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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Chocolate"
},
"options": [
"Books.",
"Chocolate",
"Pictures",
"CDs"
],
"question": "What does Parker's Sweet Shop sell?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2... | Happy Days Clud
For young people
From 12...18 years old
Every Friday 7:30p.m...10:30p.m
29 Milton Street Just PS1 a week
Parker's Sweet Shop
14 Barrett Road 5minutes from town centre
Try our famous chocolate eggs and sugar
Hearts
Prices lower than in other shops
Open Monday--Saturday 9am.--5pm
International Library
Boo... | middle6711.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Money."
},
"options": [
"Health.",
"Money.",
"Satisfaction.",
"Friendship."
],
"question": "What plays a more important role in most people's daily life, according to the passage?",
"question_type": null
}... | Doctors, psychologists , economists and other experts have recently got together to find out what makes us happy and have come to surprising results.
One of the main topics is how to measure happiness. Although some experts say that there are many ways to measure happiness, like recording a person's feelings, satisfac... | middle7369.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "England"
},
"options": [
"the USA",
"Japan",
"Canada",
"England"
],
"question": "Rose White is from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer... | I'm an English girl. My name is Rose White. I'm short but my hair is long. I have a round face and my mouth is small. Now I'm a student in No. 5 High School. I have a good friend. Her name is Liu Xing. We are in the same class. She is from China. She has big eyes. But her mouth is small.
,. | middle6077.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Joe was taken off the train near the elephants"
},
"options": [
"Mr. Smith got into the zoo",
"Mr. Smith hurried into the restaurant",
"Joe was taken off the train near the elephants",
"they were getting on the train"
... | After Mr. and Ms. Smith spent a happy morning at the zoo with Joe, their four-year-old grandson, they stopped at a restaurant and then went into it for lunch. When the waiter passed them some menus,Mr. Smith reached into his pocket for his glasses. He was disappointed to find that they were lost. "I know where your g... | middle2211.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Many people are treated unequally in their life."
},
"options": [
"Everyone is treated equally in their life.",
"Many people are treated unequally in their life.",
"People don't need to be treated equally in their life.",
... | Have you ever noticed that you're treated differently in stores based on your sex,age,race and even the way you dress? I certainly have,so 1 wanted to see exactly what happens inside these stores that are meant to be run with"customer service".
A young man in ripped jeans and a hoodie went into a car shop and asked for... | middle4660.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He was angry with his agent."
},
"options": [
"He was mad at the telephone.",
"He was worried about his wife.",
"He was angry with his agent.",
"He was impatient with the secretary."
],
"question": "Why did the ... | I was waiting for a phone call from my agent last night. He had left a message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Thr... | middle7341.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "on the Internet"
},
"options": [
"in class",
"in school",
"on the Internet",
"in the neighborhood"
],
"question": "The passage mainly talks about how to find a right partner _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_... | If you want to travel with a partner, you may ask for one on the Internet. There are some tips about how to choose a right partner on the Internet:
Unluckily, you can't ask a person if he has a good feeling. If you ask, everyone will tell you that they do! It is important that you have to get to know your travel partne... | middle1730.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Healthy lifestyle."
},
"options": [
"Healthy food.",
"Healthy lifestyle.",
"Junk food.",
"Healthy sports."
],
"question": "What's the passage mainly about?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
... | You are what you eat
Keeping better eating habits can help you have less illness. A healthy eating plan means choosing the right food to eat and cooking food in a healthy way.
_
Do you often change your toothbrush? Maybe you think it is unnecessary. A study shows old toothbrushes bring disease . You should often chan... | middle2239.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "his heart didn't work well"
},
"options": [
"his heart didn't work well",
"he expected a full recovery",
"his life was drawing to a close",
"the first one wasn't well performed"
],
"question": "Jim was sent back... | Jim suffered heart problems. In conversation he expressed little joy and it seemed that his life was drawing to a close.
When his heart problems led to operation, Jim went through it successfully, and a full recovery was expected. Within days, however, his heart was not beating properly. Jim was rushed back to operatio... | middle5556.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "on Saturday morning"
},
"options": [
"on Saturday morning",
"on Sunday morning",
"in a fine day",
"in a cloudy morning"
],
"question": "Lily and Lucy want to go to the Great Wall _ .",
"question_type": "c... | It is a fine Saturday morning. Lily and Lucy get up at six thirty. They want to go to the Great Wall with their mother. At seven fifty they are in a big bus to the Great Wall. There are forty people in it. Some of them are Americans, some are English. There are two Chinese in the bus, too. One is a woman. She is drivi... | middle4648.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "going home"
},
"options": [
"watching TV",
"having supper",
"going home",
"going to the market"
],
"question": "The father and his little son are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"ans... | A father and his little son are going home. The boy is five years old. He is interested in(---) all kinds of things and he is always asking questions.
"What's the meaning of the word 'drunk '?" asks the boy.
"Well, my son," his father answers. "Look, there are two policemen. To a drunk man's eyes, there are four."
"Bu... | middle3641.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Basketball."
},
"options": [
"Music.",
"Basketball.",
"Football.",
"Drawing"
],
"question": "What does Jumping Tiger think is cool?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | In a chatting room on the Internet, some children are talking about what they like to do at school. Flying Fish: I think music is my favourite. I like listening to many beautiful English songs. I need to feel _ after a day's work. So I often listen to my favourite music after supper.
Singing Bird: I like music, too. Bu... | middle3899.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "When he saw Tom play the piano at two."
},
"options": [
"When he played the piano at three.",
"When he saw Tom play the piano at two.",
"When he listened to the western music on the radio.",
"When his father taught him ... | What's your favorite cartoon? It may be difficult for you to decide. But for pianist Lang Lang, Tom and Jerry is the best one.
When Lang was two years old, he saw Tom play the piano. This was his first time to enjoy western music and this experience encouraged him to learn to play the piano.
His talent at the keyboard ... | middle1056.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "5"
},
"options": [
"4",
"5",
"6",
"8"
],
"question": "How many Chinese teachers did BBC choose?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "... | What happens when five Chinese teachers take over a British classroom full of teenagers? The experimental program was designed to test how 50 students ages 13 and 14 at the Bohunt School in Hampshire would deal with a completely Chinese teaching method. With long school days and tough rules, it's considered to be "stri... | middle6739.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He went to the hospital as soon as possible."
},
"options": [
"He asked another doctor to do his duty.",
"He went to the hospital as soon as possible.",
"He discussed the boy's state with the father.",
"He waited until ... | He found the boy's father in the hall waiting worriedly.
On seeing him, the father cried out, "Why did you take all this time to come? Don't you know that my son is in danger? Don't you have any sense of duty?"
The doctor smiled and said, "I am sorry. I wasn't in the hospital and I came as fast as I could after receivi... | middle7427.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A baseball match has nine players."
},
"options": [
"Boys and girls like baseball games.",
"Baseball is played in the open air.",
"A baseball match has nine players.",
"Children sometimes play baseball in parks."
],... | Baseball is one of the favorite sports in the USA. Children play baseball in sports fields or parks.
At summer picnic, there is often an informal baseball game. Boys and girls, young and old take turns to bat. There are nine players on each team.
The baseball season goes from April to September. During this time, baseb... | middle3655.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he served in the navy"
},
"options": [
"he worked on a coastal ship",
"he was 18 years old",
"he was sent to the Pacific",
"he served in the navy"
],
"question": "He started exploring when _ .",
"question... | Captain James Cook was a great explorer. Before he started exploring, maps of the Pacific Ocean were almost empty. He visited hundreds of islands across the Pacific Ocean and put them in the correct places on the map. He made maps of the coastlines of Australia and New Zealand. James Cook was born in England in 1728. H... | middle5224.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Bees communicate with each other by dancing."
},
"options": [
"Animals have languages like human beings.",
"Bees communicate with each other by dancing.",
"Animals can use words.",
"Animals are brave."
],
"quest... | Animals, including insects , don't have a 'language' like ours. They do not 'talk' to each other in words and sentences . But if we watch them, we can see that they have their ways of communicating with each other.
Can you see the rabbit's tail? When rabbits see this white tail moving up and down, they run away. The... | middle4884.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "one"
},
"options": [
"one",
"two",
"three",
"many different"
],
"question": "In the story,people in the world speak _ language(s) at first.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Hello,my friend.I'm Jack.Today I'd like to tell you a story about the language.People live together and they speak the same language.They are kind to each other .
People want to build a tower.One of them says, "Let's build it high and it can reach the heaven !".And the name is the Tower of Babel.But God doesn't like i... | middle5542.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "buildings that make people feel sick"
},
"options": [
"very old buildings",
"buildings that make people feel sick",
"buildings for sick people",
"buildings that are going to fall down"
],
"question": "\"Sick bui... | Do you know you could get sick just by walking past a building? The bacteria that cause Legionnaire's disease grow very fast in large modern buildings. They are carried by air through the buildings and outside. Legionnaire s disease is only one of the illnesses that are caused by "sick buildings".
Some buildings can m... | middle3133.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The Browns."
},
"options": [
"A family of three.",
"The Browns.",
"Jack and Nancy.",
"Alice and Nancy."
],
"question": "Who are the writer's new neighbours?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | Our new neighbours are the Browns. They have two children, a boy and a girl. The boy is Jack and the girl is Alice. Jack is 11, and he is one year older than me. Alice and my sister Nancy are 8 years old.
At weekends, Nancy and I like to go to play with Alice and Jack. Both Jack and I really enjoy playing computer game... | middle7355.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The pen"
},
"options": [
"The notebooks",
"The school card",
"The pencil box",
"The pen"
],
"question": "What's not in the schoolbag?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | Dear Mary,
I must go to see your grandparents now.I prepare these things for you.Your dictionary is in the bookcase.Your schoolbag is on the sofa.Your pencil box,notebooks and your school card are in the schoolbag.Your jacket is on the chair.Don't _ your watch.It's on the desk.
Love you.
Mom | middle1917.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "She is a children's nurse"
},
"options": [
"She is a doctor",
"She is a children's nurse",
"She is an adults' nurse",
"She is a children's doctor"
],
"question": "What is Joan's job?",
"question_type": "fact... | Joan worked in a hospital. One evening there was a big dance at the hospital. Most of the doctors and nurses would be there, but of course somebody had to be left to look after the sick children, and Joan was not of the lucky ones. She liked dancing very much, so when she had to start work that evening while her friend... | middle3866.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the fourth-grade students"
},
"options": [
"ice cream sellers",
"all the school children",
"little boys and girls",
"the fourth-grade students"
],
"question": "According to the passage, _ work at the fair.",... | I love to tell the story about how I met my best friend---- Tiger. We met at the school fair. Each year, all the fourth-grade classes hold a school fair. Everyone in the fourth-grade works at the fair. Some sell ice cream, drinks and snacks. Others take care of the little children who ride the rides.
I got the second j... | middle529.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "charity"
},
"options": [
"government",
"charity",
"business",
"training centre"
],
"question": "MSF is a famous _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | MSF stands for Medicines Sans Frontiers. It's also known as Doctors Without Borders . Medicines Sans Frontiers is French. This organization was set up by some French doctors in 1971. Since then, MSF has sent trained doctors all over the world to help people who have suffered from disasters, such as wars and illness.
N... | middle3872.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "copy"
},
"options": [
"copy",
"mountain village",
"terrible accident",
"the heroes of Liangshan"
],
"question": "Shanzhai means _ today.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | The word "shanzhai" originally means "mountain village",but it means"copy"in Chinese now.
I started to research this topic and found a whole new shanzhai world.There are shanzhai products and online games,even shanzhai culture.It is so popular that some people say to each other "have you shanzhaied today"?Like it or ... | middle8099.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "At 4 a.m. on 16 September."
},
"options": [
"At4 a.m. on 15 September.",
"At 4 a.m. on 16 September.",
"At 6 a.m. on 15 September.",
"At 6 a.m. on 16 September."
],
"question": "What time do you think the Hills ... | At nine o'clock in the evening on 15 September,1961, Mr and Mrs Hill were driving along Motorway 3 (3) when they saw a spaceship.
They drove on to Sand field, the next town. They got there the next morning. Mr Hill looked at his watch.
"Why did it take us so long? " he asked. "Three hundred and four kilometers in seven... | middle1903.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "seven"
},
"options": [
"two",
"four",
"six",
"seven"
],
"question": "There are _ people in Mary's family.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"ans... | Mary is from the USA. She has two brothers. Now her family are in China. Her father, Mr Peterson, teaches English in Xihu Middle School. Her mother works in the same school. She teaches English, too. Mary goes to school in her father's car with her mother every day.
Mary is a nice girl student. She can speak a little C... | middle5595.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "news reporter"
},
"options": [
"scientist",
"traveler",
"story writer",
"news reporter"
],
"question": "This passage may probably be written by a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"ans... | Strong earthquakes hit the east of Japan in the afternoon of March 11, causing several meter-high tsunami , which killed more than 10,000 people in areas along the coast. Several nuclear plants at the coast were broken by the earthquake and tsunami. People living near the plants have been asked to move away. People li... | middle267.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Protect people in the city."
},
"options": [
"Do good things for our environment.",
"Protect people in the city.",
"Advance the environmental values.",
"Protect the places we live."
],
"question": "Which of the ... | Environment California tries to protect the places we live, advance(;) the environmental values we share and do good things for our environment.
Environment California is a statewide, citizen-based environmental organization. We believe there's something special about California -something worth protecting for the futu... | middle7382.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "about the ways of studying"
},
"options": [
"the importance of reading",
"to read in the morning",
"about the ways of studying",
"to have patience in studying"
],
"question": "The article tell us _",
"ques... | The aim of students who come to school is to study.But study requires a right way, or you waste either the time or the money. The following are the ways for studying.
The best time for reading is morning, because in the morning, the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason, we can get good results.
In studyi... | middle501.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He is quiet, but fair and patient."
},
"options": [
"He is just like Peter.",
"He is energetic and active.",
"He likes to argue.",
"He is quiet, but fair and patient."
],
"question": "What do you think of Ben?",... | Nick is a student. He has four friends. They are Ben, Eric, Peter and Andy. But they are all very different. Nick is confident and kind. He is also a good listener. All of his friends like to talk to him about their problems. This is his best quality. Ben is the quietest friend of them. He is not energetic and active l... | middle1095.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "California's Silicon Valley"
},
"options": [
"San Francisco",
"San Jose",
"a horse farm",
"California's Silicon Valley"
],
"question": "Stanford University was set up in the center of _ .",
"question_type... | Stanford University, which was established between San Francisco and San Jose in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, is one of the world's leading teaching and research universities. Since its opening in 1891, Stanford has been dedicated to finding solutions to big challenges and to preparing students for leader... | middle3682.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The pigeon's leg."
},
"options": [
"The pigeon's back.",
"The pigeon's head.",
"The pigeon's neck.",
"The pigeon's leg."
],
"question": "Which part of the carrier pigeon is the can tied to?",
"question_type"... | You've probably heard of working dogs that help police officers, or horses that help farmers. Did you know that carrier pigeons can be trained to help people too? Here are some examples.
Mailman
Carrier pigeons can be trained to carry messages to people. The note is placed into a small can. The can is tied to the pigeo... | middle2588.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He is funny"
},
"options": [
"He laughs a lot",
"He is funny",
"He is clever.",
"He talks a lot"
],
"question": "What does the writer think of his teacher?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
... | My English teacher is very funny. He has really long hair and wears an earring on one ear. He likes to wear purple shirts and orange pants. He also uses all kinds of slang words from the 1970s. When he likes something, he'll say it's really "groovy" . I think he played the guitar in a rock band when he was young.
On... | middle3696.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "How to feel relaxed and happy under the stress of study and work."
},
"options": [
"Don't work or study too hard.",
"What kind of relaxing activities can we do?",
"Getting enough sleep, exercising regularly and eating healthi... | Learn to relax. Overwork is the main reason why so many students feel tired and stressed . Cut down some of the jobs you need to do each day so that you can only focus on the most important things. Leave time for activities that are relaxing and fun. This might mean reading a good book, listening to the music, going fo... | middle6936.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "spring"
},
"options": [
"spring",
"summer",
"autumn",
"winter"
],
"question": "It is _ in Australia in November.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | The seasons in Australia are not like ours. When it is winter in China, it is summer there. Australia is a southern country. It is in the south of the world. June, July and August are the winter months; September, October and November are spring; the summer is in December, January and February; and March, April and May... | middle515.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "His bad teeth"
},
"options": [
"His bad habit",
"His bad teeth",
"Not smiling",
"Eating too much sugar"
],
"question": "What has made Mike lose his confidence?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{... | Passage 3
A smile will tell people around you that you are a kind and friendly person. However, many people don't smile because they think they have ugly teeth. For example, one of my classmates, Mike, doesn't have very nice teeth, so that is why he seldom opens his mouth. He even says that he has lost confidence becau... | middle273.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "sadly"
},
"options": [
"sadly",
"slowly",
"quickly",
"early"
],
"question": "Tom got back home _ when the sun was dropping.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | It was nearly dark. The sun was dropping down the mountains far away. Little Tom came back home with tears in his eyes.
"What's the matter, Tom? How's your trip?" his mother asked with a big smile. "I failed. The mountain is so high and full of big or small stones on the way. I still go ahead. But I was tired and it wa... | middle7396.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "immersion"
},
"options": [
"task",
"speaking",
"immersion",
"listening"
],
"question": "The most popular way to teach the American children another language is called _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questio... | It seems more and more Americans want schools to teach foreign languages to children younger than five years old.The most popular way to teach these young children another language is called immersion .
Children in immersion programs hear only the new language in the classroom.The children play games, sing songs and t... | middle4847.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "nice"
},
"options": [
"big",
"nice",
"new",
"small"
],
"question": "My schoolbag is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A penci... | This is my schoolbag. It isn't very big but it's very nice .There is a big pencil box in my bag. There is a picture of a dog on my pencil box. There are two pens and three pencils in it.The ruler in my pencil box is very long .There is a small ball in my schoolbag. It is for my cousin Jim. | middle5581.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the backpack of the climber's"
},
"options": [
"a parachute",
"nothing",
"the backpack of the climber's",
"two parachutes"
],
"question": "The clever man jumped out with _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_quest... | 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 plane began to fall down. The pilot told the people there were only four parachutes . They all became worried and started to make excuses.
"I must go," said the pilot, taking one ... | middle924.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "three"
},
"options": [
"two",
"three",
"four",
"five"
],
"question": "The passage tells us _ ways to learn new sports.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | Some parents say their kids don't like sports. Why?
Some kids don't like sports because they don't know how to play them. If the kids know how to play a new sport, maybe they will like it. Taking P.E. classes at school is a good way to learn new sports. Another way is to watch videos about sports. Kids can also read so... | middle7619.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "to keep the box closed"
},
"options": [
"to look after a little girl",
"not to hurt the children in the land",
"to open the box quickly",
"to keep the box closed"
],
"question": "The fairy who gave Pandora the b... | Long, long ago the world was a happy place. Nobody was ever sick or sad.
At that time there lived a little girl named Pandora. One day a fairy gave her a wonderful box. The fairy made Pandora promise not to open it. Pandora and her friends often looked at the box and wondered what was in it.
For a long time Pandora kep... | middle6507.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Mr. White often has some trouble because of his near sight."
},
"options": [
"Mr. White wears a pair of glasses.",
"Mr. White works in a village school.",
"Mr. White likes reading in bed in his office.",
"Mr. White ofte... | Mr. White works in an office. He liked reading in bed when he was at school. It was bad for his eyes and now he is near-sighted. But he wouldn't want anybody else to know about it and he never wears a pair of glasses. It often brings him some trouble.
One winter morning he was sent to a village school on business. He g... | middle3319.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "taken to the living room"
},
"options": [
"told some strict rules about dinner",
"taken to the dining room",
"taken to the living room",
"told to wash your hands"
],
"question": "If you are dinner guest to a fam... | Dinner customs are different around the world. If you are a guest in Ghana, thisinformation will help you a lot.
In Ghana, dinner is usually from four in the afternoon to six in the evening. But there are nostrict rules about time. Whenever a guest arrives, a family offers food.
When you go to ahome, the host takes you... | middle4476.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Yes, it is"
},
"options": [
"No, it isn't.",
"Yes ,it isn't",
"No, it is",
"Yes, it is"
],
"question": "Is the park beautiful? _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"ans... | Let me tell you something about our park.It's not very big but beautiful .Here's the gate .We can go into the park from here. On the left of it, there are two toilets .There is a cafe on the right .We can drink coffee there. There is a big tree near it. In the tree, there are many birds. In the middles of the park ,th... | middle2007.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Three; four"
},
"options": [
"Three; four",
"Four; three",
"Two; three",
"Three; five"
],
"question": "_ girls and _ boys in the room are all students.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"a... | This is a new picture. There are four boys and three girls in the room. They are all students. The boy on the desk is Jim. The girl near the window is Kate. Jim's sister Jane is on the chair. Ann and Mike are at the door. Mike's brother Sam is under the table. Where is Tom? Oh, he is over there, near the door. They are... | middle4462.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Jessica"
},
"options": [
"Jessica",
"David",
"Judy",
"Hand"
],
"question": "_ finds a watch.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Blac... | Found:A black watch
Is this your watch?It is found in the classroom. Please call Jessica at 36206018.
Lost:My school card
My name is David Hand. The number of my school card is 20070107. Please call me at 33429703 or my friend Judy. Her phone number is 33073061. Thank you. | middle2013.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "South Korea."
},
"options": [
"China",
"Japan.",
"South Korea.",
"America"
],
"question": "Where does Rain come from?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Do you hear the name--Rain? Yes, he is a popular star of South Korea. Rain's music teacher gave him that name. His real name is Jung Ji Hoon. The 27-year-old singer is very good at dancing, too. His eyes are bright and his smiles are sunny.
When he was a child. Rain was very quiet. But in Grade Six. Rain surprised all ... | middle930.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because she wanted to be thinner ."
},
"options": [
"Because she had a bad cold.",
"Because she felt terrible.",
"Because the doctor was her friend.",
"Because she wanted to be thinner ."
],
"question": "Why did... | Mrs. White was very fat. She weighed 100 kilos, so she went to see a doctor. The doctor said, "You need a diet ,Mrs. White, and I have a good way here." He gave Mrs. White a small book and said, "Read this carefully and eat the things on page 11 every day. Then come back and see me in two weeks."
Mrs. White came again ... | middle6513.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "beer"
},
"options": [
"sandwiches",
"beer",
"tomatoes",
"corn"
],
"question": "Which belongs to red-labelled food in Australia?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | It seems school children all over the world complain about their school food.Cherie Blair,the wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair,said that she would prepare a packed lunch for her son if school dinners do not improve. So what do students of your age eat for lunch at school?
Japan
High schools have canteens,which serve e... | middle2775.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In a clothes store."
},
"options": [
"At home.",
"At school.",
"In a clothes store.",
"In Jane's room"
],
"question": "Where are Mrs. Black and her daughter?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | Mrs. Black and her daughter Jane are in a store. (: Clerk )
Clerk:Can I help you?
Mrs. Black: I want a sweater for my daughter.
Clerk: What color does she like?
Mrs. Black (to Jane): What color do you like, dear?
Jane: I like yellow.
Clerk: Do you like this one?
Jane: Yes, it's really beautiful. How much is it?
Clerk... | middle4304.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "his / her ears will not change in shape"
},
"options": [
"his / her ears are red",
"his / her ears will not change all the life",
"he / she will get large ears",
"his / her ears will not change in shape"
],
"que... | The size and shape of your ears show your character more than any other parts of the face. Other parts of the face change shape as we get older, but ears do not change their shape. They only change in size.
Reading people's character from their ears is an old science. In very old times people thought that a person wit... | middle7625.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "south"
},
"options": [
"east",
"west",
"south",
"north"
],
"question": "In the _ of England there is little snow in winter.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_ind... | Many people in the world have not seen snow. Some countries never have snow; some have only a little on top of the high mountains. In the north of England, there is quite a lot of snow every winter, but in the south of England, there is usually little.
When a student from a warm country comes to England in autumn for t... | middle918.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "their homes are not in London"
},
"options": [
"they don't like the food at home",
"their homes are not in London",
"it's cheaper",
"restaurants are beautiful places"
],
"question": "Visitors to London often eat... | Visitors to London often eat in restaurants. The owners and workers in them are all from other countries. The visitors say in these restaurants they don't feel they are in England. Most of English people eat at home as much as they can. Sometimes they themselves will think they are in another country when they are in ... | middle1254.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "it has big eyes"
},
"options": [
"it has a beautiful body",
"it has big eyes",
"it can look straight ahead",
"it can turn its neck"
],
"question": "An owl looks clever because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze... | An owl is a bird with very large eyes. Those eyes make the owl look clever. The owl can not move its eyes freely as we can. It can only look straight ahead. If it wants to look at both sides, it must turn its neck. Owls make a strange noise because the owls sleep most of the day. They usually give their cries at night.... | middle5032.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The UK"
},
"options": [
"The US.",
"Australia.",
"The UK",
"France"
],
"question": "Where is Dave from?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_... | On 22nd January, 2007, Dave Cornthwaite from the UK became the first person to skateboard across Australia. He made a new world record, by skating a total of 5,823 kilometers. Jack Smith, the previous champion, had skated a total of 4,830 kilometers across the US in 2003. Dave's journey started in Perth and ended in ... | middle2985.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the traffic problem"
},
"options": [
"the traffic problem",
"the population problem",
"the family problem",
"the health problem"
],
"question": "In London, the government has decided to provide bikes for local p... | In London, there has always been a main problem. In order to solve this problem, the government has decided to have a bike revolution . It has decided to provide 6,000 bikes for the people to rent. The government encourages local people to ride bikes in order to solve the traffic problem.
More than 12,000 people have a... | middle3443.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A person who never wastes his time in his whole life."
},
"options": [
"A child who can do whatever he likes.",
"An old person who lives in a comfortable life.",
"A grown-up who no longer expects other to pay for him.",
... | How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains , and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets .
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities ... | middle1532.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Be your true self rather than follow others."
},
"options": [
"Be your true self rather than follow others.",
"Don't copy others or you can't be the first class.",
"Make efforts to be the first instead of the second.",
... | Honesty comes in many forms. First there's self-honesty. Is what people see the real article or do you appear through smoke and mirrors? I find that if I try to be something I'm not, I feel unsure of myself and take out a part from my PBA (personal bank account). I love how singer Judy Garland put it, "Always be a firs... | middle7143.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "byplane"
},
"options": [
"bycar",
"bytrain",
"byplane",
"bysea"
],
"question": "e choose traveling by car for pleasant trips, while they usually take trains or planes for business.According to the passage, the f... | We can not live a modern life without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by air. With a plane
one 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 one can see the country he is traveling through.
Modern trains have comfo... | middle8270.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "run"
},
"options": [
"leave home",
"run",
"play games",
"have breakfast"
],
"question": "Kate and his parents usually _ together in the morning.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | Kate: I like running very much. It's good exercise. My parents both like running, too. We usually get up early in the morning and run together. It is good for one's legs, heart and lungs. It helps one to have a strong body. Mum says that she should thank running because it helps her to get thinner. Running is fun. It c... | middle1526.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "tennis"
},
"options": [
"football",
"tennis",
"baseball",
"volleyball"
],
"question": "At first, Michael Jordan played _ instead of basketball.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {... | Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 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 he soon found that he could play basketball as well. At the age of 17, he began ... | middle7157.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "anyone is born with his color preference"
},
"options": [
"anyone can choose his color preference in his life",
"no one can choose his color preference in his life",
"anyone is born with his color preference",
"no one i... | What is your favourite colour? Do you like yellow, orange, red? If you do, you must be an optimist , a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement. Do you prefer greys and blues? Then you are probably quiet, shy and you would rather follow than lead. If you love green, you are strong-minded and dete... | middle8264.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To make the land use plan."
},
"options": [
"To improve the environment.",
"To make the land use plan.",
"To make new discoveries.",
"To count the crops in a field."
],
"question": "Why do governments study geog... | Geography is the study of Earth and its climates. Scientists use it to study global warming and track the weather. Governments use it to learn where people live and work and to plan what to do with the land. It is now easier than ever to use geography because of a science called space technology.
The United States laun... | middle3331.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "In autumn"
},
"options": [
"In winter",
"In spring",
"In summer",
"In autumn"
],
"question": "When does the story take place ? _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | It is in autumn . A young man comes to a forest . He's walking beside the forest. On his right is a river. On his left is the forest. Suddenly he sees two green eyes looking at him from the trees. A tiger is getting ready to jump on him.
What does he do? He must jump into the river. But in the river there is a big croc... | middle5998.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "She is fourteen."
},
"options": [
"She is ten.",
"She is twelve.",
"She is thirteen.",
"She is fourteen."
],
"question": "How old is Liu Yingying?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | Liu Yingying is a student at No. 17 Middle School in Shanghai. She is 14 years old. She likes English and she often reads English books at home. She can speak English well and write many English words. She likes speaking English with her classmates and teachers at school. Her teachers like her. Liu Yingying likes mus... | middle5740.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "someone asked him what the time was"
},
"options": [
"the suitcases were very heavy",
"he felt very tired",
"a stranger wanted to buy his watch",
"someone asked him what the time was"
],
"question": "Lester stop... | Lester was walking in the street with two huge and heavy suitcases . A stranger walked up to him and asked ,"Have you got the time ?"
Lester stopped , put down the suitcases and looked at his watch ."It' s five fifteen ,"he said .
"Hey , what a nice watch !"said the stranger .
Lester smiled a little and said ,"Yes , it... | middle2749.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Young people"
},
"options": [
"Children",
"Young people",
"Old people",
"Women"
],
"question": "_ are more interested in losing weight.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | These days many people are interested in losing weight. It is very popular among people, especially young people. Everybody hopes to become thin quickly. Some people even take medicine. Do you know how to _ weight? Well... diet and exercise are the right answers. Please read and remember the following tips.
Tip 1 You... | middle5026.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "fruit and vegetables"
},
"options": [
"salad",
"leftovers",
"hamburgers",
"fruit and vegetables"
],
"question": "Students don't take _ to school for lunch.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Hello, everyone! My name is Steve. Lunchtime is my favorite time. I love the school lunch.
Many students don't like the school lunch. They take their own lunch to school. Their mothers may make hamburgers and salad for them for lunch. Some students take leftovers for lunch. But I don't! The lunch is very _ . For only... | middle4338.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "she would start a new life in New Zealand all by herself"
},
"options": [
"she had already arrived in New Zealand",
"she could no longer see her parents in Hong Kong",
"she had to say goodbye to her parents",
"she would... | I left home for New Zealand to start my new life on my 15th birthday. My father and mother took me to Hong Kong, where we had to say goodbye. When we were saying goodbye, I suddenly felt afraid that I had never had before.
This was the first time I had traveled so far by myself. And going to a far-away place I have nev... | middle7631.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "eat the apples"
},
"options": [
"build a bridge",
"eat the apples",
"pull down a tree",
"play games"
],
"question": "The little monkey and the little fox wanted to _ on the other side of the river.",
"ques... | One day, a little monkey and a little fox went out to play. They saw an apple tree on the other side of the river. There were many big and red apples on it. But there was no bridge over the river. The monkey thought hard and had an idea. They pulled down a tree and put it over the river as a bridge.
The monkey said, "M... | middle7802.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Flowers, food, wine and joss paper."
},
"options": [
"Flowers, food, fruits and umbrellas.",
"Flowers, food, wine and joss paper.",
"Food, fruits. joss paper and kites.",
"Flowers, wine and pets."
],
"question":... | A well-known poem by Tang dynasty poet Du Mu tells of a scene in early April: "Rains fall heavily as Qingming comes, and passersby with lowered spirits go."
This scene takes place on Tomb Sweeping Day, also known as Qingming Festival. Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival. Tomb Sweeping Day is a tradition... | middle5973.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "health program"
},
"options": [
"exciting game",
"school trip",
"health program",
"sports club"
],
"question": "Walk With A Doc is a(n) _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Do you know Walk With A Doc? It is a new program . This program helps people to be healthy. It's not difficult to do it. You only need sports shoes and then go for a walk in a store or a park with two or more people at a time.
David Sabgir is a doctor in the U.S.A. He starts the new health program. Every Saturday morn... | middle5967.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "An office worker."
},
"options": [
"A farmer.",
"A cook.",
"A driver.",
"An office worker."
],
"question": "What does Bob do?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_ind... | Bob and his family like eating fish very much. He often buys some fish in the shop and takes them home for dinner. His wife often asks her friends to their home to have lunch and eat fish. One day, Bob buys some fish home and goes to his office to work. His wife sees the fish and thinks, "Good! I can ask my friends t... | middle7816.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he has to know all the places in the city and serve all kinds of people at all times"
},
"options": [
"there is much traffic in London",
"he has to follow the bright traffic signs",
"he makes little money",
"he has to k... | Driving a car at a high speed along a highway seems to be fun. You need only to follow the bright traffic signs beside the highways and they will take you to where you wish.
But to a London taxi driver, driving is not an easy job. A taxi driver has to have not only skills but also a good knowledge of the city of Lo... | middle3480.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "March 5th"
},
"options": [
"May 3rd",
"May 5th",
"March 3rd",
"March 5th"
],
"question": "Which day is \"Lei Feng Day\"?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | Zhao Hua is a student from a university. He has led a group of university student volunteers since last year. They help children at a primary school with their studies and daily lives.
"When I was a small child," Zhao said, "I knew March 5th was a day for people to learn from Lei Feng and help others, but I didn't know... | middle1297.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Watching TV."
},
"options": [
"Playing games.",
"Reading newspapers.",
"Talking with his parents.",
"Watching TV."
],
"question": "What is Robert's hobby?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | Robert is eleven years old. He loves to watch TV. But for one full year, he did not watch TV at all. What was the reason? Robert's parents said they would give him $500 if he didn't watch TV for a year.
Robert's parents thought he watched too much TV. One day his mother saw a newspaper story about a boy who didn't watc... | middle703.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "argue"
},
"options": [
"talk",
"listen",
"argue",
"Leave"
],
"question": "Parents will _ when they disagree with each other most of the time.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | It's normal for parents to disagree and argue from time to time. Sometimes parents stay calm when they disagree, and they give each other some time to listen and talk. But many times when parents disagree, they argue.
It's OK for parents to argue sometimes.
It's common for people to have different opinions, feelings, o... | middle7180.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "his family was poor."
},
"options": [
"he liked playing football.",
"he spent much time on watching football match",
"his family was poor.",
"he had to do the hard work when he was in school"
],
"question": "Hen... | Henry works in a factory. He comes from a poor family and was in school for only four years. He has to do the hard work, but he hasn't got much money. He likes to watch football matches very much and spends much time on it.
One evening there was a big football match on a playground. He borrowed some money from his frie... | middle5797.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "village"
},
"options": [
"town",
"village",
"city",
"country"
],
"question": "Around 500 years ago, this story happened in a small _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | About five hundred years ago, an earthquake happened in a small village. Luckily for them, it didn't destroy anything and no one was hurt. But a large stone fell from a nearby mountain and stopped in the middle of the road. When the earthquake stopped, many people came to the road and saw the stone. Some of the stron... | middle4489.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because she is the first Chinese woman to win the Nobel prize."
},
"options": [
"Because she is the first Chinese woman to win the Nobel prize.",
"Because she arouses great national pride and hopes.",
"Because she improves th... | The landmark success of Tu Youyou, the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel prize in science, has aroused great national pride and hopes on the future of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Tu, born in 1930, shared the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Irish-born William Campbell and Japan's Satoshi Omu... | middle5783.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "sad"
},
"options": [
"happy",
"sad",
"tired",
"relaxing"
],
"question": "Many people don't like rain because it makes them feel _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | What's your favorite weather? Do you like sunny or rainy days? Many people like sunny days a lot. They don't like rain.They think rain makes them feel sad.During a long vacation.they like going to the beach to enjoy the sunshine.Sunshine makes them feel very good and happy.
I like sunshine very much,but I also enjoy ra... | middle7194.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "pushed the buttons at the same time"
},
"options": [
"changed from channel to channel",
"tried to pretend to be a mouse",
"pushed the buttons at the same time",
"stayed alone in the living room"
],
"question": "... | Santi's big brother Len had told him never to push all the remote control buttons at the same time. He said that something terrible would happen if he did. Santi didn't really believe this. While Len was out of the room, Santi jumped down on the sofa with the remote control in his hand. For a while, he changed from cha... | middle717.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Thirteen."
},
"options": [
"Eleven.",
"Twelve.",
"Thirteen.",
"Fourteen."
],
"question": "How old was Bill?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"ans... | Bill,a 13-year-old boy, thought he had grown up to be a man. But his parents told him, "You won't be a real man until you begin to think about helping others."
One moming, his parents gave him some money to buy some milk. Outside a shop he saw a homeless old~man who looked very sick. Bill went to him and asked. "what's... | middle2952.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Her family"
},
"options": [
"Her classmate",
"Her friends",
"Her student",
"Her family"
],
"question": "Who did June go to Hainan with?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | Hello, I'm June. Now let me tell you something about my holiday last week. I had a pretty good holiday to Hainan with my family .We have great fun playing in different places.On Monday, the weather was sunny and hot. On Tuesday,it was cloudy and humid .We visited two museums.We saw a lot of old things . On Wednesday an... | middle3494.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "visit China"
},
"options": [
"visit New York",
"go home",
"watch TV",
"visit China"
],
"question": "Betty is very happy because she will _ with her parents.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Betty is an American school girl. She is very happy because her parents will take her to China for a visit. They are going to fly from New York on June 30 and get to Beijing on July 1. They will stay at Lido Holiday Inn. Their Chinese friends will show them around Beijing. They are going to visit the Palace Museum, the... | middle4264.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "fourteen"
},
"options": [
"three",
"five",
"fourteen",
"seven"
],
"question": "I have _ volleyballs.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_tex... | I have seven bags. Three bags are big, and the other four bags are small. I have some basketballs and volleyballs. I put two volleyballs in each small bag. And I put two basketballs and two volleyballs in each big bag. The number of the volleyballs is my age. | middle6473.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Go out."
},
"options": [
"Help his mother.",
"Watch TV.",
"Wear his raincoat",
"Go out."
],
"question": "What does Robbie want to do on the rainy day?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"ans... | Pit-a-pat. Pit-a-pat. It's raining. "I want to go outside and play, Mum," Robbie says, "When can the rain stop?" His mum doesn't know what to say. She hopes the rain can stop, too. "You can watch TV with me," she says. "No, I just want to go outside." "1Put on your raincoat." "Does it stop raining?" "No, but you can go... | middle10.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "going into the river and learning"
},
"options": [
"reading books about it",
"looking at others swimming",
"having lessons on it",
"going into the river and learning"
],
"question": "You can learn to swim by _ ... | Swimming and English Learning
Can you swim? Do you like swimming? Yes? Well, how can you learn to swim? I think the best way is to go into the water and learn. I'm afraid you'll never learn to swim just by reading books about swimming or looking at others swimming. It's the same with the English study. We must practice... | middle850.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Team B wins"
},
"options": [
"Team A wins",
"Team B wins",
"both Team A and Team B win",
"both Team A and Team B lose"
],
"question": "In a football match, Team A gets 0 and Team B gets 2, then _ .",
"que... | There are two main kinds of sports. These two kinds of sports are team sports and individual sports. Team sports are such sports as baseball,basketball and volleyball. Team sports need two separate teams. The teams play against each other. They compete against each other in order to get the best score. For example, ... | middle6315.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "2"
},
"options": [
"1",
"2",
"3",
"4"
],
"question": "How many disadvantages of fragmented reading have been mentioned?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2... | On the bus, on the subway, every head is lowered to a cell phone, iPad, or other digital device. But does this mean more and more people are getting into reading the digital way?
According to the National Reading Survey, before the 17thWorld Reading Day on April 23, only 1.2 percent of Chinese people said they read a l... | middle2173.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "had some problems because of coffee."
},
"options": [
"does researches on caffeine.",
"had some problems because of coffee.",
"still drinks 5 to 6 cups of coffee a day",
"can never be feeling better"
],
"questio... | On Thursday October 3, Adam Harper decided to stop drinking coffee. Adam is a MBA student at Harvard University. He studies long hours, gets very little sleep and as a result, he drinks a lot of coffee---anywhere from five to six cups a day. Recently, Adam felt that drinking thus much coffee was making it hard for him ... | middle4502.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "They finish all the food and return the tray."
},
"options": [
"They eat up all the food and wash the tray.",
"They return the tray in the dining hall.",
"They finish all the food and return the tray.",
"They wash the t... | At East China University of Science and Technology, students who finish their food in the dining hall can get a coupon when they return their tray . They can exchange coupons for small gifts, such as books, magazines, mobile phone covers and hand warmers.
"It's been a big surprise," said Liang Zhaoyun, 19, a student i... | middle2167.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "White"
},
"options": [
"Red",
"Blue",
"Green",
"White"
],
"question": "Which is the lightest colour in a man's mind?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | There are many colours in nature. But do you know that a colour has weight? I think you'll say "no". But I am afraid you are wrong. If you don't believe, you may do a small experiment .
First, put two objects with the same weight into two boxes. Then cover the boxes. Wrap one box with a red piece of paper, the other w... | middle5608.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "There's only one word on each word brick."
},
"options": [
"You can play the game in groups of 4.",
"You can't let others see your word brick.",
"The describer can't say the word.",
"There's only one word on each word b... | Game: Describe and guess
In Describe and guess, players take turns choosing a Word Brick and then describing one of the words on the brick without saying the actual word. The goal is to get the other players to guess the word.
Instructions
Have students(the players)sit in groups of 3-5 and give each group some Word Br... | middle3279.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He felt lucky to stay at home on national day."
},
"options": [
"He believed it was interesting to stay at home on national day.",
"He believed it was boring to stay at home on national day.",
"He felt lucky to stay at home o... | Are you sorry for not travelling during the National Day ? if you stay at home at that time, I think you are very lucky. why? because there are too many people everywhere. in many places of interest in China, it's too _ to do anything.
it was too crowded on the great wall on October 1st, 2009. you even couldn't take ph... | middle6301.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "in Australia"
},
"options": [
"in England",
"In France",
"In America",
"in Australia"
],
"question": "Annette Kellerman was born _ in 1887.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Annette Kellerman was born in Australia in 1887.She had polio and could not walk easily.She had to wear metal supports on her legs to stand up on her own.To make her legs stronger,her mother took her for swimming lessons every week.Swimming made her legs so strong that when she was 15 she was able to throw away her sup... | middle1308.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To play golf."
},
"options": [
"To do some shopping.",
"To go fishing.",
"To play golf.",
"To go for a walk."
],
"question": "What did Bobby Lewis and his sons want to do?",
"question_type": "factiod_questio... | It was a sunny Saturday afternoon. My friend Bobby Lewis was taking his two little boys to play golf. He walked up to the young man at the ticket counter and said,''How much is it to get in?"
The young man answered,''$3.00 for you , $3.00 for any kid who is older than six. We let them in free if they are six or younger... | middle6467.txt |
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