "New Zealand" ], "question": "Jenny had a bus trip to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0,...	Last summer Jenny and her friends had a bus trip to New York. She felt very relaxing on the way. They visited a museum. But it's really crowded there and the display were not interesting at all. They went to different restaurants to have dinner. Some food was quite delicious, but Jenny thought the fast food was terrib...	middle7753.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "It was cold, but sunny." }, "options": [ "It was warm and sunny.", "It was hot and sunny.", "It was cold, but sunny.", "It was cold and cloudy." ], "question": "How was the weather on that day?", "question_t...	Last winter vacation, our class went to Xiangshan for a trip.Though the weather was a little cold, it was sunny. At six in the morning we met at the school gate.We took a bus there.On the bus, our monitor told us an interesting story.The story was about an interesting man.Then three girls in our class sang songs.We wer...	middle1322.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "five days a week" }, "options": [ "every day", "five days a week", "six days a week", "four days a week" ], "question": "Mother gives lessons at school _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { ...	My mother is a teacher. On weekdays, she gives lessons at school and on Saturdays she works in clubs. On Sundays, she is still busy. On Sunday morning, mum gets up at six. She cooks breakfast for us first. And then it's time for cleaning. After that, she has breakfast with father and me. At 9, she goes to buy food for ...	middle7747.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "took it as a good medicine" }, "options": [ "enjoyed it", "wanted to taste it", "took it as a good medicine", "was a foolish boy" ], "question": "The boy ate up the raw fish head only in two gulps, because he ...	Once a boy came to ask a fisherman how to become cleverer, because his mother always called him foolish boy. "That's easy," answered the fisherman, " I know one way to make you become cleverer." "Really?" "Of course. It is said a fish head is good for brain . If you eat one, you'll become cleverer indeed. Pay only thre...	middle6459.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Tom was a lazy boy." }, "options": [ "Tom was a clever boy.", "Tom was a lazy boy.", "Tom worked very hard.", "Tom was not polite." ], "question": "What kind of boy was Tom?", "question_type": "factiod_quest...	Tom was ten years old and he was a very lazy boy. He didn't like doing any work. He had to go to school, of course , but he didn't study hard there and tried to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that their son would become one, too. But one day Tom said to his mother,...	middle1336.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "they preferred to learn by themselves" }, "options": [ "they preferred to learn by themselves", "they needed standard ways of teaching", "their teachers didn't like their new ideas", "their teachers weren't able to teac...	What can we learn from the special, very successful people in the world who make the impossible possible? Lesson 1: Ways of creative thinking are needed Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg both dropped out of college. They prefer to teach themselves because they like to develop their own ways of thinking. They think standar...	middle5150.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "eating honey" }, "options": [ "dancing with rabbits", "eating honey", "giving everything back", "having cookies" ], "question": "When the Princess Renee came down, Broo was _ .", "question_type": "cloze_q...	(Renee-a beautiful princess; Broo-a blue bear; Nahloo-a magical place) When the Princess Renee heard about Broo, she came down from her castle. She found Broo while he was busy eating honey. "Mr. Bear," the Princess said, "you are welcome in Nahloo. Here we share with each other. We don't take things from each other." ...	middle3247.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "that there are so many plates on the earth" }, "options": [ "that there are so many plates on the earth", "that the sea is too deep", "Rocks' cracking open", "that the mountains are too high" ], "question": "The...	Earthquakes may happen anywhere on the earth. When some plates of the earth move suddenly, an earthquake happens. Many earthquakes begin under the sea. They often happen near the mountains , too. During an earthquake, the shakings make rocks rise suddenly and even crack open. Houses fall, people are killed or hurt, ...	middle4528.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "nine" }, "options": [ "three", "five", "seven", "nine" ], "question": "I have _ pears .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "twelve" ...	I have six baskets. Three are big . Three are small . I have some pears and some oranges . I put three pears in each big basket and four oranges in each small basket . The number of oranges is my age .	middle5636.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "all kinds of feelings" }, "options": [ "all kinds of feelings", "some special feelings", "nothing", "only happy feelings" ], "question": "Body language shows _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, ...	Body language shows all kinds of feelings and is sometimes more important than spoken language.A smile is a usual facial expression----it shows that you are friendly to others. However, it does not always mean that you are happy. A smile can hide other feelings, like anger, fear, or worry. In most countries, nodding th...	middle1450.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "a student" }, "options": [ "a student", "a teacher", "an officer", "a driver" ], "question": "The writer of this letter is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_in...	Dear Mr. Heppell, I am Sabrina Akhtar studying in a high school and I've noticed that forests are disappearing. Forests are disappearing around the world each year. This is because of many different things such as farming and tourism pollution. If we stop doing these things, there will be a good future for people of to...	middle7021.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "It came out from the fairy's flying." }, "options": [ "A bee behind the zinnias made the sound.", "It came out from the fairy's flying.", "It came out when the fairy shouted for help.", "The bell by the zinnias rang." ...	Long long ago, there lived two girls named Emily and Tina. Both of them had long black hair and blue eyes. One day while they were playing in the back yard , Emily heard a tinkling sound. She jumped up. "Listen," she told her twin. They listened. The noise came again. This time Tina heard it. She sat up. "It came fr...	middle2171.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Three." }, "options": [ "One.", "Two.", "Three.", "Four." ], "question": "How many children does the writer have?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, ...	When an earthquake hit a small town,many houses fell down.After the earthquake,all the newspapers reported many stories about some of the families in trouble. One Sunday, when I was reading a newspaper, a special picture touched me.It gave the clothing sizes of each family member.I thought that this would be a good cha...	middle7009.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "at a restaurant" }, "options": [ "at home", "at school", "at a restaurant", "at a shop" ], "question": "Where were Jim and Tom?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_i...	Jim and Tom were eating at a restaurant . On the table there was a cup of hot ( )mustard . Jim thought it was sweet and took a spoonful of it into his mouth. Tears ran down from his eyes. However, he wished Tom to do the same thing. So he said nothing. Tom saw Jim crying , and asked,"What for, my friend?" "I'm thin...	middle852.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "In spring." }, "options": [ "In spring.", "In summer.", "In autumn.", "In winter." ], "question": "In which season do sandstorms usually happen?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": ...	Everyone tries to get to school on time. But when bad weather gives you trouble, can you still make it before the bell rings? In northern China during spring, big sandstorms often make trouble for students and everyone else. When the sky is dark with sand, buses and cars all move much more slowly. Sometimes, people can...	middle12.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "spacemen working in space" }, "options": [ "spacemen working in space", "people only on the earth", "all the people except children", "the old people on the earth" ], "question": "Space junk and radiation in spa...	As space science develops, man has learned more and more about space. Space is not only amazing but also dangerous. While working in space, spacemen are facing danger as well as success. Scientists have found out that _ to spacemen in space. When spacemen are working in space, they are in danger of radiation from the s...	middle2617.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Mr. Williams" }, "options": [ "his wife", "the bank", "their sons", "Mr. Williams" ], "question": "Patrick decided to return the money to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...	Patrick Johnson,an artist for the Washington Post,found some treasure in his new house35,000 dollars in a place where no one could see it. Although he had car and house payments in his head, he still decided to return all of the money to the previous owner of the house,Mr. Williams. Would you have done the same? Just h...	middle5178.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Easy Work and More Money" }, "options": [ "Frank and His Work", "One Piano Only", "The Man and the Girl", "Easy Work and More Money" ], "question": "Which is the best title for the passage?", "question_type"...	Frank was clever, but he never liked to work hard. He often said to his friends, "If you work hard, you will make a lot of money, but it is not so good. I want easy work and a lot of money. That's the most interesting thing in the world."So he could only be a thief. But he still thought it was too much work, so he only...	middle3509.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "75,000." }, "options": [ "75,000.", "90,000.", "1,190.", "200." ], "question": "How many people live in the capital Maleis?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index...	In the deep blue Indian Ocean, there's a beautiful island country called Maldives . It's the smallest in population and area of all the Asian countries. It has an area of 90,000 km2, but 99% of the area is covered by the sea. It has 1,190 islands and is about 820 km from North to South. People live on no more than 20...	middle2603.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "They can help with dance, sport, music, English and art." }, "options": [ "They can help with dance and music.", "They can help with teaching.", "They can help with dance, sport, music, English and art.", "They can help...	Welcome to India as volunteer teachers! Teaching and helping with dance, sport, music, English and art at some primary schools and planning outdoor activities. Volunteers can stay together in pairs or small groups and share the experience and activities with the school teachers' help. It will bring you lots of joy and ...	middle4272.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "the importance of \"guessing\" in learning a foreign language." }, "options": [ "the importance of \"guessing\" in learning a foreign language.", "how to guess what one is going to talk about.", "Some examples of right guessi...	One of the things to be learnt in a foreign language is guessing all the time what kind of thing to come when listening to someone talking. People do this all the time in their own language, so it is necessary to do this in a foreign language, too. Here are some examples. 1." What's the matter?" "I went to a party last...	middle846.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "white key" }, "options": [ "red watch", "blue jacket", "yellow pen", "white key" ], "question": "A _ in the lost and found box.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer...	I'm Mrs. Smith. Here are some lost things . They're in the "Lost and Found" box. This is a watch. It is blue. David found it this morning. Is it yours? That is a jacket. It is yellow and black. Alan found it this afternoon. Those are two pencils. One is blue. One is red. Mary found them in the classroom. By the way, ...	middle6465.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "to share the cost of the meal" }, "options": [ "to pay for the meal", "to share the cost of the meal", "to invite Lynne to dinner", "to pay for the taxi" ], "question": "The writer's roommate advised the writer ...	As I was leaving to meet Lynne, my roommate told me that I'd better take some money. But I didn't listen to him. I thought that Lynne would pay because she had invited me. I arrived at the restaurant exactly on time. I'd been told that Americans expect you to be on time. Lynne and I sat at a table in the corner of rest...	middle6303.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "America" }, "options": [ "China", "Australia", "England", "America" ], "question": "Mr Green comes from _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "an...	Mr Green is a teacher of English. He comes from America. He teaches English in China. He speaks English quite well. He reads a lot of books and his wife Mrs Green often writes books for the students. He gets up at five in the morning. He leaves home at ten to six. He begins the first lesson at 8:00. He teaches English ...	middle4514.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "fashionable or expensive" }, "options": [ "fashionable or expensive", "energetic or valuable", "modern or comfortable", "common or popular" ], "question": "The word\"fancy\"in this passage is close to\" _ \"....	My mom isn't fancy like other moms.They wear fancy clothes and drive fancy cars.My mom wears her gardening clothes when she walks me to school. When fancy moms laugh,their laughs sound soft and whispery.You can hear my mom's laugh from down the hall.I show her how to laugh quietly and she practices.But before long she ...	middle5795.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "most people have cars" }, "options": [ "only rich people have cars", "no poor people have cars", "most people have cars", "only a few people have beautiful cars" ], "question": "In the United States _ .", ...	Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Without cars most people feel that they are poor. And even though a person is poor, he doesn't really feel poor when he has a car. Perhaps you have heard of Henry Ford. He first started making cars in large numbers. Perhaps he didn't know how much the car was go...	middle701.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "a huge clock" }, "options": [ "a double-decker bus", "a huge clock", "the name of Ben", "a building" ], "question": "Big Ben is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answ...	Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is the name of a huge clock in London, London is the capital of the UK. This clock has four faces, so no matter where you stand, you can read the time on the face of Big Ben. Each face is the size of a double-decker bus. The hands are about four meters long. It is about the size o...	middle3482.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "The bear" }, "options": [ "The son", "The bear", "The rabbit", "The rat" ], "question": "_ found the socks and tried them on.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_ind...	Once there was a forest where all the animals lived happily together. One day a family went to spend the day in the forest, and the son left his socks there. After the family left, a bear came by, found the socks, and decided to try them on. They fit so well, and he liked them so much that he wouldn't take them off. Al...	middle2944.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "talking with people" }, "options": [ "talking with people", "using the Internet", "reading", "watching TV." ], "question": "Mr. Green doesn't like _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "a...	Mr. Green is quiet and doesn't like talking with people .He likes reading newspapers and using the Internet.He hardly ever exercises. Sometimes he watches soccer or basketball games on TV. He likes coffee very much and drinks it three times a day . Mr. Green is a bank clerk . It's a busy but boring job. He works with p...	middle3496.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Sad." }, "options": [ "Angry.", "Sad.", "Scared.", "Shocked." ], "question": "How did the writer feel when he found it was still raining heavily?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer":...	Tuesday, Jan. 6, 9:50 p.m. We were sitting in our warm living room. The TV was on, and everything was peaceful. Suddenly the light went on and off for a few times and then went out completely. Then the rain started, and everything went black. We found the flashlight and some candles and went to bed. Wednesday, Jan. 7, ...	middle7828.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "all of the above" }, "options": [ "taste better", "have a lighter color", "take less time to cook", "all of the above" ], "question": "Winter shoots _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "a...	Bamboo is a giant grass that grows in warm places. It has many uses. Everything--from chairs and fishing rods to basket and paper can be made from it. And that's not all. It can be eaten, too. People in China like bamboo shoots very much. They think the bamboo shoots are a delicious vegetable for parties and meals. In ...	middle1281.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "in the northeast" }, "options": [ "in the northeast", "in the west", "in the southwest", "in the south" ], "question": "According to the passage , Venice is _ of Italy .", "question_type": "cloze_questio...

A city without cars would be very strange , right ? But Venice is such a city . Venice is in the northeast of Italy. It wasn't built on land, like Beijing or Shanghai, but on more than 110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city. Even so, travel isn't that difficult. The waterways have always been the best way ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "not stand near windows" }, "options": [ "run into a lift", "not stay in the bathroom", "stand near large mirrors", "not stand near windows" ], "question": "If you are in a tall building when an earthquake happen...

A little knowledge can make a difference at a time of life or death. Do you know what to do if you find yourself in an earthquake? lf you are inside: Quickly move under a strong desk, a strong table or along a wall. You can also go into a small room like the bathroom. This will protect you from falling things. Do not g...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Weather, time and soil condition" }, "options": [ "Weather and tome", "Weather and soil condition", "Soil condition and time", "Weather, time and soil condition" ], "question": "What can affect the taste of carr...

Carrots are grown all over the world. They are easy to plant and easy to _ . They have a good taste. When people think about carrots, they usually think they are a kind of long, thin, orange-colored vegetable. In fact, carrots are in many different sizes and shapes. And not all carrots are orange. Carrots should be gro...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "unpleasant" }, "options": [ "happy", "pleasant", "unpleasant", "glad" ], "question": "Announcing the death of a celebrity when in fact the subject is alive and well makes people feel _", "question_type": "c...

An unpleasant habit of announcing the death of a celebrity has sprung in recent years, when in fact the subject is alive and well. The latest blatantly false was the supposed death of Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan from a heart attack. It spread rapidly on the Chinese blogosphere and Twitter in the West, and there w...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "each other" }, "options": [ "the leaves of the trees", "water and minerals", "the soil and air", "each other" ], "question": "According to the text, different things live on _ .", "question_type": "cloze_...

When do you think of a forest, what do you see? Just trees? Or do you see many other things, such as singing birds, colorful plants and wild flowers? The forest is a whole world of its own. It is full of many different living things . But even though they are all different, they have one thing in common: they all need ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "by his car" }, "options": [ "drives his car", "by his car", "in car", "in a car" ], "question": "Mr. Smith goes to the station _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answ...

Mr. Smith drives his car to meet his friends at the station. When he finds there is still quite some time to go before the train arrives, he wants to take a short sleep. He is going to sleep when a young lady comes and asks him the time. Mr. Smith opens his eyes and answers, "Half past eight." With a "Thank you" the wo...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "train" }, "options": [ "train", "bike", "car", "bus" ], "question": "Tom goes to work by _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "sp...

Every morning Tom goes to work by train. He has a long way to go. So he always buys a newspaper. It helps him to spend the time on the train. Tom likes sport very much. One morning on the train he is reading something about the football match. So he forgets to get off the train at his station. He doesn't know it. When ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Be careful" }, "options": [ "Put your head out and look outside", "Be careful", "Come out and have a look", "Both A and B" ], "question": "What is the possible meaning of \"look out\" in this passage?", "que...

One day three Frenchmen who did not know English very well were talking about the English language. The first Frenchman said, 'I heard someone shout 'look out' ,I put my head out of a window and a basin of water fell on me. It seems that 'look out' may mean 'don't look out!' The second one followed, ' I was once on a s...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Short and blond." }, "options": [ "Short and gray.", "Long and gray.", "Short and blond.", "Long and blond." ], "question": "What was Mr. Smith's new hair like?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, ...

It is the 22ndcentury and it is very popular to change people's bodies. Mr. Smith decided to change his body. He changed his big nose to a small one, and his old and gray hair to short and blond hair. He also bought new green eyes, new hands, new arms, new knees and new feet. Mrs. Smith was happy because Mr. Smith's n...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "help stop wars among countries" }, "options": [ "change local cultures", "help local businesses develop", "make rich people become richer", "help stop wars among countries" ], "question": "Some people think glob...

Globalization means that people,ideas,technology,money,services and many other things are moving between countries and changing the way people think and act. Not everyone thinks the same way about globalization. Some people think it is bad,and some people think it is good. Some believe that globalization helps rich peo...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "reads English" }, "options": [ "writes English", "reads English", "draws", "sings" ], "question": "In the morning Mary _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index"...

Mary likes English very much. She works hard. She reads English every morning. She likes speaking English. She often listens to the radio. She watches TV only on Saturday evening. Does she like dancing? No, she doesn't. But she likes drawing and singing. Her parents like her very much. And all the teachers and her frie...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "thousands" }, "options": [ "thousands", "hundreds", "millions", "billion" ], "question": "There are _ of languages in the world.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answe...

In schools all over the world boys and girls are learning foreign languages. Everyone knows his own language , but knowing another one is very useful. If we go to England or the USA, we must be able to speak English. And in Japan people will expect us to understand Japanese. How many languages are there in the world? T...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "White and yellow." }, "options": [ "White and brown.", "Brown and grey.", "White and grey.", "White and yellow." ], "question": "What colour is Huahua?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "an...

I have two pets. They are Fly, a dog, and Huahua, a cat. Fly is brown and grey. He is naughty . He sometimes steals food in the kitchen.Once, when there was nobody at home, Fly pulled a piece of meat off the table. But he was not careful enough. The plate also fell to the floor. When I got home, I saw the broken pla...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "giving an example" }, "options": [ "space", "time", "giving an example", "giving reasons" ], "question": "The passage is developed by _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...

When I was in the eighth grade, my teacher asked us to write an article about what we would like to do when we grew up. All I could think of was one sentence I want to help other people! During the years, I met many problems. But I never gave up. I know that to help other people I have to help myself first. I encourage...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "You get less money from the dream job." }, "options": [ "You get less money from the dream job.", "You get more money from the dream job.", "You get less money from the job you're doing now.", "You get no money from the...

You've just found your dream job, but it pays less than the one you've working hard at right now. What should you do ? How can you make the right decision ? When you have a difficult decision to make , you may probably think it over and over again for hours, weighting up all the advantages and disadvantages before comi...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "why \"I\" like different seasons" }, "options": [ "what season is \"my\" favourite", "what the weather is like", "why \"I\" like different seasons", "why \"I\" dislike seasons" ], "question": "The poem is about ...

Hi! I'm Mike the apple tree. I like spring because it's warm. I get pink and white flowers. I get new leaves. The friendly bees visit me. Ahhh! Spring. I like summer because it's hot. My apples grow bigger and bigger. My leaves become greener and greener. People rest under my shade. Hummm! Summer. I like autumn because...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Sunday" }, "options": [ "Saturday", "Sunday", "Monday", "Wednesday" ], "question": "It's _ today.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_te...

It is a very nice Sunday morning. Ann and her mother are on a big bus. There are many people on it. Some are from America. Some are from England and Japan. They are all friends. They are going to the Great Wall. There are two Chinese on the bus, too. They are a young man and a young woman. They can speak English. The y...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "He took off his cap when he came in." }, "options": [ "He made his shoes clean when he came in.", "He took off his cap when he came in.", "He waited quietly for his turn.", "His teeth and fingernails were clean." ],...

A gentleman once advertised for a boy to help him in his office, and nearly fifty persons asked for the place. Out of the whole number he in a short time chose one, and sent all the other boys away. "I should like to know," said a friend, "on what ground you chose that boy. He didn't even have a recommendation with him...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "she needed their help" }, "options": [ "she needed their help", "she had no food", "she had no water", "there was a hunter" ], "question": "The mother sheep came to Mike and Jack because _ .", "question_ty...

Animals have the ability to make people understand them, especially when they are in serious danger and hope to get help from man. And they often go together to help one another. One day, I visited my friend Jack on a sheep farm in North America. Suddenly one sheep came to cry in front of us. She made the most painful...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "gold" }, "options": [ "food", "water", "gold", "money" ], "question": "The old man liked _ best before he traveled in the desert.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "an...

Once there lived an old man. He liked gold better than anything else in the world. He often said, "If I have enough gold, I will be the happiest man in the world." One day when he was traveling in the desert , the old man lost his way. He was very hungry and thirsty, but there were only rocks and sand around him. Just ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "less sleep may make teenagers heavy" }, "options": [ "it's not important for teenagers to have enough sleep", "students can still pay attention to study easily without good sleeping habits", "it's helpful to sleep more at wee...

Teenagers are going to have lessons on how to sleep. Materials to teach teenagers how to get enough sleep will be offered to schools across Scotland by the charity Sleep Scotland. The purpose is to help people realize the importance of sleep for young people's physical and emotional health . The charity Sleep Scotland ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "A planet with water." }, "options": [ "A planet with water.", "A planet similar to the earth.", "A planet without life.", "A planet near the earth." ], "question": "What did scientists find in September 2010?", ...

After spending years searching for a planet with life, scientists may have found one. In September 2010, a team of US scientists discovered a planet called Gliese 581g. It has a surface temperature neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water. Scientists think there is a chance that the planet could have life. The pla...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "America" }, "options": [ "America", "Thailand", "Australia", "China" ], "question": "Susan comes from _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answ...

Susan is a 14-year-old girl. She lives in New York with her parents. Her father works in a horse-riding school. She also likes riding a horse . Susan goes horse-riding every Saturday and she can ride very well now. At the horse-riding school, she helps to give the horse food and water when the classes are over. She als...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Romulus established the city of Rome." }, "options": [ "Wolves like to take care of human children.", "The city of Rome had many wolves in the old days.", "The city of Rome was founded by a wolf.", "Romulus established ...

The early history of the city of Rome involves Romulus and Remus,two orphan boys who,legend says,were raised by a she-wolf.The boys' mother had been murdered by an evil king and the two babies tossed into the river Tiber.When the wolf found them they had washed up on the shore.She perhaps took pity on the crying of the...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "in south of" }, "options": [ "in south of", "to south of", "in north of", "on south of" ], "question": "Shenzhen lies _ China.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_in...

Shenzhen is a city in South China.It is not very big, but it has attracted people of the whole country and the whole world as well. Just about twenty years ago, it was only a small fishing village.There were not many people there. Most of them lived on fishing.Things have greatly changed since the 1980s.It became the f...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "He sings all day." }, "options": [ "He comes.", "He sings all day.", "He changes his tune.", "He prepares to fly." ], "question": "What does the cuckoo do in May?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, ...

The Cuckoo In April, Come he will. In May, Sing all day. In June, Change his tune . In July, Prepare to fly. In August, Go he must!

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "on his way to another world after his death" }, "options": [ "on his way home", "on his way to hell", "on his way to heaven", "on his way to another world after his death" ], "question": "The man saw a really gr...

A man died and was on his way to another world, either heaven or hell . He saw an extremely grand palace half way and the owner of the palace asked him to stay and live in the palace. The man said, "I have been working hard during my life and now I just want to eat and sleep without any work." The owner of the palac...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Because he had to make himself fresh for the classes in the afternoon." }, "options": [ "Because he was very thirsty at that time.", "Because he was only interested in drinking coffee.", "Because he had to make himself fresh ...

As a teacher, my daily life includes driving to a new school so I'm usually unable to anticipate the day's events, good or bad! One day, I was teaching in a very difficult classroom. I was managing behavior all morning and by lunch time, I knew I needed coffee to even consider surviving the afternoon. So on my lunch ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "hungry" }, "options": [ "angry", "hungry", "strange", "sorry" ], "question": "The student feels _ when he passes by the restaurant.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "ans...

Mr and Mrs Smith just open a small restaurant. In order to attract customers ,they put a notice in front of the restaurant, and it says,"Meals on the House for Three Days. " A foreign student comes to the place. He doesn't know much English. On the second day he happens to pass by the restaurant. It is lunch time and h...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "long" }, "options": [ "long", "short", "tall", "black" ], "question": "Anne's hair is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "B and...

Anne is thirteen years old. She has long hair and black eyes. She is tall. She is a student at Beijing Sunshine Secondary School. She loves listening to music and dancing. She studies hard. She does well in English. But she doesn't like doing sports. Anne has a cousin. His name is Daniel. He is tall and he has short bl...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Britain" }, "options": [ "Britain", "China", "Japan", "Mexico" ], "question": "It is impolite to lift your bowl to your mouth when you are having some soup in _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" },...

People in different countries have different ways of doing things. Something that is polite in one country may be quite impolite in another. In Britain, you mustn't lift your bowl to your mouth when you are having some soup. But it's different in China. And in Japan you even needn't worry about making a noise when yo...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "by plane" }, "options": [ "by car", "by train", "by plane", "by sea" ], "question": "According to the passage, the fastest way of traveling is _", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer":...

We can not live a modern life without traveling.The fastest way of traveling is by air.With a plane people can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago. Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but people can see the country when they are traveling through.Modern trains...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "the friend would say \"This is Good !\" when anything happened" }, "options": [ "the king was not a good friend indeed", "the king's friend always knew what would happen", "the friend would say \"This is Good !\" when anythin...

A king in Africa had a close friend that helped him grow up. The friend had a habit of looking at everything positively that happened in his life and saying "This is good". One day the king and his friend were out hunting. The friend would prepare the guns for the king. The friend did something wrong in preparing one o...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Because they want to log on to their microblogs." }, "options": [ "Because they want to phone their parents to tell them the funny things.", "Because they want to listen to music.", "Because they want to log on to their micro...

It's the end of class. When the bell rings, students of Luohu Foreign Languages School in Shenzhen quickly take out their cell-phones. They want to log on to their microblogs to check the funny things that have happened in the last hour. Since last year, the trend of microblogging has swept the country. Recent...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Late night" }, "options": [ "Early morning", "Late afternoon", "Late night", "In the bass season" ], "question": "When did the story happen?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "answer_ind...

He was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got from the dock at his family's cabin on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake. On the day before the bass season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching sunfish and perch with worms. Then he tied on a small silver lure and p...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "seven" }, "options": [ "eight", "seven", "six", "five" ], "question": "There were _ children in the man's family.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, ...

When the man's wife died, their youngest baby was 2 years old. They had six other children -- three boys and three girls, aged from 4 to 16. The man's parents and his wife's parents came to visit. "We've been talking about how to make this work," they said. "There's no way you can take care of all these children and wo...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Lion." }, "options": [ "Dragon .", "Tiger.", "Lion.", "Dog." ], "question": "What is a special animal in Chinese people?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": ...

Lion is a special animal to Chinese people. A couple of stone lions, a male and a female , can often be seen in front of the gates of old buildings. The male lion is on the left with his right paw on a ball, and the female on the right. And her left paw is touching a baby animal. The lion is the king in the animal...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "schools are necessary" }, "options": [ "more schools should be built", "schools are necessary", "schools are not necessary", "there should be fewer schools" ], "question": "In the writer's opinion , _ .", ...

Some people believe that schools will no longer be necessary in the near future.They said that because of the Internet and other new technology, there is no longer any need for school buildings, classes or teachers.Perhaps this will be true one day, but if the world has no schools, I can 't imagine how our society wi...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "home" }, "options": [ "to the city", "home", "to his office", "to his school" ], "question": "The young man drove his new car _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answe...

Now throwing shoes at President Bush is a popular game on the Internet. It turns out that there are times when it's good to throw shoes. After leaving his office in the center of the city, a young man bought a new car and drove it from the city to his home. He was very happy and the car ran very fast. Suddenly, a shoe ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "He was a doctor before he retired." }, "options": [ "He was strict with his neighbors.", "He was a doctor before he retired.", "He wanted to be a gardener after he retired.", "He liked planting flowers in his garden." ...

When I was growing up,I had an old neighbor named Dr Gibbs.He didn't look like any other doctor I'd ever known.He was a very kind person..After he retired,he began to plant trees in his large garden. He wished to make it a forest. The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees.He never watered his new ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "two" }, "options": [ "one", "two", "three", "Four" ], "question": "How many friends does Chen Ming have?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer...

Here are my three photos. This is my friend,Wu Huan.She is a good girl.She is 11 years old.She is in Chongqing with her family.She likes vegetables and chicken.She doesn't like ice cream or strawberries. This is me.My name is Chen Ming. I am 12 years old.I am a middle school student in Suzhou.I like eating fruit and ve...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "By being honest and helpful" }, "options": [ "By following fashion.", "By using big words.", "By being honest and helpful", "By changing yourself." ], "question": "How can you be respected by your classmates acc...

Do you want to be the most popular, person in your class? You don't want to change your character; you just need to improve your personality. In fact, the most popular people are trusted and loved because they stay normal but still have something that makes them different from the rest of us. Here are some pieces of ad...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "a Canadian" }, "options": [ "an American", "an Australian", "an Englishman", "a Canadian" ], "question": "Mike is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1,...

Mr. Smith lives in Toronto. He is a doctor. His wife teaches English in a middle school. They have two children, one is a son called Mike and the other is a daughter. She is only three months. Mike loves the baby very much. He often shows her to the guests. He is young and doesn't go to school. He stays at home to help...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "how to make a cheap trip in Chicago" }, "options": [ "Chicago is a big and beautiful city", "where we can see fine photos and paintings", "how to make a cheap trip in Chicago", "there are many free concerts in Chicago" ...

Chicago On a Budget How to have fun in Chicago without spending a lot of money? Sightseeing * The Art Institute of Chicago has a fine collection of photos and paintings. The ticket is $10.00,but go on Tuesdays and you'll get in free . * The Sears Tower is the world's third tallest building. By going to the 103rd flo...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "it reflects some of the light" }, "options": [ "your eyes are close to it", "it reflects some of the light", "it has light of its own", "it is big enough to be seen" ], "question": "You can see the book because ...

You can't see any object unless light from that object gets into your eyes.Some of the things you see give off light of their own. The sun,the stars,a lighted lamp are the examples that can be seen by their own light.But most of the things you see are not giving off light of their own.They are just reflecting light tha...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "to introduce a new robot that can be used to stabilize mountainsides" }, "options": [ "to tell people how serious the damage caused by landslides is", "to tell people that sending workers to stabilize mountainsides is a dangerous j...

Every year landslides cause 25 to 50 deaths and $2 billion in damage in the United States. And in December, a single _ killed more than 2000 people in the Philippines. Sending workers to stabilize mountainsides using steel bars can help a lot, but it introduces new difficulties because of dust and loosen heavy, dangero...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "They learn about news stories by watching TV or reading newspapers." }, "options": [ "They tell others news stories from place to place on foot or by horse.", "They learn about news stories by watching TV or reading newspapers.", ...

Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories of their own country and all over the wor...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Spanish" }, "options": [ "art", "Biology", "Spanish", "P.E." ], "question": "They have _ lessons at 10:00 on Wednesday morning.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer...

Rockfield High Sch ool Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 8:10 English Eng lish Math Spanish Biology 9:00 Math Math Self-study Math Self-study 10:00 Biology Biology Spanish Art Math 10:40 Self-study Art P.E. Biology English 12:20 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch 1:10 ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "he is very kind" }, "options": [ "he is very old.", "he is very kind", "he has two bottles of wines", "he like traveling" ], "question": "People like Mr. Smith because _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questio...

Mr. Smith is an old man. He is very kind, so many people like him. He likes traveling. But he has a problem, he can't see clearly. One day he came to New York to visit his best friend. But his friend wasn't at home. So he had to find a hotel to live in. In the afternoon he went to buy two bottles of wine. When he came ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "15" }, "options": [ "11", "13", "15", "17" ], "question": "The writer wrote his first song when he was _ years old.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, ...

I love music. I learned to play the guitar at 11 and I wrote my first song four years later. My dream -----to become a country singer. After years of hard work, a record company was showing interest in me. One day during a trip to mountains, a friend gave me a bit of meth, a kind of drugs . I smoked it. And that was al...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Scientists." }, "options": [ "Farmers.", "Workers", "Scientists.", "Plants." ], "question": "Who invented the GM plants?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": ...

Today there are 7 billion people on the earth.By the year 2050 there may be 9.0 billion.We will have a lot more people to feed.We need more food. One way to produce more food is by growing stronger plants.For thousands of years,farmers have made plants better.Every season,they pick the best plants for the next season.I...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Three women" }, "options": [ "Nobody", "Her mother", "Three women", "An old man" ], "question": "_ gave the writer a Christmas gift when she was 12.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer...

I will never forget the year when I was 12.My mother told us that we would not get Christmas gifts because there was not enough money .I felt sad and thought, "What shall I say when the other kids ask me about my gifts?" I started to hope the Christmas wouldn't come that year. Just then three women came to our house wi...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Raj and Lu." }, "options": [ "Raj and Lu.", "Raj , Amy and Lu.", "Ben and Tom.", "Mavish, Ben and Tom." ], "question": "Who is going to the new film?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answ...

The students are talking about their weekend plans. Mavish: What are you going to do at the weekend, Amy? Amy: I'm going to do my homework on Sunday. I've got a lot of homework. I didn't do in the week. Mavish: Then we could all do something on Saturday? Tom: I'm going swimming in the morning. But I'm not doing anythin...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "the sun" }, "options": [ "the moon", "some planets", "sparkling stars", "the sun" ], "question": "On a clear night we might see things except _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer":...

How many things can you see in the night sky? A lot! On a clear night you can see the moon, some planets, and thousands of sparking stars. You can see even more with a telescope. You might see that many stars look larger than others. You might see that some stars that look white are really red or blue. With bigger and ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "move in the same way again and again" }, "options": [ "get plenty of exercise", "move in the same way again and again", "rest your wrists on something", "keep your elbows as high as the keyboard" ], "question": ...

Computers can injure you. Most other injuries happen suddenly. For example, if you fall off a bike and break your arms, it happens very quickly. But computer injuries slowly. You probably know how to ride a bike safely. Now learn to use a computer safely. Your eyes Too much light can injure your eyes, so never sit too ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "4.6 billion" }, "options": [ "4.6 million", "4.6 billion", "46 billion", "460 thousand" ], "question": "According to CBS News, _ people all over the world have got mobile phones.", "question_type": "cloz...

Mobile phones help us easily find people anywhere at any time. A mobile phone can include many things, such as games, music and Internet surfing. Today, 4,600,000,000 people around the world have mobile phones, according to CBS News. However, using mobile phones too often may cause cancer . It's reported that people wh...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "the difference between healthy eating and dieting" }, "options": [ "how to eat healthily", "how to lose weight", "the advantages of eating and dieting", "the difference between healthy eating and dieting" ], "qu...

Healthy eating starts with learning new ways to eat,such as adding more fresh fruit and vegetables,and _ foods that have lots of fat, salt and sugar. Healthy eating will help you feel your best and give you plenty of energy.It can help you deal with stress better. However,healthy eating isn't a diet . If you eat too li...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "plant" }, "options": [ "plant", "animal", "food", "meat" ], "question": "The Venus flytrap is a kind of _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "ans...

Can plants eat people? Probably not,but there are many plants that eat meat.Some of them are big.And they can eat small animals.One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap . The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant.It grows in dry parts of the United States.Its leaves are like the pages of a book.They can open a...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "of the reports about UFOs" }, "options": [ "people", "strange objects", "of the reports about UFOs", "planes" ], "question": "Some _ have been explained in scientific ways.", "question_type": "cloze_quest...

It's sometimes reported that strange objects have been seen high up in the sky. These unidentified flying objects - UFOs have made a lot of people interested. Some of the reports about them are difficult to believe.Some have been explained in scientific ways, others have never been explained. It is not easy to decide ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Someone stole his books." }, "options": [ "He lost his way in the city.", "He couldn't find his car.", "Someone stole his books.", "Many people read his letter." ], "question": "What happened to David Moore one ...

David Moore taught science at the City School.He needed some expensive books,so he bought them.He put the books in his car in a quiet street.Then he went to other shops to buy something else.At six he came back to the car.One door was open--and the books were not there.David drove home. That night he wrote a letter to ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "She had worked too hard and became ill." }, "options": [ "She was worried about her lessons.", "She hadn't finished her homework.", "She had worked too hard and became ill.", "There was a lot of noise." ], "ques...

A Hard-working Student This story is about a young student. She worked very hard at her lessons. She was too busy to have a rest. At last, she became ill, and couldn't go to sleep. Every night, when she went to bed, she closed her eyes and tried to sleep. But the more she tried, the more she stayed _ . After a while sh...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "the English scores will be cut down to 100" }, "options": [ "the English scores will be cut down to 100", "the English listening ability scores will be lowered", "the points for Chinese will be reduced by 30 points", "t...

Wang Jiaming from Beijing Chenjinglun High School says he is a lucky boy. He's happy that he's sitting the senior high school entrance exam in 2014 instead of 2016. On Oct 22, Beijing Municipal Commission of Education announced that, from 2016, the English scores in the senior high school entrance exam will be redu...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Not all students passed the year exams." }, "options": [ "All the students were usually successful in their exams.", "Not all students passed the year exams.", "Every one of the students could pass the end of year exams.", ...

Soon it would be the holidays. But before that, there was the end of year exams. All the students worked hard for some time. If they didn't pass, they would have to take the exams in September again. Some students failed, but Kate decided not to be one of them. She worked hard all day, but just before the exams she was...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "say sorry to the writer" }, "options": [ "say sorry to the writer", "thank the writer", "invite the writer to her party", "say goodbye to the writer" ], "question": "Minnie wrote the letter to _ .", "quest...

When I tidied up some old boxes under my bed, I found an old letter for me from my best friend. Her name was Minnie. In the letter, Minnie wrote, "I am really sorry about before. Tell me if you will be my best friend again and tell me if you accept my _ . "I wrote, "YES. I will be your best friend. " The twelve-year-ol...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "rock music" }, "options": [ "rocks", "noise", "rock music", "drugs" ], "question": "Most young people like _ these days.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index":...

Most young people like to go to rock concerts these days. They like the loud and exciting sound of the music and they enjoy the excitement of a big concert. Rock stars usually have a different style. Their music is exciting and different, and the way they dance and dress makes them popular with young people. The words ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "his sister's factory" }, "options": [ "his sister's factory", "the old man's house", "a bank", "his home" ], "question": "Mike wants to go to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer"...

It's 5:00 p. m. Mike is driving his new car to his sister's factory. He wants to pick up his sister. But he doesn't know the way. He stops in front of a bank. At this time he sees an old man near his car. Mike comes out of the car and asks the old man, "Excuse me. Where is the factory?"The old man says,"Yes, I know the...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "a dog" }, "options": [ "Bob's brother", "a dog", "a cat", "Bob's sister" ], "question": "Bill is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_te...

Hello, everyone! My name is Bob. I have a good friend. His name is Bill. He is a dog. I like him very much. Every morning Bill runs with me, and we play in the park every afternoon. Bill is very fat . He likes eating beef hamburgers for breakfast. For dinner, he likes fish. Bill likes red. He has two red hats. Look! Th...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Scotland" }, "options": [ "Scotland", "HongKong", "Rome", "Paris" ], "question": "In northern _ there is a long, deep lake called Loch Ness.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...

In northern Scotland there is a long, deep lake called Loch Ness. More than 200 meters deep, it is the largest lake in the UK. People say a big monster lives in its dark, cold waters. It weighs more than 1,000 kilos and is at least ten meters long. Some people say it has a head like a horse. Others say it looks like a ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Fighting, climbing or running fast" }, "options": [ "Smiling at people, saying \"hello\".", "Sending food or opening doors by himself", "Fighting, climbing or running fast", "Collecting waste for patients" ], "q...

Robots have come a long way since 15th century. We've got robots to build cars, carry heavy things, work in dangerous places and explore planets. But things haven't stopped there. In 1986, Honda made a robot called ASIMO. And now, it has been developed greatly. Standing at 130cm and weighing 54kg. ASIMO is very much li...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the U.S." }, "options": [ "Japan", "the U.S.", "Australia", "New Zealand" ], "question": "Jenny had a bus trip to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0,...

Last summer Jenny and her friends had a bus trip to New York. She felt very relaxing on the way. They visited a museum. But it's really crowded there and the display were not interesting at all. They went to different restaurants to have dinner. Some food was quite delicious, but Jenny thought the fast food was terrib...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "It was cold, but sunny." }, "options": [ "It was warm and sunny.", "It was hot and sunny.", "It was cold, but sunny.", "It was cold and cloudy." ], "question": "How was the weather on that day?", "question_t...

Last winter vacation, our class went to Xiangshan for a trip.Though the weather was a little cold, it was sunny. At six in the morning we met at the school gate.We took a bus there.On the bus, our monitor told us an interesting story.The story was about an interesting man.Then three girls in our class sang songs.We wer...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "five days a week" }, "options": [ "every day", "five days a week", "six days a week", "four days a week" ], "question": "Mother gives lessons at school _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { ...

My mother is a teacher. On weekdays, she gives lessons at school and on Saturdays she works in clubs. On Sundays, she is still busy. On Sunday morning, mum gets up at six. She cooks breakfast for us first. And then it's time for cleaning. After that, she has breakfast with father and me. At 9, she goes to buy food for ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "took it as a good medicine" }, "options": [ "enjoyed it", "wanted to taste it", "took it as a good medicine", "was a foolish boy" ], "question": "The boy ate up the raw fish head only in two gulps, because he ...

Once a boy came to ask a fisherman how to become cleverer, because his mother always called him foolish boy. "That's easy," answered the fisherman, " I know one way to make you become cleverer." "Really?" "Of course. It is said a fish head is good for brain . If you eat one, you'll become cleverer indeed. Pay only thre...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Tom was a lazy boy." }, "options": [ "Tom was a clever boy.", "Tom was a lazy boy.", "Tom worked very hard.", "Tom was not polite." ], "question": "What kind of boy was Tom?", "question_type": "factiod_quest...

Tom was ten years old and he was a very lazy boy. He didn't like doing any work. He had to go to school, of course , but he didn't study hard there and tried to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that their son would become one, too. But one day Tom said to his mother,...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "they preferred to learn by themselves" }, "options": [ "they preferred to learn by themselves", "they needed standard ways of teaching", "their teachers didn't like their new ideas", "their teachers weren't able to teac...

What can we learn from the special, very successful people in the world who make the impossible possible? Lesson 1: Ways of creative thinking are needed Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg both dropped out of college. They prefer to teach themselves because they like to develop their own ways of thinking. They think standar...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "eating honey" }, "options": [ "dancing with rabbits", "eating honey", "giving everything back", "having cookies" ], "question": "When the Princess Renee came down, Broo was _ .", "question_type": "cloze_q...

(Renee-a beautiful princess; Broo-a blue bear; Nahloo-a magical place) When the Princess Renee heard about Broo, she came down from her castle. She found Broo while he was busy eating honey. "Mr. Bear," the Princess said, "you are welcome in Nahloo. Here we share with each other. We don't take things from each other." ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "that there are so many plates on the earth" }, "options": [ "that there are so many plates on the earth", "that the sea is too deep", "Rocks' cracking open", "that the mountains are too high" ], "question": "The...

Earthquakes may happen anywhere on the earth. When some plates of the earth move suddenly, an earthquake happens. Many earthquakes begin under the sea. They often happen near the mountains , too. During an earthquake, the shakings make rocks rise suddenly and even crack open. Houses fall, people are killed or hurt, ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "nine" }, "options": [ "three", "five", "seven", "nine" ], "question": "I have _ pears .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "twelve" ...

I have six baskets. Three are big . Three are small . I have some pears and some oranges . I put three pears in each big basket and four oranges in each small basket . The number of oranges is my age .

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "all kinds of feelings" }, "options": [ "all kinds of feelings", "some special feelings", "nothing", "only happy feelings" ], "question": "Body language shows _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, ...

Body language shows all kinds of feelings and is sometimes more important than spoken language.A smile is a usual facial expression----it shows that you are friendly to others. However, it does not always mean that you are happy. A smile can hide other feelings, like anger, fear, or worry. In most countries, nodding th...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "a student" }, "options": [ "a student", "a teacher", "an officer", "a driver" ], "question": "The writer of this letter is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_in...

Dear Mr. Heppell, I am Sabrina Akhtar studying in a high school and I've noticed that forests are disappearing. Forests are disappearing around the world each year. This is because of many different things such as farming and tourism pollution. If we stop doing these things, there will be a good future for people of to...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "It came out from the fairy's flying." }, "options": [ "A bee behind the zinnias made the sound.", "It came out from the fairy's flying.", "It came out when the fairy shouted for help.", "The bell by the zinnias rang." ...

Long long ago, there lived two girls named Emily and Tina. Both of them had long black hair and blue eyes. One day while they were playing in the back yard , Emily heard a tinkling sound. She jumped up. "Listen," she told her twin. They listened. The noise came again. This time Tina heard it. She sat up. "It came fr...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Three." }, "options": [ "One.", "Two.", "Three.", "Four." ], "question": "How many children does the writer have?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, ...

When an earthquake hit a small town,many houses fell down.After the earthquake,all the newspapers reported many stories about some of the families in trouble. One Sunday, when I was reading a newspaper, a special picture touched me.It gave the clothing sizes of each family member.I thought that this would be a good cha...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "at a restaurant" }, "options": [ "at home", "at school", "at a restaurant", "at a shop" ], "question": "Where were Jim and Tom?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_i...

Jim and Tom were eating at a restaurant . On the table there was a cup of hot ( )mustard . Jim thought it was sweet and took a spoonful of it into his mouth. Tears ran down from his eyes. However, he wished Tom to do the same thing. So he said nothing. Tom saw Jim crying , and asked,"What for, my friend?" "I'm thin...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "In spring." }, "options": [ "In spring.", "In summer.", "In autumn.", "In winter." ], "question": "In which season do sandstorms usually happen?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": ...

Everyone tries to get to school on time. But when bad weather gives you trouble, can you still make it before the bell rings? In northern China during spring, big sandstorms often make trouble for students and everyone else. When the sky is dark with sand, buses and cars all move much more slowly. Sometimes, people can...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "spacemen working in space" }, "options": [ "spacemen working in space", "people only on the earth", "all the people except children", "the old people on the earth" ], "question": "Space junk and radiation in spa...

As space science develops, man has learned more and more about space. Space is not only amazing but also dangerous. While working in space, spacemen are facing danger as well as success. Scientists have found out that _ to spacemen in space. When spacemen are working in space, they are in danger of radiation from the s...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Mr. Williams" }, "options": [ "his wife", "the bank", "their sons", "Mr. Williams" ], "question": "Patrick decided to return the money to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...

Patrick Johnson,an artist for the Washington Post,found some treasure in his new house35,000 dollars in a place where no one could see it. Although he had car and house payments in his head, he still decided to return all of the money to the previous owner of the house,Mr. Williams. Would you have done the same? Just h...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Easy Work and More Money" }, "options": [ "Frank and His Work", "One Piano Only", "The Man and the Girl", "Easy Work and More Money" ], "question": "Which is the best title for the passage?", "question_type"...

Frank was clever, but he never liked to work hard. He often said to his friends, "If you work hard, you will make a lot of money, but it is not so good. I want easy work and a lot of money. That's the most interesting thing in the world."So he could only be a thief. But he still thought it was too much work, so he only...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "75,000." }, "options": [ "75,000.", "90,000.", "1,190.", "200." ], "question": "How many people live in the capital Maleis?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index...

In the deep blue Indian Ocean, there's a beautiful island country called Maldives . It's the smallest in population and area of all the Asian countries. It has an area of 90,000 km2, but 99% of the area is covered by the sea. It has 1,190 islands and is about 820 km from North to South. People live on no more than 20...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "They can help with dance, sport, music, English and art." }, "options": [ "They can help with dance and music.", "They can help with teaching.", "They can help with dance, sport, music, English and art.", "They can help...

Welcome to India as volunteer teachers! Teaching and helping with dance, sport, music, English and art at some primary schools and planning outdoor activities. Volunteers can stay together in pairs or small groups and share the experience and activities with the school teachers' help. It will bring you lots of joy and ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "the importance of \"guessing\" in learning a foreign language." }, "options": [ "the importance of \"guessing\" in learning a foreign language.", "how to guess what one is going to talk about.", "Some examples of right guessi...

One of the things to be learnt in a foreign language is guessing all the time what kind of thing to come when listening to someone talking. People do this all the time in their own language, so it is necessary to do this in a foreign language, too. Here are some examples. 1." What's the matter?" "I went to a party last...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "white key" }, "options": [ "red watch", "blue jacket", "yellow pen", "white key" ], "question": "A _ in the lost and found box.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer...

I'm Mrs. Smith. Here are some lost things . They're in the "Lost and Found" box. This is a watch. It is blue. David found it this morning. Is it yours? That is a jacket. It is yellow and black. Alan found it this afternoon. Those are two pencils. One is blue. One is red. Mary found them in the classroom. By the way, ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "to share the cost of the meal" }, "options": [ "to pay for the meal", "to share the cost of the meal", "to invite Lynne to dinner", "to pay for the taxi" ], "question": "The writer's roommate advised the writer ...

As I was leaving to meet Lynne, my roommate told me that I'd better take some money. But I didn't listen to him. I thought that Lynne would pay because she had invited me. I arrived at the restaurant exactly on time. I'd been told that Americans expect you to be on time. Lynne and I sat at a table in the corner of rest...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "America" }, "options": [ "China", "Australia", "England", "America" ], "question": "Mr Green comes from _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "an...

Mr Green is a teacher of English. He comes from America. He teaches English in China. He speaks English quite well. He reads a lot of books and his wife Mrs Green often writes books for the students. He gets up at five in the morning. He leaves home at ten to six. He begins the first lesson at 8:00. He teaches English ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "fashionable or expensive" }, "options": [ "fashionable or expensive", "energetic or valuable", "modern or comfortable", "common or popular" ], "question": "The word\"fancy\"in this passage is close to\" _ \"....

My mom isn't fancy like other moms.They wear fancy clothes and drive fancy cars.My mom wears her gardening clothes when she walks me to school. When fancy moms laugh,their laughs sound soft and whispery.You can hear my mom's laugh from down the hall.I show her how to laugh quietly and she practices.But before long she ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "most people have cars" }, "options": [ "only rich people have cars", "no poor people have cars", "most people have cars", "only a few people have beautiful cars" ], "question": "In the United States _ .", ...

Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Without cars most people feel that they are poor. And even though a person is poor, he doesn't really feel poor when he has a car. Perhaps you have heard of Henry Ford. He first started making cars in large numbers. Perhaps he didn't know how much the car was go...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "a huge clock" }, "options": [ "a double-decker bus", "a huge clock", "the name of Ben", "a building" ], "question": "Big Ben is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answ...

Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is the name of a huge clock in London, London is the capital of the UK. This clock has four faces, so no matter where you stand, you can read the time on the face of Big Ben. Each face is the size of a double-decker bus. The hands are about four meters long. It is about the size o...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "The bear" }, "options": [ "The son", "The bear", "The rabbit", "The rat" ], "question": "_ found the socks and tried them on.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_ind...

Once there was a forest where all the animals lived happily together. One day a family went to spend the day in the forest, and the son left his socks there. After the family left, a bear came by, found the socks, and decided to try them on. They fit so well, and he liked them so much that he wouldn't take them off. Al...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "talking with people" }, "options": [ "talking with people", "using the Internet", "reading", "watching TV." ], "question": "Mr. Green doesn't like _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "a...

Mr. Green is quiet and doesn't like talking with people .He likes reading newspapers and using the Internet.He hardly ever exercises. Sometimes he watches soccer or basketball games on TV. He likes coffee very much and drinks it three times a day . Mr. Green is a bank clerk . It's a busy but boring job. He works with p...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Sad." }, "options": [ "Angry.", "Sad.", "Scared.", "Shocked." ], "question": "How did the writer feel when he found it was still raining heavily?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer":...

Tuesday, Jan. 6, 9:50 p.m. We were sitting in our warm living room. The TV was on, and everything was peaceful. Suddenly the light went on and off for a few times and then went out completely. Then the rain started, and everything went black. We found the flashlight and some candles and went to bed. Wednesday, Jan. 7, ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "all of the above" }, "options": [ "taste better", "have a lighter color", "take less time to cook", "all of the above" ], "question": "Winter shoots _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "a...

Bamboo is a giant grass that grows in warm places. It has many uses. Everything--from chairs and fishing rods to basket and paper can be made from it. And that's not all. It can be eaten, too. People in China like bamboo shoots very much. They think the bamboo shoots are a delicious vegetable for parties and meals. In ...

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