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"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "hard"
},
"options": [
"1ucky",
"natural",
"hard",
"pleasant"
],
"question": "The writer felt it _ to be the son of a famous person.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | It's not easy to be an astronaut's son.Everybody expects you to be special or perfect. I often wonder how my father ever had a son like me. I mean he's so special and so good at everything he does. Even in middle school he was monitor and captain of the football team.
Well, to be honest, I often dream about being some ... | middle1185.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Mr. Smith drank too much"
},
"options": [
"Mr. Smith was not careful",
"Mr. Smith drank too much",
"Mr. Smith, forgot they were on the bridge",
"Mr. Smith couldn't work in the evening"
],
"question": "_ , so h... | Mr. Smith was in trouble those days. He drove a car for Mr. Black, a rich businessman. He worked hard and the shopkeeper liked him. But he couldn't work when he drank too much. Once he almost fell into the river when he drove along the bridge. Mr. Black became angry and was going to send him away. Mr. Smith had a big f... | middle3792.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "lazier"
},
"options": [
"happier",
"lazier",
"busier",
"healthier"
],
"question": "Everywhere around the world people are _ than the past.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | It seems that everywhere around the world, people are spending more time at work and less time with their families and friends.People are busier than ever before.
In the past in many countries,the father worked and the mother stayed at home, took care of the children, and did the food shopping,cooking,and cleaning.At p... | middle5485.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "email \n _"
},
"options": [
"call 021-58609228",
"fax 021-58609728",
"email \n _",
"telephone 010-69191617"
],
"question": "If an Australian student wants to learn Chinese, he or she can _ .",
"question_t... | House For Sale
Red Rose Garden, Pudong
3-story home, 509 sqm total land area, 428.8 sqm built-in, 312.2 sqm garden. Asking RMB 13 million (USD 1.57 million).
MP: 13761973547 Tel: 021-58609228 Fax: 021-58609728
Job Wanted
Cherry, 24, a shining girl, good at oral English and Putonghua. Now I am working at an int... | middle4943.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "they want cockroaches to do things people can't in the future"
},
"options": [
"they want cockroaches to do things people can't in the future",
"they want to control the movements of the cockroaches",
"they want cockroaches t... | TOKYO, JAPAN--What do you do when you see a cockroach ? Do you hit it with a newspaper? Do you step on it?
When researchers at Tokyo University see a cockroach, they take the remote control and make the cockroach turn around, run left or right, or go forward. These scientists are changing the cockroaches into robots. ... | middle377.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A special education teacher."
},
"options": [
"A special doctor.",
"A special education teacher.",
"A special singer",
"A special designer."
],
"question": "What's McCarty?",
"question_type": "factiod_questi... | Word travelled quickly in the small fishing village of Port Washington, Wisconsin. So when McCarty wanted to build a playground for kids with special needs. 2,800 people - a third of the town - rolled up their sleeves and helped her.
"A lot of learning comes through play," said McCarty, 52, a special education teacher ... | middle363.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Her father."
},
"options": [
"Her mother.",
"Her father.",
"Her friend.",
"Her pet."
],
"question": "Whom does the girl get her journal ready for?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | Let's Go See Papa is a lovely children's book. In this book, a little girl tells about her life while her dad is working far away from her.
"I haven't seen my dad for one year, eight months and twenty-two days," the girl writes in her journal. She writes everything she has done so that her father will never miss a day.... | middle6198.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Twenty years old."
},
"options": [
"Eleven years old.",
"Twelve years old.",
"Twenty years old.",
"Thirty years old."
],
"question": "How old is Jack's brother?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
... | Dear Mr Han,
I just turned 12 years old, but I am very thin and not as tall as my classmates. My brother is 20 and is very tall. My father is also very tall. I eat lots of vegetables every day. I like eating fruit, but I don't like eating meat. I sleep for eight hours a day. I want to be tall. I am taking medicine. I t... | middle7286.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because they must arrive at the airport before 11:40."
},
"options": [
"Because they were going to a party.",
"Because they didn't go to the airport.",
"Because they had to go to the airport by bus.",
"Because they must... | Mr. and Mrs. Green were going on their vacation with their children, and they had to arrive at the airport before 11:40 the next morning. "It takes us thirty minutes to get there in a car," Mr. Green said, "so we must get ready before eleven o'clock. Don't be late."
At ten fifty, all of them were busy doing something, ... | middle5491.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "because he could get help from his father at once"
},
"options": [
"because he didn't live together with his mother",
"because he could get help from his father at once",
"because his father could deal with any emergency",
... | I don't like talking openly about my feelings. That's probably why I am writing this, because it seems an easier way of telling you how thankful I am to you.
When I first got ill two years ago and had to be taken to hospital, you were the first person I called to tell, maybe because I knew Mum wasn't going to answer he... | middle4957.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "September"
},
"options": [
"July",
"September",
"May",
"February"
],
"question": "In America, schools begin in _ after summer holiday.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | American schools begin in September after a long summer holiday. There're two terms in a school year. The first term is from September to January, and the second term is from February to June. Most American children begin to go to school when they're five years old. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old whe... | middle2498.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "They went to strange places and finished interesting tasks."
},
"options": [
"They went to other cities and made friends with others.",
"They went to the countryside and helped the farmers.",
"They went to strange places and ... | Where Are We Going, Dad? Is a popular reality show from Hunan TV station. In the show, five pairs of fathers and kids went to strange places and finished interesting tasks . They had some interesting experiences while they were staying in different places.
The show is about growing up. Five fathers said that they grew... | middle6826.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "didn't want to be refused"
},
"options": [
"had never been invited",
"didn't like making friends",
"didn't want to be refused",
"was afraid of making mistakes"
],
"question": "Sparky never asked a classmate to g... | For Sparky, school was all but impossible. He failed every subject in the eighth grade. He didn't do much better in sports. Although he played for the school's golf team, he lost the only important match of the season.
Sparky was a loser. He, his classmates...everyone knew it. Sparky never asked a classmate to go out i... | middle405.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "More than 100years"
},
"options": [
"1000years",
"Less than 100years",
"1100years",
"More than 100years"
],
"question": "How long is it since basketball was invented?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
... | Basketball is still a young game. It's over a hundred years old . In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was bad and the students had to stay indoors . As they couldn't play outdoors , they were unhappy ,and some even got into fights from time to time .
Some ... | middle1191.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "join the Summer Camp"
},
"options": [
"help with sports, music and computers",
"be good with children",
"join the Summer Camp",
"get help from the Camp"
],
"question": "Tom and Mike want to _ .",
"questio... | Tom and Mike are good friends. They are kind to children. They want to find summer jobs. One day Tom tells Mike that Beidaihe Kids Summer Camp needs help with sports, music and computers. They are both very
glad to hear this. Tom can play basketball and volleyball, and he can
swim, too. Mike can play the violin, the t... | middle6615.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "twice a month"
},
"options": [
"once a week",
"sometimes",
"twice a month",
"twice a week"
],
"question": "The best way to exercise is do it _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | Everyone knows that exercise is important.We all need to _ .Doctors say it is good for us.it makes your heart and body _ .When the daytime comes, we must get up. This is the time for exercise. Exercise means doing things with the body. Children who often exercise are more alert .This means they do better in tests and s... | middle4002.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He thinks the life now is worse than it used to be."
},
"options": [
"He thinks the life now is very good.",
"He thinks the life now is worse than it used to be.",
"He thinks the life now is better than it used to be.",
... | My grandfather is eighty years old now. He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better.
Families aren't families they used to be. A lot of families have broken up. If husband and wife have problems with their _ , they no longer stay together. And mothers used to st... | middle2315.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "B&C"
},
"options": [
"write stories",
"sing or dance",
"act in movies",
"B&C"
],
"question": "What can't Xiao Ming do? He can't",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | Dear Nancy,
My name is Xiao Ming. I want to be in a club in our school. I'm not famous now. But maybe I can be famous someday! I can't sing or dance or act in movies, but I can do many other things. I can play three instruments: the guitar, the violin and the drums. I think I can be in the music club. Maybe I can be a ... | middle4764.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "long and difficult"
},
"options": [
"long but easy",
"short but difficult",
"short and easy",
"long and difficult"
],
"question": "The journeys for these animals are usually _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_q... | Many animals go on long and difficult journeys to find food or places for their young to start life. They often travel very far, sometimes even halfway around the world.
Some animals make one of these amazing journeys every year, while others make only one amazing journey in their lives. Some animals travel over land, ... | middle6173.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "How to be green."
},
"options": [
"How to produce things.",
"How to burn things.",
"How to help others.",
"How to be green."
],
"question": "What is the passage about?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"a... | How green are you? Do you know how to be green?
We all need a healthy environment, but we produce waste every day and it does harm to our environment. Though we are young,we can still do something to help. In fact, even the simplest everyday activities can make a real difference to the environment. Here are some ideas ... | middle7279.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "air pollution is caused"
},
"options": [
"acid rain form",
"air pollution is caused",
"noise pollution is caused",
"acid rain gets heavier"
],
"question": "When power stations burn fuel, _ .",
"question_t... | Every time you turn on the television or take a ride in a car ,you could be adding to a problem called acid rain . In this article, you'll learn how acid is created, and how it affects us, and more importantly, what we all can do to prevent it.
How is acid rain created?
When people use fuels , such as coal and gasoline... | middle1608.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "red"
},
"options": [
"red",
"green",
"brown",
"white"
],
"question": "Alice likes _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Helen' s"
... | Alice: Good afternoon, Helen!
Helen: Good afternoon, Alice! How are you?
Alice: I'm fine, thanks. How are you?
Helen: I'm OK.
Alice: Helen, what' s this in English?
Helen: It's a cup. And it's my cup.
Alice: Oh, it' s red. I like the color. Is that a pencil?
Helen: No, it' s a pen and it' s brown.
Alice: Is it your pen... | middle6167.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "stay in one place and make signals"
},
"options": [
"try to find your friends",
"stay in one place and make signals",
"walk around the forest",
"shout as loudly as possible"
],
"question": "If you get lost in th... | If you go into the forest with friends, stay with them. If you don't, you may get lost. Sit down and stay where you are. Don't try to find your friends, but let them find you instead . You can help them find you by staying in one place. There is another way to help your friends or other people to find you. You can shou... | middle2301.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a very good team"
},
"options": [
"Many soccer fans",
"a very good team",
"many soccer player",
"a big playground"
],
"question": "If a country wants to take part in the World Cup ,she must have _ .",
"que... | In the world ,soccer is the most popular sport. This is because many countries have wonderful teams for the World Cup. The World Cup is held every four years.
To remember 2002 FIFA World Cup ,children from different countries and more than 60 children from Japanese schools came together and spent three weekends drawing... | middle4770.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "3D printers will be the key to ending world hunger."
},
"options": [
"3D printers are used to create model cars.",
"3D printer are used for architectural models.",
"3D printers will be the key to ending world hunger.",
... | 3D printers are certainly the superstar today---they are being put to all kinds of uses, including creating model cars for movies. However, none of these ideas are as crazy as the one suggested by Anjan Contractor, who believes that they will be the key to ending world hunger .
If you think that sounds a little crazy, ... | middle4016.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Paris."
},
"options": [
"New York.",
"London.",
"Paris.",
"Beijing."
],
"question": "Where did Robert go last weekend?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,... | Robert went to visit his friends in Paris last weekend.His friends met him at the airport on Friday afternoon and drove him to the hotel.They ate dinner at a Chinese restaurant and went to see a film after that.
Robert and his friends set out early on Saturday morning for a farm and stayed there until Sunday morning.Du... | middle5308.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "there were only three parachutes,but there were four people in the plane."
},
"options": [
"they couldn't find the parachutes",
"there were only three parachutes,but there were four people in the plane.",
"There was too much ... | One day a pilot and three people were in a plane. When the plane was flying in the sky, there was something wrong with it. The smoke was everywhere in the plane. The pilot told the people there were only three parachutes . They all became worried.
"I must go because I'm the best pilot in the world." said the pilot, th... | middle6601.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "From April 19 to 25."
},
"options": [
"Any week in April.",
"It doesn't tell us.",
"The first week in April.",
"From April 19 to 25."
],
"question": "When is TV-Turnoff week?",
"question_type": "factiod_que... | Are you a TV lover? Can you imagine living without TV? Well, you could give it a try.
A group of Americans, TV-Turnoff Networks , have an idea. From April 19 to 25, they are asking children all over the world to turn off their TVs for one week. They hope children will find more interesting things to do. Maybe they can ... | middle3989.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The popular drinks in Americans."
},
"options": [
"The popular drinks in Americans.",
"Soda is not a good drink for sports.",
"Americans drink more soda every year.",
"Americans like drink fizzy soda with friends."
... | As summer arrives, it's important to drink more, to keep us cool. Let's look to see what drinks are popular in the US.
Sports drinks and fruit drinks are quite popular. But there are two main drinks that Americans enjoy most: water and soda. Around 10.9 billion gallons of water is drunk each year, and 12.8 billion ga... | middle5320.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "easy"
},
"options": [
"easy",
"busy",
"careful",
"good"
],
"question": "About 40 percent of passwords are easily stolen because the users often do _ things.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Better think twice before choosing a password for e-mail, online bank or shopping. Simple passwords are easy to be stolen .
A password is like a key to your home. If someone steals it, he'll get chances to steal something else. We use passwords everywhere in our life. We are so used to passwords that we don't pay any ... | middle6629.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "city"
},
"options": [
"town",
"city",
"field",
"country"
],
"question": "Mary maybe lives in the _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_te... | Spring is coming.People in different countries like different outdoor activities.Leo,a reporter from Learning English in interviewing some students.Here is what they have said.
Mary (13, America)
I want to go out of the city to a beautiful field. It's happy to smell beautiful flowers, touch green grass and take some ph... | middle1146.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "She kept silent."
},
"options": [
"She was active.",
"She was upset.",
"She smiled a lot.",
"She kept silent."
],
"question": "What was Katherine like when the writer first saw her?",
"question_type": "facti... | One day a family visited the school where I taught deaf children. They said they would move here and planned to send their deaf daughter to my school as a first grader. They were upset that their child's kindergarten teacher told them not to have high hopes for her. Standing behind them was Katherine, a beautiful five... | middle7537.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "England"
},
"options": [
"America",
"England",
"Germany",
"France"
],
"question": "The story happened in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"an... | There was a famous church in London. It was 110 meters high. The center of the church was like a bell. The ceiling of the church was painted by a famous artist. They built a platform so that the artist could put up a ladder on it and paint the ceiling. The platform was about 70 meters over the ground.
One day the art... | middle7251.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "on June 11, 2013"
},
"options": [
"on June 11, 2013",
"on June 13, 2013",
"on June 11, 2011",
"on June 13, 2011"
],
"question": "Shenzhou X, China's fifth manned spacecraft was sent into space _ .",
"qu... | June 11,2013 was another big day for Chinese space exploration. Shenzhou X, China's fifth manned spacecraft, was sent into space. Three astronauts, Nie Haisheng, 49, Zhang Xiaoguang, 47, and Wang Yaping, 33, stayed in space for 15 days.
Tiangong-1 is China's first space module . It was sent into space in 2011. It will ... | middle8162.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "More than a month"
},
"options": [
"More than a month",
"More than two months",
"More than three months",
"It's been back."
],
"question": "How long has the cat been missing?",
"question_type": "factiod_ques... | The owner of a missing cat is asking for help. "My baby has been missing for over a month now, and I want him back so badly," said Mrs. Brown, a 56-year-old woman. Mrs. Brown lives by herself in a trailer park near Clovis. She said that Clyde, her 7-year-old cat, didn't come home for dinner more than a month ago. The n... | middle1620.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "What has made Germany a successful soccer team."
},
"options": [
"Why soccer is so popular in Germany?",
"What has made Germany a successful soccer team.",
"The failures and successes of the German soccer team.",
"How t... | Who could forget those sleepless nights last summer watching Germany beat Brazil and Argentina to win the 2014 World Cup in Brazil?
It was their fourth World Cup, and it gave them the No.1 position in FIFA . Germany is becoming the most important soccer team in the world. But how has this change happened? A newspaper... | middle5446.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "his son"
},
"options": [
"Mrs green",
"his son",
"his daughter",
"his father"
],
"question": "Mr Green goes to the shop with _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer... | One Sunday morning Mr Green and his child , Bill ,are in a big shop . Mr Green wants to
buy a new blouse for Mrs Green . Bill likes oranges , so his father buys two kilos of
oranges for him , too . Bill wants to buy some picture--books and colour pencils , too . There
are many people in the shop . They are men and wome... | middle2329.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Children should start reading at a young age."
},
"options": [
"Children should start reading at a young age.",
"Parents should tell their children stories every day.",
"Teenagers should think and act differently from others.... | You eat to stay fit and keep your body working, right? Then reading is food for your mind and soul. Reading informs you of what's happening around. Reading encourages you to think and imagine, think out of the box and imagine the impossible.
In the past, people just read books, only books. Today, we have books online, ... | middle4980.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "on a crowded shopping street"
},
"options": [
"on a crowded shopping street",
"in a public toilet",
"at home",
"in a restaurant"
],
"question": "The child peed _ in HK.",
"question_type": "cloze_question... | It's something familiar to all parents of young children: you're in a busy shopping street and your child wants to pee and he just can't hold it any longer. But two parents' decision to let their child relieve himself has caused much attention in China.
By now, it seems, the whole Chinese Internet is familiar with ... | middle3037.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In 2009."
},
"options": [
"In 2008.",
"In 2009.",
"In 2010.",
"In 2011."
],
"question": "When did Chen's grandma begin to go to school with him?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | Chen Zhengshan has a special classmate, his 63-year-old grandma.
His grandma began to look after him 10 years ago. Chen got a bad illness when he was three. His mother left the family. His father couldn't work. So his grandparents began to look after him. Chen had to take five kinds of medicine every day and it cost t... | middle4758.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "greet the new day"
},
"options": [
"meet his friends",
"greet the new day",
"1ook for the starfish",
"dance to the wind"
],
"question": "The old man walked by the beach as usual to _",
"question_type": "clo... | The old man woke up before sunrise, as he often did, to walk by the beach and greet the new day. As he moved through the early morning, he saw a young man , bending and reaching and throwing, in celebration of the perfect day soon to begin
As he came near, he realized that the young man was not dancing to the day, , b... | middle5452.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "grandma"
},
"options": [
"father",
"mother",
"grandma",
"uncle"
],
"question": "Jim stays with his _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_t... | Jim is a little boy. He stays with his grandma. He likes sweets and cakes. He always eats some food with sweets before he goes to bed. And as soon as he gets up in the morning, he can find some cakes on the table in his bedroom.
One morning, before Jim got up, his grandma took some cakes to his bedroom. She saw Jim cry... | middle4994.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "stop running"
},
"options": [
"run faster",
"keep running",
"stop running",
"drink water"
],
"question": "If you're not well in the joints while running, you should _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"... | Running
Running is good for people with too much fat because it can help them become slim. It also makes people strong. But it may be bad for joints . If we don't feel comfortable in our joints, we should stop for another activity.
Walking
Walking makes our bodies relaxed . It can also help people to be slim.
Swimmin... | middle3023.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "By using internet."
},
"options": [
"By walking.",
"By using internet.",
"By writing letters.",
"By talking to people."
],
"question": "How do you leave a digital footprint?",
"question_type": "factiod_quest... | Every time you go online you leave a digital footprint. This is just like a real footprint. It tells where you have been, how long you stayed on line and what you have been doing there. It's easy to get the information and show your digital footprint every time when you send an email, messages and photos. You shouldn... | middle7245.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Science"
},
"options": [
"English",
"Science",
"Math",
"History"
],
"question": "What does Mr. Jackson teach?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"a... | Mr. Jackson is a teacher of science in a middle school. His students like his classes because his classes are very interesting. They can learn a lot in his class. The students can make many things. His little son Val also likes making things. He makes lots of machines , such as a machine like a man. It can do the job t... | middle1634.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because he wore the wrong boots."
},
"options": [
"Because the road was too bad.",
"Because he didn't know the way",
"Because he wore the wrong boots.",
"Because he had no boots."
],
"question": "Why did the man... | A man went out with the wrong boots, one with a thick sole and the other with a thin one. As he began to walk, he felt uncomfortable, for one foot was higher than the other. He felt very strange and said, " Is there anything wrong with my legs today? Why is one of my legs long, and the other short? "
A _ told him that ... | middle1152.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the bookstore"
},
"options": [
"the bookstore",
"her aunt's",
"the park",
"her maths teacher's home"
],
"question": "Lily isn't going to _ on Sunday.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"an... | Hello! I'm Lily. I'm going to have a busy weekend. On Saturday morning, I 'm going to the Beach Park with my friends. We are going to ride bikes there because we can do some sightseeing on the way. We are going to play on the beach. At noon, we are going to have a picnic in the park. In the afternoon, we are going to v... | middle7523.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Dave's ESL Cafe"
},
"options": [
"About.com",
"YouTube",
"Dave's ESL Cafe",
"the Classroom by Voice of America"
],
"question": "If you want to do English exercises and test yourself, you can go to _ .",
"q... | Are you learning English and do you need help with grammar? Do you want to learn new vocabulary or slang ? Well, you can find help online with these top 5 free English as a Second Language websites.
Dave's ESL Cafe
This is a complete website that can help you learn and practice English. You can read many stories and d... | middle3745.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "go to see movies"
},
"options": [
"go to school",
"go to the park",
"are good friends",
"go to see movies"
],
"question": "Bob and Frank often _ together on weekends.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | Bob and Frank are good friends.They often go to the movies together on weekends.Bob's favorite actor is Jackie Chan.He has an action movie,Who Am I.It's very exciting.Frank likes the actor Rick Smith.He really likes his movie Black September.Frank thinks it's a very success ful thriller .Bob and Frank are Americans,but... | middle5334.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "are very helpful"
},
"options": [
"are difficult to make",
"are expensive",
"are important but not necessary",
"are very helpful"
],
"question": "Machines can help us to do things better and faster, so they _ ... | Now machines are widely used all over the world. Why are machines so important and necessary for us? Because they can help us to do things better and faster.
A washing machine helps us to wash clothes fast. A printing machine helps us to print a lot of books, newspapers, magazines and many other things fast. Bikes, c... | middle5863.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "technology never stops changing our everyday lives"
},
"options": [
"technology never stops changing our everyday lives",
"with computers each of us can live a comfortable life",
"people can do more activities with computers"... | People cannot reach an agreement on the use of science and technology. For example, will radiation from electronic equipment destroy the environment? Should medical scientists change gene structures to prevent genetic disease or to create "more perfect" human beings? While people are arguing about these and others, tec... | middle7912.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A good teacher should sit still before his class and speak with his body language."
},
"options": [
"A good teacher should speak clearly.",
"A good teacher should sit still before his class and speak with his body language.",
... | To be a good teacher, you need some of the _ of a good actor; you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your audience; you must be a clear speaker, with a good, strong, pleasant voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.
W... | middle7906.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a girl"
},
"options": [
"a Chinese girl",
"a girl",
"A Chinese boy",
"a boy"
],
"question": "Kate is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answe... | Kate Green is a girl. She is my good friend . She is English. Kate is her first name.Green is her family name. Mr Green is her father .His first name is John. Mrs Green is her mother . Her first name is Helen. Kate is eleven years old. Her home telephone number is 865---64108.
(10) | middle5877.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "cold"
},
"options": [
"sad",
"hungry",
"happy",
"cold"
],
"question": "The tourists took the baby bison to a park ranger station because they thought it looked _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}... | A wild baby bison at Yellowstone National Park had to be killed because of tourists.
The tourists thought that the baby bison looked cold. They put it in their car and drove to a park ranger station.
A ranger described the action of the tourists as a "dangerous move" because adult bisons can look after their babies... | middle7090.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "small"
},
"options": [
"poor",
"rich",
"small",
"big"
],
"question": "Liugang Village Middle School is very _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | When we talk about village teachers, we often think of difficult conditions, heavy teaching tasks and little income. But there is a village teacher who makes his teaching jobso interesting. His name is Liu Yuesheng who is now called "the most beautiful teacher", Liu comes from Liugang Village Middle School in Dagang, T... | middle5687.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "unhappy"
},
"options": [
"lucky",
"Unkind",
"clever",
"unhappy"
],
"question": "From the letter we know that Alice was very _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | Dear Alice
You really have two different questions here, so we'll discuss them one at a time. Your problems at school may be a result of a number of things. You don't say much about how these classmates get along with each other. It's possible that all the students are feeling a little cautious in the first term. It's... | middle3590.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Five"
},
"options": [
"Four",
"Five",
"One",
"Many"
],
"question": "How many animals are there in the story?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"an... | There is a lion in a forest. Every day he goes about to look for food. The small animals in the forest are all afraid of him. Not far from the forest there are four bulls( ). They are good friends, and often go about together. The lion tries many times to catch them, but can't do so. Every time he comes near, the fou... | middle2856.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "are playing games"
},
"options": [
"are dancing",
"are singing",
"are running up the tree",
"are playing games"
],
"question": "The children _ under the big tree.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | It is a Sunday morning. There are many children in the beautiful park. They are having a good time. Some are playing games under a big tree.
Some are singing and dancing. Some boys and girls are running up the small hill. Others are boating on the lake.
Where is Dick ? He is sitting by the lake. What's he doing? He is ... | middle613.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "You think actively instead of getting facts passively when reading."
},
"options": [
"You will never meet amazing people in your life unless you read.",
"You think actively instead of getting facts passively when reading.",
"... | All the wisdom of the times, all the stories that have delighted mankind for centuries, are easily and cheaply available to all of us in books, but we must know how to make use of this treasure. The unluckiest people in the world are those who have never discovered how satisfying it is to read good books.
I'm very inte... | middle1387.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A punctual person often does his work wonderfully."
},
"options": [
"An unpunctual person often has more time.",
"An unpunctual person has more work to do.",
"A punctual person often has a busy life.",
"A punctual perso... | An unpunctual man never does what he has to do at the right time. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be got back. Time is more useful than material things. In fact, time is life itself. An unpunctual man is always wasting hi... | middle607.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "All restaurants can sell beer and wine."
},
"options": [
"Many American people like salads.",
"Coffee can be served after a meal.",
"One can order tea if he doesn't like coffee.",
"All restaurants can sell beer and wine... | Generally speaking, American food is not very thick in taste. Salads are much liked and are served all year round. Many Americans are trying to keep down their weight. This is shown in menus offering "low calorie " or "weight watchers" meals. In markets, one can find "No Cal" drinks (meaning without calories) such as c... | middle3584.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a loud or unwanted sound"
},
"options": [
"any kind of sound",
"a loud or unwanted sound",
"all sounds that you can hear",
"terrible sound"
],
"question": "According to the passage, noise is _ .",
"questio... | Stop. Listen! What do you hear? You may hear many different sounds. Some of those sounds may be noise. Noise is a loud or unwanted sound.
Noise can be caused by many kinds of machines, such as motorcycles, jet planes and farm tractors . Rock music is also noise.
What happens to people who live near noisy machines or us... | middle2842.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "sunglasses and sun-block"
},
"options": [
"warm clothes and sports shoes",
"sunglasses and sun-block",
"fashionable clothes and a big bag",
"some fruit and drinks"
],
"question": "If you go to Hainan for a trip ... | Here are some advice about trips.
1. Forget fashion! Always wear your most comfortable clothes when going on long trips.
2. Travelling on trains and buses can be boring, so take a good book to read.
3. If you're going somewhere cold, remember to put on warm clothes!
4. If you are going somewhere sunny, remember to brin... | middle5693.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "astronomers."
},
"options": [
"astronomers.",
"farmers",
"singers",
"drivers"
],
"question": "Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Is there intelligent life on other planets? For years, scientists said "no" or "We don't know." But today this is changing. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are astronomers. They believe intelligent life exists somewhere in the universe. They also think we will soon contact these beings.
Why do Shostak and Barnett ... | middle7084.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They are predicting the future."
},
"options": [
"They are talking about space travel.",
"They are predicting the future.",
"They are talking about pollution.",
"They are predicting the weather in the future."
],
... | What will the future be like? What do you think of it? Here are some answers from some students.
Roy Burns: I think life in the future will be better. Most people in the world will use "green cars" by 2020, so there will be less pollution and people will live to be 200 years old. As for space travel, I would say, we wi... | middle161.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Two"
},
"options": [
"One",
"Two",
"Three",
"Four"
],
"question": "The students have _ lessons in the morning.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Here is the school day in an English school.
Morning The students have an English lesson and a Maths lesson.The first lesson begins at 9:00 a.m.The children have a break from 10:00 a.m.to 10:20 a.m.They usually eat snacks or play games in the playground.After the break, they have the second lesson.It lasts for an hour... | middle6371.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Janel"
},
"options": [
"Jim",
"Jim's parents",
"Janel",
"Jim's father"
],
"question": "From the contract, who is the real owner of the iPhone?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Janel gave her 13-year-old son Jim an iPhone for Christmas. But she also had a contract about how Jim's new toy can and can't be used.
Contract
Rule 1: It is my phone. I bought it. I pay for it. I am lending it to you. Aren't I the greatest?
Rule 2: If it rings, answer it. It is a phone. Say "hello", use your manners.... | middle3209.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The liquid in the whale's stomach."
},
"options": [
"The ocean water.",
"The whale's teeth.",
"The heat inside the whale.",
"The liquid in the whale's stomach."
],
"question": "What made Mr Bartley's skin white?... | "Fish stories" are stories of the greatest fish that a fisherman has almost caught, but for some reason, the fish always get away. Usually, these stories do not have much truth to them. One of the biggest fish stories in history was about a whale.
In 1891, a ship hunting for whales in the South Atlantic Ocean found a v... | middle2117.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he had learned a good game from a child."
},
"options": [
"he had played chess with a little boy for twenty-eight minutes",
"he had had a chance to take part in an important game",
"he had learned how to play chess from a chi... | Watson won his most important game and became Southern Chess Master in 1977.He was given the silver cup.
"It isn't rightly mine."he said,when he was holding the cup, "It was won two years ago when I was on holiday in...."
"A family was staying at my hotel at that time.Mrs Prang,the mother,was told that I played ches... | middle5678.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "wheat"
},
"options": [
"rice",
"fruit",
"wheat",
"grass family"
],
"question": "We use _ to make bread.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answe... | Do you know there are many kinds of grass? Some are tall. The kind that grows around your house is short grass. But field grass often grows as tall as a man.
Some food that we eat comes from plants of the grass family. Wheat and rice are two of them. We use wheat to make bread. We use both wheat and rice to make breakf... | middle2671.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Giraffe"
},
"options": [
"Elephant",
"Giraffe",
"Monkey",
"Turtle"
],
"question": "_ told Loin that Rabbit was the new King of the Jungle.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Lion was the King of the Jungle . One day, Giraffe told Lion, "Rabbit says he is the new King of the Jungle."
"What?" Lion was very angry. He went to meet Rabbit.
The other animals followed him to see what he would do.
"Rabbit," said Lion, "Why do you say that you are the new King of the Jungle?"
"Oh, but it's true," s... | middle4200.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In a city."
},
"options": [
"In a city.",
"In a country.",
"In town.",
"In Beijing."
],
"question": "Where did Mr. And Mrs. Wilson live?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Mr. and Mrs. Wilson lived in a big city, and one summer they went to the country for their vacation. They enjoyed it very much, because it was a quiet, clean place. One day they went for a walk early in the morning and saw an old man. He was sitting alone in the warm sun in front of his house. Mr. Wilson asked him, "... | middle7709.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "obeying the rules of the road can keep you from having accidents"
},
"options": [
"obeying the rules of the road can keep you from having accidents",
"it was Road Safety Week at Jason's school",
"it's not only drivers who cau... | "Last week was Road Safety Week at Jason's school. All the students had to take part in a talk on road safety which was given by a police officer. The following is what the police officer said. "
"Most traffic accidents shouldn't happen. They happen because people are careless. A frequent cause of traffic accidents is ... | middle834.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "different from"
},
"options": [
"the same as",
"different from",
"a kind of",
"part of"
],
"question": "Climate is_weather.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | Climate is the average weather usually taken over a 30-year time period for a particular region and time period. Climate is not the same as weather, but rather, it is the average pattern of weather for a particular region. Weather describes the short-term state of the atmosphere .
The climate is changing. Many agreed ... | middle74.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "many new things"
},
"options": [
"singers",
"advertisement",
"many new things",
"TV"
],
"question": "When you go to a store, you see _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | You go to a store. You see many new things. You know about them before you get to the store. How do you know? You saw these things on TV. You learned about them through advertising.
People have been advertising for thousands of years. Long ago, men called "criers" walked up and down the street. They shouted about thing... | middle6417.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "going on a long way by getting free rides in other people's car"
},
"options": [
"waiting for a bus at the bus stop",
"driving in a dangerous way",
"going on a long way by getting free rides in other people's car",
"ask... | Dear editor( ),
Can't your newspaper do something about the custom of hitchhiking?
A short time ago, on a car travel I counted at least 50 people standing beside the road, asking for rides. Many of them were young women.
Don't they understand how dangerous it is to get into the car driven by a stranger? How much do t... | middle820.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Children."
},
"options": [
"Old people.",
"Children.",
"Parents.",
"Teachers."
],
"question": "Who like having snowball fights best?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}
] | Do you like winter? What do you like to do in winter? In summer when is rains, we can't go out and play sports outside. We just stay at home, it's very boring. But in winter if it snows we have a lot of things to do. For example, we can make a snowman with our friends. It's not difficult to make a snowman. We just let ... | middle6403.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Monday is the first school day of a week"
},
"options": [
"Monday is the first day of a week",
"I just spend a happy weekend",
"Monday is the first school day of a week",
"I will have many lessons on Monday"
],
... | Monday...oh, I don't like Monday because I'll have to go back to school again after the weekend. Tuesday is not so bad. I usually play tennis with my friends after school. On Wednesday evening I don't go out. I stay at home and do my homework. I like Thursday because the next day is Friday. I always go out on Friday--m... | middle60.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "1999"
},
"options": [
"1997",
"1999",
"2001",
"2002"
],
"question": "Lu Jialei was born in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "... | Can you write down a Chinese word being read to you? Sometimes it can be difficult when you find the word is not included in most dictionaries.
Lu Jialei, 14, from Hangzhou Foreign Language School, won the CCTV Chinese Character Spelling Contest on Oct 18th, 2013. About 160 people competed. The host read a word to th... | middle2665.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in the evening"
},
"options": [
"in the morning",
"in the afternoon",
"in the evening",
"in the midnight"
],
"question": "When did the story happen ?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | It is evening,an old cock is sitting in a tall tree. A fox comes to the tree and looks at the cock .
"Hello,Mr Cock. I have some good news for you," says the fox.
"Oh?" says the cock,"what is it?"
"All the animals are good friends now. Let's be friends,too. Please come down and play with me."
"Fine!" says the cock,"I'm... | middle4214.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Twelve dollars"
},
"options": [
"Twenty dollars.",
"Twelve dollars",
"Thirteen dollars.",
"Fifteen dollars."
],
"question": "How much are their blue pants?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | It's time for our clothing sale. We only have this sale once a year. This year, prices are lower than ever, but the quality of our clothes is the same. How much are our blue pants? They're only twelve dollars. How much are our swimsuits? This week, you can buy one for only fourteen dollars. And what's the price of ou... | middle4572.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "under the desk."
},
"options": [
"under the desk.",
"on the desk.",
"in the desk.",
"at the desk."
],
"question": "Look ! One of Li Mei's shoes is _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer... | Look! This is Li Mei's room. What's in her room? Her books are on the desk. This is one of her shoes. Where is the other one? Oh, It's under the desk. She can not find her school bag. Where is it? Oh, It's behind the door. Li Mei can not look after her things. Her mother often says to her, " Li Mei , you must look aft... | middle2103.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "By listening to loud music."
},
"options": [
"By using smartphones.",
"By going to the party.",
"By listening to loud music.",
"By talking with friends."
],
"question": "How are the children and young people dam... | Do you like listening to music? Do you often turn up the music when you're using earphones? If so, your hearing may have been damaged .
The World Health Organization (WHO) is worried that 1.1 billion children and young people are damaging their hearing by listening to loud music. Nearly half the young people in develop... | middle6365.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Swimming"
},
"options": [
"Reading",
"Swimming",
"Skating",
"Traveling"
],
"question": "_ is not the writer's hobby according to the passage.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Different people have different hobbies. For example, some people like reading, some people like swimming and some people like collecting something and so on. I have many hobbies, such as reading, skating, and traveling. I used to read books in my free time. I like reading because I could learn much by reading. At that... | middle3235.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Five"
},
"options": [
"four",
"Five",
"Six",
"seven"
],
"question": "How many pieces of advice does the writer give?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | If you think you are too shy and want to be a little bit braver, just try the following things:
You can make it. Tell people you are shy. There is no need to hide it. When they get to know you are a shy kid, they will understand you better. This also helps feel more _ in talks.
Try to smile more. When you smile, people... | middle5644.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in Youth magazine"
},
"options": [
"with her students",
"with her husband",
"in Youth magazine",
"in Xiamen University"
],
"question": "The mother shared her advice _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions... | When talking about picking a right school, a mother and teacher gave some pieces of advice.
In the latest issue of Youth magazine, the mother shared the school advice she gave her daughters with young people across the country.
"I've told my daughters many times that I don't want them to choose a name," the mother sa... | middle7053.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "long black"
},
"options": [
"curly brown",
"long black",
"red",
"blonde"
],
"question": "Sinsha has _ hair.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"a... | Susan wang
I have a best friend. His name is James. He is from the USA. We look _ different! I have blonde hair but he has red hair. I wear glasses but he doesn't. I am short but he is very tall. I'm very outgoing but he is very quiet. However, we both love singing and dancing.
Sam Green
I don't really have a best frie... | middle7735.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "eat and sleep well, and do exercise"
},
"options": [
"eat well and do exercise",
"sleep well",
"have more vegetables",
"eat and sleep well, and do exercise"
],
"question": "The writer thinks people should _ ... | Everyone wants to be healthy. Then do you know how to keep in good health? You may say, "Having a balanced diet and doing exercise can help us." I agree with you. _ 1 In fact, good sleep is also very important.
Lots of people in the world have sleep problems. They can't sleep well at night. _ They are unhappy and stre... | middle1344.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "thirty"
},
"options": [
"twenty",
"thirty",
"fifty",
"fifty-five"
],
"question": "The old couple have been married for _ years.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | A man called his son in New York the day before Christmas and said, "I have to tell you your Mom and I are going to divorce ! Thirty years is quite a long time."
"Dad, what are you talking about?" the son cried.
The father said:"We are sick of each other. I don't want to talk about it anymore. You call your sister in... | middle48.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "singer"
},
"options": [
"worker",
"teacher",
"dancer",
"singer"
],
"question": "Han Hong's mother is a famouse _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Han Hong is one of the most famous singers in China . She was born in Qambo,Tibet . Her mother , a Tibetan singer, is famous for her popular song On the Golden Hill in Beijing.
Han Hong gets her good voice from her mother and shows a strong love of music .Han Hong came to Beijing at the age of nine to study singing .In... | middle3553.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In 1994"
},
"options": [
"In 1994",
"in 1980",
"in 1900",
"in 1984"
],
"question": "When was Michael born?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answ... | "Where there is a will, there is a way." Perhaps not many students can understand this better than 22-year-old Michael Ha. Because of his story of success, he has become an example of young people.
Michael Ha was born in a very poor family. His parents worked in Vietnam before they moved to Britain in 1980. They couldn... | middle5136.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a hamburger"
},
"options": [
"water",
"juice",
"a hamburger",
"an umbrella"
],
"question": "What does the young man want to buy when the train stops?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answ... | A train stops at a station. Many people come out to buy food and fruits. A young man wants to come out, but it starts to rain. A boy stands under an umbrella. The young man says to the boy.
"Can you go and get us two hamburgers, one for you and one for me? Here are two dollars. Be quick!"
"Great!" says the boy and then... | middle2659.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "can solve the biggest challenge facing the world"
},
"options": [
"can solve the biggest challenge facing the world",
"can find how the next penicillin works on illnesses",
"can think of the most difficult problem in the worl... | "The British government will offer PS1,000,000 to anyone who can solve the world's biggest problem--whatever it might be," said Prime Minister David Cameron at a science conference. In an unusual competition, the Government will ask people to find out the greatest challenge today, such as finding a replacement for o... | middle3547.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "he is nice"
},
"options": [
"he is nice",
"he is interesting",
"his store is tidy",
"the things in his store are not expensive"
],
"question": "The boys and girls like Mr. Lin because _ .",
"question_type"... | Mr. Lin has a store. It's next to No. 5 Middle School. It _ maps, books, pens, pencils, clothes and some other things. The things in his store are not expensive. Boys and girls like to go to his store. They like Mr. Lin because he is very nice. Mr. Lin likes the boys and girls, too. Mr. Lin has a"lost and found"box in ... | middle4228.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "60 dollars"
},
"options": [
"20 dollars",
"40 dollars",
"60 dollars",
"80 dollars"
],
"question": "Mr Jackson spend _ on their tickets to the aquarium at last.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{... | Blue Ocean Aquarium is a great place for families to take a holiday. Children love to see the sea animals and watch films about sharks in it.
Last Saturday morning, Mr Jackson took his wife and two little sons to the aquarium. At the ticket office, he asked, "How much shall I pay to get in?" The woman at the ticket o... | middle2881.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "New Amsterdam"
},
"options": [
"Lenapehoking",
"New Amsterdam",
"New York",
"Manhattan"
],
"question": "In the year 1626, New York was called _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | New York is the biggest city of the USA. A long time ago, it was called Lenapehoking. In 1626, Dutch people bought the land for only $24! They called it New Amsterdam. Then in 1664, the British took it over and changed the name to New York.
New York had an excellent harbour . Many people from all over the world came b... | middle7721.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "bigger than a toy balloon"
},
"options": [
"smaller than a toy balloon",
"bigger than a toy balloon",
"the same as a toy balloon",
"lighter than a toy balloon"
],
"question": "A hot-air balloon is _",
"que... | Have you ever hoped a toy balloon? They are very light. But there are much bigger balloons can fly very high up in the sky. They are big enough to carry people. They are called hot-air balloons.
To make a hot-air balloon go up, turn on the burner . That will make the air inside the balloon hotter. Then the balloon will... | middle1350.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "rich, but unhappy and unlucky"
},
"options": [
"rich, happy, and healthy",
"poor, unhappy, unhealthy",
"rich, but unhappy and unlucky",
"poor, but happy and lucky"
],
"question": "What kind of person would you s... | A Nobel Prize is considered by most people one of the highest international honors a person can receive. As you know, the prizes were started by a Swedish called Alfred Nobel. He was born in Stockholm ,the capital of Sweden. Alfred Nobel was a great scientist. He made two important inventions, and so he became very ri... | middle6359.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "being self-employed snake catchers"
},
"options": [
"catching and selling snakes",
"catching snakes as a part-time job",
"protecting snakes in the wild",
"being self-employed snake catchers"
],
"question": "The ... | Have you ever heard of a rattlesnake? It is a poisonous American snake. When it is angry or afraid, it makes a noise like a rattle with its tail. It's very scary. But Heather Ramirez and her husband, from California, in the United States, make a living in an unusual way. They are self-employed snake catchers! They ... | middle7047.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "No, he doesn't."
},
"options": [
"Yes, he does.",
"No, he does.",
"Yes, he doesn't.",
"No, he doesn't."
],
"question": "Does Peter have a small nose?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answ... | Peter is an American boy from New York. He is tall and he has a good look. He has a big nose and big blue eyes. His hair is brown. He is in a red T-shirt, white pants and blue shoes. He is very cool. He likes basketball , too. He knows NBA stars. He says ,"Yao Ming is cool!"We are good friends. | middle5888.txt |
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