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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "crossing the road in a mess"
},
"options": [
"crossing the road in a mess",
"waiting for the green light patiently",
"crossing the road with chickens",
"hurting each other in the street"
],
"question": "The writ... | "Why does the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side!"
That's an old joke in the west, but it came to my mind again when I saw people crossing the road at the _ of Shanxi Road and Huaihai Road in Shanghai.
When the traffic light was red, a group of people were waiting for the light to change. Suddenly one man... | middle1753.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Yes,he did."
},
"options": [
"Yes,he did.",
"No,he didn't.",
"Yes,he didn't.",
"No,he did."
],
"question": "Did the writer take a cell phone with him?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"ans... | I was on holiday in a strange place.One morning I got up early and went off into the forest looking for beautiful birds.But I lost my way,and don't know how to come back.I took a cell phone with me,but it didn't work there.It was night and I was frightened because I was alone and there were full of dangerous animals.I ... | middle7336.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "keeping on learning without any stops"
},
"options": [
"building a bridge to the country",
"keeping on learning without any stops",
"getting new cooking ideas from his family",
"bringing the Italian cooking culture into... | Walter owns three Italian restaurants which are running very well in Rhode Island in America. Every day his restaurants welcome crowds of customers all over the world.
He studied to be a cook, but he sees now that his success is the result of a lifetime education. When he opened his first restaurant, all of a sudden ... | middle8005.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Oranges"
},
"options": [
"Bananas",
"Apples",
"Pears",
"Oranges"
],
"question": "What are those in the basket?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | Sam:What's this?It's an American eraser .It's made{}in our hometown{}But it isn't mine .Hi! Jim, is this your eraser?
Jim:No it isn't.. Maybe {}it's Ann's.
Sam: Excuse me ,Ann.
Ann;Yes?
Sam: Is this your eraser?
Ann: No, it isn't .I think it's Lucy's. Lucy, is this your eraser ?
Lucy: Oh,yes. Thank you very much .
Sam... | middle6028.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "it was knocked down by a car"
},
"options": [
"it was badly ill",
"it was knocked down by a car",
"it was too old",
"it fought against other dogs"
],
"question": "The dog died because _ .",
"question_type... | We can't live without love and we know what love is, but we don't say only humans know what love is. Yes, it's impossible for animals to do some things because of their physical body. However, sometimes some of them might be able to show us the love that we have forgotten on our "busy road", just like the following sto... | middle1747.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "taking photos"
},
"options": [
"checking weather",
"sending messages",
"reading news",
"taking photos"
],
"question": "Before getting up, many people use their phones to do tasks, not including _ .",
"que... | We use our smart phones to carry out many tasks every day. Many of us have become so _ on them. However, it is bad for our eyes and health to use too much phone.
A study shows that smart phone owners usually start to use their phones early in the morning. They check persona1 emails and Wechat. And before they get out o... | middle5521.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "succeeded in opening their school for the deaf in America"
},
"options": [
"wanted to build a school for the deaf in the USA",
"succeeded in making the deaf speak as ordinary people",
"succeeded in opening their school for th... | In 1816, there were no schools for the deaf in America. Several people started a few schools, but in the end all of the schools closed. There were too many problems. The first people to succeed were Laurent Clerc and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. They opened their school in 1817, and the school did not close. At that time ... | middle3150.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "four"
},
"options": [
"three",
"four",
"five",
"Six"
],
"question": "There are _ people in the family.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_... | It' s 9:00 in the evening. The family are at home. Jim's father sits in a chair. He's watching TV . His mother stands near the window. She feeds the birds--Polly. Polly says, "Thanks! Thanks!" Where is Jim? Oh, he's behind the door. Kate is looking for him. They play games in Kate's room. | middle3636.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "cleaner"
},
"options": [
"cleaner",
"maker",
"repairer",
"seller"
],
"question": "The boy was a shoe _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answe... | A boy who was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man passing by, "Let me clean your shoes." The young man said, "No, thank you." "You may pay me only a pound, sir," said the boy. But the young man refused again. Then the boy told him that he would clean his shoes for nothing. The young man agreed to this, an... | middle4159.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He read books or told stories to Hans."
},
"options": [
"He gathered wild flowers with Hans.",
"He taught Hans to make shoes.",
"He read books or told stories to Hans.",
"He picked remaining wheat with Hans."
],
... | All boys and girls like good stories. I am sure that all children who read The Ugly Duckling will be glad to know something about the 'King of Story Tellers', who wrote it for them. Thousands and thousands of children have read this story, only to ask for it again and again. It has travelled the wide world over, and ha... | middle5247.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "was sick"
},
"options": [
"had a vacation",
"hurt his foot",
"needed to read",
"was sick"
],
"question": "He stayed in bed all day because he _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | I didn't feel well when I woke up yesterday morning. My throat hurt and _ . I also felt hot. My mother said I had a bad cold. I didn't want to get up, so she let me stay in bed all day. I don't usually like being in bed during the day, but I like it yesterday. I listened to the music and read a magazine. I slept a lot.... | middle2528.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "not interested in them"
},
"options": [
"looking for something",
"worrying about something",
"happy to see them",
"not interested in them"
],
"question": "If you look right and left when people talk to you, they... | It's hard to make friends if you stay at home alone all the time. Be outgoing , get out of the house and do things with other people. It's easier to make friends when you follow these:
Show people what you are good at. Talk about the things you like and you do best. People will be interested in you if there is somethin... | middle1021.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because people were a afraid that birds would lose their way."
},
"options": [
"Because people wanted to save money.",
"Because people liked the dark night.",
"Because people were a afraid that birds would make much noise.",
... | Last week,Chicago became the first city in the US to join the "Lights Out Plan".People turned off the lights in the city's tallest buildings,so that thousands of birds could get to their winter homes.Every year in autumn,some birds fly over Chicago on their way to the south,and come back the next spring.
Lights mean da... | middle7450.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "all the above"
},
"options": [
"on TV",
"in magazines",
"in newspapers",
"all the above"
],
"question": "We can see ads _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | Open today's newspaper. What do you see? Ads! Turn on the TV. Still more ads! Everywhere you look, someone has something to sell.
Here are some ways ads get us to buy.
Some ads use famous people. Stars are paid to sell a product. Think about it. Do they really know about medicine? Do they know about soft drinks? T... | middle6996.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a magazine"
},
"options": [
"a science book",
"a storybook",
"a magazine",
"the school rules"
],
"question": "You may see this passage in _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | When you are feeling unhappy or forget how great you are ,there are six ways to make you feel confident about yourself ,
1.Look in the mirror and say to yourself,"I am a special person and there's no one in the world like me. I can do anything!"It may not sound so good ,bur it really works!
2.Do something nice for som... | middle3805.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "John."
},
"options": [
"John.",
"Anne.",
"Tom.",
"Mary."
],
"question": "Who finds the shop to buy the present first?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | John: Here's a good shop. Shall we buy mother's birthday present here?
Mary: Yes, that's a good idea. Shall we go inside?
Tom: No. Let's look in the window. Shall we buy her a sweater?
Anne: Er, no. It'll soon be summer. Let's buy her a blouse to wear. There's a nice one in the window.
John: No, she has two blouses. Le... | middle238.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Brown"
},
"options": [
"Brown",
"Linda",
"Jeff",
"Emily"
],
"question": "What's Jane's family name?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text... | Hello, I'm Linda. This is a photo of my friend's family. Her name is Jane. These are her parents, Jeff Brown and Emily Brown. Those are her brothers, Harry and Dick. Is that her grandfather? Yes, it is. His name is Henry.
. | middle1974.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The Best Advice I've Ever Had"
},
"options": [
"Not An Enemy, But the Best Friend",
"The Best Advice I've Ever Had",
"My Father",
"My Childhood"
],
"question": "Which do you think would be the best title for t... | When I was about 12, I had an enemy , a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings . Week by week her list grew: I was very thin; I wasn't a good student; I talked too much; I was too proud , and so on. I tried to hear all these as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my ... | middle1960.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "forget his troubles"
},
"options": [
"enjoy novels",
"form the habit of reading",
"learn more",
"forget his troubles"
],
"question": "At first, the writer read in order to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | When I'm in trouble, I always take out a book and read quietly. I put my heart into it so that I'll forget all the troubles. I've formed the habit of reading in this way.
When I was a little boy, I was interested in picture books and storybooks. When I was a middle school student, I began to read novels, plays, essays ... | middle4818.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "black and red"
},
"options": [
"red and yellow",
"purple and brown",
"black and red",
"yellow and green"
],
"question": "My schoolbag is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Hi! My name's Frank. Look! This is my schoolbag. It's black and red. My pens, my ruler and my books are in it. I have 2 pens, they are blue. My ruler is yellow and white. My books are purple and brown. Look! What's this? It's a map. It's red, yellow and green. I like them very much. | middle3811.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "buy shoes"
},
"options": [
"measure his feet",
"buy shoes",
"buy a straw",
"get to town"
],
"question": "One day, a man wanted to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | A long time ago, there was a man. He wanted to buy a pair of new shoes. He measured his feet with a straw ,and then went to a shoe shop in town.
The shopkeeper took out a pair of new shoes, and let him try it on. But when he looked into his pocket, he found that the straw was not there. So he said, "I'm sorry, I forgo... | middle6969.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "quite young"
},
"options": [
"at school",
"quite young",
"in trouble",
"not at home"
],
"question": "When her grandmother died, Sally was _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | One little miracle has been happening to me recently, and it gives me a special joy.
A few months ago, I was telling my daughter, Sally, some stories about my mother. Mydaughter was so young when my mother died that she doesn't remember her well. I told her allI could remember, like how wonderful my mother was and ho... | middle7487.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in the classroom"
},
"options": [
"on he way to school",
"in the dormitory",
"in the classroom",
"in the washroom"
],
"question": "Middle school students may NOT smoke _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questi... | Smoking is harmful to our health, but many middle school students are smoking. Their teachers, parents or classmates can't stop them because they smoke anywhere they can't be seen --on the way to school, in the dormitory , or even in the washroom.And most of the students think that smoking is very cool.But I want to te... | middle6941.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Cindy is listening to the radio and Nancy is surfing the Internet."
},
"options": [
"They are listening to the radio.",
"They are surfing the Interact.",
"Cindy is listening to the radio and Nancy is surfing the Internet.",
... | It's Sunday morning. My parents, my uncle, my sisters and I are all at home.
What is my father doing? He is reading a newspaper. My mother is watering the flowers in the small garden. There are some beautiful flowers in it. Some are red, and the others are yellow. My uncle is my mother's brother. He's a waiter. He is w... | middle562.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "they can't understand each other"
},
"options": [
"her daddy doesn't talk to her",
"her parents don't love her.",
"she doesn't like her parents",
"they can't understand each other"
],
"question": "Zhang Li and h... | Parents are the closest people to you in the world. They love you just because you're you. And they would do anything for you.
Like a lot of middle school students, Zhang Li has a problem. She and her parents don't get on well. "I really want to be my daddy's good girl. But it seems he just doesn't understand. He talks... | middle6799.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "London zoo told them what kind of snake it was"
},
"options": [
"the snake bit him",
"he left the hospital the next day",
"Mr. Jackson sent the photo to the hospital",
"London zoo told them what kind of snake it was"
... | If a snake bites you, take a photo with your mobile phone! It may save your life. This is the surprising advice of a British cook.
One day Henry Jackson was working in a restaurant kitchen. He picked up a dish from the table, and suddenly a snake appeared... and bit him on the hand.
A few days earlier, the snake came t... | middle204.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "play jokes on people"
},
"options": [
"play with his brother",
"help his mother cook",
"play jokes on people",
"go swimming with his friends"
],
"question": "When he was young, the writer liked to _ .",
"... | When I was young,I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was cooking and I was playing with my younger brother Tony. Suddenly I ran to my mother and said: "Tony fell from the open window!" She was very worried and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said: "Don't worry,... | middle1790.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A lawyer."
},
"options": [
"A teacher.",
"A lawyer.",
"A doctor.",
"A swimmer."
],
"question": "What is Harish Chaturvedi?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index"... | Practicing yoga is a helpful, popular way to keep fit. It has many followers around the world. There are many kinds of yoga. You may have heard of "hot yoga" before. Now, in India, a new kind of yoga, water yoga, is becoming more and more popular among the local people.
In the city of Agra, people practice yoga in wat... | middle3187.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "how hard the pencil is"
},
"options": [
"the model of the pencil",
"the factory where the pencil is made",
"how hard the pencil is",
"how long the pencil lasts"
],
"question": "The number that goes before the le... | You cannot go without a pencil when writing or drawing something. You have probably noticed letters H and B printed on your pencils.What,for example,do HB,2H or 3H mean?
Those are letters showing the hardness of the lead or graphite in a pencil.H refers to hard lead.The bigger the Arabic number before the letter H,the ... | middle4830.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "she waited for the red light to turn"
},
"options": [
"she waited for the red light to turn",
"she gave spare change to him",
"she had a good time that day",
"she wanted to know how he lived"
],
"question": "The... | On the way back from work every evening, more often than not there would be a homeless man standing at the exit of the freeway . He looked to be in his late 40s but was probably a lot younger. He had shoulder length straight black hair and a short beard.
Every day after work I would remember to gather any spare change... | middle3193.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a recipe"
},
"options": [
"a poem",
"a piece of news",
"a story",
"a recipe"
],
"question": "This passage is probably _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | Fish and apple soup? Yes, and you won't believe how delicious it is. This first came out of a restaurant in Singapore, but it is now very popular as the du jour soup in Chinese restaurants. Ingredients (serves 4):
1 whole fish. 2 apples, quartered. 4-6 ginger slices . 1 bunch of spring onions, cut into pierces. 1 red ... | middle4824.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The youngest volunteer was 19 and the oldest was 59."
},
"options": [
"There were 80 volunteers who took part in the study.",
"The youngest volunteer was 19 and the oldest was 59.",
"Some volunteers had babies at that time in... | Once a baby cries, the parents will go to see what happened as soon as possible. According to a new study, a baby's cry can make adults react very quickly, even if they are not related.
Oxford University researchers used the classic game whack-a-mole for the study. Whack-a-mole requires people to hit one of nine but... | middle210.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "fight with your brothers or sisters"
},
"options": [
"give them a hug, a card or a joke",
"try your best to do something",
"fight with your brothers or sisters",
"clean up your room without being asked"
],
"ques... | Mom and Dad are two of the most important people in your life. You probably see at least one of them every day. If your dad worships the Pittsburgh Steelers, you may grow up being a big fan of that football team. And if your mom loves to read,you just may grow up carrying a book everywhere you go, just like she does.
H... | middle7493.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In the street."
},
"options": [
"At a bank.",
"In a shop.",
"In the street.",
"In the woman's car."
],
"question": "Where did this story happen?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer... | A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman carrying a large box. It was half in and half out of her car. So the man went up and said, "The box looks very heavy. Let me give you a hand."
"That's very kind of you," the woman said, "I'm having a lot of trouble with it. Maybe it sticks in the car door."
"Toge... | middle576.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "an English teacher"
},
"options": [
"a Chinese teacher",
"an English driver",
"a Japanese teacher",
"an English teacher"
],
"question": "Mr Smith is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"... | Mr .Smith is an Englishman. He teaches English well.His English classes are very interesting.He likes us and we like him,too.
Mr Smith has two children--Tom and Lucy.Tom is seven and his sister Lucy is four.Tom goes to school but Lucy doesn't. Mr Smith likes to wear a T-shirt and jeans .Football is his favorite sport.A... | middle4415.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Egypt"
},
"options": [
"China",
"Japan",
"Egypt",
"France"
],
"question": "The Great Pyramid is in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_... | If you go to Egypt, you'll see a lot of pyramids. The biggest of all is the Great Pyramid. It is about 137 meters high and made of 2,300,000 big stones. Each stone weighs about two and a half tons .The biggest ones even weigh fifteen tons. It took more than 100,000 men twenty years to build it. Nobody can tell just how... | middle2064.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a different"
},
"options": [
"a different",
"the same",
"a small",
"a large"
],
"question": "People give each group of the mice _ amount of food every year.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | One way that scientists learn about man is by studying animals.In this lab, the scientists are studying the relationship between diet and health.
They are studying the relationship between the amount of food the mice eat and their health.The mice are in three groups.All three groups are receiving the same healthy f... | middle6202.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "is the last place to visit"
},
"options": [
"is the first place to visit",
"is the last place to visit",
"is in the Children's Zoo",
"is a part of the Asian Area"
],
"question": "The Butterfly Park _ .",
"... | Welcome to the zoo,everyone!Here is our plan.Listen carefully.First we will visit the Children's Zoo.After that,we will walk to Bird World.Next is the African Area.There are elephants and lions!Don't be afraid.The cages are safe.
Then,we will have lunch.Everybody brought their lunch,right?Some of you don't have drinks.... | middle947.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because they can eat quickly."
},
"options": [
"Because they can eat quickly.",
"Because the food outside is more delicious.",
"Because these people feel bored at home.",
"Because these people like to be with their frie... | Many people like to eat out because they can eat quickly and the food is not expensive. Some families go to fast food restaurants. But in the past people went to diners. Do you want to know the story of the first American diner?
In 1872, a man named Walter Scott had the first "diner". It was not really a diner. It was ... | middle6564.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "during the lunch-time"
},
"options": [
"at the afternoon",
"in the morning",
"in the evening",
"during the lunch-time"
],
"question": "There was a heavy storm _ last Sunday.",
"question_type": "cloze_ques... | Last Sunday I saw the hardest storm in years. It came suddenly and went on for more than three hours. After lunch, I went into my room to have a rest. The air was hot, and all was quiet.
Then the strong wind started blowing into my room. Pieces of paper on my desk flew high into the air and some flew out of the open wi... | middle2702.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "she is getting fatter and fatter"
},
"options": [
"she is ill",
"she is getting fatter and fatter",
"she wants to know her weight",
"she isn't feeling very well"
],
"question": "Miss Green goes to see the doctor... | Miss Green is very fat. She weighs 100 kg and she is getting heavier and heavier every day. So one day she goes to see the doctor. The doctor says,"You need a diet, Miss Green, and I have a good one here." He gives her a small book and says, "Read this carefully and eat the things on Page 11 every day. Then come back a... | middle4373.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "She read a text message from her friend while asleep."
},
"options": [
"She sleepwalked to a friend's house.",
"She dreamed of making plans with a friend.",
"She phoned one of her friends during the night.",
"She read a... | When US student Olivia Priedeman, 17, woke up one morning, she thought she had had a dream about making plans with a friend.
But it wasn't a dream. Her phone showed that during the night, Priedeman had read a text message from her friend. She did it while she was fast asleep.
Reading and sending text messages while asl... | middle2716.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "classmate"
},
"options": [
"granny",
"classmate",
"teacher",
"friend"
],
"question": "Rose, an 87-year-old lady, was Jack's _ .",
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{
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"Why are you in university at such a YOUNG age?" Jack asked.
"I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of kids, and then retired and travel." she answered.
Jack knew ... | middle5079.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"For 75 years.",
"For half a century.",
"For several months."
],
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"question_type": "factiod_questions"
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She was one of the lucky ones. A lot of the animals were killed because of fears they might escape during the bombing and attack people. They included a tiger, a black bear, a wolf, a... | middle4367.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
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},
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"business people",
"secretaries",
"tourists"
],
"question": "The advertisement is probably written for",
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},
{
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[
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"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Something very popular."
},
"options": [
"Something very popular.",
"Styles they have sold out of.",
"Cheap clothes.",
"The most unusual clothes."
],
"question": "What did the shop assistants advise Mary's mothe... | "Ordinary" was the worst word my mother could find for anything. Whenever she took me out for shopping, I found she wouldn't take any notice of the shop assistants when they suggested that some dresses were popular. She would say, "We're not interested in that. Haven't you got anything a little unusual?" And then the a... | middle953.txt |
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"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "she thought she hurt her mum's heart"
},
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"her mum didn't know how to answer the question",
"she thought she hurt her mum's heart",
"her mum's answer was hard to understand"
... | Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are busy earning money. They don't act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV. My father has a bad temper. When he's tired from the hard work, it is easy for him to lose his temper.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt ... | middle6570.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Three."
},
"options": [
"Two.",
"Three.",
"Four.",
"Five."
],
"question": "How many main forms of pollution are mentioned in the passage?",
"question_type": null
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},
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"the beginning of heartaches",
"how Elvis Presley began his career",
"the way to make a record"
],
"question": "The passage is mainly ... | Elvis Aron Presley, often called "the king of rock music", died on August 16th, 1977, at the age of forty-two. He left a great influence on popular music, and millions of fans. During his lifetime, Elvis sold more than four hundred million records. After Presley died, many of his records rose quickly. When Presley died... | middle6216.txt |
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"answer_index": 0,
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},
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"Music.",
"Computer.",
"Languages."
],
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},
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"answer_ind... | We pick up your children at school and give them a safe place to play,do homework,and learn after school.
Experienced Teachers/Lunch&Snacks/Toys&Books
Ages 6 to 12
Our Programs:*Languages *Maths *Computer *Music
Open 11:00 am to 7:00 pm,Mon.to Fri.
26 Market Road,Star City
(between First Street and Second Street,next... | middle7108.txt |
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"answer_text": "Because they made him feel good before others."
},
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"Because they were black.",
"Because they made him feel good before others.",
"Because they have a long history.",
"Because they are much cheaper."
],
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"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Germany"
},
"options": [
"England",
"Japan",
"America",
"Germany"
],
"question": "From the story, we know that _ is the hometown of Snow White.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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But did you know that Snow White comes from Germany? It's just one story from the 209 in Grimm's Fairy Tales (<<>> ). The Grimm brothers started to collect fairy tales in 1806. Their first book came out in 1812. Why ... | middle2070.txt |
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},
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"shaking hands",
"jump",
"kiss"
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"question": "People have different ways of greeting each other except _ .",
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... | People have different ways of greeting each other. They might shake hands , kiss or hug . But do you ever wonder how dogs say hello?
If you are a dog lover, you already know the answer to this question. When you arrive home, your dog jumps up into your lap . It wags its tail, and sometimes gives you wet kisses.
Li... | middle1551.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "They helped the poor man at last."
},
"options": [
"There were two children in her family.",
"They lived a rich and generous life.",
"They helped the poor man at last.",
"They didn't have any money to help others."
... | My kids and I were heading into the supermarket over the weekend. On the way, we spotted a man holding a piece of paper that said, "Lost my job. Family to feed."
At this store, a sight like this is not normal. My 10-year-old noticed him and made a comment on how bad it must be to have to stand outside in the cold wind... | middle7120.txt |
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"answer_index": 0,
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},
"options": [
"difficult but happy",
"difficult and sad",
"easy and happy",
"easy but sad"
],
"question": "Jane is living a(n) _ life with her family now.",
"question_type": "cloze... | My name is Jane. I'm now living in a small house with my parents. Life for us is difficult but happy. I must study hard to buy a big new house someday. I call it a dream house.
My dream house is near the sea. It has three floors with five bedrooms, three bathrooms, two big dining rooms and two living rooms. When my fr... | middle3346.txt |
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"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "first name"
},
"options": [
"color",
"first name",
"brother",
"family name"
],
"question": "Black is Mark's _ .",
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},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | Mark Black is my good friend. He is English. He has a yellow bike. His bike number is 9075. His mother has a black car. The number is CA3566. His father has a black car, too. The number is CA3567. | middle4429.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In Mike's room."
},
"options": [
"In Mr. Green's room.",
"In Mike's room.",
"At Lily's home",
"At Sally's home"
],
"question": "Where are the friends?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"ans... | Some friends are playing hide-and-seek at Mr. Green' home. They play in Mike's room. It's time for Lily to find her friends. Lily first finds Sally.Sally is behind the door. Then, Lily sees Bob. Bob is under the table. Mike is under the table, too. Now it's time to find David and John. David's hat is on the sofa. Is ... | middle5737.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "When I sat down"
},
"options": [
"After I went into the restaurant",
"When I sat down",
"When I tried the food",
"When my plate was full"
],
"question": "When did the waiters give me a sign?",
"question_type... | Roast is very famous in Brazil. Customs just sit , waiting for waiters to send them all kinds of meat. If you like , you take one ; if you don't , the waiters pass you . If you don't give any messages of stopping , they will go on.
One day when I was in Brazil , I went to a restaurant to try the roast . After I too... | middle5051.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "it frees tourists' hands to do other things"
},
"options": [
"they have wheels on the bottom",
"it frees tourists' hands to do other things",
"tourists can feel fashionable",
"they make tourists feel special"
],
... | Look at your classmates around you. You all wear the same uniform and similar sneakers. Do you want to stand out among them? A fashionable and useful backpack can be a great idea!
Backpacks are lightweight and easy to carry.
They are great tools for students. They help you to stay organized. You can keep school things,... | middle3420.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "they were frightened"
},
"options": [
"they were frightened",
"the robbers were very polite",
"the bank manager told them to",
"they knew the police were coming"
],
"question": "Everyone in the bank did what the... | There was a robbery at City Central Bank last yesterday afternoon. Two men entered the bank at about 4 p.m. and told the bank teller on duty to give them $ 1,000,000. The robbers were carrying guns and wearing black masks to cover their faces. The robbers told all the customers in the bank to lie down on the floor. ... | middle1237.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "from July 1,2006"
},
"options": [
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"next July 1",
"from July 1,2006",
"from July 1, 2005"
],
"question": "It will take people 48 hours by train to go to Lhasa from Beijing _ .",
"question_ty... | It is well-known that it will take travelers only 48 hours by train to go from Beijing to Lhasa, the capital of west China's Tibet on July 1 this year. Travelers can enjoy the beautiful views during the 48 hour train ride.
The new railway line will be controlled by the Beijing' s West Railway Station from July 1, 2006.... | middle7652.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a lake"
},
"options": [
"a huge monster",
"a lake",
"a river",
"a country"
],
"question": "From the passage, we know Loch Ness is the name of _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | In northern Scotland there is a deep lake called Loch Ness. It is more than 200 metres deep and it is the deepest lake in the United Kingdom. People say a huge monster lives in the dark, cold water. It weighs more than 1,000 kilos and is at least ten metres long. It has a dark gray colour. Some people say that it loo... | middle1223.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The children"
},
"options": [
"The old people",
"The teachers",
"The children",
"The parents"
],
"question": "Who usually use computers at school?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | We have now known something about computers---computers work for us at home, in offices and in factories. But it is also true that many children today are using computers at schools before they can write. What does this mean for the future? Are these children lucky or not?
Many people do not know about computers and th... | middle5045.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A pet shop."
},
"options": [
"A food shop.",
"A flower shop.",
"A pet shop.",
"A goldfish shop."
],
"question": "What kind of the shop did the man go into?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "save the cost of transporting water up to the ISS"
},
"options": [
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"make astronauts at ISS work harder",
"provide better water and food for ISS astronauts",
"save the cost of transporting water up to ... | If you knew a bottle of water had been recycled from urine , would you drink it? Astronauts at the International Space Station (ISS) may soon do so. NASA said it would use a high-tech machine to recycle wastewater at the ISS. The machine will recycle everything from sweat , the water for washing hands, shower wa... | middle3352.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "About 29 million."
},
"options": [
"About 24 million.",
"About 29 million.",
"About 25 million.",
"About 9,980,000."
],
"question": "How many people are there living in Canada?",
"question_type": "factiod_qu... | Canada, the second largest country in the world, lies in the north of America. The population of Canada is about 29 million and the capital is Ottawa. The country covers about 9,980,000 square kilometers and six of the world's 24 time areas as well.
There are two official languages spoken in Canada: French and Englis... | middle1545.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "eleven"
},
"options": [
"ten",
"eleven",
"twelve",
"Thirteen"
],
"question": "Same and Tim are _ years old this year.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answer": {
"answer_index":... | Hi, I'm Sam from New York. I have a brother called Tim. We are twins. We are both eleven this year. I am ten minutes older than him. In some ways, we look the same and in some ways, we look different. However, he is taller than me. I am shy, but he is outgoing. We both like playing sports and we often play football tog... | middle8207.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "By high technology."
},
"options": [
"By high technology.",
"By using solar energy.",
"By encouraging people to live a low carbon life.",
"By making a helping hand around the house."
],
"question": "How is the c... | It is always expected that housework will be done by robots completely in the future. For years, scientists have been working on this dream, but it still remains in science fiction films.
However, people still hope to have a helping hand around the house. A survey showed that 55% of people were going to use robots at h... | middle7134.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Exploring the beauty of the wilderness."
},
"options": [
"Watching natural views.",
"Writing about the places he visited.",
"Exploring the beauty of the wilderness.",
"Creating farmland for sheep and cattle."
],
... | Look carefully at the back of a California state quarter.A man with a walking stick is pictured there.A bird called a California condor is flying overhead. Who is this man,and why is he so important that he is featured on the back of a coin?
The man on this quarter is John Muir.Even as a child, Muir loved watching natu... | middle5910.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "caving"
},
"options": [
"rock-climbing",
"sleeping",
"meeting friends",
"caving"
],
"question": "The writer spent the Saturday morning _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | My friend Matt and I arrived at the Activity Centre on Friday evening. The accommodation wasn't wonderful,but we had everything we needed(beds,blankets,food),and we were pleased to be out of the city and in the fresh air.
On Saturday morning we met the other ten members of our group. Cameron had come along with two fri... | middle2919.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "twenty-four"
},
"options": [
"twelve",
"five",
"twenty-four",
"thirty-one"
],
"question": "There are _ solar terms in a year.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
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[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "five"
},
"options": [
"three",
"four",
"five",
"six"
],
"question": "There are _ people in Becky's family.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"an... | Hello! My name is Becky Sharp. I'm 11 years old. I have one brother. His name is Jason and he's 14. I don't have any sisters.
We live with our mum, dad and grandma in a small house in Chesterfield, in the north of England. There are lots of things to do here. My friends and I sometimes go to the cinema on Saturdays.
Do... | middle984.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "rich"
},
"options": [
"small",
"modest",
"poor",
"rich"
],
"question": "Peter's parents are very _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
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A little boy comes to a new city. His name is Peter. Of course ,he lives with his mother and father. His family is very rich . They have a driver and a lot of servants .
Peter is going to a new school. On the first day his parents say to him," peter,be modest at your new school. Don't say we are... | middle748.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "4"
},
"options": [
"1",
"2",
"3",
"4"
],
"question": "\"Great Green Wall will make the world better.\" This sentence should be put in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | 1Forests help to keep water from running away, so drought does not often happen. The trees in the forests can keep raindrops from hitting the soil directly, and the dead leaves on the ground can also keep the water from running away.2
Chinese people don't want to see more floods and droughts. We have built the " Great ... | middle990.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Fine."
},
"options": [
"How are you?",
"Hello.",
"I don't know.",
"Fine."
],
"question": "When a person in the United States asks \"How are you?\". he or she wants to hear\" _ \".",
"question_type": "cloz... | "How are you?" is a nice question.It's a friendly way that people in the United States greet each other,but "How are you?" is also a very unusual question.It's a question that often doesn't have an answer.The person who asks "How are you?" hopes to hear the answer "Fine", even if the Derson's friend isn't fine.The r... | middle5904.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "made a short video on the Intemet"
},
"options": [
"made a big dinner for his mother",
"made a short video on the Intemet",
"has graduated from a university",
"sent a dinner to paradise himself"
],
"question": "... | If you had a chance to prepare dinner for your mother, would you choose to make it right now or some day in the future? Watch the video Paradise Dinner by Liu Xiaoyu, a junior at[Hebei Institute of Communications, and you will find a right answer.
Recently the six-minute film Paradise Dinner won a great success on th... | middle3385.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "at home"
},
"options": [
"at school",
"at the station",
"at home",
"in a restaurant"
],
"question": "Tom has breakfast _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index"... | Tom gets up at half past seven in the morning. He has an egg and some milk for his breakfast. Then he begins to go to school slowly. When he is on his way to school, he thinks, "I tell my teacher my mother is ill on Monday morning. I tell him my bike is wrong on Tuesday. What do I tell my teacher today?"
Tom thinks ove... | middle1592.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It is a picture of a classroom."
},
"options": [
"It is a picture of boys and girls.",
"It is a picture of desks and chairs.",
"It is a picture of pens and pencils.",
"It is a picture of a classroom."
],
"questi... | This is a picture of a classroom . You can see a teacher's desk, five desks and six chairs. You can see a girl and a boy, too. Four English books are on the teacher's desk. One pencil-case is on a desk. Two pens and two rulers are in the pencil-case. A schoolbag is behind a chair. A ball is on the floor. The girl is Li... | middle760.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "he lives with his family of ten children"
},
"options": [
"he lives with his family of ten children",
"he is always playing tricks on others",
"he sits in front of the teacher s table",
"he is in the school karate club"... | Everyone in our class has our own characters. Each plays his or her part in our class. All in
all,we are a group of young children who are perhaps a bit noisy at times,but on the whole are
well behaved and pleasant to be with.
Ah Keong
We are a noisy group, and that is what our teachers say about us.This is largely bec... | middle7685.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Knowledge"
},
"options": [
"Love.",
"Richness.",
"Vanity",
"Knowledge"
],
"question": "According to the passage, which one did not go to an island for a vacation?",
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},
{
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[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A drama series."
},
"options": [
"A documentary.",
"A chat show.",
"A drama series.",
"A cartoon."
],
"question": "What kind of TV programme is Best Friends?",
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},
{
... | Enjoy wonderful programmes on Hello TV
7.00 a.m.-8.00 a.m.
Follow Billy
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Puppy love will be bad for student's study."
},
"options": [
"Wang Ling told her mother she might fall in love with a boy.",
"Jiang's mother doesn't care about her at all.",
"Puppy love will be bad for student's study.",
... | Wang Ling, a middle school girl, felt angry with her parents after getting a boy's phone call. "A classmate called me to discuss homework. We talked for just a few minutes before my parents got mad," said the girl. "They asked whether I liked the boy. I'm sad Ididn't, but they wouldn't believe me."
Wang's trouble is no... | middle2931.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A travel way to offer the travelers their homes for free."
},
"options": [
"A travel way to offer the travelers their homes for free.",
"Offer food to the travelers for free.",
"Show some places of interest for free.",
... | Have you ever thought about seeing the world for free? Although it may sound impossible, there's a growing community that is making that dream one step closer.
The community is called Couchsurfing. The idea is that people open their homes up to travelers for free, and in exchange both people will learn from each other.... | middle5086.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "let them play soccer there"
},
"options": [
"let them play soccer there",
"make friends with them",
"make them become famous players",
"stop them from playing soccer there"
],
"question": "Jeff gave the children... | There was a big garden in front of Jeff's house. So on weekends, many children came to play soccer from morning to late night. They made a lot of noise, so Jeff couldn't do anything.
He thought hard and had an idea. One Saturday evening, he went out and said to them, "It is my happy time when I see and hear you playing... | middle7691.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Keep some animals to protect them."
},
"options": [
"Take care of yourself when you are out.",
"Tell the truth, even when you are wrong.",
"Keep some animals to protect them.",
"Use the Internet, but keep away from bad ... | New rules and behaviour standards for middle school students came out in March. Middle school is going to use a new way to decide who the top students are. The best students won't only have high marks. They will also be kids who don't dye their hair, smoke or drink. Here are some of the new rules.
Tell the truth. H... | middle1586.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Sunny."
},
"options": [
"Rainy.",
"Cloudy.",
"Sunny.",
"Windy."
],
"question": "What was the weather like on that day?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,... | Tony has always loved going to the beach. He spends as much time there as he can. It was a bright, sunny day. The beach was full by the time Tony and his mum got there. It seemed that everyone had the same idea today. When they found a spot , Tony sat down and began to relax.
Soon Tony noticed something strange. Ther... | middle3391.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A cooking pot."
},
"options": [
"Some money.",
"Some food.",
"A cooking pot.",
"Some salt."
],
"question": "What did the traveler have?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | A poor traveler arrived at a small village. He had no food or money. He only had a cooking pot. He
made a small cooking fire, placed his pot on it, and poured in some water. When a few villagers asked
what he was doing, he said that he was making stone soup which was a recipe passed down from his
father. He then droppe... | middle2110.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "sub@woodland.uk"
},
"options": [
"sub@woodland.uk",
"heal@woodland.uk",
"sport@woodland.uk",
"inf@woodland.uk"
],
"question": "If you want to get more information about arts, you can write to _ .",
"quest... | Woodland High School is an international sch ool. We have students from all around the world. As an international student you can get first-class facilities with trained teachers to help. For further information: inf@woodland.uk
Subjects
We offer a wide choice of subjects for international students, which includes: Ar... | middle4561.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "about 60"
},
"options": [
"about 97",
"over 100",
"over 200",
"about 60"
],
"question": "The house is _ years old.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | We moved into a beautiful two-story old house. The house was built in 1956. It was repaired in 2003.
At first, really small things began to happen. They didn't make me believe that something was wrong, but as time went on, things started becoming stranger and stranger. Early something was missing, and later on it would... | middle7068.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To protect the environment."
},
"options": [
"To help poor children.",
"To protect the environment.",
"To change people's ideas.",
"To change people's behaviour."
],
"question": "What does Greenpeace try to do?"... | Greenpeace is a global group that tries to change people's ideas and behaviour to protect the environment. Now it is inviting people to take part in the"Kids for Forests" project. This project tries to help to save ancient forests. Small children, teenagers, teachers and schools from all over the world are joining the... | middle6376.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "east;west"
},
"options": [
"west;east",
"south;north",
"east;west",
"north;south"
],
"question": "The sun rises in the _ and sets in the _ west.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answ... | The sun comes up in the east and goes down in the west. When the sun rises, It is morning. When the sun sets, it is evening. When the sun is shining, it is day. Morning is the time between sunrise and twelve o'clock, or between sunrise and lunch. At twelve o'clock, the sun is the highest in the sky over our heads. The ... | middle833.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a student"
},
"options": [
"a student",
"a teacher",
"fourteen",
"from Canada"
],
"question": "Chen Kai is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Chen Kai is a Chinese boy. He is a student. He is 13 years old. He lives in Guangzhou. Chen Kai likes _ . Now he receives a letter from Sam, his pen pal in America. The letter is in English. Sam is 14 and he is a student, too. He speaks English very well. In the letter, Sam says he wants to visit China and study some ... | middle4207.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "know what to do"
},
"options": [
"want to give up",
"finish one problem",
"know what to do",
"get tired of fighting"
],
"question": "The girl complained about her hard life because she didn't _ .",
"questi... | A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn't know what she had to do and wanted to give up. She felt tired of fighting and fighting. One problem had been finished but another came over.
Her father, a cook, took her into the kitchen. He poured water into three pans and boiled them. After boiling, in ... | middle5119.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "his garden"
},
"options": [
"his garden",
"his garage",
"his house",
"his car"
],
"question": "In the morning Mr Smith finds there is a lot of snow in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | In the morning Mr Smith comes into the garden at the back of his house. He sees much snow in the garden. Mr Smith wants to take his car out, so he asks a man to clean the road from his garage , to the gate. He says to the man, "Don't throw any snow on that side. It'll damage(, ) the flowers in the street, or policeman ... | middle2676.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "to ask him to go away"
},
"options": [
"to ask him to go away",
"to ask him to look at the door of the car",
"to tell him where the door of the shop was",
"to let him enjoy the beautiful door of the car"
],
"que... | A young man went to a car shop. He was wearing rubber boots and a dirty jacket. He needed a haircut very much. The young man looked at an expensive car carefully and then asked the shop owner , "How much is this car?" "Nine thousand two hundred and eighteen," the owner answered. "I want sixteen of them," the young ma... | middle4213.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Old Wang Shoemaker."
},
"options": [
"Xiwang Toy Shop.",
"Mobile Phone Store.",
"Shanghai Sweater Shop.",
"Old Wang Shoemaker."
],
"question": "If you want to buy a pair of shoes, where will you go?",
"quest... | In our big city there are a lot of shops near the Department Store. They make a big shopping center and sell all kinds of things. You can always buy everything you want here. Here is a list (;) of big shops.
NameTelephoneAddress
Department Store41853051No.189 Yonghua Road
Mobile Phone Store41653789No.67 Xiangyang Road
... | middle6404.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Mike"
},
"options": [
"His mother",
"His mother",
"Mike",
"A and B"
],
"question": "Who doesn't like the soup for lunch ?.",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | Mike and his father are sitting at the table . They are having their lunch. " I don't like this soup . I don't want to have it" , says Mike . After lunch , Mike and his father work on the farm . They work hard. In the evening , Mike's father gives him a bowl of soup . "Oh, th... | middle67.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "looking at some birds"
},
"options": [
"looking for a seat in the park",
"passing the street",
"looking at some birds",
"having a pizza"
],
"question": "When the little boy saw the old woman, she was _ .",
... | Where is Love? How can we find Love?
Once a little boy wanted to meet Love. He knew it was a long trip to where Love lived, so he got his things ready with some pizzas and drinks and started off. When he passed three streets, he saw an old woman sitting in the park and watching some birds. She looked very hungry. The b... | middle827.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Visiting their old teacher."
},
"options": [
"Visiting their old teacher.",
"Enjoying coffee.",
"Complaining about their stress in work and life.",
"Showing each other's good jobs."
],
"question": "What did the ... | These classmates all had good jobs and made lots of money. They talked happily. Then their talk soon turned to complaining about the stress in work and life. The teacher went to the kitchen and came back with a large pot of coffee and many cups--china ones, plastic ones and glass ones. Some are plain looking, som... | middle6362.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "became a famous salesperson in the world."
},
"options": [
"is very lazy.",
"is not friendly to the people .",
"want to find another job.",
"became a famous salesperson in the world."
],
"question": "The salesma... | There is a little story about an insurance salesman in Tokyo. Even though this man tried very hard to promote the insurance, nobody bought it. One day, he came to a small temple and began to brag about his insurance. After listening to his introduction, the monk said: "Your recommendation of insurance can't arouse any... | middle199.txt |
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