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"answer_text": "Greek or Roman names must be used for American food the students may cook."
},
"options": [
"Each student is made to take part in at least one Olympic event.",
"Greek myths or the songs that will be performed are rewritten by the t... | Greek Roman Festival
Friday, April 28th
You can join one group. As a member of the group, you will take part in at least ONE of the following activities.
1Compete in an Olympic event. Remember there is only small space for each event, so don't be late.
Hercules Throw. Throw a football through a hoop 20 feet away.
T... | middle3546.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "they have very good memories"
},
"options": [
"they always sleep very well",
"they often eat good food",
"they read a lot of books",
"they have very good memories"
],
"question": "Some people can easily learn ma... | We each have a memory . That's why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.
A goo... | middle2658.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "impotant."
},
"options": [
"impotant.",
"not important.",
"unpopular.",
"impossible."
],
"question": "Sports are _ in English life.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | Sports are important in English life. The people of England are sports lovers. Some of the world's famous sports began here such as football and cricket.
Football is a game played in winter and early spring. Lots of people play football in parks or playgrounds just for fun. With hundreds of year's history, it is one of... | middle5137.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "A specialist in teenager studies"
},
"options": [
"A specialist in teenager studies",
"a headmaster of a middle school",
"a parent with teenage children",
"a doctor for mental health problems"
],
"question": "Th... | Recently a specialist in teenager studies does some research on teenage problems. He thinks parents shouldn't be blamed of themselves because there is nothing they can do to deal with the teenage problem. Whatever they do, sometimes a wonderful, kind and helpful child will turn into a terrible animal.
I've seen friend... | middle3220.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "friend"
},
"options": [
"brother",
"cousin",
"friend",
"sister"
],
"question": "Tom is Mark's _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text"... | Hello! I'm Tom. Here is a photo of my friend. His first name is Mark. His last name is Hand. He is English. His school ID card number is 19922.My school ID card number is 12299. That's interesting . Look at the photo! He is in a black and red jacket. His backpack is blue, and his watch is yellow. A baseball is in his h... | middle5889.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "at school"
},
"options": [
"at school",
"at home",
"in the hospital",
"in the store"
],
"question": "The writer was _ when hearing the news.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | New Baby Brother
I was sitting in school when I heard the news.
"Your baby brother is born,and wants to see you!"
Dad got me from school and to the hospital with no delay.
Hurrying on our journey,he almost forgot the way!
My brother's hands were tiny,and wrinkly soft, like a prune.
After he smiled at me,Mom said, "He'l... | middle7046.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "to go to college."
},
"options": [
"to be a super basketball player",
"to get a scholarship",
"to go to college.",
"to play for NBA"
],
"question": "What' s the girl's dream!",
"question_type": "factiod_ques... | I watched a little girl playing basketball every day from my bedroom window. One day, I asked her why she practiced so much. She said, "I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship . I like basketball and I want to be the best player in college. My dad told me, "If the dream is big enough, the... | middle1437.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "some"
},
"options": [
"most",
"many",
"some",
"all the"
],
"question": "It is reported that students in Fuzhou can have _ problems with their minds.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answe... | A recent report from Fuzhou Daily says about 18% of Fuzhou teenagers can have problems with their minds(,).Some students become worried because they have to study very hard. Others have trouble getting on well with people like their parents and classmates.
Zhang Qiong, a junior 2 student from Fuzhou, could not unders... | middle6358.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Chinese"
},
"options": [
"Australian",
"Chinese",
"English",
"American"
],
"question": "_ people like to use paper cut for their festivals.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Paper cut can be seen in many parts of China during the Spring Festival. People put it on windows, doors and walls for the festival.
A thousand years ago, paper cut was used for decoration . In Tang Dynasty women used paper cut as headdress. In Song Dynasty, it helped make gifts more beautiful. What's more, people wou... | middle7052.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Monthly Returns"
},
"options": [
"Big City Savers",
"Monthly Returns",
"Day Returns",
"Family Returns"
],
"question": "If you want to go to a city75 miles away for four days ,which kind of ticket will you choose... | Do you want to save money when you travel by train? Here are some ways .
Day Returns:
This kind of ticket can save you 45% on the fare.You have to travel before 8.00 a.m. and after 6.00 p.m from Monday to Friday, but you can travel at any time on Saturday or Sunday.
Big City Savers :
You can save much money with these ... | middle1423.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "some effect on most persons' intelligence"
},
"options": [
"a great effect on everyone's intelligence",
"some effect on most persons' intelligence",
"some effect on a few persons' intelligence",
"no effect on most perso... | If you are like most people ,your intelligence changes with the seasons ,You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of year . A famous scientist ,Ellsworth Huntington (1876--1947),concluded from other men's work and his own among people in different climates that climate and tempera... | middle5645.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "30"
},
"options": [
"10",
"20",
"30",
"40"
],
"question": "If each of the two pots could be filled with 20 kilos of water, the woman would probably get _ kilos of water from the river to the house.",
"qu... | Once upon a time, an old woman had two large water pots. Each hung on the end of a pole which she carried across her neck.
One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect, From the river to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. And the other pot was always full. The perfect pot took pride... | middle2894.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "on the north"
},
"options": [
"on the north",
"to the north",
"in the north",
"to the east"
],
"question": "Russsia is _ of the China.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | Russia is on the north of China. It is bigger than other countries .How much do you know about it ? Let's talk about something about its capital ----- Moscow . There is a famous square called Red Square in Moscow .It is the centre of Moscow .Is the square red? Why is it called Red Square ? Red has another meaning ... | middle3552.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A dog"
},
"options": [
"A dog",
"An elephant",
"An ape",
"A monkey"
],
"question": "What kind of animals can guard a house?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | Can animals do work for us? Some scientists think that animals may do a lot of jobs. They say that we may see many elephants, monkeys, dogs, bears and other animals do a lot of things. Animals can get something to eat if they do some work for people.
Some scientists say that many different animals may do lots of jobs ... | middle49.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "have a rest"
},
"options": [
"have a rest",
"learn languages",
"look for interesting jobs",
"visit museums"
],
"question": "Mr Smith goes out to _ when it's summer or winter holidays.",
"question_type": ... | Mr Smith teaches English in a university . He is often very busy with work. When it's summer or winter holidays, he goes out to take vacations to relax. Usually he goes to France because he thinks it's an interesting country. And he can speak French very well.
But last month he said to his wife , "I'm not visiting Fran... | middle1345.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "An American"
},
"options": [
"A German",
"An American",
"Frenchman",
"Japanese"
],
"question": "Who really invented the car first? _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | The car was invented just a century ago. You may know all kinds of cars' names, but many people don't know who was the inventor of the first car. The first car was invented not by a German, but by an American. His name was Henry Ford. Henry was born in a poor family. He was the eldest of six children. When he was a b... | middle809.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Only sadness is measured in the study."
},
"options": [
"Students' emotions are measured by asking questions.",
"Only sadness is measured in the study.",
"The study shows relationships are a source of happiness.",
"Thos... | Next time you're unhappy or complaining about your life, don't turn to a cheerful comedy. You might find a tear-jerking tragedy is just the thing you need to brighten your day.
A team of researchers at Ohio State University, US, has found sad movies can make people happier, Science Daily reported last month.
Many peop... | middle2664.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "There is something more important than money in life."
},
"options": [
"Parents should not ask their children to live a lie.",
"There is something more important than money in life.",
"Young people should make their own caree... | A situation in which a student is troubled by his parents asking him to go into a job area that makes good money but he doesn't want to go into, is a bad situation. The question is whether he should go into this job or not.
To start with, you need to go for what is best for YOU, even if there would be some negative res... | middle6402.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "15 minutes"
},
"options": [
"half an hour",
"15 minutes",
"10 minutes",
"5 minutes"
],
"question": "It often takes Dick about _ to walk to school every morning.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | Dear Linda,
I'm glad to hear from you and I would like to be your pen friend. In your letter, you said you wanted to know something about my school life .
I walk to school at 7:30 every morning because the school is near our house. When I get to school at about 7:45, I often do the cleaning with my classmates. After th... | middle61.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The young man."
},
"options": [
"The young man.",
"The old man.",
"The young woman.",
"Mum and Dad."
],
"question": "Who gave the boy a meal box?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | It was a cold winter afternoon before Christmas. My parents and I sat on the bench in Washington, D.C. Union Station, waiting for the train. Inside the waiting hall were many people.
A boy sat nearby. His worn jacket, pale face, dirty hands all seemed to tell me that he was homeless.
"He must be cold and hungry. Maybe ... | middle6364.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "two"
},
"options": [
"two",
"three",
"four",
"five"
],
"question": "There are _ kinds of camels in the world.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"a... | Many people think the camel stores only water in its hump ,but it does not,Instead,the camel stores something else there----food.The camel's hump is really a hump of fat.When the camel,often called"a ship of the desert",is not travelling and is in a place where there is plenty of food and water,it eats and drinks a lot... | middle5679.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "France"
},
"options": [
"the United States",
"France",
"Scotland",
"Spain"
],
"question": "It is said that people first celebrated 'Fool's Day' in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"ans... | Every year, we celebrate many special days-Mother's Day, Father's Day, and New Year's Day. In some countries, there is a special day for playing tricks on others. In North America and parts of Europe, this day is known as April Fool's Day, and is celebrated on April 1.
Many people believe that the French started April ... | middle2116.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "transportation"
},
"options": [
"growing",
"collection",
"transportation",
"producing"
],
"question": "During the course of _ , food in supermarkets produces a lot of CO2.",
"question_type": "cloze_questi... | There are a lot of reasons why growing your own food is a good idea. GIY helps reduce carbon dioxide(CO2) emissions . Food in supermarkets travels a long way and that produces a lot of CO2. If you grow as many vegetables as you can at home, you can help save the earth.
Vegetables you grow are also good for your health ... | middle3208.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "bad habits;good ones"
},
"options": [
"good habits;bad ones",
"bad habits;good ones",
"bad habits;good one",
"good habits;bad one"
],
"question": "It is easier to fall into _ than into _ .",
"questio... | It is easier to go down the hill than to climb up the hill,so it is easier to fall into bad habits than into good ones.Bad habits do not come suddenly. They come little by little without one being aware of their danger. School boys first pick up little bad habits in the school and on the street. When they can't write t... | middle4567.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "New Year's Eve"
},
"options": [
"New Year's Day",
"the night before New Year's Eve",
"the night of New Year's Day",
"New Year's Eve"
],
"question": "People begin to have great celebrations for the New Year on _... | There is a one-day holiday in most western countries on New Year's Day. The real celebration begins on New Year's Eve-the night before New Year's Day. There are several interesting customs in the west, and there are many differences in different countries.
Though Christmas is a good time for families to get together, N... | middle75.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "This book was specially written for kids ages nine through thirteen."
},
"options": [
"This book is written to help parents who get divorced.",
"Only people aged from thirteen to nineteen will get help from this book.",
"This... | Kid Power in Action!
Kids wanted aChicken Soup book of their own, so here it is!Children Soup for the Kid'sSoul is for kids ages nine through thirteen, and it's "all that!"
Sometimes you feel like life is a complete blast , from scoring the winning goal to hanging out with your friends. Yet other times, life is too dif... | middle6416.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "after school"
},
"options": [
"before school",
"in class",
"after school",
"during her holidays"
],
"question": "Nancy spends a lot of time on her hobby _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Nancy's hobby is collecting sharpeners. She spends a lot of time on it after school. She has been collecting more than one hundred sharpeners from different countries. They are all different in color and size.
Nancy likes sharpeners with animals and birds on them. In this way, she learns the names of many animals and b... | middle835.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Breakfast."
},
"options": [
"Breakfast.",
"Lunch.",
"Supper.",
"A,B and C"
],
"question": "What is one of the most important meals of the day?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | I think all of us should know it's necessary to have breakfast. It's one of the most important meals of the day. If you want to keep fit, you should have a good breakfast. Choosing the right food is also important. For it, you may have bread, eggs and milk.
But in fact, many students go to school without breakfast. Thi... | middle7708.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "He was so lonely."
},
"options": [
"He was so lonely.",
"He was ugly.",
"He had two heads.",
"He had three tails."
],
"question": "Why was the monster unhappy?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": ... | Once upon a time there was a monster( ). He was very ugly ( ), and had no friends. No one wanted to talk to him. Even other monsters thought he was ugly. He lived alone and was very unhappy because he was so lonely.
"I wish I had a friend." he said to himself every day. "One friend would be enough. Someone to talk to... | middle4201.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the earth"
},
"options": [
"the earth",
"the moon",
"the sun",
"the stars"
],
"question": "These satellites go round _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | Man-made satellites have been sent up into space by many countries. These satellites go round the earth and help us to learn more about the earth, the weather and other things. Most countries use these satellites to sent and receive messages. For example, with their help China can send their programs to America, too. W... | middle2670.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "increases in value"
},
"options": [
"will be thrown away",
"increases in value",
"is not worth buying",
"is worth no more than its face value"
],
"question": "When a mistake is made in the printing of the stamp,... | How can a small stamp be worth $16,800?
Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A mistake on a two-penny stamp has made it worth a million and a half times its face value.
Do you think it impossible? Well, it is true. And this is how it happened.
The mistake was made more than ... | middle2843.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Toddlers"
},
"options": [
"Children",
"Toddlers",
"Kids",
"Grown-ups"
],
"question": "_ are all lovely and lively.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Children are children after all, and most of them speak their mind. When they are just toddlers , they are all lovely and lively. And it's so interesting to watch them speak like a grown-up. But as they grow, these same kids seem annoying and ill-mannered if they try to be a grown-up.
Conflicts go between parents and ... | middle3585.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Zoos."
},
"options": [
"Sick people's homes.",
"Hospital.",
"Old people's homes.",
"Zoos."
],
"question": "Which place is not mentioned about volunteering in the US ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
... | Each country has many kind people who volunteer to take care of others. For example, some high school and university students in the US often spend many hours as volunteers in hospital or old people's homes. They read books for the people or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems.
Oth... | middle1392.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Cold water"
},
"options": [
"bread",
"Butter",
"Coffee",
"Cold water"
],
"question": "_ is usually served before you order at American restaurants or coffee shops.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | If you are sitting at a table with people you don't know, it is impolite to smoke without first asking if it will disturb them. At American restaurants and coffee shops, cold water is usually served before you order. You may find the bread and the butter are free, and if you order coffee, you may get a free refill.
Mos... | middle160.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Japan"
},
"options": [
"France",
"Japan",
"Germany",
"Australia"
],
"question": "The e-waste found in Hong Kong last month was from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | It is reported that some developed countries have shipped broken parts of computers to China. Such a thing can be founded every day although it is against international laws. Last month Hong Kong officers found 131,000 kilograms of broken computers, TVs and phones sent from Japan.
Things like these are called electroni... | middle5692.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "three"
},
"options": [
"two",
"three",
"four",
"five"
],
"question": "Leo has _ good friends.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "... | I'm Leo. I'm 13 and I'm in Class Six. I have three good friends. They are Lily, Gina, and Ben. Lily and Gina are in Class Seven. Ben is in Class Six, too. We're all in Grade Seven.
We like sports. My favorite sport is ping-pong. It is interesting. I have three ping-pong balls and four ping-pong bats. Lily and Gina are ... | middle4598.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In a big city."
},
"options": [
"In a big city.",
"In the countryside.",
"On the farm.",
"In town."
],
"question": "Where did Mr. and Mrs. Wilson live? _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Mr. and Mrs. Wilson lived in a big city. They liked traveling. One summer they went to the countryside for their holiday. They enjoyed it very much, because it was a quiet and clean place.
One day they went out for a walk early in the morning and saw an old man. He lived on the farm, and he was sitting alone in the war... | middle5686.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "5 pm on Wednesday"
},
"options": [
"9 am on Sunday",
"5 pm on Wednesday",
"7 am on Thursday",
"9 am on Saturday"
],
"question": "You can use the facilities in the Shine Sports Centre at _ .",
"question_typ... | Come And Join Us!
We warmly welcome you to the Shine Sports Centre!
All the young people in this city can become members of the Shine Sports Centre and each member should pay $10 every year. To be a member of us and get your membership card ,you need to come to us between 2 pm and 6 pm, Monday to Thursday. I have to te... | middle174.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "recognize faces"
},
"options": [
"protect the owner",
"help a school child",
"recognize faces",
"call the police"
],
"question": "The new smart camera is different from the ones in many homes because it can _ ... | Many homes have cameras to protect them from danger. The cameras can tell the owners if someone has entered. But the cameras do not know whether the person is a family member, a friend, a postman or a criminal .
But a new camera made by a French company can recognize faces. It can tell parents at work that their chi... | middle7091.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "cities become very hot in summer"
},
"options": [
"cities become very hot in summer",
"Atlanta is the hottest city in America",
"there are not as many storms as before",
"it is not as hot on the roof as in the street"
... | For many years scientists have said that the earth is getting warmer. Now they have found something new-hot cities! In the southern US, they have found that cities become very hot in summer. For example, the city of Atlanta in Georgia has roof temperature of up to 50oC while it is 27degC in the streets! At night, the ... | middle612.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "what water and grass looked like"
},
"options": [
"how to go through the desert",
"what they wanted to do",
"where they wanted to go",
"what water and grass looked like"
],
"question": "At first the young camel ... | One day a mother camel and her son walked through a desert. They were looking for water and grass.
The son asked, "What do water and grass look like, Mum?"His mother answered, "Water looks like the sky, blue and clear.While grass is green, fresh and nice."
After they walked for a day and a night, the son suddenly cried... | middle2857.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "three"
},
"options": [
"two",
"three",
"four",
"five"
],
"question": "In the passage, English people usually have _ ways to get their family names.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answ... | Everyone has a family name. In China, the family name is the first name, but in English countries the family name is the last name. Do you know how English people get their family names? And what do they mean? English people usually get their family name in these ways .
Some family names come from the places of their ... | middle5876.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "they were not well protected"
},
"options": [
"they were not well protected",
"they could find nothing to eat",
"they died of a serious disease",
"they had the habit of living together"
],
"question": "The Milu ... | My name is Lin Hui. I like to tell stories about people who work together. What is even better is when countries help each other and build a good friendship. An excellent example of this happened when Britain and China worked together to bring the Milu deer back to China.
Milu deer, a kind of animal with large horns , ... | middle7913.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Four"
},
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"Four",
"Five",
"Three",
"Six"
],
"question": "How many instruments does the ad mention ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Do you want to be an artist ( )
Do you want to be an artist? Come to our club, and you can find yourself in happiness . We have lessons about the guitar, drum, the violin and the piano for just Y=20 each. You can also learn to sing, to dance for Y=25 each. If you like art, you can be satisfied , too--it's just for Y=3... | middle1635.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "improve the quality of everyday life."
},
"options": [
"make more friends in Australia.",
"serve up a daily conversation menu.",
"improve the quality of everyday life.",
"offer the UK's most popular programs"
],
... | Summer Term in the School of Life will start on Friday 25 January 2015, in Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia and will become the first international school to open its doors.
To make everyday life rich, the writer Alain de Botton has worked hard at getting the best ideas and the School of Life is his brainchild . Since... | middle8177.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "lots of kids don't like going to school"
},
"options": [
"lots of kids go to school every day",
"lots of kids don't like going to school",
"lots of kids don't have enough friends",
"kids can get a good future if they li... | Lots of kids hate school, a new study found. Usually this kind of feeling doesn't last long. School is a fact of life and getting a good education can help you build the kind of future life you want. So let's talk about school and what to do when you don't like it.
The first step is to find out why. You might not like ... | middle7244.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To raise questions and find the answers."
},
"options": [
"To read more books about it.",
"To look it up in the dictionary.",
"To turn to the teacher for help.",
"To raise questions and find the answers."
],
"qu... | When you are curious about something and want to know more about it, you can use the way of asking questions. Asking questions is the first step to make discoveries and find interesting answers. The following steps can guide you during the research.
Step 1 Write down the subject that you are interested in on a piece of... | middle3022.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Five"
},
"options": [
"All the students.",
"Three",
"Two.",
"Five"
],
"question": "How many students should clean the classroom?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer... | It is five o'clock in the afternoon. It's time to go home. But we must clean our classroom. There are five students in our group. Now there are only three. Li Hong is playing games. Lin Tao is reading a story outside the classroom. I say to them, " Please come and clean our classroom!" We begin to clean it. Look! Li Ho... | middle4995.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "At least 16 glasses of water."
},
"options": [
"Only 16 glasses of water.",
"Less than 16 glasses of water.",
"At least 16 glasses of water.",
"As much as possible."
],
"question": "How much water do we need in ... | On a hot day, it can be hard to know what to do to feel good.
Playing in water is one way to feel cooler. Taking a cool bath or a shower can feel really good on a hot day.
It is also important for us to drink water. If you feel thirsty, you should drink water immediately. On hot days, you can lose about 16 glasses of w... | middle5453.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He was a popular boy."
},
"options": [
"He was a clever boy.",
"He was a poor boy.",
"He was a popular boy.",
"He was a shy boy."
],
"question": "What kind of boy was Tony at the beginning of the story?",
"q... | Two years ago,my family moved to a new city and I had to study in a new school.As I had few friends there.I felt lonely.Then I met Tony.The first time I saw him.he was standing in the center of a group of students,telling jokes.The children around laughed from time to time.Tony knew about my problem.He asked me to play... | middle5335.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "terrible"
},
"options": [
"kind",
"serious",
"terrible",
"strict"
],
"question": "According to Ian Lowe, teachers are _ in autistic children's eyes.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answe... | Autistic children may learn better from robots than from human beings, according to a study at a school in Birmingham.
Two robots like humans, Max and Ben, have been helping teach autistic children at Sutcliffe Primary School since March last year. The school is the first in the UK to try the new way.
Ian Lowe, the h... | middle3744.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Different."
},
"options": [
"Boring.",
"Funny.",
"Bad.",
"Different."
],
"question": "Which word can describe the life in 2050?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer... | Scientists say life will be very different in 2050.
First, there will be no TV channels in 2050. People will choose a program from a computer and watch it on TV. In 2050, we will get information from the computers only.
Second, water will be a big problem in 2050. In many places, people won't have water to drink.
T... | middle7522.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because the naughty children always kicked him."
},
"options": [
"Because the owner didn't like him at all",
"Because the children didn't like to play with him.",
"Because the naughty children always kicked him.",
"Beca... | Once upon a time, there were two doors in a house. One was a beautiful living room door, and the other was just a normal bathroom door.
There were some naughty children in the house, and they always kicked the door. The living room door was always very angry about it and hated the children. The bathroom door didn't ca... | middle7536.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "many different meanings"
},
"options": [
"only one meaning",
"the same meaning",
"many different meanings",
"two meanings"
],
"question": "We know that the word \"cool\" has _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_... | "Cool" is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world changes, the word has many different meanings.
"Cool" can be used to _ feelings of interest in almost anything. When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say "It's cool." You may t... | middle6628.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a traffic accident might happen to her"
},
"options": [
"she was driving a second-hand car",
"a traffic accident might happen to her",
"a single man was chasing her down",
"she drove faster than any other car"
],
... | One day while driving from my home to work. I noticed a car in front of me had a wobbly wheel. It was clear that the wheel had been changed recently and had not been fixed correctly. On a slow road this would not show much of a problem but I knew a highway was coming soon. There the traffic would move much faster and t... | middle5321.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They wanted to sell the salt and buy some food."
},
"options": [
"They wanted to buy some salt and food",
"They wanted to sell the salt and buy some food.",
"They wanted to check the old belief.",
"They wanted to foreca... | A story tells about an elder villager who led other villagers carrying salt day and night to a town in order to buy food for the winter. One night they camped in an open air with a starry sky above. The elder villager, following the tradition passed down from ancestors, took out three blocks of salt and threw them int... | middle3988.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "make more friends"
},
"options": [
"study better",
"make more friends",
"stay healthier",
"finish your homework"
],
"question": "The above rules will help you _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | Do you know that you are not outgoing enough? Do you want to make friends, but are you
too shy? Read the following rules. They will help you.
Feel comfortable.
Always be clean. Shower, brush your teeth, and try to look nice. Dress in clean clothes.
They must make you feel good and comfortable. Those make you feel more ... | middle4759.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "three"
},
"options": [
"one",
"two",
"three",
"four"
],
"question": "I have _ boxes.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "full"
... | I have some boxes. One is small . It's blue . One is full of books .It's red. The third is new. There is nothing in it . There are some old bottles in a big blue box. Today, I want to put the red box in the car, but I can't carry it. My mother helps me. And she can put the box in the car. | middle2328.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Three."
},
"options": [
"Six.",
"Five.",
"Four.",
"Three."
],
"question": "How many virtues Americans have are mainly talked about in the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | Many people think that the ideas about right and wrong are only personal ideas. Bennett wrote The Book of Virtue in which he suggested that great moral stories can build character. The success of Bennett's book shows that many Americans still believe in moral values, just like honesty, courage, loyalty and many oth... | middle5447.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Saturday morning"
},
"options": [
"Saturday morning",
"Sunday morning",
"Saturday night",
"Sunday night"
],
"question": "When did the quake take place in Ya'an? On _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | YUXI, China -- Many people of this city in southwester China spent Saturday night in tents, too scared to sleep in their homes after an earthquake which killed 188 people early that morning.
Countless homes were destroyed and lots of people became homeless after the earthquake which is believed to have a magnitude of 7... | middle1621.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "two Go lovers"
},
"options": [
"Two Go beginners",
"two Go lovers",
"father and daughter",
"husband and wife"
],
"question": "According to the passage, the Go games are played by _ .",
"question_type":... | Two people sit down to play Go . One of the players is an old man. He is now 89 years old. He has spent all of his life playing this game. The other person is a young woman. She has been playing Go for only three years. Before this, the woman was an expert at playing computer games. Now she plays Go the same way she pl... | middle8163.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "clocks"
},
"options": [
"stamps",
"pictures",
"watches",
"clocks"
],
"question": "Mr. Clock likes collecting _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | People often like collecting things. Collecting stamps, books, pictures and pens are some common hobbies. I know many kinds of collections. but do you know the collection of clocks? My friend Mr. Clock, a short man, has the hobby. He has one thousand five hundred clocks.
There are clocks here and there in his house. Yo... | middle7250.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "can't be lost in a new city"
},
"options": [
"can't be lost in a new city",
"can't find their way in different counties",
"can learn about the culture of an unknown place",
"can spend the least time getting to another p... | Imagine the situation. You are driving along in a desert or on a mountain. You have no idea where you are. You passed the last house two hours ago. Then your car breaks down. It is night and it is cold. You have no mobile phone. What do you do? Well, next time take a GPS with you. This invention may be able to help you... | middle4771.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "May the fifth"
},
"options": [
"March the fifteenth",
"May the fifth",
"March the fifth",
"May the fifteenth"
],
"question": "Mary's birthday was on _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answ... | It was May 5. It was Mary's birthday. She came home, and saw a card on the table. It said, "There's a present for you, Mary. Go and look for it in your room." Mary ran to her room. Her parents were watching her. They were smiling. On her bed she saw a new red box. She thought, "What's in the box?" She opened it. There ... | middle2300.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "had problems with communications"
},
"options": [
"should go abroad for vacations",
"needed to learn foreign languages",
"should often discuss their experiences",
"had problems with communications"
],
"question"... | Living in a foreign culture can be exciting, but it can also be confusing . A group of Americans who taught English in other countries recently discussed their experiences. They decided that miscommunications were always possible, even over something as simple as"yes"and"no".
On her first day in Micronesia, an island i... | middle6166.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The first website Ma Yun set up was Yahoo."
},
"options": [
"The first website Ma Yun set up was Yahoo.",
"Alibaba raised a lot of money after it went public.",
"Ma Yun began to learn English when he was a teenager.",
"... | A short Chinese man is one of the biggest men in the world right now. He is Jack Ma(Ma Yun),the Chair-man of Alibaba Group. On Sept. 19,2014,Alibaba went public and raised$25billion . Ma,a former English teacher,has become the richest man in China.
Born in 1964 in Hangzhou,Zhejiang. Ma grew up as a happy kid. When he... | middle7278.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Mobile phones."
},
"options": [
"Mobile phones.",
"Cigarettes.",
"Clothes.",
"Computer games."
],
"question": "What do some children want their parents to buy for them ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions... | Now if you go out or surf(;)the Internet, one word is very popular among young people. That is the word "fashion". But lots of young people don't know what it really means. They just think an iPhone 6 is fashionable, new hair style is fashionable, a new kind of clothes is fashionable, and even smoking or drinking is f... | middle6600.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "on a train"
},
"options": [
"on a bus",
"on a plane",
"in his car",
"on a train"
],
"question": "Mr.Brown was _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Mr.Brown was traveling by train.He was very hungry.The train stopped at a small station.He wanted to buy some cakes to eat very much.But it rained hard.So he wanted someone to help him.Then a little boy came here.Mr.Brown asked him to buy cakes for him.He gave the little boy some money and said,"Go and buy two cakes wi... | middle5309.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a new sickness"
},
"options": [
"a new sickness",
"an online game",
"messages",
"computer jobs"
],
"question": "The passage is mainly about _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Computers are good tools .The Internet is also good. But some people spend too much time online. They can't stop. Doctors say this is a new sickness. They call this sickness Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD).
People with IAD are online a lot. They spend hours chatting to their friends or playing online games. Many peo... | middle4017.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "be back home"
},
"options": [
"be back home",
"buy some food to eat",
"travel everywhere in Europe",
"enjoy himself in the ship"
],
"question": "The English traveler knew he would _ in two days.",
"quest... | An English traveler found himself in a northern European country with a little money to buy the ticket for the travel back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he thought that he would be all right without food. So he bought a ticket and went on board. He closed his ears to the lunch... | middle2472.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Big and strong"
},
"options": [
"Football",
"Basketball",
"Big and strong",
"Quite and tall"
],
"question": "What is David Bechham like? _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | David Beckham, a well-known football player, was born in London on May 2nd, 1975. He is about 1.8 metres tall. He is very strong and big. He is very quite a good football player. He scored a lot of goals for his old team---- the National Football Team of England . He joined the Real Madrid after he left his old tea... | middle4003.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "storybook"
},
"options": [
"storybook",
"math book",
"science book",
"newspaper"
],
"question": "Chicken Soup for the Soul is a _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | We grow up, even if we don't want to. But hey, you're not the only one. Read this article. It can help you look at life the way you did as a kid.
Read a lot of Chicken Soup for the Soul----they have so many good stories about kids and getting the right feeling. Also try reading children's books, it helps you keep _
Wh... | middle6172.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A coffee shop."
},
"options": [
"A fast-food restaurant.",
"A tea shop.",
"A coffee shop.",
"A big hotel."
],
"question": "What kind of company do they run?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | .British people are famous for drinking tea. But brother and sister, Sarah and Bobby Green, became young millionaires when they opened a chain of American-style coffee shops in the UK.
Having the idea: It started when Sarah took a weekend trip to New York to visit her brother Bobby. One evening, in a Thai restaurant, S... | middle389.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In their free time."
},
"options": [
"In their free time.",
"At the weekend.",
"On weekdays.",
"At any time."
],
"question": "When do the volunteers help others?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
... | Are you looking for something fun and would you like to help others in your free time? Then join us to be a volunteer ! We're a non-profit organization . We have volunteer jobs of all ages. Anyone, from twelve-year-old children to people about seventy years old can become a volunteer.
You can help people in many ways... | middle4765.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Henry"
},
"options": [
"Henry",
"David",
"Peter",
"Tony"
],
"question": "_ prefers to use the Internet to buy things.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Henry: I find the Internet is very good for shopping. I use more and more for buying books and CDs, and I even bought some clothes over the Internet. The other thing I can do is to book travels over the Internet. I booked a cheap flight once. It was very easy, and it was really good.
David: I use the Internet for game... | middle2314.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "You can keep warm."
},
"options": [
"You can burst.",
"You can keep warm.",
"You can shout loudly.",
"You can be careless."
],
"question": "What will happen if you are the boss of your anger?",
"question_typ... | Sometimes you just get so angry that you feel like you are going to burst . It may seem like your anger will be the boss of you, instead of you being the boss of your anger. What can you do to work off that anger and keep yourself and others safe? Here are some ideas to help you.
*Take a deep breath before you feel you... | middle4956.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "she didn't know it was Mother's Day"
},
"options": [
"she didn't have a present",
"she was far away from her mother",
"she didn't know it was Mother's Day",
"she wanted to see her father"
],
"question": "The you... | It was Mother's Day, but the young mother was a little unhappy, because she was 800 miles away from her parents. In the morning she phoned her mother to wish her a happy Mother's Day, and her mother told her about the beautiful lilacs in the garden.
Later that day, when she told her husband about the lilacs, he said, "... | middle362.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "England."
},
"options": [
"America.",
"England.",
"China.",
"Japan."
],
"question": "Which country is Tony from?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | Dear friends,
My name is Tony. I am English. I am thirteen years old this year. I am tall, and I am good at playing football. I am in Grade Seven. There are thirty boys and twenty girls in my class. We are learning Chinese in our school. Our Chinese teacher is Mr. Wu. He is a little short, but he is very strong. He is ... | middle1190.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "People keep their eyes protected against drying by blinking normally."
},
"options": [
"Dr. Bonilla-Warford thinks using computers causes nearsightedness.",
"People keep their eyes protected against drying by blinking normally.",
... | Children can spend hours a day looking at computer screens and other digital devices . Some eye doctors say this leads to an increase in "computer vision syndrome ."
Nathan Bonilla-Warford is an optometrist in Tampa, Florida. He has seen an increase in problems in children. "A lot more children come into the office eit... | middle404.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "didn't get angry"
},
"options": [
"got angry",
"didn't get angry",
"fought with the tree",
"said nothing"
],
"question": "The grass _ when the tree laughed at it.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | Long long ago, There was a tree and some grass . The grass grew next to the tree. The tree was very tall and the grass was short. The tree often _ the grass.
One day, the tree said to the grass, "You are weak . Even the grasshopper is too heavy for you."
The tree also said that it was big and strong. No strong wind wa... | middle6827.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "seven"
},
"options": [
"five",
"six",
"seven",
"eight"
],
"question": "There are _ people in the family.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answ... | Let's look at the picture. The boy's name is John. The girl in a white blouse is his sister, Rose. The other one in a yellow blouse is his sister, Mary. John and his sisters are students in No. 11 Middle School. The two sisters are in Class Three, Grade One, but John is in Class Two, Grade Two. The man and woman are th... | middle3787.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "in a small town"
},
"options": [
"in a small town",
"in the city",
"in the country",
"in a tall building"
],
"question": "The writer lives _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | I live in a small town near Xing'an in Guilin. You can't see it on the map of China, because it is too small. The air here is very fresh .
There are not many tall buildings in our town. The tallest building is in our school. There are five hundred students and twenty-five teachers in our school.
In the front of the sch... | middle2499.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "student; doctor"
},
"options": [
"student; doctor",
"doctor; student",
"student ; worker",
"worker; student"
],
"question": "Xiao Qing is a _ and his brother is a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_question... | Xiao Qing is a schoolboy. His brother works in a hospital of Beijing. This summer his brother lets him come to Beijing. Xiao Qing is very happy. He comes to the hospital for the first time.
One evening, Xiao Qing's brother gives him a ticket for a football match. It begins in the Capital Stadium at eight clock in the ... | middle3793.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "in the waiting room"
},
"options": [
"in the post office",
"in the waiting room",
"on the train",
"on the chairs"
],
"question": "The three men were talking _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | Three travelers, Allan, Carl and Paul were sitting on the chairs in a train station. They were waiting for a train that was very late.
To pass the time, they began talking to each other.
At first, they talked about the weather and their work. Then Paul said, "Tell me--what would you most like to do if your doctor tell ... | middle410.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The story didn't tell us about it."
},
"options": [
"She arrived in a taxi",
"She got there by bus.",
"She got there on foot.",
"The story didn't tell us about it."
],
"question": "How did the young woman get to... | A pretty, well-dressed young lady stopped a taxi in a big square, and said to the driver, "Can you see that young man at the other side of the square?"
"Yes," said the taxi-driver. The young man was standing outside a restaurant and looking impatiently at his watch every few seconds.
"Take me over there." said the youn... | middle1184.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "rushing air filled the space"
},
"options": [
"his hands clapped loudly",
"rushing air filled the space",
"electricity traveled through the air",
"thick clouds knocked into each other"
],
"question": "The writer... | I don't have too many memories of my father because he was so sick in the last years of his life. But there aresome that I am often reminded of and which may have developed my love ofscience.
When I was small, I was somewhatafraid of lightning and thunder . My father explained it. The explanation wasin words that a chi... | middle6833.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a collection of items for people to look at in the future"
},
"options": [
"a collection of clocks and watches",
"a machine for travelling through time",
"a collection of items for people to look at in the future",
"a c... | In 1901, the citizens of Colorado Springs in the USA decided to collect everyday items and to seal them in a special box. The box was marked "To be opened after midnight, December 31st, AD 2000",and was kept in the Colorado College Library.
One hundred years later, on the appointed day, 300 people gathered to watch t... | middle376.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Healthy snacks can be accepted ."
},
"options": [
"Snacks shouldn't be eaten.",
"Healthy snacks can be accepted .",
"Kids can only have snacks at home.",
"It's not necessary to have snacks at home."
],
"question... | No matter how old your kids are, you can take steps to improve a healthy diet and to encourage good eating habits.
Tip One: Family Meals
Family meals are nice for both parents and kids. Children like to guess what they are going to have and parents get the chance to introduce new foods to children. Parents can also use... | middle5484.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because all her friends are going to graduate soon."
},
"options": [
"Because she won't have any more birthday parties.",
"Because she wants to remember her teachers and parents.",
"Because she has many popular television sho... | Questions
My 14th birthday is coming and I'm ready to plan my birthday party. I spent a lot of time planning my party to make it interesting. I was thinking about having a "Remember the Good Times" party. Everyone who is coming is going to graduate soon. I thought I should put up some photos of my friends and pictures... | middle8188.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "His wife."
},
"options": [
"His friends.",
"His parents.",
"His wife.",
"His children."
],
"question": "Who is Mr. White going to China with?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Do you know the Chinese saying "He who doesn't reach the Great Wall is not a true man"? Mr. White knows it. Next month he is going to Beijing with his wife. They are going to visit the Great Wall. They are staying in Beijing for about a week. They have a lot of Chinese friends there, so they are visiting them. Then the... | middle1812.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "wanted to sell the trousers"
},
"options": [
"Was trying to fool him",
"was trying to steal the trousers",
"wanted to sell the trousers",
"wanted to buy the trousers"
],
"question": "At first the owner of the sh... | Tom walked into a shop. It had a sign outside:" Second-hand clothes bought and sold. " He was carrying an old pair of trousers and asked the owner of the shop." How much will you give me for these?" The man looked at them and then said, "Two dollars ." "What!" said Tom. "I had guessed they were worth(...) at least five... | middle3963.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "by taxi"
},
"options": [
"by bus",
"by taxi",
"in a car",
"on foot"
],
"question": "Bill and his mother went to the doctor _ that morning.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | One morning, Bill said he was ill. His mother called a taxi and took him to the doctor. The doctor asked Bill, "What's the matter, young man?" Bill answered, "I'm feeling sick. I'm coughing and having a headache . I won't be able to go to school today, I'm afraid." The doctor looked him over carefully, and then asked ... | middle438.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They only ate its best part."
},
"options": [
"They ate it in a polite way.",
"They only ate its best part.",
"They ate every part of it.",
"They shared only one piece."
],
"question": "How did the writer and hi... | When I was a kid in Minnesota, watermelon was expensive. One of my father's friends, Bernie, was a rich businessman, who owned a large store in St. Paul.
Every summer, when the first watermelons arrived, Bernie would call. Dad and I would go to Bernie's place. We' d sit on the edge of the dock , feet dangling , and got... | middle3977.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he didn't want to pay"
},
"options": [
"he was very busy",
"he didn't want to pay",
"he didn't have enough money",
"he had cleaned his shoes"
],
"question": "At first the young man refused to let the boy clean h... | A boy who was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man, "Let me clean your shoes." The young man said, "No, thank you." "You may pay me only one dollar for them." Said the boy. But the young man refused again.
And then the boy told the young man that he would clean his shoes for nothing. The young man ... | middle1806.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "using vocabulary that we have learnt very often"
},
"options": [
"repeating vocabulary at times",
"revising vocabulary at a proper time",
"learning new vocabulary as much as possible",
"using vocabulary that we have lea... | We recycle rubbish, so why not language? Recycling language means using vocabulary that you have learnt before again and again. However, unlike rubbish that piles up in our environment, if we do not recycle language, we simply forget it. So how do you recycle language?
There are basically three ways to do it. The firs... | middle3976.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Four"
},
"options": [
"Two",
"Three",
"Four",
"Five"
],
"question": "How many kinds of \"boxes\" does the man from Mars tell us?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Dear Earthmen ,
I enjoy my stay on your interesting planet .
I think I know the life on Earth now and I would like to tell you my ideas.
First of all you live in boxes. Every morning you leave your boxes and get into smaller boxes on wheels . All these small boxes run around and around, and finally stop to rest. You le... | middle1807.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "China"
},
"options": [
"the USA",
"China",
"England",
"Japan"
],
"question": "Hu Jing is from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_tex... | Hi! My name is Martin. I come from the USA. I'm in Shanghai, China now . My telephone number is (021)83130761. I am in No. 6 Junior High School. I'm in Class Five, Grade Seven. Hu Jing and Xiao Bin are my Chinese friends. We're in the same school. We are all thirteen .
Miss Qiu is my English teacher. She has a round f... | middle8189.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "basketball"
},
"options": [
"volleyball",
"tennis",
"basketball",
"ping-pong"
],
"question": "From the passage , we know Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal are _ players .",
"question_type": "cloze_questio... | Do you want to be a basketball player like Kobe Bryant , Shaquille O'Neal or Yao Ming ? Come to join us ! We have many sports clubs : basketball , ping-pong , soccer , volleyball , and more . The price is 5 dollars for each lesson .
Do you want to join our sports clubs ? Please call Mr. Green . He plays basketball very... | middle439.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "borrow a book from Mike"
},
"options": [
"come to Mike's house",
"lend him a book",
"borrow a book from Mike",
"buy him a book"
],
"question": "What did Jack want to do in Mike's Home? He wanted to _",
"q... | One day, Jack came to Mike's house and said , "Mike, you have so many good books. Can you lend me a book to read?" Mike didn't want to lend a book to his friend, and he said, "Why do you want to take my book home? You can read it here in my house."
Jack found that his friend was very selfish, but he said nothing. The n... | middle3962.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "called up the company to show his thanks"
},
"options": [
"become angry with the company",
"complained about the test",
"called up the company to show his thanks",
"gone to another company for a job"
],
"questio... | There was a young man named Bill in England. Before leaving school, he began to look for a job as a clerk. Few companies needed new clerks due to the financial crisis at that time. It became harder and harder to find a job. Luckily, a chance camp up to him. A company wanted to employ one person. He and the other twenty... | middle6832.txt |
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