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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Butter tea."
},
"options": [
"Green tea.",
"Black tea.",
"Butter tea.",
"Dark tea."
],
"question": "Which of the following is NOT one of the six main kinds of tea?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answe... | Tea to the Chinese is like coffee to the Americans. It's something that they can't live without.
Chinese tea has a history of more than 5,000 years. It was most popular during the Tang Dynasty. China has many kinds of tea. White, yellow, green, oolong , black and dark tea are the six main kinds.
People in different pl... | middle7803.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Danny and Amy"
},
"options": [
"Danny and Amy",
"Jane and Amy",
"Yukio and Danny",
"Jane and Danny"
],
"question": "_ are from England .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | (1) My name is Danny. I'm from England. I am eleven. I'm tall with black hair.
I have two big eyes. My fax number is 010-74862635.
(2) Hello! I am Jane. I'm from the USA. I have a round face and two big eyes. I'm
short and thin. I'm twelve. My parents work in Beijing.
(3) Look at the photo. Who's the girl in it? It's m... | middle5741.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in 1956"
},
"options": [
"for 35 years",
"for 54 years",
"in 1956",
"since he was 19"
],
"question": "The writer came to New York _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | I was born in Ireland and lived there until I was nineteen years old. I came to New York in 1956. At first, I held several jobs to earn a few dollars. Later, to live a better life, I bought my own taxi car. Till now, I've been in the taxi car business for thirty-five years. I know there is a lot about taxi drivers that... | middle5999.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "About Tea"
},
"options": [
"Black Tea",
"Tea Plant",
"About Tea",
"Tea Bag"
],
"question": "The best title for this passage should be _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Which country grows the most tea? The answer is India. It grows three times as much as China. Which country drinks the most tea? It's neither China nor Japan. It's Great Britain.
In the wild, tea plants may be 30 feet tall. But a plant grown for market is pruned. Pruning keeps the plant only three or four feet tall. Th... | middle3330.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "After World War II."
},
"options": [
"Before the new two-lane roads were built.",
"After World War II.",
"During World War II.",
"Before World War II."
],
"question": "When did Americans begin to love cars?",
... | Americans love cars.They go everywhere in them.8 5%of people in the US go to and from work by car. And most adults have driving licenses.Why does this car culture exist?
How it started
America's love of cars started after the war when soldiers returned home from World War II to rebuild their lives.They borrowed money f... | middle8265.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Helpful."
},
"options": [
"Funny.",
"Helpful.",
"Creative.",
"Silly."
],
"question": "Which word can best describe Maggie?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index"... | "Please take my penny," said Maggie to old Dan, the fisherman, who sat on a bench repairing his nets.
Her brother Andrew drew her back, whispering, "Maggie, he is not a beggar !"
But Maggie paid no attention. "Please take it," she said again. Old Dan smiled, and took it. "Thank you, little miss," he said, "It is kindl... | middle7156.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a Chinese girl"
},
"options": [
"an American girl",
"an English girl",
"a Chinese girl",
"a Chinese boy"
],
"question": "Wei Fang is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | I am Wei Fang. I am a Chinese girl. I have a good friend. Her name is Miaomiao. Do you think Miaomiao is a nice girl ? That's wrong . She isn't a girl but a cat. She's a little lovely cat. Miaomiao is black and brown. She is only fourteen days old. She _ e her mother Mimi. | middle6248.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "math"
},
"options": [
"Chinese",
"English",
"math",
"P.E."
],
"question": "The second class is _ on Friday morning.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Today is Friday. Peter has six classes today. He goes to school at 7:30 a.m. At 8:00 a.m., he begins his first class. The first class is English. At 9:00 a.m., he has math. Peter likes math because it's interesting. At 10:00 a.m. she has a biology class. Peter thinks it's very boring. Then at 11:00 a.m., he has a histo... | middle1527.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "small"
},
"options": [
"small",
"big",
"old",
"new"
],
"question": "Joy's bedroom is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "some b... | This is Joy's bedroom.it's a small room . He has some pictures.They are on the wall. He also has a desk and a chair in his bedroom.The desk is near the window. His bag and pencil box are on the desk. There are some pencils,a pen,a ruler in the pencil box. He has a baseball and a basketball. They are under the bed.Joy l... | middle1241.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "in your high school years"
},
"options": [
"in your high school years",
"at the beginning of your high school years",
"before your high school begins",
"after you finish your high school"
],
"question": "The wri... | You're going to high school, aren't you? Maybe you don't know what to do. Well, here's a list of the top six things to do when you're in high school. These things will give you ideas of what your high school life could be like. Here you go!
Find your passion and what kind of person you are: Whether it's dance, basketb... | middle7630.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Sunday"
},
"options": [
"Monday",
"Tuesday",
"Saturday",
"Sunday"
],
"question": "Today is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "... | I am a tall boy. I can play basketball and soccer very well. Today is Sunday. I don't go to school. I watch a soccer match on TV. It's a good match. Beckham is my idol .He plays well in the match. In the afternoon, I play soccer with my good friends Jim,Ben, Peter, Gary and Kevin. Sarah is in the park, too. She is my g... | middle3456.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "American"
},
"options": [
"American",
"English",
"Chinese",
"in the USA"
],
"question": "Mike is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_te... | Hello! My name is Mike. I am from America. Now I am with my parents. I like breakfast at home. I have an egg, some bread and porridge for breakfast. I do not like milk. I have no time to go home for lunch. So I have it at school. The lunch in our school is good. I can have different food for lunch. I eat rice, meat an... | middle4339.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Five"
},
"options": [
"Three",
"Four",
"Five",
"Six"
],
"question": "How many tips can you find from the passage? _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1... | Do you want to know how you can succeed in a new school term? Here are several tips for you from some teachers.
* Use a calendar or chart. Write down special tasks, activities and important dates on a calendar. This helps you remember things you need to do. You can also make a chart. Then, use colorful pens to circle o... | middle2990.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "are playing a more important role than other types of robots"
},
"options": [
"help to improve other types of robots",
"are most active in industrial revolution",
"are playing a more important role than other types of robots"... | Not long ago, the only time you could see a robot was when you were reading a novel or watching a movie such asStar Wars . Today, however, a lot of things in science stories have been science facts. Robots are starting to appear in our everyday lives. These robots have different sizes, shapes, and colors. But they al... | middle2748.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "eat dessert"
},
"options": [
"eat grains",
"eat vegetables",
"eat dessert",
"drink milk"
],
"question": "From the passage, we know people should try not to _ all the time if they want to keep healthy.",
... | "Eat your breakfast. It's the most important meal of the day!" Why are parents always saying that?
Well, a person is like a car. After a long night of sleeping, there is no fuel in your fuel tank . Breakfast is like the fuel. It makes you work or walk on the road.
What should you eat? Any breakfast is better than no br... | middle3442.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "8:00 am - 6:00 pm on weekdays"
},
"options": [
"11:00 am-7:00 pm every day",
"8:00 am - 6:00 pm on weekdays",
"8:00 am - 9:30 am every Sunday.",
"8:00 am - 6:00 pm on weekends."
],
"question": "When can we visit... | Music Club
Music lessons(guitar, violin, piano and drums)
Time: 8:30 am-9:30 am every Sunday
Price: Only $20 each
Address: 25 Jiefang Road
Tel: 420-258-1200
National Park
Riding horses Boating
Time: 11:00am-7:00pm every day
Price: adults $15, children (ages 3-7) $ 8
Address: 95 the Fifth Avenue
Tel: 208-683-3400
Art M... | middle2984.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The old man could not remember where it was."
},
"options": [
"The old man forgot go buy it.",
"The old man could not remember where it was.",
"The old man showed it to the conductor.",
"The old man's wife took the tick... | Once there was an old man in a town. He always forgot a lot of things. So his wife always had to say to him, 'Don''t forget this!'
One day he went on a long trip alone. Before he left home, his wife said, 'Now you have all these things. They are what you need for your trip. Take care of your things during the trip.' He... | middle5033.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "America"
},
"options": [
"England.",
"America",
"Japan",
"India"
],
"question": "Where was Helen Keller from?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"a... | Hellen Keller was born in 1880 in the USA. When she was about 19 months old, she got very ill. After many weeks, the doctor told her parents, "Your daughter is better, but now she can't see and she can't hear." Her mother and her father were very sad. After a few years , things got worse. There was no way for Helen to ... | middle1255.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "looks after sick people"
},
"options": [
"teaches English",
"makes machines in a factory",
"looks after sick people",
"helps the people and catches the thieves"
],
"question": "Mr. Black _ .",
"question_t... | Mr. Black, Ann's father works in a hospital. He's friendly to the patients. So he's very busy all the time. Ann is seven and began to be at school. She often watches TV at home. Some of her friends often go traveling abroad , but her father doesn't have time. He and his wife can only take their daughter to some cities ... | middle919.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "what is right and what is wrong"
},
"options": [
"how they can study well",
"what they should do at school",
"what is right and what is wrong",
"how they can protect themselves"
],
"question": "The school new ru... | New rules and behaviour standards for middle school students came out in March Middle School is going to use a new way to decide who the top students are. The best students won't only have high marks. They will also be kids who don't dye their hair, smoke or drink. The following are some of the new rules.
Tell the trut... | middle7142.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "American-born Chinese"
},
"options": [
"American-born Chinese",
"American-born Canadian",
"Australian-born Chinese",
"Chinese-born Chinese"
],
"question": "What does \"ABC\" mean?",
"question_type": "factiod... | "ABC"and "Banana Persons"
You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called "ABC"? You may like eating bananas. But do you know there are people called "banana persons"? If you don't know, I will tell you. They are Chinese people like you and me, but they aren't in China.Why do people... | middle1533.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Saturday"
},
"options": [
"Saturday",
"Monday",
"Wednesday",
"Friday"
],
"question": "Most children don't go to school on _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answer": {
"answer_in... | There are seven days in a week. They are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Most children go to school from Monday to Friday. Most people don't work on Saturday afternoon or Sunday, and most shops are closed in England on Saturday afternoon and Sunday. (But in China shops are open every ... | middle5755.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Sunday."
},
"options": [
"Sunday.",
"Monday.",
"Tuesday.",
"Wednesday."
],
"question": "What day die the Great Fire happen in London?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of September 2,1666.In four days it destroyed more than three quarters of the old city,where most of those houses were built out of wood and close together.One hundred thousand people became homeless but only few lost their lives.The fire started on Sunday moring... | middle3324.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They tried to make them better."
},
"options": [
"They wanted very much to be different from others.",
"They didn't like them the way they were.",
"They wanted visitors to like the change.",
"They tried to make them bet... | Japan is made up of a chain of islands that lie off the coast of Asia. People came to live in Japan from the nearby countries of China and Korea. From these older countries, the Japanese borrowed ideas, inventions and habits.
For many years, the Japanese built houses like those in China. They dressed themselves like a ... | middle8259.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "stay away from people"
},
"options": [
"kill hunters",
"store fat after hibernation",
"stay away from people",
"be friendly with people"
],
"question": "Like most animals, bears try to _ .",
"question_type... | Bears are found in Asia, Africa and America. They are very strong, with short tails and thick legs. Bears eat almost everything. They seem to enjoy meat, vegetables, fruit, milk and rice.
Bears are not quite dangerous as people imagine them to be. Like most animals, they will try to stay away from human beings. However... | middle6274.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "in 1988"
},
"options": [
"in 1982",
"in 1984",
"in 1986",
"in 1988"
],
"question": "Lin Shuhao was born _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"an... | There is an Asian American basketball player in the NBA. Do you know who he is? Yes, he is Lin Shuhao. His English name is Jeremy Lin. He is another basketball star after Yao Ming. So many people call him the second Yao Ming. But he doesn't like it. In the 1970s, his family moved to America from Taiwan, China. He is ... | middle2012.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Muslims"
},
"options": [
"Chinese",
"Japanese",
"Muslims",
"Americans"
],
"question": "_ do not eat pork.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer... | People eat different things in different parts of the world.
In some countries, people eat rice every day. Sometimes they eat it two or three times a day for breakfast, lunch and supper. They eat rice with meat, fish and vegetables.
Some people do not eat some kinds of meat. Muslims ,for example, do not eat pork.
Jap... | middle4463.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the short fat woman changed to a young girl in the room"
},
"options": [
"his wife was as beautiful as the young girl",
"his wife was more beautiful than the short fat woman",
"the short fat woman changed to a young girl in t... | A bumpkin went to a big city for the first time. He went into an office building and saw a short and fat woman stepped into a small room. After her, the door closed and the light on the top flashed. After a while the door opened slowly, a young beautiful modern girl walked out of the small room.
The bumpkin opened hi... | middle4305.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He was sitting alone."
},
"options": [
"He was doing sports.",
"He was sitting alone.",
"He was waiting for the writer.",
"He was painting."
],
"question": "What was the friend's father doing when the writer saw... | While I was running slowly one morning, I saw my friend's father sitting alone on the roadside bench. So I crossed the road to wish him a good morning.
As I came over to him, he was very happy to see me. He said it was nice of me to come and chat with him. Then he said to me in a low and sad voice: "At this stage of my... | middle6512.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "talk"
},
"options": [
"talk",
"sports",
"news",
"music"
],
"question": "In the evening, the writer likes listening to some _ programmes.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | I am not sure when I started listening to the radio. In the evening, I like listening to some talk programmes. The host's beautiful voice makes me relax. The host often has the same feelings as the audience about love, friendship, life and so on. I am often moved to tears. I usually go to bed at 9:30 pm and then I ... | middle931.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Li Xiaoxia"
},
"options": [
"Li Xiaoxia",
"Warren Buffett",
"Ni Xia Lian",
"Yadira Silva"
],
"question": "Bill Gates went to the ExCel Centre to watch a game between Ariel Hsing and _ .",
"question_type": ... | U.S. billionaire Bill Gates went to watch a game of his friend, U.S. teen player Ariel Hsing, at the ExCel Centre while the girl was playing against Chinese Li Xiaoxia.
Gates wore an orange jacket and dark blue baseball cap. He sat in the front row of thespectators' stand andapplauded for every point Hsing scored.
"I... | middle1269.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "tired"
},
"options": [
"tired",
"sad",
"sore in the back",
"hungry"
],
"question": "What was the matter with Sarah ? She felt _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | Sarah was ill, she went to see the doctor. " Doctor, I'm not feeling well," she said. " Every time I do my homework, I feel tired. If I go to school on foot, I have to sit down and rest for ten minutes." The doctor looked at her carefully. At last he said, " Nothing much. But I'm afraid you are eating too much." "I ... | middle6506.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "64"
},
"options": [
"80",
"64",
"52",
"40"
],
"question": "TV soaps have a history of about _ years.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_t... | Soap operas are a kind of popular culture in America. Every weekday, lots of fans from all over the world are waiting to see their favorite soap operas.
Soap operas were first on TV in 1952. The soap opera is not about soap, and it is not an opera. It gets this name because soap companies paid for the shows, and they ... | middle7618.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Wind causes most waves."
},
"options": [
"Earthquakes and nothing else.",
"Only wind.",
"Wind causes most waves.",
"Wind causes some waves."
],
"question": "What causes waves?",
"question_type": "factiod_que... | Wind is the great maker of waves. There are exceptions , such as the tidal waves sometimes caused by earthquakes under the sea. But the waves most of us know are caused by winds blowing over the sea .
Now let's learn some physical things about it. A wave has height, from low point to high point . It has length --... | middle925.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "coming into Baffin Bay on July 26th , 1845"
},
"options": [
"reaching in Atlantic on May 19th , 1845",
"entering a bay on July 19th , 1846",
"arriving at Baffin Bay in July 1845",
"coming into Baffin Bay on July 26th , ... | Franklin's ships had everything they needed . They had enough food in tins for three years and thousands of litres of lemon juice to stop disease. They also had two libraries with 3,000 books , excellent maps , scientific instruments , musical instruments and a new invention: a camera.
Franklin and his men left Engand ... | middle2760.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "America"
},
"options": [
"England",
"America",
"China",
"Japan"
],
"question": "Bill is from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": ... | My name is Bill. I'm an American boy. I'm twelve. I'm a student in a middle school. I'm in Class1, Grade 7. Li Lei is my friend. We're in different classes. He is eleven. Here is a photo of his family. Let's look at it. His father, the one behind the tree, is a policeman. His mother, the one on the bike, is a Chinese t... | middle2006.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "No, she doesn't."
},
"options": [
"Yes, she is.",
"No, she isn't.",
"Yes, she does.",
"No, she doesn't."
],
"question": "Does Jane have a brother ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer... | Hello! I'm Jane. I'm thirteen . I have a sister, but I don't have a brother. I like games. I often play soccer with her. I have 2 volleyballs. I like ping-pong, too. I play ping-pong with my friends after school. Do you like games ? Do you play sports every day ? | middle5769.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "On September 9\nth, 2014."
},
"options": [
"In 2014 .",
"On September 9\nth, 2014.",
"In September.",
"From 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m."
],
"question": "When is the School Open Day?",
"question_type": "factiod_qu... | School Open Day
Dear students,
We have some interesting and fun things for you this term. On September 9th 2014, we have a School Open Day. It begins at 9:00 a.m. and finishes at 4:00 p.m. All parents can come to our school, have a cup of coffee, and meet our teachers and other parents.
Your parents can go to your ch... | middle4477.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "grammar and words"
},
"options": [
"grammar and listening",
"listening and spelling",
"listening and speaking",
"grammar and words"
],
"question": "Many experts say students learn more _ when they read for pl... | Reading for pleasure is the easiest way to become a better reader in English. It is also the most important way.
Some students say they don't want to read for pleasure. They say they want to use their time to learn the rules of the language and new words. They say that pleasure reading is too busy.
Many experts say pl... | middle6260.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the country near London"
},
"options": [
"London",
"the city near London",
"the country near London",
"the country not far from his office"
],
"question": "Mr.Green lived in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_... | Mr. Green worked in an office in London, but he lived in the country and came to work by train every day. The station was not very far from his office, and he always went on foot from the station to his office and back from his office to the station. Every evening he walked past a poor man near a bridge. The man sat at... | middle514.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Almost everyone in big cities"
},
"options": [
"Almost everyone in the world",
"Almost everyone in China",
"Almost everyone in big cities",
"Almost everyone in small villages"
],
"question": "_ can go to school... | Almost every child in big cities has the chance to go to school. Nine years' studying helps children to prepare for their future lives. In fact, many students can study for more than nine years. Not all children are so lucky.
There is a girl called Xiao Fang. She is eight years old and lives in a small village in Guang... | middle1080.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a medical magazine"
},
"options": [
"a story book",
"a poster",
"a film review",
"a medical magazine"
],
"question": "This passage is probably taken from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Medical experts say most Americans do not get enough sleep. They say more Americans need to take a nap--that is to rest for a short time in the middle of the day. They give people advice to sleep lightly before continuing with other activities.The experts say naps might improve health by reducing pressure .
Some weste... | middle6937.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "big and tall"
},
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"old",
"big and tall",
"big"
],
"question": "The teaching building is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | This is my school. There are many trees and flowers in it. The teaching building is big and tall. There is a big playground in our school..It is very nice to have it . After 4:30 in the afternoon, many students come to the playground to play football and some students play table tennis in the table tennis room.
There a... | middle3697.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "at noon"
},
"options": [
"in the morning",
"at noon",
"in the evening",
"at midnight"
],
"question": "The author got the news of Grandpa's illness _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"ans... | It was midday when I got the call that my grandfather was not well and he was quickly getting worse. My family did not know how long he would stay in the world. I knew I had to get to the hospital to tell him how much I loved him. As I drove to the hospital, I pictured him before I got to tell him how much he meant to ... | middle2589.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "25%"
},
"options": [
"25%",
"50%",
"75%",
"100%"
],
"question": "According to the Swedish study, _ of young people in Sweden always put phones around them while sleeping.",
"question_type": "cloze_questi... | Many people use their mobile phones as the alarm clock and are more used to checking e-mails before sleeping. However, these habits are becoming sleeping problems.
Several years ago, my boss used to stay up working on her mobile phone and got badly ill because of _ . Now she always leaves her phone in another room at n... | middle4846.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Playing football."
},
"options": [
"Playing football.",
"Drawing.",
"Painting.",
"Doing his homework."
],
"question": "What does Peter like doing best after school?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}... | My name is Peter. I was born in Paris. When I was three, my family moved to London. We stayed there for one year then my dad had to move to New York. We spent about two years there. I moved to Shanghai last May and I like the new country very much.
I study at an international school in Shanghai. There are people from n... | middle7397.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "water"
},
"options": [
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"water",
"alcohol",
"ethylene glycol."
],
"question": "people use _ to keep car engines cool.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"ans... | Antifreeze is a liquid that is added to water to keep it from freezing. When water freezes and turns to ice,it expands .The force of water expanding is so great that it will break the hardest metal.Water is used in car engines to keep them cool while they run,and if this water is allowed to freeze in winter it can br... | middle272.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Four."
},
"options": [
"One.",
"Two.",
"Three.",
"Four."
],
"question": "How many tips does the writer give us?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | A life coach is somebody who helps you reach all kinds of personal and professional goals . Each of us has the ability to be our own life coach. Here are some tips for you:
Pay attention to your relationships with others.
Ask yourself the following questions: What do you do with disagreements? When was the last tim... | middle6089.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Send e-cards."
},
"options": [
"Give cards.",
"Send e-cards.",
"Give nothing.",
"Write on the cards."
],
"question": "What should we do on a friend's birthday?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{... | There are many ways for us to reduce waste. For example, we can reuse paper and plastic bags. We can also recycle newspapers, glass, and cans to make new things. Here are some useful ways to reduce waste.
* Write on both sides of paper. Many people write on only one side of their paper. Why not stop wasting the other... | middle7383.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "black"
},
"options": [
"green",
"black",
"yellow",
"brown"
],
"question": "Health foods are usually packed in colors Except _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | Shopping is not as simple as you may think! Much has to be done for the producers before putting the products on the shelf.
Color, for example, changes a lot according to what the producers are trying to sell. Health foods are packed in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these as healthy colors.
When some ki... | middle266.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It was terrible."
},
"options": [
"It was sweet.",
"It was nice.",
"It was delicious.",
"It was terrible."
],
"question": "How did the chili oil taste?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"an... | Two friends were eating at the table, there was a cup of chili oil . It looked nice. The two men hadn't seen it before. One of them thought it was sweet and drank some of it. Tears ran down from his eyes. But he hoped that his friend felt the same as him. He said nothing. When the other man saw that his friend was cry... | middle5594.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Paris"
},
"options": [
"Africa",
"Paris",
"Comoros",
"the Indian Ocean"
],
"question": "The Yemenia airplane took off in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_ind... | On June 30, 2009, a Yemenia airplane from Paris to Comoros, Africa, crashed into the Indian Ocean. There were 153 people on the plane, including some French officials. Though people have been searching since the plane went down, the result looked unpleasant, for most of the passengers might be in bad luck. But a 13-ye... | middle4852.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Australia"
},
"options": [
"Britain",
"Malaysia",
"Australia",
"Canada"
],
"question": "Gold Coast is a modern city in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index... | HAS Travel Dot is a travel agency which offers many interesting travel packages.
_ $ 2900 Depart : Mar. 21, 2014 Return: Mar. 29, 2014
Australia's Gold Coast is a modern city of high-rise buildings, built around beautiful beaches. There are international theme parks, first-class restaurants, and lively nightclubs.
_... | middle3683.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "doctor"
},
"options": [
"farmer",
"doctor",
"worker",
"writer"
],
"question": "Li Shizhen's father was a _ perhaps.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | Li Shizhen was born in 1518. When he grew up, he liked his father's job and he was interested in medicine. He read many books about medicine and found something wrong in them. So he decided to write a new one. He tried his best to study medicine. He set out many times on long trips to collect herbs and talked with old ... | middle1094.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he had a hard time choosing gifts"
},
"options": [
"he didn't enjoy receiving gifts",
"he had a hard time choosing gifts",
"he spent too much money buying gifts",
"he disliked putting gifts under the Christmas tree"
... | A small ,white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree and it has been there for the past ten years or so.
It all began because my husband Justin hated Christmas--oh, not the true meaning of Christmas.Overspending was one thing, but compared to the difficult experience of choosing gifts--running around ... | middle500.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "climate change"
},
"options": [
"world economy",
"gas emissions",
"climate change",
"natural disasters"
],
"question": "The agreement reached by 195 countries is about the _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | After two weeks of meetings in Paris, 195 countries reached an agreement on December 12 to do with climate change. It's the first time in history that most of the world's countries, rich or poor, agreed to take action. The agreement sets the long-time goal of making sure the world temperature does not get 2degC higher... | middle6923.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a teacher"
},
"options": [
"some eighth-graders",
"the school",
"a teacher",
"some parents"
],
"question": "Random Acts of Kindness Week was started by _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Holding doors open, picking up rubbish, thanking people ... these acts of kindness seem very small. But students at Tibbett Middle School know that it's the small acts that make the world a better place.
Eighth-graders from New Mexico, US, took part in the Random Acts of Kindness Week from Feb 10 to 14. During the we... | middle3873.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "spending more time traveling"
},
"options": [
"knowing the weather report",
"sharing jokes and news",
"expressing love and friendship",
"spending more time traveling"
],
"question": "SMS can help people do the f... | If I had one million Yuan, I would buy you a house! Do I have one million Yuan? No, I don't.So I only can spend ten fens on this short message, sending you my best wishes! Today SMS---Short Message Service is popular, and China Mobile says that every second , there are 410 messages being sent.
Look around you! People ... | middle528.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "to see which kind of clothes you need"
},
"options": [
"to know how to wash them",
"to 1ook for well-made clothes",
"to read the directions inside them",
"to see which kind of clothes you need"
],
"question": "T... | Clothes are important and necessary to us, but do you know how to choose suitable clothes in a correct way? Here are some ideas for you.
When you go shopping and want to buy some clothes,you should think about which kind of clothes you really need and decide how much money you can spend on them.Then look at the _ that ... | middle1902.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "61."
},
"options": [
"65.",
"57.",
"58.",
"61."
],
"question": "How old is Putin now?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Law."
... | Russian girls think he is the ideal boyfriend. Thousands of Japanese teenagers applied for just a few minutes to practice judo with him. His cool image is on the front pages of newspapers and magazines. Do you know who he is ? Yeah, he's Vladimir Putin who was named "Person of the Year of 2008" by Time.
Putin was born ... | middle3867.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "I guess no one remembers it's my birthday"
},
"options": [
"I won't want others to know about it",
"I don't want to have a birthday party",
"This is the best birthday I've ever had",
"I guess no one remembers it's my bi... | Saturday was going to be a special day for Sara. It was her birthday. No one had mentioned her birthday so far, and it was already Wednesday. " _ ", Sara thought to herself.
Sara went to school and told her friend, Jenny, that Saturday was her birthday.
"I know," said Jenny. "Lynn told all the girls about your birthday... | middle5225.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "76"
},
"options": [
"60",
"61",
"75",
"76"
],
"question": "The writer's father will be _ years old next year.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"a... | My father is seventy-five years old this year. But he looks very young. He looks like a sixty-year-old man. Now he can do everything all by himself. For example, he cooks, washes clothes, does the housework and so on.
Every morning, my father goes out with a radio. He listens to the music or the news and goes to the pa... | middle3654.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Young people"
},
"options": [
"Young people",
"Old people",
"Children",
"Students"
],
"question": "_ like Christmas Day better in China?",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | What do you think of celebrating Christmas Day in China? Christmas Day is very popular in China, especially for young people. Should Chinese people celebrate Christmas Day? 60% people think that we should not take Christmas so seriously, 10% think everyone should celebrate Christmas.
Some people think celebrating Chris... | middle7432.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "For about four and a half months."
},
"options": [
"For about half a year.",
"For about four and a half months.",
"For about 12 months.",
"For about three months."
],
"question": "How long did the campaign last?... | On August 15, 2011,the Ministry Publish Security started a campaign to educate drivers about the dangers of driving after drinking.
As a part of the campaign, police officers watched bars, restaurants and KTVs in Beijing, Shanghai, Liaoning, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei and Guangdong. It ended up on December 30. But it... | middle1725.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The dirt and stains are broken down in the sunlight."
},
"options": [
"Cotton clothes wash easily",
"This kind of clothing washes it by itself.",
"The dirt and stains are broken down in the sunlight.",
"Silver and coppe... | Some days, don't you think, "Wouldn't it be nice if the laundry would just do itself?" Self-cleaning clothes may sound crazy. But Australian researchers have found a way to make something like this possible!
A team at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, found a way to put special nanostructures into clothing, wh... | middle7354.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "enjoyable"
},
"options": [
"hard",
"enjoyable",
"painful",
"comfortable"
],
"question": "The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was _ for the father and the son.",
"question_type": "cloze_question... | Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me, "You should have goals like climbing the mountain." Without the moun... | middle8067.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "cough"
},
"options": [
"cow",
"cough",
"medicine",
"cold"
],
"question": "The Frenchman said, \"I want something for my 'cow', please.\" Here by the word \"cow\" he meant _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | This happened in London It was November and the weather was very wet and cold. A Frenchman had caught a very bad cold. He coughed day and night, so he decided to go and get some medicine for his cough. As he did not know much English, he took out his dictionary and looked up the word "cough". But the dictionary did not... | middle3132.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "December, January and February"
},
"options": [
"October, November and December",
"November, December and January",
"December, January and February",
"January, February and March"
],
"question": "_ make the win... | There are four seasons in China.March, April and May make the spring.June, July and August make the summer season.September, October and November make the autumn season.The rest of months make the winter season.
The Australia seasons are the opposite of ours.When it's spring in China, it is autumn in Australia.
Austral... | middle5543.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Brown"
},
"options": [
"Brown",
"White",
"Green",
"Black"
],
"question": "Mike's last name is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text":... | Good morning! I'm Mike Brown. I am an English boy. My telephone number is five-four-five-zero-six-seven-eight. This is my room . The quilt is blue. In the room, there are books , a computer and a pencil box . | middle4885.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Pollution."
},
"options": [
"Dirty water.",
"Pollution.",
"Noise.",
"Too crowded"
],
"question": "What is the biggest problem in today's life?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today. People didn't have modern machines. Life today has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. Water pollution has made our rivers and lakes dirty. It kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us talk louder and become ... | middle3126.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "apple trees"
},
"options": [
"pear trees",
"banana trees",
"apple trees",
"orange trees"
],
"question": "Mr. Rock has some _ in his garden.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Mr. Rock has some apple trees in his garden . He looks after them carefully . Now there are very good apples on the trees and Mr. Rock is happy.
This afternoon when he looks out of the window, he sees a boy in one of his apple trees. He is eating the nice apples!
Mr. Rock opens the window and shouts. "Hey! What are you... | middle4649.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the teacher"
},
"options": [
"a farmer",
"God",
"the teacher",
"his own"
],
"question": "Douglas drew a hand of _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class some fun homework---to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful.
Most of the class drew a turkey or other traditional things. But Douglas drew a different kind of picture. He drew a hand. Just an empty hand.
Douglas was a different boy. ... | middle5557.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Robbi is the name of a robot."
},
"options": [
"Robbi is the name of a robot.",
"Robbi is the writer's toy car.",
"Robbi is the name of the writer.",
"Robbi is a waiter."
],
"question": "Who is Robbi?",
"que... | I have a robot friend, Robbi. It looks like my toy car because it moves on four wheels. It is always helpful.
"Come on, Robbi! Bring me milk." "Yes, Sandy," says Robbi. It goes to the kitchen and comes back with a glass of milk. It can find milk among orange juice, water, apple juice. Do you think Robbi is a waiter onl... | middle2238.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It is great fun for the writer to go camping in the valley."
},
"options": [
"Teachers pay more attention to the students because they work hard.",
"It is great fun for the writer to go camping in the valley.",
"It's common t... | I would like to talk to you about one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. I was born and raised there and now I visit it from time to time. My family moved to the city, so I only go back to see friends or to camp and fish.
I grew up in a small town called Antonito Co. It is surrounded by mountains. So camping ... | middle4891.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He is going shopping."
},
"options": [
"He bullied another student.",
"He is going shopping.",
"His is being picking up early.",
"He is being given a prize."
],
"question": "Abi has to go to the head teacher's o... | Cause and effect is one way to explain things that happen around us. Many things happen because something caused or influenced them to happen. Sometimes it is hard to look at a cause and find out what caused or influenced them to happen. Sometimes it is hard to look at a cause and find out what causes the effect. It ma... | middle1731.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "airport"
},
"options": [
"bus station",
"his home",
"t rain station",
"airport"
],
"question": "A car accident nearly happened on the writer's way to the _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | One day I got in a taxi, and we left for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when, suddenly, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver stopped his car at once. The tire made a very loud noise, and at the very last moment our car stopped just one inch from the black of... | middle7340.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because he has a headache."
},
"options": [
"Because he is in good condition.",
"Because he has a headache.",
"Because he feels like eating.",
"Because he works hard."
],
"question": "Why does Jack feel awful?",... | Jack Green is 75 years old. He is not in good condition. "I think I'm ill," he tells his wife, "I feel awful. I've got a headache and I don't feel like eating."
"You've put on a lot of weight recently. You should see the doctor," his wife says, "ask him how to lose weight. It's not good for your health."
"OK," says Jac... | middle7426.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "tourist"
},
"options": [
"tour guide",
"woman",
"policeman",
"tourist"
],
"question": "A Chinese _ has died in Hong Kong during a so-called \"forced shopping\" tour.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | A Chinese tourist has died in Hong Kong a day after being beaten up during a so-called "forced shopping" tour. Businessmen try to make money by forcing tourists to buy goods at some stores. Police said the dead, 54, tried to quiet a tourist and a tour guide after the tourist decided not to buy anything at a shop. At le... | middle6738.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "experience hardships"
},
"options": [
"be modern Robinson",
"experience hardships",
"stay away from the troubles at home",
"enjoy travelling"
],
"question": "Many Japanese children set up camps in far-off mounta... | On very cold winter days , a group of Japanese children travelled a long way and arrived at a small island where nobody lived. After setting up a camp, they caught fish in the sea, and walked on the snow to find firewood , wild fruit and fresh water. Then they made a fire to do some cooking. They were not homeless chil... | middle1057.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "often wears a pair of glasses."
},
"options": [
"likes playing computer games.",
"doesn't like sports",
"often wears a pair of glasses.",
"often calls his friends at the weekend."
],
"question": "Jack's eyes are... | Hi, I'm Sandy. I come from America. I have long hair. I like listening to music and singing. I don't like sports. I often call my friends at the weekend.
My name is Jack. My Chinese name is Chen Tao. My eyes are not very good, so I often wear a pair of glasses. I enjoy playing computer games and swimming. I like making... | middle3898.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "20%"
},
"options": [
"20%",
"40%",
"60%",
"80%"
],
"question": "According to the Ministry of Agriculture, _ people in the world aren't eating GM food.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"an... | If you think GM food sounds far away from you, you are totally wrong. In fact, you may eat GM food every day. Four of every five people in the world are eating GM food, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
According to Xinhua News Agency, in China, the only GM plants that are grown for sale are cotton and papaya. ... | middle5231.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He was very busy"
},
"options": [
"he didn't like them",
"He was very busy",
"they didn't tell him",
"he didn't want to remember them"
],
"question": "Why did Mr. Clark often forget his family's birthdays? Becau... | Mr. Clark was a very busy man. He always worked hard. He often forgot his family's birthdays.Yesterday afternoon, he remembered it was Mrs. Clark, his wife's birthday. He loved his wife. He wanted to give her a gift. On his way home from his hospital he bought some nice flowers in a shop.
When Mr. Clark got home, he g... | middle3640.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "parents"
},
"options": [
"sisters",
"brothers",
"uncles",
"parents"
],
"question": "Peter lived with his _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answ... | Peter was a small boy. He lived with his parents in a small house near some hills .The people there were all poor .One night it was very dry and windy .When everybody was asleep,Peter suddenly heard some noise .It came out from the kitchen . He got up and walked to the kitchen .He found that the wood beside the stove ... | middle6710.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Shanghai."
},
"options": [
"Shanghai.",
"Xiamen",
"Beijing",
"Guangxi"
],
"question": "The writer is a volunteer teacher who comes from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | As a volunteer teacher, I traveled a long way to a small village school in Longzhou, Guangxi. On my way there, I thought about the village, the school and the children there. However, _ when I arrived there. It wasn't what I expected. It didn't look like a school at all! The school had only three rooms, one for Grades ... | middle2576.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A tourist magazine."
},
"options": [
"A scientific fiction.",
"A tourist magazine.",
"A poem.",
"A poster."
],
"question": "Where does the article most probably come from?",
"question_type": "factiod_questio... | My best friend and I made our first trip to Ireland less than a year ago. I wasn't very excited about it at the very beginning. But my uncle wanted me to visit Ireland and offered to pay for my trip. Then I did. All of the words "magical, charming and memorable" don't even describe what Ireland is. Our favourites were ... | middle5219.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "unusual"
},
"options": [
"dangerous",
"useless",
"unusual",
"expensive"
],
"question": "The writer thinks that the four inventions are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Time Temp Glasses
Are you a person who wants to know the time and temperature during the day? You might like Temp Glasses. These special glasses show the time above your right eye and the temperature your left eye. It is surely easier than wearing a wristwatch, and you never have to guess the Tature.
Alarm Fork
Do you... | middle3668.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "English."
},
"options": [
"French.",
"English.",
"Chinese.",
"Japanese."
],
"question": "What language does Bruce speak?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | Bruce is an English boy. Now he lives in a big house in Beijing with his parents, but he can't speak Chinese, he can only speak English. He likes swimming very much, and his house is near a river. He often goes to swim with his friends in the river. There are three people in his family. His father is a bank clerk, his ... | middle4661.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "technologies and cultures"
},
"options": [
"the Olympic games",
"the FIFA World Cup",
"technologies and cultures",
"many cities"
],
"question": "Countries build pavilions to show us _ with colorful exhibitio... | At the World Expo Shanghai 2010, you will be able to see the world in just one day.
The World Expo (short for "exposition") is the third largest world event after the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup. Countries build pavilions at the Expo, showing off technologies and cultures with colorful exhibitions and performances... | middle2210.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "People celebrate this festival by eating zongzi, racing dragon boats."
},
"options": [
"People celebrate this festival by eating eggs.",
"People celebrate this festival by eating zongzi, racing dragon boats.",
"People celebra... | On the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar , which is Wednesday this year, all Chinese celebrate one of their traditional festivals, the Dagon Boat Festival, or Dragon Boat Festival. Their celebrations include eating zongzi, rice wrapped in bamboo leaves in the shape of a pyramid, racing dragon b... | middle1719.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He is driving his car and looking for a hotel"
},
"options": [
"He is mending his car.",
"He is driving his car and looking for a hotel",
"He is looking for his car.",
"He is looking for a horse."
],
"question":... | One evening Mr. Green is driving his car in the country and looking for a small hotel. When he sees an old man on the side of the road, Mr. Green stops his car and says to the old man, 'I want to go to the Sun Hotel. Do you know how to get there?'
'Yes, of course,' the old man answers, 'I will show you the way. Please ... | middle6076.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "not arranged"
},
"options": [
"busy",
"lazy",
"not patient",
"not arranged"
],
"question": "The writer thinks your room is messy because you are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answe... | Do you love having your own room? Do you hate to clean it?
Sometimes your room becomes so messy , and you can't find what you want. You can't even see the floor!
It isn't because you are lazy. It is because you are not arranged .
But don't worry. American writer Julie is here to help. She has written "Organizing from t... | middle7368.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "two"
},
"options": [
"three",
"two",
"one",
"many"
],
"question": "People like to go to the supermarket for _ reason(s) .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index... | Do you know anything about the way of shopping in western countries? People there usually make shopping lists first and then go shopping. Most people like to go to supermarkets because they can get many things in one supermarket such as clothes, food, drinks. The things in supermarkets are cheaper.
When they get into a... | middle4675.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Shooting fish in a barrel"
},
"options": [
"Shooting fish in a barrel",
"Walking on a falling tree log.",
"Staying on a log",
"Shooting fish in a river"
],
"question": "Which of the following expressions has the... | People have their own ways of saying things with their own special expressions. Some of these expressions are easy to understand. "As Easy as Falling off a Log " is one such expression. It describes a job that does not take much effort. If you ever tried to walk on a falling tree log, you may understand what the expre... | middle2204.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He is a pianist."
},
"options": [
"He is a violinist.",
"He is a pianist.",
"He is a music teacher.",
"He is an engineer."
],
"question": "What does Lang Lang do?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer... | Lang Lang, the young Chinese pianist, was born in Shenyang in 1982. He began to play the piano when he was 3. At the age of 5, he won first place in a piano competition in Shenyang. People thought he was a genius . From then on, playing the piano became the dream of Lang and his parents.
When Lang was 9 years old, he a... | middle2562.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he had worked too hard and became ill"
},
"options": [
"he hadn't finished doing his lessons",
"he had worked too hard and became ill",
"he was worried about his homework",
"there was a lot of noise there and he couldn'... | This story is about a young man.He worked very hard at his lessons.He was too busy to have a rest.At last, he became ill, so he couldn't go to sleep.Every night, when he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep.But the more he tried, the more he stayed awake.
After a while he decided to visit the doctor."I ju... | middle5530.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "China."
},
"options": [
"China.",
"America.",
"Sweden.",
"Florida."
],
"question": "Where do the tallest man and the shortest man in the world come from?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"... | We live in an amazing world, reading the following news and you will find it yourself.
News 1: Bao Xishun is the tallest man in the world. He is 2.36 metres tall. He Pingping is the shortest man in the world. He is only 0.73 metres tall. They are Chinese. On July 13th, Bao Xishun married a girl and He Pingping took p... | middle3141.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "2"
},
"options": [
"1",
"2",
"3",
"4"
],
"question": "Frank has _ pens.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A pen and a key."
... | Hello, I'm Frank. What's this? It's a pen. It's my red pen. My black pen is in my bag . My bag is orange. And my key is in it. It's blue. This is my ruler. It's white. It's on my desk . And my orange is on the desk, too. | middle7327.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Parents"
},
"options": [
"Teachers",
"Friends",
"Parents",
"Grandparents"
],
"question": "Who may influence you more than anyone else you will meet according to the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
... | Mom and Dad are two of the most important people in your life. Over your lifetime, they may influence you more than anyone else you will meet. So if your mom loves to read, you just might grow up carrying a book wherever you go, just as she does. But parents do a lot more than just pass on their hobbies. Moms and Dads ... | middle8014.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "have good living habits"
},
"options": [
"win in competitions",
"eat more healthy food",
"do enough exercises",
"have good living habits"
],
"question": "The passage is mainly about a website for helping people ... | Every day when Cora Castle, 14, from Indiana, US goes back home, she opens her computer and logs into a website called Fuel Up to Play 60.
She puts on what she has eaten and what kind of activities she has played that day. Then the site decides whether Castle has eaten healthily and done enough exercise.
All the sevent... | middle1756.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "has already come out"
},
"options": [
"will be published",
"has already come out",
"is the most attractive",
"gets the most attention"
],
"question": "According to the passage, Entrychats by Cecile Duquenne _ ... | Do you know that November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)? You can find the NaNoWriMo
Young Writer's programme at ywp.nanowrimo.org. It is a challenge to write a 50,000-word novel in one month.
The programmebagan in 1999 in San Francisco with only 21 members. Last year, more than 400,000 took up the challen... | middle7441.txt |
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