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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "outdoor"
},
"options": [
"indoor",
"outdoor",
"ball",
"difficult"
],
"question": "Street dancing is a kind of _ sport for young people.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | In America, street dancing is a great outdoor sport for young people to do with a group of friends. Many people bring their radios out onto the streets, and then wait for others to join in.
Step 1
Wear comfortable clothes. Also wear comfortable running shoes that allow you to jump easily. Dancing needs a lot of _ so ... | middle1420.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "She felt bad about her appearance."
},
"options": [
"She felt bad about her appearance.",
"She found it hard to act as a monster.",
"Kids refused to play games with her.",
"People always asked her embarrassing questions... | I was 15 months old, a happy and _ kid, until the day I fell. It was a bad fall. I landed on a piece of glass that cut my eye badly. from then on, my injured, sightless, cloudy gray eye lived on with me. Sometimes people asked me embarrassing questions. Whenever kids played games, I was the "monster". I was always imag... | middle5646.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "runs with its tail moving up and down"
},
"options": [
"runs into its hole",
"stops to move its tail",
"runs with its tail moving up and down",
"stops moving its tail up and down as it runs"
],
"question": "When... | A rabbit is running into its hole. You may ask, "What happened?"
Well, when a rabbit sees something dangerous, it runs away. Its tail moves up and down as it runs. When other rabbits see this tail moving up and down, they run too. They know that there is danger. The rabbit has told them something without making a sound... | middle3237.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "danced"
},
"options": [
"sang",
"danced",
"cried",
"laughed"
],
"question": "Bae Seul-Ki _ in the MV of the song according to the passage.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | "I planted a seed. Finally grow fruits. Today is a great day. Pick off the star for you. Pick off the moon for you. Let it rise for you every day. Become candles burning myself. Just light you up, hey!... You are my little little apple. How much I love you, still no enough."
This words are from the popular song You Are... | middle4558.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "friends"
},
"options": [
"brothers",
"sisters",
"friends",
"parents"
],
"question": "Many teenagers think that _ will understand them better.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members don't know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they will go to their friends for some ideas.
It is ver... | middle5652.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "18"
},
"options": [
"15.",
"18",
"20",
"10"
],
"question": "Mrs. White dropped out of school when she was about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | When Susan White went back to high school a couple of years ago, she never had any thought about actually getting a high school diploma.
"I just wanted to learn more," she said. But when she found out that many of her classmates were planning to graduate, Mrs. White recalled , "I said my young friends can graduate from... | middle3223.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "People made fewer phone calls."
},
"options": [
"Using a telephone was expensive.",
"Phone calls were much shorter.",
"People made fewer phone calls.",
"People relied on notes a lot."
],
"question": "What's the ... | Once upon a time if we wanted to make a phone call or wait for someone to contact us, we had to sit at home or at our desks. There were public phones in the street of course, _ . And of course you had to bring a lot of coins to pay for the calls.
So people didn't phone their friends as often. Mobile phones, these small... | middle7045.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the development of medical technology"
},
"options": [
"the development of medical technology",
"big hospitals",
"good doctors",
"both B and C"
],
"question": "In recent years, people can live longer than in the... | In recent years advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past. New medicines and instruments are being developed every day to extend life. However,some people,including some doctors, are not in favour of these life extending measures,and they argue that people should ha... | middle1434.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "it seemed a good way to start a stamp collection"
},
"options": [
"it seemed a good way to start a stamp collection",
"she wanted to give them to her father",
"she need them to mail some letters",
"she thought they were... | One day Trudy saw an advertisement in a magazine. It offered a packet of 100 mixed stamps for $10. Trudy wanted to start a stamp collection so she ordered the packet. One hundred mixed stamps seemed a good way to begin a collection. She sent a postal order to the stamp company with her order, and waited excitedly for t... | middle1352.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "China"
},
"options": [
"Canada",
"China",
"Japan",
"America"
],
"question": "Wendy's family lives in _ now.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"an... | Please come to meet a family from Canada. The girl's name is Wendy. Her family are in China now. Her father and mother work in Shanghai.
Wendy's father is an office worker and her mother teaches English in a school. Wendy has two brothers but no sisters. They are all students but they are in different school. She is in... | middle7723.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "helped him pick up the things"
},
"options": [
"didn't notice that",
"went away quickly",
"helped him pick up the things",
"carried all the things for him"
],
"question": "When Bill fell down on his way home, Ma... | Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed a boy ahead of him. He had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with some clothes, a baseball bat and a glove.
Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the things. Since they were going the same way, he offered to carry some things for... | middle2883.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The Wheel on the Wall"
},
"options": [
"The Wheel on the Wall",
"An Excellent Buy",
"Old or New - Who Knows",
"the Family's Past"
],
"question": "Which ofthe following can be the best title ofthe story?",
"q... | "Well, just take a look at that wheel !" Earl Cooper said to Candy, his wife. "It must be older than anything we have back home."
Earl was looking at the wall outside the pub . The pub's name, The Old Swan, was on the wall. Next to the name was a wooden ship's wheel and in the middle of the wheel was the name of a ship... | middle5134.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "soccer"
},
"options": [
"baseball",
"soccer",
"tennis",
"volleyball"
],
"question": "Little James likes playing _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | Little James likes sports, so he is tall and strong in his middle school. He likes playing soccer very much, he thinks it's interesting. His grandma lives in a village . One day, she comes to school and sees him.
Grandma doesn't find the boy in the classroom, so she goes to look for him in the school. She finds James... | middle4202.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Britain"
},
"options": [
"China",
"Canada",
"America",
"Britain"
],
"question": "The writer comes from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answ... | I have worked in Shenyang for two months. I seldom meet Westerners in the street. But on TV, I see many foreigners in Shenyang. I am a little lonely and I really hope to make friends with English speakers. Although I study Chinese hard, my Chinese is poor and I can't communicate in Chinese very well.
However, Chinese p... | middle2673.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Emma made a new route for the sea travel."
},
"options": [
"Emma sailed alone around the world.",
"Emma made a new route for the sea travel.",
"Emma is the youngest person to finish the race.",
"Emma is the first woman ... | London, May 5, 2003 Emma Richards of Britain has become the first woman and the youngest person to finish the Around Alone, which is a round-the-world sailing race. The journey started in New York last September and went east around South Africa to New Zealand. It crossed the Pacific Ocean and went around South Americ... | middle2115.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A policeman."
},
"options": [
"A bank clerk.",
"A policeman.",
"A thief.",
"A teacher"
],
"question": "What does Mr. Smith do?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_in... | Mr. Smith is telling two funny stories of his police work.
Story A
I remember catching a "thief" in a clothes shop once. It was strange. The man was hiding a yellow sweater inside his coat. I thought he had stolen it, so I caught him. We found later that his wife gave him the sweater for his birthday, but he hated it. ... | middle4564.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a little girl and ducks"
},
"options": [
"eating chicken",
"sitting by the pond",
"living on a farm",
"a little girl and ducks"
],
"question": "The story is mainly about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_ques... | Once there was a little girl in a village. She spent summers on her grandfather's farm. The year she was four, she knew some ducks. The ducks were white with orange feet. They lived in a little wooden house near the road. The little girl liked these ducks very much.
Every day they walked down the road to the pond . Th... | middle1408.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "She was punishing her doll."
},
"options": [
"She was dressing up her doll.",
"She was playing the doll with her friend Suzie.",
"She was talking to her mother.",
"She was punishing her doll."
],
"question": "Wh... | I stopped to watch my little girl busy playing in her room. In one hand was a plastic phone, in the other a toy broom. I listened as she was speaking to her imaginary friend and I'll never forget the words she said, even though it was pretend .
She said, "Suzie's in the corner because she's not been very good. She didn... | middle6367.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "playing ball games"
},
"options": [
"reading books",
"riding bikes",
"watching TV",
"playing ball games"
],
"question": "The boys like _ best after school.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Now children can do many nice things after school. They can read books, ride bikes, watch TV and play games. But boys like playing ball games best.
The children near my door often play football in the garden, and sometimes they break my windows. One Saturday afternoon I stay at home and read a book. After a few minute... | middle2101.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "baby clothes and food"
},
"options": [
"school things",
"tea sets and table ware",
"baby clothes and food",
"birthday cards"
],
"question": "If your friend Lisa has a new baby, you may sent _ .",
"question... | People give gifts on many occasions. At weddings ,people give gifts such as tea sets and tableware . When someone has a baby, people express their wishes by giving gifts of baby clothes and food.
In western countries, food and drinks are the most traditional gifts for friends. For example, a bottle of champagne is per... | middle4216.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "they couldn't make enough money"
},
"options": [
"they were lazy",
"they were too weak to work",
"they couldn't make enough money",
"they weren't able enough"
],
"question": "The Hunts were poor because _ .",... | Mr. Hunt came from a poor family. He had three brothers and two sisters. His father worked hard but wasn't paid much. And his mother did all the housework at home. They were both able but they couldn't get enough money for their family.
Mr. Hunt was in school for only three years and he had to stop to help his parents ... | middle3579.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the new movie tomorrow"
},
"options": [
"the new movie this evening",
"a concert this evening",
"the new movie tomorrow",
"have lunch at the cinema"
],
"question": "Paul and Nick are going to _ .",
"quest... | A: Hello!
B: Hi, is that Paul? This is Nick, your new classmate.
A: Hi, Nick! Where are you?
B: At home. There's a new movie at the Capital Cinema . Do you Know?
A: Yes, I do. Do you like going to movies?
B: Yes, very much. I usually go to movies with my parents on Sunday.
A: What kind of movies do you like?
B: Action ... | middle2667.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "watch TV while doing their homework"
},
"options": [
"be allowed to watch TV",
"watch TV while doing their homework",
"watch Harry Potter on TV",
"be allowed to read a newspaper"
],
"question": "According to the... | On school nights, lots of kids have to do their reading before they are allowed to watch TV. Pretty soon, you might get to do both at the same time, in true Harry Potter style.
Several companies are racing to produce electronic paper and ink, complete with colors and moving imagines . One idea would be to create a news... | middle5108.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He's in the bus."
},
"options": [
"He's near the bus.",
"He is at home.",
"He's in the bus.",
"He is in the car."
],
"question": "Where is the man?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer... | A bus stops at a small bus stop. A man is hungry and he wants to buy some cakes. It's raining hard, he doesn't want to go out in the rain. He sees a boy. "Come here, boy!" he cries. "Do you know how much the cakes are?" The boy says yes. The man gives the boy four dollars and asks him to buy two cakes. "One is for yo... | middle62.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Eighty"
},
"options": [
"Eight",
"Eighteen",
"Eighty",
"Eighties"
],
"question": "How old was the wife?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_... | An eighty-year-old couple were having trouble with their memories . One day, they decided to see a doctor. The doctor told him that there was nothing serious, but he suggested that they should start writing things down to help them remember things. The couple thanked the doctor and left.
Later that night while watching... | middle6401.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Snowy"
},
"options": [
"Rainy",
"Snowy",
"Windy",
"Warm"
],
"question": "What was the weather like that night?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"... | It was late on a snowing night. Doctor Van was driving fast to the hospital to do an operation on a badly hurt person. Minutes later he came to a red traffic light and had to stop to wait. A man suddenly opened the door of the car and got in.
"Drive on, " shouted the man, "Just do what I've told you to. " The man w... | middle1385.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Bob Watson."
},
"options": [
"Mr. King.",
"Bob Watson.",
"Regent Brand.",
"Mrs. Watson."
],
"question": "According to the passage, who often buy things in the supermarket?",
"question_type": null
}
] | Dear Mr. King,
Your supermarket chain is excellent in many ways. I enjoy the things you sell, such as the selection of produce and fresh bakery items. I have been a long time supermarket shopper and hope to continue for many years. I have found, however, that I must make a separate shopping trip to one of your compet... | middle2854.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "to have a discussion with her about health problems"
},
"options": [
"to find out if she cared for children's health",
"to learn how to make health food",
"to get her to help the children with health problems",
"to have... | Several weeks ago, more than 70 American students discussed with American First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House about health problems.
The students asked lots of questions that day and Mrs Obama answered them one by one patiently. Then Mrs Obama explained the importance of making healthy choices . _
She told t... | middle3592.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "talking to people"
},
"options": [
"talking to people",
"playing computer games",
"reading newspapers",
"watching TV"
],
"question": "Mr. Green doesn't like _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Mr. Green is quiet and doesn't like talking with people. He likes reading newspapers and playing computer games. He never exercises. Sometimes he watches soccer or basketball games on TV. He likes milk very much and drinks it three times a day.
Mrs. Green is a bank clerk .It's a busy but boring job. She works with peop... | middle5685.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because his son always made him feel proud."
},
"options": [
"Because his son joined many team sports.",
"Because his son was a good student.",
"Because his son always made him feel proud.",
"Because his son loved him v... | As a father, I always do my best to help my son, Peter. I like to help him with his study. I encourage him to join team sports. I send him to the summer camp if he wants to go. I also teach him to be both a good student and a useful man.
He used to make me feel proud. I often thought he was the best son and I was the b... | middle177.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A shopping center."
},
"options": [
"A garden.",
"A shopping center.",
"A cinema.",
"A hospital."
],
"question": "Where did Jenny go today?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Dear Died,
Today I was at the shopping centre and I spent a lot of time reading the Father's Day cards. But as I chose add read, and chose add read again, it seemed that not a single card said what I really wanted to you.
You'll soon be 84 years old, Dad,and you and I will have had 56 Father's Days together. I didn't t... | middle7092.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Business"
},
"options": [
"Sports",
"News",
"Culture",
"Business"
],
"question": "In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read this passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
... | 1The Dream It is everyone's dream to work at home or not work at all. You can plan your own hours and work when you want to. There is no more rush hour and no hours that people waste when they get to and from a job every day.
2The Fact The fact is that this dream can be _ . You can stay at home,work when you want to an... | middle7086.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In1954."
},
"options": [
"In1954.",
"In 1964.",
"In 1974.",
"It was not mentioned ."
],
"question": "When was the writer's father born?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | I have just invented a time machine. It can take people to the past or the future for five hours.
I got into my time machine and keyed the words, "1964,11 Niven Road, Singapore", then pressed the button . In a moment, I was in front of a house, 11 Niven Road. I thought that it would be fun to see what my father was li... | middle5849.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "chocolates are bad for John's teeth"
},
"options": [
"John's teeth are bad",
"chocolates are good for her teeth",
"chocolates are bad for John's teeth",
"John likes cakes"
],
"question": "John's mother thinks _... | John likes chocolates very much, but his mother doesn't give him. They are bad for his teeth, she thinks. But John has a very nice grandfather. The old man loves his grandson very much. And sometimes he buys John some chocolates. Then his mother lets him eat them, because she wants to make the old man happy.
On Sunday ... | middle2698.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "creativity"
},
"options": [
"talent",
"gift",
"creativity",
"ability"
],
"question": "Everyone has _ according to the passage.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | Are you a creative person? You may answer, 'No, but I really want to be.' In fact, everyone has creativity. Some realize it, but others don't.
Creative people never follow others blindly. They are good at watching and thinking. They have sharp eyes like a hunter. Moreover, creative people can get useful information fro... | middle3586.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "read and write"
},
"options": [
"read and write",
"sing and dance",
"draw and sing",
"play and learn"
],
"question": "The writer's grandmother taught him to _ when he was young.",
"question_type": "cloze_q... | I was quite close to my grandmother, Julia. We lived with her and then she lived with us. She was a very nice person, both kind and patient. She taught me to read and write when I was young and helped me to be interested in stories and poems.
In my mind, my grandmother was a great tailor. She made clothes or toys bette... | middle605.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "13."
},
"options": [
"9",
"4.",
"11.",
"13."
],
"question": "How many balls does Barry have?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "T... | Barry and Kim are twin brother and sister. But they like different sports. Barry likes soccer. He is in the school soccer club, and he plays soccer every day. He has 9 soccer balls in his bookcase. He also likes volleyball. He has 2 white volleyballs and 2 blue volleyballs. But Kim doesn't like soccer or volleyball. S... | middle1391.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "religion"
},
"options": [
"his teacher",
"God",
"religion",
"himself"
],
"question": "Adam got the very first lesson from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_in... | Our "Timeline of Education" shows highlights of learning and education (especially related to Western education), going back to the very first education:
In the beginning: Adam got the very first lesson, from God: break the law and you pay the price.
3000 B.C. :Priests teach religion, writing, sciences.
0 B.C./A.D.: Je... | middle7938.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To introduce how UK schools punish students with their discipline."
},
"options": [
"To list common bad behavior in UK schools.",
"To show how UK schools deal with students' parents.",
"To find out why more and more pupils br... | Does your school have any problems with discipline ? What happens when students _ ?
Here are some examples of bad behaviour:
* Playing truant (missing school without permission from parents).
* Stealing, smoking, hitting, swearing, running, kissing.
* Cheating on exams.
* Calling a teacher or another pupil a bad name.... | middle2868.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Staying at home."
},
"options": [
"Sitting outside.",
"Cutting off the electricity.",
"Staying at home.",
"Starting fires."
],
"question": "What were the most people doing when the earthquake hit the town?",
... | A strong earthquake has hit the town of Galta 200 kilometres north of Madras. The earthquake hit the town at 7:15 yesterday evening. The earthquake measured 7.2 on the Richter scale , the strongest for five years.
The earthquake happened as most people were having their evening meal at home. There were very few people... | middle7910.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Yes, it does."
},
"options": [
"Yes, it does.",
"No, it doesn't.",
"Yes, it doesn't.",
"No, it does."
],
"question": "Does the fresh water come from rivers, lakes and underground?",
"question_type": "factiod... | The world is not only hungry, it will also be thirsty for water. About 97% of water on the earth is sea water, or salty water. Man can only drink or use the other 3% of the fresh water which comes from rivers, lakes and underground.
The sea is very big. Look at the map of the world, there is more sea than land. It co... | middle5875.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "we don't have enough fresh water"
},
"options": [
"we don't have enough fresh water",
"a lot of water goes into sewer systems",
"only 70% of the earth's surface is water",
"sea water is widely used rather than fresh wat... | The world is not only hungry but also thirsty for water. This may seem strange to you, since nearly 70% of the earth's surface is covered with water. But about 97% of that is sea water or salt water. Man can only drink and use the other 3% of fresh water from rivers, lakes, underground and so on. And we can not even us... | middle7904.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "post office"
},
"options": [
"library",
"bank",
"post office",
"supermarket"
],
"question": "Mrs Black's son works in a _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | Mrs. Black wants to visit her son. Her son works in a post office in the city ,but she doesn't know where it is , She begins to look for it , but she can't find it. She asks an old man, "Excuse me , how can I get to the post office?"
"We have about forty post offices in the city," says the old man. "Which one do you wa... | middle639.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the Amazon"
},
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"the Amazon",
"the Nile",
"the Mekong",
"the Mississippi"
],
"question": "The greatest river for navigation is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {... | Rivers are one of our most important natural resources . Many of the world's great cities are located on rivers, and almost every country has at least one river running through it that plays an important role in the lives of its people.
Since the beginning of the history, people have used rivers for transportation . ... | middle3035.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "difficult"
},
"options": [
"fun",
"boring",
"easy",
"difficult"
],
"question": "For the students in the small village, it is _ to get to school.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | How do you go to school? Do you take a bus or ride a bike? For many students, it is easy to get to school. But for some children in one small village in Hunan, it is very difficult. There is no road between the village and the school. The children have to climb down ladders to get to school.
Yu Xinxin is an 8-year-... | middle4982.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The strange appearance of the teen."
},
"options": [
"The skateboard under the teen's arm.",
"The terrible taste of the chocolate cake.",
"The strange appearance of the teen.",
"The rude action of the teen."
],
... | My 6-year-old granddaughter Caitlin and I stopped at a shop for a chocolate cake. As we were going out of the door, a young teenage boy was coming in. The boy had no hair on the sides of his head and some blue hair on top. He held a skateboard under one arm and a basketball under the other.
Caitlin, who was walking in ... | middle5444.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "teacher"
},
"options": [
"farmer",
"teacher",
"worker",
"lawyer"
],
"question": "Dolores became a _ after she left college.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_ind... | Dolores Huerta has worked hard most of her life to help other people. She has helped change things so that farm workers can have a better life.
Dolores grew up in California. She was a good student and liked school. After she finished high school, she went to college and studied to be a teacher. After she became a teac... | middle1622.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "when she was a child"
},
"options": [
"after Mother died",
"when she was a child",
"before she became a writer",
"when mother gave it to her"
],
"question": "The writer began to love her mother's desk _ .",
... | I've loved my mother's desk since I was just tall enough to sit above the top of it when mother sat writing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, mother kep... | middle7535.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "5"
},
"options": [
"3",
"4",
"5",
"6"
],
"question": "There were _ planes in Flight 19.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a hundre... | In 1945,six planes and 17 men disappeared without a sign,all in one day.This was Flight 19.Flight 19's captain was Lieutenant Charles Taylor.Flight 19 was a usual flight.It took off at about 2:10 p.m.from Miami.The weather was very normal on that December 5th of 1945.It was never spoken directly to after its going down... | middle5322.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "taking a walk in the country"
},
"options": [
"stopping a man walking",
"talking in town",
"taking a walk in the country",
"watching a man walking"
],
"question": "One day Aesop was _ .",
"question_type":... | Once upon a time in Greece there lived a clever man. His name was Aesop.
One day, when Aesop was taking a walk in the country, a man on the road stopped him. He said, "Kind sir, can you tell me how soon I can get to town?" "Go," Aesop answered.
"Of course I know I must go," said the man," But I want to know how soon ... | middle5336.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because he was sick."
},
"options": [
"Because he was too excited that day.",
"Because his roommates were watching football games on TV.",
"Because one of his roommates was sick and groaning.",
"Because he was sick."
... | I was sleeping soundly last night when I was awakened by someone's groans .I listened , and heard it was from Sam,a student from Africa. I really wanted to go on sleeping, as I had insomnia and had just fallen asleep, but I couldn't because Sam groaned louder and louder,showing he was seriously ill.
At that time , Robb... | middle2459.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a film"
},
"options": [
"a TV play",
"a film",
"a club",
"a book"
],
"question": "Young Voices for the Planet made by Lynne is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | Earth Day is on April 22nd. People say thanks to the Earth and learn ways to keep the Earth safe and clean. But saving the Earth is not just for grow-ups. Kids are also taking an active part in it.
The American writer and filmmaker Lynne made a film called Young Voices for the Planet. It lists a lot of stories about di... | middle3747.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Eight."
},
"options": [
"Six.",
"Seven.",
"Eight.",
"Nine."
],
"question": "How many names of fast food restaurants can you find from the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | When we say the way of life. it means culture. It is the way people do things, for example, culture of eating. Festivals and holidays are also part of culture. Let's have a look at the American way of life.
Fast food
Fast food is so popular in America. Every street in America has a fast food restaurant. You can find Mc... | middle4028.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "England"
},
"options": [
"Canada",
"America",
"England",
"Australia"
],
"question": "Where are Sam and Sue from?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | Mr. and Mrs. Smith come from London, England. They work in China now. They teach English in a middle school. They like their work very much. They have two children, Sam and Sue. They are both in Shanghai with their parents. Mr. Smith can't speak Chinese, but his wife can speak it very well.
Mr. Smith likes swimming an... | middle7521.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "more than three"
},
"options": [
"one",
"five",
"three",
"more than three"
],
"question": "I have learned English for _ years.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | It's over three years since I began to learn English. I'm glad that I am getting on well with it.
I find English quite difficult, but very interesting. When I first started, I thought I had only to remember the new words and learn some grammar I knew little about English idioms .I thought each English word had the sam... | middle1150.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "8: 50"
},
"options": [
"8: 00",
"8: 30",
"8: 50",
"9: 10"
],
"question": "Alan's class starts at _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_tex... | Hi, my name's Alan. I'm fourteen years old. I go to Canyon Middle School in America. I go to school on weekdays, but not on Saturday or Sunday. I usually have breakfast at eight o'clock. I enjoy some bread and milk for breakfast. My class starts at ten to nine. My friend Lisa sits in front of me, and my friend Peter si... | middle6159.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "curly"
},
"options": [
"red",
"black",
"straight",
"curly"
],
"question": "Sally's hair is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "B... | I am a middle school student. I like fashionable clothes. I like wearing a scarf . I like red shirts and I have curly hair. They all look cool. My parents and teachers sometimes ask me not to do so, but I don't mind. These are my own( )things. Don't you think so?
---------Sally
My uncle is 40 years old He works for a ... | middle1636.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "look after children for a family"
},
"options": [
"teach part-time lessons",
"look after children for a family",
"help children with their schoolwork",
"look after children at a kindergarten"
],
"question": "The... | I really love this job because I enjoy working with small children. I also think my work is very important. But there was a time when I thought I would never have a job like this.
I wasn't the best student because I didn't do much schoolwork. Just before I left school, I started thinking what I might do and found that ... | middle7247.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "1887"
},
"options": [
"2014",
"1973",
"1887",
"1900"
],
"question": "Sherlock was created in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text... | The world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, is back on our screens.
The new BBC TV series of Sherlock was broadcast in the UK on Jan 1. But the history of Sherlock dates back 127 years.
Since the creation of Holmes in 1887, he has been taking us on adventures one after another.
The Sherlock series is a playful d... | middle8174.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He had some extra work to do."
},
"options": [
"He had to read a magazine.",
"He had some extra work to do.",
"He had to learn something about a map.",
"He had to stay at his office for extra work."
],
"question... | There was a man who had a little son. He loved him very much. Every day after work the man would come home and play with the little boy.
When the man came home from work one night, he found that he had some extra work to do. And he wasn't able to play with his little son. He wanted to give the boy something to keep him... | middle3021.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "drawing"
},
"options": [
"buying",
"selling",
"drawing",
"teaching how to draw"
],
"question": "Dick's grandmother likes _ pictures.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | Dick's grandmother is very rich . She has many shops. The old woman begins to learn drawing when she is sixty years old. And she loves it very much. She draws a lot of pictures for twelve years.
One day, the old woman is ill. She stays in hospital. Before she dies, she says to Dick," I want to give my picture to a scho... | middle4996.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "not the real Olympic Games"
},
"options": [
"a festival",
"not the real Olympic Games",
"from Thanksgiving to Super Bowl Sunday",
"a game for kids exercising"
],
"question": "\"Olympics for Eating\" is _ .",
... | If there is an "Olympics for Eating", the days from Halloween in October to Super Bowl Sunday in January are it. Kids always get at least 7 pounds heavier over these holidays.
Well, what do we have in the "Olympic for eating"? The first activity is the Halloween Candy. You can try any way to collect candies.
Next is th... | middle6171.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "they are interested in it"
},
"options": [
"they are interested in it",
"they can learn better in this way",
"they always get real friends in this way",
"their parents worry about them"
],
"question": "Many stud... | These days many students like to make friends online. Most of them think it's interesting to know an unknown person through the Internet. So, many students like to use computers to talk with those friends. And they spend too much time on it. Some of them can not do well in their school work. Their parents often don't t... | middle4766.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "three"
},
"options": [
"two",
"three",
"four",
"five"
],
"question": "There are _ different learning types according to the passage.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | Why are you study habits different from those of your friends? Why do you seem to learn faster in some classes while more slowly in others? One reason you may not know is that people have different types. Scientists say there are three different learning types: Visual ,Auditory ,and Kinesthetic .
Visual learners lear... | middle3009.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "10"
},
"options": [
"5",
"10",
"15",
"20"
],
"question": "According to the survey,in a middle school if a class has 40 students, about _ smoke.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | Students Begin to Smoke at a Younger Age
SHANGHAI---- Almost one in four students aged between 12 and 14 have tried smoking, according to the results of a survey from the CATC .
" Quite a number of boy students in my class smoke outside the school yard during lunch break," said Li Xiaolan, an English teacher from a hig... | middle2317.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "in England"
},
"options": [
"in England",
"in America",
"in a bank",
"in a police station"
],
"question": "The story happened _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answe... | The big red American car was much too wide for an English country road. When Jack saw it running towards him, he stopped his own car at the side of the road to make room for it to pass. The American car went slowly past, so close that he could see the driver's face clearly.
"Where have I seen that face before?" he thou... | middle5478.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "something is burning"
},
"options": [
"you have to get up",
"water is running to the floor",
"something is burning",
"someone breaks your window"
],
"question": "When a smoke alarm rings at home, it means _ .... | We all know the dangers of fires. It's good and necessary for a family to learn how to prepare for a fire. Here are some suggestions.
Put a smoke alarm in the house. Smoke from a fire causes the alarm to go off. The alarm makes a loud sound. The sound tells everyone to leave the house at once.
Make escape plans. We sho... | middle2471.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "workmates"
},
"options": [
"friends",
"workmates",
"classmates",
"brothers"
],
"question": "John and Bobby were _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,... | Difference
John and Bobby joined a company at the same time . They both worked very hard . After several years , Bobby became the manager , but John thought it was unfair , so he gave his resignation to the boss .
When the boss found out the reason why John wanted to leave , he said , "I hope you will do one more thin... | middle7509.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Grade Two."
},
"options": [
"Grade One.",
"Grade Two.",
"Grade Three.",
"Grade Four."
],
"question": "What grade is Cindy in?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_ind... | It is April 10. It is Tuesday. Cindy gets up at 6:30 in the morning. She is in her blue skirt. She really likes that skirt. Then she goes into the kitchen. She loves eggs and apples in the morning.
Cindy's mother is a teacher at her school. Cindy is in the second grade , and her mother teaches the fourth grade. Cindy ... | middle1178.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "American"
},
"options": [
"English",
"Chinese",
"American",
"Japanese"
],
"question": "Christina is a (an) _ girl.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Christina is an American girl. She is a good student. Every morning she gets up at 6:00. She has her breakfast at home. Then she wears her uniform and goes to school. She studies hard every day. She eats in the dining room when she is in school. After school, she does her homework first, then she cleans the room and he... | middle6617.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "hit them on the bottom"
},
"options": [
"hit them on the bottom",
"try to help them do the right thing",
"teach them what to do",
"take them to count"
],
"question": "According to the passage, when children do s... | Sometimes children do not do what their parents tell them to do. When this happens, a parent tries to help the child to do the right thing. When this does not work, the parent usually punishes the child.
There are many things that a parent can do. One thing that people have done is to spank the child. When a parent sp... | middle6603.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "that he had to stop for a rest"
},
"options": [
"that he wanted some food",
"that he wanted to sell his caps in the forest",
"that he had to stop for a rest",
"that he wanted to return home"
],
"question": "The ... | Long ago there was a man with the name Smith. He made a living by making caps. One day he went to sell his caps. He went through a forest. There were many monkeys in it. It was very hot. The man is very tired and wanted to have a rest. He came up to a large tree, put his caps on the ground, took one of them and put it ... | middle2465.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "nap and dream"
},
"options": [
"dream",
"nap",
"nap and dream",
"nap without dream"
],
"question": "Scientists say _ could help improve your memory.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answ... | Napping after learning something new could help improve your memory...as long as you dream, scientists say.
They found people who dream about a new task do it better on waking than those who do not sleep or do not dream.
Volunteers were asked to learn the layout of a 3D computer maze so they could find their way sev... | middle4014.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because he didn't want to be in other people's way."
},
"options": [
"Because he was in a hurry.",
"Because he didn't want to be in other people's way.",
"Because the escalator was very crowded.",
"Because he was as hea... | I was on the escalator in a market. There was an old man who was about five or six people in the front of me. People behind him were all in a hurry and saw him as a rock. The old man knew these clearly and tried hard to step aside.
I remember...Sometimes when walking or driving behind an older person, I've gotten impat... | middle4772.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In a store."
},
"options": [
"At school.",
"In the classroom.",
"In a store.",
"At a party."
],
"question": "Where does Rick work?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}
] | Rick is a good man. He makes birthday cakes in a store. His cakes are great and have very good prices, so many people buy his cakes. He makes friends with lots of his customers . They all like him very much. One evening, he wants to go home, but many of his old customers come in. Rick smiles to them, "I am sorry. It i... | middle2303.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "stay where you are and give signals three times"
},
"options": [
"stay where you are and give signals three times",
"walk around the forest and shout so that your friends could hear you",
"try to find your friends as soon as ... | If you get into the forest with your friends, stay with them always. If you don't, you may get lost. If you really get lost, this is what you should do. Sit down and stay where you are. Don't try to find your friends--let them find you by staying in one place.
There is another way to help your friends or other nearby p... | middle6165.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Fine"
},
"options": [
"How are you?",
"Hello",
"I don't know",
"Fine"
],
"question": "When a person in America asks \"How are you?\" he or she wants to hear \" _ \".",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | "How are you?" is a nice question. It's a friendly way that people in the USA greet each other. But "How are you" is also a very unusual question. It's a question that often doesn't need an answer. The person who asks "How are you?" hopes to hear the answer " Fine", even if the person's friend isn't fine. The reason is... | middle7290.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "they don't want people to hurt snakes"
},
"options": [
"they want to kill the snakes",
"they like trying to catch snakes",
"they don't want people to hurt snakes",
"they like eating snakes"
],
"question": "The S... | What would you do if you found a snake in your house? Many people might be afraid or try to kill it. However, if you live in North Carolina in the USA, one thing you can do is to call the Snake Catchers.
The Snake Catchers are four men who love snakes, even poisonous ones. Their newspaper advertisement says, "Snake Cat... | middle375.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Nicotine."
},
"options": [
"The cigarette.",
"Nicotine.",
"Tar.",
"Blood."
],
"question": "According to the passage, what gets people into the habit of smoking?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer":... | Why do people smoke? One reason is that people become addicted to cigarettes. The addictive substance in cigarettes is nicotine . When people smoke, the nicotine goes right into the blood stream and makes people feel comfortable. A smoker's body gets used to the nicotine, and if he stops smoking, he feels nervous. Man... | middle4941.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Good music."
},
"options": [
"Sad music.",
"Bad music",
"Soft music",
"Good music."
],
"question": "What music can make people happy and full of energy?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"a... | One billion teenagers and young adults around the world are in the face of losing their hearing by listening to loud music. This is according to the World Health Organization.
Few things can make people happy and full of energy like good music. Many people believe louder is better if you are listening to rock and roll.... | middle5487.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Anyone who wants to learn English well."
},
"options": [
"Anyone who likes maths.",
"Anyone who wants to learn English well.",
"English teachers.",
"Anyone who wants to learn Chinese well."
],
"question": "Who m... | If you want to study English well, you need to do the following things.
Joining an English club is a good idea and joining an international club (where English is in use at least some of the time) is, for many people, even better.
In order to learn English well, you should keep practicing it as much as possible. There ... | middle3790.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The old man sells"
},
"options": [
"The young man sells",
"The old man sells",
"The two men sell",
"The old man buys"
],
"question": "_ the elephant.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answe... | One day an old man is selling a big elephant . A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, "Don't say anything about the elephant before I sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars." "All right," says the young man. After the old man sells the e... | middle3948.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It's fun and easy."
},
"options": [
"It helps you improve yourself.",
"It's the best way to learn.",
"It's fun and easy.",
"It's an important goal."
],
"question": "Why is lifelong learning important?",
"que... | When you finish high school or university, is learning done? The answer is "no". In many countries, people continue learning all their lives. Why is lifelong learning important? How can it help you? Let's look at one example of lifelong learning in Japan.
Why is lifelong learning important?
You go to school and learn. ... | middle413.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "half of the world's population"
},
"options": [
"2.5 billion",
"half of the world's population",
"1.3 billion",
"6 billion"
],
"question": "The population of Asia is about _ .",
"question_type": "... | Asia is home to more than half of the world's population and three of the four most crowded countries are in Asia. China, India, and Indonesia alone have more than 2.5 billion people.
Until recently, most Asian nations fell behind the western countries in many fields. Government reform , however, has led to important p... | middle407.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "fly high out to sea"
},
"options": [
"sit in trees",
"stay on shore",
"fly high out to sea",
"fly to the trees"
],
"question": "On a nice day, seabirds _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | What will the weather be like? Some people say they can know the weather from animals.
Some people look at seabirds. When they see seabirds fly high out to sea, they say it will be a nice day. When the weather is bad, the seabirds will stay on the shore . They don't like to fly and they sit in trees when rain is on th... | middle6824.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Many readers won't buy the newspaper any more."
},
"options": [
"The reporter will probably have a lot of trouble.",
"The newspaper would attract more readers.",
"Many readers won't buy the newspaper any more.",
"The re... | To write a great news story, you have to make sure it is correct, relevant and fresh.
For a start, all the information in a story must be correct. Not only the spelling and grammar, but also the facts.
Any mistakes that show up in a story can get a newspaper into big trouble.
For example, if a newspaper said that Yan... | middle4955.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "on a cold evening"
},
"options": [
"only to Sam",
"on a cold evening",
"the next morning",
"on the way to work"
],
"question": "The car accident happened _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Two good friends, Sam and Jason, met with a car accident on their way home one snowy night. The next morning, Sam woke up blind. His legs were broken. The doctor, Mr Lee, was standing by his bed, looking at him worriedly. When he saw Sam awake, he asked, "How are you feeling, Sam?" Sam smiled and said, "Not bad, Doctor... | middle1805.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "People in the countryside have nothing to eat."
},
"options": [
"The countryside is much poorer than me city.",
"People in the countryside have nothing to eat.",
"People in the countryside don't have much work to do there.",
... | In China, many people are leaving the countryside to find jobs in the cities, because the countryside is much poorer than the city, and often there isn't much work there. Services such as hospital and transport are usually much better in the city than in the countryside. They hope that their lives will improve when t... | middle349.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Gary Richmond"
},
"options": [
"Gary Richmond",
"Charles Darwin",
"Irving Stone",
"Vincent van Gogh"
],
"question": "A View from the Zoo is a book written by _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | A baby giraffe is born 10 feet high and usually lands on its back. Bringing a giraffe into the world is _ . In his book, A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond describes how a new-born giraffe learns its first lesson.
The mother giraffe lowers her head long enough to take a quick look. Then she puts herself directly over h... | middle3974.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the writer was not very glad to buy the bookshelf for his wife"
},
"options": [
"the writer was poor and didn't buy the bookshelf for his wife",
"the writer's wife didn't like the bookshelf at all",
"the writer was always wil... | We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the bookshelf.
It stood outside a furniture shop." Buy it," she said at once."We'll carry it home on the roof-rack . I've always wanted one like that." ... | middle3960.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Japan"
},
"options": [
"China",
"Japan",
"Japanese",
"the USA"
],
"question": "John is from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": ... | There are some new students in my class this term. John is from Tokyo. He speaks Japanese very well. Mike comes from New York. He is twelve years old. Kathy's hometown is Paris. David lives in Toronto. He is now in our city with his parents. And the tallest girl, Vicky is from Brazil. She likes soccer very much. The ot... | middle6818.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "they were happy with the grade the teacher would give them"
},
"options": [
"they were happy with the grade the teacher would give them",
"they were allowed to take another easier exam later on",
"they knew the teacher didn't... | The teacher stood before his class of 30 students and was going to hand out the final exam papers. "I know how hard you have all worked to get ready for this test. " he said. "And because I know you are all able to understand these questions. I am ready to offer a B to anyone who would prefer not to take the test. ''
A... | middle1811.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The way of their communication."
},
"options": [
"The age.",
"The way of their communication.",
"The weight.",
"The number of babies they produce."
],
"question": "Which of the following may NOT be included in t... | North American black bears are shy animals. They are fearful by nature, and will usuallyrun away if they see or hear people. Because of this, it can be difficult for scientists to learnabout these animals.
In order to study black bears, researchers from New Jersey, USA, catch bears and usedrugs
to help them go to sle... | middle4969.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "are doing some shopping"
},
"options": [
"are at home",
"are walking in a street",
"are in a clothing shop",
"are doing some shopping"
],
"question": "It is Sunday. Ann and her mother _ .",
"question_type... | It is Sunday today. Ann is shopping with her mother. She wants her mother to buy a new sweater for her. In a clothing shop, she finds an orange one. She tries it on. It's too small. She wants a bigger one, but the bigger ones are not orange. Ann doesn't like other colours. Her mother asks, "Shall we go to another shop ... | middle6819.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Some Portuguese settled in Macao and made their homes nearly a century ago."
},
"options": [
"Portuguese were the first to go to Macao.",
"Some Portuguese settled in Macao and made their homes nearly a century ago.",
"The cit... | Macao is only forty miles from Hong Kong and it is easy to reach. You can get there by sea. It is an interesting place and it has a long history. Macao is a part of China and most people living there are Chinese.
The first Europeans to go to Macao came from Portugal. More than four hundred years ago the Portuguese went... | middle4968.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the connection between personality and blood type"
},
"options": [
"the difference between the two blood types",
"the relationship between the two blood types",
"the influence of blood type on one's behavior",
"the conn... | In the West, some people believe that personality can be predicted according to the time of the year the person was bor. From China comes the belief that the year of birth influences one's personality. In the past century, a new belief ahs arisen: the idea that personality is related to one's ABO blood type. People wit... | middle1810.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "his dance moves"
},
"options": [
"his young age",
"his dance moves",
"his television shows",
"his strong body"
],
"question": "Xiao Bao has been famous for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | Michael Jackson's sudden death really astonished his fans, but soon they are glad to find another younger "King of Pop" has appeared.
Wang Yiming, who is known as Xiao Bao, has already been popular across the world with his wonderful dance moves. He once appeared on U.S. television show "Ellen" and performed successfu... | middle1804.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "was kind and friendly to everyone"
},
"options": [
"gave her best friends presents",
"often made presents for her friends",
"was kind and friendly to everyone",
"invited some of her class to her birthday party"
],
... | Fiona Famous was a very popular girl at school. She was clever and fun, and got on well with everyone. It was no accident that Fiona was so popular. From an early age she had tried hard to be kind and friendly to everyone. She invited the whole class to her birthday party, and from time to time she would give presents ... | middle3975.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "prints layer by layer"
},
"options": [
"is a common machine",
"prints layer by layer",
"can make clothes and people",
"is widely used in Shenzhen"
],
"question": "A 3D printer _ .",
"question_type": "cloze... | 3D printing technology may not be a new thing in some foreign countries. But in May this year, at Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center. Many visitors were attracted by a 3D printer.
The machine looks similar to an ordinary printer and can print a "statue" in about 90 minutes after scanning anything, including a pe... | middle3785.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It's too small"
},
"options": [
"It's too high.",
"It's too small",
"It's too dirty.",
"It's too poor."
],
"question": "What does Mr Brown think of his house at first?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"a... | Mr Brown and Mr Green are in the garden. They are neighbours. Mr Green asks, "What's the matter?". Mr Brown says, "My house is too small! I want a big house!".
Mr Green is very clever. He has a good idea. "Buy a dog!" says Mr Green. "A dog?" says Mr Brown. "That's a funny idea! Well, OK."
So Mr Brown buys a dog. He put... | middle6825.txt |
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