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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "welcome the Merci Train"
},
"options": [
"welcome the Merci Train",
"meet their families",
"have a big party",
"start a trip by ship"
],
"question": "Many people crowded at New York Harbor on February 3rd, 1949 ... | On February 3rd, 1949, New York Harbor was an exciting place. Many people were there to greet a ship from France. On the ship were 49 French railroad boxcars filled with gifts from the people of France to the people of America. These boxcars were from the famous Merci Train(Merci:a French word meaning "thank you").
Aft... | middle4639.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "important"
},
"options": [
"hopeless",
"difficult",
"Boring",
"important"
],
"question": "Which of the following can be put in _ ?",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answe... | English is spoken as a first language by about 375 million people and as a foreign language by around 750 million people. It is being learned by about a billion people. These numbers alone make English _ to learn. If you are not fluent in English, it may be good for you to know the advantages of learning the langu... | middle5241.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a house"
},
"options": [
"a pool",
"a house",
"a school",
"a cinema"
],
"question": "A big ship looks like _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"... | Do you want to go by ship to Australia or anywhere? A big ship may help you. It looks like a big house. There are rooms for everyone. In the day you can swim in the pool or play games on the ship. You can even see a film on the ship. Sometimes you can see birds flying around you. They are flying here and there. Look at... | middle6748.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "they feel cool in the water"
},
"options": [
"they feel cool in the water",
"they feel free in the water",
"swimming makes them strong",
"swimming makes them popular"
],
"question": "People like swimming in summ... | Swimming is very popular. People like swimming in summer because water makes people feel cool. If you like swimming but swim in a wrong place, it may not be safe. These years, a lot of people die when they enjoy themselves in water, and most of them are students. Some people are not careful when they are swimming. They... | middle1027.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "dogs"
},
"options": [
"Bob's children",
"dogs",
"hares",
"neighbours"
],
"question": "Jigs and Reads in the story were _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index... | It had been snowing very hard for days. Jigs and Reads had nothing to eat for a day. They know that things weren't right at home. So yesterday morning they wanted to go out. Bob helped them get out through a window, because the snow was so deep outside that he couldn't open the door. Last night, they didn't come back. ... | middle1033.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In 1775"
},
"options": [
"In 1775",
"In 1779",
"In 1597",
"In 1899"
],
"question": "When was Jane Austen born?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"... | "Reading makes a full man" (Bacon, 1597). Novels written by the writers like Jane Austen, Victor Hugo and Ernest Hemingway help us to know more about our history, culture and many other things.
Jane Austen(.) was one of the most well-known women writers of the world. She was born in England in 1775. Jane loved reading ... | middle6984.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Tree-bees will not attack people unless they are disturbed."
},
"options": [
"Tree-bees often attack people in large numbers.",
"Tree-bees can be driven away by fire and smoke.",
"Tree-bees do not give up easily when they att... | There are lots of dangerous and terrible insects in Northeastern India, but the tree-bees are the most terrible. They are killers. Unlike most bees which will sting you only if they are disturbed , tree-bees will attack you in thousands for no reason. And they will chase you for your life.
Walking along a dusty ro... | middle7442.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "an interesting and new world"
},
"options": [
"an exciting world",
"a new world",
"a beautiful world",
"an interesting and new world"
],
"question": "Skin-diving can take you to _ .",
"question_type": "cl... | Skin-diving is a new sport today. This sport take you into a wonderful new world. It is like a visit to the moon! When you are under water, it is easy for you to climb big rocks, because you are on longer heavy.
Here, under water, everything is blue and green. During the day, there is plenty of light. When fish swims ... | middle3624.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Africa."
},
"options": [
"Asia.",
"Africa.",
"Europe.",
"America."
],
"question": "Where did the first house cats come from?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | There is little doubt that house cat first developed naturally from ancient wild cats. The cleverest relative is the America wild cat which still lives in Africa today. This is understandable because the first house cats came from Africa.
Cats first started to live around people in Egypt about 6,000~7,000 years ago. Fr... | middle5255.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "they can't afford WiFi access or they live in remote areas"
},
"options": [
"they have no money to buy WiFi access",
"they live in remote areas",
"they don't need the Internet",
"they can't afford WiFi access or they li... | With the development of technology, WiFi is becoming more and more popular and important in people's daily life.But have you ever experienced it? Just imagine what life will be like if there is no Internet.Maybe you won't be able to talk with friends, play video games or search for information for your homework on the ... | middle5533.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "twelve thirty"
},
"options": [
"twelve",
"eleven",
"twelve thirty",
"twelve ten"
],
"question": "Every day Mr Brown comes home at _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | Mr. Brown is a very old man. Every morning he goes for a walk in the park. And he comes home at 12:30 for his lunch. But today a police car stops at his house at twelve o'clock. Two policemen help him out. One of them says to Mr Brown's daughter," The old man can't find his way in the park. He asks us to take him home ... | middle3142.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "it can affect our moods"
},
"options": [
"it can affect our moods",
"it can make us feel sad",
"it can make us become fat",
"it can make us look healthier"
],
"question": "Food gives us energy and sometimes _... | We all know that food gives us energy, but sometimes it can make us much happier when we feel bad. Studies show that foods such as sea fish, bananas, pumpkins and chicken can help fight against bad moods. How can they affect our moods?
Studies show that people living by the sea appear much happier than other people, be... | middle8017.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "difficult climates"
},
"options": [
"long distances",
"modern technology",
"fresh and tasty food",
"difficult climates"
],
"question": "Some countries like the United Arab Emirates have to import most of their f... | Nowadays, the food that you buy comes from many different countries.Have a look in your fridge, cupboard, and fruit bowl and check the origins of the food.Perhaps there are apples from California, lamb from New Zealand, or potatoes from Egypt? You will probably be surprised how far food travels to get to your plate.T... | middle7324.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "six"
},
"options": [
"three",
"four",
"five",
"six"
],
"question": "John is _ years old.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "to te... | John is 6 years old. He can read and write very well, but he can't tell time. He doesn't say "eight o'clock", "twelve o'clock" or "four o'clock in the afternoon". He says "breakfast time", "lunchtime" or "teatime"
His aunt thinks she can teach him to read a clock.
"Can you count , John?"
"Yes. One, two, three, four, f... | middle1755.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Move the computer out of the child's bedroom"
},
"options": [
"Set a password for the computer",
"Set a time-limit for playing on the computer",
"Spend much time playing sport with the child",
"Move the computer out of ... | The computer is important and can help us do a lot of things. Lots of children spend too much time on the computer. It's bad for their study. Here is some advice for the parents.
*Move the computer out of the child's bedroom. It is good for children to reduce the time to use the computer.
* _ for the computer. If yo... | middle2274.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because the King of Scotland was not good enough."
},
"options": [
"Because the Scots were too weak.",
"Because the King of England was very smart.",
"Because the English army was very strong.",
"Because the King of Sco... | More than 700 years ago, Scotland was fighting with England. The King of England wanted to control Scotland. He had a strong army so it was difficult for the Scots to fight. They lost many times. King Robert of Scotland had to run from the English army.
One rainy day, King Robert lay in a cave . He thought that he was... | middle4605.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because he was born disabled."
},
"options": [
"Because he was born disabled.",
"Because he had big hands.",
"Because his hair was curl",
"Because he was so little."
],
"question": "Why were Jason's parents shoc... | When Jason's parents saw him for the first time, they were shocked .This lovely little baby with shining blue eyes and curly hair was born disabled . But soon the young couple accepted this fact: Jason's arms are just half without hands and his legs aren't fully grown either. They even forgot to think of him as disable... | middle6012.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Tommy"
},
"options": [
"Paul",
"Peter",
"Barry",
"Tommy"
],
"question": "_ is the oldest of the four boys.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"ans... | Hello, boys and girls! My name is Paul. I'm 14. Tommy is my brother. He is 15. I have two good friends, Peter and Barry. Peter is 13 and Barry is 12. We all like playing sports. Peter's _ sport is baseball. He plays baseball every day. He has 9 baseballs and 6 baseball bats. Barry likes ping-pong. He has 10 ping-pong b... | middle4163.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "is a \"talking kitchen\"."
},
"options": [
"is a \"talking kitchen\".",
"teaches students English.",
"was developed in France.",
"cooks all food for people"
],
"question": "After reading the passage, we know the... | What do you think of a " talking kitchen"? A French Digital Kitchen has been developed at Newcastle University in the UK. It teaches students how to cook French food and speak French at the same time. For the first time, students can learn a language by the following cooking steps.
All grammar and _ have been careful... | middle4177.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Take care."
},
"options": [
"Help me.",
"A glass of water fell from the window.",
"Take care.",
"Put your head out of the window and look out."
],
"question": "\"Look out \" here means _ .",
"question_type... | First Frenchman: I once heard someone shout, "Look out." I put my head out of a window and a glass of water fell on me. It seems that "look out" may mean "Don't look out."
Second Frenchman: I was once on a ship and heard the captain shout, "All hands on deck . I put my hands on the deck and someone walked on them."
Th... | middle3618.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A student"
},
"options": [
"A student",
"A teacher",
"A worker",
"A cook"
],
"question": "What does Mike do?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"an... | Mike gets up at half past seven. He has an egg and some milk for breakfast. Then he goes to school. When he is on his way to school, he is thinking, " I tell my teacher that my mother is ill on Mon---day. I tell him my bike doesn't work on my way to school on Tuesday. What should I say to--day? Mike thinks it over, b... | middle2506.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "their farm"
},
"options": [
"him",
"their farm",
"the",
"the pot of money"
],
"question": "Jim's mother was much worried about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answe... | Jim, a young farmer, was once put into prison .
One day, he got aletter from his mother. "I'm so worried about our farm,"she wrote. "It'stime to plant potatoes. I can't dig all the fields by myself.
Jim read the letter and became sad. "What can I do?" he thought. Then he had a good idea. He wrote to his mother, "Don't... | middle6760.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "America"
},
"options": [
"England",
"Australia",
"China",
"America"
],
"question": "Which country does the writer come from?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | Saturday, June 30th, 2012
I asked to have a dinner party at the biggest hotel in my hometown--New York today.
I was very busy,so I had no time to change my clothes for dinner.Then I drove there as soon as possible.But when I came in, no one saw me and gave me a seat.I got angry.
Then I went back home,put on my best clo... | middle7318.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The date of World Wetlands Day."
},
"options": [
"Some frogs.",
"The date of World Wetlands Day.",
"1971",
"Any special day."
],
"question": "What should you put in your diary?",
"question_type": "factiod_qu... | Put 2 February in your diary! It is World Wetlands Day! It marks the date that the
Convention on Wetlands was signed in1971.This special day was first celebrated in 1997 and it is celebrated every year.
The celebration is a call for action. It is a way to show people how important and
useful the wetlands are for peopl... | middle1769.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "her friends"
},
"options": [
"young children",
"her husband",
"her friends",
"her parents"
],
"question": "Alice likes shopping with _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Alice, 35 years old
I like shopping, but shopping with young children is not a good thing. I have to look after them while I'm shopping. I go shopping with my husband only when I want to buy something for him. When I look at a cheap dress, he always says, "It's nice on you." But when I have an expensive one in my hands... | middle6006.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "it is important to go to bed and get up early"
},
"options": [
"how to make more money",
"when we should get up",
"it is important to go to bed and get up early",
"to stay up late"
],
"question": "The old Englis... | Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
This is an old English saying . It means that we should go to bed early at night and get up early in the morning. If we do, we shall be healthy. We shall also be rich and clever.
Is this true? Perhaps it is. The body must have enough sleep. Children... | middle2260.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Yes, but a little."
},
"options": [
"Yes, she can.",
"No, she can't.",
"Yes, but a little.",
"No, she can't speak it at all."
],
"question": "Can Lily speak Chinese?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
... | Dear Joan,
How are you? I'm in Beijing now. I study at Yu Lin High School. I like Beijing very much, and I have two good friends here. They are Tom and Wei Hua. Tom is from Canada and Wei Hua is from China. We are in the same class. They often help me with my Chinese. I can speak a little Chinese now. The teachers are ... | middle4611.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "show his beautiful heart"
},
"options": [
"meet the old man",
"compare his heart with others'",
"show his beautiful heart",
"give pieces of his heart to others"
],
"question": "The young man stood in the town to... | Once upon a time, a young man was standing in the middle of the town announcing that he had the most beautiful heart in the world. A large crowd gathered, and they al praised his heart for it was perfect.
Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, "Why ,your heart is not as beautiful as mine."
The old man's heart was ful ... | middle3195.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Miss Taylor"
},
"options": [
"The grandma",
"Miss Taylor",
"Mrs Taylor",
"Queen"
],
"question": "Who is the writer of the poem?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | My Favourite Sweater
by Bonnie Highsmith Taylor
My favourite sweater grew too small.
I love that sweater best of all.
My grandma made it when I was three.
She made that sweater just for me.
I picked the yarn , a special blue.
The color of bluebells, wet with dew
When I was three I was very small
But now I'm five and m... | middle4822.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The father."
},
"options": [
"The son.",
"The father.",
"Both the father and the son.",
"Neither the father nor the son."
],
"question": "Who picked up the horseshoe at last?",
"question_type": "factiod_ques... | One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, "Look! There's a horseshoe, pick it up and put it in your bag." Thomas said, "It isn't worth the trouble." His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the hors... | middle216.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Stress is only bad for our bodies."
},
"options": [
"Stress comes from school and family",
"Stress is only bad for our bodies.",
"Reducing stress is very important for us .",
"Making contact with nature is one of the b... | In today's society , every day we may face some kinds of stress and difficulties from work, school or family. They can influence both our bodies and our minds. So learning how to deal with stress is very important for keeping healthy. Well, how do we reduce stress. In my opinion , the best ways are exercise and to make... | middle6953.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "you will have fewer friends."
},
"options": [
"nobody will wait for you after school",
"you will do worse in your study",
"smoking can be a good help",
"you will have fewer friends."
],
"question": "If you often... | Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly while you are trying to work or when your best friend does not wait for you after school?
If you do,you need to take control of your feelings.Getting angry with others can cause you to 1ose friends.
Gary Egeberg,an American high school teacher,has written _ to help you con... | middle7495.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "writer"
},
"options": [
"worker",
"writer",
"doctor",
"cleaner"
],
"question": "Balzac was a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text":... | Balzac was a great French writer. But he was very poor before he became famous. He lived in a dirty, wet room and was often worried about food. All his friends were very poor and they could not help him.
One night it was very cold. The wind blew and it was snowing heavily. Balzac went to bed early but couldn't fall as... | middle570.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "meaningful"
},
"options": [
"usual",
"simple",
"complex",
"meaningful"
],
"question": "The writer thinks the holiday is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | There is an unusual holiday in the US that falls on the fourth Thursday of April every year. It is very different from Christmas, Thanksgiving, or other well-known holidays. It is called Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. This holiday is meant to be educational as well as fun. The idea is simple, and the name say... | middle5282.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "He got a mechanical engineering degree."
},
"options": [
"He got a mechanical engineering degree.",
"He became a great scientist.",
"He studied aeronautical engineering.",
"He wrote a suggestion for a winged space plane... | Qian Xuesen is one of the greatest scientists who devoted all their lives to China's science and technology. In 1911, he was born in Hangzhou, eastern China.
Qian received a mechanical engineering degree in 1934 in Shanghai and went to the United States on a scholarship to study aeronautical engineering at MIT at the a... | middle6947.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "at a hospital"
},
"options": [
"at the library",
"at a hospital",
"in a classroom",
"in a medical school"
],
"question": "The medical students were having a lesson _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"... | A doctor was teaching some medical students at a famous hospital. A patient was brought in, and the doctor asked one of his students, "What's wrong with this man?"
"I don't know, sir," the student answered. "I need to examine him."
"There's no need to examine him," said the doctor. "You should know without asking quest... | middle7481.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "fisherman"
},
"options": [
"fisherman",
"driver",
"worker",
"farmer"
],
"question": "Jack's father is a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"ans... | Jack was born in a poor family. His father had a small boat and went fishing in the morning and sold the fish in the market in the afternoon. Then he bought some food for his family. When winter came, they were often hungry. One morning the hungry man fell into the river and nobody found him. Jack's mother left her thr... | middle564.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the bell ring"
},
"options": [
"the telephone ring",
"the bell ring",
"someone knock at the door",
"someone shout"
],
"question": "Mr. Li was trying to go to sleep when he heard _ .",
"question_type": "cl... | Mr. Li was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ring . He turned on the light and looked at his clock. It was half past twelve. "Who can it be at this time of night?" he wondered. He decided to go and find out .So he got out of bed, put on his dressing gown and went to the door. When he opened th... | middle202.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "uncle"
},
"options": [
"father",
"mother",
"uncle",
"aunt"
],
"question": "Scott likes to go fishing with his _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Many people like spring, because they can go out and do many kinds of activities. We made a survey about the activities that people like to do in spring. Here are the results.
Scott:
In spring, I often visit my uncle and I like fishing with him. I also like boating and enjoy the beach. Last spring my uncle and I went b... | middle1796.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Katherine learnt that two children died from malaria one minute."
},
"options": [
"When Katherine was six, she began helping children in Africa.",
"Katherine learnt that two children died from malaria one minute.",
"Katherine... | Katherine Com male is an 11-year-old girl from Pennsylvania. At the age of five she began raising money to buy nets for children in Africa to help stop the spread of malaria .
When she was five, Katherine learnt about malaria in Africa. She learnt that every 30 seconds a child died from this disease. She, also learnt t... | middle3181.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Happy and excited."
},
"options": [
"Lonely and sad.",
"Bored and homesick.",
"Angry and impatient.",
"Happy and excited."
],
"question": "How do you feel during the first stage of culture shock?",
"question... | We may know that there are four basic stages that human beings pass through when they enter and live in a new culture. This process, which helps us to deal with culture shock , is the way our head and our personality react to(...) the strange new things we meet with when we move from one culture to another.
Culture beg... | middle4836.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "plate"
},
"options": [
"size",
"plate",
"part",
"number"
],
"question": "Beta 400s is a _ of car.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text"... | Mr. Perkin did not like to be different from other people, so he always tried to wear the same clothes, eat the same food, and do the same things after work as others.
One day Mr. Perkin stood at the bus-stop. As he watched the cars go by, he noticed that many of them were new Beta 400s and most of them were yellow.
Th... | middle1966.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the writer's team won"
},
"options": [
"no team lost",
"the writer's team won",
"Class Two won",
"the result was 0:0"
],
"question": "From the passage, we know _ .",
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}... | We have fun with our school life every day. Our school often holds different after-school activities. There was a football match on the school playground yesterday afternoon.
Our class played against Class Two. Every player tried their best as soon as the match began at 4:00 o'clock. The players from the two teams play... | middle3817.txt |
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],
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},
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"... | Jack gets to the bus station very early. The bus for Beijing is leaving at twelve. He sees many people at the station. Some are waiting in line, and others are walking around. Jack looks around but there is no room for him to sit in. He walks into a restaurant. He looks up at the clock there. It's only 11:30. Then ... | middle558.txt |
[
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"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "it would be easy for him to have more work in the city"
},
"options": [
"he hated the small town",
"he couldn't make a living in the small town",
"it would be easy for him to have more work in the city",
"it made him sp... | Mr. Lewis was a dance teacher. He was a nice man and always had a lot of students. One year he moved to a new town, and was soon teaching many students in the dance school there, but he decided to move again to a big city. He would have more work there.
When one of his students heard that he was going to leave, she sai... | middle3803.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "on October 31st, 2015"
},
"options": [
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"in January, 2015",
"in January, 2014",
"on October 31st, 2015"
],
"question": "The official Xinhua news agency reported that China would allow two children fore... | On October 31st, 2015, the official Xinhua news agency reported that China would allow two children for every couple. That meant that the country's one-child policy came to an end.
To control the population growth, China started a policy of one child per couple in the 1970s. Why does China decide to relax the policy no... | middle7654.txt |
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"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "on foot"
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"by bike",
"in a wheelchair",
"by bus"
],
"question": "Tom passes the shop _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | The day is like any other day in his life. Tom walks past the shop on the street corner. He stops to look at the front row of shoes, and he feels happy to see that the pair of shoes he wants very much is still there. Looking down at his old shoes, he feels sorry for himself. He really wants to have them for his birthda... | middle969.txt |
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},
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"teacher",
"doctor",
"detective"
],
"question": "Conan is a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer... | She's a lovely girl. She has long and black hair. She is quite tall and slim. Her eyes are bright and black. She is 13 years old.
She is good at singing. She likes listening to music. She is S.H.E.'s fan . Do you know Conan? He is a little detective .The lovely girl also likes him.
Oh, sorry. I forget to tell you who t... | middle1225.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "running for a ball"
},
"options": [
"visiting his father",
"walking with his dog",
"talking with his dog",
"running for a ball"
],
"question": "Toby is _ in the street when a car hits him.",
"question_type... | Toby, an 11-year-old boy, is playing with a ball. The ball goes into the street and Toby runs for the ball. A car hit Toby.
An ambulance takes Toby to the hospital in 30 minutes. The doctors at the hospital tell Toby's parents, "Toby is in a coma." Every day Toby's parents visit him at the hospital. They sit next to T... | middle5043.txt |
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"answer_index": 3,
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"options": [
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"question": "The clever man knew a lot of knowledge except _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {... | Once a clever man was crossing a turbulent river. He wished to amuse himself by talking to the boatman.
"Do you know mathematics?" he asked.
"No sir." answered the boatman.
"Then you have lost one quarter of your life," said the wise man. "Do you know history?"
"No sir." answered the boatman.
"Then you have lost three ... | middle3432.txt |
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"answer_text": "daydreaming"
},
"options": [
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"sleep dreams",
"daydreaming",
"predictions"
],
"question": "The passage is mainly about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Have you ever been in a meeting while someone was making a speech and realized suddenly that your mind was a million miles away? You probably felt sorry and decided to pay attention and never have daydreaming again. Most of us have been told from earliest school days that daydreaming is a waste of time. I don't think s... | middle3354.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "make our city more beautiful"
},
"options": [
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"offer the chance to have fun",
"help students meet old friends",
"have a nice weekend"
],
"question": "The main purpose of \"Clean &... | Want to know what we can do to help make our city a better place to live in? Why not take part in "Clean & Green weekend"? Join us, and you can make new friends and help protect the environment at the same time.
Park Life
Do you like hanging out in the park with your friends? If so,why not take the chance to come with ... | middle5725.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In the northeast of Australia."
},
"options": [
"On the beaches of Canada.",
"In the south of Australia.",
"In the northeast of Australia.",
"Everywhere in the world."
],
"question": "Where can we find rainbow l... | The rainbow lorikeet is a kind of parrot in the northeast of Australia. It is the most colorful and noisy bird in the world. The bird has green, orange, blue, red, yellow, purple and grey colors on its body.
Rainbow lorikeets are small birds. They are usually 11 to 12 inches long and weigh 120g to 140g. It is said th... | middle7132.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Chinese Moon Festival"
},
"options": [
"Chinese Mid Festival",
"Chinese Moon Festival",
"Chinese Festival",
"Spring Festival"
],
"question": "The other name of Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival is ( ).",
"questio... | Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Chinese Moon Festival, takes place at the 15th day of the eighth Chinese lunar month. The reason for celebrating the festival during that time is that it is the time when the moon is at its fullest and brightest.
The Mid-autumn festival is one of the two most important occasio... | middle6238.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "buy copies of ancient advertisements"
},
"options": [
"buy copies of ancient advertisements",
"see more than 400 drawings",
"get some paintings at the box offices",
"display your works for free"
],
"question": "... | Alderbury International Festival Society
FESTIVAL 22ND MAY-9TH JUNE 2012
Art
Displays of paintings, drawings and photographs from Europe and Asia are all part of the Festival programme, with a total of more than 400 pieces of work to be seen.
Early century advertisements will be on display at this year's festival. Co... | middle1557.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because he wanted to pay less money for a hearing aid."
},
"options": [
"Because he wanted to pay less money for a hearing aid.",
"Because he was a poor old man.",
"Because he thought all the hearing aids were the same.",
... | Mr. Baker is retired at home now. He feels bored every day and he thinks he is growing older quickly. When he watches TV, he has to turn it up. But this often disturbs his neighbors. So he decides to buy a hearing aid. As he is a _ man, he doesn't want to pay much money for a hearing aid.
One day, he went to a clinic ... | middle7126.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "451-3175"
},
"options": [
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"535-9861",
"415-3175",
"553-9861"
],
"question": "Frank's phone number is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | Good morning! I am an English boy. My name is Frank Smith. My telephone number is 451-3175.My pen is blue, and my ruler is white. The girl is Grace Brown. Grace is a nice girl. Her telephone number is 535-9861. Her pen is black, and her ruler is red. Grace and I both like numbers. Numbers are interesting. | middle8215.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "On the farm."
},
"options": [
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"In the city.",
"On the sixteenth floor of a flat.",
"On the right of a woman."
],
"question": "Where does Mr. Lee live?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
... | Mike's father, Mr. Lee, is a farmer. He lives on the farm. He is happy to see his son move to a new flat in the city. One day, Mr. Lee comes to visit his son with a big orange pumpkin, about 10 kg. He grows it all by himself. "I'll let my son share it with his neighbours . Everyone likes pumpkin. Then Mike and his nei... | middle5731.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Four."
},
"options": [
"Three.",
"Four.",
"Five.",
"Six."
],
"question": "How many ways are mentioned to build a better community?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answe... | We all want to live in good neighborhoods, but not everyone lives in a good neighborhood. How can you build a better community for yourself and your family? There are many things you can do.
Paint your intersection . A street intersection is not something you think of as interesting. However, In Portland, people in som... | middle5057.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the old days"
},
"options": [
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"the old days",
"his life now",
"his family"
],
"question": "Mr. Ellis often talks about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Mr. Ellis is very old. He has seen many changes in his home town.
He knows that things are different now. But he never forgets the old days. He likes to talk about them. He often talks about his favourite birds, the robins (----). "When I was a boy, these houses were not here. There were wide fields and tall trees. Ev... | middle2738.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "her ambition"
},
"options": [
"her family numbers",
"her spare time",
"her house",
"her ambition"
],
"question": "In this letter, Jessica doesn't talk about .",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer... | Dear Addie,
Greetings from New Jersey, how is New Zealand? I'm very excited to have you as my pen pal. I guess it's my turn to tell you about myself.
First off, I live with my parents, two sisters, and our pet dog Brighty. Our town is called Whippangong. It is only about a half-hour away from New York City. My oldest s... | middle3426.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A stranger."
},
"options": [
"The writer of the letter.",
"Amy.",
"A stranger.",
"An unknown person."
],
"question": "Who does \"a girl\" in the letter mean?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | Dear Amy,
I couldn't read your two e-mails until today because my computer was broken. I'm so sorry to hear about your problem, but I'm glad you're feeling better and are recovering . I'm surprised that in China someone's liver matched yours! This is really a moving story--a stranger donated part of his liver to _ he... | middle7640.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "bike"
},
"options": [
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"bike",
"backpack",
"mobile phone"
],
"question": "Liu Xu's _ was robbed according to the passage.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | Liu Xu is a student from a middle school in Guangxi. Once he was riding home when a robber suddenly jumped out from the roadside. He pulled Liu Xu off his bike and rode away. Liu Xu was scared, but he didn't run after the robber. He found a telephone and called the police at 110.
"Safety is the first important in su... | middle7898.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "doctor"
},
"options": [
"teacher",
"doctor",
"shop assistant",
"a waitress"
],
"question": "Miss Jones is possible a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | Many parents today worry about their children's diets. Then what is a healthy diet for children? Miss Jones from Happy Children Hospital gives the following advice:
* Children shouldn't eat food with too much salt, because it can cause high blood pressure .
* Children should eat food with less fat, oil and sugar. They ... | middle1231.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "castles"
},
"options": [
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"castles",
"art galleries",
"some places"
],
"question": "If you want to visit _ , it is not the good time to visit Britain in winter.",
"question_type": "cloze_questio... | In today's world, so many people like traveling around the world. Traveling abroad can be expensive, but there are some ways of visiting Britain cheaply. So we hope we can give you some good ideas.
If you don't go there in the busy months--July and August, your visit may be cheaper. There will be fewer visitors. The w... | middle2710.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "His car broke down."
},
"options": [
"He lost his way.",
"His car broke down.",
"He was hurt in an accident.",
"He couldn't reach the gas station."
],
"question": "What happened to Sam one evening this May?",
... | My name is Sam. I joined a club called "passing help" last month. Now let me tell you why I joined it.
One evening this May, on my way home my old car broke down .It was 25 miles from my home. I wanted to get a ride , but there was no car. It was also hard to take a taxi. I decided to take a bus home .I went to a bus s... | middle4361.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "is not very busy all the time"
},
"options": [
"has no bread that the writer likes",
"is often crowded with customers",
"don't have anything the writer likes",
"is not very busy all the time"
],
"question": "The... | We spent a few days in Paris last week. We visit the famous city quite regularly. After all, it only takes three hours from London to Pairs. It's always a pleasure visiting places we really like, exploring areas we've never been.
The only unlucky thing this time was the weather. As soon as we got there the temperature ... | middle955.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the girl went to the bathroom by herself"
},
"options": [
"the girl went to the bathroom by herself",
"the girl pretended to be terrified of nothing",
"the girl's mother was able to blow brave breath",
"the girl's mothe... | One midnight, a little girl woke up to pass water. She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared.
Her mother said, "Don't be afraid, honey. Take courage!"
"What's courage?" she asked, running to her mo... | middle1219.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In Italy."
},
"options": [
"In Italy.",
"In Canada.",
"In England.",
"In America."
],
"question": "Where is Venice?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | A city without cars would be very strange, right? But Venice is such a city.
Venice is in the northeast of Italy. It wasn't built on land, like Beijing or Shanghai, but on more than 110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city.
Even so, travel isn't difficult. The waterways have always been the best ways to get ... | middle6210.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "almost anywhere on the earth"
},
"options": [
"in all the towns",
"in some places in the world",
"only in big cities",
"almost anywhere on the earth"
],
"question": "Today people can use the phone to talk with o... | Today people can use the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. But when you use the phone , you don't see the person you are talking with . That may change in the near future .
Today some people are using a kind of telephone called the picture phone or vision phone. With _ , two people who are talking... | middle4407.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To hear birds sing."
},
"options": [
"To visit her friend.",
"To drink hot coffee.",
"To see different birds.",
"To hear birds sing."
],
"question": "Why does the writer get up early in the morning?",
"quest... | It's very early in the morning and I'm sitting outside. It's also very cold and dark. With me is Jim Nightingale, and he is the reason I'm up so early. He passes me a hot cup of coffee. "Not long to wait now," he says. I hope he's right.
After a few minutes there is a very weak light in the east, and then I hear a bird... | middle2076.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "get there in another way"
},
"options": [
"give up their effort at last",
"look for others' help",
"wait for a chance to come",
"get there in another way"
],
"question": "If ants have trouble reaching somewhere,... | Over the years I've been teaching kids about a simple but powerful spirit--the ant philosophy . I think we should study ants.
Ants have an amazing four-part philosophy, and here is the first part:they never give up. That's a good philosophy. If they're headed somewhere and you try to stop them, they'll look for anothe... | middle5719.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "eight school bags"
},
"options": [
"eight school bags",
"a skirt",
"two black T-shirts",
"a yellow sweater"
],
"question": "Tina has only 34 yuan, and she can buy _ in Tai Ping Clothes Store.",
"question_... | Do you know Tai Ping Clothes Store? It's a great store. I like it very much. There are lots of things at a very good price in the store. They have sweaters in all colors for 50 yuan . They have bags for sports and school. They sell them for only 4 yuan. They have black T-shirts for only 20 yuan. They have long white so... | middle4413.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "cold"
},
"options": [
"warm",
"hot",
"cool",
"cold"
],
"question": "Millions of years ago our earth was very _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Millions years ago much of our earth was covered with blocks of ice. These ice blocks were as tall as high buildings in modern cities. Most of the ice was in the northern part of the world.
Then the ice blocks started to move south. Cold and rain came with the ice. Animals and people had to move.
At last, the ice be... | middle2062.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because he was dirty."
},
"options": [
"Because he was unfriendly.",
"Because he was naughty.",
"Because he was dirty.",
"Because he was weak."
],
"question": "Why didn't the other animals play with the little e... | Long ago, there was a little elephant. He left home and played in the forest alone. He stayed outside for many days and became dirty because he could not wash his back. All the other animals didn't play with him because he was dirty.
The elephant sat under a tree. He started to cry. He cried for two days. But nobody co... | middle6204.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Respect"
},
"options": [
"Loyalty",
"Honesty",
"Love",
"Respect"
],
"question": "According to the passage, we are different from animals because of _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | join us together and set us apart. Today, our society has a terrible lack of values. Here are some social values that everyone needs.
*Respect
Respect means to respect others in everyday life. Even if you are against a person, it is important to have respect. It is this respect that makes us human. Without this respect... | middle8229.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "bigger than"
},
"options": [
"younger than",
"bigger than",
"older than",
"smaller than"
],
"question": "\"Casa Grande\" is _ the other three ones at Hearst Castle.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | Hearst Castle is in California, America. A person called William Randolph Hearst built it between 1922 and 1939, at a cost of more than $30 million. Last year, I had a trip to that castle.
I spent the whole day looking around. But there was much to see, and a day wasn't enough. Hearst Castle has four houses. The main h... | middle941.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Find English names for ourselves."
},
"options": [
"Tell the teacher our Chinese names.",
"Find English names for ourselves.",
"See an English film.",
"Draw pictures."
],
"question": "What do we do in the first ... | I will never forget my first English class. It is very interesting. It's the first class in the morning. The teacher goes into the classroom with a smile on his face. At the beginning, he makes a self-introduction . And he tells us that his English name is John. Then he asks all of us to think of English names for ours... | middle799.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "His knife goes into the water."
},
"options": [
"His father gives him a knife.",
"He goes into the river.",
"An old woman goes into the water.",
"His knife goes into the water."
],
"question": "What happens to M... | Today Mike is playing near a river. Suddenly, his knife goes into the water. He likes the knife very much. Now it's lost. So he is very _ . Then an old woman comes up and asks Mike what is wrong."I lost my knife." He says. The old woman gives him a gold knife and asks "Is it your knife?" "No," says the boy.
The old wo... | middle6562.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "telling the teacher the five students were the best in the class"
},
"options": [
"teaching the five children himself",
"asking the five children to find a new teacher",
"telling the five students to work harder than ever bef... | A famous study was done in a school by a professor from a university. At the start of the school year, the teachers were given the names of five children. They were told that these five were the most excellent students in the class. But the fact was that these students were only average,and they were not the best stude... | middle2937.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he was really happy with his life"
},
"options": [
"he was happy but wanted to have a change",
"he was really happy with his life",
"he hoped to grow up quickly",
"he wished to get a gift from him"
],
"question"... | Some time ago I received a gift from both of my children. It had nothing to do with Father's Day. Yet, at the same time it had everything to do with Father's Day.
My son was studying in a high school in Colorado. He lived in the school. While we were talking on the phone he shared some wonderful news with me.
He said, ... | middle772.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "have a wonderful voice"
},
"options": [
"have a good looking face",
"have special talent",
"have a wonderful voice",
"dance and sing well"
],
"question": "If you want to be the winner of The voice of China, you ... | The voice of China was not hot during the summer of 2012.
The voice of China is a large music show in China. This show is also the only one which regards the voice as the only ruler. It premiered at 21:15 on July 13,2012,on the Zhejiang Television. It has attracted great attention. The show became an overnight sensatio... | middle6589.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "One."
},
"options": [
"One.",
"Two.",
"Three.",
"Four."
],
"question": "How many advertisements are for waiters?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Red Star Restaurant
The biggest and busiest restaurant in Jinan is seeking 20 waiters who have relevant experiences in high-grade restaurants. About Y=800--1,500 per month.
Red Star Restaurant is located at 66 on Park Street.
Our phone number is 0531-8278-4560.
3 People wanted
Need 3 people who would like to work 4 e... | middle1580.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Stan Lee."
},
"options": [
"Stan Lee.",
"Marvel.",
"Peter Parker.",
"Superman."
],
"question": "Who created Spiderman?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,... | Spiderman is one of the most famous comic book heroes of all time.He was created by Stan Lee in 1963 and was first introduced to the world in the pages of Marvel comic books.
Spiderman's story is the story of Peter Parker,a child who lost his parents and lives with his aunt and uncle.Peter is a shy,quiet boy wearing gl... | middle2089.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "angry"
},
"options": [
"curious",
"angry",
"crazy",
"worried"
],
"question": "Holmes was _ about John's death.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | Holmes said, "Somebody sent a letter with five pips in it from India, and arrived seven weeks later to kill John's uncle. Then they sent five pips from Scotland and arrived three days later to kill John's father. Now they have sent five pips to John from London!"
"The letters are all from sea ports . The writer was ... | middle3397.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "hurricane"
},
"options": [
"pet",
"house",
"girl",
"hurricane"
],
"question": "From the passage we know Sandy is a",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text... | Whenever there's a terrible storm, there are plenty of sad stories. Many people lost their houses, their cars and their pets. But sometimes these stories have happy endings too.
A family in New Jersey, US, had a cat named Vivien. She is very smart. She could even draw with her wet paws on the floor. They all love her v... | middle3383.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In a spring."
},
"options": [
"In a spring.",
"In a river.",
"In a lake.",
"In a village."
],
"question": "Where did the young man find the water?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | Long long ago, a young man found a spring of delicious clean water while he was going through the desert. He brought some back to the oldest man in his village, who had been his teacher before. After a four-day journey he sent the water to the old man who took a deep drink, smiled warmly and thanked his student for the... | middle1594.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Four"
},
"options": [
"Only one.",
"Two",
"Three.",
"Four"
],
"question": "How many kinds of food are mentioned in the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | China is very famous for its food in the world. There are many kinds of food in China. They're Cantonese food, Sichuan food, Shanghai food, Hunan food and so on. And I like Sichuan food best.
Now, Sichuan food is very popular. There are many Sichuan food restaurants all over the country. Sichuan food is very hot , bu... | middle766.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "certain grammatical rules make the language learnable"
},
"options": [
"certain grammatical rules make the language learnable",
"it is made up with lots of words and sentence structures",
"characters in The Lord of the Rings ... | As one of the most well-known of the fantasy languages invented for science fiction film, television and book, and developed by J.R.R. Tolkien himself, Elvish is made up with several thousand words and different sentence structures.
Constructed languages like Elvish are real languages, made up of thousands of words c... | middle7683.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "000"
},
"options": [
"1300369359",
"180042113",
"000",
"12455"
],
"question": "If there is a fire, you can call _ in Australia.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | Useful Information in Australia
Useful Numbers
All the telephone numbers are useful and free.
. Fire/ Police/ Ambulance --000 Telephone information--12455
. Medical Care--1300369359 Taxi--1800421113
Surfing the Internet
With so many Internet tearooms and public libraries, it's easy to surf the Internet in Au... | middle2923.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The connection between color and business."
},
"options": [
"How to create a better work area.",
"How to become the biggest U.S. company.",
"The connection between color and business.",
"The secret of success in the bus... | How important is color in the business world?
Google, one of the biggest U.S. companies, is trying to find it out. The company has already found "a close connection between color and satisfaction with a person's work area". That's according to its spokeswoman named Meghan Casserly.
"Color is a silent salesperson," said... | middle5094.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "UK"
},
"options": [
"USA",
"PRC",
"UK",
"UN"
],
"question": "The Wetland Centre in the passage is in the _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"a... | In Barnes London Wetland Centre, you can enjoy a large number of wild birds and wild animals. Adults' fare is PS7.95, and children's fare is PS4.50. But if holding a London pass, you can have free admission .
London Wetland Centre is thought to be the European City's best place to contact wild animals. London Wetland C... | middle7873.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a call"
},
"options": [
"her friend",
"Mr. Baker",
"Billy",
"a call"
],
"question": "Mrs. Jones is waiting for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | Mrs. Jones is waiting for an important telephone call, but she has no vegetables at home, so she leaves the baby and says to her five-year-old son, "I'm going to the shops, Jimmy, and I'll be back in a few minutes."
While she is out, the telephone rings, and Jimmy answers.
"Hello," says a man. "Is your mother here?"
"N... | middle996.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because he is fair"
},
"options": [
"Because he is bad.",
"Because he is fair",
"Because he is brave.",
"Because he is a god."
],
"question": "Why does Bao Zheng have a black face?",
"question_type": "factio... | Beijing Opera is my favourite. Bao Zheng always has a black face and Guan Yu has a red face in Beijing Opera. But many people don't know why.
I come from America and I have lived in China for six years. I like Beijing Opera very much. I think Beijing Opera is very interesting. I can learn a lot about Chinese history. N... | middle5902.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "EQ is more important than IQ."
},
"options": [
"EQ is more important than IQ.",
"EQ is less important than IQ.",
"EQ is as important as IQ.",
"EQ and IQ are not important."
],
"question": "What is the writer's o... | Are you a person who has high EQ? If you want to be a successful man, you should have high EQ. Some people even say that EQ is more important than IQ. I think so. So we can know the importance of having high EQ.
If you don't have high EQ, try to make yourself become a person with a good temper . In this way, your EQ ma... | middle5916.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he had work there"
},
"options": [
"he went there for a holiday",
"he had work there",
"he went there to visit his friends",
"his home was there"
],
"question": "Dick flew to New York because _ .",
"ques... | Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram ." His wife said. "All right," Dick ans... | middle7867.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It's a dusty, cold world almost without air."
},
"options": [
"It's cold without dust.",
"There is no water or air.",
"It's warm with some thin air.",
"It's a dusty, cold world almost without air."
],
"question"... | The question whether there is life on Mars has made the public think a lot for more than a century. The closest look showed Mars to be a dusty, cold world, covered by air too thin to breathe. A British spaceship and Europe's Mars spaceship plan to land on Mars or enter orbit around it. One of the NASA's spaceship... | middle1351.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "behind a garden"
},
"options": [
"next to a zoo",
"behind a garden",
"behind a zoo",
"in front of a garden"
],
"question": "Li Jing's apartment is.",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer... | My name is Li Jing. Today let me show you around my community. In front of my apartment , there is a very small garden with a table, four chairs and some flowers. I love taking a walk in the garden in summer.
After getting out of the garden, I can get to a big market soon. I walk past the market when I go to work ever... | middle7720.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "About 3 tons"
},
"options": [
"About 10 tons",
"As much as a baby elephant",
"About 80 tons",
"About 3 tons"
],
"question": "How much does a new-born blue whale weigh?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
... | The largest animal ever to live on Earth is the blue whale . It weighs about 80 tons-more than 24 big elephants. It is more than 30 metres long. A new baby whale weighs as much as a big elephant. Cats won't die if they fall off very high places because they can turn themselves up the right way so as to keep their bodi... | middle2880.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Tom"
},
"options": [
"Tom",
"Bill",
"Tony",
"Rick"
],
"question": "This is a letter for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Bec... | Dear Tom,
I go on a trip to Beijing with my father Rick. On the first day, we visit the Palace Museum. It is in the centre of Beijing. There are many rooms in it. You can see "No photos!" in some places. If so, you need to follow the instructions . On the second day, we visit the Summer Palace. It's great fun to boa... | middle4229.txt |
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