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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "they will ask one of them to leave"
},
"options": [
"they will never come for dinner together",
"they will ask one of them to leave",
"all of them will leave",
"they will wait for two other people to come"
],
"q... | Many people don't think that the number 13 is a lucky number. Many hotels do not have a 13th floor. The floors go from 12 to 14, and there is no number13. Some people will never sit at a table with 12 other people. They will tell someone to go or ask another person to sit with them.
No one really knows why people do no... | middle715.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "9:05"
},
"options": [
"7:30",
"8:00",
"8:45",
"9:05"
],
"question": "The first lesson begins at _ in the morning.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
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... | The school day begins at 8:45.Class teachers meet the class and check who is present and absent at the beginning of the day. We meet as a whole school once a week on Fridays. The head teacher makes a speech to the whole school. Morning lessons begin at 9:05.There are three one-hour lessons with a fifteen-minute break.T... | middle6288.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He cleared the pile of stones."
},
"options": [
"He complained as the other people had.",
"He gave up before he got to the stones.",
"He cleared the pile of stones.",
"He blocked the road with stones."
],
"quest... | Once, a king had a great highway built for his people. Just before it was opened to the public, the king decided to have a contest . He invited his people to take part in the contest. Their challenge was to see who could travel the highway the best.
On the day of the contest, some people came to the highway in fine clo... | middle5959.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "America"
},
"options": [
"Britain",
"Italy",
"America",
"Germany"
],
"question": "Benjamin Franklin was born in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, America. He is best known as a scientist and politician today. One of his most famous inventions is the lightning rod .And he is also regarded as "the Founder of the United States" because of his success in politics. However, he is not just an inventor and poli... | middle5781.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "3 billion dollars"
},
"options": [
"3 billion yuan",
"3 billion dollars",
"20 billion dollars",
"10 billion yuan"
],
"question": "How much money will Chan and Zuckerburg give out in the next 10 years?",
"que... | Can you imagine that someone could cure all the diseases in the world? It seems like an impossible job, But Priscilla Chan wants to make it come true.
Chan, 31, is from the United States. Many people may know her as a wife of Mark Zuckerberg , the founder of Facebook. But Chan herself has done a lot to help people.
Cha... | middle7800.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Canada"
},
"options": [
"America",
"Canada",
"England",
"China"
],
"question": "Mary comes from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_tex... | Hello! Nice to meet you. Now let me introduce myself to you. My name is Mary. I'm 12 years old. I'm from Canada and I speak English. I'm a tall girl. I have long brown hair and big blue eyes. I like _ a lot. I often sing songs with my friends in my free time. I have a happy family. There are four people in my family.... | middle7814.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "they must reach the age of 60"
},
"options": [
"they must reach the age of 60",
"they should be easy to make friends with",
"they must swim outdoors at least 8 times in the four cold months",
"they must agree to swim ou... | When did you last see a polar bear? On a trip to a zoo, perhaps? If you had attended a winter activity in New York a few years ago, you would have seen a whole polar bear club. These "Polar Bears" are people who meet frequently in winter to swim in freezing cold water. That day, air temperature was 3degC, and the water... | middle7141.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "traffic"
},
"options": [
"big cities",
"streets",
"cars",
"traffic"
],
"question": "The passage is about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"an... | Large population has caused many problems. For example, the traffic is very heavy in some big cities.
During the last ten years, big cities like Beijing and Harbin were full of cars and buses. Now the streets are completely crowded and it's very difficult to drive a car along them. Drivers must stop at hundreds of traf... | middle1530.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "12"
},
"options": [
"12",
"13",
"24",
"25"
],
"question": "_ girls are in Class 2.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Music."
}... | Hi! I'm Tina. This is a photo of Class 2. This class has twenty-five students, twelve girls and thirteen boys. These are Amy and Bob. Amy is Bob's sister. Amy is 12 and Bob is 13. Amy likes math and English. Bob likes music . He has a CD collection. This is Bruce. He is 14. He likes sports and has a sports collection.... | middle2039.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "for charity and for fun"
},
"options": [
"for fun and for his health",
"for charity and for his job",
"for his health and for charity",
"for charity and for fun"
],
"question": "Alain climbs for two reasons. The... | As a child, Alain Robert was afraid of height. One day, when he was 12, he returned home from school. At the front door of his building, he looked for his keys. He didn't have them. It was 3.30 p.m. and his parents worked until 6.00 p.m. Alain looked at his apartment on the eighth floor. He saw an open window. He close... | middle5756.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "20"
},
"options": [
"6",
"10",
"15",
"20"
],
"question": "The babysitter will work _ hours from Monday to Friday together.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | Wanted:Babysitter
Do you like children?Do you have free time in the afternoon?We need a babysitter for our son.He's 5 years old.Hours are from Monday to Friday,2:00p.m. to 6:00p.m.Sometimes you will work the whole day at the weekend.Pay is PS4 per hour.
*Watch our son
*Read to him
*Play with him
You will work in our ho... | middle4448.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "France"
},
"options": [
"Canada",
"America",
"France",
"England"
],
"question": "You may have the chance to live in a treehouse when you visit _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer"... | When you're having a holiday, one of the main questions to ask is which hotel or apartment to choose. However, when it comes to France, you have another special choice: treehouses.
In France, treehouses are offered to travelers as a new choice in many places. The price may be a little higher, but you do have a chance t... | middle3327.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Mr. Jones ."
},
"options": [
"David.",
"Mr. Brown.",
"Mr. Jones .",
"Mrs. Brown."
],
"question": "Who will have a party at home?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
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"answer": {
"answer_... | Mr. Jones and Mr. Brown work in the same office. One day Mr. Jones says to Mr. Brown, "I will have a small party at our house on Monday evening. Would you and your wife like to come?"
Mr. Brown says, "Thank you very much. I'd love to, but let me ask my wife first." So Mr. Brown goes to the other room and telephones his... | middle3441.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "About 180 days ."
},
"options": [
"About 180 days .",
"About 280 days .",
"About 200 days .",
"About 300 days ."
],
"question": "How long are kids in the US at school every year?",
"question_type": "factiod_... | Naturally, American schoolchildren love holidays. And they get a lot of them each year.
Besides having national holidays such as Thanksgiving and Presidents' Day off from school, students get longer breaks in the spring and during the summer holidays .In fact, kids in US only go to school for about 180 days a year .To ... | middle2987.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Three."
},
"options": [
"One.",
"Two.",
"Three.",
"Four."
],
"question": "How many cities are mentioned in the passage?",
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"answer": {
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"answer... | Franco is from Italy.He lives in a small city on a beautiful island on the coast of Italy.The sea is blue there and he likes going fishing when he doesn't work.in summer it is very hot and sometimes he goes to the 1110untains because it is cooler there.
Rome is the capital of Italy.It is a very old city.There are lot o... | middle5030.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "is very clever"
},
"options": [
"is very clever",
"has good eyes",
"is very strong",
"is very helpful"
],
"question": "People say Tom _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | One day a rich man meets Tom. The rich man asks, "People say you are very clever and nothing is difficult for you. Can you tell my why you are so clever? " Tom answers with a smile, "Oh, I'm not clever. Instead , you are too _ ." The rich man becomes very very angry.
Tom says, "Sir, please don't be angry. If you don... | middle1256.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "takes a walk"
},
"options": [
"goes shopping",
"goes swimming",
"takes a walk",
"play sports"
],
"question": "On Sunday, the writer _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
... | Some boys like wearing the same kinds of clothes as girls, and some of them have long hair. So sometimes it's hard to tell whether they are boys or girls.
Today is Sunday. I have a walk with my grandmother in the park. My grandmother is 80 years old and she can't see well. After some time, my grandmother is tired , so... | middle7627.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He took an adventure to the North Pole."
},
"options": [
"He decided to build up his body.",
"He met John Ridgway in Scotland.",
"He worked as a teacher at school.",
"He took an adventure to the North Pole."
],
... | Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. "Football, tennis, cricket -- anything with a round ball, I was useless," he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England.
It was a mountain bike he received for his... | middle1242.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because she is too fat."
},
"options": [
"Because she has a cold.",
"Because she can't eat meat.",
"Because she can't sleep well.",
"Because she is too fat."
],
"question": "Why does Mrs. Black go to see the doc... | Mrs. Black is such a heavy woman in the world that one day she goes to see the doctor.
The doctor tells her that she should eat more vegetables and less meat. So the next morning she only has an egg and a glass of milk for breakfast. And she has some rice and vegetables for lunch.
In the evening, she feels very hungry.... | middle7633.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "parents"
},
"options": [
"schools",
"teachers",
"parents",
"kids"
],
"question": "The article is for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer... | Nobody likes to do chores, especially kids. How can you make your kids get into a good habit of doing their chores? Try making chores fun for them.
Play some music:Music makes everything seem like a party, doesn't it? Play your kids' favorite music and let them dance around while they are doing their chores.
Make it a ... | middle5024.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the development of the Internet makes e-books more useful."
},
"options": [
"earlier e-books are about only a few subjects.",
"people don't like to read any paper books any more.",
"most e-books have been written for a specif... | E-book is short for electronic( ) book. It is usually read on personal computers. Some
mobile phones can also be used to read e-books.
Earlier e-books were written for a specific group of readers and were about only a few subjects. With the development of the internet, knowledge and answers to a lot of questions mainly... | middle3333.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "charities in the UK"
},
"options": [
"charities in the UK",
"the history of the charities in the UK",
"the generous and kind people in the UK",
"the relationship between the British government and charities"
],
... | There are millions of charities in the UK. In fact, you can hardly think of any good business that doesn't have a charity linked to _ .
The British people are so generous with charities. A lot of people are quite prepared to donate money to charities, even when they are short of money themselves. There are many reaso... | middle7155.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A friend of Wade's"
},
"options": [
"A friend of Wade's",
"A Chinese teacher",
"Wade's parents",
"An English student."
],
"question": "Who writes the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {... | Wade is my good friend. We study at the same school. At weekends he usually turns on his computer. He sends and gets e-mails to and from his friends back in France. He also gets on the Internet to learn about what is going on in the world. His parents sometimes take him to some places of interest in China. Sometimes I ... | middle8266.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "forests"
},
"options": [
"forests",
"rain",
"birds",
"fish"
],
"question": "In the past, the water in Lake Ponkapog was made clean by _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Thirty years ago, Lake Ponkapog in Hartwell, New Jersey, was full of life. Many birds and animals lived beside the water, which was full of fish. Now there are few birds, animals, and fish. The lake water is polluted. It is in a colour of dirty brown, and it is filled with strange plants.
How did this happen? First, we... | middle1524.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "My brother and I"
},
"options": [
"My sister and I",
"My brother and I",
"My brother and my sister",
"Andy and I"
],
"question": "_ are students and in the same school.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | My name is Mary. I'm a student. I'm twelve. My father is a policeman. My mother is a nurse. Nick is my brother. We are all at home today, because today is Sunday. My brother Nick is a student, too. We are in the same school. There are thirty-five classes in our school. My classroom is very big. | middle2005.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "tall"
},
"options": [
"tall",
"cool",
"short",
"thin"
],
"question": "Sam is a _ boy.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Sam and To... | My name is Sam. I'm tall. I have a round face and big eyes. I have a good friend. His name is Tom. He is short. He has red hair and big eyes. His favorite actor is Jackie Chan, and he thinks Jackie Chan is strong and cool.Our Chinese teacher is Miss Zhang. She is from Shanghai. She is 25 years old. She has long, black ... | middle4474.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "four"
},
"options": [
"four",
"five",
"six",
"seven"
],
"question": "Jose showed his talent for music when he was _ years old.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | Jose, a young musician, is a rising star in Bolivia. He has already performed in some of the countries' top venues including the Legislative Palace. What's so great about that? Jose is just seven years old and he is blind!
Jose is musically talented. At the age of 4, he picked up the drums and showed surprising talent... | middle6263.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Monday"
},
"options": [
"Saturday",
"Sunday",
"Monday",
"Tuesday"
],
"question": "Today is _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "watc... | It was Sunday yesterday. Tom and his mother were at home. Tom woke up late and sat on the bed watching TV. And he ate much chocolate. Then it was noon. Tom had to get up. Mother and Tom sat at the table. They were having their lunch. "The soup is not good. I don't want to have it," said Tom and put down his spoon . Mo... | middle4312.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "they hope Chinese students become healthier and stronger"
},
"options": [
"they think Chinese students like running very much",
"they hope Chinese students become healthier and stronger",
"they know Chinese students have no t... | To make Chinese students healthier and stronger, China's Ministry of Education has started a campaign. The campaign asks students to run every school day. Te campaign has started since October last year and will last until April this year.
Kids at primary schools have to run 1km per day. It's 1.5kms for middle school... | middle2763.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Sally"
},
"options": [
"Sally",
"jack",
"Anna",
"We don't know."
],
"question": "Who will do business if he/she gets 5 million.?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | What will you do if you get 5 million ? Some people give some different answers.
Sally: I want to do business . If I am rich, I will do a lot of things for my family. For me nothing is more important than my family. I will buy a new house for them and travel around the world.
Joe: If I have 5 million, I will use the ... | middle3469.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It was at war with England"
},
"options": [
"A civil war broke out.",
"The Scots did not support him",
"England broke away from it",
"It was at war with England"
],
"question": "What happened to King Robert Bruc... | Many centuries ago, Scotland was ruled by a king named Robert Bruce. He was a wise king and a brave soldier. When the English army invaded Scotland, Bruce took up arms and led his people in defence of his country.
Battle after battle was fought, Bruce led his little army against the enemy, and six times his men wer... | middle4306.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "nothing"
},
"options": [
"a few",
"nothing",
"a little",
"a lot"
],
"question": "In 1700, the men who protected the streets were paid _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Today there are policemen everywhere, but in 1700, London had no policemen at all. A few old men used to protect the city streets at night and they were not paid.
About 300 years ago, London was starting to get bigger and more and more people began to live there. The city was very dirty and many people were poor. There... | middle2777.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "you can study and play well"
},
"options": [
"you'll be unhealthy",
"you'll be lazy",
"you can have lots of friends",
"you can study and play well"
],
"question": "If you eat well and get lots of exercise, _ .... | You should eat well, get lots of exercise if you want to be a healthy kid. If you're healthy, you can study well and can do all the things you want to do, like running around with your friends.
If you're a kid who wants to be healthy, here are some rules for you.
Eat different kinds of foods If you eat different kind... | middle6511.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "in England"
},
"options": [
"in England",
"in Australia",
"in the USA",
"in China"
],
"question": "Fish and chips are very popular _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | Fish and chips, and Chinese take-away food are very popular in England. But they are _ in the USA. In the USA, they eat take-away food, too, like chicken. But the most popular kind of take-away food is the hamburger. It looks like bread with meat in it. Ham is a kind of pork---- but the hamburger does not have any pork... | middle932.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The Old Tree"
},
"options": [
"The Singing Bird",
"The Man's Wife",
"The Old Tree",
"The Kind Bees"
],
"question": "Which can be the best title of the story?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
... | There was an old pear tree in a man's garden. In the past, tie tree fruited every year, .so the man would get many pears. But now, the tree got old. There were no more pears for the man. So the ungrateful man decided to cut the tree down. When he walked toward the tree with an axe in his hand, the tree said to him, "... | middle6277.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "real friends"
},
"options": [
"real friends",
"older people",
"some teachers",
"younger people"
],
"question": "As the proverb says , _ will tell you when you are making mistakes .",
"question_type": "cloz... | Students are leaving the junior high school . What are they taking with them ? A lot of things for sure , but the most important thing is friends .
We asked some teachers to give us one last lesson . The lesson is proverbs(, ) about friends . Proverbs teach people about life . Older people often teach proverbs to young... | middle1518.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Chinese girl"
},
"options": [
"Chinese girl",
"English girl",
"Chinese teacher",
"English teacher"
],
"question": "Betty is a(an) _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | To Jim,
Hi, Jim. I'm a Chinese girl .My English name is Betty. I'm a student. I live in Nanjing with my parents. Nanjing is a big city in China. I like playing table tennis and running. I like listening to music, too . My favourite food is rice and fish. My dad is a doctor and my mum is a worker.
To Betty,
Hi, Betty. I... | middle2011.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The third step."
},
"options": [
"The first step.",
"The second step.",
"The third step.",
"The last step."
],
"question": "Which step is about studying hard?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | Do you like playing soccer? If you do, you may want to join the school soccer team. Read on and see how to join the school soccer team.
The first step is to know the information about the team. You can find more information by asking these questions. How many students are there in the soccer team? How many new players... | middle3680.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Whales"
},
"options": [
"Elephants",
"Lions",
"Whales",
"I don't know"
],
"question": "_ are the biggest animals on the earth.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_ind... | There are lots of animals on the earth. What is the biggest animal of all? The whale is. A blue whale weighs more than a hundred tons.
Whales live in the sea, but they are not fish. They are mammals and must have air to breathe. The babies drink milk from the mother's body. Every spring, groups of whales swim hundreds... | middle3858.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Night Markets"
},
"options": [
"Shopping Mall",
"Night Shopping",
"Markets",
"Night Markets"
],
"question": "Choose the best title of this article.",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"ans... | Most cities and towns in China have night markets every day. During the day, the streets are quiet . At night, they become crowded and lively . Usually people arrive at three or four in the afternoon. By 6:00, the streets are like rivers of people.
Night markets are fun places to shop in. You can buy clothes, shoes an... | middle503.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The Westpark Inn"
},
"options": [
"The Affinia Hotel",
"The Westpark Inn",
"Warwick New York Hotel",
"She complained her father."
],
"question": "Which of the hotels does NOT have stylish guest room?",
"ques... | Warwick New York Hotel
This hotel offers you stylish rooms in a quiet neighborhood, just a short walk from some of New York's business streets. It's small. Family-owned hotel with 16 rooms. They provide not only comfortable rooms but also warm smiles and friendly greetings.
The Westpark Inn
The Westpark has 90 rooms a... | middle6920.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "students are not allowed to bring mobile phones"
},
"options": [
"students are not allowed to bring mobile phones",
"students spend too much time in listening to music on the mobile phones",
"students bring mobile phones to s... | Have you felt annoyed when a mobile phone rings during the class? Something must be done to stop this. Now in New York City, USA, a rule is carried out* in schools. Students can't even bring mobile phones to school. Is it a good thing or not?
Anxious* parents say that mobile phones are an important tool* in holding New... | middle1929.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because Jack and his wife did not take it seriously."
},
"options": [
"Because the elder son didn't want to go to the hospital.",
"Because Jack and his wife did not take it seriously.",
"Because the hospital was very far from... | Jack was a skilled artist with a wife and two sons. One night, his elder son had a stomachache . Thinking it was only some common intestinal disorders, neither Jack nor his wife took it seriously. But the boy died suddenly that night.
Knowing the death could have been avoided if he had only realized the seriousness o... | middle7380.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the larger and stronger"
},
"options": [
"the sick",
"the female",
"the larger and stronger",
"the white and blue"
],
"question": "One day the girl forgot to close the door to the cage and _ of the two birds... | One day a lonely girl found two weak birds while she was walking in the woods . She took them home and put them in a small cage. She fed them with love and the birds grew strong. Every morning they greeted her with a beautiful song. The girl loved them very much and wanted their singing to last forever.
One day the gir... | middle265.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Zhejiang"
},
"options": [
"Shanghai",
"Zhejiang",
"Jiangsu",
"Hunan"
],
"question": "Zhou xun is from",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_te... | Zhou Xun is a famous film star of China. She has an English name--Jue.She was born on October 18th. She comes from Zhejiang Province . She is 1.60 meters tall, and she is slim and beautiful. She has black hair in two bunches . She likes watching VCD and sleeping. Her favourite colors are black and blue. She also lov... | middle5597.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Bending and stretching"
},
"options": [
"Playing ball games",
"Swimming",
"Bending and stretching",
"weight lifting"
],
"question": "_ is called warm-up exercise.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | People are busy working every day, so they do not have enough time to do exercise. As a result, many people become too fat or too thin. To keep our bodies healthy, we have to do exercise every day.
There are many kinds of exercises. Bending and stretching helps us move easily. Before we play ball games or swim, it ... | middle4851.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He's an English teacher."
},
"options": [
"He's Mr Black's friend.",
"He's Linda's husband.",
"He's an English teacher.",
"He's a worker."
],
"question": "What is Bill?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"... | I am Bill.I am an English teacher.My wife is Linda.She is a nurse. We have a daughter and a son.
Look! These are my friends.This is Mr Black.He's a worker.He works in a shoe factory .He makes shoes.That's Mrs Black.She works in a supermarket .The girl is their daughter.She's a student.She's thirteen.The boy is their s... | middle5583.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because earthquakes take place without warning."
},
"options": [
"Because earthquakes can be known before they happen.",
"Because earthquakes take place without warning.",
"Because earthquakes usually take place in the neighb... | Because earthquakes happen without warning, it's important to take steps now to prepare.Because you don't know where you will be when an earthquake happens, prepare some supplies for your home, workplace, and car.
1.Water.
A person need at least 1/2 gallon of water daily just for drinking.Store at least 1 gallon of wat... | middle4845.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "complete a volunteer form"
},
"options": [
"get a work visa",
"complete a volunteer form",
"call the school office",
"sign in with our clock system"
],
"question": "If you want to become a volunteer in the schoo... | Dear students,
Volunteering has never been an easy task. But if you are one of us, you will make a difference. Anyone who wants to volunteer-whether you work full-time or part-time-can find a way to help in our area. Below is an easy how-to guide to becoming a volunteer in our school.
First, you need to complete an onl... | middle7394.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Aged 2 to 18."
},
"options": [
"Aged 2 to 7.",
"Aged 2 to 18.",
"Aged 8 to 18.",
"Aged 2 to 11."
],
"question": "At what age do children in America spend about five and a half hours on the media a day?",
"qu... | Zach Linsky, 11, watches TV for 3 and a half hours a day and plays video games every other day. Zach, a sixth grader in Washington, D. C., is an American. But unlike many kids, he doesn't have a TV, VCR, or computer in his bedroom. He only has a boom box .
The survey of 3,155 kids, aged 2 to 18, shows that they spend ... | middle517.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a shopping center"
},
"options": [
"a large park",
"a big church",
"a square",
"a shopping center"
],
"question": "Here \"mall\" means \" _ \".",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {... | Malls are popular places for Americans to go. Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called "mall rats ". Mall rats shop until they drop in the hundreds of stores.
People like malls for many reasons. They feel safe because malls have police stations. Parking is usually free, and the weather inside is alw... | middle1083.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Don't stay outside when sandstorms happen."
},
"options": [
"Plant more trees in spring.",
"Stop people to cut down too many trees",
"Don't stay outside when sandstorms happen.",
"Tell people about the dangers of sandst... | In northern China during spring, big sandstorms often make trouble for people. Sandstorms usually happen in spring. They have happened in more than 10 provinces in northern China this year. People in southern China don't have to worry about this kind of bad weather. Most of the sand comes from the north of China. In no... | middle6934.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "twelve"
},
"options": [
"twelve",
"twenty",
"thirteen",
"thirty"
],
"question": "How old is Tony Smith?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_... | I am Tony Smith. I am 12. I am in No.101 Middle School. I'm in Class 2, Grade 7. My oldfriend is Jim Green. He is an English boy. He is twelve, too. He is in my class. He can speakgood Chinese. Jane is in Class 2, too. I think she is a good girl. My Chinese teacher isMr. Wang. His students like him. He is very cool. | middle3694.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A high fever."
},
"options": [
"A high fever.",
"The hot weather.",
"The hunger.",
"The cold."
],
"question": "What made Huang Naihui disabled?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {... | Huang Naihui was born in 1964 in Taipei. When he was a child, he had a very high fever, which made him partially paralyzed.
His parents were afraid that he would bring bad luck to the family and abandoned him. But his grandmother brought him up. It was at the age of 13 that he went to school. At the age of 22, he would... | middle3864.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "snowy"
},
"options": [
"sunny",
"snowy",
"cloudy",
"rainy"
],
"question": "--How was the weather? --It was _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"... | There was a heavy snow last night. Maria stayed at home. Her cousin Cara came to visit her. She came back from Beijing. She told Maria something about her vacation. "It was pretty good. "She said. Cara visited the Palace Museum and the Great Wall. She took a lot of photos.
It was lunch time. Maria's parents were not at... | middle1915.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "August"
},
"options": [
"January",
"August",
"May",
"November"
],
"question": "You will see the Great Singapore Sale if you go to Singapore in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer... | Shopping in Singapore is really a pleasure for tourists. The Great Singapore Sale is held every year, usually during the summer months. Singapore's famous shopping stores welcome a great number of visitors from all over the world. Their shopping hours last till midnight. During this time, nice and cheap goods are on sa... | middle259.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "find out the pollution in the water"
},
"options": [
"begin to work this year",
"work in the sea near England",
"find out the pollution in the water",
"help to find other fish in the sea"
],
"question": "From th... | Scientists will put some robot fish into the sea near Spain this year. These robot fish will help people find out the pollution in the water. If the robot fish are able to finish their work successfully, the team of scientists hopes the fish will be used in rivers, lakes and seas around the world.
The robot fish are ab... | middle4879.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He is a dog star."
},
"options": [
"He likes watching TV.",
"He lives in New York.",
"He is a lonely cat.",
"He is a dog star."
],
"question": "What is Bolt?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | The cartoon movie Bolt is an interesting movie. All the characters are very lovely. The movie is about a dog and his name is Bolt. Bolt is a dog star. He always thinks he is very strong. He often plays in TV programs. Many people love him. So he is a little proud.
One day people take him to New York, but the poor dog i... | middle6908.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Yes, there are."
},
"options": [
"No, they aren't.",
"No, they are.",
"Yes, there are.",
"Yes, there aren't."
],
"question": "Are there many adults learning English in China?",
"question_type": "factiod_ques... | Many students in China are learning English. Some of these students are small children. Others are teenagers . Many are adults . Some study at school, others learn by themselves. A few learn English language over the radio, on TV, or in the films. One must work hard to learn another language.
Why do all these people wa... | middle1054.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in a big hotel"
},
"options": [
"in a restaurant",
"in a supermarket",
"in a big hotel",
"in a library"
],
"question": "You would see the notice _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answ... | Welcome to Franklin Hotel. To make your stay enjoyable, we hope you will use our facilities to the full.
Dining Room: You can have three meals in the dining room. (breakfast 8-9 a.m.; lunch 12-2:30 p.m.;
dinner 7:30-9 p.m.)
Room Service: You can dial 0 for Reception to make a phone call while you are on bed. There are... | middle5232.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "lonely"
},
"options": [
"rich",
"famous",
"young",
"lonely"
],
"question": "Jean spends a lot of time on QQ because she is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | Jean is a bright young woman who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy, well, almost everything. The problem is that the people in Jean's family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely.
So Jean spends a l... | middle3643.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The owner of a hotel."
},
"options": [
"His friend.",
"The owner of a hotel.",
"A reader.",
"His father."
],
"question": "Who is Mr. Tom Green probably writing this letter to?",
"question_type": "factiod_que... | Dear Sir,
I am writing to you about my stay at your hotel. My wife and I arrived on Saturday, May 15thand stayed for a week. Though we were treated well and found the service excellent, we think there are one or two things we should bring your attention.
1. We hoped for a nice holiday from our busy work lives, and your... | middle3125.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because he wanted to spend more time with his family."
},
"options": [
"Because he didn't like them.",
"Because his parents made him do it.",
"Because he had no time to play with them.",
"Because he wanted to spend more... | Yesterday,I overheard our 9-year-old son,Aaron,talking to his friend,Zach.
"Oh,God!"Zach began,looking in Aaron's closet "Where are all your toys?"
"Oh,we are doing something called Simplicity plan,so I basically got rid of 80% of my stuff . "
"What? Did your mom and dad make you do this?"
"No, Idecided to do it becaus... | middle5554.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He started to dig a hole."
},
"options": [
"He bought a glass jar.",
"He started to dig a hole.",
"He played with some visitors.",
"He went on watching the program."
],
"question": "What did the boy do after wat... | Have you ever been sad because you failed in something? If so, please remember, for often, achieving what you expect is not the most important thing. Here is a story to tell you why.
One day a little boy decided to dig a hole behind his house after watching a science program. As he was working, a couple of boys stopped... | middle4892.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "how to face changes"
},
"options": [
"how to find the cheese",
"how to face changes",
"how to make a better life",
"how to do well in our study"
],
"question": "The book Who Moved My Cheese wants to teach us _... | The American book Who Moved My Cheese has been a best seller all over the world. It teaches people how to face changes in their lives. It is just for teens. The book tells us that when facing change in our life, like a new school or new friends, don't be afraid. Use this change to make a better life.
The book gives an ... | middle1732.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "May 1"
},
"options": [
"May 1",
"May 4",
"May 12",
"May 20"
],
"question": "Labor Day is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": ... | My favorite month is May, because there are many events in this month. May 1
is Labor Day . We have a three-day holiday . We can have a trip. We have an Art Festival on May 8
in our school. We like it very much,we like to show our pictures. May 12
is my good friend Linda's birthday. We have a big birthday party for ... | middle8070.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "in groups"
},
"options": [
"independently",
"successfully",
"in isolation",
"in groups"
],
"question": "When we are at work or at play, we find we are probably working _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questio... | Almost nothing we do in this world is done in isolation*. At work or at play, you'll find yourself in groups, working with other people: your team at work, a meeting with fellow workers, your family, a holiday with friends, a group of students working together, a group of neighbors wanting to make changes. It is now re... | middle7343.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Improve their food."
},
"options": [
"Get more customers.",
"Offer more food.",
"Improve their food.",
"Reduce the ticket price."
],
"question": "What do airlines do to solve this problem?",
"question_type":... | Many people travel to different places in the world by air. Usually it takes a long time, perhaps half a day, for passengers to stay in the plan. So airlines offer passengers food. But it is common that they feel bad about food taste. Do you agree?
To solve this problem, airlines try hard to improve their food. They wo... | middle7357.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "56"
},
"options": [
"21",
"31",
"56",
"100"
],
"question": "Pizza Hut has been set up for about _ years.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answ... | You can see Pizza Hut every some blocks, so it must be a very big business. Indeed it is. But believe it or not, the business was started in 1958 by two college students with a _ of 600 dollars.
The Carney brothers were trying to make some money .so that they could pay their way through college. They borrowed the mone... | middle3131.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Two"
},
"options": [
"One",
"Two",
"Three",
"Four"
],
"question": "How many people were there in this story?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"an... | People like to read stories about dog very much.They thought dogs were very clever.
One of my good friend , Bob , had a very big dog .Its name was Bill.Every Sunday afternoon,Bob and Bill had a walk in the park , Bill liked walking with Bob very much.
I visited Bob last Sunday.I stayed in his house for a long time.Bob ... | middle5540.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Green"
},
"options": [
"Green",
"Yellow",
"Red",
"Blue"
],
"question": "What color is P?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "N"
... | What's this? It's P. What color is it? It's green. What's this and what color is it? It's E. It's yellow. What's this? It's N. It's red. What's this? It's a pen. Spell it,please. P--E---N. I have a blue pen. This my ruler. It's yellow. My jacket is black and my quilt is green. It's nice. | middle4886.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Cleaner, nurse, farmer and shopkeeper"
},
"options": [
"Farmer, doctor, driver and cleaner",
"Cleaner, nurse, farmer and shopkeeper",
"Postman, nurse, driver and teacher",
"Driver, doctor, cleaner and shopkeeper"
],... | Hunter and Nina are husband and wife. They get up about 4:50 in the morning. When many people are sleeping in their warm beds, they are working. They work outside and walk a lot. They do not work when it is raining. They also work on weekends.
Her name is Sara. She sometimes goes to work in the morning, and sometimes g... | middle2549.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "no one should swim"
},
"options": [
"it is dangerous for children to swim",
"no one should swim",
"it is dangerous for women to swim",
"only children can swim"
],
"question": "A red flag means that _ .",
... | Hongkong has about forty beaches. They are open to all people. Some of the beaches are the best in the world. People can go there for a swim. You can go to most of them by bus. To go to some beaches you have to take a boat. There are toilets, clothes changing rooms and places to buy food and drinks on most of the beach... | middle4138.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It taught her how to fish."
},
"options": [
"It told her to swim in the lake.",
"It told her to play by the lake.",
"It told her to catch fish for him.",
"It taught her how to fish."
],
"question": "What did a f... | On a cold winter day, a fox told Mother Bear that he would teach her how to fish. For she wanted to learn, he took her to a hole in the ice, and told her to put her tail down into the water.
He told her to keep the tail there for a long time. Then when she pulled the tail out of the water, she would find fish around t... | middle3657.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "1,400,000,000"
},
"options": [
"140,000,000",
"14,000,000",
"1,400,000,000",
"14,000,000,000"
],
"question": "Goodbye, Mr. Loser had got over _ yuan by November 30, 2015.",
"question_type": "cloze_questi... | By November 30, 2015, the comedy Goodbye, Mr. Loser had got more than 1,400 million yuan in ticket sales.
It was amazing that a film with common actors who had their first shows in the film got such great success. What's more, the actors were all stage performers and they improved their acting skills by making this fil... | middle7431.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "was full of strange ideas."
},
"options": [
"dreamed day and night",
"liked making things",
"was an interesting man",
"was full of strange ideas."
],
"question": "People thought Merlin was a dreamer because he ... | Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreame... | middle1040.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Both A and C"
},
"options": [
"working together with others",
"how to write",
"what is fair",
"Both A and C"
],
"question": "Children can learn _ from doing chores.",
"question_type": "cloze_qu... | Many parents make their children do chores around the house. For some families, teaching children what to do and how to do chores is easy. But in other families, getting children to do some housework can be a very big problem.
It is a good idea for parents to teach their children at an early age. All family members mus... | middle2561.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "cool and friendly"
},
"options": [
"outgoing and jealous",
"cool and friendly",
"hard-working and serious",
"creative and responsible"
],
"question": "The writer thinks that the second children are often _ ."... | If you have a brother or sister, you already know you are different from each other. You live together in the same house and the same parents, but you have different personalities .
Why is this? One possible reason is the way your parent treat you.
First -born children receive all the attention from their parents. Most... | middle4110.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the migrant workers of China"
},
"options": [
"the factory owners of China",
"the business men and women of China",
"the migrant workers of China",
"the people in Chinese cities"
],
"question": "The writer think... | Who's building the new China? It's not the factory owners or the business men.It's someone else.
We see them every day.They work day and night in the terrible working places and weather.They build the roads,the theaters,the cinemas and the supermarkets.They even clean up our rubbish.They are China's migrant workers .
O... | middle7419.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "help the poor people"
},
"options": [
"look after pets",
"help the poor people",
"buy houses for the homeless",
"clean up the yards"
],
"question": "The volunteers can _ in the community.",
"question_type... | Become a volunteer and help those who need your help in your community ! Volunteer work includes helping the poor, helping the families whose houses were destroyed by national disasters or creating green spaces for neighborhood families. Whichever service activity you choose, you have the "power of one" to make a diffe... | middle6707.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "they were afraid the plane would be broken and knew there were not enough parachutes \nfor each person."
},
"options": [
"they couldn't find the parachutes.",
"they were afraid the plane would be broken and knew there were not enou... | There was a pilot and four people in a small plane.Suddenly there was something wrong with the machine while it was flying in the air. The smoke was everywhere in the plane.The pilot told the people there were only four parachutes .They all became worried and started to make excuses .
"I must go and mend the machine,... | middle1068.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "beautiful"
},
"options": [
"cool",
"beautiful",
"long",
"colourful"
],
"question": "According to the passage, a model has _ hair.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | Do you dream of having beautiful hair like a model ? Well, you can have it if you look after your hair in the right way. To get beautiful hair, you first need to get healthy. So start eating good food, and start exercising. This will make your hair look healthy and full of life. You also need to keep your hair clean to... | middle6061.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "America"
},
"options": [
"Canada",
"Australia",
"America",
"England"
],
"question": "Michael Jordan comes from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Michael Jordan was born on February17,1963,in Brooklyn ,New York . Jordan is the fourth of the five children in his family .His family moved to North Carolina when he was just a baby .As a young boy , his favourite sport was baseball ,but soon he found that he could play basketball as well .At the age of 17, he began t... | middle5568.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In Chong Qing."
},
"options": [
"In Chong Qing.",
"In Suzhou.",
"In Hangzhou.",
"In Wuhan."
],
"question": "Where is Wu Huan?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"... | 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 fru... | middle4662.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "1,000"
},
"options": [
"30",
"160",
"300",
"1,000"
],
"question": "There are about _ pandas living in the nature reserves today.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answe... | The panda is one of the animals most in danger. Three are about 1,000 pandas living in nature reserves today. Zoos and research centers look after about 160 pandas. Scientists are studying how they live and more baby pandas are born in the zoos.
Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southern China. They mainly li... | middle2213.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A girl's doll."
},
"options": [
"Danielle.",
"A girl's doll.",
"A boy's doll.",
"A boy."
],
"question": "Who is the writer ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | I live in a small doll's house in a young girl's room. The girl is called Danielle. She loves me very much. She puts beautiful clothes on me and combs my hair every day.
I look like a lady from the Tang Dynasty in China. My clothes are red and blue. I wear golden shoes and small gold hair clips.
Danielle is going t... | middle6075.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "chemistry"
},
"options": [
"English",
"Chinese",
"chemistry",
"math"
],
"question": "The students were having their _ class.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | The students were having their chemistry class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, "What's water?" No one spoke for a few minutes.Miss Li asked again,"Why don't you answer my question?Didn't I tell you what water is like?"
Just then a boy put up his hand and said,"... | middle8058.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "not a bad thing"
},
"options": [
"not a bad thing",
"a terrible thing",
"a bad thing",
"an uncomfortable thing"
],
"question": "What does the writer think of the change and development of language? He thinks it ... | Language is always changing and developing. This isn't a bad thing. If English hadn't changed for a long time, we won't have words to describe telephones, washing machines, computers or some other new things.
Language changes for several reasons. First, it changes because the needs of its speaker change. New technologi... | middle6713.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he didn't get enough care from his parents"
},
"options": [
"he had a big argument with his father",
"he wanted to learn to be independent",
"he didn't get enough care from his parents",
"his parents were always arguing... | Daniel Olin was 11 years old when his parents moved to Canada. He liked his new school and made friends there, but then things at home started to change. His mum and dad began to argue and the arguments got worse and worse until one day, Daniel's mum left. With his father working long hours, Daniel felt very lonely and... | middle2575.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "European soldiers."
},
"options": [
"American students.",
"American soldiers.",
"European soldiers.",
"European students."
],
"question": "Who first wore T-shirts according to the passage?",
"question_type":... | There is a long history behind the first T-shirts and today's colorful outerwear .
Many stories talk about the first T-shirts and the reason why people wear them. One says the first T-shirt had something to do with war.
In World War I
Some American soldiers found that European soldiers' undershirts were cooler and mor... | middle4104.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "People need a sense of smell to taste some food."
},
"options": [
"People hold their noses to eat onions.",
"If you can smell potatoes, you will taste apples.",
"People need a sense of smell to taste some food.",
"If yo... | If I ask you to shut your eyes and gave you a piece of apple to eat, would you be able to tell me what it is just by tasting it? Of course, you could. Your tongue is covered with tiny "taste buds" which help you know what different foods taste like. Do you know that foods would taste different if you did not have a nos... | middle2205.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "cool"
},
"options": [
"cool",
"colourful",
"cheap",
"their toys"
],
"question": "Many children like mobile phones because they think mobile phones are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Many children think mobile phones are cool. They come in fun colours and you can talk with a friend anytime and anywhere.
In the USA, more than 90 million people use mobile phones. Many of those people are children. For children, mobile phones are more than phone calls. They are fashionable.
Most mobile phone users don... | middle4674.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "write an article"
},
"options": [
"go home",
"have an English class",
"write an article",
"visit friends"
],
"question": "Mr. Tian asks his students to _ on Friday afternoon.",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | On Friday afternoon, Mr. Tian, the Chinese teacher asks his students to write an article . The topic is My Beautiful Mother. Mr. Tian says to the students,"You can go home after you finish it. "
All the students except Xiao Hong begin to write. They want to go home early. Xiao Hong is sitting there and thinks of her ac... | middle6063.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the most beautiful park"
},
"options": [
"the busiest street",
"the biggest station",
"the highest point",
"the most beautiful park"
],
"question": "Sydney Tower is _ in Sydney, Australia.",
"question_ty... | Sydney Tower
Address: 100 Market St, Sydney
Phone: 02 93339222
Fax: 02 93339203
Open time: 9:00 am to 10:30 pm (Saturdays to 11:30 pm)
Ticket: $ 60 (for an adult) $ 30 (for a child)
Website: www. Sydneytower. com. au
How to get there: train to Town Hall Station and a short walk along Market Street
How to book tickets: ... | middle6705.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "35"
},
"options": [
"33",
"35",
"38",
"41"
],
"question": "Emily began to learn Russian at the age of _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answ... | Hello,everyone!
My name is Emily.I'm 38 years old and live in a small city near New York now.Three years ago.I started to learn Russian.I once had a Russian friend.We used to meet twice a month and have some coffee and a talk together.However, she went to China later, so nobody can help me with my Russian.I hope to fin... | middle4112.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In March"
},
"options": [
"In May",
"In April",
"In March",
"In June"
],
"question": "When did Jolin Tsai publish \"Jolin's English Diary Book\" ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | JOLIN Tsai , a famous singer, has become an English teacher! But she is not staying in a classroom to give you talks in English.Instead, she has published a new book, "Jolin's English Diary Book".It came out in Taiwan in March.Jolin is helping you learn English in a _ way and give you useful words for life outside y... | middle2563.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "It had opened the day before the hanging."
},
"options": [
"It had opened the day before the hanging.",
"It had been broken a long time.",
"After three times, it opened.",
"John Lee's dead body fell through it."
],
... | Here are two stories from different parts of the world. They seem strange but, believe it or not, they re all true!
John Lee was an Englishman who refused to be hanged! In 1884 the police said Lee had killed an old woman who he used to work with. There was nothing to show that Lee had killed the woman. Lee told the pol... | middle3669.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "got married to Mary"
},
"options": [
"asked lots of his friends to come to his birthday party",
"became a famous scientist",
"got married to Mary",
"Stayed at home with his bride most of the time"
],
"question":... | At Christmas,1871,Edison,the famous American scientist,got married to Mary. Lots of their friends came to their wedding ceremony . At about two in the afternoon,Edison suddenly thought out a good way to solve the problem on the automatic telegraph after the wedding. So he said to the bride ,"I'll have to go to the fact... | middle4106.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "useful"
},
"options": [
"strange",
"lazy",
"useful",
"small"
],
"question": "The horse is a _ animal to man.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"... | 2014 is the year of horse in China. Do you know anything about the horse?
The horse is strong and runs very fast. He's a useful and hard-working animal. The horse learns to know his master soon. He loves his master, even after his master has died. Here's a story about such a horse. In a war, the master was killed, and... | middle5218.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A worker."
},
"options": [
"A doctor.",
"A teacher.",
"A farmer.",
"A worker."
],
"question": "What does Ben's grandfather do?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_in... | This is a photo of Ben's family. He has a big family. Look! Ben's grandparents are on the sofa. They are workers. They are old, so they don't work now. Ben's father is a doctor. He works in a hospital. He often drives his car to work. Ben's mother is a teacher. She teaches English in our school. The man in white is Ben... | middle2577.txt |
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