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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in a newspaper"
},
"options": [
"in a letter",
"in a book",
"in a newspaper",
"in a magazine"
],
"question": "You may read the passage _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Chinese government has decided to give up the rules of food with no checking .According to the Xinhua News, from September 17th , 2008, Chinese government decided to give up the rules of food with no checking. Many people said yes to it. The officer said that these days, the food safety accident about children milk of ... | middle406.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "see beautiful peacocks"
},
"options": [
"do some shopping",
"see beautiful peacocks",
"play on Dongfeng Square",
"eat nice food"
],
"question": "Many visitors come to the writer's city to _",
"question_type... | NO.4 Middle School
Kunming, Yunnan
April 2nd, 2004
Dear editor
I live in a beautiful city. Many visitors come to my city. There are so many colorful peacocks here .The peacocks mostly live on the grass land of Dongfeng Square
They are given food freely by visitors ,They usually throw food to them ,and don't think ab... | middle1192.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "math"
},
"options": [
"dancing",
"math",
"singing",
"English"
],
"question": "Jane has difficulty in learning _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | Jane Scott is fourteen and the year before last she began to study in a middle school. She likes dancing and singing and spends a lot of time on them. But she hates math and does not work hard at it. She thinks it difficult to learn. She falls behind her classmates and once failed the math exam. She decides to drop it.... | middle360.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "know about Michael Jackson and his music"
},
"options": [
"enter a college",
"be an English teacher",
"sing English songs",
"know about Michael Jackson and his music"
],
"question": "The author started to study ... | I started to study English when I was a child because of Michael Jackson. He has been my idol since 1991. I really wanted to understand him and his music. I used to use a dictionary to learn the meanings of words of songs written by him.
There was a lot of work to do to learn English, but I never felt tired. At first... | middle7285.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "17"
},
"options": [
"17",
"18",
"19",
"20"
],
"question": "If a British friend is raised up and down to the floor 18 yimes on his birthday,he is most likely to be _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | Birthday Traditions in Different Countrles[
England
Certain symbolic objects are mixed into the birthday cake as it's being prepared. If your piece of cake has a coin in it,then you will be rich. Also, when it's your birthday,your friends give you the"bumps".They lift you in the air by your hands and feet and raise you... | middle5492.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "less serious"
},
"options": [
"less serious",
"less relaxed",
"more stressed",
"more nervous"
],
"question": "Lu Dongping thinks students are _ on micro blogs.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{... | Micro blogs like Weibo are nothing new for the young Chinese. A newspaper in Chengdu did a survey last month. It found that 90 percent of junior high school students use micro blogs.
They give students an outlet for emotion. "I use micro blogs to record my life. I let everyone 'see' my feelings and complaints ," sai... | middle4954.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in the bushes"
},
"options": [
"at home",
"in the forest",
"in the bushes",
"in his kitchen"
],
"question": "Fred found the bone _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | Fred is a dog. He always wants to have everything for himself. He doesn't like to share his food or toys with other dogs.
One day, he was running in a field, and found a large bone in the bushes. He was so happy! He thought, "Wow! This is the biggest bone in the world! And it's all mine! I should put it somewhere. Anot... | middle4798.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In 2012."
},
"options": [
"In 2012.",
"In 2013.",
"In 2014.",
"In2015."
],
"question": "When did Mo Yan get the Noble Prize for Literature?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Mo Yan,the winner of 2012 Nobble Prize for Literature ,is very popular around the world. He is famous as one of the greatest writers in china.
Mo Yan is fifty-nine years old in 2015,and his real name is Guan Moyue.The name of Mo Yan means"Don't speak".The writer said close the name to remember to close his mouth from g... | middle5486.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "sucking his fingers"
},
"options": [
"biting his fingers",
"biting his nails",
"sucking his nails",
"sucking his fingers"
],
"question": "When Andrew was a little boy, he had a bad habit of _ .",
"question... | When he was a little child, Andrew had a serious bad habit of sucking his fingers all day long, especially when he had nothing interesting to do: when he was sleeping, when watching TV, when sitting on the sofa and so on. At the beginning, his parents didn't think it was a bad habit.
Therefore, as time goes by, the bo... | middle4940.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "weight that first-year university students can gain"
},
"options": [
"weight that high school students gain",
"weight that first-year university students can gain",
"fifteen pounds of food that first-year students eat",
... | You may not have heard the words "freshman fifteen" before, but they are very important for students who are entering university. A freshman is a first-year college student. "Fifteen" refers to fifteen pounds--the fifteen pounds added to a student's weight in his or her first year. There are a number of reasons why fir... | middle374.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "He's a dog."
},
"options": [
"He's a dog.",
"She's a shy girl.",
"He's a quiet boy.",
"She's a teacher."
],
"question": "Who is Frank?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | Today I took Frank to have a training class . We got there earlier than most of the other dogs and _ .
Mr. Brown helped us teach our dogs some skills . When the dog did it, he said, "Good dog!" He was a serious man but he laughed a lot with dogs. He said Frank was smarter than other dogs.
Next to Frank was also a sma... | middle1838.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a radio program"
},
"options": [
"a story book",
"a radio program",
"a science magazine",
"a news report"
],
"question": "The text is most probably from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Today, we'll visit a place of strange and silent beauty. As beautiful as this place is, its name provides evidence of very real danger. We are exploring Death Valley National Park .
Death Valley is a huge place. It extends more than 225 kilometers across the southern part of California into the neighboring state of ... | middle7291.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Three"
},
"options": [
"Two",
"Three",
"Four",
"Five"
],
"question": "How many inventions are mentioned in the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer... | Inventions named after people
Many new things are invented each year. Interestingly, some inventions are named after the people who invented them, making the inventions and inventors easier to be remembered.
The bowler hat is named after London hat-makers Thomas and William Bowler. The brothers received an order from E... | middle6831.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Four"
},
"options": [
"Four",
"Six",
"Five",
"Three"
],
"question": "How many ways are there if you travel around London ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index"... | London is a very large city with about 7 million people. How do so many people move on their way to work or school?
In London you can travel around the city by subway, bus, taxi or private car. The subway runs under the city. It goes to all parts of the city. Traveling by subway is the fastest way to get around the ci... | middle1186.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "They built a farm of ants."
},
"options": [
"They built a farm of ants.",
"They bought a few ants.",
"They caught a lot of ants.",
"They found an ant city."
],
"question": "What did the writer's family do for hi... | When I was seven years old, my family made me an ant farm. First, we put clean sand in a thin glass box. Then we waited for the ants to arrive. After the ants were in the glass farm, they started to make tunnels . I was amazed that each one knew exactly what to do. Each had its own job.
On the fifth day a tragedy happ... | middle412.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Christopher's parents."
},
"options": [
"LVS Ascot Junior School's teachers.",
"The local government.",
"LVS Ascot Junior School's students.",
"Christopher's parents."
],
"question": "Who set up Christopher's Sm... | In many British schools, the pupils usually wear their school uniforms to school on weekdays.However, recently the students at LVS Ascot Junior School in England wore something quite different.What they wore was what people wear when they go to bed--pyjamas .They did this not only for fun, but for a local charity call... | middle4015.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "cancer"
},
"options": [
"TB",
"an accident",
"cancer",
"a serious injury"
],
"question": "Jeff's right leg was cut off because he had _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was 12 years old, Jeff had cancer . Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg.
Every day Jeff puts on an artificial leg . With the plastic artificial leg Jeff can ride a bicycle, swim, and play soccer. He can also run.
Jeff made a plan with his friends who had plastic legs, too. ... | middle2464.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In big houses."
},
"options": [
"In big flats.",
"In small flats.",
"In big houses.",
"In small houses."
],
"question": "Where do the Dai people live?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"ans... | Do you know Xishuangbana? It's a very beautiful place. It lies in Yunnan. The Dai people live there. Their homes are wonderful. The houses are very big and have long legs to hold them up. Sometimes those legs are over two metres tall.
It can be very hot in Yunnan. But the Dai people do not need air conditioners to ... | middle6602.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "swim"
},
"options": [
"run",
"swim",
"walk",
"jump"
],
"question": "Hippos can't _ in the water.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text... | Hippos live in Africa. Their sweat is red. Sometimes they walk a long way to find water. In fact hippos walk in the water. They can't swim.
Hippos love to play in the water in the day. They liked to eat plants at night. They never eat meat. They are easy to be angry.
An adult hippo is about 3,000 kg. He can run very fa... | middle8149.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "She is the boy's mother."
},
"options": [
"She is the boy's aunt.",
"She is the boy's sister.",
"She is the boy's mother.",
"She is the boy's friend."
],
"question": "Who is Linda?",
"question_type": "factio... | Dear Mike,
Thanks for your family photo. This is a photo of my family. I have a happy family. There are five people in my family. They are my grandmother, my parents, my sister and I. The old woman is my grandmother. The man is my father. His name is David. He is a teacher. And what about the woman? She is my mothe... | middle6164.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "invites Jack to play with his son"
},
"options": [
"asks Jack to take them back home",
"doesn't take the cakes or the eggs",
"gives Jack a football as a present",
"invites Jack to play with his son"
],
"question... | The White family moves to a new city, but Mrs White's son, Bob, is not happy, because he doesn't have any friends to play with there. "Don't worry!" says Mrs White, "you'll soon make friends here."
One morning, there is a knock on the door. Mrs White opens it and sees their neighbour Mrs Miller standing there. She come... | middle4773.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "How's your family?"
},
"options": [
"How's your family?",
"You're not married, why?",
"What do you think of the Labor Party?",
"How much does your boss pay you each week?"
],
"question": "Which is a polite quest... | In Britain, when people meet each other for the first time, they talk about things like family, work, school,or sports. They ask question like "Do you have any brothers or sisters?" "Where do you work?" "What school do you go to?" and "Do you like sports?" They also ask questions like "Where do you come from?" and "Whe... | middle5479.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In a school"
},
"options": [
"On the beach",
"In a bookstore",
"In a school",
"In a park"
],
"question": "Where do you usually find a poster like this?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"an... | Attention! Students ! Beach party comes ! We are going to have an outdoor party at the National Park on July 15.
Activities: 1. Ride bikes from the Student Center to the beach.
2. A picnic on the beach.
3. Swimming and sailing contests.
What to bring: sun cream, sunglasses, hats, swimsuits, hiking shoes and personal i... | middle2316.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "jokes"
},
"options": [
"jokes",
"notices",
"news",
"letters"
],
"question": "The three passages above are all _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Nancy: I saw seven girls in one umbrella and none of them got wet.
Taney: Oh, that must be a very big umbrella.
Nancy: No, it wasn't raining. [
A good boy
Little Robert asked his mother for two cents .
"What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?"
"I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered.
"You're a good bo... | middle3008.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "About 8 a.m."
},
"options": [
"9 a.m.",
"About 8 a.m.",
"About 9 a.m.",
"About 10 a.m."
],
"question": "When did the writer get on the bus?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Last summer, my family and I went on a trip to the China Dinosaur Park in Changzhou by bus. The one-hour trip seemed very long. We arrived at the park at about 9 a.m.
There were many fun places for us to choose from. We first went to the Crazy Firedrake Drill. When I looked at the giant yellow machine, I wasn't afraid ... | middle4767.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A camera and a jumper."
},
"options": [
"A camera.",
"A jumper.",
"A camera and a jumper.",
"They don't decide."
],
"question": "What do they want to buy for Mr Smith at first?",
"question_type": "factiod_qu... | Mrs Smith is going shopping with her son.They are looking for presents for Mr Smith's birthday.They drive to the shop mall on Baker Street.
Mrs Smith goes to the Electrical Shop on the third floor. When the woman gets to the counter,she finds the camera she wants to buy is sold out.She finds another kind of camera,but... | middle6170.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "At 2:30 in the afternoon."
},
"options": [
"At 6:15 in the morning.",
"At 6:30 in the morning.",
"At 2:30 in the afternoon.",
"At 9:00 in the evening."
],
"question": "When does Dennis get up?",
"question_ty... | My name is Dennis. I'm a worker of a big store. I don't work in the morning. I work at night. Every morning I come home at about 6:30. I have breakfast at 7:00. After breakfast I go to bed. I get up at around 2:30. I have lunch at 2:45 and dinner at 7:40. Then I go to work at 8:30. My work starts at 9:00. I look after... | middle6616.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "she wrote books."
},
"options": [
"She was a detective.",
"she wrote books.",
"She was a mystery.",
"She knew famous detectives."
],
"question": "What did Aghta Christie do?",
"question_type": "factiod_quest... | One of the most famous writers from England by far is Agatha Christie.
Agatha Christie's real name was Agatha Miller. She was born in England in 1890.She married Archibald Christie when she was 24 years old, and she changed her family name to Christie.
She sold her first mystery book in 1920. This book was the first ti... | middle1179.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "are trying activities such as bungee jumping"
},
"options": [
"are trying activities such as bungee jumping",
"are climbing the highest mountains",
"are coming close to death in sports",
"are looking for adventures such... | Around the world more and more people are taking part in dangerous sports and activities. Of course, there have always been people who have looked for adventures--those who have climbed the highest mountains, travelled into unknown parts of the world or sailed in small boats across the greatest oceans . Now, however, t... | middle4001.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A spaceship"
},
"options": [
"A bird",
"A plane",
"A rocket",
"A spaceship"
],
"question": "What's the bright light in the sky?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | One day an Australian farmer,Joe,saw a bright light in the sky. The light came nearer and nearer and suddenly Joe realized that it was a spaceship. The spaceship landed in a field nearby.
The door of the spaceship opened and two strange beings climbed out. They seemed to be half man and half bird. Joe was afraid of the... | middle2470.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "America."
},
"options": [
"England.",
"China.",
"America.",
"Australia."
],
"question": "Where is the boy from?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | I am a boy from the USA. Now I go to school in China. I have Chinese food now, I like it. I usually have porridge and milk for breakfast at home with my parents. Sometimes I have some small cakes, too. But I don't have lunch at home. I have it at school with my classmates . I usually have meat or fish, rice and vegetab... | middle1151.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "don't talk too much"
},
"options": [
"talk too much",
"don't talk too much",
"go to work by car",
"dance on the train"
],
"question": "English people usually _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | In England, people don't usually talk too much. You can go on a bus, or in a train, and everyone sits looking out of the windows. Often they read. They read books and newspapers. But they don't talk much.
When you meet English people, they often talk about one thing, the weather. So when you meet someone in England, yo... | middle7520.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "he taught them maths and something important as well"
},
"options": [
"he taught them maths and something important as well",
"he was a famous person",
"he was an old teacher",
"he was never late"
],
"question":... | Mr. Weeks is fifty years old. He's taught maths in a middle school for twenty years. He works and always comes to his office on time. He hopes his students will be honest and he is strict with them. Some of his students have become famous persons, but they still remember him and often write to him. Of course the man is... | middle4029.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "She went to the farm with her mother."
},
"options": [
"She went skating with her friends.",
"She went to the farm with her mother.",
"She stayed at home with her mother.",
"She made snow turkeys with her mother."
]... | "Did you go skating a lot last year?" I asked. Jen shook her head and looked at me. Finally she said, "On Thanksgiving, Mom and I always went to visit some friends who lived on a farm. I especially loved seeing their big turkeys."
Until then, I didn't think about how Jen felt. She had a new stepfather and stepbrother... | middle3746.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "calling on people to protect the environment"
},
"options": [
"teaching people how to give a speech",
"calling on people to protect the environment",
"giving a singing show in public",
"criticizing the US government"
... | Making sense of how the US shows humor
Living in a new country gives me many surprises. The first surprise was the way that the US people speak
One day I saw someone was having a public speech in a square. I thought it would be a serious speech. But I soon found it became a kind of entertainment show.
The speaker told ... | middle2458.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To bring their lunches in bags that can be used again"
},
"options": [
"to run to school every day",
"to take exercise every day",
"not to have lunch at school",
"To bring their lunches in bags that can be used again"
... | In most parts of the world, many students help their schools make less pollution.They join environment clubs.In an environment club, people work together to make our environment clean.
Here are some things students often do.
No-garbage lunches.How many lunch bags do you throw away after lunch? Environment clubs ask stu... | middle5337.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "moving away"
},
"options": [
"staying there",
"moving away",
"Smoking together",
"getting mad"
],
"question": "When someone begins to smoke, there is little you can do except _",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | Many of us have had this annoying experience: You are waiting at a bus station when someone nearby begins to smoke. You move away, but there isn't much you can do about it.
In Beijing, a new law is set to fight against smoking. It is regarded as China's toughest ever tobacco control rule . Smoking is not allowed in al... | middle5451.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "No.8 Middle School."
},
"options": [
"No.5 Middle School .",
"No.6 Middle School .",
"No.7 Middle School .",
"No.8 Middle School."
],
"question": "What school does Molly study in ?",
"question_type": "factio... | I'm Molly Taylor. I am a student of No.8 middle School . I don't like English classes when I begin to learn English. Because I think English is difficult. But now I do well in English. I think if we know how to study English , we will find it very interesting and easy. Here are some ways to help you .
Don't be afraid o... | middle4997.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "taste different cakes"
},
"options": [
"sell different cakes",
"make different cakes",
"taste different cakes",
"buy different cakes"
],
"question": "To be a cake-taste is to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze... | Laura Fagan is a British girl. She is 29 years old now. She has a special job. Her job is an offical cake-taster. She began to work two years ago. She loves her job very much. She needs to try as many as 20 desserts a day. She needs to travel to different cities to taste different desserts.
Although the job seems to be... | middle3020.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "In New York."
},
"options": [
"In Beijing.",
"At school.",
"At a TV company.",
"In New York."
],
"question": "Where is Zhang Qian now?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | Today's story is about Zhang Qian,a student from Beijing. He's now studying in the United States. He's living with an American family in New York. Today is the Dragon Boat Festival. It's 9: 00 a.m. and Zhang Qian's family are at home. His mom and aunt are making zongzi. His dad and uncle are watching the boat races o... | middle7246.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Spring Festival"
},
"options": [
"Mid-autumn Festival",
"Spring Festival",
"Children's Day",
"May Day"
],
"question": "Which is the most important festival in China? _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions... | Every year there is the Spring Festival in China. Usually it is in January or February. It's the most important festival in China. So before it comes, everyone has to prepare things. They buy beef, pork, chicken, fruit and many other things. And they often make a special kind of food called "dumplings". It means "com... | middle1637.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Four."
},
"options": [
"Two.",
"Three.",
"Four.",
"Five."
],
"question": "How many ways does the passage tell people to have a healthy lifestyle?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answe... | Everyone hopes to have a healthy lifestyle. But do you know what a healthy lifestyle is like? Here are some ways to have a healthy life.
Get active
This is the most important way of a healthy lifestyle. Walking, running,
playing basketball and other sports will help you keep healthy.
Keep clean
Keep the places around y... | middle6158.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "On Tuesday and Thursday."
},
"options": [
"On Tuesday.",
"Only on Thursday.",
"On Saturday.",
"On Tuesday and Thursday."
],
"question": "When can people enjoy the \"Buy one, get one free\" at Sports City Bar?",
... | Sports City Bar
Every Tuesday and Thursday evening, in Sports City Bar everyone can a " Buy one, get one free .
At our Sunday Family Buffet , We have games for children. The buffet is from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
And costs 98 yuan per adult . Children aged 12 to 16 eat for half price, and children under 12(two at mos... | middle7252.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because the graduation tests are easier than it should be."
},
"options": [
"Because the number of high school students is growing fast.",
"Because high school students fail to reach the standards.",
"Because the graduation t... | The high school diploma is losing its value quickly, as a growing number of students graduate from school without the math and reading skills that colleges and companies require, according to a new report.
The high school graduation exams that most states require students to pass before they graduate remain far t... | middle1623.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "What good and harm taking selfies brings to people."
},
"options": [
"People like taking selfies.",
"Why people often like taking selfies.",
"How people take more beautiful selfies.",
"What good and harm taking selfies ... | Now, everybody is taking _ . From your best friend to your favourite pop star, selfies are taking over Facebook and Sina Weibo. The word "selfie" was even named Word of the Year by Oxford Dictionaries in 2013. But why do people feel the need to take them? And are they doing us more harm than good?
According to some sci... | middle5445.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "China"
},
"options": [
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"China",
"Canada",
"the US"
],
"question": "Mr. and Mrs. Black want to go to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | Mr. and Mrs. Black want to go to Beijing. But their dog Bobby can't go there with them. So they leave him in a dog shop.
It is Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Black get back home from Beijing very late at night. So they don't get Bobby back. On Monday morning, Mr. Black brings the dog back in his car. When he gets home, he says t... | middle4983.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "They used it for work and daily life."
},
"options": [
"They used it for work and daily life.",
"It was borrowed from their friend.",
"It was a nice Kona18 speed.",
"The man's job was bike racing."
],
"question"... | It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of work... | middle3034.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "four"
},
"options": [
"two",
"three",
"four",
"five"
],
"question": "The writer has _ good friends.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_te... | There are three photos of my good friends on my desk.
In the first photo you can see Jerry. He is a tall and cool boy with short and straight hair. He is the captain of our basketball team. He is very popular. All my classmates like him very much.
In the second photo, you can see the boy with glasses. His name is Jack.... | middle3752.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "in the 19th century"
},
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"in 1899",
"in the 18th century",
"in the 19th century"
],
"question": "The elevator was invented _ .",
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},
{
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Some people find elevators make them a little uncomfortable because there are many people all standing cl... | middle5323.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "think of a plan"
},
"options": [
"think of a plan",
"take some food",
"take things to keep us warm",
"take something for cooking and eating"
],
"question": "Before going to camp we should first _ .",
"que... | What do we do when we go camping? First, we think of a plan. We take food, clothes, a knife, and things for cooking and eating. We take things to keep us away from insects and the sun. Then we put everything into the car and we drive to the woods. We look for a place for campers and we look for a good place for our t... | middle1145.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "90% of their Facebook shares to society."
},
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"half of his wealth to the charities.",
"all of his money to charities",
"45 billion yuan to society."
],
"qu... | If you had billions of dollars, would you donate almost all of it to charity? Well, that's what Mark Zuckerburg, CEO and founder of Facebook, just said he would do.
Zuckerburg and his wife Priscilla Chan promised to give 90% of their Facebook _ to society. Right now that is about $45 billion, and they plan to donate th... | middle7534.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It is to reuse anything that can be used again."
},
"options": [
"It makes your heart and body strong.",
"It is to reuse anything that can be used again.",
"It means keeping the land , air and water clean.",
"buying ite... | Recycling is a way to take trash and turn it into new products. There are a number of different recycling processes that allow materials to be used more than once.
All kinds of materials can be recycled. Some of the most common processes in use today involve recycling plastic, glass, metals , paper, electronics and so... | middle5874.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "work hard every day"
},
"options": [
"work hard every day",
"Read stories in English",
"Be careful in doing the questions",
"Read your answers carefully."
],
"question": "How can you do well in exam?",
"ques... | A good way to pass the exam is to work hard every day. You may not pass an exam if you word hard all the time before the exam.
If you are getting ready for an English exam, do not only learn grammar rulers . Try to read stories in Enlish and speak English _ you can.
Before you start the exam, read the questions carefu... | middle638.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "computers"
},
"options": [
"pens",
"computers",
"test papers",
"notebooks"
],
"question": "You are sure to find _ in a paperless classroom.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Can you imagine a classroom without one thing that has long been considered a necessary part? No notebooks, no textbooks, no test papers. Nor are there any pencils or pens, which always seem to run out of ink at the _ moment.
A "Paperless classroom" is what more and more schools are trying to realize. Students don't do... | middle7905.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "different countries have different types of fast food"
},
"options": [
"America serves four kinds of fast food",
"we used to have more types of fast food",
"different countries have different types of fast food",
"Ameri... | All over the world, the global diet includes fast food--prepared items from inexpensive restaurants, snack bars, or food stands. Some examples of American fast food are hamburgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, fried chicken, and so on. Some types of international fast foods might be German sausage and Schnitzel, Italian pizza... | middle7911.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "exercise"
},
"options": [
"running",
"swimming",
"walking",
"exercise"
],
"question": "The passage tells us about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,... | Many people today like exercise. Some like to run, and some like to walk. Others dance or play balls. They do different kinds of exercise. Why do people like exercising? It's good for their health. And exercise helps to make them tired, so they sleep better at night.
You may like to run. If you do, take care of your fe... | middle5860.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Blue.."
},
"options": [
"Blue..",
"Blond",
"Brown.",
"Black."
],
"question": "What color are the girls' eyes?",
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},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | Look at the photo. The two girls have big blue eyes and long brown hair. They are ten. They are in the same class. The one in a yellow skirt is Lily. The other one in an orange skirt is Lucy. Bob is their brother . He is in a blue cap. He is a high school student. Their dad is Mr. White. He is in a brown coat. Their... | middle5690.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A red and blue painting, with no clear subject."
},
"options": [
"a painting of a horse",
"a sculpture of a car",
"a drawing of two people in a coffee house.",
"A red and blue painting, with no clear subject."
],
... | What do you see when you look at abstract art? Does it make sense to you? Does it look like anything?
Abstract art became popular in the early 20th century. Artists did not want to paint, draw, or sculpt things like they looked. They didn't want their art to be realistic . They were more interested in basic shapes ... | middle5848.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "to chat with foreigners"
},
"options": [
"to do morning exercises",
"to work as a guide",
"to chat with foreigners",
"to work part time"
],
"question": "Ma cycled to a hotel near the West Lake _ .",
"quest... | A short Chinese man seems to be the tallest in the world right now. Jack Ma(Ma Yun),50, is executive chairman of Alibaba Group, a business-to-business online platform. On Sept.19, Alibaba went public on the New York Stock Exchange , raising $25 billion through an IPO , the biggest in US history. Ma, a former English... | middle7087.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "farmers"
},
"options": [
"workers",
"teachers",
"policemen",
"farmers"
],
"question": "Thomas' parents are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | Which is more useful?
Thomas is in Grade Two now. He goes to school from Monday to Friday. After school he must do some housework. He helps his parents on the farm on Saturdays and Sundays. So he doesn't have any time to play soccer in the daytime. He often plays soccer with his friends in the moon .
It's five in th... | middle162.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "five"
},
"options": [
"four",
"five",
"six",
"seven"
],
"question": "Students in elementary school stay at school for about _ days.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"ans... | Hi! My name is Robert and I live in Chicago. My school is called Parkside Elementary. It is Jake and Elizabeth's school too. Michael and Trevor's school is called Lincoln Middle School. In the USA many students go to elementary school between the ages of 5-10, then middle school between the ages of 11-13, and then a... | middle7939.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Stars."
},
"options": [
"Stars.",
"Landmarks.",
"Cities and towns,",
"Mountains and rivers."
],
"question": "What was drawn in the earliest maps?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | How would we travel without maps? It would be a bit adventurous to set off from Oxford University to go to London Bridge if there wasn't a map of the London Underground at each station. In fact, a lot of the early map-makers were adventurers and explorers, especially in the 15th and 16th centuries.
So what did people... | middle604.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "may need a doctor"
},
"options": [
"looks well",
"may need a doctor",
"is healthy",
"is 'in the pink'"
],
"question": "After reading the passage, we can infer ( ) if someone 'looks grey', he _ .",
"quest... | Americans have used colors to create many expressions they use every day.
We say you're 'in the pink' when we are in good health. It is easy to understand how this expression was born. When my face has a nice fresh, pink color, it is a sign my health is good.
The color green is natural for trees, it is an unnatural col... | middle3587.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A park"
},
"options": [
"A park",
"Mary's family",
"a school",
"a restaurant"
],
"question": "This is a picture of _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1... | This is a picture .There is a lake in the middle of the picture .On the lake we can see a boat .In the boat, there is a boy and his father .The boy is fishing .His father is looking at him .We can see some fish swimming in the lake .On the right of the picture , we can see a big tree .A young woman is reading a book .... | middle2699.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "she was badly ill"
},
"options": [
"she was badly ill",
"it was 60 years old",
"she believed in her husband",
"her husband made her angry"
],
"question": "The old woman let her husband open her shoe box because ... | There once was a man and a woman. They had been married for more than 60 years. They kept no secrets from each other except that the old woman had a shoe box on the top of her closet . She told her husband never to open it or ask about it.
For all these years , he had never thought about the box, but one day the litt... | middle3593.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "People burnt too much coal in the houses."
},
"options": [
"There was too much smoke in the sky.",
"There were too many factories in the city.",
"People burnt too much coal in the houses.",
"The city was too big for the... | London used to be "foggy" for the same reason that cities like Beijing or Chongqing are "foggy" today. The "fog" was in fact smog, a mixture of smoke and fog. In other words, it was made by air pollution. In London, some of this pollution came from factories, but much of it came from the coal that people burnt in the... | middle2855.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "he doesn't think his son is clever"
},
"options": [
"he doesn't think his son is clever",
"his son is lazy",
"his son doesn't study hard",
"his son can't buy something for him"
],
"question": "The father isn't h... | A father isn't happy with his only son. He doesn't think his son is clever.
One day, the father gives his son a task. He says, here is a coin. Go to buy one thing. That must be something to eat, something to drink, and something to plant.
"What can I buy with one coin? It is too hard!" Then a girl finds the boy is not ... | middle1384.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They have a big dinner, exchange presents and visit friends"
},
"options": [
"They only have a big dinner together",
"They have a big dinner, exchange presents and visit friends",
"They just visit friends and exchange pre... | December 25 is Christmas Day . Christmas is an important holiday in many countries. On Christmas Day, most families get together for a big dinner. They give presents to each other and visit friends. The Christmas tree is an important part of the Christmas holiday. Most families buy trees. The families decorate the tre... | middle88.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "cock"
},
"options": [
"kangaroo",
"cow",
"cock",
"horse"
],
"question": "Which is not mentioned(,) in the story?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | Mrs. Brown lived in a small town near a big farm. One Friday afternoon, after she finished doing housework, she went to her small shop. She opened the window of the shop and looked outside. She liked to see the green farm. There were many cows, horses, and small animals on the farm.
Suddenly she saw a kangaroo under he... | middle4571.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "fifty"
},
"options": [
"sixty",
"ten",
"fourty",
"fifty"
],
"question": "The Internet has a history of more than _ years.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index... | We are all busy talking about and using the Internet, but how many of us know the history of the Internet ?
Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks didn't work well . If one computer in the network broke down... | middle2100.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "she is often shy"
},
"options": [
"she doesn't want others to see her eyes",
"there is something wrong with her eyes",
"she likes to wear dark glasses",
"she is often shy"
],
"question": "The sentences \" But sh... | Vanilla is my best friend. She is a lovely girl with two big, beautiful eyes. But she always hides them behind a pair of black glasses.
One day, though, I nearly ended our friendship. I remember that day clearly. We were sitting in class. The teacher was giving us our results for a Chinese test. I had done badly. I fel... | middle1409.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "People in the community."
},
"options": [
"Gardeners of the companies.",
"People in the community.",
"Sponsors in the community.",
"People from the government."
],
"question": "Who plant the community gardens?",... | Have you ever walked down a city street and suddenly seen a bright garden full of vegetables and flowers?
It may be a community garden. The community gardens are planted by the people in the community. They are not just pretty places. They improve the neighborhoods.
People first started planting these gardens during th... | middle7078.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "On Sep.12."
},
"options": [
"In August",
"In July",
"On Sep.11.",
"On Sep.12."
],
"question": "When was the first time that Shanghai had to close all the schools?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
... | Don't you want to go to school? You could tell your parents you're ill. But last Monday, students from Shanghai and Zhejiang had an even better excuse: a typhoon !
Typhoon Khanun hit East China on September 11. In Shanghai, all the school were closed the next day, Monday.
It was the first time that Shanghai had to cl... | middle823.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "two Chinese films"
},
"options": [
"one Chinese film",
"two Chinese films",
"three American films",
"four foreign films"
],
"question": "There will be _ in Beijing Theater this week.",
"question_type": "... | Films in Beijing Theater This Week
HARRY POTTER (III)
American film
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
Time: From Monday to Wednesday, at 6:00 p.m.
Ticket Price:Y=50
KUNGFU HUSTLE
Chinese film
Director: Zhou Xingchi
Starring: Zhou Xingchi, Liang Xiaolong, Yuan Hua
Time: From ... | middle63.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Mr Li's."
},
"options": [
"Mr Li's.",
"Mr Cool's.",
"Mrs Zhao's.",
"Both Mr Li's and Mrs Zhao's."
],
"question": "_ restaurant has the friendliest service.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | I live in a busy town, and there are many kinds of shops in the town. There are also three restaurants. They are Mr Li's, Mr Cool's and Mrs Zhao's.
People have different views about the three restaurants. I think Mr Li's has the friendliest service and the seats there are the most comfortable. However, it has the worst... | middle4217.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "One."
},
"options": [
"Two.",
"Three.",
"One.",
"Four."
],
"question": "How many children are there in Li Ting's family?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | Should teenagers help their parents do chores? Is it important for us to learn how to do chores?
I have a classmate called Li Ting. She is the only child in her family. Her parents love her so much that they don't let her do any chores. On weekdays she gets up, has meals, goes to school, has lessons, she only plays wit... | middle2672.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a penfriend"
},
"options": [
"a sister",
"a brother",
"a penfriend",
"pets"
],
"question": "The girl wants to find _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,... | My name is Becky Smith. I'm eleven years old. I have one brother. His name's Jason and he's fourteen. I don't have any sister. We live with grandma in a small house in Chesterfield, in the north of England. My friends and I often go to the cinema on Saturday. Do you like games? I like football. My favourite team is Man... | middle837.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Beijing Opera"
},
"options": [
"talk show",
"Beijing Opera",
"sports shows",
"soap operas"
],
"question": "_ is the writer's grandpa's favorite TV show..",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"... | There are five people in my family. We all like watching TV, but we like different TV shows .
My grandpa is a great fan of Beijing Opera . He likes watching it very much. Now he is in a Beijing Opera club . There he talks about Beijing Opera and acts in it with other Beijing Opera fans.
My grandma likes cross talk , a... | middle6414.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "clever"
},
"options": [
"clever",
"rich",
"strong",
"lucky"
],
"question": "According to the reading passage, a blacksmith must be likely a _ man.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer... | New York is one of the last large American cities to have some of its policemen on horseback. The New York police have 170 horses working in certain parts of the city. The horses are expensive to feed, but it is even more expensive to look after them. Because the horses must walk on the streets, they need special horse... | middle77.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "5,400"
},
"options": [
"330",
"1,800",
"5,400",
"20,000"
],
"question": "The house cost Ying Miaofang _ yuan during three months.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | "An old village woman in her seventies from Zhenjiang Province rented a small house in Shanghai and let visitors to the World Expo live there for free while she slept on a little couch. Her kindness moved _ people." Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said so at the Expo 2010 Shanghai China on October 31 when it ended.
It is a... | middle189.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "1977"
},
"options": [
"1975",
"1979",
"1977",
"1982"
],
"question": "Drew Barrymore made her first movie at _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | Although she's quite young, Drew Barrymore can be a Hollywood legend . She was born on February 22, 1975, in California. Being from a family that produced great actors, she quickly found her way into the spotlight .
When she was 11 months old, she made her first advertisement on TV. She made her first movie at the ag... | middle4565.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Seven."
},
"options": [
"Five.",
"Six.",
"Seven.",
"Eight"
],
"question": "How many ways of improving memory are there in the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1... | Do you care about your memory ?The following ways can help improve your memory.
Sleep: Sleep plays an important part in improving your memory. Enough sleep is very important to have a good memory.
Don't watch TV while eating: Do not watch television while eating. Some people keep talking and eating while watching TV. E... | middle2114.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "It is the jet stream that affects how fast airplanes fly."
},
"options": [
"It is the jet stream that affects how fast airplanes fly.",
"Planes go slower when they are moving with the wind.",
"It takes more time to fly from N... | Have you ever wondered?
1. Why do airplanes take longer to fly west than east?
It can take five hours to go west-east from New York (NY) to London but seven hours to travel east-west from London to NY. The reason for the difference is an atmospheric phenomenon known as the jet stream. The jet stream is a very high ... | middle1435.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "thought his father's educational skills useful"
},
"options": [
"knew very well about Denmark",
"felt regret about those wasted days",
"thought his father's educational skills useful",
"only talked about important news ... | Stanley, as a son of a very poor farmer, left school early and went to work in a factory, for education was for the rich then. So, the world became his school. With great interest, he read everything he could, listened to the town elders and learned about the world beyond his hometown. "There's so much to learn," he'd ... | middle7044.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The man in the story was made dead by mistake."
},
"options": [
"It was rather cold that day.",
"Snow was falling heavily that day.",
"The man in the story was made dead by mistake.",
"An accident happened on the road."... | This sad story happened on a cold winter evening. It was so cold and snow was falling so heavily that the roads were covered with ice and a strong wind was blowing. Being outside in such weather was very unwise. However, Peter Lee had to walk home from work. Peter walked with difficulty along a country road, the cold w... | middle5653.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "appears to be rude"
},
"options": [
"appears to be rude",
"appears to be old",
"requires lots of energy",
"requires good teamwork"
],
"question": "According to the passage, a \"vulgar\" sport probably",
"que... | An early form of a game in which a ball was kicked around a field is recorded in 1004 B.C. Japan. Some sports historians believe that the game of soccer began in England in the third century, however. They say that early English warriors kicked around the head of a killed enemy. This may or may not be true, but it is ... | middle5135.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "had never said a word"
},
"options": [
"had never seen a dog",
"had never said a word",
"had received little treatment",
"had never played with toys"
],
"question": "Before getting Millie, Harry .",
"questio... | Harry is a boy with a learning disability. On his fourth birthday, he was given a pug called Millie. Two weeks after the dog's arrival, he was happier and calmer and said his first words, "dog" and "mummy". Just two months later, thieves stole the dog, and now the heartbroken little boy is back to where he started. He ... | middle3544.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "study the clouds"
},
"options": [
"study the clouds",
"monitor the temperature every hour",
"watch the signs of the wind",
"note the changes in wet"
],
"question": "According to this article, one way to understa... | At one time or another we have all stopped to think about the weather. Some days the weather is good. Some days the weather is bad. Sometimes a day that seems bad turns out better than you thought it would. There are ways of understanding the weather. One way is to study the clouds. No two clouds are ever alike. We can... | middle1353.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Beijing."
},
"options": [
"Sydney.",
"Beijing.",
"New York.",
"Shenzhen."
],
"question": "Where is Daniel living now?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Daniel comes from Sydney. He is now staying in Beijing with his family. He usually gets up at about 6:30 am and has breakfast at 7:00 am. Then he leaves home at 7:15 am.
He gets to school at 7:45 am. His first class begins at 8:00 am. There are four lessons in the morning. Morning classes are over at 11:50 am, and he h... | middle7736.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "seven days"
},
"options": [
"nine years",
"half a month",
"seven days",
"eight days"
],
"question": "Mr Smith went to take a vacation for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Mr Smith had a week's vacation, so he said,"I'm going to the seaside by train. "He put on his best clothes, took a small bag, went to the railway station and got into the train. He wore a beautiful hat, and he often put his head out of the window during the trip and looked at the beautiful scenery. Suddenly, the wind p... | middle1347.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "She behaved well at school."
},
"options": [
"She behaved well at school.",
"She often tells lies at school.",
"She often made trouble at school.",
"She used to be a discipline problem."
],
"question": "What did... | Katie was in big trouble.She was such a sweet kid; a third-grade teacher always dreamed of having a classroom filled with Katies, she was never ever a discipline problem. I just couldn't imagine why she had made her parents so angry.
It seemed that Katie had been spending money in the lunchroom. Her parents explained ... | middle6428.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To help him lose weight"
},
"options": [
"To punish him",
"To play a joke on him",
"To help him save money",
"To help him lose weight"
],
"question": "Why did the holy man want the king to walk to his place?",
... | Once upon a time, there lived a wealthy and kind king. However, the people were worried about him because he was very fat. He didn't do anything other than eat and sleep.
One day, the king finally realized that he couldn't even move his body. There were many good doctors in his country. However, none could cure the kin... | middle5121.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "know more about Japanese history"
},
"options": [
"know more about Japanese history",
"see the exhibitions and the memorial",
"see many foreign visitors",
"try different kinds of snacks."
],
"question": "If you ... | Although Tokyo is one of the most expensive cities in the world , you will be surprised that there are still some free activities in Tokyo.
Free temples ( )
There are many temples in Tokyo.The most famous one is Meiji Jingu.This is the most important temple in Tokyo. If you visit it , you can know more about Japanese h... | middle3550.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "can reach very high temperatures"
},
"options": [
"happen three billion times each day",
"will start when there are big fires",
"can reach very high temperatures",
"kill all those who work in a park"
],
"questio... | Lightning is shocking, and it happens all over the world! Scientists think that there are more than three million lightning strikes every day in the world-that's thirty strikes every second.
Lightning can also be very dangerous. Every year, lightning kills people because it can start big fires or because it reaches tem... | middle4559.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Strange."
},
"options": [
"Strange.",
"Fantastic.",
"Modern.",
"Interesting."
],
"question": "What do you probably think of these events?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index"... | The 31st Summer Olympics will be held in Brazil in 2016. Before this global sporting event, we started thinking about sports that didn't exist any more and sports that were maybe a little strange. Read the following ones that have ever been included in the past Olympic Games.
Live Pigeon Shooting (1900)
This bloody eve... | middle3236.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "17%"
},
"options": [
"17%",
"15%",
"35%",
"5%"
],
"question": "How many people in America have 3 people living in them?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3... | Most people in America live in small family groups. More than a quarter of homes in America have only got one person in them. Some of these are old people but some are people of twenty or thirty years old who would like to live alone. 35% of homes have two people in them, and another 17% have three people. 15%have four... | middle2128.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "in a small town,UK"
},
"options": [
"in London",
"in a small town,UK",
"all over the world",
"around the whole Europe"
],
"question": "All the clowns get together _ for the International Clown Festival.",
... | From March 12 to 17 of each year, hundreds of clowns get together in the Bonior Regis Town, UK. They all wear tall blue hats and big red noses with colorful faces.
The first International Clown Festival was in 1987, UK. All the clowns from all over the world came together to celebrate the great festival in England.
Dur... | middle5647.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "7:15"
},
"options": [
"6:15",
"6:30",
"6:45",
"7:15"
],
"question": "The supper was ready at _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": ... | The Beets were a new couple . The things in their rooms, such as the television, the computer, the fridge, furniture and so on, were all left by their parents. They only paid some money for their food and clothes. But they tried their best to save money. If they had something important to tell their friends, they alwa... | middle1421.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "have her favorite food"
},
"options": [
"learn English in the UK",
"meet some new friends",
"have hamburgers and potatoes",
"have her favorite food"
],
"question": "The writer felt excited when she learnt she wo... | I arrived in the UK last weekend to learn English. So far I have already made a few friends and had some traditional English food there. But after having three days of hamburgers, sandwiches and potatoes, I thought none could be more delicious than Chinese food, especially my favorite --huo guo. You can't imagine how e... | middle7050.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because he is very tired ."
},
"options": [
"Because he is very hungry .",
"Because he likes sleeping .",
"Because he is very tired .",
"Because he isn't busy ."
],
"question": "Why does the lion sleep on the gr... | A lion is tired very much and sleeps on the ground one day . A cat runs after a little mouse . The mouse runs around and comes to the lion . The mouse sees the lion and he is very afraid . " I' m very sorry . Please let me go . I can help you some day . " The lion sleeps well and feels happy now . He says , "You can... | middle5900.txt |
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